DepEd employees gets P363M GSIS refunds

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2012 Year-end Review(Pagbalik-lantaw sa dagkong panghitabo sa Year of the Dragon 2012)

Disyembre 29 - Lima ka tawo ang namatay ug laing 29 ang naangol sa aksidente sa Carmen Hills, Brgy Puerto ning syudad. Kini, human nabanggaan sa usa ka 10-wheeler truck ang depasaherong Libona Liner PUJ ug lain pang duha ka sakyanan. Lakip sa namatay sila si Elsie Plasensya nga taga-Pagadian; Rey Petes nga taga-Purok 7, Puerto; Apolinario Megalvio, Paolo Bahan ug Ruben Butal, 26-anyos nga taga-Camp 9, Libona, Bukidnon. Nadala sa tambalanan ang mga naangol sa maong aksidente. Matud ni Police Senior Insp. Lornoel Ochate sa Puerto Police Station nga ilang pasakaan og kasong Reckless Imprudence Resulting to Multiple Homicide batok ang driver sa 10-wheeler truck nga si Francisco Galero Junio.

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By Apipa P. Bagumbaran

CAGAYAN de Oro City - Employees of the Department of Education (DepEd)

will receive refund of premiums from the Government Service and Insurance System (GSIS) starting this month.

OPOL, Misamis Oriental – Nagtoo si Mayor Dexter Yasay nga dili peke ang Mabungahong Sanga Foun-dation (MSF) ni Barra Pu-nong Barangay Max Seno.

“Dili tingali peke kanang iyahang foundation, pero ang dakong pangutana, kung kana accredited ba,” matud niya.

Katingad-an, matud pa niya, kay wala pa gani maserbisyohe sa MSF ang

kinatibok-ang Barra, “mi-abot na sila sa laing mga barangay. So, klaro kayo nga pamolitika kana,” pulong sa mayor.

Alang kaniya, dili maka-sulbad sa kapobrehon ang foundation.

Pangutana ni Mayor Ya-say, “ duna bay klarong bud-get utilization ang MSF?”

Matud niya nga ang barangay Barra adunay pundo’ng P5 milyones,

“apan unsa nga project ang iyang gidapatan? Ba-sin kutob ra sab sa cash advance.”

Namatikdan sa mayor nga hangtud karon wala pa nahuman ang barangay hall sa Barra, “mao nga ang punong barangay dihang dapita dili angay mo-ingon nga daghan siya’g nahimo kay sama ra nga iyang gil-ipatlipat ang katawhan.” (Advertorial)

CAGAYAN de Oro City - Mga sakyanang im-bargado ubay-ubay pa karon diha sa Bureau of Customs (BoC) ning dakbayan.

Matud ni Deputy Cus-toms Collector Marvin

Mison nga lakip sa wala pa nila nadispos ang usa ka Starex van, Ford SUV Explorer ug Mercedes Benz.

“Naglisod kami pag-dispos sa Starex van kay chop-chop man kini,”

Sinulat ni Jun Felicilda, City Editor

Mga imbargadong sakyanan ubay-ubay pa

rEfunDS /P6

Opol Mayor Dexter Yasay

DSWD turns over P140M to Oro for construction of permanent houses

Branch Manager Ma. Ce-cilia Vega of GSIS Cagayan de Oro said, they will refund premiums in arrears previ-ously deducted from the life insurance benefits of more than 73,000 DepEd employees, including 28,279 active members, 35,759 pen-sioners and 9,329 separated members. DepEd employees cov-ered by the February refund are those whose Cash Sur-render Value (amount paid to the policyholder upon separation from the service) or Maturity Benefit (benefit payable upon maturity of the endowment policy) were processed between 1997 to 2010. The refund will be re-leased through the eCard or UMID card, but those without eCard or UMID card will receive the refund

through checks. According to Ms. Vega, the initial refund of P363 million was made possible by the payment of the De-partment of Budget and Management (DBM) of a 50 percent down payment of DepEd’s P6.92 billion in un-paid compulsory premium contributions representing the government share of nearly 800,000 teaching and non-teaching employees of the DepEd from July 1, 1997 to December 31, 2010. The GSIS, DBM and DepEd signed an agreement September of last year to address the recurring con-cern on the non-remittance of premium contributions affecting the right of DepEd workers to avail themselves of their full GSIS benefits while in service and upon Foundation ni Seno gikwestiyon ni Yasay

