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BrieflyTraffic modernizationCAG AYAN d e O ro M ayo r Vicente Y. Emano said the traffic modernization project in Cagayan de Oro City will definitely push through. “Segurado na ang pag-i m p l e m e n t a r s a Tr a f f i c Modernizat ion Program sa dakbayan tungod kay nahuman naman ang bidding sa maong proyekto,” the mayor said in a press statement. According to Mayor Emano, the installation of the new traffic lights will take place soon.”Sa dili malangan, sugdan na ang pag-instalar og mga bag-ong traffic lights with closed-circuit television diha sa nag-unang mga kadalanan aron hapsay ang dagan sa atong trapiko,” the mayor added.

OFWs assistanceTHE National Reintegrat ion Center for Overseas Filipino Workers (NRCO) through the Overseas Workers Welfare Admin is t rat ion (OW WA) in region 10 has released financial l ivelihood assistance to five overseas Filipino workers in Misamis Oriental. OWWA-10 Director Petrona Bergado, assisted by Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Regional Director Atty. Johnson Cañete, spearheaded the awarding of checks amounting to P10,000 each to the beneficiaries during the Regional Coordinating Council (RCC) meeting last week. The re c i p i en t s o f t he livelihood assistance were Mary Celyn Arcadio, Lorna Caballes, Jenny Garcia, and Leah Romero, all from Cagayan de Oro City, and Celeste Sabunod from Claveria town. The l ive l ihood projec ts identified by these beneficiaries are chicken ala carte station, meat processed products, sari-sari store, and eatery/fastfood business.

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FLIGHTS OFF: With the tension between the Philippines and Taiwan continues, Cebu Pacific announces it is cancelling its scheduled maiden Cebu-Taipei flight set originally on June 5.

Kagay-anon Int’l hails Oro leadership change

Call for Citizens Council, restoration of Du-aw ParkBy MIKE BAÑOS, Editor-at-Large

KAGAY-ANONS based in the United States have hailed the victory of outgoing Misamis Oriental Gov.

Oscar S. Moreno as Cagayan de Oro’s new mayor and have called for the creation of a new “Citizens Council” and the restoration of Duaw Park. In an email from the US, three overseas Kagay-anon groups represented by one of its leaders Roy C. Gaane expressed their heartfelt gratitude for the change of leadership in the Cagayan de Oro City Hall and likewise the wins of incumbent second district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez and comebacking Rolando Uy in the first district. The group, consisting of Kagay-Anon International,

Kagay-Anons of Southern California, and Mindanao Alliance – USA, said they take part in Moreno, Rodriguez and Uy’s victory as mandated and bestowed on them by the people of Cagayan de Oro because “we are a part either by birth, by blood, by affinity but mostly by love.” “With your victory we are once more proud to be part of Cagayan de Oro,

Aboitiz Group diversifies into bulk-water business

By CHRISTINE CABIASA, Reporter

THE Aboit iz Group has diversified its business arms, this time into the development of a bulk water supply source in Davao City. In a statement after filing its disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, Aboitiz Equity Ventures (AEV) announced its joint venture agreement with JV Angeles Construction Co (JVACC) for the supply of water to the Davao City Water District (DCWD). “The final structure of the joint venture company is currently being determined

and studied by the parties involved,” AEV said. AEV is the holding firm of the Aboitiz Group, a local conglomerate with interests in banking, power, food and real estate. Under the agreement, the partners will put up a h y d r o e l e c t r i c - p o w e r e d bulk treatment facility and conveyance system that will supply 300 million liters of potable water to DCWD. The project is an offshoot of a proposal submitted by JVACC for the said water facilities to

DCWD. JVACC tapped Hedcor Inc, an affiliate of AEV, to provide the technical and operational expertise for the hydroelectric components of the project. Hedcor is the Aboitiz Group’s mini-hydro power arm, which has power generating capacity of 155 megawatts from 19 such facilities across the country. JVACC, on the other hand, is a local firm with 48 years experience in the construction and development of water-related infrastructure.

Amid PH-Taiwan row:

Cebu Pacific suspends maiden flight to TaipeiTHE stand-off between the Philippines and Taiwan takes another toll on the aviation industry with Cebu Pacific

yesterday announced that it would defer its maiden f light to Taipei from Cebu

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Region 12 corn production valued at P15.6B last years

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KORONADAL City -- The value of corn produced in Region 12 last year reached a staggering P15.6 billion, a regional Department of Agriculture (DA) official said. Zaldy Boloron, DA-12 corn program coordinator, s a i d i n t h e 13 0 -p a g e “Regional Corn Roadmap CY (Calendar Year) 2012 to 2017” presentation that corn production volume in the four-province, five-city region last year was 1.20 million metric tons (MT), up 2.63 percent from 2011’s 1.2 million MT. “ [ T h e s t r o n g c o r n production performance] was due to the wide area suitable for corn production, availability of high quality s e e d s a n d a c c e s s t o technology,” Boloron said. Land planted to corn last year in Region 12, also called the Soccsksargen region, was 429,319 hectares (ha), he noted. Region 12 comprises the provinces of South Cotabato, North Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat and Sarangani and the cities of General Santos, Koronadal, Tacurong, Kidapawan and Cotabato. For 2011, the value of

corn produced in Region, at P13 per kilo average price, would have amounted to P15.22 billion. R e g i o n 1 2 ’ s c o r n production in 2012 makes it the third biggest corn producer in the country, after Cagayan Valley’s 7.4 million MT and Northern Mindanao’s 1.23 million MT. Fou r of Mi nda nao’s s i x reg ions —Nor t her n Mindanao, Soccsksargen, the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao and Zamboanga Peninsula—were among the top 10 corn producing regions in the country last year. In Region 12 , South Cotabato was the largest corn producer with 435,981 in 2012 followed by North Cotabato with 385,428, Sultan Kudarat with 234,393 and Sarangani

with 145,479. In 2011, they respectively produced 428,718, 379,947, 226,940 and 134,949. The average yield per hectare in the region was pegged at 2.8 MT last year. South Cotabato has at least 144,200 ha for corn production; North Cotabato, 129,908; Sultan Kudarat, 84,328; and Sarangani, 70,883. Corn from Region 12 is traded to Davao, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu and Manila, Boloron said. For this year, the DA regional office targets corn production to reach 1.24 million MT and 1.29 million in 2014. Among the challenges for the region’s corn farming in the last few years were

