P 15.00 • 12 PAGES@EdgeDavao edgedavao@gmail.comwww.edgedavao.netf EDGE Serving a seamless society DAVAO SPORTS P 12 VOL.15 ISSUE 114 • THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 2022 REFORMSTRACK LOSING HOMES Number of Pag-IBIG foreclosed properties in Davao City rising Students get their hair cut before attending classes at a barber shop in Bo. Obrero, Davao City on Wednesday. Edge Davao STORY ON PAGE 2
Councilor Tek Ocampo, chair of the Committee on Environment, discusses during this week’s AFP-PNP Press Corps. media forum at The Mandaya Hotel in Davao City the resolution he filed requesting the national government to allocate a counterpart fund of P3.486 billion for the construction of Davao City’s waste-to-energy (WTE) facility as the city’s current sanitary landfill is nearing its full capacity. Edge Davao
CSWDO reopens city’s Child Minding Center “Naga accumulate ang among mga property na na foreclosed sad to say kay naa man gud dili na nila ma- save ang ilahang property. Ang Pag-Ibig will foreclose and sell it to other qualified members.
(The symptoms exhibited by an infected individu al will usually last within two to four weeks),” she said. Cruz-Angeles advised the public to visit the so cial media platforms being handled by the DOH to get additional information on monkeypox and protect themselves against the disease.OnMonday, the DOH said a 25-year-old Filipi no with no documented travel history to or from Be cautious, Palace tells public amid presence of monkeypox
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Existing bus routes approved by LTFRB are for Lasang and Toril, with Golden Valley Bus Line Corp, and Land Car Inc as approved operators, re spectively.“Wala pay update ang LTFRB kung naa na ba’y nahatagan og special per mit para sa Buhangin ug Cabantian (The LTFRB FLTFRB, P10
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Malacañang on Tuesday called for public vigilance against monkeypox, after the country logged four cases of the disease. “Ang bawat isa ay pina paalalahanang maging maingat at mapagmatyag sa sakit na monkeypox (We are reminding every one to be careful and vigi lant against monkeypox),”
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Citing the findings of study conducted by ex perts, Cruz-Angeles said it would take between five and 21 days for the symp toms of monkeypox to ap pear. “Ang mga sintomas naman ay hanggangnahawamaramdamaninaasahaangngtaongsaloobngdalawaapatnalinggo
Number of Pag-IBIG foreclosed properties in Davao City rising An official of the regional Home De velopment Mutual Fund (Pag-IBIG Fund) office disclosed on Wednesday that the number of foreclosed properties in Davao City is accumulating every month.
LTFRB okays bus route for C.P Garcia Highway Davao City bus routes now include the C.P Garcia Highway based on the update pro vided by the City Trans port and Traffic Manage ment office as of August 23, 2022, Tuesday. City Transport and Traffic Management Office (CTTMO) Head Dionisio Abude, in an interview with Byaheng DO30, said that the Land Transpor tation Franchising and Regulatory Board has approved the C.P Garcia Route for the Davao Met ro Shuttle Corp. Two bus units have been approved for the said area. Earlier, the Davao Metro Shuttle Corp. got approval to field units for the Calinan and Catalunan Grande route.
Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles said in a Facebook post. Cruz-Angeles’ state ment came a day after the Department of Health (DOH) reported the detec tion of the fourth case of monkeypox in the country.
Every month ga increase ug ga accumulate,” said Engineer Noli Armada, OIC for Home duringOperations-VisMinLendingGrouptheAFPPNPPress Corps media briefing. Armada assured the members that the PagIBIG fund has the reme diation program to keep their borrowers keep their homes. The pro grams will help borrow ers, particularly delin quent accounts, update their loans and avoid foreclosure.
The Davao City So cial Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO) has reopened its Child Minding Center, where working parents can leave their children as they work. Josephine Bangkil, the center manager, said in an interview over the Davao City Disaster Radio on Monday that the facil ity, located near the Al mendras Gym, reopened last August 16 to cater to children 3 months old to 4 years and 11 months, whose parents are either both working, student parents, and single-work ing parent. “Open ang child mind ing center na pwede kabilinan sa anak while nagatrabaho sila (The child minding center is open and where they can temporarily leave their children while at work),” sheThesaid.center has a total of 10 trained staff to cater to rooms that are divided per age group. The work ers also provide develop mentally appropriate ac tivities for them.
