Youth volunteers in anti-smoking drive

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Davao Region will be contending with a huge shortage of 4,413

classrooms when the school opens on Monday.

The Department of Education re-gional office 11 declared it needs 4,413 additional classrooms in the kindergar-ten, elementary and secondary levels partly because of the full implementa-tion of the agency’s K-12 program.

Jeneilito atillo, Deped 11 spokesper-son said some 1,269 additional class-rooms will be needed for kindergarten, 1,879 for elementary, and 1,265 for sec-ondary.

The Deped 11, however, did not di-vulge any plans to address the class-room shortage. Inspite of that, atillo said, classes will begin on schedule.

Classroom shortageDEPED REGION 11: 4,413 CLASSROOMS NEEDED

Deped 11 laments shortage but offers no solutionClasses begin June 3 despite shortage

By Che Palicte

READY TO ROLL. Grocery carts at S&R Membership Shopping are piled along the establishment’s pavement before the leading warehouse retail chain formally opened its Davao City outlet on Tuesday. Lean Daval Jr.

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SMI REPORT. John B. Arnaldo, external communications and media re-lations manager of Sagittarius Mines, Inc. (SMI), says that the company’s projects are changing people’s lives within its host communities based

on the testimonies of the stakeholders in his closing message during SMI 2012 Sustainability Report Launch at the Marco Polo Davao yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

JOURNALISM AWARDS. David Buenaventura, project director of Bright Leaf Awards, presents the mechanics of the nationwide agriculture jour-

nalism competition before Davao journalists at the White House Restaurant on Wednesday night. Lean Daval Jr.

YouTh volunteers from religious and academic institu-

tions led the way in in-forming residents of the full implementation of Davao City’s stricter an-ti-smoking ordinance.

a day before the im-plementation of the ex-panded anti-smoking ordinance tomorrow, vol-unteer youth advocates are going the rounds of Davao City to distribute handbills and stickers containing information on the new anti-smoking ordinance and the harm-ful effects of the vice to one’s health.

anti-Smoking Task Force (aSTF) head, Dr. Domilyn villareiz, is heading the all-out cam-paign that will further enhance Davao City’s image as the country’s foremost anti-smoking advocate.

“We started our in-formation and educa-tion campaign (IEC) last January,” villareiz said, adding that police station commanders have ori-ented their personnel on the issuance of violation citation tickets.

ordinance No. 0367-12, also known as the New Comprehensive an-

ti-Smoking ordinance, which was passed by the City Council last year and signed by Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio, will be implemented starting to-morrow, May 31.

The youth volunteers are from the Seventh-Day adventists congregation while the other volun-teers are from various schools in the city.

The information drive includes a walkthrough of the citation ticket which will be issued to violators. a ticket, ac-cording to the ordinance, must indicate the specific violation and the corre-

sponding administrative penalty and the person issued with the ticket has the option to either con-test the violation in court or voluntarily pay the penalty of P500 imposed upon him or her to avoid being criminally prose-cuted within three days of apprehension.

The citation ticket must be returned to the police station three to five days after the vio-lation in order to avoid criminal charges.

“Tomorrow they will start issuing the citation tickets to violators,” she added.

PRESIDENT Benigno S. aquino III recent-ly signed into law

Republic acts creating more courts of justice in the Philippines and amending provisions in the Family Code Estab-lishing the Liability of the absolute Community or Conjugal Partnership for an obligation of a Spouse who Practices a Profes-sion and the Capability of Either Spouse to Dispose of an Exclusive Proper-ty, Deputy Presidential Spokesperson abigail valte said on Wednesday

In a press briefing in Malacanang, valte said the President signed Re-public acts 10562 up to 10571 “creating courts in several areas.”

“First, from R.a. 10562 to R.a. 10571…we now have new courts in Paniqui, Capas, Concep-cion, Tarlac (in the prov-ince of Tarlac); in Digos, Davao del Sur; as well as in Pasig (in Metro Ma-nila); in urdaneta, Pan-gasinan; antipolo, Rizal; Biñan, Laguna; Cebu City;

and Bais, Negros orien-tal,” valte said.

valte added that the President signed Ra 10572 which establishes the Liability of the abso-lute Community or Con-jugal Partnership for an obligation of a Spouse who Practices a Profes-sion and the Capability of Either Spouse to Dispose of an Exclusive Property.

according to valte, this new law amends ar-ticles 73 and 111 of Exec-utive order No. 209, also known as the Family Code of the Philippines (FCP) designating the Courts to determine if there is basis for any objection between spouses in exercising any legitimate occupation, business or activity and to discern whether any benefit from this exercise should accrue against community property or separate property; and allowing “either spouse may mortgage, encamber, alienate, or otherwise, dispose of his/her exclu-sive property,” respective-ly. [PNa]

Anti-smoking ordinance

Youth volunteers helpin info disseminationBy Che Palicte

More courts created, Family Code amended

Se v e n t y- e i g h t persons charged with involvement

in the November 23, 2009 ampatuan mas-sacre were arraigned Wednesday and plead-ed not guilty to the murder of the 58th victim, photojournalist Reynaldo “Bebot” Mo-may.

among those indict-ed before Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 221 at Camp Bagong Diwa, Taguig City were former au-tonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao gov-ernor Zaldy ampatuan and his brother, former

Datu unsay mayor an-dal Jr., according to the National union of Jour-nalists of the Philip-pines, which has been keeping close tabs on the case.

however, the court deferred the arraign-ment of ampatuan clan patriarch andal Sr., former governor of Maguindanao, five oth-er clan members and seven other suspects because of pending un-resolved motions.

The murder of Mo-may, whose body has yet to be found, was formally included as

Ampatuans, 76 others plead not guilty to slay

58th massacre victim

aTENEo de Davao university gradu-ate Richard Saave-

dra, the topnotcher in the May 2013 CPa Board Exam, is setting his sights on working with an audit-ing firm either here in the city or in Metro Manila.

“It really depends on the offer but still I prefer here in Davao since my family is living here,” said Saavedra.

Saavedra obtained a high rating of 96 per-cent and became the only passer in the Davao re-gion who made it to the top 10.

only 1,553 out of the 5,665 examinees all over

the country passed the exam .

asked how he passed the exam with flying col-ors, Saavedra said prayer, hard work and determi-nation were the keys for his success.

It was the second time for Saavedra to make it to the top 10 in a board exam.

In the 2007 Nursing licensure exam, Saavedra landed in the sixth spot among thousands of ex-aminees.

But instead of work-ing, he decided to take up Bachelor of Science in accountancy (BSa) in the same school. (PNa)

Dabawenyo topnotcher targets auditing firm

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ThE Department of Trade and In-d u s t r y - D a v a o

oriental Field office (DTI-Do) has added another feather on its cap as it received a Seal of Excellence award from the Civil Service Commission (CSC).

of the 599 govern-ment offices surveyed by CSC last year, only 50 offices obtained an Excellent rating nation-wide, and only

two government agen-cies are in Davao Re-gion – the Philippine health Insurance Cor-poration (Philhealth) office in Mati City and DTI-Do.

as lead implement-er of Republic act No. 9845 or the anti-Red Tape act (aRTa) of 2007, the CSC con-ducted a survey among government offices to gather feed-back on the effective-ness and compliance

with the anti-red tape measures required of government service.

as a general mecha-nism, the CSC checked on the agency’s com-pliance with aRTa provisions, physical working condition, frontline service pro-vider, service quality, and overall customer satisfaction.

garnering a Report Card Survey score of 95.60 percent, the provincial office of

DTI in Davao oriental was formally award-ed a cash prize of P75,000 and a Seal of Excellence plaque last May 21 at La-ne’s Ki-ta-anan hotel here.

DTI-Do Provincial Director Ma. Belenda Q. ami said the award has motivated the en-tire team to even per-form better and to continuously improve the kind of service that they offer to their clients. DTI-Do/jmm

CSC AWARDEE. The DTI-DO team headed by Provincial Director Ma. Belenda Q. Ambi (seated, 2nd from right) is so happy and proud to be one of the two government offices in Davao Region to receive the Seal of Excellence Award during a ceremony last May 21 in Mati City. With her are the representatives

of PHilHealth, CSC Commissioner Roberto S. Martinez (seated, 5th from left), CSC-Davao Regional Director Annabelle B. Rosell (seated, 4th from left) and CSC-DO Director Nelly L. Esperanza (seated, 3rd from right). [DTI-DO]

DTI DavOr receives Seal of ExcellenceELEMENTaRY pupils

in Barangay andap, New Bataan, Com-

postela valley will hold their classes under make-shift tents when classes open on Monday, teachers said.

only one of 15 class-rooms of andap Elemen-tary School was left due to flashfloods spawned by heavy rains when super Typhoon Pablo hit on December 4 last year.

Elena Estrada, a grade three teacher, told MindaNews she will be holding her classes under a makeshift classroom inside the andap high School compound.

Each class will have around 75 pupils due to lack of classrooms, said Estrada.

In the past, each class-room would not exceed 40 pupils, she added.

“There will be merg-ing of sections in all grade levels. So that would mean double the num-ber of pupils than the re-quired number,” explained Janine galula, a grade five teacher.

galula said this is what they call team teaching.

But the kindergarten and grade one pupils will hold classes in two class-rooms.

Estrada said only kindergarten and grade one pupils were given

priority because make-shift classrooms may af-fect their learning.

