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WEATHER UPDATEAT 8 a.m. yesterday, the Low Pressure Area (LPA) East Southeast of Surigao City has dissipated.

Meanwhile, another Low Pressure Area (LPA) was estimated based on Hinatuan radar, satellite, and surface data at 300 km East of Surigao City (9.5°N, 128.5°E). This weather system will bring cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms over Southern Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao becoming widespread over Bicol Region, Visayas and Northeastern Mindanao.

Residents living in low lying areas and along mountain slopes are advised to be on alert for possible occurrence of flashfloods and landslides. source: pagasa

CAGAYAN de Oro City––In what company officials termed as an unprece-dented show of support, some 220 merchants for the upcoming Centrio Mall in this city joined the Merchants’ Preview hosted by Ayala Land and Anflo Corporation Group March 15 at an exclusive club here.

“This is an unprecented show of support,” said An-tonino T. Aquino, Ayala Land president and chief executive officer in a talk with local media. “We have never had this number of merchants fly over to a regional mall. This is a vote of confidence not only on Ayala but Cagayan de Oro as well.”

Ma. Rowena M. Tom-eldan, vice president and head, operations and sup-port group, commercial

Ayala buoyed up by merchants’ confidence in Centrio-Cagayan de Oro

Ayala Land President and CEO Tony Aquino talks to media during the Merchant’s Preview for Centrio Mall held March 15 at Xavier Sports and Country Club. Also in photo are Rowena Tomeldan, Vice President; Emilio Tumbucon, SVP and Head of VisMin Ayala Land, Inc. and Roann Hinolan, Business Development Manager Photo by Mike Banos, NPN

business group, affirmed that a record crowd of over 200 merchants had flown in for the event on their own, in addition to over 20 local, home-grown merchants from Cagayan de Oro.

“Some 66% of the mall’s 44,000 square meters of gross leasable area have already been leased out with more under negotia-tion,” she added. Of the

THREE MONTHS AFTER SENDONGIligan residents still far from rebuilding their lives

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I L IG A N C it y – – T h re e months after Tropical Storm Sendong (international name Washi) hit Mind-anao’s northern provinces, residents of the most affected areas such as Iligan City and Cagayan de Oro City have yet to fully recover from the devastation brought about by the typhoon. According to the February 7 report of the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC), Region 10, a total of 69,666 families with 384,431 members were affected.

Of this figure, 47,009 families comprising 281,740 individuals are from Misa-mis Oriental. Further break-down of the victims from Misamis Oriental revealed that 38,071families with 228,576 members are from

Cagayan de Oro City (CDO), while the rest come from eight of its municipalities, namely: Lugait, Manticao, Naawan, Alubijid, Opol, Tagoloan, Villanueva, and Kinoguitan.

Figures from Iligan City revealed that 20,249 families with 90,285 members were affected. Affected residents in Bukidnon belonged to 2,408 families (12,406 mem-bers) from Valencia City

and the towns of Baungon, Libona, Malitbog, Caban-glasan, Manolo Fortich, Talakag, and Impasug-ong.

As of February, the Of-fice of Civil Defense, Region 10, said 4,572 families with 18,273 members still remain in 35 evacuation centers, of which 18 are located in CDO and 17 in Iligan City. The centers in CDO serve as temporary shelter for 1,795 families with 7,390 members. In Iligan, the

Since January, the coun-try has already experience nine rounds of oil price hikes and Manila Auxiliary

AMID the spiralling oil prices, a Catho-lic bishop called on President Benigno Aquino III to show great sensitivity to the poor rather than to the interests of fuel companies.

Bishop Broderick Pabillo said that the poor is the ultimate victim in this situ-ation.

“In the face of oil cri-sis, we call on President Noynoy Aquino III to be more sensitive to the situa-tion of the poor rather than to the demands of rich oil companies,” said Pabillo.

“It is immoral and unjust that ordinary citizens are made to suffer the conse-quences of excessive price

demands of downstream oil industry operators,” he said.

Pabillo chairs the Na-tional Secretariat for Social Action, Justice and Peace of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philip-pines (CBCP).

The soaring price of crude oil in international markets is without a doubt a crucial factor in determining local price hikes, he said.

But the CBCP official said there are also local realities that “exacerbate”

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BUTUAN City––Bowing to what political analysts said “overwhelming” public clamor, Vice Mayor Law-rence Lemuel Fortun has finally decided to run for representative of Agusan del Norte’s first district in next year’s election.

Fortun bows to clamor,bares congressional bid

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Fortun revealed his bid to this writer yesterday con-fiding that the challenge was so huge and “weighty” that he had to ask himself several times if he would be equal to the task.

He also said he had

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BFAR Regional Director for Northern Mindanao Vista Tan Demiren (left) MAGSILLUM ARC Chairman Edwin Mejos (right) and Baliangao Mayor Svetlana Jalosjos-De Leon signed the MOA of the donated post-harvest facilities worth P117,000 to augment the members livelihood program. Meanwhile, BFAR officials with the mayor and her hubby, Jonathan De Leon, pose for posterity with the donated equipment, a Stainless Smoke House design by BFAR. Photo by PJTremedal, Western Mindanao Bureau

BALIANGAO, Misamis Oc-cidental––The Magsillum Agrarian Reform Com-munities (ARCs) received recently P117,000 worth of post-harvest facilities from the Bureau of Fisher-ies and Aquatic Resouces (BFAR) Regional Office 10 to augment its livelihood programs.

