MINDANAO TIMES, September 28-29, 2022

When trail sides become instant cemetery

BY VIC N. SUMALINOG

‘Updated’ promise

• Official: Bulk water project to start operations in March

BY CARMELITO Q. FRANCISCO

THE company behind the bulk water supply project here, Apo Agua Infra structura Inc., has vowed to the city government that it will start its first part of operations in the first quarter of next year.

At the session of the city council yesterday, Anna Victoria Lu, presi dent of the company, said it has intensified the con

struction of the project after it took over the con struction from its partner, the JV Angeles Construc tion Corp. (JVACC).

“If we (officials) need to be there to help in dig ging (in the implementa tion of the project), we will be there to make sure it happens,” Lu told Coun cilor Bernard Al-ag as the latter was part of the city council when the project was first presented to the councilors in 2016.

The project was first scheduled to get completed

in 2020, but it has faced de lays due to the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the intramurals among partners that formed the company.

The first of its kind in the country to adopt the water-energy nexus con cept, where the output is potable water and hydro power, the project is a P12 billion one which started as an unsolicited proposal that is tapping the Tamu gan River, considered

SIBLINGS King, 5, and Princess, 11, pose after getting their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine at the People’s Park as the city government and the regional office of the Department of Health is implementing the “Bakunahang Bayan,” a weeklong intensified vaccination activity. BING GONZALES

City government to honor 30 centenarians next month

Davao de Oro Police Office

hailed as best in Davao Region

THE Police Regional Of fice has recognized the Davao De Oro Police Pro vincial Office as the best police provincial office during the 121st Police Service Anniversary held at Camp Sgt. Quintin M Merecido, Buhangin Dis trict on Monday.

The police office,

headed by Col. Benedicto F. Faco, was chosen from among the provincial po lice units in the region based on its performances in upholding the Philippine National Police mission in enforcing the law and pre venting crimes.

Col. Leonard Luna, former director of the pro

14 barangays declared free of illegal drugs

THE Regional Oversight Committee Barangay Drug Clearing (ROCBDC) XI declared on Monday 14 barangays in the city as cleared of illegal drugs.

The body, which is led by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency XI, identified the barangays as 36-D of Poblacion District, Barangay Talomo River of

Calinan District, Barangay Gumalang of Baguio Dis trict, Barangays Alambre and Tungkalan of Toril District, Barangays Balen gaeng, Biao Escuela, Los Amigos, Manuel Guianga, Matina Biao, New Valen cia, Tacunan, Tagakpan and Talandang of Tugbok District, this city.

vincial police office, was also awarded as best senior police commissioned of ficer for administration.

The First Davao de Oro Provincial Mobile Force Company under Lt. Col. Edgardo Bernard, was also awarded as the best mobile force company.

THE city government will give out plaques and cash incentives worth Php 100,000 to each of the validated 30 centenarians in the city on October 3, 2022.

Lawyer Marlisa A. Gallo, City Social Welfare and Development Office Head, in an interview with the Davao City Disaster Radio Monday, September 26, 2022, said that this is part of the implementa tion of City Ordinance No. 0727-21, Series of 2021, also known as “An Order Honoring Centenar ians in the City of Davao" with approved Implement ing Rules and Regulations

signed last May 13.

“Apart from the cash incentive they will receive a plaque of appreciation, mao na ang pinaka-unod sa maong ordinance (Apart from the cash incentive they will receive a plaque of appreciation, that is the very meat of the ordi nance),” Gallo said.

She added that senior citizens will receive the incentive on top of the incentive given by the na

tional government through the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).

“Ang mahitabo ani niya lahi ang madawat sa DSWD, lahi pud ning sa atoa, mao ning biggest challenge dapat makaabot [ka ug 100] kay Php 200,000 tanan: Php100,000 sa DSWD and Php 100,000 sa CSWDO (What will happen is what they will

Fund for distressed OFWs to get P1.2-B in 2023, say

MANILA – The Depart ment of Budget and Man agement (DBM) wants to ensure that distressed overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are given suf ficient legal aid under the Marcos administration.

In a press release, DBM

Secretary Amenah Pangan daman said the government has allotted PHP1.2 billion for the AKSYON Fund of the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW), which will be used to help dis tressed OFWs in various countries.

"We know and feel the difficulties our kababayans face by being far from their loved ones and we continue to ensure that they will be afforded with the appro priate support they need,” Pangandaman said.

The PHP1.2 billion

AKSYON Fund is part of the DMW’s Overseas Em ployment and Welfare Pro gram, which has a PHP2.7 billion allocation.

Meanwhile, the DBM also earmarked PHP10.039 billion is for the Emergency

LEMUEL Ortonio, assistant chief of staff Office of the Vice President, delivers a message during the blessing of the three OVP Kalusugan food trucks on Monday. Ortonio says the OVP food trucks will help address the malnutrition problem among children and will be deployed around the country. BING GONZALES

Gov’t, top CEOs score big win for PH in US

siasm, President Marcos shared the good news upon his arrival in Manila on Sept. 25, from his partici pation in the 77th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and working visit to the US.

Cebu, Davao among highest 5G traffic

5G adoption is fast spreading in other parts of the country with the cities of Cebu and Davao having the most num ber of Globe 5G users outside Metro Manila for the first half of 2022.

For Visayas, Cebu City ranked the highest, followed by Lapu-Lapu City and Man daue City. On the other hand, Davao City led in Mindanao with Cagayan de Oro City placing second.

“Faster download speeds, lower latency, higher capacity, and overall superior perfor mance are among the com pelling reasons why consum ers are shifting to 5G. We are confident that with the progress we are making on our 5G rollouts, we can fur ther boost user experience in Visayas and Mindanao,” said

Patrick Gloria, director for External Affairs, Visayas and Mindanao and Regional Lead for the Globe Visayas Leader ship Team.

As of the first semes ter, Globe’s 5G network has reached 85.8% of key cities in Visayas and Mindanao in terms of 5G outdoor coverage and 96.6% in Metro Manila.

Globe logged around 2.7 million devices in its 5G network as of end-June. It expects the figure to continu ously go up as 5G devices be come more affordable.

A report released by con sumer intelligence company Standard Insights at the start of the year showed that 86.26 percent of the respondents in the Visayas are interested in getting a 5G device while

Brimming with enthu

In PBBM’s last en gagement with the Asia Society, he delivered a key message that summed up what the country wants to tell the world. “The time to invest in the Philippines is no longer just some time in the future. It is now. We in the Philippine delegation are one in our assessment that the work done in this trip serves as a good start for opportunities identified to be made into programs and projects to benefit the Philippines and our coun trymen. And so the work continues but I am happy to report that we have had a very good and strong start to our efforts,” the Presi dent stressed.

BDO joins others on new rules

BDO Unibank joins leading Asian banks in advancing energy transition finance with the publication of the Asia Transition Finance Guidelines and the Asia Transition Fi nance Activity Report, aimed at helping Asian economies achieve a “just and orderly transition” toward a more sustainable future.

BDO is a member of the Asian Transition Finance Study Group (ATF Study Group) that drafted the guide lines in pursuit of an Asian version of transition finance that is more realistic and achievable for Asian nations. The reports, the Asia Transi tion Finance Guidelines, and

“There will be, I be lieve, good news to share in the next few months par ticularly in terms of their

(U.S. companies) plans to expand and further broaden their investment footprint in our country. Our discus sion with the U.S. business community affirms the optimism with which in ternational investors view the Philippines today,” the President said.

PSAC Lead Convenor and Aboitiz Group CEO

Sabin Aboitiz joined Presi dent Marcos and addressed global investors and traders at the New York Stock Ex change. He was also part of the Philippine business del egation who met with sev eral senior executives from various American firms. He also joined the second roundtable dialogue with

Are online purchases threat to perks for seniors, PWDs?

SOME of us, if not most, have family members who are senior citizens or persons with disabilities (PWDs). As physical restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic have pushed companies to innovate from face-to-face to online transactions, the perks given to senior citizens and PWDs have also been inadvertently pushed aside.

This puts senior citizens and PWDs at a disadvantage, resulting to reluctance in opting to purchase online, caused by the possibility of foregoing their tax benefits.

According to Republic Act No. 10754, “An Act Ex panding the Benefits and Privileges of Persons With Disabil ity (PWD)”, senior citizens and PWDs are entitled to a 20% discount and VAT exemption on specific purchases of goods and services such as medicines, domestic transportation (i.e., land, air, and sea), food in restaurants, accommodation in hotels, and admission to recreational places such as cinema houses and concert halls. They are also entitled to another 5% discount on purchase of necessities and prime commodities. These necessities include rice, corn, bread, meat, eggs, milk, vegetables, fruits, sugar, salt, soap, candles, liquified petroleum gas, and kerosene. Prime commodities include flour, on ions, vinegar, soy sauce, fertilizers, pesticides, poultry feeds, school supplies, construction materials, batteries, and light bulbs.

BY MEG PUNAY

Technically, senior citizens refer to any Filipino citizen who is a resident of the Philippines and is sixty (60) years old or above, although they also include dual citizens, provided they

PRIVATE Sector Advisory Council Convenor and Aboitiz Group CEO Sabin Aboitiz and Department of Trade and Industry Undersecretary Dr. Ceferino Rodolfo join PBBM during the second roundtable dialogue with the chief executive officers in the Digital Infrastructure industry in New York, United States last week.