“Lisud pud kay mga gag-may pa man na sila, unya kung mag ulan o hangin kusog, luoy sila,” (It’s difficult for them be-cause they’re still small, what a pity if it rains or the winds blow hard) the teacher explained.

On Monday, galula said around 50 pupils have so far enrolled, saying that the bulk of pupils will enroll on the first day of classes, which is June 3.

“This has been the habit here of the pupils and parents. They would enroll on the first day of classes,” she added.

Cyen Claire alimento, an incoming grade 7, told MindaNews that she has not enrolled yet.

“Sa Lunes na ko mag enroll,” said alimen-to who was helping her grandmother cook and sell pancakes at the junction going to the school.

Last school year, gal-ula said they had 446 pu-pils, but 50 of them died when super typhoon Pab-lo hit their village.

Fifteen pupils had already transferred a month after the storm hit. [Keith Bacongco / MindaNews]

Children in Pablo-hit village to hold classes under tents

RuRaL infrastruc-ture project in Min-danao has gained

significant headway de-spite damage of typhoons and unfavorable weather conditions in the past.

Few of the infrastruc-ture projects under the Department of agricul-ture – Mindanao Rural Development Program has stalled implementa-tion after being devastat-ed by typhoons, Sendong and Pablo that pum-meled Mindanao in 2011 and 2012.

“We are gaining momentum in our i m p l e m e n t a t i o n especially those which were marked with negative slippages,” said engr. Maria Fe gabu-nales, head of the MRDP Rural Infrastructure (RI) component.

MRDP, a special proj-ect of Da was supposed to be implemented from 2007 until 2012 but was given a two-year ex-tension by the National Economic and Develop-ment authority to end by December 2014.

In January this year World Bank Consultant for infrastructure Crisan-to afable has noted that 57 of the 496 subprojects of the Program were at risk of not being complet-ed by June 2014.

“Typhoons of previ-ous years and other er-ratic climatic conditions were the among the main reasons cited for the many negative slippag-es,” gabunales said.

gabunales said based on reports coming from the six regions of Min-danao showed most of stalled project imple-mentation has gained at least 30% increase of completion. To date, the total physical accom-plishment of RI is pegged at 65.17 per cent.

“as of april 15 we have noticed an average of 30% increase of sta-tus of implementation of those active projects so, expect more develop-ment to date,” she said.

“We have been an-nouncing to LgUs that as early as December 2012 that by June 2014 they

have to finish the proj-ects in their respective areas or else they have to complete the project

using funds from their local coffers,” gabunales added.

“Our partner LgUs

and project contractors have already expressed their assurance that the project in their respec-

tive areas will be com-pleted even before June 2014,” she said. [Sherwin B. Manual/Da-MRDP]

LGUs fast-track infra projectsas deadline for completion nears

FLORES DE MAYO. Children gather for Flores de Mayo at San Roque chapel in in Barangay Andap, New Bataan, Compostela Valley province on May 27, 2013.  The chapel, the last building standing on the right side of the road, was the refuge of  residents who witnessed how the poblacion was buried by rocks and boulders at the height of  super typhoon Pablo on December  4, 2012.  [Mindanews/Keith Bacongco]

govERNoR Rodolfo P. del Rosario and an australian ex-

patriate recently led the groundbreaking of the P10-million mango pack-aging facility in Peñaplata District, this island city of the Davao Region.

The facility is used in sorting/packing houses and will serve as a cen-tralized packing shed for the growers to process all mangoes harvested in the island for domestic and export markets.

The Department of agriculture-Region 11 (Da-11) provided an ini-tial amount of P1 million to start the project, with counterparts coming from the Provincial govern-ment of Davao del Norte and the Samal Island local government.

John oakeshott, Phil-ippines horticulture Program Manager of the australian Center for In-ternational agricultur-al Research (aCIaR), at the groundbreaking, said sweet mangoes from the island may soon enter the discriminating australian market after meeting phy-tosanitary conditions for export.

“We are expecting this to happen,” oakeshott said.

he said the packing facility will be a big boost to the phytosanitary mea-sures and strict quaran-tine system that has kept the island city free from mango pulp weevil and seed weevil since two years ago.

oakeshott is hopeful fresh mangoes from Samal will eventually gain en-try into the market down under in the near future, with the widely anticipat-ed positive results of the final review conducted by Biosecurity australia in 2011,

Biosecurity australia is an agency that provides science based quarantine assessments and policy advice to protect the aus-tralian agricultural indus-try.

“hopefully, fresh man-goes from Samal will soon be allowed to enter the australian market,” oake-shott stated.

on the other hand, gov. del Rosario is also optimistic the sector will finally get the nod of the australian market soon-er, that would spell more

economic activities and job opportunities for the island folks.

The governor, who started the mango “craze” when he distributed thou-sands of mango seed-lings in the island in 1984 during his stint then as an assemblyman, said this would be a big step for the

igCS.he asked all the land-

owners in the island to turn their idle and unpro-ductive lands into mango production areas.

“I want to see Samal become a mango island, more than a resort island,” he stressed.

he said mango is the

best crop for the island due to its calcareous soil and its being a natural bi-osecurity barrier for man-go pests and diseases.

Samal Island, which al-locates about 5,000 hect-ares for mango produc-tion, was groomed by the australian government, through aCIaR, to become

a mango value chain mod-el.

Since 2004, the aid pro-gram has funded research projects in the island, par-ticularly on mango pest and disease management, as well as, improvements through the supply chain in fruit harvesting, pack-ing and handling. (PNa)

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SWEET mangoes from the island gar-den City of Samal

(igCS) may soon enter the discriminating austra-lian market after meeting phytosanitary conditions for export, according to an aussie expat.

“We are expecting this to happen,” said John oakeshott, Philippines horticulture Program Manager of the australian Center for Internation-al agricultural Research (aCIaR), at the ground-breaking of the P10-mil-lion mango packaging facility in Peñaplata Dis-trict.

The centralized sort-ing/packing house will serve as a centralized packing shed for the growers to process all mangoes harvested on the Island for domestic and export markets.

The Department of agriculture provided an initial amount of P1 mil-lion to start the project, with counterparts com-ing from the Provincial government of Davao del norte and the igCS gov-ernment.

oakeshott said the packing facility will be a big boost to the phy-tosanitary measures and strick quarantine system that has kept the island city free from mango pulp weevil and seed weevil

since two years ago.he is hopeful fresh

mangoes from Samal will eventually gain entry into the market down under in the near future, with the widely anticipated posi-tive results of the final re-view conducted by Biose-curity australia in 2011,

Biosecurity australia is an agency that provides science based quaran-tine assessments and policy advice to protect the australian agricultur-al industry.

“hopefully, fresh man-goes from Samal will soon be allowed to enter the australian market,” oake-shott stated.

governor Rodolfo del Rosario is also optimistic the sector will finally get the nod of the austra-lian market sooner, that would spell more eco-nomic activities and job opportuniuties for the is-land folks.

The governor, who started the mango ‘craze’ when he distributed thou-sands of mango seedlings in the island in 1984 during his stint then as an assemblyman, said this would be a big step for the igCS.

he asked all the land-owners in the island to turn their idle and unpro-ductive lands into man-go production areas. [by Noel Baguio]

UNVEILING. Gov. Rodolfo del Rosario leads the unveiling of the P10-million mango packaging facility in the Island Garden City of Samal. [Romulo Tagalo]

Samal mangoes ready to enter Aussie market

Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte and celebrity Dr.

vicky Belo are the guest speakers of the two-day 9th vismin Drugstores Business Conference that opens Thursday at the SMX Convention Center at SM Lanang Premier, J.P. Laurel avenue, Davao City.

Carolyn uybo-co-Carreon, over-all con-vention chair, said that Duterte is set to give her welcome remarks to par-ticipants at 10:30 a.m. while Belo of the famous Belo Medical group will

have her keynote speech following the mayor’s message.

uyboco-Carreon said that more than 500 del-egates from drugstore owners and distributors in cities of Cebu, Bacolod, Tacloban, Iloilo, Davao, Cagayan de oro, Cotabato and Zamboanga are ex-pected to attend the con-ference.

She said relevant top-ics and current issues will also be tackled on Thursday afternoon and on the following day.

one of them is the controversial “Stem Cell

Therapy” which will be discussed by Dr. Chris-tian Emmanuel Mancao, the president of the Phil-ippine Society for Stem Cell Medicine.

another important topic is the “Legal Issues in the Drugstore Setting” to be taken up by Dr. an-tonio alejandro D. Rebo-sa.

Dr. abdullah B. Du-mama, Jr., regional direc-tor of the Department of health here, will also be talking about updates on the Food and Drug ad-ministration (FDa).

another topics are

Beauty Business: adding To Your Drugstore with unilever by Rica Tamala, National Drugstore Man-ager; Building Personal Excellence: The Key to Enduring Success by Rev. Dr. David Magalong, Jr. and Empowering Nature of Technology by Myrna Padilla of Mynd Consult-ing.

The convention is supported by the KBa ads Promo and Media Management and Mar-keting dealing with lead-ing health products like Topkidz, TopTeens and ariben oil Liniment.