Magsillum is an acronym comprising the name of the four barangays under the town of Baliangao in Misamis Occidental. They are barangays Magsaysay, Sinian, Lusot, and Lumipat.

BFAR Regional Director Vista Tan Demiren, who is also a Baliangaonon, is opti-mistic that the beneficiaries would be able to use the cash assistance to further strengthen its livelihood projects for the betterment of its members.

BFAR-10 donates P117t worth of post-harvest facilitiesBy PJ TREMEDAL, Western Mindanao Bureau

Baliangao is a an agri-culture and fishing com-munity that needs help and support through govern-ment-funded projects with counterpart from the local government units like any other municipal or provin-cial communities.

Recently with coordi-nation and cooperation of the local government unit headed by Municipal Mayor Svetlana Jalosjos-De Leon, the Magsillum Agrarian Reform Communities has received two post-harvest facilities––stainless flatbed dryer worth P68,000 and a stainless smoke house worth P48,000 designed by BFAR and locally-manufactured by Oro Tinsmith in Cagayan de Oro City that uses a 304 stainless steel.

Demiren said the do-nated equipments can now

help develop the skills of the ARC members barangays for this is what they really need. And every individual can also learn how to use those equipment in order

for them to double their outputs to earn a living.

Meanwhile, Mayor Jalos-jos-De Leon thanked the BFAR for their concern and help to deliver such equip-

ments to fully develop the livelihood of the common folks.

“Yes we have the labor, we have the skills, we have the raw materials but we

lack equipments like these, we thank Regional Director Demiren for the departments help and support to augment our communities’ livelihood program.” she said.

TURN-OVER OF CLASSROOM IN SUNTINGON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, BUGOCongressman Rufus Rodriguez turned-over to teacher Josita Sereno the completed Grade 6 classroom in Suntingon Elementary School, Bugo in the presence of Ana-belle Lariba and Brgy Chair Raul Aleria.

Singson said that the DPWH is open to new tech-nology ‘that may aid in upgrading the quality of our infrastructure to boost the nation’s economic growth.’

Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA), the largest provider of bi-lateral official development assistance (ODA) to the Philippines, recently orga-nized a seminar in Manila entitled “Latest Japanese Road and Bridge Construc-tion Technology”.

Top management of-ficials including Regional, Bureau and Project Direc-tors, and representatives from other government agencies, constructors group, and the academe attended the two-day semi-

RP welcomes Japan’s engineering technologyTHE PHILIPPINES welcomes Japan’s latest techniques in upcoming roads and bridge construction projects, Sec. Rogelio L. Singson of the Department of Public Works and Highway (DPWH) said.

nar, Singson said.He said that through

research studies and dif-fusion of construction and engineering technology, the Philippine government will be able to build disaster-resilient infrastructure suited to mitigate effects of climate change.

Topics on various cut-ting edge technologies were presented by experienced Japanese construction en-gineers and researchers from Japan led by Mr. Yuuki Aratsu, JICA Economic Infrastructure Department Deputy Director General and Group Director for Transportation and ICT.

Singson said the dis-cussion includes Japan’s rapid road construction

technologies, tunneling construction techniques, pavement quality control during construction, po-rous asphalt pavement, and advanced pavement technology.

He the presentations on the rapid steel and con-crete bridge construction methods could be useful in realizing the DPWH target to make permanent all temporary bridges along national roads by 2016 as well as in program for repair old permanent bridges and expand capacity of existing bridges in urban centers.

Also, to improve the quality of projects, signifi-cant points where discussed by experts on quality control system technology for both highway and bridge con-struction including urban expressway management which is highly applicable as the government embarks on massive construction of high-standard highways through Public-Private Partnership, Singson added.

Guv backs ‘NPA-linked’ schoolTHE Alternative Learn-

ing Center for Agriculture and Livelihood Develop-ment, Inc. (Alcadev) has succeeded in providing education to Indigenous People (IP) in Surigao del Sur despite accusation from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) that it has become a “training ground” of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA).

In an interview, Col. Henry Robinson Jr. said that the students of the school were not just an ordi-nary students because they become combatants after graduation from Alcadev.

Robinson said he has already submitted the result of its investigation regarding the school––and that he has submitted the result of its investigation to the Office of the Governor.

But during the gradua-tion rites of the school on March 14, Governor Johnny

T. Pimentel is not inclined to believe that the school is producing NPA combatants.

Instead, Pimentel has an-nounced his strong support to the mission, vision, and goal of Alcadev in providing education to students from far-flung barangays.

He even salutes the peo-ple behind the school for their bravery in providing the needed education inspite of the issues hurled against the school.

“Nalipay ko kay adunay eskuylahan nga sama sa Alcadev, nga luyo sa kalayo niini sa komunidad, ang alcadev ilang gipaduol ang eskuylahan sa atong mga kaigsoonang lumad aron maka-eskwela gihapon,” he said.

