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Passport centersTHE city council headed by Vice Mayor Caesar Ian Ace-nas adopted a resolut ion for Cagayan de Oro to have passport-processing centers in shopping malls. This is to enable local resi-dents to easily access govern-ment services like the passport issuance from the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Councilor Ramon Tabor, au-thor of the resolution, explained that as secretary general of the Philippine Councilors League (PCL), he has been going to cit-ies like Cebu, Angeles, Davao, Baguio, and found that there are such processing centers in big malls. He said Metro Manila is next in the list of the DFA. According to Tabor, having this service not only in selected DFA but also established in other cities or malls would mean shorter queues and faster service.

Anti-traffickingAN anti-trafficking in persons desk was finally opened last July 20 at the Davao International Airport. The desk is initiated by the Regional Inter-Agency Council against Trafficking-Integrated Action Network (RIACTION). According to Regional State Prosecutor Antonio Ar-rellano, concurrent Regional Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking chair, the establish-ment of an airport desk is critical with Davao City becoming more accessible to air travel being the primary entry and exit point of the region. The desk will be manned by the Airport Security Group, the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines and the Re-gional Public Safety Battalion. It is aimed as a mechanism of integration and coordination between member agencies of the RIACAT.

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POVERTY IN OUR MIDST. Young scavengers seem contented with life in the midst of rubbles and garbage unmindful of health hazards. Poverty pervades in this country despite President Benigno Aquino’s rosy economic data presented during his third State of the Nation Address (SONA) last Monday.

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By IRENE DOMINGO, Reporter

PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino is expected to issue an executive

order next month formally creating the Mindanao Power Monitoring Committee that will oversee efforts to ad-dress the island’s unstable electricity supply, which sank to a shortage of as much as 150 megawatts (MW) last week but swung to a 135 MW reserve on Wednesday. In her statement read by Gerardo Ramon Cesar B. Reynaldo during the 8th Zamboanga Peninsula Busi-ness Conference in Oroquieta City, Mindanao Development Authority chairperson Luwalhati R. Antonino said the creation of a Mindanao Power Monitoring Committee is an offshoot of the Energy Summit held in Davao City last April. “Provisions of the expected EO would be drawn from resolutions is-sued [during the summit],” Antonino

Minbizcon set to tackle mining, power issuesreporters in a briefing in Makati City on Friday. “We are hoping that of the many recommendations that have been put forward, we will be able to make things clearer before recommend-ing to the President,” said PCCI President Miguel B. Varela, referring to results of regional consultations “which started three weeks ago.” He said recommendations for mining may include holding auc-tions for exploration and extraction

By MELANIE RIVERA, Staff Member

PARTICIPANTS in the annual Mindanao Business Conference to be held on August 2-4 in Butuan City will draw up recommendations to improve the environment for mining, power and agriculture that will be submitted to Malacañang at the end of the summit, a top of-ficial of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI), which is organizing the event, told

rights, requiring mining contractors to regularly submit operation and financial reports to ensure trans-parency, enforcing the primacy of national over local laws and directly remitting to local governments their share in royalties. Recommendations for the energy sector include excluding from the government’s privatization policy the hydroelectric plants that provide more than half of Mindanao’s power

Northern M’danao consumer groups mull federationCONSUMER groups in Northern Mindanao unanimously agreed on the creation of a regional federation of consumer organisations in Region 10. This was the result of the discus-

CDO-Iloilo flight boosts tourism

THE opening of new f lights connect-ing Cagayan de Oro with Iloilo City is an added boost to the city’s tourism industry. Vice Mayor Caesar Ian Acenas said this noting reports that the thrice a week f lights between the two cities provided by Cebu Pacific Air has carried 14,600 passengers in just five months.

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New technology eyed to protect forests, says DENRBy RUDOLF IAN G. ALAMA, Contributor

DAVAO City -- From drones to hand-held x-ray machines, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is looking at new technologies in protecting the nation’s forests.

pecting two of these walleyes to be deployed in Davao if these are acquired. Th e Walleye portable x-ray imaging technology utilizes scattered x-ray refl ections to create images of concealed objects and is a perfect tool for border and maritime inspections particularly in detecting concealed contra-band. Meanwhile another tech-nology the DENR is eyeing would be the use of drones to watch over forests. Th e drones could fl y over remote

During his guesting at Club 888 Media Forum in Marco Polo Davao Wednes-day, July 25, newly designated DENR-XI Regional Execu-tive Director Joselin Marcus Fragada said that they are looking into the introduction of these high-tech equipment in the region.

Foremost among the list is the Walleye imaging system which is capable of seeing into and through solid objects. Fragada said the Walleye could be used in examining container vans particularly if the Department is not al-lowed to open the vans. Fragada said they are ex-

forests and take pictures or images if they had detected illegal logging activities. Fragada said images taken from drones are a lot clearer since they are nearer to the target as compared to using satellites for imaging. Meanwhile Eriberto Bar-riga, Executive Vice President of ICT Davao, an umbrella group of Information Com-munication Technology in-dustry stakeholders in the city said there are numerous IT applications which can help

the DENR in their mission to stop illegal logging. Among them is the use of Google Earth technology which can be used for image analysis. In the province of Laguna, provincial police using Google Earth were able to locate illegal logging sites. Logging activities would ap-pear as white spots in Google Earth maps enabling police to pinpoint the exact location of the loggers. Barriga said that aside Google Earth there are other

applications which could help the DENR and there are developers in Davao which can develop various programs and applications. One such application he recommends is requiring loggers and logging com-panies to tag RFIDs (Radio Frequency Identification) in young trees. This way the DENR can monitor if the trees were prematurely cut or there was excessive cutting of allowed volume. (PIA/RG Alama)

LTO hauls in 100 violationsBy GERRY L. GORIT, Reporter forcement officers, deputies

and motor vehicle inspectors, as well as to traff ic case adjudicators and approving officers in the region. He said that under the Mercury Operations law en-forcement teams are deployed for night duty patrol, and at dawn when necessary. The target of apprehen-sions are violations of “no or defect ive accessories and required devices and installation of prohibited devices, attachments, or il-legal modification of vehicle or motorcycle body or body part.” Baltazar advised owners of motorcycles not to alter their vehicles.

SOME 100 licenses of motor-cyclists and drivers of various vehicles were confiscated by officers of the Land Trans-portation Office in Region 10 over the weekend for various offenses. LTO-10 regional direc-tor Esteban M. Baltazar Jr. said the operation was con-ducted with the police force in Cagayan de Oro as per its law enforcement program called Mercury Operations. Baltazar said the imple-menting guidelines of the program were conveyed last July 18 to the LTO heads of divisions and district and extension offices, law en-

The putative violations include no registration, in-valid registration, expired registration, no driver’s li-cense, invalid driver’s license, dilapidated or defective ve-hicle, exceptionally loud horn or signaling device, defec-tive lights, no windshield wiper, broken windshield, no muff ler, use of unnecessary lights, and no seatbelt. Drivers of taxis with de-fective toplights and of public utility jeepneys with stereos are also apprehended. For the guidance of mo-torists, the law enforcement officers on patrol operation should be in prescribed uni-form with a patrol vehicle in good condition.

DOLE grants aid to dried squid makers in Oroquieta City

By APIPA P. BAGUMBARANContributor

and women from Oroquieta City whose source of income largely depended on fishing and peddling of fish. DOLE-10 Regional Di-rector Johnson G. Cañete approved the grant to provide livelihood and extra income to the beneficiaries during the off-season. He said the provision of technical expertise and en-trepreneurial knowledge to improve the quality of dried squid is part of the technical assistance to be given to the association. T he ent repreneu r ia l training will enhance the group’s livelihood endeavors

THE Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has granted livelihood as-sistance worth P160,000 to dried squid producers in Oroquieta City. The Canubay Dried Squid Association (CDSA) will use the grant to procure fresh squid, squid dryer, pack-ing and production utilities and improved facilities and equipment like industrial grade plastic receptacles, weighing scale, packaging materials and business forms. CDSA is a group of 45 men

and update them with new strategies of the processed seafood thus, enabling them to sustain their livelihood and improve their living conditions. Oroquieta City Treasurer Dionisio Esik, who repre-sented the City Mayor of Oroquieta, together with the CDSA President Reynaldo Candia, thanked DOLE for the funding assistance welcoming the project as a poverty alleviation strategy in the fishing barangays of the city. As an accredited co-part-ner, the local government of Oroquieta will directly supervise the implementa-tion of the squid project.

Butuan official urges Cebu business sector to invest in Mindanao• promotes Mindanao biz conference in Cebu

A LOCAL official from Bu-tuan City has urged Cebu business sector to invest in Mindanao and explore the region as a business trading partner. “Cebu furniture and fash-ion accessories exporters could source their raw ma-terials from Mindanao,” said Vice Mayor Lemuel Lawrence Hernandez- Fortun. Fortun was in Cebu to promote the Mindanao Busi-ness Conference 2012 to be held in Butuan City from August 2 to 4. He said the Mindanao

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Toyota is world’s top carmaker againTOKYO - Toyota Motor has returned to the top of the global carmakers’ league, Japanese media reported on Thursday, after the firm said it had sold almost five million vehicles in the first half of the year.

strong yen. General Motors, with about 9 million vehicles sold last year, was the world’s biggest car-maker followed by Germany’s Volkswagen with more than 8 million vehicles sold. Toyota sold 7.95 million vehicles. For all of 2012, Toyota said it expected to sell 9.58 millions units worldwide, but it was uncertain whether it could retain the global top spot for the full year. Toyota shares were up 1.38 percent at 2,856 yen in Th ursday aft ernoon trade.

The group, whose brands also include Lexus, Daihatsu and Hino, sold a record 4.97 millions units worldwide in the period, up nearly 34 percent from the same pe-riod last year, according to company figures. Th at vaulted Toyota ahead of rivals General Motors and Volkswagen, which sold 4.67

million and 4.45 million units in the fi rst half respectively, local media said. Toyota last year lost the title of world’s biggest carmaker -- a spot it had held between 2008 and 2010 -- following a slump in production and sales owing to Japan’s March 11 quake-tsunami disaster, fl oods in Th ailand and the

Lexus

All-new Kia Carens to premiere at Paris Show• Lower, sleeker compact MPV promises stylish spacious practicality• World premiere on September 27 at Paris Motor Show

KIA’S all-new Carens com-pact MPV will make its world premiere at the Paris Motor Show on September 27. With a completely fresh, sleek, cab-forward design, lower roofline, longer wheel-base, larger wheels (up to 18-inch) and chrome beltline

accent, the new Carens has been conceived around the theme ‘responsive space’. The new Carens wi l l combine sporty looks with spacious functionality and an emotional appeal that is becoming a regular feature of Kia products.