Duterte, Belo to keynote drugstores business confab

TWo years after aCDI/voCa, an agri-focused non-

profit organization, grant-ed the Technical Educa-tion and Skills Develop-ment authority and Wan-gan National agricultural School (TESDa-WNaS) with P1.2 million to cre-ate a CoCoPal agri-busi-ness Model (CBaM) in the school, its teachers and students are making their way to a new project: a fermentary.

TESDa’s promising site in Calinan, Davao City, the Wangan Nation-al agricultural School (WNaS), believes that the move will be very helpful

in their educational pro-grams for cocoa process-ing. The fermentary is an essential post-harvest fa-cility where the seeds are stored and fermented for better cocoa flavor and aroma.

Without the fermen-tary, the TESDa-WNaS faculty and students have been drying the seeds post-harvest before pro-cessing them into tab-leya, or local unsweet-ened discs of cocoa. af-ter inspecting the dried beans collected by the school, aCDI/voCa train-ing coordinator Janoz Laguihon tells the fac-ulty members, “You will

find a huge difference in the aroma of fermented beans from these beans.”

The TESDa-WNaS faculty members agree and have been working on the dream while their school’s CBaM is doing well in terms of student attendance, instruction-al reception, and income generation.

From 100 students in 2011, more than 500 stu-dents are now participat-ing and benefitting from the CBaM programme. Majority of these stu-dents come from farming families and IP communi-ties.

“They really benefit

from the instructional, hands-on approach of the program. The students tell us that they learn a lot from being able to experience cocoa farm-ing and processing first-hand because they don’t always have the oppor-tunity to do so in their homes. They’ll be able to bring these first-hand experience of the farming technologies and tech-niques they learned here to their farms ,” said Er-linda Ferrer, an instruc-tor in TESDa-WNaS, who represented the school when she attended an aCDI/voCa seminar two years ago.

TESDA-WNAS aims for a fermentary

P10-M mango packaging facility in Igacos

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SECuRITY Bank Corpora-tion (PSE: SECB), during its annual stockholders’ meet-

ing on Tuesday, May 28, 2013, informed its shareholders that it delivered sustained financial results in 2012 with an all-time

high net income of P 7.5 billion and industry-best return on shareholders’ equity of 22% and return on assets of 3.3%.

The Bank also delivered on its growth objectives, highlight-ed by the 30% increase in its

loan portfolio to P 119.7 billion, out-pacing the banking indus-try’s 16% growth for the year. In support of economic develop-ment, the Bank’s loans went to critical sectors of the economy such as power, utilities, infra-structure, wholesale and retail trade, food, agriculture and con-sumer goods. Supported by the expansion in the Bank’s branch network, its deposits grew by 19% to P 142.4 billion, faster than the banking industry’s 7% growth rate. The growth in busi-ness volumes resulted in the 21% growth of the Bank’s total assets to P 259.3 billion.

In his management report, Security Bank President and Chief Executive officer Mr. al-berto S. villarosa highlighted the unprecedented 72-branch expansion of the Security Bank group in 2012, consisting of 34 new Security Bank branches and 38 branches of Security Bank Savings, the former Premiere Development Bank which Secu-rity Bank acquired in February 2012. The total branch network of the Security Bank group at 2012 year-end was 208, up from 136 branches in 2011 year-end.

Mr. villarosa said in his re-

port, “We are strengthening and expanding our retail banking segment to make it another ma-jor business of the Bank in the medium-term. on its first year of operation, Security Bank Sav-ings, our thrift bank subsidiary, aligned its standards with those of parent Security Bank.”

Mr. villarosa reported that despite the faster-than-indus-try growth rates of loans and deposits and the unprecedent-ed branch network expan-sion, Security Bank’s financial soundness remained strong. asset quality as reflected in the non-performing loans (NPL) ratio further improved to 0.7% from 0.9% of 2011 year-end, lower than the banking industry average NPL ratio of 1.87% as of December 2012. The Bank’s NPL reserve cover of 256% continued to be higher than the industry average. The Bank’s cost-to-income ratio increased to 42.9% in 2012 from 36.9% in 2011 due to the branch expan-sion, but this ratio continued to be among the best in the indus-try. The Bank’s capital adequacy ratios (CaR) remained strong with total CaR of 16.3% and tier 1 CaR of 14.7%.

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as of May 2013

6 THE ECONOMY

MONTHLY AVERAGE EXCHANGE RATE (January 2012-February 2013)

Month 2013 2012 2011

Average 42.23 43.31December 41.01 43.64November 41.12 43.27October 41.45 43.45

September 41.75 43.02August 42.04 42.42

July 41.91 42.81June 42.78 43.37May 42.85 43.13April 42.70 43.24

March 42.86 43.52February 40.67 42.66 43.70January 40.73 43.62 44.17

Stat Watch5.4

4th Qtr 2012

6.8 4th Qtr 2012

USD 3,969.51 million

Dec 2012USD 5,135.46

million Nov 2012

USD -1,585 million

Nov 2012USD -209

millionMar 2012

P 5,171,689  million

Dec 2012

3.6 % Jan 2013P155,308

million Nov 2012

P 5,381 billion 

Nov 2012

P 40.67 Feb 2013

6,242.7 Jan 2013

132.4 Feb 2013

3.4 Feb 2013

3.8 Feb 2013

352,438 Nov 2012

20.9% Jan 2013

7.1% Jan 2013

1. Gross National IncomeGrowth Rate(At Constant 2000 Prices)

2. Gross Domestic ProductGrowth Rate(At Constant 2000 Prices)

3. Exports 1/

4. Imports 1/

5. Trade Balance

6. Balance of Payments 2/

7. Broad Money Liabilities

8. Interest Rates 4/

9. National Government Revenues

10. National government outstanding debt

11. Peso per US $ 5/

12. Stocks Composite Index 6/

13. Consumer Price Index 2006=100

14. Headline Inflation Rate 2006=100

15. Core Inflation Rate 2006=100

16. Visitor Arrivals

17. Underemployment Rate 7/

18. Unemployment Rate 7/

by the numbers

Source: DA

In the first quarter of 2013, PHL’s agriculture industry

yielded

P352.5 billiongross value, an increase of

3.3 percent as compared to perfor-

mance posted during the same period last year.

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EXHIBIT. Philippine Veterans Bank communications officer Mike Villareal announces the bank’s World War II Travelling Exhibit slated on June 1 to June 12, 2013 at the Annex of SM City Davao during yesterday’s Club 888 media forum at the Marco Polo Davao. Lean Daval Jr.

Security Bank sees growth in retail banking and asset, wealth management

uCPB posted a net income of P 1.04 billion for the first

quarter of 2013, 18% more than the P 883.7 million earnings for the same peri-od last year.

The bank’s revenue growth was mainly driven by a 51% improvement in non-interest income and the 70% increase in trading and securities gain from Treasury activities at P 829.1 million. Likewise, in-come from trust operations increased by 42% to reach the P 32.4 million mark.

Total loans increased to P 91.1 billion or 16% increase from the same period a year before, with consumer loans growing at a stronger pace of 30% as a result of the bank’s more aggressive stance towards marketing its consumer loan products.

Mr. Jeronimo Kilayko, President and Chief Exec-utive officer of the bank, stated: “We have placed a great deal of focus on the

needs of our customers and meticulously worked to provide them with a range of investment products tailored to their require-ments. We believe that our close relationship with our customers allow us to customize and respond to their needs accordingly.”

The bank’s revenue growth continues to out-pace the slight increase in operating expense of P 1.32 billion, a minimal in-crease of 4.6% over the first quarter 2012. The combined performance of revenue and operating ex-pense components enabled a robust increase in net in-come.

Mr. Kilayko added: “We are focusing on making sure that our relationship with our clients remains strong. as we celebrate our 50th anniversary this month, we want to con-centrate our efforts in con-tinuing this growth trend by focusing on our clients’ needs. We have sched-

uled a one-stop-shop loan fair on June 1, 2013 at the venice Piazza, McKinley hill. We have partnered with dealers, developers,

and retailers to be able match our clients’ needs with a suitable loan offer for their chosen car, home, or gadget.”

UCPB keeps growth trend with 18% higher net income in Q1

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SavE and grow, an e n v i r o n m e n t a l -ly-friendly farming

model promoted by Fao, can sustainably increase cassava yields by up to 400 percent and help turn this staple from a poor people’s food into a 21st Century crop, Fao said in a statement released last May 28.

In a newly-published field guide detailing Save and grow’s applications to cassava smallholder production, Fao noted that global cassava output has increased by 60 per-cent since 2000 and is set to accelerate further over the current decade as pol-icymakers recognize its huge potential.

But using the in-puts-intensive approach

pioneered during last century’s green Revolu-tion to boost cassava pro-duction risks causing fur-ther damage to the natu-ral resource base and in-creasing the greenhouse gas emissions responsible for climate change.

The solution, says Fao, lies in the Save and grow approach which achieves higher yields with im-proved soil health rather than with the heavy use of chemical inputs. Save and grow minimizes soil disturbance caused by conventional tillage such as ploughing, and rec-ommends maintaining a protective cover of vege-tation over soil.

Instead of the mono-cropping normally seen in intensive farming sys-

tems, Save and grow en-courages mixed cropping and crops rotation, and predicates integrated pest management, which uses disease-free planting material and pests’ natu-ral enemies to keep harm-ful insects down, instead of chemical pesticides.

Spectacular resultsThe approach has

yielded spectacular re-sults in trials organized in viet Nam, where farm-ers using the improved technologies and practic-es boosted cassava yields from 8.5 tonnes to 36 tonnes -- an increase of more than 400 percent.

