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Solon: Charges filed vs. hungry victims, absurd!By Allan Mediante, Editor in chief, with Rodielyn Manugas

A lawmaker has denounced the action of police authori-ties in Compostela Valley for filing charges against

organizers of the protest rally last January 15 by 5,000 typhoon victims. “It is absurd that the organizers of the said protest rally, who themselves are victims of the devastation brought by Pablo, are be-

ing charged of alarm and scandal, public disturbance, and ‘unlawful utterances’ when all they were doing was to call the attention of the government because they and their families are hungry and are merely ask-

ing for more aid,” partylist representative Neri Col-menares said. He also criticized the Department of Social Wel-fare and Development for beiung being insensitive to the needs of the typhoons

victims. “The DSWD is responsible for ensuring that enough relief goods reach the typhoon victims. These are the poor people which the 4Ps of DSWD, to which Congress appropri-ated billions of pesos, are

referring to. The DSWD secretary need not quarrel with the hungry protesters before conceding to addi-tional relief for the people of Montevista, Compostela Valley. Let the poor have

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CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - In time for the upcoming May elections, the National Grid Corporation of thePhilippines (NGCP) com-mits to the public that the country’s power grid will remain reliable and stable during the crucial political event. NGCP formed a special task force which will be responsible for the smoothtransmission of electricity and creation of contingency plans and measures during the lection. According to NGCP Spokesperson, Atty. Cyn-thia Alabanza, NGCP’s taskforce will commence its operation as early as Febru-ary 2013 and will work 24/7 from May 10 to 17, 2013, covering the date of the election which is May 13. “NGCP creates a task force every election season to guarantee uninterrupted power transmission, and this election will be no different. Part of the task force’s mandate isto secure the lines and sub-stations from any threats to

NGCP ensures reliable grid for 2013 elections

avoid unplanned outages,”explained Alabanza. “Of course, NGCP can only guarantee that there will be no transmission related interruptions. Any power interruption caused by other factors, such as generation deficiencies, or those per-taining to distribution utility operations, are beyond our control,” she stressed. As part of its preparations, NGCP will defer its regular maintenance activities. weekbefore and 1 week after the election to make all the transmission assets available for power delivery. Alabanza assured, “We will make sure that power delivery is excellent and transmission lines and equipment are at their best to ensure that wehave electricity for the vot-ing machines.” Earlier this month, the Department of Energy (DOE) created a Power Task Force intended to secure the country’s power supply for the mid-term elections. Together with other energy agencies, NGCP is also a member of the said task

force. “NGCP’s task force is aligned with the Power Task Force created by DOE. We shall be in constant coordination with them and with other agencies in the power industry, to ensure that we have a power interruption free election this year,” said Alabanza.

Tarpaulins of politicians in Cagayan de oro City have mushroomed in several areas as the may election nears. in this particular instance, Councilor ian mark Nacaya is congratulated for his 20 years of “continuous public ser-vice.” Nacaya will be running the coming election as a candidate for congressman of the city’s second district.PHoTo BY:GerrY lee GoriT

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - Families who were affected by the fire incident that hit Barangay No. 31 weeks ago will receive financial assistance from the city government. At the regular session this morning presided over by Vice Mayor Caesar Ian E. Acenas, the City Council adopted a resolution declaring a portion of the barangay as a calamity area in view of the disaster report submitted by the City Social Welfare and Develop-ment Department. The Council appropriated the amount of P205,500 from the City Disaster Risk Reduc-tion Management Fund (5-per-cent Calamity Fund)-Quick Response Fund to be made available as financial assistance

Fire victims to get calamity assistanceto the calamity victims. The legislations were favor-ably endorsed by the commit-tees on social services chaired by Councilor Nadya Emano and on laws and rules chaired by Councilor Ramon G. Tabor. (LCR) Public U body to look into concernsof transport groups The City Council committee on public utilities chaired by Councilor Alden Bacal will tackle concerns of associa-tions operating in Barangay Canitoan. The Barangay Council of Canitoan adopted a resolu-tion recognizing the Calaanan Motorized Sikad, Sikad & Side Car Operators & Drivers As-sociation (CMOSSODA) as the only sectoral organization

transportation group allowed to operate at the Calaanan relocation site. It was learned that the Sen-dong Survivors Drivers Orga-nization (SSDO) requested to operate in the area. According to the CMOSS-ODA officials, prior to the organization of SSDO, the barangay council already is-sued a resolution recognizing the association. Series of meetings were reportedly conducted by the barangay council with the transport groups, together with a police inspector and representative of RTA to dis-cuss and clarify matters related to the operation. During the last meeting,

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COTABATO City - Maguindanao Gov. Esmael Manguda-datu has called on local candidates for the May 13 elec-tions to sign a province-wide covenant to ensure honest and peaceful elections in the area.

Mangudadatu urges covenant for honest, peaceful polls

G ov. Mangud ad atu cited the infamous mas-sacre in Ampatuan town on November 23, 2009 that left 58 people dead, 32 of them media workers.

The carnage, the worst election-related violence in the country, was blamed on several members of the Ampatuan clan, includ-ing its patriarch, former Maguindanao Governor Andal Ampatuan Sr., who is now languishing in jail along with sons Zaldy and Andal Jr., former governor of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao and former mayor of Datu Unsay town, respectively.

“I want the election in the province free from violence this time,” he said in calling for the signing of a poll covenant among rival politicians.

Gov. Mangudadatu, the Liberal Party standard bearer, will have as rival Tocao Mastura, mayor of Sultan Kudarat town, who is running under the Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan. Mastura is the uncle of incumbent Maguindanao Vice Gov. Dustin Mastura.

The governor said he is willing to sign the cov-enant even inside Camp Darapanan, headquarters

of the Moro Islamic Lib-eration Front in Sultan Kudarat town.

MILF Vice Chair for Political Affairs Ghadzali Jaafar said he welcomes the plan of Gov. Mangudadatu.

“ We w a nt t o h e l p achieve a peaceful polls in Maguindanao,” Mr. Jaafar said.

Dur ing the Arroyo administration, massive election fraud had been reported in Maguindanao, particularly in the 2007 midterm polls when the administrat ion’s Team Unity senator ia l s late scored a 12-0 victory.

In the 2004 presidential

elections, the province also figured prominently in an alleged scandal.

At the recent turnover of command of the Magu-indanao police in Shariff Aguak town, Gov. Mangu-

dadatu and Mayor Zahara Upam Ampatuan were seen cordially talking with each other during luncheon.