Davao holds ‘Presyo Diskwento’ Caravan for schools supplies

DAVAO Cit y - - T he Department of Trade and Industry-Davao City Field Office (DTI-DCFO) will hold a one-day Presyo Diskwento Caravan-Balik Eskwela Edition today, May 30, from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m., at the Sangguniang Panlungsod lobby. The Ba l i k Esk wela E d i t i o n o f P r e s y o Diskwento Caravan will offer from 20 percent to 50 percent discounts on school supplies like notebooks, pad papers, pencils, pens, crayons, scissors, bags, shoes, and uniforms. DTI-DCFO Director Teolulo T. Pasawa said the caravan intends to help parents and guardians to have an option where they can buy affordable school

supplies as classes open on June 3. “And we wou ld l i ke to assure consumers that although these products are sold at discounted prices, these are made by reputable manufacturers and surely deliver the required quality,”

he said. Apart from the school supplies and other school needs, the manufacturers and distributors joining the caravan will also sell basic commodities like canned fish and pork, bath soap,

Oro dads okay anti-bullying ordinanceTHE Cit y Counci l has approved t he proposed anti-bullying ordinance for implementation in various schools here. City Vice Mayor Ian Acena s on Wed nesd ay said that Ordinance No. 12581-2013 prohibits acts of bullying committed among students in Cagayan de Oro City.

He said the ordinance r e q u i r e s s c h o o l administrators to establish a clear procedure to promptly respond to investigations on repor ts of bu l ly ing and identify the range of disciplinary administrative actions that may be taken against the perpetrator for bullying. Ac ena s s a id s cho ol

ad m i n i s t r ators shou ld adopt disciplinary measures commensurate with the nature and the gravity of the offense. He said that under the anti-bullying ordinance, the school is required to establish strategies for protecting students from acts of bullying and of promptly notifying

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Alliance Select sees 18% growth in salmon salesALLIANCE Select Foods International Inc expects a boost in salmon sales this year as a result of the capacity expansion of its New Zealand subsidiary.

more than double its 2012 production. Alliance Select also plans to invest in vessels and land-based infrastructure to support higher production at its processing factory and fish hatchery in New Zealand. “The extra output from this expanded capacity will enable Akaroa to further make its mark locally in New Zealand and internationally. Akaroa’s salmon is considered the benchmark in the Kiwi

In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the listed tuna canner said the expansion will result in a “significant boost” to the company’s growth and profit margins with sales from its salmon subsidiaries, including Akaroa Salmon NZ Ltd, seen to exceed P1 billion this year.

This represents a growth of at least 18 percent from a year ago, Rajat Balain, A l l i a n c e S e l e c t c h i e f information officer, said in an interview. A l l i a n c e S e l e c t i s investing $65,000-70,000 in new infrastructure to boost capacity at its fish farms in the Akaroa harbor that will

Cebu Pacific corners 51% of cargo market in 1QTHE operator of Cebu Pacific on Monday said it has cornered 51% of the domestic cargo market in the first three months of the year, overtaking its closest rival Philippine Airlines (PAL). Cit ing data from the Civi l Aeronautics Board (CAB), Cebu Air Inc. (CEB) said it carried 23 million kilograms in the January to March period, besting the combined cargo load of

17.5 million kilos carried by both Philippine Airlines and budget unit PAL Express. Cebu Pacific attributes its accomplishment to its extensive and expanding Philippine network, multiple daily f light schedules, and competitive rates. The airline claims to have been the leader in domestic cargo services since 2009. “We are very thankful for the support of cargo

SM to open hotel,convention centerSM Hotels and Conventions Corp. (SMHCC), a subsidiary of SM Investments Corp., targets to build a convention center and a hotel at its SM mall in Clark, riding on the growing meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions (MICE) market. “What we are looking at Clark is the possibility of an SMX in the mall then a hotel outside. Just like what we did in SM Lanang Premier where there is a 7,000-square-meter convention center and a bridge connecting it to the mall and the hotel,” SMHCC Executive Vice President Reynaldo Villar told reporters. He said the company is venturing into mid-scale hotel brands. SM’s hotels in portfolio are Park Inn by Radisson, Radisson Blu in Cebu and Taal Vista Hotel in Tagaytay. V i l l a r e s t i m a t e d investments for building a 150 to 200-room hotel reaching P307 million to P410 million.

“That’s the direction we want to take... to support DOT (Department of Tourism) target of (attracting) 35.5 million local tourists and 10 million foreign tourists,” he noted. Villar said this is in line with their plan to build one property a year in areas where big SM malls are located. These include Clark, Bacolod and Iloilo City. Apart from the shopping and leisure components of the tourism industry, he said they are riding on the good prospects of the MICE market which is expected to grow at least 10 percent a year. “MICE is a big chunk of tourism that we are all targeting. There is a big portion of our business of the MICE market that comes locally – pharmaceutical companies, the electronics industry, associations and government meetings,” he added. Villar cited as an example

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PAGASA urges public to set timeto Philippine Standard Time

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THE Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) urged the public, especially government agencies, media outlets and schools, to set their time in accordance with the Philippine Standard Time (PST) as early as now.

Under R A 10535 or otherwise known as The Philippine Standard Time Act of 2013, all public clocks must be set to the PST. Those who will fail to adhere to the law could face consequences and penalties. Television and radio stations that fail to calibrate and synchronize their time with PST during broadcast will be penalized with a fine of P30,000 to P50,000 for the first offense. F o r t h e s e c o n d of fense , t he Nat iona l Te l e c o m m u n i c a t i o n Commission could revoke their franchise to operate. Meanwhile, the law also allotted a budget that will be used for equipment that will display PST in strategic locations for the benefit of the public. In line with this, Alcaraz said that PAGASA intends to install digital clocks showing PST at eight major thoroughfares in Manila, Quezon City and Caloocan within the year. “I hope the PST law will help speed up ‘Fi lipino time’,”Alcaraz noted as he alluded to the perceived tendency of some Filipinos to lax in being “on time” for scheduled activities. (PNA)

A l l a n A l c a r a z , PAG A S A - A s t r o n o m y Division weather specialist, reminded the public that the Philippine Standard Time Act of 2013 signed by President Benigno Aquino last May 15 will officially take effect on Saturday. “Dapat nagayon pa lang ay mai-synchronize na nila ang kanilang mga orasan para bago mag-take effect ang batas na Republic Act 10535 sa June 1 ay pare-pareho na ang mga oras sa radio, government offices at mga schools,” he noted. Alcaraz said PAGASA is already set to synchronize the official time for the whole archipelago on June 1. For precise t ime, he sa id the state weather bureau tapped a t ime keeping equipment from Australia, the Rubidium-Global Positioning System

(RBGPS) Common View, which averages the times c o l l e c t e d f r o m f o u r satellites. “ T h e e q u i p m e n t (R B GPS) i s u s e d for network time protocol… It is capable of relaying accurate time information via Internet protocol,” he noted. “It transmits the PST to the network time protocol server, which displays it on the internet and the PAGASA website ,” he added. To synchronize with the country’s official time, Alcaraz advised the public to visit PAGASA’s website to view the PST. He said the Internet is one of the main modes b y w h i c h PA G A S A disseminates the PST. PST is eight hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time or GMT.

