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Oro among 9 cities in danger of acute ‘water shortage’

These cities, according to lawmakers are facing shortage of potable water in the near future if the government will not explore other sources of water to address the situation.

Citing the “Good Prac-tice in Urban Water Manage-ment,” a study conducted by the ADB stated that these

By AllAn M. MediAnte of Mindanao Daily News

CAGAYAn de Oro City was named by the national Water Regulatory Board (nWRB) as one of the nine cities identified as water-critical urbanized areas where water is consumed intensively, and would soon have shortage of potable wa-ter. the other cities are Metro Manila, Metro Cebu, davao, Baguio City, Angeles City, Bacolod City, iloilo City, and Zamboanga City.

Hundred of devotees welcome the pilgrim image of the second Filipino saint, the Blessed Pedro Calungsod, upon its arrival at the Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Pasig City on Friday afternoon (Oct. 26, 2012). The pilgrim image will be brought to the Antipolo Cathedral on Saturday. PnA photos by Jess M. escaros Jr.

cities should tap other sources of water to prepare against long draught and earthquakes which could damage the dams that are the primary sources of water at present.

Data from the Japan In-ternational Cooperation Agency (JICA) Master Plan on Water Resources Man-

agement in the Philippines, siad that only 1,907 cubic meters of fresh water would be available to each person each year, making the Phil-ippines second to the lowest among Southeast Asian countries with available fresh water.

Rep. Mark Villar

By Mike BAñOsof Mindanao Daily News

CAGAYAN de Oro City––The un-scheduled shutdowns of a number of Mindanao’s power plants is wors-ening the chronic power shortage and causing the present spate of brownouts being experienced by residents all over the island.

According the systems advisory issued by the National Grid Corpo-ration of the Philippines (NGPC) last Friday, October 26, there was

a generation deficiency in the grid which constrained the grid opera-tor to issue a Red Alert from 8AM onwards and impose a power curtail-ment level of 360 megawatts (MW).

During a media presentation earlier this year, NGCP explained a Red Alert is a notice issued by the System Operator to grid users when either one of three conditions exist: a) when the contingency reserve is zero; b) when a generation deficiency exists, and/or c) if there is critical loading or imminent overloading

of transmission lines or equipment. Grid users refer to bulk power

users like generators, distribution utilities, and directly connected industries. Ordinary household consumers do not receive this kind of notice or alert.

A Yellow Alert means the contin-gency reserve is less than the capacity of the largest generating unit used in the grid. Both Red and Yellow alerts have been regularly been issued by NGCP for the Mindanao

Unscheduled power plant shutdowns in Mindanao trigger rotating brownouts

By BOnG d. FABeof Mindanao Daily News

CAGAYAN de Oro City––The international environ-ment group Greenpeace yesterday urged the Aqui-no administration, spe-cifically the Department of Agriculture, to declare genetically-modified organ-isms (GMOs) as unsafe as it only harm the environment and public health as well as promote agricultural

Group wants GMOsdeclared as ‘unsafe’

monopoly by giant agro-chemical companies.

Greenpeace made the ap-peal following the Supreme Court of India’s landmark unanimous decision order-ing a 10-year moratorium on all field trials of GM Bt food crops due to serious safety concerns.

India’s Technical Expert Committee (TEC), comprising of the country’s leading experts in molecular

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By PAT SAMONTE

BULUA, CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Senator Man-ny Villar and Cynthia Villar, Chairman and Managing Director, respectively, of Villar Foundation, led the unveiling and dedication ceremonies on Thursday of Sendong Memorial, built to honor the memory of those who died and went miss-ing when Tropical Storm Sendong ravaged this city on December 17 last year. Cynthia Villar dedicated the memorial not only to those who perished but to the living as well, “Through the Sendong Memorial, may we be able to help you pay homage to the memory of your dearly departed loved ones. The memorial will stand as a lasting tribute, not to the death, but to the lives of those whom we have lost, to the people who helped Cagayan de Oro recover…” The memorial occupies 716 square meters inside the Villar Foundation’s Golden Haven Memorial Park here. Made of travertine and black granite base, it features an ascending circular marker in the middle, accented by a water fountain. Its 13 pillars bear the names of

Villars open Sendong Memorial,pay tribute to victims, the living

By Mike BAñOsof Mindanao Daily News

PUBLIC and private stakeholders in Mindanao’s power industry are bracing themselves for the worst in 2013 when increasing demand for electricity and uncertainty of supply are again raising the specter of daily brownouts, but recent development indicate it could be better than anticipated.

“Mindanao is facing a pre-carious power supply situation with average daily shortage of 150-200MW since January this year,” said Romeo M. Monte-negro, director for investment promotion and public affairs of the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA).

He stressed that based on projections by PAG-ASA, another long dry spell is expected to hit Mindanao summer of next year and this could mean reduced water levels and reduced output by the Agus and Pulangi hydroelectric power plants.

Mr. Montenegro added that the supply deficit could persist to around 300-400MW if no im-mediate measures are taken and may only improve in 2014-2015 when committed projects come on stream.

“So, if we don’t do anything now, we might as well brace ourselves for two years of pos-sible rotating brownouts, with 4-8 hours especially in areas with no embedded or additional contracted capacities,” he added.

Mr. Montenegro presented the island’s power situation during the Cities Development Initia-tive action planning workshop held Thursday, October 25, 2012 in Cagayan de Oro City. CDI is a program of the United States Agency for International Devel-opment (USAID) which aims to promote cities as engines of growth and inclusive development.

However, the MinDA official is optimistic the deficit can be ad-dressed in the short term through the addition of capacities through

a quick rehab and uprating of the Agus-Pulangi HEP complexes to add up to 100MW, tapping of embedded generators through the proposed Interim Mindanao Electricity Market (IMEM) or the private sector’s voluntary Inter-ruptible Load Program (ILP) expected to generate 200-300MW and the reopening of the Iligan Diesel Power Plant (IDPP) for another 100MW.

“A serious power shortage persists (337MW as of Thursday), with little relief anticipated in the immediate term,” Mr. Montene-gro said. He noted Mindanao is projected to need an additional 1,000MW of new capacity by 2020 and an additional 1,500MW by 2030.

Among the other challenges cited by Mr. Montenegro in his presentation included the need to improve cheap hydro capacity which has been compromised by river siltation and rehab re-quirements; the rising share of costly fossil fueled power plants

in the energy mix, and the need to fully tap clean, renewable and indigenous power sources (to minimize foreign exchange losses and environmental degradation).

He also cited the imperatives for meeting capacity requirements to address growth in Mindanao’s power consumption and substan-tial losses due to inefficiencies (systems loss).

Of the short term measures proposed by Mr. Montenegro, the most likely to be realized soonest would be the restoration of the Iligan Diesel Power Plant (IDPP) which is expected to resume operations by December this year and roll out its full 108MW output by June next year. The Commission on Audit recently approved the sale of the IDPP to Alsons Consolidated, which will invest another P1.2 billion to rehabilitate its units.

This optimism was shared by Joseph Nocos, vice president for business development of Conal Holdings, during a presentation

last week. Mr. Nocos said the quicker government is able to roll out the Interim Mindanao Electricity Market (IMEM) the sooner the energy starved grid would be able to tap existing ca-pacities of otherwise idle private power plants.

The IMEM is a variation of the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) now existing in Luzon and the Visayas.

However, unlike the WESM, the IMEM would tap “interruptible loads” which could make avail-able up to 360MW in embedded capacities of the private sector to the Mindanao grid by March 2013, mostly for peaking power during peak hours.

Another plus factor would be the increased reliability and availability of independent power products such as the STEAG coal-fired power plant (210MW) and the EDC’s Mindanao Geothermal Units 1 & 2 (108MW) which are now undergoing scheduled pre-ventive maintenance shutdowns.

