City Mayor Evelyn Mudz C.

Diaz of Ilagan stands proud and asserts her plans and program for 2017 will be realized and hoping for the best ahead among Ilaguenios who were
devastated by Super Typhoon Lawin during her first State of the City Address held here recently. Her plans and programs laid out during the session of Annual Investment Plans
(AIP) and approved by no less than the compositions of City Development Planning Council which she chaired. The Patriot lensman, jgd

P323 million plus sa 17 infra 20% EDF

Unang SOCA ni Mayor Mudz Diaz

ibinandera sa AIP sa pulong ng CDPC

ILAGAN CITY, Isabela - Ubi concordia, ibi victoria!,

Where there is Unity, there is victory!, Kapag may pagkakaisa, may tagumpay ang bawat isa, ito ang bungad
na mga katagang Latino na isinigaw ni City Mayor Evelyn
Mudz C. Diaz sa kanyang kauna-unahang State of the
City Address(SOCA) noong isang linggo sa Ilagan City
Community Center.
Ibinahagi sa mga
bisita at libu-libong
Ilagueos ni Mayor Diaz
ang
kanyang
komprehensibong three

year development plan

para lalo pang umangat ang
City of Ilagan kaagapay ng
paglago ng ekonomiya sa
buong bayan.

Sa Annual Investment
Plan (AIP) na nakapaloob
sa inilatag ng City Development Council kung saan
si Mayor Diaz ang

namumuno sa konseho,
sinang-ayunan at lumusot
sa session ng konseho ang
P323 million plus sa araw
ng SOCA ang pagtatayo ng
maraming infra at ang social services para sa
Ilaguenios.
Matapos ang session
ng Ilagan City Development Council, isinunod ni
Mayor Mudz Diaz ang
kanyang unang SOCA
bilang ina ng Ilagan City.
Inilarawan ng lady city
mayor ang nagdaang

delubyong sanhi ng Super

Typhoon Lawin kung saan
muling hinagupit ng todo
ng kalamidad ang buong
kalunsuran, gayunman,
sinabi ng alkalde na hindi
sila nawalan ng lakas ng
loob sa tulong ng Diyos na
muling bumangon.
Kung magugunita,
nakaranas din ng pahirap
ang administrasyon ni
Mayor Jay Diaz matapos
pumasok sa AOR ang super
typhoon
Juannawasak ang maraming

community centers ng
ilang
barangay
at
nagliparan ang maraming
kabahayan at school buildings,
kabilang
ang
pagkasira ng malawak na
maisan.
Binaha
ng
rumaragasang agos ang
kalakhang Cabisera mula
sa Cagayan at Magat River.
Kasabay ng SOCA,
ang malinaw ang nilalaman
ng iprinisintang Power
Point ng dokumentadong
turn to p./ 2

Former City Mayor Josemarie L. Diaz was seen about to hug and congratulates his better half few seconds following the city mayors first State of the City Address, while City Mayor
Bernard Faustino M. Dy and Board Member Rick J Angobung about to do the same. Mayor Diaz joined by her husband former City Mayor Jay Diaz, Vice Mayor Vedasto Vilanueva,
and Rev. Fr. Engino Rapadas, and members of her city council for a photo ops after her SOCA message. The Patriot lensman, jgd

December 5 - 11, 2016

Unang SOCA...

mula sa p./ 1

kasaysayan
upang
mailarawan ng lady city
mayor ang pahirap ni
Lawin.
Tulad ni dating Mayor
Jay Diaz, ang kanyang
maybahay ay hindi
nawalan ng pag-asa sa
tulong ng SP members,
mabilis na isinagawa ang
deklarasyon ng State of
Calamity upang tugunan
ang mabilisang pagkilos sa
emergency purchases ng
relief goods at iba pang
medisina sa mga sinalanta
ni Lawin.
Agaran
ang
pagbabangon sa mga
winasak na gusaling
paaralan, mga community
centers matapos maglaan
ng kaukulang pondo ang
city government.
Kakaiba ang gilas na
ipinamalas ni City Mayor
Evelyn Mudz CatolicoDiaz sa dating former City
Mayor Josemarie Jay L.
Diaz, gayunman inamin ng
huli na laging isinasangguni
din sa kanya kung ano ang
prioridad at kung ano ang
mga susunod na hakbang.
Nakatutok kasi si
Mayor Jay sa kung
papaano din magpamalas
ng talino at galing ang
kanyang
butihing
maybahay-kung kayang
lagpasan o mapanatili ni

Mayor Mudz Diaz ang ilang

taong ibinuhos ng dating
city mayor.
Ang makulay na accomplishments at kung
saan nakilala ang Ilagan City
sa buong bansa mula sa nutrition, child friendly, anti
drug campaign ng BADAC,
sa larangan ng agrikultura
hanggang sa social services
at edukasyon.
Un-precedented, hindi
kayang
tularan
at
napakabilis ng sikad ng
pagbabago sa bawat sulok
ng City of Ilagan sa loob ng
maigsing panahon na
naupong city mayor si
Mayor Jay Diaz.
Pinangarap pa rin ni
Diaz ang mabuo ang isang
maningning na pangalan ng
Ilagan City.
Ang Ilagan City ay
binubuo ng 91 barangays at
isang dosenang miyembro
ng
Sangguniang
Panlungsod, hindi unabis
nahirapan si Mayor Diaz na
sila ay pakisamahan at pagisahin-united alang-alang
sa kapakanan ng mga
Ilaguenios.
#AIP-ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT PLAN
Sa kanyang SOCA, isa
isang binanggit ni Diaz ang
kanyang priority projectsang tapusin ang mga rehab
ng mga gusali at kalsada

With City Mayor Mudz Diaz are her abled and supportive Brgy. Chairwomen who listened to her SOCA address held
at Ilagan City Convention Center recently. The Patriot lensman, jgd
hanggang sa sisilungang
mga school buildings ng
mga bata.
Naglaan na rin ng Ph 2
milyong halaga para ayusin
ang kalsada patungo sa Regional Drug Rehab Center
sa Brgy. San Antonio.
Road Concreting at
farm to Market Roads sa 12
barangay at lugar na

makakatulong sa ginhawa
ng magsasaka palabas ng
merkado, tulad ng Paliueg,
Bigao Road, Carikkikan Sur,
Alibagu 1st-Sipay-Marana
3 rd , San Ignacio road at
marami pang iba.
Mga box culvert at
daluyan ng mga sewage
system para maikubli ang
nakakasulasuk na amoy ng

mga canal.
Sa paglalatag ng
aspalto
sa
Alibagu(Landing) at Centro
Poblacion ay isa rin sa top
concerns ng CPDO sa ilalim
ng administration ni Mayor
Mudz Diaz.
Hindi na makikisilong
ang mga barangay folks
sakaling
may
mga

HAPPY FACES: 91 barangay captains of Ilagan City saw another milestone under the leadership of City Mayor Mudz Diaz just few minutes after her
delivery of her SOCA. With Diaz is Vice Mayor Vedasto Villanueva who is also celebrating his 65th birthday, thus a simple lunch was served among
visitors and guest here. The Patriot lensman, jgd

malawakang paglilikas sa
panahon ng kalamidad ang
maraming lugar sa Ilagan
City.
Dalawampot isang(21)
barangay halls(covered
courts) ang isina-alang
alang ni Diaz ngayong 2017
ang konstruksyun ng multi
purpose halls na magagamit
ng bawat barangay tulad ng
Cabisera-2,
Bangag,
Naguilian Norte, San Juan
at Rugao may kabuuang
halaga ng P22 million.
Inaasahang tatapusin
din ang nasimulang
projects sa maraming covered courts sa halagang
humigit kumulang sa Ph 27
million.
Samantala dumalo sa
maraming pagkakataon sina
Mayor Bernard Faustino M.
Dy at Vice Mayor Leoncio
Bong Dalin ng City of
Cauayan at ilang miyembro
ng
Sangguniang
Panlungsod sa mahalagang
pagtitipon at hinarap sila ni
dating City Mayor Jay Diaz
bilang
espesyal
na
panauhin.
Si Fr. Engino at ilang
imbitadong panauhin ang
hindi nawawala sa senaryo
tulad ng PNP Ilagan City,
BFP, SOCO personnel.
Kasabay nito, isang
simpleng birthday celebration ang bumati kay City
Vice Mayor Vedasto
Villanueva na sabay sabay
na inawitan sa Ilagan City
Convention Center. Joe
Dasig, The Patriot / dzRH
News

Nueva Vizcaya IP farmers POEA warns OFW applicants vs illegal recruiters

get fund forum service
from DTI
BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya - At least 51 upland
farmers in Dupax del Norte town recently received Financing Forum service from the Department of Trade
and Industry (DTI) in a bid to boost the farmers income.
Albert Pamatian, chief trade and industry development specialist, said the participants were Ibaloi and
Kalanguya tribes involved in the production of high
value vegetables.
The activity aims to address the insufficient capital of upland farmers inorder to maximize their crop
production, he said.
Pamatian said the upland farmers were oriented
on the terms and conditions of the Pocket Farmers
Lending Program (PFLP) of the SB Corporation.
Because of this, the farmers have signified their
intention to avail of the financing program to improve
their income, he said. Ben Moses Ebreo

TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan - The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) here reminded the
Overseas Filipino Worker applicants on the rampant illegal recruitment.
Romeo Jaramilla, regional coordinator, said despite the conduct of series of information dissemination and
trainings on how to identify illegal recruitment, there are still many individuals who are victims of illegal recruitment.
Jaramilla said most of the victims of illegal recruitment are those who patronage shortcut processes because of
their eagerness to work abroad.
Applicants must examine if the recuiters have permits or legal documents to operate provided by the POEA,
Jaramilla said.
He said when illegal recruiters are apprehended, none among the applicants has the courage to file a case
against them.
We keep on telling these victims of illegal recruitment to file a case against their recruiters so that they will no
longer operate. When no one files a case, then, they will just go somewhere else and operate again, Jaramilla
added.
He also advised applicants who are undergoing Pre-Departure Orientation Seminar (PDOS) to listen carefully
and ensure that they will be fully informed on their rights, privileges and necessary actions to take when they
encounter problems and difficulties with regards to the recruitment agency they applied to as well as issues
concerning their foreign employers. Oliver T. Baccay