Elementary teachers in their borrowed classroom in Barangay Andap, New Bataan, Compostela Valley province on May 27, 2013. The elementary school was destroyed by super typhoon Pablo on December 4, 2012 and since January, classes have been temporarily relocated within the compound of the Andap National High School.

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Kids in Pablo-hit village to hold classes under tentsNEW BATAAN, Compostela Valley – Elementary pupils in Barangay Andap will hold their classes under makeshift tents when classes open on Monday, teachers said. Only one of 15 classrooms of Andap Elementary School was left due to f lashf loods spawned by heavy rains when super Typhoon Pablo hit on December 4 last year. The school has been abandoned and since January, classes in the Elementary have been relocated to the compound of the Andap National High School. Elena Estrada, a Grade 3 teacher, told MindaNews she

will be holding her classes in a makeshift classroom inside the Andap High School compound. Each class wi l l have around 75 pupils due to lack of classrooms, said Estrada. Before the typhoon, each classroom would not exceed 40 pupils, she added. “There will be merging of sections in all grade levels. So that would mean double the number of pupils than the required number,” explained Janine Galula, a Grade 5 teacher. Galula said this is what they call team teaching. But the k indergarten and grade one pupils will hold classes in two borrowed classrooms from the high school department. E s t r a d a s a i d o n l y k indergarten and grade one pupi l s were g iven priority because makeshift classrooms may affect their learning. “Lisud pud kay mga gagmay pa man na sila, unya kung mag ulan o hangin kusog, luoy sila,” (It’s difficult for them because they’re still small, what a pity if it rains or the winds blow hard) the teacher explained. Last Monday, Galula said around 50 pupils had enrolled. But she expects most of the pupils will enroll on June 3, the first day of classes. “This has been the habit here of the pupils and parents. They would enroll on the first day of classes,” she added. Cyen Claire Alimento, an incoming Grade 7 student, told MindaNews that she has not enrolled yet.

“Sa Lunes na ko mag enrol l ” (I wi l l enrol on Monday), said Alimento who was helping her grandmother cook and sell pancakes at the junction going to the school. Last school year, Galula said they had 446 pupils, but 50 of them died when super typhoon Pablo hit their village. Fifteen pupils transferred a month after the storm. Estrada said the number of pupils for this school year will be known next week. Volunteer carpenters Af ter the storm, the teachers said they resumed classes in mid-January but they had make-up classes every Saturday since they were not able to complete the school days in December. They added they held classes in the makeshif t classrooms made of light materials. “During heav y rains, strong winds blew away the roof and walls since they were made of tarpaulins,” Estrada recalled. To decongest the number of pupils in each section, she added that an additional makeshift classroom is being built by volunteer carpenters. Romeo Secretaria, one of t he car penters , told MindaNews that a village official asked around who could help in building the makeshift classroom. Secretaria, a farmer who knows a litt le carpentry, said he volunteered because his sons are also incoming Grades 5 and 6 pupils. “The lumber was given for free but the teachers

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life, approached me the other day to ask about success. When asked what in particular about success they wanted to know, they fumbled and just said, anything. That’s when I realized they were just after fulfilling a class requirement by making some paper about a topic, something that I, of course, understood very well. I passed through that stage. I suppose everyone does. But the query ignited vivid memories of childhood. Back in my grade school and high school years, I thought success was having good grades, reaping honors right and left, having drop-dead looks that would seduce girls im-mediately, being versatile in talents, competent in work, becoming a millionaire and a powerful man in society. There were many other fantastic ideas that passed through the mind and engaged me in some suspenseful episodes. But it took some time before reality would sink in properly. I suppose the youth are entitled somehow to some extravagant ideas. Yes, reality has a way of making itself felt. In my case, it was when I stumbled over a biblical passage that said something like everything in life is vanity. At that moment, I was also experiencing all sorts of frustrations and disap-pointments, making me prone to give favorable attention to that passage. I knew some of these disappointments were caused by my exaggerated expectations. But there were others which I thought I deserved rightfully but were denied to me. And so I fell into thinking seriously about what meaning life really has, what success in life would really consist.

It was only later when I could point the exact citation that really opened my mind and heart. A priest recited a line from the Book of Ecclesi-astes that struck my attention, first of all, because of its poetic charm. Only later did I relish its significance. The line was: “Vanity of vanities! All is vanity. What does man gain by all the toil at which he toils under the sun? A generation goes, and a generation comes, but the earth remains for ever. The sun rises and the sun goes down, and hastens to the place where it rises...” (Ecc 1,2-5) And the passage continues in its rhythmic lyricism, pumping in more and more the realistic message that indeed everything in life is vanity, and that actually only one thing is necessary. And that is to be with God. It does not really matter whether we rise or fall in life in the many terms our life here can be measured and as-sessed—money, fame, looks, health, talents, etc. But it is only when we are with God can we truly say that we have succeeded in life. It’s a truth reiterated and reinforced by Christ himself when he said: “What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his own soul?” And also when he

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usually takes at least 10 years? O ne m a n s a id , “My overnight success was the longest night of my life. I spent many days and nights just getting there!” Remember, “Rome was not built in a day.” Many people are waiting for their ship to come in…when they’ve not even sent it out of the harbor. You see, winners simply do what losers don’t want to do. And they keep doing it until they get the success they want. Success is mostly just hanging on after others have let go! Or as one guy put it: “Big shots are just little shots who kept on shooting.” So the most important trip you’ll ever make is when you go the extra mile. Many people who failed did not know how close they were to success when they gave up. People don’t actually fail, they just quit too easily. One guy said: “The secret to success is to start from scratch—and to keep on scratching.” So don’t quit trying just because your trying times are hard. The great inventor, Thomas Edison, tried a certain experiment hundreds of times, but it still did not work. So his assistant said to him: “It’s too bad that we did all that work without any results. But Edison replied: “Oh, we have lots of results! We now know 700 things that won’t work!” Never forget, delay does not always mean denial. If we hold out and hold on, we can accomplish almost anything. The British Prime Minister Winston Churchill said: “Never, never, never, never give up!” And the American

