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POWER OF GOD

Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio signs her oath of office after swearing in as the country’s 15th Vice President at San Pedro Square in Davao City on Sunday afternoon. Behind her are her parents, President Rodrigo Duterte and Elizabeth Zimmerman, witnessing the signing. Edge Davao

I dreamt of becoming a doctor but He has other plans: VP Sara STORY ON PAGE 2

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Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio poses for a photograph with her family after being inaugurated as the 15th Vice President of the country on Sunday afternoon in Davao City. Edge Davao

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I dreamt of becoming a doctor but He has other plans: VP Sara

By MAYA M. PADILLO

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he grew up in the maddening world of politics, but she had dreams outside its sphere.

Sara Duterte, daughter of President Rodrigo Duterte, wanted to be a doctor.

On Sunday, the Vice President-elect accepted her fate. That’s not what God planned her to be.

The 44-year old second highest elected official of the land took her oath on Sunday at Davao City’s famous landmark San Pedro Square with both her parents--President Duterte and mother Elizabeth Zimmerman by her side.

She highlighted her speech with what she considers as the important lessons in life and her dream of becoming a doctor when she was young.

Donning a green Filipiniana gown created by veteran Dabawenyo designer Silverio Anglacer, Duterte took the stage with the San Pedro Cathedral on one side, and the clock tower on the other as backdrop.

“My life is a testament to the power of a God, whom we know by many names. My younger self was consumed by a dream to become a doctor.

I pursued a pathway that I thought could help me realize that dream, but I was directed toward another way. And now I am a lawyer. When I committed myself to governance and public service, I was also determined to finish three consecutive terms as Mayor. That will not happen anymore. I am now the Vice President-Elect,” she said in her inaugural speech as the 15th Vice President of the land.

After her oath, father and daughter hugged each other in what was their first meeting in about a year. The President stood with his successor President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr. by his side.

Vice President Duterte said that the voice of 32.2 million Filipinos who voted for her was loud and clear for her to serve the motherland.

-RICH EXPERIENCEShe served Davao City first as Vice Mayor from 2007-2010 before becoming Mayor from 2010 to 2013 and from 2016 to present.

Married to lawyer Manases Carpio, the union is blessed with three children--Mikhaila Maria (Sharky), Mateo Lucas (Stingray) and Marko Digong (Stonefish).

Sunday’s rites, the first ever in Davao City, began with a mass at 3 o’clock.

VP Sara was escorted to the inauguration stage by her mother and brother incoming Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte.

-SERVICE TO THE NATION“And this message has been reiterated in my oath: to consecrate myself to the service of the nation. There is a God. A God whose will transcend the desires of our hearts, one whose will direct us to the way that we might not have imagined — but a way that consecrates ourselves every day to help our fellowmen overcome the difficulties they face in their lives, to change lives, to save lives,” she said.

Duterte said taking a moment to listen to the call to serve and decide to heed the call — in the same way that many are already devoting their lives as hardworking farmers and fisherfolk that ensure there is food on the tables,

dedicated health workers who help the sick, brave soldiers who fight for the country, honest and fair entrepreneurs who support the economy, patient school teachers that guide the children, she believes that the country will be heading toward a future of hope, security, strength, stability, and progress.

She also urged the crowd to show love for the country by taking care of their families and communities despite the unending challenges that come their way and to celebrate the bravery of the country’s national hero, Dr. Jose Rizal.

“Rizal taught us that selflessness and sacrifice could change our country’s fate and shape our children’s future. The bravery of Rizal completes the fabric of our identity as Filipinos. Magkasama sana tayong bumangon bawat araw kasabay ang nag-aalab na pangako sa ating mga puso na mahal natin at patuloy nating mamahalin ang Pilipinas hangga’t tayo ay nabubuhay,” she said.

As her inauguration coincided with the celebration of Father’s Day, she greeted all the fathers on

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he Department of Agrarian Reform recently turned over the Community-managed Potable Water Sanitation and Hygiene (CPWASH) project in Barangay Kitubod in this town to address the community’s concerns on water supply, sanitation, and hygiene.

Provincial Agrarian Reform Program Officer II Charish Paña said the project, amounting to Php160,000.00, is composed of biosand filter, biogas digester, and rainwater catcher with iron removal filter.

“The project provides low-cost, culturally acceptable, and appropriate technologies to address problems on poor access to potable water supply like here in Barangay Kitubod,” Paña said.

Paña added that through this project, the de-

partment is anticipating a positive change in the lives of the residents and improvement of the community in the future.

“The said barangay is the farthest community of Libungan and CPWASH caused a great sigh of relief from the threat of acquiring water-borne diseases and illnesses to more than 600 individuals from 200 households,” she disclosed.

The biosand filter is made of a plastic container with carefully selected sand and gravel that serve as strainer of bacteria, iron, and other impurities which make the water safe to drink.

As part of the CPWASH project to Barangay Kitubod, the DAR also installed the rainwater collector and iron removal filter at Kitubod Elementary School providing 330 students and 13 teachers access to safe drinking water.

PDEA-BARMM declares 76 villages ‘drug-free’

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eventy-six villages in Lanao del Sur province have been declared free of illegal drugs, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency - Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (PDEABARMM) said Monday.

“This came about after the Regional Oversight Committee on Barangay Drug Clearing Program (ROCBDC) of PDEA-BARMM completed its validation and evaluation process on the villages,” the agency said in a statement.

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dated and awarded certificates as “drug-free” barangays were those from the towns of Amai Manabilang (13), Pualas (4), Pagayawan (3), and Wao (5).

Earlier, the committee declared “drug-free” 20 villages in Marogong, Masiu (10), Piagapo (7), Kapatagan (8), and Pagayawan (6).

A village is declared drug-free when no illegal drug activities exist in the barangay, no laboratory or chemical warehouse, no marijuana cultivation, drug den, drug pusher, and drug users. (PNA)

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Governor Emmylou “Lala” Taliño-Mendoza delivers her speech during her oath taking and inauguration at the Capitol Provincial Gymnasium in Amas, Kidapawan City on Monday. Edge Davao

‘Star-studded’ guest list in Sara’s oath-taking Sara to look into increasing teachers’ salary

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ncoming Education Secretary and Vice President Sara Duterte said she will be pushing for the increase in salary of public school teachers and will look for ways on how to implement this.

“Titingnan natin at kung paano natin mapush yun kung ano yung mga accomplishments galing sa admin ni President Rodrigo Duterte,” Duterte told media in a press briefing on Monday at the City Hall.

Among the wishlist of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers for the incoming Education Secretary is better compensation package for teachers and educators for both in the public and private institutions.

In 2019, President Rodrigo Duterte in his 4th State of the Nation Address (SONA) called on Congress to pass a new Salary Standardization Law that will raise the pay of government workers, including public school teachers.

Education Secretary

Leonor Briones said the minimum salary for public school teachers increased from P19,077 in 2016 to P20,754 in 2019, under the Salary Standardization Law. “The Duterte administration did something about that and we’ll dovetail from what the Duterte administration had for the welfare and benefit of the teachers,” Duterte said.

Meanwhile, Duterte said that she and Briones have been communicating through letters and have scheduled their first faceto-face transition meeting on June 25, 2022.

“But before that meron na kaming mga arrangements through written communications,” she sad.

Duterte also said Deped is targeting to implement face-to-face classes in August this year.

Duterte joined the employees of the city government of Davao’s flag raising ceremony for the last time as Davao City Mayor on Monday. By Maya M. Padillo

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et’s begin with no less than President Rodrigo Duterte.

Yes, it was a a gathering of prominent political figures and dignitaries on Sunday’s inauguration of Vice President Sara Duterte in Davao City.

