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DAVAO City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte endorses Misis Hanep-Buhay Cynthia Villar, who is running as senator for the midterm 2013 elections.

Group declares waragainst poll cheaters

XU High School alumni sign the Manifesto of Support Pro-vision and Engagement for the forthcoming May 13, 2013 elections during the launching on April 9, 2013 of Crusaders for HOPE (Honest, Orderly and Clean Elections) at the XU Satellite Canteen. Photo by Mike Banos, NPN

Preggy women preferto give birth at home

Last of two-part series

Pregnant women, espe-cially those who are poor, prefer to give birth at home because of costly deliveries in hospitals.

according to Delia na-ldo, 57, a resident of barangay Militar in Proj. 8, Quezon

By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL of Bulatlat.com

By BENJIE OLIVEROSof Bulatlat.com

ten years ago yesterday March 20, the US led the invasion and occupation of Iraq. the US Bush ad-ministration then justified the military action against

Iraq, worse off after 10 years of US occupation

City, her neighbor’s twins died because of complica-tions. She said that because giv ing bir th at home in Quezon City is prohibited, the mother who was about to give birth was not brought immediately to the hospital because the family has no

Iraq’s Saddam Hussein gov-ernment by claiming that Saddam – who was later executed by the US – has connections with al Qaeda

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Calling themselves “Cru-saders for HOPe” (Hon-est, Orderly, Peaceful elec-tions), some 2,500 active members of the University High School department bonded themselves into a formal organization that seeks “HOPe” by signing a manifesto of support provi-sion and engagement in the forthcoming May electoral exercise.

as affiliate of national

By CHENG ORDOÑEZ, BusinessDaily Executive editor

Xavier University’s High School alumni have formally inked a manifesto, declaring war against people or organizations out to disrupt the May polls and tamper with the real results in a meeting held during the araw ng Kagitingan yesterday, april 9, 2013, at the Xavier University main campus.

Citizens’ Movement for Free elections (naMFreL), the group commits themselves to anti-fraudulent activi-ties that are preventive in character, even as they vow to take full assistance on matters of (1) Logistics monitoring; (2) Poll Watch-ing; and (3) election results Verification.

“We will monitor and en-sure the security of election-related paraphernalia—from

the time of their delivery to deployment, storage, distribution, and retrieval for their accounting and audit,” the manifesto reads.

as for poll watching, the alumni association will as-sist naMFreL volunteers in steering the conduct of safe and orderly election in assigned precincts for the effective and efficient implementation of

By CHENG ORDONEZBusinessDaily

Executive editor

aFter almost a month of stay in Cagayan de Oro City, a rotarian from Brazil, who chose the Philippines over texas under the In-ternational rotary Club’s group Study exchange, it was difference in culture that made him decide to come. and now that his visit is almost over he told this writer that he wants to come back despite some unpleasant ordeals in traffic situations and difficulty in language communication.

Bruno rebello, business manager of Zebu, a publish-ing house in Uberlandia, Minas gerais State, Brazil, was one of the six

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POOR FARMER’S TREASURE. After a hard day’s work at his farm in Agusan del Sur, Tatay Pedro immediately cleans his plough to prevent it from rusting, saying he can’t afford to buy new and modern farming tools. Albeit backward, he said these are his prized possessions which helped his family sustain their daily needs.

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First of a series

DaVaO City––Her uncle’s sacrifice and the people’s support are keeping the Sulu sultan’s daughter positive that the Sabah dispute may end in favor of the Filipinos.

Sabah claim rests on people’s hands – Sulu Princess JacelDavao today sat down in

an interview with Princess Jacel Kiram, who came here last week for a series of forum on the Sabah issue.

Kiram said they have seen the worse happen in the past two months since her uncle raja Muda (Crown Prince) agbimuddin set course to Lahad Datu in

Sabah with 234 of his fol-lowers. Despite Malaysia’s air attacks on his uncle’s troops, and the Philippine government’s threat of legal suit against her father, the Sultan Jamalul Kiram III, for sanctioning the occu-pation of Sabah, Jacel said they remain firm on their stand that Sabah would be returned to the country.

“Bakit hindi tayo napa-pagod ay para hindi ma-sayang ang sakripisyo nila. tayo, ako na nandito ay magpatuloy sa paglaban (the reason we are here is not to make their sacrifice go to waste. We, myself will continue with this fight), we will not stop until we get back what is ours,” Jacel said in an interview.

‘Fight to their last breath’

raja Muda is staying put in the island with 161 re-maining followers, to “fight to their last breath.” How her uncle, the raja

Muda and his followers survived the ordeal is a wonder for Jacel. “Major-ity sa kanila, may mga may edad na (Most of them are old),” she said, adding that

the people who set sail with raja Muda beginning Feb-ruary 9 are mostly senior citizens, with the youngest in their 40s.

“Sa edad na yan, gusto pa ba nila magyera? (at that

age, do they want to start a war?),” Jacel said explaining her uncle and his followers, contrary to what is being largely portrayed by the media, only “wanted the rest of their years to be spent in Sabah, “hindi para mang-gulo, para maranasan ang pagbuhay sa sariling lupain (not to provoke conflict, but to experience living in their territory).”

the fact that only 22 of the royal Security Forces had arms for protection of the prince indicates such intention. “Hindi natin kaya mag-sustain ng war, di natin gusto ng ganito (We could not sustain war; we did not want that to happen),” she explained.

Jacel said raja Muda took this recourse after attempts by the Sultan to

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Republic of the Philippines

Department of Finance BUREAU OF CUSTOMS

Collection District X Port of Cagayan de Oro

NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUCTION

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2601 to 2610 of the Tariff and Customs Code of the Philippines, as

amended, in relation to CAO 10-2007 dated November 28, 2007 and other relevant Customs Memorandum Orders, there will be Public Auction Sale through Sealed Bidding, to be conducted by this Port on April 25, 2013 at 2:30 P.M., to be held at the Bureau of Customs Conference Room, Port Area, Cagayan De Oro City, the herein described articles in lot. Said articles shall be available for viewing from April 22-23 2013. When a failed bidding is declared, the second auction shall be conducted on the third business day following the first bidding, except as to perishable items/goods, which may be auctioned again on the following business day.

First Advertisement – “As Is Where Is”

Lot No.

