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WEATHER UPDATEEASTERLIES prevailing over Eastern section of Visayas and of Mindanao.
Ridge of High Pressure Area (HPA) extend-ing across Luzon.
Eastern and Central Visayas and Mindanao including Palawan will experience mostly cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms.
The rest of the country will have partly cloudy to at times cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms mostly in the afternoon or evening.
Moderate to strong winds blowing from the East will prevail over Southern Luzon and Visayas and coming from the East to Northeast over Mindanao.
The coastal waters along these areas will be moderate to rough. Elsewhere, winds will be light to moderate coming from the East to Southeast with slight to moderate seas.
Armed men sightedin Oro’s mining site
By GERRY L. GORIT, Photo-journalist
CAGAYAN de Oro City––The Bureau of Customs dis-trict in Northern Mindanao earned some P2-million from proceeds of an auc-tion of confiscated vehicles held yesterday in Cagayan de Oro.
Lawyer Anju Nereo Cas-tigador, district collector, and assistant district collec-tor Marvin Mison oversaw the sale of various models of cars that were confiscated earlier at the Mindanao Container Port for various reasons.
Mison said the vehicles had a total worth of P4-million but only half of the number was sold.
Among the unsold cars
Northern Mindanao customs bureau assistant district collector Marvin Mison presents the vehicles avail-able for auction yesterday. Twelve bidders joined the auction, buying half of the number of cars worth some P2-million. Photo by Gerry L. Gorit
Customs bureau auctions smuggled carswere two Mercedes Benzes.
Twelve bidders vied for the Honda cars and other model brands on an as-is where-is basis.
Mison added that the buyers have paid half of the floor price and will have to pay the other half before they are given a certificate of award to claim the item.
This certificate will be needed for the registration of the vehicles with the Land Transportation Office.
Another auction will be held but still needs to be scheduled, Mison said.
He said the next auction will include six additional Honda cars and junked vehicles.
BUSINESS DEALMrs. Marlyn and Freddie Par of the Manila-based ad-vertising agency A’ Venture, listen to BusinessWeek and Mindanao Daily publisher Mr. Dante Sudaria as they reach an advertising deal during their meeting at Pryce Plaza Hotel yesterday. The agreement includes ads placement and other joint ventures. The Par couple also publishes Cebu’s The Voice newspaper.
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Maj. Eugenio Julio Osias, spokesperson of the army’s 4th Infantry Division, said they could not ascertain the
THE MILITARY is now validating re-ports of fully armed group sighted in the hinterlands of the gold-rich villages in the outskirts of Cagayan de Oro City.
identity of the group.He said that an intel-
ligence report alleged that unidentified armed group
was seen in the vicinity of sitio Balongkot in Danso-lihon sometime on Feb. 28, 2012.
The military also re-ceived the same report of sightings on March 5 in sitio Balongkot where the armed group reportedly proceeded to the farming village of Tagpangi asking provisions from farmer-
residents along the way.‘We do not want to jump
into conclusion that the armed group are members of the New People’s Army rebel until the informa-tion is validated,’ Osias told Mindanao Daily.
He said a team of op-eratives have already been dispatched to those areas
CAMP Evangelista, Cagay-an de Oro City––Armed rebels of the New People’s Army torched down heavy equipment in a quarry site in Sitio Aton, Barangay Danao, Surigao City at five o’ clock Thursday morning.
The military estimated damages of about P 8 mil-lion of loss equipment and machineries when NPA rebels of the Sangay sa Platung Pampropaganda burned two pay loaders and one dump truck owned by a certain Mr. Felix Chua of Surigao City.
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NPA rebels burn equipment deprived workers’ livelihood
Osias, spokesperson of the army’s 4th Infantry Division, said the rebel group was reportedly led by a certain ‘Kumander Berber’ of the NPA’S Guer-rilla Front 16B of the North Eastern Mindanao Com-mittee.
Initial investigation disclosed that the motive for the burning was extor-tion since the owner of the heavy equipment refused to pay revolutionary tax to the rebels, Osias added.
He said elements of the 30th Infantry “Python”
THE PHILIPPINE gov-ernment has renewed its invitation to Ambassador Rezlan Jenie, chairman of the Organization of Islamic Conference-Peace Com-mittee for Southern Philip-pines (OIC-PCSP), to visit the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) to apprise reforms imple-mented by the government in the region.
Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Teresita
OIC envoy invited to watchreforms in ARMM M’danao
Quintos-Deles made the invitation on behalf of the Philippine government at the just-concluded second Ad Hoc High Level Group (AHLG) of the OIC-Gov-ernment of the Philippines-Moro National Liberation Front (OIC-GPH-MNLF) Tripartite Implementation Review Process in Bandung, Indonesia.
“We reiterate our invi-tation to the OIC-PCSP to visit the Autonomous Re-
gion in Muslim Mindanao later this year in order to see the ongoing efforts to reform governance and to catalyze development in the region,” Deles said.
The meeting discussed the complete implementa-tion of the 1996 Final Peace Agreement with the MNLF forged during the Ramos administration.
