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As shown in this recent aerial photo, this gold panning operation earlier reported by GMA Isyu Karon contin-ues. The equipment sucks river sand ang processes it for gold and other minerals then throws back the tailings to the river bed, contributing to the silting of the Iponan River. Note how the hillsides on the river banks have been scarred by hydraulic mining. GMA has filed a complaint against a barangay kagawad for allegedly threatening the GMA Isya Karon team which reported this earlier. Photo supplied

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THE object of the suspen-sion and recall movement himself, embattled Cagayan de Oro City Mayor Vicente Emano, instead of lashing out at the opposition, is giving hints and suggestions to the proponents of the recall movement regard-ing the right ways to make their cause of removing him more viable.

“The case they filed with Malacañang about their de-sire to have me suspended was sloppily prepared,” Ema-no said in a press statement.

It is known that the op-position has filed an admin-istrative case against Emano appealing to the president to suspend the mayor if found guilty, after a thorough in-vestigation, of contributing to the death of thousands when the typhoon Sendong struck the city.

“The prayer of the case they filed against me in

Emanobelittlescriticson recall

In a letter to Energy Secretary Jose Almendras, Zubiri expressed alarm over the current two-to four-hour daily brownouts in many parts of Mindanao, which he said “could worsen into power outages of up to eight hours by April, on account

FORMER Senator Migz Zubiri has warned of “catastrophic brownouts” in Mindanao inside five weeks, un-less government moves fast to fix the island’s massive power supply deficit.

of increased demand as-sociated with the summer season.”

To effectively cure Min-danao’s power supply short-age, Zubiri put forward the following remedies:

• The temporary deploy-ment of additional power

barges to reinforce supply in affected areas in Mindanao;

• The use of the renew-able energy trust fund to grant incentives to entities prepared to install and deliv-er new biomass, solar, wind, hydro, geothermal and/or ocean power supplies,

exclusively for Mindanao, in six to 18 months; and

• The energy sector’s retention in the Investment Priorities Plan of the Board of Investments, in order to attract fresh capital needed to quickly grow Mindanao’s

COTABATO City Mayor Japal J. Guiani Jr, his sister City Administrator Atty. Frances Cynthia Guiani-Sayadi, and five others, have

refuted claims that they were behind the ambush of Vice Mayor Muslimin Sema.

Earlier, the Criminal Investigation and Detec-

tion Group (CIDG) filed frustrated and attempted murder against the Guianis but the Guianis claimed that they were innocent of the charges being hurled

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Past District Governors Tinnex Jaraula and Doring Caragos blow the candles on a cake honoring Rotary International’s 107th founding anniversary last Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012 during the regular weekly fellowship of the Rotary Club of Cagayan de Oro (Mother Club) the city’s oldest Rotary Club. Photo by Mike Banos, NPN

Th e victim identifi ed as Jaime C. Diez, 45, a tree marker based at CENRO Loreto, Agusan del Sur, had just woke up and was taking a cup of coff ee with his wife when the gunman barged in and shot him thrice with a .45 caliber pistol.

“Th e gunman fi rst aimed the gun at me then fi red at my husband,” Diez wife told police investigators. The gunman spared the wife.

Police identified the gunman as a certain Jason Arjonas Ninal, 35, a neigh-bor of Purok 10, Barangay Poblacion of Bayugan City. Th e suspect calmly walked away aft er shooting, boarded a motorcycle and fl ed, the police added.

Th e wife said she had no idea of any grudges against her husband but she believes that the killing maybe related to his job.

Th e OIC CENR offi cer of Bayugan City Ruel Efren said the victim had been active in the anti-illegal log-

DENR worker shot dead in Bayugan• Caraga region now earned the moniker as ‘killing field for forest protection workers.’

BAYUGAN City––A lone gunman shot dead an employee of the Department of Envi-ronment and Natural Resources (DENR) in front of his wife at their residence at Purok 14, Barangay Poblacion, Bayugan City, Thursday last week.

ging operations. Diez used to go with the team in the operations with the Regional Anti-Illegal Logging Task Force, Efren said.

Efren said that the gun-man had been reportedly looking for Diez for several days.

He said that the physical characteristic and appearance of the person looking for Diez at the Batohon Forest Checkpoint in Esperanza, Agusand del Sur a week ago matched the person who shot and killed Diez.

Th e victim sustained three gunshot wounds on his chest, stomach and arm. He died while being rushed by his immediate family members at New Bayugan Medical Hospital where doctors pro-nounced him dead on arrival.

Police had waged a man-hunt against the suspect and were following up leads that may lead to suspect’s arrest. Reports said that the suspect had just been released from prison two weeks ago aft er

serving sentence on carnap-ping charges on October 5, 2011.

On February 7, an un-identified gunman shot dead Melania Dirain, 47, a Forestry Specialist at the CENRO of the DENR in Sanchez Mira, Cagayan inside her offi ce.

In 2010, three forestry offi cers were killed in the province of Apayao and in the Caraga region involv-ing a DENR tree marker, forest rangers and a DENR-deputized offi cer manning DENR checkpoints.

On July 2010, forest rang-er Kennedy Eber Bayani was shot dead in Luna, Apayao.

Th en DENR tree marker and forest ranger, Rolando Sanchez and Rolando Si-naday, respectively, were gunned down in separate incidents in Surigao del Sur in December 2010.

Also earlier in that same year, DENR forest ranger Jacinto P. Dragas, 55, be-came the fourth casualty in six months aft er the DENR embarked on a sustained off ensive against illegal log-ging in the Caraga Region in August last year.

Environment Secretary Ramon Paje then described the Caraga region as a po-tential “killing fi eld for forest protection workers.”

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The CIDG linked the Guia-nis, along with first councilor Omar Sayadi, husband of city administrator, Graham Dumama, ABC chair Abdillah Lim, Punong Barangay Amisula, and Police Insp. Noel Gutierrez to the Janu-ary 10, 2012 ambush of Sema.

“We are willing to face the charges that were hurled against us and we knew this is politically motivated,” said Mayor Guian. The mayor had said that he is supposed to file charges against them for committing alleged anomalous transactions.

In an interview with city ad-ministrator Sayadi, she said that perhaps a third party is behind and is taking advantage of the situation, trying to disrupt the “peaceful political relationship in the city.”

Sayadi claimed that what happened to their family now is clear “demolition job” trying to put them down as election is fast approaching.

She added that no records would show that their clan was involved in any anomalies much more on harming people. She also disclosed that “in the time of my

brother we even reap various awards for having change the status of the city from a third class to a first class city”.

She even said that under her brother administration, they introduced developments in the city that could easily get the support of the constituents comes Election Day.

It can be recalled, Sema was ambushed near his house at Don Gonzalo Javier St. Rosary heights -7 Villages shortly before noon of January 10 while returning home from the office of the city council when he was shot prompting his escorts to fire back, killing the alleged gunman Zermin Abdullah.