MINPRESSDEV – A Brown Company, Incorporated through its Community Relations and Development Manager Ruffy T. Magbanua (second from right), commits to support the 1st Assembly of the newly-conceptualized Mind-anao Press Alliance for Sustainable Development (MinPressDev) on February 22, this year, at the Kamagong Hall of Pryce Plaza, Carmen Hills, Cagayan de Oro City. Photo shows (left to right) General Manager Ped Quiamjot of Pryce Plaza, Editor-in-Chief Shaun Alejandrae Yap Uy of Cagayan de Oro Times, News Editor Arjay S. Felicilda of MinStar and Editor-in-Chief Joe del Puerto Felicilda of MinStar. At right is Chief Executive Officer Dante Sudaria of the BWM Advertising and Promotions and The Media Center. (photo by MinStar)

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MEMBERSHIP ACTIVATION - Cagayan de Oro Department Manager Ferdinand F. Saniel (2nd from the Left) shows the Pag-IBIG Official Receipt for UMPEA Multi-purpose Cooperative’s first monthly payment for its Provident Savings in the Fund. Cheering on are Pag-IBIG Fund Assistant Department Manager Reynaldo P. Cue (leftmost), UMPEA MPC Chair Antonio R. Orpio (center to right), Vice Chair Barry Ace Rodriguez and Board Member Lauren M. Santiago. The MOA signing took place at the Pag-IBIG Fund Cagayan de Oro Branch’s Training Room, January 31, 2013. (Pinky M. Abejo/asf)

CAGAYAN de Oro City - The Sowing the Seeds of Peace (SSP), a Mindanao peace advocacy group sup-porting talks between the Government of the Phil-ippines (GPH) and the National Democratic Front (NDF), has said that more natural disasters, like ty-phoons Sendong and Pablo, loom in the immediate future unless comprehen-sive social and economic reforms are instituted.

B i s h o p F e l i x b e r t o Calang, convener of SSP, stressed that “the roots of our environmental crises today are linked to mo-nopoly of land, extractive industries and land con-versions, and an economy that is not pro-Filipino but caters to foreign interests.”

He said that genuine agrarian reform and a nationalist development program are “our only way out of these catastrophes since decades of market-oriented, consumerist, and

exploitative paradigms have led us into this mess today.”

The GPH should take into utmost consideration the signing of the Com-prehensive Agreement on Socio-Economic Rights (CASER) with the National Democratic Front (NDF) “because it provides con-crete solutions to the root causes of environmental destruction,” Bishop Calang contended.

He added, “The signing of the CASER is all the more imperative in the light of the Typhoon Pablo tragedy that severely hit the provinces of Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental. Millions of poor farm-ing folks in these affected places are now demanding rehabilitation of their lands which necessitates, among others, the implementation of genuine agrarian reform as well as the cessation of the environmentally-damaging huge extractive industries and other big

business ventures in the said areas.”

Bishop Calang further said: “We have said time and again that significant reforms and genuine peace can only be attained when the root causes of the armed conflict are addressed. It is unlikely to speak of ending the civil war through laying down of arms in as much as armed resistance persists only when injustices such as landlessness, labor exploi-tation, unemployment, hu-man rights infringements, among others, abound.”

Furthermore, he said that many programs in the CASER “are worth looking into since it can provide us with an ecologically-sound roadmap for the future.”

Bishop Calang stated that the Typhoon Pablo disaster poses an imperative on the GPH and NDFP to resume peace negotiations to revitalize each side’s working groups and the Reciprocal Working Com-

Peace group presses inking of GPH-NdfP agreement

CAGAYAN de Oro City - The National Grid Cor-poration of the Philippines has reminded the public of safety measures to avoid accidents related to their

operations. NGCP Public Affairs

Officer Elizabeth A. Ladaga said, children must not fly kites near transmission lines or climb transmission structures.