“The legal battle be-tween our families should be left in the court,” said

the mayor, the wife of Anwar Ampatuan, who is one of the prime suspects in the Ampatuan massacre.

The mayor described Gov. Mangudadatu as a “gentleman and the gesture he showed is more of a peace covenant.”

Rival pol it ic ians in Shariff Aguak had signed a peace covenant wit-nessed by Fr. David Pro-calla, regional chair of the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting, new Maguindanao Po-lice Chief Rodelio Jocson and Col. Edgar Gonzales, commander of the First Mechanized Brigade.

Mayor Ampatuan and her rivals, Board Member Sarip Ampatuan and Ka-lim Santiago, signed the covenant .(Ferdinandh Cabrera/MindaNews/as-felicilda)

TACURONG City - The Tacurong City Responsive Assistance and Coordi-nated Emergency Search and Rescue or TRACER was recognized as the Third Best Volunteer Or-ganization in the national level of the Gawad Kalasag 2012.

Mayor Lina O. Montilla, Ms. Eufemia Robles of Tacurong CDRRMC and Wilfredo Asucena of the City Treasury Office re-ceived the P50,000.00 cash award from Director Lita B. Enok of the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) XII during the 7th RDRRMC meet-ing, January 28, at the Roadhaus Hotel, General Santos City.

TRACER’s contribu-tions in DRRM and Cli-mate Change Adaptation, particularly in providing help during response phase

TraCer hailed as country’s 3rd Best Volunteer organization

of DRRM, are said to con-tribute to the resilience of Tacurongnons and the constituency of nearby towns.

TRACER is a team of 23 multi-skilled volun-teers tapped to conduct activities on mitigation and response in the city and in neighboring mu-

nicipalities.The Gawad Kalasag,

which stands for KAlami-dad at Sakuna LAbanan SAriling Galing ang Ka-ligtasan, is a presidential award given to individuals, non-government orga-nizations, private sector and government organi-zations, in recognition of

their initiative in helping the Filipino government uplift the standard of di-saster management in the country.

TRACER was evaluated by the National Selection and Evaluation Commit-tee on August 3, 2012.( http://site.tacurong.gov.ph/arjaysfelicilda)

KORONA DA L C i t y - Se veral farmers from L ebak town in Sultan Ku d a r at re c e nt l y re -ceived their winnings from the raff les held during the previous ac-tivities of the Depart-m e n t o f A g r i c u l tu r e (DA) 12.

Among the prizes were two hand tractors with trailer, 46 rolls of lami-nated tarpaulins (trapal), 10 plastic water drums; and three carabaos raffled off during the Agri-Pinoy Information Caravan at the municipality’s gym, October 18.

DA also handed over to the Lebak Municipal Agriculture Office 355 rolls of tarpaulin to the Lebak local government unit.

L as t we ek , DA d e -livered one carabao to L eb a k Far me r Jo s e ph Ortiz, who won during the Provincial Farmers’ Action Council (PFAC) Convention in La Trini-dad, Benguet last year.

Ac c o r d i n g t o DA-12 Regional Executive Director Amalia Jayag-Datukan, items raffled off during DA activities were taken from the savings in the implementation of Republ ic Act 9184, otherwise known as the Government Pro cure-ment Reform Act of the

Philippines. Agri-Pinoy Informa-

tion Caravan also called "Ul at s a B ayan" i s an init iat ive of RED Da-tukan where DA 12, its divisions, and attached agencies travel to dif-ferent provinces in the region to report their accompl i shments and achievements for a spe-cific period, as well as inform target clientele of the different programs and projects of the de-partment.

T h e g at h e r i ng w a s also an opportunity for the agency to encourage farmer associations and cooperatives to submit proposals in l ine with mandate of the depart-ment.

D i r e c t o r D a t u k a n hopes that their activi-ties and the raffle draws willencourage farmers to join the agency’s mission to ensure sufficient food on every Filipino fam-ily’s table.

Early this month, DA 12 a l s o de l ivered two carabaos to Rey Bura-ay of Barangay Upper Glad and Juaevan Sardoma of Barangay Malamote in Mi ds ay ap, Nor t h C o -t ab ato. The y won t he animals during the in-focaravan in their area last October. (DED-PIA 12/LMSalvo-DA-12/asf )

DA delivers tractors

Lebak farmers By Danilo E. Doguiles

KORONADAL City -- Concreting of the Doña Alicia Avenue – Brgy. Tina ro ad s e ction in Tacurong City is expected to begin soon.

This , af ter the c ity council approved on Janu-ary 23 the proposed gener-al appropriation ordinance approving Supplemental

Budget No. 1, specifically for the concreting of said road section.

Budget for said project, according to the ordi-nance, will be charged against the DILG-Perfor-mance Challenge Fund (PCF).

Last year, Tacurong City LGU was awarded P2

million, as regional winner of the Gawad Pamana ng Lahi Awards 2012.

Mayor Lina Montilla, upon receiving the award, stated that incentive will be used for infrastructure projects.

“This amount should be returned to the Tacuron-gnons,” Montilla said.

Residents of Barangay Tina expressed joy over the news, believing that the road project would be a big help to them.

The ordinance was sponsored by Councilor Cirilo Flores. (DEDogu-iles-PIA 12/ JLBillano/MDMuyco – Tacurong LGU/asf )

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By Bong S. Sarmiento

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/ – Another member of a tribal clan opposing the Tampakan copper-gold project of Sagit-tarius Mines, Inc. was killed in an alleged encounter with the military. Capt. William Rodriguez, 1002nd Infantry Brigade civil military officer, identified the fatality as Kitari Capion, who was declared dead by physicians in a hospital in Koronadal City around 1:45 p.m. Wednesday. The fatality was the young-er brother of Daguel Capion, the leader of an armed tribal group opposing the opera-

tions of Sagittarius Mines in their ancestral domain. In October last year, the tribal leader’s wife Juvy and their two young children were killed in an alleged firefight between govern-ment troops and Capion’s group also within the mines development site. Critics of the Tampakan project described the incident as a “massacre.” Thirteen soldiers involved in the operation were later recommended for a court martial for ap-parently breaking the rules of engagement. Rodriguez said that a firefight ensued between nine soldiers and the Ca-

pion brothers and their four followers around 7 a.m. Wednesday. “Our troops were talking with the community in Na-kultana when they were fired upon, first by a Carbine rifle and then by an M-79 grenade launcher. The troops were on routine patrol,” Rodriguez said on the phone. Nakultana is a sitio in Ba-rangay Kimlawis in Kiblawan town, Davao del Sur, where the other Capion family members have been staying. Rodriguez said the govern-ment troops retaliated that left Kitari wounded in the hip. The mil itar y of f ic ia l

stressed it was a “legitimate encounter,” citing also that there is a gun ban in con-nection with the May 2013 polls. Kitari was brought to the hospital after his companions retreated following a five-minute exchange of gunfire, said Rodriguez. Rodriguez said that Kitari was still alive when they brought him to the hospital, though the military official could not say what time they exactly arrived there. There was almost a seven-hour difference from the time of the encounter until he was pronounced dead. Travel from Nakultana to

