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C EDITORIAL
The apparent increase in economic activity may be one of the indicators of an up and coming place, as Dean McLean, a foriegn national from Alberta, Canada, aptly described this municipality. Looking around, one cannot ignore the sights and sounds of a bustling town, a far cry from the thickly forested hamlet it once was. Some may measure the progress of a place in terms of the level of living or quality of life of its common citizens. In terms of basic services, this town is not found lacking. Level three water system, potable water brought up to the third floor in every home, available twenty four hours, seven days a week, road networks, electrical power, communication system that reaches to the far corners of the globe has penetrated even the most hinterland sitios. Rich, productive agricultural lands and fishing grounds, the backbone of every industry, this town is blessed with them. Human resources is still the most precious possession any place can have, and Villanueva has a lot of them too. Under the leadership of Mayor Juliette T, Uy and her hardworking constituents, there is no reason that anybody would complain with destitution and want unless one is too lazy to walk out of poverty and join the legion of those who found a new beginning in this place. To borrow the battle cry of the marines, No one left behind, everybody, even political rivals, are always given the chance to be in this exodus to a more prosperous and productive life, unless the concerned person refuses to be brought out of the bondage from the economic depression that haunts the world today.

Editor: MR. ROGELIO E. SABALBARO Layout Artist: MR. WELMER H. POJAS Editorial Consultant: MR. NORMAN A. RICACHO Technical Consultant: ENGR. JIMMY E. AGCAOILI

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Coca-Cola Plant Grand Opening

illanueva now ranks as one of the economically active towns in the province of Misamis Oriental. This once sleepy municipality now rocks around the clock to the sound of big business establishments in their various stage of construction phase. Being an industrial zone, several big companies has put up roots right on the municipal jurisdiction by virtue of the municipal officials and employees effort under the assiduous leadership of Mayor Juliette T. Uy. Under normal circumstances, the Philippine Veterans Industrial Development Cor poration (PHIVIDEC), who runs one of the big industrial estates of Misamis Oriental with their own industrial development policies, should get the lions share from the influx of these large scale industries. However, by careful planning and extraordinary foresight, several large tracts of idle lands right on the backyard of this municipality and outside the PIEMO industrial zones were favored by these big investors, particularly in Barangay Katipunan and in the adjacent Barangay Dayawan . In fact, even if PIE-MO ever manage
Photo: Benjo Allera

CONCERNED AGENCIES Local Government Unit Department Heads Private Sectors BONGLOY comes from the old name of Villanueva, Misamis Oriental. This newsletter is published Bi-Monthly by the Local Government under the Office of the Mayor The Bongloy Editorial Staff welcomes contributions in form of letters, news, and literary pieces from all sectors written in Visayan, Tagalog or English.

Mayor Juliette T. Uy Toasts with top Coke Executives

One of the biggest plants in the put up an additional whooping ONE region has started its operation last BILLION US DOLLARS in the next June 7, 2011. Workers have been five years for their expansion plans on going twenty four hours putting the the eleven-hectare site. CEO Bill finishing touches on the buildings Schultz also stated a total of US3B that housed the state-of-the-art and investments in the whole Philippines. e n v i r o n m e n t a l l y - f r i e n d l y This development has sparked a lot of m a c h i n e r i e s p r o d u c i n g interests for other investors to put up approximately six hundred fifty s h o p w i t h i n t h e m u n i c i p a l bottles per minute under full jurisdiction. operation. With the presence of top executives, the production line On similar events, Flying V, a was switched on at around 11:00 am. reputable fuel distributor, has started According to reliable sources, Coca- site development and construction Cola Pacific group of companies head Glenn Jordan is scheduled to GRAND, Continued on Page 7

