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VOL. 6 ISSUE 31 • SUNDAY - MONDAY, APRIL 28-29, 2013THE BIG NEWS2 EDGEDAVAO

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VICE MAYOR RODRI-GO R. DUTERTE last week made good his

threat to part ways with fellow members of Hug-pong sa Tawong Lungsod sa Dabaw (People’s Party of Davao City) who insist in supporting candidates who are rivals of official Hug-pong bets.

Comebacking former city councilor Diosdado Mahipus Sr. got the axe first when Duterte announced his expulsion from Hug-pong, the local political par-ty he heads during a rally in barangay Buhangin Mon-day night.

Duterte who heads Hugpong told a crowd of some 5,000 rally partici-pants that Mahipus was ex-pelled for supporting mil-lionaire entrepreneur Joji Ilagan-Bian who is contest-ing re-election bid of Rep. Mylene Garcia.

Mahipus and Bian lost to Garcia in the 2010 con-gressional fight in the Sec-ond District.

For alleged acts inimical to the interest of the party and its members.

“Kapila na ko nagsulti nga kadtong mag magahis-apagsupak sa regulasyon sa Hugpong, magbuwag-bu-wag ta (I have warned many times that I will not hesitate to part ways with those who insist in violat-ing the rules of our party),” Duterte said, referring to his opt repeated warning aired several times in his popular “Gikan sa Masa Para sa Masa” television program before the official election campaign period started last March 30.

Earlier, Mahipus shied away from the campaign sorties of Hugpong in the second district where he is running for councilor un-der the party.

Mahipus does not join the rallies of Hugpong any-more “because Garcia de-nied me of such right as a candidate,” he said to Edge Davao in a text message Saturday.

He said that news of his expulsion from Hugpong is “not correct,” because, “I will always be loyal to the party and its principles.” AMA

Dado is expelled

‘That’s not correct’

For backingbian

FORMER second district coun-cilor Diosdado

Mahipus Sr. says he remains a member of the local political par-ty Hugpong sa Tawong Lungsod, contrary to vice mayor Rodrigo Duterte’s announce-ment during a rally last Monday that he (Mahipus) had been expelled from it.

“That is not cor-rect,” Mahipus said in

a text message to Edge Davao Saturday. “I will always be loyal to the Hugpong party and its principles.”

In a rally in Bu-hangin last Monday before a crowd of 5,000, Duterte said Mahipus had been ex-pelled from the party for supporting second district congressional candidate Joji Ilagan Bian against reelec-tionist Rep. Mylene

Garcia.“I will forever be

loyal to Mayor Rody Duterte who is the true leader of the party and not Garcia, and I shall fight to liberate the loyal Hugpong mem-bers from the clutches of fear and intimida-tion being perpetrated by Garcia and her min-ions,” he said. “Watch me!” he said,

When asked if he supports Bian and

not Garcia, he said, “Yes, because I believe that Hugpong is a fair and prestigious party which should be pre-served and protected by its well-meaning leaders and mem-bers.”

When asked why he has not been seen of-ten in Hugpong rallies, he replied, “Not any-more, because Garcia denied me such right as a candidate (sic).”

By EJ Dominic Fernandez

“I have warned many times that I will not hesitate to part ways with those who insist in violating the rules of our party” - DUTERTE

“I shall fight to liberate the loyal Hugpong members from the clutches of fear and intimidation being perpetrated by (Rep. Mylene) Garcia and her minions” - MAHIPUS

ABBAMANIA. Members of Abba Mania pose for the fans during a press briefing to promote their concert in Davao at the Grand Regal Hotel in Lanang, Davao City. The group composed of Eva Scott, Nyree Burt, Steven

Scott and Ross Taberner performed before the city’s Abba fanatics last night at SM Lanang Premier’s SMX Convention Center. Lean Daval Jr.

THE April 24 de-cision of the De-partment of Jus-

tice’s (DOJ) decision to file charges against high ranking officials of Phoe-nix Petroleum Philippines for allegedly smuggling gas oil, unleaded gasoline and petroleum products violates the law and juris-prudence, according to Pheonix external affairs vice president, lawyer Raymod Zorilla.

Phoenix President and CEO Dennis Ang Uy and Customs Broker Jorlan Capin Cabanes are being charged for violation of the Tariff and Customs Code of the Philippines in connection with alle-gations of unlawful and

fraudulent imports of gas oil, unleaded gasoline and petroleum products at the Port of Davao and Sub-Port of Bauan, Batangas during the periods of June to November in 2010, Jan-uary to March 2011 and June 2010 to April 2011.

Uy and Cabanes were charged for having per-sonal knowledge and di-rect participation in the operations of Phoenix, including the processing and release of shipments that were already aban-doned in favor of the government for failure to file import entries within thirty (30) days from the discharge of goods.

DOJ resolution vs Phoenix official violates the law, say

VOL. 6 ISSUE 31 • SUNDAY - MONDAY, APRIL 28-29, 2013

TEAM Pinoy sena-torial candidate Juan Edgardo

“Sonny” Angara whose showing in the series of political surveys is im-pressive sees the need for serious study on a proposal to pass a law making profit-sharing with workers manda-tory among business

establishments in the Philippines.

The bill, which is not yet expected to be passed in the current Congress due to lack of time, is being resisted by businessmen, Rep. Ang-ara told Davao newsmen Thursday afternoon.

“I think di gusto ng mga negosyante yan,

kasi parang feeling nila mawawala ang control nila sa company, pa-rang naging empleyado na lang sila instead of owners,” Angara said.

“We will study it, baka it can be fine-tuned, baka may com-promise,” he said.

The proposal has ag-itated the business com-

munity, among them members of the Filipi-no Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Inc.

Automotive dealer Joe Cua, Davao chapter president of the Filipi-no-Chinese chamber of commerce, has sought a joint meeting with the Davao City Chamber of Commerce and Industry,

Inc. to discuss the mat-ter and put up a stand.

Sebastian Angliong-to, DCCCII chairman of the board, said that the DCCCII is not opposed to profit-sharing if it is voluntary, not mandato-ry. Angliongto said this is also the stand of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCCI), with which the DCCCII has re-affiliated.

He said business-men are worried that once approved, man-datory profit-sharing would force business-men to open their books of accounts to scrutiny for the purpose of deter-mining the profits to be shared with employees.

The young Angara,

who is a graduate of the London School of Economics and Harvard University, also said that he believes in political surveys as these will help candidates instruct whether they are con-ducting the right way of campaigning. This is aside from gauging the people’s pulse on the burning issues of the day affecting the nation, he said.

He said the Angara family had learned les-sons from the surveys in the past.

He said they them-selves experienced that most of the time, elec-tion outcomes conform to the survey results. AMA

ON Earth Day, former Las Piñas Repre-sentative Cynthia

Villar said she is glad that the environment is now getting all the attention as she calls on more people to get actively involved in supporting and fighting for environmental causes.

“It is long delayed actually, but it is good that more and more people are becoming more aware and actively involved in environmental issues. Everyone’s help counts. This is a universal issue and human concern that transcends political leanings or even personal interests. We should all be in this together because this is the only Earth we got,” said Villar, managing director of Villar Founda-tion, which has numerous environment-related pro-grams and projects.

On its 21st year, the Vil-lar Foundation’s first proj-ect was tree-planting to alleviate the effects of cli-mate change and to date, it has planted nearly a million trees. In 2002, it launched the Sagip Ilog program or the Las Piñas river reha-bilitation program with the goal of cleaning up the

river to address two major concerns: the worsening flood problem in Las Piñas and to allow aquatic life to thrive anew.

To make those environmental projects more sustainable, Villar incorporated a livelihood component. “Most envi-ronment-related projects fail because the people in-volved are not committed enough and community involvement and commit-ment are critical factors in ensuring the success of any environmental reha-bilitation and conservation program. There should be something in it for them,” she cited.

Thus, the birth of Vil-lar’s green social enterpris-es or livelihood projects out of wastes and garbage such as water hyacinths and coconut husks from her river rehabilitation program. Villar Founda-tion’s water hyacinth bas-ket weaving enterprise, co-conet weaving enterprise, organic fertilizer making enterprise, handloom blanket weaving enter-prise, citronella oil-making enterprise, among others have benefited more than 500 families in Las Piñas.

EDGEDAVAO 3

MESSY. Election posters which are not properly placed are a messy sight which caught the attention of a passerby along Lacson Street in Bo. Obrero, Davao City yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

Villar: More advocates needed to sustain environment causes

“REGULAR jobs with living wag-es. That’s what

the Aquino administra-tion should aspire for if it wants to truly address widespread poverty in the country,” said Makabayan senatorial candidate Teddy Casiño.

As Labor Day approach-es, Casiño said government and media should look into the continued practice of labor contractualization where employees are giv-en only 5-month contracts, among other forms of con-tracts, to keep them from being regularized.

“For decades, small and large businesses have been abusing, circumventing and perhaps influencing labor laws and depriving our citizens of a decent life,” said the three-term congressman.

Of the non-regular workers in non-agricul-ture industries, contractual workers account for half

the number with proba-tionary and casual workers making up a fifth each of non-regular workers.

Many are in business process outsourcing, wholesale and retail trade, manufacturing and con-struction.

“Many of these contrac-tual workers have been working in their respec-tive companies for years. Their contracts are merely renewed and they are not given benefits and ade-quate wage rates. This is even happening in govern-ment institutions,” Casiño explained, recalling com-plaints of public school teachers who are yet to be regularized amid serving for a decade or so.

The progressive solon explained that companies are resorting to contract-ing and subcontracting to reduce labor cost and avoid having labor unions at the expense of the work-ers.

“There really is some-thing wrong in a system where the majority - the workers - are being de-prived of the salary they deserve while compa-nies are allowed to milk as much profit from their businesses. In the first place, there will be no progress and growth in any economy if not for work-ers,” Casiño said.

He further questioned the logic of allowing “ro-tating contractualization” of employees who serve as a company’s main work-force.

“Department store o restaurant ang negosyo tapos contractual lahat ng nagtatrabaho sa loob nito? Sino na lang ang may kara-patang maging regular na manggagawa?” he asked.