Koronadal City would take around two hours. With Kitari Capion’s death, he urged Daguel Capion to yield and face the charges filed against him. Daguel admitted responsi-bility to the killing in March 2011 of three workers of a construction company hired by Sagittarius Mines for a road project. He said they were forced to resort to violence because of the alleged disrespect by Sagittarius Mines to the rights of tribal community members. The military has consid-ered Capion’s group as “ban-dits.” Two weeks ago, the military deployed additional soldiers

to the mines development site of Sagittarius Mines. They were deployed nighttime on board five military trucks. Earlier, Diocese Marbel Bishop Dinualdo Gutierrez warned that a tribal war might erupt within the tene-ment of Sagittarius Mines. There are tribal members who also support the mining project of Sagittarius Mines. Gutierrez had blamed the presence of the mining com-pany for the atrocities that erupted in the area. Xtrata Copper, the world’s fourth largest copper pro-ducer, controls Sagittarius Mines, with Australian firm Indophil Resources NL as the junior partner. (Bong S. Sarmiento / MindaNews)

By Malu Cadelina-Manar

KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews) – At least P5 million worth of crops were destroyed when flashfloods hit at least 10 villages in Kabacan town in North Cotabato last week, reports from the Municipal Agriculture Of-fice (MAO) said. Continuous rains since Friday damaged about 700 hectares of rice fields, at least 70 percent of which had no chance to recover, the MAO added. Among the worst hit were barangays Malanduague, Pedtad, Bangilan, Katidtuan, Bannawag, Pisan, Kilagasan, Upper Paatan, Cuyapon and Salapungan. These villages, mostly situated along the banks of the Paidu Pulangi and Liguasan marsh, were among those hit by typhoon Pablo on December 4. Latest data from the Municipal Social Welfare and Development Office said some 2,000 families were displaced when the flood-waters reached waist-deep. (Malu Cadelina Manar/MindaNews)

1 killed in renewed violence in Tampakan mine site

DSWD-X celebrates its

62nd anniversaryThe Department of Social Welfare and De-velopment Field Office X is kicking off its week-long 62nd Anniversary Celebration, which starts today, January 28, 2013. With this year’s theme “Sama-samang Husay, Patungog Tagumpay,” the celebra-tion includes various sports activities for its employees. On the last day of its celebration, the Department Field Office shall also present plaques of recognition for its strong partners such as the Provincial Government of Lanao del Norte and the 52nd Engineer Brigade of the Philippine Army, Bantay Masaya Foundation, First Community Cooperative and Kaisahang Buhay Foundation. In the same event, the Field Office shall give recognition to its loyalty awardees and retirees. The DSWD is considered as one of the public agencies enjoying high trust ratings by the public because of its social protection services and its efforts toward good gover-nance. It also envisions a society where poor, vulnerable, and disadvantaged individuals, families and communities are empowered for an improved quality of life and that towards this end, the DSWD becomes a world stan-dard on the delivery of coordinated social services and social protection programs. (Written by Charmaine P. Tadlas, Regional Information Officer)

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Think A Minute

Jhan Tiafau Hurst

Think a minute…What if you and I went on the ex-act same diet of vegetables and fruits? We drank 8 glasses of water and did the exact same exercises every day.

Would that make you and me look exactly the same, like twins? Of course not! But many people do just that when they look at Christians.

People see a Christian who is not perfect and has a fault and they say: “You cannot be a Christian. You should be like Mary. She doesn’t act badly like you

Nice People or New People

do.” Or they say: “Why aren’t you like John, he’s much more patient than you are.”

But you see, just like being on the same diet and exercise program doesn’t make you and me look exactly the same, no 2 Christians look and act

exactly the same.When somebody sin-

cerely decides to accept Jesus’ gift of forgiveness and new life, they just start obeying and living Jesus’ way every day.

Jesus says that very day they have become a true,

born again Christian and child of God. Jesus never said: “First, clean up your act! Get a haircut, some church clothes, and a good job, and only then will I accept you.”

No, that is not what Je-sus says! Jesus said: “Come to me just as you are!” Because it’s only after we decide to become God’s children by asking Jesus to forgive us and take full charge of our life, that He can start changing our heart, character and way of living.

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Opinion

Cris Diaz

Hearing of Rasuman should be in Manila‘OVER reaction’. ‘Over acting.’ Men-tion all other prepositions that would described the ‘over’ laid plans to secure an alleged pyramiding art-ist facing ‘syndicated estafa’ at the local Regional Trial Courts (RTC) here Wednesday – you’ve got what it means. Yes, not few but most people in Cagayan De Oro where dumb-strucked watching military and police clad in full battle gear. The grimacing look of fully armed men with bulletproof vests reminisced bloody encounter with a movie flick ‘Universal Soldiers.’ The regional police command deployed 109 police as road security and guards at the Hall of Justice here to welcome a suspect in the alleged P12 billion pyramiding fraud in Lanao provinces and elsewhere in Northern Mindanao. Three complainants filed ‘syndicated estafa’ against Jacob ‘Coco’ Rasuman, a scion of an influential sul-tanate in the largely Moslem province of Lanao Del Sur. Rasuman and his family were reportedly engaged in a fraudulent ‘double your money’ scheme that had attracted thousands of unwary individuals and families investing their hard-earned money into the ‘make-believed, get-rich quick’ money scheme. A lawyer

said that two of the complainants already executed affidavit of desistance. Rasuman reportedly surrended to agents of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) sometime in November 2012 after a court in Marawi issued war-rant of arrest against him. The NBI took custody of Rasuman who flew him to Manila for safekeeping in a safehouse there fearing retaliation by despondent investors. The scheduled hearing on Wednesday was purport-edly to arraign Rasuman pending formal trial of the case. Dozen, if not a platoon, of NBI agent from Manila escorted Rasuman in flying to Cagayan de Oro City on Wednesday. A panel of 12 prosecutors from the Department of Justice (DOJ) in Manila was here to prosecute Rasuman. Who foots the bill? While local residents understand the sensitivity of the case, they could not hide contempt on the excessive show of force and ‘arrogance’ of security organizers. City Councilor Ian Mark Nacaya lamented that security organizers did not inform the city government the ‘worst scenario’ drawn by the people from Manila. Even court workers and the local media despised the seemingly arrogant manner in the handling of the security plan. Some citizens suggested that the hearing of Rasuman should be in Manila. Last Wednesday’ showed government extravagance in securing a suspect who has yet to enter a plea in court. React crisguardian@yahoo.com

