“Akong ginahangyo ang mga Dabawenyos labi na tong wala pa nakapa booster or wala pa nakadawat bisan isa sa mga pri-
mary doses nga himoon nilang New Year’s resolution ang magpabakuna karong Bag-ong Tuig,” he said.
Rigo reiterated the importance to get additional shots after receiving the primary doses, specially when the first and second doses start to wane.
He also said that booster shots will give them additional protection from getting infected by the variants of concern
that now emerged.
“It feels good nga mag celebrate ta ug New year nga protektado labaw na nga daghan ug gatherings karon,” he said.
Rigo is also asking all those who have been putting off getting their booster to make the most
At least 32 persons have died from the shear line-induced heavy rains that inundated some parts of the country, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said.
Based on the agency’s latest update Thursday, seven of the 32 have been confirmed so far -- three each in Regions 8 (Eastern Visayas) and 9 (Zamboanga Peninsula), and one in Caraga.
Undergoing validation
are reports of another 25 deaths -- 18 in Region 10 (Northern Mindanao), six in Region 5 (Bicol), and one for Region 9.
As of this posting, 24 persons are reported missing -- only three have been verified. Two of the
missing persons are from Region 8 and one from Region 9.
The reported 21 missing persons are still undergoing validation -- 11 in Region 5, nine in Region 8 and one in Region 10.
What can be more important than opening presents this holiday season is the love everyone wishes for their families, friends, and those who need it. Holiday season is best enjoyed when it is not centered on decorations and festivities but when love is at its core.
For the year 2022, Christmas and the incoming celebration of New Year are a lot livelier for many families in the first district after receiving their payout on the Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (TUPAD) this month.
TUPAD is a community–based package of assistance that offers emergency service for displaced, underemployed, and seasonal workers, for a minimum period of 10 days, not more than 30 days, depending on the nature of work.
First Congressional District Representative Paolo Duterte made sure that all beneficiaries in the first district, who can now physically get together and celebrate holidays with their families after a two-year hiatus due to the
pandemic, get to celebrate Christmas and New Year blissfully.
Rep. Duterte’s office said thousands of families from 54 barangays in the first district benefitted from TUPAD cash assistance. The First Congressional District Office staff distributed the payout to the beneficiaries before Christmas.
Aside from the distribution of the TUPAD payout, the First Congressional District Office also had a gift-giving program earlier to 8,860 barangay functionaries in the first district. Rep. Duterte’s son Rodrigo “Rigo” Duterte II, led the gift-giving program by giving out Christmas presents.
Rep. Duterte’s office said the gift-giving program is to give everyone a Merry Christmas despite all the heavy responsibilities and challenges everyone went through from the previous years until recently.
“With everyone’s effort and cooperation, not only in my office, everyone will feel the happiness this holiday season brings,” Rep. Duterte said.
Rep. Pulong makes sure everyone will feel the happiness of yuletide season
An official of the regional office of the Department of Education (DepEd 11) said there is a need to drumbeat anti-Covid-19 vaccination campaign in schools to convince the parents to get their children vaccinated specially now that classes have returned to 100 percent face-to-face.
The Davao City Police Office (DCPO) is strengthening police visibility including patrolling in puroks and barangays following the killing of a businesswoman in Davao City evening of December 29, 2022.
According to the report of DCPO, the victim was identified as Yvonette Plaza, 38 years old, a businesswoman, and a transient resident of Purok 18 Buttercup Street corner Bluebell Street, Green Meadows in Brgy. Sto. Niño, Tugbok District, Davao City.
Based on the initial investigation, the victim dis-
embarked from her white Mitsubishi Montero to open the gate of her house when an unidentified person fired several shots that hit the victim on different parts of her body. The suspect fled on foot.
“Possible motives nga ginatan-aw personal grudge ug robbery,” Major Catherine dela Rey, spokesperson of DCPO, told Edge Davao.
Intel operatives and investigators of Tugbok Police Station conducted follow up investigation and continuous monitoring to identify suspects. By Maya M. Padillo
Davao City Public Safety and Security Office (PSSO) head Angel Sumagaysay said that influx of people in the beaches and in the mountains of Davao City are expected to go high after the New Year.
Anticipating this, Sumagaysay reminded Dabawenyos, particularly those who will go trekking, to always coordinate with the barangays officials in going up to the mountains.
“Mag expect ta after the New Year naay influx sa
mga tao sa beaches. Maligo gyud na sila sa mga inland. May mga safety concerns gihapon na siya kay simbako basin mangalumos na sila mao nang gi-alerto gihapon nato even kaning mga hiking ug trekking, musaka sa bukid, basin magabhian ug dili ka baba tungod kay zero visibility. Gina remind nato ni sila in coordination sa atong mga barangay officials nga muagi gyud sila,” Sumagaysay said.