Casiño furthered that contractual employment aggravates domestic un-employment and under-employment by destroying regular and permanent

jobs while exposing con-tractual or temporary workers to substandard and inhumane working conditions.

“It is no surprise that underemployment in the country continues to soar, reaching a high of 20.9% or one in five workers in January this year. It means many Filipinos are still looking for additional work and income to sup-port their families,” Casiño said.

The senatorial bet said prohibiting contractual-ization and subcontracting and raising wages will not only uplift the lives of Fili-pino workers but will also boost local growth.

“With higher wag-es, workers will have more to spend on food and health, resulting in a healthier workforce and boosting the local economy with higher de-mand for goods and ser-vices,” he said.

Casiño bats for regular jobsSays Aquino administration inutile against contractualization

Angara sees need of studyof profit-sharing proposal

Says political surveys are helpful

Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara


TEAM Pinoy sena-torial candidate Juan Edgardo

“Sonny” Angara whose showing in the series of political surveys is im-pressive sees the need for serious study on a proposal to pass a law making profit-sharing with workers manda-tory among business

establishments in the Philippines.

The bill, which is not yet expected to be passed in the current Congress due to lack of time, is being resisted by businessmen, Rep. Ang-ara told Davao newsmen Thursday afternoon.

“I think di gusto ng mga negosyante yan,

kasi parang feeling nila mawawala ang control nila sa company, pa-rang naging empleyado na lang sila instead of owners,” Angara said.

“We will study it, baka it can be fine-tuned, baka may com-promise,” he said.

The proposal has ag-itated the business com-

munity, among them members of the Filipi-no Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Inc.

Automotive dealer Joe Cua, Davao chapter president of the Filipi-no-Chinese chamber of commerce, has sought a joint meeting with the Davao City Chamber of Commerce and Industry,

Inc. to discuss the mat-ter and put up a stand.

Sebastian Angliong-to, DCCCII chairman of the board, said that the DCCCII is not opposed to profit-sharing if it is voluntary, not mandato-ry. Angliongto said this is also the stand of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCCI), with which the DCCCII has re-affiliated.

He said business-men are worried that once approved, man-datory profit-sharing would force business-men to open their books of accounts to scrutiny for the purpose of deter-mining the profits to be shared with employees.

The young Angara,

who is a graduate of the London School of Economics and Harvard University, also said that he believes in political surveys as these will help candidates instruct whether they are con-ducting the right way of campaigning. This is aside from gauging the people’s pulse on the burning issues of the day affecting the nation, he said.

He said the Angara family had learned les-sons from the surveys in the past.

He said they them-selves experienced that most of the time, elec-tion outcomes conform to the survey results. AMA

ON Earth Day, former Las Piñas Repre-sentative Cynthia

Villar said she is glad that the environment is now getting all the attention as she calls on more people to get actively involved in supporting and fighting for environmental causes.

“It is long delayed actually, but it is good that more and more people are becoming more aware and actively involved in environmental issues. Everyone’s help counts. This is a universal issue and human concern that transcends political leanings or even personal interests. We should all be in this together because this is the only Earth we got,” said Villar, managing director of Villar Founda-tion, which has numerous environment-related pro-grams and projects.

On its 21st year, the Vil-lar Foundation’s first proj-ect was tree-planting to alleviate the effects of cli-mate change and to date, it has planted nearly a million trees. In 2002, it launched the Sagip Ilog program or the Las Piñas river reha-bilitation program with the goal of cleaning up the

river to address two major concerns: the worsening flood problem in Las Piñas and to allow aquatic life to thrive anew.

To make those environmental projects more sustainable, Villar incorporated a livelihood component. “Most envi-ronment-related projects fail because the people in-volved are not committed enough and community involvement and commit-ment are critical factors in ensuring the success of any environmental reha-bilitation and conservation program. There should be something in it for them,” she cited.

Thus, the birth of Vil-lar’s green social enterpris-es or livelihood projects out of wastes and garbage such as water hyacinths and coconut husks from her river rehabilitation program. Villar Founda-tion’s water hyacinth bas-ket weaving enterprise, co-conet weaving enterprise, organic fertilizer making enterprise, handloom blanket weaving enter-prise, citronella oil-making enterprise, among others have benefited more than 500 families in Las Piñas.

EDGEDAVAO 3

MESSY. Election posters which are not properly placed are a messy sight which caught the attention of a passerby along Lacson Street in Bo. Obrero, Davao City yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

Villar: More advocates needed to sustain environment causes

“REGULAR jobs with living wag-es. That’s what

the Aquino administra-tion should aspire for if it wants to truly address widespread poverty in the country,” said Makabayan senatorial candidate Teddy Casiño.

As Labor Day approach-es, Casiño said government and media should look into the continued practice of labor contractualization where employees are giv-en only 5-month contracts, among other forms of con-tracts, to keep them from being regularized.

“For decades, small and large businesses have been abusing, circumventing and perhaps influencing labor laws and depriving our citizens of a decent life,” said the three-term congressman.

Of the non-regular workers in non-agricul-ture industries, contractual workers account for half

the number with proba-tionary and casual workers making up a fifth each of non-regular workers.

Many are in business process outsourcing, wholesale and retail trade, manufacturing and con-struction.

“Many of these contrac-tual workers have been working in their respec-tive companies for years. Their contracts are merely renewed and they are not given benefits and ade-quate wage rates. This is even happening in govern-ment institutions,” Casiño explained, recalling com-plaints of public school teachers who are yet to be regularized amid serving for a decade or so.

The progressive solon explained that companies are resorting to contract-ing and subcontracting to reduce labor cost and avoid having labor unions at the expense of the work-ers.

“There really is some-thing wrong in a system where the majority - the workers - are being de-prived of the salary they deserve while compa-nies are allowed to milk as much profit from their businesses. In the first place, there will be no progress and growth in any economy if not for work-ers,” Casiño said.

He further questioned the logic of allowing “ro-tating contractualization” of employees who serve as a company’s main work-force.

“Department store o restaurant ang negosyo tapos contractual lahat ng nagtatrabaho sa loob nito? Sino na lang ang may kara-patang maging regular na manggagawa?” he asked.

Casiño furthered that contractual employment aggravates domestic un-employment and under-employment by destroying regular and permanent

jobs while exposing con-tractual or temporary workers to substandard and inhumane working conditions.

“It is no surprise that underemployment in the country continues to soar, reaching a high of 20.9% or one in five workers in January this year. It means many Filipinos are still looking for additional work and income to sup-port their families,” Casiño said.

The senatorial bet said prohibiting contractual-ization and subcontracting and raising wages will not only uplift the lives of Fili-pino workers but will also boost local growth.

“With higher wag-es, workers will have more to spend on food and health, resulting in a healthier workforce and boosting the local economy with higher de-mand for goods and ser-vices,” he said.

Casiño bats for regular jobsSays Aquino administration inutile against contractualization

Angara sees need of studyof profit-sharing proposal

Says political surveys are helpful

Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara


HEATSTROKE or sun-stroke is the most serious form of heat injury during summer. If unattended, heatstroke can cause se-vere health problems, or worse--death.

But this summer sea-son in the Philippines, heat from the sun is coupled with the heated campaign-ing and political circus, as the May 2013 polls nears. Such deadly combination of heat recently led to the death of two candidates while in the midst of the campaign.

Rafael Legaspi Sr, a candidate for councilor in Binalonan town, Pangasin-an and re-electionist May-or Jerome Alcantara of Donsol, Sorsogon were the latest victims of heatstroke in the country this sum-mer.

Heat stroke can kill or cause dam-age to

the brain and other internal

o r g a n s . Although heat

stroke mainly affects people over

age 50, experts say it can also take a toll on healthy young athletes.

Technically, medical studies say that heat stroke often occurs as a progression from mild-er heat-related illnesses such as heat cramps, heat syncope (fainting), and heat exhaustion. But it can strike even if you

have no previous signs of heat injury.

It results from pro-longed exposure to high temperatures -- usually in combination with de-

hydration -- which leads to failure of the body›s temperature control system. The medical definition of heat stroke is a core body temperature greater than 105

degrees Fahrenheit, with complications involving the central nervous system that occur after exposure to high temperatures. Other common symptoms include nausea, seizures, confusion, disorientation, and sometimes loss of consciousness or coma.

Now, combine such de-tailed medical definitions to the realities of political campaigns, from finan-cial needs to maintaining people on the frontlines, facing intrigues and all sorts of mudslinging plus threats to safety, one can say that politicians now are facing real danger of falling to heat stroke.

To fight heatstroke, some local candidates in Davao City interviewed by EDGE Davao said they strategize their campaign sorties in order to avoid too much exposure to the sun.

Leo Avila, for instance, a candidate for coun-cilor in the first district said he campaigns early

in the morning and ends at around 10:00 a.m. to avoid extreme heat, then resumes by 3:00 p.m.

Boni Militar, another candidate for councilor in the first district, bared that drinking a lot of wa-ter before and after cam-paign sorties keeps him hydrated. He starts his campaign at 6:00 a.m. ends at 9:00 in the morn-ing, then resumes at 4:00 until 6:00 p.m.

Angelo Aportadera, a candidate for council-or in the second district, said hats or umbrellas are good protectors against heat while congressional bet for first district Luis Bonguyan takes a shower three times a day to main-tain his stamina during campaign period.

Reported incidents of heat stroke have fright-ened candidates here who campaign from house to house in the heat of the sun.

With the weather fore-casting agency declaring the entry of summer late last month, temperatures in some parts of the coun-try, including Davao City, hit over 35 degrees Cel-sius.

The DOH also advises

the public to drink eight to 12 glasses of water a day to avoid heat stroke and not to stay under the sun too long.

Mary Divine Hilario officer in-charge of DOH Davao City said heat-stroke is caused by dehy-dration and humid envi-ronment.

Fainting is the first sign of heatstroke accom-panied by severe head-ache, muscle weakness, vomiting and rapid and shallow breathing.

The doctors advised that if you suspect that someone has a heat stroke, immediately call 911 or transport the per-son to a hospital. Any de-lay seeking medical help can be fatal.

While waiting for the paramedics to arrive, ini-tiate first aid. Move the person to an air-condi-tioned environment -- or at least a cool, shady area -- and remove any unnec-essary clothing.

