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Now comes out 3 x weekly! every Mondays, Wednesdays, & Fridays BusinessWeek Mindanao is available online, what you see on print is exactly the same on line at www.businessweekmindanao.com Contact us: 0917-712-1424 email: [email protected] find us on facebook @ http://www.facebook.com/BusinessWeek.Mindanao Employed as field main- tenance workers of AB- ERDI’s 1,500 hectare-oil palm plantation are mostly indigenous peoples (IPs) belonging to the Higaonon Tribe, one of seven active tribal communities in Northern Mindanao, AB- ERDI President Robertino Pizarro said. Of the almost 400 planta- tion-based personnel hired by ABERDI, 75 percent of whom belong to the Higa- onon Tribe paid on DOLE- approved minimum daily wage rate. In Kalabugao, Impasug-ong, ABERDI workers receive Php259 per day while Php247 daily wage is being implemented EARLY X’MAS GIFT FROM A BROWN. A smiling plantation worker, one of the 400 plantation-based workers of ABERDI happily receives one sack rice, a gift from Dr. Walter W. Brown, chair of A Brown Group of Companies. Turning over the gift in Kaanibungan, Kalabugao, Impasug-ong, Bukidnon are: HR Manager Vivien Lawansa (right), and Secretary to the VP Karen Cabigon. SHARES COMMUNITY BENEFITS TEN-FOLD CAGAYAN de Oro City––For more than five years now, A Brown Energy Resources Development, Inc. (ABER- DI), a subsidiary of A Brown Group of Companies has been in the forefront of employment generation in Kalabugao, Impasug-ong, Bukidnon and lately, in Tingalan, Opol, Misamis Oriental, and soon in Tignapoloan, Cagayan de Oro. in Tingalan, Opol, MisOr. On top of the daily mini- mum pay, workers enjoy other benefits like SSS, Phil- health, subsidized uniform allowance, rice and Christ- mas giveaways, reinforcing ABERDI’s commitment in making a meaningful im- pact on communities where the company operates. A monthly payroll of Php3.3 million is being spent by ABERDI, creating significant positive con- tribution not only for the workers and their fami- lies but also to the local economy of Impasug-ong, Bukidnon and Opol, MisOr, Pizarro said. DAVAO City––The Phil- ippine Plastics Industries Association (PPIA) antici- pates the plastic industry to die once all cities and municipalities in the coun- try implement a ban on the use of plastic. “I see the death of the plastic industry if all the cities and municipalities will have an ordinance banning Ban on use of plastic to send 175,000 people jobless plastic as food container,” Peter Quintana, PPIA presi- dent, said. He said the plastic in- dustry contributes largely to the country’s economy, being a $ 10-billion worth of investments. The country annually produces 600,000 metric tons of plastic and Styro- foam and employs about 175,000 people, he said. As of this time, Quintana said there are about 112 cities and municipalities all over the country to have passed an ordinance ban- ning and regulating plastics. Quintana described as alarming the effect of the ban to the plastic indus- try, citing a 50-percent re- duction in the volume of production of plastics and 40-percent reduction in the production of Styrofoam or Polystyrene. The ban also resulted in the loss of job of numerous laborers. He said about two to three working days is lost for a certain worker in a plastic factory with the ban of plastics. Quintana criticized the local government units (LGUs) banning the use of plastic, saying that they passed the ordinance with- out undertaking an informa- tion campaign about what is it all about. He said the LGUs just lifted information about plastic from the internet, therefore making the or- dinance banning plastic without basis. Quintana clarified “it’s not the product that is the problem but the attitude of people”. Some LGUs including Davao City have an existing ordinance banning plastics and Styrofoam as food con- tainers for approves FOI bill House THE Palace on Wednesday welcomed the approval of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Bill by the House of Representatives committee on public information. After almost two years, the House committee of public information on Tues- day approved the FOI bill and is now for deliberation in the plenary. Seventeen congressmen- members of the committee voted for the consolidated measure, three objected -- Reps. Rodolfo Antonino, Amelita Villarosa and Lani Meracado Revilla; and one abstained -- Rep. 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A Brown serves indigenous tribe

BROWN | page 10

VOL. 2, No. 169 Cagayan de Oro City Saturday-Sunday December 1-2, 2012 P10.00

www.mindanaodailybalita.com

NONOY LECHON SERVICES

OFFERED OUT OF

TOWN ORDER

For more details, contact Tel. No.: 309-5276

HERMILINO VILLALON

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Weather UpdateINTERTROPICAL Convergence Zone (ITCZ) affecting Southern Mindanao. Davao Region and the Provinces of South Cotabato and Sarangani will have cloudy skies with occasional light to moderate rainshowers or thunderstorms. Moderate to strong winds blowing from the northeast to east will prevail over Luzon and coming from the northeast over Eastern Visayas and the coastal waters along these areas will be moderate to rough. Elsewhere, winds will be light to moderate coming from the northeast with slight to moderate seas.

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Employed as field main-tenance workers of AB-ERDI’s 1,500 hectare-oil palm plantation are mostly indigenous peoples (IPs) belonging to the Higaonon Tribe, one of seven active tribal communities in Northern Mindanao, AB-ERDI President Robertino Pizarro said.

Of the almost 400 planta-tion-based personnel hired by ABERDI, 75 percent of whom belong to the Higa-onon Tribe paid on DOLE-approved minimum daily wage rate. In Kalabugao, Impasug-ong, ABERDI workers receive Php259 per day while Php247 daily wage is being implemented

EARLY X’MAS GIFT FROM A BROWN. A smiling plantation worker, one of the 400 plantation-based workers of ABERDI happily receives one sack rice, a gift from Dr. Walter W. Brown, chair of A Brown Group of Companies. Turning over the gift in Kaanibungan, Kalabugao, Impasug-ong, Bukidnon are: HR Manager Vivien Lawansa (right), and Secretary to the VP Karen Cabigon.

SHARES COMMUNITY BENEFITS TEN-FOLDCAGAYAN de Oro City––For more than five years now, A Brown Energy Resources Development, Inc. (ABER-DI), a subsidiary of A Brown Group of Companies has been in the forefront of employment generation in Kalabugao, Impasug-ong, Bukidnon and lately, in Tingalan, Opol, Misamis Oriental, and soon in Tignapoloan, Cagayan de Oro.

in Tingalan, Opol, MisOr.On top of the daily mini-

mum pay, workers enjoy other benefits like SSS, Phil-health, subsidized uniform allowance, rice and Christ-mas giveaways, reinforcing ABERDI’s commitment in making a meaningful im-pact on communities where the company operates.

A monthly payroll of Php3.3 million is being spent by ABERDI, creating significant positive con-tribution not only for the workers and their fami-lies but also to the local economy of Impasug-ong, Bukidnon and Opol, MisOr, Pizarro said.

DAVAO City––The Phil-ippine Plastics Industries Association (PPIA) antici-pates the plastic industry to die once all cities and municipalities in the coun-try implement a ban on the use of plastic.

“I see the death of the plastic industry if all the cities and municipalities will have an ordinance banning

Ban on use of plastic to send 175,000 people joblessplastic as food container,” Peter Quintana, PPIA presi-dent, said.

He said the plastic in-dustry contributes largely to the country’s economy, being a $ 10-billion worth of investments.

The country annually produces 600,000 metric tons of plastic and Styro-foam and employs about

175,000 people, he said.As of this time, Quintana

said there are about 112 cities and municipalities all over the country to have passed an ordinance ban-ning and regulating plastics.

Quintana described as alarming the effect of the ban to the plastic indus-try, citing a 50-percent re-duction in the volume of

production of plastics and 40-percent reduction in the production of Styrofoam or Polystyrene.

