By PATRICIA LOURDES VIRAY, Bulatlat.com By ARJAY FELICILDA, Correspondent VOL. 2, No. 4 Cagayan de Oro City Wednesday May 23, 2012 P10.00 NONOY LECHON SERVICES OFFERED OUT OF TOWN ORDER For more details, contact Tel. No.: 309-5276 HERMILINO VILLALON Manager www.mindanaodailybalita.com The YANSON Group of Companies “First in Service, Foremost in Fleet Maintenance” RURAL TRANSIT BACHELOR EXPRESS 858 COGON MARKET COMPLEX GRAND OPENING JUNE 2, 2012 WEATHER UPDATE INTERTROPICAL Convergence Zone (ITCZ) affecting Visayas and Mindanao. Tail-end of a cold front affecting Northern Luzon. The whole country will experience mostly cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms. Light to moderate winds blowing from the southwest will prevail throughout the archipelago and its coastal waters will be slight to moderate. SOURCE: PAGASA CAGAYAN de Oro City––The 30th Press Freedom Week has taken off early yesterday morning with the Holy Mass celebrated by Monsignor Elmer Abacahin at the foot of the Press Freedom Monument, Don Vicente de Lara Park, this city. Immediately following the Mass was a motorcade along the city’s main thoroughfares and a sumptuous breakfast offered by the Roman Catholic Parish of Alubijid, Misamis Oriental of which, Msgr. Abacahin is the parish rector. The entire week shall be filled with various activities, such a tree planting and growing activity at the so-called Ground Zero in Sitio Calacala, Barangay Macasandig; print, broadcast and online media trainings at the COPC Boardroom; sports events at the provincial capitol grounds; media fellowship nights with different government Media practitioners in Oro mark 30th press freedom week Media practitioners gather around the Press Freedom Monument in Vicente de Lara Park near the provincial capitol in Cagayan de Oro to honor their slain colleagues. Photo by Arjay Felicilda ‘The More, The Many-er,’ Mang Inasal’s unbelievable catchphrase! “THE MORE, THE MANY-ER” - A billboard ad of a restaurant chain in Zamboanga City in Mindanao uses A word that is not even in the English dictionary, alluding to the quote “THE MORE, THE MERRIER.” Many Filipino children are influenced by wrong spellings of words in print ads, radio and television commercials. Photo by Al Jacinto “WE will walk on a straight path; [we] will end corrupt leadership and poverty that has long pounded the majority of the Filipino people. We, Filipinos can now dream again,” said President Be- nigno “Noynoy” Aquino III in his inaugural speech on June 30, 2010. The Filipinos began to hope again when Aquino promised change. For work- ers, his policies promised to Of the 40.3 million workers who are part of the labor force in the Philippines, 19 million are wage or salary earners, only 1.7 million of whom are union members. “improve the country’s labor relations, create employ- ment, and uplift the work- ers’ participation in policy and program formulation,” said Daisy Arago, executive director of Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR). After almost two years of assuming the presidency, the change that the President promised never material- ized. For instance, the rate of unemployment during Aquino’s first year in office rose to 27.2 percent or 11.3 million Filipinos, higher than the 23.5 percent or 9.9 million recorded last November 2010, accord- ing to the Social Weather Station (SWS) March 2010 survey. The government defines “unemployed” as individuals who have not stopped looking for jobs for various reasons and this excludes Filipinos who are also jobless but have not been actively seeking work. RIGHTS/PAGE 7 MEDIA/PAGE 7
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By PATRICIA LOURDES VIRAY, Bulatlat.com
By ARJAY FELICILDA, Correspondent
VOL. 2, No. 4 Cagayan de Oro City Wednesday May 23, 2012 P10.00
NONOY LECHON SERVICES
OFFERED OUT OF
TOWN ORDER
For more details, contact Tel. No.: 309-5276
HermiliNo VillaloNManager
www.mindanaodailybalita.com
The YANSON Group of Companies
“First in Service, Foremost in Fleet Maintenance”
rural transitbachelor express
858 COGON MARKET COMPLEX GRAND OPENING JUNE 2, 2012
Weather UpdateIntertropIcal convergence Zone (ItcZ) affecting Visayas and Mindanao.
tail-end of a cold front affecting northern luzon.
the whole country will experience mostly cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms.
light to moderate winds blowing from the southwest will prevail throughout the archipelago and its coastal waters will be slight to moderate.
source: pagasa
CAGAYAN de Oro City––The 30th Press Freedom Week has taken off early yesterday morning with the Holy Mass celebrated by Monsignor Elmer Abacahin at the foot of the Press Freedom Monument, Don Vicente de Lara Park, this city.
