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By Allen Doydora
GOOD NEW FOR TAGBILARANONS

Richli Corporation has started to expand the reach of its water services across Tagbilaran City as development works of its facilities remained in full blast, gradually boosting potable-household water supply in the province's capital.

According to Richli vice president for communications Elmer Lim, they continued their pipe-laying works in Barangay Manga and later start the same operations in the villages of Tip-Tip, Dampas and Cogon.

"Mo sugod na pud ta somewhere sa Banat-i tiilan. Mga next two weeks, naa nay tubig nato diha," said Lim. "Maybe January 1st naa na ta dapit sa Cogon."

Richli earlier started to offer its services to a few residents of the city particularly in Barangay Mansasa.

"Gasugod na ta og Tagbilaran, somewhere in Mansasa. Naa na tay mga customer diha, mga subscriber...mga three months na," he said.

The water service provider is directly channeling supply to Mansasa from Barangay Patrocinio in Cortes where its source and water treatment facility are located.

Richli however will soon allot a water reservoir which is currently under construction in the adjacent village of Barangay Libertad, Baclayon that will cater to the needs of the city.

The facility, with a capacity of 2,000 cubic meters, is expected to be completed in April, 2020.

According to Lim, their water supply is treated and of better quality making it safe for human consumption.

"Ni-agi og laboratory g'yud ning ato, different product ta. Dretso na inom. Approved to ug monitored sa DOH (Department of Health). Popareha ta og quality grade sa refilling station," he said.

According to Engr. Peter Busano, Office of the Tagbilaran City Waterworks System chief, Richli's entry into the industry will benefit residents in the city, where some areas are still not being provided with 24-hour water services.

The establishment of the new water service provider is also seen to help meet the growing water supply demand in the city, he said. (A. Doydora)

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"Despite conservation efforts, the Philippine pangolin (Manis culionensis) has inched closer to extinction after the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) recently declared the endemic species as critically endangered."
Source: DENR

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By PIA
As Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Teodoro Locsin, Jr. prepares to participate in the 14th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Madrid, Spain on 15-16 December 2019, His Excellency Philippe Jones Lhuillier, Ambassador of the Philippines to the Kingdom of Spain, cites how bilateral relations between the two (2) countries has "improved tremendously" in recent years, and how Spain sees the Philippines as an entry point in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

Ambassador Lhuillier discusses the interest of the Spanish business sector to invest in the Philippines' 'Build Build Build' infrastructure program and the recent signing of an air agreement that would result to direct flights between the two (2) countries in the future.

The Philippine envoy also mentions that there are 70,000 to 90,000 Filipinos residing in Spain -- most of whom are working in restaurants and in the household sector -- and how they are treated "very well" and as part of the family by the Spanish employers due to their positive work ethic.  Currently, there are eight ( Filipino community associations in Spain that fully support the administration of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte.

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PROLIFE COMMEMORATION OF THE UNBORN CHILDREN

Press Release: PROLIFE of the Ministry of Family and Life comemorates and remembers with great sadness the unborn children who never had been given the chance to see and experience what life is in the outside world Now on its twentieth year (20th) of this yearly PROLIFE event, every December 28, on Innocents Day,  is aimed to remind the church faithful that life is sacred and must be protected from womb to tomb. Most often defenseless lives inside the mothers womb face  different threats caused by  the rampant use of  contraceptives and  artificial methods of birth control. Abortion, thru hilot, use of pamparegla, chemical  abortion,  the use of abortifacients, like pills, IUD, Depo Provera, and similar injections and patch or implants, endanger LIFE within the womb. This is no different from the killing of innocent children by King Herod during Innocents Day ( Mt. 2:16-18).

Women too who use artificial birth control methods can endanger their health due to the different negative effects like cancer, high blood pressure, mood swings, depression, dizziness , fainting, loss of libido, stroke, early abortion and many others. It is a fact that contraceptive mentality leads to abortion. Only the Natural Family Method like the Billings Method is the safest way.

Each year PROLIFE put into focus on different ways, the sacredness and dignity of life that is to be appreciated, protected and celebrated in all its stages, like honoring of  Pregnant women, activities for mother and child, honoring senior citizens, special children, disabled persons among others. That is in addition to the Holy Mass for the unborn children, mothers and fathers who are deceived and lured to use contraceptives and for abortionists.

Last year, it was the Youth thru a Buletin board contest with the theme: PROTECT, CELEBRATE, DEFEND LIFE . Parish Youth Ministry of Antequera won the first prize, PYM Dauis, 2nd .

This year it is a Youth Video Making Contest with the same theme, Celebrate, Protect, Defend Life. First Prize is P10,000,00, 2ND 5,000.00 3RD P2,500.00 with 10 conssolation prizes at 1000.00 each.Deadline for submission of the 4 (four)-and not more than 5 (five) minutes is on December 20.Entry forms and more information can be found at the diocesan chancery c/o Tonton Jalanadoni. Or you may call 411-4548 or lanie or call 411-3411 or 09328725761.Every Parish and School Youth Team Is encouraged to join this contest.

Winning entries will be announced on December 28 after the 3:00pm Holy Mass in honor of the Unborn Children and for the Enlightenment of mothers and Blessing at the Tomb of the Unborn Children, after which the prizes are given to the winners.Every body is invited to join the Eucharistic Celebration to be followed by the Blessing at Tomb of the Unborn Children at 3:00pm on Saturday, December 28,2019 at St. Joseph Cathedral.

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𝗦𝗔𝗞𝗢𝗣 𝗦𝗔 𝗖𝗦𝗨 𝗚𝗜𝗣𝗔𝗨𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗔𝗡 𝗢𝗚 𝗕𝗔𝗟𝗔, 𝗣𝗔𝗧𝗔𝗬

By Brigada News Davao

Patay ang usa ka sakop sa CSU human kini gipusil samtang anaa kini sa Barangay Zone 3, Digos City, Davao del Sur ning milabayng gabii.
Ang biktima giila sa Digos City Police Station nga si Christopher Mirafuentes, 43-anyos nga taga Barangay Sinawayan, Hagonoy sa samang probinsiya.
Sumala pa nga samtang nag lingkod ang biktima kalit miabot ang wala mailang mga suspek og didto na kini sunod-sunod nga gipabuthan og pusil dayon paspas nanibat.
Nakuha gikang sa crime scene ang upat ka basyo sa.45 caliber ug basyo sa 9mm pistol nga gitoohang gamit sa mga suspek.
Sa pagkakarong ginaimbestigahan pa ang nasangpit nga kaso aron maila ang mga suspek. BNFM-Davao

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By TV Patrol South Central Mindanao
Namatay sa disgrasya sa Tacurong City, umakyat na sa 7

TACURONG CITY, Sultan Kudarat - Pito ang patay at apat naman ang sugatan nang banggain ng isang SUV ang dalawang tricycle at isang pick up truck sa highway ng syudad dakung alas-4 ng madaling araw ngayong Biyernes.

Batay sa imbestigasyon, nasa iisang lane at magkakasunod na binabaybay ng mga sasakyan ang highway papunta sa direksyon sa roundball.

Ayon sa hepe ng Tacurong Police Station na si PLtCol Rey Egos, nasa unahan ng SUV ang dalawang tricycle habang nakasunod ang pickup truck sa SUV.

Nabangga ng SUV ang isang tricycle na sakay ang isang pamilya. Humiwalay ang sidecar ng tricycle at bumangga sa concrete pavement. Tumilapon ang mga sakay nito at dead on the spot ang limang pasahero, kabilang ang misis ng driver at apat na anak. Isa naman ang binawian ng buhay sa ospital. Dalawa naman ang sugatan sa kabilang ang driver ng tricycle at isa pa niyang anak.

Nabangga din ng SUV ang isa pang tricycle, sugatan din ang dalawang sakay nito.

Isang pasahero ng SUV ang patay sa disgrasya.

Iniwasan naman ng pickup truck ang SUV kaya bumangga ito sa puno ng mansanitas sa gilid ng highway.

Nasa kustodiya ngayon ng police station ang driver ng SUV na si Dr. Omar Shariff Acob. Maikling pahayag lang ang kanyang binigay at nakahanda syang makipag-ayos sa pamilya ng mga sugatan at namatay.

Dagdag ni Egos, nakainom umano ang duktor nang magmaneho.

Ayon sa kaanak ng mga namatay, papanagutin nila ang duktor sa nangyari.

Nakatakdang sampahan ng kasong reckless imprudence resulting to multiple homicide, physical injuries at damages to property.

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By Joshua Fullido
Asawa gi hatsa sa iyang bana didto sa lungsod sa Catigbian

Ang biktima nailhan nga si Liza  Magsigay, 43 anyos, taga  brgy. Baang lungsod sa Catigbian

Gisaysay sa anak sa biktima nga nahitabo ang insidente pasado alas 3 sa hapon nga ang biktima nagka storya kini sa iyang bana nga suspek nga si Saturnino Magsigay  ug gumikan kay wala sila magkasinabtanay kalit lang nagkuha ug hatsa ang suspek   og gihatsa ngadto sa ulo sa biktima.

Suma pa nga selos ang hinungdan sa ilang away.

Tungod sa samad  nga naangkon daling gihatud sa tambalanan ang biktima ug pagka karun , nagpaalim pa kini sa samad nga nahiaguman.

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One glass of wine per day

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LALAKI, GIDUNGGAB PATAY.
By Brigada Newspaper

Patay nang napalgan ang usa ka lalaki sa Tibungco Public cementery , Tibungco Davao City, kaganihang alas 9 buntag.

Naila sa Tibungco Police ang lalaki nga si Ronie Simeon Pascua, 22-anyos residente sa Purok 13,Tibungco ning syudad.

Subay sa inisyal nga report sa kapolisan nga napalgan sa caretaker sa sementeryo ang biktima ug gilayon gireport sa kapolisan.

Nakuha usab sa Scene of The Crime Operatives sa lugar ang usa ka kitchen knife nga posibleng mao ang gigamit sa pagdunggab sa biktima.

Sa pagkakaron padayon pa ang imbestigasyon sa kapolisan kung unsa ang motibo sa pagpatay samtang anaa na usab sa punerarya gipahiluna ang lawas sa biktima.

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Press Release
More than a thousand individuals gathered at the Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City early morning today (Dec. 12) for the Solidarity Walk to End Violence Against Women (VAW).

Spearheaded by the Philippine Commission on Women (PCW), the solidarity walk is the culminating activity of the 18-day campaign to End VAW.

Actor Dingdong Dantes also graced the event.

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Make your Christmas wishlist come true this 12.12 with Lazada's Grand Year End Sale! As a Globe customer, you can enjoy 12% off your Lazada purchases from December 12 to 14, 2019. Download the app at https://lzd.co/Globe1212 and use the voucher code GLOBEPOS12cbq73s upon checkout. Minimum spend of P500. Discount is capped at P200. Per DTI Fair Trade Permit No FTEB 23189, series of 2019. No advisories? Text STOP to 2682 for free.

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Press Release
Beneficiaries of Special Training for Employment Program (STEP) mibisita sa buhatan ni Cong. Chatto ug nagpasalamat sa higayon nga naka avail sila sa maong programa. Nagpahibaw usab sila nga mugradwar na sila karong Disyember 14, 2019.

STEP is a community-based specialty training program that addresses the specific skills needs of the communities and promote employment, particularly through entrepreneurial, self-employment and service-oriented activities. Training programs offered are generally short-term or modules based on the Training Regulations promulgated by TESDA. Its objective is to provide skills and training opportunities for the beneficiaries in the barangays/ communities to make them employable and productive.

Both public and private techvoc providers, but mostly local government training centers and TESDA Technology Institutions, deliver the training programs under STEP.

The program was introduced only in 2014 in line with thrust of expanding the reach of TVET to the grassroots.

In Photos are the STEP scholars, Atty. Abeleon Damalerio, Chief of Staff, Isabelito Tongco, Consultant and Kenny June R. Requeron, TESDA Coordinator, First Congressional District Office.

STEP is a program of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA)  and is made possible through the initiative of Cong. Edgar M. Chatto.

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Press Release
First Youth Leadership Summit for Indigenous People in Maguindanao
Datu Saudi Ampatuan, Maguindanao- The 1st Mechanized Infantry (Lakan) Battalion, Armor (Pambato) Division, Philippine Army spearheaded the conduct of first ever Youth Leadership Summit for Indigenous People of Maguindanao from 06 to 08 December 2019.

The three-day activity with a theme "Youth of Today, Leaders of Tomorrow" was intended for the forty (40) IP youth belongs to the Teduray tribe coming from conflict affected or depressed barangays of Datu Saudi Ampatuan, Datu Unsay, Datu Hoffer and Ampatuan all of Maguindanao. This activity aims to develop youth leaders coming from the Indigenous People that would be useful in the society and help the Local Government Units in nation building. 
The closing ceremony was graced by Hon Melanio U. Ulama, Ministry for Indigenous People Affairs (MIPA), BARMM and he encourage the youth by telling his personal experience.  Ulama said, "This is the first time that the military conducted Youth Leadership Summit intended only for the IPs".  Likewise, "It is a challenge to every youth from the Indigenous People to strive hard and be productive in the community and let not poverty ruin your future"he added.
On the other hand, one of the participants said "Nang dahil sa YLS nagkaroon ako ng lakas ng loob na iahon ang aking sarili, hindi pala kami pinapabayaan ng ating gobyerno. Dati takot kami kapag nakakakita ng sundalo hindi namin sila tinitingnan baka kami saktan, mali pala ang aming impresyon. Tinulungan po nila kami na mangarap at i-develop ang aming sarili''.

Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (PCVE) was one of the subjects presented to the participants. Through the information given by all competent instructors, they were able to equip them with vast knowledge to defend themselves against recruitment from the left leaning group of the society.

The Youth Leadership Summit for Indigenous People 2019 was successfully conducted at The Notre Dame of Ezperanza, Sultan Kudarat through the overwhelming support coming from the four (4) Mayors of Maguindanao; Hon Edris Sindatok-Mayor Datu Saudi Ampatuan, Hon Datu Andal S Ampatuan V- Mayor Datu Unsay, Hon  Bai Johaira "Bong" Ampatuan-Datu Hoffer and Hon Bai Leah G. Sangki-Ampatuan.
The summit was also made into realization with the collaborative efforts of Youth For Peace Movement–PUKAW Inc, MSU-Dalican, MIPA-BARMM, The Notre Dame of Esperanza, 57IB, 33IB, 61CMO Company and local PNP-Ampatuan.
LTC FERNANDO, CO, 1Mech Bn assured that the Lakan Troopers will continue to perform its mandate to bring hope and empower to the youth belongs to the Indigenous People of Maguindanao and he quoted the saying of Franklin D Roosevelt "We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future."

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Press Release
The Local Chief Executives of Esperanza, Sultan Kudarat led by Mayor Charles Federic R. Ploteña has turned-over thirty assorted low-powered firearms from twenty (20) barangays to 23rd Mechanized Infantry (Explorer) Company through Captain Librado R Olunan, Commanding Officer, today.

The loose firearms surrendered were fourteen (14) 12 gauge shotgun with seven (7) magazines, eigth ( Garan, four (4) Thompson, one (1) 20 Gauge Pistol Revolber, one (1) M203 Granade Launcher, one (1) Rifle / Bolt Action and one (1) Springfield. 

2nd Mechanized Infantry (Makasag) Battalion's Commanding Officer Lieutenant Colonel Omar V Orozco presided over the turn-over of assorted loose firearms held at Municipal Hall, Esperanza, Sultan Kudarat.

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Sharing this copied story for us to learn

A woman was at her hairdresser's getting her hair styled for a trip to Rome with her husband.. 
She mentioned the trip to the hairdresser, who  responded:
" Rome?  Why would anyone want to go there? It's crowded and dirty. 
You're crazy to go to Rome.  So, how are you getting there?"

"We're taking Continental," was the reply.  "We got a great rate!"

"Continental?" exclaimed the hairdresser.  "That's a terrible airline.  Their planes are old, their flight attendants are ugly, and they're always late.  So, where are you staying in Rome?"

"We'll be at this exclusive little place over on Rome's Tiber River called Teste."

"Don't go any further.  I know that place.  Everybody thinks it's going to be something special and exclusive, but it's really a dump."

"We're going to go to see the Vatican and maybe get to see the Pope."

"That's rich," laughed the hairdresser.  "You and a million other people trying to see him.  He'll look the size of an ant.  Boy, good luck on this lousy trip of yours.  You're going to need it."

A month later, the woman again came in for a hairdo.  The hairdresser asked her about her trip to Rome.

"It was wonderful," explained the woman, "not only were we on time in one of Continental's brand new planes,  but it was overbooked,
and they bumped us up to first class.  The food and wine were wonderful,  and I had a handsome 28-year-old steward who waited on me hand and foot..   
And the hotel was great!  They'd just finished a $5 million remodeling job,
and now it's a  jewel,  the finest hotel in the city. 
They, too, were overbooked, so they apologized and gave us their owner's suite at no extra charge!"

"Well," muttered the hairdresser,  "that's all well and good, but I know you didn't get to see the  Pope." 

"Actually, we were quite lucky, because as we toured the Vatican, a Swiss Guard tapped me on the shoulder, and explained that the Pope likes to meet some of the visitors, and if I'd be so kind as to step into his private room and wait, the Pope would personally greet me.  Sure enough, five minutes later, the Pope walked through the door
and shook my hand!  I knelt down and he spoke a few words to me.."

"Oh, really!  What'd he say?"

He said: "Who fu--ed up your hair?"

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Authority: PMAJ REUBEN TORREON LIBERA
Station: Police Station 4
PRESS RELEASE No. 12-10-2019-01
Date: December 11, 2019

Armed confrontation resulting to the death of hostile Suspect

Sasa Police Station 4, Davao City- on 8:15 PM. of December 10, 2019, PS4 Station Drug Enforcement Team led by PMAJ REUBEN T LIBERA, Station Commander, in coordination with the PDEA XI under the above cited pre-operation number 30004-122019-0087, conducted buy-bust operation at San Antonio Road, Km. 10, Sasa Davao City, against the drug suspect identified as 1-DARWIN NAMLI HANANI alias "DARWIN" (DI watchlist), 34 years old, male, married, jobless, Purok 2, Barangay 23-C, Boulevard Davao City.

That during the drug deal, the suspect handed over a piece of elongated shape, heat sealed, transparent plastic sachet containing white crystalline substance suspected as shabu to the poseur-buyer.
In turned, the poseur-buyer handed over the buy bust marked money to the suspect. But before the police officer could arrest the suspect, the latter sensed that he was dealing with a police officer and thereby took a Caliber 45 firearm from his sling bag and shot the poseur-buyer. Thus, prompting the police officer to defend himself and shoot back hitting and wounding the suspect.

Immediately, the operating elements rushed the wounded suspect to Southern Philippines Medical Center for immediate medical attention. However, on or about 8:45 P.M. of the same date of the same date, the attending physician, Dr. Raul Martin Bren C. Andutan, declared the suspect dead on arrival. This office and the SOCO team led by PLT Benjie Bueno conducted parallel investigation at the crime scene and recovered the following pieces of evidence, to wit: a. one (1) unit Caliber 45 firearm, Taurus, with one magazine inserted, loaded with six (6) ammunition, b. one (1) piece fired cartridge case believed to be fired from 9mm pistol, c. one (1) piece Php 1000 bill, buy-bust marked money, bearing serial number KF016378, d. eight ( pieces Php 20 bill, e. sling bag color brown, f. one (1) piece, square shape, transparent plastic sachet containing white crystalline substance believed to be shabu.