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AmLey Food Products

The AmLey Grand Opening

Photo: Welmer Pojas

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LOOC, from page 6 Cebuano from Cebu Island, from the hinterland province of Bukidnon, Hilonggo and others minority. As of 2007, the population has reached a total of five thousand and twenty-three, more or less, in one thousand and twenty three households. The first settlers consisted of families Guian, Elleso, Bade, Castillo, Dongdong, Acac, and Macabecha. The dominant religion is Roman Catholic followed by the Seventh Day Adventists, Philippine Independent Catholic Church and Jehova's Witnesses. The Roman Catholic chose the Santo Nio as their patron whose feast day falls on the 15th and 16th of January every year. In education a few of the citizens managed to finish higher education and able to have a profession. The Barangay has one Elementary School, Villanueva National High School was relocated here in 1982, and three day-care centers in Sitio Ivlo, Centro, and Madrid. In 1998, Barangay Looc garnered second place in a province-wide evaluation contest. The persons involved who made such success possible and by assisting the Barangay Officials were Barangay Secretary Eflinda Eduave-Ociones, and Barangay Treasurer Victoria MacaubosAbales, with their updated reports and meticulous record-keeping. Together w i t h t h e C i v i l i a n Vo l u n t e e r s Org anization, of the Barang ay Arbitration Board, Barangay Health Workers and Barangay Nutrition Scholars led by Barangay Health Officer Jasmin Factura-Ocate, Non-Gover nment Organization such as Women Involved in Nation Building led by Marivic T. Paurom, Purok Health Sentinel Organization who were responsible for the cleanliness and plants around the Barangay, the Barangay Librarian Purisimo Tagam, assistant in the clerical works SK Councilor Mary Grace J. Elleso and other sectors based in the Barangay who, in one or another, made Barangay Looc peaceful and prosperous. CIVIL, from Page 2

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THE NEW REVENUE CODE

With the coming of the new calendar year 2011, the Sangguniang Bayan initiated the mandator y review of the Municipal Revenue Code to update the collection rates of business establishments in the municipality. A public hearing was conducted for this purpose to finalize the new rates as determined by applicable laws and ordinances. It was attended by key persons invited from across the sectors of society such as religious, womens organizations, non-government organization, industrial investors, teachers, farmers, fisherfolks, barangay officials and the business sector. January is also the month to renew the licenses of existing business establishments. To facilitate the license renewal, a one-stop shop was set up at the Office of the Senior Citizen Affairs building. It consist of a row of tables manned by key personnel who are the responsible signatories to the collection of pertinent fees and approval of the business operation. A business permit displayed on a prominent place on the place of trade or service provider denotes that the operator or owner has complied with the requirements to do business with the public welfare as the foremost priority. The absence of one means the establishment may face closure,

penalties and/or imprisonment of the business operator. The Office of the Municipal Treasurer posted approximately nineteen million pesos collection from the various business enterprises in the municipality for the months of January to April 2011.

CIVIL REGISTRATION MONTH

Recognizing the importance that every citizen should be included in the list of civil registry with their corresponding civil registration documents, the Office of the Local Civil Registrar in coordination with the National Statistics Office observed the month of February as the Civil Registration Month with the theme Wastong Rehistro: Lahat Panalo. Proper registration procedure is the emphasis of this months theme, with the chronic problem of wrong entries and unregistered persons and registration documents due to inadvertent omission, primarily in the hinterland areas. In this connection, the Local Civil Registry Office (LCR) under the leadership of Mr. Salvador Galado, initiated the program of bringing this basic service right to the peoples doorstep by walking the muddy trail to Sitio Binakalan in Barangay Kimaya last March 4, 2011. Also on hand were Ms. Amandita Dellosa who gave inputs on the techniques of Natural Family by the calendar and beads method to married
CIVIL, Continued on Page 7

THE PHILIPPINE REFERENCE SYSTEM OF 1992 (PRS92)

It is a homogeneous national network of geodetic control points (GCPs), marked by sur vey monuments or mojons, that has been established using Global Po s i t i o n i n g S y s t e m ( G P S ) technology. GPS is an all-weather, high precision, global satellite positioning system that revolutionized navigation and surveying operations. By virtue of EO 45, PRS92 became the standard reference system for all surveying and mapping activities in the Philippines. The order also mandated that all new surveys and maps shall be referred to the new network and all old surveys shall be integrated into it. On December 20, 2010, the program was started in this

couples and for those who plan to get married soon. Ms. Celsa Calis of the MSWD also gave valuable time to expound the merits and importance of Responsible Parenthood as the foundation of a secure family and sound society.