Kakampi mo ang batas

Atty. Batas Mauricio

LIFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “… Hear, Israel, and be care-ful to obey so that it may go well with you and that you may increase greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the Lord, the God of your ancestors, promised you…” (Deuter-onomy 6:3, the Holy Bible). -ooo- HOW WILL MIR-IAM REACT TO LAC-SON’S CHARGES? I am thoroughly excited about how Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago is going to react on charges being aired by her fellow lawmaker, Sen. Panfilo Lacson, that she is using Senate money to rent a building owned by her husband, Jun Santiago, erst-while member of President Arroyo’s economic team. What will Santiago come up with against Lacson to counter his attacks against her? Abangan!!! -ooo- PEOPLE EXCITED ABOUT MIRIAM’S DO-SIERS VS. LACSON: Surely, Miriam is not going to sit out Lacson’s tirades against

How will Miriam react to Lacson’s charges?

her, and simply do noth-ing against him. Knowing Miriam, she must now be compiling tons and tons of incriminating and damag-ing dosiers, if there are any, of course, against Lacson, erstwhile chief of the Philip-pine National Police. Many people are actually salivating even now for the revelations Miriam will surely make against Lacson in retaliation. -ooo-ENMITY, A WELCOME DEVELOPMENT: Many will see the enmity between Miriam and Lacson as a useless waste of people’s money. For me, however, I am seeing this as a welcome development, which must even be encouraged among top officials of government. You see, when these officials

are chummy-chummy with one another, they close ranks and act as one, and then close their eyes on each others’ wrongdoings, which is definitely detrimental to our people’s interests. -ooo-O P P O R T U N I T Y T O KNOW REAL CHAR-ACTER OF OFFICIALS: However, when they are after each other’s necks, whatever the reason maybe, the people are given the opportunity to know the officials’ real character, their real selves, their real motiva-tions in having themselves either elected or appointed to public office. When of-ficials quarrel, we get to know who among them are marital infidels, grafters, crooks, and abusive, even

in their private lives. Surely, this is something that must be encouraged, to uphold people’s rights and welfare. -ooo- SURVIVAL OF THE FIT-TEST: The principle at work here is survival of the fittest---that is, only the morally-fit, the righteous and the upright, the dedicated and faithfully loyal, to their sworn duty to serve the people and our country, should be left standing. The only way to find out who these good people are in government is for their secrets to be disclosed, and the only way to effect this disclosure of their secrets is for their enemies to talk about them. -ooo- OFFICIALS’ QUARRELS GOOD FOR THE PEOPLE: Now, when are the enemies of officials in government prompted to make public the wrongdoings, malfeasance and misfeasance of their fellow officials? When they are quarreling and at war with one another, of course.

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A n g p i n a k a b a g - o n g kamanduan sa Depar-tamento sa Edukasyon nga naghatag ug bag-ong giya sa pagtudlo sa mga kabataan karon diha sa mga tulunghaan, mao ang paggamit sa Mother Tongue-Based Multi Lin-gual Education kon MTB MLE. Unsa ba diay kining MTB MLE? Ug nganong daghan man kaayo ang misupak nga ipatuman kining maong programa? Ang Mother Tongue-Based Multi Lingual Education kon MTB MLE usa ka pro-grama sa Departamento sa Edukasyon diin ang mag-tutudlo gikan sa kinder-garten ngadto sa ikatulong ang-ang, gimanduan nga motudlo sa mga kabataan gamit ang unang pinulun-gan kon Mother Tongue. Dako ang pangagpas sa maong programa nga ma-palambo ang kahimtang sa pagtoon sa mga ka-bataan tungod kay ila mang nasabtan ang gibatbat sa ilang magtutudlo. Sa ato

pa, wala na ang haw-ang tungod sa paggamit sa langyawng pinulungan (Language Gap). Kini gidu-yugan usab sa mga pagtuon ug mga pagpanag-ing sa atong mga adunahan nga silingang nasud sama sa Korea ug Japan diin taas ang naabtan nga kahibalo sa ilang magtutungha tun-god kay sa higayon nga magbinayloay ug huna-huna ang mga magtutudlo ang mga magtutungha ila mang gigamit ang ilang kaugalingong pinulungan. Apan, bisan pa man sa maayong panlantaw, ang MTB MLE miani gihapon sa daghang mga batikos ilabi na ngadto sa iladong mga tawo diin ila nang nabansay ang ilang mga anak sa pakigpulong kanila gamit ang langyaw nga pinulungan. Matud pa, angayan kunong hatagan ug dakog pagtagad sa mga magtutudlo ang paghatag ug kahanas sa mga ka-bataan sa pagkigpulong sa pinulungan English, inay

gamiton ang kaugalingong pinulungan aron maha-lin sila sa kalibutanhong merkado. Usa daw ka da-kog bahad ang MTB MLE ngadto sa economicanhong paglambo sa nasud tun-god kay matud pa, naila ang Pilipinas nga usa sa mga nasud nga adunay kahanas sa pakigpulong sa pinulungan English isip kabilin sa mga Amerkano nga misakop kanato, ug kung tugotan ang MTB MLE, mapahuyang lamang niini ang pondasyon ug kahanas sa mga Pilipino sa pinulongang English. Sayang lang daw ang ilang paningkamot mga bansay ang ilang anak sa pinu-lungan English, mao man gani nga miabang pa sila ug kaugalingon magtu-tudlo alang sa ilang mga anak unya pag – abot sa tulunghaan mother tongue ra diay ang gagamiton sa magtutudlo. Dili kuno igo nga naa lay subject nga English kay kinanglang gamiton kini aron maban-