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The chair of the Com mittee for Environment in the City Council believes there is nothing else that could dramatically reduce the worrisome waste prob lem in Davao City but the Waste-to-Energy (WTE) project.Councilor Tek Ocampo emphasized that WTE is necessary considering that Davao City is growing. “Gadako na ang Davao City maong dapat atong ma-control ang waste gen FCOUNCILOR, P10
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nvironmental group Interfacing De velopment Interventions for Sus tainability (IDIS) stood firm on its stand that Davao City does not need a Waste-to-Energy (WTE) facility and sug gested Davao City officials should look for sustainable solutions for waste problems. eration. Kanang basura nato diha sa daplin sa dagat eventually mawala na kay maapil man na didto. Wala lain nakita that would dra matically reduce the waste problem ang Davao ug kung matukod gyud ni siya, nagtuo ko nga ang uban syudad musunod niini labi ang ang Metro Manila, which dako kaayo ang gi na-generate na waste,” he said during the AFP PNP Press Corps media briefing on Wednesday at The Royal Mandaya Hotel (TRMH). It can be recalled that the environmental group Interfacing Development Interventions for Sustain ability (IDIS) stood firm on its stand that Davao City does not need a WTE fa cility and even suggested Davao City officials should look for sustainable solu tions for waste problems. The group stated this following the approval of the resolution requesting President Ferdinand “Bong bong” Marcos Jr, to fund the proposed WTE project to address the waste problem
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Parents fetch their child from a school along Lacson Street in Bo. Obrero, Davao City on Wednesday. Edge Davao
The city government of Davao through the Davao City Covid-19 Task Force is monitoring Covid-19 cases in Davao City after the clustering of people at gatherings and events during the recently concluded Kadayawan sa Davao festival. Dr. Michelle Schloss er, spokesperson of the Covid-19 Task Force, said the impact will reflect for at least two weeks. “We would be wait ing at least two weeks to know the effect of Kaday awan ug sa mga nilabay na activities so that we will know kung unsa ang epek to niya sa atoang number of cases. Usually mabati nato na around one week lang. Hopefully, dili nato matagamtanan ang dako na cases and hopefully people were responsible in follow ing the minimum public health standards during Kadayawan,” Schlosser said over Davao City Disaster Radio (DCDR) on Wednes day.Schlosser reported that as of August 24, 2022, a to tal of 75 new cases were re corded putting Davao City at a 15 percent positivity rate.She said from the pe riod of August 7-20, 2022, the city has recorded a total of 528 new cases and about 600 cases last week, which makes more than 1,000 cases for the past 14 days. Nevertheless, she said that of that number, many patients have already com pleted their isolation be Bookstores and school supply shops in Gen eral Santos City have been running out of note books and other school items as classes resumed on Monday. Parents of schoolchil dren rushed to buy the items over the weekend af ter word went around that stores had run out of sup plies. “They scrambled for whatever was left on the shelves,” said a bookstore clerk at Fitmart Mall. A total of 154,160 stu dents from pre-school to senior high school trooped to 181 schools, both public and private, in the city start ing Monday, according to schools division superinten dent Romelito Flores of the Department of Education. The local office of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said most wholesalers have failed to anticipate the influx of buy ers, having only their old in ventory to “Seemingly,sell. they are unaware that face-to-face classes were to open this month. What they were ex pecting perhaps was blend ed learning and no need for additional stocks of school supplies,” said Eddie de Asis, an officer of DTI Gener al Santos.The stocks that the stores have in their shelves are from pre-pandemic days, the DTI officer said. Most of the bigger stores, including those in malls, almost have no notebooks and school supplies to sell, he added. A bookstore clerk at Fitmart Mall said they have run out of erasers, rulers, writing notebooks, glue, sharpeners, binder note books, sign pens and lim ited stocks of composition notebooks.DeAsis said there is a possibility that manufactur ers of school supplies failed to foresee the problem. “It could be that they lack man power, raw materials and logistics,” De Asis added. DTI said none among the stores in the city can say when the supplies could be replenished. (Rommel G. Rebollido / MindaNews)
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BSP to households: Support financial conditions survey
In a forum in Singa pore last month, Andalin launched the Andalin Trade which aims to provide a se cure and seamless digital process for international traders.Asean countries like Sin gapore, Thailand, and Viet nam have already partnered with“AndalinAndalin.Trade enables international trade buyers and sellers to connect easily and safely on our platform in a more safe, transparent, and efficient way. Buyers and sellers can join Andalin Trade for free; they only need to pass a strict selec
“This sustained intel lectual property enforce ment support we have been receiving for the past years is a reflection of the empowerment of our ne tizens and the concerned public through our intel lectual property rights awareness campaigns.
