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Talisayan hosts first agro trade fair in eastern Misor

The 1st East Misor Business Forum and Trade Fair opened Monday at the public plaza of Talisayan with a program graced by Misamis Oriental 1st Dis-trict Rep. Peter M. Unabia, who is spearheading the event in partnership with the municipal government of Talisayan led by Mayor Catherine G. Ifurung and Vice Mayor Rommel C. Maslog.

Rep. Unabia, vice chair-man of the committee on agriculture in Congress, said the event is being held in Talisayan because this town is in the center of the first congressional district of the province in between Magsaysay and Balingasag, and that the leadership of the municipal government

Talisayan Vice Mayor Rommel Maslog, Talisayan Mayor Catherine Ifurung, Mrs. Erlinda S. Unabia and her husband Misamis Oriental 1st District Rep. Peter M. Unabia lead the ceremonial ribbon cutting Monday to open the 1st East Misor Business Forum and Trade Fair at the Talisayan Public Plaza. The fair will run until Friday and is open to the public. Looking on at the opening ceremony are officials from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.

Talisayan Mayor Catherine Ifurung welcomes the guests and visitors of the 1st East Misor Business Forum and Trade Fair during the opening day. With her on stage are Misamis Ori-ental 1st District Rep. Peter M. Unabia, Talisayan Vice Mayor Rommel Maslog, Mrs. Erlinda S. Unabia (the wife of Rep. Unabia), Mr. Eugene M. Unabia and Marilyn U. Martinez (brother and sister of the congressman) as well as local government officials.

Misamis Oriental 1st District Rep. Peter Unabia delivers an inspirational message at the opening of the 1st East Misor Business Forum and Trade Fair at the Talisayan Public Plaza. With the congressman on stage are Talisayan Vice Mayor Rommel Maslog, Talisayan Mayor Catherine Ifurung, Sugbongcogon Vice Mayor Mildred Lagbas-Mandigo, and officials of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources.

Text and photos by GERRY L. GORIT, Photo-journalist

MISAMIS Oriental––For the first time in Talisayan town and in the entire first congressional district of Misamis Ori-ental, a business forum and trade fair for the farmers of the province is being held this week.

has shown full support for the activity since it was planned some six months earlier.

He said Talisayan also has programs in line with his thrust for agricultural development such as organic farming.

The trade fair is open to the public and will run until Friday with several booths displaying the agricultural products of the farmers.

The vice mayor of Tali-sayan said the five-day event is focused on supporting the farmers with business matching sessions, distri-bution of farm equipment and several forums cov-ering various production techniques.

Maslog said the

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QUANTITIES of entity are said about her, but do we inquire from her which is bona fide?

S h e p ay s at t e nt i on to many of our life and personal stories, but do we ever have the nerve to ask of her own story?

She conveys exculpa-tion, but do we exonerate her when she’s at imper-fection?

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She connects us to Di-vinity through her teach-ings, but why do we have a sneaking suspicion in many of her noble acts?

She brings forte and optimism to every stu-dent she get in contact

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CAGAYAN de Oro City––The Department of Public Works and Highways Region 10, Training Section spear-headed a 5-day seminar workshop to twenty nine (29) employees in the Dis-trict and Regional offices here which started Monday, September 3, 2012.

The activity has the end in view of providing the participants the needed skills in writing grammati-cally correct sentences in English, capacity to prepare reports and technical papers correctly, and the ability to identify techniques,

DPWH-10 conducts seminar on effective oral, written communication

MY TEACHER, MY HERO!

By GLENN B. AÑORA

with, but does she have something to look for-ward to when she’s long forgotten?

She edifies us in the ways of Piousness, but do we even go into rap-tures over a successful classroom discussion?

Still, many have been w h i s p e re d ab out h e r, some are galling, some are gratifying.

D espite e ver y t h ing she’ ll make it a point to be au fait with and give herself sincerely to every student.

Even for a very exas-perating day and some-times a feeling of bleak devotion, she’ll carry on teaching because… She’s my TEACHER, my HERO.

---Today 05 September

2012, we start to celebrate the National Teachers’ Month and culminate it with the World Teach-ers’ Day on 05 October 2012. The Department

of Educat ion (DepEd) as coordinated by the Center for Students and C o-Curr icu lar Af fairs (CSCA) under Execu-t ive D i re c tor Jo e y G . Peláez enjoined all public and private elementary and secondary schools, including division and regional off ices to fol-low t he synchronized programs, projects and activities as approved by Secretary Br. Armin A. Luistro through DepEd memorandum No. 109, s. 2012 dated 27 June 2012.

Republic of the PhilippinesFOURTH SHARI’A CIRCUIT COURT

Fourth Shari’a Judicial District IliganCity

IN RE: PETITION TO APPROVE CIVIL CASE NO. 2012-072AND REGISTER THE DIVORCE OF SPOUSES HIDEHIKO KENNETH KIMURA and IRISH ROA KIMURA,

HIDEHIKO KENNETH KIMURA and IRISH ROA KIMURA, Petitioners,x--------------------------------------------------------------------------/

ORDER

Before this court is a verified Joint Petition for approval and registration of the divorce between herein spouses Hidehiko Kenneth Kimura and Irish Roa Kimura and alleging among others; That petitioners are husband and wife, respectively, both Muslim converts and residents of Iligan City, their marriage was performed under Civil rite on July 30, 2007 at Balingasag, Misamis Oriental, they converted to Islam faith of which conversions to Islam were registered with this-Court: That said marriage did not last long, due to lack of love and affection until the relationship manifested incompatibility and sustained misunderstanding between petitioner and respondent and reached the point of irreconcilability and they separated in the early part of 2007 they decided to live physically in bed and board thereby executed Divorce Agreement in order to formalize their separation; since their separation in the early part of 2007 or for over five (5) years now, they had never been communicating or support-ing either financially or emotionally to each other; neither minding each other’s affairs; petitioner and respondent seek judicial decree of divorce thereby severing their marriage bond on July 30, 2007 so that they will have free hand to do what a single man or woman could do without marital burden; reconciliation between them is no longer a remedy as all efforts necessary for possible reconciliation had already been diligently employed but all proved futile. WHEREFORE, finding this Joint Petition to be sufficient in form and substance, set the initial hear-ing of this case on September 25, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. at which time, date and place, any interested party may appear and show why the petition should not be granted. Let copy of this Order be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Iligan once a week for the three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioner. SO ORDERED. Iligan City, Philippines, this 5th day of September, 2012.

HON. OSOP M. ALI Presiding Judge

MDN: Sept 6, 13 & 20, 2012

Republic of the PhilippinesFOURTH SHARI’A CIRCUIT COURT

Fourth Shari’a Judicial District Iligan City

IN RE: PETITION TO APPROVE CIVIL CASE NO. 2012-073AND REGISTER THE DIVORCE OF SPOUSES JULIUS B. VIZCAYNO and DELIA T. QUIRANTE-VIZCAYNO,

JULIUS B. VIZCAYNO and DELIA T. QUIRANTE-VIZCAYNO, Petitioners.x-------------------------------------------------------------------------------/

ORDER

Before this court is a verified Joint Petition for approval and registration of die divorce between herein spouses JULIUS B. VIZCAYNO and DELIA T. QUIRANIE-VIZCAYNO and alleging among others; That petitioners are husband and wife, respectively, both Muslim converts and residents of Dr. 6. Falang Apt., San Jose Subd., Mahayahay, Iligan City and at Cebu City respectively, their marriage was performed under Civil rite April 2, 1977 at San Fernando, Cebu they converted to Islam faith of which conversions to Islam were registered with this Court; That said marriage did not last long, due to lack of love and affection until the relationship manifested in compatibility and sustained misunderstanding between petitioner and respondent and reached the point of irreconcilability and they separated in the early part of 2000 they decided to live physically in bed and board thereby executed Divorce Agreement in order to formalize their separation; since their separation in the early part of 2000 or for over twelve (12) years now, they had never been communicating or sup-porting either financially or emotionally to each other; neither minding each other’s affairs; petitioner and respondent seek judicial decree of divorce thereby severing their marriage bond on April 2,1977 so that they will have free hand to do what a single man or woman could do without marital burden; reconciliation between them is no longer a remedy, as all efforts necessary for possible reconciliation had already been diligently employed but all proved futile. WHEREFORE, finding this Joint Petition to be sufficient in form and substance, set the initial hear-ing of this case on September 25, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. at which time, date and place, any interested party may appear and show why the petition should not be granted. Let copy of this Order be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Iligan once a week for the three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioner. SO ORDERED. Iligan City, Philippines, thiis 5th day of September, 2012.