The Private Sector Advisory Council (PSAC) lauded the success and benefits reaped from Pres. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s six-day working visit to the United States after receiving full support and gestures of commitment from the United States government, business sectors and overseas Filipino workers.

Japanese film ‘Plan 75’ brought to PH cinemas

TBA Studios, one of the leading film production and dis tribution companies in the Philippines, has acquired the exclusive Philippine theatrical rights to the award-winning film Plan 75

Written and directed by acclaimed short film director Chie Hayakawa, this critically lauded dystopian drama made its in ternational premiere in Un Certain Regard at this year’s Cannes Film Festival and won the Camera d’Or Special Mention Prize.

Based on Hayakawa’s segment of the same title from the 2018 anthology film Ten Years Japan, Plan 75 paints a harrow ing look at a not-so-distant future when the Japanese govern ment launches a program that encourages voluntary euthanasia for senior citizens to remedy a super-aged society.

The film stars veteran actress Chieko Baisho as an elderly woman whose means of survival are vanishing, Hayato Isomura,

a pragmatic Plan 75 salesman, and Filipina actress Stefanie Arianne as a caregiver working overseas to support an ailing daughter back home.

Aside from its multi-cultural cast, Plan 75 also boasts of an international co-production spanning representatives from Japan, France, and the Philippines. It is executive produced by Keisuke Konishi (Happinet Phantom Studios), Eiko Mizuno Gray (Loaded Films), Mizue Kunizane and Hiroyuki Ishigaki (Dongyu Club), Frédéric Corvez and Maéva Savinien (Urban Factory), Wilfredo C. Manalang, George Sommerrock, and Alicia Catubay-Watt (Fusee), and co-produced by Alemberg Ang (Daluyong Studios).

“I am happy to hear the much-awaited news that Plan 75 will finally reach the audience in the Philippines. I am truly grateful to all the Filipino cast members and producers and those who believe in and support this film,” Hayakawa said.

With its theme of family, death, loss, and a sense of com munity, TBA Studios is confident that the moving drama would resonate with Filipino audiences.

“It’s truly an honor for us to be able to bring this beautiful film to the Philippines. It’s a quiet and understated film, but with a big poignant message that we hope could reach a lot of people,” shares TBA Studios President and COO, Daphne O. Chiu.

TBA Studios is known for producing groundbreaking movies such as the historical box office epic Heneral Luna (2015) and mystery thriller Birdshot (2016) among many others.

The acquisition of Plan 75 is part of the company’s strategic plan to continue expanding their library with diverse

offerings that cater to a global Filipino audience.

The studio recently released the Michelle Yeoh multiverse adventure Everything Everywhere All At Once , the awardwinning music documentary Fanny: The Right To Rock, and coming later this year is the Cannes Palme d’Or winner Triangle of Sadness

Plan 75 is Japan’s submission for the International Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards.

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as having the best quality among the rivers in the city.

The project is envisioned to address the need for more potable water particularly in the northern elevated parts of the city which at present rely on poor quality of water from the water district or other sources.

Lu also assured Al-ag that the company will hold a monthly report to the city council on the update of the project which is set to fully

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operate in June next year.

Although the company has taken out the contract for the P12 billion project from its partner, there is still a problem in the partnership.

Lu said that on the li abilities of the JVACC “re main with them” in relation to the project.

Because of the problem, the company took over the contract from its partner and Lu, in a press statement released also on Tuesday,

said the project “has resumed construction across civil, mechanical, and electrical works in all areas, including road restoration along the Treated Water Pipeline.

“We have spent the last month completing the takeover of the works from our previous contractor, gaining possession of criti cal materials and equip ment, and mobilizing key construction contractors on site,” she added, pointing

out that the company has hired seasoned contrac tors and that construction activities will be in full capacity next month.

“In addition to this, various contractors with credible track records in bulk water facilities and large-scale complex pro jects have been engaged in order to implement as many parallel activities as possible,” she added.

Jovana Cresta Duhay

lungsod, Davao City Water District spokesperson, also assured the city council that the water district, which will buy the 300 million liters a day, has tested its systems to accept the bulk water supply.

Duhaylungsod added that it has completed all these facilities and these have been constantly tested to prepare for the actual in flow of the bulk water supply project.

The water utility, she added, will still develop 37 production wells between 2022-2030 to ensure that more villages will be sup plied, as the operations of the bulk water project will also result in resting some of the 38 Dumoy water wells that are now functioning.

Last week, the coun cilors criticized the water district after the line serving about 66,000 of its 242,000 customers conked out.

Bersamin trusted, well-qualified

Epres is CHR commissioner

MANILA – President Ferdi nand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has appointed lawyer Beda Epres as new commissioner of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR), Malacañang confirmed on Tuesday.

The Office of the Press Secretary (OPS) released a copy of Epres' appointment paper inked by Marcos on Sept. 15.

Epres replaced former CHR commissioner Roberto Eugenio Cadiz whose sevenyear term ended on May 5.

Based on his appoint ment paper, Epres will serve as CHR commissioner until May 5, 2029.

Epres is the first out of the five anticipated members of the sixth batch of CHR en banc.

Prior to his appointment to CHR, Epres worked as Director IV at the Office of

the Ombudsman's General Investigation Bureau.

Epres took up law at the Arellano University School of Law and was admitted to the Bar in 1995.

Early in his career, he was also an officer at the National Power Corporation and a parttime lecturer at the Far Eastern University, his alma mater.

Epres was part of the Office of the Ombudsman since 1997, starting as Graft Investigation and Prosecu tion Officer I at the Military and Other Law Enforcement Offices.

He later led the monitor ing team of the Ombudsman's Field Investigation Office (FIO) in 2008 and promoted as head and team leader of the FIO's Intelligence Bureau in 2009.

Epres assumed the posi tion of acting director of the

PAF mobilizes assets, personnel for typhoon victims

MANILA – The Philippine Air Force (PAF) has provided air and ground support to the provincial government of Quezon, which was initially considered as the hardest hit area by the onslaught of Super Typhoon Karding.

Air support was provided through the PAF's Tactical Op erations Wing Southern Luzon (TOWSOL) and Tactical Op erations Group 4 which pro vided a S-70i "Black Hawk" combat utility helicopter for rapid damage assessment and needs analysis (RDANA).

"The PAF thru TOWSOL and Tactical Operations Group 4 provided support to the Pro vincial Government of Quez on headed by Hon. Angelena "Helen" Tan in conducting RDANA on Sept. 26, 2022," Air Force spokesperson Col. Ma. Consuelo Castillo in a statement late Monday.

She added that the RDANA mission, using the S-70i, was flown over Po lillo Island and the towns of Real, Infanta and Jomalig which were greatly affected by "Karding".

"Moreover, the PAF’s Bell 205, operated by the 505th Search-and-Rescue Group conducted RDANA/ aerial reconnaissance in the other affected areas in the region," Castillo said.

In addition to the air mobility support, TOWSOL personnel also contributed to the ground efforts by help ing in the repacking of re lief goods at the Operation Center, Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (PDRRMO) in Quezon, Province.

A total of 16,000 food packs has been repacked and

Ombudsman's Intelligence Bureau-FIO II in 2010 eventu ally appointed as director of the same office in 2011. He eventually moved to the Of fice of the Special Prosecutor until 2016.

In a statement, the CHR welcomed Epres' appointment and expressed optimism that the new commissioner will contribute to making the com mission a "steadfast and for midable institution that caters to all people, especially the weak, vulnerable, and mar ginalized, and in responding to the present and emerging human rights challenges of our time."

"With the track record of Commissioner Epres, CHR welcomes his expertise and credibility in conducting in dependent probe which is crucial to human rights protec

Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles said the Presi dent picked Bersamin, a for mer Chief Justice, primarily on a “trust basis”, but noted that his qualifications also match what he is looking for in an Executive Secretary.

“Sinasabi ng ating Pan gulo (The President says), he is well-qualified to be the Ex ecutive Secretary having put in so many years in the Judici ary. He has the necessary legal background and the ability to deal with paperwork, plus he is trusted and well-qualified for this,” she said in a Palace press briefing.

Earlier, Cruz-Angeles announced that Bersamin took his oath before the President on Tuesday morning and at tended the 9th Cabinet meet ing right after being sworn in.

Bersamin served as chair person of the Government Service Insurance System

(GSIS) under the leadership of former President Rodrigo Duterte.

Before that, he was ap pointed as the 25th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (SC) in 2018.

He was appointed by for mer President Gloria Macapa gal-Arroyo as an SC Associate Justice in 2009.

His career in the Judici ary has spanned over three decades from the time he was appointed judge at the Quezon City Regional Trial Court by former President Cory Aquino on Nov. 5, 1986.

Bersamin replaced re signed Executive Secretary Victor Rodriguez who is cur rently serving as Presidential Chief of Staff (PCS), a new position created by Adminis trative Order (AO) No. 1.

Cruz-Angeles announced that Rodriguez had stepped down as Executive Secretary

on Sept. 17.

Rodriguez, however, will still enjoy the rank of a Cabi net member.

As Executive Secretary, Bersamin is considered the high est-ranking official of the Office of the President, being referred to as the ”Little President.”