say ang bata sa paggamit niiini. Ang mga magtutudlo usab napadayag sa ilang suliran sa pagtudlo gamit ang kaugalingon pinulun-gan tungod kay matud pa nila gibati silag kasalikwaot sa pakigbatbat sa mga bata tungod kay dili man kini ang ilang naandan. Suliran usab alang kanila ang mga terminolohiya tungod kay dili sila hanas niini. Usa ka dakong lapro alang kanato isip bisaya. Problema and pagtudlo sa maong pinu-longan tungod kay kulang man ang mga kahimanan sa pagtudlo, sa mga mga hulagway ug mga libro nga ilang basihan aron ipatuman ang MTB MLE. Apan alang kanako isip magtutudlo, ang MTB MLE usa ka kahigayonan alang sa paglambo sa atong nasud Pilipinas. Usa ka dakong panginahanglan sa usa ka tawo nga iyang pang-gaon ang iyang yutang natawhan aron makabaton siyag laraw kung unsaon

kini niya pagpalambo. Ang pagdayeg una, sa usa ka tawo sa kaanindot sa iyang kaugalingong pinulungan maoy sinugdanan sa iyang pagpangga sa yutang na-tawhan. Angayan lamang nga una kitang mabansay sa atong kaugalingong pi-nulongan ayha kita man-gante nga mabansay sa lain pang pinulungan. Lahi ang punto sa nakabalo lang ka kaysa hanas naka. Kasagara, atong yubiton ang atong mga igsoon kinsa nasayop paglitok o wala nagaray o kinamais ang iyang eninglis, apan igsoon, labawng dakong laparo alang kanimo nga hanas ka mageninglis apan kinamais usab ang imong binisaya. Matud pa gani ni Dr. Jose P. Rizal sa iyang balak nga “Sa Aking mga Kababata” ang “dili daw magpangga sa iyang kaugalingong pinulongan, labaw pa sa anghit nga isda”. Kasagara kadtong mga hanas mag-eninglis maoy gilauman nga mo-

palambo sa atong nasud. Apan subo nga palandun-gon nga gipahimuslan ang ilang kahibalo ug kahanas sa mga laing nasud tungod kay wala lagi kitay mahatag nga kaayohan sa atong mga maglalampos kung dili nato sila ipalangyaw sa ubang kabaybayunan. Apan kung ang mga pina-sahi nga mga maglalam-pos wala makahimo nga palamboon ang Pilipinas, kinsa ang magpalambo ug kanus-a pa kita molambo? Ang kalamboan angayan nga magsugod sa sulod dili sa gawas. Sama nala-mang sa biblisiw sa adlaw nga nagagikan gayud sa kinauyokan sa bituon ayha kini mipabusikad sa iyang kahayag diha kawanang. Sa samang paagi, palam-boon una nato ang atong kaugalingon nasud ayha kita mopalambo sa uban. Ug sugdan nato kini pi-naagi sa MTB MLE aron makabaton kitag pagsabot sa atong pagkakita o sa atong pagkatawo.

Mother Tongue-Based Multi Lingual Education, Supak ba ka o Oyon?By Jupiter Y. Tagupa

Oro Chamber President Efren T. Uy is happy over the elec-tion of Chamber Past President and now Vice President of the Manufacturing and Industries Sector— Jaime Rafael “Ralph” Paguio as Presi-dent of Promote CDO Founda-tion, Inc.

Chamber exec is Promote CdeO Prexy

Project Turn over in BugoCongressman rufus rodriguez formally turns over a pathway project in Zone 8, Barangay Bugo to Chairman raul aleria. The photo also shows Kagawad Jesus morial, Butch doruja and Boyd ormita, misamis oriental Sales officer of Holcim Cement Phils.

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - A city councilor censured the failure of law enforcers to coordinate with the city government on plans to secure an alleged ‘pyramid-ing’ artist brought to court here Wednesday. City Councilor Ian Mark Nacaya, chair of the com-mittee on police, fire, and public safety, said that the PNP regional command slashed the undermanned city police force when they took 59 police officers to augment the security plan. He said the regional police command sent 50 police officers or 109 police offi-cers securing Jacob “Coco’ Rasuman brought by agents of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) from Manila to Cagayan de Oro

Dad expresses dismay over the use of city cops

on Wednesday. ‘Although it is the pre-rogative of the PNP regional command to deploy police in major operations, they should have coordinated with the local government unit,’ Nacaya said. He said an enormous traf-fic jam occurred Wednesday in downtown Cagayan De Oro City when police closed major thoroughfares as part of the security plan. ‘We (the city government) never knew what happened. Otherwise we would not allow the deployment of 59 police from the city’s police command,’ Nacaya added.The regional PNP command could certainly get more than 100 police officers for deployment other than from the city, he said. CD

City Gov’t employees get P5, 000

clothing allowance

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - The city government has released clothing allowance worth P5, 000 to each of the more than 3,000 city hall employees here. City Mayor Vicente Emano said that the release of the clothing allowance started Tuesday after the city released the P2, 000-productivity bo-nus early January. Emano hope that the bo-nuses and allowances could help provide and alleviate the needs of city hall workers in small ways. ‘I hope that the allowances and benefits would answer the

Rasuman lawyers file motion to quash charges

pressing needs of the children and the family rather than spending on useless means and vices,’ the city executive said. Emano were to be sympa-thetic to the needs of the lowly paid government workers. City hall workers said that Emano make sure that em-ployees get all benefits and allowances immediately. CD

for additional investments to the city. “Big hotels are starting to locate to our city making our city more equipped to handle bigger events. We need to encourage the stag-ing of more huge events and meetings to keep a steady flow of conventioners and tourists in our area,” Mr. Paguio said. Promote CDO Founda-tion encourages and sup-ports the protection and

development of Cagayan de Oro City’s cultural identity and heritage and works for a unified investment promotion of the city. Promote CDO also aims to highlight Cagayan de Oro City’s strategic role as a trade and service hub of Northern Mindanao thus creating a positive image of the city as a good invest-ment site wherein business processes and procedures are streamlined.

