P 15.00 • 12 PAGES@EdgeDavao edgedavao@gmail.comwww.edgedavao.netf EDGE Serving a seamless society DAVAO SPORTS P 12 VOL.15 ISSUE 112 • TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, 2022 FALCONSSOAR SUCCESSMASSIVE Holding of the 37th Kadayawan sa Davao a success: Execom An elementary student seems to be shy and hesitant to enter her classroom as she observe first by peeking behind a wall during the official opening of School Year 2022-2023 at Kabacan Elementary School in Ecoland, Davao City. Edge Davao STORY ON PAGE 2
the minimum public health standards (MPHS). “Kani nga celebration, limited kaayo ang lihok but again wala ta nagpalupig niya proactive ta to really continue with our celebra tion even sa atong spec tators we are also thank ful (to them) for wearing masks,” he said over Davao City Disaster Radio (DCDR) on Monday.Alejandre reported ear lier that the city was able to reach more than the 50,000-tourist target and the hotel occupancy rate supported this, however, income generated from tourists it is still being ver ified. “Nalipay pud mi nga ni kita ang atong kaigsoonang Dabawenyo sa ingon ani nga panahon nga dagsa ang bisita,” he said. He said that the Ex ecom, together with its sub-committees, will con duct a post-Kadayawan as sessment meeting to report observations and areas for
In-person classes to address PH learning poverty: group
Holding of the 37th Kadayawan sa Davao a success: Execom Despite the short stay at the helm of the city government and the limited days of preparations, Mayor Sebas tian “Baste” Duterte, the 37th Kadayawan sa Davao was a huge success, according to Councilor Al Ryan Alejandre.
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Frustration, confusion mar DSWD distribution of educational aid “Malampuson kaayo ang atoang Kadayawan with our new administra tion ni Mayor Baste Duterte maskin July 1, 2022 pa lang nag take over ang atoang mayor pero in just a cou ple of months ang prepa rations we can say na suc cessful kaayo ang atoang Kadayawan sa Davao,” Alejandre said, who is also the spokesperson for this year’s Kadayawan Execom. He also commended the public for observing Confusion and frustra tion marred the first day of the distribution here of educational cash assistance by the Depart ment of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Soc csksargen region over the weekend.Thousands of residents from this city and Saran gani province flocked to distribution kiosks set-up by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in the Soccsksar gen region for the aid to indigent students at P1,000 for every elementary stu dent, P2,000 for junior high student, P3,000 for every senior high school student and P4,000 for every col lege student to enable them to buy school supplies be fore classes start on August 22. There are three desig nated areas of distribution in this city to accommodate the influx of beneficiaries from this city and nearby Sarangani province, said a staff at the kiosk at the Uni hub in the downtown area. This is to avoid crowding at the DSWD field office, she said.Many of the hopeful beneficiaries spent the night in front of these of fices, yet many of them went home empty handed, lamented a female resident from nearby Alabel town in SaranganiRowenaprovince.Alido, who was trying to get assis tance for her two children, complained that she was given the runaround.
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An education advoca cy group on Monday said it welcomes the reopening of face-to-face classes in many schools this year, noting that the shift to distance learning worsened “learning pov erty” among Filipino stu dents.A World Bank report released in 2021 noted that the Philippines has a 90 percent learning pov erty, defined as the inabil ity of a child to “read and understand simple text by ageThis10.” is considerably higher compared to the average in East Asia and Pacific region, which is at 34.5Philippinepercent.
Business for Education (PBEd) acting executive director Justine Raagas said the reopen ing of schools will provide students an opportunity to catch up with their learn ing.“One of the biggest op portunities actually now is their return to classes. Before the pandemic, the numbers for learning pov erty, the numbers were lower. It was 70 percent. So the school closures, and the shift to purely modular learning, or lack of inter action in the classroom, or lack of supervision by teachers has actually exac erbated that,” she said. “There are ways to ad dress this by making sure that gaps are plugged with in the classroom. They’re assessed at the level where they are now, so they can be taught to catch up,” she added.
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Parents gather near the entrance of Kapitan Tomas Monteverde Sr. Elementary School along C. Bangoy Street in Davao City to wait and fetch their children during the opening of School Year 2022-2023 on Monday. Edge Davao
Raagas said the cause of learning poverty can be traced back to years of ne glect of the country’s hu man“Ourcapital.learners have al ways been going to school unprepared because they’re hungry. So there is that issue of malnutri tion that stems very earli er on. Since 2001, one out of three five-year-olds in the country are stunted or too short for their age. Meaning, they go to school, they’re hungry. They have poor cognitive abilities. They can’t comprehend what’s being taught be cause they already have these poor conditions.” She also noted that some teachers have been overburdened with admin istrative work. “And lastly, we do not have enough resources. So while we have learning losses and gaps, historical ly only three percent of our (gross domestic product) has been allotted to the education sector, while the prescribed amount global ly should be 6 percent of the WhileGDP.” increasing the budget for education would help, Raagas said there are other ways to prevent the worsening of learning poverty in the country.“There has to be a way to also make spending more efficient. There has to be a way to, say, decen tralize and then make the decisions… The decisions actually in terms of what’s being spent, what has to be spent is all made centrally.”
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The event was also at tended by City of Mati May or Michelle Nakpil-Rabat, Vice Mayor Enzo Rabat, City Administrator Atty. Alejandro Aquino, city councilors, Mati Philippine National Police, Mati Philip pine Coast Guard, Mati City Bureau of Fire, city depart ment heads and their staff. “We are honored to be chosen to be one of the few, at least, to be validated for our Seal of Good Local Gov ernance,” Mayor Rabat said in her speech as she stated Once a feared rebel-in fested area, Paquiba to District in Davao City is now being eyed as an ideal area to plant coffee to increase production and meet the Felicitasdemand.“Joji” Pantoja, chair of the Davao Region Coffee Council and chief executive officer of Coffee for Peace Inc., said there is insufficient land for coffee cultivation. She said it is only in Mt. Apo where Ara bica coffee is being cultivat ed. “We only have the Mt. Apo area for our Arabica coffee plantation. I think the city is trying to increase at pasukin ang Paquibato area even in Marilog district. That would be a positive in crease of coffee plantation but we wanted to see more of a bigger plantation so we can really supply yung demand. Kulang na tayo sa lupa na pagtataniman. Even Robusta is in demand sa ibang bansa because we al ready have proven sa Milan, sa Paris, that we have differ ent tasting Robusta here,” PantojaRonaldsaid. Yu, executive director of the Philippine Coffee Guild, confirmed that there is a decline in the pro duction of coffee. He said the industry is importing around 65 percent of coffee
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“Our validation is based on the criteria of indicators that was approved by the council of SGLG. We will base it on that perspective and aspect. You did your best and God will do the rest,” SGLG team leader Sunga said in her message.
