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IN this October 19, 2017, file photo, Philippine Navy commandos aboard a gunboat patrol Lake Lanao as smoke rises where pro-Islamic group militants are making a final stand amid a massive military offensive of Marawi City. AP/BULLIT MARQUEZ

‘OPERATION PERFECT STORM’

Govt forces gain headway in ending extremism in the South after a dramatic midsea chase in pursuit of seven terrorists ends successfully.

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the attack of the Jolo cathedral in January 2019 and on the twin suicide attacks, also in Jolo, in August this year.

The military had reported earlier that it had killed Hajan in a series of encounters in Sulu in July this year in another major debacle for the IS and its local front, as the Joint Task Force Sulu sustains its counterterrorism operations against the IS, DI and the ASG in the province.

“The death of Hajan Sawadjaan has been confirmed by multiple sources, including statements from his relatives. Hajan died after a series of intense armed clashes. The JTFS’ intelligencedriven focused-military operations left a large vacuum in the leadership of the ASG-Dawlah Islamiyah,” Gonzales, who is also the commander of the Army’s 11th Infantry Division, said.

HREE years ago, a mixture of local and foreign fighters under Isnilon Hapilon, a senior commander of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) in Basilan and the “emir” of the Islamic State (IS) in Southeast Asia, mounted a pre-Ramadan offensive into the heart of Lanao del Sur, the Islamic city of Marawi, in their quest to put up a caliphate in the region.

The siege was ended by the military after five months of fierce battles that left the once-bustling city in ruins.

Smarting from its defeat in the country’s Islamic capital where all of its key leaders were annihilated, including Hapilon, the badly battered international terrorist group attempted to recover lost ground by going on a recruitment binge, targeting so-called orphans of war, and accelerating the radicalization of local extremists—both of which were carried out through its local front, the Daulah Islamiyah (DI).

The military has reckoned with the terrorists’ steps to rebuild their ranks and rise from the ashes of their failed, albeit destructive, foray in Marawi City, by neutralizing the radical group’s hardcore leaders and members in Sulu where the group’s activities have been centered lately. This was shown by the recent killing of Mammul Sawadjaan, the heir-apparent to the IS’s local leadership, and six others, who, like him, are also notorious

leaders of the ASG. Sawadjaan, who goes by the moniker Abu Amara, and his two cousins Dave Sawadjaan and Madzmar Sawadjaan, were killed by elite Army Scout Rangers and Special Forces in a daring midsea joint operations by the Navy and the Air Force under the Joint Task Force Sulu (JTF Sulu) headed by Maj. Gen. William Gonzales, two weeks ago near Sulare Island in Parang, Sulu.

“The death of these seven ASG members, particularly Mannul and Madzmar, will significantly affect the local terrorist groups’ organizational hierarchy and operations,” Gonzales, who was credited in steering the most successful postMarawi counterterrorism operations yet, both against the IS and the ASG, told the BusinessMirror.

“Mannul is well respected within the group and is reportedly

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“Meanwhile, Mannul’s death will surely affect the morale, trust and confidence of subleaders and members of the ISIS-inspired group. Also they will find it difficult to reorganize,” said the general, whose latest feat and that of his men had been recognized by both President Duterte and the military leadership.

The ‘project’

THE death of Mannul and the lineage of the terror-inclined Sawadjaan members were a part of the overall plan of military forces in Sulu to contain and end the reign of terror of the ASG and the DI in Western Mindanao. The goal was put forward by Gonzales and had him preoccupied since his deployment to Sulu.

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GONZALES: “This is the result of a project we’ve been working on since last year. We just waited really for them to start this planned kidnapping, and from there, we executed our joint operations.”

poised to take over Hajan Sawadjaan’s position due to his more daring and aggressive personality.

Mannul and Madzmar are also directly involved in the planning and execution of most ASG atrocities, especially kidnap-for-ransom activities,” Gonzales said.

“So their neutralization will definitely affect the group’s fund sources,” the military official said,

referring to kidnaping, the criminal activity that has turned into a “cottage industry” under the ASG in Mindanao.

Hajan inherited the reins of the IS in Mindanao after the death of Hapilon and led the DI, steering its terror activities in collaboration with the group of Mudzimar “Mundi” Sawadjaan, his nephew and a notorious bomber tagged in

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was executed the minute the terrorists left their lairs somewhere in Sulu and moved into the open sea on their way to Northern Mindanao, especially Surigao, for a planned kidnapping, the proceeds of which they needed to finance their operations.

“This is the result of a project we’ve been working on since last year. We just waited really for them to start this planned kidnapping, and from there, we executed our joint operations,” explained Gonzales, who is now emerging as the most “illustrious” member of Philippine Military Academy Class of 1989, because of the operation’s success.

As the speeding twin-engine Jungkong boat, bearing Mannul, Madzmar and Dave and four other terrorists sliced the waters in the early morning of November about 10 kilometers away from Sulare Island, they were followed from the air by an Air Force Augusta attack helicopter and a multi-purpose attack craft (MPAC), a BA491 from the 3rd Attack Boat Division of the Navy, bearing a composite team of Scout Rangers and Special Forces.

What followed next were scenes resembling that of a movie, with the terrorists engaging in firefight their pursuers in a midsea chase. As Mammul and his com-

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pany were about to fire an M-203 into the agile Navy watercraft that was closing in, the Jungkong boat was rammed and cut into half by the MPAC. The battle ended at 2:15 a.m., the leader of the team, Lt. Col. Herbert Dilag, recounted. Dilag is recipient of the military’s Medal of Valor award.

Among the items recovered were two M-4 rifles with M-203 grenade launcher, one M-4A1 rifle, backpacks with M-203 shells, ammunition and others, two M-14 long magazines, two M-14 short magazines, four bandoliers, two jungle bolos, two sledge hammers, two boat paddles, two empty containers, a power bank, two empty shells of M-203 ammunition and a

Go Pro camera with memory card.

Initially, none of the bodies, which were believed to have sunk, was recovered until four days later, when Dave’s body was fished out

by Special Forces in the waters off Tapul Island 20 kilometers east of the battle scene, according to Lt. Jerrica Angela Manongdo of the public information office of the Joint Task Force Sulu.

Dave, in his late 20s, was the brother of “Alias Urot,” another terrorist under Hajan, Manongdo said.

Gonzales, who orchestrated the daring operation, said the retrieval of the remaining bodies was continuing in the vast waters off Sulu although it has temporarily shifted to coastal lines because of the inclement weather.

“An SF [Special Forces] team is deployed on an island near the encounter site. We are hoping to find the remaining bodies ASAP. With this, we already coordinated with various LGUs and their fishermen and other locals to report any found bodies,” he said.

Although the bodies of Mannul and Madzmar were not yet recovered, their identities and even presence in the twin-engine boat that was sunk “were immediately confirmed through several reliable sources,” according to Gonzales.

“Of the remaining four ASG members, we have leads on their

identities but these are yet to be validated. These people are also believed to be either relatives or close associates of Mundi,” the military commander said.

The death of the Sawadjaans at sea followed the arrest last month of Indonesian suicide bomber Rezky Fantasya Rullie alias Cici, who had also been tagged as one of the three architects of the twin suicide bombings in Jolo, at Barangay San Raymundo in Jolo.

Rullie, wife of Indonesian terrorist Andi Baso—whom Scout Rangers believed they had neutralized during a battle in Patikul, Sulu, in August—was collared along with two women, Inda Nurhaina, wife of ASG subleader Ben Tatoh; and Fatima Sandra Jimlani, wife of Jahid Jam, an ASG member.

Out for Mundi and Sahiron

AS the DI-IS leader Hajan and his leadership heir-apparent, Mannul, have been killed, military forces in Sulu have shifted their focus on Mundi and Radullan Sahiron, the two well-known senior leaders of the ASG and the main architects of terror activities in Western Mindanao. Sahiron is the emir of the ASG.

“He has been on the run up to this moment since the infamous twin suicide bombings in Jolo, Sulu. The JTF Sulu is

intensifying intelligence gathering and operations to finally neutralize Mundi, especially now that he is devastated and restless over the recent death of his brother, relatives, and other associates,” Gonzales said.

The military said Al-al Sawadjaan, another brother of Mundi, had also been reportedly involved in ASG’s suicide bombing plans in Mindanao.

“Notably, we have an unvalidated report that Al-al has recently died,” Gonzales said.

Since both Mundi and Sahiron were reported to have merged their groups and are continuously on the run to evade operating forces, both are the subjects of intense and sustained operations by soldiers, who in the process are hitting both the ASG and the DI. “Joint Task Force Sulu has been successful in its campaign against the Abu Sayyaf Group here in Sulu,” Gonzales said. “Our relentless, focused military operations, with the support of the Tausugs, is gaining headway.”

He added, “One by one, we are neutralizing key personalities of this terrorist group. Since early this year up to present, we have significantly decreased its numbers from more or less 200 to less than 100. Some were killed in armed encounters while a significant number of members surrendered.”

IS-sponsored radicalization

THE Joint Task Force Sulu is also battling to counter the spreading radicalization of Moros in Mindanao, a factor blamed for the cases of suicide bombings in the region, especially since that one of the incidents last year had been perpetrated by radicalized Filipino ASG member Norman Lasuca.

“Our Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (PCVE) efforts continue to gain ground, as demonstrated by the increase in the number of former rebels who opted to surrender and the cooperation of civilians against the terrorist groups,” Gonzales, a trained Army Scout Ranger himself, said.

“We have initiated programs for these rebel returnees to help them transition and return to the folds of the law. Meantime, the Provincial Task Force in Ending Local Armed Conflict (PTF-ELAC) aims to coordinate government efforts to ultimately end terrorism and its underlying causes,” Gonzales vowed.

He added: “In Sulu, the military is also actively involved in the local government efforts to sustain peace. In particular, we have the Balik Barangay Program aimed at the rehabilitation and development of conflictaffected areas. This program shows how the cooperation of the government and our civilian populace can rebuild communities and bring about hope and sustainable peace.”

Pfizer success shows China must unveil data to win vaccine race

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ESTERN politicians have faulted China for initial delays in providing information as the coronavirus spread around the world.

Now as Beijing develops a vaccine, the need for transparency is proving essential to win back trust.

American drugmaker Pfizer Inc. and German biotechnology firm BioNTech SE announced this week that its vaccine appears more than 90 percent effective in stopping Covid-19 infections. The preliminary finding spurred a global stock rally and put the companies at the head of the pack in the race for the vaccine.

At around the same time, China saw the final-stage trial of one of its top vaccine candidates halted in Brazil due to a serious adverse event. While Brazil reversed its decision in less than 48 hours, the episode underscored the fraught geopolitical tensions around vaccine development: Last month President Jair Bolsonaro said China lacks credibility and people wouldn’t feel safe with the shot “due to its origin.”

“As China continues to push its own vaccines through the final stage of clinical trial in the midst of Pfizer’s announcement, the need for Beijing to address public perception about its vaccine safety issues is more pressing now than ever,” said Xiaoqing Lu Boynton, a consultant at Albright Stonebridge Group who focuses on health care and life sciences.

For China, the stakes in developing a successful vaccine are high after a year that saw the outbreak in Wuhan further roil relations with the US, Europe, India and Australia. While Beijing quickly got the virus under control and sought to distribute aid to other countries, complaints followed about faulty materials and strings attached.

The race to develop a vaccine has since become a way for China to show the world its technological superiority as the Trump administration urges countries around the globe to avoid Chinese companies for 5G networks, computer chips and big infrastructure projects.

Distributing it widely would also help China regain some lost soft power: President Xi Jinping has

promised that vaccines developed

by China will be a global “public good,” and he joined a World Health Organization (WHO)-backed effort to inoculate everyone against Covid-19.

‘China public good’

THE “problem for me is global public good or China public good—it’s two different notions,” said Nicolas Chapuis, the European Union’s ambassador to China. While he praised China’s decision to join the WHO-backed vaccine program, he said many questions remain on distribution, price and international certification.

“To be certified samples have to be given,” he said. “Samples have not been given.”

China has promised to prioritize providing doses for more than 60 countries, including governments that have received infrastructure loans under Xi’s Belt and Road Initiative. Indonesia, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Morocco have formal agreements with China’s major vaccine manufacturers, and countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have been promised a $1-billion loan to purchase doses from them.

Still, China’s setback in Brazil combined with Pfizer’s breakthrough “puts China’s vaccine diplomacy in jeopardy,” said Yongwook Ryu, assistant professor of East Asian international relations at Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore.

‘Lack of transparency’

“THE issue is the lack of transparency,” Ryu said. “So the right thing for the Chinese government to do is to make its trial results and related information public, so that experts can scrutinize them.”

China has already administered the vaccine, including the one from Sinovac Biotech Ltd. whose trial was just paused in Brazil, to

A WORKER checks syringes of the potential vaccine CoronaVac on the production line at Sinovac Biotech during a media tour on September 24, 2020, in Beijing, China. KEVIN FRAYER/GETTY IMAGES

“If the world is going to trust a Chinese vaccine, then the information will have to be transparent.”

—NICHOLAS THOMAS, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN PUBLIC HEALTH AT THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG hundreds of thousands of people under an expansive emergency use program. But none of the Chinese frontrunners have published any preliminary data from Phase 3 trials as Pfizer has done.

Chinese Foreign Ministry officials have hailed the progress of the country’s vaccines over the past week and said safety was of paramount importance. Vice Foreign Minister Luo Zhaohui said China was “at a rather front position in the world,” while spokesman Wang Wenbin said Thursday the country’s vaccine program “has been commended by many countries.”

Chinese companies could

still emerge as leaders in vaccine distribution: The inactivated vaccines would be easier to distribute in poorer countries than the double-shot from Pfizer, which requires costly deep-freeze production, storage and transportation networks. The setback in Brazil might actually reinforce the notion that China is serious about the safety of its vaccine, according to Yanzhong Huang, a senior fellow for global health at the Council on Foreign Relations.

“It’s still too early to say that the US has won the race,” he said.

For the moment, however, governments across Asia are getting in touch with Pfizer to secure the vac-

cine and learn from the company.

Pfizer’s results “have given hope” for many research programs that use similar technology, Nakorn Premsri, director of Thailand’s National Vaccine Institute, said in a briefing on Tuesday.

‘Tall order’

EVEN China is jumping on board.

Its drug regulator accepted an application from domestic drugmaker Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Group Co. to conduct a bridge trial that would pave the way for the Pfizer vaccine to be approved in China. Fosun said it could spend tens of million yuan to build coldchain logistics needed to store and supply the shot in China.

With vaccine nationalism set to rise, it’s all the more important for Chinese companies to publish all their data and have it subjected to peer review, said Nicholas Thomas, associate professor in public

health at the City University of Hong Kong.

“If the world is going to trust a Chinese vaccine, then the information will have to be transparent,” he said.

Yet even then, it still may be hard to get China’s adversaries to accept the vaccine. In India, where vaccine distribution to more than a billion people will prove a challenge no matter where it comes from, public anger with China is the highest in recent memory following a deadly border standoff that has dragged on for months.

“Cooperation will be difficult given current levels of trust,” said Biren Nanda, a former Indian ambassador who spent a decade in China. “When not only India but even other nations can’t seem to trust China with their work on our telecom systems and electronics, it would be a tall order to expect trust in a Chinese vaccine.”

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Trump’s Taiwan, HK support presents early test for Biden

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fter Donald J. Trump’s election in late 2016, the then-president-elect took an unprecedented phone call from Taiwan’s leader Tsai Ing-Wen, shattering decades of diplomatic protocol and prompting angry protests from China.

Now, Beijing’s critics are looking for a similar show of support from President-elect Joe Biden, who has promised a tough line against China after a career of advocating engagement. While Tsai has already welcomed Biden’s win on Twitter, Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu told lawmakers on Thursday that Taipei was “considering various ways” to congratulate the new president.

