DAVAO ORIENTAL’S Mt. Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanc-

tuary (MHRWS) is the latest addition to the prestigious United Nations Education-al, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage List.

This was announced by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee after conducting its deliberation during the 38th Session yesterday, June 23, in Doha, Qatar.

Davao Oriental Gov. Corazon N. Malanyaon

said it was an overwhelm-ing moment of pride and joy for Davao Oriental to advance its bid for the in-scription. She thanked the World Heritage Committee for placing Mt. Hamiguitan in the much-coveted list. “Our Special thanks also go to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) for their evaluation of the site and their con-structive and open engage-ment with us,” she said.

After years of enduring the tedious and painstaking process for the nomination,

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TOP COP MASTERMINDReport: Police official behind hotelier’s slay?

DENIAL. Paul Dave Molina Labang, suspect in the killing of Cebu-based businessman Richard L. King, denies the accusation when interviewed by members of media at Camp Domingo Leonor in Davao City yesterday before he was brought to the Ninoy Aquino Hall of Justice for inquest proceedings. Lean Daval Jr.

Rommel dela Cerna, one of the suspects arrest-ed by Davao City police last Sunday at the Team Davao Shooting Range at the Laud Quarry area along Maa Di-version Road, reportedly confessed to the police that a certain Police Senior Su-perintendent from another region hired them to kill King, according to a flash report by local radio station DXMF Bombo Radyo yes-terday.

According to the radio report, Dela Cerna said he received a telephone call

from the police official in-forming them that King is already in his office in Sobrecarey and Lacson Streets in Barrio Obrero last June 12.

In his admission, Dela Cerna said he was the look-out during the commission of crime while Paul Dave Labang, a ‘pulot boy’ at the Team Davao Firing Range, was the gunman.

Labang allegedly went inside the office and shot the businessman from close range.

By ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO JR.abf@edgedavao.net

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Hamiguitan: UNESCO World Heritage Site

A HIGH-RANKING police official is report-edly the mastermind of the June 12 kill-ing of hotel magnate Richard L. King.

‘Overwhelming pride, joy:’ Gov. Malanyaon

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WEATHER FORECAST

DAVAO City Police Office director Sr. Supt Vicente D. Da-

nao Jr. is an elusive target these days.

At least for the media covering the DCPO beat.

Yesterday, reporters waited for a long hour in the DCPO lobby hop-ping that he would come down from his office to tell something on the arrest of suspected Richard King gunman Paul Dave Labang but he evaded giving any statement.

Earlier, Danao was re-ported to have berated three reporters after the names of “persons of in-terest” on the murder of

King have been published in the media.

The DCPO chief has been the center of criti-cisms from the local me-dia because of the berat-ing incident. The apparent “leak” was actually traced to a document released by his own staff for media consumption.

The incident happened when the Investigation and Detection Manage-ment Branch (IDMB) of DCPO posted the progress report inside the media folder in the media lounge where the names of per-sons of interest were re-vealed.

MEMBERS of a farm-ers group picketed the Department of

Trade and Industry (DTI) 11 yesterday to protest the unreasonable price hike of basic commodities like rice and garlic.

Benjie T. Badal, spokes-person of Kalipunan ng Da-mayang Mahihirap (KaD-aMay) told Edge Davao in an interview that DTI 11 is allowing the monopoly of supply of prime commodi-ties in the region, prompt-ing distributors to increase the buying price.

“They [DTI] have to act now because for a long time, prices have contin-ued rising,” Badal said.

However, DTI 11 re-gional director Ma. Belenda

Q. Ambi and DA 11 regional director Remelyn R. Reco-ter said in a interview with Edge Davao yesterday that there’s still no evidence that will prove that there is an existence of monopoly in the supply of basic com-modities in the market.

Ambi said it is DA’s duty to do the price monitoring for agricultural commodi-ties involved in the alleged unreasonable price hike.

DTI is the government agency in charge of mon-itoring prices of process commodities.

Ambi did not deny that in a few months, there will be an increase in the price of commodities like milk because of the high price of imported raw materials

that come from countries like New Zealand and Aus-tralia.

Recoter, on the other hand, said that said that they cannot say that there is a price manipulation be-cause product pricing can also be affected by supply.

“We all know that if we have a low supply, then there will be an increase in price and vice versa,” she explained.

“In addition, Davao is not a production area for garlic,” Recoter said, add-ing that in Davao are rice and garlic mostly import-ed.

For rice, Recoter said that there is a shortage in the supply of commer-cial rice because it is still

planting season. Harvest season will start on Octo-ber to December.

She said that Nation-al Food Authority has enough buffer stock of NFA rice that can last for 75 days.

For garlic, Recoter said that they are now coor-dinating with local garlic farmers in Luzon for pos-sible market linkage. DA 11 will facilitate the trade between the local traders and distributors in Davao and garlic farmers from Mindoro, Ilocos, Central Luzon, Nueva Viscaya, and Nueva Ecija.

She said that this may lower the price of garlic in the market from P320 per kilo to P200.

A SUSPECTED drug pusher and a drug user were arrested

in a police buy-bust opera-tion by elements of Sta. Ana Police Station at Purok 3, Isla Verde, Barangay 23-C, Quezon Boulevard, Davao City on Sunday afternoon.

A team led by police of-ficer Bernard Aquino iden-tified suspects as Venus

Fresas Lopez, 34, single and a resident of Purok 3, Isla Verde, Barangay 23-C, Quezon Boulevard, and Siegfred Torco Mesterio, 34, married and a resi-dent of Phase I SIRMatina, Davao City.

Based on initial inves-tigation conducted by Sta. Ana Police, a text message from Isumbong kay CD led

to the arrest of the two suspects. The buy-bust operation in cooperation with the Philippine Drugs Enforcement Agency (PDEA) was intended for the arrest of Lopez who is believed to be selling ille-gal drugs.

The two were arrest-ed after Lopez handed to police officer who acted

as a poseur buyer a small sachet containing suspect-ed shabu in exchange of a P500 marked money.

Police also recovered another two sachets of shabu from the operation.

The suspects are now facing charges for viola-tion of RA 9165 or the Dangerous Drug Acts of 2002. [CRC]

2 nabbed in buy-bust operation

Farmers stage protest over escalating prices of basic goods

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By CHENEEN R. CAPON

Has Danao gone media shy?

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ALL-NEW. The all-new 2014 Isuzu D-MAX 4x4 negotiates the rug-ged terrain of the 2014 Isuzu D-MAX 4x4 Drive Series at the Dakud-ao Complex in Lanang over the weekend. Lean Daval Jr.

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A “trisikad” driver waits for passengers ignoring the “No Parking” sign right beside him at Agdao Public Market in Davao City yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

The Office of the Om-budsman (Ombuds-man) is going after

non-Napoles’ non-govern-ment organizations (NGOs) too.

This after the Ombuds-man investigators have filed a complaint for malversation of public funds and violation of Section 3(e) of Republic Act No. 3019, or the “An-ti-Graft and Corrupt Practic-es Act”, against former Nueva Ecija Rep. Rodolfo Antonino, former Department of Agri-culture (DA) Secretary Ar-thur Yap, and five others in connection with the alleged irregular allocation and uti-lization of the Priority De-velopment Assistance Fund (PDAF).

Antonino and Yap will undergo preliminary inves-

tigation along with former National Agribusiness Cor-poration (NABCOR) officials Alan Javellana, Encarnita Cristina Munsod, Rhodora Mendoza and Maria Niñez Guanizo as well as Marilou Antonio, president of Buhay Mo Mahal Ko Foundation, Inc. (BMMKFI); and Carmel-ita Barredo, general manag-er of CC Barredo Publishing House (CC Barredo).

Likewise, the Ombuds-man also filed a separate complaint for malversation of public funds and violations of Section 3(e) and (h) of RA No. 3019 against former Is-abela Rep. Anthony Miran-da, and nine others also in connection with the alleged irregular allocation and utili-

2 former solons, ex-sec face PDAF complaints

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FDXGM, 10

Lawyer Alexis Lumbatan sees a violation on the rules of procedure in the arrest of Paul Dave Molina Labang, the alleged gunman in the killing of Cebu-based businessman Richard L. King, last Sunday afternoon in Ma-a, Davao City. Lumbatan said he will represent Labang as counsel. Lean Daval Jr.

THE lawyer of the al-leged gunman in the killing of hotelier

Richard King decried pro-cedural violations commit-ted by police in the arrest of Paul Dave Labang.

Lawyer Alexis Lum-batan, counsel for the ac-cused Labang, said he saw a violation on the rules of procedure in the arrest of the suspect last Sunday af-ternoon at the Team Davao Shooting Range along Maa Diversion Road. Labang was pointed by a co-accused as the hitman in the June 12 killing of the Cebu-based hotel magnate.

Lumbatan told report-ers yesterday that the po-lice have no affidavits with regards murder allegations against the suspect. Labang was booked on Sunday solely for illegal possession of firearms. He was arrested while in possession of a .45 caliber pistol.

“If they think that this person really shot Mr. (Rich-ard) King then you can file all the evidences, affidavits object evidence sa fiscals’ office (City Prosecution Of-fice) by way of regular fil-ing,” Lumbatan stressed.

Lumbatan believes that the procedures in the

arrest of Labang were not followed and he sees that there is a violation of the constitutional rights of the suspect. He said that the po-lice should secure a warrant of arrest before they arrest-ed Labang.

“Certainly, you cannot detain him… after 10 days, it cannot be considered as hot pursuit. Kung mo in-gon sa na naay eye witness where is the affidavit of the witness? Is the eye witness the same person who also described the gunman sa composite sketch,” Lum-batan explained.

The lawyer also

stressed that the “hot pur-suit doctrine” will not auto-matically apply in the said case as the police need to prove ‘certain circumstanc-es that could still point on the doctrine of hot pursuit.’

Lumbatan said that he will file a petition for writ of habeas corpus and he will also urge the police to pro-duce all the documents of charges.

He narrated to report-ers that Labang’s wife and parents called him yester-day morning seeking for help.

“kaila ko ning tawhana

Suspect’s lawyer decries violations of procedure

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BASED on a study for the 1st quarter of 2014 conducted by

the Neilsen Media Research Radio Audience Measure-ment, the broadcast indus-try’s most trusted ratings service provider, DXGM Su-per Radyo Davao ranks 1st place as the best local AM station registering 45.80 percent audience share and 0.30 percent rating points for the period of March 1 – 7.

Super Radyo DXGM Davao (1125 kHz Davao City) of GMA Network, Inc. first aired on June 16, 1997 with “Kini ang Balita! (This is the news, Ito ang balita) as their slogan. The station was officially re-launched

in 2012, reinforcing its fear-less commitment to deliver the news when it happens, as it happens. The station’s main format comprises of news with various pro-grams focused on public af-fairs, public service, music, and drama.

“We wanted to relaunch Super Radyo Davao with public affairs as our weapon. We really want to reach out to the public in a way that they could feel our presence and sincerity.” Arnie Delfin, station manager of DXGM Super Radyo Davao, said.

The station claimed high ratings for the primetime morning slot of 6:00-6:30 am with their news and

ONE colorum bus unit of Golden Valley Bus Liner, Inc. was

caught and impounded by a Land Transportation Of-fice (LTO) officer in Tagum City last Saturday. For the offense, the firm is liable to pay a fine of P1 million. The unit operated with an im-provised license plate and the wrong franchise with 5 paying passengers on board. Under the Joint Ad-ministrative Order (JAO) 2014-01, effective 19th June 2014, colorum buses should be fined P1 million for violation of the order.

According to Edgar Vio-lan, action man of the Land Transportation Franchis-ing and Regulatory Board (LTFRB), the board will implement higher fines and penalties for out-of-line public utility vehicles

(PUVs) under JAO 2014-01 issued by the Land Trans-portation Office (LTO), LT-FRB and approved by the Department of Transporta-tion and Communications (DOTC).

