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LAWMAKERS from Cagayan de Oro City, Iligan and Misamis Oriental joined forces to support the P43.017 billion Strategic Action Plan for the rehabilitation and re-covery of areas affected by Tropical Storm Sendong (International Name: Washi) for approval by the full RDC-10 council.

Rep. Rufus B. Rodriguez (2nd Dis-trict, Cagayan de Oro), Rep. Vicente F. Belmonte, Jr. (Lone District, Iligan City) and Rep. Yevgeny Vincente B. Emano (2nd District, Misamis Oriental) joined the Regional Advisory Committee (RAC)

Legislators back strategic action plan for Sendong affected areas

Comprehensive disaster mgmt plan for M’nao sought

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WEATHER UPDATETAIL-END of a cold front affecting Northern and Central Luzon.

Luzon and Eastern Visayas will experience mostly cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms becoming cloudy with widespread rains over Northern Luzon which may trigger flashfloods and landslides.

The rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms.

Moderate to strong winds blowing from the Northeast and East will prevail over Northern and Central Luzon and coming from the East over Southern Luzon and Visayas and the coastal waters along these areas will be moderate to rough.

Elsewhere, winds will be moderate coming from the East with moderate seas.

Mining keepslocal economyalive: Matugas

Matugas proudly dis-closed that she is encourag-ing mining activity in her province provided that all must comply with the envi-ronmental requirement and implement safety mining standards.

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CAGAYAN de Oro City––Senator Teofisto “TG” Gu-ingona III batted for the crafting of a comprehensive disaster management plan for Mindanao, noting that what happens in one place in the island affects other places.

“It is now time to have a Mindanao island-wide

Rep. Ma. Milagros “Mitos” H. Magsaysay (1st District, Zambales), Rep. Vicente F. Belmonte, Jr. (Lone District, Iligan City), Iligan Mayor Lawrence Ll. Cruz and Rep. Rufus B. Rodriguez chat during a break in the Feb 17 meeting of the RDC Advisory Committee (RAC) held at the NEDA-X Office. (photo by Mike Banos, NPN)

in a meeting Feb. 19 with the Executive Committee of the Regional Development Council of Region 10 (RDC-10) to assess how the congressmen from Region 10 could enhance and complement the SAP.

The RDC-10 Execom earlier passed two resolutions endorsing the SAP for approval by the RDC-10 Full Council and Priority Programs and Projects for the rehabilitation and recovery of areas affected by TS Sendong for Funding by the Office of the President (OP).

Among the measures already on the ground and in the pipeline towards this

disaster management plan. Disaster and calamities such as typhoons and storms no longer spare Mindanao. What happened in one place also affect others,” he said at the sideline of the Mind-anao Disaster Risk Reduc-tion Summit which opens here Saturday (February 18) morning.

Guingona, who calls the province of Bukidnon home, said that the environment in Mindanao is intercon-nected and as such, one city’s or province’s disaster management plan should be related to the plan of its neighbors.

“It is no longer accept-able that a city or province has a disaster management plan that is not connected

or related to its neighbors. Mindanao now needs a comprehensive plan for disaster,” he stressed.

He said that the devas-tation wrought by tropical storm Washi (Sendong) to the cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan on December 17 was just the natural outcome of several happenings in the provinces of Bukidnon and

BUTUAN City––Surigao del Norte Gov-ernor Sol Matugas sees mining activities in her province an advantage in increas-ing employment and revenue.

been a haven of mining industry in the region as volume of gold, copper, nickel and other minerals contained some areas of the province. These led to a momentary growth of investors and employment

A NETWORK of anti-mining organizations is launching a nationwide movement to protest the ongoing mining activities within the ancestral domain of the indigenous people.

Dubbed as “Thousand Streamer Campaign” (TSC) the movement is a pro-test against the ongoing sell-out of the country’s mineral resources to local and transnational mining corporations, as well as an expression of unity and support to the struggle of indigenous peoples for self-determination.

About 60 percent of more than one million hectares of land that have been ap-proved for mining explora-tions are situated within the ancestral domain of the indigenous communities.

The Kalipunan ng mga Katutubong Mamamayan ng Pilipinas (KAMP), which is leading the campaign, will launch the TSC through a press conference at 9 a.m. on February 20 at the College of the Holy Spirit in Manila.

The campaign is be-ing supported by various groups from the Church, academe and other indig-enous organizations against mining—Tunay na Alyansa ng Bayan Alay sa Katutubo (Tabak), Kabataan Para sa Tribung Pilipino (Katribu) and Partylist ng Katribu.

A nationwide hanging of streamers against min-ing will kick off on March 3—the 17th year of the enactment of Mining Act of 1995 and will culminate on its 18th year on March 3, 2013.

The year-long campaign will be highlighted by hang-ing of streamers denouncing mining during dates signifi-cant to mining, environment and indigenous peoples.

Aside from the anniver-sary of the enactment of Mining Act of 1995, other significant dates include Earth Day celebration on

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Regional NewsEditor: CRIS DIAZ

By CRIS DIAZ, Associate Editor

Rep. Yevegy Vincente B. Emano (2nd District, Misamis Oriental) questions the veracity of the facts presented in the Strategic Action Plan during the Feb. 17 meeting of the RDC-X Advisory Committee (RAC) held at the NEDA-X Office . Photo by Mike Baños, NPN

By PJ TREMEDAL, Western Mindanao Bureau

Former Rep Romeo “Nonong “Jalosjos with Ms. Lorna Pal, Lana’s parents(left) and the lovely proud bride Mayor Svetlana Jalosjojs (center) and the his groom parents Mr. Buenaventura De leon Jr and Mrs. Teresita Bueno De Leon.

RIZAL Shrine, Dapi-tan City––Riding in a horse-driven carriage, a princess of her father for me r R e p. R ome o “Nonong” Jalosjos and proud mother Singer-Artist Lorna Pal, Mayor Svetlana P. Jalosjos wears a gold and cream wed-ding gown and alighted to met here groom Jonathan Bueno de Leon, a young and handsome business-man, a Baliangaonon maternally to become her husband at the makeshift garden venue at this na-tional park.

Two days before the day of hearts, February

Mayor exchanges ‘I Do’ to trader12, she walks along the aisle with her proud parents to met the man of her life and made her vows in an own song composition to mark her love and devotion to this young man and share a tears of joy for she herself cannot imagine that on this moment, she will become Mrs. De Leon for the rest of her life.

“Sa langit ng pag-ibig, pag-nagtagpo ulap at araw, naroon ay Ako at Ikaw” mark their love moment that never was an acci-dent and as they say I do’s proud principal spon-sors led by his Excellency Vice President Jejomar C. Binay, Senator Vicente

Sotto III, former Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri and Ninangs led by Mayor Ce-cilia Carreon, Ms. Ruth Ramirez to name a few make their nod of approval being the second parents of the new couple and wish them good luck a move on to their new lives.

