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DAVAO CITY—Muslim religious scholars here have expressed concern on the frail health conditions of kidnapped Columban priest Fr. Michael Sinnott.
The National Ulama Conference of the Philippines (NUCP) with the Philippine Council for Islam and Democracy (PCID) in a statement appealed to the captors to grant the safe, immediate and unconditional release of Sinnott.

Muslim scholars stressed that kidnapping is contrary to the teachings of Islam and Christianity as well as with other faiths who promote good deeds towards one’s neighbors.

They also called on the abductors to release Fr. Sinnott unharmed and to take into consideration his weak health condition.
Moreover, they also called on the people to actively promote peace-making and respectful dialogue in the society.

“We likewise call on the members of the society to see the urgent need for sustained dialogue among its diverse members in light of this recurring incidence of abduction of civilians,” said in the statement furnished to CBCPNews.

They also called on the media to exercise vigilance against maligning the name of Islam by employing emotionally and politically charged terms such as Islamic militants and Muslim terrorists in reference to the priest’s abductors. (Mark S. Ventura)

OZAMIZ CITY: Treasurers Office kusganong nagtinguha nga makolekta ang buhis sa propridad nga wala kabayri sa mga tag-iya kun tax delinquent real property owners sa Ozamiz City. Gipasabot ni Ozamiz City Treasurer Alma Toledo nga ang pagkolekta sa real property taxes usa sa maayong paagi nga moumento ang kinitaan sa siyudad.

Gumikan sa maong tinguha usa ka resolution nga tumong niini ang pagmogna ug usa ka task force nga tahasan sa pagkolekta sa buhis sa mgadelekuwente nga tag-iya ug mga kabtangan ang gisugyot nga palig-onon sa konseho atol sa regular session kagahapong adlawa , apan nagkasabot ang tanang sakop sa konseho nga ibalik ngadto sa buhatan sa mayor ang maong hangyo gumikan kay ang katuyoan niini anaa nahisakop sa gahum sa mayor isip hepe ehekutibo. Gipasabot ni Konsehal Taryn Mecaros, presiding officer nga dili na kinahanglan pa nga mopalig-on og usa ka resolution alang sa kamognaan sa task force kini gumikan kay mas sayon ug dali nga mopagawas na lang og usa ka mando ehekutiboa si Mayor Aldong Parojinog alang sa kamognaan sa Task Force for Tax Collections.

Gipasabot og dogang ni Mecaros nga basi sa Republic Act 7160, gilatid niini ang mando sa mamahandi sa lokal nga kagamhanan nga mopagawas og warrant of levy alang sa tag-ya sa kabtangan nga wala mobayad sa buhis ug kun ugaling magdumili sa gihapon sa pagbayad, imantala kini ug ibaligya ngadto sa publiko ang kabtangan aron makuha sa goberno ang halin niini tugbang sa kantidad sa buhis nga wala kabayri.

Ang goberno lokal nagkinahanglan og dakong kantidad alang sa iyang operation sa kataposang tulo ka bulan ug pamaagi nga molambo ang kinitaan niini ilabina sa sunod tuig nga mokabat sa P161M ang target sa local collection sa dakbayan. (Nanding G. Dumanjug, Office of the Vice Mayor)

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY:“THE Mindanao Cooperative Declaration for peace represents a multi-sectoral and multi-cultural commitment for peace-building through the development of cooperatives.”

Thus stressed Cagayan de Oro’s Archbishop Antonio J. Ledesma, S.J., D.D., who said the peace campaign of everyone in the island should be “We cry: Cooperatives for peace in Mindanao!”

It is in this light, that the people in Mindanao have come together to work for peace as manifested in the 1st Mindanao Cooperative Peace Forum on Oct. 29, 2009 at Xavier University-Ateneo de Cagayan Gym, Regional Director Orlando R. Ravanera of the Cooperative Development Authority (CDA), region 10, said.

Ravanera said about 5,000 active cooperatives in Mindanao, with about 1.2 million members, consisting of the Muslims, the Lumads and other Indigenous Peoples, the Churches, the Ulamas, the Academe, the Rotarians and all peace-loving Mindaoans will attend the forum.

