MINDANAO TIMES, April 24-25, 2023

Who we are rooting for as PNP chief

BY VIC N. SUMALINOG

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DCWD spokesperson

JC Duhaylungsod told MindaNews on Friday that most of the city’s supply currently comes from groundwater sources, so they are more resilient to El Niño than surface water.

She said DCWD anticipates higher water con-

sumption from its customers during this period as the phenomenon will bring about more heightened temperatures for prolonged durations.

“Thus, our priority is to ensure that all of our water production facilities are operating full blast to ensure

service continuity,” she said.

She added that the DCWD would closely monexperiencing intermittent supply during peak hours of water usage to provide interventions as needed.

According to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geo-

physical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa), there is a 55% probability for El Niño to develop between July and September this year or after the dry season currently experienced in the country.

Pagasa said the drought would likely result in a 60% reduction in rainfall.

The impact of this phe-

nomenon, characterized by fewer occurrences of rainfall and typhoons, will be felt starting the last quarter of 2023 and will last until the second semester of 2024, it said.

The next additional water source of this city is surface water, particularly from the P12-billion Davao City Bulk Water Supply

Project (DCBWSP) of Apo Agua Insfrastructura in Tamugan River.

Duhaylungsod said the target full operation of the project is tentatively set by June this year.

The Apo Agua is expected to supply around 300 million liters of treated water to DCWD.

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews) -- The Davao City Water District (DCWD) assured consumers of enough supply even with El Niño by the second half of 2023.

MUSLIM women hug each other after the prayers held at Roxas Avenue, Davao City last Saturday, April 22, in celebration of Eid'l Fitr to mark the end of month-long Ramadan. BING GONZALES

Two bars under close watch after violating the liquor ban

BY RHODA GRACE B. SARON

STA. ANA Police personnel continue to monitor the two erring bars for serving alcohol to customers past the 1 a.m. ban on April 14-15.

"Wala ko kabalo unsa ingon sa Business Bureau pero gina monitor man namo ug ma caught in the act nga painom lampas na sa liquor ban ipa close na diretso," Captain Rizalito Clapiz III of the Sta. Ana

Police Station said on Sunday interview.

He said the bar owners

Under the city ordinance, violators will be pe-

1 killed, bomb-making parts seized in Basilan

ZAMBOANGA CITY – A suspected private armed group leader was killed as troops seized bomb-making components in Lamitan City, Basilan province, a top police official said Friday.

Lt. Col. Arlan Delumpines, Lamitan police chief, said Ganim Muksin opened and military personnel was serving the warrant against him in Barangay Maganda around 6:20 p.m. Thursday.

Delumpines said Muksin was killed in the ensuing shootout.

Muksin, he said, had no ties with the Abu Sayyaf Group, although he maintained several armed followers.

The warrant servers were from the Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit, 1st Provincial Mobile Force Company, and the Army’s 18th Infantry Battalion troopers.

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offense; the second offense is P5,000 or imprisonment, or both; and the third and subsequent offenses will be P5,000 and one-year imprisonment, along with business permit revocation for the establishment.

The police arrested and issued citation tickets to 273 individuals who violated the city’s alcohol ordinance. They will pay P3,000 each.

"A case will be filed against them if they will not pay the penalty," he added.

According to the report, police received infor-

mation that the bars served alcohol even through the morning.

At around 3 a.m., Clapiz and PCapt. Vianney

Pomperado, deputy station commander, led the raid on the two bars located at Jacinto Street corner Padre Faura Street, and Narra

Street corner Fatima Street, to enforce City Ordinance 004-13 series of 2013.

He added that Mayor Sebastian Duterte already asked for the names of the erring bar owners.

"It was (bars) also raided before the pandemic," he further said.

SIM card owners urged to beat registration deadline

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews) – The National Telecommunications Commission–Davao Region (NTC-Davao) urged the public on Friday to register their subscriber identity module (SIM) cards before the April 26 deadline, as failure to do so will lead to automatic deactivation effective 12:01 a.m. of

April 27.

In an interview over Davao City Disaster Radio (DCDR 87.5), NTC-Davao director Nelson Cañete said the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) has declined the request of telecommunication companies (telcos) to extend the SIM card reg-

istration beyond April 26. However, an extension of up to 120 days is allowed under Republic Act 11934 or the SIM Registration Act.

As of Friday, he said that the number of SIM cards registered was estimated at 75 million out of 170 million nationwide.

In a statement released

on Wednesday, the DICT encouraged subscribers to register as the deadline draws near, warning them that “non-registration will result in the deactivation of their SIMs and eSIMs, barring them from receiving and sending calls and text messages and accessing mobile applications

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SENATOR Scouts of the Philippines’ Camp Alano Regional Program Training Center in Toril, Davao City last Friday, April 21. BING GONZALES

Biggest nationwide job fair at SMX Manila on Labor Day

SM SUPERMALLS, the of the Department of Labor invites jobseekers to join the biggest Job Fair Nationwide!in time for Labor Day at the SMX Convention Center! And even after May 1, this

wide.

FROM L-R: BLE Director Partick Patriwirawan Jr., DOLE Assistant Secretary Lennard Serrano, DOLE Assistant Secretary Paul Vincent Añover, DOLE Undersecretary Carmela Torres, SM Supermalls SVP for Operations Bien Mateo, DOLE Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma,SM Supermalls VP for HR Cheryll Agsaoay, SM Supermalls SVP for Marketing Joaquin San Agustin, SAVP for Mall Operations Queenie Rodulfo, and AVP for HR Joseph Rodriguez. ( /BIGGEST/10)

sponsorship in kind, and the

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Civet coffee boosts livelihood, conservation in Mt. Matutum

SOUTH COTABATO, Philippines (MindaNews) — For about two decades now, members of the B’laan ethnic group have combed the forest-clad slopes of Mount Matutum from September to January, seeking out the beans pooped out by the cat-sized Philippine palm civet (Paradoxurus philippinensis).

