The Abba’s Orchard Montessori School Philippine Branches

Abba’s Orchard is a Maria Montessori school located at the Alwana Business Park, Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines. From the start, the school has provided environments that have been prepared to bring out the best in a child. Education in Montessori thought goes beyond academic objectives; its focus has always been to inspire your child to become a lively, self-motivated, confident and accomplished individual. They teach children to cook, farm, do house chores, etc. – in short, make a child responsible.

DAILY Brownout Schedules for June 4 to 12, 2010

Please find below the load shedding schedule / guide [4 hours DAILY rotating brownouts] within the CEPALCO service area for the period June 4 to 12, 2010 due to the continuing power supply curtailments imposed by the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines [NGCP] all over Mindanao. Again, CEPALCO would like to caution customers that the actual switch off and switch on time may vary from the announced schedule depending on the actual load curtailment levels imposed by NGCP on CEPALCO on a day to day basis.

Time of Brownout

Dates: June 4, 7 & 10
9:00am to 1:00pm – Group B
1:00pm to 5:00pm – Group C
5:00pm to 9:00pm – Group A

Dates: June 5, 8 & 11
9:00am to 1:00pm – Group C
1:00pm to 5:00pm – Group A
5:00pm to 9:00pm – Group B

Dates: June 6, 9 & 12
9:00am to 1:00pm – Group A
1:00pm to 5:00pm – Group B
5:00pm to 9:00pm – Group C

DAILY Brownout Schedules for May 8 to 16, 2010

[NO Power Curtailments from May 12 and 13 Due to the National Elections]

As per advice from NGCP, there will be NO POWER CURTAILMENT TODAY (MAY 12) and TOMORROW (MAY 13) to give way to the finalization of the results of the elections. The power curtailment will resume on Friday, May 14, 2010

Dates: May 8 & 14
8:00am to 1:00pm – Group B
1:00pm to 6:00pm – Group C
6:00pm to 11:00pm – Group A

Dates: May 12 & 15
8:00am to 1:00pm – Group C
1:00pm to 6:00pm – Group A
6:00pm to 11:00pm – Group B

Dates: May 13 & 16
8:00am to 1:00pm – Group A
1:00pm to 6:00pm – Group B
6:00pm to 11:00pm – Group C

Actual Interruption Schedule:  04/25/2010

Time Start:  6:00AM-6:00PM (12 hours)

Interruption Details:

April 21, 2010

Important Notice to CEPALCO Customers

Scheduled Power Interruption on Sunday, April 25, 2010 from 6AM to 6PM

Areas Affected : Greater part of PATAG including Calamansi Drive, Apovel Subdv., Terry Hills Subdv. & Anhawon – Bulua

The Cagayan Electric Power & Light Co., Inc. (CEPALCO) would like to inform all customers and the public in general of a scheduled power interruption on Sunday, April 25, 2010 from 6:00AM to 6:00PM affecting the greater part of PATAG including Calamansi Drive, Apovel Subdivision, Terry Hills Subdivision & Anhawon, Bulua due to an urgent line work.

The following areas will also experience HOUR-LONG power interruptions from 6AM to 7AM and again from 5PM to 6PM due to switching procedures:

1. Portions of Camaman-an near and including the San Jose and St. Vianney Seminaries, greater portion of Camaman-an proper towards Bontong, Bolonsori up to Upper Camaman-an and Hayes Subdivision including Tipolohon.
2. Part of Limketkai Center, Lapasan including Mc Donalds, PNB and Allied Bank.
3. Along Recto Ave. from corner Agora Road towards the new bridge including COCACOLA Plant & Osmeña Ext..
4. Portions of A.Luna St. towards all of Mabulay Subdivision including portion of the Provincial Capitol and Provincial Hospital Area.
5. Medical Center area along and bounded by Capistrano St., Echem St., A.Velez St., and Recto Ave., including all of Consolacion.
6. Corrales Ext. from Recto Avenue towards most of PPA area.
7. J.Pacana St. from Recto Avenue towards all of Macabalan area.
8. All of RER Subdivision Phases I & 2 including Dolores compound; towards Fortune Express Shop along Maharlika Highway; including all of NHA-KSS Subdivision and portion of Bayabas near Manila Broadcasting Radio Station.; and
9. Greater part of Bulua from Bulua Rotonda towards all of Iponan.

Power will however be restored immediately without further notice if line works are completed earlier than scheduled.

Furthermore, the above areas scheduled for interruption on Sunday, from 8AM to 1PM due to load curtailment might still experience their scheduled load shedding power interruption, depending on the curtailment levels to be imposed by NGCP on April 25, Sunday.

We hope the affected customers and the public in general will be guided by this announcement. Thank you.

Released by:

Ms. Marilyn A. Chavez
Senior Manager
Customer & Community Relations Dept.

The Cagayan de Oro Bloggers (CDO Bloggers) group is set to play host to the Mindanao Bloggers Summit 3, which will be held on October 24, 2009. With the theme, “Mindanao: Bag-Uhon Ang Panan-aw,” the MBS 3 aims to uphold the beauty and strength of the island and to expunge the negative notions the world has about it.