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December 5 - 11, 2016

Labor group sees increase in employment in 2017 but expresses

concern on rising underemployment
LABOR group Associated
Labor Unions (ALU) attributes the high employment rate to the optimism
created by President
Dutertes repeated promise to seriously address
the worsening problems
on peace and order situation, graft and corruption
in government bureaucracy, drastic cutting on
red tape specifically the
setting up of business operations and on his promise to build unprecedented
number of strategic infrastructures.
In a Labor Force Sur-

vey released by Philippine

Statistics Authority (PSA)
showed unemployment
reached its lowest level
4.7% in 11 years.
We are also seeing
Mr. Dutertes aggressive
pro-China diplomacy initiatives, peace talking
with the communist movement actors, separatist entities and personalities in
Mindanao and his leadership sincerity helped magnify the optimism for local
and foreign investors to
put up jobs-creating investments, said Alan
Tanjusay, ALU spokes-

person.
Feeling secured and
assured of their investments, he said these investors set up shops early
to anticipate the fruits of
reduced graft and corruption, capitalize on the ease
of doing business, and increased mobility due to
improve peace and order
situation.
Plus, they also anticipate and directly and
indirectly participate to
take part as Mr. Duterte is
hell-bent to spend big
money on building mega
infrastructures. All these

combined to create jobs

which what we have now
in anticipation of the bigger things to come,
Tanjusay said.
Tanjusay said if Mr.
Dutertes leadership momentum is not interrupted,
construction allied services would emerge and
help create jobs.
However, the underemployment scenario
should be a cause of concern for government and
employers, he said.
It could mean that
though there are jobs
available but their wages

and benefits are inadequate for them to cope

with rising cost of living
particularly the increasing
prices of basic goods and
costs of services, he said.
Government and employers, therefore, should
act simultaneously in addressing this underemployment rate. Employers
should raise their wages
and improve direct and indirect benefits to workers
to help mitigate the rising
rate of underemployment.
Government should improve social protection
benefits and insurance,

enforce labor laws and

safeguard predatory increase of prices of basic
commodities.
With all of these, we
see an unprecedented increase in domestic employment in the year
ahead. But if employers
and government ignore
underemployment solutions, economic growth
will continue to be non-inclusive and inequitable
with the very few upper
class people racing to the
top while the working
people are racing to the
bottom, Tanjusay said.

Armys chief dental surgeon recently visits 5ID

CAMP MELCHOR F. DELA CRUZ, Upi, Gamu, Isabela
Colonel Jimmy C Estolas, the Armys Chief Dental Surgeon,
visited the 5th Infantry (STAR) Division, Philippine Army
on November 29, 2016.
The purpose of his visit is to conduct ocular inspection
to the 5th Dental Detachment (5th DD) which is based in
Camp Melchor F Dela Cruz and to determine the state of
the morale and welfare of its personnel.
Upon his arrival, Col Estolas paid courtesy call on
Colonel Bismarck D Soliba, Divisions Inspector General
and Colonel Ignacio B Madriaga, Divisions Chief of Staff
at the Office of the Chief of Staff at 5ID Headquarters.
Afterwhich, he proceeded to the 5th DD. 1st Lieutenant Rhea
Reyes, the Operations and Admin Officer, presented an
information briefing to apprise the Chief Dental Surgeon
about the status of their personnel, equipment and present
and future activities of their unit.
According to Col Estolas, 5th Dental Detachment was
his first unit assignment after his Called to Active Duty
(CAD). He was assigned at 5th DD from February 18, 1987
to March 31, 1993 and wanted to visit said unit once again
before he retires from the military service.
Lieutenant Colonel Luis S Capacia, the Commanding
Officer of 5th Dental Detachment hosted a dinner for Col
Estolas which was attended by Brigadier General Paul Talay
Atal, D.P.A. AFP, Philippine Armys 5th Infantry Division
Commander, Col Soliba, Col Madriaga, and other officers
and enlisted personnel of the 5th Dental Detachment.
Colonel Estolas will be due for retirement on January
16, 2017.

From Left to right: Major Eugene Ocampo (Operations Officer of the Office of the Armys Chief Dental Surgeon), Col
Bismarck Soliba (5IDs Inspector General), Col Jimmy Estolas (Armys Chief Dental Surgeon), Col Ignacio Madriago
(5IDs Chief of Staff) and LtCol Luis Capacia (Commanding Officer of 5th Dental Detachment) pose for a souvenir photo
during the visit of Armys Chief Dental Surgeon at 5ID Headquarters last Tuesday, November 29, 2016.

Bicam approves proposed 2017 National Budget

SENATOR Loren Legarda
announced that the bicameral conference committee
approved today the proposed P3.350 trillion national budget for 2017 following the consolidation of
the respective versions of
the Senate and House of
Representatives.
The bicam report will
be presented by Legarda,
Chair of the Senate Committee on Finance, and
Rep. Karlo Nograles, Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations, to
their respective chambers
during the session today

for ratification before the

same is submitted to President Rodrigo Duterte for
his signature.
This is a budget that
is in line with the
Presidents 10-Point Socioeconomic Agenda and we
ensured that it funds the
necessary services needed
by our citizens, such as
universal healthcare, free
tuition for all in state universities and colleges
(SUCs), and additional
funds for social services.
We also allocated funds for
free irrigation, additional
funds for prisoners sub-

sistence allowance, pension for Post World War II

veterans and centenarians,
among others, said
Legarda.
Among the highlights
of the budget is the strong
support for education with
the increased budget
worth P8 billion for the
Commission on Higher
Education (CHED) so that
all college students enrolled in any SUC in the
country will not have to
pay for their tuition fee.
The budget for SUCs
was also increased to provide additional funds for
scholarship and capital
outlay for all SUCs; while
increased allocation for the
Department of Education
(DepEd) is intended for site
development of public
schools and to increase
teachers cash or chalk allowance from P1,500 to
P2,500, which they use to
purchase classroom supplies like chalk, erasers and
forms.
For healthcare, P3 billion increase in the
PhilHealth was approved
so that all Filipinos will now
be covered by the universal healthcare program,
while indigent patients will
not have to pay for anything in government hospitals under the No Balance Billing (NBB) policy.
The bicam also approved additional funds for

the Department of Health

(DOH) worth P1.521 billion
for the Doctors to the Barrio program, construction
of additional health facilities, and medical assistance to indigent patients;
as well as the P2.646 billion
allocation for the establishment of DOH-Treatment
and Rehabilitation Centers
in regions which do not
have such facility.
Under the Department
of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), P100
million will be granted to
centenarians and additional funding is provided
for the supplemental feeding program. Moreover, all
4.4 million beneficiaries of
the Pantawid Pamilyang
Pilipino Program (4Ps) will
now be entitled to a rice allowance in the form of cash
grants.
Under the National Irrigation Administration
(NIA) budget, the amount
of P2 billion is provided to
subsidize irrigation fees
that farmers have long been
shouldering.
For livelihood and
microenterprises support,
additional P1 billion is allocated under the Small
Business Corporation so it
can provide loans at almost
no
interest
to
microenterprises; additional funds were also provided for various programs
of the Department of Labor

and Employment (DOLE)

including Employment Facilitation and Capacity
Building Services.
Under the Technical
Education and Skills Development
Authority
(TESDA), Congress approved funds for the Training for Work Scholarship
Program/Livelihood, as
well as Training Provision
for Drug Dependents.
For the Department of
Interior and Local Government (DILG), additional
funds were provided for
training and equipment of
firefighters, support to the
Philippine National Polices
(PNP) fight against illegal
drugs, increased subsistence allowance of prisoners and rehabilitation and
construction of jail facilities.
Additional funds
were also allocated to the
Department of National
Defense (DND) to fund
activities to effectively
defend the country from
internal and external
threats, as well as to fund
programs such as the repair of Veterans Center,
expanded veterans hospitalization program, and
construction of cadet barracks.
The bicam also approved allocation for the
combat and incentive pay
of the military and police
worth P12.1 billion, as well

as funding for the Capability Enhancement Program of the PNP.

For environment and
resilience programs, funds
under the Department of
Environment and Natural
Resources (DENR) were
allocated for restoration of
mangroves, which are effective buffers against
storm surge and tsunami.
In implementing the National Greening Program
(NGP), the DENR should
use planting materials that
are responsive to the
needs of the communities
such as fruit-bearing trees,
bamboo, coconut trees,
and trees that are important for traditional use and
livelihood of indigenous
peoples and local communities.
Legarda also ensured
continued support for heritage, arts and culture under the 2017 national budget.
This is a pro-people
budgetone that will be
felt by those at the
grassroots as it prioritizes
rural development and social services. But these
funds must be spent judiciously and expeditiously.
I urge agencies of government to spend these resources well and address
the challenges that lead to
underspending or low absorptive
capacity,
Legarda concluded

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Triumvirate of ill repute

THE filing of criminal cases against President Rodrigo Duterte,
which is another yellow hype since the President is immune from
suit, would make it a case of the word of Edgar Matobato, the
witness of Senators Leila de Lima and Sonny Trillanes, against
the findings of the Senate committee on justice and human rights.
The Senate panels report stated that state-sponsored
extrajudicial killings (EJKs) and the Davao Death Squad (DDS)
were myths while self-styled DDS member Matobato claims in
his complaint that Duterte was behind both the EJKs and the DDS.
Last Friday, Matobato filed murder and kidnapping complaints
against Duterte, his eldest son, Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo
Duterte, Philippine National Police chief Director General Ronald
de la Rosa and 25 others on allegations anchored on his testimonies
before the Senate panel
regarding his activities as an
alleged member of the DDS
that he claimed existed during
the term of Duterte as mayor
of Davao City.
Matobatos complaint before the Ombudsman against Duterte
was for kidnapping, murder, violation of Republic Act 9745 or the
Anti-Torture Act, and violations of RA 9851 or the Philippine Act
on Crimes Against International Humanitarian Law, Genocide and
Other Crimes Against Humanity.
The Ombudsman had dismissed an earlier investigation on
the so-called DDS.
Gordon said it was too obvious that Matobato only proxied for
de Lima and Trillanes in filing the complaint against Duterte.
Matobato was de Limas surprise witness in the Senate hearing
on EJK when she was still chairman of the probe panel which the
Senate stripped her and gave to Gordon. He had no affidavit before
he testified in the Senate, which is a violation of Senate probe
rules. His name was never in any list of witnesses and de Lima
just popped up with Matobato as a surprise witness, which is again
in violation of the rules.
Matobato is also under Trillanes custody, after the Gordons
panel refused to grant him protection.
Gordon said that the filing of the charges against Duterte was
merely propaganda to make it appear they have a case when they
dont have one.
He said the Senate panel during the EJK hearings already
found that he was a lying, unreliable witness.
Not hidden from the recent moves of the new triumvirate of
de Lima, Trillanes and Matobato is that all the efforts are leading
to a major yellow offensive against Rody by the start of next year.

