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Weather UpdateIntertropIcal convergence Zone af-fecting Southern Mindanao. northeast Monsoon affecting luzon. Mindanao and eastern Visayas will have cloudy skies with light to moderate rainshowers and thunderstorms.Moderate to strong winds blowing from the northeast will prevail over the eastern section of the country and the coastal waters along these areas will be moderate to rough. elsewhere, winds will be moderate coming from the northeast with moderate seas.

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Villar at Ati-atihan Festival - Former Congw. Cynthia Villar celebrated with the Kalibonons during the Ati-atihan Festival. The Ati-atihan Festival, marked by colorful street dancers parading colorful indigenous costumes and body paints, is held annually in January in honor of Santo Niño (Infant Jesus). Accompanying Mrs. Villar is Vice-Gov. Billie Calizo-Quimpo.

By CHriS V. PaNGaNiBaN

SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur--- Now it can be told. Even parents of town councilors here were among those who protested against the skyrocketing 1000 per-cent increase of stall rental

By mindaNews/lorie ann Cascaro

DAVAO CITY Mayor Sara Duterte has ordered the suspension of classes in kindergarten, elementary and high school on Monday as floods displaced some 30,000 residents. In Davao del Norte where a state of emergency has been declared, one person was reported missing. The City Social Services and Development Office (CSSDO) said 7,438 families or 29,193 persons had evacuated as of 3 p.m. Sunday when the Davao River overflowed. Emmanuel Jaldon, chief of the city’s Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (DRRMC), told a press briefing at 2 p.m. Sunday that 12 barangays in

aerial photo shows the flooded area near Gem Village in Brgy. maa, Davao City on Sunday, January 20. Photo Courtesy of Bong Go / office of the Vice mayor

lClasses in Davao City suspended due

to floods, state of emergency declared

in Davao Norte

No classes!

Parents of town councilors opposenew tax law in San Franz, AgSur

fees for business establish-ments raising doubts if ever public hearings were widely conducted before the new tax ordinance was imple-mented starting this year. “How can they say there were public hearings

Fake business permit syndicate in Davao?By marloN GaYoG

Davao City – A business firm here has alleged that a syndicate could be behind the issuance of fake business permits by the City Engi-neering Office of this City.The fake building permit

was reportedly issued to Moonbeam Realty Dev’t Corp. of San Pedro Ext., Davao City, very recently.An informant who requested anonymity said that some officials of the City

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“My sister really loves hairstyling and so do I, then we decided to build this studio,” Carol said as she recounts how she came with the idea of making their love for fashion and beauty a business. Tacs, on the other hand, is a junior stylist with train-ing from the famous L’oreal Paris Academy Philippines. Among the famous ce-lebrities under his care are actresses like Camina Villaroel, and many others. Ms Carol said Clips dot Comb also provides consul-tation services for clients with hair problems, and gives advices for the lat-est trends in beauty and fashion.

Clips dot Comb out to give meaning to beauty and fashion

By IRENE DOMINGO, Reporter

CAGAYAN de Oro’s pride Clips dot Comb is making headway in making Kagay-anons more fashionable, both in beauty and hair-styles, as it opened last November 18, 2012 its hair studio at the second floor 27-B NeoCentral Arcade in Brgy. Cugman. Clips dot Comb propri-etor Ms. Carol Jardeleza takes pride of her new hair studio beaming with confidence that her love for hairstyle, along with the expertise of Manila-based celebrity hair stylist Tacs Mallorca, can make a difference in the world of hair fashion and beauty.

Republic of the PhilippinesLocal Civil Registry Office

Province of Misamis OrientalMUNICIPALITY OF CLAVERIA

OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CIVIL REGISTRAR

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

In compliance with Section 7 of R.A. No. 10172, a notice is hereby served to the public that JORIECARDS ROCHE ARANAS has filed with this Office a petition for Correction of Clerical Error particularly in his GENDER from “FEMALE” to “MALE” in the Certificate of Live Birth of JORIECARDS ROCHE ARANAS who was born on OCTOBER 26, 1978 at CLAVERIA, MISAMIS ORIENTAL and whose parents are RICARDO ARANAS and MARJORIE MAGTUBA ROCHE. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his/her written opposition with this Office not later than JANUARY 31, 2013.

(SGD.) ANNA VICTORIA A. EVANGELISTA Municipal Civil RegistrarMDN: JAN. 22 & 29, 2013

THE countr y’s Hall of Fame Most Outstanding Chamber of Commerce and Industry is happy that it gained an attentive ally in Kagawad Juan Sia who understood the horrible plight of Sendong victims.

“The proposal for 50% discount on the real prop-

Oro Chamber lauds Oro dad for endorsing 50% RPTerty taxes from 2012 up to 2014 will not only benefit member companies but everyone hit by Tropi-cal Storm Sendong,” said Chamber President Efren Uy.

In fact , the request was more of a reminder to the city that it is em-

powered under the Local Government Code to grant tax exemption privileges (Chapter V, Section 192 of RA 7160) especially in cases of natural calamities, civil disturbances, general failure of crops, or adverse economic conditions such as substantial decrease in the prices of agricultural or agri-based products.

Article 282 of the IRR also reiterated that the grant of tax exemptions, incentives or reliefs by the local sangguniang bayan/panlungsod/panlalawigan shall only extend to tax-es and shall not apply to regulatory fees and shall be extended through an ordinance.

Mr. Uy further said that

the proposed 50% RPT discount is so small if we were to consider that the banks in the area already zero-valued all proper-ties affected by Sendong. Property owners can no longer use these proper-ties as collaterals because their value is zero.

It’s 100% afterall and the 50% discount we are

asking for is a fair and justifiable assistance to Sendong victims to help them bounce back and fully recover from the disaster.

“We hope that more councilors will be able to appreciate the rationale behind such request and would rally for the approval of an ordinance to this effect soonest,” said Uy.

CAGAYAN de Oro–The Association of Mindanao Rural Electric Cooperatives, Inc. (AMRECO) in partner-ship with the Mindanao University of Science and Technology -MUST IPSEc, Institute of Power Sector Economics is in the planning stages of its annual con-

Amreco, MUST prepare forannual congress of power coops

gress of power cooperatives in Mindanao which seeks to mainstream challenges and issues of Mindanao’s POWER Future.

The event will focus on renewable energy, rural electrification and devel-opment.

The planning commit-tee is working diligently to assemble a meaningful and timely program featuring speakers who will address current industry issues and ultimately bringing together

the key stakeholders from all over Mindanao, as well as leaders in the industry to explore Mindanao’s Power Future.

MinCARED 2013 will be an essential event shaping the need of seeking sus-tainable solutions for the Mindanao Power Crisis.

The Congress will pro-vide leading opportunity for the Mindanao Power Advo-cates to discuss deeper the Mindanao Power Agenda and the ways and means to increase the visibility of the industry in multilateral negotiations.

The Association of Min-danao Rural Electric Coop-eratives Inc.,-AMRECO of-fers a new focus for seeking solutions on the challenges of meeting demands for

Mindanao’s Power Future with the theme: “Main-streaming the Mindanao Power Agenda.”

Participants will include representatives from the local government units, Mindanao governors and congressmen, nongovern-ment organization (NGOs), academia, civil society orga-nizations, electric coopera-tive constituencies, media, private sector and other significant stakeholders.

The collective voice of the Mindanaoans Power Advocates is bound to be taken with seriousness, the world over, and as such, the participation of all key stakeholders is vital to the success of the Congress for the cause for which it is being organized.

Republic of the PhilippinesLocal Civil Registry Office

Province: Agusan del NorteCity/Municipality: Butuan City


In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that SUNDERY PETEROS SEMBRANO has filed with this Office a petition for Change of First Name from “SUNDY REYNALDO” to “Sundery” in the birth certificate of SUNDY REYNALDO PETEROS CEMBRANO who was born on January 16, 1966 at Emmanuel Hos-pital, Butuan, Agusan del Norte, Philippines and whose parents are LEONIL GALVE CEMBRANO and IMELDA ROLLORATA PETEROS. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than 04 February 2013.

