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programs as President Duterte is expected to sign the industry development plan in early 2022.

Broken down, gross domestic borrowings from January to October settled at P2.23 trillion, down by 5.08 percent from P2.35 trillion in 2020.

OVER 3-M FARMERS LISTED FOR P75-B FUND

“Except for countries classified as ‘Red,’ the testing and quarantine protocols for all inbound international travelers in all ports of entry shall comply with the testing and quarantine protocols for ‘Yellow’ list countries,” Nograles said, citing the provision of IATF Resolution

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He noted Hong Kong, which has confirmed a case of the Omicron variant, will also fall under the Yel-

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Continued on A5 REPORT: PHL ‘MOST AFFECTED’ BY STORMS IN JUST A DECADE See “PBBM,” A2 PESO EXCHANGE RATES n US 57.3630 n JAPAN 0.4013 n UK 65.5143 n HK 7.3082 n CHINA 8.2294 n SINGAPORE 40.8133 n AUSTRALIA 38.5135 n EU 57.4605 n KOREA 0.0414 n SAUDI ARABIA 15.2683 Source: BSP (September 19, 2022) THIS photo provided by Hualien County fire department shows firefighters in the search for trapped victims in a collapsed residential building following an earthquake in Yuli township in Hualien County, eastern Taiwan, Sunday, September 18, 2022. The strong earthquake toppled a three-story building and temporarily trapped four people inside, stranded about 400 tourists on a mountainside, and knocked part of a passenger train off its tracks. One person died and nine people had minor injuries, Taiwan’s Emergency Operations Center said. The magnitude 6.8 quake was the largest among dozens that have rattled the island’s southeastern coast since Saturday evening, when a 6.4 quake struck the same area. HUALIEN COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT VIA AP

PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. (inset) addresses the Fil-Am community in New Jersey on the first of his 6-day visit to the US, where he is scheduled to address the UN General Assembly and meet with business leaders. After his speech, many in the enthusiastic audience swarmed the stage to get PBBM’s authograph, while First Lady Liza Araneta Marcos (in red dress) and son Rep. Sandro Marcos provide assistance. Joining him onstage are some of his Cabinet secretaries and Speaker Martin G. Romualdez. TROI SANTOS

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The updating of the coconut farmers registry is mandated by Republic Act (RA) 11524 or the Coconut Industry Trust Fund Act.

Net debt redemption means there were more debts repaid compared to the amount borrowed during the period.

Acting Presidential spokesperson Karlo B. Nograles announced on Sunday that the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) suspended the implementation of its Resolution No. 150A (s.2021), effectively imposing stricter protocols for all inbound travelers. Tonote, IATF Resolution 150A had allowed fully vaccinated non-visa travelers from Green List areas to enter the country without the need for facility-based quarantine as long as they secure negative Reverse TranscriptionPolymerase Chain Reaction (RTPCR) test within 72 hours prior

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The PCA’s next step is to conduct an exclusion-inclusion procedure by making the updated farmers’ registry public, providing everyone the opportunity to check the veracity of the list, Rosales added.

The PCA official noted that the completion of the initial list of coconut farmers registry would be just in time for the expected rollout of coconut levy-funded

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By Bernadette D. Nicolas @BNicolasBM

P RESIDENT Ferdinand “Bong bong” R. Marcos Jr. has called on Filipinos living in the United States and other nations to become “ambassadors” to help bring in more investments and tourists for the country’s economic recovery. Marcos made the appeal while addressing the Filipino commu nity at the New Jersey Perform ing Arts Center in New Jersey, United States (US) last Sunday.

O ver 1,500 Filipinos attended the event, which was the first of scheduled activities of Marcos dur ing his six-day visit in the US this week.

Latest data from the Bureau of the Treasury showed that the government’s gross borrowings during the 10-month period fell by 5.99 percent from P2.92 trillion a year ago.

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JOURNEY This photo issued by Buckingham Palace on Sunday, September 18, 2022, shows Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II photographed at Windsor Castle, Windsor,

EARLY half of the Phil ippine population was displaced by various disasters that occured in just one decade, according to a study released by the Asian Develop ment Bank (ADB) and the Inter nal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC). I n the report “Disaster Displacement in Asia and the Pacific: A Business Case for Investment in Prevention and Solutions,” ADB and IDMC said between 2010 and 2021, a total of 49.3 percent of Filipinos were displaced by disasters in the country.ThePhilippines accounted for 21.9 percent of the displace ments, more than the contribu tion of the whole of Central and West Asia as well as the Pacific combined.ThePhilippines has been the country most affected, as it experiences between 5 and 10 destructive tropical cyclones every year, making it one of the countries most at risk of extreme weather events in the Asia and Pa cific region and globally,” the report stated.

The suspension of the rules for “Green List” countries will be in effect from November 28, 2021 to December 15, 2021.

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FINAL England, in May 2022. Britain and the world are laying Queen Elizabeth II to rest on Monday at a state funeral that will draw presidents and kings, princes and prime ministers—and up to a million people lining the streets of London to say a final goodbye to a monarch whose 70-year reign defined an age. Story on A13.

ORE than 3 million coconut farmers and workers are now registered with the government’s registry, which serves as the basis for the number of people to be covered by the utilization of the P75-billion coconut levy fund.

ernment to reimpose mandatory facility-based quarantine for all arriving passengers in the country.

NTERNATIONAL concerns over the possible spread of the

The bulk of the amount was sourced from Fixed Rate Treasury Bonds (P1.19 trillion), followed by short-term borrowings from Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas or BSP (P540 billion), Retail Treasury Bonds/Premyo Bonds (P463.3 billion), Retail Onshore Dollar Bonds (P80.84 billion). In the same period, there was also a net redemption of Treasury Bills amounting to P43.94 billion.

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“The list will be posted in public spaces where people can easily see

they think they are not coconut farmers or their details are incorrect, they can report it to the PCA for immediate action,” he added.

Gat Andres Bonifacio on Tuesday, November 30. PESO EXCHANGE RATES n US 50.4600 n JAPAN 0.4374 n UK 67.2329 n HK 6.4722 n CHINA 7.9013 n SINGAPORE 36.8968 n AUSTRALIA 36.2807 n EU 56.5758 n SAUDI ARABIA 13.4531 Source: BSP (November 26, 2021) n Tuesday, September 20, 2022 Vol. 17 No. 347 DOLLAR-BLEEDING PHL’S AUG BOP GAP HITS $572M By Bianca Cuaresma @BcuaresmaBM THEPhilippineeconomycontinuedtobleedmillionsofdollarsinAugust,datafromtheBangkoSentralngPilipinas(BSP)showed.

T he Central Bank reported on Monday that the country’s Bal ance of Payments (BOP) yielded a deficit of $572 million in Au gust this year. This is the eighth consecutive month that the coun try’s BOP registered in the deficit territory.

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PEOPLE walk past the mural of Gat Andres Bonifacio at Manila City Hall Underpass. birth anniversary of Filipino revolutionary hero

Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) Deputy Administrator Roel M. Rosales said about 3.11 million coconut farmers and farm workers have been registered with the government since it started up-

Rosales said the PCA will not stop updating its list of coconut farmers and enjoined them to register in order to reap the benefits of the decades-long idled coconut levy fund. “We will not stop at 3.1 million. We hope that more individuals will register in our coconut farmers registry,” he said.

With only two months left for this year, the latest figure is already equivalent to 89.6 percent of its P3.07-trillion borrowing program.

THE P2.75year-on-yearbyend-Octoberborrowingsgrossgovernment’snationalasofshrankalmost6percenttotrillion.

This was raised through global bonds (P146.17 billion), program loans (P139.98 billion), euro-denominated bonds (P121.97 billion), a project loan (P86.41 billion), and yen-denominated samurai bonds (P24.19 billion).

Meanwhile, gross foreign borrowings in the same period also contracted by 9.7 percent to P518.7 billion from last year’s P574.4 billion.

M eanwhile, Villanueva noted that the judiciary’s budget utiliza tion as of December 31, 2021 was almost 100 percent and almost 50 percent for its 2022 budget.

“Again we are asking as we have been asking previously, that these special provisions be amended,” Villanueva said.

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I n his presentation, Court Ad ministrator Raul Villanueva asked the Finance committee to recon sider adding P2.8 billion to the P52.72-billion proposed budget of theOjudiciary.ftheP2.8 billion additional budget being sought, P1.97 billion will go to the SC and lower courts, P567.62 million for the CA, P239 million to the Sandiganbayan, P124.85 million to the CTA and none for the PET.

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Under the proposed measure, P43.06 billion is allotted for the Supreme Court and lower courts, P6.60 billion for the Court of Ap peals (CA), P2.10 billion for the Sandiganbayan, P795.22 million for the Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) and P167.31 million for the Presi dential Electoral Tribunal (PET).

D uring his speech, Marcos also condoled with the Filipino commu nity in New York, where at least 30 Filipino health care workers died due to Covid-19. “Icanpromise you that this heroism of yours, of our ‘kababayans’ [country men] will not fade into obscurity. Their legacy we will make live on as they continue to inspire our kababayans to show the world what it means to truly be Filipino,” Marcos said.

O n Saturday, Naia reported a seven-hour power outage between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. the following day due to issues pertaining to the loadside capacity of Naia. T he power outage disrupted air port operations as the airlines had

She added that Miaa is now assess ing the load capacity of its gensets “to

I n recognition of the valuable con tribution of the Filipino community abroad, Marcos gave assurances that the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) will continue to im prove its services for them.

H aiyan, in total, caused the dis placement of 5.1 million people not only in the Philippines but also in Palau, China, and Vietnam. It was deemed as the largest displacement event caused by a storm.

the informal sector can do as much as our diplomats could by inviting your employers to visit the Philippines not just to enjoy the beauty and hospitality of our country and our people but also to explore possible trade investment opportunities there,” Marcos said. T he President said they could also help the country by investing not only in properties, but also in local businesses.“Thiswill all contribute to create much-needed jobs and build a bet ter life for all our people. And if you know someone who is interested to open a business in the Philippines, let our embassies or our consulates know so we can pursue and finally close the deal. As I said, every little bit counts,” Marcos said.

T he Philippines was also the coun try that recorded the second most number of internally displaced people due to volcanic eruptions at 672,000 between 2010 and 2021.

M arcos will be in the US from Sep tember 18 to 24 to participate in the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and to also help attract more foreign inves tors. S amuel P. Medenilla in Manila a nd Troi Santos in New York

It analyzes the impacts of floods, storms, earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic activity on each subregion in Asia and the Pacific, and how di saster displacement disproportion ately affects vulnerable groups such as women, children, and the elderly.

T he report discusses the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduc tion as a gauge on measures undertak en to address both natural and man made hazards and highlights the need for political, technical, and financial support in a regional concerted effort to reduce the impact of disasters on lives, livelihoods, and economies.

Typhoon Rai, Taal eruption

We are on top of the situation and we are monitoring the activities. We are reviewing carefully the situa tions and regulations and we will be coordinating with various agencies. Under the leadership of the Secretary and the President, we will solve the problem,” said Leones.

to resort to manual check-in and loading of baggage while processing of passengers at immigration took longer than usual. A total of 16 in ternational and 15 domestic flights were affected by the incident.

O ver the years, Leones said the DENR had issued notices of violations for encroachment, and construc tion of illegal structures, including resorts, which may or may not have permits from concerned local gov ernment units (LGUs). None of them were issued by the DENR.

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Bayanihan spirit

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W ith 41 million Filipinos dis placed by storms alone, the Philip pines becomes the top country with the most internal displacement caused by this disaster.

T he 225 million displacements in Asia and the Pacific include 5 mil lion displacements by Cyclone Am phan across South Asia in 2020, 2.6 million displacements by the Gorka earthquake in Nepal in 2015, and 15.5 million displacements by floods in the People’s Republic of China in 2010.

ensure 100 percent redundancy.”

matic Group Noelle O’Brien. “We need to strengthen policies and action on disaster risk management to ensure the region doesn’t regress on its de velopment

V illanueva noted that since 2013 up to the 2022 General Appropria

Its [Haiyan] scale and impacts paved the way for stronger disaster risk reduction mechanisms, includ ing the improvement of early warning systems and evacuation protocols,” the report stated.

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Special Provision 2 (Special al lowance of justices and judges) of the NEP states: “The special al lowance of justices, judges and all other positions in the judiciary with equivalent rank, which have already been fully integrated into their salaries shall cease to be granted.”Itfurther states that the amount of P697.92 million corresponding to the special allowance for the ju diciary component of their salaries shall be deposited with the National Treasury as income of the General Fund.Villanueva proposed the reword ing of the said provision to state: “Considering that the special al lowance of justices, judges, and all other positions in the judiciary with equivalent rake of justices of the Court of Appeals and judges of the Regional Trial Court under RA 9227, has already been fully integrated into their salaries as of June 1, 2012, the amount of P697,927,476 corre sponding to the Special Allowance for the judiciary component of their salaries shall be deposited with the National Treasury as income of the General“RecordsFund…”would show the execu tive department has for many years been giving this particular allowance for the members of the judiciary,” Villanueva told the committee.

You set this record-breaking figure even when many of you were affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Maraming salamat sa inyo sa lahat ng ginagawa ninyo. Maraming salamat sa inyong remittance na ginagawa na para pagtulong sa ating ekonomiya,” the President added.

T he report also said the eruption of Mount Taal in 2020 displaced the most people because of a volcanic eruption. The disaster displaced a total of 506,000 Filipinos.

It also looks at the social and eco nomic impacts and what steps are being taken to better prevent and prepare for disaster displacement.

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million Filipinos, who live abroad, for their continued support to the country by regularly sending billions of dollars worth of remittances to their loved ones.

THE Manila International Airport Authority (Miaa) is now conducting an assessment of its power systems to ensure that the seven-hour power outage at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) last week will not happen again.

A s for the maintenance and other operating expenses of lower courts under Special Provision No. 7 of the NEP, Villanueva said the judi ciary has been asking that the said special provision be amended so as not to include, among others, the specific amount to be distributed to different courts nationwide.

W ith 10 million kababayans all over the world, “as your President I understand and know fully well the significant impact of the Philippine diaspora on our motherland, espe cially in terms of supporting our post-pandemic economic recovery,” saidDMarcos.ollarremittances, he noted, “have in fact hit an all-time high of 34.88 billion dollars in 2021,” when

Disastersgoals.”arecosting Asia and the Pacific hundreds of billions of dol lars,” said IDMC Director Alexandra Bilak. “However, the ultimate cost still lies in the millions of lives that are affected by unmitigated disaster displacement every year.”

Marcos noted Filipinos overseas become “automatic ambassadors” since they help create a good impres sion of the country to foreigners.

T he report discusses the role of climate change in disaster displace ment, noting that the effects of cli mate change are becoming visible, and are projected to increase displace ment as the frequency and intensity of hazards changes and impacts on food insecurity and water scarcity.

Disaster displacement is already eroding the development gains in Asia and the Pacific and threatens the long-term prosperity of the region,” said ADB’s Chief of Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management The

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Marcos urged them to strengthen their connections with the Philippines and thanked them for the various ini tiatives they have been undertaking back home from medical missions to scholarships to research work and drones for disaster assessment.

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V illanueva also asked the com mittee for amendments of the spe cial provisions to the proposed budget pursuant to the National Expenditure Program (NEP).

However, “claimants” to the area within the Protected Area, includ ing Masungi Georeserve, have so far ignored the DENR’s call for them to apply for a Special Use Agreements in Protected Areas (SAPA) as mandated by law.SAPA is issued by the DENR to en able the productive use of protected areas as defined under the National Integrated Protected Areas Act of 1992 while maintaining their status as protected areas.

L eones said many violations have indeed been committed by oc cupants of the UMRBPL and even areas outside the protected areas which are land of public domain and subject to another claim by several groups of Indigenous Peoples (IPs) in the area.

“ He urged Filipinos to invest, even in small businesses in the Philippines or to encourage a friend to visit the country. Tourism will be a big help in transforming the economy,” Angeles said in Filipino.

APART from Haiyan, the Philippines saw the third largest displacement caused by a storm in Typhoon Rai which happened in 2021. It displaced a total of 3.9 million people from Palau, the Philippines and Vietnam.

HE Senate Committee on Finance chaired by Senator Edgardo “Sonny” Angara on Monday scrutinized the P52.72billion proposed budget of the ju diciary for fiscal year 2023.

the country was just starting to re cover from the pandemic.

tions Act (Republic Act No.11639) the judiciary has been consistently seeking Congress’s consideration of Special Provision 2 which has always been granted.

A DB, however, said that the re port does not include the estimated hundreds of thousands of people dis placed in Pakistan due to the ongoing severe flooding that began in June.

T his sum “represents a 5.1 percent increase from the 33.19 billion dol lars recorded in 2020,” added Marcos, and stressed that, “our kababayans here, kayo lang dito sa United States, halos 40 porsiyento ng remittance noong 2021 ay galing dito sa Ameri ka.” The observation was met with warm applause.

T he 2023 proposed budget for the judiciary is P5.74 billion high er than its approved budget in 2022 of P46.98 billion, but is P21.46 bil lion lower than the judiciary’s orig inal budget proposal submitted to the Department of Budget and Management, or P74.18 billion.

We are doing an audit of our systems to determine why but happened, what went wrong, are there areas we failed to look into and what can be done on the im mediate, short term/medium term and long term. Also, we are going to look into the entire Naia system across all terminals,” Miaa Media

Meanwhile, we are also explor ing the use of renewable energy is something to consider especially that this is highly encouraged by no less than President Bongbong Marcos,” Bungag said.

During the period, the biggest di saster was typhoon Haiyan in 2013, which triggered the displacement of 4.1 million people. This accounted for over a fifth of the 19.7 million disaster displacements in the Asia Pacific region for that year.

All of you, including caregiver, housekeepers, babysitter, others in

He cited in particular Special Provisions No. 2 regarding the special allowances of justices and judges and Special Provision No. 7 with respect to the maintenance and operations of lower courts.

A ccording to the report, almost 31 percent of the total disaster dis placement recorded in the Asia and Pacific region during 2020−2021 has been reported in Southeast Asia.

IN a live stream, Press Secretary Bea trix “Trixie” Cruz-Angeles discussed the highlight of the speech, where the President invoked the spirit of “bayanihan” among the participants of the event.

Affairs Officer Connie Bungag said in a text message.

W hile the economy was “really down” 2020 and 2021, “when there were no jobs, and we were all on lock downs,” the Filipinos in the US contin ued to think of helping their families and their country, he noted, speaking partly in Filipino.

T he Department of Transporta tion (DOTr) confirmed that “air port shareholders gave Transport Secretary Jaime J. Bautista an assurance a repeat of Saturday’s brownout at Terminal 3 will not happen, with focus on contingency measures on alleviating passenger inconvenience during airport op eration disruption.”

We are in touch with thirdparty contractors that specialize in high-voltage systems to assist us in diagnosing the substation equip ment so we can be properly guided on what should be done to prevent a recurrence of the incident and work towards a wholistic solution to our supply problem,” Bungag said.

In the 18th Congress, Abante filed House Bill Number 6701 or the AntiPOGO Act of 2020, which if passed would have prohibited the “conduct of online games of chance or sport ing events via the Internet using a network and software or program, exclusively to offshore authorized players, within Philippine territory.” delos Santos vows push to sustainable green ports

Speaking partly in Filipino, she aired suspicion that “some other par ties may be reaping so much more, compared to the tiny sums that go directly to our Treasury.”

“If that is the case then we may end up losing more revenue than we earn, especially if these kidnapping incidents scare off investors who are thinking of bringing their businesses to the country,” Abante explained.

The PPA is currently building the so-called Green Port Infrastructure, which involves the implementation of orders, memos, and circulars on sustainable development of ports.

ANTIPORDA also shared the efforts to strengthen NIA’s public-private partnership (PPP) program with 50 potential irrigation projects nation wide. Majority of these are big-ticket multi-purpose projects with hydro power component with potentials on

“To further bolster police inves tigative capacity in POGO-related incidents, we are seeking to forge a better understanding with con cerned government agencies such as the Bureau of Immigration and Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation. This is in line with oper ational plans to conduct on-the-spot records verification of foreigners and enforcement of applicable laws and local ordinances that regulate busi ness operations,” he added.

nila Sixth District Rep. Bienvenido Abante on Monday said POGOs must leave the country, claiming that the industry is doing “more harm than good” amid a string of crimes involv ing

Authority (PPA) Manager for Port Operations and Services Hiyas min H. delos Santos said PPA is strengthening efforts to imple ment the PPA’s Digitalization Ini tiatives through 2023.

“The PNP-CIDG [Philippine Na tional Police - Criminal Investigation and Detection Group] revealed that there may be at least five kidnap for ransom groups targeting POGO workers now operating in the coun try, and for them to thwart and cap ture these criminals, resources will have to be mobilized,” Abante said.

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Antiporda said the agency could only assure the success of PPP to the investors if there is no corrup tion and the assurance of return of investments.Atpresent, NIA has already received pledges of investments amounting to more than P1 trillion through Letters of Intent from dif ferent investors, as a result of Anti porda’sWithefforts.PPP’sfocus on reduced costs, better risk allocation, faster imple

shrined under PPA Administrative Order No. 05-2018.

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Raps eyed vs two NIA lawyers over loss of ₧205-M court case

Over the weekend, authorities also raided a POGO site in Rizal and rescued at least 70 foreigners, most of them Chinese, who were also ille gally detained in the establishment, supposedly by its owner.

The DepEd issued a statement on Monday lamenting that there was zero budget for the SPED program for 2023. This, despite the depart ment’s “earnest efforts” to advocate for learners with special needs.

Marcos revealed that she and fel low senators discussed with Presi dent Ferdinand Marcos Jr. when the lawmakers met with the Chief Execu tive in Malacañang to discuss issues

“We give utmost importance in giving them access to quality educa tion, so that their unique needs are adequately addressed. We believe that it is in supporting their needs that we are contributing to the holistic growth of our children,” DBM stressed.

TWO senators backed the clamor—fueled by Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno’s statement on “reputational risks”— to finally shut down all Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations [POGO] in the country, given the sharp decline in revenues and the spike in violent crimes associated with them.

“Kung sa China, where most of these people come from, bawal ang POGOs, why did we open our doors to POGOs?” Pimentel asked.

At the same time, the senator said the President has “not yet made up his mind” on whether to permanent ly shut down the remaining opera tions that survived the pandemic.

“These operations resulted in the confiscation of 67.8 kilograms of shabu, 194 kgs of marijuana products and 701,000 fully-grown marijuana plants with a total estimated street value of P625.1 million,” he said.

At the same time, Pimentel also urged the leadership of the Senate and the House of Representatives to make the banning of POGO a legisla tive“Givenpriority.what we are seeing now as numerous ill effects of POGOs, the Congress has the moral duty to ban POGOs. We should act now. It will be a bipartisan measure,” the sena tor“Westressed.can’t afford to dilly-dally on banning POGOs when the nation’s moral fiber and peace and order are on the line,” Pimentel pointed out. He told ruling party leaders to “get your act together. If you say ‘stop POGOs,’ we will support you.”

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“Thisallocation.funding provision will still be valid until December 31, 2023.

“ThePOGOs.recent spate of crimes involv ing POGO employees contribute to the growing mountain of evidence that strengthens the case for the prohibition of POGOs in the coun try,” said Abante, who claims to be a longtime anti-gambling advocate.

Abante said he made his call fol lowing recent statements from highranking government officials that questioned the “merits” of allowing POGOs to operate in the country.

Just last week, the AKG raided a POGO site in Mabalacat City, Pam panga where it rescued a kidnapped Chinese national and rescued at least 40 others who have been illegally de tained inside the establishment.

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floating solar power farms and Small River Irrigation Projects (SRIPs) with reservoirs can be utilized for float ing solar power farm and/or minihydroelectric power plants.

IN previous interview, Senator Imee Marcos also pushed for the “winding down” of POGO operations in the Philippines, noting how other coun tries had banned it precisely because the risks outweighed the benefits.

Azurin also said that the PNP has arrested 25,722 persons in 4,708 separate operations against all forms of illegal gambling that resulted in the confiscation of P4.3million gambling bets and the filing of 3,005 “Thesecases.aggressive operations will be sustained in the weeks ahead leading to the Holiday Season when we shall double our efforts in response to the exigency of the situation,” he said.

In the campaign against illegal drugs, the PNP chief said they have been continuing to hit hard against high-value drug suspects, with 1,790 operations that have been conducted from September 1-17 that resulted in the arrest of 1,952 drug offenders and high-value suspects.

“Maliit ang kita natin dito, pero malaki ang perwisyo na dinudulot nito, [We are earning measly but the problems caused by this indus try are huge],” he added.

As part of NIA’s human resource management program, the agency is now looking for the opportunity to regularize its 72 officials nationwide with acting Moreover,appointments.atotalof 564 va cant plantilla (permanent) posi tions nationwide will be filled up to strengthen the agency’s social capital. The said undertaking is deemed vital to efficiently deliver the agency’s irrigation service to the Filipino farmers.

In terms of documentation, DBM said DepEd did not provide suf ficient documentation to support the SPED program. The documents required included that outlined the details of the proposed amount with specificThesepurposes.documents, DBM said,

The Minority Leader reiterated a call he made over the weekend for the government and Congress to make POGOs illegal.

Stronger PPP tie-ups

“The pandemic highlighted cer tain priorities of PPA. These would

mentation, improved services, and possible generation of additional revenue, NIA called on the private sector for the much-needed invest ments to Philippine agriculture.

the exercise of visitorial powers by PNP units to inspect and account for security personnel and systems employed by POGO firms, some of whom have been reported to be active participants in some kidnapping and illegal detention complaints,” he said.

NATIONAL Irrigation Admin istration (NIA) Administra tor Benny D. Antiporda and Senior Deputy Administrator Atty. Eryl Royce R. Nagtalon bared plans on Monday to conduct further in vestigation which may lead to the possible filing of criminal and ad ministrative charges against two lawyers employed by the agency for alleged graft and other administra tiveThischarges.developed as reportedly NIA stands to lose the Green Asia case amounting to P205,958,119.77 “due to these officials’ lackadaisi cal attitude and cavalier handling of the case.”

Marcos earlier joined other sena tors in filing a resolution to investi gate abduction cases related to PO GOs. In her view, “it is time to wind it [POGOs] down.”

Azurin welcomed the efforts of the Senate in working with the PNP in its effort to find solutions to the crime and illegal activities reported from the Chinese-operated gaming operations in the country.

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“Let’s prohibit it. POGOs is detri mental to the Republic of the Philip pines,” Pimentel stressed.

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Imee for winding down

“That is why I am not surprised that the President is seriously con sidering banning POGO firms, be cause even he sees the downsides of allowing these gambling operations in the Philippines,” he added.

But, she said it is good that “it turns out that Secretary Ben Diokno and I have the same view. Although he is a Secretary of Finance—and like former Secretary [Carlos] Domin guez before, they are really going out of their way to chase revenues for the country—he has also pointed out that the reputational risk to the Philippines is not worth it, that’s what he said at the [Senate Finance committee] hearing. So we’re of the same view: the crime, the social cost, the violence triggered by POGOs is not worth it, compared to what the government will earn.

“Such case could have been avoid ed if they [the NIA lawyers] per formed their tasks and duties with devotion, utmost diligence, and good faith,” Antiporda said in a news state ment. He, however, did not provide the names of the NIA lawyers, but he identified them as NIA officials holding the position of “Attorney IV.”

“It is a welcome development. Coming from the President’s sister herself, I would like to believe that we are moving in that direction of totally halting the operation of PO GOs in the country,” Pimentel said.

“As I said, if it cannot be en forced, as it appears so, because it has been there a long time ago and just getting worse, let us just stop it,” Sen. Marcos said, noting that in the similar case of e-sabong, “they may earn small income but it will cause trouble in the country.”

PNP chief: 9 of 17 POGO kidnapping cases solved and DBM swap blame for SPED zero budget in NEP

The amount of taxes collected by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) from POGOs and their service providers slid 46 percent from P7.18 billion in 2020, putting an end to the upward collection trend pre-pan demic. In 2019, the POGO tax take reached P6.42 billion. It amounted to P2.38 billion in 2018, when the gov ernment started to squeeze POGO of their tax Pimentelobligations.welcomed the pro nouncement of his fellow Senator Imee Marcos that President Ferdi nand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. is consid ering a ban on POGOs in the country.

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and collaboration tools, the imple mentation of online applications, programs on cyber security and upgrade hardware software and overallThesesystems.” newinitiatives complement those that were already implement ed such as the Internet-based Port

Pimentel proposed Monday that Malacañang should heed the call

Further, DBM noted that as of June 30, 2022, the SPED program under the FY 2022 GAA has an ob ligation rate of 1.13 percent, or only P6.35 million out of P560.202 mil lion

related to the debts of land reform beneficiaries. When “he [Marcos] signed it [the land reform reprieve],” the senator noted, “the POGO issue remained a hot topic.”

be digitalization, the development of modern disaster resilient and environment-friendly ports, auto mation, and collaboration and new partnerships,” she said. Delos Santos said the PPA is adapting to the demands of the times by using “new technologies

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Abante lamented that govern ment resources were being utilized to address POGO-related crimes, such as kidnapping, offsetting whatever financial earnings col lected by the government.

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Operations and Receipting System (IPORTS), the Helpdesk Informa tion and Ticketing System (HITS), and the PPA’s E-Recruitment Portal.

“We deemed that the program support or additional allocation for the smooth implementation of the SPED may already be accommodated within the same program [DepEd MOOE], and that a separate budget for the purpose may no longer be necessary,” it added.

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During the launch of the cel ebration of the 2022 National Maritime Week, Philippine Ports

Please note that during budget ex ecution, items may be realigned and modified by the implementing agency to accommodate the requirements of any program that is in dire need of ad ditional resources,” DBM explained.

THE Department of Budget and Management (DBM) consid ered the insufficient docu mentation and the low utilization of the 2022 budget for the Special Education (SPED) of Filipino chil dren with special needs as reason enough not to grant a budget for the program for next year.

for a total ban on POGOs as he la mented how “the country has be come a playground for undesirable foreign nationals.”

