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17,211 SURRENDER, 22 SLAIN IN DAVAOWithin 10 days of war on illicit drugs EDGEDAVAOSports

HOMELESS, NOT HOPELESS. Two homeless men, with their belongings in tow, make the old culverts along E. Jacinto Street in Davao City their shelter. President Duterte reiterated during his latest public appearance the need to stop corruption which is the root cause of poverty and social inequality, especially in rural areas and in Mindanao. Lean Daval Jr.

[email protected] ALEXANDER D. LOPEZ

IN A span of 10 days, from July 1 until July 10, a to-tal of 17, 211 individuals

involved in illegal drugs have yielded to authorities in the Davao region.

The Philippine Nation-al Police in Region 11 (PNP PRO-XI) also reported that 22 people suspected to be drug pushers were killed and 95 arrested during the 77 buy-bust operations con-ducted during the period.

As summarized in its re-port and given to the media on Monday, the PNP PRO-XI said of the total number of drug personalities who vol-

untarily surrendered to au-thorities, 8,370 individuals yielded in Davao del Norte; 3,538 in Davao Oriental; 2,398 in Compostela Valley; 1,308 in Davao City; 1,144 in Davao del Sur; and 453 in Davao Occidental.

Of those slain during op-erations, seven were killed in Davao City; 12 in Davao del Norte; and three in Davao Oriental.

Most of the arrests took place in Davao City with a total number of 64; 12 in Davao del Sur; seven in Davao del Norte; five in Davao Occidental; five in

Compostela Valley; and two in Davao Oriental.

Of the 77 buy-bust oper-ations, 50 were conducted in Davao City; 10 in Davao del Norte; six in Compostela Val-ley; five in Davao del Sur; 3 in Davao Oriental; and three in Davao Occidental.

Confiscated illegal drugs as reported by PNP PRO-XI included: 73 sachets were seized in Davao City; 46 sa-chets in Davao del Sur; 27 sachets and five packs in Davao del Norte; 19 sachets in Davao Oriental; two sa-chets and 0.46 grams in Davao Occidental; and 46

sachets in Compostela Val-ley; or a total of 213 sachets, 5 packs and 0.46 grams.

One pack of marijuana was also confiscated during the raids in Davao City; two in Davao Oriental and one in Compostela Valley; or a total of four packs of marijuana.

In response to the call of President Duterte to wage war on the drug menace that has been destroying the youth and other sectors of the Philippine society, the PNP in Davao region inten-sified its anti illegal drugs operations since July 1 that yielded positive results.

DLI opens P22-M warehouse in Panabo City

68 ordinances a milestonefor Tagum’s 6th City Council

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Suburbia P4

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AGRICULTURE Secretary Emmanuel F. Piñol has appointed Engr. Ricardo

M. Oñate, Jr. as the new Region-al Executive Director (RED) for the Department of Agriculture in Davao region (DA-XI).

Director Oñate will take over the post of RED Reme-lyn R. Recoter who will be as-signed in Region 6, Iloilo City.

Oñate has been in DA-XI since 1986 and rose from the rank as Engineer II to OIC- Re-gional Executive Director.

He led the establishment of the Rice Processing Com-plex (RPC), a one-stop service center for postharvest rice production in Matanao, Davao del Sur.

As RPC project manager, Oñate has sustained its opera-tions which enabled rice farm-ers in region to have access to state-of-the-art processing facilities and at the same time ensure consumers of safe, quality, and affordable supply of rice.

He is also the president of the Department of Agricul-ture Employees Association (DAEA) in the region where he initiated pro-employee pol-icies.

Recently, DAEA under his leadership has signed a mem-orandum of agreement with Social Security System (SSS) which enabled Job Order em-ployees to avail themselves of SSS benefits.

“I don’t turn my back on

THE chief of the Philip-pine National Police (PNP) has not ordered

a probe on the July 9 raid in Matalam, North Cotabato that left eight persons dead under alleged questionable circum-stances, claiming no complaint has been filed but urged rela-tives of the victims and those in similar situations elsewhere to file formal complaints be-fore the PNP’s Internal Affairs Service (IAS).

PNP Director-General Ronald dela Rosa told Min-daNews Sunday afternoon that what happened in Mata-lam and other operations are contained in a report of the Scene of the Crime Operatives (SOCO) but “if there are com-plaints regarding any of these, we’re willing to entertain. We will not cover up. We will be conducting an investigation.”

Under RA 8551, the IAS, which has national, regional and provincial offices, is tasked to “conduct, motu proprio, au-tomatic investigation,” among others, of incidents “where death, serious physical inju-ry, or any violation of human

rights occurred in the conduct of a police operation,” and “where the established rules of engagement have been vio-lated.”

Also on Sunday, Jose Luis Martin Gascon, chair of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) Jose Luis Martin Gascon told MindaNews that their re-gional offices have been tasked to “conduct fact-finding of any incident that suggests possible breaches in established proto-cols of law enforcement.”

Local Governments Sec-retary Ismael Sueno told Min-daNews he has yet to receive a report on what happened in Matalam “but surely that should be investigated.”

Superintendent Maximo Sebastian, head of the raiding team from the Regional Po-lice Office-12 said they came under heavy fire when they were about to serve the search warrants at 2:30 a.m. Satur-day in Purok Islam, Barangay Poblacion in Matalam, North Cotabato but relatives of the eight persons who were killed in that operation claimed the

THE City Health Office (CHO) of Davao City has recorded the first

case of Japanese Encephalitis, a disease spread by mosquito bites.

CHO chief Dr. Josephine Villafuerte said Japanese En-

cephalitis is a kind of viral infection caused by Japanese Encephalitis Virus (JEV) borne from mosquitoes.

Manifestations of the dis-ease include fever and neuro-logic deficit, Villafuerte point-ed out.

“People might think that the patient is suffering from a stroke when one has Japanese Encephalitis and like dengue, this is also symptomatic,” she said.

Villafuerte said neurologic deficit is an abnormal function

of the body due to the weaker function of the brain, spinal cord, muscle or nerve.

“We would like to tell ev-eryone that the patient is from Davao City and he got it here,” Villafuerte clarified.

ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. Students from Sta. Ana Elementary School squeeze themselves to an overloaded tricycle which serves as their carpool, an accident waiting to happen due to the negligence of the vehicle owner. Lean Daval Jr.

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NEWS

By FUNNY PEARL A. GAJUNERA

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DAVAO City Acting Mayor Paolo Duterte urged the government

and the National Democrat-ic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) to immediately re-sume the peace negotiations as he expressed sadness over the brutal death of anti-com-munist tribal leader Datu Ru-ben Labawan.

Labawan is a tribal lead-er from Tapak, Paquibato Distirct who was gunned

down on Wednesday last week in Panabo City.

The acting mayor also offered condolences to the bereaved family in their time of grief and sorrow.

“The death of Labawan shows the urgent need for us to be united against violence and to support the quest for justice and calls for the im-mediate resumption of peace talks,” Duterte said.

Duterte also expressed

hopes justice will be served to the Labawan’s family who-ever the perpetrators were.

On Friday, the New People’s Army (NPA) in a statement issued to the me-dia owned the killing of La-bawan.

NPA spokesperson Rigo-berto Sanchez accused La-bawan of working with the military and is responsible behind the numerous killing of indigenous people and ci-

vilians suspected of support-ing or aiding the NPA.

Meanwhile, the Army earlier expressed fear over the death of Labawan that it might trigger a tribal war or “pangayaw”.

10th Infantry Division spokesperson Capt. Rhyan Batchar also questioned the sincerity of the rebel group over the resumption of peace talks with the killing of La-bawan.

VM Pulong sad overkilling of Labawan

First Japanese Encephalitis case recorded in Davao City

No probe yet on killingsduring Matalam PNP raid

Oñate assumes post as new RED of DA-XI

CHANGING OF GUARD Outgoing DA-XI Regional Director Remelyn Recoter turns over the rein with the symbolic agency banner to incoming Regional Director Ricardo Oñate, Jr. (center). Joining them is Assistant Director Rafael Mercado. Photo by Che Palicte

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Dismissal of kidnapping rapsversus HR advocates sought

NEWS

INTERNATIONAL evangelist Apollo C. Quiboloy, execu-tive pastor of The Kingdom

of Jesus Christ, urged fellow Dabawenyos and concerned Filipinos to always pray for the good health and safety of Pres-ident Rodrigo R. Duterte.

Pastor Quiboloy who is known to be a friend of the President of long standing made his advice to the people as he marveled at the numer-ous unprecedented actions and the many “firsts” that the President has done in the early days of his presidency, show-ing his determination to make real and meaningful changes in Philippine society.

While continuing to deal warmly with his constituents as if he still the Davao city mayor and endearing him further with ordinary people, Duterte also continues to stun the nation with his true grit and courage in exposing the involvement of high profile personalities, such as police generals and local politicians, in the illegal drugs trade and corrupt practices.

The Filipino people can ex-pect more unorthodox and ex-tra-ordinary actions from the President in tackling urgent national problems in the days to come, Pastor Quiboloy said over dinner with newsmen

Serafin “Jun” C. Ledesma Jr. and this writer who visited him in the sprawling campus of Jose Maria College Friday night.

He said the bold measures taken by the President will make him more popular with the people, but he will also earn many enemies especially among criminals in the un-derworld who are adversely affected by the war that he is waging on illicit drugs trade, other forms of criminalities and graft and corruption.

Filipinos who are believ-ers in the strong leadership and programs of the Duterte administration can contribute their share to the great effort

to effect change in our society by simply being law-abiding as citizens, avoiding involvement in the illicit drug menace as user or pusher, and not engag-ing in graft and corruption, and other crimes.

On top of these, the pastor said, Filipinos should not for-get to offer a prayer to the Al-mighty for the good health and safety of President Duterte.

becausespecial prayer brigade for Mr. Duterte for his continuing good health and to protect the President from those who might want to do him harm.

In the national capital, me-

[email protected] ALEXANDER D. LOPEZ

FAMILIES, friends and col-leagues of the 15 human rights advocates who

were charged and ordered arrested on Monday called for the dismissal of the kid-napping charges filed against them, describing the case as “incredulous” that made a mockery of the justice system in the country.

Former Gabriela Party-list representative Luz Ilagan, as she spoke to the media during the regular Kapehan sa Dabaw at SM City on Mon-day criticized the manner the issuance of the warrants of arrest (WAs) against the 15 accused, saying the move was malicious and part of the “midnight issuances” that the

government rushed before the old administration of Benigno S. Aquino III ended.

Ilagan said the same case of kidnapping was already dismissed at the prosecution level last September 2015 but those behind the filing of the case submitted a motion for reconsideration last October of the same year.

The former Gabriela representative believed that the police and military were behind the filing of charges against the 15 human rights advocates now called the “Ha-ran 15”.

She pointed out that the motion for reconsideration was granted last April 5, 2016 and subsequently, WAs were

issued last May 13 this year.The WAs were issued by

Judge Retrina Fuentes of RTC Branch 10 in Davao City.

“The warrants of arrest were not served to individuals but went through the media last June 28,” Ilagan added.

In a statement she read during the press conference, Margarita Valle, mother of one of the accused said the manner in which the filing of charges and the issuance of WAs were done was “dubious, that it reeks of foul intent to ensnare the human rights defenders and prevent them from doing their humanitarian works.”

Valle said the 15 accused have been assisting the Lumad evacuees at the Haran Center

in Davao City and helped them deal with their difficult situa-tion while advocating for their return to their communities.

The “haran 15” include Kharlo Manano, Salinlahi secretary general; Save our Schools Network spokesper-son Rius Valle; Pasaka Con-federation of Lumad Organi-zations chairperson Kerlan Fanagel; Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan)-Southern Mindanao Region (SMR) sec-retary general Sheena Duazo; Karapatan SMR secretary gen-eral Hanimay Suazo; Gabri-ela-Davao secretary general Mary Ann Sapar; Exodus for Justice spokesperson Rev. Ju-rie Jaime; Ryan Lariba; Kilu-

Pastor Quiboloy urges Dabawenyos:Pray for health, safety of President

VP Leni to President Rody: ‘Take care of yourself, we need you’By ANTONIO M. AJERO

INTERIOR and Local Gov-ernment Secretary Mike Sueno has ordered the

conduct of a lifestyle check among the members of the Philippine National Police (PNP) in order to identify and remove officials in-volved in illegal activities.

With this, Sueno in-structed PNP Chief Ronald Dela Rosa to check first the three active police generals namely, Police Regional Of-fice (PRO) 6 Director Chief Supt. Bernardo Diaz, former National Capital Regional Police Office (NCRPO) Chief Police Director Joel Pagdilao and former Quezon City Po-lice District (QCPD) Director Edgardo Tinio, who were named by President Rodri-go Duterte as protectors of drug lords.