The ban also resulted in the loss of job of numerous laborers.

He said about two to three working days is lost for a certain worker in a plastic factory with the ban of plastics.

Quintana criticized the local government units (LGUs) banning the use of plastic, saying that they passed the ordinance with-out undertaking an informa-tion campaign about what is it all about.

He said the LGUs just lifted information about plastic from the internet, therefore making the or-

dinance banning plastic without basis.

Quintana clarified “it’s not the product that is the problem but the attitude of people”.

Some LGUs including Davao City have an existing ordinance banning plastics and Styrofoam as food con-tainers for

approves FOI bill

House

THE Palace on Wednesday welcomed the approval of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Bill by the House of Representatives committee on public information.

After almost two years, the House committee of public information on Tues-day approved the FOI bill and is now for deliberation in the plenary.

Seventeen congressmen-members of the committee voted for the consolidated measure, three objected -- Reps. Rodolfo Antonino, Amelita Villarosa and Lani Meracado Revilla; and one abstained -- Rep. Rodante

DENR cites18 ‘green’ companiesEIGHTEEN business com-panies, including multi-national firms Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines, Nestle Philippines, Pilipinas Shell Petroleum, and Holcim Philippines, join the roster of most environmentally responsible corporations operating in the country for their exemplary perfor-mance under the Philippine Environmental Partnership Program (PEPP) of the De-partment of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR).

The companies were awarded the Official Seal of Approval, which is

BILL | page 10

GREEN | page 10

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ZAMBOANGA City––Two communist rebels were killed by army soldiers in fighting that broke out early Friday in Compostela Valley province in the southern Philippines, security officials said.

They said the clash occurred in the village called Lebanon in the town of Montevista when patrolling troops ran into a group of New People’s Army rebels.

Col. Antonio Florendo, commander of the 66th Infan-try Battalion, said no soldiers were killed or wounded in the fighting that broke out at around 3 a.m. He claimed villagers complained to the military that rebels were extorting money from them.

“Troops recovered one .45-caliber pistol and a land-mine from the slain rebels,” he said.

Florendo identified the rebels as Joriben Caipan, 20, and Christopher Mawang, 18, who were both from Montevista town. He said the families took the bodies of the rebels.

There was no immediate statement from the NPA which is fighting for decades for the establishment of a separate state in the country.

Al Jacinto with Mindanao Examiner

ZAMBOANGA City––Police is searching for two mo-torcycle gunmen who shot a Christian student and his Muslim girlfriend shortly after they stepped out of a motel in Zamboanga City in the southern Philippines.

Police said the attack had killed the 21-year old man while his girlfriend remains in serious condition. The duo had just flagged down a tricycle when the gunmen opened fire and escaped after the shooting.

The tricycle driver said he ran to take cover after hearing the volleys of fire. The motive of the attack is still unknown, but police is investigating whether the ambush was connected to the personal relationship of the victims.

The relationship is considered ‘haram’ or forbidden among many Muslims in the southern Philippines.

Al Jacinto with Mindanao Examiner

By BEN D. ARCHEof Mindanao Daily News

DAVAO City––A women’s rights advocate group here will join the global campaign against women violence on December 8.

The program dubbed as “One Billion Rising” is a community or street dance participated by women from all walks of life at the Freedom Park this city.

Lyda Canson, spokesperson of the Development of People’s Foundat ion , sa id a known advocate of women’s rights, Monique Wilson will attend the program.

Canson said the Gabriela Women’s Partylist group will lead the activity.

Records gathered by the Women Studies and Resource Center (WSRC) from the Wom-

en and Children Desk of Davao City Police Office showed that the numbers of violence against women increased up to 1,450 in 2011 compared to 184 in 2004.

There is an average increase of 800% after eight years of implementation of Republic Act 9262 or the “Anti-Violence against Women and their Chil-dren of 2004,” the group said.

“ T h e s p i ke i n v i o l e n c e

against women and children (VAW) cases for the last eight years points to an increasing awareness and assertiveness among our women to file cases but at the same time, it is a grim reminder of how VAW remains unabated and how true equality and empowerment for women are impeded by VAW,” said Leah Emily Miñoza, WSRC executive director.

Miñoza said the passage of local and national laws helped women break the silence about the violence but the social and political causes of VAW remain.

“Systemic beliefs and per-ceptions about women as ob-jects and occupying a lower posit ion in society remain unchanged. Poverty exacer-bates women’s vulnerability to violence,” added Miñoza.

Local group to join women’s rights worldwide activity

GENERAL Santos City––Three police officers, one of them wounded, received the Philippine National Police’s (PNP) prestigious medal of valor or “Medalya ng Kagitingan” for promptly responding to recent gun-related incidents in the city that led to the killing of one of the suspects and the ar-rest of two others.

Chief Supt. Alex Paul Monteagudo, Region 12 police director, said they conferred the medals of valor to Police Officer 1 (PO1) Mark Anthony Santil-lan, PO2 Peter Quinzon and another unnamed member of the city’s special weapons and tactics (SWAT) team “for showing courage and discipline” in the perfor-mance of their duties.

Santillan, who sustained a gunshot wound on his left thigh in an encounter with

PROJECT TURN OVER IN BUGORep. Rufus Rodriguez formally turns over a pathway project in Zone 3, Barangay Bugo to Chairman Raul Aleria. Photo also shows Kagawad Jesus Morial, Butch Doruja and Boyd Ormita, Misamis Oriental Sales Officer of Holcim Cement Phils.

3 police officers, 1 wounded awarded with Medal of Valor

two armed motorcycle-riding men in Barangay Fatima on Saturday eve-ning, also received the PNP wounded personnel medal or “Medalya ng Sugatang Magiting.”

Santillan and Quinzon pursued and engaged the suspects in a shootout after the latter went past a police blockade in the area.

One of the suspects, who was identified as Rodel Si-laya, was wounded during the encounter and eventu-ally arrested.

The SWAT officer, whose face was covered during the awarding rites for security reasons, was cited for re-sponding to the shooting of Senior Police Officer 1 Raul Capati at the junction of Mabuhay Road and the national highway here at past 5 p.m. last Tuesday.

The policeman, who hap-

pened to be driving a motor-cycle near the area during the incident, immediately pursued the two motorcycle-riding suspects and engaged them in a shootout.

One of the suspects was later found dead near the Sinawal Bridge in Baran-gay Labangal here while the other was arrested in a follow-up operation on Wednesday dawn in a nearby housing subdivision.

Monteagudo said the accomplishments of the three police officers mainly show that Police Regional Office 12 personnel are well-trained and highly capable in terms of pro-tecting the public from any eventuality.

He said the three spe-cifically displayed their competence in conducting police operations and in the handling of their firearms.

Shooting incident

GENERAL Santos City––Police authorities are look-ing into a long-time land conflict as behind the daring killing of two police officers in the city on Tuesday.

Sr. Supt. Froilan Qui-dilla, city police director, said Thursday they cur-rently investigating the pos-sible connections of the murders of Police Officer 1 (PO1) Franklin Akiatan and Senior Police Officer 1 (SPO1) Raul Capati to the recent shooting of a land claimant and threeother people along the national highway here.

He said the two police-men were reported to have links with land claimant Hannah Paglangan, who was wounded along with

Govt troops vs rebels

Land row eyed in killing of 2 policeher three companions fol-lowing an attack by two motorcycle-riding gunmen in front of a local restaurant last Nov. 12.

“That’s (land conflict) one of the motives were looking into as of now. We’re also considering several other angles but we can-not divulge them yet as it might hamper our ongoing operations,” Quidilla said.