“It was so lovely and full of success, this is the first time I witness a great garden wedding,” said Rep. Bullet Jalosjos, the bride’s brother together with her other brothers Governor Rommel Jalosjos and Rep. Jun-jun Jalosjos of Zamboanga Sibugay who witness their small sister’s wedding.

With a sumptuous and happy reception after the

garden wedding at the Rizal Shrine in Dapitan City, followed at the fam-ily’s Dakak Resort.

Last February 14, the new couple will ceremoni-ally take again their wed-ding vows in front of the mayor’s constituents, the Balianganons of Misamis Occidental to make an encouragement that their lace can be peaceful and a have happy life.

It had been said that the municipality after her predecessors was un-peaceful due to political wars but when she won the May 2010 election, Baliangao started to make changes to what it is now, the Seashell capital of Misamis Occidental.

Commissioner Heidi Mendoza said that based on their initial cash examina-tions at the Department of Agriculture Caraga regional office, there were huge cash shortages amounting to more than P35 million.

On January 12, 2012, Commission on Audit Chairperson Maria Gra-cia M. Pulido Tan issued an authority to re-open ‘accountable government accounts’ that paved the way for a special audit at DA Caraga.

After the initial investi-gation, Mendoza confirmed the missing P35 million but said that more funds are definitely missing.

She said the commission hopes to determine the exact amount of missing fund and pinpoint responsible officials with the release of the audit investigation.

The COA conducted spe-cial audit at Caraga DA after assistant regional director Edgardo Dagala Dahino asked the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Caraga regional office to investigate DA-Caraga disbursing of-ficer Mariza Balaba Salise.

Caraga DA’s P35m fundmess is ‘tip of an iceberg’BUTUAN CITY––The Commission on Audit (COA) suspected that the P35 mil-lion unaccounted fund of the Department of Agriculture (DA) in Caraga was only a tip of the ‘ice berg’ as audit officials start to crawl on missing funds.

In a letter to NBI dated June 27, 2011, Dahino at-tached 71 photocopies of checks from the Philip-pine Veterans Bank Butuan Branch and four photocop-ies of checks from Land Bank of the Philippines Butuan Branch detailing check encashment from January 2006 to May 2010 of undetermined amount.

In the same letter, Da-hino complained that those government funds from DA, deposited as trust funds, were unaccounted for and suspected that his signatures appearing in those checks were forged.

DA-Caraga Chief for Administrative Services and Finance Jessica Da-an claimed Salise had gone missing or Absent without official Leave since June 23, 2011 prompting the DA regional office to file administrative case against her with the Ombudsman.

DA reg iona l of f i ce conducted an initial in-vestigation on its trust fund and found out that P53.3 million cannot be accounted, Da-an said. With wire reports

THE Vietnam Red Cross Association donated US$ 30,000 (P1,285,230) to Phil-ippines in the aft ermath of Typhoon Sendong (interna-tional code name ‘Washi’).

Th e move was in response to the United Nation’s call on the international community, including ASEAN countries, to assist the Philippines.

Vietnam Red Cross gives P1.2m to Sendong victims

Ty p h o o n S e n d o n g washed away entire villages when it whipped the country on December 17, 2011, leav-ing 1,400 dead or missing across eight provinces in the Southern Mindanao region alongside a trail of fl attened homes and broken bridges. Th ousands of fl ood survivors are currently housed in tent

cities.Many countries, territo-

rial areas and non-govern-mental organizations have sent relief worker teams and donated aid to the country with the Viet Nam Govern-ment donating an additional $ 100,000 to help in the recuperation process. Wire reports

ZAMBOANGA City––Th e City Council has called on Mayor Celso Lobregat to disclose the details of some P2.8 billion in time deposits representing unimplemented projects in the city for the past several years.

Councilor Rommel Agan said the council approved a resolution last Jan. 25 that also called on the city treasurer to facilitate the release of the list of time deposits in the diff erent banks in the city.

“Th e public ought to know as to the details of the time deposits. It should not be kept in secret from the people,” Agan stressed.

Th e entire amount is intended for city government projects that have not been implemented for one reason or another.

Th ere is the P200-million intended for the construction of an Integrated Bus Terminal outside the city proper that has been approved since three years ago.

Th e project has been delayed because of court orders barring its implementation because of alleged irregularities in the bidding process.

Th e city government has also set aside a P100-million fund for the construction of a three-level parking building between city hall and the local port. Th is is supposed to provide parking spaces for motor vehicles which clog up two lane streets in the heart of the city proper.

Other than these two major projects-in-the waiting, Agan said there are “already forgotten” hundreds of projects worth millions of pesos that have been approved for implementa-tion but are not being implemented or forgotten because these have been approved by previous administrations.

Councilor Mel Sadain said the City Council can review these unimplemented projects and see what can be remedied or if these can still be implemented.

However, he doubted if these projects can still be imple-mented because of rising construction costs.

In this case, Sadain said the amount can be repro-grammed for other projects that only the City Council can approve. (PNA)

COTABATO City––World Bank (WB) officials extolled the ARMM Social Fund Project (ASFP) for its good gover-nance practice centering on strong collaboration among its stakeholders in the region, particularly the local govern-ment units (LGUS).

John Roome, World Bank Director for Sustainable De-velopment in East Asia and Pacific Region, led on Thurs-day a seven-man delegation for a project s i te v is i t in Parang, Maguindanao, and observed that the partnership between the ASFP and LGUs (LGUs) specifically in Parang, co-financing and working together in the implemen-tation of various activities in the community, as worth repl icat ing in other parts of the world where the WB is ass ist ing development projects.

“I have seen Social Fund Projects all over the world. One of the dangers is So-cial Fund carries on its own projects while LGUs doing their work separately with no support from each other. But here, “we see the two working together which is extremely good practice and a very good thing to do,” Roome said.

While in Parang, the WB delegation visited Barangay Gumagadong Calawag for its community sub-projects composed of a Warehouse and Solar Drier, Health Center and Day Care Center constructed by People’s Organization (PO) from 2005-2008 and are all functional with LGU support.

WB lauds Armm social fund project

Dads want details ofP2.8bn time deposit

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Republic of the PhilippinesDepartment of Public Works and Highways

Region XOFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ENGINEERLanao del Norte 2nd Engineering District

Seminary Drive. Pala-o, Iligan CityTel.: (063)221-5703 Fax Nos.: (063)223-0217, 221-4648

E-mail address: dpwh.lned2@yahoo.com

INVITATION TO BID

The (DPWH- Lanao del Norte 2nd Engineering District, Seminary Drive, Pala-o, Iligan city , through its Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), invites contractors to apply to bid for the following contracts:

1. Contract ID: 12KF0004 Rehab./Improvement along Tambacan Road-Tubod National Highway Junction, Tambacan, Iligan City-K1526+000 to 1527+000 w/exceptions (additional pavement at right side, canal at left side) Contract location: Tambacan, Iligan City Brief Description: SPL-I-Construction Safety Signages & Barricades 1.00 lumpsum SPL-II-Bunkhouse/Field Office 1.00 unit SPL-III-Provision of Safety and Health 1.00 L. SPL-IV-Mobilization/Demobilization 1.00 I.s. 102-Structure Excavation 1,076.00 cu.m. 201-Aggregate Base Course 271.00 cu.m. 311(1)-Portland Cement Concrete Pavement 1,809.00 sq.mtr. 404-Reinforcing Steel 6,084.20 kgs. 405-Structural Concrete 42.00 cu.m. 500-Pipe Culvert and Storm Drain 8.00 l.m. 704-Masonry Works 330.00 Sq.mtr.

Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php 4,942,271.50 Contract Duration: 90 calendar days

2. Contract ID: 12KF0005 Contract Name: Rehab./Improvement along Tambacan Road-Tubod National High way Junction, Tambacan, Iligan City-K1526+000 TO 1527+000 w/exceptions (left side) Contract Location: Tambacan, Iligan City Brief Description: SPL-I-Construction Safety Signages & Barricades 1.00 limpsum SPL-II-Bunkhouse/Field Office 1.00 unit SPL-III-Provision of Safety and Health 1.00 l. SPL-IV-Mobilization/Demobilization 1.00 l.s 101(3)-Removal of Existing Damaged PCCP 56.00 sq.m. 102-Structure Excavation 1,069.00 cu.m. 404-Reinforcing Steel 6,084.20 kgs. 201-Aggregate Base Course 270.00 cu. m. 311(1)-Portland Cement Concrete Pavement 1,800.00 cu. m. 405-Structural Concrete 42.00 cu. m. 500-Pipe Culvert and Storm Drain 6.00 l.m. 704-Masonry Works 330.00 sq. mtr.

Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php 4,942,271.50 Contract Duration: 90 calendar days Procurement will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures in accor-dance with R.A. 9184 and its Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations. To bid for the contract, a contractor must submit a letter of intent (LOI) 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 with PCAB license applicable to the type and cost of the contract, (c) completion of similar contract costing at least 50% of ABC, or credit line commitment for at least 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 application for registration to the DPWH-POCW Central Office before the deadline for the receipt of LOI. The DPWH POCW-Central Office will only process contractor’s applications for registration, with complete requirements, anad 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. Receipt of LOIs from Prospective Bidders Deadline: 5:00 P.M./February 23,2012 2. Issuance of Bidding Documents February 17, 2012 to March 6, 2012 3. Pre-Bid Conference 2:00 P.M. / February 24, 2012 4. Receipt of Bids Deadline: 9:00 A.M./ March 6, 2012 5. Opening of Bids 2:00 P.M. / March 6, 2012

The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BD’s) at (DPWH- Lanao del Norte 2nd Engineering District Office, Seminary Drive, Pala-o, Iligan City), upon payment of a non-refundable fees of P5,000.00 for each project for Bid Documents. Prospective bidders may also download the BDs from the DPWH website shall pay the said fees on or before the submission of their bids. Bids must be accompanied by a bid security in any acceptable form in the amount stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR. Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accompanied forms as specified in the BD’s in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC chairman. The first envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid, which will include the eligibility requirements. 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 the post-qualification. The (DPWH-Lanao del Norte 2nd Engineering District, Seminary Drive, Pala-o, Iligan city) reserves the right to accept or reject any all bid and to annul the bidding process anytime before Contract award, without incurring any liability to the affected bidders.

Approved: (Gsd) MOCAMADALI P. PUNDOGAR BAC ChairmanMD: Feb. 20, 2012

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and the two Lanaos and in the affected cities them-selves.

“If the Pulangi River in Bukidnon overflows its banks, Cotabato City is flooded. If the river in San Fernando, Bukidnon grows, the excess goes to Davao City,” he said.

In his remarks during the Summit’s opening, Gu-ingona pointed out the need for a “template for an ef-fective post-disaster needs assessment that have been crafted based on past di-saster-related experiences.”

He said this template should be “community-based, people-centered” and employ “equitable ap-proaches.”

Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III, another Min-danawon national legislator who hails from this capital city of Northern Mindanao region, said that “Mindanao may have crossed the line” in terms of protecting the environment.

Pimentel said that they chose to hold the environ-ment summit here not just because he is from this city but because there is a real

need to focus attention to the Philippines’ “last fron-tier”—Mindanao.

This city is the Sedong “ground zero” where mil-lions worth of properties and infrastructures and more than a thousand lives lost. A simple Eucharistic celebration was held in Sitio Cala-Cala in the village of Macasandig on Friday (February 17) on the second monthsary of Sendong.

The holding of the Sum-mit here is also a signal to the country and world that “Cagayan de Oro City is back on its feet. We are back in business.”

But more than this, there is the utmost need to share and learn from each other’s experiences so that each will have a change of attitude towards the environment.

Attitude change is need-ed inorder to avoid future disasters, said Guingona.

“It would be useless if we stop at merely talking about Climate Change. There is another important agenda. And that agenda is called Attitude Change,” he said.

“Nagbabago na ang pa-nahon. Nagbabago na ang klima. Kailangang magbago din ang ating pag-iisip at pananaw sa mundo at sa

buhay (Times has changed. The climate has changed. It is important that we also change our minds and how we view the world and life),” he added.

And as a show of this change of attitude, Guin-gona urged Mindanawons to unite “in the face of the new challenges confronting the Mindanao community.”

“Given the new chal-lenges we face, are the people of Mindanao, more than ever, ready to give up their differences so that can unite behind the rebuilding process? Set aside political differences, religious differ-ences, ethnic and language differences, and ideological differences? Can we honestly tell ourselves that these differences may have now become less significant in the face of the huge tasks ahead of us? And that we must now join hands for a mission bigger than all of our parochial concerns? Times have changed. The Climate has changed. Shall our attitudes, viewpoints, hearts and minds adapt to the change?” he asked.

Answering his colleague, Pimentel simply said: “With foresight and vigilance, we can rise above the challenge.”

MISAMIS Oriental Gov-ernor Oscar S. Moreno is mulling the construction of a primary hospital to serve the hinterland area of Claveria municipality known as Tabuk.

Tabuk consists of six barangays: Bulahan, Tipolo-hon, Gregorio Pelaez, Mala-gana, Parmbugas and Apos-kahoy. It is situated some 30 kilometers from the national highway.

“People from Tabuk have always had problems ac-cessing basic facilities such as hospitals because of its distance from the highway,” Gov. Moreno noted. “Even the nearest hospitals in the poblacions of Claveria or Balingasag are still too far for patients in extremis.”

Gov. Moreno and Vice Gov. Norris C. Babiera have agreed the primary hospital should be constructed in Barangay Gregorio Pelaez so

Primary hospital planned for Claveria town in Misor

it could be more accessible to the residents of Tabuk.

