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MAA: Looking Out for No. 1 in PHThe blessing and grand

launch of MAA General As-surance Philippines, Inc. (MAAGAP) Cagayan de Oro office at Door 10, 2nd floor of the South Bank Plaza at the corner of Don A. Velez and Yacapin streets in the heart of the city was attended by the company’s top officers led by Daniel C. Go, President and Chief Executive Officer; Northern Mindanao’s top businessmen and execu-tives and city officials led by Rep. Rufus B. Rodriguez (2nd District, Cagayan de Oro).

“MAAGAP has noted the robust growth of the region led by Cagayan de Oro City and is confident it can generate good business from the expanding regional company,” said Bien-venido Paul C. Ferrer III, branch manager.

MAA General Assurance Philippines offers insurance

services for motor car, personal accident and health, property or fire and allied perils, engineer-ing, aviation, marine and hull, casualty and bonds.

MAAGAP is an affiliate of the MAA Group of Compa-nies, whose parent company is MAA Group Berhad (“MAAG”) - [formerly known as MAA Holdings Berhad] Controlled by the Melewar Group, MAA Group Berhad is listed on the main board of the Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad.

“The MAA Group’s commit-ment is simple and straightfor-ward ,” said Tunku Dato’ Ya’cob Bin Tunku Tan Sri Abdullah, Executive Chairman of MAA Holdings Berhad in a recent statement on its aggressive thrust in the Philippines and Asia. “We undertake to provide our clients with excellent service in the field of financial investments. We set

high standards for ourselves and we apply these standards to everything that we do – from the products we sell to the services we provide. This is the underly-ing motivation that moves us to excel. I have no doubt in my mind that we will evolve into one of the greatest financial service providers worldwide.”

MAA’s decision to open its latest branch in Cagayan de Oro underlies its confidence in the strength and dynamism of Northern Mindanao, one of the country’s fastest growing regional economies.

SM Prime Holdings recently disclosed to city officials its inten-tion to construct a new P2-billion mall C.M. Recto Avenue. Next month, the Ayala Group opens its P5-billion Centrio Mall along the same thoroughfare. Under construction are the Limketkai Mall’s new retail buildings, Pure-

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MAAGAP Vice Chair Yeo Took Keat answers a query from the press as Rep. Rufus B. Rodriguez, Pres. Daniel C. Go and VP Business Development Allan Unson look on.

MAA General Assurance Phils, Inc. officials led by Pres/CEO Daniel C. Go fields questions from the media during the press conference.

MAA General Assurance Phils, Inc. officials led by Pres/CEO Daniel C. Go during the office blessing (left) and with Rep. Rufus B. Rodriguez (center) during the grand launch of the Cagayan de Oro branch at Casa Real, VIP Hotel.

Daniel C. Go, President/CEO of MAA General Assurance Phils. Inc. enjoys cocktails with Rep. Rufus Rodriguez (left), Oro Chamber President Ghaye Alegrio and Cagayan de Oro Branch Manager Paul Ferrer at Casa Real, VIP Hotel.

gold Inc. is renovating the former Ororama Megacenter into its upscale S & R Warehouse Club.

Also fast coming up is the ZEALEP Group’s Paseo del Rio complex which includes an 18-level mixed-use building housing the 304-room Riv-iera Hotel, Paseo Mall and the 5-floor ZEALEP Convention center which includes a 3,000-seat plenary hall. Uptown, the Gran Europa Village Center will be online early next year

to serve the sprawling Crown Communities.

Unlike other regions in Min-danao, Region X has a relatively balanced economy as demon-strated by its breaching the US$1-billion mark in exports last year, a robust 14.85 percent increase from the 2010 total of US$926.91-million.

Another growth area is tourism and its related hos-pitality industries. Last year, tourist arrivals in the region

grew by a robust 10.07 percent to 1,632,862, driven by a hefty 89.89% growth in foreign tourist arrivals. To accommodate the growing traffic, new hotels by Limketkai, Tunes Hotel, Sogo, Ayala’s Kukun and the Zealep Group’s are coming up.

The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) recently cited Cagayan de Oro as the “most business-friendly local government unit” in Mindanao.

One of Malaysia’s most dynamic conglomerates yesterday opened its first branch office in the Philippines in six years in one of the country’s most dynamic regions, in a robust demonstration of its aggressive bid to become the country’s leading provider of financial products.

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CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, -- The Department of the Interior and Local Govern-ment (DILG)-Region 10, will conduct a Regional Forum on Local Governance here on October 18, 2012. This is in celebration of the 21st year of the Local Govern-ment Code. Presidential Proclama-tion No. 63 declares October of every year as the Local Government Month, the second week as the Local Government Week and the 10th as Local Government Day. Anchored on this year's theme “Tanglaw Kinabu-kasa n: Aw tonomiya ng Lokal: Reporma sa Pag-unlad ng Ekonomiya ng

Pamayanan at Pagsulong ng Kapayapaan ng Taong Bayan,” DILG-10 Regional Director Rene K. Burdeos said the celebration aims to showcase how sustain-able development can be achieved without compro-mising the tenets of good governance. During the forum, Dr. Antonio G.M. La Viña, Dean of Ateneo School of Government, will speak on the topic “The Challenge of Sustainable Development.” Meanwhile, the three (3) regional nominees to the Gawad Pamana ng Lahi (GPL) project of the De-partment will also share their Best Practices as fol-lows: Camiguin on Sanitary

Landfill Project; Lugait, Misamis Oriental on Skills Development and Liveli-hood Facilitation Project; and Ozamiz City on Nutri-tion Project. They will receive their GPL checks during the occasion. The forum will be at-tended in by local chief executives, regional direc-tors from line agencies, representatives from the civil society and private sector, among others. Director Burdeos also enjoins all local government units in the Region to hold appropriate and fitting cer-emonies in their respective localities to make the cel-ebration more meaningful. (Ana Celeste W. Felisilda)

DILG 10 to hold regional forum on local governance

By Jorie C. Valcorza

MAMBAJAO, Camiguin, (PIA) -- For 33 years, drums here would come alive and beat festive rhythmic sounds everywhere as locals prepare for the yearly thanksgiving with dances to celebrate the blessing of a continuous yield of the sweet, luscious lanzones fruit, said to be the sweetest around the country. “Buahan,” as it is fondly called, is mostly grown in the backyards of local folks here. It is a yellow grapelike fruit that grows in clusters or bunches. Local agriculturist says it is a seasonal crop and only bears fruit in the months of September to November. Now as the third week of October draws near, when the festival is annually set, the island has prepared a weeklong

festivity highlighted by a lively and colorful extravaganza of traditional dances (tableau presentation) on October 27, a Saturday. Most performances would portray the tale of the fruit and how it gets so sweet, while fairy dancers await to astound the crowd with their grace and beauty. One can expect dances of all sorts during the festivity, as it features a Music and Kabog (Bats) showdown, Kalanrakas sa Kabataan (Charivari-Street Dancing), Kalanrakas for the barangay category, and festival king and queen, and diwata (fairies) showdowns. Visitors may also take pleasure at the island’s best products and handicraf ts which will be showcased in the Agro-Industrial Technol-ogy Trade Fair (UGMAD). Others activities lined up are the Mutya sa Buahanan