He has the mandate to “directly assist the President in the management of affairs of the government as well as to direct the operations of the Executive Office”, according to the Official Gazette.

Meanwhile, Rodriguez, as PCS, will have the primary function of supervising and ensuring efficient and respon sive day-to-day operational support to the Presidency.

The immediate staff of the PCS will come from abolished agencies such as the Office of the Cabinet Secretary and the Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission. (PNA)

16.5K families affected by ‘Karding’: NDRRMC

MANILA – Some 16,476 families or 60,817 individu als have so far been affected by Super Typhoon Karding (Noru) which lashed Luzon on Sunday, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Manage ment Council (NDRRMC) reported Tuesday.

In its latest situation re port, the agency said these families are from the Ilocos Region, Cagayan Valley, Cen tral Luzon, Mimaropa, Bicol and the Cordillera Administra tive Region (CAR).

Also, 12,352 families or 46,008 persons are being sheltered in 976 evacuation centers while the remainder have returned home or are being aided by families and friends.

Around 74 incidents of flooding were also reported -- 70 in Central Luzon and four in Calabarzon.

In a message to reporters, NDRRMC spokesperson and Office of Civil Defense As sistant Secretary Bernardo Ra faelito Alejandro IV said casu alties attributable to 'Karding' now totaled to eight deaths

and three missing.

The NDRRMC said five of these deaths are from Cen tral Luzon -- the rescuers of the Bulacan Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office who were found dead in San Miguel

town after being swept away by floodwaters.

Meanwhile, the missing are from Mercedes town in Camarines Norte.

The NDRRMC said the deaths from Bulacan are al ready verified and that it is

awaiting a "certification of identification" to make it of ficial.

Meanwhile, two more deaths from Zambales prov ince and one from Burdeos, Quezon province are still undergoing validation.

MGB XI technical personnel served as re source speakers on BARMM-MENRE’s Mineral

Mines and Geosciences Bureau XI Regional Direc tor Jasper Alberto Lascano warmly welcomes the courtesy visit of the Bangsamoro Administrative Region of Muslim Mindanao Ministry of Environ ment, Natural Resources, and Energy (BARMMMENRE), headed by Minister Akmad Brahim and BARMM Mines and Geosciences Services (MGS) Director Raphael Remo, last September 22, 2022 in MGB Davao Region.

Resource Regulation and Mining Policies Capacity Building Programs and Workshops last July 2 to 3, 2022 and September 20 to 22, 2022.

“We are partnering with the Mines and Geo sciences Bureau (MGB) - Region XI to replicate their best practices and approaches that could highly elevate the capacity of our employees in performing their duties and functions in mining regulation and standard operations on monitor ing and auditing,” says MGS Director Raphael L. Remo.

MANILA – Newly-appointed Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin is trusted by President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and well-qualified to take on the job, Malacañang said Tuesday.

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When trail sides become instant cemetery

FINALLY the Davao City Water District (DCWD) and its partner Apo Agua Infrastructura in a P12 billion Bulk Water Sup ply project have formally come out to meet members of media to explain the continuing water service interruptions in the city (for the part of the water firm) and to update the public on the status of the massive surface water supply project which is expected to solve the water woe of residents and commercial and industrial consumers in the north sector of the city.

But the words coming from the two lady mouthpieces of the partner agencies are far from a reliable assurance that the problem will be solved the soonest possible time. Instead what the two said are simply assuring the consum ers that their respective agencies are doing something to address the problem. Their words also betrayed the inability of their manpower to do some kind of drastic yet remedial measures that would shorten the suffering of those affected consumers every time water service to the consumers is interrupted.

Royal tickling

IT was on one particular day in 1981 when I entered my place of work to find nobody on the first floor. Save for Rene, our pho tographer toiling in the dark room, all were gathered at our boss’ office, cooped up as though in a meeting. As I reached the second floor, I thought at first they must be having some kind of emergency because of the solemnity in the room. All of a sudden, the room broke out in cheers at what they have apparently been watching on television: A delayed telecast of Diana marching down the aisle of Saint Paul’s Cathedral in London in her wedding to Prince Charles.

Aside from being on my first job as a writer fresh from school, this had also been my first exposure to us pinoys’ love affair with royalty, with topics such as ascendancy to the throne, kings and queens. Before that, I thought our hero worship had been limited around the spectrum of movie stars, athletes and comic characters.

In this present time, with now more information and knowledge into world current state of affairs, government and politics, I have assumed firstly that we must have by now, learned a thing or two about social realities and hardships of common folk in that part of the globe. I‘ve likewise thought that because of this, our once-romantic notion about the hereditary privileges of queens and prin cesses might have already dissipated somehow. After all, we’re not really royal subjects in the first place, are we?

So, when the queen of England, beloved by her subjects and endeared to many, passed away, the news about her death brought out not only a steady stream of condolements but a slew of negative comments about

royalty as well.

Just to be clear, I am totally one with her people feeling sad about her death. Beyond that, I am not however waiting in avid an ticipation as to who is taking her place or whatever else transpires. What has that even got to do with me? Social media and IG is still continually flooded with sentimentally captioned photos and I respect these affecta tions completely. But that’s it.

On the whole, we’re merely on the out side looking in on this unfolding drama. Yet some pinoys react as though we were brits themselves. (though I know some chaps who don’t really give the event much fuss).

I don’t accredit this fascination to class, not by a long shot. I think we must have been weaned too much on Dis ney movies and Grimm fairy tales of kings and queens, dashing princes and pretty princesses. As my late teacher Father Frank Paris once said, “if you have to ask about why we value things, start by asking ‘So what?’

EDITORS’ NOTE:

On the part of the Apo Agua what we got from the statement of its external affairs officer is that the company has decided to take over the work that was seemingly mishandled by its contractor/partner. But she seemed to have mentioned that her agency is still scouting for new contractors to finish what is being left out.

Hence, we could not help but doubt whether her employer-firm can make good in meeting the time table of having the bulk water delivery project operational by the second quarter of 2023.

Anyhow, the commitment of the concerned agencies as enunciated by their respective spokesperson is worth every consumer’s watch. Let us see who will renege on their promise and assurances.

It’s been years already since the military and civilian authorities in Davao City acknowledged that Paquibato district is the last hotbed of the Communist armed insur gents New People’s Army (NPA). Of late due to the ab sence of major rebel-soldier encounters we could possibly believe that the area is a rebel haven no more.

But certainly even a long lull in bloody incidents in volving government soldiers and rebels does not guarantee that the insurgents have abandoned the area and forget about their once safe sanctuary in favor of another where they are assured of food and security from government soldiers. Our take though is that with the expanding road network in their former jungle domain, the local leadership of the insurgents may have felt that they are not anymore guaranteed of safety in the rebels’ tactical operation. Also, with modern communications gadget now available to ordinary residents of that remote district the rebels’ pres ence can easily be advised to the law enforcers. And with the help of better roads, soldiers from the nearest outpost could be in their location in only a few minutes.

It is also through these communications gadgets that hinterland residents are made aware of what the govern ment is doing thus making them able to compare what is presented to them by the rebels using their own perspec tive based on the ideology they espouse.

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Perhaps it is in this interregnum that the government should give the hinterland dwellers its face that is long wanted to be seen by our highly vulnerable brothers in the remote recesses of Davao City. And how can this government face be shown? Implement projects that will directly benefit them and secondarily the people in the lowland such as access roads from remote residential enclaves going to the main highways where they can sell their farm produce and buy their household requirements upon returning home.

Or maybe the government can build bridges, either for foot walking only or passable by single motorcycles or “habal-habal,” or by horses on which the highlander’s agricultural harvests are often loaded going to the market.

And why are we being persuasive with our pushing of accessibility projects in the upland communities? This is because of our firsthand experience witnessing and

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NAAWAN, Misamis Oriental (MindaNews) – I remem ber. In grade school, the walls of our classrooms were decorated with framed pictures of the country’s national heroes. And the common fixture on top of the blackboards is the slogan that has been indelibly etched in my mind: “Honesty is the Best Policy.”

By an ironic, cruel twist of fate, the erstwhile poli tician from Davao, Sara Duterte, who does not believe in honesty as a virtue required in government service, became Vice President of the Republic and is now con current Secretary of Education as appointed by President Bongbong Marcos. Marcos, apparently, finds great use of the Sara Duterte persona – her Machiavellian attitude on dishonesty, which fits well in the herculean effort of the Marcos family to revise history in refurbishing its badly tarnished image. The grand design is to glamorize the achievements of martial law and put under the rug the unspeakable human rights abuses, corruption and plunder of the regime. What better place to do it than in the field of education. To beautify ugliness in the minds

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Honesty is Passé

TURNING POINT

WILLIAM R. ADAN, PH.D.

of the young demands so much dishonesty. They found their man.

It’s scary but with an honesty non-believer in the helm of education, the honesty slogan of my childhood might now read:

“Honesty is a Stupid Policy.”

Would the national heroes be replaced, too, with fa mous villains in Philippine history? That requires a little research, but already one candidate is an unmistakable pick, if ever: the dictator President Ferdinand E. Marcos, Sr. Then the photos of father and son Marcos may now hang side by side in classrooms, as it has of late been practiced to plaster classroom walls with images of in cumbent Philippine presidents.