Photo: Roger Sabalbaro

The Local Civil Registration Group in Sitio Binakalan, Barangay Kimaya (ENVIRONMENT, from Page 3)

Last April 1, 2011 a similar activity was conducted in Barangay Kimaya involving MAO and MHO as well.
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prototype sharks, pre-Jurrasic era more or less). On May 10, a male Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) measuring 1.68 meters long, 1 meter shoulder width and 40 cm. from belly to back was entangled on a fish net along the estuary of Tagoloan River in Barangay Balacanas at coordinates 08o3328N,124o4434E. Personnels from DENR-Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau (PAWB) Region 10 were summoned for the identification and tagging of the sea turtle. They emphasized that this particular specie belongs to the extremely endangered group of wildlife and should be protected at all costs. It was released back to sea and was last seen heading northwest.

municipality with a simple ceremony attended by key personnels of the DENR and local officials. A concrete marker was planted near the proposed site of the new municipal hall in front of the municipal library building. All responsible stakeholders are enjoined to protect the markers from arbitrary relocating them from the spot where they are placed. The DENR officials made it clear that the implaced cement blocks are not for treasure or boundary markers and utmost vigilance should be undertaken to Photo: Roger Sabalbaro preserve their exact and original location.

to copy the strategies of the Local Government Unit in attracting big investments, this town still faces a huge increase in economic activity by the downstream effect for a big portion of their industrial lands lies right in the municipals jurisdiction. For one, the daytime population of approximately 30,000 persons is bound to increase by an unprecedented rate once these big companies start full operation.
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A typical PSR92 Category 2 marker

just a few meters away from Petron refueling station in Poblacion 2. Phoenix is also putting up a fuel depot near the LimKetKai plant in K a t i p u n a n . A m L e y Fo o d Corporation, an international supplier of dried mango, has also started rolling its production lines in Tagbalogo, Barangay Dayawan by a well-attended grand opening last 05 April 2011.

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The Sea Turtle Dermochelys coriacea

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Special Feature: HISTORY OF BARANGAY LOOC

(First in the series Origins and Legends of the Barangays in Villanueva) ccording to traditional folklore, the word Looc comes from the Visayan vernacular which literally means a secluded place. Barangay Looc then, was still a Sitio, part of Barangay Villanueva, Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental. As the years went by, Villanueva became a municipality under the administration of the first mayor the late Cezar Jamesolanim. During his tenure, Sitio Looc became a separate Barangay from Poblacion in 1974. The first appointed Barangay Chairman was Candido Valledor, known as Didong with his councilors Tarciano Paurom, Rofolfo Agdamag, Madrona Elleso Zarsuelo, Breccio Macaubos, Sr., Panfilo Guian, Emelio Ociones and Paciano Uto Guian. Mr. Jesus Quilang was the Barangay Secretary. That state however did not last long. Due to the volatile political situation at that time, Looc was reverted back to become a part of Poblacion and the council was dissolved.

Bitco and Alces Bustamante. The group was able to accomplish a lot of projects and Barangay officials who took their oath of entertainments especially on sports activities office before Governor Vicente Y. which made Barangay Looc third placer during Emano. It was headed by Punong the Araw ng Villanueva 1996 and second Barangay Ruben M. Asis, Sr., Barangay placer on the same event a year later. Councilors Enrique Calapuan, Eleno Acuno, Nelson Salvan, Bremen Ociones, In May 1997 another Barangay election was Purisimo Elleso, Sr. and Rogelio Japuz. conducted and Juan J. Paurom was elected as The Barangay Secretary was Alfonso Punong Barangay. The Barangay Councilors Calapuan, Sr. and the Barangay Treasurer were Urbano Bagtong, Mila Caete, Jacobo was Sonia Casio Dechos. Eventually, Cabatuan, Anastacio Factura, Gregorio Mrs. Dechos relinquished her office as Macaubos, Consorcia Eduave and Victor Bitco. Treasurer to Corazon Ello Galabo. They Eflenda Ociones was appointed Barangay were able to accomplish a lot of projects Secretary and Victoria M. Abales was appointed Barangay Treasurer. during their term. Barangay Looc is bounded on the north by Barangay Aplaya of Jasaan, on the northeast by Barangay Corrales, Jasaan, on the east by Barangay Imelda, Villanueva, and on the west by Macajalar Bay. It is composed of Sitios Tuburan, Botigon, IVLO, Kapunoyan, Madrid, Banban, and Centro. It has 307.58 hectares of wide rice fields, rolling hills and creeks. These areas are planted with major crops such as coconuts, rice, corn, fruits, root crops and vegetables. Barangay Looc is one kilometer away from Poblacion, Villanueva and twentysix kilometers from Cagayan de Oro City to the south via a concreted Iligan-Cagayan-ButuanNational Highway.