The speculation about a simple phone call illustrates Biden’s challenge in establishing his own China policy after four norm-breaking years under Trump: Restore the status quo and face accusations of weakness, or continue Trump’s provocations and risk undercutting cooperation with Beijing on issues of greater domestic concern like trade and climate change.

Trump later backed off Taiwan while courting Xi Jinping’s help with North Korea, saying he would ask the Chinese president before taking another call from Tsai. Still, the administration eventually won a legion of supporters among democracy advocates in Hong Kong and Taipei with a flurry of measures to pressure Beijing in the tense atmosphere of the trade war and coronavirus outbreak.

“Trump started the trade war with China, imposed tariffs on Chinese-made products and we as Hong Kongers see the enemies of our enemies as our allies,” said one 27-year-old democracy advocate who gave only his first name, David. “A lot of us are losing hope, because we see Biden as being soft on China.”

After decades as part of a US foreign policy establishment that favored changing China through engagement, Biden will take office at a time of growing support in the West for a more confrontational approach. An official with Biden’s transition team didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment on the president-elect’s approach toward Taiwan.

The new president will face even more pressure to stand firm after Hong Kong’s government purged four opposition lawmakers from the former British colony’s legislature for disloyalty on Wednesday, prompting the body’s entire pro-democracy bloc to quit.

Several leading China hawks, including Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, Senator Marco Rubio of Florida—and even Trump—are among potential Republican presidential contenders in 2024, limiting Biden’s space to maneuver. Pompeo said this week that the current administration was “not finished yet” with China, as the US announced “economic partnership” talks with Taiwan and sanctions against four more Chinese officials over their roles in Hong Kong.

Trump signed an order on Thursday prohibiting US investments in Chinese firms owned or controlled by the country’s military, saying Beijing was “increasingly exploiting” American capital to develop and modernize its security apparatus.

China, which views Taiwan as part of its territory even though the two sides have been ruled separately for more than 70 years, fired “carrierkiller” missiles into the South China Sea in August to signal its resolve against the US. Beijing will be eager to establish bottom lines with Biden early to

keep the relationship from getting out of control.

Xi is among a handful of world leaders who have held back from congratulating Biden as Trump refuses to concede. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told a briefing Monday that Beijing hoped the next president would “work in the same direction as us going forward,” sidestepping questions about trade talks and what tangible moves he expected from Biden.

‘More of a softie’

Claudia Mo, who was among the lawmakers who resigned on Thursday in Hong Kong, said that while Biden was viewed as “more of a softie” and an advocate of “containment-lite,” she expected him to take a similar approach to Trump. “In diplomatic circles here, one message has been clear—that is that the American ‘China containment’ stance is bipartisan,” Mo said.

Although Biden’s promises—vowing to “stand with friends and allies to advance our shared prosperity and values in the Asia-Pacific”—have been more sweeping than specific, he has taken a tough line, calling Xi a “thug.” He has pledged to “fully enforce” the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act signed by Trump last year and labeled China’s mass detention and re-education program for the Xinjiang region’s predominately Muslim Uighur minority as “genocide.”

A list of transition advisers announced by Biden this week included several China experts who have also adopted a hawkish tone. Ely Ratner, who served as Biden’s deputy national security adviser and now is part of his Defense Department review team, has warned against “hopeful thinking” about China and promised that Taiwan would be at “the tip of top” of the president-elect’s agenda.

Such advisers, however, have made it clear they want to avoid a “New Cold War.” Antony Blinken, a former deputy secretary of state often discussed as a top candidate for a foreign policy job in the Biden administration, has said Washington needs to restore “balance” to its relationship with Beijing and Taipei. Another transition adviser, Brad Setser, has accused Taiwan of being a bigger currency manipulator than China.

Of course, Beijing’s critics in Taiwan and Hong Kong have few alternatives but to deal with the administration in the White House. Activists in Hong Kong hope Biden will pursue refugee and asylum programs for those seeking to flee the city and scrutinize companies that are complicit in eroding its autonomy, said Samuel Chu, founder of the Hong Kong Democracy Council, a US think tank.

Taiwan wants Biden to follow through on sales of asymmetrical weapons systems that it believes are necessary to deter an attack by an increasingly powerful China and continue to build the “Quad” partnership among Australia, India, Japan and the US. Tsai, the Taiwanese president, is also hoping shared wariness of Chinese dominance can help her secure a trade deal with the US. “Many people in Taiwan are worried about Biden’s victory because Trump did offer Taiwan many friendly arms sales and favorable bills,” said Simon Chang, a political science professor at National Taiwan University. “Whether the next government will continue the same policy is a question.”

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Deep-freeze hurdle makes Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine one for the rich

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hen Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE’s Covid-19 vaccine rolls off production lines, Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Group Co. will be waiting to distribute it through a complex and costly system of deep-freeze airport warehouses, refrigerated vehicles and inoculation points across China.

A f ter t he y reac h v acc i n ation centers, the shots must be thawed from -70 degrees celsius and injected within five days, if not they go bad.

Then the herculean journey from warehouse freezer to rolledup sleeve must be undertaken all over again—to deliver the second booster shot a month later.

The road map sketched out by the company, which has licensed the vaccine for Greater China, offers a glimpse into the enormous and daunting logistical challenges faced by those looking to deliver Pfizer’s experimental vaccine after it showed “extraordinary” early results from final stage trials, raising hopes of a potential end to the nearly year long pandemic.

That euphoria is now being diluted by the realization that no currently used vaccine has ever been made from the messenger R NA tec hnolog y deployed in Pf i zer’s shot, wh ic h inst r ucts t he hu m a n body to produce p r o t e i n s t h at t h e n d e v e l o p protect ive a nt ibod ies.

That means that countries will need to build from scratch t he dee p - f ree z e produc t ion , storage and transportation networks needed for the vaccine to sur vive. The massive investment and coordination required all but ensures that only rich n at i o n s a r e g u a r a nt e e d a c cess—and even then perhaps only their urban populations.

“Its production is costly, its component is unstable, it also requires cold-chain transportation and has a short shelf life,” said Ding Sheng, director of the Beijing-based Global Health Drug Discovery Institute, which has

received funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

The expense of deploying the Pfizer shot will likely heighten existing fears that wealthier nations will get the best vaccines first, despite a World Health Organization-backed effort called Covax that aims to raise $18 billion to purchase vaccines for poorer countries.

It also presents a choice now faced across the developing world: to pay for the expensive construction of subzero cold-chain infrastructure for what seems like a sure bet, or wait for a slower, more conventional vaccine that brews batches of protein or inactivated viral particles in living cells, and can be delivered through existing health-care networks.

“If there is a protein-based vaccine that could achieve the same effect as an mRNA vaccine does and there’s the need to vaccinate billions of people every year, I’d go for the protein-based shots in the long run,” Ding said.

Even for rich countries that have pre-ordered doses, including Japan, the US and the UK, delivering Pfizer’s vaccine will involve considerable hurdles as long as trucks break down, electricity cuts out, essential workers get sick and ice melts.

Safe delivery

To safely deliver shots in mainland China and Hong Kong, Fosun will partner with the stateowned Sinopharm Group Co., a pharmaceutical distributor with well-established networks across the country. One of Sinopharm’s subsidiaries has also been developing Covid-19 vaccines.

Packed into cold storage trucks, those vials will arrive at inoculation sites where they can thaw and be stacked in fridges at 2 to 8 degrees celsius for a maximum five days before going bad.

“The requirement for extremely cold temperatures is likely to cause spoilage of a lot of vaccine,” said Michael Kinch, a vaccine specialist at Washington University in St. Louis.

It’s also likely to cost Fosun tens of millions yuan, according to the company’s Chairman Wu Yifang.

Fosun is considering importing the vaccine in bulk and filling them into vials at a local plant. That will also require further investment in production and storage.

The resulting price tag may be too hefty for many developing nations, including neighboring India, which has struggled to contain the world’s second-largest coronavirus outbreak and currently has no agreement to purchase the Pfizer vaccine.

‘Forget it’

Many working in the country’s public health and the pharmaceutical industr y have already voiced concern that India lacks the necessary capacity and capability to deliver a vaccine across its vast rural hinterland and population of over 1.3 billion people at the breakneck speed now expected.

“Most of these vaccines need minus 70 degrees, which we just can’t do in India, just forget it,” said T. Sundararaman, a New Delhi-based global coordinator of the People’s Health Movement, an organization that brings together local activists, academics and civil society groups working on public health.

“Our current cold chains are not able to cope with some districts’ need for measles vaccines, and that’s only for children below the age of 3,” he said. “That’s a really trivial number of people compared to the numbers that will need a Covid-19 vaccine.”

When asked at a Tuesday briefing if India’s government would look to buy any of the Pfizer vaccine, Rajesh Bhushan, the secretary at the health ministry, said New Delhi is in talks with all vaccine manufacturers. He added that

India was in a position to “augment and strengthen” its existing cold-chain capacity, but declined to release any purchase details immediately.

Pfizer already has orders from some developing countries like Peru, Ecuador and Costa Rica. It’s unclear how widely those nations plan to distribute the shots, but their small orders of less than 10 million doses suggest limited deployment.

After the release of their positive preliminary data, some governments have rushed to finalize orders and start negotiations with Pfizer and BioNTech. The European Union confirmed an order of up to 300 million doses on Tuesday, while the Philippines, Singapore and Brazil said they were in talks.

‘Last mile’

Even without the subzero issue, rolling out a vaccine in a short space of time will be a “major challenge” requiring mass paramedical training to administer two-shot doses, said Pankaj Patel, chairman of Indian drugmaker Cadila Healthcare Ltd., which is developing its own experimental plasmid DNA Covid-19 shot.

This is especially so in areas where people are not easily contactable or have to travel long distances to reach vaccination centers. Past vaccination campaigns show that many simply never show up for the second shot, said public health experts.

The mounting obstacles mean that some developing countries may pass on the Pfizer vaccine, despite early signs of its exceptional efficacy.

“If we were to wait an extra year and have something that’s feasible for us to deliver to as many people as possible in this country, would that be a bad trade-off?” asked Gagandeep Kang, professor of microbiology at the Vellore, India-based Christian Medical College and a member of the WHO’s Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety.

“Based on the cost of the Pfizer vaccine, the logistics of an ultracold storage—I don’t think we are ready and I think this is something that we need to weigh the benefits and the costs very, very carefully,” she said. Bloomberg News

Superspreader risk linked to restaurants, gyms, hotels T

he reopening of restaurants, gyms and hotels carries the highest danger of spreading Covid-19, according to a study that used mobile phone data from 98 million people to model the risks of infection at different locations.

Researchers at Stanford University and Northwestern University used data collected between March and May in cities across the US to map the movement of people.

They looked at where they went, how long they stayed, how many others were there and what neighborhoods they were visiting from.

They then combined that information with data on the number of cases and how the virus spreads to create infection models.

In Chicago, for instance, the study’s model predicted that if restaurants were reopened at full capacity, they would generate almost 600,000 new infections, three times as many as with other categories. The study, published on Tuesday in the journal Nature, also found that about 10 percent of the locations examined accounted for 85 percent of predicted infections.

This type of very granular data

“shows us where there is vulnerability,” said Eric Topol, of the Scripps Research Translational Institute, which wasn’t involved in the study. “Then what you need to do is concentrate on the areas that light up.”

In a concurrent opinion piece published in Nature, Marc Lipsitch and Kevin Ma at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, wrote that there is limited epidemiological data on how interventions curb infection. Such models, they said, can act as a starting point to guide policy decisions about reopening.

The models produced in the study reported on Tuesday also suggested that full-blown lockdowns aren’t necessary to hold the virus at bay. Masks, social distancing and reduced capacity all can play a major role in keeping things under control.

Capping occupancy at 20 percent in locations in the Chicago metro area cut down on predicted new infections in the study by more than 80 percent. And because the occupancy caps primarily only impacted the number of visits that typically occur during peak hours,

People pass a restaurant in central Stockholm, Sweden, on November 12. Sweden’s prime minister said Wednesday his government will present a law proposal that would ban nationwide the sale of alcohol after 10 p.m. in bars, restaurants and night clubs from November 20 in an effort to curb the spread of Covid-19. Amir Nabizadeh/TT News Agency via AP

the restaurants only lost 42 percent of patrons overall.

Reducing maximum occupancy numbers, the study suggested, may be more effective than less targeted measures at curbing the virus, while also offering economic benefit.

Reopening strategies

“We need to be thinking about st rateg ies for reopening t he economy,” said Jure Leskovec, a Stanford University computer

scientist and lead author on the paper. “This allows us to test different reopening scenarios and assess what that would mean for the spread of the virus.”

Without virus mitigation measures, he said, they predicted that a third of the population might be infected with the virus. When they fit their model to publicly available data for the daily number of infections, the researchers found it could predict epidemic trajectories

better than other models.

The model also suggests just how effective lock-down measures can be in public spaces by noting infections and the use of those spaces over time as cities put lockdowns into effect.

In Miami, for example, infections modeled from hotels peaked around the same time the city was grabbing headlines for wild spring-break beach parties that prevailed despite the pandemic. But those predictions shrunk significantly as lockdown measures went into effect.

Income disparities

The work also predicted a disparity in infections among income groups. Lower-income populations are more likely to become infected, they found, because they are more likely to visit smaller, more crowded places and less likely to reduce their mobility overall.

The idea that restaurants may be feeding a new wave of infections as they open up isn’t unique to this study. JPMorgan Chase & Co. on Monday said they found the level of in-person spending in restaurants three weeks ago was the

strongest predictor of where new cases would emerge.

Similarly, higher spending in supermarkets indicated a slower spread, suggesting shoppers in those regions may be living more cautiously, according to researchers at the bank, which tracks spending of 30 million Chase credit and debit cardholders.

Topol said his view is that all of these layers of data could be combined into a national virus dashboard that could go far in helping policy-makers create smarter, more targeted policies for virus mitigation. He has advocated using fitness trackers as another way to flag potential virus hot spots.

Leskovec said that his team is currently at work building a tool that public officials could use to make reopening decisions.

“Further model testing is needed,” Ma and Lipsitch wrote in their opinion piece, “but given the challenges in gathering and interpreting other relevant data types, these findings could have a valuable role in guiding policy decisions on how to reopen society safely and minimize the harm caused by movement restrictions.” Bloomberg News

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How the West was Won

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Garin Farms and Pilgrimage Resort in San Joaquin, Iloilo

By Bernard L. Supetran

uch like the Oscar Awardwinning 1962 classic on the American Wild West frontier, there’s a stirring story on how our own version of the West— Western Visayas that is—won its fight over the Covid-19 pandemic.

With the region’s strict adherence to health protocols, the virus has been kept to a manageable level, and is now slowly reopening its once-vibrant tourism industry.

According to Department of Tourism Regional Director Helen Catalbas, the region has adopted the modified tagline “Safely Experience Western Visayas First” as a new tack in restarting the economy by tapping the local travel market.

“We want to promote tourism while observing safety and health security, at the same time. Our main market now is our 8 million residents, whom we have to convince to travel within the region and rediscover its rich blend of nature, adventure and culture,” she said.

She pointed out that local officials in the region are putting the health and safety of residents and visitors as primary considerations, aside from reviving the economy and tourism.

Most of the region’s provinces

and cities are already under MGCQ status and are ready to receive leisure visitors subject to safety requirements mandated by local government units.

Boracay, the country’s top destination, reopened last October 1 to tourists from all over the Philippines amid strict regulations to ensure that remains free from the virus. A perennial recipient of the prestigious “World’s Best Island” award, it was earlier opened to visitors from Western Visayas to test its readiness in implementing health protocols as it welcomes bigger number of arrivals.

Because of their low incidences of Covid-19, Antique and Guimaras are high on the tourist radar of travelers who are still wary of the virus. After undergoing rigid inspections for health measures among establishments, they have been given the go-signal to receive visitors.

The two provinces, much like the rest of the region, are ideal

Calawag Mountain Resort in Tibiao, Antique

for family trips because of their charming countryside and low density where physical distancing can be observed.

Antique, with its 18 towns spread out across a gorgeous 155km seaside road, is largely a tourism frontier which can spring up surprises even to grizzled travelers with its merry mix of adventure and culture.

It boasts of powdery beaches and idyllic islands such as Nogas, Seco and Mararison, trekking areas, Sibalom Natural Park, the rushing rivers of Tibiao and Bugang, enchanting waterfalls, and newly validated scuba diving spots along East Cuyo Pass.

As an ancient province, it also takes pride in its Spanish-era ancestral homes and baroque churches, most notably the newly restored San Juan Nepomuceno parish in Anini-y which captured the fancy

Iloilo River Esplanade

of the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra for an al fresco classical concert with its façade as a magnificent background.

Meanwhile, the island province of Guimaras is positioning itself as a haven for pedalers and has adopted the moniker “Bike Paradise of the Philippines” to put the spotlight on its bike-friendly road network and breathtaking and challenging inland trails.

Because of its imaging, the province abounds in adventurethemed parks and resorts to cater to extreme biking, team-building, and outdoor physical recreation.

Known for its best-tasting mangoes, it also has enticing beaches and viewpoint capes, and islets off the mainland. Other must-sees are the Balaan Bukid pilgrimage site, the Trappist Monastery which produces crafts and mango food products produced by the monks,

and the San Lorenzo Wind Farm.

Iloilo City, while still under GCQ is showing marked improvements and is showcasing biking as an alternative mode of mobility under the new normal regime. With the award-winning landscaped River Esplanade and purpose-built bicycle lanes, the regional center has been promoting bike tours in the past few years as a healthy and recreational means to explore the city’s myriad of Instagrammable spots, most notably its well-preserved colonial-era mansions and churches.

Iloilo province, on the other hand, beckons with its host of farm tourism sites which offer moments to reconnect with nature after months of quarantine. Its mountain retreats and islands are also worth revisiting after being given a respite from human activity.

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cidental are also cautiously reopening with calibrated moves to lure the region’s home buddies to finally visit their next-door provinces they have taken for granted for so long.

As part of the continuous educational equipping of tourism officers and frontliners, Catalbas said that the DOT regional office conducted a series of webinars on street food cuisine, farm tourism, film educational showcase, basic filmmaking, culinary heritage, and virtual guided tours of the provinces and cities, among others.

She added that grants were also given to independent film producers under the Cinekasimanwa project which will showcase the rich cultural heritage of the region.

With a holistic tourism approach amid the pandemic, we can clearly see how the Western Visayas was won.

Shangri-La at the Fort reopens its doors for leisure stays G

uests can red iscover where the city comes alive with Shangri-La at the Fort’s Welcome Home, Shangri-La Staycation offer, which runs until 30th of December 2020.

With rates starting at P6,950+ for a Deluxe Room, delight in one of the hotel’s well-appointed rooms, complete with breathtaking views of the city, contemporary interior design and an array of amenities to enhance the entire experience, from arrival to departure.

Aside from the luxury of space, guests can also enjoy the following stay inclusions while on the property: a welcome arrival amenity, daily in-room breakfast for two, use of Kerry Sports Manila’s gym facilities, and early check-in at 8 a.m. and late check-out until 6 p.m. Offer terms and condi-

tions apply.

All room rates are quoted in Philippine pesos, subject to service charge and prevailing local gover nment ta xes. Advanced bookings are highly encouraged.

For room reservations and further information, please call (63-2) 8820 0888, e-mail reservations. slfm@shangri-la.com.

W hile enjoying their stays, guests can also look forward to a seamless and contactless experience with Susie, the property’s new digital guide. Whether it’s for ordering sumptuous fare from the restaurants, booking time for use of the swimming pool, getting the laundry done, or scheduling a gym session at Kerry Sports Manila, Susie is a staycationer’s ultimate best friend in this new digital landscape. Guests can “meet” and

access Susie by visiting the link: https://bit.ly/SusieatSLFM. Shangri-La at the Fort, Manila is among the Philippine hotels accredited to operate for leisure staycations by the Department of Tourism. With this, there are guidelines that the hotel and guests must comply with, including: n Presentation of negative result to a Rapid Antigen Test conducted on the same day of check-in; n Individuals residing in NCR and Region 4A Calabarzon are allowed to book for leisure staycation at Shangri-La at the Fort.

Government issued ID with residential address is required; and n Individuals of all ages, except those with pre-existing conditions or are currently pregnant, are permitted to engage in stayca-

tions in DOT-Accredited Accommodation Establishments.

As part of Shangri-La at the Fort’s health and safety commitment, guests can be assured of a comfortable stay in a safe and health environment with the Shangri-La Cares program, a set of stringent protocols carefully implemented and spans across all touch points in the hotel.

The property is also one of the selected hotels worldwide to receive the SafeguardTM Hygiene Excellence label by Bureau Veritas, after achieving 100 percent compliance during a rigorously conducted field audit held by the latter. Recipients of this label ensures a seamless “restart” of business and assures guests and patrons of certified brands that they are safe to run and operate.

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DOST to roll out techs for seamless distance learning in the new normal

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he top government science agency is embarking into innovations and tech solutions that can aid for seamless distance learning for Filipino students as the blended modular and online scheme is being used amid the coronavirus pandemic.

In a recent webinar, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) highlighted the use of television frequencies, digital television and other cutting-edge technologies as the best solutions to the new education scheme that will be implemented in the country.

The government implemented the blended learning and teaching scheme in lieu of the traditional face-to-face method in order to prevent crowding in schools and avert the spread of Covid-19.

Executive Director Dr. Enrico Paringit of DOST’s Philippine Council for Industry, Energy and Emerging Technology Research and Development (PCIEERD) said that as leader and partner in innovation, the council takes the lead in providing solutions and opportunities to address gaps in making distance learning in the new normal a success.

“DOST-PCIEERD is one with the education sector in contributing to the development of innovations for a more efficient distance learning experience for our dear students. I hope that the technologies, initiatives, and programs that are underscored in this webinar will be enough to inspire you to envision a brighter, more technologically advanced education system for all,” he said.

The initiative is done in response to the directive of President Rodrigo Duterte during his State of the Nation Address “to come up with an integrated program and implementation mechanism to ensure that these TV frequencies are fully utilized by government through the facilities of PTV4 for the utmost benefit of the Filipino people.”

Moving from classroom interaction to distance education is a challenge among teachers, students, and parents because of poor Internet connection, no electricity or power interruption, and gadgets are only for more privileged households.

This digital divide was evident in the National Information and Communication Technology Household Survey 2019 conducted by the Department of Information and Communications Technology, in partnership with the Philippine Statistical Research and Training Institute. It was participated by 43,000 household nationwide.

The study highlighted that 5 percent of households do not have electricity in their homes, less than half of the households have communal

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radios, around 82.7 percent of the households have television at home.

The study also found that only 8.2 percent have their own fixed telephone line, 24.0 percent have communal cellphones, but only two out of 10 have communal computers; and only 17.7 percent of households have their own Internet access at home, majority of which use the Internet for social media and communication.

Another challenge that the Philippines face is that 87 percent, 48 percent, and 16 percent of public elementary schools and high schools, and public health centers, respectively, and most of the government agencies and units do not have broadband or Internet connection based on data from the National Telecommunications Commission.

DOST- PCIEERD intends to develop a program that demonstrates and executes a community long term evolution (LTE) network and digital TV for distance learning in remote regions with poor Internet connectivity.

Through the Science and Technology for a Resilient Community Against the Pandemic Block Grant, the council will allot up to P60 million to support research initiatives that is aimed at helping Filipinos to cope and manage to the new normal.

Philippine Space Agency Director General Dr. Joel Joseph S. Marciano Jr. discussed the development and proliferation of digital datacasting through terrestrial and space segments.

Engr. Calvin Hilario, DOST-Advanced Science and Technology Institute Senior Researcher OIC, discussed the development and deployment of community LTE network in the Philippines.

On the other hand, Dr. Ruby Cristobal, chief of DOST-Science Education Institute Science and Technology Manpower Education, Research, and Promotions Division, spoke about the agency’s Teaching and Learning Materials for Distance Learning.

For his part, DOST Science and Technology Information Institute Director Richard Burgos bared the agency’s educational interventions like the Science and Technology Academic and Research-Based Openly Operated KioskS and DOSTv. Paringit said that DOST-PCIEERD will constantly find innovative and practical solutions to close the gap between the learner and their educational goals.

“As leader and preferred partner in enabling innovation, DOST-PCIEERD will remain committed to elevate the lives of many Filipinos and recover from this crisis using various S&T interventions and solutions,” he said. S&T Media Service

Innovation Olympics 2.0 for agri deadline of application on Nov. 17

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oung Filipino innovators have until November 17 to register for the Innovation Olympics 2.0, a competition challenging the next generation of agriculture, business and technology leaders to develop innovative solutions to real-life challenges of urban and rural smallholder vegetable farmers.

The theme of the competition’s second edition is “Precision Agriculture for Small-Scale Vegetable Farming.”

Given that the agriculture sector in the Philippines, particularly its small-holder farms, have been characterized with perennial productivity woes, the Innovation Olympics aims to capitalize on the creative ideas and energies of the youth so they become active contributors of solutions that will increase agricultural productivity and income.

Precision agriculture has been touted as a major technological intervention through the harnessing of data and controls systems for a more efficient agricultural production systems particularly applied to vegetable-farming communities in the country.

The agri hackathon offers opportunities for Filipino undergraduate and graduate students to create, implement and measure the impact of their own technological solutions.

Applications may be submitted at https://tinyurl.com/IO2Application.

Thirty teams will be selected to participate and will be awarded an ideation fund of P10,000.

Comprising at least three members each, the participating teams will attend online training and demonstrations to aid in refining their project proposals prior to the actual implementation in farming communities.

Two finalists from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao will be selected to implement their projects with a seed fund of P100,000 each.

A panel of experts will evaluate the implementation and impact of their innovative solutions in their adopted farming community.

The six finalists will vie for the grand prize of P200,000 to be awarded on National Demo Day in June 2021.

The Innovation Olympics 2.0 is made possible by the partnership of East-West Seed with the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture, Sensient Colors LLC, University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB), UPLB-Technology Transfer and Business Development Office, UPLB Startup Innovation and Business Opportunity Linkaging Labs, and Apex: The UPLB Business Network.

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Fever, symptom screening misses many Covid-19 cases

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emperature and Covid-19 symptom checks like the ones used at schools and doctor’s offices have again proved inadequate for spotting coronavirus infections and preventing outbreaks.

A study of Marine recruits found that despite these measures and strict quarantines before they started training, the recruits spread the virus to others even though hardly any of them had symptoms.

None of the infections were caught through symptom screening.

The study, published on Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, has implications for colleges, prisons, meatpacking plants and other places that rely on this sort of screening to detect infections and prevent outbreaks.

“We spent a lot of time putting measures like that in place and they’re probably not worth the time as we had hoped,” said Jodie Guest, a public health researcher at Atlanta’s Emory University who had no role in the research.

“Routine testing seems to be better in this age group” because younger adults often have no symptoms, she said.

The study was led by researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York and the Naval Medical Research Center.

It involved 1,848 Marine recruits, about 90 percent of them

men, who were told to isolate themselves for two weeks at home, then in a supervised military quarantine at a closed college campus, The Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina, for two more weeks.

That included having a single roommate, wearing masks, keeping at least 6 feet apart and doing most training outdoors. They also had daily fever and symptom checks.

The recruits were tested for coronavirus when they arrived for the military quarantine, and seven and 14 days afterward.

Sixteen, or about 1 percent, tested positive on arrival and only one had any symptoms. Another 35—an additional 2 percent— tested positive during the twoweek military quarantine and only four had symptoms.

Only recruits who tested negative at the end of both quarantine periods were allowed to go on to Parris Island for basic training.

Genetic testing revealed six separate clusters of cases among the recruits.

“A lot of the infection that occurs, we don’t even realize it is occurring,” said one study

Marine recruits line up at Parris Island Recruit Depot, South Carolina, on May 27. AP/Lolita Baldor

le ade r, Nav y C md r. A nd re w Letizia, a doctor at the Naval Medical Research Center.

The quarantine measures and adherence to them were far more strict than what would occur at a typical college campus, said another study leader, Mount Sinai’s Dr. Stuart Sealfon.

“This is a really infectious virus. You really need to use a combination of good public health measures, temperature checks, mask wearing, social distancing, hand washing...and comprehensive testing” to prevent spread, he said.

Previously, federal officials said a screening project to check temperatures and symptoms at US airports caught fewer than 15 cases

out of 675,000 travelers.

It’s not known how many cases were missed, just that very few were detected.

A separate study published on Wednesday in the New England journal reports on an outbreak last spring on the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt.

Among the crew of 4,779, mostly young people, 1,271 became infected; 77 percent did not show symptoms when diagnosed and 55 percent never developed any.

The case shows that “young, healthy persons can contribute to community spread of infection, often silently,” Dr. Nelson Michael of the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research wrote in a commentary. AP

Nanotech-based odor-quelling textile from Japan

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OKYO, Japan—A textile that quells the sources of odors? Yes, you read it right.

Toray Industries Inc. announced recently that it has developed Mushon 4X that removes odor through nanotechnology.

The company applied proprietary nanotechnology in combining several functional processing techniques to deliver odor prevention and elimination, antibacterial and antioxidant performance.

Toray will commercialize the textile this November for diverse applications needed to control unpleasant odors, the company said in a news release.

It can be used in innerwear, dress shirts, denim, chinos and other regular apparel, as well as futon covers, sheets and other bedding, and in work, service, medical, and school wear and other uniforms.

Toray targets initial sales of around 200,000 meters in fiscal 2021, increasing to 500,000 meters in fiscal 2025, the new release said.

The company developed Mushon with the Japan Aerospace Explora-

tion Agency in 2008 to deodorize ammonia from perspiration.

The material has won accolades for its performance in regular innerwear, uniforms, sportswear and other items.

Mushon 4X augments the deodorizing capabilities of Mushon with odor suppression.

A rising number of sweltering summer days has increased the need to control and eliminate perspiration odors.

Toray used its Technorama GII and Technorama GIII weather simulation chambers to reproduce a range of temperature and humidity conditions and reconfirm and assess

odor causes. This work revealed the oxidative decomposition of sebum as an odor cause, it said.

Mushon 4X overcomes ammonia odors. It prevents stains by stopping sebum from accumulating in the fabric.

It suppresses the growth of bacteria causing mildewy odors. It also acts as an antioxidant in inhibiting the oxidative decomposition of sebum, the new release said.

Toray’s nanotechnology-based post-finishing treatment made it possible to deliver these benefits without harming washability.

This general-use textile is suitable for diverse applications and can combine with sweat-wicking and stretch fabrics to enhance wearer comfort.

Mushon 4X is eco-friendly because it is free from fluorine-based compounds in functional processing.

Toray will help materialize comfortable work environments by developing high-performance materials and products for uniforms to help optimize work efficiency, comfort, and safety while minimizing environmental impact, the news release said.

Pre-school show ‘Tish Tash’ set for world market

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nimated pre-school show “Tish Tash” will soon be enjoyed by children around the world after leading entertainment specialist CAKE inked a distribution deal with its producers—Korea’s Studio Gale, Singapore’s August Media Holdings, UK’s Karrot Entertainment and Philippines’ Synergy Entertainment Media.

“Tish Tash has huge potential—a fresh take on what it’s like to have an imaginary friend, something most children have experienced and can relate to,” said CAKE CCO and Managing Director Ed Galton.

“We are very excited to be working with strong partners from around the world, whose collaboration has resulted in a truly global approach,” he added.

Synergy88 COO and Managing Director Jackeline

Chua also expressed her excitement over this landmark deal.

“We are excited to see another show come to life and now distributed globally. It was a great collaboration with Studio Gale and August Media. Tish Tash is just one of the many shows that Synergy88 has coproduced with the best global entertainment companies,” she said.

Chua recounted how Synergy88’s participation in the government sponsored outbound business missions in Cannes from 2016-2018 had opened opportunities for global partnerships.

“The company’s portfolio of properties now spans across television, mobile and web platforms targeting pre-school [children] all the way to millennials,”

Chua said.

She added: “We’re truly glad that DTI [Department of Trade and Industry]-Export Marketing Bureau and FTSC [Foreign Trade Service Corps] have been very active and supportive in promoting the Philippines’ global presence in the creative industry.”

Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez welcomed the development, saying, “We have been pushing for the promotion of the economic potential of our creative industries globally, and we are happy to see developments like this. The creative industry is a high value-adding sector, and the country has a natural competitive edge in this area, considering its rich pool of talents.”

For his part, DTI-FTSC Executive Director Anthony

Rivera noted: “We will continue to collaborate with the creative industry stakeholders and government partners to help promote and develop opportunities in the creative sector, such as in advertising, animation, film, game development and design among others.

We hope to feature more of our creative capabilities and gain more access in international markets for Philippine-made content.”

Besides “Tish Tash,” Synergy88 also paved the way for the country’s first Filipino animated series “Barangay 143,” which aired on free-to-air television channel GMA 7 in 2018.

It made headlines once again last October 1 as it premiered on streaming giant Netflix and made it to the Top 10 most-watched titles for the week.

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Who are patron saints and why do Catholics venerate them?

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n October 10, Carlo Acutis, a computer enthusiast, was beatified and given the title of “Blessed,” in the town of Assisi in Italy. Already, Catholics are calling this 15-year-old video gamer and computer programmer the “patron saint of the Internet.”

Europe has six patron saints. They are: Sts. Cyril (left, top) and Methodius (third from left, top), who were brothers from Thessalonica, Greece; St. Catherine (center, top) of Siena in Italy; St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross or St. Edith Stein (right, bottom); St. Benedict of Nursia (center, bottom; and St. Bridget of Sweden. Wikimedia Commons

Acutis, a devout Roman Catholic, died of leukemia in 2006.

After his death, people in his hometown of Milan claimed that miracles took place when they prayed for his assistance with their specific needs.

So what is a “patron saint?”

Spiritual mentors

As a scholar of medieval Christian liturgy and culture, I have studied how saints have been venerated in Western Christianity and their effect on Western culture.

Since the early centuries of Christianity, men and women who died as martyrs for their faith or who lived what were deemed to be exemplary lives in other ways came to be venerated.

They were believed to be men and women of “heroic virtue,” who after

their deaths held a privileged place with God in heaven.

Because of this, saints were considered to be spiritual guides and mentors, who would add their prayers in heaven to those offered

by Christians still living in the material world.

In this way, they would “intercede” with God on behalf of those who asked for their aid. Devout people would go to their tombs to receive God’s healing grace, and perhaps seek a miraculous cure for their suffering.

D u r i ng t he M idd le A ges, the number of saints increased and the popes took charge of approving candidates for sainthood.

If their cases withstood scrutiny, these locally venerated holy men and women would be declared official saints. Subsequently, their names

would be added to the official list of saints.

Many patron saints

In addition, many saints were venerated for a more specific reason. These saints came to be known as patron saints. Some saints are considered patron saints of nations, cities or other geographical areas. Others were adopted by members of a particular guild or profession.

Take for example St. Florian, a patron saint of both Austria and Poland. A third-century Roman military commander in Central Europe, Florian was martyred for refusing to offer a sacrifice to the Roman state gods.

Today, he is the patron saint of firefighters as well, because of the special military unit he organized specifically to fight fires.

Patron saints are also venerated by those with particular illnesses or concerns. St. Peregrine Laziosi, a 14th-century priest who suffered from cancer himself, is the patron saint of cancer patients.

Some patron saints are invoked in unusual ways. For example, St. Joseph, honored as the spouse of the Virgin Mary and guardian of the child Jesus, was invoked in prayer for centuries by Catholics for assistance in selling a house or property.

The custom may date back the 16th century, when the Spanish nun St. Teresa of Avila and her community prayed to St. Joseph for assistance in purchasing a house.

They may have chosen St. Joseph because he is the patron saint of fathers, families and carpenters.

Sometimes a holy medal of St. Joseph would be buried in the property.

In the United States, it has become popular for homeowners, Catholic or not, to buy a statue of St. Joseph and bury it in the front yard of the house to help it sell more quickly.

Miracles and popular culture

Other saints, too, have had an influence on popular culture in the United States. For example, the figure of Santa Claus is based on St. Nicholas of Myra.

Nicholas is not only the patron

saint of children, but also certain professions.

Nicholas was a real bishop active in the fourth century, but the later legend of his life included some dubious miracle stories, including bringing back to life three young students who had been killed by an innkeeper.

The man had hidden their dismembered bodies in a barrel, so medieval brewers and barrel-makers claimed him as their patron saint.

Another popular saint in the United States is St. Patrick, a fifthcentury Christian missionary to the people of Ireland; he was soon regarded as the patron saint of that country.

For centuries, the Irish observed his feast day on March 17. In the 17th century this was made a universal feast day for all Roman Catholics.

Irish Catholic immigrants brought his feast to the United States, where it is celebrated in many cities through parades, wearing green clothing and drinking green beer.

The city of Chicago for decades has dyed the Chicago river green on that day.

Keeping up with modern times

Assignment of patron saints also keeps up with technological advances.

In 1958, Pope Pius XII named St. Clare of Assisi, who died in the 13th century, the patron saint of television. On her deathbed, St. Clare is said to have miraculously seen events at Christmas Eve Mass being celebrated some two miles away.

It is not only the young, 21stcentury teenager Carlo Acutis, who loved computers and designed Web pages, who is slated to be the patron saint of the Internet: St. Isidore of Seville, a seventh-century bishop and scholar who authored a thencomprehensive encyclopedia, is already venerated as such.

But contemporary Catholics should not be surprised that another more contemporary patron saint is being chosen to guide those on the Internet to use its knowledge and influence wisely. In the end, this is the role of all patron saints.

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‘Red Wednesday’ to be dedicated to Covid-19 victims, frontliners

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esides remembering the world’s persecuted Christians, this year’s “Red Wednesday” will be dedicated in praying for the country as the coronavirus pandemic continues to take its toll.

The Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) Philippines said the November 25 celebration aims to rekindle hope amid “darkness.”

“Undeniably, we live in a difficult time wherein hope seems so far away...faith may weaken...and love hard to be found,” said Archbishop Socrates Villegas, president of ACN Philippines.

Villegas invites dioceses, parishes and other church institutions to join the event, dubbed as “Red means love: One Church against Covid-19.”

An initiative of the ACN, the papal charity for persecuted Christians, Red Wednesday is a global event to remember those who cannot practice their faith freely throughout the world.

First organized in the United Kingdom in 2016, the Philippines started joining the campaign the following year.

The Baclaran Church on November 27, 2019, joined the observance of “Red Wednesday” to raise awareness of the plight of persecuted Christians around the world. ELMARC LIM/CBCP News

Diwali festival amid pandemic

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anterns are displayed for sale at a roadside stall on November 11 ahead of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in Prayagraj, India. People decorate their homes during Diwali, the annual Hindu festival of lights which will be celebrated on November 14. Health officials have warned about the potential for the coronavirus to spread during the

religious festival season, which is marked by huge gatherings in temples and shopping districts.

India’s tally of coronavirus cases (8.64 million as of November 11) is currently the second largest in the world behind the United States (10.575 million). The government warns that the situation can worsen due to people crowding markets for festival shopping. AP/RajeshKumarSingh

As a highlight, church edifices are illuminated in red light, a color that the Church associates with martyrdom.

On Januar y 25, the Philippine bishops’ conference officially institutionalized the annual celebration of Red Wednesday in all dioceses.

Villegas said the current health crisis “forced on us a new face of suffering.”

“Lockdowns have grievously affected povertystricken communities. Infected by the virus now count to millions. And it continues to claim lives with impunity,” he said.

The archbishop said the color red also connotes love that is courage, patient endurance and compassion.

“It is the courage of our frontliners, the patient endurance of our Covid survivors, and above all the compassion of God made manifest through the Church and His people,” he added.

ACN Philippines will also mark Red Wednesday with an online recollection concert at 7:30 pm on its Facebook page. CBCP News

Pope Francis vows to end sexual abuse after McCarrick report

US Cardinal Theodore Edgar McCarrick (right), archbishop of Washington, D.C., shakes hands with then-Pope John Paul II (now a saint) during the General Audience with the newly appointed cardinals in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican in this February 23, 2001, photo. McCarrick was one of the three Americans on a record list of 44 new cardinals who were elevated in a ceremony at the Vatican on February 21, 2001. AP/Massimo Sambucetti

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OME—Pope Francis pledged on Wednesday to rid the Catholic Church of sexual abuse and offered prayers to victims of ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, a day after the Vatican released a detailed report into the decadeslong church cover-up of his sexual misconduct.

Francis concluded his weekly General Audience Wednesday by recalling that the report into the “painful case” of the former high-ranking American cardinal had been released the previous day.

“I renew my closeness to victims of any abuse and commitment of the church to eradicate this evil,” Francis said. He then paused silently for nearly a minute, apparently in prayer.

Francis defrocked the 90-year-old McCarrick last year after a separate Vatican investigation found he sexually abused adults as well as children.

The Vatican report blamed a host of bishops, cardinals and popes for downplaying and dismissing mountains of evidence of McCarrick’s misconduct starting in the 1990s.

In par ticular, it blamed St. John Paul II for having appointed McCarrick archbishop of Washington in 2000, and making him a cardinal, despite having commissioned an inquiry that found he shared his bed with seminarians.

In his remarks Wednesday, however, Francis held John Paul up for praise. Noting that Wednesday marked Poland’s independence day, Francis quoted John Paul as telling young people what it means to be truly free.

“While we thank the Lord for the gift of national and personal freedom, what St. John Paul II taught young people comes to mind,” Francis said.

He then cited the Polish pope as saying that being free means being “a man of upright conscience, to be responsible, to be a man ‘for others.’”

Anonymous letters

The Vatican’s report on McCarrick revealed the previously unknown contents of six anonymous letters accusing him of pedophilia that were sent to US church leaders in the early 1990s and later forwarded to the Holy See. New York’s then-archbishop, Cardinal John O’Connor, forwarded them to the Vatican in 1999, shortly before he died, along with a six-page confidential memo in which he recommended McCarrick not be promoted to any important US diocese because of a “scandal of great proportions” that would erupt if the allegations became public.

The 449-page report also included testimony from a woman identified only as “Mother 1” who told Vatican investigators she, too, tried to raise the alarm with anonymous letters in the 1980s when McCarrick was bishop in Metuchen, New Jersey, after she saw McCarrick “massaging [her sons’] inner thighs” at her home.

The woman said she sent the letters to members of the ecclesiastical hierarchy “expressing her distress about McCarrick’s conduct with minors,” and she believed they “may have been thrown aside” because they were anonymous.

Jeff Anderson, an attorney for several of McCarrick’s accusers, said at a recent news conference that he also represents two people in the woman’s family and criticized the church for turning a blind eye to the warning.

There is “no evidence in this report or anyplace else that that account, that warning, that detailed, courageous effort by that mom in approximately 1984 was even investigated,” Anderson said.

“Nobody looked. Nobody asked.”

The other anonymous letters, which were sent in 1992-1993, were addressed to top US church leaders, the bishops conference and the Vatican’s ambassador to the US, who reported that he had destroyed them upon receipt.

The Vatican has long ignored anonymous reports about abuse, insisting on receiving signed complaints before initiating any investigation.

The US bishops conference had a policy forbidding the use of anonymous allegations as the basis to start abuse investigations, while requiring the information be passed onto the accused prelate.

The Vatican has now changed that policy for the universal church: According to a new manual issued earlier this year, anonymous reports can be used to justify opening a probe.

Letter 1

In late 1992, O’Connor received the anonymous, handwritten letter, postmarked in Newark, New Jersey, and addressed to “NCCB members,” referring to the US National Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Written in capital letters, it said: “A SCANDAL INVOLVING AN ARCHBISHOP LOOMS! NCCB HAS BEEN RELUCTANT TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM, THOUGH HIS MISCONDUCT HAS BEEN COMMON KNOWLEDGE IN CLERICAL AND RELIGIOUS CIRCLES FOR YEARS.” The letter added that “SUBSTANTIAL” charges against McCarrick, including “PEDOPHILIA OR INCEST,” would “SHATTER THE AMERICAN CHURCH.” The report says O’Connor forwarded it to McCarrick, who thanked him and suggested an investigation to determine its author.

McCarrick also told O’Connor he had shared it “with some of our friends in the FBI [Federal Bureau of Investigation].”

“I am afraid he is a sick person and someone who has a lot of hate in his heart,” McCarrick said of the unnown sender.

Letter 2

Received by O’Connor in early 1993, it said McCarrick “POSTURES AS A HUMBLE SERVANT” and “ADVOCATE OF FAMILY LIFE AND FAMILY VALUES,” but was in fact “A CUNNING PEDOPHILE.” The letter added that church officials in Rome and the US had “KNOWN FOR DECADES OF MCCARRICK’S PROCLIVITY FOR YOUNG BOYS.” McCarrick responded to O’Connor that thenCardinal Joseph Bernardin “had already been kind enough” to alert him about a letter from “my ‘secret admirer.’”

According to the report, McCarrick wrote on the same date to Archbishop Agostino Cacciavillan, the Vatican’s ambassador to the US, advising him of the letters “attacking my reputation” and describing them as “obviously very annoying.”

Letter 3

Sent in early 1993 and signed by a “follower of Christ,” it struck an even more urgent tone.

“WITH THE ROCK OF CLERICAL CREDIBILITY SHATTERED, ALL SORTS OF EVILS ARE CRAWLING OUT INTO THE LIGHT. ARCHBISHOP THEODORE MCCARRICK’S SEXUAL MISCONDUCT WILL BE REVEALED,” the letter stated.

O’Connor sent a copy to McCarrick, according to the report, with a handwritten note: “This stuff drives me crazy. I hate to send it to you, but would want you to do the same for me.”

Another church leader who received the letter later told McCarrick he had destroyed his copies.

Letter 4

Also from early 1993, it called McCarrick’s conduct “an abomination” that took place “in cathedral residences in Newark and Metuchen.”

“MCCARRICK USES THE PRIESTHOOD FOR OPPORTUNITY AND ACCESS TO YOUNG BOYS BY INGRATIATING HIMSELF WITH THEIR FAMILIES...

SEXUALLY EXPLOITING THEM WHILE THEIR TRUSTING FAMILIES GENUFLECT BEFORE HIM,” the letter read.

It called for an “honest internal investigation.”

Letter 5

Sent later in 1993 to the Vatican envoy, it included a 1992 article published by McCarrick in the Catholic Advocate , the Newark Archdiocese’s newspaper, about its policies on sexual abuse.

It accused him of pedophilia and said his words were full of “deadly deceit.” According to the report, there is no evidence any other church leaders received this note.

Letter 6

Addressed to the Vatican ambassador, O’Connor and other leaders in mid-1993, it asked why McCarrick would allow another priest who committed sexual abuse into the diocese.

“The answer is simple—Bishop McCarrick himself is a pedophile,” it said.

An attorney at the NCCP forwarded the letter and it later reached McCarrick.