Qty. Description of Articles for Auction Condition Location Floor Price (Pesos)

1 1 Mercedez Benz SL 320 (1994) used MCT-SP 350,000.00 2 1 Dodge Durango (1998) used MCT-SP 300,000.00 3 1 Ford Explorer ACYL (1996) used MCT-SP 300,000.00 4 1 Hyundai Sarex (Brown) used MCT-SP 120,000.00 5 1 Hyundai Starex (Silver) used MCT-SP 120,000.00 6 1 Hyundai Starex (Gray) used MCT-SP 120,000.00 7 1 Hyundai Starex (Green) used MCT-SP 120,000.00 8 1 Hyundai Starex (Green) used MCT-SP 120,000.00 9 1 Kia Bongo used MCT-SP 150,000.00

10 2 lots Copper Ores & 7,396 bags Copper ore lumpy Deteriorated MCT-SP 250,000.00 11 10x20 Vietnamese long grain white rice Deteriorated MCT-SP 800.00/sack 12 35x20 Indian white rice Deteriorated MCT-SP 850.00/sack 13 2 units Tractor 4wd/excavator used MCT-SP 200,000.00 14 1x40 3units & pkgs tractor 4wd used MCT-SP 200,000.00 15 1x20 1 pkg. Monocarboxylic acid Deteriorated MCT-SP 35,000.00 16 10x20’ Refined Sugar (Arrived May 18,2012) Deteriorated MCT-SP 800.00/sack

Basic Guidelines:

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

2. Payment of a non-refundable registration fee of PhP2,000.00. 3. Posting of duly receipted bond in cash or manager’s check in an amount Php20,000.00 . The bond shall be

refunded to the losing bidder after the closing of the auction. 4. Registration with the Chief, ACDD to be filed one (1) day before the date of actual bidding until an hour

immediately preceding the time of actual bidding; thereafter, registration is closed. 5. Submission of all participants, whether natural or juridical, (must submit together with the Bidder’s Information)

of their latest certified true copy of Income and Business Tax Returns duly stamped and received by the Bureau of Internal Revenue with a validated tax payment made thereon and other documents such as ID, Community Tax Certificate, Business permits or Certificate of Registration of Business Name issued by the Department of Trade and Industry.

6. All interested bidders for the rice and sugar must be registered/license grains wholesaler or retailer. (Copy of license/registration must be submitted to the Chairman at least two (2) days prior date of auction)

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

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

9. Payment with Manager’s Check to the Bureau of Customs, Port of Cagayan De Oro, shall bear the following: a. Pay to the order of Land Bank of the Philippines – Bureau of Customs, Port of Cagayan De Oro b. For credit of the Bureau of Customs c. For the account of: ______________________.

(Bidder)

For further details, please contact Deputy Collector for Administration Marvin B. Mison, Chairman, Auction and Cargo Disposal Committee or Ms. Jennifer L. Legaria, Port of Cagayan De Oro, Tel. No. (088) 856-8782.

ATTY. MA. LOURDES V. MANGAOANG District Collector of Customs

MDN: Apr 11 & 12, 2013

nOW on its 11th edition, aliwan Fiesta gets grand-er and more fun this year through its tie-up with the Department of tourism (DOt) and the tourism Promotions Board (tPB), also with the collaboration of the City of Manila, City of Pasay, Cultural Center of the Philippines, and Star City.

Dubbed as the “Mother of all Fiestas,” aliwan is a three-day event organized and founded in 2003 by the Manila Broadcasting

More Fun at aliwan Fiesta 2013Company (MBC). It has since become a yearly fes-tivity every april, gathering some of the country’s finest craftsmen, performers, and muses vying for the best float, best street dance, and the much-coveted reyna ng aliwan.

DOt Secretary ramon r. Jimenez Jr. welcomed this new partnership with MBC and said that aliwan is one of the highlight tourism activities for april. “there is no doubt aliwan Fiesta

is already one of the events in Manila that people look forward to every year. With the Department of tourism through the tourism Pro-motions Board partnering with MBC, we will make sure this year’s aliwan Fi-esta will be grander, louder, and more fun,” the tourism chief added.

“Our participation in this year’s edition adds more credibility to our more fun campaign as foreign spec-tators are able to witness

all the major festivals in one sweep. this benefits short-staying guests who will be able to understand our culture better through this extravaganza,” tPB Chief Operating Officer Domingo ramon C. ene-rio III.

Set from 11 – 13 april 2013, aliwan anticipates a robust regional representa-tion from aliwan Hall of Famer Dinagyang of Iloilo City, to Sinulog of Cebu City and Panagbenga of Baguio

City, to the up-and-coming festivities like the Pakalog Festival of Pasig City; Sam-bali Cagayana Festival of Cagayan; alikaraw Festival of Hilongos, Leyte; Padang-Padang Festival of Parang, Shariff Kabunsuan; and Me-limud Festival of South Upi, Maguindanao –which will all showcase the country’s diverse cultures through music, dance, and costumes.

With more than 5,000 participants from all over the country, CCP Complex

will be bustling with local and foreign tourists alike who can feast on a visual ex-travaganza, regional product bazaar, fashion show, street party, band concert, games, and a fireworks display.

as a yearly tradition, a grand parade of dancers and floats along roxas Boulevard starting from the Quirino grandstand and culminat-ing with a final showdown in front of Star City in the CCP Complex will cap off

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tHe Philippines’ largest national flag carrier, Cebu Pacific (PSe:CeB) boosts travel to leisure destinations in the Philippines and select aSean routes in a seat sale from april 10 to 12, 2013 or until seats last.

For travel from June 1 to august 31, 2013, trav-elers can buy P399 seats from Manila to Dumaguete, Kalibo, Legazpi or naga. the same P399 seat sale fare is available from Cebu to Busuanga, Camiguin, Caticlan, Puerto Princesa or Siargao; from Davao to Kalibo; and from Iloilo to Puerto Princesa.

Meanwhile, P699 seats are up for grabs from Ma-nila to Busuanga, Caticlan, Puerto Princesa or tagbi-laran; and from Davao to Puerto Princesa.

“We encourage book-ing these seat sale fares in advance, since this travel period is also considered off-peak in the Philippines. aside from air fare savings, guests can already begin scouting for the best hotel offers through our partner www.agoda.com, and plan-ning their trip itineraries,” said CeB VP for Marketing and Distribution Candice Iyog.

“these are some of the Philippines’ top diving, beach, surfing and eco-adventure destinations. they serve as gateways to marine sanctuaries, world-renowned surf spots, under-water wrecks, among many others. We hope our seat sale will enable even more local and foreign tourists to visit these destinations,” she added.

Select aSean routes are also up for grabs for as low as P999. For travel from May 1 to September 30, 2013, guests can buy P999 seats from Manila to Kota Kinabalu, and from Clark or Iloilo to Singapore.

For travel June 1 to Sep-tember 30, 2013, passengers can buy P999 seats from Manila to Brunei, Siem reap, Bali, Kuala Lumpur, Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh; as well as from Clark or Cebu

CeB launches leisure, aSean routes seat sale as low as P399

n Flights from Dubai also on saleto Bangkok.

those traveling from Manila or Cebu to Singa-pore, or from Manila to Bangkok can also buy P1,499 seats, while those headed from Manila to Jakarta can buy P1,899 seats.

CeB also holds a spe-cial seat sale from april 10-15, 2013 only for those buying tickets originating from Dubai only. the seat sale fare starts at aeD100 from Dubai to Manila, for travel from October 7 to December 31, 2013.

Quoted fares are ex-clusive of check-in bag-gage allowance, taxes, fuel surcharges and admin fees.

the airline is set to pio-neer direct services between Cebu and Camiguin on april 15, 2013. Direct flights between Cebu and Masbate will be launched on June 1, 2013. CeB will also launch its Cebu-taipei service on July 5, 2013 and its Manila-Dubai service on October 7, 2013.