He added that a public servant must possess hones-ty, integrity and profession-alism in serving the country.

He noted that if a police or a civil servant amassed questionable wealth, they must explain how they ac-quired their assets.

The DILG Chief said the National Police Commission (Napolcom) has started its investigation on the case of the three active police gen-erals.

Lawyers from the agency have also started gathering information regarding the case of former police gener-al and now Daanbantayan, Cebu Mayor Vicente Loot.

Duterte publicly named the five PNP officials includ-ing retired Director General Marcelo Garbo as involved in illegal drugs and ordered them relieved from the posts.

Pagdilao, Tinio, Diaz and Loot already talked to Sue-no, saying they are willing to face probe in order to clear their names. (PNA)

Sec. Sueno orderslifestyle check in PNP

IN the almost week-long military offensive against Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG)

terrorists in Basilan and Sulu, a total of 40 terrorists were believed to have been killed and another 25 wounded.

This was disclosed by Western Mindanao Com-mand (WESMINCOM) spokesperson Major Filemon Tan in an interview Monday.

ASG casualties can be broken into two military of-fensives, with the first one in Basilan which started July

6 and still ongoing as of this posting.

In this operation, 18 ban-dits were reported killed and other nine wounded.

In the Sulu offensive, which started July 7, terror-ists reported killed reached 22 and 16 wounded, Tan add-ed.

Focused military opera-tions are intensified, in coor-dination with the police and the local governments of Bas-ilan and Sulu, to neutralize the bandit group. (PNA)

40 ASG bandits die in offensive

GABRIELA ON TEENAGE PREGNANCY AND ‘HARAN 15’. Gabriela national chair Luz Ilagan (right)says teenage pregnancy incidence in Davao City and other parts of the country is expected to continue to increase as the government failed to provide necessary assistance such as sexuality

education in schools. Ilagan, together with Margarita Valle, mother of Rius who is one of “Haran 15” accused of kidnapping, urged the authorities to drop the case against the 15 human rights defenders during yesterday’s Kapehan sa Dabaw at the Annex of SM City Davao. Lean Daval Jr.

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BEFORE the new-ly-elected 7th City Council buckles

down to work, the 6th City Council of Tagum re-cently updated the entire workforce of the city gov-ernment units’ accom-plishments and impres-sive performance during their three-year term last July 04, 2016 at New City Hall Atrium.

Vice Mayor Geterito Gementiza who headed the council as its presid-ing officer enumerated the various legislations passed by the members of the 6th City Council.

All in all, the 6th city council passed and ap-proved 68 ordinances and 867 resolutions from July 2013 up to June 2016 that enabled the local government to achieve extra milestones.

One of the landmark laws crafted by the 6th City Council was Ordi-nance No. 750 that enact-ed the Tagum City Code on Public-Private Part-nership.

The ordinance built and strengthened the linkage between the lo-cal government of Tagum City and the select Private Sector Proponents (PSP) and adopted a contract management framework

concept. The city’s lawmakers

also enacted City Ordi-nance No. 734 which in-stitutionalized the Tagum City Federation of Senior Citizens Associations that provided for the appro-priation of funding and guaranteed the partici-pation and integration of the federation members to the programs conduct-ed by the City Govern-ment of Tagum.

Vice-Mayor Gementi-za emphasized that the local legislation is an-chored on the city’s de-velopmental thrust EA-GLE WINGS and is geared towards the creation of laws for the benefit of the city and the Tagumenyos, as a whole.

The city’s sec-ond-in-command vowed to continue the good lega-cy brought by the 6th City Council as its term ended, welcoming another set of public servants that will constitute the7th City Council.

The vice mayor also called on the people of Tagum to support and work hand-in-hand with the city government to further advance the developments in the city. (Roy Banias/CIO- Tagum)

The presiding officer and members of the 7th City Council strike a pose during their maiden session last July 4, 2016. Jay Apostol/CIO Tagum

FOUR individuals who devoted themselves into the advancement and

development of agriculture in the province of Cotabato were recently recognized during the Search for 2016 Regional Ga-wad Saka Awards.

Engr. Eliseo M. Mangliwan, the provincial agriculturist of the province dentified the awardees as Marcelino E. Sarda of Kidapawan City as outstanding coconut farmer; Lucresia M. Neri of Midsayap as outstanding agricultur-al-entrepreneur; Dr. Onofre S. Corpuz, school official of the Cotabato Foundation College of Science and Technology (CFCST) of Arakan town as outstanding agricultural sci-entist; and Dr. Sailila E. Abdula, manager of the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) Midsayap branch as outstand-ing agricultural researcher.

The Municipal Agriculture and Fishery Council (MAFC) of the town of Midsayap also bagged the most outstanding MAFC award during the cere-mony held in Koronadal City, South Cotabato.

Mangliwan also an-nounced that the awardees from the province showed ex-emplary innovations in their respective fields which all aimed to improve productivity and living conditions of farm-ers in particular.

Department of Agriculture 12 (DA-12) Regional Executive Director Amalia Jayag-Datu-kan led the awarding ceremo-ny.

She lauded the winners from Cotabato Province as well as the other winners from the provinces of South Cota-bato, Sarangani and Sultan Kudarat.

“We are deeply honored to give these awards to the best people working hard for the improvement of agriculture and in uplifting the lives of our constituents”.

Winners of the individ-ual category each received P30,000, plaques and Tinalak Festival-inspired trophies.

The awardees will repre-sent Region 12 in the upcom-ing National Search for Gawad Saka Awards in November or December this year and will be competing with other regional winners all over the country.

Cotabato Governor Em-mylou “Lala” J. Taliño-Men-

doza has high hopes that the province will again shine in the national Gawad Saka Awards and once more prove that the best practices as well as inno-vations of the awardees are worth.

“The success of our agricul-turists are significantly in line with our efforts to strengthen food security and sustainabili-ty especially in areas hit by the El Niño phenomenon in the past six to seven months,” said Governor Taliño-Mendoza.

The governor believes in the determination of the four awardees and the capacity of Midsayap MAFC in making it to the rooster of winners of Gawad Saka Awards where certain individuals from the province have made it in the national level.

The Province of Cotabato also takes pride in the feat of other successful farmers, ag-ricultural extension workers, crop growers who in previous years also made it to the re-gional and national levels of the Gawad Saka Awards. (JIM-MY STA. CRUZ-PGO Media Center)

THE Cotabato Provin-cial Hospital (CPH) announced today that

it will conduct a free surgical mission to provide recon-structive surgery to as many babies and adults born with cleft deformities in the prov-ince of Cotabato.

The mission will be conducted in partnership with the Brotherhood Op-eration Sweet Smile (BOSS), a non-government organi-zation at the University of Southern Mindanao (USM)

Hospital in the town of Kab-acan on August 17-19, 2016.

Dr. Eva C. Rabaya, offi-cer-in-charge of the Inte-grated Provincial Health Of-fice (IPHO) said the two-day mission aims to make the lives of those born with the condition normal and better lives just like the ordinary people.

“We must lend a hand to these unfortunate chil-dren and even adults so that they will have bright future ahead of them” Dr. Rabaya

said, adding that the surgical mission coincides with the advocacy of the province’s partner, the BOSS.

Dr. Rabaya added that the provincial government is doing everything to form strategic partnership with NGO’s and other organiza-tions so as to increase capac-ity in reconstructive surgery and help a big number of in-dividuals.

The age requirement for harelip operation is from 4 months old and above; 4

months old to 25 years old for those with cleft palate; and newborn babies with clubfoot.

The IPHO will conduct the screening and evalua-tion on August 17, the first day of the surgical mission where qualified patients will be operated immediately.

Aside from the opera-tion, the medicines and lab-oratory procedures will also be free of charge.

The surgical mission

68 ordinances a milestonefor Tagum’s 6th City Council

4 Cotabateños bag Gawad Saka Awards

Free surgery for cleft, foot deformities

AFTER investing a lot on empowering its people, the province of Davao

del Norte is now working out a grand plan to deliver welfare provision to the Dabaonons in the near future.

During the opening of Strategic Planning Workshop for the Capitol officials on Monday at the SEDA Abreeza Hotel, Davao City, Governor Anthony del Rosario declared his administration’s bid to turn Davao del Norte into a welfare province.

“It is our dream to become a welfare province, where we are able to provide the basic requirements for the well-be-ing and social support of all the Dabaonon citizens,” del Rosa-rio said.

The governor declared his

resolve to transform the social service delivery system of the province in keeping with his promise to elevate the legacy of transformative leadership that his predecessor started.

He said his thrust aims to reform the Dabaonon people from being mere passive re-cipients of responsive social services “to be more pro-active participants in building the fu-ture of our province.”

He also announced the birth of his governance slogan “AMA”, which is short for “Abili-dad at Malasakit” (Competence and Empathy).

The catchword, as Del Ro-sario emphasized, signifies his intention to do well as both a no-nonsense local chief exec-utive and a responsible and overly-concerned father to his

constituents.“I want my leadership to be

remembered for being a model of transformative leadership and for affording our people to enjoy the basic amenities of life,” he stressed.

He expounded that his ad-ministration will put high pre-mium to adequately providing gainful jobs, decent homes, universal healthcare and social services and other programs.

Del Rosario said the crucial interventions will transcend his people from survival to sub-sistence, and eventually to sus-tainable and self-reliant status.

He further enjoined the provincial bureaucracy to be well familiar with his 10-point development agenda spelled as Balanced ecology, Enhanced agri-aquaculture, Sustain-

able tourism, Transformative leadership, People empower-ment, Education and sports, Optimum health and social services, Public-private part-nership, Link to the world, Employment and livelihood opportunities.

The governor affirmed the strategy is very much aligned with the 8-point economic agenda of President Rodrigo Duterte.

The workshop was facili-tated by government manage-ment specialist Ever Abasolo while Binibining Pilipinas-Uni-verse 2002 winner Ms. Karen Agustin-Ostrea enlightened the provincial officials and key department heads her in-formative tips on personality development. (PIO/Davao del Norte)

AGR wants to make DN a ‘welfare state’

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THE Social Security Sys-tem (SSS) has scored a court conviction against

the president of an advertis-ing agency for the company’s failure to comply with its ob-ligation to remit employees’ contributions of nearly P3 mil-lion, including penalties, over a period of ten years.

SSS Assistant Vice Pres-ident for Operations Legal Department Renato Jacinto S. Cuisia said that Peña, Larza-ga and Wilwayco (PLW), Inc. President Adriel C. Peña was sentenced to an imprisonment of four years and two months as minimum to twenty years as maximum.

Aside from Peña, mem-bers of the Board of Directors

Edwin C. Wilwayco, Nestor A. Largoza, Jesus Rey C. Lalie and Felimon D. Garcia were also charged with violations of the Social Security (SS) Act, or Re-public Act No. 1161 as amend-ed by Republic Act 8282. How-ever, the case against Wilway-co was dismissed by the court while a Warrant of Arrest was issued against Largoza, Lalie, and Garcia who all remain at large.

“The lower court also di-rected Peña to pay a total of P2.8 million representing the total unremitted contributions inclusive of penalties covering the period of 2001 to 2011. Under the SS Act, overdue con-tributions are charged a three

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CHOICE SNACKS. A passerby chooses from a display of banana and camote cue at a stall outside Sangguniang Panlungsod in Davao City yesterday. Banana and camote cue are still the favorite choice snacks of Filipino due to their affordable prices. Lean Daval Jr.

THE Damosa Land, Inc. (DLI) inaugurated on Monday the P22-mil-

lion warehouse established inside the Anflo Industrial Estate (AIE) in Panabo City in a bid to catalyze industri-alization in that part of the Davao region.

“Now, Panabo is really open for business,” DLI vice president Ricardo Luis Ma-

teo “Cary” F. Lagdameo said during the launch of the Warehouse 1 yesterday.

“With this, more inves-tors will enter Panabo City.”

Strategically located in a special economic zone be-side the Davao International Container Terminal (DICT), the first of the 14 ready-made warehouses have a total area of 22,000 square

meters.Del Monte will occu-

py the facility by August 1, mainly for storage of its im-ported boxes for packaging.

Lagdameo said the rest of the 14 other warehouses will be constructed starting September this year.

“We’re talking to a num-ber of potential locators in the AEI,” he added.

As of writing, he said, the management is hoping to close a deal with a Filipino company engaged in banana processing.

Lagdameo said the firm is also keen on finalizing business deals with loca-tors that will either lease or buy industrial lots in the 63-hectare industrial estate.

He said inquiries from

locators are constantly in-creasing after the May 9 election.

With all eyes on Mindan-ao after President Rodrigo Duterte won the presidency, prospects in the island-re-gion turned positive.

Designed to house com-panies engaged in manufac-turing, locators in the AIE can benefit from its close

proximity from the port.Lagdameo said the

whole development proj-ect will be implemented in phases.