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What 25 centavoscan do

If you tend to ignore the loose change you get after grocery shopping or dining out, then you might begin to look at

them differently when you learn about the “investment” some of our countrymen have made, using only what we would call in the vernacular as “barya-barya.” Less than six months ago, thousands of Filipinos from all walks of life donated their 25-centavo coins to the “Barya ng mga Bayani” fundraising event organized by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Officers Club in collaboration with the Kabayanihan Foundation, Inc. The program organizers were able to raise enough money to build a new classroom at Virgilio Magbanua Elementary School in Palawan. Previously, the school had only one classroom and a tent for its 350 elementary students. Students sat on dilapidated chairs each day and when it rained, water dripped from the roof and both students and teacher would get wet. Earlier, in an attempt to form the longest line of coins to break the Guiness World Record, event organizers reached a length of 72.03 kilometers. The 25-centavo coins arranged end-to-end amounted to P912,000. The feat not only created public awareness of BSP’s coin recirculation program. It also raised funds for the construction of two new classrooms that are ready for use this coming school year.

BSP Officers Club President Dr. Greg Suarez said they chose to use the proceeds to build classrooms because they wanted to give something that is lasting and which can benefit a great number of people. True enough, by building structures that are conducive for learning, generat ions of students can now have a hea lt h ier educ at iona l experience, which would come in handy as they aim to better their lives. This story reminds us how much farther we could go if we just work together towards a common purpose. Just imagine if 95 million Filipinos donated one 25-centavo each for a classroom project. We could raise P23.8 million instantly, enough to build 26 more classrooms. After learning about the longest line of coins event from news reports on TV and print, many people have asked if there’s going to be another one soon. Doc Greg said the idea of breaking BSP’s own record, raising awareness on

How liquid are you? Issues regarding liquidity balancing is at best left to the inclinations and whims of each individual. However, with due consideration to the equally important investment attributes of risk, return and diversification, a 50-50 liquidity balancing strategy may be considered ideal perhaps by many. This means that out of your entire net worth, half of your assets may be readily converted back to cash or their cash equivalents. Imagine yourself growing your non-liquid real estate assets at a rate of 30-50% per year, and with your life’s net worth locked in almost all its entirety in this vehicle alone. What if some turbulent economic event significantly affects performance of the real estate sector in your domain? Good if you also have a diversification tactic within the real estate sector itself. But what if you need a sizable amount of cash that badly and you’d have to dispose of a couple of real estate assets in a down market? You’d have no other option but to take that beating. Well-crafted strategies to attain a practical and viable level of balance between your liquid and non-liquid assets could be a good start towards your diversification goals. Invest intelligently. Do it now!

How balanced are your investments? Is being liquid a matter of great significance to you?

Balanced investment strategies give you a discernible edge over the medium- and long-term. Among the most important concerns to consider when balancing your investment strategies is the factor of liquidity. Liquidity determines the ease of converting your investment assets back to cash or its corresponding cash equivalents in any market condition. Aside from cash in your personal vaults, the amounts placed in your savings and current accounts are among the more favored liquid assets to boot. With your ATM card or the assistance of your neighborhood bank’s teller, cash may be available at your disposal anytime. However, some higher-growth oriented investment instruments called paper assets are generally considered liquid as well. Certificates of stock ownership, government and private company bonds, medium-term and long-term commercial papers as well as managed investment funds may be traded in the primary or secondary markets by financial intermediaries. Hence, within a few working days, you could easily recover the cash value of your investments in these instruments. Granting a similar profile of 15% average compounded return rate per annum for the next 10 years, would it matter to you if your PhP 1 million is locked in a non-liquid investment vehicle such as real estate or would having the same amount in an instrument that is easily cash-recoverable be a better-sounding investment exit alternative?



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countries of the Asia Pacific region due to increasing disposable incomes and higher economic growth rates. The offerings from Akaroa in this market will complement the company’s s a l mon produc t r a nge enabling both companies to leverage on each other’s strengths,” Alliance Select said. Alliance Select posted a net profit of $774,000 last year, a turnaround from a net loss of $952,000 in 2011. It generated a 60 percent growth in sales to a record $82.3 million in 2012 from $51.3 million in the previous year on higher tuna and salmon sales. Salmon accounted for 26 percent of total sales.

their Taal Vista Hotel in Tagaytay and Radisson Blu in Cebu which contribute 30 to 40 percent to the company’s overall revenues. (PNA)

forwarders and shippers as we bring their cargo to various Philippine destinations in the soonest possible time,” Candice Iyog, Cebu Pacific vice president for marketing said. The airline’s cargo serves more than 2,000 accounts, customizing products based on the clients’ domestic and international requirements. “Our 24-hour airport-to-airport cargo service

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President Calvin Coolidge m a d e t h i s s t a t e m e nt : “Nothing can bring success like persistence. Talent cannot, for there are many talented people who are not successful. Education will not, for the world is full of educated losers. Only persistence and determination can give you the power to succeed.” You see, you can succeed just like anyone else. Just keep want ing it enough to keep working for it enough. So why not decide today to start going the extra mile on the road to your success? Ask Jesus Chr ist to take charge of your life. It’s with His strength and willpower that you’ll find t he determinat ion a nd persistence to succeed—which will pay you big profits. Just Think a Minute…

salmon industry and the company is confident that there is a strong demand for t heir unique brand of Chinook salmon,” the Philippine firm said. Alliance Select noted rising global demand for high-quality sustainable seafood. “ T he la s t few yea rs have seen this demand increasing at a higher pace in

also accepts shipments to and from key international destinations, through 16 interline global partners for seamless transshipments,” Iyog said. Cebu Pacif ic operates 10 Airbus A319s, 25 A320s and 8 ATR-72 500 aircraft. Its f leet of 43 is one of the most modern in the world. Between 2013 and 2021, Cebu Paci f ic w i l l ta ke delivery of 17 more A320s, 30 A321neo’s, and 4 A330s.