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A VILLAGER shows a bag of civet coffee beans he gathered in just one day. Image by Bong S. Sarmiento for Mongabay.

UM College of Law shows support for CPRA

THE UNIVERSITY of Mindanao College of Law Dean Antonio Arellano and Legal Ethics Professor Atty. Cloydie Marcos are among the 250 legal practitioners who attended the National Launch of the Code of the Professional Responsibility and Accountability (CPRA) at Manila Hotel last April 13, 2023.

During the event, Senior Associate Justice Marvic M.V.F. Leonen led lawyers in reciting the revised Lawyer’s Oath for

ies the New CPRA which will govern the conduct of lawyers all over the Philippines.

CPRA (A.M. No. 22-09-

evant, and responsive guide for lawyers’ conduct” was

ing its En Banc Session in Baguio City on April 11, 2023. It revises the 34-yearold Code of Professional

Caravan, a series of consultative discussions, held in Naga, Baguio, and Manila,

of the Code of Professional legal practitioners nationwide took part in the Ethics Caravan

2023.

According to Chief Justice Alexander G. Ges-dressing the participants at the National Launch of the CPRA, “CPRA is part

Strategic Plan for Judicial

Innovations or SPJI.”

Salient provisions of the CPRA are the regulation of the conduct of

revealing confidential or

sexual relationship with a client during the engage -

the lawyer-client relationship started.

During the launch, AsLazaro-Javier, Chairperson the Revision of the Code ofity, and Associate Justice Vice-Chairperson of the their speech. Associate JusVice Chairperson of the -

Messages of support

the European Union to the Philippines; Mr. Alexander

Secretary for Politics, Aus-Country Representative, Mr. Olivier-Georges LerAdvisor, United Nations-

with the Integrated Bar of the Philippines and the Philippine Association of

Law Schools; with support through the Governance in -

Asia Foundation and the Mindanao College of Law through their Legal Ethics class ensures that the to its faculty and students alike in order to produce lawyers who will uphold and protect the dignity of the law profession in this

5 babies, 80 rescued as ship runs aground in Lanao Norte

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) personnel have rescued Norte, the local PCG station said Friday.

In a statement, PCGMaigo Station said passengers aboard MV Filipinas Cebu were rescued after the vessel ran aground at Maigo Point around 6 p.m. Thursday as it sailed to Ozamiz City, Misamis Occidental from Lanao del

Norte.

The rescued passengers were safely ferried aboard tugboat Focson Diamond going to the PCG-Maigo Station.

Responding PCG personnel were accompanied by PCG’s Marine Envi -

ronmental Protection Unit (MEPU) to conduct an immediate oil spill assessment.

“Based on the oil spill assessment of MEPU personnel, there was no presence of oil sheen in the

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High court issues writ of kalikasan against Golden Rice, Bt Eggplant

MALAYBALAY CITY

(MindaNews) — The Supreme Court announced Wednesday that it has issued a writ of kalikasan

against the Department of Agriculture, other government agencies as well as the Philippine Rice Institute and University of the Phil-

ippines-Los Banos to stop the release of genetically products.

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Manhunt on for killers of off-duty cop in GenSan

KORONADAL CITY – Po-

lice authorities in General Santos City and South Cotabato province have launched a manhunt against two men who shot dead an off-duty police

Col. Jomar Alexis Yap, General Santos City police director, strongly condemned the murder of Cpl. Razul Alongan, an intelligence of-

Station 5.

“We condemn the senseless and brutal killing of Po-

two children and a grieving wife,” Yap said.

The gunmen, posing as customers of a roadside eatery in Barangay Fatima of the city, shot dead Alongan, 48, at about 10:30 p.m.

“The perpetrators sped off onboard their motorcycle towards the direction of Purok Placida, Barangay Calumpang,” Yap said.

Alongan was rushed to the General Santos Medical Center but was declared dead on arrival by attending physicians. (PNA)

RESIDENTS gather in Marawi City’s Grand Mosque on Saturday, April 22, 2023, during the Eid’l Fitr which marks the end of the month-long Ramadan. MindaNews photo by MARIVIC OMANDAN DAVIS

TODAY, Monday, April 24, 2023, the term of Philippine National Police (PNP) Director General Rodolfo Azurin will end as he turns 56 years old. Under the law, anybody who is a member of the PNP is retired upon reaching that age. And that goes to those in the organization's highest echelon.

By this time, the President may have already chosen and appointed Azurin’s replacement. That is, if he will not extend his term by the powers vested upon him. As every well-meaning Filipino knows, the President is the commander-in-chief of all the uniformed service in the country.

As far as we know, the top contenders for the highest with 3- or 2-star ranks. But again, the President is not barred by law from appointing anyone in the lower level generals in the person that matters.

But again, the President can always do away with the seniority rule and select the right man for the job. reports in Manila that at least two are now out of the running.

One is recommended for suspension because the Secretary of the Department of Interior and Local Governments (DILG) implicated him in the alleged cover-up in the investigation of a multi-billion pesos illegal drugs bust. The other is reportedly facing an administrative charge for certain reported infractions in the performance of duty.

One of the remaining 3-star generals for the President to choose from is Lt. Gen. Michael John F. Dubria, an Ilongo by ethnic origin but born, raised, and studied in Davao City. We assumed his parents may have migrated to Davao from his home province in Western Visayas. We had been rooting for him, hoping he could be the second Davaoeño to assume the top PNP post after now Senator Ronald dela Rosa.

We have not met the General in person, not even once. But we have been monitoring his activities when he was assigned specific commands or administrative functions. And we only know of one area where he was unfairly blamed for an alleged security lapse.

But ranged against the totality of the good things (security as well as peace and orderwise) that happened in places that were once under his area of responsibility, the asserted failure could only be one learning experience in police work.

