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MILO MARATHON. A girl peers through iron bars from a side of the street to watch runners sprint by during the 36th Milo Marathon in Cagayan de Oro on Sunday. Someday, perhaps, she will join the race and no one can tell if she will be the champion. A father, mother and their child joins the 36th Milo Marathon. The annual race has become not only an event for individual runners but also for entire families and groups of friends as all categories can accommodate competitors of all ages. Photos by Gerry L. Gorit

A $35-million credit facility was launched re-cently by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) with the Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) and the BPI Family Savings Bank (BFSB).

“We hope that this facil-ity will expand access to capital for Filipino entre-preneurs to allow them to improve and expand their businesses,” said USAID Mission Director Gloria Steele in a business con-

SMEs from Oro, Batangas, and Iloilo to gain from

$35 million credit facilityBy DANIeLLe VeNz

of Philexport News and Features

SMALL and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs) in the cities of Batangas, Cagayan de Oro and Iloilo have another financing option to grow their businesses.

ference.She earlier said that the

credit facility would help reduce SME collateral re-quirements and allow en-trepreneurs to explore new markets.

Steele said the eight-year facility is intended to encourage lending to SMEs in cities outside Metro Ma-nila that were selected in USAID Cities Development Initiative (CDI).

After piloting the credit

ON its second year, the OFW and Family Summit of the Villar Foundation and GoNegosyo once again attracted record number of participants. Overseas Filipino work-ers (OFW) returnees as well as their families trooped to the World Trade Center in Pasay City for the one-day summit that aims to provide information, opportunities and inspiration to attendees to embark on a business of their own.

Senator Manny Villar and Cynthia Villar—Chair-man and Managing Director, respectively, of the Villar Foundation— joined by Las Piñas Cong. Mark Villar, GoNegosyo’s founding trustee Joey Concepcion,

Record turnout at Villar Foundation’s GoNegosyo’s OFW, family summit

SeCOND OFW AND FAMILy SuMMIT 2012. Senator Manny Villar and Cynthia Villar—Chairman and Managing Director, respectively, of the Villar Foundation— joined by Las Pinas Rep. Mark Villar, Go-Negosyo’s founding trustee Joey Concepcion, Execu-tive Director Ramon Lopez and Dr. Enerico Sampang Jr. representing Pasay City Mayor Antonio Calixto, led the ribbon-cutting ceremony to formally open the 2nd OFW and Family Summmit 2012 at the World Trade Center, Pasay City.

n Cynthia Villar and other speakers urge OFWs and families to be entrepreneurs

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COTABATO City––Govern-ment troops recovered four mortar bombs in the com-partment of an abandoned motorcycle in the town of Isulan in Sultan Kudarat province in the southern Philippines, officials said.

Officials said the explo-sives were discovered Friday after residents noticed a cell phone and a battery hanging from the motorcycle parked in downtown Isulan.

“Concerned citizens in the area immediately reported the abandoned motorcycle and the army EOD safely recovered the improvised explosives,” Col. Prudencio Asto, a spokes-man for the 6th Infantry Division, told the Mindanao Examiner.

He said they recovered two 81mm and two 60mm mortar bombs from the motorcycle tool box.

The discovery of the

Journalists, students and multi-sectoral groups commemorate the 3rd anniversary of the ‘Maguindanao massacre’ in southern Philippines. mindanao examiner photo

‘Maguindanao massacre’ remembered in Mindanao

by AL JACINTOof Mindanao Daily News

Zamboanga

ZAMB OANGA City––Journalists and in the southern Philippines com-memorated the third year of the massacre of 58 people in Maguindanao province.

Among those brutally killed were 32 journalists and media workers who were covering a political caravan on November 23, 209.

Authorities said some 200 gunmen and members of the powerful political Ampatuan clan were behind the mass killings in an ef-fort to stop the candidacy of rival political Esmael Mangudadatu, who is now the governor of Maguin-danao.

In Davao City, journal-ists said President Benigno Aquino III has not done enough to avert media killings and harassments contrary to what he had promised during the elec-tion campaign.

Republic of the PhilippinesDepartment of Finance

BUREAU OF CUSTOMSCollection District X

Port of Cagayan de Oro

NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUCTION Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2601 to 2610 of the Tariff and Customs Code of the Philippines, as amended, in relation to CAO 10-2007 dated November 28, 2007 and other relevant Customs Memorandum Orders, there will be Public Auction Sale through Sealed Bidding, to be conducted by this Port on December 3, 2012 at 2:30 P.M., to be held at the Bureau of Customs Conference Room, Port Area, Cagayan De Oro City, the herein described articles in lot. Said articles shall be available for viewing from November 21-23, 2012. When a failed bidding is declared, the second auction shall be conducted on the third business day following the first bidding, except as to perishable items/goods, which may be auctioned again on the following business day. First Advertisement – “As Is Where Is”

Basic Guidelines: 1. Filing of Bidder’s Information Form with name, address, TIN and other relevant circumstances, at least two (2) days prior to the day of auction; which shall be indicated in the logbook for registered bidders. 2. Payment of a non-refundable registration fee of PhP2,000.00. 3. Posting of duly receipted bond in cash or manager’s check in an amount equivalent to 20% of the floor price of each sale lot. The bond shall be refunded to the losing bidder after the closing of the auction. 4. Registration with the Chief, ACDD to be filed one (1) day before the date of actual bidding until an hour immediately preceding the time of actual bidding; thereafter, registration is closed. 5. Submission of all participants, whether natural or juridical, (must submit together with the Bidder’s Information) of their latest certified true copy of Income and Business Tax Returns duly stamped and received by the Bureau of Internal Revenue with a validated tax payment made thereon and other documents such as ID, Community Tax Certificate, Business permits or Certificate of Registration of Business Name issued by the Department of Trade and Industry. 6. Clustering occurs when the difference between the highest and the second highest bid is within ten (10) percent of the highest bid. In such case, an open bidding shall be conducted among the bidders of the particular sale lot who are present with the highest bid serving as the new floor price. Only bids raised by three (3) percent more than the new floor price shall be considered and the highest bid in the open bidding shall be declared as the winner. Otherwise, the highest sealed bid shall be declared winner 7. At the end of each bidding, the highest bidder shall be required to pay in Cash or Manager’s Check 50% of the bid price “on the spot” upon announcement of winning bid as duly certified to by the Auction Committee and the CoA representative. The remaining balance shall be paid on the succeeding business day. 8. Payment with Manager’s Check to the Bureau of Customs, Port of Cagayan De Oro, shall bear the following: a. Pay to the order of Land Bank of the Philippines – Bureau of Customs, Port of Cagayan De Oro b. For credit of the Bureau of Customs c. For the account of: ______________________. (Bidder) For further details, please contact Deputy Collector for Administration Marvin B. Mison, Chairman, Auction and Cargo Disposal Committee or Ms. Jennifer L. Legario, Port of Cagayan De Oro, Tel. No. (088) 856-8782.

