Joining seminars such as this one is a good motivation for beginners and even for those who’s been blogging for years.

It was based on the words “El Centro”. El Centro is a 24 hour store cum restobar.

So I thought, the Islamic terrorists were targeting the crowd of “unbelievers”.

Terrorists in the Middle East bomb liquors stores and winebars. Unmindful of the innocent lives, even killing Muslims. This is how the Mideast terrorists purify the spiritual uncleanliness.

But when I went to the crime scene the following day Sunday, my initial assessment changed.

First, the crater of the grenade blast was not in the premises of El Centro restobar. It was beside the restobar, about two (2) meters away. Exactly, in front of Western Union (beside El Centro).

Secondly, when I read the names of the blast victims, there was a name of Muslim origin.

It’s probably a gang war or something similar.

According to the news, the investigators raised suspicion of “rido”. A Maranao term which basically means “conflict”, or even sometimes “vengeance”.

Rido usually occur between warring Muslim families or relatives.

Blood is still visible after 24 to 26 hours the crime had occurred.

The crater of the grenade blast.

I hope we could bring them to justice. These bombers always get away scot free.

Several people were killed and more injured. According to some sources, 6 were killed, but the list I got is only 2.

Will update this page.

UNOFFICIAL / PARTIAL LIST OF VICTIMS:
DEAD:
1. “Jan-jan” Dumalagan (Del Carmen)
2. Mr. Jay Hangad (Hinaplanon), 21

INJURED:
Joel Abreul (Barinaut) – critical
Mary Lou Aligno (Mahayahay) -balot vendor
John ce Dumalagan (Del Carmen) – critical
Dennis Corbera
Aldren Magsayo (Tambacan)
Liezel Lubguban
Jay Siton , 23 (Ma. Cristina)
Dianne Gacus (7 yrs. old)
Rey So-ong (Rugonon) – teacher
Danilo Gabrenab (Mis. Oriental)
Raylon Aligno
Jenife de los Santos (Prk. 6, Tipanoy)
Sonny Mendez (San Miguel)
Mae Cristine Gacus (19 yrs old)
Abdul Gapar Maruhom (25 yrs old, Mahayahay)
Emilita Ebara (Buru-un)
Alia Barame
Jonh Paul Ponce (Tambacan)
Cristyl Cabahug
Rick Manego
Albert Gongob
Michael Felipe Gonzales (19, Steel Makers)
Sheralyn Hurban Repueto (29, employed Mang Inasal)
Maribel Paquingan Cabanlit (25, Pala-o)

OUT-PATIENTS:
Laila Candog (Villaverde)
Earl Russel Rapanan Remelo (21, Pala-o)
Louie Jae Tanjo (Samburon, Linamon)
Rose Tanjo
Princess Irish Tanjo

Source: Art Babao

The purpose of this documentary is to raise funds for the Sendong survivors.

Although the Iligan City government is currently building about more than a thousand houses at Sta. Elena. But this admirable church is keen on building about 50 houses more on a lot owned by the pastor.

Be part of history, and show your love for your fellow Filipinos by helping build the houses and lives of Sendong survivors.

Read the instructions and register by clicking the link below the letter:

Dear Bayani,

Every year since 2006, Gawad Kalinga has staged the GK Bayani Challenge, a 5-day test of courage, endurance and love for country. Teams of 15 people go on an adventure to plant hope on ground by building communities and fostering friendships that are critical to nation-building.

The urgent call of building this nation will be answered once again this April 9-14. This year’s Bayani Challenge will gather volunteers not only in one but in FIVE provinces around the country. “PILIPINAS, NGAYON NA!” will challenge more volunteers to change lives, bring hope to others, and build sustainable communities in Cagayan de Oro, Iligan, Masbate, Mindoro Occidental and two areas in Negros Oriental (Dumaguete and Amlan). We invite you take this unique opportunity as an individual or as a group of 15 (or more). Register online and choose among the following activities:

1. Building of homes
Build an actual home for a family and experience everything from laying the foundation, attaching the roof, painting the walls, and landscaping.

2. Paraisong Pambata
Create an environment of fun and learning for children aged 6 to 10 years old through feeding programs, story-telling sessions, games, and a Sports Clinic.

