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Briefly Gailing Mason award CEMENT manufacturer, Holcim Philippines Inc., is now accepting nominations for the fourth cycle of Galing Mason Award, a program to honor Filipino masons who show great skill and pride in their work and are model citizens in their community. Any reputable individual or legitimate organization may nominate working masons who are at least 25 years old, holder of a valid Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Certificate on Masonry, and have resided in their area for not less than a year. Certificates of good moral character from at least two local organizations, along with other necessary documents should accompany the nomination to be submitted to the TESDA Provincial Office in their areas. Deadline for accepting nominations is until August 16, 2013.
Kasambahay Law GENERAL Santos City -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in Region 12 has launched a series of information and education campaigns to further raise the public’s awareness regarding the implementation of Republic Act 10361 (RA) or the Domestic Workers Act. Dubbed Kasambahay Law information caravan, the campaign is mainly highlighted by the Kasambahay Forum series that initially kicked off in nearby Koronadal City, said DOLE Region 12 director Ofelia Domingo. RA 10361 is also known a s “ B at a s K a s a m ba h ay ” o r Kasambahay Law. Domingo said the information caravan will cover various parts of the region’s four provinces and five cities within the next few weeks.
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URIGAO City -- Members of the Mamanwa tribe have lifted their barricade against the Adnama Mining Resources Inc. (AMRI) after they were paid P10 million in royalty fees.
Datu Reynante Buklas, o n e o f t h e M a m a nw a chieftains, said they lifted the blockade at the mine site of AMRI in Barangay Urbiztondo, Claver town in Surigao del Norte after
they got their initial royalty payment from the company. AMRI is extracting nickel ore within the 48,679-hectare ancestral domain of the Mamanwas. The company protest/PAGE 11
Incoming CdO Mayor to inherit P1-B fund NEW SENATORS. Senators-elect Cynthia Villar, Alan Peter Cayetano and Antonio Trillanes IV of the Nacionalista Party, along with Paolo Benigno “Bam” Aquino of the Liberal Party, take oath on Thursday before Pres. Benigno Aquino III in a formal event at Malacanang Palace. Newly elected house members were also sworn in during the ceremony. advertorial
PH imports minimal rice in 2013 By JEANEVIVE D. ABANGAN Contributor
TAG U M C i t y - - T h e Philippines this year imports very minimal rice supply, far below than what was i mpor ted i n 2010, sa id Department of Agriculture Nat iona l R ice Prog ra m coordinator Asst. Sec. Dante S. Delima. Spea k ing during t he opening ceremony of the Kadagayaa n Fest iva l i n imports/PAGE 11
Benaldo commits suicide?
CAGAYAN de Oro f irst district Rep. Benjo Benaldo has reportedly committed suicide inside his room in the House of the Representatives yesterday evening, the Interaksyon.com reported. In a report written by Lira Dalangin-Fernandez, cit ing sources f rom t he House of the Representatives, reported that Benaldo reportedly committed suicide and was brought to the New Era Hospital
in Quezon City. Benaldo is the husband of model and television personality Daiana Menezes. As of 9:15 p.m. yesterday, the report has yet to be confirmed whether Benaldo did really commit suicide or, was gun down by still unidentified suspect(s). Accord ing to t he report of Magnum Radio in Cagayan de Oro, the first district lawmaker sustained suicide/PAGE 11
THE incoming city mayor in this seaport capital of Northern Mindanao would inherit a cash fund of more than P 1 billion, outgoing City Mayor Vicente Emano
said on Thursday. Emano also apologized to those who must have been slighted of the austerity measures that he has imposed inherit/PAGE 11
PRAYER FOR GOOD GOVERNANCE. Society of Active Leaders for Transformation (SALT) Misamis Oriental chairman Pastor Enrique S. Guevarra with the other religious group lead the pray over for good governance to the newly-elected Gov. Yevgeny “Bambi” Emano during the Thanksgiving and Oathtaking ceremony held June 26 in Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental. photo by rolando n . sudaria
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SMEs get support Caraga posts 9.6% economic growth ZamPen thru SME Roving Academy SURIGAO CITY— An official of the Regional Development Council said the Caraga Region economy grew by 9.6 percent, the highest regional growth rate in the country. RDC chair and Surigao del Norte Governor Sol F. Matugas also said that the poverty incidence in the region has reduced to 9.8%, making Caraga with least poverty incidence among Mindanao regions. The Caraga RDC has embarked on development programs and projects that
NICKEL MINE. Caraga Region is also known as the “Mining Capital of the Philippines.”
contributed to the region’s economic growth. Among these are road network improvement, housing, job generation thru business investments, and tourism development. Matugas t ha n ked t he Ca raga congressional representatives who also growth/PAGE 10
January-May PIDS urges PHL to regulate budget deficit anti-competitive practices nearly doubles from a year ago MANILA –The government incurred a budget deficit in the first five months of the year that was nearly double that of last year, according to National Treasurer Rosalia de Leon. During the 3rd Philippine Financial Market Forum, De Leon said the government’s deficit reached P42.8 billion deficit at end-May, or almost double the P22.8 billion in the same five-month period last year. She sa id t h is a mou nt is st i l l preliminary, as the official data for May has yet to be released. A budget deficit happens when public expenditures outstrip tax collections, thus forcing the government to borrow deficit/PAGE 10
THE Philippines can start building up its capacity for regulating anti-competitive practices as it shifts to a more open economy, according to an economist. Rafaelita Aldaba of the Philippine Institute Development Studies (PIDS) said an open economy requires not only changes in laws and policies but also efficient institutions and good infrastructure to support the reforms. The country has yet to have a competition law. “We know that it is important that the Philippines should have a comprehensive competition law but we also need to take into account the level of development the country is right now. We need to take into account our institutional capability,” she said in a recent international symposium on competition policies held by the Asian Institute of Management. Aldaba underscored the need for the Department of Justice’s Office for Competition (OFC) to engage first into more capacity
building before handling cases or competition issues. Executive Order 45 created OFC which was tasked to investigate all cases involving violations of competition laws and prosecute violators, enforce competition policies and laws to protect consumers and supervise competition in markets. “We really need to have good people; improve our human resource capacity. Training of judges is very much important; more economists having the research capacity to do case studies, I think these are important. Apart from that, they could also engage more in doing advocacy work, building awareness and more support for competition law, competition policy,” she said. Aldaba said institutional foundation also involves education of consumers, businesses, government officials, regulators and civil society. The economist said the country should regulate/PAGE 7