PO1 Akiatan had just emerged from a Jollibee outlet in Barangay Calum-pang here at around 10:30 a.m. last Tuesday when he was shot by unidentified motorcycle-riding gunmen.

At past 5 p.m., SPO1 Capati was gunned down by two motorcycle-riding suspects near the junction

of the Mabuhay Road and the national highway here.

A responding policeman immediately pursued and engaged the suspects in a shootout, leading to the killing of one of them and the arrest of another several hours later.

Chief Supt. Alex Paul Monteagudo, Region 12 police director, earlier said the arrest of Capati’s alleged gunman could eventually lead to the resolution of the case.

He said they are also evaluating the footage of Akiatan’s killing reportedly caught by the closed-circuit television or CCTV camera of the food chain’s outlet.

Sources said Capati was earlier detailed as police

escort of Paglangan, who was head of a Blaan clan that is claiming part of the 990 hectares of land from a cancelled pasture lease in Barangays Apopong and Sinawal here.

Last month, unidentified gunmen shot dead a resident of T’boli town in South Cotabato identified as Tony Piang while the latter was driving a motorcycle bor-rowed from SPO1 Capati.

Police said Capati, who is a member of the City Pub-lic Safety Company, was the likely target of the attack. In early October, Capati and Paglangan survived an ambush by unidenti-fied suspects in Barangay Basag, T’boli town in South Cotabato.

AN expert is cautioning against farming in decom-missioned dumpsites, par-ticularly newly closed ones, warning crops grown there can be deadly.

Philippine Normal Uni-versity biology professor Leah Amor Cortez warned of such danger and said her study of Manila’s decommis-sioned Smokey Mountain

Expert warns public of crops grown in dumpsites deadlydumpsite revealed heavy metals lead, cadmium, zinc and copper in garbage there accummulate in corn (Zea mays), ‘saluyot’ (Corcho-rus olitorious L.) and ara-tiles (Muntingia calabura) which nearby residents commenced growing in the area for food.

“Crops grown in former dumpsites shouldn’t be for

consumption,” she said on the side of the on-going 8th National Biotechnology Week where she presented results of her study, noting that eating heavy metal-contaminated food is dan-gerous to health.

She said the better al-ternative is planting orna-mentals there instead.

Cortez’ study indicates

corn, ‘saluyot’ and aratiles can be tapped for phytore-mediation purposes, how-ever.

“Such crops are good accummulators of heavy metals,” she said.

More studies are needed to determine the phytore-mediation potential of other local plants, she noted.

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The Misamis Oriental chap-ter of the Liga ng mga Ba-rangay sa Pilipinas held its 4th Provincial Assembly on yesterday at the Grand Ca-price Restaurant in Cagayan de Oro City.

Provincial board mem-ber Arsenio S. Kho Jr., the Liga president and presid-ing officer, welcomed the participants and guests after Liga Secretary Villa A. Cap-istrano declared a quorum following a roll call among the members.

Kho said the organiza-tion’s constitution and by-laws require them to hold a provincial assembly once every quarter.

He said that for this meeting the board of di-rectors decided not to invite partisan politicians as guests of honor because of the com-ing elections but decided to extend an invitation to Abante Mindanao party-list Rep. Maximo Rodriguez because “there’s no conflict with his affiliation.”

The other invited guests are Jane J. Docallos, the new

Misamis Oriental provincial board member Arsenio S. Kho Jr. (middle, left), Liga ng mga Barangay sa Pilipinas Misamis Oriental Chapter president and presiding officer, receives from Abante Mindanao party-list Rep. Maximo B. Rodriguez an LCD projector for use of the Liga. Looking on are the presidents of the different barangay leagues. Photo by Gerry L. Gorit

Misamis Oriental barangay leagueholds fourth Provincial Assembly

Department of Interior and Local Government pro-vincial director, Kathleen Kate D. Sorilla, the PESO manager of Misamis Orien-tal, and Ann Apasra Abas, the officer-in-charge of the Philippine Overseas Em-ployment Administration

Region 10.Kho said the assembly

has decided on their last activities for the year which includes gift-giving to the less fortunate especially prisoners this Christmas.

The chapter received an LCD projector donated by

Congressman Rodriguez for use in their regular meet-ings.

Asked about the current screening by the Commis-sion on Elections of party-list groups, Rodriguez said he is confident that Abamin

COTABATO City––A total of P10 million anti-poverty infrastructure projects are up for construction in six poor barangays of Bagumbayan, a small town of Sultan Kudarat in Central Mindanao, the Department of Social Welfare and Development field office XII announced Thursday.

Gemma Rivera, the DSWD XII assistant regional director, said that one unit, three classroom building will be constructed in far-flung barangays of South Sepaka, Monteverde, and Daluga amounting to more or less

CDP BASIC ORIENTATION. Rep. Rufus B. Rodriguez delivers his speech during the Centrist Democratic Party (CDP) Basic Orientation Seminar held at MUST AVR last November 10, 2012. The gathering of CDP was attended by municipal mayors, kagawads and barangay leaders from Regions 10 and 9 in Mindanao. Also in photo are CDP Chairman Lito Monico Lorenzana and Dr. Peter Koepingger who were also invited to speak during the seminar.

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BUTUAN CITY - The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)-Caraga said Hinatuan, Bislig and Lianga Bays in Surigao del Sur are free from red tide toxin.

Surigao del Sur free from red tide toxin --BFAR

By Danilo S. Makiling

In its Shellfish Bulletin No. 27, dated November 23, 2012, BFAR said all shellfish around the area of Surigao del Sur are safe for human consumption.

However, shellfish from the waters of Dumanquillas Bay, Zamboanga del Sur, Murchelagos Bay in Zambo-anga del Norte and Misamis Occidental are still positive for paralytic shellfish poison, and all kinds of shellfish are not safe for consumption.

BFAR reminded the people to avoid consuming shellfish and alamang from the affected areas.

They also said fish, squid, shrimps and crabs are safe for human consumption pro-vided that these are fresh and washed thoroughly and internal organs such as gills and intestines are removed before cooking. (RER/DSM/PIA 13-Caraga/jdelpf)

TAGUM CITY -The railway network system is proving to be a necessity for the Davao Region and has been included by the region’s development planners for consideration in the region’s area development plan.

“Aaabutan ko pa yan (it may yet become possible during my term),” Davao del Norte Governor Ro-dolfo del Rosario said in a press conference held at the Bulwagan Hall of the Pro-vincial Government Center in Tagum City, Davao del Norte.

Del Rosario said “ku-lang na ang road network (we lack road network)” in Mindanao. In the Davao Re-gion alone, he added, there is only one national road which is used to transport both people and products.

“The fastest way to trans-port people and products is through a railway system and its regime is soon to come,” he said.

He said they have been talking about the establish-ment of a railway system in Mindanao since 20 years ago. But that’s how it works-

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-it will take a long time to put up such infrastructure.

“But when it becomes a necessity and I think it is becoming a necessity then it will come,” he said.

This is part of del Ro-sario’s vision to improve the connectivity within the Davao Region which for now is relegated to the develop-ment and improvement of existing road networks. He said the province is in the center of Southern Mind-anao and he cited the ad-vantage brought about by the Bukidnon-Talaingod road network.

Del Rosario said produc-ers and traders from Bukid-non would find it easier to transport their products through the Bukidnon-Talaingod Road in Davao del Norte going to Sasa com-pared to the Buda-Calinan route in Davao City.

While we have to con-tend with the various road projects in the province now, he said, the construction of the railways system for the province and for the region is still a possibility.(RGA/LAC/PIA XI)

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been sick, but you knew that doctors and medicine could not help you? What did you do? Who did you go to? The village medicine man or woman for tradi-tional medicine?