If possible, take the person’s core body tem-perature and initiate first aid to cool it to 101 to 102 degrees Fahrenheit. If no thermometers are avail-able, don’t hesitate to ini-tiate first aid.

4 EDGEDAVAOGAME CHANGER

DANTE Muyco Jr. stirs his cup of na-tive chocolate like

he stirs Mindanao into global competitiveness.

Muyco is the market-ing director Chokolate de San Isidro, a cacao com-pany in Davao del Norte which has the biggest land area for cacao with 4,000 hectares.

Chokolate de San Isidro contributes a sig-nificant amount of beans supply in Visayas and Lu-zon and is one of the first cacao businesses that exported cacao products abroad in 2009, specifi-cally in Europe.

According to Muyco, in three years, they will be producing chocolates, not just Cocoa liquor (Tablea) and cacao beans, which will be exported and sold domestically.

“People in Davao re-

gion should have a taste of the chocolate that are locally produced,” he said.

According to Muyco, 30 percent of the cacao farms in Chokolate de San Isidro are owned by farmers of beans and they get their dividends every time the company earns.

He said, this is made possible by the success-ful program of the De-partment of Trade and Industry (DTA) called “One Town One Product.”

Another strategy that helped Chokolate de San Isidro succeed is by uti-lizing the aide of PUM Netherlands Senior Ex-perts, a Non-Government Organization funded by the Dutch national team, commonly known as “Holland” in Netherlands.

This NGO provides

senior experts to train Small Medium Enterpris-es (SMEs); and Muyco is the representative of this NGO here in the region.

Chokolate de San Isidro is one of the recipi-ents of PUM Netherlands Senior Experts which also contributed to their (Chokolate de San Isidro) success.

He said that there are a lot of competition in neighboring cities and municipalities which are catching up in land area. However, he takes this as a good sign since it signi-fies the fast progress of cacao products in Mind-anao.

For Muyco, it is a good sign for the industry when more businessmen venture in the business because the market and the demand for cacao products are growing.

DANTE R. MUYCO JR:

By EJ Dominic Fernandez

Beating heatstroke the politicians’ wayBy Che Palicte

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CURIOUS. A young boy can’t take his eyes off the bicycles on display at the ground floor of a mall in J.P. Laurel Avenue, Davao City yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

THE Department of Labor and Em-ployment (Dole) in

Davao Region announced that Germany and Saudi Arabia has opened hun-dreds of jobs for Filipino nurses.

Dole 11 regional office said it will start facilitat-ing job applications for registered nurses to Ger-many, which has recently inked an agreement with the Philippine govern-ment on the health care professionals.

DOLE regional direc-tor Joefrey M. Suyao said Germany will initially hire 500 registered nurses, the same number that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is also mulling although it has yet to finalize the gov-ernment-to-government hiring agreement.

“This is good news to our nurses, many of whom are unemployed,” he said.

Suyao said DOLE’s job facilitation among the nurses is among the ser-vices available in the job fairs to be simultaneous-ly held in Gaisano Mall of Tagum, Gaisanao Mall of Davao and SM City of Davao on May 1.

The Philippines has a huge pool of professional registered nurses, bring-ing the total number of unemployed but profes-sionally registered nurses to more or less 400,000, according to government statistics.

In 2011, the Depart-ment of Health (DOH) has issued a memoran-dum that banned nurse volunteerism in all public hospitals under its juris-diction. However, a lot of nurses continue to work unpaid in government and private hospitals to gain experience which is a key requirement for working abroad. At least 80 percent of the em-ployed registered nurses in the country are work-ing overseas, according to the non-government Health Alliance for De-mocracy.

Under the “Agreement Concerning the Place-ment of Filipino Health Care Professionals in Employment Positions in the Federal Republic of Germany” between the Philippine Overseas Em-ployment Administration (POEA) and the German Federal Employment Agency (Bundesagentur fur Arbeit, or BA), the German health care sec-

tor will be opened for Fil-ipino healthcare profes-sionals, including nurses.

The agreement es-tablishes the conditions for the recruitment and employment of Filipino health care profession-als, including nurses, to Germany to address the shortage of health care workers in that country.

The bilateral labor agreement covers the following areas of coop-eration between the two countries: (a) regulation on the deployment of Fil-ipino health care profes-sionals; (b)preservation, promotion, and develop-ment of Filipino workers’ welfare; (c) exchange of ideas and information with the aim of improving and simplifying job place-ment procedures; and (d) other relevant technical and HRD cooperation and continuing studies in la-bor and employment.

Under the agreement, each party undertakes to ensure that the recruit-ment and deployment of Filipino health care professionals are in ac-cordance with existing laws of each country; that Filipino health care pro-fessionals to be deployed have appropriate employ-ment contracts; and that they are provided with proper briefing or orien-tation before departure.

The agreement pro-vides that Filipino health care professionals may not be employed in Ger-many under working conditions less favorable than those for compara-ble German workers.

They will also have compulsory insurance in the German social securi-ty system, such as health and long-term care insur-ance, pension, accident, and unemployment insur-ance. German employers must also provide them adequate accommoda-tion.

Both parties to the agreement will explore projects to sustain and promote HRD in the Phil-ippines.

Suyao said the Philip-pine government is now also finalizing parallel agreement with the King-dom of Saudi Arabia for the hiring of health pro-fessionals.

“What is a key ad-vantage in govern-ment-to-government hir-ing is that the applicants are not required for a placement fee,” he said.

Dole 11:

More nurses needed in Germany, Saudi ArabiaBy Greg G. Deligero

7EDGEDAVAO

MOTORING

TENNIS megastar Ma-ria Sharapova has taken on a new role:

effective immediately, the 26-year-old world class player will be representing the sports car manufactur-er, Porsche AG, as brand ambassador. The cooper-ation is initially signed for three years and involves a global communications campaign. The athlete is already very familiar with the vehicles from Zuffen-hausen: as last year´s win-ner of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, Sharapova not only took home prize money, but also a white 911 Carrera S Cabriolet.

Born in Russia and liv-ing in the United States, Sharapova has achieved victories at all four Grand Slam tournaments in women’s tennis and she was ranked number 1 for a total of 21 weeks.

“Maria Sharapova is an exceptional athlete. She combines top perfor-mance in her sports with elegance and power. These are precisely the qualities that are embroiled in our sports cars”, as Matthias Mueller, CEO of Porsche AG, explained in today’s

introduction of the part-nership. According to Mueller it was not easy to find the right person to be Porsche´s ambassador. “Maria Sharapova is the perfect choice. Her profile and charisma are an ideal fit for Porsche. She is also highly respected around the world and enjoys an outstanding reputation.”

“This is a really special day for me,” said Sharapo-va. “I have had the privi-lege to be associated with some of the best brands in the world, but now to be partners with Porsche, is such an amazing honor,” she explained during her presentation in Stuttgart.

For Porsche, the choice of Maria Sharapova as brand ambassador ex-tends its long-term com-mitment to women´s ten-nis. The company spon-sors the German women’s national team, which competes as the Porsche Team Germany in the Fed Cup, and the Porsche Tal-ent Team Germany, which supports promising young players. “We are fully com-mitted to these activities for a long term. And with Maria Sharapova, we are now extending our in-

volvement in women’s tennis globally”, Mueller added.

Maria Sharapova was born in the Western Si-berian town of Nyagan on April 18, 1987. She moved to Bradenton on the Gulf Coast of Florida (USA), when she was sev-en years old. Two years later she was accepted at the world-renowned Tennis Academy of coach Nick Bollettieri. In 2004, at the age of 17, she won her first Grand Slam tour-nament at Wimbledon, the third-youngest player ever. This feat was fol-lowed by titles in the other three Grand Slam tour-naments: U.S. Open 2006, Australian Open 2008, and French Open 2012. To date, Maria Sharapova has won a total of 28 singles titles, including last year´s Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, the WTA Championships in 2004, and the silver medal at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Along with her involvement in the “Maria Sharapova Foundation”, she is also active as am-bassador of the United Nations Development Pro-gram.THE region’s speed de-

mons on two wheels take their riding skills

today at the New City Hall of Tagum City as Suzuki Philippines and Phoenix Cyclomax stage the first Mindanao leg of the 2013 Raider Breed Wards.

“It’s going to be a very exciting race, everyone should not miss the action in Tagum City,” said Mar-ianne Dela Cruz, Suzuki Philippines marketing su-pervisor for motorcycle products.

Dubbed as the “Battle of the Kings”, the 2013 Raid-er Breed Wars (RBW) has staged two successful legs in Pangasinan and in Que-

zon Province. This time, the riders from Tagum City and the rest of the Davao region have the chance to outrace each other for the podium.

The 250-meter races are divided into two cate-gories: the Underbone 115 and the Raider 150. The races are exclusive for Su-zuki motorcycles.

The first-placers for each category will be crowned Kings of Tagum City. They will travel to Ma-nila via an all-expense paid trip on December to repre-sent their province in the 2013 Racing Breed Wars National Finals.

The Raider Breed Wars powered by Phoenix Cyclo-

max Motorcyle Oils, now on its fourth year, exem-plifies Suzuki Philippines’ commitment to bring ex-citement to its customers without compromising rider and spectator safety. Sharing its commitment are sponsors Talk N Text and Denso Sparkplugs.

The RBW is a free drag racing event sanctioned by the National Motorcy-cle Sports and Safety As-sociation ( NAMSSA). It provides the proper venue and safety gears to all par-ticipating riders and drag racing enthusiasts. It is be-ing organized with Racing Line as its race and media partner.

Can I take you for a spin?Guess who’s the new Porsche girl?

HER RIDE. Tennis star Maria Sharapova is the new endorser of leading sports car manufacturer Porsche.

NEW SHOWROOM. Kia Motors Davao has a new showroom at Lanang, Davao City. Kia Motors Davao manager Paco Mendoza said the new showroom will be inaugurated soon.

2013 Suzuki Raider Breed Wars in Tagum



(Conclusion)

VANTAGE POINTS EDGEDAVAO8

MORE than P1 million will be spent by the city government for the activities and events in this year’s Summer-

fest—one of the four festivals of Davao City which is held every summer break.