“Recently, the Department of Fi nance Secretary Benjamin Diokno echoed a point I have made all along: that the social costs of POGOs far outweigh their benefits,” he said.

The senator also recalled “we in Ilocos were among the first [to allow it, right]? In Fort Ilocandia? At the start, it seemed good because there were high rollers, it was well regu lated Pagcor was earning a lot. But towards the end, the police could no longer regulate it, Immigration was a mess, and even Customs allowed the entry of just anybody and there was credit card fraud. So in the end, I said, let’s stop this, because the trouble it causes is not really worth it.”

should also provide a basis for the computations/parameters as well as the status of the ongoing conversion and establishment of Inclusive Learn ing Resource Centers (ILRCs) funded under fiscal year (FY) 2021 and FY 2022 General Appropriations Act.

Abante said he is “not surprised” that no less than President Marcos is contemplating “banning” POGO firms in the country.

Delos Santos noted that the digitalization efforts strengthen the PPA’s initiative of “greening the Philippine ports,” which is en

Senators and House member back calls to padlock POGOs

Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III and Senator Imee Marcos said in separate occasions that it is time to take seriously the concerns raised by the Department of Finance (DOF) chief himself at last week’s Senate Finance Commit tee hearing that it may be time to let go of the POGOs, on which the gov ernment had for years relied on for multibillion revenues.

Asked if the closure of POGOs might dent Philippine relations with China, Sen. Marcos reminded, “POGO is really banned in their coun try. They have told us several times to please stop it here. Of course, they don’t meddle, because they know we have a gambling regime, we have a law that mandates regulators like Pagcor [Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp.], Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office [PCSO], they don’t have laws like those.”

Airing growing concerns that “the continued operation of POGOs in the country is dangerous” Pimentel warned, “It is akin to harboring wouldbe criminals and gangsters that can eventually cause massive disruption of peace and order in the country as we are beginning to see now with the spate of kidnapping incidence and other violent activities related to POGOs.”

The agency also said the DepEd, under its maintenance and other operating expenses (MOOE), had a P1.216 billion surplus for the PAPOperations of Schools-Elementary and Junior High Schools (JHS). This can be used to finance the depart ment’s needs for the SPED program.

out of the 17 kidnap pings related to the contro versial Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations (POGO) report ed since January this year have been solved by the Philippine National Police (PNP), National Police chief General Rodolfo Azurin Jr. revealed on TheMonday.PNP chief said that another case has been marked as “cleared,” while seven other cases are still un dergoing investigation by the Camp Crame-based Anti-Kidnapping GroupThe(AKG).Senate had already wrapped up its investigation into the opera tions of POGO in the country, and some senators have already voiced out their call to cease its operations.

THE government committed during the National Maritime Week to double down on ef forts to digitalize, green, and make port operations more sustainable.

“The PNP is also grateful for the responsiveness of the senators to PNP proposals that will establish an efficient system of monitoring and identification of alien workers in the POGO industry as well as

The DepEd also said that while the SPED Program did not receive any allo cation under the National Expenditure Program (NEP), they were still “not at a loss” given that they have found other ways to engage with members of Congress to finance its programs.

On Monday, DepEd said it was not remiss in its duties to exert ef fort to ensure that all its programs, including the SPED program, would be given financial support.

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According to Centeno, the com pany is primarily focusing its efforts in Visayas and soon in Mindanao where single-use butane canisters that are illegally refilled with LPG is quite common.

H. Roldan A. Al, DAR Soccsksargen Assistant Regional Director said the FBS is in line with DAR Secretary Conrado Estrella III’s directive to support the farmers’ livelihood activities and create for them alternative sources of income.

A nd I was equally surprised by the statement of Alexander B. Ca brera, PwC Philippines Chairman Emeritus, that the private sector should also play a role in addressing corruption. He added: “Corruption is like a dance. It takes two to tango. If the private sector would not give in, there would also be no corrup tion. We cannot miss that element

But it is enlightening to see that the survey undertaken by MAP and PwC Philippines shows that most respondents believe that the Marcos government should give more priority to fighting corruption. While anticorruption initiatives were not laid out during the President’s State of the Nation Address in July, the President himself said that the use of govern ment funds will follow the law.

T he DBM said the lion’s share of the funds would be used for De partment of Health (DOH) hospi tals, which received an allocation of P11.2 billion followed by rural

AVAO CITY—City govern ment officials inaugurated on Friday two abattoirs, one of them Halal-certified already, adding more of these kind of fa cilities here.

Ellen Purisima, one of the FBS graduates said with 25 sessions, those who took the course gained more than new knowledge and but hope.

A nother P7.7 million was allo cated by the city government for the additional equipment.

prices are going down for the third consecutive week.

health units at P5.6 billion. Other allocations will be used to construct, rehabilitate, and upgrade local government unit (LGU) hos pitals worth P2.7 billion; barangay

T his was followed by another dis tribution of goods to 257 residents of Barangay Magsaggaw in Panglima Sugala where the PCUP was assisted by the Second Marine Brigade, Marine Battalion landing Team-1 and Philip pine Navy under Brig. Gen. Romeo Ra cadio and Maj. Rick L. Ganuelas and municipal personnel led by Panglima Sugala vice mayor Dayang Sahali.

“ Today’s blessing and ribbon cutting of the Malagos Double A [abattoir] with cold storage and meat cutting facilities and Halal slaughterhouse is a realization of our dream of putting up a facility that caters to the pressing need of our prospective customers for an ex cellent slaughtering that conforms to the standard set by the National Meat Inspection Services [NMIS],” said Davao City Economic Enter prise Officer in Charge Maximo Macalipes Jr.

L ast September 13, oil compa nies implemented a per liter de crease in gasoline by P0.45, diesel by P1.45 and P1.70 for kerosene. These resulted to the year-to-date total adjustments to stand at a net increase of P16.50/liter for gaso line, P34.80/liter for diesel and P29.90/liter for kerosene.

T hey will reduce diesel price by P4.15 per liter and kerosene by P4.45 per liter. The price of gasoline re mains unchanged.

O verall, the health sector will receive a hefty budget allocation of P296 billion under the 2023 National Expenditure Program (NEP).

health stations, P2 billion; other health facilities, P1.3 billion; and polyclinics, P80 million.

W ith cold storage facility at tached to the slaughterhouses, “the clients can market their products outside Davao City and throughout theTPhilippines.”heCIOsaidthe rates and charg es for the slaughter and corral fees for the slaughterhouses would be based on Article 12, Section 383, Ordinance No. 0291-17 Series of 2017 or “An Ordinance Amending the 2005 Revenue Code of the City, otherwise known as the 2017 Rev enue Code of Davao.

We have to accept that clean government is good business. Stud ies by the World Economic Forum recognize the link between good governance, transparency, and in tegrity on the one hand, and high levels of investment as well as per formance, on the other. A business venture decision, logically, must begin with having trust in the com munity where an investment is to be made. Understandably, investors would only venture into a particu lar political and social setting that would produce returns for them. Integrity and the availability of information, as research proved, promote accountability and greater predictability of outcomes.

T he funds will support the Health Facilities Enhancement Program (HFEP), which is in line with the ad ministration’s commitment to pro vide quality and affordable health care for all Filipinos. The program also seeks to bring proper health care to the regions and rural areas.

The funds for the 2023 HFEP are focused on the gaps identified based on the updated Philippine Health Facility Development Plan for 2022 to 2040 that supports the implemen tation of the Universal Health Care Act,” Pangandaman added.

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Apart from the improvement of health facilities and services, the administration will allocate funds to strengthen the country’s health care system by providing support to the health-care work force, research and development, and ensuring af fordable and inclusive health care.

Feedback is highly appreciated, and the Integrity Initiative is in standby to support anti-corruption as a strong tool to enable economic recovery; please contact me at hjs chumacher59@gmail.com

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In conclusion, there are some matters within the control of the new national and local Philippine government that can improve the situation, starting with decisive measures to address corruption. The problem is a two-way street: fighting corruption will also require the full cooperation by the private sector. But the lead has to come from the new administration, promising to address corruption.

ARBs complete DAR crash course for ‘agri-preneurs’

T he DOE continues to intensify its campaign against illegal refillers in the region to ensure the safety of consumers. “We appeal to the public to stop using illegally refilled butane canisters and prioritize their safety. As we’ve reiterated in the past, these do not comply with the DTI [Department of Trade and Industry] or BFP [Bureau of Fire Protection] standards on safety and quality, making them extremely dangerous. We welcome the entry of Petron in the small refillable LPG cylinders category and hope that this will result in more LPG users choosing the safer and gov ernment-compliant option,’’ said Director Rino Abad of the DOE-Oil Industry Management Bureau.

A nother reality that needs to be addressed is that powerful families and clans are protecting their domi nant market positions against po tential competitors at many places through the support of local admin istrations, over which they exercise control and influence through the linkage of economic power and po litical positions. As a result, many local markets are closed markets, with low competition and compara tive high prices.

Halal, non-halal abattoirs launched in Davao City

T he construction of the slaugh terhouses were funded by the De partment of Agriculture under the National Livestock Program, De partment of Agriculture (DA) XI Program, and the city government.

I n 2021, the LPG law, which aims to strengthen consumer protection, among others, in the LPG sector was enacted. Petron actively supported the passage of this law, taking the lead in ensur ing that consumers are provided with LPG products that meet gov ernment standards.

PCUP-FODM personnel led by Atty. Ferdinand Iman distributed food packs donated by the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corpora tion (Pagcor) and hygiene kits from Procter and Gamble (P&G) Philip pines on the first day to 410 benefi ciaries from Barangay Sanga-Sanga.

DOH allots hefty ₧23.6-B budget for health-care facilities, services

Fiesta Gas: Small refillable LPG MEANWHILE , Petron unveiled its new Fiesta Gas 170 gram in refill able cylinders.

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M acalipes said he “is truly grate ful for the approval of the project

He said the Manual of Operation for the two slaughterhouses was already done and awaits approval from the Malagos Slaughterhouse Management Board.

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and the necessary support such as the financial aspect of the worldclass slaughterhouse that will be operating soon.”

Oil companies announced Monday a price cut of more than P4 per liter in diesel and kerosene start ing Tuesday morning.

THE Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has allocated P23.6 billion to construct, rehabilitate and upgrade the country’s health-care facilities and services nationwide.

“You should apply the knowledge you acquired from FBS because this is the key to your goal of becoming a successful agricultural entrepreneurs. We look forward that your farms will become learning sites in this province,” he said to the Thisgraduates.isthe 12th FBS site in the province of South Cotabato, which was launched last May 25, 2022, with the course running for almost four months.

“We are confident that from the learnings we have gained on business planning, records keeping, savings mobilization and value-adding, we will succeed in our agricultural lives in the future,” she

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T he non-halal abbatoir was worth P80 million sourced from the DA National Livestock Program. The Halal abbatoir was built from the P5million fund from the DA XI Bottomup-Budgeting (BuB) and P1 million from the city government.

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Oil firms adjust their pump prices every week to reflect movements in the world oil market.

T he packaging is made of seamless aluminum alloy, allow ing it to withstand high pressure in line with Philippine National Standards (PNS). The Fiesta Gas 170 gram in refillable cylinders is safe, reliable, and easily com patible with portable stoves and grillers.Itisinitially available in Cebu.

T hrough the FBS, the farmers gained basic knowledge of agricultural business to make their products more profitable and marketable and how to properly manage their own agri-business.

T he cold storage, the blast freezers, and the meat process ing plant are additional features of the non-halal slaughterhouse would also be to the advantage of clients “because these would help them easily process and preserve food for a wider market reach. The meat processing facility with meat grinders can also cater to a com mercial size outputs.”

T he City Information Office (CIO) said it inaugurated the Malagos Double Abattoir with cold storage and meat cutting facilities and the Halal slaughterhouse.

It is positive to note that a good number of companies have sub scribed to building a Culture of Integ rity. But we also must be honest that we never achieved that the majority of businessmen join the fight against corruption. They saw and still see clear advantages in being “flexible.”

A side from distributing food packs and hygiene kits, beneficia ries of the two mini caravans were also given access to free medical and dental services as well as other activities such as free circumcision and provision of medicine and vita mins, eyeglasses and slippers.

We must be prepared for any unprecedented situation and health emergencies. The Covid-19 pandemic has illustrated our need for a strong health-care system that’s why health care will continuously be a budget priority,” Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman said.

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areas near the slaughterhouse. The Halal slaughterhouse would pro vide additional market for vendors because even Muslim clients will patronize them once their meat is certified Halal.

Tawi-Tawi—Hun dreds of residents joined the recent two-day mini caravan spearheaded by the Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor Field Operations Division for Mindanao (PCUP-FODM) in the municipal capi tol of Bongao and Panglima Sugala town in Tawi-Tawi province.

HAVING been actively involved in anti-corruption activities since 2011, when we formed the Integrity Initiative (II) and hoped both government and the private sector would actively support that endeavor, I was surprised on Tuesday last week—11 years after we formed the II—when I saw the headline in the news: “Corruption will delay recovery.”

Earlier, Slaughter House Master IV Engr. Joseph Gabut said the op eration of the slaughterhouses would be advantageous for the poultry and livestock raisers in Calinan, Mintal and the Toril public markets, the

Putting it another way, when in tegrity is given premium as a matter of standard, trust in government is built. Fair market conditions are achievable, resulting in greater com petitiveness and increased business confidence, which will be evident in higher domestic and international investments, consequently gener ating more employment. A vibrant and dynamic national economy is thus possible, which will help us al leviate unemployment and poverty.

Evangelinesaid.Bueno, Provincial Agrarian Reform Program Officer II encouraged the new graduates to put their learnings and start their own small businesses.

T he new pump prices will take effect at 6 a.m. of September 20 for Seaoil, PTT, Petron, Shell, Caltex, To tal, Unioil, and Phoenix. Cleanfuel, meanwhile, will implement the price rollback at 12:01 a.m.

HIRTY-EIGHT agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) from Barangay Deungas, Surallah, South Cotabato recently completed a crash course to become “agri-preneurs” on agricultural entrepreneurship from the Farm Business School (FBS) of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR).

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“Our new Fiesta Gas 170 gram in refillable cylinders allows the vast majority of Filipino consumers to get their hands on a quality yet af fordable LPG product from a brand they can trust. As the industry lead er, Petron is committed to helping the DOE address the proliferation of butane canisters that are illegally refilled with LPG by introducing a better and safer alternative in the market,” Petron Vice President for Industrial Sales Virgilio Cen teno said.

D OE strongly advises against this kind of product, which is prone to leaks and can trigger ac cidental combustion, potentially harming users. Cebu, in particu lar, has recorded an alarming number of fire incidents result ing from the backyard or illegal refilling of butane canisters.

that corruption is not one-sided.” Eleven years ago, we already as pired for a level playing field where companies that do business with integrity enjoy competitive advan tage in both government and private sector transactions.

‘Corruption will delay the recovery’

L ast September 6, they reduced gasoline by P2.6 per liter, diesel by P1.55 per liter, and kerosene by P1.6 perSliter.ome of the reasons cited by the Department of Energy (DOE) for the oil price rollback include tight ening signals from the European Central Bank and the US Federal Reserve as well as China’s intensi fied Covid-19 controls that have largely outweighed a symbolic OPEC+ production cut.

Dollar-bleeding PHL’s Aug BOP gap hits $572M continued from a1 150 tourism companies in DOT job fair continued from a16

T he Bangsamoro Atty. Gener al’s Office and the EU’s Support to Bangsamoro Transition (Subatra) launched the Legal Knowledge Da tabase in Cotabato City, the seat of the regional autonomous govern ment. The information office said the database “is a legal tool avail able both online and offline which contains a collection of legal refer ences primarily designed to aid legal professionals and researchers in the practice of law.”

Interested applicants for the Manila leg, which runs from September 22 to 24 at the SMX Convention Center Manila, in Pasay City, may register via https://bit.ly/philtourismjobfair

It is usually considered an impor tant economic indicator in an econo my as it shows the level of earnings or expenses of the Philippines in its transactions with the world. A deficit means that the country had more dol lar expenditures than its dollar earn ings during a given period.

Under DO 237, DOLE expounded on the responsibilities of em ployers in implementing telecommuting, which includes shouldering the facilities, equipment and supplies of their workers in an “alter native work place.”

T he rape case, which is being handled by the Taguig City Regional Trial Court (RTC), has yet to rule whether a probable cause exist to put Navarro on trial for the said charges.Earlier, Navarro asked the CA to reconsider its decision ordering the filing of rape and acts of lascivious ness charges against him.

T his was the essence of the vir tual business roundtable discus sion called Promoting Broad-Based Prosperity Through Digital Infra structure, recently organized by the Stratbase ADR Institute in partner ship with consumer advocacy group CitizenWatch Philippines.

CITY—The Bangsam oro government and a Euro pean Union (EU) program in the region launched Monday the da tabase of all laws in the Bangsamoro as well as local to international laws applicable for use by local legal prac titioners and “other erudite scholars in theTheyregion.”will now gain better ac cess to vital laws, primarily those concerning the Bangsamoro, fol lowing the successful launching of the region’s Legal Knowledge Database,” the Bangsamoro Infor mation Office said.

“After personally evaluating and taking into consideration the

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T he database was developed with support of Subatra, which was formed in 2020 by the Bangsamoro government and the Delegation of the European Union to the Philippines, as one move to support the transition period of theTBangsamoro.hisprogramhas a time span of five years with P1.5-billion fund. Subatra was intended to lay the foundation for lasting peace and development by strengthening its institutions’ democratic gover nance capacities during the tran sition period.

“We need to prepare for the evolu tion of new generation technologies, put in place a strong digital gover nance framework, and create a con ducive environment for online gig workers and other players like startups and other enterprises,” said Ms. Cosette Canilao, President and CEO of Aboitiz InfraCapital.

T he August deficit was a reversal of the $1.044-billion surplus seen in the same month last year. It is, however, a lower deficit compared to the $1.82 billion in the previous month.

For the Davao leg, from September

ing with the government to scale up e-services in the public sphere. “Egovernment services can improve the current siloed cloud services in vari ous government agencies, creating a sovereign community.”

22 to 23 at Abreeza Mall Davao, job hunters may register at https://bit.ly/ davaophiltourismjobfair Garcia Frasco expressed optimism that the number of jobs on offer will increase in the days to follow.

T hus, the appellate court direct ed the Office of the City Prosecutor of Taguig City to file information against Navarro for rape by sexual intercourse under Article 266-A of the Revised Penal Code, as amend ed by Republic Act No. 8353 and acts of lasciviousness, instead of

John Gonzales, Chief Commercial Officer of ePLDT, talked about the company’s international submarine and terrestrial cable network, includ ing the recently launched Jupiter cable system.

It said that it would be up to the court to determine, during a proper trial, on who’s telling the truth.

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T the core of economic recovery and development lies a stable digital infrastructure across the country, with the government, private sector, and civil society work ing together and complementing each other’s strengths.

that Navarro did not rape or sexually abused Cornejo as she retraced the events of January 22, 2014, when she said her client was “detained, mauled, threatened, tied up” by the group of businessman Cedric Lee and Cornejo.

E arlier this year, Rizal Commer cial Banking Corporation (RCBC) chief economist Michael Ricafort said that in the coming months, the country’s BOP could still be affected by the continued Russian invasion in Ukraine, as it is expected to el evate the prices of importation and lead to higher trade deficits and af fect the peso.

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the release of the expounded rules for telecommut ing, the country’s largest labor group urged more companies to implement the work-from-home (WFH) scheme to boost the pro ductivity of their operations.

nology Innovations, said technologydriven development has several key components: infrastructure, digital transformation, innovation, and tal entFdevelopment.ortheAyala group, he said, this goes beyond providing connectivity. “It is engaging partnerships, building and developing ecosystems, and having purpose-driven, inclusive innovation.”

information filed in the aboveentitled case, as well as the allega tions in the complaint-affidavit executed by the offended party, which are all under oath, together with the supporting documents attached thereon, the Court finds that there is probable cause to hold the accused for trial,” Taguig Met ropolitan Trial Court Branch 116 Presiding Judge Angela Francesca Din said in a resolution.

T he information office said the Bangsamoro government has offered the database access for free, “and can be regularly updated as new content and resources become available.”

T he BOP deficit in August brought the cumulative BOP level for January to August 2022 to a $5.5-billion deficit, higher than the $253-million deficit recorded in the same period a year ago. According to the Central Bank, this cumulative BOP deficit reflected the widening trade in goods deficit.

ment units, and all our partners in the private sector who have supported us in this important endeavor to bring back jobs lost, and to present a multitude of new opportunities for employment and greener pastures in the tourism indus try to our fellow Filipinos,” she added.

“No single player possesses all the resources to make this happen,” said Stratbase ADR Institute President Pro fessor Victor Andres “Dindo” Manhit, who delivered the opening remarks during the forum. “Collaboration needs to happen. The results could be harnessed into inclusive develop ment opportunities for the Filipino people and the Filipino nation, in our pursuit of being a new power player in the global digital economy.”

“Nonetheless, the latest GIR level represents a more than adequate external liquidity buffer equivalent to 7.8 months’ worth of imports of goods and payments of services and primary income. Moreover, it is also about 7 times the country’s short-term external debt based on original matu rity and 4.4 times based on residual maturity,” the BSP said.

N avarro immediately surren dered to the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), but evaded detention after posting a bail of P36,000 through his legal counsel Alma Mallonga.

For further information about the employers and job vacancies, inter ested applicants may contact the fol lowing focal persons: NCR: nitiesgov.ph forhighlygmail.com Cebu: dot7accreditation@gmail.com itagote@tourism.gov.phDavao: dotdavaotrainingunit@Jobseekersandemployersarealsoencouragedtovisit philjobnet.moreemploymentopportucuratedbyDOLE.

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Certain studies discovered that working from home has the poten tial of further increasing productivity. Further, the contribution of the benefits of improved work-life balance and the flexibility afforded by this alternative work scheme to an employee’s productivity and wellbeing cannot be understated,” Mendoza said.

T he labor leader noted telecommuting would help both employers and workers cope with the effects of the pandemic and the spiking prices of oil and basic commodities.

It also said telecommuting workers will not be considered as “field personnel” only if their actual hours of work can be determined with reasonable certainty by their employer.

Job seekers for the Cebu leg, on September 22 and 23 at SM City Cebu, may pre-register at https://bit.ly/ce buphiltourismjobfair

attempted rape.

“ This will help boost the country’s international capacity, boost trade of digital services, drive our digital economy, and at the same time, in crease Internet speeds and reliability for the Filipinos. This will help make the Philippines become a key player in the global hyper scale arena,” he said.

T he previous resolutions of the DOJ ruled that Cornejo’s account “suffers from a very serious cred ibility issue.”

I n line with the deficit in the coun try’s BOP, the gross international re serves (GIR) of the country declined to $97.4 billion as of end-August 2022 from $99.8 billion as of endJuly 2022.

“ To further assist our kababayans and make their job-seeking experi ence more seamless at the job fair, the DOT and DOLE have opened the pre-registration for all three legs of the fair, covering one step of the ap plication process. This enables the job seekers to focus instead on the core of the event, getting to know the partici pating establishments and companies and determining the career openings they wish to pursue,” she said.

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G onzales added PLDT is work

I t can be recalled that last July 21, 2022, the Court of Ap peals’ (CA) Fourteenth Division

A country’s BOP is the summary of its transactions with the rest of the world.

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OF the total jobs available so far, a total of 3,367 are from tourism enterprises in the National Capital Region, Cala barzon and Mimaropa. Tourism en terprises in Cebu and Davao are hiring for 1,633 and 2,510 jobs, respectively.

The BOP deficit in August 2022 reflected outflows arising mainly from the National Government’s foreign currency withdrawals from its deposits with the BSP to settle its foreign currency debt obligations and pay for its various expenditures,” the BSP explained.

Applicants, however, may still opt to walk-in during the job fair series.

Anchoring telecommuting programs on voluntariness and mu tual consent, the revised IRR [Implementing Rules and Regula tions] ensure that this alternative work scheme will proceed with the rights, wages, and benefits of our workers safeguarded,” TUCP President Raymond C. Mendoza said in a brief statement issued last Monday.

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D uring the launching program, Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao ( BARMM) At torney General and Member of the Parliament (MP) Sha Elijah AlbaDumama sought the cooperation of lawyers, mainly from the BARMM ’s Legal Liason Network, to support the undertaking.

Engr. Derick Dimla, Manager and Head of Globe Telecom’s Network Tech

T he Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) said the newly released Department Order (DO) No. 237 of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) further clarifies the provisions of the Tele commuting Act, which makes its implementation easier.

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reversed and set aside the April 30, 2018 and July 14, 2020 resolu tions of the Department of Justice (DOJ) dismissing the complaint filed by model Cornejo in 2014 against Navarro for alleged rape and attempted rape.

Meanwhile, Mallonga insisted

To be able to do this, the public and private sectors, academe, NGOs, and the wider cyber community need to have a coordinated approach in addressing gaps in this whole eco system so we can be truly effective, sheMsaid.icrosoft Philippines CEO Peter Maquera said digital skilling—empow ering every person by ensuring that everyone has the skills, the knowledge, and the opportunity to succeed in the digital economy—is crucial to achiev ing inclusive prosperity.

T he CA held that the DOJ should have allowed the trial court to de cide on the merit of Cornejo’s claim and Navarro’s counterclaim.

T he order also reiterated the provisions of its original version such as ensuring telecommuting workers will have the same rights and ben efits as their counterparts, who are working in offices.

R egional think tank AMRO (ASEAN +3 Macroeconomic Research Office) also earlier said the country’s external account could face some pres sure in 2022 as the external environ ment has become more unfavorable.

T he Manila leg of the job fair will coincide with the Hotels Supplier Show, after Global-Link MP, one of the private sector partners of the DOT and DOLE, allotted more than 50 free booths.

“ TUCP urges employers to properly implement these provisions and for DOLE to regularly evaluate their implementation to ensure that the welfare of our workers, especially those working in alternative work places, are not taken for granted,” Mendoza said.

“As probable cause exists to hold the accused for trial, let a warrant of arrest be issued against Ferdinand ‘Vhong’ Navarro,” it added.

S he said Cornejo could be seen on a close circuit television cam era inside the elevator a minute after Navarro went to her condo unit. “After she enters elevator, she is smiling, even apparently sup pressing giggles, as she looks at her reflection, making it clear she was not a victim of rape and or at tempted rape or acts of lascivious ness,” she added.

Taguig City judge issues arrest warrant vs Vhong Navarro ‘for acts of lasciviousness’ collaboration

BARMM launches legal internationaldatabaseknowledgeoflocal,laws Experts: Digitally driven economic devt possible with multi-sectoral

Dumama encouraged legal pro fessionals present in the event “to promote a culture of innovation in theirAsprofession.”lawyers,we must not limit ourselves to doing legal tasks to help others. I encourage you to take an ac tive part in innovating and evolving our work and how we do them, so that we can meaningfully contribute to the legal practice and ultimately create ripples of change and impact in society,” she said.

“ Please treat this as your own, and do not hesitate to let us know how well we can improve it in sub stance and maybe even aestheti cally,” Dumama said.

TAGUIG court ordered on Monday the arrest of comedian and television host Ferdinand “Vhong” Navar ro after finding probable cause to put him on trial for acts of lasciviousness charges filed by model Deniece Cornejo.

Team Leader of Subatra Bernard Jolly said the development of the database involved rigorous tasks. Manuel T. Cayon

“ While the DOT continues to work towards President Ferdinand Mar cos Jr.’s vision for tourism to contrib ute greatly to our country’s economic resurgence, we fully understand the need for this to be met with efforts to fortify the tourism and allied industry work force,” said the Tourism chief-des ignate. “We could not be more grateful enough to the DOLE, the local govern

He also emphasized that connectiv ity is not all about speed. “It has to be consistent, reliable, secure, available and accessible to all.”

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16. LAI, ChineseRONGBINItSupport Specialist

21. DOAN LE HOA Support Specialist

LING, CustomerHE Support Specialist

Brief Job Description: Shall answer incoming phone calls from Chinese clients and troubleshoot customer technical problems with computer software and hardware.

Qualification: Must be fluent in chinese language (writing and

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35. LI, CustomerLIUBIN Support Specialist

Basic PhpSalaryEnglishskillsEffectiveQualification:communicationinJapaneseandlanguageRange:60,000-Php89,999

Basic Qualification: Must be fluent in the Chinese language (writing and PhpSalaryspeaking)Range:30,000-Php 59,999

Basic PhpSalaryspokenskillsExcellentQualification:communicationinChinese,bothandwritten.Range:30,000-Php59,999

Brief Job Description: Shall answer incoming phone calls from Chinese clients and troubleshoot customer technical problems with computer software and hardware.

Basic Qualification: Must be fluent in the Chinese language (writing and PhpSalaryspeaking)Range:30,000-Php 59,999

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game updates, implementing procedures to support players, work

DAIKIN AIRCONDITIONING PHILIPPINES, INC. FURUKAWA, YUKI Assistant Manager

Basic PreferablyQualification:6months -1year as Visa Consultant; Fluent in Mandarin or Vietnam and English PhpSalaryLanguageRange:30,000-Php 59,999

Brief Job Description: Being the voice of our players within our fastgrowing online/offshore gaming platform, stay on track with the game updates, implementing procedures to support players, work creatively across multiple projects and platforms at the same time.

59,999 23. KRIDA, KARIM It Support Specialist Brief Job Description: Shall answer incoming phone calls from chinese clients and troubleshoot customer technical problems with computer software and hardware.

Basic PhpSalaryspokenskillsExcellentQualification:communicationinChinese,bothandwritten.Range:30,000-Php59,999

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Brief Job Description: Shall answer incoming phone calls from Chinese clients and troubleshoot customer technical problems with computer software and hardware.

Basic PhpSalaryspokenskillsExcellentQualification:communicationinChinese,bothandwritten.Range:30,000-Php59,999

33. CHEN, CustomerCHENGSupport Specialist

34. GOH DIK CustomerWAISupport Specialist

Basic PhpSalaryManagementPreferablyinCollegeQualification:Graduate;FluentMandarinandEnglish;3-5YearsExperienceRange:30,000-Php59,999

Basic PhpSalaryspeaking).Range:30,000-Php YAN, PlanningBriefProjectYONGMINGManagerJobDescription:activities,organizing

DATACLICK INTERNATIONAL CORP. E. Rodriguez St., Roxas Blvd. St., Barangay 3, Pasay City

38. WANG, CustomerKUNMINGSupport Specialist Brief Job Description: Being the voice of our players within our fastgrowing online/offshore gaming platform, stay on track with the game updates, implementing procedures to support players, work creatively across multiple projects and platforms at the same time.

Brief Job Description: Shall answer incoming phone calls from Chinese clients and troubleshoot customer technical problems with computer software and hardware.

Basic Qualification: Must be fluent in the Chinese language (writing and PhpSalaryspeaking)Range:30,000-Php 59,999

Basic PhpSalaryspokenskillsExcellentQualification:communicationinChinese,bothandwritten.Range:30,000-Php59,999

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Brief Job Description: Being the voice of growing the creatively multiple at the same time.

Basic PhpSalaryspokenskillsExcellentQualification:communicationinChinese,bothandwritten.Range:30,000-Php59,999

59,999 24. NGUYEN NGOC LAP It Support Specialist Brief Job Description: Shall answer incoming phone calls from chinese clients and troubleshoot customer technical problems with computer software and hardware. Basic Qualification: Must be fluent in chinese language (writing and PhpSalaryspeaking).Range:30,000-Php 59,999 25. NGUYEN THI VAN ANH It Support Specialist Brief Job Description: Shall answer incoming phone calls from chinese clients and troubleshoot customer technical problems with computer software and hardware. Basic Qualification: Must be fluent in chinese language (writing and PhpSalaryspeaking).Range:30,000-Php 59,999 26. PAUL, SHOURAV It Support Specialist Brief Job Description: Shall answer incoming phone calls from chinese clients and troubleshoot customer technical problems with computer software and hardware. Basic Qualification: Must be fluent in chinese language (writing and PhpSalaryspeaking).Range:30,000-Php 59,999 27. PHUNG HUONG LY It Support Specialist Brief Job Description: Shall answer incoming phone calls from Chinese clients and troubleshoot customer technical problems with computer software and hardware. Basic Qualification: Must be fluent in chinese language (writing and PhpSalaryspeaking).Range:30,000-Php 59,999 28. TRAN THAI SON PHUONG It Support Specialist Brief Job Description: Shall answer incoming phone calls from Chinese clients and troubleshoot customer technical problems with computer software and hardware. Basic Qualification: Must be fluent in chinese language (writing and PhpSalaryspeaking).Range:30,000-Php 59,999 29. WILSON WIRAWAN It Support Specialist Brief Job Description: Shall answer incoming phone calls from Chinese clients and troubleshoot customer technical problems with computer software and hardware. Basic Qualification: Must be fluent in chinese language (writing and PhpSalaryspeaking).Range:30,000-Php 59,999 COMMSEC INC. House No. 2259, Aurora Blvd. St., Barangay 148, Pasay City 30. HU, DeliveryBIN Manager Brief Job Description: Planning activities, organizing projects and monitoring delivery progress Basic PhpSalaryManagementPreferablyinCollegeQualification:Graduate;FluentMandarinandEnglish;3-5YearsExperienceRange:30,000-Php59,999 31.

projects and monitoring delivery progress

Brief Job MonitoringDescription:theperformance of the sales team

Brief Job Description: Shall answer incoming phone calls from Chinese clients and troubleshoot customer technical problems with computer software and hardware.

Basic PhpSalaryspokenskillsExcellentQualification:communicationinChinese,bothandwritten.Range:30,000-Php59,999

19. MEN, ChineseHAOIt Support Specialist

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15. HUANG, QIANG Chinese It Support Specialist

Brief Job Description: Shall answer incoming phone calls from Chinese clients and troubleshoot customer technical problems with computer software and hardware.

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17. LIANG, ChineseHUIQUANItSupport Specialist

18. LIU, ChineseYANGIt Support Specialist

ESTABLISHMENT / ADDRESS No. NAME OF FOREIGN NATIONAL , POSITION AND BRIEF DESCRIPTION QUALIFICATION AND SALARY RANGE ESTABLISHMENT / ADDRESS No. NAME OF FOREIGN NATIONAL , POSITION AND BRIEF DESCRIPTION QUALIFICATION AND SALARY RANGE ESTABLISHMENT / ADDRESS No. NAME OF FOREIGN NATIONAL , POSITION AND BRIEF DESCRIPTION QUALIFICATION AND SALARY RANGE 777 KORPHIL HOLDINGS CORP. Unit 2604, 26th Floor Ibp Tower, Julia Vargas Ave. Cor. Jade Drive, Ortigas Center, San Antonio, City Of Pasig 1. JU, CustomerMIHEE Service Specialist Brief Job Description: Perform customer support via phone, chat and email both in English and their national language Basic Qualification: Any nationality who can speak and write Korean PhpSalaryfluentlyRange:30,000-Php 59,999 2. LEE, CustomerJUSUNGService Specialist Brief Job Description: Perform customer support via phone, chat, and email both in English and their national language Basic Qualification: Any nationality who can speak and write Korean PhpSalaryfluentlyRange:30,000-Php 59,999 ACCENTURE, INC. 7f, Robinsons Cybergate Tower 1, Pioneer St, City Of Mandaluyong 3. ROY, AHENDRA KUMAR Solution Architecture Associate Manager Brief Job Description: Translate client requirements into solutions that will create value for Accenture and our clients. Basic solvinglevelassignmentofComplexityQualification:(degreedifficultyofanortheofproblem-assessment and resolution required, as measured by degree of PhpSalarycomplexandetc.)):executives,interactionsfocus,strategicproblem-solving,vs.Routineandstakeholder(e.g.–supervisor,requiresanalysissolvingofmoderatelyproblems.Range:60,000-Php89,999 ADA DIGITAL PHILIPPINES INC. Rms1408/1409, Tower One And Exchange Plaza Ayala Ave., Bel-air, City Of Makati 4. THAKUR, ADITI Director, Performance Marketing Brief Job Description: Driving growth and transformation, building the business and reputation, and ensuring we have the talent and the teams to deliver on-the-ground. Basic 499,999PhpSalaryrevenueexperienceMinimumQualification:10years’drivingandusergrowth.Range:150,000-Php AECOM PHILIPPINES, INC. 14th Floor Bonifacio Stopover Corporate Center, 2nd Avenue Corner 31st Street, Bonifacio Global City, Fort Bonifacio, City Of Taguig 5. CHOW, PUI CHING Senior Consultant, A094 Qec2 Brief Job Description: The expert shall support the general services for the North South Commuter railway extension (NSCR-EX) project and perform the duties and responsibilities Basic experienceGeneralQualification:Workingofmore than 20years; with at least one major construction PhpSalaryprojectRange:500,000and above ALLSECTECH MANILA, INC. 3rd Floor, Market Market Mall, Fort Bonifacio, City Of Taguig 6. MENDOZA HERRERA, CARLOS EDUARDO Bilingual Spanish Trainer Brief Job Description: Liaise with managers to determine training needs and schedule training seasons. Design effective training programs. Conduct seminars, workshop, individual training session etc. Prepare educational material such as module summaries, video etc. Support and mentor new employees. Perform other projects and duties as required. Basic PhpSalaryoutfitleastpriorlanguage.talkingreading,ExcellentQualification:writing,listeningandinSpanishPreferablywithexperienceofat1yearsimilarBPORange:90,000-Php149,999 AMAZON OPERATION SERVICES PHILIPPINES, INC. B21 Three E-com Moa Complex, Harbour Drive Cor. Bay Shore, Brgy. 076, Pasay City 7. NGUYEN THI MINH Seller Onboarding Associate Brief Job CommunicatesDescription:effectively via live video call with our customer base – third party sellers who want to sell on amazon in its various marketplaces Basic PhpSalarylanguageFluencyQualification:inVietnameseRange:30,000-Php59,999 ANOC99 CORPORATION 5/f To 10/f Ayala Malls Manila Bay Building D., Macapagal Blvd. Cor. Aseana Street, Tambo, City Of Parañaque 8. WANG, ChinesePENGXUCustomer Service Representative Brief Job ManagingDescription:incomingcalls and customer service inquires. Basic Qualification: Able to speak, read, and write chinese language. Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 9. LAM KIM VietnameseKIEUCustomer Service Representative Brief Job ManagingDescription:incomingcalls and customer service inquires. Basic Qualification: Able to speak, read, and write chinese language. Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 BEAUTIFUL PHILIPPINE TRAVEL AND CONSULTANCY SERVICES, INC. Unit Ug-50 Cityland Dela Rosa Condo., Dela Rosa St., Pio Del Pilar, City Of Makati 10. LIU, YING Visa ResponsibleBriefConsultantJobDescription:thatallthe information from the Chinese, Vietnamese and Taiwanese client to local documentation officer are correct Responsible to follow up local liaison officer of all immigration issues and operations remaining up to date with any changes to legislation and overseeing all the aspects involved in processing a visa and immigration services Basic PreferablyQualification:6months -1year as Visa Consultant; Fluent in Mandarin or Vietnam and English PhpSalaryLanguageRange:30,000-Php 59,999 11. PAN, FEIYANG Visa ResponsibleBriefConsultantJobDescription:thatallthe information from the Chinese, Vietnamese and Taiwanese client to local documentation officer are correct Responsible to follow up local liaison officer of all immigration issues and operations remaining up to date with any changes to legislation and overseeing all the aspects involved in processing a visa and immigration services Basic PreferablyQualification:6months -1year as Visa Consultant; Fluent in Mandarin or Vietnam and English PhpSalaryLanguageRange:30,000-Php 59,999 12. YU, ResponsibleBriefVisaCHONGHONGConsultantJobDescription:thatallthe information from the Chinese, Vietnamese and Taiwanese client to local documentation officer are correct Responsible to follow up local liaison officer of all immigration issues and operations remaining up to date with any changes to legislation and overseeing all the aspects involved in processing a visa and immigration services Basic PreferablyQualification:6months -1year as Visa Consultant; Fluent in Mandarin or Vietnam and English PhpSalaryLanguageRange:30,000-Php 59,999 13. ZHAO, GUANGSHENG Visa ResponsibleBriefConsultantJobDescription:thatallthe information from the Chinese, Vietnamese and Taiwanese client to local documentation officer are correct Responsible to follow up local liaison officer of all immigration issues and operations remaining up to date with any changes to legislation and overseeing all the aspects involved in processing a visa and immigration services

Basic Qualification: Must be fluent in the Chinese language (writing and PhpSalaryspeaking)Range:30,000-Php 59,999

20. NIE, ChineseXUYANGItSupport Specialist

It Support Specialist Brief Job Description: Shall answer incoming phone calls from Chinese clients and troubleshoot customer technical problems with computer software and hardware.

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online/offshore gaming platform, stay on track with

CAPSLOCK INC. 7th & 8th Flr. Y Tower Bldg., Coral Way Drive Cor. Macapagal Ave., Barangay 76, Pasay

projects and platforms

Shall

Brief Job Description: answer incoming phone calls from Chinese clients and troubleshoot customer technical problems with computer software and hardware.

Basic Qualification: Must be fluent in chinese language (writing and PhpSalaryspeaking).Range:30,000-Php 59,999

Customer Support Specialist

Qualification: Must be fluent in the Chinese language (writing and

Brief Job Description: Shall answer incoming phone calls from Chinese clients and troubleshoot customer technical problems with computer software and hardware.

Basic Qualification: Must be fluent in the Chinese language (writing and PhpSalaryspeaking)Range:30,000-Php 59,999

39. WANG, CustomerLEISupport Specialist Brief Job Description: Being the voice of our players within our fastgrowing online/offshore gaming platform, stay on track with the game updates, implementing procedures to support players, work creatively across multiple projects and platforms at the same time.

Brief Job ManagingDescription:incomingcalls and customer service inquires.

Job Description: Plan management work with finance to develop the project revenue plan based on the project delivery plan and drive the acquisition of acceptance documents as planned Basic 499,999PhpSalarymandarinreadingProficientQualification:inspeakingandwritinginRange:150,000-Php INVECH TREASURE PROCESSING CORPORATION 3rd Floor, E Six West Campus Le Grand Avenue, Mckinley West,, Fort Bonifacio,

58. IndonesianLENI Customer Support Specialist

72. AUNG NAING OO Burmese Customer Service Representative

INC. 14th And 17th Floor - Office A, Ten West Campus Building, Le Grand Avenue, Fort Bonifacio, City Of Taguig

Brief Job Description: Experts at their product, and their primary duty is to resolve customer issues quickly and efficiently.

Brief City Of

Basic ExperiencedQualification:Leader With a Diverse Technology

SAI THAN KYEIN Burmese Customer Service Representative

73. CHERRY BurmeseNYUNTCustomer Service Representative

Brief Job Description: Experts at their product, and their primary duty is to resolve customer issues quickly and efficiently.

Basic Qualification: Able to speak and write in INDONESIAN and at least college level with related BPO experience.

Basic Qualification: Able to Speak, Read, and Write Chinese Language

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

Basic Qualification: Able to speak, read, and write Chinese language.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

Taguig56.

Salary Range: Php 150,000 - Php 499,999

Brief Job Description: Support the global product and marketing

Brief Job Description: Experts at their product, and their primary duty is to resolve customer issues quickly and efficiently.

Basic Qualification: Able to speak, read, and write Chinese language.

Brief Job Description: Experts at their product, and their primary duty is to resolve customer issues quickly and efficiently.

LI, MandarinYING Customer Support Representative Brief Job Description: Supports customers by providing helpful information, answering questions, and responding to complaints. Basic Qualification: Able to speak and write in MANDARIN and at least college level with related BPO experience. Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 J-NA ALLOUT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORP. 3/f Lipams Bldg., #48 President Avenue, B. F. Homes, City Of Parañaque 64. NATALIA KRISDAYANTI SIAGIAN Indonesian Customer Service Representative Brief Job Description: Provide product/services, information, answer questions and resolve emerging problems. Basic PhpSalaryproblemcriticalbachelorGraduateQualification:4yearsdegreewiththinkingandsolvingskills.Range:60,000-Php89,999 JIANGSU DIBANG CONSTRUCTION PHILIPPINES CORPORATION Unit 2106-a West Tower, Psec Exchange Road, Ortigas Center, San Antonio, City Of Pasig 65. TANG, EquipmentZHONGYIInstallation Specialist Brief Job Description: Working as per the requirements of the clients and performing all kinds of general installation Basic PhpSalaryConstructionWorkingWrittenLanguageFluentQualification:inEnglishBothandOral;WithKnowledgeinRange:30,000-Php59,999 66. WU, EquipmentTIANPEIInstallation Specialist Brief Job Description: Working as per the requirements of the clients and performing all kinds of general installation Basic PhpSalaryConstructionWorkingWrittenLanguageFluentQualification:inEnglishBothandOral;WithKnowledgeinRange:30,000-Php59,999 JIU ZHOU TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. U-3401 34/f Pbcom Tower, 6795 Ayala Ave. Cor. V.a. Rufino St., Bel-air, City Of Makati 67. LAU QUOC VietnameseHUNGAdmin Support Specialist Brief Job Description: Handles administrative request and queries from senior managers and officers. Basic PhpSalaryadvantage.chines/mandarinappliedlanguagerespectiveinreadingProficientQualification:inspeaking,andwritingenglishandtheirnativeforthepositionfor;fluentinisanRange:30,000-Php59,999 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.- PHILIPPINE GLOBAL SERVICE CENTER 25f Jpmorgan Chase & Co Tower, 9th Avenue Cor. 38th St., Uptown Bonifacio, Fort Bonifacio, City Of Taguig 68. CHOUHAN, HIMANSHU Trade Lifecycle Associate Brief Job Description: Trading Lifecycle roles are responsible for core functions of pre and post trading lifecycle across all asset classes. Responsibilities may include operational support related to regulatory, market and legal requirements, fund transfers, reconciliation, billing and expenses, sanctions screening, exceptions processing, cash management and formal documentation. Basic Qualification: • At least 5 years’ experience in Securities market and working knowledge of Derivatives on valuationTrade•(OTC)Over-the-Counterproducts.KnowledgeofLifecycle,clientprocessand all security types and their accounting treatment. • May propose process improvement or provide subject matter expertise Salary Range: Php 150,000 - Php 499,999

KALIBRR TECHNOLOGY VENTURES INC. 7/f Finman Center,, 131 Tordesillas St., Bel-air, City Of Makati

Basic Qualification: Able to speak and write in INDONESIAN and at least college level with related BPO experience.

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70. BHATNAGAR, VINAY Vice President Of Sales

MOA CLOUDZONE CORP. 4th-11th Flr. Nexgen Tower, C4 Rd. Edsa Ext., Barangay 76, Pasay City

76. NANG MO KHAM Burmese Customer Service Representative

77. PHYO ZAW WAI Burmese Customer Service Representative

Basic Qualification: Able to speak, read, and write Chinese language.

Brief Job Description: Experts at their product, and their primary duty is to resolve customer issues quickly and efficiently.

59. IndonesianNOVASARI Customer Support Specialist

Brief Job ManagingDescription:incomingcalls and customer service inquires

Basic Qualification: Able to speak and write in INDONESIAN and at least college level with related BPO experience.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

Basic proficientBachelorQualification:degreeinEnglish and Korean language with 8 years related experience.

79.

Brief Job ManagingDescription:incomingcalls and customer service inquires

Brief Job ManagingDescription:incomingcalls and customer service inquires.

Basic Qualification:

499,999PhpSalaryexperiencewithworkingtechnologiesinformationengineeringbachelorEducationalQualification:background:degreeinwithsystemsandgeneralexperience:atleast5years’Range:150,000-Php

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 SAI SAR BurmeseOUCustomer Service Representative

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

BENNY IndonesianLIM Customer Support Specialist

ESTABLISHMENT / ADDRESS No. NAME OF FOREIGN NATIONAL , POSITION AND BRIEF DESCRIPTION QUALIFICATION AND SALARY RANGE ESTABLISHMENT / ADDRESS No. NAME OF FOREIGN NATIONAL POSITION AND BRIEF DESCRIPTION QUALIFICATION AND SALARY RANGE ESTABLISHMENT / ADDRESS No. NAME OF FOREIGN NATIONAL , POSITION AND BRIEF DESCRIPTION QUALIFICATION AND SALARY RANGE 40. WEE JEN CustomerJYESupport Specialist Brief Job Description: Being the voice of our players within our fastgrowing online/offshore gaming platform, stay on track with the game updates, implementing procedures to support players, work creatively across multiple projects and platforms at the same time. Basic PhpSalaryspokenskillsExcellentQualification:communicationinChinese,bothandwritten.Range:30,000-Php59,999 DIGICHROM INC. Unit 2602 & 2603 26/f Pbcom Tower, 6795 Ayala Ave., Bel-air, City Of Makati 41. NGUYEN THANH TAM Vietnamese Speaking Customer Service ManageBriefRepresentativeJobDescription:incomingand outgoing calls. Chats and emails Basic PhpSalaryVietnamesereadingProficientQualification:inspeakingandwritinginRange:30,000-Php59,999 EASYTECH SUPPORT INC. 9-11/f, 14/f Capella Bldg., Asean Drive Filinvest, Alabang, City Of Muntinlupa 42. LY NHUC THANH Bilingual It Support Specialist Brief Job ProvidingDescription:ITassistance to staff and customers Basic PhpSalaryBilingualWritingExcellentQualification:inReading,andSpeakingLanguagesRange:30,000-Php59,999 43. MA KIM BilingualMAYItSupport Specialist Brief Job ProvidingDescription:ITassistance to staff and customers Basic PhpSalaryBilingualWritingExcellentQualification:inReading,andSpeakingLanguagesRange:30,000-Php59,999 FIBERHOME PHILS., INC. U-19d 19/f Rufino Pacific Tower, 6784 Ayala Ave. Cor. V.a. Rufino St., San Lorenzo, City Of Makati 44. ZHANG, JIAMING Account Manager Brief Job ResponsibleDescription:formanaging key customers of Fiber home in the Philippines Basic FluentQualification:inMandarin and English Language Both Verbal and Written Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 FIRST GLOBALTRANSIT INC. Flr.no.5th Floor,tecsco Tower Bldg., Aurora Blvd Cor Edang St. Zone 16, District 2, Barangay 149, Pasay City 45. MEHTA, VIVEK JAYDEVBHAI Developer Team Leader Brief Job Description: In charge of java development, web development and customer service-related work Basic Qualification: Any nationality who is able to speak and write Russian, Indian or Chinese fluently and able to PhpSalarymulti-taskRange:150,000- Php 499,999 46. SANGHAVI, ANKIT ANANTRAI Java Developer Brief Job Description: In charge of java development, web development and customer service-related work Basic Qualification: Any nationality who is able to speak and write Russian, Indian or Chinese fluently and able to PhpSalarymulti-taskRange:60,000-Php 89,999 47. MISTRI, YAGNESHKUMAR RAMANBHAI Web Developer Brief Job Description: In charge of java development, web development and customer service-related work Basic Qualification: Any nationality who is able to speak and write Russian, Indian or Chinese fluently and able to PhpSalarymulti-taskRange:60,000-Php 89,999 FLYING DRAGON NETWORK PHILIPPINES INC. Ri Rance Ii Bldg., Block 2 Lot 3 Aseana City, Tambo, City Of Parañaque 48. LAI THI TUYEN Call Center Agent Brief Job CustomerDescription:Service Basic PhpSalarybasicandCollegeQualification:graduate/LevelfluentinMandarin/EnglishRange:30,000-Php59,999 49. WANG, MINGHUI Call Center Agent Brief Job CustomerDescription:Service Basic PhpSalarybasicandCollegeQualification:Graduate/levelfluentinMandarin/EnglishRange:30,000-Php59,999 GAO SHOU TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT, INC. 52/f Pbcom Tower, 6795 Ayala Ave. Cor. V.a. Rufino St., Bel-air, City Of Makati 50. CHEN, YI-SHENG a.k.a. CHEN, CHIEN-MING Chinese Customer Service Representative Brief Job Description: Attracts potential customers by answering product and service questions; suggesting information about other products and services. Basic PhpSalaryadvantage.ChineseappliedlanguagerespectiveinreadingProficientQualification:inspeaking,andwritingEnglishandtheirnativeforthepositionfor,fluentinMandarinisanRange:30,000-Php59,999 GOOGLE PHILIPPINES, INC. Unit 38-a 38/f Net Park Building, 5th Ave., E-square Cresent Parkwest, Fort Bonifacio, City Of Taguig 51. MAHESHWARI, VRINDA Account Manager, Large Customer Sales Brief Job Description: Develop forward thinking, data-driven analysis and recommendations that align with client goals. Quantify high impact opportunities with clear recommendations to clients. Oversee the management and business of clients. Manage operations within the Sales team, aligning workflow among team members to execute complex initiatives and ensure accountability to team goals. Excellent business sense, problem solving, project management, and analytical skills Basic businessmarketing,experienceexperience.equivalentBachelor’sQualification:degreeorpractical6yearsofinsales,and/ordevelopment in the media or advertising industry. Experience in digital advertising, online marketing, and online ad sales. Proficiency in spreadsheet and presentation software. Salary Range: Php 150,000 - Php 499,999 H.S. BUSINESS CONSULTANT INC. U-1216 Cityland Herrera Tower, 98 Rufino Cor Valero Sts., Bel-air, City Of Makati 52. ZHANG, PresidentKUNAnd Ceo Brief Job Description: As a President and CEO you are expected to manage staff including performance monitoring and mentoring and training Basic PhpSalaryProblem-solvingDecision-makingStrongSkillsWrittenInterpersonal,ExcellentorBusinessBachelorQualification:DegreeinAdministrationRelatedFields,Leadership,OralandCommunicationEspeciallyEnglish,Analytical,andSkillsRange:60,000-Php89,999 HOPE-FOR-THE-CHILDREN INC. Unit No.u 26 Ext-b, Flr. No.3f, Bac. Bldg., Bagong Mile F.b Harrison St. St., Barangay 76, Pasay City 53. KHOSLA, InternationalPOONAMSponsorship Coordinator For Indian BriefSponsorJob Description: Handles all matters/ concerns for Indian sponsors. Basic Qualification: With good oral and communication skills and work PhpSalaryproficient.Range:30,000-Php 59,999 HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES PHILS. INC. U-5302, 53/f Pbcom Tower, 6795 Ayala Ave., Cor., V.a. Rufino St., Bel-air, City Of Makati 54. GU, HuaweiWEIJUNPhilippines Digital Power Specialist Brief Job Description: To manage internal control and information security in accordance to the policy of headquarter Basic 499,999PhpSalarymandarinreadingProficientQualification:inspeakingandwritinginRange:150,000-Php 55. JIANG, JIAJIAN Project Control Manager For Pldt/smart Evolved Service Assurance (esa) Project

Basic Qualification: Able to speak and write in indonesian and at least college level with related bpo

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

61. VENNY IndonesianSOFIANACustomer Support Specialist

Basic Qualification: Able to speak, read, and write Chinese language

78.

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Brief Job ManagingDescription:incomingcalls and customer service inquires.

JTI GBS PHILIPPINES,

KEPCO ILIJAN CORPORATION 18/f Citibank Center, 8741 Valero St. Cor. Villar St., Bel-air, City Of Makati

Basic Qualification: Able to speak and write in INDONESIAN and at least college level with related BPO experience.

60. IndonesianTRISETIAWANCustomer Support Specialist

Basic Qualification: Able to speak and write in INDONESIAN and at least college level with related BPO experience.

71. LEE, NAM SUK Senior Manager, Mechanical Department

Basic Qualification: Able to speak, read, and write Chinese language

Brief Job Description: Over all responsibility, management short and long tern maintenance planning GT, ST, & WTP.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

Brief Job ManagingDescription:incomingcalls and customer service inquires.

Brief Job Description: Experts at their product, and their primary duty is to resolve customer issues quickly and efficiently.

Brief Job ManagingDescription:incomingcalls and customer service inquires

Basic Qualification: Able to speak, read, and write Chinese language.

Basic

75. MYAT THAZIN PHYO Burmese Customer Service Representative

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

Able to speak, read, and write Chinese language Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 80. SAI THAW HTOO Burmese Customer Service Representative Brief Job ManagingDescription:incomingcalls and customer service inquires Basic Qualification: Able to speak, read, and write Chinese language Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 81. ZAR CHI BurmeseTHETCustomer Service Representative Brief Job ManagingDescription:incomingcalls and customer service inquires Basic Qualification: Able to Speak, Read, and Write Chinese Language Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 82. CHENH THI MAI Call Center Agent Brief Job CustomerDescription:Service Basic PhpSalarybasicandCollegeQualification:graduate/levelfluentinMandarin/EnglishRange:30,000-Php59,999 83. ENG HUNG YAP Call Center Agent Brief Job CustomerDescription:Service Basic PhpSalarybasicandCollegeQualification:graduate/levelfluentinMandarin/EnglishRange:30,000-Php59,999 84. HUANG, WENBIAO Call Center Agent Brief Job ManagingDescription:incomingcalls and customer service inquires Basic Qualification: Able to Speak, Read, and Write Chinese Language Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 BusinessMirror A7www.businessmirror.com.ph Tuesday, September 20, 2022

Brief Job Description: Experts at their product, and their primary duty is to resolve customer issues quickly and efficiently.

PhpSalaryexperience.Range:30,000-Php 59,999

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

69. ABRAMOV, ANDREI Center Technical Architect Manager

Salary Range: Php 150,000 - Php 499,999

74. KYAW BurmeseSOECustomer Service Representative

62. IndonesianWILSON Customer Support Specialist

Brief Job Description: Design cloud-based solutions for JTI and ensures that business needs and requirements are translate into appropriate technical requirements and standards, ensuring overall integration and consistency of the infrastructure

57. IndonesianIVAN Customer Support Specialist

PhpSalaryBasicandCollegeQualification:Graduate/LevelfluentinMandarin/English.Range:30,000-Php59,999

Brief Job ManagingDescription:incomingcalls and customer service inquires

118. REN, ChineseJIAQIANGCustomer Service Representative

PhpSalarybasicandCollegeQualification:graduate/levelfluentinMandarin/EnglishRange:30,000-Php59,999

113. LIU, ChineseLIANGCustomer Service Representative

119. SUN, ChineseJINGHUICustomer Service Representative

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

HOANG THI THU DUNG Customer Service Representative

PhpSalarybasicandCollegeQualification:graduate/levelfluentinMandarin/English.Range:30,000-Php59,999

112.

Basic PhpSalaryEnglish.insalescustomerLevel,CollegeQualification:Graduate/Preferablywithserviceorexperience,fluentMandarinandBasicRange:30,000-Php59,999

Basic Qualification: Able to speak, read, and write Chinese language.

Basic Qualification: to speak, read, Range: Php 30,000 - 59,999

Basic

Basic Qualification: Able to speak, read, and write Chinese language.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

89. NGUYEN HUU TUNG Call Center Agent Brief Job CustomerDescription:Service.

Basic English.

91. NGUYEN VAN THANH Call Center Agent Brief Job CustomerDescription:service.

Basic PhpSalaryEnglish.insalescustomerLevel,CollegeQualification:Graduate/Preferablywithserviceorexperience,fluentMandarinandBasicRange:30,000-Php59,999

by providing

87. LU, XIAOYONG Call Center Agent Brief Job CustomerDescription:service Basic

142. KEVIN LAU PICK KING Malaysian Customer Service Representative Brief Job ManagingDescription:Incomingcalls and customer service inquires. Basic Qualification: Able to speak, read, and write Chinese language. Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 143. KHOR CHOON KIT Malaysian Customer Service Representative Brief Job ManagingDescription:Incomingcalls and customer service inquires. Basic Qualification: Able to speak, read, and write Chinese language. Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 BusinessMirrorA6 www.businessmirror.com.phTuesday, September 20, 2022

HUANG,

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

Basic PhpSalaryEnglish.insalescustomerLevel,CollegeQualification:Graduate/Preferablywithserviceorexperience,fluentMandarinandBasicRange:30,000-Php59,999

PhpSalarybasicandCollegeQualification:graduate/levelfluentinMandarin/EnglishRange:30,000-Php59,999

Basic Qualification: Able to speak, read, and write Chinese language.

