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SOLID SUMILAO FACTS distorted by desperate paid advertisements

In this David vs. Goliath struggle where the corporate giant currently splurges hundreds of thousands for paid ads, we rely on good souls to pass this message to spread the REAL SCORE. Please be generous with your time as the poor farmers rely on our help.

SOLID SUMILAO FACTS distorted or evaded by desperate paid advertisements
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1) Sumilao farmers are LANDLESS as defined in RA 6657 "One is considered landless if he/she owns less than 3 hectares of agricultural land."

a. The 66-hectare Carlos Estate was distributed to 78 farmers belonging to the MAPALAD Multi-Purpose Cooperative who received between .4 to .9 hectares per family.
i.
This means that those who benefited in the Carlos estate ARE STILL QUALIFIED to become beneficiaries under the agrarian reform program.

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The point of the agrarian reform program is to distribute lands to help landless farmers have sustainable livelihood. This is why the law provides that a family size farm which is around 3 hectares is necessary to fulfil the program's objective of improving the lives of farmer-beneficiaries. To say that the Sumilao farmers who own land sizes far less than what is provided by law are no longer qualified beneficiaries is to violate the very spirit of the agrarian reform law.

b. The other group that joined the Sumilao march is the SanVicente Landless Farmers Association (SALFA) and NOBODY IN THISORGANIZATION OWN ANY PARCEL OF LAND.

2) Tenancy is NOT a requirement to become a beneficiary under CARP. R.A. 6657 provides: "The lands covered by the CARP shall be distributed as much as possible to landless residents of the same barangay, or in the absence thereof, landless residents of the same municipality in the following order of priority: agricultural lessees and share tenants, regular farmworkers, seasonal farmworkers, other farmworkers, actual tillers or occupants of public lands, collectives or cooperatives of the above beneficiaries; and others directly working on the land.

a. Most of these farmers were already screened and named in the title/CLOA (Certificate of Land Ownership Award) that means they were already deemed rightful beneficiaries under the agrarian reform program in general and in the 144 hectares in particular.

b. Even so, we are still in the pre-coverage stage and who would become beneficiaries or the inclusion/exclusion process is still another step after the issuance of the Notice of Coverage. The Sumilao farmers are very much willing to undergo this process. Their more than 10 years of faithful and peaceful cooperation with the law should be a glaring proof of that.

3) CLEAR VIOLATIONS OF SMFI rendering current operations as ILLEGAL:

a. From the Office of the President's Order ( December 18, 2007): "Apparently, the unilateral development of subject landholdings into a hog farm by SMFI is NOT one of the purposes for which the conversion order has been issued. This clearly deviates from and constitutes a VIOLATION of the conversion order issued to therespondent NQSRMDC."

b. SMFI claims they made consultations but the resolution referred to by San Miguel Foods Incorporated was a bogus resolution.No such barangay council session favourably endorsing the piggery project happened. Assuming without conceding that the Sangguniang Barangay unanimously approved and endorsed the project, it cannot be denied that it remains to be in violation of the law because Local Government Units have NO POWER OF CONVERSION under the law as thatprerogative solely belongs to the Department of Agrarian Reform.

4) 144-hectare land is CARPable:

a. Sec 4 of RA 6657 provides that "The Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law of 1988 shall cover, regardless of tenurial arrangement andcommodity produced, all public and private agricultural lands as provided in proclamation no. 131 and Executive Order no. 229,including other lands of the public domain suitable for agriculture.

b. The area is considered prime agricultural land that is traversed by an irrigation facility. (A basis for the Order denying the conversion from agricultural to agro-industrial issued by DAR Secretary Ernesto Garilao on Nov. 14, 1994).

c. 144-hectare land is adjacent to the constantly quoted Carlos Estate that was already CARPed. In fact, the 2 sections of the one big CARPable land are just divided by barbed wires.

5) 144-hectare land is Higaonons' ANCESTRAL LAND

a. The forefathers of the Higaonon Indigenous Cultural Communities led by tribal leaders Apo Manuagay Anlicao and Apo Mangganiahon were the early settlers.

b. The land was considered "balaang yuta" for the Higaonons, atthe same time, the seat of the government for the tribal leaders wherethe traditional "pamuhat" and "paghusay" were conducted.

6) The Sumilao farmers are the LEGAL and MORAL OWNERS of the 144 hectares:

a. This is the first and foremost reality that should not be evaded by stating availability of other idle government lands. The 144-hectare land is their holy and ancestral land being Higaonons.Why should they be given other lands when they are the rightful owners of the 144-hectare land?

b. If SMFI knows that there are other lands available, why did it have to displace indigenous peoples who are qualified to claim the 144 hectares of land?

7) Strong support from CREDIBLE, INTELLIGENT, EXPERIENCED,AUTHORITATIVE and HIGHLY RESPECTED individuals and institutions who also studied the case:

a. Former DAR Secretaries and Undersecretaries. Sec. Abad even said that "DAR should always stand beside the farmers. In the case of Sumilao, the facts are very clear." (PDI, 12/08/07 )

b. Legal luminaries, various lawyers' groups and law schools. Constitutionalist Fr. Joaquin Bernas, SJ said "The welfare of the underprivileged need not be achieved the big business way. Let the little people decide what is best for themselves and for their dignity as human beings – especially since they have the law on their side! "(PDI, 12/24/07)

c. Church Authorities, several Bishops, Dioceses, religious organizations including Simbahang Lingkod ng Bayan, CatholicEducational Association of the Philippines, Association of Major Religious Superiors of the Philippines, and countless others. Cardinal Gaudencio Rosales emphasized the higher moral principle that called for kindness, love, sympathy and compassion for the poor. (PDI,12/21/07)8) SMFI Legal Counsel is DAR's former Assistant Secretary for Legal Affairs who knows too well that the 144-hectare land is CARPable, that the Sumilao farmers are qualified beneficiaries and that the Supreme Court's approval of the conversion is subject to conditions. Furthermore, one may also simply look at the following documents to see the truth:

a. Tax declaration clearly stating the land is AGRICULTURAL;

b. History of the title

As regards development, The Church through the Vatican's PontificalCouncil for Justice and Peace issued the official document last month (November 23, 2007) entitled "Towards a Better Distribution of Land:The Challenge of Agrarian Reform." Here are some salient points:

o Many developing countries have sought to modernize their economies as quickly as possible by basing themselves for the mostpart on the often unjustified belief that rapid industrialization can bring about an improvement in general economic well-being, even ifagriculture suffers in the process.
o Imbalances in the division of land ownership and the policies giving rise to and sustaining them are the source of seriousobstacles to economic development. Such imbalances and policies canhave economic consequences which affect the majority of thepopulation.
o Agrarian reform is one of the most urgent reforms andcannot be delayed. In many situations, radical and urgent changes are therefore needed in order to restore to agriculture – and to rural people – their just value as the basis for a healthy economy, withinthe social community's development as a whole.

Furthermore, Economists from Ateneo de Manila University stated that"In economic development, it is widely recognized that effective land reform is a sine qua non of agricultural change and rapid economicgrowth. Countries that have undertaken effective land reform not onlyhave had more robust agricultural growth and productivity, they alsohave enjoyed a better distribution of income and lower rates of poverty. "

The effect on growth and development will be much greater if CARP wasimplemented more decisively.

We end with SALFA President Napoleon Merida, Jr.'s sentiments:

"The very point of our 1,700 kilometer walk was to make our rights of the land very compelling and difficult to ignore. We chose a verypeaceful way of asserting our rights even if it meant a big sacrificefor us. We succeeded in gaining a recognition of our rightful claimover the land and the injustices that we have endured over the last decade. For once, the public, the Church and even the Office of thePresident have seen our side and have recognized that the law is onour side. Now, through their expensive full-page ad SMFI is trying topaint a picture of itself as the savior of the farmers of Bukidnon andthat we have no right over our land. What is the price of justicethen? Is it worth P2.4B in investments?"

Manalangin. Manindigan. Makialam. SIMBAHANG LINGKOD NG BAYAN

--
Scholastic Xavier C. Alpasa, SJ
SIMBAHANG LINGKOD NG BAYAN
Loyola House of Studies
Ateneo de Manila University
Loyola Heights, Quezon City
Tel. No. 426-6101
Telefax 426-5968
Mobile 0920-5556617
Alternate email: javieralpasa@yahoo.com

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in coordination with
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proudly present

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An Intercollegiate Competition and Advanced Journalism Workshop

The Competition has four (4) categories:
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Submit your entries to your school's publication by January 7, 2008. Enclose Php50 for every entry in any category.

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The Advanced Journalism Workshop will be on January 19, 2008 at DLSU-Manila. It will feature the following topics and speakers:

Morning (8 am to 12 noon) - Simultaneous sessions: In-Depth Writing and Reporting by Carlos Conde of the International Herald Tribune and the New York Times; Photojournalism by Raffy Lerma of the Philippine Daily Inquirer

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SPECIAL UPDATE: PROJECT 50/50 Final Expense List

Sanggunian ng mga Mag-aaral ng Ateneo de Manila
Committee on Social Concern and Involvement

PROJECT 50/50: A pledge campaign to raise P50,000 for the 50 marching Sumilao farmers

Expenses list (as of December 19, 2007):
Food for doctors - Php 500.00
Doctor's Fund for medicine - Php 3312.50
Strepsils and Massage oil (medicine) - Php 2344.00
Other Mercury Drug (medicine) expenses - Php 2287.00
40 Regular Yum burgers - Php 1000.00
40 Bottled Water - Php 290.00
12 Slippers - Php 300.00
43 Slippers - Php 860.00
Sponsored Lunch for farmers - Php 7300.00
Sponsored Dinner for farmers - Php 5000.00
55 Blankets for farmers - Php 4950.00
Total: Php 28143.50

The remaining money (Php 32,495.70) was turned over to Simbahang Lingkod ng Bayan to contribute to the Php65,000.00 worth of goods for the families of the farmers back in Bukidnon. This money was sent to Bukidnon last December 19,2007 and will be used by the families for their Noche Buena.