Immediately following the Mass was a motorcade along the city’s main thoroughfares and a sumptuous breakfast offered by the Roman Catholic Parish of Alubijid, Misamis Oriental of which, Msgr. Abacahin is the parish rector.
The entire week shall be filled with various activities, such a tree planting and growing activity at the so-called Ground Zero in Sitio Calacala, Barangay Macasandig; print, broadcast and online media trainings at the COPC Boardroom; sports events at the provincial capitol grounds; media fellowship nights with different government
Media practitioners in Oro mark 30th press freedom week
Media practitioners gather around the Press Freedom Monument in Vicente de Lara Park near the provincial capitol in Cagayan de Oro to honor their slain colleagues. Photo by Arjay Felicilda
‘The More, The Many-er,’ Mang Inasal’s unbelievable catchphrase! “THE MORE, THE MANY-ER” - A billboard ad of a restaurant chain in Zamboanga City in Mindanao uses A word that is not even in the English dictionary, alluding to the quote “THE MORE, THE MERRIER.” Many Filipino children are influenced by wrong spellings of words in print ads, radio and television commercials. Photo by Al Jacinto
“WE will walk on a straight path; [we] will end corrupt leadership and poverty that has long pounded the majority of the Filipino people. We, Filipinos can now dream again,” said President Be-nigno “Noynoy” Aquino III in his inaugural speech on June 30, 2010.
The Filipinos began to hope again when Aquino promised change. For work-ers, his policies promised to
Of the 40.3 million workers who are part of the labor force in the Philippines, 19 million are wage or salary earners, only 1.7 million of whom are union members.
“improve the country’s labor relations, create employ-ment, and uplift the work-ers’ participation in policy and program formulation,” said Daisy Arago, executive director of Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR).
After almost two years of assuming the presidency, the change that the President promised never material-ized. For instance, the rate of unemployment during
Aquino’s first year in office rose to 27.2 percent or 11.3 million Filipinos, higher than the 23.5 percent or 9.9 million recorded last November 2010, accord-ing to the Social Weather Station (SWS) March 2010 survey. The government defines “unemployed” as individuals who have not stopped looking for jobs for various reasons and this excludes Filipinos who are also jobless but have not been actively seeking work.
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BUTUAN City––Eight armed men snatched a former Carrascal town mayor from his construc-tion firm’s field office at Catupgas Bridge 1 and 2, Sitio Catupgas, Barangay Zone 3, Lanuza, Surigao del Sur Monday.
Authorities said Engr. Victor Lim Tan, 67, was at the construction site of Carrascal Integrated En-terprise he manages when the abduction took place.
Tan’s personal driver, Julius Arco Arnego, 21, told police eight armed men in civilian attire arrived at the construction site at around 9 am and forcibly took the former mayor to the sitio’s mountainous area.
Lanuza police said Tan was abducted by New People Army guerillas in 1997 while inspecting his construc-tion projects in Barangay Diatagon, Lianga, Surigao del Sur.
The former mayor was released several months later, police said.
In coordination with the military, a team from the Lanuza police is now deep in investigating the incident.
mayor abducted
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MORE than 2,000 people from the rural barangays have already benefited from the Programang Pangka-tawhan of Vice Mayor Law-rence “Law” Fortun so far.
The outreach program, which offers free circumci-
Amidst heavy downpour, Villanueva Mayor Juliet Uy led the ground breaking of the Tambobong-Balacanas National High School in Villanueva, Misamis Oriental. A school building is now being constructed under the auspices of energy firm STEAG State Power Inc. and is expected to be completed in time for the opening of classes in June. Joining the mayor in the simple ground breaking ceremony were Schools Division Superintendet Dr. Cherie Limbaco and Steag Comrel Manager Ghaye Alegrio.
More than 2,000 benefited from Fortun’s outreach programsion (tuli), haircut, dental services, optical services and free legal services for late birth registrants, has been conducted in the rural areas this year to be able to reach the people from the far flung areas.
The outreach program has been initiated by For-tun since last year which already benefited close to 10,000 local residents since its inception.
According to Fortun, the outreach program is his
way of providing service to the people of Butuan which is in dire need of these services. Just like last year, the outreach program is implemented in partnership with the Alpha Phi Omega (APO) fraternity.
To date, the program is slated to be offered in the following barangays on the following dates:
• May 23, 2012 - Brgy. Amparo
• May 25, 2012 - Brgy. Libertad
VILLANUEVA, Misamis Oriental––Mayor Juliet Uy led recently the ground breaking of the Tambobong-Balacanas National High School (TBNHS) in Vil-lanueva, Misamis Oriental.