In the Democrat-ic Republic of Congo, through training in the use of healthy planting materials, mulching and

intercropping, farmers attending field schools achieved yield increases of up to 250 percent.

In Colombia, rotating cassava with beans and sorghum restored yields where mineral fertilizer alone had failed.

Cassava is a highly versatile crop grown by smallholders in more than 100 countries. Its roots are rich in carbo-hydrates while its ten-der leaves contain up to 25 percent protein, plus iron, calcium and vitamins a and C. other parts of the plant can be used as animal feed, and livestock raised on cas-sava have good disease resistance and low mor-tality rates.

one reason driv-

ing increased demand for cassava is the cur-rent high level of cereal prices. This makes it an attractive alternative to wheat and maize, particularly as cassava can be processed into a high-quality flour than can partially substitute for wheat flour.

Food securityBut, together with its

importance as a source of food and food secu-rity, cassava also has a range of industrial uses that give it huge poten-tial to spur rural indus-trial development and raise rural incomes.

Cassava is second only to maize as a source of starch and recent-ly-developed varieties produce root starch that

will be highly sought af-ter by industries.

Demand for cassava as a feedstock for the manufacture of bioetha-nol is also growing rap-idly.

another important consideration is that of the major staple crops in africa, hardy, resilient cassava is expected to be the least affected by ad-vancing climate change.

With Save and grow developing countries can thus avoid the risks of unsustainable inten-sification while realizing cassava’s potential for producing higher yields, alleviating hunger and rural poverty and con-tributing to national economic development. [Fao]

Cassava’s huge potential as 21st Century crop

FAO offers sustainable farming model to meet increased demand

ThE Department of agriculture through the local

government units will establish organic trad-ing posts in four areas of Davao region.

Rowena adlaon, in charge of marketing organic products under agribusiness of Da 11, said the trading posts will be set up in Davao City, Magsaysay in Davao del Sur, Mati City in Davao oriental and Braulio Dujali in Davao del Norte.

She said each area was given a P1.5-mil-lion funding for the construction of the structure.

The money, she said, was already download-ed to the respective LgUs and they are now

into the bidding pro-cess.

however, adlaon said these areas passed some criteria where they qualified to be re-cipient of funding sup-port for the construc-tion of the organic trad-ing posts.

one of the criteria is that the city or town has organic products that they could market at the trading post.

She said the Mag-saysay town is now into production of organic rice that is supplied not only in Davao but also in other markets in vi-sayas and Luzon.

The other three ar-eas are into producing organic crops like veg-etables, she said.

Meanwhile, city ag-

riculture office head val Turtur said Davao City is holding an “or-ganic Market Day” ev-ery Friday right at the grounds of the city hall where farmers bring their organic produce of vegetables and root crops.

“These agri prod-ucts come from the city’s production areas in Marilog, Baguio, Cali-nan, Tugbok and Toril,” he said.

Turtur said they are strengthening the cam-paign for organic farm-ing even as Republic act 10068 encourages local government units to promote organic ag-riculture.

allowed by law is the creation of a certi-fying body for organic

products and Turtur said they are orga-nizing a second party certifying group with members coming from both the private and government sectors.

he said they are still finalizing the con-stitution of the group and will submit their proposal to Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio for re-view and approval.

Turtur also said that they will be designating areas suited for grow-ing organic crops and “this will most likely fall in the watershed ar-eas in Talomo Lipadas and Tamugan Panigan areas”.

he said the Tugbok area is where high val-ue crops and fruits are grown. [PNa]

Davao region to build trading posts for organic products

go v E R N M E N T S , civil society and the private sec-

tor should ensure and strengthen the contri-butions of forests, trees and agroforestry sys-tems to food security and nutrition, said par-ticipants in the first-ev-er International Confer-ence on Forests for Food Security and Nutrition held last week in Rome, Italy.

globally, millions of people depend on for-ests for their livelihoods - directly through the consumption and sale of foods harvested in forests, and indirectly through forest-related employment and in-come generation, forest ecosystem services, and forest biodiversity.

Forest foods, such as leaves, seeds, nuts, hon-ey, fruits, mushrooms, insects and other for-

est animals, have been important components of rural diets for mil-lennia. an estimated 2.6 billion people rely on fuelwood, including charcoal, for cooking their food.

Incentives The conference par-

ticipants agreed that small-scale forest pro-ducers should be en-couraged to strengthen their involvement in agroforestry, tree-grow-ing, small-scale wood processing and the pro-vision of ecosystem ser-vices.

Microfinance loans to small and medi-um-sized forest enter-prises in many cases have resulted in gains in family incomes and better health, nutrition and quality of life in rural areas, especially when microloans are given to women. [Fao]

Global confab participants sayContribution of forests to food security needs more attention

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ThE Court of appeals (Ca) has stopped field trials for the Bacillus thuriengensis (Bt) eggplant in Davao City and elsewhere in the Philippines as it may pose risks to hu-

man health and the environment.The apellate Court’s decision in the form of a 25-page de-

cision released last May 17 by the Ca Special 13th Division cited the Filipinos’ right to a healthy environment, saying that the court is mandated to uphold such a right when it is put to risk. The writ penned by Ca associate Justice IsaiasDicdican ordered the Department of

Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and other government agencies to stop the Bttalong trials. Ca associ-ate Justices Justices Myra garcia-Fernandez and nina Anto-nio-valenzuela concurred with the decision.

The court ruling said that the trials violated the people’s constitutional right to a balanced and healthful ecology.

“The field trials of Bttalong involve the willful and deliber-ate alteration of the genetic traits of a living element of the eco-system and the relationship of living organisms that depend on each other for their survival, “ part of the Ca decision states.

The court castigated the government for failing to adopt suf-ficient biosafety protocols in conducting the trials, as well as

feasibility studies on genetically modified organisms (gMOs), to protect the environment and people’s health.

The ruling is widely regarded as a triumph of environmen-talists, including the city of Davao which is among the petition-ers.

as for lessons, both protagonists can derive plenty from the ruling. The petitioners should be happy to realize that vig-ilance, unity and strong resolve can right a wrong, such that mounting a fight on all fronts, including legal, is worth it. The vanquished government agencies and the factotums that run them should admit their shortcomings and promise never to ignore the all-important consideration of public safety and welfare. This is not to say that they should stop experiments on ideas which can be potentially useful to mankind.

The people behind the bttalong trials should derive comfort from the fact that their debacle at the Ca is nothing compared to the suffering, sometimes martyrdom, certain scientists had to endure when the world was still young. Remember gior-dano Bruno, the Italian Dominican friar who was declared a heretic and burned at the stake for supporting the Copernican theory that the Earth revolves around the Sun and not the oth-er way around?

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CaNDID ShoTS - Many private sec-tor economists presumed that it makes harder for other entrepre-

neurs to join the playing field of business where powerful political clans also have an economic base. Clearly, cronyism and corruption, in particular, rob people of opportunities for enterprise, and there may be reason to discourage prospective capitalists of doing business – otherwise things can horribly go wrong.

genetiCALLy-ALteReD FOOD PRoDuCTS – Who cares about geneti-cally-engineered products? Filipino food consumers are now too curious to know about biotechnology. and by the way, what is biotechnology? It is the science of manipulating genetic traits and sub-stances. The products – giant vegetables, tastier flood-proof rice, corn and sea produce, and of course, medicines. What makes the field exceptionally exciting is that biotechnology promises big profits and better life.

as a strong growth continued with the adoption of new varieties of dis-ease-resistant crops, biotech products which include drugs become the fastest adopted technology in recent history. Every day, new results of scientific prog-ress are appearing on dinner tables, store shelves and medicine cabinets. Talking of food, dip into a dish of tofu and there’s a good chance it is made from genetical-ly-altered soybeans.

But are these genetically-modified marvels really safe to eat or use? or are they foisted on unsuspecting consum-ers without proper warning? Most con-sumers including Filipinos have little

choice in the matter of al-tered products notably foods. They are, as a matter of fact, unaware that many staples have already been altered or contain al-tered ingredi-ents. howev-er, scientists and biofood producers say they’re aware of the issues and take them into account in their reviews – the more people know about genetically-modified products, the less fearful they will be.

Biotechnology actually is nothing new and looks set to revolutionize not only agriculture and the environment, but medicines as well. In drug development, several bio-engineered medicines have already replaced those with convention-al methods notably in the uS and other developed countries. But no nation clings to genetically-altered products as tightly as China. Its pharmaceuticals industry is fast growing and the country needs to produce inexpensive but high-quality medicines in large quantities to cater to its burgeoning population.

Pharmaceuticals likewise comprise most of Japan’s biotech products. Many Japanese firms jumped on the bandwag-on as early as the 80’s. Its drug division has been reeling in ample but undisclosed profits or yearly sales, a good part of it in biotech. harnessing them has made many types of medicines cheaper and

more widely available. Like for instance, most insulin for diabetics is made by ge-netically-altered bacteria. human growth hormones, antibiotics and human pro-teins are also being produced by nature’s “factories.” other drug companies are also making such bio-engineered prod-ucts as hepatitis vaccines and anti-cancer intervention protein.

unfortunately, governments around the world have been slow to regulate ge-netically-modified products. Many coun-tries including the uS had no labeling laws but require approval of genetic foods and medicines under certain condition such as if the product contains known toxins, allergens or an entirely new substance. These days, it seems barely a week pass-es without news of some innovation or advance in biotech and the revolution is already happening in asia. all of this con-tributes to a growing sense of wariness among asian consumers.