The roster of guests who walked the red carpet at the San Pedro Square also included President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr, former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Sen. Cynthia Villar, Sen. Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go, Senator Imee Marcos,

Sen. Bong Revilla and wife Lani Mercado, Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa, Senators-elect Robin Padilla and Loren Legarda, former Davao del Norte 2nd District representative Antonio “Tony Boy” Floirendo Jr., lawyer Lorenzo ‘Larry’ Gadon, former Quezon

City Mayor Herbert Bautista, former presidential spokesperson and former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque.

Also present were officials from the region and other parts of Mindanao including Partylist representative Claudine Bautista-Lim and husband Tracker, Province of Cotabato Governor Emmylou “Lala” Mendoza and daughter Representative Samantha Santos.

The oath-taking was administered by Supreme

Court Justice Ramon Paul Hernando on a stage set up in the center of the San Pedro Square.

There were no tents installed despite the looming rain as Duterte wanted a 360 degrees view of the crowd and the venue.

The oath-taking commenced with a Holy Mass officiated by Davao Archbishop Romulo Valles at the San Pedro Cathedral and beamed on large screens set up at the event venue.

Duterte, who was wear-

possession of suspect Jason Tiu Lacsamana, 47, a resident of Toril, Davao City.

He said Lacsamana was cornered by joint operatives from the city police drug enforcement unit and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Region 12 in an entrapment at around 11:39 a.m. Saturday along Bula-Lagao Road in Barangay Bula.

The distance between Toril in Davao City and General Santos City. Courtesy of Google Maps The police official said the suspect sold a sachet of suspected shabu worth P1,000 to a police officer who posed as a buyer.

In a subsequent search, Lacsamana yielded a “jumbo” and 20 “large” size rectangular plastic sachets con-

taining a combined 150.5 grams of suspected shabu valued at P1,023,400 based on the national standard drug price.

The seized illegal drugs were submitted to the Police Regional Office-12 crime laboratory for proper examination, he said.

Lt. Col. Aldrin Gonzales, spokesperson of the city

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P1-M worth of shabu seized in GenSan City from alleged drug pusher from Davao City

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olice seized around one million peso worth of suspected shabu from an alleged big time drug pusher from Davao City in a buy-bust operation here Saturday.

Col. Paul Bometivo, acting city police director, said in a report that the illegal drugs, the biggest recovery so far in a single operation in the city, were found in the

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On her inauguration as the 15th Vice President of the Philippines:

My life is a testament to the power of a God, whom we know by many names.

My younger self was consumed by a dream to become a doctor. I pursued a pathway that I thought could help me realize that dream, but I was directed toward another way. And now I am a lawyer.”

Vice President-elect Sara Duterte

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HENRYLITO D. TACIO THINK ON THESE!

HEALING OF OZONE LAYER Have you ever wondered why that guileless-looking hair spray was a subject of controversy and was later banned in the late Seventies? And did you know that increased risk of cancer and eye cataracts are linked to this hapless cosmetic? If you haven’t, chances are, you also haven’t heard of ozone and the atmospheric ozone layer.

Until now, only a very few know the importance of the ozone layer. It is a stratospheric or upper atmospheric layer of air above the earth. It is a form of oxygen and its molecule is made up of three oxygen atoms instead of two.

Scientists say ozone forms at an altitude between 6 and 30 miles above the earth when high-energy ultraviolet light from sunlight strikes oxygen molecules, splitting some of the normally two-atom oxygen molecules apart. Free oxygen atoms attach to other oxygen molecules, making ozone.

Although at sea level’s atmospheric pressure ozone would only be a few millimeters thick, it helps life on earth survive. Science tells us the ozone layer acts as a shield against the deleterious radia­tion of the ultra violet rays of the sun while allowing visible light to come through. This visible light is needed for the process of photosynthesis which helps plants to grow to give human be-

ings food.

Aside from sheltering the earth from harmful radiation, we are told the ozone layer also regulates the temperatures of our planet’s surface and atmosphere.

It is for this reason that when the ozone in the stratosphere decreases, the unabsorbed radiation pierces the thin veil of the ozone and thus reaches the earth unfiltered. This makes the earth’s temperature warmer.

Studies have shown that exposure to large amounts of ultraviolet radiation have been associated with increasing risks of skin cancer and eye damage in human beings, and changes in the immune systems of animals.

As we are now heading towards hunger, it is important to know that production yields in agriculture, marine and natural resources may dramatically plunge to low levels due to the exposure.

If those are alarming enough, wait till you know that this protective ozone layer has been seriously threatened by some scientific inventions and also by the way we live in modern times.

In the early 1970s, scientists warned that the ozone layer was getting dangerously thin. In 1974, two American scientists – Mario Molina and F. Sherwood Rowland from the Jet Propulsion Institute of Pasadena and the University

of Southern California in Irvine, respectively – contended that man-made chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) were escaping into the atmosphere and “eating” the ozone layer.

However, policymakers largely ignored their assertions until 1985, when a team of British atmospheric chemists headed by Dr. Joseph Farman reported that during the previous eight years a “hole” – as big as the United States and as deep as Mount Everest – had formed every September and October in the ozone layer over the Antarctic.

Scientists who are studying the hole in the ozone layer cited two major man-made chemicals: the chlorine compound, particularly chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and the bromine compounds, halons.

Developed in 1930, CFCs are used in refrigerators, air conditioners, and aerosol spray cans.

They are also present in foam to make seat cushions and furniture stuffing. CFCs are utilized as a cleaning fluid as well as for delicate equipment like electronic machines and for dry-cleaning clothes.

Halons, on the other hand, are mostly used in fire extin­guishing systems. They are said to be more dangerous than CFCs because halons are four to sixteen times more destructive once they reach

the ozone layer!

Another ODS that is not given much attention is the methyl bromide, the second most widely used pesticide in the world. Between 80 to 100 percent of the methyl bromide is subse­quently re­ leased into the atmosphere, according to the environ­ mental pressure group Friends of the Earth.

Planes are also harmful to the ozone layer, experts claim. “When you have supersonic flights high in the stratosphere putting out nitrogen oxide then that would certainly be a domi­nant factor in ozone depletion,” explained Dr. John Pyle, a key atmospheric researcher for Britain’s leading environmental research body, the Natural Environment Research Council.

Natural phenomena like weather patterns and volcanic eruptions likewise contribute to the destruction of the ozone layer.

For instance, the June 1991 eruption of Mt. Pinatubo has reportedly threatened the ozone layer, according to studies made by scientists of the European Arctic Stratospheric Experiment. They said large amounts of volcanic aerosol containing sulphur dioxide gas have been injected into the stratosphere forming sulphuric acid.

In mid-September 1987, 24 countries met in Montreal, Cana-

da, and came up with a landmark effort to address ozone depletion.

Called the Montreal Protocol, it was signed by the Philippines on September 14, 1988 and ratified on March 21, 1991.

“The Montreal Protocol has 197 state signatories, and I can say that the Montreal Protocol owes its success to countries like the Philippines, that for three decades, has been consistently cooperative and compliant to the targets and schedules it set to phase out ODS around the world,” said former Environment Secretary Roy A. Cimatu.

Now, the good news. Recent reports said that the ozone layer is slowly recovering from depletion. In 2016, ABC science reporter Dani Cooper reported that the ozone hole over Antarctica was “healing” almost 30 years after the world banned the chemicals responsible for its creation.

“The ozone hole above the Antarctic is now smaller than it was around the year 2000, by about 4 million square kilometers,” said renowned ozone hole expert Professor Susan Solomon of Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

She added, however, the hole still averages about 17 million square kilometers in size. “It isn’t completely healed,” she pointed out, “but it’s better than the 21 million we had around 2000.”

