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Duterte raises bounty for drug lords to P5MINSIDE EDGE

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By CHARLES RAYMOND A. MAXEY EDGEDAVAOSportsONLY 48 hours after raising a bounty of P3 million for the capture

or killing of a drug lord, Presi-dent-elect Rodrigo R. Duterte is increasing the reward to underscore his seriousness in the fight against illegal drugs.

From now on, anybody who kills a drug lord will get a reward of P5 million from Duterte.

The Davao City mayor

made the announcement during his One Love, One Nation thanksgiving party at the Crocodile Park Saturday night.

The tough-talking Duter-te had earlier announced that he is giving a P3 million re-ward for any police personnel who can get a drug lord, dead or alive.

A bounty also awaits any-body who can apprehend dis-

tributorss of illegal drugs and drug pushers.

Duterte said he will source the money from the remaining campaign funds he had from the last elections.

Meanwhile, Duterte had asked for the resignation of three police generals from Camp Crame.

“Do not wait for me to name you in public,” he warned.

EARLY BIRDS. A mother struggles as she holds her crying infant son while filling up an enrolment form during the first day of school enrolment yesterday at Sta. Ana National High School Annex along Juan Luna Street in Davao City. Lean Daval Jr.

Warriors coast through Cavaliers to take 2-0 lead

Duterte to big mining firms:Stop destroying Mindanao Pg2

DCWD gives school suppliesto Tibungco children Pg11

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THANKSGIVING. President-elect Rodrigo R. Duterte, together with his supporters, flashes his signature clenched fist while a song of popular singer Freddie Aguilar is being played during the DU31: One Love, One Nation thanksgiving party at the Davao Crocodile Park over the weekend. Lean Daval Jr.

Massive support, love for Digong in thanksgiving party

By ALEXANDER D. LOPEZBy FUNNY PEARL A. GAJUNERA

Duterte to big mining firms:Stop destroying Mindanao

HUNDREDS of thousands of people showed up at the thanksgiving party

of President-elect Rodrigo R. Duterte at the Davao Crocodile Park on Saturday.

The scorching summer heat and the sudden down-pour late in the night didn’t dampen the spirits of the Dabawenyos and supporters from other areas as they came to party with Duterte.

People began trooping to the venue as early as 6 a.m. and filled the Davao Crocodile Park area inside the sprawling Riverfront City complex by early afternoon, but not before going through strict security

measures imposed by law en-forcers.

Some 6, 000 security per-sonnel from 24 government agencies, including the Presi-dential Security Group, were deployed at the party venue and the perimeter to secure Duterte and the party-goers.

It was a day full of songs and dances as local and ce-lebrity peformers. Jimmy Bondoc and the Team Takbo band formed last October to push for Duterte’s candidacy regaled the crowd with their election-composed tunes.

However, celebrity host Vice Ganda was not able to perform after rains interrupt-

ed the party causing technical problems with the audio sys-tems.

Vice Ganda later posted on his Twitter account: “Nakakai-yak! di man nakapagpeform dahil sumabog ang kuryente ok lang. Sapat na sa kin nagkita tayo, nagkawayan at nagka-mayan. Love you Davao.”

But, it was the show of support and love for Duterte which was very evident during the affair dubbed One Love, One Nation.

The party came at the height of another hail of crit-icisms hurled at Duterte over his comments on media kill-ings and whistling at a lady re-

porter during a press briefing in Davao City Thursday night.

However, the incoming President is not backing down and threats of boycott by the media following the press con-ference even angered him.

In fact, it was Duterte who ended up boycotting the press last Saturday when he changed the set-up at the venue and dis-allowed the private media to go near the stage, totally shut-ting them out of the coverage.

The mayor is also shying away from the media as his ex-ecutive assistant, Christopher “Bong” Go, had announced Duterte will no longer hold press conferences for now.

THE days of big mining companies engaged in destructive operations

are numbered.President-elect Rodrigo R.

Duterte said large-scale min-ing firms which are engaged in operations that cause destruc-tion the environment will have to cease their operations.

“They have to stop. They are destroying the soil of the country,” Duterte said during his One Love, One Nation thanksgiving party at the Croc-odile Park Saturday.

Duterte said he cannot al-low the big mining groups to further destroy the environ-ment particularly in Mindanao.

Only small-scale mining will be alowed to operate and

that they wll get government assistance through coopera-tive, according to Duterte.

The outgoing Davao City mayor said he will hold the envrionment and natural resources portpolio for the meantime as he is still search-ing for someone to head the department.

Duterte said anybody who will head the deparment must have to impose an iron-hand policy specially on mining.

But, he made it clear that big mining companies causing destruction to the environ-ment will have to go.

“Big mining people, you shape up. You have to stop,” Duterte said. CHARLES RAY-MOND A. MAXEY

By CHARLES RAYMOND A. MAXEY

INTENSIFIED pursuit oper-ations will continue against the armed lawless group

(ALG) New People’s Army (NPA) rebels who raided the police station of Governor Generoso in Davao Oriental last May 29, the army’s 10th Infantry (Agila) Division said on Monday.

In a statement, 10th ID chief information officer Cap-tain Rhyan Batchar said the army’s leadership in the area had already ordered the “no let up operations” against the said

lawless group.Since the evening of May

29, right after the attack, troopers belonging to 28th In-fantry Battalion were already dispatched in the area to clear the national highway leading to Governor Generoso town, Batchar added.

“Presence of said ALG was reported at the vicinity of Sitio-Tagamot, Barangay Dawan in Mati City. The troops conduct-ed clearing operation along the national highway and were able to recover forty (40)

pieces of iron spikes along the road. This is part of the NPA ploy to ambush any reinforcing government troops,” the state-ment pointed out.

The continuing pursuit operations of the army also re-sulted to series of armed con-frontations against the fleeing NPAs specifically in Barangay Cambaleon, San Isidro, Davao Oriental last May 30.

Batchar also belied the claims made Rigoberto San-chez, spokesperson of the NPA, that the army suffered casual-

ties during the conduct of pur-suit operations.

“Contrary to this state-ment, the army did not incur casualties in three consecutive encounters that took place in San Isidro town,” he empha-sized.

Batchar further disputed the allegations made by San-chez saying that the army had sabotaged the planned raid of the NPAs to an alleged shabu laboratory in Governor Gen-eroso.

No letup operations vs GovGen raiders: Army2 Mati City copspositive of drugsTWO police officers of

Mati City police station tested positive of illegal

drugs during a surprise ran-dom drug test conducted by the Davao Oriental Provincial Police Office on Saturday.

The officers were identi-fied as SPO4 Nollo M. Barsa-man, a city executive senior police officer and PO2 Jesus Mante Jr., an intelligence oper-ative of the police station.

Barsaman and Mante were found positive of meth-amphetamines based on the

PNP crime laboratory exam-ination results of urine sam-ples taken from them.

Illegal drug parapher-nalia were also found inside the room of Barsaman which were brought to PNP Crime Laboratory in Tagum City for further examination.

Barsaman was imme-diately placed under arrest for violation of RA 9165 and brought for inquest before the Mati City prosecutor’s of-fice on Monday.

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PRESIDENT-ELECT Rodri-go Duterte spoke during his “One Love, One Na-

tion” thanksgiving party Sat-urday night in Davao City that tycoon Lucio Tan offered a campaign contribution during the last campaign period but he refused to receive it.

Duterte recalled that he first had scarce campaign do-nors as “they thought I could not really make it.”

But when his poll survey ratings rose to 18 to 21 per-cent many had offered to give “but I did not also receive them all like from one of the owners of airplanes,” he added.

He then did name Tan, ma-jority owner of the Philippine Airlines, saying that there are only two Filipinos in the coun-try having stake in commercial airline business.

“I never received it,” Dute-rte said, referring to Tan’s money even as he said that his campaign finance officers

had then been receiving from many donors after his ratings soared up.

The incoming President did not bare to the mammoth crowd how much did Tan offer.

He also said he has yet no knowledge if Tan has been paying well to the government for his airline business like landing fees in airports that are owned by the government.

Out from those campaign donations received, which were not returned to the do-nors as returning them “might embarrass them”, Duterte said that the unspent contributions could yet be enough to be given as reward for 200 dru-glords of varying categories, “dead or alive”.

Duterte said anew and in jest that he would give P5-mil-lion reward for those who can have a top druglord dead, and P4.99 million only if the dru-glord is alive.

Duterte declines Lucio Tan’s campaign contribution

RAMADAN BEGINS. Muslims perform a prayer (daily afternoon prayer) at a mosque along Quimpo Blvd. during the first day of Ramadan yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

LUNHAW AWARDS. IDIS executive director and Lunhaw co-organizer Mary Ann Fuertes (right) announces the introduction of two additional categories in the Lunhaw Awards 2017.These are the outstanding environmental

advocates and barangay or local government environmental initiatives. Fuertes and IDIS media person Lemuel Manalo were among the guests of yesterday’s Kapehan sa Dabaw at the Annex of SM City Davao. Lean Daval Jr.

crc@edgedavao.netBy CHENEEN R. CAPON

AN official of the De-partment of Education (DepEd) in Davao re-

gion feared that the tutorial learning system for hundreds of young lumads sheltering inside the Haran refuge center in Davao City could not assist them in moving up to the next grade.

Speaking during this week’s edition of Kapehan sa Dabaw at SM City Davao An-nex, Jenielito “Dodong” Atillo said the learning system facil-itated by volunteer teachers in the center for more than a year already is not accredited by the DepEd.

Although these teachers

are from recognized com-munity schools in Davao del Norte like the learning centers of the Salugpungan Ta Tanu Ig-kanugon, Atillo said the permit of each school where the indi-gents are attending cannot be transferred to other areas.

These young lumads were forced to stop attending class-

es even before the school year started last year.

Hundreds of lumads from different areas and nearby provinces fled to Haran to seek refuge from the alleged militarization in their respec-tive areas.

To provide alternative

Atillo: Learning system for lumadsat Haran not accredited by DepEd

DAVAO Association of Catholic Schools (DACS) executive di-

rector Jimmie dela Vega confirmed that the number of senior high school (SHS) enrollees in some private schools in Davao for the new school year is below their re-spective targets.

However, Dela Vega said the number of enrollees in most schools are enough to suffice senior high operation for the first time.

But, some schools refrain from hiring teachers because of low enrolment rate.

“Why would schools hire more teachers if the number of enrollees is not big enough,” Dela Vega told reporters at the sidelines of the Kapehan sa Dabaw at SM City Davao Annex.

There were students from public schools who wanted to

transfer to private SHS schools who were not able to apply for the government’s SHS vouch-er program, he said.

Dela Vega said despite the massive information of the agency, many parents and students missed the May 6 deadline.

Under the voucher pro-gram, transferring SHS stu-dent from public schools are given with monetary assis-tance depending on the area of location.

In Davao City, successful applicants are granted with P20,000 for tuition fees.

Data from the Depart-ment of Education (DepEd) in Davao Region showed that 10,499 incoming senior high students registered as of Oc-tober 1 last year, while 52,566 enrolled in public schools.

A total of 209 private

Number of SHS enrollees drop

THE Department of Ed-ucation (DepEd) will realign its policies with

the policies to be laid down by the new administration under President-elect Rodrugo R. Duterte.

This was bared by DepEd 11 spokesman Jenielito “Dodong” Atillo during yes-terday’s edition of Kapehan sa Dabaw at SM City Davao Annex.

Atillo said that the policies of the DepEd will never collide with the ones enunciated by incoming President Duterte because DepEd will immedi-ately adjust its existing poli-cies if they are found to be not in accord with the wishes of the new Chief Executive.

He reminded reporters that the DepEd secretary is the alter-ego of the President.

During his speech on Saturday’s DU31:Thanksgiv-ing party, Duterte said that if

there are 25-30 high school students in a barangay he will build a secondary school for them.