Kadayawan sa Davao 2022 Execom spokesperson Councilor Al Ryan Alejandre Even announces that the 37th Kadayawan sa Davao was successfully though the administration of Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte has only taken over for a month and with the limited days of preparations. Alejandre bared that the city was able to reach more than the 50,000-tourist target. Edge Davao
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Students of public schools in Davao City returned to their classrooms on Mon day after two years without face-toface classes and based on the assessment of the Davao City Police Office (DCPO), the opening of the SY 2022-2023 was smooth and peaceful. toring sa situation at very peaceful ang opening of classes,” said Lupaz over Davao City Disaster Radio (DCDR) on Monday. He also said schools are welcome to request addi tional security assistance from the “KungDCPO.anopa ang kail angan ng mga schools, DCPO is willing to help them,” he Meanwhile,said. Jenielito Atillo, spokesperson of the Department of Education 11 (DepEd 11), was report ed saying that DepEd 11 is delighted to see children re turning to their classrooms. He said only select ones that had successfully car ried out a pilot implemen tation of face-to-face classes are allowed to conduct full face-to-face classes start ing August 22, 2022. Other schools are allowed to hold classes in hybrid learning
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The evaluation team members are SGLG Nation al Validation Team Leader ARD Yvette Sunga CESO V, together with LGOO VI Maria Theresa Obatonon, LGOO II Ryan Cloyd Villan ueva and Gwennifyn Paulin Vaquillar, and Davao Orien tal DILG PD Orle Cabaobao. The team thorough ly checked the city de partments’ report when it comes to financial ad ministration, social pro tection and sensitivity, safety peace and order, sustainable education, di saster preparedness, envi ronmental business-friendlinessmanagement,and competitiveness, tourism, culture and arts, and youth development which are the indicators of the SGLG.
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Davao City Police (DCPO) director Col. Alber to Lupaz said police per sonnel were deployed to schools to provide security and assist in traffic control. “Nag deploy kami ng mga pulis to provide se curity. Everything is going smoothly. We are moni FF2F, P10
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“The [measure provid ing for the increase] lapsed into law after the budget [call] has already been com pleted so we did not include that,” DBM Undersecretary Tina Rose Marie Canda said in a press briefing. Canda was referring to the measure that lapsed into law last August 2, which provided for a P500 increase in the monthly pension of indigent senior citizens. From P500, the monthly pension will now be P1,000.“That[budget require ment] is around P24.5 bil lion,” she Canda,added.however, said the DBM will work with Congress to remedy this. “We would like the wis dom of Congress on this,” she “Wesaid. will be providing them with utilization rates of various agencies so they may at least know where it can be sourced,” Canda added.Likewise, Canda said that a P20-billion budget for buying COVID-19 vac cines in 2023 has been placed under an unpro grammed fund, meaning those budget items will be funded provided that the government generates enough revenues. As this developed, Can da also announced that the budget for the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Pro gram (4Ps) has been in creased to P115.6 billion from P106 billion to be able to cover around four million poorest of the poor households.Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman on Monday submitted to the House of Representatives the proposed P5.268 tril lion national budget for 2023.The House is eyeing to have the proposed budget approved on third and final reading by October 1.
The Philippine Associa tion of Stores and Carinde ria Owners (PASCO) earlier said that the insufficient deliveries of soft drinks had negatively affected their sales.Coca-Cola Philippines, along with Pepsi-Cola Products Philippines Inc. and ARC Refreshments Corp., earlier said that the bottling industry is facing a shortage of premium re fined sugar—a key ingre dient in making their prod ucts.According to Coca-Cola Philippines, there is cur rently a 400,000 metric ton shortage on top of the initially projected 200,000 metric ton shortfall in local Social pension hike for indigent seniors unfunded under proposed 2023 budget
Members of San Jose United CARP Beneficiaries Association (SJUFCBA) of San Jose, Quezon, Bukidnon receive feed-processor machines and farm equipment from the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) to improve their farm productivity and earning capabilities.
Top soft drink maker Coca-Cola Bev erages Philippines Inc. said Saturday the bottling industry would need 450,000 metric tons of premium refined sugar, on the heels of the government’s plan to import 150,000 metric tons of sug ar to plug a shortfall in local supply. This type of sugar is not the same sugar that is com monly used in households,” Coca-Cola Philippines said. “We have shared with the President that the industry needs at least 450,000 metric tons of pre mium refined bottler grade sugar to utilize 100% of its manufacturing capacity for the balance of the year and serve the orders of custom ers who are depending on our products for their sales and income,” it said.
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Industry needs 450,000 MT of premium refined sugar: Coke
In a statement, Coca-Co la Philippines thanked President Ferdinand Mar cos Jr., who is concurrently the head of the Department of Agriculture and chair man of the Sugar Regula tory Board, “for his imme diate action in addressing the current shortage of premium refined sugar in the However,Philippines.”the company said that “not all sugar is the “Foodsame.” and beverage manufacturers need premi um refined sugar to main tain high-quality products.
The P500 increase for the social pension of indigent or poor senior citizens is unfund ed under the proposed P5.268-trillion budget for 2023 so far, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said Monday.
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas said it signed a deal with partner retailers for the de ployment of Coin Deposit Machines (CoDM) in a bid to promote coin recircula tion.In a statement, the cen tral bank said it has recent ly signed a memorandum of understanding with SM Retail Inc, Filinvest Land Inc and Robinsons Super market for the deployment of 25 coin deposit ma chines in select retail estab lishments in greater Manila and nearby provinces. The automated CoDMs will allow consumers to deposit coins and redeem accumulated value from partner retail establish ments through shopping vouchers or reward card points, the BSP said. Customers can also opt to credit the amount to their participating bank accounts or e-wallets, it added.Coins collected from the machines will be re turned into circulation when partner retailers use them as change for overthe-counter payments of goods and services, the BSP said, adding that unfit coins would be “Thereretired.isa problem when it comes to recircu lating coins: some people hoard or collect them while some people leave them behind altogether, leading
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“The Department hopes that these farm machinery will help generate addition al income and make your organizations more resil ient as we face the concerns of climate change”, Pan dapatan said. He added that a total of P80,000.00 worth of agri-extension services in the form of technology and technical training were also channeled to the ARBs.
Speaker Ferdinand Mar tin Romualdez, Majority Leader Manuel Jose Dalipe, Minority Leader Marcelino Libanan, House Committee on Appropriations chairper son and Ako Bicol Party-list Representative Zaldy Co received the National Ex penditure Program (NEP), which is the first full oneyear outlay of President Fer dinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., from Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman at the social hall of the Speak er’s Office. Romualdez welcomed the submission of the pro posed 2023 budget, which he said would help acceler ate the country’s economic recovery.Hesaid the House is tar geting to finish committee and plenary deliberations on the budget proposal be fore October 1, when Con gress is scheduled to go on its first recess that will last The Department of Budget and Man agement (DBM) on Monday sub mitted to Congress the proposed PHP5.268-trillion national budget for 2023.