Planting trees near trans-

NGCP reminds public of anti-accident measures

By Recthie T. Paculba mission structures, building houses or any structure under the transmission lines and building fire near or under the transmission structure should also be avoided.

VM Acenas midayeg sa BACCAGAYAN de Oro City-Padayon ang kagamhanan sa dakbayan pinaagi sa Barangay Assistance Cen-ter (BAC) pag-alagad sa nanginahanglang ka-tawhang kabus sa syudad.

Sa ilang gidusong taho ngadto sa buhatan ni bise mayor Caesar Ian Acenas, nGcP /P6

gibutyag nga sa bulan sa Enero, ning tuig, mokabat sa 88 ka lungon ang ilang natunol ngadto sa mga pamilyang nangamatyan, 95 ang nasilbihan gamit ang sakyanan sa kagam-hanan atol sa pagpalubong. Kini gawas pa sa 80 ka lain laing mga hangyo samtang 65 ang natabangan sa pagpaembalsamar ug 19

ka load sa balas ug grabas ang nahatod ngadto sa tulo ka barangay.

Niini, si bise mayor Acenas mipaabot sa iyang dakong pasalamat sa walay puas nga pagserbisyu sa buhatan ngadto sa mga ka-tawhang nanginahanglan dala ang panghinaut nga daghan pa ang ilang walay piling alagaran. (JRG)

mittees tasked to draft the components of the agree-ment which includes, as NDFP’s proposals, the fol-lowing: economic sover-eignty and national patri-

mony; agrarian reform and agricultural development; national industrialization and economic development; economic planning; rights of the working people, live-

lihood and social services; environmental protection, rehabilitation and compen-sation; and foreign eco-nomic and trade relations. (PR/SSP/0918-929-4244)

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In support to the project on Technology Trans-fer for Microbial/Organic Fertilizer and Mushroom Cultivation in Claveria, Misamis Oriental which is now being implemented by KOICA-COAID, DA-RFU 10 through the Claveria Experiment Station (DA-CES) and MOSCAT, a Training/Seminar program for mushroom technol-ogy will be conducted by the Korean International Cooperation Agency (KO-ICA)- thru the Center for Overseas Agriculture and International Development (COAID) project team and the Misamis Oriental State College of Agriculture and Technology (MOSCAT) of Claveria, Misamis Oriental through the Institute of Agriculture addressing technology dissemination and commercialization among the farmers in the province. This training on mush-room technology transfer is carried out in 4 sessions at 2 hours per session (January 25, February 1, 8, and 15, 2013 at 10:00 to12:00 am) which is held at the IA eroom. Dr. Chang, Hyun-You, an expert on Mushroom Technology from Korea national College of Ag-riculture and Fisheries, South Korea and also the KOICA project team leader on Mushroom Technology Transfer is the resource speaker. KOICA-COAID provides mushroom cultivation book (160p volume), lunch (refreshments), gift (shirts with collar) and certificate

to the participants with perfect attendance. The topics deal largely on ‘How to make money through mushroom cultivation’ for Claveria community. Participants to the training are composed of MOSCAT faculty, stu-dents, agricultural techni-cians and farmers who are interested on mushroom cultivation. KOICA, the funding agency, is a government organization in Korea un-der the Ministry of For-eign Affairs and Trade, engaged in international development cooperation by providing material and physical aid to reduce poverty and achieve sus-tainable development. The COAID, the implementing agency and a subsidiary institution of Chungbuk national University in Ko-rea, implemented pro-grams and projects in the developing countries like the Philippines, focusing on major program areas on rural development, environment and climate change. This project covers the implementation of the technology transfer on commercial mushroom production and organic fertilizer production in Claveria Experiment Station and MOSCAT for period of 9 months (from november 3, 2012 to August 3, 2013) and subject for extension for another one year based on the performance of the project and subject for the approval of funding support from KOICA. (alc)