It added the conduct of the survey “has been re viewed and cleared by the Philippine Statistics Au thority (PSA).” (PNA)
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is en couraging households selected to take part in the triennial nationwide sur vey on the financial condi tions of households in the country to “extend their full support and cooperation.”
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Of the total complaints and reports received by IPOPHL in the first half of the year, the bulk was from netizens, followed by brand and rights owners.
In a statement Tues day, DTI-Export Marketing Bureau (DTI-EMB) said it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Andalin Trade to promote onboarding Philippine ex porters in the digital inter national trade platform to boost trade in the region. “Through Andalin Trade, we hope to encour age our exporters to look for new markets and partners and boost the confidence of would-be exporters in engaging in cross-border trade. We aim to conduct joint briefings with export ers to promote onboarding in Andalin Trade” DTI-EMB Director Christopher Law rence Arnuco said. Andalin Trade, which
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The Philippines aims to join other Southeast Asian countries to use the digital platform for borderless inter national trade through a partnership be tween the Department of Trade and Indus try (DTI) and Jakarta-based Andalin Trade. has presence in 200 glob al ports and 200 partners worldwide, is the largest freight forwarding company in Southeast Asia.
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Only a few school supplies are left in a popular bookstore chain at a mall in Lagao, General Santos City on Tuesday (23 August 2022). MindaNews photo by ROMMEL REBOLLIDO
In a press release is sued on Tuesday, the cen tral bank said it is current ly conducting the survey that is aimed to check on households’ 2021 assets, outstanding liabilities, in comes, and expenditures. It has tapped the inde pendent market research firm RLR Research and Analysis, Inc. (RLR) to con duct the survey and tar gets to have all the data by end-December 2022. It said the central bank “is authorized to require from any person or entity any data for statistical and policy development pur poses under Section 23 of Republic Act (RA) No. 7653 (The New Central Bank Act), as amended by RA No. 11211, subject to confiden tiality“Thelaws.”data collected will not be made available to any person or entity out side the BSP, whether pub lic or private, except under a court order or such condi tions as may be prescribed by the Monetary Board,” it said. It said “as with all BSP-released statistics, the survey results will be pub lished in aggregate form to safeguard the identities and personal information of the respondents.”
IEO officer in charge Ann Edillon said the pos sible decline in the inci dence of counterfeiting and piracy in the first six months of the year might be the reason for the drop in complaints and reports.
“Concerned citizens and rights owners may submit their reports via e-mail (operations@ipo phil.gov.ph), mobile (+63995-022-0522),phoneorthe IEO Facebook page,” IPO PHL said. (PNA)
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“The Philippine De partment of Trade and In dustry is aggressively pur suing partnerships with export enablers, such as An dalin that can provide digital turnkey services to our ex porters, from searching po tential buyers to providing shipping and payment op tions, and that can serve as catalysts in deepening Phil ippine participation in glob al value chains,” said DTIEMB Supervising Assistant Secretary Glenn Peñaranda.
More and more brand and intellectual proper ty owners have also been coming forward to voice their concerns about pro tecting their rights. This is the type of proactive in tellectual property rights protection that we hope to foster as we begin to see effects of the rebuilding economy,” IPOPHL Deputy Director General Teodoro Pascua said. Meanwhile, the IEO said the top source for intellectual property vi olations was the online space, particularly on Facebook, other websites, Shopee, Instagram, and Lazada,“Despiterespectively.thisdecline, we cannot deny that in tellectual property rights enforcement is also now a battle fought online,” Edil lon Sheadded.enjoined the public to be vigilant and report any counterfeiting and pi racy activities to IPOPHL.
Counterfeiting com plaints and piracy reports at the Intel lectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) from January to June dropped to 56, lower by 48 percent from the 107 complaints and reports in the same period in 2021. IPOPHL’s Intellectual Property Rights Enforce ment Office (IEO) reported Tuesday that 66 percent of complaints on counterfeit ing were on apparel, such as fake shoes, clothes, bags, and eyewear. This is followed by perfume and beauty products, with a 9.1 per cent share; gadgets, 6.8 percent; and other items, such as keychains and umbrellas, 4.5 percent. On the other hand, shows and movies topped piracy reports in the first half of the year. There were also piracy reports on art works and paintings, gen eral e-books, and software.
