Comelec list of overaged SK winners in Oro up to 14 story on

col. 1, below

P10.00 Volume 29, No. 269 WWW.MINDANAOGOLDSTARDAILY.COM May 18, 2018 Friday

Comelec list
of overaged
SK winners
in Oro up
from 7 to 14
FROM seven, the number
of winning candidates in
the just-held Sangguniang
Kabataan elections facing
disqualification cases in-
creased to 14 yesterday.
The number was in-
creased even as the 1st Di-
vision of the Commission
on Elections (Comelec)
ordered the suspension of
the proclamation of the
14 winning candidates,
according to city elections
HEALTHY FARMING. A farm worker harvests organically grown lettuce at the organic agriculture demo farm of the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources of the
officer Ramil Acol. Caraga State University in Ampayon, Butuan City. (photo by erwin mascariñas)
Acol said 11 of the 14
STILL NO SUPPLY IMPROVEMENT DESPITE BOOSTERS

Cobi supply remains

were already proclaimed as
winners by the boards of
election canvassers. Only
three were not yet pro-
claimed: Ian King March
Pimentel, winning candi-
date for SK chairman in
Cugman, Michelle Jose
Tamparong, winning can-

at 40m liters a day

didate for SK member in
Barangay 25; and Juven
Pagara Rivera, winning
See LIST/p.7

Fire destroys
20 houses in
Gingoog city
By EDWIN IYO By NITZ ARANCON
Correspondent

T
Correspondent
GINGOOG City -- Fire HE Cagayan de
broke out and destroyed at Oro Bulk Water
least 20 houses in Purok Inc. (Cobi) has
7, Barangay 18-A here on failed to increase its
Thursday morning. delivery of treated water
SF03 Elias Taneo of the to the Cagayan de Oro
Bureau of Fire and Protec- Water District (COWD)
tion in the city said there despite efforts to put in
were no casualty reports place booster pumps that
in the fire that razed to the adversely affected the
ground houses that were all water supply here on two
made of highly combusti- occasions this month.
ble materials. The booster pumps,
He said no less than 100 based on public an-
people were displaced as a nouncements made by the
See DESTROYS/p.7 COWD, were supposed
to allow the bulk water
supplier to increase its
daily delivery from 40
thousand cubic meters to
60 thousand cubic meters
on or before Tuesday,
SUNSET FISHING. A man pulls out his fishing line from the water giving out a picturesque silhouette against the colors of the sunset in the port
May 15.
of Gingoog City. (photo by erwin mascariñas) See SUPPLY/p.7

Dacer loses political grip on Puntod: ex-vice mayor

By NITZ ARANCON
Correspondent
FORMER councilor Al-
exander Dacer’s two-year
absence from local politics
loosened his grip on vote-
DACER rich Puntod, the baran-
gay that served as his de-
cades-old political career’s
launchpad, a former vice
mayor said on Wednesday.
Dacer, one of the most
loyal political lieutenants
of ex-mayor Vicente Ema-
no, lost in Puntod’s race for
barangay chairmanship in
Monday’s elections. The
former president of the
Association of Barangay
Councils here and council-
or lost to Rixie Tinampay.
Former vice mayor An-
tonio Soriano said Dacer
was virtually out of the
political scene since 2016,
and this may have factored
in his defeat in Puntod,
once the political bailiwick
of the Emano-led Padayon
Pilipino.
But Soriano noted that
Tinampay also had his
strengths: he is a “lumad”
of Puntod where he served
See LOSES/p.7
Kagay-an
Gold Star Daily

Friday, May 18, 2018

Public utility committee
to tackle complaint on
re-numbering of relas
THE City Council com-
mittee on public utilities
chaired by Councilor Teo-
dulfo Lao is looking into
the complaint of
a motorela opera-
tor regarding the
re-numbering of
motorelas in the
city.
Included in
the complaint are
the additional re-
quirements that were not
listed in the Compliance
Certificate and the alleged
double-standard and arbi-
trariness of the requirement.
The complainant alleged
that no public consulta-
tion was held regarding the
re-numbering, and motorela
operators had no option but
to sign the oath of undertak-
ing, without their consent,
out of fear of delay
in the processing
of their require-
ments.
The commit-
tee will contin-
ue to discuss the
matter during its
next meeting with
Engr. Nonito Oclarit, assis-
tant department head of the
Road and Traffic Admin-
istration, RTA Overseer
Mario Verner Monsan-
to, and lawyer Raymond
Villablanca of the City
Legal, among others. (cli)
DOH-10, city health clarify
anti-rabies vaccine report
REPRESENTATIVES of
the Department of Health
and the City Health Of-
fice have clarified reports
last week regarding the
availability of anti-rabies
vaccines in the city.
A representative of the
DOH-10 said the shortage
of stocks may be empha-
sized based on the project-
ed population of the region.
Maybe the expected num-
ber of population exceeds
the projected stocks of
vaccines, she explained.
Engr. Ma. Carmella
Roa of DOH-10 said there
is shortage in the sense
that the World Health Or-
ganization (WHO) has
stopped the purchase of the
vaccines in the accredited
distributor. But there are
available stocks in the mar-
ket, she announced.
“The (local govern-
ment) is encouraged to
purchase pero naa sa
guidelines sa available
nga vaccine. Pwede mag-
purchase kato lang ang
gipalitan sa DOH, pero
Editor: Cong B. Corrales
gikan sa WHO mao’y stop
pa,” Roa explained.
“Once makapalit na
pud moproduce na pud
tong ilang accredited kato
na sad ang gamiton. It’s
not shortage kay naa may
vaccine available sa mar-
ket,” she added.
For her part, Dr. Fe
Bongcas of the City Health
Office said the city can
purchase the vaccine as
long as it is Food and Drug
Administration approved.
Bongcas said there is
a supply of anti-rabies
vaccine but patients will
be able to avail of these
on a first-come-first-serve
basis. (cli)
2
Oro youths
take part in
sports clinic
OVER 300 young basketball
enthusiasts from 7 to 18 years
old are enjoying a fruitful and
fun-filled summer.
It may be recalled that on
April 28, Vice Mayor Raineir
Joaquin Uy launched a sum-
mer basketball clinic at the
Macanhan Covered Court.
A basketball enthusiast
himself, the vice mayor
initiated the sports activity
to help participants develop
their individual basketball
skills.
Vice Mayor Uy ex-
pressed hopes that this activ-
ity will encourage children
to get into sports instead
of online games and illegal
drugs. (cli)

Friday, May 18, 2018 8

HAPPY TURNOVER OF TOMS SHOES, SHADES AND SOAPS

IN BARANGAY CABUG, MEDINA, MISAMIS ORIENTAL - VICE
GOVERNOR JOEY G. PELAEZ happily gave Toms shoes, shades
and scented soaps which were donated by the Children International
Philippines Incorporated, to the children Barangay Cabug, Medina,
Misamis Oriental.
The activity was full of happy faces as the kids received their shoes,
shades and soaps and tried them on. It was A Happy MisOr in action.
Since 2013, VG Pelaez and the Children International Philippines
Inc. have partnered in delivering thousands of quality books, among
others, in Misamis Oriental and Cagayan de Oro City.
Present during the simple ceremony were Barangay Chairman
ROGER ATIENZA, Barangay Councilors EVELYN ALTIBO, RICO
DUCA, and JOLITO LUZANO, Day Care Worker Teacher EDITH
UBALDA, parents and the residents. (advt)
Friday, May 18, 2018 3
 1/8 PAGE
Mindanao
Gold Star Daily

Friday, May 18, 2018

Zambo Comelec to release honoraria today
ZAMBOANGA City
— The Commission on
Elections (Comelec) has
scheduled the release of the
honorarium of the Board
of Elections Inspectors
(BEIs) today.
Lawyer Stephen Roy
Cañete, first district elec-
tion officer, said they are
just completing the docu-
mentary requirements in
preparation for the release
of the remuneration.
Cañete said the pay-
ment will be released
through cash cards from
the Development Bank of
the Philippines.
Cañete said that a total
of 4,044 BEIs served on
Monday’s barangay and
Sangguniang Kabataan
elections in this city.
Editor: Cong B. Corrales
4
He said the remunera- member, P5,000 honorar-
tion amount are as follows: ium plus P1,000 transpor-
poll chairperson, P6,000 tation allowance.
honorarium plus P1,000 BEIs may claim their
transportation allowance; cash cards at the local
and, poll clerk and poll Comelec office. (pna)

Remove campaign Davao still addressing ‘boundary issues’