Off to a good start

IT was a brief phone call that
lasted only not more than eight
minutes but that chat between
whom many call as two peas in a
pod, The Donald, US President
Donald Trump, and Rody, President Duterte, may have opened
up a better engagement between
the US and the Philippines.
Rody has long shown his hostility toward the administration of
President Barack Obama in re-

taliation to Obamas criticisms of

the conduct of his drug war and
in particular blaming the extrajudicial killings to Rodys campaign.
Rody railed against US hypocrisy and bullying and
other less palatable words hurled
at Obama and other governments
and institutions which keep on
issuing threats against his illegal
turn to p. 8

Mayor Mudz Diaz, matatag at may

kakayahan
SA loob ng pitong (7) buwan sa
naupo sa city hall si Mayor
Mudz Diaz, hindi unabis
nakakitaan ng panghihina sa
kanyang kakayahan bagkus
isang malaking paghamon ang
tumambad
sa
kanyang
kakayahan matapos pumasok sa
AOR ng Northern Isabela ang
matinding hagupit ng isang
delubyo.
Tulad ng kanyang mister na
si Mayor Jay Diaz na naging
biktima din ng kalamidad ng
rumagasa sa Isabela ang isa
pang Super Typhoon Juan,
bumangon at muling ibinangon
ang kanyang mga kababayan sa
mas mapait na karanasang
idinulot ng isang malupit na
bagyo.
Sa kabila ng isang ginang si
Mrs. Diaz, ginamit niyang lahat
ang kanyang dunong at kumapit
sa Diyos kung paano sila muling
magsisimula.
Nagdeklara ng State of Calamity, ginamit lahat ang
kanilang resources-mula sa
emergency releases ng milyong
pondo para matugunan ang libolibong Ilaguenios na nagtaga sa

maraming evacuation centers.

Walang araw at gabi para sa
isang hinangaang leader ng
Ilagan City, kasama ang
kanyang buong puwersa ng 91
barangay officials, gumagalaw
at kumikilos at sumusulong na
Ilagan City.
Hanggang sa kasalakuyan,
matapos ang kanyang kaunaunahang State of the City Address, patuloy ang serbisyo sa
bayan, naghahatid ng kaunteng
tulong sa mga nawalan ng
bahay, mga biktimang walang
makain at nasa sinisilungang
pansamantala.
Naging abala din sina Cong.
Rodito Albano, Governor Bojie
Dy at Vice Governor Tonypet
Albano sa paghahatid ng dapat
maitulong sa taumbayan.
Mga yero at construction materials ang walang patid na
pulong sa mga sinalanta ni
Lawin ang laging priority sa
mga lakad upang madinig ang
hinaing ng mga wala ni kusing
na pamilyadong mahihirap.
Una, saan sila kukuha ng
maisusubo pagkagat ng dilim,
sundan sa p./ 5

Duterte should abandon Davao

BY that, I mean President Duterte, for
the good of the country, should both
stop making Davao City his main
worldthe comfort zone he hasnt really moved out ofand, more importantly perhaps, to jettison his citymayor mindset.
In fact, much of his failings in his
nearly six months in office are most
probably because his world hasnt become the entire Philippines, but still
Davao City. But he is not just President
of Davao City, nor just of Mindanao.
He is President of the entire country.
I had initially cheered the assumption to the presidency of a political
leader whose world had been outside
Manila, as this could jar our political
and economic leaderships Manilacentric worldview since the birth of our
nation. This resulted in resources being focused mainly on the metropolis,
with the poorest of the country, mostly
outside the country, trapped in poverty.
But that is appearing to be more
and more just wishful thinking, involving theory that doesnt jibe with reality. Dutertes Davao-centrism could
even be his big handicap.
Take Dutertes war against drugs,
the images of which have horrified the
world, what with vivid photos of
corpses in streets and in morgues in
the New York Times and the UKbased Daily Mail.
When he ordered the police,
Slaughter them all, referring to those
involved in the drug trade, I suspect
that his mindset was that of his days
in Davao City, ordering the 500-strong
police force of the city, whose integrity
and characterand limitshe would
have known. With such a relatively
small force, it was easy for him to moni-

tor his orders implementation, so that

it doesnt get out of control and end up
in a bloodbath.
But as President of the Republic,
his slaughter-them-all directive was
issued to the 160,000 personnel of the
entire Philippine National Police in
2,000 regional, provincial, city and
municipal commands. To illustrate arithmetically, if only 10 percent of the
Davao police were sadist killers, only
50 policemen would have gone on a
spree of extra-judicial executions. In
fact, Duterte had undertaken such a
war against illegal drugs in the 1980s
and 1990s, and it hardly merited reportage from the big foreign news outfits.
But if 10 percent of the entire police force were such cold-blooded killers, youd have a huge number of
16,000 policemen in the country on a
killing spree. No wonder not a day has
passed since July when tabloids and
TV news do not have pictures and videos of poor people in slippers killed in
some drug bust, and who apparently
had such a surge of audacity to fight
policemen that they had to be killed.
Davao
Cabinet
About half of Dutertes Cabinet members, and in crucial posts, are people
from Davao or adjacent areas, which
would reinforce his Davao-centric
view. Other than Executive Secretary
Salvador Medialdea, among them are:
Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez
II; Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III;
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana,
another childhood friend; Interior and
Local Government Secretary Ismael
Sueno; DILG for Police Matters,
Catalino Uy; Health Secretary Paulyn
turn to p. 8

OPINION

December 5 - 11, 2016

Bitayin ang bitay

ISA na namang usaping
nakakahati sa mamamayan ang
nauukol sa pagbuhay sa death
penalty sa mga karumal-dumal
na krimen. Sa mga human rights
acti-vists at sa sector ng
simbahan, ito ay dapat ibasura.
Pero doon sa mga naging biktima
ng heinous crimes, alam ko na
masaya nilang susuportahan ang
pagbabalik
sa
parusang
kamatayan.
At kahit hindi ka dumanas
ng ganyang buktot na krimen,
kapag nakarinig ka na may bata
o lola na ginahasa at pinatay,
gusto mo na talupan ng buhay
ang gumawa ng kabuktutan.
Ang
nakakainis
pa,
masentensyahan man nang habambuhay na pagkabilanggo ang
isang kriminal ay para siyang
hari sa loob ng bilangguan lalu
na kung may salapi siya at
impluwensya. Hindi na kaila sa
marami
ang
nabistong

pamamayagpag ng negosyong
droga sa New Bilibid Prisons, sa
mismong maximum security pa.
Naririyan din ang mga mala-hotel
na
kubol
ng
mga
masasalaping preso.
Kaya parang napakahirap
magdesisyon
kung
dapat
tanggapin o ibasura ang
parusang
kamatayan
na
aprobado na sa House Committee on Justice. Samantala,
nananawagan ang Simbahang
Katoliko
sa
mga
mananampalataya na manalangin
para mabasura ang parusang
kamatayan.
Ako ay may reservation sa
panunumbalik ng parusang ito.
Papayag lang ako kung mayroon
tayong isang justice system na
walang sinisino, mayaman man
o mahirap. Kaso, mas madalas
na ang pinakamahirap ang
napagkakaitan ng katarungan
habang ang mga mayayaman ay

Mises sinakyan na rin

ng pulitiko, ginang ni
pulitiko tuluyan ng naglaho
sa eksena, kaya humanap daw
ng madidiligan
ALAM nyo bang malamig ang
panahon at medyo maulan
kaya tila naghahanap ng
mainit na sabaw si Mr. Politician kahit na may nauna ng
sumawsaw sa butas, ano to
soy sauce sawsawan ng
bayan?
Ayon sa ating bubuwit
happy birthday pala kay
Municipal Treasurer Gilbert
Pagulayan ng Nagtipunan,
Quirino, from his loving wife
Mrs. Lynda Pagulayan at
pinakamamahal na manugang
at apo.
Happy birthday pa kina
Vice Mayor Viding Villanueva
ng Ilagan City, also warm
greetings Happy birthday pa
kay Sr. Supt. Alexander Santos
ng City of Ilagan from Ofelia
and his super seksi and mabait
na dalaga sa East West Bank
Ilagan branch.
Si Mrs Mildred Austria ng
Quirino capitol nagdiwang din
ng kanyang birthday party
bongga and simple celebrations nakaraus din noh.
Ayon sa ating bubuwit
sabi nga nila hindi na nila
nasilayan ang mukha ng apat
na miyembro ng First Family
na dating nakabandera sa
harapan ng simbahan at sa
sulok ng four lane avenue,
malayo pa ang lamig ng Pasko
naka-pondo na doon sa mga
nasabing lugar.
Pero ngayong ilang araw

na lang mga Kapatiran eh

mukhang hindi na unabis
masisilayan sa mga
dambuhalang tarpaulin ang
First Lady ni Mr, Politician na
kanyang pinakasalan last
years ba yun?...3 years ago or
so.
Ayon sa ating
bubuwit.pero hindi naman
daw malungkot si Mr. Politician kahit sinibatan na sya ng
tuluyan ni kumander at ang
balita eh sumama na sa isang
macho at guwapong
Kapampangan, eh may
sinasawsawan na daw si
bosing na siya nya ngayong
hinahalimhimang chitching na
de pamilyadong ginang.
Ha?!!!!!! Is this true bosing,
sabagay medyo masabaw pa
rin, kumbaga sariwa pa rin
daw sabi nila sa munisipyo at
laging kasama sa mga lakad
hanggang sa Maynila.
Kahit medyo panis na rin
kasi may dumaan ng bata sa
kanyang entrance holihol. Di
bale at least mayroon daw
naman sinusundot at
pinagpaparausan sa tuwing
lonely si bosing.
Ayon sa ating
bubuwittalk of the town ang
ka-relasyon nila ni Mr. Politician pero ang mother ni seksi
lady eh dedma at least malaki
ang isinusubeng intilehensya
at extra income sa tuwing
umuuwi ng bahay si mises,

nakakalusot
sa
kanilang
mabibigat na asunto.
Sinimulan na ng mga
Katoliko ang tinatawag na
Prayer Against Death Penalty
na magtatagal sa buong panahon
ng Kapaskuhan.
CORRUPT OFFICIALS
NAMAN ANG HARAPIN
Isang rally ang ginawa sa
maraming lugar sa bansa bilang
paggunita sa Human Rights
Day. Nagdulot ng trapik sa
Maynila ang rally sa Mendiola
at
Liwasang
Bonifacio.
Pinananawagan ng mga raliyista
na itigil na ang madugong
pagpatay kaugnay sa kampanya
sa illegal drugs. Nakakasawa na
umano ang araw-araw na
pagpatay sa drug suspects. Libo
na ang napapatay mula nang
paigtingin ang kampanya sa illegal drugs.
Anim na buwan na ang
nakalilipas mula nang isagawa
ang anti-drug campaign pero
hindi pa rin drug-free ang bansa.
Marami pa rin ang walang takot
at patuloy na nagtutulak at may
mga Chinese pang nagluluto ng
shabu. Hanggang kailan kaya
ito?
Habang marami pa ang
nagtutulak ng shabu, marami rin
namang opisyal ng gobyerno ang
sangkot sa katiwalian at
hanggang ngayon ay hindi pa rin
naman nakakatikim ng bagsik
ng kamao ni Duterte. Kaya wala
pang nasasampolan mula nang
umupo. Mas natutukan ang ille-