Much of the expenses for this festival go to basketball, obviously the pet sport of the one in charge of the city government’s sports de-velopment office. The same sport also hogs the budget for the city’s sports development programs.

Why, of all sports in the city, spend much of the budget on basketball which has not even produced champions out of this city of late?

Looking at the other events in the Sum-merfest calendar, the city will again spend its resources on some inconsequential events to which its organizers are stuck with blind con-viction. Clearly, there are people so enamored with basketball, but who lack the credentials on sports development who collaborated to produce this mess.

True, basketball is the most popular sport among Filipinos and we continue to harbor the illusion that we will be as great as the USA and Spain or even beat China. But let’s face it, we have spent so much on this sport all year round. It’s time for other sports which have brought this city some pride and honor. There are sports like chess, taekwondo, and

karatedo which have produced our own in-ternational champions of late.

The sport of karatedo, which has not re-ceived any doleout from the city, has young kids already beating our Southeast Asian neighbors. It is even very active in staging lo-cal tournaments regularly aside from nation-al championships which account for move-ment of people under the concept of sports tourism. Same with chess, where our promis-ing woodpushers are mure than holding their own against our Asian rivals.

So, why not support these sports associa-tions?

The city sports development office has said it will only support certified National Sports Associations or NSAs. Why? Aren’t other sports associations also made up of tax-pay-ing residents of this city? Whatever happened to the so-called fundamental equality in the share of government resources and opportu-nities?

In reality, there are more non-NSAs which produce medals and championships than the so-called ‘legits’ in the eyes of the sports of-fice. The policy is not only unfair but utterly wicked and self-serving.

That ‘NSA only’ policy should be thrown into the trash can where it belongs, because it smells.

OLIVIA D. VELASCOGeneral Manager

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Misplaced priorities and absurd policy

AQUILES Z. ZONIOStaff Writer

EJ DOMINIC C. FERNANDEZ • CHERRY MAE D. PALICTEReporters

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By Patricio P. Diaz COMMENTARY

BUT delaying longer the signing of the Annexes which already stand to be delayed for six months will

constrict further the FAB roadmap. It can lead to the hasty drafting of the BBL, the hasty enacting of the Bangsamoro charter and the hasty transition. Yet, Deles has said Government will not allow haste “to waste the gains achieved”. What paradox!

Did the Panels and the TWGs not study with due diligence the Annexes? Is the FAB not being touted as the solid foundation of Bangsamoro?

Apparently, Government is anticipating “scrutiny and cynicism” and their “repercussions” from the people and other leaders of government. This calls for strong political will from President Aquino III – boosted by his popularity -- to handle the “spoilers”. President Macapagal-Arroyo, sorely lacking the popularity and strong political will, could not fend off the opposition to the MOA-AD. What then is the real problem of Government?

Asking for HelpDeles told the Iligan Rotarians – “…

we need the help of more and more groups and sectors. For a peace process to succeed, we will need the patience and support of the vast majority of our people” – citing “the last remaining issues of the three annexes” as “the most contentious and the most difficult”.

And directly appealing, “… I would like to call on your further help and assistance as the challenges continue to abound. I know that there will be no shortage of options for your involvement as you begin to know more and more about the unfolding possibilities for peace in our country.”

Specifically, “As well, your help will be needed in building bridges of understanding and in developing constituencies for peace especially in the professional and the business sectors. It is certainly welcome news to have you join and accompany us in this difficult but worthwhile journey.”

Her final appeal rings beautifully: “We have a limited window of time to pursue our dreams, but we can create unlimited opportunities if we help one another in bringing about creative solutions in bringing about a future for our children.”

The ResponseInstead of saying so much, why did

Deles not present to the Iligan Rotarians copies of the Annexes under study with “due diligence” and underscoring the most contentious and difficult issues? The same should have been done through the media and other forums if Government really wants the people to help.

Isn’t it absurd for Government to ask for “your further help and assistance” in solving the peace problem “as the challenges continue to abound” while keeping the problem a top secret?

Is keeping the problem as top secret while asking urgently for help not the very way of taxing the “patience and support of the vast majority of our people” and allowing “peace … already at hand … to slip out of our grasp”? (“Comment” is Mr. Patricio P. Diaz’ column for MindaViews, the opinion section of MindaNews. The Titus Brandsma Media Awards honored Mr. Diaz with a “Lifetime Achievement Award” for his “commitment to education and public information to Mindanawons as Journalist, Educator and Peace Advocate.” You can reach him at [email protected].)


ALL OF US ARE PARTLY TO TAKE THE BLAME – There are two strikingly different views of the

country’s recent economic develop-ment. For one thing, after renowned in-vestment rating agency Fitch upgraded the Philippine’s economic status sever-al days ago, Moody Analytics, a sister firm of another reputable credit rating watchdog Moody’s Investor Service de-scribed the country as a “rising star” – economically. The agency cited the im-pressive rate of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth as risks are low and most sectors of the economy are growing solidly. Moreover, Moody’s expect GDP growth to remain at 6.5 to 7% this year and next year making the country one of the world’s fast-growing economies.

The other conventional view held by some line agencies of the govern-ment and self-professed pro-poor ad-vocates is that poverty incidence had remained unchanged since 2006 amid high economic growth. According to the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) poverty incidence in the first quarter of 2012 was 27.9%, “practical-ly unchanged” from the same period in 2009 (28.6%) and in 2006 (28.8%). In a similar way, political adversaries and harsh critics denounced the Aquino ad-ministration for its failure to address the country’s poverty situation. They alleged that despite the overhyped eco-nomic progress “the gains actually have not trickled down especially to the poor and the downtrodden.”

As all this is taking place, the pres-ent leadership has embarked on a new phase in its economic development agenda. It is rather unfortunate that with big and direct foreign investors and reputable investment grade and credit rating agencies fully appreciat-ed the upshot and optimistic about the country’s economic growth, our people, marginal sector in particular under-mined the government’s effort to ad-

dress the so-cio-economic d rawb a c ks . Well, such c o n c e r n s are under-s t a n d a b l e , especially in our society where the instincts of many people have been blunted by decades of life under the so-called “crab mentality.” Sad to lament, though, many of us don’t want to see others succeed in their endeavors probably because of envy, mistrust or whatever. Same is true in the government sector - with so many vested interest groups roaming around like packs of hungry hyenas looking for rotten carcasses and scrambling to be heard or seen aimed at promoting their hidden personal agenda, it’s eventually the government that takes the brunt.

Such shenanigans are the prima-ry reason for confusion and bedlam in society. For obvious reasons, these classes of people have a bad habit of pulling down successful individuals into the gutter including unswerving government officials. What is even more lamentable is the fact that even politicians with dubious characters and others known to be left-leaning individ-uals still have the rudeness to severe-ly criticize the present dispensation. Commenting with derision, they sole-ly blamed the government for alleged lack of plans to solve widespread pov-erty. They likewise accused other gov-ernment line agencies like the Nation-al Economic Development Authority (NEDA) and the National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) as over-imagina-tive. If government people have done nothing to alleviate the sad plight of the masses amid its much-vaunted econom-

ic growth, what then have they done in their many years as public servants to help the poor and the underprivileged aside from their being (traditional and recycled politicians) “trapos and repos”, it might be asked? Shades of hypocrisy!

They should not make sweeping accusations by directly putting the blame on the government and other concerned sectors in society for the misfortune suffered by the poor ma-jority. Who’s to blame, by the way? Ap-parently, talking about the country’s abject poverty situation, all of us are partly to blame for the recurring prob-lem. Under such circumstances, the marginal sector should never be con-fused over how to assert their rights to avoid being exploited by vested inter-est groups. They will hear many voic-es from the sidelines cheering them on to tirelessly continue denouncing the government for being remiss in its task to deliver basic social services to the poor.

Now it’s the turn of the ordinary people in the streets to ask critics and detractors this simple question: “When the economy is vibrant and robust, where will these people – po-litical opportunists, different vested groups and mischievous prodders be? Will they be in the country to expe-rience the ambience of prosperity? Or will they continue to stealthily pursue their hidden personal agenda, which is to contain and disparage the govern-ment in order to slow down or abort the growth into becoming a future big economic power?” What we have had right now is a government exerting the maximum effort to develop the coun-try’s economy while on the other side of the fence are nasty and scheming politicians and their cohorts, instead of lending a hand are actually drag-ging down the effort into the econom-ic quagmire. That’s it, crab mentality, what else?

IN just a matter of two weeks, Dabawenyo voters will troop to their polling places to re-

new their acquaintance with those strange-looking, modern day thing-amajigs called Precinct Count Opti-cal Scan (PCOS) machines designed to ensure that their votes will be counted correctly, no hocus-pocus. Promise!

If this were a horse race around a dirt track oval , the horses (candi-dates) are by now at the backstretch leading to the last turn before hitting the homestretch on the way to the finish line and victory (for the few). Or defeat (for the many).

In the local scenario, the election was practically over even before the starting gun was fired as far as the mayoralty, vice-mayoralty, and third district congressional races are concerned. All that remains is the counting of votes for the foregoing uncontested positions. But the race

is still on for seats in the city coun-cil (three d i s t r i c t s ) , where Hug-pong can-didates are expected to dominate.

W h i l e unopposed third dis-trict incumbent representative Isidro Ungab can sleep well these days, the fight is far from over in the other congressional races, with first district incumbent Karlo Nograles being challenged by former ma-ny-time vice-mayor Luis Bonguyan who is backed up by the powerful political machinery called Hugpong sa Tawong Lungsod headed by its founder, Vice Mayor Rody R. Duterte, who is running unopposed for may-

or. In the second district, incumbent

Mylene Garcia-Albano has the all-out support of the Hugpong political party as she attempts to retain her seat. She is opposed by a repeat can-didate, business woman and educa-tor, Joji Ilagan-Bian, who lost the last time she ran for the same position.

Meanwhile, the short-handed lo-cal Comelec people seem to be losing their fight against irresponsible can-didates and their supporters who continue to post campaign materials willy-nilly in places all over town in utter disregard of rules laid down by the Commission on Elections. The city environment and natural resources office (Cenro) will have its hands full taking down and col-lecting for disposal all those tons of garbage that cost the wannabes pre-cious campaign funds whose return on investments (ROI) could be de-batable (hehehe).

