One Mindanao - October 2, 2011

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C O N T E N T SNATIONAL• Leptospirosis is ‘very’ deadly – DOH• DA streamlines ACEF grants

Central Mindanao (SOCSKSARGEN)

• Provincial govt renews call for rabies vaccination• Kato hahabulin ng AFP at MILF• Sema nanawagan ng bayanihan para masolusyunan ang pagbabaha sa Maguindanao

Northeastern Mindanao (Caraga)

• DSWD Caraga conducted the 1st Convergence Caravan• Butuan dad convenes partner agencies, stakeholders to discuss dev’t plans for IPs• Rabies Prevention and Control Program, gihingusgan sa Agusan• P35-K, kita gikan sa mga viewers ni buwayang Lolong• Surigao del Sur, gitay-og sa magnitude 5.1 nga linog- USGS• P506-K nga kahoy’ng Lawaan, nakumpiska sa Brgy. Dangkias

Western Mindanao (Zamboanga Peninsula)

• Pasulit alang sa mga out-of-school youth gitakda pagahimoon karong Nobyembre- DepEd• PLGPMI magpahigayon ug 11th Regional Assembly Zamboanga• Gobyerno mipasalig sa supisyenteng pondo para sa mga OFWs

Northern Mindanao

• ‘Search for 2011 MOFYA in region 10 has 8 nominees • Church group appeals to NPA to release the Initao vendors• Protest rally opens Coop Month celebration in Cag. de Oro • Bloodletting highlights 6th day of Nat’l Maritime Week in Cag. de Oro• NSCB to conduct capacity building for designated statisticians in region 10

Southern Mindanao (Davao)

• Panabo elderly join sports fete• Pollution control officers push for inclusion of Envi laws in school curriculum

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Today’s coverfeatures

Bukidnonthe highland pardise

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An Electronic News Magazine published daily by Philippine Information Agency (PIA)

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Cover Story:

Bukidnon: The highland paradise

by Ruby Leonora R. Balistoy

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Famous for its rich agriculture, healthy livestock, and flourishing forest, Bukidnon is the highland paradise in the heart of bubbling Mindanao, where the spectacular

Kaamulan Festival is annually celebrated.


This mountaintop province of 1.2 million people spread across 20 towns and two compo-nent cities prides itself in being Mindanao’s food basket. Its rich soil produce high grade flowers, fruits and vegetables, among them broccoli, cauliflow-er, sweet bell pepper, to-mato, carrot, potato, and other high-value crops, which are regularly shipped to major markets in the country. Lately, the Agro-Industrial Trade Center was established. Its storage facility keeps the lettuce and asparagus fresh even after reaching foreign markets. Del Monte Philip-pines’ sweet pineapples are also grown here. Its fresh and canned pineap-ples are exported to the United States of America, Middle East, Europe, and the rest of Asia Pacific particularly in New Zea-land, Bermudas, Hong-kong, South Korea, Ja-pan, and China. In harmony with na-ture Bukidnons have very strong reasons why they

prefer to intertwine har-moniously with nature. It is home to over 400 spe-cies of natural grown and planted trees. This has inspired Governor Alex Calingasan to intensify its greening program by planting not only Philip-pine trees of indigenous species, but also exotic forest trees. Mt. Kitanglad, the country’s second highest mountain, stands proudly here with a bird watching site. It is the comfortable abode for wildlife, which includes the Philippine Eagle. The Asia’s longest dual zip line, also, lies in the pristine wildlife at Dahilayan Adventure Park. With cool mountain breeze and ever green pine trees surrounding the area, experience the breathtaking and heart pumping zip line adven-tures at an elevation drop of 100 meters with speed ranging from 60-100 kph. Likewise, the Del Monte golf course and country club here is one of the major golf destina-tions in the world due to

its perfect landscape, mini lake, and well trimmed greens that offer a mar-velous haven for golf en-thusiasts. When temperatures surge and the hassles of everyday life start to overwhelm, it’s comfort-ing to know that there is a sanctuary for those who seek serenity and peace. The Monastery of Transfiguration and the Carmelite Sister’s Monas-tery, separately located in mountains and hills, are perfect places for quiet moments and prayer. Not only is Bukid-non endowed with natu-ral attractions. With an average elevation of 915 meters above sea level, the province’s terrain is characterized by deep ravines and thick forest mountains which protect the province from storms, making it typhoon-free. There are countless reasons why Bukidnons love nature. Find time to come and visit us here. Before you know it, you will be adding other rea-sons why this province should naturally be as it is—a highland paradise.

Cover Story:Bukidnon: the highland.......from page 3


Leptospirosis is ‘very’ deadly – DOHThe Department of Health reiterated

that leptospirosis is ‘very’ deadly.

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This, after most parts of Metro Manila was submerged with flood waters early this week caused by ty-phoon ‘Pedring.’ In a release by the Department of Health, Center for Health De-velopment-Metro Ma-nila (CHD-MM) Region-al Director Eduardo Janairo reported that cases of leptospirosis are fast rising as series of typhoons continue to bring flood waters in various areas of Metro Manila. Janairo said the disease brought about by rats can be very deadly as it is transmit-ted through humans from contaminated waters, especially rat urine. “Once it comes into contact with cuts and open wounds in the skin, a person may develop high-grade fe-ver, muscle pain and nausea. If complica-tions may arise, it can

lead to renal failure, respiratory distress and eventually death,” said Janairo. He asked the pub-lic to avoid wading, and most of all swim-ming in flood waters. If unavoidable, the DOH advises the public to wear proper protection like boots and gloves, and other protective gears. The CHD-MM chief also advised hospitals to immediately treat patients with high fe-ver and provide Rapid Diagnostic Test (RDT). “There should be no deaths caused by leptospirosis because it is treatable and pre-ventable,” Janairo stressed. Meanwhile, Janai-ro advised those who have been exposed to flood waters to imme-diately seek medical help if they start not to feel well.CHD’s Regional Epi-demiology and Sur-