gal na droga. Dapat magpokus

naman si Duterte sa mga corrupt
sa pamahalaan.
Nang magsalita siya sa
alumni homecoming ng San
Beda College of Law isang
linggo na ang nakararaan, sinabi
niyang ang sunod niyang target
ay ang mga corrupt public officials. Mayroon umano siyang
listahan. Ipapahiya raw niya ang
corrupt public officials..
Kung galit ang Presidente
nagpapakalat ng illegal na
droga, galit din siya sa mga corrupt sa pamahalaan. Nang
maupo sa puwesto noong Hunyo
30, ang pagdurog sa mga corrupt
ang kanyang unang pinangako.
Binalaan niya ang mga corrupt sa
Land Transportation Office
(LTO), Bureau of Customs (BOC)
at Bureau of Internal Revenue
(BIR) na sisibakin sa puwesto.
Kamakailan, inatasan niya ang
lahat nang pinuno ng Energy
Regulatory Commission (ERC)
na magbitiw na sa puwesto
kasunod nang nabulgar na corruption sa tanggapan. Sabi ni
Duterte, naka-commit na siya sa
mamamayan na wawasakin ang
corruption sa mga tanggapan ng
pamahalaan at gagawin niya ito.
Hindi raw siya nagbibiro.
Naiinip ang taumbayan sa
pangako. Gusto nilay makita
ang bangis ni Duterte sa mga corrupt. Matutuwa ang sambayanan
kung may masasampolang corrupt public officials. Hindi sana
pawang salita lang.

para sa mga walang wala kahit

paanoy nabigyan sila ng
pamatid uhaw.
Bilang tugon, sa kanyang
SOCA, tiniyak ni Mayor Mudz
Diaz na muling bibigyan buhay
anuman
ang
nangyaring
delubyo at kailangang magkaisa at bumangon sa mas malakas
na bukas para sa mga
Ilaguenios.
Nagpatibay ang konseho ng
City Development Council na
kanyang pinamunuan ng Ph 323
million para mailagay sa ayos
ang dapat maibalik sa dating
sigla ang Corn Capital of the
Philippines
na
siyang
pangunahing source ng income
ng mga Ilaguenios.
Pinamamadali ng lady
mayor ang pagkukumpuni ng
mga silid aralan, mga covered
community
centers
na
pinadapada ni Lawin ang
karamihan sa kanila.
Mga lansangan na sinira at
binaha sa kahabaan ng Cabisera
barangays kung saan muling
gumuhit ang malaking volume
ng tubig baha.
Ang tulay na nag-uugnay
patungo sa dalisdis ng Sierra
Madre nagmistulang dagat at
sinira
ang
kongkretong
mahabang tulay ng Bintacan
Bridge, ginagawan nan g remedy ng lgu para muling maka-

usad ang mga apektado.

Ipinagsigawan ni Mayor
Mudz na magpapatayo ng mas
matatag na tulay na tatawid ng
Brgy. Baculud at handang
simulan sa lalong madaling
panahon.
ASEAN Games sa Ilagan CityCAVRAA
Masayang ipinagmalaki at
ibinalita ni Mayor Diaz na
aprub ang City government na
dito sa Ilagan City Sports Complex idaraos ang ASEAN athletic games at ang hosting ng
Regional Athletic Sports competitions gaganapin sana sa
Tuguegarao City, Cagayan
gagawin ang 10 araw na
CAVRAA meet.
Ayon kay Mayor Diaz, bigo
ang lgu ng Cagayan na maibalik
sa ayos ang kanilang sports complex oval dulot ng pagkawasak
ni Super Typhoon Lawin, kung
kaya imposibleng makapagdaus
sa Arranz Sports Oval ang
susunod na CAVRAA meet sa
buwan ng Marso o Abril 2017.
Dahil dito, isang malawakan
at mabilisang infra massive repairs and rehab ang tutugunan
ng CGSO at city engineering
bago magsimula ang CAVRAA
meet at ang ASEAN athletic
meet.
Tiniyak din ng alkalde na
maglalatag ang lgu ng mga Pailaw sa lahat halos ng city
proper-poblacion para muling
magningning ang buong Ilagan
City, malayo sa banta ng mga
durugista-tulak ng droga at
criminal elements.

dagdag sa pamasada ng
kanyang mister.
Ayon sa ating bubuwit,
laging kaladkad ni bosing ang
kanyang seksitarya sa
maraming lakad, kahit gabihin
sila ng uwi sa bahay, eh
walang say ang kanyang
mister-taga alaga ng kanilang
anak, may dahilan na kahit
umuwi ng alanganin at laging

kasama sa mga lakad sa

Metro Manila kumbaga official functions at may extra
allowance from the lgu at may
extra income from his bosing.
Ang mises na laging
kaladkad ni Mr. Politician na
sawsawan ng bayan ay
walang iba kundi si
Ms..Ms. Ms K as in
Kiwanis Club ng Isabela.

December 5 - 11, 2016

Bangkay ng lalaki sa NV iginapos, markado DAR casual employee,

ng Huwag Tularan Pusher Ako
timbog sa droga
BAYOMBONG, Nueva
Vizcaya - Huwag tularan,
magnanakaw ako at pusher
ito ang nakalarawan sa
ipinatong na karton sa
katawan
ng
isang
hinihinalang EJK o
kagagawan ng grupong
vigilante sa Nueva Vizcaya.
Wala
pang
pagkakakilanlan sa lalaking
itinapon sa gilid ng kalye
pasado alas siyete y media

ng gabi sa Brgy. La Torre

South, Bayombong, Nueva
Vizcaya.
Ayon sa isang vendor,
naglalakad sila ng mapansin
nila ang isang lalaking
nakagapos ang mga kamay
at paa sa pag-aakalang
lasing lamang at nakatulog
sa damuhan.
Nakasuot ng kulay
abuhin (gray) na shorts at
t-shirt na kulay abuhin din

ng matagpuan ng mga
witness.
Una rito, naidaus sa
Nueva Viscaya ang DILGPNP MASA MASIDMamamayang Ayaw sa
Droga at Korapsyon
symposium na tila, hudyat
na umarangkada na rin ang
kontrobersyal na Extra
Judicial Killing tulad ng
karaniwang napapanuod sa
mga television.

Gayunman, mariing
pinabulaanan
ng
Pangulong Duterte na hindi
sila nag-aaksya ng panahon
sa mga ganitong senaryo
bagkus, grupo umano ng
kanyang mga kalaban sa
pulitika para magalit ang
taumbayan sa kanyang
inilunsad na malawakang
kampanya Kontra Droga.
Julius Seva Patriot news
NV bureau

CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela - Hindi na nagpatumpik-tumpik

pa ang tropa ni Police Supt. Ariel Quilang, hepe ng Cauayan
City Police kung kaya pinakilos nito ang Anti Illegal Drug
Group at PDEA matapos matunugan nilang isang tulak ng
shabu na naman ang patuloy na nagtutulak sa Burgos
Street.
Nasakote sa pamamagitan ng buy bust operations ang
isang Elgen Dauag y Apostol, 33 taong gulang, may asawa,
casual employee ng DAR, Reina Mercedes, tubong Brgy.
Cutog ng nabanggit na bayan.
Nakumpiska sa kanyang pag-iingat ang isang plastic
na naglalaman ng hinihinalang shabu, at ang markadong
Ph 500 cash na tinanggap sa nagpanggap na buyer ng
droga sa isa palang pulis.
Kasong paglabag sa RA 9165 ang isinampa ng Cauayan
City Police sa tanggapan ng city prosecutors office. jgd,
The Patriot / dzRH News

Lolong 89 years old,

pinagpapalo ng dalaga, patay

EJF o VIGILANTE WORK. Hindi pa rin malinaw sa mga mamamayan ng Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya kung ang nakitang
bangkay ng hindi pa nakikilalang lalaki sa La Torre South ay biktima ng ExtraJudicial Killing (EJK) o ito ay kagagagwan
ng mga vigilante group. The Patriot lensman, Julius Seva

Ama kritikal matapos

makipagsaksakan sa
anak
SAN MATEO, Isabela Dala ng kalasingan, kapwa
nag-init ang bumbunan ng
mag-amang sina Dionisio
Mejia, 69 anyos at anak
na si Christopher Mejia
residente ng Brgy. San
Andres,
pawang
magsasaka.
Sa ulat ng IPPO,
pasado na alas diyes ng
gabi ng magharap sa
isang inuman ang magamang Mejia at hindi
nagtagal
sa
hindi
maintindihang gusot
habang kasarapan ng
inuman
sa
Brgy.
Daramuangan,
San
Mateo, Isabela.

Nagkagulo na ang
umpukan ng inuman ng
alak matapos saksakin
umano ng anak ang
sarileng ama ng ilang
beses dahilan upang
malugmuk sa dami ng
tamang saksak ng patalim.
Agad na isinugod sa
kalapit na pagamutan ng
mga
rumespondeng
rescue ambulance pero
kalaunan dinala sa FNDy
Memorial Hospital sa
Ilagan City.
Patuloy ang hot
pursuit operations sa
tumakas na si Christopher
Mejia. jgd, The Patriot /
dzRH News

DPWH completes P3.5M

farm-to-market road
PENABLANCA, Cagayan - Farmers and commuters from
barangay San Roque of this town and its neighboring
barangays are now enjoying the benefits of the newly
completed P3.5 million worth of farm-to-market road project.
In span of four months and despite unfavorable
weather conditions, the Department of Public Works and
Highways (DPWH)-3rd Engineering District was able to
complete the 485 meters road project which was started
last June of this year.
District Engineer Danilo U. Tabilas said the construction of the project provides better road access to farmers
and commuters from the area, especially in the delivery of
goods and services to the market as well as in bringing in
goods for their daily consumption.
Tabilas added that the project also serves as drying
facility of the farmers of their agricultural produce considering the absence of public solar dryers in their area.
He said another farm-to-market road will be constructed in a nearby community of the said barangay next
year. Oliver T. Baccay