Deles thanked Jenie for his untiring efforts in
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CHIEF Justice Renato Co-rona held separate,one-on-one meetings with President Benigno Aquino III in 2010 on the proposed Truth Com-mission and with the latter’s partymate Sen. Teofisto Guingona III in 2011, on a possible “term-sharing” with Justice Antonio Carpio, Corona’s nemesis in the Supreme Court.
The chief justice made these revelations in a free-wheeling radio interview Thursday morning, as he continued an apparent me-dia roadshow to explain his side ahead of the start of the formal presentation by the defense in his impeachment
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Trader arrestedin drug ‘buy-bust’
BUTUAN City––Police arrested three men and confiscated undocument-ed lumber worth P46,000 loaded on a Fuso Fighter truck in a car chase after the suspects’ vehicle passed a checkpoint in Sitio Cuma-was, Barangay Mangagoy, Bislig City on Wednesday.
BUTUAN City––Interior and Local Government Sec-retary Jesse Robredo has urged local governments to provide homes and protection for the youth especially children in conflict with the law (CICLs).
Robredo made the call on Wednesday at Sulo Riviera Hotel in Quezon City during the launch of the United Nations Children’s Fund’s (UNICEF) State of the World’s Children Report entitled “Children in an Urban World.”
As reported by Karol Ilagan and Darlene Basingan of the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism, for UNICEF deputy representative Dr. Abdul Alim, children in slums are among the most disadvantaged and vulnerable in the world because they are deprived of the most basic services. While children in cities gener-ally enjoy greater access to services, health centers, and recreational facilities, many are denied of necessities like clean water, electricity and health care.
Robredo revealed that from 1995 to 2000, some 52,500 children were detained or under custodial settings or around 10,500 were arrested every year, or about 28 children per day, or more than one child per hour. From January to October, 2004, 2,121 children were arrested and placed under custody as shown by Bureau of Jail Management and Penology records, he said.
The DILG chief said, “There is a lack of halfway houses for children among local government units.” Just like adult prisoners, children are likely to suffer sexual, physical, and psychological abuse, he said.
“If jail is harsh for adults, you can imagine how it is harsh for them (children)”, he noted.
Unicef ’s Alim said that addressing the problem of inequality of access to basic necessities should begin with the availability of intra-urban data, or a set of more focused and accurate information necessary to help identify inequalities among children in urban areas.
He also recommended removing barriers to inclu-sion so that marginalized children and their families would be able to enjoy services and the core elements of citizenship such as legal protection and security of housing tenure.
On this score, Robredo said local governments have the “unique opportunity to rewrite the rules for a world fit for children” suggesting them to go beyond the provision of affordable shanties by “building com-munities where the young are nourished and not scared of constant demolitions.”
He said the present administration has alloted P10 billion every year in the next five years to house 120,000
Corona: I met with PNoy, Guingona on ‘truth body,’ term sharing with Carpio
Well applauded Higaonon Courtship Dance aboard the Valencia City Float.
Arrested was Br yan Maglinte Fecoso, 58, from whom Surigao City police operatives seized P3,500 marked money used in the “sting” operation at
By PAT SAMONTE, Regional Editor-Caragawith JOEL PORTUGAL, Correspondent
By PAT SAMONTE, Regional Editor-Caragawith JOEL PORTUGAL, Correspondent
around 3:15 pm.Caraga police spokes-
men Supt Martin Gamba said that aside from the marked money, the Su-rigao City police operatives
confiscated from Fecoso, a sachet of suspected shabu, a plastic box containing two sachets of suspected shabu, cash money amounting to P14,900 in different de-nominations, a cellphone, a digital weighing scale, a wallet containing cash worth P54,500, a small notebook on which writ-ten a list of customers and debtors of suspect in
BUTUAN City––Police arrested a business-man in a drug buy-bust operation in Purok Baybay Rose, Surigao City on Monday.
his alleged illegal drug activities, a small brown envelope, a pair of stain-less surgical scissors and a red Honda XRM 125 morocycle.
The body search was witnessed by Barangay Taft councilman Arnulfo Abrea, Department of Jus-tice representative Anecita Escudo and a radio re-porter, police said.
MARAWI City, Lanao del Sur––The drive to curb illegal logging here is gaining ground as the ele-ments of the 65th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army confiscated anew as-sorted sizes of lumbers and saw machine on Saturday afternoon.
Campaign against illegal logging gains ground in MarawiThe confiscation of
some 400 board feet of good lumbers, one unit of saw machine with TD-140 diesel engine and complete accessories, and one metal axle blade was the result of the raid conducted by the 65IB’s Scout Platoon led by 2Lt. Dennis Parale on March
3 in Barangay Cabasaran, said Lt. Col. Seigred Espina, 65IB commanding officer.
According to him, the logging machine was used for cutting illegal lumbers into different fletches from a sawmill in the said ba-rangay.
He further said the con-fiscated items were brought to the 65IB Supply Office
for safekeeping and proper disposition.
Espina also warned ille-gal loggers that the 65IB is actively conducting opera-tions to fight illegal logging in its area of operation.
The battalion is likewise relentlessly coordinating with local government units, non-government organiza-tions, and other stakeholders
for the continuous conduct of tree planting activities to bring back the virginity of the forest, he said.
On a related develop-ment, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in the Autono-mous Region in Muslim Mindanao is gearing up its preparations for the Regional Environmental
Summit to be held this month here.