VANTAGE POINTSEDGEDAVAO 9

Forever theirs to keep

Crab mentality

Election fever

WHETHER you ask the Ang-aras, Enriles, C a y e t a n o s , Binays and other dynas-tic political families, they have one ready an-swer: There’s nothing wrong with po-litical dynasties as long as they deliver what they think they should deliver.

But that’s basically where the prob-lem lies. They define on their own terms the standard of governance, good gover-nance to be exact, leaving no room for discourse and scrutiny. Worse, they pre-sume – or impose the idea – that their spouses, children and other relatives also possess the genes that have enabled them to achieve the things they have ac-complished, illusory or real, but mostly of the illusory kind if the country’s cur-rent state of affairs were the basis.

We know of course that they have managed to hold on through a skillful use of resources, connections and at times some amount of coercion against those who stand in the way.

Another excuse, which is as flimsy as the one cited above, for the refusal of the dynastic political families to give way to other aspirants is that there is [yet] no law defining dynasty. In effect, they’re saying that they may not be forced to yield their positions of power and priv-ilege in the absence of a clear legal basis.

There again lies the problem. The power to enact such law rests with the people whose greed and ambition to cling on to power knows no limits. Who among them will give up the opportu-nity to pocket tens of millions of pesos in taxpayers’ money every year through so-called pork barrel funds, bribes and other perks? Who is foolish enough to do away with a position that will en-able him or her to protect a personal or family business – or perhaps, a criminal undertaking that corrupt law enforcers and court officials would turn a blind eye to?

Political dynasties have thrived not because there is no law. In the first place, what law can be higher than the Consti-tution itself? The problem is not the ab-sence of a law. The problem is contempt for the law by the same people who are sworn to uphold it. Or maybe, they just don’t understand the oath of office that they recite every three or six years.

The whole thing therefore is not about the absence of a law [on dynas-ty] passed by Congress. The issue boils down to the shameful character of our politics. For all its infirmities, the Con-stitution is clear that dynasties are for-bidden in this republic. There is no need to go into the minute details of how it should be defined. There is only the need for decency and delicadeza.

There may be nothing wrong when elected officials seek re-election until they finish the terms allowed by law. But when they try to perpetuate themselves in power by bequeathing their positions or allocating elective posts to their fami-ly members as if these were part of their birth right, things have not only become wrong, they have gone crazy. [Minda-Views is the opinion section of Min-daNews. H. Marcos C. Mordeno can be reached at [email protected]]

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FFROM 2

CHILDREN and their parents line the side of the street.

As a cavalcade of colorful floats pass by, oohs and ahhs rung in the air.

Then come the parade of comicbook and movie cartoon characters all to the rhythmic beats and cadence of bold percus-sions and fairytale melo-dies.

There were superhe-roes Superman, Batman, Spiderman and Captain America. Girlie favorites Barbie, Snow White, Cin-derella and Rapunzel.

There were Alvin (The Chipmunk), Lightning McQueen (Cars), Buzz Lightyear, Aladdin and the giant-sized genie, and Ariel and the little mer-maids. There were anime characters Naruto and Power Rangers and some fairies, large bugs, and Transformer robot.

If you think this is Dis-neyland, think again.

This is Davao City, in-side the sprawling gated compound of the King-dom of Jesus Christ. And this is not a Disneyland Parade but a symphony of favorite children char-acters.

It’s the 8th National Children’s Day (NCD) for the hundreds of faithful of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ who celebrated the birthday of their beloved leader, Pastor Apollo C. Quiboloy on Thursday.

The unique celebration simply puts out the theme that the charismatic Pas-tor’s birthday is “every child’s birthday.”

Around here, April 25 is a holiday, a very spe-cial day for children and adults alike.

So why is Pastor Apol-lo celebrating his birth-day with a kiddie party?

“It’s Pastor Apollo’s birthday but the celebra-tion is not for him but for all the children. Pastor tells us to give to the chil-dren an experience they will never forget,” said Richard Reyes, program director of DXRD 711 Sonshine Radio Davao.

The official website of the Kingdom of Je-sus Christ explains that “knowing the joy a birth-day party would bring to kids who could barely eat three times a day, Pastor Apollo C. Quiboloy decid-ed to celebrate his birth-day every year by treat-ing poor children to a big birthday blowout. Thus National Children’s Day was born.”

It all started in 2006 when Pastor Apollo made his birthday a celebration of all Filipino children whose parents could not afford to throw a party for them.

According to www.kingdomofjesuschrist .org, every child – from Aparri to Tawi-tawi – awaits for the day where

a never-ending supply of food and toys literally overflow. Everyone gets to enjoy non-stop treats, some of which were do-nated by the kind-heart-ed sponsors of Children’s Joy Foundation who share Pastor Apollo’s dream of making every child expe-rience a nice and mem-orable birthday celebra-tion.

That is the essence of the NCD.

Last Thursday, birth-day food, like fried chick-en, spaghetti, ice cream, gigantic cakes, baskets of bread, milk, popcorn, chocolates and candies were served practical-ly without limits. The crowd, estimated at 8,000 partook of the overflow-ing banquet. Believe or not, food was enough for the huge crowd—most of which are destitute and indigent children from the depressed barangays of the city to the remote countrysides in far-flung provinces who came in foot and in buses.

“Masaya kami na may ganitong celebration,” a woman with her two kids aged 5 and 8, gushed from where she stood along the parade line.

Apart from these, there were also free rides—composed of the all time favorites ferries wheel and carousel, the elephant ride, rabbit ride and spider ride.

The DOJ granted the Motion for Reconsider-ation filed by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) and re-versed its earlier Resolu-tion dated November 16, 2012.

Zorilla told Edge Davao in a text message Saturday that the reversal of the original decision “is a clear violation of established rules and jurisprudence for it contravenes due pro-

cess and fair play.”He said that they

(Phoenix) have not yet received a copy of the purported resolution and that they are “extremely” surprised by the reversal of the original decision that absolved Uy from the “unsubstantiated” charges filed earlier by the BOC.

“We are further sur-prised considering that we have yet to file our re-

joinder to the BOC’s reply before the Panel of Prose-cutors when news of the alleged reversal came out,” Zorilla said.

He said, “We insist on our right to due process and fair play as we seek to refute the allegations of the BOC who incidentally brought new allegations before the Panel that were not raised in the original proceedings.” EJF

Why Pastor ApolloQuiboloy celebrates his birthday with a kid’s party

DOJ...

The celebration, dubbed as “Sonshine Across the Land”, is beamed nationwide over Sonshine Media Network.

Across the rest of the country and some parts of Asia, children from more than 50 cities also joined the celebration in simul-taneous birthday parties

made possible through the Children’s Joy Foun-dation, the annual NCD’s beneficiary.

Senator Loren Legar-da, who came to greet Pas-tor Apollo on his birthday, even promised to legis-late a National Children’s Day on April 25 if she is re-elected to the Senate in

the coming May 13 polls.Apparently, Sen. Le-

garda is unaware that the Senate has passed Senate Bill 3006 last February declaring every 20th of November as National Children’s Day in the Phil-ippines.

But that’s another sto-ry.

“It’s Pastor Apollo’s birthday but the celebration is not for him but for all the children.”By Neil Bravo Photos by Lean Daval Jr.

THE BIGGER PICTURE


ALMOST every nine o’clock in the eve-ning, Lorna Berme-

jo settles herself in front of the PC monitor placed in the sala. Around this time, her daughter Lor-raine, who is an Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) employed as a hotel atten-dant in Dubai, goes online and makes conversation with her mother via inter-net.

The mother-daughter chat normally lasts un-til midnight.

Thanks to Skpe, the nightly chat is as intimate as it can get--as if they are talking face to face in p e r s o n . S k y p e is one of the

more popular voice over IP (VoIP) service available on the internet.

“We talk face to face (on the monitor) as if she had not left our coun-try,” Bermejo said, as she shared the difficulty she experienced before while working as an OFW her-self in Japan eight years ago.

“It was expensive as we will be charged at least P30 per minute (for the

long distance calls),”

she recalled.Social networking

sites such as Twitter and Facebook and voice over IP service (VoIP) such as Skype, Viber and Voxerare are among the over-the-top (OTT) services that are now woven into the intrinsic fabric of the in-ternet.

Throughout the world, internet users are turning en masse to social net-working sites and content apps for their communi-cation needs.

For Bermejo, these services are very useful especially among OFWs, which comprised at least 11 percent of the coun-try’s 105.72 million total population, in making contact with their fami-lies.

“It is now so easy and affordable. All you need is an internet connec-tion,” she said.

But internet con-nection is not within the

realm of OTT service providers. It is being provided by tele-

p h o n e c o m -panies ( T e l -

cos)—the internet ser-vice providers (ISPs) also known as “access provid-ers,” which, on the other hand, have no participa-tion or control over the OTT services of “content providers.”

“The biggest threat for us (comes not from other Telcos) but from unseen competitors like Facebook which are being received by consumers with high appetite,” said Globe Tele-com president Ernest Cu.

“It has no easy solution as consumers also evolve. I think all Telcos around the world are facing the same problem,” he said.

More than just messag-ing platforms, these OTT services are increasingly becoming viable channels among service users for digital distribution like videos.

“Besides gaining audi-ence share, these (OTT) services pose operation-al challenge to Telcos as they piggyback on exist-ing communication in-frastructures, imposing capacity and cost issues for network providers,” said a recently-released IBM study entitled “The changing face of commu-nication.”

The study said OTT services put strain on al-ready-burdened network infrastructure of Telcos, imposing additional de-mand for bandwidth costs to strengthen connectivity increase availability and ease congestion.

Yet, the Telcos are not gaining from “content pro-viders.”

“They are using our infrastructures without (giving) benefit to us,” Cu said.

The advent of OTT services narrowed the ad-vantage of Telcos as more

users tapped alternative communication platforms that offer links, videos, photos and other multi-media contents.

“The OTT services offer less expensive but more expressive commu-nication platforms any-time, anywhere,” said the IBM study. These services threatened, if not actually weakened, the tradition-al services of Telcos such as long distance calls and mobile roaming.