Honor Comes to Those

Who Honor
BLURB:
We are to honor authority, relationships, and God.
In return, we will receive honor.
Humble yourselves, therefore, under Gods mighty
hand, that he may lift you up in due time. Cast all
your anxiety on him because he cares for you. 1
Peter 5:6-7
The Philippines has a new President after the
May elections. Whoever our next president is, we are
to give our respect and honor. This is not a suggestion. This is a mandate if you consider the Bible the
true, inspired Word of God.
We are commanded to show honor. But what is
honor?
The Greek word for honor is time (tee-MAY). It
meant to value, to respect, or to highly esteem. It
was usually associated with a way to assign value.
The Bible is very clear on this matter. Paul wrote
in Romans. Everyone must submit to governing authorities. For all authority comes from God, and those
in positions of authority have been placed there by
God. So anyone who rebels against authority is rebelling against what God has instituted God has
allowed whoever wins this election to do so. It is for
his purpose. It may be to punish the church from
straying away from him and becoming too engrossed
in the world. It may be to challenge the church to
become united once again and overturn the wickedness of the nation. We dont know. But according to
Gods Word our next president was allowed to be
placed there by him.
Now some of you may be thinking, No way
will I show honor to such a wicked terrible person.
The apostle Peter would challenge you on that when

CAUAYAN CITY, IsabelaPalaisipan sa mga imbistigador

ng Cauayan City Police kung ano ang nagtulak sa isang
dalagang suspek na si Amapaula Pascua, 23 anyos, at
naninirahan sa P-5, Brgy. Cabaruan, City of Cauayan, kung
bakit niya pinagpapalo ng matigas na bagay sa ulo ang
isang uugod-ugod ng lolo.
Duguan at wala ng buhay si lolo Dionicio Gonzales y
Domingo, 89, isang biyudo ng nabanggit na barangay.
Alas dose ng tanghali ng makarinig ang mga
kapitbahay ng Gonzales compound ng makarinig sila ng
sigaw at nagmamakawa umano ang biyudong lolo Dionisio
at ng kanilang pasukin ang kanyang bahay, isa ng malamig
na bangkay ang biktima.
Ayon sa report ni Police Supt. Manuel Bringas, chief
provincial investigation ng IPPO, nagdilim ang pag-iisip ni
Ms Pascua matapos mapatunayan sa isang HIV test sa
Santiago City na isa siyang positive na may HIV at carrier
na siya ng naturang virus.
Agad dawn a kinumpronta ang kanyang ina kung bakit
siya nagkaganoon, sabay tinungo ang biyudong lolo na
nagwawala at hinataw ng matigas na bagay hanggang sa
mapatay ang walang laban na matanda. jgd, The Patriot /
dzRH News
he wrote, You who are slaves must submit to your
masters with all respect. Do what they tell younot
only if they are kind and reasonable, but even if they
are cruel.
Unfortunately, we do not have the right as believers to determine whether we will show honor or
not.
There is another position of authority that you
are to show honor too. That is the position the leader
of the church.
1 Thessalonians 5:12 Dear brothers and sisters, honor those who are your leaders in the Lords
work. They work hard among you and give you spiritual guidance.
Beside authority, you have a responsibility to
honor those in relationship with you. One is your
parents. Deuteronomy 5:16 Honor your father and
mother, as the Lord your God commanded you. Then
you will live a long, full life in the land the Lord your
God is giving you.
God has placed great value on our parents. Often as a child, we think our parents are being harsh
and unreasonable until God does a wondrous work
and makes us a parent. Then we see things in a different perspective. We feel the hurt of harsh words
that were spoken by us to our parents when they are
aimed at us. If they havent happened yet, they will.
As you age you may experience the loneliness of
neglect that your parents experienced because you
were too busy to take time to meet their needs. It happens. Nursing homes are filled with neglected parents.
Reality is that some may feel their parents dont
deserve honor. Some parents have been abusive or
neglectful and it affects our lives and spiritual wellbeing. That does not change the fact that God commanded that we honor our parents.
So how can we honor an abusive parent? Here
are some practical tips: if you have distance yourself
from them, call your parent and listen. Remain quiet
rather than defend yourself when hurtful things are
said. Let go of expectations that your parent will ever
be the parent you want him or her to be; accept them
for who they are. Cultivate an attitude of compassion for the things your parent did right and express
gratitude for even slight efforts to show love.
...to be continued

Pinag-iingat ang lahat na huwag patulan ang mga

mamamahayag/ media na ginagamit ang THE PATRIOT News sa
kanilang paghihingi ng CASH o PABOR kapalit ang bitbit na
THE PATRIOT newspaper sapagkat sila ay hindi konektado sa
pahayagang ito.

December 5 - 11, 2016

Bahay ng tulak ng droga, hinalughug ng

PNP sa Quirino
BURGOS, Isabela - Bumagsak na sa kamay ng Quirino
Police ang isang talamak umanong drug pusher matapos
maglabas ng Search Warrant si RTC Judge Hon. Bernabe
Mendoza ng branch 23, Roxas, Isabela.
Arestado ang isang Armand Pascual, 37 anyos
matapos halughugin ang kanyang pamamahay ng mga
tauhan ni Police Inspector Ronald Suyo sa Brgy. Rizal,
Quirino, Isabela.
Nakumpiska mula kay Pascual ang dalawang
magazine ng cal. 45 at 9mm at mga bala at dalawang
sachet ng pinaniniwalaang shabu, aluminum foils.
Republic of the Philippines
REGIONAL TRIAL COURT
Second Judicial Region
BRANCH 19
Cauayan City, Isabela
HDMF (Pag-IBIG Fund),
Mortgagee,
-versus-

EJF NO. 4452

DOLORES C. SARRAGA,
Mortgagor/s.
x- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - x
SHERIFFS NOTICE OF EXTRA JUDICIAL SALE
Upon extra-judicial for sale under Act No.
3135, as amended by Act 4118, filed by the mortgagee, HDMF (Pag-IBIG Fund), with branch office at Editha Tuddao Bldg., Balzain Road,
Tuguegarao City, Cagayan, against the mortgagor/s, DOLORES C. SARRAGA with residence
and postal address at Blk. 10 Lot 2 Greenville
Estate Subd., Mambabanga, Luna, Isabela to
satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of
October 19, 2016 amounting to THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY THOUSAND SIXTY SEVEN and 58/
100 (380,067.58), Philippine Currency, including interest and charges the undersigned or
his duly authorized Deputy will SELL at public
auction on December 27, 2016 from 10:00
oclock in the morning and ending up at 4:00
oclock in the afternoon at the Regional Trial
Court, Br. 19, Cauayan City, Isabela to the highest bidder for CASH and in the Philippines Currency, the following property/ies, of the mortgagor/s, together with all existing improvements thereon, to wit:
TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-357993
A PARCEL OF LAND LOT NO. 25 BLK. 10,
of the subd. plan. Psd-023116-048076, being a
portion of lot 1, Pcn-023116-000045, situated in
the Barrio of Mambabanga, Municipality of
Luna, Province of Isabela, Island of Luzon.
Containing an area of TWO HUNDRED square
meters more or less and Residential unit, Single
Detached Model SD-42 complete with approximately floor area of FORTY TWO pt. FORTY
FIVE (42.45) sq. m.
Prospective bidders/buyers may investigate
for themselves the title of said property or encumbrances therein, if any there be.
All sealed bids must be submitted to the
undersigned the above stated time and date.
In the event the public auction should not
take place on the said date, it shall be held on
January 3, 2017 without further notice.
Cauayan City, Isabela, November 10, 2016.
(sgd.) GERRY B. PABLEO
Sheriff IV
COPY FURNISHED:
HDMF (otherwise known as Pag-IBIG Fund)
Editha Tuddao Bldg., Balzain Road, Tuguegarao
City, Cagayan
DOLORES C. SARRAGA
Blk. 10 Lot 2 Greenville Estate Subd
Mambabanga, Luna, Isabela
Mun./City Assessor Office (For Posting)
Luna, Isabela
Chief Of Police (For Posting)
PNP Luna, Isabela
Barangay Captain(For Posting)
Mambabanga, Luna, Isabela
THE PATRIOT (For Publication)
Santiago City
Nov. 21, 28 & Dec. 5, 2016

Nahaharap sa kasong paglabag sa Sec. 11 ng RA

9165 at pag-iingat ng mga bala. jgd, The Patriot / dzRH
News

Welder sa Alicia,
tinokhang?
ALICIA, Isabela - Apat
ang tinamong sugat sanhi
ng mga bala ng caliber 45
pistol matapos umanong
pagbabarilin ng riding-intandem
ang
isang
Gaudencio Mabutol ll, 41
anyos, ng Brgy. Aurora,
Alicia, Isabela.
Pasado alas tres ng
hapon ng mapadaan ang
dalawang armadong sakay
ng motorsiklo at walang
sabi-sabing pinaulanan ng
putok ng cal. 45 sa
katawan ang welder.
Nakuha
pang

makalayo at nagtago sa
loob ng bahay si Mabutol
na pag-aari ng isang Eric
Esguerra.
Agad na rumesponde
ang Rescue 531 team para
madala sa pinakamalapit
na ospital para sa agarang
lunas.
Matapos ang inisyal
na gamutan, inilikas din
agad ng Rescue 531 sa
Santiago City ang biktima
dahilan sa may maselang
tama ng bala sa katawan.
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News

Republic of the Philippines

Regional Trial Court
Second Judicial Region
Branch 20
Cauayan City, Isabela
ERNESTO DE VERA,
Petitioner,
-versus-

SPL. PROC. NO. 20-2383

CELERINO DE VERA and LIBRADA GETAPAL and

LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR, ALICIA, ISABELA
and THE PHILIPPINE STATISTICS AUTHORITY,
QUEZON CITY,
Respondents.
x- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -x
ORDER
In compliance with the Order September
1, 2016, petitioner through counsel filed an
Amended Petition for Correction of Entry in the
Certificate of Live Birth of petitioner under Registry No. 248 (c-81) with LCR-Alicia, Isabela. Accordingly, this Order is hereby issued setting
the case for initial hearing, to wit:
This is verified petition filed by the petitioner through counsel for Correction of Entry
in the Certificate of Live Birth of the petitioner
under Registry No. 248 (c-81) with LCR-Alicia,
Isabela, particularly the year of birth from July
6, 1980 to July 6, 1949. The erroneous entry
will cause confusion if not rectified, hence, this
petition.
Finding the same to be sufficient in form
and substance, let this case be set for hearing
on March 7, 2017 at 8:30 oclock in the morning. Let this Order be published once a week
for three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the province of
Isabela as required by Law. Let copy of this
Order be furnished the (1) Office of the Solicitor General, (2) Provincial Prosecutor, (3) LCRAlicia, Isabela, (4) Civil Registrar-Genenral,
NSO, Manila, (5) Celerino De Vera; (6) Librada
Getapal and (7) petitioner through counsel.