MDN: Sept 6, 13 & 20, 2012

Republic of die PhilippinesFOURTH SHARI’A CIRCUIT COURT


IN RE: PETITION TO APPROVE CIVIL CASE NO. 2012-071AND REGISTER THE DIVORCE OF SPOUSES JULIO V. TERO and VICTORIA B. TERO,

JULIO V. TERO and VICTORIA E. TERO.Petitioners,x--------------------------------------------------/

ORDER

Before this court is a verified Joint Petition for approval and registration of the divorce between herein spouses JULIO V. TERO sad VICTORIA E. TERO and alleging among others: That petitioners are husband and wife, respectively, both Muslim converts and residents of Iligan City, their marriage was performed under Civil rite on May 18, 1999 at Alubijid, Misamis Oriental, their converted to Islam faith, of which conversions to Islam were registered with this Court: That said marriage did not last long, due to lack of love and affection until the relationship manifested incompatibility and sustained misunderstanding between petitioner and respondent and reached the point of irreconcilability and they separated in the early part of 2004 they decided to live physically in bed and board thereby executed Divorce Agreement in order to formalize their separation; since their separation in the early part of 2004 or for over eight (8) years now, they had never been communicating or support-ing either financially or emotionally to each other; neither minding each other’s affairs; petitioner and respondent seek judicial decree of divorce thereby severing their marriage bond on May 18, 1999 so that they will have free hand to do what a single man or woman could do without marital burden; reconciliation between them is no longer a remedy, as all efforts necessary for possible reconciliation had already been diligently employed but all proved futile. WHEREFORE, finding this Joint Petition to be sufficient in form and substance, set the initial hear-ing of this case on September 25, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. at which time, date and place, any interested party may appear and show why the petition should not be granted. Let copy of this Order be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Iligan once a week for the three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioner. SO ORDERED. Iligan City, Philippines, this 5th day of September, 2012.


MDN: Sept 6, 13 & 20, 2012

Republic of the Philippines FOURTH SHARI’A CIRCUIT COURT

Fourth Shari’a Judicial DistrictIligan City

IN RE: PETITION TO APPROVE CIVIL CASE NO. 2012-074AM) REGISTER THE DIVORCE OF SPOUSES DENNIS A. RAMIREZ AND LOVELLAMAE T. KWONG,

DENNIS A. RAMIREZ AND LOVELLAMAE T. KWONG. Petitioners.x---------------------------------------------------------------------------/

ORDER

Before this court is a verified Joint Petition for approval and registration of the divorce between herein spouses DENNIS A. RAMIREZ and LOVELLAMAE T. KWONG, and alleging among others; That petitioners are husband and wife respectively, both Muslim converts and residents of Tipanoy, Iligan City and Lumbia Airport, Cagayan de Oro City respectively, their marriage was performed under Civil rite on December 21, 2000 at Cagayan de Oro City, their converted to Islam faith, of which conversions to Islam were registered with this Court; That said marriage did not last long, due to lack of love and affection until the relationship mani-fested incompatibility and sustained misunderstanding between petitioner and respondent and reached the point of irreconcilability and they separated in the early part of 2005 they decided to live physically in bed and board thereby executed Divorce Agreement in order to formalize their separation; since their separation in the early part of 2005 or for over seven (7) years now, they had never been communicating or supporting either financially or emotionally to each other; neither minding each other’s affairs: petitioner and respondent seek judicial decree of divorce thereby severing their marriage bond on December 21, 2000, so that they will have free hand to do what a single man or woman could do without marital burden; reconciliation between them is no longer a remedy, as all efforts necessary for possible reconciliation had already been diligently employed but all proved futile. WHEREFORE, finding this Joint Petition to be sufficient In form and substance, set the initial hear-ing of this case on September 22, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. at which time, date and place, any interested party may appear and show why the petition should not be granted. Let copy of this Order be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Iligan once a week for the three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioner. SO ORDERED. Iligan City, Philippines, this 5th day of September, 2012.


MDN: Sept 6, 13 & 20, 2012


Fourth Shari’a Judicial District Iligaii City

IN RE: PETITION TO APPROVE CIVIL CASE NO. 2012-069AND REGISTER THE DIVORCE OF SPOUSES EFREN B. HILARIO and EDNA R. HILARIO,

EFREN E. HILARIO and EDNA R. HILARIO, Petitioners.x---------------------------------------------------------/

ORDER

Before this court is a verified Joint Petition for approval and registration of the divorce between herein spouses EFREN B. HILARIO and EDNA R. IHLARIO and alleging among others; That petitioners are husband and wife, respectively, both Muslim converts and residents of Iligan City their marriage was performed under Civil rite on September 9, 1989 at Lala, Latiao del Norte, they converted to Islam faith, of which conversions to Islam were registered with this Court: That said marriage did not last long, due to lack of love and affection until the relationship mani-fested incompatibility and sustained misunderstanding between petitioner and respondent and reached the point of irreconcilability and they separated in the early part of 2002 they decided to live physically in bed and board thereby executed Divorce Agreement in order to formalize their separation; since their separation in the early part of 2002 or for over ten (10) years now, they had never been communicating or supporting either financially or emotionally to each other: neither minding each other’s affairs; petitioner and respondent seek judicial decree of divorce thereby severing their marriage bond on September 9, 1989, so that they will have free hand to do what a single man or woman could do without marital burden; reconciliation between them is no longer a remedy, as all efforts necessary for possible reconciliation had already been diligently employed but all proved futile. WHEREFORE, finding this Joint Petition to be sufficient in form and substance, set the initial hear-ing of this case on September 25, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. at which time, date and place, any interested party may appear and show why the petition should not be granted. Let copy of this Order be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Iligan once a week for the three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioner. SO ORDERED. Iligan City, Philippines, this 5th day of September, 2012.


MDN: Sept 6, 13 & 20, 2012



IN RE: PETITION TO APPROVE CIVIL CASE NO. 2012-076AND REGISTER THE DIVORCE OF SPOUSES CHARLIE A. SUZON AND CRYSTAL M. BALASTA-SUZON,

CHARLIE A. SUZON AND CRYSTAL M. BALASTA- SUZON, Petitioners,x----------------------------------------------------------------------------/

ORDER

Before this court is a verified Joint Petition for approval and registration of the divorce between herein spouses CHARLIE A. SUZON and CRYSTAL M. BALASTA-SUZON and alleging among others; That petitioners are husband and wife, respectively, both Muslim converts and residents of Iligan City, their marriage was performed under Civil rite celebrated on May 8, 2005 at Clarin, Misamis Oriental, their converted to Islam faith of which conversions to Islam were registered with this Court: That said marriage did not last long, due to lack of love and affection until the relationship manifested incompatibility and sustained misunderstanding between petitioner and respondent and reached the point of irreconcilability and they separated in the early part of 2007 they decided to live physically in bed and board thereby executed Divorce Agreement in order to formalize their separation; since their separation in the early part of 2007 or for over five (5) years now, they had never been communicating or support-ing either financially or emotionally to each other: neither minding each other’s affairs; petitioner and respondent seek judicial decree of divorce thereby severing their marriage bond on May 8, 2005 so that they will have free hand to do what a single man or woman could do without marital burden; reconciliation between them is no longer a remedy, as all efforts necessary for possible reconciliation had already been diligently employed but all proved futile. WHEREFORE, finding this Joint Petition to be sufficient in form and substance, set the initial hear-ing of this case on September 26, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. at which time, date and place, any interested party may appear and show why the petition should not be granted. Let copy of this Order be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Iligan once a week for the three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioner. SO ORDERED. Iligan City, Philippines, this 6th day of September, 2012.