The recovered drug item has an estimated weight of more or less 1.0 gram with a street value of Php 12,000.  Likewise, the death of the suspect is the result of the intensified campaign of the PNP to eradicate the proliferation of illegal drugs.

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Press Release
9.5 Million Urban Greening & Landscaping Development Project in Tarragona

In 4 months time, Tarragonians will enjoy a forest walk and a promenade in the heart of the municipality, right afront the Municipal Building of Tarragona.

'Tis the first municipal park to be funded by the Provincial Government of Davao Oriental under Gov. Nelson L. Dayanghirang administration. Purposely to add leisure and pleasure to one of the province's most beautiful municipal halls. Thus adding amenity to our local and foreign tourists as a a dropby town going to the east.

Salamatay Governor sang kamayo pinaskohan para kanami tga Tarragona!

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By Radyo Bida NDBC
LOOK: Apat na mga business establishments kabilang ang isang boarding house sa Barangay Poblacion Kabacan, North Cotabato tinupok ng apoy.

Ayon kay MDRRM head David Don Saure, nagsimula ang apoy alas 3:00 ng madaling araw kanina at ideneklarang fire out alas 5:00 ngayong umaga.

Sa ngayon, patuloy pa ang ginagawang imbestigasyon ng BFP- Kabacan sa naturang sunog at inaalam kung magkano ang iniwang danyos.

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By Radyo Bida NDBC
Bilang ng mga nahuli dahil sa pagkakasangkot sa iligal na droga sa probinsya ng North Cotabato, abot sa halos 300 ayon sa PNP

NORTH COTABATO - Abot sa 292 mga indibidwal na sangkot sa iligal na droga ang naaresto sa North Cotabato mula sa 287 mga police operations na isinagawa ng PNP sa iba't-ibat mga bayan at lungsod sa probinsya.

Ito ang ibinahagi ni Cotabato Police Provincial Office o CPPO Provincial Director Col. Maximo Layugan sa isinagawang Joint Provincial Peace and Order Council Meeting sa Amas, Kidapawan City kahapon.

Ang nasabing bilang ay pasok mula Enero hanggang Nobyembre ngayong taon, mula sa isinagawang anti-illegal drugs operation kung saan karamihan dito ay mula sa mga na-operate ng mga local police stations sa lalawigan.
Habang abot naman sa 287 din ang nasampahan ng kaso  ng pulisya.

Dagdag pa sa ulat na sa nasabing operasyon, may kabuuang humigit dalawang daang gramo ng shabu ang kanilang nakumpiska o may katumbas na halaga na Pph 1, 825, 500 habang mahigit dalawang libong gramo naman ng marijuana ang kanilang nakuha o may katumbas na halaga na Php 256, 560.

Ang nasabing street value ay nakabatay sa taya ng Dangerous Drugs Board o DDB.

Samantala, magpapatuloy naman ang isasawang monitoring ng PNP upang tuluyan nang matuldukan ang problema sa iligal na droga.

Matatandaang sa ulat ng Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency of PDEA 12, abot na sa mahigit 400 mga barangay sa buong probinsya ang ideneklarang ligtas na sa droga.

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By Radyo Bida NDBC
Babaeng manonood lang sana ng telebisyon patay matapos makuryente sa Kidapawan City

KIDAPAWAN CITY - Patay matapos makuryente at nabagok ang ulo ang isang 42 anyos na babae sa Purok 7, Barangay Nuangan Kidapawan City.

Kinilala ang biktima na si Mary Jean Sinco na residente ng naturang lugar.

Ayon sa salaysay ng tiyahin ng biktima, nasa loob ito ng kanyang tent sa labas ng kanilang bahay dahil sa nasira ang kanilang bahay at manonood lang sana ito ng telebisyon ng mahawakan ang alambreng naka konekta sa kanilang extension wire.

Dito na nakuryente ang biktima hanggang sa matumba at nabagok pa ang ulo sa baterya ng sasakyan na nooy malapit lang sa biktima.

Agad na isinugod ng city 911 ang biktima sa ospital pero idineklarang dead on arrival ng mga doktor.

Cadriac Arrest secondary to electrocution ang naging findings ng doktor hinggil sa pagkamatay ng biktima.

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By Radyo Bida NDBC
20 katao arestado matapos masangkot sa karera ng motorsiklo sa bayan ng Tulunan

TULUNAN, NORTH COTABATO- Abot sa 20 katao ang naaresto ng Tulunan PNP katuwang ang Highway Patrol Group o HPG matapos na masangkot sa karera ng motorsiklo sa national highway ng Sibsib, Tulunan, North Cotabato nitong Sabado.

Ayon kay Tulunan PNP Chief Police Major Jun Napat, na sa nasabing bilang, walo rito ay mga menor de edad kung saan na-iturn over na ito ng DSWD sa kanilang mga magulang.

Sa ulat, abot naman sa siyam na mga motorsiklo ang nakumpiska ng PNP kung saan karamihan dito ay gumagamit ng modified mufflers at lahat din ng kanilang nakumpiska ay walang mga kaukulang papeles.

Kabilang din sa kanilang narekober ay ang isang unit ng puting Toyota Hi-Ace Van na sinaksayan aniya ng mga parokyanong nakikipagpustahan sa nasabing laro.
Ayon pa kay Napat na madalas itong ginagawa ng mga sangkot dito tuwing hating gabi sa kahabaan ng nasabing highway.

Samantala, nakatakda namang sampahan ng kaukulang kaso ang labindalawang iba pa.

Muli namang umapela ang opisyal sa mga magulang ng mga sangkot sa nasabing aktibidad na bantayang maiigi ang kanilang mga anak lalo't delikado ang nabanggit na iligal na laro.

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By Radyo Bida NDBC
Mga kabataang sangkot sa grupong Azukarap sa bayan ng Mlang, North Cotabato patuloy na tinututukan ng mga otoridad

MLANG, NORTH COTABATO-Patuloy ngayong tinututukan ng mga otoridad sa bayan ng Mlang, North Cotabato ang mga kabataang miyembro ng grupong Azukarap.

Ito ang inihayag ni Mlang Mayor Russel Abonado sa panayam ng Radyo Bida.

Ayon sa alkalde, bagama't hindi ganoon kadami ang mga miyembro nito, pero ikinaalarma nito ang kaso ng isang 16-anyos na batang babae matapos na mabuntis nang pumasok sa nasabing grupo.

Ikinalungkot ng alkalde ang naging kaso nito dahil hindi alam ng nasabing bata kung sino ang ama ng dinadala nito.

Inihayag din ng alkalde na may mga barangay sa nasabing bayan kung saan patuloy na nang re-recruit ang nabanggit na grupo lalo na sa mga pampublikong paaralan sa Bagontapay, New Rizal, Nueva Vida at Lika.

Ayon pa sa ulat na karamihan aniya sa mga miyembro ng Azukarap sa kanyang bayan ay nasa edad 18-anyos pataas pero nang-eengganyo pa rin ang mga ito ng mga menor de edad.

Kaugnay nito, iniutos na ng alkalde sa pulisya, Rural Health Unit at DSWD ang pagpapalakas pa ng Information Education Campaign ukol sa masamang epekto ng pre-martial sex lalo na sa mga kabataan.

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By Radyo Bida NDBC
Pagbebenta ng fireworks pinayagan na ng Kidapawan City Government

KIDAPAWAN CITY-NAGSIMULA ng mamigay ng permiso si City Mayor Joseph Evangelista sa mga kasapi ng Kidapawan Fireworks Vendors Association para makapagbenta ng kanilang produkto ngayong Kapaskuhan.

Sa lupang pag-aari ng JS Gaisano sa tapat ng Our Lady Mediatrix of All Graces Cathedral ilalagay ng City LGU ang stalls ng mga magbebenta ng legal na uri ng paputok, ayon pa sa Business Processing and Licensing Office o BPLO ng City Government.

Sinadyang doon muna inilagay ang mga stalls sapagkat nananatiling one way ang tapat ng City Hiwalk na kalimitang lugar na display ng mga paputok dahil na rin sa kinordon ng mga otoridad ang gumuhong Eva's building dala ng malakas na lindol noong October 31, 2019.

Sisimulan ang pagbebenta ng mga regulated na paputok sa December 23 hanggang 31, 2019 sa nabanggit na lugar.

Tulad ng nakagawian na, mahigpit na ipagbabawal ang paninigarilyo 15 meters mula sa display, bawal din na subukan o testing ng paputok, pagbenta ng illegal na uri ng paputok, mga lutuan at madaling magliyab na gamit sa mga tindahan, at dapat din na nakabayad ang magbebenta ng kaukulang permits and licenses sa City Government.

Dapat din na panatilihing mapayapa at maayos ang lugar ng bentahan kasi kapag nagkagulo magiging peligroso para sa lahat ang sunog at aksidente.

Una ng dumaan sa seminar ng Bureau of Fire Protection at Philippine National Police para sa maingat na pagbebenta ng paputok ang mga vendors bilang pangunahing rekisito para makapagbenta ng kanilang produkto. (via| Kidapawan City Information Office)

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By Radyo Bida NDBC

DepEd hinikayat na gawing simple ngunit makabulohan ang Christmas party ng mga guro at mag-aaral.

KIDAPAWAN CITY-Hinikayat ngayon ni Cotabato at Kidapawan City Schools Division Supt Omar Obas at Romelito Flores ang mga guro at mag-aaral na gawing simple, hindi magastos ngaunit makabulohan ang mga Christmas party ng bawat paaralan.

Nakasaad sa ibinabang kautosan ng Deped Region 12 na mas mabuting magsagawa nalang ng PASKOMUNIDAD na siyang tema ng kapaskohan ngayong taon ng DepEd.

Mas mabuti anilang kaysa magarbong Christmas party ay dalhin na lamang ito sa komunidad o di kaya'y sa Evacuation lalo pa't apektado ang lahat sa nagdaang mga lindol.

Magandang pagkakataon rin anila itong maka tulong sa mga bata bilang stress debriefing lalong lalo na yaong mga nasa Evacuation center parin hanggang sa ngayon.

Sa Kidapawan City Division ay ang pagpapatayo ng simpleng tirahan ng walong mga guro ang napagkasunduang gagawin ng mga District Supervisors at Principal.

Tinawag nila itong "Bahay mo, sagot ko." 

Nabatid kasi na walong mga guro ang ngayo'y nakatira rin sa Evacuation center matapos pinadapa ng lindol ang kanilang bahay.

Samantala sa Cotabato Division ay ito rin ang panawagan ni SDS Omar Obas na hindi kailangang magarbo o magastos ang Christmas party.

Dapat aniyang isaalang alang ang sitwasyon at mas mabuting magbigay nalang ng tulong lalong lalo na sa mga mag-aaral na naging biktima ng lindol.

Samantala, bago amg christmas break ay aasahang matatanggap narin ng mga Teaching at non teaching personnel ang 10 thousand pesos na Service Recognition Incentive.

Nabatid na una ng naghpalabas na Executive order si president Duterte na nagbibigays ng dagdag na 10 thousand pesos para sa naturang Incetnive sa mga empleyado ng gobyerno.

Sa nasabing halaga, 7 thousand pesos ang mula sa Office of the president at ang  3 thousand naman ay mula sa savings ng Department of Education o DepEd.

Dagdag naman ni Supt Obas na posibleng hindi matapos ang pamimigay nito sa loob ng isang araw dahil sa dami ng mga guro at personnel ng Cotabato Division na umaabot na sa 13 thousand.

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By Radyo Bida NDBC
Lalaki, patay sa pananambang sa Pikit, North Cotabato

PIKIT, NORTH COTABATO - Patay ang isang 44 anyos na drayber matapos na pagbabarilin habang sakay ng sasakyan sa Barangay Ginatilan, Pikit North Cotabato alas 5:45 ng hapon kanina.

Kinilala ng Pikit PNP sa pangunguna ni Pikit PNP chief Police Captain Mautin Pangandigan ang biktima na si Fernado Caragos Cordova at nakatira sa Barangay Kolambog, Pikit.

Ayon sa inisyal na ulat ng mga pulis, lulan ng toyota town ace ang biktima na pauwi na sana ng kanilang bahay nang pagsapit sa lugar ay dito na siya pinagbabaril ng di pa kilalang suspek.

Nagtamo ng sugat sa ibat-ibang bahagi ng kanyang katawan at ulo mula sa tama ng bala si Cordova dahilan para agad siyang isugod sa pagamutan pero kalauna'y ideneklarang patay ng mga doktor.

Patuloy pa ang ginawang imbestigasyon ng PNP hinggil sa pinakabagong kaso ng pamamaril sa bayan.

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PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT

Sa lahat po ng mga Bagumbayanon, nais po naming ipagbigay-alam na ang Bagumbayan Municipal Police Station ay hindi na po maaring mag issue ng POLICE CLEARANCE sa kadahilanang meron na po tayong National Police Clearance System (NPCS) ayon po sa PNP Memorandum Circular # 2018-020. Maari po  kumuha ng nasabing dokumento sa Tacurong City Police Station at Isulan Police Station sapagkat sila lamang po ang pinapayagan na mag issue ng nasabing dokumento.

Requirements: 2 valid ID o Birth Certificate na galing sa Phil. Statistics Authority (PSA).

maraming Salamat po!

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1987 Philippine Constitution
National Territory
Article 1
The national territory comprises the Philippine archipelago, with all the islands and waters embraced therein, and all other territories over which the Philippines has sovereignty or jurisdiction, consisting of its terrestrial, fluvial, and aerial domains, including its territorial sea, the seabed, the subsoil, the insular shelves, and other submarine areas. The waters around, between, and connecting the islands of the archipelago, regardless of their breadth and dimensions, form part of the internal waters of the Philippines.

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Moro and Christian farmers in North Cotabato province, among them residents of interior barangays in Kabacan town, have lately been maximizing the utilization of their rice and corn farms, apparently encouraged by the progressing bilateral peace efforts of Malacañang and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front.

Both sides are now together rebuilding conflict-stricken areas in the south, including 63 barangays in North Cotabato, whose provincial governor, Nancy Catamco, a member of the non-Moro indigenous community in the province, is a staunch supporter the government-MILF peace and governance initiatives.

The non-Moro Christian and the indigenous, or non-Muslim tribal groups in Central Mindanao are key stakeholders to all peace and security compacts that the national government and the MILF had reached in tedious peace talks that lasted for 22 years. (Photos courtesy of Zaynab Ampatuan) Via John Unson.

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Mati City, Davao Oriental
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PIA Davao City: OIC-Regional Director Pepito Amoyen of the Philippine Statistical Authority stressed the importance of sharing the information of the 2016 National Disability Prevalence Survey to come up for planning activities for the betterment of giving services to persons with disabilities. (Dalumpines, JSG)

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PIA DAVAO DE ORO: The Negosyo Center Nabunturan of the LGU Nabunturan launches today the Electronic Payment System with Land Bank of the Philippines for electronic transactions in the payment of Business tax and other fees. Nabunturan is the first municipality in the region to do so in full support to the Ease of Doing Business Act (EODB). (DTI Davao de Oro)

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PIA Davao City: The Department of Education (DepEd XI) recognizes the efforts of teachers all over the Davao Region through the Aguila award.

The said award is comprised of 18 categories spanning elementary, secondary and principal categories. The winners of the awards are deemed deserving of such an honor because of their exemplary performance in teaching effectiveness, leadership potential and community involvement.

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DAVAO CITY- The Davao City Chamber of Commerce and Industries welcomes the decision of the President not to extend martial law in Mindanao. In a statement the DCCCII said they expect Mindanao's high growth and investor confidence growing and express our intent in pursuing full cooperation with the Davao City Govt, the police and military to help maintain peace and security which is the foundation for development and progress. (RG ALAMA)

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PRESS RELEASE
Tubigon Police Station
Tubigon,Bohol
December 11, 2019
Another Drug Personality Nabbed in Tubigon

Another drug personality nabbed by the Drug Enforcement Unit of Tubigon (DEU) led by PCapt ROBERT LUCERNAS of December 10, 2019 at about 8:20 o'clock in the evening at Brgy. Centro, Tubigon, Bohol.

The  suspect was further identified as JERSON AÑABIEZA DICO Y VITOR, 24 years old, Watchlisted, SLT, a resident of barangay Centro Tubigon,Bohol.

The arresting team recovered several sachets of white crystalline substance believed to shabu and illegal drugs and other evidences from the possession of the suspect. The inventory of the evidences were done at the place of arrest and witnessed by the Brgy. Officials, DOJ and Media representative.

The suspect was now detained at Tubigon Detention Facility pending filing appropriate case in violation of the sections 5 and 11 of RA 9165.

Source:
Public Information Officer

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BOXING:

Ancajas midaug pinaagi  sa TKO; Tapales pildi

Nidaug si Jerwin Ancajas (32-1-2, 22KOs) pinaagi  sa 6th round TKO   batok sa Chilean boksidor, Miguel Gonzalez (31-3, 8KOs) aron depensaan ang iyang International Boxing Federation (IBF) super flyweight title didto sa Puebla, Mexico kagahapon (oras sa Pilipinas) sa buntag.

Ang  27 anyos nga lumad sa Panabo City, Davao del Norte nikontrolar sa enterong away ug wa makasinati og kalisud sa pagdispatsar sa iyang challenger gikan sa Chile.

Gikulata og maayo ni Ancajas ang makalulooy nga si Gonzalez sa 6th round dihang ang away gipaundang sa nahabiling oras nga  1:53.

Samtang didto sa  Brooklyn, New York, si kanhi world champion Marlon Tapales napakyas sa iyang tinguha alang sa IBF interim junior featherweight title human gipildi sa 11th round TKO sa iyang kontrang Hapon  nga si Ryosuke Iwasa.

Si Iwasa (27-3, 17 KOs) nipatumba kang  Tapales pinaagi sa  straight left. Bisan pa ang Pinoy nakahimo sa pag-apas sa ihap,  tataw nga nanglubay na ang mga bagtak niini. Hinungdan nga gipaundang sa referee ang away sa 1:09 nga oras sa  11th round.

Si Tapales nahagbong sa 33-2 record uban sa  17 KOs.

Sa hulagway sa ubos, gihupay ni Jerwin Ancajas ang iyang kontra nga si Miguel Gonzales. ( ALAN ANDY NALZARO DALAGAN/ Spin.ph)

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Koronadal City, South Cotabato

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Rock by the Sea
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The Philippines booked its 18th gold in men's basketball in the history of the SEA Games when the highly touted Gilas overwhelmed Thailand, 115-81, in the finals at the SM Mall of Asia Arena. Thailand was very much in the game in the first half but just could not handle the offensive firepower of Pilipinas Gilas in the second half. Thailand settled for the silver. Vietnam secured the bronze by outgunning Indonesia, 86-71. #WeWinAsOne #2019SEAGames #PHforOne

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By Ven Arigo
Capitol workers' P25,000 CNA bonus,
P10,000 service incentive

Bohol capitol workers' wish to be granted not just their Collective Negotiation Agreement (CNA) bonus but service incentive, too, is in the bag.

The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) this afternoon approved a supplemental budget of P61 million for the P25,000 CNA bonus and P10,000 service incentive for each qualified employee of the provincial government.

This was also in positive response to a resolution from the Provincial Development Council Executive Committee (PDC Execom) and a letter from Acting Gov. Rene Relampagos.

Gov. Arthur Yap had earlier directed the capitol finance people to find means and sources for the granting of not just mandated benefits but  extra bonuses as well.   

During the SP session, First District Board Member Aldner Damalerio acted as the temporary presiding officer on strength of his nomination and its approval by the SP members.