Meanwhile, Biacan Salik

Abdullah, a wife of the alleged gunman, is appealing to the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) through acting ARMM Re-gional Director Sixto Burgos, that a thorough investigation should be conducted saying that her husband Abdullah is a fall guy.

She added that the Scene of the Crime Operative (SOCO) find her husband negative of powder burns. Rumors has spread that the slay-try was intended to prevent Sema from taking back the seat as city mayor for the 2013 elections. Sema was the former city mayor and had serve the city for three terms and opted to run as the vice mayor in the last election.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUCTION

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2601 to 2610 of the Tariff and Customs Code of the Philippines, as amended, in relation to CAO 10-2007 dated November 28, 2007 and other relevant Customs Memorandum Orders, there will be Public Auction Sale through Sealed Bidding, to be conducted by this Port on March 7, 2012 at 2:30 P.M., to be held at the Bureau of Customs Conference Room, Port Area, Cagayan De Oro City, the herein described articles in lot. Said articles shall be available for viewing on February 29 to March 6, 2012. When a failed bidding is declared, the second auction shall be conducted on the third business day following the first bidding, except as to perishable items/goods, which may be auctioned again on the following business day.First Advertisement - “As Is Where Is”

Lot Qty. Description of Articles for Auction Location Floor Price No. (Pesos) 1 1 Toyota Echo (Toyota Vitz Unlisted 2000) (RHD) MCT-SP 130,000.00 2 1 Toyota Echo (Toyota Vitz Unlisted 2000) (RHD) MCT-SP 130,000.00 3 1 Toyota Echo (Toyota Vitz Unlisted 2000) (RHD) MCT-SP 130,000.00 4 1 Toyota Echo (Toyota Vitz Unlisted 2000) (RHD) MCT-SP 130,000.00 5 1 Mercedez Benz SL 320 (1994) MCT-SP 500,000.00 6 1 Mercedez Benz CLK 320 (2005) MCT-SP 1,000,000.00 7 1 Dodqe Durango (1998) MCT-SP 350,000.00 8 1 Ford Explorer ACYL (1996) MCT-SP 300,000.00 9 1 Toyota Supra (1995) (RHD) MCT-SP 350,000.00 10 1 Hyundai Tiburon MCT-SP 250,000.00 11 1 Hyundai Starex (2000) MCT-SP 200,000.00 12 1 Honda Fit (RHD) MCT-SP 130,000.00 13 1 Honda Fit (RHD) MCT-SP 130,000.00 14 1 Honda Fit (RHD) MCT-SP 130,000.00 15 1 Hyundai Starex MCT-SP 140,000.00 16 1 Hyundai Sarex MCT-SP 140,000.00 17 1 Hyundai Starex MCT-SP 140,000.00 18 1 Van MCT-SP 250,000.00 19 1 Hyundai Starex MCT-SP 250,000.00 20 Hyundai Starex MCT-SP 250,000.00 21 1 Kia Sorento MCT-SP 320,000.00 22 1 Van MCT-SP 350,000.00 23 1 Hyundai Starex MCT-SP 130,000,00 24 1 Hyundai Starex MCT-SP 130,000.00 25 1 Hyundai Starex MCT-SP 130,000.00 26 1 Kia Combi (1999) MCT-SP 150,000.00

Basic Guidelines:

1. Filing of Bidder’s Information Form with name, address, TIN and other relevant circumstances, at least two (2) days prior to the day of auction; which shall be indicated in the logbook for registered bidders.

2. Payment of a non-refundable registration fee of PhP2,000.00.3. Posting of duly receipted bond in cash or manager’s check in an amount equiva-

lent to 20% of the floor price of each sale lot. The bond shall be refunded to the losing bidder after the closing of the auction.

4. Registration with the Chief, ACDD to be filed one (1) day before the date of actual bidding until an hour immediately preceding the time of actual bidding; thereafter, registration is dosed.

5. Submission of all participants, whether natural or juridical, (must submit together with the Bidder’s Information) of their latest certified true copy of Income and Business Tax Returns duly stamped and received by the Bureau of Internal Revenue with a validated tax payment made thereon and other documents such as ID, Community Tax Certificate, Business permits or Certificate of Registration of Business Name issued by the Department of Trade and Industry.

6. Clustering occurs when the difference between the highest and the second highest bid is within ten (10) percent of the highest bid. In such case, an open bidding shall be conducted among the bidders of the particular sale lot who are present with the highest bid serving as the new floor price. Only bids raised by three (3) percent more than the new floor price shall be considered and the highest bid in the open bidding shall be declared as the winner Otherwise, the highest sealed bid shall be declared winner

7. At the end of each bidding, the highest bidder shall be required to pay in Cash or Manager’s Check 50% of the bid price ‘on the spot” upon announcement of winning bid as duly certified to by the Auction Committee and the CoA repre-sentative. The remaining balance shall be paid on the succeeding business day.

8. Payment with Manager’s Check to the Bureau of Customs, Port of Cagayan De Oro, shall bear the following-

a. Pay to the order of Land Bank of the Philippines - Bureau of Customs, Port of Cagayan De Oro

b. For credit of the Bureau of Customsc. For the account of:

(Bidder), /or fu*her details< P|ease contact Deputy Collector for Administration Marvin B. Mison, Chairman, Auction and Carqo Disposal Committee or Ms. Jennifer L. Legario, Port of Cagayan De Oro, Tel. No. (088) 856-8782.

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DAVAO City––Arguing that education is a right and not a commodity, stu-dents from the Ateneo de Davao University staged a candle-lighting protest against proposed 6% hike in tuition and energy fee for the incoming school year, Friday afternoon.

The protest, led by Buk-lurang Atenista (BuklAt) Coalition standard bearer and the student council president-elect Maureene Ann Villamor, called for a genuine and democratic consultation of the students on the proposed increase. AdDU administration held a multi-sectoral consulta-tion for the planned hike in tuition and energy fee on January 25.

“But it was not really a consultation. It was more of a presentation of their proposed increase. Only less than ten students were present. What we call for is a public consultation that may be initiated by either the current student council or the administration because majority of the university’s seven to eight thousand students have not yet been informed and consulted.

THE GOVERNMENT’S National Greening Program which target the planting of 1.5 billion tree-seedlings nationwide expect to in-crease forest cover in the country, Environment Sec-retary Ramon JP Paje said.

Paje said that some P 6 billion has been set aside for NGP in 2012 alone which target the planting of trees on a 1.5 million hectares in the country from 2011 to 2016.