materials, DENR exec of illegal mountain resorts in Marilog
urges poll candidates DAVAO City — The City
Government of Davao
ferent TWGs deployed to
Marilog that conducted in-
that do not belong to the
City,” she added.
forest zone as identified in
the Clup.
needs to first ascertain the spections and assessments The representatives Of the 29 establish-
COTABATO City — Envi- other campaign materials boundaries of some illegal of the compliance of all from Cenro and DENR are ments monitored in Mari-
ronment officials in Kaba- as their contribution to the mountain resorts operating the resorts in the area to also looking into the resorts’ log, only two have business
can, North Cotabato called town’s clean-up drive. in Marilog District before the guidelines established environmental compliance, permits – Seagull Moun-
on both winning and losing “Many of these were it could determine appro- by government agencies, including cleanliness and tain Resort and Hill 88
candidates in the Barangay posted outside common priate actions it could take most especially the tax sanitation, Lopez said. Hideaway.
and Sangguniang Kabataan poster areas designated by against delinquent resort collection. “For a while now, it’s Alejandre added that
elections to help dispose the Comelec,” Laoagan said. owners. Lopez said one of the been observed that there the City Treasurer’s Office
of campaign materials that Posters of various sizes City Administrator Zu- primary issues included are several establishments alerted him that most of
litter the town. litter the voting centers of leika Lopez, in an interview the locations of the illegal sprouting in the area,” she these establishments are
Gerardo Laoagan, Ka- Kabacan. “If these tarpau- said, she has yet receive mountain resorts and that added. not registered with the
bacan municipal environ- lin and plastic campaign the reports of the technical they would still have to Lopez said she is await- Business Bureau, after
ment officer, urged all in- posters are not removed, working groups consisting ascertain if those resorts ing submission of report photos of travellers taken
dividuals who ran in the they may land in canals of representatives from the are within the jurisdiction on the compliance of the in Marilog have circulated
just-concluded polls to that will clog the flow of City Tourism Office, De- of the city before collect- resorts owners on the 2013 on social media
remove their posters and water,” he said. (pna) partment of Tourism, City ing taxes. Comprehensive Land Use He assured that the
Environment and Natural “The city tourism group Plan (Clup). local government would
Resources, Department of is looking into it but I On March 16, Council- immediately take action
Republic of the Philippines
REGIONAL TRIAL COURT Environment of Natural understand there are still or Al Ryan Alejandre said on this issue, saying it is
10th Judicial Region
Branch 31 Resources, and City Asses- side issues as to matters of resort owners will not be detrimental to the local
Dapa, Surigao del Norte sors’ Office. ownership because there issued business permits economy for the revenue
CANTILAN BANK, INC., EJFM-18-01 She said there were dif- are certain areas in Marilog if they are located in the losses. (mindanews)
Mortgagee.
-versus- FOR: Application for Extra-
Judicial Foreclosure CREATIVEWAYSTO DISMISSTHE CLASS DEALING WITHMISBEHAVED LEARNERS: A CHALLENGE OF
SPS. HERMINIGILDO CAPISTRANO By: Cristina E. Luna, LPT THE 21ST CENTURY TEACHERS
T-1, Kitaotao Central Elem. School by: Arvie T. Saberola, LPT
SARNO, JR & NENITA JUALO SARNO. T-III, Damilog Central School
Mortgagors Kitaotao 1 District Damulog North District
x- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - x
OFFICE OF THE SHERIFF Watch what happens if you dismiss your learners at the same time for What things in life cause behaviors in young people which others find irritable and
unacceptable?
recess, for lunch, or at the end of the day. It surely sickens you seeing chaos Some children may have personality problems that affect the way they handle problems
NOTICE TO PARTIES OF SHERIFF’S PUBLIC in the classroom. It may also stir your emotions hearing noises as a result and the way in which other people respond to them.
AUCTION SALE of crowding and pushing at the doorway or an elbow in someone’s eye and They may have been born with difficult temperaments which create or contribute to
running in the hallway. their difficulties in relating to other people, and which result in behaviors such as noisiness,
TO: SPS. HERMINIGILDO CAPISTRANO aggressiveness, and disobedience.
Rose (1994) suggested ways to avoid conflict between pupils or students They may have a difficult family situation – relationship between them and their parents
SARNO, JR & NENITA JUALO SARNO,
at dismissal time. Sending them of according the to the creative criteria listed might have deteriorated to such an extent that they may not be able to deal with problems
may ease you from aches. These are the following: that arise.
CANTILAN BANK, INC., SOCORRO BRANCH They may have experienced an unhappy life with family breakup. Factors such as the
Burgos St., Brgy. Navarro, Surigao del Norte 1. Month in which they were born. 13. Number of older sisters increasing number of children in one parent families or with step parents, the amount of time
2. Beginning letter of middle name. 14. Number of older brothers parents are able to spend with them, and financial pressures may all be significant factors to
RE: Extra Judicial Foreclosure of Real Estate Mortgage 3. Number of vowels in first name. 15. Number of younger sisters difficult behavior in some young people.
They may have deprived or unstable background. In some cases, their parents may
4. First letter in middle name. 16. Number of younger brothers be uninterested in what they do, unloving, intolerant, and inappropriately or harshly punitive.
GREETINGS: 5. Number of syllables in last name. 17. Type of pet Low self-esteem often lies as the root of problem behaviour. Often times, they have
Attached herewith is a copy of our Notice of Sale for Extra Judicial 6. Color of pants or skirt or dress 18. Number of pets failed at school and so may have low self-esteem and self-confidence.
Foreclosure of Real Estate Mortgage issued in the above-entitled case. You or 19. Place they have visited They go on to use violence themselves, because they do not know any other way to
your authorized representative are requested to be present at the auction sale 7. Color of top dress express their feelings and have never learned to communicate in other ways.
to be held at the Office of Clerk of Court, Regional Trial Court, Branch 31, Km. 8. Length of hair 20. Television series they are watching Understanding of these causes of misbehaviour may lead to the proper way of dealing
3, Brgy. Osmenia, Dapa, Surigao del Norte on May 22, 2018 at 2:00 o’clock 9. Beginning letter of father’s name 21. Movies they have seen with children behaving in ways which we find unacceptable and intolerable.
10. What they ate for breakfast 22. Favorite color Children cannot live without love. They need to be touched, cuddled, rocked, and given
in the afternoon. positive attention for them to develop properly. They need to have their we could “Love Cups”
Failure of the plaintiff/mortgagee or his representative to attend, without 11. What they will have for lunch 23. Favorite flower always filled to overflowing.
previously notifying the undersigned Sheriff of his desire to cancel the safe 12. Number of children in the family 24. Favorite spots game The love cup principle makes the relationship between love and misbehaviour more
or not to proceed with the auction sale unless he is present therein, shall graphic. Children are like cups. When they are filled overflowing, they have enough love
be construed as a waiver of his/her right to be present, and the auction sale to give away; they can be loving to you and others, and they will tend to behave in an
Try any of these in letting them go for you to have a good day, too. acceptable manner.
shall be held as scheduled. Agreement to post the sale must be submitted for
approval before the hour of the scheduled auction.
Dapa, Surigao del Norte, Philippines, March 15, 2018.
CLODUALDO S. ESPARRAGO R.A Form No. 10.1 (LCRO) RA Form No. 10.1 (LCRO)
Court of Legal Researcher II
OIC CLERK OF COURT Republic of the Philippines
By: Republic of the Philippines
(SGD) GILBERT GA PLATIL
Province of Bukidnon Local Civil Registry Office
Sheriff IV CITY OF VALENCIA Province: Bukidnon
(City of the Golden Harvest) Municipality: Kitaotao
Republic of the Philippines
REGIONAL TRIAL COURT
OFFICE OF THE CITY CIVIL REGISTRAR
10th Judicial Region
Branch 31
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Dapa, Surigao del Norte NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. 9048, a notice is hereby
CANTILAN BANK, INC., EJFM-18-01 serve to the public that MARIA VICTORIA M. CASAS has filed with
Mortgagee, In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. 9048/R.A. 10172, a notice is
-versus- FOR: Application for Extra- hereby served to the public that ROSALINA ENCABO PINILI has filed with this Office a petition for Change of First Name from “MARIVIC”
SPS. HERMINIGILDO CAPISTRANO Judicial Foreclosure this Office a petition for Change of First Name/Gender and Month and Day to “MARIA VICTORIA” in the birth certificate of Marivic Handayan
SARNO, JR. & NENITA JUALO SARNO, Molo who was born on February 26, 1970 at Kitaotao, Bukidnon
Mortgagors, “FEMALE” to “MALE” in the birth certificate of Live Birth of ANGEL ENCABO
x- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - x PINILI who was born on May 17, 2005 at Valencia City, Bukidnon and whose and whose parents are Peter B. Molo and Florencia A. Handayan.
NOTICE OF EXTRA JUDICIAL SALE parents are Jegger O. Pinili and Rosalina C. Encabo. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his
Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act No. 3135 as Amended
by Act 4118, filed by CANTILAN BANK, INC., Socorro Branch against SPS.
Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his/her written written opposition with this Office within ten days from this date
HERMINIGILDO CAPISTRANO SARNO, JR. & NENITA JUALO SARNO, P-2, opposition with this Office not later than June 2, 2018. ___.
Brgy. Rizal, Socorro, Surigao del Norte, to satisfy the mortgagor’s indebtedness
which as of January 16, 2018 amounted to FOUR HUNDRED THIRTY SIX (SGD) TERESITA B. DICEN, MGA
THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED NINETY SIX PESOS ONLY (436,896.00) (SGD) LEONILA B. GALORPORT
Philippines Currency, INCLUSIVE OF PENALTIES AND OTHER CHARGES, City Civil Registrar Municipal Civil Registrar
EXCLUSIVE 10% OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF INDEBTEDNESS AS MGSD May 18 & 25, 2018 MGSD May 18 & 25, 2018
ATTORNEY’S FEES, the undersigned or his duly authorized deputy will sell at
public auction on May 22, 2018 at 2:00 o’clock in the afternoon at REGIONAL
TRIAL COURT, Br. 31, Km. 3, Brgy. Osmenia, Dapa, Surigao del Norte to the Republic of the Philippines Republic of the Philippines
highest bidder, for CASH and in Philippines Currency, the following property PROVINCE OF BUKIDNON PROVINCE OF BUKIDNON
with all it’s improvements, to wit; Municipality of Manolo Fortich Municipality of Manolo Fortich
MORTGAGE PROPERTIES -oOo- -oOo-
“A parcel of land covered by Katibayan ng Original na Titulo Blg. 341,
TDN No. 07-24-0206622, (LOT) TDN NO. 07-24-0206562, (BUILDING) OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CIVIL REGISTRAR
designated as Lot No. 17, GSS-13-000077-D, Bounded on the N, along line Publication Notice Publication Notice
1-2, by Lot 18, on the E., along line 2-3 by Bank Protection Philippines Sea; R.A. 10172 R.A. 10172
on the S, along line 3-4 by lot 16; on the W, along line 4-1 by Road, Beginning
at a point marked “1” on the plan being N. 29 deg. OO’E., 236.71m. from NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
SRN-56, thence; S., 69 deg. 42’E., 11.42m. to point 2; S., deg 32’ DEG’,
48 W., 05.56 m to point 3; N., 64 deg. 33W 10.40 m. to point 4, N.22 deg CCE-49-2017 R.A. 10172 MAY 3, 2018 CCE-48-2017 R.A. 10172 APRIL 30, 2018
07’E., 04.49 m to point of beginning. Containing an area of FIFTY FOUR
(54) square meters, and registered in the name of HERMINILGO SARNO,
JR situated at Rizal, Socorro, Surigao del Norte, is not subject of any lien In compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG In compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG
or prior mortgage. Memorandum Circular No. __. Guidelines in the Implementation of the Memorandum Circular No. __. Guidelines in the Implementation of the
All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersignedon the above- Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172) Notice is Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172) Notice is
sealed time and date. Prospective buyers may investigate for themselves the hereby served to the public that GRACELYN INDINO HYATT has filed with hereby served to the public that REBETH MORALES RAÑA has filed with this
properties herein above-described and encumbrances thereon, if any there be. this Office a petition for correction of entry in her Sex and Date of Birth Office, a petition for correction of entry in Sex from “FEMALE” to “MALE” in
In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date, it from “MALE” to “FEMALE” and from “SEPT. 01, 1965” to “SEPT. 02, 1965” the Certificate of Live Birth of Rebeth Morales Raña, born on February 28,
will be held on May 24, 2018 at 2:00 o’clock in the afternoon without further
notice. in the Certificate of Live Birth of Gracelyn Indino Hyatt, born on Sept. 02, 1981 at Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon and whose parents are Ricardo D. Raña
Dapa, Surigao del Norte, Philippines, March 15, 2018. 1965 at Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon whose parents are Cipriano Siarez Indino & Maria Betty D. Morales.
CLODUALDO S. ESPARRAGO and Gregoria Mateo Dugas. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written
Court of Legal Researcher II Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than May 15, 2018.
OIC CLERK OF COURT opposition with this Office not later than May 15, 2018.
By: (SGD) VIRGIE A. COQUILLA (SGD) VIRGIE A. COQUILLA
(SGD) GILBERT GA PLATIL Municipal Civil Registrar Municipal Civil Registrar
Sheriff IV
MGSD May 11 & 18, 2018 MGSD May 18 & 25, 2018 MGSD May 18 & 25, 2018
Mindanao
Gold Star Daily

Friday, May 18, 2018

Deped-Armm to hire 2,458 new
employees for SY 2018-2019
COTABATO City — At
least 2,458 new positions
in the Department of Ed-
ucation in the Autono-
mous Region in Muslim
Mindanao (Deped-Armm)
are open for applicants in
preparation for school year
2018-2019, an official of
the agency announced.
Deped-Armm Secre-
tary Rasul Mitmug Jr. said
the available items include
teaching positions in the
elementary and junior high
school level, pending the
issuance of the Notice of
Organization, Staffing and
Compensation Action from
the Deped-Central Office.
Mitmug emphasized
that while teaching el-
igibility is the baseline
qualification, the agency
seeks out the best to fill the
limited number of teaching
positions.
Applicants, he added,
will undergo a stringent
process that includes ex-
amination, interview, and
teaching demonstration.
Armm is also filing
in unfilled positions for
Teacher 1 in 2017.
Regarding education
reform in the Armm, Mit-
mug said the department is
Editor: Cong B. Corrales
5
pushing for School-Based
Management that aims to
empower the department
along with schools across
the region in terms of edu-
cation policies.
“I would like to in- 13trowel
form the community that
Deped-Armm is focusing
on school-based manage-
ment hoping that this will
be a great help for the
youth,” he said.
He also shared plans to
draft and distribute work-
sheets custom-made by
the Deped-Armm for first TROWEL. Hadji Said and son Jabar sift through the the debris at what used to be the entrance to their
hardware store along Dangcal Street in Padian last week, searching for nothing in particular but whatever
graders in the region. (pia item they can find that they can sell to the city’s fast-rising business enterprise: junk shops. MindaNews
xii) photo by Carolyn O. Arguillas

New village chair nabbed for shabu possession

KIDAPAWAN City —
Operatives of the Philip-
pine Drug Enforcement
Agency arrested a newly
proclaimed chairman of
a barangay in Makilala,
North Cotabato after they
recovered sachets of sus-
pected illegal drugs when
they raided his house.
PDEA agents, mostly
coming from the regional
headquarters based in Koro-
nadal City, said Melvin Ocay
Fortajada is included in the
list of narco-politicians op-
erating in North Cotabato.
His name, however, was not
among those listed in the
document released by PDEA
weeks before the barangay
and Sangguniang Kabataan
elections.
“Even though he wasn’t
in the PDEA list that our
agency published weeks
ago, Fortajada has long
been included in our watch
list,” a PDEA agent said.
Fortajada, when inter-
viewed by Catholic-ran
dxND, admitted having
yielded to authorities when
police intensified their “Op-
eration Tokhang” in 2016.
A self-confessed drug
user, he surrendered to
Makilala Mayor Rudy
Caoagdan.
During the raid on
Wednesday, PDEA op-
eratives and their agents
recovered from Fortajada’s
house five sachets of sus-
pected shabu and several
bullets from a pistol.
The order to search the
house of Fortajada on pos-
sible possession of drugs,
firearms, and explosives
was issued on May 10 by
Judge Alandrex Betoya of
the Regional Trial Court in
Kabacan, North Cotabato.
The suspect’s family
cried foul and accused
PDEA operatives of “plant-
ing” the evidence against
the barangay chairman.
Fortajada’s wife told
dxND that the night before
the raid, she checked on
the sling bag owned by her
husband but did not find
any trace of shabu inside.
But Fortajada admit-
ted he owned the bullets
the PDEA recovered from
his bag. The bullets, he
explained, would be used
during gun firing practice
with Caoagdan.
The suspect is currently
placed under the custody
of Makilala PNP while
charges are being prepared
against him, the PDEA
said. (mindanews)