The session was also attended by Board Members Ricky Masamayor, as floor leader, and Lucille Lagunay, Frans Garcia, Restituto Auxtero, Victor Dionisio Balite, Elpidio Jala and Elpidio Bonita.

Likewise in the session were Board Members Romulo Cepedoza and Christian Victor Bolos III, provincial federation heads of the Association of Barangay Councils (ABC) and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK), respectively.

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By John Unson
Good work PDEA, BARMM police, WestMinCom

COTABATO CITY (Dec.10) --- Authorities seized P34 million worth of shabu from three drug traffickers who fell in an entrapment operation Tuesday in Bongao town in Tawi-Tawi.

Haberson Jaafar, Elmer Jamadin and Adzfar Asali, are now under the joint custody of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao and the Bangsamoro Regional Police.

Juvenal Azurin, PDEA-BARMM director, said they are to be prosecuted for violation of Republic Act 9165, also known as the Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.

Juvenal Azurin, director of PDEA-BARMM, said the three men were arrested in the act of selling five kilos of shabu, valued at P34 million, to plainclothes PDEA-BARMM agents.

The operation that led to the arrest of Jaafar, Jamadin and Asali was assisted by the Bongao municipal police, the Tawi-Tawi provincial police, the 9th Marine Battalion and other units of the  military's Western Mindanao Command.

"It took our agents several days to plot and carry out the operation. We are thankful to all government units that supported this entrapment operation," Azurin said Tuesday.

He said the arrest of the three drug dealers and the confiscation of five kilos of shabu from them is a record-setting feat for PDEA-BARMM.

"We are thankful to all vigilant people and local officials in Bongao for helping us nail them down," Azurin said.

[][][] JOHN UNSON, December 10, 2019

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PIA DAVAO DE ORO: The Mines and Geosciences Bureau recommends the transfer of two schools in Barangay Mount Diwata. In a report by MGB XI, the schools are located in an area highly susceptible to landslide. Last December 4, according to Barangay Captain Pedro Samillano of Brgy Mount Diwata, a group with personnel from the Department of Education already visited an area of 18,000 sq m, which is a recommended site for the transfer. MGB XI Regional Director Jasper Lascano said that his team will validate the said area if it is safe from geohazards. (mlu)

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STATEMENT ON END OF MARTIAL LAW IN MINDANAO
By Rep. Ron Salo

TRIUMPHANTLY WELCOME BACK THE SOLDIERS and POLICEMEN WHO IMPLEMENTED MARTIAL LAW

I hail the decision of President on not extending martial law in Mindanao.

We have today a real commander-in-chief, who is both decisive and cares for his men in uniform.

President Duterte and the generals rallied the troops and the PNP to victory against the destabilizers and terrorists in Mindanao.

Every visit President Duterte made to Mindanao served to boost the morale of the soldiers and PNP-SAF. Truly a leader who earned the respect and trust of the armed services.

I also congratulate the implementors of martial law - the DILG, PNP,  DND, and AFP for successfully achieving their objective of weakening the terrorist and extremist rebellion, as a result of the capture or neutralization of terrorist leaders and the decrease in the crime index.

I urge the barangays to warmly and triumphantly welcome the soldiers and policemen who implemented martial law in Mindanao and will return soon to the loving embrace of their families and friends. (END)

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13 MONTH PAY SA TRUCK DRIVER, GIKAWAT SA TRICYCLE DRIVER
By Brigada News Davao

Himas rehas karon ang usa ka tricycle driver human kini madakpan nga gikawat ang kwarta sa iyahang amigo nga truck driver ning milabayng adlaw sa Rosal street, Brgy. Mintal, Tugbok District Davao City.
Naila ang suspek sa Tugbok Police Station nga si JOHN RHOY SENDEJAS TENORIO, 28-anyos, tricycle driver ug residente sa Km 12 Sendrejas compound, Catalunan Pequeno, Davao City.
Sumala pa sa inisyal nga report sa kapolisan nga nag-inom matud pa ang suspek ug ang biktima nga si ROLLY VALE PASCUA, 32, dihang sige'g pamugos ang suspek nga mohulam og motor diin nakabutang sa U-box sa motor ang 13th month pay nga kantidad P46,500.
Gipahulam matud pa ni Pascua ang motor ug pagbalik nadisbre niini nga naibanan na og P19,000. Daling gireport ni Pascua ang panghitabo sa Tugbok Police station ug didto na miresponde ang kapolisan.
Nadakpan ang suspek apan wala na marekober ang nawala nga kwarta. Sa pagkakaron detinado ang suspek sa Tugbok Police Station ug andam na kini pasakahan sa tukmang kaso. -BNFM DAVAO

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By Brigada News Davao
𝗣𝟰-𝗠 𝗞𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗗𝗔𝗗 𝗦𝗔 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗪𝗔𝗡𝗔 𝗚𝗜𝗦𝗨𝗡𝗢𝗚

GIPANGSUNOG sa hiniusang pwersa sa otoridad ang mokabat ngadto sa P4,000,000.00 kantidad sa fully growned marijuana atol sa ceremonial burning sa Davao Oriental Police Provincial Office sa  Mati City, Davao Oriental.

Sa report gikan sa Police Regional Office XI, anaa sa 21,000 ka punuan sa iligal nga tanum ang gisunog nga una nang gipanglarot sa mga sakop sa  PRO 11-Davao Oriental Police Provincial Office, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), Philippine Army (PA) dungan sa duha ka adlaw nga operasyon sa bukirong bahin sa Malambogot ug Lombong Sitio Tagbaloyan, Brgy. Tubaon, Tarragona sa maong lalawigan.

Kahibaluang ang maong mga tanum ang resulta sa managlahing operasyong kung asa ang  mag-amahang suspek nga si Melindo Malintad ug anak nga si Jurel Malintad ang nakaikyas apan naibot ang libuan ka punuan sa ilang  plantasyon sa Brgy. Tubaon.

Samtang human sa engkwentro tali gibana-banaang 30 ka rebelde ug mga sakop sa 28th ug 701st IB nisurender ang usa ka samarong Darel Lumantang nga maoy nagsumbong sa plantasyon sa mariwana.

Giingong ang plantasyon sa bukiong bahin sa maong lungfsod ang giprotektahan sa Jeffrey Armed Group ug mga rebelde
Luyo niini, padayon gihapon matud pa ang PRO-XI, PDEA-XI ug militar sa ilang tahas sa pagbatok sa iligal nga droga, pagpulpog sa kalaban sa gobyerno arun protektahan ang katawhan ug komunidad.

Sa karon ang mag-amahang Malintad ang padayong ginagukod nga nag-atubang sa dugang kasong may kalabutan gihapon sa droga. 𝗕𝗡𝗙𝗠-𝗗𝗔𝗩𝗔𝗢

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By Brigada News Davao
𝗔𝗞𝗧𝗜𝗕𝗢𝗡𝗚 𝗠𝗬𝗘𝗠𝗕𝗥𝗢 𝗦𝗔 𝗡𝗔𝗩𝗬 𝗡𝗔𝗠𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗚𝗬𝗔 𝗢𝗚 𝗗𝗥𝗢𝗚𝗔

DAVAO CITY-HIMAS sa bugnaw nga rehas ang usa  ka aktibong sakop sa Philippine Navy human gibaylo niini ang pagserbisyo sa estado sa  mga pakete sa iligal nga droga nunot sa gikasang buy bust operastion sa mga sakop sa Sta Ana Police Station pasado alas 8 kagabie atubangan sa usa ka mall sa Panacan.

Suspek giila sa report nga si  P02 Rusty Villaflores Gonzales 44-anyos, minyo nga residente sa  Km.12 Sasa ning dakbayan nga gikonsiderang high value target gumikan sa iyang pagka-aktibong sakop sa Philippine Navy.

Narekober gikan sa posisyon sa suspek ang mga pakete sa gitoohang shabu nga nitimbang ug pito ka gramos nga gibana-banaang nagkantidad og P83, 000.00 ug ubang kagamitan sa suspek.

Ang nahisgutan ang dugay na matud pang gimonitor gumikan sa paglambigit sa iyang pangalan sa droga nga sumala pa adunay kontak sulod sa Davao City Jail nga padayon karung ginaimbistigahan sa kapulisan. 𝗕𝗡𝗙𝗠-𝗗𝗔𝗩𝗔𝗢

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JUST IN: Former Actor Mico Palanca Found Lifeless In A Residential Area

Patay ang isang dating aktor matapos umanong tumalon sa isang residential area sa Santolan Town sa San Juan.

Ayon sa inisyal na ulat, sobrang depressed daw si Mico Palanca, na kapatid ni Bernard Palanca, sa kanyang lovelife kaya tumalon nitong Lunes, Disyembre 9.

Sa Facebook post, nagpahayag na rin ng pakikiramay sa pamilya ni Mico ang Film Academy of the Philippines sa untimely passing ng aktor.

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PRESS RELEASE
Bill mandating co-op development officer in LGUs approved at the Committee level (Committee on Cooperatives Development)

Local governments must play a more active role in the development of cooperatives.  This is the aim of COOP-NATCCO Rep. Sabiniano Canama and Rep. Estrellita B. Suansing of Nueva Ecija & Rep. Horacio Suansing of Sultan Kudarat who filed House Bills 2436 and 287 respectively. Other related measures were filed by Representatives Dahlia A. Loyola, Wilter "Sharky"Wee Palma III,Anna Marie Villaraza-Suarez and David Suarez and Carlito Marquez.

The Suansings cited the 1987 Philippine Constitution which "provides for the promotion of growth and viability of cooperatives as instruments of equity, social justice and economic development under the principles of subsidiarity and self-help."

Said Constitution – lauded as a progressive document that put into the forefront social development – has been the basis of succeeding Philippine laws such as the Local Government Code of 1991 (Republic Act 7160).  The law, written by the late co-op champion former Senator Aquilino Pimentel, requires local governments to recognize and work with cooperatives as "instruments of equity, social justice and economic development under the principles of subsidiarity and self-help."

Though a landmark law, the Local Government Code, according to Rep. Canama, "the words of the law are vague and the implementation became optional on the part of the LGUs resulting in either LGUs with cooperative officers who serve other functions or no cooperative office at all.  In the long run, the cooperative sector is left to suffer."

Section 35 of the Local Government Code encourages LGUs to partner with "people's and non-governmental organizations to engage in the delivery of certain basic services, capability-building and livelihood projects, and to develop local enterprises designed to improve productivity and income, diversify agriculture, spur rural industrialization, promote ecological balance, and enhance the economic and social well-being of the people."

Not all are actually aware that co-operatives are peoples' organizations (POs)

Section 17 says "agriculture and fishery activities which include dispersal of livestock and poultry, fingerlings, and other seeding materials for aqua-culture; palay, corn, and vegetable seed farms; medicinal plant gardens; fruit tree, coconut, and other kinds of seedling nurseries; demonstration farms; quality control of copra and improvement and development of local distribution channels, preferably through cooperatives .

Furthermore, Section 17 requires Provinces to provide "assistance in the organization of farmers' and fishermen's cooperatives and other collective organizations."

Section 50 stipulates LGUs must create within nine days after elections committees on appropriations, women and family, human rights, youth and sports development, environmental protection, and cooperatives.

Section 149 guarantees cooperatives of marginal fishermen the "preferential right to such fishery privileges."

Section 108 requires LGUs to allow NGOs and POs to elect or "choose from among themselves their representatives to the local development councils."

Approved at the Committee level, the bills push the "mandatory appointment of a cooperative development officer in every local government unit (LGUs) in the country."  This development was lauded by the Philippine Cooperative Center and other cooperatives that were there in the congressional hearing.

If the Bill becomes a law, each LGU will have to set aside budget and appoint an officer who will ensure – full-time – the growth of cooperatives. There Are currently 27,000 co-ops registered with the Cooperative Development Authority.

Quezon City
December 5, 2019

Contact Person:

Edwin A. Bustillos
+639178017309

Diosdado L. Luna
+639175198433

Carlitos Duenas
+639228906524


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Press Release
97% voted for YES to DAVAO DE ORO

Nabunturan, Davao de Oro--- It's a resounding 97% in favor of "yes"  as Compostela Valley Province is now officially renamed to Davao de Oro with a total of 174,442 voting for YES.

"The making of history does not end here. This is only the beginning. We will work on making Davao de Oro true to its name, a province where people come, people live, and people prosper. We are Davao de Oro and this is our promise," Governor Jayvee Tyron L. Uy said following the declaration.

Governor Uy expressed his gratitude to all who took part in the making of history in the province as he thanked Congressman Manuel E. Zamora and the late Congressman Prospero Amatong who first filed the Davao de Oro bill fifteen years ago.

He also thanked the former Congressman of District -I and now Vice Governor Maricar Zamora together with District-II Congressman Ruwel Peter Gonzaga who passionately pursued the proposition three years ago and did the painstaking work of lobbying it to the House of Representatives with the counterparts of Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri and Senator Sonny Angara for doing the same in the halls of the Senate.

"We have nothing but gratitude to all who helped us in the campaign, to all local government officials, employees of the Provincial Government and everyone who helped us get the message of this renaming across, to the security sector, teachers and election officers who worked hard to give us a seamless plebiscite and most especially, to the people of Davao de Oro to whom this change is inspired, we thank them for going out last December 7 plebiscite and casting your vote, no matter what that vote is," said Governor Uy.

He added that, "our twenty years as Compostela Valley Province gave us enduring lessons- of resilience, convergence, cooperation and collective responsibility. Certainly, we will bring those ideals as Davao de Oro."

With its renaming, "Davao de Oro" aims to bring in more investments in the province since Davao Region is a bustling region with competitive business environment and a relatively peaceful province. De Oro refers to the rich/vast gold deposits found in the province were 10 of its 11 towns have gold deposits.

The final and official result was formally announced by the head of the Provincial Board of Canvassers (PBOC), COMELEC Regional Director Remlane Tambuang on December 8, 2019 at past 10 in the evening.  The total result of the voters turn-out reached 44% or 179,953 casted votes with 5,020 who voted for "No."  (Rey Antibo, ID Comval)

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Press Release
97% voted for YES to DAVAO DE ORO

Nabunturan, Davao de Oro--- It's a resounding 97% in favor of "yes"  as Compostela Valley Province is now officially renamed to Davao de Oro with a total of 174,442 voting for YES.

"The making of history does not end here. This is only the beginning. We will work on making Davao de Oro true to its name, a province where people come, people live, and people prosper. We are Davao de Oro and this is our promise," Governor Jayvee Tyron L. Uy said following the declaration.

Governor Uy expressed his gratitude to all who took part in the making of history in the province as he thanked Congressman Manuel E. Zamora and the late Congressman Prospero Amatong who first filed the Davao de Oro bill fifteen years ago.

He also thanked the former Congressman of District -I and now Vice Governor Maricar Zamora together with District-II Congressman Ruwel Peter Gonzaga who passionately pursued the proposition three years ago and did the painstaking work of lobbying it to the House of Representatives with the counterparts of Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri and Senator Sonny Angara for doing the same in the halls of the Senate.

"We have nothing but gratitude to all who helped us in the campaign, to all local government officials, employees of the Provincial Government and everyone who helped us get the message of this renaming across, to the security sector, teachers and election officers who worked hard to give us a seamless plebiscite and most especially, to the people of Davao de Oro to whom this change is inspired, we thank them for going out last December 7 plebiscite and casting your vote, no matter what that vote is," said Governor Uy.

He added that, "our twenty years as Compostela Valley Province gave us enduring lessons- of resilience, convergence, cooperation and collective responsibility. Certainly, we will bring those ideals as Davao de Oro."

With its renaming, "Davao de Oro" aims to bring in more investments in the province since Davao Region is a bustling region with competitive business environment and a relatively peaceful province. De Oro refers to the rich/vast gold deposits found in the province were 10 of its 11 towns have gold deposits.

The final and official result was formally announced by the head of the Provincial Board of Canvassers (PBOC), COMELEC Regional Director Remlane Tambuang on December 8, 2019 at past 10 in the evening.  The total result of the voters turn-out reached 44% or 179,953 casted votes with 5,020 who voted for "No."  (Rey Antibo, ID Comval)

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Posted by Rep. Josy Sy Limkaichong

Last Friday and Saturday, our office invited the Regional Director of the Department of Tourism (DOT) and the Regional Executive Director of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) as well as top officials from the Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority (TIEZA), DPWH, Coast Guard, Marina, PENRO, CENRO and Provincial Tourism Office to a familiarization tour of the 1st District of Negros Oriental and to come up with concrete plans for the development of the various destinations.

According to DOT Regional Director Shalimar Tamano, this is very timely because starting January 2020, the DOT Regional Office will be starting to craft the Central Visayas Tourism Master Plan, the first of its kind among all the DOT Regional Offices. We are happy to announce that our district is now in the radar of the Department of Tourism because of the various natural and man-made wonders our place has to offer.

Thank you to everyone who made this familiarization tour and ocular inspection a truly memorable experience for all of them.

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SEC ADVISORY

The Commission was made aware of YouTube videos featuring the alleged news relayed by anchors, ROGER ABING CAMINGAWAN and DANIEL FLASH VILLAS in their radio broadcast stating, among others, that KAPA Community Ministry International, Inc. (KAPA) will not be subjected to NBI raid since it is already registered with the Commission as a crowd funding entity as a result of the issuance of SEC Memorandum Circular No. 14, Series of 2019.

Furthermore, in the said YoutTube videos, Mr. Camingawan further declared that by virtue of Section 2 Paragraph (Q), "Registrar of Qualified Buyers," KAPA is now registered as a crowdfunding entity and that KAPA is now merely awaiting the document that authorizes them to be a crowdfunding entity.

To set the record straight, KAPA is not registered with the Commission under SEC Memorandum Circular No. 14, Series of 2019 or the Rules and Regulation Governing Crowd Funding either as a crowdfunding intermediary or funding portal, nor has it a pending application before the Commission under said Rules. Thus, KAPA is not licensed to engage in Crowd Funding.

The public is hereby warned to exercise caution in viewing these kinds of YouTube video posts as they have been found to contain false reports. Samples of these videos are attached herewith for the reference of the public.

Further, KAPA through its counsel on record has disclaimed authorizing the publication of a myriad of posts on social media claiming that only authorized officers of KAPA, namely: Rene Catubigan and Ronnie Garay may speak on behalf of the entity.

The public is reminded that on 14 February 2019, the Commission en banc issued a Cease and Desist Order against KAPA, the respondent Joel A. Apolinario and those acting for and in behalf of KAPA. The dispositive portion of said Cease and Desist Order reads, as follows:

"WHEREFORE, premises considered, KAPA COMMUNITY MINISTRY INTERNATIONAL, INC., KAPA KABUS PADATUON (ENRICH THE POOR), KAPA/KAPPA (KABUS PADUTOON) KAPA-CO CONVENIENCE STORE AND GENERAL MERCHANDISE, KAPA WORLDWIDE MINISTRY, and/or Mr. JOEL APOLINARIO, their partners, officers, directors, agents, representatives, conduits, assigns and ANY AND ALL PERSONS CLAIMING AND ACTING FOR AND IN THEIR BEHALF are hereby ordered to IMMEDIATELY CEASE Page 2 of 4 AND DESIST UNDER PAIN OF CONTEMPT, from engaging in activities of selling and/or offering for sale securities in the form of investment contracts in the guise of a donation or any other forms of the same nature, as discussed above.

Furthermore, the subject entities and individuals are directed to CEASE from promoting its investment scheme through the internet and/or delete or remove immediately the promotional presentation of such investment scheme from the websites.