ZAMBOANGA CITY—Micro, Small, and medium entrepreneurs (MSMEs) will once again be receiving assistance from the government intended to help them grow their businesses and become big players in the region’s economy thru the 2013 SME Roving Academy to be held regionwide from July 1-7. Formerly known as SME Caravan, this year’s activity is still the same as the previous years with the sole intention of extending help to SMEs by way of technical and even financial support thru the convergence of all concerned government line agencies in the region, with the Department of Trade and Industry IX as the lead agency. The activity also encourages everyone to venture into business to strengthen the region’s economy, provide added family income, and also address unemployment in this part of the country. Moreover, it will serve as a venue for existing SMEs to work hand in hand with the government to improve their products and look for potential local and international markets. “If our SMEs grow more, we will have a stable regional economy and there will also be more job opportunities,” DTI IX Assistant Regional Director Sitti Amina Jain said. The SME Roving Academy will officially start in Dipolog City from July 1-2 with topics focusing on Business accounting and Marketing eco-tourism which include product packaging, destination events and promo materials preparation. The group will then proceed to Pagadian City for the second leg on July 3-4 wherein participants will be trained on quality and productivity management in manufacturing, and internet/online marketing with fraud detection. Zampen/PAGE 10
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Tiger Airways’ forecasts P5-B revenue this year TIGER Airways Philippines on Thursday said it expects to post P5 billion in revenues this year, better than last year’s performance. “We are confident that this growth can be supported by the bullish tourism targets of the Department of Tourism and then increasing number of travellers from wider segments of the society,” said Olive Ramos, president and chief executive of Tiger Philippines. Tiger Airways’ unit, Roar Av iation II Pte Ltd, earlier acquired a 40 percent stake in Seair from the Philippine carrier’s existing foreign shareholders for $7 million. Tiger Philippines has a fleet
BDO to raise $130M loan for wind farm developer THE investment banking arm of Banco De Oro (BDO) will arrange a $130 million loan to bankroll a wind farm project of a company led by former energy secretary Vincent S. Perez. Perez is also an independent director of BDO’s listed parent f irm, SM Investments Corp (SMIC), which is owned by Henry Sy. Eduardo V. Francisco, BDO Capital and Investment Corp president, told reporters that the company will arrange the loan for Alternergy Wind One Corp for the construction of the 67.5-megawatt wind farm in Pililia, Rizal. “We expect to sign the loan facility in the next two weeks,” he said. The loan represents 70 percent of the project cost, the balance of which will be shouldered by Alternergy. Fransisco said the loan will have a term of 12 and a half years. BDO Capital will act as the lead arranger in partnership with Philippine National Bank (PNB), Rizal Commercial Banking Corp and China Banking Corp once the loan facility is ironed out. “PNB is just taking its final board approvals,” Francisco said. The Pililla wind farm will involve the construction and installation of 27 wind turbines along the mountains of Rizal province. Alternergy targets to commission the facility by early 2015. The management team of Alternergy was involved in the Bangui Bay wind farm, the first bdo/PAGE 11
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PH I L E X M i n i ng C or p. has asked the government to perma nent ly lif t t he suspension order it issued on the firm’s mining operations in Padcal, Benguet, saying all the necessary measures to rehabilitate its copper gold m i ne a nd add ress environmental concerns are already in place. At t h e s i d e l i n e s of t he c omp a ny ’s a n nu a l stock holders meeting Wednesday, Philex chairman Manuel V. Panglinan said the firm filed last Friday a request to a l low it to operate even after the lapse of the government-issued temporary permit. The temporary permit allows Philex to implement its mine rehabilitation plan
for four months, or until July 7. Philex was slapped with a suspension order after a tailings pond spilled about 21 metric tons of mines wastes, affecting some parts of a river in northern Philippines. The company voluntarily suspended operations on
August 1, 2012. The mining f irm, control led by t he Hong Kong’s First Pacif ic Co. Ltd., has already paid the gover n ment a rou nd P1 billion as penalty for the waste spill. Pa ng i l i na n s a id t he Philex/PAGE 11
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THE Philippines has lost about P90 billion worth of assets in just four years because of the negative effects of climate change, according to Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Arsenio Balisacan. “Climate change is not on ly a n env i ron ment a l issue but is a development concern,” said Balisacan, concurrent director general of the National Economic Development Authorit y, during a forum on Climate Public Expenditure and Institutional Review. In the four years since 2009, Balisacan said typhoons have killed approximate 1,000 people and destroyed the P90 billion in assets, 67 percent of which were in infrastructure, 27 percent in agriculture and six percent in private, commercial establishments. B a l i s a c a n m a d e t he remarks after the World Bank released a climate change study that showed t he Phi lippi nes w i l l be among the most affected countries as climate change increases sea levels and water temperatures. The WB study said the country’s maximum potential catch of fish could drop by 50 percent and the sea would reclaim more beaches, requiring the relocation of citizens, 40 percent of whom live near bodies of water. The study said the Earth’s water surface will be hotter by another 2 degrees Celcius in the next ten to 20 years and may increase to 4 degrees Celsius by the year 2080. “It is a phenomenon that aggravates the country’s i n herent v u l ner abi l it y, a nd ha mpers or delays the country’s achievement of our development goals com m it ted bot h at t he global and national levels,” Balisacan said. O ver t he weekend, scient ists revea led at a climate change summit in Sydney, Australia that the planet has been building up temperatures at the rate of four Hiroshima bombs of heat every second. Humans are emitting more carbon dioxide into typhoons/PAGE 10
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Legarda bats for ‘low-carbon’ lifestyle WITH 85% of Filipinos saying that they have experienced climate change, Senator Loren Legarda on has renewed her call to practice a low-carbon lifestyle. A recent SWS survey revealed that eight out of 10 Filipinos “personally experienced” the effects of climate change. “The presence of climate change could not be any clearer than this. Before, climate change was a term for the experts, now our citizens are experiencing it through extreme weather events, which in our country translate to either intense
heat or excessive rains,” said Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Climate Change. The Senator urged Filipinos to practice a low-carbon lifestyle since climate change was caused and is made worse by increased emissions of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane. Legarda said that Filipinos should start eating more local, plant-based, and in-season foods, because food that comes from distant places uses more energy for transportation and preservation, resulting to greater carbon emission.
Philex, Meralco to form joint venture for 80MW coal plant in Mindanao
COAL PLANT. The STEAG State Power Corp. coal plant in Villanueva, Misamis Oriental as seen at night. photo courtesy of industcards . com
PHILEX Mining Corp. and Manila Electric Co. are in talks to form a joint venture that will undertake an 80-megawatt coal-fired power project in Mindanao. T he coa l projec t , i f pursued, will be Meralco’s first coal project in Mindanao and will energize the Silangan copper-gold mine of Philex in Surigao del Norte. M a nu e l Pa ng i l i n a n, chairman of both Philex Mining and Meralco, said the coal project would utilize coal from Philex’s mine in Surigao del Norte. “I think they [Philex Mining]have approached Meralco to see if they’re interested [on the project],” Pangilinan said.