It paled in comparison to the massacre of 44 members of the PNP Special Forces in Mamasapano, Maguindanao, was, in fact, on forced leave at that time, without the knowl-

And the President of the Philippines was the one who gave his on-leave PNP chief the responsibility and was even constantly advised of the SAF troop movement as the operation was ongoing and even during the seeming carnage of the hapless policemen.

It is our take that all the relevant information about General Dubria and the other contenders for the top police position could have already been thoroughly gone over by the President. So, if the chief executive did a critical balance between performance on the one hand and personal trust other, then Dubria’s chances could be higher.

Our fervent hope is that he could be the one. General Dubria will surely not fail the Davaoeños.

But as we said here earlier, the President, as the appointing authority, has the sole discretion over who to appoint. a gentleman,” he will surely accept his fate and work with the President’s appointee.

NAAWAN, Misamis Oriental (MindaNews) – Every time we have a shortage of essential commodities, whether onion, garlic, sugar, or rice, government authorities quickly blame cartels. It’s almost a knee-jerk response. cartels as “businesses conniving to manipulate the marketers by engaging in coordinated anti-competitive behavior market allocation.”

In their modus, cartels may resort to the smuggling of highly demanded staples, as well as undermining the farm gate price of local produce by various means to control the market. They could sink low the farm gate price by advancing to farmers loans for production inputs or the provision of actual farm inputs such as seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, and small farm implements, including some amount to sustain family need during the waiting period, and payable upon harvest, the price, of course of the produce, is inescapably dictated by the source of capital.

But are cartels in this country that powerful, such that the government, with all its might, cannot wipe them out of existence?

The Department of Agriculture (DA) is the primary watchdog on the country’s food security. With the President of the Republic himself at its helm, it has all the resources at its disposal to watch and monitor stocks, supply and demand, and import, including the smuggling of essential commodities.

Surely, with the bottomless intelligence fund of the Executive Department, the intelligence unit of the Philippine National Police, National Bureau of Investigation, Bureau of Custom, Philippines Ports Authority, Department of Trade and Industry, National Food Authority and Armed Forces of the Philippines, among others, know who these cartels are, and can pinpoint to law enforcers on the ground the locations of their warehouses and hoards.

Sweeping raids can be conducted and illegally acassuming, of course, that law enforcers are not bought. The supply of the same.

The cartels can be demolished if the government really wants to or if those in authority exercise political will. The narrative would be different if the cartels were under their protection or, worse, their creation.

Consider, for instance, the authorized importation of 440,000 metric tons of sugar under Sugar Order No. 6. This importation created so much noise because the permit to import was given by DA to only three handpicked importers with their respective allocations, to wit: All Asian Countertrade – 240,000 MT; S&D Sucden Philippines –100,000 MT; and, Edison Lee Marketing – 100,000 MT.

Many sectors in the sugar industry were aghast by the DA move because historically, each authorized importer is allocated only around 10,000 to 20,000 metric tons each. The three favored ones were given 10 - 20 times more than the usual quota.

What is utterly dumbfounding was that All Asian Countertrade already imported 260 containers of sugar shipped in three vessels in the name of the three DAfavored importers, the import of which was carried out prior to the issuance of Sugar Order No. 6.

A sugar shipment without the necessary permit, for all intent and purposes, is smuggling. Yet the DA cleared said shipments by issuing a memorandum declaring that the sugar shipments that arrived prior to the order would be part of the import allocation of said company and should be released from where it is being held.

By its look, the three handpicked importers are just one colossal cartel navigating sweepingly and sweetly the economic and political waters.

If what we are witnessing here is not a mighty cartel in motion with a stronghold in our government, then I don’t know what this monster is in our midst. What is certain is that this monster is here to devour us.

(MindaViews is the opinion section of MindaNews. William R. Adan, Ph.D., is retired professor and former chancellor of Mindanao State University at Naawan, Misamis Oriental)

The Everyday Lamentations of Mother Earth

CEBU CITY (MindaNews) -- Have you ever paused at some moment and listened to the lamentations of Mother Earth? The sad whisper of the wind as it loses its coolness with the sweltering heat here in the tropics, especially during summer?

And the parched earth is crying out for rain that sadly seems to abandon the usual seasons when heaven’s tears are badly needed to make the rice grow. And yet when winds and rains reach howling proportions owing to what has happened to the earth’s climate, Mother Earth’s children can just vanish from the face of the earth?

All of the creation today join in this tragic chorus lamenting the utter destruction of their habitat, from the polar bears at the North Pole who have lost their icebergs to the Philippine Eagles who have lost their forests. Can you still hear birds twittering in the trees of our backyard, or have they all gone to the moon? And can those trees offer the much-needed canopy for the children to still play outdoors?

Or have you been so busy eking out a livelihood, pleasing your boss, taking care of your family members, dealing with mental or physical health issues that you consider it a luxury to deal with environmental issues? Or would you rather the United Nations, the governments, the oil and mining companies, and the big institutions worry and do something about this gargantuan challenge of dealing with climate change?

I have bad news for you, dear reader, if you would rather bury your head in the sand and refuse to engage in environmental advocacy, no matter if you consider what you can do as just a drop in the bucket! For as everyone knows now, Mother Earth’s health condition has so deteriorated that if we – all of us, whether we hold a minuscule or huge amount of resources – do not act to halt the downward spiral of the earth’s destruction, we are bound to face a dystopian future where life on this planet will become intolerable!

Lucky for us human beings that way back in January 1969, an environmental activist named Denis Hayes and Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin teamed up to shake people’s indifference to what was happening to Mother Earth. Each, in his own way, listened to Mother Earth’s lamentations – especially in the wake of a massive oil spill in Santa Barbara - and instead of ignoring what they saw was a worsening problem, they acted, and the rest is history.