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Jr. meets with his economic team and officials of the National Food Authority (NFA) to discuss steps to ensure the adequate supply of rice in the country. OP The coupon rate of the 5.5-year retail treasury bond (RTB) that the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) will issue for two weeks starting Tuesday stands at 5.75 percent. Its average rate was 5.579 percent, higher than the 4.564 percent the same tenor fetched previously.TheBTr offered the debt paper for PHP30 billion and the auction committee awarded PHP162.721 billion. Total bids were more than seven times after it reached PHP225.32 bil lion.National Treasurer Rosalia de Leon is opti mistic of the continued strong demand for the Marcos administration’s first RTB issuance. “Auction results al ready showed strong in terest,” she told journal ists in a Viber message.
During the launch of the RTB offering, streamed through the BTr Facebook page on Tues day, de Leon said they continue to push for digi tal innovations to support the government’s finan cial inclusion agenda. “RTBs serve as a step ping stone for making investments in fixed in come securities easier and more accessible to all investors and most espe cially to our small savers,” sheThesaid. BTr will offer the RTBs, intended for small investors given its minimum placement of PHP5,000, from Aug. 23 until Sept. 7, 2022. It has tapped 21 finan cial institutions as autho rized selling agents and these are the Asia United Bank (AUB), Banco de Oro Unibank Inc. (BDO), BDO Capital & Investment Cor poration, Bank of Com
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marching order to boost production of rice, corn, vegetables, pork, and poultry. He also called for the review of the rice tariffi cation law and how it af fected local farmers. Marcos said his ad ministration has in creased the provision for buffer stock capacity from 9 days to 15 days under the proposed PHP5.268-trillion nation al budget for 2023.
The Private Sector Advisory Council (PSAC) will launch on Friday a program for micro, small and medi um enterprises (MSMEs) called Kapatid Angat La hat.This program was initiated by Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion, who is also the Jobs group lead of PSAC. In a statement Tues day, Concepcion said the private sector is partner ing with the government for the Kapatid Angat Lahat Program, which aims to promote inclusive economic growth by pro viding access to money, markets, and mentorship to MSMEs. Money, markets, and mentorship are part of Go Negosyo’s framework for helping small-scale busi nesses to grow. “The battle cry is ‘Pil ipinas Angat Lahat’, or Prosperity for All,” Con cepcion said. He said the Kapatid Angat Lahat is part of the priority programs of PSAC’s Jobs group pre sented to President Ferdi nand Marcos Jr. on August 17. The program for MS MEs, he added, aims to help achieve the govern ment’s goal to reduce the poverty level to a sin gle-digit rate by providing Filipinos with decent jobs.
The government has allocated PHP12 billion for the NFA’s Buffer Stock ing Program to procure 631.579 million metric tons (MT) of palay from local“Therefarmers.is also an al location of PHP670 bil lion for the purchase of high-quality rice and corn seeds for seed buffer stocking under the DA,” he said in his budget mes sage.
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Jr. on Tuesday met with his economic team and officials of the National Food Au thority (NFA) to discuss steps to ensure the adequate supply of rice in the country.
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“President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. meets with his econom ic team and the National Food Authority officials to plan the administration’s steps on maintaining suf ficient rice buffer stock in the country,” the Office of the President said on its official Facebook page. Marcos heads the De partment of Agriculture (DA) and chairs the NFA Council.Inhis first month as President and agricul ture chief, Marcos gave a
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“For us to increase the number of jobs in our country, we need to help scale up our MSMEs. This is where the public-pri vate partnership with the government is key,” Con cepcion said. Among the services that will be offered under the Kapatid Angat Lahat Program are guidance on legal business registration and operational require ments, formalizing infor mal businesses, financial capital support options, micro-loans, more ro bust market access, and business mentorship that spans ideation to sustain ability.“We should help our MSMEs become bigger.
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While reading some posts in my social media, I came across a quotation posted by the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation. “Let us always meet each other with a smile, for the smile is the beginning of love,” said Mother Teresa, who was given the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 1962 for devoting her life “serving India’s poor and dying through simple acts of kind ness.”
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George Eliot surmises, “Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles. Amer ican humorist Mark Twain also stated: “Wrinkles should mere ly indicate where smiles have been.” Just a reminder: It takes seventeen muscles to smile and forty-three to frown. “...and he smiled a lot. The smile did not mean that he was happy. It meant he was stron ger than most people, and that he intended to take advantage of it.” That’s what Michael Cad num wrote in Flash. No wonder, a photographer always tells their subject: Smile!