Many wondered why VP and Secretary Duterte has

asked for a multimillion budget for confidential fund when her offices are not concerned with the security of the state. In so doing, she looks too impatient as president-in-waiting, overly excited, before her time, to experience the presidential prerogative of spending a large sum of money with nary a worry of public ac countability.

Confidential fund is officially addressed to surveil lance and intelligence or information gathering activities on known or suspected enemies of the state. Its expendi ture is hands off to public scrutiny, even to the Commis sion on Audit. The taxpayers will never exactly know whether the fund is really used for state purpose or for personal use. Transparency is no issue. Honesty is not a required policy in its use. No wonder.

Honesty is passé.

(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, Philippines.)

Walking the Ecological Talk: Challenge to Youth of Davao City

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews) — A number of slogans came to mind if one found his/her way to the third floor of the Parish Pastoral Council inside the Redemptorist Compound along J. P. Laurel St., Bajada, Davao City last Saturday and Sunday, September 17-18, 1922. These include: “Walk the Talk”, “Think Globally, but Act Lo cally”; “The Future is Now!”; and Youth – Hope of the Motherland!”

The two-day event dubbed KAWSA 2022 had the theme Panaghiusa sa mga Kabatan-onan Amoma sa Ki naiyahan (Unity of the Youth To Protect the Environment) and was organized through the auspices of the Paglaum Ecology Network (PEN), a network of environmentalists based in Davao City constituted by a number of religious congregations, Catholic schools, parishes, youth groups and NGOs with full backing from the Davao Sustainable Movement (including the Interfacing Development Initia tives for Sustainability or IDIS)..

Fifty youth leaders representing public high schools in the Buhangin District, Brokenshire College, Assump tion College of Davao, Assumption Polytechnic College

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confirming what a lumad friend of ours told us that any time a side of a trail can become a burial ground to a dead indigenous person when the situation warrants that his or her cadaver will emit an undesirable smell before it can reach the designated cemetery.

Yes, somewhere in Pegalongan in the most upland of Marilog when we were once there to visit a project assisted by our company before, we happened to walk on our way back home, to follow a burial procession of only a few. But the cemetery site was still far and there was a need to cross an upper sector of the Davao River.

Unfortunately it rained so we went back to our host. The cadaver that was placed in a roughly made wooden coffin was then decided by the family elders to be buried in a hurriedly dug tomb in one side of the trail. They cannot risk bringing the cadaver back since it was not embalmed.

Pegalongan by the way is a 7-hour walk from Salumay proper although we were told that about half the distance can now be negotiated by a single motorbike popularly called “habal-habal” driven by the toughest of drivers passing through muddy foot trails.

We wonder if any one of our councilors or congress men has had such experience of going to the city’s outback.

A SOJOURNER’S VIEW

KARL M. GASPAR CSSR

of Southern Mindanao, Ateneo de Davao University, John Paul College, University of Southeastern Philippines and Davao City National High School participated in this two-day event. They were chosen on the basis of potential leadership skills that could be mobilized for ecological engagements.

Walk the ecological talk was perhaps the theme that opened up the discursive sessions of this event. In his Welcome Address and Opening Talk, this writer, convenor of PEN, commended the youth for taking time out to participate in these study-workshop sessions. Even if it assumes that some of them still needed to be more familiar with the discourse of ecological engagement owing to the urgency of responding to the challenges of global warm ing and climate change, he emphasized that the two-day

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also receive from DSWD a separate from what we will give. The biggest chal lenge is that they should reach 100 to receive Php 200,000: Php100,000 from DSWD and Php100,000 from CSWDO,” Gallo said.

Gallo said that to qual ify, the awardee must be a Filipino Citizen who has reached 100 years old and above, is a registered voter, and physically residing for at least three consecutive years in Davao City.

Gallo said that based on their validated list, the oldest Dabawenyo is 114 years old and 24 out of 30 are women.

She added that the num ber of awardees may still increase should more cen tenarians get validated and qualify for the cash grant.

“Sige lang gihapon tag validate as of now, na-in form napud mi sa DSWD nga naay nag-birthday nga wala namo naapil sa among listahan, kana paningkamu tan namo na mahabol. If dili mahabol paningkamutan namo nga mahatag sa ilaha (We are still validating as of the moment and we were also informed by the DSWD

that some who were not on our list also celebrated their birthdays and we will do our best to include them. If we cannot, then we will do our best to give to them),” she added.

Those who are validated after the awarding may still claim the incentives. They only need to accomplish the application form from CSWDO-District Office and present a birth certificate or passport. Otherwise, pri mary and secondary IDS are also acknowledged.

More details for the IDs needed to be presented can be found in Executive Order No 20, Series of 2022 which can be accessed here: https:// www.davaocity.gov.ph/wpcontent/uploads/2022/05/ EO-20-2022.pdf

She underscored that recognizing centenarians is important because it is rare for people to reach that age.

“Muabot anang edara it is an indication that you are living a healthy life, ato ni siyang ipromote pagayo (Reaching that age is an indication that you are living a healthy life, this is something we should really promote),” Gallo said. CIO

event aimed at empowering them towards participating in concrete action specific to the role of the millennials and Gen-Z generations.

To lead them towards being convinced that they play a very important role in advancing Davao City’s ecologi cal movement – that had began as a nascent movement only after the beginning of the present millennium – but which has considerably advanced in the last two decades owing to the heroic efforts of civil society organizations, various topics were discussed. These were the most urgent environmental problems faced by the citizenry of this city who have been affected by the repercussions of climate change and could even face worse climactic scenarios in the future if left unchecked.

[MindaViews is the opinion section of MindaNews. Redemptorist Brother Karl Gaspar is a professor at St. Alphonsus Theological and Mission Institute in Davao City and until recently, a professor of Anthropology at the Ateneo de Davao University. He is a Datu Bago awardee, the highest honor the Davao City government bestows on its constituents.]

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Repatriation Program of Overseas Workers’ Welfare Administration (OWWA). This amount covers a total of 367,287 OFWs.

“The program provides assistance in bringing back distressed OFWs and hu man remains back to the country. Workers are pro vided with proper help, temporary shelter at the OWWA Halfway Home, psycho-social counseling, stress debriefing, and trans port services to their re spective localities,” the DBM said.

Other programs in cluded in the DMW budget allocation for 2023 are the Overseas Employment Regulatory Program, La bor Migration Policy and International Cooperation Program, Maritime Re search and Skills Compe tency Program, and Provi sion for OFW Hospital and Diagnostic Center under Overseas Employment and Welfare Program among others.

Under the proposed 2023 National Expenditure Program, the DBM has al located PHP15.2 billion to the DMW.

Pangandaman noted that the Marcos admin istration recognizes the contribution of OFWs to the economy.

“Our OFWs are our modern day heroes. We honor their sacrifices, as they work hard to uplift the lives of their families and to enhance our country’s economy through their re mittances," she added.

In his recent trips to Indonesia, Singapore, and the US, President Ferdi nand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. placed meetings with OFWs on top of his agenda.

He also assured OFWs that his administration is doing everything to boost the economy and allow them to work in the country instead of abroad. (PNA)

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All pawned items that expired during the month of MAY, 2015 if not renewed or re deemed on or before JULY 14, 2015 will be sold to the public on JULY 16, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. at our pawnshop premises.

All pawned items that expired during the month of MAY 2022, if not renewed or redeemed on or before MAY 2022 will be sold to the public on JULY 16, 2022 at 9:00a.m. at our pawnshop premises.

Gipahibalo ang tanan na ang FIRST COLOR PAWNSHOP magasubasta sa tanan nga nag-expired sa bulan sa MAYO 2022. Ang tanan prenda ibaligya sa publiko karong HULYO 16, 2022 sa alas 9:00 sa buntag.

Gipahibalo ang tanan na ang FIRST COLOR PAWNSHOP magasubasta sa tanan nga nag-expired sa bulan sa MAYO 2015. Ang tanan prenda ibaligya sa publiko karong HULYO 16 sa alas 9:00 sa buntag.

DAVAO

FIRST COLOR

#47 Lao St., Toril, Davao City Tel. No. 295-2460

Egger Bldg., Matina Crossing Davao City Tel. No. (082) 285-7069

NOTICE OF AUCTION SALE

ALL PAWNED ITEMS EXPIRED ON AUGUST 2022 AND GADGETS THAT EXPIRES ON SEPTEMBER 2022 WILL BE DISPLAYED IN A PUBLIC AUCTION ON OCTOBER 18, 2022 AT 9:00AM.

NOTICE OF AUCTION SALE

All pawned items that expired during the month of JULY 2022, if not renewed or redeemed on or before SEPTEMBER 15, 2022 will be sold to the public on SEPTEMBER 16, 2022 at 9:00a.m. at our pawnshop premises.

NOTICE OF AUCTION SALE

All Pawned Items that expired during the month of JUNE 2022 must be renewed or redeemed Two (2) days before the Auction Schedule stated below. If not redeemed or renewed, it will be sold to the public on its respective auction schedule and premises @ 9:00 A.M.

EXPIRY DATES AUCTION DATES

AUGUST 2022 OCTOBER 13, 2022

Gipahibalo ang tanan na ang AL-JOS PAWN SHOP magasubasta sa tanan nga nag-expired sa bulan sa HULYO 2022. Ang tanan prenda ibaligya sa publiko karong SETYEMBRE 16, 2021 sa alas 9:00 sa buntag.