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on the value of our coins further, and helping more people lingers in his mind. But while nothing is set in stone yet, he encourages the public to first and foremost, give due importance to our coins. These must not be thrown away or left lying at home. Doing so causes a shortage of coins in the market which then prompts the government to spend more to produce new ones. More important ly, i f pooled together as in the case of the “Barya ng mga Bayani” event, it can be used for investments that will benefit the whole nation.

in the episode of Martha and Mary that “only one thing is necessary, and Mary has chosen the best part.” We need to be vigorously awake to this truth, because many now are the irresistible worldly decoys that divert us from it. That being with God is the only thing necessary never means that the things of this world are not important, that we can take a passive attitude toward them or that we just be mediocre about them. Rather the contrary. Be-ing with God would push us to the limit to make the most out of whatever we do or whatever happens to us in this life. And that is to trust him, to love him, and because of that love, we have to love others the way God loves all of us. Whatever happens here, whether we rise or fall, wheth-er we win or lose, only has relative value. What is of absolute value is being with

God. This is what true suc-cess is. This is how genuine success has to be assessed and measured. Many times, we have to make a choice between God and us. St. Augustine precisely formulated the choice we have to make in the life in the most radical way by saying that it’s always a choice between God and us everytime we do something. We have to make sure that we win the favor of God before we consider winning the favor of men. Let’s fol-low the example of St. Peter, and many other saints who articulated their choice by saying that they obey God first before they obey men. True success lies there, and not in any other.

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provided the gasoline for the chainsaw that was used in cutting,” he said. Noli Villasan said that he volunteered because the village has only a few carpenters. “Kaluoy man sa mga bata, wala na eskwelahan,” (I pity the children, they have no place to hold classes) said Villasan, who usually earns P350 a day from his work as carpenter. Galula said they received new armchairs from the Tagum City government through its Care for School Chairs Program. “The ratio of chairs is one is to one pero kaluoy lang tan-awon ang mga classroom kay tents og kahoy (but the classrooms are a pathetic sight because they are made of tents and wood),” she noted. But the teachers said they would be grateful to those who can donate school supplies to the pupils.

The teachers bring their records and other documents home since they have no cabinets. “It’s quite heavy, it’s like bringing an entire cabinet but we have no choice,” Galula said. The teachers said the Department of Education has prepared a budget to construct new buildings but their problem is the school site. They added that the Mines and Geosciences Bureau has not yet identified a safe school site. “We don’t know where we would build our school because it seems there is no safe place here,” they said. Citing maps prepared by the Department of Science and Technology , New Bataan mayor Lorenzo Balbin said during a Task Force Pablo briefing in February that only 189.19 hectares or 0.27% of the town’s 68,860 hectare total land area. are safe for relocation.(Keith Bacongco/MindaNews)

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P6.6-M facility to bolster rubber output in BukidnonBy Noel Provido

DAMULOG, Bukidnon—The Mindanao Rural Development Program (MRDP), through its Regional Program Advisory Board, has approved a project for the construction of a P6.6-million rubber-sheet processing plant here.

also those in the towns of Kibawe, Dancagan, Don Carlos, Kitaotao, Quezon and Kadingilan, as well as neighboring Carmen town in North Cotabato province. According to Anecito Tinaco of the Poblacion-Old Damulog Farmers Association, the facility would initially serve 945.68 hectares that are planted with rubber trees. “Of the said areas, 412.6 hectares [of these trees] are now ready for tapping, while the rest can be tapped two to three years from now,” Tinaco said. Herbert Tan, agricultural off icer in Damulog, said the expansion of rubber production in the town is attributed to the “plant now, pay later” program of the DA-10 and local agricultural offices. (with rosie paasa/bm)

would process rubber latex into sheets, making it readily available to buyers in need

of these for the production of rubber-based household and industrial products.

Ramos added that the facility will not only benefit farmers in Damulog, but

Of t he a mou nt , P5 million will be provided by the MRDP and the rest by the Poblacion-Old Damulog Farmers Association, the project’s leading proponent and beneficiary. The MRDP is a special program of the Department of Agriculture (DA), jointly funded by the World Bank and national and local government u n i t s . T h e p r o g r a m implements infrastructure and livelihood projects in 225 municipalities in Mindanao. According to MRDP Program Director Lealyn R a m o s , t h e r u b b e r

postharvest facility will boost production of the commodity in Bukidnon, since the province—known for its corn and livestock production—is slowly becoming known for it. “The processing facility is one of the MRDP’s big-ticket projects [that] aims to upgrade the quality of rubber produced in the province, and, at the same time, provide value-adding activities to our farmers,” said Ramos, also the DA executive director in Region 10 (Northern Mindanao). She also said the facility

Environmentalists see seedsas key to agricultural reform

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FLORENCE—As the global agricultural sector is faced with ever-greater challenges, the question of how to reform and improve the sector is a controversial and difficult one. So Terra Futura (Future Earth), a three-day exhibition and conference on good agricultural practices held annually in Florence, Italy, brought the debate back to its roots: seeds. Terra Futura has been held for 10 years as a network for institutions, associations and civil society, which gather in Florence and exchange ideas and experiences for alternative and sustainable environmental, economical and social development. Vandana Shiva, a scientist and environmental activist, presented a series of initiatives to defend the survival of local and traditional seeds. The initiatives connected land, food sovereignty, biodiversity and environment. Shiva presented the “law of the seed,” a campaign targeting intellectual property and patents claimed by agribusiness giants. The project aims to reaffirm the centrality of biological and natural rules against the logic of the agribusiness sector, which relies on genetically modified organisms (GMOs), monocultures and intensive agriculture. “What we intend to achieve is to overturn the logic behind the criminalization of ordinary seeds and protect the right of farmers to breed their own seeds,” Shiva told Inter Press Service. Yet the current trend seems to be running in the opposite direction, with multinational companies trying to impose the use of patented and genetically modified seeds, with disastrous consequences for local farmers, especially in the third world. “We have already seen what the entry of Monsanto [a multinational company in agricultural biotechnology and leader of genetically engineered seeds], has done to the cotton sector in India,” Shiva said. She added that “95 percent of cotton seed is currently owned and controlled by Monsanto, causing farmers to get into deep dept to pay the royalties.” Staving off GMOs: According to Beppe Croce, the head of the non-food agriculture section of Legambiente, Italy’s biggest