We again thank the whole Loyola Schools community for rising up to the challenge of supporting the Sumilao farmers' campaign for social justice!

The battle is not over yet so we hope that our support will not diminish even as they return to their families and continue the fight from there.

We will continue to update the Loyola Schools Community on this case through email blasts as information is made available to us. Watch out for the information board that will be set-up at the MVP lobby and the Sumilao Weekly email blast to monitor this issue.

Merry Christmas and God bless us all.
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Closing of the Church of the Gesu

21 December 2007


TO: THE ATENEO COMMUNITY

FR: OVPFT - GESU OPERATIONS


The Church of the Gesu will be closed during the Christmas Holidays on the following dates:

25-31 December 2007
01 & 03 January 2008

However there will ba a 1st Friday Mass on 04 January 2008 at 6:00pm and a 1st Sunday Mass on 06 January 2008 at 10:30am.

Regular church operation will resume on Monday, 07 January 2008.

A Blessed Christmas and a Peaceful New Year to everyone.

Web news update (20 December)

For the latest bulletins, news and features on the Ateneo, visit the official university Web site: http://www.ateneo.edu/. This week's home page stories:


President’s Corner
*Homily at the Sesquicentennial Launch Mass

Bulletin
*Ateneo 150th anniversary videos now on YouTube! Watch the videos.

Sports
*Breakthrough (Men's Volleyball)

News
*ALIWW executive director wins Madrigal-Gonzalez Best First Book Award
*Senator Angara tackles the future of our country through education at 6th JVO forum
*Ateneo and Regis renew partnership till 2010
*ADS to compete in World Universities Debating Championship

Announcements
*Join the 16th Family Business Breakfast Roundtable
*Leaders and Educators in Asia Programme launch, Jan. 4
*Stories of local chief executives now in an inspiring book
*Ateneo freshman bags second place in statistics tilt

What’s new inside?
*OUDAR pays visit to PDI, Philstar eds and alumni (Alumni News)
*Ateneans in Japan: Japan Immersion Program 2007 (International Programs)
*Diploma in Photojournalism Batch 3 students meet for first on-campus session (Asian Center for Journalism)
*Situation Report 18 December 2007 (University Physical Plant)

View the latest videos in the following sections
*Sesquicentennial media subsection
*AHS multimedia subsection

Christmas the Ateneo Way
*Jescom's Christmas Special on ABC 5 on Dec. 22
*Ateneo Boys Choir vocalizes for Christmas concert series

Visit your Unit Homepage for updates. Check out 'Ateneo this week' for weekly campus activities. We welcome news, features, and announcements from the Ateneo community. Please send your materials to commpr@admu.edu.ph. Thank you!

Christmas Greetings

The Faculty and Staff
of the
Department of Modern Languages
School of Humanities

would like to wish you a


Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Joyeux Noël et Bonne Année!
Fröhliche Weihnachten und ein glückliches Neues Jahr!
Selamat Hari Natal & Selamat Tahun Baru!
Boas Festas e um Feliz Ano Novo!
Buon Natale e Felice Anno Nuovo!
Feliz Navidad y Próspero Año Nuevo!


Christa R. Velasco
Renán S. Prado
Heide V. Aquino
Joseph Marttín M. Yap
Patrick Michael L. Capili
Evelyn C. Soriano
Concepción L. Rosales
Doris T. Faylona
Ma. Luísa P. Young
Anna Alexandra J. Alunan
Anna Loraine C. Austria
Victoria Marie B. Valdez
Herman Frits Pangemanan
Peter John Marie L. Porticos
Fel S. Ibarrola

Madrigal-Gonzalez Best First Book Award 2007

The School of Humanities proudly congratulates MS. RICA REMEDIOS BOLIPATA-SANTOS, Assistant Professor of the Department of English and Executive Director of Ateneo Library of Women's Writings, for winning this year's Madrigal-Gonzalez Best First Book Award held at the University of the Philippines, Bulwagang Rizal last 8 December 2007.

Ms. Santos' Love, Desire, Children, Etc.: Reflections of a Young Wife was published in 2005 by Milflores Publishing, Inc. The book is a collection of essays which was praised for its candor, grace, and humor.

The award is the only such prize that recognizes literary debuts of Filipino writers and was established in memory of Gonzalo Gonzalez. Previous winners are Elena Sicat, Luna Sicat-Cleto, F.H. Batacan, Sarg Lacuesta, Vince Groyon and Kristian Cordero. This year's panel of judges was composed of Dr. Neil Garcia, Jaime An-Lim, and previous winner Vince Groyon. Ms. Santos received a P50,000 check and certificate.

Congratulations to you Rica!

--
Connie C. Camacho
Assistant to the Dean
School of Humanities
Ext. 5301

Memo to the University Community

ATENEO DE MANILA UNIVERSITY
Office of the President

18 December 2007


To: THE UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY

From: THE PRESIDENT

Re: TRIP FROM JANUARY 5 TO MARCH 10, 2008

I will leave for Rome on January 5, 2008 to attend the 35th General Congregation of the Society of Jesus.

This is an important event in the life of the Society of Jesus. We expect to elect a new Superior General as Fr. General Peter-Hans Kolvenbach will be submitting his resignation at the Congregation. He was elected General in the 33rd General Congregation in 1983, which I was also privileged to attend as the Provincial at that time. Traditionally, Jesuit Superior Generals are elected for life and Fr. Kolvenbach is the first to be able to resign according to new norms established in the 31st General Congregation in the 1960s. The election is expected to occur in the early part of GC 35. After the election, the General Congregation will meet to discuss important concerns in the life and mission of the Society of Jesus. We do not know how long this will take, but present estimates are that it will go to the end of February or early March.

May I ask for your prayers for this important moment in the life of the Society of Jesus.

ANTONETTE PALMA -ANGELES, Ph.D., Academic Vice President will be officer-in-charge during my absence.

My office has my contact address.

BIENVENIDO F. NEBRES, S.J.
President

SITUATION REPORT

SITUATION REPORT(Tuesday, 18 December 2007)

The Situation Report of 18 December 2007, with relevant photos, is posted at http://www.admu.edu.ph/index.php?p=120&type=2&sec=26&aid=4555
It may also be downloaded as a Word file from http://www.ateneo.edu/upp/sitrep_doc/Sitrep_181207.doc

POWER: The Katipunan grid power outage originally scheduled on Thursday, 27 December is rescheduled to

Date: Friday, 28 December
Time: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

The outage is being rescheduled to allow PIPAC to complete crucial tests on the 27th for a client. The outage will affect the college complex. The entire Loyola Schools Complex will be affected (except Leong Hall and Bellarmine Hall). Back-up generators supporting the Internet and PABX will be activated during the outage.

The power outage will allow:

The activation of the 1000 Kva transformer of Rizal Library.
Deactivation of the 500 Kva transformer of the MVP Student Leadership Center .
Check up and maintenance of the 5,000 Kva transformer for the Katipunan grid installed in 1997.

Other scheduled outages:

PIPAC
Date: 29 and 30 December 2007 and 3 January 2008
Time: 8:00 to 8:30 a.m. and from 4:30 to 5:00 p.m.

RIZAL LIBRARY
Date: 29 and 30 December 2007 and 3 January 2008
Time: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Purpose: to upgrade the secondary feeder line.

COMMUNICATION: Direct lines at the Loyola Heights campus periodically experience being “administratively blocked”. Phones have no dial tone. This is a PLDT problem that is being looked into now. University Physical Plant personnel occasionally succeed in resetting the system but it is a problem that only PLDT can fix.

SECURITY: Personal belongings continue to be misplaced, particularly at the Loyola Heights campus. Fortunately, many are found and returned to owners.

*12:45 p.m., Monday, 10 December: Roving guard REYBURN C DE LA CRUZ (not in the picture) found a Nokia N-70 at the Mateo Ricci ground floor computer section B. Phone being turned over to the owner at 11:17 a.m. of Tuesday, 11 December at the security office.
*5:00 p.m., Wednesday, 12 December: Roving guard SG MANUEL S ORCILLA returning stolen cell phone of a High School student. The owner pursued the thief and was among those who apprehended the thief, a former High School student.
*5:00 p.m., Wednesday, 12 December: SG MANUEL S ORCILLA returning cash stolen from the bag of the High School student. The thief was apprehended by student High School students and turned over to campus security.
*10:55 a.m., Thursday, 13 December: SG DANILO M ARCUENO (not in the picture) found a wallet with cash at the quad 1 PLDT pay phone. It was turned over to the owner at 11:35 a.m. of the same day.
*6:00 p.m., Friday, 14 December: SG SONY T SANTOS assigned at MVP building found a backpack on the ground between MVP and Art Gallery . The bag contained cash, credit cards and P.E. ID. The unclaimed bag was turned over to the office of the Associate Dean for Student Affairs Monday, 17 December.
*Saturday, 15 December: Off duty guard SG RONNIE H LAPASTORA found a brown envelop at the JGSOM faculty carpark. The envelope contained P21, 800 pesos cash and two bank passbooks. By Sunday, 16 December the owner was traced as a faculty member of the JGSOM.


*Monday, 17 December: P21, 800 cash found Saturday, 15 December photographed before return to owner’s representative.
*3:15 p.m., Monday, 17 December: Ms. Rosalie P. Mendoza of JGSOM accepts the cash and bank passbooks in behalf of the faculty member and owner from SG RONNIE H LAPASTORA.
*12:00 midnight, 16 December: SG ERNESTO T GELLADULA (not shown) found a wallet on the road leading to Cervini Residence Hall. The wallet contained cash, Washington Mutual card and a California driver’s license. Wallet was turned over to the office of the Associate Dean for Student Affairs.
*1:30 a.m., 18 December: SG PONCIANO L PALAC (not shown) found a wallet at the Cervini Lobby containing cash and assorted cards. Wallet was returned to the owner 10:21 a.m. today.