(Cagayan de Oro City, Mindanao, Philippines – October 21, 2009) – It’s all systems go for the Cagayan de Oro Bloggers (CDO Bloggers) as they play host to the much-awaited Mindanao Bloggers Summit 3, an annual gathering of Mindanao-based bloggers, IT industry experts, community leaders and new media advocates, on October 24, 2009 at Pearlmont Inn, Limketkai Drive, Cagayan de Oro City. Roughly 300 bloggers are expected to attend this year’s summit.

With the theme, “Mindanao: Bag-Uhon Ang Panan-aw,” (Changing The Way People See Mindanao) the event aims to uphold the beauty and strength of Mindanao, to highlight the diverse cultures and fascinating tourist spots that are uniquely Mindanao and to provide a platform where bloggers and other new media practitioners can discuss concerns related to Mindanao – all with the help of new and emerging technologies.

“Mindanao is the home of everything fascinating or in bloggers’ lingo – bloggable. Through the Mindanao Bloggers Summit 3, it is the hope of the CDO Bloggers, along with our partners and generous sponsors, that we listen to knowledgeable resource persons, meet other Mindanaoan bloggers, share and maximize all of our skills and resources and adopt tried and tested practices that can help us to fully promote Mindanao and for us to become better bloggers as well,” emphasized Chiq Montes, president of CDO Bloggers.

“Of course, we also want all of the participants to have a good time and experience the sights and sounds of Cagayan de Oro,” Montes added. Montes said that apart from Mindanaoan bloggers, the summit will also see the participation of some bloggers from Luzon and Visayas.

Expected to grace the summit are United States Embassy’s new Deputy Chief of Mission Leslie Bassett, Atty. Adel Tamano, Agusan Lone District Rep. Rodolfo “Ompong” Plaza and Cagayan de Oro City Mayor Tinnex Jaraula.

Considered unprecedented in the Philippine blogosphere, a top ranking United States Embassy dignitary is set to deliver the keynote address. Bassett’s trip to CDO will be her first trip to Mindanao since assuming office in June. She previously served as DCM in Mexico.

“We are deeply honored. We’re certain that the summit participants will be delighted to meet her and we can’t wait for her to see our beautiful city,” Montes said.

Other speakers during the whole-day affair include Cagayan de Oro City Mayor Tinnex Jaraula, Agusan Lone District Rep. Rodolfo “Ompong” Plaza and Atty. Adel Tamano.

Google’s Philippine representative Aileen Apolo, whose talk will focus on beginners, Digital Filipino’s Janette Toral, who will discuss blog advertising and Lyle Santos, who will talk about making money online will also be present. Representatives of other blogger groups including those in Davao City, General Santos City and Zamboanga will also give updates.

After the summit proper, participants have the choice of joining either the city tour (Xavier University Museum, Cathedral, Divine Mercy Shrine, Opol Aviary, Limketkai Mall) or the whitewater rafting adventure.

Also happening on October 24, right after the MBS 3, is the Philippine Blog Awards – Mindanao awarding ceremonies.

CDO Bloggers, Inc., a group duly registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, is the lead organizer of this year’s Mindanao Bloggers Summit 3. Previous summits took place in Davao City and General Santos City.

The Mindanao Bloggers Summit 3 is generously supported by SMART Telecommunications, Nokia, Syntactics, Inc., STI, Rafting Adventure Philippines, MakatiAve.com, Majesty Sales Center, Havaianas Philippines, OLX Philippines Free Classifieds, Clara Shoppe, ASTERISK Events and Communications, RG & K Construction, Paguia’s Cottages, ThePacificaCompanies.com, The Site, Spruce, The City Government of Cagayan de Oro, Office of CDO First District Rep. Rolando “Klarex” Uy, SM City Cagayan de Oro, Ultra Craft Advertising Corporation, Magnet Advertising, Provincial Government of Misamis Oriental and the Mindanao Bloggers community. Media partners include Papa Ardie’s Concepz, STI, ABS CBN, MOR 91.9 and HOT FM 106.3.

For more information about the Mindanao Bloggers Summit 3, log on to http://www.mbscdo.com

About CDO Bloggers

CDOBloggers or Cagayan de Oro Bloggers, Inc. is a duly SEC-registered organization that promotes Cagayan de Oro through blogging. Among the group’s goals are to create impact in society through blogging, to help promote Mindanao to the world as a bustling and peaceful land, to promote Cagayan De Oro City and Kagay-anons around the world with a sense of pride and to use blogging as a media platform.

The CDO Bloggers group is the main organizer of the Mindanao Bloggers Summit 3 (MBS 3). For more information about MBS 3, log on to http://www.mbscdo.com

For more information about CDO Bloggers, visit http://www.cdobloggers.com or send email to cdobloggersinc@gmail.com

About Mindanao Bloggers

Mindanao Bloggers aims to unify the island through this exciting new medium — the way of the blog — thereby promoting deeper understanding of our different cultures and beliefs. Thus, it is hoped that this community blog will help in presenting to the world at large the true beauty of the Philippine South, as well as the marvelous diversity of the peoples of Mindanao. For more information about Mindanao Bloggers, visit http://www.mindanaobloggers.com

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All I did was to key in my name, country, and zip code and an e-certificate as proof with my name showed up, and is available for printing. So now my name will be in the microchip of the rover that will be off to Mars 2 years from now! Ain’t that cool?

Here’s a screenshot of the e-certificate:

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