(Miss Camiguin Tourism) 2012, rondalla and folk dance competition, sports tourna-ment and TRASHion, on-the-spot painting contest, cooking contest, kiddies’ theater, draw and tell contest, variety shows, jobs fair and the docu fest 2012, which brings in government services like pre-processing of passport documents, is-suance of NBI clearance and NSO SECPA, renewal of PRC licenses and visa extension services. The “Buahanan 2012” cel-ebration is set to open this Sunday, October 21, bannering the theme, “Kinaiyahan Atong Ampingan, Kalamboan Alang sa Tanan (Care for nature, everybody’s success).” This festivity is among the province’s top tourist come-ons, apart from the Lenten Walk around the island dubbed "Panaad" and summer season treat. (JCV/PIA10)

Camiguin Island celebrates Lanzones Festival

By Carmencita A. Carillo

TAGUM CITY--The Micro, Small and Medium Enter-prises still play a vital role in generating investments in the country in Davao del Norte where 44 percent of the total investments gener-ated from July to September this year was contributed by newly-registered MSMEs. “Up to P101.765 million of the P233.35 million to-tal investments generated during the third quarter of 2012 was contributed by the MSME sector,” Depart-ment of Trade and industry Davao del Norte Field Office acting provincial director Vedastito C. Galvez said. Among the top invest-ment sectors of the province

MSMEs vital in investments growth in Davao del Nortebased on the Business Name registration are the construc-tion, services and trading sectors. He added the remaining 66 percent of the local investment were generated through the monitoring of the financing and investment facilitation in the province. The local investment gener-ated in the province is however 26 percent short compared to the P315.55 million invest-ment generated during the same period last year and is a mere 35 percent of the tar-geted investment generation of P670.7 million for the third quarter of 2012. Galvez said the municipali-ties and cities in the province are looking at the harmoniza-tion of their IIPs or Investment and Incentive Codes in order to better sell the province to investors.

DTI data shows that compared to the 4,710 jobs generated in the third quar-ter last year, this year’s job generation is short by 66 percent at only 1,583. The number of Business Name Registration (BNRs) processed however increased by 25 percent at 599 BNRs this year compared to the 480 BNRs processed during the same period last year. Financial facilitation for the MSMEs in the prov-ince is also in full blast, he said, with up to P0.450 mil l ion received by the Marsman Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Cooperative (MARBCO) from the De-partment of Labor and Employment. The grant was used to purchase the machineries for the Banana Fiber Processing project of the cooperative.

THE current lack of clarity and uniformity in mobile telephone contracts and bills which leads to consumer confusion has prompted a lawmaker to file a bill to pro-tect the welfare of end-users. House Bill 6334 was intro-duced in Congress mandating mobile telephone service pro-vider to furnish subscribers with written notice of change in rates, terms or conditions of service at least 30 days prior to such change is to take effect. It was lleanred that mobile telephone contracts do not clearly and uniformly disclose to the customer the relevant terms and conditions, includ-ing charges, minutes, service plans, taxes and surcharges,. “Such practice impedes the

Full disclosure of mobile telephone contracts sought

delivery of basic information necessary for consumers to compare the cost of mobile telephone services offered by different carriers,” Rep. Lord Allan Jay Velasco (Lone District, Marinduque) said. The lawmaker added that competitive markets function properly only when consum-ers have access to accurate, meaningful information in

a format that they readily understand. Velasco said mobi le telephone companies often charge early termination fees whenever a customer ends his or her service before the expiration of the contract.“In many instances, the same fee is charged regardless of whether the contract is ter-minated a day or a year after

it is signed so long as the contract period has not ex-pired,” Velasco said. Velasco explained that the term of contract is of-ten extended whenever a customer makes a change in the service, so an early ter-mination fee may apply after a customer first subscribed to a company’s service. “Early termination fees imposed in this way, do not bear a strong relationship to legitimate business practices such as recovery of the cost of a mobile telephone device,” Velasco said. Velasco added that cus-tomers very often are unaware that their contracts can be extended based on changes, often minor changes, to their service and modified in ma-terially adverse ways. The bill to be known as the “Mobile Phone Consumer Empowerment Act,” directs mobile service providers to inform subscribers of any

change in rates, terms, or conditions of service that will result in higher rates or more restrictions on ser-vice or otherwise result in a material, adverse change for a subscriber. Such sub-scriber, may terminate the service without penalty and receives a pro rata refund of the charges, if any paid for the handset used for such service within the day of the date of effectivity of such change. The mobile service provid-er shall inform the subscriber of his right to terminate the service and to a handset re-fund, the procedures to be followed for such termination and the subscriber’s right of rescission. Under the measure, a contract for mobile telephone service may be cancelled upon the request of a subscriber for any reason, 30 days sub-sequent to the execution of the contract. In the exercise of the sub-scriber’s right of rescission, there shall be no penalty or

other costs to be imposed on the subscriber, except that such subscriber shall be responsible for the cost of the mobile telephone service used during the time period the contract was in effect. When a subscriber re-turns any purchased or leased handset pertaining to the acquisition of mobile tele-phone service, a subscriber is entitled to a pro-rated refund of any amount paid for the handset.

The measure mandates the Department of Transporta-tion and Communications (DOTC) through the National Telecommunications Com-mission (NTC) to effect the implementation of the law. “The State recognizes the need to protect the welfare of each end-user as consumers, shield them from deceptive, unfair and unconscionable acts and practices, provide information and education to facilitate sound choice and the proper exercise of rights by the consumer,” Velasco said.

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CAGAYAN de Oro City––An official of the Depart-ment of Environment and Natural Resources ordered the immediate cancellation of the Environmental Com-pliance Certificate (ECC) issued to different sand and gravel concessionaires operating along the Iponan River.

Regional Executive Di-rector Ruth M. Tawantawan ordered the cancellation after Sulog, a civil society group in Cagayan de Oro City, had a dialogue with DENR officials Wednesday on stoppinf illegal mining in Iponan River.

Sulog presented visual evidences, showing alleg-edly foreign-owned private barges, mining gold in the river, instead of dredging activities indicated in their permits.