Recently I read about a medical doctor who was very sick. But instead of treating himself or going to another medical doctor, even a traditional medicine man, he called a preacher.

This doctor told the preacher that he was des-perately sick, not in his body, but in his soul and conscience.

The doctor said: “All my life I’ve carried this guilt and memories of all the wrong things I’ve done. My guilt has become like a disease or cancer that’s killing me inside, and I’m not able to find a cure for it!”

The doctor asked the preacher to pray for him, and sure enough, the doctor was healed and free from his guilt.

That doctor was right. You and I can never get free from the guilt of our

past wrongs.The cheap sex we had

with that person who’s not our wife or husband.

Our lying and stealing in business or at our job.

Our getting drunk and beating up our own wife and children.

Abort ing our baby. These and many other memories of our wrongs continue to hurt and shame us wherever we go, so we cannot escape. They’re inside our mind and con-science like a disease or cancer.

It’s true: there is no medical doctor or tradi-tional medicine that can cure our guilty conscience. Humans have no cure for it.

Only God the Son can make you free and healthy. If you and I will simply admit we are guilty of all our sins and ask Jesus to give us His gift of forgive-ness and new life, then our sick soul and conscience can finally be free from all our guilt! For your own health and happiness, why don’t you ask Jesus for His gift of forgiveness and new life today?

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JESUS REVEALS Himself to be the source of enlight-enment, the means whereby one may acquire knowledge and life.

The phrase “light of the world” appears in Scrip-ture a number of times. It defines that the world is in darkness, and needing someone to illuminate it. It identifies the one who shines as a light in the midst of darkness.

Twice, Jesus used the phrase “light of the world” to speak of Himself. In John 8:12, our Lord said, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life

Many are offended at the light which is the Christ, for their deeds are contrary to His way. Rather than have their deeds exposed in the here and now, they choose to wait for the same in the day of judgment. “But,” John continues, “he who

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does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.” (John 3:21).

Again, Jesus spoke of Himself, saying, “As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” (John 9:5). So long as the Lord was upon the face of the earth, men could look to Him to light the path which pleased God.

In the preceding verse, He had said, “I must work the works of Him who sent Me while it is day; the night is coming when no one can work.” (v 4). While the Son

of Man was upon the earth, it was “day” wherever He was. His continual work before the

We consider the third occurrence of the phrase, “the light of the world”. In Matthew 5:14-16, Jesus spoke, “You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. No do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.”

As indicated in the pre-vious text considered, Jesus intended that His followers become “sons of light”, or as the Lord calls them in this text, “the light of the world.” What a high and significant calling. Those who are disciples of Christ are called to be, as He was, “the light of the world”. So that we might know how to fill such a monumental role,

As Christians, we need Jesus’ light to brightly shine upon our lives in order enlighten other people whose lives are darkened by caused by negative acts and choices. We are to shine brightly.

People should see the brightness of the Christ, who is the true light of the world. We are to be a city set on a hill. We have to maximize our efforts and service before God and men, to bring glory to the Father and souls to salvation.

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LIFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “…Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows…” (Ga-latians 6:7, the Holy Bible).

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R I C H PA R T Y L I S T GROUPS: So, okay, how will the Commission on Elections (Comelec) now justify its disqualification of existing party list groups, and its rejection of new applicants, on the ground that the rejected groups and their nominees are not truly marginalized and are not really poor when, among the party list groups it allowed to run in the 2013 elections, many of them are not also

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truly marginalized and not really poor?

For example, there is one party list group which can never be a marginalized party list group because its members---and the sec-tor it is representing, the businessmen, dealers and traders---are moneyed and rich, or, at the very least,

are not poor and under-represented. They could very well run in regular congressional elections, to use a favorite phrase of a top Comelec official, yet this group was accredited.

Then, the Comelec can-not deny that almost all the other party list groups it retained and is allow-

ing to participate in next year’s polls cannot qualify on the basis of the standards it applied in the cases of the disqualified party list groups. So, my question is: what happened to much vaunted “purge” of the party list groups---it was a purge only of those who are not within the graces of the pow-ers that be, or of Comelec bosses?

-ooo-COMELEC ORDERS

ON PARTY LIST GROUPS MOCK THE BIBLE: This kind of an accreditation system, where a double standard is used to favor a select group, is certainly

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DAY 4, END OF TREAT-MENT --- As in the previ-ous morning, Beth greeted me:” GOOD MORNING TO THE WORLD” when she woke up. I pretended I did not hear her. But was I glad there were no neck pains the 2nd time in a row. We were earlier told though that there was no such thing as “instant cure”. The neck pains may recur but not as intense and often-- hope-fully. That’s good enough! We were also advised that we have to be patient as the fresh cells only serve as “catalysts” or “triggers” that will hopefully prompt Beth’s own human cells to do its job of repairing. And this takes time. Only time will tell.

I intentionally shut off the room heater middle of the night hoping I could recapture the actual cool-ness of the place, at least

Day 4: Stem cell treatment

for the last time of our stay. Beth immediately noticed the cold temperature when she woke up. “Parang sa mountain, noh” (“like in the mountain,” referring to our Seagull Mountain Resort back home).

As we were to head back for Frankfurt mid-morn-ing, we started packing our things. Another in-room brief visit by a German nurse, body temperature taken, blood pressure mea-sured and a peek at the area where injections were done. “Perfect,” she said with a pat and then handed us

some pain relievers (Ibu-profen 400mg) and anti allergy (Cetirizin beta 10 mg) just in case. Then we were given a 30-day supply of supplements for daily take consisting of 8 pills with German names like Jod, Spuren, Magnesium, Calcium, Carotinoide (Vit E) multivitamine, Vitamin C and Omega 3. “Pabaon” for the trip back home.

Beth asked if she could take home some sweets and chocolates and snack items liberally spread on the table. “Oh so you did not touch them at all during all the

time you were here?” The nurse was amused. Of course we knew everything in the room was for us and part of the 4-day package but Beth was too careful with her food as she had been for the last few years when her kidneys started acting up. I was apprehensive Beth would start throwing cau-tion to the wind with some boosted confidence. But again, that’s something we have to deal with later. For the moment, it was guarded euphoria.

Downstairs, we settled the additional bill for the extra stem cell injection on the neck. That was not included in the original package for the four-day treatment package that our daughter Kristel, who did the preparatory arrange-ments, remitted by bank transfer in advance through

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THE Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has indeed become a “guardian” of Philippine culture with its breathtaking collection of artworks.

Former BSP Governor Rafael Buenaventura once said of the paintings in BSP’s possession: “The col-lection, spanning two cen-turies and numbering over a thousand pieces, serves as a mirror of ourselves as Filipinos: how we shaped our history, how we grew our sensibility and how we handled our sensitivity.”

Aside from the works of National Artists and the “Thirteen Moderns” discussed in last week’s column, conceptual art is also represented in the BSP collection.

According to the Com-mittee on BSP Artwork and Paintings (CBAP), this type of art is represented by Ro-berto “Chabet” Rodriguez—widely acknowledged as the father of Philippine conceptual art.

Chabet, one of the most influential contemporary teachers and artists, was a professor at the University of the Philippines (UP) College of Fine Arts for three decades.

Chabet, who is repre-sented in the BSP collec-tion with his early works, described his pieces as

Patron of the arts“creatures of memory” and himself as their “custodian.”

The great teacher nur-tured students, later collec-tively known as “Chabet’s babies,” who have become recognized in their own right.