ANTONIO V. FIGUEROA FAST BACKWARD

TALE OF TWO BEAUTY QUEENS Davao has two beauties that made it to the world stage: Margarita Roxas Moran-Floirendo, Miss Universe 1973, and Katarina Sonja Rodriguez, Miss World Philippines 2018.

Katarina’s lineage goes back to former Capiz governor, House speaker, and wartime brigadier general Manuel Acuña Roxas, the son of Gerardo Arroyo Roxas and Rosario Villaruz Acuña. He was the country’s first postwar elected president.

Meanwhile, on her maternal ancestry, Margie, born on September 15, 1953, in Manila, is the grandchild of Zamboanga-native Juanita Muriedes McIlvain, born in 1908. Juanita’s mother was a Spaniard while her father, Sterling Robert McIlvain, was an American boxer with the US Navy in Zamboanga City. A mulatto from Bir-

mingham, Alabama, McIlvain traced his extraction to Ireland and the Black Foot, the Indian tribe of Montana, U.S.A. Tradition says future Commonwealth president Manuel L. Quezon, then married to Aurora Aragon, had an illicit relation with Trinidad de Leon, a scion of a rich Bulacan clan. The romance led to pregnancy which freaked out Quezon who persuaded Manuel A. Roxas, tipped to become the next House Speaker, to marry her. As a political ploy, Roxas acceded to the request. De Leon’s first-born and Quezon’s son outside of wedlock, therefore, is Gerardo Manuel Roxas, who became a senator and the grandfather of Mar Araneta Roxas, a former trade and industry secretary.

Quezon’s affair with Juanita produced four children, namely Gerardo Manuel, Rosario Rox-

as-Moran, Consuelo Roxas-Javellana, and Manuel ‘Manny’ Roxas, Jr. Rosario later married Francis Gonzales Moran and bore seven children by him, including Maria Margarita Roxas Moran, who married Antonio R. Floirendo Jr. with whom she has two daughters, Monica Danielle and Gabrielle Antoinette.

Margie, a high-school graduate from St. Theresa’s College, attended college at Maryknoll College (now Miriam College) while working as a model for fashion designer Auggie Cordero. She earned a diploma in Business Administration from Boston University and a Master’s degree in Development Management from SOAS University of London. Two years after winning the Miss Universe title in 1973, she tied the knot and put into action her academic back-

ground by running several family-owned companies, which included the Pearl Farm Resort and a travel agency.

Outside managing business, she also joined the broadcast industry by hosting the ‘Margie on Mindanao’ program and producing the multi-awarded movie, Bagong Buwan. She was appointed chair of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) in 2018.

On the other hand, Katarina, 2017 Binibining Pilipinas Intercontinental winner, is the great-great-grandchild of Spanish judge Joaquin Rodriguez, the de facto governor of Davao region during the watch of Brig.

Gen. John Pershing as governor of the Department of Mindanao and Sulu, and granddaughter of Joaquin Rodriguez and Sonja A. Habana-Rodriguez of Davao City.

Born on August 1, 1992, in

Orlando, Florida, Katarina Sonja earned her tertiary education from the De La Salle University.

She was declared Asia’s Next Top Model and amassed a queue of beauty pageant honors before representing the country in a global beauty tilt.

Her grandmother, Sonja, a former member of Filipinescas and Bayanihan dance troupes, graduated from St. Paul College Manila; she is the daughter of Esperanza Acuña Arnaldo, a first-degree cousin of President Roxas, and Antonio Habana Jr., the son of Capiz congressman Antonio Sr. who was nominated in 1937 to become the first city mayor of Davao.

(Source: Anton Paast, Descendants of American, Spanish, and European Settlers in the Philippines, Facebook, 21 May 2022)

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Secretary Ramon Lopez says stagflation is unlikely to happen as economic growth momentum is being experienced by the country. Edge Davao

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otorists will again have to pay more for petroleum products this week, as oil firms are set to implement increases for the third straight week.

In separate advisories, Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp. and Seaoil Philippines Inc. said they will hike prices per liter of gasoline by P0.80, diesel

by P3.10, and kerosene by P1.70.

Cleanfuel will implement the same changes, excluding kerosene which it does not carry.

The changes will take effect at 6 a.m. on Tuesday, June 21, for the firms except for Cleanfuel, which will adjust prices at 8:01 a.m. the same day.

Other firms have yet to make similar announcements for the week.

The latest increase follows two straight weeks of major increases — gas-

oline by P2.15 per liter and diesel by P4.30 per liter on June 14; and gasoline by P2.70 per liter and diesel by P6.55 on June 7.

Department of Energy - Oil Industry Management Bureau Director Rino Abad over the weekend attributed the softer increase to the lockdown in China, but noted that the European Union’s ban on Russian imports continues to drive prices higher.

The latest data available from the Department

of Energy indicate that the year-to-date adjustments stand at a net increase of P28.70 per liter for gasoline, P41.15 per liter for diesel, and kerosene by P4.85 per liter as of June 14, 2022.

The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) earlier this month said it is set to roll out the second tranche of the P5-billion fuel subsidy program for drivers of public utility vehicles late this month or early July.

creased pessimism.

Wall Street stocks tumbled after the US central bank, seeking to cool inflation, on Wednesday raised the benchmark borrowing rate by 0.75 percentage points, the sharpest rise in nearly 30 years.

And economists see worrying signs that consumer confidence is weakening, with spending on services affected most sharply.

People are beginning to hold off on vacation plans -- domestic flight bookings were down 2.3 percent last month, Adobe Analytics reported --

and are cutting back on restaurant visits, haircuts and home repairs.

Inflation ‘unacceptably high’ Yellen conceded that “clearly inflation is unacceptably high,” attributing it partly to the war in Ukraine, which has pushed up energy and food prices.

But she said she did not believe “a dropoff in consumer spending is the likely cause of a recession.”

The US labor market is “arguably the strongest of the postwar period,” Yellen said, and she predicted a slowing of inflation

in coming months.

For Fed chair Jerome Powell -- who succeeded Yellen in that position -to control inflation without weakening the labor market will take “skill and luck,” she said, before adding, “but I believe it’s possible.”

The US economy contracted by 1.5 percent in the first quarter of this year, its first drop since 2020, and early indications point to a continued slowing in key sectors including manufacturing, real estate and retail sales.

A recent survey of 750 company executives

utgoing Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez said over the weekend that stagflation is unlikely to happen in the country, citing a rosy economic outlook.

Stagflation happens when there is slow economic growth, high inflation, and a high unemployment rate.

“Stagflation, malabo dahil nga dito sa growth momentum that we are experiencing despite the challenges,” Lopez said.

The World Bank’s Philippines Economic Update in June 2022 showed that the country’s economy may grow 5.7 percent in 2022 and 5.6 percent in 2023 and 2024.

“The growth outlook for the Philippines remains positive but subject to downside risks,” World

Bank senior economist Kevin Chua had said.

The IMF earlier said that the Asian region “faces a stagflationary outlook, with growth being lower than previously expected, and inflation being higher.”

Lopez said that economic growth will continue as long as there are no lockdowns, coupled with an increasing employment rate.

Some 2.76 million Filipinos were jobless in April as the unemployment rate eased to 5.7 percent for the month, the Philippine Statistics Bureau had said.

“Ang bilis naka-recover ng economy natin, ‘yung industry growth natin after the pandemic year of 2020, 2021 naggrow na kaagad ng 8.8

by the Conference Board found 76 percent believed a recession is looming or has already begun.

A recent analysis from the non-profit business group predicted a period of “stagflation” -- stagnant growth coupled with inflation -- in 2023.

Economist Larry Summers, who served as Treasury secretary from 1999 to 2001, said a wide range of indicators -- market volatility, interest rates and inflation among them -- suggest a recession on the horizon.