Partnership saves Soligao Creek Briefly Poll safety

REVIVE IT AGAIN. Soligao creek in Villanueva, Misamis Oriental, through the help of FDC Misamis Power
Corporation and DENR-10, will soon be restored back to its previous state –– clean and home to different
marine species. Supplied photo
A TRIPARTITE partner-
ship between the local gov-
ernment of Villanueva in
Misamis Oriental, the En-
vironmental Management
Bureau (EMB-10) and
FDC Misamis Power Cor-
poration (FDC Misamis),
was purposely established
to save the town’s Soligao
creek through the “Adopt-
an-Estero” program.
In a recently-inked
memorandum of agree-
ment, the proposed resto-
ration and rehabilitation of
Soligao creek will utilize
the latest and most envi-
ronment-friendly methods
on river system rehabili-
tation.
Soligao creek, situated
within the boundaries of
barangays Dayawan and
Poblacion 2 in Villanueva
town, was once a source of
crystal-clear water flow-
fdc_creek
ing from perennial water
spring. It is also home to
fresh water fish, shellfish,
and crustaceans.
However, due to the
town’s rapid industrializa-
tion population growth,
and indiscriminate waste
disposal, Soligao creek has
turned into a drainage canal.
Lamentable but redeem-
able, was how FDC Mis-
amis Plant Manager Luis
Lagarnia described the cur-
rent state of Soligao creek.
“Recognizing the
creek’s unwell state, the
management of FDC Mis-
amis, didn’t hesitate to get
involved in the proposed
R&R of the creek.”
“We want to see Soli-
gao creek alive again for
the benefit of the next gen-
eration,” Lagarnia said.
Five villages in Villan-
ueva will directly benefit
from the project. These in-
clude barangays Dayawan,
Katipunan, Poblacion 1
and 2 and Looc.
FDC Misamis President
and CEO Mr. Juan Eu-
genio Roxas believes that
reviving the creek brings
multiple social benefits.
“Clearing Soligao creek
from pollutants will cause
great impact on people’s
health and food security,”
said Roxas.
While establishment of
park buffer and easement
zones and development of
an eco-tourism site along
the creek’s shoulders will
soon follow.
“What a laudable proj-
ect aimed at helping the
environment by saving a
‘dying’ river,” said EMB
Regional Office 10 Direc-
tor Sabdullah Abubacar.
(pr)
Oro councilor backs programs for students
COUNCILOR Suzette Magtajas-Daba, chair of the City protocols
Council committee on education, continues to support
programs that benefit students and the other sectors. remain in
The young councilor recently attended the Appli-
cant Scholar’s Assembly, and the Special Program for force until
Employment of Students orientation for employment
of students with the Department of Labor and Employ- May 21
ment. (cli)
TANDAG City — High
ranking officials of the Armed
Caraga measles immunization program Forces of the Philippines in
BUTUAN City — The Department of Health (DOH-
Caraga Region are in unison
13) Regional Director Dr. Jose Llacuna, Jr., a total of
with the idea that tighter poll
300,133 children, aged six to nine months old are the
security measures will have
targets of this year’s measles immunization in Caraga
to remain in force until the
region which runs until June 8. The program is aimed to
end of the election period on
halt the transmission of measles among the young pop-
May 21.
ulation, especially unvaccinated children. (pia caraga)
Earlier, Surigao del Sur
Police Provincial Director
Elected execs urged to help Zambo city Senior Supt. Francisco Dun-
ZAMBOANGA City — Mayor Maria Isabelle Clima-
go, Jr. said winners in the
co-Salazar has called on the newly-elected barangay
just concluded Barangay
and Sangguniang Kabataan officials to help this city
and Sangguniang Kabataan
in accordance with the mandate of their respective
Elections could still be at risk
positions.
especially in hotly contested
“We thank all aspirants for the SK and Barangay
areas, hence deployed police
elections. Henceforth, to all who have received the
force could not just turn their
mandate in their barangays, I enjoin you all to help
back and walk away.
Zamboanga City,” Salazar said. (pna)
In a separate interview,
both Brigadier Gen. Franco
Comelec urged to modernize poll system Nemesio Gacal and Col. An-
DAVAO City — Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio
dres Centino, commanders of
lauded the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for the
the 402nd and 401st Infantry
successful barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan polls,
Brigades of the Philippine
but urged the commission to modernize its system to
Army based in Bancasi, Bu-
address the perennial election issues.
tuan City and Prosperidad,
“These were made possible by the antiquated system
Agusan del Sur, respectively,
that we use in the registration of voters and in casting
underscored the value of con-
our votes,” she said in a press statement. (pna)
tinuing poll security being put
in place.
Zambo SK officials training set Lawyer Ernie Palanan,
ZAMBOANGA City — The Department of Interior
provincial election supervi-
and Local Government (DILG) has scheduled a training
sor in Surigao del Sur, was
from May 17 to 19 for the newly-elected Sangguniang
glad to report that no untow-
Kabataan (SK) officials in this city.
ard incident had happened
Moh. Taha Arakama, DILG city director, said the
during the election day. He
training, which is mandated under the SK Reform Law,
then expressed gratitude to
will focus on the salient features of the SK Reform Law
both the AFP and PNP for a
and code of ethics for public officials. (pna)
job well done. (pia caraga)
OpiniOn
Gold Star Daily
THE GOLD STAR DAILY is published by the Min-
danao Gold Star Daily Corp. at Gusa Highway,
Cagayan de Oro City. Telefax: (08822) 73-33-66,
73-27-30, (088) 855-1737; 855-1743,
E-mail: goldstarnews@yahoo.com, PHILIPPINE
PRESS
INSTITUTE
CDO DOWNTOWN OFFICE, PABAYO ST.,
856-4795
MEMBER
Founded by ERNESTO G. CHU
President Emeritus
EDITORIAL
Herbie Gomez, Editor in Chief
Cong Corrales, Associate Editor
Ben Balce, Deskman
Catherine Chu,RN, Lifestyle Editor
ADMINISTRATION
Guadalupe Jimenez Chu, President
Alfonso Y. Lim, Vice President for Production
Gladys Elaine J. Chu,Vice President for Marketing
James Go, Vice President for Circulation
Catherine Chu,RN, Administrative Director
Lissa Rosalynn C. Lagura, Finance Officer
Ruchelle Bangis, General Manager
Flordelis Paler, Circulation and Advertising
Atty. Melanie Mae C. Cabanlas, Legal Counsel
Atty. Jerry Pacuribot, Legal Counsel
Registered with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (CS201028440) on June. 23,
2010. Entered as second class mail matter at
the Postal Service Office-Region 10, October
1989 and Region 11 with Permit no. PR-XI
96-08 on Dec. 12, 1996. Extension Offices
Manila: Unit 1603, 16/F, IPI Buendia Tower,
501 Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue, Pasay City, Mobile
No., 09175494885; 09228638541, Telefax.:
(02)856-0740; email: goldstar_manila@yahoo.
com; Cebu: (Adrian Lee) Gold Star Cebu
Bldg. 626 La Tressas Drive, Tres de Abril,
Cebu City; mobile no.: 0918-941-3920, tele-
phone nos: (032) 2625474, 2624557; Davao:
(Ruben M. Dongzal) cor. Fr. Selga & Malvar,
Sicat Bldg. Davao City, Tel. nos.: 082-4402057
/ 0932-619-9703 / 0905-121-4868. email:
dongzalruben@yahoo.com
The views expressed in our editorial pages
do not necessarily reflect the stand, individual or
collective, of this paper’s publishers, editors, man-
agers, and staff members. These are the authors’
opinions in the huge marketplace of ideas where
readers are free to agree or disagree with, accept
or reject, or use in formulating informed decisions.
BUREAUS / AGENCIES
BETH DELA CRUZ - 0917-714-3761, 0922-884-8796,
METRO MANILA
RALPH FRANCISCO - 0917-704-4623,
METRO MANILA
ADRIAN LEE - 032-262 5474, 032-262 4557,
CEBU CITY
AMOR BARLISAN - 0906-275-2936,
CAGAYAN DE ORO
EDGAR DICHOS - 0916-168-0049,
CAGAYAN DE ORO
STEVE BRIAN N. PARBA- 0906-348-7018, 0906-6752-038
CAGAYAN DE ORO
BING TENORIO - 0917-793-3999,
BUKIDNON
AICKA TENORIO - 092O-2115-114,
VALENCIA
TERRY BANGAL - 0922 -3156-008,
DANGCAGAN, BUKIDNON
LALAINE SUDARIA - 0926-354-3702,
MALAYBALAY
GLENN L. UY - 0917-112-6041,
MALAYBALAY
EFREN CELOCIA - 0975-640-8038,
LIBONA, BUKIDNON
DANILO MANIT - 0935-226-1566,
TALAKAG, BUKIDNON
EVIE TIPON - 0905-888-1999,
MARAMAG, BUKIDNON
OSCAR LEDESMA - 0916-910-0019,
MANOLO. FORTICH, BUKIDNON
EVELYN CASANILLO, 0916-834-6159,
POBLACION MALITBOG, BUKIDNON
NORA SORIÑO - 0919-796-9292,
ILIGAN
HENRY SALAZAR - 0926-014-2978,
GEN. SANTOS
ELDIE AGUIRRE - 0919-285-7530,
DIGOS
EDGAR CATANE - 0909-701-3523,
OROQUIETA
BREN MASANGCAY - 0920-549-5712,
PAGADIAN
AVEL GALORIO - 0908-7398-848,
BAYUGAN, AGUSAN DEL SUR
MARIE IVY AYENSA SABELO - 0917-962-0246,
GINGOOG
LEMIE LEGARTE - 0915-637-1644,
GINGOOG
NONOY LERIO - 0950-277-7917,
SURIGAO CITY
FLOR DEGUINION - 0918-708-2225,
TANDAG, SURIGAO DEL SUR
ROSE MUÑEZA - 0910-537-5103,
SULTAN KUDARAT
BASIR ALIPOLO - 0936-306-4043, 0930-523-4232
MIDSAYAP, NORTH COTABATO
SALVADOR G. HIMULATAN- 0929-798-3600,
KIDAPAWAN
TENG DATU - 0910-4033-386, 0926-3370-937
COTABATO CITY/
KABACAN, NORTH COTABATO
TOTOY MUÑOZ - 0975-418-2734,
ZAMBOANGA CITY
JUN LAZO - 0947-712-3696,
BALINGASAG, MISOR
A coup d’état in May
NAAWAN, Misamis Oriental – May 11,
2018 will go down in history as a day of
infamy in the country’s
judiciary.
On this day, the Su-
preme Court decided
8-6 to remove its own
Chief Justice on a quo
warranto petition filed
by the Solicitor Gen-
eral of the govern-
William Adan ment of the Republic
of the Philippines.
We may recall that nine out of the
14 sitting justices of the Supreme Court
joined last March the detractors of CJ
Sereno in demanding her resignation.
Thus, in deciding on May 11, 2018, to
remove the Chief Magistrate from her
post, the SC cannot be said to be impar-
tial and objective, a basic requirement in
dispensing justice.
A judge should not only be presumed
independent, impartial and objective to
decide on a case but in actual behavior
must be, so as not to derail due process.
If from the start the majority of the
justices were already after her removal
by resignation, and the quo warranto
How important is
the barangay election?
THE barangay elections is not just that
important. It is the life blood of the
smallest set of govern-
Plateau’s Voice ment of the Republic
of the Philippines.
Consider my ba-
rangay known as Ba-
rangay Don Paulino
in Dapa, Surigao del
Norte. Even before I
was born, that baran-
Cesar Gorillo gay site was already
donated by the late
Fulgencio Ruaya, son of Don Paulino
Ruaya for which our barrio got its name.
This is a part of their coconut land right
beside the seashore. The donor later ran
as mayor of Dapa and won. His son took
over the management of their property
and when he died, another took over and
is now the one managing the whole area.
Allegedly, there was a deed of dona-
tion, but a series of imbecile barangay
chairpersons took over the barrio and
none of them even gave a hoot as to the
status of all the residential lots occupied
by the barrio people. Technically, the
whole barrio is still in the hands of these
The real winners
CONRATULATIONS to many, and bet-
ter luck next time to some others.
A total of 80 new
Hapsay na bai!
and recycled barangay
chairpersons and 560
barangay councilors
will have successfully
hurdled the elections
last Monday. Sincer-
est congratulations to
those who, without
Egay Uy buying votes, won the
elections. You really won
that election.
There appears to be a snowballing
call for voters to refrain from selling
their votes to, according to some, the
demons. Voters have become more con-
scious that selling and buying of votes
are election offenses that could send the
offenders to jail for up to six years.
And yet, there have been reports
that votes were still sold and bought at
Friday, May 18, 2018
petition before them was about her
removal, too, then their independence,
impartiality and objectivity were tainted
if not compromised. This notwithstand-
ing, they tried and decided to remove
her. Due process was, thus, blatantly
trampled upon by the very authority that
is supposed to protect and uphold it. It
was a historic miscarriage of justice.
The said justices could have volun-
teered to inhibit themselves so that the
integrity of the court could not be held
suspect. Considering the power politic
preceding the event, it should have been
the best thing to do.
It is everybody’s knowledge that the
President was mad at the Chief Magis-
trate when she insinuated that the Palace
was behind SG Calida’s filing of the
quo warranto petition against her. The
furious President thereupon declared
war on the Chief Magistrate and vowed
to take steps to remove her.
PRRD minced no words in express-
ing his anger sayings: “Ikaw Sereno,
sinabi ko na sa ‘yo hindi ako nakialam
(I’m telling you, Sereno, that I didn’t
meddle). If you are insisting, then count
See ADAN/p.7
people because there has never been
a transfer of any lot to the occupants
because the deed of donation was never
worked out. Even my own big house has
no residential tax declaration on the lot
in which my house stands.
As a result of this very anomalous
situation, the one managing the whole
coconut area, including their relatives,
allegedly had a grand time terrorizing lot
owners who were not for their favored
candidate. And a powerful politician in
the town is their relative, and the the
politician’s candidates were endorsed by
them, and those who did not vote were
warned, “No vote, ibot.” And many
houses have been pulled out after they
were found out to have voted for the
candidates who were not their choice.
Then a candidate came and vowed
to work on the execution of the alleged
deed of donation, if ever this exists, so
that the present lot owners can have their
own tax declarations or even titles on the
lots on which their houses stand. Many
of the occupants have made second
payments because according to the lot
See GORILLO/p.7
amounts that were even higher than be-
fore. A group of candidates was reported
to have bought votes at a total of P1,300
per voter.
Another voter said he earned P3
thousand not because he worked that day
but because his and his family’s votes
were bought by candidates.
Admittedly, curbing this illegal prac-
tice of mustering votes to get to office is
difficult. The Comelec and other groups
(XUHS ’70, PPCRV, Social Action Center,
etc.) may have already been exasperated
campaigning against this wicked prac-
tice of buying votes.
To some vote sellers, it’s “la-uya na
gud ni, Sir.” To some others, it’s “ato
ning dawaton kay kwarta ra man gi-
hapon nis katawhan.” And then there
are those who say, “Dawat kwarta, botar
konsensya.” The problem with this is
once money is received by the voter,
See UY/p.7
Editor: Herbie Gomez
6
Déjà vu
FACEBOOK will soon have a dating
feature and Mark Zuckerberg prom-
ised it will give the hopeless romantic
“meaningful, long-term Ms. Behavin’
relationships” and it’s
“not just for hook-
ups.”
Should Zuckerberg
fix some problems
first, such as protect-
ing users’ data, instead
of hopping from one
feature to another? But Netnet
that’s exactly how some Camomot
people behave in their
romantic relationships, by hopping from
one partner to the next, treating it as a
game.
And there are people who treat the
barangay elections as a game: Baran-
gay ra bitaw na. But not if it’s Cagayan
de Oro’s Nazareth where this year’s
campaign season became a déjà vu of
the 2013 congressional elections. Defi-
nitely a perfect example of the saying,
“The more things change, the more they
stay the same.” It was indeed a matter
of kaabag versus babag, borrowing the
words of Mayor Oscar Moreno but I’m
not sure of what he was describing in
last Monday’s “Ang Cagayan de Oro
Kagahapon, Karon ug Ugma” with
“Holistic Approach Towards a Drug-
Free Society” as the topic. The internet
was buffering and loading as usual and
I could hardly catch up with the panel’s
discussion.
Still, the Armed Forces of the
Philippines and the Philippine National
Police described the recent barangay
and Sangguniang Kabataan elections as
generally peaceful. Had there been no
election-related deaths, it would have
been absolutely peaceful?
Waking up at 5 am on Monday in or-
der to arrive at the polling place by 7 am
is a hard-habit-to-break I learned from
my parents who used to wake us up
early for any election way back when.
The early bird gets the worm. During
elections, the early bird avoids the long
lines and the heat.
There are two kinds of heat on Elec-
tion Day: the one that can be caused by
the friction among poll watchers and the
other is of course the hhhhhot summer
weather.
Expecting a map to guide me through
the labyrinth of classrooms on Mon-
day, a cop told me instead to follow
the arrows. Great for Barangay 24—it
had a lot of red arrows. Our barangay,
however, had two red arrows? To mean,
Turn right. Upon reaching a dead-end,
another red arrow pointing to the right.
And that was it. Good thing a concerned
citizen and his wife recognized me as
someone from his barangay and offered
we could look for our precinct together.
We finally found our precinct on the
second floor where we, of course, lined
up and were glad to know we’re among
the first ten. The young lady behind us
began to whine and complain about how
she would be late for work which she
claimed would start at 8 am—she didn’t
want to be late, blah blah blah.
I was looking out the hallway win-
dow while waiting for our turn, when
the concerned citizen called the attention
of the teacher assigned to our precinct.
The young lady, who was whining and
complaining on being late for work, was
now inside the classroom and voting!
Wow! Asa ang hustisya ani? Well, with
the chief-justice seat remaining vacant,
I guess we have to continue looking for
justice even after the elections.
Anyway, other voters followed the
bad example of the whining-and-com-
See CAMOMOT/p.7