(SGD.) JUDITH ALVIZO-CALO, LLB, MPA City Civil Registrar

MDN: Jan. 22 & 29, 2013

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hence the person can succumb to various kinds of infections and complications. 10. Chemotherapy and radiation can cause cancer cells to mutate and become resistant and difficult to destroy. Surgery can also cause cancer cells to spread to other sites. 11. An effective way to battle cancer is to starve the cancer cells by not feeding it with the foods it needs to multiply. a. Sugar is a cancer-feeder. By cutting off sugar it cuts off one important food supply to the cancer cells. Sugar substitutes like NutraSweet, Equal, Spoon-ful, etc are made with Aspartame and it is harmful. A better natural substitute would be Manuka honey or molasses- but only in very small amounts. b. Milk causes the body to produce mucus, especially in the gastro-intestinal tract. Cancer feeds on mucus. By cutting off milk and substituting with unsweetened soya milk cancer cells are being starved. Milo, Ovaltine, Horlicks are made with milk and best avoided. c. Cancer cells thrive in an acid environment. A meat-based diet is acidic and it is best to eat fish, and a little chicken rather than beef or pork. Meat also contains livestock antibiotics, growth hormones and parasites, etc., which are harmful, especially to people with cancer. d. A diet made of 80% fresh vegetables and juice, whole grains, seeds, nuts and a little fruits help put the body into an alkaline envi-ronment. About 20% can be from cooked food including beans. Fresh vegetable juices provide live enzymes that are easily absorbed and reach down to cellular levels within 15 minutes to nourish and enhance growth of healthy cells. e. Avoid coffee, tea, and choco-late, which have high caffeine. Green tea is a better alternative and has cancer-fighting properties. 12. Meat protein is difficult to digest and requires a lot of digestive enzymes. Undigested meat remaining in the intestines become putrefied and leads to more toxic build-up. 13. Cancer cell walls have a tough protein covering. By re-fraining from or eating less meat it frees more enzymes to attack the protein walls of cancer cells and allows the body’s killer cells to destroy the cancer cells. 14. Some supplements build up the immune system (IP6, Flor-essence, Essiac, anti-oxidants, vitamins, minerals, EFAs etc.) to enable the body’s own killer cells to destroy cancer cells. Other supple-ments (Maitake e.g.) are known to cause cancer cells apoptosis, that is, induce cancer cells to commit. 15. Cancer is a disease of the mind, body, and spirit. A proac-tive and positive spirit will help the cancer warrior be a survivor. Anger, unforgiveness and bitter-ness put the body into a stressful and acidic environment. Learn to relax and enjoy and trust God for healing. 16. Cancer cells cannot thrive in an oxygenated environment. Ex-ercising daily, and deep breathing help to get more oxygen down to the cellular level. Oxygen therapy is another means employed to destroy cancer cells. 17. Cancer can be reversed with nutrition, supplements and clinically proven complementary and alternative therapies. 18. Cancer can be healed by divine intervention of God the Healer.

chips. Looking at the 6,000 hospital patients, researchers found the most obese were more likely to be in high-pressure jobs. The report concluded that, to avoid panic-induced food cravings, we need to control our blood sugar levels by snacking on high carbohydrate foods every two hours to keep levels steady.

Ulcers: The banana is used as the dietary food against intestinal disorders because of its soft texture and smooth-ness.

Temperature control: Many other cultures see bananas as a “cooling” fruit that can lower both the physical and emotional temperature of expectant mothers.Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD): Bananas can help SAD sufferers because they contain the natural mood enhancer tryptophan.

Smoking: Bananas can help people trying to give up smoking. The B6 and B12 they contain, as well as the potassium and magnesium found in them, help the body recover from the effects of nicotine withdrawal.

Stress: Potassium is a vital mineral, which helps normalize the heartbeat, sends oxygen to the brain, and regulates your body’s water balance. When we are stressed, our metabolic rate rises, thereby reducing our potassium levels. These can be rebalanced with the help of a high-potassium banana snack.

Strokes: According to research in “The New England Journal of Medicine,” eating bananas as part of a regular diet can cut the risk of death by strokes by as much as 40%!PASS IT ON TO YOUR FRIENDS “Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity.” 1 Timothy 4:12

Not only FACTS about bananas was shared to me by my very good friends, she also shared to me the following: come on and pend for just a 5-minute time reading… Cancer information and preventionKnowing the facts makes us aware of what we should do and should not do. Here’s some very useful and important information about cancer prevention that I would like to share with you. 1. Every person has cancer cells in the body. These cancer cells do not show up in the standard tests until they have multiplied to a few billion. When doctors tell cancer patients that there are no more cancer cells in their bodies after treatment, it just means the tests are unable to detect the cancer cells because they have not reached the detectable size. 2. Cancer cells occur between 6 to more than 10 times in a person’s lifetime. 3. When the person’s immune system is strong the cancer cells will be destroyed and prevented from multiplying and forming tumors. 4. When a person has cancer it indicates the person has multiple nutritional deficiencies. These could be due to genetic, environmental, food and lifestyle factors. 5. To overcome the multiple nutritional deficiencies, changing diet and including supplements will strengthen the immune system. 6. Chemotherapy involves poison-ing the rapidly-growing cancer cells and also destroys rapidly-growing healthy cells in the bone marrow, gastro-intestinal tract etc., and can cause organ damage, like liver, kidneys, heart, lungs etc. 7. Radiation while destroying cancer cells also burns, scars and damages healthy cells, tissues and organs. 8. Initial treatment with chemo-therapy and radiation will often reduce tumor size. However prolonged use of chemotherapy and radiation do not result in more tumor destruction. 9. When the body has too much toxic burden from chemotherapy and radiation the immune system is either compromised or destroyed,

PSST!! DO YOU WANNA KNOW A SECRET?...

By Emily T. Branzuela

A very best friend of mine shared to me this secret. She accidentally browsed this secret from the inter-net two years ago. I don’t want to keep this for me only because this secret is very useful for the men, women, and children of all ages who are very much concerned with their HEALTH…. So if you are one of them, have a HAPPY Reading. This is my secret…..The Scoop about a BANANA…

WOW, amazing!!! After Reading THIS, you’ll NEVER look at a banana in the same way again! Bananas containing three natural sugars - sucrose, fructose and glucose, combined with fiber, a banana gives an instant, sustained, and substantial boost of energy for a strenuous 90-minute workout. No wonder the banana is the number one fruit with the world’s leading athletes. But energy isn’t the only way a banana can help us keep fit. It can also help overcome or prevent a substantial number of illnesses and conditions, making it a must to add to our daily diet.

Depression: According to a recent survey undertaken by MIND amongst people suffering from depres-sion, many felt much better after eating a banana. This is because bananas contain tryptophan, a type of protein that the body converts into serotonin, known to make you relax, improve your mood, and generally make you feel happier.

PMS: For the Ladies Forget the pills - eat a banana. The vitamin B6 it contains regulates blood glucose levels, which can affect your mood.

Anemia: High in iron, bananas can stimu-late the production of hemoglobin in the blood and so helps in cases of anemia.

Blood Pressure: This unique tropical fruit is extremely high in potassium yet low in salt, making it the perfect way to beat blood pressure. So much so, the US Food and Drug Administration has just allowed the banana industry to make of-ficial claims for the fruit’s ability to reduce the risk of blood pressure and stroke.

Brain Power: 200 students at a Twickenham (Middlesex) school were helped through their exams this year by eating bananas at breakfast, break, and lunch in a bid to boost their brain power. Research has shown by making pupils more alert…

Constipation: For the Ladies High in fiber, including bananas in the diet can help restore normal bowel action, helping to overcome the problem without resorting to laxatives.

Hangovers: One of the quickest ways of curing a hangover is to make a banana milkshake, sweetened with honey. The banana calms the stomach and, with the help of the honey, builds up depleted blood sugar levels, while the milk soothes and re-hydrates your system.

Heartburn: Bananas have a natural antacid effect in the body., so if you suffer from heartburn, try eating a banana for soothing relief.Morning Sickness: For the Ladies Snacking on bananas between meals helps to keep blood sugar levels up and avoid morning sick-ness.

Mosquito bites: Before reaching for the insect bite cream, try rubbing the affected area with the inside of a banana skin. Many people find it amazingly successful at reducing swelling and irritation.

Nerves: Bananas are high in B vitamins that help the nervous system.

Overweight and at work? Studies at the Institute of Psy-chology in Austria found pres-sure at work leads to gorging on comfort food like chocolate and

Republic of the PhillipinesLocal Civil Registry Office

Province of Zamboanga del SurCity/Municipality of Tukuran


In compliance with_____.Act No. 10172, a notice is hereby served to the Public that Venus Undag Bulay-og has filed with this Office a petition for change of Gender from Male to Female in the birth certificate of Venus Undag bulay-og who was born on May 6, 1991 at Tukuran, Zamboanga del Sur and whose parents are Nestor F. Bulay-og and Eppie B. Undag. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his/her written opposition with this Office not later that 18th of January 2013.