Moreover, to forestall grave damage and prejudice to all concerned and to ensure the preservation of the assets for the benefit of the investors, respondents or any of their representatives, or any person/s acting for and in their behalf, and such other persons directing or controlling the activities of such corporation, officers, representatives, salesmen and agents, are all ENJOINED from a) transacting any and all business involving the funds in its depository banks, and b) from transferring, disposing or conveying in any other manner any and all assets, properties, real or personal, and including bank deposits, if any, of which the named persons herein may have any interest, claim or participation whatsoever, whether directly or indirectly, under their custody, immediately upon receipt of this Order, until further orders from this Commission.
xxx."

The said Cease and Desist Order was eventually made permanent and is in full force and effect up to the present. Further, on 3 April 2019, the Commission en banc rendered a Decision revoking the Certificate of Registration of KAPA.

Finally, the Commission had already filed a criminal complaint against KAPA and its directors, officers and agents including Joel A. Apolinario, Reyna L. Apolinario, and Margie A. Danao for violation of the Securities Regulation Code before the Department of Justice which found probable cause to indict said persons before the appropriate courts.

For the guidance of the public.

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Press Release
ATM "AWARDING OF ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE OF TITLES (OCT's)" - 44 BENEFICIARIES of Villegas-Landing Homeowners Association (HOA) at Visayan Village, Tagum City. The awarding of ceremony led by City Mayor Allan Rellon, Officials from National Housing Authority (NHA), City Officials together with the Office of City Housing and Land Management, City Officials, Local Housing Board Members and City Departments Heads.
#TagumTagumpay
CIO TAGUM

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Lechon (roasted pig) in the Philippines.

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Some useful information I found shared by a friend. Worth a read

That bite of summer has well and truly come early this year and with that heat, comes snakes.
This article was written by Rob Timmings
Rob runs a medical/nursing education business Teaching nurses, doctors and paramedics. It's well worth the read
#ECT4Health

3000 bites are reported annually.
300-500 hospitalisations
2-3 deaths annually.

Average time to death is 12 hours.  The urban myth that you are bitten in the yard and die before you can walk from your chook pen back to the house is a load of rubbish.

While not new, the management of snake bite (like a flood/fire evacuation plan or CPR) should be refreshed each season.

Let's start with a
Basic overview.

There are five genus of snakes that will harm us (seriously)
Browns, Blacks, Adders, Tigers and Taipans.

All snake venom is made up of huge proteins (like egg white).  When bitten, a snake injects some venom into the meat of your limb (NOT into your blood).

This venom can not be absorbed into the blood stream from the bite site.

It travels in a fluid transport system in your body called the lymphatic system (not the blood stream).

Now this fluid (lymph) is moved differently to blood.
Your heart pumps blood around, so even when you are lying dead still, your blood still circulates around the body.   Lymph fluid is different.   It moves around with physical muscle movement like bending your arm, bending knees, wriggling fingers and toes, walking/exercise etc.

Now here is the thing.  Lymph fluid becomes blood after these lymph vessels converge to form one of two large vessels (lymphatic trunks)which are connected to veins at the base of the neck.

Back to the snake bite site.
When bitten, the venom has been injected into this lymph fluid (which makes up the bulk of the water in your tissues).

The only way that the venom can get into your blood stream is to be moved from the bite site in the lymphatic vessels. The only way to do this is to physically move the limbs that were bitten.

Stay still!!!  Venom can't move if the victim doesn't move.
Stay still!!

Remember people are not bitten into their blood stream.

In the 1980s a technique called Pressure immobilisation bandaging was developed to further retard venom movement. It completely stops venom /lymph transport toward the blood stream.

A firm roll bandage is applied directly over the bite site (don't wash the area).

Technique:
Three steps: keep them still
Step 1
Apply a bandage over the bite site, to an area about 10cm above and below the bite.
Step 2:
Then using another elastic roller bandage, apply a firm wrap from Fingers/toes all the way to the armpit/groin.

The bandage needs to be firm, but not so tight that it causes fingers or toes to turn purple or white. About the tension of a sprain bandage.

Step 3:
Splint the limb so the patient can't walk or bend the limb.

Do nots:
Do not cut, incise or suck the venom.
Do not EVER use a tourniquet
Don't remove the shirt or pants - just bandage over the top of clothing.
Remember movement (like wriggling out of a shirt or pants) causes venom movement.

DO NOT try to catch, kill or identify the snake!!!   This is important.

In hospital we NO LONGER NEED to know the type of snake; it doesn't change treatment.

5 years ago we would do a test on the bite, blood or urine to identify the snake so the correct anti venom can be used.
BUT NOW...
we don't do this.   Our new Antivenom neutralises the venoms of all the 5 listed snake genus, so it doesn't matter what snake bit the patient.

Read that again-  one injection for all snakes!
Polyvalent is our one shot wonder, stocked in all hospitals, so most hospitals no longer stock specific Antivenins.

Australian snakes tend to have 3 main effects in differing degrees.

Bleeding - internally and bruising.
Muscles paralysed causing difficulty talking, moving & breathing.
Pain
In some snakes severe muscle pain in the limb, and days later the bite site can break down forming a nasty wound.

Allergy to snakes is rarer than winning lotto twice.

Final tips:  not all bitten people are envenomated and only those starting to show symptoms above are given antivenom.

Did I mention to stay still.
~Rob Timmings
Kingston/Robe Health Advisory
#vrarescue #snakebite

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OPENING REMARKS
RDC XI 4TH QUARTER/YEAR-END MEETING
6 December 2019
Governor Jayvee Tyron L. Uy
RDC XI Chairperson

I am indeed humbled to be entrusted by no less than President Rodrigo Duterte with this duty to lead the Regional Development Council for Davao Region for 2019-2022. It is my first full council meeting as your new Chair and no word can describe the excitement I feel with this opportunity to work with all of you, dynamic and competent development leaders of our region.

In the RDC Advisory Meeting held last month, Congressman Isidro Ungab cited that Davao Region's economy is growing faster than the National Capital Region. In fact, our region's average economic growth is way higher than the national average. With this feat, this RDC has a big task on its shoulders- to sustain these gains and bring the economic trajectory of the region even further.

The task of sustaining these milestones is not easy. There are a lot of factors, both external and internal that may hamper our growth. For instance, we were not spared by the damages brought by the strong earthquake that hit last month. In our region, Davao del Sur suffered the strongest impacts. Natural disasters alongside insurgency and other threats still makes our economy fragile.

Aware of our vulnerabilities, we are still optimistic. This is because we are also confident of our assets and strengths. Our leaders and stakeholders are united, our direction is clear, and no less than the President of the Republic and key cabinet secretaries are from our region. The tempo and the right elements are with us.

We know that development is correlated with all other issues, the problem of long standing insurgency in the region is the most pressing. As someone who led the Regional Peace and Order Council for three years and as a provincial governor of a province long affected by these conflicts, I know for a fact that development spells the difference between peace and conflict. The less developed communities are also the areas where insurgency is most persistent. This correlation is undeniable. This only proves the importance of RDC. As a council, we are tasked to push for projects that will bring development to where it is needed. It is within our powers to propose for projects that will help enhance the economy and thereby opening opportunities for many.

Just recently, we launched the Regional Operations Center of the Task Force-End Local Communist Armed Conflicts. This may be a security-specific measure but the participation of RDC provides the development aspect of it.

We are also assured that with the oath taking of special non-voting members today, our council's perspective will be diverse. Today, we shall also complete the full re-organization of RDC XI as our sectoral and special committee chairpersons will also take their oath. This will further strengthen the coordinative mechanisms set by RDC XI.

The work on our shoulders are indeed hard but Theodore Roosevelt leaves us one food for thought, "Far and away, the greatest prize one can have in life is to work hard at work worth doing".

May we have a productive and fruitful discussion.

Thank you very much!

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By ABS-CBN Southern Mindanao
GIPATAY SA KAUBAN SA TRABAHO

Gipusil-patay sa iyang kainom sa mining tunnel sa Mascareg, Brgy. Anitapan, Mabini, ComVal niadtong Huwebes sa gabii si Ponciano Lopez.

Personal nga bikil ang gilantawng motibo sa krimen sa Mabini Police, ug giilang person of interest si alyas Diego Maglasang nga iyang kauban sa trabaho ug kainom niadtong tungura.

Ginapahigayon na ang manhunt operation sa kapulisan.

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SPCT MONKAYO DAVAO DE ORO
SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY
NAHIMUTANG KINI SA P-2 SAMUAG POBLACION MONKAYO DAVAO DE ORO
NAGA DAWAT UG MGA ESTUDYANTE NGA KUNG KINSA ANG GUSTO NGA MAG TUON NIINING SMAW(SHIELDED METAL ARC WELDING NCII UBOS NIINING PROGRAMA SA UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO QUALITY TERTIARY EDUCATION
TRAINING SLOT -25PAX
TRAINING TIME 8AM TO 3PM  ONE HOUR BREAK
TRAINING DURATION 45 DAYS(268 HOURS

BENEFITS
FREE TRAINING
FREE ASSESSMENT
ALLOWANCE WORTH P5,000 EVERY SEMESTER

MISCELANEOUS:
STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICE
MEDICAL-DENTAL SERVICE
ID CARD
ACCIDENT INSURANCE \ YEAR
FREE STARTER TOOLKIT(WELDING MACHINE AND OTHER TOOLS EQUIPMENT

QUALIFICATION OF BENEFICIARIES
FILIPINO CITIZEN
15 YRS OF AGE
MUST BE AT LEAST HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE OR HIGH SCHOOL COMPLETER OR ALS GRADUATE

WITH ANNUAL FAMILY INCOME OF THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND(3000,000.00) AND BELOW

DOCUMENTARY REQUIREMENT
BIRTH CERTIFECATE(MARRIAGE CERTIFECATE FOR MARRIED WOMAN ) IN LONG BROWN ENVELOPE

2.1-FORM 137 OR
2.2-FORM 138 (REPORT CARD) OR
2.3-HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA OR
2.4-HONORABLE DISMISSAL FOR COLLEGE UNDER GRADUATE
3.1 CERTIFICATE OF INDIGENCY FROM MSWD OR CERTIFICATE OF LOW INCOME FROM BARANGAY
PWD ID FOR DIFFERENTLY-ABLE PERSON

NON-ELIGIBILITY TO FREE
TECHNICAL-VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING
-LEARNERS WHO HAVE OBTAINED A BACHELOR"S DEGREE
-LEARNERS WHO ARE ALREADY HOLDERS OF A CERTFICATE OR DEPLOMA FOR A THECNICAL-VOCATIONAL COURSE EQUIVALENT TO NATIONAL CERTIFICATE LEVEL III OR HIGHER
-LEARNER WHO FAIL IN PUBLIC TVET PROGRAM NOT REGISTERED/RECOGNIZED UNDER TESDA  AND
-LEARNERS WHO VOLUNTARILY OPT OUT OF FREE TVET PROVITION
-NO DUAL AVAILMENT OF SCHOOLARSHIP GRANT

CURRENT STUDENT/TRAINEES OF ANY GOVERMENT SPONSORED PROGRAM CANNOT AVAIL ANOTHER SCHOOLARSHIP

NOTE:
SPCT ADMIN WILL PRIORITIZE APPLICANTS WHO ALREDY SUBMITTED THEIR RESPECTIVE REQUIRMENTS AND THUS WHO WILL UNDERGO THE SAID ORIENTATION.

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All qualified applicants are enjoined to submit application letter (please indicate position title, item number and department/office), Personal Data Sheet (PDS) with recent passport-sized picture (CS Form No. 212 revised 2017), copy of IPCR (latest rating period), potential assessment rating signed by immediate supervisor (for employed applicants, form available at the HRMD), copy of eligibility and TOR to the HRMD not later than December 12, 2019. Applicants may also send their applications thru the e-mail address: hrmd@nea.gov.ph. Previous applicants to republished position/s need to submit their updated PDS and application letter. For those who are applying to more than one (1) position, please submit complete attachments for each position/item. Only applications with complete attachments will be accepted.

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Press Release
LTO:  NC-II bilang Student Permit (SP) requirement, isang Fake News

Quezon City, Philippines--Nilinaw ngayon ng Land Transportation Office (LTO) na isang fake news ang kumakalat na Facebook (FB) post ukol sa pangangailangan ng National Certificate (NC) II sa pagkuha ng Student Permit (SP), at pareho lamang ang ibibigay na exam para sa Non Professional at Professional.

Ayon sa LTO, MALI AT IRESPONSABLE ang naturang post.

Totoong may pagbabago sa proseso ng pagkuha ng Student Permit at lisensya. Ito ay alinsunod sa Republic Act No. 10930, ang batas na nagpapahaba ng bisa ng lisensya at nagbibigay-parusa sa mga aksyon na lumalabag sa pag-isyu at aplikasyon nito, at sa Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) nito.

Inatasan ng batas ang LTO na gumawa ng mga prerequisites, at gabay upang masiguro na mga karapat-dapat na aplikanteng drayber na may karampatang kakayahan at kaalaman sa road safety at proper road courtesy lamang ang mabibigyan ng lisensya. Ito ay para iangat ang kalidad ng paglilisensya sa mga karapat-dapat na drayber sa ating bansa, at upang masiguro ang kaligtasan sa mga lansangan at maiwasan ang disgrasya sa daan.

Sa ngayon, inaayos na ng Ahensya ang mga detalye na magiging gabay sa pagpapatupad ng batas.

Maglalabas ng anunsyo ang Ahensya ukol sa mga naturang pagbabago.

Maaaring ma-download ang batas at ang IRR nito sa lto.gov.ph

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DUHA PATAY,TULO SAMARAN SA BANGGA SA TULO KA SAKYANAN SA SANTA CRUZ,DAVAO DEL SUR KAGABII

By ABS-CBN Southern Mindanao:: Nabanggaan sa usa ka FB Van ang tricycle,motorsiklo ug usa ka bystander sa highway sa Barangay Coronon,Santa Cruz Davao Del Sur pasado alas otso kagabii.

Dead on arrival sa Davao Del Sur Provincial hospital sila Rhea Mae Sanchez 22 anyos ug Justia Villaflor 1 year old.

Sakay sa tricycle ang duha nga gimaneho ni Justin Villaflor nga naangul sab panghitabo.

Subay sa imbestigasyon sa Santa Cruz Police, paspas ang padagan sa Van padulong sa davao nga gimaneho ni Erwin Bituin dihang na-overshoot sa kalsada ug mitabok sa pikas lane hinungdang nabangaan niini ang tricycle.

Nadamay pa sa bangga ang nagmotorsiklo nga Arnold Pezon ug usa ka bystander sa lugar nga si Renberic Tagaod nga parehong gipangtambalan sa hospital.

Photos:Santa Cruz Police

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Press Release
GOVERNORs' PERFORMANCE 2019
BENserbisyo EVARDONE
"Eastern Samar...Aton Probinsya, Tawo Iton UNA"
Binisita An Brgy. Iwayan, Oras  Komo Kaparte Han Panginano Kun Ano An Mga Kahimtang Han Kabarangayan.
Disyembre 5 Huwebes

Mahuman mag 'turn-over han 160 kasako nga bugas ha munsipyo han Oras, Sinirangan Samar, nagdiretso an Team Performance ngadto ha Brgy. Iwayan, Oras nga maabot trenta minutos nga byahe pinaagi hin pagsakay han sampan o di- makina nga baloto. Dinhe, dara na gihapon han grupo an ayuda nga bugas para han Brgy. Iwayan, nga kaparte han 160 kasako para ha bungto han Oras. Hine nga panhatag hin bugas tikan han pondo han probinsya, una na dinhe nga kinarawat an Arteche nga maabot 130 kasako ngan sinundan han Jipapad nga mayda 104 kasako hin bugas nga nahipadangat. Ngan posible naman sumunod an bungto han Maslog.

Iguin promiso ni Gob. Ben Evardone han mga molopyo han Brgy. Iwayan nga mabalik pa gihapon an grupo hine nga barangay dire na hiunong hin kalamidad kundi an padayon nga panginano han mga proyekto labi na pagtuman hin kalsada agud makab-ot na ine nga lugar pinaagi hin 'land transportation'. Usa pa dinhe an paghuman han covered court nga aada pala ha Phase1 an natrabaho.

Ha parte han panlawas, iguin malipay gihapon igsumat han Gobernador, an mga poyde na matagamtaman nga programa han gobyerno labi na "Universal Health Care" (UHC), an ngatanan libre na han Philhealth. Ha 'Provincial Hospital' ginbubuhat na gihap an "Libre Na, Libre Pa" pinaagi han pag asister han "Malasakit Center" nga aada an 'one stop shop' nga pagproseso han mga libre nga programa.

Kanan ha pag-aradman naman, labot la nga libre naman an Edukasyon o libre na an 'tuition fees', guin siguro na an pondo ha tuig 2020, an hingyap ni Gob. Ben nga matagan naman hin libre nga 'allowance' an mga estudyante para han transportasyon ngan 'miscellaneous expenses' bisan pa ha pag-abot han pag 'review' nga ma eksamin han 'board exams' mayda liwat naka alutaga nga pondo para dinhe.

Sireng niya, ine nga katumanan, dara na ine han solido nga pagkaurusa han Team Performance mas hapsay an madadangatanan nga mga kaupayan para han mga kabarangayan dara han pagbinubligay nira han Kongresista, Maria Fe Abunda upod hi Bise-Gobernador Maricar Sison Goteesan ngan han mga Board Members ug iba pa nga mga opisyales.

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Press Release
Maguindanao Government nagpaabot ng tulong sa mga naapektuhan ng tensyon sa SPMS Box

Dalawang dumptruck na lulan ng libo-libong food items ang ipinagkaloob ng Provincial Government ng Maguindanao sa mga residenteng lumikas matapos maapektuhan ng tensyon sa nagpapatuloy na pagtugis ng militar kontra mga armadong grupo sa SPMS Box partikular sa mga liblib na Baranggay ng Shariff Saidona Mustapha.

Ang mga lumikas na pamilya mula Shariff Saidona Mustapha ay pansamatalang nanuluyan sa katabing mga baranggay nito sa Shariff Aguak.

Kahapon, base na rin sa direktiba ni Maguindanao Governor Bai Mariam Sangki Mangudadatu ay tinungo ng PDRRMO katuwang ang militar ang Evacuation Site at pinagkalooban ng tulong ang mga bakwit na pansamantalang nanunuluyan sa mga ng Brgy. ng Tapikan, Brgy Lepok, Brgy Bagong Upam, Brgy Bialong, Brgy Malingaw, Brgy Tina  at Brgy Kuloy sa Shariff Aguak.

Nanguna rin sa relief distribution ang former 2 termer Shariff Aguak Mayor Bai Zahara Upam Ampatuan.

Nagpapasalamat naman ang mga naabutan ng tulong mula sa itinuturing na Agila ng Maguindanao.

Samantala patuloy naman ang pagsisikap ng bagong Administrasyon sa Maguindanao na tuluyang matugunan na ang matagal ng problema sa SPMS Box.

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PNP Spot Report
"He that plants trees loves others besides himself"

December 8, 2019, Sarangani Provincial Mobile Force Company participated the Bamboo Planting and Clean-Up Drive Activity of Mindanao State University- General Santos City in partnership with the Sangguniang Kabataan Council and the Brgy Council of Lun Padidu together with Mr Rex Lipang and Mr Jerson Santillan, PAC members and of course AKLAT CLUB officers also participated on the said activity at Purok Baguan, Brgy Lun Padidu, Malapatan, Sarangani Province.