For bookings and inqui-ries, guests can go to www.cebupacificair.com, or call the reservation hotlines (02)7020-888 or (032)230-8888. the latest seat sales can also be found on CeB’s official twitter and Face-book pages.

those sti l l booking flights may also sign up to be a CeB Club member through the Cebu Pacific website, for seat sale alerts, easy management of flights and travel funds, and a faster booking process.

CeB currently operates 10 airbus a319, 25 airbus a320 and 8 atr-72 500 aircraft.

Its fleet of 43 aircraft is one of the most modern aircraft fleets in the world. Between 2013 and 2021, Cebu Pacific will take deliv-ery of 17 more airbus a320 and 30 airbus a321neo aircraft orders.

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BUTUaN - Ten mining companies in the Caraga region have pledged to support the “adopt-a-estero” program of the Department of environment and Natural resources (DeNr), in an effort to rehabilitate the country’s rivers, creeks and other waterways.

Caraga mining firms supports DENR’s Adopt-a-Estero program

Denr-Caraga executive Director Leonardo Sibbaluca identif ied the mining companies to have forged a memorandum of agreement for the development of a comprehensive program to address water pollution in the region, as Philisaga Mining Company, MrL gold Philippines Inc., Celebes Coconut Oil, taganito Mi n i ng C or p or at i on , Oriental Vision Mining Philippines Inc., Platinum group Mining Corporation, Shenzou Mining group Company, Marc Ventures Mi n i ng D e ve l opme nt Company SMrI and aaM

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Director for Protected area, Wildlife and Coastal Zone Management Mario L. eludo and environmental M a n a g e m e n t B u r e a u regional Director ester O l i v a d e s s i g n e d t h e agreement for Denr during the regional celebration of the World Water Day on March 22, 2011 at the Denr regional training Center.

“Our rivers, water bodies, and waterways have long been exposed to the impact of rapid urban population growth, (while the) huge volume of silt, wastes, and

other debris have affected waterways thus, becoming a threat to public health and safety," edulo said.

there are 28 rivers in Caraga region, according to him.

Under the agreement, the parties concerned shall coordinate with each other and agree to determine the necessity of, and to the extent possible, plan for dredging and desilting of the river they have “adopted”, and provide for other remedial measures such as planting of bamboos and other plant species along the riverbanks, rip-rapping,

coco-matting and greening of linear parks.

the Denr, through the eMB, shall ensure that measures applied to reduce pollution of the adopted river by the mining companies are consistent with the overall initiative of the Denr in improving the qualities of water bodies in the country.

Further, the eMB shall facilitate actions against violators of republic act no. 9003 or the ecological Solid Waste Management act, and ra 9275 or the Clean Water act.

all the participating companies shall also assist the Denr in information and education campaigns and community mobilization

as well as in soliciting the cooperation and support for the program with concerned local government units.

t h e a g r e e m e nt i s effective immediately and shall remain in force for a period of three years. In the long run, the regulated and efficient operation will result in a better and cleaner environment. (Denr/asf)

SUriGaO CiTY - around 300 protesters flocked to the office of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) in Caraga region Friday to strongly demand anew the implementation of the temporary environmental protection order (TePO) issued by the court against Marc ventu re M i n i ng Development Corporation (MMDC).

the protesters from various civil society groups, lambasted MgB regional director roger de Dios for apparently disregarding a new directive from the MgB main office in Manila to implement the court order.

the MgB main office, in a letter dated March 15 issued by acting assistant director elmer Billedo, reminded De Dios that he should not disregard the tePO issued by the regional trial Court of Cantilan, Surigao del Sur in 2010

S i n c e M a r c h 1 1 , residents from Surigao del Sur and Surigao del norte provinces have been picketing the MgB regional office to demand the tePO’s implementation.

“the regional director [De Dios] promised us during our dialogue last March 13 that he will inform us of any order that will come from Manila on the matter of the tePO.

But he hid this new order from us. It is only recently that we’ve discovered the [new] letter addressed to his office. this is a clear sign of how treacherous he is,” said Chito trillanes, Diocesan Social action Center spokesperson.

at the t ime of the dialogue, De Dios declined the protesters’ demand to implement the tePO because he has not received any direct order from the court or the MgB main office. He then promised the protesters he will inform him them of any order from the main office.

trillanes said they felt cheated by De Dios when he did not inform them about the March 15 letter from the MgB main office.

O n March 1 9 , D e Dios decided to conduct a community inspection, inviting leaders of the protesters, whom he later left behind in Carrascal town “because of the bad road condition,” trillanes recalled.

trillanes said they later found out that De Dios did not visit the affected area and did not interview community members.

Citing farmers, irrigators and the people waiting for the MgB official in the area, trillanes added that De Dios reportedly went instead with MMDC personnel

Hundreds of protesters push TEPO

implementation By Erwin Mascariñas

who guided him to “areas the company only wants to be inspected.”

Outraged by what they described as betrayal by the MgB regional officials, an estimated 300 people from various organizations joined Friday those who have been picketing the agency’s office for two weeks now.

Dr. Isidro Olan, executive director of Lovers of nature Foundation, Inc. called De Dios’ action a “clear sign of disregarding the law.”

“the court order has been given, and an order from the MgB central office has been forwarded, but De Dios had remained steadfast on his stand not to facilitate and implement the tePO. For someone who is supposed to be protecting the environment, this is a clear disregard [of the law],” said Olan.

Olan, who survived an ambush last year, called for various sectors to join in and condemn De Dios’ action.

“ t h i s i s a b u s e o f authority, a court ruling has been made but he has taken us for a fool. It is very obvious what he is doing, and the reasons his office had given for not implementing the tePO are very shallow and he should be investigated,” said Olan.

r o g e l i o M o n t e r o , provincial chairman of

PRO TEPO PROTEST - Some 400 protesters barricade the gate of THE Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) regional office in Surigao City, Friday afternoon. The protest that started last March 11, stemmed from the refusal of the MGB to enforce a court order preventing the MarcVentures Mining Development Corporation from operating in the watershed of Cantilan, Surigao del Sur. (Mindanews Photo by Erwin)

BU T Ua N C i T Y – a suspected drug dealer was arrested in a search at his residence in Purok 2B, Brgy. Buri St., Brgy Tag latawan, Bayugan City, morning of april 7 this year.

arrested by elements o f t h e B ay u g an C i t y Pol ice Stat ion, led by Police Supt. gerr y O. ratunil, was Jonas/amana ab du l S am a d / a m an a Bongkarawan.

ta k e n f r o m h i s possession and control

were nine transparent plastic sachets containing w h i t e c r y s t a l l i n e substance bel ieved to b e met hamphet amine h y d r o c h l o r i d e o r s h a b u e s t i m at e d t o c o s t P h p 1 8 0 , 0 0 0 . 0 0 ; one transparent plastic sachet containing traces of me t h amphe t am i ne hydrochloride; two packs of t ransparent plast ic cellophane; seven bamboo sticks; one weighing scale; and two cellular phones.

