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Cebu Province News March 2012

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Wars of ancient history were about possessions, territory, power, control, family, betrayal, lover's quarrel, politics and sometimes religion.

But we are in the Modern era and supposedly more educated and enlightened .

Think about this. Don't just brush off these questions.

  • Why is RELIGION still involved in WARS? Isn't religion supposed to be about PEACE?
  • Ask yourself; What religion always campaign to have its religious laws be accepted as government laws, always involved in wars and consistently causing WARS, yet insists that it's a religion of peace?

WHY??

There are only two kinds of people who teach tolerance:
  1. The Bullies. They want you to tolerate them so they can continue to maliciously deprive you. Do not believe these bullies teaching tolerance, saying that it’s the path to prevent hatred and prejudice.
  2. The victims who are waiting for the right moment to retaliate. They can’t win yet, so they tolerate.
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Aerial View of Metro Cebu

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DENR Urges Conservation Of Caves

(Manila Bulletin Article)

CEBU CITY (PIA) — The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-7 Regional Executive Director Maximo Dichoso recently urged the public to support the campaign for the protection and conservation of caves.

Dichoso made the call as caves are non-renewable natural resources with important scientific, economic, educational, cultural, historical, and aesthetic values.

Caves are any naturally occurring void, cavity, recess or system of interconnected passages beneath the surface of the earth or within a cliff or ledge located either in private or public land. It is large enough to permit an individual to enter and is either naturally-formed or man-made.

Caves are also home to specialized mineral formations with unique and diverse flora and fauna, he said.

Cave protection and conservation is one of the priority programs of DENR Secretary Ramon JP Paje.

The protection and conservation of caves is mandated under Republic Act 9072 otherwise known as the “National Caves and Cave Resources Management and Protection Act” which was passed on April 8, 2001.

House panel okays bill creating Cebu sports academy

(Kathrina Alvarez/Sunnex)

MANILA -- The House Committee on Youth and Sports Development has approved a proposed legislation creating a sports academy in the town of Minglanilla, Cebu.

House Bill 4107 filed by Cebu Representative Eduardo Gullas seeks to establish a Cebu Sports Academy, which “shall be constituted as the primary sports development and training center for athletes, coaches and other sports personnel in Cebu and other parts of the Central Visayas region.”

The sports academy will provide necessary physical facilities and the provision of expert training resources in the various disciplines.

“With the establishment of the Cebu Sports Academy, the sportsmen in the Central Visayas region will have a venue to train and develop the athletes’ skills and competitive spirit to prepare them to bring honor to the region in the national competitions, and the country in the future Asian, World games as well as the Olympic games,” Gullas stated in the measure.

The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) shall take part in upgrading existing facilities, equipment and personnel and incorporating them into the sports academy.

Establishment and operation of the sports academy shall be funded by the municipal government of Minglanilla, the province of Cebu and its legislators.

The PSC and the Office of the President may also allocate budget for the academy. Grants and endowments may be obtained from local or foreign sources intended for sports development.

$10,000 to go to rehab of three reefs

By Liv G. Campo (The Freeman)

CEBU, Philippines - Contrary to reports that the city government is unable to decide what to do with donated funds reportedly meant for other purposes, Talisay City Bernard Odilao has assured the US$10,000 donation of MV Majuro will go straight to the rehabilitation and preservation of the city’s three marine protected areas (MPA).

“Nagsige pa mi og canvass sa presyo sa mga boya ug gamit for the floating guardhouse. After that, maghimo nami og program of works. So, definitely once we have accomplished that the city will release the funds,” Odilao said.

The third-term councilor said the US$10,000 donation will be divided among the Lagundi Reef in barangay Poblacion, Makatol Reef and Pungaton Reef in barangays Pooc and Tanke, respectively.

“Hopefully, this month floaters be can installed on these three reefs, and a floating guardhouse in Lagundi,” he said.

