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Execs call for an end of mining in watershed

“If they were hungry and weak, they would not be able to carry sacks of rice they took,” an irked PNP Chief Purisima answers a mediaman’s query regarding the alleged looting of relief goods at the DSWD compound in Davao City. Purisima and PRO-13 Director Napeñas lead inspection of firearms confiscated from Comelec gun ban violators in Caraga.

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BUTUAN City––Philip-pine National Police Direc-tor General Alan Purisima yesterday put to task those responsible for taking away relief goods from the De-partment of Social Welfare and Development com-pound in Davao City.

Purisima said the relief goods were intended for

SENATORIAL candidate and former con-gresswoman Cynthia Villar (NP-Team PNoy) called on the Department of Tourism to tap returning OFWs as tour guides to welcome international visitors from such countries as Korea, Japan, Malaysia and the Middle East.

“This can be part of our reintegration ef-forts for OFWs since they are familiar with the customs, culture and even languages of countries that send a lot of tourists our way. It will also help put our tourists at ease since those looking after their needs are former workers in the countries that they came from,” Villar, a noted social entrepreneur, explained.

She also noted that OFWs in different parts of the world could also be harnessed as tourism ambassadors by both the DOT and DFA.

“Equip our OFWs with promotional ma-terials and develop a program where they can speak to the business community

Villar urges DOT, DFA to tap OFWs as tour guides, tourism ambassadors

SENATORIAL candidate JV Ejercito Estrada attends the proclamation rally of the United Na-tionalist Alliance (UNA) in Angeles City.

PNP chief hits DSWD looterscalamity victims alright, but a process in the distribution still had to be followed.

Irked about a query on the typhoon victims pushed to forcibly take sacks of rice and other relief goods because of hunger, Purisima said “If they were hungry and weak, they would not be able to carry those sacks of rice they took from the DSWD compound.”

“They did not even sub-

mit a list of those they al-leged were typhoon victims,” he said.

Purisima was here as part of inspection visits to police offices around the country in connection with the pre-paredness of the PNP for this year’s mid-term elections. He said he wanted to assess how the Comelec gun ban during the election period has been implemented

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SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur—Officials of San Francisco Water District (SFWD) here have strongly called for an end of all forms of mining activities within the one kilometre area of Mt. Magdiwata watershed.

In a resolution, the SFWD board members have made a strong stand against the still unabated small-scale mining activi-ties and the advent of big mining companies which have mining and explo-ration permits that may have already encroached the 1,658 hectares proclaimed watershed area.

The board has called on the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) to imme-diately cancel all mining applications and permits within the one kilometer

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RA10172 Form No. lO.1(LCRO)

Republic of the Philippines Province of Lariao del Norte

Municipality of TubodOFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CIVIL REGISTRAR

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

In compliance with Rule 7 of Republic Act No. 10172, a notice is hereby served to the public that EUFIMIA CANEDA LAROBES has filed in this office a Petition for Correction of Clerical Error in the Child’s Gender under the entry of “SEX” from “MALE” to “FEMALE” in the Certificate of Live Birth of EUFIMIA CANEDA LAROBES bearing Local Civil Registry No. 94-588 who was born on 03 September 1970 at Barangay Tubaran, Municipality of Tubod, Province of Lanao del Norte and whose parents are Silveria Caneda and Pedro Larobes. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his/her written opposition with this office not later than March 12, 2013.

(Sgd.) JULIET BALURAN GALAMBAO, CE Municipal Civil RegistrarMDN: Mar. 1 & 8, 2013

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATEOF VICTORIANO CLAUDEL and MERCED

MAGDALE CLAUDELwith DEED OF PARTITION, WAIVER OF SHARE/S

and DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE

Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of the deceased VICTORIANO CLAUDEL, who died on January 11, 1997 in Quibonbon, El Salvador City, Misamis Oriental, and his deceased spouse MERCED MAGDALE CLAUDEL, who died on September 19, 2012 in Quibonbon, El Salvador City, Misamis Oriental, that the deceased spouses left the following real property which is conjugal and owned in common by both of them before they died, otherwise known as Lot no. 11744 Cad-237, situated in Kibonbon, El Salvador Misamis Oriental as indicated in the Original Certificate of title No. P-1744, free Patent no. V-S1189 and more particularly described as follows. Containing an area of THREE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND TWENTY ONE (3,621) SQUARE METERS. “PARCEL 1, LOT 11744-A, Psd-10-049282 Portion of Lot 11744, Cad-237, Cagayan Cadastre “Boundaries: SE., along line 2-3 by Road SW., along line 3-4 by lot 11744-C, NW., along line 1-2 by alley Lot 11744-K, NE., along line 2-3 by lot 11746, Cad-237, Cagayan Cadastre. Containing an area of THREE HUNDRED THIRTY SIX (336) square meters more or less… shall belong to Angelina C. Huiso, her heirs and assigns.” PARCEL 2, LOT 11744-B, Psd-10-049282 Portion of Lot 11744, Cad-237, Cagayan Cadastre “Boundaries: SE., along line 2-3 by Road SW., along line 3-4 by lot 11744-C, NW., along line 4-1 by alley Lot 11744-K, NE., along line 1-2 by lot 11744-A, all of subdivision plan Psd-10-049282. Containing an area of THREE HUNDRED THIRTY SIX (336) square meters more or less… shall belong to Merced M. Claudel (deceased) and likewise adjudicated by the herein parties equally; “PARCEL 3, LOT 11744-C, Psd-10-049282 Portion of Lot 11744, Cad-237, Cagayan Cadastre “Boundaries: SE., along line 3-4 by Road SW., along line 4-1 by lot 11744-D, NW., along line 1-2 by alley Lot 11744-K, NE., along line 2-3 by lot 11744-B, all of subdivision plan Psd-10-049282. Containing an area of THREE HUNDRED THIRTY SIX (336) square meters more or less… shall belong to Gaudiosa C. Dablio, her heirs and assigns ”PARCEL 4, LOT 11744-D, Psd-10-049282 Portion of Lot 11744, Cad-237, Cagayan Cadastre. Containing an area of THREE HUNDRED THIRTY FIVE (335) square meters more or less… shall belong to Ermedio Claudel, his heirs and assigns PARCEL 5, LOT 11744-E, Psd-10-049282 Portion of Lot 11744, Cad-237, Cagayan Cadastre “Boundaries: SE., along line 2-3 by Road SW., along line 3-4 by lot 11691, Cad-237, Cagayan Cadastre NW., along line 4-1 by alley Lot 11744-K, NE., along line 1-2 by lot 11744-D, both of the subdivision plan Psd-10-049282. Contain-ing an area of THREE HUNDRED THIRTY FIVE (335) square meters more or less… shall belong to Rosa C. Buna, her heirs and assigns “PARCEL 6, Lot no. LOT 11744-F, Psd-10-049282 Portion of Lot 11744, Cad-237, Cagayan Cadastre “Boundaries: NW., along line 3-4 by Lot 11745, Cad-237, Cagayan Cadastre, NE., along line 4-1 by Lot 11744-G, SE., along line 1-2 by Alley Lot 11744-K, SW., along line 2-3 by lot 11691, Cad-237, Cagayan Cadastre. Containing an area of THREE HUNDRED THIRTY FIVE (335) square meters, more or less, shall belong to Albino M. Claudel, his heirs and assigns” PARCEL 7, Lot no. 11744-G, Psd-10-049282, Portion of Lot 11744, Cad-