Basic Qualification: Able to Speak, Read, and Write Chinese Language

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

Basic Qualification: Able to speak, read, and write Chinese language Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

131. VAN Job in and

Basic PhpSalaryEnglishinSalesCustomerlevel,CollegeQualification:graduate/preferablywithServiceorexperience,fluentMandarinandBasicRange:30,000-Php59,999

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

129.

122. YAO, ChineseXIANGNANCustomer Service Representative

Brief Job ManagingDescription:Incomingcalls and customer service inquires.

110. LIANG, ChineseXIAOTONGCustomer Service Representative

language.

120. TAN, ChineseHAOYANCustomer Service Representative

Basic Qualification: Able to speak, read, and write Chinese language.

117. MO, ChineseYUHUANGCustomer Service Representative

135.

136.

Brief Job ManagingDescription:incomingcalls and customer service inquires.

Brief Job ManagingDescription:incomingcalls and customer service inquires

helpful information, answering questions and responding to complaint.

Basic PhpSalaryEnglish.insalescustomerLevel,CollegeQualification:Graduate/Preferablywithserviceorexperience,fluentMandarinandBasicRange:30,000-Php59,999

134.

PhpSalarybasicandCollegeQualification:graduate/levelfluentinMandarin/EnglishRange:30,000-Php59,999

CHAI CHUN KAI Customer Service Representative Brief Job Description: Supports customers by providing the helpful information, answering questions and responding to complaint. Basic PhpSalaryEnglishinSalesCustomerlevel,CollegeQualification:graduate/preferablywithServiceorexperience,fluentMandarinandBasicRange:30,000-Php59,999

108. LI, ChineseXIANGYINGCustomer Service Representative

109. LI, ChineseZEYUNCustomer Service Representative

90. NGUYEN THI HOAN Call Center Agent Brief Job CustomerDescription:service.

PhpSalaryBasicandCollegeQualification:Graduate/LevelfluentinMandarin/English.Range:30,000-Php59,999

106.

86. LI, CallHANRUICenter Agent Brief Job CustomerDescription:Service. Basic

115. LU, ChineseSHENGFEICustomer Service Representative

Brief Job ManagingDescription:Incomingcalls and customer service inquires.

Description: College Graduate/Level, Preferably with customer service or sales experience, fluent

Basic Qualification: Able to speak, read, and write Chinese language.

DINH

Basic Qualification: Able to speak, read, and write Chinese language.

Mandarin

133.

Basic PhpSalaryEnglish.insalescustomerLevel,CollegeQualification:Graduate/Preferablywithserviceorexperience,fluentMandarinandBasicRange:30,000-Php59,999

Brief Job ManagingDescription:Incomingcalls and customer service inquires.

Basic Qualification: Able to speak, read, and write Chinese language.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

Brief Job ManagingDescription:Incomingcalls and customer service inquires.

Job Description: Supports customers by providing helpful information, answering questions and responding to complaints.

Brief Job Description: Supports customers the

PHAM THI DUNG Customer Service Representative Brief Job Description: Supports customers by providing helpful information, answering questions and responding to complaints.

114. LIU, ChineseXINTAOCustomer Service Representative

Basic Qualification: Able to speak, read, and write Chinese language.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

Basic PhpSalaryEnglishinSalesCustomerlevel,CollegeQualification:graduate/preferablywithServiceorexperience,fluentMandarinandBasicRange:30,000-Php59,999

138. TA THI CustomerYENService Representative Brief Job Description: Supports customers by providing helpful information, answering questions and responding to complaints.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

NGUYEN HAI HIEN Customer Service Representative Brief Job Description: Supports customers by providing helpful information, answering questions and responding to complaints.

116. LYU, ChineseBIN Customer Service Representative

Brief Job ManagingDescription:incomingcalls and customer service inquires

141. VU THI CustomerBUOIService Representative Brief Job Description: Supports customers by providing the helpful information, answering questions and responding to complaint.

Basic PhpSalaryEnglishinSalesCustomerlevel,CollegeQualification:graduate/preferablywithServiceorexperience,fluentMandarinandBasicRange:30,000-Php59,999

Brief

Brief Job ManagingDescription:Incomingcalls and customer service inquires.

ZHENPENG Chinese Customer Service Representative Brief Job ManagingDescription:incomingcalls and customer service inquires.

130. PHUONG

Basic Qualification: Able to Speak, Read, and Write Chinese Language Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 124. ZHANG, SHUANG Chinese Customer Service Representative Brief Job ManagingDescription:incomingcalls and customer service inquires Basic Qualification: Able to Speak, Read, and Write Chinese Language Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 125. ZHANG, XINGLIANG Chinese Customer Service Representative Brief Job ManagingDescription:incomingcalls and customer service inquiries. Basic Qualification: Able to speak, Read, and Write Chinese language. Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 126. ZHANG, YONGXIANG Chinese Customer Service Representative Brief Job ManagingDescription:incomingcalls and customer service inquires Basic Qualification: Able to Speak, Read, and Write Chinese Language Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 127. ZHOU, ChineseYINGCustomer Service Representative Brief Job ManagingDescription:incomingcalls and customer service inquires Basic Qualification: Able to Speak, Read, and Write Chinese Language Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 128. ALVIN WONG KOK SHEN Customer Service Representative Brief Job Description: Supports customers by providing the helpful information, answering questions and responding to complaint. Basic PhpSalaryEnglishinSalesCustomerlevel,CollegeQualification:graduate/preferablywithServiceorexperience,fluentMandarinandBasicRange:30,000-Php59,999

Basic PhpSalaryEnglish.insalescustomerLevel,CollegeQualification:Graduate/Preferablywithserviceorexperience,fluentMandarinandBasicRange:30,000-Php59,999

137. PHAM THI SUONG Customer Service Representative Brief Job Description: Supports customers by providing helpful information, answering questions and responding to complaints.

Brief Job ManagingDescription:Incomingcalls and customer service inquires.

LIU, ChineseCAIRONGCustomer Service Representative

Brief Job ManagingDescription:incomingcalls and customer service inquires

PhpSalarybasicandCollegeQualification:graduate/levelfluentinMandarin/English.Range:30,000-Php59,999 read, and write Chinese

Basic

88. MAO, XUE Call Center Agent Brief Job CustomerDescription:service Basic

Brief Job ManagingDescription:Incomingcalls and customer service inquires.

Able

Brief Job ManagingDescription:incomingcalls and customer service inquires.

Basic PhpSalaryEnglishinSalesCustomerlevel,CollegeQualification:graduate/preferablywithServiceorexperience,fluentMandarinandBasicRange:30,000-Php59,999

HOANG THI THAO PHUONG Customer Service Representative

Basic Qualification: Able to speak, read, and write Chinese language

Brief Job ManagingDescription:incomingcalls and customer service inquires

Job Description: Supports customers by providing helpful information, answering questions and responding to complaints.

92. WANG, BO Call Center Agent Brief Job CustomerDescription:service Basic PhpSalarybasicandCollegeQualification:graduate/levelfluentinMandarin/EnglishRange:30,000-Php59,999 93. ZHANG, XIAOYE Call Center Agent Brief Job CustomerDescription:service Basic PhpSalarybasicandCollegeQualification:graduate/levelfluentinMandarin/EnglishRange:30,000-Php59,999 94. ZHANG, ZHIWEI Call Center Agent Brief Job CustomerDescription:service Basic PhpSalarybasicandCollegeQualification:graduate/levelfluentinMandarin/EnglishRange:30,000-Php59,999 95. CAO, ChineseSHENGCustomer Service Representative Brief Job ManagingDescription:incomingcalls and customer service inquires Basic Qualification: Able to speak, read, and write Chinese language Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 96. CHEN, ChineseGUIDECustomer Service Representative Brief Job ManagingDescription:incomingcalls and customer service inquires Basic Qualification: Able to speak, read, and write Chinese language Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 97. FAN, ChineseYIFENGCustomer Service Representative Brief Job ManagingDescription:incomingcalls and customer service inquires Basic Qualification: Able to Speak, Read, and Write Chinese Language Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 98. FANG, ChineseQIANGCustomer Service Representative Brief Job ManagingDescription:incomingcalls and customer service inquires Basic Qualification: Able to speak, read, and write Chinese language Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 99. FENG, ChineseLEICustomer Service Representative Brief Job ManagingDescription:incomingcalls and customer service inquires Basic Qualification: Able to speak, read, and write Chinese language Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 100. GUO, ChineseXINGHUACustomer Service Representative Brief Job ManagingDescription:Incomingcalls and customer service inquires. Basic Qualification: Able to speak, read, and write Chinese language. Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 101. HE, ChineseQI Customer Service Representative Brief Job ManagingDescription:incomingcalls and customer service inquires Basic Qualification: Able to speak, read, and write Chinese language Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 102. HU, ChineseRONGZHENCustomer Service Representative Brief Job ManagingDescription:incomingcalls and customer service inquires Basic Qualification: Able to speak, read, and write Chinese language Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 103. HUANG, CHENGBING Chinese Customer Service Representative Brief Job ManagingDescription:incomingcalls and customer service inquires Basic Qualification: Able to speak, read, and write Chinese language Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 104. HUANG, JUN Chinese Customer Service Representative Brief Job ManagingDescription:incomingcalls and customer service inquires. Basic Qualification: Able to speak, read, and write Chinese language. Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 105. HUANG, YUANDE Chinese Customer Service Representative Brief Job ManagingDescription:incomingcalls and customer service inquires. Basic Qualification: Able to speak,

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

CHINH Customer Service Representative Brief Job Description: Supports customers by providing the helpful information, answering questions and responding to complaint.

107. JIANG, ChineseHUAFENGCustomer Service Representative

123. YU, ChineseJINGJINGCustomer Service Representative

and write Chinese language. Salary

Basic

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

121. TIAN, ChineseGUANGQIANGCustomerService Representative

Basic Qualification: Able to speak, read, and write Chinese language.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

139. TING LEH KING Customer Service Representative Brief Job Description: Supports customers by providing the helpful information, answering questions and responding to complaint.

132.

111. LIANG, ChineseZHAOCustomer Service Representative

140. TRAN MANH DO Customer Service Representative Brief Job Description: Supports customers by providing helpful information, answering questions and responding to complaints.

Brief

Service Representative

GOH BAN SER Customer

Php

Basic Qualification: Able to Speak, Read, and Write Chinese Language

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

Basic Qualification: Able to speak, read, and write Chinese language. Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

Brief Job ManagingDescription:incomingcalls and customer service inquires.

Basic PhpSalaryEnglish.insalescustomerLevel,CollegeQualification:Graduate/Preferablywithserviceorexperience,fluentMandarinandBasicRange:30,000-Php59,999

Brief Job ManagingDescription:incomingcalls and customer service inquires.

CustomerTUANService Representative Brief

Basic Qualification: Able to speak, read, and write Chinese language

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

151. DUONG MANH DECH Vietnamese Customer Service Representative

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

Php

178. EBA ABADA, ALEX PLACIDE Customer Support Associate Bwin.fr With French BriefLanguageJob Description: French speaking customer support Basic

and procedures to maintain the integrity of the internal controls to prevent audit findings

KUI YUN Payment Team Leader - Malay Speaking Brief Job ManagingDescription:andoverseeing the payment team of analysis during needed business operational hour and be the first point of escalation.

192.

Basic PhpSalaryoperationsfinanceinExperienceQualification:inworkingacorporate/bank/treasuryenvironmentRange:30,000-Php59,999

196. JENNY YONG

PhpSalaryoperationsfinanceinExperienceQualification:inworkingacorporate/bank/treasuryenvironmentRange:30,000-Php59,999 PhpSalaryoperationsfinanceinExperienceQualification:inworkingacorporate/bank/treasuryenvironmentRange:30,000-Php59,999 PhpSalaryoperationsfinanceinExperienceQualification:inworkingacorporate/bank/treasuryenvironmentRange:30,000-Php59,999 PhpSalaryoperationsfinanceinExperienceQualification:inworkingacorporate/bank/treasuryenvironmentRange:30,000-Php59,999

187. KIMBERLY SOLITAIRE KAPAHANG Finance Officer - Indonesian Speaking Brief Job Description: Monitor and maintain bank account balances Basic PhpSalaryoperationsfinanceinExperienceQualification:inworkingacorporate/bank/treasuryenvironmentRange:30,000-Php59,999 188. NGUYEN CHAN THAI It Support - Vietnamese Speaking Brief Job IdentifyingDescription:hardware and software solutions Basic Qualification: Prior experience in tech support, desktop support or similar role Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 189. VU TRINH NGOC BICH Marketing Officer - Vietnamese Speaking Brief Job Monitoring,Description:analyzing and managing a monthly advertising campaign via google ad words Basic PhpSalaryanalyticsofThoroughQualification:understandingsocialmediaandwebRange:30,000-Php59,999

PHAM THI VietnameseHUONGCustomer Service Representative

language

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

YORDAN SAPUTRA Payment Assistant Team Leader - Indonesian BriefSpeakingJob ManagingDescription:andoverseeing the payment team of analysis during needed business operational hour and be the first point of escalation

Able to speak, read, and write Chinese language Salary

Qualification: Able to speak, read and write Chinese language Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 168. NONG THI BICH HOP Vietnamese Customer Service Representative Brief Job ManagingDescription:incomingcalls and customer

Job ManagingDescription:incomingcalls and customer service inquires

149. CUN TICH VietnameseCHANCustomer Service Representative

Brief Job Description: Support in processing daily deposit/ withdrawal transactions concerns

Basic service inquiries

read, and write Chinese language. Salary

Basic PhpSalaryprocessingpaymentsKnowledgeableQualification:inonlineandpaymentRange:30,000-Php59,999

202. CHENG, JINGANG Chinese Customer Service Brief Job CustomerDescription:supportand data base services.

Brief Job ManagingDescription:Incomingcalls and customer service

Able to Speak, Read, and Write Chinese Language Salary

inquires.

Brief Job Description: Support in processing daily deposit/ withdrawal

Brief Job ManagingDescription:incomingcalls and customer service inquiries

LEONG FUI JIONG Payment Assistant Team Leader - Malay Speaking

BusinessMirror A9www.businessmirror.com.ph Tuesday, September 20, 2022

VAN LUNG Vietnamese Customer Service Representative

Brief

Basic Qualification: to speak, Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

191.

193. PaymentSUSANDI Officer - Bilingual Speaking

197. PaymentKURNIADITeam Leader- Indonesian Speaking Brief Job ManagingDescription:andoverseeing the payment team of analysis during needed business operational hour and be the first point of escalation

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

NEW ORIENTAL CLUB88 CORPORATION 1331 Pearl Plaza Bldg., Quirino Ave., Tambo, City Of Parañaque Sky Garage Bldg., Aseana Avenue, Entertainment City, Tambo, City Of Parañaque 201. CHENG, BEN Chinese Customer Service Brief Job CustomerDescription:supportand data base services.

Brief ManagingDescription:incomingcalls

183. NOVITA CHRISTIYANTI Finance Assistant Supervisor – Indonesian BriefSpeakingJob Description: Assist the Treasury Head in maintaining good banking relationships and in securing new credit facilities. Basic

language

Brief Job ManagingDescription:incomingcalls and customer service inquiries

194. KIMBERLY CALAMBA Payment Officer - Malay Speaking

169. PHAM DUC VietnameseLOCCustomer Service Representative

Basic PhpSalaryprocessingpaymentsKnowledgeableQualification:inonlineandpaymentRange:30,000-Php59,999

Basic PhpSalaryoperationsfinanceinExperienceQualification:inworkingacorporate/bank/treasuryenvironmentRange:30,000-Php59,999

Brief Job ManagingDescription:andoverseeing the payment team of analysis during needed business operational hour and be the first point of escalation.

Able

Basic PhpSalaryoperationsfinanceinExperienceQualification:inworkingacorporate/bank/treasuryenvironmentRange:30,000-Php59,999

Job ManagingDescription:incomingcalls and customer service inquires

179. MISSUMBI, FRANCIS LELO Customer Support Associate Bwin.fr With French BriefLanguageJob Description: French speaking customer support Basic

Basic 499,999PhpSalaryskillsFluentQualification:DutchlanguageRange:150,000-Php PhpSalaryskillsFluentQualification:GermanlanguageRange:90,000-Php149,999 PhpSalaryskillsFluentQualification:FrenchlanguageRange:90,000-Php149,999 PhpSalaryskillsFluentQualification:FrenchlanguageRange:90,000-Php149,999 PhpSalaryskillsFluentQualification:FrenchlanguageRange:90,000-Php149,999 PhpSalaryskillsFluentQualification:FrenchlanguageRange:90,000-Php149,999 PhpSalaryoperationsfinanceinExperienceQualification:inworkingacorporate/bank/treasuryenvironmentRange:30,000-Php59,999

150. DANG QUOC LY Vietnamese Customer Service Representative

Basic Qualification: Able to speak, read and write Chinese language

- Php 59,999 154. HOANG NGOC TRUONG Vietnamese Customer Service Representative Brief Job ManagingDescription:Incomingcalls and customer service inquires.

Basic PhpSalaryoperationsfinanceinExperienceQualification:inworkingacorporate/bank/treasuryenvironmentRange:30,000-Php59,999

156. LAM CHANH MINH Vietnamese Customer Service Representative Brief Job ManagingDescription:incomingcalls and customer service inquires.

Basic PhpSalaryMSapplicationsProficientQualification:incomputerespeciallyExcelRange:30,000-Php59,999

Basic Qualification: to speak, Range: Php 30,000 Php 59,999

read, and write Chinese language.

and customer service inquires

Basic PhpSalarypaymentExperienceQualification:inmonetaryprocessingRange:30,000-Php59,999

Basic Qualification: Range: Php 30,000

185. LEE XI FinanceSIOfficer - Bilingual Speaking Brief Job Description: Monitor and maintain bank account balances. Basic

Basic Qualification: Able to speak, read and write Chinese language

170. PHAM HUY VietnameseTHAOCustomer Service Representative

NEU SOLUTIONS INC. 2/f Lepanto Bldg., 8747 Paseo De Roxas, Bel-air, City Of Makati 182. TAN VIC THER Finance Assistant Supervisor - Malay Speaking Brief Job Description: Assist the treasury head in maintaining good banking relationships and in securing new credit facilities. Basic

199. LIM KIM SENG Senior Payment Officer - Malay Speaking Brief Job Description: Support in processing daily deposit/ withdrawal transaction concerns.

Monitor

155. HOANG THI HONG THUY Vietnamese Customer Service Representative Brief Job ManagingDescription:Incomingcalls and customer service inquires.

Basic Qualification: Able to speak, read and write Chinese language

Brief Job ManagingDescription:Incomingcalls and customer service inquires.

Basic Qualification: Able to speak, read and write Chinese language

180. NJANJA WATAT, ROGER CEDRIC Customer Support Associate Bwin.fr With French BriefLanguageJob Description: French speaking customer support Basic

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

and

Job ManagingDescription:incomingcalls and customer service inquiries

157. LE VAN VietnameseDUONGCustomer Service Representative Brief Job ManagingDescription:Incomingcalls and customer service inquires. Basic Qualification: Able to speak, read, and write Chinese language. Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 158. LOC NAM VietnameseSAUCustomer Service Representative Brief Job ManagingDescription:incomingcalls and customer service inquires. Basic Qualification: Able to speak, read, and write Chinese language. Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 159. LOC VAN VietnameseTANCustomer Service Representative Brief Job ManagingDescription:Incomingcalls and customer service inquires. Basic Qualification: Able to speak, read, and write Chinese language. Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 160. LUONG QUOC KHANH Vietnamese Customer Service Representative Brief Job ManagingDescription:incomingcalls and customer service inquiries Basic Qualification: Able to speak, read, and write Chinese language Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 161. NGO NGOC HOANG HUY Vietnamese Customer Service Representative Brief Job ManagingDescription:incomingcalls and customer service inquiries Basic Qualification: Able to speak, read and write Chinese language Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 162. NGUYEN MANH CUONG Vietnamese Customer Service Representative Brief Job ManagingDescription:incomingcalls and customer service inquiries Basic Qualification: Able to speak, read and write Chinese language Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 163. NGUYEN THI HA TRANG Vietnamese Customer Service Representative Brief Job ManagingDescription:incomingcalls and customer service inquiries Basic Qualification: Able to speak, read and write Chinese language Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 164. NGUYEN THI LAN Vietnamese Customer Service Representative Brief Job ManagingDescription:incomingcalls and customer service inquiries Basic Qualification: Able to speak, read and write Chinese language Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 165. NGUYEN THI THU MAY Vietnamese Customer Service Representative Brief Job ManagingDescription:incomingcalls and customer service inquires Basic Qualification: Able to speak, read, and write Chinese language Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 166. NGUYEN THI YEN Vietnamese Customer Service Representative Brief Job ManagingDescription:incomingcalls and customer service inquires Basic Qualification: Able to speak, read, and write Chinese language Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 167. NGUYEN TRONG DAI Vietnamese Customer Service Representative Brief Job ManagingDescription:incomingcalls and customer service inquiries

Basic Qualification: Able to speak, read and write Chinese language

Basic Qualification: Able to speak, read, and write Chinese language

203. HUANG, KUAN-CHIH Chinese Customer Service Brief Job CustomerDescription:supportand data base services

Brief Job ManagingDescription:incomingcalls and customer service inquiries

Basic PhpSalaryprocessingpaymentsKnowledgeableQualification:inonlineandpaymentRange:30,000-Php59,999

Basic Qualification: Able to Speak, Read, Write Chinese Language

Basic PhpSalaryoperationsfinanceinExperienceQualification:inworkingacorporate/bank/treasuryenvironmentRange:30,000-Php59,999

Basic Qualification: to Range: Php 30,000 -

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

Able

read, and write

171.

HUBED PaymentWIJAYASupervisor - Multilingual Speaking

Basic PhpSalaryskills.writtenwithcomputerKnowledgeableQualification:inapplicationgoodoralandcommunicationRange:30,000-Php59,999

174. PHU VAY VietnamesePHUCCustomer Service Representative

Brief Job ManagingDescription:incomingcalls and customer service inquires

Basic PhpSalaryskills.writtenwithcomputerKnowledgeableQualification:inapplicationgoodoralandcommunicationRange:30,000-Php59,999

PHAN THI VietnameseTHUYCustomer Service Representative

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

Brief

Job ManagingDescription:incomingcalls and customer service inquires

Job

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

175. VO NHAN VietnameseDOANCustomer Service Representative

181. SINDOH, EVELYNE MAGLOIRE Customer Support Associate Bwin.fr With French BriefLanguageJob Description: French speaking customer support Basic

read, and write

Brief Job ManagingDescription:incomingcalls and customer service inquiries

Basic Qualification: Able to speak, Chinese

Able

198. SeniorJEVELINEPayment Officer - Indonesian Speaking Brief Job Description: Support in processing daily deposit/ withdrawal transactions concerns

200. TEH WOOI CHUAN Senior Payment Officer - Malay Speaking Brief Job Description: Support in processing daily deposit/ withdrawal transaction concerns.

Brief Job ManagingDescription:andoverseeing the payment team of analysis during needed business operational hour and be the first point of escalation.

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

Brief

173.

Basic PhpSalaryskillswrittenwithcomputerKnowledgeableQualification:inapplicationgoodoralandcommunicationRange:30,000-Php59,999

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

POH WHAI YANG Payment Assistant Team Leader - Malay Speaking

152.

DUONG

transactions concerns.

speak, read, and write Chinese language. Salary

Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999

184. LEE KOK WAH Finance Manager - Bilingual Speaking Brief Job Description: Monitor daily transactions in the operation from time to time. Basic

172.

Basic Qualification: Able to speak, Chinese

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ONYX BUSINESS SOLUTIONS INC. 5/f 41 F & L Building, J. Mariano St. Cor. Edsa, Dist. 2, Barangay 95, City Of Caloocan 252. OUYANG, EnsureBriefOperationSUYINManagerJobDescription:alloperationare carried on in an appropriate cost-effective way Basic Qualification: Skill and Competence for the Nature of the Work Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 POWERCHINA PHILIPPINES CORPORATION Unit 2101 21/f Bdo Equitable Tower, 8751 Paseo De Roxas, Bel-air, City Of Makati 253. CHEN, LONG Civil Work Technologies Brief Job Description: Conduct field surveys to collect data on site conditions and inspect structures. Test appropriateness of construction materials and soil samples. Basic FluentQualification:inMandarin and English Language both in written and verbal. With working knowledge in the field of construction. Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 BusinessMirrorA6 www.businessmirror.com.phA10 Tuesday, September 20, 2022

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SAGISAG INC. 18/f Gt Tower International, 6795 Ayala Ave.,, Bel-air, City Of Makati 258. CHAI JIA MandarinYICustomer Service Representative Brief Job Description: Manage large of amounts of incoming calls and handle customers concerns. Basic Qualification: At least 6 months to 1 year related experience, proficient in computer. Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 259. RATTANAMONGKHON, ARPHATCHA Thai Customer Service Representative Brief Job Description: Manage large of amounts of incoming calls and handle customers concerns. Basic Qualification: At least 6 months to 1 year related experience, proficient in computer. Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 SEQUOIA SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS INC. 37f Lkg Tower, 6801 Ayala Ave., Bel-air, City Of Makati 260. CHANG, MandarinQINGSpeaking It / Customer Support Brief Job Description: Serve as primary contact for problem resolution and information gathering including maintenance repair and development of mandarin based software. Basic PhpSalarymandarin.readingProficientQualification:inspeaking,andwritinginRange:30,000-Php59,999 SHANXI HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION BUREAU CO., LTD. Unit 2608 26/f Cityland 10 Tower 1, 156 H.v. Dela Costa St., Bel-air, City Of Makati 261. WANG, WEIJIE Deputy Project Manager Brief Job Description: Ensures all task are correctly completed. Basic PhpSalaryBachelor’sGraduateQualification:ofanydegree.Range:30,000-Php59,999 SHOPEE PHILIPPINES INC 37/f Seven/neo, 5th Avenue E-square Crescent Park West Bgc, Fort Bonifacio, City Of Taguig262. CHIEN, Create/implementBriefAssociateYING-CHUJobDescription:the business dev growth Basic Qualification: B.S. PhpSalaryManagementBusinessRange:30,000-Php 59,999 SHOWSPACE TECHNOLOGY INC Level 10-1 One Global Place, 25th St. And 5th Ave Bgc, Fort Bonifacio, City Of Taguig 263. LIANG, XIWEI English Mandarin Business Associate Brief Job Description: Handle service support calls, emails and chats related to inquiry from clients and/or customers through mandarin to English translation Basic Thorough,Qualification:Extensive & Fluency in Mandarin Language and Characters Salary Range: Php 30,000 - Php 59,999 SOLIDLEISURE SOLUTIONS INC. Unit 2602-d & 2603-a West Tower, Psec Exchange Road, Ortigas Center, San Antonio, City Of Pasig 264. DENG, MandarinYONGZHENTechnical Support Brief Job MonitoringDescription:andmaintaining computer systems and networks Basic PhpSalarymandarinreadingProficientQualification:inspeaking,andwritinginRange:30,000-Php59,999 SOMI UNLIMITED SOLUTIONS, INC. 10/f Tower 2 Double Dragon Plaza Bldg., Edsa Corner Macapagal Ave. St. Zone 10, District 1, Barangay 76, Pasay City 265. MADARLEE, ATTAKORN Admin Officer Brief Job Description: Handles administrative request and queries from senior managers / officers. Basic PhpSalaryskills).(verbalFluentQualification:invietnameseandwrittenRange:30,000-Php59,999 266. VO VAN HOANG Admin Officer Brief Job Description: Handles administrative request and queries from senior managers / officers. Basic PhpSalaryskills).(verbalFluentQualification:invietnameseandwrittenRange:30,000-Php59,999 267. HA THI THU HUYEN Hr HandlesBriefOfficerJobDescription:administrative request and queries from senior managers / officers. Basic PhpSalaryskills).(verbalFluentQualification:invietnameseandwrittenRange:30,000-Php59,999 268. DANG VAN TAI It BriefOfficerJob Description: Assess infrastructure on a regular basis to ensure it continues to meet necessary demands. Basic PhpSalaryskills).(verbalFluentQualification:invietnameseandwrittenRange:30,000-Php59,999 269. VAN CON VietnameseSENHCustomer Service Representative Brief Job Description: Attracts potential customers by answering product and service queries; suggesting information about other products and services. Basic PhpSalaryskills).(verbalFluentQualification:invietnameseandwrittenRange:30,000-Php59,999 SUPREME CHENGHAO MANAGEMENT OPC Level 26-a Rufino Pacific Tower, 6784 Ayala Ave., San Lorenzo, City Of Makati 270. PENG, MandarinDINGTechnical Consultant Brief Job Description: Develop, analyze and implement testing procedures, programming and documentation. Basic Qualification: At least a bachelor’s degree in computer science, PhpSalaryChineserelatedengineeringtechnology,informationsoftwareoranotherfield;Fluentinlanguage.Range:30,000-Php59,999 271. PI, MandarinPULIANGTechnical Consultant Brief Job Description: Develop, analyze and implement testing procedures, programming and documentation. Basic Qualification: At least a bachelor’s degree in computer science, PhpSalaryChineserelatedengineeringtechnology,informationsoftwareoranotherfield;Fluentinlanguage.Range:30,000-Php59,999 272. PI, MandarinSHICAI Technical Consultant Brief Job Description: Develop, analyze and implement testing procedures, programming and documentation. Basic Qualification: At least a bachelor’s degree in computer science, PhpSalaryChineserelatedengineeringtechnology,informationsoftwareoranotherfield;Fluentinlanguage.Range:30,000-Php59,999

THE BLUE CIRCLE PHILIPPINES HOLDINGS CORP. Unit C 3/f Makati Stock Exchange Bldg., 6767 Ayala Ave., Bel-air, City Of Makati 274. BRUCKER, AMAURY YVES GUILLAUME Communication & Development Support Manager Brief Job Description: Oversee all internal and external communications for the tbc group, ensuring professionalism and consistency. Develop and implement effective communication strategies which enhance the tbc image and identify. Plan and manage the design, content, production, and distribution of the group annual reports and press releases in different languages (e.g. french and english).