One of the oil depot in Brgy. Sasa, Davao City is seen from an Island Garden City of Samal (IGaCoS)-bound passenger boat. Oil firms will implement a P0.70 price hike per liter for gasoline, P2.60 for diesel, and P2.80 for kerosene starting today, August 23. Edge Davao The Bank of the Phil ippine Islands can compete head-to-head with digital banks especially since it has more assets and physical branches to assist consumers, its president Jose Teodoro Limcaoco said Monday.Limcaoco said BPI also has digital presence with its app considered as the top 2 mobile app in the country, next to mobile wallet GCash. Its microfinance arm BanKo, recently launched a digital savings account with a 4 percent interest rate per annum, which is higher than traditional banks and can compete with other digital banks.“Our advantage is that we have assets that can mitigate the high cost of li abilities that these fintech and digital banks are put ting on, we got brick and mortar branches that can serve customers,” Limcao co said.“We may not be as agile as them only because we need to be careful in our systems because we have millions of customers so we have to be more careful, but I think we will compete head-to-head and we will come out quite successful,” he added.Digital banks are banks that have no physical branches. Six digital banks were granted licenses by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas to operate in the country.
“The ARBs are still un dergoing a season-long Bukidnon farmers receive farm equipment, training on hog feeds processing from DAR up to Nov. 6. “The House of the Peo ple will effectively respond to the needs of the people especially in addressing the continued impact of the health crisis, and to create more jobs, and to ensure food security,” Romualdez said in his “Everyspeech.centavo of the national budget will be spent wisely to implement the programs that would save lives, protect communi ties, and make our economy strong and more agile,” he added.He also noted that the proposed budget would be used to finance the govern ment’s infrastructure proj ects through the Build Back MoreTheprogram.chamber, he said, will perform its constitu tional mandate to scrutinize next year’s national budget and ensure its passage in a transparent and timely manner.“As representatives of the people, we will go through this budget thor oughly judiciously but with dispatch. And I have com mitted to the Executive its swift passage for its signing into law before the end of the year,” he Pangandaman,added. for her part, said the DBM will co ordinate closely with the BPI unfazed by competition with digital banks: official
To improve farm pro ductivity and earning capabilities of agrar ian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) in a sustainable manner, the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) has turned over PhP363,920.00 worth of farm machinery and equipment (FME) and agri-extension services (AES) to the members of San Jose United CARP Ben eficiaries Association(SJUF CBA) of San Jose, Quezon, Bukidnon to promote its hog raising activities, as an alternative source of in come.Provincial Agrarian Reform Program Officer II Mohammad Abdul Jabbar M. Pandapatan said a total of sixty (60) ARBs from the (SJUFCBA) will benefit from this project on the Use of Alternative Feeds through Hog Raising under the Cli mate Resilient Farm Pro ductivity Support (CRFPS) project of the DAR. The project encourages the use of natural and read ily available materials with nutrient content like leaves, moringa, banana pulp, and cassava, among others, which can be processed into hog feeds. This is to do away with the usual leftover foods fed to the hogs.
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The municipal agricul ture (MA) officer helps the farmers compute the feed requirements based on the age of the hogs. Through the use of the equipment provided by the DAR, farm ers will mix the feed for mulation using alternative leaves and root crops from their“Theproducts.project is geared towards building resiliency among the ARB organiza tions (ARBOs) in order to address the ensuing climate change concerns and at the same time, improving the socio-economic life of the farmers and the ARBs,” Pandapatan added. He disclosed that the de partment procured five (5) units of different feed-pro cessor machines and farm tools worth P283,920.00.
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The Department of Environ ment and Natural Resources (DENR) is leading the campaign through its Biodiversity Manage ment Bureau (BMB) in tandem with the Department of Tourism (DOT) and the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG).Itstheme is “Protected Areas for a Protected Future.” A massive campaign on the urgent need to conserve protected areas when it was launched in May this year. Protected areas in the Phil ippines encompasses 4,620,000 hectares of terrestrial areas and 3,140,000 hectares of marine ar eas.
About 39% (2.7 million hect ares) of the 6.8 million hectares of the country’s forest cover are within the protected areas, ac cording to the Philippine Clearing House Mechanism (Philchm). In addition, 93 of the 228 key biodi versity areas are also within pro tectedTheareas.YoPA campaign also en courages Filipinos to visit those breathtaking ecotourism destina tions.“Aside from educating people on the importance of conserving biodiversity and managing pro tected areas, the campaign high lights the critical need to increase the number of visits and to allow travellers to contribute to con servation efforts,” said DOT in a statement.“Therevenues earned by the protected areas will be used for programs and activities such as, habitat protection and monitor ing, wildlife protection and en forcement, resources assessment and monitoring, ecotourism de velopment, conservation inter ventions, and communication, education and public awareness, among others,” the statement added.The environment department agrees. “Tourism in protected ar eas can be beneficial to local con servation efforts but it can also bring harmful impacts to the bio diversity conservation and man agement of the park,” BMB states. “When we choose to adopt responsible tourism practices, we are contributing to the natural and cultural conservation of the protected areas,” BMB adds. Currently, there are 246 pro tected areas under the National Integrated Protected Areas Sys tem (NIPAS). Of these protected areas, 112 of which have been legislated, 13 have been pro claimed by the president, and 121 remain as initial components of theTheNIPAS.NIPAS was established by virtue of Republic Act 7586 in 1992. NIPAS is the classification and administration of all desig nated protected areas to main tain essential ecological process es to preserve genetic diversity, to ensure the sustainable use of resources found in the protected areas, and to maintain their nat ural conditions to the greatest ex tentNIPAS,possible.however, was amend ed by Republic Act 11038 or the Expanded NIPAS Act of 2018 which then President Rodrigo R. Duterte signed. ENIPAS strength ens the government’s thrust to protect the environment by es tablishing mechanisms for the mobilization of resources and providing adequate scientific and technical support for the preser vation and sustainability of the country’s ecosystem.
Soon, it will be Christmas sea son. And before you know it, the year is over. But still, many Filipi nos don’t know that 2022 is the Year of Protected Areas (YoPA). The reason for declaring as such is because it coincides with the 90th anniversary of protected area establishment in the coun try.
The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) listed the Phil ippines as one of the world’s 18 mega-biodiverse countries as it contains two-thirds of the earth’s biodiversity and between 70% to 80% of the world’s plant and ani mal species. The Philippines ranks fifth in the number of plant species and maintains 5% of the world’s flora, said a government report. Over half of the country’s 53,000 de scribed species can be found no where else in the world.