Light at the end of the tunnel

the confirmed and identi-fied casualties of Typhoon Sendong. Sendong was one of the worst natural calamities that hit Mindanao and one of the deadliest cyclones to visit the Philippines in the last 12 years. Some 1,200 lives were lost and hundreds more were unaccounted for. It affected almost 150,000 people and damaged P1.3 billion worth of farm crops, infrastructure and property. Mrs. Villar said the memorial stands “to remind us that we should take care of our environment to pre-vent disasters in the future. Typhoon Sendong, which many say was caused by climate change and defor-estation, shows the pressing need for Filipinos to protect the environment.” She praised the local government for its environ-mental efforts including the dredging of the Cagayan de Oro river, the overflowing of which contributed to the Sendong disaster. In this context, she said the Villar Founda-tion is involved in various environment-related proj-ects particularly its flagship Sagip Ilog program that has won numerous inter-national awards including

the United Nations’ Best Water Management award last year. She added that “We will try to help the Sendong victims’ families through livelihood projects. We will also try to come up with measures to mitigate the effects of typhoons and other natural calamities.” For his part, Sen. Manny Villar said, “It is proper and fitting to remember the vic-tims of Typhoon Sendong. Through this simple effort, we offer this memorial to remember the people who perished. We also recall and praise the bravery and heroism of some of our countrymen.” In Tagalog, he said humbly, “Pagpasensiyahan nyo po itong aming konting alay,” referring to the Sen-dong Memorial. Sen. Villar announced his retirement from politics. He assured however, that “I will pursue my activities to help the poor full time. Poverty is one problem that we should try hard to solve.” Several thousands gathered at the blessing and dedication of the me-morial including local of-ficials, survivors, families and relatives of victims, donors, members of reli-gious groups and people from the academe.

Mindanao Power Outlook for 2013:

Villar unveils Sendong Memorial

“Through the Sendong Memorial, may we be able to help you pay homage to the memory of your departed ones. The memorial will stand there as a lasting tribute, not to the death, but to the lives of those whom we have lost, to the people who helped Cagayan de Oro recover and to remind us that we should take care of our environment to prevent disasters in the future”, Cynthia Villar, Chairman and Managing Director of Villar Foundation said.

The 716-square meter Sendong Memorial is made up of travertine and black granite base and features an ascending circular marker in the middle, accented with a water fountain. It has 13

pillars carved with names of confirmed dead people and identified casualties caused by typhoon Sendong.

According to Cynthia Villar, typhoon Sendong was caused by climate change and deforestation, which showed the pressing need for Filipinos to protect the environment. “The memorial also serves as a reminder of the bitter lessons learned from the tragedy, particularly those concerning environment protection.”

M r s . V i l l a r a l s o acknowledged the efforts of the local government for its immediate actions and preventive measures done including the dredging of the Cagayan de Oro River, one of the reasons of the dreadful

By CHRISTINE H. CABIASA of Cagayan de Oro Times

Photos by SHAUN ALEJANDRAE UY

To pay homage to the memory of the Sendong victims, Senator Manny Villar and Cynthia Villar through the Villar Foundation led the blessing and dedication ceremony of the Sendong Me-morial at Golden Haven Memorial Park, Bulua on October 25.

The Sendong Memorial located at The Golden Haven Memorial Park

Mrs. Cynthia Villar, Chairman & Managing Director of the Villar Foundation

(L-R) Mrs. Cynthia Villar, Archbishop Antonio Ledesma, and Sen. Manny Villar during the blessing of the Sendong Memorial.

Las Pinas former Rep. Cynthia Villar Managing Director of the Villar Foundation, Rep. Isidro Lico of Ating Koop Party List , Senator Manny Villar, Cagayan de Oro City Vice Mayor Caesar Ian Acenas , Misamis Oriental Second District Representative Bambi Emano , and Cagayan de Oro City

Councillor Dante Pajo lead the inaugural cutting of ribbon of the Sendong Memorial on Thursday.

Sendong aftermath. Local off icials, rescuers,

survivors, donors and benefactors who have helped the victims both from public and private sectors, members of religious group, people from different academic institutions, and families and relatives of the Sendong victims graced the event.

To recal l , December 17, 2011 typhoon Sendong hit Cagayan de Oro and Iligan City and killed more than 1,200 people, hundreds went missing, and caused P1.3B damage to agriculture, infrastructures, and properties.

“Sakit gihapon para sa amo ang nahitabo pero unsaon taman inanha ang kinabuhi, kaluoy sa Ginoo wala mi namatyan pero sakit ug kasubo gayud ang among naagian ug karun pinaagi ana nga memorial, mahinumduman gihapon namu si la”, Lucita Benanlao, one of the Sendong victims shared.





































(L-R) Mrs. Cynthia Villar, Archbishop Antonio Ledesma and Sen. Manny Villar during the blessing of the Sendong Memorial.

Mrs . Cynth ia V i l la r , Chai rman & Managing Director of the Villar Foundation.

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Republic of the Philippines Department of Environment and Natural Resources enViRonmenTaL manaGemenT BUReaU Office of the Reaional Director Region-10, Macabalan, Cagayan de Oro City

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The Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Environmental Management Bureau -10 will hold a public hearing/consultation on the classification of Macajalar Bay;

Name of Waterbody Date of Public Hearing and time Venue Macajalar Bay November 20, 2012 Philtown Hotel,Cagayan de Oro City 8:00AM-3:00PM

The purpose of the hearing is to solicit comments/suggestions from the concerned sectors on the actual best usage potential and dominant water utilization of the Macajalar Bay.

Interested parties are required to register in advance at DENR-EMB-10 Pollution Control Division- Labo-ratory, Macabalan, Cagayan de Oro. For further details, contact Engr. Rosalinda L. Ilogon/Engr. Marivic F. LLuisma at telephone (088)856-9363/ 09053900141 /09177923162.

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By Ruby Leonora R. Balistoy

BUKIDNON––This moun-taintop province of 1.2 mil-lion people spread across 20 towns and two component cities prides itself in being the home of happy children.

Governor Alex Calin-gasan said for the past years, programs were carefully planned in a way that will benefit children.

“We won the country’s highest Nutrition Honor Award in the provincial and city level for three con-secutive years,” the governor said.

He explained that the provincial government implemented the flagship programs with the chil-dren’s welfare taken into consideration.

A province is considered “child-friendly” only when it is able to assure that all children have the rights to survival, development, pro-tection and participation.

In 2004, the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef ) allocated P8.33 million to the province for the implementation of its Child-Friendly Movement (CFM)-related programs under the Country Pro-gramme for Children (CPC). For its share, the provincial government also allotted P1 million.

Aside from this, P122.31

Bukidnon is home of happy children, says governormillion was released to fund CFM-related programs, projects and activities along nutrition, welfare, hospi-tal operations, including the Provincial Indigency Health Program (PIHP), scholarship program, sports development and Gender and Development (GAD).

The amount of P86.37 million was also paid to the Philippine Health In-surance Corp. (PHIC) as the province’s counterpart fund to the PIHP.

Also implemented was a livelihood program where individuals or groups were granted monetary loans to help them become entre-preneurs and eventually become self-reliant.

Since it has been prop-erly managed, the loans equipped indigent con-stituents with the means to provide for their family.

Also, through the PIHP, 193,739 indigent families were given proper health care free of charge.

Aside from these, routine health activities that cater to the needs of children, preg-nant and lactating mothers are ongoing.

At the same time, chil-dren’s health-care services were extended to zero-mont h-old , inc luding schoolers.

Families with very low enrolled preschoolers were

given capital assistance for the purchase of agricul-tural supplies. Technical assistance on technology transfer of Bio-Intensive Gardening (BIG) was also provided.

Another flagship thrust of the provincial govern-ment is the scholarship program exclusive for poor students.

Additional day-care cen-ters were also provided to

address the need for early child development.

Alternative education for out-of-school youth were likewise made available by bringing education to their doorsteps, providing

them skills to broaden their horizons.