DENR-10 cancelsECCs of quarrying firms in C. de Oro

By JORIE C. VALCORZAof Philippine Information Agency

The photos also revealed that instead of widening the river channel, the barges were actually throwing back the soil into the river, short-ening further the width of the river banks.

The Mines and Geosci-ences Bureau 10 confirmed the practices and stopped operation of barges that failed to present documents during inspection in the area.

Sulog said the unabated mining in the area has now affected farmlands near the riverbanks, bringing heavily silted water during tropical storm Sendong.

Tawantawan asked MGB Chief Rex S. Monsanto to investigate the case further saying that the city is at a very fragile state having been devastated by tropical storm Sendong last year.

DIPOLOG City––With the Aquino administra-tion aiming to bring in 2 million tourists by 2016, the Department of Tour-ism (DOT) is now tapping the support of the local government units (LGUs) to realize such a goal.

Tourism Undersecre-tary Ma. Victoria Jazmin in a press conference held recently in Dapitan City said the DOT needs the support of the local gov-ernment officials to pro-mote tourism industry in the country.

Jazmin underscored the importance of con-vergence not only with the national government agencies (NGAs) but also with the LGUs to boost tourism industry in the country.

Jazmin told the local press that “infrastructure

DOT seeks support of LGUs to boost tourism

By FRANKLIN P. GUMAPONof Philippine Information Agency

support is vital to tourism development and that the LGUs can greatly help in this aspect.”

To improve connec-tivity, the DOT has also tapped the Department of Public Works and High-ways (DPWH) and De-partment of Communica-tion and Transportation (DOTC) to provide for the needed infrastructures like roads, bridges, airports and ports.

The tourism official also said the LGUs have to meet the two condi-tions set by the DOT to promote tourism in their respective places. These are safety and cleanliness.

She cited the 5As the tourists are seeking to find in a destination which are access, accommodation, amenities, attractions and activities.

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THINK a minute.Recently on television I

saw the mother and father of a young 15-year-old girl being interviewed. Their daughter’s teenage boy-friend had told her that the only way they could be together was for them to kill themselves.

So the 15-year-old girl took a gun and shot herself in the head. But when her boyfriend saw her dead, he became afraid and ran away.

I watched the parents of this young girl who killed herself break down and cry on TV. They were begging all parents to get closer to our children, and to especially really understand what our kids are feeling and going through in their own life.

It doesn’t matter how much success you and I have in our jobs and careers. Even if we get the best educa-

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The job we must not fail

tion, become leaders with high titles and respected by many people, or if make heaps of money or have the highest titles. But if we fail in our marriage and with our children.

If we fail to love and raise our children to be confident, mature, honest people who passionately love God and others. None of our other successes can make up for us failing as parents. It’s the one job we must not fail!

Being a successful par-ent is a tough job and big

responsibility. To love, teach, and shape a human being wisely from the moment they start life is overwhelm-ing!

After all, babies come into our world with no manual or instructions. Then, as they grow their needs change. Plus, each child is different, so what works with one of our kids, may not work with the other.

Yet even when we make mistakes, we can still get closer to our children so they will both respect us

and also count us as their close friends.

Many times the kids who rebel and make bad choices are the ones with parents who just make strict rules, but they are not close to their children.

It’s usually the kids who are close to their parents who really respect, love, and want to care for their parents when they’re old.

But no matter how old your children are, it’s never too late to start being a bet-ter parent. Why not ask Jesus to forgive you for all your mistakes and to take charge, so He can start changing you with His love, power, and wisdom?

It’s only with Jesus in complete charge of your character that you can be-come the parent and friend your kids need.

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THE dictionary defines sacrifice as “anything consecrated and offered to God.” How do we consecrate and offer ourselves to God as a living sacrifice?

In Romans 12:1, Paul says, “I beseech you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, pleasing to God, which is your reasonable service.” Paul was teaching the early Chris-tians to sacrifice themselves to God, not as a sacrifice on the altar, but as a living sacrifice.

In the Old Covenant, God accepted the sacrifices of animals. But these were just a foreshadowing of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Because of His ultimate, once-for-all-time sacrifice on the cross, the Old Testament sacrifices became obsolete and are no longer of any effect . For those who are in Christ by virtue of saving faith, the only acceptable worship is to offer ourselves completely to the Lord.

What does a living sacrifice look like in the practi-cal sense? The following verse (Romans 12:2) “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect” helps us to understand.

We are a living sacrifice for God by not being con-formed to this world. The world is defined for us as the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life. All that the world has to offer can be reduced to these three things.

The lust of the flesh includes everything that appeals to our appetites and involves excessive desires for food, drink, sex, and anything else that satisfies physical needs.

Lust of the eyes mostly involves materialism, coveting whatever we see that we don’t have and envying those who have what we want. The pride of life is defined by any ambition for that which puffs us up and puts us on the throne of our own lives.

Valid defenses against online libelTHE effectivity of R.A. 10175 encourages a new breed of court suits, which may further burden the courts’ already clogged dockets.

Most of the possible suits will be whimsical and frivo-lous, and should merit an outright dismissal by the courts.

So, are there ways to ex-cuse alleged libelous speech on social media? Yes.Truth remains a valid defense in case of libel.

So does fair comment and criticism. The challenge is in proving otherwise, which is the burden of the one bringing the suit for cyber libel.

So the public may know

Atty. Sara Jane A. SuguitanAtty. Sara Jane A. Suguitan

Section 4(c) of R.A. No. 10175 is a step in the wrong direction. Our legislative growth is supposed to move forward by decriminalizing libel and increasing fines instead, to assure self-reg-ulation and shared respon-sibility among writers and publishers.

Just last September 25 no less than President Obama

said before the U.N. General Assembly that ‘the stron-gest weapon against hateful speech is not repression, it is more speech - the voices of tolerance that rally against bigotry and blasphemy, and lift up the values of understanding and mutual respect.’

We teach students in school of that oft-quoted

statement, ‘I may disap-prove of what you say, but I will defend to death your right to say it.’ These are arguments in support of the very foundation of our democracy, that of freedom of speech and expression in order to foster an informed citizenry.

I value all the expressions made over social media because they present me with different mirrors of reality. Social media pres-ents us with information as they happen. Taking that away by threat of suit and severe punishment will only further weaken those who are already too weak to take criticism.

Kakampi mo ang batas

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IBP sets 2013 40th anniversary feteLIFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “… maintain justice in the courts…” (Amos 5:15, the Holy Bible).

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ANNIVERSARY FETE: Roan I. Libarios, president of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP), is inviting lawyers to attend the IBP’s 40th anniversary celebrations on January 16, 2013, through a letter he is circulating to all IBP chapters nationwide.