Provincial Environ-ment and Natural Re-sources Officer Cosain Abbas said efforts on the drive against illegal log-ging and unauthorized cutting of forest products will be tackled during the summit. From the Philip-pine Information Agency
Cops arrest 3, confiscateP46T lumber in car chase
Authorities identified the suspects as Luis Mosende, 49, Jun Abao and Dario Calubag, 45.
Police said the Fuso truck passed the checkpoint set up by the local government at around 2:30 am alleg-edly without undergoing inspection.
Alert members of the Bislig City police imme-diately gave chase and col-lared the suspects after a few minutes. Some 3,000 board feet of lumber with an estimated market value of P46,000 were loaded on the Fuso truck and are now deposited at Bislig City hall.
The suspects face ap-propriate charges and in custody of the police.
DILG wants LGUs to giveCICLs homes, protection
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R&R Family Spring ResortBarangay Dologon, Maramag, Bukidnon
Some of RR’s amenities
MGM Mountain Resort, Matamag, Bukidnon
ONE of the more awe-in-spiring beauty among the many resorts in the Province of Bukidnon in the Philip-pines is RR Family Spring Resort or popularly known by locals as RR Resort. It is found in a relatively secluded area in Dologon, Maramag 32 kilometers south of Malaybalay City and 10 kilometers south of Valencia City. RR Family Spring Resort is overlook-ing Pulangi Lake which is utilized as a hydroelectric power source. Developed over a year ago, RR Family Spring Resort boasts its family-friendly staff, amenities, and views. It is owned by the Regidor Family who are prominent in Valencia City. The resort is now getting a lot of new visitors and patrons because of its won-derful scenery and theme. It
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has clean swimming pools which are categorized for both adults and kids. Rates: Entrance Fee – P30.00 per person; Open Cottages – P250.00 to P600.00; Tables – P150.00; Notes: Day admission is only from 7 am to 5 pm. Children 2 years old and above will pay in full.; Night Swimming Rates – P600.00 for the first 10 persons and P35.00 per person in excess thereof Night swimming is from 5 pm to 10 pm only. Accommodations - Dor-mitory – P2500 for the first 10 persons and P250.00 per person in excess thereof and maximum of 24 persons per room only; Check-out time is 12 noon; Function Hall – P3500 per day; Amenities - 5 swimming pools (1 mango shaped swimming pool with twin curved slide)
Open cottages and ta-bles; Fishpond; Function hall; Dormitory; Gazebo; Snack Bar; Restaurant; Park-ing space; Souvenir Shop; Children Playground; RR Family Spring Resort has a perimeter fence and several guards and swimming life-guards on duty. They have 24-hour stand-by security and they have power gen-erators which can be used during power outage. RR Family Spring Resort has its own golf car which can tour the visitors around the resort as well as bring guests from the Parking Area down to the Cottages or Accom-modations or anywhere inside the resort. The surrounding of RR Family Spring Resort is covered by lush greener-ies of plants, flowers and trees. There is also a gaming area used for recreational activities such as Chess, Billiards, Table Football and Card Games. Relaxation and getting away from the fast pace city life is what makes this resort enticing to its visitors. This is classified as a themed resort comparable to resorts such as Maze Park in Iligan, Tubod Flowing Waters and Danao Intosan Resort in Cebu among a whole lot more scattered throughout the Philippines. For more information about RR Family Spring Resort, [email protected]; [email protected].
In 1989, construction for a small pool was started in a compound in Dologon for use of fami-lies inside the area. Though not the first spring resort of its kind, word spread about a pool in Dologon, Maramag, Bukidnon. Due to the urging of friends, what was initially made for the families within the compound was turned and developed into a full service resort.
In April 22, 1990, MGM Mountain Resort was formally opened. Though slowly but continuously, the Resort was developed and different facilities were added to cater to the different needs of its guests. In 2003, a second area consisting of two kiddie pools and an odd-shaped pool were opened to the Resort’s guests, bringing to 5 the total number of pools in the place.
Today, the Resort takes pride in providing a place where family and friends can relax, unwind, have fun and spend quality time with one another.
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THINK a minute.Remember the wonder-
ful promises you made on your wedding day?
“I promise to always love you, care for you, respect and cherish you through everything we face in life. Whether we’re rich or poor, sick or healthy.”
But since our wedding day, we’ve found out those promises are much easier said than done!
If we’re completely hon-est, most of the time what we really mean by those beautiful promises is: “I want to be happy in life, and I believe you’re the one who’s going to make me happy.”
Most of us actually get
Marriage in debt
married more for what we can get than for what we can give.
So when you have 2 peo-ple in a marriage who are taking more than they’re giving, no one’s happy.
Many of us act like our mate owes us a debt to make us happy. That’s what we expected from them when we got married.
When the honeymoon was over, you probably learned that your wife or husband is not quite perfect.
The y aren’t a lways meeting up to your ex-pectations and making you happy.
Of course, we should always be trying to put each other’s needs first. We
should always be improv-ing and becoming more sensitive, kind and quicker to forgive each other.
But none of us has what it takes to totally satisfy all of our wife’s or husband’s needs and desires.
So we can never pay this impossible debt that we might expect from each other.