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Over objections from Russia and a few allies, the 193-member as sembly voted overwhelmingly Fri day to allow the Ukrainian leader to pre-record his speech because of reasons beyond his control—the “ongoing foreign invasion” and mili tary hostilities that require him to carry out his “national defense and security duties.”

The World BusinessMirrorTuesday, September 20, 2022 Editor: Angel R. Calso • www.businessmirror.com.phA12

Gowan, UN director of the International Crisis Group, said Ukraine and the food crisis will be the two “overarching themes” and the message from Western leaders is going to be clear: “This is Russia’s war of aggression and this is a huge attack on the UN system.”

By Edith M. Lederer The Associated Press

For many years, foreign minis ters of the five veto-wielding per manent members of the UN Security Council—the United States, Russia, China, Britain and France—have met on the sidelines for lunch or dinner. Diplomats said no meeting is planned this year.

She told reporters Friday that the response must be to “double down on our commitment to a peaceful world and hold even closer our deeply-held principles of sovereignty, territorial integrity, peace and Thomas-Greenfieldsecurity.”insisted the high-level meeting “will not be domi nated by Ukraine” because there are conflicts taking place elsewhere as well. That’s why she says the United States is focusing on tackling the food crisis as well as climate change, advancing global health and uphold ing the UN Charter.

France’s UN ambassador, Nicolas De Riviere, said Friday that “perpe trators will be held accountable” for the “dramatic consequences” that “the Russian war of aggression” has had on civilians in Ukraine. And US Ambassador Linda Thomas-Green field said the United Nations faces “a crisis of confidence” brought about by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that violated its neighbor’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, “trampled on human rights” and struck at the heart of the UN Charter by pursuing war instead of a negotiated peace.

Edith M. Lederer is chief UN corre spondent for The Associated Press and has been covering international affairs for more than half a century.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the strategic divides— with the West on one side and Rus sia and increasingly China on the other—are “paralyzing the global

Guterres is skipping the funeral to preside over Monday’s “Transforming Education Summit” that he called to create action on a UN goal to ensure quality education for all children by 2030 that lost significant ground during the pandemic.

A highlight will be the UN Se

Escalating food and energy pric es are hitting the world’s poorest people hardest, and nations are “being devoured by the acids of na tionalism and self-interest” instead of working together and resolving disputes peacefully, two principles that lie at the heart of the UN Char ter and underpin everything the United Nations tries to do.

During typical high-level weeks, thousands of people are in the UN complex for speeches and hundreds of side events. But because of the continuing pandemic, this year only the few events organized by the secretary-general and the General Assembly president are being held at UN headquarters. Dozens of side events will take place elsewhere in theRichardcity.

The actual gathering of world lead ers, known as the General Debate, begins Tuesday morning with the UN chief’s state of the world speech to the 77th session of the General As sembly that began on September 12. Brazil has spoken first for over seven decades because at the early General Assembly sessions it volunteered to speak first when no other country did.

NITED NATIONS—Facing a complex set of challenges that try humanity as never before, world leaders convene at the United Nations this week under the shadow of Europe’s first major war since World War II—a conflict that has unleashed a global food crisis and divided major powers in a way not seen since the Cold War.

The many facets of the Ukraine war are expected to dominate the annual meeting, which convenes as many countries and peoples con front growing inequality, an esca lating climate crisis, the threat of multiple famines and an Internetfueled tide of misinformation and hate speech—all atop a coronavirus pandemic that is halfway through its third year.

The US president, representing the host country for the United Na tions, is traditionally the second speaker. But President Joe Biden is attending the queen’s funeral, and his speech has been delayed until Wednesday morning. Senegalese President Macky Sall is expected to take Biden’s slot.

“The General Assembly is meeting at a time of great peril,” the UN chief said last week.

Nearly 150 presidents, prime ministers and monarchs are on the latest speakers list, a very high num ber reflecting the importance of the meeting not only for presenting ev ery country’s view of the world but for private one-on-one and group meetings where diplomats say a lot of the world’s business is carried out.

minute headaches for the high-level meeting. Diplomats and UN staff are scrambling to deal with changes in travel plans, the timing of some events and the logistically intricate speaking schedule for world leaders.

The Crisis Group’s Gowan said his organization has seen in recent weeks that African and Latin American countries “have gradually succumbed to Ukraine fatigue,” and there is a feeling in many parts of the UN “that countries don’t want to have to constantly attack Russia.” There is a clear understanding among Western leaders, and especially in the US, of the need “to keep non-Western coun tries on board over Ukraine,” he said. Gowan said he will also be listen ing for “an undercurrent of discon tent” from African nations and coun tries from the global South about how they’ve been let down on Covid-19 vaccinations and financing to tackle climate change and deal with escalat ing food prices and the cost of living. He also lamented that crises in Mali, Afghanistan and Yemen won’t be on the front Secretary-Generalburner. Guterres, who just visited Pakistan where he said the flooded area is three times the size of his home country Portugal, lashed out at the Group of 20 richest nations, which he said are responsible for 80 percent of emissions that cause global“Mywarming.message to world leaders gathering here is clear: Lower the temperature—now,” he said. “Don’t flood the world today; don’t drown it tomorrow.”

curity Council ministerial meet ing on September 22 focusing on the fight against impunity in the war in Ukraine—a topic decided by France which holds the council presidency this month. The meet ing could put foreign ministers of the five permanent council nations in the same room with Ukraine’s foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba, who has been invited.

In world beset by turbulence, nations’ leaders gather at UN

For the first time in three years, leaders will be delivering their speeches in person in the vast Gen eral Assembly hall. There will be no more Covid-caused prerecorded addresses or hybrid meetings, with one exception: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

For the first time since the United Nations was founded atop the ashes of World War II, European nations are witnessing war in their midst waged by nuclear-armed neighboring Russia. Its Feb. 24 invasion not only threatens Ukraine’s survival as an independent democratic nation but also has leaders in many countries worrying about trying to preserve regional and international peace and prevent a wider war.

response to the dramatic challenges we Heface.”pointed not only to the devas tation in Ukraine from nearly seven months of fighting but the war’s im pact on the global economy.

The death of Britain’s Queen Eliza beth II and her funeral in London on Monday, which many world leaders plan to attend, have created last-

In addition to Zelenskyy, Biden and Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro, other heads of state coming to the UN include the presidents of Turkey, Iran, France, Colombia, South Korea, South Africa, Egypt and Venezuela. Heads of government on the list include Britain’s new Prime Minister Liz Truss, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz also making a first appearance, and the prime minis ters of Japan, Israel, Iraq and Pakistan. Russia and China are sending their foreign ministers.

n 142: Royal Navy ratings who will pull the state gun carriage car rying the queen’s coffin on Monday when it leaves the Houses of Parlia ment for her funeral.

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THE final members of the public pay their respects at the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, draped in the Royal Standard with the Imperial State Crown and the Sovereign’s orb and scepter, lying in state on the catafalque in Westminster Hall at the Palace of Westminster in London early Monday, September 19, 2022. YUI MOK/POOL VIA AP

AP THE coffin of Queen Elizabeth II leaves Westminster Hall for her funeral service in Westminster Abbey in central London, on Monday, September 19, 2022. The Queen, who died aged 96 on September 8, will be buried at Windsor alongside her late husband, Prince Philip, who died last year. AP/NARIMAN EL-MOFTY THE coffin of Queen Elizabeth II is placed on a gun carriage during her funeral service in Westminster Abbey in central London on Monday September 19, 2022. The Queen, who died aged 96 on Sept. 8, will be buried at Windsor alongside her late husband, Prince Philip, who died last year. AP/EMILIO MORENATTI Queen

n 5,949: Military personnel de ployed throughout the meticulously choreographed operation that began with the queen’s death on Sept. 8 at her Balmoral Estate in the Scottish Highlands. That number comprises 4,416 from the army, 847 from the navy and 686 from the air force. In addition, around 175 armed forces personnel from Commonwealth na tions have been involved.

n 800: Guests at a committal service later in the day at St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle.

POLICE officers take positions ahead of the Queen Elizabeth II funeral in central London on Monday, September 19, 2022. PHOTO/VADIM GHIRDA

n 1 million: The number of people London transport authorities expect to visit the capital on Monday. Around 250 extra rail services will run to move people in and out of the city.

PEOPLE make their way along the Long Walk towards Cambridge gate outside Windsor Castle to lay flowers for the late Queen Elizabeth II in Windsor, England on Saturday, September 17, 2022.

GUESTS and officials begin to take their places prior to the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II being carried into Westminster Abbey for her funeral in central London, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. The Queen, who died aged 96 on September8, will be buried at Windsor alongside her late husband, Prince Philip, who died last year. AUGSTEIN

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n 1: Coffin. The silent eye in the days-long storm of pomp, pageantry and protection is a single, flag-draped oak coffin carrying the only monarch most Britons have ever known. Elizabeth funeral

n 2,868: Diamonds, along with 17 sapphires, 11 emeralds, 269 pearls, and 4 rubies, sparkle in the Imperial State Crown that rested on the queen’s coffin as it lay in state.

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n 2: Minutes of silence at the end of the funeral at Westminster Abbey.

n 22: Miles (36 kilometers) of bar riers erected in central London alone to control crowds and keep key areas around the Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey and Buckingham Palace secure.

n 5: Miles (8 kilometers) of people lining up to file past the queen’s cof fin in Westminster Hall. The mam moth queue stretched back from the Houses of Parliament along the south bank of the River Thames to Southwark Park. The number of people who viewed the coffin over four days is not yet known.

n 2,000: Dignitaries and guests in Westminster Abbey for the state funeral, ranging from King Charles III and other royals to world leaders including US President Joe Biden to members of the British public who helped battle the Covid-19 pandemic.

L ONDON—Britain and the world are laying Queen Elizabeth II to rest on Monday at a state funeral that is drawing presidents and kings, princes and prime ministers—and up to a million people lining the streets of London to say a final goodbye to a monarch whose 70-year reign defined an age. fin. Many had waited for hours in line, including through cold nights, to see the lying in state in an outpouring of collective grief

PEOPLE hold a minute of silence for the late Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Bridge in front of Big Ben in London, England on Sunday, September 18, 2022. The funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, took place on Monday.

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n 125: Movie theaters that will open their doors to broadcast Mon day’s funeral live.

n More than 10,000: Police of ficers. Metropolitan Police Deputy Assistant Commissioner Stuart Cun dy said the “hugely complex” polic ing operation is the biggest in the London force’s history, surpassing the London 2012 Olympics, which saw up to 10,000 police officers on duty per day.

PEOPLE wait along the route that the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II will be pulled on a gun carriage following her funeral service in Westminster Abbey in central London on Monday, September 19, 2022.

n 1,650: At least that number of military personnel will be involved in the pomp-filled procession of the queen’s coffin from Westminster Abbey to Wellington Arch after her funeral. A further 1,000 will line the streets along the procession route. When the coffin reaches Windsor, 410 military personnel will take part in the procession, 480 will line streets, 150 will be in a guard of honor and line steps and 130 more will fulfill other ceremonial duties.

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ONDON—Events surrounding Queen Elizabeth II’s state fu neral on Monday cap 10 days of national mourning and are expected to be watched by hundreds of thousands of people packed onto the streets of London and millions around the world. Those are just a few of the stagger ing array of numbers generated by the death of the 96-year-old monarch after a 70-year-reign.Herearesome figures that have swirled around London and the rest of the United Kingdom in the aftermath of the queen’s death on September 8 at her summer retreat in Scotland of the only monarch most Britons have ever known.

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These hallucinations are like Covid—endemic and contagious. Wolf Richter describes it this way: “It’s when everyone is, energetically hyping everything, willfully swallowing any propaganda or falsehood, and not just nibbling on it, and strenuously avoiding exposure to any fundamental reality. For only one reason: to make more money.”

War Two—and died before the first Covid lockdown in Italy on March 9, 2020 never experienced a global mass experience event. There have not been many of those that affected all aspects of human existence—political, social, and economic.

Azurin said the PNP is doing its best to ensure the safety and security of everyone—including foreign nationals who are working in the country. “But first, there should be respect for our law. Some of the worst cases that were reported involved people being kidnapped and then murdered; while some are reportedly engaged in human trafficking and slavery. Right now, they are (POGOs) fighting each other,” Azurin said. “Are we going to wait before they start harming our fellow Filipinos? We don’t want that to happen.”

The POGO firms created the pastillas corruption scandal, and their workers have been involved in kidnapping, human trafficking, gunrunning and murder. The Finance chief has said the few billion pesos generated from POGOs are not worth the “reputational risks” the Philippines faces if the government continues to allow POGOs to operate. We want to have more foreign visitors and more foreign investors. Let’s not allow the POGOs to destroy the global image of the Philippines. EnTrEprEnEurMannyB.Villar

The world, and each one of us, has gone through a major trauma. Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition triggered by a terrifying, potentially lifethreatening event that we perceive as possibly happening again. Severely stressful life events and trauma may trigger schizophrenia.

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House Committee on Appropriations Vice Chairman and Iloilo Rep. Janette Garin recently called on Congress to immediately work for the banning of POGOs in the country. She said kidnapping incidents involving POGOs have immensely affected the image of the Philippines and might be driving away investors. “Now that we are opening up our economy and kidnapping and human trafficking headlining our daily news, it is driving away investors considering that it’s creating a misinformation that the Philippines is not safe,” Garin said. (Read, “Garin backs DOF chief’s stand on POGO operations; two suspected kidnappers nabbed in Clark,” in the BusinessMirror , September 16, 2022).

cise caution. While reported global cases last week declined to their lowest level since March 2020, the virus can still strike and disrupt economic activities if people lower their guard.

Traffic congestion is already back despite the still limited number of buses plying their routes.

might call it, has been stretched and no better example of that is to be found than with the investment markets.

Everybody is aware of the monstrous traffic jam along Ortigas Avenue, where a commuter ride to Antipolo and Taytay can take three hours. The proposed MRT 4, with funding from the Asian Development Bank, hopes to reduce traffic congestion, and travel time from one to three hours to less than half an hour. This is a big relief for our weary commuters. Like other infrastructure projects, the MRT 4 will lead to the further development of eastern Metro Manila and the neighboring See “Villar,” A15

WHO’s Tedros believes the world can end the pandemic altogether “if all countries, manufacturers, communities and individuals step up and seize this opportunity.”

Hallucinations are like delusions except that hallucinations require more than a simple belief to actually “see” something that does not

“If you ask my personal opinion on this, let’s discontinue with the POGOs because of the social cost,” Diokno replied when Senator Imee Marcos asked the economic team what it plans to recommend regarding the expansion or continuation of POGOs in the country.

Inflation declined substantially from the middle of 2018 until preCovid 2020, and yet the PSE went nowhere. A solid correlation is now as inflation boomed and the PSE is down about 7 percent. On both factors of growth and inflation, correlation seems to occur during extreme movements and even then, it is not predictable. Thinking otherwise is a delusion.However, there is a strong correlation going back 25 years between the USD/PHP exchange rate and the PSE. The market responds more strongly to the peso movement with a higher than 1.0 beta, a measure of the volatility of a “security” compared to another.

to inflation and economic growth. Confining the analysis to 2018 forward, although a much longer period still applies, the PSE and growth did not move together until the collapse of both in 2020. Understandable. Even in 2021, the economy was “booming”—not only because it’s coming from a low base—but the PSE was anemic. The PSE dropped in the first and second quarters of 2021.

Let’s confine ourselves to the local stock market as it is complicated enough for our traumatized thinking. Delusions—false beliefs—are always easy to find on the PSE. There are several delusions regarding what factors correlate with PSE price movement. Initially we want to see a correlation

Mental illness is not a condition to be taken lightly. Many decades ago, a close family member suffered from Schizophrenia and was hospitalized for treatment. It is a life-long condition without a cure that occurs due to a combination of genetic and environmentalNonetheless,factors. thesymptoms simplified can help us to understand parallels because they can be manifested not only in individuals but also in institutions and societies in general. In this case, the simile to stock market trading and price movement is instructive.Thosewho were born after September 2, 1945—the end of World

is a serious mental disorder in your mind that doesn’t agree with reality. This can result in some combination of hallucinations and delusions. Paranoid schizophrenia was once a subtype of this condition because paranoia commonly happens with schizophrenia where a person feels distrustful and suspicious.” Paranoid Schizophrenia Environment THE BOX John Mangun

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“Nation brand is an important concept in today’s world. Globalization means that countries compete with each other for the attention, respect and trust of investors, tourists, consumers, donors, immigrants, the media, and the governments of other nations: so a powerful and positive nation brand provides a crucial competitive advantage,” the duo said.

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It is foolish to think that Covid-19 will die a natural death. On the contrary, it will remain in our midst and we can only minimize its spread, like the ordinary flu that bothers us when there is a significant change in the temperature.ThePhilippines should still strive to vaccinate all the so-called most at-risk groups, including senior citizens and health workers. The testing and sequencing of the virus, as the WHO suggested, must be sustained. This means more investments in the

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health-care sector and a bigger budget for the Department of Health.

The pandemic has taught us many lessons, some of them painful. Many lost their loved ones to Covid-19 while millions of our workers lost their jobs at the height of the pandemic. Our small entrepreneurs, too, suffered because of mobility restrictions. But through it all, we adapted and survived. Many employees kept their jobs through work-from-home arrangements. I must say that this set-up worked pretty well—the lack of transportation modes during the pandemic was never a factor for those working within the confines of their homes.

PersOn’s reputation determines his social standing in his community. And a good reputation does not happen overnight. It is developed over time, requiring consistency of efforts and actions, and avoiding things that can ruin a favorable character in the eyes of the public.

The Covid-19 interruption and the ensuing traffic jams support the argument that, perhaps, we should start decongesting Metro Manila by encouraging the establishment of new cities or communities and industries outside the capital region. By doing so, we can stop the labor migration to Metro Manila.

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The pandemic has opened our eyes to innovations and made us adapt to new working conditions. It may also be telling us to drop some of the old normal and try new development approaches.

Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno understands that a solid country reputation has an unquestionable economic value, just as it does to businesses and individuals. That’s why he warned that the country faces “reputational risks” if it continues to allow Philippines Offshore Gaming Operators to operate. In a Senate Finance Committee hearing on Thursday, Diokno added that the impact on the country’s revenues would not be significant since POGO revenues have reached only P3.9 billion in 2021, a little over half the P7.2 billion it generated at its peak (Read, “Diokno: Keeping POGOs gives PHL ‘reputational risks,’” in the BusinessMirror , September 16, 2022).

People, however, must still exer-

The same holds true in the community of nations. In a 2010 study, Minjeong Kang and Sung-Un Yang defined a country’s reputation as the perceptions of a nation that are shared by both national and international audiences, based on their own personal experiences with the country, and based on collected data from that nation.

New challenges A DAPTING to the new normal is presenting challenges to both our returning workers and students.

“It is high time that we reassess, we reevaluate our policies on POGO employees entering the country. This is why we require that they should be given a national police clearance so we have a means to check who these Chinese nationals are and at the same time, we ensure that those entering the country are not criminals,” Azurin said in a radio interview.

The point is that our collective mental health, regardless of what you

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Philippine news headlines: “PNP rescues 43 Chinese nationals from kidnapping, human trafficking.” “3 Chinese, 2 Pinoys nabbed for kidnapping.” “8 Chinese nabbed for kidnap, gunrunning.” “CCTV captures kidnap try on Chinese man in Parañaque.” “Philippine police say they killed 4 Chinese kidnapThesuspects.”Philippine National Police on Friday called for a reassessment of the existing rules on the entry of foreign workers in Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators. PNP Chief Gen. Rodolfo Azurin Jr. made the appeal amid the series of kidnapping incidents involving POGO workers.

What are the two most prevalent symptoms of Paranoid Schizophrenia? Delusions and hallucinations. Delusions are false beliefs despite evidence. A hallucination includes seeing, hearing, even smelling something that isn’t there. Welcome to the financial and asset markets of 2022, not that the markets haven’t always been crazy, but now it’s worse

e’ve received a bit of good news last week from the World health Organization. WhO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told the press that the world is in a better position to end the covid-19 pandemic. In his own words, we are not there yet “but the end is in sight.”

The WHO is not about to declare the end of the global pandemic just yet. But latest health data are encouraging to everybody, especially to policymakers. New Covid-19 cases worldwide are declining. Per the WHO report, the number of reported cases dropped 28 percent to 3.1 million during the week ending September 11, after a 12-percent drop the week before.

Infrastructure projects like new railways, toll roads and bridges in and out of Metro Manila will certainly help alleviate traffic congestion in the capital region. For one, the proposed 15.56-kilometer Metro Rail Transit Line 4 that will run from San Juan City to Taytay in Rizal province is a timely infrastructure project.

This development is, indeed, welcome news. It means the world is about to enter a new phase in the fight against Covid-19. A concerted action against the spread of the virus is succeeding and people from all walks of life can soon resume their interrupted way of life.

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Companies without regular recur ring income double in price, going up “just because.” In fact, the strongest

and most prevalent stock market hallucination is price movement. We see in price movement what we want to Thesesee.hallucinations are like Co vid—endemic and contagious. Wolf Richter describes it this way: “It’s when everyone is, energetically hyp

later the Governor General, in per forming his executive duties. The position was continued under the Commonwealth government with the appointment of Jorge B. Vargas as the ES of President Quezon. This time the ES was conferred the rank of a cabinet secretary, given his own office and staff and a budget was ap propriated for its operations.

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VAT on online transactions is nothing new. Our present tax laws are clear that any sale of goods in the Philippines and supply of ser vices rendered in the country, in the course of trade or business, are sub ject to VAT. These should include all sales of goods, electronic in nature or not, and all services rendered, whether rendered electronically or not. Offshore transactions done outside the Philippines, although the buyers are located inside the country, are not subject to VAT. The person or entity that is liable to impose and remit the said tax to the tax authority is the seller. How ever, now, with the way the Internet changed the market, these present taxation rules need to be revisited and upgraded. With the develop ment of so many digital platforms or applications where sellers and buyers located across the globe could exchange their goods and services— who should pay the VAT and where should it be paid?

Biden was asked about growing concerns that Russia’s efforts to seize Ukraine could inspire China’s leader Xi Jinping to attack Taiwan.

WAShinGTOn—President Joe Biden says the discov ery of top-secret documents at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate raised concerns that sensitive data was compromised and called it “irresponsible.”

The term “buyer” refers to any person who resides or consumes taxable digital services in the Philip pines from a DSP either for personal consumption or for trade or business purposes.Aswesee it, DSPs, resident or not, are liable to pay VAT on sale made electronically to a buyer in the Phil ippines. For the non-resident foreign sellers using the services of DSPs, the bill also constituted the non-resident DSPs as the withholding agents who will be responsible in the collection and remittance of VAT due on the transactions that go through their platforms.Basedon the proposed rule on electronic transactions, VAT will be paid in the home country of the consumer, regardless of the place where the sale will take place or where the services will be rendered, which is a radical departure from the present rule that VAT is paid in the place where the sale took place and the service was performed. The proposed rule just opened a room to discuss and redefine the situs of taxation in an online setting, not just for the levy of VAT but also for the imposition of other taxes as well, like income tax. We also see challenges in the enforcement of this rule—from the registration of all the various online activities of the participants, the recording, reporting and monitoring of their transactions, payment and remit tance of tax, and the assessment and collection of tax.

The article is for general information only and is not intended, nor should be construed as a substi tute for tax, legal or financial advice on any specific matter. Applicability of this article to any actual or particular tax or legal issue should be supported therefore by a professional study or advice. If you have any comments or questions concerning the article, you may e-mail the author at mabel.buted@ bdblaw.com.ph or call 8403-2001 local 160.

ing everything, willfully swallowing any propaganda or falsehood, and not just nibbling on it, and strenuous ly avoiding exposure to any funda mental reality. For only one reason: to make more money.” Here’s why this matters. “People do it because it works. Trading algos are written to

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The warrant says federal agents were investigating potential vio lations of three different federal laws, including one that governs gathering, transmitting or losing defense information under the Es pionageBidenAct.told “60 Minutes” that when he heard about classified documents being taken from the White House, he wondered how “anyone could be that“Andirresponsible.”Ithoughtwhat data was in there that may compromise sources andInmethods?”thewide-ranging interview, the president wouldn’t commit to running for reelection in 2024, though he’s said in the past that he planned to.

This is a welcome development though to level the competition between our domestic sellers who pay VAT on their sale to Filipino consumers and the foreign suppli ers who do not levy VAT. Also, our government and some industry rep resentatives support the imposition of VAT on DSPs, as this is expected to raise substantial additional amount of revenues.So,asearly as now, it will also be good if we could already thresh out the concerns and challenges raised in the implementation of the pro posed measure.

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But infrastructure projects tend to lure people from the provinces and relocate to Metro Manila. These projects have their own capacities and may, sooner or later, be unable to meet the increased traffic demand. The traffic situation in the capital re gion has prompted ADB to describe

The Office of the Executive Secre tary is a very powerful position and is normally given to one who enjoys the complete trust and confidence of the President. While he is a member of the President’s cabinet, the Execu tive Secretary is considered as “pri mus inter pares”—the first among equals. You will note in the cabinet meetings, the ES is seated on the right hand side of the President and is given a more prominent seat than the other members of the cabinet. He exercises ample powers as the chief alter ego of the President. He can re view and modify decisions of other cabinet members on appeal and he can discharge numerous other func tions as may be assigned to him or delegated by the President from time to time. He can issue orders in the name of the President and attest the actions of the President. When the Philippine government was in exile in the US during the war, the ES was named as the first in line of succes sion in the event that both Presi dent Manuel Quezon and VP Sergio Osmeña Sr. die or become incapaci tated. Thus, it is no accident that he is known as the “Little President.”

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The position of the ES originated from the American colonial gov ernment when Act No. 167 of the Philippine Commission established on July 16, 1901 the Executive Bu reau headed by an Executive Sec retary. The principal duties of the ES was to assist the Civil Governor,

The president said he did not get a heads-up before the Trump es tate was searched, and he has not asked for any specifics “because I don’t want to get myself in the middle of whether or not the Justice Department should move or not move on certain actions they could take.”

ES of President Cory. They all served several terms as senators after their services as ES.

the early 2009 crash, the Dow never looked back all the way up to 36,000.

replicate it, because it works.”

On September 28, 2002 Warren Buffett said: “The mass hallucina tion that gripped global stock mar kets during the technology boom is ending. Markets now are more real istic.” That month marked the Dow Jones low at 7,500 and even with

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The pandemic has opened our eyes to innovations and made us adapt to new working conditions. It may also be telling us to drop some of the old normal and try new devel opment approaches.

As Vic Rodriguez had described the job after holding it for less than 12 weeks, “The work of an Executive Secretary is a 24/7 job with myriad topics expected to be attended to ev ery day. It demands a sense of urgency which essentially requires almost all of a public servant’s time to ensure that services are met and hadlatterwhotoofnatelyDistinguished men,delivered.” unfortunowoman,hadheldthepostES. ThemostillustriousFilipinoserveasESwasManuelA.Roxas,wasPres.Quezon’sESwhilethewasinexileintheUS. Roxasalreadyheldthepositionsof

number.Under the bills, a DSP refers to a service provider of a digital service or good to a buyer, through an online platform for purposes of buying and selling of goods and services or by making transactions for the provi sion of digital services on behalf of any person. It includes the follow ing: (a) a third party who through information-based technology or the Internet, sells multiple products for its own account, or one who acts as an intermediary between the supplier and buyer; (b) a platform provider for promotion that uses the Internet to deliver marketing messages to at tract buyers; (c) a host of online auc tions conducted through the Inter net; (d) a supplier of digital services to a buyer in exchange for a regular subscription fee over the usage of the said product or service; and (e) a supplier of goods or electronic and online services that can be delivered through an information technology infrastructure.

The resignation of executive Secretary Victor Rodriguez from his post last Saturday finally ended the speculations that he would be vacating his office following the sugar im portation mess and other controversies that bogged the early days of the BBM administration. Rodriguez, however, was not the first appointed eS to leave or be fired from his post the soonest after a new President assumed office. Peter Garrucho left office just a month after he was named eS by President Fidel V. Ramos follow ing a controversy over the grant of tax breaks to miners. Rodriguez outserved Garrucho by a month. A Little President cannot act puny if he wants to keep his big title.

VAT on digital service providers

“My intention, as I said to begin with, is that I would run again,” he said. “But it’s just an intention. But is it a firm decision that I run again? That remains to be seen.”

Raisi echoed standard Iranian lines about the status of currently stalled nuclear talks with world powers. He said the United States is not trust worthy and demanded guarantees that the US would not withdraw from a deal as President Donald Trump did in Raisi2018.said he had no plans to meet with Biden on the sidelines of the U.N. event as it would serve no purpose, although he reiterated that Iran is willing to discuss prisoner exchanges with the United States. He also defended his country’s antiIsrael stance and said Tehran was committed to pursuing “justice” for the Trump administration’s assas sination of a top Iranian military commander.

The FBI says it took about 11,000 documents, including roughly 100 with classification markings found in a storage room and an office, while serving a court-authorized search warrant at the home on Aug. 8. Weeks after the search, Trump lawyers asked a judge to appoint a special master to conduct an independent review of the records.