veillance Unit records showed 391 cases of leptospirosis, with 31 deaths from January to September 8, 2011. According to DOH, majority of the cases belonged to the age group from 15-30 years old, with 159 cases and five deaths. Among the cities with the most number of recorded cases of leptospirosis are: Ma-nila (79), Quezon City (76), Caloocan (3), Malabon (4), Navotas (27), Valenzuela (21), Parañaque (22), Pasay (19), Makati (12), Las Piñas (10), and Taguig (10). Recently, Mariki-na City Health offi-cials distributed some medicines against lep-tospirosis to evacuees. Hundreds of residents flee their homes after Marikina River over-flowed due to continu-ous heavy rains caused by ‘Pedring.’

Leptospirosis is......from page 5


Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Proceso Alcala said over the weekend that their agency will offer a more streamlined grant from the Agricultural Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (ACEF) to help boost agricultural

productivity and capability for market competition.

DA streamlines ACEF grants

Alcala noted such was not the case before when ACEF withdraw-als consisted of more loans than grants. “Of the total ACEF funds, 60 percent will be for grants and 10 percent will be for scholarships while only 30 percent will be for loans,” Alcala said. He said that this funding primarily ex-tends assistance to small farmers, fisher-folk and agricultural entrepreneurs nation-wide. Alcala also em-phasized the need for refocusing the distri-bution of ACEF funds, noting that target ben-eficiaries concerned must receive the fi-nancial assistance they need to be competitive locally and globally. Republic Act 8178

(Agricultural Tariffica-tion Act of 1996) cre-ated ACEF which pools tariffs or taxes collect-ed from agricultural commodities imported under the minimum access volume (MAV) mechanism. MAV is the vol-ume of an agricultural product allowed to be imported with a low-er tariff as committed by the Philippines to World Trade Organi-zation under the Uru-guay Round Final Act, RA 8178 reads. ACEF funds are for competitiveness-en-hancing initiatives like providing irrigation and farm-to-market roads, post-harvest facilities, credit, research and development, market-ing, re-training and extension services. Citing latest avail-

able data, Alcala said government’s ACEF collection from 1999 to 2010 totaled PhP10.79 billion. Of this amount, he said government previ-ously released to some 304 borrowers ACEF loans totaling PhP5.82 billion. Government also released as ACEF grants a total PhP2.96 billion or nearly only half of loans drawn from the facility, he added. “ACEF funds still available in the Na-tional Treasury is about PhP1.9 billion,” he said. RA 8178 provides that proceeds of MAV importation “shall ac-crue to the General Fund and shall be de-posited with the Na-tional Treasury.” (DA/RJB/JCP-PIA NCR)


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Provincial govt renews call for rabies vaccinationKORONADAL CITY, Oct 2 (PIA) -- Officials of South Cotabato’s Provincial Veterinary Office (PVet) have renewed their call to residents of the province to have their pet dogs vaccinated against rabies.

PVet conducted mass vaccination and cas-tration in T’boli town on Wednesday to celebrate the World Rabies Aware-ness Day but only six of its 27 barangays have supported the activity. From January to June, three resi-dents in the munici-pality died of rabies. Provincial health officials also searched for at least 40 individ-uals in the area who killed and ate a suspect-ed rabid dog for their post exposure prophy-laxis to prevent more deaths due to rabies.

Dr. Lorna Lamor-ena has also called on barangay officials to encourage their con-stituents to support the campaign to rid the prov-ince of the fatal virus. She said they only charge a fee of P10 for each shot of anti rabies vaccine. She added the amount is very mini-mal as compared to the cost of treatment which could amount at least P16,000 once a person is exposed to the virus. Death cannot be avoided once rabies vi-rus has attacked the

nervous system, Lam-orena pointed out. A report from the provincial epidemiology and surveillance unit said that South Cota-bato government has al-ready spent more than P9 million for anti-rabies vaccines since 2009. Of the said amount P2.7 million were spent this year to prevent the escalation of the re-cent spate of rabies in-cidents in the province. This year, rabies has been listed among the top ten diseas-es in South Cotabato.

by Dani Doguiles


Kato hahabulin ng AFP at MILFKORONADAL CITY, Okt. 2 (PIA) -- Hahabulin ng Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) si Kumander Ameril Umbra Kato sa panahong opisyal na itong ititiwalag ng Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).

Subalit nili-naw ni Lt. Gen. Arthur Tabaque-ro, commander ng Eastern Min-danao Command, na gagagawin nila ang paghahabol kay Kato katuwang ang MILF base sa probisyon ng ilang kasunduang pinir-mahan ng MILF at government peace panel sa nagpap-atuloy na usapang pangkapayapaan. Matatandaang ilang opisyal ng MILF ang nagpa-hayag na inalis na

nila sa listahan ng kanilang miyembro si Kato matapos hindi ito tumugon sa kanilang Sep-tember 26 dead-line para bumalik sa MILF at buwagin ang kanyang itina-tag na Bangsam-oro Islamic Free-dom Movement (BIFM). Kasabay rito, hindi na um-ano sakop si Kato sa ceasefire agree-ment at prosesong pangkapayapaan. Ani Tabaque-ro, hinihintay na lamang nila ang

opisyal na de-klarasyon ng MILF hinggil sa tuluyang pagtiwalag kay Kato bago nila simulan ang military action. Si Kato ay may standing warrant of arrest sa kasong multiple murder, 15 kaso ng arson, 9 na kaso ng at-tempted murder, at 26 na kaso ng frustrated murder at robbery bunsod ng ilang pag-atake ng kanyang grupo sa North Cotaba-to at Maguindan-ao noong 2008.