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By MindaNet Balita
Pulis nga wanted sa pagpusil sa iyang opisyal napatay sa manhunt operation

Napatay sa gilusad nga manhunt operation sa kapulisan si Patrolman John Paul Gerida, 28, karong buntag lang didto sa Bunawan, Agusan del Sur.
Si Gerida mao ang mipusil sa ulo kang Lt.Colonel Rex Lomente, Force Commander sa 2nd Agusan del Sur Police Provincial Mobile Force Company niadtong Biyernes sa gabii didto mismo sa opisina sa headquarters sa Bunawan. Gipatawag matod pa sa opisyal niadtong higayona ang suspek ug gibadlong gumikan kay matod pa hubog kini. Wala nadugay sa ilang panag-istorya, gipusil ni Gerida si Lomente.

Kagahapon lang, gihatagan og 72 oras nga ultimatum ang suspek aron mohimo sa pagsurender ug atubangon ang nahimong salaod.

Aduna usab 50K nga gipatong sa ulo sa maong pulis aron mapadali ang pagkasikop niini.

via RICHARD GRANDE/NEWS 106

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A big-time syndicate behind the sale of fake gold bars was cornered during an entrapment operations by city police operatives last Sunday.
      SP03 Chito Redulla, chief of investigation, said that as of 4:00 o'clock yesterday afternoon, six victims from various towns surfaced at the city PNP headquarters to confirm that the same group  victi- 
mized them of cash by selling a gold bar priced at P250,000 per kilo.
     The entrapment operations near Englewood Hospital arrested five members of the syndicate formerly based in Cagayan de Oro City. 
:: source: Bohol Chronicle, March 08, 2000

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SOLONS PUSH FOR REMOVING TEACHERS FROM NON-TEACHING FUNCTIONS
Press Release::
[ACT-CIS Rep. Tulfo wants alternative learning solution, more reading mentors to address poor reading comprehension]

In the wake of the bottom-scraping results of Filipino students' rankings in a global survey of 79 countries, some lawmakers have solutions to the quality issues in basic education, particular on reading comprehension, the plight of teachers, and funding.

Biñan City Rep. Marlyn Alonte has authored HB 5562 or the "Bawas Non-Teaching Load Act" to unburden teachers of all non-teaching workload, while Bohol 3rd District Rep. Alexie Tutor has proposed her 'School Health & Safety Act' (House Bill 4232) to remove teachers from social work and school health functions.

Meanwhile, ACT-CIS Party-List Rep. Jocelyn P. Tulfo wants non-readers grouped into an alternative learning track to directly address their reading challenges.

House Bill 4232 seeks to establish the School Health and Safety Office in each public school. The SHSO would be manned by qualified, licensed, and certified personnel while House Bill 5562 provides that appropriate and qualified administrative personnel shall be responsible for the performance and discharge of non-classroom teaching functions and roles on campus so that teachers can better focus on classroom teaching.

KABAYAN Party-list Rep. Ron Salo said he will co-author both HB 5562 and HB 4232. "Both bills seek to unburden public school teachers of non-teaching responsibilities heaped upon them by various regulations of  the Department of Education. When teachers are unloaded of their add-on administrative work such as property custodianship and recorders of financial transactions, they can focus on their real work in the classroom," he said.

ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Jocelyn Tulfo suggested an alternative learning path for students with reading challenges and education bonds and foreign aid to fund quality improvement programs.

She said, "reading comprehension is a particularly difficult challenge because of the intense poverty most public school elementary and high school students face every day. Most elementary school graduates are non-readers."

"Hindi dapat ipasa sa high school teachers ang problema na dapat na-address na bago pa man mag-graduate ang bata sa Grade 6, dahil pati high school nadadamay sa reading problem," the congresswoman said.

ALTERNATIVE LEARNING SOLUTION

"To address the Reading problem, I suggest that after Grade 3, for pupils with significant reading comprehension difficulties, there be a special Alternative Learning System (ALS) intervention curriculum run by the DepEd's Education for Learners with Special Needs Office (ELSNO). However long it takes for them to reach the reading standard of Grade 6 level, they stay in the ALS until they graduate," Tulfo said.

Tulfo added that "for current students in Grades 4, 5 and 6 the same ALS curriculum for non-readers should be able to absorb those students and prevent the non-reading problem from spreading to high school."

"Ga-graduate pa rin ang non-reader elementary pupils at high school students; ngunit ibang curriculum, ALS for Non-Readers na ang dadaanan nila sa halip na regular curriculum, dahil sa mayroon silang special needs na may kinalaman sa hirap sa pagbabasa," Tulfo explained.

"To implement this, DepEd must hire more teachers with special training on students with reading challenges. I believe there is no other way to go about this massive reading problem in our public elementary schools," Tulfo said. (END)

Reference: OMNIBUS NEWS RELEASE - 09177292437
Rep. Jocelyn P. Tulfo, ACT-CIS Party-list
Rep. Marlyn 'Len' Alonte, Binan City
Rep. Ron P. Salo, KABAYAN Party-list
Rep. Alexie B. Tutor, Bohol Province 3rd District

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Revenue Code of the Philippines
SECTION 254. Attempt to Evade or Defeat Tax. - Any person who willfully attempts in any manner to evade or defeat any tax imposed under this Code or the payment thereof shall, in addition to the other penalties provided by law, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not less than Thirty thousand pesos (P30,000.00) but not more than One hundred thousand pesos (P100,000.00) and suffer imprisonment of not less than two (2) years but not more than four (4) years: Provided, That the conviction or acquittal obtained under this Section shall not be a bar to the filing of a civil suit for the collection of taxes.

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G.R. No. 196256

December 05, 2016

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, V. WILLY VALLAR, HERACLEO VALLAR, JR. (A.K.A. ORACLEO VALLAR, JR.) DANNY VALLAR, AND EDGARDO MABELIN, ACCUSED, HERACLEO VALLAR, JR. (A.K.A. ORACLEO VALLAR, JR.), ACCUSED-APPELLANT. DECISION

SERENO, C.J.:

This is an appeal from the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) affirming the Decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Gingoog City, Branch 27. The RTC found appellant Oracleo Vallar, Jr. (Oracleo) guilty of the crime of robbery with homicide, attended by the aggravating circumstance of employment of disguise and abuse of superior strength.
THE INFORMATION
Criminal Case No. 89-323

That on or about the 21st day of June 1989, at more or less 7:00 o'clock in the evening, at San Isidro, Malibud, Gingoog City, Philippines and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused, conspiring, confederating together and mutually helping one another, armed with high powered firearms and bladed weapon with which the accused were conveniently provided, did then and there wilfully, unlawfully and feloniously and by means of violence, with intent of gain and against the consent of the owner, take, steal and carry away cash money worth Fifteen Thousand (P15,000.00) Pesos belonging to Eugracia Bagabaldo, to the damage and prejudice of the said owner in the aforementioned sum of P15,000.00, Philippine currency, and that on the occasion of said robbery, the said accused in pursuance of their conspiracy, did then and there unlawfully and feloniously with treachery and evident premeditation, taking advantage of their superior number and strength, treacherously attack assault, shoot and stab the person of Cipriano Opiso, thereby wounding him on the epigastric area penetrating abdominal cavity and other parts of his body, and perform all acts of execution which would have killed said Cipriano Opiso as a consequence thereof, but nevertheless did not produce it by reason of causes independent of the will of the accused that is because of the timely and able medical attendance given to Opiso which prevented his death, and also the said accused in pursuance of their conspiracy, did then and there unlawfully and feloniously with treachery and evident premeditation, taking advantage of their superior number and strength, treacherously attack, shoot, assault and violate the person of Eutracio Bagabaldo, without giving Bagabaldo the chance to defend himself, inflicting upon Bagabaldo gunshot wounds on the left auxiliary region, left side of the face and other parts of his body resulting to the instantaneous death of Eufracio Bagabaldo. That the offense was committed with the aggravating circumstances of nighttime, band, evident premeditation, use of disguise, taking advantage of treachery and superior strength to facilitate the commission of the crime.
Contrary to and in violation of Article 293 in relation to Article 294 and Article 14, paragraphs 6, 13, 14, 15 and 16 of the Revised Penal Code.[3]

EVIDENCE PRESENTED
According to the prosecution, the robbery incident occurred around seven o'clock in the evening of 21 June 1989. At the time, Cipriano Opiso (Opiso) was sitting on a bench alongside the store of Eufracio Bagabaldo (Eufracio), when the following persons arrived, all wearing masks: Willy Vallar (Willy), Danny Vallar (Danny), Oracleo and Edgardo Mabelin (Edgardo).[4] Willy pointed his M14 rifle to the left side of the body of Opiso and said, "Don't move because this is a robbery." The latter managed to stand up, hold the muzzle of the gun and raise it upward, after which it exploded hitting the top of his head. Opiso continued to grapple for possession of the rifle and, in the process, unmasked Willy.[5] Suddenly, accused Oracleo moved toward Opiso and stabbed the latter in the stomach. Willy pushed Opiso, who fell to the bench, pleading "Do not kill me because I will die with this wound already."[6] Willy and Danny left Opiso and proceeded into the store. Edgardo and Oracleo remained on the roadside and served as lookouts.[7]
Once inside, Danny and Willy pointed their weapons at the spouses Eufracio and Pedrita Bagabaldo. Danny fired his pistol into the air and declared, "Money, this is a robbery." Unnoticed by the accused, Oscar Omac (Omac), the Bagabaldos' household helper, hid beside a table, from which he witnessed the entire incident. Meanwhile, Pedrita begged for their lives and placed P15,000 cash on the table upon which Danny put the cash inside a bag. Unsatisfied, he demanded for more money, but Pedrita explained that it was the only amount left.[8] Thereafter, he and Willy held Eufracio by his shirt collar and dragged him outside the store. Pedrita ran to the kitchen to hide.[9]
Meanwhile, Opiso was crawling towards the residence of Eufracio for safety when he heard two gunshots.[10] Pedrita,[11] Omac,[12] and a neighbour—Paterio Denoso (Denoso)—also heard the gunshots.[13] Denoso immediately went out to check what happened. On the way, he heard footsteps so he hid himself behind tall grasses. From his position, he recognized Willy and three other persons. After the four left, Denoso continued towards the Bagabaldo residence and found Eufracio lying on the ground dead.[14] The latter's remains were then brought inside the house, while Opiso was rushed to the hospital.[15]
The post-mortem report prepared by the medico-legal officer of Gingoog City revealed that Eufracio sustained a gunshot wound in the brain. Meanwhile, the medical examination of Opiso showed that the victim sustained a two-centimeter stab wound that penetrated his abdominal cavity and would have caused his death if not for the timely medical treatment.[16]
During trial, Opiso claimed that though the other accused wore masks, he was able to recognize their identity because he had known them personally for twenty years from the time that they were still students.[17] Omac testified that he clearly saw Willy's face; recognized Danny based on his stature, voice and mannerism; and was very familiar with the Vallar brothers, because they were residents of Malibud.[18] Meanwhile, Candelaria Solijon testified that on the day of the incident, at around six o'clock in the afternoon, she saw the four accused walking together.[19]
For his defense, Willy denied commiting the crime and claimed that he was working as a farmer at the time of the incident.[20] Danny also denied any involvement, explaining that he was with his family inside their house at that time.[21] Meanwhile, Edgardo testified that during the date and time of the incident, he was in Cagayan de Oro City busy tending the farmland owned by one Oscar Ramos.[22]
Oracleo likewise invoked the defenses of denial and alibi, averring that he was at the Gingoog City Junior College attending his classes, at around 5:30 and 7:30p.m on the date of the incident. He further asserted that after his last class on that day, he accompanied his girlfriend-classmate to her residence in Recurro, Gingoog City, and even met another classmate named Cecilia Bitangcor (Bitangcor) on the way. He further alleged that after conducting his girlfriend to her house, he proceeded to his residence at Lapak, Gingoog City. To corroborate his story, he presented his teacher Sheila Daapong (Daapong) who claimed that Oracleo attended both classes and even took the quizzes scheduled at 5:30 to 6:30 and at 6:30 to 7:30p.m. Bitangcor also testified that she met Oracleo and his girlfriend at around eight o'clock on the date of the incident on Motoomull Street, Gingoog City.[23]
THE RTC RULING
In a Decision dated 20 July 2002, the RTC found Willy, Danny, Oracleo, and Edgardo guilty of the crime of robbery with homicide and frustrated homicide attended by the aggravating circumstance of employment of disguise and commission of the crime by a band.[24] Appellants were sentenced to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua and to indemnify the offended parties—Pedrita in the amounts of P100,000 as moral damages and P50,000 as compensatory damages; and to Opiso the amount of P50,000 for actual expenses and P30,000 for moral damages.[25] With respect to Willy who had already died, his criminal liability was deemed extinguished pursuant to Article 89, par. 1 of the Revised Penal Code.[26]
The trial court gave no credence to the defenses of denial and alibi proffered by the accused. The RTC reiterated the time-honored principle that the defense of alibi cannot prevail over the positive declaration of witnesses who have convincingly identified the accused as the perpetrators of the crime charged.[27] In particular, with regard to Oracleo's defense, the RTC observed that the testimony of Daapong was vague, as she admitted that there were errors in her class record and that, at times, she did not check attendance in her classes. Furthermore, none of Oracleo's classmates were presented to prove his allegation, except Bitangcor who was absent from class that evening.[28] The RTC further noted that the accused Willy, Danny, Oracleo, and Edgar were charged with robbery in Criminal Case No. 89-395.[29] In sum, the trial court concluded that the prosecution was able to prove their guilt, and that the offense was attended by the aggravating circumstance of employment of disguise and commission of the crime by a band.[30] Thereafter, Edgar and Oracleo elevated their conviction to the CA.
THE CA RULING
The CA rendered a Decision[31] modifying that of the RTC. The appellate court found accused-appellants guilty of the crime of robbery with homicide only, attended by the aggravating circumstances of employment of disguise and abuse of superior strength. The award of P50,000 compensatory damages was deleted; and instead, both accused-appellants were ordered to pay each of the offended parties P25,000 as temperate damages. The moral damages awarded to Pedrita were reduced from P100,000 to P50,000. Accused-appellants were further ordered to pay civil indemnity to Pedrita in the amount of P50,000, as well as exemplary damages to each of the offended parties in the amount of P25,000, plus costs of the suit.[32]
The CA was convinced that the prosecution witnesses, specifically Opiso, had positively identified accused-appellants Oracleo and Edgardo as among the four perpetrators of the crime.[33 ]As for the defense, the CA ruled that the two accused-appellants had failed to prove that it was physically impossible for them to have been at or near the scene of the crime.[34]
Appellant perfected his appeal to this Court with the timely filing of a Notice of Appeal. He and the Solicitor General separately manifested that they would adopt their respective briefs filed before the CA as their supplemental briefs.
ISSUE
Whether there is proof beyond reasonable doubt that appellant is guilty of the crime of robbery with homicide, attended by the aggravating circumstances of employment of disguise and abuse of superior strength.
OUR RULING
We deny the appeal.
There is no merit in the contentions that the testimonies on the exact participation of accused-appellant were inconclusive and unreliable.[35] A judicious review of the records shows that the testimonies of the prosecution witnesses—especially Opiso—were clear, categorical and straightforward. While it is true that none of the prosecution witnesses directly saw the face of accused-appellant, Opiso positively identified him because of the latter's utmost familiarity with appellant's physical build and bodily actions. Opiso had personally known the four accused for about 20 years, because they were residents of the same barangay, and they used to buy from the store.[36]
Further, there is no merit in the contention of appellant that the testimony of his teacher substantially corroborated his defense that he was attending class at the time of the incident.[37] We quote with approval the CA's conclusions:

Appellant Oracleo apparently failed to establish the requisite physical impossibility of his having been at the locus and tempus of the crime's commission. The locus criminis was merely five (5) kilometres away from Gingoog City proper—the place where appellant claims he was when the crime was committed. It must be noted that several public utility jeepneys and private motorcycles are plying the route. Besides, the Barangay of San Isidro, Malibud, Gingoog City could be reached in only about thirty (3) minutes from the City proper.
Furthermore, Sheila Daapong's testimony to the effect that appellant Oracleo continuously attended her classes on June 21, 1989 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. cannot be heavily relied upon inasmuch as she herself admitted that she was not checking the attendance of her students in class. And even assuming that Oracleo indeed took the quizzes she gave in her two classes, it was not concretely proven that appellant stayed in school for the whole period from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. As a matter of fact, Ms. Daapong even declared that her students could very well finish the examinations in thirty (30) minutes. Given these circumstances, it is highly probable that appellant had finished the examinations in the second subject and left the class before 7:00p.m.
Similarly futile is the testimony of Ma. Cecilia Bitangcor that she met Oracleo and his girlfriend-classmate, Merlin Lupoy at J. Motoomull Street, Gingoog City, at around 8:00 o'clock in the evening of June 21, 1989. Ms. Bitangcor's testimony could not concretely support appellant's defense of alibi as the robbery-shooting incident happened at around 7:00 o'clock in the evening. Appellant failed to establish his physical impossibility of being at the crime scene an hour before his alleged meeting with Ms. Bitangor at J. Motoomull Street, Gingoog City.[38]

Time and again, We have held that that the factual findings of the trial court involving the credibility of witnesses are accorded respect especially when affirmed by the CA.[39] This is clearly because the trial judge was the one who personally heard the accused and the witnesses and observed their demeanor, as well as the manner in which they testified during trial. Accordingly, the trial court is in a better position to assess and weigh the evidence presented during trial.[40] Here, the trial court and the CA gave full weight to the testimonies of the prosecution witnesses, and We find no compelling reason to disturb their assessment.
Appellants were properly convicted of robbery with homicide
We agree with the CA however, m its
modification of the crime to robbery with homicide:

Concerning the legal characterization of the crime, the Court finds that its proper designation is not robbery with homicide and frustrated homicide, as inaccurately labelled by the prosecution and unwittingly adopted by the trial court, but is simply one of robbery with homicide. It has been jurisprudentially settled that the term homicide in Article 294, paragraph 1, of the Revised Penal Code is to be used in its generic sense, to embrace not only acts that result in death, but all other acts producing any bodily injury short of death. It is thus characterized as such regardless of the number of homicides committed and the physical injuries inflicted.[41]

We also agree with the CA when it corrected the trial court's appreciation of the aggravating circumstances present at that time. While both lower courts properly appreciated the aggravating circumstance of employment of disguise, the commission of a crime by a band was not established because only Willy, Danny and Oracleo were proven to have carried arms.[42] Nevertheless, the CA properly appreciated the aggravating circumstance of superior strength, considering the number of malefactors and the kind of weapons used in facilitating the commission of the crime.
Because the crime was attended by two aggravating circumstances, the appropriate penalty should be reclusion perpetua[43] in lieu of death, pursuant to R.A. 9346.[44]
Civil Aspect of the Case
In robbery with homicide, civil indemnity and moral damages are awarded automatically without need of allegation and evidence other than the death of the victim owing to the crime.[45] The CA was correct in granting these awards, except that for Pedrita, the amount that should be granted is P100,000 in conformity with prevailing jurisprudence.[46] Opiso, as a victim who suffered mortal or fatal wounds and could have died if not for timely medical intervention, is also entitled to civil indemnity and moral damages in the amount of P75,000.[47]
The CA further awarded exemplary damages in view of the two aggravating circumstances of disguise and abuse of superior strength. We, however, modify the amount that should be awarded from P25,000 to P100,000 for Pedrita, and P25,000 to P75,000 for Opiso. As for temperate damages, the CA awarded Pedrita and Opiso temperate damages in the amount of P25,000 in lieu of actual damages, it having been shown that she suffered some pecuniary losses, though its amount could not be proven with certainty. In line with prevailing jurisprudence, We increase Pedrita's award of temperate damages to P50,000.[48]
WHEREFORE, the Petition is DENIED. The CA Decision dated 9 December 2010 in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 00158-MIN convicting appellant Heracleo Vallar, Jr. (a.k.a. Oracleo Vallar, Jr.) of the crime of robbery with homicide is AFFIRMED with MODIFICATIONS. For Pedrita Bagabaldo: (a) civil indemnity and moral damages are increased from P50,000 to P100,000, respectively; (b) exemplary damages are also increased from P25,000 to P100,000; and (c) temperate damages are likewise increased from P25,000 to P50,000. For Cipriano Opiso: (a) he is granted civil indemnity in the amount of P75,000; (b) moral damages are increased from P30,000 to P75,000; and (c) exemplary damages are increased from P25,000 to P75,000.
SO ORDERED.
Leonardo-De Castro, Bersamin, Perlas-Bernabe, and Caguioa, JJ., concur.


