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ILOILO City lone district Rep. Jerry Treñas wants to reclaim his old post at the City Hall.

Treñas officially declared his intention to run for city mayor in 2019 after a so-called consultative meeting with barangay captains at his district office in City Proper, March 2, 2018.

The congressman, who is serving his last 3-year term, said majority of the 180 barangay captains want him to lead City Hall once more.

“In our meeting today, I had the chance to consult with our barangay captains. I told them that a lot of things happened in 2017. I cannot run for congressman anymore. The only available posts for me are barangay captain, councilor, vice mayor or mayor. If I run for councilor, a Treñas is also running (Councilor Jay Treñas). A lot of people are also interested in running for vice mayor. So I asked them what I should do to con-tinue our group and our work. And they told me that I should run for mayor,” he said in a press conference Friday.

What will happen to Mayor Jose Es-pinosa III?

By louine Hope conserva

ILONGGO senator Franklin Drilon said the long overdue P11.2 billion Jalaur River Mul

tipurpose Phase II (JRMP II) in Calinog, Iloilo will be fully operational by June 2022.

In a press conference on March 2, 2018, Drilon said he

has talked with the new Korean ambassador to the Philippines Han Dong-Man weeks ago and the latter assured him that the

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A COUPLE and a 17-year old boy were arrested after more or less P1.5 million worth of suspected shabu were seized from their possession.

Florencio Abalayan, 37, and his live-in partner Cherry Jardele-za, 34, both residents of Barangay Tiza, Roxas City, Capiz; and Mac-Mac (not his real name) of Barangay Mongpong, Roxas City, were arrested in a buy-bust operation 1:30 p.m. of March 1, 2018 at Sitio Ilaya, Barangay Sibuguan, Roxas City.

A team from Capiz Provincial Police Office (CPPO) Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit (PDEU) led by Senior Inspector Hilbert Gervero recovered several sachets of shabu weighing around 150 grams, several drug paraphernalia, a mobile phone, P1,000 marked money, and cash in different denominations.

Senior Superintendent Samuel Nacion, Capiz police chief, said Abalayan is considered a low-value target while his two compan-ions were newly-identified drug personalities.

Abalayan surrendered through Oplan Tokhang while Mac-Mac worked as his runner.

Nacion noted that all three suspects had no previous arrest for any offense.

“Abalayan directly got his supply from Metro Manila. He’d been keeping it for a long time already and had been slowly dis-

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IMPOSTORS posing as Philippine Drug En-forcement Agency 6 (PDEA-6) agents possibly operate in Western Visayas, particularly in Iloilo, too.

This is according to PDEA-6 spokesperson David Abraham Garcia amid an earlier warning made by PDEA Director General Aaron Aquino against persons posing as PDEA agents.

“I have received several inquiries asking if we have an agent with this name,” Garcia said.

Garcia said some of those who asked about

their personnel were local chief executives.PDEA agents use aliases as part of their un-

dercover work.“But in a number of instances, the person in

question is not our member,” Garcia said.PDEA-6 has less than 100 agents, “and we

know each other by name.”If the PDEA-6 office receives inquiries about

a person identifying himself as an agent, it is being verified to determine if he or she uses a fictitious name for intelligence monitoring purposes.

Some complaints received by PDEA-6 office

usually involved a self-proclaimed PDEA operative asking their “target” to pay an amount to avoid being raided or subjected to anti-narcotics operations.

“That should serve as a red flag. Who in his right mind would inform their subject that they would be raided?” Garcia quipped.

He added that no agent should bargain their op-erations in exchange for monetary considerations

“That would be extortion. Even if he’s a PDEA agent, it’s a violation,” Garcia stressed.

An alleged “operation” by fake PDEA agents happened in Miag-ao, Iloilo in 2017 but it re-mains unclear who was behind the racket.

Garcia said they investigate every piece of in-formation on persons posing as PDEA agents.

Despite the number of reported fake PDEA agents’ operations, Garcia believed it is not syndicated.

“They’re just individuals and not an organized group,” he added.

For security purposes, Garcia advised the public to conform to their office to make sure they are dealing with real PDEA agents.

They could call at PDEA-6 trunkline (033) 337-1600 and hotlines (Talk and Text) 0912-087-9855 and (Globe) 0926-037-1331.

By louine Hope conserva

THE Office of the Ombudsman dismissed from service three ba-rangay officials and employees of Brgy. Badiang, Anilao, Iloilo for their alleged involvement in illegal gambling operations.

In a decision dated Oct 23, 2017 and signed on Nov 13, 2017 by Deputy Ombudsman for the Visayas Paul Elmer Clemente, the Ombudsman ordered dismissed Brgy. Captain Rowe Bayona, first kagawad Rene De Ocampo, and ba-rangay secretary Roxanne Lecita.

The dismissal took effect March 1, 2018 after the order was served by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG-Iloilo).

DILG-Iloilo provincial director Teodora Sumagaysay said they received the dismissal order Feb 26, 2018.

“They were allegedly involved in illegal number game…Their dismissal takes effect upon our serving of the implementation or-der,” said Sumagaysay who served the order.

The three were found guilty of grave misconduct which stemmed from the complaint of the National

By louine Hope conserva

FORMER mayor Reynor Gonzales and incumbent ORMER mayor Reynor Gonzales and incumbent ORMERvice mayor Cesar Gonzales of Lambunao, Iloilo are serving the 9-month suspension meted by the Office of the Ombudsman relative to administrative cases for allegedly receiving transportation allowance de-spite having been issued government vehicles.

The suspension took effect March 1, 2018 after the order was personally served by Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG-Iloilo) provincial director Teodora Sumagaysay at their offices.

Respondent Reynor is now the municipal admin-

istrator of the town.The Ombudsman decision was dated Oct 30,

2017. It was approved by Conchita Carpio-Morales on Dec. 13, 2017 and was received by DILG-Iloilo on Feb 26, 2018.

“I personally went to Lambunao to serve the order as well as the Ombudsman decision. It was received by former mayor Gonzales who is now the municipal administrator. In the case of Vice Mayor Gonzales since he’s in Manila, the order was received by the secretary of the Sanggunian,” Sumagaysay told The Daily Guardian.

The two were found guilty of administrative charges of simple misconduct and conduct preju-

dicial to the best interest of the service filed by the Ombudsman.

The complaint stemmed from the 2014 report of the Commission on Audit finding that the respondents received transportation allowance (TA) despite being assigned to government vehicles for official use.

A notice of disallowance (ND) was issued on the P90,000 TA received by Reynor and P83,880 for Cesar from Jan to Dec 2014.

Based on Department of Budget and Management Circular No. 2013-103 dated May 15, 2013, “those who were assigned or who use government motor transportation shall no longer be entitled to the TA,

ILOILO CITY – Fourteen people died of rabies in Western Visayas in 2017, almost double of the number of fatalities recorded in the previous year.

The increase in the number of rabies-related deaths prompted health authorities to urge other local government units (LGUs) in the region to reactivate their municipal rabies council and en-force ordinances particularly on responsible pet ownership and impounding of stray dogs to minimize cases of dog bites.

Caroline Tumabotabo, regional rabies nurse coordinator of the Department of Health 6 (Western Visayas), said Negros Oc-cidental recorded the highest number of deaths with eight; Capiz with three; and one each in the provinces of Aklan, Antique, and Iloilo. All cases were due to dog bites.

In 2016, there were nine human rabies deaths recorded in the region.

Last year, the department recorded a total of 100,840 animal bites in the region. Most victims are individuals above 15 years old.

Tumabotabo noted that the number of animal bites in the region has been increasing over the past years.

“There have always been more or less 20 percent increase in the number of animal bite in our region every year,” she said.

Based on the DOH-6 data, there are 51, 537 dog bites recorded in the region in 2013. The increase was sustained with 58, 959 cases in 2014; 65,088 in 2015; and 83,166 in 2016.

vEHiClES await their turn to cross the intersection in Molo, Iloilo City. The Public Safety and Transportation Management Office of the City Hall is studying the necessity of traffic lights in major thoroughfares. (FAA)

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BORACAY —Five of the nine wetlands in the island have been taken over by buildings and other establishments which contribute to the flooding in the area, Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu said Friday.

“There used to be nine wet lands in the island and now we can only account for four. And there are 100 informal settlers in the wet lands,” Cimatu said during the Senate hearing on the environmental woes of Boracay.

He said the DENR would will try to reclaim the wetlands and have already ordered the pres-ent occupants to explain their presence there or they will be demolished.

“We will try to reclaim (these wetlands). They must be restored. There are some already covered with buildings but we will require them to explain why they have that building there,” Cimatu said.

Cimatu pointed to the local government units when asked as regards who gave permits for the

construction of the buildings on the wetlands.“No one can construct a building without

permit, they cannot even transport materials so it must be the LGU,” Cimatu said.

Senator Loren Legarda then asked the DENR to provide the chamber the list of the buildings sitting on the wetlands.

She also asked for the names of the DENR regional directors, Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Officers, municipal mayors, and barangay captains during the time the build-ings were constructed.

“Wala pong personalan, let the axe fall where it may. Alam natin na mahal ko ang DENR pero strikto ako sa inyo. Hindi ito mangayari kung hindi binigyan ng suporta at kapabayaan ng DENR,” Legarda said.

“Bakit hinayaan at pinabayaan ng DENR na magkaroon ng gusali at maski pa kubo diyan,” she added.