We humans simply don’t have that kind of love that never fails.
Love that always puts your wife’s or husband’s needs first.
Love that always for-gives and accepts them no matter how much they wrong and disappoint you.
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IF AN ELECTION is held today, Cagayan de Oro City Mayor Vicente ‘Dongkoy’ Emano will win the elec-tion uncontested.
This premise in anchored on the result of the signature campaign showing ‘Dongkoy’ as the ‘darling’ of the Cagayanons.
For those who hate Dongkoy, the signature campaign was a dismal failure. The organizers intend to get 48,000 signatures or 20 per cent of the city’s 240,000 registered voters.
When deadline came, the group gathered a measly 38,000 signatures. Organizers even expressed doubt that the signatures were spurious.
For organizers and for the people of Cagayan de Oro, the signature campaign was significant.
Getting the required number of 48,000 or more signatures would have drawn up a different political geography in Cagayan de Oro City then.
Of course, with 48,000 signatures, a recall proceed-ing would have been formally filed against ‘Dongkoy’ with the Commission on Elections. Thus, the anti-Dongkoy group does not care if the recall initiative succeeds. It would have sufficed to say that more than 48,000 people in Cagayan de Oro have lost confidence of Dongkoy Emano.
After all, getting more than 48,000 authentic anti-‘Dongkoy’ signatures would have affirmed the group’s insinuations that ‘Dongkoy’ have, indeed, weaken his political grip of the city.
Perhaps, the aftermath of Typhoon Sendong was ripe to instigate public outrage against ‘Dongkoy’ Emano’s administration. That was one of the reasons for initiat-ing the signature campaign.
‘Dongkoy’ pa rinAlong the way, organizers blamed the City Mayor
and his senior officials of negligent and dereliction of duty resulting to the death of thousands when the killer Typhoon Sendong struck.
The organizers, composed mostly of defeated and ambitious politicians, even filed a case against ‘Dongkoy’ directly with Malacañang. Without doubt, the group expects Malacañang to act favorably on their plaints knowing that ‘Dongkoy’ is with the other side of the political fence.
Knowing such old-style politics, Malacañang instead threw the complaint to the Ombudsman for proper disposal. Anyway, without discussing the merit of the case, such complaint was irrelevant.
How could one blame a person or persons for the death of many out of natural calamity? The complaint was purely political.
Why would those not affected be interested in complaining when those who lost their loved ones and personal belongings did not complain? Again, like the failed signature campaign, the anti-‘Dongkoy’ group never-care-less if the complaint they filed with Malacañang turned out in dustbins.
Obviously, the anti-‘Dongkoy’ organizers were engaged in ‘mind setting’ stratagem peculiar in psychological warfare. However, the methodology did not succeed because of inherent defects.
Besides, the most important thing is that they (anti-‘Dongkoy) have that feeling of self-fulfillment.
Anyway, how can they (anti-‘Dongkoy’) claim fulfill-ment when this early they are already leading Dongkoy’s electoral victory? The next election is a year from now.
With certainty, the anti-‘Dongkoy’ group bungled their initial political salvo and that abbreviated their political defeat in the future. It is ‘Dongkoy pa rin.’
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Rotary opens businesses for the poor
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LIFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “… Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting…” (Psalm 139:23-24, the Holy Bible).
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WITH FIRE EXTINGUISH-ER FIRM: Now that the country is commemorat-ing March as “fire month”, once again, I am thanking Mr. Jose Fineza, the owner of Bronco and Excelta fire extinguishers, for allowing the Rotary Club of Intramu-ros, District 3810 of Rotary International, to pursue a livelihood program which
enables poor Filipinos to sell fire extinguishers, even without capital, at prices everyone can afford.
Mr. Fineza’s gesture did not only help the poor find gainful employment, it also assured an immediate rem-edy against fires, even if firemen do not arrive on time, through his handy but already-proven to be
effective fire extinguishers.-ooo-
ROTARY PROVIDES LIVELIHOOD FOR THE POOR: In my capacity as the incumbent President of the Rotary Club of In-tramuros, I readily agreed to introduce Mr. Fineza’s program to the members of the Club’s seven Rotary Community Corps (RCC,
or duly-accredited Rotary community organizations whose members come from the poor and the under-privileged).
As a result, RCC mem-bers from slum areas in Metro Manila have found not only self-employment but, more importantly, self-respect and dignity which once eluded them. If there is anyone willing to help these new “enterpreneurs” by buying their products, please get in touch with me at 0917 984 24 68. If there are unemployed out there who would want to sell fire extinguishers, too, call me likewise, also at
THAT Filipinos are discriminating in their regard for corruption in and outside the government is true in-deed. Bishop Francisco Claver, SJ, pointed this out in his address at the BEC rural congress in Prelature of Libmanan late last month. And, come to think of it, he is right. “We are apathetic,” says the bishop.
Culturally maybe, but Pinoys are easy to condone corruption especially when the “operator” is a relative, a friend, or, worse, when they somehow are benefited, or “naaambunan” by it. A “standard operating procedure” or SOP is the common parlance which carries an impli-cation that such has become part of the “kalakaran” and therefore bereft of qualms—or morality, if you may. The logic is simple: when everybody does it, everybody does it; which is to say, “What’s your problem? It’s the norm”.