The Kia press conference for this year’s Paris Motor Show is scheduled for 17.30 hrs (CET) on September 27, and the new Carens will be on display throughout the Paris Motor Show until the final public day on October 14.

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Republic of the PhilippinesREGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL

10th Judicial RegionCagayan de Oro City

Branch 222012-236

OFFICE OF THE PROVINCIAL SHERIFF

SHERIFF’S NOTICE OF SALEFile No. 2012-165

Upon Extra-Judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as amended filed by HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND or PAG-IBIG FUND, mortgagee, with office address at Pag-ibig Building, J.R. Borja St., Cagayan de Oro City, against JANE S. VILLALOBOS, single, mortgagor/s, of legal age, Filipino/s with postal address at Block 4 Lot 13 PN Roa Subdivision, Barra, Opol, Misa-mis Oriental to satisfy the mortgaged indebtedness which was as of April 10, 2012 amounts to THREE HUNDRED TWENTY THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY PESOS AND 80/100 (P320,350.80) Philippine Currency excluding interest, penalty charges, attorney’s fees and expenses of foreclosure, the undersigned sheriff will sell at public auction on August 20, 2012, at 9:00 o’clock in the morning or soon thereafter at the RTC Branch 22, office, Arch Hayes St., Cagayan de Oro City, to the highest bidder, for CASH and in Philippine Currency, the herein described property and all improvements thereon to wit;

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-36706

A PARCEL OF LAND (Lot 13, Block 4, Psd-10-020903, being Portion of Lot 5237, Cad-237, Cagayan Cadastre), situated in the Barrio of Barra, Municipality of Opol, Province of Misamis Oriental, Island of Mindanao. Containing an area of ONE HUNDRED (100) SQUARE METERS more or less.

Prospective buyers/bidders may investigate for themselves the title of the herein described property and encumbrances thereon, if any there be. All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above stated time and date. In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date, it shall be on the next working day without further notice. Cagayan de Oro City, July 5, 2012.

FOR THE PROVINCIAL EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF:

(Sgd.) JOEL LYDVEL G. PAKINO Sheriff IVBWM: JULY 13, 20, & 27, 2012

Republic of the PhilippinesREGIONAL TRIAL COURT

10th Judicial RegionBRANCH 28

Mambajao, Camiguin

IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FOR SPL. PROC. NO. 463CORRECTION OF ENTRIES IN THE RECORDSOF BIRTH IN THE OFFICES OF THE LOCALCIVIL REGISTRY OF GUINSILIBAN ANDMAHINOG ALL IN THE PROVINCE OF CAMIGUIN,

SPOUSES CHARIE A. EXCHAURE and RAQUELBORROMEO EXCHAURE, Petitioners, -versus-THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF GUINSILIBANPROVINCE OF CAMIGUIN and THE LOCAL CIVILREGISTRAR OF MAHINOG, PROVINCE OF CAMIGUIN, Respondents.x-------------------------------------------------------------------------- /

ORDER Petitioner’s spouses, both of legal ages, and residents of Benoni, Mahinog, Camiguin thru the Public Attorney’s Office, allege, that their respective birth certificates contained erroneous entries. Petitioner Charie A. Exchaure was born on November 2, 1980 to spouses Carlito W. Exchaure and Lucresia R. Abecia at Cabuan, Guinsiliban, Camiguin whose birth was duly recorded in the Office of the Local Civil Registrar of Guinsiliban, Camiguin but which birth erroneously recorded his Sex as FEMALE when in fact and in truth he is a MALE as shown in the Medical Certificate, issued to him by Ralph Jino Z. Cortes, M,D..of the Camiguin General Hospital, Mambajao, Camiguin. Petitioner Raquel Borromeo-Exchaure was born on July 3, 1972 to spouses Eliseo Borromeo and Florina Honrado at Benoni, Mahinog,Camiguin whose birth was duly recorded in the Office of the Local Civil Registrar of Mahinog, Camiguin but which birth record erroneously recorded her Sex as MALE when in fact and in truth she is a FEMALE as shown in the Medical Certificate, issued to him by Questor C. Nudalo, M.D., of the Camiguin General Hospital, Mambajao, Camiguin. In order to correct such erroneous entries this petition is filed. The petition being sufficient in form and substance is hereby set for hearing in this Court’s Session Hall on September 20, 2012 to start at 8:30 o’clock in the morning. Let copy of this Order and of the petition and its annexes be sent to each of the following: Office of the Solicitor General; Office of the Local Civil Registrar of Mambajao, Camiguin, Office of the Local Civil Registrar of Guinsiliban, Camiguin, Office of the Local Civil Registrar of Mahinog, Camiguin and the Office of the Provincial Prosecutor of Camiguin. A copy of this Order is required to be published at petitioner’s expense in any newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Camiguin once a week for three consecutive weeks prior to the date of hearing. ny person or entity whose interest might be adversely affected by the pro-ceedings in this case may file written opposition and personally appear during the hearing and substantiate the same. SO ORDERED. Done in Mambajao, Camiguin, this 22nd day of June 2012.

RUSTICO D. PADERANGA JudgeBWM: JULY 13, 20, & 27, 2012

Republic of the PhilippinesREGIONAL TRIAL COURT

10th JUDICIAL REGIONBRANCH 28

MAMBAJAO, CAMIGUIN

IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FOR SPL. PROC. NO. 464ADOPTION OF A MINOR, SHANEN FOR: AdoptionCABLINDA,

SPOUSES HERBERT B. CALUBANAND JIMMIELYN MAE C. CALUBAN, Petitioners.x--------------------------------------------------- /

ORDER Petitioners, husband and wife are Filipino citizens, of legal ages and residents of Mambajao, Camiguin. They seek to adopt the minor, Shanen Cablinda, 12 years old, who was born on September 20, 1999 at Polomolok, South Cotabato. The child to be adopted is the illegitimate child of the wife-petitioner, when she was still single. Petitioners got married on March 5, 2011 before Rev. Fr. Arnulfo Cubero in Davao City and on November 30, 2011, they begot their child, Shelby Sophia Caluban in Cagayan de Oro City. Upon petitioner’s marriage, Shanen was already in their care and custody and the husband-petitioner poured his love and affection to the child as his own. Even if petitioner-husband had already a child with the wife-petitioner, his love and affection to Shanen remains unaffected as he introduced her as his own without reservation. The petitioners possessed all the qualifications and none of the disqualifications to adopt. Petitioners are economically capable to support the child to be adopted and their child or children in the event they shall beget more children, being a medical practitioner. The child to be adopted has no property of her own, real or personal, nor is she expecting to succeed any fortune by inheritance and the child to be adopted has consented to the adoption by virtue of an affidavit on Consent. The child’s well-being is the paramount concern of the petitioners and further pray for the Honorable Court to grant the adoption of Shanen, entitling her of all rights and privileges as their own child and to bear the surname of the husband-petitioner, “Caluban”. Finding the petition sufficient in form and substance, the same is hereby set for hearing in this Court’s Session Hall, at Lakas, Mambajao, Camiguin on August 30, 2012 to start at 8:30 o’clock in the morning. Let copy of the petition and of this Order be furnished the Regional Director of the Department of Social Welfare and Development, Region X, Cagayan de Oro City, for the preparation and confirmation of the Child and Home Study reports and submit the same before the date of hearing as well as to conduct counseling sessions with the natural mother on the matter of adoption of the adoptee and accordingly submit a report therein before the date of hearing; and another copy of the petition and of this Order be furnished the Office of the Solicitor General, the Provincial Prosecutor of Camiguin, the Local Civil Registrar of Polomolok, South Cotabato, the Local Civil Registrar of Mambajao, Camiguin and the biological mother in Mambajao, Camiguin, for any step they may deem best and proper to take in this Petition. Let copy of this Order be published at petitioner’s expense once a week for three successive weeks before the scheduled hearing in any newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Camiguin. Any person or entity opposed to the petition in this case may file written opposition at any reasonable time before the scheduled hearing and personally appear during the hearing to show cause why the petition shall not be granted. SO ORDERED. Done in Mambajao, Camiguin, this 25th day of June 2012.

RUSTICO D. PADERANGA Judge BWM: JULY 13, 20, & 27, 2012

Foreclosed banks’ properties in Davao City set for auctionSTATE DEPOSIT insurer Philippine Deposit Insurance Corp. (PDIC) is set to sell an array of properties in Davao City worth at least P243.88 million.

2 pm, along with a bond or deposit equivalent to at least 10% of the submitted bid. Bid documents are avail-able on the PDIC Web site. “Before submitting their bids, prospective buyers are advised to physically inspect the properties they are inter-ested to buy, assess and verify the land titles and other docu-ments; and determine unpaid taxes, fees or expenses,” the statement read. The state deposit insurer, in its strategic roadmap up

to 2016, aims to dispose of the real and other properties absorbed from banks placed under its receivership by the Monetary Board. PDIC needs to liquidate the assets so the proceeds can be added to the agency’s de-posit insurance fund, which pays for the claims of deposi-tors of shuttered banks. As of end-February, funds in the deposit insurance fund totalled P72.62 billion, up 11.88% from P64.91 billion in the same period last year.

According to a PDIC state-ment, a total of 130 properties -- assets of foreclosed banks -- will be put on the auction block. These are comprised of 42 condominium units, 29 parking spaces and 59 residential lots. The condominium units and parking spaces are locat-ed at the Landco Corporate

Center, Pryce Business Park, J.P. Laurel Avenue, Bajada.The residential lots are lo-cated in Luzville Subdivision, Panacan, Davao City. The public bidding will be held on August 1 at the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipi-nas Davao Regional Office. Prospective investors should submit their sealed bids by

CAMODA coop activates membership in Pag-IBIGTHE CAMODA Multi Purpose Cooperative will ink a Memorandum of Agreement with Pag-IBIG Fund for the activation of their membership, under the Cagayan de Oro Branch on Saturday, July 28. Pag-IBIG Fund Cagayan de Oro Branch’s Depart-ment Manager Juliano S. Banghal will sign the MOA with CAMODA MPC Chairman Raul P. Ganot, along with the of-ficers from both the Fund and the transport coopera-tive. On the same day, an additional highlight to the occasion is the CAMODA MPC’s official turnover of payment covering the initial membership sav-ings of the group to Pag-IBIG Fund. In turn, the CAMODA MPC will re-ceive their first Pag-IBIG Fund Receipt, as proof of

payment. The CAMODA Multi Purpose Cooperative is composed of Multicab op-erators and drivers whose main route is from the areas of Cogon, Camaman-an and Indahag, Cagayan de Oro City. As part of the Fund’s Knowledge Management campaign, a briefing was organized and given to the officers and members of CAMODA MPC last July 14, 2012. Republic Act 9679 also known as the Home De-velopment Mutual Fund Law requires all Filipino workers earning at least One Thousa nd Pesos (P1,000.00) monthly to actively save in Pag-IBIG Fund. The said law ap-plies to all self-employed including the transport group and cooperative workers.