Cimatu said there was no permit issued by the DENR on the establishments. (GMA News)

BORACAY—The Depart-ment of Interior and Local Government has created a task force that will investigate and determine the accountability of local officials as regards the pollution and congestion plagu-ing this island.

DILG officer-in-charge Edu-ardo Año made the remark after it was revealed in a Senate inquiry that 173 establishments in the white sand beaches have been given local government permits despite having no en-vironment compliance cer-

tificates from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.

“Itong Boracay is a pro-tected area so it is a requirement na may ECC prior to issuance of permit,” Año said.

Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri during the hearing said 173 establishments in Boracay have been operating operation without ECCs.

Zubiri asked Malay Mayor Ceciron Cawaling if the local government required an ECC before giving a building permit

to an establishment. Cawaling replied in the negative.

“ECC is from the national gov-ernment na hiwalay sa ano ng local government,” Cawaling said.

Senator Joel Villanueva said he saw the announcement at the website of Malay, Aklan that ECC is not a requirement before issuance of business and mayor’s permit.

President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to close down the island paradise from tour-ists, referring to its waters as a “cesspool.” (GMA News)

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THE gangster politics that poisoned the nation has claimed its latest victim, the Supreme Court.

In a move that eerily recalls the Ides of March in 44 BCE; a band of conspirators ganged up Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno in the hallowed halls of the Supreme Court and shamelessly tried to murder the post of the chief magistrate.

Shock waves reverberated across the nation when a gang of Supreme Court justices trans-forming themselves into thugs of gangster politics assassinated respectability, de-cency, and civility in the High Tribunal. What they did has destroyed whatever is left of the integrity and credibility of the High Court, possibly permanently.

For the first time in the country’s his-tory, a faction in the Supreme Court tried

to force the chief justice to re-sign. This act is patently illegal and unconstitutional, blatantly violating the rule of law and the Constitution. The Supreme Court is supposed to be the chief protector of the Constitution but in an act of desperation, some justices are spitting on the high-est law of the land to satisfy their lust for blood and gore. It was the Supreme Court’s version of

Tokhang.Section 2, Article XI of the Constitu-

tion made it plainly clear. Members of the Supreme Court can only be removed from office by impeachment. Impeachment is an extreme measure and should only be

resorted to when there is no other venue to check on the abuses of an impeachable official.

The attempt of the seven Supreme Court justices to oust the chief justice by demanding that she resigns her post is unprecedented in the annals of Philippine judiciary and a gross violation of the Con-stitution. A significant number of justices, however, insisted that the Constitution be followed and the chief justice should be removed only by impeachment.

This latest move is an act of despera-tion of the Du30 administration which is moving heaven and earth to remove Chief Justice Sereno from her position. For more than three months the justice committee of the Lower House is conducting hearings on the impeachment complaint filed by Larry

THE academic year (AY) 2017-2018 is about to end. And once again, schools, colleges, and universities are advised to make commencement exercises simple, solemn and free

from any political colors. This advisory is in line with the govern-ment austerity measure program.

The Department of Education (DepEd) an-nounced this year’s graduation rites should be scheduled not earlier than April 2, 2018, but not later than April 6, 2018. The graduation theme is “Mag-aaral ng K to 12: Handa sa Hamon ng Buhay (K to 12 Learners: Ready to Face Life’s Challenges)”. This theme highlights the role of K to 12 Basic Educa-tion Program in harnessing the skills and competencies of the Filipino learners to face life’s challenges.

This year’s graduation service is a ceremo-ny for Grade 6 learners who completed elementary education and for the first batch of Grade 12 learners who completed the Senior High School (SHS) education. It is a moving up or completion ceremony for Kindergarten learners and for Grade 10 learners in the secondary level who completed Junior High School.

The DepEd announced that graduation rites should be made simple but meaningful which encourage civil rights, a sense of community, and personal responsibility. It should not be conducted

I HAVE written on this sub-ject before and I am glad I ject before and I am glad I that more people, especially

young people, are now receiv-ing the Sacred Host by their tongue. This manner of receiv-ing communion by the tongue can be traced to centuries ago. In fact, Catholics at the time knelt when receiving It. This is the reason that there are com-munion rails in the old churches but the “modern” clergy re-moved them forcing people to stand. Nevertheless, some give the Sacred Host the respect it deserves by kneeling.

There is a growing concern that the present practice of re-

ceiving the Host by the hand is causing profanity and sacrilege because many do not have the correct catechesis about Christ’ Real Presence in every grain, particle or a bit of the Host. All one has to do is observe how people receive the Host. They do not even look at their hands just in case a particle was left and this should be eaten.

Cardinal Robert Sarah, the Prefect of the Vatican Congregation for Divine Worship and Discipline was reported last February 23

to have warned that “belief in the Real Presence is eroding — calling this the central plank in Satan’s plans to undermine

the Church” and he urged “Catholics to return to the prac-tice of receiving the Eucharist on the tongue while kneel-ing.” This means a reconstruction of the communion rail or new churches should have one.

Cdl. Sarah warns “The most insidious diabolical attack consists in trying to ex-tinguish faith in the Eucharist

by sowing errors and fostering an unsuitable way of receiv-ing it. Truly the war between Michael and his Angels on one side and Lucifer on the other continues in the hearts of the faithful.”

Indeed if one is truly con-vinced of the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist, would he not be conscious of extend-ing utmost respect. If people can show respect for a human president, how much more for his Creator and Savior. Nothing can ever reach the height of that respect.

“Satan’s target is the Sacri-

WE EXPRESS firm belief that conviction after an im-peachment trial is the only Constitutionally-recognized mode by which to remove a sitting Chief Justice. The

Constitution reigns supreme over all other rules. Any artifice or device intended to solely target the Chief Justice and short-

circuit the process would be repugnant to the Constitution, and must be slain on sight if our democratic processes are to be observed.

Security of tenure is the bedrock of judicial independence. It is intended to shield judges from the political elements that may have played a role in their ap-pointment to the bench. The Supreme Court itself has repeatedly emphasized our Constitution’s built-in bias towards a fearless and an incorruptible judiciary

that is prepared to follow the law and to administer it regardless of consequences.

We breathe life into this prized democratic value by accord-ing the Chief Justice due process of law in accordance with the rules governing the difficult process of impeachment. This will also afford our people the opportunity to decide for themselves whether the causes against her are contrived or artificial, or are impressed with merit as to necessitate the extreme measure of removal from office.

Senior Associate Justice Antonio T. Carpio has distinguished himself as a highly capable and fiercely independent jurist, and we welcome his assumption as Acting Chief Justice of the Republic of the Philippines. There are no better hands to take the baton of leadership in the meantime that we wait for evidence to be presented or controverted in the impending trial of Chief Justice Maria Lourdes P.A. Sereno.

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BACOLOD City – Senator Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara and Iloilo Governor Arthur Defensor Sr. urged the 1,700 barangay leaders of Iloilo to support the proposed shift to federalism as this will benefit local governments down to the barangays.

Angara and Defensor were the guests of the Liga ng mga Barangay Iloilo Provincial Con-gress held at SMX Convention Center in SM Bacolod City on Mar 2, 2018.

Angara, Senate Committee on Local Gov-ernments chairperson, said federalism will give the local government units the autonomy or the freedom to decide on the needs of their com-munity and people.

For now, the sharing of revenues under the presidential form of government is 60% to the national government and 40% to the provinces,

cities, towns down to barangays in the form of the Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) share.

“Let us increase your IRA share and give you genuine power over your resources through federalism. This the essence of having a local autonomy,” Angara said.

Meanwhile, Defensor said federalism will “make us less dependent on the national gov-ernment.”

“We seek the authority of the national govern-ment on mere construction of bridges, need for box culverts, school buildings, health centers, salaries and wages of our policemen and teach-ers, among others when we can decide on our own if we shift to federalism. For example, if we have P100.00, only 18% goes to the local gov-ernments and bigger share goes to the national government and we have projects, we still need to beg for it from the national government,” he

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BACOLOD City – Eight armed persons swooped down on an old mine in southern Negros Occidental and disarmed six secu-rity guards afternoon on Mar 1, 2018.

Chief Insp. Romeo Vargas, Sipalay City police chief, said the armed men wearing camouflage uniforms descended on the old Maricalum mines located in Purok Malipayon, Brgy. San Jose, Sipalay City at about 4:30 p.m. Thursday and seized the

firearms of the security guards of Ultrafine Security Agency who were guarding the area.

Vargas said the suspects seized six shotguns, one caliber 9mm pistol, and cellphones.

The guards told police officers that they thought that the uniformed men were Army troopers who were conducting security operations.

Vargas said the suspects did not shout that they are members of the New People’s

Army (NPA) as the rebel group is wont to do during their incursions.

Police are also looking into the ongoing conflict involving former workers of the mine who are still waiting for their benefits 22 years after it was closed down.

The mine workers under the National Mines and Allied Workers Union of the Maricalum Mining Corporation have filed a petition to implement an Entry of Judg-ment before the Supreme Court in favor of their claims.

BACOLOD City – The total crime volume in Bacolod City decreased by 27.3 percent in February 2018, according to figures released by the police on Mar 1, 2018.

In the past month, crimes totaled to only 229, or 86 inci-dents less than last year’s 315 incidents for the same period.