This might explain why the irony of Filipinos being too sensitive when tagged derogatory names abroad. When Hollywood actress Claire Danes described Manila as a “dirty place full of rats and cockroaches”, everybody was clamoring to high heavens to declare the actress “persona non grata”—for telling the truth. When Transparency International rated the Philippines as one of the most corrupt countries in Southeast Asia, nobody heard a whimper of complaint—because that is an old truth.
The issue of massive corruption and wholesale thievery during the Martial Law did not come as big as the conjugal dictatorship which smacks of political decadence rather than moral. But corruption then was equally worse, if not more—as the continuing Marcos Swiss accounts and hidden wealth easily substantiate. Which is why the thesis may be correct that Filipinos condone thieves, cheats and liars, but not dictators who are quickly sent to Hawaii. If a president is convicted of thief, he becomes forgiven in a week or two with an honorable act of executive clemency.
The pre-colonial tagline of “islas de ladrones” imputed
Condoning corruption
Saudi hires 800 nursesR E G I O N 1 0 - POEA has a n n o u n c e d a government-to-government hir-ing of 800 female Muslim nurses for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Basic salary is SR3,150. Appli-cants should not be more than 40 years old, prefer-ably BSN gradu-ates, with or with-out Board License, have at least two years hospital work experience, or one year hospital experience, but with Prometric Exams. Submission of applications is open until fur-ther notice at POEA Regional Centers in the cities of Davao, Zamboanga, Butuan and Cagayan de Oro.
City government joins fight against rabiesBUTUAN City––The city government joins the na-tion in celebrating the Rabies Awareness Month this March by sponsoring an Inter-School Rabies Quiz Bowl, recently. Caraga State University landed in first place, winning P3,000 cash plus medals and trophy; Lumbocan National High School , second placer and Fr. S. Urios University, third. (Butuan PIO/PIA)
DTI sees good market for bambooMISAMIS Occidental - DTI said there is good market for bamboo wood because of its cheaper cost compared to other kinds of lumber. Besides, bamboo is easier to plant and propagate.
DOLE supports city in quality service effortREGION 13 - DOLE-Caraga Director Ofelia Domingo said she was very happy working with Butuan City Tourism Office during the recent Error-Free, Quality Service Workshop. During the occasion, she encour-aged the participants to apply whatever lessons they have learned during the workshop.
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A prayer of thanks early in the morning gets you moving in the right direction. God’s providence has prepared His best blessings for you today. (contributed by Atty. Vic Carillo, APO-Cagayan de Oro)
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CAGAYAN de Oro City––Registering new businesses can now be done in the comfort of everyone’s home or office, through the auto-mated Philippine Business Registry System (PRBS).
According to Director Linda Boniao of the Depart-ment of Trade and Industry (DTI-10), the new scheme is nationwide in scope that was launched on March 1 this year.
Aside from business
DTI implements on-line business registrationname registration, PRBS also covers the acquisition of tax identification number (TIN) with the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), as well as membership in the Social Security System (SSS), Pag-ibig Fund and Philhealth.
Basically, the business registrant just have to create a Philippine Business Reg-istry (PBR) user’s account at www.business.gov.ph, logs-in and fill-out the PBR
online application form. (With report from Elaine
O. Ratunil, PIA 10 and 13 Cluster)
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CAGAYAN de Oro City––Another suspected druggist was arrested very recently by operatives of the PDEA-Lanao Provincial Special En-forcement Team (PSET), led by IO 3 Rubylyn S. Alfaro, Team.
PDEA-10 Director Ro-berto S. Opeña identified the suspect, as Ms. Minda Dacula Pantallano, 40 years old of Purok 5, Barangay Saray, Iligan City.
She was arrested, while
PDEA nabs ‘druggist’ in Lanao Nortein the act of selling one plastic sachet of ‘shabu’ to a PDEA ‘poseur-buyer’ agent.
Also taken from her pos-session and control were 12 other plastic sachets of various sizes containing substances believed to be shabu.
Charges for viola-tion of Republic Act 9165 are being readied against the suspect, who was im-mediately brought to the Lanao Norte Provincial Police Office for proper disposition. (PDEA/PIA-10/jdelpf)
MINDANAO Daily’s Manuel Egay poses with CSC Com-missioner Francisco Duque III on his recent visit here to conduct surprise visits to government agencies as well as the CSC regional office.
BUTUAN City––Civil Ser-vice Commission Chairman Francisco Duque III strongly warned those who are plan-ning to take the CSC exam not to rely on review cen-ters after receiving reports on sprouting centers who promised takers a guarantee of passing the exam.
Duque told the media here that CSC doesn’t en-dorse or recognize any CSC review centers and urge the people to report such modus for proper legal action.
He also added that what was being taught in review centers will most likely make the takers more con-fused which might lead to non passing of the exami-nation.
“Only the CSC knows kung ano ang content ng questionnaires. So how come malalaman ng mga review centers kung ano
CSC to takers: do not rely on review centers
ang lalabas. It will make them more misled dahil yung expectation nila na ang lalabas sa examination will be based duon sa reviewer na binibigay sa kanila. They are paying more for the review pero wala ring mangyayari,”
Duque added.Base on CSC data, pass-
ing rate of 200,000 plus examinees is only 10% for the pencil and paper test held twice every year.