The island has been recognized by the US as part of China but has its own democratic government. Xi and Russian President Vladimir Putin met last Bidenweek.again said the US forces would respond “if in fact there was an unprecedented attack.”

province of Rizal.

ment to Ukraine was “ironclad” and would remain so “as long as it takes.” Ukrainian troops are engaged in a counteroffensive that has reclaimed towns and cities from Russian troops. But the toll the war has taken is vast, and fresh atrocities are being revealed, including torture cham bers and mass graves. Since January 2021, the US has given more than $13.5 billion in security assistance to Ukraine.Inthesame hour, “60 Minutes” also aired an interview with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who will be speaking to the U.N. General Assem bly in New York this coming week.

A distinguished public servant with gravitas who served as ES but did not throw his hat in the political ring was Rafael Salas. He wielded great power during his time as the ES of Pres. Marcos and was a center of influence among his fellow cabi net members. Some did not succeed in running for national office like de Villa who failed in his presidential bid; Oscar Orbos, ES of Pres. Cory was frustrated in seeking the vice presidency, while others like Juan Pajo, ES of President Carlos P. Garcia; and Ruben Torres, one of those who served as Pres. Ramos’ ES, failed in their senatorial attempts. The Office of the Executive Sec retary is the gatekeeper of the Presi dent. Practically no one gains access to the tenant in Malacañang unless cleared by the ES. Definitely, it’s a privileged position but it’s one that will easily earn the enmity of many powerful personalities who are dis pleased by the ES. This eventually results in a power struggle among the President’s allies who may want to ease out the ES and install one of their own to occupy the powerful po sition. Warring factions are created until one side becomes the dominant camp. This took place during the time of President Cory where other cabinet members were opposed to ES Arroyo. This was also true dur ing President Erap’s time when the Presidential Management Staff was at loggerheads with the ES. In the event of an impasse, what normally happens is a major cabinet reshuffle where some good and qualified pub lic officials are sacrificed. If one side wins in the power struggle, the tar geted official is removed, pressured to resign or transferred to a less sen sitive and powerful post. Where power resides, intrigues abound. The center of power becomes a snake pit where chicanery rules and anyone becomes a fair game. I hope this is not what occurred in the case of Rodriguez. Whether this will resolve infighting among the Presi dent’s men remains to be seen. Ro driguez stays in power as the newly designated Chief of Staff and this may only spell trouble ahead.

Metro Manila as “one of the most dense and congested natural cities in the Asian region.”

The President himself, in his first SONA, stressed the impor tance of adjusting our tax system to catch up with the developments in the digital economy. Particular attention is placed on the role of digital service providers (DSPs) in the collection of VAT from persons engaging in business through their digital platforms. Recently, Senate Bill 250 was filed to clarify the im position of VAT on DSPs. The bill was based on the measure in House Bill 7425 that was transmitted to the Senate in the 18th Congress and now refiled under a new bill

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Speaker and Senate President before his appointment as ES. After the war, he was elected as the President of our Republic. The other prominent names that occupied the position were: Don Emilio Abello who was the ES of President Jose P. Laurel during the Japanese occupation and the first ES of President Roxas after the war. Abello also served as the first ES of President Elpidio Quirino when the latter succeeded Roxas. Abello was the only person to serve as ES of three Presidents. He later became a successful business and industry leader. Fred Ruiz Castro was President Ramon F. Magsaysay’s first ES. He was a former Judge Advocate Gen eral and the first military man to be appointed as ES. He was later appointed Associate Justice of the Supreme Court when President Marcos became President in 1966 and elevated to the position of Chief Justice in 1976. Other members of the military who served in the same position included Alejandro Melchor, Jr., the longest serving ES of Ferdi nand E. Marcos; Alexander Aguirre, the last ES of President Fidel V. Ra mos; and Renato de Villa, the first ES of President Gloria M. Arroyo. After General de Villa, President Arroyo appointed two other generals as her ES, General Eduardo Ermita and Gen eral Leandro Mendoza. Renowned elected public servants held the post such as Edgardo Angara, who briefly held the position during the critical period of President Joseph Estrada’s presidency. He was already a former Senate President and a VP aspirant when he was tapped by President Erap to be his ES. Teofisto Guingona, Jr. had already won two terms in the Senate when he was appointed ES by President Ramos in 1993. Likewise, Alberto Romulo already completed two Senate terms when he accepted the position of ES from President Ar royo in 1991 following the resigna tion of de Villa. When President Ar royo came to power, Guingona was named as her Vice President. On the other hand, some former ES were elected to exalted positions after their stint as ES. Ernesto Maceda, ES of President Marcos in 1969; Joker Arroyo, the first ES of President Cory, and Franklin Drilon, the last

Since the covid-19 pandemic began, numerous discussions about the imposition of taxes on digital transactions have been rolling. The government particularly eyes VAT on transactions made online as a great potential source of revenue.

exist. The PSE is famous for this.

During the Martial Law years, the ES was abolished and replaced by a Presidential Assistant by virtue of Presidential Decree No. 831, S. of 1975. However, when Cory C. Aquino assumed the presidency, she restored the position and named Joker Arroyo as her first ES. Under the Administra tive Code of 1987, the ES was tasked to assist the President in “the man agement of affairs of the government as well as to direct the operations of the Executive Office.”

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Beijing sees official American con tact with Taiwan as encouragement to make the island’s decades-old de facto independence permanent, a step Biden and other US leaders say they don’t support.

Biden, who rarely does interviews, spoke to CBS’ “60 Minutes” in a seg ment that aired Sunday. He said that when he heard about classified docu ments taken from the White House, he wondered how “anyone could be thatBidenirresponsible.”added:“And I thought, what data was in there that may compro mise sources and methods?”

Buffett. “You may be right, I may be crazy. But it just may be a lunatic you’re looking for.”

Villar.

The president said he did not get a heads-up before the Trump estate was searched, and he has not asked for any specifics “because I don’t want to get myself in the middle of whether or not the Justice Department should move or not move on certain actions they could take.”

White House officials later said the official US policy had not changed, and would not say whether American forces would be called to defend Taiwan. Biden has made the claim before, but the statements come at an increasingly tense time for US-China relations, particularly after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s trip there last month.

“Markets now are more realistic than during the stock market bubble a few years ago, when most investors ignored common sense and started dreaming.”BillyJoel could be smarter than

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HEN the pandemic hit, many tourism establish ments stopped operating as international travel restrictions along with local lockdowns and community quarantines were put in place. Steven (surname withheld) said he opted to resign as chief con cierge from the hotel he had been working for, for years.

T he Masungi Georeserve Foundation, which runs the award-winning Masungi Geo reserve, a low-impact ecotour ism destination in Baras, Rizal, holds a MOA signed by the late and former DENR Secretary Re gina Paz L. Lopez, who assigned 3,000 hectares of governmentowned land in the area for re habilitation, protection and conservation. TheMOA,he said, is also be ing reviewed by the DENR like all other documents being offered by claimants and occupants of the government-owned land in the area.

H owever, the IBPAP chief emphasized that the incentives that have been granted to inves tors should “be consistently applied and that our rules and regulations on taxes and our non-fiscal incen tives should be clear and consis tently implemented.”

ant near the area. However, he quickly said that the group was camped out along the road, which is outside any “protected area” or even the “Lot 10” titled under the Republic of Philippines.

By Ma. Stella F. Arnaldo @akosistellaBM Special to the BusinessMirror

Speaking from another industry but still on incentives and woo ing investors, Semiconductor and Electronics Industries in the Phil ippines Foundation Inc. (SEIPI) President Dan Lachica earlier urged the government to review the in centives rationalization under the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incen tives for Enterprises (CREATE) law, which he said had led to the loss of some $3.2 billion of investments that could have gone to the Philip pines but were instead moved by multinational firms to Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia and China, among others.

R amon Magsaysay awardee Ro berto Ballon, of Gamay ng Mang ingisda sa Concepcion in Zambo anga, said he and fellow municipal fishermen are open to the canners’ group’s suggestions as long as they are discussed and negotiated in the proper avenue.

We were no longer operating at full capacity. If I didn’t resign vol untarily, I would have not received my separate pay immediately,” he

B uencamino added that sar dines are currently moving to

Mu nicipal fishers are allowed to continue operations even dur ing closed fishing season as long as they only catch mature fish stocks.

security advocacy group Tugon Kabuhayan on Monday.

the initial run of Trabaho, Turismo, Asenso! Philippine Tourism Job Fair.

SARDINES industry stakeholders have urged the government to initiate a tripartite meeting to prevent a “looming” shortage of the fish product amid concerns, such as bad weather, that are affecting the current catch of vessels.

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with lawmakers and government officials to better inform them and “have the right bills in place mov ing forward.”

ward the shoreline as they chase planktons, which serves as the species’ food. Buencamino em phasized that since sardines are now nearer the shoreline, com mercial fishers cannot catch them anymore since they are well with in the 15-kilometer bound of the municipal waters.

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Incentives not enough, must be implemented–IBPAP‘consistently’

PNP, DENR PROBE ‘ARMED MEN’ NEAR MASUNGI

B ased on the DENR’s own initial investigation, however, Leones said the 30-plus alleged armed men are indeed “armed” but they are in fact security guards hired by another claim

ment with strong implementation mechanisms to ensure that canned sardines supply in the country are notBdisrupted.allonalsocalled on the govern ment to provide assistance to mu nicipal fishers to be able to catch more sardines, which they can in turn sell to the canners for profit. Ballon argued that if municipal fishers are well-equipped with the necessary gear, then they might be able to supply the canners with their much-needed sardines supply.

MEANWHILE , as the IBPAP tar gets to create 1.1 million new jobs in six years, the organization said in an earlier statement that it will only be possible if enabling con ditions are met such as favorable government policies or incentives and remote work; stronger and more reliable infrastructure; ac celerated upskilling and reskilling of the Filipino talent for digital services; enhanced value propo sition to highlight country-level competitiveness; and improved ease of doing business to attract more global investors.

A ccording to a report in No vember 2021 by the International Labour Organization: “In the Phil ippines, employment losses and de creases in average working hours in

2020 were among the largest. Em ployment in the sector contracted by 28 percent (compared to an 8-per cent loss in non-tourism related sec tors) and average hours worked by 38 percent. Workers in the tourismrelated sector working zero hours per week rose two thousand-fold (affecting 775,000 workers).”

Furthermore, Buencamino ex plained that bad weather condi tions as well as unforeseen impacts of climate change have slashed commercial fishers’ catch to just 20 percent to 40 percent of what they were able to catch last year.

L eones said the Upper Mariki na River Basin Protected Land scape (UMRBPL) has been the subject of various overlapping and conflicting claims, includ ing Presidential Proclamations and Memorandum of Agree ments (MOAs) which the DENR is reviewing for validation.

“ The PNP is already conduct ing its investigation and we at the DENR are also conducting a parallel investigation,” said Leones.Hesaid all maps, land surveys and other documents being pre sented by interest groups will be reviewed and if verified, will be honored. However, he said all documents that are invalid will be set aside eventually, with the DENR thoroughly looking into the various claims over the vast tracts of land in the region.

BUENCAMINO said his group is looking at two possible options to ensure sufficient supply of sardines for their factories: entering into supply agreements with munici pal fishers and seeking local gov ernment units’ approval to allow commercial vessels in municipal waters at 10.1-kilometer from the shoreline.

By Jonathan L. Mayuga @jonlmayuga

Since there is still “quite a bit of work to be done,” Madrid empha sized that he will always engage

HE IT and Business Pro cess Association of the Philippines (IBPAP) said incentives will always be important to attract and retain investors, but stressed that these incentives should be “consistently” implemented as this is what inves tors look IBPAP’sat. position is that incen tives will always be important to attract and retain investors. It is not for me to say what the ideal length of time is,” IBPAP President and CEO Jack Madrid said in a tele vised interview on Monday.

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A group of sardine canners and representatives from municipal fishermen expressed openness to ward brokering various measures and mechanisms that would ensure the sufficiency of the country’s sar dine supply nationwide.

T he Seipi chief earlier stressed that the incentives rationaliza tion put their industry at a disad vantage. He said the government should review the incentives ratio nalization and promote the ease of doing business as well as reconcile policies that have proved to be help ful to the industry.

We would need logistics sup port and facilities both in the pro duction and harvest stages … We have what we call ‘pangulong’ (to cage) with small lights. We may use those instead of fishing nets that may damage the sardines’ fins,” said Ballon.

Buencamino estimates that the sardines canners industry requires at least 210,000 metric tons to 250,000 metric tons of sardines supply to meet domestic require ments for the canned product. However, he pointed out that the in dustry needs an additional 75,000 metric tons to 100,000 metric tons of sardines stocks to ensure buffer supply and even export to other countries.

Commercial vessels are not al lowed to enter waters stretching 15 kilometers from the shoreline, which are considered as municipal waters, under existing laws and regulations.Wedonot dare to penetrate that. [It would be a] violation of the Fisheries Act. What we are say ing is that we might have a short age if we cannot have sufficient catch from now until November 30. We have to build up our in ventories,” he said in a virtual press briefing organized by food

The PNP, he said, is now looking into the licenses of the firearms, as well as their permits to carry.

Sardines group urges govt to act on ‘looming’ shortage

ROAD REPAIRS Portions of United Nations Avenue in Manila are blocked to make way for road repairs as the Department of Public Works and Highways continues its rehabilitation of selected national road sections in the cities of Manila, Quezon, Makati and Pasig.

150 tourism companies in DOT job fair

Over 7K vacancies IN a news statement, Tourism Sec retary-designate Christina Garcia Frasco said these job vacancies are in accommodation establishments, travel and tour services, MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conventions and Exhibitions) facilities and or ganizers, tourist transport opera tors, health and wellness services, restaurant/food service and other tourism-related establishments, and across three major locations: Manila, Cebu, and Davao.

At a hastily-called press brief ing, DENR Undersecretary for Policy, Planning, and Interna tional Affairs Jonas R. Leones said the DENR Calabarzon, Baras, and Tanay PNP along with the Regional Mobile Group of the PNP in Rizal swooped down on Km 48 of the Marikina-Infanta Highway to verify claims by Ma sungi Georeserve Foundation of the alleged “invasion” and “plan to take over huge tracts of land in the protected area.”

What jobs creation entails

To this extent, Ballon and Buencamino said the government through the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) must initiate the talks between sardines industry stakeholders to come up with a solid agree

ARALLEL investigations are being conducted by the Philippine National Police and the Department of Environment and Natural Re sources (DENR) on the presence of armed men encamped near the Masungi Georeserve.

told the BusinessMirror . “If you wait to be terminated, it would be months before you’d see your pay,” he Sexplained.tevenisone of the lucky few, however. He was able to find work in the same position he held before, this time, in a new hotel that just opened in his city. “I’m glad to be working again,” he said, his relief quite palpable, while expressing optimism at the new relationships to be formed with new guests.

“ LGUs should allow us to fish near the shore where there are more fish. We will make sure that it will not affect the municipal fisher men. We just need to get closer so we could build up our inventories before December 1. There will be a shortage if the issue is not ad dressed,” Buencamino said.

M adrid said that in IBPAP, their primary job is to continue to at tract investors in the coming years. With this, the IBPAP chief stressed, “There’s still a lot of work to be done ahead of us but certainly clarity of regulations will always be impor tant,” noting that this is what in vestors look at when they consider the Philippines compared to other locations. Oneofthe goals of the IBPAP as the flagship organization of the IT and Business Process Management (IT-BPM) industry is to position the Philippines as a premier and preferred destination for digitallyenabled services in the global ITBPM industry.

He said the security guards were there to do their jobs, and as far as the DENR’s initial in vestigation is concerned, have every right to protect the area sought to be protected by their clients, like all other claimants with security guards of their own in that area.

T he Department of Tourism (DOT) believes the job losses are larger, with the pandemic having affected close to 5 million tourism workers. With its program jointly administered with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), 7,510 jobs in 147 tourism establish ments are available to applicants in

By Andrea E. San Juan

I n a virtual press briefing, Fran cisco Buencamino, executive direc tor of the Canned Sardines Associa tion of the Philippines, reiterated that his group is “anticipating” a “looming” shortage of sardines in the coming months in light of the annual closed fishing season.

PPA: Single-use plastics ban stays

“Majority of its buyers are medical professionals, particularly doctors, who choose Calle 104 as their investment of choice.”

“Without a viable procurement strategy for competitively priced LNG in the Philippines or Vietnam, both countries will likely face a choice between paying exorbitant prices for LNG or going without LNG altogether,” IeeFA energy analyst and author of the report Sam Reynolds had said. he said the latter option would force the countries’ new regasification terminals and LNG-fired power plants to go unused and stranded.

“Should high prices and volatility persist for the next several years, the narrative around LNG as a viable, affordable transition fuel is likely to erode further. u l timately, high prices now may undermine profits and exacerbate stranded asset risks for LNG projects targeting completion later this decade.”

DuringLuzon.itsface-to-face with its business clients in the North Luzon Interchange held in Baguio City and the South Luzon Interchange in Sta. Rosa, Laguna, the company reaffirmed its commitments in giving high speed, pure end-to-end fiber internet solutions to them, especially to those in underserved and unserved areas.

Two LNG players have already notified the Department of energy (DOe) of the delays in their projects.

proficiency in the Japanese language (Nihongo), culture, traditions and business conduct.

The DOe official cited the recent developments in the world gas mar-

Shown in photo during the facility opening (from left to right): Ambe Tierro, Technology Lead for Accenture Philippines, Africa and Asia Pacific; Lito Tayag, Accenture Philippines Country Managing Director; Anoop Sagoo, Accenture Group o perating o fficer for Growth Markets; Benedict hernandez, Accenture o perations Client Experience Lead for Asia Pacific, Africa and Middle East. Contributed photo

servicing industry-leading Japanese clients in the pharmaceuticals, retail, motoring, banking, oil and gas, aviation, and other key industries since 2015. To deliver on the world-renowned Japanese standard of quality and excellence, the company said it has various training programs to continuously upskill people and raise

An architect’s perspective of the Ranudo Tower lobby. Contributed photo

Calle 104 is a joint venture proj-

Linseed Field Power Corp. had proposed to build an LNG import

he added that this will also go hand in hand with the theme of the 2022 National Maritime Week Celebration: “New Technologies for Greener Shipping.”

however, there are no firm commitments yet as to when the other proposed projects would take off.

he Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) has reiterated its ban on all single-use plastics at all ports under its jurisdiction as it moves forward to sustainable port operations.PPAOfficer in Charge-General Manager Francisquiel O. Mancile said all port managers across its 25 Port Management Offices must strictly impose the directive embedded under PPA Memorandum Circular No. 11-2021.

“PPA already has an existing ban on single-use plastics. Since last year, we are not only banning the use and entry of such plastics in the ports but also in all facilities and offices under the agency,” Mancile said in a statement.“Whilewe do not impose any fine or penalty to erring passengers, stakeholders, and employees, we are confiscating these kinds of materials for proper disposal.”

By Lenie Lectura @llectura

DOE: Liquefied natural gas projects encounter delays

FGeN LNG’s interim FSRu and regasification terminal in Batangas City will have a capacity of 5.26 MTPA. This will provide the gas supply requirement for Sta. Rita, San Lorenzo, San Gabriel and Avion gas plants, and for the proposed 1,200MW of new natural gas power plants.The two LNG projects are among the six that have secured the green light of the DOe The others are energy World Corp.’s (eWC) LNG storage and regasification terminal project, the FSRu LNG terminal of excelerate energy L.P., the FSRu terminal project of Shell energy Philippines Inc. (SeP), and the FSRu terminal of Vires energy Corp.

CC e N T u R e Philippines has recently inaugurated a facility that aims to create customized solutions for Japanese businesses.Dubbedthe Japan Zone, the company said the facility showcases innovative technologies and solutions, such as Cloud-first solutions, AI and blockchain, and intelligent platforms and“Buildingsystems. our capabilities to address specific demands of our Japan client portfolio supports our vision to provide integrated business services and solutions offering from the Philippines,” said Lito Tayag, Country Managing Director, Accenture in the“AsPhilippines.webolster the services we provide to our clients in Japan and around the world, we are also able to create diverse roles and rewarding career opportunities for our exceptional pool of talent in the Philippine IT-BPM industry.”

The company said it has been

ket brought about by the ongoing Russia-u k raine conflict as one of the reasons for the delay.

“The target completion of construction of Linseed’s LNG terminal, including commissioning, is December this year. however, the commercial operation is expected in January next year,” said DOe Oil Industry Management Bureau (OIMB) Director Rino Abad in an interview.

The anticipated commercial operation of liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects this year is unlikely to happen, but the Department of energy (DOe) has made an assurance that these capital-intensive projects are a go.

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facility with a capacity of 3 million tons per annum (MTPA) that will supply LNG to the 1,200MW Ilijan combined cycle power plant and to another power plant that would be completed by 2024.

IeeFA said an inability to secure LNG volumes at competitive prices is likely to delay projects further.

The said project in Cebu is CLI’s eighth launch this year, bringing the total reservation sales to P13.5 billion for the year so far.

The company said it opened sales last week for its Calle 104, which straddles Ramos and Ranudo Streets, a popular address of prominent families in Cebu.

Aside from this, PPA has also earlier partnered with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)-Philippines on the same initiatives involving three PPA ports—the North Port,

The name of Calle 104 refers to the house number of an iconic home, the Garcia- e s caño Mansion on Ranudo Street, adjoining another property on perpendicular RamosWithStreet.5,530 square meters of footprint, Calle 104 comprises two towers. The 20-storey Ramos Tower, targeted to young professionals, has 325 studio and one-bedroom units on vibrant Ramos Street.

AG&P is still the project contractor while Linseed will operate the LNG terminal. South Premier Power Corp. (SPPC), a unit of SMC Global Power holdings, Corp. will be in charge of the LNG trading.

“They told us that the reason for the delay, among others, is the delivery of equipment due to the pandemic. Also, the movement of employees is limited. FGeN ’s LNG was supposed to be in November this year, but there will be a delay of 4 months to cover for the said reasons,” said Abad.

The 18-storey Ranudo Tower, meanwhile, has 192 units offering studios up to three-bedroom penthouses up to 104 square meters.

Business process outsourcing firms and even companies in manufacturing and IT services got a glimpse of Converge’sWithplan.over 523,000 kilometers of fiber optic assets nationwide, the internet firm has been constantly expanding its network backbone and providing new services to its residential, wholesale and business subscribers, especially the latter which faced so many challenges during the Covid-19 crisis that led to a drastic change in the economic landscape.

The Institute for energy econom-

ect of CLI and Borromeo Brothers e s tate Inc. under Cebu BL-Ramos Ventures Inc.

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FGeN LNG likewise encountered delays in the completion of the project “caused by events and circumstances not within the reasonable control” of the company.

“The sales velocity of the project shows that there is a growing demand for upscale residential developments coinciding with the economic recovery and progress of Cebu City,” Soberano said.

“It’s still a go for Linseed. The end of its construction permit is October next year so they are still, shall we say, ahead. It’s the commercial operation that has been delayed,” said Abad.

IBeR broadband provider Converge ICT Solutions has unveiled its plans for boosting its information and communication technology (ICT) capabilities in northern and southern

Accenture opens facility for Japanese firms

PPA Memorandum Circular No. 11-2021, meanwhile, follows the National Solid Waste Management Commission Resolution No. 1363 dated February 12, 2020 directing a ban on the unnecessary use of single-

The other LNG project, which was also supposed to start commercial operation this year, is FGeN LNG Corp.’s Interim floating storage and regasification unit (FSRu ) and LNG terminal.“ForFGeN, the commercial operation is in March next year,” said Abad.

Port of Batangas, and Port of Cagayan de Oro—in a bid to reduce plastic leakage at the said ports by 50 percent by 2023.

“Calle 104 is a well-designed mixed-use project targeted to prominent families in Cebu. Its outstanding performance is also attributed to its strategic location, which is very close to major hospitals in Cebu City,” company CeO Jose Soberano III said.

It has also teamed up with various language centers and institutions in the country to boost the team’s domain expertise in order to engage, co-ideate and co-innovate with Japanese clients.

The ban includes plastic cups thinner than 0.2 millimeters, plastic drinking straws, plastic spoons, plastic forks, plastic knives, plastic coffee stirrers, and plastic labo and thinned-filmed sando bags thinner/ lighter than 15 microns.

ics and Financial Analysis (IeeFA) said $96.7 billion worth of proposed LNG-related infrastructure developments in the Philippines, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Vietnam face a heightened risk of underutilization or cancellation as long as unaffordable LNG prices and procurement challenges persist.

use plastic products in government agencies and is seen as a major leap to reduce the use of single-plastic items from polluting waterways, kill marine life and further increase the country’s solid waste.

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Linseed’s LNG permit was originally issued to Atlantic Gulf & Pacific Company of Manila Inc. (AG&P). The DOe later approved the transfer of the project application to Linseed.

e B u Landmasters Inc. (CLI), a listed property developer in the Visayas and Mindanao, said it sold out in three days its P2.4-billion upscale residential project in Cebu City.

CLI: Cebu project sells out in 3 days

These two LNG projects have a combined investment cost of about $290 million or roughly P28 billion.

Converge unveils plans for network

The Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) and the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), which are also part of the three-pronged maritime sector of the Department of Transporation, also expressed readiness to impose similar initiatives in their areas of jurisdiction. The PCG said they will levy heavy fines and penalties to their erring personnel who will be found violating the ban. At the same time, the MARINA will look into further strengthening the regulation imposed on local ships.

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Global LNG supply is constrained partly due to the Russian-u k raine conflict. As a result, LNG prices continue to hit record highs.

BTr, however, did not award any for the 91-day and 364-day bills during the day.

The ADB has said the aggressiveness in policy rate hikes by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has led to an increase in the country’s 2-year bondTheyields.ABM showed that yields increased by an average of 74 basis points (bps) for bonds with maturities of two years or less. The largest increase in yields, the ADB said, was seen in 1-year tenor bonds at 134 bps, followed by the 6-month securities at 111 bps.

Theasked.lawmaker issued his statement after local manufacturers announced that imposing the excise

He added that “since the excise tax exemption applies to the whole vehicle, the double-cab pick-up accessories also get exempted from the excise tax.” With this, Pascual said he is in favor of a review of the taxLastexemption.August 24, the House Committee on Ways and Means endorsed for plenary approval the Passive Income and Financial

A final reminder for households in this kind of life situation is the importance of having adequate insurance coverage. Such cannot be further emphasized especially for this case wherein either untimely death or major health issue will eventually cause financial impact for both retirement and education funds.

The Trade chief said the Train Law (Republic Act 10963) extended the exemption to the double-cab

When forecasting retirement expenses, consider annual spends for subsistence such as food and shelter, medical expenses such as check-ups, leisure expenses such as travel and hobbies.Redefining lifestyle usually entails a reduction in projected annual expenses to cover other needs and an excellent activity to support this is gardening. Gardening enhances overall wellness of retirees and is a possible source of cost savings (growing own food) and an income source (selling surplus food). The important thing to remember is that retirement planning should be done in conjunction with education planning.

only cut cost to a certain extent and having an extra income will allow a financial plan to be more flexible.

“PEZA is one with the BOC and other participants in the local supply and global value chains in enhancing the ecozone business ecosystem and our overall competitiveness to make the Philippines a viable investment destination in the region,”

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tax on pick-up trucks will reduce government revenues as it will “negatively impact its sales volume thereby reducing revenues to the government.”Salcedacited a letter he received from the DTI indicated that as a result of the tax exemption on pick-up trucks, annual personalcar sales growth fell to 5 percent from 20 percent while sales of pickup trucks rose by 17 percent. The lawmaker added that the exemption of pick-up trucks from excise taxes should especially have room for debate as it is considered “a line of goods that are imported.”

In addition, the officials discussed the Electronic Tracking of Container Cargo (e-TRACC) particularly on the adoption of a selective and riskbased approach for the shipments to be covered by electronic tracking usingTheeSEAL.e-Tracc remains operational to ensure the integrity of the transfer of containers and to prevent diversion. The system enables the real-time monitoring of inland movements of containerized goods using an Information and Communications Technology-enabled system such as a GPS-enabled tracking device to secure its transport to the intended destination.

Panga said that since the Export

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pick-up “ostensibly” to support the cargo mobility requirement of MSMEs.However, Pascual said, “it seems that the imported double-cab pickup is often a fully-accessorized passenger unit.”

“We saw that the current payment schedule for self-employed members, which also includes farmers and fishermen, is not suitable for them,” he said.

Acting BOC Commissioner Yogi Filemon L. Ruiz, Collector Alex M. Go for Cavite and National Capital Region (NCR) and Collector Maria Fe A. Recinto for Laguna met with PEZA Officer-in-Charge Tereso O. Panga and his staff, Panga said in a post on his Facebook page last Monday. He said the meeting aimed to build on the agencies’ partnership in terms of increasing logistics efficiency and supply chain management and “other measures for continual improvement.”Pangasaid he and Ruiz agreed to resolve the “pressing concerns.” These include the GTSB for the electronic zone transfer system, partic-

“Why should the state, with taxes as its lifeblood, forego taxes on pickup trucks. What is the societal function? Why should we privilege the 98 percent imported pickup trucks over sedans?” Salceda

By Bianca Cuaresma @BcuaresmaBM

The recent Asia Bond Monitor (ABM) by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) showed the impact of rate hikes on debt papers. (See “BSP ‘most aggressive’ in hiking policy rates,”

The group’s “memo” holds private finance and investment companies accountable for having a huge share of responsibility for the destructive impacts of climate change. Private financing of new fossil fuels projects totaled at least $1 trillion from 2016 to 2021.

Intermediary Taxation (Pifita) or Package 4 of the Comprehensive Tax Reform Program (CTRP) and the proposed Fiscal Regime for Mining, which is expected to provide government P63.5 billion in newTherevenues.panelagreed to incorporate in the bill the proposal made by the Department of Finance (DOF), together with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), to remove the excise tax exemption of pick-up trucks introduced under RAFinance10963. Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno said the proposal shows additional revenue of P52.6 billion

John Hero Salvador is a registered financial planner of RFP Philippines. To learn more about investment planning, attend the 98th batch of RFP program this October 2022. To register, e-mail info@ rfp.ph or text at 0917-6248110.