“It gives me so much pleasure that another Oro Chamber executive is hold-ing the highest position in a key organization that is Promote CDO,” Mr. Uy shared. Mr. Uy said that all signs are leading to a good year for Oro Chamber to push for the needed policy reforms in energy, labor, investments and job generation that are believed to boost inclusive and sustainable growth to benefit all stakeholders. For his part, Promote CDO President Ralph Paguio commits to work on increasing the number of events such as conventions, congresses, trade exhibits and conferences side by side with a vigorous promotion

Jaime rafael “ralph” Paguio , new president of Promote Cdo Foundation, inc., listening to Cdo mayor Vicente emano

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - Lawyers of the accused Jacob “Coco” Rasuman and his wife Princess Tomawis and 10 others filed a motion to quash the criminal case of syndicated estafa filed against respondents at the Regional Trial Court (RTC) branches 20 and 23 under Judges Bonifacio Maca-baya and Vincent Rosales Wednesday. Princess Tomawis Ra-

suman lawyer Alejandro Jose Pallugna even said the case against her cli-ent (Princess Tomawis Ra-suman) has to be dismissed after the two complainants Naim Sampap and Achmad Sangcaan already issued an affidavit of desistance. “We filed a motion to quash as we are asking the court to dismiss the case as the case has no elements of

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CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – One of Cagayan de Oro’s fastest growing call centers turned two last January 28 and marks the milestone with a series of events this Sunday, February 3 aimed at recruiting 80 new agents in the next six months. “We will start with a thanksgiving mass at San Antonio parish church in Nazareth, followed by a mo-torcade around the city then a variety show at the SM Cagayan de Oro Rotunda featuring our employees,” said Niño Mae V. Duran, FBC Business Solutions Corporation’s managing director for Asia. A brainchild of Mr. Du-ran, his Fil-American cousin Nathan John V. Yap and family friend Noelle Noreen A. Juarez, the company’s first call center was started in Gusa opposite CU Medi-cal City and opened a new annex a year later at the site of the former CU Call Center. “FBC’s niche is to be the default call center and outsourcer for small busi-nesses,” noted Mr. Yap, FBC CEO. “There is a huge gap in the market serving this

FBC needs 80 new call center agents

demographic -- large centers don’t want to deal with small projects, and most smaller centers are not adequately funded nor do they have the infrastructure required to minimize downtime.” Its clients are mostly small to medium sized companies for which it provides cus-tomer inbound services such as customer support (phone, live chat, and e-mail) and outbound services such as sales (investments, insur-ance), surveys, appointment setting, and lead generation. “Our bread and butter is supporting entrepreneurs scale and grow their busi-nesses, creating much-needed jobs both in the Philippines and the United States along the way,” Mr. Yap adds. The young company is going full-tilt with its new hires after signing on sev-eral new large clients, as well as expansion of exist-ing clients. Besides FBC Business Solutions, there are five other call centers based in Cagayan de Oro, two in Iligan and another in Bukidnon. “The Sunday show will just be our first in a series of events we’ve planned to recruit the number of per-sonnel we need to meet our

client’s increasing demand,” said Ms. Juarez, vice presi-dent for operations. “We will have two job fairs this year in March and October, but will also be participating in numerous other recruiting events and activities.” The company has man-aged to maintain a remark-ably low turnover rate com-

pared to what has been experienced by similar firms in the country and abroad. “That’s because we al-ways tell our staff they will grow with, and not for the company,” said Mr. Duran. “Provided our employee is qualified for a promotion, he will always get it because we prioritize internal over

external recruitment. We believe that starting with the right culture and en-vironment has helped us keep our employee turn-over quite low.” Ms. Juarez believes man-agement style also plays its part. “We manage our operations hands-on and on a personal basis with

a touch of Family Culture. We encourage them to think of their workplace as their second home.” Besides offering com-petitive salaries than other local call centers, FBC also offers allowances, healthcare coverage for regulars, sales incentives and sign in bonus for qualified applicants.

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Republic of the PhilippinesLocal Civil Registry Office

Province: Agusan del NorteCity/Municipality: Butuan City

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that NAPOLEON FORTUN ANDAGAN has filed with this office a petition for Change of First Name from AUGOSTO to NAPOLEON in the birth certificate of AUGOSTO LOQUETE AN-DAGAN who was born on August 28, 1956 at Agusan Pequeño, Butuan City and whose parents are HERMINIO CALO ANDAGAN and PABIOLA LOQUETE FORTUN. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than 15 February 2013.

(SGD.) JUDITH ALVIZO-CALO, LLB, MPA City Civil Registrar

MDN: Feb. 1 & 8, 2013

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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that TEODY A. BANAGAN has filed with this office a petition for Change of First Name from “GEROME” to “TEODY” in the birth certificate of GEROME ARBONEDA BANAGAN who was born on Aug. 12, 81 at San Vicente, Butuan City, Agusan del Norte, Philippines and whose parents are GERONIMO ARANAS BANAGAN JR. and ANTONIA JANSOL ARBONEDA. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than 15 February 2013.

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recalled. Rep. Zamora reported that her office has since remained proactive in delivering effective and affirmative responses for the sake of her constituents. She thanked the national gov-ernment’s concerned agencies, the Office of the President, the leadership of the House of Representatives and the Sen-ate, her legislator-colleagues, the national assembly’s em-ployees, other countries and international organizations and their representatives, be-nevolent private individuals, government leaders, celebri-ties, groups, organizations, foundations, media outfits, and others who poured in help for her constituents. The young solon appealed for the House leadership to continue assisting her office in carrying the burden of enlisting the help of the na-tional government in sourcing funds for the rehabilitation of Compostela Valley; for the na-tional government to expedite rebuilding destroyed public infrastructure, rehabilitating agriculture and livelihood sources and services in the province; for the national gov-ernment to support monitor-ing of geohazards throughout the country, and to come up with a geohazard rural alert system that our people will understand; for international donor organizations, foreign countries and charity-minded foundations and groups, to keep bestowing the district with gracious assistance, and for everyone’s kinship and generosity in easing the pain of the affected Comvalenyos.