3. School Build
Make public schools conducive to learning by refurbishing rooms, painting walls, landscaping gardens, and repairing tables and chairs.

4. Environment
Be a hero for the environment by planting trees and organizing clean-up drives.

5. Community Health
Share the importance of health by conducting a nutrition program, medical check-ups and health consultations among the different barangays.

We will cap off each spirited and fulfilling day with the following activities:

• Blogging Rights Day: Sharing of experiences and inspiring stories of heroism.
• Empowerment Talks: After-dinner talks and sessions to process the experience and harness the heroism in everyone.
• Kalinga Night: Brings together the volunteers for a night of celebration and commitment.

Aside from this exciting line-up, we will also be hosting a series of SPECIAL EVENTS this year:

• Bayanihan Race: Teams will compete in a unique race around the island.
• Master Kusinero: The team that cooks the best dish using an endemic ingredient from the island will be rewarded.
• Concert: At the end of the Bayani Challenge, we will celebrate this once-in-a-lifetime experience through a culminating activity that will feature bands and other exciting surprises.

Hurry and register here as slots are on a first come, first served basis.

See you at the Bayani Challenge!

For God and country,

Team Bayani Challenge 2012

Not being too overly biased or overreacting, but practically, every food here are done with quality. If it’s a painting, it’s like it was done by Michael Angelo.

Although the prices are slightly higher than the usual carenderia, but it’s really a value for your money. Just prepare P100 or even just P80, and you’re good.

This liempo tastes so good. Tita Fannies should start shaking in their boots. I’m still a fan of Tita Fannies’ liempo though, still one of the best in the country. This liempo is part of the value meal and costs P85.00 with iced tea.

Grilled Tangigue (P140). This is not my order, but I got the chance to take a photo of it.

This iced tea comes along for free in the Value Meals at P65.00. But individually, this one costs P15.00 per glass.

The value meal and some of the regular meal also comes with free hot soup.

Jinggay’s Grill is annexed to New Life Christian Church which was formerly Darren’s Bar.

Jinggay’s Grill is located along Redemtorist Road in Barangay San Miguel.

Jinggay’s Grill contact information:
telephone number: (063) 2239712
Facebook page:  http://www.facebook.com/jinggaysgrill

Milagros Luisma, chair of Barangay Acmac, said many of the logs that had been swept into the city by killer floods on Dec. 17 were rotting away because the DSWD stopped a nongovernment organization from processing these into lumber.

She said the task of processing the logs, which played a bigger role than the floods in the deaths that the disaster brought, was being performed faster when the group Ecosystems Work for Essential Benefits (Ecoweb) Inc. was still involved.

Rotting logs
Now, many of the logs are rotting because only a few people are processing these, Luisma said.

She also said more than 200 logs in her village had disappeared since Ecoweb stopped processing these into lumber.

“I am sure the culprits are not from my barangay but from other places and I think they are being tolerated because the agencies tasked to protect the logs from unscrupulous individuals have not been doing their jobs,” Luisma said.

But Manuel Boris, of the regional DSWD’s administrative office, said the government welfare agency stopped the operations of Ecoweb because the group did not secure a permit from the department.

Illegal operations
Boris said the group relied only on a verbal agreement with the mayor’s office, which makes its operations illegal.

Araceli Solamillo, regional DSWD director, said only the department could dispose of the logs because these had been turned over to the DSWD by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR).
Regina Antequisa, Ecoweb executive director, said the group had long asked the DSWD to help them process the permit needed for the group to operate so that more houses could be built but the agency has not acted on the request so far.

4,000 logs
Luisma said had the DSWD not stopped Ecoweb’s work, the more than 4,000 logs now stocked in her village would have been put to good use and not left to rot.

Boris said all Ecoweb had to do was secure the necessary permit so that its activities could resume.

He said in the case of the Diocese of Iligan, the DSWD allowed it to continue processing the logs because it had secured a permit from the regional DSWD office.