Priority areas for plant-ing include mangrove and protected areas, ancestral

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources intends to plant some 1.5 billion-tree seedlings nationwide from 2011 to 2016, expected to increase the country’s forest cover as part of the government’s program to mitigate climate change. Photo supplied

Gov’t greening program gains more forest cover

domain areas, civil and military areas, urban areas under the greening plan of LGUs, inactive and aban-doned mine sites, and all other suitable lands for reforestation.

“We have doubled our target of planting tree seed-lings on 200,000 hectares of denuded lands for 2012” Secretary Paje said.

He said that that he is optimistic that the DENR can surpass the accom-plishment made in 2011 where some 69.37 million-tree seedlings planted in

about 117,688 hectares of open and denuded for-estlands.

The hectare covered in 2011 exceeded the 100,000 hectares by 17,688. About 567,324 individuals took part in planting the seed-lings last year, Paje added.

He said “that the DENR’s accomplishment in 2011 reflected a very positive scenario for this year’s NGP target as all indication points to positive results since the program went into full swing by the 2nd quarter of 2011.”

Ateneans slam another 6% hike in tuition and energy fee

What we understand about consultation is that it is a tool in decision making that aims to get the consensus of the parties involved. There is no consensus in less than ten students,” explained Villamor.

Higher Education In-stitutions like AdDU are mandated to follow CHED Memorandum Order No. 13 series of 1998 in conduct-ing consultations prior to increase in tuition. The said memorandum order stipulated that students may be represented by not more than ten during consulta-tions.

“The memorandum of CHED is itself faulty and encourages an undemocratic process. It simply hastens HEIs profit-orientedness by allowing them to increase tuition so long as there has been a meeting, otherwise called as “consultation”, with less than ten students and other stakeholders. Worse, there are no CHED officials observing how the consulta-tion goes. CHED’s primary mandate is to regulate HEIs and not simply to approve proposals for increases in tuition,” added Villamor.

Moreover, the 6% in-crease in energy fee, accord-ing to Villamor, is another questionable item because the AdDU administration said part of the increase will be used for the con-struction of the 18-storey community tower of the university. “Why should we pay for something we have not yet used and we might not use because some of us might graduate before the building gets completed?” asked Villamor.

Villamor and her coali-tion also believe that the AdDU administration can-not simply use the projected inflation rate for the year as a basis for the increase because, according to Vil-lamor, “it is still a projected value that may actually be higher or lower”. Villamor raised that unless the uni-versity is really experiencing deficit, it cannot simply increase school fees. And to know if the university has deficits, it has to show its latest, audited financial statement, a document that the AdDU administration has not yet presented to the students.

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SENATOR Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, who is chair of both the Senate Committees on Agriculture and Food, and Social Justice and Rural Development, has called on the government anew to focus on strengthen-ing agriculture and food production in Mindanao in paving the way towards lasting peace.

Pangilinan made the call as the government peace panel and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front wraps up their exploratory talks in Kuala Lumpur.

“One of the main causes of insurgency is high inci-dence of poverty. the gov-ernment must map out a plan that would, in time and with the cooperation of all stakeholders, develop Mindanao as the nation’s true ‘food basket’.”

Pangilinan is challeng-ing both the GPH and the

Gov’t should challenge MILF to give up arms for farms-solon

MILF to seriously explore the possibilities of prosper-ity should the decades-old conflict finally ends. “There is much work that needs to be done, but we first need to end this decades-old war. This war has already cost us over P100 billion pesos in the past four decades. Should the war end, we can allocate the much-needed resources for the basic ser-vices , infrastructure and the necessary investments int he countryside and agricultural development.”

The senator said he firm-ly believes that the country’s far too neglected agricul-tural sector is the key to the country’s economic and social ills.

“We have neglected ag-riculture for decades, which is why our neighbors like Taiwan, Malaysia, South Korea, and Thailand are zooming past us while we are limping like a crippled old man. If we had, instead, focused on developing agri-culture in our “food basket” of Mindanao think of where we might be today.”

Pangilinan also cites as examples the gains made by peace initiatives of the Ramos administration.

“History has taught us that a military solution in Mindanao has failed time and time again,” the senator says. “We must look at the Ramos administration’s ag-gressive peace initiatives in the 90s that helped create the window of opportunity that

laid down the foundation for economic progress in cities like GenSan (General Santos), Cagayan de Oro, and Davao. In the Mind-anao experience, war has brought only misery while aggressive peace initiatives have brought real, tangible progress and development in these areas.”

General Santos, for ex-ample, has risen from being a war-torn area to the “Tuna Capital of the Philippines,” with exports in 2010 valued at $359.4 million (approxi-mately P15.5 billion).

“The root cause of in-surgency is poverty,” Pan-gilinan points out. “What our people in the rural areas need are sustainable agricultural programs that can help feed our people and give our farmers and fisherfolk dignity in their professions. Then maybe they will no longer be en-couraged to take up arms,” Pangilinan concluded.

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DAVAO City––Davao’s most wanted kidnap-for-ransom (KFR), robbery group leader admitted the crimes hurled against his group but hinted that some people exploited them to commit crimes.

Juan “Diding” Duman-dan Jr., 39, told investi-gators that he was ready to face the consequences of his actions but before that he would first tell everything he knew about his group and those who reportedly “used” them in perpetrating crimes.

“I promise to behave while in the hands of the authorities. I am willing to be jailed,” Dumandan said in vernacular.

He was arrested by joint elements of the Re-gional Intelligence Unit 11 and Panabo City Police Office, led by Sr. Insp. Richard Tangente, around 5:30 p.m. on Thursday in Takuray, Barangay Nanyo, Panabo City.

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Davao’s ‘most wanted’ to turn ‘whistle blower’

brother, Ceasar, in August last year also in Panabo City. He is now at the Maa City Jail.

One of their brothers was also slain few years back by alleged vigilante hitmen.

Ju a n s a i d h e a l s o feared for the life of his o t h e r brot h e r, A r n e l , who is still the subject of hot pursu it op era-tion. Arnel is listed to be the top three most wanted personalities of the Davao City Pol ice Office (DCPO).

“Unta mo surrender na sya (I am appealing for him to surrender now),” he said.

He s a id he a l re ady divulged to authorities the identities of his co-horts , including those who tagged him to the cr imes he was not in-volved with.

“Dapat madakpan pud na sila (They should also be arrested) ,” he said. Wire report

PRESIDENT Benigno S. Aquino III has declared February 28 which fall on a Tuesday as a special non-working day in the city of Tangub in the province of Misamis Occidental in cel-ebration of the 44th Charter Anniversary of the city.

In Proclamation No. 345 signed by Executive Secre-tary Paquito N. Ochoa Jr. on February 23, President Aquino issued the declara-tion to give the people the full opportunity to celebrate and participate in the oc-cassion with the appropriate ceremonies.

Since Tangub was created as a city in June 17, 1967, the people and city admin-istration has observed an eleven-day affair, that starts on February 18 and ends on February 28 every year.