That was the last of the anonymous letters, according to the Vatican report, and there is no record of other, similar messages at that time. It is not known whether they were written by the same person or by multiple people acting either in concert or independently.

“Given the prior exemplar y repor ts of Archbishop McCarrick’s moral fitness from ecclesiastical sources and the absence of named complaints...the anonymous letters appear to have been viewed as libelous attacks made for improper political or personal motives,” the Vatican report concluded. AP

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Capisaan Cave System

A ‘critical habitat’ with vast eco-tourism potential

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By Jonathan L. Mayuga

Dr. Jayson Q. Caranza and members of his team take cave fish specimen during their study last year.

ith its astonishing karst and mineral formations, the Capisaan Cave System in Kasibu, Nueva Vizcaya, is considered one of the best spelunking destinations in the country. It continues to fetch cave explorers from all over, boosting local tourism in the province.

The Capisaan Cave System and the forest over karst formations around it are teeming with wildlife, including native and endemic species of plants and animals, making it an excellent critical habitat candidate, said Dr. Jayson Q. Caranza, an assistant professor at the Nueva Vizcaya State University.

He said varying degrees of disturbance can be observed inside and outside the Capisaan cave.

Caranza spoke during a webinar on October 14 dubbed “#Connected to the Wild Biodiversity Research Series.” It featured different biodiversity researches funded and supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) under its Protect Wildlife Project. It was held in partnership with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR).

Caranza, who has a post-graduate degree in Environmental Science, presented his findings and recommendation in the study , “Recreational Value, Sensitivity and Disturbance Assessment of the Capisaan Cave System, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines.”

Importance of caves

The webinar highlighted the importance of caves, that are considered as unique ecosystems within an ecosystem.

Caves are provided adequate protection by national and local laws in the Philippines. The DENR, which implements Republic Act 9072, or the Cave Act, conducts cave assessment and classifies caves according to their values.

Of the more than 2,500 caves in the country, 616 have been officially classified.

Two segments of the Capisaan caves have been classified as Class I, while one segment was classified as Class II. Class I caves are those with delicate and fragile geological formations.

This means they have threatened species, archeological and paleontological values and extremely hazardous conditions.

Their allowable use include mapping, photography, educational and scientific purposes.

Class II caves have areas which have sections with hazardous conditions and contain sensitive geological, biological,

archeological, cultural, historical and biological values or high quality ecosystem.

Some of its sections may be restricted and open only to experienced cavers or guided educational tours.

Biodiversity

In his study, Caranza recorded a total of 91 plant species in Capasaan’s different cave openings. There were plenty of trees along with shrubs and other vegetation.

“Majority of the plants were native to the Philippines, 10 were endemic to the [country], with two introduced species,” he said.

Citrus orchards, agricultural crops and or rice paddies are also noticeable near cave openings, while tropical piper betel plantations are creeping in the Capisaan karst landscape The cave itself is teeming with wildlife. Spiders, insects and even small crabs can be found inside the cave along with snakes, frogs and lizards, he said.

‘Accidental’ fishes

Fishes like common carp, catfish, mudfish, wild guppy and orange carp are inside the cave.

“The occurrence of these fishes in the Capisaan cave system was considered accidental, brought mainly by the water tributaries running on rice fields before draining into the cave,” Caranza said.

“The orange carp was probably aquarium or pond escapees that were swept by flood,” he added.

Keystone species

More importantly, there are several species of bats dwelling in the cave with four different bat species in its different sections.

In the forest over karst, a total of 61 species of birds were recorded.

Birds of different species, a total of 931, were counted during a survey conducted by Caranza and his team.

Of these, 36 are endemic and eight are threatened as listed either by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) or the DENR. Bats and birds are natural farmers and considered keystone species that

Dr. Jayson Q. Caranza, an assistant professor at the Nueva Vizcaya State University, dips in an underground river inside the Capisaan Cave System that is home to awe-inspiring rock formations. Photos courtesy of Dr. Jayson Q. Caranza can help the ecosystem thrive with their presence.

According to Lim, these days one can also no longer ignore the importance of AHPs in keeping diseases at bay by providing a safe haven for natural reservoirs to contain potentially pathogenic microbes from spilling over.

Cave management

DENR Assistant Secretary Ricardo Calderon said the cave management issues and concerns in the Capisaan Cave System reflect the condition of other caves in the country which are often threatened by ecotourism and various development initiatives.

“Our priorities are caves within protected areas. We are developing management plans for caves within protected areas for the purpose of regulating tourism,” Calderon, the concurrent director of the Biodiversity Management Bureau (BMB), told the BusinessMirrror in a telephone interview on October 31.

He said only upon proper cave assessment can an effective management plan of caves be developed by the DENR-BMB and other stakeholders.

“Historically, caves are close to our hearts. In Bulacan, for instance, our guerrillas have hidden in a cave in Bulacan for their safety. But their importance as an ecosystem is most significant because they are home to bats,” he said.

“Bats are natural pollinators. They help the forest grow,” said Calderon, a forestry expert.

By conserving caves, he said, the spread of zoonotic diseases can also be avoided.

“Close contacts with bats through ecotourism exposes tourists to the risk of acquiring diseases,” he said.

Varying vulnerability

According to Caranza, different parts of caves, specifically long cave systems like the Capisaan, have different physical formations and have varying levels of vulnerability and sensitivity to disturbances.

Situated in Barangay Capisaan, one of the 30 barangays in Kasibu, Nueva Vizcaya, the Capisaan Cave System is the fifth-longest cave system in the country.

It has a total passage length of 4.2 km, and has nine known entrances, including the main entrances Lion, Alayan

Ecotourism potential

Black-naped monarch is among the bird species in the forest around the cave. and Sabrina, and three entrances in Barangay Malukbo.

The Capisaan karst system landscape has an area of 1,515.96 hectares and has an elevation of 700 to 1,200 meters above sea level.

Caves as protected area

Southeast Asia has around seven Asean Heritage Parks with cave ecosystems, proof that caves are important like other ecosystems in the region, and are being supported to ensure their protection and conservation while deriving economic benefits from them through various activities that include ecotourism.

These are Gunung Mulu National Park, Kinabalu National Park, and Taman Negara National Park in Malaysia; Nam Ha National Protected Area in Lao PDR; Hoang Lien Sa Pa National Park in Vietnam; Bantimurung Bulusaraung National Park in Indonesia; and the Mount Kitanglad Range Natural Park in the Philippines.

Theresa Mundita S. Lim, executive director of the Asean Centre for Biodiversity which implements the AHP Programme, told the BusinessMirror that AHPs represent the cream of the crop of protected areas.

“They represent important ecosystems that do not only support the rich biodiversity in the region, but also livelihoods and other economically and culturally important values to the people of Asean,” she said via Messenger on November 1.

Scientists unravel how and why Amazon trees die

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he capacity of the Amazon forest to store carbon in a changing climate will ultimately be determined by how fast trees die—and what kills them.

A huge new study has unravelled what factors control tree mortality rates in Amazon forests, and helps to explain why tree mortality is increasing across the Amazon basin.

The large analysis found that the mean growth rate of the tree species is the main risk factor behind Amazon tree death, with faster-growing trees dying off at a younger age.

The findings have important consequences for our understanding of the future of these forests. Climate change tends to select fast-growing species. If the forests selected by climate change are more likely to die younger, they will also store less carbon.

The study, co-led by the Universities of Birmingham and Leeds in collaboration with more than 100 scientists, is the first large-scale analysis of the causes of tree death in the Amazon and uses long-term records gathered by the international Rainfor network.

The results published in Nature Communications, show that species-level growth rates are a key risk factor for tree mortality.

“Understanding the main drivers of tree death

The Amazon rainforest in the side of Brazilian state of Acre in 2009. Wikimedia Commons allows us to better predict and plan for future trends—but this is a huge undertaking as there are more than 15,000 different tree species in the Amazon,” said lead author Dr. Adriane Esquivel-Muelbert of the Birmingham Institute of Forest Research.

Dr. David Galbraith from the University of Leeds added: “We found a strong tendency for fastergrowing species to die more, meaning they have shorter life spans. While climate change has provided

favourable conditions for these species, because they also die more quickly the carbon sequestration service provided by Amazon trees is declining.”

Tree mortality is a rare event so to truly understand it requires huge amounts of data. The Rainfor network has assembled more than 30 years of contributions from more than 100 scientists.

It includes records from 189 one-hectare plots, each visited and monitored on average every 3 years.

In each visit, researchers measure all trees above 10 cm in diameter as well as the condition of every tree.

A total more than 124,000 living trees were followed, and 18,000 tree deaths recorded and analysed.

When trees die, the researcher follows a fixed protocol to unravel the actual cause of death.

“This involves detailed, forensic work and amounts to a massive ‘CSI Amazon’ effort conducted by skilled investigators from a dozen nations,” noted Prof. Oliver Phillips from the University of Leeds.

Dr. Beatriz Marimon, from Unemat, who coordinates multiple plots in central Brazil added: “Now that we can see more clearly what is going on across the whole forest, there are clear opportunities for action.”

She added: “We find that drought is also driving tree death, but so far only in the south of the Amazon.

What is happening here should serve as an early warning system as we need to prevent the same fate overtaking trees elsewhere.”

The research was funded by the Natural Environment Research Council and included contributions from 10 UK universities as well as scientists from across South America in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru and Venezuela.

“Karst landscapes are very special with cave systems offering huge ecotourism potential. More often they are subjected to deforestation, overexploitation and, sometimes, mismanagement,” Caranza said in the introduction of his study.

The recreational uses of caves, he said, is affected by the quality of the derived services and resources that a cave offers, particularly the richness and vulnerability of its resources and the level of disturbance, it sustained over time.

Knowing the cave’s level of sensitivy and disturbance is vital for the efficient creation and execution of protection and management policies at the local level since each cave is different from one another, he said.

Open to tourists

The Capisaan Cave System was opened to tourists in 1992. Since then, Caranza said it has undergone infrastructural changes due to the exploration, initial development and its promotion for tourism.

“At the moment, it is included in the forest land use plan of the municipality.

It has a recognized cave and tour guide association,” he reported.

Currently managed through a multistakeholder approach between the government and the nongovernment group, the Capisaan Cave System has been declared as a local conservation area of the Kasibu town.

Economic benefits

Ecotourism in the area has since improved the economic condition of the community.

T h i s i s e v ident w it h t he i ncreased number of cave guiding jobs

as alternative livelihood, particularly in Kasibu town, Caranza said.

Based on his analysis, the annual tourism receipt of Kasibu town from the Capisaan Cave System alone can fetch up to P12 million a year.

Threats

However, he said changes in land-use and land cover of Capisaan were also evident in the increase in built-up and agricultural areas over time.

Farming rice, vegetables and other crops are creeping around the cave system.

He said that gawed or betel plantations are growing in the area. This compounds the problem brought by poor management of the tourism activities in the Capisaan Cave

Findings and recommendation

While the cave has an active subterranean river to support life, it is also prone to flooding and threatened by various human activities.

Caranza noted that agricultural development around the cave system, particularly tropical betel farming, must be controlled or it will continue to worsen and cause irreversible damage to the cave and threaten its diverse animal and plant wildlife.

He added that significant disturbance in areas where tourism is allowed is evident, with damage to rock formations and graffiti in some parts inside the cave.

Worse, with garbage found inside the cave, he recommended proper solid waste management.

“Either they were swept by floodwater or brought by tourists,” he said.

He added that there is a need to conduct a study to determine the carrying capacity of the Capisaan Cave System, and limit the disturbance to prevent further damage.

Experts agree that caves, being unique ecosystems, need special care to remain healthy and to be able to serve their natural ecosystem functions more than anything else.

Laguna Water uses salt to produce disinfectant solution

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alt is a very reliable mineral that is commonly used in food flavoring, or preservative as disinfectant or antibacterial agent to prevent food spoilage.

In Laguna Water, the leading water and wastewater services provider in Laguna, it is using salt as the main ingredient in producing a reliable and cost-effective solution for water treatment and disinfection.

Eliminating health and environmental risks, the company now creates its own sodium hypochlorite (chlorine) with MIOX Corp.’s On-Site Sodium Hypochlorite Generator (OSHG).

The on-site generated chlorine is proven to be an effective disinfectant which improves bacterial control, thus, providing better water quality while reducing capital and operation costs.

The new process also ensures the health and safety of employees and as well lessen the company’s carbon footprint.

“OSHG technology requires only electricity, water, and table salt [or brine] to create chlorine. It does not produce any by-products, hence, it is very safe and will not produce any health or environmental concerns,” said Laguna Water Technical Operations Head Melissa Alcasid.

Since the production of chlorine is done on-site and only needs salt as raw material, OSHG technology increases the company’s reliability and efficiency in terms of water treatment.

Further, it addresses the risk of the employees’ exposure to chlorine since transportation and storage of large amounts of the substance would no longer be required.

“Before OSHG, commercially available liquid chlorine was used and being dosed to our water sources manually,” Alcasid said.

“Our operators need to physically go to the deep wells to adjust and monitor the chlorine that is being injected. Now, with OSHG, dosing and monitoring of chlorine is done automatically at the Laguna Well Field, our Centralized Water Distribution System,” Alcasid addded.

Chlorination is a water treatment process, wherein chlorine is injected to water to disinfect and kill germs.

This is an important step taken by water service providers to protect public health by ensuring that the water they provide to their customers are free from any disease-causing organisms.

Currently, Laguna Water produces 17,000 liters of chlorine per day using the OSHG.

T OLYMPICS IN 2021:

IS IT FAIR TO ALL?

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OKYO—Three-time Olympic champion gymnast Kohei Uchimura wants the postponed Tokyo Olympics to happen next year. But he’s also talked openly about the skepticism in Japan where enthusiasm is muted by health risks, billions of dollars in taxpayer bills and questions why the Games are a priority amid a pandemic.

Polls over the last several months show Japanese—and Japanese companies—are divided about holding the Games, or doubtful they should be held at all.

“Unfortunately, 80 percent of the Japanese don’t believe that the Tokyo Olympics can take place as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic,” Uchimura said after a one-day exhibition gymnastics meet last weekend.

“I would like people to change their minds from: We can’t hold the Olympics to—how can we do it?”

Postponed seven-and-a-half months ago, the Olympics have been rescheduled to open on July 23, 2021. Despite the public’s ambivalence, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Japanese organizers have unwavering support from Japan’s ruling party and Tokyo’s municipal government. The messaging is molded around the Games overcoming the odds—a heroic endeavor by Japan to lift global spirits, thanks to the Olympics.

Should Japan fail, Asian rival China would take the stage six months later with Beijing’s Winter Olympics opening February 4, 2022.

But there is a tiny murmur of resistance to the Olympic behemoth, particularly as the virus spikes around the world.

There are fears of letting 15,400 Olympic and Paralympic athletes enter Japan, joined by tens of thousand of officials, coaches, VIPs and media; not to mention the possibility of allowing foreign fans to attend.

“We should be talking about whether the Games are something we should forge ahead with in

AN anti-Olympics protester stands outside the Yoyogi National Stadium in Tokyo on Sunday. AP

Goorjian returns to Boomers for Tokyo Games

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ALIFORNIA-BORN Brian Goorjian will take the Australian men’s basketball team to a third Olympics after he was hired as head coach of the Boomers on Friday.

Basketball Australia said the 67-year-old Goorjian will lead Australia at the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics next year from July 23 to August 8 after appointing him coach of the senior men’s team

through to the 2023 Fiba Basketball World Cup. Brett Brown was originally scheduled to take the Australians to the Tokyo Games but he quit last month after being fired by the Philadelphia

76ers in August.

Goorjian is a six-time championship-winning coach in Australia’s National Basketball League(NBL).