Said police operation

w a s c o n d u c t e d i n a c c o rd a n c e w i t h t h e search warrant issued by executive Judge Hector B. Salise of rtC Branch 7 (B ayugan City) for violation of r.a. 9165.

t h e s e a r c h w a s witnessed by Brgy Captain rizalina P. Cogollodo, DOJ representative Marilyn P. rubio and rapsody FM reporter Melver Sabando.

recovered items are now under the custody of the Bayugan City Police Station. (ZMP/MMg/asf)

Drug seller fallsBy PO3 Zena Menioria Panaligan

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Kapunungan sa mga Mag-uuma sa Surigao del norte or KaMaSS, stressed the need for the tePO’s implementation to avoid threatening the food security in the area.

“Laterites have been creeping into farm lands in the area, affecting our farmers’ annual yields. this

is not only a threat to the farmers but to the people who rely their food supply from us,” Montero said.

elvie arrubio, president of the Cantilan Irrigation System Federat ion of Irrigators association, backed his claims, noting that because of laterite siltation, only 1,555 hectares (ha) can now be irrigated from the previous 2,000 ha.

De Dios did not face

the protesters and was not responding despite repeated phone calls.

But earlier, he said the MgB regional office cannot implement the tePO because it is not a party to the case.

On nov. 11, 2010, the court issued a tePO against MMDC for operating in a declared watershed forest reserve. (erwin Mascarinas/Mindanews/asf)

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KOrONaDaL CiTY - a one-day orientation on the Culture of Peace (CoP) was conducted in Makilala, Cotabato on april 1 with 103 public e l e m e n t a r y s c h o o l teachers of Makilala West District attending.

the orientation aimed to increase the capacity of public elementary mentors to make children’s lives and their communities more peaceful.

CoP as it will also be

called in the locality, is the first step undertaken by Deped Makilala and the local government for teachers to take towards integrating peace in their daily lesson plans.

t h e i n i t i a t i v e i s mandated in executive Order no. 570 of 2006 or the act “Institutionalizing Peace education in Basic education and teacher education.”

In an LgU repor t , last February 6, Makilala

in partnership with the public school teachers and the Deped region 12, launched the locally developed Peace education teaching exemplars for both the elementary and secondary public schools.

t h i s s u m m e r, t h e L g U a n d t h e f o u r Deped districts in the municipality intends to complete the orientation of all teachers on peace integration in their lesson plans. (aCagad PIa12/asf)

Mentors undergo orientation on Culture

of PeaceBy Aida C. Agad

GeNeraL SaNTOS CiTY - The energy regulatory Commission (erC) will evaluate the proposed P185,108,186-worth of projects of South Cotabato 2 electric Cooperative (SOCOTeCO ii) as soon as possible, the local power distributor announced.

t he proj e c t s we re pres ente d b e fore t he Commission in a public hearing Wednesday, april 3 with Commissioner gloria Victoria Yap-taruc as hearing officer.

SOCOteCO II proposed projects are composed of two 35MVa/43.75MVa s u b s t a t i o n s w o r t h P125,208,186; two units 69Kv circuit breakers at 4 ,900,000; and the construction of new main office building pegged at P55,000,000.

Socoteco II System P l a n n i n g S u p e r v i s o r J o s e p h Ya n g a w h o presented the proposed

proj e c t s unders core d the importance of each component saying this will help a lot in compensating the rotating brownouts here.

“Socoteco II is coming up with each of this project particularly the substations because these are a need based on the given situation now,” he said.

He added that the projects have undergone study and analysis and in accordance with the erC guidelines.

the insta l lat ion of the substations has been divided in two installments. the first, Yanga said shall be started this year and the other by 2017.

He explained that it is not viable to build the two substations altogether at one time since the deficiency at this time only demands for an estimated 35 MVa.

the budget, according to Socoteco II wil l be

sourced out from a loan to be provided by the national electrification administration (nea) at an interest rate of eight percent per annum for 10 years.

Socoteco II general Manager rodolfo Ocat also defended the propositions saying that of the 16 substations, four of them are now overloaded and need to keep loading only 70 percent to avoid overuse and wastage.

the substations are serving general Santos City; the two municipalities of Polomolok and tupi in South Cotabato; and the seven towns of Sarangani province.

“We need to unload the excess and maintain the loading operations at 70 percent only,” Ocat told erC representatives and the different sectors attending the hearing.

He a l s o d i s p e l l e d

a l l egat ions ra i s e d by m e m b e r s t h a t t h e substations to be installed only cater to the needs of big establishments.

“these substations are non-discriminatory. they are not just dedicated to consumers nor do they serve only big establishments. they all serve everyone,” he pointed out adding that “we need each other---the commercial, industrial and the consumers to sustain the cooperative.”

On the two proposed circuit breakers, Yanga said they are necessary to improve the reliability performance of the existing 69KV line that serves the franchise area in Sarangani.

He also emphasized the need for the new office building saying the current main office building at the crowded Catolico Street which is at the heart of the city is small and the space is not enough to

accommodate the two proposed substations.

the 12-hectare new site located at the new Society, apopong is many times bigger and favorable for any additional facility and to serve the daily hectic operations of the cooperative, he added.

Yanga, in its presentation also forecast that power demand in the next years will increase at a progressive rate.

He said that of a l l Socoteco II franchise, general Santos City has bigger power demand and it is also the source of huge sales generation of the cooperative citing the area’s increasing business activities of commercial and industrial customers including the r ise of subdivisions, hotels, and malls.

Socoteco II maintains that the power demand in its franchise area remains

at 112MW that cannot be fulfilled by its existing 82MW power supply.

Of the total existing power supply, 52MW of which is sourced out from national Power Corporation while the 30MW is supplied by the therma Marine, Incorporated.

But Ocat expressed the hope also that the 30MW power shortfall will soon be addressed once the Iligan Diesel Power Plant will resume operations in august or September.

He s a i d t h i s w i l l augment and address the rotating brownouts and the increasing power demand here.

M e a n w h i l e , C om m i s s i on e r tar u c said that as for approval erC will have to take a considerable time to review thoroughly the proposal before the projects can even take off. (Ct apelacio/PIa-12 general Santos City/asf)

ERC hears SOCOTECO II proposed projectsBy Catherine T. Apelacio

KOrONaDaL CiTY - Words cannot express the feeling of OFW evangeline Gloria when she found out that her daughter is one of the new scholars of the Overseas Workers Welfare administration (OWWa).

evangeline has been working in Dubai for almost 8 years and her hard work paid off when the news broke that her daughter ranked 21st among 105 passers of the education for Development Scholarship Program of OWWa across the country.

“Indeed, it is a very big help since my daughter plans to take architecture at UP Diliman,” the proud mother said.

Her daughter, gabrielle Faith t. gloria, fellow eDSP scholar Krystianne Paul De Pedro of Koronadal City and Congressional Migrant

Wor k e r s S c h o l a r s h ip P r o g r a m ( C M W S P ) scholars Karl t. Betita of Banga, South Cotabato, Mar y grace M. necor and elena B. taluyan of tulunan, north Cotabato are all present during their courtesy call to OWWa-12 Dir. abdulghani Umag last Friday.

During the program, the scholars and their guardians all expressed their gratitude for the privilege given to them by OWWa.

In his message, Dir. Umag encouraged the new scholars to make their parents proud and continue to excel in their studies.