(Sgd.) GINALYN D. ACUÑA City/Municipal Civil Registrar

MDN: JAN. 22 & 29, 2013

residents ride on payloader as they evacuate from the indundated deca Homes in Barangay tigatto, davao City on sunday. Mindanews photo by Keith Bacongco

DAVAO del Norte––Wide-spread flooding occurred in the previously typhoon-hit provinces of Compostela Valley, Davao del Norte and Davao Oriental due to continuous rains since Friday night brought by the tail-end of the cold front.

Two bridges in Davao Oriental have collapsed; some areas in the four towns in Davao del Norte are high in flood-waters; and baran-gays in almost all towns in Compostela Valley are experiencing flooding as rivers and creeks overflow with surging flood-waters.

This came about with continuous rains hitting the provinces since Friday night, Jan. 18, brought about by the tail-end of the cold-front which, according to PAGASA Davao Station Chief Gerry Pedrico, would stay for few days more.

DAVAO DEL NORTEAs of 4:00 p.m., Provin-

cial Information Officer Ro-mulo D. Tagalo reported that one Ramon Ampong,age 63 of Brgy. Sonlon, Asuncion Municipality was declared missing after he was seen swept by surging flood-waters when he tried to cross Saug River.

The incident occured at around 3:00 p.m. while rescue operations of the Provincial Disaster Risk Re-duction Office (PDRRMC) Reduce D’ Risk (RDR) strike force conducted rescue op-erations in Kapalong and in

Typhoon-hit provinces, floodedBy JeaNeViVe duroN-aBaNgaN

towns of Asuncion and in Sto. Tomas.

PDRRMO action of-ficer Sonio Sanchez said as of this afternoon that three RDR strike teams had been dispatched since 12:00 a.m. upon request of local government units.

Around past midnight (Jan. 20) one team was sent to Kapalong as its poblacion areas were submerged in flood-waters. Another was sent to Braulio E. Dujali town at around 4:00 a.m., while one was sent this af-ternoon to Purok Mangga, Assumpta, Tagum City to rescue residents staying at roof-tops of their houses due to rising floodwaters.

PDRRMO also reported impassable roads and bridg-es due to heavy downpour of rains. As of 5:30 p.m. (Jan. 20) PDRRMO through PIO, reported that the old Mi-randa Bridge (being used as exit bridge from Tagum City to Davao City) was closed to traffic as flood-waters spilled over the highway in Brgy. Guadalupe, Carmen.

Earlier, as of 12:15 a.m. (Jan. 20), PDRRMO re-ported that heavy rains with moderate to strong winds hit most parts of the province resulting to flooding in vari-ous low-lying areas which made the following vital roads impassable: Barangay Sagayen, Asuncion national road going to Municipal-ity of San Isidro at Purok 10; Purok 1, Brgy. Florida,

Kapalong: Provincial Road going to barangay proper; and Brgy. Camiling, Carmen Provincial Road going to Sto. Tomas.

As of press-time, Taga-lo said families evacuated stood at 1,662 with of 8,139 individuals; one house was reported damaged, esti-mated to be worth P50,000.

DAVAO ORIENTALMeanwhile, Governor

Corazon Malanyaon re-vealed this afternoon that barangays Taytayan, San Vi-cente, San Jose and Alegria in Cateel town, were flooded prompting her to seek rescue assistance from the police and the military. Malanyaon expressed need for more rubber boats to augment rescue equipment.

She also confirmed re-ports of PDRMMC action officer Jesusa Timbang who reported the collapse of Taytayan Bridge connect-ing Baganga and Cateel towns; and San Jose Bridge, connecting Baganga and Caraga towns.COMPOSTELA VALLEY

In Compostela Valley, municipal information of-ficers through the Provincial Information Dissemination Section reported accounts of flooding in their respec-tive areas.

In Montevista, Edwin Antia said flood waters swamped in most rice fields; forced evacuation was en-forced as of 10:15 a.m.; and puroks 2, 4, 6 and 7 in Barangay Banagbanag, Montevista town have been submerged in floodwater since 2:00 p.m. In Laak, Janice Ollave said that light to heavy rainfall in the entire municipality has been pour-ing since Friday evening; Log-deck River connecting Laak and San Isidro (town in Davao del Norte) overflowed last night but floodwaters subsided as of this morn-ing; however vehicles still cannot pass from Laak to Tagum City and vice versa, due to flooding somewhere in Asuncion and Kapalong,

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by EMILY TANZO BRANZUELA

NORBERT REY JHON AMANCIO ESPORMA, ALLAH JANE MOLLENO DONGUINES and ELIA MORALES LUZON all grade VI pupils of KIBAWE CENTRAL SCHOOL garnered medals in last year’s DIVISION SCHOOLS PRESS CONFERENCE 2012 (DSPC 2012) in the DIVISION of BUKIDNON held at PANGANTUCAN CENTRAL E/S, PANGANTU-CAN, BUKIDNON in OCTOBER 18–20, 2012. ESPORMA got 1st place for TALENT COMPETI-TION, DONGUINES got 2nd place for newswriting FILIPINO category and LUZON got 3rd place for COPYREADING, FILIPINO CATEGORY. “ST or SIPAG AT TIYAGA is their key in win-ning the contest” said MRS. ELVIRA SORONGON ARABEJO, their school PRINCIPAL. Aside from the 3 winners, KCS JOURNALISM team won the ff. awards: LARA SHEINA PLASOS LAPING got 7th place for PHOTOJOURNALISM (FILIPINO CATEGORY), NIKKI PLANTERAS ALUBA got 7th place for SPORTSWRITING (ENGLISH CATEGORY), NORBERT REY JHON AMANCIO ESPORMA got 8th place for COPYREADING [ENGLISH CATEGORY], SARAH REALYN CONCEPCION MICABALO got 10th place for FEATURE WRITING (ENGLISH CATEGORY), RADIO BROADCASTING TEAM ENGLISH got 7th place & RADIO BROADCAST-ING TEAM FIL. got 8th place. DONGUINES and LUZON qualify themselves for the REGIONAL SCHOOLS PRESS CONFER-ENCE 2013 to be held at OZAMIZ CITY on JAN. 24-26, 2013 with MRS. JANITH PEREZ FENECIOS and MRS. ELAINE JOY ABAD DADULO as their COACHES RESPECTIVELY….. GO, GO, GO, KIBAWEÑOS, GO!

TRES KIBAWEÑOSEXCEL IN DSPC 2012

a new advertising medium for businesses is this rotating contraptions found on what used to be plant vases lining the Velez street in front of the Misamis Oriental provincial capitol in Cagayan de Oro City. Observers are wondering how this came about and where the money goes from the advertising revenue generated. Photo by Gerry L. Gorit

In support to the project on technology transfer for Micro-bial/organic Fertilizer and Mushroom cultivation in clave-ria, Misamis oriental which is now being implemented by KoIca-coaID, Da-rFU 10 through the claveria experiment Station (Da-ceS) and MoScat, a training/Seminar program for mushroom technology will be conducted by the Korean International cooperation agency (KoIca) through the cen-ter for overseas agriculture and International Development (coaID) project team and the Misamis oriental State college of agriculture and technology (MoScat) of claveria, Misa-mis oriental through the Institute of agriculture addressing technology dissemination and commercialization among the farmers in the province.

this training on mushroom technology transfer is car-ried out in 4 sessions at 2 hours per session (January 25, February 1, 8, and 15, 2013 at 10:00 to12:00 am) which will be held at the Ia eroom. Dr. chang, Hyun-You, an expert on Mushroom technology from Korea national college of agriculture and Fisheries, South Korea and also the KoIca project team leader on Mushroom technology transfer will be the resource speaker.

KoIca-coaID will provide mushroom cultivation book (160p volume), lunch (refreshments), gift (shirts with collar) and certificate to the participants with perfect attendance.

the topics will deal largely on ‘How to make money through mushroom cultivation’ for claveria community. participants who will be invited are limited to only forty (40) which will be composed of MOSCAT faculty, students, agricultural technicians and farmers who are interested on mushroom cultivation.

KoIca, the funding agency, is a government organization in Korea under the Ministry of Foreign affairs and trade, engaged in international development cooperation by provid-ing material and physical aid to reduce poverty and achieve sustainable development.

the coaID, the implementing agency and a subsidiary institution of chungbuk national University in Korea, imple-mented programs and projects in the developing countries like the philippines, focusing on major program areas on rural development, environment and climate change.

this project covers the implementation of the technology transfer on commercial mushroom production and organic fertilizer production in claveria experiment Station and MOSCAT for period of 9 months (from November 3, 2012 to August 3, 2013) and subject for extension for another one year based on the performance of the project and subject for the approval of funding support from KoIca.

KoIca-coaID, MoScat to hold training on mushroom

production technology

Last of two parts

MR. PLAZA said it is in the interest of the national government to act quickly on the continued decline of the wood processing sector caused by red tape due to its significant contributions to the regional and national economies.