Adan
From page 6
me in. Count me in and
I will egg Calida to do
his best. Ako na mismo
ang maglakad, [ka]kalaban
sa’yo (I will be the one to
do it, I’ll fight you,)”
What was really the beef
of the President with Chief
Justice Maria Lourdes Sere-
no?
We may be reminded
that during the witch hunt-
ing that accompanied the
bloody campaign against
illegal drugs, the President
pinpointed some judges
implicated in the commerce
of illegal drugs.
CJ Sereno was quick to
react and declared, in behalf
of the Supreme Court, that
the Court is independent
from the other branches of
government and ought to
be left alone, following its
procedures, in determining
the guilt or innocence of any
accused judges. This bellig-
erent stand in an attempt to
protect the independence of
the judiciary infuriated the
ball-wrecking CEO of the
land and everything went
downhill thereafter.
The battles were waged
and raged in all fronts. The
impeachment proceeding
against the Chief Justice
was initiated thereupon.
Before it can be completed,
the Solicitor General filled
the quo warranto petition
against her. Along the way,
some group within and
outside the court worked to
force her resignation.
Valid or not the grounds
for her impeachment, her
accusers can proceed in
pursuing it because it is the
constitutional remedy to
remove her from office. The
Impeachment Court decides
her guilt or innocence. The
quo warranto proceeding,
on the other hand, came in
like a coup initiated by the
Executive Department. It’s
foul, a blow below the belt,
a no-no in a constitutional
democracy. It’s violative
of the fundamental law of
the land.
Come to think also of it,
the Solicitor General, who
is under the command of
the President, is the prin-
cipal law officer and legal
defender of the Republic of
the Philippines. His prima-
ry duty is to represent the
government, its agencies
and instrumentalities, its
officials and agents in any
litigation, proceeding and
investigation before the
Supreme Court or the Court
of Appeals.
Why then would the
legal defender of the gov-
ernment launch the offen-
sive of filing a petition to
remove the government’s
very own Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court?
Whatever, the President
got what he wanted; his
archenemy was booted out
from the highest justice
tribunal of the land.
The Supreme Court will
never be the same again.
(William R. Adan, Ph.D.,
is a retired professor and
former chancellor of Min-
danao State University at
Naawan, Misamis Oriental.
-Mindanews)
Gorillo
From page 6
records of the owners, there
was no deed of sale in their
favor. The truth is that these
lot owners inherited the
ownership of the lots from
their grandparents who had
long died and due to series
of typhoons, transfers of
residences and other causes,
the records have been lost
thus making them virtual
squatters in the area and
they had to pay upon de-
mand or else face instant
eviction.
This candidate explained
to my barrio mates the need
to vote for her because she
only had that kind of pro-
gram. And I fully agreed
with her. But the problem
was that the present ba-
rangay chairman had the
blessings of the town mayor
who has the same family
name and close relative of
the landowner. Thus, for the
last two terms that he held
the position, the barangay
chairman never, for even
an inch, moved to solve
this very important lot own-
ership problem. Besides,
the DSWD, through the
Kalahi program, made our
barrio the recipient of the
seawall and road-concreting
project, and credit went to
the incumbent barangay
chairman.
Before Monday’s elec-
tions, the problem was the
big chance that the incum-
bent would win and the
deed of donation won’t be
enforced.
That was the importance
of the barangay elections to
me. I needed the challenger
to win because she vowed
to work on the transfer of
our lots, and I knew she can
do it because she has the
connections, experience,
intellect, and guts to do it.
To me, the election outcome
was very critical because
my bet’s loss would result
in a nightmare of tremen-
dous consequences; but her
election victory would be a
lifeblood of all the residents
of my barrio.
It was an election for the
lowest set of government
in our republic, but the
outcome affects the lives
and future of the barangay
residents for which the ba-
rangay chairman governs.
Uy
From page 6
makonsensya na man kung
dili mobotar sa hagtahag.
Whatever its form and
justification are, it is still
vote-selling and -buying.
Many Facebook posts show
paper currency of various
denominations stapled to
sample ballots or lists of
candidates. And there are
even reports of arrests made
by police officers of people
caught in flagrante delicto
of selling or buying votes.
While these are a good
start, these are not enough
to curb this wicked prac-
tice. The change has to
start from the candidates
themselves. Covenants of
peace for the conduct of
clean and honest elections
are given much publicity –
and rightly so – yet it seems
the commitments made are
only good for that specific
moment.
No matter how we cam-
paign to eradicate our elec-
tions of vote-buying and
-selling, if the candidates
will not be true to their
commitments not to resort
to this wicked practice, our
elections will continue to be
an exercise not of our right
of suffrage but of making
a mockery of our election
laws.
To me, the real winners
are those who lost in the
counting but were voted
upon by those who did not
sell their votes.
Camomot
From page 6
plaining young lady, also
claiming they had to be
at their respective offices
by 8 am.
We, the behaving we-
are-lining-up first ten,
were still outside of that
classroom and nowhere
near having our index
fingers polished with in-
delible ink. But, with much
thanks to the concerned
citizen, the misbehaving
late-for-work pretenders
were ordered to line up
outside the classroom and
we were finally allowed
to vote.
I told the concerned
citizen he should run for
the barangay elections
next time. And he jokingly
replied, Basta botar mo
nako kung modagan ko. Of
course, we will!
See how easy it is to
convince neighbors to vote
for you?
The barangay is where
it all starts. From vote buy-
ing to graft and corruption.
Call it practice. That’s
where the politician learns
how to play the game. If
blessed with a good heart,
then the barangay official
can be the exact opposite
of a traditional politician
who’s more popularly
known as a trapo. But if
possessed by an evil heart,
he will turn out to be worse
than a trapo.
Being a public servant
should be treated as a
sacred calling reserved
only for those who truly
want to serve the madlang
pehpohl. Those with lofty
ambitions for power and
money should never be
allowed to run for any po-
litical position. If ever you
want money and power,
don’t enter politics—put
up a social networking site
instead. Like Facebook.
Supply
From page 1
But as of yesterday or two
days after the self-imposed
deadline, Cobi has yet to
deliver on its promise. This
means the supply shortfall
in the western parts of the
city up to Opol town in Mis-
amis Oriental has remained
at 20 million liters a day.
COWD general man-
ager Bienvenido Batar told
the Gold Star Daily that
he was informed that the
delay was caused by a leak-
ing mechanical seal at the
Cobi-run water treatment
facility that was built by Rio
Verde Water Consortium
Inc. in Barangay Pualas,
Baungon town in Bukidnon.
Based on the 2017 joint
venture agreement between
COWD and Metro Pacific
Water Investments Corp.,
Cobi’s owners, the bulk wa-
ter supplier was supposed to
supply 60 thousand cubic
meters or 60 million liters
of treated water to the water
district everyday effective
Jan. 1.
COWD said Cobi asked
for more time, pointing out
that a storm that struck the
region in December last
year damaged parts of its
water supply infrastructure.
Batar said the daily sup-
ply from Cobi remained at
40 thousand cubic meters as
of this week.
He however said COWD
managed to improve the
water supply in some ba-
rangays in the western part
of it service area by making
valve adjustments.
Loses
From page 1
as youth council chairman
in 1975, barangay councilor
in 1982, and barangay chair-
man from 1983 to 1990.
After that, Tinampay left
and worked abroad. He re-
turned and ran for barangay
chairman, defeating Dacer
by a 145-vote margin.
Soriano said Dacer’s
defeat may also be an in-
dication that former mayor
Emano has already signifi-
cantly weakened, politically,
in Puntod, one of the city’s
biggest barangays in terms
of voting population.
He also noted that Tinam-
pay is closely identified with
Mayor Oscar Moreno.
“Nakuha man gyud ni
Moreno ang Puntod kay
mida-og man ang iyang
kandidato,” said Soriano,
calling Tinampay’s victory
on Monday as a big political
comeback.
Dacer meanwhile said
he has accepted his defeat.
“Basin dunay gitanaga ang
kahitas-an kanato nga po-
sition nga mas labaw pa sa
kapitan.”
List
From page 1
candidate for SK member in
Barangay 29.
But he said even the
Friday, May 18, 2018 7
Guevarra respects move
to abolish OGCC, PCGG
JUSTICE Secretary Menardo Guevarra yesterday said he respects
the move of the Lower House seeking to abolish the Presidential
Commission on Good Government (PCGG) and Office of the
Government Corporate Counsel (OGCC) to further strengthen the
powers of the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG).
Guevarra, however, said he would want the PCGG and OGCC
to remain in place.
“We respect the action of the HOR (House of Representatives).
But we’ll maintain our position to keep PCGG and the OGCC under
the wings of the DOJ (Department of Justice),” he said.
Guevarra said he has not discussed the bill with President Duterte
who could stop its passage through a veto.
“It’s not an immediate issue. No counterpart bill in the Senate,”
he pointed out.
The OGCC serves as the principal law office of all govern-
ment-owned and -controlled corporations (GOCCs), their subsid-
iaries and other corporate offsprings and government acquired asset
corporation while the OSG is tasked to represent the government
and its officers in the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals and other
courts or tribunals in actions where government or any officer in his
official capacity is a party.
Currently, the OSG is attached to the DOJ because it provides
legal services to the state but will become a separate agency once the
bill is passed into law.
On Tuesday, the House approved on third and final reading a mea-
sure seeking to abolish the PCGG and OGCC to further strengthen
the powers of the OSG.
Voting 162-10, the House approved House Bill 7376, or the
proposed OSG Charter, which seeks to further strengthen the agency
by increasing its powers and functions, and redefining, expanding,
and rationalizing its organization.
Under the bill, the OGCC and the PCGG shall be abolished and
their respective powers shall be transferred to the OSG.
This means that the legal representation of the government, its
agencies, and instrumentalities, including GOCCs and officials and
agents acting in their official capacity and the powers and functions
of the PCGG, shall be consolidated in the OSG.
Affected personnel of the OGCC and the PCGG, who will not
be absorbed into the new staffing pattern of the OSG, shall be given
the option to avail of the retirement and separation package.
The bill also provides for the creation of at least 50 legal divisions
in the OSG, each of which shall be headed by an Assistant Solicitor
General and shall consist of at least 10 lawyers and other personnel.
(pna)
proclamation of the win- winning candidate for SK
ners would not be seen as chairman in Tuburan; and
effective based on the order • Juven Pagara Rivera,
received by the Comelec winning candidate for SK
office in the city on Tuesday member in Barangay 29.
afternoon. Acol said the 14 win-
The order applies to the ning candidates would be
following winning candi- slapped with disqualifica-
dates: tion cases being prepared
• Ian King March Pi- by the Comelec’s legal de-
mentel, winning candidate partment because they were
for SK chairman, Cugman; overaged on the day of the
• Michelle Jose elections.
Tamparong, winning can- “Mi-insister man gyud
didate for SK member in sila, so dili namo sila
Barangay 25; mapogngan pero amo na
• Samson Roa, winning silang gipasidan-an da-an
candidate for SK chairman nga mabaliwala ra gihapon
in Tumpagon; ang ilang candidacy kay
• Darryl Jay Miego Ro- overaged na man sila,”
meo, winning candidate for said Acol.
SK member in Barangay 32; He said the Comelec
• Jocell Lauderes, win- would also submit the
ning candidate for SK mem- names of the 14 winning
ber in Barangay 21; candidates to the Depart-
• Agustine Racaza Lar- ment of Interior and Local
on, winning candidate for Government (DILG) so
SK chairman in Indahag; that the Department could
• John Baltazar Padinit act appropriately. “Aron
Joaquin, winning candidate mahibalo ang DILG nga
for SK member in Bonbon; kining mga tawhana ov-
• John Vincent Velez eraged na ug suspended
Bacarro, winning candidate ang ilang proclamation or
for SK member in Barangay suspended ang effectivity
32; sa ilang proclamation al-
• Salinas Jomar Remen- ang niadtong mga na-pro-
tizo, winning candidate for claimed na,” he said. (nitz
SK member in Barangay 17; arancon)
• Joanne Tahud Binoli-
rao, winning candidate for
SK member in Barangay 4; Destroys
From page 1
• Michael Malacaguing
Waslo, winning candidate result of the fire.
for SK member in Mam-
buaya;
Investigators have yet
to determine the cause of
• Ronel Dalao Yacop Jr., the fire, the second in the
winning candidate for SK barangay since April 29. In
member in Tignapoloan; last month’s fire, 13 houses
• Zaimer Caare Nangcas, were destroyed.
Money Matters
Gold Star Daily