Umag also reminded them to take good care of t he i r hard e ar ne d scholarship and said that they are lucky because from the thousands of examinees last november 2012, they were able to make it to

the list. aside from gabrielle

gloria, Krystianne Paul De Pedro of Koronadal City is also a notable new scholar. He is part of the team that won the 5th association of Southeast asian nations (aSean) Quiz regional Competition held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

He plans to take BS in accountancy at Mindanao State University in general Santos City this coming June.

all the new scholars are incoming college students.

the scholarship grants are part of the continued ef forts of the OWWa and the government to look after the welfare and condition of the OFWs and provide them with support in recognition of their valuable contribution to the country's economy. (OrVrivera-PIa12/asf )

New scholars thank

OWWABy Oliver Ross V. Rivera

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LIFe’S InSPIratIOnS: “… therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death…” (romans 8:1-2, the Holy Bible).

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FrOM rUDe CaMPaIgn-erS: Candidates should teach their campaigners and their administrative staff some good manners and right conduct, lest the voters will attribute to the candidates themselves the discourtesy and bad behav-ior of their campaigners and staff. In the world of politics, the rude manners of anyone connected with the candidates are often per-ceived, rightly or wrongly, as the rude manners of the candidates themselves.

What I am talking about here is a bad experience I had in the morning of

Wednesday, april 10, 2013, while I was entering the Mindanao avenue toll gate of the north Luzon express-way in novaliches, Quezon City. as my car cruised through the toll both, two white L300 vans suddenly cut through my car’s path, barely overtaking us through a hairline space. What the L300 vans evidently wanted to do was to be ahead of our car so they could go into the expressway first.

the incident drew a sharp rebuke from my driver who would have wanted to confront the drivers of the two vans, were it not for my firm refusal for him to simply ignore what hap-

pened, and just exact his revenge, not against the vans’ drivers, but against the two candidates---an incumbent party list group that is running again, and an independent senatorial candidate who came from a party list group himself---whose posters were plas-tered all over the vehicles.

-ooo-VeteranS’ Bene-

FItS: WILL tHeY StILL Be PaID? Will somebody please tell us if the aqui-no government really has the money now to pay the long-festering claims of World War II veterans which should amount to billions and billions of pesos today?

the fact is that, veterans and their families continue to complain that their pensions and many other veterans’ benefits have not been paid to them, even as many of them already died in the meantime.

I also remember hav-ing acted as the lawyer of a group of veterans several years back, led by former Defense Secretary and former Philippine army Commanding general For-tunato abat, which wanted to pursue their claims in court. I filed a case with the Quezon City regional trial Court to compel the government then to pay the veterans’ benefits which, at that time, already totaled about P20 billion.

as soon as I filed the case, the Office of the So-licitor general at that time refuted the claims of my veteran-clients, saying the government either did not recognize the claims, or

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tODaY, I am reprinting a letter of rep. rufus rodriguez addressed to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the republic of the Philippines. Here is the unedited letter in full:

RUFUS B. RODRIGUEZRepresentative 2nd District, Cagayan tie Oro CityApril 2.2013

Hon. Maria Lourdes P. A. Sereno Chief JusticeSupreme Court of the Philippines Pacre Fauna St. Ermita, CDC Manila

Your Honor.

Greetings!

I am writing in connection with the result of the 2012 Bar Examinations wherein only 949 out of 5,686 examinees passed for a passing rate of only 17.76%.

As a lawyer and former law dean (San Sebastian College of Law), I feel for those who did not make it, especially those coming from the provinces, some of whom are seen by their families as their only chance at a better life. I believe that the common sentiment is

that the 2012 Bar exams are too difficult with Supreme Court Associate Justice Martin Villarama, chapman of the 2012 Committee on the Bar Examination, even say-ing that the multiple choice format of the examination made the test harder and that “the MCQ to my mind, the way I look at it as chair, they all look confusingly or appearing all correct.” Further, Justice Villarama also stated that “the court has decided to make the multiple choice only 20 percent of the 2012 bar exam.” While the decision to do so may have had the best interest of the examinees in mind, it may have also been detrimental to them as the examinees may have focused more on the MCQ questions considering the weight it has on the Bar exams only to find out that it was lessered to 20%.

May I therefore request the Supreme Court to look into the possibility of re-checking the Bar exams and apply more liberality. This would help a lot of examin-ees who did not make it and those who do not have the financial capability to take the exams again considering the expenses that go into studying and preparing for the Bar exams.

Thank you very much

Very Truly Yours,(Sgd.) RUFUS B. RODRIGUEZ

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Think A Minute

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tHInK a minute.Some time ago I read

in the newspaper about a father who had killed his 10-year-old son because his school report was not good enough.

the father was so angry that he reached for the near-est thing, a steel rod, and hit his son on the back. His 10-year-old little boy was killed instantly. Can you imagine the pain and regret that father lives with!

We all have regrets, and the feeling that we want to make up for the wrong we’ve done. Yet we know that in most situations we can’t. Sometimes we can repair the damage. We can pay a debt that’s long overdue. We can return the money we cheated or stole from

Making up for the past

somebody.But most times it’s simply

impossible to make up for what we’ve done wrong. Like beating and cursing your child in a moment of anger. no candy or toy can make up for how we hurt even destroyed their trust in us. think of the man addicted to alcohol, drugs, or kava, or has adulterous affairs, putting his wife and children through years of

pain, lies, and violence.Yet even if he finally does

stop drinking or having af-fairs, how can he ever erase or make up for all the hurt and damage he caused? How does the mother who had an abortion forgive herself and get free from her guilt?

So we can’t always repair the damage we’ve caused, no matter how much we try, not even through religion! that’s why Jesus Christ, Who was

not guilty of any wrong, gave His own innocent life to free you and me from all our wrongs and guilt.

the only way we can make up for all the wrong we’ve done is by asking Jesus for His free gift of forgive-ness and new life which He paid for with His own life.

It’s true that you cannot change your past, but Jesus can start changing your life now. If you ask Him to take control of your heart and character every day, He will give you a new life by helping you change with His love and power. even with all your past failures and wrongs, your Maker will still give you another chance. So why not ask Him today? Just

think a Minute.

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BeFOre the formal an-nouncement of the of Balikatan exercises 2013, US warships, drones and jetfighters had already been frequently visiting and freely strolling around the Philip-pine jurisdiction.

Last January 6, 2013, a farmer in Masbate was able to retrieve a crashed drone. the US embassy admitted that the US navy is using it for reconnaissance op-erations and clandestine missions. no immediate action was made by the government. In fact, the aFP supported the US embassy and set an atmosphere that aimed to perpetuate USa’s aggression.

the issue about the toxic waste discarded in Subic wa-ters alerted the country, yet remained unresolved. the alarm heightened when the USS guardian ran aground some 4000 square meters of coral reefs in tubbataha reefs natural Park in Sulu Sea which has long been declared a Wildlife Pro-tected area and a UneSCO heritage park.