Senior Superintendent Fran-cisco Ebreo, officer-in-charge of Bacolod City Police Office, said the decrease in the eight focus crimes can be attributed to the effective application of enhanced managing police operation.

Last month, only 58 inci-dents were recorded, which is 67 cases, or 53.58 percent lower compared to the Febru-ary 2017’s 125 incidents.

The eight focus crimes include murder, homicide, physical injury, robbery, theft, carnapping, motor-napping, and rape.

Moreover, the BCPO’s 53 police-initiated operations in February 2018 showed an increase of 65.63 percent, or 21 more operations compared February 2017’s 32.

“This shows the commit-ment of BCPO personnel in our campaign against illegal drugs, illegal gambling, and loose firearms,” Ebreo added. (NLG/PNA)

By dolly yasa

BACOLOD City – Senator Juan Edgardo Angara believes that the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections will push through despite proposals filed before the House of Representatives to again postpone the polls.

Angara, who was in Bacolod City on

Mar 2, 2018 to attend the general assembly of 1,700 barangay captains from Iloilo province, said not one senator has filed a bill seeking for the postponement of the village elections.

He said barangay and SK polls will go ahead in May 2018 although Congress still has time to decide on the postponement.

“I haven’t spoken to any of my col-

league who wants to file a bill postponing the election,” Angara said

He also pointed out a possible scenario for federalism, wherein a consultative com-mission will be formed by the President and will come out with the recommenda-tions before the Senatorial polls in May 2019, including a plebiscite.

SENAToR Sonny Angara, Iloilo Governor Arthur Defensor and Liga ng mga Barangay Iloilo Province president Pablito Gemarino at the general assembly of barangay captains from Iloilo on March 2, 2018 at the SMX Con-vention Center in Bacolod City.

Armed persons disarm mine guards

Bacolod City’s crime volume down 27.3% in February 2018

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Senator believes barangay, SK elections to push through

Tumabotabo attributed the increase of bite cases to the rise in the number of dogs.

As of 2017, there are more than 490,000 dogs in the differ-ent parts of the region.

So far, the island province of Guimaras; Boracay in

Malay, Aklan; and the island barangays in Concepcion, Iloilo namely Tambaliza, Talutoan, Makatunao and Butlog Daku are considered rabies-free.

Tumabotabo said these ar-eas were able to activate their respective rabies brigade and strictly implemented their or-

dinances to control their dog population.

She urged the LGUs to strengthen their vaccination program by vaccinating more than 70 percent of their dog population.

Tumabotabo encouraged victims of dog bites to visit animal bite treatment centers

in the region.To date, there are 45 animal

bite treatment centers in the Western Visayas: 17 in Iloilo province; Negros Occidental, 10; Antique and Capiz, six each; while the province of Aklan and the cities of Iloilo and Bacolod have two centers each. (CBF/PNA)

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Gadon, a Marcos loyalist. The job of the committee

on justice is to determine if the complaint of Gadon has merits. But the hearings turned out to be a fishing expedition as the House tries to unearth evidence against the chief justice. It should be Gadon who should provide evidence to back his al-legations but the House instead took on this role.

So far, the hearings yielded no evidence for an impeachable offense. Most of the resource persons invited to the hearings including some justices of the Supreme Court have aired com-plaints on administrative mat-ters. Associate Justice Teresita de Castro bitterly complained at the hearings that her recom-mendation was modified by the chief justice. Is this an impeachable offense?

The Constitution is very clear on the grounds for im-peachment. The grounds are culpable violation of the Con-stitution, treason, bribery, graft, and corruption and other high crimes and betrayal of pub-lic trust. None of these were proven in the on-going hearings in the Lower House.

In the original timetable of the Lower House, the hear-ings would have been finished last December 2017 and the impeachment case has been sent to the Senate. Unable to produce any evidence to sup-

port an impeachable offense, the House continued the hear-ing, looking for any evidence to support the impeachment. Until this week, the House has not found proofs that Chief Justice Sereno committed an impeachable offense.

Failure of the House to secure any evidence for an impeachable offense forced the attack dogs of the administra-tion to resort to hooliganism by publicly demanding that Chief Justice Sereno resign. Orien-tal Mindoro Representative Reynaldo Umali who chairs the impeachment hearings has been vocal in calling for the chief justice’s resignation. He is supposed to be impartial in the case but his unabashed bias against the chief justice is the clearest evidence that the hearings are meant to bully and force her to vacate her post. The hearings at the House are a farce since the administra-tion is bent on removing the chief justice, the evidence is damned.

Frustrated that its bullying tactic is not working in the impeachments hearings and unable to procure any evidence for an impeachable offense, the administration brought its brusque operation right into the Supreme Court by enlisting some justices for its vendetta against the chief justice. Some justices motivated by spite, bitterness, envy, greed, and malice are willing conspirators.

Samuel Martires, Du30’s first appointee in the High Court led the charge by demanding that Chief Justice Sereno vacate her post during the regular meeting of the magistrates this week.

By succumbing to gangster politics, the modern-day Bru-tuses in the Supreme Court would have set a very danger-ous precedent had they suc-ceeded in ousting the chief justice. It would have opened the way for members of the Supreme Court to be removed from their posts not by im-peachment as the Constitution provides but through bullying and lynching. Still, their act severely damaged the Court, politicizing beyond repair the supposed to be a non-partisan branch of government.

What happened in the Su-preme Court this week exposed the darkest and vilest nature of people. Justices of the Supreme Court are supposed to be the moral guardians of society and paragons of decency and honesty, men and women of integrity embodying the best in Filipinos.

Instead, what the public saw were petty and bitter aging indi-viduals who are not concerned about public welfare or the rule of law. These brutish and selfish creatures would rather burn the nation just to satisfy personal greed and caprices.

It is now up to the Filipino people to redeem this nation and right the wrong.

said.He added that “our lawmak-

ers can even come up with a modified federal form of government Philippine style wherein we still have our Presi-dent.”

“Also go for the amendment

of the 1987 Constitution and change the term limit to 4 years. We are always thinking about elections under the present form. We cannot concentrate on our work because the next elec-tion is again forthcoming.”

Liga ng mga Barangay Iloilo Province President Pablito G. Gemarino and ABC President

in Bacolod City Councilor Noli Villarosa welcomed the delegates.

They chose to hold the activ-ity in Bacolod due to its prox-imity to Iloilo City and also the availability of a bigger venue that could house them during the 3-day congress from March 1 to 3, 2018.

but only to the commutable [representation allowance] for the month.”

But records show that the re-spondents did not deny receipts of the ND.

Reynor only partially settled the disallowance amounting to P40,000 based on the Notice of Settlement of Suspension/Disallowance/Charge and the receipts dated June 21, 2016, while Cesar had not shown any evidence of settlement or

compliance with the ND.Meanwhile, the two were

also previously indicted of a criminal charge for violation of Section 3(e) of Republic Act 3019 or Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act relative to the same complaint.

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with excessive spending, ex-travagant attire, or extraordi-nary venue. Likewise, moving up or closing ceremonies should be made simple involving only the learners, their parents, and the school.

Non-academic projects such as field trips, film showing, junior-senior promenade, and other school events should not be imposed as requirements for graduation or completion. Contribution for the yearbook will be voluntary. The DepEd personnel should not be al-lowed to collect any graduation fees or any kind of contribution. However, Parents and Teachers Associations (PTA) may give donations in cash or in kind.

In the tertiary level, the clos-ing of classes for academic year (AY) 2017-2018 is in the last week of March 2018 until the third week of April 2018 or in any schedule as per approved school calendar. At least 46,000 college students in the Region will march for graduation.

In the year 2018, Business Education topped the num-

ber of graduates with around 13,022 (28%), followed by Teacher Education with 8,575 graduates (19%) and Informa-tion Technology with 4,522 graduates (10%). Agriculture and Fisheries with 2,044 gradu-ates still in the bottom rank in the ranking of 8 clusters of disciplines in the Region.

Likewise, higher educa-tion institutions (HEIs) are re-minded to keep their graduation ceremonies simple and solemn. In line with Administrative Or-der 103 dated March 31, 2004, “Directing Continued Adoption of Austerity Measures in the Government”, and in consid-eration of the present economic difficulties of most graduating students especially in the areas devastated by typhoons and/or other natural calamities, HEIs shall hold simple but austere and memorable graduation rites.

Colleges and universities must not hold graduation rites in pricey venues. Graduat-ing students should not be required to attend the gradua-

tion ceremonies in special or ostentatious attires, nor should HEIs require students to pay for contributions and/or purchase expensive memorabilia.

They must not require stu-dents to submit non-academic projects as a requirement for graduation. Educational tours or field trips should not be required as a prerequisite for graduation. HEIs should not also require students to pay excessive con-tributions for the yearbook and other related items without proper consultations.

As a matter of policy and as per the CHED Manual of Regulations for Private Higher Education (MORPHE), which is also applicable to State Col-leges and Universities (SUCs), no HEI shall deny final ex-aminations to a graduating or non-graduating student who has outstanding financial or property obligations, includ-ing unpaid tuition and other school fees corresponding to the school term.

With or without permits, stu-dents should be allowed to take the final examinations without much delay.

fice of the Mass and the Real Presence of Jesus in the con-secrated Host,” he adds. How true - if Catholics loss respect for Christ, it would erode their faith and open themselves to satanic control. The cardinal noted that there is an “unprece-dented attack on the sacredness of the Eucharist from within the Church” This attack begins with the absence of respect for the Sacred Host.