The AIE is believed to generate some 6,000 jobs.

He said the industrializa-tion of the agriculture sector of Panabo City and the rest of Davao del Norte will fasten economic growth in the area.

DLI opens P22-M warehouse in Panabo City

SSS wins case vs. advertising agency

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BOTTLED WATER ANYONE? A vendor braves the scorching heat of the mid-day sun to peddle bottled water to Island Garden City of Samal (IGaCoS) bound passengers in Sta. Ana wharf in Davao City yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

THE Duterte adminis-tration is “open to dis-cussions” on the Asian

Development Bank (ADB)”s fresh offer of greater financial assistance to the Philippines in a show of strong support to its new government, Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said over the weekend.

Dominguez issued this statement after ADB president Takehiko Nakao relayed the bank’s “strong support” to the government of President Dute-rte in a July 8 meeting with the finance secretary and Socio-economic Planning Secretary Ernesto Pernia in Makati City.

In an official statement released by the ADB after Na-kao’s courtesy call on two of President Duterte’s economic managers, the bank disclosed that it is “ready to increase assistance further based on discussion with the new ad-ministration.”

“We are certainly open to discussions on the higher level of assistance being offered by the ADB to put the 10-point socioeconomic agenda on the fast track,” Dominguez said.

“The ADB has certainly not failed us in the past, judging from its almost a half-century of development partnership with our country from the time it first extended aid for agricul-tural and rural development in Mindanao in 1969,” he said.

“On behalf of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, we thank the ADB, through its President Takehiko Nakao, for its com-mitment of full support to the new Philippine Government and its 10-point Socioeconom-ic Agenda for sustained high and inclusive growth,” Domin-guez said.

“We believe the ADB’s full backing would go a long way in helping President Duterte de-liver on his electoral mandate to bring progress to all Filipi-nos,” Dominguez said.

“The strengthened part-nership between the Bank and the Philippine government on the Duterte presidency would, as conveyed by Mr. Nakao, focus on key areas that the 10-point agenda itself aims to harness to enable our people to truly benefit from a strong economy that the ADB projects

to grow beyond 6% in 2017,” he said.

“These ADB priority areas, ranging from infrastructure, agricultural and regional de-velopment to employment, ed-ucation and social protection, are the very same concerns that the new government aims to address by raising beyond the norm our public invest-ments in human and physical capital,” he said.

In the ADB statement, the bank said that in the Friday afternoon meeting, Nakao congratulated Dominguez and Pernia on their appointments, “expressed support for the new administration’s 10-point Economic Agenda and af-firmed ADB’s strong partner-ship for promoting sustainable economic growth, reducing poverty, and improving the welfare and livelihoods of Fil-ipinos.”

The ADB statement quot-ed Nakao as saying that, “The recent strong growth of the Philippines provides a foun-dation for further sustainable growth to fully realize this country’s enormous potential.

Our support will be tailored to the government’s socio-eco-nomic and poverty reduction priorities, and to the country’s middle-income status. We are looking forward to further dis-cussions on how we can best support the country.”

Nakao commended “Presi-dent Rodrigo Duterte’s admin-istration’s aim of spreading the benefits of strong growth. The Philippines can harness its vast potential by tapping its young and educated population in pursuit of higher productivity and job creation, especially in such areas as small- and me-dium-enterprises, tourism and agri-business.”

Nakao further said, “Based on the government’s prospec-tive development plans, ADB is prepared to support areas such as (i) accelerating infra-structure development with special attention to the role of public-private partnerships; (ii) rural and value chain de-velopment in agriculture; (iii) improving human capital investment including health and education; and (iv) social

Dominguez welcomes ADBsupport to Duterte Admin

DAVAO City is expect-ed to have a higher budget next year at

PHP7.3 billion, with its share in the Internal Revenue Al-lotment (IRA) higher by 14 percent from PHP 3.6 billion to PHP4.1 billion.

This was disclosed by Councilor Danilo Dayanghi-rang, chair finance commit-tee, during Monday’s Kape-han sa Dabaw at SM Davao. He said the annual budget last year amounted to PHP6.3 billion.

He also projects the city’s local tax collection to grow, with proposals for the execu-tive department to maximize revenue collections. The city’s

annual budget is derived from local tax collections and the national government’s share.

He, however, confirmed the figures are still estimates since the city has yet to con-duct an inventory of its col-lection.

The IRA share for all lo-cal government units (LGUs) is based on the certification of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) on the com-putation of the share of local governments from the actual collection of national internal revenue taxes.

Under the law, each LGU is required to appropriate in its annual budget 20 percent of its IRA for development

projects and five percent allo-cation for Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Fund or commonly called the Calamity Fund.

LGUs should also set aside from their annual bud-gets funds for Gender and Development, senior citizens and persons with disabilities, Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and imple-mentation of programs of the Local Councils for the Protec-tion of Children.

Dayanghirang is also set to propose the Executive-Leg-islative Agenda, a system that allows representatives from the executive and legislative

NO DISLOCATION. Councilor Danilo Dayanghirang shows a map of the proposed P39-billion Davao City coastline and port development while he dismissed a claim of environmental group Interface Development Interventions, Inc. (IDIS)’s that there will be dislocation

of more than 13, 000 residents in the 12-hectare Isla Verde which will be affected by the project. Dayanghirang was among the guests of Kapehan sa Dabaw at the annex of SM City Davao yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

City eyes bigger budget, IRA share

NEWLY appointed De-partment of Environ-ment and Natural Re-

sources Secretary Regina Paz Lopez has ordered an audit of all operating mining firms and a moratorium on new mining projects in line with the Duterte administration’s pronouncement of responsi-ble mining.

“There will be a compre-hensive review of the mining claims of concessions given, and in the interest of the com-mon good and to ensure that the concerns of the helpless and the impoverished are addressed,” said Lopez in her memorandum order.

Lopez said the audit cov-ers all operating mines, even

mines under suspension or under maintenance status; while the moratorium will cover the acceptance, process-ing and/or approval of new mining projects for all metallic and non-metallic minerals.

She said auditing of min-ing firms is important to de-termine the adequacy and ef-ficiency of the environmental protection measures of each mining operation; identify gaps in environmental protec-tion measures; and determine the appropriate penalty in case of violations of the mining and environmental laws.

Lopez said she expects the audit to be completed by Au-gust this year.

HIGH cost of production, specifically skyrocket-ing cost of commercial

feeds, given the fact that farm gate prices of fish remains the same, continues to be one of the biggest concerns that con-front fish farmers in the coun-try today.

This was bared by Joseph Martin Borromeo, president of the Philippine Association of Fish Producers Inc. (PAF-PI), during the first National Aquaculture Summit held in Dagupan City last July 7 to 8.

Borromeo said that de-spite the country’s contribu-tion to the world’s supply of fish, the Philippine fishery sector is grappling with vari-ous concerns such as high pro-duction cost due to excessive prices of feeds and electricity, inefficient marketing system and others.

The PAFPI president said that while production cost con-tinues to increase, farmgate price of fish remains the same, but whereas when the fish is sold in the retail market, the price is almost double, which is disadvantageous to the pro-ducers.

“It is high time for all stake-holders to work together to address these concerns and discuss areas of collaboration to promote the aquaculture industry and its key players,”

said Borromeo.The national summit, at-

tended by some 500 stake-holders from all over the coun-try, had for its theme, “Market Oriented Aquaculture: Key to Viable and Resilient Industry.”

During the summit, Bu-reau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Regional Director Nestor Domenden revealed that the Philippines ranked seventh among the top fish-producing countries in the world, with aquaculture pro-duction sharing 1.16 percent to the total global aquaculture production.

Fish farming in cages in coastal waters or mariculture is currently contributing sig-nificantly to the food source of income, and employment, par-ticularly in rural areas, he said.

In the summit, PAFPI held a dialogue with miklfish producers, including milkfish traders and consignees for the purpose of crafting a pricing system of aquaculture prod-ucts that reflects their true economic value that is advan-tageous to all concerned.

BFAR said that expansion of farmed areas for various fish species, development of appropriate food, and develop-ment of breeding and hatchery could help achieve more food sufficiency under the Duterte administration. (PNA)

High cost of fish production hurting local fish producers

New DENR chief orders auditon all operating mines

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GMOs are safe to eat,Nobel laureates claimBy HENRYLITO D. TACIO

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SCIENCE

WHAT do Sidney Alt-man, Richard Axel, Richard R. Ernst,

Sheldon Glashow, Joseph L. Goldstein, Leland H. Hartwell, Tim Hunt, Yuan T. Lee, Barry J. Marshall, Erwin Neher, Jose Ramos Horta, Daniel C. Tsui, James Watson and Robert Woodrow Wilson have one thing in common?

These are some of the 110 Nobel laureates who have taken a stand to support ge-netically modified organisms (GMOs) and biotechnological innovations in agriculture by signing a letter calling upon Greenpeace to cease and de-sist GMO opposition.

“We urge Greenpeace and its supporters to re-examine the experience of farmers and consumers worldwide with crops and foods im-proved through biotechnolo-gy, recognize the findings of authoritative scientific bod-ies and regulatory agencies, and abandon their campaign against GMOs,” said the let-ter which was addressed to Greenpeace leaders, the Unit-ed Nations and governments around the world.

The letter said that find-ings of scientific and regulato-ry agencies around the world have found “repeatedly and consistently” that crops and foods improved through bio-technology “to be safe” as, if not safer than, those derived from any other method of production.

“There has never been a single confirmed case of a negative health outcome for humans or animals from their consumption,” the letter pointed out. “Their environ-mental impacts have been shown repeatedly to be less damaging to the environ-ment, and a boon to global biodiversity.”

The letter urged that “op-position based on emotion and dogma contradicted by data must be stopped.”

In conclusion, the letter posed this question” “How many poor people in the world must die before we consider this a ‘crime against humanity’?”

Biotechnology comes from the two combined words: “bio,” which stands for biology or the science of life; and “technology,” the tools and techniques used to achieve a particular pur-pose. As defined, biotechnol-ogy is the manipulation of biological organisms to make products that benefit human beings.

Over 10,000 years ago, humans produced wine, beer, vinegar and bread using mi-croorganism through the pro-cess now known as fermen-tation. Using advanced fer-mentation process, Egyptians were able to create 50 variet-ies of bread. In recent years, with the advances in cell and molecular biology, biotech-nology emerged from classi-cal or traditional to modern or advanced biotechnology.

Modern biotechnology, when used among crops, al-lows a scientist to choose and move the single characteristic he wants -- it’s streamlined, efficient, and produces supe-rior results. “The techniques used in modern plant bio-technology provide plant breeders with precise tools that permit them to introduce desirable characteristics into a plant,” explains a fact sheet published by the Internation-al Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA).

“They do so without hav-ing unwanted or extra traits that occur with traditional plant breeding,” the ISAAA fact sheet adds. “Because of the control that’s afforded

with plant biotechnology, scientists can examine intro-duced traits in great detail.”

Crops, which have been subjected to biotechnology, are called transgenic crops. Among the transgenic plant products are soybean, corn, canola, rice, and cotton seed oil. British press calls them “Frankenstein food,” named after a character created by novelist Mary Shelley.

“It’s now possible to do stuff that only writers could imagine before and build up completely new life forms. The argument that we need genetically-modified food to feed the world is complete bull,” said Greenpeace, a noted international activist group, in a statement.

In 1988, Robert Shapiro, chief executive officer of Mon-santo Corporation, told those who attended the annual meeting of the Biotechnol-ogy Industry Organization: “Somehow, we’re going to have to figure out how to meet a demand for a doubling of the world’s food supply, when it’s impossible to conceive of a doubling of the world’s acre-age now under cultivation. And it’s impossible, indeed,

even to conceive of increases in productivity – using cur-rent technologies – that don’t produce major issues for the sustainability of agriculture.”

Critics think other-wise. “There are enough nat-ural resources for us all to be fed,” says Emma Plugge, an of-ficial of the Buckinghamshire Health Authority in United Kingdom. “It is inequity of food distribution that results in the starvation of million in poorer nations.”

Although health risk of eating transgenic food is yet unknown, there are signs that it could cause allergies, re-sistance to certain medicines and possibly even affect inter-nal organs.

In Europe, researchers at the York Nutritional Laborato-ry reported health complains caused by soya – the ingre-dient most associated with genetically modified food – in-creased from 10 to 15 in 100 patients over the past year.

A consumer advocacy group in United Kingdom said that genetically modified soya can be found in bread, biscuits, baby milk, baby foods, break-fast cereals, margarine, soups, pasta, pizza instant meals,

meat products, flours, sweets, ice creams, crisps, chocolate, soy sauce, veggie-burgers, tofu, soya milk, and pet foods.