The bio-engineered drug industry is tipped to be one of the fastest growing in the years to come. Meanwhile, some scientists insist that the social impact is always high on the agenda. They assert that biotech experts cannot do anything without the backing of society. It should involve everyone in the process to elim-inate paranoia of the unknown because the fear is bigger than the reality. While doing their routine shopping spree, un-knowing Filipino food consumers should now start taking a closer look and care-fully examine the foodstuffs they need to purchase. Who knows, a certain favorite food item included in their list is geneti-cally-engineered product?

InveSting in trees isn’t really a new concept especially when you think of tree farmers planting falcatta trees

that are bought after five to seven years by a paper mill plant in Bislig, Surigao del Sur--- or farmers growing rubber trees whose latex is bought by rubber processing plants in Makilala, North Co-tabato.

These tree farmers can earn millions from these trees that help clean our en-vironment that lead to a better global climate--- which was precisely the rea-son why these trees are included in the government’s national greening Pro-gram (ngP).

But a german editor Ulli Kronberg of Mama Earth Philippines brought this commercial tree planting concept even farther--- the planting, growing and mass production of Mahogany Trees that include the participation of the peo-ple, the general public and anyone who cares about helping the environment.

Kronberg has made it even more at-tractive by allowing people to make an investment in this forest tree project and earning a “return-on-investment” (RoI) after 12 years when the trees are har-vested and bought by wood processors.

Kronberg, who had been doing Mama Earth tree reforestation projects for the Department of Environment and Natu-ral Resources (DENR) mostly in Samal Island, Davao del Norte, covering both coastal areas with mangrove trees and barren hillsides with mahogany trees--- now want people to join him in refor-esting the typhoon-devastated hills and mountains of Compostela valley, Davao

del Norte and Davao orien-tal.

“Most of the forests here in Davao have been de-nuded for so many years. It will take so long for them to recover. We like to help farmers and small inves-tors to earn money from this tree in-vestment project,” says Kronberg, who travels between Davao and hamburg working as editor of four german sailing magazines and running a beach resort, hotel and restaurant in Samal island.

any small investor who can cough out P500 deposit monthly into Mama Earth’s bank account for 72 months (six years) can be assured of earnings amounting to P320,000 after 12 years, according to Kronberg who had been traveling weekly to his pilot tree proj-ect in sitio Bambanon, Cortez town near Tandag, Surigao del Sur to supervise the tree farmers there who already started the first mahogany tree project there by planting nearly 700 mahogany trees.

“The beauty of this tree project is that even a coconut tree farmer can con-tinue his own farm while intercropping the mahogany trees in between the rows of his coconut trees,” Kronberg told this writer.

From the total sales proceeds of the

“tree investment”, the small investor gets 40% share, while the tree farmer gets 60% share of the income. By himself, the tree farmer cannot afford to finance the tree project, because of the total costs of planting and farm maintenance that in-clude cost of tree seedlings, organic fer-tilizers, cultivation, farm labor, etc.

Mama Earth however advances the expenses of the tree farmer, hopeful to recover its costs from the tree invest-ments. a small investor who wants to sign up and invest in this mahogany tree project is required to put up P2000 as Registration Fee when he or she signs a “Partnership Contract” with Mama Earth Philippines (Mobile 0915 873 1680). the german editor has produced and published an information brochure explaining this tree investment partner-ship project which will soon be available to the public.

“We’re hoping this tree project would stop illegal logging and prevent land-grabbing here in Mindanao when farmers become part of the project,” Kronberg said.

a DENR official who works closely with the german editor and environ-mentalist on this Mama Earth project said the mahogany tree investment proj-ect is expected to boost the efforts of the government under its national greening Program, especially with its emphasis on propagating the Philippines indige-nous tree species like mahogany that are nearly extinct in this mostly denuded country.

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Some cracks in the technocrat cult

AQUILES Z. ZONIOStaff Writer

Fear of the unknown

Investing in mahogany trees

(Conclusion)By ChryStia FreelandCOMMENTARY

“MY view for a long time was that labor organizations had become rent-seeking,”

he said, using the economics term for groups that specialize in getting a big-ger share of the pie rather than making it grow overall.

“Now, my view is that, even though we are not transitioning from dicta-torship to democracy, you need some labor organizations as a counterweight to business lobbying.”

acemoglu and Robinson make the argument at greater length in the pa-per: “Faced with a trade union exercis-ing monopoly power and raising the wages of its members, most economists would advocate removing or limiting the union’s ability to exercise this mo-nopoly power, and that is certainly the right policy in some circumstances. But unions do not just influence the way the labor market functions; they also have important implications for the political system. historically, unions have played a key role in the creation of democracy in many parts of the world, particularly in Western Europe.”

Two other important examples the study dissects are financial deregula-tion in the united States and privatiza-tion in post-Soviet Russia. In both cas-es, economic reforms that made a lot of sense in the abstract and in terms of economic efficiency had the unintend-ed consequence of strengthening al-ready powerful political interests.

as the powerful often do, they over-played their hand. The result was a po-litical spiral which in the united States helped set off the 2008 financial crisis and in Russia led to the rise of Presi-dent vladimir v. Putin and his author-itarian regime.

This paper reminds us of some-thing important, which critics of the elite often don’t understand or don’t want to understand. In both the united States and in Russia, the reforms which strengthened powerful vested inter-ests didn’t begin as a cunning plot by a wealthy cabal, intent on further enrich-ing itself. Instead, they were endorsed and advocated by today’s high priests, the technocrats, who sincerely believed they were acting in the common good.

“What our paper is targeted at is, there is a certain hubristic attitude among economists – we are the queen of the social sciences because we use numbers and data,” said acemoglu, who is a professor in MIT’s department of economics. “But that can ignore the implications of political power.”

That reminded me of a Russian oli-garch who once told me he had been prepared to pay a bribe to influence the privatization process in his favor. But, he delightedly recalled, he soon discovered that all he needed to do was explain that the policy would further the cause of market reforms in Russia. Then, as he put it, “like little darlings,” the technocrats in charge hastened to put it into action.

That’s the big takeaway from the acemoglu and Robinson paper: There is no such thing as pure policy, and we should check our pockets and lock our doors when someone tells us other-wise.

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NEWS

ThE armed Forces of the Philippines Wednesday said

it respects the latest uS travel warning on the country.

“We respect the uS Embassy’s issuance of travel advisories to its people who intend to visit the Philippines particu-larly to the island of Min-danao,” aFP public affairs office chief Maj. Ramon Zagala said.

he added it is appro-priate for any country to protect and at all times consider the safety and well-being of its people at home or abroad.

“With or without this travel warning, the aFP will continue to be firm in our commitment to pro-tect Filipinos and foreign citizens visiting our coun-try,” Zagala stated.

“We are vigilant and will continue to monitor the security situation in the country, particularly in Mindanao. our intelli-gence gathering and net-work sharing with other

law-enforcement agen-cies, particularly the PNP, are in place to prevent any untoward incidents that may threaten the peace and stability of our country,” he added.

Earlier, the uS Embas-sy in Manila announced that “a credible threat of a terrorist kidnapping- for-ransom plot against foreigners has been iden-tified in the Zamboanga area on the island of Min-danao.”

In view of this, all american citizens resid-ing in or planning to trav-el to the Zamboanga area were told “to re-evaluate their personal safety sit-uation and consider post-poning travel to this area at this time.”

uS government per-sonnel already in Zam-boanga were likewise directed to relocate to a secure area, while uS government employees planning to travel to Zam-boanga were also direct-ed “to defer their travel at this time”. (PNa)

AFP respects latest US travel warning

In the previous school year, a total of 21,410 classrooms were used in 667 public schools in the region. atillo said the need for additional class-rooms was anticipated because they expected an increase in the number of students this school year.

Deped 11 is projecting a three percent in pop-ulation increase in ele-mentary and four percent increase the secondary level.

atillo bared that for kindergarten, DepEd projected at least 86,782 students for 2013-2014 compared to 83,782 in the previous year. That’s an increase of 3,000 stu-dents or 3 percent.

also for this school year, 703,539 students are expected for the ele-mentary level compared to 683,042 last year or an increase of 20,497 or 3 percent.

In the secondary lev-el, 260,654 students are expected compared to last year’s 250,630 or an increase of 10,024 or 4 percent.

Meanwhile, atillo said schools affected by ty-phoon Pablo are still un-dergoing rehabilitation.

“Despite the ongoing reconstruction in these areas, we have prepared temporary classrooms for students and classes will start on June 3,” he explained, adding that double shifting of class-es is considered a major remedy in Pablo-stricken areas with conversion of the principal’s office and other facilities, like home economics rooms, will be converted into temporary classrooms.

“Despite the shortage of classrooms, delaying the opening of classes is not considered an op-tion,” atillo said.

the 58th murder count in the massacre case on July 22, 2012, 10 months after the De-partment of Justice found probable cause to file charges on his behalf.

only the dentures of Momay were found at the massacre site in Sitio Masalay, Baran-gay Salman, ampatuan town. But his name and signature were on a list of the media workers who joined the ill-fat-ed convoy that was supposed to file the candidacy of now Ma-guindanao governor

Esmael Mangudadatu, who was supposed to run against andal Jr.