Republic of the Philippines

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT
Second Judicial Region
Branch 16
City of Ilagan, Isabela
In re: PETITION FOR CORRECTION/CANCELLATION OF ENTRIES IN THE CERTIFICATE OF LIVE
BIRTH OF DANESSA CUNTAPAY
DANESSA C. CUNTAPAY,
Petitioner
-versus-

Spl. Proc. No. 2552

THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF CITY OF

ILAGAN, ISABELA, CIVIL REGISTRAR GENERAL,
NSO, MANILA and ALL OTHER PERSONS WHO
HAVE OR CLAIM TO HAVE ANY INTEREST THAT
WOULD BE AFFECTED THERBY,
Respondents.
x- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -x
ORDER
Raffled before this court is a duly verified
Petition seeking to correct the entries in the Certificate of Live Birth of DANESSA C. CUNTAPAY,
particularly as to her year of birth from 1922
to1992"; her full name from DANESSA
CASTILLO CUNTAPAY to DANESSA
CASTILLO; the date and place of marriage of
her parents from August 1992-Ilagan, Isabela
to enter therein Not Married; and her mothers
first name from THERESA to MARIA
THERESA, as all appearing in her certificate of
live births issued by the Local Civil Registrar of
City of Ilagan,
WHEREFORE, finding the petition to be in
due form and substance, set the initial hearing
of this case before this court on December 7,
2016 at 2:00 oclock in the afternoon at which
date, time and place any person may come to
show cause why the petition should not be
granted. Let the necessary Summons and copy
of the petition be issued to Danilo L. Cuntapay
and Maria Theresa Castillo, the biological father and mother respectively of the petitioner.
In the meantime and as required by the Rules,
let a copy of this order be published once a week
for three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper
of general circulation within the province at the
expense of herein petitioner. Likewise, let copies of this order be posted in the bulletin board
of this court, Provincial Capitol of Isabela, City
Hall of City of Ilagan, Isabela as required by law
and to remain as such until the date of hearing
of the same. Finally, let a copy of the petition
and its annexes be furnished at the expense/
instance of herein petitioner to the Local Civil
Registrar of City of Ilagan, Isabela, Office of the
Provincial Prosecutor of City of Ilagan, Isabela
for their information and to the Office of the Solicitor General for them to enter their appearance in the above entitled case.
SO ORDERED.
City of Ilagan, Isabela, October 24, 2016.
(sgd.)ISAAC R. DE ALBAN
Judge
Dec. 5, 12 & 19, 2016

SO ORDERED.
Cauayan City, isabela, October 27, 2016
(sgd.) REYMUNDO L. AUMENTADO
Presiding Judge
Nov. 21, 28 & Dec. 5, 2016

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city.

Jean Rosell-Ubial; Tourism Secretary Wanda

Corazon Tulfo-Teo; Presidential Adviser on the
Peace Process Jesus Dureza; Immigration and Deportation chief Jaime Hermo Morente, a former
Davao City chief of police; National Bureau of Investigation Director Dane Gierran, for a long time
NBI Davao head; Philippine Drug Enforcement
Agency head Isidro Lapea; Philippine National
Police Director-General Ronaldo de la Rosa, a former
Davao City police chief; Agriculture Secretary
Emmanuel Piol; Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto
Abella; Cabinet Secretary Leoncio Evasco, Dutertes
city administrator; and of course, Dutertes constant
companion, Christopher Go, since 1998 the
presidents aide who now heads the Presidential
Management Staff .
(The next biggest bloc in Dutertes Cabinetthe
other four are the nominees of the National Democratic Frontare his classmates or room-mates in the
dormitories where he lived when he took up law at
San Beda in the 1970s. Among those in this group
are Foreign Secretary Perfecto Yasay, Jr., Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre, Transport Secretary Arthur
Tugade, and information and communications technology chief Rodolfo Salalima.)
Mayors ever hardly have a real second-in-command, as it has often happened that such subordinates in the short span of the mayors term manage
to get enough support in the relatively small political arena that they become the main challenger to
the post in the next elections.
But because of the huge size of the national bureaucracy that needs to be managed, presidents have
no choice but to have their second-in-command, or
the Little President, i.e., the Executive Secretary
whom every other official looks up to as the Cabinets
primus inter pares. I certainly dont think that Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea, Dutertes
childhood buddy, has been a Little President.
Sources claim that Duterte always seems bored
during Cabinet meetings when issues other than the
war vs illegal drugs are discussed, that he fights off
sleep by cracking jokes. Other than building new
roads, most mayors concerns really have been almost solely with peace and order. Can this mayor of
what was once a Wild West frontier town be really
interested in trade and investment issues?
Duterte had justified the hiring of his Davao and
San Beda officials by claiming that he had such a
small world that these are the only people he really knows, whose integrity he can vouch for. But of
the 11 presidents of the postwar Republic, it is only
Duterte who is relying so much on people from one

Is there something in that cityits famous

durian?that produces the most intelligent and most
honest Filipinos, the only ones worthy to serve in
Dutertes Cabinet?
I dont think any nationwide press would have
ever reported on Dutertes off-color jokes and shocking statements. As Davao mayor, he would have been
covered only by a handful or so broadcasters or print
journalists covering Davao City. As most mayors do,
he would have made these journalists his friends,
whom he even socializes with in restaurants and bars
in the relatively small city, and most of whom would
be extremely supportive of him, even translating his
statements into more palatable ones for the publics
sensibilities.
After six months in office though, I dont think
he realizes that his statements are reported verbatim not only in the national press but by foreign news
outfits, with even the Filipino correspondents having imbibed (or aped) their superiors tight-assed
mindsets that cannot distinguish jokes from official
policy statements.
And lastly, which may seem a minor matter but
really isnt. We cant really monitor the Presidents
schedule, like where he is, because the Presidential
Communications Operations Office, headed by
Martin Andanar, the former newsreader that former
senator Manuel Villar lobbied for him to be given
the position, has been so incompetent in its job.
The governments official website run by an
undersecretary, Manuel Quezon, in the past administration, contained so much useful information
about the presidency, and regularly had a section
Presidents Day. Now the website contains only
the most minimum required of it as the Official Gazette, such as official copies of administrative orders
and executive orders.
There s no Presidents Day section now. So
we dont have information on where the President
has been spending his time, which we citizens deserve to know.
But based on newspaper reports, Duterte it
seems has been spending a lot of his days in Davao
City, his comfort zone. Or is he one of those people
who really cant sleep anywhere else but in their
own beds?
This of course would eat up a lot of the
Presidents valuable time, which he could be using
to study the huge problems of the country or to consult with his officials. No wonder he often seems
sleepy or has had dizzy episodes. To commute to
Davao from Manila requires at least three hours, including the rest periods before and after a flight.
That would mean a President not really working full time, but spending hours commuting. From
a President spending a lot of his time playing X-Box
computer games to a President spending hours on a
plane to and from Davao. What a country.

drug war.
Special assistant Bong Go who was
around when the call happened said it was
an animated conversation that touched on the
repair of relations between the two countries.
Rody noted the long history of friendship
and cooperation between the two nations, and
agreed that the two governments would continue to work together closely on matters of
shared interest and concern, a Palace statement said.
The strained relations between the Philippines and the US and among the Philippines and other Western nations remain as a
major diplomatic hump for the administration of Rody.
The source of diplomatic strain, however,
was mostly the result of bitter criticisms on
Rody for the more than 3,000 deaths in the
past five months of his conduct in the war on
drugs.
The conflict came to the point of Rody
threatening to sever economic and military
relations with the US which he said in one of
his engagements during his China state visit.
In what was termed as Rodys own version
of a policy pivot, he said that the Philippines
is joining a new world order that would have
China and Russia leading it.
Amid Rodys rhetoric, the US has threatened to withdraw financial aid to the country but later retreated and limited the financial sanctions on the Philippine National Police (PNP).
The dialog provides a good start, particularly since the Trump administration promised to conduct relations with the Philippines

under Rody on a clean slate.

It also appears that the renewed relations
between the US and the Philippines would
mostly be based on the economic rather than
the military front, as was the case during the
Obama administration.
The relations between both countries will
have the least political baggage compared to
the
past.
Trump is a New York businessman who has
never previously held public office while
Rody was a Davao City mayor who never had
a national post before assuming the presidency.
Trump, during the campaign for the November polls, stressed the very important
strategic location of the Philippines and
blamed Obama for failing to take the time to
get to know world leaders.
He is perfectly capable of talking to
Duterte in an open way without being wedded to previous policy failures, a source in
the Trump camp told a news wire outfit.
Rody had shown his intent to improve relations with the US, under a Trump administration, even before the results of the US polls
were known.
mong the new ambassadors he appointed
was a multi-millionaire real estate tycoon Jose
Antonio, who bought the rights to name a new
office tower in Manila named Trump Towers.
It was believed that the short phone call
between Rody and The Donald was facilitated by Trumps business partners in the
Philippines and a core group of advisers, who
include Trumps children.
Whatever was taken in the short call,
which some say was a Trump invitation for
Rody to visit the US, the mere fact that everything went well made many exhale a
breath of relief.

KAPALARAN
ni Juan Dela Cruz

SCORPIO (October 24-November 22)