Since 2006, Bureau of Customs and DTI data show processed forestry prod-ucts consistently ranked 5th among the major exports of Northern Mindanao (from a high of $63.34-million in 2010, $29.62-M in 2011 and $21.01-M for the first 3 quarters of 2012).

Mr. Plaza said federa-tion members employ about 25,000 men and women who are mostly unskilled labor. The sector is also the biggest provider of wooden crates as packaging materi-als for fruits and vegetable including tomatoes (5-mil-lion crates annually), fresh fruits (2-million) and one million wooden pallets for industries. “Northern Mind-anao is the biggest producer of tomatoes and fresh pine-apples in the country and its third largest producer of bananas,” Mr. Plaza stressed.

In 2011, figures from the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics, Region 10 show Northern Mindanao pro-duced 51,109 metric tons (MT) of tomatoes worth P653, 682.58, a 22% in-crease over the previous year. It produced 1,159,698 MT of pineapples worth P 9,150,015 (a 46.51% increase over 2010) and 1,725,775 MT of bananas worth P 27,888,527.23 (+.96%).

BAS-10 figures also show exports of fresh and canned

the wood processing industry in northern Mindanao employs workers who would other-wise have trouble finding employment elsewhere like high school graduates or married women with no college degrees.

Wood processing: Key industry sector, employerpineapples from the region in 2011 totaled $ 33.67-million, a 38.5 percent increase from the $ 24.3-million in 2010.

The forestry and wood processing sector also pro-vides the cheapest source of fuel for marginal households while sawdust and firewood are major sources of biomass fuel for the Nestle Phils. and Bukidnon Sugar Milling power plants.Appeal to the Senate and

DENRLast year, federation

officials led by Plaza and Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental Municipal Mayor Paulino Y. Emano personally appealed to Sen. Francis Pangilinan and DENR Secretary Ramon Paje for DENR to continue allowing sawmills sourcing from tree plantations to op-erate pending final issuance of a definite set of guidelines on WPP issuance/renewal.

“Because of this effort, we are currently the only region in the country which was given a one year reprieve to continue operating un-til such time we come up with sustainable solutions to the issue,” Mr. Plaza said. “DENR agreed to defer the implementation of the WPP

renewal for mini sawmills for a year since the sec-ond tomato harvest season was already approaching and pineapple and banana exports continued to be shipped out.”

The federation is request-ing the national government to finally clarify, that Section 2 Sub-section 2.5 of EO 23 is only applicable to those who source raw materials from the forests, and to restore the supply contract back to one (1) year for processors sourcing from tree planta-tions since WPP issuance is done annually.

“The supply of tree plan-tation logs is not always reli-able as harvests also depend on the weather,” Mr. Plaza noted. “Most tree planters are small farmers with small land holdings and don’t have the capacity to meet a five- year log supply contract. Not the least, this might also lead to pole vaulting by contract growers once prices spike.”

Not the least, the federa-tion is requesting the Anti Illegal Logging Task Force to finally develop and roll-out the supposed incentives for industrial tree plantations per Resolution No. 1 signed

in February 21, 2011 which is tasked to come out with the rules and regulations for EO 23.

Tree plantation farmers and wood processor mem-bers of the federation include the Cagayan de Oro Lumber Dealers Association; Tago-loan Mini Sawmill Operators Association; Association of Bandsaw Operators and Lumber Dealers of Eastern Misamis Oriental (ABOLDE-MOR); First Mindanao United Wood Processors Cooperative (FIMUWOP-CO); and other independent companies.

“When this Federation was organized in 2002, it had a rough time as only a few saw the need to orga-nize,” said Gomer A. Sabio, federation trustee. “When we re-organized in 2009, it spurred the importance of being together and proved critical. Imagine what we would have done if EO#23 arrived and we were not organized? Strength in num-bers has always been a proven strategy and we hope that we continue to support the federation by being actively involved and welcoming more members.”

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KORONADAL City - For a Secure and Fair Election (SAFE), in view of the national and local elections in May this year, the Philippine National Police Regional Office 12, through the leadership of P/CSupt. Alex Paul Monteagudo, led a Unity Walk and Prayer Rally, January 13, here in the city.

PNP leads Unity Walk and Prayer Rally for SAFE Election

By: Airyn B. Sucion

The walk, which started at daybreak was attended by more than 500 individuals from different government agencies, sectoral organiza-tions and contingents from PNP stations all over the region assembled in three designated areas.

From Marvella Plaza Hotel area, the officials and personnel of the Police Regional Office, Saranggani Police Provincial Office, General Santos City Police Office, Department of the Interior and Local Govern-ment and Comelec.

From the Doctors’Clinic and Hospital area, the Co-tabato Police Provincial Office, Sultan Kudarat PNP and Regional Public Safety Battalion, while from the South Cotabato Police Pro-vincial Office and all police stations in the province, Barangay Peacekeeping

Action Teams and Army Reservists of the City of Koronadal started out from Barangay GPS.

All groups converged at the roundball area led by the marching band of PRO-12 going to Rizal Park for the Prayer Rally. DILG 12 Deputy Regional Director Reynaldo M. Bungubung also joined the event.

In his message, Provin-cial Police Director Ran-dolf R. Delfin, assured the assembly for the PNP to remain neutral and all its personnel to stay out of politics and for the provi-sion of equal protection for fair and safe conduct of elections.

Comelec Assistant Re-gional Director Jose Vil-lanueva congratulated the PNP for coming up with the idea to walk for unity and conduct a prayer rally

this early since normally this event would only be conducted during the com-mand conference at the start of election period. He added that it was a good sign that all stake-holders and community in the region were unified in walking and praying for safe election.

Police Sr. Supt. Villan-ueva further pointed out that the enforcement and implementation of Come-lec rules was not only the responsibility of the of-fice but by all stakehold-ers especially the PNP to consider the paramount and constitutional rights of every citizen even in the implementation of gun ban.

Meanwhile, Police Sr. Insp. Benjamin Mauricio Jr., chief of the Public Infor-mation Office of PRO-12, said that the PNP conduct-

ed the event to drumbeat the significance of national and local elections on May 13, 2013 targeting the hu-mane and spiritual side of the electorate.

He said further that he believed that calling for unity among the people and other stakeholders would have a big impact to achieve genuine peace for the upcoming elections in Region-12.

To prove such, next month the PNP would conduct a covenant sign-ing with all candidates in the municipalities, cities and provinces to seal their commitment to maintain peace and order during the election period.

Pastor Samuel Timog-timog of the Capital Alli-ance Church, Imam Council Abet Abubakar and Police Supt. Noel R. Ponsaran,

the regional chaplain of PRO-12, led the interfaith prayer and benediction.

Concluding the event, the signing of pledge of commitment and releas-ing of white balloons to symbolize peace by the PNP, different government agencies, religious leaders and other stakeholders gave more significance to the activity. (Koronadal web/arjaysfelicilda)

KORONADAL City - A host of Koronadal’s local talents featured an array of songs and dances, each distinctly choreographed, to the delight of spectators wanting to have a glimpse of arts in motion.

Proud Koronadaleño performers were radiantly dressed in their colorful costumes giving the unique Koronadeños culture and rich heritage a boost dur-ing the opening of the 73rd Foundation Anniversary and 13th Hinguyaw Festi-val, January 4 at city hall grounds.

Guest speaker, Min-danao Development Au-

thority Chair Luwalhati R. Antonino, in her message said that with this year’s theme, ”Living in Harmory, Moving Towards Prosper-ity”, Koronadal had already started to reap the fruits of its effort to live in peace and advance towards progress.

Sec. Antonino recog-nized the strong and dy-namic leadership of City Mayor Peter B. Miguel say-ing, “I am pleased to know that you cited strategies to unite your people and propelKoronadal towards greater progress”.

She further said, “It is one of the cornerstones of the Mindanao Socio-

Economic Development clearly identified in our roadmap to progress, the Mindano 2020 development program”.

Earlier, the fest ival started with a motorcade, led by Mayor Miguel and other city officials.

Contingents represent-ing national line agencies, officials of the 27 baran-gays, public and private schools, civic groups, or-ganizations and companies joined in.

The opening of the Hinugyaw Festival was as peaceful as it was festive. (http://koronadal.gov.ph/arjaysfelicilda)

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Sen. ‘Koko’ Pimentel is losing supportAS the midterm election in May this year is approaching, the locals have started to size up Senatorial candidates that they would possibly support. The old folks have their way of saying it: ‘Scale them (candidates) like a fish.’

There are only two Senatorial candidates from Mindanao. One is the candidate of the United Nation-alists Alliance, a national opposi-tion political party, and the other is the administration candidate of the Liberal Party.