Examination fee is still 500 pesos for both sub pro-
fessional and professional category.
On his recent visit to the city, Duque also inspected the city hall and other 4 government offices.
He commended Butuan City Mayor Ferdinand “Jun” Amante Jr. on his dedication to the application of the Civil Service Code in the local government unit. But the Department of Health (DOH) regional office re-ceived the opposite after finding out on his surprise visit discrepancies particu-larly the customer relations area.
Duque also cited the service implement put into operation by Philhealth’s regional office here.
He noted that the insti-tution’s customer relations desk officer is there to assist the needs of the clients as well as the implementation of no noon break rule to cater more especially people coming from far places.
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facilitating the two-day Ad Hoc Hi-Level Group meetings of the tripartite review process on the implementation of the 1996 Government of the Philippines-Moro National Liberation Front (GPH-MNLF) Final Peace Agreement.
“We went to Bandung ready to report on all the government has done in compliance with the terms of reference of the Tripartite Implementation Review Process,” Deles said.
“As part of the understand-ing reached with the MNLF in the First Tripartite Imple-mentation Review Conference held in Solo, Indonesia in June 2011, on forging partnership in pursuit of governance reform in the ARMM, we ensured the appointment of several qualified and major MNLF personalities to positions in the current regional govern-ment,” she added.
Deles said leading these appointments is Bainon Karon, now the OIC vice governor of the ARMM.
In previous meetings, the Philippine government legal review panel had collaborated with its MNLF counterpart to produce a list of common proposals for legislative action.
“As reported in Bandung, we have further studied this list and determined that some items are already in place, and that others can more appro-priately be submitted to the Regional Legislative Assembly for immediate enactment,” Deles said.
“We can in all honesty say that the Government of the Philippines has not been remiss in responding to the expressed interest of the MNLF to take part in the reform of the ARMM and see through the other elements that will complete the implementa-tion of the 1996 Final Peace Agreement with the MNLF,” she stressed.
She said the parties also discussed the MNLF’s demand to expand the area of autonomy.
“The government has painstakingly explained that the process of defining the area had been completed in
2001, when Republic Act No. 9054 was put through a plebi-scite. Nonetheless, we do not foreclose that the possibility of a plebiscite may arise in the context of ratifying an amendatory law to R.A. 9054,” Deles said.
“It is of course the position of government that any pos-sible expansion can happen only after consultations with affected areas and the consent of the governed is secured,” she said.
According to Deles, the government has agreed to meet again with the MNLF to discuss details for further enabling the meaningful involvement of the MNLF in the governance reform of the ARMM.
“We are also willing to consider the proposal to form a communication and consulta-tion mechanism for monitoring the partnership in this reform track,” she said.
Deles admitted that “this has been a difficult process,” saying that “our delegation had to contend with differ-ences in the understanding of the parameters of the review. But the facilitators and our team members persisted in our sincere desire to arrive at a fair resolution of the is-sues and the completion of the tripartite review process.”
Deles thanked Mohd Takyuddin Bin Yahya, the representative from the Is-lamic Development Bank, who came to Bandung, citing the importance of the socio-economic development of southern Philippines.
At the same time, Deles also thanked Indonesian Ambassador to the Philip-pines Kristiato Legowo for co-facilitating the meetings and the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the logistical arrangements.
Other officials who helped the two-day conference were Ambassador Sayed Al Masry, the OIC Secretary-General’s special envoy for Peace in Southern Philippines, and the representatives of the govern-ments of Turkey, Malaysia, Brunei Darussalam, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Libya for accompanying the parties in their meetings. Wire report
TUBOD, Lanao del Norte––After being declared by PBA Commissioner Chito Salud as the ‘Home of the PBA’ in Mindanao, Mindanao Civic Center (MCC) gymnasium situated in the capital town of Tubod, Lanao del Norte will again hosts another exciting battle between Meralco Bolts and Barako Bulls on March 17, 2012.
Although both teams
Meralco Bolts set to battle Barako Bulls in Lanao del Norteare in the lower half of the team standings, both are eager to resuscitate their bid in the on-going PBA Commissioner’s Cup.
Meralco is hoping to make it two-in-a-row after handing crowd-favorite Ba-rangay Ginebra its second loss (89-80) during their latest duel at the Smart Ara-neta Coliseum Wednesday night.
Meanwhile, the Barako Bulls will be depending on the basketball prowess of point-guard Willie Miller who is the league’s second top scorer averaging 16.1
points per game. Miller is also the PBA’s steals leader at 102.
“We hope to host at least one PBA game per confer-ence. This would translate
to three (3) games in a year. We are happy that PBA has considered Lanao del Norte as its partner in promoting the PBA brand of basketball here in Mindanao,” Gov-ernor Khalid Dimaporo expressed.
The preliminary game which is scheduled at 3:00 p.m. will pit the senior var-sity teams of MSU-Marawi against Saint Columban College of Pagadian City. The main basketball event
will immediately follow at 6:00 p.m.
MCC gates will open at 2:00 p.m. to accommodate basketball fans from Lanao del Norte, Ozamiz City, Iligan City, Pagadian and nearby provinces.