Sema nanawagan ng bayanihan para masolusyunan ang pagbabaha sa MaguindanaoKORONADAL CITY, Okt. 2 (PIA) – Bayanihan ng mga pamahalaang lokal at kanilang mga nasasakupang kumunidad ang isang magandang solusyon sa pagbabaha sa Maguindanao, ayon kay Maguindanao First District Rep. Bai Sema.

Habang wala pang kagamitan tu-lad ng dredger ang pamahalaan lokal ng Cotabato City at lalawigan ng Magu-indanao mas main-am aniya na regu-lar na mag-organisa ng bayanihan ang mga LGU sa Pulan-gi River Rio Grande de Mindanao at iba pang ilog sa lugar. Sa ganitong paraan lang umano mapapanatiling ma-linis ang mga daluy-an ng tubig sa mga water hyacinths at

iba pang nakabarang dumi na dahilan ng pagbabaha sa maram-ing bayan sa Mindan-ao at Cotabato City. Nitong naka-lipas na linggo sa kahilingan ni Rep. Sema pinahiram ng Department of Public Works and Highways Region 12 ang Magu-indanao ng isang watermaster na tu-mulong para hukayin ang may halos 10 ektaryang water hy-acinth na bumara sa tubig malapit sa Taviran Bridge.

Tumulong din sa pag-alis ng water lily ang mga volun-teer at mga sunda-long pinadala ng 6ID gamit ang bolo, pala at iba pang matatalim na kagamitan. Sa taya ng Pro-vincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Man-agement Council ng Maguindanao umabot sa mahigit 50,000 na pamilya ang lumikas dahil sa pagbaha sa 16 na bayan. Sam-pung barangay din sa Cotabato City ang nalubog sa baha.


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The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Caraga conducted recently the 1st Convergence Caravan for the 1st District of Agusan del Norte, with the theme

“Kaya ng Pinoy Tumawid sa Kahirapan”, at Almont Hotel’s Inland Resort, this city.

by Maria Rebecca C. Ayaton

DSWD Caraga conducted the 1st Convergence Caravan

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DSWD Caraga...from page 13

DSWD Caraga gathered 150 Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries from Butuan City and 100 from the municipal-ity of Las Nieves, Agusan del Norte, partner agen-cies and the media to witness the caravan and to gain support for the budget of the Philippine conditional cash transfer (CCT). In the said cara-van, DSWD Caraga Re-gional Director Merced-ita Jabagat briefed the public about Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Pro-gram (4Ps). Jabagat also reported the DSWD’s performance status of compliance from May to June. “There are already 7,957 registered Pan-tawid Pamilya beneficia-ries in Butuan and 2221

in Las Nieves. About 41 million worth of cash grants was disbursed to Butuan City beneficia-ries and 29 million pesos to Las Nieves beneficia-ries”, said Jabagat. Meanwhile, benefi-ciaries testified on how the 4Ps have helped their lives. Hera Belo-ria, a twelve year-old girl, and an honor stu-dent from Las Nieves said that the program was of great help for her family especially in her studies. “Because of the program, I can now buy the school supplies that I need ug makabayad nako sa akong mga bay-ronon sa eskwelahan (and I can now pay my school fees), said Belo-ria. Also, the benefi-

ciaries were given op-portunity to consult and inquire concerning live-lihood and employment issues because partner agencies of DSWD such as Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Technical Education and Skills Development Au-thority (TESDA) and De-partment of Labor-Pub-lic Employment Service Offices (DOLE-PESO) stationed their desks for the said purpose. The Convergence Caravan is actually the three core programs of DSWD, the 4Ps, Kahi-rapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KA-LAHI-CIDSS) and Self- Employment Assistance Kaunlaran (SEA-K).

Butuan dad convenes partner agencies, stakeholders to discuss dev’t plans for IPsBUTUAN CITY, Oct. 2 (PIA) – Convergence partners from the government and private stakeholders convened Friday, Sept. 30 for the one-day initial Workshop for the “Formulation of a Master Plan for the Eco-Cultural Development of Barangays Anticala and Pianing of this city under Certificate of Ancestral Domain Title (CADT 135).

by Jennifer P. Gaitano


In a written state-ment, Mayor Ferdinand Amante, Jr bared that the formulation of a master plan for the Eco-Cultural Development of said barangays is part of the APTO’s Ancestral Domain Sustainable Development and Pro-tection Plan (ADSDPP). Thus, the meet-ing/workshop was aimed primarily at: a) Revisiting the Conver-gence Cluster Plans; b) Identifying significant priorities to form part of a Master plan for the Eco-Cultural Develop-ment of the area; and c) Making practical ar-

rangements for the implementation of the plan. It was learned that the convergence partners will be focus-ing on the high impact projects/strategies for the IPs with the follow-ing: a) Cultural Devel-opment; b) Socio-Eco-nomic Development; and c) Environmental development. During the meet-ing, convergence part-ners expressed their commitment to support the IPs thru their re-spective programs and services. Also, leaders of

the Manobo tribe pres-ent ensured the conver-gence partners of their active participation and cooperation to the pro-grams and services be-ing offered to them by the government and partner stakeholders. The activity is fa-cilitated by a team of collaborating entities including the Technical Working Group (TWG) of the city govern-ment, National Com-mission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP), the Si-bog Katawhan Alang sa Paglambo (SIKAP, Inc.) and the Anticala-Pia-ning Tibal Organization (APTO) with support from the Indigenous Peoples Development Program (IPDP), a tech-nical cooperation initia-tive of the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Spanish International Develop-ment Agency (AECID) in partnership with the government of the Phil-ippines.