Pimentel also admitted that he was not allowed to visit the place however he still pursue visiting Alcadev since he believes that the he will not be harmed by these people because they

are his friends.He said he will help

Alcadev officials pursue their dreams in giving qual-ity education for the lumads.

With this, he is calling people from outskirts ba-rangays of Diatagon town not to lose hope despite allegation that Alcadev is tagged as NPA’s “training ground.”

Meanwhile, Alcadev Ex-ecutive director Marife B. Magbuna said that most of the subjects from curricu-lum offered by the school are designed for the people living in the hinterlands.

The subjects offered are agriculture, industrial, Pilipino, math and history.

Magbanua said the school has exist for eight years serving the Indeg-enous People and their children.

Students from the school were indigenous and are liv-ing far from the community, said Magbuna adding, “since these people are IP, the sub-

BUTUAN City––Police seized three generator pumps used in an illegal mining operation in Ba-rangay Bilay here over the weekend.

Responding to a report by Bilay Barangay Chair-man Crisanta Gado, police

Cops seize 3 generatorpumps in illegal mning

station 4 personnel led by Chief Insp. Gaudioso Ca-jutol found the three gen-erator pumps abandoned by unidentified miners on Saturday at around 11 in the morning.

Caraga police spokesman Supt. Martin Gamba said

the lawmen brought the generator pumps, consisting of 5.5 horsepower T-168 Ichi Brand, 6.5 HP Welma Brand and 5.5 HP T-168 Ichi Brand, to the police station where they are now impounded.

He said police were still investigating to identify the illegal miners or owners of the generator pumps.

By PAT SAMONTE, Regional Editor-Caragawith JOEL PORTUGAL, Correspondent

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Date: MARCH 20, 2012 The community of BARANGAY REBE, LALA, LANAO DEL NORTE has received assistance from the DSWD KALAHI-CIDSS: KKB Project. Funds come from the Loan from the World Bank/International Development Association (IDA) and from the Philippine Government. Interested bidders are requested to submit their offered price for the contract indicated below: Construction and completion of the works listed below: Name of Community Project: REHABILITATION OF 1.3 KM FARM TO MARKET ROAD

Items No. Items of Work/Description of Work Qty Unit 105 SUB-GRADE PREPARATION 1,950 cu.m 200 AGGREGATE SUB-BASE COARSE 874 cu.m 201 AGGREGATE BASE COARSE 874 cu.m. We will only accept an offered price that is fixed and is not subject to any adjustment. Bid shall be valid for a period of sixty (60) days from the date of submission. Bidding documents may be obtained from the BSPMC Procurement Team at the BSPMC Office located in the Barangay Hall, Rebe, Lala, Lanao del Norte. (FREE OF CHARGE) A pre-bid conference will be held at the Barangay Hall on APRIL 2, 2012 at 9:00 in the morning. All bids must be accompanied by a bid security in any of the following forms: Cash, cashier’s check, certified check, manager’s check, bank draft or bank guarantee – 2% of bid price. All bids must be received on or before APRIL 10, 2012 @ 9:00 in the morning and will be opened in public in the presence of bidders’ representatives who choose to attend at the following address: Kalahi-CIDSS: KKB Project Barangay Community Project Management Committee Barangay Hall Barangay Rebe, Municipality of Lala Province of Lanao del Norte The community reserves the right to reject any bid or waive any defect or formality. The lowest calculated and responsive bid shall be used as the criterion in the selection of the contractor. The community will not reimburse any expenses related to the preparation of bids. (SGD.) ERNESTO BARCELO Chairperson, Barangay Sub-Project Management Committee MD: March 20 & 27, 2012

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HEALTH CARE. Over 1,200 indigenous people (IP) get free medicines and vitamins prescribed by doctors after their health consultations and tooth extraction service from the recent medical and dental mission of Hedcor Sibulan, Inc. at Barangay Tibolo and Barangay Sibulan, Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur––home of the 42.5 MW Sibulan run-of-river hydropower plants. Photo supplied

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We, the Senior Citizens of Cagayan de Oro, felt sorry that some of our officers want to gain political favors at the expense of our honor and integrity.

This was in reference to an action taken by an officer who brought us ( senior citizens) to the Office of the Provincial Governor of Misamis Oriental last week.

We, the senior citizens’ group, are declar-ing here that the group does not intend to ask favor from the Office of the Provincial Governor. The senior citizens group is not a political organization.

We would like to reiterate too that the city’s senior citizens are one in supporting the incumbent Cagayan de Oro City Admin-istration.

We fully support the incumbency of City Mayor Vicente ‘Dongkoy’ Emano whose administration ably provides the needs of senior citizens in the City.

We lament that some of our esteemed colleagues led by an officer went to the of-fice of the Provincial Governor of Misamis Oriental AGAINST THEIR OWN FREE WILL.

Undeniably, the senior citizens group cast doubt on the motive of the officer who brought some of our colleagues to the Of-fice of the Provincial Governor.

Although we took action as an indepen-dent initiative of the officer, we the majority members of the city’s senior citizens group detested such impropriety.