ATTY. ANJU NEREO C. CASTIGADOR District Collector of CustomsMDN: Nov. 24 & 26, 2012

Republic of the Philippines

Department of Finance BUREAU OF CUSTOMS

Collection District X Port of Cagayan de Oro

NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUCTION

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2601 to 2610 of the Tariff and Customs Code of the Philippines, as

amended, in relation to CAO 10-2007 dated November 28, 2007 and other relevant Customs Memorandum Orders, there will be Public Auction Sale through Sealed Bidding, to be conducted by this Port on December 3, 2012 at 2:30 P.M., to be held at the Bureau of Customs Conference Room, Port Area, Cagayan De Oro City, the herein described articles in lot. Said articles shall be available for viewing from November 21-23, 2012. When a failed bidding is declared, the second auction shall be conducted on the third business day following the first bidding, except as to perishable items/goods, which may be auctioned again on the following business day.

First Advertisement – “As Is Where Is”

lot No.

Qty. description of articles for auction Condition location Floor Price (Pesos)

1 1 Mercedez Benz SL 320 (1994) used MCT-SP 450,000.00 2 1 Mercedez Benz CLK 320 (2005) used MCT-SP 600,000.00 3 1 Dodge Durango (1998) used MCT-SP 400,000.00 4 1 Ford Explorer ACYL (1996) used MCT-SP 250,000.00 5 1 Hyundai Sarex (Brown) used MCT-SP 140,000.00 6 1 Hyundai Starex (White) used MCT-SP 130,000.00 7 1 Hyundai Starex (Silver) used MCT-SP 130,000.00 8 1 Hyundai Starex (Gray) used MCT-SP 130,000.00 9 1 Hyundai Starex (Green) used MCT-SP 130,000.00 10 1 Hyundai Starex (Green) used MCT-SP 130,000.00 11 1 Tsuchiya Gang Mower used MCT-SP 150,000.00 12 1 Honda Fit (White) used MCT-SP 130,000.00 13 1 Honda Fit (White) used MCT-SP 130,000.00 14 1 Honda Fit (Black) used MCT-SP 130,000.00 15 1 Honda Fit (White) used MCT-SP 130,000.00 16 1 Honda Fit (White) used MCT-SP 130,000.00 17 1 Honda Fit (White) used MCT-SP 130,000.00 18 1 Kia Sorento used MCT-SP 200,000.00 19 1 Hyundai Terracan (2006) used MCT-SP 200,000.00 20 1 Hyundai Galloper (un-assembled, no roof) used MCT-SP 60,000.00 21 Used Mitsubishi Pajero Intercooler (Blue) RHD

Used Mitsubishi Pajero Intercooler (Red) RHD Used Mitsubishi Pajero (Blue) RHD Used Mitsubishi Wagon (White) RHD Kia Potencia (White) Used Nissan Van (White) Caravan Hyundai Accent (Yellow-white) Hyundai Accent (White) Kia Sportage (Blue) Kia Sportage (Green) Lite Ace Van Caravan (White) Delica Van Nissan Caravan Mercedez Benz (Blue-Green)

Junk

CDO

450,000.00

22 10x20’ Refined Sugar (Arrived May 18,2012) Deteriorated MCT-SP 7,725,000.00 23 1 Izuzu Truck Junk CDO 40,000.00 24 1 Fuzo Truck Junk CDO 40,000.00 25 10pcs Wood Office Tables used CDO 4,500.00 26 10pcs Wood Chairs used CDO 500.00

Basic Guidelines:

1. Filing of Bidder’s Information Form with name, address, TIN and other relevant circumstances, at least two (2) days prior to the day of auction; which shall be indicated in the logbook for registered bidders.

2. Payment of a non-refundable registration fee of PhP2,000.00. 3. Posting of duly receipted bond in cash or manager’s check in an amount equivalent to 20% of the floor

price of each sale lot. The bond shall be refunded to the losing bidder after the closing of the auction. 4. Registration with the Chief, ACDD to be filed one (1) day before the date of actual bidding until an hour

immediately preceding the time of actual bidding; thereafter, registration is closed. 5. Submission of all participants, whether natural or juridical, (must submit together with the Bidder’s

Information) of their latest certified true copy of Income and Business Tax Returns duly stamped and received by the Bureau of Internal Revenue with a validated tax payment made thereon and other documents such as ID, Community Tax Certificate, Business permits or Certificate of Registration of Business Name issued by the Department of Trade and Industry.

6. Clustering occurs when the difference between the highest and the second highest bid is within ten (10) percent of the highest bid. In such case, an open bidding shall be conducted among the bidders of the particular sale lot who are present with the highest bid serving as the new floor price. Only bids raised by three (3) percent more than the new floor price shall be considered and the highest bid in the open bidding shall be declared as the winner. Otherwise, the highest sealed bid shall be declared winner

7. At the end of each bidding, the highest bidder shall be required to pay in Cash or Manager’s Check 50%

of the bid price “on the spot” upon announcement of winning bid as duly certified to by the Auction Committee and the CoA representative. The remaining balance shall be paid on the succeeding business day.

8. Payment with Manager’s Check to the Bureau of Customs, Port of Cagayan De Oro, shall bear the following:

a. Pay to the order of Land Bank of the Philippines – Bureau of Customs, Port of Cagayan De Oro b. For credit of the Bureau of Customs c. For the account of: ______________________.

(Bidder)

For further details, please contact Deputy Collector for Administration Marvin B. Mison, Chairman, Auction and Cargo Disposal Committee or Ms. Jennifer L. Legario, Port of Cagayan De Oro, Tel. No. (088) 856-8782.

ATTY. ANJU NEREO C. CASTIGADOR District Collector of Customs

COTABATO City––An-other suspect in the Magu-indanao massacre was ar-rested by police in a remote village in North Cotabato bringing to two the number of suspects arrested in two days, police said Saturday.

The PNP Criminal In-vestigation and Detection Group in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mind-

Another ‘Maguindanao massacre’ suspect arrestn Task Group Maguindanao has shifted strat-egy to account for the remain-ing 90 suspects at large

anao (CIDG-ARMM) said Bong Andal, 38, was ar-rested in a safe house in Barangay Masdal, Mid-sayap, North Cotabato at about 9 a.m.

He did not resist arrest.Andal was believed to be

the driver of a backhoe that dug a mass grave in Sitio Masalay, Barangay Salman, Ampatuan, Maguindanao

on Nov. 23, 2009 to bury 58 people earlier killed by gunmen.

He was the second sus-pect arrested in two days.

Sr. Supt. Jaime Pido, Maguindanao police di-rector, said the arrested suspect was undergoing interrogation.

The series of arrests were made after the Special

Investigation Task Group Maguindanao, a police-led multi-sectoral task force, have shifted strategy in running after the remaining 92 Maguindanao massacre suspects who remain at large.

CIDG Chief Director Samuel Pagdilao Jr.said the task force will focus on operation research by

reviewing the identities and personal files of the other suspects who remain at large in the face of several mistaken arrests.

He admitted that there were fictitious names and aliases. And the lack of birth certificates and photos of the suspects in police data made it difficult to serve the warrants to the suspects.

“Today, as we mark the 3rd year of the grisly killing of 58 persons, we strongly demand for justice not only for the victims of Ampatuan massacre, but for all the 154 media workers killed since the restoration of democracy in 1986. We should join hands to hold accountable the Aquino administration for allow-ing the state of impunity to continue,” said the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines-Davao chapter.