Duterte said that the pol-icy will lessen the burden of the students who walk 20 to 30 kilometers a day in order to attend school.

Atillo said that with the policy statement of Duterte they in DepEd have to re-align their existing policies that somehow collides with what the President wishes to imple-ment.

“Whatever will be the policy direction of the new ad-ministration… we will abide by it,” Atillo said.

On Saturday, Duterte also said that because of the K-12 program of the government, many students can no longer attend school because of the long distance that they have to walk. FUNNY PEARL A. GA-JUNERA

THE Department of Ed-ucation (DepEd) had implemented a policy

making the wearing of school uniforms and identified (ID) cards by students in the el-ementary and secondary schools no longer compulso-ry as early as 2008.

Ag the time, DepEd spokesman Jenielito “Dodong” Atillo, wearing of

IDs may be allowed but the cost involved must be shoul-dered by the administration of the schools, not the par-ents or the students.

Back then, the parents complained that it was a fi-nancial burden to do away with uniform because the students had to change and wash clothes very often.

Parents were also wor-

ried about the security of the schoolchildren because with-out uniform and ID, it would be difficult to identify outsid-ers and trouble-makers who might invade the schools.

However, the DepEd is committed to implement whatever policies may be issued by the incoming ad-ministration under President Rodrigo R. Duterte.

Atillo said that in his desire to prioritize educa-tion lf the Filipino children, the new President will soon be closeted with the incom-ing Education secretary Leonila Briones about the policy direction the depart-ment would take and once some decisions are made, the DepEd will enforce them im-mediately.DepEd to realign policies

with President’s wishes

No uniform-no ID policy tried by DepEd in 2008

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THE CITY Health Office together with other health agencies are con-

tinuously intensifying surveil-lance and health advocacies focusing on preventive mea-sures of acute gastroenteritis (AGE) to include hygiene pro-motion and sanitation practic-es in this city.

Dr. Rodelin Agbulos, city health officer, said efforts on preventive measures continue

despite there is marked reduc-tion in hospital admissions due to AGE has been notice since the declaration the out-break on April 25.

Agbulos said that the ad-missions for May are eight percent lower than that in April.

However, Agbulos said that based on the five-year review of admitted AGE cases from six hospitals in the city

showed that the number of admission are still above the epidemic threshold.

He said with water ra-tioning still in effect with water interruption extending up to 48 hours in some barangays, advocating good hygiene and sanitation practices among residents particularly high-lighting importance of hand washing and washing of fruits and vegetables and water dis-

infection is a great challenge.“Water scarcity results in

poor sanitation and much of the population can be exposed to potentially contaminated water,” Agbulos said, adding that the issue must be a col-laborative effort for both pub-lic and private sectors and the community.

The City Health Office to-gether with Zamboanga City Water District and other agen-

THE Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) warned that all

types of shellfish taken from Cambatutay Bay and Irong Irong Bay in Samar province are positive of red tide con-tamination.

According to latest local red tide advisory, red tide toxins found in the seawaters of two bays are beyond the regulatory limit.

“All types of shellfish and Acetes sp. or alamang gath-

ered from these areas are not safe for human consump-tion,” said BFAR regional di-rector Juan D. Albaladejo.

“Thus, the public is ad-vised to refrain from eating, harvesting, marketing, and buying shellfishes and Acetes especially from Irong-irong Bay and Cambatutay Bay un-til such time that the shellfish toxicity level has gone down below the regulatory level,” he added.

The prolonged sunny

weather since early this year, followed by sudden heavy rainfall in the past few weeks triggered the red tide bloom due to discharge of waste water from mountains and residential areas, according to BFAR.

Albaladejo has expressed concern that that red tide toxins may spread to nearby Cambatutay Bay, Maqueda Bay, and Calbayog City wa-ters. These areas have histo-ries of red tide contamina-

tions.Irong-Irong Bay, one of

the collecting areas for mus-sel in Samar, drains its water to nearby Cambatutay Bay, which is close Calbayog City waters.

Fish, squid, shrimp and crab are safe to eat “provid-ed that they are fresh and washed thoroughly and in-ternal organs such as gills and intestines are removed before cooking,” according to BFAR. (PNA)

THE CITY government has started the prepa-ratory works for the

implementation of two farm-to-market road projects worth around PHP23.4 million funded by the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR).

City Councilor Arturo Clo-ma, chair of the city council’s committee on public works and infrastructure, said the road projects were among the priority infrastructure in the area that were approved for funding and implementation under the DAR’s Italian As-sistance to Agrarian Reform Community Development Support Programme (IARCD-SP).

He said the projects, which spans a combined 1.568 kilo-meters, will cover agricultural production areas in Barangays San Jose and Tinagacan here.

“Fifty percent of the proj-ect will be funded by the IARCDSP and the remaining 50 percent by local govern-ment’s counterpart,” he said.

Cloma has sponsored sep-arate resolutions recommend-ing the approval of the plans and specifications of the two projects.

A project briefer said

the first project will cost PHP11.812 million and will cover 0.628 kilometers from sitios Undok and Blagan in Ba-rangay San Jose.

The second project stretches 0.940 kilometers from puroks 8 to 20 in Baran-gay Tinagacan and will cost PHP11.682 million.

It said the projects will in-volve the upgrading and con-creting of the two vital farm-to-market roads.

DAR had chosen the city as among the beneficiaries of the IARCDSP, which is fund-ed by a soft loan of PHP1.57 billion and a technical grant of PHP81.03 million from the Italian government.

The program, which start-ed in February 2013, mainly benefits farmers, fisher folks, and indigenous people in this city and the provinces of Sul-tan Kudarat, Maguindanao, Lanao del Sur, Sarangani and Cotabato.

This joint poverty allevi-ation program is part of the European Union’s efforts to strengthen the peace efforts of the national government with the Moro National Liberation Front and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. (PNA)

THE provincial govern-ment of South Cotabato has allocated around

PHP28 million for the imple-mentation of its flagship Ka-bugwason Paglaum Scholar-ship Program (KPSP) in school year 2016-2017.

John Earl Wendell Lope, KPSP executive director, said Monday the funds will be uti-lized for the tuition and miscel-laneous fees as well as allow-ances of around 500 scholars that will be catered by the pro-gram this year.

He said they have enlisted a total of 136 new scholars for

this school year or batch 12 of its bachelor’s degree program.

Two prospective scholars for law and another two for the medicine postgraduate programs are undergoing the assessment process, he said.

“Around P25 million of our funding was earmarked for the bachelor’s degree pro-gram and P3 million for the postgraduate program,” he told PNA.

He said the program re-ceived the same funding from provincial government in the previous school year.

Lope said the KPSP pres-

ently caters to 370 continu-ing scholars that are mostly enrolled in state colleges and universities.

Four of these are taking law degrees at the Mindanao State University-General San-tos and the Sultan Kudarat State University in Tacurong City while two are enrolled at the College of Medicine of the West Visayas State University in Iloilo City.

The official said they al-ready had the orientation and signing of the memorandums of agreement with the 136 new scholars.

But he said they will only complete their entry into the scholarship program follow-ing their enrolment with their chosen colleges and universi-ties.

Some schools will be start-ing their regular intake this month while others, especially the state colleges and univer-sities, will begin in August, he said.

In terms of scholarship benefits, Lope said the schol-ars will receive the same fund-ing for their tuition and other related fees.

South Cot allots P28 M for scholarship program

NEARLY 3,000 job openings will be at stake in the 2016 In-

dependence Day or Kalayaan Job Fair organized by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in Re-gion 12.

Albert Gutib, DOLE Re-gion 12 director, said Mon-day they are all set for the annual job fair, which is slat-ed on Friday, June 10, at the KCC Mall of Marbel in nearby Koronadal City in South Co-tabato.

He said a total of 26 over-seas employment agencies and local companies have so far confirmed to join the activity.

“We have so far complet-ed our preparations and the pre-registration of the ap-plicants is now ongoing,” he said in a statement.

Citing their records, he said a total of 2,753 local and overseas job vacancies will be up for grabs during the job fair, which will mainly ca-ter to residents of Region 12.

Also known as Soccsk-sargen, the region comprises the provinces of South Cota-bato, Sultan Kudarat, Saran-gani and North Cotabato, and the cities of General Santos, Koronadal, Tacurong, Kidap-

awan and Cotabato.Gutib urged interested

job applicants to properly prepare the required docu-ments, specifically their ap-plication letter, resume and other credentials.

He said the top local job vacancies are for grocery ser-vice crew/sales assistant; ca-shier and checker for count-er/warehouse/delivery; call center agents; bagger and service crew of food estab-lishments; sales clerk; sales representative or field sales staff; clerk encoder; delivery man, helper and dispatcher; and wholesale picker.

For overseas placement, he said the available jobs include drivers for trucks, buses and trailers; staff nurse and general staff nurse; bus and truck maintenance technicians; waiters/ser-vice crew; electricians; car-penters; heavy equipment operators; cooks; laborers; housekeepers; electrical en-gineers; building electricians; civil engineers; mechanical engineers; laboratory techni-cians; masons; and plumbers.

Gutib advised job appli-cants to pre-register with the Public Employment Service Offices or PESOs in their area for the job fair. (PNA)

DOLE-12 all set for ID job fair

GenSan ready to implementP23.4-M farm road projects

Acute gastroenteritis cases in Zambo go down in May

Red tide alert up in 2 Samar baysONE LOVE. ONE NATION. A party-goer waves the Philippine Flag at the “One Love. One Nation” thanksgiving party on June 4, 2016 at the Crocodile Park in Davao City to celebrate the victory of Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, the first Mindanawon to become President. MindaNews photo by TOTO LOZANO

cies concerned convened last week for a Safe Water Task Force Strategic Planning to come up with strategies on in-formation, education and com-munication materials to help boost the advocacy measures.

The Research Institute for

Tropical Medicine (RITM) of DOH said that rotavirus was the main cause in the surge of AGE cases recorded in this city.

The DOH added that the main contaminant of the rota-virus was the drinking water of the patients. (PNA)

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SCHOOL OPENING UPDATES. Department of Education (DepEd) 11 information officer Dodong Atillo gives updates on the preparation for the upcoming opening of classes especially that the agency is expecting an

increase of students in the public schools. Atillo graced yesterday’s Kapehan sa Dabaw at the Annex of SM City Davao. Lean Daval Jr.

ENVIRONMENTAL advocate Interface Development In-terventions (IDIS) lauded

President-elect Rodrigo R. Dute-

Davao envi group laudsRody’s stand on mining

crc@edgedavao.netBy CHENEEN R. CAPON

rte’s recent pronouncement on stopping large mining operations, with a special focus on Surigao del Norte and the rest of Mindanao.

“We’re happy on this new development because it is what the Davao City Sustainable Movement is pushing for,” said Mary Ann Fuertes, IDIS executive di-rector, during yesterday’s Kapehan sa Dabaw at SM City Davao Annex.

IDIS, composed of different environmental groups in the city, recently submitted to the Davao City mayor an 8-point environ-mental agenda which can serve as the yardstick of the incoming administration on crafting policies and pro-

grams.Under the agenda, Dute-

rte was urged to review and abolish the Philippine Min-ing Act of 1995.It also stated that the President Duterte should focus on implement-ing policies on increasing of green spaces in urban areas and conduct assessment of the implementation of the National Greening Program.

Fuentes said the existing mining law should be stud-ied and scrapped because it contains “unfair conditions” which are detrimental to the host communities of the mining operations.

She added that sur-rounding villages around mining operations fall vic-tims of environmental, so-

cial, psychological damages brought by the activity.

The tough-talking Dute-rte directed his ire at mostly Manila-based large mining companies which, he said, were responsible in the de-sucn of the environment.

Duterte aired the warn-ing during the thanksgiving party at the ground of Croc-odile Park in Davao City last Saturday.