M e r a l c o ’s p o w e r generation arm, Meralco PowerGen Corp., has been scouting for sites for power development, includ ing Mindanao. Meralco PowerGen and Globa l Bu si ness Power Corp. of the Metrobank Group signed an agreement in January to pursue and e v a lu at e t he p ot e nt i a l power generation projects in Mindanao. “It is related to t he development of the mining project of Philex in Surigao
del Norte, so the mine, should it proceed and see light of day in terms of commercial operations, would need up to 80 MW,” Pangilinan said. Pangilinan said commercial operation of the Silangan mine was expected to start by 2017 or 2018. Pa ng i lina n did not disclose the project cost of the 80-MW coal plant, but coal projects normally cost about $2 million to $2.5 million per MW to construct. Philex’s Silangan project i n Su r igao del Nor te combines the development of t he Boyonga n a nd Bayugo deposits, which are comprised of gold, copper and silver. (MST)
T A M PA K A N , S o u t h Cotabato—The Tampakan c opp er-gold proje c t i s expected to spur employment in Regions 11 and 12 and bri ng i n workers not only from other parts of Mindanao but also from Luzon and t he Visayas, according to Grace Sorongon, national president of People’s Management Association of the Philippines.
The PMAP head said t he Ta mpa k a n projec t , containing one of the biggest copper deposits in the world, could provide productive employ ment to ma ny people and help improve people’s lives and support the economy, especially in Mindanao. The PMAP head also expressed her strong support to the mining industr y,
adding that the people of South Cotabato-Sarangani and General Santos City area should keep an open mind on the project. She said the Philippines had the manpower required by the mining industry. “Wit h a p opu l at ion growth of 4 to 5 percent annually, we have enough human capital to keep the mining industry staffed with
“We should also economize on energ y consumption and shift to indigenous and renewable energy sources. Traditional energy conservation measures, such as using low-wattage legarda/PAGE 10
Protecting environment key to ending poverty —UN TAXES, incentives, regulations, subsidies, trade and public procurement need to be realigned to favor sustainable consumption and production patterns. That’s if the world wants to end poverty, according to a United Nations High Level Panel report charged with setting the new direction for global development. The report has the potential to influence over $25 trillion of development spending and marks a clear break from the practice of treating development and sustainability as separate topics. This international resource f lows to developing countries and redrafts government and corporate behaviors. “Without environmental sustainability we cannot end poverty,” said the 2015 Development Agenda, a report of the 26-member panel. The panel includes United Kingdom Prime Minister David Cameron, Indonesia’s President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Queen Rania of Jordan and Unilever CEO Paul Polman. “The Millennium Development Goals (MDG) were a first global attempt to address poverty and other development challenges but protection of the environment was barely acknowledged and hardly addressed,” said Jim Leape, Director General of WWF International. “Nearly 15 years on, there is finally recognition that poverty cannot be eradicated and the well-being of people across the globe cannot be secured without addressing the grave pressures on the environment and the natural systems that support human life on this planet,” Leape added. (APM)
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PMAP: Tampakan mines to lure workers to M’nao highly capable and welltrained people,” Sorongon said. The Tampakan coppergold project is operated by Sagittarius Mines Inc., a government contractor under the financial and technical assistance agreement. It is projected that SMI will employ 10,0 0 0 workers during its construction phase and around 3,000 workers
during its mine operation of 17 years. A recent study identified mining as one of five industries that the government must focus on developing alongside outsourcing, manufacturing, tourism, and agriculture industries. But a study commissioned by t hree Sw iss a nd pmap/PAGE 10
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Sun Cellular cracks down on fraudsters Sun Cellular has conducted entrapment proceedings in Sun Shop outlets following reports that some individuals have been submitting fraudulent applications for cell phone subscriptions. Since the start of the year, Sun Cellular has filed several cases against suspects who tried to file dubious subscription applications in an attempt to get handsets and free net work usage attached to these subscription plans. “We are serious about bringing these fraudsters before the courts of law, not just because of the business losses that we incur with each fraudulent application, but also to make sure that the postpaid subscriptions they get from us will not be used for any other fraudulent activity,” said Reuben Pangan, Official Spokesperson of Sun Cellular. Pangan explained the suspects usually use falsified documents to avail of new plans, and some even present stolen credit cards to avail of promotions. Some apply in multiple Sun Shops and pr e s e nt t h e m s e l ve s a s different individuals, with different sets of falsified proof of identification and proof of income. Apart from fraudulent applications, Sun Cellular mentioned that unidentified parties have been circulating messages aimed at extorting load cred its f rom t heir subscribers.
“We advise the public to be especially vigilant as scammers keep coming up with new schemes aimed at extorting load or money from unsuspecting mobile subscribers.” Pangan said. While these types of scam has been going on for years, Pangan said that in recent cases the scammers introduce themselves as representatives of Sun Cellular, stating that the receiver has ‘won’ some sort of promo that make the potential victim eligible to avail of free items such as load, cash or service fee exemptions and discounts, among others. The message would then require a series of numbers to be sent to 2292, which causes the receiver to unintentionally send a specific amount of load to the scammer’s prepaid number. The set of numbers “2292” is the short-code number for Sun Cellular’s “GiveA-Load”, which is a tool Sun Cellular subscribers use to send load credits to whomever they choose, usually relatives, friends or co-workers. Another modus operandi of text scammers is to pretend to be relatives of a certain subscriber claiming to be in an emergency or accident, or badly needing load credits.
“Some may even pose as employees from our billing and collections department,” Pangan added. “We advise that these instances be immediately reported to Sun Cellular or to the NTC,” Pangan says. “Sun Cellular and the NTC are both working together to curb, if not totally eliminate all these prevalent fraudulent practices,” Pangan concluded.