Through public-private partnerships (PPP), activi-ties were held to encourage children to participate in

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By BAVECYL T. BADILLA, SIC- Danao NHS

Danao National High School supports K to 12 program of DepEd as the school implements actively the program and system in educa-tion this School Year 2012-2013. As School Head of Danao Na-tional High School with the teach-ers plan to disseminate informa-tion to our clientele. Last June, 2012 we call for a meeting with the parents, barangay officials and other stakeholders. At first they are undecided for the new curriculum. They have questions regarding on the implementation and effectiveness of the program and the most important is that, the school can cater or ready for the full implementation of the so - called “answer” of the qual-ity education in the country. The

parents and the Barangay officials embrace the change of the program especially they are aware that the Schools Division Superintendent, Dr. Cherry Mae L. Limbaco, CESO V downloaded the MOOE funds monthly to the school and gave direction on the priorities of the said funds. She stressed out that schools must determine on what the school should offer for the next four years and start purchasing materials and equipment for it. She wanted to have at least two specializations in each school where Danao National High School is aiming to offer garments, cu-linary and agriculture. Last June, 2012 the TLE teachers started to purchase tools and materials in agriculture, cooking and garments.

The students of Danao National High School are now enjoying with the materials purchased for them to learn the basic skills on the said program. K to 12 program of DepEd is timely and just, most especially to students who cannot pursue in college and even to vocational courses which we cannot deny still expensive this time. With this K to 12, our clientele can compete globally with the skills acquired during their stay in our respective schools. Good jobs and happy life-style will follow. I quote Dr. Edizon Fermin said “when reasons for and ways of doing things change, we also change as a persons. When we change for the better, our im-mediate“ “world” also change.

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PrOJeCTS FOr FArMerS – Agrarian reform Secretary Virgilio de los reyes addresses the members of the Mabunga, Imbatug and Salimbalan district Multi-purpose Cooperative (MISAd MPC) in Baungon, Bukidnon during his recent visit. Seated at the background are dAr-10 director Felix Aguhob (center) and PArO Julio Celestiano of Bukidnon (partly hid-den right). (dAr 10/asf)

By RUtCHie C. AGUHOB

OROQUIETA City––A to-tal of 374 individuals have filed their certificates of candidacy (COC) for 190 elective posts in Misamis Occidental for the May 13, 2013 midterm elections.

To be vied upon are 38

374 vie for 190posts in Misoc

AS MIDTERM ELECTIONS DRAW NEARER

elective posts for governor, vice-governor, first district representative, second dis-trict representative, may-ors and vice mayors of the province’s three cities; and mayors and vice-mayors for the 14 towns.

About 40 elective posts are for five members each

of the Sangguniang Pan-glalawigan (SP) of the two congressional districts, while 30 others are for 10 councilors each of the cities of Ozamiz, Oroquieta and Tangub.

Another 112 posts are for eight councilors each of the towns of Aloran, Balian-

gao, Bonifacio, Calamba, Clarin, Concepcion, Don Victoriano, Jimenez, Lopez-Jaena, Panaon, Plaridel, Sapang-Dalaga, Sinacaban and Tudela.

Data at the Office of the Provincial Elections Supervisor (PES), show

By nidA GRACe B. tRAnqUilAn

TANDAG City - The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) Surigao del Sur District Jail-Tandag opened the 18th National Correctional Consciousness Week and Prison Awareness Week, with a motorcade.

It was part of a series of activities that include a sportsfest, Search for Talentadong Inmate, interfaith activities and legal counselling, among others, all aimed at reminding the community that prisoners are also hu-man beings, who have individual rights to be respected.

The celebration that culminate on October 28, with the “Inmates Family Day” and search for “Miss Macho Gay 2012.” (RER/NGBT/PIA-Surigao del Sur/asf)

By ARjAY s. FeliCildA of Mindanao Daily News

BUTUAN City - Formal charges of illegal recruitment have already been filed against three alleged human traffickers operating in Agusan del Sur province.

Charged before the 10th Judicial Region, Branch 6 in Patin-ay, Prosperidad town are Nora Malagyan Dipatuan of N’QUEENS Overseas Agency, Aslea Tayag Melo and and Miguel Abayag Salvador.

Police Supt. Martin M. Gamba, chief information officer of the Police Regional Office (PRO-13), said the suspects were earlier intercepted by authorities in Brgy. Sta. Maria, Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur – in the act of transporting 62 adults and nine minors aboard three multicabs bound for Surigao City.

The arrest was effected after Dipatuan failed to show any legal recruitment document to the operating team, led by Police Sr. Insp. Eprhaim Ybanez Detuya of the Prosperidad Municipal Police Station, with the PNP Highway Patrol Team and United Philippine Nationwide Peacekeeping Task Force (UPNP TF), a non-government organization.

They are now detained at Agusan del Sur Provincial Correctional Services, with no bail bond recommended.

The operation was part of the intensified police drive against human trafficking in the region, said Police Supt. Gamba.

He assured that PRO-13 will continue working closely with other government and non-government agencies to stop the “profit-oriented and self-serving individuals, who ordinarily use our region as gateway to the Visayas and subsequently Metro Manila before deploying their victims overseas.”

The adult ‘victims’ were sent-off to their respective municipalities, while the nine minors are now placed under the custody of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD-Caraga).

Police Chief Supt. Carmelo Valmoria, PRO-13 Di-rector praised his men for a job well done. (with report from PO1 Ruth Kahreen Aranton Pontillo)

Police sues three‘human traffickers’

SuriSur observes National Correctional Consciousness Week

MOdeL OVerSeAS FAMILY 2012 - Mr. nicolas Sonsona (2nd from left) and family show the Model Overseas Family of the Year 2012 Award (MOFYA) they received recently at Grand Palace restaurant, Butuan City. A project of the Over-seas Workers Welfare Administration. (danilo S. Makiling & richard d. Atillo, PIA-Caraga/asf)

The Philippine Press Ins t i tute (PPI) in co op erat ion

w i t h P h i l i p p i n e Air l ines Foundat ion and the BusinessWeek Mindanao Advertising and Promotions holds a seminar on excellence and ethics in journalism with the theme “Making S ens e of Journa l i sm To day”, O c tob er 25 , Cagayan de Oro City at the BWM Media Center.

The seminar is part o f P P I ’s S c h o l a s t i c O u t r e a c h P r o g r a m . Participating students from the region enjoy a whole-day of learning as key speakers from M a n i l a g a v e t h e m severa l sess ions and workshops.

A l l a n M e d i a n t e , E x e c u t i v e E d i t o r o f B u s i n e s s We e k Mindanao welcomes the par t ic ipants and guests, while Ariel C. Sebellino, PPI Executive D i r e c t o r, g a v e t h e participants an overview

of the Philippine Press Institute.

T h e p a r t i c i p a n t s a re j o u r n a l i s m a n d c o m m u n i c a t i o n s s tudents f rom Liceo de Cagayan University – Mass Communications Department, Bukidnon S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y , St . Mar y’s School in Cagayan de Oro, Central Mindanao University, a n d M S U - I l i g a n Institute of Technology.

The morning sessions i n c l u d e d t a l k s b y national personalities in the media industry. Session 1: Excellence is the Key is handled by G M A- 7 Pro g r am Manager Joseph Alwyn T. Alburo and Session 2: Going the Way of Ethics by Rowena C. P a r a a n , S e c r e t a r y -G e n e r a l , N a t i o n a l Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP).

This is followed by an open forum and a workshop, a chance for the student journalists

to participate and share their thoughts.

A s p e c i a l v i s i t b y C y n t h i a Vi l l a r, Chairman & Managing Director of the Villar Foundation also gave the participants her insights on journalism ethics and entrepreneurship. Villar is in the city for the unvei l ing of the Sendong Memorial at Golden Haven Memorial Park, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro.

A l u n c h f o r u m on C orporate S ocia l Responsibi l ity (CSR) i s t h e n f a c i l i t a t e d by Miguel Vi l larea l , Ph i l ippi ne Ve te r ans Bank Vice Pres ident o n C o r p o r a t e Communications.

T h e a f t e r n o o n session tackled on visual communications. The ta lk on Photography vs Photojournalism is delivered by Cagayan de Oro TIMES Editor-in-Chief, Shaun Alejandrae Yap Uy.