Marijuana User

Around 9:30 a.m., Wednesday, 12 December, High School maintenance personnel detected marijuana smoke coming from the toilet and reported the incident to security. The cook of a concessionaire at the HS cafeteria was apprehended. Danilo R. Rosadas admitted smoking marijuana when security informed him that he would be subjected to drug test. The suspect was immediately dismissed by his employer. He is banned on campus.


TRAFFIC: Accidents continue to happen along Katipunan. The latest was last Thursday, 13 December at 7:55 a.m. involving a Loyola Schools parent at the Gate 2.5 U-turn. His sedan was hit by an SUV. The parent suffered slight injuries.

Traffic on campus will be heavier than usual on Thursday afternoon, 20 December when the High School holds its Christmas salu-salo with parents.



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SECURITY BULLETIN Thursday, 20 December 2007

The Security Bulletin of 20 December 2007, with relevant photos, is posted at http://www.ateneo.edu/index.php?p=120&type=2&sec=26&aid=4593
It may also be downloaded as a Word file from http://www.ateneo.edu/upp/sitrep_doc/Security%20Bulletin_201207.doc

The community is reminded that while Christmas is the time for giving, giving should be DELIBERATE and not through CARELESSNESS.

*7:05 a.m., Tuesday, 18 December: A cell phone was found in Escaler Hall by LS technician ALFREDO S. MARZAN (not in the picture) and returned to the owner by SSG AGRIPINO L ESPADON JR.
*4:00 p.m., Tuesday, 18 December: A pouch bag containing P1,000 cash, driver’s license, ATM card was found in Bellarmine Hall ground floor by PAMFILO V PAGARAN and returned to the owner.
*7:55 a.m., Wednesday, 19 December: HP computer found in a tricycle by an LS student was turned over to campus security. At 8:10 a.m. the owner claimed the laptop from SSG GLICERIO C MATEO at the security office.
*Close up of HP laptop recovered from a tricycle.
*9:50 a.m., Wednesday, 19 December: A cell phone was found at Gonzaga carpark entrance by SG JOSEPH B BANHAO (not in the picture). At 10:25 a.m. it was claimed by the owner, a driver of an LS student.
*2:50 a.m., Wednesday, 19 December: Two cell phones were found inside the Mateo Ricci Study Hall by SG JECSON RUTAGINES (not shown in the picture). The owner claimed the cell phone at 3:10 p.m. of the same day.
*2:50 p.m., Wednesday, 19 December: Another cell phone was found inside the Mateo Ricci Study Hall by SG JECSON RUTAGINES (not shown in the picture). The owner claimed the cell phone at 3:30 p.m. of the same day.

4:00 p.m. Wednesday, 19 December: A coed complained to the office of the LS Associate Dean for Student Affairs of losing the money that she tucked in her notebook after having the notebook photo copied at the copier of a concessionaire in SEC A. Campus security investigated the incident and recovered the missing P700.00 from the trash box.

JOMAR CANGGAY AGUSTIN
20 years old, copier operator

The suspect JOMAR C. AGUSTIN initially denied taking the money of the student but at the security office, he admitted taking the money. His employment has been terminated by the concessionaire and he is banned on campus. The coed did not press charges against him.

CONFIDENCE TRICKSTER: An impostor claiming to be the LS Associate Dean for Student Affairs tried to get a P900 cell phone load for cell no. 0909-273-2693 from the College Cafeteria (AMPC) charged to the office. Fortunately he was detected as an impostor by the AMPC staff. The community is warned to be cautious when getting a call from this cell number.

Congratulations to the Ateneo Leopard Security and Investigation Agency (LSIA) Detachment for receiving last 16 December 2007 the Detachment Excellence Award in recognition of their achievement in garnering the most number of commendations among ten security agencies of the CATS family.

Trophies awarded to the LSIA detachment for two consecutive years.



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Statement in support of Sumilao farmers and CARP

Please find below the statement of members of the Economics Department and Development Studies program in support of the Sumilao farmers and the accelerated implementation of agrarian reform.

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Statement in Support of Accelerated Implementation of Agrarian Reform in the light of the Sumilao Farmers issue

Nowhere is the importance of the need for various groups to come together to advocate for growth and development in the Philippines more evident than in the case of land reform. It comes to light as Higaonon farmers have encamped in Metro Manila, after marching for more than two months from Sumilao, Bukidnon. After being declared rightful beneficiaries of the 144-hectare Quisumbing estate in 1995, but later deprived of their lands after a court decision subjecting their lands to agro-industrial conversion, theirs is the typical story of agrarian reform in the country where evasion by landowners continues to be rampant. The Sumilao Farmers certainly will have doubts trusting what a Federation of Philippine Industries (FPI) official recently said, "I always believe that we are a nation governed by laws and not by men." The farmers have been pushing the government to ensure that the laws governing land reform should be also applied to them.

Next year, it will be twenty years since the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) was enacted into law by President Corazon Aquino as Republic Act No. 6657 in 1988. Adding the years after various land reform programs were undertaken by pre-martial law administrations, the Philippines for now may be the record holder for the longest land reform program in East Asia, if not in Asia.

In economic development, it is widely recognized that effective land reform is a sine qua non of agricultural change and rapid income growth. Countries that have undertaken effective land reform not only have had more robust agricultural growth and productivity, they also have enjoyed a better distribution of income and lower rates of poverty. There is ample evidence that land reform was critical in bringing about agricultural development, poverty reduction, and even industrial growth in Korea and Taipei, China. The sweeping land reforms enacted by Korea in 1948-1950 and by The Republic of China in 1949-1953 redistributed between one quarter and one half of all available land. Korea, which had one of the most unequal distributions of land in the world in 1945 (with 3 percent of the rural population owning 60 percent of the land and a vast 80 percent of the rural population being landless tenants or semi-tenants) transformed itself into a country with one of the world's most favorable land distributions. This reversal was entirely the result of sweeping land reforms, first by the American military government in 1948 and followed by the Korean government in 1950. Even Japan and China are examples of societies that implemented land reform with political will and in a short period of time.

But why is it that in the Philippines agrarian reform, in the particular case now of Sumilao Farmers, now being interpreted as bad for investments? As the FPI official stated (Philippine Star, December 11) developments being undertaken by a large conglomerate should be allowed to push through with its project in the disputed property, otherwise, other potential investors would have second thoughts about investing in the countryside. However we disagree. We believe that it is not CARP itself, but the long drawn out period of CARP implementation, that have caused uncertainties in public and private investment in rural areas.

In fact, there have been many studies that have shown that the hastening CARP implementation improves rural investments. One of the studies that we conducted showed that landowners who did not comply with CARP invested an average of P11,066 per hectare less than those who had already complied and were just left with the maximum landholding allowed by the law. And a survey of CARP beneficiaries by UP Los Banos undertaken in 2000 found that they invested more in their farms than farmer non-beneficiaries by an average of P15,572 more per hectare. Certainly that is not a small amount when multiplied by total CARP lands. The effect on growth and development will be much greater if CARP was implemented more decisively.

Who is responsible to this situation of under-investment in rural farm areas? Certainly not the farmers as what the statements of the FPI official implied. Farmers are more than willing to invest their own money. There is a great deal of evidence from around the world that owner-cultivators have greater incentives than tenants to increase their work effort, to make longer-term productivity-enhancing investments in their land, and to adopt new and more appropriate agricultural technologies, because they know that the resulting economic gains are largely theirs. When farm workers own their land, there is less need for supervision of labor. Thus, the shift of a large number of tenants to owner-cultivators can have a significant positive impact on agricultural productivity, and rising productivity is necessary before resources, such as capital and labor (and even land), can be transferred successfully out of agriculture to the rest of the economy.

It is clear who are responsible for dragging this long drawn out battle to implement land reform. We fully support the Sumilao farmers' call for the cancellation of the conversion order and lands be awarded to them as soon as possible. We believe that the agrarian reform program of land to the tillers must be implemented quickly to produce the full benefits of growth and development in this country.

Fernando Aldaba, Ph. D., Cielito Habito, Ph. D. Edsel Beja, Jr, Ph. D., Aleta Domdom, Ph. D., Luis Dumlao, Ph. D., Leonardo Lanzona, Ph. D., Ellen H. Palanca, Ph. D., Rosalina Tan, Ph. D., Cristina Bautista, Neil Adrian Cabiles, Diana Rose del Rosario, Jamil Paolo Francisco, Lea Neri, Marissa Paderon, Harry Pasimio, Marilou Perez, Joselito Sescon, Patrick Gerard Simon-King, Philip Tuano, Economics Department; Leland de la Cruz, Development Studies Program, Ateneo de Manila University

December 17, 2007

SHIFTING INFORMATION- Loyola Schools Guidance and Counseling Office

SHIFTING INFORMATION:
a. Departmental Talks are scheduled every Wednesday from January 16 to February 6, 2008, from 4:30-6 p.m.
School of Management Talk: Jan. 16; Venue: TBA

b. Sign up for the Career Exploration Workshop (CEW) at the Loyola Schools Guidance and Counseling Office.

c. Shifting deadlines
1. for incoming sophomores
- March 30- in time for the summer
- April 30- in time for the 1st semester 2008-2009
2. for upper batches
- 1st week of 1st semester, 2008-2009

Philippine Statistics Quiz National Finals

Congratulations to Daniel Andrew O. Tan (1BSM AMF) for winning the Second Placein the 16th Philippine Statistics Quiz-National Finals held last December 4, 2007 at the Bureau of Soils and Water Management.

For this year’s National Finals, there were 17 finalists representing all 17 regions in the Philippines. Region 10 and CAR bagged the first and third places, respectively.

Congratulations to Mr. Ramil Bataller of the Mathematics Department, who coached the contestant.