Duterte even dared mining people to “shape up” during the activity which garnered applause from the more 350,000 attending crowd.

“You’re spoiling the land. You’re destroying the Mindanao,” he said. “You have to stop.”

ECOWASTE warned the public against buying and using household in-

sect killers and sticky rodent traps that have not undergone official safety and efficacy evaluation.

The EcoWaste Coalition issued the warning made by the Food and Drugs Adminis-tration (FDA) last May 26 after the group found 10 aerosol in-secticides and 11 mouse and rat glue traps -- unregistered and “made in China” -- that are sold by retailers in Diviso-ria and Quiapo, Manila.

To support the FDA’s lat-est move to rid the market of unregistered household pes-ticides, the group conducted its own market monitoring on June 1 and reported its find-ings to the FDA on June 2.

“Smuggled ‘made in Chi-na’ aerosol insect killers and adhesive rat traps are all over the bargain streets and malls in Quiapo and Divisoria,” said Thony Dizon, EcoWaste Coa-lition’s Project Protect coor-dinator.

“Consumers are lured into buying these contraband products because of their affordability, attractive pack-aging and claims of being non-toxic and safe,” he added

The aerosol insecticides, which are packaged in col-orful and tall 750 ml canis-ters, are sold from PHP75 to

PHP80 each, while the rat traps are sold from PHP20 to PHP40 each.

“Consumers should be cautious in patronizing these products as they have not un-dergone the required registra-tion with the FDA,” Dizon said.

FDA Advisory No. 2016-047 warned: “These products have not been evaluated by the FDA to ensure their safe-ty and efficacy. Such products are harmful, toxic and may pose imminent danger to hu-man and animal health.”

“Counterfeit products may have less active ingre-dients than the original ver-sion or they may contain low quality or possibly more toxic active ingredients,” the FDA warned.

Through the said adviso-ry, the FDA advised the pub-lic not to purchase and use Angel/King Ma and Jin Ma aerosol insecticides; Ba Ma, Bao Ma and Jin Ma mosquito coils; Colarato, Green Leaf and Mouse glue traps; and Happy Dear Pearl naphthalene balls.

“The manufacture, impor-tation, exportation, distribu-tion, sale, offer for sale, trans-portation, promotion and/or advertisement of these prod-ucts are in direct violation of Republic Act 9711 (the Food and Drugs Administration Act of 2009),” the agency said.

EcoWaste warns public vs China-made products

THE Davao City-based Overseas Workers Wel-fare Administration re-

gional welfare office provided airport assistance to Carmel-ita C. Baylon, 51-year-old household service worker who arrived in the Francisco Bangoy International Airport in Davao in a stretcher from Hong Kong last June 1.

Baylon was in critical condition after falling from the balcony of her employer’s flat in Shatin, Hong Kong last October 22, 2015. According to reports she was found un-conscious by neighbors who rushed her to the Prince of Wales Hospital in Shatin.

She was diagnosed with traumatic Subarachnoid hemorrhage and contusion in her brain, pneumotho-rax and several fractures. Carmelita was confined in the Shatin hospital for six months, with her employer

shouldering the medical bills.Through the coordina-

tion of the Philippine Labor Office (POLO) and OWWA, Baylon was safely transport-ed to Manila and was given immediate medical attention.

The OWWA made ar-rangements with the Phil-ippine Airforce for use of C-130 to transport the OFW to Davao City.

On board, she was taken care of by Dr. Jose Tomas Oc-tavio of OWWA Manila and POLO Honkong nurse Joszua Villa.

Ms Baylon arrived at 7:45 pm at the old Davao Air-port was was immediately brought to her residence at Malagamot, Panacan with the assistance of Emergency Medical Technicians of 911.

OFW Baylon was de-ployed in September 2015 through a licensed recruit-ment agency.

Ms Monalisa Bay-lon-Famular, sister of the sick OFW, was all praises for OWWA, POLO Hong Kong and the Davao 911 team or facilitating the immediate and safe repatriation of her sister.

“We really thank OWWA and all those who extended support for our sister. With-out you. We will not be able to see and touch our sister again,” Monalisa tearfully said.

“We believe in the pow-er of God and in miracle. Though we are told that the case of our sister is hopeless, we will not give up and we will do everything possible for her recovery,” she said.

As an active OWWA member, Baylon can avail herself of disability benefit once the requirements are complied with by member of her family.

OWWA, DOLE assist sick maid from Hong Kong

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THE Board of Invest-ments (BOI) is expected to confirm its approval

and announce the partici-pating car makers under the Comprehensive Automotive Resurgence Strategy (CARS) Program.

The confirmation of ap-proval of participating car makers is set during the BOI Board of Directors’ meeting on Wednesday.

Mitsubishi Motors Phil-ippines Corporation (MMPC) enrolled the manufacturing of hatchback and sedan Mirage for the CARS Program while Toyota Motors Philippines (TMP) enrolled the produc-tion of Vios for the program.

MMPC and TMP will file their registration for the CARS Program after the confirma-tion of BOI’s Board.

BOI has opened the enrol-ment for the CARS Program

incentives on Jan. 15.Last year, President Benig-

no S. Aquino III signed the Ex-ecutive Order No. 182 which rolled out the CARS Program in order to boost local assem-bly of completely knocked down (CKD) units.

Under the CARS Program, a participating car maker is required to produce and sell at least 200,000 units of the enrolled four-wheeled motor vehicle model for a period of six years.

The government is al-lotting some PHP27 billion (USD600 million) for six years to support the production of three car models.

While stimulating the growth of the local auto indus-try, the government projects to attract USD1.2 billion worth of investments and generate 200,000 new jobs in the auto sector. (PNA)

NESTLE and Alibaba an-nounced plans Sunday to upgrade their part-

nership.The world’s largest food

retailer will launch its biggest e-commerce campaign ever with its diverse products, spanning 30 brands from cof-fee to baby formula, being sold on Alibaba’s expansive e-com-merce platforms such as Tmall.

“Our partnership with Ali-baba is all about the consumer. What is so exciting about China as a market is not only its size or population, but that Chinese consumers are a step ahead of consumers in other markets in the digital way they consume,” Wan Ling Martello, executive vice president with Nestle overseeing the Asian, Oceani-an and African markets, told a press conference scheduled to mark the company’s 150-year anniversary.

China is the right place to start Nestle’s next 150-year growth story as Chinese con-sumers have a more developed

understanding and are quicker to adopt new consumption technologies than their global peers and have great passion for innovation, she added.

China’s consumption pat-tern and manner have evolved fast and consumption is be-coming increasingly digital with more young consumers choosing to shop online, said Zhang Yong, Alibaba CEO.

The volume of online pur-chases surged by more than 12 times from January 2011-April 2016 in China, while per cap-ita consumption grew by 27 percent, according to a joint report released by Alibaba’s financial services platform Ant Financial and a private eco-nomics research institute.

Nestle strengthened its global capabilities in e-com-merce by signing a strate-gic cooperation partnership with Alibaba in late 2015 to increase its online sales and build its brands. In 2015, half of Nestle’s sales in China were online. (PNA/Xinhua)

BOI to confirm participating car makers in CARS Program

Nestle, Alibaba barepartnership upgrade

WORLD DAY AGAINST CHILD LABOR. Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) 11 officer Melanie Jadulang (second from right) announces the commemoration of World Day Against Child Labour with the theme End Child Labour in Supply Chain on June 12. Jadulang was joined by fellow labor and employment officer Kriztja Marie Labrador (rightmost)

Jaziel M. Sinadjan (third from right) and Romelyn Cabanes (third from left) of Davao Organization of Youth Against Child Trafficking (DOYouACT), Bernardo Mondragon (second from left) of ACT for Children and Floriemae Tacang of Kaugmaon in yesterday’s Kapehan sa Dabaw at the Annex of SM City Davao. Lean Daval Jr.

A TOTAL of 97,958 mi-grant workers work-ing in at least a dozen

countries abroad come from the five provinces of the Davao Region, according to Eduardo E. Bellido, regional director of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration in Region 11.

Bellido briefed Davao re-porters of the situation among overseas workers during the Kapihan sa NCCC hosted by the regional office of the Phil-ippine Information Agency last Friday as part of the cel-ebration of National Migrant Workers’ Day today.

The OWWA official said 66 percent (64,885) of the migrant workers categorized as “land-based,” “sea-based “ and “not stated” are coming from Davao del Sur and Davao City. This is followed by Davao del Norte with 18,509 migrant workers, Davao Oriental with

7,655, Compostela Valley with 6,901 and Davao Occidental with eight.

Of these overseas Filipino workers, 61,990 are females and only 35,968 are males.

Bellido said the workers are distributed in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Hongkong, Singapore, Qatar, Malaysia, Canada, Bru-nei, Thailand, Bahrain, Jordan and Oman in that order.

He said these migrant la-borers are working as house-hold service workers, nurs-es, engineers, salespeople, technicians, seamen, waiters and waitresses, managers, supervisors, teachers, drivers and cleaners in the countries where they are deployed.

The OWWA works for the protection and promotion of the well-being of all OFWs and members of their families in jobsites abroad at home in the

Philippines. The agency has a twin mandate of delivering useful welfare services and benefits and ensuring capital build-up and fund viability.

With a membership fee of US$25, an OFW is entitled to the following benefits and services: social benefits such as disability and dismember-ment benefits up to maximum of P100,000 for accident-re-lated injuries, death benefits of P100,000 for natural cause, P200,000 fo accidental cause, and burial benefit of P20,000; educational and training assis-tance ; wrokers welfare assis-tance program; social services and family welfare services; an reintegration program.

Detailed information on how members can avail them-selves of the benefits are avail-able in OWWA’s 17 regional welfare offices all over the country. Bellido told reporters.

With the theme “Salamat OFW, Saludo Kami Sa Inyo,” the center of today’s various activities in observance of Na-tional Migrant Workers’ Day will be the Kadaywan Hall of the NCCC Mall in Matina, Davao City.

After a Regional OFW Congress to present the OFW Agenda for 2016-2022, activ-ities will be held featuring a speech by Bellido, inspiration-al remarks by City Councilor Antoinette G. Principe-Cas-trodes, Davao City Council chairperson for migrant af-fairs, DOLE message by Re-gion Director Joffrey M. Suyao of the Department of Labor and Employment, awarding of outstanding scholars, award-ing for outstanding achieve-ment (OFW Family Circle) and awarding for outstanding achievement in entrepreneur-ship.

98,000 migrant workerscome from Davao RegionBy ANTONIO M. AJERO

National Migrant Workers’ Day observed today

TOP officials of the Land Transportation Fran-chising and Regulato-

ry Board (LTFRB) began a three-day meeting on Sunday to discuss enhancements to a proposed module meant to make public transport more gender-sensitive.

The proposed module is called Gender-Sensitized Driv-er’s Training Module which will be used by public utility vehicle (PUV) operators and drivers.

LTFRB member Atty. Ariel Inton said the proposed mod-ule is will contain concerns on road safety and clarify the Board’s existing and proposed policies.

It will also educate PUV drivers on subjects tackled in the Board’s Driver’s Academy such as traffic rules, courtesy, etiquette, among others.

Inton said that the three-day meeting in Palawan will run until Tuesday, June 7.

Data from the LTFRB Pub-lic Assistance and Complaints Desk Annual Report from 2014 to 2015 showed that there had been a 43.03 per-cent increase in the number of complaints against erring PUV drivers from 4,855 in 2014 to 6,944 in 2015.

Most of these complaints were on rude behavior, fare overcharging and reckless driving. (PNA)

LTFRB sets gender-sensitive public transport module

THE Asean Business Ad-visory Council - Phil-ippines (ABAC - Phil-

ippines) is inviting large and small enterprises, young en-trepreneurs, and women en-trepreneurs to compete in the 2016 Asean Business Awards to gain competitive advantage for their products and ser-vices.