“All of that tells me that... the dominant probability would be that by

the end of next year we would be seeing a recession in the American economy,” Summers told NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

‘Pain’ at the pump For now, Americans are trying to cope with some historically sharp price increases. The cost of gas at the pump, now around $5 a gallon, has roughly doubled in only two years.

Yellen was asked about proposals for a temporary suspension in federal gas taxes, and expressed openness.

US President Joe Biden “wants to do any-

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US recession not ‘inevitable,’ Treasury secretary says

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recession in the United States is not “inevitable” but the economy is likely to slow, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said, days after the US Federal Reserve hiked interest rates, raising fears of a contraction.

“I expect the economy to slow” as it transitions to stable growth, she said on ABC’s “This Week,” but “I don’t think a recession is at all inevitable.”

The US economy has recovered strongly from the damage wrought by Covid-19, but soaring inflation and supply-chain snarls made worse by the war in Ukraine have in-

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President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr. waves to the crowd during the inauguration and oath taking of his runningmate, Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio, at San Pedro Square in Davao City on Sunday afternoon. Marcos’ economic team sees room for optimism amid multiple challenges despite the multiple challenges it will be facing when it assumes office on June 30. Edge Davao

BBM economic team sees room for optimism amid multiple challenges Higher CA deficit, not a bad thing: BSP exec

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he Philippines’ current account (CA) is projected to post a higher deficit in the coming years but a ranking central bank official said there are structural inflows that would offset this.

In a briefing on Friday, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Department of Economic Research Managing Director Zeno Ronald R. Abenoja said the country has registered CA deficits in recent years.

This, however, is not a negative development because it was due to higher goods importation due to increased infrastructure spending, Abenoja said.

“Given that these investment expenditures over the past years could improve the economy’s potential capacity, we expect that the subsequent rise in exports and investment capital inflows will help alleviate the pressure in (the) trade gap, as well

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nsurance penetration in the Philippines has been improving but challenges remain, thus, the need to further boost financial literacy, among others, stakeholders said.

At around 2 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) insurance penetration rate, Insurance Commissioner Dennis Funa, in a reply to questions from the Philippine News Agency (PNA) said on Friday the level of people with insurance coverage remains low

compared to other jurisdictions in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean).

He, however, noted that “the insurance penetration rate has been increasing consistently and continuously over the years.”

“We are somewhere in the middle in the Asean rankings. The biggest hurdle is the growth of the middle-income sector which can easily afford the insurance premiums,” Funa said.

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he incoming administration will be facing multiple challenges when it assumes office on June 30, but strong fundamentals and bright macroeconomic prospects provide room for optimism,” according to a briefer gathered by President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. from his designated economic team.

“We have all heard encouraging statements from the incoming economic managers led by outgoing Bangko Sentral governor and incoming finance chief, Benjamin Diokno, that our new administration will be taking off from sound economic fundamentals,” Marcos said in a news release on Sunday, referring to the briefer.

“It will not be an easy road ahead, but we are not without the necessary wherewithal and elbow room to manage the challenges,” he added.

Among challenges Marcos will have to contend with are government’s Covid-19 exit strategy, soaring oil prices, accelerating inflation rate, effects of the war in Ukraine, and a looming worldwide food crisis.

While Covid-19 stalled the Philippines’ momentum from pre-pandemic annual growth by at least 6 percent, “now we have bounced back and returned to our robust growth path,” Diokno said, in a speech in

Manila on June 13.

“The International Monetary Fund shares the view about the Philippines’ favorable economic prospects vis-à-vis its peers. In its latest World Economic Outlook report, the IMF projects the Philippines to post the fastest growth in the region this year at 6.5 percent,” he said.

Outperforming neighbors Diokno explained the Philippine economy is outperforming neighbors, growing by 8.3 percent in the first quarter of 2022, exceeding Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Singapore, and Thailand.

He noted broad-based expansion in the first quarter of 2022, with agriculture, forestry, and fishing growing by 0.2 percent; industry by 10.4 percent; and services by 8.6 percent.

Still reeling from the effects of the pandemic, the manufacturing sector is also performing aggressively with the S&P Global Philippines Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ In-

dex reaching 54.1 percent in May this year -- the highest in over four years.

Consumer and business confidence are on an upswing: consumer sentiment is seen to hit 30.4 percent for the next 12 months, while business confidence index is expected to hit 69.8 percent for the same period after rising to 59.7 percent in the second quarter of 2022.

The Philippines’ foreign direct investments are “soaring,” with net inflow jumping by 8 percent to USD1.71 billion in January and February 2022, after hitting a record high of USD10.5 billion in 2021.

Gross international reserves (GIR) as of end-April 2022 stood at USD106.8 billion, equivalent to 9.4 months’ worth of imports -- three times more than the minimum standard of three months which the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has to maintain.

A country’s GIR is deemed “adequate” when it is able to finance at least three months’ worth of the most immediate obligations: imports of goods and debt service.

Diokno further said, “Household consumption increased by 10.1 percent, while government consumption grew by 3.6 percent; exports and imports also improved with 10.3 percent and 15.6 percent

expansion, respectively.”

Employment has “significantly improved,” with 1.5 million jobs created from February to March this year, from an unprecedented 17.6 percent unemployment rate at the height of lockdowns in April 2020.

And while massive spending was necessary as part of government’s pandemic response, which resulted in higher debt-toGDP ratio, Diokno is confident debt will go down to 60.4 percent in 2024, two years into the Marcos administration.

Diokno said, “It is worth emphasizing that our current level of debt-to-GDP ratio is well below the figure for other economies, some of which have debts over 100 percent or even 200 percent of their GDP.” Philippine debt stood at 63.5 percent of GDP at the end of first quarter 2022.

As for provisional advances amounting to USD10.3 billion the BSP extended to the national government at the height of the health crisis in 2020-2021, Diokno bared these have been fully paid before the maturity schedule on June 11, 2022.

Foreign investments Diokno also noted the Philippines will continue to attract foreign investments with the current administration’s enactment of the

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AOF FOUNDATION DONATES TO CRISIS CENTERS IN PANABO CITY

On June 8, 2022, The Don Antonio O. Floirendo, Sr. Foundation (AOFF) conducted a donation drive at the St. Therese Crisis Center and St. Joseph Bahay Pag-asa Home in Datu Abdul Dadia, Panabo City. Both these shelters are being operated by the City Social Welfare and Development Office.

The AOF Foundation donated different kinds of resources to the shelters and was headed by AOFF Executive Director, Mr. Norman Clemente, as initiated by TADECO QAGroup Manager, Ms. Victoria Floirendo Brias.

St. Therese Crisis Center provides temporary shelter, protective custody, and rehabilitation to underage women who are victims of abuse. It has a total of 20 residents ranging from 2 to 17 years old.

St. Joseph Bahay Pag-Asa Home, on the other hand, is a detention home center that caters to male juveniles in conflict with the law. The center serves as a custodian of the young men who

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are waiting for court judgement while being taught how to become law-abiding citizens under therapeutic care.

The AOF Foundation also pledged to accommodate the residents of both shelters into a TLTC training where they will have a chance to do TLTC livelihood programs and earn their own income.

These shelters are part of the AOF Foundations’ chosen beneficiaries.

The Don Antonio O. Floirendo, Sr. Foundation (AOFF) is the Corporate Social Responsibility arm of the ANFLO Group of Companies.

percent ‘yung industry, tapos 10.1 [percent] nitong first quarter,” Lopez added.

“Maraming manufacturing activity meaning may trabaho rin.”

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, meanwhile, also

said that it does not view stagflation as an immediate risk to the Philippine economy.

The central bank said it remains optimistic that the Philippines will sustain its economic recovery.

thing he possibly can to help consumers,” she said. “And that’s an idea that’s certainly worth considering.”

The White House recently confirmed Biden will travel to major oil producer Saudi Arabia during a Mideast trip next month.

The president is “very

concerned about what people are experiencing at the pump,” Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm told CNN Sunday.

“Saudi Arabia is head of OPEC and we need to have increased production so that everyday citizens in America will not be feeling this pain that they’re feeling.”

as concerns in financing the current account,” he said.

He said higher commodity prices in the global economy in recent years are also another factor for the increase in the CA deficit.

The CA deficit, Abenoja said, could be financed by the continued robust remittance inflows from overseas Filipino workers, the revenues of the Business Process Outsourc-

ing sector, travel receipts as the country welcomes more travelers from overseas, and foreign investments coming in.

The BSP’s policy-making Monetary Board has approved the latest balance of payment (BOP) projections for 2022 and 2023.

The latest BOP projection for the year is a deficit of USD6.3 billion, higher than the previous USD4.3 billion. (PNA)

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amended Retail Trade Liberalization Act, Foreign Investments Act, and Public Services Act. As an added boost to the reform momentum, the tax system Marcos will inherit is “much better,” according to Diokno, after the Duterte administration reformed personal income tax and corporate income tax; increased taxes on cigarettes three times; increased tax on petroleum products; and imposed tax for the first time on sugary products.

Marcos’ development agenda will also be backed up by a “better state of infrastructure.”

“During the last six years, the Duterte administration invested heavily in infrastructure under its ‘Build, Build, Build’ program. I call the period 2016-2021 as the Philippines’ Golden Age of Infrastructure, with infrastructure spending as percent of GDP hitting an average of 5.0 percent. In contrast, infra spending as a percent of GDP averaged 1.5 percent from 2001 to 2009 and 2.5 from 2010 to 2015.

“A total of 88 infrastructure flagship projects for completion in 2023 and beyond will be up for the next administration to continue,” Diokno said.

During the election

campaign, then candidate Marcos lauded President Rodrigo Duterte for revitalizing infrastructure development, and vowed to follow through with “Build Better More” which will include digital infrastructure.

Marcos has stressed earlier that the present momentum and gains as a result of the efforts of the current administration must be unimpeded, and should be made stronger through the adoption of more creative and innovative ways to further stimulate infrastructure development and create jobs.

Based on records from the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), some 6.5 million jobs have been generated under “Build, Build, Build.”

Diokno echoed the need for continuity in governance to sustain economic gains and improve the welfare of Filipinos.

“While changes come with a new set of challenges, I believe the country will significantly benefit from the policy continuity that the incoming administration is poised to observe,” he said. “I am confident that the transition in administration in the Philippines will pave the way for more economic gains for the Filipino people,” he added.

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He said people from the low-income sector are not far behind because they can buy microinsurance, which, he said, “has also been growing over the years.”

Funa added that “financial literacy amongst Filipinos needs improvement” but also cited that “we have also seen significant improvements in this regard over the years.”

The government does not have a specific growth target for insurance penetration but has several programs such as financial literacy and the adoption of digital initiatives that will help increase the number of Filipinos who have insurance coverage, he said.

“The insurance sector in the country is vibrant.

With an improved GDP, we will see further growth in the insurance sector,” Funa added.

Relatively, Insular Life (InLife) President and Chief Executive Officer Raoul Antonio E. Littaua said ideally insurance penetration of a country should be around the same growth as its domestic output, which for the Philippines is about 6 percent before the pandemic.

He cited the need to enhance financial literacy programs in the country and strengthen lessons even in schools.

“And because of the low level of penetration rate in the Philippines we have a lot of elbow room to grow,” he said.

18th tee.

The Englishman sent his tee shot into a left fairway bunker, but blasted a magnificent approach to 18 feet and two putted for par.

“I hit a 3-wood into the bunker and if there was one shot I’ve struggled with this year that I do not want it’s a fairway bunker shot,” said Fitzpatrick.

“I guess ability just took over. It’s one of the best shots I’ve hit of all time.

When I saw it leave the sand and felt the strike I couldn’t

have been happier.”

Zalatoris had a 14-foot birdie putt to force a playoff but when he missed, the record $3.15 million top prize went to Fitzpatrick.

“Matt’s shot on 18 is going to be shown probably for the rest of US Open history,” Zalatoris said.

“I walked by it and thought that going for it was going to be ballsy, but the fact that he pulled it off and even had a birdie look was just incredible. So hats off to him.”

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A4 Philippines team captain Hali Long (5) and Ireland team captain Katie McCabe (11) pose with match officials ahead of their friendly. Photo courtesy of the PWNFT.

Pinay booters fall to Ireland 1-0 in friendly T

he Philippine women’s national football team put up a tough fight against a higher-ranked Ireland side, losing 1-0 in an international friendly on Sunday at the Bellis Field in Antalya, Turkey.

The match is part of the Filipinas’ preparations for the AFF Women’s

Championship 2022 that will be held in the Philippines next month.

Lily Agg, making her international debut, put the 27th ranked Ireland ahead in the 37th minute, tapping in the rebound off a deflection after a run made by Stephanie Roche.

But the Filipinas also threatened the Ireland defense, with Carleigh Frilles being flagged for offside in

the first half, while Isabella Flanigan had her chance in a counter-attacking opportunity before being denied.

Frilles had another opportunity in the second half but sent her shot wide.

This was the first taste of action for the Philippine women’s team, now ranked 53rd in the world

by FIFA, since they won bronze in the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Vietnam last month.

According to a report by the Ireland FA, the players who did not feature in the game participated in a 9v9 practice game against the Philippines “to ensure everyone underwent a

workout” after the match.

Ireland is preparing for a 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup qualifier against Georgia, set for June 27.

For the Filipinas, their camp continues with two friendly matches against No. 63 Bosnia and Herzegovina on June 23 and 27 in Slovenia.

England’s Fitzpatrick wins US Open Golf

Matt Fitzpatrick of England tess off at the ninth tee during the final round of the 2022 US Open golf tournament at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts, USA, 19 June 2022. Amanda Sabga, EPA-EFE

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ROOKLINE -- England’s Matt Fitzpatrick captured his first major title on Sunday by winning the US Open in dramatic fashion, making spectacular shots as rivals crumbled under final-round pressure.

After a thrilling threeman fight down the back nine at The Country Club, Fitzpatrick fired a two-under-par 68 to finish on sixunder-par 274 and defeat Americans Scottie Scheffler and Will Zalatoris by one stroke.

“I’m going to say it because I won but I hit some unbelievable shots coming down the stretch and that’s what I work for,” Fitzpatrick said.

With perseverance, Fitzpatrick delivered his

first professional US victory for a long-sought major trophy.

“It’s what you grow up dreaming of,” Fitzpatrick said. “It’s something I’ve worked so hard for for such a long time. There was a big monkey on my back trying to win over here and everyone, all they ever talked about was that. To do it as a major for my first win -– there’s nothing better.”

World number 18 Fitzpatrick, who won the 2013 US Amateur at The Country Club, matched Jack Nicklaus as the only US Open and US Amateur winners on the same course, the US legend doing the double at Pebble Beach.

“It means the world,” Fitzpatrick said of the achievement.

The 27-year-old from Sheffield, who shared fifth last month at the PGA Championship for his best prior major result, sank a stunning 48-foot birdie putt at the 13th hole to grab a share of the lead.

At the 15th, Fitzpatrick blasted out of the right rough to just inside 19 feet and rolled in a tension-packed putt to reach 6-under and lead by two thanks to a Zalatoris bogey.

“Got a couple of nice breaks on 15 and took advantage of it and that’s what it took in the end,” Fitzpatrick said.

After birdies by topranked Masters champion Scheffler at 17 and Zalatoris on 16, Fitzpatrick clung to a one-stroke lead at the

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Republic of the Philippines City of Davao Office of the Sangguniang Panlungsod 19 th City Council 8 th Regular Session Series of 2022 PRESENT: Councilor Councilor Councilor Councilor Councilor Councilor Councilor Councilor Councilor Councilor Councilor Councilor Councilor Councilor Councilor Councilor Councilor Councilor Councilor Councilor Councilor Councilor Councilor Councilor Councilor Councilor

Louie John J. Bonguyan - Temporary Presiding Officer Ralph O. Abella Nilo D. Abellera Bai Hundra Cassandra Dominique N. Advincula Wilberto E. Al-ag Dante L. Apostol Sr. Conrado C. Baluran Jessica M. Bonguyan Pilar C. Braga Augusto Javier G. Campos III Danilo C. Dayanghirang Jonard C. Dayap Edgar P. Ibuyan Jr. Edgar R. Ibuyan Sr. Richlyn N. Justol-Baguilod Pamela A. Librado-Morata Diosdado Angelo Junior R. Mahipus Rodolfo M. Mande Jaffar U. Marohomsalic Bonifacio E. Militar Myrna G. L’Dalodo-Ortiz Antoinette G. Principe-Castrodes J. Melchor B. Quitain Jr. Alberto T. Ungab Mary Joselle D. Villafuerte Jesus Joseph P. Zozobrado III

ABSENT: Vice Mayor Sebastian Z. Duterte

OB- Acting City Mayor

ORDINANCE NO. 0891-22 Series of 2022 AN ORDINANCE CREATING THE CITY PEACE 911 COUNCIL AND PEACE 911 SA BARANGAY, SUBJECT TO ALL LAWS AND EXISTING LEGAL RULES AND REGULATIONS Be it ordained by the Sangguniang Panlungsod of Davao City in session assembled, that: SECTION 1. TITLE - This Ordinance shall be referred to as “An Ordinance Creating the City Peace 911 Council and the Peace 911 sa Barangay, Subject to All Laws and Existing Legal Rules and Regulations”.

SECTION 2. DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES AND POLICIES A. The City Government of Davao is committed to the maintenance of peace and security within its jurisdiction, as a safe and peaceful environment is vital to the progress of a city when there are no risks and threats to its development.

B. Implementing and policymaking bodies are created for the purpose of peacebuilding.

C. There are eight (8) broad categories that create and sustain peaceful societies. The Institute for Economics and Peace has identified the following eight (8) Pillars of Positive Peace as the most common characteristics of most peaceful societies. These pillars are: • • • • • • • •

Well-functioning government; Low levels of corruption; Acceptance of the rights of others; Good relations with neighbors; Sound business environment; High level of human capital; Equitable distribution of resources; and Free flow of information.

The concept of Positive Peace acknowledges that ending direct violence alone does not guarantee durable peace. Ending direct violence is Negative Peace. For peace to endure, a society must build longer-term conditions that enable society to unify and flourish. This is called Positive Peace.

Investing in Positive Peace improves resilience, mitigates risks of violence, and reduces the economic toll from conflict. The Eight-Pillars of Positive Peace are highly interconnected and interact together to build a system. It therefore requires building capacities for peace, not only of the government, but also of local communities and other structures and institutions of the city. The establishment of Peace 911- The Center For Peacebuilding will contribute to the achievement of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations, in particular, Goal 16 on building peace, justice and strong institutions, strengthening human rights, reducing discrimination and inequality, promoting gender equality, preserving natural resources and protecting the climate.

D. Republic Act 7160, Section 3(b) states that there shall be established in every local government unit an accountable, efficient, and dynamic organizational structure and operating mechanism that will meet the priority needs and service requirements of its communities; and 3 (h) there shall be a continuing mechanism to enhance local autonomy not only by legislative enabling acts but also by administrative and organizational reforms.

E.

F.

Republic Act 7160, Section 76 states that every local government unit shall design and implement its own organizational structure and staffing pattern taking into consideration its service requirements and financial capacity, subject to the minimum standards and guidelines prescribed by the Civil Service Commission.

Republic of the Philippines Executive Order No. 70, Series of 2018, Institutionalizing the Whole-OfNation Approach in Attaining Inclusive and Sustainable Peace, Creating a National Task Force to end Local Communist Armed Conflict, and Directing the Adoption of A National Peace Framework”.

G. City of Davao Executive Order No. 54, Series of 2019, “An order Integrating Presidential Executive Order No. 70, Series of 2018, promulgated by President Rodrigo Roa Duterte and its Implementing Guidelines into The Peace 911, providing Funds Therefore and for Other Purposes.”

H. City of Davao Executive Order No. 08, Series of 2021, “An Order Amending Executive Order No. 54, Series of 2019, Redefining the Focus Area of Peace 911” - The Executive Order creates Peace 911 General Committee as a policymaking body of Peace 911, including its coverage, membership and functions.

SECTION 3. DEFINITION OF TERMS AND ACRONYMS: Barangay

Barangay functionaries shall refer to the SK

Functionaries

Treasurer, SK Secretary, SK Kagawads and other workers or personnel designated or engaged by the barangay performing official functions and duties, and whose remunerations are sourced from barangay funds

IEP

Institute for Economics and Peace- an independent think-tank and leader in the study of peace and conflict

Peace 911

Short name that refers to Peace 911- The Center for Peacebuilding

Peace 911The Center For Peacebuilding

The implementing or executive body for all peacebuilding concerns of the city government

Peacebuilding

Seeks to address the underlying causes of conflict, helping people to resolve their differences peacefully and lay the foundations to prevent future violence (Conciliatory Resources)

PPA

Programs, Projects and Activities

Policymaking

The formulation of ideas or plans that are used by an organization or government as a basis for making decisions. (Collins Dictionary)

Policymaking Body

The board or commission with policymaking authority over a health or human services agency.

Republic Act 7160

Republic Act No. 7160, otherwise known as the “Local Government Code of the Philippines

Secretariat

- The administrative department of a governmental organization (Merriam-Webster) - The officials or office entrusted with administrative duties, maintaining records, and overseeing or performing secretarial duties (Dictionary.com)

UN

United Nations

SECTION 4. CREATION OF THE PEACE 911 COUNCIL -The City Peace 911 Counciland the Peace 911 sa Barangay are hereby created pursuant to the provisions of this Ordinance: A. The City Peace 911 Council is hereby created pursuant to the provisions of this Ordinance; B. The Peace 911 sa Barangay shall be created in a barangay as recommended by the City Peace 911 Council and approved by the City Mayor, pursuant to the provisions of this Ordinance; C. Peace 911-The Center for Peacebuilding may recommend to the City Peace 911 Council the creation of Peace 911 sa Barangay in specific barangays of the city; D. All barangays included for the creation of the Peace 911 sa Barangay shall be approved by the City Mayor; E.

Composition of the City Peace 911 Council shall be reconstituted every fiscal year by the City Mayor;

F.

Composition of the Peace 911 sa Barangay shall be reconstituted every fiscal year by the Punong Barangay and concurred by the Barangay Council.

SECTION 5. DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE CITY PEACE 911 COUNCIL - The duties and functions of the City Peace 911 Council are the following: A. Serves as the advisory body of the City Government of Davao in all matters involving peace promotion; B. Coordinates with the Peace 911 sa Barangay and build peace tables that the communities can use as a sounding board to inform the government of their concerns relative to development in their communities; C. Helps create viable, long-term solutions to community concerns in peacebuilding in order to achieve a peaceful community and promote a safer environment free from all security risks and threats; D. Plans, analyzes and evaluates programs and activities related to peacebuilding; E.