PPI, BWM hold seminar on journalismB U S I N E S S W E E K M I N D A N A O

Tanleh Bldg., Abellanosa St., Cagayan de Oro City

We grow minds!Photos by ARJAY FELICILDA, RONALD MASTAIL & SHAUN UY

ARIEL C. SEBELLINOPPI Executive Director

PARTICIPANTS COMING FROM DIFFERENT UNIVERSITIES IN NORTHERN MINDANAO SHOWING THEIR SEMINAR CERTIFICATES.

JOSEPH ALWYN T. ALBUROGMA-7 Program Manager

MIGUEL VILLA-REALPhil. Veterans Bank Vice President

on Corporate Communications

SHAUN ALEJANDRAE YAP UYCagayan de Oro TIMES Editor-in-Chief

CYNTHIA VILLAR inspires the student journalists to practice on journalism ethics and

entrepreneurship

ROWENA C. PARAANSecretary-General, National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP).

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THINK a minute.A famous man and wom-

an who were neighbors were always arguing. They just could not get along with each other.

One day the woman said to the man: “Sir, if you were my husband, I’d give you poison!”

The man quickly an-swered: “Madam, if you were my wife, I’d take it!”

You know, the greatest problems in the world al-ways have been and always will be problems between people.

Just look at our own family and extended family. Is everyone getting along all the time? How about in your village or neighbor-hood, your school, or your workplace?

Did you know that the beautiful ‘paradise’ islands of the Pacific have some of

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the highest suicide rates in the world? But why? Because there is no peace in paradise!

Instead, there are walls of hurt and hate built up between people: between parents and children, be-tween husbands and wives, between different races and cultures.

All over the world there is trouble and problems be-tween people! Many people are hurting, hoping someday to finally have real peace.

But even if everyone

was given lots of money and a high-paying job, the best education, and a great government, we’d still have problems because of the walls between people—walls of pride and prejudice, walls of hurt, mistrust, jealousy, and unforgiveness. And it’s into this kind of world with this big problem that God the Son came to bring peace, and tear down these walls between people. But before we can have real peace and truly love without conditions our children,

our wife or husband, our neighbors, as well as people of other races and cultures, we ourselves must first be loved that way by someone else and experience that kind of love.

That’s exactly what Je-sus Christ came to do: to love us. He came to accept and forgive us for all our wrongs, so we could finally be reunited in true peace with our Maker.

You see, it’s only then that we can also live in peace with the other people in our life.

So today, won’t you ask Jesus to forgive you for all your wrongs and to take charge of your heart ev-eryday? Then He can start changing your life and re-lationships so you’ll finally have real peace with the people in your life.

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ROSE mARY D. SUDARIAFinance Manager

Babiera is a ‘lame duck’ vice governorEVERY DAY, workers at the provincial Capitol in Misamis Oriental are des-perately struggling. Capitol workers alleged that the presence of Oscar Moreno at the provincial Capitol has created divisiveness among them. An employee at the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP), who talked on condition of anonymity, has accused Moreno of usurping power. Although we are not interested in this case, we are worried that services at the provincial Capitol are at risk at the expense of the public.

However, we have gut feelings that the restlessness of Capitol workers could be offshoot of Moreno’s filing of certificate of candidacy (COC) for the mayoral post in Cagayan de Oro City. Technically speaking, Moreno should have resigned from his post as Governor since he is not running for a provincial post. If Moreno is running for a provincial post, he could avail of the privilege of sticking to his post under the rules of the ‘equity of the incumbent.’ Moreno is running for City Mayor next year. The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has officially confirmed that Moreno has transferred residence in Cagayan de Oro City.

Since Moreno he has transferred his residence to the city where filed his COC, he should have exercised propriety in resigning as Governor of Misamis Oriental. Instead, Moreno stubbornly refused to vacate his post

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to the dismay of Capitol workers. Well, they said, that propriety is not in the dictionary of those who wields power. While no one might think of Moreno’s avarice, most Capitol workers believed this is what actually is happening at the provincial Capitol today.

If the Capitol workers are desperate, the more frustrated is Vice Governor Norris Babiera. Babiera is running for the governor. With Moreno’s filing of COC in Cagayan de Oro, Babiera should have been acting as the provin-cial governor now. It did not happen. Instead, Moreno continued to exercise his powers as provincial governor. Capitol workers and, perhaps, Babiera is complaining that Moreno has ceased to render services as Governor of Misamis Oriental these days.

Nevertheless, Moreno holds political meetings us-ing the resources of the provincial government. Capi-tol employees alleged that Moreno’s group known as ‘Wednesday Club’ regularly met at the Capitol. Most of the time, Moreno and his ‘Wednesday Club’ members, all of them residents of Cagayan de Oro and are part of Moreno’s political ticket, dine lavishly at the expense of the provincial government.

Although Capitol workers are angry at Moreno, the more they are mad at Vice Governor Norris Babiera. They accused Babiera as a lame duck Vice Governor. When time is appropriate to take action, Babiera opted to keep silent and stay in the corner. No wonder, people in Misamis Oriental has started to question Babiera’s capability to run the provincial government.

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LIFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “… ‘I am the Lord’s servant,’ Mary answered. ̀ May your word to me be fulfilled’…” (Luke 1:38, the Holy Bible.).

-ooo-WHY IS THE BIBLE

SILENT ABOUT MARY’S LINEAGE? Can anyone enlighten me, for the sake of intellectual discussion: why is it that the Bible does not contain any information about the lineage of Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ, our God and Savior? If Mary is so important because she was the vessel through which God came to earth to save mankind from their sins, how come there is no mention who her father and mother were, and who her ascendants were?

Mary, mother of jesus, not human?

This is very much differ-ent from the case of Joseph, the Israelite who was to become her husband. The Bible in several verses gives a genealogy of Joseph which traces his roots to Abraham, and even directly to God. And yet, we all know that he was just the foster father, as it were, of Jesus. Mary, who is the direct ascendant of Jesus, was not given the same treatment in the Bible.

Why?Could it be that Mary

came directly from heaven, so that she would not be tainted with man’s original sin, so that Jesus, who will be born through her, would not also be tainted with sin? What do you think?

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ES TO MARY IN THE OLD TESTAMENT: This is ex-citing and quite baffling to

me, to say the least. Why? Because in the Old Testa-ment of the Bible, there are already clear references to her, although not by her name “Mary” yet. So the question is: if even in the Old Testament, Mary is already foretold, how come nobody appeared to have become interested to document her family and her ancestors, in a way that would clearly identify her.

I am referring of course to Genesis 3:15, where God the Father, in cursing the serpent which enticed Eve and Adam to sin against Him by disobeying His orders, declared: “And I will put enmity between you and the woman and between

TWINS can either be identical or fraternal. Since their physical characteristics are so similar, it may take time and a keenness , before one gets to identify one from the other, except for family members, who, by their closeness can easily say which is who. So, it can happen too, in the medical field. One type of illness may be so similar to another that it may require one’s knowledge, experience and the help of colleagues as well as the use of diagnostic tests that will help differentiate one from the other. There are even instances when the diagnosis is made based on exclusion.

Chikungunya Fever is one such illness. This illness is really not that uncommon, though, it only comes to the public’s notice when there are travel advisories or when the number of cases is such that it gains attention in the medical community as well as in media. Last October 9, Dr Eric Tayag of the Department of Health said that there were a total of 58 confirmed cases of Chikungu-nya Fever in the Philippines. As far back as the 1990’s, records has it that cases of Chikungunya fever were already diagnosed. This is a Viral disease that is spread by mosquitoes, the same mosquitoes that carry the vi-ruses for Dengue Fever: Aedes aegypti and albopticus. It comes as no surprise then that the manifestations of both diseases may be similar and at times these two may even co-occur in a single patient.