This came after the Department of Education (DepEd) approved the creation of said school in response to the growing student population in the
Steag provides materials for new high school building in Villanueva
area. TBNHS brings now a total of three secondary schools in Villanueva.
Energy firm STEAG State Power Inc (SPI), which owns and operate a power plant in Villanueva, will provide the materials for the construc-tion of a school building.
The new high school will cater the needs of the residents of Tambobong-Balacanas where hundreds
of families affected by the town’s rapid industrialization are relocated. About three years ago, an elementary school was also established in the village as part of the relocation package for the families affected by the pur-ported establishment of a shipbuilding complex at the PHIVIDEC Industrial Estate in Villanueva.
“This new high school is a manifestation of our desire to make free and quality education closer and more accessible to our people” says Mayor Uy in a speech delivered during the simple ground breaking ceremony.
For her part, Misamis Oriental Schools Division Superintendent Dr. Cherie Limbaco said that DepEd’s approval of the new high school in Villanueva re-affirms the national gov-ernment’s commitment in supporting local education development initiatives.
She also lauded the strong private-public partnership in area as she recognized the imperatives of harnessing private sector support in community development.
“We are glad to see the partnership between the government and the private sector especially Steag come to a fruition and for coming together in making this social development undertaking possible” Limbaco said.
THE Aquino administration said that there are no more rotating blackouts in Mind-anao following the repair and rehabilitation of the Polangui hydro-power plant, a Palace official said.
Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda said during the regular press briefing in Malacanang on Monday that the government has already
‘No more power shortage in Mindanao,’ says Palace
NOTICENotice is hereby given that the intestate estate of the deceased MA. DAPHNE LOMADILLA MADRIAGA, who died on May 9, 2012 at DOA-Polymedic Medical Plaza, Kauswagan, Cagayan de Oro City. That the deceased left a time Deposit Account with Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) – Main Branch, Velez Sts., Cagayan de Oro City with Account No. 2046-3280-69 in the total amount of five hundred and one thousand pesos only (P501,000.00); is the Subject of EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT AMONG HEIRS with WAIVER OF RIGHTS re: TIME DEPOSIT of the late MA. DAPHNE LOMADILLA MADRIAGA in favor of DANIEL N. MADRIAGA, of legal age, widower, with residence address at Cagayan de Oro City; CEDRIK ANDREW L. MADRIAGA, of legal age, single, and with residence at Cagayan de Oro City; CHERRY ANGELINE L. MADRIAGA, of legal age, single and with residence at Cagayan de Oro City and CLARENCE ARIEL L. MADRIAGA, minor, represented herein by his father DANIEL N. MADRIAGA, do hereby WAIVE our rights, interest, and participation with regards the above-mentioned total amount in favor to DANIEL N. MADRIAGA, as per Document No. 215; Page No. 43; Book No. V; Series of 2012 under Notary Public of Atty. KATHRYN ARES GALARRITA.
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completed the repair and rehabilitation of Polangui power plant to ease Mind-anao’s power woes.
While the situation in Mindanao has improved, Lacierda said the Aquino government continues to pursue its plan to rehabilitate other power plants to ensure that the region has sufficient energy sources.
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THINK a minute.A little boy named Mike
was watching his mother bake a cake.
She put all the ingre-dients on the table: flour, butter, sugar, baking powder, eggs, and vanilla.
Then when his mother wasn’t looking, little Mike sneaked a taste of each in-gredient.
But they all tasted bad just by themselves! Then he watched his mother mix all the ingredients together, pour them into a pan and then into the oven to bake.
That night after Mike had enjoyed two big pieces of the cake, he said: “Wow! How can mixing all those BAD tasting things make such a GOOD cake?”
His mother smiled and answered: “Son, the magic is in the mix!”
You see, sometimes bad things happen to us; and
The magic is in the mix
that thing by itself can be terrible and painful.
We might get discour-aged and lose hope because we think it’s hurt or ruined our plans for a good life.
Maybe you didn’t get that job you really wanted; or your daughter dropped out of school because she became pregnant.
It could be that someone in your family suddenly became very sick.
Naturally when bad things like this happen to us, it’s very hard for us to imagine that anything good
can possibly come out of it.We might continue to
blame ourselves or others for causing these bad things to happen.
For example, we might keep making our pregnant daughter feel that she’s a failure and loser because that mistake she made has now ruined her life.
But friend, if a person is a failure just because they failed, then we’re all failures! We’ve all failed at one time or another.
That’s exactly why Jesus Christ came: to forgive and
free us from all our past failures and wrongs so we can have a fresh start.
But this time we will have His strength and character living in us.
So why not make today the first day of your new life?
Sincerely ask Jesus to forgive you for your past wrongs, and to take full charge so He can start changing your life.