An estimated 60 percent of all processed foods con-tain at least one genetical-ly engineered component, writes Jon Luoma in Mother Jones magazine. In the Phil-ippines, Filipinos may be eating transgenic foods, such as potato chips, corn cereals, or soya milk. “Love it or loath it, transgenic food is set to be-come a bigger part of what we eat,” someone noted.

Some transgenic crops contain genes for a trait called antibiotic resistance. Scien-tists use this trait as a market to identify cells into which the desired gene has been successfully introduced. Con-cerns have been raised that these marker genes could move from GM crops to mi-croorganisms that normally reside in a person’s gut and lead to an increase in antibiot-ic resistance.

Prof. Vincent Titanji, a Cameroonian biotechnolo-gist and vice chancellor of the Cameroon Christian Univer-sity, contends that the bene-fits of GM crops are greater than any negative effects they might have in the future.

“Remember that (when) fire was discovered, it was both useful and harmful,” Prof. Titanji was quoted as saying by Inter Press Service. “I have been in the domain of bioen-gineering for over 30 years and none of the predicted ef-fects have materialized. It was

predicted that weeds will in-vade the entire ecosystems of countries like Brazil, the Unit-ed States, South Africa, and China, which produce GMOs massively. Even the toxic sub-stances predicted have not materialized.”

“Foods produced using genetic modification are as safe as foods produced using conventional breeding tech-niques,” declares the US Food and Drug Administration. “Ge-netically modified foods are as safe as other foods available on the market.”

A 2008 review published by the Royal Society of Med-icine noted that transgenic foods have been eaten by mil-lions of people worldwide for over 15 years, with no reports of ill effects. Likewise, a 2004 report from the US National Academies of Sciences stated: “To date, no adverse health effects attributed to genetic engineering have been docu-mented in the human popu-lation.”

The 2010 report of the European Commission Direc-torate-General for Research and Innovation on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) noted: “The main conclusion to be drawn from the efforts of more than 130 research proj-ects, covering a period of more than 25 years of research, and involving more than 500 inde-pendent research groups, is that biotechnology, and in par-ticular GMOs, are not per se more risky than conventional plant breeding technologies.” (Photos from the net)

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EDITORIALIt’s just not enough

CARL Lewis, once the fastest man in the world back in the 80s, said this immortal line: “I have trained four years for the next ten seconds.”

The American sprinter won the gold medal in the 100-me-ter dash in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics under 10 seconds. He also won three more gold medals for a four-event sweep.

Lewis’ words were enshrined in the minds of every athlete after that. It puts emphasis on the preparations of an athlete foe an event that will happen in a snap. Like the century dash which usually happens inside 10 seconds in that level.

Lewis trained hard for four years for a race that will hap-pen in only ten seconds, making sur that he will run below that clocking.

In similar fashion, our national men’s basketball team—Pilipinas Gilas—trained for 21 days for 96 minutes of basket-ball in two days in our quest to return to the Olympics.

Unfortunately, inside 80 minutes we lost by a total of 18 points to world no. 5 France and New Zealand to formally bade goodbye to our Olympic dream.

It was not easy being in this stage. That 21 days would not be enough because what ultimately matters are the 40 min-utes of basketball each night out. In these two games, the true gauge for success is effort and desire. How much the players collectively wanted to win and what to sacrifice for will de-cide the team’s fate.

In this tournament, we just fell short. The effort and desire meter were raised to a high level, but perhaps they weren’t enough.

In the words of the legendary Robert Jaworski: “If you are afraid to get hurt, play chess.”

In the end, we can look back to this chapter in our sports history and say, maybe, the 21 days were not enough.

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VOL. 9 ISSUE 97 • TUESDAY, JULY 12, 2016 VANTAGE POINTS 9EDGEDAVAO

YES. Who says it is not?Stealing begins with small

things. It is called pilferage. Like taking home seemingly negligi-

ble stuff like paper clips, pencils and ball-pens from the office because somehow you know no one will notice anyway.

Next you bring home sheets of coupon bonds, a couple of folders and a cheap plas-tic stapler made from China (where else?) because your children needed to put to-gether book reports, albums, etc.

Afterwards, opportunities to bring home bigger, costly objects like computer software and hardware that are needed to increase the capability of yours and your children’s laptops come into play.

A person (employee) also steals time by faking his daily time record.

Ultimately, your stealing becomes in-satiable that you now desire cash to be slid into your hand, pocket or drawer by a will-ing bribe-giver.

Unwittingly, because of the regularity by which a person commits pilferage, this develops into a kind of greed that trans-lates into total physical and material cor-ruption.

As you know now, the present Duterte ad-ministration abhors to high heav-ens this cul-ture of cor-ruption that prevails in our bureau-cracy in par-ticular and in our society in general.

Stealing is a poisonous trait that its toxic effects have penetrated every nook and cranny of our government offices, eroding public confidence and trust in the integrity and competence of our national leaders.

Since stealing has become an attitude problem, there is this perspective that radi-cal change is needed to be injected into the national psyche.

Remember that stealing violates the eighth of the Ten Commandments that God handed over in two stone tablets to Moses at Mt. Sinai.

Meaning, that when a person steals, he commits a sin that God forbids all men ought not to be doing.

To many, stealing in small amounts is only a casual and fleeting habit. They think it will soon just as pass like fancy.

Unfortunately, stealing is a trap, a snare that the evil one has set up for narrow minds and small-time schemers.

The devil will always “assist” those who steal to temporarily accomplish their designs until the long arm of the law reach-es them. Divine justice is the more appro-priate term.

Remember the Janet Napoles story of corruption and web of intrigue spawned by the wanton disbursement of PDAF billions?

Wow, if those wasted billions went to the education and health care sectors (much-needed thousands of classrooms, school buildings and public hospitals would have been constructed) instead of to the pockets of several members of Congress and high government officials, what a big difference the money would have made! They never had it so good.

That those involved have now been charged in court and several are now in

custodial cells create the impression that somehow we still have a government that functions.

Sadly, the wheels of Philippine justice, as everyone has observed, grind exceeding-ly slow.

Before a decision is ever made, the re-tirement of the judge hearing the case pre-cedes the eventual sentencing.

Reports say that on July 22 this month, Associate Justice Teresita Diaz Baldoz is saying goodbye after almost 13 years on the bench. She is the chairperson of the Sandi-ganbayan Second Division handling con-troversial cases related to the Presidential Commission on Good Governance (PCGG).

Baldoz also hears the cases against the Marcos family and the forfeiture litigation against the late Supreme Court CJ Renato Corona.

She is also handling the criminal cases against Cebu Congresswoman Gwen Gar-cia and the pork barrel scam cases against lawmakers Rodolfo Plaza, Arrel Olano and Arthur Pingoy.

Well…? (Email your feedback to [email protected].) God bless the Philip-pines!

EXACTLY 50 years ago—that is, Feb-ruary 1966—Davao City played a key role in hosting the first Philip-

pine-American Assembly, an event that for the first time since 1946 highlighted the significance of the country in the American agenda.

The event, jointly sponsored by the American Assembly and the Philip-pine-America Society, brought together, the Asian Survey reported in its January 1967 issue, “nearly 70 leaders in business, finance, government, jour nalism and ed-ucation from both countries gathered for the fullest and freest discussion of mutual problems that the two peoples had ever known. This dialogue was an important in-dicator of the maturing of the relation ship.”

In the American calendar, 1966 was called the ‘Philippine Year’ given that it was the first time the country was given due at-tention by its former colonizer after “being taken for granted” for so long. As a result, the Davao meeting was followed by two re-gional assemblies held in the US with the Philippine national affairs as focus.

The report further stressed the “Assem-blies concluded, against the background of rising Filipino nationalism and an increas-ingly self-conscious effort to establish a dis-tinct national identity, that the main prob-lem areas in Philippine-American rela tions were Southeast Asian strategy, military bases, investment climate, trade relations, economic aid and veterans affairs.”

To highlight the importance of the gathering, the US sent William P. Bundy,

A s s i s t a n t Secretary of State for Far Eastern Af-fairs, to grace the event; he delivered a message ti-tled ‘The Phil-ippine-Amer-i c a n Partnership of the Future.’ In part, he said:

“This is a pioneer Assembly,--the first opening Assembly held outside the United States. Yet its pattern and purposes are the same, to bring together leaders from vari-ous walks of life in our two discussions, and to discuss our common problems frankly. You have already had extremely useful ses-sions, and the results of your deliberations - in this atmosphere of free, informal inter-change of ideas and points of view—must surely be of great benefit to the peoples of both our countries and to our two govern-ments.

“Reading the papers that have been prepared for this Assembly and the summa-ry of General [Carlos P.] Romulo’s remarks… I am sure it will not be said, at least at this gathering,… the intellectual relationship between our two peoples is ‘marked by blandness and patronage’.

“I am conscious too of our presence in the city of Davao, on this island of Mindan-ao, which has played a historic part in the

sweep of peoples and cultures at the conflu-ence of the Asian continent and the Pacific Ocean. Mindanao also and perhaps even more significantly symbolizes the future. For Mindanao represents a frontier,-appeal-ing to the aspiration for land, for space, for the wise exploitation of the rich resources conferred by nature, to the pioneering spir-it, to the promise of fulfillment of the good life. It is, therefore, particularly appropriate that on this island we turn our thoughts to-ward the future and toward our common goals.

“What we-Filipinos and Americans alike-seek in this whole region is very si-ple indeed. It is that the nations of this area should develop as they see fit, free from external interference, working toward the welfare of their citizens under patterns of organization that they themselves develop, and in accordance with their own tradi-tions. If Americans ever had the idea that our own experience furnishes any exclusive blueprint for ordering a free and vigorous society, we have long since outgrown that notion. What we seek, as has been well put. is to protect the option of peoples, to live in ‘a world of diversity’, a world which stands in striking contrast to that drab conformity which we know others are striving to pro-mote and impose.

“The Broad Sweep of Philippine-Amer-ican Relations—Our Philippine-American partnership well illustrates the premium both of our peoples put on diversity, as well as on the fundamental unity of national as-pirations which makes diversity possible.

Our two peoples are linked by countless ties of sentiment and affection; of common business, professional, educational, and civic endeavors; by the shared sacrifices of war. These ties have nurtured our partner-ship against a background of two diverse, dynamic, and proudly independent cul-tures. Among the distinguished American members of this audience are many who are as vitally interested in the problems of partnership as is their own government; problems concerning military bases, prob-lems arising from our mutual trade and in-vestments, as well as problems stemming from our current mutual effort to modern-ize every element of our Philippine-Ameri-can partnership in line with present condi-tions and interests of our two countries.

“The predominant characteristic of our partnership is that we share a basic in-ternational outlook and philosophy which shapes our national aspirations. To be sure, we pursue these from different vantage points, from distant corners of the globe, from differing economies, from distinct historical backgrounds. But we converge in our mutual regard and respect for human dignity, for the individual’s right to live in a free society for the conduct of international relations on the basis of equality and law rather than on coercion and conquest.”

Curiously, no other ‘foreign affairs’ as-sembly of this significance would ever be held in Davao City again. The reasons are not clear, though, why the proponents of the Davao gathering chose the city instead of Manila as the venue of the first assembly.

Stealing is an attitude

First Philippine-American Assembly

Antonio V. Figueroa

FAST BACKWARD

Fred C. Lumba

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DIRTY FISHING. Young boys spend their morning trying to catch fish from filthy stagnant water near the seafront in Sta. Ana wharf in Davao City yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

percent monthly penalty until paid in full,” Cuisia said.

Based on the decision, Peña initially made payments amounting to P317,000 as par-tial compliance to the compa-ny’s liability with SSS. Howev-er, he claimed ‘good faith’ and insisted that he was not aware that his co-accused Garcia did not remit the contributions of their employees.

During the trial, Peña claimed that as company pres-ident, his only task was to sign documents related to conduct of their operations. He as-serted that he should only be made liable to a portion of the amount due and not the whole delinquency.

“Mr. Peña’s claim of good faith by paying a portion of the company’s liability out of his own pocket was not hon-ored by the court. According to the decision, his voluntary payment does not negate his responsibility in managing the affairs of the company as well as his violation of the SS Act,” Cuisia said.

Records showed that PLW religiously paid its employees’ contributions during the early

years of its operations. It was only in 2001 that the company started failing in fulfilling its SSS obligations, based on the investigation and examination of records conducted by SSS Account Officer Felix Ike T. Dungca.

According to Dungca, after a thorough review and recon-ciliation of PLW’s records, he personally served to the com-pany the billing letter from SSS regarding the delinquency. When no indication of settle-ment was made after 15 days, Dungca then sent to PLW the demand letter from the SSS.