The cardinal said that the assault of the devil begins with the “desacralization of the Eucharist” to “render it a mere symbol — in the mind of man” The first step in this desacralization “was promoting reception of the Sacred Host in the hand.”

He said that the “reception of the Eucharist on the tongue was

the norm throughout Church history until Communion in the hand sprang up as an abuse in the Netherlands in the late 1960s”. The bishops there al-lowed Communion in the hand as if it is “in the spirit of Vatican II, giving rise to the widespread — but false — belief that the council called for it”.

Though Rome ordered an end to the abuse, its admoni-tions were ignored and Pope Paul VI in 1969 issued Memo-riale Domini, an instruction calling prelates and priests to obey the Church norm of distributing Holy Communion on the tongue. The document “emphatically urges bishops, priests, and laity to obey care-fully the law which is still valid and which has again been confirmed.”

By the early 1970s, the abuse was popping up in dio-

ceses across America, but the bishops voting for it did not meet the necessary conditions set by Rome to petition for Holy Communion in the hand. They also failed to comply with the secret ballot/two-thirds stip-ulation. The final vote tally was never revealed, but Catholics were assured that the two-thirds threshold had been met.

A Canon lawyer observed, “Permission under deceit is no permission.”

The cardinal noted that “once Communion in the hand became a common practice, people stopped receiving on the tongue. This, coupled with modernist theology preached from parish pulpits, began the massive loss of faith in the Real Presence we see today”.

Did the Philippine bishops get the permission? Whether they did, the choice is ours.

Bureau of Investigation (NBI) before the Ombudsman.

“Once the charge is grave mis-conduct the equivalent penalty is dismissal,” Sumagaysay said.

In a report by abs-cbn.com,

Bayona, De Ocampo, and Lecita were among the six nabbed by NBI for alleged il-legal gambling acts in 2016.

The suspects were caught counting cotejos or bet lists and a money amounting to more than P20,000.

Meanwhile, Sumagaysay said the dismissed officials and employees could still file a motion for reconsideration with the Ombudsman.

“They could either file for an MR or directly appeal to the Court of Appeals,” she said.

Treñas said Espinosa is still part of the group and the barangay captains want the incumbent mayor to run for congressman.

“He is still part of our group,” he added.

The congressman said he is finalizing his consultations with other leaders and support-ers before he can lay down his plans for 2019.

“As of now, that is the senti-ment of the barangay captains,”

he said.Senator Franklin Drilon said

he will support Treñas if the latter runs for mayor.

But Treñas said he has not talked to Drilon lately nor has he heard the senator’s latest declaration.

Before he was elected congressman in 2010, Treñas served as city mayor for three terms (2001-2004, 2004-2007, 2007-2010).

On Dec 2, 2016, Treñas announced that he will retire from politics when his term as

congressman ends in 2019.Treñas is currently serving

a 90-day suspension meted by the Sandiganbayan over the alleged anomalous release of P500,000 to the Iloilo Press Club (IPC) when he was mayor of the city.

Treñas was accused of giving unwarranted benefits to the IPC for releasing P500,000 for the construction of the IPC building.

The amount was suppos-edly sourced from the Priority Development Assistance Fund of Senator Loren Legarda.

posing of it,” he added.The slow disposal had been

partly due to the sluggish de-mand for shabu in Roxas City where the suspects have been operating.

The Capiz PDEU conducted surveillance operations on Aba-layan since the start of 2018.

There were several attempts to arrest him in the past but operatives were not success-

ful until the drug sting on Thursday.

Abalayan, Jardeleza, and Mac-Mac are now in the cus-tody of authorities and will be charged for violation of Repub-lic Act 9165 (Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002).

actual construction and ground-breaking of the Jalaur dam will be June 2018.

“And it will have a timetable of 46 months to complete. So about June of 2022 they should be fully operational,” he said.

The dam is funded by a US$208-million loan from the Korean state-run Economic De-velopment Cooperation Fund (EDCF) which is payable for 30 years at an interest rate of 0.15 percent per annum.

“What is of note here is that the interest rate is the lowest that we can get. This is almost an official development assis-tance given the terms,” Drilon said.

Drilon said the final contract signing with the winning con-

tractor Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd. will happen within this March.

“There are no major issues left. It’s just a matter of making sure that the contract is prop-erly executed,” he said.

faKe NeWSDrilon also lambasted the

news that came out of a local newspaper which stated that Daewoo is allegedly in a cor-porate turmoil.

The Ilonggo senator denied that Daewoo is suffering from financial loss, citing that its ma-jor stockholder is the Korean Development Bank which is owned by the Korean govern-ment.

“So how can you have a financial difficulty with the Ko-rean government as your major

stockholder? Number two, the financial capacity of Daewoo to construct was validated by the concurrence of the EDCF,” he said.

Drilon said he investigated the controversy and traced it to an incident where Daewoo lost in a bid.

“They lost in a 300 million dollar bid in I think it’s in In-donesia. So it’s not a loss. They lost in a bid. So how can you equate the lost in a bid project to a financial capacity, financial loss?” he said.

“So it is false news. It is fake news,” he added.

JRMP II was conceived in 2010 with Senator Drilon as the project proponent during the administration of former president Benigno Aquino III.

one, before Saric again came through at a critical time, bury-ing a 3-pointer of his own to push the 76ers’ advantage back to four at 98-94 with 2:09 to go.

The 76ers held on from there to produce their first win after losses to Washington and Mi-ami to open a three-game trip.

J.J. Redick had 22 points to lead the 76ers, who never trailed in the second half.

Joel Embiid (17 points, game-high 14 rebounds) and Robert Covington (10 points, 10 re-bounds) recorded double-doubles for the 76ers, while Ben Sim-mons flirted with a triple-double with 18 points, nine rebounds and a team-high eight assists.

Saric finished with 16

points.James poured in a game-

high 30 points for the Cavaliers, who have alternated wins and losses in their last six games.

James also found time for nine rebounds and a team-high eight assists.

Larry Nance Jr. had 13 points, Hood 11 and Jordan Clarkson 10 for the Cavaliers, who lost for the second time in three outings on their five-game homestand.

Tristan Thompson collected a team-high 11 rebounds for Cleveland.

The 76ers held the upper hand through most of the first half, building an eight-point lead in the first quarter and a 10-point lead in the second en route to a 59-56 halftime advantage.

LaKeRS ROuT HeaTIsaiah Thomas scored a game-

high 29 points off the bench and Julius Randle added 25 points to power the visiting Los Angeles Lakers past the Miami Heat 131-113 on Thursday night at Ameri-canAirlines Arena in Miami.

The 131 points are the most allowed by Miami this season. Since 1995, it was just the fourth time the Heat has al-lowed more than 130 points.

Brandon Ingram added 19 points, five assists and five rebounds but left the game with 3:41 remaining due to an apparent leg injury.

Lakers rookie point guard Lonzo Ball returned to the starting lineup for the first time since Jan. 13, producing eight points, seven assists and six rebounds. /AP)

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A TAEKWONDO jin and a football club based in Ne-gros Occidental received the Antonio Siddayao Award and PSA Citation, respectively, during the Philippine Sportswriters Association Awards Night held at the Manila Hotel, Feb. 27, 2018.

Bacolod City pride and 2017 World Cadet Tae-kwondo Championships gold medalist Mary Ange-line Alcantara and Ceres-Negros FC received the citations.

The Antonio Siddayao Award given to Alcantara is named after the late and former Manila Standard sports editor who was considered as the dean of sports writing in the Philippines. The award is given to promising young athletes that excelled in their chosen sport.

According to Alcantara, she’s thankful for the award as it will inspire young athletes to follow her footsteps.

“I would like to thank the Lord for this wonderful blessings and talent that he has bestowed upon me. Also, to the organizers of this PSA Awards, and to the Philippine Sports Commission for giving me the op-portunity to represent the Philippines and give pride and joy to our country,” she added.

Alcantara, a Living Stone International School mainstay and a product of Hanah Taekwondo gym, also acknowledged Master Sung Chon Hong of Philip-pine Taekwondo Association (PTA), and PTA Program Director Igor Mella, among others for giving her the chance to fight in the international arena.

“I would also like to thank Gov. Alfredo Maranon

Jr. and Mayor Andrew Montelibano for all the help. To my personal coach Vic Feria, thank you for the dedica-tion and support of developing who I am today. To my parents, thank you for the unending and unwavering support,” she said.

Meanwhile, Ceres-Negros FC also received the PSA citation for winning the first Filipino Professional League – the Philippines Football League, and the historic AFC Cup 2017 ASEAN Zone title

Competition Administrator Warren Concepcion who received the award on behalf of the club said that the team owner and family are sharing the citation to the provincial government of Negros Occidental, Bacolod City, all local government units, Philippine Football Federation, Negros Occidental Football As-sociation, and to all the supporters.

PBA commissioner Willie Marcial plans to set aside 9 days from next conference’s schedule in connection with the stint of the Philippine national team in the FIBA World Cup qualifiers.

Marcial said on Thursday that no games would be played between June 25 and July 2, earmarking those dates for Gilas Pilipinas activities as it prepares and sees action in the third window of the pre-liminary round for the 2019 competition.

The Philippines travels to Chinese-Taipei for a game on June 29 before hosting Austra-lia on July 2.