Republic Act 5131, de-

Feb. 28 is special non-working day in Tangub, Misamis Occidental

clared Tangub City as the 50th city of the Philippines on June 17, 1967. However, official inauguration was on February 28, 1968. Since then, the city’s anniversary is observed every 28th of February.

The first settlers of Tan-gub were the ethnic Subanos

or Suban-ons who lived near the rivers and planted crops on burnt forest clear-ings known as kaingin. The name of the place was derived from the Subano word Tangkob meaning a bamboo basket used for storing rice. CD with wire report

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SALES of imported vehicles reached 2,526 units in January this year, up 37 percent from 1,839 units sold in January last year, according to the Association of Vehicle Importers and Distributors (AVID).

AVID, which groups pure motor vehicle importers and distributors, the January 2012 figure was also 35 percent higher than the December 2011 sales.

“AVID begins 2012 with a strong lead towards a better growth performance this year on the back of positive consumer confidence and macroeconomic outlook,” said AVID president Maria Fe Perez-Agudo.

AVID said that total industry sales, meaning includ-ing the local assemblers or members of the Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers of the Philippines Inc. (CAMPI), was down 16 percent in January.

AVID’s growth was mainly driven by a 71 percent boost in passenger car (PC) sales and a six percent rise in the light commercial vehicle (LCV) segment.

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Sales of imported cars up 37%

VALENZUELA City Rep. Magi Gunigundo said more studies are needed to ensure that House Bill 5727, which proposes increased taxes on sin products tobacco and alcohol, would not be counter-productive.

Gunigundo said that changing the existing tax structure into a unitary one and raising taxes levied on tobacco and alcohol would promote smuggling and bootlegging as well as compromise survival of the industry that pro-duces these products. “Let’s not kill the goose that lays the golden egg,” he said.

Bootlegging will also contribute to proliferation of unsafe products since it’s difficult to regulate backyard producers of these, he said.

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THINK a minute.You know that overnight

success usually takes at least 10 years? One man said, “My overnight success was the longest night of my life. I spent many days and nights just getting there!” Remember, “Rome was not built in a day.”

Many people are wait-ing for their ship to come in…when they’ve not even sent it out of the harbor. You see, winners simply do what losers don’t want to do. And they keep doing it until they get the success they want. Success is mostly just hanging on after others have let go!

Or as one guy put it: “Big shots are just little shots who kept on shooting.” So the most important trip you’ll ever make is when you go the extra mile.

Persistence pays

Drop attacks,a mini-stroke? Many people who failed

did not know how close they were to success when they gave up. People don’t actually fail, they just quit too easily.

One guy said: “The secret to success is to start from scratch—and to keep on scratching.” So don’t quit trying just because your trying times are hard.

The great inventor, Thomas Edison, tried a certain experiment hun-dreds of times, but it still

did not work.So his assistant said to

him: “It’s too bad that we did all that work without any results. But Edison replied: “Oh, we have lots of results! We now know 700 things that won’t work!”

Never forget, delay does not always mean denial. If we hold out and hold on, we can accomplish almost anything.

The British Prime Minis-ter Winston Churchill said: “Never, never, never, never

give up!” And the American President Calvin Coolidge made this statement: “Noth-ing can bring success like persistence. Talent cannot, for there are many talented people who are not success-ful. Education will not, for the world is full of educated losers. Only persistence and determination can give you the power to succeed.”

You see, you can succeed just like anyone else. Just keep wanting it enough to keep working for it enough. So why not decide today to start going the extra mile on the road to your success?

Ask Jesus Christ to take charge of your life. It’s with His strength and willpower that you’ll find the deter-mination and persistence to succeed—which will pay you big profits.

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(First of Two Parts)LAST SATURDAY, the country com-memorated the 26th anniversary of ‘Edsa civil-military putsch’ that led to the downfall of President Ferdinand Marcos’ Martial Law regime.

By the way, the word ‘Edsa revo-lution’ is a misnomer. There was no such thing as revolution 26 years ago. What happened then was a mili-tary mutiny backed by the Catholic Church’s parishioners in Manila along with disgruntled and ambitious politicians.

The late Sen. Benigno Aquino, Jr. fought Marcos hard then because his ambition to run for the presidency was nip in the bud with the declaration of Martial Law in 1972.

However, the assassination of Aquino in 1983 at the Manila International Airport had contributed in the rising disenchantment of the Filipinos against the Marcos regime.

The political opposition then tapped the widowed Corazon Aquino to lead the mounting Martial Law op-position in the country. The opposition then believed that Cory fits the role as ‘an vengeful widow.’ A scion of the wealthy Cojuangco family, Cory has nothing to lose but everything to gain. Cory took the cudgel as the symbolic opposition leader then. Thus, we saw the power-hungry local opposition rallying behind Cory as the ultimate shield of their sinister plan to take over the government.

It was the group surrounding Cory that called for snap presidential election and pushed the adamant Cory as their standard bearer against Marcos. Again, Cory has

EDSA Revolution, what?

De Lima ‘fed to the sharks’

nothing to lose but everything to gain.Sometime on January 1986, the snap election took

place. The Commission on Elections (Comelec) declared Marcos as winner in the snap election. However, Cory Aquino and her political leaders refused to concede defeat. They installed Cory as de facto President. The de facto government then called for a nationwide civil disobedience. The opposition’s civilian component heed to Edsa when the late Cardinal Sin called ‘the flock’ to support the fraction of the armed forces holed at Edsa then led by Enrile and Ramos.

Earlier, Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile, then the Defense Minister of Marcos, succumbed as the military’s junior officers led by the Reform the Armed Forces Movement (RAM) became restless with the civil-disobedience gaining grounds throughout the country. Army Lt. Col. Gregorio Honasan then led the RAM and was Enrile’s chief security officer.

The problem then was Chief PC/INP Lt. Gen. Fidel Ramos. All the while, RAM had already spread its or-ganization at the core of the Philippine Constabulary/Integrated National Police PC/INP.

Both Enrile and Ramos played a critical role in the execution of the Marcos’ military rule. Enrile was the chief architect of Martial Law while Ramos was the implementer of the military regime.

In other words, the combined forces of Enrile and Ramos were the only characters of the Marcos regime capable of neutralizing Martial Law then.

That event took place when the two joined forces in a four-day stand off at Edsa that led to Marcos ouster in Malacañang on the night of Feb. 25, 1986.

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LIFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “… Do not those who plot evil go astray? But those who plan what is good find love and faithfulness…” (Prov-erbs 14:22, the Holy Bible).

-ooo-FILIPINO ROTARIANS

CELEBRATE ROTARY’S 107TH YEAR: I am greatly thankful to God, in the name of Jesus, that I have been allowed last Thursday, February 23, 2012, to par-ticipate in two gatherings which highlighted the Fili-pino Rotarians’ celebration of Rotary International’s 107th anniversary.