Though both diseases will present with fever, fatigue, muscle pains, nausea and headache, what is prominent in chikungunya is the severity of the joint pains. As a matter of fact, chikungunya comes from the kimakonde language which means “to become contorted.” A person afflicted with the disease may be seen with a stooped appearance due to the stiffness and joint pains! The presence of arthritic pains in an adult, with abrupt onset of fever, should alert one to the possibility of the

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West Butuan District ii implements Different Reading Programs

By TRifon B. VeRGaRaDistrict Incharge

Different Deped reading activities were implemented by the West Butuan District II to support the Every Child A Reader Program (ECARP) of the Depart-ment of Education. A Deped Memorandum No. 224 s. 2011 was circulated to the field to urge school officials to conduct the following activities in their schools from Grades II to VI. These are the following activities:1. Read-a-Thon - which seeks to foster a reading culture among pupils.2. Drop everything and Read (DeaR) - this is a fifteen to twenty minute

daily activity before the class starts. 3. Big Brother / Sister – older students mentor pupils who are at the frustra-

tion reading level.4. five Words a Week (fWaW) - The pupils are encouraged to learn and

master one word a day and APAW, a paragraph a week.5. Reading Camp - This activity aims to highlight the pupils’ talents in com-

munication arts through competition. These reading activities were closely monitored by the school administrators.

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ACCESS at Duka Bay ResortBy BAVECYL T. BADILLA, SIC-Danao NHS

Last October 2-3, 2012 at Duka Bay Resort, Me-dina, Misamis Oriental the second batch of ad-ministrators both Ele-mentary and Secondary from Opol to Lagonglong Districts attended the Seminar Workshop on Skills Building on Revised School Based Manage-ment (SBM) Assessment Process and Tool with the Philosophy of A - Child

and Community - Cen-tered Education System (ACCESs) as touchstone to reforms. A - Child and Commu-nity - Centered Education System was conducted by competent and experts in the Division of Misa-mis Oriental Dr. Olga C. Alonsabe- EPS I in Sci-ence and Dr. Erlinda G. Dael - EPS I in English together with them from

Planning office Mr. Ed-win Gamorot and from Accounting Office Mr. Mark Tejano. They em-phasized and stretched out on ACCESs as touchstone of reforms; the need on the statement that will guide reform initiatives, then a necessity to flesh-out a paradigm that will drive behavior and per-formance measures, and ultimately, a demand to

operationalized and bring to reality the aspirations of the Governance of Basic Education Act which is known as RA 9155. As administrator, an-other challenge not only on the physical, financial matters in school but also to linked with the willing but busy personalities in our locality. ACCESs is a business of everybody for a common good.

CAGAYAN de Oro City––The Land Transportation Office (LTO) in Region 10 has a new chief, in the person of Hilarion E. Ulep, former acting regional director of LTO-Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), based in Baguio City.

Director Ulep officially as-sumed the post, 10:00 o’clock in the morning of October 25 this year, vice Atty. Esteban Baltazar Jr., who is reassigned

to the LTO Central Office in Metro Manila, as chief of the Traffic Adjudication Service (TAS).

The simple assumption ceremony was witnessed by the resident auditor of the Commission of Audit (COA), minus Atty. Baltazar, who was reportedly then out of office.

Director Ulep’s reassign-ment to Northern Mindanao is embodied in the October

18, 2012 office memorandum issued by Assistant Secretary Virginia P. Torres, concurrent chief of LTO.

In same order, former LTO-10 Assistant Director Napol Garcia is also reassigned to Region 8, based in Tacloban City. He is replaced by Mr. Nelson S. Manaloto.

Atty. Baltazar is relieved after barely 22 months of stint in Northern Mindanao.

New LTO-10 director assumes postBy jOe del PUeRtO FeliCildA, Managing Editor

Fight government corruptionPRESIDENT Noynoy Aqui-no has been in office for sometimes now and it seems corruption still exists in many government agencies or offices. Shortly after he took his oath of office as president, he declared cor-ruption in the top priority of his program. He said the

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matter has impoverished the country and we must dismantle it once and for all.

I admired the President for his declaration of a battle against the number one enemy of the government. For many years, our system has suffered a lot because of robbery in the offices. This

evil has disturbed so much our growth and develop-ment since huge amount of money goes to the pockets of a number of people within the system.

Corruption in the Phil-ippines has been there for sometimes now. It is very difficult to recall in whose

presidency this matter be-gan but for one thing, it has been operating clandestinely in government offices for quite a long time. President come and go leaving behind the growing strength of the disease. As a result the country is always hard up. It wallows down in extreme

difficulty in its existence.The effect of corruption

is very ugly. The government can not hire enough teachers

in the provinces. There has been lack of school buildings for the children anywhere

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The annual World Food Day celebration allows many to promote their agricultural products and provides venue to recognize the region’s outstanding farmers. This is part of DA’s advocacy in empowering farmers and agricultural cooperatives - one of the department’s strategies in achieving food security. World Food Day is celebrated every 16th of October since its proclamation in 1981. Photos above (top row) show DA-10 RTD Engr. Roxana H. Hojas handing the plaques of recognition to the region 10’s outstanding farmers together with the LGU personnel behind their success. Other activities include product exhibit and selling, meat processing demo, and a lot more.

WFd celebration centers on nurturing agricultural cooperatives “Empowered cooperatives equal to an empowered nation.” Such is the key message of Cooperative Development Authority - 10 (CDA-10) Director Orlando R. Ravanera in his talk during the World Food Day celebration of the Department of Agriculture (DA) 10 on October 16 and 17, 2012. This yearly observation intends to encourage atten-tion to agricultural food production, encourage eco-nomic and technical cooper-ation, promote participation among rural women and cooperatives, and heighten public awareness on hunger problems around the world to provide enough food for everyone and to eliminate the incidence of poverty by enabling rural-based organizations (RBOs) and people’s organizations (POs) to play their vital role in community. In order to attain this, DA-10 Regional Techni-cal Director Engr. Roxana H. Hojas urged everyone to partake in events such as the annual World Food Day celebration which ca-pacitates many to promote the department’s programs and projects.

As this year’s celebra-tion bears the theme, “Ag-ricultural Cooperatives: Key to Feeding the World,” DA has put the essence of such cooperatives into the spotlight. Accordingly, DA-assisted RBOs, POs and local government units (LGUs) have promoted and sold out every commodity displayed in their respective booths. Highlighted during the celebration is the awarding of the region’s 2011 Gawad Saka, winners namely: Em-manuel “Biboy” P. Patricio of Managok, Malaybalay City - Outstanding Integrated Rice Farmer; Ernesto D. Leonar of Linabo, Malaybalay City - Outstanding Small Animal Raiser and Lower Balubal RIC of Balubal, Cagayan de Oro City - Outstand-ing Rural Improvement Club. Each took the center stage while receiving their respective awards and cash prizes as incentive to their successful and commend-able agri-ventures. Each received a plaque of recognition and assorted vegetable seeds. Aside from this, one (1) unit thresher worth Php 130,000.00 was awarded to Mr. Patricio, while Mr. Leonar received

one (1) head Simbrah cattle and a barangay food ter-minal (BFT) worth Php 300,000.00 for the Lower Balubal RIC with additional Php 30,000.00 cash prize. Both Mr. Patricio and Mr. Leonar also received Php 20,000.00 cash prize. Equally essential is the booth exhibit contest cham-pioned by the Provincial Government of Misamis Oriental who received Php 7,000.00 cash award, fol-lowed by Bukidnon and Lanao del Norte who also received Php 5,000.00 and 3,000.00, respectively. As emphasized by Dir. Ra-vanera, eliminating market layers is one way to empower the agricultural coopera-tives. He also added that this will enrich the lifestyle of farmers who served as the backbone of our economy. In turn, they are capacitated to produce sufficient food for the whole nation. Aside from the opportu-nity for product promotion and selling, delegates were given other livelihood op-tions through the meat pro-cessing and cassava cooking demo. Overall, the abovemen-tioned event concluded with an awarding ceremo-

ny wherein winners of the different contests claimed their prizes including the Blue team composed of

the Office of the Regional Director, Crops Division, Information Division and the Engineering Division

who emerged as the win-ner in the dance contest. # (Ruthceli O. Alfeche, DA-10)