Marcial added that he will also free up July 3.

“Sinabi ko kay (coach Chot Reyes) ‘yan. Sabi niya, ‘Baka pwede naman natin i-adjust ng kaunti ang schedule.’ Sabi ko, ‘Tingnan ko. Ipapa-aprub natin sa board,’ “ Marcial said.

The Philippines isn’t the only country forced to deal with FIBA’s new calendar.

The United States and many European national teams have been digging deep into their list of available call-ups, as the reformatted World Cup quali-fiers run alongside the NBA season, a scheduling conflict that compels the top pros to commit to their club first and country second.

Reyes said recently he hopes “to find a better way” to prepare the national side.

As much as it could, the PBA has been working around Gilas’ schedule.

The league pushed back the opening of its current season from November to December to give way to the initial win-dow of World Cup qualifying games, although during the recently concluded second window the adjustments the PBA made were far less drastic. (ABS-CBN News)

DARIO SARIC hit two key hoops in the final 5:09 to squash Cleveland rallies Thursday night (Mar 2, 2018 in PHL), helping the Philadelphia 76ers hold on for a 108-97 victory over the Cavaliers in a nationally televised game in Cleveland.

The win was Philadelphia’s first in three tries against Cleveland this sea-son, and allowed the 76ers (33-27) to move within 2 1/2 games of the Cava-liers (36-25) in the Eastern Conference playoff race.

The loss cut into the Cavaliers’ lead in the Central Division. They now lead Indiana (34-27) by just two games.

The 76ers led 82-71 after an interior hoop by newcomer Ersan Ilyasova with 9:07 to play before LeBron James had two hoops and teammates Kyle Kor-ver and Rodney Hood each buried a 3-pointer in a 14-3 burst that produced an 85-all tie.

But Saric rescued the 76ers for the first time, dropping in a layup that pushed Philadelphia back on top.

A 3-pointer by Korver with 2:25 to go got the Cavaliers back within PHilADElPHiA 76ers guard JJ Redick (17) shoots over the defense of Cleveland Cavaliers guard Rodney Hood (1) and forward LeBron

James (23) during the first half at Quicken Loans Arena. (Ken Blaze-USA TODAY Sports/Reuters)

MADRID — Under pressure from its closest challenger, Barce-lona stumbled again.

Barcelona couldn’t manage more than 1-1 against relegation-wary Las Palmas on Thursday, allowing Atletico Madrid to move within five points of the Spanish league lead ahead of their match this weekend.

Barcelona, which has drawn three of its last five league match-es, will host Atletico on Sunday needing to halt an eight-match winning streak by Diego Simeone’s team.

Barcelona was 11 points in front of Atletico just five rounds ago, but could end the weekend only two points in front of the Madrid club.

“It would be an important match no matter what, with the first-place team playing against the second-place team,” Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde said. “Maybe now it’s a bit more important with the lead at five points.”

Atletico was boosted by a 4-0 win over Leganes on Wednesday, when Antoine Griezmann scored all four goals.

Lionel Messi put Barcelona ahead on Thursday with a power-ful free kick shot into the top corner in the 20th minute, but the hosts equalized through a penalty kick converted by Jonathan Calleri early in the second half after a controversial handball by Barcelona defender Lucas Digne.

At first it wasn’t clear why the penalty was called. A corner kick ricocheted off a post and the ball brushed Digne’s arm. Some Barcelona players initially thought the referee called a foul by Sergio Roberto on Matias Aguirregaray when the ball first arrived into the area. (AP)BARCEloNA’S Aleix Vidal, center, watches as Las Palmas’ Ximo Navarro, right, jumps for a high ball during a Spanish La liga soccer match at the

Gran Canaria stadium in the Canary island of Las Palmas, Thursday March 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Lucas de Leon)

Taekwondo champion, Ceres-Negros honored

PBA to free up 9 days from its sked for FIBA World Cup qualifiers in June-July

76ers roll in Cleveland despite 30 from LeBron

Barcá held by Las Palmas ahead of

crucial Atletico match

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Businessmen vowed to cooperate with the iloilo City Government in the revitalization of business and investments in this part of the Visayas.

The commitment was made by no less than Felix Tiu, vice-chairperson of the re-constituted iloilo City Trade and invest-ments Promotions Board (iCTiPB), to mayor Jose espinosa iii.

espinosa and Tiu led the launching of the iCTiPB in a ceremony held at Hotel del Rio, march 1.

Henry Chusuey, iCTiPB chairperson, has took his oath, Feb. 23, 2018.

espinosa called on the business com-munity in the city to “re-assert leadership in business in this part of the country.”

The mayor said the positioning of the city as business and investment haven is not new, as he cited the vibrant economy of iloilo in the past decades, giving it the title, “Queen’s City of the south.”

“We have done this before, this is not something new to our businessmen. We will just re-assert our role in business in this part of the country,” espinosa said.

Ritchel Gavan, Local economic and Investment Promotions Office (LEIPO) head, presented to the business sector the upcoming big-ticket projects in the city, in-cluding the construction of the new iloilo Freedom Grandstand and sunburst Park, the new Jaro Township, the proposed iloi-lo City skyrail, Philippine Heart Center in iloilo, Primary Hospital in Lapaz, Rede-velopment of markets, the 365-ha Recla-mation Project, among others.

Gavan said the city government has in-corporated programs on education, man-power and livelihood, business stream-lining, business tax incentives, utilities, anti-corruption, infrastructure, environ-ment, healthy lifestyle, recreation, peace and order in promoting local economic development in the city.

JOBS FOR ILONGGOSespinosa appealed to business commu-

nity to do its part in job generation by en-gaging other businessmen in the plans and programs of the city in partnership with the private sector.

“it is better if we can revive the gran-deur of iloilo City. it is one of my visions

that ilonggo youth need not go to other places to look for jobs,” espinosa said.

instead, there will be lots of jobs in the city that those from other places would opt to work here.

“We can have our people stay here be-cause we have good employment oppor-tunities,” he said.

The mayor created the iCTiPB through executive Order no. 19 dated Feb. 15, 2018.

espinosa is the honorary chairperson, while hotelier, Henry Chusuey is the co-chairperson.

Other officers of the Board Directors - Alfonso Tan, sandra Gomez, Felipe uygongco, Theresa sarabia, Ronald se-bastian, Abet Po; and members - Rudy Tiu, Vic Tiu, Robery uy, severino Lim, Philippe Chua, Felix Gurrea, ian Pama, Salvador Sarabia, Donna Ratilla, Rogelio Florete, Adrian Funtelar, Prof. Ann Gum-ban, and Fulbert Woo.

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THe business sector’s economic outlook turned more upbeat for the second quarter of 2018, results of the latest Bangko sen-tral ng Pilipinas (BsP) Business expecta-tions survey (Bes) showed Friday.

The overall confidence index (CI) for the second quarter rose to 47.8 percent from 39.7 percent in the first, the survey results showed.

“This suggests that economic growth could accelerate in the next quarter,” BsP director of economic statistics Rosabel Guerrero said in a briefing in Manila.

The firms’ more bullish sentiment about the next three months is an improvement from their less favorable outlook in the first quarter.

The overall Ci slipped to 39.5 per-cent in the first quarter of 2018 from 43.3 percent in the fourth quarter of 2017, in-fluenced by the transitory impact of the

recently-enacted tax reform law on con-sumer prices.

Although respondents cited the infla-tionary impact of the tax reform law on their less upbeat outlook in the first three months of the year, firms noted the posi-tive impact of tax reform on the next quar-ter.

Respondents with more positive out-look for the second quarter cited the fol-lowing expectations:

-usual increase in demand during sum-mer in view of an increase in number of local and foreign tourists, school enrol-ments, and the harvest season, as well as higher levels of household disposable in-come as a result of tax reform

-expected increase in government in-frastructure spending and higher tax rev-enues due to the TRAin law

-Business expansions, new projects,

and investment opportunities-Ongoing product developments, new

product lines, and enhanced marketing strategies

BSP Deputy Governor Diwa Guini-gundo said the bullish sentiment about the second quarter is preliminary and that the actual survey for the period will be con-ducted in April or may.

“We asked respondents what will be their outlook in the coming quarter and it turned out more optimistic for the second quarter,” Guinigundo said.

The first quarter survey was conducted on January 8 to February 22 with 1,469 companies surveyed nationwide. Respon-dents were drawn from the securities and exchange Commission list of Top 7,000 corporations in 2010 and Business World’s Top 1,000 corporations in 2015. (GMA News)

Business sector optimism fell during the first three months of the year, influenced by the transitory impact of the recently-enacted tax re-form law on consumer prices, results of the latest Bangko sentral ng Pilipinas Business expectations survey showed Friday.

The overall confidence in-dex (Ci) slipped to 39.5 per-cent in the first quarter of 2018 from 43.3 percent in the fourth quarter of 2017, BsP director for economic statistics Rosa-bel Guerrero said in a briefing in manila.

“Concerns cited by firms over the transitory impact on consumer prices with the implementation of the Tax Re-form for Acceleration and in-clusion (TRAin) law on con-sumer prices also contributed to the lower outlook,” Guer-rero said.

still, the Ci remained in

positive territory.“Business outlook on the

economy for first quarter 2018 turned less optimistic while remaining positive,” Guerrero noted.

“This indicates that the number of optimists declined but continued to be greater than the number of pessimist during the quarter,” she added.