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SA ika 64th Araw ng Jasaan ay may malawak at malaking ginampanan ang Depart-ment of Education. Ang Tagamasid Pampurok na si Gng Efl eda J. Geralde ay namuno sa apat na araw na selebrasyon na punong-puno ng kasiyahan at pagdiriwang na may temang “Padayon Sa Mauswagong Jasaan”. Mula Agosto 29 hanggang sa Setyembre 1, 2012 ay nakasalalay sa DepEd ang pamamahala na itinalaga at ikinasiya ng butihing Alkalde Hon. Redentor S. Jardin.

Punong-puno ng iba’t-ibang nakahanay na Ga-wain ang apat na araw na selebrasyon. Sa unang araw ng pagdiriwang ay binuk-san ang “Agro-Eco Tourism Fair” na nilahukan ng lahat ng baranggay sa lungsod. Umabot ng 15 kubo na may panindang mga produktong galing sa kani-kanilang ba-ranggay.

Kinagabihan ay inialay naman ng mga guro’t ad-ministrasyon sa larangan ng Edukasyon ang gabi ng parangal. Ang “DepEd night” ay umabot sa mahigit dala-wang oras na pagtatanghal na nilahukan ng pribado at

DepEd namamahala sa 64th Araw ng Jasaan

Sinulat ni BEATRIZ E. ACDAL

pampublikong paaralan sa lahat ng antas. Sa pangala-wang gabi naman ay ang mga iba’t-ibang sakop ng barang-gay sa Jasaan ang nagtanghal. Pinuno ng awit at sayaw ang “Barangay Nite” na pinahal-agahan ang pagtatanghal sa pagbibigay ng regalo sa mga may kaaya-ayang pagtatang-hal. Sa buong pagdiriwang ay nakaantabay ang DepEd sa pamamahala ng mga gawain. Bahagi din ang paglalaro ng nakasanayang “Good-will Games” na nilahukan ng iba’t-ibang ahensiya. Sa pagsapit ng Setyembre 1, 2012, ang Araw ng Jasaan sa ika-64th na pagdiriwang ay pinangunahan ng parade sa buong lungsod. Halos lahat ay nakisaya at maraming mga bisitang dumagsa at nasaksihan ang pagdiriwang.

Kinagabihan ay inilahad ng alkalde ang kanyang mga nagawang proyekto na ikinaunlad ng lungsod sa pamamagitan ng “SOMA” (State of the Municipal-ity Address). Nagtapos ang kasiyahan sa pagtatanghal ng iba’t-ibang ahensiya ng gobyerno, ang LGU Night.

Pinarangalan ng nama-hala ang Local Government Unit (LGU) na pinanguna-han ni Hon. Redentor S. Jar-din at ng Sangguniang Bayan Members na pinanguluhan ng Bise Mayor Hon. Andrew 0. Adajar. Ang DepEd ang siyang dahilan ng maganda, makabuluhan at malawak na pagdiriwang ng ika 64 na kaarawan ng Jasaan. Tunay ngang ang nakaprintang “AG-USWAG JASAAN”. Advertorial

PAGADIAN City––Uniden-tified gunmen ambushed a tribal leader and his son on Monday in the south-ern Philippine province of Zamboanga del Sur, an anti-mining group said.

The Alyansa Tigil Mina (ATM) said the attack killed Jordan Manda, a 12-year old son of Timuay Locen-io Manda, who was also wounded in the ambush that occurred near the village of Matin-ao in Bayog town.

It said Manda, a Suba-non leader, was heading to school with his son on a motorcycle when gunmen ambushed them at around 7.20 a.m. just 5 kilometers away from their house. No individual or group claimed responsibility for the am-bush.

“Timuay Manda’s 12-year old son, Jordan Manda, suffered a fatal wound on his back and instantly killing him. While Timuay Manda suffered minor wounds and is now out of danger,” the ATM said in a statement sent to the Mindanao Examiner.

The 1st Infantry Division has confirmed the attack and condemned the killing of the boy and the attempt on the life of Manda.

Maj . G en . R icardo

Assassins ambush tribal leader; 12-year-old son died

By AL JACINTO, Regional editor-Zamboanga

Rainier Cruz III, the re-gional army commander, has deployed soldiers to help the local police hunt down the assailants, according to Capt. Albert Caber, an army spokesman.

“General Cruz has con-demned the attack and or-dered troops to help the police in tracking down the attackers. We are supporting police investigation to give justice to the murder of the boy and the attempt on the life of tribal leader Manda,” Caber told the Mindanao Examiner.

The young Manda was being groomed by his clan to be a tribal leader.

Manda is also the village chieftain of Conacon and is a leading figure in the cam-paign of indigenous people in claiming and protecting their ancestral domain in the past decade.

“In my effort to assert our rights and to protect our people and ancestral domain, my beloved son was sacrificed. It is very painful and I thirst for justice. I vow to continue my struggle in order not to make my son’s death in vain. I need your support in this most trying time of my life as a father and a leader,” ATM quoting

Manda’s text message to the group, said.

ATM said Manda’s cous-in, Timuay Giovanni Um-bang, who was also fighting for their ancestral rights, was also assassinated in 2002, according to ATM, adding both leaders had questioned the entry of logging and mining firms in their ancestral domain without the so-called Free Prior and Informed Consent as required under national and international laws.

It said Manda has been receiving death threats the last three years.

The anti-mining group said at present, the ancestral domain of the Subanon’s in Bayog town has 8 mining permit applications and that 3 of them were granted Mineral Production Sharing Agreements and an explora-tion permit - and numerous illegal small-scale mining operations.

Just last month, Manda led a group of tribal leaders from Bayog and neighbor-ing ancestral domains in calling for a moratorium of all forms of mining in their ancestral domains until they have been issued Certificate of Ancestral

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THINK a minute.“A tea bag isn’t worth

much unt i l i t’s been through some hot water.”

There’s a saying in box-ing: “Everybody’s got a plan—until they’ve been hit!”

Sooner or later, life is going to hit and knock you down.

Whether you get back up or not is your choice.

Almost all people’s suc-cesses are built on their former failures.

A very successful man was asked if he had ever failed. He answered: “Only in life.”

The fact is, even after we’ve been knocked down we can still use our past mistakes and failures to build a bridge to our suc-

Think A Minute

Jhan Tiafau HurstJhan Tiafau Hurst

Going through hot water

cess.You know that you’re

the only one who can kill your dream by quitting.

Remember that just falling in the water is not what drowns you; it’s stay-ing down there that does.

Just like kites fly high because the wind pushes against them, so problems that oppose you can actu-ally help you succeed, if you choose to believe and

use them that way.There was a man who

was the only survivor from a shipwreck. He drifted to an uninhabited island where he built a hut for his shelter.

One evening after he returned from searching for food, he found his little hut on fire. Early the next morning he awoke to find a ship that had come in during the night. When

the captain came on shore he told the man: “We saw your smoke signal so we came to rescue you.”