The BSP also possesses works of the so-called “so-cial realists.” During the presidency of Ferdinand Marcos, a group of these more “politically inclined” artists veered away from non-representational im-agery and began depicting everyday themes, current events, relationships, and “way of life” as subjects.

First generation social realists Pablo Baen Santos, Edgar Fernandez, Antipas Delotavo, Orlando Castillo, and Renato Habulan are represented in the Bangko Sentral’s gallery, according to the CBAP.

The graphic arts are also featured in the BSP art col-lection. The works of first generation printmakers such as Manuel Rodriguez Sr., Manuel Rodriguez, Jr., Imelda Cajipe-Endaya, Brenda Fajardo, and Adiel Arevalo are found at the BSP.

It would be interest-ing to know that the elder Rodriguez has been called the “Father of Philippine Printmaking” because of his role in promoting graphic arts in the country.

The BSP has likewise

become a venue for several extremely talented, “up and coming” artists.

“Tanaw: the BSP Art Competition,” a biennial art competition launched in 2010, takes off from established national art competitions such as the Shell Art Competition, the Art Association of the Philippines Competition, the PLDT Directories Phil-ippines Competition, and the Metrobank Art and Design Competition.

According to CBAP, only previous winners of these national art competitions and other recognized bien-nales and triennales are allowed to enter the BSP competition.

The top three winning entries automatically be-come part of the BSP Art-work and Painting Collec-tions, the CBAP explained.

The 2010 winners of

the “Tanaw” competition include Gary Custodio from Iloilo, Melvin Culaba of Baclaran, and Brave Singh of Ilocos Sur.

Lastly, the BSP also fea-tures the works of Filipino artists who have trained abroad, including Juvenal Sanso, Nena Saguil and Macario Vitalis—all of whom have France their “destination of choice.”

“The wide array of art produced by Filipino art-ists is (both) original and complex, and addresses is-sues and shows a mixture of several cultural influences,” the CBAP said.

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‘up and coming’ artists.”

GENDER AWARENESSA total of 54 Personnel Officers, Sergeant Majors and Per-sonnel NCOs from the Brigades, Battalions, Post, Tenant and Operational Controlled units attended a seminar on the Gender Awareness Development Orientation at the Division Clubhouse, Camp Evangelista, Cagayan de Oro City on November 27, 2012.

ZAMBOANGA City––The Land Transportation Office(LTO) here is set to start cracking down on colorum tricycles in this southern port city by next week, the agency’s regional director said on Thursday.

LTO Regional Director Aminola Abaton said the crackdown will be carried out following reports that more than a thousand units of tricycles are operating without the required franchise.

Abaton said the campaign will be conducted in close coordination with the city government’s Tricycle Adjudication Board (TAB).

He also said that a composite team to be composed of personnel from the LTO, police and TAB will be organized to carry out the crackdown.

TAB handles the processing and issuance of franchise to tricycles operating in a particular city or municipality.

It was learned that the TAB has issued more than 7,000 franchises to tricycle owners in this city this year, Abaton said.

However, Abaton said that only a little over 4,000 owners of tricycles have renewed their franchises as of this month.

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have their roots outside the classroom, and as a teacher in Elementary School I can say this is indeed true, their chances of doing well are twisted before they reach reception class. The point is made plainly in today’s Observer by Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers: “Too many children start school without the social and verbal skills to be able to take part in lessons and to behave well.” The declining standard

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Zamboanguita central school,malaybalay far east district

(l-r) EMB Asst Director Eva Ocfemia, SPI President Dr. Bodo Goerlich, SPI Environment Officer Francis Libao, SPI HR Manager Leah Tadena, EMB Chief Juan Miguel Cuna, SPI Communications Officer Jerome Soldevilla, DENR Undersecretary Manuel Gerochi.

Manila- The Department of Environment and Natu-ral Resources (DENR) has conferred upon energy firm STEAG State Power Inc. (SPI) the DENR Official Seal of Approval in rec-ognition of the company’s exemplary environmental performance. The award was presented by DENR Undersecretary for Policy and Planning Manuel Gerochi and En-vironmental Management Bureau (EMB) Chief Juan Miguel Cuna in fitting cer-emonies on 29 June 2012 at the DENR headquarters in Quezon City. SPI President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr. Bodo Goerlich, to-gether with Environment Officer Francis Libao, HR Manager Leah Tadena and Communications Officer Jerome Soldevilla, received the award on behalf of the

Steag gets PEPP Award for superior environmental performance

company. SPI is one of the 18 in-dustries in the country, and among the five large industries in Mindanao that qualified under Track 1 in the Philippine Environ-ment Partnership Program (PEPP). USec Gerochi explained that PEPP-Track 1 indus-tries are large companies that go beyond compliance and driven by competi-tiveness, image and sup-ply chain requirements to improve performance. To qualify in the award, companies must have no case filed with the Pollution Adjudication Board for the last three years prior to the date of awarding; are in full compliance of all applicable environmental laws and proven to show cleaner production processes and superior environmental performance by a 3rd party

auditor. SPI is the project com-pany of the 210 MW (net) Mindanao Coal Fired Power Plant in Villanueva, Misa-mis Oriental. It is major-ity owned by the German firm Steag GmbH, which ranks among the German market leaders in electric-ity and heat generation from mine gas and biomass, and is one of the leading developers and operators of district heating using hot steam from innovative combined heat and power cycles (CHP). Steag is also a pioneer in efficient technologies for hard-coal-based power production and its technolo-gies are distinguished by high degrees of efficiency and exemplary resource conservation. SPI’s power plant in Min-danao is equipped with state of the art pollution

prevention systems and has pioneered a Continuous Monitoring System (CEMS) that is made on-line with the Environmental Manage-ment Bureau (EMB). Since start of its commer-cial operations in November 2006, SPI has delivered more than 8.3 billion kWh of electricity representing about 20% of the Mind-anao’s total power supply. It has sustained an above-industry eff iciency rate of 36% and a remarkable availability rate of 93%. Apart from eff icient and reliable power plant operations, SPI is also en-gaged in various social and environmental programs that include a 2,200 hect-are carbon sink and urban forestry projects and the 16.4 hectare mangrove reha-bilitation and development projects in Cagayan de Oro City and Misamis Oriental.

MANILA, -- The Philippine Embassy in Kuala Lumpur reported that as a follow-up to the successful signing of the Framework Agree-ment between the Philippine Government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), the Mindanao Devel-opment Authority (MinDA) and the Embassy, in coop-eration with the Putrajaya Chamber of Commerce, will be conducting the Mindanao Business Networking Forum on November 29 at the Ber-jaya Times Square Hotel. “Even since the signing of the Framework Agreement, there has been tremendous interest from Malaysian com-panies on investing in Mind-anao. The forum capitalizes on this interest, and we hope that this would translate to actual sizable investments. We believe that through vigorous economic develop-ment drive, in tandem with the consolidation of peace, Mindanao will not only live up to its name as ‘the land of promise’, but become in fact promise fulfilled,” Ambas-sador J. Eduardo Malaya said in a Department of Foreign Affairs statement. Expected to be present are MinDA Chairman and Signing Minister for Brunei Indonesia Malaysia Philip-pines-East Asia Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) Luwalhati Antonino, Autonomous Re-gion in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) Governor Mujiv Hataman and other key of-ficials from the region and from Malaysia. They will be accompanied by some 50 businessmen from Mindanao This by-invitation forum aims to present to Malaysian businessmen and women and investors the current trade and investment opportuni-ties in Mindanao, particu-larly in the following sectors: agriculture/agri-business development; tourism de-velopment; infrastructure development, particularly transport, power and renew-able energy; and services, particularly Islamic finance and ICT-enabled services. There will also be a chance for Filipino and Malaysian

We often heard the line “Good Education Begins at home”, and I agree to that. As I was looking at my kids one time, how they excel in their own class I realized that being a teacher and a parent at the same time really needs a double effort. According to a book I read “by the time british

children are around six years old, their social background has overtaken their natural ability as the main predictor of success in education” and I think this applies not only to british children but to all six year olds around the world. Detailed research and school gate babble concur on this point: the biggest problems in our education system

in children’s behavior today lies to how parents and or guardians at home take full responsibility. And for many years now, schools have been increasingly expected to fill gaps in children’s develop-ment left by poor parenting. Many parents and teach-ers would agree with me. Rich and poor parents alike destabilize teachers’ author-ity by refusing to accept that their children are capable of doing wrong. They of-ten realized that it is their children’s education that is

jeopardized when a minority disrupts the class. Often disruption can be handled by good teaching. But not always; not when bad behavior is learned at home and encouraged by parents. Some parents might reason out that they send their child to school to learn things which they themselves as parent cannot do. Of course teachers should take on some pastoral duties, but they can’t carry the entire social burden that comes from ir-responsible parenting.