“PLW claimed that their non-remittance of SSS contri-butions was due to economic loses and mismanagement. However, such defense is not also accepted by the court since a mere violation of spe-cial laws such as the SS Act is enough to hold a person ac-countable,” said Cuisia.

So far this year, the state-run pension fund was able to secure four convictions against members of the board of direc-tors of companies who were delinquent in fulfilling their obligations with SSS.

With the first case record-ed, Villafuerte urged the public to continue the 4’oclock habit of cleaning the surroundings to ensure that there will be no breeding grounds for mosqui-toes.

The World Health Organi-zation (WHO) said JEV is the main cause of viral encepha-litis in many countries in Asia

with an estimated 68,000 clin-ical cases every year.

The fatality rate among those patients suffering with JEV is 30% while permanent neurologic or psychiatric se-quel can occur in 30-50%.

The CHO is currently monitoring closely the status of the patient. FUNNY PEARL A. GAJUNERA

victims could not have fired at the police because they were asleep and three of the eight had “surrendered” to the po-lice station hours earlier.

Gascon said “the proto-col being established by the National Task Force on EJK (Extrajudicial Killings) head-ed by Commissioner Gwen (Pimentel-Gana) is to instruct all Regional Offices to conduct fact-finding of any incident that suggests possible breach-es in established protocols of law enforcement.” He said the Task Force “hopes to have a credible database of facts as far as is possible... it will instruct regional offices to monitor.”

PNP spokesperson Senior Supt. Jonardo Carlos on July 7 said at least 103 persons had been killed nationwide in en-counters with the police and 5,845 persons arrested since the campaign against drugs was intensified on May 3.

Oplan TokHangPresident Rodrigo Dute-

rte had vowed during the campaign to stop illegal drugs and other forms of criminality within three to six months in office. He took his oath as the country’s 16th President and first Mindanawon to lead the nation at noon on June 30.

Police operations have intensified since Dela Rosa as-sumed the post of PNP chief on July 1 and implemented nationwide Oplan Tokhang (Toktok Hangyo or Knock and Plead), a campaign he launched while serving as po-lice chief here from January 2012 to October 2013.

In Oplan “TokHang,” police officers knock on the doors of known users and pushers, supposedly based on a list coming from the barangay, and warn them to stop their illegal activities.

Instead of waiting for the police to knock on their doors, thousands of persons involved

in the illegal drugs trade as users and pushers, appar-ently egged by their families, have flocked to police stations and offices of their local chief executives to “surrender,” go through a police profiling and sign an undertaking that they will stop doing their illegal ac-tivities.

Three of those who were killed in Matalam had “sur-rendered” to the police hours earlier.

“Presenting themselves to the police station is not a guar-antee that they won’t do the same thing anymore. Others surrender for convenience,” Dela Rosa told MindaNews.

Mutin, an uncle of one of the slain victims, said they would have accepted their fate if after presenting themselves to the police, they continued engaging in the illegal drugs trade but in this case, they were killed hours after they went to the police stations, had their photos and profile taken.

Tima Dali recalled that when the police arrived in their village, they barged into their house and killed her sons Aron, 30, and Malingko, 28, in their room. She said her sons “never fought, they were in-stantly shot even if they sur-rendered (hours earlier)” re-ferring to how her sons went to the police station the night.

Purok Islam leader Lydia Sakilan appealed to Duterte to look into the “injustice.” She said that after the surrender “they were killed like animals few hours after, one by one in their respective houses.”

Ensuring no HR violationsMindaNews asked Dela

Rosa in a press conference in Davao City on June 2 how he would ensure the police would not commit human rights vio-lations in the conduct of their campaign against suspects in the illegal drugs trade. His reply: “We will see to it police

operational procedures are being followed in every legiti-mate operation. Pag nakita nila na talagang decided ang police na upakan sila legally, legally, at maraming natutumba, siguro matatakot na sila” (If they see the police are really decided to pounce on them legally, legally, and many would fall, they will likely be afraid).

He said the police will be decisive because of the leader-ship. “Alam nila na kahit anong mangyari, di sila ilaglaglag kahig anong mangyari. Hindi leadership na iiwan sila” (They know that whatever happens, the leadership will not aban-don them. They will not be left behind).

Sueno said: “we cannot en-sure there will be no violation of human rights but if there are, we will investigate and do appropriate action.”

President Rodrigo Duter-te himself had repeatedly as-sured the police he would be behind them.

In his inaugural address on June 30, he asked Congress and the Commission on Human Rights “and all others who are similarly situated, to allow us a level of governance that is consistent to our mandate. The fight will be relentless and it will be sustained.”

Duterte added that as a lawyer and former prosecutor, “I know the limits of the power and authority of the President. I know what is legal and what is not” and that his “adherence to due process and the rule of law is uncompromising.”

“You mind your work, and I will mind mine,” he said.

“Nuclear explosion of vio-lence”

Jose Manuel “Chel” Diokno, national chair of the Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG) said Duterte’s war on crime “has spawned a nuclear explosion of violence that is spiraling out of control and creating a nation

without judges, without law, and without reason.”

“Do we really want to give the man with the gun the pow-er to judge who are criminals and to kill them? To decide who is bad and who is good, who deserves to live and who deserves to die? We might as well disband our courts, dis-solve the Department of Jus-tice, and abolish Congress. For there really is no need for law when the barrel of the gun dis-penses justice,” Diokno said.

He said Duterte has cre-ated “a bandwagon of hate – a mob mentality that not only condones but encourages the taking of lives ‘because they deserve it.’ Yes, drug pushers destroy lives. Yes, criminals behave like animals. But are those who kill them any bet-ter? And will the killing stop there?”

In a press statement on July 4, the National Union of Peoples Lawyers (NUPL) through its Secretary-General, Edre Olalia said the drug men-ace must stop but “the appar-ent serial summary executions of alleged street drug users or petty drug lords which appear sudden, too contrived and pre-dictable must also stop.”

“The madness must stop. Quick fix savagery and abuse of power by law enforcers supposedly to quell criminal-ity and drugs, which, witting-ly or unwittingly, directly or indirectly, are encouraged, condoned or sanctioned, is a Frankenstein that will haunt us all over time. The cure may turn out to be worse than the illness,” the NUPL said.

“Human rights are not only for the criminals or dregs of society as some may think or believe. It is more to protect the far too many others who are innocent or turn out to be innocent. Enough already,” the statement added. CAROLYN O. ARGUILLAS /MINDANEWS

any tasks given to me. And when I was offered to head DA-XI, I took the challenge with conviction to do my job well because like President Rodrigo Duterte, I am from this region,” Oñate said in his message during the simple turnover ceremony held on Monday at DA-XI grounds.

“Each and every employee is important in the organiza-tion. Magtinabangay ta [let’s help each other] so I urge all of you do your job so we can make significant contributions especially in meeting the food sufficiency targets in our re-gion,” he said.

Oñate said he will further strengthen the agency’s coor-

dination with the local govern-ment units (LGUs) considering that they had been the DA’s strong partners in the delivery of agricultural services to the farmers.

Oñate who is now 49 years old is a graduate of BS in Agri-cultural Engineering from the Ateneo de Davao University. He is married and blessed with two daughters.

True to President Rodrigo Duterte and Secretary Piñol’s commitment, Engr. Oñate vowed to break the norm to deliver what is due to the farmers with least effort and minimum cost at the shortest possible time. (Noel T. Provi-do/DA-XI)

dia reported Vice President Leni Robredo asking President Duterte to take care, because the nation needs him.

The vice president made the statement after the Pres-ident himself told her about the threats that he faces .

Other developments Pas-tor Quiboloy discussed during

the meeting:The multi-billion “King-

dome” arena which can hold 70,000 people watching big-time sports events and me-ga-events will be inaugurated in July next year. The King-dome will have a dancing giant stage, among the many state of the art equipment which will

be installed by 200 engineers from a foreign country in Asia.

The Kingdom of Jesus Christ congregation will con-tinue to improve and add more features to the amazing Prayer Mountain and Glory Mountain in Barangay Tamayong.

The College of Law of the Jose Maria College has started

operating with close to 100 students initially.

The Kingdom of Jesus Christ is acquiring a state-of-the-art broadband digital sys-tem from a foreign provider to enhance the quality and reach of the worldwide Kingdom Broadcasting Network (KBN) and the Sonshine Radio.

protection through conditional cash transfers.”

The ADB president also “reiterated ADB’s commitment to supporting the govern-ment’s efforts to bring last-ing peace and development to Mindanao. ADB is actively working with local authori-ties to prepare the Mindanao Development Program, and on various projects to develop

road infrastructure.”Dominguez said, “We are

heartened by the ADB’s pledge to continue supporting the rehabilitation and reconstruc-tion efforts in the regions dev-astated by typhoon Yolanda as well as the development of Mindanao, which is crucial not only to alleviating poverty but to finding lasting peace as well in the southern Philippines.”

departments to review ongo-ing projects and come up with joint projects for implementa-tion.

He wants to improve road networks and build bus termi-

nals in the north and south to decongest downtown areas of vehicle traffic. He said there is also need to look into the de-velopment of an airport to ad-dress future air traffic. (PNA)

If eating out and discovering a city’s food scene is more to your liking, it helps that Star Hotel

is located at one of Davao City’s up-and-coming food

areas with hipster restaurants located around Mabini, V. Mapa and Torres Streets.

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THERE ARE TIMES THAT TRAVEL-ERS IN A DILEMMA WHEN CHOOS-ING THE RIGHT HOTEL TO STAY. Of-tentimes there is a tradeoff when it comes to finding the perfect balance of a hotel’s loca-tion and price. Now there is a new hotel in Durianburg that tries to achieve that, with clean rooms and an exciting location. All for an afford-able price. This place is called Star Hotel.

A star on the rise

Located along Mabini Street just a block off Flo-rentino Torres Street, Star Hotel is a 40-room stan-dard hotel near the city center of Durianburg. Its rooms range from stan-dard single accommoda-tion for a no-fuss busi-nessman to bigger triple share and suite rooms that are perfect for family or

barkada stays. Each room has a 32-inch LED Cable TV, free WiFi, hot and cold show-er, a mini bar, and coffee and tea making facilities. Breakfast for two is also served at the hotel’s café and restaurant called the 7th Corner. “Aside from offer-ing Filipino favorites for breakfast, we also have a breakfast set that is fam-ily friendly,” says Star Hotel General Manager Jacquiline Ty. “Aside from


SMART, THE COUN-TRY’S UNRIVALED MOBILE SERVICES LEADER, is set to change the way Filipinos enjoy their smartphones with the launch of the Smar-tLife app, where people can discover exciting perks and free digital content right at their fin-gertips.Initially available to Android smartphone users via the Google Play Store, the Smar-tLife is a discovery portal for perks, mobile videos, music, and games, giving users easy access to digital content. This allows Filipinos to explore and discover how mobile internet can change the way they expe-rience their passions and inter-ests.Exciting and enriching digital experiences“The SmartLife app is a break-through in our efforts to provide our subscribers with the most exciting and enriching digital experiences,” said Ariel Fermin,

EVP and Consumer Business Head at PLDT and Smart.“Our goal for the app is to al-low Filipinos to discover more of what Smart’s digital services have to offer, and for them to explore the best mobile enter-tainment and perks available out there. This will ultimately empower them to live a richer digital life,” he added.No matter what their interests are, SmartLife app users can have the world at their fingertips just by leafing through the app’s four major tabs: Perks, Videos, Music, and Games.Exclusive daily lifestyle treats on the appUnder Perks, subscribers can check out exclusive daily life-style treats from Smart’s part-ner-merchants, ranging from food, shopping, fitness, tech and gadgets, lifestyle, and travel.Perks also includes freebies, giveaways, special discounts and access to Smart events, in-cluding the biggest concerts, parties, product launches, and exhibits - exclusive to the users

of the app.Subscribers can check out ran-dom surprises every day, such as free Chicken Joy and Yum-burger meals from Jollibee; free movie passes from SM; and dis-count coupons for everything from Krispy Kreme doughnuts; vouchers from Uber and Airb-nb; to sports shoes from Zalora and digital watches from Laza-da. To top it all, they can even snag a pass to the most talked about music act in town. Expansive mobile content li-braryOn the other hand, under the Video tab, film and TV buffs can stream movies and shows culled from Smart’s expansive video content library, boosted by its world-leading digital con-tent partners, including iflix, and Fox, among many others. For the music savvy, the app has a Music tab that curates current earworms in featured playl-ists, while gamers are treated to easier E-Pin transactions for today’s hottest PC games like League of Legends; Steam Wal-

let codes for games like DOTA 2; and MOLpoints for credits to other top gaming titles - all in one easy-to-access hub through the Games tab. The first stage of the SmartLife app focuses on curating the hot-test digital content in one plat-form, and more perks and con-tent are being uploaded daily. The next stages for SmartLife will roll out exciting new func-tionalities to provide subscrib-

ers with more delightful experi-ences.Download the SmartLife app now for free on Google Play Store and start discovering the most awesome perks and digi-tal content. To learn more, visit www.smart.com.ph or follow Smart’s official accounts on Facebook (www.smart.com.ph/SmartCommunications), Twitter and Instagram (@LiveSmart).