Anumang sentimiyento mo ngayong Pasko
sa buhay ay dapat munang kalimutan at
huwag mong dalhin sa gitna ng kasiyahan.
Magiging maaliwalas ka sa buong taon
kung malinis ang katauhan mo. Buwenas
na numero 5,2, 30 at 14 buwenas na mga araw
Martes at Lunes hanggang sa araw ng
Linggo.
SAGITARIUS (November 23-December 21)
Simpleng handa sa Holiday Season ay
senyales ng pamumuhay ni Baby Jesus sa
sabsaban. Gawing maligaya ang Pasko mo
at hindi kalabisan sa bisyo. Buwenas na mga
numero 19, 2, 13 at 5, buwenas na mga araw
mo Sabado, Lunes at Miyerkoles.
CAPRICORN (December 22-January 19)
Napakaligaya nyong pamilya bunga ng pagiwas mo sa masamang bisyo. Magbago ka
ng tuluyan at talikuran mo ng minsanan ang
masamang pinagdaanan mo. Buwenas na
numero 8, 2, 21, 4, 36 at 14 buwenas na mga
araw Miyerkoles at Huwebes.
AQUARIUS (January 20-February 18)
Makipagbati sa isang matalik na kaibigan
na minsan ay iyung inalipusta. Hindi
magandang pangitain sa iyung kapwa ang
manatiling galit at iniismiran. Buwenas na
numero 4, 31, 3,20 at 23 buwenas na mga araw
Sabado at Biyernes.
PISCES (February 19-March 20) Dadaan ka
sa mainit na pagtatalo sa muling pagkikita
nyo ng isang kamag-anak, lamang
kailangang maging makatwuiran ang
mainit na usapan. Buwenas na numero 5,
31, 22, 10, at 57, buwenas na mga araw
Miyerkoles at Sabado hanggang Lunes.
ARIES (March 21-April 19) Lantaran ang
singaw ng isang kaibigang lalaki, huwag
pumatol sa kanya baka hindi maganda ang
patutunguhan ng inyong pagkikita. Mabuti
pang umiwas ka na lang kung hindi mo
kayang pigilan ang sarile mo. Buwenas na
numero 31, 14, 27, 19, 9, buwenas na mga
araw Martes at Lunes.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Sasalubong ang
buwenas sa iyo ngayong Bagong Taon,
kailangan mo ng tiyaga at sipag para
umangat ka sa puwesto. Buwenas na numero
8, 17, 43, 11, 29 at 6 buwenas na mga araw
Lunes, Sabado at Huwebes.
GEMINI (May 21-June 22) Mas may pag-asa
kang umangat kung makikinig sa payo ng
magulang. Huwag mo silang awayin, tama
lang na makinig ka sa kanila para walang
pag-sisisi sa bandang huli. Buwenas na
numero 9, 5, 27, at 10 buwenas na mga araw
Huwebes at Linggo.
CANCER (June 23-July 22) Madadama mo
na ang bagong pag-asa sa tagal mong
nagsilbi ng tapat sa amo mo. Hindi sila mga
bulag na bale wala ang itinanim mong
sensiridad sa trabaho. Tiyak may gantimpala
ang susunod mong kabanata sa buhay.
Buwenas na numero 11, 22, 10, 8, at 17
buwenas na mga araw Miyerkoles at
Huwebes.
LEO (July 23-August 22) Nakakitaan ka ng
sipag at tiyaga sa hanapbuhay na ipinundar
mo. Magiging mabunga para sa buong
pamilya at hindi na sila haharap sa anumang
problema. Buwenas na mga numero 17, 9,
34, 12 at 6 Buwenas na mga araw Martes at
Sabado.
VIRGO (August 23-September 23) Isang
malaking pagsubok ang haharapin mo sa
susunod na taon. Maging matatag kung
gusto mong deretsong maaliwalas ang
pamilya nyo. May hatid na ligaya ang
suwerteng darating sa inyo. Buwenas na
numero 8, 2, 10, 3 at 17 buwenas na mga araw
Miyerkoles at Biyernes.
LIBRA (September 24-October 23) Maliit
man at barya, pero kapag naipon sa tagal ng
panahon, tiyak lalaki din anumang
pinaghirapan mo. Manalig sa Diyos na
laging Ina ng Saklolo. Buwenas na mga
numero 19, 17, 5, 11 at 18 buwenas na mga
araw Miyerkoles, Biyernes at Linggo.

December 5 - 11, 2016

SSS nakiusap na ipatupad ang inisyal na P1k dagdag-pensyon

TUGUEGARAO CITY,
Cagayan - Nakikiisa ang
Social Security System
(SSS) sa layunin ng ating
mga mambabatas para sa
mas mataas na pensyon
bilang
tugon
sa
sintimyento ng publiko, at
reasonable naman ito
dahil sa taas ng mga
bilihin
ngayon.
Nakikiusap kami sa ating
mga mambabatas na
pakinggan ang aming
mungkahi kung paano
maipapatupad
ang
dagdag-pensyon na hindi
masasakripisyo
ang
buhay ng pondo, sabi ni

SSS Chairman Dean

Amado D. Valdez.
Nakiusap ang SSS sa
mga mambabatas na
bigyan ng konsiderasyon
ang mungkahi nitong
ipatupad ang P2,000
dagdag-pensyon
sa
dalawang panahon, ang
unang P1,000 across-theboard pension sa 2017 at
panibagong P1,000 sa
2022 o mas maaga pa.
Anila, mas kakayanin ang
ganitong pagpapatupad
dahil maiiwasang ipasa
ang dagdag-pensyon sa
mga nagbabayad ng
buwis.

Malalagay
sa
panganib ang pondo ng
SSS kapag ipinatupad
kaagad ang P2,000 dagdagpensyon. Ang opsyon na
P1,000 inisyal na pension
ay mas magagawa ngayon
at patungo pa din ito sa
layuning karagdagang
P2,000 pensyon bawat
buwan sa lahat ng mga
pensyonado ng SSS, sabi
Valdez na pinangunahan
ang mga opisyal ng SSS sa
pagdinig ng Senado sa
mga batas patungkol sa
pensyon ngayong Lunes.
Sa ngayon ay tatagal
ang pondo ng SSS

hanggang 2042 ngunit

iigsi sa 2025 kung kaagad
ipapatupad ang P2,000
dagdag-pensyon. Kapag
ipinatupad ito sa 2017,
kailangan ng SSS ng P64
bilyong karagdagang
pondo para sa pensyon sa
taon lamang na iyon dahil
inaasahang tataas ito taontaon.
Sa P1,000 dagdagpensyon, tatagal ang
pondo ng SSS hanggang
2032. Ang natitirang
pondo ay maaaring ilagak
sa pamumuhunan para
kumita pa ito, kasabay ng
pagpapatupad ng mga

programa tulad ng mas

mahusay na koleksyon ng
kontribusyon,
at
pagpapaunlad
ng
operasyon para mas
makatipid.
Patuloy ang SSS sa
pag-aaral
ng
mga
kakaibang paraan tulad ng
pamumuhunan sa mga
korporasyon
ng
elektrisidad, tubig at ibang
utilities gayundin ang
Public-Private Partnerships sa paggawa ng mga
imprastraktura tulad ng
mga
kalsada
na
magbibigay
ng
pangmatagalang kita ng
pondo para sa mga
miyembro ng SSS.
May mga sektor na
nagsasabing
hindi
mababangkarote ang SSS
dahil may garantiya ito ng
pamahalaan batay sa Social Security Law. Ngunit
ang ibig sabihin nito ay
kakargahin ng mga
nagbabayad ng buwis at
sa kalaunan ay magiging
responsibilidad nila ang
pagpondo
sa
mga
obligasyon ng SSS na
nagkakahalaga ng bilyonbilyong piso taon-taon.
Sinabi ni Valdez na
kahit na posibleng

pagkunan ng P2,000
dagdag-pensyon
ang
subsidiya
mula
sa
pamahalaaan, dapat ay
pang-suplemento lamang
ito at hindi pantustos ng
kabuuang pondo na
kailangan para sa dagdagpensyon.
Isang win-win solution ang pagpapatupad
ng P2,000 dagdagpensyon sa dalawang
panahon dahil maitataas
ng institusyon ang
pensyon nang hindi
mapaparalisa
ang
kakayahan ng SSS na
manatiling buhay ang
pondo at patuloy na
bayaran
ang
mga
benepisyong obligasyon
sa mga miyembro.
Dagdag ni Valdez na
pipilitin ng bagong
pamunuan ng SSS na
makaisip ng mga bagong
opsyon at malikhaing
solusyon para itaas ang
kita ng SSS mula sa
pinaghusay na koleksyon
ng kontribusyon at
pamumuhunan,
at
pagpapaunlad operasyon
para kayanin ang pagtaas
ng pensyon at ibang
benepisyo para sa mga
miyembro.

DepEd holds IP
Festival of Talents

PNP Personnel led by SPO2 Jane Christy R. Bacarro of the Regional Highway Patrol Unit 2 and Star Troopers of the
5th Infantry (STAR) Division, Philippine Army aboard their motorcycles and vehicles during the motorcade in
celebration of the 18-Day campaign to end VAW.

Mga libreng upuan, ibinigay ng NVizcaya PLGU sa mga schools

BAYOMBONG, Nueva
Vizcaya Nagbigay ng
libreng upuan kamakailan
ang provincial government sa mga paaralan sa
lalawigan bilang tulong
upang maisaayos ang
pag-aaral
ng
mga
kabataan sa loob ng
klase.

Ani Governor Carlos

Padilla, mahigit 2,000 na
monobloc chairs ang
naipamahagi
upang
maibsan ang kakulangan
ng mga upuan sa mga
paaralan.
Ito ay pinondohan ng
PLGU sa halagang P1.4
million sa ilalim ng educa-

tion program.
Ito ay tulong sa mga
p a a r a l a n g
nangangailangan pa ng
mga upuan dahil marami
pa sa ating lalawigan ang
mga schools na wala pa o
kulang sa mga upuan
kung kayat isinagawa ito
ng provincial govern-

ment, pahayag ni Padilla.

Ani Padilla, patuloy
ang kanilang pagtulong
sa mga paaralan upang
mabigyan ng solusyon
lalo na sa hinaharap
nitong programa na K-12
ng
Department
of
Education(DepEd). Ben
Moses Ebreo

TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan Various Indigenous

Peoples (IPs) groups in the Cagayan Valley region recently showcased their native dances, songs, foods and
culture during the three-day Regional IP Festival of Talents-Cum-Summit initiated by the Department of Education (DepEd) here.
Estela Carino, DepEd regional director, said the event,
which was originally set last October 2016 in line with the
National IP Month celebration but has been moved this
month due to supertyphoon Lawin, aimed to promote
awareness and appreciation of the indigenous peoples
heritage and history.
Carino said the IPs form an integral part of the
countrys heritage and history but are often neglected.
Rizzano Rufino, National Coordinator of the Indigenous Peoples Education Office (IPsEO), lauded the
DepEds initiative in preserving and promoting the rights
of indigenous cultural communities geared towards national unity and development.
Rufino said the event will help the young ones have
deeper understanding and respect for the Indigenous
Peoples and cultural diversity.
The two officials also lead the cutting of the ribbon
during the opening of the Regional IP Village inside the
DepEd regional offices compound which features various local products and goods of the region. Gene V.
Baquiran

DPWH installs rain

water harvesters
TUGUEGARAO CITY,
Cagayan - The Department of Public Works and
Highways
(DPWH)Cagayan 3rd Engineering
District has installed at
least 55 units of rain water harvesters in the different public infrastructure facilities within the
district.
Engineer Danilo U.
Tabilas said the rain water
collector project aims to
promote water conservation and to help the government reduces its expenditures on water bills.
The rain water collectors conserve excess
waters during rainy season which are useful
particulary in schools and
public markets for cleaning and gardening purposes, Tabilas said.
He said the facilities
were installed in 28 public
infrastructure facilities to

include the public markets

of Solana, Enrile and Tuao
towns.
Others were also installed in the elementary
schools of Namabbalan
Norte and Sur, Tagga,
Dadda, Gosi, Libag, Carig,
Pengue,
Tuguegarao
Northeast,
Caritan,
Annafunan East, Linao,
Bagay, Pallua, Buntun,
Ugac
Sur,
Liwan,
Maddarulug, Sampaguita,
San Gabriel, Solana Central School, Iguig, and
High Schools in Gosi,
Liwan and Enrile Vocational High School.
Tabilas added that
they also want to showcase the project as one of
their best practices which
other government agencies and private individuals may adopt to conserve
water and trim down their
expenses.
Oliver T.
Baccay

Atty. Jan Victor D. Fermin III and Atty. Jenny Flor T. Manantan, Legal Officers IV of the Isabela Provincial Legal
Office as Subject Matter Experts (SME). Atty. Manantan discussed about the Republic Act 9262 or Anti-Violence
against Women and their Children while Atty. Fermin discussed about the Battered Women Syndrome.