Sumagaysay said there have been incidents in the
ÿpatst where people went trekking to the mountain but did not ask permission from barangay officials in the area who got lost and trapped in the area.
“Kay naa natay nahitabo ani nga wala nananghid nisaka sa taas, naapsan ug ulan. Kabalo ka pag bukid gani ug daghan kahoy, ngitngit na siya, pirting kusuga sa ulan so nitaas ang tubig, dili na ka baba,” he said.
The said hikers were later found and rescued by the Bantay Bukid (city’s forest
guards).
“Maayo na lang kay abtik ang atoang Bantay Bukid nga taga dinha pud gapuyo. Ang atoang mga lumads nga atong gihimong Bantay Bukid nga sila gyud naka penetrate ug naka locate atong area kung asa tong mga na trap,” he said.
Sumagaysay reminded the hikers and trekkers not just to look for enjoyment, but should also anticipate and consider the weather and the conditions of the area like if the trails are slippery.
Atotal of 86 personnel composed of rescuers, police, military and medical teams reported on December 29, at the landslide area in Barangay Don Salvador Lopez to retrieve the three missing residents.
According to the Incident Command Post of
the Mati City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office, there are 8 personnel from Mati CDRRMO, 7 from PDRRMO, 5 from the BFP, 8 from the Philippine Army’s 66th IB, 7 from the 701st Brigade, 6 from ARESCOM, 7 from the PNP, 25 from the DSL BDRRMO, 10 from BRACES Mati, and
3 from Red Cross.
The rescuers are still looking for three landslide victims identified as Jethro Paglanson Quilat, 14 yrs old; Roberto Pelaez Ampo, 52 yrs old; and John Gel Paglanson Casaligan, 15 yrs old.
The body of Cristituto Magmusa Paglanson,
62 yrs old, was retrieved afternoon of December 28. Paglanson was purok president of Purok Sangay where the landslide occured.
The landslide happened around 11AM Wednesday. The incessant rain the past days triggered the landslide. (CIO MATI)
DCPO beefs up police visibility in villages following trader’s slay
On November 27, 2022, after decades of taking the cause of the bats of Samal against man’s impunity, conservationist Norma Inigo Monfort, fondly dubbed as the ‘Bat Mama,’ passed away naturally, leaving behind the Monfort Bat Cave and Conservation Foundation, Inc., a testament to her dedication to protect the endangered chiropteras.
To further protect the mammals from any form of incursion, distraction, and intrusion, especially hunting, the foundation has gone to the extent of engaging a 24hour security ser-vice.
It was in 2010 that her effort to conserve and protect bats from hunting was finally hon-ored. The prestigious Guinness World Records (GWR) bestowed her the recognition by honor-ing her colony of bats, now with a population of 2.5 million,
as the world’s largest congrega-tion of Geoffroy’s Rousette fruit bats (Rousetteus amplexicaudatus), at times known as the meg-abats.
In 2011, the Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund honored her as hero.
The record, unknown to most Davaoeños, was the first ever and only official GWR award the region got. Two other tries were launched later to join the world register but both fell short.
When it was honored in 2010, the 257-square-foot cave, situated at a three-hectare land in Tambo, Babak, Island Garden City of Samal, was already home to a collective community of 1.8 million bats at an average of 60 bats per square foot. Today, the population has grown tremendously to 2.5 million with approximately 640 bats per square meter.
Given the expanding
population, Monfort first broached the idea of building artificial bat cave, informally dubbed as the ‘chiroptorium,’ in Samal in 2014 which, at the time, cost only P2 million for building. The project, copied after a similar project in Texas, USA, failed to raise the desired amount. Five years later, the idea, led by her foundation, still remained grounded.
Under her alternative plan, she would ask for donations from firms for recycled container vans and tap the scientists from the Virginia University to replicate the cave conditions, in-cluding the installation of a technology to collect guano (bat droppings) without disturbing the mammals.
In a 2020 interview, just as the pandemic started to wreak havoc globally, she related; ‘The collection of the guano—we will do it—and I
can have a livelihood project, so that the community can benefit from packaging of this guano or any other thing.’
‘The guano in caves,’ according to Bat Conservation International, ‘support whole ecosys-tems of unique organisms, including bacteria useful in detoxifying wastes, improving deter-gents, and producing alcohol and antibiotics.’
The man-made caves have been planned to rise at the back of a mango orchard in the family’s 21-hectare land but a little bit farther from the colony so as not to distract the sleep-ing bats. Construction of the project would be done in the evening when bats go on nocturnal hunt for food.