Misamis Oriental was awarded its first Galing Pook Award last March 17 by President Aquino in Malacañang in recognition of its outstanding health services program dubbed “Strategic Innovations for Government Hospitals”.

The LGU came up with Provincial and Municipal Investment Plans for Health through which surgeons are detailed to provincial-managed hospitals . A Memorandum of Agree-ment with the Mindanao Consortium on Surgical Residency Training Program tapped the expertise of 31 multi-specialist staff from hospitals in Cagayan de Oro.

The program substan-tially addressed the prob-lems on hospital services and facilities faced by the province.

Among the innovative strategies the province ad-opted under the program were the outsourcing of supplemental funds from public and private sources for facility development, established network con-nectivity to improve refer-rals and communications, tapped medical societies, introduced a consignment scheme for medical supplies, established a pharmacy en-terprise and logical work flows.

Today, the Misamis Ori-ental Provincial Hospital system includes seven hospi-tals in Magsaysay, Talisayan, Balingasag, Claveria, Initao, Naawan and Manticao.

An eight hospital is now under construction in Alu-bijid in partnership with the Overseas Workers and Welfare Administration (OWWA). (Misamis Orien-tal Provincial Press Office

ZAMBOANGA City––Th e city government has set a food festival, a showcase of fi nest Zamboangueño delicacies, from Feb. 23 to 24, as one of the prime highlights of the Dia de Zamboanga (Zamboanga Charter Day) celebration.

City Hall information officer Sheila Covarrubias said on Saturday that five restaurants and catering service providers will participate in the two-day food festival set at the Plaza del Pilar.

Th e Alavar Seafoods House, Chinitos D’ Gathering Place, Recados Restaurant, Collete’s Buko Pie and Pasalubong and Café Zambo are among the key players of the event that promises a mouth-watering experience, according to Covarrubias.

With Zamboangueño-inspired menus,

Covarrubias said the appetite-tempting fair is expected to once again draw a number of food afi cionados with a handsome off er of P150 for four- to fi ve-dish combo meal.

Aside from the promised palatable dishes, guests and patrons will also be entertained with live and acoustic music that will run from 5 p.m. onwards.

Just like in previous events, the food fes-tival is a celebration of Zamboangueños’ love for food. It will also give visitors -- domestic and foreigners alike -- the chance to witness how these cuisines are prepared and how they taste. Numerous other activities have been organized by the city government and private groups to commemorate the 75th Zamboanga City Charter Day celebration on February 26. (PNA)

Two-day food festival set in Zamboanga City

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THINK a minute.Imagine that people

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Wouldn’t you want to be tested right away so you could get help before it was too late?

Yet there is a serious disease that is worse than cancer or AIDS. And you can know today whether or not you have this deadly disease.

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Number one: Is there someone with whom you’re very angry? A person who deeply hurt and wronged you? It could be someone in your family. A friend. Someone you work with. Maybe it happened a long

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time ago, but you’re still angry and bitter toward them.

Number two: Do you blame someone else for your problems? Your parents? Your husband or wife? You think it is other people’s fault why you’re not happy and successful. Maybe you even blame God for not helping you like you think He should.

Number three: Do you find yourself getting angry at someone today because

that person reminds you of someone else who wronged and hurt you in the past?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you’re suffering from the deadly disease of unfor-giveness.

Your only cure is to forgive that person who wronged and hurt you. You need to do it today—before this disease turns into hate and bitterness that destroys you inside.

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ger and unforgiveness can cause high blood pressure, stomach ulcers, headaches, arthritis, and many other diseases.

Unforgiveness will also destroy your marriage, fam-ily, and all of your other relationships.

But worst of all, if you will not forgive that other person, then God cannot forgive you.

Jesus Christ warns us that if our heart is closed to give love and forgiveness to others, then it is also closed and cannot receive God’s gift of forgiveness.

So for your own sake, won’t you ask Jesus to forgive and heal your heart today? Then, you can finally be free to forgive others and enjoy the healthy, happy new life Jesus wants to give you.

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PERHAPS, Opol town Mayor Dexter Yasay is grinning since anti-mining activities in Misamis Oriental are only focused in Cagayan de Oro City these days.

Yasay thinks Opol is spared on issues involving environmental deg-radation in the province. Actually, Opol is a major source when it comes to destruction of environment in the province and Cagayan de Oro City. This is the subject which most of us are unaware.

While we are furious with the continued discoloration of Iponan River, we did not adopt measures to regain the river’s lush and crystal-clear waters. No one believes though that Opol town Mayor Dexter Yasay disregarded the obsession of its constituents to live in a clean and flood free environment. We are not saying Yasay is not interested in bringing Iponan River back to life.

Problems Opol’s unabated mining and the death of Iponan River would have been concealed had it not for the devastating effect of the flood spawned by Typhoon Sendong in December last year.

The flood leads to issues of environmental conerns in the mountains of Misamis Oriental. Thus, if one has to blame mining as a major culprit, then Opol is one that ignored its accountability to victims in Cagayan de Oro, Igpit and nearby settlement in Iponan River.

Consider this. There are three major mining explo-rations in Opol, Misamis Oriental today. These are: 99

Who protects miners in Opol?Mountain Range Resources Corporation (assignment from Mr. Alfredo C. Roxas), Linktone Peak Resources, Inc. and CEESMAG Development Corporation, all engaged in the exploration of Chromite and other as-sociated mineral resources covering a total of 20,502.09 hectares.

These three firms have mining exploration permits issued by the Mines and Geological Sciences Bureau of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. It, therefore, follows that the town of Opol has also issued permits for these mining firms. Since Yasay ap-proves mining permit, maybe it is safe to say that Yasay protects the interests of these mining firms, too.

Certainly, as protector of these mining firms, Yasay never-care-less if these mining firms employ ‘Hhydraulic Mining.’ ‘Hhydraulic mining’ causes destruction of Opol mountains and siltation of Iponan River.

Last year, Yasay ordered the arrest of an Australian seen in the mountains of Opol. Yasay was worried that the Australian may conduct mining exploration in the area without his permission. During investigation, the Australian turned out to be a priest prompting Yasay to release him.

We suspect the Australian priest was around then to confirm the rampant operation of legal and illegal mining in the mountains of Opol. Actually, officials of the mining firms reported to Yasay about the foreigner’s presence in their area. Nobody believes that Yasay re-ceives ‘royalties’ from these mining firms in exchange of his efforts to protect them.

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LIFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “… And they will go out and look on the dead bod-ies of those who rebelled against me; the worms that eat them will not die, the fire that burns them will not be quenched, and they will be loathsome to all mankind…” (Isaiah 66:24, the Holy Bible).