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Explore more with Sky’s exciting cable shows, eventsFOR LEADING CABLE PROVIDER, SKY, learning opportunities abound even beyond the walls of classrooms. They can be found in worlds that encourage discovery, even inspire them to get into a hobby, or simply expand their imagination – worlds that only SKY, thanks to its breadth of content, can give. That’s because with SKY, viewers can explore more via its exciting shows and unlimited access to content. The curious mind would definitely be excited to learn about evidence of human and extra-terrestrial contact in ancient times in “Ancient Aliens” season 8 on History Channel beginning July 15 every weekday at 11AM. The sports-inclined can also get front row access to UEFA Euro 2016, the world’s most intense football action on ABS-CBN Sports + Action HD every 3AM on July 1-4 (quarter finals), July 7-8 (semi finals), and July 11 (finals). Kids aspiring to

be like Andy Murray can merely switch on Fox Sports for the thrill of Wimbledon 2016 until July 10. Foodies who want to harness their culinary skills can also begin July on a high note as SKY brings the best of lifestyle shows like “Inspired with Anna Olson” on Asian Food

Channel premiering on July 29 at 9PM and “Giada Entertains” premiering on July 12 at 9PM on Food Network.Chef Anna Olson will also share her culinary knowledge to Filipinos this month as she visits Manila on July 16 at the Eastwood Atrium. To meet and greet Anna Olson, SKYcable and

Destiny Cable postpaid subscribers just need to have the Asian Food Channel (AFC) as part of their channel lineup and enter the SKY promo on the website (mysky.com.ph). Cineastes can chill out and appreciate a mix of foreign and local blockbusters and hit

events like the John Lloyd-Jennylyn rom-com starrer “Just The 3 of Us” on SKYcable Box Office Pay-Per-View, the Lav Diaz 8-hour epic “Hele sa Hiwagang Hapis” on SKYcable Critics’ Choice Pay-Per-View, and “Pinoy Pride 37” on SKY Sports Pay-Per-View. Kids meanwhile,

can join in the fun and imaginative adventures of Spongebob Squarepants on Nickelodeon and Elsa and Anna’s icy escapades on “Frozen” on Disney Junior on July 9 at 8AM. Cartoon Network and SKY meanwhile, will launch a school tour titled “Superstars Laugh Out League” featuring the best of Cartoon Network in select areas in Metro Manila. Families who love to bond over reality shows can also check out RTL CBS Entertainment’s “X Factor UK” that will air on July 31 at 9PM. Enjoy a world of endless possibilities starting this July only on Sky. SKY aims to bring a wide array of premium content closer to Filipino families that they can conveniently watch using multiple devices. Sky Cable Corporation is a unit of ABS-CBN, the country’s leading media and entertainment organization. For more information, visit mysky.com.ph.


ZSA ZSA PADILLA PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE KING OF COMEDY on his 4th death anniversary. In the Instagram post of Zsa zsa, she said, “Today, on your 4th death anni-versary, we remember you with fond-ness.” “You are loved by many and remem-bered for having filled our lives with laughter. Thank you for your kindness, humility and generosity. We miss you. I miss you.” Zsa zsa continued. The Divine Diva also asked her fol-lowers to say a little prayer as a way to remember Dolphy. “Please say a little prayer for Dolphy as today marks his 4th death anniver-sary. Thank you, friends.” Apart from Zsa Zsa’s message, she also shared a poem for the King of Comedy.

EARLY IN HIS CAREER, Ken Chan already received many negative comments from viewers and netizens. They said he didn’t have potential to do well in showbiz, that he didn’t have the right to be called a celebrity and that he was involved with a gay benefactor. “[Sabi nila] ‘wala kang mararating. Sino ka ba? Wala kang karapatan na pumasok ng showbiz… [at nung time na] kakabili ko lang dun sa bahay ko, nagulat sila dahil bago pa lang ako sa showbiz [tapos] nagkaroon na raw ako ng bahay… Meron daw nag-aalaga sa ‘kin na bading na nasa politics daw,” he shared. At first, it was tough for him to read through them until he eventually realized that he had the advantage of the truth and there was no need to please everyone. In fact, it was his parents who were more affected, and he was the one who consoled them. “Natawa [na lang ako] pero syempre, may konting sakit pa rin… [At mas] nasaktan ako para sa parents ko nung nalaman nila yun dahil sila yung nalungkot for me. Sabi ko na lang sa [kanila] na ganyan talaga. Pinasok [namin] ‘tong industriya na ‘to, kailangan natin maging ready sa lahat ng mga binabato sa ‘tin… Pero alam ko naman sa sarili ko na hindi totoo so bakit ako kailangan masaktan? Bakit ako kailangan kabahan?” he said. Ken chose to focus on the positive, on the people who made an effort to uplift him and support him in his endeavors in his personal and professional lives. “Meron akong natanggap na comment na sobra raw akong mapagmahal na kapatid at anak… Kasi kaming family, talagang close kami [at] pinapakita ko yun sa

mga tao…para maka-inspire ako, lalo na sa mga ka-edad ko.Gusto ko sabihin sa kanila through my posts na ang sarap magkaroon ng pamilya [and happy ako na] nasabihan ako ng ganung komento na napaka-sarap sa pakiramdam,” he added. These people inspire him to maintain a positive online image. Similarly, he sees no use in bashing and bringing people down. He highlights this message as he participates in GMA’s Blogger’s

Style Camp 2016 that campaigns against cyberbullying. “Never ako nag-post ng negative. Never ako nag-post na naiinis ako, na nagagalit ako, na naiinggit ako, na may gusto akong paringgan. Never. Prinomise ko sa sarili ko na lahat ng i-po-post ko, puro nakaka-inspire at puro positive dahil gusto kong mapakita sa mga tao [na puwede] gamitin ang social media para maka-touch ng puso ng bawat isa,” he concluded.

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THE COUNTRY’S QUEEN OF SOUL, JAYA, shares stories and music in her first-ever guesting on Tonight with Arnold Clavio (TWAC) this Wednesday (July 13). To make most of Jaya’s visit, TWAC is allotting two episodes that feature Arnold Clavio asking the award-winning singer the truth behind the rumor that she will be leaving the Kapuso Network and her singing career. Jaya further shares what she still wishes to accomplish as a singer. Meanwhile, Arnold will not let the opportunity pass to have Jaya sing again her classic hits such as “Laging Naro’n Ka,” “Wala na bang Pag-ibig”, and “Dahil Tanging Ikaw.” The OPM singer also gets a surprise from some of her biggest fans. Jaya also r e m i n i s c e s about her m o t h e r , another music icon, Elizabeth Ramsey. Catch Jaya on Tonight with Arnold Clavio on July 13 and 20, 10:15 p.m. on GMA News TV.


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breakfast, 7th Corner also serves great coffee as well as comfort food for all-day-long with acoustic band featured every Fri-day night.” If eating out and dis-covering the city’s food scene is more to your lik-ing, it helps that Star Hotel is located in one of Davao City’s up-and-coming food areas with hipster

restaurants around Mabi-ni, V. Mapa and F. Torres Streets. The city’s top malls and business districts are just a few minutes drive via a taxi. For meetings and con-ventions, Star Hotel has a function room at the 6th level, which can accom-modate up to 100 persons. An adjacent room perfect for intimate functions up to 16 persons is also avail-able.

No brownout is another plus factor for Star Hotel, as Manager Ty explained: “Although we are an af-fordable hotel, we have a no-brownout policy here as we have backup genera-tors to ensure that electric-ity is available all the time.” For more information or reservations, check out Star Hotel’s website at www.starhoteldavao.com or call them at (082) 222 5389.

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DAVAO PARTNER ESTABLISHMENT


COMPETITIVE EDGE

PLDT subsidiary and wire-less leader Smart Com-munications (Smart) is

rapidly widening the footprint of its Smart Wifi service in key transport hubs, government offices, and business establish-ments across the country.

Smart has earmarked close to P1 billion for the rollout, which forms part of PLDT’s P43-billion capital ex-penditure program for this year alone.

Smart Wifi public hotspots are currently undergoing up-grades in all the four terminals of Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Pasay City; Francisco Bangoy International Airport in Davao; Iloilo International Airport; Bacolod-Silay Inter-national Airport in Negros Oc-cidental; and Dumaguete-Sibu-lan Airport in Negros Oriental. Smart WiFi is also now avail-able for use by waiting passen-gers at the terminals of major bus companies including Alps,

Five Star Bus, Isarog Bus, Jam Liner, Philtranco, and Victory Liner.

Aside from major trans-port hubs, Smart Wifi has also expanded to cover more public areas, such as city halls, schools, and establishments such as malls, restaurants, and coffee shops, among many oth-ers, addressing the growing demand for more public Wifi hotspots in the country.

“Over the past months, we have aggressively broad-ened the Smart Wifi footprint through our key partnerships with government institutions and business establishments, consequently improving in-ternet access and coverage nationwide,” said Eric R. Alber-to, Executive Vice President at PLDT and Smart, and ePLDT President and CEO.

“The Smart Wifi rollout complements our long-stand-ing efforts to give Filipinos a seamless digital experience,

while providing businesses and institutions solutions that suit their needs, and a platform to reach out to a wider audi-ence,” he added.

Internet for All“Smart has built a solid

reputation of connecting Fili-pinos, and Smart Wifi is very much part of our commit-ment to make ‘Internet for All’ happen through faster, more reliable, and more accessible products and services,” said Kat Luna-Abelarde, FVP and Wireless Consumer Opera-tions Head at Smart.

Beyond providing internet access to as many people as possible, Smart Wifi is also de-signed as an essential tool for small and medium enterprises and institutions.

“With more people using Wifi provided by establish-ments they patronize, Wifi connectivity has been prov-en to contribute to business growth,” said Alberto. “Smart

Wifi is designed to do this and more, by equipping SMEs and various organizations with an indispensable tool to engage customers, build loyalty, and gather significant information that will help them understand customer needs.”

With Smart Wifi, users can take advantage of free con-nectivity for an initial number of minutes, after which the service allows them to conve-niently purchase credits from Smart to extend and boost their internet session.

The rapid expansion of Smart Wifi is supported by PLDT’s robust and resilient fixed and wireless networks, backed by the country’s most extensive fiber optic footprint spanning over 100,000 ki-lometers, and its three-year network expansion program to deliver faster, more reliable, and more affordable internet services to more Filipinos na-tionwide.

IT’S festival season again! Gather all your friends and experience fiesta nights of

music and fun with this year’s Invasion Tour. Coming back in full swing on its third year in Davao, the Invasion will be at the city’s most celebrated, Ka-dayawan Festival.

We, Filipinos, are un-doubtedly lovers of gather-ings, parties and music thus, having all kinds of festivals held in small towns to big cit-ies to celebrate its culture and people. The festival phenom-enon is growing all over the country each year, evolving with a modern flavor and em-bracing local culture. Major international players in the music festival scene like Ul-tra Worldwide and ZoukOut recognized its potential in our country mostly holding their events in Metro Manila.

Spectrum Philippines is known for bringing a modern festival experience to the Vi-sayas and Mindanao regions through their flagship event - the Invasion Tour. By cre-atively infusing the region’s local fiesta vibe with a world-class music festival experi-ence, the Invasion Tour has been a hit over the years be-coming a staple in four of the Philippine’s major festivals: Kadayawan Festival in Davao, Masskara Festival in Bacolod, Sinulog Festival in Cebu and Dinagyang Festival in Iloilo.

Upholding their intention to boost the city’s local tour-

ism and industries, Spectrum ensures to promote each stop of the Invasion Tour with carefully planned and conceptualized festival expe-rience attuning to the local culture and heritage of each stop. From the stage design, the food market, to the right mix of live performances, In-vaders (as the festival goers are fondly called) can enjoy a taste of the local flavors and internationally recognized talents at an affordable qual-ity festival experience.

In addition to the massive stage setup and a world-class show production, one area of the music festival has been growing through the years - the food park. This year, the Invasion Davao will showcase a variety of local food, refresh-ments, and of course, one thing Davao is well known for, fruits! It’s good to know that the rise of music festi-vals in the Philippines which has mostly been in Luzon, has expanded to reach our region and we can experi-ence a world-class festival without having to fly out to Manila, and at the same time enjoy the Kadayawan Festival. This Kadayawan Festival is expected to be packed with more inbound tourists due to the popularity of our Pres-ident and the curiosity he has sparked about his safe home town.

Gather all your friends and see you in Davao City!