Truck and van oper-ators will also be fined P200,000, P50,000 for jeepney operators, P120,000 for sedan oper-ators, and P6,000 for mo-torcycle operators. Corre-sponding fines and penal-ties for other PUV-related violations is also imposed under the joint order.

Since the JAO’s enforce-ment last June 19, a total of 25 colorum buses were caught nationwide, includ-ing the Golden Valley Bus Liner, Inc. unit.

Violan also stated that LTFRB and LTO enforce-

DXGM Super Radyo conquers airwave

By ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO JR.abf@edgedavao.net

Colorum bus unitowner fined P1MBy VANNAH S. ANG

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SUBURBIA

IN a bid to enhance its efforts to control spread of tuberculo-

sis (TB), the provincial government of Sarangani has reconstituted the ar-ea’s TB Program Board.

Sarangani Gov. Steve Chiongbian Solon said Monday such move is part of the local govern-ment’s intensified efforts to eradicate the cases of TB in the province’s sev-en municipalities within the next few years.

The reconstitution of the Provincial TB Pro-gram Board, which was provided for in Executive Order 27, series of 2014 issued by the governor, is also in support to the Department of Health’s (DOH) National TB Pro-gram.

The board, which is mainly tasked to formu-

late strategies and over-see the program’s imple-mentation, is chaired by the governor.

Solon said the prov-ince’s reorganized TB board comprises rep-resentatives from local stakeholders, specifically government agencies, civil society groups and the private sector.

He said they linked up with more local stake-holders to ensure proper cooperation in the efforts to eradicate TB in the area.

“Fighting TB is not the sole task of the (pro-vincial) health office. We need to engagement with all local stakehold-ers to attain our goal of having TB-free commu-nities,” the governor said.

In 2013, the province posted a case detection

rate of 59 percent and a cure rate of 70 percent for TB, a report released by the Sarangani Health Office showed.

It said such figures are considered low based on the 85 percent case de-tection rate and 90 per-cent cure rate targets set by DOH-Region 12.

Dr. Arvin Alejandro, Sarangani provincial health officer, said it only shows that patient track-ing in terms of TB in the province is very poor at the barangay level.

“We should focus more on tracking down more symptomatic pa-tients at the barangay level and at the same time ensure that they are properly treated,” he said.

Solon is hoping that the reorganization of

the province’s TB board will provide the needed push for the program, es-pecially at the barangay level.

“We need to capaci-tate the people in our ba-rangays to monitor not only TB but other diseas-es also,” he said.

He cited barangay health workers (BHW) are at the frontlines of the campaign and the key factors in terms of ensuring its sustenance.

To encourage the province’s 1,000 BHWs to perform better, Solon said they have set aside around P6-million for their additional honorar-ium this year.

Starting July, he said each BHW in the prov-ince will be receiving an additional honorarium of P500 a month.[PNA]

THE Land Trans-portation Office (LTO) in Region

12 deployed additional enforcement personnel on Monday in various highways in the region as it stepped up its crackdown against ille-gal or “colorum” buses operating in the area.

Putiwas Malambut, LTO Region 12 director, said such move is part of the full implemen-tation in the region of the revised schedule of fines and penalties for land transportation vi-olations as embodied in Joint Administrative Order (JAO) 2014-01 of the Department of Transportation and Communications, Land Transportation Fran-chising and Regulatory Board and the LTO.

“Our focus right now is to clear our highways of colorum buses, es-pecially those oper-ating without proper franchises,” he said in a press conference.

Also known as Soc-cksargen, Region 12 comprises the provinc-es of South Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Saran-gani, North Cotabato and the cities of Gen-eral Santos, Koronadal,

Tacurong, Kidapawan and Cotabato.

Malambut said their operations will soon include trucks, vans, jeeps, tricycles and even motorcycles.

But he expressed optimism that the ar-ea’s operators have properly acquired the required permits and licenses for their units based on their moni-toring and assessment.

These operators are the Yellow Bus Line Inc., Holiday Bus, Hus-ky Transport, Rural Transit and the Weena Express, he said.

The official said they expect the area’s bus operators to fully and properly comply with their regulations.

“I don’t see any rea-son for these legitimate operators to complain or be wary about the new policy unless they are hiding something,” Malambut said.

Citing the provi-sions of JAO 2014-01, he said stricter and higher penalties will be imposed to “colo-rum” units and those who would violate var-ious laws, rules and regulations governing land transportation

For “colorum” bus-es, he said it includes a fine of P1 million and revocation of the en-tire Certificate of Pub-lic Convenience (CPC) and the blacklisting of the apprehended vehi-cle and the revocation of all other authorized units included in the franchise.

After the fines are paid, Malambut ex-plained that the appre-hended bus unit will

still be impounded for a minimum of three months.

With the implemen-tation of JAO 2014-01, Malambut said he has revoked all deputation orders that they issued throughout the region.

“I have ordered the return of all cita-tion tickets and the corresponding iden-tification cards of our enforcers,” he added. [PNA]

THE provincial gov-ernment of Saran-gani has turned

over around P2.1 million worth of postharvest fa-cilities over the weekend to seven farming baran-gays in the area.

Jonathan Duhaylung-sod, acting head of the Sarangani Office of the Provincial Agriculturist, said Monday the seven new multi-purpose dry-ing pavement were part of the local government’s investments this year to help improve further the quality of local corn and palay harvests.

He said the construc-tion of the postharvest fa-cilities, which cost around P300,000 each, was fund-ed by the province 2014 Annual Investment Pro-gram.

The beneficiaries were barangays Lagu-imit in Glan town; Do-molok in Alabel; Kihan in Malapatan; Amsipit in Maasim; Malungon Ga-may in Malungon; Zion in Maitum; and, Katubao in Kiamba, he said.

Duhaylungsod said these barangays earlier received rice and corn shellers and mini corn mills from the provincial government.

“These (facilities) will greatly improve the qual-ity of our harvests and

ensure better market op-portunities for our farm-ers,” he said.

Citing an assessment conducted by the Philip-pine Center for Post-har-vest Development and Mechanization (Phil-Mech), the official said the lack of postharvest facilities remains a major problem for farmers in the province.

Owing to this, he said the provincial govern-ment has set the construc-tion of more postharvest facilities, specifically dry-ing pavements, as among its top investment priori-ties for this year.

Such move was en-dorsed by Sarangani Gov. Steve Chiongbian Solon, Vice Gov. Jinkee Pacquiao, Rep. Emmanuel Pacquiao and members of the Sang-guniang Panlalawigan.

Francisco Garcia, chair of Barangay Zion in Maitum, said the con-struction of the drying pavement in their village is a major development considering that farming is the community’s main livelihood. [PNA]

LTO-12 crack down on ‘colorum’ buses

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Sarangani strengthens drive vs TB

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THE ASEAN Economic Integration (AEC) of-fers immense business

opportunities that both the government and the private sector must exploit to fully benefit from its advantages.

This was underscored in a regional forum on the ASEAN Economic Communi-ty organized by the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Regional Office 9 with the participa-tion of state think tank Phil-ippine Institute for Develop-ment Studies (PIDS) and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) regional office in Zamboanga City.

PIDS Senior Research Fellow Erlinda Medalla stressed the need to do more to take advantage of the op-portunities from AEC.

The AEC does not only reduce tariffs but also pro-mote trade facilitation. It commits the country to im-plement reforms on customs modernizations and estab-lishment of a national single window and an ASEAN Sin-gle Window, she said.

“National single window is a single submission and ac-celerated processing of appli-cations of licenses, permits, and other authorizations required prior to undertak-ing a trade transaction, while the ASEAN Single Window is a regional initiative that in-tegrates the national single

windows of ASEAN coun-tries,” Medalla said.

Medalla has been push-ing for the implementation of a national single window to speed up data processing and cargo clearance pro-cedures. “This would have positive impact on the cost of doing business, not just for large industries, but more importantly for micro, small, and medium enterprises.”

She added that the coun-try needs to step up in ed-ucating and informing the public about the benefits of the coming integration. “There is a need for greater information and education campaign to help small and medium enterprises get linked to the supply chain and receive support from all sectors. An agro-industry roadmap would also be a great help,” she said.

DTI Assistant Secretary for Industry Development and Trade Policy Perry Ro-dolfo said that in 2010, duties for 98.63 percent of Philip-pine products are already at zero percent. “As of 2010, all duties have been eliminated for agricultural and indus-trial products except for live swine, live chicken, meat of swine, meat of chicken, cas-sava, sweet potatoes, maize, rice, and sugar,” he said.

SenenPerlada, Director of Export Marketing Bureau of DTI, said vast trading op-

portunities will come with the integration.“We should not limit our markets only to 100 million Filipinos consid-ering that ASEAN has a com-bined GDP of USD 2.4 trillion as of 2013. About 67 million households in the ASEAN are now part of the consuming class,” he said.

Perlada cited as an exam-ple a firm in General Santos City that shifted from export-

ing tuna to frozen smoked salmon. The firm imports zero-tariff salmon from New Zealand and then process-es itforexport to free trade agreement (FTA) partners.

Another example is Uni-versal Robina’s C2 Green Tea. C2 is now one of the largest in the Vietnamese bottled green tea market, Perlada said.

“We should also take ad-

vantage of the Halal market,” he added. There is an advan-tage in food, logistics, and banking, he said.

“The Philippineshas to engage in free trade agree-ments to maintain its com-petitiveness and promote cross-border complemen-tation.”Perlada emphasized that it is necessary to max-imize the benefits made available by FTAs to our ex-

porters. Improving the quali-

ty of infrastructure in the Philippines was also a key topic in the forum. Accord-ing to PIDS Senior Research FellowAdoracion Navarro, the Philippines is the third lowest in overall quality of infrastructure in the ASEAN regionbased on the Glob-al Competitiveness Report 2013-2014.

Matina Enclaves project director Gerald Garces (left) and junior designer Arch. James Magdadaro hold the perspective images of the Clubhouse At Matina Enclaves (CAMA) during the project’s groundbreaking ceremony last Saturday. Lean Daval Jr.

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THE provincial gov-ernment of South Cotabato has tem-

porarily closed down 45 small-scale mineral ore processing plants in the municipality of T’boli due to lack of proper permits and licenses.

Siegfred Flaviano, Provincial Environment and Management Office (PEMO) chief, said Mon-day they issued the clo-sure order against the mineral ore processors after failing to present any permit or license during a recent inspection, mon-itoring and verification drive conducted by their enforcement personnel.

He said the PEMO launched the inspection following reports that a number of processing plants, specifically those involved in the extraction of gold from mined ores in the area, have long been operating without per-

mits.“We’ve given them

enough time to process their permits and licenses but they still failed so we ordered their closure,” he said.

Flaviano said the err-ing ore processors are based in sitios Oro 1 and Lugan in Barangay Pobla-cion and sitios Pag-asa and Chavez in Barangay Edwards in T’boli town.

These comprise 44 ball mills and one carbon in-pulp plant, which process ores mined by small-scale miners in the gold-rush villages of Kematu and De-sawo, he said.

Flaviano said the ore processing plants will not be allowed to resume their operations unless they se-cure the proper permits from the municipal and provincial governments.

Before they can be is-sued a permit, he said, the ore processors need to

first secure and present a legal source permit, sup-ply contract agreement, flow sheet plant operation

and environment compli-ance certificate for a pro-cessing plant operation.

He said they are also

required to get a baran-gay resolution, zoning certification, business permit and a certification

from the Municipal En-vironment and Natural Resources Office of T’boli. [MindaNews]

6THE ECONOMY

P7.2 B PIONEERING integrated resort firm Travellers International Ho-tel Group Inc. (TIHGI) reported on Friday a gross gaming revenue of P7.2 billion in the first quarter of 2014 on the back of volume growth from both VIP and mass segments. –BUSINEESMIRROR, June 14, 2014

It figures

P10 B PROPERTY develop Megaworld Corp. may end this year with a net profit breaching the P10-billion mark, Net profit in 2013 amounted to P9.04 billion, which included P763 million in non-recurring in-come from the acquisition of a subsidiary with a landbank whose values have increased cominf out even prior to development. –PHILIPPINE DAILY IN-QUIRER, June 23,2014

39,000 LEADERS of 39,000 inmates of the National Bilibid Prisons (NBP) asked the Supreme Court (SC) to declare unconstitutional rules on classification system for good conduct and time allowances. The inmates criticized Justice Secretary Leila De Lima and Interi-or and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas for coming with implementing rules and regulations of RA 10592 mandating the prospective, instead of a retroactive, application of the amend-ed provisions of the law. –PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER, June 23, 2014.