All Pawned items that expired until the month of JUNE 2022, 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 GOLDVALUE PAWNSHOP, INC., maga subasata sa tanan nga nag-expired hangtod sa bulan sa HUNYO 2022, kung dili malukat ibaligya sa publiko sa alas 9:00 sa buntag.

BRANCHES AUCTION DATE TEL. NOS. BAJADA SEPT. 02, 2022 321-8705 (Beside NBI Office)

BABAK SAMAL SEPT. 21, 2022 301-4019

SAN PEDRO SEPT. 09, 2022 227-6772

CABAGUIO SEPT. 27, 2022 321-6223 TIBUNGCO SEPT. 29, 2022 222-2494

NOTICE OF AUCTION SALE

All pawned items that expired during the month of JULY 2022 , must renewed or redeemed two (2) days prior to the Auction Schedule stated below. If not renewed or redeemed, it will be sold to the public on its respective auction schedule and premises @ 9:00 a.m.

Gipahibalo ang tanan nga ang NARDING PAWNSHOP, INC., maga-subasta sa tanan nga nag-expired sa bulan sa HULYO 2022. Ang tanan prenda ibaligya sa publiko sa mga petsa nga nakabutang sa ubos, sa oras nga 9:00 sa buntag.

BRANCHES AUCTION DATE TEL. NOS.

Matina Crossing SEPT. 23, 2022 (082) 321-1814

Tibungco SEPT. 20, 2022 (082) 296-4130

PANABO’S PAWNSHOP, INC.

Panabo (Main) SEPT. 30, 2022 (084) 628-8418 Panabo (Branch) SEPT. 15, 2022 (084) 628-842

CPB-NGI PAWNSHOP, INC.

NOTICE OF AUCTION SALE

All pawned items that expired during the Months of JULY 2022 (Regular Items) and AUGUST 2022 (Gadgets) must be redeemed or renewed two (2) days prior to the Auction date schedule as stated below. If not redeemed or renewed will be sold to the public on its respectively auction date schedule at its premises at 9:00 AM

BRANCHES: AUCTION DATE TEL. NO.

San Pedro (Main) OCT. 18, 2022 327-8832

Agdao OCT. 18, 2022 327-6275

Toril OCT. 18, 2022 327-8503

Bolton OCT. 18, 2022 392-3022

Digos City OCT. 18, 2022 333-9945 Claveria OCT. 18, 2022 296-8081 Km. 7 Lanang OCT. 18, 2022 235-3473

(Fronting Queen Bank)

Tel. No. (082) 222-1561 ; (082) 321-0128

Email: goldstandardpawnshopdavao@gmail.com

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 Rosegold Pawnshop San Pedro-Main, Rosegold Pawnshop Ilustre, Rosegold Pawnshop Bolton, Rosegold Pawnshop, Agdao and Rosegold Pawnshop Buhangin from APRIL 16, 2022 TO MAY, 2022 If not redeemed or renewed on or before OCTOBER 21, 2022 will be sold to the Public Auction on OCTOBER 24, 2022 at Rosegold Pawnshop San Pedro-Main from 9:00am to 6:00pm.

NOTICE OF AUCTION SALE

All jewelry and other articles pawned at Goldstandard Pawnshop San Pedro,Ilustre from APRIL 16, 2022 TO MAY 15, 2022 if not redeemed or renewed on OCTOBER 21, 2022 will be sold to the Public Auction on OCTOBER 24, 2022 at our Pawnshop premises from 9:00am to 6:00pm.

Toy Bldg., Lapu-lapu St., Agdao, Davao City

Gibpahibalo ang tanan nga ang DIAGOLD PAWNSHOP, INC. magsubasta sa tanan nga nag expired hangtod sa bulan sa MAYO 2022, ang tanang prenda ibaligya sa publiko sa mga petsa na nakabutang sa ubos, sa oras nga 9:00 sa buntag.

NOTICE OF AUCTION SALE

All pawned items at METRO GOLDBRILL PAWNSHOP that expired until the month of AUGUST 2022, if not redeemed or renewed on or before SEPTEMBER 20, 2022, will be sold to the Public on OCTOBER 20, 2022.

Gipahibalo and tanan na ang METRO GOLDBRILL PAWNSHOP magasubasta sa tanan nga nag-expired hangtod sa bulan sa AGOSTO 2022. Kung dili malukat sa dili pa moabot ang OKTUBRE 18, 2022, ibaligya sa publiko karong OKTUBRE 20, 2022.

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 AUGUST 17, 2022 AT 10:00 A.M. AT THE RESPECTIVE PAWNSHOPS WHERE THE ITEMS WERE PAWNED.

All Pawned items at GOLDVISION PAWNSHOP, INC., that expired until the month of JUNE 2022, 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 hangtod sa bulan sa HUNYO 2022, kung dili malukat ibaligya sa publiko sa alas 9:00 sa buntag.

All Pawned items at GABBY’S BRILLIANT PAWNSHOP, INC. and GABBYS’S INFINITE PAWNSHOP, INC. that expired until the month of AUGUST 2022, 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.

SEPT. 16, 2022

General Lao, Toril Agton. Toril Buhangin Magallanes Tagum Saavedra, Toril Agdao 291-2406 291-2952 241-0223 224-3138 216-3425 291-1349 327-2348

SEPT. 16, 2022 SEPT. 05, 2022 SEPT. 08, 2022 SEPT. 25, 2022 SEPT. 16, 2022 SEPT. 19, 2022

Gipahibalo ang tanan nga ang GABBY’S BRILLIANT PAWNSHOP, INC. and GABBYS’S INFINITE PAWNSHOP, INC. maga subasata sa tanan nga nag-expired hangtod sa bulan sa AGOSTO 2022, kung dili malukat ibaligya sa publiko sa alas 9:00 sa buntag.

BRANCHES

AUCTION DATE TEL. NOS.

SAN PEDRO OCTOBER 18, 2022 321-2185 ILUSTRE OCTOBER 01, 2022 234-4844

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Faco said the award has brought pride and honor to the men and women of the police station as it was also reflective of the strong cooperation among the stakeholders of the prov ince, including its residents.

" The award further guarantees that the PNP personnel DDOPPO puts premium on excellence in its performance to provide the public with the best

services," he said as he commended all those who contributed to make the provincial police office earn the recognition.

During the activity, the revitalized PNP Kasimbay anan was also launched with a theme "Matibay na Ugnayan ng Pulisya at Mamamayan, Tungo sa Pagkakaisa, Kapayapaan, at Kaunlaran. By Rhoda Grace B. Saron

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Nephi Noli Dimaandal, PDEA XI spokesperson, the 14 barangays were identified after the delib erations among members of the body and the barangay officials and the chief of police stations where these villages are under.

Others who were pre sent during the delibera tions were members of the Regional Barangay Drug Clearing Program Team and the Barangay Anti-

Drug Abuse Councils of these villages.

The deliberations re sulted in the conclusion of the body that these could be declared as cleared of illegal drugs based on its criteria set by the Danger ous Drugs Board in 2017.

Dimaandal added that the declaration brought the number of drug-free barangays in the city to 81 out of its 182 barangays.

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prove their citizenship and have at least six (6) months residency in the Philippines. PWDs include those persons suffering from restriction of different abilities, as a result of mental, physical, or sensory impairment, to perform an ac tivity in the manner or within the range considered normal for a human being. These also include Persons with Rare Diseases under RA No. 10747 and Cancer Patients as provided by RA No. 11215.

To avail of these benefits, a senior citizen must present his/her Senior Citizen ID or any government-issued ID that has his/her birth date indi cated, and a Person with Dis ability must present his PWD ID in every purchase where these discounts can be availed. In case a purchaser is both a senior citizen and a PWD, he/ she shall only be allowed to avail of the discount as either a senior citizen or a PWD, and he/she cannot claim double the discount.

issued by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Department of Social Welfare and Development, Naval Sea Systems Command, National Council on Disability Af fairs, Department of Health, Department of Interior and Local Government, and the Bureau of Internal Revenue, the guidelines are provided as follows:

For purchases through the internet or an online platform:

1. Upon placing the order, the senior citizen or the PWD must declare to the online platform/merchant that he is a senior citizen and/or a PWD.

2. Upon confirmation of the orders, he/she must at tach a scanned copy or image of his/her senior citizen or PWD ID. The platform/mer chant shall apply the appropri ate discount on the purchases made.

1. Upon placing the order, the senior citizen or the PWD must provide his/her name, date of birth, and the ID number of his/her senior citizen or PWD ID.

2. Upon confirmation of the orders, the business establishment is responsible for asking the customer if he/ she is a senior citizen and/or a PWD. It shall then apply the appropriate discount on the purchases made.

3. Upon delivery of the goods or performance of the service, the senior citizen or the PWD must present his/her senior citizen or PWD ID. In case of failure to present his/ her ID, the platform/merchant may instead charge him/her the full amount.

per senior citizen or PWD. Any unused amount cannot be carried over. To avail of this discount, the purchase must be for the personal and exclusive consumption of the senior citi zen or the PWD and must be spent on at least four (4) kinds of items of basic necessities and prime commodities.

the chief executive officers in the Digital Infrastructure industry in New York, USA last week.