237 Cagayan Cadastre “Boundaries: NW., along line 2-3 by Lot 11745, Cad-237, Cagayan Cadastre, NE., along line 3-4 by Lot 11744-H, SE., along line 4-1 by Alley Lot 11744-K, SW., along line 1-2 by lot 11744, all of subdivision plan Psd-10-049282. Containing an area of THREE HUNDRED THIRTY FIVE (335) square meters, more or less, shall belong to Cenon M. Claudel, his heirs and assigns” PARCEL 8, Lot no. 11744-H, Psd-10-049282, Portion of Lot 11744, Cad-237 Cagayan Cadastre “Boundaries: NW., along line 3-4 by Lot 11745, Cad-237, Cagayan Cadastre, NE., along line 4-1 by Lot 11744-I, SE., along line 1-2 by Alley Lot 11744-K, SW., along line 2-3 by lot 11744-G, all of subdivision plan Psd-10-049282. Containing an area of THREE HUNDRED THIRTY FIVE (335) square meters, more or less, shall belong to Nemesio M. Claudel, her heirs and assigns” PARCEL 9, Lot no. 11744-I, Psd-10-049282, Portion of Lot 11744, Cad-237 Cagayan Cadastre “Boundaries: NW., along line 2-3 by Lot 11745, Cad-237, Cagayan Cadastre, NE., along line 3-4 by Lot 11744-J, SE., along line 4-1 by Alley Lot 11744-K, SW., along line 1-2 by lot 11744-H, all of subdivision plan Psd-10-049282. Containing an area of THREE HUNDRED THIRTY FIVE (335) square meters, more or less, shall belong to Luciana C. Saclote, her heirs and assigns” PARCEL 10, Lot no. 11744-J, Psd-10-049282, Portion of Lot 11744, Cad-237 Cagayan Cadastre “Boundaries: NW., along line 2-3 by Lot 11745, NE., along line 3-4 by Lot 11746, both of Cad-237, Cagayan Cad. SE., along line 4-1 by Alley Lot 11744-K, SW., along line 1-2 by lot 11744-I, all of subdivision plan Psd-10-049282, shall belong to Rosa C. Buna, her heirs and assigns. That we, LIZA C. PACAMALAN, ERNA C. APDIAN, ELEAZAR C. CLAUDEL and GOODILYN C. CLAUDEL, the HEIRS OF ERMEDIO M. CLAUDEL, for our part, do hereby WAIVE our rights, interest, and participation over our share in the above-described real properties in favor of our co-heir VIZMINDA C. GUISANDO. That we, PAQUITO C. SAPLOT and TERESITA C. MADJOS the HEIRS OF TRINIDAD C. SAPLOT for our part, do hereby WAIVE our rights, interest, and participation over our share in the above-described real properties in favor of our co-heir AMALIA C. SAMSON. That I, ROSA C. BUNA, do hereby WAIVE my rights, interest, and participation over my share in the above-described real properties in favor of my co-heir LIZA C. PACAMALAN. That we, all the parties herein being the HEIRS OF MERCED M. CLAUDEL (including the successor in interest of Albino M. Claudel, MANASIS A. CLAUDEL.) do hereby WAIVE rights, interest, and participation over Lot No. 11744-B (Parcel 2) in the above-described real properties in favor of our co-heir ANGELINA C. HUISO, is the subject of EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE OF VICTORIANO CLAUDEL and MERCED MAGDALE CLAUDEL with DEED OF PARTITION, WAIVER OF SHARE/S and DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE, in favor of the HEIRS OF SPS. VICTORIANO CLAUDEL AND MERCED MAGDALE CLAUDEL. THAT FOR AND IN CONSIDERATION of the sum of FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS ONLY (P50,000.00), Philippine Currency, the heir CENON M. CLAUDEL, hereby SELL, TRANSFER, CONVEY and DELIVER, by way of ABSOLUTE SALE, unto WILFRECE BUNA SUGUILON, of legal age, Filipino, married to Rolindo Macahilos, Suguilon, his respective share of the property above described, as per Doc. No. 466; Page No. 94; Book No. XVI; Series of 2013, under Notary Public of ATTY. LYNN AMOR L. PACLAR-PANULAYA.

MDN: FEB. 22, MARCH 1 & 8, 2013

Republic of the PhilippinesPROVINCE OF BUKIDNON

Municipality of Manolo Fortich-oOo-

OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CIVIL REGISTRAR

Petition No. CFN-MP-01-2013

In the Matter of Petition for Change of First Namein the Certificate of Live Birth ofMARILYN ALIWATE SABANPAN

NOTICE OF PUBLICATION

The public is hereby notified that MARILYN ALIWATE SABANPAN has filed with this office a petition for Change of First Name from “LEONILA” to “MARILYN” in the Certificate of Live Birth of MARILYN ALIWATE SABANPAN. At the expense of the petitioner, let a copy of this petition be published at least once a week for two (2) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Bukidnon. Any person having knowledge and/or claiming interest or may be adversely affected by said petition may within ten (10) calendar days file his written opposition with this office.

(SGD) VIRGIE A. COQUILLE Municipal Civil Registrar

MDN: FEB. 22, & MAR. 1, 2013

Members of Barug Katawhan, a group of Typhoon Pablo survivors, toss boxes of noodles to other members after they ransacked the regional office of the Department of Social Welfare and Development in Davao City on Tuesday morning, February 26. The protesters have been complaining of inadequate food aid. MindaNews photo by Keith Bacongco

CAGAYAN de Oro City––President Aquino com-mended the efforts of the residents in Cagayan de Oro City to recover from the tragic experience brought about by Typhoon Send-ong last December 2011 in his visit to the Xavier Ecoville-Xavier University Resettlement Site at Baran-gay Lumbia here.

“Ngayon ho talagang nakikita natin pabangon na kayo nang pabangon at saka pero nagbibigay sigla ho sa

PNoy lauds C. de Oro’s resilience after calamity

amin ‘yung kasiglahan niyo. Talagang palaban, talaga hong hindi tayo patatalo maski ano’ng sungit ng pa-nahon. So ipagpatuloy lang niyo ho ‘yan. Marami ho tayong nagtutulong-tulong dito tulad ng Habitat, tulad ng Xavier at iba pang mga kompanya, organisasyon talagang tutulungan namin kayo hanggang mailagay kayo sa maayos na maayos,” President Aquino said.