The chiropterologists (people who study bats) place the number of bat species in the coun-try at seventy-nine, a dozen of
them is classified as threatened. Seventeen of the species are considered endemic while twenty-six are classified as member of the Pteropodidae family known as fruit bats or flying foxes. Among the most populous class is the Philippine naked-backed fruit bat or Philippine bare-backed fruit bat (Dobsonia chapmani) found in Negros Is-land.
In Davao, the megabats play a significant role as pollinators, major agents of forest regen-eration, and drivers of a healthy ecosystem. As fruit bats, they fertilize flowers and help broadcast seeds. The food they take, when processed into manure, are disposed as guano, which are regarded as a very effective fertilizer given its high nitrogen, phosphate, and po-tassium contents, which are all important nutrients essential for the growth of plants.
The world mourns the passing away of Pele at 82, the greatest soccer player of all time who gave Brazil three World Cup championship trophies, a feat none today and in the future may be able to duplicate.
Pele came from a poor family and used soccer as his pathway to fame and fortune.
Today, young Pinoy sports fans may have forgotten how the nation mourned when Anthony Villanueva missed by a hairline snatching the Philippines’ first Olympic gold in boxing in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
Never mind if some reports said he was denied the golden victory because of “internal politics” then prevailing in the international
boxing federation where European member countries have persuasive powers within.
Villanueva lost by a close decision to Soviet featherweight Stanislav Stepashkin. He died penniless and bedridden in Cabuyao, Laguna in May 2014.
How ironic and perhaps bittersweet that Hidilyn Diaz ably vindicated Villanueva’s sorry loss when she won the country’s elusive first Olympic gold also in Tokyo 5 decades and four years later.
Again, young sports fans born in this millenium did not see how Lydia de Vega wowed and lifted our countrymen’s morale with her triumph in the 1982 Asian Games in New Delhi where she was not considered a fa-
vorite to win.
She erased all doubts as Diay successfully defended her title as the fastest woman in Asia by clinching the gold in the 100 meters four years later in Seoul, South Korea.
De Vega, adored by millions of Pinoy fans, died of cancer recently this year.
Again, the Philippines’ suffered a “debacle” of sorts when Mansueto “Onyok” Velasco suffered the same fate as Villanueva in the 1996 Atlanta Games, losing by decision the gold in the light flyweight category to Bulgarian Daniel Petrov.
The sports youths of today are enamored by the exploits of Gilas national team members in the world stage as they see them play on TV even when they come
short of taking a podium slot among the victors.
Not so much is read any longer of the 1954 national team that won the bronze in the world championships held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil where the Filipinos competed without the help of a naturalized American player.
Skippered by Lauro Mumar and bannered by the Great Difference Carlos Loyzaga, the Pinoy dribblers finished honorably behind the US and host Brazil.
How sports circumstances and conditions have evolved into these contemporary times have taught us to believe that we cannot be at par with our foreign counterparts in basketball without seeking “foreign” help.
Caloy Yulo did not have
the luck to make a podium finish also in Tokyo but he has promised to come back with a vengeance in the 2024 Paris edition.
But we have another “hidden” hope in an event the Pinoys are not known to excel in.
I am referring to EJ Obiena, the country’s outstanding pole vaulter who has placed the Philippines in the athletics world map.
EJ is the reigning SEAG titleholder and also the Asian Games champion. He brilliantly copped the bronze in the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Denver, serving notice that his time will come to full fruition in Paris in 2024. (Email feedback to fredlumba@yahoo. com.) GOD BLESS THE PHILIPPINES!
FinanceSecretary Benjamin Diokno on Wednesday said the “worst is over and better years are expected” for the Philippine economy despite the expected slow down in growth in 2023.
In a statement, Diokno said that while the global economy is likely to face a mild recession next year, the Philippines can still post one of the fastest growth rates in the region.
The Finance chief also said the Philippine economy has outperformed expectations for 2022.
“The Philippine GDP will likely grow much faster than the official target
range of 6.5 to 7.5 percent this year. All sectors will be surging, led by manufacturing and construction, while strong domestic demand is supplemented by exports.”
Multilateral lenders and credit ratings agencies earlier upgraded their growth forecasts for the Philippines this 2022 including the Asian Development Bank (7.4 percent),
World Bank (7.2 percent), and S&P Global Ratings (7.1 percent).
The same institutions have also forecast a slowdown in growth for the Philippines in 2023 due to numerous external headwinds.
Diokno meanwhile said that economic managers are expecting growth of 6 to 7 percent next year.
“But an average GDP growth of 6.5 percent is nothing to be sneezed at: it is still one of the highest, if not the highest, growth rates among ASEAN+6 economies,” he said.