Issuing the invitation yes-terday, ABAC – Philippines said just being presented as finalists for 21 ABAC awards is already a boost to companies aiming to position, communicate, devel-op and leverage their brands across Asean markets.

Finalists will make pre-sentations before influential global players attending the awards ceremonies to be held during gala dinner of the Ase-an Business and Investment Summit in Vientiane, Laos, in the last quarter this year.

“The integration of ten markets of Asean has changed the rules of competition,” said Jay Yuvallos, Philippine repre-sentative to the ABAC. “High quality in product design and business processes is a re-quirement to entering Asean markets. But recognition as being or being among the best-in-class is a differentiation that

is hard to reproduce.” George T. Barcelon, pres-

ident of the Philippine Cham-ber of Commerce and Indus-try (PCCI), advised Philippine companies to join the compe-tition as this was a valuable opportunity to benchmark their excellence with others in similar sectors and to assess their potential in the regional markets.

ABAC-Philippines set the deadline for nominations for Philippine companies on June 30, 2016. Nomination forms and rules of the ABAC awards are available with the ABAC-Philippines secretar-

iat, 3rd floor, PCCI Building, 1030 Campus Avenue, McKin-ley Hill, Taguig City. Details are also available at the PCCI website philippinechamber.com or with Ms. Donna Angelo (8468196 local 124,.angulo@philippinechamber.com).

The categories include SME Excellence Awards for Growth, Innovation and Cor-porate Social Responsibility, Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award, Woman Entrepre-neur of the Year Award, and Friends of Asean.

Another category is the AEC Priority Integration Sec-

Good brands mean edge in Asean markets

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EDITORIALWho lost the bluff?

THERE are still 25 days to go before President-elect Rodrigo R. Duterte officially sits as the 16th Presi-dent of the republic and yet fireworks have lit up here

and there on occasions that he talks to the media or when he speaks to an audience.

The incoming president has been measured up by media institutions and media groups this early.

The one thing with the members of the media from Ma-nila is that they try to test a provinciano’s mental fitness with their supposed cerebral depth. To the point of being rude and disrespectful, these media personalities brinng with them in their travel cases their biases and prejudices against a man from Mindanao.

Here is a newly-elected president who was voted by over 16 million Filipinos and he won by a landslide. He is also 71 years old and before his election, has governed only a city in

the South.That’s a credential of perhaps one who is perceived

wrongly as a lightweight.With that in mind, the media from Manila think they can

bully Duterte. They could be picking up a wrong fight. Dute-rte has been around enough that most of these mediamen are like his own children.

So when some members of Manila media called for a boy-cott of Duterte’s presscon, the latter called the bluff. And then he let out his own dare—to release statements only through the state-owned PTV4.

Will the media bite the dare?That’s what you call ‘gulang’. There is just too much wis-

dom in Duterte that the young mediamen will have to con-sider.

Now, who lost the bluff?

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“ONE of the virtues of being very young is that you don’t let the facts get in the way of your imagination,” Sam Levenson said. Joseph

Conrad added, “I remember my youth and the feeling that will never come back any more – the feeling that I could last forever, outlast the sea, the earth, and all men.”

“When we’re young, we take so casually every sacrifice offered by the old,” Wallace Stegner pointed out. To which Bertrand Russell retorted: “I was born in the wrong generation. When I was a young man, no one had any respect for youth. Now I am an old man and no one has any respect for age.”

Some people equate success with age. But that’s not always the case. In fact, a lot of people have shown that being young or being old is no hindrance to suc-cess. “No matter how old you are now. You are never too young or too old for success or going after what you want,” someone commented.

So, you want to write? The youngest recorded commercially-published author is Janet Aitchison who wrote “The Pirate’s Tale” when she was only 5.5 years old. It was published as a Puffin Book by Penguin Books, England, in April 1969, when she was 6.5 years old. Jane Austin was only 12 when she started writing and was 21 when she did “Pride and Prejudice.” Anne Frank was also 12 when she wrote “The Diary of Anne Frank.”

Christopher Paolini was only 15 when he started “Eragon,” the novel that knocked J.K. Rowling off the top of the bestseller list at one time. “I didn’t know how to write. I just told everything in one gigantic burst; then spent another year revising it. My parents read it and thought it was great,” he said.

Issac Newton, at 24, wrote “Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica.” At age 28, J.K. Rowling was a suicidal single parent living on welfare. She was 30 when she finished the first manuscript of Harry Potter.

Stan Lee didn’t release his first big comic book un-til he was 40. Mark Twain was also 40 when he wrote “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” and 49 years old when he wrote “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.” At

the age of 46, Suzanne Collins wrote “The Hun-ger Games.”

Charles Dar-win was 50 years old when his book “On the Origin of Species” came out. On the other hand, Dr. Seuss was 54 when he penned “The Cat in the Hat.”

Robert Frost wrote famous poems when he turned 80. At 81, leftist journalist I. F. Stone published “The Trial of Socrates,” which became a best-seller. At 82, Leslie Marchand published the final volume of his twelve-volume “Byron’s Letters and Journals.”

At 87, mystery writer Phyllis Whitney published her seventy-first book, “The Singing Stones.” When her book, “Portrait of My Victorian Youth” was pub-lished in March, 1971, Alice Pollock was already 102 years old.

In acting awards, age doesn’t matter, too! Tatum

O’Neal was only 10 when she received her Best Sup-porting Oscar for 1973’s “Paper Moon.” Justin Henry was only nine when he got an Oscar nomination for his supporting role in 1979’s “Kramer vs. Kramer.” The youngest nominee for Best Director Oscar is John Sin-gleton (the man behind 1991’s “Boyz N the Hood”).

Jessica Tandy was 81 when she clinched her Best Actress Oscar for 1989’s “Driving Miss Daisy.” Gloria Stuart was already 87 when she was nominated for her supporting role in 1997’s “Titanic.” Henry Fonda was 76 when he received his Oscar for 1982’s “On Golden Pond.”

Shirley Temple was 6 when she became a movie star on “Bright Eyes.” Elvis Presley, who popularized so

many songs and touted as the King of Rock ‘n Roll, was a superstar by age 19.

Alan Rickman gave up his graphic design career to pursue acting at age 42. He was not until he turned 46 that Samuel L. Jackson gotten his first movie role. At age 52, Morgan Freeman landed his first major movie role. Kathryn Bigelow was 57 when she reached inter-national success after directing “The Hurt Locker.”

John Lennon was 20 years and Paul McCartney was 18 when the Beatles had their first concert in 1961. Beethoven was a piano virtuoso by age 23. Tos-canini was a world-famous orchestra conductor at 87.

Michelangelo created two of the greatest sculp-tures “David” and “Pieta” by age 28. By the age of 29, Alexander the Great had created one of the largest em-pires of the ancient world.

Leonardo Da Vinci was 51 years old when he painted the Mona Lisa. Grandma Moses didn’t begin her painting career until age 76. Louise Bourgeois didn’t become a famous artist until she was 78.

Let’s talk about sports. Magnus Carlsen became a chess Grandmaster at the age of 13. Nadia Comăneci was a gymnast from Romania that scored seven perfect 10.0 and won three gold medals at the Olympics at age 14. Jesse Owens was 22 when he won 4 gold medals in Berlin 1936.

Pele, a soccer superstar, was 17 years old when he won the world cup in 1958 with Brazil. Roger Bannister was 25 when he broke the 4 minute mile re-cord. Edmund Hillary was 33 when he became the first man to reach Mount Everest.

In politics, it’s never too young or too old to be-come the head of the country. John F. Kennedy was only 43 years old when he became President of the United States. Abraham Lincoln was 52 when he became pres-ident. Ronald Reagan, on the other hand, was 69.

Nelson Mandela was 76 when he became the president of South Africa. Winston Churchill became British Prime Minister when he was 81.

Life, they say, begins at 40. When Howard Florey was that age, he was working out how to mass-produce penicillin. By the age of 40, Jonas Salik had devised the

vaccine against polio.Sherpa Tenzing Norgay was in his fortieth year

when, with Edmund Hillary, he became the first to stand on the summit of Everest. William Fox Talbot helped to invent photography when he was 40. Mi-chael Faraday invented the electric generator at the same age.

Thomas Carlyle had written his seminal work, “The French Revolution,” by the time he was 40. James Joyce finished “Ulysses” by the age of 40. Both leaped to sudden fame on publication.

Age doesn’t matter, especially in marriage. When film actor Charlie Chaplin told the father, playwright Eugene O’Neill, that he wanted to marry his daughter, Oona, he objected vigorously. After all, Chaplin was 54 while Oona was only 18. Despite the objection, the two were married and produced eight children, the last one fathered by Chaplin when he was 73.

Mandy Smith was also 18 when 52-year-old Roll-ing Stone singer Bill Wyman married her. The two first met when she was a 13-year-old Catholic school girl, and for a time he paid her school fees. “It’s great to be Mrs. Wyman,” said the bride, “it’s what I wanted for so long.” The marriage, however, was not for long; they were divorced after seventeen months.

When the 60-year-old American senator Strom Thurmond married Nancy Moore, a 22-year-old for-mer beauty queen, he boasted that he was still in great shape. Indeed, he fathered four children. The couple, however, separated in 1991, after 22 years of marriage.

There are instances where the woman is much older that her husband. The French singer Edith Piaf was 47 when she married the 27-year-old Theo Sara-po. Contrary to rumor, Piaf was poor and Sarapo was from a well-off family. They were happily married until her death in 1963.

In 1975, the then 63-year-old Hollywood actress Merle Oberon married the 38-year-old actor Robert Wolders. He was her fourth husband, and they were married until her death five years later.

Now, do you believe that age, indeed, doesn’t mat-ter?

ALTHOUGH a number of missionaries, both Recollects and Jesuits, died in the name of Ca-tholicism in Mindanao, the Moro sacking of the

Caraga mission by Bigotillos (“Little Whiskers”) was the most barbaric. Two Recollect friars—known as the barefoot Augustinians—assigned in the outstation with a wooden convent were killed by the raiders. During this period, the mission was home to wander-ing natives dispersed from mountain settlements by Moro raids.

Percy A. Hill, in his ‘A Martyr of the Cross’, which appeared in the April 1931 edition of ‘The American Chamber of Commerce Journal’, wrote:

“Caraga was a typical isolated mission. It was an old settlement known to the sultanates of Tidor and Ternate prior to the Spanish discoveries. Its church was the handiwork of the missionaries, the bones of its builders had long been dust. The inhabitants, a fur-tive half pagan, half Christian race, were ridden with disease, especially fevers. Under the red and gold of Castile the friars came, ministered, aged, and died in the sanctity of the faith. The thatched huts of the peo-ple, built under the lofty groves of palms, clustered around the battle-towered church…

“Caraga’s pueblo was small, most of the nomadic inhabitants who had been influenced toward civili-zation by the mission lived in the distant widely scat-tered rancherias reached only by forest and river trails penetrating the wildest solitudes haunts of the reptile and the spearman. Amid such scenes, however, and in such isolation the friars bowed down in more awe than ever of the inscrutable wisdom of God, who per-mitted so much that was cruel, fierce and terrifying in the midst of so much that was beautiful and inspiring.”

Siege of CaragaIn 1745, Bigotillos, brother of the sultan of Sulu,

along with a fleet of 3,000 men from Tawi-Ta-wi, attacked the town of Cara-ga, burned the settlement and robbed the resi-dents. The siege, launched from the sea and land, took around 20 days to complete. For safety, the scared residents had to crowd in-side the fort using every available tool to repulse the aggressors while enduring hunger. Many of the terri-fied inhabitants fled to the hills to escape harm.

To keep the raiders from purloining the church ornaments, the priests buried the religious articles and took flight. Fray Juan, younger of the two mission-ers, was separated from Fray Jose due to confusion when darkness arrived but was rescued two months later in the mountains and brought to Manila where he died in the care of his Order. Fray Juan fled to the jungle, feeding himself with whatever the forest could offer. He climbed high peaks to escape the pursuit, bringing only “nothing but his frayed robe, his rosa-ry and bone crucifix.” Despite being bruised from his dangerous escape, he reached the top of the hill from where he could see the red glow of a Caraga mission in embers, the sound of the chasing Moros audible not too far away.

Fray Jose’s relief, though, was short-lived. Old and weakened from lack of sleep and food, he pushed him-self to higher grounds where he was temporarily safe.

But while skirting the edge of the cliff, he missed his step and plunged into the ravine, his flighty fall tem-porarily checked by his serge cassock that caught the flint on the rock face. Luckily, he survived the night only to be impaled the next afternoon by arrows shot from passing natives who mistook him for an enemy. His luck eventually ran out the following morning when his pursuers caught up with the prostrate friar while in deep slumber.

His personal belongings apportioned, Fray Jose was dragged and “taken to the river, thrown into a dugout and paddled down to the mass of smoking ru-ins that had been Caraga” before he, with the women and children headed for the slave market of Lanao, was securely roped to the oars of the flotilla.

More aggressionsIn 1749, the Moro warriors launched one of the

most disastrous campaigns the Philippines went through when Moro vessels that attacked with impu-nity, left behind a trail of robberies, burning, and cap-tivity,” with Caraga district getting “the worst blow of their fury.”

On October 9, 1754, a thousand Moros from Ma-guindanao invaded Tandag and destroyed its concrete, triangular fort. The destruction of the garrison meant Tandag “fell over the smoldering remains of a bastion that… had now become one of vileness and defeat.” But before the invaders could attack the capital town of Caraga province, they first destroyed the villages of Cateel, Baganga, and five other settlements in Surigao del Sur.

In a correspondence dated May 7, 1755, sent by Governor Pedro de Arandia to the Secretary of State, it was reported that “All villages of Cateel and those of the rest of Caraga are totally destroyed and with-out people, the houses reduced to ashes, as well as

the convents, churches and status. A great number of Christians have been carried into captivity, and others have been killed. Because of shortage of food, quite a few have died of hunger and a pestilence.”

The citadel of CateelThe Cateel fort, known as the presidio, an “armed

garrison housed in fortifications of wooden stakes and earthwalls,” followed the fate that befell the other little forts in the villages of Baganga and Caraga. As if this was not enough, nearly two decades later, in Ju-ly-August 1767, a Moro flotilla of over 70 boats sailed from Cape San Agustin and proceeded to Cateel. There the raiders attacked the small fort, a fuertecito, which, though stocked with armaments and provisions, lost the battle after eight days of defense because it was only manned by 30 soldiers. Using the cover of dark-ness, the commander and his soldiers withdrew from the garrison, a citadel built in 1672; the following day, the enemy looted and occupied the fort.

From there, the attackers sailed to Tandag, de-stroying the new fort that was constructed as a re-placement of the one razed to the ground in 1754. But there the raiders also met their match and were severely defeated, prompting Fray Juan de la Concep-cion to report that “there was hardly a square meter [of land] that was not covered with bodies.” The bru-tal ending to the Moro raid was the last direct attack made at Tandag fort.

In later years, a plan was hatched to transfer the fort of Tandag to Cantilan, where the population was much bigger. If the idea pushed through, the Pam-pangueños in Tandag would have to be moved to Ca-teel, where a better fort could be established. But this id not materialize because the long-time residents of the place resisted the abandonment of their residenc-es.

Who says age matters?

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Among the 10 unregis-tered aerosol insecticides on sale in the market as report-ed by the EcoWaste Coalition to the FDA include: Bidia, Big BIB Bal, Boclliai, Brother (lav-ender), Brother (sampaguita), Mega Dream, Power Boss, Qiangxiao, Tangshi and Txaksi.

Among the 11 unregis-tered mouse and rat adhesive traps that the group also re-ported to the FDA are: Edge Leaf, Green Palm Tree Mouse & Rat Glue Snare, Hercules Mouse Glue Board, Mouse, Mouseland, Shenlida, Sugar

Mouse, Tomcat (three vari-ants), and Wawang Sun Uni-verse.

The EcoWaste Coalition urged the FDA to issue anoth-er advisory to reiterate and expand the list of of banned household and urban pesti-cides being sold in the market.

To curb the proliferation of such contrabands, the group also suggested to the FDA to conduct law enforcement op-erations in popular bargain market hubs in coordination with local health and police authorities. (PNA)

EDUCATION FOR THE UNDERPRIVILEGED. Answering the Cry of the Poor (ANCOP) provincial area director Bro. Erwin Pagdalian (center) promotes the upcoming ANCOP Global Walk 2016, an activity that aims to help send underprivileged children to school, slated on August 14. Pagdalian was

joined by ANCOP program head Ben Mejorada (left) and Couples for Christ marketing John Tria during Kapehan sa Dabaw at the Annex of SM City Davao yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

“We as member of the Armed Forces of the Philip-pines (AFP) supports the an-ti-criminality and anti-drugs campaign of the duly instituted authorities like the Philippine National Police (PNP) and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) among others. The NPA, an illegal armed or-ganization, has no authority to institute law enforcement op-eration therefore putting their invalid claim to the trash bin.”

Batchar added that the 10th ID also gave its full sup-port to the AFP-PNP’s thrust of not condoning any of its mem-bers in engaging illegal activ-ities such as drugs, gambling and others.

He appealed to the pub-lic “to bring into our attention any relative information about soldiers engaging in any illegal activities so we could accord them of investigations and subsequently file appropriate case against them,” and en-couraged the local government units (LGUs) and concerned authorities in Davao region to conduct investigation and liti-

gate any AFP personnel found committing offenses against the existing laws of the land.

“The 10th ID remains com-mitted in providing security and protection to the people and the state. We shall be loy-al to our sworn duty and shall only take legal orders from duly instituted authorities,” Batchar said.

The claims of the NPAs were also disputed by the pro-vincial leadership of Davao Oriental and the PNP in Davao region (PRO-11).

In a statement on Satur-day, June 4, Governor Cora-zon Malanyaon outlined the strengthened anti-drug cam-paigns of the province that include anti-illegal drug cam-paigns and operations, arrest of personalities involved in illegal drugs and the prosecu-tion of suspects in appropriate courts.

Malanyaon also dismissed the accusations of the gov-ernment’s inactions made by the NPAs, saying that the alle-gations were unfair, foul and baseless.

Barsaman will also face an administartive case of grave misconduct.

The two police officers will face termination proceed-ings for having tested positive for illegal drugs.

The surprise random drug test was spearheaded by Davao Oriental Provincial Police Station chief Sr. Supt. Harry G. Espela and Mati po-lice station commander Chief Inspector Noel Azumen.

It is a part of the campaign of the PNP to rid Police Re-gional Office 11 of drug users/protectors/traffickers among police officers.

PRO 11 Chief, Police Chief Supt. Manuel Gaerlan remind-ed all personnel not to engage

in any illegal activities; oth-erwise they will face the full force of the law and the disci-plinary mechanism of the PNP.

Gaerlan also assured the public that the PNP does not tolerate or condone irregular-ities among committed by po-lice officers.

“Majority of the police offi-cers are professional, dedicat-ed and can be depended upon by the community. We shall continue ridding our ranks of bad eggs and scalawags,” Gaer-lan said.

On Thursday, incoming PNP chief, Chief Supt. Ronald dela Rosa admited that at least 1 percent of the 160,000 po-lice officers are linked to illegal activities.

But he said the KPSP’s scholarship committee, which is represented by various sec-tors, approved increases of PHP500 to P700 in the allow-ances of the scholars.

The program provides al-lowances of PHP800 to P3,000 per semester, depending on the scholarship or program category, he said.

“The allowances were originally set six years ago and we deemed it necessary to ad-just them to complement with the rising costs of basic school requirements,” Lope added.

The KPSP, which was

launched 12 years ago, mainly caters to “poor but deserving students” from the province’s 10 towns and lone city.

The program has opened degree scholarship slots for residents who have given hon-or to the province.

These are students who have obtained major awards or emerged as champion in any national or international competition.

Slots are also available for persons with disabilities or the differently-abled and those who are members of the indig-enous peoples. (PNA)

schools in the region are of-fering senior high program, while only 298 of the 303 secondary public schools are catering SHS students.

For his part, DepEd 11 spokesperson Jenielito “Dodong” Atillo expected that the number of enrollees will increase.

Atillo urged parents to en-roll their students.

“Many parents see K to 12

program as a financial calvary because they have to spend for food, clothes, and fare. But we always tell parent to look at the offerings of the senior high school,” he said.

The return of investment that we pour in the educa-tion of our children will really amount to something that will equip them if they finish the program, he added. CHENEEN R. CAPON

class sessions inside the com-pound, the management of the Haran as well as the human right advocate groups con-structed makeshift classroom where students can attend continue their learning.

But,DepEd said these tu-torial-type of classes are not recognized.

Atillo said the current practice inside the compound might just raise false hope to students and parents.

Instead of insisting on the tutorial type of classes, he said the DepEd can provide services which would allow lumad students to go back to

traditional learning systems. “We are very interested on

the provision of educational services for students in Ha-ran,” Atillo said, adding that the agency can provide Alter-native Learning System (ALS) teachers to teach students without leaving the premises of Haran.

For those who wanted to enroll to nearby public elemen-tary schools, he said DepEd could facilitate it if the agency will be given the chance to.

Atillo said there is no ini-tiative yet from both parties to push for the back-to-school plan for the lumads.

“P3-million reward if he is just a distributor dead, and P2.99 million only if he is alive,” he said, drawing a mix of applause and laughter from the partying crowd at grounds of Davao Crocodile Park, a business farm resort owned by the Dizons in Maa district.

Duterte also spoke a dozen of priorities he would launch once he officially sit as Pres-ident starting July 1, vowing change, “gobyerno nga way

kurapsyon ug tarong” (corrup-tion-free, right government).

Strong intermittent rains poured down after he spoke past 9:00 P.M. .The party start-ed 1 P.M. and got abruptly ended due to power outage after the new President left the park.

Police estimated more than 200,000 crowd attending the party as of late afternoon. Cha Monforte, Correspon-dent

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Last year, the Philippines winners were SL Agritech for the agro-tech category; and LBC Express, logistics.

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Photo shows the entrance of the Pusan Point Science Discovery Center and Eco-Park situated in Barangay Santiago, Caraga, Davao Oriental that was formally opened and inaugurated on Friday, June 3. (Alexander D. Lopez)

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SANTIAGO, CARAGA, DAVAO ORIEN-TAL – DURING THE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES IT IS SAID THAT THE TERRITORIAL SIZE OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE WAS SO LARGE THAT THE BOUNDS OF ITS NATURE, AT THAT TIME, WAS NOT ASCERTAINED. Famous writers had popularized the saying “The sun never sets on the British Empire” to describe the extensive British territories around the world. The phrase connotes of Britain’s ex-pansive territories around that globe and that the sun was always shining on at least to one of its colonies.

The sun never sets in

By ALEXANDER D. LOPEZ

Illustrious scribes in the olden days penned the vastness of territories when making paragons on the rising and the setting of the sun. But it would be very different when, nowadays, one would de-scribe the nature of the ris-ing sun, specifically in the Philippines. Because no one could dispute that in this country it is in Pusan Point where the sun shines first.

Pusan Point is located in Barangay Santiago, Caraga town in Davao Oriental province, more or less two hours of travel or 82 kilometers from the province’s capital, Mati City. It is situated in the easternmost portion of the Philippines making its location as the basis that morning sunlight in the country touches first in the area.

During the turn of the 21st century or on the eve of the year 2000, hundreds of nature lovers, environ-mentalists, tourists and other enthusiasts stormed Pusan Point to witness the first sunrise of the millen-nium. Dubbed as “First Light, First Sight”, the said activity was not very suc-cessful as dark clouds cov-ered the eastern horizon on the first hours of Janu-ary 1, 2000.

“People from different parts of the country and even foreign tourists con-verged here to celebrate and watch the first millen-nium sunrise,” said Davao Oriental Governor Cora-zon Malanyaon who led the opening and inaugura-tion of the Pusan Point Sci-ence Discovery Center and Eco-Park on Friday, June 3 in Barangay Santiago, Caraga.

“People from different parts of the country and

even foreign tourists converged here to

celebrate and watch the first millennium sunrise”

“This is Pusan Point where the sun shines first. Davao Oriental is located in the easternmost part of this country. This place is also historic because Caraga is the oldest town in Mindanao,” Malanyaon added.

The town of Caraga was used to be the bastion of Spanish colonization and the cradle of Chris-tianity in eastern Mind-anao during the period. The town was established in 1861 where the Span-iards built fortifications and other edifices. The Je-

suits, in 1871 came to the area in 1871 and continued the missionary works of the Spanish Augustinian priests. They built a church made out of stone and du-rable woods, a landmark that still stands today in Caraga.

Last Friday’s activity was the “unveiling to the people of the province and the rest of the world anoth-er tourism landmark lo-cated in this historic prov-ince,” Malanyaon pointed out.

Davao Oriental Gov. Corazon Malanyaon (center) together with

Caraga town Mayor Alicia Mori (left) and DOT-11 regional director

Roberto Alabado III (right) led the formal opening of the Pusan

Point Science Discovery Center and Eco-Park in Barangay Santiago,

Caraga, Davao Oriental on Friday, June 3. (Alexander D. Lopez)

- Davao Oriental Gov.Corazon Malanyaon

All roads lead to Glan on June 3-4 2016, as the biggest beach party in the Philippines got even bigger on is 11th year, accompanied by more than 100,000 attendees, an eco campaign, 31k likes on Face-book, even more restaurants and food/store booths. I love how the crowd is di-verse, you could see a lot of locals, young travellers and even families, so don’t worry about being out of place! Bus-ses from Cagayan de Oro, Davao and all over Mindanao flocked to Glan. Cars maxed out the designated parking ar-eas, some are parked along the highway, stretching as long as the beaches in Gumasa. I am amazed, despite the long walks from their cars to the event central, people braved it

all just to be a part of SarBay. Known to be the biggest beach party in the Philippines, Sarbay has more to offer, aside from the food/garment booths, and all night party-ing, they also have booths and activities that are dedicated to different platforms/advoca-cies, to name a few the Tour Town Glan booth, that show-cased the many wonders that

Glan has to offer. The Sarbay Environmental Campaign booth powered by Smart Tele-com and Spectrum (Saran-gani Province Empowerment & Community Transforma-tion Forum), stationed by the main entrance, where in the booth sold mangrove’s for P25 (you get your name labeled on the plant too) )and their event Swim, Bike, Run for the envi-ronment where the proceeds

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Glan’s Sarbay EvolutionA LONG STRETCH OF POWDERY WHITE SAND BEACHES, A PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE SARANGANI BAY, palm trees all lined up, swaying along the sweet beats from the par-ty central and the voices of the locals and tourist all gathered to be a part of this symphony of art, movement and sound that is the Sarangani Bay Festival, better known as SarBay Fest.

go to different environmental projects. Which is also part of the #ILoveCleanSarbay move-ment that is on its 2nd year. One of the most awesome things I get from SarBay every year, is being able to meet and hang out with awesome peo-ple from all over the world, my couchsurfing.com family, SOX bloggers and guest blog-gers from all over the Philip-pines. We enjoyed chilling by the shore, munching dif-ferent affordable and mouth watering food and spectat-ing on events like the Sarbay Bancarera race, sand sculpt-ing, body painting, drum beating, body painting, skim boarding frisbee and kite fly-ing competitions, fire dancing exhibition, and of course The Bay Bodies 2016 bikini open, which yours truly is so hon-oured to be chosen as one of the judges. As the skies get darker into the night, even more flocks of people are pouring in, and the music gets even louder. Each night is celebrated with awe-some band and DJ line ups, the first night featured the Talk and Text foam party with the international Brazilian DJ duo, The Lunatics, while day

2, local reggae band Kuerdas opened for one of the PH’s well known rock bands, Fran-co. Followed by International Brazilian DJ, DJ Italo, Manila import DJ’s, Jennifer Lee, Ron Poe and Cathy Frey. My golly, after years of ab-staining from copious amounts of alcohol and all night party-ing, I’m quite surprised that I was able to get through 2 1/2 days and 2 nights of, sun, sights, fun, dance and drinks, with just a light headache on day two, that I managed to get rid of after a 2 hour sleep and some aspirin. We partied till the sun came up. Had each others backs when the situation demanded it (i.e., pee breaks/ too drunk to walk / food run etc…) Bot-tom line is, we had fun. Look-ing forward for more adven-tures next year!!! Special thanks to Go Saran-gani Travel, Gov. Steve Solon, Mam Michelle Solon, Mam Lodar Escobillo and Mam Freedom Biala. Until next year. Follow me on Twitter or In-stagram, @kyriem00n for more adventures in and around my wonderland that is Gensan, Tuna Capital of the Philippines

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WHEN MEGA MAN MAGAZINE RELEASED THEIR JUNE 2016 ISSUE ON INSTAGRAM, the publication received criticism from the LGBT community for misgendering Charice Pempengco, a transgender man (transman). Last June 3, Charice together with Mega Man Magazine held a press conference at Astoria Plaza, Ortigas. Members of the press were curious about Charice’s reaction on being misgendered. So how does Charice feel about this issue? According to him, “For me, alam ko naman sa sarili ko kung ano ‘yung gusto ko na itawag sa sarili ko. Para sa akin, respeto ko na lang sa ibang tao kung ano ang gusto nilang itawag sa akin. Because I know that iyon ‘yung beliefs nila [at] opinions nila, and you can’t push someone to change their opinions.” The singer also doesn’t feel offended when people refer to him with female pronouns. “If you feel like calling me ‘sir,’ if you feel like calling me ‘ma’am,’ I don’t mind because I know who I am. Alam ko kung ano ang gusto ko. I don’t get offended when you call me ‘ma’am,’ I don’t get offended [if you refer to me as] ‘she.’ Ayon na ‘yung respect ko for the people all over the world; if you are not comfortable with calling me ‘sir, he, or him;’ it’s fine,” he said. Still, Charice prefers being called with male pronouns such as he, him, and his.

IN HER TEN YEARS IN SHOW BUSINESS, Julie Anne San Jose has celebrated several milestones. One of which is ‘Forever’, her EP that she worked on with a team of Filipinos and Americans. Its tracks and music videos were all recorded and shot in the United States. Julie Anne revealed that the mind-blowing opportunity just landed on her lap. “Opportunity lang talaga siya. I didn’t audition for anything na international… I had a concert sa Los Angeles before tapos may lumapit [lang] sa ‘kin na agents [and] producers na they want to do a collaboration or demo tracks. So I tried it,” she said. The twenty-two year old Communication Arts fresh graduate did not have expectations about the project but was happy to know that her friends and fans received ‘Forever’ warmly.

“Natutuwa rin talaga ako kasi maraming positive reviews. The

s u p p o r t e r s , the f a n s

weren’t

expecting na gagawin ko ‘yun, tapos pinupush talaga nila na magkaroon ako ng career internationally,” she added. Though she has received suggestions by many to try to pursue a career abroad, the Kapuso talent noted how there are many things to consider. “Marami talagang factors and consequences when it comes to dealing with these kinds of things so for me, [I’ll stay] focused [na] lang muna dito sa career ko sa Philippines and I’m [just] happy na ganun [na lang] ‘yung feedback nila and support nila dun sa EP. I’m

really thankful I had [that] kind of opportunity,” she declared.

Though she is currently not entertaining the

idea of moving elsewhere to work,

she acknowledges f u t u r e

p o s s i b i l i t i e s a n d s u r r e n d e r s her career to

God’s plan. “Bahala na

when it comes… Ang dami talagang factors so

kailangan talaga pag-isipan [pero] kung will talaga ni Lord, mangyayari siya [eventually],” she concluded.

STRIKING WORK-LIFE BALANCE, Kapuso actor Benjamin Alves took a well-deserved vacation in Guam to spend quality time with his family before working on his latest project with his home network, GMA. Benjamin spent most of his growing-up years in Guam, where his entire family is based. His excitement to be home was evident on his Instagram account as he shared photos and videos of him and his relatives. In one particular video, the Kapuso star can be seen playing basketball in an arcade with his nephew, Noah. “Hoopin with Noah. Couldn’t help but join in,” he happily shared. During his most recent visit, Benjamin also had the opportunity to visit some of the local radio stations and press offices through GMA Pinoy TV, GMA’s flagship international channel. His media tour included an interview with Pacific Daily News, as well as guestings on “Cruising with KUAM”, “Kumusta Kabayan”, and KTKB Megamixx 101.9 FM Guam, where he was interviewed by his brother DJ Arnold Sapida. Benjamin also paid a courtesy call to Consul General Marciano R. De Borja at the Philippine Consulate in Tamuning. He also

visited the headquarters of GTA Teleguam, one of GMA’s carriers in the territory. “It’s so nice to see our #TeamAbroad here in Guam grow since introducing GMA Pinoy TV here. It feels like so much of me being a Kapuso has come from me being raised in Guam,” he revealed. According to him, knowing that his “fellow islanders” enjoy Kapuso programs especially those he was part of is a validation that GMA Pinoy TV continues to reach more and more Filipinos in Guam. Starting this June, Filipinos

in Guam and other parts of the world, will see more of him on GMA’s newest weekly sexy comedy program A1 Ko Sa ’Yo, which also stars Jaclyn Jose, Gardo Versoza, and Solenn Heussaff. Benjamin, who graduated summa cum laude from the University of Guam with a degree in English Literature, is also the lead advocate of the GMA Network Excellence Award, the Kapuso Network’s CSR program that recognizes outstanding graduating students of Mass Communication or Electronic Communications Engineering.

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Benjamin Alves makes most of recent Guam homecoming

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The present leadership of the province fortified Caraga’s bid to become one of the tourism destinations in the region and the coun-try.

“We have the natural structures and rich cul-ture. We have what it takes in declaring in coming days Caraga as a cultural heritage park,” the gov-ernor pointed out, as he urged the incoming gover-nor Nelson Dayanghirang to work for it and set and another landmark for the province. Dayanghirang, together with Department of Tourism (DOT-11) re-gional director Roberto Alabado III and Caraga Mayor Alicia Mori also grace the occasion.

Pusan Point is now ac-cessible with the opening of the concrete road from the main national highway towards new tourism site.

Formally opened last Friday were the two-story building that houses the lobby, reception, admin-istration office, a souvenir shop, coffee shop and the museum called the Pusan Point Science Discovery Center. The museum is filled with interactive ex-hibits that will allow us-ers to be more engaged in science that is divided into ten sections.

These sections include

the hydrosphere section, lithosphere section, atmo-sphere section, space sec-tion, planetarium, galaxy walk, cosmic light station, energy section, technol-ogy section and chemistry section. The place is best for young students as well who, aside from witnessing the first light in the morn-ing will also experience the world of science with the aid of interactive exhibits.

Another new feature at the Pusan Point is the kiosk that faces the vast Pacific Ocean, a site that is best to watch the first rays of sunlight in the morn-ing. The kiosk will also serve as a meditation area where guests will have time to reflect, meditate while appreciating the gifts of nature as seen from said vantage point. Between the two-story building and the kiosk lies the 200 square

meter swimming pool ful-ly equipped with outdoor toilets, grills and shower areas.