(Now we really see that

Multi-sectoral groups of Rice industry sector signs covenant vs. rice smuggling

“NO to rice smuggling!”This was the agreement

reached between the gov-ernment and multisectoral groups of the rice industry during a policy dialogue held on February 22, 2013, at the Philippine Coco-nut Authority—Executive Lounge in an effort to curb the rampant rice smuggling in the country.

Secretary of Agricul-ture Proceso J. Alcala and National Food Authority Administrator Orlan A. Calayag witnessed the sign-ing of the “Covenant of the Multi-Sectoral Groups of the Rice Industry” led by Representative Joseph Gilbert F. Violago of the 2nd District of Nueva Ecija who is also part of the rice industry sector declaring their commitments to con-trol rice smuggling.

The rice industry multi-sectoral groups composed of farmers, rice traders, millers, processors, and retailers from Luzon area

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TACURONG City - Two barangays in this city are the latest recipients of school buildings from the Federation of Filipino-Chinese Chambers of Com-merce and Industry, Inc. (FFCCCII), in fulfillment of the group’s pledge to address classroom shortage in many parts of the country.

Tina Elementary School in Baran-gay Tina and San Emmanuel National High School-Annex in Barangay San Pablo each received one storey two-classroom building.

FFCCCII Vice Presidents Alex Yap

Filipino-Chinese businessmen donate school buildings

Cho Ty and Ong Eng Chan, along with other of f icers from Manila led the turn-over ceremonies, February 15 . They were joined by the officers of FFCCCII – Tacurong Chapter.

Mayor Montilla, acting as the donee, s igned the Deeds of Donation for the two school buildings.

The donat ion was un-der the “Operation: Barrio Schools” project of FFCCCII.

Started in 1960, the Op-eration: Barrio Schools is the longest running private sector-led school building construction in the Philip-pines.

Recognized by the govern-ment, as consistent partner in nation-building, FFCCCII’s project of donating school buildings in the communi-ties is part of the group’s corporate social responsibil-ity and thrust of improving

Filipino lives. The classrooms are built

through donations from FF-CCCII members and from benevolent organizations, famil ies , and individuals within the Filipino-Chinese community.

For Tacurong, the donor of the school building in Barangay Tina was Mr. Ong Eng Chan, while the structure in Barangay San Pablo is a donation from Mr. Tai Lian.

Other FCCCII off icers who arrived from Manila were Mr. Edwin Fabro, Mr. Robert Kho Tian Ang and Mr. Antonio Cosing.

Moreover, the Tacurong Filipino-Chinese group had been instrumental in real-izing the construction of school buildings in the two barangays of the city. (DED-PIA 12/Allan Freno – LGU Tacurong City/ar jaysfel i-cilda)

KORONADAL CITY - The local government of Makilala has declared 42 public el-ementary and 16 secondary schools in its 38 barangays, as “School of Peace.”

This effort is part of its continuing part-nership with local residents working for peace in the area.

The launching held in January also calls for the integration of peace values and prac-tices in the regular teaching lessons for all public schools in Makilala, a report from the local government said.

To qualify under the program, the schools should integrate the use of the locally-for-mulated “peace education teaching module” to their curriculum.

Formulation of this peace education module was completed, through series of workshops by the Makilala public school head teachers and assisted by personnel of the Department of Education (DepEd) here Region 12.

The Royal Norwegian Government (RNG) grant-support for peace constituency building project in Makilala was the source of fund to this initiative.

This peace education module is based on various directives such as Executive Order 570 s. 2006 which mandates “Institutional-izing Peace Education in Basic Education and Teacher Education,” DepEd Memorandum 339 and 469 of 2008 “Institutionalizing Peace Education in Basic Education Curriculum,” and Memorandum No.14 of January 2013 mandating “DepEd Peace Movement in Mindanao.”

The school of peace initiative, the report said, is based on the Municipal Peace Decla-ration presented by mayor Rudy Caoagdan to both the peace panels of the government and the National Democratic Front (NDF) in an open dialogue held in the municipal-ity last year.

Said dialogue was attended by around 1,500 sectoral and community leaders.

The 12-pages peace declaration specifically mention in the 3rd Article that all public schools all over the town be declared “schools of peace.” (ACAgad PIA12/arjaysfelicilda)

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IT is during this time of the year when schools prepare for their graduation ceremo-nies and for such reason parents, especially among those graduates from the public schools, are heard complaining about exorbi-tant graduation rites fees.

Only the other night that I saw on primetime newscast on nationwide television parents of graduating stu-dents from a national high school in the National Capi-tal Region (NCR) strongly complaining about the ex-orbitant fees being collected for the graduation rights of their children.

Even if the amount in-volved was only P200 per student, the fee still falls under the category of ex-orbitant because no less than the Department of Education (DepEd) had announced no fees should be collected for the gradu-

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Exorbitant graduation fees

ation rites in any public elementary or high schools all over the country. This is the DepEd policy that I am certain is likewise not being followed strictly in public elementary and high schools in Mindanao.

The standard argument being given by these pub-lic elementary and high schools for their collection of graduation fees is that the DepEd never allocated any amount in their bud-get for such annual rites. And the common refuge of

these public schools is the exception provided in the DepEd circular allowing the collection of graduation fees as long as these are agreed upon by the school and its Parents Teachers Associa-tion (PTA).

We all know that PTAs, more often than not, are not totally independent from the influence, if not the importuning of the school principal and the other school officials. It is because of this harmonious relationship that the school

officialdom maintains with the PTA that those agree-ments for the collection of graduation fees are readily agreed upon.

Looking at this move of collecting graduation fees, or any fee for that matter as long as it passed the scrutiny and bore the approval of the PTA, with an objective mind would somehow show it is not really that reprehensible. It becomes reprehensible only when one scrutinizes the details of the fee being collected with an eye of a person who is interested in carrying out a program at the least cost.

The P200 graduation fee collected by that school that was the subject of the primetime news may appear not that much. But what if the parents of the graduat-ing student only earns P200 or even P400 a day, is P200

Aquino government’s bias vs. Sabah claim

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Atty. Batas Mauricio

LIFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “… Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth…” (1 John 3:18, the Holy Bible).

-ooo-AQUINO GOVT’S BIAS

VS. SABAH CLAIM: Excuse me but the reactions coming from officials of the Aquino government about the on-going stand-off in Sabah involving the followers of Sultan Jamalul Kiram III are outrageously off-tangent, and are only showing that the government already has a bias against the claim of the Sultanate of Sulu and North Borneo over Sabah, despite its pretense to the contrary.

As I see it, these reac-tions now of Aquino’s of-ficials only serve to justify the decision of the Sultan and his followers in acting

on their own to pursue their claims, because help from the government is not forthcoming, even if the Sultan earnestly asked for it earlier.

-ooo-DOJ, PNP: SULTAN

AND FOLLOWERS COM-MITTED CRIMES: Let us take first the warning of Justice Secretary Leila De Lima that the Department of Justice is investigating the possible involvement of some individuals whom she thinks funded the Sabah trip

of the Sultan’s followers and who she said could therefore be sued for inciting to war or for other crimes. This presupposes, quite unfairly, that the Sultan and his fol-lowers committed a crime in going to a place that they own in the first place.