Butuan dad...from page 14


Gipahayag ni Dr. Belen Aruelo, hepe sa ma-ong buhatan, usa kini ka es-pesyal nga programa ni Agu-san del Norte Gov. Erlpe John Amante. Dugang ni Dr. Aruelo,

nagkataas ang ihap sa kaso sa rabbies sa tibuok kalibutan rason nga tinguha sa gober-nador nga pa injectionan ang tanang binuhing iro sanglit sagad sa mga kaso sa rabbies ang nag-gikan sa

nahisgutang mananap. Tinguha usab sa gobernador nga wala nay Agusanon ang mamatay tungod lamang sa kama-ndag sa rabbies. (BR/PIA-Caraga)

Rabies Prevention and Control Program, gihingusgan sa Agusan

BUTUAN CITY, Oct. 2 (PIA) - Gihingusgan karon sa Agusan del Norte Provincial Veterinary Office ang programang Rabbies Prevention and Control sa probensya.

BUTUAN CITY, Oct. 2 (PIA) - Normal na matud pa ang flow sa mga taong nagalantaw kang Lolong.

P35-K, kita gikan sa mga viewers ni buwayang Lolong

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Sa pakighinabi kang Bunawan Mayor Edwin Elorde, inanay ng na-plastar ang area nga gika-himutangan sa buwaya hinungdan nga kontrolado na usab sa mga opisyal ang pagdugok sa mga ta-ong molantaw kaniya. Subay niini, gibutyag usab ni Mayor Elorde nga wala pa gihapon nikaon si

Lolong sukad pa sa pag-sikop niini apan gipane-guro sa opisyal nga nor-mal lang sa buwaya ang dugay nga pagkaon basta kanunay lang kining naga-pagawas sa iyang hugaw. Dugang pa niini, nga ubay-ubayng katawhan ang molili kang Lolong kon-diin minimum nga kita niini ang P10,000 matag adlaw

samtang P30-35,000 usab matag weekends. Giklaro usab sa may-or nga aduna nay mga na-kapaskin nga mga tarpau-lins sa lungga ni Lolong kondiin nakalatid ang mga “do’s & dont’s” sa paglan-taw kang Lolong aron usab dili mabag-uhan ang naa-suyng hayop. (BR/PIA-Caraga)

Surigao del Sur, gitay-og sa magnitude 5.1 nga linog- USGSBUTUAN CITY, Oct. 2 (PIA) - Nakatala karon sa bag-ong pagtay-og ang United States Geological Survey (USGS) sa usa ka probinsya sa Mindanao.

Basi sa datus sa USGS, gitay-og sa mag-nitude 5.1 nga linog ang amihanang sidlakan sa Surigao del Sur diin ang epicenter napalgan sa lungsod sa Lingig.

Sa estimate usab sa Philippines Institute of Volcanology and Seis-mology (Phivolcs) duna kini gilagmong 32 kilo-metros og gikaingong tectonic in origin. Subay niini, nasi-

natian ang intensity-3 sa dakbayan sa Bislig. Walay gikatahong nagbilin kini og damyos sa mga kabtangan sa nasangpit nga probin-sya. (BR/PIA-Caraga)

P506-K nga kahoy’ng Lawaan, nakumpiska sa Brgy. DangkiasBUTUAN CITY, Oct. 2 (PIA) - Gibana-banang mosuma-total sa P500,000 ang kantidad sa mga kahoy’ng Lawaan nga nakumpiska sa hiniusang pwersa sa 13th Regional Public Safety Battalion ug Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Anti-Illegal Logging Task Force.

Basi sa report, na-rekober sa mga oto-ridad ang gi-abandu-nang 11,000 board feet ug 8,000 board feet sa Brgy. Dangkias ning

dakbayan. Padayon pang gi-ila ang mga respons-ableng nagpaluyo sa pag-abanduna sa mga naasuyng kahoy.

Tungod niini, mas gipahugtan pa sa DENR-Caraga ang ilang kam-panya batuk sa illegal logging. (BR/PIA-Car-aga)

p35-K, Kita gikan...from page 16


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Ang Departamento sa Edukasyon (DepEd) pinaagi sa National Education Testing and Research Center nagpahibalo nga ang Philippine Educational Place-ment Test (PEPT) pagahimoon karong Nobyembre

20, 2011 alang sa Luzon ug Nobyembre 27, alang sa Bisayas ug Mindanaoang.

Pasulit alang sa mga out-of-school youth gitakda pagahimoon karong Nobyembre- DepEdby Claro A. Lanipa


Matod pa ni DepEd Secretary Armin Luistro and PEPT gitumong sa pagdani sa mga out-of-school youth ug ibu-tang kanila sa pormal sistema sa pagtungha kon gusto sila. Pinaa-gi sa PEPT, gusto usab nato i-validate ug i-accredit ang kahibalo ug kabatid sa natad sa pagtuon nakab-ot pina-agi sa informal ug non-formal pamaagi. Ug sa unahan, and PEPT mo-hatag ug dalan alang kanila sa pagsulod ba-lik sa pormal nga pag-eskuwela, pagtuboy ug trabaho, pagbansay ug pag-empleyo,” dugtong ni Luistro. Ang PEPT gipunt-ing sa mga Pilipinong lungsuranon kinsa wala nakahuman pagtung-ha sa elementarya ug sekondarya sa dili mo-minus sa usa ka tuig. Alang usab kini sa wala gayud moagi ug pormal

nga edukasyon apan makabasa ug maka-sulat, o kaha niadtong nagtrabaho na karon apan nagkinahanglan ug i-upgrade ang il-ang academic level sa elementarya man o sekondarya. Dugang pa, interesadong mga apli-kante kinahanglan ang iyang edad usa ka tuig labaw sa ilang grade/year level sa pormal sistema pag-eskuwela. Mga aplikante ki-nahanglan magdala sa birth certificate gikan sa NSO o Local Civil Registrar duly authen-ticated (original ug 2 photo-copies), duha ka buok bag-ong 1”x1” nga litrato ug school re-cord (original ug 2 pho-tocopies) sa Form 137 (Transcript of Records adunay selyo sa esku-welahan ug gipirmahan sa principal o registrar) kon Form 138 (Report Card uban sa selyo sa