In Davao Region, only one area is classified as proclaimed: Baganga Protected Landscape in Baganga, Davao Oriental. There are two initial components: Malagos Watershed Reserva tion in Guianga, Davao City and Mangroves from Baculin Point to Lakud Point, from Tanuip Point to Quinaglangan Island and Samal Island.However, Davao Region is home to 11 legislated protected areas. Leading the list is Mount Apo National Park in Sta. Cruz, Bansalan, Digos City (all three of Davao del Sur) and Davao City (some parts of the mountain are also located in Kidapawan City, Makilala, and Magpet of Cotaba to). Mati City in Davao Oriental has three protected areas: Mount Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanc tuary (parts of the range are also located in San Isidro and Gover nor Generoso), Mati Protected Landscape, and Pujada Bay Pro tected Landscape and Seascape. The three remaining pro tected areas are Mabini Protect ed Landscape and Seascape (in Mabini, Davao de Oro), Mainit Hotspring Protected Landscape (in Nabunturan, Davao de Oro), and Aliwagwag Protected Land scape (contested by Boston and Cateel, both in Davao Oriental and Compostela, Davao de Oro).
“Sadly, the Philippines is also a biodiversity critical hotspot with at least 700 species being in danger of becoming extinct,” the report stated. “Around 93% of the country’s original forest cov er has been lost since the 1990s, with 53% of its remaining coral reefs in poor condition.”
Philchm observes: “In or der to address these threats to biodiversity, the Philippine government in cooperation and consultation with local and foreign conservation partners, embarked on a mission to es tablish a system of protected areas in the country.” Protected areas, as defined by both NIPAS and ENIPAS, are “por tions of land and water set aside of their unique physical and bio logical significance, managed to enhance biological diversity and protected against destructive hu man exploitation.” OF AREAS Davao’s emerging pool of creative greats has expanded in recent decades, some becoming novelists of note abroad. The ex citing strides they have achieved in the global arena are linked to the inspiration of three female literary giants whose names are etched in Philippine literature, namely Aida Rivera-Ford, Tita Lacambra-Ayala, and Cynthia Nograles-Lumbera.BorninSulu,in 1929, Aida Rivera-Ford earned her English degree from Silliman University and became the first editor of the school’s literary folio, Sands and Coral. On a Fulbright grant, she enrolled in 1954 at the Uni versity of Michigan where she finished her master’s degree in English.Her US stint was a treasure trove of achievements. Her ‘Love in the Cornhusks,’ which came out in the Sunday Chronicle in 1955, was honored as one of five well-crafted stories that won the Jules & Avery Hopwood Prize in Michigan. Two years later, she released five stories under the title ‘Now and at the Hour and Other Short Stories’. In 1997, the University of the Philip pines (UP) Press published her book ‘Born in the Year 1900 and Other Stories,’ and in 1980, she founded the Learning Center of the Arts, now Ford Academy of the Arts, in Davao City. Tita Lacambra Ayala (born Marciana Agcaoili in Sarrat, Ilo cos Norte), a poet, writer, and multimedia artist, is an alumna of UP where she finished Bache lor of Science in Education in En glish in 1953. She is the spouse of artist-writer Jose Ayala with whom she had six children, and the mother of ethno-musician and Datu Bago awardee Joey Ayala.As a poet, she has a string of books to her name, including Sunflower Poems, Camels and Shapes of Darkness in a Time of Olives, The Confessions of a Professional Amateur and Piec es of String and Other Stories. She also won several Palanca Awards, notably the short sto ry ‘Everything’ (1967), and the poem ‘A Filigree of Seasons’ (1977). In 2012, she released ‘Tala Mundi,’ another book of poetry that was honored with the National Book Award for Poetry, Philippine Literary Arts Council Prize, and the Philippine Free Press, Focus, and Graphic awards.She was also conferred the Fr. Theodore Daigler Award for Mindanao Culture ‘for expand ing Davao literature through her writing’ and launched in 1981 her brainchild ‘The Road Map Series,’ which is ‘a platform for emerging writers.’ She died in Davao City on January 9, 2019, at age 88 and is survived by daughters Cynthia Alexander, Monica Ayala, and Laura Elizaga and sons Joey Ayala and Fernan do Ayala. Her second son, David, passed away years earlier. Another literary icon from Davao is Cynthia Nograles-Lum bera, wife of 2006 National Artist for Literature Bienveni do Lumbera and elder sister of ex-House Speaker Prospero C. Nograles.Many of her books, including Philippine Literature; A History and Anthology (1982), Philip pine Literature: A History and Anthology (2002, Revised Edi tion), and Philippine Literature a History and Anthology (2011, English Edition), were done in collaboration with her spouse. Born in Davao City, Nograles-Lumbera is also the author of ‘Rediscovery: Essays in Philippine Life and Culture,’ ‘Japayuki-san: Those who go to Japan,’ ‘A Critical Study of the Fiction of Arturo B. Rotor,’ ‘Indo nesia,’ and ‘Philippines.’ A num ber of her books were translated intoAmongJapanese.the Davao writers who have made a dint in the global literary stage is UK-based Candy Gourlay (nee Maria Cristi na Lopez Quimpo) whose work was shortlisted for the Carne gie Medal. She is the author of ‘Hinabing Gunita (Woven Mem ories): Filipinos in the United Kingdom (2004), ‘Animal Trick sters’ (2010),’Tall Story’ (2010), ‘Shine’ (2013), and ‘Bone Talk’ (2018).An alumna of the Ateneo de Davao University, Davaoborn Gourlay’s debut novel ‘Tall Story,’ won the country’s 2012 National Children’s Book Award and the 2014 Crystal Kite Award (Europe) while her second novel ‘Shine’ won the 2014 Crystal Kite Award (Brit ish Isles).
On February 1, 1932, Republic Act No. 3915 – An Act Providing for the Establishment of Nation al Parks, Declaring Such Parks as Game Refuges, and for other Pur poses – was passed into law. Following the passing of the said law, Mount Arayat became the first national park in the country and was established on June 27, 1993.
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“Globe Business seeks to go beyond the surface by helping MSMEs with inno vations that accelerate busi ness growth, expertise that guides businesses forward, and unparalleled care that supports their journeys, so they can achieve more busi ness breakthroughs para sa tuloy-tuloy na success,” said KD Dizon, MSME Group Head, Globe InnovationsBusiness.that usher businesses towards a stron ger Globefuture Business contin ues to develop products and services for different types of businesses, tapping into Globe’s ecosystem of digital solutions designed to help improve accuracy, efficien cy, and productivity of busi nessAmongoperations.these are ex panded digital offerings such as business-grade con nectivity plans from GPlan Biz and GFiber Biz. GPlan Biz, is a made-forbusiness mobile postpaid plan, which, aside from its basic mobile connectivity features, allows users to use GCash for business to pur chase digital solutions or pay suppliers conveniently, among others. With GPlan Biz Plus, subscribers can enjoy unlimited 5G network for six months as well as unlimited text and call to all mobile networks and land lines nationwide. These are essentials to keep business es connected to their team, suppliers and customers all the GFibertime.