Then, Director Gen-eral Alan Purisima of the Philippine National Police is threatening that he will arrest the Sultan’s followers if they will come back to the Philippines still carrying their firearms. This smacks

of double standard. Why? Well, there are many other Muslims in Mindanao who are carrying high-powered firearms who are not being arrested. So, why single out the Sultan’s followers?

-ooo-SULTAN KIRAM’S LET-

TER TO PNOY, PART II: Anyway, here is the second installment of the October 15, 2012 letter of Sultan Jamalul Kiram III to Presi-dent Aquino on the Sabah issue: “The North Borneo Company ceded North Bor-neo to the British Crown on June 26, 1946. Shortly thereafter, effective July 15 of the same year, the Crown issued the North Borneo Cession Order in Council, which annexed North Bor-neo and Labuan as part of the British dominions.

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THE National Union of Journalists of the Philip-pines (NUJP) condemns the assault on Karlos Man-lupig, photojournalist and Philippine Daily Inquirer correspondent, by Davao City police who had dispersed victims of typhoon “Pablo” who had stormed the office of the Depart-ment of Social Welfare and Development to seize relief goods they said had been withheld from them.

But not only did the policemen physically eject him, hitting him with their sticks and shields, from the DSWD office, thus prevent-ing him from interviewing arrested protesters, they also questioned the manner he want about his journalistic

NUJP deplores Davao City cops’assault on Inquirer correspondent

work.Manlupig told the NUJP

that he had followed the policemen into the DSWD office to interview protest-ers who had been arrested

during the dis-persal.

A member of the SWAT team “confronted me asking kung ‘ano’ ako. Nagpakilala na-man ako (what I was. I in-troduced myself),” Manlupig said. “Tapos sinigawan ako ng ilang mga riot police na bakit ang protesters daw kinukunan ko dapat ang mga injured police daw. Sinagot ko na nakunan ko na mga kasama nila (Then some of the riot police shouted at me asking why I was taking pic-tures of the protesters when

I should be taking pictures of the injured policemen. I answered that I had already photographed them).”

Then one of them shout-ed at him asking why he was still there when he had already taken pictures.

Manlupig said he tried to explain that he needed to get interviews, “pero may nag-command na palaba-sin na ako. Bigla na lang ako pinagtutulak gamit ang shields and sticks nila. Nag-attempt ako magpaliwanag patuloy nila ako tinulak hanggang sa maipit ako sa gate. Na-sandwich ang mukha ko sa shield at gate hanggang sa nakalabas ako (but someone gave the com-mand to evict me. They suddenly started pushing me with their shields and

sticks. I tried to explain but they kept pushing me until I was pinned at the gate. My face was sandwiched between a shield and a gate until I was pushed out).”

Although Manlupig said he suffered only a slight gash on the left arm, he felt insulted and humiliated.

The only explanation he said Davao City police chief, Senior Superintendent Ronald de la Rosa, gave for the policemen’s actions was, “beyond sa control daw nila (it was beyond their control).”

This brazen assault on a journalist who had clearly identified himself and had every right to be where he was and perform his work shows just how little respect

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Republic of the PhilippinesSUPREME COURT

4th SHARI’A CIRCUIT COURT4th Shari’a Judicial District

Iligan City

IN RE JOINT PETITION TO APPROVE AND REGISTER THE DIVORCE BETWEEN CIVIL CASE NO.: 2013- 019SPOUSES RlZALIO D. TALAID AND MA. JUNA A. CASTRO,

RIZALIO D. TALAID AND MA. JUN A A. CASTRO, Petitionersx--------------------------------------------------------------/

ORDER

Before this court is verified Joint Petition for the approval and Registration of the Divorce filed by the petitioners and alleging among others: That petitioners are husband and wife, respectively, in a marriage performed under Civil rites on December 21, 2010 at Trinidad Bohol, they converted to Islam faith, of which conver-sions to Islam were Registered with this court both of them can be served with summons and notices at their residents at Tibanga, lligan City and Pob., Bien Unido, Bohol respectively; That said marriage did not last long, due to lack of love and affection until the relationship manifested incompatibility and sustained misunderstanding between petitioners and reached the point of irreconcilability and they separated for many years, they decide to live physically in bed and board thereby executed Divorce Agreement in order to formalize their separation: since their separation, they had never been communicating or supporting either financially or emotionally to each other, neither minding each other’s affairs; petitioner’s seek judicial decree of divorce thereby surviving their marriage bond on December 21, 2010 so that they will have free hand to do what a single man or woman could do without marital burden; reconciliation between them had already been diligently employed but all proved futile. WHEREFORE, finding this joint petition to be sufficient Inform and substance set the initial hearing of this case on March 19, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. at which time, date and place, any interested party may appear and show why the petition should not be granted. Let copy of this Order be published in a news paper of General Circulation in the City of Iligan one week for three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioners. SO ORDERED. lligan City, Philippines, this 19th day of February, 2013.

HON. OSOP M. ALI Presiding JudgeMDN: Feb. 22, Mar. 1 & 8, 2013

Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT

4th SHARI’A CIRCUIT COURT 4th Sharia Judicial District

Iligan City

IN RE JOINT PETITION TO APPROVE ANDAND REGISTER THE DIVORCE BETWEEN CIVIL CASE NO. 2013-020SPOUSES NEIL PABLITO U. SANCHEZ AND MA. CITADEL A. CAMINS,

NEIL PABLITO U. SANCHEZ AND MA. CITADEL A. CAMINS, Petitioners.x----------------------------------------------/

ORDER

Before this court is verified Joint Petition for the approval and Registration of the Divorce filed by their counsel and alleging among others: That petitioners are husband and wife, respectively, in a marriage performed under civil rites on December 1, 1995 at Ecoland, Davao City, they converted to Islam faith, of which conversions to Islam were Registered with this court both of them can be served with summons and notices at their residents at lligan City and Davao City respectively or c/o Ziade Law Office, 2/f Pafs Mejia Bldg., Roxas Avenue, Iligan City; That said marriage did not last long, due to lack of love and affection until the relationship manifested incompatibility and sustained misunderstanding between petitioners and reached the point of irreconcilability and they separated for more than five (5) years, they decide to live physically in bed and board thereby executed Divorce Agreement in order to formalize their separation; since their separation, they had never been communicating or supporting either financially or emotionally to each other, neither minding each other’s affairs; petitioner’s seek judicial decree of divorce thereby surviving their marriage bond on December 1, 1995 so that they will have free hand to do what a single man or woman could do without marital burden: reconciliation between them had already been diligently employed but all proved futile. WHEREFORE, finding this joint petition to be sufficient Inform and substance set the initial hearing of this case on March 19, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. at which time, date and place, any interested party may appear and show why the petition should not be granted. Let copy of this Order be published in a news paper of General Circulation in the City of Iligan one week for three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioners. SO ORDERED. Iligan City, Philippines, this 19th day of February 2013.