The 58 deaths, in-cluding that of 32 me-dia workers, made the massacre the worst case of election-relat-ed violence in recent Philippine history and the single deadliest attack ever against journalists and media workers.

of the 196 suspects, 106 have been arrest-ed.

No one has yet been convicted almost four years after the slaugh-ter.

ThE Department of Trade and In-d u s t r y - D a v a o

City Field office (DTI-DCFo) will hold a one-day Presyo Diskwento Caravan-Balik Eskwe-la Edition on May 30, from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m., at the Sangguni-ang Panlungsod lobby.

The Balik Eskwe-la Edition of Presyo Diskwento Caravan will offer from 20 per-

cent to 50 percent dis-counts on school sup-plies like notebooks, pad papers, pencils, pens, crayons, scis-sors, bags, shoes, and uniforms.

DTI-DCFo Director Teolulo T. Pasawa said the caravan intends to help parents and guardians to have an option where they can buy affordable school supplies as classes

open on June 3.“and we would like

to assure consumers that although these products are sold at discounted prices, these are made by rep-utable manufacturers and surely deliver the required quality,” he said.

apart from the school supplies and other school needs, the manufacturers and

distributors joining the caravan will also sell basic commodi-ties like canned fish and pork, bath soap, shampoo, laundry bar, instant noodles, pro-cessed milk, and cof-fee.

Pasawa encouraged residents here to avail of the very affordable school essentials and other products at the caravan. (PNa)

PEACEBUILDING. Christine Vertucci, Mindanao Peacebuliding Institute (MPI) director, promotes the upcoming MPI gathering of Asian Advocates in Davao on June 1, 2013 to tackle various topics such as peacebuilding

and social media during yesterday’s Club 888 media forum at the Marco Polo Davao. Lean Daval Jr.

DTI Davao sets ‘Presyo Diskwento’ caravan

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TENS of thousands of foreign workers are trying to leave Saudi

arabia after the govern-ment of the world’s No. 1 oil exporter said they would be forgiven any fees or fines for visa violations such as overstaying or switching jobs.

Riyadh is pursuing sweeping labour reform that would tackle domes-tic unemployment by pushing firms to hire Saudi nationals - who now hold

only about one in 10 pri-vate sector jobs - instead of some of its roughly 9 million foreign residents.

The disproportion of foreigners in jobs arises, some firms say, from the fact Saudis demand higher wages and are harder to sack than expatriates. oth-er firms, particularly those in fields involving manual labour, say they cannot at-tract Saudi workers.

Earlier this year the kingdom began to crack

down on the many for-eign workers who violat-ed their visa terms with surprise inspections on streets and in company offices, followed in some cases by the deportation of offenders.

Saudi arabia, whose total population is 28 million, has long turned a blind eye to the impact of its rigid foreign worker laws, resulting in a huge black market for expatri-ate labour.

on Tuesday, thousands queued in blazing sun-shine outside the main passport office in Riyadh to secure exit visas, with many people saying they had waited in line for more than 24 hours.

“I just want to go back to Nepal because my sala-ry is no good - only 600 ri-yals a month. I came here yesterday afternoon, slept on the ground and didn’t eat anything. But when I got to the front of the line

they said my papers were incorrect,” said Dinesh Kumar Sar, 25, a labourer.

Local media quoted the spokesman for the Saudi passport office as saying 124,000 people had left the country since early april when the gov-ernment announced a three-month grace period for illegal workers to rec-tify their status. [Reuters]

ECoNoMIC IMPaCTThe economic impact

of such a foreign exodus is not yet clear. arab News said on Tuesday that roadworks in Riyadh had been delayed because of a foreign worker shortage. however, economists in the kingdom have previ-ously said Saudi compa-nies tend to overemploy due to the low cost of for-eign labour.

The kingdom has large numbers of workers from India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, the Philippines, Indonesia, Yemen, Ethiopia and oth-er arab states, many of which benefit from high levels of remittances.

Saudi law says expa-triates must work for a designated Saudi sponsor in the professional field registered on their resi-dency permit, or iqama.

Expatriates brought in to work for Saudi compa-nies often complain they are paid much less than was promised or are de-nied exit visas by spon-sors who hold their pass-ports. Many subsequently

break the law to find work with a better employer.

another common il-legal practice is the so-called “free visa” system, under which a sponsor allows workers to find alternative employment but charges them a com-mission to renew their residence permit or seek an exit visa.

The Labour Ministry started cracking down on such practices after im-posing rules last year to force companies to em-ploy more Saudis, with fines and hiring restric-tions imposed on firms that do not meet localisa-tion quotas.

Local newspapers on Monday quoted the la-bour minister as saying the new rules had local-ised 600,000 jobs so far.

In early april King abdullah announced a three-month grace peri-od for workers to rectify their residence status by changing their sponsor or profession without facing the usual penalties.

That period will end on July 3, when the La-bour Ministry has said it will renew the crack-down.

however, many have been unable to switch their sponsor to their current employer or to change their residence papers to show their cur-rent profession because doing so would put their company in breach of lo-calisation rules. [Reuters]

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ThE Commission on Elections has named almost all winners

in the party-list race, but the Supreme Court has stopped the poll body from any further “partial proclamations.”

The high court on Wednesday ordered Comelec to “cease and desist from proclaiming winners from among the party-list candidates.”

The temporary re-straining order was is-sued amid a petition filed by party-list group Senior Citizens, which had been disqualified by the poll body.

It came after the Comelec on Tuesday pro-claimed 38 winners in the party-list race which will share of 53 seats in Con-gress.

Five seats were left va-cant pending the Supreme Court decision on disqual-ified groups whose names were still included in bal-lots.

Senior Citizens ranked 10th among the party-list groups in the May 13 elec-tions.

had it not been dis-

qualified, the group would have been entitled to two seats in the house of Rep-resentatives.

Poll chief Sixto Bril-lantes Jr. has meanwhile noted that Supreme Court action on disqualified groups may affect the ros-ter of winners.

he particularly noted that top party-list group Buhay, which has been giv-en three Congress seats, may lose on slot.

under the law, a group must get 2 percent of the total party-list votes cast to secure at least one seat.

The Supreme Court also ordered Comelec to comment on the petitions filed by Senior Citizens within 10 days.

The halt order is the latest in a string of Comelec moves bucked by the Supreme Court.

It has earlier stopped the poll body from imple-menting new limits on air-time for political ads and a cap on cash withdrawals during election day.

The high court also ear-lier remanded to Comelec its decision on disqualified party-list groups. [Yahoo!] Commission on Elections (COMELEC) Chairman Sixto Brillantes gestures during a press conference held recently.

SC TO COMELEC: Stop naming party-list winners

QUITTING. Illegal immigrant workers wait in line at the Saudi immigration offices at the Alisha area, west of Riyadh May 26, 2013. [REUTERS]

Pinoys, foreign workers, quitting Saudi Arabia

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INDIaNaPoLIS -- The In-diana Pacers played des-perate Tuesday night.They relentlessly at-

tacked the basket, continu-ally won the battle for loose balls, dominated the glass and, yes, turned the tables

on Miami yet again.Roy hibbert fin-

ished with 23 points and 12 re-

bounds, Lance Stephenson

added 20 p o i n t s , and the Pacers

closed the game on a 16-6 run to pull away from the defend-ing NBa champs for a 99-92 victory.

Just like that, the East-ern Conference finals are tied at 2 and the pres-sure has swung back to Miami.

“We’re never go-ing to give up. We’re relentless,” hibbert said after another big game. “all those guys in there, they believe we can win.

No matter what all the analysts or whoever says anything, they count us out, those guys in the lock-er room were ready to play and we went out and played our hearts out.”

hibbert will get no ar-gument from coach Frank vogel, who challenged his team to bring it or go down swinging.

Indiana scored with punch after punch.

The Pacers revved up the crowd with an open-ing 11-0 run, got the heat

in foul trouble and answered every

challenge Miami posed in a phys-ical game that had bodies fly-

ing, tempers flaring

and LeBron James stunned after fouling out of a playoff game for only the second time in his career.

Indiana believed this was the only way it could get back into the best-of-seven series after giving home-court advantage back to Miami two nights earlier.

The players promised to treat game 4 as if they were playing a decisive seventh game, and it showed.

An angry Paul george u n c h a r a c t e r i s t i c a l l y smacked the floor after be-ing called for a foul in the third quarter, leading to a technical foul on vogel that seemed to get Indiana re-focused. The defense con-tinually contested shots by James and his high-scor-ing teammates. The four-time MvP finished with 24 points but was only 8-of-18

from the field. and In-diana reverted to its

more typical style, holding a 49-30

rebounding ad-vantage and outscoring

Miami 50-32 in the paint.

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WIPING FRUSTRATION. Miami Heat coach Eric Spoelstra (left photo below) wipes away sweat after Game 4. Top, Indiana center Roy Hibbert and the Heat’s Chris Bosh jockey for position. (Below right) Lebron James is down on his knees as the Heat lost Game 4 to the Pacers.

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DUMAgUete City - Davao and Negros occidental will go

for the prestigious PFF Suzuki u23 National Cup title today at the Perdices Stadium here.