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on refined sugarTHE Department of Justice (DOJ) has declared null and void a resolution issued by the National Nutrition Council (NNC) excluding refined sugar from the coverage of the mandatory food-fortification program. In a nine-page lega l opinion, Justice Secretary Leila de Lima also ruled that the NNC is not allowed to limit the scope of the fortification coverage for cooking oil to only coconut and palm oil and exclude corn, canola, soy and olive oil. The DOJ issued the legal opinion upon the request Health Secretary Enrique Ona. De Lima noted that under Republic Act (RA) 8976, or the Philippine Food Fortification Program, the NNC has no legal authority to exclude, change or limit the coverage of the staple foods identified by law. RA 8976 calls for the mandatory for t i f icat ion or addition of iron to rice, vitamin A and iron to wheat f lour, and vitamin A to cooking oil and to sugar. It also assigns the inter-agency N NC to rev iew mandatory food fortification regularly to determine the continued need for mandatory for t i f icat ion for which nutrients and through which food supplies.

CARP exemption for ex-DavOrgov’s lands stumps farmers

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M A T I C I T Y— S i x t y -one farmers wishing to secure a big chunk of a 108.41293-hectare property of the late Davao Oriental Gov. Leopoldo N. Lopez covered by the agrarian-reform program may soon end up owning nothing. The property, originally c o v e r e d b y Tr a n s f e r Certificate of Title (T-7792) T-772 and in Sitio Panumbon, Barangay Don Enrique, Mati, Davao Oriental, ended up being subdivided into 21 lots covered by titles registered with the Land Registration Authority (LRA).

Incensed farmers tagged the registration as illegal since the property had been the subject of a certificate of deposit (COD) of more than P2 million filed by the Land Bank of the Philippines (LandBank) to cover the payment of the property under the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP). Worse, 20 hectares of the entire property had been exempted from the coverage of CARP by no less than Agrarian Reform Sec. Virgilio de los Reyes on December 12, 2012, in a

resolution condemned not only by farmers but also by officials of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) who had rejected the pleas of the Lopezes since 1998. A r m e d w i t h t h e resolution, the Lopez heirs can now yank out all farmers in that part of the estate and start commercial or industrial operations to the detriment of agrarian-reform beneficiaries (ARBs). By doing so, de los Reyes also added fuel to the persistent demand of farmers to oust him from

CA lauded for Bt talong rulingGREENPEACE yesterday welcomed the ruling issued by the Court of Appeals that granted the Writ of Kalikasan to stop the field trials of Bt eggplant. In its decision, the court ordered the respondents to “per ma nent ly cease and desist from further conducting Bt talong field trials” and “protect, preserve, rehabilitate and restore the environment in accordance with the foregoing judgement of the court.” “We commend the Court of Appeals for living up

to it s const itut iona l ly-mandated role as protector of constitutional rights,” said Daniel Ocampo, Greenpeace Southeast Asia Sustainable Agriculture campaigner. “This landmark decision reflects that there are indeed f laws and lapses in the current regulatory process for Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) such as Bt eggplant which exposes our environment and health to unk now n long-term consequences and does not establish their safety in any way,” stressed Ocampo.

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People power: B u t c i t i z e n s a r e rediscovering the value of good food, as demonstrated by phenomena and movements such as Slow Food, solidarity-based purchasing groups and urban gardens. After a half-century of industry control, “people are experimenting [with] new solutions to have more control [over] what they eat,” Shiva said. A n o t h e r i n i t i a t i v e , “Seeds of Future, Gardens of Hope,” is moving in the same direction. It is being promoted by Shiva’s non-prof it organization, Navdanya International. Through it , chi ldren in Florence’s primary schools are given plants of local species to grow in their gardens. “We are not just talking about education. We are talking about them being the custodian,” Shiva told IPS. “But everyone is a child in this matter,” she said. “Farmers have been made into children in the sense that they have been made to forget they are savers and breeders of seeds. Consumers have been made to forget that food begins with seed. So, in a way, this it is education for all, education for life.”

the DAR, with Task Force Mapalad (TFM) citing his dismal performance in land distribution. CARP is set to end on June 14, 2013. De los Reyes gave credence to the action of the Register of Deeds (ROD) in Mati, who wrote on December 12, 2008, that the original title to the property—(TCT-7792) T-772—was already canceled based on an alleged prior Deed of Donation of Undivided Interest in Real Proper t ies executed by Leopoldo N. Lopez as donor, in favor of his 10 donees, on July 31, 1974. The ROD’s action came after the DAR had issued the notice of coverage and then-Undersecretary for Field Operations Narciso Nieto had completed all the surveys and determined the qualified beneficiaries, pushing the LandBank to issue a memorandum of valuation (MOV) on May 28, 2008, for the 58.4183-hectare portion of the Lopez property, which was recommended for acquisition. On August 1, 2008, a certificate of deposit (COD) for P2,063,705.25 was issued to cover the acquisition cost of the 58.4183 hectares. While the Lopezes were losing their cases before the DAR, they were still operating to have the 21 titles covering the same property registered with the ROD, which should have provided the documents to the municipal agrarian reform officer (Maro) as the CARP implementing officer. B e fore t he L op e z e s managed to have their new titles registered, the DAR had already determined in early 2008 the 61 ARBs to benefit from the 58 hectares of the 108.41-hectare Lopez hacienda. I n S e pt e m b e r 2 0 0 8 the Davao Oriental ROD registered the 21 titles under the name of nine children and the widow of Leopoldo

highlighted that the decision was based on submissions from both the respondents and the petitioners. After more than a year of cour t del iberat ions, t he C ou r t of Appea l s ru led in t he favour of petitioners on the following compelling grounds: (1) The Precautionary Principle safeguards the environment from technologies that will have far reaching impacts when their long-term safety is still not ascertained; (2) The issue of irreversibility of releasing GMOs into t he env i ron ment even during f ield tr ia ls and despite alleged compliance to existing protocols; (3) Vetting protocols should not be conf ined within the realm of science but should be brought into the realm of public policy since other sectors beyond the

The law was passed to address the urgent need to eliminate micronutrient ma l nut r it ion problem, specifically vitamin A, iron and iodine deficiencies that threaten the lives of millions of Filipinos, particularly women and children. “ To a l low t he N NC the absolute discretion to remove, exclude or limit the application of mandatory fortification on any of the staple foods identified by law is tantamount to an amendment of the law by administrative legislation, and would defeat the clear legislative intent for which the law was enacted,” the DOJ said. “This amendatory process is not allowed by our laws and the Constitution,” it added. The DOJ reiterated that the NNC’s authority is limited only to the determination of additional staple foods that may be required to undergo mandatory fortification and the choice micronutrients to be added to the food. On the issue of cooking

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environmental organization, Europe has managed so far to keep the cultivation of GMOs outside its borders. “From a legislative point of view, local production is protected,” he said. The problem lies instead in what European countries import from abroad, as Croce explained to IPS. “Most of our animal feed is integrated with imported products, such as soy and maize. More than half of the total maize cultivated in the world is transgenic,” he said. “This is why we need to strengthen and uniform the tracking system of imported products throughout Europe.” G i o v a n n i F a b r i s , nat iona l coordinator of Altragricoltura, a national f a r m e r s ’ m o v e m e n t for food sovereignty, is similarly critical of Europe’s importation policies. During a workshop on access to land in Italian agriculture, he noted: “Europe is focusing on guaranteeing its citizens with the cheapest food possible, regardless of where it comes from.” According to Fabris , this policy is undermining the production system of countries like Italy, which “have to face the competition of agro-industrial systems outside Europe that are obviously cheaper than ours.” Under such circumstances, the odds of GMO cultivation not entering Europe seem all but impossible. “The argument is always the same: the population is growing and we need GMOs to meet the future fo o d d e m a nd ,” C r o c e pointed out. “The truth is that production cannot be boosted indiscriminately everywhere, and most of all, it does not need to be done via GM techniques.” But the lobbying efforts of agribusiness companies are f inding new ways of breaking through. On May 6, the European Commission draf ted leg islat ion that prevents fa r mers f rom producing their own seeds. “ T h i s d r a f t i s a n example of criminalizing the alternative to GMO,” Shiva told IPS. “They would like only patented seeds, all royalties f lowing, farmers having no freedom to choose what to grow and consumers having no freedom to choose what to eat.”

oi l , t he DOJ sa id t he NNC’s resolution limiting the applicat ion of food fortification only to coconut oil and palm oil based on the ground that these are “most likely to be consumed by the poor” has no legal basis. The justice department said RA 8976 did not make any distinction, thus, the NNC has no authority to make such. (BM)

N. Lopez. All told, the Lopezes cut up the entire property into 21 different titles to avoid CARP coverage, with the deed covering 103.5 hectares, the total figure much bigger than what the 1974 deed of donation gave to each donee—9.85 hectares each—an indication that something was amiss. Under the new titles, eight Lopez children got 11.85 hectares each, while Diana Lopez and Rosalind Lopez got 10.79 hectares each. T he sa me deed was purportedly inscribed in the tit le by the ROD on November 4, 1974. “By doing so, the ROD effectively stalled the CARP coverage by refusing to issue a title in the name of the Republic of the Philippines over the subject property. Despite prior knowledge as to the CARP Coverage of the subject landholding and without DAR Clearance, the ROD, in collusion with the Lopezes, gave due course to the deed of donation and deed of partition illegally presented by the Lopezes and issued titles to them,” the farmers said. Not content with f laying the provisions of CARP, the Lopezes also sold 20 hectares of the 108.4183-hectare property to a certain Hannah Straver, a Filipina married to a foreigner, in the amount of P8 million. Straver then appl ied for conversion of the land from agricultural to non-agricultural use, raising the hackles of the beneficiaries who trooped to the DAR Central Office to demand that the appl icat ion be denied, which was granted. De los Reyes reportedly a p p r o v e d t h e C A R P exemption in spite of the determination by the Maro of Mati and the provincial agrarian reform of f icer (Paro) of Davao Oriental that the Lopezes could not enjoy such exemption after it had managed to secure a deferment of CARP coverage from 1988 to 1998. De los Reyes’s approval of the CARP exemption had been severely criticized by the Panumbon Farmers and Farmworkers Association (Paffarma) through Samuel E. Batanan, who argued that as agrarian reform secretary, de los Reyes should be championing the interest of the farmers “and not the interest of landowners who

want to evade CARP coverage by hook or by crook.” Lopez’s widow, Rosalind Lopez, was also a former governor of Davao Oriental. Due to Department of Agrarian Reform’s (DAR’s) approval of the exemption of the property from CARP coverage, Rosalind Lopez and the nine heirs and heiresses would continue to enjoy the unrestricted use of more than 100 hectares of the property, leaving crumbs to the 61 farmers who had been seeking land from the hacienda since 1998, exactly 10 years af ter Leopoldo Lopez secured a deferment in agrarian-reform coverage. Apart from Rosalind, the others beneficiaries of de los Reyes’s action are Maria Elena Lopez-Adaza, Leopoldo Lopez II, Leopoldo Lopez III, Leopoldo Lopez IV, Leopoldo Lopez V, Leopoldo Lopez VI, Leopoldo Lopez VII, Irene Lopez-Mitra and Diana Lopez. The proper ty, which is covered 93 percent by coconuts and 7 percent by palay, is managed through the LNL Agricultural Corp., which employs regular and seasonal farm workers. A petit ion for CARP coverage of the property was filed by Hermenegildo Su mono on November 10, 1998, before the Maro of M at i on b e h a l f o f retrenched employees of LNL Agricultural Corp., terminated agriworkers and landless farmers. (BM)

agricultural sector could stand to be af fected as propounded by Dr. Ben Malayang, former member of the National Committee o n B i o s a f e t y o f t h e Philippines; and (4) Current field testing protocols looks at efficacy and agricultural performance and not safety for human consumption or environment. L a w y e r Z e l d a D T S o r i a n o , G r e e n p e a c e Southeast Asia regional political advisor, pointed out, “the respondents could not prove wrong the fact that Bt talong field testing is an environmental case where scientific evidence as to the health, environmental and socio-economic safety is insufficient, inconclusive or uncertain and preliminary evaluation indicates that t h e r e a r e r e a s o n a b l e g r o u n d s f o r c o n c e r n that there are potentially dangerous effects on the environment and human health.” Soriano explained that for the same scient i f ic uncertainties and health concerns the governments of India, China, Thailand, Austria, France, Hungary, P o l a n d , G e r m a n y , Lu xe m b ou r g , G re e c e , Bulgaria, Ireland, Peru, Kenya, Tasmania, Australia, Egypt, Algeria, Angola, Benin, Malawi, Namibia, Z a m bi a , Sw i t z e r l a nd , Ru s s ia a nd Mex ico[1] banned the release of genetically modified crops into their environments and/or the importation for food and processing. Ocampo added t hat the decision made by the Court of Appeals will have a resounding impact on the future of agriculture in the Philippines and how food production is done in our country. Ocampo argued that the court’s decision affirms what Greenpeace has been saying for years about the f laws on GMO regulations in the country. “These f laws in the government regulations have led to the sad state we are in – 62 GMOS are imported and fed to Fi l ipinos without their knowledge and consent. While the environment and our farmers are exposed to 8 kinds of GMOs that are allowed for propagation without knowing their long-term impacts,” he said. (Greenpeace)2