Likewise, he said the participants will collectively advance what they believe is their inherent right to live in peace founded on social justice, equity and sustainable development by advancing, among others, the following agenda:
Recognizing the human resource, enhancing their capabilities, developing their potentials and harnessing their skills, as well as, putting up of a Cooperative Human Resource Center in all regions of Mindanao.

Giving preferential use rights to the marginalized sectors, such as Muslims, Lumads, small farmers and fisherfolks, in developing their respe of such resources.
Rectifying social wrongs committed by some utilities providing basic needs like electricity and water or the so-called electric cooperatives against member consumers whose rights of ownership have been violated all these years.

Promoting the “Halal” Program and making thousand hectares of idle lands to be productive by planting crops and raising livestock for local consumption and for local and international market. (PIA 10)

DonVIc,MisOc:MAKADAWAT ang matag Barangay sa Don Victoriano, Misamis Ocidental og tag Singkwenta Mil Pesos ( P50,000.00 ) gikan sa Countrywide Development Fund kon CDF ni Congresswoman Hermenia “Hermie” Ramiro.

Kini ang maayong gasa nga nadawat sa mga sakop sa Local Officials sa naasoy’ng lungsod atol sa ilang pagbisita sa panimalay ni Kongresista Ramiro.

Gipahayag ni Ramiro nga kini direkta na niyang itunol ngadto sa mga Barangay sa tuyo nga dili na makaltasan pa ang maong gahing salapi kon ugaling ipaagi pa kini sa Department of Public Works and Highways kon DPWH.

Gamiton kini sa mga opisyales sa Barangay sa unsa man nga proyekto nga mahatag ug kaayohan sa ilang katawhan .

CLARIN,MisOc: Gidayeg ni Second District Board Member Henry Oaminal ang kagamhanang lokal sa lungsod sa Clarin ilalom sa administrasyon ni Mayor David Navarro uban sa mga sakop sa Sangguniang Bayan sa pagpanguna ni Vice Mayor Emeterio “Memeng” Roa gumikan sa gihimo niining inisyatiba ang pagmugna og tinuig nga pagbansay sa mga sakop sa Civilian Volunteers Organizations isip Barangay Public Safety officer.

Nagkanayon ang Board Member nga ang pagmugna sa ingon niini nga programa, usa ka maayong buhat nga nagtan-aw sa hayag nga ugma.Gumikan kay usa kini ka pamaagi sa kampanya aron makab-ot ang gipangandoy’ng kalinaw sa usa ka dapit.

Kun’ linaw ang usa ka dapit mas paspas ang tinusbawan sa lungsod ug individual gumikan kay daghang mga investor nga kompyansang mobubo og puhonan gumikan kay nakita nila nga malinawon ang maong dapit.Sa pikas nga bahin, kasagaran sa mga nakahuman sa Sharing Computer Access Locally and Abroad kon SCALA nakasulod og trabaho sa local nga mga establisimento. Sumala pa ni City Social Welfare and Development Officer Ludie Salud Raras, sa City Social Welfare and Development Office na-practice sa mga graduates ang ilang nakat-onan sa computer samtang nagtungha sa CSWD.

Ang SCALA usa sa mga programa ni Mayor Reynaldo ‘Aldong’ Parojinog, Sr. Sila mga residente sa dakbayan sa Ozamiz nga wala makahuman pag-eskuwela apan gustong makat-on sa skills training nga gipasayon sa kagamhanang local sa dakbayan.

Dili pa lang dugay, sa ikasiyam nga batch ang migraduwar sa SCALA adunay 28 ka out-of-school nga kabataan. Atol sa graduation, ang mga graduates gidasig ni city councilor Nova Princess Parojinog-Echavez.

OZAMIZ CITY: Milabay na ang duha ka semana sukad nga gidagit si Irish Priest Michael Sinnott apan wala pay nasayran ang crisis management committee sa nahimutangan sa pari.

Gipadayag ni crisis management spokesman ug Zamboanga del Sur public information office chief Allan June Molde nga nabalaka na sila sa kahimtang sa pari.