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Press Release: Posted from FB
BRGY SINUDA, KITAOTAO, BUKIDNON –Kitaotao LGU headed by Mayor Lorenzo A Gawilan Jr and the 3rd Infantry (Regardless of What) Battalion, 7th Infantry (KAUGNAY) Division, Philippine Army under LTC OSCAR P PARTUZA INF (GSC) PA, Commanding Officer, together with Line Government Agencies of the Province of Bukidnon and partner stakeholders conduct a three-day Peace Building Seminar at the  covered court of Brgy Sinuda, Kitaotao, Bukidnon on December 06, 2019.

Peace Building Seminar is a three-day activity that gives awareness on the functions of the Local Government Units and other government agencies in relation to the current security situation in Kitaotao, Bukidnon. Government services and series of lectures from different government agencies are given to the participants to address the needs of the community and to inform them on the approaches these agencies can assist them further.

The participants come from different sitios of Barangays Sinuda and Kipilas of Kitaotao, Bukidnon who are Former Rebels, Underground Mass Organization members, Mass Supporters and Sympathizers.
Hon Lorenzo A Gawilan Jr. Municipal Mayor of Kitaotao, Bukidnon  graced the Opening Ceremony as Guest of Honor and Speaker. With him are SB members and representatives from the Different Local Government Agencies particularly from the Department of Labor and Employment, Department of Health, Department of Agriculture, Department of Interior and Local Government, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Department of Social Worker and Development, Department of Public Works and Highways, National Commision on Indigenous People, Technical Education and Skill Development Authority, Department of Education, Department of Agriarian Reform and Philippine National Police -  Kitaotao, who likewise gave their messages and presented their respective lectures.

LTC OSCAR P PARTUZA INF (GSC) PA, Commanding Officer of 3IB, extends his sincere gratitude to Hon. Mayor Lorenzo A Gawilan Jr., the Local Government of Kitaotao and Bukidnon Provincial Government for their untiring support to the activity. He further expressed his appreciation to the commitment displayed by the Brgy Councils of Brgys Sinuda and Kipilas, Line Government Agencies and most especially to the former rebels and mass supporters, sympathizers, underground mass organization members, who sacrificed their time and schedule of activities to attend the seminar. "We will let you feel that the Kitaotao LGU and the 3IB, together with different agencies of the government, are here ready and are very much willing to extend assistance to help you especially those who separated their ways from the government. But this will only be possible if all of you will support our peace and development efforts as harmony starts within our families and within ourselves. And if that happens, peace and development will come to our community."

Part of the activity is the Serbisyo Caravan, Declaration of Persona Non-Grata, and peace rally denouncing the support to the CPP-NPA-NDF on December 08, 2019.

Hon. Gawilan Jr., on his part expressed his earnest appreciation to the different stakeholders, who exerted their valuable time and efforts in supporting the event. "Today, as I see my fellow Lumads here in our Municipality especially here in Brgy Sinuda, I am pleased to know that you returned back to the folds of the law. Support the government because as I always say the Municipal Government is willing to help you deliver all the services of the government to your communities. But before that, you should help yourselves and your community to be united as unity is the key for a peaceful and well-developed society. We will continue to serve the people of Brgys Sinuda and Kipilas and the whole of Kitaotao, Bukidnon to protect all of you from the destructive propaganda of the Communist-Terrorist CPP-NPA-NDF. Lastly, I would like to thank and appreciate the efforts of the 3IB under LTC OSCAR P PARTUZA for their untiring and inspiring support, the Local Government Units, Line Government Agencies and other stakeholders which were vital to the success of this momentous event",  Hon. Gawilan Jr added.

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ADVISORY: The Municipal Government of Santo Tomas, Davao del Norte announces the schedule of the Opening of #PaskongTomasino2019 Festival and the Ceremonial Lighting of the Christmas Village has been moved to Monday, December 9, 2019 at the Municipal Covered Court.

Join us as we celebrate the spirit of yuletide season this December 9, 2019!

#BagongSantoTomas
#TurismongTomasino
#PaskongTomasino2019

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NFA joins anti-poverty program in Sikatuna
Published by Bohol Sunday Post on July 16, 2000

      THE National Food Authority in Bohol participated in the launching of the National Anti-Poverty Action Agenda (NAAA) held recently at Libjo, Sikatuna.
 
       The NFA together with five other agencies implementing the Lingap Para sa Mahihirap Program, Provincial Government of Bohol and the Municipality of Sikatuna joined the NAAA's nationwide launching and the simultaneous inauguration of Lingap completed projects and awarding of remaining projects and services.
 
      The National Food Authority Action Agenda is a program of action which works on a strong partnership with the government and private sector to address poverty at its roots.
 
       The NAAA has four enabling instruments which constitutes the core strategies of equitable and sustainable economic development; people empowerment; effective and efficient delivery of public goods and basic social services and focused targeting. 
  
       The NAAA is the rallying point of all anti-poverty stakeholders in the country. It is likewise an urgent call for all Filipinos to unite and act to break free from poverty.
 
      These enabling instruments according to NFA Regional Director Vic Jarina, Regional Lead Conveyor of the Lingap Para sa Mahihirap Program in Region VII, find meaning and impact through the various agencies' anti-poverty programs. The NFA being one of the six Lingap agencies which includes the Department of Social Welfare and Development, Department of Health, Cooperative Development Authority, National Housing Authority and Local Waterworks Utilities Authority has implemented the Lingap-Erap Sari-Sari Stores (Lingap-ESSS) and Lingap-Rice Subsidy Project (Lingap-RSP) in Bohol for the province's and the city's 100 poorest of the poor (priority Beneficiaries), respectively.
 
      The NFA has also implemented the Lingap-ESSS and Lingap-Emergency Relief Assistance Project (Lingap-ERAP) for the various Legislator Identified Beneficiaries (LIBs) of the province's three congressmen, two senators and party-list representatives.
 
      The NAAA launching also coincide with the inauguration of the NFA's Lingap-ESSS outlet in Libjo, Sikatuna and the awarding of its RSP for the poorest of the poor in the said municipality.
 
      Present during the launching and inauguration were kagawad Billy Tongco who presented Governor Relampagos, Sikatuna Mayor Tranquilina Maniwang, Vice Mayor Constancio Rule, NFA Regional Director Vic Jarina, regional officials of the five other Lingap agencies, NFA provincial  managers from Bohol, Cebu, Negros Oriental and Siquijor together with the NFA regional staff, municipal officials of Sikatuna, the barangay officials and the priority beneficiaries of Libjo.
 
      The five other Lingap agencies also inaugurated their respective completed projects and also awarded their remaining projects and services to Libjo's priority beneficiaries. (PENG H. EVASCO)

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Aumentado denies Gonzaga poll bid
Published by Bohol Sunday Post on July 16, 2000

Deputy Speaker Erico B. Aumentado said that NPC Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Asisclo Gonzaga is not interested to run for congressman in the 2nd District of Bohol in next year's election.

        Aumentado made the statement in a press release yesterday to clarify news reports that he offered Gonzaga to run as his successor.

      He said that he encouraged Gonzaga to seek the congressional seat during the 10th Congress, which covered the period from July 1, 1995 to June 30, 1998. But the NPC official flatly rejected, Aumentado said, saying in vernacular that "wa pa ko takdi sa kagaw sa politika" (I am not yet bitten by the political bug).

     "At the time we discussed the matter," Aumentado said, "no one aspired yet to run in the second district of Bohol to succeed him."

      Aumentado recalled that he was emphatic during the Danao Day celebration last Sunday on Mr. Gonzaga's rejection of his suggestion some years back for him to throw his hat into the second district arena. In fact, Aumentado quoted Mr. Gonzaga's response as "wa pa ko takdi sa kagaw sa politiko" in stressing that the NPC official has no political agenda. 

      He said that on their way to Ubay to inspect the on-going construction of the Leyte-Bohol Interconnection Project, Gonzaga reiterated his desire not to get involved personally in politics.

      Gonzaga is a career man who rose to the second highest NPC position after topping the mechanical engineering board examinations. 

     As it is now, Aumentado said, there are three probable names being mentioned to have openly sought for his congressional seat. He said that they are Board Member Roberto Cajes, Inabanga Mayor Josephine Jumamoy, and former Congressman and Governor David Tirol who are worthy for the position. 


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Oil palm nursery rises in Ubay
Published by Bohol Sunday Post: July 16, 2000
      UBAY – The 20-hectare nursery for the multi-million integrated oil palm project is now in place in barangay Calanggaman, this municipality.
 
       According to Richard Uy, president of Palm, Inc., the proponent of the huge project, the nursery will showcase one of the main components of the project.
 
       Located in a rolling terrain forming part of the Ubay Stock Farm, the 20-hectare nursery is using seeds imported from Papua New Guinea.
 
       From the national highway, the nursery site is a panorama of black plastic bags numbering 325,000. Of this number, 50,000 pots were already with the imported seedlings.
 
       According to Uy, phase one of the project calls for the development of at least 2,000 hectares of idle lands scattered in at least 11 second district towns.
 
       The succeeding phase will develop another 2,000 hectares also located in the targeted municipalities.
 
      Uy said the same number of farmer-cooperators (4,000) have already signed up with the proponent to participate in the giant undertaking which promises to develop the economic potentials of the palm oil industry in Bohol.
 
       Designed as a pro-poor project in line with the government's food security program, the palm oil plantation in the second district prioritizes the involvement of marginal farmers. The main focus of development is the unproductive lands located in the programmed areas.
 
       This means that irrigated rice lands and other productive areas are not included in the project.
 
       From the establishment of the nursery, the project will then indulge in oil palm plantation and finally the construction of the palm oil milling facility.
 
       The minimum target area for the plantation is 5,000 hectares.

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Unprecedented "Panaghiusa"
held in Carmen
By Bohol Sunday Post: July 16, 2000
       CARMEN -- This mayor is making one unprecedented brainchild. Regardless of any political color and station in life, Mayor Pedro Budiongan Jr. assembled everybody -- whether he is a nobody or is now somebody -- to be part of Panaghiusa sa Carmen 2000.

        Panaghiusa is an ambitious project designed to gather all Carmenanons whether they are at home or abroad for a common endeavor to help the place of their birth in whatever form and substance.

         The five-day gathering kicked off right Sunday morning with a thanksgiving mass for all Carmenanons, followed by a parade going to the Carmen Sports Complex.

        Band majorettes added color to the parade as the participants marched to the music provided by the drum and bugle corps of the Katipunan High School and the Carmen Central Elementary School.

        The participants included the members of the Carmen Bohol International Foundation, Inc. (CBIFI) led by its president Romeo Jabonillo, municipal officials and employees and barangay officials and athletes.

        By 10:30 a.m., residents and visitors alike were treated to a Sinulog presentation topped with exhibition numbers from the drum and bugle corps, followed by the opening of the agro-exhibits.

       For lunch barrio fiesta style, the CBIFI members and visitors had their choice of the "bahug-bahug sa Carmen", the boodlefight or the buffet table. Being based in barangay Katipunan, soldiers of the 801st Infantry Brigade under Col. Eusebio Ramos, the commanding officer, had a field day "roughing it up" with civilians.

          On the serious side, however, the brigade later "contributed" its medical and dental teams to help the visiting doctors and medics attend to Carmenanon and non-Carmenanon patients.

         After lunch, the athletes played friendly games of basketball, volleyball, lawn tennis, chess and athletics, indigenous games like "bakya sa Carmen", modified sack race, pole climbing and tug-of-war among others. 
 
         Meanwhile, the farmers among the crowd pitted skills in "binuntanay sa lubi" or dehusking coconuts, carabao racing and horse racing. Carmen is one of the few remaining Bohol towns that still use horses for transportation in the hinterlands.

        The medical, dental and surgical mission volunteers started arriving by 3 p.m. Their sheer number could not be accommodated at the Chocolate Hills resort complex so that they were assigned to houses for home stays. The "working guests" also included doctors, medics and paramedics from the Home Reach Foundation headed by Drs. Pepe Recitas and Ramie Cadag as well as the Confederation of Boholanos in the United States and Canada (Conbusac). 

         Day 2, Monday, started with a short program at the Cong. Simeon G. Toribio Memorial Hospital (CSGTMH) recognizing the volunteers. Clinical and surgical procedures and distribution of vitamin packs started until late in the afternoon, with the volunteers breaking only for snacks and lunch.

         The third day scenario was practically the same, except that the volunteers were allowed time to unwind that night with disco and ballroom dancing sponsored by the local Department of Education, Culture and Sports (Decs) district and the municipal officials. Winners of the Agro-Fair 2000 were also awarded prizes that night.

        Consultations, surgical, medical and dental services continued on Wednesday morning. A recognition program followed after lunch, considering that part of the crew were to leave for Loon town that afternoon to conduct similar activities.

         But the remaining volunteers continued clinical activities that afternoon and the following day.

        Also on Thursday afternoon, children of the volunteers and local counterparts shared and learned "basics" in a two-way educational workshop.

        The computer wizards shared their expertise while those who grew up or even born in the USA were treated to a field trip to the Galang Farm in barangay Buenavista. They were shown how a farmer plows his field, plants rice, weeds his farm, pound and winnow rice, gather firewood, and how a fisherman catches freshwater fish using the hook and line.

        The Thursday activities were capped with cocktails and dinner.

        The Carmenanons' participation was not limited to the drum and bugle corps or the band majorettes. The panaghiusa or unity which Mayor Pedro Budiongan Jr. always emphasizes that they practice and weave into their everyday lives -- came in unquantifiable form -- organizing and coordinating the five-day affair on top of regular duties.

        For starters, the municipal government had also been preparing for the clean and green evaluation and personnel audit in addition to the officials' and employees' regular and routinary functions.

        The barangay officials have their duties, too, which they relegated to the background for the moment just so the medical mission and sportsfest, etc. will succeed.

        The CBIFI members have their own lives to live, which they voluntarily interrupted just so they can be a part of the medical mission. They could have come home for pure and simple rest and recreation, but they set leisure and pleasure aside -- for the love of Carmen and the Carmenanons.

         At the end of the mission, a partial list of patients attended to showed tooth extractions on 784 patients, harelip repair on 30 patients, myomas removed from eight patients, hernias repaired on six patients and two patients operated on for obstructions in the kidneys. Over 5,000 patients received prescriptions, medicines and vitamins.

        To top it all, the medical mission also left medical equipment and supplies for use of the CSGTMH.

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By Romeo Teruel (Bohol Subday Post: July 16, 2000)

TOMORROW is the opening of the Sandugo 2000 Agri-Fair at the front of the old Capitol building and the Bol-anong Hikay at the Capitol Acacia Garden.  Both activities feature the best of Bohol's agricultural products and cuisine. 

      The Bol-anong Hikay are food preparations that have long captured the Boholano palate but which visitors have yet to discover. It will be great fun and enjoyment to come and taste all on display.  

      The Bol-anong Hikay will as well include the Painitang Bol-anon and the Pagka-ong Kinaham. The Painitan will feature the best-liked native delicacies and merienda fare in the province. 

       It could be remembered that the Painitang Bol-anon was a huge success during its debut during the Tigum Bol-anon Tibuok Kalibutan when our balikbayans trooped to the food stands to relish the longed-for treats from the different towns all over Bohol.     

       The Pagka-ong Kinaham on the other hand will feature unique tidbits characteristic of the island's rich edible marine and crop resources. The Monday kick off will start with the "Ubi and Vegetable Medley" where our local and foreign tourists will delight in the varied array of fresh Boholano vegetables as well as the renowned aromatic purple ubi (yam) of Bohol.

      July 18 will feature a meat festival dubbed as the "Karne Val" sponsored by the Office of the Provincial Veterinarian and the Local Government of Loboc. The 19th will highlight merienda treats galore with its label "Torta ug Uban pa" with the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist and the Rural Improvement Clubs on the forefront.

       There will be a Manga Fiesta on the fourth day on July 20, which will be jointly hosted by the Mango Grower's Association and the Tri-Manga Cooperative. Friday will be a feast of marine treats with "Kinilaw and Seafoods Galore" hosted by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, Farmer's/Fishermen's Associations of Panglao, Candijay and Buenavista and the Central Visayas State College of Agriculture, Forestry and Technology.

       A Pasalubong contest in search of the original Boholano food and handicrafts that have never been introduced to the market and which have a potential of becoming another delightful Boholano pasalubong will cap the whole week food affair.   

      Aside from bingeing on the sumptuous food of the island during the week-long food spree, the event will also feature an agricultural fair which is geared to give more mileage and recognition of the crops of Bohol.

     The Sandugo Agri-fair 2000 dubbed as "Kabiling Yuta'g Dagat...Langit sa Bohol" reflects the great value and respect that the Boholanos place in its land. The agri-fair is designed to showcase Bohol's prime agricultural commodities that are not only locally but also globally competitive.
 
       The fair will also feature demonstrations on sustainable production and utilization technologies that will enhance productivity and value of the different crops and products of the island.

       Starting on July 17th until the 21st the fair will showcase lecture/demos on various techniques on the successful production and processing of crops like pineapple, ubi, cassava, bananas, coconuts, oyster, tilapia, mud crabs and more possible sources of industry. 
It will also showcase film and video showings and short courses on packaging designs and labeling as well as flower arrangements and disease prevention on crops.

      So come and enjoy this lively festivity that will highlight even more the cordiality, friendliness and gracious spirit of the brave and resourceful Boholano. 

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Published by Bohol Sunday Post on July 16, 2000
IN MID-SEA TRANSFER
2 wounded rebs brought to Cebu
       TWO more wounded suspected rebels in the July 2 encounter in sitio Diis, barangay Kauswagan, Trinidad town were brought to Cebu for treatment three days after the encounter.

        T/Sgt. Narciso Tabaniag, team leader of the Civil Relations Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (CRS-AFP) operating in Bohol said the two were brought by habal-habal or motorcycle for hire from the hinterlands to the shoreline of Getafe town 92 kms. northeast of Tagbilaran City. Getafe is a northern Bohol town facing Cebu.

       Tabaniag said the operator whose pumpboat the wounded boarded on the way to Cebu reported the incident to Col. Eusebio Ramos, commanding officer of the 801st Infantry Brigade of the Philippine Army.

       Ramos' troops figured in the encounter in Diis that claimed the life of one soldier, wounded another two and killed eight suspected rebels that included a boy.

       Ramos is keeping the name of the pumpboat operator under wraps.