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CULTURIST: There were many heroes who distin-guished themselves in the aftermath of the Sendong killer typhoon in Cagayan De Oro City, but Felipe Gabriel, a 55-year-old Tar-lacqueno agriculturist who was in the city propagating a special kind of an organic fertilizer when Sendong struck, stood out by having singlehandedly extermi-nated the bad odor arising from the cadavers thrown in the city’s dumpsite.

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First of two partsHAS it occurred to you that when a person tries to con-vince others, more doubts are raised about that person’s sincerity or honesty? Such is the situation that Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona has gotten himself into. It’s likened to a person who falls into a quicksand; the more he tries to get out of it, the faster he sinks. But if that person remained immobile he’d still sink never-theless. The lesson here is: Don’t go near a quicksand.

And that’s precisely what Corona did when he ac-cepted an illegal appointment from then President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo during a period when a ban on “midnight appointments” was in effect. He jumped into a quicksand knowing full well that he might not get out of it! It’s a case of “come what may” or “bahala na.”

It did not then come as a surprise when a year and a half after he reached the pinnacle of his career – a dream come true – Corona found himself in a quicksand of legal and moral questions about his ascendancy to the highest position of the judicial branch of government. And now, he is struggling to save his career and what is left of his reputation. He might have a chance of saving his career; however, it seems that his reputation is now stained indelibly as a result of a slew of damaging evidence that came out at the Senate impeachment trial in which he is accused of culpable violation of the Constitution, graft and corruption, and betrayal of public trust.

When the Senate impeachment trial began, Corona’s battery of topnotch lawyers led by retired Supreme Court Justice Serafin Cuevas took the offensive like a German blitzkrieg, which caused heavy damage to the House prosecutors’ initial presentation. Even the experienced private prosecutors who were helping the House

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he and his associates de-veloped, Gabriel (or Ipe to us, his schoolmates from the defunct Dr. Nicanor Reyes Memorial Colleges in Paniqui, Tarlac) volun-teered, all by his lonesome and for free, to spray the cadavers, which were al-ready very smelly as they were in advanced stage of decomposition, with his liquid organic fertilizer.

As if by some miraculous design, the pungent odor coming from the cadav-ers immediately stopped or, to a great degree, was minimized. When Vice President Jejomar Binay

came to know that Gabriel’s product could also disinfect the environment, he or-dered around P1.1 million worth of it, commissioning Gabriel to do the spraying of all the evacuation camps in Cagayan De Oro City to fight off the spread of conta-gious diseases to thousands of evacuees.

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ORGANIC FERTILIZER: But that is not the only advantage that one can get from Gabriel’s liquid organic fertilizer. In an evaluation made by a group of agricul-turists from Tarlac, it was

established that Gabriel’s product has the capacity to return to decaying farm-lands the “biodiversified living bridge”, which is the strongest link from the soil to the root of the crops, en-abling the soil to regenerate and produce more.

“The biodegradable farm wastes, plants and animal wastes will be decomposed very fast and recycled to build soil humus which is vital to maintaining soil quality and healthy soil biological activities,” the agriculturists said.

This type of fertilizer, Gabriel said, is 100 per-cent organic, so that it is safe to humans, livestock, plants and the environment as a whole, making our surroundings biologically-balanced, he added. This is now being considered as a “divine phenomenon” after it was proven with quantum

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GLOBE Telecom recently signed a ten-year $ 90 million floating rate term loan facility with China Banking Corp. program.

In a statement, the Ayala-led telco said that the loan proceeds will be used to finance capital ex-penditures for 2012, which includes the company’s $ 790-million investment for its five-year massive network modernization and IT transformation program to boost voice and data capacity in an-ticipation of the growing demand for broadband and mobile data use.

Of this amount, $ 640 million will be spent this year and in 2013.

With the rapid penetration of social media and availability of more affordable smartphones among Filipino mobile phone owners, Globe looks at its broadband and data businesses as key focus areas that will sustain its growth momentum for the year.

In 2011, Globe had secured a P5-billion seven-year floating-rate term loan facility with Banco de Oro Unibank Inc.; P5-billion seven-year fixed-rate term loan facility from Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. and another P7-billion seven-year loan from BDO last February.

At end-September last year, Globe had a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.04.

Globe earlier reported a net income of P2.49 billion in the third quarter, up 4 percent from the P2.39 billion in the same period in 2010.

In the first nine months, Globe’s earnings rose 7 percent to P7.99 billion from last year’s P7.45 billion.

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CEBU-based Profood Inter-national Corp., the country’s largest manufacturer and exporter of processed food, has constructed a Profood Gallery to showcase dried mangoes, which is Cebu’s most popular export prod-uct.

The Profood Gallery will be initially opened to Kore-ans through travel packages in partnership with Impe-rial Palace Waterpark and Spa-Cebu.

“The main purpose of putting up this gallery is for tourists to have a new place to go when on vaca-tion in Cebu,” said Profood president and chief execu-tive officer Justin Uy.

“Tourists already com-plain because there are no new attractions in Cebu. Aside from our beaches, what else can we offer them?” he said.

Uy said putting up a gallery that would showcase dried mango products in

Profood opens gallery to showcase mangoes

Cebu would help boost tourism here. He said the province is known as the dried mango capital in the Philippines.

Profood invested P20 million for the construction of the three-storey Profood Gallery, located inside its manufacturing compound in Highway Maguikay, Man-daue City.

Profood said the gallery aims to bring in tourists

who are curious about the Philippine mango.

The gallery will also showcase Profood’s history as well as various processed fruit products that are ex-ported around the world.

The gallery has a mu-seum, an area for sampling products and two small theaters that will show audio and video presentations of Profood on the Philippine mango.

“We will first cater to the Korean market, considering their strong presence and interest in coming here. By the time we finish all other amenities such as the shopping center, eventually we will open this facility to the public,” Uy said.

The firm will also tap tour operators and travel agencies to include the fa-cility in their tour packages.

Uy said they will also welcome schools to con-duct educational plant tour upon completion of the facility.

He stressed the need for Cebu to come up with new attractions, adding that a product tour is one inter-esting attraction to market Cebu, similar to M&M’s Chocolate Factory Tour.

Department of Tourism (DOT) 7 Director Rowena Montecillo praised Profood for coming up with the initiative. A report from the Philippine News Agency

Policy delay will imperil mining investment target, warns MGB

THE two-year morato-rium on mining in the country may undermine the government’s invest-ment target for the year, a unit of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said on Friday.

“We may have a problem because of the moratorium,” Leo Jasareno, director of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB), said, refer-ring to the $1.2 billion goal.

He said the agency will resume the issuance of min-ing permits once President Benigno Aquino III signs within the month the order outlining his government’s new policy on the sector.

“All issues hampering the industry, particularly the inconsistencies in the national and local govern-ment units over bans on open pit mining, will be

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addressed,” Jasareno said.The country’s biggest

mining venture, the $5.9 billion Tampakan copper-gold project, earlier hit two roadblocks: first, a local government ban on open-pit mining in Surigao del Sur; and second, the DENR’s refusal to issue an environmental compliance certificate (ECC).