Gidugang ni Molde nga ang mga provincial officials lakip si Zamboanga del Sur Governor Aurora Cerilles nabalaka sa kahimtang sa panglawas ni Fr. Sinnott ilabina nga sa edad nga 79 aduna kini suliran sa kasingkasing.

Gisaysay ni Molde nga wala makigdugtong ang mga kidnappers sa ilang buhatan ug sa mga awtoridad.

Nasayran nga sukad nga madagit ang pari wala pa kini mahatdi og tambal alang sa maintenance sa iyang sakit sa kasingkasing.

OZAMIZ CITY:Mipagawas og cash reward ang local nga pangamhanan sa Pagadian City ni bisan kinsa nga makahatag og kasayuran sa nahimutangan sa gikidnap nga pari.

Gipadayag ni Allan Molde, spokes person sa Zamboanga del Sur Crisis management committee nga ang City Council nakauyon nga mohatag og P200,000 sa makahatag og kasayuran sa nahimutang ni Fr. Micahel Sinnott.

Gidugang ni Molde nga si Pagadian Mayor Samuel Co nakig-alayon sa business sector aron makapagawas sa maong pundo.

Kahinumduman nga sulod na sa duha ka semana nga gidagit ang pari ug hangtud karon wala pay natumbok nga suspetsado.

OZAMIZ CITY: Giingong buhi pa si Fr. Michael Sinnot apan masakiton kini nga gihuptan pa gihapon sa mga kidnappers hangtud karon sibo sa report sa militar.
Ang maong impormasyon maoy isip tubag sa unang mikatag nga taho nga patay na ang pari hinungdan nga wala makigdugtong ang mga kidanppers.
Nasayran nga sa dihang gihinabi si Fr. Pat O'Donoghue, head sa Missionary Society sa Saint Columban sa mga awtoridad gipadayag niini nga kombinsido siya nga buhi pa si Sinnot apan dili pa ikabutayag ang mga timailhan.

Iyang gidugang nga sa duha ka semana sukad pagkabihag nga hilabihan na kini ka luya.
Nasayran nga hangtud sa pagkutlo niining taho wala pay miangkon nga responsabling grupo nga midagit sa paring culombano.

by Neptalie Batolenio

OROQUIETA CITY:WITH more than a million loose firearms still to be accounted for in the country, the Philippine National Police (PNP) is set to implement Executive Order (EO) 817 as ordered by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.

In Misamis Occidental, the PNP will intensify the campaign against unlicensed firearms, where 97% of crimes committed in the country involved loose guns based on statistics, through the conduct of checkpoint as well as search and seizure operations.

Senior Superintendent Leonilo Cabug, Misamis Occidental provincial director stressed that a final general firearms amnesty is implemented for a period of one month or from October 1 to 31, 2009.

The MOCPPO also hold a province wide motorcade in launching the National Firearms Control Program participated by Non Governmental Organization (NGO’s) and all PNP stations to strengthen their campaign against unlicensed firearms, where the three cities: Ozamiz, Oroquieta and Tangub identified by Cabug for having reported plenty of loose fire arms.

Cabug added that all individual and judicial entities may renew their expired licenses and/or register their unregistered firearms with the PNP at Camp Naranjo, Oroquieta City.

He said that all loose firearms holders, be they with expired licenses and/or unregistered firearms, are encouraged by Misamis Occidental Provincial Police Office (MOCPPO) and are given the opportunity to obtain the required firearms’ license through the final general firearms amnesty.

This would reduce the chance of loose firearms being used in election-related crimes which may derail the realization of a peaceful, orderly and credible electoral exercise in 2010, added the MPPO director.
Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Ronaldo Puno also iterated his warning to owners of unlicensed firearms that after the one-month gun amnesty period expires on October 31, all guns not properly registered would be confiscated immediately and criminal charges would be filed against the owners in court.

Puno said the PNP will begin processing the applications of late registrants or those with unrenewed licenses in implementing Arroyo’s National Gun Control Program as spelled out under EO 817.

Prior to the October 1-31 amnesty period, Puno said the PNP will already start receiving applications starting August 1 to accommodate those who would like to comply early with the law.