He re i s h i s l e t te r : “02 October 2012; Sub-j e c t : 4 0 t h F o u n d i n g Anniversary;14th National Convention of Lawyers; Dear Compañero/Com-pañera: Our organization, the Integrated Bar of the Philippines, is turning 40 years on January 16, 2013. And as the saying goes, life begins at 40.

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holding of the 14th Na-tional Lawyers Convention to coincide with the 40th Founding Anniversary. The event will unfold on January 16-18 in the newly-built SMX Convention Center in the premiere city of the South and the biggest in the world, Davao City.

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NAY, TO GRACE IBP BASH: “As a fitting tribute to the first IBP National President, Justice Jose BL. Reyes, we have adopted as the convention theme his famous dictum---`No Master But Law; No Guide But Conscience; No Aim

But Justice.’ The conven-tion will kick off with a grand opening ceremonies in the morning of January 16, 2013 with no less than His Excellency, President Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III, as the Keynote Speaker and Guest of Honor.

“This will be followed by a Grand Ball in the evening of the same day with the Honorable Ma. Lourdes Aranal-Sereno, Chief Justice of the Su-preme Court, as the Guest of Honor and Speaker. The convention will be capped with an awarding and closing ceremonies in the morning of January 18,

2013 with Honorable Vice President Jejomar C. Binay as the Guest of Honor and Speaker.

“The following is the schedule of activities for the convention---Janu-ary 15, Registration and Sportsfest; Tree Growing and Launching of the IBP Park in Davao City and Welcome Dinner. January 16, Opening Ceremonies, Bench and Bar Forum, Grand Ball. January 17, MCLE Lectures, Cultural and Awards Night. January 18, Plenary and Closing Ceremonies.

-ooo-REGISTRATION FEES:

“ The fol lowing is the schedule of registration fees for each participant: P3,500.00---`Early Bird’ or advance registration from Luzon, until December 1, 2012; P4,000.00---`Early Bird’ or advance registra-tion from other

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By AL JACINTOof Mindanao Daily News

ZAMBOANGA City––A local court has disqualified a former lawmaker, who was convicted of statutory rape, in running in Zamboanga City in the May 2013 elections.

Municipal Trial Court Judge Nancy Cuaresma, in a 16-page resolu-tion, said Romeo Jalosjos, Sr.––who is running for the mayoralty post in Zamboanga City––cannot exercise the right of suffrage or the right to vote because he is disqualified.

“Jalosjos is not qualified to and cannot vote or be voted upon in any national or local elections until his perpetual absolute disqualification s are expressly remitted and restored by pardon,” the judge said.

The aging political kingpin, who was convicted in 1997 for raping an 11-year old girl, was able to register

with the Commission on Elections in Zamboanga City, but this was opposed by Congresswoman Maria Isabelle Salazar on the grounds that the former politician is disqualified to register as a new voter here because of his conviction.

Jalosjos, who was convicted with two counts of statutory rape and six counts of acts of lasciviousness, insisted his right to suffrage, adding he had served his sentence.

But Salazar said Jalosjos who was sentenced to suffer “reclusion perpetua” and “reclusion temporal” for each count of his crimes, is not qualified to run. The penalty for reclusion perpetua shall be from 20 years, while reclusion tempo-ral is from 12 years. And Salazar said Jalosjos was granted a mere commutation of sentence by then President Gloria Arroyo in 2007 which resulted in the reduction of

his original sentence.Official records with the Bureau

of Corrections also show that Jalosjos was discharged from the National Bilibid Prison only on March 18, 2009, less than the 5-year period prescribed under the Voter’s Reg-istration Act, according to Salazar.

The Election Registration Board also ruled in favor of Salazar, who is also gunning for the mayoralty post in Zamboanga.

“The decision of the Honorable Court serves to strengthen our faith in our justice system. With this, we will continue our advocacy of pro-tecting the electoral system from unqualified or ineligible voters and candidates alike, whose participation in the election would only serve to desecrate and insult the electoral system whose sanctity we seek to preserve,” Salazar said.

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Zambo court disqualifies mayoralty aspirant convicted of statutory rape

Romeo Jalosjos Sr. Photo courtesy of Mindanao Examiner

GENERAL Santos City––The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is pushing for the development of micro-grids using small wind power systems or wind

Micro-grid power energy to supply cheaper electricityfarms to help address the worsening power shortage in Mindanao.

Dr. Rowena Cristina Guevara, executive director of the Philippine Council

for Industry, Energy and Emerging Technology Re-search and Development (PCIEERD) of the DOST, said they are presently evaluating several areas in

Mindanao and other parts of the country that could host the micro-grids and the operations of small wind farms.

She said they are specifi-

cally considering tapping small island localities and coastal areas as potential sites for the project.

“The assessment of the sites is currently ongoing

and we’re targeting to roll out this project by 2014 or 2015,” she said.

Generation and loads in a micro-grid, which ideally

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Republic of the PhilippinesDepartment of Transportation

and CommunicationsLAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING

AND REGULATORY BOARDRegion X, Cagayan de Oro City

MERGIN YASAY CASE NO; 2012-10-1827 Applicant/s 2007-10-1993

NOTICE OF HEARING

APPLICANT request authority for exten-sion of validity to operate TAXI Airconditioned service on the line ;within Cagayan de Oro City to any point in Region X and vice versa with the use of one (1)unit/s. This application will be considered by this Board on October 24, 2012, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence. At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island. Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties. N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICA-TION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MAN-DANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 19th day of October, 2012.

MARIANNE C. ULEPMARIANNE C. ULEPRecords Officer/Acting Docket Officer

MDN: October 20, 2012




LEMAR E. CADUNGOG CASE NO; 2012-10-1818 Applicant/s

NOTICE OF HEARING

APPLICANT request authority for issu-ance of certificate of public convenience to operate TH FRIEGHT TRUCK service on the line; WITHIN Cagayan de Oro City and from said place to any point in Region X and vice and vice versa with the use of one (1)unit/s. This application will be considered by this Board on October 25, 2012, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence. At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island. Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties. N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICA-TION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MAN-DANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 19th day of October, 2012..






RODRIGO DARADAR/ Case No; 2012-10-1828 OMARADJI PIZARRO 2007-10-1916

NOTICE OF HEARING

APPLICANT request authority to extend the validity of certificate of public convenience to operate TAXI service along the route;Within Cagayan de Oro City and from said place to any point in Region X and vice versa with the use of one (1)unit/s. This application will be considered by this Board on October 25, 2012, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence. At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island. Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties. N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICA-TION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MAN-DANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 19TH day of October , 2012.