By Tito N. Fiel
Inquirer Mindanao

Dear Employers and Jobseekers,

Please join the BIGGEST JOB FAIR in Iligan City

The MSU-IIT Mega Job Fair
on April 3 and 4, 2012
8:00am to 5:00pm
at the MSU-IIT Gymnasium, MSU-IIT Campus

For the Employers: Please join us and be one of the first to recruit highly competent workforce in the region. Please email your job ads to Ms. Luzvilla G. Sasam of the MSU-IIT Guidance and Counseling Office at email lutzie50@yahoo.com and to Loiue Decatoria of the MSU-IIT Alumni Office at louie.je@gmail.com for the MSU-IIT Career Portal
For the Jobseekers: Please wear corporate attire and please bring your resume with you.

This is also open to the public as part of our community extension to Iligan City.

There are more than 50 employers from all over the country. This is organized and supported by the Department of Labor and Employment, POEA, the Association of IIT Alumni Foundation Inc.-PESO, the Alumni Relations and Placement Office, the Guidance and Counseling Center and the MSU-IIT Administration.

Yours truly,

The Association of IIT Alumni Foundation Inc. (AIITAFI)

REGULAR SESSION HELD ON MAY 24, 2005

PRESENT:
Hon. Henry C. Dy, City Vice Mayor, Presiding Officer

Hon. Providencio P. Abragan, Sr., Member
Hon. Vicente F. Belmonte, Jr., Member
Hon. Chonilo O. Ruiz, Member
Hon. Moises G. Dalisay, Jr., Member
Hon. Alfredo R. Busico, Member
Hon. Bienvenido V. Badelles, Member
Hon. Wilfredo R. Bacareza, Member
Hon. Voltaire I. Rovira, Member
Hon. Hannah M. Quijano, Member

ABSENT:
Hon. Ruderic C. Marzo, Member
Hon. Orlando M. Maglinao, Member
Hon. Bernard Y. Pacaña, Member

RESOLUTION NO. 05-472

WHEREAS, presented to the body for deliberation was a letter dated March 17, 2005, from the City Cooperative Development and Livelihood Office asking for funding to finance the request for loan assistance of JACZV, Limited Association, in the amount of One Hundred Forty Thousand Pesos (P140,000.00);

WHEREAS, according to the Certification issued by Mr. Celso Fernando, Supervising Labor and Employment Officer, PESO Officer-in-Charge, JACZV is a newly formed association composed of displaced workers of the then National Steel Corporation (NSC), which intends to access financial loan assistance from the City Government in order to increase production of goods and provide employment opportunities ;

WHEREAS, during its regular session on March 5, 2003, the body adopted City Ordinance No. 03-4300 entitled; “ An Ordinance Prescribing Guidelines for the Implementation of the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) entered into by and between the Republic of the Philippines and the City of Iligan for the One Million Pesos (P1,000,000.00) Loan for Lending to Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) under the “One Town, One Product, One Million Pesos Program of the President”, Providing the Same with the Implementing Guidelines.”

WHEREAS, approved during the term of former Mayor Franklin Macalisang Quijano, Section 1 of the said ordinance mentioned that the title of the program shall be “Greater Monetary Assistance-For Manpower’s Quality” (GMA-FMQ) FMQ which is the acronym of the former Mayor;

WHEREAS, since the application of the JACZV is filed at this present administration the rallying call of which is BANGON-Iligan, there is this proposal to amend City Ordinance No. 03-4300, and to change the acronym, in reference to the effort of the incumbent leaders of the city;

(Page 2 of Res. No. 05-472)

WHEREFORE, on motion of Member Vicente F. Belmonte, Jr., duly seconded by Member Providencio P. Abragan, Sr.

BE IT RESOLVED, AS IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, by the Sangguniang Panlungsod of Iligan, that the following Ordinance be ADOPTED and APPROVED:

CITY ORDINANCE NO. 05-4763

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 1 OF CITY ORDINANCE NO. 03-4300, ENTITLED; “ AN ORDINANCE PRESCRIBING GUIDELINES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT (MOA) ENTERED INTO BY AND BETWEEN THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE CITY OF ILIGAN FOR THE ONE MILLION PESOS (P1,000,000.00) LOAN FOR LENDING TO SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SME) UNDER THE ‘ONE TOWN, ONE PRODUCT, ONE MILLION PESOS PROGRAM OF THE PRESIDENT’, PROVIDING THE SAME WITH THE IMPLEMENTING GUIDELINES”. BY CHANGING THE TITLE OF THE PROGRAM FROM “GREATER MONETARY ASSISTANCE-FOR MANPOWER’S QUALITY” (GMA-FMQ) TO “GREATER MONETARY ASSISTANCE-BANGON – ILIGAN”.