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Circle Productions, Inc. signs an agreement with Centrio Mall Management to hold the upcoming Kagay-an Festival Marathon in Centrio Mall on August 18, 2013. In photo are: from left: Mr. Francis Velasquez, Race Director, Mr. Jeffrey Ang, Circle Productions President, Ms. Pamela Mendez, Centrio Operations Manager and Ms. Justine Tiro, Centrio Marketing Supervisor
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hink a minute…One night in June, 1997, a 55-year-old A Minute mother named Karen Minahan By Jhan Tiafau Hurst was hit by a car driven by a drunk driver. The driver then backed up and ran over her two more times! K a r e n ’s l u n g s w e r e punctured and all of her ribs were broken. She even had to have her right leg cut off. Over the next 4 years, Karen had 26 painful operations. All of her suffering, including losing her leg and job, would have destroyed most people’s hope for success. But Karen believes she can find hope and happiness no matter what bad things happen to her. In fact, she’s now on several executive boards that raise millions of dollars to help people who need new legs and arms. Karen says: “I’ve always known I’m lucky! Now I can help people worse-off than I am.” Many people believe in luck and superstitions. They carry lucky charms like special jewelry or clothing. They do the same ritual before important events for good luck. Many are afraid of bad luck so they stay away from things like the number 13, black cats and broken mirrors. But that kind of luck isn’t real and only happens by coincidence. People who believe in bad luck and superstitions live in almost constant fear of doing the wrong thing, even by accident, because they think it will jinx or curse them and their family. But real luck brings opportunities for success and satisfaction that really last. And the only way to be this lucky is to build your own good character and attitude every day. hurst/PAGE 7
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ith the economy performing very well, the upcoming anniversary of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) on July 3 will definitely be sweeter. It is a great feat for one of the youngest monetary authorities in the world. Established in 1993, the BSP (www.bsp.gov.ph) replaced the old “Central Bank of the Philippines,” which was founded in 1949. It was created by virtue of the Philippine Constitution of 1987 and the New Central Bank Act, which gave the bank fiscal and administrative autonomy from the Philippine government. The BSP is just one of the 186 central banks around the world. The banks differ in name – some are called “reserve bank,” “monetary authority,” or “national bank.” They, however, share common tasks such as setting monetary policy, issuing of national currency, acting as the bank of bankers, supervising and regulating banks, and lending to ailing banks. All of them also serve as the banks of their respective governments. The central banks also manage their nation’s foreign exchange reserves. These are deposits in foreign currencies that can be used to deal, trade, or make payments internationally. For example, Asian countries have deposits which are in US dollars or Euro. According to the International Monetary Fund, the combined foreign exchange reserves of the world’s central banks are now worth $11 trillion. Central banks have existed a very long time. In fact, the BSP is 325 years younger than the oldest operating central bank in the world – the Bank of Sweden (www.riksbank. com), which started in 1668. The Bank of Amsterdam in the Netherlands, founded in 1609, actually preceded the
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from that average monthly bill akampi the deposit already made by Mo A ng Batas the customer. The resulting By Atty. Batas Mauricio dif ference is t he amount that Meralco is requiring its consumers to pay as additional bill deposit. In my case, I am being told to pay P7,891.90. -ooo ERC APPROVES NEW M ER A LCO CH A RGE S WITHOUT HEARING? The question here is, as a utility company under the jurisdiction of the ERC, Meralco cannot just simply collect anything from its customers without a prior hearing participated in by the sectors affected by any new charges, and without a prior order from the ERC itself. This prior hearing does not appear to have occurred here, and, it also appears, neither was there a prior order from ERC approving the additional bill deposit. I could be wrong here, but then there is nothing in the media about this additional bill deposit, indicating that everything appeared to have been carried out by Meralco in a hush-hush manner. Of course, Meralco is saying that Batas/PAGE 10
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“Riksbank,” but it closed for good in 1819. O ut United Kingdom’s Bank of By Ignacio Bunye England (BOE), however, is the one widely considered as the pioneer of the modern central banking system. Journalist Jason Rodrigues gave a brief history of the BOE (www. bankofengland.co.uk) in his 2009 article for the British newspaper The Guardian. He said the Bank emerged i n 1694 to s er ve a s t he government’s banker and debtmanager. Eventually, it became a “lender of last resort” to smaller banks and the issuer of the country’s national currency. Both are now common functions of central banks today, including BSP. Since every country has its own history and laws, their central banks may also have characteristics unique to them. The United States of America’s central bank for instance, which is called the US Federal Reserve System (www.federalreserve.gov), has a unique structure with not one but 12 banks. The distinction is explained in the book The Federal Reserve System: Purposes and Functions. It said the “Fed” has one central government called the Board of Governors, which oversee 12 regional Federal Reserve Banks (FRB) situated in the country’s major cities. The Board sets the Bunye/PAGE 7
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IFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “… ‘Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against anyone among your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord’…” (Leviticus 19:18, the Holy Bible). -ooo MERALCO IMPOSES NEW CHARGES: Literally and figuratively, consumers of Meralco, or the Manila Electric Company, got the shock of their lives during the week ending on June 24, 2013 when they received from it an additional billing statement, requiring them to pay an “additional bill deposit” in thousands of pesos, on top of the already hefty electric bill for the June 24, 2013 bill date. The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) seems to have already approved this additional fee. The additional billing statement sent to Meralco’s customers reads: “In our effort to keep you updated… we would like to inform you of the recently implemented Bill Deposit Update Program. The bill deposit is an amount required from customers of distribution utilities as a guarantee for payment of electric bills. It is equivalent to your average monthly electricity bill and earns interest at a rate prescribed by the ERC.” How did Meralco arrive at the amount that each customer will pay as additional bill deposit? It reviewed the customer’s billing history and got the customer’s average monthly bill for the last 12 months. Then, it subtracted
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Villar pushes gradual yet sure clean-up of Laguna Lake CALAMBA City, Laguna -– Senator-elect Cynthia Villar disclosed that the government has conducted an extensive study to address the problem of flooding in the Laguna lakeshore towns and coastal areas brought about by rise in water level of the Laguna Lake. In an inter view with newsmen here after the main program celebrating national hero Dr. Jose Rizal’s 150th birth anniversary, the newlyelected senator expressed her support to whatever possible alternatives resulting from the studies to ease flooding
in the lake’s coastal towns and cities. Of Laguna’s 25 towns, four component cities and a science and nature city of Los Baños, 19 localities were flooded at the onslaught of the southwest monsoon Habagat last year. Owing to the botched dredging project in the Laguna Lake, Villar said “in the meantime, we have to do whatever little ways to solve the problem on flooding.” President Benigno Aquino III scrapped the dredging project following reports that the multi-billion consortium
waste. Reports have it that the excavated and dredged earth and silt that are dumped along the Laguna Lake coastlines are deposited back to the lake bed by run-off waters and erosion. Pending the results of the flood control study on the Laguna Lake, Senator-elect Villar proposed for a cheaper alternative yet the gradual “extrication by backhoes” and excavation process to lessen the impact of flooding in the areas. Although mulling for Senate’s legislative measures related to the Laguna Lake
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concerns, Villar opted to take a “slowly-but-surely approach” to the problem. She shared her experience on the Las Piñas River rehabilitation project undertaking where they used the backhoe and other equipment to unclog and clean the waterway with the water lilies and revive the river. Villar also told media here their optimism that the Supreme Court will grant their petition to save the Las Piñas bird sanctuary from damage in the wake of the proposed Manila Bay reclamation project. (PNA)
FIBECO’s 41st FOUNDATION DAY CELEBRATION Theme: Creating Responsive Innovations, Energizing the Future and Making People’s Lives Better Main Activity: Medical and Dental Mission at FIBECO Training Center, with the support of Antonio O. Florendo Foundation (AOF) and Davao Agri-Ventures Corporation(DAVCO), in Cooperation with the Barangay Council of Anahawon, Maramag Bukidnon
Medicines are disposed of here for patients who underwent check-ups. Secretariat from selected FIBECO employees
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Today and tomorrow, we’re going to talk about the secrets of lucky people. The first secret is you must believe that you’re lucky and God’s on your side. You must know that God created you for good things, and that they’re happening to you not by chance, but for a purpose. So even if bad things happen, God will help you use those experiences to become a much better, more successful person. It’s when you know this that your whole attitude and way of living changes. People will like you more and want to help you.