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Award-winning author Maya Angelou said that if you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love. “Don’t be surly at home,” she pointed out, “then go out in the street and start grinning ‘Good morn ing’ at total strangers.” Never underestimate the power of a smile. At one time, I was mad as hell when someone took the book I bought. I left it on top of my table before I left for work. When I returned home, it was gone. I really don’t have any problem with it if the person who took it just left a note that he was borrowing it. At least, with a note I can always ask the person if he is already done with the book. But what really got on my nerves this time was the fact that I had some scribbled notes on the said book which I insert ed. I was afraid that whoever took the book might just throw away the notes I had written. I was about to give up when my niece came to my room. “I am very much sorry, uncle,” she said. I was surprised; what had she done to me, I asked my self. She took something from her bag and with a big smile, “Here’s your book which I took without your knowledge. I for got to leave a note.” It didn’t matter if the book was lost. What mattered most was the fact that here was my niece and with a broad smile eased all those worries. “A smile is central to our evolution and one of the most powerful tools of human behav ior,” explains Dr. Cacher Keltner, a professor of psychology at the University of California, Berke ley, who has studied the impor tance of facial expression – in cluding the variety and impact of smiles.In1872, Charles Darwin proposed in his book, The Ex pression of Emotion in Man and Animals that facial expressions are biologically based and uni versal among human beings. However, the celebrated an thropologist Margaret Mead thought the smile was a cultur al behavior that varied between societies.There are several reasons why people smile. One indica tor is that he or she is in love.
Outside the missionary chronicles that are largely im portant sources of Davao’s colo nial past, most of the accounts of the conquest of Davao have been diluted by annotations, often embellished with details. Luckily, in our hunt for smoking guns, we stumbled upon an au thentic narrative dated June 18, 1848, published in The Singa pore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser, that nation’s leading periodical under British rule. It was simply titled ‘Manila.’ The article was drawn ver batim from reports filed by the governor and captain-general of Zamboanga, who headed the Spanish administrative center in Mindanao. His letter dated March 17, 1848, provides an interesting timeline of Davao’s fall in the hands of Don Jose Oy anguren.Thegovernor reports that when Oyanguren’s expedition met fierce resistance from Datu Bago’s forces that guarded San ta Ana wharf but the confronta tion ended miserably. The vic tory is attributed to well-placed artillery that pounded ‘the inte rior fort of Davao.’ Seeing the impact of the cannons and the great loss in flicted on the lives of the Moro fighters, fillers were prompt ly sent to bargain. For some reason, the datus of Hijo, who were in Davao at the time, saw the colonists’ firepower, prompting them also to negoti ate and submit by giving up an anchor and a piece of artillery pilfered from the trading ship, San Rufo. Certain conditions were presented from Datu Ba go’s side but Oyanguren turned themInstead,down. the Spaniard or dered the repositioning of the artillery closer to the dock and readied for another assault. On seeing the advance, they ‘aban doned the forts, leaving in them seven cannons, withdrawing only the lantacas and a ten pounder which in a few days was captured.’ Initially, a datu, likely a subaltern, five captains, and a number of sentries died in the first skirmish.
So, why frown when you can smile. In Quote Me Everyday, Santosh Kalwar wrote: “I was smiling yesterday, I am smiling today and I will smile tomor row. Simply because life is too short to cry for anything.”
American balladeer Barry Ma nilow, referring to his beloved, croons, “I can’t smile without you.” “A smile costs nothing but gives much,” someone once wrote. “It enriches those who receive without making poorer those who give. It takes but a moment, but the memory of it sometimes lasts forever. None is so rich or mighty that he cannot get along without it and none is so poor that he cannot be made rich by it. Yet a smile cannot be bought, begged, bor rowed, or stolen, for it is some thing that is of no value to any one until it is given away. Some people are too tired to give you a smile. Give them one of yours, as none needs a smile so much as he who has no more to give.”“Smile and others will smile back,” Jean Baudrillard thinks. “Smile to show how transpar ent, how candid you are. Smile if you have nothing to say. Most of all, do not hide the fact you have nothing to say nor your total indifference to others. Let this emptiness, this profound indifference shine out sponta neously in your smile.” But more often than not, people stop smiling. It seems they are carrying the whole problem of the world. Even in the early morning, when they should face the new day with gladness, they are already frowning. There are several reasons but those reasons are not enough not to smile. A smile, according to Charles Gordy, “is an inexpen sive way to change your looks.”