KOICA-COAID in partnership with MOSCAT sponsors a training on MPT

(standing from Left) Dr. Chang, Hyun You, Mushroom Expert, Prof. Casimero L. Icalina, In-Charge of MOSCAT Mushroom Project, Mr. Edel Bayot, and Dr. Lee, Cholbang, the KOICA-COAID staff

Dr. Chang, Hyun You, Mushroom Specialist from Korea and the COIKA-COAID project team leader, delivers his lecture to the 40 participants comprising of Claveria farmers, MOSCAT faculty and students, and the municipal agricultural technicians.

By P/Supt. Ronnie Francis M. Cariaga

PRO-10 honors top cops, others

CAMP Alagar, Cagayan de Oro City - Twelve police commissioned officers, po-lice non-commissioned officers and members of the community, who have contributed to the success of PRO-10’s operational and administrative activities, were were honored during the 22nd PNP Foundation Day, Monday, here. The awards were handed by Police Director Manuel Rebugio Barcena, MNSA, director for Integrated Po-lice Operations-Eastern Mindanao, to PSSupt. Madid A. Paitao and P/Sr. Inspector Gerry E. Ligan (Medalya ng Kadakilaan); PSupt . Reinhar t L . Pingol, P/Sr. Insp. Joven T. Bahil and SPO3 Ramil Langala (Medalya ng Kagalingan);

PSupt. Jun Mark J. Lagare andPO3 Joshua Cainglet (Medalya ng Kasanayan); SPO1 Gavino D Jarantil-la (Medalya ng Papuri); -Mayor Rommel C. Arnado of Kauswagan, Lanao del Norte; Punong Barangay Conrad P. Lim of Brgy 33, Cagayan de Oro City; President Ricky Go of PCCI Misamis Oriental Chapter; and Business Executive Antonio M. Lim (Plaques of Appreciation) In his message, Police Director Barcena empha-sized the importance of reaching out to the com-munities, integration of law enforcement efforts with the Armed Forces of the Philippines and other government agencies, and police officers’ commitment to service. (RFMC/jdelpf)

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THINK a minute… There was a man who was the owner of the only hair salon in his little town. He cut and styled the hair of almost everybody in town and his business was quite successful. Then, a big modern hair salon moved to his town right across the street from his little shop. This new, big salon advertised in the newspapers and posted signs all over town that read: “$6 haircuts! Every-thing for only $6!” Soon almost all his cus-tomers began going to the new salon across the street for $6 haircuts. The owner of the old hair salon knew

Chance or choicehe could never afford to beat the big new salon’s price of only $6. But then he thought of a way to turn things around and win his customers and business back. He had a local sign company paint him a big sign which he put in front of his hair salon. It read: “We FIX $6 haircuts!” We all have problems and go through tough times. It’s the people who respond and handle those problems positively who end up succeeding in life. It’s not luck that controls your life! It’s your own choices that make you happy and successful. You see, “Things turn out best

for people who make the best of the way things turn out.” No matter what hap-pens these people keep going, because sooner or

later “Tough people win over tough times.” Remember, the same heat that melts butter also hardens clay. The differ-ence is in their response. How about you? How do you respond? How do you handle the heat of problems and tough times in your life? No matter which way the ball bounces, it’s still your game. So today, if you’ll ask Jesus Christ to take full charge of your life, He’ll start working everything, including your problems and pressures, together for your good. So why not start living His way every day? You can’t lose. Just Think a Minute…

THE country has been at war against its own people for many years. It was fac-ing the Muslim insurgents in one hand and the New Peoples Army in the other.

Thousands of lives had been buried six feet under the ground and so much damage in property could not be accounted anymore.

Tears from our own brothers and sisters were wasted as much as heart-aches, ill feelings hatred, fighting everywhere day and night, It was painul.

‘The war against the insurgents were too painful to bear. Nobody won the fight and everybody shed their tears or the pain and hatred.