Then with His power and help you can start liv-ing His way every day. Jesus will even take all the bad things from your past and start mixing them together so that in the end they can actually benefit you.
Then instead of being guilty and ruined by those things anymore, you’ l l thank God for forgiving you and using those lessons to change you into a much better, happier person.
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Hades of politics
Wanted: Courage and glory
EVERYBODY is now asking whose going to be candidates next year. It is normal. When election season comes, some weird individuals come to the fore. They just want their names to be recalled or just want to make noise so they could be noticed. The locals have that description: ‘Mga KSP (kulang sa pansin).’ The KSPs are creative people who invent lot of things to get public attention. There are KSPs’ who have been sizing up the right time believing they could get maximum attention.
For instance, there are those who get involved in the guise of community advocacies but whose ultimate motive is to run for elective positions. We have nothing against them. However, we could sense their hypocrisy and the darken thoughts. We have been in the field of politics as old as bygone days. Along the way, we have witnessed the superficial characters of ambitious indi-viduals who hunger for power. We have heard dozen of political promises as we have seen broken political
promises, too.Now, the clarion call reverberates. The curtain falls as
the clown parade in the arena of politics. Like charlatans in flea markets, the clowns start to display their wares hoping for unwary buyers to take their bait. Beware! People wearing immaculate robes whose linings are laced with unseen blood often dupe the citizens. It is the scary reality of being driven with sweet promises and dumped in the cold that makes politics worst. More often, the electorates are willing victims of the Hades of politics.
We have to be aware of people running for elective post. We have to admit that those who hunger for power are those who promise more. It is also evident that those who want to deceive the people are those who offer impossible things.
At the end of the day, the sufferings of the elector-ates are results of simple mistake. Thus, a mistake in electing undeserving candidates is the greatest blunder a community could have. It is of note that a mistake committed by the electorates is the fulfillment of the politician’s detestable act of debauchery.
CHINA cancelled their tour groups going to the Philip-pines? Cebu Pacific through their spokesperson reported reduction of flight frequency of their half empty A-320’s to Beijing and vice versa as a result of the latest action of the Chinese government restricting their nationals to travel to our country.
Air Philippines Express which has been flying to some Chinese Cities of Xia-men has also stopped their thrice weekly flights. The Chinese authorities two weeks ago issued travel advi-sories to their nationals living and already in the country to refrain from going out in the busy streets of Manila.
Our Department of Tour-ism is calm on this issue and is not alarmed and considers the incident as routinary travel bulletin of foreign countries to their citizens.
China as of 2011, rank number 4 in the tourist ar-rivals of the Philippines hitting more than 243, 137
visitors, the highest mark was registered during the Chinese Lunar New Year of February.
The Chinese arrivals help DOT achieve the 3.9 Mil-lion tourist arrivals in 2011. Chinese tourists also drive revenues of the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) rise to P36.65 Billion in 2011 with an increase of P5.19 Billion compared to 2010.
But whether it is a dip-lomatic row or a dispute on territorial sovereignty as the reason for the travel advisories, we leave that to our Department of Foreign Affairs who are perhaps more competent to handle
and resolve the issue while the marketing gurus of the Department of Tourism plan their course of action.
However, for our layman’s language, travel to a foreign country for tours or leisure depends on the refutation and stability of a destina-tion. “How is everything going on?” or “Nihao?” a question asked too rarely, and yet strikes as one of the most important question we should ask from our Chinese and other foreign visitors.
Questions are elicited because if there is a prob-lem, we can fix it before our foreign guests’ leaves or return to their countries. It is an opportunity to engage
our guests or find ways to enhance their stay. Yet many of us don’t ask at all and as-sume that everything is fine when it is not right.
In our social science, the books say, refutation is what people say about us. In the tourism business, refutation is what our foreign visitors say about our country and our people. Increasingly, foreigners are voicing and seeking opinions on travel review sites and social net-works, propelling refutation to a level of importance that rivals pricing, location and brand in influencing a deci-sion to buy the destination.
There is much that we can do to manage refuta-tion. But there is more that the Government should do for the stability of a nation.