On another occasion, the 1979 Nobel Peace laureate also said, “Peace begins with a smile.”So many famous people have said about smiling. “Noth ing you wear is more important than your smile,” Connie Ste vens pointed out. “I love those who can smile in trouble,” said Leonardo da Vinci, who painted the famous Mona Lisa. “Smile at strangers and you just might change a life,” sug gested Steve Maraboli. “Learn to smile at every situation,” advised Joe Brown. “See it as an opportunity to prove your strength and ability.” There is indeed something to smile about. Tessa Dare, au thor of A Lady of Persuasion, penned: “Oh, no. Don’t smile. You’ll kill me. I stop breathing when you smile.”
Roy T. Bennett, author of The Light in the Heart, has the same view. “A smile puts you on the right track,” he said. “A smile makes the world a beau tiful place. When you lose your smile, you lose your way in the chaos of Smilelife.”to everyone. Smile specifically to your loved ones. “I like it when my mother smiles,” Adriana Trigiani, the woman behind Viola in Reel Life. “And I especially like it when I make her smile.”
On February 4, 1848, the two forts securing Datu Bago’s reserve and the headland of Davao fell, forcing the Moros to retire to the upper regions, car rying with them the hope that they would later recover the lost territories.
Four days later, the modern steamer El Cano arrived in the gulf. The governor wrote: ‘At the dawn of the 9th a column under the orders of Captain D. Manuel Garcia, a Lombera, put itself in motion, the vanguard composed of soldiers and ma rines being the command of the Lieutenant D. Eustaquio Ve larde; and continued its march the whole day through the very beautiful country, wading vari ous rivers, and dislodging and pursuing the moors and Dattos, killingTheseveral.’following day, Oy anguren, who escorted the troops, obtained intelligence that in a village near the place where they took to rest the previous night, the chieftains were committed to resisting them. Without delay, the group proceeded to the area, nego tiating the chest-deep Davao River and attacking the stock ade. Overpowered, the Moors retreated to the jungle with their wounded. On February 11, 1848, Oy anguren’s expedition, after in cinerating the dwellings in a zone of seven leagues from the headland, continued the pur suit to force the Moors to fur ther flee from their settlements and the areas now under the control of the invaders. The following day, Oyan guren received news that Datu Ongay, the man who burned San Rufo, and his people were two kilometers from Davao. At midnight, Captain Garcia, the Spaniard’s next in command, embarked on an attack with fifty of his men on board three boats and gave chase. On Febru ary 13, the pursuing troops sur prised thirty Moros, six of them were killed and the rest taken as captives. As a result, the governor noted, ‘The whole of the coast of the great gulph (sic) of Davao recognized the authority of the Alcalde [Oyanguren] of the province.’
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Built in 1965 and known as the first commercial shopping center in Davao City, Aldevinco was closed down early this year. The tenants of the old Al devinco were relocated to their new home —Poblacion Market Central (PMC) along Madrazo. A microcosm of Mindanao in one roof - this is how this writer described homegrown developer Alsons Develop ment’sThePMC.newest retail and life style destination in Davao City, PMC offers a merchant mix of art, antiques, and souve nir shops with products high lighting Mindanaoan art and culture from Aldevinco Shop ping Center’s most loved and long-standing tenants.
From food to sculp tures, batiks and tex tiles, and handicrafts, Poblacion has some thing for everyone. “We are also proud of the fact that some of Poblacion’s merchants are entrepreneurs,third-generationwhose grandparents started their journey with us at Aldevinco. We are grateful that we are able to continue as their partners in showcasing THAT GOOD OLD ALDEVINCO’S REINCARNATION
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doors of Poblacion late last year. It hosted over 300 seasoned and up-and-coming artists during the Mindanao Art Fair in October 2021; gathered adven turous foodpreneurs, artists and artisans during the month-long Christmas Bazaar; and moved Aldevinco Shopping Center’s long-standing tenants to a new space with upgraded facilities in January of “Through2022.Poblacion, we want everyone to know that “shopping” isn’t limited to just browsing and buying items, we have enhanced and elevated this through other experienc es like dining, art appreciation, monthly themed events, and having essential services–like banks–within an arm’s reach,” Yujuico said. The company also unveiled a massive mural by Mindanaoan contemporary artist Kublai Mil lan stands to welcome custom ers to the atrium area. PMC also opened its food hall, Kukun (Kusina at Kultura ng Dabaw), which serves Persian food by Majid’s Kebab, pinoy grilled by Yassi’s Siargao BBQ, lechon meals by Porky Best, and seafood bento by Claribel Restaurant. It also houses Hootsa for milk and fruit teas, Myami Vyce Resto Bar for mocktails and cocktails, and Bo’s Coffee. First commercial shopping center Locals or even tourists know Aldevinco Shopping Center. Alsons Development and Investment Corporation first made its mark upon the creation of the Aldevinco Shopping Cen ter in 1965, then Davao’s first commercial shopping center, followed by multiple residential projects that are now home to generations of Dabawenyos. For more than five decades, Aldevinco housed Mindanaoan textiles, antiques, and pearl shops, it welcomed both locals and tourists, and it enabled en trepreneurs to start and flourish. Early in 2022, Alsons Dev closed the old shopping center and relocated its tenants to Po blacion.