Teachers are trained primarily to teach. They cannot effect radical social change alone at the chalk face. My point is, we as par-ents should be the first teacher of our children, and being the first teacher doesn’t end when our chil-dren are sent to school. And I do agree with one parent who told me that if you wanted to teach the right thing to your children, in all aspect, be the first Teacher.

Mindanao biz forum slated in K. Lumpur

businessmen to interact in breakout sessions, as well as in one-on-one meetings with their counterparts. Malaysian companies expected to attend include Berjaya Corporation, Genting Plantations, Malaysian Bio-technology Corporation, Malaysia Airport Holdings Bhd, and Philippine Airlines (AirPhil) Malaysia, among others. The Malaysian Palm Oil Board, Department of Is-lamic Development Malaysia, Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry Malay-sia, Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (Matrade) and MATRADE Manila have also confirmed participation in the event. The forum is in coop-eration with the Philippine Trade and Investment Cen-ter-Malaysia, Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) Regional Govern-ment, Department of Trade and Industry, Board of In-vestments, and Department of Agriculture, MATRADE, and other supporting orga-nizations in Malaysia. It is also supported by the Putrajaya Chamber of Commerce and the Berjaya Times Square. It is also a follow-up ac-tivity to the Philippines-Malaysia Investment Part-nership Forum held last May 29 in Kuala Lumpur, where Vice President Jejomar Binay was the guest of honor and keynote speaker, and the ARMM Mindanao Invest-ment Forum, scheduled on November 23 to 26 in Cota-bato City. Chairman Antonino, Governor Hataman and other members of the Philippine delegation will also be par-ticipating in the BIMP-EAGA and Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand Growth Triangle (IMT-GT) Consumer Fair in Melaka from November 30 to December 2. The Fair will showcase Philippine high-value agri-fishery products and tourism destinations, which will be participated in by 50 ex-hibitors from Mindanao and Palawan. (DFA)

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PHILIPPINE seafood ex-porters eyeing the Euro-pean Union (EU) markets need to comply with the sustainability standards and certification systems required by their buyers.

This advice was given by Hugo Verhoeven, Senior Programme Manager Team Asia and Eastern Europe of the Netherlands-based Centre for the Promotion of Imports from developing countries (CBI).

“Supermarket chains which are around 75 per-cent of the market are more requiring that sea-food supplies of developing countries are produced in a sustainable way. So companies need to go for

EU markets require sustainable standards for seafood products

responsible fishing,” he said in an interview here.

Philippine suppliers should thus meet sustain-ability labels for seafood products, Verhoeven said, citing as an example the Ma-rine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification.

“ That is something which is going to be very important and if you are not able to comply with that, the chance of getting a market share of the EU market becomes less and less,” he noted.

Verhoeven pointed out that the Philippines has huge potential in the sub-sectors of tuna, prawns and seaweeds. Of these products, tuna has better

possibilities in terms of sustainability.

Tuna, including fresh, frozen, prepared or pre-served in airtight contain-ers, is among the Philippine top export gainers.

“It is really essential that the tuna sector is moving towards more sustainability. I think the Philippines is taking steps to that. That is something that has to be pursued in order to remain successful in exporting products to the European market,” he said.

Verhoeven said sup-pliers find standards and certification systems be-coming tougher to meet.

“Companies are de-manding more from sup-

pliers…If you are able to comply (with these) and you have the right products, the right quality, then, you have a good chance of entering the EU market,” he said.

Verhoeven said the CBI has developed export coaching programs for dif-ferent sectors, including the metalworking, food ingredients and tourism.

He said the programs assist exporters to deter-mine the characteristics of the EU market, how to deal with the buyers, and how to improve their production and processes and product quality, among others. -- Danielle Venz, PHILEXPORT News and Features

THE exports sector contin-ued its rebound this year, albeit subdued, contribut-ing to the two-year high economic growth of 7.1 percent in the third quarter of the year.

Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Arsenio Balisacan said exports of goods rose by 6.7 percent in the third quarter from a negative 14.8 percent during the same period last year. This brought average goods ex-ports to 8.1 percent in the first three quarters.

“Although the sector’s growth was still subdued, the surge in the overseas sales of metal components (466%), telecommunica-tions (473.8%) and office equipment (106%) maybe

Goods, services exports post 7.1% growth in Q3

a sign of renewed vitality in the regional production networks, of which we are a part,” he said.

An economist earlier underscored the impor-tance of participation in regional/global production networks. This provides domestic firms not only ac-cess to more export markets but to newer technologies as well.

Top dollar earners dur-ing the period also included control instrumentation, office equipment and igni-tion wiring sets.

Losers, on the other hand, were automotive electronics, other prod-ucts manufactured from materials on consignment

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ABERDI has likewise enlisted a significant num-ber of local residents in both locations––Kalabugao and Tingalan, Opol––as seasonal plantation workers (pakyaw). A cooperative store run by A Brown em-ployees was also established in Kalabugao to cater to the needs of the plantation workers in the area.

In 2010, ABERDI put up a Php300,000-Tulogan Cen-ter for the Higaonon tribal community in Kalabugao. It is now the center of all tribal activities in the area.

In Opol, MisOr, Mayor Dexter Yasay has recognized the initial inroads of devel-opments infused by ABERDI in his municipality.

“Aside from religiously paying the minimum wage for Opol oil palm workers, the establishment of oil palm plantation served as the driver of socio-economic activity in my municipal-ity”, Yasay said.

For over two years in its operation in Tingalan, Opol, ABERDI has under-taken several road repair and maintenance such as the Salawaga-Tingalan road in the amount of P600,000; Bagocboc-San Simon road, P1 million; Palot-ora road and spillway repair, P200,000; Limbasan road and spillway repair, P100,000; and Tingalan po-blacion, P100,000. Recently, a 4-kilometer farm-to-mar-ket road situated in sitio Binigwayan-nahulogan, Malanang, Opol, Misamis Oriental was constructed by ABERDI at a cost of Php100,000.

Mayor Yasay has also enlisted the assistance of ABERDI worth Php100,000 in the transfer and rehab work of Opol’s Rizal Monu-ment project. Last month, ABERDI donated plastic pipes worth Php18,000 for the communal water system of Barangay Tingalan, Opol.

During its first year of operation in 2010, some 173 Opol and Kalabugao workers were able to send their children to school, pay monthly school fees and eat three times a day.

“The project is giving good impact on the economy of Opol. In fact, before the establishment of the plantation, there was little economic activity except for the illegal mining along river banks and mountains of Opol. If you visit Opol right now, you will see en-couraging results,” Yasay said.