The Tampakan project is a joint venture between global mining giants Xstra-ta of the United Kingdom

and Indophil Resources of Australia. The two com-panies are pursuing the project through Sagittarius Mines Inc. (SMI), the Phil-ippine contractor for the venture.

The impasse at Tam-pakan has alarmed the business community, which warned that the country may fail to take advantage of the mining boom caused by strong demand from emerging economies like China.

ILIGAN CITY, Lanao del Norte -- The local govern-ment of Iligan has conferred with the Pilmico Foods Corporation for the con-struction of 22 classrooms in the city. The members of the lo-cal school board of Iligan,

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on the other hand, passed a resolution requesting

Aboitiz through Pilmico Foods that will undertake the building of the class-rooms that this be con-structed at the Bayanihan Village of Iligan. This is part of the facili-ties in the site development in the relocation site for the Sendong survivors to be erected at Barangay Sta. Elena.

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Philhealth personnel gives-out gifts to patientsREGION 10 : PhilHealth-10 personnel distribute gifts to indigent pediatric ward patients in vari-ous hospitals, regionwide. The activity marks the institution’s 17th founding day, late last week. In same day, Philhealth had a blood-letting activ-ity where some 6,750cc of blood was collected from its own employees, in partnership with the Philippine Red Cross.

Guv recognizes civil societyLanao Sur - Provincial Gov. Mamintal Adiong Jr. recognized the vital role of the civil society in nation-building during the provincial People’s Consultative Assembly here. He cited participa-tory governance, as common denominator in the success of advanced nations. The province is considered to be the first established partner-ship between the civil society and the regional and local governments.

AgSur teachers take masteral degressAGUSAN Sur – Twenty-five elementary and secondary school heads in Agusan Sur are taking up masteral degrees in education and adminis-tration at Ateneo de Davao University (ADDU). The move is in line with the thrust of the pro-vincial government to give quality education to Agusanon children. On behalf of Gov. Adolph Edward Plaza, Vice Gov. Santiago Cane signed the Memorandum of Agreement, with ADDU Fr. President Joel Tabora.

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CLARIN, Misamis Occiden-tal — Some 110 families, with 456 members, were displaced by flashfloods, as the Paca River swelled by six meters during the two-day inter-tropical convergence zone (ITCZ), February 11-12.

Hardest hit was Barangay Pan-ay where 96 families, with 395 members, have been affected.

In his report to Gover-nor Herminia M. Ramiro,

Flashfloods affect 110 families in ClarinMayor David M. Navarro, chair of the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (MDRRMC), said 50 of the affected families in Pan-ay are now in the evacuation centers.

The MDRRMC con-ducted rescue and relief assistance operations and fielded heavy equipment for infrastructure repair mission in the flooded ba-rangays. (rca/jdelpf) GOOGLE PHOTO

Cagayan de Oro City Mayor Vicente Y. Emano receives the P450,000 cheque from DOTC Secretary Manuel Roxas II, through Capitol University President Casimiro Juarez. The amount will be used in the construction of more permanent houses for homeless survivors of typhoon Sendong. (CIO)

BUTUAN City––The Sangguniang Panlung-sod (SP) has endorsed to City Mayor Ferdi-nand M. Amante Jr. the resolution recom-mending a 30-day preventive suspension of Pangabugan Punong Barangay Amada L. Melendres.

The resolution stemmed from the com-plaint against the baran-gay official last Novem-ber 2011, on grounds of dishonesty, misconduct and conduct unbecom-ing of a public official.

Under the SP rules on administrative cases, “preventive suspensions may be imposed any time after the issues are joined, that is, after the respondent has an-swered the complaint, when the evidence of guilt is strong and, given the gravity of the offense, there is a great probability that con-tinuance in office of the respondent could influ-ence the witness or pose a threat to the safety and integrity of the records and other evidence.”

The complainant is Pangabugan Barangay Kagawad Juvic Roy C. Plaza. (end/asf )

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14,093 people in Caragaaffected by heavy rains

By PAT SAMONTE, Regional Editor-Caraga

BUTUAN City––Some 14,093 people or 2,893 families in two provinces in Caraga have been af-fected by days of days of unabated rains.

This, as Jabonga, Agu-san del Norte, Tubod and Mainit, Surigao del Norte have activated their evacu-ation centers to accommo-date residents displaced by floods owing to continuous rains.

Caraga Office of Civil Defense director Blanche Gobenciong said 2,520 families or 11,909 people in Jabonga town were dis-placed by rising rain water

and 2,184 people or 373 families were affected in Mainit and Tubod, Surigao del Norte.

Gobenciong said classes in Tandag City remained suspended. All roads in the region, however, are still passable, she said.

The OCF-13 chief said 606 people or 137 families in Jabonga town were housed in evacuation centers in Bunga Elementary School and barangay hall, mu-nicipal gym, senior citizens center, rural health build-ing, Catholic convent and school building in Barangay Poblacion and barangay

warehouse in barangays Beltran and Colorado. In Surigao del Norte, 2,790 people or 510 families were sheltered in tent houses, barangay halls,municipal gym, Quezon Elementary School, Mansayaw Ele-mentary School, Cawilian Multi-purpose building, Baptist Church in barangays Hubasan in Tubod town and Quezon, Tapian, Man-sayao, and Tagbuyawan in the municipality of Mainit.

Gobenciong said the Department of Social Wel-fare and Development is on standby for relief operation to the affected towns.

No casualties have been reported, she said.

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-ooo-TALE TOO LARGE

TO SWALLOW: Will the prosecution in the Senate trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona really expect Fili-pinos to believe that they did not know that Quezon City Rep. Jorge Banal had a copy of a bank document detailing Corona’s deposits

even before congressman-prosecutor Rep. Rey Umali supposedly received his copy from a “small lady” at the Senate? This is a tale too large to swallow even for people without sentido kumon, honorable lawmakers!

-ooo-KABISIG EXPO AT SM

MEGAMALL: The Kabisig Expo Foundation headed by Davao City businessman Danny Guillen is holding yet another trade and job expo-

sition at the SM Megamall on February 22-25, 2012.

President Aquino is the invited guest during the opening of the expo on February 22, Guillen told me through a text message. He also invited me to speak on February 22, at 4 p.m. See you there, God willing!

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FROM FLOODWATERS: Running away from surging fl oodwaters is just one way of evading certain death, but, as

experience especially by Min-danao residents has shown, it is not always eff ective.

Th e question therefore is: is there a more eff ective way to avoid death and destruc-tion from fl oodwaters? Th e answer is yes, there is, and it is by listening to God once more (which means, reading His Bible) and obeying His command more sincerely, since the Bible is saying that fl oodwaters represent a curse from God (Matthew 7:24-27).

ActionFrom page 1

end are the following:• House Bill (HB) No.