The less upbeat quarter-on-quarter outlook was primarily due to the following factors:

-usual slowdown in busi-ness activity and moderation of consumer demand after the holiday and harvest seasons

-Rising fuel prices largely influenced by higher interna-tional prices of crude oil and the increase in excise taxes on petroleum products

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seVeRAL factors have pushed commodity prices up in January including profiteer-ing made by some businesses after the Tax Reform Acceler-ation and inclusion (TRAin) Law took effect that month, an official of the Department of Finance (DOF) said Thursday.

Inflation zoomed to 3.95 percent in January, the fastest in over three years, but still within the central bank’s full-year target of 2 to 4 percent.

At a press briefing in Mala-cañang, Finance undersecre-tary Karl Kendrick Chua said that based on calculations of government economists, only 0.7 percent of inflation for 2018 is attributable to the ef-fects of TRAin.

“now, actually, what we think is the real driver of high-er inflation aside from possible profiteering is that the tobacco industry is now paying the right taxes,” Chua said.

“Tobacco inflation actu-ally in January was 17.4 per-cent when we expect it only to increase by 8 percent. And this is likely to be due to one company [mighty Corp. under Japan Tobacco] which is now paying the right taxes after be-ing caught smuggling and pro-ducing illicit cigarette. in fact, that company, under the new management, is now paying almost two billion more per month,” the DOF official said.

Fish inflation was higher at 12 percent but Chua said this likely reflects the close-season of fishing (November to Feb-ruary) and recent typhoon in the Visayas.

Products directly affected by the excise tax did not see much higher prices.

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BACOLOD CITY -- The Negros Occi-dental provincial government turned over PHP2.4 million worth of chicken layer production project to various recipients in rites held at the Capitol negosyo Center in this city, march 1.

Governor Alfredo marañon Jr. led the turn-over rites with Provincial Veterinary Office (PVO) head Renante Decena.

The project included 30 units of layer cages with ready-to-lay pullets which cost P80,000 each.

The recipients included paravets as-sociations, local government units, state colleges and universities, and the negros First ministries Association.

The governor told the beneficiaries to make good use of their livelihood proj-ects.

He said the success of the project lies in their hands, and it is up to them to grow and eventually improve the quality of their lives.

As support to the project implementa-tion, the PVO initiated a training on Layer Production and management under the

negros First Animal Livelihood Program Layer Project.

Resource speakers Dr. Regel Manuel, Ryan Ymalay and Jasmin Marie Gerona discussed Layer Health management, Layer Feeding and nutrition, and Quality egg and marketing.

For this year, the PVO has allotted al-most PHP40 million worth of develop-ment projects aimed to further strengthen the province’s livestock and poultry in-dustry, which includes the PHP6-million free-range chicken farm and hatchery de-velopment. (PNA)

A siLiCOn Valley-based start-up said it would hire Filipino data scientists and software engineers, seeking to make the country a global hub for artifi-cial intelligence.

Contrary to fears in the out-sourcing industry, Ai is a “job creator, not a job replacer,” said Derek Meyer, CEO of machine learning solutions provider Wave Computing.

“We think this is a great op-portunity to create the jobs here. We’re not trying to export talent outside the Philippines, we’re try-ing to harness the skill sets that are here,” meyer said Wednesday.

Wave Computing will ini-tially hire 20 personnel for its Philippine office, he said.

There are 2 billion comput-ers running 20 billion programs worldwide and this requires 12,000 to 20,000 data scientists to run them, meyer said.

“That’s a real challenge and this is an area where we see a lot of growth opportunity in job creation in the space of data sci-ence,” he said.

machine learning opportuni-ties are present across industries including retail, financial servic-es and manufacturing, he said.

Wave Computing is working with local universities to enhance their Ai programs and produce highly-skilled graduates, he said.

socioeconomic Planning sec. ernesto Pernia in January urged the BPO industry to up-grade its workers’ skills, saying growth in the sector was slowing as companies look increasingly towards artificial intelligence.

According to the iT and Business Process Outsourcing Association of the Philippines’ road map, 43,000 low-skilled workers could lose their jobs, from 2016 to 2022 but at the same time, there will be open-ings for 697,000 middle to high-skilled jobs. (ABS-CBN News)

THe Philippines’ manufactur-ing purchasing managers’ index (Pmi) posted improvements in February despite pressures in the domestic market.

Global industry monitor iHs markit reported Thursday that the country’s manufacturing Pmi last month slowed down to 50.8 from January’s score of 51.7.

it noted that February’s in-dex was also the second lowest reading for the Philippines in the manufacturing Pmi survey history.

Pmi is an indicator of the health of a country’s manu-facturing sector based on five

major indicators — new orders, inventory, production, supplier deliveries, and employment en-vironment.

indices above 50 signal im-provements in the manufactur-ing sector, while readings be-low 50 show deterioration.

The report noted Philippine-based factories in February scaled up their production due to higher demand. Purchasing activity likewise increased last month.

moreover, iHs markit said despite the improvement in purchasing in February, this did not translate to a higher build-up of inventories last month as

OnLine hiring in the Philippines increased by 13 percent in December 2017 on the back of the coun-try’s strong economic growth, data released by on-line jobs portal monster.com showed Thursday.

The monster employment index (mei)—a monthly gauge of online job posting activity in the Philippine- showed online recruitment in-creased to 102, up 13 percent from 90 in 2016.

The online hiring growth in December was also the highest recorded for 2017.

“The Philippines has solidly positioned it-self as a shining spot for economic expansion this year, with a strong gross domestic product (GDP) growth projection and an overall growth momentum that fell well within targets,” sanjay modi, managing director of monster.com for Asia Pacific and Middle East, said.

“This can be attributed to a few factors, includ-ing the country’s expansion in export activities and an increase in domestic demand and growth in public sector investment. such optimism

has definitely provided some peace of mind for employers considering a rise in headcount this year,” modi said.

For 2017, monster.com said online hiring in the Philippines recorded an average 6 percent growth.

Hiring spiked in the retail sector, which posted a 25-percent growth, with an average 19-percent increase in hiring in 2017, from 12 percent on average in 2016.

The information technology-business process outsourcing sector posted an 8-percent growth in online hiring, while the banking sector saw a 16-percent increase in e-recruitment activities.

Hiring activity for human resources and ad-min roles grew by 15 percent.

The monster employment index is a monthly analysis of online job posting activity in the Phil-ippines, based on real-time review of employ-ment opportunities culled from online career outlets. (GMA News)

THe government’s tax reform program will only account for 0.7 percent of inflation this year, the national economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said Thursday.

“socioeconomic Planning secretary ernesto m. Per-nia noted that based on the agency’s calculations, only 0.7 percent (at most) of infla-tion for 2018 is attributable to the effects of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and inclusion (TRAIN) law,” NEDA said in an emailed statement.

Inflation—the rate at which consumer prices grow—accel-erated to 4.0 percent in Janu-ary, the fastest in over three years.

The BsP then attributed the acceleration to the combina-tion of the first round effects of TRAin and higher excise taxes.

“Part of the reason for the recent inflation is expectations that the tax reform would in-deed increase prices,” Pernia said Thursday.

President Rodrigo Duterte signed into law the proposed Tax Reform for Acceleration and inclusion (TRAin) Act in December. It took effect in January, lowering the personal income tax and expanding the value-added tax (VAT) base.

Pernia also said that certain merchants could have taken advantage of the passage of the TRAin law by raising prices ahead of its implementation.

“it is also possible that certain merchants have taken advantage of the situation by raising the prices of their goods prematurely. it is so easy to point a finger at TRAIN,” he said.

This was echoed by Finance undersecretary Karl Kendrick Chua at a press briefing at the Palace on Thursday.

According to NEDA Under-secretary for Policy and Plan-ning Rosemarie edillon, the increase in prices of food com-modities such as corn and meat.

“These inflationary expec-tations can be tempered by further increasing the supply of goods and services. This can be done by encouraging more investments or for exist-ing firms to expand produc-tion,” she said.

“For these, the second round of tax reform, or TRAin 2, is critical. This should be accompanied by the passage of the ease of doing business bill,” she added.

The Department of Finance (DOF) on January 15 submit-ted the second package of the tax reform program to Con-gress, seeking to reduce cor-porate income tax (CiT) rates and modernize fiscal incen-tives.

On Wednesday, the central bank said it expects inflation to accelerate further to as high as 4.8 percent in February, driven by higher utility rates and ex-cise taxes. (GMA News)

NegOcc distributesP2.4-M livelihood aid

TRAIN to contribute 0.7% to inflation in 2018 — NEDA

PHL online hiring up 13% in December 2017 —Monster.com

PH manufacturing sector still healthy in Februaryfirms preferred to tap current stocks.

Delivery times were short-ened in February, which was first since August 2017, due to improved delivery efficiency. The report said supply chain constraints eased last month.

On the other hand, employ-ment dropped last month, “re-flecting an ongoing lack of ca-

pacity pressure”.meanwhile, the iHs markit

survey noted the effects of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and inclusion (TRAin) Law on the sector.

“survey data suggested the new excise taxes, which were implemented at the start of the year, continued to have an ad-verse impact on demand,” iHs

markit Principal economist Bernard Aw said.