Republic of the PhilippinesSUPREME COURT

4th SHARI’A CIRCUIT COURT4th Shari’a Judicial District

Iligan City

IN RE JOINT PETITION TO APPROVEAND REGISTER THE DIVORCE BETWEEN CIVIL CASE N0. 2013-021SPOUSES SEGUNDINO SUGUE AND CHARITO SUAN,

SEGUNDINO SUGUE AND CHARITO SUAN, Petitionersx--------------------------------------------------------------/

ORDER

Before this court is verified Joint Petition for the approval and Registration of the Divorce filed by their counsel and alleging among others: That petitioners are husband and wife, respectively, in a marriage performed under Civil rites on April 1, 1989 at Corpus Christi, lligan City they converted to Islam faith, of which con-versions to Islam were Registered with this court, both of them can be served with summons and notices at their residents at Iligan City or c/o Ziade Law Office, 2/f Pats Mejia Bldg.. Roxas Avenue, lligan City: That said marriage did not last long, due to lack of love and affection until the relationship manifested incompatibility and sustained misunderstanding between petitioners and reached the point of irreconcilability and they separated for more than five (5) years, they decide to live physically in bed and board thereby executed Divorce Agreement m order to formalize their separation; since their separation, they had never been communicating or supporting either financially or emotionally to each other, neither minding each other’s affairs; petitioner’s seek judicial decree of divorce thereby surviving their marriage bond on April 1, 1989 so that they will have free hand to do what a single man or woman could do without marital burden; reconciliation between them had already been diligently employed but all proved futile. WHEREFORE, finding this joint petition to be sufficient Inform and substance set the initial hearing of this case on March 19, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. at which time, date and place any interested party may appear and show why the petition should not be granted. Let copy of this Order be published in a news paper of General Circulation in the City of Iligan one week for three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioners. SO ORDERED. Iligan City, Philippines this 19th day of February, 2013.


DAVAO City––Despite the violence that erupted at the picket line outside the regional office of the De-partment of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) here Wednesday as “Pablo” victims , nobody is filing charges against any party, according to an agreement signed by parties involved Wednesday evening.

The sixth item in the seven-point agreement written in Cebuano said that the DSWD, the police and members of the Barug Katawhan (the organization of Pablo victims) promised not to do any act of retali-ation to any of the parties and actions that may cause failure of the agreement.

This means that no one will file charges against any party amid the violent dis-persals that happened last Tuesday and Wednesday morning at the barricade. Included in this agreement was the release of two pro-testers, Daniel Pinang, 33, and Conrado Capili, Jr., 24, from ComVal, who were detained at the Sta. Ana police station after the riot that happened Wednesday morning.

AFTER the looting of relief packs by ‘Pablo’ victims at the Department of Social Welfare and Development regional office in Davao City last Tuesday (26 February 2013), angry protesters engage policemen in a brawl to reclaim their position. But protesters failed to recover the looted goods as the policemen dispersed the crowd. Mindanews photo

Picket at DSWD-11 ends as parties ink agreement

By LORiE ANN CASCARO of MindaNews.com

The agreement, finalized around 7:30 p.m. Wednesday after four hours of closed door negoatiation, was wit-nessed by Rev. Sarly Temp-lado and Sr. Noemi Degala of Balsa Mindanao; Josephine Frasco, provincial social welfare and development officer of Compostela Val-ley (ComVal), Col. Caezar Cabuhat, chief of the Sta. Ana Police Station here, and Cesario Joel Espejo, director of social marketing service of the DSWD central office.

It was signed by Karlos Trangia, Cirila Anding and Grace Corso of Barug; and DSWD Assistant Secre-tary Camilo Gudmalin and DSWD-11 officer in charge Regional Director Priscilla Razon.

Other points in the agreement:

1) The two parties agreed that there is a need to vali-date every purok/sitio of a barangay if there are resi-dents who have not received enough relief goods, and the validation will be done together by the Barug, Balsa Mindanao, provincial and barangay local government units (LGU) and DSWD-11.

2) The number of vic-

tims who have not received enough relief goods shall be determined immediately during the validation as it will be the bases of the distribution of relief goods.

3) The relief operation will continue until June 2013, or within six months since December 2012.

4) Barug Katawhan, DSWD-11, provincial LGU, Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office (PSWDO), municipal LGU-MPSWDO, barangay LGU and Balsa Mindanao agreed to expedite the validation of the amount of relief goods to be distributed and which sitio or purok in a barangay has not received enough or not at all; and that the list of those people will be primarily provided by the Barug Katawhan.

5) For the Barug’s request that its members will be able to bring even small amount of rice on their way back to their villages, the parties agreed that the DSWD will give them 100 sacks of rice.

It was clarified after the signing of agreement that the 100 sacks of rice will be deducted from the 10,000

sacks of rice demanded by the Barug Katawhan.

6) They agreed that in case of any problem that may affect the signed agree-ments, the individuals who will discuss the matter are Barug leaders Trangia, And-ing and Corso, Balsa Mind-anao’s Templado and Degala, environmentalist Francis Morales, and DSWD’s Gud-malin and Razon.

After the signing, Tran-gia said they were thankful that they will not be facing

any charges with the DSWD and the police, and that the detained members would be released.

Regarding their demand for the DSWD’s transpar-ency, he said it was not discussed during the ne-gotiation. But, he added, the people have the right to ask the agency for public documents anytime.

Gudmalin told report-ers that the department will validate on the field all allegations against the

DSWD’s relief and reha-bilitation operations.

He said the negotiation took so long as there were some sensitive discussions that required confidential-ity on the issues raised by parties.

Asked why the delay of the negotiation when the barricade began last Monday afternoon, Gudmalin said the DSWD regional office tried to have a dialogue with the protesters since


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and other security con-cerns.

The PNP chief arrived at around 10:30 am at Camp Rafael Rodriquez here and was met by Caraga Police Director Chief Supt. Getu-lio Napeñas and other top regional police officials. Purisima gave medals to top performing and outstand-ing policemen in Region 13 during the arrival honors.

In his message, Purisima stressed the importance for policemen to religiously follow and promote the ideals of the PNP by “being competent and cognizant of our duties and functions, by knowing what we can do in certain situations (organizational develop-ment), by being disciplined, and by being an advocate of excellence in all facets of police work” or CODE.

He added that policemen “are servants of the people.”

Mining...from page 1

distance from the bound-ary of Mt. Magdiwata Wa-tershed

and Forest Reserve Area.“The watershed is the

only water source of the town and mining activities that affects the decline of water quality and quantity also threatens the health of the residents of the com-munity,” the resolution said.

Despite protest by con-cerned residents includ-ing priests from the local Catholic church, small-scale mining activities continue to thrive even as these had already caused rapid silt-ation and drying up in some parts of the rivers and creeks within the 200-meter buffer zone of the watershed.