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the parents or guardian of a victim. Bu l ly ing, as def ined by the ordinance, are acts committed by any severe or repeated use by one or more students of written, verbal or electronic expression or a physical act of gesture or any combination that may cause physical injury, emotional distress and psychological fear or physical or emotional harm to his limb, family and property. City Councilor Ramon Tabor, principa l author of the ordinance, noted the alarming incidents of bul ly ing in schools that certainly leaves emotional wounds and scars to students. He said that bullying should be addressed to develop the moral character and personal discipline of students and to protect the well-being and welfare of the city’s constituents as provided for in Section 3 of the 1987 Constitution and R.A. 7160, otherwise known as the Local Government Code of 1991.(PNA)

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“We hope the park will be restored before May 2014 because that will be the month that we, the Kagay-anons abroad plan to make another DUAW sa KAGAYAN.”Citizens Council for Good Governance “Among the best moves of the late Mayor Justiniano R. Borja was the creation of a “Citizens’ Council for Good Governance” the members of which came from the civic sector that included Xavier University represented by Fr. William Nicholson, S.J. and Fr. William Masterson, S.J.” “We would like to propose to Mayor Oscar Moreno with the help of Congressman Ru f u s R o d r i g u e z a nd Congressman Klarex Uy to create a similar council with members composed of the OCA Team candidates who did not make it to the Council along with at least 2 from the Managsilingan Ta and the presidents of the city’s 4 universities and Archbishop Antonio Ledesma, SJ.” “But the new Mayor knows better. And the good Mayor knows what committees are to be formed.” “We, the Kagay-anons of North America are at your service.” Come to the 14th Kagay-anon International Tapok in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, July 25, 26, 27 and 28 and we will discuss this further. The letter was signed by

the Gateway to the Land of Promise, the City of Golden Friendship,” the group said.Restoration of Duaw Park After the dismantling of the Philippine Marital Law, 120 Kagay-anons from the U.S. and Canada made a historic home-bound journey to Cagayan de Oro after years of self-exile in August 1987. The event was called DUAW sa KAGAY-AN. “Then Mayor Ambing Magtajas proposed that the side of the old tennis court by the river bank across the City Hall be created as DUAW PARK. We were there during the dedication and I had the honor of cutting the ribbon for the opening ceremony. Within a year, walkways were paved and the park was turned into a beautiful garden with benches,” Gaane said. However, when Magtajas was no longer the mayor, Duaw Park was neglected. Then Mayor Constantino Jaraula promised to restore Duaw Park but was never able to do it. When Emano became the mayor for the last time, the Duaw park monument was removed and the whole place was destroyed. “We the Kagay-anons abroad would like to see Mayor Moreno restore the park with the help

the Gateway to the Land of Promise, the City of Golden Friendship,” the group said.Restoration of Duaw Park After the dismantling of the Philippine Marital Law, 120 Kagay-anons from the U.S. and Canada made a historic home-bound journey to Cagayan de Oro after years of self-exile in August 1987. The event was called DUAW sa KAGAY-AN. “Then Mayor Ambing Magtajas proposed that the side of the old tennis court by the river bank across the City Hall be created as DUAW PARK. We were there during the dedication and I had the honor of cutting the ribbon for the opening ceremony. Within a year, walkways were paved and the park was turned into a beautiful garden with benches,” Gaane said. However, when Magtajas was no longer the mayor, Duaw Park was neglected. Then Mayor Constantino Jaraula promised to restore Duaw Park but was never able to do it. When Emano became the mayor for the last time, the Duaw park monument was removed and the whole place was destroyed. “We the Kagay-anons abroad would like to see Mayor Moreno restore the park with the help of Cong ressmen Ru f us Rodriguez and Klarex Uy.”

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GINGOOG CIty, misamis Oriental -- Gingoog City is a famous second-class city in the province of misamis Oriental that is endowed with great bounties of nature and numerous tourist spots.

the city’s name is derived from a manobo word which means “good luck,” thus implying good fortune. With a total area of 744 sq km, Gingoog has around 112,000 people based on the 2007 Philippine Census.

audie Ocampo, city tourism officer, said Gingoog was founded by spanish missionaries in 1750 and has become the oldest city in the province since.

among the breathtaking spots in Gingoog is the tiklas Falls.

upon arriving in the center of the city, tourists would have to travel nine km to reach the falls and another 350-meter walk to reach the heart of the spot.

Caretakers of the area say tourists must bring their own food and drinks since there are no business establishments near the area.

the entrance fee to tiklas Falls costs 10 pesos. Cottages are for rent for 50 to 100 pesos.

to ensure the safety and security of the tourists, Ocampo said they have set some rules in visiting the area. they do not allow tourists to swim at the

foot of the falls since the power of the water’s current may cause accidents and injuries.

Pools for adults and children are provided so everyone can enjoy the cool waters of the falls.

aside from the pools in tiklas Falls, tourists can also enjoy swimming in the JJJ Inland Resort in Barangay Libertad and Guadjus Resort in Barangay santiago.

Children can also enjoy the city’s children’s playground located near the port of the city.

the playground is a project of the Gingoog City tourism Council headed by retired Judge Potenciano R. delos Reyes Jr. with an investment of almost P2 million by the organization and the city.

the city also boasts of local talents who have performed in several places in the country and have helped in promoting the city.

Currently, the city has been taking strides in boosting tourism in the area.

Ocampo said that as of February 2013, they have conducted a coordination meeting with the city’s tourism-related establishments which aim to give a new checklist for inspection of hotels/lodge/inns, restaurants, gas stations, snack centers and entertainment facilities.

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Roaming Around:Tiklas falls, Gingoog City

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