CELEBRATING the En-vironment Month themed “Go Wild for

Life, Combat Biodiversity Loss” in June, Davao City Water District conducted an environment forum dubbed “Kalikabildo” to around 500 students in the University of Mindanao Bolton gymnasi-um last June 30, 2016.

A portmanteau of the Filipino term “kalikasan” which means environment and Visayan term “kabildo” which means to converse, Kalikabildo is an annual environmental forum that tackles issues about the envi-ronment to college students. This year’s forum invited re-source speakers from DCWD to highlight the importance of water and discuss issues confronting water sources.

DCWD Engineering and Construction Depart-ment Planning Section of-ficer-in-charge Engr. Chris-tine S. Guarde introduced

DCWD’s Davao City Bulk Water Supply Project and discussed the necessity and benefits of Tamugan River as Davao City’s future wa-ter source. DCWD Pollution Control and Safety Office as-sistant pollution control and safety officer John Christian M. Palo then emphasized the necessity of proper septage management to protect wa-ter sources and the environ-ment and the development of DCWD’s septage manage-ment project. Water utilities management officer Engr. Ricardo P. Corcino also reit-erated the importance of Wa-ter, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH).

University of Mindanao executive vice president for academic affairs Dr. Eugen-io S. Guhao, Jr. expressed his gratitude to DCWD for choos-ing their school to become part of DCWD’s advocacy in promoting environmental conservation and encouraged

the students to be involved.DCWD Community Re-

lations and External Affairs Department (CREAD) man-ager and official spokesper-son Atty. Bernardo D. Delima Jr. and Public Information / Relations Division (PI/RD) manager Jovana Cresta T. Duhaylungsod also gave mes-sages to the students to re-member their responsibility to the environment.

Kalikabildo was capped with an open forum allow-ing discussion among the students and the resource speakers. Students who answered to the resource speakers’ questions and who asked questions were given eco bags, ball caps, foldable fans, notebooks and execu-tive planners while all stu-dents in attendance received bookmarks. All information, education and communica-tion materials given were customized to bear various environment and water con-

servation messages.Continuing their advo-

cacy, DCWD will hold Kalik-abildo in the University of the Immaculate Conception Ban-kerohan and Bonifacio cam-puses on July 13 and Davao Merchant Marine Academy on July 15.

In a related undertaking last June 10, DCWD through “Customers Appreciation Day” gave about 600 custom-ers customized pocket plan-ners, notebooks, foldable fans and drawstring knapsacks also bearing environment and water conservation mes-sages and trivias about the water utility and its services at DCWD’s office in Bajada, sub-offices in Matina, Vic-toria Plaza and Felcris Toril and collection centers in Fel-cris Centrale and SM Lanang to open the Environment Month celebration. These ac-tivities were spearheaded by the DCWD’s PIRD of CREAD. (Katrina Belen M. Roble)

THE Social Security Sys-tem (SSS) and Nova-liches Development

Cooperative (NOVADECI) for-mally signed their joint com-mitment in establishing new channels for SSS payments and expanding the social pro-tection of workers through a memorandum of agreement (MOA) under the SSS Partner Agent Accreditation Program.

Accredited cooperatives and microfinance institutions promote active SSS member-ship within their ranks and generate extra income to fur-ther strengthen their revolving fund and help enhance their operations. As a new collecting partner agent, NOVADECI is now authorized to collect SSS contributions, loan amortiza-tions and other miscellaneous payments from its members and clients who are also SSS members. In return, the coop-erative will receive P6 service fee for every posted payment transaction.

Formerly known as Nova-liches Vendors Credit Coop-erative Incorporated, NOVA-DECI assists its members by providing them with savings and loan privileges; medical, dental and laboratory services;

and other socio-civic activities such as livelihood and feeding programs.

Photo shows SSS Senior Vice President (SVP) for Ac-count Management Group Judy Frances A. See (4th from right) and NOVADECI General Manager Marlene D. Sindayen (center) present the MOA they signed on behalf of their re-spective organizations during ceremonies held at the 5th Floor of the NOVADECI Build-ing at the corner of Buenamar and Sarmiento streets in Nova-liches, Quezon City last June 10.

Other SSS officials with SVP See were (from right) SSS Novaliches Assistant Branch Head Jesus Rezaldy B. Rodil, Vice President for National Capital Region (NCR) North Di-vision Helen L. Abolencia and SVP for NCR Operations Group Jose B. Bautista. Other NOVA-DECI officers present during the ceremony were (from left) Secretary Norma C. Pacaigue, Treasurer Alex R. Alvarez, Di-rectors Ma. Elaine C. dela Cruz and Diosdado E. Tamayo, As-sistant General Manager Jen-nifer T. Lee, Vice-Chairperson Evelyn C. Dimacale and Chair-person Nena C. Espinola.

DCWD holds “Kalikabildo” on envi in UM

Invasion Tour is backon its 3rd year in DavaoSmart allot P1B

for wifi rollout

Students participate in DCWD‘s environment month celebration. (L pic) DCWD assistant pollution control and safety officer John Christian M. Palo discusses the importance of septage management to the students of the University of Mindanao.

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also forms part of the 69th Founding Anniversary of the Municipality of Kabacan, where the local officials al-ready pledged full support to the activity.

Bel T. Yenko, the found-ing director BOSS expressed his enthusiasm in the up-coming surgical mission and emphasized that the orga-nization will provide volun-teer doctors to perform the operations and medicines.

Both the CPH and BOSS also aimed to address hare-lip, cleft palate as well as clubfoot among babies be-fore they turn one year of age and eliminate the build-up of cleft cases or condi-tions in the province of Co-tabato.

Local Government Units are also enjoined to help the activity through provision of transportation particularly those patients residing in re-mote barangays.

Knowing the signifi-cance of the surgical mis-sion, Gov Emmylou “Lala” J. Taliño-Mendoza urged all parents to bring their babies

with the said conditions and avail of the project so that their babies’ conditions can be addressed early.

She said the provincial government gives wide at-tention to health and medi-cal concerns especially in far flung villages and depressed areas.

“We continue to look for ways to strengthen our med-ical and health services and help as many residents as we can,” the governor pointed out.

She also vowed to sup-port the advocacy of “Ser-bisyong Totoo” which aims to bring the provincial govern-ment closer to the people by implementing much-needed programs and projects.

“We have to strengthen and sustain the spirit of co-operation, coordination as well as build more trust and confidence among different sectors to ensure that devel-opment is realized in all the villages,” Gov Taliño-Men-doza added. (JIMMY STA. CRUZ-Cot PGO Media Cen-ter)

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Dismissal... FROM 3sang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) spokesperson Tony Salubre; KMP-SMR chairper-son Pedro Arnado; Jimboy Ma-ciano; Jaja Encosio; Sr. Restita Miles; internationally-award-ed human rights defender Sr. Stella Matutina; and Lumad leader Isidro Indao, spokes-person of the Kahugpungan sa

Mag-uuma sa Kitaotao.Ilagan and Valle also called

on the Department of Justice “to rescind the arrest warrants and make those responsible of these evil designs answer for the anxiety and psychologi-cal trauma being experienced by the families of the human rights defenders.”

JASKIN PAWNSHOPNotice of Auction Sale

All Jewelry and other items pawned at Jaskin Pawnshop San Perdo Street, Davao City during the months of January to February 2016 if not redeemed or renewed will be sold to the public on July 27, 2016 at our pawnshop premises.

July 11,12,13, 2016

WITH the onset of rainy season, the Philip-pine Rice Research

Institute (PhilRice) has given farmers some tips to prevent spread of diseases in rice.

Dr. Jennifer T. Niones from the Crop Protection Division (CPD) of PhilRice, said that rice diseases are more preva-lent during the rainy season as weather conditions are more conducive to disease develop-ment and severity.

Niones said that bacterial leaf blight (BLB), fungal dis-eases like rice blast, sheath blight, and rice tungro are among the major rice diseases farmers should watch out for.

“Choosing the right vari-ety to plant that is high-yield-ing and adaptable to the local environment is crucial. Farm-ers must select varieties resis-tant to the diseases that previ-ously attacked their farm,” she said.

Presently, there are many modern varieties that are re-sistant to pests and diseases such as PSB Rc10 (for rice blast), Rc242 (for BLB), and Rc 216 (for green leafhopper).

Cultural management strategies must also be care-fully observed.

Niones said farmers should ensure that lands are well-prepared before they plant on it as pathogens and other bacterial cells can thrive

on undecomposed rice stub-bles and straw.

The modified “dapog” method is also recommended to fast-track seeding prepa-rations and minimize trans-planting shock.

Farmers should also keep nursery beds and main fields from flooding and reduce plant injury during trans-planting. Plant sanitation and regular weeding should also be practiced. (PNA)

Farmers given some tips to preventrice diseases during rainy season

NEWS


DAVAO’S prime h o m e g r o w n business con-

glomerate, the Anflo Group of Companies, is bullish as it embarks on its recent milestone project in the region, the 63-hectare Anflo Indus-trial Estate (AIE), situat-ed right in one of Davao del Norte’s key cities, Panabo City.

In the forum on Eco-nomic Zone Develop-ment conducted by the Department of Trade and Industry-Region 11 in Tagum City, the An-flo Group’s real estate arm, Damosa Land Inc., was among the major project developers who were invited as guest presenters. The topics discussed focused on Davao del Norte’s de-velopment programs for commerce and indus-try and the strategies for its growth corridor and investment genera-tion. The distinguished guests included some of the notable key players in the Davao del Norte trade sector, including Governor Rodolfo Del Rosario.

The Anflo Group of Companies has been a big investor in the Davao region across dif-ferent industries from agriculture, manufac-turing, port operations, tourism, and real estate. They are determined in strengthening further its role as an engine for growth in Davao del Norte to become the latest economic hub in Mindanao.

Ricardo “Cary” Lag-dameo, VP for Damosa Land Inc. and head of

the AIE project said, “When we try to devel-op a meaningful project in a province, we don’t look at it as only one type of industry. We want to look at it holis-tically and Region 11 is very well-positioned for different types of invest-ments.”

Lagdameo gave an overview and some up-dates of their break-through project by presenting the AIE de-velopment plan and in-vestment opportunities in a nutshell. AIE is en-visioned to be the coun-try’s newest industrial frontier and is billeted as Davao’s international business gateway.

“We want this project to be attractive both for local and international investors. We want to provide the local inves-tors the necessary infra-structures where they can produce their mate-rials and allow them to export efficiently due to the ecozone’s proxim-ity to the international port. International loca-tors can avail of tax in-centives by PEZA if they bring in, manufacture and export their goods in AIE,” Lagdameo ex-pounded.

With the potential in-flux of investors for AIEC along with the strong support from LGUs and the national govern-ment, the Anflo Group is hopeful to put Mindanao in the map. Lagdameo closed his talk by saying, “We want to promote Mindanao and we want to promote the Davao region because this is where our heart is.”

Anflo Industrial Estate:A frontrunner in DavNorEcozone Development

◄ VP for Damosa Land Ricardo F. Lagdameo answers questions from the media during the open forum

▼ Former Davao del Norte Governor Rodolfo del Rosario and DTI-DN Provincial Director Romeo Castañaga award their token of appreciation to VP for Damosa Land, Ricardo F. Lagdameo

“I am less interested in the documents than on what is happening on ground. My commitment is to the well-be-ing of the communities. The farmers, the fishermen, the communities... the quality of their lives cannot be less im-portant than the money com-panies make,” she said in a text message to the media.

The new DENR chief ear-lier said that an International Organization for Standardiza-tion (ISO) 14001 Certification- Environmental Management Systems (EMS) “is just anoth-er way of saying responsible

mining.”“If you’re really respon-

sible, like really responsible, then you have to have the highest standards and the standard we want for our be-loved country is ISO 14001,” she said.

As of July 11, there are 17 mining companies out of 27 who are members of the Chamber of Mines of the Phil-ippines (COMP) that are ISO 14001-compliant.

The companies that are fully compliant are Benguet Corp., Lepanto Consolidat-ed Mining Co., Philex Mining

Corp., OceanaGold Philippines Inc., Benguet Corp. Nickel Mines Inc., Eramen Minerals Inc., LNL Archipelago Miner-als Inc., Rio Tuba Nickel Mines Corp., Filminera Resources Corp., Carmen Copper Corp., CTP Construction and Mining Corp., Greenstone Resourc-es Corp., Hinatunan Mining Corp., MarcVentures Mining and Development Corp., Plati-num Group Metals Corp., Phil-saga Mining Corp., and Tagani-to Mining Corp.

The ones that are yet to secure the certification are Berong Nickel Corp., Apex

Mining Co. Inc., TVI Resources Development Inc., and Pacific Nickel Philippines Inc.