5663 an act appropriating P2-billion as supplemental appropriation for the reha-bilitation and construction of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan arising from Tropical Storm Sendong;

• HB 5685 – an act grant-ing 50% subsidy on electric bills of residents of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan who are victims of Sendong with funds from the Malapm-paya fund;

• HR 2027 – a resolution directing the Department of Health to concentrate all efforts and all available resources to Cagayan de Oro City to address the medical needs of people affected by TS Sendong;

• HR2028 – a resolution directing the National Hous-ing Authority to concentrate all efforts and all avail-

able resources to Cagayan de Oro City and establish permanent housing in re-settlement areas;

• HR2030 – a resolution urging the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to immediately start reconstructing all damaged and destroyed infrastructures in Cagayan de Oro City as a result of TS Sendong and immediately release P1-Billion from its lump sum funds to finance these reconstruction proj-ects;

• HR 2031 – a resolution directing the Department of Social Welfare and Develop-ment (DSWD) to exert all efforts and pour all available resources to Cagayan de Oro City in order to hasten the recovery of people affected by TS Sendong;

• HR 2042 – a resolution to investigate the continuous illegal logging activities in Lanao del Sur.

• HR 2153 – a resolution directing the DFA to remit all the donations it received to the NHA and the DSWD

to be used to construct permanent housing in CDO and Iligan.

Rep. Rodriguez said Rep. Belmonte would also con-sider filing similar resolu-tions for Iligan City.

Other measures already filed by Rep. Rodriguez include the moratorium for all loan payments by members of the GSIS, SSS and PAG-IBIG; considering the inclusion of all insur-ance policies not covered by Acts of God; and other similar measures.

To support the initiatives of the RDC-X on protect-ing the environment, Rep. Rodriguez said house bills and resolutions along this line have already been ap-proved including but not limited to the creation of the Cagayan de Oro River Basin Authority; creating protected areas of critical watersheds and the implementation of a complete log and mining ban in the region.

Rep. Rufus B. Rodriguez (2nd District, Cagayan de Oro) delivers a welcome message as the Co-Convenor of the RDC Advisory Committee (RAC) during the Feb, 17 RAC meeting at NEDA-X office. (photo by Mike Banos, NPN)

MiningFrom page 1

to the local residents that beforehand are just relying on agricultural production.

Matugas added that existing mining compa-nies have helped develop projects in its respective municipalities like construc-tion of school buildings in the municipality of Placer where half of the cost were shouldered by a mining company.

Presently, Matugas cre-ated task force “Kinaiyahan” to look into environmental concern at the municipality of Claver where Taganito Mining Company is lo-cated while taskforce “Green Storm” in the municipality of Tubod was also created for the concerns on Surigao Consolidated Mining. She even made the provision of records of all mining com-panies for assessment with the Mines and Geo-Science Bureau (MGB) and EMB.

“The two taskforce are there to function on the environmental concern of the mining companies par-ticularly siltation in their area. Let us make sure that all safety measures are be-ing complied with,” said the governor.

Matugas also pointed out that studies concerning safe mining has been one of her priority and even

made series of consulta-tion with the University of the Philippines on the scientific effect which will help boost the production without sacrificing the envi-ronmental structure of the province. She also believes that mining helps attract tourist destination in her province.

“Mining could also en-hance the tourism aspect of our province and I am confident that Surigao Norte might end up being a min-ing tourist destination of Mindanao someday. We have to make use of the resources given to us but I assure you that it should be done in a legal and proper way,” she added.

Safety of minersMatugas also felt the

relief on the safety of the mining companies after the Philippine Army deployed troops in the areas while the companies hired SCAA to augment security on the miners.

Col. Rolando Andaya made the announcement that mining companies already hired 120 SCAA to guard their respective perimeters but still under the jurisdiction of the Phil-ippine army.

Last year, Taganito Min-ing in Claver was attacked by suspected CPP/NPA after allegedly not paying revolutionary taxes.

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prosecutors seemed ill equipped in battling the legendary Cuevas. In his cross-examination of the prosecutors’ witnesses, Cue-vas assaulted them with a “take no prisoner” stance and at one point declared one witness as “bankrupt.” He was brutally effective in pulverizing the testimony of the witnesses and neutral-izing the prosecutors with his courtroom maneuvers… until he met his Waterloo.

DiscrepanciesAn unexpected turn

of events happened last February 6 (Day 12 of the trial) when Cuevas cross-examined Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Commis-sioner Kim Henares. Hena-res testified that she found discrepancies in Corona’s Statements of Assets, Li-abilities, and Net Worth (SALNs) in the years from 2003 to 2010. She gave a detailed breakdown of the discrepancies. For instance, in 2010 – when he was al-ready Chief Justice – Corona declared only P14.5 million in his SALN when in fact he owned P50 million in assets.

Cuevas abruptly moved to have Henares’ testimony stricken from the impeach-ment trial records, saying that Henares was not an “expert witness.” But the private prosecutor, Arthur Lim, retorted and pointed out that Cuevas had just qualified her to be an “expert witness.” The president officer, Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, agreed with Lim and let Henares’

testimony stay. It was only then that the foxy Cuevas realized that Lim had out-foxed him.

Unreported wealthThe stinger came on

February 8 (Day 14) when Philippine Savings Bank (PSBank) president Pascual Garcia III testified on five domestic accounts of Co-rona, which revealed that as of December 31, 2010, Co-rona’s total peso deposits at PSBank was P19,728,555.39. This did not include Co-rona’s five dollar accounts, which he claimed couldn’t be disclosed under R.A. 6426, the Foreign Currency Deposit Act.

The following day (Day 15), Leonora Dizon, branch manager of the Bank of Philippine Islands (BPI) pre-sented bank documents that showed that Corona’s check-ing account had an ending balance of P12,024,067.70 as of December 31, 2010.

Let’s do our math: Be-tween the two banks, Coro-na’s cash deposits – exclud-ing his secret dollar accounts – total P31,752,623.09. That’s P28,252,623.09 more than the P3.5 million he declared in his 2010 SALN. However, if you add the se-cret dollar deposit account of $700,000 that Corona allegedly deposited in 2008 at PSBank, then the total unreported amount could be as high as P66 million in 2010. Incidentally, Corona through Cuevas admitted the existence of his dollar accounts; however, he re-fused to authorize disclosure at this time saying that he’d disclose them in due time. Hmm… do I smell a stink-ing fish here?

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Marivi Gabagat, account manager for Jr. NBA Philip-pines of Larc & Asset PR Consultants, informed the Misamis Oriental provincial press office that 582 players of all ages from 34 schools attended the Jr. NBA clinic conducted by Jr. NBA Coach and Legend Marty Con-lon with the assistance of hometown basketball hero and PBA legend Jojo Lasti-mosa of Alaska and Head

582 players, the most ever to attend a Jr. NBA Clinic in the Phlippines, joined the 2012 Jr. NBA Clinic held last Jan. 19 at the ACSAT Gym in Carmen, Cagayan de Oro City. Photo courtesy of Ericka Alcantara

THE athletic delegation of Butuan City has topped and declared over-all champion in the 15th Caraga Regional Athletic Meet held recently in Patin-ay, Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur.