They knew that what was needed was to widen the public sphere that would deal with ecology and establish a civil society that would bring more awareness to the environmental issues. They began organizing teach-ins in colleges across the US, and soon enough, more young people learned more about the impact of pollution on air, water, and the rest of the environment. In just a short period, they had reached millions and inspired them to be engaged in ecological advo-

A SOJOURNERS VIEW

KARL M. GASPAR CSSR

This then encouraged Senator Nelson to propose an the support of political parties, civil society organizations, academic institutions, media, and people of every age, race, gender demographic, and educational status. The people in 141 countries were highlighting environmental issues worldwide on Earth Day. EarthDay.org states what this day is all about: “Earth Day is widely recognized as the largest secular observance in the world, marked by more than a billion people every year as a day of action to change human behavior and create global, national, and local policy changes.”

Unfortunately, in a country like ours, our efforts at advancing the ecological movement have not been sustained so that it creates the needed impact. Even as we face the consequences of climate change every year with our typhoons failed to live up to our talk. From the national environmental agencies to the local government units, policies have been crafted, laws have been passed, government bureaucrats have attended environmental conferences like the COP (the one recently in Egypt) and loans have been secured for studies

But if our efforts are to be weighed, quoting the Bible, we end up with this saying: “Tinimbang ka, nguni’t kulang!”

Take Davao City as a good example of how City Hall is responding to the urgent ecological issues. Owing to the strong lobbying of civil society organizations like IDIS, there have been ordinances passed to protect the watershed, limit the cutting of the remaining trees, curb the use of plastics, and look into the problem of garbage.

This is the case where the right hand does not know what the left hand is doing. On the one hand, City Hall passes these ordinances, but then the citizens wake up one day, and a contrary project has been approved. There are a few good examples: to deal with the problem of garbage, City Hall applies for billions of pesos to build an incinerator which is actually a pollutant and will impact the health of the communities surrounding the site of this project; to ease be constructed and to hell with what happens to the pristine coral reefs which is the best reason to promote tourism to the island; there is a watershed code, but they cannot stop the continuing logging in these areas.

People, wake up. Mother Earth’s destruction is sooner than you think. Listen to the voices of scientists who have gotten tired of warning the whole of humanity to get our act together! Is anyone listening apart from the ecological activists whose numbers don’t seem to increase exponentially? The challenge for us today is to embrace the opportunity to encourage a sustainable future.

Do something today and gather your family members, friends, co-workers, and others that you can mobilize to do something today. Do not let this Earth Day pass as if you don’t care where our planet is moving towards. Listen to Mother Earth’s lamentations and do something – no matter how modest its results – to alleviate our mother’s suffering.

You can take this challenge into your hands and do any of the following:

use of fossil fuels and read more about the consequences of a worsening climate change. There are tons of documents out

and carry a placard.

erator, a change in the design of the Samal bridge to protect the coral reefs, monitor what’s happening to the watersheds of the city, and lobby City Hall to implement watershed ordinances.

the trees, and experience what it is to commune with nature. Join a group that ask for volunteers to grow more trees in the watershed areas.

ping, when buying products and when packing food. Earth Day, and before they go home, ask them to show their concern by making art or reminding their parents to stop smoking and stop buying junk!

burn the garbage but recycle them. If there are neighborhood or purok clean-ups, join.

sing Asin’s Kapaligiran song.

will do much more than what you are going to do today. is possible, commit yourself to comfort Mother Earth with simple acts to alleviate her lamentations!

(MindaViews is the opinion section of MindaNews. Rebook author. Gaspar is also a Datu Bago 2018 awardee, the highest honor the Davao City government bestows on its constituents. He is now based in Cebu City).

Bar exams post-mortem and musings

leased, much to the relief of many who took it. Like all those who came before them, the bar was the culmination of a long exhausting journey. Each and every one of the takers probably had their own tales of hardships up or crying in joy.

I remember my own experience of having to go through anxious months of waiting and going to Sta. Clara almost every day to pray (for truly there are no atheists in a foxhole) while waiting for our bar results. I can also vividly recall the exact moment I received a page (most of us did not have cellphones yet in the day) from my friend who told me I passed. As I was on a street walking at that time, I stopped and sat on the curb stunned and grinning like an idiot.

After this year’s results came out, newspapers feapost-mortems of passing percentages and law school performance. There were also many human interest stories blind bar passer from the University of Baguio whose travails would be a good story for an episode of “Maalala Mo Kaya.” There is also the former beauty queen and registered nurse who also passed the bar.

I am especially proud of my former students who were among the bar passer. I received personal messages from

OBLIQUE OBSERVATIONS

BY ATTY. GILBERTO LAUENGCO, J.D.

some of them, which I will always treasure as a perk of being a teacher too.

Unfortunately, in the midst of this unbridled joy of the bar passers almost unnoticed by many, there is the pain of those who did not make it this time. While their batchmates or classmates rejoice, they went home dejected. Many of them will take the next bar exams and succeed.

I know many practitioners who had to take the exams a second time and fared better in practice than most other lawyers. Many, however, will never pass the exams no matter how they try. There are many reasons why some never pass the exams. Not all of them are due to competence. I know many law graduates who never passed the bar but could analyze and apply the law better than most

problem than the lack of precise knowledge of the law and has been the cause of high failure rates.”

Failure to communicate in English in a precise and concise way is essentially what many Bar Examiners cite as a large cause of many who failed to pass the exams.

Many cite the foregoing as reasons why they want the

bar exam removed or radically changed as the mode of licensure for lawyers. They argue that the bar exams cannot adequately measure the skills one needs to be a good lawyer. Some even claim it is an elitist exam designed for English speakers.

Proponents of the exams have always stressed that the bar exams, in general, are designed to test if the takers have attained the minimum competency needed to practice law. It is essentially a minimum qualifying exam for practice. I remember one of my old professors telling us that law school and the bar were set up to ensure the safety of the public upon whom we were about to be unleashed.

However, until a viable alternative mode of exam is put forth, the bar exams are here to stay.

One thing is clear whether you believe in the bar exams or not. The bar exam is just the beginning, not the end-all and be-all of a law career. In fact, unless the new lawyer is a topnotcher, prospective employers often concentrate on law school performance. Passing the bar is not a guarantee of success, happiness, or even wealth (none of the richest Filipinos are practicing lawyers).