Investigations were con-ducted but to guarantee if they’re serious is still a question. Up to this day, there were no perpetrators brought to the bars of jus-

Crispin C. Maslog

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tHe Philippines today needs heroes. the journal-ism profession itself, like the society of which it is a part, needs heroes whom young journalists can emulate. as shown by the quality of journalism being practiced in the country today, our journalists and other mass media professionals are not only young and wanting in skills. they lack a moral compass.

the youth need role models. Who and where are these models? Some are in our history books, like Mahatma gandhi who was at one time a journal-ist. So were Jose rizal and Marcelo H. Del Pilar, who edited La Solidaridad, the mouthpiece of the Philip-pine revolution.

rizal was martyred mainly for his novels, noli me tangere and el Filibusterismo, which ex-posed Spanish abuses in our country. rizal was the first Filipino journalist to die for press freedom and spark a revolution in 1896. a hero, too, was Benigno aquino Jr., who started out as a journalist before he became a politician. His assassination also sparked another revolution in 1986, a hundred years later.

equally a hero was Jose

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Burgos Jr. who dared to speak in the pages of his newspaper, Malaya, against the dictator Ferdinand Mar-cos and Martial Law when it was foolish to do so in the 1970s. Jose Burgos Jr. was named by the International Press Institute one of the world’s “50 Press Freedom Heroes of the Century.” He was jailed by Marcos together with armando J. Malay, another staunch critic of Martial Law.

Other worthy models in our midst have been the Outstanding Filipino awardees (tOFIL) in jour-nalism and literature over the years—teodoro M. Loc-sin, Henry r. Canoy, Jose L. guevara, armando J. Malay, Crispin C. Maslog, Florangel r. Braid, and Isagani Cruz. Locsin and Malay bucked the Marcos dictatorship. Braid founded the asian Institute of Jour-nalism and Communication and trained a new genera-

tion of journalists and mass media practitioners.

guevara stuck needles into politicians and their foibles while making them smile. Canoy put up a broad-cast media empire that helped develop a nation. Cruz made his students ap-preciate Filipino literature.

Still others have been recognized by the ramon Magsaysay awards Founda-tion—robert McCullouch Dick for journalism and literature; Zac Sarian for development journalism; F. Sionil Jose for literature; Lino Brocka for theater; Bienvenido Lumbera for Filipino literature; James

reuter for performing arts and media; nick Joaquin for literature; raul Locsin for business journalism; Shiela Coronel for investigative journalism; and eugenia Duran apostol for print media journalism.

While the profiles of these distinguished individ-uals may vary, certain com-mon threads run through the tapestry of their lives: commitment to truth and freedom of expression, the courage of their convictions, high principles and moral values, professionalism, af-fection for the little people, love for their native land.

these individuals have been honored with the tO-FIL and ramon Magsaysay awards not only because of their individual achieve-ments which are outstanding by any yardstick, but above all because they have used their talents to serve society. We hold them up for the Filipino youth to honor and emulate.

---• Crispin C. Maslog is a

former journalist with the agence France-Presse and first director, Silliman Uni-versity School of Journalism and Communication. He will be guest lecturer at the Pilgrim Christian College on april 22-27, 2013.

n Rizal was the first Filipino journal-ist to die for press freedom and spark a revolution in 1896.

noynoy aquino: a Filipino or foreigner?

tice. Justice is elusive to the affected residents in Subic and to ahbam Juhurin, the fisherman who died during the routine maritime activity of Joint Special Operations task Force-Philippines and Philippine security forces in Basilan. Indeed, the aquino regime has no backbone in asserting the country’s sovereignty, in protecting the country’s patrimony and in providing security for the people.

as of this moment, de-spite the intense friction between north Korea and US-backed South Korea, aquino never put a second thought in participating in Balikatan exercise that permitted US troops with their weapons of war sent here in the Philippines open-ing the country to perilous possibilities of inclusion in the declared war.

the US troops’ humani-tarian projection is no less than lie. they wanted to strengthen US bases in Southeast asia in order to control flow of oil and other natural resources, serve as watchdogs looking after other developing

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MANILA (Mindanao Examiner ) – Binansagang traydor ng mga supporters nina dating Pangulong Joseph “Erap” Estrada at Bise Presidente Jejomar Binay si Grace Poe na ngayon ay tumatakbong senadora matapos na kumatig sa Team PNoy.

Bagamat naging isyu laban kay Poe ang pagkalas nito sa grupo nina Erap at Binay ay maiinit pa rin sa kasalukuyang ang naturang paglipat nito sa Team PNoy ni Pangulong Benigno Aquino.

Grace Poe, patuloy na umaani ng batikos!Matatandaang si Erap ang

siyang matalik na kaibigan ni ‘Da King’ Fernando Poe, Jr. at hindi nag-iwanan ang dalawa hanggang sa pumanaw ang movie action star dahil sa stroke nuong 2004.

Bagama’t naiwan sa ere si Erap ay solid pa rin ang suporta sa kanya ng publiko at ngayon ay isa sa mga haligi ng United Nationalist Alliance kasama si Binay at Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile.

Unang inalok nina Erap at Binay si Poe bilang guest

candidate dahil na rin sa mistulang anak ang turing ng dalawa sa kanya, ngunit lahat ng ito’y gumuho ng sumanib si Poe sa Team PNoy at sumama sa mga rallies nito.

Dahil dito ay maraming mga supporters nina Erap at Binay ang sumama ang loob kay Poe at sariling interest lamang umano ang habol nito sa pagkiling sa Team PNoy at pag-iwan sa UNA.

“Ano ang tawag mo sa ganoong kalseng ugali. Tina-raydor talaga ni Grace sina

Pangulong Erap at Bise (Presi-dente) Jejomar Binay. Matapos ng lahat ng suporta sa kanya ay ito pa ang isusukli ni Poe sa kabaitan at kagandahang-loob na ipinakita sa kanya ng lahat,” ani ng isang Erap supporter na si Benjie Subong ng tanungin ang ukol sa isyu kay Poe.

Ngunit sa kabila ng lahat ay sinabi ni Erap na parang anak pa rin ang kanyang turing kay Poe, na adopted daughter ni Da King at Susan Roces. (Mindanao Examiner)

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and therefore, the invasion of Iraq is part of the border-less war on terror. Second, the US intended to replace the Saddam regime with a democratic government. and third, Iraq is stock-piling weapons of mass destruction.

Well, the US never found any weapon of mass de-struction in Iraq. actually, the biggest stockpile of such weapons of mass destruc-tion are in the US and Israel. Likewise, the link between al Qaeda and the Saddam Hussein government was never established.

What about the democ-racy project? Surely, the US is wont to say, the Iraqi people are better off now than during the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein.

Iraq today is being rocked by factional strife.

Sunni Muslims and Kurds have been conducting mas-sive demonstrations against abuses by the government and the emerging “new authoritarianism.” there is also an armed group of Sunni insurgents that is challenging the Iraqi gov-ernment of Prime Minister nuri al-Maliki .

On the other hand, toby Dodge, the author of “Iraq: From War to a new au-thoritarianism,” calls Maliki as a “threat to democracy.” Maliki reportedly worked to take control over the armed forces, intelligence services and special opera-tions forces by appointing officers loyal to him and dismissing those whom he perceives as not. He also reportedly deployed an in-creasingly pliable judiciary.