       However, he said, 30 minutes into the ride, when the pumpboat was between Getafe and Cebu, an unmarked speedboat met them.

       On board were five men fully armed with high-powered firearms who asked where the rest of the wounded were. 

        The wounded reportedly answered, "Tua pa sa taas (Still in the hills)."

       One had sustained a wound in the left upper chest that allegedly bled every time he talked. The other had a wound on the right portion of his abdomen.

       Tabaniag said the pumpboat operator told Ramos that a third wounded person was supposed to be with the two. The man had a wounded left knee while only a strip of skin connected his right arm to his body. 

        Some days immediately after the clash, the fishermen along the Getafe coast agreed among themselves to remove the spark plugs from their pumpboat engines to temporarily disable them.

        These will deter the rebels from using their pumpboats for the first leg of the trip to Cebu. That Wednesday morning, however, this pumpboat operator had just returned from fishing. Informed of the agreement among his peers, he returned to the shore to remove his spark plug as well.

        To his surprise, the wounded were already aboard his boat.

         Apparently afraid that their comrade would bleed to death during the pumpboat ride, and especially when he exerts effort during the speed boat transfer, they prevailed over him to return with the habal-habal.

         From radio messages it intercepted, the military gleaned that at least 20 were killed and 35 were wounded on the rebel side.

         Tabaniag said Ramos wants these wounded located so that they can be given treatment. He also wants the dead located so that they can be given a proper burial.

        Meanwhile, to ensure that government services reach the grassroots, the local government unit of Trinidad under Mayor Filadelfo Garcia, together with the 801st Infantry Brigade and the Bohol provincial government conducted a two-day medical, dental and civic action in Kauswagan on July 13 and 14.

       The town appropriated P30,000 to buy medicines and to defray incidental expenses during the two-day activity. The provincial government also provided two boxes of medicines for the purpose. (With reports from Sean Guingguing).

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Published by Bohol Sunday Post on July 16, 2000

Robbery results in couple grim death
       LOBOC -- The loot was only P28,000 but two suspects are paying dearly for the death of an elderly couple.

        Two of the three suspects are now languishing at the Loboc town jail for the robbery and murder of the couple Andres and Brigida Ibañez, 79 and 72 years old, respectively. The victims are residents of barangay Candabong, this town.

       It did not take long for the Loboc police to capture the perpetrators identified as one Isidro Brin y Bongabong alias Lolong, 22, and Genesis Polinar y Tac-an alias Terio, age and address unknown.

        A third suspect, a certain Mario Loy-a is still at large.
 As this developed, Mayor Cecilio Sarigumba ordered an extensive manhunt to track down Loy-a.

         In a check with the Loboc police last night, SPO1 Eufemia Fajardo, in charge of the town's women's desk, said the entire local police are on their toes to apprehend the third suspect who is believed to be the mastermind.

         At least two witnesses, the couple's son and a grandson, told the police how the three suspects carried out the dastardly crime.

         The grandson, Rich Lord Ibañez, said he saw how the suspects robbed and killed his grandparents.

        The six year-old witness had lived with the ill-fated couple.

      The son, Juan Ibañez, 41, said he also saw the three suspects rob and kill the hapless husband and wife.
 It was learned from the Loboc police that the money was taken from the wife. She had wrapped the bills in a piece of cloth and tied it around her waist.

       As of last report, the Loboc police are still trying to figure it out who among the three suspects hid the loot.
 The police also submitted the two to paraffin and drug tests at the PNP Crime Laboratory in Camp Dagohoy in Tagbilaran City.

       Brin and Polinar tested negative for paraffin or for shabu and marijuana.

       This means they did not fire a gun and were not under the influence of drugs immediately before the tests were performed.

       But the witnesses had positively identified the two to be among the perpetrators.

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By ABS-CBN News
WE WIN AS ONE! Isang Pinoy surfer ang sinagip ang katunggaling Indonesian matapos maputol ang leg rope nito sa kasagsagan ng laban nitong Biyernes sa San Juan, La Union.

Nangunguna na sa puntos si Roger Casugay ngunit nagpaubaya siya at isinantabi ang pagiging lamang para lang maligtas si Arip Nurhidayat.

Dahil sa ipinakitang sportsmanship, pinuri si Casugay hindi lang ng kaniyang coach kundi maging ng Indonesian Surfing Team. #SEAGames2019 #GalingNatinIto | via Michelle Soriano, ABS-CBN News

BASAHIN: https://bit.ly/2LIJ1Bd

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LGU awards youth achievers in GenSan

Press Release
GENERAL SANTOS CITY- The Local Government Unit of General Santos City with the leadership of City Mayor Ronnel Rivera through the Youth Affairs and Development Office headed by Elmer Cequiña awarded the GenSan youth achievers on Friday, December 06, 2019 at Veranza Mall.

The program was attended by youth awardees, Board of Adjudicators, GSCYAA Alumni, YADO Officials, PDAO  Division Chief Maria Rita Velos, Margareth Rose Santos as representative of Vice Mayor Loreto Acharon and City Councilors  Jonathan Blando and John Salvador Demdam.

The General Santos City Youth Achievers Award (GSCYAA) is an annual search to recognize young individuals who have shown excellence and made laudable works in any field that they chose and youth organizations that made a big impact on their sector.

This program of the city government will help the youth become a good example to guide more people to reach their full potential for the betterment of the city.

Johnrex Galdo an alumnus of GSCYAA gave a very inspiring message to the youth saying that being who you are, learning to embrace the attitude of gratitude, to always walk in humility, to always learn from failures and making a life and not a resume are the lessons of being an achiever.

The following is the list of winners in different categories:

High School Category- Roana Mae C. Caguliodo (Mindanao State University)
Young Professionals, Entrepreneur, and Workers Category- Alfredo P. Santander (Brgy. Katangawan) and Cirilo A. Lagnason Jr. (DENR XII)
Out of School Youth and Youth with Special Needs Category- Kevin Paul Palaca (Brgy. Mabuhay)
Youth Excellence in Artistic Discipline- Michael Jude Tumamac (Home Radio Gensan)
Cultural Communities and Indigenous Category- Jeffrey M. Kapawan (Upper Labay High School)
Group Category- Team Indayog (Cronasia Foundation College Inc.) and Kidlikasan, Kabataan, Kalikasan

The awardees expressed their gratitude to the city mayor and the YADO as they received their General Santos City Youth Achievers Award. (CPIO/OM/RSC)
Photo by Gia Morales

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Spot Report
OOA 1500H 07 December 2019 @ Brgy. San Agustin Beach, Sta. Maria Fire Station personnel headed by SFO2 Joseph Esmores conducted Coastal Clean Up as reference to the Memorandum duly signed by FIRE DIRECTOR LEONARD R BANAGO, PME, Chief, BFP dated 28 October 2019.  The activity will be a weekly commitment of the Bureau of Fire Protection as partner and supporting agency of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.

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Press Release
North Cotabato Vice Governor Emmylou "Lala" J. Taliño-Mendoza Recieves award from the 46th Fire Service Recognition of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) yesterday for her outstanding commitment and Self sacrificing service to the people who were victims of the series of earthquakes that jolted the Province of Cotabato last October 2019.

Vice Governor Mendoza was then Acting Governor that time listed 71 evacuation sites in 5 Municipalities within the Province. Through her stern leadership, a Unified Command Incident Managament Team was established to efficiently utilize resources including funds, manpower, equipment, facilities. Various National Government Agencies like BFP, PNP, AFP, DOH, DSWD, PHIVOLCS, MGB and other Volunteer Groups were moved effectively on the ground as a result of her sound decisions and comprehensive directives during the disaster response operations.

Congratulations Vice Governor Lala Taliño-Mendoza! Mabuhay ang Cotabato Province! Mabuhay and Long Live Serbisyong Totoo!

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Spot Report PNP
On December 7, 2019 at about 7:00AM the Misamis Oriental Police Provincial Office led by PCOL ROBERT ROY VAGUCHAY BAHIAN, Provincial Director joined the last NECROLOGICAL SERVICE at Initao Municipal Hall to late PSMS JASON JANOG MAGNO, the Hero Cop who save the lives of students in a grenade blast at Initao College. A funeral mass follows at St. Francis Xavier Church of same municipality wherein more or less 7,000 people had attended and gave their sympathy to the bereaved family. The Hero Cop was given FULL MILITARY HONOR in his last resting place and presentation of ultimate service symbol by the Provincial Director of Misamis Oriental at about 12:00 noon of same date.

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kiang
definition from
Oxford Dictionary of English - 

kiang /kɪˈaŋ  /
▸ noun an animal of a large race of the Asian wild ass with a thick furry coat, native to the Tibetan plateau.
Equus hemionus kiang, family Equidae; sometimes treated as a separate species. Compare with onager, kulan.
– ORIGIN mid 19th century : from Tibetan kyang.


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PADAYON ANG PAGBOTO! Atong ipakatag ang pag-unong sa katawhan sa Compostela Valley karong adlawa.

Naa pa'y lima ka oras nabilin.

#YEStoDavaodeOro


Officials:

(1)   Board Members of Compostela Valley- https://www.facebook.com/SPComVal/posts/288074875430209

(2)   Councilor Arnel Sugnoan of New Bataan
https://www.facebook.com/ecomval/posts/2612245092189218

(3)   Vice Mayor Voltaire Rimando
https://www.facebook.com/ecomval/posts/2612194812194246

(4)   Charlemagne Bautista
https://www.facebook.com/charlemagne.bautista/posts/3302979259772359

(5)   Mayor Amatong and Vice Mayor Balili of Nabunturan
https://www.facebook.com/ecomval/posts/2612164648863929

(6)   Mayor Maris Colina-Vendiola of Mabini, Nabunturan
https://www.facebook.com/ecomval/posts/2612128575534203

(7)   Senior Board Member Arturo Uy
https://www.facebook.com/ecomval/posts/2612037302209997

(   Governor Tyron Uy
https://www.facebook.com/govtyronuy/posts/1011194535899124

PRECINCTS

(1)   Nabunturan National Comprehensive High School
https://www.facebook.com/ecomval/posts/2612061285540932

(2)   Poblacion, Nabunturan
https://www.facebook.com/ecomval/posts/2612087005538360

(3)   Cabinuangan, New Bataan
https://www.facebook.com/ecomval/posts/2612092895537771

(4)   Antequera, Nabunturan
https://www.facebook.com/ecomval/posts/2612244988855895

SECTORAL

(1)   Senior Citizens of Nabunturan
https://www.facebook.com/ecomval/posts/2612157092198018

(2) Muslim Women
https://www.facebook.com/ecomval/posts/2612165542197173

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REPUBLIC ACT No. 10594
June 04, 2013
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A STATE COLLEGE IN THE CITY OF TALISAY, PROVINCE OF CEBU TO BE KNOWN AS THE TALISAY CITY STATE COLLEGE AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

SECTION l. Establishment. - There is hereby established a state college in the City of Talisay, Province of Cebu to be known as the Talisay City State College, hereinafter referred to as the College.

SECTION 2. General Mandate. - The College shall primarily provide advanced education, higher technological, professional instruction and training in science, education, agriculture, fishery and industrial fields and other relevant areas of study. It shall also undertake research and extension services and programs in food production, nutrition, health and sports development, and provide progressive leadership in its areas of specialization.

SECTION 3. Academic Freedom and Institutional Autonomy. - The College shall enjoy academic freedom and institutional autonomy, pursuant to paragraph 2, Section 5 of Article XIV of the Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines.

SECTION 4. Curricular Offerings. - The College shall offer undergraduate and graduate studies in the fields of science, education, agriculture, fishery and industrial fields and other degrees/courses within its areas of specialization and according to its capabilities, as the Board of Trustees may deem necessary to carry out its objectives in order to meet the needs of the Province of Cebu and Region VII.

The College may operate a reasonably-sized laboratory school, if it has an Institute of Education.

SECTION 5. Administration. - The College shall have the general powers of a corporation set forth in Batas Pambansa Blg. 68, as amended, otherwise known as "The Corporation Code of the Philippines". The administration of the College and the exercise of its corporate powers shall be vested exclusively in the Board of Trustees and the President of the College.

SECTION 6. The Governing Board. - The governing board of the College shall be the Board of Trustees, hereinafter referred to as the Board, which shall be composed of the following:

(a) The Chairperson of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), Chairperson:

(b) The President of the College, Vice Chairperson;

(c) The Chairperson of the Committee on Education, Arts and Culture of the Senate, member;

(d) The Chairperson of the Committee on Higher and Technical Education of the House of Representatives, member;

(e) The Regional Director of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), member;

(f) The Regional Director of the Department of Agriculture (DA); member;

(g) The President of the faculty association of the College, member;

(h) The President of the student council of the College, member;

(i) The President of the alumni association of the College, member; and

(j) Two (2) prominent citizens from the private sector who have distinguished themselves in their profession or fields of specialization, members.

The Board shall appoint the two (2) prominent citizens from among a list of at least five (5) qualified persons in the Province of Cebu, as recommended by the search committee constituted by the College President in consultation with the Chairperson of the CHED and the other members of the Board, based on the normal standards and qualifications for the position.

The term of office of the President of the faculty association, the President of the student council and the President of the alumni association shall be coterminous with their respective terms of office, as set forth in their respective constitutions and by laws.

The two (2) prominent citizens shall serve for a term of two (2) years from the date of appointment.

SECTION 7. Powers and Duties of the Board of Trustees. - The Board shall have the following specific powers and duties, in addition to its general powers of administration and the exercise of all the powers granted to the board of directors of a corporation under existing laws:

(a) To promulgate and implement policies in accordance with the declared State policies on education and other pertinent provisions of the Philippine Constitution on education, agriculture, science and technology, as well as the policies, standards and thrusts of the CHED under Republic Act No. 7722, otherwise known as the "Higher Education Act of 1994";

(b) To promulgate rules and regulations not contrary to law as may be necessary to carry out the purposes and function of the College;

(c) To receive and appropriate all sums as may be provided for the support of the College in the manner it may determine in its discretion, in order to carry out the purposes and functions of the College;

(d) To import economic, technical and cultural books and/or publications;

(e) To receive in trust legacies, gifts and donations of real properties of all kinds and to administer and dispose of the same when necessary for the benefit of the College, and subject to the limitations, directions and instructions of the donor, if any;

(f) To fix the tuition fees and other necessary school charges such as, but not limited to, matriculation fees, graduation fees and laboratory fees, as the Board may deem proper to impose, after due consultations with the involved sectors.

Such fees and charges, including government subsidies and other income generated by the College, shall constitute special trust funds and shall be deposited in any authorized government depository bank, and all interests that shall accrue therefrom shall form part of the same funds for the use of the College.

Any provision of existing laws, rules and regulations to the contrary notwithstanding, any income generated by the College from tuition fees and other charges, as well as from the operation of auxiliary services and land grants, shall be retained by the College and may be disbursed by the Board for instruction, research, extension or other programs/projects of the College: Provided, That all fiduciary fees shall be disbursed for the specific purposes for which these are collected.

If, for reason beyond its control, the College shall not be able to pursue any project for which funds have been appropriated and allocated under its approved program of expenditures, the Board may authorize the use of said funds for any reasonable purpose which, in its discretion, may be necessary and urgent for the attainment of the objectives and goals of the College;

(g) To adopt and implement a socialized scheme of tuition and other school fees for greater access to poor hut deserving students;

(h) To authorize the construction or repair of its buildings, machinery, equipment and other facilities, and the purchase and acquisition of real and personal properties, including necessary supplies, materials and equipment;

(i) To appoint, upon recommendation of the President of the College, Vice Presidents, deans, directors, heads of departments, faculty members and other officials and employees of the College;

(j) To fix and adjust salaries of faculty members and administrative officials and employees, subject to the provisions of the Revised Compensation and Position Classification System and other pertinent budget and compensation laws governing hours of service, and such other duties and conditions as it may deem proper; to grant them, at its discretion, leaves of absence under such regulations as it may promulgate, any provision of existing laws to the contrary notwithstanding; and to remove them for cause in accordance with the requirements of due process of law;

(k) To approve the curricula, instructional programs and rules of discipline drawn by the Administrative and Academic Councils as herein provided;

(1) To set policies on admission and graduation of students;

(m) To award honorary degrees upon persons in recognition of their outstanding contribution in the fields of agriculture, public service, arts, science and technology, education or in any field of specialization within the academic competence of the College; and to authorize the awarding of certificates of completion of non degree and nontraditional courses;

(n) To establish and absorb nonchartered tertiary institutions within the Province of Cebu as branches and extension centers in coordination with the CHED, and in consultation with the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), and to offer therein programs or courses to promote and carry out equal and greater access to educational opportunities as mandated by the Constitution;

(o) To establish research and extension centers of the College where such will promote the development of the latter;

(p) To establish professorial chairs in the College and to provide fellowships for qualified faculty members and scholarships to deserving students;

(q) To delegate any of its powers and duties provided for hereinabove to the President or Officer-in-Charge and/or other officials of the College as it may deem appropriate, so as to, expedite the administration of the affairs of the College;

(r) To authorize an external management audit of the College, to be financed by the CHED, subject to the rules and regulations of the Commission on Audit (COA); and to institute reforms, including academic and structural changes, on the basis of the audit results and recommendations;

(s) To collaborate with other governing boards of state universities and colleges within the Province of Cebu or Region VII, under the supervision of the CHED and in consultation with the DBM, and work towards the restructuring of the College to become more efficient, relevant, productive and competitive;

(t) To enter into joint ventures with business and industry for the profitable development and management of the economic assets of the College, the proceeds from which shall be used for the development and strengthening of the same;

(u) To develop consortia and other forms of linkages with local government units (LGUs), institutions and agencies, both public and private, local and foreign, in furtherance of the purposes and objectives of the College;

(v) To develop academic arrangements for institutional capability building with appropriate institutions and agencies, public and private, local and foreign, and to appoint experts/specialists as consultants, part-time or visiting or exchange professors, scholars or researchers, as the case may be;

(w) To set up the adoption of modern and innovative modes of transmitting knowledge such as the use of information technology, the dual learning system open learning or distance education and community laboratory for the promotion of greater access to higher education and graduate studies, as the case may be;

(x) To establish policy guidelines and procedures for participative decision-making and transparency within the College;

(y) To privatize, where most advantageous to the College, the management of nonacademic services such as health, food, building, grounds or property maintenance and such other similar activities; and

(z) To extend the term of the President of the College beyond the age of retirement, but not beyond the age of seventy (70), whose performance has been unanimously rated by the Board as outstanding, based on the guidelines, qualifications and/or standards set by the Board, after unammous recommendation by the search committee.

SECTION 8. Meetings of the Board. - The Board shall regularly convene once every three (3) months. Whenever necessary, the Chairperson of the Board may call, upon three (3) days' prior written-notice, a maximum of two (2) special meetings within the same period.

A quorum of the Board shall consist of majority of all its members holding office at the time of the meeting: Provided, however, that the Chairperson of the CHED or the President of the College is among those present in the meeting.

In the absence of the Chairperson of the CHED, a Commissioner of the CHED, duly designated by him/her, shall represent him/her in the meeting with all the rights and responsibilities of a regular member: Provided, however, That during this meeting, the President of the College as Vice Chairperson shall be the Presiding Officer: Provided, further, That this proviso notwithstanding, the Chairperson of the CHED is hereby authorized to designate a CHED Commission as the regular Chair of the Board, in which case said, CHED Commissioner shall act as the Presiding Officer. In case the Chairpersons of the Congressional Committees on Education shall not be able to attend the Board meeting, they may duly designate their respective representatives to attend the said meeting, who shall have the same rights and responsibilities as a regular member of the Board.