Friday, May 18, 2018

Peso ends unchanged,
stocks retreat slightly
THE Philippine peso ended
practically unchanged against
the greenback, but local stocks
moved slightly lower on
Wednesday.
The local currency finished
the day’s trade at 52.28 from the
previous session’s 52.29.
On the other hand, the Phil-
ippine Stock Exchange index
(PSEi) shed 16.41 points or 0.21
percent to close at 7,869.56.
The broader All Shares de-
clined by 0.32 percent, 15.34
points, to 4,754.80 points.
Holding Firms registered the
highest drop at 0.94 percent,
followed by Industrial, 0.66 per-
cent; Services, 0.25 percent; and
Financials, 0.03 percent.
Only the Property and Min-
ing and Oil sectors registered
an upward trajectory with 0.86
percent and 0.62 percent, re-
spectively.
Volume totaled 681 million
shares amounting to P6.377 bil-
lion.
Losers led gainers 84 to 106
while 53 shares remained un-
changed. (PNA)
Ridesharing firm seeks additional
6K drivers amid tightening supply
RIDESHARING firm Grab
Philippines is seeking for the
onboarding of about 6,000
drivers into its platform who
were displaced due to the halt
in the operations of its corpo-
rate rival Uber last month fol-
lowing their acquisition.
This, as Grab has reiterated
its commitment to work with
transport regulators on re-
plenishing the supply of driv-
ers in response to increasing
demand from its passengers.
“Our immediate priority
is to work with regulators to
onboard the 6,000 displaced
drivers who are not part of
the LTFRB masterlist. We are
continuously working with
government agencies to find a
long-term solution on the sup-
ply issue,” Grab country mar-
keting head Cindy Toh said in
a statement.
To address the situation,
Grab is regularly releasing
incentives to increase driver
productivity by at least 15
percent per day.
The firm also encourages
its riders to utilize the Grab
Share feature on its mobile
app to share its available cars
to fellow passengers and to
save on fuel costs.
Passengers may also use
GrabCar’s Multi-Stop feature
for multiple destinations in-
stead of booking separately.
“We also seek our passen-
gers to plan their trips and
book ahead of time,” Toh
said.
Grab currently receives
about 600,000 passenger
booking requests each day
but only 35,000 vehicles are
available to serve the riding
public.
The overflow in demand
Editor: Ben Balce
9
and severe undersupply of
cars has resulted in longer
waiting times for passengers
or not getting allocated a ve-
hicle according to the ride-
sharing firm.
The Land Transportation
Franchising and Regulatory
Board (LTFRB) has imposed
a common supply cap of
65,000 transportation network
vehicle services (TNVS) units
in Metro Manila.
The LTFRB said it is open
to a possible review of the
supply cap of TNVS units.
(PNA)

Learners’ Developmental Level: Factors for Success in Teaching

by: Ma. Lilli Elsa Gazo-Salavedra, LPT
T-III, Don Carlos Central Elem. School
Don Carlos 1 District
Children also need a learning environment that will encourage them to explore and
experience the world, which is the child’s source of knowledge aside from the classroom.
Every child is naturally inquisitive. When the child is curious, he investigates his
own little world. You give him a ball; he squeezes, bounces, and smells it. In the process
of carefully studying the ball (investigation), he discovers answer to question about the ball
(final product – knowledge). For children, the learning process is more important than the
final product.
Consider the children’s development level. Give them activities and materials that they
can handle, thus avoiding frustration and strengthening their self-esteem. Children with
high self-esteem can be caring for others because they are not preoccupied with their own
perceived inadequacies.
Avoid telling them the best way to do things. Let them discover for themselves. While
curiosity enhances the cognitive development of children, we should also consider their
socio-emotional development manifested through helping, caring, and sharing behaviors. All
children have the ability to be affected deeply by other people’s emotional state. Adults can
teach children the value of helping, caring, and sharing. Make your environment as nurturing
as possible – like taking care of pets and plants.
Assist children in defining their own feelings towards others, positive or negative.
Children cannot empathize with the emotions of others until they understand their own.
Welcome children’s help and show how much you appreciate even the smallest effort.
They should help because they want to, not because they expect rewards. Let children know
how much you value helping, caring, and sharing; and be good role model to them. The most
important role of parents is that of a behavior model. Children tend to mimic what adults do
more often than what they say. The ways that you communicate, solve problems, and relate
to others – coupled with an enriched learning environment – form a powerful tool for how
your children will learn and behave beyond the four walls of the classroom.
The 21st Century Teachers: Duties and Responsibilities
By: RochelleGrefalde-Genelza,LPT
T-III, Don Carlos Central Elem. School
Don Carlos 1 District
In the past changing world of the early 21st century, public education is also
changing. As part of changes, the role of schools and education will also be different
both in the educational system and in society. Together with them the role of teachers
will also change.
There have been a great number of changes in education system in our country
recently. How- ever, our country experienced a great chance with the abrupt change
of the educational curriculum which is the K-12. Let us examine the influence of the
changes and its consequences in teachers in compulsory education.
The changes that look place in the schools have changed the roles of teachers
too. In the past, teachers used to be in the majors source of knowledge, the leader
and educator of their students’ school life. Teachers would organize after-school
activities. They used to be the authority in the class and often took over the role of
parents. Nowadays, teachers provide information and show their students how to
tackle them.
If we focus on the teaching process, we realize that there are still a great
number of changes in this field as well, and all of them have an influence on the
role of teachers. First of all, teachers in modern classroom are no longer lecturers
– they are facilitators. Their main task is to set goals and organize the learning
process accordingly. Then, in the past, teachers used to follow a syllabus which
was compulsory for them. Nowadays, teachers have a National Curriculum, a Core
Curriculum, and a local (school) curriculum that they have to consider, but, on the
other hand, they have independence to choose the teaching materials (textbook),
make up a Syllabus of their own, teaching, and teach their pupils so that they can
perform well both at examinations and in life. Curriculum design is a task teachers
have to be prepared for, although the present generation of teachers has been
growing into making up syllabi for years
Summer Vacation: What is it for Teachers?
By: Analisa C. Unabia
The life of a teacher is not as easy as reading A, B, C or counting
as 1, 2, 3. Most of the time, they unintentionally ignore their own
family and happiness to embrace and attend to the needs of every
individual in their care as a second mother and a facilitator of
learning.
What are some benefits of summer vacation for teachers?
First, late night sleep due to lesson planning / IMs preparation,
rush mornings and sleepless noon breaks are out of the picture. It
is a moment for relaxation,feed their body with calmness.
Second, it’s a two-month period of unlimited quality time
with their love ones. They are 24/7 available for their families and
friends. A time to fill their hearts with love and happiness.
Finally, a chance to recharge.An opportunity to feed their minds
with the latest and updated teaching strategies and approaches
suitable to varied and diverse learners. An opportunityto be fully
equipped with the knowledge, skills, values and attitudes for the
21st century teaching.

Counselor Plays Significant Role Towards Learner Life Goals
By Vellie S. Alajar
Secondary School Teacher III
Halapitan National High School
San Fernando, Bukidnon
Guidance and counseling plans should enable counselors to improve their time
management by allocating the majority of time to implement the identified key result
areas and competencies of the guidance and counseling curriculum.
Developing guidance and counseling plans with specific goals and objectives that
can be assessed and evaluated opens a window of opportunity for school counselors.
A reflection is a form of response of the learner to experience. In our model, we
have indicated two main components: the experience and the reflective activity based
on that experience.
In a sense in which we are using the term, experience consists of the total
response of a person to a situation or event: what he or she thinks, feels, does, and
concludes at the time and immediately thereafter.
The situation or event could be part of a formal course, e.g. a workshop, a field
trip, a lecture, or it could be more informal: an event arising from a personal study
project or from the actions of a community group, or a totally unplanned occurrence
in daily life.
It could be provoked by an external agent or it could be an internal experience,
arising out of some discomfort with one’s present state.
In most cases, the initial experience is quite complex and is constituted of a number
of particular experiences within it. In the case of the childcare student discussed, the
learning experience would consist of the time spent within the classroom, but within
that, there would be many observations, thoughts, perceptions, reactions, awkward
moments, and interchanges which would make up the total experience.
Dark Chocolate Consumption, to Reduce Publication Notice
Stress and Inflammation
R.A. 10172
By: Alita Babiera Olvinar
Teacher 11 – Damayohan Elementary School,
Damayohan, Magsaysay, Misamis Oriental NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
Who doesn’t love chocolate? In fact chocolate has become one of the all-time
favorites, they come in different flavors: the silky dark chocolate, bittersweet chocolate,
In compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant
to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1, Guidelines in the
white chocolate, or the creamy milk chocolate, just imagining them makes your mouth
water. Chocolate has also become one of the commonly used flavors throughout the Implementation of Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012
world such as ice creams, syrups, bread and cookies, drinks, etc. (IRR on R.A. 10172). Notice is hereby served to the public that
There are different health benefits we can get from eating certain type of
chocolates: dark chocolates. Dark chocolate has a free radical fighting ability that KIMBERHEART ARANAIDO BUCAG has filed with this Office, a
protects us from diseases, it fights off environmental toxins that we’re exposed on daily petition for correction of clerical error to correct the Child’s Sex
basis. Also, it helps prevent cancer, improve heart health, etc. And lastly, according to
from “MALE” to “FEMALE” in her Certificate of Live Birth bearing
the Science Daily news journal published on April 24, 2018, the Loma Linda University
Adventist Health Sciences Center found out from two new studies shows that dark registry no, 89-1872 was born on July 21, 1989 at Gingoog City,
chocolate consumption reduces stress and inflammation, while improving memory, Misamis Oriental to parents Lita Aranaido and Felly Bucag.
immunity and mood. However, further research is still in progress to elaborate on the Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his/her
mechanisms that may be involved in the cause-and-effect brain-behavior relationship
with cacao at this high concentration. written opposition with this Office not later than May 31, 2018.
On the other hand, it is important to remember that despite the amount
of nutritional benefits we get from consuming chocolates it has also an array of (SGD) ATTY. MARGIE LUSTRE LUMA-AD
disadvantages specially when consumed too much. Chocolate contains cholesterol;
therefore too much intake of chocolate can lead to obesity and other health issues. We
City Civil Registrar
can prevent this by exercising daily and maintain a balanced diet. MGSD May 18 & 25, 2018

BNSHI teachers participate in Blood Donation RA Form No. 10.1 (LCRO) Publication Notice
By: Gina P. Polon R.A. 9048
Republic of the Philippines
SST-III/BNSHI
Province of Camiguin
MUNICIPALITY OF CATARMAN NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
More than one hundred teachers of Bukidnon National School -oOo-
of Home Industries both from the Junior and Senior High School In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. 9048, a notice
participated the blood letting program on February 16, 2018 held at the OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CIVIL REGISTRAR is hereby served to the public that ARCEFE ABUGHO
school’s auditorium. The Theme of the said program was “Durong Guro, NOTICE OF PUBLICATION SOCUROM has filed with this Office, a petition for Change
Dugong Bayani-Alay Ko, Buhay mo!”. of First Name (CFN) from “ARCEFE CECILIA” to “ARCEFE”
The Philippine National Red Cross (PNRC) in coordination with the In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. Act No. 9048, a notice is hereby in her Certificate of Live Birth bearing Registry No. 1088,
Department of Education conducted this program. served to the public that ALFREDO A. LOPEZ has filed with this Office a born on October 19, 1963 at Gingoog City, Mis. Or., whose
petition for change of first name from “GODOFREDO“ to “ALFREDO” in the
The said program was facilitated by the Philippine National Red Cross
Certificate of Live Birth of Godofredo Lopez who was born on January 25,
parents are Felix Abugho and Arcenia Uba.
personnel and the school nurses headed by Mrs. Rizalinda Saromines as 1957 at Kilambon, Catarman, Misamis Or. And whose parents are Antonio Any person adversely affected by said petition may file
the host school. The medical team of the Division of Bukidnon headed Lopez and Aquilina Aliwate. his/her written opposition with this Office not later than
by Dr. Maya Luna also assisted and facilitated the activity. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written May 23, 2018.
The Philippine National Red Cross (PNRC) aims to contribute to opposition with this Office not later than June 4, 2018.
blood-banking efforts and to promote healthy lifestyle among donor. (SGD) LUDIVINA T. LIBAGO (SGD) ATTY. MARGIE LUSTRE LUMA-AD
The program also promotes a sense of responsibility and awareness Municipal Civil Registrar City Civil Registrar
among employees. Donate blood now and save a life. MGSD May 18 & 25, 2018 MGSD May 11 & 18, 2018

RA Form No. 10.1 (LCRO) Publication Notice Publication Notice

Republic of the Philippines
Province of Camiguin
MUNICIPALITY OF CATARMAN
-oOo-
OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CIVIL REGISTRAR
NOTICE OF PUBLICATION
In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. Act No. 9048, a notice is hereby
served to the public that CLAUDIO M. DEGUIA has filed with this Office a
petition for change of first name from “CLAUDIO RUBEN “ to “CLAUDIO” in
the Certificate of Live Birth of Claudio Ruben Macabuhay Deguia who was
born on July 21, 1961 at Catarman, Mis. Or. And whose parents are Jorge
Banaag Deguia and Romana Macabuhay.
Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written
opposition with this Office not later than June 4, 2018.
R.A. 10172
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
CFN - __ Date:
CCE- 14-2017 R.A. 10172
In compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG
Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1 Guidelines in the Implementation of
the Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172), Notice
is hereby served to the public that GEBS CODIS PODADOR has filed with
this Office, a petition for Change of Gender from “MALE” to “FEMALE” in
the certificate of live birth of Gebs Codis Podador and whose parents are
Dionesio Jr. P. Podadot and Virginia S. Codis.
Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written
opposition with this Office not later than 10 DAYS.
R.A. 10172
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
In compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant
to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1, Guidelines in the
Implementation of Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR
on R.A. 10172). Notice is hereby served to the public that NEEDY
HALLY CABRERA SEPNIO has filed with this Office, a petition for
Correction of Clerical Error to correct the Child’s Sex from “MALE”
to “FEMALE” in her Certificate of Live Birth bearing Registry
No. 93-1223, was born on July 9, 1993 at Gingoog City, Misamis
Oriental to parents LINALIZA CABRERA and JACK SEPNIO.
Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his/her
written opposition with this Office not later than May 24, 2018.