“While the influence of tax reforms is expected to fade in coming months, price pres-sures could still become more entrenched on rising imported inflation, which will add to calls for the Bangko sentral ng Pilipinas to raise interest rates,” Aw added. (PNA)

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cluding P1.22 billion for the production of body shells and P766.5 million for large plastics, the BOi said in a statement.

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A GROWinG economy is driving demand for big bikes in the Philippines, elevating the status of the motorcycle that is more associated with utility than leisure, Japan’s Honda said.

Honda brought its big bikes to manila during the Christmas Season last year, challenging early market entrants Harley Da-vidson and Ducati. The company was “slightly conservative” on the Philippines, said Honda Pilippines president and CeO Daiki Mihara.

Honda expects to sell around 500 big bikes this year, com-pared to 500,000 small models it sold last year, he said. The company had long relied on small engine bikes used for com-muting and deliveries to drive sales in the Philippines.

“The economy grows, then maybe people also look for big bikes for leisure, not only for commuting purpose,” mihara said.

The company decided to bring its big bikes to the coun-try after a flurry of requests from the motorcycle community, many of which were for the 500cc Rebel cruiser, he said.

The 471cc Rebel is the least expensive model in Honda’s big bikes lineup, but it’s by no means cheap. With a starting price of P369,000, it is more than eight times the price of Hon-da’s cheapest commuter model, the Wave 110 Alpha, which costs P44,900.

its most expensive bike in the lineup, the CBR 1000RR su-perbike, has a starting price of P1.35 million, which is more than the P1.138 million price of the 1.8-liter Honda Civic sedan.

Big bike sales are unlikely to be affected by the tax reform law, as the company is targeting the affluent segment of the market, he said. (ABS-CBN News)

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sin Tax every year ay may four percent adjustment, pero mababa rin siya,” Chua said.

Chua assured concerned government agencies are do-ing their job in going after businesses taking advantage of the implementation of the law by raising prices of their goods prematurely.

“Ang ginagawa natin since the first day of TRAIN is DTI [Department of Trade and In-

DOF... from p.B1dustry] and DOE [Department of energy] have been going around monitoring prices and some of them were captured well in the media,” he said.

“iyong mga nahuling mas mataas sa sRP [suggested retail price] pinagsabihan at marami namang nag-roll back ng price and besides there are many other factors that we should consider. so we just have to be vigilant, continue our work in monitoring and for the public to inform the government kung

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The government has repeat-edly touted the benefits of the TRAin Law, which provides income tax cuts for the major-ity of Filipino taxpayers while raising additional funds to help support the government’s accelerated spending on its ?infrastructure and social ser-vices programs.

The DOF had said 99 per-cent of the country’s popu-lation will benefit from the

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Chua added the govern-ment began last month the distribution of P200 monthly subsidy for over 10 million poor households to offset the increase in prices due to the higher excise taxes imposed by TRAin. (GMA News)

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FILMMAKERS (from left) Dennis Hubag, Cyrus Balasabas, Reymundo Salao, Kenneth De la Cruz, Jay Palmares, Toto Genoveza, Skim Guevarra, and Kyle Fermindoza meet for the Annual Traditional Film-makers Send-Off last Feb 19, 2018 at Madge Cafe, Atria.

By isaBella Marie a. ZerruDo

THe circle of Western Visayan filmmakers creates a solid support

system for its roster of talents and one way to shows their support is through the Annual Traditional Filmmakers send-Off for the nationwide Cinema Rehiyon.

The latest send-off event was held at madge Cafe-Atria last Feb 19, 2018 and orga-nized by Reymundo salao and Noel De Leon, coordinators of the Western Visayas Filmmak-ers network (WVFn).

Region VI boasts of 12 film-makers who were sent to rep-resent Western Visayas during this year’s Cinema Rehiyon, which is the twice the number of delegates that were chosen last year and the biggest num-ber of delegates from Western Visayas since it joined Cinema Rehiyon.

The films and filmmakers chosen were:

High Tide by Tara illen-berger

Bawod by Tm malones manggagarab by Kyle Fer-

mindoza

Filmmakers hold send-off for WV’s Cinema Rehiyon delegates

iloy by Gary Tabanera empyreus: mga Ganhaan

Sang Pagtilaw by Dennis Hu-bag

Luha sang Bulalakaw by Kenneth De la Cruz

ugsad by Kenneth Borlan Hunahuna ni Lola ising by

Cyrus Balasabas Dalit by Belle Kay Loyola singgit sang nalisdan by

Caro navarrete Alibungan by matthew Pi-

odena

Asu by Enzo DilagThe send-off serves as a

venue for local filmmakers to share tips and experience that will help the new batch of Western Visayan delegates for Cinema Rehiyon prepare for the big event which runs from Feb 26 to 28 in manila.

Salao is confident in the “rich” potential and skill of Region VI’s filmmakers say-ing that “we’re blessed be-cause we are very rich (in)

really great filmmakers and we’re hoping that there will be more to come.”

Rest assured that the Cin-ema Rehiyon delegates are not the only cream of the crop be-cause, as salao says, “damo-damo pa gid sang mga nami nga filmmakers and films sa bilog nga Western Visayas.”

Salao hopes that Iloilo’s film culture will continue to flour-ish until it becomes “a center for regional filmmaking”.

THROuGHOuT her glitter-ing 15 years in showbiz, sarah Geronimo has bagged her fair share of awards, including inter-national ones.

On Wednesday, the superstar singer added another as she was recognized as the “Best Philip-pine Act” at the international Golden Panther music Awards 2018 in New York.

The recognition was based on votes from fans.

The international Golden Pan-ther music Awards is described

as an awards ceremony honoring the “world’s best-selling artists.”

Viva, the talent agency that handles Geronimo’s career, shared the happy news a day be-fore the singer’s showbiz anni-versary.

On this day back in 2003, she joined “star For A night,” the sing-ing competition that paved the way towards her stardom.

she will be holding a concert at the smart Araneta Coliseum on April 14 to celebrate her newest milestone. (ABS-CBN News)

Sarah G voted ‘Best Philippine Act’ at awards show in New York

DURING the media launch of the 13th MYX Music Awards, PUSH caught up with “Male Artist of the Year” nominee TJ Monterde where he talked about his girlfriend KZ Tandin-gan’s stint in the hit Chinese reality singing competition singer 2018.

But how far does TJ think will KZ go in Singer 2018? We got the answer straight from the “Dating Tayo” singer himself.

“Ako technically, musically as an artist myself - kayang kaya niya manalo. Versatile si KZ. Sobrang lahat kaya na. Nakita na-man natin ‘yung first performance niya “Rolling in the deep” very powerful. may rap. Pangalawang performance napaiyak tayong lahat at foreign language [pa]. so that’s how versatile she is. so ako i think sayang-kayo niya manual,” he said.

KZ is also nominated in three categories at this year’s MYX Music Awards including Female Artist of the Year and Artist of the Year.

Asked how proud he is of KZ, he said, “Super proud. Not just as a boyfriend but fan ako. I’m a KZ-er. Bilang Pilipino din.” (Push.com)

How far will KZ go in Singer 2018? TJ Monterde weighs in

seVen outstanding radio per-sonalities and three radio pro-grams were honored at the “Tin-gog kag Handurawan Awards” held at smX Convention Center in Bacolod City recently.

TheAwards, held in line with the 4th World Radio Day cel-ebration in Bacolod, was an initiative of the Bacolod City government, in partnership with the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP) - negros Occidental Chapter.

The awards night highlighted the World Radio Day celebra-tion in the city, with the theme, “Bacolod City @ 80: Celebrat-ing the Power of Radio,” which coincided with the 80th year of Bacolod as a city.

The awardees were:-Rex Cantong (Aksyon Radyo)–

Best Anchorman of the Year-Jaz de Jesus madrigal (Bom-

bo Radyo) – Best Radio Host of the Year

-Jemlo Victosa (RMN - DYHB) – Best Reporter of the Year

-Joemarie Regalado (Bombo Radyo) –Best Male Drama Tal-ent of the Year

-Elna Dela Cruz (RMN – DYHB)–Best Female Drama Talent of the Year

-Gerard Andrade (Rmn – DYHB) – Office Administration and management

-Ranel Bagonoc (Rmn – DYHB) – Technical and Engi-neering

-“ini ang Akon Problema” –Best Radio Drama of the Year

-“maria Labo, Aswang,” (a character created by Rey Alejandrino of then Radyo Ag-ong) — icon of Radio (negros Occidental)

-“ini ang Akon Kabuhi” (Bombo Radyo)—special Ci-tation for Drama

mayor evelio Leonardia and former KBP - negros Occiden-tal Chapter chairman serafin “Jopy” Plotria Jr. led the giving of awards.

“i believe that one of the com-pelling reasons why we have to celebrate the World Radio Day is because, even with the advent of social media, it cannot be denied that radio has played a big, big role in our day-to-day lives and in our developments not just as a city but as a society,” said Leonardia.

Leonardia also administered the oath of the new set of officers of KBP- negros Occidental.

The officers are: Fr. Jonas sumagaysay—chairman; Clif-ford nolido – vice chairman; nona magbanua—secretary; Paul moles—treasurer; Loel Katalbas—auditor; standard Performance Officers— Serafin “Jopy” Plotria Jr., Ferdinand Tan, and edgar

Lucasan; Board of Directors— Francis muñoz, Jerry mayordo, Divine Grace Cuello, Jeony Bigay, Grace Visitacion, mary Ann Flores and edmund Garingana.