The members of the Board shall not receive any salary but shall be entitled to reimbursements for actual and necessary expenses incurred, either in their attendance to meetings of the Board or in connection with other official business authorized by resolution of the Board, subject to existing laws and regulations.

SECTION 9. The College President. - The College shall be headed by a President, who shall render full-time service. He/She shall be appointed by the Board, subject to the guidelines, qualifications and lord standards set by the Board. Upon recommendation of a duly constituted search committee.: He/She shall have a term of four (4) years and shall be eligible for reappointment for another term.

Pending the appointment of the first President of the, College, the Chairperson of the CHED shall appoint an Officer-in-Charge of the College.

Within six (6) months before the expiration of the term of office of the incumbent President of the College, the Board shall constitute the Search Committee for the Presidency (SCP).

In case of vacancy in the Office of the President by reason of death, compulsory retirement, resignation, removal for cause or incapacity of the President to perform the functions of his/her

office, the Board shall designate an Officer-in-Charge of the College within six (6) months from the date of vacancy, pending the appointment of a new President.

In case of vacancy in the Office of the President as mentioned in the immediately preceding paragraph, his/her successor or the Officer-in-Charge of the College shall serve only the unexpired portion of the term.

The powers and duties of the President of the College, in addition to those specifically provided in this Act, shall be those usually pertaining to the Office of the President of similar colleges, and those delegated by the Board.

The salary of the President of the College shall be in accordance with the Revised Compensation and Position Classification System and shall be comparable to that being received by the Presidents of similar educational Institutions.

The President of the College shall be assisted by a Vice President for Academic Affairs, who shall be appointed by the Board upon the recommendation of the President.

SECTION 10. The Administrative Council. - There shall be an Administrative Council consisting of the President of the College as Chairperson, Vice Presidents, deans, directors and other officials of equal rank as members, whose duty is to review and recommend to the Board the policies governing the administration, management and development planning of the College.

SECTION 11. The Academic Council. - There shall be an Academic Council to be composed of the President of the College, who shall act as Chairperson, and all the academic staff with the rank of at least an assistant professor, as members.

The Academic Council shall have the power to review and recommend the curricular offerings and rules of discipline of the College, subject to the approval of the Board. It shall fix the requirements for the admission of students, as well as for their graduation and conferment of degrees, subject to review and/or approval by the Board through the President of the College. It shall have the disciplinary power over students of the College and shall formulate academic policies and rules and regulations on discipline, subject to the approval of the Board.

SECTION 12. The Secretary of the College. - The Board shall appoint a secretary, who shall serve as such for both the Board and the College and shall keep all records and proceedings of the Board. He/She shall serve upon each member of the board the appropriate notice of the Board meetings.

SECTION 13. The Treasurer of the College . - The Treasurer of the Philippines shall be the ex officio treasurer of the College.

SECTION 14. The Faculty . - No political beliefs, gender preference, cultural or community affiliation or ethnic origin, and religious opinion or affiliation shall be a matter of inquiry in the appointment of faculty members of the College: Provided, That said appointment shall be subject to the guidelines, qualifications and/or standards set by the Board: Provided, further, That no member of the faculty shall teach for 6r against any particular church or religious sect.

SECTION 15. Scholarship Program/Admission. - The College shall provide a scholarship program and other affirmative action programs to assist poor but deserving students who qualify for admission to the College.

No student shall be denied admission to the College by reason of sex, religion, cultural or community affiliation, or ethnic origin.

SECTION 16. Authority to Loan or Transfer Apparatus/Equipment/ Supplies and Detail of Personnel. - The heads of the bureaus and offices of the national government are hereby authorized to loan or transfer, upon the request of the President of the College, such apparatus, equipment or supplies a s may be needed by the College, and to detail employees for duty therein when, in the judgment of the head of the bureau or office, such apparatus, equipment, supplies or services of such employees can be spared without serious detriment to public service.

The employees so detailed shall perform such duties as required of them by the President of the College, and the time so employed shall be counted as part of their regular services.

SECTION 17. Campus Site/Assets. - The College shall have an area of not less than five (5) hectares, at least three (3) hectares of which are contiguous to the main campus, for its exclusive use as campus site for its academic and instructional programs, research and development activities and experimental and laboratory facilities.

The Board shall forthwith recommend a suitable site within the City of Talisay for this purpose. The parcel of land to be occupied by the Talisay City State College is hereby declared to be property of the College, and shall be titled under that name: Provided, That should the College cease to exist or be abolished, or should said parcel of land aforementioned be no longer needed

by the College, the same shall revert to the LGU concerned.

SECTION 18. Tax Exemption on Importation and Donations.- The importation of economic, technical and cultural books and/or publications, which are for economic, technical, vocational, scientific, philosophical, historical or cultural purposes made by the Talisay City State College upon certification by the CHED, shall be exempt from customs duties in accordance with the provisions of the Tariff and Customs Code of the Philippines, as amended.

All donations in any form to the Talisay City State College shall be exempt from the donor's tax and the same shall be considered as allowable deduction from the gross income in the computation of the income tax of the donor, in accordance with the provisions of the National Internal Revenue Code of 1997, as amended.

SECTION 19. Appropriations. - The amount necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act of the year following its enactment into law and thereafter.

SECTION 20. Development Plan, Management Audit, Organizational/Administrative/Academic Structure. – Within the period of one hundred twenty (120) days after the approval of this Act, the College shall accomplish the following:

(a) Submit a five (5)-year development plan, including its corresponding program budget to the CRED, for corresponding recommendation to the DBM;

(b) Undergo a management audit in cooperation with the CHED; and

(c) Set up its organizational, administrative as well as academic structure, including the appointment of the key officials of the College.

SECTION21. Filing of Report. - On or before the fifteenth (15th) day of the second (2nd) month after the opening of the regular classes each year, the Board shall file with the Office of the President of the Philippines, through the Chairperson of the CHED, and with both Houses of Congress a detailed report on the progress, conditions and needs of the College.'

SECTION 22. Suppletory Application. - The provisions of Republic Act No. 8292, otherwise known as the "Righer Education Modernization Act of 1997", shall be an integral part of this Act and shall serve as part of the Governing Charter of the College.

SECTION 23. Parity Clause. - All other powers, functions and privileges, responsibilities and limitations to state colleges and/or their officials under existing laws shall be deemed 'granted to or imposed upon the College and/or its officials, whenever appropriate.

SECTION 24. Compliance with CHED Requirements. – The provisions of this Act notwithstanding, the establishment or conversion of the institution into a state college shall become effective only upon the determination and declaration by the CHED, based on the recommendation of a panel of experts, that the institution has complied with the requirements for a college status. The CHED, through its regional office, shall regularly provide technical assistance to the institution and monitor compliance with the requirements of the Commission.

The CHED shall designate a panel of experts who shall prepare a recommendation to the Chairperson of the CHED, on whether the institution has substantially complied with the requirements for the grant of college status.

The following are the operational requirements for a college:

(a) Level III accreditation or equivalent under CHED policies for at least four (4) of its undergraduate programs, one (1) ill liberal arts and one (1) ill the sciences, and two (2) of its graduate programs;

(b) Ratio of qualified full-time faculty with requisite degrees to number of students;

(c) Adequate library and laboratories;

(d) Research and development output of practical and commercial application to the community;

(e) Relevant linkages and outreach programs that are of service to the community; and

(f) Relevant academic policies, systems and processes.

The institution shall return its status prior to the effectivity of this Act, unless in the meantime it is able to comply with the requirements provided herein, within a period not exceeding

January 1, 2016.

SECTION 25. Implementing Rules and Regulations. – The Board, in consultation with the CRED, shall formulate the guidelines to fully implement the provisions of this Act.

SECTION 26. Separability Clause. - If, for any reason, any part or provision of this Act is declared invalid or unconstitutional, the remaining parts or provisions not affected thereby shall remain in full force and effect.

SECTION 27. Repealing Clause. - All laws, presidential decrees, executive orders, rules and regulations contrary to or inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

SECTION 28. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in two (2) newspapers general circulation.

Approved,

    
(SGD.) JUAN PONCE ENRILE
President of the Senate
(SGD.) FELICIANO BELMONTE JR.
Speaker of the House
of Representatives
 
This Act which originated in the House of Representatives was finally passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on February 6, 2013 and February 4, 2013, respectively.

    
(SGD.) EDWIN B. BELLEN
Acting Secretary of the Senate
(SGD.) MARILYN B. BARUA-YAP
Secretary General
House of Representatives
 
Approved: JUN 04 2013

(SGD.) BENIGNO S. AQUINO III
President of the Philippine

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ARTICLE I
National Territory
The national territory comprises the Philippine archipelago, with all the islands and waters embraced therein, and all other territories over which the Philippines has sovereignty or jurisdiction, consisting of its terrestrial, fluvial, and aerial domains, including its territorial sea, the seabed, the subsoil, the insular shelves, and other submarine areas. The waters around, between, and connecting the islands of the archipelago, regardless of their breadth and dimensions, form part of the internal waters of the Philippines.

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Preamble of the 1987 Philippine Constitution

We, the sovereign Filipino people, imploring the aid of Almighty God, in order to build a just and humane society and establish a Government that shall embody our ideals and aspirations, promote the common good, conserve and develop our patrimony, and secure to ourselves and our posterity the blessings of independence and democracy under the rule of law and a regime of truth, justice, freedom, love, equality, and peace, do ordain and promulgate this Constitution.

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A Far Cry From Africa
By Derek Walcott

A wind is ruffling the tawny pelt
Of Africa, Kikuyu, quick as flies,
Batten upon the bloodstreams of the veldt.
Corpses are scattered through a paradise.
Only the worm, colonel of carrion, cries:
'Waste no compassion on these separate dead!'
Statistics justify and scholars seize
The salients of colonial policy.
What is that to the white child hacked in bed?
To savages, expendable as Jews?
Threshed out by beaters, the long rushes break
In a white dust of ibises whose cries
Have wheeled since civilizations dawn
>From the parched river or beast-teeming plain.
The violence of beast on beast is read
As natural law, but upright man
Seeks his divinity by inflicting pain.
Delirious as these worried beasts, his wars
Dance to the tightened carcass of a drum,
While he calls courage still that native dread
Of the white peace contracted by the dead.

Again brutish necessity wipes its hands
Upon the napkin of a dirty cause, again
A waste of our compassion, as with Spain,
The gorilla wrestles with the superman.
I who am poisoned with the blood of both,
Where shall I turn, divided to the vein?
I who have cursed
The drunken officer of British rule, how choose
Between this Africa and the English tongue I love?
Betray them both, or give back what they give?
How can I face such slaughter and be cool?
How can I turn from Africa and live?

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A City's Death by Fire
By Derek Walcott

After that hot gospeller has levelled all but the churched sky,
I wrote the tale by tallow of a city's death by fire;
Under a candle's eye, that smoked in tears, I
Wanted to tell, in more than wax, of faiths that were snapped like wire.
All day I walked abroad among the rubbled tales,
Shocked at each wall that stood on the street like a liar;
Loud was the bird-rocked sky, and all the clouds were bales
Torn open by looting, and white, in spite of the fire.
By the smoking sea, where Christ walked, I asked, why
Should a man wax tears, when his wooden world fails?
In town, leaves were paper, but the hills were a flock of faiths;
To a boy who walked all day, each leaf was a green breath
Rebuilding a love I thought was dead as nails,
Blessing the death and the baptism by fire.

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By Yehuda Amichai

There is a street where they sell only red meat
And there is a street where they sell only clothes and perfumes. And there
is a day when I see only cripples and the blind
And those covered with leprosy, and spastics and those with twisted lips.

Here they build a house and there they destroy
Here they dig into the earth
And there they dig into the sky,
Here they sit and there they walk
Here they hate and there they love.

But he who loves Jerusalem
By the tourist book or the prayer book
is like one who loves a women
By a manual of sex positions.

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The House Where I Was Born
By Yves Bonnefoy

I woke up, it was the house where I was born.
It was raining softly in all the rooms,
I went from one to another, looking at
The water that shone on the mirrors
Piled up everywhere, some broken or even
Pushed between the furniture and the walls.
It was from these reflections that sometimes a face
Would emerge, laughing, of a gentleness
That was different from what the world is.
And, with a hesitant hand, I touched in the image
The tossled hair of the goddess,
Beneath the veil of the water
I could see the sad, distracted face of a little girl.
Bewilderment between being and not being,
Hand that is reluctant to touch the mist,
Then I listened as the laughter faded away
In the halls of the empty house.
Here nothing but forever the gift of the dream,
The outstretched hand that does not cross
The fast flowing water where memories vanish.

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By Yves Bonnefoy

And then the day came
When I heard the extraordinary lines in Keats,
The evocation of Ruth "when, sick for home,
She stood in tears amid the alien corn."

I did not need to search for the meaning
Of these words,
For it was in me since childhood,
I had only to recognize and to love it
When it came back from the depths of my life.

What could I take
From the evasive maternal presence
If not the feeling of exile and tears
That clouded that gaze searching to find
In things close by the place forever lost?

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By Yves Bonneflor

I woke up, it was the house where I was born,
It was night, trees were crowding
On all sides around our door,
I was alone on the doorstep in the cold wind,
No, not alone, for two huge beings
Were speaking to each other above me, through me.
One, behind, an old woman, stooped, mean,
The other standing upright outside like a lamp,
Beautiful, holding the cup that had been offered her,
Drinking greedily to calm her thirst.
Did I think to mock her, surely not,
Rather I let out a cry of love
But with the strangeness of despair,
And the poison ran throughout my body,
Ceres, mocked, broke the one who loved her.
Thus speaks the life walled up in life today.

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The House Where I Was Born
By Yves Bonneflor

In the same dream
I am lying in the hollow of a boat,
My forehead and eyes against the curved planks
Where I can hear the undercurrents
Striking the bottom of the boat.
All at once, the prow rises up,
And I think that we've come to the estuary,
But I keep my eyes against the wood
That smells of tar and glue.
Too vast, too luminous the images
That I have gathered in my sleep.
Why rediscover, outside,
The things that words tell me of,
But without convincing me,
I desire a higher or less somber shore.

And yet I give up this ground that stirs
Beneath the body waking to itself, I get up,
I go from room to room in the house,
They are endless now,
I can hear the cries of voices behind doors,
I am seized by these sorrows that knock
Against the ruined casings, I hurry on,
The lingering night is too heavy for me,
Frightened, I go into a room cluttered with desks,
Look, I'm told, this was your classroom,
See on the walls the first images you looked at,
Look, the tree, look, there, the yelping dog,
And the geography map on the yellow wall,
This fading of names and forms,
This effacing of mountains and rivers
By the whiteness that freezes language.
Look, this was your only book. The Isis of the plaster
On the wall of this room, which is pealing away,
Never had, nor ever will have anything other
To open for you, to close on you.

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The House Where I Was Born
By Yves Bonnefoy

I remember, it was a morning, in summer,
The window was half-open, I drew near,
I could see my father at the end of the garden.
He was motionless, looking for something,
I could not tell what, or where, beyond the world,
His body was already bent over, but his gaze
Was lifted toward the unaccomplished or the impossible.
He had put aside his pick and his spade,
The air was fresh on that morning of the world,
But even freshness can be impenetrable, and cruel
The memory of the mornings of childhood.
Who was he, who had he been in the light,
I did not know, I still do not.

But I also see him on the boulevard,
Walking slowly, so much weariness
Weighing down the way he now moved,
He was going back to work, while I
Was wandering about with some of my classmates
At the beginning of an afternoon still free from time.
To this figure, seen from afar, moving on its way,
I dedicate the words that cannot say what they would.

(In the dining room
Of the Sunday afternoon, in summer,
The shutters closed against the heat,
The table cleared, he suggested
Cards, since these are the only pictures
In the childhood house to satisfy
The needs of dream, but he leaves,
And when he does, the child clumsily takes the cards,
He puts the winning ones in the other's hand,
Then waits feverishly for the game to begin again,
And for the one who was losing to win, and so triumphantly
That he might see in this victory a sign, something
To nourish some hope the child cannot know.
After this, two paths part, and one of them
Vanishes, and almost immediately, forgetfulness
Sets in, avid, relentless.

I have crossed out
These words a hundred times, in verse, in prose,
But I cannot
Stop them from coming back.)

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By Yves Bonnefoy

I woke up, it was the house where I was born,
Sea foam splashed against the rock,
Not a single bird, only the wind to open and close the wave,
Everywhere on the horizon the smell of ashes,
As if the hills were hiding a fire
That somewhere else was burning up a universe.
I went onto the veranda, the table was set,
The water knocked against the legs of the table, the sideboard.
And yet she had to come in, the faceless one,
The one I knew was shaking the door
In the hall, near the darkened staircase, but in vain,
So high had the water already risen in the room.
I took the handle, it was hard to turn,
I could almost hear the noises of the other shore,
The laughter of the children playing in the tall grass,
The games of the others, always the others, in their joy.

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The House Where I Was Born
By Yves Bonnefoy

And then life; and once again
A house where I was born. Around us
The granary above what once had been a church,
The gentle play of shadow from the dawn clouds,
And in us that smell of the dry straw
That had seemed to be waiting for us
From the moment the last sack, of wheat or rye,
Had been brought in so long ago,
In the eternity of former summers
Whose light was filtered through the warm tiles.
I could sense that day was about to break,
I was waking, and now I turn once more
Toward the one who dreamed beside me
In the lonely house. To her silence
I dedicate, at night,
The words that only seem to be speaking of something else.

(I was waking,
I loved those days we had, days preserved
The way a river flows slowly, though already
Caught in the vaulting rumbling of the sea.
They were passing through us, with the majesty of simple things,
The mighty sails of what is were kind enough to take
Precarious human life on board the ship
That the mountain spread out around us.
O memory,
They covered with the flapping of their silence
The sound, of water on the stones, of our voices,
And up ahead, there might well be death,
But with that milky color you find at the end of beaches
In the evening, when far off
The children still touch bottom, and laugh in the peaceful water,
And keep on playing.)
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The House Where I Was Born (Another Time)
By Yves Bonnefoy

Another time.
It was still night. Water slid
Silently on the black ground,
And I knew that my only task would be
To remember, and I laughed,
I bent down, I took from the mud
A pile of branches and leaves,
I lifted up the whole dripping mass
In arms I held close to my heart.
What to do with this wood where
The sound of color rose from so much absence,
It hardly mattered, I went in haste, looking for
At least some kind of shed, beneath the load
Of branches that were full of
Rough edges, stabbing pains, points, cries.

And voices that cast shadows on the road,
Or called to me, and, my heart beating fast,
I turned around to face the empty road.

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Passer-by, These Are Words
By Yves Bonnefoy

Passer-by, these are words. But instead of reading
         I want you to listen: to this frail
      Voice like that of letters eaten by grass.

Lend an ear, hear first of all the happy bee
Foraging in our almost rubbed-out names.
      It flits between two sprays of leaves,
Carrying the sound of branches that are real
      To those that filigree the still unseen.

Then know an even fainter sound, and let it be
      The endless murmuring of all our shades.
Their whisper rises from beneath the stones
      To fuse into a single heat with that blind
      Light you are as yet, who can still gaze.

        May your listening be good! Silence
Is a threshold where a twig breaks in your hand,
      Imperceptibly, as you attempt to disengage
                 A name upon a stone:

And so our absent names untangle your alarms.
         And for you who move away, pensively,
      Here becomes there without ceasing to be.

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