Rural banks seek cap on foreign equityF O R E IG N E R S ’ s t a k e in rural banks must be capped at 40% to prevent the overconcentration of ownership in their hands, sa id the newly elected head of the Rural Bankers Association of the Philip-pines (RBAP). “RBAP members are divided on their stance on the entry of foreign equit y in rura l banks. Some want up to 40%, while others are pushing for up to 60%. I think 40% is better for the rural banking industry,” said RBAP President Edward Leandro Z. Garcia, Jr. after the induction of the new set of RBAP officials on Tuesday night. Mr. Garcia replaced Ian Eric S. Pama as the association’s president. While pointing out the entry of offshore equity through foreign institu-tions such as the Inter-national Finance Corp. i n r u ra l ba n k s wou ld strengthen banks’ finan-

cial base and “profession-alize management,” Mr. Garcia said allowing for-eign individual investors to hold a majority stake in rural banks is another case. “If a foreign individual wi l l come to the Phi l-ippines and buy a rural bank, I doubt how the central bank will be able to thoroughly check on his or her history because regulators will simply ask for his background,” he said. “My fear is, we do not know the ‘real interest’ of these individuals who want to gain a majority stake in rural banks. Be-sides, it is not that simple to get someone to go to far f lung areas to manage a rural bank,” he added. “The RBAP’s off icial stand on the matter is to allow up to 60% foreign equity in rural banks, but since there are members pushing for 40%, then we plan to present the side of

those pushing for 40% to the legislators at the Sen-ate.” Section 4 of Republic Act No. 7353, otherwise known as the Rural Bank Act of 1992, states that “...the capital stock of any rural bank shall be fully owned and held directly or indirectly by citizens of the Philippines or cor-porat ions, associat ions or cooperatives qualified under Philippine laws to own and hold such capital stock...” This provision effec-tively isolates rural banks as the only category of local banks not allowed to have foreign ownership. Foreign investments in commercial and thrift banks are allowed by law. House Bill No. 5360, sponsored by Leyte Rep. Serg io F. Apostol a nd Cagayan de Oro Rep. Ru-fus B. Rodriguez, which proposes changes to the RA 7353, has already been approved by the House of

Representatives on third reading on Dec. 5, 2011 and was transmitted to the Senate on Dec. 7, 2011. HB 5360 proposes to allow rural banks to allow non-Filipino citizens to own, acquire, or purchase up to 40% of the voting stock of a rural bank. Meanwhile, Senate Bill No. 3089, introduced by Sen. Edgardo J. Angara, also proposes up to 40% foreign ownership in rural banks. It is pending at the Senate committee on banks, financial institu-tions and currencies. As of the first quarter, there were 574 rural banks. “In the end, it all boils down to the management of the bank, who and how they will manage a rural bank,” Mr. Garcia said. “Good governance, the people managing a rural bank and a strong capital base will always be the im-portant factors to prevent closures of rural banks,” he said.

PNB-Allied Bank merger gets OK

THE MERGER of Philippine National Bank (PNB) and Allied Banking Corp. (Allied Bank) has hurdled another stumbling block after the Phil-ippine Deposit Insurance Corp. (PDIC) granted its approval of the merger of the two Lucio C. Tan-owned banks. In a disclosure to the stock exchange, PNB said: “we received [yesterday] an advice from the PDIC granting consent to the proposed merger of PNB and Allied Bank, with PNB as the surviving entity...subject to certain conditions.” The merger, approved by the banks’ sharehold-ers in 2008, is targeted to be completed this year. After the merger, PNB--the surviving entity-- will have 650 branches and total assets amounting to over P500 billion, making it the fifth largest bank asset terms.

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Republic of the PhilippinesREGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF LANAO DEL NORTE

12th Judicial RegionBRANCH 07

Tubod, Lanao del Norte

In re:Petition for correction of entry SPL. PROC. NO. 265-07-2012 (i)under “Sex” from “MALE” to “FEMALE”in the Certificate of Live Birth of ZSU - for -ZSA MAE C. QUILAB Correction of EntryZSU ZSA MAE C. QUILAB, Petitioner, - versus -

LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OFTUBOD, LANAO DEL NORTE, Respondent.x - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - /

O R D E R

A verified petition for Correction of entry in the Certificate of Live Birth of ZSU ZSA MAE C. QUILAB was filed before this Court on June 6, 2012 as to her gender/sex which was erroneously entered as “MALE” instead of “FEMALE”, praying among others that after notice and hearing, an Order be issued directing the Respondent to effect the correction sought for. Petitioner alleges that she is a Filipino, 20 years old, and resident of Purok 3, TCES, Barangay Poblacion,Tubod, Lanao del Norte. She was born on October 1, 1991 at Poblacion, Tubod, Lanao del Norte. Her birth was duly registered at the respondent’s Office and at the National Statistics Office. That under the entry “sex”, the one entered therein is “Male” instead of “Female”, her true and correct sex. That the erroneous entry may have been inadvertently done by the one who entered her facts of birth. She never undergone a sex transplant neither does she intends to submit for medical operation to change her sex. That in order to avoid confusion and to put in proper order her Certificate of Live Birth, it is necessary that the errors be corrected as to her sex/gender to conform to her true identity. Set the initial hearing of the petition to August 20, 2012 at 8:30 in the morning before the sala of this Court. Furnish copy of the Order to the Of-fice of the Solicitor General at Makati City, Office of the Public Prosecutor in Tubod, Lanao del Norte, Office of the Local Civil Registrar in Tubod, Lanao del Norte, Public Attorney’s Office in Tubod, Lanao del Norte and to the petitioner, ZSU ZSA MAE C. QUILAB at her address in Purok 3, TCES, Barangay Poblacion, Tubod, Lanao del Norte. Petitioner is hereby directed to publish copy of this Order to Business Week Mindanao, a newspaper of general circulation for three (3) consecutive weeks, at her expense, to comply with the jurisdictional requirements. So Ordered. Tubod, Lanao del Norte, June 7, 2012.

(Sgd.) ALAN L. FLORES Presiding JudgeBWM: July 27, Aug. 3 & 10, 2012

Republic of the Philippines PROVINCE OF BUKIDNON

Malaybalay City

OFFICE OF THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNOR Bids and Awards Committee

INVITATION TO BID

ITB NO. CW - 2012-042

1. The Provincial Government of Bukidnon, through the 20% Development Fund intends to apply the sum of the:

Qty. Unit of

Issue Name of Project ABC Duration

1 contract Improvement of Kaamulan Open Theater (Cultural Center) at Kaamulan Ground, Capitol Compound, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon

P 963,075.12 80.00 Calendar Days

Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening.

2. The Provincial Government of Bukidnon now invites bids for:

Item No. Description Quantity Unit I Mobilization/Demobilization lumpsum II Demobilization(Removal Cleaning and Disposing) 1. Removal/Disposing of Existing Insulation 462.562 sq.m. 2. Removal/Disposing of Damage Gutter 1.400 sq.m. 3. Surface Cleaning of Metal Members lumpsum III Ecofoam Insulation Works 462.562 sq.m. IV Gutter & Gutter Cover Works 1.400 sq.m. V Painting Works 322.000 gals.

Bidders should have completed, within ten (10) years from the date of submission and receipt of bids, a contract similar to the Project. The description of an eligible bidder is contained in the Bidding Documents, particularly, in Section II. Instruction to Bidders (ITB).

3. Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using non-discretionary pass/fail criterion as specified in the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act (RA 9184), otherwise known as the “Government Procurement Reform Act”. Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizens/sole proprietorships, partnerships, or organizations with at least seventy five (75%) interest or outstanding capital stock belonging to citizens of the Philippines.

4. Interested bidders may obtain further information from BAC Secretariat, Provincial Capitol, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below from July 20, 2012 – August 13, 2012.

5. A complete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by interested Bidders from the address below and upon payment of a non-refundable fee in the amount of P 1,500.00. It may be downloaded to the website of the Procuring entity (www.Bukidnon.Gov.Ph), provided that bidders shall pay the fee for the Bidding Documents not later than the submission of their bids.

6. The Provincial Government of Bukidnon will hold a Pre-bid Conference on July 31, 2012, 10:00 a.m. at BAC Conference Room, Provincial Capitol, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon, which shall be open to all interested parties.

7. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before August 14, 2012, 9:30 a.m. at BAC Conference Room, Provincial Capitol, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon. All bids must be accompanied by a bid security in any of the acceptable forms and in the amount stated in ITB Clause 18. Bids will be opened on August 14, 2012, 10:00 a.m. in the presence of the bidder’s representatives who choose to attend at the address below. Late bids shall not be accepted .

8. The Provincial Government of Bukidnon reserves the right to accept or reject any bid, to annul the bidding process, and to reject all bids at any time prior to contract award, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder or bidders.

9. For further information, please refer to:

Engr. Charito G. Yulo Head, BAC Secretariat Provincial Capitol, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon Fax No. - 088-813-2141 Tel. No. - 088-221-3114

Engr. Jose Pastor P. de la Cerna BAC Secretariat/ Section Head (Civil Works) Provincial Capitol, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon Fax No. - 088-813-2141 Tel No. - 088-221-3114

PROVO B. ANTIPASADO, JR. Provincial Administrator

BAC Chairman BWM: July 27, 2012

CompaniesCompanies

Coal Asia says planned listing draws investors

MONTHS before the scheduled initial public offering (IPO), Coal Asia Holdings Inc. said it is drawing interest from strategic investors seeking to ensure coal supply keep costs more stable.

it said. Coal Asia is led by Harald Tomintz, who was previ-ously associated with Semir-ara Coal Corp. before its privatization in 1997. It was renamed to Semirara Mining Corp. by the control-ling Consunji family and is considered the Philippines’s biggest producer of coal. The estimated P726.87 million in net proceeds from Coal Asia’s IPO is earmarked to bring into production the Davao Oriental mine by 2014 and the Zamboanga Sibugay mine by 2015. The company is targeting an initial production capac-ity of 600,000 metric tons of high-grade coal annually by 2014. Should plans proceed, Coal Asia will be the fourth company to go public this year after GT Capital Hold-ings Inc., East West Banking Corp. and Calata Corp.