We abhorred the action taken by the of-ficer. It was evident that the officer wanted to get political favor at our expense.

We vehemently condemned such act of treachery committed behind our back.

The City’s senior citizens whose members are Cagayanons are strongly united.

With the incident last week, we expressed our concern that some unknown politicians are trying to divide us. We equally bothered with the callousness of some officers who are vent on selling our souls to provincial politicians.

As Cagayanons and as senior citizens, let us guard ourselves from unscrupulous individuals or groups who are out there waiting to prey on our seeming weakness.

Let us stand united. As always, let us show our unwavering support to the City Government and its duly elected officials.

Mabuhay and Nakahi-usang Senior Citi-zens sa Cagayan de Oro! Mabuhay ang Cagayanons!

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BUTUAN City––DENR Regional Executive Direc-tor Leonardo R. Sibbaluca has reminded the people to conserve water particularly this summer season owing to its essential component of the food that we eat apart from its uses in irrigation, drinking, and bathe.

“Let us put into practice of what we’ve learned about conservation of water so that the next generation may continue to enjoy an

Conserve water this summer,DENR official tells residents

By ERIC F. GALLEGO, Contributor

unlimited supply of water resources “RED Sibbaluca said.

RED Sibbaluca made this reminded even as the DENR prepares to celebrate activities the World Water Day on March 22,2012 focus on the theme “Kati-yakan sa Tubig, Katiyakan sa Pagkain.”

He said some people have the practice of throwing waste into the waterways which pollutes the rivers,

lakes, estuaries, and other water bodies which can affect our food resources. “ Let us stop this bad habit of dumping wastes into the rivers, creeks and esteroes to preserve our resources,” RED Sibbaluca said.

“We thought it’s just a little matter when we see a busted pipes oozing with fresh water on the street but consider the volume of resources that are be-ing wasted away which are considered precious to the

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THINK a minute.Someone said: “You can

always get what you want, if you help other people get what they want.”

Frank Bettger started selling life insurance as a young man. By the time he was 29 he was a miserable failure and in terrible debt.

He says he finally real-ized what he needed to do was to help other people know what they want, and then help them decide how to get it.

Frank Bettger went on to be so successful that he was able to retire at age 41!

A great leader puts it this way: “If you want another person to see something your way, you must go over to his side and see it his way first; then guide him back over to your side.

Don’t stand across the room and shout at him or call him stupid!

How to change others

Don’t command or order him to come over to your side.

You must start where he is and work from there. That’s the only way to get him to truly change his mind.”

So when our kids are feeling down and discour-aged, it doesn’t work or help when we yell or tell them just to be smarter or tougher and do better.

In fact, many times by doing that we only hurt our kids more and make them do worse.

We just make them angrier and want to rebel against us. So if we want to change our wife or husband, our children, or someone with whom we work, we’ve got to let them know we understand what they want.

Then we must care enough to try and help them get it.

It’s only then that they will want to change and do what you want also.

This is why Jesus Christ teaches that we must love others as much as ourselves, that is, care about their

needs and desires just like our own.

It’s only then that we end up finding our own needs for happiness and success being satisfied.

It’s simply a law of life that always works.

You always end up hap-pier and more blessed by giving and putting others first. But you also find that those other people end up wanting to start changing because of your power-ful influence and help in their life.

If today you realize that you’ve been putting yourself first before others, why not ask Jesus Christ to forgive you today?

Then ask Him to start changing your character every day, so you can start enjoying the success that only comes from helping others succeed.

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SINCE last year, construction and repairs in Misamis Oriental’s ma-jor highways continued to pester commuters.

However, these irritating highway repairs are not only happening in Misamis Oriental. This is happening all throughout North Mindanao in Region 10 as well as in the Caraga region.

Since the repairs involved na-tional roads, the central office of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) takes charge of this.

In Misamis Oriental, the roads in Sugbongcogon had been under repair since last year. However, until now the maintenance and road repairs in that particularly area had turned from better to worst.

In Agusan del Sur, road construction and mainte-nance continued to annoy commuters. At night, the lack of visible warning signs turned the highway into a highway of death.

If the situation in Agusan depicts a grim reality of apparent neglect for highway safety, we could safely say that the same could be true in the highways of Misamis Oriental.

Actually, the people welcome the repair and main-tenance of roads and bridges. It is one of the schemes where economic activities in areas where the project

Why people distrust highway officials?is going on perk up.

It provides employment and induced downstream economy. In fact, the reason why the incumbent ad-ministration boosts of scaling down unemployment in the country from 7.2 per cent last year to 7.1 per cent this year was the combined implementation of infrastructure projects nationwide.

Wait! There is nothing to show off since these employment opportunities are superficial. When the road maintenance and repair are over, the laborers are back to their post as unemployed.

Perhaps, the reason why the highway department delays the completion of these road uplifts was to maintain the artificial employment statistic board.

On the other hand, highway officials are purposely slowing down the completion of work so that the public will appreciate with what the government is doing.

In either way, highway officials are wrong! The delay in completing these road maintenance and repairs demonstrate sluggishness. The commuters are annoyed with the delay that many questioned the highway department’s capability in program planning and management.