Diokno listed several
data points to help justify his optimism, including the improvements in the labor market which created 4.6 million new jobs in October of this year leading to lower levels of unemployment and underemployment.
The latest jobs data from the October round of surveys do show labor normalizing back toward pre-pandemic levels. However, the Philippine Statistics Authority has also noted that more jobs, as well as better jobs, need to be created before they can truly say employment has fully recovered from the pandemic.
Filipino-Chinese businessmen said they anticipate a rebound in the tourism sector with the expected return of Chinese tourists next year.
The Federation of Filipino Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Inc (FFCCCII) said it sees tourist arrivals from China, helping boost Philippine economic growth to 6.5 to 7.5 percent in 2023.
FFCCCII said it is greatly encouraged by China’s deci-
sion to stop imposing mandatory quarantines on inbound travellers. This means both visitors, and returning residents, will no longer have to undergo days of quarantine.
Jeffrey Ng, President of the Astoria Hotels and Resorts Group, says the recovery should be gradual in 2023.
“We don’t expect to see a huge increase let’s say January, February. It will probably be a gradual increase until
the end of next year, 2023,” Ng said.
But he added that Chinese tourist arrivals will likely pick up to around ”3 to 4 million by 2024.”
According to the Department of Tourism, since the Philippines reopened to foreign tourists in February, there were 1.65 million tourist arrivals up to Dec. 1.
Of this total, Chinese travelers accounted for around 33,000. This was a a far cry
from the 1.74 million Chinese tourist arrivals in 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ng said he is very bullish, and that the Astoria group will spend at least P1 billion over the next 3 years in Puerto Princesa, Boracay, El Nido, and Siargao.
Henry Lim Bon Liong, president of the FFCCCII said he is also looking to restart a hotel projection Mactan which was mothballed by the pandemic.
Agroup of former combatants of the communist New People’s Army (NPA) is now reaping the hard work they spent on their freshwater fish farming project, five months after conceptualizing the initiative.
The New Life Masigasig Farmers Association (NLMFA) is composed of 38 former NPA guerrillas from Agusan del Norte who surrendered to the 23rd Infantry Battalion (23IB) in 2020.
Aiming to be productive members of their communities, NLMFA members developed a small portion of land in Barangay Alubihid, Buenavista, Agusan del Norte for a tilapia production project in July.
“When I decided to abandon the communist movement earlier this year, my focus was shifted into developing a project that will help the other former rebels gain some income, Tatay Apang, the NLMFA chairperson, said in an interview Wednesday.
Apang said NLMFA was formed in June and was registered as a legitimate organization with the Department of Labor and Employment in the province in July.
“After the registration, we underwent training on tilapia production which was facilitated by the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority in Agusan del Norte (TESDA-ADN),” Apang said.
TESDA-ADN also pro-
vided the organization with the needed tilapia fingerlings when the fish farming project was started in July, he added.
“We are thankful to Lt. Col. Jeffrey Balingao, the commander of the 23IB, Dir. Rey Cueva of TESDA-ADN, and Gov. Angel Amante of the provincial government of Agusan del Norte for this opportunity and continued support,” he said.
The group finally had their tilapia harvest two days before Christmas, collecting more than 200 kilos and sold at PHP100 per kilo in the market.
“This is a great gift to us this Christmas. The good harvest gave us the motivation to continue this project,” Apang said.
He said initial income will be used to expand the project and develop it further for increased productivity.
Alias Rey, NLMFA vice chairperson, said the former rebels felt proud of the success of the fish farming project.
“Some of our members are planning to duplicate the project in their respective communities. Tilapia farming is very promising,” he said.
The project, he added, also served as a therapy for most of them who had undergone violent lives when inside the NPA movement.
“The path of life that I chose now is very different from what we lived before. Now there is peace and a brighter future for our families and children,” he said. (PNA)
The Department of Agriculture (DA) said Wednesday it has seized around PHP80.49 million worth of smuggled agricultural products in the three-day simultaneous operations in the country days before Christmas.
In a statement, the DA Office of the Assistant Secretary for Inspectorate and Enforcement (DA I&E) said it received information against scrupulous traders.
“The DA I&E received derogatory information regarding container vans consigned to Taculog J International Consumer Goods Trading, Asterzenmed Inc, and SB Express Logistics and Business Solutions for allegedly containing smuggled agricultural products,” it said.
This led to their simultaneous anti-smuggling operations with other government agencies, starting Dec. 21 to 23.
Most smuggled agricultural products were found in 12 40-foot container
vans in ports in Manila and Cagayan de Oro.
These were misdeclared as frozen seafood, bread, pastries, plastic bottles, slippers, cat litter, and other household items, among others.