ROSALINDA SALES Case No; 2012-10-1823 Applicant/s 2007-10-1718

NOTICE OF HEARING

APPLICANT request authority to extend the validity of certificate of public convenience to operate PUJ service along the route;Cogon Market to Apovel – Bulua Terminal and vice versa with the use of one (1)unit/s. This application will be considered by this Board on October 25, 2012, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence. At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island. Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties. N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICA-TION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MAN-DANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 19th day of October , 2012.






NICASIO LAGROSAS Jr. CASE NO; 2012-10-1826 Applicant/s

NOTICE OF HEARING

APPLICANT request authority for approval of the certificate of public convenience (CPC)as TAXI Aircon service Along the route; Iligan City and from said place to any point in Region X with the use of one (1)unit/s. This application will be considered by this Board on October 24, 2012, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence. At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island. Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties. N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICA-TION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MAN-DANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 16th day of October, 2012..






JONAIDA C. PANGAO - Vendee CASE NO; 2012-10-1830

Applicant/s

NOTICE OF HEARING

APPLICANT request authority for Approval of sale and transfer with extension of certificate of public convenience and amendment of line to operate PUJ Service on the line;Cogon Market to Macanhan via Agora (all in Cagayan de Oro City) and vice versa with the use of one (1)unit/s. This application will be considered by this Board on October 25, 2012, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence. At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island. Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties. N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICA-TION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MAN-DANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 19th day of October, 2012.






BERNIE WARQUEZ-Vendor CASE NO; 2012-10-1824

RICHARD CORONEL-Vendee

Applicant/s

NOTICE OF HEARING

APPLICANT request authority for Ap-proval of sale and transfer with extension and amendment of route of service to operate FILCAB Service on the line;Cogon Market to Scions –Canitoan via Landfill and vice versa with the use of one (1)unit/s. This application will be considered by this Board on October 24, 2012, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence. At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island. Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties. N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICA-TION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MAN-DANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 19th day of October, 2012.






WILLIAM GAMALE CASE NO; 2012-10-1795 Applicant/s 2007-10-1739

NOTICE OF HEARING

APPLICANT request authority to extend the validity of certificate of public convenience to operate PUJ service on the line;Cagayan de Oro City to Jasaan, Misamis Oriental and vice versa with the use of one (1)unit/s. This application will be considered by this Board on October 25, 2012, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence. At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island. Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties. N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICA-TION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MAN-DANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 17th day of October, 2012.






JOEBETH VILLARTA Case No; 2012-10-1829 Applicant/s

NOTICE OF HEARING

APPLICANT request authority for issu-ance of certificate of public convenience to operate TH FRIEGHT TRUCK SERVICE on the line ;Within Cagayan de Oro City to any point in Region X and vice versa with the use of two (2)unit/s. This application will be considered by this Board on October 24, 2012, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence. At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island. Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties. N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICA-TION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MAN-DANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 19th day of October , 2012.






TRIAD TRUCKING SERVICES Case No; 2012-10-0615

Rep; By; LILIA G. CELIS

NOTICE OF HEARING

APPLICANT request authority to amend his authorized route of certificate of public convenience to operate TH FRIEGHT TRUCK SERVICE on the line ;Within Cagayan de Oro City and from said place to any point in the Island of Mindanao accessible to motor vehicle traffic and vice versa with the use of one (1)unit/s. This application will be considered by this Board on October 25, 2012, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence. At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island. Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties. N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICA-TION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MAN-DANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 19th day of October , 2012..






DAMILES, JOSEPH E. -Vendor Case No; 2008-10-620

PEPITO L. BABION - Vendee

NOTICE OF HEARING

APPLICANT request authority for ap-proval of sale and transfer of ownership with extension of validity and amendment of line to operate PUJ service along the route; (EAST)Baungon-Cagayan de Oro City and vice versa with the use of one (1)unit/s. This application will be considered by this Board on October 25, 2012, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence. At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island. Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties. N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICA-TION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MAN-DANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 19TH day of October , 2012.






ALLAN L. TABAMO Case No; 2012-10-1757 Applicant/s 2007-10-1511

NOTICE OF HEARING

APPLICANT request authority to extend the validity of the certificate of public convenience to operate PUJ SERVICE along the route ;B3; Bulua-Nat’l Higway-Gaisano –LKKS-Liceo and vice versa with the use of one (1)unit/s. This application will be considered by this Board on October 25, 2012, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence. At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island. Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties. N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICA-TION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MAN-DANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 19th day of October , 2012.






LILIBETH REYNALDA-Vendee CASE NO; 2012-10-1833

Applicant/s

NOTICE OF HEARING

APPLICANT request authority for Approval of sale and transfer with extension of certificate of public convenience and amendment of line to operate PUJ Service on the line;Puerto, Cagayan de Oro City to Balingoan, Misamis Oriental and vice versa with the use of one (1)unit/s. This application will be considered by this Board on October 25, 2012, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence. At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island. Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties. N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICA-TION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MAN-DANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 19th day of October, 2012..






LUZVIMINDA TIGON -Vendor CASE NO; 2012-10-1825

ANALYN C. DABA – Vendee 2007-10-2028

Applicant/s

NOTICE OF HEARING

APPLICANT request authority for ap-proval of sale and transfer with extension and amendment of route of service to operate FILCAB Service on the line;Cogon Market to San Agustin –Zayas and vice versa with the use of one (1)unit/s. This application will be considered by this Board on October 24, 2012, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence. At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island. Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties. N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICA-TION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MAN-DANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 18th day of October, 2012.






LEMUEL I. LAO CASE NO; 2011-10-1602 Applicant/s

NOTICE OF HEARING

APPLICANT request authority for issu-ance of certificate of public convenience to operate TH FREIGHT TRUCK Service on the line;Within Cagayan de Oro City and from said place to any point in Region X accessible to motor vehicle with the use of one (1)unit/s. This application will be considered by this Board on October 24, 2012, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence. At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island. Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties. N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICA-TION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MAN-DANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 18th day of October, 2012.






DANDY P. BOFITIADO CASE NO; 2012-10-1832 Applicant/s

NOTICE OF HEARING

APPLICANT request authority for issuance of certificate of public convenience to operate UV Express service on the line ;Cagayan de Oro City to Kalilangan , Bukidnon and vice versa with the use of one (1)unit/s. This application will be considered by this Board on October 25, 2012, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence. At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island. Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties. N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICA-TION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MAN-DANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 19th day of October, 2012.