EO 817, which provides for a general amnesty for the registration of loose firearms, tasks the PNP to conduct active police operations against unregistered firearms through random weapons checks in crime-prone areas; mobile checkpoint and chokepoint operations; intelligence build-up; internal security operations; application of search warrants; and dismantling of private armed groups.
The government expects to reduce by at least three percent per month the estimated 1.1 million loose firearms currently in the hands of threat groups, criminal elements and unauthorized individuals. The number of loose firearms also includes guns with expired licenses.

The PNP is targeting to account for about 33,000 loose firearms within the first month of implementation of EO 817.

Puno along with PNP chief Jesus Verzosa and heads of other law enforcement agencies signed last July 23 the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of EO 817.
In various Regional Peace and Order Council (RPOC) meetings and dialogues with local executives, Puno has called on elective officials to help the DILG and PNP carry out an information campaign on the gun amnesty program.
The DILG chief also assured gun owners that the PNP will accept the registrations of their unlicensed firearms and those with expired licenses during the amnesty period with “no questions asked.”

The PNP is implementing the gun amnesty program months ahead of the campaign period for the 2010 elections so that such an effort will not be misconstrued in any way as a political move on the part of the government.

LOKAL nga kagamhanan sa Ozamiz City nanawagan sa katawhan, mga kanait nga lokal nga kagamhanan ug kagamhanang probinsiyal nga mohatag og kinasing-kasing nga tabang sama sa salapi, pagkaon ug uban pang bahandianong butang nga gikinahanglan matag adlaw, alang sa mga biktima sa bagyong Ondoy sa Metro Manila.

Gipasabot ni Ozamiz City Vice-mayor Carlos Patricio ‘Kaloy’ Bernad nga kini nga buhat sa kalooy maoy agig pagpadayag og pasalamat sa Labawng Makagagahom sa paghatag niini og proteksiyon sa katawhan sa lalawigan busa wala makasinati og katalagman ang siyudad ug ang tibuok lalawigan sa Misamis Occidental sa nakalabay nga panahon.

Gipahibalo sa besi mayor ang katawhan nga ang mga shipping companies ning siyudad andam nga mohatod sa bisan unsang tabang nga ilang ikatunol sa mga biktima sa bagyong Ondoy pinaagi sa ilang pagpakig-alayon sa City SocialWelfare and Development (CSWD) sa Ozamiz o sa ilang matag buhatan sa CSWD sa lokalidad o sa probinsiya.

Gipasabot usab sa besi mayor nga agig pagpakitag sakripisyo, bisan apiki sa panalapi, ang siyudad mogahin og P200 mil nga kuhaon gikan sa tres milyones pesos nga 5 percent Calamity Fund kabahin sa P60 M nga IRA Differential sa siyudad. Kini nga pundo dili mahimong gamiton sa lain nga katuyoan samtang nagpadayon pa ang tuig nga gigahinan alang niini.

Gipasabot og dogang sa besi mayor nga ang paghatag og tabang pinansiyal sa lokal nga kagamhanan ngadto sa ubang dapit nga kuhaon gikan sa calamity fund gihimo na kini sa kapid-an ka higayon sama sa paghatag og financial assistance sa Lanao Del Norte human giatake sa Moro Islamic Liberation Front nga nisangpot sa pagbakwit sa kapin sa dies mil ka mga lomolopyo paingon sa Ozamiz.

Una nang nagkasabot sila si mayor Aldong Parojinog ug besi mayor Bernad kalabot niini ug gidasonan sa usaka konperensiya kagahapon sa buntag didto mismo sa buhatan sa mayor.