NUJP members in Gen-eral Santos City, Cotabato and Zamboanga also held separate programs as trib-ute to the murdered jour-nalists and media workers.

In Zamboanga City, journalists headed by Fren-cie Carreon, president of the local NUJP group; Julie Alipala, NUJP director; Darwin Wee, NUJP past president; Philip Abuy, president of the Zamboanga Press Club; the Peace Ad-vocates Zamboanga under Spanish priest Angel Calvo; and Jesuit priest Albert

Alejo led the commemora-tion of the killings at the Paseo del Mar where they deployed over a hundred Chinese lanterns. They demanded justice for the victims of the massacre.

Members of the Crime Watch Volunteers under Sonny Jalani and students from Ateneo de Zamboanga University and Western Mindanao State University, Southern City Colleges, Zamboanga State College of Marine Sciences and Technology, Simpson Al-liance School, Mein Col-lege, Immaculate Concep-tion Elementary School, Immaculate Conception Archdiocesan School, Nue-vo Zamboanga College, Zamboanga National High School Main, and Uni-versidad de Zamboanga, including civilians also joined the event, Carreon said.

The NUJP also thanked Distrito restaurant for al-lowing the journalists to use their sound system. (Mindanao Examiner)

Troops recover IEDs in Mindanao as media commemorate massacre

explosives coincided with the commemoration of the 3rd anniversary of the brutal killings of 58 people, among them 32 journalists and media workers by some 200 gunmen in nearby Magu-indanao province.

The journalists were in a political convoy covering the filing of candidacy of gubernatorial candidate Esmael Mangudadatu when gunmen intercepted them in the highway and brought to a hill where they were shot and mutilated.

About half of those ac-cused in the grizzly killings, including members of the political Ampatuan clan, had been arrested and cap-tured and are facing trials in Manila.

The Human Rights Watch said the slow pace of the “Maguindanao Mas-sacre” trial and the gov-ernment’s failure to arrest

nearly a hundred suspects raise grave concerns for the safety of witnesses and for obtaining justice for the victims.

“Three years since the horrors of the Maguin-danao Massacre, the trial crawls along, half of the suspects remain at large, and the victims’ families still face threats. Yet the larger problem is that the Aquino administration has done next to nothing to disband the rest of the country’s private armies,” Brad Adams, Asia director at Human Rights Watch, said in a statement sent to the Mindanao Examiner.

The massacre, the worst in recent Philippines his-tory, resulted in charges against senior members of the Ampatuan family, which controlled Maguindanao province for more than two

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BUTUAN City – Vice Mayor Lawrence “Law” Fortun was elected anew as president of the Butu-an-Agusan Norte Football Ass o c i at i on ( BA N FA ) during the general as-s embly of t he Phi l ip-pine Football Federation (PFF).

The vice mayor was reelected by consensus, as there was no other contender.

The process was su-pervised by General Sec-re t ar y E r i c M . Pa c on of the Agusan del Sur Football Association, the official representative of the PFF.

Also elected were the BANFA board members,

Fortun elected anew as BANFA prexy

namely Constancio “Gigi” Napana (KJB FC); Gi l C ab anas (DSFC) ; Re y

P a g a p u l a a n ( C u a r t e l F C ) ; F r e d d i e D a c e r a (Cabadbaran FC); Nor-

man Daruco (Nasipit FC); Mar wenito Z ambrano (Looban FC); and Joel Villanueva (Malditos FC).

BANFA General Secre-tary Robby Roluna cred-ited Vice Mayor Fortun’s effort in “facelifting” the football community in Butuan City and Agusan del Norte.

For his part, the vice mayor thanked the presi-dents of different football clubs for their support even has he vowed to continue the programs that he has started, in coordinat ion with the PFF. (Eldie N. David and Glenn C. Amarille, Voce May o r ’s O f f i c e / L G U -Butuan/PIA-Caraga/asf )

KORONADAL City - Fif-ty-two Public OFW Desk Officers (PODO) from dif-ferent provinces of Region 12 are participating in the two-day Customer Service Skills Training that started yesterday.

Spearheaded by the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA-12), in coordination with Power Coach Workshop, the training is being con-ducted at Lemlunay Beach Resort in Maasim, Sarang-gani Province.

Programs and Services Division OICcharge Mar-ilou M. Sumalinog said the training is geared towards

R12 OFW desk officers undergocustomer service training

By Oliver Ross V. Rivera

maintaining a high profile service and to equip PODOs with capabilities in handling customer service as well.

PODOs serve as rep-resentatives of OWWA and handle all concerns of OFWs from their respec-tive areas. They give OFWs and their families better access and information to OWWA services and programs.

Miss Sumalinog added that as of this year, all local governments in the region have an OFW help desk, covering the region’s four provinces, five cities and 45 municipalities. (ORVRive-ra-PIA12/asf )

STATe OF CHILDReN – Sultan Kudarat Gov. Datu Suharto T. Mangudadatu, Al Hadj deliers his State of the Children’s Report highlighting the 39th Foundation Anniversary of the prov-ince.. The 11th Provincial Children’s Congress was held at the Sultan Kudarat Sports and Cultural Center, November 15. (Sultan Kudarat Province/EBdelaCruz/RTLacibal-PIA 12/asf)

PAGADIAN City - To en-hance compliance to labor standards by adopting the “big brother/small brother approach”, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has conducted, November 19, an orienta-tion on Kapatiran Work Improvement for Small Enterprises-Training and Advisory Visit (WISE-TAV.)

DOLE-9 Assistant Re-gional Director Virginia L. Bonbon said the activity aimed to create awareness among small brothers on General Labor Standards and Occupational Safety and Health; promote and develop the spirit of broth-erhood on gradual compli-ance with labor standards and thresh out issues and concerns that would greatly affect the attainment of program objectives.

DOLE holds 4-in-1 program orientation/workshop

By: Alma L. Tingcang

"For this particular train-ing, we have identified the big companies (big broth-ers), such as Robinsons Supermarket, Citi Hardware and Sam's Fast Food, whose corporate social responsi-bilities are geared toward helping the small estab-lishments (small brothers) to be compliant with labor standards, through aware-ness and dialogue," Director Sisinio B. Cano explained.

"This, in a way, is a para-digm shift, as we would like to promote a culture

of voluntary compliance for all establishments," Cano added.

WISE-TAV program and Establishing a Safe and Healthy Workplace were discussed by Camilo A. Encila Jr.; Productivity by Lourdes B. Amores and General Labor Standards. By Fortunato A. Magsayo.

The orientation/work-shop would eventually help businessmen to comply with safety and health standards set by DOLE. (JPA/ALT-PIA9/Zambo Sur/asf)

BUTUAN CITY, -- The Philippine Institute of Cer-tified Accountants (PICPA) Agusan del Norte-Butuan City Chapter will be host-ing this year’s 67th An-nual National Convention

(ANC) on November 28 to December 2, 2012 at the Almont Hotel’s Inland Resort here.

PICPA National Presi-dent Atty. Josefe Sorrera-Ty said that PICPA is the ac-credited professional orga-nization (APO) of CPAs by

the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) and has been awarded thrice as PRC most outstanding APO from among other professional organizations.