CAGAyAN de Oro City - The Bureau of Plant Industry-Plant Quarantine Service (BPI-PQS) hosted a training/workshop for the Mindanao wide BPI-PQS Inspectors on the implementation of banana export program to the United States of America (USA) held at Pearlmont Inn, this city on September 18-20, 2012. 50 plant quarantine officers from the cities of Davao, Cagayan de Oro, Cotabato, and General Santos participated in the training. The training aims to enhance the capability of the BPI- PQS for the purpose of banana export to the USA. As such, the participants are expected to gain knowledge on the systems approach for banana in the Philippines based on US system and International Standard for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM); familiar with different pests and diseases of banana and to be able to detect their presence in the commodity; to gain knowledge on fruit fly management program and the operational work plan for banana export; as well as the guidelines

for accreditation/registration processes for a packing house facility. In Region 10, Plant Quarantine Officer In-charge Manuel Barradas (lower photo standing center) mentioned that they are stringent in the implementation of plant quarantine procedures and measures thus allowed the region’s banana for export accepted to the US market. Above photos show Mr. Kelan Evans (upper photo) from the US Department of Agriculture gracing the occasion; and (lower photo) the lecturers from Animal and Plant Health Inspec-tion Service (APHIS) Ms. Welly A. Ousley (seated leftmost) who lectured on Systems and Procedures Requirements of USDA; Ms. Merle Palacpac, who lectured on Comprehensive Work Plan for the RP responsibilities to be undertaken by BPI-PQS for US market; with Dr. Helen Bignayan from UPLB; and DOLE consultant Mrs. Tuazon; and the participants. # RRE. Paasa (with report and photos from Ricardo Pondoyo, Plant Quarantine Officer, R-10)

Enhancing BPI-PQS capability for banana export to USA

2nd Batch of School Administrator’s Enjoy the Splendor Beauty of Duka Bay

By FAUSTINO G. BADILLASIC-San Juan NHS

I was one of the school administrators who were very excited when we were informed by our Schools Division Superintendent that our Seminar Work-shop on Skills Building on Revised School Based Management (SBM) Assessment Process & Tool will be held for two days and a night in Duka, Bay Resort, Medina, Misamis Oriental. It was happen on October 2-3, 2012. We mean business there because we were dealing with Edu-cation matters inside our hall. It was not simple and easy discussions about the revision in SBM because it involve more multi-tasking and our self-commitment to start gradually accomplishing all the data revised which are subject for assessment and validity of the so called artifacts in Education. The SBM practices was existed already and being practiced in our respected schools but through that seminar, revisions and changes were intro-duced in order to strengthen our relationships to our students, parents, community people, private individual and entities, and so much to our Local Government Unit. All these will respond to the attainment and realization of the standard skills that our student: must acquire and develop in a full bloom learning experiences be possible after their Senior High School. So that when they are not already under our stewardship in school they will be fruitful community people to face against all odds in life.

THE country’s tuna produc-tion is expected to increase this last quarter of 2012 through February 2013, as Filipino fishermen were recently given access to fish in the so-called High Seas Pocket 1 or HSP-1 of the Pacific Ocean.

Tuna catch to pick up once againAgriculture Secretary

Proceso J. Alcala said about 180 metric tons of tuna were initially unloaded by three carrier vessels at the Gen. Santos City fish port, from October 17 to 18, based on reports by the Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of

Fisheries and Aquatic Re-sources (DA-BFAR).

With this favorable de-velopment, the country’s tuna production will recov-er, said the DA chief, during the October 18 culminating program of the 2012 World Food Day celebration, at the Quezon City Memorial Circle.

For his part, BFAR Di-rector Asis Perez said they expect Filipino tuna com-mercial fishing operation to go full blast by November, with the 36 Philippine-registered fishing vessels deployed at the said “Pocket 1.” Each vessel is estimated to catch an average of 20 MT a day.

He said the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) has granted the Philippines ac-cess to fish in ‘Pocket 1’ of the Pacific Ocean up to February 28, 2013. The Philippines through the DA-BFAR seeks an exten-sion of the fishing access in the same area, as the coun-try’s tuna fishing vessels are compliant to the stringent requirements imposed by the WCPFC, Perez said.

The High Seas Pocket 1 is the area bounded by the Exclusive Economic Zones of the Federated States of Micronesia to the north and east, the Republic of Palau to the west, and the Republic of Indonesia and

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the sBM Mainstreaming with the Philosophy of ACCess at duka Bay Resort

By FAUSTINO G. BADILLA, SIC-San Juan NHS

IA Child and Community - Centered Education System (ACCESs) as touch-stone oi According to our knowledgeable Education Program Supervisor, who happen to in trainers and speakers in the persons of Dr. OLGA C. ALONSABE, and Dr. ERLINI A that such ACCESs possessed a benchmark of urgency or the need of a harmonizing statement that will guide reform initiatives, the necessity to stretch out a paradign drive behavior and performance measures, and in due course, a demand to opt i and bring to reality the aspirations of RA 9155 which is the Governance of Basic Act. The ACCESs is working relative to the BESRA or Basic Education System Reform A; must be synchronized by a clear philosophy and value statement, provides clarity li to streamline and identify priorities. Thus, BESRA is the

package of policy reforms; and ACCESs is a policy or statement that concretize/operationalize the policy reforms. As challenge to each and everyone, to the stakeholders this simple pie why not involve ourselves for a common route and a common outcomes as destine future of our generations and why not adopt a “change” in order to u children/learner as the center of SBM practice, constant improvement process, to I habits and must I emphasized, respond to yell of field implements, and to prom governance and strengthen local par-ticipation improve the school system’s capacity towards attaining Education For All (EFA). I do hope that many of us specially personnel’s in the field of teaching will invest tin working for the common understanding and shared goals. Learn to love with children.

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lar biology, toxicology and biodiversity, ordered a ban on all field trials of GM crops — including the controversial Bt eggplant, which is currently being evaluated for approval in the Philppines despite India’s banning it on February 2010 — as well as a moratorium on all field trials of herbi-cide tolerant crops until independent assessment of impact and suitability has been established.

The TEC also said that all field trials should be stopped until the following conditions have been met: (1) specific sites for con-ducting field trials have been designated and certified and sufficient mechanisms for monitoring the trials put in place; (2) a panel of scien-tists, qualified in evaluation of the biosafety data of GM crops has been engaged for scrutiny and analyses of the safety data; (3) conflict of interest in the regulatory body has been removed; and (4) the requirement for preliminary biosafety tests prior to field trials including sub-chronic toxicity in small animals has been included.

“This official unanimous declaration on the risks of GMOs, by India’s leading biotech scientists is the latest nail on the coffin for GMOs around the world,” said Daniel M. Ocampo, Sustainable Agriculture and Genetic Engineering ampaigner of Greenpeace Southeast Asia.

“It is yet another proof that GMOs are bad for the health, bad for the environ-ment, bad for farmers and bad for the economy. The Philippines should learn from this expert recom-mendation and use it as a guide for more stringent policies concerning these transgenic crops,” he added.Potential harmful effects

The India Supreme Court report said that the morato-rium was necessary because of the potential harm GM crops can cause to human health, and biodiversity. They also warned of the pos-sibility that field trials will contaminate regular crops and other food supply. The expert body believes that India’s current regulatory system to assess the safety of GM crops is inadequate and raises questions about the ability to safely conduct field trials.

The India’s Supreme Court also recommended (1) an independent, long-term and inter-generational studies in the biosafety risk assessment; (2) an as-sessment of the GM crop technology; and (3) a so-cioeconomic risk analysis. All these recommendations must be stringently met before open releases are permitted.

It also recommended for a re-examination of all bio-safety data for applications in process as well as those that have been approved for release by scientists who are qualified in biosafety

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science and experienced in evaluation of biosafety dos-siers for transgenic plants. This re-examination should be done “if necessary…by international experts who have the necessary experi-ence.”

Unlike India, however, the Philippines has never rejected approval of any GMO — even those GMOs which are banned in other countries due to health and safety concerns, Ocampo said as he expressed alarm over the government’s lack of transparency in regulat-ing and assessing the safety of GMOs.

The Philippines is a sig-natory to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity, an international treaty governing the move-ments of living modified organisms (LMOs) resulting from modern biotechnol-ogy from one country to another. It was adopted on 29 January 2000 as a supple-mentary agreement to the Convention on Biological Diversity and entered into force on 11 September 2003.