Pusan Point now has an outdoor amphitheatre with a 100 seating capacity that can cater important events and occasions. Last Friday’s opening ceremony was held in the area un-der the newly-completed sundial that served as the centrepiece of the park. Surrounding the amphi-theatre are spaces suitable for camping, a promenade, jogging area and pathways for walking. The place also houses a jubilee cross and two lighthouses, the old one is already non-opera-tional built in early 1900s while the new one serves as a guide to navigating ships that pass by the area. The cross is another historic landmark in the area as the people consider it as one of

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the old structures built.“Look at the horizon.

The development and ambiance of this place is awe-inspiring,” Malany-aon added as she encour-aged the people in Davao Oriental to be involved in various tourism activities. “We are blessed with var-ied natural attractions. We have the caves, the pris-tine lakes and rivers, white sand beaches, amazing waterfalls, the rich oceans and mountains. We all

have these,” she enumer-ated.

With the full develop-ment of features and ame-nities in Pusan Point one can really say that a stay for a day or two in the area would be fun-filled, edu-cational and memorable. Every good time in Pusan Point starts and ends with the first rays of the sun. For it can be told now, as had been proven before, that the sun never sets in Pusan Point.

Photo shows the newly-completed features of the Pusan Point Science Discovery Center and Eco-Park situated in Barangay Santiago, Caraga,

Davao Oriental that was formally opened and inaugurated on Friday, June 3 that include the two-storey building that houses a museum, souvenir shop and the administration office and the 200 sq. m. swimming pool.

(Alexander D. Lopez)

Davao Oriental Gov. Corazon Malanyaon led the formal opening of the Pusan Point Science Discovery Center and Eco-Park in Barangay Santiago, Caraga, Davao Oriental on Friday, June 3. (Alexander D. Lopez)

Davao Oriental Gov. Corazon Malanyaon (2nd from left) together with (from left to

right) Caraga town Mayor Alicia Mori (left), DOT-11 regional

director Roberto Alabado III and Governor-elect Nelson

Dayanghirang led the formal opening of the Pusan Point

Science Discovery Center and Eco-Park in Barangay Santiago,

Caraga, Davao Oriental on Friday, June 3. (Alexander D. Lopez)

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GOING 11TH. The 33-level Aeon Towers of the FTC Group of Companies have reached 10 floors of concrete pouring and will be moving up soon to the 11th floor. Aeon Towers is primed to be the tallest skycraper in Mindanao once completed by December this year.

THRU the Carmelite Sis-ters of the Sacred Heart, Davao City Water District

gave school supplies to around 200 schoolchildren in Brgy. Ti-bungco on May 31.

The officer-in-charge of the Office of the Assistant General Manager for Admin-istration Mildred G. Aviles led the distribution of customized

backpacks with notebooks, ball pens and crayons. She said that the assistance is DCWD’s way of giving back to the com-munity and encouraged the children to do well in school.

On behalf of the Carmelite Sisters, Sr. Ma. Juana N. Beas, in-charge of the embroidery project, thanked the District for helping out the children

who are actively participating in the Catechism and embroi-dery classes. Tibungco baran-gay captain Margie Calvo also expressed gratitude and re-minded the children to study hard. In turn, the recipients showed their appreciation by way of a dance number.

The school supplies dis-tribution marks the District’s

second year of partnership with the Carmelite Sisters. DCWD also helps the children of its partner people’s organi-zations in the watershed com-munities of Davao City through the Tulong Eskwela Program facilitated by the Community Relations and External Affairs Department. (Jamae G. Dela Cruz)

DCWD gives suppliesto Tibungco children

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TIBUNGCO SCHOOLCHILDREN RECEIVE SCHOOL SUPPLIES FROM DCWD. Some of the children recipients perform a dance number as a way of saying thank you to the water utility.

DAVAO City Water District will im-plement fees ad-

justment on New Service Connection, Reconnection, Transfer Meter and Ser-vice Charge effective July 1, 2016 and on the Meter Maintenance Charge to be reflected in the August 2016 billing.

DCWD general manag-er Edwin V. Regalado clar-ified that the adjustment of fees is applicable to aforementioned customer service requests and not to the water rates. Thus, only the increase in the Meter Maintenance Charge de-pending on the meter size will be directly reflected in the customer’s monthly bill starting August 2016.

The new fees ad-justment schedule also incorporates a new cus-tomer service work item previously classified under Transfer of Water Meter. This new work item is the Reposition of Water Me-ter from F-type to T-type or from T-type to F-type water meter arrangement, which is commonly re-quested by customers due to obstruction in access roads such as gates and fences. This refers only to repositioning of water meter without the actu-al transfer of location or transfer to another tapping point.

With this new work item, the Transfer of Wa-

ter Meter service now refers exclusively to trans-ferring the water meter from its existing location to another tapping point (for single-line connection) or cluster (for tee-connec-tions) or another location within the vicinity serving the same house or build-ing. The Transfer of Water Meter fees have also been standardized based on the sizes of water meter and whether new tapping would be needed.

Overall, the adjustment comes after thorough eval-uation of the current oper-ational costs needed for the delivery of said customer service requests. However, Regalado assured that the new fees to be implement-ed are reasonable both to the customers and the water utility. He also said that the minimal increase in the Meter Maintenance Charge will help defray the cost of DCWD’s Meter Re-placement Program or the replacement of all installed meters after the expected life span efficiency.

“The new fees will re-dound to customer satis-faction because it will help support and enhance the services we give to our cus-tomers,” Regalado said.

The schedule of adjust-ment of fees is posted at DCWD offices and collec-tion centers and in conspic-uous public places. (Jamae G. Dela Cruz)

Water fees adjusted

If needed, DCWD customers may request for Reposition of Water Meter from T-type (L) to F-type (R) or vice-versa to avoid obstruction in access roads.

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namely, Japan Post Bank, Su-mitomo Mitsui Banking Cor-poration (SMBC) and Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (BTMU). Transfer cash including the remittance fees to BDO Remit Japan’s account number in the said banks and BDO Remit Ja-pan will then send the funds to the beneficiaries in the Phil-ippines upon validation of the fund transfer.

Remitters may also send

money through BDO Remit’s partners across Japan, namely, iRemit, Japan Remit Finance and UAE Exchange.

On the other hand, to en-sure the safe, easy and conve-nient way of receiving remit-tance, Overseas Filipinos and their beneficiaries may open a BDO Kabayan Savings Account at any BDO branch in the Phil-ippines.

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INCOMING Presiden-tial Communications Operations Office

(PCOO) head Martin An-danar said on Saturday that he will push for a strategy that can help his department imple-ment a national commu-nications policy that will the Duterte administra-tion’s messages down to the barangay levels.

Andanar, a former TV5 news anchor, will now be overlooking op-erations of PTV 4, the Philippine Broadcasting Service, Radyo ng Bayan, Philippine Information Agency, Philippine News Agency and the National Printing Office.

He was among five new members of Pres-ident-elect Rodrigo Duterte’s official family who were presented to the media on June 2.

He said the commu-nications policy should streamline information of the government and bring this to the local level.

Andanar is also planning to bring the mayor’s Davao Sunday

show, “Gikan sa Masa, Para sa Masa” (From the masses, for the masses) on a national level to give voice to the voice-less.

He added that plans to improve the digital platforms of the current administration are also in the works, including the Official Gazette.

“We need one strat-egy that will carry the message of the Presi-dent down to the baran-gay level,” he said.

His working time-line is before July 1. “Once we start, [on July 1], dapat meron na,” he said.

The Duterte admin-istration takes over from the Aquino administra-tion noon of June 30.

M o d e r n i z a t i o n of equipment will be looked into after ac-counting current assets. “We have to look at what we have and what we don’t have,” he said.

“We’ll just make do with what’s there,” he added, to avoid further spending. (Jesse Pizarro Boga / MindaNews)

Andanar: We’ll bring President’s messagedown to barangays

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FORGET the potential back-to-back NBA Championship by the

Golden State Warriors—Ford has done a five-peat with their 1.0-liter EcoBoost en-gine. For the fifth consecutive time, the “tiny engine that can” has been voted best in its class in the International En-gine of the Year Awards—the so-called Oscar Awards for engines.

A panel of 65 automotive journalists from 31 countries judged the 1.0-liter EcoBoost the best, citing its drivabil-ity, performance, economy, refinement, and technolo-gy. It beat 32 other engines, 19 more than it competed against in 2012. The same engine was the first to be named overall International Engine of the Year for three straight times in 2014. It was

also named 2012’s Best New Engine.

Available in several pow-er outputs ranging from 100 horsepower to 180 horse-power, the 1.0-liter EcoBoost

powers one out of every five Ford vehicles sold in Europe. It powers everything from the Fiesta to the Focus, Transit Connect, and even Mondeo.

Locally, the 1.0-liter

EcoBoost engine powers the range-topping Fies-ta sub-compact hatchback which is mated exclusively to a dual-clutch PowerShift transmission.

FERRARI has un-veiled its latest One-Off creation during

the car’s first shakedown on the Fiorano circuit in the hands of Ferrari’s chief test driver Dario Benuzzi and the car’s en-thusiastic British owner.

Designed in-house by the Ferrari Styling Cen-tre, the 458 MM Speciale was built on the chassis and running gear of the 458 Speciale. Stylistical-ly, the client was looking for extremely sporty lines and specified a ‘visor’ ef-fect for the glasshouse: a black-painted A-pillar, very much in the style of the 1984 Ferrari GTO, helps provide a wrap-around solution between the windscreen and side windows which thus meld into single, seamless glass surface. This solution simultaneously lowers the roofline and lends an aerodynamic sleekness to the full volume of the

swept-back C-pillar.Finished in Bianco

Italia and complete with a livery that pays hom-age to the Italian flag, this unique coupé features all-new bodywork, hand-crafted in aluminium with composite carbon-fibre bumpers front and rear. The 458 MM Speciale also boasts a new side air scoop, one of the most distinctive elements in an extensive revision of the aerodynamic package.

The radically modified aerodynamic solutions are already evident on the front of the car, where the bodywork hugs the coolant radiators which are more steeply inclined and mounted closer to-gether than on the 458 Speciale. The side intakes were devised to allow di-rect additional cooling of the engine bay to com-pensate for the different rake of the rear. The tail features a spoiler which

balances the downforce evenly and also completes the theoretical beltline that sweeps back along the side from the front wheelarch, giving the car a powerful and athletic stance.

The 458 MM Speciale sits on specific wheels ex-clusive to this very unique car, and an additional

COLUMBIAN Autocar Corporation (CAC), the exclusive distrib-

utor of Kia Motors in the Philippines, and its After-sales Division, are opening its doors to students for a special on-the-job training program.

Qualified trade school students will be given a highly specialized two-week familiarization on Kia tech-nology and features, which the students can then apply during their 4-week training at Kia dealerships.

CAC Aftersales Director, Apollo R. Rosal, shared more about this new initiative.

He said, “Kia Aftersales’ OJT program aims to create a pool of skilled and techni-cally proficient students that will be job-ready by the time they graduate. We want to equip students with prac-tical know-how and at the same time, introduce them to great opportunities as a future Kia technician or ser-vice advisor.”

Rosal added, “Exposing students to challenges in a

real work environment is something that cannot be replicated in a classroom or taught from a textbook. We hope that students will find Kia’s OJT program to be productive, rewarding, and informative.”

Kia partnered with Crossroads Training Insti-tute, Inc. and Kia Nueva Eci-ja for the initial batch of in-terns who will be deployed to Kia Cagayan de Oro and Kia Nueva Ecija, respective-ly.

At the end of the 6-week program, eligible interns who have shown potential and exceptional skill during the training will be referred to Kia dealerships for possi-ble employment.

The Kia OJT Program will start on June 6 and will culminate with the award-ing of certificates on June 17.

In the future, the OJT program shall be opened to all interested trade schools.

Learn more about the Kia OJT Program at by visit-ing this website or visit a Kia dealership near you.