‘Migz’ Zubiri is the the UNA candidate while ‘Koko’ Pimentel is the LP candidate. Migz is from Bukidnon while ’Koko’ is from Cagayan De Oro. There are, however, gray areas in ‘Koko’ Pimentel’s claim that he hails from Cagayan De Oro. While his father, the illustrious former Senator Aquilino Pimentel, Jr. shaped his political life in Cagayan de Oro City, the Pimentel has traced their fam-ily roots to Luzon. The same is true with ‘Migz’ whose family roots were traced to Western Visayas. However, that is not the issue.

The bone of contention is that the people of Cagayan De Oro are losing faith against the Pimentel’. It is un-fortunate that ‘Koko’ Pimentel, although he was able to

wrestle the Senatorial seat from Migz Zubiri through an election protest, his winning the Senatorial seat was not convincing. Of course, there are still those in Cagayan De Oro who believed in ‘Koko’ Pimentel. Yet, whether those who believed in ‘Koko’ could lead him to an election victory in Cagayan De Oro is another thing. What do people say of ‘Koko’ and Migz as Senatorial candidates from Mindanao?

Incumbent City Councilor Jose ‘Pepe’ Abbu said he would endorse the Senatorial candidacy of ‘Migz’ Zu-biri. Pepe, however, did not say anything for or against ‘Koko.’ Will Abbu support ‘Koko’s senatorial bid? That is another thing. In politics, however, an endorsement of an incumbent elected official is crucial.

With Abbu’s endorsement, the endorsement of ‘Migz’ Zubiri by the Association of Barangay Captains (ABC) in Cagayan De Oro is not farfetched. During his stint as a Senator, Zubiri provided multi-cabs to the 80 barangays of Cagayan De Oro City. When ‘Koko’ succeeded in ousting Migz and became a Senator, ‘Koko’ reportedly accomplished intrigues and rants that infuriate the lo-cal electorates.

Well, betting is discreetly circulating in the city’s political nook and cranny. The bet is ‘Koko’ could win against ‘Migz.’ The other side is that ‘Koko’ could win in Cagayan De Oro as a Senator.

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LIFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “If you fully obey the Lord your God and carefully follow all his commands… the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations on earth. All these blessings will come on you and ac-company you if you obey the Lord your God… The Lord will open the heavens, the storehouse of his bounty, to send rain on your land in season…” (Deuteronomy 28:1-2, 12, the Holy Bible).

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MERGED IN FLOODS: Raining and flooding, even at a time when summer or the dry season is supposed to be in place already? Well, it is certainly extra-ordi-nary and totally awesome, especially in a place like Davao City and the rest of the Davao provinces in

Insights on Davao rains and floods

Is the divorce bill the solution?

Mindanao, where rains are usually scarce, but then, the destructive rains and floods are unmistakably there now, threatening the lives of many people.

The Facebook pictures also say it all---the floods in the city have become so high that people are now forced to climb and stay at the rooftop of their houses---even if news reports from the mainstream media say that flooding is just waist deep. And there seems to be no immediate relief in

sight as we are writing this, because rains continue to pour in Davao City and its nearby areas even when the rest of the country is roasting with lack of rain and too much heat.

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A B O U T C AU S E O F FLOODS: One interesting sidelight to this tragedy are the varied reactions of Davao City residents and other Facebook netizens. One group is blaming the lack of trees in the whole

Davao region due to illegal logging, while another is saying the lack of trees could not be faulted for the rains and the floods, citing as an example the entire Sahara Desert in Africa, where there is no flooding even if there are no trees.

This is amusing, and somehow indicates the growing concern of Filipi-nos about what causes these natural calamities, and this is good in the long run. But then, the real concern now should be to understand why the rains and the floods are coming, even when it is not their season yet. This is the key to solving, if not mini-mizing or alleviating, the death and destruction aris-ing from rains and floods.

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Marlon T. Gayog

ACCORDING to Newsweek Magazine 96% of all the people in america eventually get married. of the 96% who get married 38% eventually DIVORCE of those who Divorce 79% will remarry and those 79% who remarry, 44% will Divorce again...

In the Phi l ippines , the Office of the Solici-tor General said that mar-riage annulment cases had been rising 15% every year, From 4,529 cases in 2001 to 7,138 in 2006 and 7,753 in 2007and if that would be the case then we expect 12,850 cases 2013. A survey also showed that 40% of Filipinos ages 15-24 years old agreed to a Bill on DIVORCE.

Im sure if you were to ask all of those people and many of you have gone through the heartbreak of divorce, separation or annulment, nobody plans a broken mar-riage (“ Im going to get married and i’m expecting in a couple of years for this not to workout”) It catches

you by surprise ... It is not a planned thing. the ques-tion that i have is “Why is it that so many marriages die? What is it makes a marriages last?

Are there some ingredi-ents that you can count on that will glue a marriages together and will give you a love that will last a life-time? The answer to that is affirmative. YES there are...

SIX INGREDIENTS FROM GOD’S WORD THAT BUILD A LASTING RELATIONSHIP:

1. ACCEPTANCE; Ro-mans 15:7 “Wherefore re-cieved ye one another, As Christ also recieved us to the glory of God.

God did’nt make two people exactly the same one lacks what another has because God likes us to be inter-dependent. Couple should complement one another both supply what’s lacking in the partner or else what is marriage for if complete the other. Life will be boring if everybody looks like everybody. And man would be too proud if he is complete on his own.and has no need for someone else. You need to have some diversity, you can’t agree on everything and its ok...

2. ATTENTION; I Peter 1:22 “ We all need attention.

Do you remember how

much attention you gave to your mate when you were dating? compare that to now. Its Ridiculous... You were totally absorbed in that person and unaware of what else was going on? If you go to the park, you can always tell who’s married and who’s not married! Un-married couple is entangled with each other. Charmed, They are totally oblivious that everybody is watching what is going on. But they are giving each other total undivided attention. One opposite of love is Apathy/Lack of interest. And the worst form of rejection is to ignored. We all need attention.

A national survey was taken on “How well do you know your mate? The fact is wives know their husbands a lot better than husbands know details that many details that many husbands would simply ignore.

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Classes...from page 1

the city were flooded: Lasang, Tigatto, 19-A, Ma-a, Matina Crossing, 2-A, 5-A, 1-A, Calinan, 9-A, Waan and Tamugan.

Davao City has 182 ba-rangays and a population of 1.44 million.

Eleven riverside houses made of light materials in Bankerohan were destroyed.

A total of 1,620 families or 6,981 individuals were rescued as of 5 p.m. in seven areas by the Armed Forces of the Philippines, Philippine National Police, Central 911, Red Cross and other volunteer groups.

In Tagum City, Davao del Norte, Romulo Tagalo, Davao del Norte informa-tion officer, said Ramon Ampong, 63, of Barangay Sonlon, was declared miss-ing. He was last seen trying to cross the Saug River.

Tagalo said some 8,000 persons from Sto. Tomas, Kapalong and Asuncion towns have evacuated. (Lorie Ann A. Cascaro/MindaNews)

Oppose...from page 1extensively held when par-ents of some these town council members were not aware of the new tax mea-sure? Don’t tell me these legislators never discussed it at home,” said anchorman Richard Grande of public affairs program over DXSF 92.7 FM. Grande noticed there were at least four parents and a sister who appeared during a committee hear-ing chaired by Sangguniang Bayan member Salvador Retuerto last week to ve-hemently protest the new tax measure. The town council however succumbed to public pres-sure and agreed to drasti-cally lower down the stall rental fees after a lengthy deliberation to hear the gripes of protesting busi-nessmen most old-time residents of this town. The council was put in an awkward position when businessmen came in droves during a joint committee hearing on Thursday and took turns in airing their gripes to protest to what they claimed as anti-business legislative measure par-ticularly on Section 185 of Ordinance No. 9. Retuerto however ex-plained that they still have to meet on another committee hearing on Monday to iron out the kinks and endorse the proposed amendment to Mayor Jenny de Asis for approval. Meanwhile, former vice mayor Bernardino Ursos has called for the moratorium of the ordinance which de-scribed as confiscatory that would discourage invest-ments of the progressive town of San Francisco. He said if the new policy was meant to increase local revenues this should have been implemented on a staggered basis to cushion the impact of a favourable business climate. He added that if the local government will pursue in enforcing the new tax law, business-men can seek a Temporary Restraining Order from the local court. Based on the new tax ordinance, the new tariff

Permit...from page 1

Building Office here made an “under-the-table transaction” and didn’t fol-low the Standard Operating Procedure.