Performs other related tasks pursuant to the provisions of this Ordinance.

SECTION 6. COMPOSITION OF THE CITY PEACE 911 COUNCIL- Members of the City Peace 911 Council shall be appointed by the City Mayor pursuant to the provisions of this Ordinance: A. The City Peace 911 Council shall be composed of: 1.

2 3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

The City Mayor or his/her duly authorized representative to act as Chairperson; Two (2) members from the Government; Two (2) members from the Private Sector; One (1) member from Faith-based Organization; One (1) member from the Education Sector; One (1) member from the City Councilors; and One (1) member from the Youth Sector.

B. The Vice-Chairperson shall be elected by the members of the City Peace 911 Council.

C. Members of the Peace 911 General Committee shall form part of the initial composition of the City Peace 911 Council.

D. Members of the City Peace 911 Council shall be appointed by the City Mayor pursuant to the provisions of this Ordinance.

SECTION 7. RENAMING OF PEACE 911 GENERAL COMMITTEE- The Peace 911 General Committee, as created under Executive Order No. 08, Series of 2021 of the City of Davao, shall be known as the “City Peace 911 Council”. All previous documents, memoranda and Ordinances bearing the name Peace 911 General Committee shall be recognized as one and the same with the City Peace 911 Council.

SECTION 8. SECRETARIAT OF CITY PEACE 911 COUNCIL - Peace 911- The Center for Peacebuilding shall act as the secretariat of the City Peace 911 Council. The duties and responsibilities of the Secretariat are as follows: a.

Provides a clerical staff in all meetings of the City Peace 911 Council;

b. Keeps and maintains all records and documents of the City Peace 911 Council; c.

Organizes conferences, meetings and other activities of the City Peace 911 Council;

d. Prepares the guidelines of all activities; e.

Prepares and submits budgetary requirements;

f.

Prepares the agenda of every meeting and forwards copies of the Minutes of Meeting to the City mayor and the members of the City Peace 911 Council;

g.

Provides communication conduit between the City Peace 911 Council and the Peace 911 sa Barangay;

h. Provides technical assistance; i.

Performs other duties and responsibilities for the City Peace 911 Council as instructed by the City Mayor, pursuant to the provisions of this Ordinance.

SECTION 9. DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE PEACE 911 SA BARANGAY - The duties and functions of the Peace 911 sa Barangay are as follows: a.

Recommends programs and coordinates peacebuilding activities consistent with the city’s peacebuilding policies;

b. Formulates and implements a comprehensive and integrated peacebuilding plan for the barangay; c.

Facilitates and supports peacebuilding programs at the barangay level;

d. Consolidates information needed for peacebuilding; e.

Organizes training and knowledge management in coordination with Peace 911-The Center for Peacebuilding and the Barangay Council;

f.

Secures resolution of concurrence from the barangay council for all plans, programs and activities of the Peace 911 sa Barangay;

g.

Analyses and evaluates plans, activities and programs related to peacebuilding efforts at the barangay level;

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h. Performs other tasks as needed pursuant to the objectives of this Ordinance.

SECTION 10. MEMBERS OF THE PEACE 911 SA BARANGAY - Members of the Peace 911 sa Barangay shall be appointed by the Punong Barangay and concurred with a resolution from the Barangay Council: A. The chairperson shall be appointed by the Punong Barangay from the identified members of the Peace 911 sa Barangay; B. The Peace 911 sa Barangay shall be composed of the following: 1.

One (1) member from the Barangay Kagawads;

2.

One (1) member from either the Barangay Secretary, Barangay Treasurer or any Barangay Functionary who shall act as the secretary;

3.

Five (5) members from any of the following sectors in the barangay: a. b. c. d. e. f. g. h. i. j. k. l. m.

Farm sector; Faith-based-sector; Indigenous Peoples sector; Youth sector; Women sector; Education sector; Commercial sector; Industrial sector; Health sector; Cooperative sector; Fisheries sector; Transport sector; Private sector.

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MGB XI, ARC NICKEL RESOURCES INC., AND RESIDENTS OF BARANGAY PINTATAGAN AND BARANGAY MAPUTI, DAVAO NLEX forward ORIENTAL JOIN FORCES FOR ADOPT-A-RIVER PROGRAM Calvin Oftana

againstAlberto Lascano Davao City – Mines and Geosciences Bureau Regional Directordrives Atty. Jasper SMB’ s Vic participates in the Adopt-A-River Program of Arc Nickel Resources Inc. (ANRI)Main Pintatagan River and Maputi River in Davao Oriental which commenced last June 15, nuel.

2022. Together with the residents of both localities, the river clean-up aims to improve the environmental quality of both rivers and continue the fruitful collaboration of ANRI and its host communities.

“We at the Mines and Geosciences Bureau Region XI are sincerely grateful for this collaborative effort of our partner from the mining sector, the Local Government Unit, and the residents of both Barangay Pintatagan and Barangay Maputi for committing to enhance the quality of our rivers. We look forward to participating in more of these programs to ensure the protection and conservation of our water bodies”, said RD Lascano.

C. Only one (1) representative from each of the identified sectors shall be allowed to be a member of the Peace 911 sa Barangay; D. The Barangay Council shall submit a resolution naming the members of the Peace 911 sa Barangay to the Peace 911 – The Center for Peacebuilding; E. F.

All barangays classified as agricultural shall have a member from the farm sector; All barangays with Indigenous Peoples Mandatory Representative (IPMR) shall have a member from the Indigenous Peoples sector.

G. All barangays along the coast with constituents engaged in fishing shall have a member from the fisheries sector; H. A barangay can identify the inclusion of one (1) sector not listed in this Ordinance through a barangay resolution stating the relevance of the sector, and approved by the City Peace 911 Council; I.

Changes in the present members of the Peace 911 sa Barangay shall be approved by the Barangay Council and submitted to Peace 911-The Center for Peacebuilding.

SECTION 11. POLICIES FORMULATED BY PEACE 911 SA BARANGAY – All policies created and adopted by Peace 911 sa Barangay shall be submitted and approved by the City Peace 911 Council. Approved policies by Peace 911 sa Barangay shall be adopted by the Barangay Council through a barangay resolution.

SECTION 12. SUPPORT OFFICES OF THE CITY GOVERNMENT – The following offices shall provide support to the City Peace 911 Council and Peace 911 sa Barangay: a. City Health Office; b. City Agriculturist’s Office; c. City Veterinarian’s Office; d. City Administrator’s Office-City Economic Enterprise; e. City Cooperative Development Office; f. City Social Welfare and Development Office; g. City Tourism Operations Office; h. City Engineer’s Office; i. City Planning and Development Office; j. City Local Civil Registrar; k. City Environment and Natural Resources Office; l. City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office; m. Public Safety and Security Office; n. All other offices as recommended and approved by the City Mayor.

SECTION 13. MANPOWER COMPLEMENT – The City Mayor shall be allowed to employ emergency personnel or technical advisers needed by the City Peace 911 Council through Contract of Services or Job Orders, based on the availability of budget pursuant to Section 77 of Republic Act 7160, otherwise known as the Local Government Code of 1991 and subject to government rules and regulations on budgeting, accounting and auditing.

SECTION 14. PERIODIC MEETINGS – The City Peace 911 Council and Peace 911 sa Barangay shall convene at least once every quarter of the fiscal year. The members of the City Peace 911 shall be convened anytime by the City Mayor or through a documented invitation signed by majority of the members. Members of Peace 911 sa Barangay shall be convened anytime by the designated chairperson. Schedule and frequency of periodic meetings may be altered by the chairperson as the need arises and approved by majority of its members but not less than the required meeting every quarter of the fiscal year.