Through PICPA, the country is actively repre-sented in the world’s major

accounting bodies. Fore-most among these interna-tional organizations is the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC), the broad objective which is the development and enhance-ment of a well coordinated worldwide accountancy

profession functioning un-der harmonized standards.

“82 years have passed, PICPA has continued to be faithful to its mission to enhance the integrity of the accountancy profes-sion, serve the best interest of its members and other

stakeholders, and contribute to the attainment of the country’s national objec-tives,” said Ty.

Ty added that some 2,500 participants nationwide are expected to join in the big event.

By: Jennifer P. Gaitano

Butuan to host 67th PICPA Annual National Convention

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FROM rising painters, to trailblazing printmakers, to national artists — the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has served as a “great patron” to them all.

The Bangko Sentral is considered “unique” as a public institution because of its exceptional collection of paint-ings spanning more than two centuries, according to the Committee on BSP Artwork and Paintings (CBAP).

The BSP’s art collection started under the term of Governor Gregorio S. Licaros. Paintings were then ac-quired to adorn the former Central Bank of the Philip-pines’ new offices on Roxas Boulevard.

The collected works grew significantly under former Governor Jaime C. Laya, who expanded the Bank’s art collection to include decorative arts (pre-colonial gold and pottery).

The CBAP added that during the terms of former BSP Governor Rafael B. Buenaventura and present Governor Amando M. Tetangco, Jr., the Committee started the in-ventory of the BSP art collection and published the books “Tanaw: Perspectives on the BSP Painting Collection” and “Tanaw: Catalog of the BSP Painting Collection.”

It was under the term of Tetangco that the BSP’s bien-nial art competition (“Tanaw: the BSP Art Competition”) and its art acquisition program were launched.

“We believe that the BSP as an established storehouse of Philippine culture should continue to serve as its guardian,” the CBAP said.

The country’s 14 National Artists for visual arts (two for sculpture, 12 for painting) are represented in the BSP collection.

Fernando Amorsolo leads the pack, with 28 of his paintings now with the BSP. Hernando R. Ocampo comes second, with 27 paintings.

The other National Artists with artworks included in the BSP collection are: Carlos “Botong” Francisco, Guillermo Tolentino, Napoleon Abueva, Victorio Edades,

Patron of the arts

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THINK a minute.Have you ever heard

anyone who was dying say: “I wish I had spent more time at the office!” I doubt it.

If you knew that you were going to die tomor-row, how would you live your last 24 hours?

Would you party until you drop and try not to think about your own death?

Would you be filled with fear or anger at God? Would you do everything you could so your family could go on without you?

Those people who died on September 11, 2001 in the World Trade Center in New York City never knew they were going to die when they woke up that morning.

People who suddenly die in car accidents or drown in the ocean never know they’re going to die that day.

Is today your last

Sixteen years ago my family celebrated Christ-mas in America, and the next day my father left on a business trip to the Phil-ippines as he had done for 27 years. But this time he never came back.

Just a few weeks later, he died from pneumonia in Hawaii.

My father had no idea he would never come home. And neither did we.

You see, this is why we must live today like it’s our

last—because it just might be! Maybe you need to get things right in your life. Maybe you need to ask someone’s forgiveness; or you need to forgive some-one else who wronged and hurt you. Do it now. Don’t wait another day. For your own peace and safety, free yourself from the sin of unforgiveness.

Jesus Himself said that our unforgiveness will stop you and me from receiving God’s forgiveness. Or maybe

you’ve been dishonest, lied, cheated and stolen from someone.

Friend, it does not matter what you’ve done wrong, do what you need to do to make it right today—before it’s too late. If you died tonight, are you 100% sure that you’re right with God your Maker and Judge?

If today is your last, do you know for certain that you would go to heaven? If not, you can be sure right now.

Just ask Jesus Christ to forgive you for all your wrongs and living your own way. Then ask Him to take charge of your life today and every day. That’s the only way you can be safe and sure you’re ready to die every day until your very last one.

Just Think a Minute.

Cris Diaz

Kakampi mo ang batas

Atty. Batas Mauricio

Sorry bishops, but the world is ending by fire

WE wrote that the heart of the coun-try’s problem boils down to ‘politics.’ Because of politics, this country can-not move on. We do not have to go elsewhere to justify our claim that politics is the culprit that makes this country stagnant. While the political hostility is intense in the national government, politics in the local arena crawls in the trail of enmity like a searing heat of a volcanic magma.

Politicians do everything to sway people to their side. Their viral nit-picking characters spread in the pages of periodicals and air lanes. More often, innocent persons and individuals become sacrificial objects of their outrageous wicked-ness. For example, the ‘Maguindanao massacre’ on Nov. 23, 2009 in a remote village of Ampatuan in Southern Philippines obviously demonstrated the devilish nature of local politics in the country. The execution of innocent civilians and writers who were part of the entourage in that carnage was the blackest in the country’s history in politics and of the press.

Although not physical in context, the semblance of ‘Maguindanao massacre’ occurs in the country, in the form of calibrated black propaganda especially during

In the trail of hateelection season. These schemes subtly aimed at destroying personal and family reputations when an election nears. Journalists in the broadcast and newspaper industry get anonymous threats - they are tagged as ‘propagandists,’ ‘paid hacks,’ and ‘lackeys of politicians,’ to name a few. These allegations and insinuations are expressed in multi-faceted forms. Sometimes the scary thought of betrayal and treachery among politicians, friends, and accomplishes are too dreadful for comfort. Worse, others are silenced six feet below the ground. That was what the ‘Maguindanao massacre’ all about.

As expressed in most political views, paying political support and not of ‘greatness and nobility of mind’ is the only way to win in an election in the country. The reason, perhaps, that loyalty among political followers is temporary. That friendship and following obtained in exchange of silver become unreliable in times of dire need. This argument compels any politician to ‘buy votes.’ The crux of the matter is followers gained out of monetary consideration are naturally provisional.

In other words, politicians are not beholden to their constituents anymore. Under this condition, the con-stituents are deprived of freedom to complain. In addi-tion, the electorates have lost the moral ascendancy to question the affairs of their government.

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LIFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “…`If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned’…” (Jesus Christ, our God and Savior, in John 15:6, the Holy Bible).

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TIONS ABOUT THE END BY BISHOPS: I am bothered by the way that Iloilo Arch-bishop Angel Lagdameo and Batangas Bishop Ra-mon Arguelles responded to claims that the world is ending by December 21, 2012. Indeed, both of them are correct that no one can really say that the end is to come on that day, for noth-ing has been invented yet to predict the actual date of the end of the world.

But, it is totally mis-placed to treat this matter as if it is not going to physi-

cally happen, as Lagdameo and Arguelles are trying to project, and thereby induce a false sense of security among the people, especially those who are no longer reading the Bible and are no longer obeying God’s commands. The end is coming and, although no one knows the exact time and date, and even if many are wish-ing it will not happen, it is definitely going to occur.