It was too much to feel the harm suffered by both the government and the warriors in the wilderness.

The reason is all the warriors involved are brown people, the same Filipinos who were ready to wallow in their graves in the name

Hisgut-Hisgutlang

BEN EMATA JR.

Peace can come anytimeof principle.

There is no precise es-timate as to the number of people killed in this sense-less war between Filipinos.

This kind of war could have been avoided long time ago. All the combatants failed to understand the heartbeats of every Filipino warrior.

We had thousands upon thousands of wives and children crying for their lost husbands. We had relatives shouting after a defeat.

The war cer tainly brought on all sides extreme fear and hatred. Fight and revenge were in the heart of our people and surely it was too painful to bear the feeling of fighting.

After all those years in the battlefield, there appear in the horizon a light of hope for peace.

The Muslim rebels have appeared before the gov-ernment and discussed sincerely the matter of peace.

Of course, the govern-

ment is ready to accept peace by all means and it did not take long or things were ironed out and peace was established.

The Muslims rebels re-turned to their homes in Mindanao and now enjoy-ing the air of peace and silence. Just recently, the New Peoples Army was talking about peace too.

After all these years of deadly skirmishes in the hills and elsewhere, these Filipino rebels must have felt tired of a long war that could not be won.

Thousands of people were killed for this cause. And just like the Muslim rebels, there seems to be light at the end of a tunnel.

Peace smells so nicely and I hope things will go on beautifully to reach the center of peace.

The government should make use of these signs of peace and bring our broth-ers to a conference table and shake hands with them.

With this developments, peace would not be an elusive dream for every Filipino. We shall all em-brace the feeling of love and affections from our brothers.

Let us accept them back to the fold and let them enjoy the beauty of peace in our homes.

These people are like us in all matters and surely missed so much the value of love and friendship. Let us all exist side by side with equality and love as Filipinos.

Daghan nga proyekto, dako ang porsento

Awdiay!

Ruel V. Pelone

BILIB gyud ko ni Kongre-sista Rufus Rodriguez sa segundo distrito sa Cagayan de Oro kay daghan gyud ang iyang proyekto.

Ambot lang kaha anang iyang counterpart nga kon-gresista kay dili na nimo masabtan kung congress-man ba o artista. Oo, kana si Congressman Tarpaulin ba nga dili lang Epal apan nagdahom intawon nga makadaug tungod ni Inday Daiana Menezes.

Kaslonon na man daw ni si Congressman Benjo Benaldo ngadto kang Inday Daiana.

•••Tinood nga daghan

og proyekto kini si Rufus kay karong bag-o haskang daghanang minatay ang na-habwa gikan sa ilang lubong tungod sa pagsemento sa dalan diha sa Bonlosiri, ang pampublikong menteryo.

Gani niadtong Lunes,

migasto na sab intawon kami og dul-an P5,000 aron lang mabalhin ang mga bukog sa akong amahan, inahan, lola, ug duha ka gagmay nakong ig-agaw.

Ang nakapait kay kad-tong wala intawon maka-hibalo nga sementohon na diay ang maong dalan, ang ilang mga minatay––ambot kung asa na nila pangitaon.

Hinoon, last year pa man gihungihong nga se-mentohon ang maong da-lan. Paspas kaayo kay gani hapit naman mahuman ang pagsemento.

Ingon ana ka abtik si Kongresista Rufus Rodri-guez.

Didto sa among baran-gay, bisan kon tulay-tulay naay ngalan ni Rufus, ba-halag gamay ang kantidad basta adunay ngalan ni kongresman, okay pa sa all right.

Mao na ang tinood nga kongresman. Mo-serbisyo ug mohimo og daghang proyekto aron mapuslan sa kadaghanan, dili susama anang usa diha ka kon-gresman nga sigeg dikit sa artista sa pamasin nga

modaug.Hinaut nga kung subli-

an pagpili kining si Kon-gresan Rufus Rodriguez, livelihood project na sab ang iyang ihatag ngadto sa pinaka kabus nga barangay ning dakbayan.