In a statement, Coal Asia said strategic investors from the power generation and cement industries have ex-pressed interest to own a stake in the coal miner. In-vestment funds are also keen on the company, it said. Coal Asia, which claims to hold the country’s sec-ond-biggest coal reserves, is raising fresh funds as it targets to begin commer-cial production by 2014. It plans to sell in the fourth quarter about 800 million primary shares at P1 each, representing 20 percent of the company, which will be solely arranged by Abacus Capital and Investment Corp. “The company is evidently keen on ensuring the timely development of its high-grade bituminous coal mines as

Coal Asia Holdings, which holds the country’s second-largest coal reserves, said its initial public offering (IPO) will list 800 million shares on the Philippine Stock Exchange’s (PSE).

these strategically located in Mindanao where there is a rush to establish criti-cally needed power capacity,

giving Coal Asia a leg up on opportunities for long-term supply agreements for thermal coal in the region,”

2GO Travel offers special Ramadan faresSpecial Ramadan fares to all destinations of 2GO travel are now available until August 31, 2012. 2GO Travel Chief Com-mercial Officer Stephen Rey Tagud said: “Many Filipino Muslims travel during Ramadan to join their families in observing a month of fasting, which is why, in solidarity, we introduced promotional fares to all our destinations in Mindanao.” Travelers from Manila to Butuan, Cagayan De Oro, Dipolog, General Santos, Iligan, Ozamiz, Surigao, and Zamboanga City can book tickets for as low as

P750. Passengers can also take advantage of the P450 economy class fares from Manila to any 2GO destina-tion in the Visayas namely: Bacolod, Cebu, Dumaguete, Iloilo, and Tagbilaran. The promo fare, exclu-sive of applicable taxes, surcharges and service fees, are all for economy class accommodat ions and valid for travel until August 31, 2012. Tickets are available at any 2GO Travel Ticket office or any accredited 2GO Travel agent nationwide. For more details, call (02) 528-7000 or log on to www. 2GO.com.ph

CEBU PACIFIC, a no-frills airline, has decided to start off ering hot meals on all its international fl ights starting Sept. 1. Th e company said the hot meals may be pre-ordered through its Web site, reser-vation hotlines and ticketing offi ces, up to four hours before the fl ight. “Hot meals are a new addi-tion to the range of products and services we off er guests on our international fl ights. With passenger convenience

Cebu Pacific to offer meals on int’l f lights

in mind, CEB products include in-fl ight Duty Free and Fun Shop, Web check-in, travel insurance, car rental services, prepaid baggage allowance and seat selector,” Candice A. Iyog, the airline’s vice-president for sales and marketing, said in the statement. Early this month, the Gokongwei-led carrier said it would be off ering On Air Wi-Fi when it launches long-haul fl ights to Middle East and Australia by the third quarter next year.

Robinsons to build 38th mall in Cebu

Robinsons Galleria Cebu aerial perspective.

GOKONGWEI-led Robin-sons Land Corporation on Thursday broke ground for its 38th Philippine shop-ping mal l in the north reclamation area in Cebu City.

In a statement, RLC president Frederick Go said the company is boost-ing its investments in Cebu City, where the Gokong-weis’ business started. “RLC is ramping up in-vestments in Cebu, which is experiencing robust economic growth, a vi-brant reta i l industr y and a booming tourism sector,” he said. Robi nsons Ga l ler ia Cebu is expected to be t he compa ny’s biggest shopping mall outside of Metro Manila. The mall is expected to open in in 2014.

Aside from the mall, RLC’s mixed-use develop-ment will include the first GoHotel branch in Cebu and offices for business process outsourcing firms.

The 7-storey building, which w i l l have about 156,000 square meters of gross f loor area, will be located on a 4.6 hectare lot along General Maxilom Avenue, Cebu City. The GoHotel will have 153 rooms, while the mall will have a gross leasable area of 56,000 sqm on four levels and the BPO of f ices wi l l have 9,000 sqm of leasable space on 3 f loors. Go said the company’s masterplan for property in Gen. Maxilom includes the construction of high-rise residential condominiums. No detai ls on the con-dominium project were disclosed. RLC has other prop-erties in Cebu, such as Robinsons Fuente, and Ro bi n s on s C y b e r g at e Cebu, a mixed-use mall and off ice development in t he Fuente Osmeña area. It also operates the Summit Circle Hotel in Fuente Osmeña Circle. The property firm will also soon have 3 hotels in Cebu, including Summit Shores Resort hotel in the Amisa residential develop-ment on Mactan Island. Residential projects in-clude Azalea Residences, as well as Blue Coast and Aspen Heights.

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Once upon a time in Hinatuan!

The dream, the challenge, the promising development

THINK a minute… This is a true story a man told of when he was a young teenager. He was just hanging out listening to the radio one day when his father came in from working outside. His dad looked at him and said: “Son, in 24 hours you won’t even remember what you’re listening to now. How about doing something for the next 20 minutes that you’ll remember for the next 20 years? I promise you’ll enjoy it every time you think of it “What is it?” the son asked. His dad said, “Well, our neighbor, Mrs. Brown, needs her grass cut. Why

don’t you go cut her lawn while she’s gone, and then get back quickly so she won’t know you are the person who did it?” The son said he hurried over and cut their neighbor’s grass in just 20 minutes. Mrs. Brown came home later and never knew who had mowed her lawn for her. That son said his father was right. It’s now more than 20 years later, and every time he thinks of secretly cutting Mrs. Brown’s grass for her he really enjoys the memory. Jesus Christ said that when we do good so people will see and praise us, then

that’s the only reward we’ll ever get for it. He said we should try to do our giving and helping in a way that doesn’t draw attention to ourselves, but simply do it because we care and want to help people. We shouldn’t tell people what we did or how much we gave. We know it, God knows it, and that’s all the reward we need. The reward that humans give cannot ever match the reward God gives. So if all we want is the ap-proval of other people, then that’s all we’ll get. But if we give our help and service secretly, for God

and others, then we’ll be rewarded and blessed much more during this life, and even after we die. Just Think a Minute…

LITTLE is known of the blue lagoon blessed with many hidden natural treasures. Home to rare marine life and unspoiled torques water, the Enchanted River of Hinatuan takes center stage as the latest eco-tourism destination in the Caraga region. Delegates of the Vice Mayors League of the Philip-pines convention in Butuan City last June were taken to a virtual tour in the best places of Agusan del Norte and Surigao del Sur can offer. After three days of discussion on governance and the envi-ronment, participants were lured to the Enchanted River to go swimming, sampling of seafood delicacies and the taste of tropical fruits harvested from Durian and Marang that smell pungent in the air. These nutritious fruits grow in abundance in the region and find their values in the market stalls of Butuan City to as far as

Davao City. The Enchanted River has tales of the bizarre as old folks who live and travel to Barangay Talisay forewarn visitors and strangers to be out of the river as the clock hits 5:00 o’clock in the after-noon. No one should remain in the water as darkness starts to envelope the surrounding mountains and tall trees that shadows the river. Hinatuan in Surigao del Sur is 2 hours and 30 minutes by private car from Butuan City. A Bachelor’s Bus going to Mangagoy in Bislig City from Butuan stops at the Bus Terminal in Hinatuan. The trip takes 5 hours af-ter several stops in the bus terminals of Bayugan, San Francisco and the Munici-pality of Barobo. The Enchanted River has a swimming area as deep as 100 meters where caves and crystal stones underwater formed tributaries leading to

the sea and into the Pacific Ocean. Boats can be rented to bring tourist into the open sea where fish cages and crustaceans sanctuary abound. Shrimps and crabs are grown in the fish cages and feed before 12:00 noon daily. Hinatuan is fishing and an agricultural community. It was once a source of century old trees that were cut and feed to the lumber yards of Bislig Bay Lumber Company owned by the Andres Soriano family when trees were still abundant in Surigao del Sur. Bislig Bay Lumber stopped operations when Martial Law was declared in 1972 and logging concessions in Eastern Mindanao were cancelled. Any trees and cut lumber transported in the region in our times now are considered illegal and must be seized by authorities. The Caraga region once considered the poorest next

to ARMM has achieved tre-mendous strive in economic growth and development. Government has poured road and bridges infrastructures and the educational institu-tions have produced young business, technical and sci-ence graduates that are now manning the manufacturing, healthcare and retails. Big property developers from Cebu and Manila have em-barked on various expansions

THE President’s 3rd SONA has brought joy and hope to the Filipino people especially when the President delivered these inspiring lines. “But what we know about our people, and what we had proven time and again to the world was this: Nothing is impossible to a united Fili-pino nation. It was change we dreamed of, and change we achieved; the benefits of change are now par for the course.” Indeed, we are glad to know the very promising transformation from being the “sick man of Asia to one who now beams with vitality with a growing GDP by 6.4 percent which is said to be much higher than projected. It was a great relief to hear comments that “Once, we were the debtors; now, we are the creditors. “ How will this apply to Northern Mindanao? Checking the revenue performance statistics of Northern Mindanao during the first quarter of 2012, NEDA-10 reported P1.43 billion tax collections and P1.36 billion customs collec-tions, which are higher by 26

and 18 percent, respectively as compared with the same period last year. However, behind the rosy portrait, the SONA presented a bleak picture which needs to be arrested. To borrow the words of the President, “Challenges remain. The high maternal mortality ratio in our country continues to alarm us.” This is about the increas-ing maternal deaths from 162 to 221 per 100,000 live births from 2006-2010 as revealed during the launch of the National Statistics Office 2011 Family Health Survey last June 19, 2012. According to the keynote speech of Health Secretary Enrique Ona : “The cruelest irony is that women are dying as they are giving life.” Such statement is loaded and its implications remind us of the vulnerabilities that con-front our women population. Putting the statistics simply would give us a picture of estimated 11 faceless women dying each day from highly preventable complications arising from pregnancy and childbirth. This would of course lead

us to a blatant contrast which shows that today more Fili-pino women die in childbirth than in the early 1990s. Sec. Ona in his speech stressed that “we need real time health statistics that can guide us in making crucial decisions as we reform our healthcare system.” And true enough, these statistics have generated promising development. The SONA unveiled some facts that based on data from the DSWD: 1,672,977 mothers now get regular checkups; 1,672,814 children have been vaccinated against diarrhea,

Unmet need for family planning?THIS is another expres-sion coined by population controllers busy working in inf luential institutions like the UN. They define it as “percentage of currently married women aged 15-49 who want to stop having children or postpone the next pregnancy for at least two years, but who are not using contraception.” Yes, it is just as cold as that. No further distinction is made, much less, any mention of moral, ethical or cultural considerations. It makes the illegal and automatic equation that women who don’t want to get pregnant are the same women who want or should want to have contraception. That’s foul! In short, it is all about unmet need for contracep-tion, whether wanted or not. Thus, this concept of unmet need is a license for population controllers to indiscriminately spread the virus of the contraceptive mentality all over the world. While many countries are suffering from all sorts of economic problems and many other more basic needs, population controllers just focus on making contracep-

tion available or actively pushing it, branding it as the panacea for poverty and other women-related problems. And it is the so-called rich countries (we have to qualify it that way, since many of them are actually now hav-ing tremendous economic problems) that want to con-trol the population of poor but bustling countries, that are financing for this unmet need. These rich countries seem threatened by the poor countries. They say that “contra-ceptives are one of the best investments a country can make in its future.” They still talk about the so-called “demographic dividend” that illegitimately equates fewer people with higher develop-ment. Everyone knows that this is not necessarily so and that, in fact, the reverse can be true. Some reports claim that the rich and famous of the world have donated $2.6 bil-lion recently in a summit in London to meet the “unmet need” of 120 million women in the developing world for family planning. This looks to me like a lot of moolah just going

down the sinkhole, a pure waste of precious resources, when there are many other more important needs that require both immediate help and sustained support. For example, Austin Ruse, the president of the Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute (C-FAM), a non-profit institute that closely follows the United Nations and other organizations on family and population issues, claims that the real needs of women in many places are still unmet: basic medical care, skilled birth attendants, education, clean water, and nutrition.” He also claims that many

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12TH Judicial RegionBRANCH 07


In re: Petition for correction/cancellation SPL. PROC. NO. 267-07-2012of entry in the Certificate of Live Birth ofJOHN MICHAEL ABE MATA under the entryof Mother’s first name and middle namefrom MENCHIE ANCIS to MENCHI ANCHESand correction/cancellation of entry ofDate and Place of marriage of parents fromJune 27, 1994 Tubod, Lanao del Norte toNot Married. Correction/Cancellation of Entry Likewise for correction of entry in theCertificate of Live Birth of JEAN MICHELLEABE MATA under the entry of Mother’sfirst name and the middle name fromMENCHIE ANCIS to MENCHI ANCES andcorrection of entry of Date and Place ofof Marriage of Parents from June 28, 1994Tubod, Lanao del Norte to Not Married.