He has led five NBL clubs over the course of a coaching career spanning more than 30 years. He won two titles with the South East Melbourne Magic (1992, 1996), three with the Sydney Kings (2002-03, 2003-04, 2004-05), one with the South Dragons (2008-09), and is now with the Hawks based south of Sydney.

Previously he was Australia coach from 2001-09, including the Olympics at Athens in 2004 and at Beijing in 2008.

Goorjian’s most recent international assignment was with the Xinjiang Flying Tigers in the Chinese Basketball Association.

After the Beijing Olympics he also spent two years with the Japanese national basketball team.

“Brian’s success as a coach both domestically and internationally, plus his experience on the Olympic stage made him a standout candidate,” Basketball Australia Chief Executive Jerril Rechter said in a statement.

“His appointment... elevates the excitement we feel for the Boomers, not just in Tokyo where we have podium expectations but also beyond this Olympic campaign.”

The Australian men’s team has never won a medal in 14 attempts at the Olympics. The closest they came was at the Rio Olympics in 2016 when they lost the bronze medal game to Spain 89-88 on two controversial late free throws.

Goorjian has previously coached Australians Andrew Bogut, Patty Mills, and Joe Ingles at the Olympics.

“Welcome back Goorj!”

Bogut said on Twitter. The former No. 1 National Basketball Association draft pick plans to be back with the Boomers next year, as does Mills.

“Being reunited with some of the guys I previously coached at the Beijing Olympics is an exciting prospect,” Goorjian said. “Australia is very fortunate to have such a talented group of athletes at this time. There is certainly a feeling of unfinished business.” AP

Brian Goorjian is on his third tour of duty for the Boomers. AP

this way,” Genki Sudo, a national legislator, told The Associated Press in an interview.

Sudo, a former mixed martial artist, wrestler and kickboxer, argues the Olympics won’t be fair to the athletes. Some can practice, but many can’t because of the pandemic. He even halfjokingly suggested the Games should be held remotely, like a Zoom meeting.

“If the training environment is so different, is that fair? It’s absolutely not fair,” Sudo said at his Parliamentary Upper House office adorned with pull-up bars.

About 57 percent of the qualification spots for Tokyo have been filled. Matt Smith, the head of World Rowing, said a few days ago that completing the qualification was “really getting urgent.”

Tomoko Tamura, a lawmaker with the opposition Japanese Communist Party, wants to have the Olympics but said a safe vaccine may not come in time. Organizers say they can hold the Games, vaccine or no vaccine.

Some have suggested that healthy athletes should not be a priority for any vaccine. Can athletes refuse a vaccine and still compete?

What if the vaccine makes an athlete ill days before the event?

Japan has kept infections in check with fewer than 2,000 deaths attributed to Covid-19, though it’s undergoing a mild spike. Incoming travel has been mostly halted, but it’s sure to change for Olympic athletes and staff.

IOC President Thomas Bach is to meet next week in Japan with new Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, organizing committee President Yoshiro Mori, and probably any local sponsor that needs convincing the Olympics can still deliver. Local sponsors have chipped in $3.3 billion to fund the Games, at least twice a much as any previous Olympics, driven by the Japanese advertising company Dentsu Inc. Bach was asked on Wednesday in Switzerland if contingency plans for canceling the Olympics would be discussed in Tokyo.

“No,” he replied.

Bach called off a visit to South Korea last month because of the pandemic’s spread in Europe. He may be met by a small “unwelcoming committee” when he gets to Tokyo.

About 30 anti-Olympic protesters showed up Sunday outside the gymnastic event. They distributed leaflets and warned Bach in their handout that they would be around when he arrives “to deliver our message to cancel the Olympics.”

Sonja Ganseforth, a researcher at the German Institute for Japanese Studies in Tokyo, has written about the anti-Olympic movement in Japan. Protesters say the Olympics have diverted billions from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster recovery.

In addition, they oppose the overwhelming use of public money and argue the Olympics landed in Japan because of an IOC votebuying bribery scandal.

“Once the decision to hold the Olympics in Tokyo had been made, many [Japanese] also considered it anti-social or even unpatriotic to protest openly against the Games,” Ganseforth said in an e-mail.

“Anti-Olympic protests in Japan are not an entirely new phenomenon,” she wrote in a paper, entitled “The difference between zero and one.” AP

ALL-FEMALE W SERIES SET IN 8 F1 RACES NEXT SEASON T HE all-female W Series will be showcased at eight Formula One races next season in a push for greater diversity in motor sports, organizers said Thursday.

F1 champion Lewis Hamilton called the partnership “very, very important” when it comes to bringing more women into racing.

“When we talk about diversity people often think that we’re talking about having more people of color. It’s not just that,” Hamilton said at the Turkish F1 GP in Istanbul.

“It is having more women involved. At the moment it is a male-dominated sport and that does need to change.”

The new partnership will see W Series events held as support races during eight of next season’s 23 F1 weekends, although no decision had been made on the exact dates and locations.

“Our global reach, impact and influence will be increased significantly,” W Series ChEef executive Catherine Bond Muir said. “We want W Series to entertain, and entertain it will. But we also want it to become a crucial default-option stepping stone for any female racing driver who wants to carve out a professional racing career.”

British driver Jamie Chadwick won the inaugural W Series race in Hockenheim, Germany, last year. This season was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Ross Brawn, F1’s managing director of motorsport,

said the partnership “shows our determination and commitment to showcase their exciting series and the importance of building greater diversity.”

Hamilton’s Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas hoped the increased exposure would also lead to more TV viewers and media coverage of the W Series.

“Now more people will know about it and will be able to follow it, and it should be followed,” Bottas said. “Like many other women’s sport, it’s many times underrated when it’s actually really interesting to watch. But there’s no coverage.”

No female driver has competed in a Formula One race since Lella Lombardi in 1976. Susie Wolff was the last woman to take part in an F1 weekend when she drove in a practice session for Williams at the British GP in 2015.

Bottas said the W Series could help produce the next female F1 driver.

“I think if you can succeed there and impress, you never know,” he said. “You might have opportunities to go a lot further than that.”

HAMILTON TARGETS RECORD

HAVING already broken the record for Formula One race wins, Lewis Hamilton can equal the mark for championship titles this weekend at the Turkish Grand Prix.

Hamilton only needs to finish ahead of Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas to secure his seventh F1 title, equaling Michael Schumacher’s record.

“It was far beyond my wildest dreams thinking that we’d get to seven,” said Hamilton, who won his first world title with McLaren in 2008 but only added his second in 2014 after leaving to join Mercedes. “Getting one world championship was great and then it was very tough obviously to get the second.”

Hamilton has dominated the sport since that move to Mercedes and this season the British driver broke Schumacher’s record of 92 race wins.

He is looking for his 94th on Sunday, and enters the race with an 85-point lead over Bottas in the championship standings. AP Jamie Chadwick (center) celebrates with Alice Powell (left) and Marta Garcia after she wins the inaugural race of the new all-female W Series at Hockenheim, Germany, in May 2018. AP

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CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

1.

Zhang, Pao Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

42.

Su, Tianci Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

85.

Zhang, Zezhu Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

128.

Wang, Haonan Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

2.

Feng, Jlan Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

43.

Tan, Pingping Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

86.

Ye, Qingqing Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

129.

Li, Jiang Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

3.

Cui, Yichen Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

44.

Deng, Dongmei Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

87.

Huang, Linglong Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

130.

Liu, Peng Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

4.

Gu, Weiye Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

45.

Song, Yongqin Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

88.

Xu, Tao Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

131.

Li, Xiaolei Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

5.

Luo, Hua Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

46.

Ho Thu Van, Vietnamese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

89.

Wen, Xin Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

132.

Tang, Xiaoyue Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

6.

Yuan, Zhujun Chinese

47.

Li, Wenqiang Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

90.

Tian, Shiling Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

133.

Zhang, Ling Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

7.

Wang, Juanjuan Chinese

48.

Meng, Lili Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

91.

Wang, Hong Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

134.

Jia, Shaochun Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

49.

Zhang, Benjun Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

92.

Wang, Hailin Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

135.

8.

Lan, Rongjian Chinese

Hendra Suyanto, Indonesian

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

50.

Fu, Liang Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

93.

Li, Fuliang Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

136.

9.

Zhou, Hankang Chinese

Sun, Xuejun Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

51.

Zhao, Peipei Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

94.

Tang, Keying Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

137.

Li, Yaomin Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

52.

Shangguan, Huaipeng Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

95.

Zheng, Sheng Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

138.

Liao, Lin Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

53.

Li, Kangwu Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

96.

Liang, Qing Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

139.

Xing, Chao Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

10.

Xing, Kun Chinese

11.

Ji, Kaixiang Chinese

12.

Xiong, Jingrui Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

54.

Zhao, Shanshan Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

97.

Jin, Yashu Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

140.

Zhang, Qiang Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

13.

Song, Rongrong Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

55.

Ran, Ping Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

98.

Geng, Zewen Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

141.

Pang, Xue Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

14.

He, Jie Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

56.

Jiang, Yongshen Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

99.

Kuan Hui Jing, Malaysian

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

142.

Kang, Ruipeng Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

15.

Cao, Xifeng Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

57.

Li, Chaofan Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

100.

Zhu, Yanwei Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

143.

Song, Minjie Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

16.

Phan Van Tue, Vietnamese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

58.

Zou, Junpeng Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

101.

Yao, Meiyu Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

144.

Zou, Zhiqiang Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

17.

Cui, Shuo Chinese

59.

Chen, Zhiming Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

102.

Yao, Wen Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

145.

Xu, Runxiang Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

18.

Ji, Xinghua Chinese

60.

Bao, Xinxin Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

103.

Zhang, Hu Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

146.

Chen, Ming Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

Wei, Xueyan Chinese

61.

Liu, Ding Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

104.

Jiang, Xiong Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

147.

Chen, Yaoqiu Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

19.

62.

Xia, Feiwen Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

105.

Dai, Xianhang Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

148.

Xu, Lingna Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

63.

Chen, Zhen Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

106.

Zhang, Longjian Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

149.

Cai, Jinzhu Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

64.

Ying, Hongtao Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

107.

Lin, Huaihuai Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

150.

Wang, Heng Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

65.

Chen, Jinghe Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

108.

Fan, Qin Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

151.

Hu, Deng Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

66.

Li, Song Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

109.

Chen, Yunyan Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

152.

Zhao, Jian Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

67.

Liu, Jiwei Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

110.

Zhou, Jinyuan Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

153.

Zhao, Linzhi Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

68.

Qiu, Faxian Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

111.

Xie, Xiaolong Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

154.

Wang, Huiping Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

69.

Li, Yalun Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

112.

Chen, Changcheng Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

155.

Zhao, Xueshi Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

70.

Xiong, Qin Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

113.

Wang, Long Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

156.

Lei, Ming Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

71.

Yu, Jinbo Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

114.

Ma, Chong Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

157.

Hu, Wencui Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

72.

Ma, Xin Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

115.

Gao, Yongfeng Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

158.

Zhou, Min Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

73.

Wang, Di Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

116.

Peng, Song Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

159.

Wang, Zhen Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

74.

Cai, Rongbin Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

117.

Wang, Xintao Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

160.

Xu, Jiayu Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

75.

Wu, Bing Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

118.

Yang, Tian Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

161.

Tan, Haofeng Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

76.

Huang, Hongwen Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

119.

Huang, Bing Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

162.

Xu, Defa Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

20.

Yi, Hongjun Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

21.

Yuan, Shaoxiong Chinese

22.

Bai, Boshi Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

23.

Chen, Ting Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

24.

Le Dinh Hieu, Vietnamese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

25.

Li, Ganglong Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

26.

Zhang, Xue Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

27.

Liu, Bowen Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

28.

Chen, Xin Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

29.

Huang, Qingxia Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

30.

Liu, Yan Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

31.

Ma, Leilei Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

32.

Ni, Qi Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

33.

Wu, Weice Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

34.

Li, Bo Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

77.

Zhou, Juan Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

120.

Yang, Dan Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

163.

Qin, Linlan Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

35.

Cai, Xuemin Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

78.

Lin, Zhiwei Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

121.

Deng, Chao Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

164.

Liang, Zhiwei Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

36.

Tang, Feng Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

79.

Huang, Jinlin Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

122.

Zhou, Jinpeng Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

165.

Zhou, Chuanxiang Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

37.

Jiang, Yanqing Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

80.

Ren, Xiangguang Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

123.

Fu, Zhixian Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

166.

Zhang, Shumei Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

38.

Fu, Chao Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

81.

Zhao, Yantang Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

124.

Zheng, Hualong Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

167.

Wang, Yu Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

39.

Deng, Xiaoju Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

82.

Ning, Linxin Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

125.

Wei, Shufei Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

168.

Zhang, Yanmei Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

40.

Tong, Fan Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

83.

Wu, Nali Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

126.

Huang, Junlin Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

169.

Lin, Tong Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

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Zhou, Zhiyu Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

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CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

222.

Feng, Sheng Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

Liu, Qujiang Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

223.

Zhu, Pengtao Chinese

173.

Sheng, Xingyu Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

224.

174.

Du, Jun Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

175.

Zhong, Yu Chinese

176.

FOREIGN NATIONAL / NATIONALITY

ESTABLISHMENT / ADDRESS POSITION

NO.

FOREIGN NATIONAL / NATIONALITY

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Zhao, Fuyang Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

323.

He, Bin Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

273.

Tan, Xiaoyin Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

324.

Mao, Yongjiang Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

274.

Zou, Jun Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

325.

Wang, Duoduo Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

Xie, Xinghui Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

275.

Wang, Linsong Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

326.

Guo, Rencai Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

225.

Chen, Zanbin Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

276.

Li, Bangfu Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

327.

Evina Indonesian

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

226.

Fu, Xuehong Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

277.

Luo, Xiaofen Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

328.

Guo, Cui Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

Wang, Dan Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

227.

Pan, Yanyan Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

278.

Zheng, Shuang Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

329.

Zhu, Qiaoqiao Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

177.

Zhang, Yingjie Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

228.

Liu, Xingjian Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

279.

Zhou, Dongxia Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

330.

Fan, Junnong Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

178.

Ren, Gaoxiang Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

229.

Li, Junbo Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

280.

Zhu, Min Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

331.

Wang, Chunbo Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

179.

Huang, Jiasheng Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

230.

Fang, Zhen Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

281.

Zhang, Jinan Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

332.

Shen, Wei Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

180.

He, Zhihuang Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

231.

Shi, Peichao Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

282.

Wang, Yanhua Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

333.

Li, Huan Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

181.

Liang, Miaoxin Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

232.

Tang, Shaohui Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

283.

Wen, Yang Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

334.

Xu, Yi Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

182.

Zhao, Liang Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

233.

Chen, Jifa Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

284.

Duong, The Loi Vietnamese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

335.

Zhang, Liguo Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

183.

Chen, Kang Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

234.

Lu, Yong Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

285.

Yang, Yingqiu Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

336.

Tran Ngoc Truc Vy, Vietnamese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

184.

Fan, Feixiang Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

235.

Meng, WEi Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

286.

Du, Ru Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

337.

Xie, Jianliang Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

185.

Zhang, Sheng Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

236.

Lin, Houqian Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

287.

Xiang, Bing Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

338.

Yang, Xinglong Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

186.

Shan, Xiaobo Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

237.

Ma, Dongli Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

288.

Zhang, Lin Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

339.

Filani Ng, Indonesian

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

187.

Li, Xiaojun Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

238.

Li, Junsong Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

289.

Zhou, Meirong Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

340.

Liu, Ping Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

188.

Liu, Shuang Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

239.

Ren, Pengcheng Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

290.

Lu, Changkun Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

341.

Kong, Zhen Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

189.

Wu, Cong Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

240.

Liu, Keli Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

291.

Feng, Dong Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

342.

Vu Minh Thanh, Vietnamese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

190.

Yan, Huafeng Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

241.

Zhong, Hangchao Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

292.

Cheng, Wengui Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

343.

Cao, Shengjie Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

191.

Huang, Huajun Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

242.

Hu, Shiyun Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

293.

Wang, Yunhao Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

344.

Feng, Weihong Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

192.

Chen, Jian Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

243.

Diao, Fengshuai Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

294.

Cai, Wenzhu Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

345.

Wei, Xinming Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

193.

Ju, Jiahao Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

244.

Zhao, Meiling Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

295.

Dong, Yuli Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

346.

Li, Guojian Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

194.

Shi, Fahui Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

245.