In securing their spots in the finals, Negros occidental stunned Iloilo with two brilliant goals in the second half while Davao sent neighbor North Cotabato packing zero to nil with a nail-bit-ing goal during stoppage

time.The other teams

which competed for a spot in the semis were Baguio City Fa, Federated Fa of Masbate, Iligan-La-nao del Norte Fa and Zamboanga del Norte-Di-polog Fa.

Football fans are in for a treat for as the two teams are fired up to go for the clincher, a source of ride for the Fas and a possible spot in the na-tional team’s u23 roster.

Suzuki Philippines has partnered with the Philippine Football Fed-eration (PFF) to pro-mote the growth of the Filipino football scene in the country, follow-ing the good showing of the Philippine National Men’s Football Team in the 2010 aSEaN Football Federation (aFF) Suzuki Cup

The PFF Suzuki u23 National Cup is also a springboard towards the

big leagues, as some of the players in the inter-national leagues were once players in various Suzuki Cups.

By providing young footballers with a local stage to showcase their talents and fans with a venue to show their support for their home teams, Suzuki Philip-pines remains committed to the discovering and nurturing football talents in the country.

JEaN “Khyrrah” Tuvilla of Mulatto Davao was voted as the Nationals

Most valuable Player Fe-male in the 2nd Philippine ultimate Championships national Frisbee tourna-ment held at the alabang Country Club in Manila last weekend.

Tuvilla also made the most number of assists as Mulatto Davao finished a respectable over-all sev-enth place among the 16 teams coming from all over the country.

John Paul Bade of Team Cebu was the MvP male. Will Steedman of Sid vicious and oli Chaluyan of Sunken Pleasure were the Finals MvPs.

actor Derek Ramsey of Sid vicious made it to the Mythical Seven line-up.

Sunken Pleasure of Manila won the Spir-it award and emerged champion followed by reigning Daba Daba cham-pion Sid vicious of Manila and the Boracay Dragons as second and third, re-spectively. Manila Rogers,

Team Cebu and Boracay ultimate made it a 4-5-6 finish.

Mulatto led by play-ing team owners Daisy Jane Cimafranca and Joei Monterola opened up their campaign with a 11-10 squeaker over SLEX Manila then demolished Bitag Manila, 11-7. Mulat-to, however, bowed to the Boracay Dragons, 7-11 be-fore bouncing back with an 11-4 rout over K3 in the pre-quarterfinal match.

But the Boracay Drag-ons again beat Mulatto, 10-9 in a very exciting quarterfinal match. Mulat-to also then lost to Team Cebu, 6-11 before crush-ing Lasallian ultimate, 11-4.

Lasalllian ultimate set-tled for 8th place followed by Extreme Dumaguete, Diliman ultimate orga-nization (Duo), acidus, Bitag-Manila, South Side guerrilas (SSg) Davao, gardeners Manila, SLeX Manila and Katipuan Kill-er Kleats (KKC) Manila in that order.

ThE NCCC Mall Davao hosts this week’s Davao

Sportswriters asso-ciation (DSa) Forum at 10:30 a.m. today at its Bowling, Bil-liards and Bar (B3) Center, third floor. guests are Sports De-velopment Division of the City Mayor’s office (SDD-CMo) of-ficer-in-charge Po-cholo Elegino, Private Schools athletic as-sociation (Prisaa) 11 executive director Joa-quin “Boy” Sarabia, assumption School of Davao u16 coach Rol-ly Sancho and Dr. ging Carpio of Philippine association of Reha-bilitation Medicine.

Elegino is set to brief DSa members on the upcoming athletes’ Recognition Day slated June 5 at the garden oases Resort while Sarabia tackles recent development on the Davao del Norte’s host-ing of the 2014 National Prisaa Championship. Sancho, for his part, is going to share their preparations and ex-pectations on their stint at the National u16 basketball tournament set to open on June 1 in Manila while Carpio is announcing details of the Pharma Run in July. This special edition of the DSa Forum is spon-sored by NCCC Mall Davao.

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Leading warehouse shopping chain S&R Membership Shop-

ping is now in davao.The upscale market retail shop-

ping chain formally opened its sev-enth outlet in davao City on Tuesday, May 28, along Mcarthur Highway.

no less than the bigwigs of S&R and its parent corporation Puregold led by chairman Lucio L. Co and wife Susan Co, S&R president anthony Sy and vice president for operations Kelly eugene Ricks were on hand for the grand opening celebration.

davao’s new investing group was welcomed by no less than Mayor Sara duterte Carpio and husband Mans Carpio, and davao City assis-

tant administrator Tristan dwight domingo.

S&R’s membership shopping concept has been considered by its officers as “highly successful” and that they are bent on expanding the concept in major cities in the Philip-pines.

The S&R outlet in davao is the seventh branch overall for the ware-house chain which was bought by Puregold last year to the tune of P16.5 Billion.

By buying S&R, Puregold thus consolidated its retail business into a publicly listed vehicle catering to all segments. It is evident in the first day of operations of S&R as dabawe-nyos of different market segments trooped to the new S&R outlet.

Finally, S&R!By Neil BravoPhotos by Lean Daval Jr.

A2 INdulge! VOL. 6 ISSUE 54 • THURSDAY, MAY 30, 2013EDGEDAVAOUP AND ABOUT FOOD

War of Our Fathers exhibit at SM Davao, May 31to June 12

Pizza Hut launches newest ‘out of this world’ Cheeseburger Pizza

Barrio Bistro: Gastronomical haven in one roof

The much–celebrated traveling exhibition, War of our Fathers, is set to do a pit stop in Davao on May 31 at SM City Davao, Annex. The said Veterans Bank World War II exhibit features WW II photographs, maps, artifacts and memorabilia that pay tribute to the patriotism of Filipinos. With the showcase, the Veterans Bank and SM City Davao aim to share to the public, especially the youth sector, what it was like to live in the time of the World War. The collection has extensively travelled throughout the country since 2006 and has been displayed in government offices, museums, schools, and malls on over 40 cities and municipalities. In 2009, it was exhibited at the Nanjing War Memorial Museum in China. The War of our Fa-thers has received the recognition of several award-giving bodies including the Anvil Awards, Gold Quill Awards, and the PANATA Awards. Most recently, it re-ceived an Award of excellence for Communication Manage-ment from the 10th Philippine Quill Awards presented by IABC Philippines. Visit the award-winning exhibit at the ground floor of SM City Davao Annex, May 31to June 12. For inquiries, call 297.6998. Like SM City Davao on Face-book or follow @smcitydavao on Twitter for event and pro-mo updates.

BUrGer or pizza? Pizza hut has come up with the ultimate solution to this perennial problem that has confronted families and friends that eat out, with the touchdown of the Pizza hut’s new Cheeseburger Pizza! Combining the familiar and well loved juicy taste of cheeseburger and the cheese overload appeal of Pizza hut’s pizza, the innovative and unique Cheeseburg-er Pizza is the most exciting product that burst on the Philip-pine food scene. The new Cheeseburger Pizza took theatrical center stage at the recent block screening of Star Trek: Into Darkness held at the Gateway Cinema, Gateway Mall Araneta Center. Ce-lebrity guests and media from all platforms were exclusively treated to sample the juicy cheeseburgers nestled in pockets of golden crust around their favorite Pizza hut pizza. every-one was delighted by the pizza’s “space-ship” shape with its 8 edges bulging with luscious burger patties. This certainly added up to the extremely appetizing appeal of the pizza at first glance. Adding to their galactic glee was the realization that Pizza hut’s Cheeseburger Pizza comes in BLT (Bacon Lettuce and Cheese) and BCL (Bacon Cheeseburger Lovers) or with any of your favorite pizza toppings! They weren’t surprised how-ever that Pizza hut would come out with such an innovative concept of “pizza and burger in one” because the company has long been associated with innovative products such as the Stuffed Crust Pizza. The guests likewise raved about the thickness of the crust at the edge of the pizza, which they described as not over-whelming but “just right”. They savored the burger patty stuffing at the edge of the pizza which they pronounced as “simply excellent and out of this world”. The movie and the new Cheeseburger Pizza have some things in common - both are clearly aimed at families, teen-age children and yuppies. But if Star Trek: Into Darkness is a movie that is a constant contest between logic and emotion, Pizza hut’s new Cheeseburger Pizza is a mouthwatering “out of this world” conciliation of the goodness of burger and the innovative succulence of the world famous pizza flavors of Pizza hut. Pizza hut’s Cheeseburger Pizza can be also be enjoyed in Big Group dine-in meal bundles such as Family Feast for four at 799 pesos and Party Feast for eight at 1,399 pesos or or-dered for delivery through your nearest Pizza hut’s delivery number. Pizza hut’s Cheeseburger Pizza - it’s burger and pizza that can blast your taste buds into the final frontier.

Comfort has always been associated with food, home and family. filipinos as we are, we are in constant search for an all in one es-capade that holds forth all aforementioned factors under one roof. Well, people of Davao, especially in the Damosa area, need not have to go elsewhere. Barrio Bistro at Damosa is now open to cater to your comfort needs – and more.

combination of flavors per-fectly fits the interplay of explosions in the mouth with every bite. Pair it up with any of their drink choices and your all set.