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END WILL COME, NO MATTER WHAT: What is my basis for saying that

the world will end at some point in time? I can point to what many may call as scientific bases, especially the undeniable truth that everything not only have their beginnings but, more so, their end. This world as we know it had a beginning, no matter how this may have occurred. But just like any other thing in the whole universe, it will have its end.

Over and above these scientific bases, however, are the Biblical verses that point to the end of the world. While many may scoff at the Bible and its predic-

tions of the end, we cannot ignore the fact that many of the things that it predicted and warned about that will happen indeed already took place, at one time or another, quite accurately.

There is therefore suf-ficient basis for someone like me, who believes in God and in His Bible, to believe that the end of the world is going to come, not in the manner that Lagdameo and Arguelles described or wished it would be, but exactly in the way that the Bible said it will be, and that, if we are to be concerned that we do not suffer the tribulation that the end will bring, we should strive to know and then obey God’s admonitions about this ending.

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THE FAMILIES of the 58 victims of the Nov. 23, 2009 Ampatuan Massacre are starting to lose hope in the justice system, and the government has only itself to blame.

As we commemorate the third anniversary of the Ampatuan Massacre, where 32 journalists and media workers were among the murdered, only two of the eight Ampatuan clan members in jail have been arraigned. Some witnesses have died. Some relatives of the victims have fled their hometowns following receipt of death threats.

In August 2010, Presi-dent Benigno S. Aquino III promised five crucial reforms to help speed up the quest for justice. Among these were improvements to the Witness Protection Program, the formation of quick-response teams to investigate media killings, measures to speed up the

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL is deeply concerned that three years on from the Maguindanao massacre the Philippines has failed to ensure that justice is swiftly and fairly served. Since 23 November 2009 almost half the 197 suspects for whom arrest warrants have been issued remain at large, no prosecution has been concluded, nor perpetrator convicted, and at least six witnesses to the massacre and their families have themselves been killed.

Alijol Ampatuan, who according to prosecutors was willing to identify perpetrators, was shot at close range this February. Esmail Amil Enog, who testified in court that he had been a driver for gunmen implicated in the massacre, was found chain-sawed into pieces after dis-appearing in May. That same month a prospective state witness, police officer Hernanie Decipulo died in police custody. His death was reported as a suicide. Another prospective state witness, Suwaib Upham, was killed in 2010. In June, the police reported that three relatives of witnesses have also been killed. Myrna Reblando, the widow of a journalist who was killed, was compelled to leave the country fearing for her safety after receiving credible threats in 2011.

In October 2012, the UN Human Rights Commit-tee concluded that “the Philippine government should ensure the full protection of witnesses by increasing the effectiveness of the witness protection program” and that authorities should “fully investigate cases of killings and suspected intimidation of witnesses to put an end to the climate of fear that plagues investigation and prosecution.” Amnesty International fully supports this statement and urges the Philippine authorities to also extend protection to relatives of massacre victims

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Aquino govt policies, politics, inaction delay justice for Maguindanao martyrs

Unity statement on the third year since the Ampatuan massacre, and second international day to end impunity

pace of the trial, and a re-view of the Rules of Court to mitigate possible abuse and manipulation.

The problems raised are hardly imaginary. As a Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) study shows, some 100 war-lords continue to rule areas in the country that have chalked up the most number of media killings.

Even as fear of reprisals continue to haunt witnesses and plaintiffs in the case, the government of Mr. Aquino and other major political parties in the country have embraced the Ampatuan clan.

At least 72 Ampatuan clan members are candidates in the May 2013 elections, nine of them running under the Liberal Party, and 34 others under the United Nationalist Alliance of Vice President Jejomar Binay.

The big number of candi-dates from the clan bares an

intact financial and power infrastructure. In fact, the Philippine Center for Inves-tigative Journalism (PCIJ) shows that Andal Ampatuan Jr. has managed to sell eight prime properties, an outrage when the government has pledged to forfeit wealth that multiplied many times as the clan consolidated its powers with help from suc-cessive administrations that wooed the clan’s formidable voting machine.

Nov. 23 is also the In-ternational Day to end Im-punity. A Southeast Asian Press Alliance report shows the Philippines, supposedly the region’s most vibrant democracy, remains the most dangerous place for journalists.

A total of 153 journal-ists have been killed since 1986. Of these, at least 14 had been murdered dur-ing the administration of Mr. Aquino. Of the total cases, only 10 cases have

won partial convictions. No mastermind has ever been brought to trial.

A survey of all cases of media killings will show that half of the suspects are state actors – policemen, soldiers, and elected offi-cials. The Aquino admin-istration’s embrace of a clan long known for warlordism only highlights how state policy can fuel impunity.

Aside from the killings, Mr. Aquino has consistently exhibited a penchant for proposals to curtail press freedom and freedom of expression.

Despite his avowed pledge to implement “tuwid na daan,” he has reneged on a promise to prioritize the passage of the Freedom of Information bill – an initiative that could help his government fulfil its promise to rid the country of corruption.

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Congressman Rufus B. Rodriguez delivers his speech last Saturday to celebrate the 61st anniversary of the Cagayan de Oro Press Club. He announced the approval by the NHA of allocating 3 hectares in Gusa for 300 houses exclusively for media members who were Sendong flood victims. Also in photo are COPC President Monsignor Elmer Abacahin, SSJV., past presidents Allan Mediante, Ching Calub and Atty. August “Titots” Neri, Jr.

ZAMBOANGA City––Combined military and police forces have ar-rested a suspected Abu Sayyaf member involved in the 2002 kidnapping of six Jehovah’s Witness in the island province of Sulu, a military official disclosed Saturday.

Capt. Alberto Caber, information officer of the Army’s 1st Infantry Division, said the suspect was ar-rested around 11:20 a.m. Friday in Barangay Tulungatung, 17 kilometers west of this city.

Arrested was Walid Amping, alias ‘Tuma,’ who was arrested on the strength of warrants of arrest for six counts of kidnapping and

serious illegal detention with no bail recommended issued by a Pasig City Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 266.

Amping also has warrants of arrest for murder issued by a Zamboanga City Court, according to Caber.

He said that Amping was involved in the kidnapping of six Jehovah’s Witnesses on August of 2002 in the municipal town of Patikul in Sulu.

The victims--four females and two males--were on a door-to-door sale of comestic products when the Abu Sayyaf bandits seized them.

The bandits beheaded the two male hostages, whose bodies were found a

day after they were kidnapped.The rest of the hostages were

rescued after weeks of military opera-tions against the Abu Sayyaf bandits in the province of Sulu.

Amping was arrested a day after another Abu Sayyaf member was arrested by the government forces.

Arrested on Thursday was Abu Jaid, alias ‘Ajing,’ who was arrested on the strength of warrant of arrest at Port of Isabela City, the capital of Basilan province.

Jaid was involved in the 2001 kid-napping and beheading of two workers of the Golden Harvest Plantation in Barangay Tairan in Lantawan, Basilan.

‘Abu’ suspect in abducting six Jehovah’s Witness nab

MEMBERS of the Emergency Response Team of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council of Compostela Valley Province and its counterpart in the municipal level conduct rescue operation training using new life-saving boats in a swollen river of a town in the province. Photo by Ben D. Arche

C O TA B AT O C i t y – –Alarmed by the series of killings in the city, the Sangguniang Panglung-sod, chaired by Cotabato City Vice Mayor Muslimin Sema has called for a Multi-Sectoral Peace and Order Summit on November 29.