Amid the continuing threat, many Telcos world-wide, including Globe Telecom, have actually managed to address the challenge posed by OTTs providers through inno-vative initiatives using the same field.

“If you can’t beat them you might as well join them. We don’t want (be-ing left out) as mere pro-vider of connectivity,” Cu said.

Cu said that with a highly saturated mobile market, Globe Telecom is looking to its mobile browsing segment to sus-tain growth momentum and reinforce its position as “a formidable challeng-er in the telecommunica-tions industry.”

In 2012, Globe also un-veiled its roster of mobile internet bundles that pro-vide Globe prepaid and post paid subscribers un-limited access to various social networking sites on their mobile phones.

For as low P20.00 per day, Globe gives its users an access to Facebook, Multiply, Twitter, You-Tube, Yahoo! Mail and GMail. The company’s prepaid subscribers can even make their own plan and post a link in Face-book for their friends to follow or subscribe.

In partnership with in-ternet giant Google, Globe also became the world’s first telecom operator to offer free data access to the World Wide Web and select Google services via Free Zone powered by Google.

With Free Zone, Globe Prepaid and TM subscrib-ers get easy and instant access to Google Search, Gmail, and Google+ on their feature phones and smartphone without any cost via http://libre.ph.

Globe also developed its own roster of mobile applications to provide its subscribers “a better and richer mobile expe-rience with relevant and premium content.” Its subscribers also get bulk Megabytes (MB) of mo-bile data, consumable per kilobyte (KB).

The company heavily expanded its long-term evolution (LTE) roaming service to deliver to its subscribers fast speed Internet connections through tie ups with op-erators from Australia, South Korea, Hong Kong Singapore, US, Japan, Canada and the Middle East, “empowering” its subscribers with efficient multi-tasking and rich content data applications in Globe LTE-covered ar-eas in the country like do-ing video calls and other web-based mobile activi-ties.

“We continue to look at services that will make as relevant vis-à-vis the social networks,” Cu said.

In 2012, Globe has also earmarked $700 million for network moderniza-tion and transformation, investments in fixed lines, international cable facili-ties, information technol-ogy (IT) infrastructure.

11EDGEDAVAO SPECIAL REPORT

Social networking sites like Facebook and voice over IP service (VoIP) like Skype are among the over-the-top (OTT) services that are now woven into the intrinsic fabric of the internet. Lean Daval Jr.

Telcos and ‘over-the-top’ service providers

SilenT war

Throughout the world, internet users are turning en masse to social networking sites and content apps for their communication needs. Lean Daval Jr.

By Greg G. Deligero

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Petitioner is a grantee of a Certifi-cate of Public Convenience issued in this case authorizing the oper-ation of a PUJ-DUAL Ordinary Regular service on the route: MATINA PANGI ROUTE and for cargoes as dual service from said to any point in Region XI with the use of ONE (1) unit, which certificate will expire on August 11, 2013. In the petition filed on March 26, 2013, petition-er request authority to extend the validity of said certificate to oper-ate along the same route with the use of the same unit previously authorized. NOTICE, is hereby given that this petition will be heard by this Board on MAY 15, 2013 at 09:10 a.m. at this office at the above address.

At least, TEN (10) days prior to the above date petitioner shall publish this Notice once in a one (1) daily newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao

Parties opposed to the granting of the petition must file their written opposition supported by documentary evidence on or be-fore the above date furnishing a copy of the same to the petitioner, and may if they so, desire appear on said date and time.

This petition will be acted upon by this Board on the basis of its records and the documentary ev-idence submitted by the parties, unless the Board deems it nec-essary to receive additional doc-umentary and/or oral evidence.

WITNESS the Honorable BEN-JAMIN A. GO, CESO V, Regional Director, this 27th day of March 2013 at Davao City.

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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESREGIONAL TRIAL COURT11TH JUDICIAL REGION

OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT-SHERIFFDAVAO CITY

HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND, Mortgagee -versus- EJF-REM CASE NO. 14,126-13

JESSAMINE B. MIAN married to MOFIZ M. MIAN, Mortgagor/s.

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NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE

Upon extra-judicial petition for foreclosure and sale un-der Act 3135, as amended, filed by the mortgagee Home Development Mutual Fund or Pag-ibig Fund against JESSA-MINE B. MIAN, with postal address at LOT 4 , BLK. 10, SA-MANTHA HOMES, Catalunan Grande, Davao City to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of November 16, 2012 amounted to ( P 121,019.80) Philippine Currency, inclusive of interest, penalty charges, plus attorney’s fees equivalent to TEN ( 10%) of the total indebtedness plus other legal ex-penses incident of foreclosure and sale; the undersigned Sheriff IV of the Regional Trial Court, Davao City, will sell at public auction on May 24, 2013 at 10:00 A.M. or soon there-after, at the main entrance of Hall of Justice, Ecoland,Davao City to the highest bidder for Cash or MANAGER’S CHECK and in Philippine Currency, the following real property together with all the improvements thereon, to wit:

Transfer Certificate of Title No. T- 385570 “ A parcel of land xxx (Lot 4, Blk. 10, xxx) situated in

theBarangay of Catalunan Grande, City of Davao, Island of Mindanao.xxx Containing an area of NINETY (90) SQUARE METERS, more or less”

All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above-stated time and date.

In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date,it shall be held on June 21, 2013 without fur-ther notice.

Prospective buyers are hereby enjoined to investigate for themselves the titles herein described real property/ies and the encumbrances thereon, if any there be.

Davao City, Philippines, April 11, 2013

FOR THE EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF:

(SGD.) CONRADO P. MACUTAY, JR. Sheriff IVNoted by:

(SGD) ATTY. EDIPOLO P. SARABIA, JR.Clerk of Court VI & Ex-Officio Provincial Sheriff

(edge 4/15,22,29)



HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUNDOR PAG-IBIG FUND, Mortgagee -versus- EJF-REM CASE NO. 14,139-13

MARIA NITA JOY L. BALINGASA, Mortgagor/s.

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Upon extra-judicial petition for foreclosure and sale un-der Act 3135, as amended, filed by the mortgagee Home Development Mutual Fund or Pag-ibig Fund against MARIA NITA JOY L. BALINGASA, with postal address at LOT 6 , BLK. 32, ELENITA HEIGHTS SUBD., Catalunan Grande, Davao City to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of No-vember 22, 2012 amounted to ( P 270,150.71) Philippine Currency, inclusive of interest, penalty charges, plus attor-ney’s fees equivalent to TEN ( 10%) of the total indebted-ness plus other legal expenses incident of foreclosure and sale; the undersigned Sheriff IV of the Regional Trial Court, Davao City, will sell at public auction on May 24, 2013 at 10:00 A.M. or soon thereafter, at the main entrance of Hall of Justice, Ecoland,Davao City to the highest bidder for Cash or MANAGER’S CHECK and in Philippine Currency, the fol-lowing real property together with all the improvements thereon, to wit:

Transfer Certificate of Title No. T- 389886“ A parcel of land xxx (Lot 6, Blk. 32, xxx) situated in

theBarangay of Tugbok, City of Davao, Island of Mindanao.xxx Containing an area of ONE HUNDRED (100) SQUARE METERS, more or less”


In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date,it shall be held on June 21, 2013 without further notice.



FOR THE EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF: (SGD.) NICOLAS L. SUMAPIG Sheriff IVNoted by:


(edge 4/22,29,5/6)




PHOEBE Q. DEL NORTE, Mortgagor/s.

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Upon extra-judicial petition for foreclosure and sale un-der Act 3135, as amended, filed by the mortgagee Home Development Mutual Fund or Pag-ibig Fund against PHOE-BE Q. DEL NORTE, with postal address at LOT 25 , BLK. 4, SGR VILLAGE., Catalunan Grande, Davao City to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of November 26, 2012 amounted to ( P 257,651.24) Philippine Currency, inclu-sive of interest, penalty charges, plus attorney’s fees equiv-alent to TEN ( 10%) of the total indebtedness plus other legal expenses incident of foreclosure and sale; the under-signed Sheriff IV of the Regional Trial Court, Davao City, will sell at public auction on May 24, 2013 at 10:00 A.M. or soon thereafter, at the main entrance of Hall of Justice, Ecoland,-Davao City to the highest bidder for Cash or MANAGER’S CHECK and in Philippine Currency, the following real prop-erty together with all the improvements thereon, to wit:

Transfer Certificate of Title No. T- 306634“ A parcel of land xxx (Lot 25, Blk. 4, xxx) situated in

Barangay of Catalunan Grande, City of Davao, Island of Mindanao.xxx Containing an area of ONE HUNDRED FIFTY (150) SQUARE METERS, more or less”





FOR THE EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF: (SGD.) NICOLAS L. SUMAPIG Sheriff IVNoted by:


(edge 4/22,29,5/6)

Realty

FOR SALE: 1) 1-hectare commercial lot at P10,000/sq m, along National Highway, facing east, beside NCCC Panacan, Davao City. 2) 17,940sq m commercial lot at P2,500/sq m, along Matina Diversion Road. 3) 3,831 sq m lot along Matina Diversion Road. 4) 41,408 sq m commercial/industrial lot at P800/sq m along the National Highway, Bunawan. 5) 7,056 sq m at P1,200/sq m commercial/residential lot along Indangan Road, Buhangin District. 6) 27,411 sq m commercial/industrial lot along the National Highway in Bincungan, Tagum City. 7) 116.15 to 245.92 sq meters , at P5.5M to P12.3M commercial/office condo units in Bajada, Davao City. 8) 699 to 1,117 sq m at P4,100/sq m commercial lots at Josefina Town Center, along the National Highway, Dumoy, Toril. 9) Ready-for-Occupancy Residential Properties: 4BR/3T&B in a 240 sq m lot with 177.31sqm floor area (2-storey) at P4.8M in an exclusive beachfront community in Dumoy, Toril.; 3BR 2-storey in a 71.25 sq m 2-storey in a 143sq m lot in an exclusive flower village in Maa, Davao City; 180 sq m lots with 71.25sqm to 126.42 sq m floor areas, priced at P3.751M to P5.773M in an exclusive mountain resort community along Matina, Diversion Road. 10) 1BR/2BR residential condo units located in Bolton, Maa, Obrero, Davao City. 11) FOR ASSUME (RUSH): 1BR res’l condo unit in Palmetto, Maa. P600K negotiable. Note: Items 1-9 can be paid in cash, in-house or bank financing. If interested, please call Jay (PRC REB Lic. 8237) at 0922-851-5337 (Sun), 0908-883-8832 (Smart) or send email to [email protected].