the best of Davao and Mind anao here in Poblacion” said Cecile Dominguez-Yujuico, Pres ident - Conrado and Ladislawa Foundation Inc., the social de velopment arm of the Alcantara Group, in her message. The launch was graced by Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Dute rte. He considers the opening of Poblacion as a testament of Davao’s love for its local culture. “We hope that Dabawen yos and tourists alike will con tinue to support our wide array of local products,” he said.
Through the years Aldevinco Shop ping Center has been synonymous to Davao’s iconic batik, pearls, and spiredMindanaoan-inaccessories.
Alsons Dev first opened the
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Like most cities on the Temujin “Tek” Ocampo, chair of the Committee on Environment, re cently filed a resolution asking the national government to allocate funds for the construction of the waste-to-energy (WTE) facility of Davao City. dillo.
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He filed the resolution as the city’s seven-hectare11-year-oldsanitary landfill located in New Carmen, Tugbok is near ing its full capacity. The City Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) reports around 900 tons of garbage are being generated by the city each day.
“One technology utilized worldwide is waste-to-energy or WTE which not only signifi cantly reduces the vol ume of waste dumped in the sanitary landfill but also contributes and pro vides one of the most im portant resources, which is energy,” the resolution said.With a total land area of 2,443.61 square kilo meters, Davao City is the country’s largest city in terms of land area. It is the third most populous city in the country – after Quezon City and Manila. The World Population Re view said the city is cur rently home to almost two million people (1,907,721 to be exact). “Of all the local gov ernments, (Davao City) bears the most compre hensive waste manage ment evaluation, which is manifested by an op erational sanitary landfill that serves 70% of the population,” wrote Mick Jethro M. Basa in a study, “Waste Management To wards a Clean Environ ment: A Comparative Study Between Davao City-Philippines and Malang-Indonesia.”
“In case the national government will not give us the P3 billion, what are our options? We want to know because these are very important issues we are facing right now,” Alag added. Instead of building a new and expensive land fill to manage the increas ing waste the city produc es, Ocampo believes it’s an opportunity to build a waste-to-energy facility. Waste-to-energy (WTE) or energy from waste is the process of generating energy in the form of elec tricity and/or heat from the primary treatment of waste.“The proposed WTE (facility) will be located 2.2 kilometers from the Biao Elementary School and Biao National High School, and 550 meters away from the relocation site of displaced families in Catalunan Grande,” Pa dillo wrote. Once the current sani tary landfill will be closed down, it will be converted into a segregation area for the TheWTE. environmental group Interfacing Devel opment Interventions for Sustainability (IDIS), however, believes WTE is not the solution to the garbage problem of Davao City.“Our officials need not look further and compli cate things when it comes to solving the city’s waste problem, for if they only look for sustainable solu tions and environmen tally sound technologies within our city, they will discover that the answer has long been provided and practiced by our fel low Dabawenyos,” said IDIS in a statement. WTE is a form of ener gy recovery as it produces a combustible fuel com modity such as methane, methanol, ethanol or syn thetic fuels. Incineration, the combustion of organic material, is the most com mon WTE implementa tion.“IDIS believes that the WTE-incinerator fa cility is a waste of money and, more important ly, addresses the wrong issue which is the lack or absence of the strict implementation of the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000 (Republic Act 9003),” IDIS said.IDIS highlighted the city’s implementation of the law’s waste segrega tion policy. “This is evi dent in the current state of the city’s sanitary land fill… where, admittedly, it has reached beyond its ca pacity due to unsegregat ed biodegradable waste being dumped therein,” the statement said. Based on the data from CENRO, almost 80% of the city’s wastes are as sessed as biodegradables. “Biodegradable wastes are mostly generated from residences and com mercial establishments,” IDIS said, adding that these wastes can be treat ed and reduced without burning or incineration processes.TheWTE technolo gy is covered under the Renewable Energy Act of 2008 (Republic Act 9153). The Department of Energy, as mandated by law, “shall encourage the adoption and develop ment of WTE as a source of power” as long as it complies with RA 9003 and RA 8749 (Clean Air Act of 1999). Among those that can be used as fuel for WTE are “biomass resources, which cover agricultur al products, by-products and residues but also biodegradable organic fractions of industrial and municipal waste that can be used for bioconversion or other processes.” Gases and liquid re covered from decompo sition or extraction of FWASTES, P10
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verge of commercializa tion, Davao City “needs a clear-cut agenda on man aging wastes.” As Basa puts it: “Like any other industrialized and mod ern societies, solid waste is an issue which Davao City cannot turn a blind eye to.”