eskuwelahan ug gipir-mahan sa principal/registrar) alang sa el-ementary ug Form 137 alang sa sekondarya. Ang mokuha sa PEPT mobayad ug P50 alang sa regular pasu-lit matag Nobyembre sa mga gitudlo testing centers sa tibuok nasud ug P200 alang sa walk-in o special administra-tion nga pagahimoon gikan sa Enero hang-tod Junyo sa DepEd-NETRC sa Pasig City. Alang sa ele-mentary, ang pasu-lit gilangkoban sa Science,Mathematics, HeKaSi (Heograpiya, Kasaysayan at Sibika), Filipino ug English. Sa sekondarya, ang pa-sulit alang sa first year molangkob sa General Science, Elementary Algebra, Philippine His-tory (Kasaysayan at Pa-mahalaan ng Pilipinas), English I ug Filipino I;

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Pasulit alang....from page 18


DIPOLOG CITY, Oct. 2 (PIA)—Usa ka asembliya nga pasiugdahan Philippines League of Government and Private Midwives, Incorporated, Western Mindanao Chapter ang nakatakdang ipahigayon karong Nobyembre 18 ug 19 didto sa New Grand Astora Hotel, sa dakbayan sa Zamboanga.

Alayon niini, si Ms. Fely Bontilao, Regional President sa PLGPMI-Western Mindanao Chapter nagdapit sa tanang midwives ug mga komandronas sa Zamboanga del Norte

nga motambong sa 11th Regional Assembly nga ipahigayon sa na-sangpit nga dakbayan sa nahisgutang petsa. Matod pa ni Bon-tilao, ang asembliya nagtumong nga matuki

ug mahatagan ug dug-ang kahibalo ang mga midwives ug mga ko-madronas, kabahin sa Nutritional Deficien-cy; Anemia ug uban pang matang sa Iron Deficiency Disorders

alang sa second year, naglangkob sa Biology, Intermediate Algebra, Asian History (Kasay-sayan ng mga Bansang Asyano), English II ug Filipino II; alang sa third year, mao ang Chem-

istry, Geometry, World History (Kasaysayan ng Daigdig), English III ug Filipino III; alang sa fourth year, ang exam molangkab sa Phys-ics, Advance Algebra, Trigonometry, Statis-

tics, Economics, Eng-lish IV ug Filipino IV.Ang PEPT mahimong ihatag usab sa mga tawong adunay dipe-rensya sa panglan-taw- kon Braille o non- Braille readers.

PLGPMI magpahigayon ug 11th Regional Assembly Zamboangaby Alfonso T. Ruda

Pasulit alang....from page 19

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sa mga nagsabak ug mga nanganak na kon Post partium mother. Gawas niini, tuki-on usab sa asembliya ang kabahin sa epekto sa pagpanigarilyo sa mga kababayihan ug epekto sa paghanggab ug aso sa sigarilyo sa

mga inahan, pag-ati-man sa panglawas sa kabataan ug uban pa. Matod pa ni Bon-tilao, ang obligasyon lang sa mga parti-pantes mao ang 400 pe-sos nga registration fee nga gamiton ra usab sa ilang paniudto ug me-

rienda sulod sa duha ka adlawng asembliya. Ang asembliya sa PLGPMI nagdala sa tema nga “”Roadmap to Universal Health-care, Kalusugan Noon, Ngayon at Bu-kas, Primary Health-care pa rin ang Lunas.”

DIPOLOG CITY, Oct. 2 (PIA)—Taliwala sa kontrobersya kabahin sa giingong “lump sum” funds, ang gobyerno mipasalig nga walay nakuha bisan usa ka dako sa 100 ka milyon ka pesos nga Legal Assistance Fund (LAF) nga alang sa mga Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) diha sa proposed budget sa Department of Foreign Affairs sunod tuig.

Gobyerno mipasalig sa supisyenteng pondo para sa mga OFWs

Sumala pa ni Cebu Representative Eduardo Gullas, kini tungod kay ilang gi-lantaw ang LAF nga mohatag ug tukmang panabang-legal sa

nagakadaghang mga OFWs nga posibling makasinati ug prob-lema o kaha makahimo ug kalapasan batok sa balaod didto sa na-sod nga ilang adtoan.

“Samtang na-gakdaghan na ang mga Filipino ang moadto sa ubang mga nasod aron manar-baho, posibli na usab nga magakdaghan

PLGPMI magpahigayon....from page 20


Gobyerno mipasalig....from page 21

ang mga OFWs nga posibling mag-kaproblema. Kining LAF gamiton lamang gayod para isupor-ta sa maong mga OFWs sa pagpanali-pod kanila sa kasong ilang atubangon,” matod pa ni Gullas. Sa proposed General Appropria-tions Act of 2012, ang gobyerno nagbutang ug bag-ong 30 mi-lyones ka pesos sa proposed DFA bud-get aron magpabi-lin ang LAF nga 100

ka milyon ka pesos. Ang LAF unang na-establisar sa balaod nga 100 ka mi-lyon ka pesos, diin 50 milyones ka pesos ku-haon gikan sa Contin-gency Fund sa Presi-dente; 30 milyones ka pesos gikan sa Social Fund sa Presidente; ug 20 milyones ka pesos gikan sa Trust Fund sa Overseas Workers Welfare Ad-ministration (OWWA). Ang pondo pada-ganon sa Legal Assis-tant for Migrant Work-

ers sa DFA nga maoy responsable sa pa-ghatag ug kinatibuk-ang koordinasyon para sa mga legal aid services sa mga OFWs ug uban pang mga Filipino nga tua sa gawas sa nasod. Lakip sa mga gas-tong gamitan sa LAF mao ang profession-al fees sa mga lang-yawng abogado nga mo-representar sa OFW sa kaso; bayad sa piyansa; ug uban pang gastong may kalabutan sa kaso.