Be it ordained by the Sangguniang Panlungsod of Iligan in session assembled, that:

SECTION 1. – Section 1 of City Ordinance No. 03-4300, entitled; “ An Ordinance Prescribing Guidelines for the Implementation of the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) Entered Into By And Between the Republic of the Philippines and the City of Iligan for the One Million Pesos (P1,000,000.00) Loan for Lending to Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) under the ‘One Town, One Product, One Million Pesos Program of the President’, Providing the Same with the Implementing Guidelines”, is hereby AMENDED as the same is hereby AMENDED by way of changing the title of the program from “Greater Monetary Assistance-For Manpower’s Quality” (GMA-FMQ) to “GREATER MONETARY ASSISTANCE-BANGON-ILIGAN”.

SECTION 2. Repealing Clause. All previous ordinance, executive orders, rules and regulations or parts thereof which are inconsistent with this ordinance are hereby repealed and modified accordingly.

SECTION 3. Separability Clause. If, for any reason or reasons, any part or provision of this ordinance shall be held unconstitutional or invalid, other parts or provisions hereof which are not affected thereby shall continue to be in full force and in effect.

SECTION 4. – Effectivity.-This Ordinance shall take effect ten (10) days after the publication of a local newspaper.

(Page 3 of Res. No. 05-472)

(VOTING BY ROLL CALL: ABRAGAN, “Yes”; BELMONTE, “Yes”; RUIZ, “Yes”; BUSICO, “Yes”; DALISAY, “Yes”; BADELLES, “Yes”; BACAREZA, “Yes”; ROVIRA, “Yes”; and QUIJANO, “Yes”).

CARRIED Unanimously.

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The undersigned hereby attests to the adoption of the foregoing as verified to by the Member-Author.

ATTY. ARTHUR LL. PADILLA
Secretary to the Sanggunian

VERIFIED:

VICENTE F. BELMONTE, JR.
Member-Author

CERTIFIED:

HENRY C. DY
City Vice Mayor, Presiding Officer

APPROVED: ______________________

LAWRENCE LL. CRUZ
City Mayor

In the description: “The Graduation Song of Batch 2012 of the Iligan Institute of Technology of the Mindanao State University (MSU-IIT) in Iligan City, Philippines.”

The song is quality, but not really of world class type. The song talks about pride of being a graduate of MSU-IIT.

I’m not a music expert, but there is something the song lacks. Probably, the quality of the recording.

Anyway, listen to the song, and read the lyrics below.

Ready to Go Beyond

How will I know If I can go
farther from where I am
If I don’t push myself to make
my dreams do come true
For years, I fought and struggled
It shook my brain and spirit
This time, I deserve a break,
even just a smile

Mama, look at me now with
that same loving care
What I’ve become is the fruit of
what you sowed
Papa, thank you for the many
sacrifices
Your guidance and patience
made me who I am

Chorus:
(I’m now ready and prepared to
face the world
Am ready to be, world class
Armed with the knowledge from IIT
Am ready to go beyond) 2x

To my friends who accepted
me for who I am
For years, we shared together
the laughter and the tears
I’ll never forget you all, you are
tattooed in my heart
Thank God, I have you guys
To always complete my day

How can I forget my
thoughtful Ma’am and Sir
Their tireless nurturing helped
me fulfill my dream
I bow to my Institution, IIT
I take pride to tell the world
I am from IIT

Repeat Chorus

Adlib/ Instrumental …

Repeat Chorus

Repeat Chorus, 1 key higher

(Oooh Oooh, I made it
Oooh Oooh, Thank you IIT
I take pride to tell the world
I’m from IIT) 2x

I take pride to tell the world
I’m from MSU-IIT