COMPETITIVE EDGE

MA L A C A N A N G said on Sunday that food prices

are expected to stabilize as factors that affect its increase have started to normalize.

In a press conference over radio station dzRD Radyo ng Bayan, Presi-dential Communication Operations Office Secre-tary Herminio Coloma, Jr., said the meeting of the Na-tional Price Coordinating Council (NPCC) last week disclosed reasons for the increase of prices of sugar, pork, poultry, garlic, and other food staples.

Coloma said the Sugar Regulatory Administra-tion during the meeting reported that prices of sugar reached as high as P52 per kilo, but after the

agency started their mon-itoring it is now down to P49 and they issued a sug-gested retail price (SRP) of P50 per kilo.

The hog raisers report-ed that there were cases of Porcine Epidemic Diar-rhea (PED) in the country that affected the piglets, adding that these cases of PED were now under control with vaccinations being administered, and prices are expected to im-prove.

“Nag-request po ang mga hog raisers na hu-wag namang masyadong pababaan ang mga pre-syo para naman ma-re-cover din nila ‘yung kanilang mga losses. So sinusubaybayan po ito,” Coloma said.

Poultry raisers report-

ed that the high tempera-ture last summer affected the growth of chickens that resulted to prices ranging to P130 to P140 per kilo.

“Ibig sabihin maba-ba ang kanilang timbang kaya ito po ang isa sa mga sanhi ng temporary shortage. Pero nag-i-im-prove na rin po ang sup-ply situation at sa kasalu-kuyan ang umiiral ay 90 percent locally supplied chickens ang ating ginag-amit,” Coloma explained.

For their part, the De-partment of Agriculture (DA) reported that garlic prices increased since we primarily imported gar-lic from abroad. Coloma said to counter the garlic price hike, the said agen-cy deployed rolling stores

around Metro Manila to sell local garlic at P100 to P200 per kilo depending on its size.

Coloma assured the public that the govern-ment is monitoring ev-erything, including other factors that affect the prices.

“Isa po sa mga fac-tor din na tinitingnan ay ‘yung epekto ng truck ban. Pero tinitingnan po kung paano kaagad ito mareremedyohan dahil hindi naman dapat ito maging sanhi ng pag-taas ng presyo. Kaya sa kabuuan ay masinsing tinututukan ng pamaha-laan ang galaw ng supply at presyo sa lahat ng mga pangunahing food items,” the Communications Sec-retary noted. [PNA]

THE national gov-ernment is now set to roll out the

scaled up version of its poverty alleviation pro-gram with fund alloca-tion of P43.9 billion to be implemented by the De-partment of Social Wel-fare and Development (DSWD).

On Monday, the Na-tional Community-Driv-en Development Pro-gram (NCDDP) will be officially launched in Or-moc City to be attended by some 300 participants composed of local gov-ernment units (LGUs), development partners and concerned govern-ment agencies.

The NCDDP is an ex-panded version of the Kapitbisig Laban sa Ka-

hirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KALA-HI-CIDSS) that was pilot-ed in 2002.

It will be implement-ed in 847 rural munic-ipalities nationwide; 554 will come from the regions badly devastat-ed by Yolanda, including Eastern Visayas. These LGUs will be assisted to carry-out recovery and rehabilitation by the de-velopment partners.

The national govern-ment will be shelling out P9.3 billion for the project while financial support will be extend-ed by the World Bank (USD 479 million) and the Asian Development Bank (USD 372.1 mil-lion). [PNA]

SouthCot closes down 45 ore processing plants

NPCC: Food prices to stabilizeAll set for P43.9B expanded poverty alleviation program

Frank “Kim” Liu III of Isuzu Davao bares during FAST Fridays media forum at Barrio Fiesta of SM Lanang Premier last Friday that Isuzu D-MAX is still the leading truck brand in the country’s automobile industry in terms of market share. Also in photo is Isuzu Philippines Corporation external vice president Takashi Tomita Lean Daval Jr.

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ENVIRONMENT

COMPETITIVE EDGE

BY planting more co-conuts, the Philip-pines can help stave

off the effects of climate change.

“Our coconut areas could be developed for income generating carbon sequestration projects and carbon credit market,” pointed out Dr. Severino S. Magat, extension depart-ment manager of the Phil-ippine Coconut Authority (PCA).

Carbon sequestra-tion describes long-term storage of carbon dioxide or other forms of carbon to either mitigate or de-fer global warming and avoid dangerous climate change. Carbon dioxide, in the form of gas, can be sequestered out of the at-mosphere through pho-tosynthesis. The carbon dioxide is converted into sugar by the plant or emit-ted back to the air through perspiration.

Carbon stored in plant parts other than the stem wood or trunk are general-ly decomposable biomass which eventually becomes a part of the soil organic matter (SOM) of which the more stable component is the 50 percent soil organic carbon (SOC).

In his paper presenta-tion entitled, “Productive and Sustainable Coconut Farming Ecosystems as Potential Carbon Sinks in

Climate Change Minimi-zation: A Review and Ad-visory Notes,” Dr. Magat explained the important role of the coconut lands against the negative im-pacts of climate change.

In coconut, as in most tree crops, carbon is stored or sequestered both by the biomass and the soil of the ecosystem, indicat-ing that the biomass and the soil are the main car-bon sinks of atmospheric carbon dioxide. These “carbon sinks” could be regulated and managed to a great extent by following proper cropping practices, according to Dr. Magat.

A two-year study con-ducted by PCA showed the annual rate of carbon sequestration in local tall variety coconut crop is 4.78 tons carbon per hect-are. That is equivalent to 17.54 tons of carbon diox-ide per hectare, Dr. Magat claimed.

But it would be easi-er if the benefit of the co-conut in climate change adaptation is laid out in cash terms through car-bon trading. Assuming that an average of 5.1 tons carbon per hectare of stable biomass and 15 tons carbon per hectare from the sequestered SOC can be attained, the estimated cash benefits would amount to at least P14,170.50 per hectare

per year or P 14.17 mil-lion per 1,000 hectares coconut land used in the climate-change mitiga-tion.

The cash value could easily double if coconut lands are intercropped with fruit trees and oth-er perennial crops, which are highly capable of car-bon sequestration in their plant biomass and the soil.

Under the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, which is an amendment to the United Nations Frame-

work Convention on Cli-mate-Change, industrial-ized countries have com-mitted to reduce their emissions of carbon diox-ide and other green house gases or engage on emis-sions trading if they main-tain or increase emissions of their gases.

In the Clean Develop-ment Mechanism of this protocol, industrialized countries can meet part of their target in reducing carbon dioxide emission to the 1990 levels over a five-year period (2008-

2012) by purchasing emission reduction cred-its from developing coun-tries like the Philippines in the form of planted for-est, which is achievable in the country due to its vast tracts of open land for the establishments of planta-tions, Magat said.

The coconut tree meets the criteria of the UN Food and Agriculture as “forest.” The Depart-ment of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has already in-cluded coconut as a re-

forestation crop through Administrative Order No. 2005-25 effective Nov. 17, 2005.

“We believe our farm-ers and entrepreneurs can create a niche in nat-ural products whose pri-mary value is their health quality. Coconut sap sug-ar is one of those prod-ucts that has already tak-en off in the market and which still offers so much valuable growth poten-tial,” said Dr. Nicomedes P. Eleazar, BAR director, said in a statement.

AN animal welfare group and an envi-ronmental group

have reminded kids and adults who are into Rain-bow Loom bracelet weav-ing - the hottest toy fad to-day - to exercise caution so as not to harm pets.

The Philippine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) and the EcoWaste Coalition jointly informed the public about the potential harm posed by cute, but hard to digest rubber bands used to make bracelets that can make cats and dogs ill.

The groups aired the warning after veterinar-ians in the United States reported incidents of in-testinal obstruction among pet patients due to the in-gestion of rubber bands, which can cause stomach upset and seriously shatter the intestinal tract. Symp-toms of intestinal blockage include loss of appetite,

nausea and diarrhea.The incidents also

prompted the manufactur-ers of the original Rainbow Loom, winner of the 2014 Toy of the Year Award by the Toy Industry Associa-tion, to advise pet owners to keep the indigestible rubber bands away from pets, warning that “one customer had rubber bands surgically removed from her pet’s stomach.”

“As the rubber band bracelet craze hits the country, we urge fans to remember that these loom bands could spell danger for pets and should be han-dled with care to prevent pet injuries,” said Anna Cabrera, executive director, PAWS.

For his part, Thony Dizon, coordinator of the EcoWaste Coalition’s Proj-ect Protect, urged fans to be cautious when buying counterfeit bracelet mak-

ing sets and related items that are cashing in on the latest craze.

On June 21, the EcoW-aste Coalition bought a fake Rainbow Loom bracelet making kit (P240/set) and seven other packs of loom bands (P15-35/pack) with no market authorization from the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) that are being sold in Divisoria and Quiapo streets, and had them screened for tox-ic metals using a handheld X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) device.

The screening showed no detectable levels of ar-senic, cadmium, lead, mer-cury and other toxic metals on the sample loom bands.

“While we did not find lead and other toxic met-als on the loom bands, there is no assurance that these products are totally safe for consumers and the environment as these

products have no FDA market authorization,” Di-zon noted.

PAWS and EcoWaste Coalition advised loom band fans to follow the following precautionary measures to protect pets from ingesting the indi-gestible rubber bands:

1. Talk to kids about the importance of keeping the rubber bands away from pets (and also from infants and toddlers).

2. Do not leave the rubber bands or the fin-ished products lying on the chair, table, bed or the floor where pets can get them.

3. Secure the rubber bands in containers with cover or lid.

4. Do not allow pets to play with rubber bands or with loom band bracelets.

5. Refrain from adorn-ing pet’s collar or strap with loom bands. [PNA]

Coconuts can fight climate changeBy GERRY T. ESTRERA

Indigestible Loom bands can make pets ill

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EDITORIAL

DABAWENYOS in the Philippines and elsewhere in the world have a reason to be happy. And very proud. The much-vaunted Mount Hamiguitan Range Wild-

life Sanctuary in Davao Oriental has been included in the World Heritage List of the UNESCO (United Nations Educa-tional, Scientific and Cultural Organization). The inscrip-tion was done yesterday, June 23, in Doha, Qatar, an occa-sion described by Davao Oriental Gov. Corazon N. Malanya-on, who provided the province the needed leadership in the long and tedious process involved in the nomination, as “an overwhelming moment of pride and joy for Davao Oriental.”

Indeed, the inscription will hopefully change drastically for the better the face of Davao Oriental, now the biggest and the most promising of the five provinces in the Davao Region, which used to be only one province until the mid 60’s.

To fully appreciate this historic and very significant event in the Region, let us share in this euphoric statement from Governor Malanyaon.

“Our deepest gratitude to the World Heritage Committee

for the inscription of the Mount Hamiguitan Range Wild-life Sanctuary in the World Heritage list. Our special thanks also goes to the IUCN for their evaluation of the site and their constructive and open engagement with us.

“The conservation of this property is the Filipino peo-ple’s gift to the rest of the humanity.

“We take seriously our responsibility to protect the site’s high endemic species of flora and fauna, some of which are critically endangered like the Philippine Eagle and the carnivorous pitcher plants. Mount Hamiguitan is likewise home to an expansive centuries-old tropical pygmy forest.

“The inscription is a celebration of the global partnership in our shared vision and desire to conserve these natural gifts for future generation. It is also a step forward towards the continuation of monitoring and preserving the fragile ecosystems in the mountain amidst changing climate and typhoon patterns.

“As Governor of the Province of Davao Oriental, Philip-pines, I affirm our resolve as local stakeholders to protect and conserve the site’s inscribed outstanding universal value and integrity.”

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AQUILES Z. ZONIOCorrespondent

VANTAGE POINTS 9EDGEDAVAO

BY CHA MONFORTE

HASHTAGS BREW

Rise and fall of showbiz

in PH politicsA 1908 Report of the Philippine Commission to the Secretary of War showed that by 1907 the

country was already exporting pearl shells; that year it earned P111, 124.00 from the transaction. Part of the revenue came from a pearl bank of cultured shells and oysters in the eastern sector of Davao, along with a retinue of three Filipino lieu-tenants – an artist to draw the samples, a practical fisherman, and an expert Moro diver – who aided him in collecting ma-rine samples in Davao Gulf.

So encouraging was the explora-tion that in a single day Seale’s group col-lected 212 different species of shells from the gulf alone. He also worked on his fish investigations aboard the steamship USS Albatross, but decided to against pur-suing them after finding that vessel was lacking in equipment, and the conditions at the time were not appropriate for his experiments.

In his May 20, 1908 report, Seale noted that four pearl boats manned by the local technicians he trained were at work on the bed. The pearl bank, found in a channel, was “located in Paguipuian Strait, the most prolific part of the bed being the narrow portion of the strait between Point Lana and Linao. The bed seems to owe its existence to the protec-tion of the big reef called Arboles Island, in the upper of the strait… The bed is in from 16 to 30 fathoms of water. The bot-tom is smooth, of coral sand and broken shell; the banks drop abruptly down from the fringing coral reef into 15 to 16 fath-oms, except in one or two places, where the shore is of sand, sloping at a sharp an-gle into deep water.”

Between January and May 1, 1908, about 6o tons of shell valued at

P43, 000 were sold abroad, mostly yields that were “small, probably not worth more than P10, 000, very irregular in shape but of good luster.” Other pearl banks were also found along the south coast of Mindanao. Although crude by today’s standards, this account confirms that pearl culture, at the turn of the 20th century, was already a lucrative endeavor in Davao region. From January 1 to June 30, 1908, nine pearling licenses were is-sued in Davao. The roster of permitees in-cluded two Filipinos, an Arab, a Japanese, a Greek, a Spaniard, and two Assyrians (Syrian-Lebanese).

It would take more than half a centu-ry for another pearl venture to open in Davao Gulf. In 1958, the Aguinaldo De-velopment Corp. (ADECOR) owned by Daniel Aguinaldo, a wealthy Manila ecol-ogists and trader, opened in Samal Island a pearl farm. The new investment was secured by watchtowers that protected 12, 000 white-lipped oysters for export, which were airlifted from the Sulu Sea.

The oysters, with shells as large as the dinner plate, could manufacture white, pink, or gold-lip pearls (Margaritifera maxima Jamson), and the farm, co-man-aged by Japanese scientists, raised also black-lipped oysters (Margaritifera mar-garitifera).

Aguinaldo, a relative of first Filipino president Emilio Aguinaldo, was ap-pointed member of the Price Stabiliza-tion Corporation (PRISCO) by President Elpidio Quirino on October 5, 1950. On June 1, 1951, he resigned as managing director of the same government agen-cy. From 1951 to 1952, he was a mem-ber of the Labor Management Advisory Board (LMAB), and in 1955, in recogni-tion for his contribution to the political campaign of President Ramon Magsay-say, was named member of the Nation-al Economic Council (NEC). Aside from his pearl farm, he also established a lumber camp in Davao and in the Kin-gking mines in Pantukan.

But the declaration of the martial rule in 1972 affected the industry’s growing fortunes. There was an unusu-al interest shown by some powerful people in the project that led to its col-lapse. When the Japanese scientists left the laboratories, Filipino technicians took over. But the locals’ lack of exper-tise in pearl culture and the deficiency in capital hastened the closure of the farm.

[The above article, written by The Ar-chivist, is part of Edge Davao’s effort to enhance readers’ knowledge and famil-iarity of Davao Region’s history, culture and the arts. The paper welcomes read-ers’ contribution of authentic informa-tion, photos and articles. –The editors]

BY THE ARCHIVIST

FAST BACKWARD

Pearls of Davao

Early-sleeping cities 

CE L E B R I -TIES IN POLITICS

– Philippine pol-itics is teeming with entertain-ment celebrities – movie and TV stars, sports he-roes, media fig-ures and other members of the amusement in-dustry. Some of them are occu-pying Senate seats while others are members of the House of Representatives or governors, vice governors, board members, mayors, vice mayors and councilors in different cities and towns. One had in fact managed to be elected President, while another became a vice pres-ident.

Entertainment personalities compete with established politicians for elective po-sitions of power, from the municipal council all the way to the halls of Malacanang Pal-ace. Could it be that celebrities have become as smart and knowledgeable like those who have been in mainstream politics for quite some time? Or have they learned to play the twist and turn game in politics that they cast their lot in what has been the domain of the traditional ruling elite?

The political link between entertainment and politics is not new in the Philippines. It started with the election of actor Rogelio dela Rosa to the Senate. One political team in particular, in fact, makes it a point of encour-aging a more sympathetic view of showbiz politicians. “Why should we close our doors to them?” they ask. What probably inspires celebrity people to join the political fray is the high batting average of showbiz person-alities to win elections and the belief that the success of one will be the success of others citing former president and now Manila may-or Joseph “Erap” Estrada’s case. Erap was seeking a repeat of sort when he sponsored Fernando Poe Jr.’s run for President following his conviction of plunder. (The vice president of President Gloria Arroyo, “Kabayan” Noli de Castro, is a media personality, who defeated fellow broadcaster Loren Legarda in a rival-ry that became a bitter electoral protest be-tween colleagues in the same network.)

Critics say that elective positions should not be treated like roles which can be manip-ulated and twisted like it was a movie fiction. They say that a candidate should be elected on the basis of qualifications, not on popular-ity due to accomplishment in the entertain-ment industry. Sympathizers however con-tradict this view, arguing that voters should give entertainment people, experienced or not, a chance to be elected just any other Fili-pino public office-seekers. Yes, indeed, celeb-rities are also capable of excelling in public office as long as they have common sense, intelligence, functional literacy and managing skills for local governance. Based on previous elections, only about one-third of movie peo-ple and other members of the entertainment business who seek public office make it be-cause intelligent voters still look for “on-the-job” performance.

Still, celebrity candidates have an edge, a build-in advantage over other politicians. Most political campaigns as can be gleaned from past elections benefit from the spurt of showbiz glamour.

However, there is hope for change. Local politicians have noticed that the number of people attending political rallies have dwin-dled lately. This is true due to a lot of reasons. Majority of those attending rallies are usual-ly paid and fed for applauding the speakers. Rather than listen to the usual lies and mud-slinging of politicians, whom they know to be compadres or good friends in real life, many people, who have gotten tired of the same zarzuela that they see every election, would rather stay home so they won’t miss the night’s episode of their favorite telenovela. In other areas, where the political rivalries are real and violent, the voters do the same, hide in their homes, rather than be caught in the crossfire of politicians and their bodyguards shooting or bombing each other. In due time, rallies will become outmoded and eventually shunned by safety-conscious voters. Celebri-ties will have no use in campaigns. Well, they can probably be invited if future rallies will be done indoor and televised as well. But it will mean tremendous expense on the part of the political groups and their backers.

THERE are cities that sleep early, and there are those that don’t. City lights can be deceiving. The large

DVD outdoor billboards are changing ads but citizens have gone home early out of the usual fear of strolling at night. Davao City and the rest of peaceful cities in Mindanao certainly won’t sleep, figu-ratively, in this era without the reports of DDS and Sparrows. But ours is already the era of riding-in-tandem hitmen who do their thing most often with impunity even in broad daylight. OH my gosh!

More than decade ago, I’ve slept many times in Ozamiz City, home of the Kuratong Baleleng. I’d gone past that ur-ban poor development work there, and also in the cities of Iligan and Cagayan de Oro. Comparatively then, CDO was much peaceful, in the way it gyrated with its fine disco and drinking bars. This was long before that resto inside Limket-kai Center was bombed. In Ozamiz City, travelling medreps usually took a coun-try hotel and contented themselves with few beers while watching cable TV right in twilight time. At the time, only the armed and brave dared to savor OC’s watering holes. Its night tempo was the same with Cotabato City. Night out at your own risk!

Iligan City in the 90s, when National Steel Corp. was still operating, was also

peaceful and had wildest at nights espe-cially during paydays when NSC’s work-ers splurged money and luxuriated in downtown’s bars.

It was in the late 90s when a bomb exploded at the Ozamiz-bound ferry. Most of the victims were Ozamiznons, and local bosses were enraged. The night on the day of the bombing had busied local TV and radio stations on news on names of fatalities and the officials’ rush for help. It was the night that the city did not sleep, thinking what extremes of vi-olence might come next given the city’s underworld association.

In the next days, armed reprisals were heard in the groove of radyo de baktas. One bombing suspect, a Maran-ao, was accordingly dragged from a slum and shot in a street outside in full view of the public by a warlord’s notorious side-kick. The city further reeled from having no lively nights patronized by citizens.

Cities vary as to when their citizens sleep. There seems to be irony in cities putting off their lights early, indicating a general unpeace. Now, if the reign of peace in each of Mindanao’s cities could

be gauged, it is best adjudged not by the crime index but by how far its citizens feel freely to go out at night to enjoy the city’s bars without being afraid that something bad might happen to them.

It’s best indicated by the presence of bars without the stationed cops because luxuriating folks just have their night out to enjoy, without the proliferated loose guns, and 911 cops only come in to brawls between drunks uncontained by the bouncers or security guards.

Crime index can also be deceiving. A city can have low crime index and thus officially considered as “peaceful” but actually its night is feared of. A city can have high crime index but its night outside is dread. Cities in the country controlled in tight grip by warlords of-ten have low crime index. Crime index is vulnerable to unreporting of crime by the public. The higher it gets the more it exposes a sad note to police arrest index.

It’s the happiness index of citizens especially during night that counts most in gauging peace and even the city’s livability. A decade ago, Cebu had the freest of its nights than Davao City. But I haven’t gone yet spending a Sat-urday night at Danao City. What is to be there from dusk to dawn in the reputed paltik capital of the country?

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However, the Special Investigating Task Group (SITG) King refused to di-vulge the identity of the po-lice officer behind the mur-der of the businessman.

Police Regional Office (PRO)- 11 spokesperson Chief Inspector Jed Clamor told Edge Davao in a sep-arate interview yesterday, that they have no official statement with regards to the confession of Dela Cer-na who was arrested along with his brother Rodel and Labang at the firing range at around 1:22 p.m. last Sunday.

“Gina process pa nato ning nakuha nato na mga suspects,” Clamor said.

Clamor the said that the SITG are still validating the statements of the suspects

including the confession made by Dela Cerna point-ing to the police official as the mastermind behind the killing.

“Gina kompleto pa nato ang pagkuha natog state-ments sa ilaha,” he said.

Clamor said that PRO 11 director Chief Superin-tendent Wendy Rosario or-dered them to process the statements of the suspects. “Mao man ni atong latest progress karon na nada-kop nat ning mga suspects,” Clamor said.

Labang has denied the accusation and has sought assistance from his lawyer Alexis Lumbatan who yes-terday decried the arrest as being violative of the Constitutional rights of the accused (see related story).

Davao Oriental now tastes the ‘sweet’ fruits of its per-severance.

Ma. Theresa Lazaro, Philippine Ambassador to the French Republic, men-tioned during her speech Gov. Malanyaon’s headship that led to the success of the inscription. “The Governor has spearheaded the long process, and more impor-tantly, the consolidation of wide stakeholder support not only for the nomina-tion, but also the continued conservation and manage-ment of Mount Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary,” she said.

The country’s sixth property inscribed in the list, Mt. Hamiguitan is also the first in the entire island of Mindanao and the first mountain in the Philippines to be inscribed in the high-ly-esteemed list.

The MHRWS is consid-ered one of the most im-portant biodiversity areas in the Philippines flourish-ing with diverse species of flora and fauna. Situated at the southern end of the Eastern Mindanao Biodi-versity Corridor, the Mt. Hamiguitan covers 31,879 hectares of beach, lowland, mountain and mossy forest.

While famous for its century-old ‘pygmy’ or bon-sai forest which signifies its highly mineralized soil, Mt. Hamiguitan is also home to the endangered Philippine Eagle. The area has been officially protected in 2004 through Republic Act 9303.

Aside from being a nat-ural, must-see attraction of the province that is poised to boost the province’s

tourism industry, Davao Oriental is doubling its ef-fort in the protection and preservation of the site, making sure that the influx of tourists will not disturb the wildlife haven.

“The conservation of this property is the Filipino people’s gift to the rest of humanity,” said Governor Malanyaon.

“We take seriously our responsibility to protect the site’s high endemic species of flora and fauna, some of which are critically endan-gered like the Philippine Eagle and the carnivorous pitcher plants. Mount Ha-miguitan is likewise home to an expansive centu-ries-old tropical pygmy for-est.”

“The inscription is a cel-ebration of the global part-nership in our shared vi-sion and desire to conserve these natural gifts for future generation. It is also a step forward towards the con-tinuation of monitoring and preserving the fragile eco-systems in the mountain amidst changing climate and typhoon patterns,” she added.

Covered by three polit-ical territories, the munic-ipalities of San Isidro and Governor Generoso and the City of Mati are work-ing hand-in-hand with the provincial government in crafting policies which would mean the reinforce-ment of imposing strict compliance to the Provin-cial Environment Code and guidelines that would help preserve and conserve Davao Oriental’s Mt. Hami-guitan. PIO

With the case, Danao expressed his apology to the reporters in a televi-sion and radio interviews but he does not reach the

three personally.Yesterday morning, a

reporter tried to get some spot and progress reports from other incidents in

the city but the personnel of IDMB who refused to be named said that Danao ordered him not to post all police reports in the me-

dia lounge.The IDMB personnel

further advice the report-ers to get it from the police precincts in the city.

ment officers are the only ones authorized to appre-hend franchising-related violators. The LTFRB has not deputized any local government unit (LGU) traffic personnel to appre-hend these violators.

In June 19th, around 2,000 to 3,000 people or

1,000 vehicles, mostly jeepneys and vans also participated in a transport caravan to protest the im-plementation of the JAO 2014-01. The protesters assembled at the Quezon Memorial Circle in Quezon City at 7 am and headed for the East Avenue where LT-

FRB and LTO offices were located and proceeded to the Department of Trans-portation and Communi-cations (DOTC) building in Mandaluyong City for an-other rally.

“The LTFRB is current-ly investigating the par-ticipants who joined the

recent transport protest caravan to impose penal-ties because franchise op-erators are not allowed to engage in strikes, rallies or any other actions against the government. This is in-cluded in the conditions as a franchise operator,” Vio-lan said.

zation of PDAF.Miranda will undergo

preliminary investigation along with Technology Re-source Center (TRC) officials Antonio Ortiz, Dennis Cu-nanan, Marivic Jover, Belina Concepcion, Francisco Figu-ra, Maria Rosalinda Lacsama-na, and Consuelo Lilian Reyes Espiritu as well as Domingo Mamauag and Edison Sabio

of Aksyon Makamasa Foun-dation, Inc. (AMFI).

Incumbent public offi-cials Cunanan, Jover, Concep-cion, Lacsamana and Espir-itu also face administrative charges for grave miscon-duct, serious dishonesty, and conduct prejudicial to the best interest of the service.

Field investigation was ordered conducted on the

PDAF scam as early as July 2013 when Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales motu proprio initiated a fact-finding investigation in response to news reports on the “pork barrel scam” ex-pose.

Several investigation teams were subsequent-ly created to expedite the investigation by gathering

numerous documents and interviewing hundreds of witnesses nationwide based on the Commission on Au-dit (COA) Special Audits Office Report No. 2012-03 which involved a total of Php6.156-billion worth of PDAF released from 2007 to 2009 by various implement-ing agencies to 82 NGOs. [PNA]

ni kay alalay ko man ni sa firing range sa quarry (Laud Quarry Firing Range),” Lumbatan said.

Lumbatan said that af-ter the telephone call he immediately went to DCPO detention facility to know the cause of his detention.

“Pero, ang gigawas na istorya sa police was safe keeping daw,” Lumbatan said.

He said that Labang narrated to him that he was fetched by the arresting of-ficers upon his arrival in the firing range.

“Ni abot siya nag motor kay motrabaho siya didto sa quarry gahapon (last Sun-day) kay daghan man mag firing, gi round-up, gipunit and then mao nato nahi-tabo sa iyaha,” Lumbatan narrated.

The lawyer said that the suspect was shocked upon his arrest because he did not expect it to happen. He added that last Sunday was the birthday of Labang’s child and his wife has just given birth.

At around 12:30 noon yesterday, the police

brought Labang to City Prosecution Office to file a formal complaint against the suspect.

Before he was brought inside the patrol mobile, reporters had the chance to interview a weeping La-bang who said that he did not know the accusations hurled against him. He also denied that he admitted the crime to the police investi-gators.

After few minutes, the patrol mobile of DCPO im-mediately fled convoyed with the Special Weapons

And Tactics (SWAT) of DCPO.

Labang was submitted for inquest proceedings be-fore Prosecutor Faizal Pa-date for illegal possession of firearms as the police recovered from his posses-sion a caliber .45 pistol with 14 live ammunition during his arrest last Sunday.

During the inquest, La-bang was guarded by five SWAT personnel inside the City Prosecution Office and no member of the media was allowed to interview the suspect.

public affair program, and Saksi (Eyewitness) evening edition for the evening slot of 8:30-9:30 pm. Their dra-ma ratings also climbed its way up to the highest level from low ratings in the past.

One of the reasons the station overhauled in pro-gramming is the strength-ening of its public affairs program. It also ventured into coming up with pro-grams of social signifi-

cance with projects that catered to the general pub-lic making up Metro Davao and utilized major areas in far-flung provinces in the region as a whole.

In 2012, the station launched “Super Radyo, Super sa Serbisyo Pub-liko,” a project where the staff provided free medical assistance, legal services, and feeding programs for roughly 5,000 less fortu-

nate residents of Davao City and Davao del Sur.

In 2013, the station also launched “Pagban-gon at Pagsulong, Super Radyo ang Katulong Proj-ect,” which until now, has been touching the lives of communities everywhere. They implemented the project by providing aid and relief goods to impov-erished families, needy children, including ca-

lamity victims in far-flung provinces in partnership with other agencies.

“ G i n a p a n i n d i g a n namo ang tinuod na ser-bisyo, walang kinikilingan at walang pinoprotektah-an. Dili lang siya public af-fairs, gipaduol pud namo among kasing-kasing. Kay sa GMA, una ang puso,” according to Jun Digam-on of DXGM Super Radyo Davao. [VSA]

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May apply in person at Human Resource Department, YBLI Office, General Santos Drive, Koronadal City.

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May apply in person at Human Resource Department, YBLI Office, General Santos Drive, Koronadal City.

EDGEDAVAO

ICT HUB

Remember the first time you discovered those cute colorful

birds in the gaming world. I am talking about the Angry Birds. That phenomenal game app with slingshot moves and all that bird stuff was once our favorite game app. Too popular was that game it sparked a revolu-tion in gaming history by expanding its wings to the merchandise business.

At the height of Angry Bird’s popularity, most kids are wearing Angry Bird shirts and other stuff. En-terprising people made it part of kiddie fashion and toys.

Not long after, Angry Birds became a merchan-dising hit like Sesame Street and Mickey Mouse. Because of the people’s addiction to this game, we didn’t just see them in our mobile phones but also in shirts, bags, tumblers and even in children’s under-wear. That’s how famous they get. Even Miley Cyrus can’t beat the popularity of these birds.

Fast forward to present time. Birds as gaming crea-tures have evolved rather differently. These new birds are totally different and annoying unlike the Angry Bird characters.

We’re pretty lucky that the original birds are back!

Time for some new epic adventure with the angry birds Red, Bomb and the rest of the gang as they beat King Pig and his followers.

Angry birds’ new game mode is literally epic as you battle with new set of weapons in a new battle-field. You may also wear some hats to add some dra-ma in the game.

It’s quite expected that

this game already got more than a million downloads and very high ratings from its loyal players because there’s no doubt that this game is fun and playable anywhere.

Expect the ratings to be ruffled like feathers when the Angry Birds are back.

AS World Cup fever grips the nation, inter-est in EA’s FIFA soccer

games is on the rise as well -- and that’s bringing out the scam artists.

A popular Instagram account offering new and exclusive characters for FIFA 14 and 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil turned out to be a fake, designed to steal us-ers’ Xbox Live and/or Origin game service log-in details.

Cyber security compa-

ny Malwarebytes issued the alert on the account (from user “easportsut2014”), which resulted in the page being taken down, but not before nearly 10,000 people followed it. That puts a lot of folks at risk, and similar scam sites could pop up be-fore the World Cup comes to an end.

What should you look out for? In easportsut2014’s case, it was a graphic con-taining the game’s logos and

the line “Free update now available.” The page was also loaded with Instagram hashtags, such as “Neymar #MOTM is here! The 20 first who log in on the link in our bio get him #Neymar #Brazil”. Clicking those took users to a login page, where they entered their Xbox Live or Origin account informa-tion, thus opening them up to hackers.

Followers are one thing, but more disturbing was the fact that most images on the account garnered 400 or more likes, with many peo-

ple saying they’d logged in.If you were one of them,

it’s definitely time to change your password and keep a very close eye on your ac-count. We’d also suggest running a very thorough malware inspection of your PC.

“While fake support ac-counts are most definitely a bad thing, we shouldn’t for-get about more traditional forms of account theft such as the one above…especially as World Cup fever is now underway,” said Malware-bytes researcher Chris Boyd.

“Do yourself a favour, and – here comes the football re-lated closing gag – kick this one into touch.”

As a reminder, game makers like EA will never ask for your account creden-tials via email, so be wary of any similar messages.

Angry Birds Epic

Athena Jillian Bravo

CHILL JILL

Fake FIFA account scamming gamers

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DESPITE its highly efficient mass transit sys-tem – whether the bus, the MTR, or the cabs, and its wide tree-lined sidewalks, the hustle and bustle of Singapore’s city center can at times be daunting. Especially if you are on vacation and taking idle time to enjoy this beautiful island-state.

By Carlo P. Mallo

TRAVEL

The quiet side of Singapore

tion the chili crabs and the shopping. Finding the right hotels,

like V Hotel, is so much easier, and cheaper nowa-days! Websites like Agoda.

com would be a great tool to help you plan your next trip abroad.

Since it was my nth time to visit, there is one thing that I always keep in mind to ensure that my vacation would be as enjoyable as I hope it would be – the lo-cation of the hotel. For starters, the hotel must be situated near an MTR station. As it is the best and most efficient way to get around Singapore, get a hotel room near the MTR station. But not all MTR stations are created equal. Some MTR stations are actually quite far when you get underground, while others are just a hop away like the Bras Basah Station. Second, get a hotel that

is not on the premiere side of Singapore. Though get-ting a suite at Clarke Quay or Orchard is tempting, the quiet neighborhood of Bras Basah is actually more relaxing. Recently, I went on a trip to Singapore just to get away from the usual cor-porate grind. It was also a time to bring my sister around. We stayed at the V Hotel along Bencoolen St. We stayed for about five days and enjoyed the quiet side of Singapore. Taking leisurely walks around the neighborhood, which houses the Singapore Art Museum, a Catholic church, a university, and there’s even an Irish pub at

the corner. The room was spacious by Singaporean standards and the water bottles were replenished every time we’d return to the hotel room. Also, the staff was friendly and the hotel was a gallery in itself with its peculiar art pieces and quirky installations. But what made the ho-tel really remarkable was its location – a very short walk from the Bras Basah station a station away from the Dhoby Gaut inter-change, the platform that will bring you to nearly all destinations in Singapore. The convenience of the hotel and the local vibe of the place gave my sister and I a truly Singaporean experience – not to men-

Quirky chair installation.

Art by the pool.

V Hotel at Lavender.

RECENTLY en-gaged Donna Mae Congson, brings her drive, expertise and professionalism to everything she does. Her commitment to providing long-term cost-efficient, fun and produc-tivity improvements for clients is an underlying goal as she manages her businesses (i.e. Piyesta Restobar & KTV, Envy Me Salon, Hairs & Nails Salon) day-to-day opera-tions throughout General Santos City and Davao. Donna gained valuable ex-perience from the ground up. From growing up in a their salon, where her mother always brings her along, to having worked way back in 2005, where she started out as a man-ager on a popular fast-food chain for 1 1/2 years, up until she stepped into her

own business platform. This background fostered Donna’s firm understand-ing of what makes the ideal match between work and passion, employee and employer, knowledge and wisdom she leverages to benefit her businesses cli-ents and employees. Donna is active in the local community not only as an entrepreneur but also a recognised mem-ber of Legendz, a group of zumba instructors known to all fitness enthusiasts all

over Gensan. She is also a member of SOX Bloggers and also a contributor at Gensan Gazer as a beauty writer. Juggling multiple busi-ness, dashing through hectic schedules, and yet Donna carries herself in a very optimistic and vi-brant aura, just sitting next to her makes me feel all bubbly and giddy. When asked whats her se-cret, she replied, “I believe at the goodness in every-one. Karma, you get what you give. The chain reac-tion of one persons good deed that would echo and replicate through time. Good deeds that don’t ask anything in return.” a set of principles she learned from her mother, that she considers as the founda-tion of her being. As a young entrepre-neur myself, I look up to

Donna, on how she man-ages business and personal matters. With that said, she gave me a piece of ad-vice, “Start small, dream big. Enjoy!”, I have to ad-mit I sometimes get too excited and want to rush to success, but she made me realise that its all about learning and enjoying the journey, to successfully reach ones destination. There is no stoping this super-lady, watch out this coming September as Donna and her crew are cooking up a Beauty Expo, to be held in both Davao and Gensan. For more details on Donna, visit her blog at ki-kaymuch.me Follow me on Twitter or Instagram, @kyriekoutre for more adventures in and around my wonderland that is Gensan, Tuna Capi-tal of the Philippines.

THE ENTREPRENEUR AND FRANCHISE EXPO 2014 with the tagline, “Your Step to Success!”, is set to be held on June 27-29, 2014 at the MegatradeHall, 5th Floor, Mega B Building, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City. Empowering over 100 Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) from various busi-ness sectors, the 3-day event fea-tures innovate and fast growing busi-nesses, from food, education, retail-ing, real estate, travel, automobiles, logistics, agriculture, manufacturing, technology and financing that visitors can explore from. The expo will also provide seminars on how to build a successful business, from funding, hiring, to find-ing the perfect business for you, making it the perfect mar-ket place for aspiring entrepreneurs and future franchises. “Over 99% percent of registered businesses in the Phil-ippines are MSMEs according to the DTI, but they com-bined only contribute to 30% of the National GDP. With the ASEAN integration happening in 2015 new competition is coming in, our vision as the expo organizer is to strength-en local businesses and provide a platform for them to showcase their innovative products and services. We also provide assistance for business owners and executives to network amongst other professionals and stakeholders in order to open opportunities for aspiring entrepreneurs to start their own business and for local businesses to grow regional” says MEDIACOM SOLUTIONS INC. President and Entrepreneur and Franchise Expo Founder and Managing Director, David Abrenilla. The Entrepreneur and Franchise Expo 2014 is supported by the Young Entrepreneurs Society Philippines and the Filipino International Franchise Association (FIFA), lead by multi-awarded franchise developer Mr. Rudolf Kotik, who will share his insights on how to build and grow a success-ful franchise business on Sunday, June 29 from 3pm-5pm. Highlight of the event is the ENTREPRENEUR SUCCESS SUMMIT 2014, held on Saturday, June 28, 2014 at the Mega-trade Function Room, 5th floor, Building B, from 1pm-7pm, a comprehensive series of talks by 20 entrepreneurs and business innovators that will share their time and secrets to success to empower business owners professionals, aspir-ing entrepreneurs in starting and growing their businesses and their ideas. The summit will feature 5 talking topics, Building a suc-cessful Start Up Business, Money Mind 101, Passion4Fashion Entrepreneurship, Building a Food Empire and New Media Marketing. Among the rooster of speakers will be Globally Award Winning Brand Architect, Risk/Crises/Reputation Strategist, Marketing and Communications Innovator and Founding Director of GeiserMaclang Marketing Commu-nications, Amor Maclang; MultiMedia Entrepreneur, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Flippish.com, Chris Tan, Managing Director of MetroDeal, Ralph Manalo Wunsch; SME Advocate, Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2013 Finalist and Chairman & CEO of Esquire Financing, Ra-jan Uttamchandani; Educational Entrepreneur, ANC’s On The Money Host and President of The Masters Academy Homeschool, Edric Mendoza; Tech-Entrepreneur and CEO of TwitMusic.com, Stefan Fazzini; E-Commerce Advocate and DigitalFilipino.com Founder, Janette Toral; Tech-En-trepreneur and Regional Director of Freelancer.com, Jojy Azurin; Intl. Networking Entrepreneur and Co-founder of the Freight Summit, Nils Walle; Design Strategist, Branding Expert and Co-Founder of KKK Coffee, Brian Tenorio; Fash-ion Blogger and Stylist Patricia Prieto; Radio Personality, Popular Model & Fashion Entrepreneur, Co-founder of Sisit-erSecrets.com, Karen Bordador; Food Entrepreneur and Merkato Market Co-founder, RJ Ledesma; Mercato Market Co-Founder and founder of OurAwsomePlant.com, Anton Diaz, Draft GastroPub co-founder Mitch Malli; Mandaluy-ong City Counselor and Co-founder of SisiterSecrets.com, Charisse Abalos and many more. Exhibiting companies include Injoy by Doxo, Globe Busi-ness, 2Go Express, Benchmark Email Marketing, Gleent Innovations, Uber Technologies, IdentiyHub, Persia Grill, SisterSecrets, Manang’s Chicken, BK Whitening, UniOil, Es-quire Financing and many more. Register at www.efe.ph to get a FREE Priority Access Pass and to attend the summit

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Take your step to success at the Entrepreneur and Franchise Expo and the Entrepreneur Success Summit this June 27-29 Donna of

all trades

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Lauren Young graces ‘Araw ng Banaybanay’

WEEKS before promising actress Lauren Young im-presses the moviegoers in her first mainstream starrer Overtime under GMA Films, she went on a Davao Orien-tal trip to witness and expe-rience its celebration of the Araw ng Banaybanay last weekend. Accredited by the De-partment of Tourism as one of the festival attractions in Southern Mindanao, the Araw ng Banaybanay is meant to commemorate its confirmation as a municipal-ity. Last June 21, Lauren ban-nered a fun-filled Kapuso Fiesta mounted for the en-joyment of the Dabawen-yos. Sharing the stage with her is Kapuso leading man

Geoff Eigenmann at the Banaybanay Gym. Hosting the celebration is comedian Boobay.

While on the the follow-ing day, June 22, a hilarious Kapuso Mall Show featur-ing GMA Artist Center talent

Jeric Gonzales and veteran stand-up comedians Ate Gay and Chubbylita took place at the Events & Con-vention Center of the KCC Mall of GenSan. Also happening in the same venue is the Mindanao leg of the auditions for the comebacking well-loved 80s drama series Yagit. Part of GMA’s nationwide search for potential child actors who will portray the lead characters in the said series, the auditions drew crowds with aspiring stars super-vised by acclaimed director Ms. Gina Alajar. In the Visayas, Bela Padilla, who stars in GMA News TV’s upcoming original series Sa Puso Ni Dok and Derrick Monasterio from afternoon

Kapamilya celebrities re-cently dropped by the fa-mous “Pinoy Big Brother” house to distract the “PBB All In” housemates from their Freeze task, which requires them to stop moving when-ever Big Brother announces “tigil.” Having lost their previ-ous two weekly tasks, all the housemates are all the more determined to succeed in the ‘Freeze’ challenge and win their weekly budget. Aside from that, all of them also have to face the eviction of more than housemate that will be given an unex-pected twist by Big Brother this weekend. Their recent visitors were “Sana Bukas Pa Ang Ka-

hapon” stars Bea Alonzo and Paulo Avelino, who teased the housemates and tried to made them move, albeit unsuccessfully, and taught them how to act. Kapamilya hunk Jason Abalos, boyfriend of house-mate Vickie, also went in the house just as the house-mates stood motionless to

deliver a letter from her fa-ther. Meanwhile, an online teaser released by “PBB All In” announced that the country’s Teen Queen and King Daniel Padilla and Kath-ryn Bernardo are scheduled to enter the house soon. “PBB All In” has put its viewers on an emotional

rollercoaster this week, as it highlighted the spe-cial friendship of Jane and Joshua, the arrival of Cher-idel Alejandrino, the Eleva-tor Nanay of Olongapo, and Joshua’s and Vickie’s fathers reunion with their kids. Tune in to “Pinoy Big Brother All In” with Toni Gonzaga weeknights after “Aquino & Abunda Tonight” on Primetime Bida” and “Pi-noy Big Brother All In Uber” with Bianca Gonzalez, John Prats, and Robi Domingo after “Moon of Desire” on Kapamilya Gold. Discuss the latest events inside the PBB house with Slater Young and Joj and Jai Agpangan in “Ubertime Online” on pinoy-bigbrother.com/livechat.

KAPUSO rising singer/recording artist James Wright is set to captivate the hearts of the Filipinos with his contem-porary music style with the release of his self-titled debut album under GMA Records. Containing five all-OPM songs, with music and lyrics beautifully crafted by Vehnee Saturno, James’ album is a gratifying introduction to a fresh-faced neophyte in the Philippine music industry. With its polished production and romance-driven compositions, this album will be a hit in the country. This collection of songs lets James’ versatile voice shine. While his song-writing skills take a backseat, James does a splendid job of incorporating his own character into the songs. Long before GMA Network’s reality talent show Anak Ko ‘Yan concluded, this striking 18-year-old Filipino-Aus-

tralian upstart from Hong Kong was al-ready marked for stardom. James’ Top

5 finish in the said talent search did not stop him from pursuing his dreams of becoming a full-fledged recording art-ist. He wasted no time in honing his craft and grabbing his opportunities. His lead single “Sana’y Ikaw” was even used as the theme song of the primetime series, Carmela. His heartful delivery of this song made him sound like a man genuinely in love, convinc-ing the public of his credible potential. Meanwhile, James finds himself ser-enading more sweet sentiments in his four other songs “Ako’y Sa ‘Yo,” “Babe,” “Ikaw ‘Yon,” and “Kung Hindi Ikaw.” James Wright’s self-titled debut al-bum under GMA Records is already out on CDs nationwide at Astroplus, Astro Vision, Odyssey Music and Video, SM Music and Video, and The Landmark record outlets and on digital format worldwide via iTunes and Amazon.