This activity was sponsored by the National Statistics Office and Philippine Statistical Association.

JesCom & ABC 5 Simbang Gabi TV Masses 2007

This schedule of the Simbang Gabi Television Masses 2007 will be aired at 12:00 midnight.

Web news update (14 December)

Web news update (14 December)

For the latest bulletins, news and features on the Ateneo, visit the official university Web site: http://www.ateneo.edu. This week's home page stories:


NEWS
o New residence halls for 600 dormers soon to rise
o pinoy@work, practical guide to dealing with workplace issues, launched
o Church backs farmers (INQUIRER.net)
o Frontline Leadership: 5 local execs show how (INQUIRER.net)

FEATURES
o A perfect afternoon for Lights for Hope
o ‘The point is to do it right’ (30th University Service Awards)
o John Gokongwei School of Management: CHED Center of Excellence in both Business Administration and Entrepreneurship
o Leaders for Health Program (INQUIRER.net)

SPORTS
o Ateneo edges out La Salle in Intercollegiate Golf
o A numbing loss (Men’s Volleyball)
o Grade School athletes are FBL champions anew

ANNOUNCEMENTS
o Press Play by The Guidon and The La Sallian now on!
o “Christmas Bachxes” : The Philippine Premiere of the Christmas Oratorio in 6 Cantatas of Johann Sebastian Bach
o Eagles of Hope Christmas Bazaar

Visit your Unit Homepage for updates. Check out 'Ateneo this week' for weekly campus activities. We welcome news, features, and announcements from the Ateneo community. Please send your materials to commpr@admu.edu.ph. Thank you!

PROJECT 50/50: Expenses list as of December 13, 2007

Sanggunian ng mga Mag-aaral ng Ateneo de Manila
Committee on Social Concern and Involvement

PROJECT 50/50: A pledge campaign to raise P50,000 for the 50 marching Sumilao farmers
Expenses list (as of December 13, 2007):
Food for doctors - Php 500.00
Doctor's Fund for medicine - Php 3312.50
Strepsils and Massage oil (medicine) - Php 2344.00
Other Mercury Drug (medicine) expenses - Php 2287.00
40 Regular Yum burgers - Php 1000.00
40 Bottled Water - Php 290.00
12 Slippers - Php 300.00
43 Slippers - Php 860.00
Sponsored Lunch for farmers - Php 7300.00
Sponsored Dinner for farmers - Php 5000.00
55 Blankets for farmers - Php 4950.00
Total: Php 28143.50

For any queries, please visit us at the Sanggunian room, MVP 200 or contact us at:
Carlo Roco - 09178468702
Rob Roque - 09174933411
Verne Ahyong - 09178914154

APS Schedule of Masses and Activities During the Christmas Break

APS Schedule of Masses During the Christmas Break
Chapel of St. Thomas More

December 21, 2007 A Multi-sectoral Advent Recollection (Open Invitation)
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., Chapel of St. Thomas More

Mass
12:15 p.m., Chapel of St. Thomas More

24 Midnight Mass of the Nativity of our Lord
8:00 p.m., Chapel of St. Thomas More

25 - 28 NO Weekday MASSES

29 Anticipated Mass for the Feast of the Holy Family
5:15 p.m., Chapel of St. Thomas More

31 Mass of the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God and World
Peace
8:00 p.m., Chapel of St. Thomas More

January 4, 2008 1st Friday Mass
12:15 p.m., Chapel of St. Thomas More

5 Anticipated Mass for the Epiphany
5:15 p.m., Chapel of St. Thomas More

7 Regular Mass Schedule Resumes
12:15 and 6:05 p.m.

* * * * *
Garyn Valencia Sua
Assistant Campus Minister
APS Campus Ministry Office
Rockwell Center, Makati City
(02) 7292003 local 2120
gsua@aps.ateneo.edu

CALL FOR PAPERS on Transnational Migration, Family, and Kinship- Philippine Studies

Philippine Studies


CALL FOR PAPERS

Transnational Migration, Family, and Kinship


Philippine Studies is inviting manuscript submissions for a special issue on “Transnational Migration, Family, and Kinship.” We welcome contributions that explore aspects of family life and kinship in the context of migration. Possible topics include cognatic kinship and migration; family norms, values, ideologies, roles, and practices; childrearing, socialization, and education; the family lifecycle and migration; gender dynamics; emotional and material interdependency, the self, and meanings of familial relationships; communications and kin networks; remembering and forgetting across generations; and the broader context delineated, for instance, by law, class structure, political economy, demography, and global householding. Contributions from the social sciences and the humanities are welcome.

Full papers of between 7,000 and 10,000 words should be submitted by 15 January 2008 for peer review, following the journal’s general guidelines for submission of manuscripts. The special issue is slated to appear in late 2008.

Submissions and further inquiries should be directed to Philippine Studies at philstudies@admu.edu.ph.

2007 Bazaar Concessionaires and Simbanggabi 2007

Eagles of Hope Bazaar 2007
December 14-23, 2pm-11pm
Bellarmine Field
Food
1. La Dulcinea Restaurant
2. Shawarma Republic Potdog
3. Elar’s Lechon Ice Monster
4. Pinoy Food
5. Chickenormous
6. Bibingka from Salcedo Communtiy Market
7. Ineng’s Barbecue
8. New York Fries and Dips (NYFD) Fruitas Shakes
9. Reyes Barbecue
10. Hotshots

Dry Goods
1. Che’s Collection (RTW, Bags, women’s accessories)
2. Penchant’s Accessories (cosmetics, towels, slippers, stuffed toys, pillows and RTW)
3. G & Q Collections (kids wear, jogging pants, shorts, dresses)
4. Icemint Online (tops, dresses, shorts)
5. AMA Kapit Kamay (bags, massage products, dog clothes, chips)
6. Apolo and Ateena (graphic shirts, laptop backpacks, shirts, jeans)
7. JKC Gen. Merchandise/Indie Quest Beverages
(Natural and healthy beverages, accessories, crafted greeting
cards, desk calendars, brownies, butterscotch, blouses, bags, shirts)
8. Happy Scrappers Club (scrapbooking items, shoes, bags, rtw)
9. Samarikine RTW Trading
(export overruns: Gap, Old Navy, American Eagle, Hollister, Abercombie and Fitch)
10. Jesuit Communications
11. A-Shop


Simbanggabi 2007
December 15 to 23
8:30 PM
Church of the Gesu

Saturday, 15 December
6:30 PM Ateneo Chamber Singers Mini Christmas Concert
8:00 PM Recitation of the Holy Rosary to be led by Pres. Corazon C. Aquino
8:30 PM Mass
Presider: Fr. Catalino G. Arevalo, S.J.
Choir: Ateneo Chamber Singers
Sponsor: Ateneo Alumni Scholars Association

Sunday, 16 December
8:30 PM Mass
Presider: Fr. Louie S. David, S.J.
Choir: Dulaang Sibol
Sponsor: High School 1982

Monday, 17 December
8:30 PM Mass
Presider: Fr. Manoling Francisco, S.J.
Choir: Ateneo High School Glee Club
Sponsor: ISO CRC Project

Tuesday, 18 December
8:30 PM Mass
Presider: Fr. Adolfo Dacanay, S.J.
Choir: Ateneo College Ministry Group
Sponsor: Ateneo Schools Parents' Council

Wednesday, 19 December
Alumni Glee Club Mini Christmas Concert
8:30 PM Mass
Presider: Fr. Raymund Benedict Hizon, S.J.
Choir: Alumni Glee Club
Sponsor: Alumni Glee Club

Thursday, 20 December
8:30 PM Mass
Presider: Fr. Mario Francisco, S.J.
Choir: Kinema
Sponsor: Ateneans in Globe Telecom

Friday, 21 December
7:30 PM Hangad Mini Christmas Concert
8:30 PM Mass
Presider: Fr. Daniel Patrick Huang, S.J.
Choir: Hangad
Sponsor: College 2001

Saturday, 22 December
8:30 PM Mass
Presider: Fr. Johnny Go, S.J.
Choir: Ateneo College Glee Club
Sponsor: High School 1983
9:30 PM Ateneo College Glee Club Mini Christmas Concert

Sunday, 23 December
7:30 PM Bukas Palad Mini Christmas Concert
8:30 PM Mass
Presider: Fr. Bienvenido F. Nebres, S.J.
Choir: Bukas Palad
Sponsor: Gawad Kalinga Ateneo

Frontline Leadership

Dear All,

Below is a review of the Ateneo School of Government's recently launched book,"Frontline Leadership: Stories of 5 Local Chief Executives," edited by Angelita Gregorio Medel, Margarita Lopa-Perez, and Dennis Gonzalez. The book isavailable at the ASoG-CSP, Ateneo Loyola, and the ASoG, Ateneo Rockwell, at a modest sum of P200. The review was made by Dr. Edna E.A. Co, a faculty memberof the ASoG and the UP-NCPAG. The book was also featured on the frontpage of the Inquirer last Sunday, Dec. 9. Dennis Gonzalez

Review:

"Frontline Leadership: Stories of 5 Local Chief Executives" is a collage ofcolourful life experiences by local executives who, as leaders, would make a difference in people's lives and whom ordinary Filipinos would look up to. And on top of the value of experience-sharing, the book is also an opportunity forreflection and what I may call the "superiority of silent knowledge" as a step toward sensible action. " Frontline Leadership: Stories of 5 Local Chief Executives" is an invitation to those who are in the field of governance--whether as practitioners, thoughtful reformers, or academics -- to pause and reflect about leaders, leadership, and local governance in our nation. Let me continue the process of such reflection through this review:

What do I find as meaningful messages of this book? What are the common threads that weave this brand of leadership?