The first was the cer-emonial unveiling of a bust of Rotary’s founder, Paul Harris, sponsored by the Public Imaging Group of Rotary for South Pacific led by District 3810 Gov. Lyne Abanilla and by District 3810 itself, led by Gov. Er-nesto Choa and the different

Rotary Club presidents from the District, at ceremonies which I emceed and held at T.M. Kalaw, Manila, near the Luneta grandstand.

-ooo-PAUL HARRIS STATUE,

SKY LANTER TRIBUTE: The second was the lighting and releasing of 107 “sky lanterns” sponsored by my own club, the Rotary Club of Intramuros, where I am on my second term as its presi-dent, which took place along the walls of Intramuros, also in Manila, under the direction of Past President Jimmy Lim and his wife,

Sonia and daughter Jacks, and in cooperation with the Intramuros Administration under Mr. Jose Capistrano, the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, and the Rotaract Club of Mapua.

Both events proved of great importance in com-memorating Rotary’s 107th year in the whole world and its 93rd year in the Philippines, because this was the first time that Ro-tary’s founder, Paul Harris, was being honored with a public statue anywhere in Asia, and because this was the first time that “lighted

lanterns” were released in the open space in Intramu-ros by Rotarians and young people together, in a spirit of collaboration for service.

-ooo-DE LIMA “FED TO THE

SHARKS” WITH HEARSAY EVIDENCE: If her advisers were only brave enough, they could have advised Justice Secretary Leila de Lima not to have presented herself as a witness in the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona, and thereby escaped the embar-rassment of being called a “hearsay witness” by no less than Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago and Senate Presi-dent Juan Ponce Enrile, and by the entire court.

Indeed, the congress-men-prosecutors literally fed De Lima to the sharks by asking her to testify on the dissenting opinion of

MINI, Midi or Micro mini. These are terms that refer to the length of a woman’s wear. But, is there such a thing as a Mini-Stroke?

The answer is a resounding yes, for between a Mini and a Real Stroke, aside from the permanence or tem-porariness of the change, the length of time that the symptom/s is / are manifest will differentiate the two.

It is not uncommon to hear that a friend, an acquain-tance, a neighbor and even a family member is said to have a mini- stroke or a stroke like event.

The brain controls how our body functions, how we think, see, talk, and move. But, when there is an inter-ruption in the blood supply, say, there’s a clot, then, depending on the area of the brain and on how big or small the area gets affected, so, are the manifestations for that particular event and person.

If the event lasts for a few minutes, with no permanent damage, this mini stroke is termed as Transient Ischemic Attack or TIA. The term transient simply implies that the illness resolves by its own. But, if the neurologic deficit becomes permanent, then it is called as a Stroke.

Transient Ischemic Attacks ( TIA ), can occur as a sudden event. The patient may fall suddenly without warning, with or without loss of consciousness ( thus the term drop attack ). And, just like Stroke, the pre-senting symptoms may vary: it maybe large and obvious like paralysis, or it can be very subtle like numbness or clumsiness which can be one sided only ( may just be the arm, or leg ).

The attention of the patient, relatives or caregivers is sometimes caught due to the slurring of speech ( which may incidentally be presumed to be due to alcohol in-ebriation )! Patients at other times may describe their

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BUTUAN CITY -- Breakwa-ter was named Best Publica-tion – Magazine Category in the 2011 PAWD Best Publication Award, given during the Awards Night of the 33rd PAWD National Convention held recently at Radisson Blu Hotel in Cebu City. Breakwater is the official publication of Butuan City Water District (BCWD). For five years now, the magazine has been unbeat-able by maintaining its position as one of the Top 3 publications of water dis-tricts in the country. It was adjudged 2nd Best Magazine in the 2007 PAWD Best Publication Award; 1st in 2008; 3rd in 2009; 2nd in 2010; and 1st in 2011. Circulating for thirteen years now, Breakwater in-forms the public the latest developments in the water sector, updates in the water district operation, water-shed and environmental concerns, and information related to water supply ser-vices. Since its maiden issue, Breakwater focuses its edi-torial policy towards the attainment of BCWD’s goals and objectives.

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By RAMIL S. BARQUIN

The PAWD Best Pub-lication Award is an an-nual national search of the Philippine Association of Water Districts (PAWD) for the best water districts’ publications. This award encourages more water dis-tricts to produce their own publication and recognize the effort of those water districts that are already producing their publication. Moreover, this award aims to elevate the publications of the water districts to the highest quality and standard of print media production. It has two categories – Magazine and Newsletter. Entries for both categories are judged according to relevance, content, style, form and originality. Other winners in the Magazine Category include Tubig San Joseno Magazine

of San Jose Del Monte Wa-ter District, 2nd place; and Spring of Quezon Metro Water District, 3rd place. For the Newsletter Cat-egory, Tuburan of Metro Iloilo Water District won 1st place; Tubig San Jo-seno Newsletter of San Jose Del Monte Water District, 2ndplace; and Danum Agus Ning Bie, 3rd place. The entries were evalu-ated by Liana M. Barro, an Associate Professor post at the Far Eastern Univer-sity; Maria Carmencita S. Alfonso, Media Relations Officer and Admin Head Department of Transpor-tation & Communication’s Media and Communica-tions Group; and Romulo P. Villanueva, Jr., English professor at the Far Eastern University. (NCLM/PIA-Caraga/BCWD)

A LAWMAKER is pushing for the creation of a design council that would provide clear and positive direction towards harnessing and advancing the country’s design-driven economy. Rep. Juan Edgardo An-gara (Lone District, Aurora) filed House Bill 5779 estab-lishing the Design Council of the Philippines that shall promote and develop the design industry of the coun-try by developing, through relevant consultations with stakeholders, a National

in the country to form a collective group of bright and creative minds. The purpose of which is to focus on harnessing talents, strengthen design as an integral part of the Filipino culture, not only for purposes of national identity and catapult the country as a design hub in Asia, but also for economic gain,” Angara stressed. The proposed “Design Council of the Philippines Act of 2011,” is tasked to ensure the proper imple-mentation of the National Design Policy (NDP) which shall be the state’s strategy at launching and sustaining an innovation-driven and design-savvy nation. The Design Council shall coordinate, monitor and assess the implementa-