The Cartagena Proto-col seeks to contribute to ensuring an adequate level of protection in the field of the safe transfer, handling and use of living modified organisms resulting from modern biotechnology that may have adverse effects on the conservation and sustainable use of biologi-cal diversity, taking also into account risks to hu-man health, and specifically focusing on transboundary movements.

In banning GMOs, In-dia’s Supreme Court-created TEC cited the Cartagena Protocol, which recognises the crucial importance of biodiversity as a long term resource, since field trials of transgenics in those crops for which India is a centre of origin or a centre of diversity may contaminate and adversely affect the country’s biodiversity.PHl approves 1.5 appli-

cations a monthThe Department of Agri-

culture, through the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI), has approved 67 GMOs for im-portation as food, feed and processing, since 2004. And the most worrisome GMO approvals the DA had done are for rice, the country’s staple food.

To date, the Philippines has approved a total of 67 GMO crops. Greenpeace put the government’s approval rating of GMOs at 1.5 GMOs per month since 2004.

Greenpeace lamented that no GMO application in the Philippines has ever been disapproved despite documented cases on ques-tions of their safety and rejection by other countries.

“Unfortunately, while leading experts in India are recommending an end to GMOs, certain Filipino scientists who midnight as paid lackeys of agro-chemical corporations, are attempting to railroad GM field trials in the country — without the benefit of a

comprehensive and objec-tive study and analysis of safety data. The Department of Agriculture should be the first one to put a stop to such indiscriminate promotion of GMOs as it goes against the interest of Filipino farmers and consumers,” Ocampo stressed.

“The Department of Ag-riculture should cancel all GMO approvals, including experimental field trials. It is a fact that the GMO regulatory system in the Philippines is hopelessly flawed. With the growing opposition against GMO crops and the increasing body of scientific research that underlines the threats of GMOs, the government must wake up and create policies that look after the interests of the people. The DA has taken the first step Organic Agriculture Act of 2010, but this effort con-tinues to be undermined by continued approvals of GMOs, as well as support of commercial research and field trials to propagate these harmful modified crops,” he added.GMOs lead to food crisis

in PHlDuring the observance of

the World Food Day last Oc-tober 16, Ocampo said that the government’s “relentless approvals of GMO crops will lead the country into a food crisis” as GMO corporations will force Filipino farm-ers become dependent on industrial chemical inputs such as harmful pesticides and herbicides. This will effectively tie the farmers into a “never-ending circle of debt and less choices.”

“Far from being a solu-tion, GMOs extend all the worst practices of industrial agriculture. And, perversely, its widespread adoption would lead to more hun-gry people not fewer,” he stressed.

The UN Food and Agri-culture Organization (FAO) recently reported that there are 5.4 percent more hungry people in the Philippines now compared to the previ-ous decade, even as hunger substantially decreased in the same period in all other countries in Southeast Asia. The report cited Thailand — a country that does not plant GMOs — where the number of chronically hun-gry people decreased most dramatically at 79.8 percent.

“GMOs do not play a substantial role in address-ing the key problems hun-ger and poverty, and food safety and security. The government’s rabid sup-port of GMOs is completely irresponsible because it supports industrial farm-ing practices and chemical dependence that would en-danger, rather than improve, the country’s agricultural sector. By approving GMOs, the government is actu-ally compounding the food problem, not solving it,” Ocampo said.

GMOs shift the focus away from the real solutions to hunger and it effectively hide the true causes of hun-

ger, which is derived from social and environmental problems, Greenpeace said.

Instead of solving the problem of hunger, GMOs all the more aggravate it, the group added.

The government must acknowledge that a large part of the problem is gi-ant agro-chemical cor-porations, which are hell bent on marketing GMOs and the industrial farming system it maintains, with little regard to health, en-vironmental, and economic consequences.

“The government must re-examine its misplaced focus on industrial farming which has diverted govern-ment funds from supporting ecological solutions that ensure food security and sound environment. As a start, the DA must cancel all GMO approvals and instead support ecological alternatives that will guar-antee a healthy, viable and sustainable agriculture to feed the country,” Ocampo said. (Bong D. Fabe)

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in the country. The rea-son is there is no funds for the purpose so what happened in some areas children hold classes in the open air, some under the trees, others just anywhere so learning could not be hampered.

If the government can-not stop this issue of cor-ruption for some reasons, I suggest the Filipino people should unite and help. The object is to stop corruption no matter how before the entire system will collapse eventually. We must offer our services to save the Republic., We must send to jail people who are engaged in the thievery of public funds. We must prosecute them to the last moment.

I can see that if we make our laws against corruption stricter this time, there is a big possibility that we can put to an end this decades problem that made our country poor and struggling. We should not be like that since our country is rich with natural resources for

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the Independent State of Papua New Guinea to the south.

Perez said the country’s annual tuna production dropped by 30 percent when the WCPFC imposed a ban at Pocket 1, on January 1, 2010 until April 2012, aimed at conserving and allowing tuna species to propagate.

For October and through the remaining four months until February 28, 2013, Perez said Filipino fisher-men could catch at least 12,000 MT of tuna species, mainly skipjack.

Currently, five fresh/chilled tuna catcher vessels are operating in the area. Three vessels have com-plied with all the stringent requirements of the WCPFC as well as the Fisheries Ad-ministrative Order No. 145 Series of 2012.

The other remaining vessels are now completing other requirements — which include the installation of transponders, use of ap-propriate mesh size, hiring of fishery observers, provi-sion of catch log sheets, and filing of the necessary notifications, among others.

The favorable develop-ment, added Perez, would again spur economic activity in Southern Mindanao, par-ticularly in General Santos City, the country’s major hub for trading of fresh tuna for local and export markets, and tuna canning and processing, that to-gether employ and provide

our existence. But if we cannot stop the thieves in government service, we shall go gown and die a natural death.

Now is the time not to-morrow or another day. The time has come we must go straightforward for the development of our coun-try. Let us not wait for the time when we go extinct because of massive stupid-ity that is unchecked in our government. We must close our eyes and move forward against the thousands of perpetrators that enriched themselves for many years now.

livelihood to thousands of fishermen and factory workers.

Secretary Alcala com-mended Director Perez and the DA-BFAR men and women who exerted efforts in securing approval of the WCPFC to grant the Philip-pines access to fish in the Pacific Ocean.

“BFAR did its homework well,” the DA chief said.

During the last four years, from 2008 to 2011, the country’s annual catch of tuna continued to decline, according to the DA’s Bureau of Agricultural Statistics (BAS). The total tuna pro-duction of 636,809 metric tons in 2008 shrunk by about 21 percent totaling to only 503,733 metric tons in 2011, the BAS said. (DA Info Service & BFAR)

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The Comelec chief said he would no longer be sur-prised if prospective candi-dates would use the celebra-tion to promote themselves since there is no one who would prevent them.

“It’s always a problem because they can always take advantage of such fact that there’s no premature campaigning. We don’t have a law,” Brillantes said.

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(Lone District, Las Pi-ñas City), urged the House Committee on Appropria-tions and the local gov-ernment units to conduct an inquiry on the need to develop water sources in their communities based on the study conducted by the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

“The objective of this measure is to maintain a continuous supply of water and to craft relevant legisla-tion to ensure sustainabil-ity of water supply for the welfare of the residents,” Villar said.

Good water management needs planning, developing, distributing and manag-ing the optimum use of water resources according to Villar.

“The presumed abun-dance of water as a resource, given our climate and geo-graphical location, should not make the government complacent as the progress of industry and the massive urbanization continues to threaten the supply of po-table water in Metro Manila and other urban zones,” said

“The challenge left to the country is for the govern-ment to develop new sources of water supply which is capable of sustaining better and cleaner water supply for the people’s consumption not only in Metro Manila but in the entire country,” Villar said.

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Grid since the start of the year due to the volatile power supply.

The present curtailment level was attributed to the low water inflow at the Pu-langi IV hydroelectric plant in Bukidnon, low forebay elevation of Agus 4 HEP and the planned shutdown of the Mindanao Geother-mal Plant 1.