Firstly, the book narrates the power of power, i.e., the power of positionand leadership -- how much difference could one person in a position of power make in the lives of people? All cases: from Naga, to San Fernando City, LaUnion, to Surigao del Norte, to Bulacan and on to a western province in theVisayas - show that local executives have much space and many options to contribute as an opportunity offered by the power of being office-holders. Ergo, power is not negative at all times; power could be and, in fact, should be positive to have. However, there is an important caveat on power, namely: that power should be constantly embedded in the ordinary citizens -- as shown by some of our stories in this book.

Secondly, a common thread that weaves across the 5 cases in the book is the magnitude of the passion for work, - a particular brand of work ethic which sets apart a leader from the mediocre politician. All cases show how the chief executives exhibit discipline, punctuality, working beyond the bureaucratic time-line, a penchant for details, "hands-on" responsibility, and dedication toserve whatever it takes. Such work ethic meant putting into the work more than what the ordinary politician would.

Thirdly, the leader in these cases manifests the ability to see the "cornerpocket" -- the space which is not normally seen by many. The creativity, the resourcefulness, and the "out-of-the-box" skills. These leaders are, again, set apart from the ordinary chief executives who merely rely on the Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA), on the graces that trickle from the national government, on the regular sources, and hence could not go far, nor go autonomous, and much less turn their communities into prosperous local government units.

All together, the 5 cases in this book define the qualities of a leader, and most of these qualities relate to managers who deliver the "goods." The book also describes the conditions under which these managers deliver - under difficult circumstances, often with limited resources, with urgency, with political pressures, including pressures of expectations from their constituents. But in all these circumstances, the leader-manager did not yield, but stood his/her ground with firmness and decisiveness.

What stands out in each one of these awesome leaders?
1. There is Mayor Jesse Robredo's eternal compassion -- the ability to empathize with the poor and to connect with the ordinary citizens, the grand message that, when one succeeds, one does not leave behind or forget those who have no power. "Walang iwanan." And finally, this is the leader who exhibits simplicity -- howhe looks, how he dresses - he is his own person, at all times.
2. There is Mayor Mary Jane Ortega's cluster of traits - that of a manager, and the multifaceted person: educator, marketing person, and if there is such an English term, a "networker."
3. There is Governor Lyndon Barbers' discipline and punctuality which is veryun-politico; of being hands on, or "into it" -- the only Surigao governor who visited all of 435 barangays and 27 municipalities.
4. There is Governor Josie de la Cruz's being the ultimate program initiator and implementer, creative resource manager, and the optimal user of IT (information technology) in her place, thereby making governance constituent-friendly,transparent, and accountable.
5. And finally, the mysterious governor in the Visayas and her boundless energy and penchant for details.

Indeed, these chief executives are achievers par excellence, and although theyhave their inimitable traits as individual leaders, they sing a common tune onl eadership and management altogether making a difference in the lives of others: hard work, dedication to work, results-orientedness, and resourcefulness and creativity. We salute these leaders and their exceptional traits. And we hope that their political species increase!

To the publishers, researchers and writers - congratulations for putting forward a clear message on local governance! The challenge for all of us in thefuture is perhaps to move from these best practices toward an institutionalization and continuity of these practices in the local domain, and to multiply these examples shown by the local chief executives to a critical mass - until we make such best practices a national culture of governance.

"Frontline Leadership: Stories of 5 Local Chief Executives" offers hope and shows that there could be states persons and achievers in our politicians. Thebook is inspiring and should be widely disseminated among local government officials, community leaders, students and young leaders, social activists andall other Filipinos who find Philippine politics and governance too dim areason to stay and serve the country.

Edna E. A. Co
5 December 2007, Bulan Restaurant, San Juan City

Student Enterprise Week

Calling on all Student Entrepreneurs!
Start the New Year with a BLAST!

The Sanggunian ng mga Mag-aaral ng Ateneo (Sanggu) is having the 1st John Gokongwei School of Management Student Enterprise Week this coming January 14-18, 2008. We invite you to flaunt your business idea to the whole school. Join us in this pioneering event by setting up a booth in the Sec Field where you can advertise, sell and especially inspire students to venture into the world of business. We hope to hear from you soon!

PS- This is a non-profit event by your working Sanggunian and made especially for the unknown student entrepreneurs with great ideas out there! Thus we assure you that the rentals and other fixed costs will not be heavy on your pocket!

CONTACT US NOW!
For details and application forms contact any of the three:
Nicolo V. Rimando II BS ME 09166464909 Mark Tan II BS MGT-H 09198452827
Junsi Agas II BS ME 09176205213

Deadline is on December 19, 2007

Jescom's Christmas Special on ABC 5

Pamaskong Tanging Yaman

Tanging Yaman Foundation has just released the album

PAMASKONG TANGING YAMAN

a collection of songs personally chosen by Fr. Manoling Francisco,S.J.

from 12 CDs produced by the Jesuit Communications Foundation. These songs, spanning 22 years,are depictive of his spiritual journey. Hopefully, they will tell the story of your journey, too.

Proceeds from this album will support the foundation's college scholars in each region of our country.
Please consider this album as a possible Christmas gift to your friends and loved ones.

CDs are now available at the Campus Ministry Office,Ground Floor of the MVP Center for Student Leadership at P 250.00/CD.

The GUIDON & The LaSallian proudly present PRESS PLAY!

The GUIDON of ADMU and
The LaSallian of DLSU
in coordination with
The National Union of Journalists
of the Philippines

proudly present

PRESS PLAY

An Intercollegiate Competition and Advanced Journalism Workshop

The Competition has four (4) categories:

*Photojournalism
*Editorial Cartoon
*Opinion
*Explanatory Journalism

Submit your entries to your school's publication by January 7, 2008. Enclose Php50 for every entry in any category.
For the specific mechanics of each category, please CLICK HERE.

WINNERS WILL RECEIVE THE FOLLOWING CASH PRIZES:

1st Place - Php5,000

2nd Place- Php3,000

3rd Place - Php1,000

The Advanced Journalism Workshop will be on January 19, 2008 at DLSU-Manila. It will feature the following topics and speakers:

*Morning (8 am to 12 noon) - Simultaneous sessions: In-Depth Writing and Reporting by Carlos Conde of the International Herald Tribune and the New York Times; Photojournalism by Raffy Lerma of the Philippine Daily Inquirer
*Afternoon (1 pm to 5 pm) - Simultaneous sessions: Editing by Rowena Paraan of Bulatlat.com; Layout and Cartooning by Jimbo Albano of Business Mirror

For inquiries visit:

http://pressplay08.theguidon.com/

or email http://us.f330.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=pressplay08@yahoo.com
You may also text AC Irasusta at 09173776265 or Paulo Mutuc at 09064204748.

New Book Releases from JesCom

SITUATION REPORT - Monday, 10 December 2007

SITUATION REPORT(Monday, 10 December 2007)

The Situation Report of 10 December 2007, with relevant photos, is posted at
http://www.admu.edu.ph/index.php?p=120&type=2&sec=26&aid=4547
It may also be downloaded as a Word file from http://www.ateneo.edu/upp/sitrep_doc/Sitrep_101207.doc

POWER: The Residence Halls, Pollock Renewal Center , Faculty Housing and Alingal Hall experienced power interruption from 8:00 to 10:00 a.m. yesterday, Sunday 9 December. Three 50 kVA transformers were installed for the construction project of the dormitories behind the Cervini Residence Halls. The project needs a separate power source so as not to disrupt power supply to the adjacent buildings.

WATER: The Department of Biology Microbiology Laboratory released the Bacteriological Analysis of Water results for seven cisterns and overhead tanks last Thursday, 6 December. The findings are:

Bacteriological Evaluation: All samples collected conform to the Philippine National Standards for Drinking Water (PNSDW) with regard to coliform bacteria. It is recommended that regular cleaning of the water sources be continued to maintain the quality of water.

The cisterns and overhead tanks that passed the tests are:

1. SDC Cistern
2. Faculty Housing Cistern
3. APS Rockwell Cistern
4. Alingal Hall (OIP) Overhead Tank
5. Alingal Hall Overhead Tank
6. APS Rockwell Overhead Tank A
7. APS Rockwell Overhead Tank B

SECURITY: Personal belongings continue to be misplaced in the Loyola Heights and APS-Rockwell campuses. Fortunately, many are found and returned to owners.

*10:45 a.m. Thursday, 6 December: Loyola Schools students MIGUEL BALMACEDA & SIGRID ESQUERRA found a cell phone at the MVP Leadership Center . They turned it over to SG DANILO M ARCUENO. It was claimed by the owner at 3:20 p.m. of the same day.
12:40 p.m. Thursday, 6 December: SG ANSELMO R NARCISO found a cell phone inside the male toilet in the College Covered Courts. It was claimed by the student at 2:08 p.m. of the same day.

*2:45 p.m. Saturday, 8 December: LS student MR. MIGUEL FELIPE L. EVANGELISTA found an unattended blue backpack on a concrete bench near the football field and turned it over to campus security. The bag belonged to a Grade School student who reported it lost Friday, 7 December in front of the Blue Eagle Gym. It was returned to the owner intact at 11:20 a.m. Sunday, 9 December.

*6:25 p.m. Saturday, 8 December: Roving guard SG ANTONINO A PARNADA found a cassette recorder on top of SEC C foyer. It was claimed by the owner at 11:42 a.m. the following day.

*11:30 p.m. Saturday, 8 December: An alumna reported losing her diamond ring in the High School Covered Courts. Security searched the area, including the toilets and trash bins. Fortunately, a son of another alumnus found the ring on another table and returned it.

The Ateneo Professional Schools at Rockwell also has its share of misplaced cell phones that are found and returned. The incidence however, is much lower compared to Loyola Heights . Since the start of the school year, only four cell phones have been reported lost in the APS. Two were misplaced by Law students in October and another two by Graduate School of Business students in November. All were returned to their owners.

TRAFFIC: Accidents continue to happen in Katipunan. Reckless drivers continue to be a threat along Katipunan.