Ticket prices are pegged at 150, 300, 400, and 1000. Tickets outlets include Dunkin’ Donuts branches in Iligan City and the Pro-vincial Treasurer’s Office in the Capitol building, Tubod.
MISAMIS Oriental came up with seven gold medals at the conclusion of the 2012 PLDT-ABAP National Ama-teur Boxing Championship in Tagbilaran City on Thurs-day, breaking away from early contender General Santos City for the brag-ging rights as the four-day tourney’s best team.
With an addition of five silvers and eight bronzes, the MisOr boxers emerged as
Misor hauls seven gold medals to rule ABAP tilt
the most bemedalled fight-ers in the grassroots devel-opment program launched by ABAP chairman Manny V. Pangilinan and ABAP president Ricky Vargas, also the president of Maynilad Water.
Overseeing the tourney were officials from world governing body AIBA, the Asian Boxing Association, ABAP secretary-general Patrick Gregorio and ABAP
executive director Ed Pic-son, who put together the entire event which was the culmination of ABAP’s year-long talent search program.
Bannering MisOr’s as-cent to the throne of local amateur boxing was Juniel Lacar, who dealt GenSan’s Ronnie Tanallon a 30-17 beating in the 49-kilogram elite light flyweight class, a triumph that earned him Best Boxer honors in his
division.Joining Lacar as the
four-day championship’s top pugilists are Tagbila-ran’s Jessel Mark Araula in the youth class, GenSan’s Jade Bornea (juniors), and Tayabas’ Jennie Miranda (women’s).
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to this country has, of course, nothing to do with the Philippines being one of the most corrupt nations in this part of the world. But it gives a historical perspec-tive—and a good wink.
Being very discriminat-ing, this maybe the line of thought of those who find it futile not wait until 2010 national elections. Because, after all, it will be just as hackneyed as changing one corrupt collar from one stupid dog to another.
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C O C O EARNINGS SOAR: Philippine Coco-nut Authority (PCA) Ad-ministrator Euclides G. Forbes has every reason to be happy: coco export earnings for 2011 reached US$1,957,275,683, which is a 20.28 percent increase compared with 2010 earn-ings (US$1,627,297,062.00). In a report to Secretary Proceso Alcala, Forbes said some 39 coconut products and by-products are now exported to at least 100 countries.
Forbes also said that top seller is coconut oil with US$1,408,397,264.00, which is 12 percent higher compared with 2010 earn-ings of US$1,257,214,295.00. Second is desiccated coconut with US$286,766,232.00, which is 87.90 percent higher than 2010 figures. Coco chemicals registered a 103.01 percent increase with US$35,357,525 earn-ings compared with 2010 figures (US$17,416,845.00).
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CRIMINALS: Now, it is clear: the only reason why UP Los Banos student Ray Bernard Penaranda was killed was that, out of pov-erty, his killers only wanted to rob him of his valuables. The killers did not have any qualms killing him, when Penaranda refused to part with his belongings.
The bigger issue here is this: since the killers are known robbers, drug peddlers and toughies in Los Banos, Laguna, rela-tives even of a barangay captain, how come they have managed to roam free, and therefore commit more crimes? In fact, this is the same question that can be asked in many other crimes around the country: the perpetrators are known criminals and yet, they seem untouchable.
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AFRAID OF CORONA MEDIA BLITZ: What is sauce for the goose, is also sauce for the gander, or so the wise saying goes. If the prosecution in the impeach-ment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona themselves presented their case before the media when the Senate was starting to hear the case, why should Corona be pre-vented now from presenting his case before the media,
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of concern immediately after the first sighting last February.
‘But until now the recent sightings, the operatives have not yet validated re-ports that the armed were NPAs,’ Osias added.
Officials of some mining firms who have obtained exploration permits in the mineral-rich area have ex-pressed concern that the armed groups could jeop-ardize their operations in the area.
An executive who re-fused to be identified told the military that the armed could be NPA members try-ing to establish a ‘base’ in the hinterlands of Cagayan de Oro City.
The sightings of armed group appeared coinciden-tal as the issue of rampant mining in Cagayan de Oro’s hinterlands became the subject of inquiry among anti-mining advocates here.
The unabated mining using hydraulic mining had been blamed for the destruc-tion of Cagayan de Oro’s mountains which caused siltation and mercury pol-lution of Cagayan de Oro River.
There are half dozen mining companies which obtained exploration per-mits from the Mines and Geosciences Bureau of the Department of Environ-ment and Natural Resources (DENR) currently exploring the mineral-rich villages of Cagayan de Oro City’s hinterlands.
Military authorities said they will send troops to these areas once the infor-
Battalion, under LTC Vincent Iringan (Inf) GSC PA, are now conducting pursuit operations to catch the perpetrators.
Osias said local police authorities are now also preparing to file criminal charges against the suspects.
MGen Victor A Felix AFP, Commander, 4th In-fantry “Diamond” Division said that if the NPA are doing this, then what they (NPA) are doing irresponsi-bly senseless and no longer conform with the ideology and principles that they are fighting for.
“Aren’t these NPAs aware that for every equipment, machinery, facility, etc that they destroy and burn, a minimum of five workers are removed of opportu-nity for income and source of livelihood? This means that at least five Filipino families are forced to live in desolation and poverty, Felix said in a statement.