Last month, Odilao said the city-commissioned divers headed by Anthony Nator and Roland Remolino have started cleaning up the almost-abandoned Lagundi Reef, a two-hectare MPA. And temporarily, floaters were installed in this area to prevent anyone from fishing.

The city may not have plans to re-open Lagundi Reef, which was earlier groomed to become a dive destination, to the public, but Odilao said they may get to that once the reef gets fully rehabilitated.

In March 5, 2009, the Chinese cargo vessel MV Majuro ran aground in Lagundi Reef which damaged a wide expanse of the MPA.

After paying a P5,000 fine, as stated in a city ordinance regulating the Lagundi Reef, the shipmaster left the country, with no case filed against him.

Before leaving however, he donated $10,000 for the rehabilitation of the damaged reef. And since then, the reef has become neglected, which has raised allegations that the city government had no plans to use the money to rehabilitate it.

But in October last year Odilao filed a proposed resolution, which was then approved, requesting for the release of the money.

Community builds Calungsod church

By Jason A. Baguia(Cebu Daily News)

Toledo City – The Catholic faithfuls here are rushing to finish the church of the Blessed Pedro Calungsod before his canonization in the Vatican on Oct. 21 this year.

From a chapel made of wood and tin roof in 2006, the churchgoers are now rushing to finish the Pedro Calungsod church that sits atop a hill with a 360-degree view of the lush mountains of the city.

In 2006, the Cebu Archbishop Ricardo Cardinal Vidal approved the establishment of the parish church in the name of Calungsod whose origins was traced to the Visayas.

Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma was all praises to the Blessed Pedro Calungsod parishioners during Sunday’s seventh annual fiesta, which also marks the sixth anniversary of the parish in barangay Cantabaco.

“I am glad to see that there have been many improvements in your church since my last visit,” Archbishop Palma told a congregation of about 1,000.

He was impressed with the church’s newly tiled floors, stained glass windows depicting the mysteries of the Holy Rosary, and scenes from Calungsod’s life.

The rectory, flooring, sanctuary finishing, churchyard landscaping and other parts of the church have yet to see completed though.

Palma was the main celebrant of the fiesta’s concelebrated mass that was participated by Cebu Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus Antonio Rañola, Msgr. Ildebrando Leyson, Msgr. Gerardo Jumao-as.

Monsignor Leyson is one of the lead promoters of the cause for Calungsod’s canonization. The 94-year-old Monsignor Jumao-as along with Fr. Michael Hisoler persuaded Architect Servillano Mapeso and his wife Josephine to donate the one-hectare land where the hilltop church now sits.

Mapeso who worked on the architecture of the church said so far, P4 million was spent on the structure and another P4 million may be needed to complete it. “We need more benefactors,” Mapeso said.

Fr. Russel Emmanuel Sungcad, parish priest of Blessed Pedro Calungsod church admits that although the parish is poor, his parishioners are not losing hope of finishing the church that honors the soon-to-be second Filipino saint.

“It is bayanihan spirit of the faithful,” he said.

Having a patron saint who was young when he was martyred is something young people in the parish community can strongly relate, the parish priest said.

Fr. Sungcad recalled that Fr. Jumao-as thought it was a miracle that the church started to rise.

From its humble beginnings, the parish church has grown from two sacristans to 80, 21 chapels to 35, and five lay ministers to 60 persons serving at least 21,000 churchgoers.

Monsignor Leyson said one of Blessed Pedro Calungsod’s tasks when he went with the Jesuits on a mission to Guam was the construction of chapels in 16th century.

“The Blessed Calungsod can relate to your need for a church. He was a carpenter,” he said.

Cebu lawmaker seeks early voting for senior citizens, PWDs

(Kathrina Alvarez/Sunnex)

MANILA -- A lawmaker from Cebu is pushing for the early voting of senior citizens and persons with disabilities (PWDs) for the upcoming 2013 midterm elections.