Highway officials should know that every second in the delay in the repair and maintenance of roads and bridges is equivalent to millions of pesos lost. They should know that the more their projects are the de-layed, the more the commuting public mistrust them.

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Used cooking oilTHREE lawmakers from the House of Represen-tatives have filed House Bill no. 5957 which when approved would prohibit the recycling and selling of used cooking oil.

The lawmakers said some enterprising am-bulant vendors are using recycled used cooking oil in cooking street foods thus posing health hazard.

Representatives Chris-topher Co, Rodel Batocabe, and Alfredo Garbin Jr. authored House Bill 5957, otherwise known as “Anti-Used Cooking Oil Act of 2012.”

Citing recent studies, Co explained that used cooking oil utilized in

human food preparation poses health hazards be-cause reheating the oil produces toxins, a poison-ous substance produced during the metabolism and growth of certain mi-croorganisms and some higher plant and animal species that increase the risk of diseases.

He added that used of recycled cooking oil has

its many dangers, leading to the increased incidents of hypertension, damage to the liver, and could be a potential cause of cancer.

“Other countries, par-ticularly in China and Ma-laysia, have also made ef-forts to curb this unhealthy practice,” Co said.

For his part, Batocabe said: “There have been reports that packs of used

cooking oil have mush-roomed in the markets because these were a lot cheaper.”

Under the measure, it shall be unlawful for any person or entity to buy or sell used cooking oil, except for industrial pur-poses, such as, homemade biodiesel fuel, lubricant, soup-making and weath-er-proofing of exterior woodwork, among others.

Retai ler, proprietor, corporation or local gov-ernment unit who shall sell, or authorize to sell, used cooking oil that is not to be used for industrial purposes shall be fined with not less than P10,000 but not more than P50,000.

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JUST when the House pros-ecutors seem like they’re losing steam in building a strong case against Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona… just when the senator-judges are begin-ning to doubt if there is even “clear and convincing” evidence to convict him… just when Corona went on a media blitz against President Benigno Aquino III and others whom he perceived as conspiring to oust him… and just when Corona’s in-vincibility seems beyond the reach of ordinary mortals, a young lady appeared on the scene.

During the early days of the Corona impeach-ment trial, it was revealed

Ana and the ‘King’in Corona’s Statements of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth (SALNs) for 2003 and 2004 that he obtained a “cash advance” of P11 million from Basa-Guidote Enterprises Inc. (BGEI), a corporation that has since been dissolved. That caught the attention of Ana Basa, a Las Vegas-based Fil-Am and daughter of the late Jose Ma. Basa III, one of five siblings who established the Basa-Guidote Enterprises Inc. (BGEI) in 1961. One of the other siblings was the late Asuncion Basa Roco, the mother of Cristina Roco Corona.

The buzz generated in the media about the “cash advance” in Corona’s SALNs prompted Ana to fly to the

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Lake Mainit is identified for migratory birds project AGUSAN del Norte - The Protected Area and Wild-life Bureau (PAWB) is im-plementing the co-called Lake Mainit Migratory Birds Conservation Project at the country’s fourth largest & Mindanao’s second largest body of freshwater. This was announced by Surigao del Norte Gov. Sol Matugas, who also chairs the Regional Development Council (RDC) for Caraga.

XU holds art therapy for Sendong survivorsCAGAYAN de Oro City - Xavier University, with the Xavier Center for Culture and Arts (XCCA) and the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP), held recently the “Kalingang Sining” - an art therapy and art for transformation activity for typhoon Sendong survivors.

Mayors and other stakeholders plan on natural resourceSURIGAO CITY - A launching cum planning work-shop of the Natural Resource Assessment (NRA) Component of Ecotown was held recently at a local hotel. Spearheaded by the Climate Change Com-mission (CCC), in partnership with the provincial government of Surigaodel Norte and the USAID, the workshop was participated in by all Siargao Island mayors, Office of Energy, Environment and Climate Change (OEECC-USAID) Dep. Chief Joseph Foltz, CCC Sec. Mary Ann Lucille Sering and other envi-ronment stakeholders.

MisOcc marks Women’s Day with province-wide tree plantingMISAMIS Occidental – A province-wide tree planting/parenting activity highlighted Thursday’s celebration of the International Women’s Day in Misamis Occi-dental. Anchored on the theme “Women Weathering Climate Change: Governance and Accountability, Everyone’s Responsibility,” the activity was partici-pated in by women groups from three cities and 13 towns of the province.

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Some people fi nd that acupunc-ture is the only therapy needed to combat this side eff ect,

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CAGAYAN de Oro City––The Philhealth Ar-bitration Office (PAO) has revoked the accreditation of a private health care provider on claims for 29 non-admitted patients in year 2007.

Philhealth-10 Vice Presi-dent Datu Masiding Alonto Jr. named the erring health care provider as the 24-bed Bonifacio Medical Clinic (BMC) in Bonifacio town, Misamis Occidental.