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At least eight (8) families from Northern Mindanao have been nominated to the 2011 Model Overseas Filipino Workers Family of the Year Awards (MOFYA) of the region.

by Nestor B. Flores, Jr.

An annual event of OWWA, MOFYA aims to give recognition to OFW’s and their families who have demonstrat-ed steady and enduring family ties, outstanding community service and financial stability. Regional Director

Petrona M. Bergado of the Overseas Workers’ Welfare Administration (OWWA), region 10, said three (3) of the nomi-nees are land-based while five (5) others are sea-based. Awarding of the re-gional winner will take

place on Monday, Oct. 3, 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at Grand Caprice Restaurant, Lim Ket Kai Complex, this city. Meanwhile, she said the nominees in the land-based category are the families of Engr. Emelito L. Dades of San

Search for 2011 MOFYA in region 10 has 8 nominees


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Search for 2011....from page

CAGAYAN DE OR0 CITY, Misamis Oriental, Oct. 2 (PIA) – The Social Ac-tion Center (SCA) of the Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro, has appealed to the New People’s Army (NPA) to release the six (6) vendors from Initao, this province, who they abducted, last August 19.

Church group appeals to NPA to release the Initao vendorsby Rutchie Cabahug-Aguhob

Carlos, Valencia City, Engr. Ferzenio Socorro G. Gonzales of Steel-makers’ Village, Tubod, Iligan City and Mauro G. Pandero of Poblacion 2, Villanueva, Mis. Or. Those of the sea-based category are Capt. Ereberto C. Cab-erte of Don Juan Sub-division, Pala-o, Iligan City, Luis L. Denuyo of San Carlos, Valencia City, 3rd Mate Alvan B. Magallones of Damilag, Manolo Fortich, Bukid-non, Capt. Rolando H. Humar of Lower Jasaan, Mis. Or., and AB Elpedio C. Obeñita of San Car-los, Valencia City. Bergado said nom-inated for MOFYA are OFW’s, married or sin-gle, who is the head of the family with at least four(4) years of experi-ence working as a land-

based or sea-based OFW and the family is known to have demonstrated strong and good family relations in the commu-nity where they reside. The family mem-bers must have attained educational achieve-ments and exemplary performance in their re-spective professions and active community in-volvement in socio-civic and religious activities and initiates or supports community projects. Likewise, the fam-ily must have properly harnessed the finan-cial gains from OFWs’ overseas employment, thereby making the OFW family financially stable.Bergado, however, said a Filipino Family who ac-quired immigrant status in other countries are not eligible for nomina-

tion. Meanwhile, the following list of institu-tions/organizations are qualified to nominate: OFW organizations/ in-stitutions, non-gov-ernment organizations (NGO), people’s organi-zations, religious organi-zations or associations, community-based socio-civic clubs,academe and local government units. She also said no in-dividual nomination shall be accepted and that the criteria for judging is di-vided categorically into: Wholesomeness of the OFW Family, 50%, civic community/religious in-volvement of the OFW family, 20%, success in the OFW and/or fam-ily member/s education or profession, 20% and success in managing family finances, 10%.


The vendors, namely: James Mabay-lan, Nelson Bagares, Se-gundino Dailo, Ernesto Callo Jr., Julieto Sarsaba and Ronald Boiles are all residents of Tubigan, Ini-tao, who left their place on August 10, on board a rented cargo truck. They brought with them some 50 locally manufactured wooden beds, with improvised mattress made out of indigenous materials, such as, coconut coir and covered it with syn-thetic foam, which they wanted to sell in Davao City. Along the way, the group stopped in some points of the trip and hired local guides who helped them go around town to peddle the beds, which they sold within the range of Php1,200 to Php1,500.This was how they earned their living for more than 10 years, now. They would leave Initao for about a week and then return home, after all the beds were sold out. On Aug. 19, they

told their wives, through their mobile phones, that only 19 beds were left unsold, and that they were already in the Pak-ibato District, along the Bukidnon-Davao border, about to take the diver-sion road or short cut to Davao via San Fernando town in Bukidnon. So far, that was the last message from the group, that their wives claimed to have received, as the news of their ab-duction came from the grapevine, which the NPA has confirmed to be in their custody because the vendors were mis-taken to be government spies. For more than two (2) months now, the re-maining beds have been left to rot, after being left to the elements un-attended. Meanwhile, the SAC has also enjoined all the faithful to offer incessant prayers for the settle-ment of the situation in the name of peace, dur-ing a media forum held at the Archbishop’s House in the city, recently. Present during the

forum were the wives of five (5) of the victims, as well, as the mother of the 6th, who asked the help of the media in their appeal to the NPA to re-lease their husbands. “We, in the SAC, with bended knees, prayerfully appeal to whoever is responsible for the abduction for the immediate release of the vendors of Initao without harm and ran-som,” Fr. Lerio Fr. Nathan C. Lerio, SSJV, Director of SAC, said in his letter of appeal to the general public. “Let us respect hu-man rights and promote democratic and peace-ful dwelling being freed from harassment and coercion,” he said. We cannot attain peace and prosperity through human right vi-olations but only in the spirit of dialogue, self-giving love and respect human dignity that we enjoy a peaceful and progressive society, he said. Fr. Lerio has also begged the national and local leaders, law enforc-

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ers, civic organizations and religious sectors to have concerted actions just to settle the social issues that jeopardize the security and welfare of our citizenry. “We earnestly pray for the concerned fami-lies whose family mem-bers’ lives are endan-gered to hold faith in God and remain strong

with fervent hope that things will be well by the grace of God. We are in solidarity with you in this trying moments,” he added. Rosemarie, wife of James Mabaylan said her husband, the driver of the cargo truck, is al-ready a senior citizen, who never had a record of mischief in their place.