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESREGIONAL TRIAL COURT

11TH JUDICIAL REGIONOFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT-SHERIFF

DAVAO CITY


JONATHAN F. QUIBOL, Mortgagor/s.

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Upon extra-judicial petition for foreclosure and sale under Act 3135, as amended, filed by the mortgagee Home Develop-ment Mutual Fund or Pag-ibig Fund against the mortgagor/s JONATHAN F. QUIBOL, single with postal address at LOT 10 , BLK. 14, Deca Homes ,Cabantian Buhangin , Davao City to satis-fy the mortgage indebtedness which as of November 16, 2012 amounted to THREE HUNDRED SIXTY FOUR THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY THREE PESOS & 24/100 ( P 364,283.24) Philippine Currency, inclusive of interest, penalty charges, plus attorney’s fees equivalent to TEN ( 10%) of the total indebtedness plus other legal expenses incident of foreclosure and sale; the un-dersigned Sheriff IV of the Regional Trial Court, Davao City, will sell at public auction on May 24, 2013 at 10:00 A.M. or soon thereafter, at the main entrance of Hall of Justice, Ecoland,Davao City to the highest bidder for Cash or MANAGER’S CHECK and in Philippine Currency, the following real property together with all the improvements thereon, to wit:

Transfer Certificate of Title No. T- 425157“ A parcel of land (Lot 10, Blk. 14, Pcs-11-002129) being a

prtion of Lot B (LRC) Psd-130686 & Lot 1916, Davao Cadastre) situated in Barangay of Cabantian, City of Davao, Island of Min-danao.xxx Containing an area of EIGHTY ONE (81) SQUARE METERS, more or less”





FOR THE EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF: (SGD.) ALBERT C. ABEJARON Sheriff IVNoted by:


(edge 4/29,5/6,13)

Republic of the PhilippinesREGIONAL TRIAL COURT11TH JUDICIAL REGION

BRANCH 12DAVAO CITY

IN THE PETITION FOR ADOPTION OF MINOR JON IVAN ALANUNAY Adoptee SP. PROC. NO. 12-409-13

JONATHAN L. LAGONEROIVY CAGUIAT LAGONERO Petitioners

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AMENDED ORDER

Petioners filed a verified petition praying that they be allowed to adopt as their own child, JON IVAN ALANUN-AY, a minor, who was born in Davao City on September 13, 2010 and whose natural mother Maria Lourdes P. Alanun-ay has given her consent to the adoption; and that his name be changed to JON IVAN CAGUIAT LAGONERO.

In his Manifestation, Mr. Joel Paulino C. Caturan, Social Worker of this Court gave an assurance that a favorable recommendation will be filed with this Court for the adop-tion of the child subject of this case.

WHEREFORE, let the petition be set for hearing on May 15,2013 at which date and time, all persons concerned may appear to show cause, if any, why the prayer in the petition shall not be granted.

Let this Order be published, at the expense of the peti-tioners, in Edge Davao, a newspaper of general circulation in the City and three (3) provinces of Davao, once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks.

Notify all parties concerned and the Solicitor General through this Order.

SO ORDERED.


(SGD) PELAGIO S. PAGUICAN Judge

(edge 4,29,5/6,13)

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EDGEDAVAOEVENTS

The Fashion Institute of Design and Arts (FIDA) recently held their first Graduation Fashion Show at the Atrium of SM Lanang Premier last April 21, 2013 which was filled hours before the show even started.

Kyrie Banos went all out with anime inspired high-fashion dresses.

Dianne-Kristel Corpus’ collection highlighted a woman’s slender silhouette.

Emile Buenbrazo’s collection goes ethnic tribal with an elegant twist.Marlon Suan mixes pop culture with geometric forms.

Wilson Limon presented geometric inspired dresses playing with black and white with red accents. Kristine Dy shows pieces that are classy and elegant with contrasting textures.

FIDA’s academic director Christine Munda

Young blood on the runway

Featuring the works of FIDA Graduates Kyrie Banos, emile Buenbrazo, Dianne-Kristel Corpus, Kristine Dy, Wilson Li-

mon and Marlon Suan, the show which was directed by renowned Manila de-signer, Gerry Katigbak, was a celebration of youth-

ful creativity and the evo-lution of fashion in Davao. The young designers re-cently completed the FIDA coursework that integrates the areas of Fashion De-sign, Apparel Technology and Fashion Merchandis-ing and were able to show-case everything they have learned onto the show, conceptualising, con-

structing and styling their own collections for the runway. Congratulations to FI-DA’s Academic Director Christine Munda for a job well done and for more ex-citing shows to come! Follow me on Twitter or Instargam @kenneth-kingong for more happen-ings in and around Davao.

In Iron Man 3, the characters return to New Year’s Eve of 1999. Tony met a scientist named Maya Hansen, a Stark paramour and a crippled scientist, Aldrich Killian who invited him to join in a new endeavor, Ad-vanced Idea Mechanics (AIM). Starks promised him they’ll meet but stood him up. Fast for-ward to present, America is attacked by the Man-darin, a terrorist respon-sible for all the bombing accidents that caused a lot of problems due to lack of evidences.

Iron Man 3 tells us the reason why Tony Stark said that in 1999 he cre-ated the demons and those are Hansen and Killian who wanted re-venge for leaving them at the time they needed him. The rage that Al-drich Killian felt for Stark made him create the Ex-tremis that caused the misfiring of people they recruited. Stark meets a 10 year old boy named Harley who helped him out to locate the Man-darin. Stark faced a lot of problem whether who should he save first, the president or Potts, the love of his life. After the explosion of his house the Iron man suits were kept safe underground. Stark came up with an idea to call out all the

Iron man suits that are controlled by Jarvis to support them from the air. Potts survived a 200-foot fall and lived be-cause of the substance Extremis injected her. Potts, with her Extremis power kills Killian. Both

the vice president and Cassidy were arrested. Potts underwent surgery to remove the Extremis and Stark to remove the shrapnel embedded in his heart.

This is a must see movie with the twists and thrills that should throw everyone from their seat. The movie gets four out of five stars. The plot of the story is excellent and easily understand-able. The film showed us the other side of the Iron Man, his fear to lose the person he loved the most and the desire to

give up everything just for her. Iron Man 3 with its very futuristic concept gives excitement to the viewers especially chil-dren who waited for this film to come since the beginning. The quality of the film is good but there are also parts of the film that the computer ef-fects are too obvious but the scenes covered it up.

There are rumors this would be the last for the Iron Man series because of the expiration of Rob-ert Downey Jr’s contract with Marvel Studios. But according to the direc-tor, Shane Black, it may be extended in order for the actor to appear in the second Avengers film and at least one more Iron Man film.

For those who haven’t watched the film yet, there are a lot of scenes they should look out for and one of them is Potts wearing the Iron Man suit. Watch Iron Man 3 at all SM Lanang Premier Cinemas and enjoy this most awaited movie with the whole family.

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MOBILE phone operator Sun Cellular contin-ues to provide more Good Choices to its us-ers as it introduces the Alcatel One Touch Idol Ultra, the thinnest smartphone in the market to date, now exclusively available in the Philip-pines through Sun Postpaid. Free at Sun Plan 999, this cool handset comes with unlimited mobile Internet, unlimited Sun text messages and 4 hours worth of Sun-to-Sun voice call. The ultra slim Alcatel One Touch Idol Ultra, only 6.45 mm, is feature-packed with a stunning 4.7’’ HD AMOLED display, Android Jelly Bean, an 8MP camera with 1080p video capture capacity, a 1.2 GHz dual core processor, 1 GB RAM and a 16

GB internal storage. The Alcatel One Touch Idol Ultra, with its whistle bait form factor, is considered the Super Model of the Alcatel One Touch series. The other model is the Al-catel One Touch Idol featured in the movie Iron Man 3, another exclusive offering of Sun Cellu-lar—free with Sun Plan 600 sub-scription. “Alcatel hits the mark with their One Touch series smart-phones designed to be sexy on the outside and smart on the in-side. These mobile beauties are truly fantastic eye candies that any smartphone user—male or

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HONG KONG’S 7-year-old tea brand Happy Lemon now spreads more joy in metro Davao as it opens its shop at the ground floor of SM City Davao Annex building. Recently, the traditional Asian tea-drinking cul-ture has made a comeback in the pop market. And now, Happy Lem-on adds a modern twist to tea-drink-ing in China, Singa-pore, Australia and the Philippines! Happy Lemon has also expanded their menu beyond milk tea. Their spe-cial concoctions Lemon Series, Rock Salt and Cheese, Milk Tea, Mousse Spin, Cocoa and Coffee, Specialty Drinks, and Fresh Tea are also equally popular to its fans. Be happy everyday! Discover your cup of joy at Happy Lemon. Visit them at the Ground Floor, Annex Building of SM City Davao.

Sun Cellular expands Good Choices for users with Alcatel One Touch Idol Ultra

Happy Lemon spreading happiness at SM Davao

Iron Man 3:The strong, soft-hearted Iron Man gives it to an end

The film showed us the other side of the Iron Man, his fear to lose the person he loved the most and the desire to give up everything just for her.

Tony Stark had this obsession of creating more Iron Man suits after the events in The Avengers. This caused the fights between him and his girlfriend, Pepper Potts.