Are we posturing to go to war with China? Senator Juan Ponce Enrile, say so that we must “prepare for war.” With all confidence he can say that because he knows
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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYSRegion X
OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ENGINEERCagayan de Oro City 1st District Engineering Office
10th Regional Equipment Services Compound, Bulua Cagayan de Oro City
INVITATION TO BID The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the DPWH-Cagayan de Oro City 1st District Engineering Office, invites contractors to apply to bid for the aforementioned project :
Contract ID: 12KH0052 Contract Name: Repair/Rehab. of Multi Purpose Building at Brgy. Bayabas Contract Location: Brgy. Bayabas, Cagayan de Oro City Brief Description: Buildings – Low Rise Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php 1,960,000.00 Contract Duration: 75 calendar days Cost of Plans & Bid Documents: P 2,000.00
Contract ID: 12KH0053 Contract Name: Repair/Rehab. of Multi Purpose Building at Brgy. Lumbia Contract Location: Brgy. Lumbia, Cagayan de Oro City Brief Description: Buildings – Low Rise Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php 980,000.00 Contract Duration: 60 calendar days Cost of Plans & Bid Documents: P 1,000.00
Contract ID: 12KH0054 Contract Name: Repair/Rehab. of Multi Purpose Building at Brgy. Baikingon Contract Location: Brgy. Baikingon, Cagayan de Oro City Brief Description: Buildings – Low Rise Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php 490,000.00 Contract Duration: 60 calendar days Cost of Plans & Bid Documents: P 1,000.00
Contract ID: 12KH0055 Contract Name: Repair/Rehab. of Multi Purpose Building at Brgy. Pagalungan Contract Location: Brgy. Pagalungan, Cagayan de Oro City Brief Description: Buildings – Low Rise Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php 245,000.00 Contract Duration: 45 calendar days Cost of Plans & Bid Documents: P 1,000.00
Contract ID: 12KH0056 Contract Name: Repair/Rehab. of Multi Purpose Building at Brgy. Dansolihon Contract Location: Brgy. Dansolihon, Cagayan de Oro City Brief Description: Buildings – Low Rise Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php 245,000.00 Contract Duration: 45 calendar days Cost of Plans & Bid Documents: P 1,000.00
Contract ID: 12KH0057 Contract Name: Repair/Rehab. of Multi Purpose Bldg., Lupong Tagapamayapa Bldg. Contract Location: Brgy. Balulang, Cagayan de Oro City Brief Description: Buildings – Low Rise Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php 245,000.00 Contract Duration: 45 calendar days Cost of Plans & Bid Documents: P 1,000.00
Contract ID: 12KH0058 Contract Name: Repair/Rehab. of Multi Purpose Building at Brgy. Pigsag-an Contract Location: Brgy. Pigsag-an, Cagayan de Oro City Brief Description: Buildings – Low Rise Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php 245,000.00 Contract Duration: 45 calendar days Cost of Plans & Bid Documents: P 1,000.00
Procurement will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures in accordance with R.A. 9184 and its Revised Implementing Rules and regulations. To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI), purchase bid docu-ments and must meet the following major criteria: (a) prior registration with DPWH, (b) Filipino citizen or 75% Filipino-owned partnership, corporation, cooperative, or joint venture, (c) with PCAB license applicable to the type and cost of this contract, (d) completion of a similar contract costing at least 50% of ABC within a period of 10 years, and (e) Net Financial Contracting Capacity at least equal to ABC, or credit line commitment at least equal to 10% of ABC. The BAC will use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in the eligibility check and preliminary examination of bids. Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for registration, to the DPWH-POCW, Central Office before the deadline for the receipt of LOI. The DPWH-POCW, Central Office will only process contractors’ applications for registration with complete require-ments and issue the Contractor’s Certificate of Registration (CRC). Registration Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph. The significant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below: 1. Issuance of Bidding Documents May 21 – June 14, 2012 2. Pre-Bid Conference June 1, 2012 @ 2:00PM 3. Deadline of Receipt LOI May 30, 2012 4. Receipt of Bids June 14, 2012 at 8:00AM-10:00AM 5. Opening of Bids 2:00 PM on June 14, 2012 The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BD’s) at DPWH-Cagayan de Oro City 1st District Engineering Office, 10th RES Compound, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, upon payment of a non-refundable fee as stated above. Prospective bidders may also download the BDs from the DPWH website, if available. Prospective bidders that will download the BDs from the DPWH website shall pay the said fees on or before the submission of their bid Documents. Bids must be accompanied by a bid security, in the amount and acceptable form, as stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR. Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specified in the BD’s in two separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The first envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall include a copy of the Contractor’s Registration Cer-tificate (CRC). The second envelope shall contain the financial component of the bid. Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in the bid evaluation and post qualification. The DPWH-Cagayan de Oro City 1st District Engineering Office reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bid and to annul the bidding process anytime before Contract award, without incurring any liability to the affected bidders.
Approved :
LEAH E. NALIPONGUIT Administrative Officer III BAC - Chairman Noted:
BONIFACIO R. LORA OIC- District Engineer MDN: May 22 & 23, 2012
CAGAYAN de Oro City - My book on Sendong. That’s how Photojournalist Bobby Espinosa Lagsa introduces his hardbound jacketed book that shows the resil-iency of the Kagayanons in times of trial.