Everything this man owned and valued in his hut had to be destroyed before he could be saved.

Sometimes our Maker even uses our pain to get our attention, so we can learn our most important lessons for living well and wisely.

So why not ask Jesus Christ to take charge and lead you through the hot water you’re in now?

He’s the only one who can help you change your pain and problems into peace and prosperity for you and your family.

The choice is yours.Just Think a Minute.

‘Indecent political proposals’

Giluto sa kaugalingong mantikaYUP! That’s essentially what’s happening to us when we start riding the bandwagon trumpeting the Philippines as the next Tiger Economy of Asia.

For instance, carefully read between the lines of this recent New York Times article on the Philippines by reporter Floyd Whaley, about the “Youthful Popu-lace” that has ostensibly helped make the e Philip-pines “an Economic Bright Spot in Asia.”

Whaley cites the coun-try’s macro-indicators such as its $70 billion reserves and lower interest payments on its debt after recent credot rating upgrades like Stan-dard & Poor’s July 4 level up to just below investment grade, the highest rating for

the country since 2003, an outlook shared by HSBC in Hong Kong.

The Philippine stock market closed at a record high after the recent S. & P. rating upgrade, and the peso reached a four-year high against the dollar at about the same time.

From the 44th-largest economy in the world to-day, HSBC estimates it can become the 16th biggest by 2050. The country’s gross domestic product grew 6.4 percent in the first quarter and 5.9 percent in the sec-ond quarter of 2012.

Last year, the economy grew only 3.4 percent for the same period. Industry

rebounded to 4.6 percent from a contraction of 1.4 percent last year and con-struction 10 percent after a 16.1 percent drop last year.

HSBC Hong Kong said the Philippines benefited from increased government efficiency and revenue col-lection, and high profile moves to address corruption such as the recent impeach-ment of Chief Justice Renato Corona and the arrest of former president Gloria Arroyo on graft charges.

They say it’s the young urban workers who are giv-ing the country a much needed lift as a result of the high population growth rate now comprises 61 per-cent of the Philippine work force aged between 15-64 and growing, in contrast to

many of its Asian neighbors with aging populations. In fact, economic analysts say because the work force continues growing, wages will remain “competitive”, a euphemism for “cheap and affordable”.

Just recently, the New York Post said the country overtook India as the Call Center Capital of the world last year. The Board of In-vestments says offshore call centers employed 683,000 Filipinos in 2011 and gen-erated about $11 billion in revenue, up 24 percent from last year. The government hopes it can generate $25 billion in revenue by 2016.

Reason? Filipinos speak “American English” vs. the Indian’s

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LIKE wild fire, talks of Cong. Peter Unabia’s sudden party shift caught the political pundits f lat footed. However, for those who understand how the political weather moves, Unabia’s sud-den defection was not surprising. Like Gov. Oscar Moreno’s plight from the province to Cagayan de Oro, Unabia’s ‘abandonment’ of Padayon Pilipino was no big deal.

There were propositions that the administration’s Liberal Party (LP) pressured Unabia to join LP in respond to an ‘indecent business proposal.’ Unabia have no choice else, his multi-million business in the chicken industry would be imperiled. Unabia might have accepted the propo-sition in consideration of Ruthie Guingona’s withdrawal to run for Congress in Misamis Oriental’s First District.

Unabia is the incumbent district Congressman of Misamis Oriental. Since last year, talks were persistent that Ruthie Guingona, now serving her last term as city mayor of Gingoog City, would run for Congress next year. Of course, it follows that Ruthie would be running under LP since her son Sen. Teofisto Guingona, Jr. is currently aligned with LP.

Guingona’s plan to run for Congress, threatens Unabia who would be running, first time, for reelection in Congress. If and when, the Guingonas’ would be Unabia’s stumbling block which the latter would not want to happen. Although a neophyte, Unabia now appeared to have learned fast the knitty gritty in politics. For Unabia, political survival is above all other considerations. Perhaps, he is right.

With the Liberal Party telescoping the 2016 presidential elections, the 2013 local elections would jump-start its move to entrench its grip of the country’s political geography. It (LP) understands that the local political playground is its backbone. No wonder, in the absence of a strong LP presence in Misamis Oriental in the 2010 elections, it is scouring the province’s political extremities for more follower-supporters. Unabia is the first victim of LP’s grand design albeit political harassment in Misamis Oriental.

Political observers elsewhere in the country have long foreseen this scenario. Now, the jigsaw puzzle starts to fall to its places. Thus, with Sec. Mar Roxas at the helm of the local government, the graft court and high court in the eyes of the administration, the ‘Sword of Damocles’ evidently hangs on whoever the next political prey. React: [email protected]

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A FREQUENT QUESTION raised by consumers is “how much would a specified amount of money at a cer-tain period of time be worth today?” If you would be looking at price increases on the same basket of goods, even for just a short period of time, do you take it as enough warning of a coming periods of inflation?

Indeed, consumers and investors consider inflation as an economic phenom-enon that has an increasing change in the price of goods and services. Price inflation is typically measured using the Consumer Price Index (CPI .which takes into con-sideration a constant basket of goods.

It is the National Statis-tics Office that generates the CPI. Accordingly, NSO had revised last June the base year from 2000 to 2006

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A two-digit inflation rate registered in Camiguin

including the weights for the consumer price index (CPI) to ensure that the key measure reflects the current situation. As reported by the agency, “as household expenditure patterns vary (they tend to spend less on some items and more on others), weights are used to ensure that the CPI reflects the relative importance of each item or group of items in the market basket. The weights are expressed as a proportion of household expenditure for an item to the total national expen-

diture.”According to the latest

results of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) Survey conducted by the National Statistics Office, the Philip-pine’s annual headline infla-tion rate increased to 3.2 percent in July 2012 from 2.8 percent in June 2011. This was due to higher annual increments registered in all the commodity groups except those in clothing and footwear, health, transport, and education indices. In-flation a year ago was 4.9 percent.

On the other hand, infla-tion in the National Capital Region (NCR) jumped to 3.1 percent in July from 2.2 percent in June. Except in clothing and footwear, health, transport, commu-nication, and education indices, all the commodity groups posted higher annual gains. Annual inflation in areas outside NCR grew 3.2 percent in July from 3.0 percent in June. It resulted from higher annual upticks in the indices of food and non-alcoholic beverages; housing, water, electricity, gas, and other fuels; furnish-ing, household equipment and routine maintenance of the house; and recreation and culture. Moreover, the country’s month-on-month inflation decelerated to 0.3 percent in July from 0.5 percent in June. Price

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THE COMMANDER BIDS BYE. Major General Victor A. Felix, commander of the Philippine Army’s Fourth In-fantry Division (4ID), troops the line as he bids goodbye to his officers, men and women at Camp Evangelista, Cagayan de Oro City, September 4, this year. He is leaving after three decades in military service, upon reaching the mandatory retirement age of 56 years. His assistant, Brig. Gen. Gapuz of the 403rd Brigade, based in Bukidnon, takes the post in an acting capacity. (photo by Justin M. Llano and Arjay S. Felicilda)

By JOCELYN P. ALVAREZ

ZAMBOANGA City––Mayor Celso Lobregat has issued an executive order declaring September 21-27, as City Tourism Week.

The celebration is aimed at instill-ing awareness among the people the importance of tourism encompass-ing its social, cultural, political and economic value.

Executive Order No. CL 469-2012, likewise directs the holding of dif-ferent activities during the occasion.

September 27 is also designated as International Tourism Day, which will be observed around the globe, in response to the call of the United Nations World Tourism Organization.

The celebration’s theme is “Tour-ism and Sustainable Energy: Powering Sustainable Development.”