By Athena Jillian Bravo

STARS of the Philip-pine hit teen com-edy series Luv U Kiray Celis, CJ Navarro and Rhap Salazar are set to brighten SM City Davao’s 3 Day Sale Fri-day afternoon. Relive the blissful feel-ing of young love! Meet and greet your favorite teen stars at the Event Center on May 3! Also joining the fun on SM Davao’s 3 Day Sale are Be Careful with My Heart’s Jerome Ponce on May 4 and Brapanese model-actor Daniel Matsunaga on May 5. SM Davao 3 Day Sale runs May 3-5 with ex-tended mall hours up to 12 MN on Friday and Sat-urday. Shoppers may avail of up to 70% off on great selections mall-wide. Plus, SM Advantage, Prestige/BDO Rewards and Mom card holders may also avail of addi-tional discounts when using their cards at SM Store, ACE Hardware, Sur-plus and Levi’s during the much anticipated SMAC Sale 2 Hour Special hap-pening 10AM-12NN on Friday. For inquiries, call 297-6998 local 126. Like SM

City Davao on Facebook or follow @smcitydavao

on Twitter for event and promo updates.

LOOKS like Reese Witherspoon isn’t go-ing to let her recent run-in with the law bring her down. The stunning star was all smiles as she stepped out in Los Angeles Thurs-day less than a week after she and husband Jim Toth were both arrested and briefly jailed in Atlanta. Looking lovely in a pur-ple blouse, black Ray-Ban shades and sky-high sti-lettos, the mother of three seemed in great spirits as she exited her vehicle. Witherspoon was ar-

rested in Georgia early Friday morning for disor-derly conduct, while her agent hubby was booked for an alleged DUI. Shortly after the incident, the A-lister issued a heartfelt apology, saying she is

“deeply embarassed” and “very sorry” for her behav-ior. Like a consummate professional, the actress did attend the Atlanta premiere for her movie Mud, but opted to cancel later appearances with both GMA and Jimmy Fal-lon. Sources tell E! News the incident was a “wake-up call” and her husband “feels guilty” for all that occured. But it looks like the beauty is moving on with her life, and we love see-ing that mega-watt smile.

CONGRATS, Matt Da-mon! Although the 42-year-old dropped out of Har-vard University (he at-tended from 1988 to 1992), he was honored Thursday for his work in the arts with the 2013 Harvard Arts Medal, ac-cording to local news.

The ceremony was led by fellow Harvard alma mater John Lithgow, who began the discussion with talks of Damon’s school days and, of course, the major success of Good Will Hunting. Damon’s writing part-ner for the film has also been honored this week

in his own right. E! News confirms that Ben Affleck is slated to receive an honorary doc-torate degree from Brown University during their 245th Commencement on May 26. The boys of Boston are making big strides in the collegiate circle!

Reese Witherspoon flashes a big smile in L.A. days after arrest

Matt Damon receives 2013 Harvard Arts Medal

Luv U cast at SM Davao 3 Day Sale on May 3!

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A4 INdulge! VOL. 6 ISSUE 31 • SUNDAY - MONDAY, APRIL 28-29, 2013EDGEDAVAOSTYLE

The brand that embodies the feel good attitude is at it again with its women’s spring 2013 collection. Always fun and never boring, Sanük introduces new and funky de-signs for spring 2013 that are made for every individual lifestyle.

By Kenneth Irving Ong

Fun, carefree and whimsicalSanük’s 2013 spring summer collection

Sanuk Castaway Bring a piece of the beach with you with Sa-nuk’s relaxed slip-on. The Castaway features a fabric upper for a comfy style, while the man-made sole delivers a steady step wherever you may go, be it the beach or the urban jungle.

Sanuk Yoga Sling The newest Sanük line for women, the Sanük Yoga Sling is your ohhhhm away from home with the sole made out of real yoga mats. The lightweight, two-way stretch knit upper with a sling comfort construction makes for easy and comfortable walking, while the footbed made from a real yoga mat keeps your feet comfy. The Sanük Yoga Sling is also Vegan and Vegetarian friendly.

Sanuk Trippy Toes Turning up the funk are Sanük’s Trippy Toes. Far from your grandma’s boring ballet flats, these Sanüks are super soft, slim and light-weight, not to mention fashionably comfy. The Trippy Toes are even easy to bring along too as they can be easily rolled up into your purse. So no matter where you go or what you do this sunny season, there is a Sanük for you to make your day fun, carefree and whimsical. Sanük is available at the Sanük store at SM City Davao and Abreeza Mall. It is also available at Res|Toe|Run and at Chimes Specialty Store.

VOL. 6 ISSUE 31 • SUNDAY - MONDAY, APRIL 28-29, 2013 15EDGEDAVAO SPORTS

THE Davao Eagles of the Davao Regional Athletic Association

(Davraa) will finish the 2013 Palarong Pambansa in Dumaguete City at no. 11, one rung lower than its previous performance in 2012.

The Eagles tallied 28 points in elementary and 41.5 in secondary with only a few events left un-completed in this year’s Palaro at the Perdices Sta-dium in the capital of Ne-gros Oriental.

The Eagles finished 10th in Lingayen, Pan-

gasinan.

The ‘Big Three’ com-posed of National Capital Region ((NCR), West-ern Visayas and Central Visayas finished as ex-pected in 1-2-3 order.

P e r e n n i a l champion NCR r o m p e d away from the field with an a g g r e -g a t e 568.5

points from the 224 points in e l e m e n t a r y and 344 in sec-ondary. West-ern Visayas is in second with

4 3 6 . 3 4 out of

189.67 and 246.67 in el-ementary and secondary, respectively. Central Vi-sayas is in third with 340 points (149-181).

Northern Mindanao finished as the top Mind-anao performer with 263 and fourth overall fol-lowed by Southern Taga-log in fifth with 230.

Central Luzon (145), Cotabato (129.5), Ilocos

(110.67), Mimaropa (107.67) and Cordil-

lera (101.17) fin-ished sixth to tenth

in that order to round up

the Top Ten.

THE Columbia Sports-wear Company has joined the list of cor-

porate backers to the 8th Pomelo Tee Invitational Golf Tournament slated on May 2 to 5 at the Rancho Palos Verdes Golf and Coun-try Club.

“Columbia has the om-ni-dry, omni shade and UPF 50 technologies of its appar-el which is also very good to wear while playing golf,” said Mae Sanchez, Market-ing and Communication Of-ficer-Mindanao of the Prim-er Group of Companies. “That amidst the scorching heat this summer, the Co-lumbia apparels help you enjoy activities under the sun like kayaking by ward-

ing off harmful UV rays and keeping the body cool,” said Sanchez,

This year’s Pomelo Tee is presented by RPVGC, Phoenix Petroleum, Mitsub-ishi Motors and Kar Asia Inc. A free trip for two from the Royal Caribbean In-ternational Baron Trav-el, P750,000 cash, brand new Mitsubishi car and Class A RPVGC golf share are the hole-in-one prizes. The tournament is a 36-hole modified Stableford scoring on a two-man team format. Teams with the best scores for 36 holes shall be declared as winners. Indi-vidual awards will also be given out. A team is com-posed of a club member

and guest. A club member is entitled to a maximum of two guests which in turn will result to a maximum of two teams for each member. Maximum handicap appli-cable shall be 27 for mem-bers and guests alike. Shot-gun tee off shall be imple-mented at 6 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. Registration fee is P3,500 per player. Deadline of registration is on April 28. Trophies will be awarded to the gross and net team champions, first to third runners-up, individual Class A, B, C and D over-all gross and net cham-pions, first and second runners-up, ladies gross and net champions, first and second runners-up.

At least 400 golfers are ex-pected to see action coming from Cebu, Cagayan de Oro, Manila, Bukidnon, Cotabato, General Santos, Sarangani, Koronadal and Davao. The tournament’s beneficiaries are public schools in Man-dug (projector and comput-er) and Indangan (sewing machine and gas range). Registration and pay-ments are accepted at the RPVGC clubhouse in Mandug, Indangan or at the RPV Sports Club Riv-erfront Corporate City in Ma-a. For inquiries, call tel. nos. 301-2101 or 301-2102 or 0922-8637003 or 09305806032 and look for Philip Daytic and Erzza Abuan. (PNA)

THE much-awaited 2013 SM Super Kara-te Kids National Age-

Group Championships takes centerstage at the SM City Davao Annex En-tertainment Center.

More than 100 kara-tekas coming from all over the country are seeing ac-tion in the two-day tour-nament according to orga-nizer Rommel Tan, branch

chief of host Association for the Advancement of Karatedo (AAK) Davao.

On Saturday, the na-tional training camp and registration was held at the Emcor gym in Bajada.

“The latest techniques and tournament rules are being shared to all the par-ticipants, coaches and offi-cials in the training camp,” Tan said.

THE Davao City Golf Club recently elect-ed its new set of

Board of Directors led by incumbent President Sammy Afdal.

Joining Afdal in the Board are Felicisimo Ramos, Franklin Buno, Engr. Ludwig Van Ledes-ma, lawyers Charliemae Aldevera and Valeriano Pasquil, Ederlino Aceron, Ronieto Bata and city councilor Jimmy Dureza.

According to the DCGC Secretariat, Afdal got the most number of votes with 128 followed by Ramos and Buno with

105 and 94, respectively.“I am glad to get an-

other mandate in the Board,” said Afdal.

Ledesma for his part said he looks forward to a great year and more ex-citing golf events at the DCGC. “We hope to get more members to sign up and develop also other programs like the cad-dies program and junior golf.”

They will elect among themselves the new club officers next month ac-cording to DCGC chair-man retired Fiscal Anto-nio V.A. Tan. (Neil Bravo)

Davao winds up 11thBy Neil Bravo

EXHAUSTION. A relay runner from the National Capital Region goes down with the baton after crossing the finish line during the 2013 Palarong Pambansa in Dumaguete City.

PALARO CHAMP. Austin Jacob Literatus of Davao Region contemplates on his next move during the 2013 Palarong Pambansa in Dumaguete City. Liter-atus and teammate John Ray Batucan won the gold medal in boys secondary chess.

BOXING FAN. Davao City first district Rep. Karlo Nograles (middle), wife Marga (right) and sister Migs (left) enjoy the Pinoy Pride XIX fight card at ringside at the USEP Gym. Rep. Nograles cheered on for Davao boxers who

were impressive in scoring wins in the undercard of the Rey “Boom-Boom” Bautista-Jose “Negro” Ramirez championship fight.

Columbia backs 8th Pomelo Tee

Nat’l karate tilt at SM City Davao

DCGC elects new directors

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