“Water inflow of Pulangi plant reservoir could not sustain 180MW output,” the advisory said. “It is further reduced to 150MW.”

The Pulangi IV hy-droelectric power plant in Maramag, Bukidnon is actually designed as a “run-of-river” plant downstream

of three other HEPs (Pulangi 1, 2 & 3) and can only sus-tain its installed capacity of 255MW if water from its reservoir were allowed to flow freely.

For a number of reasons, the three other plants up-stream and another down-stream (the controversial Pulangi V aimed at produc-ing 300MW) have not been constructed. As a result of the low water inflow, Pulangi IV currently produces only 110MW or -140MW less.

Similarly, Agus 4 was designed with an installed capacity of 158MW but produces only 130MW at present or - 28MW less due to the low water discharge from Agus 1 and 2. Unit of the Mindanao Geothermal in Mt. Apo is undergoing Preventive Maintenance Shutdown (PMS) and so is currently not producing its designed capacity of 54.2MW. The three plants together already account for a 222MW generation deficiency in the Mindanao Grid.

Earlier, Steag State Power Inc. shut down its Unit 1 of 105MW for a scheduled Preventive Maintenance Shutdown from Oct. 6-Nov. 4, 2012. Unit 2 (105MW) is scheduled for a similar PMS on October 29-Nov. 10, 2012.

Given the current situ-ation, the NGCP and grid users have been constantly urging consumers to reduce their power consumption especially during the peak hours from 5PM-11PM to avoid rotating brownouts in their respective areas.

Once the two STEAG units and the Mindanao Geothermal Unit 1 are back online, some 264MW of baseload power will be re-stored in the Mindanao Grid and the rotating brownouts now being experienced by some areas in Mindanao will either be minimized or cease completely, provided the other power plants in the islands don’t go on further unscheduled shutdowns.

The Iligan Diesel Power Plant (IDPP) is expected to resume operations by December this year yet but is further expected to roll out its full 108MW output by June next year. The Commission on Au-

dit recently approved the sale of the IDPP to Alsons Consolidated, which will invest another P1.2 billion to rehabilitate its units.

Meanwhile, the Min-danao Power Monitoring Committee (MPMC) led by the Mindanao Develop-ment Authority (MinDA) is keeping close tabs on the supply situation and pushing for immediate measures to cushion the impact of the projected supply shortfall.

“We have proposed for a more effective mechanism in sharing power dispatch information, with the goal of making the general public well informed about the power situation,” said Ro-meo Montenegro, director for investment promotion and public affairs of MinDA.

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your offspring and hers…”

Likewise, I am referring to Isaiah 7:14 and, in a way, Isaiah 9:6. Isaiah 7:14 says: “… Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel…” Isaiah 9:6 says: “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace…”

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JESUS, NOT HUMAN? And yet, in Luke 1:28, Mary’s special and anointed role as the woman whom God had chosen is clearly spelled out. Gabriel, “the angel who walks in the presence of God”, told Mary: “… ̀ Greet-ings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you’…” This part of the Bible tells us that Gabriel went to Mary because God Himself sent him---underscoring once more Mary’s attribute as God’s chosen one.

Certainly, being “highly favored” by God means being highly acceptable to God. Now, my question: why is Mary so highly acceptable to God. And, God being with Mary means Mary has never sinned because God is with her. But, is there a human being who never

sinned, especially after the fall of Adam and Eve?

Mary is therefore very special, to man and to God. But, why is it that, despite her being “very special to man and to God”, virtually no account of who she is, where she came from, and who were her ancestors, could be found in the Bible? Could it really be possible that she came directly from heaven, as some Bible pas-sages seem to indicate to me? Comments, anyone?

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disease, instead of mis-diagnosing the case as den-gue fever. To confirm the diagnosis, a serologic test for anti chikungunya anti-bodies may be requested.

Just like Dengue, there is no vaccine as yet for the disease. Treatment is directed at the symptoms. Vector control, such as reducing the number of artificial and natural water filled containers that serve as habitats for breeding of mosquitoes, use of insecti-cide sprays and insecticide treated mosquito nets, are preventive measures that are doable.

Keeping one’s environ-ment clean is as important as making one’s self healthy and looking great and beau-tiful....

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that the most number of 132 candidates or 35 per-cent belong to the Liberal Party (LP), followed by the National Unity Party (NUP) with 82 or 22 percent, Inde-pendent, 68 or 18 percent, Nacionalista Party (NP), 46 or 12 percent, and United Nationalist Alliance (UNA), another 46 or 12 percent.

The PES data also show that two candidates each have filed their COCs for the following posts: governor, vice-governor, congressman, first district and congress-man second district; mayor and vice-mayor of Aloran, Baliangao, Clarin, Lopez-Jaena, Sinacaban, Ozamiz

City and Tangub City, mayor of Plaridel and vice mayor of Bonifacio and Jimenez.

Three candidates each have filed their COC’s for mayor of Bonifacio, Calamba and Don Victo-riano Chiongbian and for vice-mayor of Jimenez and Plaridel.

Running unopposed are one candidate each for mayor and vice-mayor of Concepcion, Panaon, Sa-pang Dalaga, Tudela and Oroquieta City and vice-mayor of Calamba.

Running for members of the 8-post Sangguniang-Bayan (SB) are the follow-ing number of candidates: Sapang Dalaga, 8; Panaon, 9; Concepcion, 13; Tudela, 14; Bonifacio,16; Calamba, 16; Aloran, 17; Sinacaban, 17; Baliangao, 18; Don Vic-toriano Chiongbian, 19; Plaridel, 19; Lopez-Jaena, 20; and Jimenez, 25.

Also running for mem-bers of the 10-post Sang-guniang Panglungsod (SP) are the following number of candidates: Oroquie-ta City, 12; Ozamis City, 22; and Tangub City, 23. (RCAguhob/PIA-Misamis Occidental/asf)

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enterprises to flourish in the Philippines,” Casiño said.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) recently said that poverty incidence re-mains in the Philippines remains high at 26.5%, com-pared to 26.4% in 2006 and 24.9% in 2003 despite the increased gross domestic product (GDP) growth fore-casts for the Philippines from 4.8% to 5.5% in 2012.

“The ADB Asian De-velopment Outlook 2012 revealed that the one million new jobs created in 2011 mainly reflected a rise in part-time. The fact remains that 500,000 full-time jobs were lost in the same period. These part-time jobs cre-ated were in the services sector like call centers that do not spur long-term local economic development. Part-time job creation and the CCT do not address poverty in the long term. This shows that so-called economic growth figures are not linked to poverty

reduction,” Casiño said.In batting for social en-

terprises, Casiño said that “the lives of poor farmers, farm workers, and small producers have been vastly improved since these enter-prises have a triple-bottom-line of generating financial, social, and environmental results at the local level. In sum, social enterprises are creating more long-term jobs and spurring local de-velopment by empowering the poor and downtrodden.”

The ASEF PHILIPPINES 2012 is organized by the On Eagle’s Wings Develop-ment Foundation Phils., Inc. and the Asian Solidarity Economy Coalition (ASEC).

Children...from page 3

developmental activities and awareness programs.

The Catholic Media Net-work, Inc. spearheaded a one-hour radio program titled “Wow, Kana Maoy Bata!” (Wow, what a kid!). Twenty-five pupils from different schools aged 7-12 years old, are featured in the program every Sunday from 9 to 10 a.m.

Moreover, a series of parent effectiveness train-ings were conducted and monitored to ensure that the topics discussed were put into action in pursuit of the value that the family is the basic institution that can provide a child-friendly environment.

Thus, the provincial gov-ernment of Bukidnon, with its partners, will continue to provide adequate service to the people, especially children.

Calingasan said that al-though the memorandum of agreement between the Unicef and the provincial government of Bukidnon had ended in 2006, their unified effort for six years—from 2000 to 2006--guided the provincial government toward the right direction in nurturing and protect-ing children. “The child-friendly commitment should become a way of life for it is the path that ensures Bukidnon’s children and the next generation to have a nurtured and protected environment, thus preserv-ing the province as “home of happy children,” he said.

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