Activities include Libre Paseo, a free tour to the city’s tourist attrac-tions, September 21 to 23; Zambo-anga Food Festival at Plaza del Pilar, September 21 to 22; Ayuda Limpiesa Ano 9 at the main market, September 22; drum and lyre competition for elementary level and the culminat-ing program at Paseo del Mar on September 27. (JPA/SC/CIO-PIA9 ZBST/asf )

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KORONADAL City––The regional office of the De-partment of Agriculture (DA) has demonstrated to farmers and local officials the machine that could harvest and thresh rice at a time.

Called rice-combine-thresher, the machine can cover at least eight hectares daily with only three opera-tors. It costs P9.8 million.

The field demo was held in Barangay Rizal, witnessed by DA Assistant Secretary Dante Delima, DA-12 Executive Direc-tor Amalia Jayag-Datukan, Banga Mayor Henry Ladot and local government of-ficials and farmers.

Director Datukan said

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harvester-thresherBy DANILO E. DOGUILES

they spearheaded the activ-ity to encourage the farm-ers to adopt modern rice harvesting technologies.

“By using such ma-chines, harvesting of pa-lay will be quicker and losses from harvesting is minimized,” said Director Datukan.

Asec Delima explained the machine’s grains tank is capable of storing 2,700 kilograms or about 54 sacks at a time.

Director Datukan said, rice combine threshers are appropriate in select areas in Region 12 or Soccsksargen Region where the number of farm workers is scarce. (DED-PIA-12/EAPasaol/LMSalvo-DA 12/asf )

By JENNIFER P. GAITANO

BUTUAN City––The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI-Caraga), headed by Director Brielgo Pagaran, briefed the local tri-media on Republic Act No. 10054 (Motorcycle Helmet Act of 2009), Monday.

Atty. Maria Aurora Curaza-Maqui-ling of DTI-Caraga, said that starting January 1, 2013, they will strictly implement the Motorcycle Helmet Act with corresponding penalties against violators.

She clarified that the helmet law does not exempt “habal-habal” driv-ers/riders.

“Tricycle drivers are exempt from wearing of helmets, as provided in this Act,” Atty. Maquiling added.

DTI Provincial Director Gay Tidalgo said private motorists with surnames starting in letters “A – F” will be given free ICC helmet stickers this month; “G – O” for October; and “P – Z” for November, while the entire month of December will be for corporate clients.

Under the law, any person caught not wearing the standard protective motorcycle helmet will be fined of P1,500 for the first offense; P3,000 for the second offense; P5,000 for the third offense; and P10,000 plus confiscation of the driver’s license for the fourth and succeeding offenses. (RER/JPG/PIA 13, Caraga/asf)

By JOCELYN P. ALVAREZ

ZAMBOANGA City––The city government, through the City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWD), is granting fi-nancial assistance to the survivors of the Saturday flash floods in Barangay Curuan.

This, in addition to the relief and food assistance immediately provided to the affected families.

Six houses made of light materials were swept and two houses were partially damaged by waters from the swollen Curuan river following torrential rains in the mountains, Saturday afternoon.

CSWD Officer Fran-cisco Barredo reported that 194 families with 776 dependents were affected in Curuan and the neigh-boring Barangay Quiniput.

Mayor Celso Lobre-gat, Councilors Rudy Lim, Mike Alavar, and Myra Paz Abubakar immedi-ately went to Curuan and personally supervised the rescue and relief opera-tions.

The city mayor has in-structed the activation of the rescue team of the City Disaster Risk Reduc-tion Management Council and the dispatch of Coast Guard rubber boats, police personnel, Red Cross, Bu-reau of Fire Protection, and Zamcelco to the area. (JPA/SC/CIO-PIA9 ZBST/asf )

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By BEN D. ARCHERegional editor-Davao

DIGOS City––The “Serbi-syo” caravan of the Asso-ciation of Regional Execu-tives of National Agencies (ARENA) Region 11 visited here yesterday to tender free services to the people of the city.

Achilles Gerard Bravo, ARENA 11 president and also the regional direc-

Serbisyo Caravan of Arena-11 reaches Digos Citytor of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said the caravan is a gesture of commitment by the regional offices of the government to bring their services near the people, especially in far-flung areas of the region.

At least 45 different re-gional offices of the govern-ment in the region involving some 250 personnel, includ-

ing the regional directors participated in the activ-ity held at the Digos City Gymnasium.

Several provincial gov-ernment offices and person-nel also took part in holding out services without cost to the residents from different barangays of the city.

Participating govern-ment agencies include the Social Welfare and Develop-

ment, Health, Agriculture, Environment and Natural Resources, Labor and Em-ployment, National Statistics Office, National Food Au-thority, Land Transportation Office, TESDA, CHED, LT-FRB, PDEA, and the Army’s 10th Infantry Battalion, among others.

The City of Digos is the third area of Davao del Sur served by the ARENA cara-

van. Other places earlier visited by the caravan in the province were the towns of Sta. Cruz, Malita, and Balot Island of Sarangani town, also in the province.

Before here, the caravan visited Governor Generoso town and Mati City in Davao Oriental and the next target area is Kapalong town in Davao del Norte on Sep-tember 7.

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MALAYBALAY City––Of-ficials of the Department of Public Works and High-ways (DPWH) in Region 10 were the guests of the 33rd Regular Session of the 11th Sangguniang Panlalawigan held on August 29, 2012, here.

Acting Assistant Region-al Director (ARD) Efren A. Berba and the three dis-trict engineers of Bukidnon shed light on the updates and developments of road projects as requested by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Bukidnon headed by provincial Vice Governor Jose Ma. R. Zubiri Jr.

Zubiri who presided over the Wednesday’s regular ses-sion was astounded to note of road concreting projects that were completed in the year 2010 which have now so many cracks.

“How can you convince me that the roads you con-struct will stay for 20 years, when longitudinal cracks and splinters are evidently seen,” Zubiri asked.

District Engineer Rey Peter Gille of Bukidnon’s first engineering district

DPWH, contractors vowto repair defective roads

By SANDRA V. FLORES

Assistant Regional Director Efren A. Berba of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in Northern Mindanao answers to queries of Bukidnon Vice Governor Jose Ma. Zubiri Jr. during the regular session of the provincial board.

DPWH District Engineer Rey Peter Gille (in the rostrum) explains the projects under his district. Gille is in-charge for Bukidnon’s first district. Standing near Gille is Bukidnon provicnial board member Jun Beltran.

explained that the bulk of heavy loaded trucks plying the Sayre Highway attrib-uted to the precipitated damaged of the newly-completed project which the vice governor refused to accept due to its increased thickness on concrete pave-ments.

Asked as to how the projects were bid out and awarded to contractors,

Acting District Engi-neer Honorato Saldua of Bukidnon’s third engineer-ing district replied that the projects cost more than P50 million and that is within the ceiling of the Regional Office.

Berba, who chaired the Bid and Awards Commit-tee (BAC) of the regional office, clarified that proper procedures in bidding stipu-lated in Republic Act 9184 is strictly adhered to.

Engr. Leonardo Paulican, head of the DPWH second district engineering office in Bukidnon, accepted that road projects implemented by the regional office now have cracks. However, Pau-lican said repairs are now

slowly done by the contrac-tor, Ulticon Builders Inc. (UBI).

The irate Zubiri chal-lenged the DPWH officials to immediately take actions before he will sought the services of the Office of the Ombudsman to investigate

the matter if his request will just be ignored. He expects the repair to be completed at the end of October this year.

The two-hour discussion ended with the commitment of DPWH officials and con-tractors who implemented

the road concreting projects to jointly repair the road with cracks and assured the governor to complete it in its required target month.