After the papers or per-mit was issued to him, the victim from said company said was unaware that his permit was fake. He said the permit issued to him was later revoked because “it did not follow” the regulations of the Building Code of the City. The businessman com-plained to media that some insiders at said office could have manipulated initials or signatures and placed wrong information on his applica-tion and other documents. The permit issued to him by the City Engineering Office reportedly bares the number 1120345

“Those who processed my application and later is-sued the permit could have inputted wrong informa-tion and inaccurate data, that’s why my permit was revoked. They have already milked me of some amounts purportedly for the permit to be easily processed and approved. Then it was re-voked,” the victim lamented.

He added: “Why is it that the inspector and chief of building permit issuing of-fice are not aware that there are fake permits? Why was mine approved if contained some fake information?

The complainant alleged that he Later learned from a reliable source the existence of “Big Three” officials in the City Engineers Office who signed their initials in order that the papers or permits will be processed smoothly with no questions ask for a “right price.”

The complainant said his company will formally report the matter to City Administrator Atty. Zulieka Lopez . “We will ask her if she knows how a Building Permit issued by the CEO

can be approved if it is fake.Further querries by this

writer bared that fake busi-ness permits, can be avoided if there are no fixers allowed in the office.

Some business leaders suggest that engaging the services of fixers could be a waste of time and money.

Insiers at the City Hall also said that applicants should first inquire from the Permits and Licensing Head, if the permit issued is authentic or original before they leave the city building.

Moonbeam company hopes that the fake permit issued to them will prompt an investigation from con-cerned authorities. They also warned the public to take preventive measures to avoid being victimized by unscrupulous persons inside or outside the CEO.

would go as high as more than P4,000 monthly from the old rental fee of P400 a month. The new tariff would ap-ply to business stall on both sides of the Center Island, around the circumferential provincial road of the town center and within the San Francisco Public Shopping Mall.

Divorce...from page 6

• What worries her• What makes her silent• What makes her happyPaying attention pays off.

ACCEPTANCE & ATTEN-TION are two ingredients in a lasting marriage. We need to accept one another, we need to love one another deeply from the heart.

3. ADJUSTMENT; Eph. 2:21 We need to adjust to each other.

“ Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. That means there is a mu-tual adjusting. Submission means “to adjust to” it says “submit to one another” Doesn’t the Bible say that the husband is the spiritual leader of the home? Yes, thats very true. Doesn’t the Bible say that the wife is to follow her husband’s leadership? Yes, it does. But it also says “Submit to one Another” It means you are to acknowledge your right places in the home. The man is the head of the family and the women is to go by his decisions not hers. This truth should be altered in any way or else a marriage is bound to fail.

But when the wife fol-lows her husband’s leader-ship it doesn’t mean she does all the adjusting. There is a mutual adjusting-- submit-ting to one another. There is a place of compromise. You both need to give in sometimes.

Husbands, there are times when it’s ok to con-sider what your wives sug-gest. Sometimes, it would not hurt if you listen to your wives especially when they seem to make sense. Adjust to her as possible as you could as she adjusts to you.Help your marriage, adjust to each other.

The problem is we get to busy trying to change our mates that we don’t have time to look at what we need to change in our-selves.Both of you should learn to have some constant self-examination. Try to see what goes wrong and do what is right.Marriage is not about rivalry of position but of making it work out.

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Floods...from page 6

T H E R A I N S A N D FLOODS: The most obvi-ous answer as to what causes this weather aberration is “global warming and climate change”. Indeed, because the earth has been warming up at an unprecedented rate, a chain of weather reactions

has set in---melting glaciers, increasing sea levels, more severe thunderstorms and tornadoes, and more de-structive rains and floods.

But what is causing glob-al warming and climate change? Many scientists will say this is due to en-vironmental degradation and destruction all over the world, brought about by many factors. And, to a large degree, they are ab-solutely correct. Too, what is more frightening is their prediction that there is no stopping these natural ca-lamities from hitting many parts of the globe in the days to come.

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EFFORTS VS. RAINS & FLOODS: What I cannot understand, however, is this: if scientists know the cause of global warming and climate change, and they have the political and financial backing of major governments in the world to find solutions, long term and immediate, why have we not stopped this phenom-enon---and the death and destruction it brings---even just one bit? Indeed, why have all human efforts to find solutions proved futile?

To me, it is because the scientists and the leaders of the world continue to

ignore one very important element of global warming and climate change---that it is a tragedy foretold in the Bible even at the time of Moses yet, and repeated with urgency by Jesus Christ, our God and Savior, in very clear and unmistakable language even. It is this penchant to ignore what the Bible is saying about rains, floods and winds that is frustrat-ing man’s effort to curb the death and destruction from them.

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SIGHTS INTO RAINS AND FLOODS: For those who are interested, here are what the Bible is saying: in Deuteronomy 28:15, 22-23, global warming and climate change have been predicted to come, if we no longer listen to God (meaning, we no longer read His Bible), and no longer obey Him. In Matthew 7:24-27, Jesus says the rains, floods and winds are coming, and those who do not listen to, and obey, Him, or even those who listen but do not obey Him, will die and be destroyed. Please read these while there is time.

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Davao del norte.In new Bataan, Marlon espe-

ranza reported this morning that continuous rains had been pour-ing since Friday evening, causing the Mayo river to overflow; and that cogonon Bridge(barangay cogonon) is no longer passable; 100 families left homes in pu-roks 9, 10 and 4B in Poblacion Barangay cabinuangan and are now staying at the Municipal Gym and in new Bataan elementary School. esperanza as of press-time reported that rains continued pouring in new Bataan.

In nabunturan, municipal information officer Jennifer echavez reported that flood-waters swamped the areas in Iglesia ni cristo along poblacion road leading to the provincial capitol of compostela Valley; 22 families were evacuated last night from Brgy. Magsaysay and 15 from Brgy Basak; the nabunturan emergency response team (nert) went to barangays cabacungan and Magading to rescue families whose homes were inundated.

continuous rains were also experienced in Maco and pan-tukan town causing water levels of rivers and creeks to rise as reported by the town’s informa-tion officers Glenda rimando and nitchell acedillo, respectively; Jonathan Ampin noted rains to have only moderately been pouring over Mawab town.

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Republic of the PhilippinesTANGGAPAN NG SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD

Lungsod ng Butuan

12th Sangguniang Panlungsod51st Regular Session

Series of 2012

AN ORDINANCE ADOPTED BY THE HONORABLE SANGGUNIANGPANLUNGSOD OF THE CITY OF BUTUAN IN ITS REGULAR

SESSION HELD ON DECEMBER 5, 2012, AT THESP SESSION HALL

PRESENT:

Honorable Lawrence Lemuel H. Fortun - City Vice Mayor Presiding Officer Honorable Erwin L. Dano - Member Honorable Ryan Anthony B. Culima - Member Honorable Josephine P. Marticion-Salise - Member Honorable Angelo S. Calo - Member Honorable Randolph B. Plaza - Member Honorable Ramon P. Carampatana - Member Honorable Raul O. Amoc - Member Honorable Nestor D. Amora - Member/President Liga ng mga Punong Barangay

ON OFFICIAL BUSINESS:

Honorable Jaime M. Cembrano, Jr. - Member - Manila Honorable Virgilio G. Nery, Jr. - Member - Manila

ABSENT:

Honorable Audie G. Bernabe - Member Honorable Rauzil A. Carampatana - Member/President Sangguniang Kabataan Federation

The meeting was called to order at exactly 6:30 in the evening.

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SP ORDINANCE NO. 3983-2012

AN ORDINANCE FURTHERMORE AMENDING SECTION1 OF SP ORDINANCE NO. 817-1990, AS AMENDED BY SP

ORDINANCE NOS. 842-91, 855-91, 2212-99, 2284-2000 AND3932-2012, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

Be it ordained by the Honorable Sangguniang Panlungsod of Butuan City in session assembled and by authority of the same that:

SECTION 1. Section 1 of SP Ordinance No. 817-1991, as amended by SP Ordinance Nos. 842-91, 855-91, 2212-99, 2284-2000 and 3932-2012, is hereby furthermore amended to read as follows:

“There is hereby amended a new schedule of fees for the use of the facilities of the Butuan City Slaughterhouse and Livestock Auction Market and other privately owned meat establishment wherein meat inspection is conducted such as Poultry Dressing Plants, Cold Storages, and etc., to wit:

1.1 SLAUGHTERHOUSE FEES. Slaughterhouse fees and other charges shall be imposed for the use of Butuan City Slaughterhouse facilities as follows:

1.1.1 Pre-Slaughter Pen Fee. The pre-slaughter pen fee is hereby imposed and shall be collected on a per head basis as follows: Porcine/Caprine/Ovine - Php 10.00 Bovine/Bubaline - 20.00 Poultry - 0.50 Others - 30.00

1.1.2 Slaughter Fee. The slaughter fee is hereby imposed and shall be collected on a per kilogram dressed weight basis as follows: Porcine/Caprine/Ovine - Php 1.15 Bovine/Bubaline - 1.15 Poultry - 5.00 Others - 30.00

1.1.3 Offial Cleaning Fee. The offial cleaning fee is hereby imposed and shall be collected on a per head basis

as follows:

Porcine/Caprine/Ovine - Php 17.50 Bovine/Bubaline - 30.00 Poultry - 2.00 Others - 30.00

1.1.4 Carcass Delivery Fee. The delivery fee, based on carcass weight (per kilograms) of Twenty-Five Centavos (Php0.25) is hereby imposed and shall be collected for the use of the city government-owned meat delivery van for deliveries from the slaughterhouse to the Mayor Salvador L. Calo Supermarket. Deliveries to any location within ten (10) kilometers radius of the city slaughterhouse shall be charged Twenty-Five Centavos (Php0.25) per kilogram of carcass per kilometer.

