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THE statistics is glaring. Two hundred and twenty one mothers die in every 100,000 live births, according to the 2011 data of the National Statistics Office.
It has increased from 162 in 2009. Purportedly to address the problem of maternal deaths, the Department of Health (DOH) implemented a policy discouraging home births assisted by traditional birth attendants (TBAS) or hilots.
The Department of Health passed Ad-ministrative Order 2008-0029 known as “Implementing Health Reforms towards Rapid Reduction in Maternal and Neonatal Mortality,” called the “No Home Birthing Policy,” during the administration of for-mer president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. This policy was also intended to enable the Philippines to achieve its commitment to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The MDGs include
Banning home births to worsen, not improve maternal
death rate: health groupsBy ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL of Bulatlat.com
CAGAYAN de Oro Mayor Vicente Emano raises the right hand of senatorial candidate Cynthia Villar during her short visit to Cagayan de Oro City yesterday where she was also endorsed by at least 76 barangay chairpersons and four barangay councilors.
No hope for the urban poor?
AFTER the fire that razed their homes in Tondo, Ma-nila, all NengPalconit, 41, could think of was to find a safe place for their family. She applied right away for the relocation site being offered, which she realized later on, was the biggest and the worst decision she ever made.
“We lost our jobs when we moved to the relocation site after the fire burned down our homes. Shortly after that, we, again, lost whatever was left to us in a flood during the monsoon rain last year,” Palconit told Bulatlat.com.
Palconit never joined protest actions before. But when officials of the Na-tional Housing Authority told them to go back to their flooded homes after the monsoon rains in August 2012, the residents refused. They held several protest ac-tions, which included a rally in front of the NHA’s office in Quezon City. This made her realize the importance of collective action when pushing and fighting for one’s rights.
The residents won and they were allowed to stay in the homes they occupied. These are located relatively in front of the village, which were not affected by the flood. Palconit also sees their victory as beneficial to other urban poor communi-ties about to be demolished
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO of the Bulatlat.com
because the NHA would have to build new houses.
So on March 23, she and other residents from Kasiglahan Village, the relocation site in Rodri-guez, Rizal where they were transferred, joined a bigger protest — the people’s cal-vary. They marched from one government office to another, demanding for the scrapping of anti-poor policies that are, Palconit said, legalizing the viola-tion of their basic rights and needs.
For Palconit and other urban poor families, relying solely on laws and poli-cies, which the government claims would benefit them, means waiting in vain.
By RUEL V. PELONEManaging editor
CAGAYAN de Oro Mayor Vicente Ema-no and at least 76 of the city’s barangay chairpersons––and four barangay coun-cilors––officially endorsed the can-didacy of senato-rial candidate Cyn-thia Villar of Team PNoy-NP coalition yesterday.
In endorsing the candi-dacy of Mrs. Villar, Emano urged the barangay officials, who gathered in one of the hotels in the city, to support the wife of Senator Manny Villar.
Mr. Villar, said Emano, was a good family friend.
“Maghangyo pud ko nga atong tabangan kay dili na-man makahigayon og adto matag barangay si Mrs. Villar,” the mayor told the 76 barangay chairpersons and other barangay.
For his part, Liga ng mga Barangay President Jun Acenas told Mindanao Daily
that 76 of the 80 barangay chairpersons have pledged full support to the candidacy of Mrs. Villar.
Acenas, who is also run-ning as councilor for the city second district, said Mrs. Villar is just one of
the senatoriables being en-dorsed by the Liga ng mga Barangay.
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Congressman Rufus B. Rodriguez leads the cutting of ribbon in this formal turn over of road concreting project that cost P1.6 million pesos yesterday. Road us-ers going to Malasag Elementary School at Barangay Cugman expressed heartfelt thanks to Cong. Rodriguez for this development to the barangay. Also in photo are Barangay Kagawad Miller Cagatin, School Principal Rosemarie Dollente, DPWH District Engineer Allan Borromeo, ADE Cesar Hipona Jr., teachers, residents and the pupils. photo release
CDO commemorates‘Araw ng Kagitingan’CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY– City Mayor Vicente Ema-no urged the people in Cagayan de Oro City to remember the sacrifices of
soldiers who offered their lives during the WWII. Emano led city employees, representatives of regional, and national government
offices in celebrating the “Araw ng Kagitingan” to commemorate the 71st an-niversary of the April 9, 1942 “Death March” in Bataan. In his short message, Emano recalled the pains, the struggles, and the sacri-fices of Filipino soldiers who willingly offered their lives “in the name of freedom and democracy” during the WWII. The “Death March” on April 9, 1942 was one of the most telling memories of war that left an indelible imprint of courage in the face of death in the hearts and minds of the Filipinos today, Emano said. He said the “Araw ng Kagitingan” might be
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Cag. de OroCAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Construction of a 10-sto-rey hotel with 152 rooms started here last week as investors expressed confi-dence of the growing econ-omy of this seaport capital in Northern Mindanao. City Mayor Vicente Ema-no said on Tuesday that the construction of the new hotel showed the confidence of local business groups of the city’s business potential. Emano, who led the ground breaking to formally start the construction, said that the hotel known as “Hotel Galyx” would rise along Capt. Vicente Roa Street within distance from
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GENERAL Santos City––The Mindanao Develop-ment Authority (MinDA) is studying the possibility of conducting cloud-seed-ing operations in parts of Bukidnon and Lanao del Norte to help restore the dwindling water levels of the dams running the Na-tional Power Corporation’s (NPC) hydroelectric plants in these provinces.
Secretary Luwalhalti Antonino, MinDA chair-person, said Monday they are looking at inducing rains through cloud-seeding as an alternative solution to the declining water inflow at the hydroelectric complexes in the past several weeks as a result of the onset of the summer season.
She said the move is mainly aimed at increasing the capacity of the hydro-electric plants to help ease the worsening daily rotat-ing brownouts in parts of Mindanao.
The official said it would also ensure the availability of enough power supplies for the upcoming May 13 midterm national and local
Cloud-seeding mulled to raise water levels at Napocor damselections.
“(MinDA) is now look-ing into this. If it turns out positive, we will immedi-ately recommend it to the President,” she said in an interview over ABS-CBN General Santos.
Cloud seeding is the process of manually spread-ing either dry ice or salt into the upper part of the clouds to help stimulate the precipitation process and form rain.
The operations are con-ducted by personnel from the Department of Agricul-ture’s Bureau of Soils and Water Management through aircrafts commissioned by the agency.
Antonino assured that the national government is giving special attention on the ongoing power short-age, which has triggered prolonged brownouts in parts of Mindanao.