He explained that if a farmer pays his SSS contributions on

When it comes to funding the education of the child born by parents in their late 30’s or early 40’s, it is more important to have the investments placed in a generally more conservative allocation. We all hear that college usually starts at the 18th year of the child and, as such, investments should be placed in high-risk, high-return assets such as equities or equity

The officials also tackled the integration of the PEZA’s electronic import permit system and automated export documentation system to the BOC’s electronic-to-mobile, or “E2M,” system. The integration is expected to increase security and transparency in the processing and

“All these will contribute to higher productivity, reliability, availability, increased performance and reduced operating costs to the benefit of our valued ecozone investors and other stakeholders,” said Panga.

The ideas above provide a general overview on how to manage such life situation and households are highly encouraged to consult with a financial planner to provide a more in-depth look at their respective financial situations and have a wellprepared financial plan to ensure simultaneously preparing for the child’s education and having a comfortable retirement.

BTr rejects bids for 91-day, 364-day T-bills

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Albay Rep. Joey Sarte Salceda has questioned the “economic logic” behind the exemption of pick-up trucks from excise taxes on automobiles, noting that the country projects to have lost P38 billion from giving such exemption.

monitoring of import and export permits or Further,documents.PEZAandBOC discussed the disposal of enterprises’ assets pursuant to Republic Act 11534 (Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises, or Create, law), with net book value as reference.

“We call on companies participating in the global compact: Stop all forms of financing of all fossil fuel projects. Stop selling us the false narrative that we need fossil gas projects to transition out of coal and stop promoting false climate solutions technologies,” said Lydinyda “Lidy” B. Nacpil, coordinator of the Asian Peoples’ Movement on Debt and Development

Rates were higher across the board for Monday’s auction, with 91-day

The E2M system allows customs officers and traders to electronically process most customs transactions, although importers are still required to submit hard copies of import documents and attachments to the Entry Processing Unit for verification.

bill rates hitting an average rate of 3.912 percent if fully awarded from the 3.349 percent in the previous week’s auction.

PangaThesaid.PEZA OIC stressed that the two agencies are long-time and “vital partners” in promoting and facilitating trade and investments in the country through the economic zones.

The PEZA official said these digital-transformation initiatives aim to enhance customer experience and the agency’s delivery of services.

However,funds.we must not forget that by that time the parents are nearing retirement already and the last thing that should happen is for the parents to get a significant amount of money from their retirement fund just because the investment for the child’s education tanked. As such, it is recommended to have the money invested in moderately aggressive funds such as balanced funds and, in doing so, capital appreciation is still the aim while having more protection against market downturn which is likely to happen during the 18-year period.

TRADE Secretary Alfredo E. Pascual said he is in favor of a review of the excise tax exemption on double-cab pick-up trucks, as it is “a lifestyle vehicle far from the need and reach of MSMEs [micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises].”“Theregular single-cab and chassis pick-up—the real utility workhorse vehicle—has always been exempted from excise tax even before Train [Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion law],” Pascual told reporters.

Regino said that under the existing payment deadline of remittances, self-employed members such as farmers and fishermen who will pay their contributions on October 31, 2022, can only pay their monthly contributions for July to September 2022.

HEN it comes to having a family, we see a trend that the age of marriage or settling down and having the first child through generations (baby boomers onwards) generally increases. There are numerous factors for this trend. However, we need to look at an interesting possibility coming from this observation: having a newborn when the couple are in their late 30’s or early 40’s. This poses a challenge when it comes to financial planning since the aforementioned situation implies having a child that is still studying while the breadwinner is nearing or has begun retirement already.Acouple or a breadwinner has to acknowledge of the fact that such scenario or situation usually results to consideration of the following possibilities: having to postpone retirement by a few more years; having to redefine the retirement lifestyle desired; or, to look for ways to earn morePostponingmoney. retirement by a few more years allows the household to have a continued income source which is essential in providing not only just for the daily needs of the household but for the education fund and the retirement fund. Extending employment is worth considering as company-sponsored HMO plans can now have coverage until age of 65. Reviewing and redefining retirement lifestyle on the other hand provides opportunity to recalibrate retirement investment plan.

The amount tendered for both the 91-day and the 364-day bills showed mixed interest from investors, with the shorter tenor getting more tenders than offered while the longer tenor falling short of theTendersoffering.of 91-day bills hit P5.9655 billion during the day’s auction while tenders for 364-day bills hit only P3.2 billion. The amount offered for both is at P5 billion.

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October 28, 2022, under the new program, he can still pay his monthly contributions in the past 12 months before October 2022 or from October 2021 to September 2022.

HE chief of the Social Security System (SSS) is encouraging all farmers, fishermen and other self-employed persons in the informal economy to register with the SSS and pay their contributions under a new and more flexible schedule.SSSPresident and CEO Michael G. Regino said in a statement that the new contribution-payment scheme would allow farmers, fishermen and other self-employed individuals in the informal economy to pay contributions for any of the last twelve months in the current“Wemonth.want to help our farmers and fishermen to have social security coverage from the SSS. They are among the most vulnerable members of our society. By offering them a flexible way of paying their SSS premiums, we provide them greater opportunity to pay social security contributions for all months of a year for full protection through the various benefit and loan programs of SSS,” Regino was quoted in the statement as saying.

Meanwhile, for the 182-day bills, the amount tendered hit P7.123 billion, also exceeding the P5 billion amountNationaloffered.Treasurer Rosalia V. de Leon said the results of the auction came as markets anticipate action from the “MarketsFed.are asking for higher rates as the Fed is expected to deliver another large rate hike—even a full percentage point—determined to quell inflation,” de Leon said.

activists from Bangladesh, Indonesia, India and the Philippines symbolically served a memo to top fossil fuels financiers and investors in Asia participating in the ongoing UN Global Compact conference, calling on them to immediately stop financing fossil fuel projects and promoting false climate solutions.

Processing Zone Authority (EPZA) era in the 1970s, “the BOC had played a key role in facilitating the release of tax and duty-free import and export shipments of ecozone locators including the intra/inter-zone movement of goods which enabled our export industries to thrive in theHecountry.”saidthe PEZA has also rolled out its online payment system and initiated other automation projects such as electronic letters of authority (LOAs), integration of different office automation systems, ecozone surveillance and the proposed electronic visa application, building permit and ecozone fleet tracking systems, among others.

“Climate(APMDD).change related extreme weather events—unprecedented monsoon rains, super typhoons and heat waves—are destroying lives, homes and livelihoods, and deepening hunger, poverty, and inequalities in our countries. And worse is still to come. You have the responsibility to act now. You must do your full share in bringing a rapid end to fossil fuel energy systems, which account for over 75 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions that are warming the planet and escalating the climate crisis.”

This year’s UN Global Compact conference is taking place from September 19 to 21. Last year’s conference was attended by at least 8,000 participants from 134 countries; highlighted by the participation of seven heads of states and 30 CEOs of the world’s biggest companies.

Filipino climate activists held their action at the Ninoy Aquino statue in Makati City fronting the Philippines Stock Exchange tower.

THE Bureau of Treasury (BTr) has partially awarded treasury bills on Monday, as market players anticipate another rate hike from the US Federal Reserve.

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ularly the use of a single GTSB for ecozone importations and interzone movement of goods.

Regino said that the SSS had set a new contribution payment scheme aligned with the harvesting seasons of the farmers and fishermen. He added that based on the pension fund’s study, farmers and fishermen usually have two harvesting seasons in a year and about four to five lean months.“Our farmers and fishermen do not have a regular monthly income from their produce, unlike ordinary workers. They only get their earnings on a seasonal basis, so we devised this scheme

that allows them to pay their SSS contributions for all months in a year,” Regino said.

Having a child when nearing retirement Use of surety bonds for imports tackled by BOC, PEZA

The latest data from the Philippine Statistics Authority showed that the country has 9.4 million self-employed skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers. Of these, Regino said there are only about 636,000 registered with SSS.

OFFICIALS of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) and the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) recently met to resolve issues on logistics and supply chain management, particularly using general transport surety bonds (GTSB) for eco-zone importations and inter-zone movement of goods.

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SSS to start new payment schedule ‘Funding fossils must stop now’

Review of tax exemption on pick-up trucks okay with Pascual

Data from the BTr showed that the Treasury raised P3.162 billion on Monday’s auction, after partially awarding 182-day bills. The personal finance

For the 182-day bills, rates hit 3.81 percent from the 3.634 percent in the previous week. While the 364day bill rates hit 4.89 percent if fully awarded from the 4.392 percent in the previous week.

While more challenging, looking for more ways to earn extra money to fund both retirement and education of child is more effective than just cutting costs as a household can

He added that self-employed SSS members are entitled to social security benefits such as sickness, maternity, retirement, disability, funeral and death. They also qualify for loan programs, including salary, calamity and educational assistance.Asidefrom SSS coverage, Regino said self-employed members also have additional coverage from the Employees’ Compensation (EC) Program for workrelated contingencies. He added they could pay their SSS contributions through digital payment platforms.“Theyalso have the option to pay through the internet banking facility of the Security Bank and Union Bank of the Philippines as long as they have an existing deposit account with the said banks,” said the SSS chief.

The “memo” also held fossil-fuel financiers accountable for promoting false solutions to the climate and energy crisis, which are serving as dangerous distractions and delays to climate action. Nacpil said false solutions—e.g. carbon-capture use and storage technologies, ammonia and hydrogen co-firing—serve to extend the production and use of fossil-fuel energies, and protect business interests, at huge cost to the welfare of the people and the Dataplanet.showsthat over the last five years, private banks Mizuho, Sumitomo-Mitsui Banking Corp., Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Citigroup Inc. and Holdings plc. have financed a combined amount of $862 billion of fossil fuel projects.

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The heirs originally pressed their claims in Germany, but a German commission found the artworks’ sale was made voluntarily and for fair market value. A suit was then filed in the United States.Germany and the SPK foundation argued the case did not belong in American courts. The US District Court’s ruling follows a ruling by the US Supreme Court in February 2021 that had overturned a lower court’s denial of the Berlin foundation’s previous motion to dismiss this lawsuit. A P

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In Picasso Celebration, France and Spain will be organizing more than 40 exhibitions conferences and other events in museums in Madrid, Paris, Barcelona, Málaga and other cities in Europe and North America over the next 12 months.

MADRID—Against the backdrop of Picasso´s iconic anti-war painting, Guernica, the culture ministers of France and Spain gathered Monday in Madrid’s Reina Sofía Museum to kick off a year of commemorative acts to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the death of the Spanish artist who revolutionized the world of art.

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The foundation that oversees Berlin’s museums said in a statement Tuesday that the US District Court for the District of Columbia last week granted the foundation’s motion to dismiss the 2015 restitution lawsuit that was brought against it, bringing the case to an end in the US, absent an appeal by the plaintiff.

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“If there is one artist that defines the 20th century, who presents it in all its cruelty, violence, passion, excesses and contradictions, that artist is Pablo Picasso.” Although born in Spain. Picasso spent most of his adult life in France.

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The Welfenschatz, or Guelph Treasure, which is at the center of a long-running ownership dispute, includes silver and gold crucifixes, altars, intricate silverwork and other relics worth more than €200 million.Thecollection, which has been on display in Berlin since the early 1960s and is currently at the city’s Bode Museum, is considered the largest collection of German church treasures in public hands.

The heirs maintained that their ancestors had no choice but to sell the Christian artifacts in 1935 to the Nazi government for less than their value. The staterun foundation that owns the collection has said the collectors weren’t forced to sell the treasures, arguing among other things that the collection was not even in Germany at the time of its sale.

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Abdul-Malakin (right) poses for a picture next to his Spanish counterpart Miquel Iceta during a joint news conference in front of Pablo Picasso’s Guernica painting to present the “Picasso Year” events, marking the 50th anniversary of the painter’s death, at the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid, Spain, on September 12. AP

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“Our aim is to revindicate the artistic legacy of Picasso and the relevance of his work,” said Spanish Culture Minister Miquel Iceta.

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Picasso’s reputation for having mistreated many of the women in his life is not being ignored during the anniversary and will be the subject of more than one conference and exhibition during the year. “We want to present Picasso as he was,” said Iceta. “Celebrate his work of course but not hide some of the aspects of his life that seen from today might be controversial.”

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Abdul Malak said there was no denying there was a lot of debate about how Picasso should be perceived, particular in his relation with women and his sometimes violent nature but she said these topics needed to be debated, not covered up.

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“SPK is pleased with the district court’s ruling, which affirms SPK’s long-held assessment that this lawsuit seeking the restitution of the Guelph Treasure should not be heard in a US court,” Parzinger said.

The anniversary was launched in front of Guernica—by far Picasso’s most famous painting. It was commissioned by the Republican government of Spain to represent the country at a Universal Exposition in Paris in 1937 when Spain was in the throes of a bloody civil war started by future dictator Gen. Francisco Franco.

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Together with artist Georges Braque, he started the avant-garde Cubist movement that radically changed European painting and sculpture.

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“The abundant, inventive and often radical work of Picasso continues to exert a genuine fascination throughout the world,” said French Culture Minister Rima Abdul Malak.

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On Tuesday, the president of the museum foundation, also known as the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz or SPK, Herrmann Parzinger, welcomed the court decision.

“SPK has also long maintained that this lawsuit lacked merit, as the Guelph Treasure’s sale in 1935 was not a forced sale due to Nazi persecution,” he added.

When Aldana left a promising career and moved overseas to raise a family, she made sure that she did not completely shut the door on acting. She seized opportunities, auditioned and was cast in shows that had Asian characters.

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Bannered by Aiko Melendez as Lily, Thea Tolentino as Dahlia, Angel Guardian as Iris and Beauty Gonzalez as Violet, Mano Po Legacy: The Flower Sisters revolves around four daughters of a taipan from different mothers.

HE Viola Davis-led action epic The Woman King easily conquered the North American box office in its first weekend in theaters, against a crowded market of new releases.

IT is by chance that actors Michelle Aldana and Jean Garcia met each other on the set of the soon-to-air GMA drama series Nakarehas na Puso, but is by choice that they have forged a new friendship.

Aldana, a former Miss Asia Pacific titleholder who transitioned into a fine actress before resettling in South Africa where she lives with her family, believes that everything happens for a reason.

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NEW YORK—The British author known in part for his news-making best seller on Princess Diana has a biography of Queen Elizabeth II coming out November 15. Andrew Morton’s The Queen was supposed to be published in 2023, but it was moved to this fall after the queen died last week at age“During96. her long and storied reign, Queen Elizabeth II devoted herself to her family and the wider family of nations.

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The book updates a Morton biography published last year in Britain to mark the queen’s jubilee.

The newfound friendship of Jean Garcia and Michelle Aldana

‘The Woman King’ takes North American box-office throne

Aiko revealed that after hearing about her role, she began thinking about the right portrayal for her character: “Ipoproseso ko muna kung sino doon sa mga characters in my head ang ipu-portray ko ’pag nag-start na ’yung taping. I’m looking forward to start working with everyone.”

habit of expecting new movies in theaters.” The horror movie Barbarian second place in its second weekend with $6.3 million.

It was a jam-packed week for new releases at the domestic box office that included the A24 horror prequel Pearl, Searchlight’s starry mystery pic They Run, NEON’s David Bowie documentary Daydream, Paramount and Miramax’s with Jon Hamm, and Focus Features’ But even though most boasted good reviews, it was still a slower week for the business overall.

During times of national celebration and concern, such as the Covid-19 pandemic, she was the glue who kept the nation together,” Morton said in a statement released on Wednesday by Grand Central Publishing, a division of Hachette Book Group. “Teasing out the character of the woman behind the impassive mask has been one of the challenges and fascinations of this biography,” he said.

Next week will see the release of Olivia Wilde’s much-discussed a boost to the box office. But blockbuster numbers likely won’t return until October and even November when the superhero movies return with Black Adam and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.

“This may not be a blockbuster-filled corridor, but this is a great weekend,” said Dergarabedian. “There’s all this talk of the post summer doldrums or slowdown, but there’s a lot of new movies out there. You just have to look for the gems.”

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4. See How They Run, $3.1 million

The Woman King was released by Sony and TriStar in 3,765 locations and carries a reported production budget of $50 million, which was cofinanced by eOne.

See How They Run Saoirse Ronan and Sam Rockwell, is estimating a $3.1 million domestic debut from 2,404 locations.

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For her part, Garcia is also fond of her newfound friend. “Michelle is amazing. She is always prepared when she comes to the set. And she is calm, grounded and focused, traits that are rare nowadays. They say that this new show is Michelle’s comeback but who she is and what she gives to her character make every one feel that she never left being a good actor. I am just so happy we are working together on this show, and happier that I found a new friend in her.”

Brett Morgen’s Bowie documentary Daydream, meanwhile, debuted exclusively on IMAX screens this weekend, where it made $1.2 million in North America and landed in 10th place.

The film, directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood, surpassed expectations and earned $19 million in ticket sales, according to estimates from Sony on Sunday.

Aside from being wonderful actors, both Aldana and Garcia fell in love with foreigners. Aside from her actress daughter Jennica, Garcia also has a handsome 20-year-old gorgeous half-Japanese son, Kotaro, while Aldana has three lovely children: Dustin, Kai and Io.

“We talk a lot about our children on the set, and share stories about anything and everything. Ang sarap lagi ng kwentuhan namin ni Michelle, laging puso sa puso,” shared HappinessGarcia.iswhen we make unexpected new friends, especially in an industry where true friendships are rarely established and sustained.

3. Pearl, $3.1 million

The film, about the Agojie, the all-female army of the Kingdom of Dahomey in West Africa in the 1800s, got glowing reviews after its debut at the Toronto Film Festival. It currently boasts a 94 percent fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. And theatrical audiences seem just as enthusiastic, giving it a rare “A+” CinemaScore suggesting that word of mouth will be strong in the coming“Thisweeks.onehas great reviews, an epic story and a great star in the lead role,” said Paul Dergarabedian, comScore’s senior media analyst. “People want to go to the movie theater and audiences are back in the

GMA Network and Regal Entertainment will continue to captivate the public’s hearts and touch lives with the third installment of the Mano Po Legacy series via The Flower Sisters. Following the highly-successful airing of the first two installments—The Family Fortune and Her Big Boss, Kapuso viewers are now looking forward to the upcoming launch of the intriguing drama series The Flower Sisters.

A24 released the film starring Mia Goth as a farmgirl who dreams of movie stardom on 2,935 screens. The first film X opened $4.3 million in March and the studio has already greenlit a third film,

Aldana added that Garcia, who has played the contravida in many past projects, gives her tips and pieces of advise. “I learn a lot from her. I also get to watch Jean in Lolong and she is so good playing bad!”

“I was supposed to start on another project last year but because of so many restrictions and multiple postponements within the production, my participation did not push through, and I had to fly back to South Africa. It was not easy to accept, but I just lifted everything to the higher powers and affirmed that the universe knows what is best for me. And true enough, after only a few months, I got word from my manager that there is a new drama series for me, and after all the details were ironed out, I flew to Manila to start work on this new show that we are all so excited to present very soon.”

The series is Nakarehas na Puso, the next big offering of the top-rating GMA afternoon block, and Aldana takes on the role of the major villainess who will make life tough and exacting for the main protagonist, to be played by the celebrated Jean Garcia.

Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at US and Canadian theaters, according to comScore.

2. Barbarian, $6.3 million

1. The Woman King, $19 million

Meanwhile, Thea admitted that she feels pressured for this new TV project: “Madalas po kasi akong kontrabida dati, pero nitong pandemic ’yung nagiging role ko is mabait na, so I think ’yung gradual transition from kontrabida to having a mabait na character is para dito sa Mano Po.”

Angel expressed how thankful she is to be part of the Mano Po Legacy series: “Sobrang grateful po and excited ako na makatrabaho ang lahat. Ida-digest ko muna for now lahat ng sinabi ni Direk Joey [Reyes] about my character and I’m going to study the scripts.”

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Just like Angel, Beauty is also excited for her role as Violet: “Ibang-iba ito sa lahat ng characters na nagampanan ko sa TV and I’m so excited to work with everyone, especially with Aiko since dati magkatapat ’yung shows namin I’m excited to read more of the scripts and to work with new people.”Joining them is a powerhouse cast that includes Mikee Quintos, Paul Salas, Isabel Rivas, Bodjie Pascua, Johnny Revilla, Tanya Garcia, Sue Prado, Rafael Rosell, Marcus Madrigal, Miggs Cuaderno, Will Ashley, Carlo San Juan, Dustin Yu, Kimson Tan, Reins Mika, Sandro Muhlach, Yvette

GMA Network first vice president for program management department Joey R. Abacan said that the series will be dramatic: “Everytime we produce a Mano Po series, we want to make sure that this will be a little bit bigger. I’m sure the story is going to be very good. Ibabalik natin ’yung drama that we did for Mano Po 1. There are more catchy lines, and we have an amazing cast for this third installment.”

According to Grand Central, Morton drew upon archival research and his long relationships with palace insiders, including private secretaries and bodyguards. He has written unauthorized books on William, Prince of Wales and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex among others. But he had the cooperation of his subject for the 1992 release Diana: Her True Story — in Her Own Words, in which Diana acknowledged marital troubles with Prince Charles, now King Charles III AP

Aldana has good words for Garcia. “I know of Jean, watched her decades ago in that classic soap opera where she was the archrival of Eula Valdez, but we have never worked together. And our first scene together in this new show was highly-charged, so it was terrifying for me. I am just so grateful that Jean is such a giving actor, so generous and so compelling, that it made things go naturally smooth for me.”

“I played a Chinese character in my last TV series. I feel lucky that while my husband Edward and I were raising our family, I was able to find ways to continue with my passion for acting, and he has always been supportive of me and my interests. I have all his blessings for this resurgence in my acting career in the Philippines. I am a very lucky and happy wife.”

Aldana believes that the great thing about new friends is that they bring new energy to the soul, and Garcia thinks that unexpected friendships can transform into the best ones.

5. Bullet Train, $2.5 million 6. Top Gun: Maverick, $2.2 million 7. DC League of Super Pets, $2.2 million 8. The Invitation, $1.7 million 9. Minions: The Rise of Gru, $1.3 million 10. Moonage Daydream, $1.2 million. n Editor: Gerard S. Ramos • Tuesday, September 20, 2022 B5 Show BusinessMirrorwww.businessmirror.com.ph

This marks an annual plastic collection of 200 metric tons, up from 120 metric tons that the CMA CGMPLAF partnership blocked from leaking into the ocean in the past year. The CMA CGM Group and PLAF launched their partnership in 2021 to fight plastic pollution in the Philippines, where single-use plastics are a major source of ocean pollution.

For his part, Meralco Chief Sustainability Officer Raymond B. Ravelo said, “This recognition from our stakeholders and award-giving bodies is a reflection of our earnest commitment to sustainability.”

further reduces plastic pollution, it continues to generate the important income source for PLAF’s network of shops and waste collectors; and support local employment at PLAF’s factory in Muntinlupa.

MA CGM Group, a global player in sea, land, air and logistics solutions, and the Plastic Flamingo (PLAF), has renewed their three-year partnership to collect and upcycle 600 metric tons of plastic waste from the streets, coastlines and the heavily plastic polluted River Pasig in Metro Manila.

The renewed partnership adds resources to PLAF’s capacity to collect and upcycle riverine plastics which require more rigorous cleaning and handling to separate them from marine debris before the upcycling process. With this, riverine plastics joins the hardto-recycle plastic sachets on the CMA CGMfunded recycling line to be transformed into eco-planks and boards among others. As PLAF markets these products that are used to build shelters, boardwalks and furniture, the social enterprise is widening its product range to stimulate market demand for recycled plastic products; and enhance the circular plastic

Theeconomy.two-prong approach in mitigating river and land-based plastic pollution, that is by collecting and upcycling, demonstrates the two partners commitment to account for and responsibly manage the plastics retrieved from the environment.

four-part series of 101 Stay Green Sustainability Training Seminars with Pasay City barangay officials, Injap Tower Hotel, together with the Iloilo CENRO and the Philippine Coast Guard Marine Environmental Command, will similarly host Iloilo City barangay vaptains for a half-day information education campaign on environmental issues and waste management as part of the partnership.

Allspaces.inall, Ayala The 30th is the highlyaccessible, go-to hub that bridges various welfare initiatives in partnership with the LGU and other social enterprises.

Laurentcontinues.Olmeta, Chief Executive Officer CMA CGM Asia Pacific Ltd said, “Our renewed partnership with the PLAF demonstrates our commitment to reduce plastic waste pollution in Better Ways. We are already committed not to ship plastic waste across the oceans. Our extended collaboration will take the CMA CGM Group further in our cause to protect our environment and oceans; and empower our communities.”

2020 SR likewise secured Awards of Excellence at the 2022 Gold Quill Awards and at the 19th Philippine Quill Awards, both in the Publications category.

PON the initiatives of Pasig Mayor Vico Sotto, Chief BPLO (Business Permit and Licensing Office) Melanie De Mesa, Pasig City Administrator Jeron Manzanero, Ayala Malls Vice President and Central Head AC Legarda, and Ayala Malls Cluster Head Pivi Diaz, the city’s “business one stop shop,” known as Pasig BOSS, is extending its facility in Ayala The 30th on the 3rd floor. Pasig BOSS was first launched in 2021 as a satellite office to reduce the volume of people lining up in the City Hall for their business requirements. It effectively streamlined the lengthy processes and procedures that the department serviced, thus improving the ease of doing business in the city. Pasig BOSS currently services new business registrations, business renewals, business retirements, and amendments.Asidefrom Pasig BOSS, Ayala The 30th has been actively supporting different welfare groups to enrich community life in the upbeat city. For instance, Ayala The 30th recently hosted a week-long cultural exhibition called “BayaniKaBa?

(O Peyk Nyus?)” in partnership with Pasig Art Club to commemorate the unsung heroes of Pasig City. Another is the mall’s ongoing monthly collaboration with Pasig Livelihood Center, under the Alagang Ayala Land Program, to host “Neighborgoods,” a program that gathers Pasig City merchants to showcase and sell their hand crafted products and homegrown flavors.

The Company’s 2020 SR underscores the power distributor’s commitment to embedding sustainability into its strategy and operations by providing accessible, affordable, reliable, and clean power to all it serves, while protecting and preserving the planet and helping bring prosperity to itsLivestakeholders.Lifebuilds on the momentum of Meralco’s highly successful maiden 2019 SR, Sustaining the Future, and articulates

HOTEL 101 Group General Manger Gel Gomez and Philippine Coast Guard

as part of the 101 Stay Green program.

FROM left, Chief of the Business Permit and Licensing Office Melanie De Mesa; Ayala Malls Cluster Head Pivi Diaz; Ayala Malls Vice President and Central Head AC Legarda; Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto and Pasigy City Administrator Jeron Manzanero

As the CMA CGM-PLAF collaboration

Powering on to be a Net Zero Carbon company by 2050, the CMA CGM Group pioneers in the use of biofuel, LNG and biomethane as transitional fuels in its vessels, while the search for zero carbon solutions at scale

“The year 2020 provided us, in Meralco, an extraordinary opportunity to help sustain the lives of all we serve amid the challenges and perils of the pandemic” said Meralco President and Chief Executive Officer Atty. Ray C. Espinosa. “Our 2020 SR describes and details our programs and initiatives which allowed us to improve the lives of our co-workers, our customers, and our communities.”

Followingsaid. the recently concluded

In line with this environmental thrust of Iloilo City, Injap Tower Hotel, led by Assistant Hotel Manager James Arthur Riego De Dios, and the Hotel 101 Group Sales and Marketing team, together with the Philippine Coast Guard Marine Environmental Protection Command (MEPCOM) Western Visayas, led by CG CDR Jonie G. Belarmino, trooped to Barangay Bito-on in Jaro, Iloilo City last September 11 to plant seedlings of different fruit-bearing trees like guyabano (soursop), coffee, and langka (jackfruit),

HE Hotel 101 Group brought its 101 Stay Green campaign to Iloilo City as it launched sustainability efforts in the City of Love, highlighted by agreements with the Philippine Coast Guard Aviation Force and the support from the Iloilo Government held last September 12 at Injap Tower Hotel.

“The 101 Tree Planting activity is just a start of more projects together with PCG and the Iloilo City towards sustainability and the environment,” Assistant Hotel Manager James Riego De Dios said.

Meralco bags multiple awards for its second Sustainability Report

VRRCO PAINTING DONATION AT UP-PGH. “Bukang Liwayway, Inspiring Hope” is a colorful, dimly-lit painting of women waiting for the fishermen at dawn by the beach to buy the day’s catch. The painting, evoking resilience, peace, and hope, is done by New York-based Filipino artist, PT, nurse, and pharma project manager Rommel Rico. With University of the Philippines College of Medicine Class 1997, artist-advocate Rico, who labeled his works as Vrrco, donated the artwork recently to the University of the Philippines-Philippine General Hospital. At the turnover rites, from left: UPCM Batch '97's Dr. Madonna Calderon-Domingo (Homecoming Co-Chair), Dr. Maximiano Escano ( UPCM '97 President), Dr. Arnel de Jesus (Co-Chair ART Committee), Dr. Cristina Pelaez-Crisologo (UPMAS President), artist Rommel Rico, Dr. Charlotte Chiong (UPCM Dean), Dr. Rody Sy ( President), Dr. Abdel Abdulla (Chair person, regionalization program), and Dr. Francisco Tranquilino (Building Administrator).

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HOTEL Group brings 101 Stay Green to Iloilo City

Alternately, Ayala The 30th also partnered with the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) earlier this year to extend its facilities as voter’s satellite registration sites within a two-day period, thereby accommodating over 200 Pasig City District residents per day whilst ensuring customer care and comfort, thanks to the mall’s high accessibility and safe

THE awards garnered by Meralco’s 2020 Sustainability Report titled “Live Life.”