In the midst of chang ing times, Filipino entre preneurs have showcased their grit and determination to succeed by continuous ly looking for new ways to grow their business. As they navigate this rapidly chang ing environment, Globe Business reaffirms its com mitment to micro, small, and medium enterprises or MSMEs, as a trusted part ner that helps them achieve business breakthroughs and continued success throughMSMEsdigitalization.asdrivers of economyAccording to the latest data from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), 99% of businesses in the Philippines are MS MEs. They help reduce un employment by creating jobs for the growing labor force, making up 63% of the country’s total manpower. They stimulate economic development and serve as valuable partners to major enterprises and consumers.
Shopee continues its pursuit of upskilling young tech talent through the Ultimate Case Challenge
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MANILA - This August, Shopee Philippines will be launching its first ever Ultimate Case Challenge, a business case competition open to Filipino undergraduate students from across the globe. Finalists of the competition will get the chance to win up to ₱50,000. Throughout the duration of the case challenge, each team consisting of 3-4 mem bers will be asked to pitch their own unique ideas and solutions to a real-world challenge included in a business case brief. Karen Perez, Head of People at Shopee Philippines, said, “We’re thrilled to support Filipino tech talents from all over the world by providing them with oppor tunities to develop their skill set. Through the business case com petition, we aim to hone their analytical and process improve ment skills, preparing them to be proactive problem solvers in the fast-paced tech industry. We hope to inspire a new generation of tal ents who will continue to drive the tech industry forward.”
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“We see our MSMEs as modern-day heroes who play a critical role in the country’s economy. That’s why we believe that if we help them succeed, we also help our nation succeed,” said Ernest Cu, President and Chief Executive Officer of Globe.Globe Business’ com mitment to MSMEs MSMEs face different challenges everyday–from getting and retaining cus tomers, streamlining oper ations, tracking inventory and deliveries, and even making sure their employ ees are happy; however they remain unfazed, being agile and quick to adapt to the demands of the times. As they seek continuous growth, Globe Business strives to journey with them through this period of heightened digital adoption so they can overcome their perceived boundaries and achieve more success.
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Globe Business also offers hassle-free digital solutions such as Vehicle Tracker, which helps MS MEs manage their fleet and ensure safe delivery with its real-time monitor ing feature; Cloud Payroll, which automates employee records and fast-tracks pay roll processing; and ChatGe nie, which lets them man age all their transactions across different channels in one platform. All these are designed to support MSMEs thrive in a digital-first busi nessExpertiseenvironment.that guides businesses forward to a bet ter tomorrowGlobeBusiness under stands the struggles that MSMEs deal with and en deavors to help them face these head on, by continu ing to engage with cus tomers, forge key partner ships, and create platforms to share expertise in tech trends and digitalization. All these efforts aim to equip entrepreneurs with import ant knowledge, skills, and the network that will aid them to achieve their goals and future-proof their busi ness.Upstart is the loyalty program of Globe Business that is designed to empow er member businesses with exclusive perks, (GainUp); training, upskilling, and mentoring (GearUp); and community building (Guild Up) where entrepreneurs can network and connect to other business owners.
Globe Business’ At Your SerBIZ, on the other hand, is an online talk show featur ing the ups and downs, wins and losses and the unique Filipino startup experience in a casual and inclusive set ting, with the aim to inspire more local entrepreneurs to embrace digital adoption in their business journey. Care that supports the needs of businesses in their uniqueRecognizingjourney MSMEs as key enablers of the econ omy, Globe Business cares for their success so they can continue to create remark ableThat’simpact.why Globe Busi ness customers are guar anteed with accessible online support channels that are available anytime and anywhere; reliable ac count managers matched with dedicated support for their business needs; and a responsive and strong af ter-sales“Theirservice.name may con note small in size, but their impact is big. That’s why Globe Business is com mitted to help MSMEs charge towards exponen tial growth and move their businesses forward into the digital future,” concluded Dizon.
Globe Business Acade my, a readily accessible and available learning platform for Filipino MSMEs, pro vides access to fresh content and exclusive events to help them navigate their digital journey. The portal contains business hacks, advice from the brightest entrepreneur ial minds, learning modules, tech tips and inspiring sto ries–all in just a click away. Among the recent learn ing events by Globe Business Academy was the recent 4-part webinar series called “Reaching Breakthroughs”, which was in partnership with the DTI e-Commerce Office. On August 25 to 26, MSMEs can look forward to the two-part “Innovation Summit” where they can meet innovators, tech ex perts and advisers who will teach them how to adopt new technologies, improve engagement, and drive cus tomer experience in a series of workshops and webinars.
Apart from the opportunity to put their skills to the test, teams will also receive mentorship from leaders at Shopee and the chance to fast-track their careers in tech through Shopee’s career develop ment programs: the Global Leaders Program, Shopee’s 2-year flagship graduate program for young pro fessionals, and the Apprentice Pro gram, Shopee’s specialized intern shipTheprogram.regional business case com petition has already garnered over 4,000 participants across four other markets including Thailand, Indo nesia, Vietnam, and Taiwan. Don’t miss your chance to be part of the Shopee Ultimate Case Challenge’s pioneer run in the Philippines. Ready your teams and sign up at ca reers.shopee.ph/succ from August 22 to September 30.