Aside from the case of non-admitted patients, BMC was also found to have violated the Philhealth Breach of Warranties of Accreditation, according

Philhealth imposes penalty on Misoc health care provider

CAMP Ferrer Sr., Maharlika, Bislig City – Armed men, believed to be members of the New People’s Army (NPA), harassed Sunday afternoon the command post of the 75th Infantry Battalion’s Charlie Company in Sitio Maputi, Brgy. Carmen, Tagbina, Surigao del Sur.

First Lt. Dennis de Guzman said the 10-man ‘rebel’ group, operating in the eastern part of the province, was headed by an unidentified commander.

Government troops dominated the 15-minute gunfight causing serious damage on the attackers, who soon escaped toward different unknown directions. No casualty was reported on government side.

Earlier, concerned civilians were complaining over the presence of alleged extortionists in Sitio Maputi where the command post was located.

Lt. Col. Benavidez, 75th IB commanding officer, described the incident as one clear proof of the under-ground movement’s continuing inhuman acts against the people in the area.

He warned, “my men are always on the alert and ready for any eventuality, being mandated by the Constitution to secure and protect the rights of every individual,” he assured.

The Tagbina incident has reportedly created tension among the local residents, he added. (JEB/asf)

to Dr. Jonathan Ortigoza of the regional accreditation division.

He said “it’s a lifetime order, so BMC will no longer be granted any other ac-creditation by Philhealth.” For such cases, BMC was fined the total amount of P710,000.

M e a n w h i l e , P h i l -health-10 Legal Officer Allan Panolong related, the case all started when they smelled something fishy on the family confinement and the mandatory three-day admission of the ‘patients’.

Upon joint investigation by Philhealth-10 and Phil-health-9, it was discovered

that the 29 individuals, who reportedly belonged to just one family circle, were non-admitted patients at all, as they themselves confessed during the investigation.

The revocation order issued on November 14

last year, was officially an-nounced by Mr. Alonto during the news conference yesterday morning at Phil-health-10 Regional Office Conference Room. (with report from Philhealth-10 PIO Marlyn Ybañez)

‘Rebels’ harass military command post

PhilHealth Tree Planting. PhilHealth 10, in tandem with the 4th Infantry “Diamond” Division (4ID), Philip-pine Army, plants some 500 narra seedlings in sitio Maapo, Patag, Opol, Misamis Oriental. (Rodolfo D. Mendoza/PIA-10)

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PHILIPPINE Army (PA) jins have dominated the tae-kwondo tournament held by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) last March 15 and 16 at Camp Emilio Aguinaldo, Quezon City.

PA spokesperson Major Harold Cabunoc said Team Army bested 33 other participants garnering six gold medals, one silver and one bronze out of the eight events of the two-day AFP-PNP Taekwondo Tournament attended by hundreds of spectators inside the jam-packed hall.

The six gold medalists were Sgt. Michael L. Torres for the lightweight division, Sgt. Maximino D. Tabangcora for the heavyweight division, Pfc. Romel L. Jordan for the finweight division, Pfc. Jun Mark S. Jereza for the Middleweight division and Pfc. Edgar Rosquillo in the bantamweight division.

Pfc. Jhun Mark D. Coronel bagged the silver medal for the welterweight division and Pfc. Ranger D. Dayag got the bronze medal for the featherweight division.

The sporting event was participated in by outstand-ing athletes from the AFP services including 10 from the Army, eight from the Air Force, and seven from the Navy. There were eight athletes from the PNP.

Cabunoc said the athletes went through a single elimination before battling it out in the final round.

He added that PA chief Lt. Gen Emmanuel Bautista sent his congratulatory message to the athletes and the coaching staff, when told about the latest accomplish-ment by the Army athletes. (PNA)

Azkals secure 3rd place in AFCTHE Philippine national men’s football team started strong yet again but this time, they did enough in the second half to avoid a collapse as they booked a 4-3 victory over Palestine to end their stint in the AFC Chal-lenge Cup in Kathmandu, Nepal on a high note.

Tournament leading scorer Phil Younghusband struck twice in the first half, while brothers Angel and Juani Guirado both scored one apiece as the Azkals finished the Challenge Cup in a respectable third place in their debut stint in the tournament.

Younghusband opened scoring early when he avoid-ed three defenders to chip in a 3rd minute goal past Palestine goalkeeper Ramzi Saleh. The Azkals looked to add another in the 15th minute when midfielder Paul Mulders surprised a Palestinian defender by dispossessing him in the penalty area and taking a shot on goal but Saleh made a brilliant save to keep the Philippines at bay.

Palestine would equalize five minutes later when Ab-

InterAksyon.com/Eric Apoloniodelhamid Abuhabib netted his first international goal for his country to tie the count at 1-1.

The Philippines kept the pressure on, though, as Chieffy Caligdong went down near the goal and earned a penalty for the Philippines at the 23rd min-ute. Younghusband easily found the back of the net to put the Azkals back on top and Angel Guirado added to Palestine’s woes when he forced Saleh out of the net and knocked in another goal as the Philippines entered halftime with a big 3-1 lead.

Palestine came out ag-gressive in the second half,

and finally broke through in the 66th minute when Abuhabib scored his sec-ond international goal to cap his career match. But Juani Guirado answered with his own first goal in international play as the Azkals went up 4-2 and looked primed to take home third place.