10:22 p.m. Tuesday, 4 December: This is a familiar situation where irresponsible drivers would come from the service road in front of Prince David condominium and cut across Katipunan to the U-turn under the Gate 2.5 footbridge. A southbound sedan hit the taxi that darted across Katipunan.

3:35 p.m. Wednesday, 5 December: A container truck sideswiped a motorcyclist near Gate 3.5. The truck driver was not aware that he had hit the motorcycle. He was stopped by MMDA personnel in front of Miriam College Gate 1. The victim was hurt and had to be rushed to the hospital.

9:45 a.m. Saturday, 8 December: An LS student driving a pick-up truck was hit by a passenger jeep near Sta. Clara church. The vehicle was damaged, and fortunately the student sustained no injuries. Campus security assisted the student at the scene of the accident and at Camp Karingal where both parties were taken.

7:30 p.m. Sunday, 9 December: The driver of a Honda scooter rammed the center island in front of
Gate 3 and hurt himself. The area has been the scene of many accidents as drivers tend to take the inner lane not realizing that there is a center island on that lane. The driver was assisted by campus security and the PNP. He was taken to the hospital by LHTODA tricycle 086.

Accidents on Campus: On campus, accidents are minor unlike those in Katipunan. However, accidents can cause major inconvenience because they block traffic flow. Last Friday, 7 December an accident happened at the junction of University Road and Auxiliary Road towards Gate 3.5 at 4:40 p.m. during the rush hour.

A sedan and a van literally blocked access to Gate 3.5. The parties involved insisted on waiting for the investigator from Camp Karingal rather than move their vehicles. The bottleneck limited access to Gate 3.5 to a single lane. It took an hour and a half for traffic to clear in the area.

MAINTENANCE: Patching of potholes on campus roads is a continuing project.
Lower East carpark Wednesday 5 December.
JGSOM Mall road patching.
JGSOM Mall road to diversion road.




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Please email comments to iescuadro@ateneo.edu Visit the University Physical Plant website at http://www.ateneo.edu/index.php?p=472

PASALUBONG: Araw-Araw Pasko Hatid ng Pusong Atenista!

The Sanggunian School of Humanities Freshmen School Board brings you…

PASALUBONG: Araw-araw Pasko Hatid
ng Pusong Atenista!

In line with the upcoming Christmas season, the School of Humanities Freshmen School Board envisions a holiday full of grace where not only do we simply offer the bare necessities with our less fortunate brothers and sisters, but we also intend to impart upon them our God-given talents. Through a day of outreach activity, we intend to teach street children arts & crafts like bead making, painting, and drawing.

December 15, 2007; 10-3pm
@ 18 Nicanor Reyes St. , Varsity Hills Subdivision, Loyola Heights , QC

Contact Lian Cortez (0927-3417049), John Ledesma (0927-8742667), or your block representatives!

Come to our General Assembly on December 5, Wednesday, 4:30-6pm @ CTC106!

HALINA, SALI NA!

Brought to you by...
Danica Tan – Block B Representative
Bea Castro – Block D Representative
Ira Guevarra – Block D1 Representative
Lian Cortez – Block D2 Representative
Enzo Montano – Block E2 representative
Tom Miranda – Block EE Representative
Nonnie Bolipata – Block J Representative
Kurt Cendaña – 1 SOH Central Board Representative
John Ledesma – 1 SOH Executive Officer

PROJECT 50/50 UPDATES: List of Pledges as of Dec. 3

Sanggunian ng mga Mag-aaral ng Ateneo de Manila
Committee on Social Concern and Involvement

PROJECT 50/50:A pledge campaign to raise P50,000 for the 50 marching Sumilao farmersEXTENDED UP TO DECEMBER 10!
Continue to pour support for the farmers!Turn-over all pledges at the Sanggu Room, MVP 200.
Contact:
Verne Ahyong - 09178914154
Rob Roque - 09174933411
Carlo Roco - 09178468702

We are also now accepting donations in kind (canned goods, shoes, slippers, clothes). Just drop them off at the Sanggu Room, MVP 200. These will also be given directly to the marchers who will be staying in Manila until they are heard and to their families back at Sumilao, Bukidnon.

We would also like to thank the Theology classes that have been donating via the donation cans.

DONATE AS INDIVIDUALS, GROUPS, BLOCKS or even ORGS!
Let us show the Sumilao farmers that the entire Ateneo Community supports their cause of social justice!

LIST OF PLEDGES (AS OF Dec. 3, 2007):(Names are also listed on the tarp at the dela Costa Hall)

PHP 20.00
Ducky Seva, Jai Caraballo, Earl Carpio, Michelle Abigail Tan, ACY_108,

Cherry Anne Oracion, Ivy Marie Andalis, Aaron James Reyes, Joy Codia, Mea Pangan,

Anonymous, Niko Banasihan ,Mike Flip Carlo, Joshua, Jason de las Alas, Emmanuel,

Mark Dychauco, Michael Magsaysay, Jordan Echague, Lawrence Cruz, Bruce Wayne,

Anette Lee, Chino, Halabuyas, Pin Orejana, Meryl Aquino, Meg Diaz, Bener Mendoza,

Dani de Leon, Joriel Abaca, James Pareja, Mark Paredes, Patti Malabanan, Osep Reyes,

Ed Colmenares, Jodel Ampil, Lara Llavore,Niko Banasihan, Paula B.C. Apines,

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Carla Ferrer, Karra Libunao, Marc Angeles, Roy Leonin, Lemuel, Mallari, Regine Salazar,

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SITUATION REPORT - Monday, 03 December 2007

SITUATION REPORT(Monday, 3 December 2007)

The Situation Report of 3 December 2007, with relevant photos, is posted at http://www.admu.edu.ph/index.php?p=120&type=2&sec=26&aid=4513
It may also be downloaded as a Word file from http://www.ateneo.edu/upp/sitrep_doc/Sitrep_031207.doc

SECURITY: At 2:10 a.m. Thursday, 29 November, a roving guard found the pedestrian footbridge near Gate 2.5 vandalized with graffiti.

Graffiti painted on the entire span of the inner railings of the pedestrian footbridge.
University Physical Plant personnel painted over the graffiti by 8:30 a.m. of the same day.

Lost, found and returned:

5:30 p.m. Saturday 24 November: Recovered iPod, digital camera, Sony earphone & connection cable found by SG LEONARDO C SANTOS along SEC covered walk. Returned to Xavier School student at 6:15 p.m. by SSG JOEL B ESTACION.

12:30 noon, Monday 26 November: Nokia cell phone found by LS driver at Gonzaga carpark entrance and endorsed to SG BENJAMIN B TAMAYO. Cell phone claimed by LS student from SSG CELSO S AQUINO.
3:50 p.m., Monday 26 November: Wallet found in front of AMPC by SG JOSE S BONINA (right most photo). Wallet returned to LS student at 6:35 p.m. by SSG AGRIPINO L ESPADON.
SG JOSE S BONINA in front of AMPC where he recovered the wallet.

1. 6:00 p.m. Tuesday 27 November: Back pack found at SEC B foyer by SG ANTONINO A PARNADA. Claimed by LS student at 6:35 p.m. from SSG CELSO S AQUINO.
2. 3:50 p.m. 27 Nov.: Laptop found by SSG FERNANDO G PEROCHE at the SEC in front of ATM machine.
3. The laptop was returned to LS student at 4:32 p.m.

1:15 p.m. Wednesday 28 November: Bag with clothes and shoes found at SOM 105 by SG TAGUINOD ADAR. The recovered items were claimed at 1:33 p.m. from SSG CELSO S AQUINO.
2:05 p.m. Wednesday 28 November: Car keys found at the Bellarmine ground floor Male toilet by SG PANFILO V PAGARAN. Owner claimed the keys from SSG CELSO S AQUINO.
5:00 p.m. Wednesday 28 November: MP3 player found at CTC 303 by a faculty and turned over to owner by SG AGRIFINO L ESPADON.

1. 3:15 p.m. Thursday 29 November: Wallet found at the northwest carpark by JSA grounds maintenance contractor personnel PABLO V. ODEST being turned over to SSG SEVERINO B BULACAN.
2. The wallet found by SG RONNIE H LAPASTORA was claimed by the owner at 7:34 p.m. from SG AGRIFINO L ESPADON.
3. 4:30 p.m. Thursday 29 November: Wallet with P1,031.00 was found by SG RONNIE H LAPASTORA at the LS Bookstore and was turned over to the owner at 9:40 p.m. by SG AGRIFINO L ESPADON on the same day.
4. 10:30 a.m. Monday, 3 December: LS Maintenance Personnel HEMBERT B. VARIAS assigned at JSEC Mall found an unattended video camera on top of the table. He endorsed the camera to SG RENATO T JUDAN. At 1:50 p.m. a happy LS student claimed the video camera at the security office.

TRAFFIC: To improve flow of traffic on campus for vehicles coming from the diversion road (road parallel to Katipunan from Gate 2 to Gate 3), barriers were installed last Wednesday, 28 November to separate outgoing vehicles from vehicles coming from University Road to the diversion road.

Concrete dividers installed at the widened west carpark entrance/exit to University Road near Gate 3.

Accidents along Katipunan and on campus:

9:45 p.m., Thursday, 29 November: A hit-and-run victim on the northbound lane of Katipunan. The scooter came from the flyover and swerved to the service road where it was hit by a taxi. The scooter in turn hit the car of an Ateneo personnel. The scooter driver and his passenger were injured and had to be taken to the hospital. The scooter was impounded at the security office and released to the owner last Sunday, 2 December after the Ateneo personnel filed a complaint with the PNP.

2:30 p.m., Thursday, 29 November: Tricycle 112 sideswiped a Nissan Cefiro while going through Auxiliary Road to Gate 3. 5. The sedan was damaged.