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Once you see corals, it’s as if you are transported to another world. ters” as part of the tasks of the local government unit’s preservation and protection mechanism.Evascodescribed coral reefs as “highly fragile.” He went on further explaining that “the fish that live and grow on coral reefs are im portant food and livelihood sources for the people, es pecially in coastal areas.” The coral reefs of Davao Occidental are part of Davao Gulf, which has an area of 308,000 hectares that cuts into the island of Mindan ao from the Philippine Sea. Unfortunately, over 80% of Davao Gulf’s coral reefs are already degraded, the Bu reau of Fisheries and Aquat ic Resources (BFAR) report ed in 2006. “The coral reefs in almost all areas of Davao Gulf are in bad condition,” it said.Only one-fourth of the coral cover was live, manta tow surveys covering 33.8 kilometers of reefs in the gulf showed. Of the 19 areas surveyed, only the corals in Tubalan were in very good condition. Areas with poor values of 10% and below were found in Agdao, Malita and Valez (Toril) in Davao
“Nowhere else in the world are coral reefs abused as much as the reefs in the Philippines,” deplored Don E. McAllister, who once studied the cost of coral reef destruction in the country. In its website, the BFAR singled out destructive fish ing techniques as among the largest contributors to reef“Muro-ami,degradation.a technique that involved sending a line of divers to depths of 10-30 meters with metal weights to knock on corals in order to drive fish out and into waiting nets was extremely damaging to reefs, leading to its ban in 1986,” the BFAR reported.But that’s just one. “Rampant blast fishing and sedimentation from land-based sources have destroyed 70% of fisheries within 15 square kilome ters of the shore in the Phil ippines, which were some of the most productive hab itats in the world,” the BFAR noted. Cyanide fishing, em ployed since 1962 to collect aquarium fish, is another destructive fishing meth od. “Using cyanide tablets obtained from drugstores, collectors squirt the cya nide-laced water solution from plastic bottles on coral formations where marine fishes abound,” explains Dr. Rafael D. Guerrero, a nation al scientist with the Nation al Academy of Science and Technology.Despite several at tempts to stop these de structive fishing methods – through increased en forcement, larger penalties, and educational campaigns – they persevere. “Many fishers have brought de structive practices to new FCORAL, P10
Early this year, the Davao regional office of the Department of Environ ment and Natural Resourc es (DENR) conducted scuba diving in various areas in Davao Occidental to check on the conditions of the coral reef and other living organisms. The first dive site was in barangay Bukid in San Jose Abad Santos. About 500 meters offshore, the reef was observed “to be in good physical condition due to the presence of a variety of fish“Asspecies.”fishand other ma rine species thrive in the said area, we are looking forward to declaring it as one of the marine protect ed areas in Region XI,” said Bagani Fidel A. Evasco, the DENR’s regional executive director.Inbarangay Calian in Don Marcelino, the same observation was made: good physical condition. “Most of the fish that were observed are residents of the reef, which means that it is where they inhabit and reproduce,” the DENR said. The environment de partment also conducted rapid coral reef assessment in barangay Tubalan in Mal ita. “The coral reef outside of Tubalan cove presents a variety of marine species like fish and sea turtles and is in excellent condition,” the reportThestated.excellent status of the area was also attribut ed to the Bantay Dagat pa trollers “who are regularly monitoring and patrolling within its municipal wa If Filipinos want to have a steady supply of its second staple food – fish – they have to preserve and protect their ecologically-fragile coral reefs. Although some of the country’s coral reefs are on the verge of extinction, there are some areas where they still thrive in pristine state as they are well protected.
City.The coastlines of the cities of Panabo and Tagum – which contain “the mostdense concentrations of fish larvae in the entire gulf” – fare no better. “The coral reefs, which used to be extremely rich, are al ready buried,” said Harry D. Morris, a British-Filipino marine biologist. “What’s left behind are mostly coral skeletons and small patches still struggling to survive.”
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The coral reef eco system is hailed as “Eden beneath the waves” for good Coralreason.reefs are considered the rainforest of the sea.
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Leading marine sci entists ranked the coral reefs in the Philippines as “among the most threat ened in Southeast Asia.”
Aguilar eventually joined the Monday practice, the last for Gilas before the chosen players will depart for Beirut. Gilas will leave at 12:15 a.m. Tuesday and will arrive in Beirut at 11:35 a.m. Leba nese Time (4:35 p.m. Philip pine Time). (PNA) areas,” the BFAR said. “Many operations have shifted to more remote, pristine areas such as the Palawan group of islands, the Sulu archi pelago, parts of the Visayas, and western Mindanao.”
SGLG... FROM 3 that the city is prepared for the SGLG validation. The evaluation team also conducted an onsite visit and evaluation in the City Hall of Mati and dump ing SGLGsite. is in compliance with R.A. 11292 or “An Act Establishing and In stitutionalizing the Seal of Good Local Governance for Local Government Units, and Allocating for This Purpose the Seal of Good Local Governance Fund” also known as “The Seal of Good Local Gover nance Act of 2019”. Under the said law, the SGLG aims to “an award, incentive, honor and recog nition-based program for all LGUs, and is a continu ing commitment for LGUs to continually progress and improve their perfor mance.”The SGLG is the highest recognition and the most prestigious award given by the DILG to excellent and performing LGUs in the delivery of public service through compliance to per tinent national laws and guidelines. (CIO MATI/Eth el Marie Gastanes)
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InsuranceandtheinclusivePHP296.3-Billionpercentsectorthehealththroughcountry’swhileourthevaccination(PNR)PhilippineCaviteSubwayRailway,thewillinfrastructuretransportationprojectsthatbeimplementedincludeNorth-SouthCommutertheMetroManilaPhase1,theLRT-1Extension,andtheNationalRailwaySouthLongHaul.HealthInabidtorampupeffortsanduptakeofboostersforvulnerablepopulationstrengtheningthehealthsystemimprovementoffacilitiesandservices,government’shealthshallreceivea10.4budgetincreaseatin2023,ofthebudgetsofDepartmentofHealththePhilippineHealthCorporation.
Coastal development, farming, aquaculture, and land-cover change have also threatened the coun try’s coral reef ecosystem.
FROM 2 DSWD staff at the Unihub kiosk told her to go to the Dadiangas South Elemen tary School, but found the schoolAlidoclosed.went back to the kiosk at the hub but was told it was already cut off time and she could no lon ger be Alido,served.like the others who stayed on long queues, was hoping to have her children – an elementary pupil and a high school stu dent, be included in the list of beneficiaries.
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training program for Hog Raising using the technolo gy and are being taught to operate the equipment as supervised by MA officer Roque Pepito,” Pandapatan said.
“The first ever mass-bleaching event oc curred in 1998-99,” the BFAR reported. “It began at Batangas in June 1998 and then proceeded near ly clockwise around the country, correlating with anomalous sea-surface temperatures. Most reefs of northern Luzon, west Pala wan, the Visayas, and parts of Mindanao were affected.” Corals are coelenterate animals (ray-like inverte brates) that form heavy skeletons of lime, science says. Encrusting corralling algae grow on their surface and crevices, cementing them lightly to form reefs. Most reefs grow in depths of 25 meters or less. The Philippines is home to over 400 local species of corals, which is more than what is found in the famous Great Barrier Reef of Aus tralia, according to studies. There are three major types of coral reefs, said Dr. Angel C. Alcala, former DENR head. These are fring ing type (those found on the edges of islands and which constitutes 30% of the coun try’s coral reefs); the barrier type (best exemplified by the Dajanon Reef of Central Visayas); and the atoll (of which the Tubbataha and Cagayan Reef in the Sulu Sea are ideal examples). In the Philippines, an estimated 10%-15% of the total fisheries come from coral reefs. About 80%90% of the income of small island communities comes from fisheries, Dr. Alcala said. “Coral reef fish yields range from 20 to 25 metric tons per square kilometer per year for healthy reefs,” he said.
“This is a statement that would bring t to everybody who loves coffee. What we wanted to bring are the farmers so that they would see at ma encourage sila na ay ganito pala ang nangya yari sa kape namin. This would drive them to dream because some of the coffee farmers are now having their coffee carts or selling their coffee. In terms of the production of coffee kailan gan pa nating magtanim,” Pantoja said. By Maya M. Padillo
PAQUIBATO... FROM 3 to sustain the demand. Pantoja encouraged farmers of Robusta, Exelsa, and Arabica to increase the production with the help of the government in terms of equipment.“Toachieve the quality that we wanted to show case sa ating mga drinkers and foreign buyers,” she added.Increasing coffee pro duction is among the goals of the upcoming Philippine Coffee Expo at the SMX Convention Center in Davao City on September 14-15, 2022. This is the first cof fee expo organized on the ground by the Davao Coffee Council which is composed of coffee farmers and the Philippine Coffee Guild composes of private busi nesses such as cafe owners andThebaristas.PCE 2022 is or ganized by the Philippine Coffee Guild and the Davao Region Coffee Council with support from the Depart ment of Agriculture, the Department of Agrarian Reform, and the Depart ment of Trade and Industry, in collaboration with the PhilCAFE Project which is funded by USDA and imple mented by ACDI/VOCA.
FROM 4 sugar supply for this year. It said this is based on a projected demand of 2.3 mil lion metric tons for 2022 for the entire country, it said. “Along with many other companies in the Philippine food and beverage indus try beset by the difficulties brought on by the sugar shortage, we at Coca-Cola Beverages Philippines Inc. (CCBPI) are in the midst of implementing various ef forts aimed at cushioning the business impact of the lack of premium refined sugar supply,” the company said.“As always, we are keeping our consumers, customers, and our people front and center. We and the broader industry look for ward to continuing to work with the President and all relevant government offic es to address the situation and deliver a sustainable solution as we get back to delivering our full line-up of beverages and supporting the country’s economic re covery,” it added.
The budget of DepEd shall increase from PHP633.3 billion in 2022 to PHP710.6 billion in 2023. “As the President said during his first SONA, we should not hold back on in vesting in education, as edu cation is the only legacy we can leave our children that will never go to waste. This proves this
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FROM 4 to an artificial coin short age. This defeats their in tended purpose as a medi um of exchange,” said BSP Governor Felipe Medalla. “That’s why we hope that this project will solve problems for everyone: businesses, financial in stitutions, and the public. I’m very optimistic that after a two-year pilot run, we will be able to deploy these machines [in more locations] and I am confi dent that the benefits will be realized,” the Governor added.Coins per capita rose by 584 percent over the past 17 years or up to 342 piec es in June from 50 pieces in 2005, data showed. The BSP said it has increased coin production to meet the growing demand.
support the identified pri ority sectors, and to sustain the country’s growth mo mentum to make the econ omy inclusive and robust in 2023.
SJUFCBA Chairman Me lencio Cabantac expressed his utmost gratitude to the DAR and promised to take care of the equipment so that they can maximize its use.
“Over 80% of original trop ical forests and mangroves have been cleared, increas ing sediment outflow onto reefs,” the BFAR said. “Man groves continue to be cut and the areas converted to fishponds, a change that allows more nutrients and sediment to reach reefs.” Aside from human ac tivities, natural causes of de struction among coral reefs also occur. These include extremely low tide, high temperature of surface wa ter, predation, and the me chanical action of currents andExtremelywaves. low tides usually expose corals to sunlight and to freshwater runoff, both of which, ac cording to marine scientists, are lethal for coral reefs if they are exposed for several hours.High temperature of surface water is exacerbat ed by abnormally low tides which leave shallow reefs exposed to sunlight, rain fall and freshwater flowing. These environmental dis turbances, experts claim, cause reefs to lose 70% to 90% of their living coral cover to depths of 15-18 meters.Inrecent years, corals are exhibiting a new kind of degradation: massive bleaching.
F2F... FROM 3 modality until November 2, 2022.Last month, Vice Pres ident and Education Sec retary Sara Duterte said she is eyeing for the imple mentation of face-to-face classes in public and private schools nationwide starting November 2, 2022.
FROM 5 House appropriations com mittee during the hearings and deliberations to ensure a transparent process of the passage of the General Ap propriations Bill. She said the DBM is ex pecting the spending bill to be forwarded to Malacañang for signing by first or second week of December. The proposed budget for next year is more than PHP244 billion, or almost 5 percent more, than this year’s PHP5.024-trillion outlay. It is the highest ever spending proposal of the government.TheHouse appropria tions committee will begin hearings on the NEP on Aug. 26 with a briefing by the Marcos administration’s economic managers on the macro-economic param eters used in putting the spending proposal together.
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TheEducationeducation sector, which is composed of the Department of Education (DepEd), State Universi ties and Colleges (SUCs), Commission on Higher Ed ucation (CHED), and Tech nical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) will receive an 8.2 percent increase next year at PHP852.8 billion and will remain as being the highest budgetary priority as man dated by the Constitution.
Quimbo, senior vice chairperson of the House Committee on Appropria tions, said the committee aims to finish its hearings by Sept. 16, to give the House two weeks for plenary delib erations and third and final reading approval before the Oct. 1 Sherecess.said the committee chaired by Co is committed to the swift approval of the proposed “economic recov ery “Restbudget.”assured that Con gress shall work tirelessly to approve a budget that is re sponsive to the needs of the people and is able to bring inclusive and sustainable growth,” Quimbo said. Proactive and underscoredministration,Agenda8-Point2028.(9.0orderbetweenuctrealtothepointedeconomicsion,”country’scountrymenmythetainties,notwithstandingcrisesbravelyandfutureItiscialhealth,education,be2023“proactivePangandamanresilientsaidtheandresilient”nationalbudgetwillfeltbythepeoplewithinfrastructure,agricultureandsosafetynetsaspriorities.“OurbudgetforFY2023proactiveandresilient.isdesignedtowithstandrisks,challengesshocks.Filipinoshavefaceddisastersandinrecentyearsandtheuncerwehavewitnessedstrengthofoureconoandtheresilienceofourasseenbytheeconomicexpanshesaid.Theadministration’steamearlieroutthatthegoalofMarcosadministrationisachieve6.5to8.0percentGrossDomesticProd(GDP)growthannually2023to2028intoattainasingle-digitpercent)povertyratebyConsistentwiththeSocio-EconomicoftheMarcosadPangandamantheneedto
At least two Alabel res idents fainted under the scorching sun while wait ing in line and were treated at a DSWD ambulance that was on standby. In Koronadal City, hun dreds of residents formed queues before daybreak. As soon as the DSWD office opened, residents jostled, pushed and shoved one an other in their attempt to be the first to be attended to. “The worst plan,” res ident Harriet Corpuz said of the distribution scheme. She said distribution should have been done in schools with the children bringing the requirements. The DSWD requires the presentation of a valid ID, school ID or enrollment form.Another resident said “the money you will get from the DSWD will not be enough for medicine if you get sick from staying for hours under the sun.”
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“We have identified the priority sectors in our 2023 National Expenditure Program, which stands at PHP5.268-Trillion and 4.9 percent higher than this year’s budget. These priori ty sectors include education, infrastructure development, health, agriculture and so cial safety nets,” she said.