Things were far from over, though. Fahed Attal, Palestine’s all-time lead-ing scorer, found himself unmarked on the left side and fired a shot past Azkals goalkeeper Eduard Sacapa-ño, filling in for suspended first-choice keeper Neil Etheridge, in the 77th min-

ute to cut their deficit back down to just a solitary goal.

Palestine stayed on the attack when Abuhabib tried for a hat trick with a looping shot on goal not five minutes later. But Sacapaño was able to put a hand on it to keep the Azkals in the lead.

Palestine attempted a last-ditch effort in injury time, pulling Saleh away from their net and into the offensive attack. But it proved fruitless as the Az-kals were able to clear the ball and hang onto the win.

Though the Azkals suf-fered a disappointing set-back in the semifinals, they earned some measure of redemption by finishing third, behind just North Korea and Turkmenistan, who will play for the title.

With the two goals, Az-kals striker Younghusband also put himself in strong position to claim the Golden Boot as he went three goals clear of North Korea’s Pak Nam Chol in the race to be the tournament’s top scorer. Younghusband ended his campaign with six goals. Report from Eric Apolonio, InterAksyon.com

PA jins dominate AFP taekwondo meet

‘God told me to retire,’ says Manny PacquiaoPINOY boxing icon and Sa-rangani Rep. Manny Pacquiao said on Monday that he had been told by God in a dream to retire soon, potentially raising doubt over hopes of a fight with American Floyd Mayweather.

Pacquiao, regarded as the world’s best pound-for-pound fighter, told radio station DZMM in an interview also broadcast over the channel’s Teleradyo TV show, that he had decided to give up all his vices after the dream.

“I will not stay long in boxing because he said: ‘You have done enough. You have made yourself famous but this is harmful,’” said a serious-looking Pacquiao, who has won eight titles in as many weight divisions.

Pacquiao, 33, said he had the dream earlier this year but declined to reveal how many more fights he would contest before stepping down.

But when asked if his new-found religious fervor would hurt his boxing, Pacquiao replied: “I will do my work inside the ring.”

The boxer, who has trans-lated his sports fame into huge riches, a showbiz career and election to parliament, said he believed he had been chosen by God to use his fame to

spread the Christian message.“When I speak, a lot of

people listen,” he said.He said he would make

a major announcement on a religious note later this month.

Pacquiao, who has a 54-3 win-loss record with two draws, stakes his World Box-ing Organization welterweight crown against undefeated American Timothy Bradley in Las Vegas on June 9.

Mayweather and Pacquiao have never had a fight and boxing fans have long sought a match-up. The pair were in negotiations for a mega-fight to be held later this year but talks fell through.

Formerly a heavy gambler who was fond of late-night parties, Pacquiao announced in January that he had become a changed man after his re-ligious vision. - AFP

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Ana...from page 4

Philippines to talk to her aunt, Sister Flory Basa, the sole survivor of the Basa siblings. Sister Flory is a nun at the Franciscan Mis-sionaries of Mary in Cavite.

Family feudAs it turns out, the heirs

of the original BGEI stock-holders are embroiled in a nasty dispute with Cris-tina for the past 20 years. The news about the P11-million “cash advance” to Corona – who is not a BGEI stockholder — triggered a series of events that could dethrone the “King of the Supremes.”

Listen...from page 1

the situation.Pabillo cited the govern-

ment’s “inability” to monitor oil prices and to regulate the increases imposed by big oil players.

“This trend is no longer acceptable as the spiralling oil prices in the country aggravates the poverty situ-ation in which the poor are forced to endure accelerat-ing prices of public utili-ties and basic commodities against the decelerating income and shrinking op-portunities,” he said.

“NASSA calls on the government to establish an effective monitoring system of oil price move-ments and to immediately craft measures that will make petroleum products accessible and affordable to the public.”

“Revisiting the e-VAT on oil prices could just be among the speedy reliefs. It should also look at Oil Deregulation Law to see how it could protect the public from corporate interest,” said Pabillo. [CBCPNews]

Ayala...from page 1

300 merchants who have already leased, 250 are retails stores, 35 food outlets and 15 service firms.

Mr. Aquino said they are allocating 10-15 percent of the gross leasable area for local and “home-grown” concepts.

“Our marketing group has extensively researched local brands and we are helping these brands grow with us through our network of 10 large and 12 retail capsule malls nationwide,” he added.

He cited Bigby’s Café and Restaurant and Café Laguna as two of their suc-cess stories.

Centrio is being under-taken by Cagayan de Oro Gateway Corporation, a joint venture between Ayala Land Inc. and the Antonio Floirendo Group of Com-panies (Anflo Group).

Ayala Land is investing over P5-billion for Centrio, exclusive of the merchants investments and the Aflo Group’s equity in the 3.7 hectare property. “Ayala Land has taken the unprec-edented step of simultane-ously investing the whole amount in the four vital components of this project: the three-level Centrio Mall, eight storey Kukun Hotel, 23-storey Centrio Tower by Avida residential condo-minium and BPO offices. This is an indication of our level of confidence in our Cagayan de Oro project.”