JERRY L. MATA, Petitioner.

-versus- LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF BAROY, LANAO DEL NORTE. Respondent.X - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -/

O R D E R

A verified petition for correction/cancellation of entry in the Certificates of Live Birth of JOHN MICHAEL ABE MATA and JEAN MICHELLE ABE MATA was filed before this Court on July 02, 2012 by the herein petitioner praying among others that after notice and hearing, an Order be issued directing the Respondent to effect the corrections sought for. Petitioner alleges that he is of legal age, single, and resident of Poblacion, Tubod, Lanao del Norte. Respondent is sued in his capacity as such. Petitioner is the father of JOHN MICHAELL ABE MATA born on January 11, 1995 and JEAN MICHELLE ABE MATA born on August 2, 1996, whose facts of birth were duly registered at the Respondent’s office. However, the Certificates of Live Birth of his children contain erroneous entries as to the FIRST NAME and MIDDLE NAME of their mother was misspelled as MENCHIE ANCIS instead of MENCHI ANCES. Likewise, in the same birth certificate the DATE AND PLACE OF MARRIAGE OF PARENTS should have been indicated – NOT MARRIED – in view of the fact that PETITIONER was never legally married to the mother of his children MENCHI ANCES ABE. That the mother of his children died on October 9, 2011. During the lifetime of MENCHI ANCES ABE, she acknowledged the fact that she and petitioner were not legally married as can be shown in the Certificate of Live Birth of their third child JULLIANE MAE ABE MATA born on June 23, 2009, indicated in Item No. 18 –“ Date and Place of Marriage of Parents” - Not Married and Petitioner signed the Affidavit of Acknowledgement/Admission of Paternity on the second page. Petitioner is of good moral character and has never been convicted of any crime especially those involving moral turpitude. The Petition is filed in good faith and is not intended to conceal the commission of a crime and/or defeat the investigation and prosecution of the same. He is also desirous of correcting entries so as to avoid confusion and future inconvenience. Set the initial hearing of this case to August 31 , 2012 at 8:30 in the morn-ing before the sala of this Court. Any person/s interested to the petition may come to Court on said date and time to show cause why said petition should not be granted. Furnish copy of the Order to the Office of the Solicitor General at Makati City, Office of the Public Prosecutor in Tubod , Lanao del Norte, Office of the Local Civil Registrar of Baroy, Lanao del Norte, Atty. Dorothea S. Basalo, petitioner’s counsel and to Jerry L. Mata, the petitioner, whose residence is at Poblacion, Tubod , Lanao del Norte. The petitioner is hereby directed to publish copy of this Order to Business Week Mindanao, a newspaper of general circulation for three consecutive weeks, at his expense, to comply with the jurisdictional requirements of the Rule. SO ORDERED. Tubod, Lanao del Norte. July 9, 2012

ALAN L. FLORES Presiding JudgeALF/fop

Office of the Solicitor General 134 Amorsolo St., Legazpi Village Makati City

Office of the Public Prosecutor Tubod, Lanao del Norte

Local Civil Registrar Baroy, Lanao del Norte

Atty. Dorothea S. Basalo Tubod, Lanao del Norte

Jerry L. Mata Poblacion, Tubod, Lanao del Norte

BWM: July 13, 20 & 27, 2012


12TH Judicial RegionBRANCH 07


In re: Petition for correction/cancellation SPL. PROC. NO. 268-07-2012of entry in the Certificate of Live Birth ofGENEVIEVE BUCTUAN MATA under the entryof Date and Place of marriage of parents fromFebruary 6, 1995 Tubod, Lanao del Norte toNot Married. Correction/Cancellation of Entry Likewise for correction/cancellation of entryin the Certificate of Live Birth of SHERWIN DAVE BOCTUAN MATA under the entry of Date and Place of of Marriage of ParentsFrom February 6, 1995 Tubod, Lanao del Norte to Not Married.

RUBEN L. MATA, JR., Petitioner.

-versus- LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF BAROY,LANAO DEL NORTE. Respondent.X - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -/

O R D E R

A verified petition for correction/cancellation of entry in the Certificates of Live Birth of GENEVIEVE BUCTUAN MATA and SHERWIN DAVE BOCTUAN MATA was filed before this Court on July 02, 2012 by the herein petitioner praying among others that after notice and hearing, an Order be issued direct-ing the Respondent to effect the corrections sought for. Petitioner alleges that he is of legal age, single, and resident of Poblacion, Tubod, Lanao del Norte. Respondent is sued in his official capacity as such. Petitioner is the father of GENEVIEVE BUCTUAN MATA born on August 5, 1995 and SHERWIN DAVE BUCTUAN MATA born on December 9, 1996, whose facts of birth were duly registered at the Respondent’s office. However, the Certificates of Live Birth of his children contain erroneous entries as to the DATE AND PLACE OF MARRIAGE OF PARENTS should have been indicated – NOT MARRIED – in view of the fact that PETITIONER was never legally married to the mother of his children ERLINDA LIMOT BUCTUAN. Petitioner is of good moral character and has never been convicted of any crime especially those involving moral turpitude. The Petition is filed in good faith and is not intended to conceal the commission of a crime and/or defeat the investigation and prosecution of the same. He is also desirous of correcting entries so as to avoid confusion and future inconvenience. Set the initial hearing of this case to August 31, 2012 at 8:30 in the morning before the sala of this Court. Any person/s interested to the petition may come to Court on said date and time to show cause why said petition should not be granted. Furnish copy of the Order to the Office of the Solicitor General at Makati City, Office of the Public Prosecutor in Tubod, Lanao del Norte, Office of the Local Civil Registrar of Baroy, Lanao del Norte, Atty. Dorothea S. Basalo, the petitioner’s counsel and to petitioner, Ruben L. Mata, whose residence is at Poblacion, Tubod , Lanao del Norte. The petitioner is hereby directed to publish copy of this Order to Business Week, a newspaper of general circulation for three consecutive weeks, at his expense, to comply with the jurisdictional requirements of the Rule. SO ORDERED. Tubod, Lanao del Norte. July 10, 2012

ALAN L. FLORES Presiding JudgeALF/fop

Office of the Solicitor General 134 Amorsolo St., Legazpi Village Makati City

Office of the Public Prosecutor Tubod, Lanao del Norte

Local Civil Registrar Baroy, Lanao del Norte

Atty. Dorothea S. Basalo Poblacion, Tubod, Lanao del Norte

Ruben L. Mata Poblacion, Tubod, Lanao del Norte

BWM: July 13, 20 & 27, 2012

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polio, measles, and various other diseases. With this promising development, there is no doubt that we can reverse the trend and give each and every mother the promise of a healthy life.

countries are now facing a demographic winter where there is already a notable population decline, where older people are outnumber-ing the younger population, where deaths are getting higher than births. He noted that even in Muslim countries that are long known to have big population, a signif icant fertility decline is already taking place. It seems they also are succumbing to the contraceptive mentality. Here in our country a CNN report recently ob-served that while many other Asian countries are expe-riencing some economic slowdown, we are having an economic surge instead. Economists attribute it to many factors, like a recovery of electronics exports aft er a decline in demand last year, a strong domestic consump-tion due to the money sent home to the Philippines by its overseas workers, and the rise of outsourced call centers that serve as the long-term stabiliz-ers relatively unhindered by a sagging global economy. According to Haz Nar-vaez, Manila-based head of research for the Philippines at the Credit-Suisse, it is estimated that 11% of the

and opening of new hotels, shopping centers and sub-divisions for housing. With vast tract of lands and water resources, Butuan City and Surigao could be the next ideal retirement destinations in the Philippines?

92 million Filipinos work overseas, and their remit-tances account for about 10% of the country’s GDP, totaling $225 billion in 1991. Since these Filipino over-seas work often as domestic workers, nurses or skilled technicians or in jobs that are less vulnerable during global economic slumps, they can continue working and sending money to our country. Narvaez said, “You have an aging population in the West, and you have a young population here in the Philip-pines waiting to do jobs that some people in the West are not willing to do.” This must explain why our overseas workers continue to find jobs abroad and support our country significantly and rather stably. We should be wary when we hear some political lead-ers talk about the RH Bill because this is pure baloney. The RH Bill has no other purpose than to integrate the contraceptive mentality and the population control program into our country. Let’s not be deceived by claims about women’s repro-ductive rights, demographic dividends and unmet need for contraception. To me they are decoys of the devil, not to mention, rotten fruits of bad thinking.

moment, we depend on grants from financing institutions, other government agencies, and political leaders like our congressmen and the LGU executives. We have the tech-nology, but we do not have the resources to produce the machines and distribute it to our farmers”, he said. It is this problem that makes the farmers vulnerable to un-scrupulous people. “Since they can’t aff ord the machines, they resort to custom harvesting where third party groups do the harvesting for them. However, there are some of these who employ wrong method of harvesting, aff ect-ing young abaca plants not yet due for harvest. Th is practice