Almost PHP72 million worth of the total estimated agricultural products were yellow and red onions, while the rest were carrots, boneless buffalo meat and used clothing.
“The Department of Agriculture is preparing to file charges against the same for violation of the Food Safety Act of 2013 (or) Republic Act (RA) 10611 and the Anti-Agricultural Smuggling Act of 2016 (RA 10845) to ensure that these importers will be held liable for endangering the consumer’s health and the livelihood of our farmers and fisherfolk,” the DA said.
To date, the DA I&E said its team is still working on its intelligence surveillance and operations against erring traders.
TheBangko Sentral ng Pilipinas on Thursday said it expects inflation in December to settle within the range of 7.8 to 8.6 percent.
The BSP said higher electricity rates, an uptick in the prices of agricultural commodities, elevated prices of meat and fish products and LPG may push the inflation rate higher.
“Meanwhile, the reduc-
tion in petroleum and rice prices as well as the peso appreciation could contribute to easing price pressures for the month,” the BSP said.
Inflation in November hit a 14-year high of 8 percent as food prices contin-
ued to rise.
November’s inflation, which is also the highest since the 9.1 percent rate in November 2008, was within the central bank’s forecast of 7.4 to 8.2 percent.
The average inflation for the year is now at 5.6 percent.
“The BSP continues to monitor closely emerging price developments to en-
able timely intervention that could help prevent the further broadening of price pressures, in accordance with the BSP’s price stability mandate,” the central bank said.
During its last policy meeting for the year, the BSP raised its benchmark interest rate by another 50 basis points to a 14-year high of 5.5 percent to tame inflation.
The Philippine government has urged British companies to explore investment opportunities in New Clark City in Central Luzon, the country’s first smart and green city.
The Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) said in a statement Wednesday that it recently conducted an investment roadshow in London.
At least 60 British firms
from sectors of information and communications technology, hospitality, transportation, and research and development have participated in the recent investment briefing at Regent’s University.
The investment briefing was conducted in partnership with the United Kingdom Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (UK FCDO), as part
of the latter’s assistance under its Global Future Cities (GFC) program, which aims to promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth as well as urban resilience in 19 cities across the world, including New Clark City.
BCDA president and chief executive officer Aileen Zosa, in her presentation, introduced to the heads of British firms the
New Clark City, which she described as the country’s next frontier of development that it “expected to catalyze inclusive and sustainable growth” in the Central and Northern Luzon.
The Philippine delegation also conducted business-to-business meetings in the UK for potential investors, aggressively promoting New Clark City as a preferred investment destination.
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There are 11 injured persons and two of these have been confirmed in Region 9 and 11. The remaining nine, all in Region 10, are undergoing validation.
Most of the casualties were caused by drowning from flash floods after two days of heavy rains spoiled Christmas celebrations and prompted tens of thousand others to take refuge in evacuation centers or relatives’ houses.
Around 4,068 houses were reported damaged in Region 4-A (Mimaropa), Regions 6 (Western Visayas), 8, 9, 10, 11 (Davao Region), Caraga, and the
Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. Of these, 3,322 were classified as “partially damaged” and 746 as “totally damaged”.
Agriculture damage was placed at PHP205,539,170 while those for infrastructure was estimated at PHP51,550,000.
Meanwhile, Army personnel, reservists and the Department of Social Welfare and Development have distributed food, clothing, and other supplies needed by the affected families in Upper Carmen, Cagayan de Oro City. (PNA)
of this special time of year to get jabbed.
The Davao City Covid-19 Task Force continues to call on Dabawenyos to get vaccinated and make sure to get booster doses as current data shows that Covid-19 deaths in the city involved those who are vaccinated but not boosted.
“Gahangyo ta sa mga
katawhan nga wala pa nakapa-booster dose, please avail of your vaccines kasi the data that we have been showing every week nagapakita nga kasagaran atong nangamatay dili bakunado ug kung bakunado man walay booster doses,” said Dr. Michelle Schlosser, spokesperson of Covid Task Force.
Pursuant to Sec. 1 Rule 74 of the Revised Rules of Court of the Philippines, NOTICE is hereby given that the late MYNARD T. SAAVEDRA, who died intestate on April 6, 2020 at Davao City, leaving a bank account before the Bank of the Philippine Islands-Matina Davao City under BPI Get Started Passbook and Bank Account No. 009 433 077943, has been the subject of an EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT executed among his heirs. Per Doc. 156; Page No. 33; Book No. 200; Series of 2022 of the Notary Public Atty. FATIMA IRENE T. ADIN.