Prior to the Awards night, both Am and Fm radio stations in Bacolod held a motorcade at downtown Bacolod on Feb. 19.

immediately after the mo-torcade, they opened the World Radio Day Exhibit at SM City Bacolod, where the one-week exhibit was displayed at the northwest Bridgeway Lobby.

Leonardia issued executive Order no. 4 in January this year constituting the committee for the World Radio Day celebra-

tion in Bacolod, with Danny Dangcalan, acting head of the City Public Information Office, as the overall chairman.

This year’s theme, “Bacolod City @ 80: Celebrating the Power of Radio” highlighted the indis-pensable role of radio in the de-velopment of Bacolod through the years, with added significance as the city marks its 80th year of city-hood this year, Dangcalan said.

This was now the 4th World Radio Day celebration in Ba-colod. it started in 2015 after the passage of City Ordinance 08-14-792 series of 2014, authored by then councilor Alex Paglu-motan.(Bacolod City PIO)

COMMUNITYuardianthe dailyG Western Visayas Most

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DINO V. Porcioncula, 21, opted to work in the government immediately after earning his Bachelor’s Degree in Computer science.

Porcioncula said he was so enthusiastic to land a job im-mediately after graduation and the opportunity to work with the government through the Government internship Program (GiP) was a perfect timing.

He was assigned to the Technical Support Services Division (TSSD) of the Department of Labor and Employment Re-gional Office 6. He assisted in the evaluation of documents of sPes or the special Program for employment of students.

“it (task) wasn’t as easy as others may think it is. Although the work was not too technical, we were made to feel that every task in the Department is important. We felt our sig-nificance,” he said.

Porcioncula is a GiP intern from April to October 2017. His dream is to help his parents (his father is a laborer and his mother is a housewife) send his younger sibling to school.

“At first, I only wanted to work. Then, when I started to work at the DOLE, I wanted to be a government employee. In DOLE, I learned to have the passion for what I do and that is public service. The passion that i have witnessed from my co-employees is contagious, and as an intern, i thought it is just proper to give the same passion as theirs,” Dino said when asked why he decided to work as a GiP intern.

For a short period of six months, Porcioncula demonstrated laudable performance as a sPes evaluator. Because of this, the DOLE RO6 decided to absorb him as a project-based employee for the Jobstart program.

“His talents and skills are what the government looks for in an employee. He works fast and goes the extra mile. Another factor why we decided to absorb him is that he is already familiar with how the Office works,” said Austine Shane J. Fantilaga, DOLE RO6 JobStart Focal Person when asked why the office absorbed Porcioncula as a project-based employee.

Porcioncula was only one of the 100 interns who was ab-sorbed by several government agencies which implemented GiP here in Region 6 in 2017.

“i may say that the program is not perfect. it has still many rooms for improvement. However, one significant learning I have acquired during my internship period was that govern-ment service is a good venue for diverse learning. it entails a lot of sacrifices, but I would say they are few of the sweetest sacrifices I have done in my life,” Porcioncula said.

In 2017, DOLE Region 6 engaged a total of 1,852 poor/indigent high school, tech-voc and college graduates to earn the necessary work experience in the government.

7 outstanding radio personalities, 3 programs honored in Bacolod

REX Cantong of Aksyon Radyo receive the Best Anchorman of the Year from Mayor Evelio Leonardia and former KBPP- Negros Oc-cidental chairman Serafin “Jopy” Plotria.(Bacolod City PIO)

MAYOR Evelio Leonardia administers the oath of the new officers of KBP-Negros Occidental.(Bacolod City PIO)

sOuTHeRn Leyte state university and univer-sity (sLsu) of the Philippines Visayas inked their commitments to strengthen capability-building programs in fisheries and aquatic sciences and sustain technology development projects through a memorandum of understanding they signedat the uPV Tacloban Collegerecently.

Chancellor Ricardo Babaran and Vice Chan-cellor for Research and extension Rolly Fuentes represented uPV. sLsu President Prose ivy Guasa-Yepes signed on behalf of their institution and was witnessed by sLsu Vice President for Research, Development, and Extension, Francis Ann sy.

The collaboration of the two institutions foresees to generate more plans that will foster and implement skills development programs, which is a strategy of creating new knowledge and thrive with the advancement of technology. These programs will prosper through the utiliza-tion of existing resources and group of expertise of both universities.

moreover, uPV and sLsu will collaborate for the furtherance of their common goals in line with research, practice on instructions, implementa-tion of training and extension services, use of facilities and intellectual property rights.

The mOu between the two institutions will remain effective for five years. (UPVTC)

UPV, SLSU sign MOU on collaborative

agenda

By lenilyn B. Gallos

A GROuP of faculty members and staff of the negros Oriental state university (nORsu) visited the uP Visayas (uPV) miagao campus, located about 40 kilometres southwest of iloilo City recently.

The visitors toured the facilities of the College of Fisheries and Ocean sciences (CFOs) par-

ticularly those of the institute of Fish Processing Technology (iFPT) and institute of Aquaculture (iA). The guests wanted to know and observe some of the best practices in research, develop-ment, and extension (RDE) of the University.

“Through sharing of RDE experience and prac-tices, we aim to improve the delivery of RDEs in our respective university,” stated nORsu exten-sion Director Jessie Cecilia A. Leyva.

Leyva and her group had a meeting with Vice Chancellor for Research and extension Rolly Fuentes.

nORsu has nine (9) campuses located in strategic areas across the province of negros Oriental, namely: Dumaguete (2) campuses, Bais (2) campuses, Bayawan-sta. Catalina Campus, siaton Campus, Guihulngan Campus, Pamplona Campus and mabinay Campus.

NORSU representatives visit UPV

By leonarD t. PineDa i

THE Department of Agriculture (DA)-6 said local government units play important role to prevent rabies.

Dr. Pacifico Lumawag, DA-6 regional rabies coordinator, said LGus need to strengthen their ef-forts in rabies prevention and control as mandated by Republic Act no. 9482 or the Anti-Rabies Act of 2007.

“The local government units are encouraged to reactivate their respective municipal rabies control committee,” he said.

The DA-6 will distribute 62,900 vials of vac-cines to the 6 Western Visayas this quarter. The region received P22-million rabies vaccines from the Bureau of Animal industry (BAi) last week.

The 6 provinces in Region 6 have allocations of vaccines depending on their dog population. T

here are 6,400 vials of rabies vaccine allocated

for the province of Aklan, Antique-4,000 vials, Capiz-6,000 vials, Guimaras- 4,000 vials, iloilo- 17,000 vials, iloilo City-4,000 vials, negros Occidental- 17,500 vials and Bacolod City with 4,000 vials.

Lumawag said that these vaccines can be used to vaccinate 70 percent of the total dog population in WV this year.

Meanwhile, DA-6 lead the celebration of the national Rabies Awareness month through the conduct of the 1st iloilo “Kaadlawan sang mga ido” at the City Time square, Gaisano iloilo Center, iloilo City, march 2.

Pet owners enjoyed ree free medical mission for their dogs, including services such as neuter and spay, rabies vaccination, check-up and con-sultation.

DA-6 conducted a free seminar on proper han-dling and care of dogs and mounted exhibits and a dog fashion show. (PIA6 Iloilo)

DA-6 calls LGUs to help prevent rabies

Government Internship Program beneficiary

lives his dream

the TRAIN law, a significant number of businesses noted the positive impact of the tax reform, Guerrero said.

“They mentioned the impact of ex-cise tax on fuel, sweetened beverages... but they’re also quite familiar with the positive aspect of the TRAin law such as lower income tax rates translating to higher disposable income, increase in productive capacity, and more infra-structure,” BSP Deputy Governor Diwa Guinigundo said. (GMA News)

Officer) chief Jose Roni Peñalosa, and BPLO (Business Permit and Licensing Office) chief Norman Tabud. LEIPO is the Board’s secretariat.

The services of the Board is voluntary. Their tasks is to help ensure the contin-ued influx of investments in the metro.

The city and the Board are prepar-ing for the 1st British Chamber of Com-merce Philippines Trade mission on march 8-9, 2018 to be held at Rich-monde Hotel iloilo.

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By ancel Marie B. MonDia

TAGBAC elementary school at Barangay Tagbac sur, Oton, iloilo, became a learning site of the Agricultural Training institute-

Regional Training Center Vi in 2010.With an area of 5,973 square meters, it is an in-

tegrated diversified school garden which produces fruits and vegetables to supplement the school’s feeding program.

Using the Integrated Diversified Organic Farm-ing system, it also produces vermicast, herbs, and potted plants which are sold to augment school needs.

As a forerunner in the implementation of the Gulayan sa Paaralan program of the Departments of education and Agriculture in the collaboration with the Agricultural Training institute, the lo-

cal government of Oton, the community, and the teachers through school head emma Caballero, it grew from being the smallest school in Oton to one of the prime sites of agri-eco tourism in Western Visayas.

it all started in 2003 when Caballero found out that the learners of the school were suffering from malnutrition which resulted in poor academic per-formance, high incidence of repeaters, and frequent absenteeism.

To solve the problem, she participated in the programs of the Department of Agriculture and applied her knowledge on the school’s condition.

With the help of the government and donors, the status of the school improved as its learners excelled in school competitions.

Caballero has proven that through hard work and dedication, progress is attainable.

An agricultural learning siteTagbac Elementary School: