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(L-R) Atty. Alberto B. Arcilla – President and Managing Director of The Covenant Car Company, Leah Avante, Lo-renzo Aguilar, Jan Andrew Po – VP of Grand Cars, Inc., Rose Dimalanta, Bobby Fornolles – General Manager of Chevrolet CDO, Caroline T. Po – Chevrolet CDo Comptroller and Peter U. Po – President of Grand Cars, Inc. pose with the Camaro SS at the Chevrolet Showroom, Kauswagan National Highway, this city.

By SHAUN ALEJANDRAE YAP UY of The Cagayan de Oro TIMES

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Chevro-let Cagayan de Oro formally opens its showroom today at Kauswagan

National Highway. Earlier this week, Wednes-day, November 14, Chev-rolet sponsored “A Night with Business Partners” at the showroom that brought together personalities from the banking and financial institutions in the city. Asked about the event, Chevrolet CDO General Manager Bobby Y. Fornolles enthused that “The event was successful; we were able to meet their expectations, we wanted to introduce Chevrolet first to those who will help our customers finance our products, of course those are the banks and financial institutions, this will be the official dealer for CDO, Northern Mind-anao, Region 10 and nearby regions.” More than 80 personali-ties from the commercial banking and financial insti-tutions of the city attended the event. Among the guests are representatives from key banks in the city, BDO, BPI, MayBank, PS Bank, Metrobank, RCBC, Union Bank, UCPB, EastWest, China Bank, PBCOM to name a few.

Attorney Alberto B. Arcil-la, President and Managing Director of The Covenant Car Company, Incorporated said that “we are very opti-mistic, prior to us formally appointing the group of Jan Andrew Po for Cagayan de Oro, Chevrolet already had a very good following here, though it wasn’t through a formal channel, most of our clients would purchase our product from neighbor-ing cities and sub-dealers around.” Furthermore, Attorney Arcilla says that “we were already optimistic even before our own presence here; people were already appreciating the products, when we took over the brand Chevrolet, Our company, The Covenant Car Compa-ny, Inc. identified Cagayan de Oro as one of the growth potentials in our regional dealer network.” The Covenant Car Com-pany, Inc. took over the brand Chevrolet in 2009. Chevrolet has a wide range of products suited for the consumers’ needs. Attorney Arcilla states that the model that has a strong following

is the Colorado which is a pickup truck. Arcilla states “when buy-ing a car, I always ask what’s your ‘life stage’ and what you’re going to use it for…

like if you’re still single, most probably you don’t need much space, then what’s your ‘lifestyle’… like if your lifestyle only takes you from home-to-work or to the

mall, then the passenger car is for you but if you like going out of town, then the commercial vehicles are for you”. Jan Andrew Po, Vice

President of Grand Cars, Inc. says that they are very optimistic about Chevrolet’s presence in the city, “five years from now, we’ve prob-

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CAGAYAN de Oro City––An independent fact-finding committee has been created by DENR 10 Regional Executive Director Ruth M. Tawa-ntawan to investigate on the burglary at the Envi-ronmental Management Bureau (EMB) here.

Tawantawan has issued a special order creating the fact-finding committee composed of personnel from the DENR regional office.

Aside from coordi-nating with the police, the team is expected to recommend measures on how to further secure office equipment inside the DENR 10 compound located at Barangay Ma-cabalan this city.

At the same time, di-rector Tawantawan was assured by Environmental Management Bureau re-gional director Sabdullah

‘Suspension’ of Mayor Emano unlikely: Lawyer

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“It (suspension) may not happen at all even after the election if legal processes are going to be observed,” lawyer Francis Khu, Emano’s lead counsel said in a talk with Mindanao Daily News.

Khu said that Emano received an order from the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG)

By CRIS DIAZ, Staff, Mindanao Daily News

By JOEL ESCOL of Mindanao Daily News

CONTRARY to the expectation of the political opposition, the suspension of Cagayan de Oro City Mayor Vicente Emano from office may not happen during the election season, a lawyer said yesterday.

last November 13, 2012 di-recting him ‘to submit our position paper’ in response to an administrative charges filed against him by a group purporting to be concerned citizens.

“Suspension is out of context, since following legal processes, a lot of things have yet to be done.

If and when, a suspension order may come out after the scheduled election next year,” Khu said.

OrderThe order signed by Jesus

Duque IV of the DILG’s legal department has given Emano and his lawyer’s 30-day to file their position

Massacre suspects face rapsCAGAYAN de Oro City–-Police filed multiple murder charges yesterday against the four suspects allegedly responsible for the gruesome killing of a couple and their two children inside their house Monday.

Murder charges were filed against 18-year-old Armand Abuyin, a certain Eric Malong and two others, said Sr. Insp. Richie Tandog of the Cagayan de Oro Police Office (Cocpo).

Aside from Abuyin, police have yet

to arrest Malong and two of his alleged cohorts.

Abuyin was arrested inside the vic-tims’ house at District 7, GSIS Village in Barangay Canitoan, Cagayan de Oro City Wednesday.

Drug money“Drug money” was reportedly the

motive behind the gruesome killing of the Lastimosa family based on the result

ZAMBOANGA City––The US Federal Bureau of Inves-tigation has added a senior Abu Sayyaf leader on its list of the most wanted terrorist in the world for his involve-ment in the kidnapping of US missionary Charles Walton in the southern Philippines province of Sulu.

Walton, then working for the Summer Institute Linguistics, a missionary organization involved in

FBI adds Sayyaf leader to ‘Most Wanted Terrorist’ list, offers $1 million bounty

GAWAD KALINGA-SHELL HOUSING TURNOVER. Cagayan de Oro City Mayor Vicente Emano presents the Certificate of Award to one of the 122 homeowners of the Gawad Kalinga-Pilipinas Shell permanent housing project at Calaanan, Canitoan on Wednesday, November 14, 2012. Photo courtesy of City Information Office

Investigation team created to look into

EMB burglaryAbubacar that Central Processing Units (CPUs) were not stolen by the thieves.

Earlier, the DENR-EMB was victimized by unidentified thieves on November 9, 2012 cart-ing away three computer monitors, three computer keyboard and three com-puter mouse and a com-puter camera (webcam).

The incident was re-ported to Police Station No. 5 of the Cagayan de Oro City Police Office.

It was gathered that the police conducted initial investigation and a per-sonnel from Scene of the Crime Operatives (SOCO) was able to conduct fin-gerprint lifting since there were fingerprints left by the culprits.

The DENR 10 is wait-ing for the result of the investigation conducted by police.

By AL JACINTO of Mindanao Daily News

translating the Bible, was kidnapped in November 14, 1993 in Pangutaran Island where he lived for nearly 20 years. He was freed a month later.

“Raddulan Sahiron is wanted for his alleged in-volvement in the kidnapping of a United States Citizen. On November 14, 1993, the victim was abducted from his residence at Simbahan, Pangutaran, Sulu, Philip-

pines, by approximately 14 armed members of the terrorist organization Al Harakat al Islamiyyah, also known as the Abu Sayyaf Group. The victim was transported to the terror-ist’s jungle camp on the Southern Philippine island of Jolo. He was held captive for 23 days until his release on December 7, 1993,” the FBI said.

It said Sahiron was in-dicted in the US District Court in Columbia on Feb-

ruary 27, 2007, and was charged with hostage taking and aiding and abetting and causing an act to be done. It added that an ar-rest warrant was issued on the same date.

Sahiron, a former com-mander of the Moro Na-tional Liberation Front, is believed to be hiding in Sulu’s Patikul town.

The US State Depart-ment has offered a bounty of $1 million for the capture of

INTERIOR and Local Gov-ernment Secretary Mar Roxas yesterday relieved Zamboanga del Sur Provin-cial PNP Director Senior Superintendent William T. Manzan and Pagadian City Chief of Police Superinten-dent Kenneth H. Mission in connection with the Aman Futures investment scam

Roxas sacks PNP chiefs in Zambo Sur, Pagadian City over ‘Aman Futures’ scam

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that victimized thousands in the province and parts of Mindanao.

Roxas said this is meant to avoid chances of white-wash in the ongoing police investigation into the latest “get-rich-quick” scheme that has reportedly duped some 15,000 individuals into investing about P12 billion

of their hard-earned money.The DILG chief also

said Manzan and Mission were suspended for their supposed negligence in stop-ping Aman Futures early on in their operations.

“This scam has been perpetrated beginning as early as February this year

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Two Muslim women walk in Zamboanga City in the southern Philippines where a local court ordered the Universidad de Zamboanga to allow Muslim students wearing hijab to enroll. The school has ban the weaing hijab and niqab, a traditional veil use by Muslim women, saying it is a security protocol. Pilar College also banned the use of veils among its Muslim students citing its rules and regulations. (Mindanao Examiner Photo)

Court orders Zambo university to enroll Muslim students wearing ‘hijab, niqab’ZAMBOANGA City––A local court has ordered the Universidad de Zamboanga to allow female Muslim stu-dents to enroll in the school which bans students from wearing hijab and niqab.

Judge Reynerio Esta-cio, of the Regional Trial Court Branch 14, ordered the school to admit the Muslims students after they questioned the ban on the wearing of veils at the Uni-versidad de Zamboanga.

Estacio issued a writ of preliminary injunction on Wednesday ordering the university to allow the students to re-enroll.

The Universidad de Zamboanga banned the use of veil among its Muslim students, saying it is the school’s security protocol. But the students said the ban violated their rights.

Warina Sushil Jukuy, the Secretary-General of the Hijaab-Niqaab Ad-vocacy Network, praised the court order and said Estacio “sets example that Philippine justice can grind swiftly when propelled by

astuteness, prohibit and sincerity.”

“Judge Estacio erases bigotr y against vei led Muslim women in Zam-boanga City. Judge Estacio re-bonds the once broken veils, shattered dreams of Mutanaqqibat (niqaab wearing students in Uni-versidad de Zamboanga). He brings hope through right to education for our niqaabis who stopped for one whole semester pend-ing resolution of the case,” she said.

Jukuy said the court order has lightened up their faith in the justice system and that Estacio’s ruling “sends a message across that peace and pro-activity is a way, and never violence.”

There was no immediate statement from the Uni-versidad de Zamboanga.

Pilar College in Zambo-anga City also banned the wearing of hijab and niqab among its Muslim students. Various Muslim and human rights groups protested the school’s policy.

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CAMP Jaime Ferrer Sr, Maharlika, Bislig City – S e ven former NPA members were presented during the Reintegration Assistance to Former Reb-els ceremony at the Sang-guniang Panlalawigan Session Hall of Agusan del Sur, yesterday.

The occasion was wit-nessed by Provincial Vice Gov. Santiago B. Cane; Ma-jor Gen. Nestor Añonuevo, 4th Infantry Division com-mander; P/S Supt. Glenn Dechosa Dela Torre, police provincial director; Col Romeo G. Gan, 401ST Brigade commander; Col. Ronald N Albano, 402nd Brigade commander; and members of the local tri-media practitioner.

Former ‘rebels’ presented to LGU, media

CAMP Evangelista, Cagay-an de Oro City – The 4th Infantry “DIAMOND” Division has started the celebration of Christmas, with a sportsfest at the division grandstand, early this week.

Participating in the event are personnel from post and tenant unit per-sonnel, as well as from the general and special staff.

During the opening ceremony, Colonel Vic-

By: 1st Lt. Jolito E. Borces

KORONADAL CITY - Around 200 people biked more than 60 kilometers from Lebak, Sultan Kudarat to Cotabato City, Sunday morning, in a bid to pro-mote peace.

Dubbed “Bike for Peace,” members of the Philippine Marines and biking enthusi-asts from the coastal towns of Sultan Kudarat joined the event.

Lt. Korina Dela Costa, information officer of the 1st Marine Brigade, the activity is in line with the

4ID kicks-off Christmas celebration through sports

The former ‘rebels’ have surrendered to the 75th Infantry Battalion, under Lt. Col. Danilo D. Bena-vides, November 11 this year, bringing down with them their respective high-

Soldiers lead 60KM “Bike for Peace”

By Oliver Ross V. Rivera

campaign of the Philippine Marines to pursue the peace efforts in Mindanao.

The event is envisioned to provide an avenue to ad-vocate peace, development, and community participa-tion on providing peace and security.

Lt. Dela Costa added that they will hold the same kind of an activity next month and the years to come.

The ‘bike event’ was ini-tiated by the 1st Marine Bat-talion, with peace advocates and other sectors.

G E N E R A L S A N TO S CITY - With a total of 155 par t ic ipants , the second of the three Min-danao–Cotabato River Basin Investment Pro-gram Formulation Work-shops was successfully conducted, November 12-13, here in the city.

Hosted by the De-partment of the Interior and Local Government (DILG-12), the two-dayh act ivity was attended by provincial, city and municipal planning and development coordina-tors; environment and natural resources offi-cers, disaster risk reduc-tion and management of f icers, social works and development of -ficers, health officers, DILG provincial and city directors and municipal local government opera-tions officers.

They come from the provinces of South Cota-bato and Sultan Kudarat and the city of Tacurong.

Said activity was set to assist LGUs in the river basin area to determine strategic steps and har-monize their efforts in the management and development of the Min-danao-Cotabato River Basin and the Buayan-Malungon River Basin

2nd Cotabato river basin

workshop held

systems. Moreover, the activity

was designed to gener-ate program, projects and activities that are to form part of the In-tegrated Mindanao Co-tabato River Basin Plan.

The inputs, included the Mindanao River Ba-sin Situationer, Mind-anao River Basin Inte-grated Management and Development Plan and MindaNOW, presented by the Mindanao Devel-opment Authority.

Also taken up were updates on Geo-Hazard Assessment in Region 12, presented by DENR-MGB XII; and Contex-tualizing to the NDRRM Plan, presented by OCD 12.

There also workshops on River Basin Planning at the City/Municipal Level and Provincial Consolidation of City/Municipal Plans.

NEDA-12 Assistant Director Phlorita Ridao served as facilitator dur-ing the presentation of the provincial consoli-dated output.

The third Workshop wil l be conducted for ARMM and Davao del Sur on November 27-28, this year. (RIO, DILG XII/asf )

power firearms, through the effort of Provincial PAOPP Chair Josefina V Bajade.

“We, in the 75th In-fantry Battalion are hap-py for their return to the

folds of government even as we sincerely acknowl-edge the contribution of everyone. Without which, this could not be possible, said Lt. Col. Benavides. (JEB/asf )

GAWAD PAGKILALA - PhilHealth President and Chief Executive Officer Eduardo P. Banzon commends Northern Mindanao during the awarding ceremony of “Gawad Pagkilala”, as it made its way among the leading regions in the country, nearing the goal of universal health care coverage. (PIA 10/asf)

tor A Gealan, 4ID assistant chief of staff for personnel (G1) presented the seven participating teams in their respective colors.

Lt. Col. Alvin M Caga, 4ID acting chief of staff declared the sportfest open.

Major Yacob M. Usman, chief of the Division Special Service Office, administered the oath of sportsmanship.

The opening program concluded with Col. Jupiter D. Ando, commanding offi-

cer of Headquarters and Headquarters Service Bat-talion, stressing about the sportsfest being the way of strengthening the con-fidence of the Diamond soldiers and testing their physical fitness, while enhancing their team player attitude.

This, “as every game requires teamwork, strong body and presence of mind to win and at the same time enjoy every

game,” he said.The sportsfest started

with fun games and other team-building activities that included sack race, tug-of-war, filling bottle with water, maria went to town, calamansi relay, eggplant pushing and longest line.

In the upcoming days of the sportsfest, there will be ball and racket games, such as basketball, vol-leyball, table tennis and badminton to be played

every afternoon of Tuesdays and Thursdays.

A marathon will also be played on top of all the indoor games.

Major General Nestor A. Añonuevo, 4ID com-mander, said “activities like these are not mere games, but endeavor to develop the team player attitude among diamond troopers. The sportsfest also drives to make every soldier to be physically-fit, which

is necessary for them to maintain even as they age in the service.”

The commanding gen-eral believes that every sports event has discipline to be adhered to. “In the same manner that every soldier adheres to rules, regulations and standard operating procedures of soldiery, a lighter activity to enhance discipline among soldiers of the Division. (EJO/asf )

NEW DEGREE PROGRAM - Xavier University and the Insti-tute of Formation, Fondacio Asia (IFFAsia) recently forged an agreement to offer, come school year 2013-2014, the new joint certificate, diploma and degree programs on Pastoral Leadership and Development Leadership, under XU’s Col-lege of Arts and Sciences, and Graduate School. In photo clockwise from left (seated) IFF Asia Board Member Charles Bertille, IFF International President Ignacio Rosselot, XU President Roberto Yap SJ, IFF Asia Acting Director Alice Tan Pei-Pei, XU College of Arts and Science Dean Dulce Dawang and XU Graduate School Dean Isaias Sealza.(Vanessa M. Gorra, XU/asf)

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DAVAO CITY - A grand Christmas l ight show will be one of the main highlights of the Pasko Fiesta, an annual Christ-mas festivity in the city.

Lisette Marquez execu-tive-director of Duaw Da-baw, one of the organizers of the Pasko Fiesta, said that the light show will be put up at the lawn of the People’s Park. It will start on December 21 until January 1, 2013.

The l ight show was inspired from the Ayala Triangle Christmas light show in Makati and is estimated to cost around P2-million.

The light show is six minutes long and wi l l be replayed every hour nightly. The modern light show will feature a sym-phony of traditional music and lighted parols.

During the Pasko fiesta, the four-hectare People's Park will be converted as the Christmas Park and a key area where Dabawe-

Christmas lights show to highlight Davao City’s 'Pasko Fiesta'

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nyos will gather and feel the yuletide experience.

The Christmas light show is among the main highlights of the Pasko Fiesta which is in part-nership with the city gov-ernment along with the private sector. Marquez said that the private sec-tor has chipped in P3.5 million for the festival. The amount does not yet include the cash prizes for the several competitions to be held in the yuletide event which wil l com-

mence on December 7. Among the contests are

the city-wide Christmas light decorative contest dubbed as Kahayag sa Pasko (Light of Christ-mas), the Christmas Star and tree design contest titled Parol ug Paskong Kahoy Design Competi-tion, a Christmas Parade known as Lamdag Parada and Tugsayaw which is a Christmas-themed live music and dance presen-tation contest. (PIA/RG Alama/FMGM)

KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, -- Residents of Datu Abdullah Sangki town in Maguindanao need not go to nearby municipali-ties to work for other fruit plantations as Delinanas Development Corporations poured in P569 million worth of investments for a banana plantation that will employ 866 people in their municipality.

“We believe in the capac-ity of the people of ARMM. We ask for your full coop-eration on this project,” said Almario Dacuna, Land lease Manager of Del Monte Philippines.

During its launching yes-terday, November 14 , Engr. Miguel Portuguez, project manager of the Banana Ex-pansion Program said the program will initially cover 550 hectares of land and another 500 hectares for its second phase.

Sakiran Hajan, chairman of the Regional Board of Investment gave assurance that security issues like extortion or kidnapping among the people involved in the program will not be

ARMM gets P.5 B investment for banana plantation

By Danilo E. Doguiles

a problem. “There will be no secu-

rity risks as this has been coordinated properly with the local people,” Hajan said.

Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao OIC- Governor Mujiv S. Hataman affirmed this and said that economic development is parallel to security.

Hataman also commend-ed the Del Monte Philip-pines because it dared to invest in the region despite its negative image.

“I dare you to put up investments in other ARMM provinces like Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi,” he added.

Vice Mayor Samsodhen Sangki thanked the Del Monte Philippines for in-vesting in their town.

“We are very happy that Del Monte chose to invest in our municipality. Rest assured that we will take care of this investment,” said Sangki.

He added that his people will no longer have to work in other towns because the jobs created by the opening of the banana plantation

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EditorialTHAT’S the most appropri-ate word to label the recent petitions filed by three utili-ties with the Energy Regu-latory Commission (ERC) to charge to consumers the cost of their damages aris-ing from Tropical Storm Sendong and the floods arising from it.

When a court uses the word unconscionable to describe conduct, it means that the conduct does not conform to the dictates of conscience. In addition, when something is judged unconscionable, a court will refuse to allow the perpetra-tor of the conduct to benefit.

In contract law, an un-conscionable contract is one that is unjust or extremely one-sided in favor of the person who has the supe-

An unconscionable imposition on the double dead

rior bargaining power. An unconscionable contract is one that no person who is mentally competent would enter into and that no fair and honest person would accept. Courts find that unconscionable contracts usually result from the ex-ploitation of consumers who are often poorly edu-cated, impoverished, and unable to find the best price available in the competitive marketplace.

While we can hardly call the consumers of CEPALCO, MORESCO-1 and the NGCP poorly educated, much less mentally challenged or im-poverished, their conduct to take advantage of exist-

ing laws which allow this kind of “cost recovery” for a catastrophe like Sendong certainly qualifies that act to be called “unconscionable.”

In a month or so, it will be the first anniversary of Tropical Storm Sendong’s grisly passage through Cagayan de Oro and Ili-gan. The timing of these three firms petitions with the ERC would also brand them as blasé, deadened to the agony of the throngs of humanity who suffered cruelly in the raging passage of that deadly storm.

Mark the words of Rep. Rufus B. Rodriguez: “We will oppose this at the ERC and Congress. How can they pass on these damages to the consumers who already suffered the floods of Sen-

dong? There is no legal and moral basis for this claim and we will oppose this petition in every forum it is brought up.”

Or the scathing rejoinder of an enraged member of the fourth estate:“Binuang na-man na ila ipasa ang damyos sa Sendong sa ato! Na double dead man ta ana! Dawbe kadtong apektado ug nama-tyan sa Sendong? Pabayran pa giyod sa damyos? Ka hayahay ba sad nila!”

The petitioners have just successfully thrown years of Corporate Social Responsibility posturings out of the window with these petitions. Show them they are wrong and withdraw these immediately in the Name of God and Human-ity. Have a heart!

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Greed behind Aman Futures

Two little words

Think A Minute

Jhan Tiafau Hurst

THINK a minute.A husband and wife had

not spoken to each other for days.

They were still angry at one another since their last fight.

By the 5th day, the husband realized he had a problem.

He needed his wife to wake him up early the next day to catch a plane for an important business trip. But not wanting to talk to her and lose the fight, he put a note on the kitchen table.

It read: “Please wake me up at 5AM tomorrow morning.”

The next morning when the husband woke up, it was 7 o’clock!

He was so angry that he had missed his plane, he was just about to yell at his wife for not waking him when he found a note next to his bed.

It read: “Wake up! It’s 5 o’clock!”

Why do we find it so hard to say those 2 little words, “I’m sorry”?

If we’re honest, most of us are better at remember-ing the people who should tell us they’re sorry than

Will Emano be suspended?

Cris Diaz

REPORTS had it that the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) has ordered City Mayor Vi-cente Emano of Cagayan de Oro City to submit memoranda in connection with the ‘Sendong case.’

It seems certain that the DILG is prepared to resolve the case anytime this month. This early, the political opposition is guessing that the DILG is going to suspend Emano. Emano was charged with alleged neglect, which resulted in the loss of lives during the tragic typhoon Sendong mid-December last year.

However, supporters and the majority of the people in Cagayan de Oro City considered the charges against Emano as nonsense.

They alleged that the charges initiated by individu-als masquerading as independent groups were actually politicians. ‘The charges were hogwash and replete with political avarice,’ an observer said.

Well, that is politics in our country. Concocting charges to destroy individuals define the country’s political character. Perhaps, the Philippines is the only country in Southeast Asia where the politics of personal destruction is top of its political methodology. Candidly speaking, this contemptible character hinders the coun-try’s progress and development. With vindictiveness and rancorous political nature, anyone occupying top elective posts thinks only of immobilizing perceived

political nemesis.The case filed against Emano is not an exception.

Right from the start the manner of filing the case already showed the usual pattern of demolition in politics. It all started with the calumny of the signature campaign to recall and oust Emano from office early this year. Even the Roman Catholic Church was not spared by the ambitious, self-adulating political wannabes. All the while, they hid in the cloak of anonymity in an effort to conceal their ulterior motives.

Perhaps, reeling from being rejected by the people of Cagayan de Oro, initiators of the signature campaign had to move to ‘Plan B’ – the filing of the case against Emano. After all, the group’s principal instigator, who finally filed his certificate of candidacy for the mayoral post, has joined the Liberal Party (after abandoning the Lakas-Kampi). What are we in power? Now, one could simply surmise that these people are set on grab-bing political power at the expense of the incumbent administration. Thus, they have to prod the DILG to do the job for them. Perfect! It exposes the true nature of politicians that these people are.

Whatever, they are pushing for Emano’s suspension at all costs. The DILG’s order last week was an indica-tion that they may have succeeded in their malevolent intent. However, these things are easily said than done. While the Sword of Damocles hangs on Emano’s head now, when will it falls is another thing. After all, that sword had been there a long time.

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we are at paying our own “sorry” debt.

Yet if we would just apologize sooner we could save our friendships, fam-ily relationships, as well as a lot of time, energy, even money.

A British study showed that 37% of people who had sued doctors or hospitals in court would not have done it if their doctor had simply apologized to them.

You know, when it comes to taking the blame for something, most people

“A British study showed that 37% of people who had sued doc-tors or hospi-tals in court would not have done it if their doctor had simply apolo-gized to them.’

operating in the area are inspected by it beforehand, and found to be really safe for dumping into the sea?

I am raising this question because I am stupefied by all these brouhaha about Glenn Defense Marine Asia Philippines, Inc. allegedly pouring toxic wastes in Subic Bay, thereby threat-ening the health and safety our people. Why is SBMA zeroing in on Glenn De-

fense alone, when there are hundreds of companies in SBMA which dump their wastes in the bay likewise?

By focusing on Glenn Defense alone, is the SBMA clearing the other compa-nies already? What is its basis for clearing the other companies? The fact is that, even with respect to Glenn Defense, subsequent tests had to be conducted first to determine whether the

wastes it was dumping into the sea were toxic or not. In other words, at the time the SBMA was accusing Glenn Defense of dumping toxic wastes, there was really no concrete proof yet.

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MISAMIS Oriental––Opol Mayor Dexter B. Yasay calls on residents of barangay Barra to be vigilant against il-legal drugs following the killing the other day of a drug suspect in a subdivision there.

In an interview, Yasay also called on the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) to continue its operations jointly with the town police force and the barangay council.

He said the place where the suspect was killed is pos-sibly a transit area for the illegal drugs trade inasmuch as the people who live there are not permanent residents.

To solve the drug problem and maintain peace and order, he said the cooperation of all stakeholders must prevail.

“If no one buys, then no one will sell drugs,” he said.Yasay added that the officials and employees of the

municipality will be undergoing a drug test on an un-specified date.

Meanwhile, in Cagayan de Oro City, Vice Mayor Caesar Ian Acenas and former Councilor Maryanne Enteria voiced out their support to bring back the death penalty in the country following the massacre of a family in barangay Canitoan and the strafing of the headquarters of the PDEA.

The vice mayor and councilor, who were interviewed on radio, said the death penalty should be imposed again for heinous crimes.

Acenas said the PDEA in Northern Mindanao is undermanned and does not have enough manpower to be deployed throughout the region.

He said the agency’s buy-bust operations have been successful in netting the small fish but the big fish are not caught.

For her part, Enteria noted that the police force does not have enough fund for logistics and that the police office cannot maintain the ideal ratio of one police of-ficer for 500 residents.

She said she prefers to localize the management and Mayor Dexter B. Yasay calls on residents of Opol, Misamis Oriental, to be vigilant against the drug menace especially because of the rise in drug-related crimes in the region. Yasay said the town police force will work hand in hand with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in solving the recent killing of a drug suspect in barangay Barra. Photo by Gerry L. Gorit

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THE Cagayan de Oro City Water District (Cowd) will hold its first Citywide Science and Math Quiz today, November 16, 2012, at the Mother Ignacia Hall, Lourdes College, Capistrano Street in Cagayan de Oro City.

Elementary and high school students from both public and private schools within COWD’s service area are expected to participate in this battle of the wits. Contest for the elementary level will be con-ducted in the morning while the afternoon session will be for the secondary level.

Aside from the cash prize, the champion will go on to represent NorMin Natural Resources Man-agement Council, the regional association, to the national level contest on February 2013 in Luzon where P25,000 is at stake for the champion and P15,000 awaits the runner-up.

For the citywide level the champion gets P5,000 plus medal, the runner-up P3,000 plus medal and the 5 semi-finalists P1,000 each. Non-winners will also get P500.00 each. The Science and Math Quiz shall be an annual activity of COWD and is intended to promote water consciousness among the youth.

THE Philippines’ largest national flag carrier, Cebu Pacific (PSE:CEB) flew its 70 millionth passenger, Rubia Jalaluddin, yesterday.

CEB VP for Airport Services Antonio Jose Ro-driguez and CEB VP for Marketing and Distribution Candice Iyog awarded the lucky Juan with 70 free do-mestic flights. The awarding ceremony was held at 2:30 p.m. at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Ter-minal 3 (NAIA T3) check-in area.

Gracing the occasion were Civil Aviation Au-thority of the Philippines Director General William Hotchkiss III, Civil Aero-nautics Board Deputy Ex-ecutive Director Porvenir Porciuncula, Manila Inter-national Airport Authority (MIAA) Terminal 3 Manager Octavio Lina and MIAA Public and Media Affairs Division Officer-in-charge Connie Bungag.

“Last January 2011, President Benigno Aquino III awarded CEB’s 50 mil-lionth passenger, an Aus-trian named Harald Toifl. In less than two years, CEB flew 20 million passengers more. This definitely shows how CEB’s trademark lowest fares have revolutionized air travel, giving everyJuan the chance to fly for the first time or more often,” Iyog said.

Iyog recognized NAIA T3’s contribution to CEB’s expansion, as the only air-port terminal that can ac-commodate the airline’s growth. CEB bases majority of its operations in Manila, with additional hubs in Cebu, Clark, Iloilo, Kalibo and Davao.

“We will end the year

SULTAN Kudarat Governor Datu Suharto T. Mangudadatu, Al-Hadj, and his wife, Bai Mariam Sangki Mangudadatu, first district Rep. Datu Raden Sakaluran, Al-Hadj, Vice Governor Ernesto Matias, and Orlando Quibido witness the opening ceremony of the 39th founding anniversary of Sultan Kudarat and the 14th Kalimudan Festival that opened with an interfaith prayers. Photo by Rich Teodoro

CEB flies 70 millionth passenger; offers 75% systemwide salewith the largest aircraft fleet in the Philippines, and we expect delivery of 7 Airbus A320 and 2 A330 aircraft next year. This is part of the incremental delivery of over 50 aircraft until 2021. It is truly an exciting time for Cebu Pacific, and we look forward to when we fly our 100 millionth guest,” she added.

To celebrate CEB’s 70 millionth passenger mile-stone, CEB announced it is offering a 75% off seat sale to any of its 32 domestic and 19 international des-tinations. The seat sale is from November 15 to 17, 2012 or until seats last, for travel from January 1 to March 31, 2013.

International destina-tions on sale at 75% off are: Bangkok, Beijing, Brunei, Busan, Guangzhou, Ha-noi, Ho Chi Minh, Hong Kong, Incheon, Jakarta, Kota Kinabalu, Kuala Lumpur, Macau, Osaka, Shanghai, Siem Reap, Singapore, Taipei and Xiamen.

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

CEB currently operates 10 Airbus A319, 22 Air-bus A320 and 8 ATR-72 500 aircraft. Its fleet of 40 aircraft – with an average age of 3.6 years – is the largest aircraft fleet in the Philippines. Between 2012 and 2021, Cebu Pacific will take delivery of 19 more Airbus A320 and 30 Airbus A321neo aircraft orders. It is slated to begin long-haul services in the 3rd quarter of 2013.

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EDUCATION Secretary Armin Luistro leads the signing of support for the campaign against bullying in schools during the opening of the acclaimed documentary, “Bully” at Robinson’s Galleria.

THE Department of Educa-tion (DepEd) has found an ally in Jesuit Basic Educa-tion Commission (JBEC) in its fight against bullying in schools.

JBEC, in cooperation with Solar Entertainment, has brought the acclaimed documentary “Bully” to the Philippines and no less than Secretary of Education Armin A. Luistro has graced its premiere, November 13, at Robinson’s Galleria Cinema 4.

“It is important for us to stand up against bully-ing in schools. Enough is enough,” said Luistro before the screening of the film.

Luistro, who disclosed that he himself had been bullied when he was in Grade 4, noted that bully-ing is everywhere and its solution depends on how we act about it.

He said: “There is a bully in you and me but the so-lution will depend on how we address and overcome

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the bully in us, on how we allow the bullies around us to take advantage of us.”

The film, directed by Lee Hirsch, focuses on the alarming rise in bullying faced by teenage students in America.

It chronicles various cas-es of bullying in high schools in Georgia, Iowa, Texas, Mississippi, and Oklahoma. Two of the cases tragically ended in suicide.

Meanwhile, Fr. Johnny Go, SJ, JBEC chair, said he hopes this campaign will lead schools to adopt a proactive stance against bullying, with each stake-holder committing and contributing to a nurtur-ing and bully-free school environment that is the right of every student.

“We hope this movie can reach as wide an audience as possible, especially among our students,” Go said. “At the very least, it should heighten awareness of this issue and begin productive

discussions and reflections about a real problem that can no longer be ignored.”

Undersecretary of Edu-cation for Legal and Legisla-tive Affairs Alberto Muyot presented the DepEd’s Child Protection Policy and reiter-ated that “to stop bullying, we have to act now because for our children, it may be too late.”

The JBEC will use the documentary to launch the anti-bullying campaign, “Not in Our School,” en-dorsed by the popular sportsman, Chris Tiu. The advocacy is aligned with the DepEd Order No. 40, series of 2012 or the “Child Protection Policy.”

This seeks to defend the student from any form of abuse, including bullying.

In light of recent local and international headlines about bullying, this film can be a timely wakeup call for all involved: parents, teach-ers, administrators, and especially students.

More housesANOTHER batch of calamity victims will get a shot at starting new lives in their new homes.

This, after Mayor Vicente Emano, Vice Mayor Caesar Ian Acenas, city councilors, assist-ed by Gawad Kalinga project manager Tootsie Besinga and Pilipinas Shell representative Melchor Abina turned over 122 houses and lots at the Gawad Kalinga-Pilipinas Shell permanent housing project at Calaanan, Canitoan to internally displaced persons affected by Typhoon Sendong.

The activity took place yesterday at the Calaanan Covered Court.

2013 incomeSITTING as a Committee of the Whole, the 16th City Council headed by Vice Mayor Caesar Ian E. Acenas yesterday ap-proved in principle the certified statement of income stated in the 2013 executive budget submitted by Mayor Vicente Y. Emano for review.

Presided over by Councilor Simeon V. Licayan, chair of the finance committee, members of the legislative body and the Local Finance Committee discussed, item by item, the city’s projected tax revenues and general income accounts for next year.

Based on the executive budget, the city’s local tax revenue next year will be P871,226,000. This will be derived from amusement, business, community, fran-chise, occupation taxes, as well as from real property taxes, tax on delivery of and on sand, gravel and quarry products, property transfer tax and fines and penalties on local taxes.

The city expects to earn P980,300,000 from the gen-eral income account, which will come from permits and licenses, service income, business income and other income.

The city’s general fund budget for 2013 is projected to reach P1.98 billion.

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Republic of the PhilippinesSUPREME COURT

4th SHARI’A CIRCUIT COURT4th Shari’a Judicial District

Iligan City

IN RE: PETITION TO APPROVE ANDREGISTER THE DIVORCE BETWEEN SPOUSES CHARLIE M. CIVIL CASE N0. 2012-090BONGCAWIL AND JOANNE F. VALDEZ-BONGCAWIL,

CHARLIE M. BONOCAWIL AND JOANNE E. VALDEZ-BONGCAWIL. Petitioners.x-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------/

ORDER

Before this court is verified Joint Petition for the approval and Registration of the Divorce filed by their counsel and alleging among others: That petitioners are husband and wife respectively in a marriage performed under the civil rites on May 20, 2000 at Linamon, Lanao del Norte, both of them can be served with summons and notices at their residents at Purok San Miguel, Tubod, Iligan City and Magoong Linamon Lanao del Norte respectively. That said marriage did not last long, due to lack of love and affection until the relationship manifested incompatibility and sustained misunderstanding between petitioners and reached the point of irreconcilability and they separated for more than six (6) years now, they decide to live physically in bed and board thereby executed Agreement of Divorce by Talaq in order to formal-ize their separation; since their separation, they had never been communicating or supporting either financially or emotionally to each other, neither minding each other affairs, petitioner’s seek judicial decree of divorce thereby surviving their marriage bond on May 20, 2000, so that they will have free hand to do what a single man or woman could do without marital burden; reconciliation between them had already been diligently employed but all proved futile. WHEREFORE, finding this joint petition to be sufficient Inform and substance, set the initial hearing of this case on November 27, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. at which time, date and place, any inter-ested party may appear and show why the petition should not be granted. Let copy of this Order be published in a news paper of General Circulation in the City of Iligan one week tor three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioner. SO ORDERD. Iligan City, Philippines, this 7th day of November 2012.