Solon...from page 1what is due them,” Rep. Col-menares added. “What we should look into are the main causes of massive devastation. While it cannot be denied that Typhoon Pablo ravaged Southern Mindanao region because of unimaginable strong winds, the effects were worsened by man-made activi-ties like massive commercial logging.” Rep. Colmenares also said that Bayan Muna supports the call of the people in Mindanao to stop the logging activities, not only in Mindanao but also in other parts of the country where logging companies op-erate.Meanwhile, ComVal lawmaker Maria Carmen Zamora re-counted the misery Typhoon Pablo brought to her constitu-ents, and appealed for greater assistance and compassion for the victims. The ComVal lawmaker emotionally articulated that, before Pablo, in all her years, Compostela Valley has not been visited by a strong typhoon, and that people knew nothing about the natural calamity. “Pero noong ika-4 ng Di-syembre, nang humagupit si Pablo, sa lakas ng agos ng tubig at putik na dala niya, nahubaran po ang aking mga kababayan. Naglaho ang mga ari-arian, tinangay ang aming mga tahanan, at natabunan ang aming mga kabuhayan. Ang pinakamasakit, napakarami pong pamilya na namatay, at nawawala sa aming mga mahal sa buhay,” she achingly

By PJTremedal, Western Mindanao Bureau

Oroquieta City, Misamis Occidental – Newly in-stalled AFP Western Min-danao Command Chief Lt. General Rey Ardo assured Misamisnons there will be a clean, responsible and honest election come May 2013. The AFP Western Mind-anao Command chief made the assurance during his recent visit to the Misamis Occidental Provincial Gov-ernment under governor Herminia M. Ramiro. General Ardo had been assigned previously with the 1st Infantry “Tabak” Division, PA as 103rd Bri-gade Commander based in Camp Ranao., Marawi City before given the chance to led the AFP 6th Infantry Army Division in Camp Awang , Maguindanao.Ardo who was born in

State pension fund Gov-ernment Service Insur-ance System (GSIS) has announced that beginning February, it will refund premium in arrears previ-ously deducted from the life insurance benefits of more than 73,000 employees of the Department of Educa-tion (DepEd). The initial refund of Php363 million was made possible by the payment of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) of a 50% down payment of DepEd’s Php6.92 bil-lion in unpaid compulsory premium contributions rep-resenting the government share of nearly 800,000 teaching and non-teaching employees of the DepEd from July 1, 1997 to De-cember 31, 2010. In September last year, GSIS, DBM and DepEd signed an agreement in Malacanang witnessed by

Fire...from page 2

SSDO Officers said they will discuss among themselves if they will affiliate with the CMOSSODA as member orga-nization, however, no feedback was received by the latter, The Power learned. Officials of CMOSSADA said, all fees and other monetary obligations of the transport group are being agreed upon by the members. These serves as fund raising activity to fi-nance all the activities, projects (livelihood), programs of the association, particularly the repair and maintenance of the existing units of the members of the association. (JBD)

told his son-in-law, Moses, in Exodus 18 of the Bible.

-ooo- F I L I P I N O S E L E C T CROOKS AND GRAFTERS: The question however is: are Filipinos capable of choosing, during elections, candidates who are God-fearing, who know the Word of God and who obey Him at all times, who are capable and who hate dishonest gain? The clear answer is no, Filipinos do not know how to do this---not yet anyway---and this is shown by the proliferation of officials who, before being elected, are known crooks, grafters, and morally-depraved. It is a

Rasuman...from page 7

course. This is the reason why I am saying here that gov-ernment officials, especially those who occupy sensitive positions, must be made to quarrel with one another as often as possible.

-ooo- GOD FEARING OFFI-CIALS: Now, of course, there is one other way to make sure that leaders in government and in politics will remain true to their oath to become good officials, even if they are not squabbling with one another. This way is electing only those who are God-fearing, who know the Word of God and who obey Him at all times, who are capable and who hate dishonest gain, as Jethro

source of wonder that Filipinos elect them anyway.

-ooo- PIRITUAL TRAINING NEEDED FOR PINOYS: Now, how can we make Filipinos become more mature voters so they could choose only the candidates who sincerely believe in God, listening to and obeying His commands? The only way is to train them, from their childhood till they are already old, in the way and instruction of the Lord, as the Bible is saying in Prov-erbs 22:6, Ephesians 6:4, and Deuteronomy 6:5, 7-9. If we can do this, then our country will surely rise again!

GSIS to give refund to DepEd employees this Feb

President Benigno Aqui-no, which addressed the recurring concern on the non-remittance of premium contributions affecting the right of DepEd workers to avail themselves of their full GSIS benefits while in service and upon their retirement. DepEd employees cov-ered by the February refund are those whose Cash Sur-render Value (amount paid to the policyholder upon separation from the service) or Maturity Benefit (ben-efit payable upon maturity of the endowment policy) were processed between 1997 to 2010. The refund will benefit 28,279 active members, 35,759 pension-ers and 9,329 separated members. The refund of DepEd members with existing eCard or UMID card will be released through their card; those without eCard or

UMID card will be released through checks. “The next batch of re-fund will be processed and released after February,” GSIS President and General Manager Robert G. Vergara said. “After the complete settlement of unpaid pre-miums, DepEd employees in active service will enjoy a proportionate increase in loanable amounts and potentially, increased re-tirement and life insurance benefits,” Vergara said. He said that GSIS will recalculate the benefits received by those who have already retired and will refund deducted amount representing premium in arrears that have already been paid by the DBM. Their pensions will likewise be adjusted. DepEd employees may call the GSIS hotline num-ber (02) 847.4747.

Northern Mindanao, par-ticularly the City of Golden Friendship, has chosen to “make Love than War” in Mindanao. He is a prime mover of the GPH-MIL Peace Process, He is also one of the engineers of the Bangsamoro Framework Agreement. The AFP WesMinCom Chief also paid courtesy call to Provincial Vice Gov-ernor Henry S. Oaminal to reiterate that the 101st Army Brigade under the command of Col Amadeo Azul based in Pinan, Zamboanga del Norte with its 55th Infantry Battalion camp in Camp Burgos, this city under Lt. Col Rommel Almaria will be vigilant enough to watch over the elections in this part of Western Mindanao. AFP Chief Ardo recently took over the command of Western Mindanao from Lt General Noel Coballes who

happened to be his com-manding General during the latter’s stint in the Army’s First Division, who now heads the Philippine Army in lieu of AFP Chief General Emmanuel Bautista. Richlie Lyndon Magtulis, chair of RDC-12’s Mac-roeconomy, Development Administration and Finance Committee (MEDAFC), said such concerns were among the key recommendations adopted by the council for the two-day 2013 Mindanao Development Forum (MDF) organized by the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA). The forum, which is ex-pected to gather around 300 heads and representatives of various Official Devel-opment Assistance (ODA) offices as well as officials from national line agencies, is slated on Feb. 1-2 at the Marco Polo Hotel in Davao City.

AFP WesMinCom chief assures clean, honest election

syndicated estafa and fraud,” said Pallugna. He also said that no formal arrangements but the formal filing of motions took place at the RTC branches 20 and 23 under Judges Macabaya and Rosales. The other motions being filed according to Pallugna was a motion to pre-deter-mine probable cause.