Worse, human rights abuses such as killings, torture, and rape are wide-spread. an amnesty Inter-

national report read: “the removal of Saddam Hussein in 2003 should have been followed by a process of fundamental human rights reform but almost from day one the occupying forces began committing torture and other serious violations against prisoners, as the abu ghraib scandal involving U.S. forces and the beating to death of Baha Mousa in the custody of British sol-diers in Basra graphically demonstrated.” Iraq today, according to the report, is enmeshed in a “cycle of human rights abuses.” there are around 30,000 Iraqi prisoners being held without trial or charges and 1.1 million internally displaced persons.

Meanwhile, the United nations reported that seven million Iraqis are living in poverty. al Jazeera reported that on the average, Iraqi households receive only

eight hours of electricity a day. “Four out of every 10 people in Iraq do not have access to clean water. and despite improvements, most Iraqis only have limited primary healthcare.”

“Health care in Iraq de-teriorated greatly over the last decades as a result of the repeated wars, sanc-tions and the generalised violence and conflict since 2003. this deterioration in health services also resulted from the exodus of quali-fied professionals, a severe shortage of medication and equipment, and damage to medical facilities.” (IDP Working group, 27 June 2008)

the quality of life of the Iraqi people was better off before the sanctions in 1990 and the 2003 inva-sion. “More than 93.9% children were enrolled in primary school before the sanctions. also pre- war,

over 90% of the population had access to safe distrib-uted water. extensive health surveillance ensured a high quality of drinking water, and efforts to eradicate malaria, leishmaniasis and other water-borne diseases had saved Iraq from the epidemics found in many other developing countries. (source :report on Hu-manitarian needs in Iraq prepared by a mission led by Sadruddin aga Khan, executive delegate of the Secretary-general, Un, 1991).

thus, the 23 years of US intervention in Iraq – the bombing of Iraq in 1990 and the crippling sanctions thereafter, and the 2003 invasion – have brought nothing but hard-ships and sufferings for the Iraqi people.

What did the US gain from it?

the US reportedly spent

$800 billion – based on of-ficial estimates, which tend to be conservative – for the war and $60 billion for the reconstruction. Other esti-mates deem that the costs could reach $1.7 trillion. For the american people, this is a lot of money that could have been spent for social services; but for the military-industrial complex, this translates into a lot of profits. add to the cost the 100,000 Iraqis and the 4,486 US soldiers killed from 2003 up to 2012.

all of these were sacri-ficed in the name of corpo-rate america, control over Iraq’s oil resources, and the projection of US military power in the region.

and to think that the aquino government has been inviting and obsequi-ously justifying the presence of more US troops and armaments in the country.(http://bulatlat.com)

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did not have the money to pay for them. Somewhere down the line, however, top military officers then convinced my clients to withdraw the case, over a promise that the govern-ment would somehow pay the benefits even in install-ments. It is a pity that the promise was never fulfilled.

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COMeLeC: I wonder how the Commission on elec-tions can be so inutile in stopping candidates from violating the Fair elections act which prohibits the put-ting up of posters in places which are not declared by it as a common poster area. I mean, there are election officers in each and every town and city of the country, who are assisted by no less than five to ten employees in any given time.

all that these Come-lec officials and employ-ees should do is to reserve just one day in a week for them to go around their assigned areas of responsi-bility and, with the use of just even their cellphones, take pictures of the can-didates violating the law. With those pictures, they can then issue subpoenaes to the erring candidates, ask them to remove their illegal posters, or face disqualifica-tion proceedings.

If the candidates will not respond even after they have been subpoenaed, then the election officers can make a report to the Comelec national office in Manila, which can then use the pictures taken by the elec-tion officers to disqualify the erring candidates. that should be easy enough to do, right? Come to think of

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countries that impose threats to the US economy, defeat the firmly established socialist system of economy in DPrK, and kill the pa-triotic movements within their colonies that advance sought for liberation.

this particular careless act of aquino gained criti-cisms and condemnations from the broad masses. How could he place the Philippines in such possible danger to think there are a number of internal issues in the country that urgently need to be discussed and resolved?

In the north and South Korea dispute, the Philip-pine president’s bias is loud and evident. He has been so attentive in giving speeches of support to South Korea while during the Sabah dispute, we can recollect his long silence and leaning to the Malaysian government despite the extensive killings of Filipinos in Sabah.

Well then, clearly, we can therefore conclude that noynoy’s boss is not his compatriots but the foreign, imperialist, US. Had he been truly a public servant of the Filipinos, as what he used to blub before he was elected, Hacienda Luisita and all other vast lands owned by big landlords should have already been given to our poor peasants. Had he been truly a servant of poor Filipinos, he would have established national industries that would pro-vide job opportunities to the Filipino community, he would have put as his top priority the provision of accessible basic social services.Mariel MoraldeSpokespersonAnakbayan UP Mindanao

money.“She was seven months

pregnant and she was not brought to the hospital im-mediately because of lack of money. When they f i-nally brought her to the east avenue Medical Center (eaMC), one baby had died already while the other one was saved at the intensive care unit,” naldo said add-ing that days later the other twin died too.

She said the family had a tota l bi l l of P104,000 ($26,000) at the eaMC. they have been asking for assistance from politicians and government officials, but the money they were able to raise was still not enough to pay for the hos-pital bill. naldo said the death certif icates of the twins were not released by the eaMC because of the unpaid hospital bill.

In the television inter-view, asuncion a lso ad-mitted that one factor why mothers prefer to give birth at home is the expensive cost of giving birth in hospitals.

While in rural areas, hospitals are way too far from villages and birthing stations are ill-equipped, here in Manila, the cost of giving birth in hospitals or in ly ing-in centers is expensive.

the Dr. Fabella Memorial Hospital, the maternal and newborn tertiary hospital in Manila charges P3,000 ($75) to P5,000 ($125) for normal delivery. Fabella is where indigent patients go because of the supposed “affordable and accessible health services.”

at the tondo Medical Center, normal delivery costs P1,500 ($37.50) to P2,000 ($50). at the Phi l ippine general Hospital, patients from the charity ward are also charged about P1,500 for normal delivery.

aside f rom hospita l charges, mothers still have to find the money to buy medicines.

Private lying-in clinics also require payments from P3,000 ($75) and above. this, said the nars ng Bayan, has become a business for some midwives. One anecdote from their researcher re-vealed that in one province, pregnant mothers who give birth after 5 p.m. are no longer accommodated in the lying-in clinic of the barangay health center. a midwife, working in the said health center, refers them to a private lying-in center. the midwife turned out to be the owner of the said private lying-in center. Some private lying-in centers are operated by registered midwives.

Meanwhile, Dr. geneve rivera stressed that moth-ers die not only because of the complications of giving birth but also because health services, which are suppos-edly free, are now far beyond the reach of the poor.

rivera also pointed out, “a pregnant woman can die because she is not eating

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the right food and this is because her husbands’ salary remains low or has no work or no land to till. Working mothers have no rightful benefits from their employ-ers or are being deprived of basic health services by the government.”