MinDA heads the Min-danao Power Monitoring Committee, a special body that spearheads and coor-dinates the efforts of the national, regional and local governments, and power
industry stakeholders to improve the power situation in Mindanao.
In this city and parts of the neighboring provinces of Sarangani and South Cotabato, distr ibution utility South Cotabato II Electric Cooperative has been implementing daily rotating brownouts of seven hours each for the area’s two feeder groups or a total of 14 hours.
In the months preced-ing the May 2010 national and local elections, the area was hit by daily rotating brownouts stretching nine to 12 hours as a mild dry spell then that affected parts of Mindanao caused a sig-nificant drop in the levels of water resources running the NPC’s Agus and Pulangi hydroelectric plants.
The two hydroelectric complexes have a combined rated capacity of around 900MW but were eventually reduced then to about half as a result of the dry spell.
In an advisory, NPC said last month that it has launched maintenance works in preparation for
the elections.The Department of En-
ergy (DoE) earlier assured that Mindanao grid will have enough power reserves during the May elections.
In December, the DoE had created a power task force through Department Circular 2012-1211 issued by Energy Secretary Carlos Jericho Petilla last December
after it was deputized by the Commission on Elec-tions (Comelec) for the upcoming polls. A report from Allen V. Estabillo of the MindaNews
Cagayan de Oro City 1st District Rep. Benjo A. Benaldo campaigns in barangay Iponan for the coming May elections. Benaldo is seeking another term as congressman. Accompanying him are his staff and aides led by chief of staff Andrew Bascon (right). Residents showed their support by coming out of their houses. Photo by Gerry L. Gorit
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4wEDnESDAy |ApRIl 10, 2013Caraga Region Editor: JOE DEL PUERtO FELICILDA
Asst editor: ARJAY S. FELICILDA • Email: [email protected]
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AGUSAN DEL NORTE - The Department of Agrarian Reform in this province has turned-over P6-million worth of modern farm implements t o t w o A g r a r i a n Reform Beneficiaries Organizations (ARBOs), under the Agrarian Reform Community Connectivity and Economic Support Services (ARCCESS).
A g r a r i a n R e f o r m Secretary Virgilio Delos Reyes graced the occasion, with DAR Caraga Regional D i r e c t o r F a i s a r A . Mambuay, OIC-Assistant
Regional Director for Operation (ARDO) and Concurrent Provincial Agrarian Reform Officer II Andre B. Atega, Governor Erlpe John M. Amante, together with Butuan City Mayor Ferdinand M. Amante and some local chief executives.
Secretary Delos Reyes said “sana po ang equipment na ito ay magamit upang sa gayon mapababa nila ang production cost at tumaas ang kanilang kita para sa ikauunlad nang kanilang kabuhayan”, (Hopefully these equipment will be
Agusan farmers receive P6M farm-implements
By Gil E. Miranda
BUTUAN CITY - Caraga region now has 17 illegal logging hotspots areas, down from 37.
The Caraga Mult i-Sectoral Forest Protection C o m m i t t e e ( M F P C ) reported that the 17 illegal logging hotspot areas comprise eight areas from
the province of Agusan del Sur, eight areas from Surigao del Sur and one from the province of Dinagat Islands.
The MFPC is lead by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
T h e c o n t i n u o u s m o n i t o r i n g a n d t h e i m p l e m e n t a t i o n o f
Executive Order (EO) No. 23 has contributed a lot to the forest protection of the region, Maritess M. Ocampo, DENR-Caraga regional technical director for forestry, said.
From January 1 to March 31, the DENR in partnership with the Philippine National
Caraga reduces illegal hotspot areas to 17 from 37
By Nora L. Molde
Police (PNP) and Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) seized 850.92 cu. m of logs; 40,472.61 bd. Ft. of lumber/flitches; and able to file four cases in court, she said.
Also, DENR Caraga was able to donate a total milled ILLEGAL | page 8
BUTUAN CITY -- One of the biggest poverty reduction projects of the Philippine government, the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan – Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) - will be bringing
Kalahi-CIDSS to be implemented
in ButuanBy Keneath John O. Bolisay
its war against poverty to this city, this month. Ad m i n i s te re d by t he Department of Socia l Welfare and Development (DSWD), Kalahi-CIDSS is an anti-poverty project using the community- CIDSS | page 8
BUTUAN CITY – The Bu tu a n C i t y Un i te d Fraternal Group Council (BCUFC) has decided to abandon lawyer Roan Libarios and throw its support for Vice-Mayor Lawrence Lemuel Fortun’s candidacy for the first congressional seat of Agusan del Norte.
In a statement, Erwin Esclamado of the Alpha Kappa Rho Fraternity and chairman of BCUFC, said the move was in keeping with what the group members noted that Fortun
could “best address the interest and advocacy of the association.”
“While we initially supported Atty. Libarios, we felt that we were only being used. When we met Atty. Fortun, we felt his sincerity to help BCUFC in its advocacy, and he made us realize that he was the rightful candidate to support.”
The B CUFC i s an organization of eight local fraternities and sororities as pioneer members with at least 2,000 members. The
group was formed with the aim of uniting the different causes of each member- fraternity. The organization will be launched in a few days with all members signing a covenant of commitment to push for its advocacies.
Fortun thanked BCUFC and its member-fraternities and sororities for their stand. “We welcome their support for indeed, this is a big boost to our candidacy,” he said.
Fortun vowed to back the group’s advocacies.( Eldie David)
used to lower production cost and lead to boost farm productivity and improve farmers’ living condition.)
Director Atega, on the other hand, said “the new machines given to Tagabaca M P C a n d B a l i g u i a n Irrigators Association are investments for improving productivity and the future where the farmers can be one with machines than just with carabaos.”
Jabongan Town Mayor Glicerio M. Monton Jr. was thankful to DAR, since Baliguian Irrigators FARMERS | page 10
Group leaves Libarios moves to Fortun camp
By Pat Samonte
AN OPEN LEttER tO tHE PUBLICto the General Public, We presume that by now most of you have heard or have been aware of an issue broadcasted over a local radio station regarding internal quarrels of a certain Cooperative based in Cagayan de Oro City. We, the Management together with the members of the Board of Directors of ORO INtEGRAtED COOPERAtIVE (OIC), have followed the issue with great concern.
Sincerely, we have no intention to intervene with their affairs, our interest is rooted in the simple fact that the co-operative concerned bears the same first name as ours and is located within close proximity of our main office. In addition, the exposes broadcasted over the radio program have created confusion and raised deep concern and apprehension from our members.
In view of this foregoing, we believe that this matter must be addressed immediately to protect the interest of our stakeholders, the Integrity of ORO INtEGRAtED COOPERAtIVE, as well as the entire cooperative movement. We would like to inform the general public of the following facts to clarify the issues and apprehensions raised by our members:
1. The cooperative concerned and mentioned over the local radio broadcast is NOt ORO INtEGRAtED COOPERAtIVE.
2. The cooperative concerned bearing the same first name is neither an affiliate nor a part of ORO INtE-GRAtED COOPERAtIVE.
3. NO members of Management, the Board of Directors or staff of ORO INtEGRAtED COOPERAtIVE are involved in any way in the exposes raised in the local radio broadcast.
4. More importantly, ORO INtEGRAtED COOPERAtIVE is financially sound and stable and has con-sistently delivered its promise of growth to the stakeholders and is a 2012 recipient of the GAWAD PARANGAL AWARDS as one of the Most Outstanding and well managed cooperative in the country, a testament to ORO INtEGRAtED COOPERAtIVE’S sound management. As of December 31, 2012, we have an asset of P1.3 Billion and posted a net surplus of P94.6 Million.
Moreover, as brothers in the cooperative movement we humbly request and reach out to the Management and member of the Board of Directors of the cooperative concerned to address their issues in the proper forum for the sake of harmony and to maintain the integrity of the movement.
Lastly, we strongly urge all the stakeholders including the cooperative federations, the regulatory agency of the coop- Cooperative Development Authority (CDA) to ensure necessary actions meant to resolve all issues arising from the conflict in order to protect the coop members/depositors in the particular and the coop sector in general. ORO INTEGRATED COOPERATIVE (OIC) is more than willing to extend its hand in looking for a positive and immediate resolution of the issues.
(SGD.) FLORIANO R. HILOt (SGD.) DORIS B. CALAPIZ Chief Executive Office Chairperson Board of Directors
(SGD.) VENCHItO L. BULLECER (SGD.) DAVEN P. GAMOLO Vice-Chairperson MemberBoard of Directors Board of Directors
(SGD.) JOSE ROMEO B. EBRON (SGD.) RAUL M. PREGON Member MemberBoard of Directors Board of Directors
(SGD.) RONILO C. RAVANERA (SGD.) MARIA LORNA C. NAMOC Member MemberBoard of Directors Board of Directors
(SGD.) JUANItO A. MORALES (SGD.VILMA C. AGAWIN Member MemberBoard of Directors Board of Directors
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Can Catholics deliver on 6m votes?
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Kakampi mo ang batas
Atty. Batas Mauricio
LIFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “… In him we have redemp-tion through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in ac-cordance with the riches of God’s grace that he lavished on us…” (Ephesians 1:7-8, the Holy Bible).
-ooo-CAN CATHOLICS DE-
LIVER ON 6 M VOTES? I think El Shaddai Servant Leader Mike Velarde, to-gether with the leaders of other Catholic Church lay organizations who are mo-bilizing to muster some six million votes for senatorial candidates who supported the Church’s stand against the Reproductive Health Law, will find it extremely difficult to deliver on their promise.
Not that Catholic mem-bers in the Philippine have dwindled in number, for they continue to be in millions across the coun-try. And not also because Catholic priests and other Catholic leaders no longer command the respect of the Catholic faithful, for members of the Church continue to respect many of their men in cloth, if only because that is what they have been used to.
The sad and grievous reality is that, not too many Catholics have remained true believers, not only in the Roman Catholic
Church, but more so in God and in His Word. Most of the Catholics we have now are Catholics only in name, but no longer in doctrine, no longer in practice, and, worse, no longer in heart and soul. If the truth be told, many of them have become Catholics only in their lips, and are no longer Catholics in their hearts.
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ST R AY E D TO O FA R AWAY? Not that this is the direct fault of anyone, much less the Church. From where I sit, I strongly believe that this phenomenon is caused more by the fact that almost no Catholic is read-ing the Bible anymore, and almost no one is teaching anymore what the Catholic faith is all about, what it stands for, and what it can do for believers. This is ut-terly sad, of course, because the Catholic Church has a storied past that is worth retelling throughout the ages.
And, whether we care to
admit it or not, this inabil-ity of the Church to tell its faithful what it is all about, what it stands for, and where it is headed, is causing the erosion of the faith of many of its members, compelling even many of them to leave and join other religions. In fact, if the Church does not do something real fast, the boast of other groups that no Catholic will remain a Catholic in just a few years from now may yet come true.
Indeed, as things stand today, it may not be far-fetched to say that there maybe no one anymore who will respond to the call of Mike Velarde and the other leaders of other Catholic organizations to vote for the candidates who are allied with the Church’s position on various issues, particularly the Reproduc-tive Health Law.
-ooo-FAITH IN THE LIPS,
BUT NOT IN THE HEART: It seems that the Bible, in Isaiah 29:13, has something
on this: “The Lord says: `These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship of me is based on merely hu-man rules they have been taught.”
In Matthew 15:7-9, Jesus Christ, our God and Savior, echoed Isaiah’s lament: “… you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradi-tion. You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he proph-esied about you: ‘These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. They worship me in vain; their teachings are merely human rules’…”
In Mark 7:5-8, we find the same anguished cry of Jesus: “ So the Pharisees and teachers of the law asked Jesus, `Why don’t your disciples live according to the tradition of the elders instead of eating their food with defiled hands?’ He replied, `Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you hypocrites… You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to human traditions’...”
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think A Minute
Jhan tiafau Hurst
THINK a minute.A man walked into a
crowded store in a small town. It was noisy and full of people. Everybody was talking and going about their own business when suddenly a woman yelled out loudly to a man: “Hey two-timer! Did your wife finally forgive you?” That store which was loud and noisy suddenly became amazingly quiet. Why? Because a nice, juicy bit of gossip was just thrown out and nobody wanted to miss it!
Someone said that when we gossip about others it’s like forcing our way into someone else’s house to clean it for them. We do it not because we’re being kind and helpful, but so we can make them look bad and show everybody else how dirty that person’s life is.
Cleaning other people’s house
The worse we make them look, the better we think we will look in comparison. But it’s usually the oppo-site. People usually know how good you are by what you say about others, not by what others say about you. Do you remember the rhyme: “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me?” It’s not true! Many people have been hurt far more by criticism and gossip than by sticks and stones.
Even if it is true that a teenager got into trouble, or that man committed adultery, or that person said something very wrong, they may have learned from their mistake and changed already. But our cruel, un-kind gossip about them is wrong and evil, and some-thing we ourselves need to start changing today! The only person’s life you have the right and responsibility to correct is your own. That other person’s life is their
own problem. It is not your job or right to talk about it to others. Remember, “What goes around comes around.” So the same bad things we told about others might also happen to us! Then, guess who people will be gossiping about? You.
So if you’ve been hanging around with people who gossip and criticize others, you can decide right now to stop. If you will just ask Jesus Christ to forgive you, He will. Then Jesus will give you His powerful love for others, so instead of hurting them you will want to help them. You’ll even defend and stand up for them when oth-ers talk badly about them. Then, someone just might do the same for you when the gossipers are talking badly about you.
Just Think a Minute.
MAKABAYAN Senatorial bet Teddy Casiño expressed hope that persons with dis-ability (PWDs) and senior citizens will have better voting experience with the passage of RA 10366 this February.
“The law will benefit the approximately one million PWDs and five million se-nior citizens who for a long time are having difficulty in exercising their right to vote because of physical
limitations,” said Casiño.Casiño is one of the prin-
cipal authors of the House Bill that became Republic Act No. 10366, signed by President Benigno Aquino III on February 15.
The law, other wise known as “An Act Autho-rizing the Commission on Elections to Establish Precincts Assigned to Ac-
cessible Polling Places Ex-clusively for Persons with Disabilities and Senior Citi-zens,” mandates the special registration and provision of precincts particularly for PWDs, and sensitivity trainings to assist and ensure their right to participate in electoral processes.
Although the law will become affective by July 1, 2013, the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) issued Resolution No 9485
that lay down the rules and regulations for voting of PWDs and for the establish-ment of accessible polling places in connection with the May 13, 2013 national and local elections.
The three-term repre-sentative of Bayan Muna also wrote to major televi-sion networks this March requesting for sign language insets during news programs or at least those tackling the upcoming elections.
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lowering maternal mor-tality rate to 52 per 100,000 live births in 2015.
Under the administra-tion of President Benigno Aquino III, the DOH re-leased its updated version of AO 2008-0029 that is now known as maternal, newborn, chi ld health and nutrition (MNCHN) strategy. It has published a 200–page manual of opera-tions on March 27, 2011. The MNCHN aims to guide local government units (LGUS), as well as national agencies in the implemen-tation of AO 2008-0029 or the MNCHN Strategy, especially to populations that are most at risk from maternal and child deaths. “In recognition of the dif-ferences in local conditions and constraints, the LGU should design the imple-mentation of the MNCHN strategy based on their lo-cal context,” the MNCHN manual of operations read.
In an interview with a television talk show, DOH’s of f icer-in-charge of Na-tional Center for Disease Prevention and Control Dr. Irma Asuncion said there is no such thing as a “No Home Birthing Policy” but the DOH is advocating for facility-based deliveries and deliveries should only be attended by professional birth attendants.
However, local govern-
ment units came up with their own policies or or-dinances in line with the MNCHN strategy produced by the DOH.
Local government poli-cies on home birthsAccording to Dr. Geneve
Rivera, secretary general of Health Alliance for De-mocracy, trained traditional birth attendants (TBAs) in a lot of provinces are pro-hibited from faci litating childbirths at homes. She also said the DOH no longer trains TBAs.
In Davao, Rivera said, kits for assisting childbirths were taken away from tra-ditional birth attendants. This is because the MNCHN strateg y prohibits TBA-assisted del iver ies . The MNCHN manual of opera-tions states, “The adoption of the MNCHN Strategy in each identified priority province or city requires a number of executive issu-ances and/or legislations to facilitate and sustain its implementation….the policy directive will promote and enforce regulations sup-portive of MNCHN goals and objectives, such as: (a) promotion of facility-based deliveries, and prohibition of TBA-assisted deliveries;…”
To comply w it h t he MNCHN strategy, some LGUs have implemented city ordinances against home birthing. In Quezon City, home to many urban poor communities, the local gov-ernment has implemented
City Ordinance No. 2171, “An ordinance prohibiting home births in Quezon City, Prohibiting traditional birth attendants to deliver babies and requiring all profes-sional health practitioners to deliver babies only in health facilities and provid-ing penalty for violation thereof.”
The municipality of Da-nao in Bohol also issued Municipal Ordinance No. 2011-0204, “An ordinance re-quiring all pregnant women to give birth at designated municipal birthing home/clinic within the munici-pality of Danao, Bohol.” In this ordinance, the TBAs are tasked to bring the laboring mother to the nearest birth-ing clinic where she could be attended to by skilled birth attendants. “Guidelines on the role of traditional hilots limits them to supportive care only. It is mandatory that prenatal delivery and post natal services for moth-ers should be handled by licensed physicians, nurses or licensed midwives.”
Municipality of Minalin in Pampanga also imple-mented an ordinance dis-couraging home-based de-liveries.
The municipality of Ma-cArthur, Leyte’s Ordinance No. 4-2010 penalizes TBAs, who would perform home-based child delivery. The ordinance also provides a service charge of P2,500 to pregnant women who would deliver their babies at the
municipal health center.Progressive health groups
argue that imposing such policy will not necessar-ily result in a decrease nor will it solve the problem of maternal mortality rate. For the Council for Health and Development (CHD), such policy will only increase the incidence of maternal deaths, especially in remote rural areas where hospitals are hours away from where people live.
Rivera meanwhile said TBAs should be seen as complementary to public health workers in rural ar-eas and should be provided trainings and tools for more effective and efficient provi-sion of basic health services.
More deathsGrace Cuasay, a regis-
tered midwife and director of Health, Education, Training and Services Department of CHD expressed concern on the implementation of DOH’s policy.
“Reports coming from our member community-based health programs in the provinces revealed that the lives of pregnant women are placed in great danger because of the new policy,” Cuasay said.
She said that in Nueva Ecija, a woman who was about to give birth walked and crossed a river to get to the nearest birthing facility. The mother and the child died before reaching the nearest birthing station. In Iloilo, a Basic Emergency
Obstetric and Newborn Care (Bemonc) facility serves 45 villages and pregnant women have to travel at least three days to reach the birthing station.
A Bemonc facility, which is based in hospitals, rural health units, barangay health stations, lying-in clinics or birthing homes, can perform six signal obstetric functions (1) parenteral administra-tion of oxytocin in the third stage of labor; (2) parenteral administration of loading dose of anti-convulsants; (3) parenteral administration of initial dose of antibiotics; (4) performance of assisted deliveries (Imminent Breech Delivery); (5) removal of retained products of concep-tion; and (6) manual removal of retained placenta.
According to the man-ual of operations of the MNCHN, Bemonc facilities operate on a 24-hour basis with a staff complement of skilled health professionals such as doctors, nurses, midwives and medical tech-nologists. A Bemonc based in RHUs, BHS, ly ing-in clinics, or birthing homes can either be a stand-alone facility or composed of a net-work of facilities and skilled health professionals capable of delivering the six signal funct ions, the MNCHN manual of operation said.
However, according to Nars ng Bayan, which is currently doing a research on the situation of health workers in the province,
health professionals such as doctors, nurses, mid-wives are lacking in rural areas. In its initial findings, the group said in Lubao, Pampanga where there are 45 barangays, there is only one doctor and a midwife. There are no nurses.
Eleonor Nolasco, presi-dent of Nars ng Bayan said their on-going research shows that some birthing facilities in the provinces have no water, no medicines and worse – no attending health professionals.
Also according to the CHD, a national organiza-tion of community-based hea lth programs in the Philippines, only 17,000 of the country’s total 41,000 barangays (41 percent) have government establ ished health stations, which are often ill-equipped with fa-cilities, medicines and staff. There is only one barangay midwife who services three to five barangays (1 midwife; 6,578 populations).
“This policy of the DOH does not even recognize the situation of mothers in rural and urban areas. Instead of forcing these mothers to go to the birthing facility, which is kilometers away from their houses, the DOH should strengthen and enhance the skills of community health workers or the traditional birth attendants who have been practicing facilitat-ing deliveries at homes for years,” said Nolasco. To be continued
volume of 529,088.5570 bd. ft to the Technical E duc at ion and Sk i l l s Development Authority-Agusan del Sur School of Arts and Trade (TESDA-A S S AT ) i n Pat i n - ay, Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur for the manufacturing of armchairs from the start of the project in 2011 to December 31, 2012.
The manufactur ing of armchairs using the confiscated forest products is under the School Furniture P r o d u c t i o n P r o g r a m (SFPP) also known as PNoy Bayanihan Project.
From the confiscated forest products, a total of 27,353 armchairs were produced, 19,556 armchairs were delivered to different Department of Education (DepEd) schools and 7,797 armchairs are now ready for delivery, RTD Ocampo added.
The SFPP is a joint project of DENR, DepEd, TESDA and PAGCOR for the production of school furniture and fixtures.
Meanwhile, during the committee’s meeting PNP Caraga regional director PCSupt Getulio P Napeñas also suggested that in order
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to fully implement EO 23 & to stop &/or minimize illegal logging activities in the region, checkpoints manned by the DENR, AFP & PNP must be integrated & reconfigured. (NCLM/PIA-Caraga/asf)
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d e v e l o p m e n t ( C D D ) approach that empowers o r d i n a r y c i t i z e n s t o actively participate in local governance by identifying their own community needs, planning, implementing, and monitoring projects to address local poverty issues collectively.
DSWD Caraga Assistant Regional Director Mita G. Lim said Butuan City was identified by the national office to pilot test the urban CDD based on the success of the implementation of the project in the rural areas.
ARD Lim to carry out the test are Barangays Pagatpatan and Doongan, each to receive the grants, based on the 2009 National Statistical Coordination B oard (NSCB) sur vey wherein a considerable number of the poorest households in the city
reside. “One of the biggest
l e s s o n s f r o m o u r i m p l e m e n t a t i o n o f Kalahi-CIDSS is that one cannot base development in modernization alone, one must look into the deprivation of the people in terms of their access to basic services such as the presence of health and educational facilities and ownership of assets to allow sustained income out of existing resources in the community,” she stated.
The urban CDD will be funded by both World Bank for infrastructure projects and the Japanese government through the Japan Social Development Fund (JSDF) for community livelihood projects.
A grant of one million pesos will be allocated to each barangay and an additional Php100,000 will be allotted for community-based implementat ion support for training and administrative costs.
Moreover, innovations were also integrated to the existing implementing mechanism of Kalahi-CIDSS. DSWD regional director, Dr. Minda B. Br i go l i s a i d t h at for urban CDD, there will be
a strong coordination with members of the civil society organizat ions (CSOs) operating in the city to act as members of the Kalahi-CIDSS technical working group (TWG), facilitators for community volunteers’ capacity building activities, and as independent, third party monitoring groups.
The implementation of Kalahi-CIDSS in Butuan City will see a convergence of the three core social protection programs of DSWD, namely Pantawid Pa m i l y a , Su s t a i n a b l e Livelihood Program, and Ka l a h i - C I D S S ; i nte r-agency collaboration and program coordination in
urban areas; and national government agency (NGA) – local government unit ( L G U ) c o l l a b o r at i o n on technical assistance, resource augmentation, and service delivery in poor urban communities. (Keneath John O. Bolisay/D S W D - C a r a g a / P I A -Caraga/asf )
KORONADAL CITY - Environment officials here disclosed over the weekend the recovery last month of approximately 300,000 board feet of lumber and a log loader inside a leased area of private company in Bagumbayan town in Sultan Kudarat province.
Government estimates placed the value of the illegal wood products at P13.5 million (computed at P45/bd ft). These could fill 150 trucks if loaded at 2,000 bd ft per transport.
These are bel ieved to have been sawn from illegally cut trees coming from the Industrial Forest Management Agreement ( I F M A ) a r e a o f t h e Silvicultural Industries, Inc. (SII).
The i l lega l lumber of ass or te d s izes are now stock piled at Sitio Salatan, Barangay Kabulnan in Bagumbayan, Sultan Kudarat Province.
S I I i s a p r i v a t e company which has an e x i s t i n g pro du c t i on -s h a r i n g a g r e e m e n t with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) under IFMA 022 and is obliged to protect its leased area.
S I I e ar l i e r s ou g ht assistance from local DENR office on the encroachment of illegal loggers in their IFMA area.
O n M a r c h 1 7 , a joint team composed of personnel from DENR and the 46th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army
raided the area where they found the illegal lumber and the Kymco –brand log loader.
D E N R R e g i o n a l Executive Director Datu Tungko M. Saikol lauded the efforts of the Philippine Army (PA) in implementing the log ban pursuant to Executive Order No. 23 “declaring a moratorium on the cutting and harvesting of timber in the natural and residual forests” and issued by President Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III in 2011.
He said they need the military in pursuing violators of forestry laws who are usually armed.
Mindanao’s anti-illegal logging operat ions in Mindanao was converted
from civilian to active military operations on November 8, 2012 by virtue of Anti-Illegal Logging Task Force Resolution No. 2012-005 due to the presence of insurgency and armed groups where illegal logging operation proliferate.
The task force was also created by virtue of Executive Order No. 23.
Meanwhile, the office of Community Environment and Natural Resources Officer (CENRO) Jerry B. Dalauta in coordination with the SII company is set to conduct further investigation on the case in order to identify the culprits.
Dalauta, who heads the Tacurong City-based DENR field office, will conduct
administrative proceedings thereafter as part of due process prescribed under DENR Administrat ive Order No. 97-32.
The Anti-Illegal Logging Task Force met in Tacurong City last Tuesday with concerned DENR officials to plan for the next steps in building up a case and in transporting the hot lumber to a safer area.
Section 68 of Presidential Decree No. 705 or the Revised Forestry Reform Code of the Philippines, as amended, provides that “any person who shall cut, gather and/or col lect , remove timber, or other forest products from any forest land, or timber from alienable or disposable land, or from private land
without any authority, or possess timber or other forest products without legal documents as required under existing forest laws and regulations, shall be punished with the penalties imposed under Articles 309 and 310 of the Revised Penal Code…”
“The court shall further order the confiscation in favor of the government of the timber or any forest products cut, gathered, collected, removed, or possessed as well as the machinery, equipment, implements and tools illegally used in the area where the timber or forest pro du c t s are fou nd.” (KBBenpolok/CG Valdez/MCLocsin- DENR 12/ DEDoguiles-PIA 12/asf )
Military, DENR seize P13.5M hot lumber in Sultan KudaratBy Danilo E. Doguiles
T h e D e p a r t m e n t o f Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) will be holding a stakeholder consultation meeting on Thursday, April 4, 2013 on the Philippine c o m p o n e n t o f a n internationally-funded project on Invasive Alien Species (IAS) at Punta Isla Lake Resort, Lake Sebu, South Cotabato. The local stakeholders will be led by Hon. Mayor Antonio Fungan of the Municipality of L ake Sebu who will deliver the welcome address.
DE N R R e g i on X I I Executive Director Datu Tungko M. Saikol will be on hand to welcome guests from the Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau Director, led by Dr. Theresa Mundita S. Lim, also the IAS Project Director, and from the Ecosystems Research and Development Bureau in Laguna led by Dr. Portia Lapitan.
The project, entitled “ R e m o v i n g B a r r i e r s t o I n v a s i v e S p e c i e s M a n a g e m e n t i n t h e Production and Protection Forests in Southeast Asia”
is funded by the Global Environment Fund (GEF) through the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), with the DENR-Protected Area and Wildlife Bureau (PAWB) as the implementing agency in the Philippines.
The Philippines is one of four Southeast Asian C ount r ies committe d to strengthen regional cooperation to effectively combat invasive a l ien species (IAS) that pose potential adverse impacts to environment.
One of the project
components is the conduct of a pilot study for the control and management of invasive alien species at field level.
The Project’s pilot site is located inside the Allah Valley Watershed Forest Reserve (AWFR) in Lake Sebu, South Cotabato, where the priority IAS identified for management is the “buyo-buyo” (Piper aduncum).
Buyo-buyo is a shrub k n ow n t o b e h i g h l y aggressive. It has been linked not only to the degradation of natural
dEnR holds forum on invasive Alien Speciesforests, and also found t o s u p p r e s s n a t u r a l regeneration of forests in Southeast Asia and the Pacific.
I t w a s f o u n d t o have a l ready invaded and colonized vacant agricultural areas, logged-over areas and in gaps within natural forests in the AWFR.
It has also invaded b a n a n a a n d c a s s a v a p l ant at i ons , an d h a s become a dominant species in regenerating natural forests in the pilot site.
T h e l o c a l
i m p l e m e n t a t i o n o f the project would see partnerships with local communities in managing the “buyo-buyo” with t e c h n i q u e s i n w e e d management, appropriate biological control, and habitat restoration.
The four-year project has an overall cost of $6.8 million or almost P280 million, with more than $375,000 (P15 million) allotted for the Philippines. (Rowanne H. Sumagpao/Ma nu e l a C a l u n g s o d -L o c s i n / D E N R X I I /arjaysfelicilda)
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EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OFESTATE OF BENJAMIN P. BUSTILLO, JR
Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of Late BENJAMIN P. BUSTILLO, Jr., who died on July 22, 2012 at Cagayan de Oro City, leaving the following real and personal properties; 1.) Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-150929, “A parcel of land situated in the Barangay of Iponan, City of Cagayan de Oro. Containing an area of ONE HUNDRED FIVE (105) square meters. 2.) Time Deposit Account No. 317605693274 maintained with Banco de Oro-Xavier Branch in the amount of P 304,566.00 plus interest accruing, is the subject of EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE OF BENJAMIN P. BUSTILLO, JR., made and entered into by and between; LUZ A. BUSTILLO, Filipino, of legal age, widow, and with residence at Iponan, Cagayan de Oro City; BEN ROLDAN A. BUSTILLO, and JHOANNA MARIE A. BUSTILLO, Filipinos, of legal ages, single, and with residence at Iponan, Cagayan de Oro City; Minors LOVEN JHON A. BUSTILLO and DANIEL MARIO A. BUSTILLO, Filipinos, both represented by their mother LUZ A. BUSTILLO, and with residence at Iponan, Cagayan de Oro City; hereinafter referred to as the HEIRS; as per Doc. No. 382; Page No. 77; Book No. XVIII; Series of 2013; under Notary Public of ATTY. AMABEL A. ABADIANO
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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC In compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. _2013-1 Guidelines in the implementation of the Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172), Notice is hereby served to the public that Document Owner has filed with this Office, a petition for change of first name from “ROCXIL” to “ROCEL” and correction of entry in the date of birth from “JANUARY 7, 1975” to “JANUARY 10, 1975” in the certificate of live birth of “ROCXIL CAÑETE LAGURA” at Buenavista, Agusan del Norte and whose parents are Ruperto P. Lagare and Celestina G. Cañete. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than 17 April 2013.
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DEED OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH ABSOLUTESALE OF A PARCEL OF LAND
Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of the Late EUGENIO SALE, who died long time, at Yumbing, Mambajao, Camiguin, and the owner of a parcel of land located at Villa Rosa, Yumbing, Mambajao, Camiguin, covered under Tax Declaration No. 1518884, denominated as Lot No. 6323, containing an area of 493 sq.m.: N Lot No. 63214 : S Lot No. 6322, E Lot No. 6313 W Brgy.Road, is the subject of DEED OF EXTRA JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH ABSOLUTE SALE OF A PARCEL OF LAND made and executed by and between ROGELIO R. SALE, of legal age, Filipino Citizen, mar-ried to CONCHITA M. SALE and resident of Yumbing, Mambajao, Camiguin, herein referred to as the only legitimate son, Heir/ Vendor. That the said heir hereto agree to SETTLE and SELL the abovementioned parcel of land in Favor of the VENDEE, ARA JANE J. BANGKIL, rep. by her mother, JOGIE J. BANGKIL, that for and inconsideration of the sum of THIRTY THOUSAND PESOS (Php 30,000.00), Philippine currency, in hand paid with entire satisfaction from ARA JANE J. BANGKIL, rep. by her mother, JOGIE J. BANGKIL, her heirs and assigns, do hereby SELL, CEDE, TRANSFER, and CONVEY my one parcel of land in the manner absolute and irrevocable as per Doc. No. 440; Page No. 88; Book No. 40; Series of 2013, under Notary Public of ATTY. ANIANO S. PADERANGA.
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He said Mrs. Villar also enjoys the support of four other barangay councilors.
In her speech, Mrs. Villar spoke about the various suc-cessful livelihood undertak-ings that she implemented in the city of Las Piñas in the National Capital Region (NCR) during her stint as member of the House of the Representatives.
Likewise, Mrs. Villar cited Emano for the massive growth and development in the city of Cagayan de Oro.
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Even the Magna Carta for the Poor, which was not passed into law when Aquino vetoed it, the urban poor group said, would not put a dent on the wide-spread, debilitating poverty thatd many Filipinos are going through.
Demolition and dire conditions in relocation
sitesResidents of Payatas in
Quezon City said they know for real how their lives are not improving, in fact, even worsening, when the gov-ernment flaunts statistics that purportedly show that the economy is improving. ?
“We were wondering why they (the local govern-ment) would want to set up a housing program there when we are poor and we would not be able to afford it?” Charlie Gumabao, 49, a resident of Payatas, told Bulatlat.com in Filipino.
Gumabao, among hun-dreds of families residing in Area B of Payatas, was ini-tially told that their homes will be demolished to give way to an extension of the school building. But they later on found out that the Quezon City local govern-ment will build a hous-ing program, which, they dubbed as “Bistekville – 5.”
“Most of the residents do not have stable jobs. Plus,
one needs to be a member of Pag-ibig to avail of the houses,” he said.
Gumabao considers him-self as luckier compared to his neighbors who mostly earn by scavenging garbage at the Payatas landfill. As a truck driver, he earns about $4.5 a day, a far cry from the minimum wage here in Metro Manila.
Naturally, he said, res-idents are opposing the project. “This is where we grew up and eventually had our own family. We already have our own house, no matter how humble it may look like for some people. If (the local government) is sincere in helping us, what we yearn for is a job.”
Those who cannot avail tofhe project, Gumabao said, were told that they would need to transfer to a relocation site in Rodriguez, Rizal. However, Palconit, a resident of Kasiglahan Vil-lage, a big relocation site in Rodriguez, said their lives became all the more difficult when they moved there.
Palconit said nothing is left from the daily sal-ary amounting to $10.65 , which her husband earns as a security guard. Most of it, she added, would go to his fare from going to and from his workplace. Today, they have to stretch a weekly budget of $22.5 to cover their food and send their children to school.
She also decried of the high electricity and water rates that New San Juan Builders, a private real estate company working with the National Housing Author-ity on the relocation site, is charging them. On February, she was among the residents who held a protest action in front of New San Juan Builders office in Quezon City when it cut off their electricity supply.
“Please be more open-minded and look into the conditions of the people on the ground. Don’t just stay in your airconditioned of-fices,” Palcunit urged public officials.
In Cabuyao, Laguna, urban poor dwellers who were relocated there are experiencing the same thing. On March 29, Good Friday, residents of Southville 1, another relocation site of the
National Housing Author-ity, held their own “calvary protest.”
“Aquino is implementing various policies that aim to repress the likes of Christ, who strive for a better life for the people. Among the problems that the urban poor from Southern Taga-log are facing is the lack of jobs and homes,” Andrew Arante, secretary general of Kadamay – Southern Tagalog, said.
About 30,000 families are living in Southville, one of the seven big relocation sites found in the region. They also suffer the same problems that Palcunit and the others experience, such as living far from hospitals and schools. Many families also lost their livelihood when they moved to the relocation site.
Magna Carta for the poor
On March 25, Aquino vetoed the proposed Magna Carta for the Poor. He said in a report that the government has no funds to implement the provisions of the law.
“In other words, I can choose to be popular. I can sign this law and look good to the public. But we know that the government cannot meet its provisions,” Aquino told reporters in an event in Pasay City.
The Magna Carta for the Poor mandates various government agencies to do its tasks in addressing and providing homes, food, jobs, education and health services for poor Filipino people.
His decision to veto the law was criticized by its principal author, Cebu Rep. Rachel Marguerite del Mar, who told the Philippine Daily Inquirer that the law would have “been a strong signal that the government is seriously addressing con-cerns of those who have less in life, not the posturing or rhetoric but with a specific law.”
Urban poor group Kad-amay, in its statement, said that not passing the Magna Carta for the Poor “only reveals what the priorities of the Aquino administra-tion are.” But, even if it was passed, they said, it would not affect the lives of the poor majority.
“Even if passed, the Magna Carta of the Poor will be futile for as long as the Aquino administra-tion pursues its anti-poor programs based on poli-
cies dictated by neoliberal globalization such as priva-tization, deregulation and liberalization,” Gloria Arel-lano, national president of Kadamay, said.
Arellano said if the gov-ernment is admitting that it has no sufficient funds to spend for housing pro-grams, “why then is it pursu-ing massive demolition of homes of more than half a million informal settler families in Metro Manila under his term?”
She added that the ur-ban poor do not need the housing budget stated in the Magna Carta for Poor, which was pegged at $57.5 million. Instead, she said, this money could be allocated to provide the poor with employment and livelihood.
But under Aquino, Ka-damay deemed that stable jobs and sources of liveli-hood are elusive.
For two weeks now, the National Park Development Committee of the Depart-ment of Tourism has been demolishing the stalls of vendors at Rizal Park. The People’s Democratic Ven-dors and Hawkers Alliance – Kadamay, in its statement, said that around 200 ven-dors are about to lose their livelihood now that even the said park is also being privatized by the Aquino administration.Health also being priva-
tizedDuring the people’s cal-
vary protest last March 23, protesters began their march at the Philippine Orthope-dic Center, one of the 26 government hospitals that would be privatized under President Aquino. Last week was the deadline of the filing of application for bidders who are interested to join its privatization dubbed as the Modernization of the Philippine Orthopedic Center.
“It is expected that the bidding process of the POC will continue in the com-ing days,” Kadamay said, adding that the privatiza-tion of other hospitals will follow after the Philippine Orthopedic Center.
“Thousands of poor patients will die now that the government is turning its back on the people by denying them of health services,” Kadamay added.