The protest opposing such destructive activities came to the hilt in 2011 when a multi-sectoral move-ment including the local government jointly pad-locked the mining tunnels and stopped the big mining activities said to financed by Chinese businessmen posing as sand and gravel quarrying operations.

SFWD officials have at-tached in their resolution a tenement map from MGB which shows a number of large-scale mining compa-nies have approved min-ing rights applications and exploration permits within the territorial boundaries in the towns of San Francisco and its neighboring towns of Rosario in Agusan del Sur and Barobo and Tagbina in Surigao del Sur.

The officials believed that tunnelling operations of these big mining compa-nies may have already en-croached the underground perimeter of the watershed proclaimed as permanent watershed area through Presidential Proclamation 282 dated October 25, 1993.

“Mount Magdiwata Wa-tershed and Forest Reserve Area is known to be sanctu-ary of endemic and unique species of flora and fauna. It is also rich in natural

Villar...from page 1

and other sectors in the countries where they work. These OFWs are very patri-otic and many of them are loved by their employers and co-workers,” she stressed.

Known by her campaign monicker “Misis Hanep-buhay”, Villar said that the tourism industry is a fast-growing sector and both the national and local governments must work together to outbeat other rival countries in terms of tourist arrivals.

According to the DOT website, the Philippines welcomed over 4-million foreign visitors in 2012, marking the first time for the country to go over the 4-millionth threshhold.

Korea continues to be the country’s largest visi-tor market with 1,031,155 arrivals, accounting for 24.13% share of the total visitor volume. The said market rose by 11.45% from its arrivals of 925,204 in 2011. Another record was achieved by the tourism industry as it is the first time that a source market of the Philippines reached its 1 millionth visitor.

“Many OFWs from Ko-rea are able to speak the language fluently. They can be trained to become professional tour guides and interpreters,” Villar pointed out.

Lauds...from page 2

you are recovering but what makes us glad is your enthusiasm. You are fighters, you will not be deterred with bad weather. Just continue with that. There are many of us like the Habitat, Xavier and other companies and organizations who are will-ing to help you.)

President Aquino said the residents’ cooperation and eagerness to help one another will lead to the development of the com-munity aside from liveli-hood support from several agencies like the Depart-ment of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and Technical Education and Skills Development Author-ity (TESDA).

Noticing the local un-paved roads, especially those leading to the highway, President Aquino assured the residents that they will find a way to complete the government services ren-dered in the area.

The Xavier University-Lumbia Resettlement Proj-ect (XU-LRP) is a joint endeavor of Xavier Uni-versity-Ateneo de Cagayan and the local government of Cagayan de Oro whose thrust is to resettle 500 families who are victims and survivors of Tropical Storm Sendong which ravaged the city on December 17, 2011.

Fees...from page 6

still not that much? Cer-tainly it is so much since that amount represents a day’s income or half of it. That’s were the amount becomes unconscionable and its col-lection reprehensible.

Besides, if we go into the details of the intended expenditures for which the graduation fee will be used as explained in the case of that school in the NCR, one can readily see that the amount being collected is indeed too much. There was only one item mentioned and it was rental for the chairs to be used.

Once in a while we also rent chairs and tables dur-ing special occasions in the house. The table usually goes with the chair as a package unless you require covers for both chair and table. If not, the usual rental for each chair with the table that is bare is P7-10 per chair.

During graduation cer-emonies the table is not necessary. So if you collect P200 for the rental of a chair per student, then do your mathematics how much is the extra amount after chair rental. Granting that the amount collected includes the rental of a high school toga which I know will not be more than a P100, then you still have so much as excess. Printing of the diploma is always for the account of the school as I understand it from our own experience.

So in this case, where could the problem be? The problem is on the fact that when the amount to be collected was pegged by those who had a hand in determining it, their appar-ent mindset was, will they benefit from it monetarily? Sadly, this is the mindset that is prevalent among those in the public service.

Today, everyone says that when a public official, elective or appointive, is called to do something or to make a decision in relation to his or her duties, the im-mediate question in his or her mind is, what’s in it for me? Even in the hallowed halls of the highest court of the land, lawyers say, it is the same practice; it is the same rotten system.

It is said that corruption in all levels of government is the legacy of the Marcos dictatorship and revived and revitalized during the Arroyo regime. Nowadays, corruption is still part and parcel of governance that collectively the people should help put and end to. Even the simple col-lection of graduation fees sadly could still be tainted with corruption.

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Power...from page 1 its twin-economical power system.

PSA Peugeot Citroen is a major French automaker and the world’s leading pro-

resources,” the resolution said.

Copies of the resolution will be sent to Malacanang, Senate, Congress and local government units in the neighboring towns.

ducer of diesel engines.Peugot is now under

the distributorship of Eu-robrands Distributor Inc. (EDI), a member of the Columbian Group of Com-panies, under the helm of its chairman emeritus, Jose Ch. Alvarez, who is known being into high-end Euro-pean brands, with BMW and Korean’s Kia under his stable.

The program started off after the ribbon-cutting of its newly-built and first dealership stable here in Mindanao, along Master-sons Avenue, Pueblo de Oro Business Park.

Eurobrands President Felix Mabilog Jr. led Peugeot officials to a gathering of foreign and local dignitar-ies, motoring enthusiasts, businessmen and media personalities.

. Mabilog said there are two factors that Peugeot has advantage in the automobile market here in the Philip-pines: All, except for one, are diesel-ran and their engines have been engineered with auto-stop system that cuts down on fuel consumption.

“It (Peugeot) comes with an auto start-stop system that shuts down the engine when the car is on a halt, for instance at traffic intersec-tions; and, when the driver taps on the accelerator or flicks the gear lever, it will just move ahead normally. It cuts fuel consumption by up to 15 percent,” Mabilog explained.

Peugeot’s comeback was first announced in Febru-ary, and yesterday the new distributor made true its promise eyeing an initial target to sell 2,500 Peugeot cars per year in the next three years, and then 10,000 units by the fifth year.

“Our goal is to capture five percent of the Philippine car market in five years,” Mabilog announced earlier.

Part of the strategy is to put up 12 dealerships nationwide this year -- five in Metro Manila and seven in major provincial cities -- the first of which is the one opened here in Cagayan de Oro. On Wednesday, EDI opened one in Manila.

Among the models Peu-geot introduced to the mar-ket were: the 508 large sedan, the RCZ sports coupe, the 3008 compact crossover and the 5008 compact MPV. The 508, the 3008 and the 5008 have a price range of P1.5 million to P2 million, while the RCZ costs more than P2 million.

Mabilog, also EDI COO, said the prices are way be-low other European and American-made cars and slightly higher than Asian-made models.

Eurobrands’ Peugeot lineup, Mabilog announced, consisted of diesel models, except for one in the stable: the RCZ sporty coupe. The 508, the 3008 and the 5008 are all be powered by die-sel engines, making them economically viable here in the Philippines due to the high cost of gasoline.