“This is to assess and

City execs set peace confab to address killings in Cotabatomitigate the security threats that continue to haunt the city residents, especially the spate of killings many of which remained unre-solved,” Sema told reporters.

The City Council has passed Resolution No. 5214 which was forwarded to Mayor Japal Guiani for ap-

proval calling for the 6th Infantry Division to include the city in its area of op-eration and send troops to augment the security forces in the area.

Sema’s ca l l for the summit was triggered by a privilege speech by Major-ity Floor Leader Wilfrido

Bueno who raised the alarm signal on the spate of kill-ings in the city.

The latest victims of senseless killings were Fili-pino-Chinese businessman Antonio Cua Cok, owner of Ocean’s Best Restaurant; and former Barangay Poblacion 3 chair Antonio Mendoza

who was shot in front of the Iglesia ni Cristo Church along De Mazenod Avenue.

“Let the Sangguniang Panlungsod spearhead a summit of the leaders of the city to address the peace and order problem,” Sema said.

Sema said he was alarmed that crimes perpetrated in

the city remain unresolved. He noted that even women are hapless victims of crimes that happened even on broad daylight.

The Sangguniang Pan-glungsod also set aside P100,000 reward money for any one who could

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THE Department of the Interior and Local Govern-ment (DILG) continues its campaign against private armed groups in the coun-try in preparation for the election next year.

Presidential spokes-person Edwin Lacierda disclosed that the DILG, the Armed Forces, and the Philippine National Police (PNP) has agreed to work together in sustaining the campaign against private armed groups.

The Palace spokesper-son made the disclosure

Campaign vs. private armed groups continue

in response to criticism about the government’s failure to dismantle pri-vate armed groups in the country particularly after the country marked last week the third year of the Maguindanao massacre where several media men were killed.

On November 23, 2009, some 200 armed men forced the group of 58 people – 20 Mangudadatu relatives and supporters in Maguin-danao, 32 journalists and media workers, and six passersby – off the highway

near Ampatuan town and executed them.

The Maguindanao mas-sacre brought to light the dangers posed by private armies, militias, and para-militaries in the peace and order situation in the Phil-ippines.

Several members of the Ampatuan clan, the alleged perpetrators, are now in jail and on trial for the massacre.

Out of 197 identified suspects, the government has arrested 99. The rest remains at large.

DAVAO City––Dozens of tribesmen in Davao City in the southern Philippines have fled their homes fol-lowing threats by commu-nist rebels, the military said Friday.

It said New People’s Army rebels have accused tribesmen of passing infor-mation to the military about the communist group. At least 17 indigenous families have sought safe refuge in the village of Marilog.

The rebels, led by Leon-cio Pitao, were also forcing the villagers to join anti-government rallies to protest the presence of government troops in the area, according to an army statement sent to the Mindanao Examiner.

“We see how the NPAs

Davao tribesmen flee village due to NPA

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jeopardize the safety of these families who are liv-ing peacefully in the area,” said Lt. Col. Edgar Nigos, commander of the 84th Infantry Battalion.

He said villagers should denounce the presence of rebels in the area instead of the military. “It is our man-date to protect the people and not to harm them. That’s why we would like to en-courage everyone specially the government leaders to condemn the presence of the NPAs so that we can all live peacefully,” he said.

There was no immediate statement from the NPA, which is fighting for the establishment of a separate Maoist state in the country. (Mindanao Examiner)

DAVAO City––The municipal government of San Isidro in Davao Oriental province has been cited by the Regional Office XI of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) as the leading local government unit (LGU) among the municipalities in the region to have satisfactorily complied with the business permit and licensing system (BPLS) standards.

Sarry L. Kinoc, DTI development specialist and BPLS focal person, said the San Isidro LGU has adopted the standards on trimming down the processing steps,

San Isidro town tops in BPLS compliance

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Zamboanga

PAGADIAN City––Philip-pine authorities captured an Abu Sayyaf rebel in his hideout in Zamboanga City

Govt troops capture Sayyaf rebel in 2002 kidnap of Christian missionaries

for the 2002 kidnappings of Christian missionaries in the southern province of Sulu, officials said Saturday.

Officials said the rebel, who was only identified by his alias Tuma, is implicated to the kidnappings of 6 mem-

bers of the Jehova’s Witness in Patikul town.

“The operation was launched by combined ele-ments from the (Army’s) Task Force-Zamboanga, the Air Force and Zamboanga police and this resulted to the arrest of Tuma who is wanted for kidnappings, among other charges,” Capt. Alberto Caber, a spokesman for the 1st Infantry Division, told the Mindanao Examiner.

He said the rebel was captured in his hideout in the village of Tulungatung on Friday after security forces tracked him down.

Maj. Gen. Ricardo Rainier Cruz III, the regional army

commander, said the cap-ture of Tuma was the result of the Oplan Bayanihan, a codename for the govern-ment’s Internal Peace and Security Plan.

“As long as there are strong IPSP supporters in our localities, we are confi-dent in hunt against lawless group,” Cruz said.

In September, army sol-diers in nearby Zamboanga del Norte province also cap-tured two Abu Sayyaf rebels implicated in the kidnapping of 21 people, including three US citizens, from a posh Filipino resort in the 2001.

The two men – Imam Pai and Aling – were captured

in their hideout in Labason town.

The duo was among those who kidnapped holiday-makers, among them a US missionary couple Martin and Gracia Burnham, and California man Guillermo Sobero, in Dos Palmas resort in Palawan province.

Sobero was eventually killed and Martin Burnham was shot during a US-led military rescue operation in Zamboanga del Norte. Burn-ham’s wife was rescued, but wounded after being hit by a stray bullet in the fire fight between troops and rebels.

Authorities have linked the Abu Sayyaf to the spate of terrorism and kidnappings in the southern Philippines. (Mindanao Examiner)

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THE DOOR”: Indeed, Jesus Christ, our God and Savior, was categorical in saying that no one, except the Father in heaven, knows the day and hour of the end. But, He was also firm in saying that when the signs He mentioned have already happened, then the end is certainly and inevitably going to come.

In Matthew 24:32-33, Jesus said: “Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. Even so, when you see all these things, you know that it is near, right at the door.” In Matthew 24:1-31, Jesus listed all the “things” which are the signs of the coming end.

How is the end going to come? There are many Bib-lical passages that describe the end, but my favorite are Malachi 3:19 (for the Catho-lic bible) or 4:1 (for the New International Version), and 2 Peter 3:10-12. In all these, the end is described as a “burning furnace”, a day of fire where everything---and everyone---will be burned.

M a l a c h i 4 : 1 s a y s : “…`Surely the day is coming; it will burn like a furnace. All the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble, and the day that is coming will set them on fire,’ says the Lord Almighty. `Not a root or a branch will be left to them’...” Can anyone escape this fiery end? Yes, but they will have to become Children of God, Blood Kin of the Christ first.