HON. OSOP M. ALI Presiding JudgeMDN: Nov. 9 16 & 23, 2012

Republic of the PhilippinesSUPREME COURT

4th SHARI’A CIRCUIT COURT4th Shari’a Judicial District

Iligan City

IN RE PETITION TO APPROVE ANDREGISTER THE DIVORCE BETWEEN CIVIL CASE N0. 2012-088SPOUSES JOEL R. DABATOS AND MERLINDA B. OPAMIN,

JOEL R. DABATOS AND MERLINDA B. OPAMIN. Petitioners.x----------------------------------------------------------------------/

ORDER

Before this court is verified Petition for the approval and Registration of the Divorce Agreement filed by the petitioners and alleging among others: That petitioner and respondent are husband and wife, respectively, in a marriage performed under Civil rites on April 5, 199 l at Iligan City, they converted to Islam faith, of which conversions lo Islam were Registered with this court. They can be served with summons and notices at their residents Palm Court Subdivision. Tominobo, Iligan City and Uranos Surez, Iligan City respectively. That said marriage did not last long due to lack of love and affection until the relationship manifested incompatibility and sustained misunderstanding between petitioners and reached the point of irreconcilability and they separated sometimes on March 2000 or more than twelve (12) years already now, they decide to live physically in bed and board thereby executed Divorce Agreement in order to formalize their separation since their separation in 2000 they had never been communicating or supporting either financially or emotionally to each other, neither minding each other’s affairs: petitioner s seek judicial decree of divorce thereby severing their marriage bond on April 5, 1991 so that they will have tree hand to do what a single man or woman could do without marital burden; reconciliation between them had already been diligently employed but ail proved futile. WHEREFORE, finding this joint petition to be sufficient Inform and substance set the initial hearing of this case on November 27 2012 at 9*00 a m. at which time, date and place, any inter-ested party may appear and show why the petition should not be wanted. Let copy of this Oder be published in a news paper of General Circulation in the City of Iligan one week for three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioners. SO ORDERED. Iligan City, Philippines, this 7th day of November, 2012.

HON OSOP M. ALI Presiding JudgeMDN: Nov. 9 16 & 23, 2012

Republic of the PhilippinesSUPREME COURT

4th SHARI’A CIRCUIT COURT4th Shari’a Judicial District

Iligan City

IN RE: PETITION TO APPROVE ANDREGISTER THE DIVORCE BETWEEN SPOUSES PETER V. CIVIL CASE N0. 2012-089GALINDO AND MARIJION O. BREGOÑOS,

PETER V. GALINDO AND MARIJON O. BREGOÑOS, Petitioners.x----------------------------------------------------------------------/

ORDER

Before this court is verified Joint Petition for the approval and Registration of the Divorce filed by their counsel and alleging among others: That petitioners are husband and wife, respectively, in a marriage performed under Civil rites on February 10, 2003 at Sinacaban, Misamis Occidental, they converted In Islam faith, of which conversions to Islam were Registered with this court, both of them can be served with summons and notices at c/o Zaide Law Office, 2/f Pafs Mejia Bldg. Roxas Avenue lligan City: That said marriage did not last long, due to lack of love and affection until the relationship manifested incompatibility and sustained misunderstanding between petitioners and reached the point of irreconcilability and they separated since early 2010 or more than two (2) years now, they decide to live physically in bed and board thereby executed Divorce Agreement in order to formalize their separation^ since their separation in 2010 they had never been communicating or supporting either financially or emotionally to each other neither minding each other’s affairs: petitioner’s seek judicial decree of divorce thereby surviving their marriage bond on February 10. 2003, so that they will have tree hand to do what a single man or woman could do without marital burden; reconciliation between them had already been diligently employed but all proved futile. WHEREFORF, finding this joint petition to be sufficient inform and substance, set the initial hearing of this case on November 27, 2012 at 9 00 a m at which time, (fate and place, any inter-ested party may appear and show why the petition should not be granted Let copy of this Order be published in a news paper of General Circulation in the City of Iligan one week for three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioner. SO ORDERED. Iligan City, Philippines, this 7th day of November 2012.

HON. OSOP M. ALI Presiding JudgeMDN: Nov. 9 16 & 23, 2012

Republic of the PhilippinesLocal Civil Registry OfficeProvince: Agusan del Norte

City/Municipality: Butuan City

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that EVELYN GUMAPAC PETALLO has filed with this Office a petition for Change of First Name from “SAVINA” to “EVELYN” in the birth certificate of SAVINA DELOSO DUMAPAC who was born on September 2, 1958 at Libertad, Butuan City, Agusan del Norte and whose parents are TEODORO TALO DUMAPAC and LOURDES AMPARO DELOSO. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than 20 November 2012.

(SGD.) JUDITH ALVIZO-CALO, LLB, MPA City Civil Registrar MDN: Nov 9 & 16, 2012

Republic of the PhilippinesDEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

AND COMMUNICATIONSMARITIME INDUSTRY AUTHORITY

MARINA R.O. X and XIII2/F SEJOLIM Bldg., Gemilina St., Carmen,

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LORNA A. CASINGAL., CASE NO. CDO 12 – 010T Petitioner.x- - - - - - - - - - - - - - x

NOTICE OF HEARING

Petitioner requests for the Registration of the vessel FB PACIFIC I (ex Ilang-Ilang) under her name relative to the application for transfer of ownership of the said vessel, from Paulito P. Ramos. This Authority will hear this petition on 21 November 2012 at 9:00 o’clock in the morning at the MARINA R.O. X Office, Se Jo Lim Bldg., Gemilina St., Carmen, Cagayan de Oro City. Petitioner shall be allowed to present their documentary evidence, after proof of compliance with the requirement of publication. Parties opposed to this petition must file their opposition in writing with this Office, within ten (10) days from publication of the Notice of Hearing, likewise supported by documentary evidence, furnishing a copy to the petitioner. Before the start of the hearing proper, the parties will be called to a pre-hearing conference or thereafter for the purposes stated in Sec.1, Rule 6 of MARINA Memorandum Circular No. 74-A, effective September 1995. Parties who fail to appear at a pre-trial conference when directed to do so, may be declared non-suited by dismissing the petition, in the case of the petitioner or as in default, in case of the oppositor, despite the filing of the opposition, and despite presence of their counsel unless the latter is armed with special power of attorney to stipulate in the Pre-trial conference. The petitioner shall cause the publication of this Notice of Hearing once in a daily newspaper of general circulation in the Philippines within (7) days from the date of hearing. Petitioner should likewise serve a copy of the petition and this notice to the affected parties at least five (5) days before the initial hearing. Proof of compliance of publication of Notice of Hearing is pre-requisite to the pre-hearing conference. SO ORDERED. WITNESS, the Honorable MARINA Officer-In-Charge, ATTY. NICASIO A. CONTI, this 12th day of November 2012. Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines.

ENGR. EMMANUEL B. CARPIO, MMSARegional Director

MDN: Nov 16, 2012

ERRATUM

The vessel FB DANVIL IV as published last Nov. 6, 2012 should be FB DANVIL IX.

Our apology MARINA

By AL JACINTOof Mindanao Daily News

ZAMBOANGA City––The House of Representatives finalized the bicameral con-ference of the “Expanded Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2012,” said Zam-boanga City Rep. Maria Isabelle Salazar.

Salazar, also the House Deputy Speaker for Mindan-ao, said the Expanded Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2012 aims to strengthen the law in protecting citizens against human traffickers.

“Leading our batt le against trafficking in per-sons, we have finalized in the bicameral conference of the Expanded Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2012 that will strengthen the force of law in protecting our vulnerable citizens against human traffickers,” she said.

She also praised Zam-

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boanga City Prosecutor Ricardo Cabaron and As-sistant Prosecutor Darlene Pajarito for their dedication in fighting and prosecuting human traffickers.

Both Cabaron and Pa-jarito were awardees of the prestigious Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Fellowship in Public Service Award (in 2007) and 2011 Heroes for Global Trafficking in Persons (in 2011), respectively.

“We draw inspiration from Zamboanga City Prosecution Team led by

Zamboanga City Prosecu-tor and Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Fellowship in Public Service Awardee in 2007, Atty. Ricardo Cabaron; and Zamboanga City Assistant Prosecutor and one of the 2011 Heroes for Global Trafficking in Persons, Atty. Darlene Pajarito, for being the first in winning a con-viction against human traf-ficking in the country,” she said, adding it was Carbon who penned the decision that made Zamboanga City the model for the Philip-pines and for the World. (Mindanao Examiner)

Zamboanga City Rep. Maria Isabelle Salazar gestures during the bicameral conference of the expanded law on anti-human trafficking in the Philippines.

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fall into 1 of these 2 groups.