The 32-page glossy mate-rial contents 50 photographs in black and white that fur-ther shows how people try to live normal lives under abnormal conditions.
Bobby calls it “Sendong: Triumph Over Tragedy”, a photo documentary.
it’s part of the final re-quirements for his fellow-ship with the Asian Center for Journalism. (data from Facebook)
Oro fotog launches Sendong book
By APIPA P. BAGUMBARAN
MARAWI City - A total of P94.51 million was collected by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) District 102, first quarter of this year, surpassing its collection target of P81.58 million for the quarter.
This figure is 37 percent higher compared to the P69.03 million it collected during same period of last year, said Revenue District Officer Aminoden Macar-ampat.
Collections from income taxes contributed the larg-est, posting P71.36 million, up by 38 percent or P19.81 million from the collection in same quarter of 2011.
This was followed by
BIR-Marawi tops 1st Q target
value-added taxes at P19.79 million that exceeded the P15.76 million collection last year by P4.03 million or 26 percent.
Other revenues also went-up by 88 percent, from P1.59million to P2.98 million while percentage taxes climbed to P379,500,
exceeding the P132,000 collection last year by 186 percent.
Macarampat said the success in its collection performance was attrib-utable to the intensified information tax campaign they have conducted. (APB/PIA-10/asf)
By APIPA P. BAGUMBARAN
MARAWI City - The Network of Maranaw Youth Leaders and Professionals (NMYLP) got the support and commitment of Gov. Mamintal A. Adiong Jr. to further promote youth development in the province.
The provincial governor expressed his support by forging a partnership with the network during the Provincial Youth Summit held in the Achievers Convention Hall, last week, said Abulkhair Alibasa, chair of the NMYLP.
Under the agreement, the provincial government will work closely with the NMYLP and provides for the operating expenses in carrying out youth programs and activities.
NMYLP, on the other hand, will pro-pose and facilitate youth programs and activities that are in line with the youth agenda the governor has approved during the youth summit.
Alibasa said the youth agenda, includes the creation of a Provincial Youth and Sports Office, institutionalization of annual youth fellowship program, establishment of Ranaw Youth Day, youth exposure through educational tour, and conduct of youth sports fest, art war, photo exhibit, among others.
The NMYLP is a non-government organization composed of Maranao youth leaders and professionals working towards promotion of youth in Lanao del Sur. (APB/PIA-10/asf)
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Standing from left to right: Dr. Luvismin S. Aves, Capi-tol University VPAA, UNFPA Exec.Dir. Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin and NSO-10 Dir. Dr.Salvador A. Aves.
SALVADOR A. Aves, region-al director of the National Statistics Office (NSO) in Re-gion 10, was among those few invited officials who joined the Breakfast Meeting during the occasion of the visit of Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, the Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) ) on May 19,2012 at the Xavier Estate Country Club.
The said breakfast meet-ing tackled the Mindanao Humanitarian situation, particularly the develop-ment that took place after typhoon Sendong.
Mr. Stephen Anderson, World Food Programme (WHO) Country Director to-gether with WHO Program-mme Officer Dr.Gerardo Medina, UNHCR Protec-tion Officer Rasul Kulat, and IOM-Mindanao Head Rex Alamban gave their impressions.
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Dr. Osotimehin visited the Philippines from May 17 to May 19 to meet with stakeholders to mobilize support for the country to achieve its targets for the Millennium Development Goal 5 with three years left to the 2015 decade.
He had met with Presi-dent Aquino before he pro-ceeded to Cagayan de Oro to visit the victims of typhoon Sendong after the breakfast meeting with the Region 10 and CDO officials and the Mindanao Humanitarian team.
By MANUEL M. EGAY JR.
AGUSAN del Sur––Hun-dreds of constituents of the province of Agusan del Sur benefited from the free medical and dental mission sponsored by the Provincial government of Agusan del Sur and the LGU of the Municipality of San Francisco.
The said mission was held in barangay Hubang
Free medical, dental mission benefits Agusanonswere most of those who benefited from the said mission are those who cannot afford to tend their medical needs.
Many availed the free circumcision of children and tooth extraction to people coming from nearby barangays.
According to Dr. Susan Tan, Municipal Health Of-ficer said that her group is really trying to reach their
hands to those who wish to avail medical check-up in their municipality.
Those who availed the “libreng tuli” made this opportunity before the school starts next month.
The said mission was also attended by the Pro-vincial Governor Adolph Edward Plaza and San Francisco Mayor Jenny de Asis.
Gov. Plaza said that he
will continue to instigate free medical and dental missions in all parts of the province.