ENVIRONMENT WATCH
Two sightings that baffled local fisherfolks just months apart occurred in the municipal waters of this town. They are of interest to the environmentalists and the scientific community due to their unusual occurrences.

CPWASH in Sitio Mambuaya

BARANGAY OFFICIALS 2013

Six months after the Synchronized National Election in May, the elections of officials in the barangay level took place on 26 November 2010. Voters once again went out to cast their votes in the designated precincts all over the municipality. The eleven barangays of this municipality showed a high turnout of voters who went back to their respective precincts to cast their votes in manual mode. In place of the Precinct Count Optical Scan machines, the teachers who served in that election went back to the traditional method of voting by the ballot and the box. By three in the afternoon, the counting and canvassing the votes by the tally sheets and tally boards was started. When the results were tallied, the individual barangay canvassing center chairpersons duly proclaimed the winning candidates before midnight. For this municipality, the barangay elections was generally peaceful and successful. Barangay Poblacion 2 Chair Ferdinand C. Agravante actually ran for his second term virtually uncontested. The oath taking ceremony took place last November 2011 at the Vicente N. Chavez Memorial Central School covered court. The program started at three oclock in the afternoon with a Eucharistic Celebration officiated by the Parish Priest Rev. Fr. Sacris O Recoleto. Honorable Mayor Juliette T. Uy administered the the oath of Office after the mass.
(See the complete list of Barangay Officials on Page 4 to 5)

In the year 1992, the Sangguniang Kabataan election was conducted. The first set of officials were composed of Breccio F.Macaubos, Jr. as SK Chairman. The SK Councilors were Elena Rulida, Floramie Nalagon, Lydia Lamoste, Abijel Boter, Nancy Flores, Juliet Sarzuelo and Junifer Bitco.

Concerned citizens, however, tried hard to reinstate Barangay Looc. Among them were Ruben Asis, Sr., Purisimo Elleso, Rogelio Japuz, Bremen Ociones, Enrique Calapuan, Eleno Acuno, and Nelson Salvan with their advisers Rodrigo Gape, Miguel Sarzuelo, Leonardo Bustamante, Dorothea Albaracin and Belen Abao. They sent a petition letter asking Governor Vicente Y. Emano of Misamis Oriental to bring back During the May 1996 Barangay Looc. Sangguniang Kabataan election, Finally, through the Sangguniang Gloria Ociones was Panlalawigan Ordinance Number 35- e l e c t e d a s S K 91 ratified by a plebiscite on May 26, Chairperson. The 1991 and through Commission on SK Councilors were Election Minute Resolution Number Cherie Salvan, Mary 91-0042, Barang ay Looc was Grace Elleso, Jude established. Inaugurated on John Paurom, Sidney September 25, 1991, Barangay Looc S a b i o , N o r m a n was administered by appointed Rulida, Jacqueline

During the election of 1994, Librado S. Guian, Jr. was elected as Punong Barangay. The Elected Barangay Councilors were Gregorio Macaubos, Jovenil Jabiniao, Urbano Bagtong, Manuel Sarzuelo, Francisco Ubalde, Anastacio Factura and Jacobo G. Cabatuan. The Barangay Treasurer was The main livelihoods of the people consist of was Cecelia Corazon Fuentes-Jabiniao farming, business, employment and fishing. and the Barangay Secretary was Eduardo The origin of the people is a mixture of Solijon. A year later, Victoria Abales and LOOC, Continued on Page 7 Eflenda Ociones assumed their respective positions.