by Wendell Talibong

OZAMIZ Archbishop Jesus A. Dosado, CM has catechized the lay faithful of Misamis Occidental regarding the celebration of the Most Holy Rosary celebrated in the Month of October.
In his Catechism entitled: “To Jesus through Mary” Archbishop Dosado said, throughout the centuries Catholic writers have shown how devotion to Mary can lead us closer to Jesus. True devotion to Mary and saints leads us closer to Jesus. True devotion does not in any way impede our focus on Jesus.
The Rosary is a way of reflecting on Christ. Paragraph 2708 of the Catechism notes: "Christian prayer tries above all to meditate on the mysteries of Christ, as in lectio divina or the rosary."
"How do we meditate on Jesus?" The prelate asked.
He stressed on the one hand, it is true that we can look at Jesus, or any individual person, in isolation. However, we most often study people in their relations to others.
“If I were studying a man, I could look at his vital statistics. I could talk about weight, intelligence, education, ability, strength, and so on. However, it might be much more important to study how he relates to those around him. How is he as a husband and father? How is he as a worker, employee, or supervisor? Similarly, we do not meditate on Jesus only in isolation,” he said.
Dosado added, “We study Jesus in His relationships. He is the Son of God. The gospels reveal to us the depth, warmth, closeness, and love in that relationship. Jesus invites us to share that relationship.”
The gospels also reveal Jesus in relationship to others. We see Jesus in a family, the Holy Family. We see Him with the apostles. We see Him with the suffering and with sinners.
It is important to study Jesus in relationships. As see Jesus in relationships with others, we come to an awareness of the relationship He wants to have with us.
We also grow in awareness of the relationships He wants us to have with others. Since all of us are part of family groups, it is appropriate to consider Jesus' family relationships.
It is appropriate to remember the women in the life of Jesus. It is important to study Jesus' relationship with His mother Mary. We look to Jesus as a role model in our relationships with women.
PERHAPS the most emblematic sacramental in Catholicism is the rosary that string of beads with a crucifix attached. During the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries the rosary settled into its present form. It now consists of the Apostles' Creed, the Our Father, the Hail Mary, and the Gloria.
The Apostles' Creed appeared first as a second-century Roman baptismal creed, and it took its present form in the 400s. Although this creed wasn't written by the apostles, it's generally agreed it could very well have been of apostolic origin.
The Our Father is prayed on the solitary beads that separate the groups of ten beads (the "decades"). Every Christian is familiar with this prayer, which is found in Matthew 6:9-13.
If there should be any lingering doubt that God doesn't look askance on repetition in prayer, note that in Revelation 4:8-11 we find the heavenly host engaging in repetitive prayer ("Holy, holy, holy Lord God Almighty"), said "day and night" before the throne of the Almighty, followed by repetitious antiphons from the elders.
The Hail Mary is the heart of the rosary and is said on each of the ten beads which are grouped together to form a decade, there being fifteen decades totaling 150 Hail Marys - as many Hail Marys as there are psalms.
The first part of the prayer is composed of two Bible verses strung together: "Hail Mary full of grace, the Lord is with thee" (Luke 1:28) and "blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb" (Luke 1:42).
The remainder of the prayer reads, "Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen."
As she was on earth called the object of divine grace (Luke 1:28) and is now inheaven a glorified saint, Mary is called "holy."
The title "Mother of God" (Greek, , "God-bearer") is an ancient one. A piece of papyrus found in Egypt and dating to 250-270 invokes the intercession of the .
Catholics maintain that the person born of the Virgin Mary is the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity, the divine Word (Greek, ), and is therefore God (John 1:1,14). As Jesus is God, humanity and divinity fully united in one Person, the mother of Jesus is therefore the mother (but not the originator or creator) of God; she is the .
Many non-Catholics object to the practice of asking the saints in heaven, including the Virgin Mary, to pray for us. Often cited is 1Timothy 2:5, "For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus." Since Jesus is our only mediator, they argue, Mary (or any other saint) shouldn't be asked to pray on our behalf.
By praying "Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death," Catholics intrude on the sole mediatorship of Christ. But this idea can be held only if one believes that death creates a chasm between Christians on earth and Christians in heaven.
Catholics believe that Christians aren't separated from Christ or each other at death (Rom 8:38-39). The Body of Christ "is one though it has many parts" (1 Cor. 12:12), and Christians don't become amputated from the Body when they go to heaven. Nor are there two Churches, one in heaven and another on earth, separated by death and thus somehow not in communion with each other.
The Church is the Bride of Christ (Rev. 21:9ff), and Jesus is a strict monogamist. We reject any idea that separates us from one another and consequently destroys the unity of the Church.
As stated in the Apostles' Creed, Catholics believe in "the communion of saints." This means that since we're all one in Christ, we can ask the saints in heaven to pray for us every bit as much as we can ask our brothers and sisters in the Lord here on earth to pray for us.
Since we are specifically commanded to pray for each other (1 Tim.2:1, Eph. 2:1, Heb. 4:16), and since the word of the Lord "stands firm in the heavens" as well as on earth (Ps. 119:89), we don't violate Scripture by asking for the prayers of the saints in heaven. It is precisely because of Christ's mediatorship that Christians in heaven can pray for those on earth.
We know the saints in heaven are aware of what occurs to us (Heb.12:1, Luke 15:7) and that they offer prayers (Rev. 5:8-10, 8:3),including praying for God's intervention on the earth (Rev. 6:9-10). Hebrews 12:22-24 tells us we approach not only Jesus, "the mediator of the new covenant," but the heavenly Jerusalem and the "assembly of the first-born enrolled in heaven" and "the spirits of the just made perfect." We don't hesitate to ask them for their prayers because the prayers of the righteous “avail much" (Jas. 5:16b).
Some object that the saints are dead and that the Bible forbids communication with the dead (Lev. 19:31, 20:6, 27) through mediums and other occult means (necromancy).But Catholics do not attempt to get information from spirits, as is done in séances. The Church condemns occult practices.
Moreover, the saints in heaven aren't "dead"; they're more alive than you or I: "I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob," Jesus quoted from Exodus. "He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living. Ye therefore do greatly err" (Mark 12:26-27).
If Jesus did not intend the saints on earth to communicate with the saints in heaven, he certainly set a rather poor example in appearing to Peter, James, and John on Mount Tabor (Matt. 17:1-8).
After the ten Hail Marys, the Gloria is said on the solitary bead separating the decades. It's a doxology that has been used since the Trinitarian controversies of the early Church: "Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen." It is, like the Apostles' Creed and the Our Father, to be found in most mainline Protestant churches.
The rosary is a contemplation of the Gospels. With each decade is associated a "mystery," Gospel episode to be meditated upon, the word “mystery" being used in the theological sense of divine revelation.
‘"Rosary" comes from the Latin , which means "rose garden" and suggests the presenting of a rose wreath, to our Lady.” Archbishop Dosado concluded.