Okay ra ng picture-taking inig kahuman sa proyekto kay naa man gyud proyekto nga makita gikan ni Rufus, dili parehas ni-anang kongresman diha nga uyab-uyab o kasal-kasal ra ang imong daling madungog.

•••Matod pa sa akong higala

nga pobre daw ang usa ka politiko kung walay mga proyekto. Kung mas daghan ang proyekto mas daghan daw og porsento.

Okay ra na basta ang ka-tawhan dili pud mahikawan sa tinood nga serbisyo ila-bina sa edukasyon, maayong panglawas, ug seguridad.

fOcuS /P6

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MAYOR Vicente Y. Emano accepted, on behalf of the city of Cagayan de Oro, a P140 million check from Department of Socia l Welfare and Development (DSWD) regional director Atty. Araceli Solamillo for the construction of decent, permanent houses for ca-lamity victims.

This took place dur-ing the groundbreaking and capsule-laying rite of the Cagayan de Oro Re-settlement and Socialized Housing Program at the 16-hectare relocation site in Barangay Pagatpat.

In his message during the program, the mayor thanked DSWD Secretary Dinky Soliman and Dir. Solamillo for providing funds for the rehabilitation of Typhoon Sendong survivors.

“The successes accom-plished by the city are due to Sec. Soliman and Dir Solamillo,” the mayor cited, as he also acknowledged the

DSWD turns over P140M to Oro for construction of permanent houses

SOLAMILLO TURNS OVER P140M FOR PAgATPAT RELOCATIONCity Mayor Vicente Y. Emano (left) shows off the P140M cheque that DSWD-X Reg. Director Araceli F. Solamillo (right) turned over to the city government shortly after a Memorandum of Agreement was signed during the Groundbreaking Ceremony of the CdeO Resettlement & Socialized Housing Project #7 in Pagatpat, February 1, 2013

great help extended by the Habitat for Humanity and Gawad Kalinga.

Mayor Emano said their support to the city will be enshrined in the hearts and minds of all Kagay-anons.

The mayor formally turned over the P140 mil-lion check to the HFHP’s Leonilo Escalada during the program. The HFH will be implementing the housing project.

TRANSFORMATIONIn her message, Dir.

Solamillo expressed glad-ness as she observed the transformation of Typhoon Sendong victims and how they are back on their feet.

She thanked Mayor Emano for his brand of leadership, which she said is worth emulating.

HOUSESAccording to Escalada,

1,742 duplex-type houses will be constructed at the Pagatpat relocation site. Each house will have a floor

area of 21 sq.meters and will be constructed in a 42 sq. mt.-lot., he added.

Escalada confirmed ob-servations of the DSWD regarding the fast rehabili-tation process in Cagayan de Oro.

He cited that the HFH had a different experience in the city when it comes to building houses and reha-bilitating calamity victims.

Escalada gave credit to Mayor Emano and city of-ficials for this.

“We hope to replicate the CdeO model of rebuilding in Compostela Valley and Davao del Norte,” he added. (LCR)

CALUMPANG, General Santos City – Another priority project of Hon. Darlene Magnolia Antoni-no-Custodio will soon rise inside the sprawling An-tonio Cahilsot Acharon Sports Complex in Baran-gay Calumpang, this city. A 1.4 hectare lot, as re-quired by the Department of Health (DOH) will be allotted for the purpose. DOH Assistant Sec-retary Romulo Busuego, assisted Mayor Custodio, Chief of Hospital Benja-min Pagarigan and other barangay and city officials led the groundbreaking ceremonies, January 31, this year. The four-storey, 75-bed capacity Calumpang Community Hospital is expected to decongest the patient admissions of the General Santos City Hos-pital in Lagao.Some P120 million will be needed to complete the 25 by 50 meters per floor health care facility. The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) already funded P35

million pesos to start the construction, which can be completed in six months time. Only the first floor will be initially operational and the bed capacity maybe expanded to cater to the growing population of the city, according to Mayor Custodio. Archtect Neil Elbert Mones and Assistant Dis-trict Engineer Elsa Urmeni-ta, both from DPWH South Cotabato Sub-District En-gineering Office, provided the specific technical data on this report. The four-storey hospital building was designed by Architect Mones. City Executive Assistant for Health and Social Ser-vices Jose Orlando Acharon started working the con-cepts last June 2011 and integrated all the events, in-cluding the groundbreaking of the hemodialysis center and the soft-opening of the hospital information sys-tem of the General Santos City Hospital in the one day three-in-one ceremonies. (ww2.gensantos.org/asf )