What happens after the bar depends on what the new lawyer will do next.

This is my oblique observation.

Editor’s note: The opinions expressed in the forego-

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All Jewelry and other articles pawned at Rosegold Pawnshop San Pedro-Main, Rosegold Pawnshop Ilustre, Rosegold Pawnshop Bolton, Rosegold Pawnshop, Agdao and Rosegold Pawnshop Buhangin from OCTOBER 16, 2022 TO NOVEMBER 15, 2022

If not redeemed or renewed on or before APRIL 14, 2023 will be sold to the Public Auction on APRIL 1719, 2023 at Rosegold Pawnshop San Pedro-Main from 9:00am to 6:00pm.

Accepts: Jewelry, wholesaler and retailer on all kinds of jewelry

Highest Appraisal and Low Interest Rates at 3%

NOTICE OF AUCTION SALE

All jewelry and other articles pawned at Goldstandard Pawnshop San Pedro, from OCTOBER 16, 2022 TO NOVEMBER 15, 2022 if not redeemed or renewed on APRIL 14, 2023 will be sold to the Public Auction on APRIL 17-19, 2023 at our Pawnshop premises from 9:00am to 6:00pm.

NOTICE OF AUCTION SALE

All pawned items at METRO GOLDBRILL PAWNSHOP that expired if not redeemed or renewed Two (2) days before the Auction will be sold to the public on APRIL 17, 2023.

Gipahibalo and tanan na ang METRO GOLDBRILL PAWNSHOP magasubasta sa tanan nga nagexpired kung dili malukat o matubuan duha (2) ka adlaw una ang pagbaligya sa publiko karong ABRIL 17, 2023.

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EURO CIRCLE PAWNSHOP

SAN PEDRO ST., DAVAO CITY - TEL. NO.: 227-0521

EURO MAIN PAWNSHOP

ILUSTRE ST., DAVAO CITY - TEL. NO.: 227-7511

MATI CITY, DAVAO ORIENTAL - TEL. NO.: 306-0665

EURO STAR PAWNSHOP

ILUSTRE ST., DAVAO CITY - TEL. NO.: 227-0667

EURO SUN PAWNSHOP

SAN PEDRO ST., DAVAO CITY - TEL. NO.: 227-3321

PAWNS NOT REDEEMED/RENEWED WITHIN FIVE (5) DAYS AFTER EXPIRY DATES WILL BE AUCTIONED ON APRIL 17, 2023 AT 10:00 A.M. AT THE RESPECTIVE PAWNSHOPS WHERE THE ITEMS WERE PAWNED.

GABBY’S BRILLIANT PAWNSHOP INC. / GABBY’S INFINITE PAWNSHOP INC.

All Pawned items at GOLDVISION PAWNSHOP, INC., that expired must be redeemed or renewed Two (2) days prior the Auction Schedule stated below. If not redeemed will be sold to the public on its respective auction schedule and premises at 9:00 A.M.

Gipahibalo ang tanan nga ang GOLDVISION PAWNSHOP, INC., maga subasata sa tanan nga nag-expired, kung dili malukat ibaligya sa publiko sa alas 9:00 sa buntag.

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TEL NO.: 321-2185 / 234-4844

All Pawned items at GABBY’S BRILLIANT PAWNSHOP, INC. and GABBYS’S INFINITE PAWNSHOP, INC. that expired must be redeemed or renewed Two (2) days prior the Auction Schedule stated below. If not redeemed will be sold to the public on its respective auction schedule and premises at 9:00 A.M.

Gipahibalo ang tanan nga ang GABBY’S BRILLIANT PAWNSHOP, INC. and GABBYS’S INFINITE PAWNSHOP, INC. maga subasata sa tanan nga nag-expired kung dili malukat ibaligya sa publiko sa alas 9:00 sa buntag.

BRANCHES AUCTION DATE TEL. NOS. SAN PEDRO APRIL 14, 2023 321-2185 ILUSTRE

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Bomb-making components seized from Muksin's house included four improvised electric blasting caps, ammonium nitrate fuel oil, black power, elecpolyvinyl chloride pipes packed with three and sixinch nails. A .435-caliber pistol was also recovered.

The incident came on the heels of the clash between terrorists and the police following an ambush on the Army Canine Unit in Lamitan City, Basilan province.

Lt. Col. Arlan Delumpines, Lamitan City police chief, said Private Jimmy Gaffud was injured in an ambush in Barangay Campo Uno, Lamitan City, at about 2:35 p.m. on April 19.

Gaffud, 25, is a mem-

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The job fair aims to provide employment opportunities for job seekers and support the government's efforts to reduce unemployment in the country.

The job fair is open to all job seekers, including fresh graduates, returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), and those displaced due to the COVID-19 pandemic. DOLE has invited various companies to participate in job fairs, offering various opportunities in different industries such as retail, hospitality, business process outsourcing (BPO), and the like.

During the job fairs, job seekers can submit their resumes and undergo initial interviews with participating companies. Some companies even conduct on-the-spot job offers, meaning qualified applicants can receive job offers on the same day.

of DOLE for job fairs nationwide, Job Fairs will also take place at SM City Grand Central, SM Southmall, SM City BF Par -

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nance committee head of the DOC, Ching Barlis, they still have an extra P4- million in cash after P4 million would be saved for future tourism projects.

Tourism Promotions Board (TPB) MICE Department Manager Arnold Gonzales praised the partnership of the two sectors

“This is the best synergy between the private and the public sector,” Gonzales said.

It can be recalled that Vice-President Sara Z. Du-

ber of the Army Canine Unit based at Camp General Arturo Enrile in Barangay Malagutay here. His companion, Staff Sgt. Ronie Ebcas of the 18th Infantry Battalion’s Canine Unit based in Barangay Campo Uno, Lamitan City, was unscathed during the incident.