Both the 3008 and the 5008 have the same two

diesel engine options: the 112hp 1.6-liter eHDi Active unit and the 163hp 2.0-liter HDi Allure powerplant. The 508 also has the 163hp 2.0-liter HDi Allure and the 1.6-liter eHDi Active. The 508 is said to have an output of 115hp.

The lone petrol model in the lineup, the RCZ, is equipped with a 156hp 1.6-liter Turbo High Pres-sure engine.

Mabilog said the lion-badge will make a difference in motoring through the twin brand’s advantages on diesel fuel consump-tion and auto-stop power technology,” said Mabilog.

Also present in yester-day’s event were Peugeot Automobiles ASEAN offi-cials led by Gregoire Olivier, PSA chief executive officer for Asia and member of the managing board, Lionel Faugeres, general director for Asean, Vincent Comyn, area director for ASEAN countries, Jean Yves Dos-sal, sales director for Asian Operations, Ronnie Mer-cado, ASEAN regional sales manager for Automobiles Peugeot, Johnny T. Hernan-dez, chairman, Eurobrands Distributor Inc.,

Bienvenido S. Santos, vice chairman, Eurobrands Distributor Inc.,

Ricardo “Dong” Mag-sajo, marketing director, Eurobrands Distributor Inc.,

Demosthenes Rosales, chief finance officer, Alvarez Group of Companies, and

C olumbi an Motors Group Regional Dealers Alex Rolida (Bacolod/Du-maguete); Ed and Toby Ang (Davao/General Santos); Martin Goho (Cebu); Jun Osin (Butuan); Tony dela Fuente and Bebot Pungtod (Cagayan de Oro/Ozamiz/Pagadian/Zamboanga)

Smuggling...from page 2

have committed not to buy, process and sell smug-gled rice. They also called on President Benigno S. Aquino III to issue a public declaration in support of the Anti-Smuggling Drive and grant the Department of Agriculture access to the Customs area where reported alleged smuggled rice are discharged or stored.

As a support to the De-partment of Agriculture (DA) Task Force on Anti-Rice Smuggling, the rice industry major stakeholders will also ask the President to issue directives to the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Philippine Coast Guard.

To control the inflow of imported rice, the govern-ment through the NFA shall now be the sole importer. It was also agreed that only or-dinary rice will be imported by NFA to cater to the needs of the marginalized consum-ers and not to compete with the private sector.

The farmer groups were previously allowed to import rice as part of the private sector allocation but, with this agreement, they will instead be allowed to distrib-ute imported rice under the

Institutionalized Farmers as Distributors (IFAD) program of the NFA.

The covenant also con-tains that all smuggled rice shall be seized by the Bureau of Customs while NFA ware-houses shall be used for its storage where a certain fee shall be charged including other expenses for its qual-ity maintenance. When the seized smuggled rice shall be offered for bidding, NFA shall be given the right of first refusal and match the offer of the highest bidder.

As added safety nets and as a mid-term solution to smuggling, rice millers and processors agreed to have their brand name/s registered with NFA so that smuggled rice can easily be tracked down and identification of accountabilities.

Meanwhile, Representa-tive Violago commended the Department of Agriculture through the leadership of Secretary Alcala for making the right track in its goal of rice self-sufficiency. He said that for the last two years, irrigation facilities and other infrastructures in the coun-tryside have improved which contributed to increased pro-duction including the use of high yielding seeds.

On the other hand, Sec. Alcala said that the govern-ment is doing all its efforts to make the country self-sufficient. He said that the Agriculture Department is continuously introducing programs to increase the country’s productivity.

NFA Administrator Ca-layag assured the farmers that the agency has enough funds to procure locally produced palay. He said that NFA is now reviewing its policies on grains standardization, accreditation, transport permit, etc. to help the rice sector facilitate its transac-tions with the government. source: da.gov.ph

Deplores...from page 6

-- not to mention knowl-edge of -- the Davao police have for press freedom and the basic rights of citizens.

This ignorance or, more accurately, disregard of con-stitutionally guaranteed rights and freedoms is fur-ther highlighted by De la Rosa’s cavalier dismissal of his men’s abusive behavior.

When law enforcers are themselves the first to abuse and disregard human rights, is it any wonder why im-punity continues to mark the continued murders and attacks on journalists and the other countless abuses committed against the citi-zens of this country?

We demand that Interior Secretary Manuel Roxas II and PNP Director General Alan Purisima immediately relieve De la Rosa for com-mand responsibility and have him and his abusive men investigated and file criminal and administrative charges against them. To do any less will be an admission that this administration does not care one whit for the rights and freedoms of citizens and that its touted “daang matuwid” is a lie.

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Claim...from page 6

violated the spirit of the original lease agree-ment and set the stage for a long-drawn process of reclaiming what was once historically part of the sovereign territory of the Sultanate of Sulu and North Borneo. On July 31, 1963, in a sincere at-tempt to resolve the Sabah issue through peaceful and diplomatic means, the Philippines, Indonesia, and the Federation of Malaya signed the Manila Accord.

“(In that accord) the par-ties ̀ took note of the Philip-pines’ claim and the right of the Philippines to continue to pursue it in accordance with international law and the principle of the pacific settlement of disputes. They agreed that the inclusion of North Borneo in the Federa-tion of Malaysia would not prejudice either the claim or any right `thereunder.’

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KA’ AND SABAH: “Unfor-tunately, this diplomatic route was shattered by a

covert mission in 1967 to reclaim Sabah, known as `Operation Merdeka’. The plan was compromised when the Tausug and Sama re-cruits, upon knowing their true objective, refused to comply out of fear that the plan would mean not only fighting fellow Muslims in Sabah, but also possibly harming their own relatives living there. In March 1968, the infamous Jabidah Mas-sacre took place.

“The outrage to this mas-sacre fuelled the formation of a militant Muslim seces-sionist group, the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF), whose original fighters were reportedly trained in a secret camp on Pangkor Island, Malaysia. The blowback of this failed operation embarrassed the Philippines government internationally for violat-ing the spirit of the 1963 Manila Accord…”

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Picket...from page 7

Monday but could not find the leaders.

He said he received an order from Secretary Cora-zon “Dinky” Soliman last Tuesday to go to Davao and help resolve the issues raised by the protesters.

For his part, Trangia said, “We have been demand-ing for a dialogue with the DSWD since the start of the barricade. That’s the reason why we came here in the first place. Many of our leaders were trying to contact Razon and even Soli-man. But, all of them were too adamant and did not to consider our demands.”

He pointed out that while Razon refused to face us,

many of our members had been harassed, beaten and arrested by the police. He added, “Makasubo lang nga gipasagdan nila nga mahitabo pa ning tanan usa sila nakipag-istorya sa amoa (We’re only disappointed that they allowed all of these violence to happen before they talked to us.)”

Mayor Sara Duterte ordered the police earlier Tuesday to disperse the barricade and allowed them to use force should the pro-testers use violence.