(SGD) LUDIVINA T. LIBAGO (SGD) SOCARNO O. AQUINO (SGD) ATTY. MARGIE LUSTRE LUMA-AD
Municipal Civil Registrar (Signature over printed name of the C/MCR) City Civil Registrar
MGSD May 18 & 25, 2018 MGSD May 11 & 18, 2018 MGSD May 11 & 18, 2018
 1/8 PAGE
Money Matters
Gold Star Daily

Friday, May 18, 2018

Lambino is
new DOF
assistant
secretary
SECRETARY Carlos Dominguez
III has sworn into office Antonio
Joselito Lambino II as the new
assistant secretary for Strategy,
Economics, and Results Group
(SERG) of the Department of Fi-
nance (DOF).
As Assistant Secretary of
SERG, Lambino will provide
strategic advice to the DOF tax re-
form team on policy advocacy and
stakeholder engagement programs
supporting the Comprehensive
Tax Reform Program (CTRP).
Lambino was formerly the head
of public policy at Ayala Corpora-
tion where he worked on strength-
ening the contribution of private
enterprise to national development.
He had also served as head
of communication at the Inter-
national Rice Research Institute
(IRRI) . (PNA)
Davao to sign MOA with firm for
review of fiscal incentive offerings
CITY government of Davao
signed on Wednesday a memo-
randum of agreement (MOA)
with Isla Lipana & Co. for the
updating of the 2012 Davao
City Investment and Incentive
Code, according to Lemuel Or-
tonio, head of the Davao City
Investment Promotions Center
(DCIPC).
The signing took place during
the first regular meeting of the
Davao City Investment Incentive
Board at the City Mayor’s Con-
ference Room in the presence of
Mayor Sara Duterte, department
heads, private sector representa-
tives, and representatives from
Isla Lipana & Cop.
Ortonio said that the forging
of agreement formalized the
partnership between the city and
the company to start the timely
review of the six-year-old incen-
tive code, owing to the several
changes in the city’s economic
profile and landscape brought
about by the entry of several
infrastructure and development
projects.
“We need to keep up with the
trends and we hope that with this
review, we will be able to intro-
duce investments that the city
needs that are in line with the de-
velopment direction of the city,”
he said.
The Isla Lipana & Co, a
member firm of the London-
based multinational professional
services firm Pricewaterhouse-
Coopers (PwC) global network
and is in the business of deliver-
ing audit and assurance, tax and
advisory services, also presented
the eight-month timeframe for
Editor: Ben Balce
10
preferred investment areas, Ca-
balsi said the eight-month review
would focus not only on sectors
that are already sustainable be-
cause that will render support
coming from the city useless. He
added they would also look into
the areas that need more support
in the form of incentive or sub-
sidy.
He explained the city govern-
ment should focus on improving
the supporting linkages to sectors
that are already sustainable or are
MOA SIGNING. Mayor Sara Duterte signs the memorandum of agreement
with Isla Lipana & Co. on Wednesday (16 May 2018) to update the city’s
already being supported by the
investment code. Isla Lipana, which is part of the London-based Pricewa- national government
terhouseCoopers (PwC), is represented by its chairman and senior partner, The five-page memorandum
lawyer Alexander Cabrera. Mindanews photo by antonio L. CoLina iV of agreement (MOA) stated that
the review. partnership between private and both parties agreed, among oth-
Atty. Brando Cabalsi, the public sector to achieve goals, ers, to determine whether suf-
firm’s tax director, said they en- and create a source of pride for ficient investments in an area
vision to make the city fit for ac- Dabawenyos. or activity have been attained.
celerated growth, strengthen the In coming up with a new list of (MINDANEWS)

Importance of reading comprehension
skills on secondary students
By Vellie S. Alajar
Secondary School Teacher III
Halapitan National High School
San Fernando, Bukidnon
Reading is important for the mind and the success of students’ academic career. To
read, one must comprehend what has been read; otherwise, there would be no purpose
in reading. Comprehension is one of the most important reading skills adolescent students
need to possess.
Students who have excellent reading comprehension are able to master academic
content, read for pleasure, and are more likely to succeed in post-secondary goals.
Unfortunately, comprehension strategy skills are not natural skills of students, but
rather must be self-taught or taught by someone else. In view of the impact that reading
comprehension has on secondary students’ success in content area classes, it is essential
that effective comprehension strategies be taught by all secondary teachers.
Secondary students are required to read and understand texts from many different
content areas in school. Filipino students are not entering high school equipped with
the necessary reading skills as indicated by the large failure rate on required national
standardized tests.
Reading comprehension is the process of understanding and interpreting information
from the text in order to construct meaning. Readers who simply read the text and remember
what has been said are not demonstrating reading comprehension.
A good reader is not only thinking about everything that the writer includes in the
message but is going beyond it as all complex areas of the brain are operating while readers’
process texts.
For reading comprehension to occur, a reader must filter what has been read through
their own foundation of knowledge and beliefs, use the author’s organizational structure to
think about the information read and makes inferences about the author’s message.
In-Service Training of Junior and Senior High School Teachers in BNSHI RA Form No. 10.1 (LCRO)
By Veronica T. Coludo
Teacher III Republic of the Philippines
Province of Camiguin
A Mass Orientation of Junior and Senior High School Teachers on the MUNICIPALITY OF CATARMAN
Philippine Professional Standards for Teachers (PPST) and Results Based -oOo-
Performance Management System (RPMS) with be held at Bukidnon
National School of Industries on May 21-23, 2018. This is in compliance to
OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CIVIL REGISTRAR
the Division Memorandum No. 198, s.2018 issued by the Schools Division
Superintendent, Dr. Cherry Mae L. Limbaco, on May 7, 2018 directing all NOTICE OF PUBLICATION
districts to conduct a simultaneous training on PPST and RPMS. This training
is to be facilitated by the secondary school heads who were trained for this
In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. Act No. 9048, a notice is hereby
purpose, prior to the set schedule of the said training.
The orientation will be participated by all junior and senior high school served to the public that JOSEPHINE C. NACALABAN has filed with this
Office a petition for change of first name from “JOSELING“ to “JOSEPHINE”
teachers in the district of Maramag who will be given a daily allowance
good for two snacks and a lunch for three days, chargeable to MOOE. This in the Certificate of Live Birth of Joseling Magto Cervantes who was born on
is done to encourage the teachers who are still on vacation to join and gain August 20, 1958 at Panghiawan, Catarman, Camiguin and whose parents
are Diego Cervantes and Rosalina Magto.
a lot on the said training.
The three-day training activities will focus mainly on the importance Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written
of professional standards in the continuing professional development and opposition with this Office not later than June 4, 2018.
advancement of teachers based on the principle of lifelong learning as
mentioned in the DepEd Order No. 42, s. 2017 and a review on some issues (SGD) LUDIVINA T. LIBAGO
and updates of the importance of the RPMS for the teachers to achieve Municipal Civil Registrar
work fulfillment and remain dedicated and committed to serve. MGSD May 18 & 25, 2018
Money Matters
Gold Star Daily

Friday, May 18, 2018

Phils, Papua New Guinea
sign agriculture support
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte
on Wednesday, May 16, received
Papua New Guinea Prime Min-
ister Peter O’Neill in Malacañan
Palace, where the two leaders wit-
nessed the signing of an agriculture
cooperation that would further
boost food security in both coun-
tries.
Prime Minister O’Neill arrived at
5pm in Malacañan and was ac-
corded with arrival honors.
He was greeted by Finance Secre-
tary Carlos Dominguez, Defense
Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, Trade
Secretary Ramon Lopez, Agricul-
ture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol,
Special Assistant to the President
TO BOOST FOOD SECURITY. President Rodrigo Roa Duterte accom- Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go,
panies Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O’Neill to Malacañan
Palace for the bilateral meeting on May 16, 2018. ALBERT ALCAIN/ Communications Secretary Martin
PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO Andanar, Presidential Spokesper-
son Harry Roque, Foreign Affairs
Undersecretary Ernesto Abella,
Philippine Ambassador to Papua
New Guinea Bienvenido Tejano,
and Philippine National Police
(PNP) Chief Oscar Albayalde.
After the welcome ceremony,
Prime Minister O’Neill was then
ushered to the Reception Hall for
the traditional signing of the Palace
guestbook. This was followed by
a restricted meeting at the Music
Room, and an extended bilateral
meeting at the Aguinaldo State
Dining Room.
President Duterte welcomed the
delegation from Papua New Guin-
ea and thanked Prime Minister
O’Neill for accepting his invitation
to visit the Philippines when they
met in last year’s APEC Leaders’
Meeting in Da Nang, Vietnam.
“In our bilateral meeting, we ex-
tensively discussed defense and
security cooperation, trade and
investment relations, agriculture
cooperation, and people-to-people
exchanges,” President Duterte said
in a joint press statement.
“In the pursuit of greater peace,
progress, and prosperity for our
peoples, we have realized that
we have to do more together to
ensure what we want to achieve
and the goals reached. There
must be translated into actions
the sustained projects and tangi-
ble results that can be measured,”
he added.
Following the extended bilateral
meeting, President Duterte and
Prime Minister O’Neill witnessed
Editor: Ben Balce
11
the signing of the Joint Declara-
tion on Agriculture Cooperation
between the Philippines and Papua
New Guinea.
The Joint Declaration was signed
by Agriculture Secretary Emma-
nuel Piñol and Hon. Benny Allan,
Papua New Guinea Minister for
Agriculture and Livestock.
The Joint Declaration signifies the
share commitment of the Philip-
pines and Papua New Guinea to
expand and strengthen bilateral re-
lations and cooperation in the field
of agriculture and agro-industries,
particularly in areas such as rice
grains and industrial crops produc-
tion; aquaculture and inland fish
farming; livestock breeding and
improvement; and agri-business
development. (PNA)

Mass housing developer BSP hikes Finance dept: Tax reform

targets higher revenues term deposit
Mass housing developer 8990
Holdings Inc. targets a revenue
growth of about 14 percent this
year to at least P11.5 billion, em-
boldened by a strong first-quarter
performance on the back of ro-
bust revenues from its residential
projects.
“The first quarter (earnings)
has been probably the best first
quarter we had in recent years.
We are surprised that the sales
take-up of our units from NCR
(National Capital Region), the
total project sales are doing very
well,” 8990 Holdings President
and Chief Executive Officer Wil-
lie Uy said in a press briefing on
Wednesday.
Uy said first-quarter earnings
were historically slow following
the celebration of the Christmas
season.
8990 Holdings reported to the
local bourse that its net income
went up 37 percent to P1 billion
in the first quarter of the year from
P736 million the previous year.
The company’s gross rev-
enues reached P2.5 billion in
the January to March quarter, up
by a whopping 57 percent from
PHP1.6 billion last year.
“We are looking at least P11.5-
billion target gross revenues for
2018. Hopefully, we can do it
better. I am confident about the
year,” Uy said.
Its unaudited revenues reached
P10.09 billion in 2017.
8990 Holdings said real es-
tate sales increased 57 percent to
P2.5 billion in the first quarter, as
the company delivered a total of
1,786 homes.
About 56 percent of units de-
livered were from the NCR, fol-
lowed by Visayas, which gener-
ated 24 percent of the total, while
Mindanao sold 14 percent.
8990 Holdings is scheduled
to launch a total of five projects
nationwide this year worth P60
billion. (PNA)
offerings
THE Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
(BSP) increased to P120 billion the
term deposit facility (TDF) volume
up for grabs during next week’s
auction.
The volume for the seven-day
tenor for next week’s bidding will
be offered at P50 billion from
Wednesday’s auction of P40 bil-
lion. For the 14-day tenor, the vol-
ume will also be P10 billion higher
-- from P30 billion to P40 billion.
The central bank is more op-
timistic on longer tenor TDF as
the offering for the 28-day facil-
ity is raised to P30 billion for next
week’s auction from this day’s bid-
ding of P10 billion.
Meanwhile, bids for all three
tenors of TDF were oversubscribed
during Wednesday’s auction.
BSP offered a total of P80 bil-
lion of TDF in seven-day, 14-day,
and 28-day tenors for this day’s
auction, but total tenders reached
P130.53 billion. (PNA)
fueling Philippines growth
DEPARTMENT of Finance
(DOF) said the first pack-
age of the Tax Reform for
Acceleration and Inclusion
(TRAIN) Law provides am-
ple fiscal space for the gov-
ernment to fund programs that
support economic growth.
In its Economic Bulletin
on GDP, the department said
Package 1 of the TRAIN Law
will bring in additional re-
sources for the government to
finance its Build Build Build
Program, as well as greater
spending on social services.
“These investments are
game-changing in the sense
that they catalyze further in-
vestments, which, in turn,
drive investment-led growth,
generate meaningful employ-
ment, and subsequently re-
duce poverty,” the DOF said.
On Thursday, government
data showed that gross domes-
tic product (GDP) in the first
quarter of 2018 grew by 6.8
percent, led by industry at 7.9
percent, services at 7 percent,
and agriculture at 1.5 percent.
The DOF noted that aside
from strong household con-
sumption, government con-
sumption was also robust in
Q1 2018.
Government consumption
increased by 13.6 percent in
Q1 2018, a big jump from Q1
2017’s growth of 0.1 percent.
This also surpassed house-
hold consumption in January
to March 2018, which grew
by 5.6 percent compared to
the same period last year.
Government data also
showed that tax revenues in-
creased by 14.3 percent in the
first three months of the imple-
mentation of the TRAIN Law,
higher than the 13.4-percent
increment in tax revenues in
the same period last year.
The TRAIN Law provides
new sources of tax collection
for the government, such as
excise taxes on oil products,
automotive vehicles, and sug-
ar-sweetened beverages.
The additional tax collec-
tion is intended for the govern-
ment’s Build Build Build Pro-
gram to improve infrastructure
and connectivity throughout
the archipelago, as well as en-
hance the quality of the local
workforce by investing in hu-
man capital development.
“Strong macroeconomic
fundamentals, such as strong
external position and ample
fiscal space, will continue to
sustain the momentum for
high growth,” the DOF said.
(PNA)