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for the National Statistics Office (NSO) Certificate for previous players, since these data are already at the website for players of the 2010-2012 PP, Dr. Allan G. Farnazo, officer-in-charge of DepEd - Region 10. Meanwhile, the Division validation of documents of the players and coaches will be conducted by the Re-gional Screening Committee in Feb.11-15 in Bukidnon, Misamis Oriental, Cagayan de Oro City, Gingoog City, Valencia City, Malaybalay City and El Salvador City; and in Feb. 18-22 in Tangub City, Ozamiz City, Misamis

Occidental, Oroquieta City, Iligan City, and Lanao del Norte. O n t h e other hand, t h e 2 0 1 3 PP will be hosted by the p r o v i n c i a l government of Negros Orien-tal and DepEd - 8, assisted by the Schools Divisions of Negros Orien-tal and Dumaguete City. The Palaro aims to pro-mote physical education and sports as an integral part of

the basic

educa-tion of DepEd for

holistic development of the youth to become responsible and globally competitive. It also aims to inculcate

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OZAMIZ City - The De-partment of Education (DepEd) has announced certain adjustments in the requirements for players in Pambansang Palaro (PP) in Dumaguete City on April 21-27. Among these is that each player from the public schools shall be facilitated with Learners Registration Numbers (LRN) and the need for new medical/dental records, as both examina-tions are valid only for three months. However, there is no need

Sinulat ni Rosemary Allo-Genon, of Mindanao Star Bukidnon

Peke nga sapi mikuyanap

BUKIDNON – Mikuyanap karon mga peke nga salapi sa lungsod sa Maramag. Sumala sa mga otoridad, kasagarang biktima mga inosenteng katawhan sa kabukiran gumikan kay wala silay kagamitan (devices) sa pag-ila sa tinuod o peke nga salapi. Tag-P1,000 nga daw orihinal ang pagkagama ginamit ang papel nga wa-lay kalainan sa tinuod nga kuwarta. Labing ulahi kining namatikdan sa barangay Dagumbaan diin nagkagu-liyang ang katawhan human napasapasa ang peke nga salapi atol sa tinuig nga pista. Ang maong hitabo gisun-dan sa Barangay San Roque diin upat ka peke’ng tag-

P1,000 ang gigamit sa mga mangingilad ngadto sa usa ka barangay kagawad. Ang natungdang mga tawo, labihang pagpangu-lipas sa dihang gisukna sa mga otoridad. Gitoohan nga ang pag-katag karon sa peke’ng sa salapi may koneksiyon sa umaabot nga piliay. “Posibleng binuhatan kini sa mga politikong gustong modaug sa piliay sa Mayo 13, pinaagi sa pagpamalit og mga boto,” pangagpas sa kagawad. Gipaabot sa mga taga-Maramag ang PNP, NBI ug ubang mga ahensya sa balaod sa pagpakatag og secret agents aron mabungag kini nga sindikato. (RAG/jdelpf)

their retirement. DepEd employees in active service will enjoy a proportionate increase in loanable amounts and potentially increased re-tirement and life insurance benefits after the complete settlement of unpaid pre-miums. GSIS will also recalcu-late the benefits received by those who have already retired and will refund de-ducted amount representing premium in arrears that have already been paid by the DBM. Their pensions will like-wise be adjusted. (GSIS/APB/PIA10/jdelpf)

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In case of emergency, leaning posts, towers and/or sagging lines should immediately be reported to NGCP.