1.2 MEAT INSPECTION FEES. Meat Inspection Fees for all animal slaughtered at Butuan City Slaughterhouse and to all privately- owned meat establishments in the city is hereby imposed as follows: 1.2.1 Ante-Mortem Meat Inspection Fee. Ante-mortem Meat Inspection fee is hereby imposed and shall be collected per head basis as follows: Porcine/Caprine/Ovine - Php 10.00 Bovine/Bubaline - 20.00 Poultry - 0.15 Others - 20.00

1.2.2 Post Mortem Meat Inspection Fee.

Post Mortem Meat Inspection Fees for all animals slaughtered at Butuan City Slaugterhouse and to all privately- owned meat establishments in the city, is hereby imposed and shall be collected at Twenty-Five Centavos (Php0.25) per kilogram of carcass weight.

1.3 LIVESTOCK MARKET FEES. Livestock market fees and other charges shall be imposed for the use of livestock market facilities as follows:

1.3.1 Weighing Fee. For use of the weighing scale, a weighing fee is hereby imposed and shall be collected per head of livestock/food animal, as follows:

Porcine/Caprine/Ovine - Php 10.00 Bovine/Bubaline - 25.00 Poultry - 050 Others - 25.00 1.3.2 Inspection Fee. An inspection fee is hereby imposed and shall be collected per head of livestock/food animal, as follows:.

Porcine/Caprine/Ovine - Php 10.00 Bovine/Bubaline - 25.00 Poultry - 0.50 Others - 25.00 1.3.3 Sales Commission. A sales commission of Fifty Centavos (Php0.50) per kilogram of livestock weight is hereby imposed and shall be collected on livestock traded using the facilities of the Livestock Market.

1.3.4 Certificate of Ownership of Large Cattle. The amount of One Hundred Pesos (Php100.00) per head of large cattle is hereby imposed and shall be collected for the issuance of certificate of ownership of large cattle.

1.3.5 Transfer Certificate of Ownership of Large Cattle. The amount of One Hundred Fifty Pesos (Php150.00) per head of large cattle is hereby imposed and shall be collected for the issuance of transfer certificate of ownership of large cattle.

1.3.6 Livestock Genetic Enhancement Support Fee. To support the genetic enhancement program for the benefit of our local livestock raisers, there is imposed a genetic enhancement support fee and shall be collected per head of livestock/food animal, as follows:

Porcine/Caprine/Ovine - Php 2.00 Bovine/Bubaline - 5.00 Poultry - 0.50 Others - 5.00

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1.4 LIVESTOCK LAIRAGE: Stock Pen facilities shall be made available for lease to livestock traders for a period of one (1) year, renewable yearly at the option of the CEED. Any livestock trader duly accredited as such by the CEED, may apply for lease of these facilities.

1.4.1 Stock Pen Rental. There is hereby imposed a monthly rental fee of One Thousand Five Hundred Pesos (Php1,500.00) and shall be collected for lease of stock pens to livestock traders. 1.4.2 Stock Pen Fee. There is hereby imposed a stock pen fee (per head of livestock per day) and shall be collected for livestock deposited and kept in stock pen facilities owned by the city government, as follows:

Porcine/Caprine/Ovine - Php 15.00 Bovine/Bubaline - 25.00 Poultry - 5.00 Others - 25.00 1.4.3 Stock Pen Sanitation Services Fee. There is hereby imposed and shall be collected, a monthly sanitation services fee in the amount of Six Hundred Pesos (Php600.00) from leaseholders of livestock pen facilities.

1.4.4 Stock Pen Drainage Maintenance Fee. There is hereby imposed and shall be collected, a monthly drainage maintenance fee in the amount of Six Hundred Pesos (Php600.00) from leaseholders of livestock pen facilities.

1.4.5 Livestock Transport Fee. The services of the livestock transport vehicle owned by the city government shall be made available to anybody who desires to transfer his livestock from his residence to the Slaughterhouse and vice-versa to avail of slaughterhouse services and facilities. Eligible to qualify are residents within ten (10) kilometers radius of the City Slaughterhouse. A corresponding live stock transport fee in the amount of Twenty Five Centavos (Php0.25) per kilogram of livestock per kilometer, is hereby and shall be collected for the purpose.

1.5 ROASTING FACILITY FEES. The Slaughterhouse Roasting Shed shall be made available to any Butuan City residents who is a CEED accredited and qualified food animal carcass roaster (lechonero), who would make use of this facilities and provide roasting services to clients.

1.5.1 Roasting Fee. There is hereby imposed and shall be collected a roasting fee of Fifty Pesos (Php50.00) per head of food animal carcass for use of the Slaughterhouse roasting shed. 1.5.2 Sanitation Services Fee. There is hereby imposed and shall be collected a sanitation services fee of Twenty Pesos (Php20.00) per head of food animal carcass roasted at the Slaughter roasting shed.

1.6 REGULATORY PERMIT FEES. An Annual permit fee shall be imposed on every person engaged in the practice of the occupation or calling not requiring government examination as follows:

1.6.1 Butcher’s Fee - Php 500.00 1.6.2 Meat Handler’s Fee - 300.00 1.6.3 Training Support Fee - 50.00

SECTION 2. Mode of Payment.

2.1 Slaughterhouse Fees. Slaughterhouse fees shall be paid after the performance of Slaughterhouse services and before the food animal carcass shall have been Released to its rightful owner or his representative.

2.2 Livestock Market Fees. Livestock market fees shall be paid after the performance of livestock market services and before the transfer of livestock responsibility from the seller to the buyer.

2.3 Livestock Lairage Fees.

2.3.1 A rental deposit and advance rental equivalent to two (2) months rental shall be required of leaseholders of livestock pen facilities.

2.3.2 Rental deposits shall always be in advance. The leaseholder shall at all times maintain the two (2) months advance rental.

2.3.3 The sanitation and drainage maintenance fee shall be paid on or before the due date which is the last calendar day of the billing month.

2.3.4 A surcharge of twenty five percent (25%) shall be levied on all accounts not paid on the due date.

2.4 Roasting Facility Fees. Roasting facility fees and other charges shall be paid prior to performance of roasting services by CEED accredited food animal roasters.

2.5 Regulatory Permit Fees. Regulatory permit fees and other charges shall be paid prior to the exercise of such occupation and shall be renewed every January thereafter.

SECTION 3. Rate Hike. The rates provided for herein shall be increased by 10% every three (3) years thereafter without the need of an amendatory measure.

SECTION 4. Penalties.

4.1 Failure to pay the two (2) months advance rental shall subject the erring leaseholder’s to the revocation of his lease and he shall vacate the leased premises within seventy (72) hours after given due notice by the CEED Manager.

4.2 Failure to show proof of payment of the required Regulatory Permit Fees to CEED inspectors/personnel, shall subject the offender to an outright eviction from any of the economic enterprise units he is practicing his profession. He shall be accompanied by the apprehending CEED personnel to the nearest police station for proper documentation and his name shall form part of the list of individuals disqualified to enter into any business activity in any of the Economic Enterprise Units owned and managed by the City Government.

SECTION 5. All existing SP Ordinances or parts thereof inconsistent herewith shall be deemed repealed or modified accordingly.

SECTION 6. This Ordinance shall take effect ten (10) days after the posting and/or publication requirements shall have been complied with.

UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED

DATE ENACTED: December 5, 2012.