The guards were informed last Monday, 26 November that seven cats was abandoned near the Loyola House of Studies basketball court. One had died already. Campus security kept them for a week hoping they would be adapted. They were released in San Mateo last Sunday, 2 December.

MAINTENANCE: The pothole near Gate 3.5 shown below was finally patched up yesterday Sunday, 2 December and was used today.

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Please email comments to iescuadro@ateneo.edu Visit the University Physical Plant website at http://www.ateneo.edu/index.php?p=472

Sumilao Articles

Mahar Mangahas article for Sumilao

SOCIAL CLIMATE
Walking 1,600 km for social justice
By Mahar Mangahas
Inquirer
Last updated 03:15am (Mla time) 12/01/2007

MANILA, Philippines -- Next week, some 55 farmers -- 15 of them women -- will reach Manila in a quest for social justice, after walking more than 1,600 kilometers from the town of Sumilao in the southern province of Bukidnon, starting last Oct. 10. They regularly walked about 30 km a day, but on Nov. 23 did 52 km to avoid being stranded in flooded areas. They aim to be at Malacañang on Dec. 10, International Human Rights Day.

The walkers are asserting their right as tillers to 144 hectares of prime agricultural land in San Vicente, Sumilao, by virtue of a Certificate of Land Ownership Award (CLOA) issued to them in 1995 under the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP).

Delays, delays, delays. To evade CARP coverage, landowner Norberto Quisumbing stalled by proposing to convert the land to an agro-industrial estate having a development academy, cultural center, institute for livelihood science, sports development complex, agro-industrial park, forest development facilities, 360-room hotel, restaurant, golf course, housing projects, etc., which all proved to be false promises. Agrarian Reform Secretary Ernesto Garilao disapproved it, but then- Governor Carlos Fortich of Bukidnon wrote a letter-appeal to the Office of the President, and Executive Secretary Ruben Torres approved the conversion proposal in 1996.

To redress the Torres decision, in 1997 the farmers went on a hunger strike for 28 days, until President Fidel V. Ramos issued a so-called “win-win” solution awarding 100 hectares to the farmers and 44 hectares to Quisumbing. But Ramos’ formula was elevated to the Supreme Court, which ruled (through the Second Division, on April 24, 1998) that the Torres decision could not be reversed, on a technicality of late filing of Motion for Reconsideration by the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR). When the farmers and the DAR filed their Motions for Reconsideration, the Supreme Court’s Second Division was split, 2-2, with then-Justice (now Chief Justice) Reynato Puno voting in favor of the farmers.
Although the conversion proposal had thus gotten the nod of the Supreme Court, Quisumbing did not in fact implement it within the required five years, and instead, in 2002, sold the land to San Miguel Foods Inc., which means to make it into a piggery. Citing the violation of the terms of the conversion, on Nov. 3, 2004 the farmers petitioned the DAR to cancel it. After two years, the DAR confirmed (Oct. 27, 2006) that the conversion had not been done -- there was no development academy etc. However, the DAR also passed the buck to the Office of the President (OP) by claiming that OP took jurisdiction ever since the 1996 Torres decision.

This year, the farmers elevated their petition (Jan. 27, 2007) to the OP, which initially denied it (Oct. 3, 2007) on the claim that the farmers lack personality to ask for it, but two weeks ago ( Nov. 16, 2007) it remanded the case to the DAR for resolution. It took another week for the DAR to receive the remand (Nov. 23, 2007). The Sumilao farmers are now awaiting the DAR’s action on their demands for: (a) a Cease and Desist Order on the conversion of the land into a piggery, and (b) a Notice of Coverage to start the process of distribution of the land to beneficiaries under CARP.

The Sumilao farmers have a strong case. They are supported by many advocacy groups, including many in the Catholic hierarchy. They got help from many sympathizers, including Naga City Mayor Jesse Robredo, all along their walk. Their legal counsel includes the Sentro ng Alternatibong Lingap Panligal (SALIGAN), based at the Ateneo de Manila University.
Agrarian reform is a slow process. The Agricultural Land Reform Code of 1963 aimed to abolish share tenancy -- though proportional sharing between landlord and tenant is not unjust per se. Operation Land Transfer in 1972 provided for rice and corn tillers to become owners over a 15-year period. The CARP, since 1987, covers all crops, which makes sense, though its ban on the use of land as collateral for credit is a hindrance to market forces.

The continuation of serious agrarian unrest shows that agrarian reform is incomplete -- as it is incomplete in Mexico, even after a hundred years. To give up on agrarian reform is like giving up on democracy altogether, just because one can see that the present system is still flawed.

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My first personal experience in doing a survey was in 1973, involving 387 rice farmers in Nueva Ecija, the pilot province of land reform. The study “Tenants, Lessees, Owners: Welfare Implications of Tenure Change” (by myself, V. A. Miralao, and R. P. de los Reyes, Ateneo de Manila University Press, 1976) found that owner-operators, share tenants, and fixed-lease tenants are equally productive. Owner-operators are the best-off because they have no land rent to pay.

In late 1986, when I was consultant to the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) on land reform, at a meeting with President Corazon Aquino, Executive Secretary Joker Arroyo, and NEDA Director-General Winnie Monsod, Arroyo asked me how much more agricultural productivity to expect out of the estimated multibillion-peso cost of comprehensive agrarian reform. My reply of “None” and that we should be satisfied if productivity did not decline despite the agrarian adjustment was a shock to Joker, who reacted, “Then we will be throwing the money down a black hole!” I responded that the government would be spending merely money, rather than blood, to solve the perennial problem of agrarian unrest.

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Contact SWS: http://www.sws.org.ph/ or mahar.mangahas@sws.org.ph.


Sumilao: Shattered dreams, broken pledges

http://archive.inquirer.net/view.php?db=1&story_id=104439
Sumilao: Shattered dreams, broken pledges
First posted 00:40:28 (Mla time) December 03, 2007
Fr. Joaquin G. Bernas, S.J.
From: Inquirer.net

MANILA, Philippines - The marching Sumilao farmers are expected to enter Manila today. Theirs has not been like the march of the Israelites to the Promised Land; meanwhile, the marchers have been demonized by some quarters. A review of history should place the struggle of the farmers in brighter perspective.

The marching farmers trace their ancestry to Apo Manuagay Anlicao and Apo Mangganlahon Anlicao, Higaonon natives, early settlers of a piece of land in Bukidnon. The land was considered “balaang yuta” for the Higaonons and it was the seat of government for the tribal leaders. The land was called “pinetreehon” by visitors owing to the abundance of pine trees and the cold temperature in the area. As a young Jesuit, I and fellow Jesuit seminarians enjoyed some summer days away from books in refreshing Bukidnon weather.

The Higaonons lost the land by eviction. I do not have a clear picture of how it happened. Eventually, one family won 99.885 hectares where tenants planted rice and corn, and the Quisumbing family won 144 hectares, the current bone of contention.

The 144 hectares became a pineapple plantation under a 10-year Crop Producer and Grower Agreement between the landowner and Del Monte Philippines (DMPI). The Higaonons worked as seasonal farm workers in the area. The lease expired in April 1994.

Immediately thereafter the Higaonon farmers initiated the movement to reclaim the land of their ancestors under the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program. Their effort to reclaim the 144 hectares became the subject of litigation moving from the Department of Agrarian Reform, to the Office of the President and finally three times to the Supreme Court. I shall not enter into the nitty gritty of the case. Let me just cite some key developments.

The initial skirmishes on the DAR level favored the farmers. In 1990, DAR served notice placing the 144 hectares under CARP coverage and in 1992 served a notice of valuation to the owner of the property. But DAR suspended implementation because the property was still under lease.

Before the expiration of the lease agreement, however, the landowner applied for conversion of the land from agricultural to agro-industrial. The petition was supported by the municipality of Sumilao and by a Resolution of the Sanggunian Panlalawigan of Bukidnon. It contained the glowing promises of how the 144 hectares would be developed:

24 hectares would contain a Development Academy of Mindanao consisting of an Institute for Higher Education, Institute for Livelihood Science, Institute for Agri-Business Research, Museum, Library, Cultural Center and Mindanao Sports Development Complex.

67 hectares would contain a Bukidnon Agro-Industrial Park consisting of a processing plant for corn oil, corn starch and various corn products; cassava processing for starch, alcohol and food delicacies; processing plants for fruits and fruit products such as juices; processing plants for vegetables; cold storage and ice plant; cannery system; commercial stores; public market and abattoir.

33 hectares for Forest Development including open spaces and parks for recreation, horse-back riding, mini animal zoo.

20 hectares for Support Facilities including a 360-room hotel, restaurants, dormitories and housing project.

This was touted by the promise, cited even by the Supreme Court, that “The proposed project is petitioners’ way of helping insure food, shelter and lifetime security of the greater majority of Sumilao’s 22,000 people.”

The governor of Bukidnon championed the cause of the landowner and appealed to the President arguing that “agricultural development will never take place if the area will be given to landless farmers, tenants and other qualified farmer beneficiaries.” But that did not prevent a sympathetic DAR from transferring the title of the property to the Republic and issuing Certificates of Land Ownership Award (CLOA) to 137 farmers and registering them in the Register of Deeds.

In March 1996, however, Malacañang reversed the decision of DAR, saying among others that “converting the land in question would open great opportunities for employment and bring about real development in the area towards a sustained economic growth in the municipality.”

In 1997, when trouble ensued, President Fidel Ramos modified the previous decision with a “win-win” solution limiting the conversion to 44 hectares and approving 100 hectares for distribution to farmers. When the “win-win” solution was challenged in the Supreme Court, it was declared invalid for being an attempt by Ramos to reverse his own decision which had already become final. To no avail did Justices Reynato Puno and Jose Melo argue that procedural rule on finality should give way to a consideration of the substance of the issue, as the Court often does. Subsequent attempts to persuade the Supreme Court to have a change of heart failed.