She added how the gov-ernment pushes mothers to the wall at the looming privatization of government hospitals.

address the present problem

Cuasay said to decisively address the problem, the government should admit that home birthing is not the primary reason why maternal mortality rate is high. “a significant decrease in the maternal mortality rate is impossible to achieve in a reactive public health care system that loyally sub-scribes to foreign-influenced programs like the “no home birthing policy.”

rivera a lso slammed the DOH statement that poor patients can avail of free health services through Philhealth. She pointed out that not all hospitals are Philhealth accredited. also not all patients are members of Philhealth.

Cuasay said the govern-ment should address the present problems aff lict-ing health services in the Philippines.

“the government should provide more doctors, nurses and midwives in rural com-munities, until the World Health Organization pre-scribed ratio of one midwife to 500 populations is met,” Cuasay said.

the groups also cal ls on the government to allot f ive percent of the gross domestic product to the health services and to stop privatization of government hospitals. (http://bulatlat.com)

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voters’ assistance pro-gram.

It will also “assist in the safety retrieval and proper collection of both Parish Pastoral Council for re-sponsible Voting (PPCrV) and naMFreL election-return copies in the conduct of a joint parallel counting activity for local election results verification,” it said.

Patrcick absin, vice president of the alumni association, said the group will also intensify the same tasks being partner of the Parish Pastoral Council for responsible Voting (PPCrV), but will confine the parallel counting to local candidates alone.

absin said they will leave the counting of votes for the senatorial candidates to naMFreL and PPrV in Manila.

Should there be any dis-crepancy in the results of the counts, absin said the Crusaders for HOPe are willing to bring the matter up for legal actions.

“Yes, if evidence war-rants, we will raise the dis-crepancy in the results to

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rotarians from the ro-tary Club of Uberlandia Sul who came to the Philippines under the exchange pro-gram. He arrived last March 23 and already visited 12 major cities in Mindanao.

He said he has diffi-culty in two aspects while here in Mindanao: Food and language difference, finding it hard to speak in english. But, overall, rebello said he is impressed by the hospitality of the Filipino people. “We are the same in treating people. Filipinos are hospitable, touch persons and jolly,” rebello said.

He was distracted though by the traffic congestions and complained about the hot weather and food. al-though, he said, it is also hot in some parts of the region in his country, compared to the region he came from, the

the courts,” absin said.as a member organiza-

tion of the Kagayanon for good governance Move-ment, Crusaders for HO:Pe will strive to engage and capacitate Kagayanons on the initiatives towards the attainment of a clean, hon-est, orderly, peaceful, and meaningful election, paving for their active involvement in the promotion of good governance, and in their participatory engagement in the rebuilding of Cagayan de Oro City to become the most progressive and most dynamic socio-cultural, political, and economic hub of Mindanao.

the same vow makes the alumni members committed to serve as active stakehold-ers of local political reforms and set the high standards for good governance.

absin said the high school alumni association has the support of its mem-bers abroad financially and also from those who are here in the country. Despite the thousands of alumni the high school department has been producing, asbin said they will rely on the 2,500 active members who are often in attendance during the school’s homecoming.

it, all that we need is just a little common sense, right?

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weather here is “very hot.”the Brazilian said he was

satisfied to go home having visited and learned from the visits he made to different business establishments here in Cagayan de Oro and other parts of northern Mindanao. For a while, he took stride to handle work of a comptroller in printing companies and also had some time in import and export business.

He said he made sure to visit the important places and landmarks Cagayan de Oro has and joined in the activities of the rotary Club of Cagayan de Oro.

He was happy to share his experience with the rotary Club of Cagayan De Oro when they planted some 300 bamboo trees along the riverbanks in Villa angela, Balulang, Cagayan de Oro City.

Fellow rotarians said rebello has committed to help rehabilitate the Send-ong-affected area.

Yesterday, he paid a call on his fellow rotar-ian, Dante Sudaria, and exchanged business expe-riences and pleasantries with the publisher of the BusinessWeek group of Publications.

He was accompanied by some lady rotarian like glory tan, rebello’s host for his month-long visit here.

D u b b e d a s “Pe a c e through Service” the gSe program of Districts 3870 and 4770 made possible rebello and the five other rotarians from Brazil come to the Philippines.

Last tuesday, six Filipi-nos left for Brazil as their counterparts in the exchange program.

the three-day event.a total prize of three

million pesos await this year’s winners who will steal the crown from the 2012 champions: Pamulinawen of Laoag, Ilocos norte for the best float; the tribu Pan-ay of Dinagyang Festival for the best in street dance; and the reigning reyna ng aliwan angeli Dione gomez of toledo, Cebu City.

“the fiesta is a quint-essential Filipino way of celebration, giving a glimpse of the country’s diverse society, cultural heritage, and unparalleled natural bounties. It is one of the blocks upon which we built our being Filipino. In almost every town, province, or city, fiestas serve as their profound way of remem-bering the blessings of the past years, commemorating historical milestones, and expressing pious devotion to religious images. thanks to aliwan Fiesta for making it possible for the traveler to get a feel of the Filipino warmth and catch a glimpse of our festivals in one place for three fun-filled days. Hopefully, this will encour-age more tourists to stay longer and excite them to travel outside Manila for a

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complete, authentic Filipino fiesta experience,” tourism Secretary Jimenez remarked.

Inquiries may be di-rected to aliwan Fiesta Sec-retariat at 832 6125/ 555 3477, siarcega@mbcradio.net, or via their website at www.aliwanfiesta.com.ph

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ask President aquino to take on the Sabah claim has been left unanswered.

“they are not hoping any more, they think they cannot experience (staying in Sabah) in their lifetime, walang response sa mga sulat, hindi nagbigay ng importansya sa admin ni aquino (there were no response from our letters, the aquino administration do not give importance to this).”

Jacel said they wrote three letters to the President since 2010 but all these were ignored. the first one was lost by Malacañang.

“I don’t know how they would explain what hap-pened to the second and third letter. apparently it was not given importance by the aquino administra-tion,” she said.

She recalled raja Muda had planned this since last year, which the Sultan did not agree that time, “sabi ng tatay ko baka may pag-asa tayo kay aquino (My father thought perhaps there is hope with aquino).”

It was only last Febru-ary that raja Muda had the Sultan’s permission, granted that the royal Security Force should “always point their rifles on the ground,” Jacel remembers her father’s in-struction.

“May video na ngayon lang dumating, ang unang araw ng pagdating nila sa Lahad Datu. Makita ang hitsura nila , hindi mga bata Majority may mga may edad na, ang youngest mga 40s. Paano sila nag survive, it’s a miracle (a video just arrived to us showing their first day at Lahad Datu. You can see that majority of them are aged, the youngest is at his 40s. How they survived, it’s a miracle).”

She said, “Dito ko nakita ang galing ng uncle ko, ng royal Security Force. napadalhan ka ng seven battalions, ang gamit lang nila pagdepensa ay 22 na armas, yet they are alive (this is where I see my uncle’s determination, and the royal Security Force as well. they faced seven bat-talions, their only defense are 22 firearms, yet they are alive),” says Jacel.

She revealed that Fili-pinos living in Lahad Datu had been protecting the raja Muda and his followers.

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