So why not ask Jesus Christ to take control of your life? He’ll show you what you need to change. Then, you’ll have total confidence every day that God’s on your side working with you in everything to make His plans for your life start to happen. Just Think a Minute…
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monetary policy while the FRBs serve as the “operating arms” of the system in their respective districts. The European Central Ba n k (ECB) is a not her interesting example. Founded in 1999 when the Euro was introduced as the single
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currency in Europe, the ECB (www.ecb.int) sets the monetary policy for its 17 member states, which include Spain, Germany, France, and Italy. The countries under it, however, still have their respective national central banks to help implement the policy and ensure the stability of the Euro. The reserves of each national bank are also separate from ECB’s reserves, which is shared by the member states. You may be wondering, is there a lso a bank for the world’s central banks? The answer is yes, and it is the Bank of International Settlements (BIS), the world’s oldest financial organization. Based in Switzerland,
the BIS (http://w w w.bis. org) accepts deposits from central banks and serves as a forum for policy analysis and information-sharing among central banks. It does not, however, have any regulatory or supervisory powers over its member central banks. K now i ng t he g loba l financial system that the BSP is part of will make us more appreciative of the positive reviews, credit ratings, and awards that the institution is getting. It is one of the youngest and certainly, not one of the richest (yet) but the fact that it was able to keep our economy strong while the rest of the world was in a financial crisis says a lot about both its potential and capability.
Patients troop to the medical and dental mission at FIBECO Training Center.
So for its 20th “birthday,” my wish is that the BSP cont i nues to soa r as it develops to be a truly worldclass monetary authority. Note: My book, Central Bank ing for Ever y Juan and Maria is now available in main branches of Fully B o ok e d , Power B o ok s , National Book Store, and University of the Philippines Press.
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address many restrictions that prevent competition from taking place, including some government regulations and policies, high prices and lack of quality goods and services. “I think these are low hanging fruits that we can
already pick, start doing right now,” she said. Moreover, Aldaba said the country should design compet it ion law a nd regulations that could be effectively implemented. For his part, Calixto Chikiamco, president of Foundation for Economic Freedom, pushed for the lifting of Constitutional restriction on foreign ownership to attract more well-capitalized companies in public utilities. Chikiamco, in the same event, said the Philippines can pass and implement specific reforms that foster competition such as open skies, repeal of Cabotage Law and separation of regulatory and operating functions of Philippine Ports Authority. (PNF)
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GCASH pioneers payment for Pag-IBIG via mobile phone A breakthrough service that allows easy payment of contributions and housing loans via GCASH Globe Telecom subsidiar y G-Xchange, Inc. (GX I), the operator of mobile commerce service GCASH, was recently tapped by Home Development Mutual Fund (HDMF) or the Pag-IBIG Fund, to allow its over 12 Million members to transact w it h Pag-IBIG v ia GCASH, making it easy and more conven ient for t hem to facilitate t heir Pag-IBIG transactions. With the tie-up, Pag-IBIG members can now pay for their monthly mandatory savings and housing loans any time, anywhere using their GCASH wallets linked to their Globe or TM phones, eliminating the need to go to a Pag-IBIG office or an accredited Pag-IBIG payment center. “O u r p a r t ne r s h ip w it h GCASH is truly a milestone for Pag-IBIG. Using GCASH as a safe and secure payment channel, we expect to grow our membership base further as well as the volume of our membership savings premium payments as it gives our members an alternative, especially the Kasambahays, an option to send in their monthly mandatory sav ings a nd loa n pay ments minus the hassle of queuing,” said Atty. Darlene Marie B. Berberabe, President and Chief Executive Officer of the PagIBIG Fund. “We hope t hat t his new ser v ice w i l l prov ide ou r kababayans especially those in the low income bracket like househelpers or their employers a more convenient way of paying their Pag-IBIG contributions,” Berberabe added. GXI President Paolo Baltao is likewise excited to venture into another relevant use of mobile money and technology to deliver public service. “This validates and streng thens our thrust to make the lives of Filipinos ea sier by prov id i ng access to a hassle-free a nd secure payment technolog y via the mobile phone. Using GCASH, subscribers can conveniently remit their Pag-IBIG monthly mandator y savings and pay their housing loans in seconds without having to leave their homes or travel distances just to pay Pag-IBIG. As long as they have enough funds in their GCASH wallets, payments will be swift and easy, something that’s very apt for the mobile and dynamic lifestyle of business owners, kasambahays or their employers.” In order to get GCASH, a subscriber just needs to dial
*143# and select ‘GCASH’ then choose ‘Register’ using their Globe or TM SIMs. Converting c a sh to G CASH wa l let s is equally easy. Funding may be done via online bank transfers (w w w.globe.com.ph/gcash), mobile banking with BPI (by dialing *119# after enrollment) and Unionbank, BancNet ATMs with minimal fees or through any of more than 7,000 GCASH outlets nationwide FR EE of service charge. To remit Pag-IBIG payments, members can pay either P100 (Monthly Mandatory Savings) or P500 (Modified Pag-IBIG II) by dialing *143# on their mobile phones, selecting ‘GCASH’ and choosing ‘Pay Bills’. For housing loan, just include the 20-digit pay ment reference number. Members can also pay using their smartphones via the GCASH Mobile App available on iTunes, Google Play, and Blackberry World. All Pag-IBIG payments are processed within 2-3 banking days. Paying Pag-IBIG cont r ibut ions a nd housi ng loans via GCASH is FREE of charge up to December 18, 2013. A minimal service fee of P5.00 will be charged per PagIBIG transaction via GCASH afterwards. To know more about PagIBIG, v isit t heir website at w w w.pagibigfund.gov.ph or call their 24/7 hotline at (02) 724-4244 (Pag-IBIG). To learn more about GCASH, enjoy free browsing access to www.globe. com.ph/gcash using your mobile phone.be loaned for the shortterm loans and the dividend amount to be credited at the end of each year a Filipino worker is an active Pag-IBIG member. The Pag-IBIG Fund, with c u r rent memb er s h ip le vel nu m b e r i n g t o 12 m i l l ion Filipino workers worldwide, recently updated its Vision and Mission to be more attuned to the changing needs of its members and partners. Guided by its Vision – “For ever y Filipino worker to save with Pag-IBIG Fund and to have decent shelter” – and Mission – “To generate more savings from more Filipino workers, to administer a sustainable Fund with integrity, sound financial principles, a nd w it h socia l responsibility, and to provide accessible funds for housing of every member” – the Pag-IBIG Fund exemplifies a government agency which has maintained its sustainability throughout its 33-year history.