James Wright releases debut album under GMA Records

Bea, Paulo, and Jason enter “PBB” house to distract housemates from ‘freeze’ task

prime’s The Half Sisters grace the event center of the Bingawan Gym for Iloilo’s 6th Pagnahi-An Festival. Meanwhile, up north, a delicious festival is was cooked up at the City of Batac in Ilocos Norte, as it held its annual Empanada Festival. Showcasing the re-gion’s famous delicacy, the said festival also promotes

Batac’s cultural develop-ment. Stars from GMA’s new-est family drama series My BFF joined the Ilocanos in the festivities. Leading the party is Mona Louise Rey to-gether with Valerie Concep-cion and Hiro Peralta who delighted their fans at the Imelda Cultural Center via a Kapuso Fiesta.

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A Celebration of Life:Vryzyse Edelweiss Krebs’ Christening

THE START of June marked a very spe-cial and blessed day for first time parents, Jean Sarah and Jose Mari Krebs, as they celebrated the much awaited christening of their lovely first born with the rest of the world. Clad in an elegant white couture, baby Vry-zyse, was all smiles at the St. Ana Parish Church in the metro. With all eyes on her, it was truly surreal seeing her grinning from ear to ear with her ecstatic parents by her side. Parents of the couple, selected family members and friends stood in atten-dance and witnessed the christening ceremonies take place. Indeed, it was a celebration of life truly worth remembering. The after church event was grand, luxurious and pink. With everyone convening at the North-crest Buhangin private clubhouse, away from the hustle and bustle of the city, guests, close family members and friends, all of whom saw how the cou-ples love transcended over the years, were there to witness another milestone in their life. Kids, from all ages, to adults kept the pink clad venue full of laughter as each welcomed the lovely bouncing baby girl Vryzyse into the world. The venue was trans-formed in a majestic baby girl wonderland – a bal-loon arc to welcome the guests, flowers and table centerpieces of colors and shapes, sweet treats spread all over the tables and a human like size of the baby’s name in its most festive color kept and gave the venue its childlike ha-ven feel. True enough, ev-eryone was all smiles – for the camera and each other – as the festivities were un-derway. A delicious gastronomi-cal feast was prepared for all to enjoy. With a bounti-ful selection of meat, vege-tables, chicken, sweets and of course, lechon, the club-

By Bai Fauziah Fatima Sinsuat Ambolodto

house roared with every spoonful. After the eating, came the fun and games. One by one, kids and adults alike, participated in a number of games that tested their agility, knowl-edge and camaraderie. It was all about having fun and that was how the rest

of the day went. “May angels guide you on your journey in life, and sprinkle you with their love and light. May you have the gifts of laughter and song, and be filled with dreams that last all the days long. May you live and care

with kindness and grace, and know within your soul, courage and faith. You will be wrapped in the warmth of your fam-ily and friends, and rays of love will shine on you with-out end.”- Anonymous Welcome to the world, Vryzyse Edelweiss!

Call: 224-0733 • Tionko St., Davao City

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IN 2013, a hospital-bound Educational Program for Long Staying Patients

was established in Southern Philippines Medical Cen-ter (SPMC) in partnership with Davao Children’s Fund Inc. (DCCFI) and the College of Education, University of Southeastern Philippines (CED-USEP). Thirty (30) stu-dents were enrolled in Kin-dergarten, Elementary and Secondary Levels.

Now, in its second year of operation, 20 elementary school pupils and eight (8) secondary school students will be participating for the School Year 2014 – 2015. The children are all undergoing treatment for childhood can-cer such as Leukemia which accounts for 60percent of the cases, Osteosarcoma and Retinoblastoma to name a few. They are enrolled at Du-manlas Elementary School and Davao City National High

School. Materials from the Department of Education are being utilized by their Vol-unteer Learning Facilitators who are Faculty, Graduate Students and Undergraduate students of the College of Ed-ucation, University of South-eastern Philippines as part of their Community Extension Program.

Dr. Edna Jalotjot, Proj-ect Leader of the Hospi-tal-bound Educational Program of CED-USEP, ex-pounds that in the course of their community exten-sion program at SPMC, they found out that the schooling of children who are chron-ically ill is interrupted. Hence, they conceived to utilize the hospital where they are housed by making it the learning environment for them in accordance with Inclusive Education that all children should learn to-gether, wherever possible,

regardless of any difficul-ties or differences they may have.

Dr. Mae Concepcion J. Dolendo, Head of Pediat-rics Oncology Department, SPMC and Founding Presi-dent of DCCFI, on the other hand, said that since the educational program start-ed, her patients are more cheerful and energetic and any intervention that would bring hope, promote better survival rates and achieve excellent, holistic care for children with cancer is wel-comed by their organization.

In April 2014, 15 chil-dren participated in the First Moving Up Ceremony which was considered a milestone by the parents and children themselves. As one parent put it, “My child not only moved up in her treatment of cancer but in her school-ing as well. We are grateful for this opportunity.”

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COMMUNITY SENSEEducational Program for patients

The patients, staff of DCCFI, the teachers of Dumanlas Elementary School and Davao City National High School, Uni-versity of Southeastern Philippines- College of Education group together for the Opening of the Hospital Bound Edu-cational Program for SY 2014 - 2015

Reading appreciation for the teens.

Storytelling and Reading session with the kids.

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THESE days, more and more people are be-coming health con-

scious by trying out new diet and dance routines to stay in shape. Younger women have gone on to try fasting in the form of juicing, men go to gyms, and the wom-en-- moms, aunts and grand-moms--take either exclusive or groupie Zumba classes.

Other than that, celeb-rities such as Ellen Adarna, Derek Ramsay, and celebri-ty couple Anne Curtis and Erwan Heusaff along with many other famous person-alities have been actively posting their fitness routines on social networking sites, which in turn have gotten their fans into getting better bodies themselves.

It is undeniable that the number of people who have started to care more about their physical health is in-creasing and with that the craving for newer and better workout and weight loss ex-periences are at a high.

But for bicycle advocate Monica Ayala of Cycle for Life, cycling is a good enough way for her to both stay and shape and help the environ-ment. Cycling to her is more than just her workout, it’s her contribution to the pres-ervation of our environment, and to her advocacy of rais-ing awareness within society about safety for bicycle riders and about the health benefits that cycling can bring.

It isn’t yet a common thing to see cyclists around the city and that’s because of some reasons. One of the major challenges that cyclists like Ayala face is the fact that there are no bicycle lanes for the non-motorized vehicles anywhere in the city. This then makes traveling for cy-clists risky and even danger-

ous. Not only that, the motor-

ists aren’t aware of the three feet rule that indicates that each biker or cyclist on the road is entitled to have a safe distance with other cars of at least 3 feet to the left, to the right, and to the back.

“Unlike people in cars, we travel without much pro-tection, it’s just our skin and bones,” said Ayala during the FAST Fridays media forum at Barrio Fiesta of SM Lanang. With this in mind, Cycle for Life conducted bike clinics to teach bikers how to safely maneuver with traffic.

She also mentioned the need to educate those on bicycles on the proper gear and equipment necessary when going on a ride. The basics are head and tail-lights, blinkers, and reflec-tors for road safety and of course the helmet. The bike clinics also covered road safety and etiquette.

Ayala says there are countless benefits that cy-cling can bring. First, and most evident of all are the

health benefits. “When rid-ing on a bike or cycling, mul-tiple muscle groups are be-ing used and so it helps your body release endorphins which are ‘happy hormones’ that’s why most cyclists are happy.”

She also mentioned that cycling has an economic val-ue. Having a bicycle in each household can definitely help in easing the family budget of our fellow Filipi-nos under the poverty line by helping their kids go to school on bicycles instead of having to pay a jeepney fare.

There are many cyclists in the city with their own groups and organizations but still they do not have enough support to make Bicycle Lanes a reality in Davao City. With the Nation-al Bicycle Day coming up in November 16, 2014, Cycle for Life aims to involve the business sector, the NGOs, some private individuals and the local government in hopes of creating a safer Davao for our cyclists. [KAI DEL CORRO]

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MAKE no mistake about it, Ella Grace Moulic is

the closest the country could get to a record accomplishment in the square-tabled sport.

Only 15 years old, the mainstay of Holy Cross brought home not just four gold medals from the recent ASEAN Chess Championship Plus in Macau earning her the title of Woman Candidate Master, but more importantly the respect and recogni-tion for a young athlete whose strides are well on the way to a global status.

The WCM status puts Moulic in a position to become the country’s first ever FIDE Woman Grandmaster—a feat no Filipina one has come close to.

At the rate she is go-ing, her mentor James Infiesto, regional head of the National Chess Federation of the Phil-ippines, believes Moulic

is in the best position to achieve the feat.

Along with 48 oth-er players from the country, Team Philip-pines brought home 35 gold medals and four of which were won by Moulic. The Philippines currently ranks number 1 in the girls under 20 division as well as in the girls under 16 age group for many years now.

Moulic competed in the girls under 16 cat-egory where she faced titled players from Viet-nam, Singapore, Mongo-lia, Laos, and Malaysia where most of them ranked higher than her as Woman FIDE Masters (WFM). She also beat fellow Filipinos from Laguna and a WFM from Pangasinan.

At here age, this is Moulic’s biggest ac-complishment and she attributes it to her fa-ther, Alfred Moulic. Her father was once a chess champion in his peak days as a chess player.

He was a titleholder in the University of Min-danao and is Ella’s first chess mentor. Ella start-ed playing chess when she was just 7 years old after constantly watch-ing her father play chess in Duterte Tournaments as she was growing up. If that wasn’t enough, Ella’s mother was also a chess champion in her earlier days.

She then became a varsity member on the Chess team at her school; Child of God Learning Center, which helped, eased her par-ents’ burdens through the scholarship she re-ceived.

With more compe-titions for Moulic and many other potential chess players in the country, Moulic and her team hopes that more companies will be more supportive of their en-deavors through spon-sorships from compa-nies with a corporate social responsibility.

EJ Casintahan fired a siz-zling 5-under par 65 good for 41 points to

lead the winners in the Grand SFOSA Open Golf Tournament held over the weekend at the Davao City Golf Club in Mati-na.

Casintahan, carrying a three-handicap, shot six bird-ies with only a lone bogey to score 41 points and take the Class A gross title. He beat runner-up Jonathan Cabre-ros (34) by seven points. Net champion and runner-up were Jerico Bajo (45) and Apo Luna (40), respectively.

Car dealer Doy Relam-pagos hit four birdies with only one bogey to share the limelight by bagging the Class B gross title with a 37. City Councilor Jimmy Dureza also shot four birdies but made two bogeys to settle for the runner-up with a 34.

Net champion was Brian Davila (46) followed by Alro Paglinawan (44).

The other gross cham-pions were Randy Arevalo (Class C), Luis Antonio Bala-jadia (Class D), Nilo Dalut (Se-niors 60-70 yrs. Old), Julius Bajo (Seniors 71 and above) and Stella Barnes (Ladies).

Arevalo (32) won by four

points over runner-up Rean Ante (28), while City Coun-cilor Dado Mahipus took the Class C net title with 49, a one-point victory over army offi-cial Leo Catipay.

Balajadia, on the other hand, carded 26 to beat Jap-anese Tomio Wasada (23) in Class D. Net champion was grand raffle winner Jong Ag-ton (51), who bested run-ner-up Vic Sepulveda (45).

Dalut (32) won by one point over lawyer Larry Pas-quil for the 60-70 gross title, while retired assistant cashier Manny Bendigo (53) beat fel-low retired Central Bank em-ployee Alex Cordero (45) for the net crown.

Bajo (25) edged veteran Oscar Lopez (24) for the 71 and above gross title while Romeo Jardin (42) won the net over Mindanao Senior Golfers Federation president Joe Custodio (41).

Barnes, who also spon-sored the two-day event pre-sented by Phoenix Lubricants, carded 24 points to win the gross title in the Ladies divi-sion. Net champion was Ev-elyn Quinsay (46), who won by six points over runner-up Joyce Toribio.

More than 170 golfers

saw action in the fundraising event organized by the Sports Foundation of St. Andrews (SFOSA) headed by its presi-dent Frank Buno.