The Philippine del egation hosted four CEO roundtable discussions that dealt with key economic sectors such as IT-BPM, digital infrastructure, glob al brands particularly gar ments and apparel, and industry and infrastructure.

“This trip was a re sounding success. We have a true statesman in Presi dent Marcos. He repre sented our country with pride, diplomacy, profes sionalism, and an honest intention to strengthen our partnership with the U.S. and secure their commit ment to transform the lives of all Filipinos by directly investing in our economy. He came here on a mission for our people — we all did — and that mission was accomplished. We felt the love from the Americans here, and Filipinos will feel it at home and around the world,” PSAC Head Aboitiz said.

PBBM, together with some of his cabinet mem bers and the Philippine business delegation, met with a number of business leaders from different U.S. companies who committed to be a part of the Philip pines’ development and economic growth. Both the U.S. and the Philippines will be working together in addressing some of the country’s key economic challenges, particularly climate change, food secu rity, and energy security, just to name a few.

The successful U.S.

trip will further reinvigor ate PSAC as they get back to work and address the tasks ahead with optimism and sheer determination.

PBBM had earlier ex pressed his satisfaction in what they have accom plished in just a short pe riod of time. “Overall, I can say that I consider the trip a success, and overall I am satisfied with the work that we have done. We did what we set out to do and talked to everyone we needed to talk to. And that kind of response is, of course, very gratifying.”

The President was ac companied by First Lady Louise “Liza” AranetaMarcos, his son House Senior Deputy Majority Leader Rep. Sandro Mar cos, House Speaker Ferdi nand Martin Romualdez, Department of Finance Sec. Benjamin Diokno and Department of Trade and Industry Sec. Alfredo Pascual.

Some members of PSAC and other business leaders also joined the Phil ippine delegation namely International Container Terminal Services Inc. Chairman and President Enrique Razon; Metro Pa cific Corp. Chairman and President Manuel V. Pan gilinan; San Miguel Corp. Chairman, President and CEO Ramon Ang; Ayala Corp. Chairman Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala; JG Summit Holdings Inc. President and CEO Lance Gokongwei; Magsaysay Group President and CEO Doris Ho; and SM Prime Holdings Director Hans Sy, among others.

To recall, Joint Memoran dum Circular No. 01, Series of 2022, was issued last May 2022 to provide guidelines on these benefits in circum stances where the purchases are done online and through phone call and text messages. In this joint memorandum

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the Asia Transition Finance Activity Report, were cre ated after months of discus sion among the core bankers, joined by development banks, export credit agencies, public agencies and finance associa tions.

Led by MUFG Bank of Japan, the ATF Study Group was set up in recognition of the important role that transition finance will play in helping Asian economies move toward net-zero emis sions and the challenges they will face. Its goal is to cre ate practical recommenda tions to supplement existing frameworks, including global standards and taxonomies, when financial institutions consider and assess transition finance cases.

The two reports are aimed at distinct audiences. The ATF Guidelines, which are primar ily for financial institutions, include technical guidance and transition support for

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10.75 percent already have one. For Mindanao, 81.56 percent are interested, while 16.48 percent own a 5G device.

Globe’s 5G expansion is in line with the company’s commitment to the United Nations Sustainable Develop ment Goals, particularly UN SDG No. 9, which highlights the roles of infrastructure and innovation as crucial drivers of economic growth and de velopment.

The company offers sev eral entry-level and mid-range 5G phone models for free when subscribed to a postpaid plan to enable more Filipinos to ac cess this new technology. The phones may also be bought separately from Globe Stores at discounted prices when bundled with a SIM-only plan.

3. Upon delivery of the goods or performance of the service, he/she must present his/her senior citizen or PWD ID. In case of failure to pre sent his/her ID, the platform/ merchant may instead charge him/her the full amount.

For purchases through telephone call, mobile phone call, or SMS:

The DTI encourages senior citizens and PWDs to utilize their discounts on purchases made through the internet and through phone, especially those purchases subject to 5% discount such as necessities and prime com modities, which are usually done regularly and more fre quently than those subject to 20% discount and VAT exemption.

This 5% discount covers only PHP 1,300.00 worth of necessities and prime com modities purchased per week,

The rules and guidelines have been set in place. The critical question lies on how these are being implemented by the different online stores and platforms. It seems not all have embraced incorporating the tax perks of senior citizens and PWDs in their systems. Will the DTI and the rest of the government agencies that took part of the joint memorandum take the next step in ensur ing proper compliance? Will there be penalties imposed to those who fail to comply? Will online transactions be forever marred with skepticism in the perspective of senior citizens and PWDs?

After all, these benefits and privileges are meant to be utilized by senior citizens and PWDs all year round, and not only during the pan demic.

transition finance assessment. The ATF Activity Report, which is for broader stake holders, is made up of a list of support items the Study Group believes is needed to encourage greater stakeholder engagement.

BDO Unibank believes that its sustainability journey, along with other Asian finan cial institutions, will be more gradual in pace compared to counterpart banks in Europe and the United States. But in collaborating with others, BDO Unibank welcomes the opportunity to bring everyone towards the same direction and better manage the energy transition for Asian nations.

BDO Unibank will con tinue to expand its Sustainable Finance initiatives, in place since 2010, towards funding new and existing renewable energy projects to increase their capacity, and support the country’s avoidance of green house gas (GHG) emissions.

The ATF Study Group’s activities are in alignment with the "Asian version of transition finance,” one of the key pillars of the Asia Energy Transition Initiative (AETI), introduced by the government of Japan to bolster energy transition in Asia. Ministers of Asian countries endorsed the ATF Study Group’s activi ties at the first meeting of the Asian Green Growth Partner ship Ministerial Meeting in April. The ATF Study Group’s new reports were released to day at the second ministerial meeting, with hopes they will encourage further understand ing of transition finance across Asia.

The ATF Study Group will continue to collaborate with broader stakeholders and meet regularly, working to update and enhance the ATF Guidelines, collaborate further with stakeholders, and encourage implementation of transition finance.

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE

Notice is hereby given that estate of the late BONIFACIO ECRAELA MILITAR, who died intestate on September 01, 2022 at Davao City. The deceased at the time of his death left the following described property to wit:

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-212677, situated in the City of Davao, containing an area of Four Hundred Thirty Nine (439) SQ. Meters more or less;

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-208345, situated in the City of Davao, containing an area of One Hundred Sixty Seven (167) SQ. Meters more or less;

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-155104, situated in the Barrio of Buhangin, City of Davao, containing an area of Two Hundred Forty (240) SQ. Meters more or less;

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-286363, situated in the City of Davao, containing an area of Nineteen Thousand Eight (19,008) SQ. Meters more or less;

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. 146-2016007492, situated in the City of Davao, containing an area of Six Thousand Six Hundred Eight Four (6,684) SQ. Meters more or less;

That pursuant to Sec. 1 Rule 74 of the Revised Rules on Court of the Philippines, the above mentioned described property has been the subject of EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE made and executed by and among his heirs per Doc. No. 19; Page No. 05; Book No. XXIX; Series of 2022 of the Notary Public RYAN ERICK C. SANTIAGO of Davao City. (MT- Sept. 28, Oct. 5 & 12, 2022)

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Republic of the Philippines DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board Regional Franchising and Regulatory Office No. 11 Libby Road, Bago Gallea, Davao City

Petition for Extension of Validity of a Certificate of Public Convenience to operate a FILCAB Ordinary Regular Service.

Case No. R11-EV-FC-2022-8-263 (2010-XI-00263)

FRANKIE T. TONGO, Petitioner.

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NOTICE OF HEARING

Petitioner is a grantee of a Certificate of Public Convenience issued in this case authorizing the operation of a FILCAB Ordinary Regular service on the route: MATINA PANGI with the use of ONE (1) unit, which Certificate will expire on December 31, 2022. In the petition filed on August 30, 2022, petitioner requests authority to extend the validity of said Certificate to operate along the same route with the use of the same unit previously authorized.

NOTICE is hereby given that this petition will be heard by this Board on OCTOBER 25, 2022 at 9:00 a.m. at this office at the above address.

At least TEN (10) days prior to the above date petitioner shall publish this Notice once in a newspaper of local circulation.

Parties opposed to the granting of the petition must file their written opposition supported by documentary evidence on or before the above date furnishing a copy of the same to the petitioner, and may if they so, desire appear on said date and time.

This petition will be acted upon by this Board on the basis of its records and the documentary evidence submitted by the parties, unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence.

WITNESS Dir. NONITO A. LLANOS III, Regional Director, this 31st day of August 2022 at Davao City, Philippines.

Atty. ERNEST BENZ S. DAVILA Attorney IV

EBSD/hoc Copy furnished: Petitioner, Frankie T. Tongo, L1 B14 P3, Wellspring Subd., Catalunan Pequeño, Davao City Counsel, Atty. Rodrigo T. Tongo, CPA, 2/F Lourdes Bldg., Lapu-Lapu St., Agdao, Davao City.

NOTE: Affidavit of Publication and newspaper where notice was published must be submitted (3) days before the scheduled hearing.

transported to Infanta, Qu ezon for distribution to the affected municipalities of Polilio Group of Islands, Real, Infanta, and General Nakar.