Creation of the Design Council of the Philippines soughtDesign Policy. Angara said the Phil-ippines is brimming with creative and ingenious talents where design and innovation are concepts that are grasped even by ordinary people. In filing the bill, Angara cited the declared policy of the State to prioritize, strengthen and promote a design-driven economy by investing in its creative capital. The State shall also endeavor to develop the Philippines as the “design

hub” of Asia. “A quick tour around the country will show how the creativity and ingenuity of ordinary Filipinos are expressed in their every-day lives, from the lowly yet colorful jeepney to the magnificent architecture of the Banaue Rice Terraces,” Angara said. Angara said the likes of Kenneth Cobunpue, Budji Layug, Josie Natori, Bea Valdes and Monique Lhuil-lier are but a few of the Filipino designers enjoying world-class recognition in the international scene. “Their successful careers do not only instill national pride and inspiration but also create economic op-portunities for them and the country,” Angara said. However, Angara said unlike its neighboring countries like Singapore and South Korea, the Phil-ippines has yet to get its act together and tap into this abundance of talent in creative and ingenious design. “It is high time that a Design Council be set up

tion of the NDP and rec-ommend when necessary, appropriate adjustments in the light of changing conditions in both the do-mestic and international environment. Also, the Design Council shall conduct a comprehen-sive mapping of individuals or groups working in the design and creative indus-tries in conjunction with a comprehensive mapping of their needs. The bill directs the De-sign Council to design a mentoring and support system for individuals, cor-porations, partnerships or associations, particularly Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs), who want to benefit from the strategic use of good design in business administration,

commerce, trade and other enterprises. It shall likewise initiate design-led projects and competitions for the private sector to help government solve socio-economic chal-lenges; raise greater public awareness and appreciation of the socio-economic value of good design through exhibitions, among oth-ers and establish networks and resources for knowl-edge exchange, capability development and content creation on design. The initial appropriation of P30,000,000.00 shall be allotted to the Design Council for its operation to be drawn from the national government appropriations and shall be included in the General Appropriations Act for the succeeding years.

BUTUAN City––The Sangguniang Panlungsod has authorized City Mayor Ferdinand M. Amante Jr. to enter into a Memorandum of Understand-ing (MOU) with the Chi ldren’s Inte r n at i on a l Philippines, Inc. (CIPI) and the Butuan City Social Welfare and Development (CSWD) Office for the distribution of textbooks in the locality.

The CIPI, represented by Chief of Programs Rebecca Fuellos, is a non-governmental organization (NGO) af-filiated with Children International (CI), a worldwide social welfare and development organization, based in Kansas City, Missouri, USA.

The resolution to this effect was authored by all of the city councilors, led by Councilor Erwin Dano, chair of the SP Committee on Education, and Vice Mayor Lawrence Fortun. END/asf)

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Sen. Pimentel commends riverside settlers relocationBUTUAN City - Sen. Koko Pi-mentel commended the move of the city government to relocate the high-risk settlers along the Agusan River. Ms. Gracia Espere, CDRRMC Focal Person, said that during the Mindanao Summit on Disaster Preparedness & Geo-Hazard Awareness in Cagayan de Oro, Sen. Pimentel also indicated that similar summit for Caraga Region will be held in Butuan City, April 2012. CHED conducts quiz beeREGION 13 – In line with the 17th Caraga Regional Founding Anniversary Celebration, CHED has conducted the regional elimination of the 32nd National Quiz Bee on February 23 at the Depart-ment of Agriculture-RFU Caraga Conference Hall, Capitol Road, Butuan City. (Ramil Sanchez, CHED-Caraga)

Task force starts info drive on relocationBUTUAN City - Task Force Likas Organization, Information & Dissemination Committee has convened late last week to discuss strategies on the massive info drive for the relocation of settlers along the Agusan River, who are at high risk to flooding. The info drive is set to start today, February 27. Approximately 4,600 families in 21 barangays will be affected by the relocation.

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A doctor-patient rela-tionship is like any other re-lationship - sometimes the chemistry just isn’t there.

You have to make sure that you are doing your part to effectively com-municating your needs to your doctor, though.

You can do this by asking a lot of the right questions and by also by immediately expressing your concerns. How to Effectively Commu-nicate With Your Doctor. (Extracted from the article of Lisa Fayed, About.com Guide)

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“The Cagayan de Oro Press Club, Inc. is brave and strong because it stands on a solid ground of great believers of press freedom. I am so proud and look forward for the best things ahead. I am so far, but let it be felt my heart and mind are near you because always, I am a part of this organization. MABU-HAY EVERYONE! LET PRESS FREEDOM RING!” - BEN EMATA, COPC Past President (San Jose, California USA)

Right before jumping into the range, they were given briefings on security, safe gun-handling, shooting range etiquette and firing by the group of Area Director Jay Dureza of the Philippine Practical Shooting Associa-tion (PPSA), son of former Secretary Jesus Dureza.

After the briefings, the 30 journalists went into actual demonstration with the use of paper targets and reload bullets.

Here, the range officials, headed by Director Dureza, reminded them to strictly

Journalists also shootDAVAO City––Two groups of active media practitioners from the cities of Davao and General Santos, recently, participated in a daylong competition at the Seagull Re-sort Shooting Range (SRSR) in Hagonoy, Davao Sur.

apply the rules given them during the briefing sessions.

Going into actual out-door firing was seen to be the best part of the exercise, as they physically experi-enced sniffing gunpowder, puncturing paper targets and downing metal plates.

As Sec. Dureza puts it, “most of it was actu-ally punching holes on the ground, as many of them handled handguns and shooting at targets for the first time in their lives.”

The initial ‘firing’ experience could have de-

veloped so much confidence in them, as they decided to join the actual competition.

Secretary Dureza re-called, “their scores were officially tabulated. I put up cash prizes for the top three shooters.”

ABS-CBN’s Zaldy Cane-do came out champion in the media division, with second placer, Aquiles Zonio of Inquirer, General Santos City; and third placer Hope Teodoro also of General Santos City.

AGUSAN Sur – Col. Romeo G. Gan, commander of 401st Infantry (Unity) Brigade, Philippine Army, pins the rank insignia to the six newly-promoted enlisted personnel of the unit at the headquarters of the 401st Brigade, Camp D.O. Plaza, Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur on February 20 this year. (Photo provided/asf)

Butuan governmentdistributes textbooks

Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) 10 officials show hundreds of toiletry kits that the agency is distributing to inmates, regionwide. Each kit contains soap, shampoo, laundry detergent and toothpaste, among others. (BJMP 10/jdelpf)

SP holds hearing on rotating brownoutsILIGAN City - The Sangguniang Panglunsod recently held a public hearing on the rotating brownouts being experienced in the city. SP Kagawad Moises Dalisay Jr. said they have invited ‘power’ players to discuss the current power situation in Iligan, if not in the whole Mindanao. They are from the PSALM, NPC, NGCP and the Iligan Light and Power, Inc.

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By JOE PALABAOCorrespondent

INDIE FILM:

Kalakala: Sendong’s aftermath

The 7Tribes Band of Dire Husi Initiatives with Film Director Khavn dela Cruz posed for posterity after filming the movie.