CLARKSON... FROM 11 improvement - as a refer ence for future big celebra tions in the city such as the incoming Pasko Fiesta cele bration in December. “In terms sa atoang im provement, we will have an assessment meeting with our execom and we will lis ten to them kung unsa ang ilahang mga suggestions and comments,” he said. Meanwhile, Davao City Police Office City Director PCol. Alberto P. Lupaz said that the celebration of the Kadayawan was peaceful and that there was no un toward incident recorded. “Natapos na natin ang pinakamalaking events at ang assessment natin is, very successful at very peaceful at maraming mga tao, napaka vibrant at hap py ang mga tao with zero untoward incidents tayo in the celebration of the Indak Indak sa kadalanan at Pam ulak,” Lupaz said.
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China, Japan stay unbeaten in Asian Volleyball Cup
NBA star Jordan Clarkson and Kai Sotto of the Ade laide 76ers during practice. led by NBA veteran Jordan Clarkson and rising Austra lian NBL star Kai Sotto have been chosen to a 13-man team that will fly to Beirut for the Gilas-Lebanon game. The other pros chosen were B.League’s Ray-Ray Parks, Dwight Ramos, Kief er Ravena, Thirdy Ravena PBA’s Japeth Aguilar, Jamie Malonzo, Chris Newsome, Calvin Oftana, and Scottie Thompson, and free agent Roosevelt Adams, who is also poised for a move to the B.League.University of the Phil ippines’ Carl Tamayo is the lone amateur chosen to the lineup.Although Gilas will be missing the services of June Mar Fajardo as he focuses on the PBA Philippine Cup Finals, the national team will be enjoying tall wing and big man rotations as save for the six-foot Kiefer Ravena and six-foot-one Thompson, the rest of the roster is listed above six-feet-four inches. Barrios said the lineup has been finalized on Sun day after receiving a copy of the roster from SBP presi dent Al Panlilio, but the for mer PBA commissioner be lieves Coach Chot Reyes, Jong Uichico and Tim Cone have already made up their minds prior to “Presumably,Sunday.thecoach ing staff deliberated and perhaps decided ahead of time,” Barrios said. An interesting inclusion is Aguilar, who only attend ed the Gilas training on Sun day following a Covid-19 scare among his household.
ilas Pilipinas will be fielding in an almost all-pro lineup for FIBA World Cup Qualifiers fourth window game against Leba non on Friday (Philippine Time).
China escaped with a five-set win against Vietnam.
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Vi Thi Nhu Quynh fin ished with 14 points while Pham Thi Nguyet Anh and Tran Thi Thanh Tuy scored 13 points each for Vietnam, which absorbed its first loss after pulling off a 3-0 (25-19, 25-17, 31-29) victory over the Philippines last Sunday. Earlier, Japan defeated Chinese Taipei, 3-0 (25-22, 25-22, 25-22), to stay on top of Pool B with two wins. “We’re getting better little by little. The fact that we’re winning, two games in a row, that’s great” said Japan setter Mika Shibata through an interpreter after the match.Yuki Nishikawa top scored with 11 points while Mizuki Tanaka, Asuka Ham amatsu and Miyu Nakagawa scored nine points each for Japan, the 2018 runner-up. Chang Li-Wen led Chi nese Taipei with 15 attacks and one block while Lin ShuHo had eight attacks, one block and one Meanwhile,ace. Thailand bounced back from its open ing-day loss, beating Austra lia, 3-0 (25-9, 27-25, 25-13). Pimpichaya Kokram had 14 attacks and two aces for the Thais, who bowed to Japan, 18-25, 19-25, 22-25, last Sunday. (PNA)
Clarkson, Kai banner Gilas vs Lebanon
Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas executive director and spokesman Sonny Bar rios announced in a rare Monday afternoon edition of the Philippine Sports writers Association Forum that 12 play-for-pay cagers China rolled to its second straight win on Monday to boost its title defense in the Asian Volleyball Con federation (AVC) Cup for Women at the PhilSports Arena in Pasig City. Banking on Zhou Yetong, Zhuang Yushan, Wu Meng jie and Hu Mingyuan, the Chinese squad outplayed Vietnam, 3-2 (25-12, 25-6, 29-31, 21-25, 15-12), to lead Pool A in the preliminary round. Zhou finished with 27 points, including four blocks, while Zhuang had 21 points. Wu and Hu contributed 17 and 16 points, respectively.
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Vietnam rallied behind Vi Thi Nhu Quynh, Pham Thi Nguyet Anh and Tran Thi Thanh Tuy to win the third and fourth sets, but China hang tough to prevail.
SBP Davao regional director Glenn Escandor (fourth from right) with the Adamson Falcons at The Royal Mandaya Hotel.
Aside from the hardware and the bragging rights, the Falcons also received P100,000 for the title conquest of the first ever major hoops event in the city after the Samahangpandemic.Basketball ng Pil ipinas (SBP) regional director Glenn Escandor personally con gratulated the entire team after at a dinner for the Falcons at The Royal Mandaya Hotel. “We are very thankful to Sir Glenn for his hospitality and kindness. Sobrang asikaso po kami dito sa Davao,” said Fal cons coach Nash Racela. “They gave us a very good show. Adamson played very hard to win and they deserve our respect and admiration. To think this was just a tuneup tournament for them for the UAAP, they showed up and played hard every night,” said Escandor.Spritely quarterback Jerome Lastimosa, who gave Team Davao a headache all through out the 45-minute finale, suc cumbed to cramps at the hotel lobby.Davao led through most of the game and even too the upperhand by as much as 10 points midway in the ballgame. After Davao’s main man Jere my Arthur sank a triple with 36.3 ticks left to give Davao a 61-60 lead, Adamson forward Ahmad Hanapi drove the lane and picked up a foul off Marvin Hayes but he had to be carried out limping on one leg. AP Man lapaz was sent in as designated shooter but could only buy a split to tie the game 61-61. Hayes missed an awkward jumper at the buzzer to forge overtime.Inovertime, Arthur shoved Davao ahead 67-66 on a boom ing triple after Lastimosa sank two free throws. Lastimosa an swered with a triple of his own to give Adamson a 69-67 cush ion 28.8 seconds left. Arthur got away with a layup to tie the game for the last time at 69-all 16 seconds left in overtime. Arthur, however, turned from hero to goat when he fouled Jose Sabandal with 1.8 seconds to go. Sabandal cashed in both freebies for the final score.Mayor Baste Duterte handed over the prizes in the awarding ceremonies after the champi onship game assisted by Escan dor and SBP technical director Ronel Leuterio.
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2022 Kadayawan sa Davao Invitational bas ketball tournament champions Adamson Soaring Falcons received a ‘bonus’ late Sun day night shortly after hacking out a 71-69 over time win over host Team Davao.
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Adamson turns back Davao 71-69 in OT