Abaca...from page 8Macarayan explained. The biggest problems of abaca farmers are disease infes-tation and the lack of harvesting equipments. He said they are implement-ing measures to prevent the entry of diseases through the use of insecticides. In case the disease has already infected the crops and the only way to stop its spread is to remove all infected plants or poison those with herbicide, killing the plants and the cause of the disease. Most farmers cannot also aff ord to buy stripping machines. “Unfortunately, FIDA has no budget for this. As of the

results in a poor quality of fi ber and low pulping recovery, and it doesn’t stop there. Some of these custom harvesters ask for a 60/40 sharing, with the 60% going to them. Worse, they also act as buyers of the farmers’ produce, buying them at a very low price”. To counter this exploitation, FIDA has launched an infor-mation dissemination among farmers against this practice. Macarayan also said they are now trying their best to provide machines for abaca associations or cooperatives to lessen their burden. “We are very lucky here in Zamboanga Peninsula because we have prolifi c variety of abaca due to the fact that our soil here is fertile and suitable for any abaca variety, and also the suit-able micro-climate condition”, he said. “Farmers and harvesters should strictly follow the good agricultural practices for abaca

so that sustainability will prevail, and that the standard of liv-ing of the farmers will also be uplift ed. We achieve this, then we can command higher price for our product because we are sure that we have the highest quality”, he ended. (PNA)

Trade and Industry (DTI) – South Cotabato through its Rural Micro-Enterprise Promot ions Prog ra m me (RuMePP). Recent ly, members of the Banga Kawayan Arts Association have underwent skills training and capacity-building on bamboo node operation in Barangay San Vicente, Banga town where a bamboo node was a lso installed. Along with the establish-ment of bamboo nodes and hub, the provincial govern-ment has a lso intensif ied efforts to campaign for the planting of bamboos in rural

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communities as well as along riparian zones not only as a means to earn income but also as protection of river banks and landslide-prone areas. This is coupled with es-tablishment of community-based nurseries where bam-boo seedlings are reared. Every February, the pro-v incia l government a lso holds Kawaya n Fest iva l which showcases the use-ful contributions of bamboo to the province’s people, culture and development. It also highlights bamboo products designed by local entrepreneurs.

Ma nagement Of f ice , ex-plained, are facilities where raw bamboos are cut, sliced, treated and dried. From these nodes processed bamboos will be sent to the bamboo hub where the final process-ing into finished products takes place. A b a m b o o n o d e i s equipped with a bamboo pole cutter, two twin rip saws, and a treatment split-ter, she said. Cre at ion of b a mb o o nodes was made possible with P350,000 assistance f rom t he Depar tment of

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DA launches AFTC with PPP as investment policy

National Tobacco Administration (NTA) chief, Edgardo D. Zaragoza, right, witnesses tobacco unloading at the Universal Leaf Philippines warehouse in La Union this week as he conducts his periodic meeting with tobacco farmers and technicians in the provinces of La Union

THE Department of Agricul-ture (DA) recently launched the “AgriPinoy Food Process-ing Center Program” (AFTC) under the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) scheme espoused by President Be-nigno S. Aquino III as an investment policy. In line with this program, National Tobacco Adminis-tration (NTA) chief Edgardo D. Zaragoza on Wednesday said some P165 million agri-business projects designed to serve as additional source of livelihood for tobacco grow-ers in Northern Luzon. Zaragoza said the project is aimed at improving the economic and living con-ditions of tobacco growing communities through an integrated, comprehensive assistance scheme for small tobacco farmers. It will see the construction of the AgriPinoy Tobacco Farmers Food Processing and Trading Center (NTA AgriPi-noy) at Barangay Nanguneg, Narvacan, Ilocos Sur that will soon engage in contract growing services for hog and poultry from among tobacco-farmer cooperators, he said. ”It shal l a lso provide an alternative marketing system and business model to increase tobacco farmers’ purchasing and bargaining power, and develop farm-ers’ capabilities to manage dynamic rural enterprises,” he added. Zaragoza said the trading center shall buy and process meat into best-selling prod-ucts like “bagnet”, Vigan longganisa, Ilocos empa-nada, tapa, bacon, barbecue

and similar products from Northern Luzon to be sold in food terminals, groceries, markets, hospitals and of-fices in Region I, Cordillera Autonomous Region (CAR) and Metro Manila with the assistance of the Agribusi-ness Marketing Assistance Service (AMAS) of DA. NTA projections show that on the first year of op-erations, farmer cooperators stand to earn over P8 million in annual aggregate income per year, in addition to in-come from quality tobacco production. This is projected to in-crease to P10.4 million in the second year, P13.6 million in the third year, P17.8 million in the fourth year, and P23.3 million in the fifth year of

operation. NTA operations staff in branch offices in Region I and the CAR shall deliver the transfer of technology of hog fattening, and broiler growing coupled by a close in-process of technical as-sistance, monitoring and supervision to the tobacco farmer cooperators. ”Considering that the NTA AgriPinoy product lines cater to basic needs, and that food accounts for 46.91 percent of the personal consumption expenditures of average Filipino families, the NTA AgriPinoy will have a sure pre-arranged market, not only locally, but in the future, on a global scale,” Zaragoza said. ”Notwithstanding the fi-

nancial gains to be derived by the NTA, of paramount im-portance is the realization of our vision for tobacco farm-ers that they shall one day become partners in progress by being small entrepreneurs themselves, earning a modest and reasonable profit from their produce. For Filipino consumers, we envision that they too, shall have access to nourishing and affordable food,” the NTA chief said. The project is in line with the NTA’s mandate embodied in Executive Order No. 245, undertaking an Integrated Farming and Other Income Generating Activities Project, as a strategic development program aimed at improv-ing the conditions of small tobacco farmers. (PNA)

AROUND 700 farmers and fisherfolk of the Alyansa Agrikultura marched toward the Department of Agri-culture offices in Quezon City Thursday in protest of alleged smuggling of agricul-ture products that are sold cheaply than local variants in the Philippine market. The Alyansa Agrikultura, or AA, said that imported crops are readily found in the markets even as the DA has not issued any import permits this year. Sales of local produce are threatened because imported agricultural products are sold cheaper due to government [the country from which the

Farmers decry inaction on smugglingthey are imported from] sub-sidy, said AA spokesperson Jaime Tadeo. “Di nila nakikita na mal-aking isyu ang smuggling na pumapatay sa mga small producers sa kanayunan,” AA president Arsenio Tanchul-ing said. According to Oxfam, an international anti-poverty organization, 37 percent of the country’s rice and corn were imported as of June 2011. Furthermore, the AA said that the agricultural sector is in “crisis” due to decreas-ing productivity and lack of government support. “Kung ang pangisdaan

at sakahan ay mahina, tat-ambakan mo pa siya ng im-ported, madudurog siya… Kaya ang krisis sa agrikul-tura, tumitindi. Kahirapan sa kanayunan, lumulubha,” said Tadeo. The Country’s agricul-ture output growth rate has slowed down to 1.08 percent for the first three months of 2012 from 4.17 percent last year, a DA report shows. About half of 21 major crops in the country posted a 1 to 7 percent decline in production volume: palay, sugarcane, mango, peanut, mongo, cassava, garlic, on-ion, eggplant and calamansi, according to the DA’s agri-

cultural performance report for the first quarters of 2011 and 2012. eanwhile, palay and sugar-cane declined about 1 percent and 7 percent respectively from 2011-2012, after pos-iting a 16 percent and 27 percent gain in 2010-2011. Onion grower Amado Mallari noted that a major-ity or about seven for every 10 crops of garlic in the wet market are imported. Mallari added that im-ported garlic is sold at around P33 per kilo, while local produce amount goes for P35 and more. He advised that the gov-

Abaca industry in Zamboanga booming

ZAMBOANGA City -- The Zamboanga Peninsula, to include the island province of Sulu, is now becoming one of the major abaca producers in the country as production and interest from farmers to plant continue to improve. Fiber Industry Devel-opment Authority (FIDA) Regional Director Olimpio Macarayan said their agency has noted an increasing trend in the production of abaca from 2010 to 2011, and even in the first half of this year. Seeing the vast potential of the industry, Macarayan said Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala has again granted FIDA in the region another P9 M for the expan-sion of their proposed project. This grant is not only to help expand abaca industry here but is also a part of the National Greening Program of the national government. The expansion program will be implemented next year. Data released by FIDA-9 states that last year’s re-gional production reached 3,236,431.20 kilograms com-pared to the 2,647,328.1 ki-lograms in 2010. Dir. Macarayan said the figures include production from Sulu, where most of the bulk comes from. “Although Sulu is an ARMM province, it is still under the jurisdiction of our office. It is actually the biggest producer for region 9, followed by Zamboanga Sibugay”, Macarayan said. “Abaca is endemic only to the Philippines. We are the only natural producer of it in the entire world. The only other country producing abaca is Ecuador, and it’s not even native there. The specie from Ecuador came from Davao. It was brought there by a Japanese abaca grower who once owned a farm in Davao. If we can improve this industry, think of the big markets that will depend on us”, he stressed. The country’s major mar-kets are Japan, Europe, India, United States, the Middle East, and Korea. He however, said the biggest emerging market for abaca is China. At present, 85% of the world production comes from the Philippines, with the Zamboanga Peninsula and Sulu contributing 15% to the total national production. FIDA is confident that the region’s share can increase up to 20% within two years. “With the help of the De-partment of Agriculture on the expansion of abaca indus-try, we can easily achieve our target of 20% within the next

two years. It’s very achiev-able”, Macarayan stressed. He also pointed that the industry in the region has improved as more and more famers venture into abaca propagation.“The status of our abaca industry is boom-ing. There are now many farmers who want to plant abaca and it’s a very good sign”, he said. The shift of interest of farmers to abaca is credited to its shorter maturity period compared to other high value crops like rubber, where region 9 also excels. “Farmers can harvest abaca within 18 months to two years. After that, they can harvest every 3 to 4 months in one year”. However, FIDA said in as much as many farmers would want to plant abaca, the lack of capital of small farmers has somehow af-fected the full take off of the abaca industry. “There are many farm-ers who really want to plant abaca, but the problem is the lack of capital of our small farmers”, he explained. According to Macarayan, FIDA has come up with as-sistance program to help these farmers start with their venture. “Before, we tried to help them by providing them with planting materials. But it’s very limited. We can only give 1,000 seed pieces per individual. Although we give cooperatives seed pieces good for about 5 hectares. But with the help of the Depart-ment of Agriculture, under its High Value Commercial Crops Development Program, we were granted an initial P1 M for the procurement and distribution of abaca planting materials, and the establishment of open-type nurseries, after we submit-ted a proposal, as this is a proposal-based assistance”,

Harvesting abaca is labo-rious. Each stalk must be cut into strips which are scraped to remove the pulp. The fibres are then washed and dried.