City hall OIC public in-formation officer Jennifer Michelle Divinagracia said the athletes from the city’s public and private elementary and high schools garnered 643.50 points to top the nine- team regional meet composed of Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur, Bislig City, Butuan City, Dinagat, Siargao, Surigao City, Surigao del Sur and Surigao del Norte.

According to Divinagracia, a total of 326 Team Butuan athletes participated in 17 sports events including ar-chery, arnis, athletics, bad-minton, baseball, basketball, boxing, chess, football, gym-nastic, sipa/sepak takraw, softball, swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, lawn tennis and volleyball.

Divinagracia said Team Butuan’s elementary depart-ment grabbed 282 points while the secondary department recorded 361 points for a total of 643.50 points.

Second place went to Agu-san del Norte with 474.50 points, followed by Agusan del Sur with 419 points for third, Surigao del Sur with 397 points for fourth, Surigao City with 163 points for fifth, Bislig City with 153.50 points, Surigao del Norte with 150.50, Siargao, 88.50 points, and Dinagat with 50.50 points, she said.

Divinagracia said the city’s division office of the Department of Education led by Division Superintendent Daylinda Tampus and officials proudly announced the results of the games and thanked Team Butuan for the honor it brought to the city as well as the support extended to the delegation by Mayor Ferdinand Amante, Jr., city officials, and the Butuanons. A report from Pat Samonte and Joel Portugal

BUTUAN City––Th e prov-ince of Agusan del Norte has scheduled the staging of the Inter-Departmental Employees Athletic League (IDEAL) Meet on March 2, 2012.

In a memorandum, Agu-san del Norte Gov. Erlpe John Amante said this year’s sporting event will com-mence at 1:00 pm following opening ceremonies at 8 am at the Capitol Covered

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April 22, 2012; Interna-tional Day of the World’s In-digenous Peoples on August 9, 2012; and Annual Mine Safety Week sponsored by the DENR and Chamber of Mines on the second week of November 2012.

Organizers are urging various sectors and indi-viduals to join the campaign and organize discussion groups, fora, and similar ac-tivities to tackle and involve more people in the issue of mining and indigenous peoples’ situation.

Those interested to join may contact the Campaign Secretariat through email: kamp_phils@yahoo.com or call landline: (02) 412-5340 or Mobile: 0919501661 or 092748793889.

(CBCPNews)

Record number of players joins 2012 Jr. NBA Clinic in C. de OroF L ASH F L O OD S , S endong and al l proved no match for the grit and en-thusiasm of kids in Cagayan de Oro as a record number of players flocked to the 2012 Junior NBA Clinic held January 19 at the ACSAT gym in this city.

Coach Jun Noel of the host Misamis Oriental Meteors. Earlier the same afternoon,

83 coaches also joined the coaches clinic held at the same venue.

The National Basketball Association’s international youth development program

tipped off with a coaches clinic at Treston Interna-tional College in Taguig City on January 14, then went on a whirlwind tour of coaches and school clinics in Puerto Princesa, Pampanga and Cagayan de Oro from January 15 to 20.

The Jr. NBA also con-ducted an NBA Cares activ-ity at an evacuation center in Bgy. Carmen, one of the barangays gravely af-fected by killer flash floods spawned by the rains of Tropical Storm Sendong.

The Jr. NBA returns in April to Cagayan de Oro on April 14-15, 2012 for the Regional Selection Camps.

For more information, visit the Jr. NBA Philippines website at www.jrnba.com.ph You may also contact Coach Jun Noel through mobile no. 0917-324-8777. (Misamis Oriental Provin-cial Press Office)

Agusan del Norte to hold inter-dep’t athletic gamesBy PAT SAMONTE, Regional Editor-Caraga

with JOEL PORTUGAL, Caraga News Bureau

Court here.Amante has set February 24 as deadline for the submission of entries and announced the final events to include basketball (men), volleyball (men and women), badminton (men and women), dart (men and women), lawn tennis (men’s doubles) B & C, table tennis (men and women), billiard (men), and bowling (team event).

As in previous Agusan

del Norte-sponsored IDEAL tournaments, government agencies in Caraga and the city government of Butuan are expected to participate in this year’s games which will be the last to be staged here prior to the provincial capitol’s transfer to Barangay Sanghan in Cabadbaran City.

City Councilor Jaime Cembrano, Jr. said city hall will then take the lead in the holding of the annual sports event under a new name, Butuan Inter-Government Special Tournament and

Agency Representations (BIGSTAR).

Cembrano, who chairs the city council’s commit-tee on sports, said Team Butuan will consist mainly of regular employees. He, however, pointed out that casual employees with good potentials will be picked to strengthen the team’s medal chances.

Cembrano, who chairs the city council’s commit-tee on sports, also said next month’s games and future athletic meets will provide

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members of Team Butuan the opportunity to show and hone their talents and skills in their respective event while promoting exercise and physical fi tness for “our health and well-being”.

A corresponding entry fee will be charged for basketball (P1,800), volleyball (P1,250 per team), badminton (P600 per team), dart (P600 per team category), lawn tennis (P600 per category), table tennis (P500 per team), bil-liard (P500 per player), and bowling (P800 per team).

Team Butuanis Caraga’sathletic meet champion

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The Jalosjos - De Leon WeddingThe Jalosjos - De Leon WeddingRizal Shrine, Dapitan City on February 12, 2012Rizal Shrine, Dapitan City on February 12, 2012

“Sa langit ng pag-ibig, “Sa langit ng pag-ibig, pag-nagtagpo ang ulap at araw, pag-nagtagpo ang ulap at araw, naroon ay Ako at Ikaw...”naroon ay Ako at Ikaw...”

Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan B. and Svetlana P. Jalosjos-De Leon was married two days before the day of the hearts at the famous Rizal Shrine, Dapitan City and repeat their married vows in the municipality of Baliangao, Misamis Occidental on February 14, 2012 and witnessed by

its people wherein the bride is the Chief Executive.

The proud parents of Lana, Former Congressman Romeo “Nonong” Jalosjos and Ms. Lorna Pal and the proud parents of Jonathan, Mr. and Mrs. Buenaventura and Teresa De Leon Jr.

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And the Big brothers, Governor Rommel Jalosjos, Congressman John Jalosjos and Congressman Romeo “Bullet” Jalosjos

The Bride and the Groom,

with their men and ladies in

waiting. To all who witness and join us in our wedding To all who witness and join us in our wedding day, you are our hopes and inspiration to live day, you are our hopes and inspiration to live and love forever………….. and love forever…………..

Lana and JonathanLana and Jonathan