SECTION 15. HONORARIA – The Office of the City Mayor shall provide the members of the City Peace 911 Council with Honoraria. Honoraria for Peace 911 sa Barangay shall be provided by the Barangay Council or the Office of the City Mayor. The amount and frequency of Honoraria shall be approved by the City Mayor. All Honoraria are subject to availability of funds and government rules and regulations on budgeting, accounting and auditing.

SECTION 16. APPROPRIATION – The appropriation necessary for the implementation of this Ordinance shall be included by the City Budget Officer in the proposed Annual Budget of the City Government.

SECTION 17. SEPARABILITY CLAUSE – If for any reason or reasons, any part or provision of this Ordinance shall be declared unconstitutional or invalid, other parts or provisions thereof which are not affected thereby shall continue to be in full force and effect.

SECTION 18. AUTOMATIC REVIEW – The Sangguniang Panlungsod shall automatically review this Ordinance once every three (3) years after its approval or whenever the need for such review arises.

SECTION 19. EFFECTIVITY – This Ordinance shall take effect upon its approval.

ENACTED, February 22, 2022, by a unanimous vote of all the Members of the Sanggunian, there being a quorum.

CERTIFIED CORRECT:

ATTESTED: SGD. LOUIE JOHN J. BONGUYAN City Councilor

Temporary Presiding Officer cns/kjtq

April 12, 2022 APPROVED : _______________

ATTESTED:

AN ORDINANCE CREATING THE CITY PEACE 911 COUNCIL AND PEACE 911 SA BARANGAY, SUBJECT TO ALL LAWS AND EXISTING LEGAL RULES AND REGULATIONS

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their day.

“This is a time for families to celebrate — but you are here with me. Daghang salamat sa inyong pagtambong ug pagkuyog kanako niining adlawa,” she said.

She cited the importance of family in the development of children, especially that nowadays according to her children are facing a very complex future, one that is rife with conflict and uncertainties.

Some of these challenges include the winding cycle of poverty, the trauma of broken families, the lifelong baggage because of irresponsible and bad parenting, the abandonment issues due to an absentee parent, the anguish of gender confusion and discrimination, and the destruction brought about by drugs, the lure of easy money in

criminality, cases of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases, the failure to identify and speak up against different kinds of abuses, the life-altering effects of teenage pregnancy, the detrimental effects of illiteracy, the emotional injury of bullying, unstable mental wellness, recruitment to support terrorism, misinformation on the internet.

“And the list could be endless. A strong, loving, happy family sets down all the basic foundations essential to the development and growth of a child.

At home, parents have to teach children the values of integrity, discipline, respect, and compassion for others,” she said.

She emphasized that each Filipino family must emphasize that education

begins at home.

“Atong isilsil sa ilang alimpatakan nga ang maayong pamatasan, ang edukasyon, ug pagpaningkamot maoy magdala kanila palayo sa kinabuhi nga puno og kalisod, padulong sa maayong kinabuhi nga ilang gihandom. We should not as we could not afford to squander the future of our children,” she said.

Duterte also mentioned that one of the most important lessons she has learned as she navigates life and the same thing that she believes the people should ponder upon as one country united in the determination to overcome difficulties and achieve aspirations.

“Is that we should commit to heart the priorities of God, country, and family,” she said.

ing a green Filipiniana, emerged from the cathedral with her mother Elizabeth Zimmermann and her brother incoming Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte when the mass ended and walked towards the event venue.

The highlight of the event was when Duterte-Carpio hugged her mother and father, President Duterte, after she took her oath. It was the first time that Duterte-Carpio and her father have come together

after the election.

It can be recalled that a misunderstanding happened between the President and his daughter last year when Duterte opted to run as Vice President rather than giving in to her father’s request for her to run for the highest post last election.

It was considered a historic day for Dabawenyos as it was the first time that they witnessed a second highest official of the country inaugurated in Davao

City.

“Ako po si Inday Sara.

A proud Dabawenya. A proud Mindanawon. Hindi ako ang pinakamagaling, o pinakamatalinong tao sa Pilipinas at sa mundo — ngunit walang makakatalo sa tibay ng puso ko bilang isang Filipino,” Duterte said in her inaugural speech.

Some officials in the business sector, the city government of Davao, and celebrities were also present at the activity.

are land in Brgy. Parang, Bagac, Bataan, which was donated by the Province of Bataan through Governor Albert Garcia, and will feature facilities and amenities for administrative, athletes’ and coaches’ dormitories, sports science and medical centers and worship and meditation rooms.

The state-of-the-art PSTC is also expected to include sports facilities for 39

Olympic and non-Olympic sports in aquatics, athletics, gymnastics, taekwondo, and weightlifting, among others.

The amount of P3.5 billion is appropriated by the law for the construction of infrastructure and shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act. The said amount is necessary to carry out other provisions of the Act,

particularly for the maintenance, operation, and management of the PSTC. PSC Commissioner Arnold Agustin, Commissioner Celia Kiram and Commissioner Charles Raymond Maxey were also in attendance for the groundbreaking ceremony, together with Chief of Staff and National Training Director Marc Edward Velasco.

police office, said in an interview that the suspect’s presence in the city was initially monitored by intelligence operatives two weeks ago.

He said Lacsamana is a

transient and with no permanent address in the city, and reportedly traveled to the area from Toril, Davao City via a public utility vehicle.

“He was under surveil-

lance for two weeks. Our operatives were able to finalize a transaction with him yesterday (Saturday) so he surfaced and was eventually entrapped,” he said.

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PRRD LEGACY President Rodrigo Roa Duterte and PSC chairman Butch Ramirez led the groundbreaking rites of the Philippine Sports Training Center (PSTC) in Bagac, Bataan on Friday.

Duterte leads groundbreaking rites of PSTC

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resident Rodrigo Roa Duterte led the groundbreaking rites of the Philippine Sports Training Center (PSTC) in Bagac, Bataan on Friday, which will serve as a new state-of-the-art sports training facility for national athletes.

The President highlighted the impact of sports development on the positive development of the Filipino youth, “this project shows our concerted effort and how it can create a huge impact in the future of our athletes and of the Filipino youth as a whole.

With this facility I am confident, we will raise and develop more world-class athletes who will represent the Philippines in international competitions and usher the Philippine sports industry here in the country,” Duterte said in his speech.

The president commended everyone involved in “this great project which should be the future home and primary venue and development of our national athletes. I wish to recognize the contribution and generosity of the Bataan Provincial Government for donating 250,000 square meters of land here in Bagac for the establishment of the PSTC.” Republic Act 11214 was signed in February 2019, that gives mandate to create an advanced sports facility that will promote and develop sports in the country and ensure the country’s success in the Olympic Games and promote international amity among nations.

“Our country has been wanting an advanced national sports training facility for a long time, and the creation of the PSTC could not have come at the most opportune time. We at the Philippine Sports Commission are extremely grateful to our beloved President Rodrigo Roa Duterte for making this historic development in Philippine sports possible,” said PSC Chairman William “Butch” Ramirez in his speech.

The sports agency chief added that this law and groundbreaking is truly a milestone as this will become only the second national sports training center since the construction of the historic Rizal Memorial Sports Complex in Manila in the 1920s.

“Nagpapasalamat po kami sa inyo Pangulong Duterte at sa Philippine Sports Commission for choosing Bataan as the site of our Philippine Sports Training Center, kung saan ang ating elite athletes ay magte-training at kami ay maka pagsisimula ng aming grassroots program for future athletes ng bansa,” said Governor Albert Garcia, who was also joined

by Congressman Joet Garcia.

As envisioned in the law, the PSTC will be located in a 25-hect-

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