“I have reiterated my standing order to all unit commanders of 4ID to stop these NPA criminals from conducting any more atroci-ties such as this incident in our area of responsibility in the soonest possible time,’ Felix added.
too? Are the prosecutors afraid that the public will come to know the truth, with Corona’s media blitz?
mation is validated that NPA rebels frequent the area.
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trial that resumes March 12.
Corona reiterated his theory that Aquino’s ani-mosity against him peaked after the high court ruled against the Cojuangco fam-ily in the Hacienda Luisita case, an assertion that the President repeatedly de-nies. Aquino has said the
impeachment case against Corona is a blow against those who abuse power.
Corona said a justice of the high tribunal who is a friend of Aquino had offered to broker talks be-tween him and the President “sometime in June or July 2010,” apparently in an ef-fort to help patch things up between the newly-in-augurated President and Corona, whom Aquino has considered a staunch ally of his predecessor Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
In the interview with DWIZ’s Karambola, Corona declined to name the justice, who has since retired.
He said the meeting with Aquino was held in the house of the President’s sister Ballsy Cruz. At one point after meals, the justi-cea nd Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa stood up and left the room so he and Mr. Aquino could speak.
Corona said the Presi-dent talked about other things before pitching the proposed memorandum circular creating the Truth Commission.
Corona said he suggested that the Palace amend “just one objectionable” provision that focused attention solely on one group, the Arroyo administration and its allies, as this constituted a viola-tion of the equal protection clause of the Constitution. The order should mention wrongdoers in general, not one particular set of people, he explained
Apparently, Corona said, the chief executive did not heed this advice thus the high court ruled against Memorandum Circular Number 1.
On the term-sharing issue, Corona claimed it was raised by Guingona in a private lunch they had in
2011, sometime before talk of impeaching him started filtering out.
Guingona asked him what he thought of retir-ing early and lettingJustice Carpio assume the post of chief justice.
Corona said he had re-plied that this violated the law, as “I was appointed for a fixed term.”
The meeting ended soon after, Corona said, and Guingona dropped the idea.
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informal settlers living in major areas.
Robredo also said local governments “must ensure that the structure created by law to protect the rights of children is funded and functional.”
He disclosed the upload-ing on the DILG website for comments of a proposed memorandum circular to monitor LGU compliance to Republic Act No. 9344 or the “Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act of 2006.”
It covers the four major mandates of local govern-ments: the allotment of at least one percent of an LGU’s internal revenue allotment for the Local Council for the Protection of Children; ap-pointment of a Local Social Welfare and Development officer to assist children in conflict with the law; development of a local and comprehensive juvenile in-tervention program; and, the establishment of homes for children in conflict with law (CICLS).”
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of CAR-Baguio.Araula edged MisOr’s Rimar
Metuda, 19-14, in the 56-kg boys bantamweight final, Bornea, a can-didate to the national training pool,
hammered Davao del Norte’s Charnie Jun Magsayo, 21-10, in the 50-kg junior boys flyweight class, and Miranda clubbed Maasin’s Ruby Nicanor, 26-14, in the 48-kg junior girls light flyweight category.
Tayabas in Quezon and Davao del Norte took second and third place, respectively, in the medal standings with identical three golds and three silvers; Tayabas, however, managed seven bronzes against Davao’s two.
GenSan picked up two early gold medals courtesy of the Bornea twins, Jade and Jake, but could only secure one more from three remaining championship bouts to finish with three golds, two silvers and eight bronzes for fourth place.
Mandaue had two golds, two silvers and two bronzes; Cebu City, 2-1-5; Bago City, 2-0-2; Tagbilaran, 1-2-2; Manolo Fortich, 1-1-0; Leyte, 1-1-0; and Gingoog, 1-0-1..
Asuncion and Team Andrada-Manila had two silvers each, Maasin a silver and five bronzes, Negros Occidental a silver and a bronze, and Leyte a lone silver. Camiguin and Zamboanga settled for two bronzes, and Dumaguete and Cablayon a bronze each.
Picking up gold medals for MisOr, other than Lacar, were: Ju-lito Sumalinog (52kg jr. boys light bantam), Princess Galarfe (50kg jr. girls flyweight), Remark Casas (49kg boys light fly), Beverly Casero (46kg girls pinweight), Margie Waga (ret. R2/51kg girls fly), and Jenniver Flores (54kg girls bantam).
Tayabas garnered two more girls gold besides Miranda – Car-ren Cabarubias (48kg girls light fly) and Teresa Conje (50kg jr. girls fly), while Davao del Norte was made proud by Jobel Araneta (54kg jr. boys bantam), Quirino Mellejor Jr. (60kg elite lightweight), and Jay Ar Inson (64kg elite light welterweight).
Elite 52-kilogram flyweight campaigner Roldan Boncales, rep-resenting GenSan-A, was the third gold medal winner for the former Dadiangas.
A one-and-a-half brownout hit the venue with four more bouts left.
Power was eventually restored but the awarding ceremony was moved to a nearby resort restaurant on the instruction of Tagbilaran Mayor Dan Neri Lim to the delight of the remaining boxers and their coaches and trainers. (PNA)