The Barug leaders im-mediately held a press conference at the picket line and marched towards the Assumption College of Davao where they would stay overnight. (Lorie Ann A. Cascaro / MindaNews)

CanCEr still ranks third in the list of leading causes of death in the Philip-pines in 2010. Two of the top causes of cancer deaths in the country are lung cancer and liver cancer.

“Liver cancer and lung cancer are the leading cancers in Metro Cebu. Lung cancer ranks first not just in terms of incidence but also in mortality cases,” Ronald delos Reyes, program coordinator of Eduardo J. aboitiz Cancer Center (EJaCC) of ramon aboitiz Foundation Inc. (RAFI), said.

During the Feb. 23 episode of “Pagtuki”, the official radio program of RAFI, delos Reyes stressed that there is an increase of lung cancer incidence among women in Metro Cebu. However, more men still con-tract and die because of lung cancer.

“For the past 15 years, the average lung cancer cases among women were less than a hundred. Now, it has now an average of 200 cases,” delos Reyes added.

EJaCC’s Metro Cebu Population-

Cancer and Sin Tax Lawbased Cancer registry shows that from 1998 to 2002, 826 men and 360 women were diagnosed of lung cancer, and 646 men and 270 women died of the disease. In the year 2003 to 2007, 830 men and 457 women were diagnosed from which 626 men and 328 women died.

According to Bernadine Hayag, designated health promotion and education officer of Department of Health (DOH) 7, one of the causes of increased incidence rate among women is secondhand smoke.

“There are 70,000 chemicals found in one cigarette, 7,000 of these chemicals are carcinogens which cause cancer,” she said, disclosing that every hour, 10 Filipinos die because of smoking.

Hayag also stressed that smokers are also prone to non-communicable diseases such as heart disease, stroke, and chronic obstructive pul-monary disease (COPD), aside from lung cancer.

EJaCC’s Metro Cebu Population-

based Cancer registry data also reveals that from 1998 to 2002, there are 1,561 cases of liver cancer, wherein 1,350 died from the disease. EJACC’s 2003 to 2007 data shows that there are 1,267 deaths from the 1,612 liver cancer cases.

“We encourage parents to give their children a complete vaccination for hepatitis B as a primary preven-tive measure. Other ways to reduce the risk of developing liver cancer include healthy lifestyle, avoidance of excessive alcohol intake, sex with multiple partners, and smoking,” he said, adding that 80 percent of liver cancer cases is caused by Hepatitis B infection.

Last December, Republic Act No. 10351, otherwise known as the Sin Tax Reform 2012, mandates a significant increase in the prices of cigarettes and liquor in the country.

“As of now, we could not feel the effects of the implementation of the newly passed law. Five years from now, more Filipinos will benefit

from it. We are expecting that the number of smokers and drinkers will, however, decrease,” she added.

Delos Reyes emphasized that early detection and prevention are the best solutions in order not to acquire late stage lung and liver cancers.

For Hayag, DOH is strengthening their advocacy campaign and informa-tion dissemination on the ill-effects of tobacco smoking and excessive alcohol drinking to the public.

Pagtuki is aired over DyLA every Saturday at 10-11am. The program, which is one of the Knowledge Shar-ing & Advocacy capabilities of RAFI, tackles timely and relevant issues on politics, governance, micro-financing, education, environment, early child-hood care and development, and culture and heritage that affect the Cebuano community.

For more information about raFI’s radio program, please contact Chrisely Hinayas at 418-7234 loc. 540, or visit www.rafi.org.ph or www.facebook.com/rafi.org.ph

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Sun Cellular offers postpaid carrier support for new MyPhone users

Sun Cellular continues to enhance the accessibility of its services after hav-ing announced its newest tie-up with mobile phone brand MyPhone which seeks to offer postpaid carrier support to newly-availed MyPhone units. Under this exclusive partnership, consumers purchasing new units of any MyPhone mobile phone at any accredited MyPhone Concept Store or kiosk until April 30, 2013 will get special vouchers to easily avail the Sun Postpaid Plan 350 SIM-only offering. “We aim to instantly complete the MyPhone experience of every user with the convenience and reliability of our most pre-ferred unlimited postpaid offering – the Sun Plan 350,” says Ricky Peña, Senior Vice President for Postpaid, Broadband & New Business of Sun

rated value-added features to let these users maxi-mize all the more their new MyPhone mobile phones – for calling and texting their contacts or even for internet surfing,” adds Peña. Now on its 10th year in the business, the country’s youngest major telecom-munications firm is set to sustain its rapid growth in subscriber and net-work base through the introduction of more groundbreaking service innovations and height-ened accessibility of its offerings. “We are all the more driven to introduce in-novations that will signifi-cantly excite the market and truly address the communication needs of the most value-seeking Filipinos of today,” Peña concludes. Sun Cellular is a mem-ber of the PLDT Group.

Cellular. “After getting their new MyPhone mobile phones, all they have to do is to visit The Sun Shop and present a valid ID, along with their MyPhone pur-chase receipt and promo voucher,” he explains. Offered in two sub-scription types, avail-ing MyPhone users get a Sun Postpaid SIM with unlimited Sun calls and texts and 250 texts to other networks, as well as extra 100 texts and 5 minutes of calls to other networks for the Call & Text Profile or 10 hours of mobile internet should they decide to choose the Surf Profile of the plan. “We have also incorpo-

FORMER congresswoman and senatorial candidate (Team PNoy-NP) Cynthia Villar welcomed as a “major leap for peace” the presi-dential appointment of 15 members to the Transition Commission (TransCom) that would help draft the Bangsamoro Basic Law as a vital step towards obtaining lasting peace in Mindanao.

“It is both symbolic and appropriate that President Aquino decided to name the members of the 15-person Transition Commission on this historic day. We must harness the spirit and es-

PEUgEOT Cagayan de Oro formally opens its doors today. In photo is the Peugeot 5008 Compact MPV. Peugeot Cagayan de Oro is located along Mastersons Avenue, Pueblo de Oro Business Park. Cagayan de Oro Times photo by Shaun Alejandrae Yap Uy

Villar calls appointment of 15-person TransCom as a ‘major leap for peac’

sence of people power in support of peace and de-velopment initiatives for Mindanao,” she said.

Villar said the Nacio-nalista Party fully supports the ongoing transformation of conflict-affected areas in Muslim Mindanao into havens of peace and devel-opment as a major thrust of the Aquino administration.

She said that the Tran-sition Commission needs to begin its consultations right away and must make an effort to ensure an open, inclusive, and transparent approach in the drafting of

the Bangsamoro Basic Law.Known as “Misis Hanep-

buhay” the former congress-woman of Las Pinas City said that the Villar Foun-dation is willing to work with other nongovernment organizations (NGOs) and local governments in pro-moting various livelihood projects in Mindanao.

“We all have to pitch in and accompany the peace process to its rightful con-clusion because a peaceful and stable Mindanao has much to offer not just our country but the world,” Villar stressed.

Mindanao Daily News (March 1, 2013 Issue)

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