KALAKALA, an in-die fi lm that essays the story of a father looking for his chil-dren and family, an aft ermath of Sendong, fi nally will have its premiere night and concert on March 10, 2012 at 7 pm to be shown at the covered court of Barangay Nazareth in Cagayan de Oro City.

Th e movie was fi lmed on location two months ago at the ravaged and devastated areas of Kalakala, Macasa-ndig, Tibasak, Isla de Oro, diff erent evacuation centers, funeral homes, hospital, schools and the heavily af-fected areas of the city.

Th is independent fi lm is being produced by award-winning Director and Film Producer Khavn Dela Cruz of Kamias Road Films Ma-nila and co-produced by BusinessWeek Mindanao and Mindanao Daily Pub-lisher Dante M. Sudaria, in cooperation with Dire Husi Initiatives, Inc., Rhayn Ca-sino, the current Northern Mindanao Coordinator for

Visual the National Commis-sion for Culture and the Arts, Department of Tourism-10, Rep. Rufus Rodriquez of the 2nd District of Cagayan de Oro City and Rep. Maxie Rodriquez, Jr. of Party List Abante Mindanao (ABAM-IN), Pat’sada Productions Group, Cebu Pacifi c, TIEZA, Yamaha Philippnes, JINBEI AUTO-Cagayan de Oro City, Th e VIP Hotel, Safer River, Life Saver Foundation, Inc. (SRLSFI)-Liceo de Cagayan

University, Natures Spring, UNIFRUTTI Foundation, MKAVI-1 Bukidnon, the Ba-rangay Council of Nazareth under Barangay Chairman Jocelyn ‘Bebot’ Rodriquez and Ohana Adventures.

Local indigenous art-ists, such as 7Tribes Band, artist director Khavn dela Cruz, Saxophonist Ronald Tomas, Pete Lacaba, Lourd de Veyra, Grace Nono and Wawat Saway will be featured during the concert.

Singing thematic envi-ronmental songs are the voic-es of Capitol University Basic Ed Children’ Glee Club with Aimee Martin conducting, the Singing Ambassadors of DOT X and voice of Yoyong Esmedalla. Indigenous Apoy CDO Performers and Liceo de Cagayan Dance Troupe will perform during the early part of the concert. Indie fi lm performers are Paul Magasine and Shamae

By SULTAN AMINODEN DIAMPUAN GURO

Third of a series“IT IS BETTER FOR A WOMAN to be consorted by one man only, with a legitimate child in her arms and surrounded with respect, than to be cast out into the streets, perhaps with an illegitimate child, outside the pale of law, unsheltered night after night, rendered in-capable of motherhood, despised by all.”

Islam permitted polygamy to save men and women from the great zina (adultery) which is a curse to social life. Allah (s.w.t) said:

“The woman and the man guilty of fornication, flog each of them with a hundred stripes. Let not pity with-hold you un their case, in a punishment prescribed by Allah, if you believe in Allah and the Last Day. And let a party of the Believers witness their punishment.”

(Qur’an 24:2)And in her book, The Case for Polygamy, Clare

McFarlane writes:“Whether the question is considered socially, ethically

or religiously, it can be demonstrated that polygamy is not contrary to the highest standards of civilization. The suggestion offers a practical remedy for the West-ern problems of the destitute and the unwanted female. The alternative is continued and increased prostitution, concubinage and spinsterhood.”

A number of verses from the Bible in support of po-lygamy, says that plurality of wives is not only laudable, but a downright blessing.

Similarly, Pope Filax, John Milton and Azzac Taylor have supported polygamy. Some hostile critics (Christian missionaries and Crusaders) condemn polygamy and try to make out that it began with the noble Prophet Muhammad.

This allegation is based on hatred and ignorance of Islam, for polygamy is an institution as old as the human race itself. It has been known and practiced since the time of Noah. Thee Hindus and Zoroastrians practiced it and prescribed no limits to the number.

Prophet Abraham had Sarah and Hajar as his wives at the same time. The Jewish patriarchs were polygamous and some had hundreds of wives.

King David had ninety-nine wives and two hundred concubines, according to the Bible and his son, Solomon the Wise had seven hundred wives and three hundred concubines.

Prophet Jacob and Prophet Moses had three or four wives. Early Christians were polygamous, following Jewish tradition. Some of the Church Fathers accused the Jewish Rabbis of sensuality, yet not a single church council in the early centuries opposed polygamy, nor was any obstacle placed in the way of its practice.

In fact, St. Augustine declared openly that he did not condemn it. Luther, on occasion, spoke of it with considerable toleration and was known to have ap-proved the bigamous status of Philip of Hesse. In 1531, the Anabaptists openly preached that a true Christian must have several wives.

There was even a time in 1650 when some of the Christian leaders resolved that every man should be allowed to marry two women. The Germans, up to the sixteenth century enjoyed an unbridled license. King Constantine and his successors had more than one wife. The Romans and the French practiced polygamy before they came into the fold of Christianity.

In Iran, Egypt, Greece, Babylon and Austria polygamy was in vogue.

The New Testament, while upholding monogamy, does not prohibit polygamy, except in the case of a bishop or deacon.

Even the Christian kings practiced it. Charlemagne had two wives and many concubines.

In fact, it was only after Christianity was revised ac-cording to Pauline doctrines that concepts of monogamy were introduced into Christian philosophy in order for it to conform to Greco-Roman culture.

Greece and Rome had evolved an institutionalized form of monogamy in societies where the majority of the populace were slaves who could be used freely. Hence, what was termed monogamy in theory was in fact unrestricted polygamy.

Hence, there are no Scriptural accounts of Jesus prohibiting countries, because they are alone among all the religions of the world since the time of Noah in condemning and prohibiting polygamy and restricting all men – whatever their status – to one wife only and then leaving society to battle with the surplus women.

In Arabia, polygamy was rooted custom. A man could have as many wives as he wanted since there were no limits on numbers before Islam.

It was also a way to increase the number of members of a tribe, since the power and influence of a tribe de-pended upon the number of its members.

The most numerous tribes had the greatest power. A man with several male children was considered to be powerful in the tribe and highly respected by other tribes.

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“We would also like to stress that we are not against the increase in the salary of the employees, where 80-85% of the tuition goes. What we want is a win-win solution where no sector is compromised in favor of another. In a non-stock, non-profit, and sectarian institution like AdDU, we expect a more transparent financial record where we could probably discuss possible adjustment without neces-sarily hampering employ-ees’ salary increase and without burdening students with tuition increase,” said Villamor.

According to the state-ment submitted by the Buklurang Atenista to the ADDU administration, the effort of the concerned Ateneans would want to promote and uphold the principle that education is a right and not a com-modity especially in these times of crisis. They said they do not intend to de-stroy the university and hinder its development as an institution that com-

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encounter with TIA as, “trouble in walking,” which is due to loss in balance and coordination.

