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A BIG earthquake as strong as, if not even stronger than, the so-called “Big One” that

Metro Manilans are preparing for is a possibility in Davao City in the immediate future.

This was bared by Desider-

io Cabanlit, regional director of the Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs), during the Kapehan sa NCCC jointly present-ed by the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) and the NCCC-Mati-na Mall yesterday.

Cabanlit said he was part of the group of the Phivolcs scien-tists that studied the so-called Su-rigao-Mati earthquake fault line, referring to the identified quake-prone areas along the stretch from Surigao City to Mati City, Davao

Oriental which has a distance of 320 kilometers.

The research resulted in two significant findings, namely, that there was a 7.2 magnitude earthquake in Compostela Valley

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SCALE MODEL. Davao City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte, UP President Alfredo E. Pascual, and third district Rep. Isidro Ungab view the scale model of the proposed P8 billion Davao City-UP Sports Complex. With them is UP Mindanao Campus Junior Architect Mary Catherine A. Diaz who explained the facilities of the sports complex. Armando B. Fenequito Jr.

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NEWS

A BOOK on under-standing struggles for social justice will be

launched in the afternoon of August 19, 2015 at F213 of the Ateneo de Davao Univer-sity (AdDU).

The book, titled “Recog-nition: Examining Identity Struggles” and published by the Ateneo de Manila Uni-versity Press, is written by Renante D. Pilapil, currently dean of the AdDU’s School of Arts and Sciences and ed-itor-in-chief of Tambara: A Journal on the Humanities

and Sciences.In the book, Dr. Pilapil ex-

plores the political and phil-osophical issues underlying contemporary struggles for recognition and the political and philosophical dimen-sion of struggles for recog-nition waged by various so-cial movements structured around gender, sexuality, ethnicity, religion, language, among others.

It seeks to uncover the principles and norms as well as the tensions underlying recognition struggles as

struggles for social justice.The philosophy profes-

sor also looks into a broad spectrum of recognition-re-lated topics both conceptual and practical namely cultur-al rights, autonomy, moral suffering, and social conflict, among others. Pilapil earned his PhD from the Katho-liekeUniversiteit Leuven (Belgium).

The book is a signifi-cant contribution of a Min-danawon to the discourse on social justice through a systematic theoretical treat-

ment of recognition strug-gles.

Drawing from his expe-rience of the Moro and the Lumad struggle in Mindanao, Dr. Pilapil argues that the ex-perience of humiliation and disrespect of a people can lead them to engage in politi-cal resistance.

According to broad-caster Vina Araneta-Pilapil, wife of the author, questions and clarifications about the book may bedirected to her through numbers 0917-550-8191/0918-285-1443.

AT least 7,300 families have been displaced by floods spawned by the

southwest monsoon in North Cotabato, officials and resi-dents said.

Most residents, however, preferred to stay in the homes of relatives in communities not affected by floods.

Classes in some schools have been on and off because education officials would sus-pend classes whenever the water reached school grounds such as in Barangay Rajamuda, one of the six flooded villages here.

The Rio Grande de Min-danao that passes through Pikit’s interior villages had overflowed due to the week-long light to moderate rainfall upstream.

It had rained for at least a week in Bukidnon, the head-water of Rio Grande and oth-er river systems in Mindanao.

The rains had triggered floods and landslides in Malaybalay and Valencia cities and other areas of the province.

“Classes were suspended many times because of floods. Every time the water rises we cannot reach our school com-pound,” Omael Mamasamun-da, a 4th year student of Ra-jamuda National High School said.

Tahira Kalantongan, the town’s disaster management official, said the floods actually affected 16 low-lying villages but water had receded.

A Moro rebel detachment in Barangay Rajamuda was also flooded.

“We have been underwa-ter for the past week,” a mem-ber of the Moro Islamic Liber-ation Front said.

Despite the floods some people could still be seen do-ing their daily chores. (Ferdi-nandh Cabrera/MindaNews)

NEW York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) criticized the local gov-

ernments of Davao City and Zamboanga City for “putting on a pretty face” for the visit of United Nations Special Rap-porteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons (IDPs) Chaloka Beyani last month at the expense of the IDPs.

In a statement, HRW Asia Division researcher Carlos Conde said the violent incident at the United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP)-Ha-ran compound in Davao City on July 23 as well as the remov-al of evacuees from the Don

Joaquin F. Enriquez Memorial Sports Complex in Zamboanga City were “deliberate attempts to whitewash the poor condi-tions” in those places.

“The Philippine govern-ment loves to put on a pretty face for visiting dignitaries. In May 2012, it rounded up and hid street children and oth-ers living along a highway in Manila when the Asian Devel-opment Bank’s board of gov-ernors met. In January, street dwellers were taken off Ma-nila’s roads and brought to a resort, allegedly so Pope Fran-cis wouldn’t see them,” Conde said.

DAVAO City has taken the first step in the dream of having a sports complex

as the city government and University of the Philippines (UP) inked the initial pact on the proposed facility.

Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte and UP president Alfredo E. Pascual signed the memoran-dum of understanding (MOU) for the proposed Davao City-UP Sports Complex on Thurs-day afternoon.

The MOU will pave the way for the creation of a Technical Working Group (TWG) com-posed of representatives from UP and the city for the prelim-

inary plans and programs nec-essary for the establishment of the 20-hectare sports complex which will be built in UP Mind-anao in Bago Oshiro.

The MOU aims to identify the obligations of both parties on the implementation of the project.

A memorandum of agree-ment will follow after the TWG finishes the plan and identifies the obligations of both parties.

After the signing, the per-spective of the 20-hectare sports complex was unveiled by Duterte and Pascual.

In an interview, Duterte said he was satisfied by the

perspectives and design of the sports complex presented to him.

“If it will materialize, I would be very happy to just even come here and share the joy with everybody,” he said.

Pascual, for his part, said he was happy with the support of the city government for the sports development program of UP.

“With the solid partner-ship with Davao City govern-ment I am certain that we can succeed in implementing this project,” he said.

He said the sports complex project is part UP’s strategic

plan in developing sports pro-grams in the whole UP system.

For her part, UP Mindanao Campus Junior Architect Mary Catherine A. Diaz said the sports complex has a total bud-get of P8 billion in 20 years.

Initially, third district Rep. Isidro Ungab allocated P300 million: P100 million for the training gym, P50 million for the phase one of the stadium, P50 million for the track oval, P50 million for access roads going to Manambulan, and next year another P50 million for the stadium.

Diaz said UP will get the

SPORTS COMPLEX MOU. Davao City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte and University of the Philippines (UP) president Alfredo E. Pascual sign the Memorandum of Understanding on Thursday afternoon for the proposed Davao City-UP Sports Complex which be built in the 20-hectare property of UP Mindanao in Bago Oshiro. The signing was witnessed

by city administrator Jesus Melchor V. Quitain, third district Rep. Isidro Ungab, UP Vice President for Development Elvira A. Zamora, and Nilo B. Opanda of UP Mindanao. Armando B. Fenequito Jr.

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DAVAO City Mayor Ro-drigo R. Duterte will also provide vehicles

to City Health Office’s (CHO) Environment and Sanitation Division for its sanitation in-spections in the city.

“I will give them three vehicles and they will go around,” Duterte said in an interview after the signing of the sports complex Memoran-dum of Understanding at the University of Philippines-Min-

danao.Duterte said he assign the

sanitation inspectors of every health district in the city to in-spect the food establishments and stalls in their respective areas.

He said he already or-dered city administrator J. Melchor Quitain to hire 20 nurses as sanitation inspec-tors who will inspect the sani-tation of the food stalls.

Duterte said that the pri-

ority of the inspectors are the street food vendors to see if these people are really ob-serving safety food handling.

“Tapos na silang (vendors) nag-seminar, implementation na lang ngayon (The vendors have undergone their semi-nar, it is now about time for implementation),” he said.

Around 4,000 food ven-dors who attended the Food Safety Handling seminar last month received their Mayor’s

ID last Wednesday and Thurs-day.

CHO environmental and sanitation head Robert Ocon-er earlier said his office will strictly implement food safety handling rules among ven-dors on the second week of September.

Oconer said vendors who were not able to attend the seminar last month can still join the second round on the last week of August.

RESCUELYMPICS. Rescuers participate in the lifesaving contest during the recent DavNorlympics rescue competition, capping the National Disaster Consciousness Month celebration. Raymund Faciol

SOME 190 rescuers partic-ipated the First One Dav-Norlympics ’15 recently

at the E-Park, Apoko, Tagum City aimed at heightening the capacity of the responders in the province in times of disas-ters.

The two-day rescuelym-pics was conducted by the Pro-vincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council to cap the celebration of the Na-tional Disaster Consciousness Month.

Anchored on the theme “Pamilya at Pamayanang Han-da, Katuwang sa Pag-unlad ng Bansa”, the event pitted re-sponders from various LGUs against each other on compe-titions on the different rescue and life-saving techniques.

Romulo Tagalo, Executive Director of the Climate Change Adaptation-Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Manage-ment (CCA-DRRM) said the ac-tivity intends to further build the capability of the rescuers since they are the first re-sponders in the communities.

“Gisuportahan ni ni Gov. Rodolfo del Rosario uban sa atong mga mayors tungod kay ang DRRM usa sa mga priorities sa atong provincial government (The governor, together with the mayors supported this activity since DRRM is among the priorities of the province),” Tagalo said.

The responders competed in three disciplines, namely, firefighting, Tyrolean zipline (where they showed safety procedures in crossing the riv-er in case of a flash flood) and lifesaving techniques.

The municipality of Kapalong bagged the over-all championship in the competi-tion.

“Nakipag-indigay sila un-saon pagsalbar sa kinabuhi sa atong mga katawhan sa Davao del Norte (They will show their skills in saving the lives of our people),” said PDRRMC Training officer Mr. Redentor Cardinal.

Tagalo said the province

RESIDENTS of Talikud Island started receiv-ing skills and livelihood

trainings to develop the hu-man resource in preparation for the increase of tourists and investors brought about by the open beach line project in the island resort.

The provincial govern-ment recently conducted the trainers’ training on solar light and street lamp assembly, as the first among eight trainings slated this year.

The next trainings lined up include bamboo fan-making, romblon bag and pouch-making, training on op-erating and using coco-shell moulding machine, coco beads accessories-making, ad-vanced development on poka shell accessories, culinary arts with table skirting, reflexolo-gy and massage therapy (NC II), housekeeping (NC II) and carpentry (NCII).

The trainings are under the workforce development component of the Sustainable Tourism Development and Business Enablement Project

under the Local Governance Support Program for Local Economic Development (LG-SP-LED).

The sector intends to prep up the residents for the 1,294 jobs that were projected to be created by the end of 2016, as Talikud is being geared up to become the best island desti-nation in the south.

Governor Rodolfo del Ro-sario stressed a dependable workforce is crucial in laying the foundation for speedy de-velopment of the island.

“Developing the human resource of the island is a major factor in attracting in-vestments and transforming the island into a major tourist destination,” he said.

The Canadian govern-ment-funded project aims to create an open beach model designed to foster inclusive growth in the Island Garden City of Samal.

It intends to attain this by developing the capacities of the private sector and the LGU, particularly in business

IN observance of the World’s People’s Day, a militant alli-ance of indigenous peoples in

Mindanao has condemned anew the US-Aquino regime for its per-sistent attacks on the indigenous peoples saying that it has retreat-ed on their rights as indigenous peoples and as human beings.

Dulphing Ogan, KALUMA-RAN (Kusog sa Katawhang Lumad sa Mindanao) Secre-tary-General, said that much as they would like to emphasize the important role of indigenous peoples in protecting the envi-ronment and building a just and sustainable society, they could not do so under the US-Aqui-no regime which persistently inflicts brutal treatments on in-digenous peoples as a form of ethnocide.

August 9 is the observance

of the United Nations (UN) In-ternational Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples to promote and protect the rights of Indig-enous Peoples. The Senate has passed on third and final reading House Bill HB 4420 declaring it as National Indigenous Peoples Day to highlight the important role of indigenous people in na-tion building.

Ogan said that the US-Aqui-no regime is only interested in their ancestral lands, forcibly displacing Lumad communi-ties, destroying their livelihoods and their cultures, to satisfy the greed of corporate predators. Corporate encroachment, he added, has also turned many in-digenous peoples into modern slaves in their own lands work-ing as plantation and mine work-ers. PR

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COLD SNACK. A member of Task Force Davao eats “dirty ice cream” while on a patrol duty to fight off the afternoon heat along San Pedro Street yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

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ECONOMY

SUN Life Asset Manage-ment Co., Inc. (SLAM-CI) will launch its two

dollar funds by the fourth quarter of the year.

“This is in line with our continuing effort to provide clients with more choices that would cater to their dif-ferent needs and preferenc-es,” SLAMCI president Val-erie N. Pama said in a press conference at the Seda Hotel yesterday.

Pama said the two-dol-lar denomination funds that will be launched by the fourth quarter this year will be the Global Equity

Fund and the Income Paying Denominated Fund.

The two new financial products will be added to the existing Prosperity Dol-lar Advantage Fund and Dol-lar Abundance Fund.

Pama said the Pros-perity Dollar Advantage Fund invests in foreign-denominated fixed income instruments and stocks.

It has become the most popular dollar-denominat-ed fund since it utilizes an active asset allocation strat-egy, which allows Sun Life to target those asset classes that are expected to perform

well in the short term and over time.

The Prosperity Dollar Abundance Fund, on the other hand, invests primar-ily in foreign-denominated fixed income instruments; making them a good choice for more conservative inves-tors, she said.

Meanwhile, Pama also revealed that SLAMCI’s as-sets under management in their areas in Mindanao have reached P1.3 billion for the first semester of the year.

“The company posted an AUM of over P1 billion, mak-

ing a 3.56 percent growth compared to the same peri-od last year,” she said.

Minanawons from Butu-an, Kidapawan, and General Santos were among their cli-ents who invested in mutual funds, according to Pama.

“It is exciting to note the fast growth in our Visayas and Mindanao market,” she said.

Other provincial invest-ment grew like in Cebu, which posted 1.31 percent growth at P865 million AUM and Iloilo, one of the biggest markets, had P736 million AUM.

Sun Life to launchtwo dollar funds

THE Davao del Sur Electric Cooperative (Dasureco), the only

power distributor in the 14 municipalities and one city in the province, was recent-ly rated for the third time Triple A performance by the National Electrification Ad-ministration (NEA).

During the 22nd NEA-Electric Cooperatives Consultative Conference held at the Manila Hotel on August 5, 2015, all electric coopera-

tives under NEA were given performance assessment for the year 2014, and Dasureco has been rated as a Triple A Electric Cooperative with a 100 percent perfect score in all aspects of operation.

Dasureco general man-ager Engr. Godofredo Guya said the highest rating of AAA will be given to power coops which are compliant to all four parameters: Financial, Institutional, Technical and Reportorial Requirements.

“This would not be our rating if not because of the perseverance of the staff, employees and Board of Di-rectors of our Cooperative. And most importantly, this is because of our member-con-sumers who have been the key to our success,” Guya said.

The awarding ceremo-ny was actually the highlight of the 46th Anniversary of the Rural Electrification Pro-gram (REP) of NEA, with the

theme “Converge… Engage…” The objectives of this

year’s conference are to provide rural electrification practitioners with strategies and benchmarks to enable them to address complex issues required in electric power distribution and serve as a forum to converge and share ideas and best practic-es for a better quality service to the member-consumers. (CDIO-Magsaysay/Anthony S. Allada)

NEA rates Davao Sur electriccoop Triple A performance

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MORE than sixty land-owners and farmers here participated the

IGaCoS’ Investment Forum on Priority Industries (Banana and Cacao) conducted by the City Investment and Tourism Office in partnership with the Department of Trade and In-dustry-Davao del Norte Prov-ince at Camp Holiday Beach Resort on July 31.

The investment forum aims to promote investment opportunities on banana and cacao to the land owners and farmers to engage in mar-ket-driven commodities. The activity also hopes to promote productivity through utiliza-tion of idle land and invest-ment generation.

Cardaba Banana and Ca-cao industries are among the clusters prioritized by the De-partment of Trade and Indus-try-Davao del Norte Provincial Office under its Industry Clus-ter Development Program.

At present, the demand

for cardaba banana is growing that even for Davao del Norte alone, there are five large en-terprises engaged in exported Banana chips and numerous micro-enterprises selling ba-nana chips at the local markets. On the other hand, the global and local demand and supply gap of the cacao industry is also wide, providing more op-portunities for farmers to have better income.

DTI-DN Provincial Director Romeo L. Castanaga explained the Comparative Advantage through Industry Cluster Ap-proaches. He emphasized the need to assess and strengthen internal strength of the indus-try in the island.

With the advent of the ASEAN Integration and being one of the member country, Castanada stressed the com-parative advantage and the need for critical mass devel-opment in the agriculture in-dustry to be able to meet the

WITH less than one year to go before the current admin-

istration steps down, the De-partment of Agriculture is aggressively pursuing its farm mechanization drive in order to assure that the farming and fishing sectors remain sustain-able and competitive in the years to come.

Just recently, the DA awarded a total of PhP 1.52 billion in farm machineries and project grants to farmers/fishers-beneficiaries from the rural communities of the SOC-CSKSARGEN Region compris-ing South Cotabato, Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Sarangani and General Santos City.

The awarding was held on July 30 at the regional center in Carpenter Hill, Koronadal City.

Agriculture Secretary Pro-ceso Alcala said the distribu-tion of farm machineries and other projects to the region is all part of the holistic strategy of the administration of Pres-ident Benigno S. Aquino III in delivering services and assis-tance to rural farmers so as to assure that Philippine agricul-ture remain sustainable and competitive.

“Farm mechanization is one of the priorities of the gov-ernment as it is the best way to lower agricultural production cost and improve the competi-tiveness of our farmers,” Alcala said.

He said that close to 370 units of farm machineries con-sisting of high-powered four-wheel drive tractors (with and without backhoe) for both rice and corn, hand tractor with implements, combine harvest-ers, and multi-commodity so-

lar dryers, among others, were distributed during the recent event.

Besides the machineries, Alcala said selected farmer groups have also been trained on how to properly use the fa-cilities.

The DA also distributed other farm inputs and live-stock animals to farmers/irri-gators’ associations and local government units in South Co-tabato, North Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat and Sarangani.

The Agriculture chief add-ed that PhP 152 million worth of machines and implements -- including fishing boats, mo-tors and other equipment and facilities -- were awarded to fisherfolk organizations iden-tified by the Bureau of Fish-eries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Region 12.

“Aside from assisting farmers and fisherfolk in production, the government wants to make sure that they would be able to deliver their produce to trading areas in the best possible way,” he said.

As such, the DA likewise awarded a total of 19 farm-to-market road (FMR) networks amounting to almost PhP 460 million to local chief execu-tives in the region.

Alcala said the FMRs would be constructed under the Philippine Rural Develop-ment Project.

While in Koronadal, the Agri chief also led the inaugu-ration of the Agri-Pinoy Center which will henceforth serve as the new home of the regional DA.

“The Agri-Pinoy Center, which stands on a land owned by the city government, will

Business forum staged in Igacos

DA pursues campaign for mechanized farms

STREET KITCHEN. A street vendor cooks takoyaki at the sidewalk along San Pedro Street in Davao City yesterday. Vendors selling street foods are given until the second week of September to get mayor’s identification cards so they will be allowed to continue with their businesses. Lean Daval Jr.

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THE Philippine economy will continue to grow in the next few years even

after the term of President Aquino or in the next admin-istration, an economic analyst said.

Michael G. Manuel, Sunlife Philippine Business Develop-ment officer, said drivers of

the economy like government spending, inflation rate, inter-est rate and investment will re-main to have a positive outlook in the next few years.

Manuel said government will continue to spend for proj-ects for infrastructure as the election approaches.

“This is a trend for the past

years,” he said, adding the gov-ernment has a lot of fund that can be used for government spending.

With government spend-ing contributing 10 percent to the country’s economy, Manuel said any increase in investment on infrastructure projects either coming from

the government or the private sector will automatically con-tribute to increase growth in the economy.

“The government will spend, unless it wants to lose in the coming election,” Man-uel said.

He added that the proba-bility of allocating huge lump

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of government funding for infrastructure projects would continue to ensure that it could cope with the achievement of the current administration.

The economic growth of the country will be fuelled even more by the standards set by the current administration, unless it will impose bottle-neck that could pull down the performance of the Philippines economy, according to Manuel.

He also emphasized that public-private partnership projects of the current admin-istration is necessary to allow more investment to enter the economy.

Meanwhile, the young consuming population of the country will also contribute in spurring the nation’s economy as a result of the low inflation and interest rate.

Manuel said these two eco-nomic drivers allow the huge bulk of the population who are ages zero to 26 years old and below to invest on goods and services.

This is supported that only two out of 10 Filipinos have savings bank account, with a saver having an average of P6,800.

“Majority of the Filipinos spend rather than save,” Man-uel said, adding this could fuel

the economic growth being 70 percent of the Philippine econ-omy.

The decrease in interest rate from 24 percent to 12 per-cent, he said, allowed the con-suming public to spend more.

The remittances from OFWs as well as the reve-nue from BPO industry will also contribute in the robust growth of the country.

Named as the 4th fast-est economy in the world by World Bank and the Asian Ti-ger economy, he said this poses a positive growth to the Philip-pines stock market.

Manuel also said there should be no worry that the Philippines economy will be dragged down by the slowing economic growth of China and the failing economy of Greece.

The economy of the coun-try has changed since 2010 as result of enabling policies and investment from different sec-tors.

The country has also be-come attractive to local and foreign investors because of the positive earning potential.

Manuel said the value of the stocks in the Philippine Stock Index would continue to increase as the Gods Domestic Product of the country moves up.

KADAYAWAN PROMOS. Park Inn by Radisson Davao marketing and communications manager Patty Basa-Tan (left) and public relations coordinator Izza Cadiente promote the hotel’s upcoming activities and promotions in time for the Kadayawan Festival 2015. The two graced yesterday’s Fast Fridays media forum at Barrio Fiesta at SM Lanang Premier. Lean Daval Jr.


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Battling China

The Philippines has made an ambitious pitch for the hosting of the 2019 FIBA World Cup and our one and only competitor for that big event is a familiar

rival--China.China has used its superstar in sports in 7-foot-6 retired

NBA player Yao Ming to lead its presentation for the 2019 bid. On the other end pitching for the Philippine side is diminutive boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao. The match-up between China and the Philippines is almost reflective of our battle for the right to the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea from the endview of China).

China claims nearly all of the resource-rich area, while overlapping territorial maritime claims involve ASEAN members Philippines, Malaysia, Vietnam and Brunei.

In the battle for the 2019 World Cup, the Philippines admittedly is up against a giant, size-wise although when

it comes to love for basketball, the Philippines will not be wanting in heart, which is also its main argument in pushing for the event’s hosting. The FIBA World Cup is the biggest global basketball competition although not at par in magni-tude and prominence as the football World Cup.

How much do we need the World Cup hosting? Perhaps the answer may not be of the same weight as the dispute over the West Philippine Sea. However, it will speak well of our doggedness to defy tremendous odds in combatting a giant like China.

We know how crazy Filipinos are when it comes to the sport of basketball and even if we win over China in this bid, it may not give us any advantage in the sovereignty claims. Nevertheless, it should spur the competitive juices in all of us to not just give up a fight in the face of adversity as huge as China.

ONCE upon a time there was a drunk who was searching for his car keys under a street lamp. A policeman comes over

and, after being told of the situation, decides to help the guy look for his keys. They search and they search – and find nothing. Finally, the cop asks the man this is really where he dropped them. The drunk replies, “Nope. It fell over there, but it is so much brighter here.”

The situation sounds absurd when pre-sented as a joke, but the punch line turns trag-ic when you consider that this is exactly how voters act when they choose the better pack-aged, and presumably more popular Binay, over the less charismatic, but infinitely more honest , Mar Roxas. What’s worse is that, while we often attribute this voting pattern with the “uneducated” masses, there is a significant number of supposedly enlightened Filipinos who continue to support Binay’s candidacy, not from ignorance, but because they know perfectly well which side of their bread is but-tered.

---We live in a world that is noisy with ad-

vertising and marketing messages. Everyday the stakes become higher, and the list of failed brands that are unable or unwilling to keep up with their rivals becomes longer. One of the key challenges that companies today have to over-come is the rapid pace of development in com-munications technology. Where before it might have taken years for a new communications

platform to gain any significant impact on the market – and so companies had the same amount of time to master it – current media trends change virtually over-night. And with very few excep-tions, brands are struggling to keep up.

These new developments in communica-tions, which are largely driven by social media trends, can be likened to the introduction of the tank in World War 2. Looking back on the history of modern warfare, we can see that the first World War was largely a positional con-flict waged behind fixed trenches. Very similar to the locked-horns competitive relationship that we find in most industries and markets to-day. Movements among rivals, like those in the armies fighting in the Western Front in 1914, were measured in increments of a few kilome-ters at a time.

For brands to break through the stalemate and gain a significant advantage on the market-ing battlefield, they have to master these new media platforms in the same way that Field Marshal Heinz Guderian perfected the strategic use of tanks during the German Blitzkrieg. This

is particularly true for smaller, less established brands that are trying to gain a foothold in a crowded marketplace. By leveraging their ex-pertise in the effective use of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, Linkedin, Vine, YouTube, and the host of other similar channels, they can easily flank – like the German’s did with the France’s Maginot Line – the static defensive barriers of their less flexible competitors.

---In the news recently was the 9.4% gross

regional development product (GRDP), which was the highest among all the regions in the country for 2014. Significantly, the current rate is more than 3% higher than the 6.1% it posted in 2013, highlighting the region’s strong economic performance on the backs of stellar growth in the service and industry sectors.

At the heart of all this of course is Davao City and the leadership of Mayor Rody Duter-te. Unlike other areas in the Philippines where the local government units do not have a clear idea of how they can best serve the community, Davao City has hit on the perfect formula of fo-cusing on public security and safety, and letting the rest take care of itself.

By putting much of the city’s resources on reducing criminality and improving public order, Davao City residents are free to pursue their careers, grow their businesses, and in-crease their investments without fear of being targeted by criminals. This is the Duterte legacy of Davao. And while critics like DOJ Sec. Leila

De Lima continue to harp on his supposed hu-man rights violations, there is strong consen-sus among Davaoeños that the mayor has done a yeoman’s job of keeping the city on track. Which is more than we can say for De Lima’s stint at the DOJ.

---With the booming economy, Davao City is

now starting to experience the problems faced by all growing metropolises. Chief among these is the worsening traffic situation, which is not at all helped by the ludicrous speed limits that we have right now. Having to drive at thirty kilometers per hour wouldn’t be so bad if not for the jeepneys that insist on driving fifteen. For Davao drivers, angst is having a wide open road and the possibility of a speed gun on the horizon.

---Another consequence of all these positive

economic developments is the rush to con-struct as many building as possible. Where for years we didn’t even have enough high rises to count with the fingers of one hand, all of a sud-den they’re popping up like mushrooms. What seems worrisome, though, is that a lot of these new buildings are being built on what used to be old riverbeds and swamplands. And given that much of what we now know as downtown used to be part of the coastal plain and/or the riverside, it would really be interesting to see how these structures would stand up to an earthquake.

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Buddy, have you seen my keys?...

“WHEN I was growing up, I usu-ally read a big billboard that welcomed me whenever I came

to Davao City that said: THE LAND OF PROM-ISE.” -- From an article I wrote some years back

***Urbanization – the demographic transition

from rural to urban – is associated with shifts from agriculture-based economy to mass industry, technology, and services. With 1.6 million people moving into the cities globally every week, the 21st century will be known in history as the century of global urbanization.

“This urban expansion will be especially burdensome for developing countries, where 82 percent of the world’s population currently lives,” deplored Grant Potter, who conducted a research on the impact of urbanization for the Washington-based Worldwatch Institute.

The Philippines is one of those developing countries that will bear the brunt of urbaniza-tion. Today, about 63 percent of the country’s total population of 96.2 million live in urban areas. That’s according to the world popu-lation data sheet released by the Washing-ton-based Population Reference Bureau.

The country is witnessing a rapid prolifer-ation of urban areas with the number of cities increasing. The largest of these cities – Metro Manila, Cebu, and Davao – are the economic engines of the country.

Take the case of Davao City which is home to almost two million people, making it the country’s largest city outside Metro Manila. A few years back, the City Mayors Founda-tion ranks Davao City as the 87th fastest growing city in the world, and it has been

listed by the UK-based Foreign Direct Invest-ment (FDI)Mag-azine as the 10th “Asian City of the Future” to-gether with two other Philippine cities – Que-zon City (ranked 7th) and Cebu City (8th place).

Davao City serves as the regional center for the Davao Region. In fact, the spike in the city’s population was mainly due to the influx of peo-ple from other parts of the country. As the Na-tional Statistics Office explains, “The increase in population was the result of migration, among others, of people from other regions because Davao City offers many opportunities as a hub of government, business, and indus-tries.”

Davao City is on the verge of turning into a bustling metropolis and with the influx of for-eign and local business investors, the numbers are on its side. More than 200 of the country’s top companies operate in the city.

Recently, a website (ikwaderno.wordpress.com) made a thorough research, data gather-ing and analysis on 122 cities of the country. It wanted to know which cities provide the “best living conditions.” Five broad categories were considered for computation: stability (25%), culture and environment (25%), health care

(20%), education (10%), and infrastructure (20%).

The website used the European Intelli-gence Unit procedure to determine the liv-ability of each city. In addition, it also added the following considerations: financial per-formance, population density, availability of public and private hospitals, availability and quality of public health service, environment conditions, availability of sports and develop-ment programs, calamity-safety index, tour-ist attractions, cultural and commercial ties, availability of public and private educational sectors including their performances.

With a rating of 84.804, Davao City came out second (after Bacolod City, which has a rating of 85.183). This was what the website wrote in its final analysis: “It is the most im-portant financial and trade center and the richest city in Mindanao, thus the nickname the ‘Crown Jewel of the South.’ It is the fifth best performing city financially, the second best city that caters the tourist with best nat-ural attractions, the fourth producer of young professionals, the ninth city in having the most cultural and commercial ties here and abroad, the first in the calamity safety index and the third in having the best infrastructure among the cities in the country.”

Zipporah Antonio, who works as a content writer of Housing Interactive, Inc., has identi-fied Davao City as one the best places in the country where the oldies can retire.

“Modern meets the old,” Antonio wrote. “Indeed, this dynamic province is a perfect marriage of traditional culture and cosmopol-itan living. It may have the usual hustle and

bustle of city life, but it is able to retain that “small town” feel. Signs of Davao’s progress and success are seen through the rise of devel-opments throughout the area. This is mainly to accommodate the burgeoning number of expat and local communities.”

Antonio further wrote: “Its rich history, picturesque landscapes, breathtaking islands, exciting water-related activities, and remark-able tourist destinations are few of the main reasons that make the province an interesting place for retirement. Likewise, the cost of liv-ing is definitely more affordable than Metro Manila and Cebu.”

Perhaps Davao City is one of the contribut-ing factors why the economy of Davao Region managed to have the “fastest growth” among the 17 regions of the country. According to the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB), Davao Region was growing at 9.4% in 2014, surpassing its growth by 6.7% in 2013.

“Davao Region was followed by Central Luzon and Central Visayas which grew by 9.0 percent and 8.8 percent, respectively from 2013 to 2014,” the NSCB said in a press state-ment.

During the 2014 Report on the Economic Performance of Davao Region, National Eco-nomic Development Authority Regional Direc-tor Maria Lourdes Lim pointed out: “Indeed, 2014 was a banner year for Davao Region, not only because it has sustained its high growth levels in the past three years, a very crucial prerequisite to inclusive growth, but also be-cause it has surpassed expectation and has already achieved its growth target for 2016 or by the end of the plan period.”

Henrylito D. [email protected]

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GENERAL SANTOS CITY MARKETING OFFICEEDMUND D. RENDONMarketing Specialist

Mobile: (Smart) 0909-424-7990

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VOL. 8 ISSUE 92 • SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 2015 9Grand Regal hotel celebrates 17th anniversary todayTHE celebration of Grand

Regal’s anniversary is today August 8, 2015 –

exactly 17 years to the day of the hotel’s opening in 1998. The 217-room hotel was then a multi-million peso property built during the flourishing tourism industry at the ap-proach of the second millen-nium, and became home of the biggest gaming & enter-tainment center in Mindanao, the Casino Filipino . From the day it opened to the public, it already has set the standard of luxury accommodation in the Metro Davao.

Grand Regal Hotel forever changed the landscape of the hospitality scene not only in Davao City being one of the first luxury hotels in the re-gion, as it set a precedent for

premiere hospitality services and standards, and continues as one of the moving force in the hospitality industry at present.

Grand Regal Hotel has consistently served to spread the warmth of hospitality eversince its opening. From presidents to senators of the country, celebrities includ-ing royalties from around the world to sports superstars have passed through its wel-coming doors. But above all these, the hotel takes even greater pride to countless in-dividuals and people whose names may not be of stellar stature, yet stayed and came back to fill the rooms with the warmth of their presence.

On its 17th anniversary,

CongratulationsGrand Regal Hotel

on your 17th Anniversary!August 8, 2015





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competitive challenge and de-mands in the market.

He encouraged the farmers to continue with the initiative with or without the ASEAN In-tegration but because the proj-ect will lead to more and better jobs which is sustainable and offer an inclusive growth.

City Investment and Tour-ism Officer Jennifer Carriaga appreciated the Investment Forum on Banana and Cacao Industry since the local gov-ernment highly promote the island as an Agri-Eco-Tourism

area.She pointed-out agribusi-

ness as one of the priority in-vestment area because other investments in the island re-quire huge power and water resources which meantime the City could not provide.

DTI-XI Industry Develop-ment Services Division Engr. Vedastito C. Galvez presented the Cardava Banana Indus-try Situationer and Roadmap while SAGREX Consultant Mr. Danilo T. Fanlo shared on In-vestment and Market Oppor-

serve as a venue in empow-ering the farming and fishing communities and the private sector so they may be able to produce enough, accessible

and affordable food for every Filipino and adequate income for all, while attaining a Food Staple Sufficient Philippines,” he said. (PNA)

it will launch of a commemo-rative anniversary CSR event to promote an advocacy of contributing to the protection and preservation of nature and it’s critically endangered species. On the date of the anniversary, the Grand Regal Hotel-CSR committee coordi-nated with the-Aboitiz owned Cleanergy Park, a biodersity conservation area that served as the sanctuary of sea turles (pawikan), for coastal clean-up and mangrove planting to protect this important ecosys-tem. They will also take part in releasing the Hawksbill turtle hatchlings into the sea on a separate schedules when the hatchlings are ready for re-lease.

To commemorate the event, the hotel is launch-ing promotional activities to underline the company’s unwavering commitment to consistently enhance its cus-tomer experience. This Au-gust, the twin-celebrations of the hotel anniversary and Kadayawan Festival has giv-en way for “Two To Tango”, wherein guests get to enjoy 17 percent on food & bever-age at the Champagne Bar, Montmarte Café, Kadayawan Restobar and room service. Of course, the room accommoda-tion takes a huge discount plus guests are entitled to vouchers for yet, another room discount for their bookings on Decem-

ber. And the fun didn’t just stop there, all concessionaires at the Regal Business Zone join the festivities by offering rock-bottom price cuts on jew-elry and accessories at Rosver Pawnshop and Diamonds & Pearls, including Pressure Points Spa rates reduction on their services.

Renovation program is underway to refurbish all it’s function rooms for a small board meeting of 12 to a grand banquet of 800 guests. All Su-perior, Deluxe, Premier, Execu-tive Suites including the Bridal & Presidential Suites will be given a fresh look while retain-ing the classic and timeless ambience it had been kept for years. Though new contempo-rary and up-to-date elements shall be infused to satisfy the necessity of modern accom-modation.

Strategically nestled with-in the city’s burgeoning mall district along JP Laurel Ave-nue, Grand Regal has become a home away from home for guests on business trips and leisure travelers from all parts of the globe. For stunning view of the metro’s skyline, and breathtaking vista of Samal island, the timeless comfort of the guest rooms and suites, impeccable service, and ex-traordinary dining options, this has been the hotel’s pre-miere pride that’s long been kept like it was 17 years past.

province in 1893 and anoth-er 8.3 magnitude-Intensity 9 earthquake somewhere in Sigaboy, now Governor Gen-eroso, Davao Oriental on April 15, 1924.

The studies on the Su-rigao-Mati fault line, part of the Philippine fault zone, consist-ed of digging, carbon-dating, and other related activities.

Cabanlit said there were other strong quakes in Com-postela Valley but he could not remember the dates during the interview.

He said when Composte-la Valley was hit by an earth-quake of Intensity 7.2, the quake’s effect affected Davao City in 30 minutes with an in-tensity of about 7.

He said this indicates that the shaking of the earth will just be as violent and the de-struction caused by it will be just as intense as the one in Compostela.

The same can be expected with a strong quake in Gover-nor Generoso. This means that the people should be just as prepared, he said.

Liza Mazo, regional head of the Office of the Civil De-fense, the other guest in the

Kapihan, said the drills in Met-ro Manila local governments are anticipating an earthquake of only 7.2 magnitude, weaker than the quakes that hit Siga-boy.

Cabanlit said there was also a study of possible fault line in Davao City but he re-fused to discuss it as he said that it was conducted by an-other section in the Phivolcs and that he was not part of the research team.

He said it is not advisable to talk about it as there is no official report has been made by the research team yet. The study has not been published, he said.

Cabanlit, however, said the discovery of new fault lines is a possibility as what had hap-pened in Bohol lately.

Mazo also told EDGE Davao that part of the prepa-ration and drills for Dabawen-yos is what to do when the Big One occurs in Metro Manila where many of their relatives reside.

She admitted, however, that the guidelines for what Dabawenyos will do in case the Big One happens are still being drafted.

“It appears the govern-ment did it again in advance of the recent visit to Zamboanga City and Davao City of Chaloka Beyani,” he added.

The evacuees in Zambo-anga City had been displaced by the September 2013 fight-ing between rebels and gov-ernment forces. Conde said government’s response to the needs of the 120,000 internal-ly displaced “has largely been inadequate and slow.”

“Many were relocated to sites where basic services such as water and power are lack-ing or nonexistent, or far away from their fields or places of work. As a result, hundreds refused relocation and stayed in the grandstand of the city’s Don Joaquin F. Enriquez Me-morial Sports Complex. On July 18, 2015, four days before Bey-ani’s visit, the government be-gan removing all of them from the complex, citing a need to repair the facility,” he added.

Conde said in Davao City, about 700 displaced members of an indigenous group called Ata Manobos had been living in the UCCP-Haran compound since May.

“They said the military’s presence in their rural vil-lages had led to fighting with the communist New People’s Army (NPA), forcing them to seek refuge. On July 23, the police and the military tried to remove them – ‘rescue’ was how authorities called it – and return them to their villages, but they were met with resis-tance and failed,” he added.

Beyani, who Conde said visited Davao City on July 26 or three days after the Haran incident, himself had issued a statement on July 31 at the end of his visit to the Philippines in which he expressed concern about the government’s han-dling of IDPs.

Regarding Davao City, he said he was concerned by the plight of some 700 indigenous peoples currently living in the UCCP-Haran compound, “hav-ing been displaced from their ancestral homes for several

months due to long-standing conflict between the govern-ment and the New People’s Army (NPA) in their region.”

Beyani said the displaced IPs made it clear to him that it is the presence of the military and that of the paramilitary groups in their communities “that continues to create anx-iety amongst the indigenous communities.”

“The community wishes to return to its lands but stressed to me that they will only feel safe to do so if the long-term militarization of their region comes to an end and they can return with guarantees of safety, dignity and protection. They described to me their concerns including their al-leged forced recruitment into paramilitary groups, known as Alamara, under the auspic-es of the AFP and harassment in the context of the on-going conflict between the AFP and the NPA.

For his part, Eastern Min-danao Command (EastMin-Com) commander Lieutenant General Aurelio Baladad of Eastern Mindanao Com-mand welcomed Beyani’s “constructive” report.

Baladad said he was pres-ent when Beyani made his exit briefing at the New World Hotel in Makati City on July 31 at the conclusion of his official visit to the Philippines from July 21 to 31.

“We are taking the report constructively as this will fur-ther guide us in carrying out our mandate as protector of the people,” Baladad in a state-ment.

But he said there was no truth to claims of force recruit-ment of IPs.

“We have a stringent pro-cedure, process, and require-ment of recruiting soldiers and CAFGU (Citizens Armed Forces Geographical Unit),” he said.

He also denied the exis-tence of the Alamara, saying it was “the creation of the NPA (New People’s Army) and their supporters.”

rest of the budget from other government agencies and in-ternational organizations.

She said the sports com-plex will have a training gym-nasium, football stadium, coliseum, Olympic-standard aquatic facilities for swim-ming and diving, archery and shooting ranges, tennis courts, practice fields for foot-ball and futsal, and a multi-purpose building.

Diaz said the track oval of the football stadium will have a rubberized tartan and the field will initially use natural grass since the budget is not enough for synthetic grass.

“But, eventually as we can get more support, we will convert it to synthetic grass that will make it FIFA (Inter-national Federation of Foot-ball Federations)-certified,” she said.

Diaz said the stadium can initially cater to an audience of 1,000 since it still in the first phase of the project.

“Eventually, it will be 35,000 if the stadium will be completed,” she said.

Diaz said the coliseum is still on the design phase but the university plans to have 35,000 seating capacity with a facility that can host inter-national basketball games.

“With this, Davao will be-

come more vibrant because it will have not only a sports complex, we will also have venue for concerts and the improvement of the arts,” she said.

She said the archery and shooting ranges are also made for the possible hosting of Palarong Pambansa or any national and international games.

Diaz said the UP will also allot space for extreme sports such as parkour and skating.

She explained that the multipurpose building will have a polyflor flooring in-tended for indoor games.

Diaz said there will be also a retractable bleachers so that the building can be used for Physical Education classes if there are no games. .

She said the side of the multipurpose building will also have classrooms and commercial spaces for rent.

“This sports complex will definitely not just symbolize the development of Davao City but it will also boost the morale of the local people,” she said.

Diaz said the sports com-plex will also have space for hotel accommodations to house delegates of the sport-ing events that will be hosted by UP Mindanao.

planning, investment promo-tion, destination marketing, economic recovery, and sus-tainable project implementa-tion.

The trainings will be con-ducted by the province in co-ordination with the Technical Education and Skills Develop-ment Authority, Department of Labor and Employment, and the Department of Social Welfare and Development.

Stakeholders implement the trainings based on the as-sessment on the existing skills and certification levels of the residents.

is not only focusing on disas-ter reduction aspect but is also giving equal importance to climate change adaptation in pursuing zero casualty during disasters and shielding the de-velopment gains of the prov-ince.

He revealed the on-going construction of the Davao del Norte DRRM-CCA Training Center designed to build the capacity of all responders and improve the preparedness and

response at all levels before, during and after the onslaught of calamities.

“Tanan nga gikan sa ba-rangay, sa private sector, nga gusto mo-bansay sa DRRM ug CCA tanan atong dad-on sa center (The center will accom-modate everyone who wishes to be trained on DRRM-CCA),” Tagalo said.

The municipality of Kapalong bagged the over-all championship.

Other trainings being con-sidered are food and beverage, bartending, frontline servic-ing, plumbing, house wiring/electrical, mechanical, tour guiding, security force devel-opment, community-based assistance and boat tending.

tunities in Cardava Banana Value Chain.

For Cacao Industry, Pro-vincial Director, DTI-DCFO/ DTI National Cacao Industry Cluster Coordinator Engr. Ed-win O. Banquerigo talked on Cacao Industry Situationer and Roadmap and more chal-lenging idea reinforced by Chocolate de San Isidro Trade Ventures Marketing Direc-tor Mr. Dante Muyco, Jr. who shared on Investment and Market Opportunities in Cacao Value Chain. (MTA Samal Info.)

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DAVAO Sports Devel-opment Division of the City Mayor’s of-

fice staff Charles Raymond Maxey said that the 2015 Tribal Games set on August 20 will once again serve as one of the sports events for the Kadayawan Sportsfest.

One of the main high-lights of the Kadayawan Sportsfest, the Tribal Games will continue to give the In-digenous people the chance to showcase their way of life

and culture in consonance with the United Nations Declaration for the protec-tion and preservation of cul-tural heritage.

There will be five tribes joining in the tribal games.

“The tribes are from Ata, Ovu-Manuvu, Klata, Tagab-awa and Matigsalog, what they will be displaying is their way of life” Maxey said during the FAST Fridays me-dia forum at SM Lanang Pre-mier’s Archipelago 7107.

The budget of the Kaday-awan Sportsfest 2015 is P1.8 million and tribal games is one with the highest budget-ary allocation. It is a one-day event on August 20 that will start at 8 in the morning un-til 4:30 pm.

“The Sports Develop-ment Division- City May-or’s office has allocated 580 thousand pesos for tribal games,” Maxey said.

Each tribe must have at least 50 athletes or members

contending for the 12 tribal games. IPs will be competing in the tug-of-war, pana (bow and arrow), solopot (blow-gun), sisibow or bubuntog (spear), siklot (sticks), ka-rang (wood stilts), dagan (running), totarinki (fire making), sosakoro (water race), aakaw (wood sticks), bibinayo (rice) and kokas-ing.

The Kadayawan Sports-fest will feature 21 different sports and 23 events.

LEBRON James and Steph Curry, opponents in this year’s NBA Finals, were among 34 NBA play-

ers named Thursday by USA Basket-ball as participants in this weekend’s Olympic mini-camp in Las Vegas.

Reigning NBA Most Valuable Player Curry led the Gold-

en State Warriors to the NBA title over

James and the Cleveland Cavaliers in June’s best-of-seven final.

Last year he helped the US win the Basketball World Cup

to clinch a berth in the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.

USA Basket-ball national team managing director

Jerry Colangelo said that

play-ers who

wanted con-s i d e ra t i o n for the Rio squad need-ed to attend the work-outs next T u e s d a y t h r o u g h Thursday, when a p u b l i c s c r i m -mage will be staged.

“This year’s minicamp is an op-portunity to continue and expand the brotherhood and camaraderie that has been built,” said Colangelo, who has overseen the squad since 2005.

“The minicamp is going to be low key with light workouts, no contact and the USA Basket-ball Showcase will be a fun all-star type game.”

The workout roster in-cludes

eight n e w -

c o m e r s , 11 players

from the World Cup champions

and eight members of the 2012 London Olympic gold medal squad.

Four-time NBA Most Valuable Player James, New York’s Carmelo Anthony and Chris Paul of the Los An-geles Clippers are back after playing on the 2008 Beijing and 2012 London gold medal teams.

Also back from winning London gold are Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook of Oklahoma City, Cleve-land’s Kevin Love, Houston’s James Harden and New Orleans’ Anthony Davis while Houston’s Dwight How-ard is back from the Beijing gold med-alists.

Among the World Cup champion-ship team members in the camp are Sacramento’s Rudy Gay and DeMarcus Cousins, Detroit’s Andre Drummond, Denver’s Kenneth Faried, Cleveland’s Kyrie Irving, Portland’s Mason Plum-lee and Golden State’s Klay Thompson.

Other program veterans include Washington’s John Wall and Bradley Beal, the Clippers’ Blake Griffin, Toron-to’s DeMar DeRozan, Utah’s Gordon Hayward, Dallas’ Chandler Parsons and San Antonio’s LaMarcus Aldridge and Kawhi Leonard.

Also back is Indiana’s Paul George, who suffered a broken leg at a training camp for last year’s World Cup that wiped out his 2014-15 NBA season.

Newcomers to the camp join-ing the US program for the first time next week are NBA champion Golden State’s Harrison Barnes and Dray-mond Green, Chicago’s Jimmy Walker, Memphis’ Mike Conley, Milwaukee’s Michael Carter-Williams, Orlando’s Tobias Harris and Victor Oladipo plus DeAndre Jordan of the Clippers.

“All of them enjoyed outstanding NBA seasons in 2014-15 and have been on our radar for a while,” Colan-gelo said.

The overall camp lineup includes the NBA’s top 10 scorers, six of its top 12 rebounders and seven of the top 11 players in assists from last season.

Duke University coach Mike Krzyzewski is set to return as coach for a third consecutive Olympics.

BRING ON THE STARSLebron, Curry among 34 stars for Olympic camp

PHILIPPINE national men’s basketball coach Tab Baldwin has heard

the news that June Mar Fa-jardo had decided to forego participation with the Gilas Pilipinas national team as the team prepares to compete in the 2015 FIBA Asia Champi-onship in China.

The choice to skip Gilas duty, brought about by a need to recover from a bout with plantar fasciitis, was disap-pointing news not just for the coach but also for many fans who had been awaiting his re-turn to international play.

Baldwin had added rea-son to be discouraged, though, as Fajardo, a player he had planned on making one of the cornerstones of the team, has yet to reach out to the coach to inform him of the decision.

“I’m just curious as to why he didn’t send the text message to me. I haven’t been officially notified by him or by anybody else,” Baldwin told InterAksyon in an exclusive interview.

“That’s disappointing news, but I’ll wait until I offi-cially hear it and to be official-ly disappointed.”

Fajardo had earlier made his intention to miss Gilas’ campaign due to injury but was still included in the Sama-hang Basketbol ng Pilipinas’ 16-man list of players invited to join the national pool.

Baldwin was understand-ing, though, asking the team

to support the members of the pool who are recuperating from injuries or are dealing with personal matters.

If Fajardo misses the FIBA Asia Championship, an Olym-pic qualifying tournament to be held from September 23 to October 3 in China, the vet-eran coach believes that the young Cebuano center will miss out on a valuable oppor-tunity for more development.

“We only have to look back at June Mar and see the kind of player he was before his international play and the kind of player he was after,” Baldwin said. “That could happen to every single one of these guys.”

Since competing in the 2013 FIBA Asia Champion-ship here in Manila, Fajardo has won two consecutive MVP awards in the PBA and has led his San Miguel team to two championships in the past season alone.

“It’s kinda a sad thing for June Mar, too. How much better could he get if he plays more international competi-tions? Not just for the PBA, but for Gilas in 2019 if we win this bid,” he said.

“Every bit of experience and every bit of opportunity to grow and improve is going to be important for this Gilas team for every single player. So, by missing out on this op-portunity, it’s a big miss for the guys that missed out on this.”

TRIBAL GAMES. Charles Maxey, spokesperson of the City Sports Development Office explains the details of the 2015 Tribal Games during the Fast Fridays media forum at the Archipelago 7107 by Barrio Fiesta. Lean Daval Jr.

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VOL. 8 ISSUE 92 • SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 2015

NEXT STOP: MALAYSIA

12 EDGEDAVAOSports

FRESH from her stint in two major junior golf tournaments in

the United States, Davao golf phenom Alessandra Chris-tine “Ella” Nagayo is not tak-ing a break from golf but will be gearing up for two more tournaments this year.

Guesting at the FAST Fridays media forum at the Archipelago 7107 by Barrio Fiesta at SM Lanang Premier yesterday after arriving in Davao last Thursday, Nagayo said she has been informed by the Apo Golf and Country Club that she is included in the Ladies team to the 10th Philippine Ladies Interclub set October 7-9 in Marapara, Bacolod City.

The 11-year old stand-out of Brainworks Learning Center will also see action in the Kids Golf World Champi-onship 2015 in Malaysia on December 14-18.

Nagayo, accompanied by her mother Councilor Ra-chel Zozobrado-Nagayo and younger brother Daniel (also a jungolf standout), placed a strong fourth in the 2015 Veritas Junior Golf World Championship in Brookside course in Pasadena, Califor-nia and finished 88th in the tougher US Kids Golf World Championship in Pinehurst,

North Carolina last week.“I will continue to train

three times a week in prepa-ration for the PAL Interclub and the tournament in Ma-laysia,” said the younger Nagayo who admitted that she needs to work on her short game in order to fare better in international tour-naments.

That flaw in her game was exposed in the Pinehurst event where the fairways are narrow and the greens sleek.

“I need to work on my putting,” she said.

Nagayo, who has Mi-chelle Wie and Jordan Spieth as his golf idols, is aiming to become the next Pinay golfer to ever play in the US LPGA Tour. The last Philippine players to see action in the prestigious tour were Jen-nifer Rosales and Dorothy Delasin.

Before that, however, Nagayo is excited to compete in the Malaysia event where she will be pitted again against the best in the world.

The Kids Golf World Championship in Malaysia is presented by US Kids Golf and managed by Concept Collaboration Sdn Bhd. The championship is also sanc-tioned by the Malaysian Golf Association and supported

by Malaysia Major Events, a division of Malaysia Conven-tion and Exhibition Bureau, an agency under the Minis-try of Tourism and Culture.

The competition which will be held for the 4th con-secutive year in Malaysia is the international version of the prestigious US Kids Golf tournament and pro-vides an excellent oppor-tunity for young people to compete and earn world amateur ranking points.

Held in Asia for the first time after US and Eu-rope, the World Champion-ship is a special opportunity for boys and girls between age 5 years to 18 years old to play in a world competi-tion. Malaysia championed the race among other Asian nation including Japan, Thailand and Australia to-wards organizing his com-petition as host to the Kids Golf World Championship. The world championship in US and Europe has demon-strated tremendous success in term of participation, me-dia attention and enhancing the profile of golfing among kids.

Nagayo thanked her coaches and supporters for rooting and praying for her in her recent stint in the US.

Ella to play next in Kids Golf World Championship Malaysia in December

TEAM NAGAYO. Golf sensation Ella Nagayo (center) with brother Daniel and mother Councilor Rachel Zozobrado-Nagayo during yesterday’s Fast Fridays media forum at the Archipelago 7107 by Barrio Fiesta. Lean Daval Jr.

HOME IS THE GOLF PHENOM. Ella Nagayo’s first appearance after her stint in the US is guesting in the Fast Fridays media forum at the Archipelago 7107 by Barrio Fiesta yesterday along with mother Councilor Rachel Zozobrado-Nagayo. Lean Daval Jr.

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