“Di nato ni hunongan kay kahibalo ko nga daghan natong mga kaigsuonan ang naglisod og gusto nga
maka avail sa ingani nga libreng serbisyo,” said Gov. Plaza.
Mayor de Asis was also happy that the Governor supported the mission as well as those who volun-teered in making the event
successful.“Pasalamat ko og daku
kang Gov. Plaza kay wala niya pasagdi ang katawhan og iyang gitagaan og da-kong bili ang mga kabaran-gayan sa among lungsod”, she added.
XAVIER University’s Philos-ophy Department is hosting the 35th annual conference of the Philosophical Asso-ciation of Visayas and Min-danao (PHAVISMINDA) from May 24-26.
Around 24 scholars and professors from at least 17 universities and schools will discuss the theme, “Phi-losophy and Democracy:
XU Philo Dep’t hosts 35th PHAVISMINDA confab
A Challenge to Responsive Governance,” and answer the question, “What uni-versal democracy, if there is any, serves as ‘generic blueprint’ on managing systems in a crisis of liberal values and cultures?”
Archbishop Antonio Ledesma SJ DD of the Arch-diocese of Cagayan de Oro will keynote the conference.
Other speakers are Dr Re-nante Pilapil of the Ateneo de Davao University, Dr Agustin Rodriguez of the Ateneo de Manila University and Dr Ryan Urbano of the University of San Carlos.
This is the second time in eight years that Xavier University is hosting this event. As host, the organiz-ers hope to relate the con-ference theme to Cagayan de Oro’s recent typhoon experience and encourage the participants to look into the kind of leadership necessary to support the rebuilding process of the city after Sendong. Through this gathering, XU hopes to provide a paradigm of les-sons on leadership, liberty and life.
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“The government aims to strengthen its compli-ance and implementation of labor rights as mandated by the Constitution,” states the Philippine Labor and Employment Plan (PLEP) in its opening paragraph.
However, attacks on union rights and worse, extrajudicial killings vic-timizing labor leaders con-tinued under the current administration.Companies continue at-
tacks on unionsAccording Arago, com-
panies have thought of “sys-tematic and efficient ways of weakening unions.” Workers who begin organizing unions are being harassed, charged in court, and dismissed from work.
Raymund Acena, presi-dent of Hong Kong-Shang-hai Banking Corporation (HSBC) employees’ union, was suspended and eventu-ally fired after an alleged violation, which the union is still questioning today. The said union is a “vocal critic of HSBC’s outsourcing program, schemed to cut down wages and benefits.”
Acena had worked for HSBC for nearly five years and had been given the tra-ditional bank-wide award as one of the model employees. He had also achieved high marks in the company’s performance ratings of its employees.
HSBC suspended him for 30 days, citing violations such as the use of company email by the secretary of the employees’ union who is not an HSBC employee. HSBC asserted that only their em-ployees can use the company email but Acena argued that it has been “unquestioned practice” for the employees’ union to use their leaders’ email.
After the 30-day sus-pension, HSBC terminated Acena, banned him from entering the bank’s prem-ises, and stripped him of his retirement pay. The union lost one of its leaders in a time when the new Collec-tive Bargaining Agreement (CBA) negotiations were about to start.
“This is an old tactic of capitalists: fabricating cases in order to terminate work-ers who are asserting their rights,” said Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) chairman Elmer “Bong” Labog in a statement.
Another way of weaken-ing unions is through con-tractualization. Only regular workers can join unions, thus the more contractual workers there are, the less union members.
“Contractualization en-dangers the workers’ right to security of tenure as it often swiftly aids busting of both established and newly-established unions. The per-petuation of contractual em-ployment status practically prevents the workers from becoming union members under the legal framework that virtually exclude them from organizing unions.” as stated in CTUHR’s Failed:
State of Workers and Human Rights in President.
In 2010, media giant ABS-CBN terminated 114 International Job Market (IJM) workers, mostly union officers and members. Thir-ty seven news and current affairs personnel were re-portedly invited to “private talks” by human resources managers of ABS-CBN in posh hotels around Metro Manila to tell them that they were fired.
The mass dismissals began in June 2010 when ABS-CBN chairman and CEO Gabby Lopez set a deadline for IJM workers to accept the network’s offer of regularization in exchange for foregoing their years of service. Lopez also threat-ened to fire the employees who persisted in forming a union.
The IJM Workers’ Union held a picket in front of the network’s Sgt. Esuerra gate and demanded to reinstate the dismissed employees. The network claimed that the employees were only individual contractors and were not regular employees thus, the legal battle began.
In August 2010, Labor Secretary Rosalinda Bal-dos rejected the claim of ABS-CBN that there was no employer-employee relation-ship between the network and the IJM workers and approved the union’s petition for certification election. The ABS-CBN management continues to defy the labor department’s order.