Republic of the Philippines
REGIONAL TRIAL COURT 11TH JUDICIAL REGION BRANCH 16 Davao City
PETITION FOR JUDICIAL SP. PROC. CASE NO. R-DVO-22-07118-SP RECOGNITION OF FOREIGN JUDGMENT DIVORCE/ANNULMENT/ DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE, CHUCHIE T. AGUIRRE-SASAKI Petitioner, -versusTHE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF MANILA Respondents. X-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------X
This is a verified petition or Recognition and/or Enforcement of Divorce Obtained in Foreign Country, filed by Chuchie T. Aguirre-Sasaki, thru counsel praying that after notice and hearing, an order be issued:
1. Recognizing and upholding the Divorce Decree of marriage of petitioner with her Japanese husband Kenichi Sasaki as valid and enforceable in the Philippines;
2. Directing respondent Local Civil Registrar of Manila to annotate the Decision in the instant case in the Certificate of Marriage recognizing the said Divorce Decree by mutual agreement between the Petitioner and her Japanese husband.
a career of 21 years, most of them played at Santos.
Wreaths of flowers left by his fans have brought a splash of color to Vila Belmiro, which houses a bust and a statue of the football great.
Silvio Neves Souza, an electrician on holiday from Sao Paulo, took a moment Sunday to visit the stadium since he will not be able to attend the official ceremony.
“I’m sure a lot of people will come to the wake, not just old people who saw him play, but also young people,” the 54-year-old said.
Elsewhere in the city, banners with Pele’s face decorate another monument erected in his likeness.
“I loved the world with the ball at my feet,” read one sign.
At the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation in Rio de Janeiro, a giant poster with Pele’s image bears the word “eternal.”
And at the inauguration on Sunday of Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the ceremony began with a minute’s silence in Pele’s memory.
Military police in Sao Paulo state, where digital street screens also pay tribute to the prolific striker, said there would be a “robust” deployment for the posthumous tributes.
Security will be strengthened at Congonhas airport in Sao Paulo ahead of the expected arrival of throngs of athletes, politicians, digni-
taries and fans for the wake. The King’
Pele had been hospitalized at the Albert Einstein Hospital for a month until his death on December 29.
“We were with him” on December 21, his sister recounted. “It was very quiet, we talked a little, but I already sensed that he was feeling it, he already knew he was leaving.”
Born on October 23, 1940, Pele grew up selling peanuts on the street to help his impoverished family.
He got his famous nickname after mispronouncing Bile, the name of a goalkeeper at Vasco de Sao Lourenco, where his footballer father once played.
Pele exploded onto the scene at age 15, when he started playing professionally with Santos.
At just 17, he helped Brazil to its first World Cup championship, in 1958.
That was followed by World Cup titles in 1962 and 1970. The latter marked the pinnacle of his career, as he starred on what many consider the greatest team of all time.
Pele had been in increasingly fragile health in recent years.
He remained active on social media, cheering on Brazil during the World Cup in Qatar and consoling the pre-tournament favorites when they were eliminated in the quarter-finals just three weeks before his death.
Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT 11TH JUDICIAL REGION BRANCH 16 Davao City
MARLYN ANTONIO MIURA SP. PROC. CASE NO. R-DVO-22-07232-SP REP. BY, OWEN PASCUA ANTONIO Petitioner, -versus - FOR: RECOGNITION OF FOREIGN DECREE OF DIVORCE & CANCELLATION OR CORRECTION OR CORRECTION OF ENTRIES IN IN THE CIVIL REGISTRY. AKIRA MIURA AND THE CIVIL REGISTRAR GENERAL DULY REP. BY THE CIVIL REGISTRAR OF THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF DAVAO CITY, Respondents.
This is a verified petition or Recognition and/or Enforcement of Divorce Obtained in Foreign Country, filed by Marilyn Antonio Miura Rep. by Owen Pascua Antonio, thru counsel praying that ater notice and hearing, it is respectfully prayed that:
1. The Divorce Report of Marriage obtained mutually by both parties be judicially recognized thereby capacitating the herein Petitioner to remarry, and
2. That an order be issued directing the public respondent Civil Registrar General and the Davao City Registrar to annotate the Divorce Report of Marriage in the parties’ marriage certificate, and the civil registry record of herein petitioner be updated to reflect the Divorce Report of Marriage obtained by both parties from Japan.
to “AMPLAYO”;
c. The entry of Petitioner’s FATHER’S LAST NAME should be corrected from “AMPLAYA to AMPLAYO”;
2. ALLOW Petitioner to use the surname of her father PETER MARGALLO AMPLAYO and she be legally known as RIZZTERLYN PLAZA AMPLAYO.
Finding the petition to be sufficient in form and substance, the same is hereby set for hearing before this Court, sitting at the Hall of Justice, Candelaria St., Ecoland, Matina, Davao City on April 25, 2023 at 2:00 o’clock in the afternoon, at which place, date and time any interested person my appear and show cause, if any, why the petition should not be granted.
Let this Order be published at the expense of the petitioner once a week for three (3) successive weeks in a newspaper published in the City of Davao and of general circulation in the said City and the provinces of Davao as determined by raffle in accordance with law.
Furnish a copy of this Order, the Petition and its annexes, private respondent Peter Margallo Amplayo, public respondent Local Civil of Davao City, and Davao City, and the Office of the Solicitor General, Makati City.
SO ORDERED.
Given this 12th day of December, 2022, in Davao City, Philippines.
NANETTE GUSTILO LEMANA PresidingFinding the verified petition to be sufficient in form and substance, set hearing of this petition on February 10, 2023 at 8:30 o’clock in the morning.
Petitioner is hereby directed to cause publication of this Order at her expense, once a week or three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation, which has been selected after raffle, in the City and the four (4) provinces of Davao and submit proof of compliance thereof, within (10) days from receipt of this Order.
Furnish the Office of the Solicitor General a copy of this petition together with annexes.
Any person interested or who seeks to oppose the instant petition may appear to state why the petition should not be granted.
SO ORDERED
Davao City, Philippines, November 25, 2022.
Finding the verified petition to be sufficient in form and substance, set hearing of this petition on March 23, 2023 at 8:30 o’clock in the morning.
Petitioner is hereby directed to cause publication of this Order at her expense, once a week or three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation, which has been selected after raffle, in the City and the four (4) provinces of Davao and submit proof of compliance thereof, within (10) days from receipt of this Order.
Furnish the Office of the Solicitor General, the Local Civil Registrar and Akira Miura a copy of this petition together with annexes.
Any person interested or who seeks to oppose the instant petition may appear to state why the petition should not be granted.
SO ORDERED.
Davao City, Philippines, December 7, 2022.
SANTOS, Brazil -- Brazilians bid a final farewell this week to football giant Pele, starting Monday with a 24-hour public wake at the stadium of his long-time team, Santos.
The oceanside home of the team nicknamed “Peixe” -- “fish” in Portuguese -- is expecting a huge influx of fans looking to honor the “King” of football, who died aged 82 on Thursday after a long battle with cancer.
Stadium doors will open at 10:00 am local time (1300 GMT). The coffin bearing the remains of the only player to have won
three World Cups will be displayed in the center of the field.
Known as Vila Belmiro after the neighborhood where it is located, the black-and-white stadium has a capacity of 16,000 people.
In the stands, three giant flags could be seen Sunday, one with an image of Pele displaying the famous number 10 on his jersey.
Just barely warming his leather swivel seat at the government sports agency, chairman Noli Eala suddenly found himself booted out of office as if typhoon Yolanda yanked him out with her catastrophic fury.
Appointed last August by then Executive Secretary Vic Rodriguez to the helm of the Philippine Sports Commission, Eala was replaced - in a jiffyby Dickie Bachmann who was reportedly in the United States at the time.
Bachmann is not a lesser human being. The 6’6” former cager played for La Salle and Alaska in the PBA and subsequently rose to become a sports executive after retiring from the pro ranks.
If I correctly recall, Dickie heads one of the National Sports Associations (is it Squash?).
Bachmann is the son of one of my favorite national players Kurt Bachmann who made the hook shot his signature shot (like Kareem Abdul Jabbar) during his active days at the MICAA wearing the Ysmael Steel jersey.
Said to be a victim of “collateral damage” after Rodriguez had a falling out with PBBM, I feel sorry for Eala who thus failed to prove his executive acumen inasmuch as he had a vision for a progressive grassroots program for Pinoy athletes.
Eala once served as PBA Commissioner and later on as executive director of the Samahang
Another bore the message “Long live the king”; the third said simply, “Pele 82 years.”
Entry to the stadium will be allowed until 10:00 am Tuesday, officials said.
After that, a procession will be held through the streets of Santos, a port city about 75 kilometers (47 miles) from the state capital Sao Paulo.
The parade will pass the house of Pele’s mother, 100-year-old Celeste Arantes, who is unaware that her world-famous son has died.
“She doesn’t know,” Pele’s sister Maria Lucia
do Nascimento told ESPN on Friday. “She is not conscious.”
The procession will end at a cemetery in Santos, where Pele will be interred in a special mausoleum.
Tributes to ‘eternal’ star
Born Edson Arantes do Nascimento, Pele is widely considered to have been the best player yet of the beautiful game.
His death sparked a global outpouring of tributes, with his native Brazil holding three days of national mourning.
He scored 1,283 goals in
Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP).