Meat Dishes of the many staples, Barrio Bistro also has their own version of the infa-mous Baby Back ribs dish that is tender like no other. my companions literally described how juicy the meat was and how it was falling off the rack – even with just a fork. With or without a heaping of sauce, it was cooked and served right. The plate of Barrio Bis-tro Garlic Chicken is defi-nitely something to look forward to. It was delecta-bly crispy and tender. The garlic added just the right kick to an already savory chicken. Have it plain or with rice, does not matter, it is already best on its own.

Barrio Bistro Damosa is the first of the franchise to actually serve Pica-Pica during happy hours. Yes, the homey feel of the res-taurant literally transforms into a pub-like dining area where you can unleash and unwind your workload stress and just let loose. Have your friends and family with you during weekends and experience a whole new take on night-life in the metro – the Bar-rio Bistro Damosa style! Have a taste of their mouth-watering and scrumptious dishes any-time of the week and re-awaken your Pinoy taste buds all over again. open from 10:00 am until 12:00 midnight (2:00 am during weekends), serving break-fast, lunch, snacks, din-ner and midnight snacks, Barrio Bistro Damosa is definitely a gastronomical haven in one roof! Do you want to be a part of Davao’s Thursday hab-it? Send me your recipes, questions, suggestions and comments and be featured. If you are interested, then email me at leebai@che-froyale.com or visit www.chefroyale.com for more recipes. Happy Cooking!

With its sleek and homey ambience, you are sure to have the best time in Barrio Bistro Damosa. Quaint as it may seem, the interior boasts of a sleek familiar feel all around. Complimenting the cool effect of the room is their signature wall adornment that cannot help but make you smile with glee. Not to mention, it makes you ap-preciate your filipino roots even more. Having opened other branches in the metro, Bar-rio Bistro has been known to have one of the most delectable choices of dishes in town. from the menu alone, you will surely have a hard time choosing. Thus, let me give you an idea of what to expect when you are in Barrio Bistro.

Drinks Their take on the usu-al iced tea is more than enough to make you sit still and eat. Not overpower-ing, their House blend Iced tea is just right to the taste even without any food on your palate. Aside from such, they also serve a wide array of carbonated mixed drinks that they concoct from scratch.

Pizza Dubbed as cheapest in the metro, their All Day Buy 1 take 1 Pizza is most definitely their EDGE be-tween and amongst the others. Imagine ordering two (2) of their appetizing creations and eating them hot, right off the kitchen, anytime of the day. Isn’t

that something to look forward to? more so, their thin crusted and flavorful pizza could be ordered ‘to go’ and even have it deliv-ered right at your door-steps. must try is their 3 Cheese Pizza (personal fa-vorite!) with its exquisite blend of cheese and sauce, you are in heaven with ev-ery bite. Best eaten hot, the richness of the flavor hits your senses like no other – no exaggeration there. for the meat lovers, try their signature Barrio Bistro fi-esta Pizza and have a gas-tronomical adventure with your palate. overloaded but not soggy, you can nev-er go wrong with this one.

Pasta of their many pasta dishes, their Carbonara is but their best. Perfect for health buffs, this pasta dish is light as cotton and creamy like no other. The

Barrio Bistro’s Fiesta Overload Pizza.

Carlo and Christopher with their accomodating staff.

Barrio Bistro Garlic Chicken.

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PrINCe William made the most out of his private visit to a homeless charity last week. As patron of the organi-zation, the royal stopped by one of Centrepoint Charity’s central London hostels to meet with staff and learn about the facility and its needs, as well as getting in a quick game of table tennis and a plate of flapjacks. Although press was not invited to the event, Cen-trepoint shared the expe-rience on their Facebook page. “Look who popped in yesterday,” they wrote, along with a photo, and mentioned a number of

highlights from the Duke of Cambridge’s visit. A casually dressed Prince William stopped and chat-ted with many of the char-

ity’s residents, including the Centrepoint Parliament and Fully Focused, a group of younger adults who were taught the art of film-making. The dad-to-be also made a stop at the kitchen (where residents are taught how to cook on a budget and the importance of nu-trition) to try some flapjacks and homemade smoothies, and proceeded to hit up the ping-pong table outside. “It’s fair to say Prince Wil-liam was better than our chief exec Seyi at table ten-nis,” the charity wrote. Well, Prince William is no amateur.

The Apprentice Asia, is set to make waves across Asia this May 2013! The Apprentice, created by reality TV guru Mark Burnett (The Voice, Survivor), with multi-billionaire Donald Trump as host and co-executive producer, has been a worldwide runaway success The Asian adaptation of the mega hit reality series, The Apprentice Asia will be hosted by aviation tycoon Tony Fernandes; with the production helmed by Fre-mantlemedia Asia, a lead-ing global entertainment production company which also produced the Indone-sian and Australian editions of The Apprentice. Part of the cast is proud Dabawenya, Celina Le Nein-dre who is the daughter of Davao’s own Claude Le Nein-dre. Schooled at the Philip-pine School of Culinary Arts, Master Chef Program and is a food and beverage consul-tant.

“I’m a sore loser but I enjoy a good challenge. I pout and even get angry with myself.” says Celina “I grew up being used to winning, and get-ting what I want.” To support Celina you can go to www.axn-asia.com

and click on The Apprentice Asia or through Facebook at http://www.axn-asia.com/programs/apprentice-asia/AAindex to vote. Supporters can also use the hashtag on Twitter #aacelina and on Instagram.

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Cozy cuisine at Tea’amotImE flows and things in the city change and evolve. This is true especially when it comes to Davao’s dynamic food landscape, and tea’amo is one of those food establish-ments that are evolving to cater to the varied needs of their clientele. What started off as a cozy simple milk tea place along tionko Avenue, tea’amo has reinvented itself with new interiors, new drink offerings plus a totally new food menu. The reason for its change is primarily due to the owners heading to the call of what their customers were looking for and that is something to eat. on their food menu were eight new main courses, pasta and snacks and I was lucky enough to be given a chance to taste each and every main course at tea’amo on a recent food tasting event. The food at tea’amo is de-cent and is really home-style comfort food, nothing fancy-smansy here, just honest-to-goodness cozy and familiar dishes prepared with lots of heart. top of my must try list is their Spicy Pork Cracklings. I love my pork, and to have it deep fried with slivers of chilli and a vinegar dip was sheer heaven. I wanted to love the Curry tilapia with mango Cilantro Salsa but the tilapia was not crispy anymore when it was served, maybe they can try to butterfly or fillet the fish to get it nice and crispy. tea’amo’s Adobo festival is also another nice take on family-style cuisine. The pork was tender and well-seasoned with the familiar set of spices,

the pickled cucumber on the side added some refreshing acidity to the richness of the adobo. People who love creamy dishes can opt for the Creamy Chicken which is similar to chicken a-la-king but served with crispy friend kangkong leaves. The texture of the kangkong makes the dish more vibrant and adds tex-ture to an already familiar dish. After the main courses, we had to have dessert (what is a meal without some sweetness in the end right?). for tasting we had an oreo stuffed chocolate crinkle (chocolate in chocolate) and some chocolate bars paired with tea’amo’s famous pearl teas which made for a deli-cious end to the meal. Follow me on Twitter or In-stagram @kennethkingong for more foodie finds, travel tips and happenings in, around and beyond Durianburg.

Outside Tea’amo. Spicy Pork Cracklings. Service with a smile.

Adobo Festival.Curry Tilapia with Mango Cilantro Salsa.

A quiet corner at Tea’amo.

Chocolate heaven for dessert.

Coconut and Pesto Pork Braise.Tea’amo’s interiors is both cozy and quirky. Home Sweet Ribs.

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SoMEBoDY please call the fire sta-tion, Bong go is

on fire again.The streak-shoot-

ing go is at it again on Monday night rip-ping the cords with 56 points, 48 of those coming from down-town as vMo’s scoring machine once again had a field day in the scoring front.

Well, no one else would complain but the scoring official whose ledger ran out of space for go’s hot night where the vMo cagers dismantled DCPo 116-90 in the Phoenix above 36 bas-ketball tournament at the Davao City Recre-ation Center.

In the first half alone, go had 9 triples as he went to the lock-er room with already 31 markers across the ledger. Not yet done for the night, the wily executive assistant of

mayor-elect Rodrigo Duterte ran berserk with 7 more triple and one heave from the halfcourt line, a shot he has learned to mas-ter with near surgical precision.

Salinas backed up go with 18 points for vMo which now has a 2-0 mark in the 8-team league sponsored by Phoenix Petroleum. Roy Josol added 9 and Jojit Duremdes had 7. DCPo wass led by Lopecillo with 21 and Maligro with 19.

The win also

shoved vMo to a tie for the lead with idle Moonbeem while DCPo dropped to 2-3 in the standings with the loss.

BOXSCOReS: game Result on May 27

vMO 116—go 56 Salinas 18 Josol Roy 9 Duremdes 7 alfeche 6 Pastor 6 gadiano 6 aleman 4 Mondigo 4 Mosqueda 0

DCPo 90-- Lopecil-lo 21 Maligro 19 Leon-ardo 15 Jumawan 14 Bustaleno 13 Serafin 8 Lao 7 Pedida 2 Jaca 0 Josol alan 0 Padua 0

Go rips hoops with 56 asVMO drubs DCPO 116-90By Neil Bravo

TOO HOT TO HANDLE. Beyond the rainbow line is where Bong Go of VMO thrives the most as he scored 56 points in his last outing spiked by 16 conversions from that distance. Lean Daval Jr.