Ford’s 1.0-liter EcoBoost Garners win at International Engine of the Year Awards

458 MM Speciale is latest one-off Ferrari

Kia PHL opens OJT Program

touch is the adoption of modified front and rear light clusters. Inside the cockpit upgrades include to an enhanced audio system and trim definition to match the owner’s specific wishes. The Cioccolato leather upholstery with white stitching is elegantly accented by a slew of neat touch-es such as the satin white rings around the tunnel controls.

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Blatche embraces underdog role

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SHELL, a global leader in power and energy, reaf-firms its commitment to

help develop chess and discov-er and produce future stars as it holds the 24th Shell National Youth Active Chess Champion-ships with another five-leg cir-cuit spread over key cities in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.

Coming off a success-ful staging of its first-ever three-category competition last year, organizers of the country’s longest-running tal-ent-search brace for another banner season in terms of par-ticipation and quality of play with maximum entries expect-ed in each of the five qualifying stages leading to the grand finals in October.

The National Capital Re-gion leg kicks off the upcom-ing nationwide circuit on June 11 to 12 at SM Megamall Event Center with the top three players in kiddies, juniors and seniors divisions and the best-placed female competitor gaining berths in the national finals set Oct. 1-2, also at SM Megamall.

“We expect another full-packed field this year, espe-cially with chess becoming popular again among the youth,” said Melanie Bularan, Social Performance and Social Investment Manager of Pilipi-nas Shell. “This is one of Shell’s innovative and sustainable programs for nation-building and we are hoping to contin-ue discovering new talents from an ever-growing number of players now taking up the sport, especially at this stage when the tournament is set to celebrate its 25th anniversary in 2017.”

At the end of the five-leg elims, a total of 48 players, 16 in each category, will slug it out for bragging rights as the year’s best plus cash prizes in the grand finals tipped to be tight and fierce.

The kiddies division will feature players from 7 to 12 years old (born between 2004-2009) while the juniors category is open to players 13 to 16 years old (born between 2000-2003. The seniors cat-egory is for players 17 to 20 years old (born between 1996-1999).

From the NCR, elims shifts to the Southern Luzon in Batangas on July 2 to 3 at SM City Batangas Event Center while SM City Cebu will host the Visayas leg from July 23 to

24.Mindanao, which boasts of

a wide base of talents through the years, will again hold two elims stages, the first – the Southern Mindanao leg on Aug. 13-14 at SM Ecoland Davao Event Center and the other – the Northern Mindan-ao leg on Aug. 20-21 at SM City CDO Event Center.

Previous grand finals win-ners are also allowed to join in their respective divisions pro-vided they are still within the age limit. Listup is ongoing in the region where their school is located.

The event is open to all Fil-ipinos, non-titled players who are bona fide students certi-fied by their respective schools and registrars.

Registration forms can also be download at the Shell website www.shell.com.ph/shell_chess. Listup is on a first-come, first-served basis with a maximum of 400 participants in the NCR and Southern Lu-zon (Batangas) legs and 300 each in the Visayas (Cebu City), Southern Mindanao (Davao City) and Northern Mindanao (Cagayan de Oro City) elims.

Play will be a nine-round Swiss system tournament from the elims to the national finals with time control of 20 minutes with five time-delayed mode (Bronstein system).

Social development pro-grams like the Shell National Youth Active Chess Champi-onships is one of the ways the company expresses its com-mitment to make a positive im-pact in the communities where it operates. Moreover, Shell continuously works to meet increasing energy demand and supply challenges by delivering smarter products and cleaner energy, smarter infrastructure, promoting smarter use, and by developing new energy sourc-es while addressing the impact on the environment, through cleaner burning-natural gas and advanced fuels and lubri-cants technology.

For details about the tournament, contact tourna-ment coordinator Alex Dinoy at 0918-3705750 or 0922-8288510, or Ronald Berdera at 0946-6538080 (Southern Lu-zon), Odilion Badilles at 0933-6190210 (Visayas), Ronnie Tabudiong at 0943-2490821 (Southern Mindanao), Jun Cuizon at 0905-1166326 (Northern Mindanao) and Ro-salyn Bade at 0918-9299145

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sat-urday said that he was

“deeply saddened to learn of the passing” of Muhammad

Ali, describing him as not only “a legendary boxer,” but also “a world champion for equali-ty and peace.”

The secretary-general, in

a statement issued here by his spokesman, extended his con-dolences to the Ali family and the millions of fans mourning his death in every corner of

ANDRAY Blatche is em-bracing Gilas Pilipinas’ underdog sit-

uation in the Olympic Qual-ifying Tourna-ment next

month at the Mall of Asia Arena.The Filipino dribblers are

facing tremendous odds in their quest for a berth in the Rio Olympics, taking on world con-tenders France and New Zea-land in the first round, before battling even tougher competi-tion if they make it through the knockout stage of the Manila leg of the qualifiers from July 5 to 10.

But Blatche is convinced Gilas can thrive in that disad-vantaged role, even believing it will only augur well for the squad.

“There’s nothing wrong with being the underdog. It

takes a bit of pressure off of us,” the naturalized Filipino center said on Sunday. “It allows us to go out there and play our game comfortably and not to be so stressed out there.”

Gilas is no stranger to be-ing underdogs, being in that same role in the 2014 Fiba World Cup, where the Nation-als threatened to take down a handful of world powerhouses to win the hearts of every fan who watched the games.

Blatche is confident the na-tional team will enter the OQT having the same mindset.

“I believe we’re going to go out there with a lot of fight, a lot

of heart and I really think we have a good chance,” the NBA veteran said as he paid a visit to The Arena in San Juan where he watched preseason collegiate action in the Filoil Flying V Pre-mier Cup.

Blatche is unfazed of tak-ing on France, possibly led by Tony Parker and Nicolas Ba-tum, in the opener on July 5 as Gilas plays in front of the home crowd.

“That’s not on my mind. We’re (at) home. We have ev-eryone behind rooting for us,” the 6-foot-11 slotman said. “I feel like we have the ability to shock a lot of people.”

SILENT STEPH. Stephen Curry has yet to have one of his signature game in the NBA Finals.Source: AFP

CHRISTOPHER “Bong” Go waxed hot early on as the Duterte-Cayeta-

no cruised to second straight win over the IBP, 103 - 96, on Saturday at the Davao City Recreation Center.

Go, the sweet-shooting

incoming special assistant to president-elect Rodrigo Duterte, made 43 points in a spectacular performance.

Go, who averaged 41.3 points in three games against IBP, shot nine triples that put the IBP at bay all

throughout.Armand Dioso scored

26 points as Chok Cadiogan added 21 for the IBP.

John Flores (15), Joel Ab-erilla (13) and Eugene Labor (12) put up significant dou-ble digit numbers for CMO.

It was the second straight win for the CMO af-ter the first outing ended to a draw at 85-all.

IBP’s losing cause also drew 15 baskets from Gil Ci-udadano and 12 from Adri-an Paguican.

Go fires 43 as CMO takes 2nd win

24th Shell YouthActive Chess slated

BLOW B BLOW. Davao City’s Adones Cabalquinto tages his opponent Wenceslao of Cebu City during their Blow By Blow main event last Saturday at the Davao City Recreation Center. (Tomas Inigo)

UN chief mourns legendary U.S. boxer Muhammad Alithe world.

Three-time heavyweight boxing champion Muham-mad Ali died at the age of 74 Friday at a hospital in Phoe-nix, the capital of the south-western U. S. state of Arizona.

“Mr. Ali was far more than a legendary boxer; he was a world champion for equali-ty and peace,” the statement said. “With an incomparable combination of principle, charm, wit and grace, he fought for a better world and used his platform to help lift up humanity.”

Named a United Nations Messenger of Peace in 1998, Ali travelled the globe to support children and others caught up in conflict, and to promote reconciliation be-tween people and nations, the statement noted. “Well before taking on this role, he came to the United Nations in the 1970s to campaign against apartheid and racial injus-tice.”

The secretary-general was honored to join Ali as a flag bearer at the opening of the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London, the state-ment said. “He recalls Mr. Ali’s strength, humour and ability to bring people together.”

“The United Nations is grateful to have benefitted from the life and work of one of the past century’s great hu-manitarians and advocates for understanding and peace,” the statement added.

As one of the greatest boxers in the history, Ali re-tired in 1981 and was soon found signs of sluggishness and neurological damage. He received treatment for Par-kinson’s disease there after.

Ali, known as Cassius Clay before he converted to Islam, began boxing training at 12 years old and won the world heavyweight championship at 22 years old in 1964. He won the title again in 1974 and 1978. (PNA/Xinhua)

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below!Once the Splash Broth-

ers found their shooting touch, Cleveland couldn’t keep up. Klay Thompson got hot after halftime

to finish with 17 points and five assists as Golden State

became the first team to go ahead 2-0 in the finals since the Lakers in 2009 against Orlando.

“What we’ve done the last few years, every-body, every night has an impact,” Curry said. “You don’t know where it’s go-ing to come from any giv-en night. We’ve got to keep our focus and our edge and hopefully get two

more.”Now, the series

shifts to Cleveland, and LeBron James and the Cavs must show up for Game 3 on Wednesday in front of their title-starved fans down 2-0 to the defending champs and with forward Kevin Love dealing with a head injury.

The NBA said Love experi-enced dizziness early in the second half and left for the locker room to be re-examined, then was placed in the NBA’s concussion protocol. The league said he didn’t exhibit any symptoms before then, even after taking an elbow to the back of the head from Harrison Barnes in the second quarter and going down for several minutes before returning following a timeout. He made a baseline 3-pointer for the Cavs’ first basket in nearly 5½ minutes.

After a scoreless first quarter when he missed all five shots but had five assists, James scored 14 of his 19 points in the second and

also finished with nine assists and eight rebounds, but seven turn-overs. James’ teams had won nine straight postseason Game 2s after losing the series opener dating back to a loss in the 2008 Eastern Conference semifinals to Boston.

After Curry and Thompson combined for only 20 points in Thursday’s 104-89 Game 1 win on 8-for-27 shooting and the bench carried the load, they each hit four 3-pointers and went 13 for 24.

Leandro Barbosa had three straight transition layups in the third quarter and scored 10 points for his first back-to-back postsea-son games in double figures since 2008.

The Warriors’ 87 victories combined from their record 73-win regular season and the play-offs matched the 1995-96 Chica-go Bulls, the group Golden State topped for the most regular sea-son victories in NBA history of 73.

DRAYMOND Green emphatically flexed his bulging biceps with big plays on both ends of the floor, and these

determined Golden State Warriors might be far too strong for the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Warriors coast through Cavaliers to take 2-0 lead

The repeat champion-ship Golden State has spo-ken of since the very start more than eight months ago is suddenly two wins from becoming reality.

That’s the only way the Warriors’ record-setting sea-son will feel right. Right now, they sure seem unstoppable.

Green had 28 points, sev-en rebounds and five assists, while MVP Stephen Curry scored 18 points despite foul trouble, and Golden State thoroughly overwhelmed the Cleveland Cavaliers 110-77 in Game 2 of the NBA Fi-nals on Sunday night.

T h e

33-point win was the Warriors’

most lopsided ever in a finals game.

“I’m definitely surprised at the margin of victory tonight,” coach Steve Kerr said. “It happens in the NBA, sometimes things get away from you. Sometimes shots go in, sometimes they don’t.

... Ev-erything

changes when we go to Cleveland, we know that.”

The first quarter of the game was dominated by Australian centre, An-drew Bogut, who blocked four shots in the first period, to go with his two points and three rebounds.

After the stellar quarter, Bogut ex-ited the game to a roaring ovation from the crowd at Oracle Arena; the Warriors holding the slight lead at the time.

Re-live the action from the live blog

BIG FIRST QUARTEER. Andrew Bogut of the Golden State Warriors runs upcourt against the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 2. Source: AFP