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December 5 - 11, 2016

NVizcaya dad defends

Kaingin system of IPs

BGen Paul T. Atal attended the meeting to personally be introduced as the new Commander of the 5th Infantry
Division and to meet and engage the Regional Executives of CAR. Since 5IDs area of operation covers CAR.

GRP, NDF unveil peace talks agenda

TUGUEGARAO CITY,
Cagayan - Officials of the
Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP)
and the National Democratic Front (NDF) recently
revealed the substantive
agenda of the on-going
peace negotiations in a
symposium hosted by the
Archdiocese here.
Benito Tiamzon, member of the NDF panel, said
the peace negotiation is
anchored on four major
agenda to include human
rights and international
humanitarian law, socioeconomic reforms, political
and constitutional reforms, and end of hostilities and disposition of
forces.
Wilma Tiamzon, another member of the NDF
panel, said there were several peace negotiation attempts since 1986, however, none were successful.
The two members ex-

pressed their optimism that

the Duterte administration
will be sincere enough to
come up into a fair and serious negotiation that will
benefit both parties that result in the attainment of
lasting peace and development in the country.
We are passionate in
dealing with the government negotiators as we
want peace in the country.
We are pushing for several
development programs
that the government
should adhere and implement in order for us to end
violence and eradicate
poverty and injustices
which are the root causes
of armed conflict and insurgencies all over the country, Wilma Tiamzon said.
Included in the development program that the
NDF wants to pursue with
the government are land
reform, cooperativism, agricultural modernization,

and national industrialization.

On the government
side, Labor secretary
Silvestre Bello III said the
GRP panel members push
the peace talks process
forward to attain its objective with sincerity from
both parties.
Bello said one of the
four major agenda laid by
the NDF, the human rights
and international humanitarian law concern, was already done while the three
remaining agenda are on
table discussion.
Bello, however, said
that nothing will go wrong
should the peace negotiations fail as long as both
parties will believe and
trust each other and be sincere in adhering to the
agreements shared and
signed by each other.
The first peace talks in
the present administration
has just concluded in Oslo,

Norway while the next level

of negotiation will in January next year will be conducted in Rome, Italy.
Bello said the next
panel of negotiation will
not only cover the other
peace agenda items but
also the implementation of
a bilateral ceasefire from
both sides.
We need to have the
bilateral ceasefire to lower
the level of violence while
the GRP and the CPP-NPANDF are having peace negotiations, Bello added.
The symposium on
peace talk was participated
in by students from different tertiary schools, farmers from various towns,
government employees,
non-government organizations, youth representatives, church workers from
the Roman Catholic,
Aglipayan and non-sectarian religious organizations.
Oliver T. Baccay

BAYOMBONG, Nueva
Vizcaya Board member
Flodemonte Gerdan recently defended the
Kaingin or slash and
burn system of farming
among the indigenous
people in the province.
Speaking during the
Environmental Awareness Month celebration
driven Climate Change
Symposium at the Department of Education
(DEpEd) schools division office function
room here, he said not all
of the Kaingin system
of farming among the
tribes are destructive.
Most of our fellow
upland farmers who are
adopting the Kaingin
farming system have
observed
an
ecofriendly practice in such
as way that trees are not
totally burned but only
branches are cut,
Gerdan said.
He said most of the
IPs practice put the importance on the prevention of erosion and landslide by the use of a traditional method.

Gerdan made the

statement in reaction to
an issue over the perennial siltation of rivers in
the province which was
blamed on the Kaingin
system of farming.
He, however, blamed
the siltation of the
provinces rivers on the
indiscriminate dumping
of soil whenever there
are road and bridge
projects of the national
and local governments.
Gerdan cited the
construction of the
Nueva Vizcaya-Benguet
Road and the on-going
imlementation of the
Imugan, Sta. Fe San
Nicolas Pangasinan road
poject which contributed
a lot to river siltation.
Even the traditional
flood control projects
can no longer withstand
the increasing siltation
of our rivers. What we
need is the proper and
regular dredging of our
rivers to prevent low-lying villages from being
flooded especially during strong typhoons, he
said. Ben Moses Ebreo

Comelec to qualified
citizens: Register now
CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela The Commission on
Elections (Comelec) here has called on all unregistered voters for both the barangay and
Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections to register
now while the voters registration is on-going.
Efigenia Marquez, city election office, said that
unregistered voters should not wait for the last
hour registration on April 29, 2017 to avoid long
queues.
Meanwhile, Marquez said their office will be
conducting satellite registrations in barangays to
bring the Comelec services to the unregistered voters from far villages, recognizing their right to suffrage as embodied in the constitution.
The Barangay and SK elections were postponed on October 2017 which was originally scheduled last October this year. Merlito G. Edale Jr

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December 5 - 11, 2016

Patrol boats at aircraft sa South China Sea, dadaong sa bansa

DARATING ang mga
barko at eroplanong
pandigma sa Pilipinas mula
sa Guam at Japan na
nagpapatrolya sa South
China Sea.
Paglilinaw ni Defense

Secretary
Delfin
Lorenzana, hindi maaaring
gamitin ang bansa ng
Estados Unidos bilang
staging point sa South
China Sea.
Kasalukuyang nasa

administration stop ang

naturang aircraft kasama
ang P3 Orion surveillance
planes na madalas nakikita
sa Clack Air base sa
Pampanga.
Aniya, dumaong ang

mga naturang warhships

at
aircraft
upang
magdagdag ng suplay sa
gasolina at pagkain.
Sa kabila nito,
aminado
naman
si
Lorenzana na nakakakuha

ng benepisyo ang bansa

mula sa isinasagawang
navigation at kalayaang
paglipad
ng
mga
pandigmang pag-aari ng
Amerika sa teritoryo ng
bansa.
Siniguro
rin
si
Lorenzana na nananatiling
pangunahing pundasyon
ng seguridad ng bansa
ang alyansang Pilipinas at
Amerika.
Gayunman, duda ito
na
hahayaan
ang
administrasyong Duterte

na manatiling ang Amerika

ang
malayang
makakapagikot bilang
patrolya sa South China
Sea.
S a m a n t a l a ,
sinalubong ng isang welcome ceremony ang
dumating na ikatlong frigate ng Philippine Navy na
BRP Andress Bonifacio
noong December 8 sa Pier
13, sa South Harbor
matapos ang halos isang
buwang paglalakbay.
Radyo Inquirer

2 WW2 na barko ng Philippine

Navy, iginarahe na

OLD FRIENDS NEVER DIE. Centro East, Santiago City Barangay Chairman Dr. Morris S. Navarro along with his
wife and daughter had a simple snack and get together with old buddy and kababayan Freddy V. Javier in downtown Los
Angeles, with them is the the first child of Freddy and the brother-in-law of Dr. Morris. Photo courtesy of Freddy
Javier

SISIMULAN na ng Philippine Navy ang pag-decommission sa kanilang mga barko noon pang World War 2 na
mula sa Estados Unidos na aktibo pa ring ginagamit sa
serbisyo.
Ayon kay Defense Sec. Delfin Lorenzana, nakausap
niya ang Flag Officer in Command (FOIC) ng Navy, at
sinabing kailangan nang simulan ang decommissioning ng
ilan sa mga barkong ibinigay sa atin ng US pagkatapos ng
digmaan.
Sinabi ito ni Lorenzana sa kaniyang talumpati sa welcome ceremonies ng BRP Andres Bonifacio (FF-17) sa
South Harbor.
Ayon aniya sa FOIC, sa pagbili ng bansa ng mga mas
bagong barko, ide-decommission na ang ilan sa mga luma,
para hindi mag-diminish ang ating maritime capability.
Ang BRP Andres Bonifacio ang ikatlong weather high
endurance cutter mula sa US Coast Guard na dumating
mula sa 38 araw nitong paglalayag mula sa California.
Kabilang sa mga barko ng Philippine Navy na mula pa
noong World War 2 ay ang mga BRP Rajah Humabon, BRP
Rizal, BRP Laguna, BRP Malvar at BRP Quezon. Radyo
Inquirer

IBP: Pahayag ni Duterte laban sa mga abogado ng drug suspects

NABAHALA ang Integrated Bar of the Philippines
(IBP) sa naging pahayag ni
Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte
kamakailan laban sa mga
abogadong nagta-tanggol
sa mga drug suspects.
Sa isa kasing talumpati,
sinabi ni Duterte na sunod
niyang target sa kaniyang
drug war ang mga abogado
ng drug suspects dahil
sinasamantala ng mga ito
ang judicial process.

Dahil aniya dito, tila

hinahayaan ng mga
abogado na ipagpatuloy
ang mga iligal na aktibidad
ng kanilang mga kliyente.
Ayon sa IBP, lubhang
delikado ang pahayag na
ito ni Duterte dahil posible
itong magsanhi ng hindi
maiiwasang chilling effect
sa mga abogado.
Paliwanag ng IBP,
mayroon dapat kalayaan
ang mga abogado na

magdesisyon
kung
tatanggapin
at
dedepensahan nila ang
anumang kaso, nang
walang panganib na
kinatatakutan.
Dagdag pa ng IBP,
bukod sa karapatan ng
bawat akusado ang competent legal representation, ito
rin ang sinumpaang
tungkulin ng bawat
miyembro ng IBP.
Tiniyak naman ng

organisasyon na hindi nila

kailanman kukunsintehin
ang anumang uri ng unscrupulous at unethical
na gawain sa panig ng
kanilang mga miyembro.
Ang
nasabing
pahayag ay nilagdaan ng
kanilang National President
at Chairperson of the Board

na si Atty. Rosario T. SetiasReyes; Atty. Abdiel Dan

Elijah S. Fajardo, Executive
Vice President and Governor for Western Visayas;
Atty. Franklin Calpito,
Northern Luzon Governor;
Atty. Jose De La Rama Jr.,
Central Luzon Governor;
Atty. Bienvenido Somera

Jr., Southern Luzon Governor; Atty. Romeo Igot,

Greater Manila Governor;
Atty. Mae Elaine T. Bathan,
Eastern Visayas Governor;
Atty. Caesar Europa, Eastern Mindanao Governor at
Atty. Domingo Redelosa IV,
Western Mindanao Governor. Radyo Inquirer

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