Also in attendance were contractors’ representa-tives, Project Engineers (PEs) of the Bukidnon area,

Engineers Noel Pacana for Bukidnon 3rd DEO projects; Rosmendo Bongocan Jr. for Bukidnon 1st and Al-berto Albit of Bukidnon 2nd DEO; and Evelyn Feniza, programming engineer of the Planning and Design Division.

PNP exec denies ‘kutong’ charges in

North CotabatoKIDAPAWAN CITY-– An official of the Philippine National Police (PNP) in North Cotabato has denied the allegations made by the communist guerillas that the Highway Patrol Group (HPG), formerly Traffic Management Group, is involved in ‘massive’ highway ‘extortion’.

Sr. Supt. Cornelio Salinas, provincial director of the Cotabato PNP, said operatives of the HPG are tasked to check and monitor stolen motorcycles and carnapped vehicles plying along the Cotabato-Davao highway.

Since July, the PNP has monitored several motor-cycle theft incidents in several towns in the province, reports said.

In Kidapawan City, four motorcycles parked in a subdivision were stolen by still unidentified suspects, two of which were recovered the next day, reports said.

Around 4:30 a.m., Friday, a blue Honda 125 mo-torcycle owned by Wilmer Benimerito, an operative of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Team (CIDT) in North Cotabato, which was parked in front of their house at barangay Lanao here was stolen by unknown thieves.

The town of Makilala, where the attack of the NPA happened, has also several cases of motorcycle theft incidents recorded since July.

“The primary task of the highway patrol police-men is to check whether the vehicles plying this route have documents or are not stolen. These cops are not combatants so why attack them?” said Salinas.

The daylight attack killed two HPG members iden-tified as PO1 Raul Pablo and PO3 Rufino Sumugat and wounded four others, three of them civilians, reports said.

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By PAT SAMONTE KITCHARAO, AGUSAN DEL NORTE – Former Congresswoman Cynthia A. Villar has committed to put up a composting facil-ity here and help provide Kitcharaonons livelihood. Villar made the promise during the celebration of the 49th Araw ng Kitch-arao where she was guest of onor. She was introduced by Agusan del Norte Governor Erlpe John M. Amante, Mayor Jenry Montante and Vice-Mayor Aristotle Montante, who announced their full support for her candidacy as senator in next year’s election and urged the people to do the same. During Villar’s visit to Bislig City earlier, Surigao del Sur Governor Johnny Pimentel and other officialssaid they will help the for-mer congresswoman in the 2013 political exercise in

support of her advocacies. Villar observed that being a predominant ly agricultural community, Kitcharao could very well benefit from a composting facility which will convert garbage into organic fer-tilizers. Easily available organic fertilizer will surely make the farmers happy in terms of cost and its being environment-friendly, shesaid. Villar said as a three-term legislator representing Las Piñas City, she has been active, until the present, in training and helping people earn income through live-lihood projects. Through her family-owned Villar Foundation, her livelihood advocacy in Las Piñas City has expanded not only in Metro-Manila and Luzonbut also in the Visayas and Mindanao. Having been raised

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By SONNY SUDARIA

TUBOD, Lanao del Norte – Residents and workers of this town recently planted 40,000 seedlings at Mount Sigayan here on August 25, 2012 to show their support to President Aquino’s Na-tional Greening Program. The activity which in-cluded climbing the area attracted some 500 partici-pants composed of students, provincial and municipal employees, provincial police force, military troops, ba-rangay offi cials, local moun-taineers, youth volunteers and members of civic or-ganizations. Itwas learned that PNoy’s National Greening Program aims to plant 1.5 billion trees in about 1.5 million hectares by 2016. President Benigno S. Aquino III issued Execu-tive Order No. 26 on Feb-

ruary, this year, which implements the National Greening Program as a government priority. Th e program is aimed to showcase the national government’s responses to poverty prolems; and to promote food security, environmental stability and biodiversity conserva-tion. Th e project is also hoped to enhance climate change mitigation and adaptation. Th e tree-planting activ-ity which highlighted the climb was conducted at Brgy. Upper Koreo, in the coastal town of Sultan Naga Dimaporo (SND). Planted in designated sites inside the 100 hec-tares identifi ed by the lo-cal DENR for reforesta-tion, were 40,000 seedlings of various tree species . Among tree species planted were narra, falcata, ma-

hogany, lawaan, bagtikan, and banuyo. The event was spear-headed by DENR – Kolam-bugan and strongly sup-ported by former congress-man Abdullah Dimaporo and Lanao del Norte LGU through its Environment and National Resources Offi ce (ENRO). “We want our future children to enjoy a beauti-ful and healthy environ-ment. Together we can help reverse the negative eff ects of global warming”, Dimaporo said. Th e tree-planting activ-ity was also attended by Ra-mon Serapio (Environment and National Resources Offi cer), Lt. Col. Romulo Manuel (35th Infantry Bat-talion), and local DENR offi cials. A similar activity was also held on September 1, this year.

Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III, PDP Laban President, rallied support for his bill which seeks to provide local government units (LGUs) a share from all the taxes and revenues col-lected by the entire national government. In a speech before offi cials and employees of the City of Parañaque, Pimentel lamented that LGUs get only a share of the taxes collected by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) even if the Constitution

By BEN D. ARCHE DAVAO City – The roll-on/roll-off (RORO) service between Davao City and Bitung in Indonesia is seen to be operational early next year after a ferry operator signified interest to ply the route. Marc C. Ayes, Research, Education and Institutional Development (REID) Foun-dation deputy team leader said that the Cebu-based Super Shuttle Ferry will be the first local-based shipper to provide the service. “We are hoping to have a better service on shipping commercial goods from Davao City to Bitung and vice-versa,” Ayes said. The RORO service will reduce the transport costs by 10 percent compared to shipping the commodities through wooden hauled vessels, Ayes said adding that the transportation time

will also be narrowed to one or one-and-a-half days from the usual two to three days. Bitung is about 350 nautical miles away from Davao City. Within this month, Ayes said local shippers, repre-sentatives from government and private sectors, and other stakeholders will

meet in Bitung to talk the RORO service. Expected to participate in the meeting are the Bi-tung and Manado shippers, RORO operators, customs and port officials and the Bitung Governor. Some of the topics to be discussed include the fre-quency of service, customs clearances, port fees, freight

fees, the type of cargo that should be involved in the RORO service and the identification of shippers that would truly service the route. Following the finaliza-tion of the plan, a memo-randum of understanding will be signed by November during the Davao Invest-ment Conference this year.

Lanao Norte town folks plant 40,000 seedlings

Koko pushes ‘hating-kapatid’on taxes by LGUs, nat’l gov’t

itself states that LGUs must have a share “in the national taxes”. To rectify this, Pimentel said he fi led Senate Bill 2987 in October last year which he called the “Bigger Pie, Bigger Slice Bill.” Th e measure aims to amend Section 284 of the Local Government Code of 1991 on two important as-pects. Firstly, Pimentel said he wants a “bigger pie” on which internal revenue allocation of LGUs are computed by

widening the tax base. Sec-ondly, he said LGUs must have a “bigger slice” from that “bigger pie” vis-à-vis the national government. “Currently the LGUs’ IRA (internal revenue allocation) is based on the national inter-nal revenue taxes’ collected by the BIR” said Pimentel. “But the Constitution states that LGUs shall have a just share, as determined by law, in the national taxes which shall be automatically released to them.” Th e senator said his bill seeks to amend the phrase “national internal revenue taxes” into “national taxes” which refers to all taxes col-

lected by the national govern-ment, including those from the Bureau of Customs, the Philippine Ports Authority, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, De-partment of Foreign Aff airs, among others. “Th e ‘bigger slice’ refers to the sharing between the national government and LGUs. Currently, the shar-ing is 60% to 40% in favor of the central or national government,” he said. “Under my proposal, the sharing would be hating kapatid, 50-50, between the National Government and the Local Governments.” If his bill is passed into

law, Pimentel said Parañaque’s Share in the National Taxes or SNT (it shall no longer be called IRA) would be P823,236,813 compared to the city’s 2012 IRA share of P646,021,093 – an increase of P177,215,720. “Th e benefi ts of the increased LGU share in the national taxes or SNT would also be extended all the way down to the barangays,” Pimentel said. “Since Parañaque City already knows how to use its current IRA for the maximum benefi t of your people, just imagine how much good my ‘Bigger Pie, Bigger Slice Bill’ would do to your city if it becomes law,” he concluded.