Ms. Ladaga also cau-tioned the general public against putting up antennas, or parking vehicles near or under the transmission lines.

“ To prevent forced power interruptions, the public should report power pilferage or any suspicious activities near power trans-mission structures, to pre-vent accidents and damage to lives and properties,” she added.

Using electricity wisely is also necessary to and conserve energy, she fur-ther said.

NGCP is a privately-owned corporation that holds the 25-year conces-sion to operate, maintain and develop the country’s power grid. (RTP/PIA10/asf )

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hibalo sa pag-abot sa usa ka halangdong tawo, kay makapakita ang katawhan sa ilang participasyon pi-naagi sa pagpangandam ug pagtimbaya susama ug “hero’s welcome.”Si Manny Paquiao bitaw, sige ug balita ang iyang pag-abot ug maoy hinungdan nga gisugat siya sa libo-ang katawhan bisan pilde siya kay “walay focus” sa iyang training, tungod kay, gipasaligan sa mga pastors nga modaog, bisan dili magpractice! Please be part of our media ministry and our charity outreach program in behalf of the JD Kaligaya-han Foundation, INC.You can visit in my office located at SMCNI Cable TV, com-pound in Poblacion Jagna, B ohol.#09284149490-Question-Prayer

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parking and driving is much more convenient with the ultra-sonic wave sensors that detect obstacles located around the vehicle.

The all-new RAV4s exterior colors embody the progressive silhouette appearance of a pre-mium compact SUV. Customers have five (5) vibrant colors to choose from: Silver Metallic, Xtreme Black, Red Mica Metal-lic and Bronze Mica Metallic. A White Pearl color option is also available for an additional P15, 000.

The all-new RAV4 is now available in three (3) variants: 4x4 priced at P1, 963,000, 4x2 Full Option priced at P1, 581,000 and a 4X2 variant is also available for P1, 357,000.

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Toyota......from page 8

the spirit of discipline, teamwork, excellence, fair play, solidarity, sportsmanship, and other values inherent in sports and provide a database for a valid and universal basis to further improve the

school sports develop-ment program.

It likewise widens the base for talent identification, selection, recruitment,

training and exposure of elementary pupils and high school students to serve as feeder to the National Sports Association (NSA) for international competitiveness. The sports events played in the 2012 Palaro with its general and technical guidelines will remain modified, effected or revised, during the 2013 PP, Farnazo said. In addition to these sports events and consistent with DepEd’s policy to cooperate with the programs of the Philippe Sports Commission (PSC) in promoting sports where Filipinos may excel in, the following sports will be included: Wushu – for high school boys and girls, Billards for high school boys and Futsal for elementary girls. (RCA/PIA10-Misamis Occidental/jdelpf)

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THE Rav4 is a name conceived as a vehicle name suited for a compact SUV that matches its active, sporty, youthful and styl-ish image. This iconic name was derived from the first letters of the words; Recreational, Active, Vehicle and it being a four-by-four (4x4). In January, Toyota Motor Philippines (TMP) unveils the all-new 2013 RAV4. Based on the principles inherited from its predecessors, the RAV4 hosts new innovative features and en-hancements for its lifestyle driven customers.

Unconstrained and filled with a youthful vibe, the all-new RAV4 is visually more powerful than ever before. The RAV4 is built with a stroke of sophistication that makes it more appealing to those who catch a glance on it. Aerodynamics is also given im-portance for its exterior styling and Aero Stabilizing Fins have been added on the outer mirrors and rear combination lamps to ensure driving stability.

It is equipped with stylish 17” aluminium wheels and tires with low rolling resistance that contrib-ute to better fuel efficiency. The overall exterior design aims to capture the essence of a compact SUVs agile and sporty character by adding a sense of excitement expressed by the RAV4 DNA.

The all-new RAV4 is powered by a 2.5-liter, Dual VVT-i (Dual Variable Valve Timing-intelligent) engine which aims to achieve fuel economy, high engine output and decreased fuel emissions.

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