APPROVED:

(SGD.) LAWRENCE LEMUEL H. FORTUN City Vice Mayor Presiding Officer

ATTESTED:

(SGD.) AURORA B. CABALLES City Government Department Head II City Secretary

SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL:DATE APPROVED: January 16, 2013

(SGD.) FERDINAND M. AMANTE, JR. City Mayor

ATTESTED:

(SGD.) LEAH A. MENDOZA City Government Department Head II City Administrator

Authors : Hon. Raul O. Amoc : Hon. Angelo S. Calo : Hon. Ryan Anthony B. Culima : Hon. Josephine P. Marticion-Salise : Hon. Audie G. Bernabe : Hon. Vice-Mayor Lawrence Lemuel H. Fortun : Hon. Randolph B. Plaza : Hon. Ramon P. Carampatana : Hon. Nestor D. AmoraMovant : Hon Raul O. AmocSeconder : Hon. Nestor D. Amora.

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That thing called dating

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A few weeks from now, everyone w i l l b e a b u z z about Valentine’s and most of us will

be busy planning out how to spend that romantic date. Restaurants and movie houses will surely be filled with couples on that day.

what then can we do to make that one special day super memorable? Read on and check these pointers:

1. Better start early.Since it only happens

one day in a year, make the most out of it! Surprise your loved one with a little gift in the morning.

this will become like a prelude of the many things you will dish out as the day progresses.

th i s w i l l make you r partner feel special when showered with l i tt le yet memorable tokens.

2. Make a handwritten card. N o t h i n g b e a t s a

handwritten, heartfelt love card.

It shows your personality, your character and is far more priceless than a store bought generic greeting card.

N e v e r m i n d y o u r h a n d w r i t i n g o r a f e w grammatical mishaps, what is important is that you have professed your feelings as sincerely as you can.

3. Think out of the box.I f having dinner in a

fine dining restaurant or lounging in a posh hotel is something you think is cute but not your style.

H o w a b o u t d o i n g something extraordinary for a change? Go white-water rafting or head up to the hills and enjoy ziplining!

Or if that’s quite extreme, do random things in the city like walk around downtown and head lef t or r ight depending on your gut feel.

S t o p i n a l o c a l convenience store, grab some snacks and head out again to your next unknown destination. It’s not where you are but the joy of keeping each other company that matters.

4 . D o a h o r r o r m o v i e marathon.

who says horror movies a r e f o r H a l l o w e e n ? Valentine’s Day is a perfect

time to cuddle in a couch and watch suspense or ghastly films!

Make some homemade popcorn, blend some iced tea, open up some chips and you are on your way to an inexpens ive and heart-pounding romantic evening.

5. Cook up some love.M a k i n g y o u r o w n

gourmet dinner together is one fun-filled experience. Instead of heading out the door and celebrate your relationship in a fancy restaurant, visit your local grocery and buy ingredients together and swoosh back to your place and whip up a delectable cuisine for two.

If you have kids, then make them part of your dinner date. Besides, they are the fruits of your love.

6. Let loose.Planning a romantic

date right to the letter is alright but learn how to let loose and let go.

Be spontaneous and just go with the flow.

there might be things that counter to what you want to achieve that day, so better relax and never fret.

Just be happy that you are spending time with the person you love.

7. Cap the day your way.End your Valentine’s day

how you started it but you can also do it your way.

what i s important i s that you have made this special moment even more memorable.

Just make sure that you are both enjoying all the activities and never forgetting to make the other feel loved.

8. Whatever you do, don’t forget to say “I love you”

In all the things you do on that very special day, never forget to say I love You.

Yes, al l that you are doing are expressions of your undying love and affection but nothing can replace saying it with all passion and sincerity.

I know it’s too early to think about Valentine’s but it’s always right to prepare way ahead of time.

Have a great weekend and thanks for reading!

T he second tranche of The Xavier Stage’s Experience Modern Theatre

is Paul Dumol’s Paglilitis ni Mang Serapio adapted by Kristen Senajon and Efren Mercado with set design by Vicmar Paloma and music research by Phil Abrogar.

The play uses tragicomedy in absurdity and cruelty as the artistic treatment and dramaturgy.

Paul Dumol’s Paglilitis ni Mang Serapio is a socio-political comment on a variety of unjust realities in

the Philippines brought about by government, governance and people.

This modern satire is timeless for its depiction of injustices resonates with the country’s current and future realities unless corruption is refuted and eradicated.

Xavier Center for Culture and the Arts Director Hobart Savior enthused that “At last, Paul Dumol’s Paglilitis ni Mang Serapio will now be on stage after it has been postponed for more than a month due to typhoon Pablo”.

“Also, we are very happy to present to you the Batch 4 of The Xavier Stage who has undergone series of workshops

with the company. Palilitis ni Mang Serapio is their laboratory production, and it is The Xavier Stage’s second anniversary special” adds Mr. Savior.

The Xavier Stage's Adaptation of Paul Dumol's Paglilitis ni Mang Serapio premieres on January 21, 2013. This is Xavier University’s promotion on Social Justice and Human Rights.

Paglilitis ni Mang Serapio runs from January 21-23 and 28-30, 2013 at the XU Little Theater. Tickets are at Php 50.00 only and are available at the XU Bookstore.

The Xavier Stage is the repertory company of Xavier University.

XU’s TXS stage ‘Serapio’

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A number of classrooms are now happily used by the elementary and high school students in the town of Cateel when they opened back formal classes last Janu-ary 3, 2013. Forty-one classrooms in six (6) barangays including the poblacion have been completed by DPWH Region 10 in the restoration and rehabilitation of damaged national buildings affected by typhoon Pablo in Davao Oriental last December 4, 2012. This will still increase if the 12 on-going activities will be completed by the end of this month. Aside from the school buildings, DPWH X prioritized the rehabilitation of Cateel District Hospital where nu-merous patients have been housed due to the escalating number of persons admitted for various illnesses felt in the aftermath of disaster. The following data translates the above accomplish-ment as of January 12, 2013: Government Bldg. Completed On-going Schools1. Cateel E/S 17 -2. San Isidro E/S 2 13. San Antonio E/S 9 24. Sta. Felomina E/S 9 15. Cateel Vocational HS 2 76. San Antonio HS 2 1 Total 41 12 Hospital1. Cateel District Hospital 1 The team’s first accomplishment was the Cateel District Hospital, a 50-bed capacity hospital where

RD Barroso expressed her appreciation to the DEOs

DEs show full support in the restoration/rehab work

Men of DPWH-X on the move for restoration/rehabilitation work at Cateel Central ES

District Engineers in the 12 District En-gineering Offices (DEOs) of Region X showed their full support in an urgent

meeting called by Regional Director Evelyn Barroso in compliance with the Secretary’s ASAP instruction to help in restoring infra-structure damages in Davao provinces brought about by tropical storm Pablo last December 4, 2012.

quick response when they created teams and sent off their men immediately after the meeting called by the director a week after the disaster. With no buts, and ifs, District Engineers pooled their resources for their men’s pabaon of cash and foodstuffs. There was no sufficient time to make

negotiations with their accountants or coops for their loans, hence, DEs have to initiate the use of their personal money just to quickly respond the situ-ation. The distance from Region X to Region 11 via Region 13 did not ham-per the DEs commitment to help in the restoration activities.

The visible support of the District Engineers is ac-knowledged by the Regional Director. She is grateful especially to the DE of Mis Or 1st DEO who sent 2 teams or 10 persons who continuously stayed in the area until now; to the DE of Lanao 2nd DEO who even sent a team including a civil engineer with complete

tools, generator set and service vehicle; Bukidnon 1st and 2nd DEOs for one team each who are still in the area until now, and the rest of the districts who sent a team to help for a few days. The efforts you exerted have turned a stone in the lives of typhoon victims in Cateel, Davao Oriental.

Mr. Bebiano Morales orients Sec. Singson and RD Barroso of the things to be done in the area

DPWH- X rehabilitates government buildings in Cateel, Davao Oriental

rehabilitation work includes installation of roofing of about 560 G.I sheets, ceiling, and painting. The TS Pablo Response Team headed by Engr. Jimmy Cayabyab and Bebiano Morales took the lead in helping the people of Cateel to stand back on their feet in a solid ground. They showed their humanitar-ian concern by taking positively their experience like the long and tedious trips from Cagayan de Oro to Davao via Butuan-Bislig route, the not so comfortable accommodation especially during night time, and the daily menu of “tinapa” , noodles, and bulad they and

the people ate in the area. “The tiresome experiences were all gone when we hear words of gratefulness and appreciation from the teachers, students, patients, health professionals and the common tao in recognition of our presence in response to their situation”, Morales sighed when asked how he feels while away from his family. As of this writing, a few of the team members to-gether with Engr. Cayabyab and Mr. Morales from DPWH Region X are still in Cateel to complete their mission.

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