Zhang, Yong Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

296.

Thiha Oo, Myanmari

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

347.

Li, Jun Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

195.

Tian, Yuan Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

246.

Yang, Wujian Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

297.

Qi, Yanyan Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

348.

Li, Ting Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

196.

Wang, Zeliang Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

247.

Xiong, Maolin Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

298.

Chen, Lingling Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

349.

Wang, Bingbing Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

197.

Qiao, Yan Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

248.

Yin, Xiaolong Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

299.

Zhu, Lulu Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

350.

Xu, Ping Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

198.

Huang, Xianjin Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

249.

Zhao, Sibin Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

300.

Zhou, Xiaolong Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

351.

Ke, Zhanhui Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

199.

Liu, Tiankang Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

250.

Liu, Youcai Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

301.

Shen, Zongyin Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

352.

Wang, Huiping Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

200.

Su, Yimin Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

251.

Yuan, Hui Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

302.

Yan, Tingzhen Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

353.

Li, Shenyang Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

201.

Zhang, Liqiang Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

252.

Zeng, Guobo Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

303.

Wu, Bin Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

354.

Chen, Baozhi Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

202.

Gu, Wei Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

253.

Wang, Yuqing Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

304.

Wang, Jicheng Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

355.

Yang, Lu Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

203.

Duan, Xiangjuan Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

254.

Wu, Xiaolong Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

305.

Liao, Bin Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

356.

Qin, Jinchuan Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

204.

Yang, Wubin Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

255.

Qi, Ai Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

306.

Zhang, Haolin Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

357.

Ho Trong Chuong, Vietnamese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

205.

Han, Muyan Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

256.

Luo, Renshi Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

307.

Yang, Jian Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

358.

Jiang, Liwen Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

206.

Jiang, Xiugang Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

257.

Lee Teik Wai, Malaysian

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

308.

Bao, Yang Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

359.

Lai, Xin Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

207.

Wang, Xuelong Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

258.

Li, Jia Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

309.

Yang, Xianmei Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

360.

Deng, Jinyan Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

208.

Zhen, Xingchang Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

259.

Jin, Zhiyuan Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

310.

Deng, Liping Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

361.

Xu, Weiqiang Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

209.

Zhang, Zhen Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

260.

Chen, Hongting Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

311.

Ji, Tiantian Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

362.

Deng, Ling Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

210.

Dong, Yaguang Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

261.

Yang, Yeyao Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

312.

Yang, Sihe Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

363.

Xie, Cisheng Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

211.

He, Qiao Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

262.

Tang, Xianyi Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

313.

Wei, Zhe Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

364.

Zhang, Hongyu Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

212.

Dong, Liangquan Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

263.

Su, Baofeng Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

314.

Xie, Hui Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

365.

Meng, Xiangcheng Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

213.

He, Yi Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

264.

Zhang, Tong Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

315.

Xue, Hu Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

366.

Wang, Lu Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

214.

Luo, Lifa Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

265.

Li, Dongyang Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

316.

Cheng, Jialin Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

367.

Chen, Weibin Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

215.

Yang, Jle Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

266.

Gui, Shuangwu Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

317.

Guo, Lei Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

368.

Huang, Zhengwei Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

216.

Wu, Yali Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

267.

Mlao, Haiyong Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

318.

Yu, Bowen Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

369.

Sai, Luyun Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

217.

Chen, Weidong Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

268.

He, Xiangxue Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

319.

Liu, Hong Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

370.

Wang, Mingqian Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

218.

Lu, Yongcheng Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

269.

Tang, Zhiqiang Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

320.

Wu, Kun Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

371.

Li, Jin Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

219.

Mo, Yuxue Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

270.

Wang, Shangshang Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

321.

Phan Van Hon, Vietnamese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

372.

Jin, Zhongjian Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

220.

Zheng, Zhi Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

271.

Xie, Jinkai Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

322.

Liu, Qi Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

373.

Wang, Pengda Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

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ESTABLISHMENT / ADDRESS

FOREIGN NATIONAL / NATIONALITY

POSITION

NO.

374.

Hu, Song Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

375.

Du, Yang Chinese

376.

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424.

Yang, Xin Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

425.

Yu, Shufeng Chinese

Peng, Zhihong Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

426.

377.

Zhang, Gui Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

378.

Song, Guosong Chinese

379.

ESTABLISHMENT / ADDRESS

FOREIGN NATIONAL / NATIONALITY

POSITION

NO.

FOREIGN NATIONAL / NATIONALITY

POSITION

463.

Sun, Fengyi Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

509.

Wang, Shichao Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

464.

Zhang, Haihua Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

510.

Peng, Jingwen Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

Yang, Ming Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

465.

Lay, Kimhean Cambodian

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

511.

Liu, Qian Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

427.

Li, Hongen Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

466.

Khin, Vanda Cambodian

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

512.

Lu, Zhidi Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

428.

Wu, Chao Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

467.

Meas, Linhe Cambodian

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

513.

Cheang, Meng Hon Malaysian

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

Ma, Keyu Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

429.

Wang, Shanshan Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

468.

Oeng, Chhivkim Cambodian

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

514.

Lin, Rongyu Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

380.

Han, Zhongzhong Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

430.

Wu, Wenyi Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

469.

Ly, Sopheab Cambodian

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

515.

Yang, Bingliang Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

381.

Yu, Zhongjie Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

431.

Zhang, Jiaqiang Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

470.

Chao, Peut Cambodian

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

516.

Wen, Haicheng Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

382.

Gong, Hai Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

432.

Long, Hang Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

471.

Nguyen Thuy Tien, Vietnamese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

517.

Xie, Rentao Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

383.

Ma, Kelei Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

433.

Zhang, Ge Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

472.

Lee Boon Han, Malaysian

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

518.

Cao, Zhenyang Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

384.

Niu, Yujie Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

434.

Huang, Weiming Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

473.

Meng, Borey Cambodian

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

519.

Zuo, Lu Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

385.

Li, Jinlei Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

435.

Li, Jing Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

474.

Wu, Huipeng Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

520.

Yang, Minghua Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

386.

Rong, Fuxing Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

436.

Pan, Long Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

475.

Chen, Kunmei Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

521.

Li, Dehua Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

387.

Yang, Guanliang Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

437.

Yin, Keyi Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE 476.

Yang, Languang Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

388.

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

438.

Yang, Rongfu Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

522.

Feng, Huawen Chinese

Hilda Aprillia, Indonesian

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

523.

Zhang, Baokang Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

389.

Suo, Haiting Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

OKKDA ASIA TECHNOLOGY INC. Unit 5B 5/F, Marvin Plaza, 2153 C. Roces Ave., Pio Del Pilar, Makati City, Metro Manila

524.

Xie, Chuqiang Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

390.

Chen, Lin Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

525.

Wang, Kun Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

391.

Zhou, Tianzhong Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

526.

Fan, Lianming Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

392.

Jiang, Feng Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

527.

Lei, Xinbo Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

393.

Zhuo, Liangguo Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

528.

Li, Xiangyu Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

394.

Li, Xiaoying Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

395.

Wang, Zengfeng Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

Sui, Hailong Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

397.

Dong, Longlong Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

398.

Wei, Minchun Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

399.

Wu, Fan Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

400.

Zhu, Limin Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

401.

Zhang, Rui Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

402.

Zhang, Jianping Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

403.

Xue, Changfeng Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

404.

Zhuo, Peng Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

405.

Mao, Dongzheng Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

406.

Chen, Zeyu Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

450.

407.

Li, Jiangfeng Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

PHILSPEC CONSTRUCTION INC. U-503 Metro View SVM Bldg, Quirino Avenue, Malate, 075, Brgy. 692, City of Manila, Metro Manila

408.

Ren, Shuang Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

409.

Zheng, Yu Chinese

396.

439.

440.

477.

Mo, Junfeng Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

Du, Yan Chinese

MANDARIN SPEAKING BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND MARKETING CONSULTANT

478.

Nguyen Hoai Quang, Vietnamese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

479.

Zhai, Zhengquan Chinese

MANDARIN SPEAKING BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND MARKETING CONSULTANT

Deng, Zhengfu Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

480.

Huynh Tran Anh Thu, Vietnamese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

OSIRIS THREESIXTY BUSINESS OUTSOURCING SERVICE 10-11th Floor, Tower 3, Double Dragon, Macapagal Blvd., Cor. EDSA. Brgy. 076, Pasay City, Metro Manila 441.

Zhang, Xiaoqian Chinese

I.T SPECIALIST

442.

Lin, Yang Taiwanese

I.T. SPECIALIST

443.

Zhao, Zhuyin Chinese

I.T SPECIALIST

444.

Liu, Zhendu Chinese

445.

Shao, Juntao Chinese

I.T SPECIALIST

446.

Guo, Jinhu Chinese

I.T SPECIALIST

I.T SPECIALIST

OYO TECHNOLOGY AND HOSPITALITY PHILIPPINES INC. 3/F Corinthian Plaza, 121 Paseo De Roxas, San Lorenzo, Makati City, Metro Manila

481.

Ruan, Xiangyu Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

529.

Aung Naing Oo, Myanmari

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

482.

Jiang, Shubao Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

530.

Deng, Zhikang Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

483.

Deng, Ziqin Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

531.

Mo, Shaohong Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

532.

Xiao, Suna Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

533.

Li, Shuai Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

534.

Fu, Enqiang Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

535.

Yang, Jialin Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

536.

Zwe Min Nyo, Myanmari

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

537.

Wu, Xiaomin Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

538.

Fan, Qingshan Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

539.

Huang, Pucun Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

540.

Kang Chun Kiat, Malaysian

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

541.

Chen, Jiawei Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

542.

Tang, Zhaoxiong Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

543.

Zheng, Fade Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

544.

Chen, Guoquan Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

545.

Lin, Ting Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

546.

Liu, Zheng Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

547.

Lu, Xiaohong Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

548.

Ye, Xibo Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

549.

Sun, Liang Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

550.

Chen, Mingfa Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

551.

Han, Gang Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

Po Tun Lin, Malaysian

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

485.

Vanessa Kiew Kar Suen, Malaysian

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

486.

Ricky Wong, Malaysian

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

487.

Huang, Yeyou Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

484.

447.

Mandhana, Shridhar Indian

COUNTRY FINANCE MANAGER

488.

Li, Qian Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

448.

Gularia, Gaurav Indian

PROJECT MANAGER

489.

Lin, Jianhui Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

449.

Tandon, Mayank Indian

PROJECT MANAGER

490.

Yang,Yang Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

491.

He, Yishen Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

492.

Feng, Qiang Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

493.

Lan,Yang Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

494.

Li, Jie Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

495.

Cai, Runlong Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

496.

Zhang, Tiancheng Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

497.

He, Fujun Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

498.

Fu, Xuefeng Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

499.

Zhang, Yiheng Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

500.

Le Thi Thuy, Vietnamese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

501.

Cao, Kai Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

PHILIPPINE KAIHEN MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL CORP. 528 Madrid Cor Lara Sts., San Nicolas, 026, Brgy. 284, City of Manila, Metro Manila Wu, Weiming ,Chinese

TECHNICAL CONSULTANT

451.

Park, Sung Min Korean

CONSTRUCTION PROJECT SPECIALIST

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

452.

Kwag, Junmoo Korean

SENIOR MECHANICAL CONSULTANT

410.

Xu, Yixian Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

PILIPINAS SHELL PETROLEUM CORPORATION The Finance Center, 41st Floor 26th St., Cor. 9th Avenue, Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City, Metro Manila

411.

Zhang, Dongdong Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

412.

Mi, Jia Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

413.

Huang, Jian Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

414.

Wang, Kuhang Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

415.

Kan Siew Yun, Malaysian

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

416.

Hiew See Yee, Malaysian

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

417.

Xiang, Shaoxue Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

418.

Wang, Fang Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

419.

Ye, Jidong Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

420.

Zhang, Jie Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

421.

Lu, Zhiyi Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

422.

Wu, Caijin Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

423.

Zhao, Keju Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE

453.

Raheja, Nakul Indian

GENERAL MANAGER SHELL ENERGY PHILIPPINES

PRANCING DESEN TECHNOLOGY SERVICES INC. Unit 1620, Burgundy Trans Pacific Place Taft Ave., Malate, 079, Brgy.

727, City of Manila, Metro Manila 454.

He, Chuan Chinese

MANDARIN TECHNICAL SUPPORT

455.

Chen, Dejie Chinese

MANDARIN MARKETING SPECIALIST

456.

Zhan, Xinyu Chinese

MANDARIN TEAM LEADER

457.

Huang, Zhiyong Chinese

MANDARIN PRODUCT DEVELOPER

S&P CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY & DEVELOPMENT CO., INC. U-1168B, G/F Veca Bldg., Chino Roces Ave., Cor. Estrella St., San Antonio, Makati City, Metro Manila 458.

Ge, Yusheng Chinese

SKY DRAGON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES CORP. Unit 710 2/F- 5/F, Global Link Center, Shaw Blvd., Wack-Wack, Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila 502.

Li, Hongjie Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

552.

Liu, Bing Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

503.

Guo, Xushun Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

553.

Li, Zhijie Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

504.

Li, Shuli Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

554.

Guo, Hua Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

505.

Zhang, Zhipeng Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

555.

Zhang, Yameng Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

506.

Zhu, Libin Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

556.

Dong, Yaping Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

MARKETING SPECIALIST

SA RIVENDELL GLOBAL SUPPORT INC. 9-11 Flr. The Biopolis Bldg., Macapagal Blvd. Brgy. 076, Pasay , Metro Manila 459.

Chen, Geting Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

460.

Luo, Maogen Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

461.

Liao, Linxue Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

507.

Chen, Tao Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

557.

Wei, Tingna Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

462.

Wei, Zhixi Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

508.

Li, Yuetong Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

558.

Qin, Guijie Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

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559.

Xu, Lingling Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

560.

Liao, Yun Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

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ESTABLISHMENT / ADDRESS FOREIGN NATIONAL / NATIONALITY

ESTABLISHMENT / ADDRESS

FOREIGN NATIONAL / NATIONALITY

POSITION

NO.

POSITION

608.

Zhang, Youde Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

647.

Liu, Yucheng Chinese

IT TECHNICAL MANDARIN

609.

Xiang, Yundan Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

648.

Zhang, Xin Chinese

IT TECHNICAL MANDARIN

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

649.

Wang, Xin Chinese

IT TECHNICAL MANDARIN

NO.

FOREIGN NATIONAL / NATIONALITY

POSITION

691.

Zeng, Dan Chinese

IT TECHNICAL MANDARIN

692.

Wang, Xin Chinese

IT TECHNICAL MANDARIN

693.

Zhang, Kai Chinese

IT TECHNICAL MANDARIN

694.

Zhan, Limei Chinese

IT TECHNICAL MANDARIN

695.

Men, Chuqiao Chinese

IT TECHNICAL MANDARIN

696.

Zhou, Haiyun Chinese

IT TECHNICAL MANDARIN

561.

Cen, Xinghai Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

610.

Zhang, Zhicong Chinese

562.

Nong, Jianzhao Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

611.

Lin, Cheng Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

650.

Ye, Mingzan Chinese

IT TECHNICAL MANDARIN

563.

Ma, Sheng Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

612.

Ding, Yong Sheng Malaysian

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

651.

Liu, Yang Chinese

IT TECHNICAL MANDARIN

564.

Tang, Fengqiang Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

613.

Qi, Yang Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

652.

Xue, Yanbei Chinese

IT TECHNICAL MANDARIN

614.

Lee, Mun Fai Malaysian

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

653.

Wang, Zhexue Chinese

IT TECHNICAL MANDARIN

615.

Zhou, Shuheng Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

654.

Song, Yongcan Chinese

IT TECHNICAL MANDARIN

616.

Sun, Jun Chinese

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

655.

Cai, Wenjuan Chinese

IT TECHNICAL MANDARIN

VN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., INC. U-1202 Bonifacio High Street, South Corporate Plaza Tower 1, Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City, Metro Manila

656.

Yue, Yazhou Chinese

IT TECHNICAL MANDARIN

697.

Ding, Weiwei Chinese

MANDARIN ADMIN SUPPORT

657.

Zhou, Hui Chinese

IT TECHNICAL MANDARIN

698.

Vi Thi Ket, Vietnamese

SOFTWARE ENGINEER

658.

Zhan, Jiangnan Chinese

IT TECHNICAL MANDARIN

699.