OZAMIZ City needs leader that has political will to solve the alarming problem of the peace and order situation.
In an interview over dxDD-AM, Misamis Occidental governor Loreto Leo Ocampos said that the peace and order situation of Ozamiz City is a leadership, structural and culture problem of the Ozamiznon.
Ocampos explained that the officials of Ozamiz must be strong and firm on its decision specially in implementing laws, and must exercise good governance.
“For example si Duterte sa Davao dili man kay nahadlok niya ang mga tawo kay mamosil to siya o duna siyay Death squad, ang kusog gyud kaayo ni Duterte nga kon makalapas ka sa balaod iya gyud ipatuman ang balaod, “ Ocampos added.
The likes of Duterte are apt for the present situation of Ozamiz to solve the said problem. “Bahala og maparyente ug ma-amigo ang illegal, illegal gyud ug ang legal, legal gyud”, Ocampos stressed.
Resources allocation must also be consider specially peace and order is the most important of a local government where the LGU must allocate funds for peace and order.
It seems that Ozamiz City councilor Maria Constancia “Connie” Lim qualified of what t Ocampos is saying in solving the problems of the city after he is fielding Lim for mayor in the next year’s election.
This comes to pass after Ocampos declared he is running for congressman in the second district of Misamis Occidental during Lim’s birthday bash, last Sept. 19, at the Medina Gymnasium.

In her part, Lim said that she is accepting the challenge of the people of Ozamiz to run for mayor for they wanted the real change in the city.
The lady councilor come to this decision to run for mayor after she realized how big the problem of the city. She said that there are lots of serious problems need serious solutions.
Lim accepts the plea of the Ozamiznons even if it is difficult for her but she is optimistic that the people would support her to make the real change in the city.