Initial investigation showed that Ebcas was driving a motorcycle taking Gaffud to the port of Lamitan City in Barangay Kulaybato when waylaid

Ebcas took Gaffud to the Lamitan District Hospital while the suspects of Barangay Campo Uno. Responding policemen recovered three empty shells of a .45-caliber pistol at the ambush site. (PNA)

anaque, SM City Sucat, SM City Baguio, SM City Marilao, SM City Pampanga, SM City Olongapo Central, SM City Tuguegarao, SM City Cabanatuan, SM CDO Downtown Premier, SM City Davao, and SM City San Jose del Monte.

In recent years, LGU and PESO have also embraced online job fairs, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic when physical gatherings were restricted. This year, they strategically selected SM City Marikina and SM City Lipa under LGU, and SM City Roxas, SM City Bacolod, SM City Puerto Princesa, SM Cherry Antipolo, and SM City

connecting job seekers with employers and promoting employment opportunities.

Take your career to the next level with new opportunities and #ExperienceTogetherAtSM.

Grab this great opporjob! Visit the SMX Convention Center for the biggest and grandest job fair on May 1!

terte, during her speech at the city’s tourism strength which is the strong linkage between the government and the private sector.

“I have to say that the strength of Davao City is the symbiotic relationship of the private sector and the local government pinagpapasalamat namin sa private sector, dahil sa malaking tulong nila sa mga pangarap ng local government unit. Vice President Duterte said in her speech. (RG ALAMA)

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and digital wallets.”

It said registering SIM cards “will provide law enforcement agencies the necessary tools to crack down on perpetrators who use SIMs for their crimes, consistent with the declared policy of the law.”

He encouraged mobile phone users to seek help from their relatives or the nearest telco outlets, barangays, or to assist them in registering their SIM cards.

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ister their SIM cards.

He said the caravan visited the municipalities of Boston and Cateel last Wednesday, Caraga and Baganga last Thursday, and Taragona and Manay, Davao Oriental, on Friday.

He said the agency has lined up similar activities in Carmen and the Island Garden on Monday and Wednesday, respectively, and Pantukan, Davao de Oro, on Tuesday.

Cañete said the agency is going house-to-house in different communities to reach out to more unregistered subscribers, particularly those persons with disabilities and senior citizens.

Elsewhere in Southeast Asia, civet coffee production has faced increasing scrutiny over animal welfare concerns, as rising demand and a burgeoning tourism trend have led to civets being captured, caged, and force-fed coffee beans to harvest their droppings. In January, researchers from the University of Oxford’s World Animal Protection published a report on the conditions of wild-caught common palm civets (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus) at tourist-orientated coffee plantations in Bali, Indonesia. The animals, the researchers found, were treated cruelly, with the plantations failing to meet basic animal welfare requirements.

However, the people of Mt. Matutum say their relationship with civets is very different.

In the civet coffee-producing hamlet known as Purok 8 in the not a caged civet in sight.

“Civets are revered in our community for their life-changing contribution not only to the tribe but to the environment as well,” says Bal Buan, one of Purok 8’s community leaders.

Bal says anyone caught caging, hunting, or trapping civets subsequent transgressions eventually punished by being cast out, a kind of death penalty for a tribe member. Wild and free

Like most households in the community, Bal owns a motorcycle, a tangible sign of the wealth reaped from the village’s gourmet coffee production.

Civet coffee, often known by its Indonesian name of kopi luwak, has a distinctive taste attributed to the animal’s instinctive during their nighttime feeding.

A unique process starts as the coffee beans pass through the animal’s digestive tract. The enzymes and acids inside the stomach affect the chemical structure of the beans, giving the coffee eventually produced its unique taste and aroma.

The civets usually excrete the coffee beans before they sleep during the day. At the crack of dawn, the villagers, especially durpooped seeds.

On March 21, Bal went into the forest where coffee trees grow in between forest trees. Within an hour of walking, even before reaching the forest's interior, he found a mound of civet coffee poop that he carefully picked and placed inside a sack.

If not found by villagers, the beans grow naturally, as do the seeds of other fruit eaten by the civets. Thus, Bal says, civets play an important role in regenerating both coffee plants and other trees in the forest.

Julita says the civet conservation practiced by her community has helped not just the natural propagation of coffee and other forest trees, but also the general conservation of the forest ecosystem.

“The air guns of the villagers have been put to good rest because of our coffee venture,” she says, adding that children are taught from a young age to protect civets for their contribution to the community and the mountain’s biodiversity. away from hunting. While searching for civet coffee beans in the forest, she’s observed an increase in other species, such as wild pigs, deer, monkeys and birds.

Only family members or authorized persons can gather the beans on coffee farms maintained by individual families. But deep inside the forests, where coffee trees planted naturally by the civets don’t have any owners, everyone in the community is free to collect to their heart’s content. “It’s like we have a pot of gold,” Julita says.

While a group of B’laan forest rangers regularly patrols the vicinity of the coffee farms for biodiversity threats, other areas, far from the reach of the coffee-producing community, are threatened by illegal logging and slash-and-burn farming, known locally as kaingin, to clear lands for agriculture or for charcoal production. production, they, too, engaged in those illicit activities to earn money, Julita says.

Bringing civet coffee to market Coffee Enterprise, introduced the market for civet coffee to the regular beans from the area.

A church pastor, Fredeluces, who once worked with a local Matutum, played an instrumental role in convincing villagers of

He said that one of the intentions of SIM card registration is to prevent scams on mobile phones and allow enforcers to determine the persons behind those fraudulent activities.

He also warned the public to be cautious in disclosing their personal information.

The DICT assured the public that the “SIM Registration Act places primacy on the fundamental rights of Filipinos and is replete with safeguards to ensure the user data.”