Vu Tuan Linh, Vietnamese

SOFTWARE ENGINEER

659.

Wang, He Chinese

IT TECHNICAL MANDARIN

700.

Pham Duc Huy, Vietnamese

ENGLISH ADMIN SUPPORT

660.

Hu, Huisong Chinese

IT TECHNICAL MANDARIN

701.

Dang Le Quan, Vietnamese

SOFTWARE ENGINEER

661.

Liu, Xin Chinese

IT TECHNICAL MANDARIN

702.

Tran Van Ho, Vietnamese

SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Nguyen Hong An, Vietnamese

SOFTWARE ENGINEER

565.

566.

567.

Xie, Xiaofeng Chinese Hong, Furen Chinese Chen, Huiyang Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

Mo, Donghai Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

Long, Kongzhu Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

Xiao, Lin Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

571.

Gou, Fei Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

572.

He, Pingshi Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

573.

Yu, Guoxun Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

574.

Lin, Chuang Chinese

575.

568.

569.

570.

SKYLUCK CORPORATION # 360, Unit 243 Shaw Center Mall, Shaw Blvd., Penthouse Shaw I.T., Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila 617.

Gil, Hyukjin Korean

KOREAN RESEARCH ANALYST

SOUTHERN MOUNTAIN ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE CORP. U-901, 9/F BPI-PhiIam Life Makati, 6811 Ayala Ave., BeI-Air, Makati City, Metro Manila 618.

Zhang, Rui Chinese

MANDARIN CUSTOMER SUPPORT

SPIRALWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. -, 10/F Techzone Bldg., 213 Sen. Gil Puyat Ave., San Antonio, Makati, Metro Manila 619.

Nguyen Thi Thu Hien, Vietnamese

MODERATOR - VIETNAMESE SPEAKING

662.

Su, Yi Chinese

IT TECHNICAL MANDARIN

703.

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

620.

Joel Chiang Wei Yang, Singaporean

MARKETING MANAGER - SINGAPOREAN

663.

Luo,Feng Chinese

IT TECHNICAL MANDARIN

Liao, Lijuan Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

VOLENDAY INC. Unit 1406, 14/F Pacific Star Bldg., Sen. Gil Puyat Ave., Cor. Makati Avenue, BeI-Air, Makati City, Metro Manila

621.

Soonthong, Prarinya Thai

MODERATOR - THAI SPEAKING

664.

Su, Chaojin Chinese

IT TECHNICAL MANDARIN

704.

576.

Wang, Huixin Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

665.

Deng, Zhengli Chinese

IT TECHNICAL MANDARIN

577.

Huang, Qiyong Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

666.

Peng, Quansheng Chinese

IT TECHNICAL MANDARIN

578.

Pan, Zhiqiang Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

667.

Zhang, Chaogui Chinese

IT TECHNICAL MANDARIN

579.

Zhang, Guozheng Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

668.

Yang, Bai Chinese

IT TECHNICAL MANDARIN

580.

581.

582.

583.

584.

585.

Wei, Jie Chinese Qin, Zengyuan Chinese Huang, Biguan Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

Meng, Na Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

Lan, Kepan Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

Wang, Jingtao Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

Zhan, Pingting Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

587.

Zhu, Ajuan Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

588.

He, Wenming Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

589.

Zhang, Xiaoli Chinese

CHINESE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

586.

SUMMIT SUPPORT SERVICES, INC. Level 17 Office Tower, 6750 Ayala Ave., San Lorenzo, Makati City, Metro Manila 622.

Soh Yong Quan, Malaysian

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

SURESTE PROPERTIES, INC. Solaire Resort & Casino, 1 Asean Ave. Entertainment City, Tambo, Parañaque, Metro Manila 623.

Freemantle, Matthew Jonathan South African

SR. MANAGER, BEVERAGE

624.

Shin, Heehoon Korean

SUPERVISOR, HOUSE OF ZHOU

625.

Shi, Huili Chinese

SUPERVISOR, RED LANTERN

626.

Oon Soon Lee, Malaysian

COMMERCIAL MANAGER

627.

Murphy, David Stuart British

628.

Kavarana, Simon British

MEPF DIRECTOR

Du, Xiaodong Chinese

BUTLER, VIP F&B

629.

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LIVING IN COLOUR There are no shades of grey when it comes to multi-platinum artist MAX

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FTER the success of his album “Hell’s Kitchen Angel” and a quiet four years following his vocal surgery, the “Young Pop God” MAX once again graces his listeners with his newest album, Colour Vision.

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Described as a “rebirth album”, the multi-platinum recording artists dubbed by GQ magazine as “Young Pop God” states that this album is about “coming out of darkness” and “finding joy and color in my own world.”

“When I finally could sing again it meant so much more to me, my perspective changed completely and this album encapsulates that outlook.

Finding the Colour in the world right in front of you where it once felt like a dark tunnel you may never reach the end of,” he said.

He also shared that this album had a “more complete vision”, stating that he went in with a fully-formed concept for the album and stuck to it throughout the process.

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specific trauma or exciting moment in my life. Every song is deeply personal for me and I hope that it connects to people’s human experiences in a way, and that really what the album is for me.”

MAX rose to global prominence when he was named a “top popstar to watch” by Billboard and was nominated for “Best New Pop Artist” at the 2019 iHeartRadio Music Awards.

Since the breakout success of his full-length album Hell’s Kitchen Angel, MAX has garnered more than 1.2 billion streams and has toured the world multiple times over. He yielded an inescapable smash with “Lights Down Low,” which generated over half a billion streams globally and is certified triple platinum in the US, platinum in Canada and gold in Holland and Australia.

“Lights Down Low” soared on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and reached No. 7 at Top 40 radio, No. 1 on Shazam and No. 1 on the Billboard Pop Radio Airplay chart. As the track took off, MAX delivered seismic renditions of it on The Late Late Show with James Corden, LIVE with Kelly and Ryan, Good Morning America and TRL. He followed “Lights Down Low” with his hit single “Love Me Less” ft. Quinn XCII. The song is certified gold in the US, reached No. 17 at Top 40 radio and has accumulated over 170 million streams worldwide. He

MAX'S new album, colour vision performed it on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, TODAY, LIVE with Kelly and Ryan and at the US Open’s Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day. In keeping with the recurring themes of color and human experiences, Colour Vision also contains the single “Blueberry Eyes”, an ode to his wife’s “big beautiful blue eyes” which was co-written by BTS’ Suga, who also lended his vocals to the song. The result is a pleasant lofi song with old school jazz and bossa nova elements that flows nicely from verse to chorus and between its euphoric English and Korean lyrics.

Said MAX about this collaboration; “It’s been a wave and a ride because Suga has been such an incredible part of it, and it just comes from that place of love,” “It’s remarkable because it goes to show that the people who are the greatest at what they do are the most humble and kind.

And that’s how I bonded with him,” he shared.

Raised on a musical diet of Billy Joel, Prince, Michael Jackson and musical theater, the New York native always had music running in his DNA. “Music just transcends language and it just gets to the soul of everything and everyone around the world, and that’s why I’m so in love with it. I’ve done some stuff with acting before, but there’s nothing like the language of music” MAX concluded.

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FOR RENEWAL OF HONORS

Gloc-9 teams up with UE Jam Sessions for acoustic version of ‘Lalaban Tayo’

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HART-TOPPING and best-selling rapper Gloc-9 contributed a verse on the stripped-down version of UE Jam Sessions’ “Lalaban Tayo”—dubbed as the “song for renewal of honors.”

With a rousing message that champions the unwavering spirit of Filipino bayanihan during the pandemic crisis, the awardwinning hip-hop artist called for solidarity in a bid to help rebuild the entire nation. As Gloc-9 effortlessly put it in summary, “At kung hindi na makalakad, ika’y aakayin / lagi mong tandaan na makakaasa ka sa akin.”

As featured main artists, the UE Jam Sessions delivered a subdued but empowering take on an anthem that serves as tribute to the unsung heroes of the contemporary times.

“UE Jam Sessions is here to remind everyone to stay safe in the comforts of your homes for it would be of great help to all our frontliners

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who have their hands full at this time of pandemic,” Executive Producer Tommy Tanchanco said.

“Amidst COVID-19, we must keep our spirits high and face the battle head-on. Hence, through music, we extend our gratitude to our modern-day heroes.”

The song was written by UE freshman Jenny Legapi and first debuted on YouTube last June.

The original music video took three months to complete and involved the collaboration of 32 student musicians from UE, a sixpiece students collective named SHS band, and the dedication of musical arranger Choi Felipe as well video editor Cher Manulit.

The participating musicians came from various colleges of the

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University of the East in Manila and Caloocan and each of them did his part in the confines of his home. The resulting video turned out to be a seamless assemblage of individual contributions interspersed with scenes of soldiers, simple citizens and medical professionals doing their part in the war against Covid-19 and exhortations to keep on fighting like “Laban Pilpinas,” “We Heal as One” and “Kapit Lang.”

In its original form, “Lalaban Tayo” was a well-crafted number in the mold of guitar-driven indie pop, one with greater passion than yearning for the opposite sex.

Imagine the likes of Cueshe and Join

The Club with soaring choral backup singing of hope for all mankind.

In a collective statement posted on their social media pages, UE Jam Sessions also dedicated the song to the people behind the outreach programs and donation drives, and those who offered voluntary services: “We salute and applaud your continuous dedication to serve our fellow countrymen during this difficult time. Thank you for all the sacrifices that you have been putting over the past months.

Lalaban at lalaban pa rin tayo.”

“LALABAN TAYO (Acoustic version)” Feat. Gloc-9 is now available on all streaming platforms worldwide.

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By Therese Raphael

flu vaccinations of children to prevent broader transmission.

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f the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine gains regulatory approval

by Christmas, we can cheer the scientists for heroic work. But it will be the distribution decisions made by governments that will determine how quickly we can all exit Covid confinement.

The UK has put itself in a strong position to access early vaccines, but its approach to prioritization and distribution needs careful thought. The UK’s National Vaccine Taskforce spread its bets early on, putting in orders for 340 million vaccine doses among six different vaccine candidates.

Pfizer’s vaccine is one of them and Britain should be an early beneficiary, receiving a total of 40 million doses of the vaccine and possibly a portion of that before Christmas.

Given the double-dose requirement for efficacy, that means 20 million Britons can be vaccinated.

That’s great news, but the corollary is that there has to be rationing. The UK health-care system has experience with that, of course. The country’s National Institute for Healthcare Excellence (NICE) evaluates medicines and treatments and sets up protocols for determining who gets what.

How to ration a vaccine The UK’s vaccination strategy, first published in the Lancet late last month, sets out tiers of prioritization, starting with getting the vaccine to the very old and to

Ethical considerations

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Vaccinating younger people earlier and faster—even offering financial inducements for it—would help amass more data on the vaccine while also potentially reducing the spread in the population.” those working in care homes before moving down the age brackets.

Prioritizing the most vulnerable members of society is a common approach.

Germany’s strategy is to vaccinate at-risk groups first, along with nurses and doctors.

An estimated 40 percent of the population gets first dibs on a vaccine under the German plan.

But what if vaccinating the elderly first isn’t the best way to minimize fatalities?

A recently published (but not yet peerreviewed) model from three academics at Khalifa University suggests priority should be accorded to groups with the highest number of daily in-person interactions, since that amplifies the vaccine’s effectiveness by reducing infections (and mortality) both among the vaccinated group and those they come into contact with. According to their model, proper prioritization can reduce total fatalities by up to 70 percent.

If we get more immunity bang for each vaccine dose by targeting those with the highest number of interactions, then we’d want to see health-care workers at the front of the queue, but perhaps next in line should be younger workers and those in the hospitality sector. Perhaps children should be high up on the list too. Even though they seem to be the least impacted by the disease, they can have many daily interactions, especially with schools open.

A similar case is sometimes made with respect to seasonal flu vaccination programs. Younger populations are less likely to suffer severely from the flu but more likely to pass it on to those who will. And flu deaths don’t seem to be decline significantly from vaccination programs just targeted at the elderly.

Following this logic, a number of countries (Finland, Latvia, Slovakia and the UK among them) have encouraged

Because trials do not include a proportional share of the population who are most at-risk of dying from the disease, the efficacy (and safety) of a vaccine among this group is harder to establish. Vaccinating younger people earlier and faster—even offering financial inducements for it—would help amass more data on the vaccine while also potentially reducing the spread in the population.

Of course, any unknown safety risk may be worth taking to protect the elderly (given three-quarters of deaths are in the over-65 age group) and the immunocompromised. But whatever its calculations, the government needs to be transparent about its models and the assumptions they contain; so far that information has been lacking.

Supply constraints to ease sometime next year Pfizer hopes to make its vaccine available in a more transportable powder form.

By the end of 2021, the expectation is that more vaccines that are easier to store should also become available.

The more approved vaccines there are, the more sweeping programs can be. The UK strategy also wisely includes therapeutics, such as an antibody cocktail in development from AstraZeneca, that could be useful in cases where people can’t receive a vaccine (such as those who are severely immunosuppressed).

This week brought good vaccine news, but the next steps must be carefully planned. We are still far from the point when a vaccine will be available to all. Until then, prioritization and distribution are key.

The scientists who brought us the Pfizer vaccine have shown us the exit door.

It’s now up to governments to get people through it.

Never too young to build a bright future

By Rizal Raoul S. Reyes

T

he high earnings of young actor Iñigo Pascual only makes him even more financially prudent.

In a recent webinar hosted by Sun Life Philippines, the only son of Piolo Pascual revealed that his earliest money lessons came from his father and mother. Iñigo recalled that his parents taught him the importance of saving when he was still in school.

“During those times, I developed a habit to save a portion of my allowance so I can buy anything I need,” he said.

Iñigo carried the lesson when he returned to the country from the US to pursue a showbiz career in 2013. After establishing himself as one of the country’s top young actors and performers, the 23-year-old is on track to meet

his goal of buying a house at the age of 25. He plans on purchasing another one for his mother.

Iñigo seeks financial advice from his auntie, who works as a Sun Life advisor. One of the tips he received was to allot 20 percent of his earnings for savings and investment.

In a bid to make the process of choosing the right insurance products and mutual fund investment simpler and easier, Sun Life Philippines has launched a set of insurance and mutual fund “combo packs” called the “Celebrity Product Starter Pack.”

There are five different bundles of holistic financial solutions that will help address specific needs and goals.

Each one addresses the most common needs of every life stage, as personified by Sun Life brand ambassadors Iñigo

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Pascual, Piolo Pascual, Charo Santos-Concio, Matteo Guidicelli and Enchong Dee. “Many Filipinos are reluctant to consider insurance and investment products because they find the variety of options overwhelming or they think it’s expensive,” said Gilbert Simpao, Sun Life chief marketing and client experience officer. “[This assumption] prompted Sun Life to highlight and offer the budget-friendly essential products to start their financial foundation.”

The Adulting Starter Pack, represented by Iñigo, targets first-time workers, freelancers, and graduating college students. The Negosyante Starter Pack, meanwhile, would suit entrepreneurs and freelancers who, like Enchong, are looking to fund business and personal goals.

The Newlywed Starter Pack is ideal for those like MatNovember 15, 2020

teo who are starting a family or saving up for future milestones. The Health Starter Pack would best fit those who are eager to enjoy good health as they prepare for retirement, much like Piolo. Finally, the Parent of OFW Starter Pack endorsed by Santos-Concio is perfect for Filipinos based overseas and their families in the Philippines.

More details are available at sunlife.com.ph and on Sun Life Philippines’ official Facebook page.

“With the Celebrity Product Starter Packs, Filipinos will have a clearer starting point in the pursuit of their financial goals, especially now that everyone is striving to rise above the challenges presented by the pandemic” Simpao said. “This is not a journey they need to go through alone. We have over 20,000 Sun Life advisors nationwide who can guide them in building a brighter future.”