“The Regional Trial Court Branch 23 reset the arraign-ment on February 8, 2013 while RTC Branch 20 sets no date at all,” said Pallugna. “Had the court granted our motion, the case would have been dismissed,” said Pallugna. Charged before the RTC Branch 20 & 23 were Jacob “Coco” Rasuman, his father Jacob Sr., father in law Sul-tan Yahya “Jerry” Tomawis, his wife Princess Tomawis

Rasuman, his mother Ema Rasuman, and his brothers Vice Mayor Maning Ra-suman, Jerome Rasuman and Basher Rasuman Jr. The charges were filed after a team of prosecutors, headed by Senior Prosecu-tor Edna Valenzuela, of the Department of Justice (DOJ) found probable cause of the separate complaints filed by Sampap and Sangcaan against Rasuman’s and his wife.

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I confess. I am a “Facebookphile” and since I first joined this social networking site in 2007, I am hooked.

Lately as I was browsing through newsfeeds that I receive daily, I have noticed that there are postings

of photos of people asking random people for 1 million likes so they can have their request for a puppy, a baby or whatever they would like to have. There are also posts of photos that ask for either a “like” or a “share.”

This trend in Facebook also caught the eyes of the entrepreneurs and now you will see so many products and services that are asking for likes on their fan pages.

Even beauty contests and other online competitions rely on the Facebook users’ likes to determine the most popular and reward them with a prize.

So what’s wrong with “liking?”

At some point there is none. But if one looks closely, this behavior of actually needing affirmation from people to validate their “digital existence” has become the new way of evaluating one’s self as well.

Some personal accounts on Facebook also rely on their friends liking their statuses and posts just so they will know if they are being noticed or simply ignored online.

That is the danger, when young people wanted to belong and become so engrossed with their social media accounts that they want people to see if their so-called friends actually notice them.

These young users feel let down once likes and comments and even shares are fewer than they expected.

Every post on Facebook does not have to go viral and you do not have

to beg for likes in order to be popular. If your intention is to just express

yourself, then do it. The likes will come naturally.

And if you feel that none of your friends liked your posts, don’t fret. They probably missed out in reading what you said.

Or perhaps they simply don’t care or have already gone tired of your constant rants and unimportant shout-outs.

For those who have plans of liking all posts on Facebook, this is also considered an abusive behavior.

It is not your obligation to like all the posts you see on your newsfeed. This is not a guarantee that you will be liked in return.

The reason the like button was devised so that users will have a quick and instant reaction to a posts but this

does not mean we have to rape the like button like there’s no tomorrow.

Only like what is necessary, relevant and has a personal connection to you.

And one more thing, you do not have to thank each and every person that liked your post.

This can be cute at first but when your post reached 500 more or so, you are just wasting your time liking each one of them.

Don’t worry, you are not running for any government position and they will understand if you have not said any word about them liking what you just shared to the world.

Be a responsible social media user. As what a local media network giant is campaigning and which I “like,” I am reminding everyone to ThINk BEFORE yOu CLICk.

The power of “Likes” by OWEN JAEN Congratulations to the WINNERS

of

CINEMAGIS 5 Digital Short Film Festival

in Northern Mindanao

Best Art DirectionStudent categoryTutub By: Kissza Campano

Professional categorydedangerz By: Yvette Sabellona

Professional categorydedangerz By: Yvette Sabellona

Professional categoryHdBy: Cloyd Winstanley

Professional categoryGuanoBy: Jeison Nagac

Professional categoryWonderful NightmareBy: Gray em erezo

Professional categoryWonderful NightmareBy: Gray em erezo

Professional categorydiosdado Quiñonez (dedangerz)

Professional categoryG r a y e m e r e z o (Wonderful Nightmare)

Student categoryKunhod By: Jasmine limas

Student categoryKurisBy: Frenz dale magno

Student categoryTutub By: Kissza Campano

Student categoryTutub By: Kissza Campano

Student categoryTutub By: Kissza Campano

Student categoryFer mykel Gonzales (Tutub)

Student categoryKissza Campano (Tutub)

Student categoryalmaerah Sohranisa (Kuris)

Best Cinematography

Best Story

Best Editing

Best Sound Scoring

Best Actor

Best Actress

Best Director

Best Short Film

Last year, we honored Mindanao’s homegrown businesses...This year, let the Investors from outside the island

who helped propel Mindanao’s economy for decades be recognized...thus,

RATIONALE OF THE PROJECT

- This is the 2nd Mindanao Business Leaders Awards, in a different category from the first one. The 1st Mindanao Busi-ness Leaders Awards was undertaken last year to give due recognition to the achievements of various Mindanao business leaders and entrepreneurs in various categories of homegrown corporate and individual business leadership achievements.

- This year’s search is aimed at giving honor and recognition of excellent business leaders in the investors’s category.

- BusinessWeek Mindanao as a forerunner of information on economic leadership and entrepreneurial achievements of non-Mindanaoan corporations and businessmen, deems it a part of its social responsibility to trumpet the achievements of these pillars of Mindanao’s economy, for others to emulate and thus propel an awareness for the business potential that Mindanao offers in every economic and business investment plan, whether small or great.

-We are helping Mindanao achieve sustainable development of its economy through these humble efforts.

MISSION & VISION OF THE AWARDS

- The holding of BWM Awards annually serves as catalyst to the ongoing efforts of business leaders and entrepreneurs who seek greater heights and strive for success in the noble mission of propelling Mindanao and its people towards full economic growth and sustainable development.

Mechanics of the Search:

Duration of the Search : January 15, 2013 to May 15, 2013Awards Night : June 1, 2013

Entry Requirements:

1. Individual and Company/Establishment nominations shall be accompanied with Nomination Forms available on-line at the Sponsors Website, offices of sponsors, or in the printed page of Businessweek Mindanao and Mindanao Daily issues or may be mailed, if requested, by the Awards Secretariat

2. Nominees or candidates in various categories shall be nomi-nated by BusinessWeek Mindanao and Mindanao Daily Bureaus; individuals, organization or groups not employed by or connected to any of the nominated person or firm .

3. Nominations shall be accompanied by the ff documents which can be mailed, or emailed to the awards secretariat - MINDANAO BUSINESS LEADERS AWARDS 2013 Secretariat, Tanleh Bldg., Abellanosa St., Cagayan de Oro City,not later than May 15, 2013.

4. Brief Resume and History of the Nominee (Individual or Firm)- Photos (at least 3) ; Nomination Form ; Documentary evidence such as certificates, awards or citations

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