Section 9 provides that “any information and data obtained in the registration process shall be treated as

the economic potential of coffee.

absolutely confidential and shall not be disclosed to any person, except in the following instances: in compliance with a law obligating the telcos to disclose information in accordance with the provisions of Data Privacy Act, in compliance with a court order or legal process upon finding of probable cause, when telcos receive a subpoena from a competent authority pursuant to an investigation based on a sworn complaintber was or is being used as a means to commit a malicious, fraudulent, or unlawful act, and with the written consent of the subscribers.” (Antonio L. Colina

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coffee farms already existed at the foot of the mountain in the he appealed to local people to refrain from killing the civets as pests or for food.

To date, Fredeluces says, the coffee farms have expanded to from the beans passed by the civets. Fredeluces and the villagers say the civet population has also multiplied, though there’s no

“The civets are making coffee planting easier for the villagers in the forests, making the former voracious planters while humans

“Instead of the villagers hunting and killing the civets for its meat, which is rich in protein, they realized it’s better to gather civet poops, sell the coffee beans and then buy meat for their nourishment,” he says. “It’s less sweat than hunting.”

Today, Fredeluces, who operates a processing plant in General Santos City, about an hour away from the village by motorcycle, of regular or human-picked beans. He says his company, one of several buyers for the village’s coffee, has annual sales of aroundfee. Civet coffee, sold as roasted beans or as grounds, is marketed under the brand name Kafe Balos, mostly sold in the local market

Little by little, the villagers escaped deep poverty because of the expanding coffee industry. From traveling by horses, Fredeluces says, most villagers have been able to buy motorcycles, and families have built better houses and stocked them with home appliances such as televisions and karaoke sets.

Julita and her family lived in a dilapidated hut. Seventeen years later, the family is living in a much larger house, its lower portion built of concrete and upper portion of light materials.

“Our lives have really become better because of the civet coffee. Most households in the village can send their children to school and buy basic household needs more easily than before,” she says.

Filipino biologist Kier Mitchel Pitogo, who is pursuing a doctorate in ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Kansas in the U.S., says the B’laan’s use of wild-sourced civet coffee is a good example of a sustainable approach to livelihood. The model is effective for wildlife conservation because local comis particularly important in a protected area where some traditional forms of livelihood, like slash-and-burn agriculture, are restricted. “It is well-established that civets are among the top seed dispersers of large-seeded plants in degraded forests because they have larger home ranges and can tolerate disturbances, allowing them to persist such as hornbills,” he tells Mongabay by email. on the extent to which civets could naturally regenerate the forests of Mt. Matutum.

“Although they are important long-distance dispersers of large seeds in forest ecosystems, it is crucial to understand that civets are just one of the many frugivorous wildlife that helps restore and recover forests over time,” Pitogo says.

He calls for more research on civet biology and ecology on Mt. Matutum, saying it’s an important step to arrive at an informed decision on how to sustainably produce civet coffee while also protecting the species and their habitats.

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C. D. G., Tumamac, M. C., Gubalane, R. B., Labrador, C. M. F., Remollo, L. L., Roxas, P. G., … Oconer, in Mount Matutum Protected Landscape (MMPL), South Cotabato, Philippines. Advances in Environmental Sciences, 8

DSWD returns AICS primary

MANILA – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Monday said the Step

sistance to Individuals in Crisis Situations (AICS) program of the agency’s Central Office will be Batasan Hills, Quezon City, starting on April 24.

At present, the primary processing of the AICS program clients is being done temporarily at the QC-X Building of the Quezon Memorial Circle.

cludes the initial screening of documentary requirements and provision of a schedule to the clients/ applicants for further assessment.

Receiving of clients at beginning April 24, will be from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m., Mondays through Fridays.

The DSWD Central Program clients to ensure that documents are complete and up-to-date, before

DSWD Central Office temporarily established a temporary site at the Quezon Memorial Circle while renovations were being done at the original processing area.

The renovations are necessary to provide a more conducive and safer environment for clients requesting for medical, hospitalization, burial and transportation assistance, among others.

AICS serves as a social safety net or a stop-gap mechanism meant to support the recovery of individuals and families from unexpected crises such as illness or death of a family member, natural and manmade disasters, and other crisis situations.

Beneficiaries of this program can avail of multiple assistance depending on their needs and the assessment of the social worker.

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to Institutionalize Meritocracy and Excellence in Human Resource Management (PRIME-HRM) Bronze Award from the Civil Service CommissionNational Capital Region (CSC-NCR).

The PRIME-HRM Bronze Award was bestowed to DSWD-CO lastezon City for meeting the Maturity Level 2 Indicators in the four core HRM Systems mainly the Recruitment, Selection and Placement, Performance Management, Learning and Development and Rewards and Recognition.

Receiving the award on behalf of DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian were Assistant Secretary Irene Dumlao and DSWD HRMDS

Rizo.

The DSWD-CO started its PRIME-HRM journey in of the DSWD top management and the efforts of its Human Resource Management and Development Service (HRMDS). (PNA)

Casilao arrest

MANILA – The arrest and subsequent deportation by Malaysian authorities of ranking Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) leader, Eric Casilao, has sealed the collapse of the New People's Army (NPA) insurgency in the Davao Region, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) spokesperson Col. Medel Aguilar said Tuesday.

Casilao was arrested at the Langkawi immigration check-in counter in en route to Thailand via a ferry boat using fake travel documents.

Local authorities described Casilao as one of the most notorious NPA leaders who orchestrated numerous terroristic activities in the Davao Region.

He was deported to Ma-

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surance that his administration would closely collaborate with the SEC to protect Samaleños from fraudulent investment schemes.

The SEC delegation

"We thank the Malaysian authorities for their assistance in making this happen and in helping our government in its efforts to put an end to the violence perpetrated by the CPP/ NPA/NDF(National Democratic Front) in the country. His arrest seals the collapse of the communist insurgency in Davao Region," Aguilar said in a statement.

Casilao is secretary of the CPP's Southern Mindanao Regional Committee and member of the party's Central Committee.

Medel said Casilao was behind the atrocities and crimes committed by the NPA in Davao Region. seeing "the fall of many of the party organs and NPA units under him," Medel said.