Four tiger cubs in the Mantianak park at Sugbongcogon, Misamis Oriental, are now for sale because the local government unit which operates the park can no longer financially support the animals. The park has four female tigers and another one is pregnant. There are two kinds of tigers in the park – the Siberian and Bengal. The tiger cubs are three months old and costs P150,000 each.
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A caretaker of the Mantianak park in Sugbongcogon, Misamis Oriental, checks on the health of four female tigers. One of the tigers recently gave birth to three cubs while another one is pregnant. The park has increased its entrance fee to P100 for adults and P50 for children in an effort to raise more funds for the upkeep of the park that features several kinds of animals and birds. Photo by GERRY LEE GORIT
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German non-government o r g a n i z a t i o n s ( N G O s) M I SE R E OR , t he Sw i s s Catholic Lenten Fund and Bread for All, and carried out by t he Institute for Development and Peace ( I N E F ), s a i d t h a t t h e Tampakan mining project threatens the lives of tens of thousands of indigenous peoples in the area. (MST)
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money, which in turn inflates the country’s debt. For t he ent i re yea r, the government has set a deficit cap of P238 billion, equivalent to two percent of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP). A measure of economic performance, GDP is the amount of final goods and services produced in the country, while the de f ic it-to - GDP r at io indicates how manageable is the government’s revenue shortfall. (Interaksyon)
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appliances and unplugging electronics when not in use, remain relevant,” she said. “We should strive for a zero waste economy by practicing waste segregation at home. In the community, we can set up a material recovery facility and collection system in barangay or community-level Ecology Centers and develop livelihood programs using recycled waste materials,” she added. She sa id ot her ways to “carbon fast” include: consider i ng energ yefficient transport modes li ke wa l k ing, bi k ing, tak ing public transport, and carpooling whenever possible; maximizing the use of natural light and wind f low in house design; and building rainwater catchment recycling systems.
Legarda also called on the government to invest in low-carbon development. “Our government must design and implement a diversification of our energy systems,” said. She related that exploring and developing geothermal and wind power, apart from hydropower, as renewable sources of energy would be a great leap in the country’s goal for energy sustainability and green development. The senator, co-author of the Renewable Energy Act further said the private sector should be encouraged to i nvest i n clea n new technologies, adopt energy efficiency measures and reengineer corporate social responsibility to reflect the joint values of achieving bu si ne s s su s t a i nabi l it y through building disasterresilient local communities. “The micro, small and medium enterprises comprise 99 percent of the businesses in the country. It is therefore crucial to increase their capacity to contribute to green and resilient economic progress,” she said. “Even as we a l ready feel the effects of climate change, we can do something to prevent it from getting worse. It is not too late for people to start a low-carbon diet and for governments, especially industrialized nations, to pursue a path towards green and disasterresilient development,” she added. (MST)
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the atmosphere than at any other time in history, the Australian Associated Press reports John Cook, from the Global Change Institute at the University of Queensland, as saying. “All these heat-trapping greenhouse gases in our atmosphere mean… our planet has been building up heat at the rate of about four Hiroshima bombs every second, consider that going continuously for several decades,” Cook said. C ook s a id about 9 0 percent of global warming was going into the oceans, which act like a natural thermometer along with changes in land, ice, and animal species. Distributions of trees are shifting toward cooler areas such as the poles or mou nta ins, a nd a nima l species are responding to global warming by mating earlier in the year. “ T h i s i s n’t b e c au s e animals are getting randier, it’s because t he seasons
themselves are shifting,” Cook is reported as saying. Cook said studies had tried to put a number on how much of global warming was caused by humans, “and the rough answer is, all of it.” He sa id for t he past two decades, 97 percent of scientists had been in agreement human activity was causing warmer temperatures. B a l i s a c a n c it e d t h e importance of analyzing public expenditure on climate change. “ T he systemat ic a nd comprehensive a na lysis of climate change mainstreaming efforts in the Philippines, particularly t he institutiona l rev iew and assessment of public expenditure for climate measures under ta ken, will guide the government in effectively and taking actions consistent with the development needs of the country,” Balisacan said. (MST)
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the additional bill deposit is being made “pursuant to the ERC’s Magna Carta for Residential Electricity Consumers and Distribution Services and Open Access Rules”, but even these rules require a prior hearing before any new bill is to be required. I expect a torrent of dissent to arise from this new Meralco rule, especially now that the water concessionaires of t he Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS)---Maynilad and Manila Water---are also asking for rate increases among t heir customers. Indeed, if all these new electric bills and increased water rates are combined in any given month, the alreadydeprived lives of millions of Filipinos will become even more destitute. -ooo N EW I N V EN T ION IGNORED BY GOV’T: What can the customers of Meralco do? If they do not pay what Meralco is ordering them to pay, they maybe deprived of electric service which will complicate all the more their already complicated day-today existence. And unless a CAGAYAN DE ORO MAIN BRANCH court intervenes stops P& J Lim Bldg., Tiano and Brothers Kalambagohan Sts., Meralco the Tel. from # (08822)effecting 727-829 * Telefax # (088) 856-1947 new billCAMIGUIN deposit payment, BRANCH B. Aranas St., Poblacion, Mambajao, there is really nothing that Camiguin Tel. # (088) 387-0491 MeralcoCORRALES customers can do BRANCH Ave., Cagayan de Oro City but Corrales to pay. DIVISORIA BRANCH Erasmo Damasing Bldg., #61 Don A. Atty.But ifB.the customers are Velez St., Cagayan de Oro City Tel. # (088) jobless and do 857-3631 not have any LAPASAN BRANCH other means earn, next Lapasan Hi-way,to Cagayan de the Oro City Tel. # (088) 231-6739 best thing they can do is to CARMEN BRANCH Vamenta Blvd., Cagayan de Oro City simply allow their electric Tel. # (088) 231-2011 service to be cut off. In a
city where temperatures are increasing almost everyday, and where almost ever y aspect of life has been made to depend on electric power, having no electricity would mean living in virtual hell. This makes me wonder: how come the government is not encouraging the full production and use of an invent ion which a l lows electricity to be produced in a generator set-type machine and which can be installed on a house-to-house basis? There is that machine right now, and can be reproduced inexpensively, but its inventor is hiding because of threats to his life, evidently coming from people or groups not wanting his invention to reach the Filipino masses. -ooo REACTIONS? Please call me at 0917 984 24 68, 0918 574 0193, 0922 833 43 96. Email: batasmauricio@yahoo.com, mmauriciojr111@gmail.com.