Bamboo hub for production of engineered bamboo to rise in S. CotabatoBy DANILO E. DOGUILES

Contributorcial Information Office said purchase of the machines and equipment for the bamboo hub is now underway. The list includes the fol-lowing: thickness planer, joint planer, laminating ta-ble, air compressor, single spindle molder, wide belt sander, circular saw sliding

KORONADAL City -- A hub where bamboos will be made into engineered products will soon rise here courtesy of the provincial government of South Cotabato. A report from the Provin-

table, band saw, bench drill, grinder planer knives, and sharpening circular saw. Once operational, the hub is capable of manufac-turing of tiles, planks and other products that may be used for the construction of engineered bamboo products such as chairs, tables, panels,

and many others. In an earlier interview, Gov. Arthur Y. Pingoy Jr, said the establishment of bamboo hub, which wil l temporarily be located inside the PROTECH Center along Alunan Avenue, this city, form part of the campaign of the provincial government

to promote South Cotabato’s bamboo industry. Along with the establish-ment of a hub here, several “bamboo nodes” will also be created in strategic locations. Bambooo nodes, For-rester Mary Jane Manlisis of the Provincial Environ-

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Palay production in Misamis Oriental went down by 7.45% as a result of shifting to other upland cash crops, while some areas were not planted due to damaged ir-rigation canals.

Northern Mindanao palay production

down in first quarterBy RUTCHIE C. AGUHOB, Contributor

A TOTAL palay production of 143,088 metric tons (MT) had been noted in Region 10 as of the first quarter this year.

inces in the region posted negative increases in palay production: Camiguin, down by 8.78 percent and Lanao del Norte, down by 11.36 percent, due to delay caused by moving the planting sea-son from the fourth quarter of 2011 to the first quarter of 2012. Pa lay product ion in Misamis Occidental and Misamis Oriental went down by 16.66 and 7.45 percent, respectively, as a result of shifting to other upland cash crops, while some areas were not planted due to damaged irrigation canals. Areas harvested in these four provinces also declined: Camiguin, down 8.33 per-cent, Lanao del Norte, down 8.18 percent, Misamis Oc-cidental, down13.69 percent and Misamis Oriental, down 10.48 percent. The yield per hectare were also reported on the

This volume of produc-tion, however, is lower by 1.04 percent, compared with 144,591 MT during the same period in 2011, regional director Lealyn Abellanosa Ramos of the Department of Agriculture (DA) Region 10, said. Data gathered by the Bureau of Agricultural Sta-tistics (BAS) show that al-though palay production in the rain-fed areas increased by 14.14 percent, those in the irrigated areas dropped by 2.12 percent, especially in areas damaged by the f lash f loods in December 2011. Regional agricultural stat ist ics of f icer Carlito Baclayon of BAS, Region 10, said the areas being

harvested also declined by 0.80 percent, particularly the irrigated areas, by 0.86 percent and the rain-fed areas by 0.06 percent. While the average yield per hectare remained at 4 MT/ha, the rain-fed areas posted a positive yield of 14.25 percent, and the ir-rigated areas, a negative yield of 1.26 percent. The BAS data also show that only the province of Bukidnon posted positive in its palay production with 4.94 percent, due to suffi-cient irrigation water and rainfall. The areas harvested to palay in Bukidnon increased by 3.68 percent. However, the other prov-

downtrend in Camiguin, down 0.49 percent, Lanao del Norte, down 3.47 per-cent, Misamis Occidental, down 3.44 percent, except for Misamis Oriental which increased by 3.37 percent. Camiguin’s drop in yield was also due to heavy rains during the reproductive stage, while that of Lanao del Norte, the lesser usage of certified seeds and some

areas which were damaged by flashfloods that occurred in December 2011. On the other hand, the net rice sufficiency level of the region during the pe-riod stood at 62.49 percent, considering the following regional details: population was estimated at 4,508,166, per capita consumption was 155.7 kg, area harvested was 36,028 ha, production was

143,088 MT with a seed requirement of 75 kg/ha, feeds and wastage at 0.065 percent of production and 0.04 percent processing. The net palay produc-tion for consumption was 125,362MT, while the net rice production for con-sumption was 81,485MT, and the clean rice requirement was 130,398.7MT, Baclayon added.

Dengue cases likely to rise this year in NorMin - DOH

By JORIE C. VALCORZAContributor

region will likely increase this year. As of January 1 to July 20, 2012, the DOH record-ed a total of 2,112 dengue cases from all hospitals within the region. Mendoza said the fig-ure is 95 percent higher when compared to the same time period, last year, which posted only 1,082 cases. T he f a t a l i t y r a t e , however, is low with five deaths among the age

MISAMIS Oriental -- Dr. David Mendoza, head of the Department of Health (DOH) Northern Mind-anao Epidemiology, Sur-veil lance and Disaster Response Unit said they are expecting dengue cases to rise this year. Mendoza said a DOH study of dengue cases since 1996 reveal that the number of cases in the

group of 1 to 15 years old. Mendoza also noted that Misamis Oriental has registered the highest increase this year, absorb-ing 74.50 percent of total number cases recorded as of July 20, the province of Bukidnon tag along with 12.30 percent, Lanao del Norte (9.70 percent), Misamis Occidental (3.10 percent), and Camiguin (0.40 percent). A mon g t he c i t i e s Cagayan de Oro posted

the highest number of cases region wide (54.10 percent), followed by Ili-gan (6.90 percent) and Valencia (2.50 percent). For Cagayan de Oro, cluster of cases were noted by DOH in barangays Agusan, Balulang, Bugo, Bulua, Camaman-an, Ca-nitoan, Carmen, Cugman, Gusa, Iponan, Kausawa-gan, Lapasan, Lumbia, Macabalan, Macasandig, Nazareth, Patag, Puerto and Tablon. (PIA 10)

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Rufus among PAPI’s outstanding lawmakerTHE Publishers Association of the Philippines Inc. (PAPI) gave recognition to members of the House of Representatives today, July 27, as part of media’s inherent function and responsibil-ity to inform the public on the performance of their duly elected legislators.

legislative leadership; moral integrity, probity, honesty and dedication to public service; significant bills au-thored, co-authored, pursued and passed by Congress; projects, programs initiated and completed; contribution to sound enlightened and constructive public discourse on cogent issues; advocacy leadership in percolating and promoting serious economic, socio-political development concepts and policies; and ability to relate and sustain their rapport with media. “Its objective is not merely to accord due recognition to the deserving representatives of the people who carved their niches in public service by effectively delivering what their constituents expect of them, but for media to fulfill its duty to inform the public of the performances of elected lawmakers and help educate the electorate on the importance of voting for the right and deserving candidates,” he said. The 11 outstanding con-gressmen are: Bayan Muna party-list Rep. Teddy Casino, Pangasinan Rep. Gina de Venecia, Ilocos Norte Rep. Rudy Farinas, Paranaque Rep. Roilo Golez, Batangas Rep. Hermilando Mandanas, Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman,

Outgoing PAPI president Juan Dayang, in his opening remarks during the awards rites held at the Makati Sports Club, said the 11 outstanding

congressmen were chosen from a list of nominees by various organizations and individuals based on a selec-tion criteria which include

Northern Samar Rep. Emil Ong, Agham party-list Rep. Angelo Palmones, Cagay-an de Oro City Rep. Rufus Rodriguez, Quezon Rep. Lorenzo “Erin” Tanada III, and Oriental Mindoro Rep. Rodolfo Valencia. In choosing Casino as one of the outstanding congress-men, PAPI said the “veteran street parliamentarian has brought the fight against abuse and corruption to the halls of Congress where he has become a consistent and effective voice for the marginalized Filipinos. “Casino represents a new generation of Filipino lead-ers — young, principled, competent and with a heart for the masses,” it said. For Manay Gina, as she was popularly known, PAPI said the lady congresswoman is a renowned philanthropist and president of the Associa-tion of Women Legislators of the 15th Congress. Aside from the legis-lative responsibilities and achievements, she founded three national charitable institutions — The Haven for Women, The Haven for Children, and The Haven for the Elderly. “Manay Gina may only be on her f irst term as a member of the House of

Representatives, but she is no neophyte when it comes to public service,” it said. On the other hand, Fari-nas, as deputy lead prosecutor in the impeachment trial of former Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona, made “palusot” a household term. As a long-time leader in the province of Ilocos Norte, PAPI said Farinas “brought the government closer to the people by personally delivering the government’s programs and services to the remotest areas of the province.” Golez, for his part, is one of the longest serving mem-ber of the Lower Chamber. He is now in his 6th term as congressman of Paranaque. In the 15th Congress alone, Golez has sponsored and authored 74 House mea-sures of national significance which include House Bill 15 or “An Act Amending R.A. 6981 or the Witness Protec-tion, Security and Protection Act.” Another veteran congress-man, Lagman champions the rights of parents to plan and chart the welfare of their family by being the principal author of the “Reproductive Health and Population De-velopment” bill, commonly

Stranded OFWs in Saudi sell blood for survivalMANY undocumented Fili-pino workers now jobless in Saudi Arabia have reportedly resorted to selling their blood to survive in the Middle East kingdom while waiting for jobs or their repatriation. Reps. Rufus Rodriguez (PMP, Cagayan de Oro City) and his brother, Rep. Maximo Rodriguez (Abante Mindanao Party-list) disclosed this as they called for a congressional investigation into the plight of some 8,000 to 10,000 un-documented overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who are now stranded in Saudi Arabia.

“As a result, a number of jobless and undocumented OFWs in Saudi Arabia are selling their own blood to hospitals just to survive or to raise funds for their daily sustenance or to send money to their families back home in the Philippines,” the two lawmakers said. Rufus claimed that many of these workers have become jobless aft er leaving their em-ployers due to various abuses committed against them. Oth-ers have been duped by illegal recruiters, he said. Th e Cagayan de Oro City

lawmaker said hospitals in Saudi Arabia pay at least Saudi Rial 300 to SAR500 or P3,300 to P5,500 per 500 cc of blood donated. “While there is nothing wrong in donating blood, it is quite diff erent when donors are forced to do it in order to earn money and when their motive is to get money in exchange for the donated blood,” the brother-congressmen said. They added, “it is quite unfortunate that our OFWs are placed in a situation where circumstances force them to resort to donating blood for

money.” In the Philippines, blood donation in exchange for mon-ey has been outlawed. Private blood banks have folded up their businesses due to the restriction. Th e Rodriguez brothers called for the enactment of measures that would help OFWs in distress so that they would “no longer need to re-sort to these steps in order to earn but, more importantly, they are protected when in a foreign country and have jobs readily available to them both here and abroad.”

They urged the House Committee on Overseas Work-ers Aff airs chaired by Akbayan Rep. Walden Bello to conduct congressional inquiry into the reports. Th e two solons asked the House panel to invite offi cials of the Department of Labor and Employment, the Philippine Overseas Employment Admin-istration and Department of Foreign Aff airs to shed light into the reported blood dona-tion incidents. Also expected to be invited to the hearing are offi cers of Migrante Middle East.