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Vicente Manansala, Ce-sar Legaspi, Arturo Luz, J. Elizalde Navarro, Ang Ki-ukok, Jose Joya, Benedicto Cabrera, and Abdulmari Imao.

The BSP also has 10 of the “Thirteen Moderns” in its collection. The “Thirteen Moderns,” spearheaded by Victorio Edades, was an attempt to form a cohesive unit of artists who were in search of a modern style.

Edades, who has eight of his works with the BSP, had helped organize the University of Santo Tomas Department of Architecture in 1930. He was appointed Director of the UST College of Architecture and Fine Arts in 1935.

Edades patterned the Fine Arts curriculum af-ter American courses and included Western and Ori-ental art history, foreign languages, and optional science subjects such as zoology and botany (aside from the standard subjects such as drawing, painting and composition).

“It was under the stew-ardship of Edades that UST became foremost in modern

art, while the University of the Philippines remained the bastion of conservative art under Fernando Amorsolo,” the CBAP said.

Artists from the “Thir-teen Moderns” whose works are represented in the collec-tion include Edades, Deme-trio Diego, Carlos Francisco, Cesar Legaspi, Diosdado Lorenzo, Anita Magsaysay-Ho, Vicente Manansala, Galo B. Ocampo, Hernando R. Ocampo, and Ricarte Purugganan.

The Cultural Center of the Philippines has honored this pioneering group by naming its art awards the “Thirteen Artists Award”—originally conceived to sup-port experimental art in the Philippines.

At present, the CBAP explained that it has be-come a triennial program that nurtures and promotes artistic excellence by rec-ognizing progressive and innovative art.

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Executive Director Ra-mon Lopez and Dr. Enerico Sampang Jr. led the ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Concepcion and Mrs. Villar led the lineup of speakers and resource per-sons. The Former Las Pinas Representative emphasized the important role and con-tribution of OFWs in the country in her speech as she encouraged OFWs and their beneficiaries to handle their salaries and the remittance they receive.

“Gusto namin mau-nawaan at tandaan ng ating mga OFWs at ng kanilang mga pamilya: ang pagig-ing masinop ay mahalaga upang hindi masayang ang pinagpaguran ninyo o ng inyong mga mahal sa bu-hay. Ang maganda sana ay kung inyong mapalago ang anumang kinikita mula sa paghahanap-buhay sa ibang bansa [We want to remind OFWs and help their families understand that handling their finances or salaries well is very impor-tant, so whatever they have worked hard for will not go to waste. It is even better if they can make their earnings from abroad grow through proper investment such as venturing into a business of their own,” cited Villar.

“ Tagumpay Forum”, which delves on the chal-lenges and triumphs by OFWs turned entrepre-neurs, who have persevered, passionately believing they can succeed, was among the highlights of the event.

Former OFWs Mike Casas, Annie Sitjar and Cherry Yack shared their experiences and the chal-lenges they faced before becoming successful in their chosen businesses. Casas has embarked on bottled

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facility in the cities of Batangas, Cagayan de Oro and Iloilo, it will be scaled and expanded to additional cities in subsequent years.

Steele expressed opti-mism that this increased access to credit would en-courage the creation of more businesses and translate to more income and em-ployment opportunities for Filipinos.

An integral part of the U.S-Philippines Partnership for Growth (PFG), the CDI aims to develop secondary cities as economic growth areas.

“Cities can serve as cen-ters for industrial produc-tion, delivery of essential services, marketing and distribution points, and gateways for trade and in-vestment that effectively link the rural sector to the urban economy,” said Steele.

Apart from this credit facility, the USAID CDI is supporting high-growth industries in the area of human resource develop-ment in a bid to promote economic growth.

Steele said the agency has partnered with the Philip-

“With this upcoming event, we are helping Bu-tuan City to be known by our guests from other re-gions and officials from the World Bank, and we are also helping our local hotels and pension houses raise additional income,” she said.

Ty also cited that they have been promoting the local products of Butuan whenever they attend activi-ties in the different countries in the world.

ANC co-chair Rowena Tabada also said that the ‘Balanghai’ which represents the event’s logo was chosen because it is a symbol of Ethics and Excellence en-shrined in the Filipinos as early as pre-colonial times.

“It is the earliest evidence of that early Filipino were already excellent traders. The Balanghais were used in keeping good business between the local people of Butuan and traders from the kingdoms within the regions,” she said.(JPG/PIA-Caraga)

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sardines while Sitjar and Yack ventured into a poultry business.

“Starting small, they’re now making good money while enjoying life with their loved ones in the country. And so, there’s no need for them to work abroad, and this is what the Villar Foun-dation together with GoN-egosyo have been espousing, giving our OFWs and their families an option to earn a living,” noted Villar.

She said the Villar Foun-dation and GoNegosyo will be behind them in their endeavour and struggle. “We will help you to make it happen. We are commit-ted to help you start it off,” assured Villar.

Henry Tenedero talked about entrepreneurial mind-set dubbed as “Tamang Pananaw Para sa Negosyong Hataw”. Ivy Hayagan of Tindahan ni Aling Puring and Willing Camarillo of Finds Convenience tackled spotting business oppor-tunities under the theme “ Maghanap ng Negosyong Hot na Hot.”

Dean Pax Lapid and Richie Cuna discussed fi-nancial literacy and how to start a business. Raju Mandhyan of Vista Land and Terso Sahilan of Tech Pacific College discussed “Skills Up”. Speakers from other exhibitors and sponsors, such as Avon and Fern-C (food supplement), dis-cussed other earning op-portunities in dealership or distributorship.

Lucky participants also won raffle prizes including a house and lot from Camella Homes, motorcycles from Motortrade, sari-sari stores from Puregold and Finds Convenience Store, Kettle Corn machines from RFM Corp. and dealership kit from Fern-C among many more.

pine Business for Education (PBEd) to provide support to establish or strengthen industry-academe partner-ships in the CDI sites.

“Not only will this ad-dress the gap between market demand and skills production, this will also spur science, technology and innovation, especially in the manufacturing and agri-business sectors,” she said.

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instead is the patently unconstitutional Cyber-crime Prevention Act, a law which grants the state draconian powers to crack down on dissent and critical expression on digital space.

Lately, the President has even mentioned in glowing terms the Right to Reply initiative, which would force the press to hand over its space to the whims of poli-ticians and other powerful individuals and groups seek-ing to manage the flow of information.

Taken together, the acts of commission and omission by the Aquino administra-tion betray sheer lip service to justice and press freedom, and a dangerous tendency to sacrifice both to the exi-gencies of power.

Signed: Center for Community

Journalism and Develop-ment

Center for Media Free-dom and Responsibility

Freedom Fund for Fili-pino Journalists

National Union of Jour-nalists of the Philippines

Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism

Philippine Press InstituteUniversity of the Phil-

ippines-College of Mass Communication

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who risk reprisal, intimi-dation and bribes. Protec-tion should include regular monitoring and communi-cation with all the families and witnesses. For those who have received credible threats or are otherwise in danger, the authorities must provide security escorts or other means of ensuring their safety.

Trials in the civil and criminal cases are ongoing at a Quezon City Regional Trial Court. However, there have been several delays and setbacks and most of the court proceedings have been bail hearings.