The first group almost never thinks that they caused any of the prob-lem. It’s always someone else’s fault and they should apologize to you.

The second group often blame themselves for caus-ing the problem and they apologize quickly. But both extremes of always being a blame taker or a blame shifter are not healthy.

The key in each situation is to be honest. Then admit that since it took both of you to cause the problem of of-fense or misunderstanding, it will probably take both of you to get out of it.

Jesus Christ promises that if we’ll give Him total control of our heart and attitude, He will help us to start seeing and understand-ing ourselves honestly and responsibly, so we’ll know when and how to apologize in each situation.

He’ll help you to forgive those people who wronged you, so you’ll finally be free from the heavy burden of blame.

Just Think a Minute.

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percent profit.It would have been very

easy to see that Aman was an out and out fraud. For there is no business here in the Philippines or anywhere else in the world, at a time of world economic turmoil, that would allow anyone to make a profit of 50 percent in just a few days. If people gave away their money---most of it hard-earned--- that only meant one thing: they were enticed by their own lust for more money.

This could have been avoided if our people only knew of the admonition of Jesus, our God and Savior, in Matthew 26:16 of the Holy Bible: “What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul?” Indeed, people perish for lack of knowledge (Hosea 4:6).

-ooo-SC REVERSAL OF

COMELEC EXPECTED: The Supreme Court orders reversing the disqualifica-tion of eight party list groups which the Commission on Elections decreed earlier is to be expected: contrary to what the Comelec is saying, there are still no hard and fast rules, even as of now, that would say that a party list aspiring to be elected is marginalized or not. Simi-larly, there are still no rules against millionaires and rich people representing the marginalized and the poor.

-ooo-BRING SPIRITUALITY

TO PNP, ALAN: Incoming chief of the Philippine Na-tional Police (PNP), Dep-uty Director General Alan Purisima, is on the right track: policemen all over the country should undergo a refresher’s course on what their being a policeman is all about, making them understand their individual duties and responsibili-ties. But Purisima could do something better: bring spirituality to the PNP, by regular prayer sessions and Bible studies for Christian policemen, and Koran read-ing for Muslim cops.

are made available in their municipality.

Hataman said that in the following weeks, he will meet with Del Monte Philippines representatives for a possible expansion of the Banana Expansion Program.

Portuguez said that the target municipalities for the expansion are South Upi, North Upi, Datu Odin SInsuat and Parang.

He added that the ba-nanas will be exported to the Middle East, America and South Korea.

Delinanas Development Corporation is a subsid-iary of Del Monte Philip-pines. (DEDoguiles-PIA 12/ARMM CommGroup)

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ably expanded all the way to the back area, extended our service area because we have excellent products that we are offering to the mar-ket right now, it’s basically tailor-fitted to the Cagayan de Oro market, right now the target would be for them to choose Chevrolet.”

Chevrolet...from page 1

Problem...from page 7

supervision of the police force rather than it being integrated in the national agency because the local government knows better the situation in the city.

Enteria lamented over reports that say Cagayan de Oro has been made the center of transaction in drug dealing, noting however that this means only the payments are done in the city but the selling takes place elsewhere.

She said the drug prob-lem has affected the peace and order in the city.

Asked if the Trans-formers movies helped the Chevrolet brand, Arcilla says “very strong, we, The Covenant Car Company, were very fortunate that when we took over the brand Chevrolet, that was the year that General Motors part-nered with the Transformers movie, and this gave the Chevrolet very high vis-ibility, children would bring their parents to Chevrolet to look at ‘Bumblebee’ (Ca-maro) and ‘Skids’ (Spark).”

Jacky Baja, Chevro-let Customer Service Super-visor for CDO says that the opening day, November 16, will roll out with a motor-cade around the city with ten to twelve cars on the ensemble.

Mr. Baja also says that “Bumblebee” will roll out on the CDO streets together with the rest of the cars on the opening day.

-ooo-A B OL I SH F DA : I f

Nestle’s Nesquick Choco Powder is not registered with the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) and is therefore not cleared for sale among Filipinos, as claimed by FDA acting di-rector Kenneth Go, how come supermarkets all over the Philippines are selling it? Is the FDA really this useless? I mean, it is sup-posed to check and clear any product first before it is sold, but the FDA is clearly unable to do this duty. Abolish FDA!

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papers.Khu said that the order

was offshoots of the ini-tial meeting at the DILG regional office here last September 10, 2012 were lawyers of both parties were advised to submit respective memorandum.

“The November 13 or-ders were the result of that Sept. meeting,” Khu added.

He said the position pa-per would become the basis for DILG’s resolution on whether to suspend Emano from office.Nothing is questionable

The DILG’s regional of-fice did not confirm the existence of the DILG order since it has no copy of the order. However, Director Rene K. Burdeos said, the DILG order must have come from the legal department in Manila.

“There is nothing ques-tionable even if the regional office is not furnished with copies of the order. We are not an investigating body. Our role is only to facilitate the conduct of the investigation as what the DILG did last September 10,” Burdeos said.

Everything’s all rightEmano said he met with

his department heads and members of the city council to inform them of the DILG order to “assure” them that everything were all right.

“If suspended, I will still report to my office at the City Hall to assist those who might need help,” he said.

Vice Mayor Ian Acenas said, in a radio interview, that the city government will continue to dispose its duties under normal condition.

“Granting that Emano is suspended, we will still consult him on all activities and important decisions that the city government may come across with,” Acenas added.

On reports that Emano’s supporters might uncontrol-lably respond to a suspen-sion order, Acenas said he could not stop people from expressing their views.

ChargesThe group charged Ema-

no with gross negligence and dereliction of duty in the aftermath of Typhoon

Sendong where hundreds perished along the Cagayan de Oro River in a flash flood that struck about midnight on December 17, 2012.

Emano supporters de-scribed the charges as po-litical harassment. “The charges were initiated by politicians wanting to run for various positions in the city government,” they said.

The group denied the accusation although most of them later filed certificates of candidacy to run for vari-ous posts in the midterm election next year under the Liberal Party-Nacionalista ticket.

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of the investigation con-ducted by police authorities.

In his testimony, Abuyin, one of the prime suspects, admitted to police inves-tigators that Christopher Lastimosa, father; Lea Las-timosa, mother; and their siblings––Christian and Chanly Lastimosa, 9, and 6 years old, respectively were murdered due to drug money.

The suspect said Christo-pher has pending remittance of P70,000 to Malong.

He also accused Malong of allegedly mastermind-ing the brutal killings of the Lastimosas but denied having a hand in the actual slaying of the victims saying he only acted as a lookout.

He told police investiga-tors that it was Malong who brutally killed Christopher and Lea using a bolo and poked the two siblings with hard objects in the head that killed the victims.

Abuyin said there were two other suspects aside from the mastermind but they were friends of Malong and that he has no knowl-edge of their real identities. Malong and two other sus-pects, according to Abuyin, fled from the crime scene after the slaying.

He said he was only in-structed by Malong to stay in the house for several days to sell the family’s TV and other belongings, as repay-ments of the drug money the family owes from him.

Family missingEarlier, Lea’s sister Chona

Pepito told reporters that her last contact with his sister was on November 4, 2012. “I contacted my sister after November 4 but they were nowhere to be found. So I went to the school and check with her kids but their adviser said the siblings were absent since Monday.

Pepito said that she went immediately to the victim’s house at District 7, GSIS Village, Barangay Canitoan. A man who was later known as Armand Abuyin was in the house and told her Christopher and the kids were in Manila processing some papers. He did not elaborate.

Pepito smell something fishy on the statements of the Abuyin and contacted police authorities since Abuyin denied her from entering her sister’s house.

Abuyin also claimed the house was leased to him at P5,000.