Cebu Representative Gabriel Luis Quisumbing on Monday filed House Bill 5964 to be known as the Early Voting for Persons with Disabilities Act of 2012.

Under the proposed legislation, qualified voters may cast their ballots early in the office of the municipal or city election registrar where they are registered during office hours within one working day before the day of the elections.

"During the 2010 national and local elections, many senior citizens and people with disabilities left their polling places because they cannot endure the long lines and lengthy procedures in order to cast their votes. Hence, they were deprived of the opportunity to exercise the very basic right of suffrage," Quisumbing said.

It was in the May 2010 elections that the first automated polls were implemented by the government. Voters lined up for hours before they could cast their vote since precincts were clustered.

The measure proposes that at least 30 days before the elections, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) shall coordinate with the local government units, National Council on Disability Affairs (NCDA), the Commission on Human Rights (CHR), Department of Health (DOH), and the Department of Local and Interior Government (DILG) in designing systems and assistance to be accorded to senior citizens.

The poll body shall also designate accessible polling places where PWDs may be able to cast their vote, ensuring that such polling places are provided with the necessary mobility, communication, visual and other forms of assistance for concerned voters.

IC to hold 3-day micro-insurance seminar in Cebu on Mar 6

By Fayette C. Riñen(PIA-Cebu with IC PR)

CEBU CITY, March 5 (PIA) – To strongly push for a wider acceptance of micro-insurance among the informal and low income sectors, the Insurance Commission (IC) in partnership with the Department of Finance (DOF) will be holding a three-day training and advocacy seminar among key stakeholders in Central Visayasin Cebu on March 6 to 8 .

The activity aims to develop advocate-partners in promoting microinsurance among the informal and low-income groups.

Part of a nationwide microinsurance literacy campaign, the IC and the DOF recognize the need to provide appropriate risk protection to the identified sectors and wish to help them.

At present, the IC together with the DOF is implementing various initiatives on microinsurance. These initiatives are supported by micronisurance projects under the Asian Development Bank-Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction (Developing Microinsurance Project) and the German International Cooperation (Microinsurance Innovations Program for Social Security)..

In Cebu, the IC will also conduct the ‘Magpaseguro Para Protektado: Advocacy Seminar on Microinsurance on March 9.

IC Commissioner Emmanuel Dooc will deliver the keynote address tomorrow while Finance Usec. Gil Beltran will close the day’s activity.

Cebu to have rainy days ahead: Pagasa

By Rebelander S. Basilan

A LOW-pressure area in Mindanao will bring rains in Cebu in the next few days, the weather bureau said yesterday.

Quiley Torregoza, weather observer at Pagasa’s Mactan, Cebu station, advised residents in Cebu to stay alert against floods and landslides. He also advised fishermen not to venture into the rough seas.

The low-pressure area, spotted near Malaybalay City in Bukidnon yesterday, is not likely to develop into a typhoon, however, said Torregoza.

But the low-pressure area, he said, may generate two millimeters of rain per hour, which can trigger floods if the rains last for several hours.

According to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa), no tropical cyclone threatened the country as of yesterday.

“Both LPA (low-pressure area) and tail-end of a cold front will continue to bring cloudy skies with scattered to widespread rains and thunderstorms in Southern Luzon, Visayas and Northern and Eastern Mindanao which may trigger flashfloods and landslides,” Pagasa said in its weather advisory yesterday.

Torregoza said the northeast monsoon or amihan will also bring cloudy skies and rains in Cebu.

The public, he added, can expect a wet summer because of the La Niña phenomenon.

Cebu boxer sparks riot in Argentina

By Emmanuel B. Villaruel (The Freeman)

CEBU, Philippines - An ugly riot broke out after Johnriel “Quadro Alas” Casimero halted Argentina’s Luis Alberto Lazarte in the 10th round for the vacant IBF light flyweight title in Buenos Aires yesterday.