OFFICE OF THE CITY CIVIL REGISTRAR R.A. Form No. 10.1 (LCRO) R.A. Form 10.1(LCRO)
Province of Surigao del Sur Republic of the Philippines
Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office
TANDAG CITY Province of Agusandel Sur
Local Civil Registry Office
Province of Agusan del Sur City of Bayugan
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC Municipality of Bayugan
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
In compliance with the Section 5 of R.A. 9048, a notice is NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION CCE-0041-2018 April 16, 2018
hereby served to the public that MERCEDES ESTRADA ELUMBA
has filed with this Office, a petition for Change of First Name from In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. No. 9048, a notice is hereby IN COMPLIANCE with the publication requirement and pursuant
MERCY to MERCEDES in the Birth Certificate of MERCY ELEDIA served to the public that MARIA RABINA MANAGA LASCUÑA has filed with to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-01, guidelines in the
ESTRADA who was born on September 14, 1959 at Tandag, this office a petition for Change of First Name from “RABINA” to “MARIA implementation of R.A. 10172 IRR, notice is hereby served to the
RABINA” in the birth certificate of MARIA RABINA LIMOT MANAGA - public that JOMARI C. DAGALA has filed with this office, a petition for
Surigao del Sur and whose parents are Agustin Ortiz Estrada and CORRECTION OF ENTRY in the entry of SEX from “MALE” to “FEMALE”, in
Paciencia Cortes Eledia. LASCUÑA who was born on June 14, 1972 at Bayugan, Agusan del Sur and
the certificate of Live Birth of JOMARI C. DAGALAat Bayugan, Agusan del
whose parents are AURELIO MANAGA and DOLORES LIMOT.
Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his Sur whose parents are Adonis V. Dagala and Lilian B. Cuantioso.
Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written
written opposition with this Office not later than May 24, 2018.
opposition with this office not later than May 25, 2018. opposition with thisoffice not later than May 25, 2018.
(SGD.) LIZA A. AUZA (SGD) EDGAR A. JOVER (SGD) EDGAR A. JOVER
City Civil Registrar City Civil Registrar City Civil Registrar
MGSD May 11 & 18, 2018 MGSD May 11 & 18, 2018 MGSD May 11 & 18, 2018

BNSHI Holds the 1st Senior High School Graduation Ceremony R.A. Form 10.1(LCRO) R.A. Form 10.1(LCRO)
By: Gina P. Polon Republic of the Philippines Republic of the Philippines
SST-III/BNSHI Local Civil Registry Office
Province of Agusandel Sur
Local Civil Registry Office
Bukidnon National School of Home Industries (BNSHI) held its first moving up City of Bayugan Province of Agusandel Sur
ceremony on April 5, 2018. With the theme “Mag-aaral ng K to 12: Handa sa Hamon City of Bayugan
ng Buhay (K to 12 Learners: Ready to Face Life’s Challenges). NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
The Ceremony was held at Maramag Gymnasium on April 5, 2018 at 1:00 in CCE-0048-2018
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
the afternoon. It started with a processional march followed by the signing of CFN-0006-2018 May 2, 2018
the Philippine National Anthem, doxology and opening remarks by the school CCE-0047-2018 April 23, 2018
principal, Dr. Rolisa T. Benedicto. IN COMPLIANCE with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG
This year’s student with high honors, Lloyd S. Cabantac gave the welcome Memorandum Circular No. 2013-01, guidelines in the implementation of R.A. 10172
IRR, notice is hereby served to the public that MA. JOCELYN B. GIPALA - HAYAG has
IN COMPLIANCE with the publication requirement and pursuant
address.
Almost five hundred (500) students of BNSHI were confirmed as the first filed with this office, a petition for CORRECTION OF ENTRY in the entry of Date f Birth to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-01, guidelines in the
Senior High School graduated. They were confirmed by the Schools Division from “JULY 25, 1967” to “AUGUST 31, 1967”,in the certificate of Live Birth of MA. implementation of R.A. 10172 IRR, notice is hereby served to the public
Superintendent (Division of Bukidnon), Dr. Cherry Mae L. Limbaco. After the JOCELYN B. GIPALA - HAYAGborn at Bayugan, Agusandel Sur whose parent are Jose C. that MARJONY M. PORGARILLAS has filed with this office, a petition for
Gipala and Rosita J. Bad-e.
distribution of Certificates, Dr. Limbaco, read a message from the Secretary of the Further, in compliance with Section 5 of R.A. No. 9048, same notice is hereby
CORRECTION OF ENTRY in the entry of SEX from “MALE” to “FEMALE”, in
Department of Education, Sec. Leonor M. Briones. served to the public that MA. JOCELYN B. GIPALA - HAYAG has filed with this office the certificate of Live Birth of MARJONY C. MANLIGUEZ - PORGARILLASat
Major Ariel L. Cabatbat, (MA) PA, an alumna of the school was the guest a petition for Change of First Name from “JOCELYN” to “MA. JOCELYN” in the birth Bayugan, Agusan del Sur whose parents are Ricardo Manliguez and
speaker of the ceremony. He inspired the graduates by his message, a life sharing certificate of MA. JOCELYN B. GIPALA - HAYAGwho was born on August 31, 1967 at Baltazara Cosmiano.
when he was still a student and gave tips on how he was able to achieved his goals Bayugan, Agusan del Sur and whose parents are Jose C. Gipala and Rosita J. Bad-e.
Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition
Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written
in life.
Rose Marie R. Licot, a student with honors lead the Pledge of Loyalty. with thisoffice not later than May 25, 2018. opposition with thisoffice not later than May 25, 2018.
Mrs. Mirnalyn E. Espanueva, the faculty president, gave the closing remarks (SGD) EDGAR A. JOVER
after which a recessional march followed. The ceremony ended at about four in (SGD) EDGAR A. JOVER
City Civil Registrar City Civil Registrar
the afternoon. MGSD May 11 & 18, 2018 MGSD May 11 & 18, 2018
 We’re on the worldwide web urbanlife.news
Facebook Page UrbanLifeMGSD
Instagram @urbanlifemgsdcdo

Sunggod Ta Kamanga
Four Places to Visit
Circulo de Arte Presents ‘Pitik’
Exhibit At Museo de Oro
When In London
F o r m i n g p a r t o f town’s
mma
in
a ii n n a
Bukidnon.
in Bukidnon. The
town’s tourism
a tt tt rr a

tourism officer
a cc tt ii o on
The
officer
n ss

My Tsikiting Babies & Kids Fair

Panaghugpong 10: Mrs. Judith Laspiñas
Mrs. Judith Laspiñas
Xavier Ateneo Arts is is a a key key instrument instrument
Festival, in celebration in in the promotions of
the promotions of
of the National Arts not not only only Quezon’s Quezon’s
Month, artists' group rr o o cc kk w wa a ll ll cc ll ii m mb b ii n ng g
Are you busy and tired e n t e r t a i n m e n t ,rr
C i r c u l o d e A r t e aa n
n d
d BB l
l uu ee W
W a
a tt e
e
c o l l a bon
thinking o r how a t e dto create Cave,
Cave, but
w i t h surprises, also
also to
but playground to this this
to put afestival festival which is also
aMuseo lovelydeand Oro unique r e a swhich , ais r also t s
up the “Pitik” exhibit. considered
considered a
a prelude
prelude
party for your babies? and before craft the stations
Well take a deep breath
beforemuch
and
the gathering gathering
more.
The streets
The streets of the of of the tribes come March.
M u as esigh o of d erelief O ras of tribes
o From unique balloons, come March.
municipality
and
municipality named named
Q
Mya
Qsu usTsikiting
ei szzt o
e a
o nn nt Babies iicn
nu r att th ho& er decorations,
e Under cakes,
Oscar Esteban A Under the the leadership
leadership
province
Kids
province Fair is of
of coming Bukidnon
Bukidnon to eof n t eMayor
r t a i n mGregorio
ents,
of Mayor Gregorio
aF n
Hellol o d i r i
e
fromsn d c o o ,
London!n
and is considered Llauren Gue and
Hello
Cagayan from London!
de s
Oroi d
n e
Yes,
Yes, r e
a
this d
n
II pLhl aout roegnr aGpuhee rasn,d
as
as the
packed
interview, mysugar
my bagsexplained overcapital two
two ph
packed
May the
18-20, sugarbags2018. capital
over This h hii sso tw woii ffbe eo C Coa at rrhmmse e, n n
of
weeks
that
weeks
event Mindanao
of Mindanao ago
ago
is
and
theorganized
andexhibit is
decided
is filled
decided filledtois dCapistrano
to
by e s s e Gue,
r t s the,
Capistrano Gue, the
with
follow culture
uSteph
t l oin United : as “ PKing-ithe Manobo
a b oprofessional
with
follow
best culture
Steph inv eUnited as people the
King- Manobo people
t i k videographers, peopleand or
or
Manobos
dom
Manobos
dom
is for
for
a the the
the
Binisaya showcase
holidays.
showcase
holidays. Only
Only
word much Lumads of the locality
ever, Professional Lumads more of the that locality will
their
a
h i cindigenous
couple of closests friends
aways are
their indigenous ways a k ehighlightedy o u r k i d d for
a
w couple h of tclosests
r a nUnlimiteds lfriends tes m are highlighted for
Organizers
to
and both
family local
members and
knew ie
to
and
tabout
o They both
family
‘ hmy e atriprare local
members
tand
b eknown a t ’ and
knew
[ i n the
the world
world to
to see.
see. Also
Also
Inc.
foreign tourists. The in parties stand out from
foreign
about my trip and the
tourists. the news The known
news known and
andeverything adopted
adopted
English].
taking
Manobos
that I’m care
in So
Englandof
are why
the maypartPitik?
clients’have of the rest and
Manobos
that I’m in England
The7togroup arewanted part
may have of
to as
as Datu
Datu Makapukaw
Makapukaw
needs and a satisfaction..
the
the 7totribes
come
come
answer
be
be a
tribes that
or
surprise group
or question
surprise group for
for thetheof you
of ii nn 2
2
need
0
0 1
1 1
1 ,, for M
M a
a
your
yy o o,rr
indigenous
rest of
of my
indigenous
rest my friends.
friends.people
people You who
You may kGue
may
who i d s chas
Gue exhibit
e l e bcreated
has created
r a t i o n sa
a
through
are
have
My missed visualization
spread
missed me acrossfor
for thethe past the The will was findmade 10, led both by Xavier T h e thisN a summer! tional following the theme, art as aWorkshop.
Bouquet catalyst So for
are Tsikiting
have spread me Babies
across the
past & youfederation
federation of
of tribal
tribal
it you’re busy new worshops that will
[visual
mountainous
two
Kids Fairarts].Basically,
weeks but
is
butthe herearea are of
are
perfect a possible
a uleaders
n d e r oin withe n uthe Center for Culture Let them join nthe My
C o m m i s s i o for A n iheld n gonS the i n i nfair:g, values
what are you waiting education.
mountainous
two weeks here area of leaders inn London
e
thevtown
the town etoto! shopping at the fair! be
See
they
Bukidnon.
couple
place want
of
to places
find to
Held that the
Bukidnon. Held every further progress and
couple of places that answer
I
I every
recom-
recom-best
Second,
assistance
Second,
further
The
Theprogress Londonof CasaEye.
Eye.
and
Next
Next is The
and isthe
AdmissionThe
Arts
Big
Big Ben.
Ben.fair
to (XCCA).
the
It’s
It’s Lastly,
Culture
Lastly, the
Tsikiting
Westminster
the and the Arts
Westminster
Babies
Ab-
Ab-
& AYou
l a bcan
You
Drawing cann get
get Sto
toi nthese
g Workshop, i n g .33
these See you
for, you
head next
next week,
now Ur-
week, Ur-
at
a 16-storey Gothic clock bey which is just around the
February,
the
mend
February,
mend
products questions:
when
when you the
you
and visit
the
visitservices town
What
London.
town The
London. The
Mdel
continue
London
mArte
o London
continue m i eEye
Eyemembers, is
isaa
simproving
improving angi- gi-
d a& 16-storey Gothic
the playground
Performances clock
from is bey
(NCCA)
K which
i d s CIt’s
Big
is just
leadsaround the
the
e l e b r a t i ocalled
ns Tmajor
h e tourist
major
Yoga l eattractions
tourist
for attractions
c eparents i o nin
b r a t and in banLifers!
banLifers! Happy
Ayala Centrio Activitys
X a v i e r A t
Happye n e Holi-
o
Holi-’
tower and UK
UK national Big Ben.
Ben. It’s formally
formally called central London using the days
days from
comes alive as they and United King-
does ant Ferris wheel on the Panaghugpong is
King-a
comes
for youryour aliveheart
baby as beat
and they ant
your Dthe
a a d d ethnic
n
Ferrisi e e
the ethnic gathering s w wheel c agathering
ng r
on ao l u
the
s o p tower
free!
XU Glee
and simply
You Club,
national
have
Xavier celebration
Fair
the for they of the
will central
kaims London
i d s ,trains using
Btoa sofipromote
c CUnder-
ake the Center from United
experience
witness
First of my the
list is various
London’s symbol,
symbol, which
which houses
houses the the Collegiate
Collegiate ChurchChurch of of bullet ofuthe multi-arts
dom! S u m m e r festival,
f o
witness
First r ? of F
my o ther
list is w h
various
London’so m ? southbank
and
composed
southbank of
festivities.
of the
of
the River
The
RiverXU the National Arts Month abullet
n d trains
p o p the
l a Under-
r i ztake
e dom!
growing family. This bring and their festivities. kids along The to
and
UK register
Philharmonia,
other
parliament. first
tools
The andand
for
Eliza-if have
St.
thePeter
St. free
Peter at
Manobos. workshops.
Westminster.
With
at Westminster. Decorating,
is clear
ground. that
You the
can Magic
tribes
just A Safari
rituals,
Underground. dances II know andit’s the Manobos. is clear that the tribes these people like the
What
rituals,event
Underground.
3-day about?
dances know
is Why?” it’s Thames
and
filled M
Senior
Thames
M
and aa n
n o
o
let
in
inbb London.
o
High
London.
othem pp e
e o
oIt
It p
School
enjoy phas
has ll ee andparliament.
UK
you otherto tools
want
The Eliza-
let for
your b
It’s
It’sy aaplaza s h osurrounded
large,
large, w c a sWith
Gothic
Gothic ing
abbey
abbey
ground.
artistic
Class,
or the
You can
creation
Paper
just
Flower
take
of comprised
T h e m epeople
these a t ofTslike
various
i k i t ithe
ng
sports
weird
sports
weird but
but which
you
which
you would
would the
the get
gettribe
tribeto
to 32o fsealed Q u eand z o n air-con-g i v e their
their
beth way
XU Tower,
beth Cultural
Tower, of
of life,
way home
home life,to the
Dance
to the
the
the the
the
church plaza
in the surrounded
City of West-
a
or the indigenous
a 20-minute
20-minute walk
walk from
indigenous from thethe Manobo
productions
Manobo
For more of
of
of my Quezon
of
Quezon
UK the
trip,
wknow
i t h fLondon u n a cmore t i v i t iwithe s , the playground whilee.
32so t
f u d
sealed Q e u n e t
and z o a n r t i
air-con-g s i tv s kids
Manobos
Big Benlearn
bell, something
coming
is undergo- tHere
h
church
w e
ii tt h are
in
b a
o e
the
the
o s t
ttCity
h h e t
sdifferent
of il ec ds
ff ii llWest- Filipinos,
Making
people
London and
are integrate
Cupcake
slowly For more of
Babies and Kids Fair. my UK trip,
themselves perform in tt h Big T r Ben
o u pbell,
Manobos e , isaundergo-
mong
coming w h b o o h s l eIt’s
d London Eye Eye via
people are slowlyvia the
the West-
West- pin e rBukidnon
r m i n g are
f owww.vicmadz.com area rnot ts
themselves
know
Circulo London
de Arte, perform
more a young with ha
in ditioned
ditioned an n kk ss g g ii vv ii n
ovoidal
ovoidal ng g cap- cap- b
b yy from
ing both
crucial the highland
conservation
minster
o f fresh
minster
with
within
Pwithin London.
h ivegetables p p i n It’s
l iLondon. e arts
being
minster inBridge
community
modernized
invisitBukidnon
visit www.vicmadz.com not
front
it’s of
efficient a very
train curious
system. from
otherboth the highland with fresh vegetables minster Bridge
being modernizedto
to gogo to companies in to
front
it’s
artists' of
efficient a very
train
collective curious
system. performing
sules
in sules
Pperforming
i t iforfor passengers
k passengers rituals
e n eto
o p rituals tod
ing
and
work
crucial
groups,
lowland
which will
conservation
dotted
areas
where
where
culture
and
the
the such
fruits,
coronation
coronation as
visitors
and
and
in life,
through celebrate
time, the
what
to objects
objects waiting
Follow waiting
.. Follow @vicmadz
@vicmadz to the be
be
on
on
audience.
By the
the way,
audience.
By way, Considered
the
the London
Considered London see a n d d a n c e a ss and
work lowland
which will last
last for
areas
for four
four and of
burials
burials fruits,
of the
the Royal Royalvisitors Fam-
Fam-
The
throughBig Ben
The Big Bentime, and the
and thewhat West-
West- university
put in the as
history pageswell
Northern Mindanao, is a n d
the d
London a n csky.e a
This t h e Bigstoa iBen’s
dtheire vregular
eGodnt. swe i g ncani fAbbey.
i c adon c eis put in
Twitter, the history
Instagram pagesand
as
Undergroundone of
as one of the most iconic
Underground is
is the a
a most
public
public
see
o n
students
students
the W London
e d
from
from
n esky.s d
nearby
nearby
This
a y , pray
years.
pray Big
years. to Ben’s
their regularGod architecture,
a r e
a rtakes
ily
ily
d
e dplace.
takes
e
e l i g hIfIft e
l
place.
i g h cinema,
t d
eyou
d can
you
tt o
cano minster
we
minster canAbbey. do is ototof as Twitter,
but art
people
Instagram
workshops,
that
and
need
London structure ((Pitik isb open but
Vic people
Madriaga thaton need
You-
acomposed
au u tt h
rapid
rapid e
en
htransit
of
n tt ii ccsystem
transit ff e
system college
e ss tt ii serv-
vserv-
va
iconic
a ll ss hasschools,
schools,
London
February 7, colleges structure
the same
colleges
bongs
bongs M
Maamm ba
will
will b
ba
abe
be aheard
heardato
yy a ffthe
)) againo
o rr
again purchase
dance,
recall
purchase
recall the literary
the Queen
Queenwell grown
well Mother’s
grownarts,
Mother’s preserve
arts
preserve and what what
culturecan canin Vic Madriaga
exhibitions,
help by
on
concerts,
supporting
You-
organic help
tube by
andcsupporting
and Facebook.
in
students
ing
in Metro
ing Metro the London
the London Philippines,
and
Philippines, alumni
and
and its its has
day
aa n
n d
been
been
d asu u n
n
an
an
the ii vv e
attraction
attraction
eopening
rr ss ii tt ii ee ss
on
onabundant
2021.
public
abundant Though
for free
2021. Though harvests.
its
harvests.under
until
its under funeral
morganic
funeral ,and
u s i serviceand
cservice d rchemical
atook
m aplace
chemical
took tic
place ube preserved
After
After a
a day
day of
be preserved in orderl
p l i f t i n g of n in
touring
a t i
touringorder
o Lon-
n a
Lon- tube
atheir
n d products uFacebook.
l t u rand al
With
renovation,friendly contests
tourists free products at an their
Feedback? productsEmail: and
vic-
the
neighboring
o
thef X
neighboring festival
a v i e rcounties
festival itself
countiesA t e n has
itself e for
has
to
o . toalso
for many
many
also learn a thing or
of learn tourists
tourists
Panaghugpong a thingaround
around
or With
M a r cfriendly
renovation, h 3 , contests
tourists2 0 1still
still
8. at
arts,
Westminster
free products
at and visualatarts,
Westminster Abbey
Abbey anin
in todon,
help
don,
spirit,
to help
sit down
them
sit and
down
them and
and
and have
andhave
harness the
thea
a Feedback?
education
crafts so
Email:
programs. vic-
b
overe c o
150 m e
years a now. w o r t h y the globe. such
flock Big
suchBig Ben.
flock as
Ben. chopping
as chopping aa f f o r d a b l e p r i c e ..
f
2002.
2002. f o r d a b l e p r i c e cup
future of tea perhaps.
cup of tea generations
perhaps. crafts
madz@live.com.so that
madz@live.com. that theirtheir
b e c o m e a w o r t h y two
over 150 years now. two
the globe. from
from their their way way future generations young
spectacle
spectacle for for those
wood
wood using using wood wood to young ones ones can can see see
to understand and
understand
those of
Extra Info
of life. life. The The opening opening and that they are not being