The principal sponsors werer the San Agustin Ser-vices, Phoenix Fuels, Emcor, Suzuki Philippines, Motor-trade, Gingging Biong, Col. Sammy Afdal of Adfil Corpo-ration, J.M. Luciano Construc-tion and Nelson “Tata” Sala.

The major sponsors were Engr. Noel Basanez and fam-ily, Hexat Mining Corp, Qual-iserv Security Agency, Tandu-ay Rhum, VW Vic Lumo, VW Leonard A. Felonia, Chicco de Café, Davao Internation-al Container Terminal Inc., Agad, Bro. Cocoy Junsay, Es-devco, Glenn Escandor, EP Manantan Construction, Bob-ong Ahmed, Manolito Bongar, Archie Et Al, Datu Lester Sin-suat, Leo and Reah Laiyidong Agri-Supply, Bro. Cocoy Mag-no, Engr. Ludwig Ledesma, MN Bayalas Construction, Ronwood Construction / Pe-ter Dy, LC Ting Construction, Carmelito Mercado, Green T. Org and Atty. Manz & Inday Carpio Duterte. The event was supported also by the F & AM Masonic District Region XI-A and XI-B.

Casintahan leads SFOSA golf winners

Moulic chases a recordBy KAI DEL CORRO

Bike advocate pushes for lifestyle cycling

LIFESTYLE CYCLING. Monica Ayala of Cucle For Life discusses the benefits of cycling during last Friday’s FAST Fridays media forum at Barrio Fiesta of SM Lanang Premier. Lean Daval Jr.

FUTURE WGM. Woman Candidate Master Ella Grace Moulic has her sights on a rare accomplishment. Lean Daval Jr.

BOXING REVOLUTION. Sonshine Sports Management through former Governor and boxing expert Manny Piñol presented its Boxing Revolution card set June 28 in yesterday’s Kapehan sa Davao at SM City Davao. Reigning IBO superflyweight champion Edrin Dapudong (extreme left) is shown with reigning Philippine junior welterweight champion Adonis Cabalquinto, Rolando Magbanua, former WBO champion Lorenzo Villanueva, and former WBC flyweight titlist Sonny Boy Jaro. The bpxers are under the watchful eyes of trainer Richard Dumaluan. NJB

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MANAUS, Brazil (AP) — With Cris-tiano Ronaldo on

the field, a one-goal lead is never safe.

The world player of the year rarely sparkled on a hot and humid night in the jungle, but his inch-perfect stoppage-time cross set up Varela for the equalizing goal Sunday in Portugal’s 2-2 draw against the United States at the World Cup.

The Real Madrid wing-er, who has been playing despite a left knee injury, showed flashes of his best, but his impact was mini-mal until the final seconds of the match. He curled the ball in to a diving Varela, who headed past Tim How-ard to give the Portuguese team a slim hope of advanc-ing to the second round and deny the Americans instant advancement.

“He made a great cross,” said Howard, Ronaldo’s for-

mer teammate from their days at Manchester Unit-ed. “Football’s cruel some-times.”

The United States now has four points in Group G, the same as Germany. Both Portugal and Ghana have one point. The Amer-icans will face Germany on Thursday in Recife, while Portugal takes on Ghana at the same time in Brasilia.

“Obviously we’re disap-pointed, but at the end of the day you’ve got to look at the positives, we got a point,” said United States captain Clint Dempsey, who scored to give the Ameri-cans a 2-1 lead in the 81st. “It’s going down to the last game and hopefully we get the job done.”

Nani scored first for Portugal, shooting past a sprawling Howard in the fifth minute. But the Americans responded in the second half as Portugal

PORTUGAL forward Cristiano Ronaldo has remarkably ad-

mitted that he never be-lieved his ‘average’ side could win the World Cup.

The Seleccao are still in with a chance of mak-ing the last 16 but even if they were to beat Ghana in their final match a draw between Germany and the United States would see those two sides advance from Group G.

Paulo Bento’s men were without four players through injury or suspen-

sion for Sunday’s 2-2 draw with the US, and Ronaldo says the squad is not good enough to cope.

“Maybe we’re an av-erage team,” he said. “It would be a lie to say that we are a ‘top’ team. We have many limitations and suffer from injuries such as with Pepe [who was suspended] and [Fabio] Coentrao. This limits us a lot. We have a very lim-ited team and we are not at the best level. This does not enable you to beat top teams.

THE hordes of yellow shirts fill the crowd, the players and fans

belt out the national an-them in unison, the spirit envelopes everybody in close proximity - and then, of course, there is Neymar.

There is something special about Brazil invit-ing the rest of the world to see what can become of football when a whole country pulls in one direc-tion for a couple of hours. The hairs on the back of the neck have rarely been more alert, even for neutrals.

But it is hardly the most mouth-watering of prospects for an opposing national team and, for one of Netherlands and Chile, it will almost certainly be-come a reality.

Brazil will probably qualify from Group A as winners, while it would take a pair of freak results on Monday to knock out the Selecao and spare both Louis van Gaal and Jorge Sampaoli from having to plot a route past the host nation on the way to the

quarter-finals.The probability is that

the early kick-off at the Are-na Corinthians in Sao Paulo has become a play-off for the right to avoid Brazil. With both nations having already qualified, such a fixture might normally be expected to be a non-event but, given the apparent booby prize awaiting the loser, this one suddenly takes on another guise.

“It is going to be a final,” claimed Chile midfield-er Arturo Vidal in a press conference on Sunday. “Both teams want to win the group and it is certainly going to be difficult to play Brazil in their own country in the World Cup but we are not concentrating on that, only on trying to beat Netherlands.”

There was a lot of that. Both coaches added their own line regarding the need not to focus on Bra-zil but the reality is that the final group game has a raised importance entirely because of the home side. If the rhetoric about this

game being like a final is true, then that is exactly because Brazil are likely to await the losers.

For Chile in particu-lar, the sight of their name alongside that of the five-time winners is not one they will relish. Three times they have reached the knockout stages in previous World Cup finals tournaments and all three times they have been sent packing by Brazil.

While in 1962 they were hosts, in 1998 they had the likes of Ivan Zamo-rano and Marcelo Salas in their ranks and four years ago they were led by the legendary Marcelo Bielsa, however, this time around they feel that they have something more in their favour, boasting probably the best ever generation of Chilean footballers.

“It’s difficult to talk about Brazil and what has happened before,” says Vidal. “On Monday we will just have to play to win and we will go step by step but we do believe in ourselves.

“I guess this is Chile’s best generation. We have a lot of players playing out-side of Chile and when we come back together we are very strong.”

But the Dutch side they face have quality too and they will surely fancy their chances more against Brazil based on previous history. In four World Cup meetings, the Oranje have a 2-2 record against the Se-lecao and even then one of their two defeats came only after a penalty shootout, in the 1998 semi-final in Mar-seille.

But if there was a clear motivation in Louis van Gaal’s anti-Fifa rant on Sun-day, in which he claimed that there was “unfair play” in the scheduling of Brazil’s fixtures, it was because he knows as well as anyone how tough they will be to knock off their perch in their homeland.

With the nation behind them last year Brazil be-came unstoppable, sweep-ing all comers aside to win the Confederations Cup.

A PREMATURE stop-page by referee Danrex Tapdasan

deprived fight fans of a climactic ending to a fan-tastic, action-packed fight card which saw WBO In-ternational junior welter-weight champion Jason “El Nino” Pagara retain his title with a 4th round TKO over the gallant Mexican warrior Marco “Rocky” Meraz before a sell-out crowd at the plush Waterfront Hotel and Casino here in Cebu City on Saturday night.

In a night of knock-outs, the undefeated Prince Albert Pagara, the 20 year old younger brother of the 25 year old Jason, scored a devastat-ing 1st round TKO over cocky Hugo “Olimpico” Partida who at the weigh-in head-butted Pagara and even threw a punch which angered Prince Al-bert who vowed to make

Partida pay and he did in awesome fashion.

A right to the jaw dropped the Mexican in the early stages of round one before a flurry of punches had Partida reeling against the ropes which held him up from going down for a second time, with internation-ally respected referee Bruce McTavish correctly ruling it a knockdown.

Partida beat the count but there was no way he was going to escape the wrath of the young Pa-gara who, together with elder brother Jason, gave substance to the fight card titled “Fists of the Future” on the tremen-dously successful “Pinoy Pride” series of ALA Pro-motions in cooperation with the giant broadcast network ABS-CBN which telecast the fights on Channel 2 at 10:15 a.m. on Sunday.

Chile, Netherlands battle to avoid BrazilPortugal held to 2-2 draw by US

Pagara brothers, Banal in devastating wins

Ronaldo: ‘Average’ Portugal can’t win the Cup

BICYCLE. Ghana’s Muntari clears the ball away from Germany’s Mueller and Kroos during their 2014 World Cup Group G match at the Castelao arena. The maych ended in a 2-2 draw.

EQUALIZER. Portugal had looked on their way out of the tournament until the fifth minute of added time in the Group G clash when Ronaldo’s curling cross from the right was met with an emphatic header by substi-tute Silvestre Varela past goalkeeper Tim Howard.

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DRAMATIC ENDING

Portugal gets lifeline, Belgium

makes it to

CUIABA Brazil (Reu-ters) - Cristiano Ron-aldo’s Portugal seized

a World Cup lifeline with a dramatic stoppage-time equaliser to secure a 2-2 draw against the United States after highly-fancied Belgium booked a place in the last 16 on Sunday.

Belgium scored in the 88th minute of a pedes-trian 1-0 win over Russia leaving Algeria to light up Group H by routing South Korea 4-2.

Portugal had looked on their way out of the tourna-ment until the fifth minute of added time in the Group

G clash when Ronaldo’s curling cross from the right was met with an emphatic header by substitute Silves-tre Varela past goalkeeper Tim Howard.

The Americans were seconds away from a last 16 place with goals from Jermaine Jones and Clint Dempsey turning things around after Nani’s early strike for the Portuguese in steamy Manaus.

“When you concede in the last second it is unfortu-nate, but it was an amazing game from us, I can’t ask for any more. Now we have to get a result against Germa-

ny and that is what we are going to do,” said U.S. coach Juergen Klinsmann.

Germany and the U.S. have four points with Gha-na and Portugal on one apiece going into the final games on Thursday. Ger-many take on the Ameri-cans in Recife with Ghana and Portugal meeting in Brasilia.

Belgium teenager Divock Origi became the youngest scorer so far at this tournament when he secured victory with a sharp shot into the roof of the Russia net from Eden Hazard’s devastating run

down the left and pinpoint cutback.

Algeria, who lost 2-1 to Belgium in their first match, tore the ramshackle Koreans apart, scoring the highest number of goals by an African team in a World Cup match.

It was the joint sec-ond-highest scoring match of the Brazil finals so far after France’s 5-2 victo-ry over Switzerland and equalled the Netherlands’ 5-1 thumping of title hold-ers Spain.

Islam Slimani and Rafik Halliche stunned the Kore-ans with two goals in two

minutes and Abdelmou-mene Djabou added a third to give Algeria a 3-0 lead at the interval.

They became the third team to score three first-half goals at this tourna-ment after Germany in their 4-0 win over Portu-gal and France in their rout of the Swiss.

South Korea pulled one back through Son Heung-min, who turned to shoot between goalkeeper Rais Mbolhi’s legs in the 50th minute.

Yacine Brahimi scored the goal that set the Afri-can record just after the

hour and took the steam out of the Korea rally be-fore Koo Ja-cheol pulled another goal back.

Algeria go into their last group match against Russia on Thursday in second place with three points, two more than both Fabio Capello’s side and the Koreans, looking to reach the last 16 for the first time.

KOREAN WOES“We did analyse the

strategies but the result was such that I could say it was not well done,” South Korea coach Hong Myung-bo told reporters.

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UNLIKELY HERO. Reserve player Silvestre Varela celebrates after heading home the equalizer during the extra time to rescue Portugal from the verge of World Cup elimination.