It was a chaotic victory for the Ormoc City native, who dropped hometown favorite Lazarte twice in the ninth round at the jam-packed Club Once Unidos in Mar del Plata in Argentina’s capital.

Even before referee Eddie Claudio could formally declare the winner, an army of disgruntled Argentine fans rushed to the ring and attacked Casimero and his team.

Even the IBF officials, led by fight supervisor Anibal Miramontes, and some cooler heads who attempted to calm down the situation were not spared by the wrath of angry fans.

Videos of the disgraceful incident, which became an instant hit in various social networking sites, showed Casimero, his manager Sammy ‘Don King” Gello-ani and trainer Pingping Teropa scampering for safety as chairs, bottles and wayward punches were flying all over the arena at the height of the melee.

Gello-ani’s wife Cora told The Freeman that her husband, Casimero and Tepora sustained only minor injuries.

“They’re okay now and are resting at their hotel room. They no longer had to go to the hospital because they only suffered minor injuries. They were also given police escorts to ensure their safety,” said Cora.

The two warriors actually fought on even terms until Casimero rattled Lazarte with a powerful shot to the chin at the end of round nine, hurting the Argentine who barely had the ability to stand in the 10th.

Prior to the stoppage, Lazarte was slapped with one-point deduction for biting Casimero in the neck in sixth round.

Casimero, of Omega Boxing stable based in Mabolo, Cebu City, also lost points for fouls in the fourth and eighth rounds.

Casimero, who will turn 22 years old tomorrow, improved his record to 16-2 with 10 KOs, while Lazarte fell to 49-11-2 (18 KOs).

Families in Cebu town ordered to leave danger zone

(KAL/Sun.Star Cebu)

CEBU CITY -- After massive cracks were found in a mountain in Ronda town, authorities said the residents should be evacuated to safer ground.

The cracks -- about three kilometers long -- found in Sitio Langin, Barangay Vive were caused by the 6.9-magnitude earthquake that hit the provinces of Cebu and Negros Oriental last Monday, Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB)-Central Visayas Director Loreto Alburo said in a television report.

“We mapped this area before as susceptible to landslides,” Alburo said. “(It is a) permanent danger zone.”

A representative of the Office of the Civil Defense (OCD)-Central Visayas suggested that the Ronda Municipal Government conduct “pre-emptive evacuation” to keep anyone from getting hurt.

At the foot of the mountain, there are about 150 families living in 85 households and a school with a population of over 300 students.

Engr. Ver Neil Balaba, OCD-Central Visayas operations officer, said there is a possibility a landslide would occur during a heavy downpour.

“The cracks are a warning from nature,” he said in a phone interview with Sun.Star Cebu.

Balaba said a team from MGB-Central Visayas will conduct a geological survey to assess the extent of the damage in the area.

Ronda’s Municipal Engineer Oscar Pilapil said some of the cracks were old and the mountain is connected to a mountain in Kan-actol in Dumanjug town, where a fault line is located.

The official said Barangay Vive was declared a danger zone in 1996.

During the earthquake, Pilapil said, five houses were destroyed, while five others were damaged. Residents noticed smoke rising from the ground during the tremor.

A high school student, Mary Ann Tejas, said their house was destroyed after it was hit by a boulder.

Chief Inspector Bonifacio Tecson, in a phone interview, said personnel from the town’s disaster team and social workers checked Friday Barangay Vive, which is about 15 to 20 kilometers from the town proper.

“We already advised residents not to go near the mountain,” he said in Cebuano.

Tecson, Ronda police head, said he assigned two policemen to monitor the area. The barangay watchmen were also tapped to help the police.

He said residents can temporarily stay in a school in the barangay.

Residents said in a television interview that they wanted to leave their place, but they hesitated because it would mean leaving their livelihood, which is primarily farming.

“Pag-ampo aron maluwas mi dili madayon kay ang Ginoo ra ang makatabang nato (I will pray for our safety because God is the only one who can help us),” said Jenny Langunis, a student.

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