DEMETRIO DAYDAY S.- Vendor CASE NO; 2012-10-1657

JEOLITO C. ALISEN –Vendee (2008-10-1375)

NOTICE OF HEARING

APPLICANT request authority for ap-proval of sale and transfer with extension and amendment of route of service on the line ;Cagayan de Oro City to Talakag Bukidnon and vice versa with the use of one (1)unit/s. This application will be considered by this Board on October 24, 2012, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence. At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island. Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties. N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICA-TION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MAN-DANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 19th day of October, 2012.






ROSMARIE BAGO CASE NO; 2012-10-1819 Applicant/s

NOTICE OF HEARING

APPLICANT request authority for issuance of certificate of public convenience to operate TH FRIEGHT TRUCK service on the line ;Within Cagayan de Oro City and from said place to any point in Region X and vice versa with the use of one (1)unit/s. This application will be considered by this Board on October 25, 2012, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence. At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island. Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties. N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICA-TION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MAN-DANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 19TH day of October, 2012.



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By RICHEL V. UMELof Mindanao Daily News

ILIGAN City––The signing of Bangasamoro Framework Agree-ment has established a road map and working atmosphere towards peace would add more confidence to investors to put their investment in Iligan City.

Mayor Lawrence Lluch Cruz and chairperson of the Regional Development Council Region 10 who witnessed the signing of the agreement told Mindanao Daily News in an interview “the feeling of the people who were there in Malacanan was up beat wherein the people were very happy of the most historical milestone in achieving a lasting peace in Mindanao “.

“Though this is not yet the fi-nal agreement but the parameters of agreement and the relationship has been established to end the four decades of armed conflict in Mindanao”, Mayor Cruz said. Iligan City ha been tagged as tough opposition to Bangsamoro Juridical Entity in August 2008

where Iligan City’s 82 per cent of the total land areawas supposed to be included in the BJE and the Supreme Court declared it unconstitutional and sparked a new conflict between the MILF and the government forces on August 17 bombing in Iligan City and August 18, 2008 attack in two barangays of Lapayan and Tacub, Kauswagan and Kolambugan towns in Lanao del Norte that displaced thousands of civilians.

“The signing of Bangsamoro Framework Agreement was a victory not only for Iligan City but for the entire nation” Cruz said. The barangays in Iligan City targeted for inclusion in 2008 failed deal was no longer included in the recently signed peace pact” Mayor Cruz said, For or those who are still opposing the peace agreement Mayor Cruz said, “ Let’s give peace a chance”

Development directions of Region 10

Mayor Cruz and RDC 10 chairperson announced in a Business Forum in Iligan City Wednesday the Laguindingan

Airport Development Project in Laguuindingan, Misamis Oriental will be operational to commercial flights by first quarter of 2014 instead of November 2013.

Cruz said, this is due to new bidding of navigational equip-ment participated in by competent bidders with significant track records.With the entry Trans-portation and Communication Secretary Mar Roxas, a review of project document has been going on to ensure quality of the project.

Mayor Cruz said, under the new budget for infrastructure development, the national high-way from Iligan City to Cagayan de Oro City will be transformed in four lanes to pave way to the Laguindingan airport.” Though it is not yet called Laguindingan International Airport but furture flights will cater some Asian countries flight destination.

Ms. Emily M. Pascua, chair-person of Iligan Chamber of Commerce and Industry said, the ICCI members welcome the new development opportunity

after the Bangsamoro Framework Agreement was signed between the MILF and the Government of the Philippines. Being a member of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry we are confident that more investors will be very confident to invest in Iligan City .

The Business Forum Wednes-day provided an update to busi-nessmen the trends of business opportunity and indicators that will serve as guidance and refer-ence for the decision making.

Angelita Estrella 50 years old and a resident of barangay Poblacion Kauswagan in La-nao del Norte said, though the Bangsmoro Framework Agree-ment was considered as the first step towards lasting peace in Mindanao, “ Peru dili ni maoy total nga sulbad sa kalinaw . Ang katawhan labi sa Lanao del Norte angaan konsultahon “ (It is not the ultimate solution to peace. The people in Lanao del Norte should deserve a real consulta-tion process through plebesite).

Six of the 22 municipalities of

Lanao del Norte were included in the Bangsamoro territory namely Nunungan, Tangkal, Munai, Balo-i, Tagoloan and Pantar. The six municipalities voted “YES” during the 2001 plebesite in ARMM.

Lanao del Norte Provincial Governor Mohammad Khalid Dimaporo also gave preference for plebesite so that the constituents within the Six municipalities to be included in the Bangsam-oro entity should be properly consulted.

For Kauswagan town Mayor Rommel C, Arnado said “even before the Bangsamoro Frame-work Agreement, the municipal-ity of Kauswagan has sustained peace and development initiatives where Muslim and Christian co-exist with equal opportunity in terms of development benefits of social services” Kauswagan (development) gradually live by its name so why not give peace a chance”

Kauswagan was once a flash-point during the armed conflict in March 2000 and 2008.

Iligan City sees brighter business prospect as Bangsamoro Framework Agreement sealed

By RUTCHIE C. AGUHOB

OROQUIETA City––Some P9.07 million worth of goods, mostly for use of the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (CDRRMC), have been bid out by the city during the second quarter, this year.

Mayor Jason Almonte said the goods were bid out, under Republic Act No. 9184 (Govern-ment Procurement Reform Act of 2003).

Almonte added RA 9184 requires transparency in the procurement process and in the implementation of procurement contracts.

Oroquieta bids out P9mdisaster goods

It also requires competitive-ness in the process by extending equal opportunity to enable private contracting parties who are eligible and qualified to participate in public bidding.

Heading the list of goods are 10 units of handheld radio,

totaling P4.89 million, for use of the office of the city mayor (OCM), which have been bidded out to De Oro Conching Electric and Construction Supply.

Next in the list were the supply and delivery of various closed-circuit television (CCTV)

camera equipment and cabling supplies worth P3.5 million, for use of the OCM, which went to MagnaPhil System Sales.

Also in the list were 288 bottles of Paracetamol drops for use of the City Health Office (CHO) worth P375,664, which

went to CP Pharma and General Merchandise.

Construction supplies and materials for a health center worth P305,397.12 at Barangay Lower Langcangan, this city. It went to SBU Construction Supplies.

CAGAYAN de Oro City––The National Economic and Development Authority of Region (NEDA-10), in partnership with the Climate Change Commission (CCC), held a Regional Experts’ Forum on Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM) on October 10 and 11 here in the city.

The group of experts reviewed the meth-ods used in disaster risk/vulnerability as-sessments (DR/VAs) for the provinces of Misamis Oriental, Lanao del Norte and the cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan.