So too, with all his com-panions and she cannot understand why the NPA is holding them. “We solely depend on our husbands for a living. Some of our chil-dren had to stop going to school because we can no longer afford their daily needs,” the wives said.

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental, Oct. 2 (PIA) -- A protest-march by civil society organizations (CSO) greeted today’s opening of the October Cooperative Month celebration, in the city.

Protest rally opens Coop Month celebration in Cag. de Oroby Elaine O. Ratunil

Organized by Task Force “TOO BIG” and its supporters, in collabora-tion with the Cooperative Movement,” the protest started with a holy mass at 7:00 a.m. at the Pro-vincial Capitol. Fr. Nathan Lerio, SSJV, Chairperson of the Good Governance Apos-tolate (GGA), Archdio-cese of Cagayan de Oro, said the protest was

aimed at making the CSO voice be heard on the following issues: The unjustified wa-ter rate increase imposed by the Cagayan de Oro Water District (COWD) and the demand for its good governance, trans-parency, accountability and improved water ser-vices to its consumers. The task force cited the 30% increase of the

price of water currently imposed by the COWD on the water consumers is too much. It also cited some of COWD’s irregularities, such as, the Commission on Audit (COA) report of showing a disbursement of Php41 million of “dis-bursements without le-gal basis.” Another irregularity cited was the huge 56%

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of “systems loss” of un-billed water and other management and oper-ational inefficiencies. “Water is a very rel-evant issue that affects all of us in Cagayan de Oro and may have na-tional repercussions as

we lead other CSO’s in our country to take a closer look and exam-ine the management and operations of the Government-Owned-Controlled Corporation (GOCC) Water Districts,” the task force said.

“We hope our crusade/advocacy/cam-paign on this issue, will effect changes for the better, such as, mak-ing the GOCC’s publicly or consumer-owned and controlled,” it also said.

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental, Oct. 2 (PIA) –The conduct of a bloodletting activity at the Capitol University (CU) grounds provided one of the highlights of the 6th day, Sept. 30, of the National Maritime Week (NMW), observed here, from Sept. 25-Oct. 1, this year.

Bloodletting highlights 6th day of Nat’l Maritime Week in Cag. de Oro

The activity was led by the Philippine Red Cross, through the Northern Mindan-ao Blood Center (PRC-NMBC), with volunteer blood donors from the various schools offer-ing B.S. Marine courses and other school organi-zations, led by the uni-versity, Engr. Emmanuel B. Carpio, Regional Di-rector of the Maritime Industry Authority (MA-RINA), region 10, said. Also conducted in the area was the on-site

issuance of licenses by MARINA, application for clearances with the Na-tional Bureau of Investi-gation (NBI) and security paper for birth certifi-cates with National Sta-tistics Office (NSO) and re-issuance of licens-es by the Professional Regulations Commission (PRC). Meanwhile, a sym-posium was held on the updates of the maritime industry-related issues in the country that in-cluded, among others,

the following: Search and rescue and port state control, customs regulations and smuggling, quarantine on board ships, new shipping developments, immigration-watch list-ing and counseling. Health concerns, such as dengue, yellow-fever prevention, labor situation updates, assis-tance and consultation with the Overseas Wel-fare Workers’ Adminis-tration (OWWA) and the Philippine Overseas Em-

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ployment Administration (POEA) and environment protection and waste disposal. Resource persons during the symposium included the heads/rep-resentatives of MARINA,

Philippine Coast Guard District of Northern Min-danao District (PCGD-NM), Bureau of Customs (BuCos), Department of Health (DOH), De-partment of Labor and Employment (DOLE),

Departemnt of Environ-ment and Natural Re-sources (DENR), Msgr. Tex Legitimas and Atty. Casimiro B. Juarez, Jr. of CU.

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental, Oct. 2 (PIA) – Practical ap-plications on Measures of Central Tendencies, Ratios and Proportions, and Quartiles, Deciles and Percentiles will be among the topics of the training entitled “Capacity Building for Designated Statisticians,” to be held, here, this month.

NSCB to conduct capacity building for designated statisticians in region 10by Rutchie Cabahug-Aguhob

Linito M. Pascual, Secretary of the Re-gional Statistical Co-ordination Committee said the training will be spearheaded by the National Economic and Development authority (NEDA) and the Nation-al Statistical Coordina-tion Board (NSCB), in celebration of the Na-tional Statistics Month of October. Pascual, who is also the Officer-in-Charge and Regional Unit Head of NSCB-10

said no registration fee will be charged to the participants but en-joins that participat-ing agencies will send the same participant for the three (3) ses-sions, which is sched-uled on Oct. 13, 20 and 27, from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the NE-DA-RDC Conference Room, along Capist-rano-Echem Sts., this city. Other topics of the training include the practical applications

of Interpolation and Extrapolation, Simple Forecasting, Linear, Geometric and Mov-ing Averages, Means, Standard Errors, Coef-ficient of Variation, Test of Hypothesis, Analysis of Variance, Correla-tion, Regression, Indi-ces and Composite In-dexing. The training is lim-ited to 20 participants, who will be asked to bring his/her own lap top during the sessions, Pacual also said.

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Panabo elderly join sports fetePANABO CITY, Davao del Norte, Oct. 02 (PIA) – Over a thou-sand senior citizens here spent a grand time together in a weeklong elderly celebration with various activities that featured a socio-cultural and sports competition.