“The biggest calvary that Filipinos are facing is the imperialist control of the United States in the coun-try,” Clemente Bautista of
Kalikasan People’s Network for Environment said, as protesters reached the US embassy along Roxas Bou-levard in Manila.
Bautista said the US aims to plunder the country’s natural resources. “But Fili-pinos will not allow this to happen. They will fight,” he said, citing the tribal war that indigenous peoples are waging against mining companies and the armed struggle being carried out by the New People’s Army, the armed wing of the Commu-nist Party of the Philippines.
“The continuing privati-zation through Aquino’s PPP (public private partnership) and other pro-foreign poli-cies such as deregulation and liberalization is proof that the poor living conditions that 32 million urban poor Filipinos are experiencing will intensify,” Kadamay said in its statement.
Eradication of pov-erty not possible under
AquinoAccording to urban poor
group Kadamay, the eradi-cation of extreme poverty is impossible under the Aquino administration. Eradication of poverty is among the Millennium De-velopment Goals, which should be achieved by 2015.
“Even with the lies that the Aquino administra-tion is spreading in the mainstream media, such as the straight path and the economic growth, it cannot hide the poor living condi-tions that many Filipinos are going through,” Kadamay said in a statement.
The Philippines ranked 114th out of the 187 mem-ber-countries of the United Nations based on the human development index, a 2013 United Nations Develop-ment Program report read. Gloria Arellano, president of Kadamay, said it is im-possible to “reduce extreme poverty because the Aquino administration is not doing anything to address it.”
“In fact, Aquino is con-tinuing anti-poor policies such as privatization of public services for the in-terest of foreign and local businessmen while showing lack of interest in generat-ing jobs and implementing genuine agrarian reform,” Arellano said.
This, she added, has made many Filipinos vul-nerable to both natural and man-made disasters. These include the flooding in many provinces of Mindanao and the widespread demolition of homes in urban areas to give way to foreign-owned businesses. (http://bulatlat.com)
CDO...from page 2
Hotel...from page 2
lacking in context to soften the pain of those who died for us but it was a fitting tribute of our sincere ac-knowledgement of reverence to those who perished in order for us to survive. The army’s Fourth Infan-try Division, the Depart-ment of National Defense, and the Philippines Veter-ans Association also joined the commemoration of the “Araw ng Kagitingan” here on Tuesday. CD
shopping malls here. The local tourism industry also welcomed the construc-tion of the new hotel as an additional facility to serve the growing tourist that visits this trading hub every year. Catalino Chan, regional director of the Department of Tourism (DOT) here,
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Association is one of the recipients of ARCCESS program.
“This could be a great help to our farmers of becoming economically and commercially viable.”, Mayor Monton said.
The two organizations involved Tagabaca Multi-P u r p o s e C o op e r at i v e and Baliguian Irrigators A s s o c i a t i o n w h o s e approved projects are Tagabaca Grains Center a n d I n t e g r a t e d R i c e Production and Marketing, respectively.
Tagabaca Multi-Purpose C o op e r at ive re c e ive d machineries that includes 5 u n i t s h an dt r a c t or s with implement, 4 units cult ivator/power t i l ler and 2 units threshers, while Baliguian Irrigators are 3 units hand tractor with implements, 1 unit combine harvester and 3 units threshers.
Ac c ord i ng to R au l N. Hermoso, ARCCESS coordinator, for this year another two ARBOs will each receive P3 million funding support f rom ARCCESS, namely, the Avanceña B enef ic iar y Farmers Multi-Purpose Cooperative of Sanghan ARC in Barangay Sanghan, Cabadbaran City, and the Palmavera Small Coconut Fa r m e r B e n e f i c i a r i e s Cooperative of Mapcola ARC in Las Nieves, Agusan del Norte.
“Aside from providing the farmers with common services facilities, DAR will also contract service providers that can assist the beneficiaries in using the new equipment.”, Hermoso added.
T h e s a i d f a r m implements was granted to the said ARB Organizations, who will serve as conduits of the ARCCESS program to encourage other agrarian reform beneficiaries to become ARBO members. The program is in response to the mandate of Republic Ac t 9 7 0 0 t o prov i d e subs id ies to ag rar i an re for m b e n e f i c i ar i e s . (GEM/arjaysfelicilda)
said that more than 500,000 tourists visit Cagayan de City annually. He said that Cagayan de Oro City still needs to construct more hotels to accommodate visitors ex-pected to grow 15 per cent in the next two years. CD
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Last year, we honored Mindanao’s homegrown businesses...This year, let the Investors from outside the island
who helped propel Mindanao’s economy for decades be recognized...thus,
RATIONALE OF THE PROJECT
- This is the 2nd Mindanao Business Leaders Awards, in a different category from the first one. The 1st Mindanao Busi-ness Leaders Awards was undertaken last year to give due recognition to the achievements of various Mindanao business leaders and entrepreneurs in various categories of homegrown corporate and individual business leadership achievements.
- This year’s search is aimed at giving honor and recognition of excellent business leaders in the investors’s category.
- BusinessWeek Mindanao as a forerunner of information on economic leadership and entrepreneurial achievements of non-Mindanaoan corporations and businessmen, deems it a part of its social responsibility to trumpet the achievements of these pillars of Mindanao’s economy, for others to emulate and thus propel an awareness for the business potential that Mindanao offers in every economic and business investment plan, whether small or great.
-We are helping Mindanao achieve sustainable development of its economy through these humble efforts.
MISSION & VISION OF THE AWARDS
- The holding of BWM Awards annually serves as catalyst to the ongoing efforts of business leaders and entrepreneurs who seek greater heights and strive for success in the noble mission of propelling Mindanao and its people towards full economic growth and sustainable development.
Mechanics of the Search:
Duration of the Search : January 15, 2013 to May 15, 2013Awards Night : June 1, 2013
Entry Requirements:
1. Individual and Company/Establishment nominations shall be accompanied with Nomination Forms available on-line at the Sponsors Website, offices of sponsors, or in the printed page of Businessweek Mindanao and Mindanao Daily issues or may be mailed, if requested, by the Awards Secretariat
2. Nominees or candidates in various categories shall be nomi-nated by BusinessWeek Mindanao and Mindanao Daily Bureaus; individuals, organization or groups not employed by or connected to any of the nominated person or firm .
3. Nominations shall be accompanied by the ff documents which can be mailed, or emailed to the awards secretariat - MINDANAO BUSINESS LEADERS AWARDS 2013 Secretariat, Tanleh Bldg., Abellanosa St., Cagayan de Oro City,not later than May 15, 2013.
4. Brief Resume and History of the Nominee (Individual or Firm)- Photos (at least 3) ; Nomination Form ; Documentary evidence such as certificates, awards or citations
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