Before the entry of AB-ERDI in Opol, MisOr, some people can hardly get good meal, but since the planta-tion opened, we’re proud to hear positive feedback, Yasay said.

ABERDI alongside with the people’s organizations KASAMAKA in Kalabugao and KMBT in Opol has established nurseries for DENR’s National Green-ing Program. So far, more than 100,000 Falcata tree

Bill...from page 1

Marcoleta. Aurora Rep. Juan Ed-

gardo “Sonny” Angara, one of the proponents of the bill, said since Day 1, “I have been saying that the passage of this proposed measure will signal the beginning of the realization of our quest for good governance, trans-parency and accountability. Filipinos look forward to the day when an open and accountable government serves them, their interests and common aspirations. By then, the days of the corrupt would have surely become a thing of the past.”

“We may be running short of time but if the public will closely watch and monitor, anything is possible, and everything will be doable,” he said.

“We are thankful the committee called for a vote and allowed the bill to pass. Anti-corruption statutes cannot be fully enforced if there are no disclosure and information statutes, as well as laws to protect whistle blowers in government,” he added.

Lacierda, however, said that a lot of things still need to be discussed, such as the need for safeguards, including the right of re-ply, definition of national security and corruption in the media.Green...from page 1

valid for one year, by the DENR in recognition of their efforts for incorpo-rating green policies across their business operations to help protect the envi-ronment.

“The awardees were chosen because of their exemplary environmental performance and for going beyond mere compliance with existing environmental laws and regulations,” said Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources Ra-mon J. P. Paje.

Undersecretary Manuel Gerochi, together with En-vironmental Management Bureau (EMB) Director Juan Miguel Cuna and As-sistant Director Eva Oc-femia handed out the awards during simple rites held at the DENR main office in Quezon City on Thursday (November 29).

Jobless...from page 1

environment reasons and to ease the problem of voluminous wastes and flooding.

But Quintana said Davao City has a huge recycling project that is collecting and recycling 80,000 MT of wastes.

“This is a good project that would help ease the above-mentioned prob-lems,” Quintana said.

Quintana said instead of banning the use of plastic, efforts to inform the people about recycling and how to manage wastes should be

Treatment...from page 6

VM’s regional repre-sentative in Bangkok days before we left Davao City.

During breakfast, we got an overseas call from Dr. Rose Rosete Liquete, her friend and attending physician who was closely following up on Beth’s cell treatment.

For the Davaoenos’ info, Dr. Rose, who is a kidney transplant surgeon at the National Kidney Institute in Quezon City is an “ilongga” originally from Banga, South Cotabato and younger sister of retired Col. “Bomb” Rosete, who is now quietly enjoying his retirement in the US. Col. “Bomb” served us well during the critical times of martial law as AFP’s Community Relations Ser-vice (CRS) Regional Chief, remember?

After the “thank yous and goodbyes” and the “kodakans”, we stepped out of the Villa Medica portals in crisp weather. A chauf-feur, Andreas, then drove us 140kms back to Frankfurt in a plush Mercedes Benz sedan (no big deal out there as the auto bahn (highway) was crawling with MBs and BMWs and Jaguars, Porsches etc).

Frankfurt is where we intend to “unwind” for a few days. A modest but modern hotel “The Pure” just near Frankfurt’s Central Train Station will be our tempo-rary stop for a few days and observe Beth’s conditions before heading back home. Tomorrow, we hope to meet up with Beth’s relatives, Flor Llanos and her half-German son Stephan to handover some “pasalubong” sent by Sister Carmelita Llanos, O.P. of the Dominican Sisters of the Trinity. She manages

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reprehensible not only to the whole democratic system, especially in a gov-ernment which is supposedly anchored on the “right path of governance”, but more so in the eyes of God.

For one, it makes a mock-ery of God’s directive, con-tained in Amos 5:15 of the Bible, for those in power to “…maintain justice in the courts…” Surely, in using

seedlings have been planted in more than 100 hectares classified by DENR as pro-tected areas.

Oil palm is highly rec-ognized as Asia’s sunrise industry because of its tre-mendous potential for high yield and farm income aside from being an excellent forest cover.

ABERDI is the first com-pany to open up oil palm plantation in Kalabugao, Impasug-ong, Bukidnon, Tingalan, Opol, MisOr and other neighboring areas in Northern Mindanao.

ABERDI operates a 10-tonner crude palm oil (CPO) mill plant in Pobla-cion, Impasug-ong, Bukid-non. Under construction on the same site is a Php 100-million oil palm re-finery plant, expected to go into full operations by second quarter of next year.

Impasug-ong Mayor Ma-rio Okinlay acknowledged the tremendous economic contribution of ABERDI, his municipality being the host of the company’s oil palm plantation situated in Kalabugao and the crude palm oil and refinery plant in Poblacion, Impasug-ong, Bukidnon. (Ruffy Mag-banua).

the San Pedro Hospital in Davao City.

That’s what’s unique with Filipinos. Anywhere you go in the world, there are always some relatives or friends out there just too happy to receive you and show you around.

FINAL WORDS: How the fresh stem cell treatment coming from non- humans, like the fetus of the “Black Mountain” sheep will work on ailing human organs is something that is not yet clinically established with scientific certitude. The ef-fect on individual persons is also not the same, as we know. Each one reacts to treatments differently. Also, except for two or three of the Villa Medica guests I saw during our stay, the rest of them were evidently there for the aesthetic or cosmetic, if I may, value of the treat-ment. Yes, the promise of anti- aging or rejuvenation is so attractive, especially to those who can well afford. Celebrities, mostly from Asia have been coming in groups and hordes, I was told by the staff. Last month, in October, a group of 80 Filipinos landed and sat in that infusion room. Yes, in batches. During our own batch, the young couple from Vietnam, reputedly the biggest seafood exporter, had been there on their 3rd treatment. Not to mention my favorite 93-year old Ger-man and his wife who had been regular “comebackers.” There must be something in that treatment that kept them coming.

Beth however keeps saying that the treatment together with the Prayers for Healing already gives her peace of mind and inner peace. The healing of her ailing kidneys, if it comes, will be just extra bonus from God.

In any case, we will find out for ourselves in due time. And we will share these developments to all. As we have said in the beginning of this journey, we both decided to do away with the usual privacy protocols of her treatment so we can share her experience. We will even help those who are interested to try this pio-neering but unconventional treatment by contacting us. I have touched base with VM on this and they agreed.

Glad to be of help. Until my next report.

made so as not to affect the plastic industry.

Crispian Lao, commis-sioner of the National Solid Waste Management Com-mission (Recycling Sector), for his part, said LGUs that adopted the ban on plastics should not focus only on one issue which is environment.

With the ban, people, especially merchandisers, have opted to use paper as substitute which is causing another economic problem in the country.

Lao cited a 2011 data showing that the impor-tation of paper products reached $500 million.

“This is an actual effect of the banning,” he said.

Paje said the PEPP, which covers public and private industrial and commercial establishments, including agri-industrial facilities, manufacturing and com-mercial enterprises, was put in place by the depart-ment as a way of express-ing gratitude to companies committed to environmental protection through various business practices.

“ Their p ol ic ies on self-monitoring and self-regulation deserve to be recognized and emulated by other companies,” Paje pointed out.

All the awardees have not faced a single complaint before the DENR’s Pollution Adjudication Board in the past three years.

As a reward, the DENR will relax its rules on the submission requirements for reports, automatically extend the validity of per-mits and ease procedures in securing environmental compliance certificates for project expansion of the recipients under PEPP Track 1 category.