Ms. Nelia Halcon, COMP executive vice president, as-sured that all member com-panies are committed to com-plying fully with ISO 14001 and keeping up with these standards.

Halcon also assured that the Chamber will not balk in its advocacy for responsible mining.

“The Chamber will contin-ue policing its ranks, ensuring that our members will abide by the highest environmental

standards, abide by our ob-ligations to government and continue nurturing for our communities,” she noted.

Lopez, however, said that an ISO 14001 certification would not save mining compa-nies from her more stringent environmental requirement.

“Even if the company is ISO-certified, if they are en-dangering or having adverse effects on the lives of the com-munities their operations is still at stake. I don’t just want technical audits. I want an en-vironmental and social audit. It’s the right thing to do,” she

stressed.The audit will cover some

105 metallic and non-metallic mines nationwide -- includ-ing quarrying and small-scale mining.

In going after small-scale mining activities, Lopez said much needs to be done in fix-ing the mining sector to en-sure the protection of the envi-ronment and the people who stand to be affected by highly extractive industries.

“All mining. Anything ex-tractive. This is going to be a holistic audit. Social, environ-mental,” she said. (PNA)

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Pagara suffers 8th round KOSHOWING amazing resil-

iency after being knocked down in the dying sec-

onds of the opening round by a vicious left hook from previ-ously unbeaten Prince Albert Pagara, Mexico’s Cesar Juarez came charging back and even-tually crushed the world title hopeful with a series of blud-geoning punches that sent the Filipino crashing to the canvas early in round eight where he lay prostrate on all fours for several minutes before being stretchered out and taken by ambulance to the Stanford Medical Center.

Dr. Ed de la Vega who was part of the three-man team which worked the corner of Prince Albert that included trainer Edmund Villamor and his brother Edito, accom-panied Prince Albert to the hospital and informed The Standard Pagara will undergo a CTScan but was alert and conversing with him.

It was obvious that Juarez who displayed the same kind of remarkable come-back when he lost in his bid for the vacant WBO junior featherweight title to Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire in Puerto Rico last December where Donaire banked on two knockdowns in the 4th round to win by a somewhat lopsided decision which didn’t reflect the closeness or the brutality of the championship

rounds, was in his elements against Prince Albert, who he claimed in a pre-fight press confer-ence didn’t have the experience and was not in the same class to face him. Juarez regularly pushed Pagara to the ropes and bom-barded him with thundering body shots that soon be-gan to sap the energy out of the young Fili-pino in a fight that was regarded as the ultimate test of whether he was ready for a possible world title shot.

Juarez provided the answer in emphatic fashion as he began to dominate the fight after being stunned by the initial first round knock-down.

In the seventh round Juarez backed Prince Albert against the ropes and un-leashed a two-fisted assault that had Pagara in trouble. However, Pagara used his footwork to get back into the center of the ring but Juarez pinned him down again and often connected with solid blows to the head. Pagara was on wobbly legs as he headed

Quo vadis, Andray?THE Samahang Basket-

bol ng Pilipinas (SBP) will assess the fate of

Gilas Pilipinas, including the status of naturalized play-er Anday Blatche, once the Olympic Qualifying Tourna-ment in Manila is over.

SBP vice president Al Panlilio said everything will be evaluated within the team in the aftermath of its early ouster in the meet that offers a ticket to the Rio De Janeiro Olympics.

The tournament ended Sunday night.

Focus of interest though will be on the 6-foot-11 Blatche, whose status re-mains up in the air espe-cially with cadet players ex-pected to form and make up the new batch of Gilas team which will play in a series of qualifiers starting next year for the 2019 FIBA World Cup.

The contract of the for-mer NBA player with Gilas is per tournament, the latest of which ended shortly after the team failed to advance past the preliminary of the qualifiers.

“When he left shortly af-ter we lost, he said he’ll try it out in the NBA Summer

league. He’s an NBA caliber player. So we’ll assess every-thing. Andray will always be an option,” said Panlilio.

Blatche led Gilas in scoring (25.5 points) and rebounding (7.5) in the two games he played in the qual-ifiers, including 30 in an 89-80 loss to New Zealand that knocked off the host in the running for a berth in the Rio Olympics.

He earlier scored 21 points in the team’s 93-84 setback against France.

Panlilio though refused to point a finger on the Gilas big man for the team’s early exit.

“I don’t think he’s the very reason why we lost,” said Panlilio. “As I’ve said, this is a journey for us. Part of the reason we lost is we didn’t get enough training at a very high level. I think the Filipino fans, while it’s a treat to all of them seeing these world class basketball players, they also saw how hard it is to compete at this level.”

The SBP official howev-er, said the evaluation to be done is a natural process for the country’s national federation after every major

international competition where the national team saw action.

“We hav-en’t sat down, but will meet soon with other SBP of-ficials,” said Panlilio.

ANDY Murray’s first Wimbledon champion-ship was for his country.

This one was for Andy Murray.

Dulling big serves with quick-reflex returns, conjur-ing up daring passing shots and playing impressively mis-take-free tennis all the while, Murray beat Milos Raonic, 6-4, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (2), on Sun-day for his second trophy at the All England Club and third Grand Slam title overall.

In 2013, Murray famously ended Britain’s 77-year wait for one of its own to win the men’s final at Wimbledon, a quest that became burden-some.

Now he wanted a victo-ry to end his personal rut of three consecutive losses in major finals, including at the

Australian Open in January, and French Open last month.

“It is different. I feel happi-er this time. I feel more content this time. I feel like this was sort of more for myself more than anything, and my team as well,” the second-seeded Mur-ray said. “Last time, it was just pure relief, and I didn’t really enjoy the moment as much, whereas I’m going to make sure I enjoy this one.”

This was his 11th Grand Slam final, but the first against someone other than Novak Djokovic or Roger Federer. The sixth-seeded Raonic elim-inated Federer in five sets in the semifinals Friday, and also defeated the player who stunned Djokovic in the third round, Sam Querrey.

Those wins helped Raonic become the first man repre-

senting Canada to reach a ma-jor final.

He did it, primarily, by averaging 25½ aces through six matches. But on a breezy afternoon, at a Centre Court filled with nearly 15,000 par-tisan fans, Murray shut down that integral part of Raonic’s game.

“This one’s going to sting,” Raonic said.

It’s been a rough few weeks for Britain, what with its vote to leave the European Union, the drop of the pound’s value, and the resignation of Prime Minister David Cam-eron, who was seated in the front row of the Royal Box on Sunday, several seats over from Prince William and his wife, Kate.

During the trophy presen-tation, Murray joked: “Playing

in a Wimbledon final’s tough, but I certainly wouldn’t like to be a prime minister. It’s an im-possible job.”

Murray, a 29-year-old from Scotland, long dealt with the expectations that accom-panied being Britain’s best chance to find a male cham-pion to succeed Fred Perry, who last won the grass-court tournament in 1936. After Sunday’s victory, Murray’s mother, former British Fed Cup captain Judy, referred to that old phenomenon as, “The constant, ‘When are you going to win Wimbledon? When are you going to win Wimbledon? When are you going to win Wimbledon?’”

But her son has dealt with that and thrived, thanks to a counter-punching game and sublime returns of serve.

Murray wins second Wimby title

◄ GOODBYE BLATCHE? Is it going to be a goodbye from here on to Andray Blatche? The naturalized player led the Gilas in the Manila Qualifiers where it bowed out.

to the corner at the bell. Smil-

ing in the corner before the eighth, Pagara rose slowly.

Juarez delivers the blow that took Pagara out in the 8th round.

Boxing Scene noted that Pagara’s corner seemed to be helping him get his balance and he sort of stumbled out of the corner without so much as an eye on Juarez. Pagara

walked right into a flush four punch combina-

tion and was deposited right back in the cor-ner he’d just left. The refer-

ee jumped in to halt the

action im-mediate-ly. The of f ic ia l time of

the stop-page was

:15 seconds of round eight.

J u a r e z called out Donaire and

asked for a r e m a t c h

w h i c h Donaire readily agreed to but s a i d h i s p r o -

mot- e r s would have to work it out.

Donaire who was on the ABS-CBN TV panel at the San Mateo Events Center said he thought “more than anything it was the exhaustion” that led to the first KO loss in Pagara’s while there were those who claimed that Prince Albert was too confident and bordered on being cocky.

FINAL BLOW. Cesar Juarez

of Mexico delivers the

final blow to Albert Pagara

of the Philippines. Philboxing.com photo

Nagayo narrowly misses Top 10 in California jungolf

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VETERAN internation-alist Alessandra “Ella” Nagayo missed a Top 10

finish by a single stroke in the FCG International Junior Golf Championships which ended on Sunday (PH Time).

The 12-year old Nagayo improved on her output in the earlier round but still suc-cumbed to the challenging

course for a 10-over par in the second round of the 36-hole tournament. She finished 21-over par for 12th place in the Girls 11-12 Division won by C. Wu of Taipei who fired a two over.

The 9-10 and 11-12 divi-sions were held at the St. Mark Golf Club in San Marcos, Cali-fornia.

Zeus Sara, another Davao City jungolf standout, finished 17th in the boys 9-10 division after finishing with a 25 over par two-day output while Daniel Nagayo’ Ella’s younger brother, wound up 30th in the tough field with a (+42).

“Relatively okay naman ang kanilang performance. They really did their best and

played well considering the challenging golf course,” said Rachel Zozobrado-Nagayo, former city councilor and mother of the Nagayos, who chaperoned the jungolfers in the event.

The three Dabawenyo are warming up for the 2016 IMG Junior World Championship set next week.

Go sizzles with 65as DC triumphsCHRISTOPHER “Bong” Go

sizzled from behind the arc to lead Team DC to

a 116 - 108 win over the team of Rep. Lord Allan Velasco in a friendly game on Saturday at the Davao City Recreation Center Almendras Gym.

Go, the special assistant to President Rodrigo Duterte, hit 13 triples to finish the game with 65 points and propel his team to victory.

The sweet-shooting cabi-net secretary was impressive all throughout the game with his long-distance shooting prowess that shut the lights out for the lawmakers.

Rep. Sherwin Tugna paced with 23 points for the lawmak-ers who paid courtesy visit to President Rodrigo Duterte in Davao City.

Rep. Franz Alvarez scored

19 points as Rep. Mikee Rome-ro had 16.

The lawmakers battled hard with the Team DC un-leashing its own offensive fire-power.

The visitors managed to keep pace with the host trad-ing rallies in the early going of the match.

But they failed to hang on down the stretch as Team DC mounted a stunning end game attack.

Sen Alan Peter Cayetano and businessman Glenn Es-candor shot timely baskets to provide the needed offensive supoort for Team DC.

Cayetano made 13 points as Escandor put up 12.

Sen. Sonny Angara made 15 baskets while Velasco scored 12 for the visiting law-makers.


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FOR the second straight game, Ateneo de Davao University unleashed

its brand new weapon in the deadly duo of Francis Gabri-el Escandor and Axel Doro-mal to wipe out Davao Jones Academy 91-68 on Sunday.

The win give the Blue Knights their second win in as many outings to share the lead with Holy Child School of Davao in the six-team school-season opening tour-nament The Royal Mandaya Hotel Cup at the Davao City

Recreation Center.The six-foot-two Escan-

dor, heftier and taller in his first year at Senior High, dropped 15 points as he as-serted his presence in the paint and showed deft touch from the distance.

“He has tremendously improved this time and with Axel (Doromal) in the line-up, we have a very potent combination who under-stand their roles with the team,” said Ateneo de Davao coach Miggy Solitaria after the game.

Doromal, a fresh acquisi-tion from rival Assumption College of Davao, paced the Blue Knights for the second straight game with 18 points. He also had a team-high 14 in his debut with Ateneo in the 75-66 win over Ford Acade-my on opening day last Sat-urday.

Escandor and Doromal blended well in only their second outing together. The two were fierce rivals for MVP honors in three tourna-ments last season.

Multi-titled Holy Child served notice of its strength after cruising past Assump-tion College 75-61 to keep abreast with the Blue Knights.

In a battle of opening day losers, Ford Academy came out on top over Jose Maria College with a nail-biting 69-68 win. Ford now totes a 1-1 win-loss record in a tie with Assumption while JMC dropped to 0-2 with Davao Jones at the cellar.

The tournament, which has produced the likes of Meralco Bolts point guard Basser Amer among others, is officially sanctioned by the Samahang Basketball ng Pili-pinas (SBP).

TEAM STANDINGS W LAteneo 2 0Holy Child 2 0Assumption 1 1Ford 1 1Jose Maria 0 2Davao Jones 0 2

Ateneo crushes Davao Jones, notches second win

SMOOTH TOUCH. Southpaw Ateneo center-forward Francis Gabriel Escandor (18) takes a jumper from the wing in the match against Davao Jones Academy. Lean Daval Jr.


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