Meanwhile, here is the tragic part: What happened to the rosy promise of development which would assure the Sumilao inhabitants a better life? The landowner forgot about it. Instead, in 2002 the landowner sold the land to San Miguel Foods Inc.

The Conversion Order of 1997 contained the condition that “The landowner and future landowner(s) of the property approved for conversion shall not change its use to another use not authorized under the conversion order without prior consent from the DAR.”

By 2005 no development had happened in the property. Now, however, I am told that SMFI has started rushing the setting up of a piggery! The rosy development project for the farmers will favor the pigs! Meanwhile, the President has asked DAR to decide whether the unfulfilled conversion order still holds. Abangan!

LS Awards for the Arts Call for Nominees

4 December 2007

To: All Department Chairs/Program Directors, Students, and Faculty of the
Schools of Humanities, Science and Engineering, and Social Sciences,
and the John Gokongwei School of Management

From: Dr. Benilda S. Santos
Acting Dean, School of Humanities

Subject: Call for Nominees: Loyola Schools Awards for the Arts 2008

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The Loyola Schools' Awards for the Arts (LSAA), formerly called the Dean's Awards for the Arts, are presented each year to seniors of theLoyola Schools who have done outstanding work in the arts.

The Awards recognize the students' artistry as expressed in the styleand vision of outputs and achievements in the following categories:creative writing (poetry, fiction, literary essay, and playwriting),theatre arts, screen arts, visual arts (painting, photography, graphicdesign, and illustration), music and dance.

An LSAA Committee composed of faculty members of the Loyola Schools will evaluate the entries and determine awardees for each category. Nominations in the different artistic categories are now beingaccepted by the Committee. To be eligible, a nominee must be a studentof the Loyola Schools in his or her senior or fifth year. Nomination letters addressed to the Committee may be sent to the School ofHumanities Dean's Office or e-mailed to this address:humani@admu.edu.ph.

Eligible nominees are required to submit the following documents tothe School of Humanities Dean's Office, ground floor, Horacio de laCosta Hall:
1. A portfolio representing a body of works done over the last four years
2. An updated resume
3. A duly accomplished personal data sheet to be obtained from the SOHDean's Office, and submitted to the same office. The data sheet canalso be downloaded from the Ateneo de Manila University website atthis URL:
http://www.ateneo.edu/ateneo/www/UserFiles/71/2007/dec2007/docs/LSAA2008_Data_Sheet.xls.

The deadline for submission of portfolios, data sheets and nominationletters is on Monday, 21 January 2008, at 5:00 p.m. (Only Ateneofaculty members and/or students may nominate candidates for theAwards.) This deadline is final. The announcement of awardees willbe made on Tuesday, 26 February 2008. The awardees will receive a plaque during a ceremony on Wednesday, 12 March 2008.

Thank you very much.

--
Connie C. Camacho
Assistant to the Dean
School of Humanities
Ext. 5301

Job Openings

Job Opening for PROPOSAL DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

The INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE FOR SOCIAL CHANGE, INC. has an opening for the following position:
The Environmental Science for Social Change is a non-stock non-profit Jesuit research institute undertaking national and scientific research work that contributes to a better understanding and appropriate management of the environment and natural resources for human development. It works with communities and local governments in the development, planning, implementation, and monitoring of natural resource management plans.
Position Title : Proposal Development Officer
Department : Programs and Communications Unit

General Statement of Duties
The Proposal Development Officer directly reports to the Programs and Communications Unit Manager and assists in the integration of institutional programs with the Institutional Management Group (IMG). The job requires developing the institutional plans for research, publications, and the financial and administrative requirements for implementation. The job also requires developing and writing institutional project proposals within the framework of broader institutional programs and the accompanying external institutional project requirements. The job is also integral in communicating ESSC externally, and will therefore be involved in the ESSC website content development and updating.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities
1. Develops and implements an annual institutional proposal development plan with key research staff, through the Research Working Group (RWG) headed by the Executive Director as Research Head
2. Identifies and develops a funding agency and donor institution list that can match ESSC work needs that involves an analysis of these identified institutions
3. Develops and implements a donor approach and strategy
4. Develops and presents project budgets with the Finance Unit, Human Resources Unit and other IMG after initial discussions with responsible research staff
5. Develops and prepares drafts of institutional work proposals, and upon approval, submits to identified funding agencies and donor institutions
6. Ensures the institutional presentation of work proposals, but providing adjustments to specific donor requirements that need compliance
7. Ensures the accuracy of information and facts presented and develops executive summaries that integrates specific projects to broader ESSC programs
8. Ensures and maintains communication with identified funding agencies and key ESSC staff in identifying work elements for proposal development and immediately responds to queries and clarification needs from both ESSC staff and funding agencies
9. Analyzes project implementation reports with the Program Implementation Manager on a regular basis, presenting and discussing the analysis to the Executive Director and the IMG
10. Develops systems of reporting and documentation for donor agencies, stakeholders, and the institution
11. Ensures quality of written reports and documentation for donor agencies and for institutional requirements
12. Ensures the orderly filing, storage, and retrieval of project-related documents, at the same time ensuring a back-up system for saving files safely

Website content updating, supervision, and administration
1. Regularly updates information on the ESSC website, ensuring currency and relevance
2. Develops appropriate text and selects accompanying photos and other graphics
3. Sets up a system for monitoring both internal and external feedback and determines appropriateness of specific feedback in enhancing the website content
4. Meets and communicates with ESSC staff involved in website administration and develops and implements an initial ESSC website management plan

Minimum Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, the successful candidate must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required:
*With at least 3 years experience in Program/Project Proposal Development and/or Management
*Has clear analytical and strategic planning skills
*Can work proactively and is a self-starter
*Has good command in both oral and written English
*Has an assertiveness that is balanced with diplomacy and tact
*Capacity to challenge ideas and situations and develop alternatives
*Efficient, organized, and systematic in maintaining files, documents, correspondence, email
*Can work well under extreme pressure
*Can easily engage with the private sector and government agencies

Interested Applicants should send their Application Letter and Comprehensive CV with latest 2x2 colored picture addressed to:
MS. MILA PASCUAL
HR Administrator
Institute of Environmental Science for Social Change, Inc.
1/F Manila Observatory Bldg., Ateneo De Manila University Campus
Loyola Heights, Quezon City 1108
Tel. No. 426-0554

or email it (as an attachment) to:

esschr@essc.org.ph
(kindly indicate in the Subject the position title for this posting)


Job Opening for CHIEF OF STAFF

The INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE FOR SOCIAL CHANGE, INC. has an opening for the following position:
The Environmental Science for Social Change is a non-stock non-profit Jesuit research institute undertaking national and scientific research work that contributes to a better understanding and appropriate management of the environment and natural resources for human development. It works with communities and local governments in the development, planning, implementation, and monitoring of natural resource management plans.
Position Title : Chief of Staff
Department : Director’s Office

General Statement of Duties
The Chief of Staff directly reports to the Executive Director and leads the integration of institutional plans and programs with the Institutional Management Group (IMG). The Chief of Staff directs and supervises the day-to-day activities of the Executive Director and ensures effective coordination and monitoring of programs and projects in relation to the Executive Director. The job requires ensuring institutional systems and procedures for the efficient management of the Institute. The job focuses on the ensuring that communication is effective amongst all units of management and that people are working together towards an objective and a realistic timeframe. The goals to be achieved are professionalization and effective decision-making at all levels with appropriate communications.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities
1. Directs, supervises, and controls the day-to-day activities of the Office of Executive Director

The objective is for the Executive Director at the end of the day to make clear decisions, confirmation of work and identification of further enquiry, whether in or out of the office. For this he will require the information for discussion with other responsible staff and setting up the agenda to set further directions.

In relation to meetings requested by, and requiring, the Executive Director, the information for discussion needs to be prepared with a suggested group of external people and determining the key people needed for the meeting. This is in consideration of the work with the Board and building up PWG discussions in relation to key work areas of the Institute.
The overall goal is setting up what needs to be communicated in the Philippines and will involve the broader area of business of the Institute and the group of people the Executive Director must move around with for the next two years. Reviews will need to be made regularly to update strategic institutional and research planning. .
2. Provides the Executive Director timely and accurate information, updates, and feedback on the progress of different project implementation activities of the Institute in coordination with the IMG
Finance computerization, development of the institutional operating manual, and ensuring that the finance and HR units work closely with programs and proposal managers will be a major goal in the next fiscal year. Staff development and budget management are principle outcomes expected.
3. Provides technical support to the Executive Director and related projects and activities handled directly by the Office of the Executive Director
4. Manages an efficient official communication system for the Executive Director and ensures appropriate and efficient complementary records and filing management
5. Develops and maintains a systematic scheduling and timely implementation of official appointments and engagements of the Executive Director
6. Provides leadership and integration of the IMG (HR, Finance, Program Implementation, and Planning/Publications Unit Heads) to review and recommend policies, procedures, and measures to respond to institutional concerns and towards a professionalization of the ESSC management system.
7. Establishes and maintains close and working relationships with the Board and other stakeholders and partners of the Institute through regular communication
8. Performs other related functions as the Executive Director may assign from time to time.

Minimum Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, the successful candidate must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required:
· Preferably (but not limited to) a graduate of Business Management or any Management related course
· Has significant background in Office and People Management in a structured organizational setting
· Has good command in oral and written English
· Can do multi-tasking responsibilities
· Must have good interpersonal relationship building skills
· Exposure to social and natural resources development management issue/s is an advantage but not a must.

Interested Applicants should send their Application Letter and Comprehensive CV with latest colored picture addressed to:


MS. MILA PASCUAL
HR Administrator
Institute of Environmental Science for Social Change, Inc.
1/F Manila Observatory Bldg., Ateneo De Manila University Campus
Loyola Heights, Quezon City 1108
Tel. No. 426-0554

or email it (as an attachment) to:

esschr@essc.org.ph
(kindly indicate in the Subject the position title for this posting)