Three years on from the massacre, and the substance of the cases has barely been touched.

In a more positive move, the Supreme Court initi-ated the use of judicial af-fidavits in the civil action case, allowing majority of the victim-complainants to testify through them. Amnesty International urges the Chief Justice of the Su-preme Court to further initiate judicial remedies to expedite progress in the civil and criminal cases.

Meanwhile the Depart-ment of Interior and Lo-cal Government has yet to complete administrative proceedings against the 62 police officers implicated in the killings.

Amnesty International calls on President Aquino to

use his executive authority to push for the resolution of all administrative cases of all government officials implicated in the massacre.

Three days after elec-tion-related Maguindanao massacre in 2009, then-presidential candidate Aquino pledged to revoke Executive Order 546, which authorizes the police and its auxiliaries to act as “force multipliers.” After his elec-tion as president, Aquino backtracked on this promise in November 2010.

In 2013 the Philippines will be holding national elections, including in Min-danao.

According to the Philip-pine National Police, at least 60 private armed groups have not been dismantled and are at risk of using violence to influence the outcome of the elections. State-sponsored armed groups including police auxiliaries, Civilian Vol-unteer Organizations and the Civilian Armed Forces Geographical Unit, continue to operate.

Amnesty International reiterates its call to President Aquino to revoke Executive Order 546 immediately in order to prevent renewed human rights violations in the run-up to the May 2013 elections.

On this third anniver-sary, the Maguindanao mas-sacre has become an emblem of impunity for unlawful killings in the Philippines.

The families of those killed nevertheless fight on for justice, despite dwindling resources and threats to their life.

It is high time for the Philippine authorities to fully abide by their obliga-tions under international human rights law and ensure effective remedy for victims of the Maguindanao mas-sacre and their families.

BackgroundThe full impact of gov-

ernment support for the private armed groups of local politicians became starkly clear on 23 Novem-ber 2009, when 57 people, including 32 journalists, travelling in an election convoy were massacred in what has been repeatedly described by media groups as ‘the world’s largest ever single attack on journalists’.

The victims were bru-tally killed and dumped in a mass grave on a hillside in the town of Ampatuan in the southern Philippine province of Maguindanao.

Those killed were on their way to witness the filing of candidacy for a local politician when they were stopped by over 100 armed men.

Leaders of the powerful Ampatuan clan, many of them elected government officials, have been charged in connection with the kill-ings but no prosecutions have been concluded.

The clan’s private armed group and members of the local police and military are likewise implicated in the murder case.

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provide information on the identities and where-about of those involved in the killings.

Aside from representa-tives of law enforcement agencies, also invited were local government officials, heads of non government organizations and other stakeholders.

In his privilege speech, Bueno said the crime vol-ume in the city has bal-looned from 391 in January to October 2011 to 414 in the same period this year.

Sema said concrete ac-tions must be taken to pre-vent further violence in the city that may discourage investors.

While the national gov-ernment is addressing a bigger security problem such as rebellion, he said petty crimes that have been a daily occurrence in the city must be given equal time.

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number of signatories and time in the issuance of business permit.

The LGU has reduced the processing steps from four hours to 27 minutes with only one signatory to applicant who had already completed the pre-required documents.

To support the system, Kinoc added the LGU passed an ordinance institutionaliz-ing it and the chief executive issued an order establishing the joint inspection team. The DTI recently evaluated at least 20 local government units including Davao City which were given trainings on BPLS last year.

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LABOR leaders want lo-cal government units na-tionwide to help raise the business sector’s compliance with Philippine labor laws.

“LGUs shouldn’t issue business permits unless establishments applying for these comply with such laws including those on wages,” Lakas Manggagawa Labor Center Secretary-General

Labor groups ask government to fully implement labor lawsTerry Tuazon said.

He said LGUs must re-quire an establishment’s business permit application to include certification of compliance with the coun-try’s labor laws so authorities concerned can verify such claim and act accordingly if proven untrue.

“There must be an au-dit by LGUs and the labor

department’s inspectors,” he said.

National Labor Union president Dave Diwa sup-ports the bid for stricter monitoring as he said the business sector’s compliance with labor laws is “almost nil.”

He also noted the labor department lacks personnel tasked with monitoring compliance, making it dif-ficult to enforce labor laws.

“There are about 800,000 small, medium and large business establishments nationwide and only about 200 inspectors so LGUs

should step into the picture to make enforcement local-ized,” he said.

Kilusang Mayo Uno na-tional chairperson Elmer Labog echoed his colleagues’ call for stricter monitoring, noting workers nationwide continue suffering from below-cost of living wages.

“A study shows the Phil-ippines is the world’s third top nation with the lowest wages,” he said.

He noted the present-day daily minimum wage of PhP426 is lower than the PhP993 cost of living allowance indicated in non-

government organization Ibon Foundation’s research findings.

“The Constitution says workers are entitled to re-ceive living wages,” he said.

Labog said women work-

ers are particularly in a disadvantaged position.

“Majority of them receive wages and benefits that are much less than what their male counterparts receive,” he said.

\decades. The family ruled through a “private army” of 2,000 to 5,000 armed men comprised of government-supported militia, local police, and military personnel.

Mangudadatu had posed a political threat to the Ampatuans, hence the plot to stop him from running, according to witnesses at the trial. Mangudadatu is now governor of Maguin-danao.

The Human Rights Watch said the trial so far has mostly concerned the 56 bail petitions filed before the court. The prosecution has yet to complete its pre-sentation of evidence and witnesses.

“Relatives of victims have alleged that they have

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faced threats, intimidation, and bribery, allegedly from Ampatuan supporters; one of the widows decided to leave the Philippines this year out of fear. Since the massacre, lawyers for Man-gudadatu said at least three actual or potential witnesses have been killed, including an Ampatuan militia mem-ber named Suwaib Upham who had agreed to testify and who had sought wit-ness protection that never materialized,” it said.

In November, the Su-preme Court rejected a petition seeking live televi-sion coverage of the trial. Relatives of victims told Human Rights Watch that they had hoped showing live coverage would lend transparency to the pro-ceedings and encourage the court to expedite hearings. (Mindanao Examiner)

ZAMBOANGA City––Police arrested one of two gunmen who shot dead a collector of the Republic Biscuit Corpo-ration in Zamboanga City in the southern Philippines.

Police said a witness pointed to the suspect, who was a former marine soldier, as behind the Nov. 16 killing of Burlyn Romulo Justiniani.

The suspect denied involvement in the murder, but policemen recovered the bag of Justiniani in the house of the ex-soldier in Zamboanga City. Two other men who were earlier arrested by the police on suspicion they were the assailants had been freed by authorities.

Justiniani was riding a motorcycle when shot at noon-time by one of two assailants tailing him along Nunez Extension near the Ciudad Medical Hospital.

The gunmen took the victim’s bag containing an un-determined amount of money before escaping. Justiniani was rushed to the hospital, but security guards said the victim, who worked as a collector for Republic Biscuit Corporation, succumbed to his wounds.

Police said it recovered the motorcycle used by the gunmen in their escape in the village of Upper Calar-ian. It said robbery was likely motive of the killing. (Mindanao Examiner)

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