Of the 40.3 million work-ers who are part of the labor force in the Philippines, 19 million are wage or salary earners, only 1.7 million of whom are union members. This is way below half of the labor force, according to CTUHR.Militarization of compa-
nies“AFP’s Civil Military Op-
erations (CMO) was ex-panded in the government’s IPSP (Internal Peace and Security Plan). It is being used as justification by the military to set foot and freely operate in communities or workplaces suspected and perceived to be or have po-tential of being influenced by communists,” said the CTUHR. “This increased military presence, as in the past, is also responsible for the increased incidents of human rights violations.”
Foreign companies build their facilities in militarized areas to be able to avail gov-ernment protection. The national government pro-vides security for investors. Special action forces are legally enabled by law to oppress workers.
In Export Processing Zones for one, said Arago, companies have layers of security to suppress the workers. “They have layers of security when there are labor disputes in their facto-ries. Not only do they have company guards but they are also being protected by the local police, by units from the regional mobile group and special action forces.
These are all made legal under the Special Economic Zone Act of 1995 where the Philippine government com-mits to provide security for investors.”
In February 2011, Ama-do-Kadena (Asosasyon sa mga Mamumuo sa Dolefil Alang sa Kalingkawasan ug Demokrasya sa Nasud, or Association of Dolefil Workers for Freedom and Democracy), the progressive union of workers of Dole Philippines (Dolefil), won in a certification election amid harassment of its members and officers by soldiers.
Kevin Davis, then a man-ager in Dolefil, threatened union head Jose Teruel that they would “suffer the
consequences” after suc-cessfully affiliating with the progressive KMU. The Dolefil management then focused on supporting a fac-tion union called LEAD-PH and a parallel campaign to brand Amado-Kadena as a communist group.
A commander of the military unit notorious for his anti-union activities as well as his contribution to the military’s Oplan Bantay-Laya counter-insurgency campaign was assigned to cover Dolefil and its envi-ronment.
The “consequences” men-tioned by Davis were nonstop military harassments, and “framed-up” charges at work during “random inspection” of their lockers. Union of-ficers even reported that there had been times that they were under military surveillance.
Military intervention in the activities of Amado-Kadena caught the atten-tion of then Commission on Human Rights (CHR) chief Leila De Lima. Before leaving the CHR to become justice secretary, De Lima promised the labor sector that her “replacement (in CHR) will hold a dialogue with the Dolefil management about the reported military harassments.”
Workers unite despite of blatant attacks on unionism
Despite some companies’ efforts of busting unions, there have been success stories of union workers fighting for their rights. One good example is the case of Karnation 20.
“In May 2007, the Karna-tion 20 was charged with seri-ous illegal detention by the management after launching a strike. The workers suf-fered nearly three years in jail where two died of severe respiratory illness due to harsh prison conditions. Af-ter months of campaigning,
bail was granted in December 2009 and all the other 18 workers temporarily gained freedom in March 2010” according to CTUHR.
Despite the attacks against workers still they are continuing the fight. “The fact that companies are offering livelihood programs for workers means that work-ers are struggling for their rights,” said Arago. (http://bulatlat.com)
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and non-government agencies and health-related activities, among others.
Participated in such ac-tivities are members of the Cagayan de Oro Press Club (COPC); Kapisanan Ng Mga Brodkaster Ng Pilipinas (KBP); Media Health Ad-vocates Group (MHAG-10); National Union of Jour-nalists of the Philippines (NUJP); and the PNP Press Corps.
Msgr. Abacahin, who represents the CBCP and Vatican Media Organiza-tions, is the incumbent president of COPC.
It was then City Mayor Aquilino Q. Pimentel Jr., who declared the last week of May of every year, as Press Freedom Week in Cagayan de Oro City.
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the value of stability being a former Defense Minister and has the guts as a Lawyer to define sovereignty.
Should America commit their resources under the Mutual Defense Agreement? Hell no! We have seen US State Secretary Hillary Clin-ton announce on a White House Press Conference that the US will not interfere in the resolution of the conflict between China and the Phil-ippines and “the territorial dispute should be resolved through peaceful bilateral relations of both countries.”
That sends back the DFA to their planning desk to review and consider other diplomatic options careful that an economic catastro-phe may not result should they blunder and mishandle the situation. Meanwhile, Philippine Banana exports are subjected to more pest “contamination” scrutiny and were left rotting in the Dalian Ports of China.
Refutation and stabil-ity of this country really count much more with the competence of our leaders in the exercise of judgment to handle this crisis. Their sound decisions must prevail over the interest of more than 92.3 Million Filipinos.