The draft DR/VAs of the local govern-ment units (LGU), along with the other three provinces in the region and Valencia City, are initial outputs of the Enhancing Capacities on DRRM/CCA Project being implemented by the NEDA, the Regional Land Use Committee and the LGUs.

The activity also sought to identify ar-eas of collaboration between the on-going

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China undertakes massive island naming campaignBy MATTHEW HILBURNof voanews.com

The Chinese government, in an attempt to press claims of sovereignty over thousands of small islands and islets, is giving them official names, according to the state news agency Xinhua.

China has already given names to 1,660 islands and islets and plans to name an additional 1,664 by August of next year, according to the Xinhua report. Provincial authorities are also working on a local island census and will compile information with names and locations of the islands and islets by the end of April 2013.

China counts more than 7,300 islands and islets mea-suring 500 square meters or larger, the report said.

According Jacques deL-isle a University of Penn-sylvania law professor and expert on Chinese law, under generally accepted

principles of international law, the way a nation claims sovereignty over uninhab-ited or sparsely inhabited territory is to exercise sov-ereignty over it, meaning populating it with nation-als, establishing effective government over the people who live there and building an infrastructure.

Another, weaker form of exercising sovereignty, he said is “is reflected in the periodic stationing of hapless People’s Liberation Army soldiers on Mischief Reef (a reef in the Spratly Islands) and the dispatching of a garrison this summer to one of the larger landforms in the Paracel Island (Xisha in Chinese) group.”

Since many of these newly named islands and islets cannot support even that level of population, these forms of exercising sovereignty are impractical there, said deLisle.

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announcement of ‘naming’ is a still-more abstract, weak or thin form,” he said. “That is, it is better than nothing and is a way of asserting

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solution, encompassing vessels, floating transfer stations and distribution centers, is expected to be in place in early 2014.

Aside from Villanueva port, seven ports are receiv-ing the Valemax vessels. So far, they have called at the ports of Tubarão and Ponta da Madeira (Brazil), Taranto (Italy), Rotterdam (Neth-erlands), Sohar (Oman) and Oita (Japan) as well as Vale’s floating transfer station in Subic Bay, in the Philippines. By the end of 2013, there will be a total of 35 similar vessels avail-able to transport Vale's iron ore––19 owned by Vale and 16 chartered from interna-tional shipowners.

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the proposed Bangsam-oro political entity will truly address the long-standing economic, political and cul-tural aspirations of the poor and the oppressed majority” of the Moro people.

The progressive solon also do not discount the possibility that the pro-posed political entity might also become “an expanded ARMM (Autonomous Re-gion in Muslim Mindanao) dominated by a different set of local elites pliable to the agenda of the national ruling clique and the United States, whose role and influence in Muslim Mindanao cannot be downplayed.”

Meanwhile, the spokes-person of the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ 6th Infan-try Division also welcomed the forge agreement. In a message sent to davaotoday.com, Col. Prudencio Asto said the cessation of atroci-ties through the framework agreement will directly ben-efit the soldiers.

The MILF on Sunday issued a statement saying the forged agreement was the “fruit of the 16-year long peace negotiation between the MILF and the GPH that now lays down the firm foundation of a just and enduring peace formula designed to address the root cause of the Bangsamoro Question.”

It also announced the replacement of the ARMM “by a new institution of self-governance defined by the asymmetrical relationship between the Central Gov-ernment and the Bangsam-oro people.”

The statement, signed by MILF Chairman Al Haj Murad Ebrahim , added that the forging of the framework agreement “does not mean the end of the struggle for it ushers in a new and more

Hearing...from page 4

Anti-Bullying Commit-tees that will establish poli-cies to address bullying in their respective institutions. It shall be composed of the principal as the chair, Par-ents-Teachers Association president as the vice-chair with the guidance counselor; student council president, and any representative of the teaching or academic staff, as members.

The councilors, however, assured the schools that they need not fear if they are already doing what they are supposed to do.

“If you have done every-thing, why should you be liable?” Tabor added.

Councilor Barba, who chairs the committee on education, said the proposed legislation will augment the policies already imple-mented by schools.

When enacted, this should be included in the handbooks of all schools for the information and guidance of the students, he stressed.

The authors requested the schools to submit their inputs and suggestions in two weeks time so that these can be considered and in-corporated in the proposed legislation.

“Help us. Let us all work together to address this and come up with something,” added Councilor Tabor as he expressed hopes that the problem of bullying in schools will be addressed for this generation and the next generations to come.

The drafting of the pro-posed law is in response to the special report of Coun-cilor Tabor regarding bully-ing cases in schools, which he says, causes physical, psychological, and emo-tional harm to students.

City Prosecutor Fidel Macauyag lauded the au-thors for coming up with the legislation saying it is really a good ordinance as it will compel the schools

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covers an area of around 30 to 50-kilometer radius, are usually interconnected at low voltage. Its genera-tion resources, which may include fuel cells, wind and solar, are usually operated by small power stations with a capacity of 5 to 10 megawatts (MW).

The electricity generated by the micro-grid would directly supply the needs of consumers within its area of operations, Guevara said.

“Households and other power users within the area covered by the micro-grid would get their supplies directly from the facility and no longer from the national grid,” Guevara said.

She said the establish-ment of the micro-grids would ease the power gener-ation shortfall of Mindanao and other areas connected to the main power grids.

Guevara said the power rates for consumers con-nected to micro-grids are cheaper since they would no longer be paying for the transmission costs.

challenging stage.”Murad also said the

MILF shares the result of the struggle with other sectors in Mindanao including the indigenous communities. (Alex D. Lopez/davaotoday.com)

to religiously implement policies against bullying.

Councilor Roger Abaday was among those who were present during yesterday’s public hearing.

Councilors Alexander Dacer, Nadya Emano-Elipe and Alden Bacal are co-authors of the proposed law. (LCR)

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“For group registration and one time payment of ten (10) participants plus one free registration. Contact persons: Dondon Samoy, Northern Luzon, 0929-4510-381; Sol Af-roilan, Central Luzon, 0921-7721-307; Rhona Victorino, Southern Lu-zon, 0908-5590-834; Mimi Ramos, Greater Manila , 0917-9252-200; Glair Cabatana, Bicolandia , 0917-5874-480; Marilyn Cabulang, Western Visayas, 0917-3096-270; Ronron Chu, Eastern Visayas , 0921-6526-193; Melvie Duarte, Eastern Mindanao, 0908-7834-485; Bembie Abanilla, Western Mind-anao, 0922-8434-698.