"The PAF extends its continuous support in times of calamities by providing all available air assets and per sonnel for humanitarian as sistance and disaster response (HADR) operations in service of the Filipino people," Cas tillo said.

PH Army conducts over flight for other typhoon-hit provinces

As this developed, the Philippine Army (PA) an nounced that its Aviation Regiment conducted an aerial reconnaissance and damage assessment flight in Aurora, Nueva Ecija, and Bulacan to provide real-time information for ground commanders and civil authorities on Monday morning.

"Army aviators, utilizing a Cessna 172 aircraft, flew over Aurora, Nueva Ecija and Bulacan to assess the extent

of floods and agriculture and infrastructure damage left by the super typhoon. The mis sion complemented the PAF 'Black Hawk' and Bell 412 helicopters' rapid damage assessment and aerial recon naissance flights over Central Luzon, the region that bore 'Karding' s brunt," Army spokesperson Col. Xerxes Trinidad said.

He added that the flight demonstrated the Aviation Regiment's readiness to con duct aerial reconnaissance missions in support of hu manitarian assistance and disaster relief missions.

Trinidad also said that PA units stepped up clearing efforts to ensure mobility in Central Luzon, the region that bore the super typhoon.

The 91st Infantry Bat talion of the 7th Infantry Battalion, in coordination with the Aurora provincial government, conducted clear ing efforts in calamity areas in the province.

The troops likewise

evacuated residents living in coastal areas of Dingalan and San Luis towns in Aurora and Laur, Nueva Ecija.

"Meanwhile, 3rd Mecha nized Infantry Battalion dis aster response teams cleared toppled trees and debris left by 'Karding' in Tarlac City and other key roads in the province. Additionally, 70th Infantry Battalion troops, to gether with local government responders, cleared debris and uprooted trees that blocked key roads in Bulacan," Trini dad said.

He added that the 7th Infantry Division deployed nearly 200 personnel to as sist in HADR efforts across Central Luzon.

"Moreover, the Head quarters Philippine Army, 7th Infantry Division, and the 2nd Infantry Division, and the 525th Engineer Combat Battalion marshaled nearly a thousand troops that comprise the Army’s standby force for the super typhoon," Trinidad said. (PNA)

Davao Ros-Ver Pawnshop, Incorporated

Ilustre St., Davao City Tel # 224-1204; 222-6086

AUCTION SALE!

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 August 2022. 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 PAG-ASA PAWNSHOP; magsubasta sa tanang prenda nga naremata atong Agosto 2022. Ang tanang prenda dungan nga ibaligya sa publiko sa mga sumusunod nga dapit og petsa:

ang pangangailangan nila pagdating sa kalusugan at makakabalik sila nang ligtas sa kanilang mga paaralan, lalo na’t matagal na naantala ng pandemya ang kanilang edu kasyon (We must make sure that we address their needs and they can safely go back to schools, especially after the long interruption caused by the pandemic)" Gatchalian said in a statement.

The chair of Committee on Basic Education recalled that after Super Typhoon Yolanda in November 2013, children battled malnutrition and diseases while some had to stop attending classes to help their families earn a living.

The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Manage ment Council report as of Tuesday morning stated that 16,476 families or 60,817

AFFIDAVIT OF SELF-ADJUDICATION

NOTICE is hereby given that the estate of the late DIOSDADO GARCIANO, who died intestate on June 9, 1996, at Island Garden City of Samal (IGACOS) Davao del Norte; the deceased at the time of his death were the owners of the parcel of land, designated and identified as Lot No. 1595, Pls-532-D, situated at Tagbay, Island Garden City of Samal, with land area of Twenty-Nine Thousand Two Hundred Sixteen (29,216) Square meters more or less, covered by ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. P-16142. That pursuant to Sec. 1 Rule 74 of the Revised Rules of Court of the Philippines, the above-mentioneddescribed property has been the subject of Affidavit of Self Adjudication made and executed by and among his heirs per Doc. No. 183: Page No. 38; Book No. VI; Series of 2021 of the Notary Public ATTY. JEFFERSON B. YAP of Davao City.

(MT-Sept. 14, 21 & 28, 2022)

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE WITH DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE

NOTICE is hereby given that the estate of the late GERONIMO SAWIT, who died intestate on July 24, 2019, at KM. 6, OLIC Village, Matina Crossing, City of Davao; the deceased at the time of his death left a parcel of land located at Brgy., Matina, City of Davao covered by TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE (TCT) NO. 146-2016015031 particularly described to wit:

LOT NO: LOT 1001-5-9-I-8-A-3 PLAN NO.: PSD-112402-123093

PORTION OF: LOT 1001-T-9-I-8-A, PSD-11065350; LOCATION: Barrio of Matina, City of Davao, Island of Mindanao.

AREA: NINETY-NINE (99) SQUARE METERS, MORE OR LESS,

That pursuant to Sec. 1 Rule 74 of the Revised Rules of Court of the Philippines, the above-mentioned described property has been the subject of EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE WITH DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE, made and executed by and among his heirs per Doc. No. 126: Page No. 27; Book No. XVI; Series of 2021 of the Notary Public ATTY. DARWIN A. TENAJA of Davao City. (MT-Sept. 14, 21 & 28, 2022)

individuals have so far been affected by Super Typhoon Karding, which lashed Luzon on Sunday.

Gatchalian reiterated the need to construct structurallysound evacuation centers in all cities and municipalities to stop the practice of using school buildings and facilities as emergency shelters. (With a report from Leonel Abasola/ PNA)

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tion. Aside from focusing on investigations, which touches on CHR's protection mandate, Commissioner Epres would also like to advance the rights of older persons and children," the CHR said.

The CHR is an independ ent national human rights institution created under the 1987 Constitution and es

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE WITH DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE

NOTICE is hereby given that the estate of the late FULGENCIO OÑADA, SR., who died intestate on December 08, 2017, in Davao City; that the deceased at the time of his death left a parcel of land, more particularly described to wit: TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE (TCT) NO. T-238402 “A parcel of land (lot B-2-G-5-c, Psd-11-09392), being a portion of B-2-G-5, Psd-11-090805, containing an area of One Hundred Sixty Five (165) Sqm., more or less, situated in the Barangay Peñaplata, Island Garden City of Samal, Davao del Norte;

That pursuant to Sec. 1 Rule 74 of the Revised Rules of Court of the Philippines, the abovementioned described property has been the subject of EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE WITH DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE, made and executed by and among his heirs per Doc. No. 404; Page No. 82; Book No. I; Series of 2022 of the Notary Public ATTY. RINA SACDALAN-VILLARICO of Davao City. (MT- Sept. 14, 21 & 28, 2022)

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE WITH DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE

Notice is hereby given that the estate of the late FAUSTO ELICANAL EMMANUEL, who died intestate on July 18, 2021 at the Muncipality of Carmen, Province of Cotabato.

The deceased at the time of his death left the following real property which is conjugal and owned in common with his wife, located at Brgy., Poblacion, Municipality of Carmen, Province of Catabato, particularly described to wit:

ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. P-56292 A parcel of land (Lot 1911, Pls 217), situated in Barangay Poblacion, Carmen Cotabato, Bounded on the EAST, along line 1-2 by lot 1912, Pls-217, on the SOUTH, along line 4-1 by ROAD, Beginning at a point marked “1” of lot 1911 PLS-217, being S.32 deg. 19”W”., 429.96m. from BLLM No. 1 to corner 1, Pls 217., containing an area of ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED (1,200) SQ. meters more or less.

That pursuant to Sec. 1 Rule 74 of the Revised Rules of Court of the Philippines, the above mentioned described property has been the subject of EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE WITH DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE made and executed by and among his heirs per Doc. No. 464; page No. 93; Book No. LXXXV; Series of 2022 of the Notary Public ROY P. ACELAR of North Cotabato. (MT-Sept. 28, Oct. 5 & 12, 2022)

tablished on May 5, 1987 by virtue of Executive Order (EO) 163.

Under EO 163 signed in 1987, The CHR shall be com posed of a chairperson and four commissioners appointed by the President.

Members of the commis sion will serve for seven years and cannot be reappointed.

The CHR is mandated to investigate all forms of human rights violations related to civil and political rights.