T HE Manila Electric Company (Meralco) has been recognized by six local and international awardgiving bodies for excellence in sustainability communications, in particular, for the Company’s 2020 Sustainability Report (SR), entitled Live Life.

For more information, updates, and announcements, visit @ayalamallsthe30th on Facebook and @iloveayalamallsthe30th on Instagram.

Ayala The 30th supports Pasig BOSS one stop shop extension, various welfare initiatives

The PLAF will now also involve the community in retrieving plastics from the coastlines. Other land based used plastics can be deposited at collection points such as shops, schools, villages, offices and accessible dropoff points. CMA CGM and CEVA Logistics employees based in Metro Manila are also contributing their used plastics at their offices and warehouses where the PLAF regularly picks them up to its upcycling factory.

Department of Tourism Western Visayas Regional Director Cristine Mansinares emphasized that they would continue to promote a safe, fun and sustainable tourism and to amplify what Hotel 101 Group is doing as an inspiration to others. “These partnerships and campaign will certainly help increase awareness among guests on pressing environmental concerns, and gradually change behaviors,” Regional Director Mansinares added.

Commandant CG Admiral Artemio M. Abu, through the Philippine Coast Guard Aviation Force headed by its Commander, CG Captain Christine Pauline B. Diciano, signed a Sustainability MOA between the two parties, held at Injap Tower Hotel.

In the fight against plastic pollution, the CMA CGM Group remains steadfast in not transporting plastic waste on any of its vessels. With this, CMA CGM deters such waste from being exported to destinations where sorting, recycling, or recovery cannot be assured.

CMA CGM Group, Plastic Flamingo renew Partnership to mitigate plastic pollution in PHL

“Iloilo City has always been committed in maximizing our potentials in protecting the environment to lessen the impacts of climate change, that is why we have put premium on environmental management,” Engineer Ravena said reading Treñas’ message.

Iloilo City has identified areas for cultivation of Tree Park Network across the city, including the Iloilo Beach Forest in Boulevard, Molo, Hinactacan Mangrove Forest in Jaro, the Lanit Tree Park in Jaro for endemic species of trees, among others.

the Company’s sustainability aspirations, pathways, and strategies through 2030 and beyond.

“Hotel 101 Group is committed to making small collective efforts in promoting Sustainable Tourism through the 101 STAY GREEN program and beyond,” Gomez said. “As tourism is one of the contributors to Climate Change, we strongly advocate for reducing our carbon footprint, operating more sustainably, and supporting the communities where we are located,” she added.

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“I am happy to be strengthening our partnerships between the Iloilo City and the Philippine Coast Guard Aviation Force led by CG Capt. Christine Diciano, both of which started or were ignited during the height of the pandemic, as we worked closely to help each other survive and manage our health crisis,” said Hotel 101 Group General Manager Gel Gomez

“Inspired by these achievements— and more so by the positive transformation and impact our efforts have had on our stakeholders—we will continue placing sustainability at the core of all we do as a Company, as we help bring forth a better normal and a brighter future for all,” he added.Live Life highlights Meralco’s contributions to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. These are in line with the Company’s sustainability agenda called Powering the Good Life, which is focused on four pillars—Power, Planet, People, and Prosperity.

In the first half of 2022, Live Life received a Gold Stevie from the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards under the Innovation in Annual Reports category, as well as a Silver Anvil from the 57th Anvil Awards under the Public Relations ToolMeralco’scategory.

The Hotel 101 Group is a subsidiary of DoubleDragon Corporation, which operates Hotel 101, Injap Tower Hotel in Iloilo City, and Jinjiang Inn Philippines. Hotel 101 Group has recently unveiled its direction to begin expanding abroad. It aims to make Hotel 101 the first global Filipino hotel chain.

In 2021, Live Life was hailed at the Asia Sustainability Report Rating Forum where it was conferred a Gold Rank under the International Companies category. It also brought home a Silver Stevie from the International Business Awards in the Best Annual Report category.

Iloilo City Mayor Jerry P. Treñas, through his representative Iloilo City Environment and Natural Resources (CENRO) Officer-in-Charge Engineer Neil Ravena, relayed his message of thanks for Hotel 101 Group’s commitment to sustainability. “As we gather today for the Stay Green program of Hotel 101 Group, we are reminded also of our commitment in protecting the environment through the many initiatives of the city,” he remarked.“Wecould not achieve what we have now, if not for our partners, like Hotel 101 Group. That’s why I am very grateful we collaborate with them because we make better and more adapting communities,” Treñas

“It was really bad the access he had. It’s awful,” said Corben Leo, one of the researchers who chatted with the hacker online.

That’s why many security profes sionals advocate the use of so-called FIDO physical security keys for user authentication. Adoption of such hardware has been spotty among tech companies, however.

The initial compact was nego tiated and signed on November 24, 1922, by seven land-owning white men, who brokered the deal to benefit people who looked like them, said Jennifer Pitt of the National Audubon Society, who is working to restore rivers throughout the basin.

Until recently, water managers and politicians whose constituents rely on the river have avoided the most difficult questions about how to rebalance a system in which de mand far outpaces supply. Instead, water managers have drained the country’s two largest reservoirs, Lake Mead and Lake Powell, faster than Mother Nature refills them.

In Denver, Denver Water sup plies about 25 percent of the state’s population and uses about 2 per cent of the water. The city has had mandatory restrictions in place for years, limiting home irrigation to three days per week.

100 years after compact by water leaders, Colorado River seen nearing crisis point

Still left out A WEEK before Touton’s deadline, the representatives of 14 Native American tribes with water rights on the river sent the Bureau of Reclamation a letter expressing concern about being left out of the negotiating process.

The hack also highlighted the need for real-time monitoring in cloud-based systems to better de tect intruders, said Tom Keller mann of Contrast Security. “Much more attention must be paid to protecting clouds from within” because a single master key can typically unlock all their doors.

Some experts questioned how much cybersecurity has improved at Uber since it was hacked in 2016.

tence living,” Vigil said. “The only way we could survive was through government rations on a piece of land that wasn’t our traditional homeland. That’s where we were at when the foundational law of the river was created.”

The cybersecurity community’s online reaction—Uber also suffered a serious 2016 breach—was harsh.

Screenshots the hacker shared— many of which found their way online—showed sensitive finan cial data and internal databases accessed. Also widely circulating online: The hacker announcing the breach Thursday on Uber’s internal Slack collaboration system.

The apparent scenario:

While Wyoming and New Mexico aren’t growing as quickly, residents watch as two key reser voirs—popular recreation desti nations—are drawn down to prop up Lake Powell. Meanwhile, south ern California’s Imperial Irriga tion District uses more water than

The hack “wasn’t sophisticated or complicated and clearly hinged on multiple big systemic security culture and engineering failures,” tweeted Lesley Carhart, incident response director of Dragos Inc., which specializes in industrialcontrol systems.

The AP attempted to contact the hacker at the Telegram account, but

Tobac tweeted. In an interview, she said “even super tech savvy people fall for social engineering methods every“Attackersday.” are getting better at by-passing or hi-jacking MFA (multi-factor authentication),” said Ryan Sherstobitoff, a senior threat analyst at SecurityScorecard.

Its former chief security officer, Joseph Sullivan, is currently on trial for allegedly arranging to pay hackers $100,000 to cover up that high-tech heist, when the personal information of about 57 million customers and drivers was stolen.

“Themade.law of the river is not suited to what the river has be come and what we see it increas ingly becoming,” Audubon’s Pitt said. “It was built on the expec tation of a larger water supply than we have.”

This summer, in southern Cali fornia, the Metropolitan Water District instituted an unprec edented one-day-a-week water restriction.Still,regardless of the type of water use, more concessions must be

By Frank Bajak AP Technology Writer

The reservoirs are now so low that this summer Bureau of Rec lamation Commissioner Camille Touton testified before the US Senate Energy and Natural Re sources Committee that between 2 million and 4 million acre-feet would need to be cut next year to prevent the system from reaching “critically low water levels,” threat ening reservoir infrastructure and hydropower production.

But files shared with the re searchers and posted widely on Twit ter and other social media indicated the hacker was able to access Uber’s most crucial internal systems.

Tribes, however, still don’t have full access to the Colorado River. Although the compact briefly noted that tribal rights predate all others, it lacked specificity, forcing individual tribes to nego tiate settlements or file lawsuits to quantify those rights, many of which are still unresolved. It’s important to recognize the rela tionship between Native and nonNative people at that time, said Daryl Vigil, water administrator for the Jicarilla Apache Nation in New“InMexico.1922,my tribe was subsis

Curry said he spoke to several Uber employees Thursday who said they were “working to lock down everything internally” to restrict the hacker’s access. That included the San Francisco company’s Slack network, he said.

It said all its services—includ ing Uber Eats and Uber Freight—

Serious user data breach at Uber spotlights hacker social deception

Being left out of Colorado River talks is not a new problem for the tribes in the Colorado River Basin.

After years of incentive pro grams for residents, Las Vegas re cently outlawed all nonfunctional grass by 2026, setting a blueprint for other Western communities. For years, the city has also paid residents to rip out their lawns.

“If he had keys to the kingdom he could start stopping services. He could delete stuff. He could down load customer data, change people’s passwords,” said Leo, a researcher

In 2000, both reservoirs were about 95 percent full. Today, Mead and Powell are each about 27 per cent full—once-healthy savings accounts now dangerously low.

The hacker alerted the research ers to the intrusion Thursday by using an internal Uber account on the company’s network used to post vulnerabilities identified through its bug-bounty program, which pays ethical hackers to fer ret out network weaknesses.

The potential damage was seri ous: Screenshots the hacker shared with security researchers indicate they obtained full access to the cloud-based systems where Uber stores sensitive customer and fi nancial data.

HE ride-hailing service Uber said Friday that all its servic es were operational follow ing what security professionals are calling a major data breach, claiming there was no evidence the hacker got access to sensitive user data.

That’s why the Camblin family ranch in Craig in northwest Colo rado plans to flood irrigate once a decade, despite recently upgrading to an expensive, water-conserving pivot irrigation system. Nine years out of 10, they’ll receive payment from a conservation group in ex change for leaving the surplus wa ter in the river. But in Colorado, the state revokes water rights after 10 years if they aren’t used.

“What is being discussed be hind closed doors among the United States and the Basin States will likely have a direct impact on Basin Tribes’ water rights and other resources and we expect and demand that you protect our inter ests,” tribal representatives wrote.

A drought scientists now be lieve is the driest 22-year stretch in the past 1,200 years has gripped the southwestern US, zapping flows in the river. What’s more, people continue to move to this part of the country. Arizona, Utah and Nevada all rank among the top 10 fastest growing states, accord ing to US Census data.

There are other ways to improve efficiency, but money is still often a barrier.Wastewater recycling is grow ing across the region, albeit slowly, as it requires massive

ENVER—The intensifying crisis facing the Colorado River amounts to what is fundamentally a math problem.

Mexico, through which the tail of the Colorado meanders before trickling into the Pacific Ocean, secured its supply through a trea ty in 1944. The treaty granted 1.5 million acre-feet on top of the original 15 million acre-feet that had already been divided, 7.5 million each for the Upper and Lower Basins.

But the breach, apparently by a lone hacker, put the spotlight on an increasingly effective break-in routine involving social engineer ing: The hacker apparently gained access posing as a colleague, tricking an Uber employee into surrendering theirTheycredentials.werethen able to locate passwords on the network that got them the level of privileged access reserved for system administrators.

and head of business development at the security company Zellic.

In fact, first sliced up 100 years ago in a document known as the Colorado River Compact, the cal culation of who gets what amount of that water may never have been balanced.“Theframers of the compact— and water leaders since then— have always either known or had access to the information that the allocations they were making were more than what the river could supply,” said Anne Castle, a senior fellow at the Getches-Wilkinson Center at the University of Colo rado Law DuringSchool.thepast two decades, however, the situation on the Colo rado River has become significant ly more unbalanced, more dire.

Not only would losing that right mean they can’t access a backup water supply should their pivot system fail, but their property’s value would plummet, Mike Cam blin explained. He runs a yearling cattle operation with his wife and daughter, and says an acre of land without water sells for $1,000, about a fifth of what it would sell for with a water right attached.

“The hard truth is that most orgs in the world could be hacked in the exact way Uber was just hacked,”

Some pilot programs have fo cused on paying farmers to use less water, but unanswered questions remain about how to transfer the savings to Lake Powell for storage or how to create a program in a way that would not negatively impact a farmer’s water rights.

infrastructure overhauls. San Diego built a robust desalination plant to turn seawater to drink ing water, and yet some agricul tural users are trying to get out of their contract since the water is so expensive. Some cities are integrating natural wastewater filtration into their landscaping before the water flows back to the river. It’s all feasible, but is costly, and those costs often get passed directly to water users.

one of them—said they appeared interested in publicity. There was no indication they destroyed data.

AGRICULTURE uses the majority of the water on the river, around 70 percent or 80 depending on what organization is making the estimate. When it comes to the difficult question of how to reduce water use, farmers and ranchers are often looked to first.

ALYSSA CHUBBUCK , left, and Dan Bennett embrace while watching the sunset at Guano Point overlooking the Colorado River on the Hualapai reservation on August 15, 2022, in northwestern Arizona. In November 1922, seven land-owning white men brokered a deal to allocate water from the Colorado River, which winds through the West and ends in Mexico. During the past two decades, pressure has intensified on the river as the driest 22-year stretch in the past 1,200 years has gripped the southwestern US. AP/JOHN LOCHER

Social engineering is a popular hacking strategy, as humans tend to be the weakest link in any net work. Teenagers used it in 2020 to hack Twitter and it has more recently been used in hacks of the tech companies Twilio and Cloud flare, said Rachel Tobac, CEO of SocialProof Security, which spe cializes in training workers not to fall victim to social engineering.

One of the biggest opportu nities for water conservation is changing the way our landscapes look, said Lindsay Rogers, a water policy analyst at Western Resource Advocates, a nonprofit dedicated to protecting water and land in theConvertingWest. a significant amount of outdoor landscaping to more drought-tolerant plants would require a combination of policies and incentives, Rogers explained. “Those are going to be really critical to closing our supplydemand gap.”

The 40 million people who de pend on the river to fill up a glass of water at the dinner table or wash their clothes or grow food across millions of acres use significantly more each year than actually flows through the banks of the Colorado.

Antiquated state laws mean the amount of water that a water right gives someone access to can be de creased if not fully used.

In a statement posted online Friday, Uber said “internal soft ware tools that we took down as a precaution yesterday are coming back online.”

were operational and that it had notified law enforcement. The FBI said via email that it is “aware of the cyber incident involving Uber, and our assistance to the company is ongoing.”Ubersaid there was no evidence that the intruder accessed “sensi tive user data” such as trip history but did not respond to questions from The Associated Press includ ing about whether data was stored encrypted.Curryand Leo said the hacker did not indicate how much data was copied. Uber did not recom mend any specific actions for its users, such as changing passwords.

Arizona and Nevada combined, but stresses their essential role providing cattle feed and winter produce to the nation.

“They divided the water among themselves and their constituents without recognizing water needs for Mexico, the water needs of Native American tribes who were living in their midst and without recognizing the needs of the en vironment,” Pitt said.

received no Screenshotsresponse.posted online ap peared to confirm what the re searchers said the hacker claimed: That they obtained privileged ac cess to Uber’s most critical systems through social engineering.

After commenting on those posts, the hacker provided a Tele gram account address. Curry and other researchers then engaged them in a separate conversation, where the intruder provided the screenshots as proof.

The bureau threatened unilateral action in lieu of a basin-wide plan. When the 60-day deadline arrived, however, it did not announce any new water cuts. Instead, the bureau

Competing interests

By Chris Outcalt & Brittany Peterson The Colorado Sun & The Associated Press

Leo, along with Sam Curry, an engineer with Yuga Labs who also communicated with the hacker, said there was no indication that the hacker had done any damage or was interested in anything more than“It’spublicity.pretty clear he’s a young hacker because he wants what 99% of what young hackers want, which is fame,” Leo said.

The hacker first obtained the password of an Uber employee, likely through phishing. The hack er then bombarded the employee with push notifications asking they confirm a remote log-in to their account. When the employ ee did not respond, the hacker reached out via WhatsApp, posing as a fellow worker from the IT de partment and expressing urgency. Ultimately, the employee caved and confirmed with a mouse click.

Leo said screenshots the hacker shared showed the intruder got ac cess to systems stored on Amazon and Google cloud-based servers where Uber keeps source code, fi nancial data and customer data such as driver’s licenses.

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The commissioner set an Au gust deadline for the basin states to come up with options for po tential water cuts. The Upper Ba sin states—Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and Wyoming—submitted a plan. The Lower Basin states— California, Arizona and Nevada— did not submit a combined plan.

It is not known how much data the hacker stole or how long they were inside Uber’s network. Two researchers who communicated directly with the person—who self-identified as an 18-year-old to

announced that predetermined wa ter cuts for Arizona, Nevada and Mexico had kicked in and gave the states more time to come up with a basin-wide agreement.

PSC prepares facilities for Team Philippines

R osser-Ganuelas, on the other hand, is expected to strengthen NLEX’s interior defense together with Jay-R Quiñahan and Justin Chua. Josef Ramos

T he Bossing also shipped top overall pick Brandon RosserGanuelas plus two future second round picks to the Road Warriors to complete the trade.

“ He enjoys it,” said Obiena’s confidante Jim Lafferty who joined the press conference online from his base in Dubai. “He’s also allowed to have some fun in life.”

“ Young people have been constrained by the pandemic. What’s going for them is that they know how to maximize technology and the digital tools available to make the most of the present,” said Jerome

But the Sealions remain wary of the City Lions in their 11:30 p.m. encounter kicking off the first and only three-game bill in the single round eliminations of the country’s first and only men’s volleyball league organized

T he 6-foot-4 bruiser is averaging 11.75 points and 11.75 rebounds so far in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Season 98 while filling in the big shoes left by Justin Arana.

necessary in pole vaulting. World and Olympic champion Armand Duplantis is very good at that, he said.

Look at the back flip Mondo (Armand) did after setting the world record,” Obiena said.

LOYZAGA ESCOLLANTE TANCONTIAN

Obiena sweating and gritting his teeth while twisting and pushing his 6-foot-2 body in the high bar, horizontal bar and rings. Obviously he won’t have that agility and grace that world champion gymnast Carlos Yulo has mastered with his 4-foot-11 physique.

Eala assured that health and safety protocols are being observed in all fa cilities and will continue to be in place.

HE Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) named basketball legend now baseball federation president Joaquin “Chito” Loyzaga as chef de mission (CDM) of Team Philippines to the 32nd Southeast Asian Games in Cambodia next year.

HE coming season of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) will be tackled in the online Philippine Sportswriters Association Forum on Tuesday.

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world-class pole vaulter Ernest John “EJ”

There’s a high risk for a knee injury in basketball,” he said.

E scollante was surprised of the appointment but readily accepted the responsibility.Ithankthe POC for the trust, and rest assured, I’ll do my best to deliver with excellence,” said Escollante, a member of the national team that last won a SEA Games women’s volleyball gold medal in Singapore 2003. “It’s a privilege so I will be doing my best to carry out my task.”This is another milestone in my career. I couldn’t be more grateful to the God Almighty and to the people who believes in me,” said Tancontian, president of the Philippine Sambo Federation. “With the trust and responsibility vested in me, I am genuinely grateful. I accept this challenge with humility and determination.”Loyzagaand his deputies will officially exercise their functions after the POC General Assembly on September 28.

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A lso imagine Obiena wielding a racket and screeching to-and-fro, dishing out forehands and doublefisted backhands—even serving-andvolleying perhaps.

government quarantine facilities and medical centers for Covid-19 patients in 2020.The Armed Forces of the Philip pines managed the facilities during the pandemic and has returned control of the facilities to the PSC last July 19.

ROY ROSARIO is officially with Blackwater—so is Gab Banal—and filling their slots at TNT Tropang Giga are Calvin Oftana and Raul Soyud, who were sourced from NLEX in a three-team trade the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) approved on Monday.

W hile in the past G Battle Zone only featured the well-loved Mobile Legends, it has now upped the excitement with the inclusion of Valorant, a first-person shooter PC title very popular in the gamer market today.

The PBA trade committee, however, needed to tinker with the original deal among the three teams.

Patalud, Head of Globe Rewards.

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president of the Philippine Amateur Baseball Association.

Sta. Elena stakes clean record vs Cignal

Th is year’s G Battle Zone consists of G Legends and G Radiant Cups— the tournament is a staple at 917 GDay, Globe’s annual celebration to give back to its loyal subscribers.

fun,” Lafferty said. “If it helps his mental game, that’s even better. It’s low risk of injury.”

The baseball and softball stadium, tennis center, swimming and div ing pools, wushu and wrestling gyms and billiards, snooker and judo halls are currently being used by national athletes. The newly-constructed squash center is now also open for athletes The athletics and football stadium is currently hosting the games of the Philippine Football Federation-sanctioned Philippine Football League which will run until October.

will be hard-pressed to notch its second win against the seasoned Sealions.

A fter a shaky 1-1 start, PGJCNavy went on a winning spree, repelling Army, then upending Cignal, before turning back VNS—all in four-set fashions, to tie the HD Spikers at 4-1 behind the Nationals’ pristine 5-0 record.

ALL but three of the 21 sitting senators welcome world No. 3 pole vaulter Ernest John ‘EJ” Obiena and his German girlfriend Caroline Joyeux at the Senate Session Hall on Monday to honor him with Senate Resolution No. 18—congratulating and commending him for garnering his largest and most successful medal haul during pole vaulting competitions in 2022. Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri presents Obiena the resolution and with him are Senators Ramon “Bong” Revilla, Jinggoy Estrada, Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go, Pia Cayetano, Grace Poe, Nancy Binay, Ronald “Bato” de la Rosa, Risa Hontiveros, JV Ejercito, Win Gatchalian, Loren Legarda, Imee Marcos, Joel Villanueva, Sonny Angara, Cynthia Villar, Lito Lapid, Francis “Tol” Tolentino, Raffy Tulfo and Robinhood Padilla. Joining them are Obiena’s parents Emerson and Jeanette and sister Emily Jean.

T he impact rookie beat for the award College of Saint Benilde’s Migs Oczon, San Sebastian College’s Rommel Calahat and Lyceum of the Philippines University’s Enoch Valdez for the weekly award also supported by MNL Kingpin and Tinapayan Festival.

Saint Benilde, meanwhile, shoots for its third straight win as it tangles with University of Perpetual Help System Dalta Tuesday at the Filoil EcoOil Centre in San Juan.

T he only undefeated team after the first week of competition, the Blazers are bracing for a tough battle with the Altas in the game noon.

Lyceum also tries to extend its winning run to three games as it plays Emilio Aguinaldo College to cap another doubleheader at 3 p.m. S aint Benilde defeated Lyceum and San Sebastian to seize the solo lead.In the Blazers’ 100-94 victory over the Stags last Friday, Migs Oczon made his presence felt by scattering 20 of his 25 points in the pivotal third quarter, while Will Gozum continued to play consistently.Currently tied with defending two-time champion Letran at 1-1 in fifth spot,

I will reach out to Caloy [Yulo] and ask him where I can train in high bar or horizontal bar and rings,” Obiena said. “I need to train in gymnastics for my balance and proper landing to avoid injuries.”

as it unleashes an epic gaming experience for esports enthusiasts at the much-anticipated G Battle Zone fight for glory.

A fter vacation, Obiena will return to Formia in Italy and focus on the indoor season in Europe which starts in November and ends in March.

The City Lions, who also tote a 1-4 card like the Troopers, also have a chance to force a tie for No. 4 in case of an Army victory but the young squad

Rosario officially with Blackwater

HE Philippine Sports Commis sion (PSC) is harnessing back the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex (RMSC) and PhilSports Com plex to their spruced functions for the use of national athletes preparing for international competitions.

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We’d like to build on our playoff run last conference with both Troy and Gab giving us more playoff experience moving forward,” Vanguardia told BusinessMirror on Monday.

H is best game yet came against two-time champion Letran last Sunday when he tallied 18 points and nine rebounds as the Chiefs snapped the Knights’ 14-game winning streak dating back to 2019.

That meant Rosario won’t be in a TNT uniform, colors that he wore since the team drafted him at No. 2 in 2015.

It’s a big challenge for the Philippines to perform well, as well as the other countries, because of the number of sports favoring the host country,” said Loyzaga, who was deputy CDM in the 2010 Asian Beach Games. “It will be very challenging.”

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CADE FLORES is named the Collegiate Press Corps Player of the Week.

POC President Rep. Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino also appointed sambo association head Paolo Tancontian and canoe-kayak head coach and international technical official Leonora “Len” Escollante as Loyzaga’s deputies in the May 5 to 16 SEA Games Cambodia is hosting for the firstTheirtime.handling of their respective NSAs [national sports associations] and their management skills make them deserving of the posts,” said Tolentino, who also announced over the weekend that Cambodia is hosting 608 events with the Philippines expected to compete in all 49 sports in the program.

to bounce back from last Friday’s 59-61 loss to Arellano University.

record holder told BusinessMirror after his news conference at the Aristocrat Restaurant on Roxas Boulevard on Monday.

For Flores, upsetting the defending champions shows that Arellano University is a team to be reckoned with.

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We’re excited to see the national athletes back in training in these facilities,” Eala said.

I want to express my appreciation to POC President Bambol for his trust and confidence in me to be the head of the Philippine delegation for Cambodia SEA Games,” said Loyzaga, 64, a Philippine Basketball Association Legend, former commissioner of the Philippine Sports Commission and currently

But focus will be on the ArmyVNS-One Alicia showdown, a key match for the last semifinals berth in the Spikers’ Turf Open Conference at the Paco Arena.

B ehind that double-double average and statement win, Flores was named as this season’s first Collegiate Press Corps NCAA Player of the Week presented by the Philippine Sports Commission.

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He explained that body movement and control while airborne are

By staying active means not holding a pole for a while, but cross training in gymnastics and tennis.

The Rizal Memorial Coliseum and Ninoy Aquino Stadium (NAS) are undergoing repairs after serving as

The trade committee removed Paul Desiderio from the equation offerd by Blackwater and replaced the deal with two future second-round picks.

Cade Flores has already proven his worth after four games with Arellano University.

He loves tennis, so let him have

In indoor, there’s no rain and wind, an [expected] weather,” he said. “It’s easier to prepare but I like outdoor more because Olympics are outdoor, but I hope to manage it both.”

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Members of the national athletics and fencing teams are billeted at the PhilSports dormitories.

I’m liking the challenge. It helps build confidence. We take each game as a challenge to us,” said the 24-yearold Flores after the Chiefs’ first win over the Knights in six years.

W ith his height, Obiena can dunk and put his elbow inside the rim. But basketball’s not in his agenda.

The Troopers, sent to the brink with four straight losses, snapped the skid with a five-set escape over the City Lions last Thursday, and coupled with the Griffins’ floundering finish, earned a shot at a playoff for the fourth Final Four seat.

“ I need to stay active by playing other sports,” the 26-year-old Asian

PSC Chairman Noli Eala said the agency is “full steam ahead” in ensuring that the agency delivers services to the national team and grassroots partners, including preparing facilities for training and competitions.

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Tennis, Obiena stressed, will be great for his hand-eye coordination and doesn’t pose much of a risk.

NBEATEN Sta. Elena and defending back-to-back champion Cignal face off Tuesday in what could be a preview of the title duel as Navy seeks to cap its remarkable eliminations surge with another victory over back-tothe-wall Santa Rosa.

The top guns for Arellano University then? None other than Jio Jalalon and Kent Salado, who led the school to its second finals appearance—and its most recent playoff berth. At 3-1 won-lost this season, Flores is upbeat about the Chiefs’ chances of doing the same.

which kicks off on October 1. The public sports program is presented by San Miguel Corp., Milo, Philippine Sports Commission, Philippine Olympic Committee, Amelie Hotel Manila and Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp.

Graduating forward Kim Aurin posted a new career-high of 27 points, but the Altas saw their main guns Rey Barcuma and Jielo Razon struggle against the Chiefs.

The badminton hall and table tennis center are also up for rehabilitation. The NAS, on the other hand, will be available on October 1.

The Forum is livestreamed via the PSA Facebook page PhilippineSportswritersAssociationfb.com/ and aired on a delayed basis over Radyo Pilipinas 2, which also shares it on its official Facebook page.

Loyzaga named chef de mission to Cambodia 32nd SEA Games

Obiena, the world No. 3 in his athletics event, will not spend three weeks in the country staring at the ocean sipping coconut juice with German girlfriend Caroline Joyeux on an island paradise somewhere down south. Nor will he and Joyeux party the night away—a no-no for these disciplined athletes.

The Philippine National Police also used the PhilSports’ Multi-Purpose Arena into a quarantine facility but has returned control to the PSC last June. The fencing hall, swimming pool and athletics and football field are now operational, and so are the second floor dining hall that kurash and karatedo teams share as a training facility.

R osario averaged 11.9 points and 6.1 rebounds at TNT, which got a reliable scorer in Oftana, who averaged 17.0 points and 7.8 rebounds last conference with the Road Warriors.

Despite its three straight setbacks, VNS stays in solo fourth but with a 2-3 won-lost card and the Griffins need to hurdle the Troopers in their 2:30 p.m. encounter to avoid going through a playoff where momentum could shift to the Army side.

L ong-time UAAP Executive Director Atty. Rebo Saguisag headlines the 10:30 a.m. session together with UAAP President Fr. Aldrin Suan of host school Adamson University. They will talk about Season 85 of the collegiate league

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A fter the press conference, Obiena and Joyeux headed to the Senate where senators presented him Senate Resolution No. 18 congratulating and commending him for his accomplishments.

He’s bound to undergo a spartan-like 18-month training and competition program prepared by legendary Ukrainian pole vault coach Vitaly Petrov.

“Gaming is one of those opportunities that they lean to as it has become more affordable and accessible,” Patalud said. “With G Battle Zone, we are providing them a place where they can socialize, especially now that the gaming communities have become more open.”

THE Griffins are enjoying their match.

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