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director of the CCC; Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board (HLURB) C om m i s s i on e r L i n d a Malenab-Hornilla; Sevillo D. David Jr. of the Depart-ment of Environment and Natural Resources-Mines and Geosciences Bureau (DENR-MGB); Rosalinda G. de Guzman and Rosalie Pagulayan of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa);

Karen Ann B. Jago-on of the University of the Philippines (UP)-School of Urban and Regional Plan-ning; Oscar P. Ferrer of the UP-College of Social Work and Community Develop-ment; Susan Rachel G. Jose, consultant of the Project Climate Twin Phoenix; and Forester Raoul T. Geollegue, water management spe-cialist of Enterprise Works Worldwide Philippines Inc. (EWWP).

NEDA-10 Director Leon M. Dacanay Jr. expressed ap-preciation of the support of the provincial governors and city mayors in the prepara-tion of the DR/VA reports.

In his closing remarks, Regional Development Council (RDC-10) Chair and Iligan City Mayor Law-rence Ll. Cruz, enjoined the LGUs to recognize the value of the disaster and vulnerability assessments as technical inputs into the local development and land use plans.

These assessments will enhance the strategy- and policy-making of the local planners and decision-mak-ers, leading to the formula-tion of more appropriate zoning ordinances. (Peleta B. Abejo, KMD, NRO-10/PIA10/jdelpf)

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sovereignty. It does little to settle the issue, but it can, of course, be provocative to rival claimants who un-derstandably fear that such moves, left unchallenged, can move the needle in favor

of the more assertive party and thus feel compelled to push back.”

Taylor Fravel, an expert on Chinese foreign policy and security at MIT, says the naming policy is “symbolic.”

“Most of these are unin-habited and best described as rocks,” he said. “It is not really about establishing sovereignty, as no one else claims them.”

News of the island nam-ing comes amid growing tensions over the sovereignty of numerous islands in the East China Sea and South China Sea.

China is currently em-broiled in an escalating dis-pute with Japan over islands called Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China.

On Tuesday, Japan said it spotted seven Chinese naval ships near one of the disputed islands, as tensions between the two Asian powers remain high. So far there have been no clashes.

In the South China Sea, China is involved in several territorial disputes, including the Spratly Islands, which are claimed by China, Tai-wan, Malaysia, Vietnam, Brunei and the Philippines; the Paracel Islands, which are claimed by China, Taiwan and Vietnam; the Pratas Islands, which are claimed by China and Taiwan; the Macclesfield Bank, which is claimed by China, Taiwan, the Philip-pines and Vietnam; and the Scarborough Shoal, which is claimed by China, Taiwan and the Philippines.

The islands are contested because of suspected large reserves of oil, natural gas, minerals and fisheries in the areas.

China has been very as-sertive in staking its claims recently, leading to increased tensions with its neighbors.

Last July, China estab-lished a military garrison called Sansha City on one of the Spratly islands.

“The establishment of Sansha City is a wise decision by the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Committee to safeguard national sovereign-ty and security, to strengthen the protection of resources and overall development in the South China Sea,” said Xiao Jie, the First Mayor of the new Sansha City.

Beijing plans to use its Sansha base to increase pa-trols in waters claimed by Vietnam and the Philippines.

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The Rio de Janeiro-based Vale, the world’s No. 2 min-ing company, said the Sin-gapore-flagged Vale Minas Gerais has the capacity to transport up to 400,000 metric tons of iron ore and capable of reducing carbon emissions by 35% per ton of ore transported.

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More questions than answers in new Moro peace agreementBy ALEX D. LOPEZ

of Davao Today

DAVAO City––It said it is ironic that while the govern-ment is signing peace with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), it continues to suppress the Moro people through anti-terror laws

and curtail their civil and political rights.

This was the contention of the Suara Bangsamoro, a militant Moro organization based in Zamboanga City.

Suara further stated it questions the sincerity of the Aquino government on the issue of creating the new

agreement as tool to divide the Moro people.

Besides, “this is the same autonomous entity promised to MNLF (Moro National Liberation Front) in the 1996 final peace agreement and to PNoy’s Moro party mates in the Liberal Party,” Suara added.

M o r e o v e r, Un i t e d Church of Christ in the Philippines Bishop Modesto Villasanta, the convener of the Exodus for Justice and Peace, in a message sent to davaotoday.com, said the peace that we have been waiting for the people of Mindanao should be peace

based on justice.Peace based on justice,

Villasanta explained, means land for the landless Moro farmers and just wages for the Moro workers.

“It is hoped that the peace process between the GPH and the MILF will answer to the basic

problems and strengthen the country’s sovereignty against foreign aggression,” the Bishop concluded.

ACT Teachers Party-list Representative Antonio Ti-nio also sent a message to davaotoday.com stating “it remains to be seen whether

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By NELSON V. CONSTANTINOEditor-in-Chief, BusinessWeek Mindanao

VILLANUEVA, Misamis Oriental––The Vale Minas Gerais, the world’s larg-est iron-ore carrier, recently made its maiden voyage to the Philippines car-rying iron-ore for the Japanese firm Philippines Sinter Corp. (PSC) in Vil-lanueva, Misamis Oriental.

The Valemax ships are part of Vale’s strategy to reduce the economical dis-tance between Brazil and Asia, the main consumer market for iron ore.

The very large ore car-riers adhere to strict safety standards and contribute significantly towards reduc-ing the carbon footprint in the long haul transporta-tion of iron ore as well as to reductions in the cost of seaborne transportation of iron ore to steelmakers.

Vale’s executive director for Ferrous and Strategy, José Carlos Martins, said that JFE is the latest steel-maker to benefit from the advantages of scale and

efficiency brought by a Vale-max vessel. Until now, Ilva, ThyssenKrupp, Rogesa and Nippon Steel have received the very large ore carriers.

“We are in advanced negotiations so as to allow for other customers and

ports also benefit from the advantages of these vessels,” Martins said.

“With the startup of our second floating transfer sta-tion expected for the first quarter of 2013, the distribu-tion center in Malaysia and

our entire fleet of Valemax vessels in place, Vale will be fully prepared to serve the Asian markets on equal terms with its competitors in the region,” he added. This whole logístics

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THE PROPOSED law pro-hibiting acts of bullying committed among students in different schools in the city received the support of the academe, the Philippine National Police and even the City Prosecutors Office.

The proposed legislation was presented and discussed by Councilors Ramon Tabor and Adrian Barba during the public hearing held at the City Council Session Hall yesterday.

According to Tabor, while some schools may already have policies re-garding bullying, there are those that have yet to come up with measures and need guidance to prevent bullying in their respective campuses.

He said schools should intervene as substitute parents and exercise their special parental author-ity over the students. Not doing anything to prevent bullying or to act on such incidents make them prin-cipally and solidarily liable, as provided for in Section 4 of the proposed ordinance.

The proposed law further requires schools to create

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