There are now a total of 57 PEPP Track 1 awardees since the program started in 2009.

Awardees for this year are Aboitiz Power Hedcor Sibulan Inc.-Davao del Sur; Coca-Cola plants in the provinces of Isabela, Ilo-cos Norte, La Union and Pangasinan; Green Core Geothermal, Inc.-Tongonan Geothermal Power Plant; Energy Development Cor-poration’s geothermal power fields in Kidapawan City and Leyte province; and Holcim’s plants in Lugait, Misamis Oriental, and Norzagaray, Bulacan.

Nestle’s Cagayan Distri-bution Center and factory in Pulilan, Bulacan; the Phil-ippine Associated Smelting and Refining Corporation-Isabela, Leyte; Pilipinas Shell’s Tacloban Terminal; Batangas Onshore Gas Re-finery of Shell Philippines Malampaya B. V.; STEAG State Power, Inc.-Misamis Oriental; and Team Energy Corporation’s power sta-tions in Pagbilao, Quezon, and Sual, Pangasinan also received awards.

Past qualifiers under PEPP Track 1 were some factories of Nestle Phil-ippines, Coca-Cola and Holcim, and tycoon Lucio Tan’s Absolut Distillers Inc., which in 2011 also won the Green Apple Award for En-vironmental Best Practice from the London-based environment group, The Green Organisation. denr.gov.ph

one standard for a particu-lar group and another for a group that is not clearly favored, the directive to maintain justice in the courts is mocked, and God, the giver of that directive, is likewise mocked.

This opens up God’s curses to come upon those responsible for using the double standard in the accreditation of party list groups, for it is written in Deuteronomy 28:15 of the Bible, “… if you no longer listen to God and no longer obey His commands… all of these curses will come upon you and overtake you…” The curses may not be im-mediately visible, but they will surely come, as previ-ous Comelec officials have experienced.

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LISTS, JUST A CHARADE: In fact, this whole charade of purging the ranks of party list groups is nothing but just that---a charade with, it appears now, a sinister purpose. First: it is the people who should be allowed to say, through their ballots, whether a group is to be ac-cepted as a party list group or not. The people are the sovereign rulers, not the Comelec.

Second, the supposed purge by the present Come-lec appears to have only one clear purpose, and the mere headlines of news stories about the Comelec’s decision on which party list should be allowed to run say it all: “PNoy’s party list allies given Comelec nod”, “PNoy’s party list critics disqualified”. Just by reading these news head-lines will tell us the reason why there was a “purge” in the first place.

Well, let it not be said that no warning was given to those who at present wield the power at Comelec. The Bible, in its Ecclesiastes 12:14, makes it clear that whatever anyone did, in secret or in public, whether good or bad, will be ac-counted for before God. And the accounting will happen not only during the day of judgment, but even here on earth, while we are still here.

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(Abante Mindanao) will be retained based on its track record.

He said the Comelec can see Abamin’s records which show projects for local gov-ernment units, scholarships (a total of 7,500), livelihood programs for farmers and fisherfolk, and medical mis-sions, among others.

“We have done our homework,” he said.

Some 200 party-lists have already been disquali-fied as of presstime.

As to whom to support in the elections for the city’s top post, he said he is neutral and that it is the people who will decide between incum-bent Mayor Vicente Emano and Gov. Oscar Moreno.

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P2 million each. “These new classrooms

will answer the clamor of school officials that for a long period of time they are still utilizing the di-lapidated school build-ings grossly endangering well–being and health of pupils, and of course, the overcrowding of pupils that often compromise the quality of education,” Ri-vera said.

On the other hand, dark nights are soon be over for two remotest barangays of Bagumbayan after the approval of the proposed installation of Solar Bat-tery Charging Station of Barangay Sumilil and Solar Home System of Barangay Kanulay which plans to light up hundreds of houses

especially of indigenous people in the community.

Barangay Sto. Nino’s residents longing for safe drinking water will be a thing of the past with the construction of Potable Water System level II in different strategic locations of the village.

The six community proj-ects were chosen among the 19 proposed projects of all barangays of Bagumbayan during the Municipal Inter-Barangay Forum-Participa-tory Resource Allocation.

The six projects will be implemented under the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) through the financial support of World Bank. Thirty percent of the total project cost is from the local community counterpart.

Phytoremediation is an intervention using living plants to remove heavy metals and other contaminants from the environment.

Authorities noted that soil contamination by heavy met-als from human activities is among pressing environmental concerns.

The problem is particularly pronounced in dumpsites, they noted.

Republic Act 9003 (Ecolog-ical Solid Waste Management Act of 2000) bans establishment and operation of open dumps nationwide.

“More of such dumps are due for closure but food musn’t be grown there,” Cortez said.

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Export...from page 9

basis, electronic data processing, articles of ap-parel and clothing acces-sories and components/devices (semiconductors).

Balicasan said services exports also rose by a ro-bust 7.6 percent in the third quarter, driven by growth in the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector.

“On the demand side, increased consumer and government spending, increased investments in construction, and the third consecutive quarter of growth in external trade contributed to the highest

quarterly growth since the third quarter of 2012,” said the National Coordination Board (NSCB).

Balisacan attributed the Philippine third-quarter 7.1-percent gross domestic product, the fastest eco-nomic growth in Associa-tion of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), to the robust performance of al-most the domestic sectors.

With this, the country is well on its way to sur-passing the growth target of 5 to 6 percent this year, he said. Year-to-date GDP already reached 6.5 per-cent. -- Danielle Venz, PHILEXPORT News and Features

She said local authorities must identify alternative sites for food production.

They must also provide al-ternative livelihood for people growing food in closed dump-sites, she said.

Cortez noted several stud-ies cite health problems that can arise from consuming food contaminated with heavy metals.

Such problems include im-paired development in children due to lead poisoning; cancer, cardiovascular, pulmonary, kidney and bone diseases from cadmium ingestion; gastro-intestinal- and brain-related illnesses from zinc as well as adversely affected tissue structure and function from copper retention in the body, she noted.

BULUAN, Maguindanao– The Auton-omous Region in Muslim Mindanao on Thursday launched, through the Regional Commission on Bangsamoro Women (RCBW), the Violence Against Women (VAW) Hotline in observance of the 18-day international campaign to end violence against women.The VAW Hotline project aims to encourage women who are suffering from any form of violence and abuse in every part of the region to report to authorities their cases through these numbers.Regional Vice Governor Hadja Bai-non Karon, concurrently the regional secretary of the Department of Social Welfare and Development, said while some of these VAW cases are docu-mented, many remain unreported as an offshoot of the culture of silence

among Muslims. Karon said physical violence is widespread in the region and at times cause the untimely death of its victims.“The 18-day campaign to end violence against women (VAW) started last November 25, calling for the elimi-nation of all forms of violence and abuses through heightened awareness on gender-based violence,” RCBW-ARMM chairperson Helen Roxas-Balawag said.With the theme “VAW-Free society in times of peace, conflict and calamity,” the activity aims to raise conscious-ness within national government agencies, local government units, and the general public about gender-based issues in crisis situations.Assemblywoman Bai Samira Gutoc, representative to the Regional Leg-

islative Assembly (RLA), stressed that this year’s theme is relevant to ARMM because the region has gone through a series of natural and man-made calamities.Most recent of these are the con-frontations between Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) and government troops and the infamous Maguindanao Massacre in 2009.Gutoc, a renowned women’s rights defender, stressed that women em-powerment had been reinforced with her appointment to represent the voice of the women in the RLA.Gutoc cited the recent conflict in Maguindanao between government forces and BIFF forces where more than half of the 50,000 displaced in-dividuals were women who suffered in evacuation centers.

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