"He abandoned his fol-

extended its gratitude to the local government unit for its warm welcome and commitment to supporting the endeavors of the Commission. (PR/ SEC)

The DAVAO ROS-VER PAWNSHOP, INC. and NEW PAG-ASA PAWNSHOP will be having its JOINT AUCTION on all unredeemed pawned items left during the month of February 2023. The said items will be sold to the public at the following VENUE AND DATE.

Gipahibalo ang publiko na ang DAVAO ROS-VER PAWNSHOP, INC. og ang NEW PAGASA PAWNSHOP; magsubasta sa tanang prenda nga naremata atong Pebrero 2023. Ang tanang prenda dungan nga ibaligya sa publiko sa mga sumusunod nga dapit og petsa:

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area," PCG-Maigo said, adding its personnel installed oil spill booms around the ferry as a proactive measure.

Meanwhile, the PCG in Basilan is continuously as-

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The decision was reached in the High Court’s En Banc session on Tuesday, during which the respondents were required to ten days from service.

country. He was arrested in Malaysia and was deported to face his crimes here in the country," Medel said.

Casilao, who is wanted for kidnapping, serious illegal detention and attempted murder, is now under the custody of the Philippine National Police. (with reports from Christopher Lloyd T. Caliwan/PNA)

Petitioners led by Magsasaka at Siyentipiko Para sa Pag-Unlad ng Agrickultura (Masipag) filed before the court a petition for the issuance of a temporary environmental protection order (TEPO) against the

sisting in the salvage operations to remove MV Lady Mary Joy 3 from the shore of Baluk-Baluk Island in Hadji Muhtamad town.

The Aleson Shipping Lines, which owns the

propagation of Golden Rice and Bt Eggplant over safety concerns and compliance with legal requirements.

The petition said Golden Rice and Bt Eggplant would endanger the environment being genetically

In a statement posted Thursday on the group’s social media page, Masipag

Pulumbarit welcomed the decision as a good develop-

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with available job postings posted real-time by Public Employment Service Office and other registered businesses.

The project is funded

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE AMONG HEIRS WITH SALE

Notice is hereby given that the estate of the late REYNALDO, SR. DIAS MALUD, who died intestate on August 11, 2015;

That the deceased at the time of his death left a certain parcel of land located at Dongan Pekong, Matanao, Davao del Sur, containing an area of Eighteen Thousand Four Hundred Forty (18,440) Square Meters more or less, more particularly TCT No. CARP-06864;

Rules on Court of the Philippines, the abovementioned described property has been the subject of EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE AMONG HEIRS WITH SALE made and executed by an among his heirs per Doc. No. 133; Page No. 28; Book No. XIII; Series of 2023 of the Notary Public ATTY. VINCENT ANTHONY L. SUNGCOG – Davao City. (MT-Apr. 10, 17 & 24, 2023)

under the Good Governance through Data Science and Decision Support System (GODDESS) program of DOST, which aims to address the gap in

vessel, is leading the salvage operation. The vessel p.m. on March 29 near Baluk-Baluk Island while sailing to Sulu from Zamboanga City. (PNA)

ment, as the DA approved across the country.

He added that the DA approved the commercial propagation of Bt Eggplant last year.

Pulumbarit urged the SC to also issue a TEPO for the immediate stoppage of the project and declare null and void the commercialization approval. (MindaNews)

the country's workforce for data scientists that enables and strengthens the government to adopt data-driven governance and evidencebased management.

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE ESTATE OF THE LATE MILAGROS BUGARIN JUNIO

Notice is hereby given that the estate of the late MILAGROS BUGARIN JUNIO who died intestate on February 27, 2023 in Davao City; That the deceased at time of her death left parcels of land, which are more particularly described as follows:

Talomo, City of Davao; containing an area of One Hundred Twenty (120) Square Meters more or less;

Caliclic, Babak, Island Garden City of Samal, containing an area of Two Hundred

Caliclic, Babak, Island Garden City of Samal, containing an area of Two Hundred Square (200) Square Meters more or less;

Caliclic, Babak, Island Garden City of Samal, containing an area of Two Hundred (200) Square Meters more or less;

Caliclic, Babak, Island Garden City of Samal, containing an area of Two Hundred

Caliclic, Babak, Island Garden City of Samal, containing an area of Two Hundred (200) Square Meters more or less;

UM Tagum secures P1-M DOST funding for data science project

THE DEPARTMENT of Science and Technology-Philippine Council for Industry, Energy and Emerging Technology, Research and Development (DOST-PCIEERD) has granted a 1M-peso fund to the University of Mindanao (UM) Tagum for the implementation of the Provincial Workforce Enabling System thru Scholarship or project ProWESS.

ProWESS is a scholarship registry, monitoring dashboard, and job-matching prediction system that

aims to aid the Provincial Government of Davao del Sur in evaluating scholarship applicants, monitor-

ing their academic performance, and developing a skills registry that matches the skills of the scholars.

UM Director of the Institute of Economy and Enterprise Studies and Project Leader Dr. John Murcia said that ProWESS would combine various data sets to identify and support scholars through data science and support decisions

system. The dataset will aid in evaluating the scholars based on credentials, approve or disapprove scholarship applications based on allocation, prioritization of municipalities, and relevance of programs be-

ing applied for funding, identifying geolocation of scholars based on personal socio-demographic information, monitoring the academic performance of ongoing scholars, and matching graduate scholars

SEC CAN goes to Samal Island

SECURITIES and Exchange Commission officials, headed by Commissioner Karlo S. Bello and SEC Davao Extensionrina Ponco-Estares, visited present the SEC Campaign government.

“The leadership of Mayor Uy, having the trustple, will prove crucial in

this information drive to safeguard your constituents against investment scams,” said Commissioner Bello.

Under this initiative, the SEC partners with public and private organizaliteracy and investor education.

To explain the program further, Estares presented its details to the city ofMayor Uy gave his as-

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