Later Pepito and some policemen entered the house and saw traces of blood going at the back of the house, where a bad smell came from. Authorities then found dead bodies of the family dumped in a septic tank, and already in advance state of decomposition.

Abuyin attempted to escape from the crime scene but police probers arrested him and placed him as the suspect of the brutal killing of the Lastimosa family. Drug paraphernalia and residue were found at the possession of the suspect.

Bounty...from page 2

Sahiron, who was also linked to the 2001 kidnap-pings of a US missionary couple Martin and Gracia Burnham, and California man Guillermo Sobero, along with 17 Filipino hol-iday makers in Palawan Island in Western Visayas in central Philippines and brought them by boat to Basilan province in southern Philippines.

Sobero was beheaded by the Abu Sayyaf and his body was left in the jungle to be devoured by wild animals. While Martin Burnham was killed ans his wife wounded during a US-led rescue op-eration in Zamboanga del Norte province where the Abu Sayyaf tried to flee.

“Many innocent men, women and children have died or have been seriously injured as a result of Sahi-ron’s actions. Sahiron played a role in the May 2001 Dos Palmas kidnapping of three US citizens, including Mar-tin and Gracia Burnham, and 17 Filipinos from a tourist resort in Palawan, Philippines. Several of the hostages, including U.S. citizen Guillermo Sobero, were murdered,” according to the Rewards for Justice Program.

The State Department said Sahiron is continues to plot terror schemes that impact many communities. “Because of his leadership position within the ASG, whose terrorist attacks have resulted in the deaths of U.S. and Filipino citizens, U.S. authorities consider Sahiron to be a threat to U.S. and Filipino citizens and interests,” it said.

Sahiron lost his right hand fighting security forces in the 1970s and usually goes around on horseback.

The Abu Sayyaf also kid-napped over 3 dozen Asian and European holidaymak-ers in a daring cross-border raid in Malaysia in 2000 and ransomed them off to Libya. (Mindanao Examiner)

Sacks...from page 2

and there have been very loud indicators that this scam was happening. People were lining up as early as 2:00 in the morning to try to get in the premises of Aman,” he said.

“The fact that there was

no report that filtered up from the City PNP to the province to the region all the way to headquarters indicates, at the very least, negligence or laziness,” Roxas added.

Roxas said apart from Manzan and Mission, 21 other PNP officers who reportedly invested in Aman were recalled back to camp. He said this is to ensure that they do not use their authority to exact revenge against Aman Futures and its representatives.

Roxas also said the DILG has requested treasurers of local government units in Lanao del Sur and Zam-boanga del Sur to submit their respective LGU bank balances for examination. This is to verify reports that public funds may have been used to invest in Aman.

The government is con-ducting a manhunt for the officials of Aman, includ-ing its president, Manuel K. Amalilio and Fernando “Nonoy” R. Luna, head of the Aman operations in Pagadian City.

Aman Futures was able to lure investors, mostly in Pagadian City, by offering a 30-percent to 40-percent return on investment within eight days, and a 50-percent to 80-percent profit for 18 to 20 days.

Aman Futures claimed that the profit would come from a customer agreement with Malaysian brokerage firm Okachi (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. that in turn engages in futures trading of commodi-ties such as oil, manganese, palm oil and nickel.

At first, the victims could receive cash by just showing their official receipts. But later, investors were issued post-dated checks with a 50-day maturity date in lieu of cash. Investors started to panic when the Aman office in Pagadian closed last September 26.

killed a Claretian priest Roel Gallardo in Basilan province, several nautical miles south of Zamboanga City.

In 1997, the Abu Sayyaf also assassinated a Catholic bishop Benjamin de Jesus in Jolo town in Sulu province. He was shot several times outside his church in a broad daylight attack.

Three years later, the Abu Sayyaf also ambushed a Catholic missionary, Benja-min Inocencio, in Jolo town while buying gifts for poor Muslims. The Abu Sayyaf also randomly attacked and bombed Catholic churches in Tawi-Tawi, Sulu and in Mindanao the past decades.

The Abu Sayyaf, which means “Bearer of the Sword,” was originally fighting for a separate Islamic state similar to Afghanistan, but resorted to banditry and kidnappings for ransom after its Libyan firebrand founder, Abdura-jak Abubakar Janjalani, was killed in 1998 in a gun battle with policemen in Basilan province. (Al Jacinto)

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By AL JACINTOof Mindanao Daily News

ZAMBOANGA City––The Land Transportation Of-fice in Western Mindanao is set to launch a massive campaign against over-loaded passenger vehicles in Zamboanga City in an effort to curb the rampant violations of the law and to protect the riding public from grave dangers.

LTO to go after overloaded jeepneys in Zamboanga City

Lawyer Aminola Aba-ton, LTO regional director, he would order a crack-down on erring drivers violating the law.

“We have received many complaints about this and I myself have witnessed how these jeepneys and buses violate the laws. Passengers who sit on the roof or hang by the rear of the jeep risk grave dangers and these (practice) must

be stopped,” he told the Mindanao Examiner.

Many transport vehicles plying the east coast vil-lages take passengers more than the capacity of their jeepney, but nothing has been done by the traffic police and traffic person-nel from City Hall about this violation.

Abaton said they would also crackdown on unli-censed passenger jeepneys

and tricycles in Zambo-anga.

He also appealed to the public to report traf-fic violators to the LTO by simply calling their Hotline Number at (062) 9924110.

“We are appealing to all to help us in our campaign and you can report traffic violators by calling our hotline number,” he said. (Mindanao Examiner)

ZAMBOANGA City––A lone gunman killed a school principal in a daring attack in the capital town of Bongao in the remote southern Philippine province of Tawi-Tawi, police said.

Police said the gunman shot Conchita Francisco, 62, shortly after stepping outside a Catholic church. One woman was slightly wounded after being hit by the stray bullet, said Senior Superintendent Rodelio Jocson, the provincial police chief.

He said Francisco, the principal of the Mindanao State University-Laboratory Elementary School, was shot at close range during a power outage. “She came from mass and was shot outside the church. One woman who was near her was also hit by stray bullet and slightly injured,” Jocson told the Mindanao Examiner.

No individual claimed responsibility for the attack, but Jocson the killing was probably connected to the victim’s work. “This is murder and we are looking into several angles and among this is the woman’s job as school principal,” Jocson said.

He said one tricycle driver who was near the church witnessed the attack, but he refused to give any statement to the police for fear of reprisal. “There is a witness, but we cannot get anything from him. He is probably scared to talk to us and fears for his life,” he said.

Police said Francisco was a devout Catholic and frequently went to hear mass in Bongao and had been appointed principal just last year. It was not immedi-ately known whether the assailant is a hired killer or a member of the Abu Sayyaf group.

In 2008, Abu Sayyaf militants raided a Catholic con-vent at the compound of the Notre Dame High School in Tawi-Tawi’s South Ubian town and killed Father Rey Roda in a botched kidnapping.

Roda was praying when 10 gunmen barged in the con-vent and seized the priest and dragged him outside, but was eventually killed when he struggled to free himself.

It was not the first time that the Abu Sayyaf killed a priest. In 2002, militants also kidnapped, tortured and

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The need for K+12By GINA L. MANDAWE

WHILE many parents have grumbled over the implementation of K+12 pronounced as “K plus twelve” this school year, I viewed it as an important investment for the next generation of graduates.

Yes. A [very] good and strong investment in terms of education.

First, no children will be allowed to enroll in Grade One unless the kids completed the required Kindergarten.

Second, the children will still be spending six years in elementary edu-

cation.After elementary, the

children would then be spending another four years as junior high school–-and another two years as senior high school [SHS].

The additional two years in high school will provide the students “suf-ficient time for mastery of concepts and skills, develop lifelong learners, and prepare graduates for tertiary education, middle-level skills devel-opment, employment, and entrepreneurship.” And this is the essenceof K+12 basic education program.

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