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directly undermine it. It’s painful to see many people, especially the young, who seem t r apped a nd locked up in the false, or at least, very reduced, illusory, albeit sweet, understanding of love. That is why we need to pray a lot, focus our attention on the life of Christ, his words and deeds, and
especially his passion, death and resurrection, because these are where we can get the real ingredients of the love meant for us. This is the real love that can tackle everything, good or bad, big or small, that we can meet in life. Again, let’s have St. Paul’s beautiful description: “Charity is patient, is kind. Charity envies not, deals not perversely, is not puffed up, is not ambitious, seeks not her own, is not provoked to anger, thinks no evil. It rejoices not in iniquity, but rejoices with the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.” (1 Cor 13, 4-7) We shou ld not b e at around the bush as to what love is and what role it plays in our life. And toward this end, we have to make continuing effort to clarify it in public and in private and personal conversations, going through the endless implications, theoretical and practical, that it possesses. For one, we should prod everyone of us to love others aggressively, that is, to think well of them, showing affection and understanding, doing acts of service, even without being asked. We should not wait for others to prove they deserve our love. We just have to love them, even before they deserve it.
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company is on track for completion of the mine’s rehabilitation and should be allowed to continue its operations in Benguet. He s a id t he closu re of the mine would put a dent on Philex’s financial performance. “I can definitely say we’ll make profit in the first half but for the second quarter, it would all depend on the government’s response to our request for the permanent lifting of the suspension order,” Pangilinan said. In the first quarter, Philex reported a net income of P403 million, reflecting less than a month of operation of its Padcal mine. The amount was significantly lower than the P1.27 billion recorded in the same period last year due to the suspension. Consolidated core net income, meanwhile, reached P132 million while revenues amounted to P889 million.
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such commercial facility in Southeast Asia. Alternergy is pursuing the Pililia project in partnership with Korea East West Power, a generation subsidiary of state-owned Korea Electric Power Co. Once put up, the wind farm will directly supply clean and renewable electricity to Manila Electric Co’s franchise area.
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ships the deposit to China. Buklas said they set up last June 15 the barricade at the mining site, paralyzing the operations of the company, for non-payment of royalties due to them. In a text message, he told MindaNews Tuesday night that they got the initial P10 million royalty payment from AMRI last June 19, paving the way for the company to resume operations. AMRI owes the Mamanwas a royalty payment totaling P30 million for the year 2012, he added. But Dulmar M. Raagas, president of the Chamber of Mines in Caraga Region, denied that AMRI failed to
pay its royalty obligation to t he Ma ma nwa t ribe, the holder of the ancestral domain title. “It’s not the AMRI who failed to meet the obligations. On the contrar y, AMR I has fully paid its royalty pay ments on t ime. The delay was on the part of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP),” Raagas said. He said he had talked with Omar Abanid, AMRI vice president and mine site manager, about the matter. Raagas said the Mamanwa tribesmen should demand the NCIP to release their royalty fees. MindaNews tried but failed to reach AMRI and NCIP officials for comments. Buklas said it was Abanid and another staff who gave them the check and have it deposited to their bank account last Wednesday. This was not the first time that the Mamanwa tribesmen held a barricade against a mining company in the area. In 2009, Buklas and other chieftains barricaded against Taganito Mining Corp., forcing the company to pay its royalty obligations from 2006 to 2008 amounting to P72.5 million. It was touted as t he “largest royalty payment” ever made to a tribe in the country’s mining history. T h ree ot her m i n i ng companies are operating in Claver— Shen Zhou Mining Group Cor p., Plat i nu m Group Mining Corp. and the Taganito High Pressure Acid Leach Nickel Corporation. T h e l a t t e r h a s ju s t started the commissioning for its hydrometallurgical processing plant in prepa rat ion for t heir commercial production this September. Buklas stressed that if mining companies in the area would not pay their royalty fees, they would not hesitate to hold a barricade against them to stop their operations. “If they don’t want to pay, they should stop mining and get out of our lands,” Buklas said in Surigaonon. Under the Mining Act of 1995 and the Ingenious Peoples Rights Act of 1997,
Lumads are entitled to one percent of the gross earnings of mining operations in their ancestral areas.
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in running the affairs of the city government. According to Emano, the P 1 billion fund could reach P 1.3 billion at the end of June as stakeholders in the realty industry wind up paying the realty tax with the city government. “The incoming City Mayor would inherit a fund that could be used for whatever purpose it is intended to until end of the year. I hope the money would be spent wisely to benefit the people of Cagayan de Oro City,” Emano said. Ema no, (U NA), who lost in the hotly contested mayoral race on May 13 against Oscar Moreno, (LP), here, also apologized to the people who might have been slighted of his strictness during his administration. “My apology to those who must have been slighted of my stringent administration which were purposely done as a necessary measure in running the affairs of the government,” Emano said. E ma no s a id t hat he never regretted serving the government for 33 years and swore that he has not accepted any favor or bribe from anyone during those years. “I can say with pride and that I could look straight to the eye of anybody that I have never used my position for the advantage of my friends and families,” Emano added. Emano started his career in public service as town Mayor of Tagolo-a n i n Misamis Oriental in the early 80s before he was elected provincial governor of Misamis Oriental in the mid-80s. Af ter ser ving the governorship, Emano ran for City Mayor in Cagayan de Oro City in 1998 and held the position until June 2013. (PNA)
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the outgoing lawmaker in a statement to Philippine Entertainment Portal (Pep.
php). Some media practitioners started to hurl brickbats against Benaldo after his wife, Daiana, posted physical abuses against her on her Instagram account. Daiana did not however name names responsible for the physical attack. Although Benaldo admitted that he and Daiana had quarrelled, Daiana denied that he has experienced physical abuses from her husband. Da ia na sa id she just made it as excuses to get the attention of her husband. Editors Note: Below is the unedited full statement of Benaldo that he sent to Pep.ph in rega rd to t he Benaldo-Menezes brouhaha. “Hi good afternoon, this is Cong Benjo Benaldo. This is my reaction on Daiana’s emotional (in tears) past interviews. This will be my last statement. “I respect freedom of the press and freedom of speech. However, due to my apparent lack of admission and apology on tv, several media personalities have relentlessly lambasted and attacked Daiana. “ I fe e l f o r my w i fe Daiana. I believe some of them have been too personal and full of malicious intent to destroy our persons. “There is a limit to freedom of the press and of speech under our Constitution. The moment that limit is breached, we will never hesitate to file the appropriate legal actions. “We hope that our privacy be respected as we move on from this chapter in our marital life. Thank you very much.”
sila na ang nagpakaon sa katawhang Filipino (The Filipino farmers should know that they are the ones feeding the nation.),” he said. When divided among the three million Filipino rice farmers, the 187,000 MT rice imports of the country mean each of them should produce five kilos more on top of their current rice production capacity. To produce more, Delima pointed out the need to irrigate more production
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areas, even just ha lf of the three-million hectare potential rice development area. He a lso revea led t he budget of P5 billion this year of the P75 billion requirement for farm-to-market road projects nationwide. He said DA is facing great challenge as the national gover n ment is ba n k i ng on the agriculture sector to drive inclusive growth especially in the countryside area.