Fortun...from page 1

cussed the matter with his family and had sought advice from political par-tymates and supporters.

Fortun, who heads the local Liberal Party commit-tee, said he had decided to accept the challenge and hoped the people will be behind him.

According to Fortun,

a congressman’s duty is “wide-ranging” in that it involves not only the dis-trict he represents but the region, like Caraga, and the country as well. While his district takes the lawmaker’s priority attention in terms of plans, programs and projects, a congressman’s thrust should at the same time address regional and national concerns, he said.

Unconfirmed reports said City Councilor Ryan Anthony Culima will chal-lenge Fortun in the latter’s congressional bid. But ac-cording to other sources, Culima would replace For-tun as Liberal Party candi-date for vice mayor.

On the other hand, for-mer Mayor Daisy Plaza of Lakas-NUCD Party of ex-President Gloria Maca-pagal-Arroyo is expected to announce her interest to run for the same position Fortun is seeking.

Incumbent Agusan del Norte First District Rep. Jose Aquino II will take a shot at this city’s top post now occupied by Mayor Ferdinand Amante Jr.

Renato and Cristina Corona

Days later, it was re-vealed at the impeachment trial that Corona withdrew a total of P32.6 million from three peso time deposit accounts with Philippine Savings Bank (PSBank) on December 12, 2011, the day he was impeached by the House of Representa-tives. Corona claimed that the money was not his but owned by BGEI. He said that he withdrew the money because he believed that PSBank was responsible for leaking the existence of the accounts, which also include five secret dollar accounts. But strangely, he opened a new account with the same branch and deposited the entire amount that he withdrew!

Cristina then sent a text message to a media per-sonality saying that the P32.6 million came from the proceeds of the sale of a piece of BGEI property to the City of Manila. But assuming that it’s true that the money belongs to BGEI, why did Corona — who didn’t have any financial interest in BGEI other than being married to Cristina — deposit the money in his personal accounts?

Recently, it was reported in the news that in 1995, Ana’s father, who is Cristina’s uncle, Jose Ma. Basa III, filed an estafa case against Cristina for allegedly failing to account for the rental income of BGEI. However, the court dismissed the case and Cristina sued her uncle for libel for putting out a public notice in the newspaper alleging that it maliciously put her in a bad light. The notice announced that Jose Ma. Basa III, claiming to be a majority stockholder of

BGEI, had filed a criminal case against Cristina for allegedly misappropriating rentals due BGEI.

It is interesting to note that at the time Cristina was sued for estafa, Renato was working as Chief Presiden-tial Legal Counsel to then President Fidel V. Ramos.

In an interview with Philippine Daily Inquirer (PDI), Ana said that the original stockholders of BGEI were her father Jose Ma. Basa III, Cristina’s mother Asuncion Basa Roco, Mario Basa, Sister Concepcion Basa, and Sister Flory Basa.

Ana said that Cristina wrested control of BGEI when she became its admin-istratrix in 1989. Since then, attempts by the stockhold-ers to inspect the corpo-rate books were denied by Cristina, thus keeping them completely in the dark about BGEI’s financial matters.

Iligan...from page 1

Iligan, the evacuation centers collectively house 1,617 families with 5,657 members. Finally, 1,159 families with 5,226 mem-bers were taken to various transitory relocation sites.

As of March 14, there are still evacuation centers in both provinces Misamis

Oriental and Lanao del Norte. It is still uncertain what happened to the in-ternally displaced persons (IDPs) who , as of last count by the RDRRMC, numbered 46,245 families with 262,682 members.

School...from page 2

the subjects of their cur-riculum are designed purely for what is available around.”

“Kadaghanan man gud, ang eskwelahan layo sa mga pareho ani nga mga kumuni-dad. Dili maka-eskwela ang mga bata tungod kay layo man kini sa ila,” she said

“A n g k o n s e p t o s a Alcadev mao ang pagpaduol sa eskwelahan ngadto sa mga lagyong kumunidad,” she added.

Summer...from page 2

people in other parts of the world who are suffer-ing from inadequate water supplies,” he added.

According to DENR Secretary Ramon JP Paje, the DENR at the Central Office in Diliman, Quezon city has lined up activities focused on increasing public awareness to conserve water resources “because it is an important component of our life.”

Secretary Paje said “wa-

ter is very much incorpo-rated in the food supply chain, whether in irrigation and fisheries or producing feeds for our livestock.”

The World Water Day 2012 will also look at how the swelling population can cope with the increasing pressure on available water resources by consuming less water-intensive products and reducing food wast-age, which translates to lost water, according to him.

“This is the concept of measuring the ‘water foot-print’ or the total volume of freshwater used to produce the goods and services con-sumed or produced,” Paje explained.

A water summit dubbed “Water Knowledge Fair at the EDSA Shangri-La Hotel in Mandaluyong City will introduce “knowledge products” focused on de-livering water services par-ticularly in rural areas. This will be participated by government agencies, local government units, water service providers, and other stakeholders.

The participants will discuss different water-relat-ed programs and strategies. The event is organized by the Philippine government, along with partners from the Millenium Development Goals Fund. ( DENR-13 )

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