Under the Agrarian Land Reform Program, a series of projects were implemented to support the beneficiaries of the program spearheaded by the Local Government Unit and in coordination with the Department The Megamouth Shark (Megachasma of Agrarian Reform in Sitio pelagios) is reportedly an extremely Mambuaya, Barangay Kimaya. rare specie of deepwater shark, according to scientific findings. Community-Managed Potable Discovered in 1976, only around fifty Water, Sanitation and Hygiene of them are recorded to have been ( C P WA S H ) i s a s e r i e s o f caught or sighted worldwide as of infrastructure project aimed to a 2010. It is brownish to black color on sustainable water and waste the backside and white on the treatment facility such as rain water underside, with a distinctive round harvester, iron removal filter, biomouth designed to catch krills. It is sand filter and bio-gas digester. very large, growing up to more than five meters in length with weight The technology is designed for a approaching more than one thousand potable water supply filtered out of kilograms. Think about the agitation local sources and a septic tank to of the fisherman when he saw this generate methane gas for household behemoth entangled in his net on just cooking purposes. seventy-fathom depth of water in these parts of Macajalar Bay last Convention of International Trade February 17, 2011. According to his of Endangered Species (CITES) tale, he tried to pull it onboard being believed to be extinct (they are believing it to be smaller in size. (ENVIRONMENT, continued on Page 7) Summoning help, it took several men three h o urs towi n g th e immobilized shark to shore. Mr. Anthony F. Buco of the Provincial Fisheries Office of Misamis Oriental (PFO-MO) was responsible for the identification of the fish specie. He also Photo: Roger Sabalbaro advised that it was not The beached Megachasma pelagios among the list of the

View from Gmelina Beach in Barangay Looc

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Barangay Poblacion 1 Chairman: Aquilio N. Barro Council: Jose N. Abejo Roland Abeth J. Lalanto Ariel P. Fabela Francis Adam R. Zaluaga Elmer B. Ramos Edgardo Y. Ranoco Edgardo C. Edorot SK Chair: Kail C. Sambaan, SKFP

Barangay Poblacion 2 Chairman: Ferdinand C. Agravante Council: Reynaldo F. Mijares, Jr. Pilar C. Donasco Villarmino M. Tutas Christian S. Floresca Miguel T. Hallazgo Conrado N. Lomopog Gina F. Labial SK Chair: Lady Jean B. Flores

Barangay Katipunan

Barangay Kimaya Chairman: Celso S. Yagma Council: Melvin S. Aquiman Carlo U. Allena Diosdado C. Alimbog Rafol P. Quilang Edelita A Galagnara Bienvenido G. Lantaca Avondio R. Lagwayan SK Chair: Carlote J. Ubal-ubal II

Chairman: Carmelo J. Floresca Council: Santos C. Amahoy Julio F. Cabato, Jr. Edmund M. Pealosa Edgar D. Naelga Gina P. Resomadero Estephen Joses B. Kionisala Romulo C. Hallazgo SK Chair: Glenn C. Balsicas

Barangay Poblacion 3 Chairman: Leah V. Dagasuhan Council: Joel A. Abejaron Zosimo C. Itum Romulo S. Tugonon, Sr. Quillano B. Maglinte Daisy E. Macatual Eric P. Mortola Jean O. Lood SK Chair: Krisha Hyacinth C. Aviola

Barangay Looc Chairman: Consorcia A. Eduave Council: Anito J. Pedrotes Parolito R. Alipao Urbano R. Bagtong Rene G. Tagam Jovenil B. Jabiniao Victor A. Bitco Arnold R. Macaubos SK Chair: Mancel John Q. Alipao

Barangay Tambobong Chairman: Enrique O. Flores Council: Connie A Dillo Roger P. Flores Armando C. Casio Elena C. Veimen Irene B. Belgado Marina R. Juntilla Marichu C. Ello SK Chair: Shamaine F. Ello

Barangay San Martin Chairman: Jeric G. Emano Council: Romeo V. Amparo Alejandro N. Daya Danny Z. Ello Dick G. Cerilla Alex D. Cabanday Elbert J. Lood Carmelita F. Valcurza SK Chair: April James S. Sabio

Barangay Dayawan Chairman: Edgardo A. Permi, ABCP Council: Grace A. Aput Arnel E. Bahade Robert B. Cabrera Wilbern A. Emata Nievo P. Labusan Wilfredo H. Valcueba SK Chair: Jerosa T. Permi

Barangay Imelda Chairman: Cecenio C. Domo Council: Hermel O. Valledor Arturo F. Ubalde Nestor R. Paderna Joneto L. Setier Luis O. Casio Roberto B. Amante Cecelia V. Nain SK Chair: Princess D. Dayday

Barangay Balacanas Chairman: Eusencio N. Pagaling Council: Leocadio E. Arazo Alex A. Jabagat Avelino P. Fabela Benhur J. Pagaling Rubinson Q. Sanrojo Warren Luceno D. Alinsonorin Roque G. Sajonia SK Chair: Apple Mae P. Mancawan
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