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The Forgotten Katipunan Revolt in Mindanao and the case for a Ninth Ray of the sun in the PH Flag By Mike Baños
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any people have tried to win recognition for what local historians claim was the only Katipunan-led revolt in Mindanao at the time of the Cry of Balintawak in 1896, but to this day, the cloak of censorship thrown by Spanish authorities over the so-called Calaganan Mutiny has effectively stifled efforts to put it in its rightful place of honor in the annals of the Philippine Revolution against Spain. Although it remains a little known fact to this day, Misamis was the only region which actively joined the Katipunan revolt against Spain in 1896. It may have occurred over 100 years ago but re-opening the archives on this forgotten chapter of the country's history could change the way the present Philippine flag looks like. Local historians believe government should fund further research into determining if there is a need to makeover the sun in the Philippine flag with nine instead of eight rays.
Every grade school student in the country is taught how the eight rays of the sun in the Philippine tricolor represent the eight provinces in Luzon which first rose in revolt against the Spaniards in 1896. But Cagayan de Oro historian Antonio J. Montalvan II says existing historical sources indicate there was one other Katipunan-led revolt in the islands which occurred during that same period in 1896 which has not been recognized by Filipino historians. The Calaganan Mutiny is detailed in the letters of Vicente Elio y Sanchez of Camiguin to the Manila-based Spanish newspaper "La Oceania Española" and two other historical sources but has never been linked to the First Cry of Balintawak led by Andres Bonifacio. Mr. Montalvan believes Mr. Elio's letters never got past Spanish censors anxious to douse support for the revolution which had broken out in Luzon.
The mutiny exploded in September 29, 1896 among the so-called "Disciplinarios" or conscripts consisting mostly of convicts from Luzon, who were pressed into battle against the Moros in Lanao. In late August of 1896, the Katipunan revolution against Spain broke out in Luzon. Exactly a month after, or September 29, 1896, a group of Filipinos from Luzon who were deported to the Spanish fort Fuerza Real de la Nueva Victoria in Calaganan (present day Balo-i, Lanao del Norte) for training in military discipline to fight against the Moros of Lanao, mutinied against their Spanish superiors upon receiving instructions from the Katipunan in Manila. They raided the Spanish armory and proceeded to Cagayan de Misamis to attack the town, being joined by some Moros. On the way, they ransacked convents and homes of Spanish peninsulars. However, a joint force of Spanish soldiers and Filipino volunteers repulsed them in Sta. Ana, Tagoloan. From Cagayan, they proceeded to Sumilao, Bukidnon where they were joined by a band of 50 Higaonons. They next attacked the Tercio Civil outpost in
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Map of Misamis tracing the path of the Calaganan Mutiny by
Elson Elizaga. Pio Valenzuela was the trusted aide dispatched by Andres Bonifacio to foment a Katipunan-led rebellion in Mindanao.
The fortress Fuerza Real de la Nueva Victoria in Calaganan (present day Balo-i, Lanao del Norte) was ransacked by the Disciplinarios on Sept. 29, 1896 to start the only Katipunan-led revolt in Mindanao.
Balingasag, and raided the outpost of Gingoog on January 1897.
Formation of Voluntarios who were made up of Cagay-anon volunteers led by local hero Apolinar Velez who routed the Disciplarios in Sta. Ana, Tagoloan with the help of Spanish soldiers.
Women and children took shelter in the St. Augustine Cathedral while the menfolk joined the Spanish soldiers as Voluntarios to stop the incoming force of Disciplinarios from Calaganan.
By that time, news of Rizal's execution had reached Cagayan and Misamis, and this further stoked the anger of the local Katipuneros. It took the Spanish gunboat Mariveles, recalled from the Tercio Distrito de Surigao, to finally subdue the resistance in Gingoog. This was the only known Katipunan revolt in the entire Mindanao. What is especially unique about this particular mutiny is that besides happening at about the same time as the Katipunan revolt in Luzon, there appears to be a direct link between it and the Katipunan revolt in the person of Pio Valenzuela, a cousin of the amazon warrior Arcadia Valenzuela of Lapasan, Cagayan de Misamis (as Cagayan de Oro was then known) who visited Mindanao during this period (ostensibly on instructions from Andres Bonifacio himself!) to instigate a similar revolt in Mindanao .
Mr. Montalvan maintains how Augustinian Recollect chronicles confirm that this revolt was in fact instigated by a communication from Katipuneros in Luzon, making Mindanao the ninth province to join the Katipunan revolt, albeit not included in the eight rays of the sun in the Philippine flag which represent the eight provinces which first rose against Spanish tyranny. "We have yet to establish beyond a reasonable doubt the direct link between the Katipunan revolt in Luzon and the Calagan Mutiny, but there are extant sources which appear to indicate that such a link did exist, and that Pio Valenzuela did indeed come to Mindanao on the instructions of Andres Bonifacio to foment a revolt against the Spaniards," Mr. Montalvan said. Another unique aspect of the revolt was that it was participated in by Mindanao's tri-people: the Christian immigrants, the indigenous natives in the
person of Higaonons from Bukidnon, and a group of Moros from Lanao, making it not only a Katipunan revolt, but one in which all three of Mindanao's tri-people was represented. "Should a direct link be established between Bonifacio's Katipunan revolt in Luzon and the Calaganan Mutiny, then the people of Mindanao can rightfully petition the national government to add a ninth ray to the sun in the Philippine flag," Mr. Montalvan said. What needs to be done at this point is to verify primary sources such as the Consular Letters of the French Embassy in Manila to Paris where the Calaganan Mutiny is described in detail, Montalvan added. The letters are now in the archives of the National Museum in Manila, as are other extant documents like the historical account of the Jesuit historian Pablo Pastells in which the Calaganan Mutiny is also described in detail.