“I serve at the pleasure of the President,” Eala humbly said as he accepted his fate.
We cannot prejudge what the new chairman will and can do as the position of head honcho of the government funding agency and policymaker for amateur sports requires more than just the alacrity to serve.
Being able to understand and grasp the nuances and idiosyncrasies that have been bewitching and besieging Philippine sports is a quality that the PSC top hombre needs to possess.
At this time, the PSC still has two more commissioners to be named to complete its five-man board and to ensure that relevant
matters are addressed promptly.
For one thing, Bachmann will be confronted by voluminous protocols affecting the country’s participation in the SEA Games to be held in Cambodia next summer.
He will need a lot of help from his board to lighten the load as preparation for the biennial regional tournament needs more than just money, men and materials.
If he is able to secure the harmonious cooperation of the NSAs (which I believe he can with aplomb) and establish a faithful accord with the leadership of the Philippine Olympic Committee, then all will be well.
For decades, the enmity between the PSC and the POC has
created a chasm that proved rather regressive as far as the development of potential Olympic and world championship medalists are concerned.
Today, that chasm seems gone and the paths of unity have been constructively cemented as Hidilyn Diaz, Caloy Yulo, and a host of other Pinoy athletes have achieved feats that we once only dreamed of.
The gold medals in the Olympics and world championships are no longer elusive.
Again, we can only wish chairman Dickie Bachmann success.
He has big shoes to fill. (Email feedback to fredlumba@yahoo. com.) GOD BLESS THE PHILIPPINES!
and elected president of the Republic of the Philippines, I have a feeling that his first order of the day could have been the establishment of the Department of Sports Development or Physical Fitness and Sports Development.
If you happen to recall your three-unit Rizal subject in college (ma’am Lou Ramos Abanto was our instructor at Holy Cross, who was actually a fan of Andres Bonifacio), Dr.Rizal was actually a sportsman.
Thanks to his mother’s brothers, he learned physical fitness like running, jumping, swimming and wrestling. The wrestling part played a big part in even stopping a bully.
As an adult, Dr.Rizal excelled in fencing,arnis, pistol, and judo. I also read that he was also chess master, and in 1962, the Philippines issued a stamp with his image playing chess.
Had he lived a full life, the physical fitness and sports development councils all over the country could have been one of the first organizations that he has established through an Executive
Order.
The National Academy of Sports signed into law by Mayor Digong, the former President, could have long been established, depriving Senator Christopher “Bong” Go, the opportunity to craft it into law. Had Dr.Rizal lived a full life.
Unya kay gipa patay man gyud siyas mga Español. Sayanga.
Dr.Rizal in his time already had in mind the propagation of physical education.
The importance of a sound mind and a sound body, Dr.Rizal was already thinking about for the Filipinos.
We were taught of that at a young age by our folks.
Mao na, kasab an gyud ta kung manigarilyo, hubog hubog, ug drugs drugs. Right?
That is why it makes me always happy to see kids involved in sports because when they grow up, they become involved in physical fitness development.
You will notice that if grandparents and parents are involved in sports, the kids upon reaching parenthood would do the same thing.
The only downside these
days kay mahal na kaayo ang enrolment fees sa sports training. And the rapid development of electronic games have kept our kids at bay from physical fitness training.
I remember the time of Mayor Digong when basketball camps were ongoing, thanks to the initial donation of basketball balls by amateur basketball regional director Regino “Boy” Cua, that led to the project to be fully supported by then City Sports Development Division chief Bong Go.
Once a kid see his RRD basketball ball at home, he would think first of playing outside with his friends. Nindot di ba? Maka exercise gyud.
I don’t know if the current city hall sports development OIC Mikey Aportadera has decided to continue this beautiful program. Mingaw man Mikey. Pag martial arts for kids program sa tanan barangay na lang Mikey, nindot man pud na ug mas duul na sa imong kasing kasing.
All you need to do is allocate funds for martial arts instructors in the city so that they can be compensated for their work.
O di ba, nindot for physical fitness development sama ni Dr.Jose Rizal?
Or do something like what your dad, Dr.Aportadera love to do, running or marathon. We used to cover the Davao Sunday Runners Club events under the
leadership of Dr.Rizal Aportadera and Dr.Oca Escudero.
Gamita ng rubberized tack oval didto sa UP Mindanao oh, sayang bai Mikey. If you need help, you can even reach out to a relative of Dr.Rizal, Professor Erwin Protacio, who takes charge of the Human Kinetics Program in UP-Min.
Consult Milo Marathon organizer Kenneth Sai and his team of physical education teachers like Alther Rivera, daghan mog mahimo bai Mikey.
Mingaw kaayo oi.
Happy Rizal Day Dabawenyos!
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