TREE PLANTING. Former congressman Abdullah Dimaporo encourages the partici-pants of the Mt. Sigayan Climb to plant trees and help preserve the environment for future generations.

Davao City-Bitung RORO service eyed to start next year, says official

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IN RE: PETITION TO APPROVE CIVIL CASE NO. 2012-077AND REGISTER THE DIVORCE OF SPOUSES ANTONIO R. TABILJRAN AND ANNALYN C. REGUYA,

ANTONIO R. TABILIRAN AND ANNALYN C. REGUYA, Petitioners.x---------------------------------------------------------------------------/

ORDER

Before this court is a verified Joint Petition for approval and registration of the divorce between herein spouses ANTONIO R. TABILIRAN and ANNALYN C. REGUYA, and alleging among others; That petitioners are husband and wife, respectively, both Muslim converts and residents of Molave, Zamboanga del Sur and Iligan City, respectively, their marriage was performed under Civil rite on October 24, 1999 at Molave, Zamboanga del Sur, they converted to Islam faith, of which conversions to Islam were registered with this Court: That said marriage did not last long, due to lack of love and affection until the relationship mani-fested incompatibility and sustained misunderstanding between petitioner and respondent and reached the point of irreconcilability and they separated in the early part of 2007 they decided to live physically in bed and board thereby executed Divorce Agreement in order to formalize their separation; since their separation in the early part of 2007 or for over five (5) years now, they had never been communicating or supporting either financially or emotionally to each other; neither minding each other’s affairs; petitioner and respondent seek judicial decree of divorce thereby severing their marriage bond on October 24, 1999, so that they will have free hand to do what a single man or woman could do without marital burden; reconciliation between them is no longer a remedy, as all efforts necessary for possible reconciliation had already been diligently employed but all proved futile. WHEREFORE, finding this Joint Petition to be sufficient in form and substance, set the initial hear-ing of this case on September 26, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. at which time, date and place, any interested party may appear and show why the petition should not he granted. Let copy of this Order be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Iligan once a week for the three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioner. SO ORDERED. Iligan City, Philippines, this 6th day of September, 2012.


MDN: Sept 6, 13 & 20, 2012



IN RE: PETITION TO APPROVE CIVIL CASE NO. 2012-078AND REGISTER THE DIVORCE OF SPOUSES VAN TUNG VO AND CECILS T. DOMINGUEZ,

CECILYIN T. DOMINGUEZ AND VAN TUNG VO. Petitioners.x-------------------------------------------------------------------------/

ORDER

Before this court is a verified Joint Petition for approval and registration of the divorce between herein spouses VAN TUNG VO and CECILYN T. DOMINGUEZ, and alleging among others: That petitioners are husband and wife, respectively, both Muslim converts and residents of Oroquieta City and Iligan City, respectively, their marriage was performed under Civil rite celebrated on July 10, 2006 at Tudela, Misamis Occidental, they converted to Islam faith of which conversions to Islam were registered with this Court: That said marriage did not last long due to lack of love and affection until the relationship manifested incompatibility and sustained misunderstanding between petitioner and respondent and reached the point of irreconcilability and they separated in the early part of 2007 they decided to live physically in bed and board thereby executed Divorce Agreement in order to formalize their separation; since their separation In the early part of 2007 or for over five (5) years now, they had never been communicating or support-ing either financially or emotionally to each other; neither minding each other’s affairs; petitioner and respondent seek judicial decree of divorce thereby severing their marriage bond on July 10, 2006 so that they will have free hand to do what a single man or woman could do without marital burden: reconciliation between them is no longer a remedy, as all efforts necessary for possible reconciliation had already been diligently employed but all proved futile. WHEREFORE, finding this Joint Petition to be sufficient in form and substance, set the initial hear-ing of this case on September 26, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. at which time, date and place, any interested party may appear and show why the petition should not be granted. Let copy of this Order be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Iligan once a week for the three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioner. SO ORDERED. Iligan City, Philippines, this 6th day September, 2012.


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Trade...from page 1

muncipal government supported Rep. Unabia’s endeavor because the con-gressman knows the life of a farmer as he has been farmer himself. He added that there are also par-ticipants from the second congressional district of the province under Rep. Yevgeny “Bambi” Emano as well as from Davao and Camiguin.

Unabia and Maslog were joined in the opening pro-gram by the congressman’s wife Erlinda S. Unabia, his brother Eugene M. Unabia, his sister Marilyn U. Marti-nez who is visiting from the US, Talisayan Mayor Cath-erine G. Ifurung who deliv-ered the welcome remarks, the municipal councilors, Ma. Romana U. Ababao of the COS National Office, local government officials from neighboring towns including Sugbongcogon Mayor Jerry Lagbas and Vice Mayor Mildred Lagbas, Salay Mayor Roemo Gue representatives from line agencies, other guests and visitors.

During the opening pro-gram, Congressman Un-abia turned over checks to several beneficiaries of his livelihood program to-talling P2.2-million. The financial assistance is for the projects of the Calubo Multi Purpose Coop, Mem-buli Multi Purpose Coop, Linabo Multi Purpose Coop, Built All Farmers Coop, Nammukao Multi Purpose Coop, Saray Farmers MP Coop, Kandiis Women’s Association, Salay Rural Folks Livelihood Women, Artadi Women’s Associa-tion, Salay Employees Co-operative, Agay-ayan Multi Purpose Coop, Mananum Bag-o Farmers Coop, Mapua Agrarian Reform MP Coop, Ritarian Food Processors, Talisayan Municipal Federa-tion of PWDs, Lawi Planters Coop, Macopa Women’s Association, Lambu Coop-erative, Balingoan Motor-ized Sikad Association and the Talisayan Municipal Employees Coop.

The participants in the trade fair will be vying for the best in booth award with the top three winning

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cash prizes. In addition, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources will distribute seedlings to the municipalities.

According to Ms. Vir-gelia F. “Bebeng” Dumadag and Paquito Chavez of the office of Rep. Unabia, raffle prizes will be given to the farmers courtesy of the congressman and will in-clude farm implements, pigs, goats, cattle and chicken.

The business forums will tackle packaging and labelling, visual merchan-dising, negotiation tech-niques, business licensing, financing programs, organic agriculture, banana produc-tion and processing, rubber production, milk produc-tion, cassava production and processing, vegetable production, coffee produc-tion, coconut processing and abaca production.

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Editorial...from page 4

“British English”, Pinoys are steeped in American culture and communicate better with Americans. Be-sides, entry-level American call center agents earn about $20,000 a year, about five times as much as similar agents in the Philippines and six times as much as Indian agents.

On the down side, the Asian Development Bank says this type of outsourc-ing provides only about 1 percent of jobs in the coun-try. It doesn’t create jobs accessible to farmers or to millions of other Filipinos in rural areas who seek a way out of poverty.

The Philippines’ growing prosperity has also been driven by the 9.5 million Fil-ipinos — almost 10 percent of the population — who work outside the country and who sent home about $20 billion in 2012, up from $7.5 billion in 2003.