About 1,500 members of the se-nior citizen groups took center stage in the Elderly Week Cel-ebration last week as the city government honored them with a range of fun and treat.In the 16th Socio Cul-tural and Sports com-petition, the elder-ly gamely joined in events such as walk-aton, drama, dancer-cise, chess, dart and Search for Lolo Pogi and Lola Beauty which added more excitement during the program. Panabo City Mayor

Jose L. Silvosa, Sr. led the culmination pro-gram on September 28 at the Panabo Multi-Purpose Tourism Cul-tural and Sports Center. Silvosa attributed the improvement of the city to the unity and hard work of the elder-ly, saying “Without our senior citizen, there’s no such Panabo.” “The values that the senior citi-zens have could be a guide for the youth. They should emu-late the ways why the senior citizen succeed-ed up to this time,” the

mayor stated in the vernacular during his inspirational message.The City Government of Panabo through the City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO) prepared the Elderly Week activities. Other than contest and sports, the CSW-DO will also conduct a forum on the Repub-lic Act No. 9994 or the Expanded Senior Citi-zens Act of 2010 and RA 9442 or the Magna Carta for Disabled Per-son on October 5, 2011 at the ABC Hall New Pandan, Panabo City.

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Pollution control officers push for inclusion of Envi laws in school curriculumDAVAO CITY, Oct. 02 (PIA) – The more than 200 partici-pants to the Basic Training and Advance (AIR) Workshop for Pollution control Officer (PCO) I & II suggested that all environmental laws particularly on Ecological Solid Waste Management (ESWM) shall be included in school curriculum from the lowest grade up to college includ-ing vocational courses.

The PCO Training that was held Septem-ber 29-30, 2011 at the Grand Men Seng Hotel in this city, was participated in by representatives of local government units (LGUs), academe, hog raisers, poultry owners, and other establishments and industries from with-in Regions XI and XII. Dr. Marissa Tamayo-Barnuevo, own-

er of Marissa Barbueno Vitarich Grower and one of the participants to the said training, suggest-ed that using of plastic bags in the supermar-kets should be banned.She added that a sched-ule to buy wastes shall be set regularly and prop-erly announced so that even the children will be anticipating for the day to sell their wastes because

there is “Pera sa Basura”. Gil N. Indino, vice chairman of the Nabun-turan Integrated Min-ers Development Coop-erative (NIMDC), said that Republic Act 9003 known as Ecological Solid Waste Manage-ment must be included in the school curriculum. Narciso J. Samar of PLGU-Davao Oriental said clarification, reacti-

According to Panabo CSWD Offi-cer Eugene Ortigo-za, the observance of the elderly week aimed to give mean-ing and importance to the Senior Citizens.

Ortigoza said that the observance was very successful and ev-erybody enjoyed the day as they joined the different contest and sports events.The theme for this

year was dubbed as: “Nakatatanda: Gabay, Tulay,Kaagapay at Bantay Tungo sa Kaun-laran.” (CIO-Panabo/June Geraldo & Mark Anthony Gellor)

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vation and or strength-ening of institutional mechanisms in the im-plementation of various environmental related laws like RA 6969, 9003, among others, mean-ing, a memorandum list of the functions, duties roles and responsibilities of the respective LGUs be specifically identified and clearly disseminat-ed not only to the lo-cal chief executives but

also to the focal per-sons in implementation like the MENROs, PEN-ROs SWM Coordina-tors PCOs, and others. Dante M. Ganir, Of-ficer In-charge of the En-vironment and Natural Resources Office (ENRO) of the PLGU-Davao Ori-ental said, these sug-gestions of his co-par-ticipants to the said training must be given importance and shall

be treated as urgent. Nestor Silva Llana, also a participant said all environmental laws must be widely disseminated.Cesar M. Lanos, anoth-er representative of the PLGU-Davao Oriental to the said training said if all environmental laws shall be strictly imple-mented the problem on global warming can be abated. (IPID News Service/Sarx Lanos)

PHOTO RELEASES

Some Durian trees at Uy’s Durian Farm in Tagum City are still bearing fruits. Tagum City Tourism Council Alma Uy explains that the harvest season of Durian comes late this year because of frequent rains. Tagum City held this year its month-long Durian Festival in September. It used to hold the festival either in July or August. (PIA 11/ jean d abangan)


Tagum City Cooperative leader Norma Pereyras (in red blouse) shares with the pride of Davao del Norte’s rec-ognition as one of the provincial LGUs which have come up with the best Provincial/Local Planning and Expen-diture Management (P/LPEM) outputs. Some civic leaders have been involved in crafting Davao del Norte’s P/LPEM outputs which NEDA and Asian Development Bank have recognized as among the best. (PIA 11/ jean duron-abangan)


Davao del Norte Vice Gov. Victorio Suaybaguio (2nd from left) together with PHO chief Dr. Agapito Hornido checks on how the provincial government employees are benefitting from the free therapeutic massage offered as part of the Philippine Civil Service Month celebration. The Provincial Health Office late last September delivered a one-day free medical services intended only for pro-vincial government employees. Other than therapeutic massage, services offered also included consultation, dental, laboratory exam on hemoglobin and sugar, eye exam, prostate cance screening and papsmear, and minor surgery. Hornido wants to continue offering such services during Civil Service Month celebration to promote good health and wellness among provincial government workers. (PIA 11/ jean d abangan)

Some Durian trees at Uy’s Durian Farm in Tagum City are still bearing fruits. Tagum City Tourism Council Alma Uy explains that the harvest season of Durian comes late this year because of frequent rains. Tagum City held this year its month-long Durian Festival in September. It used to hold the festival either in July or August. (PIA 11/ jean d abangan)


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