The constitutional body is given the power to conduct motu proprio investigations or to respond to complaints from parties whose human rights may have been violated. (PNA)

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE

Notice is

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-276927 situated in the Barrio of Buhangin, City of Davao containing an area of Five Hundred Sixty Seven (567) SQ. meters more or less;

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-142226 situated in the Barrio of Camudmud, Muni. Of Babak Province of Davao Island of Samal, containing an area of Three Hundred (300) SQ. meters more or less;

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-142227 situated in the Barrio of Camudmud, Muni. Of Babak Province of Davao Island of Samal, containing an area of Three Hundred (300) SQ. meters more or less;

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-142229 situated in the Barrio of Camudmud, Muni. Of Babak Province of Davao Island of Samal containing an area of Three Hundred (300) SQ. meters more or less;

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-142230 situated in the Barrio of Camudmud, Muni. Of Babak Province of Davao Island of Samal containing an area of Three Hundred (300) SQ. meters more or less;

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-142231 situated in the Barrio of Camudmud, Muni. Of Babak Province of Davao Island of Samal containing an area of Three Hundred (300) SQ. meters more or less;

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-142232 situated in the Barrio of Camudmud, Muni. Of Babak Province of Davao Island of Samal containing an area of Three Hundred (300) SQ. meters more or less;

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-142233 situated in the Barrio of Camudmud, Muni. Of Babak Province of Davao Island of Samal containing an area of Three Hundred (300) SQ. meters more or less;

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-142234 situated in the Barrio of Camudmud, Muni. Of Babak Province of Davao Island of Samal containing an area of Two Hundred Sixty Six (266) SQ. meters more or less;

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-144274 situated in the Barrio of Camudmud, Muni. Of Babak Province of Davao Island of Samal containing an area of Five Hundred Sixty Two (562) SQ. meters more or less;

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-144275 situated in the Barrio of Camudmud, Muni. Of Babak Province of Davao Island of Samal containing an area of One Thousand Two Hundred Eight Seven (1,287) SQ. meters more or less;

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-143833 situated in the Barrio of Camudmud, Muni. Of Babak

Province of Davao Island of Samal containing an area of Three Hundred (300) SQ. meters more or less;

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-143834 situated in the Barrio of Camudmud, Muni. Of Babak

Province of Davao Island of Samal containing an area of Three Hundred (300) SQ. meters more or less;

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-143835 situated in the Barrio of Camudmud, Muni. Of Babak

Province of Davao Island of Samal containing an area of Three Hundred (300) SQ. meters more or less;

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-143836 situated in the Barrio of Camudmud, Muni. Of Babak

Province of Davao Island of Samal containing an area of Three Hundred (300) SQ. meters more or less;

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-143839 situated in the Barrio of Camudmud, Muni. Of Babak

Province of Davao Island of Samal containing an area of Three Hundred (300) SQ. meters more or less;

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-143840 situated in the Barrio of Camudmud, Muni. Of Babak

Province of Davao Island of Samal containing an area of Two Hundred Ninety One (291) SQ. meters more or less;

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-142670 situated in the Barrio of Camudmud, Muni. Of Babak

Province of Davao Island of Samal containing an area of Three Hundred (300) SQ. meters more or less;

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-142671 situated in the Barrio of Camudmud, Muni. Of Babak

Province of Davao Island of Samal containing an area of Three Hundred (300) SQ. meters more or less;

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-142672 situated in the Barrio of Camudmud, Muni. Of Babak

Province of Davao Island of Samal containing an area of Three Hundred (300) SQ. meters more or less;

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-142673 situated in the Barrio of Camudmud, Muni. Of Babak

Province of Davao Island of Samal containing an area of Four Hundred Fifty Seven (457) SQ. meters more or less;

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-143841 situated in the Barrio of Camudmud, Muni. Of Babak Province of Davao Island of Samal containing an area of Six Hundred Eighty Four (684) SQ. meters more or less;

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-135005 situated in the Barrio of Miranda, Muni. Of Babak

Province of Davao Island of Samal containing an area of One Thousand Three Hundred Eighty Five (1,385) SQ. meters more or less;

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-135012 situated in the Barrio of Miranda, Muni. Of Babak Province of Davao Island of Samal containing an area of Nine Hundred (900) SQ. meters more or less;

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-129627 situated in the Barrio of Bocaue, Muni. Of Babak Province of Davao Island of Samal containing an area of Ten Thousand (10,000) SQ. meters more or less;

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-141601 situated in the Barrio of Camudmud, Muni. Of Babak Province of Davao Island of Samal containing an area of Three Hundred (300) SQ. meters more or less;

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-128713 situated in the Barrio of Bucaran, Muni. Of Babak Province of Davao Island of Samal containing an area of One Thousand Five Hundred (1,500) SQ. meters more or less;

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-133095 situated in the Barrio of Bucaran, Muni. Of Babak Province of Davao Island of Samal containing an area of Three Hundred Thirty Four (334) SQ. meters more or less;

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-133096 situated in the Barrio of Bucaran, Muni. Of Babak Province of Davao Island of Samal containing an area of Seven Hundred Thirty (730) SQ. meters more or less;

That pursuant to Sec. 1 Rule 74 of the Revised Rules of Court of the Philippines, the above described mentioned properties has been the subject of EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE made and executed by and among their heirs per Doc. No. 521; Page No. 106; Book No. XX; 2021 of the Notary Public KAREN CATE I. PINTO of Davao City.

(MT-Sept. 28, Oct. 5 & 13, 2022)

estate of the late DARIO ROA LACAP, who died intestate on September 26, 2010 and MATILDE BAUTISTA LACAP who died intestate on September 16, 2021; that the deceased at the time of their respective deaths left their properties located in the City of Davao and Davao del Norte more particularly described as follows:

POGO-related crimes may scare investors away: senator

Palace: Let law run course after ruling on CPP-NPA

MANILA – Malacañang on Tues day said it will let legal process run its course over the Manila Regional Trial Court's (RTC) ruling that dismissed the proscrip tion case seeking to declare the Communist Party of the Philip pines (CPP) and its armed wing, the New People's Army (NPA), terrorist organizations.

Press Secretary Trixie CruzAngeles said the Palace will rely on the Department of Justice’s decision to file a new petition before the Court of Appeals (CA) which has jurisdiction under Re public Act No. 11479 or the AntiTerrorism Act (ATA) of 2020.

“This administration will ad here closely to the rule of law and only to the rule of law. We do not endorse any illegal activities and we have relied on the statement of the Secretary of Justice (SOJ) [Jesus Crispin Remulla] saying that this particular case is to be refiled under the Anti-Terrorism Act,” Cruz-Angeles said in a Palace press briefing.

She refused to give further comments, citing how the matter takes place under Anti-Terrosim Act which falls under a “different legal regime.”

“We let the law take its course and allow the Judiciary to exercise its full mandate. The SOJ will be directing anyway the filing

of a proscription case in the Court of Appeals as prescribed by the Anti-Terrorisms Act,” she added.

In its 135-page resolution dated Sept. 21 and written by RTC Judge Marlo A. MagdozaMalagar of Branch 19, the Manila RTC turned down the DOJ's peti tion for proscription that sought to declare the CPP and NPA as terrorist organizations.

The Manila RTC Branch 19 pointed out that the CPP-NPA were waging a “rebellion” and not spreading “terror.”

"While the armed struggle with the violence that necessarily accompanies it is indubitably the approved means to achieve the CPP-NPA’s purpose, means is not synonymous with purpose. Stated otherwise, armed struggle is only a means to achieve the CPP’s purpose; it is not the purpose of the creation of the CPP,” the decision read.

It also called on the govern ment to include respect for the right to dissent, due process, and to the rule of law in efforts to counter insurgency.

The DOJ filed the proscrip tion case in 2018 seeking to de clare the CPP-NPA as a terrorist group under Section 17 of the Hu man Security Act (HSA) of 2007.

The HSA of 2007 has been replaced by the ATA of 2020.

MANILA – Government agencies must intensify the cam paign against the illegal activities of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) to ensure peace and order and maintain a climate conducive for business.

Senator JV Ejercito on Tuesday said in particular, the Bureau of Immigration, Na tional Bureau of Investigation, and Philippine National Police must work double time to monitor and detect illegal op erations and the whereabouts of displaced POGO workers.

He cautioned that the government risks losing the confidence of investors and the rest of the business sector

if such security concerns are not addressed.

“There might be some foreign national syndicates who are using the POGO business avenue to enter the country and conduct their criminal activities here. Not just Chinese criminal syndi cates, but also Cambodian and Vietnamese criminal syn dicates,” Ejercito said in his press statement.

He also expressed sup port for the immediate depor tation of overstaying nationals caught working for POGOs.

The Philippine Amuse ment and Gaming Corpora tion recently terminated the licenses of at least 175 PO GOs while the Department of Justice met with Chinese embassy officials to discuss deportation proceedings.

Ejercito previously filed Senate Resolution No. 194, which asked the Committee on Public Order and Danger ous Drugs to probe the “alarm

ing” cases of kidnapping, ab duction, and disappearances.

The resolution highlight ed the alleged kidnapping of a Chinese national in broad daylight along the Skyway elevated highway in Par añaque City in August and the documented torture of a male victim whose ear was cut off.

There are also reports that foreigners have been em ploying private guards with high-powered firearms and are using fraudulent identification cards. (With a report from Leonel Abasola/PNA)

Bills to ensure safety of areas hit by typhoons

MANILA – At least two meas ures in the Senate will ensure safety in typhoon-stricken areas, especially of children and the vulnerable population.

Senator Sherwin Gatchal ian has filed Senate Bill No. 940, or the Evacuation Center Act, which seeks to establish an evacuation center in every city and municipality for

residents displaced by dis asters, calamities and other emergency such as fires, and outbreak of diseases.

Senator Christopher Go previously filed a similar bill (Mandatory Evacuation Center Act), which will task the Department of Public Works and Highways and lo cal government units to build

such shelters.

Gatchalian’s other meas ure, Senate Bill No 155 or the 21st Century School Board Act, seeks the expansion of local school boards' functions to include the introduction of timely, organized, and local ized interventions in the deliv ery of basic education services during times of calamities,

disasters, and emergencies.

He urged the Depart ment of Social Welfare and Development, Department of Health, and Department of Education to see to it that children are in safe spaces when disasters strike.

"Dapat din nating ti yakin na matutugunan natin ( /BILLS/11)