There are concerns about the country’s shortage of infrastructure and location which makes it highly vul-nerable to disasters. Despite the boom in the mining industry, neither the na-

tional nor local govern-ments and most especially, the host communities have benefitted from the massive extraction. Most of all, it is apparent the country’s rising prosperity has hardly dented rising poverty and the gap between the haves and have-nots continues to widen.

Because of its political stability, foreign investors have avoided investing in export-driven manufactur-ing which have success-fully established a growing middle class in neighboring countries.

So where does that leave us? Our nurses and physical therapists are working in call centers and wreaking havoc on their health and sleeping patterns to earn peanuts (by American standards, that is) to serve American and other competing countries. Even more OFWs are working abroad, destroying treasured Filipino family values while their children enjoy a higher standard of living without ever seeing their parents and mores taken from mindless telenovelas and noon time shows foisted on them by networks which are the epitome of corporate greed.

What blueprint do we have for the future while our children spend the bloom of their youth to improve the competitiveness of foreign and competing countries? Recall this boom will only last while there are more workers than there are jobs that need them. When the US firms eventually find cheaper and better trained call center agents elsewhere, where will our 683,000 call center agents go?

To quote the old adage “When you pay peanuts, you get monkeys!” Gising na, mga kapatid!

Infl ation...from page 4

increases were observed in food items like rice, meat, fish, vegetables and sugar. However, these were tem-pered by the downward price adjustments in cooking oil, selected condiments and seasonings, gasoline and diesel.

In Region 10, infla-tion rate was highest in Camiguin with 14.7 and the only province in the

region with a two digit rate. This was attributed to the significant increase on the provincial index for housing, water, electric-ity, gas, and other fuels by 30.9 percentage points. The commodity price index for all income households in Camiguin posted at 154.3 which is also noted as the highest in the region.

So, how do inflation and CPI affect you? Inflation erodes your purchasing power. This means that, as prices of goods and services increase, consumers can purchase or consume less and less for the same amount of money. This would sug-gest that your peso will be able to buy fewer goods next year, and yet fewer goods every year after that.

Moreover, an inverse relationship exists between purchasing power and CPI. Therefore, we expect that the purchasing power of the peso (PPP) will decline if CPI is high. If we try to look at the purchasing power of peso in Camiguin, it registered the lowest value with P0.65 and yet highest in CPI. Other provinces in region 10’s PPP ranged from P0.70 to P 0.75 and the CPIs were lower compared with the province of Camiguin.

The Purchasing Power of Peso shows how much the peso in the base period is worth in another period. It gives an indication of the real value of the peso in a given period relative to the peso value in the base period.

Seminar...from page 2

strategies and points to consider in handling question-and-answer ses-sions, making presentations, and conducting meetings.

This is the second batch of the seminar participated by employees who are di-rectly involved in the prepa-ration of official written and oral communication in their respective offices.

The topics discussed included a refresher on the grammar usage, sentence construction and paragraph development, preparation of office communication like memoranda, indorsements, letters, reports writing, and public speaking.

Communication experts in the academe were tapped as speakers who intelligently shared their wisdom to the participants through the lectures and exercises.

People...from page 7in a family of workers, Villar said she valued work not only as a means of achieving one’s goals but as a vehicle to help others earn income out of easily available materials such as water lilies, garbage and wastes. She cited as examples Villar Foundation’s Social Enterprises and Activities which include Water Hya-cinth Weaving, Handloom Blanket Weaving, Coco Net Production, Conversion of Kitchen and Garden Wastes into Organic Ferti lizer, Plastic Pulverizing into Hollow Blocks and Pavers, and Coastal Clean-up and Preservation. Villar has introduced these social enterprises and activities in Luzon, Visayas and Mind-anao where projects are reportedly ongoing and producing. Villar won in a landslide victory as representative of Las Piñas in 2001 and had been unanimously elected as president of the lady legislators of the 12th, 13th and 14th Congress. She led the way in initiating ac-tivities aimed at advancing and protecting the welfare of women, children and family. From 2004 to 2010, she chaired the Committee on Higher and Technical Education of the House of Representatives. As a staunch advocate for environmental conserva-tion and protection, Villar and her husband, Senator anny Villar, launched the Las-Piñas-Zapote River Sys-tem Rehabilitation Program in 2002 which received United Nations Best Wa-ter Management Practices Award in Celebration of the Water for Life Decade held in Zaragoza, Spain in March, 2011. The program was selected by the Dubai International Award and United Nations Human Settlements Programme for Best Practice in 2006. On March 24, 2009, it won the Oikos Global Case Writing

Competition sponsored by Oikos Foundation Switzer-land for sustainable liveli-hood program developed out of river wastes. It also won the Green Apple Award for Environmental Best Practicein London, United Kingdom on November 14, 2009. Cynthia Villar earned her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree from the Univer-sity of the Philippines and completed her Masters in Business Administration at New York University. She was a financial analyst and college professor until 1975 when she married former House Speaker and Senate President Manny Villar.

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Domain Title and An-cestral Domain Sustainable Development and Protec-tion Plan. The National Commission on Indig-enous Peoples supported the move.

Manda is also leading an effort to strengthen and unify the efforts of the Subanons in Zambo-anga Peninsula to protect their remaining contigu-ous ancestral domain. He is also actively meeting with other tribal leaders, mostly his relatives, from the towns of Sindangan, Bacungan, Siayan, Godod in Zamboanga del Norte; and Lakewood and Kuma-larang towns in Zamboanga del Sur.

He, along with Catholic bishops and environmental groups, are petitioners for the Writ of Kalikasan to protect the Mount Pinukis and its forests which is among the last untouched forest region in Zamboanga Peninsula, and is now being claimed by several mining companies.

The Subanon people consider Mount Pinukis as sacred and also serve as watershed in Zamboanga peninsula. (Mindanao Ex-aminer)

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Recipients of financial assistance from Misamis Oriental 1st District Rep. Peter M. Unabia get their checks from the congressman during the opening day of the 1st East Misor Business Forum and Trade Fair in Talisayan. A total of P2.2-million was given by Rep. Unabia to the Calubo Multi Purpose Coop, Membuli Multi Purpose Coop, Linabu Multi Purpose Coop, Built All Farmers Coop, Nammukao Multi Purpose Coop, Agay-ayan Multi Purpose Coop, Mananum Bag-o Farmers Coop, Mapua Agrarian Reform MP Coop, Ritarian Food Processors, Talisayan Municipal Federation of PWDs, and the Macopa Women’s organization.

Ms. Bebeng Dumadag (right), of the Office of Rep. Peter M. Unabia, hands a check to a beneficiary of the congressman’s livelihood program in the first district of the province. The financial assistance extended by the Rep. Unabia to several cooperatives for their livelihood projects totaled P2.2-million. This was held during the opening program of the 1st East Misor Business Forum and Trade Fair.

Talisayan Vice Mayor Rommel Maslog closes the open-ing program for the 1st East Misor Business Forum and Trade Fair on Monday morning at the town plaza. With him on stage are Misamis Oriental 1st District Rep. Peter M. Unabia, his wife Erlinda S. Unabia, his brother Eugene M. Unabia, his sister Marilyn U. Martinez who came from the US, and Sugbongcogon Mayor Jerry Lagbas. The agri fair will be open to the public until Friday.

Farmers’ products of eastern Misamis Oriental are dis-played at one of the booths in the 1st East Misor Business Forum and Trade Fair being held at the public plaza of Talisayan. The fair brings together farmers and fish-erfolk of the province for promotion of their livelihood and business matching. Congressman Peter Unabia and the Talisayan municipal government have joined forces for the holding of this event, the first in the first district of Misamis Oriental.

PHOTOS BY GERRY L. GORIT, Photojournalist

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