JBC disqualifies two nominees

for chief justiceTHE Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) on Wednesday resumed interviewing nominees for the chief justice post as it an-nounced the disqualifi cation of two candidates because of their failure to comply with the council’s documentary requirements. Lawyer Vicente Velasquez and Rep. Rufus Rodriguez of Cagayan de Oro City will no longer be interviewed. Th eir disqualification trimmed down the number of candi-dates to 20. Six nominees were grilled as of Wednesday— Supreme Court Justices Roberto Abad and Arturo Brion, lawyer Rafael Morales, former Uni-versity of the Philippines law dean Raul Pangalangan, Com-mission on Elections Com-missioner Rene Sarmiento, and retired Judge Manuel Siayngco Jr. Abad said that the judi-ciary needs a fresh approach to healing and reconciliation. He added that it would be best if someone from the High Court is named chief justice since having an insider would result in a renewal on the part of the judiciary, which he describes as “wounded” due to the impeachment of former chief justice Renato Corona. “Parang mas mabuti yata na taga-loob para magkaka-roon ng renewal within [It would be better to appoint an insider to achieve renewal within],” Abad said. “Kapag mag-appoint kasi ng outsider, nasugatan na nga ang judi-ciary, sinubsob mo pa [If an outsider is appointed, it would be like hitting somebody who is down and wounded].” Abad believes that it would be worthy if the JBC includes him in its shortlist of nomi-nees. When asked how he want-ed to be most remembered by, he said: “I want to be the chief justice that changed a lot of things.” Abad said once appointed, he would like to raise the standard of fi ling of cases to a higher level.

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ernment should import only when supplies run short in the market. “Kaya sa banding huli, nabibili ang imported na sibuyas kaysa local produce kasi nga mas mababa ang presyo,” Mallari said.

The wrong tree On the other hand, Ag-riculture Secretary Proceso Alcala said the farmers can-not blame the department for the alleged smuggled imports since the department has not issued any import permits. “Ang ibig sabihin niyan they are barking up the wrong tree,” Alcala told GMA News Online in a phone interview. Alcala had met with the farmers in a dialogue after the protest march, but the secretary commented on the manner the farmers held the protest. The secretary said he found AA spokesperson Tadeo’s “shouting” during the dialogue as disrespectful. “Dapat nagrerespetuhan naman tayo,” Alcala noted. Be that as it may, the de-partment is willing to engage in future dialogues with the farmers, the secretary said.

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Award” and the “Pride of the Filipino Award” — to Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. and Sarangani Rep. Manny Pacquiao, respectively. Belmonte thanked the PAPI for giving him the Il-lustrious Leadership Award. He also acknowledged the important role media play in having democracy in the country for the welfare of the Filipino people. (PNA)

Rufus...from page 10known as the RH bill. Lagman was also the prin-cipal author of the CARPER bill, further empowerment of the local government units (LGUs), adequate and acces-sible medical care services in the country, among others. As for Mandanas, who represents the second dis-trict of Batangas, serving his provincemates in particular, and his fellow Filipinos, “is a never-ending task.” For him, serving his coun-trymen “is a commitment that one pursues despite changing political fortunes.” Ong, for his part, has authored and sponsored 25 House measures of both lo-cal and national dimension, and co-authored 97 others, including 20 House Resolu-tions. Meanwhile, Palmones represents the science and technology (S&T) sector in Philippine society. Palmones said the Agham Party is determined to take an active role in addressing national problems needing S&T intervention, including concerns on health, food, natural resources and en-vironment, among others. Even before his stint in Congress, Palmones, who has a radio program in DZMM, has been promoting S&T, especially among the youth. Rodriguez, for his part, is among the congressmen with the highest number of House bills and resolutions filed — 809 in all — which he either authored or co-authored. Of the first six measures signed into law by President Benigno Aquino III, three were authored by Rodri-guez — R.A. 10149 or the Government- Owned and Control led Corporat ion (GOCC) Governance Act, R.A. 10150 or Extending the Implementation of the Lifeline Rate Act, and R.A. 10151 or Allowing the Em-ployment of Night Workers Act. There were also 25 na-tional bills which he filed that have already been ap-proved by the Chamber on third reading. House Deputy Speaker Tanada, meanwhile, is a zealous advocate of the right of the people to be informed about the acts and transac-tions of the government by aggressively pursuing the passage of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act which he authored. Lastly, Valencia or “RGV” to his friends, has helped steer the passage into law of several significant measures affecting the real estate and housing sectors. Among these are R.A. 9507 or the Socialized and Low-Cost Housing Loan Restructuring Program Act, R.A. 9646 or the Real Estate Service Act of 2000, R.A. 9653 or the Rent Control Law of 2009, and R.A. 9904 or the Magna Carta for Homeown-ers Association Act, to name a few. Meanwhile, PAPI also gave two special awards — the “Illustrious Leadership

Antonino said the envi-sioned committee will work on a monitoring mechanism that will ensure transparency of power dispatch; study the viability of a Mindanao Power Corp. (in support of the House Bill No. 6308 of Zamboanga 1st district Representative Ma. Isabelle Climaco-Salazar which is now up for committee de-liberation); set up a one-stop shop processing center for projects; and draft a Min-danao Power Development Plan. “It bears to point out... that integral to the full de-velopment of Mindanao’s agriculture, tourism, infor-mation and communications technology, among others, is the availability of the reliable power supply,” Antonino read. Reynaldo said MinDA is working with the Depart-ment of Energy, rural electric cooperatives, business and consumer groups, as well as local governments for the “ formulation of policies and power development programs that will ensure establishment of a regime of dependable, sustainable and reliable power supply in Mindanao.” Areas in Zamboanga Peninsula have been suf-fering outages lasting one to two hours daily, though this pales in comparison to daily brownouts of as long as eight hours that struck parts of Mindanao at the peak of the drought in 2010 that left dry the dams that power hydroelectric plants which provide more than half of the island’s power supply. Jaime J. A. Rivera, Philip-pine Chamber of Commerce, Inc.’s regional governor for

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The vice mayor, who chairs the city council com-mittee on tourism, expressed optimism this figure will continue to increase. He expressed gratitude to the airline company for this development as he expressed hope more new routes will be opened connecting Cagayan de Oro with other cities in the country. Starting October 14, 2011, the Cagayan de Oro-Iloilo route is Cebu Pacific’s 78th domestic route utilizing an Airbus A319 aircraft.

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supply and completing stud-ies on the island’s long-de-layed wholesale electricity spot market. Those for the farm sector include setting up guarantee schemes for related projects and promptly releasing new guidelines for the use of the Agricultural Competitive-ness Enhancement Fund that are supposed to prevent recurrence of irregularities. Mr. Varela said the sum-mit should send the message that Mindanao is ready for more investments. One such area in Min-danao is Butuan City in Agusan del Norte which has attracted a number of foreign firms. “There are Japanese firms that are currently do-ing their feasibility studies for power projects. There is also a Malaysian firm that wants to build a commercial center as well as some mining projects,” Butuan Mayor Ferdinand M. Amante, Jr. said during the press conference. He said the two Japanese firms, which he identified as Chodai Co., Ltd. and 8 Japan, plan to build a 15-megawatt (MW) and 6-MW run-of-river hydroelectric plant and a biomass facility. Feasibility studies are expected to be finished in a year. Amante said the Malay-sian firm will be investing P1.4 billion for the commer-cial center, whose construc-tion is scheduled to start by September.

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sions during the Regional Consumer Assembly held recently in Cagayan de Oro City as revealed by Ruel B Paclipan, provincial director, Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Iligan City, Lanao del Norte Provincial Office. The establishment of the regional federation, which is targeted in the third quarter of 2012, is expected to unify the voices of the different consumer organisations in the region, said Paclipan. Some of the issues and concerns raised by the differ-ent stakeholders were public consciousness on consumer laws and fair trade laws, implementation of consumer laws, strong linkages among different sectors and govern-ment support to consumer groups. On the other hand, among the best practices highlighted during the assembly were the implementation of con-sumer welfare projects such as Bagsakan Center and Con-sumer Welfare Desk (CWD) in business establishments, proactive Local Price Coor-dinating Councils (LPCCs) and effective market admin-istration. After the discussion, the following recommendations were formulated: regular updating of price monitoring boards in markets, especially for fish and meat products; strengthening of LPCCs to effectively perform their

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duties, particularly during calamities; and procure-ment of testing and weighing devices to measure products sold in the market. Outputs from the Region-al Consumer Assembly will be presented at the upcoming National Consumer Congress scheduled on October 1, to kick off the Consumer Welfare Month celebration. It will be joined by the representatives from the consumer organizations, aca-deme and partner agencies to come up with a National Action Plan for the advance-ment of consumer welfare and protection, Paclipan said. (PIA)

said. “We are banking on this EO to revitalize power gen-eration and relieve the suf-ferings of Mindanaons,” Reynaldo also said in an interview after the summit.

Business Conference could be a venue for possible business linkages between Cebu and Mindanao busi-nessmen. Fortun said it is a major challenge for pubic officials like him to promote Mind-anao as an ideal investment haven because of reports on bombings and clashes between government forces and rebels. “But t hese incidents do not ref lect the general situation of Mindanao be-cause these only happen in isolated areas. The problem is when there is a bombing incident that occurred in a specific town, all areas

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in Mindanao are heavily affected,” said Fortun. The v ice mayor sa id Mindanao is rich in wood and timber as well as min-ing and has huge potential for eco-tourism. In order to make Butuan City a conducive area to do business, Fortun said they have put up a center to hasten processing of business permits to less than 30 minutes. “We put up a one-stop-shop where agencies in government are all in there to sign and approve the business per-mit which cuts significant processing time,” he said. “We are also reviewing our tax incentives and fi-nalizing the improvement of investment ordinance increasing tax holiday for investors with very huge sum of investments l ike over P500 million,” bared Fortun. The vice mayor said the existing law provides investors with a five-year tax holiday for investments of over P40 million as he added that in order to entice more investments to come in, a local ordinance will seek to increase tax holiday for huge amount of invest-ments. A major legislation in the offing is the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Code which is a comprehensive ordinance on PPP which includes 16 modalities such as joint ventures, build-operate-transfer scheme and public assets manage-ment, disclosed Fortun. “We are also about to pass the first-ever Water-shed Code that a ims to protect the environment as we promote eco-tourism in Mindanao,” further bared the vice mayor. (PIA)

Western Mindanao, said up until now the government still wants to privatize the Agus and Pulangi power complexes. Opposition to privati-zation of these plants has drawn together business, church and nongovernment groups which warn that this would lead to higher prices at a time Mindanao is short on electricity. “We need to come up with more vocal statement that the business sector in Mindanao, particularly in Zamboanga Peninsula, does not support the privatization of the Angus and Pulangi,” he said. Ms. Antonino had earlier urged the Energy depart-ment and the Power Sec-tor Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. to be transparent “in terms of information and updates on Mindanao power demand and supply situation, as well as it financial figures.” -- DTW

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