Holidaze With Bukidnon Folks In New York

w and
and no no bladed
bladed tools, AA ss a a tt rr a a vv e e ll that they are not being
w h o a r e i n ss e
h o a r e i n ea a rr cc h h rr ii tt u ual p
a l pe e rr ff oo rr m me ed d tools, know
know that these that these
left
for
for an an unforgettable
unforgettable by
cleaning
cleaning and and creating
creating pp h o t o g r a p h e r, II
h o t o g r a p h e r, left alone
alone by by society.
society.
by the lumads is in
the lumads is in believe
people,
people, practices
practices and and
the
the best milled
best milled rice believe that that one one is Sunggod Ta Kamanga
Miss Earth 2017 Winners Visit FDC Misamis
experience.
experience. Through Through preparation rice is Sunggod Ta Kamanga
preparation for for the the and the fastest one not only tasked to
beliefs once
beliefs once existed. existed.
ff o
Regional Director
Regional Director May American May year’s farm exploits and the fastest one not only tasked to Time o rr mmee ii ss n
n ’’ tt jj u
u ss tt a
a
Salvaña Unchuan
year’s farm
gentlemen
American gentlemen - and exploits - and inducted
to create
inducted
to create
into office
intofire
office
fire out
out
by
byfromCon-
Con-
from
the
create
the
create
organization’s
memorable
organization’s
memorable
secre-
secre- Time is is one
one of of thethe festival, it is a reminder
Salvaña Unchuan there by
by sacrificing festival, it is a reminder
and there sacrificing
was
was just just an an a aoverall
overalllive
live sul
wood
sul Arman Talbo
are of
are ofamong
Arman Talbo the
the Phil-
Phil- tary.
pphho
tary. I’m
tt o
oI’m
proud
ss b
oproud
of
u
bof
her.
u tther.a
a ll ss o
greatest foe
greatest foe by any by any
and her her staff, staff, The The holiday,pig and chickens.
wood among o
tribe, to
to thethe world
world that that the the
DDe ep pa a rr tt m me en n tt o pig and
holiday,
o ff kept
cheery
cheerychickens. vibe
vibe that that ippine
many
ippine Consulate
other
Consulate
many other ways thatways General.
that
General. uu n d e r s t a n d tt h
n d e r s t a n d he e tribe, withwith technology
technology
By
By spilling the blood
spilling
all of us the
warm, cozy Consul General Maria The- Thank
culture you
youof to Ma’am Gen and modernization Manobos
Manobos like theirlike their
Tourism
Tourism Region Region 10 10 and kept all of us warm, blood cozy the
the people
Consul General
people of Quezon
ofMaria
Quezon The- Thank
culture oftotheMa’am
the people
Gen
people and modernization
has oo ff happy.tt h
happy.he e ss a a cc rr ii ff ii cc e ed resa
a
a rr e
De Vega
eenn tt e
also
rr tt adropped
ii n
ne ed
Tubeo
that for
we the group
wetheare
photo.
grouptaking ii n
n a a rr a app ii d
d p pa a cc e culture
culture and and practices
has highlighted highlighted the the and d resa eDe Vega ealso adropped d Tubeo
that for are photo.
taking e practices
festival as one of the animals to the blades by for a quick message mo- photos
festival as one of the animals to the blades through
by the
through the ways mo-
for a quick ways
message of
of photos of. Although itit
of. Although consuming
consuming the the world,
world, are
are very much alive.
very much alive.
The
The ABAABA Christmas
Christmas PartyParty ments
ments later.
later. Happy
Happy holidays,
holidays, friends,
friends,
also
also served
served asas the
the chance
chance and
and major
major thanks
thanks for
for read-
read-
for
for the the group’s
group’s offic- offic- Three
Three margaritas,
margaritas, 2 2 pina
pina ing! Get to know me better:
ing! Get to know me better:
ers
ers for
for CY
CY 2016-2017
2016-2017 to to coladas,
coladas, several several hors hors http://www.Mindanaoan.
http://www.Mindanaoan.
take
take a a bow
bow andand be be rec-
rec- d’oeuvres
d’oeuvres and and a a plate
plate full
full com
com Quick
Quick note:
note: my
my blog
blog
The members of the As-
The members of the As- ognized for all the amaz- of delicious food later, II was
ognized for all the amaz- of delicious food later, was has
has been on the #1 spot
been on the #1 spot in
in
sociation
sociation of of Bukidnons
Bukidnons in in ing
ing work
work they’ve
they’ve done.done. ready
ready to to call
call itit a
a night.
night. II was
was Top Blogs PH’s Travel
Top Blogs PH’s Travel and and
America (ABA) chose an
America (ABA) chose an To Shirley Guray-Soto, happy to see the ABA
To Shirley Guray-Soto, happy to see the ABA mem-
mem- Leisure
Leisure category
category for
for aa few
few
extraordinarily
extraordinarily cold cold win-win- Jovito
Jovito Yabo,
Yabo, Jr., Jr., Emilita
Emilita bers
bers again
again (including
(including NanayNanay days running. Thanks!
days running. Thanks!
ter day to celebrate their
ter day to celebrate their Sabana, Leonila Delfin, Julie Nabong, who
Sabana, Leonila Delfin, Julie Nabong, who waswas mymy
Christmas
Christmas party.
party. II had
had 4 4 Wendelina Obenita, Gen seatmate
Wendelina Obenita, Gen seatmate and my food part- and my food part- You
You can
can also
also find
find me
me here:
here:
layers
layers of
of clothes
clothes on,
on, includ-
includ- Maier,
Maier, Lalaine
Lalaine Agbayani,
Agbayani, ner ner -- we
we kept
kept on on bugging
bugging thethe Instagram,
Instagram, Twitter and
Twitter and
ing
ing a a heavy
heavy coat
coat toto com-
com- Eva Eva Ramirez, Pearl Kiel, waiters to come to our ta-
Ramirez, Pearl Kiel, waiters to come to our ta- Snapchat – @mindanaoan
Snapchat – @mindanaoan
bat the painfully chilly New
bat the painfully chilly New Melquiades Taveros,
Melquiades Taveros, EdnaEdna ble ble first
first whenever
whenever they they had
had // Facebook:
Facebook: http://www.fa-
http://www.fa-
York
York weather.
weather. Thankfully,
Thankfully, Sacayle
Sacayle and and Victor
Victor Isidore
Isidore goodies
goodies like like fried
fried macaroni
macaroni cebook.com/mindanaoan-
cebook.com/mindanaoan-
the party was fun, the peo-
the party was fun, the peo- Barroso, Marilou Velez and cheese and spicy
Barroso, Marilou Velez and cheese and spicy beef
beef blogger
blogger and
and my
my YouTube
YouTube
ple
ple were
were welcoming
welcoming -- so so and Antonio Alkuino - you tacos straight
and Antonio Alkuino - you tacos straight from the kitch- from the kitch- vlog: http://www.youtube.
vlog: http://www.youtube.
Miss Earth
welcoming
welcoming that
2017
that II was
Karen
was even
Ibasco
even all
and FDC Utilities, Inc.’sbutVP for Assetsmostly and Miss Philippines Air 2017 Kim de Guzman, Miss Philippines Water 2017 Jessica
all deserve
deserve a a pat
pat onon the
the en)
en) but frankly
frankly II was was mostly com/mindanaoan1
com/mindanaoan1
Marasigan, Miss Earth 2017 Karen Ibasco, Miss Philippines Fire 2017 Nellza Bautista
Materials
asked to Management Valentin Nepomuceno recently led a tree planting
asked to be
activity be one of
of the
onepower
at the the judg-
judg- back!
back!
plant site
Congratulations
Congratulations
of FDC Misamis Power
are happy
happy because
are Corporation because II got
got to
in Vallanueva to wit-
wit- and Miss Philippines Eco-Tourism 2017 Vanessa Mae Castillo after the conduct of
es of the impromptu carol-
es of the impromptu carol- also also in order to the
the new ness my aunt Emilita get
new ness my aunt Emilita Til next
a tree ish!
ish! Safe
nextplanting travels,
activity at the power plant site of FDC Misamis Power Corporation in
town,inMisamis
order toOriental. get Til Safe travels,
ing
ing contest
contest alongside
alongside two two set Vallanueva town, Misamis Oriental.
set of officers, who were recognized for her work as
of officers, who were recognized for her work as everybody!
everybody!