Just as sudden as the appearance of the above symptoms, it disappears and there is this apparent normalcy again. Should one be complacent then and relegate the event to the background? NO, for a For a TIA can be a warning signal, an alarm bell and AN OPPORTUNITY to take steps from preventing a STROKE from happening.

Studies have shown that 1 in 3 persons with TIA will eventually have a stroke with half of the cases occurring within a year after the mini stroke. This is really scary as one wouldn’t want to be afflicted and burdened with the permanence of the

Justice Lourdes Sereno. First, the best evidence of what Sereno’s dissent con-tained was the dissent itself, especially because it was in writing. Second, De Lima had no right to be inter-

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power supply.In his letter to Almen-

dras, Zubiri said he was driven to offer his proposals because “the people of Min-danao find it increasingly burdensome to carry out our daily household and busi-ness activities, let alone grow our employment-generating industries, in light of the highly disruptive power outages.”

A report by the National Grid Corp. showed that as of February 24, Mindanao has a deficit of 67 megawatts (MWs), based on available generating capacity of 1,159 MWs versus system peak demand of 1,226 MWs.

“However, references to menacing brownouts of up eight hours daily by April imply a real supply deficit of roughly 21.8 percent, or 268 MWs, without counting the 25 percent allowance required for Mindanao to enjoy gross power reserves that match those of Luzon and the Visayas,” Zubiri said.

Luzon has gross power reserves of 22.3 percent, or 1,456 MWs, with avail-able capacity of 7,991 MWs versus system peak demand of 6,535 MWs.

The Visayas has gross power reserves of 27.8 per-cent, or 376 MWs, with available capacity of 1,727 MWs versus system peak demand of 1,351 MWs.

“Government may have to willfully encourage en-tities seeking to avail of Renewable Energy Law in-centives to go to Mindanao, where there is a clear and urgent lack of reliable gen-erating capacity, instead of installing their facilities in Luzon or the Visayas, which both have ample power supplies,” Zubiri said.

A native of Bukidnon, Zubiri is one-time chairman of the Senate committee on environment and natural resources, and author of the Renewable Energy Law of 2008.

Under the law, an initial P2 billion was provided to “support the development and operation of new renew-able resources to improve their competitiveness in the market.”

Money out of the fund may be used as grants, loans, equity investments, credit guarantees, insurance, coun-terpart fund or such other financial arrangements.

The fund is being sup-ported by emission fees from all generating facilities under the Clean Air Act, and mandatory contribu-tions from the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Of-fice, Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp., and the Philippine National Oil Co., as well as royalties from the exploitation of indigenous non-renewable energy sources, such as natural gas.

Malacañang called for my suspension AFTER the investigation. What this

mean is, should I ever be suspended, it would first take a considerably long time because I would have to be investigated first. The better course of action would have been to ask the president that I be put un-der preventive suspension while the investigation is going on,” suggested the mayor.

It was pointed out that it was Senator Koko Pimentel himself who brought the case filed against Emano to Malacañang. Pimentel is considered to be one of the pillars of the opposition in the city.

Besides the move for suspension, a signature campaign has been initiated and is continuing even now to cause a special election in line with the movement to recall Emano. But Emano contends that a recall takes a lot of work, and thus a long time to complete.

“They say they already have solicited thousands to join their signature campaign. But this is not necessarily an easy task because a verification for all signatures is required to make sure that these were not fake, that the signato-ries are registered voters, that they are residents of Cagayan de Oro, that they were not coerced to sign. Really, takes a lot of work,” the mayor further said.

In addition, the lawyer who would certify the col-lection of signatures needs to be very meticulous and watchful as his career could be put on the line in case he certified a fake signature, an unregistered voter, a non-Cagayan de Oro resident, or a coerced signatory.

It was revealed that there have been several signato-ries who executed affidavits

after they complained of being made to sign under the pretense of being given aid but later learned that the papers were those of the movement to recall Emano.

An important requisite of the Commission on Elec-tions (Comelec) in order to hold an election in the city is the requirement of 45,000 signatures from registered voters of Cagayan de Oro.

A group called Save CDO Movement, composed of the opposition and the critics of Emano, initiated this signature campaign.

effects of a stroke.There are certain types of

illnesses whose risk for the occurrence of such can be at one end of the spectrum modifiable and preventable and at the other end, non negotiable so to speak.

For Stroke or TIA’s, fam-ily history, which is geneti-cally determined is at one end: non negotiable. For you and I could not have chosen to be part of a family with a strong history for heart diseases and stroke!

As one approaches the golden years, so, is the risk for stroke increased. Now comes the best part of the spectrum: knowing and being able to identify the modifiable factors gives one the upper hand in control-ling the probability of having either a TIA or a Stroke. Foremost of which is one’s dietary practices: low fat, low salt diet helps in the control of blood pressure.

Eating nutritious foods and maintaining a balanced diet, with moderation in mind, helps control excess weight , cholesterol levels and blood sugar.

Staying physically ac-tive instead of being potato couches does wonders in the blood circulation and in disposing of all those extra calories! In other words, whether a Mini Stroke or a Real Stroke, going back to the basics is actually part of the program if one were to prevent it from happening!

preting what the justice said in that dissent, as if the dissent was not clear and intelligible enough (which, therefore, was even an insult to Sereno).

As it is, De Lima only provided those who fi led a case against her before the Supreme Court with added weapon---which is her admission that at the time she refused to honor and obey the temporary restraining order allowing Gloria Arroyo to leave on November 15, she had no reason to disobey that order as the supposed irregulari-ties in its issuance was not known to her yet.

-ooo-DISCLOSE ACCOUNT-

ABILITIES, TOO: Ok, so Marikina Rep. Miro Qui-mbo is asking the lawyers of Corona to disclose if they have cases pending before the Supreme Court, obviously to see if they are being favored. But, just to make things even, should not the prosecutors and their spokesmen likewise disclose if they have accountabilities, past or present, with the government that are not being looked into right now because they are working against Corona?

-ooo-SERENO NEEDS SC

APPROVAL RE SENATE TESTIMONY: Can Justice Sereno voluntarily appear before the impeachment court and testify against Chief Justice Corona? Yes, she can, but, according to the tribunal’s rules, she must get the prior clearance---in other words, previous ap-proval---of the entire court before she can do so. If she testifi es without this prior approval of her colleagues, she could be subjected to sanctions and penalties.

mits to nurture “persons for others”.

Vil lamor concluded that they aim to “strength-en the university’s essence as a sphere of freedom and justice, for God and for His people”.

The students are now initiating a petition signing calling for genuine con-sultation on the proposed increase.

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Kalakala in Hindu is “River of Death” and to the Higa-onon tribe, a “raging boiling water.”

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