Former Vice Mayor Bernard Al-ag agreed. “What are the short-term solutions for us to deter mine where we will put our garbage in the next years while waiting for this long-term solution?” he was quoted as saying by Edge Davao’s Maya Pa
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He said this will en sure that there is enough supply of these seeds to be used during calamities and emergencies affecting rice and corn productions.
non-fossilized and biode gradable organic materi als can also be utilized as WTEThefuels.Philippine Statis tics Authority (PSA) said the Philippines is home to 109.99 million people. Now, if you take that with an expanding economy, it means more waste gener ated.The Philippines has a total land area of 30 mil lion hectares. By 2030, it is being forecasted that the country may no lon ger have the land to be turned into a landfill to accommodate the ev er-increasing garbage. WTE has been cited as an immediate solution to the garbage crisis, which has not been solved by RA 9003. Only 30% of baran gays all over the country have materials recovery facilities, according to the Department of Envi ronment and Natural Re sources (DENR). In like manner, only 30% of cit ies and municipalities are being served by sanitary landfills.“The problem of solid waste is one of the prima ry issues that we must ad dress immediately,” said Roy A. Cimatu, when he was still the environment secretary. His depart ment considers WTE as “a cleaner and more sustain able alternative to the tra ditional sanitary landfill.” Fortunato dela Peña, when he was still the head of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), also supported the idea of having WTE in the country. “Our neigh boring countries like Sin gapore and Taiwan have functioning WTE facili ties, so why can’t we do it here in the country?” he said in his Facebook post. WTE might not seem as harmless as it sounds. “Incinerators are being fed by plastic or non-biodegradable waste as fuel, it will burn these wastes and turn the water into steam in a broiler and create a high-pressure steam to produce electric ity,” IDIS explained. “How ever, this process results in the emission of highly toxic substances like diox ins and furans, which are known carcinogenic and can also cause reproduc tive and developmental problems, among others.”
For inquiries on how to avail of the center’s service contact, just dial 09914504595. CIO has not given any update yet if they have granted a special permit for the Buhangin and Cabantian routes),” Abude said. He added that the CTTMO is doing its best to address concerns about traffic congestion and passenger safety in the city. Meanwhile, aside from the five routes already approved, the LTFRB also granted a special permit for Dumper Partylist’s Libreng Sakay for Stu dents for the untila.m.brengcan-RoxasCalinan-Roxas,Toril-Roxas,andPanaroutes.TheLiSakayrunsfrom5to8a.m.and5p.m.8intheevening.The program will run until September 22, 2022. Each student will just need to present an ID or enrol ment form. CIO
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WASTES... 9 erty. Katong mga delin quent accounts mao na’y among gina-encourage na mu-apply for the remedi ation program para masave ang ilahang proper ty. Lisod himoon na target ang foreclosed property kay luoy pud. Ginatagaan nato sila ug chance na i-recover nila ang prop erty kay naay value dinha na dili kabayran or senti mental value,” he said. Meanwhile, Pag-IBIG has launched its official mobile app-the virtual Pag-IBIG Mobile App that allows members to view their PagIBIG savings and annual dividends, con firm savings remitted, and loan payments made through all channels, and monitor their loan bal ances and due dates. The mobile app can be accessed by members using their virtual PagIBig accounts to ensure data protection and se curity.
Last week, Malacañang assured the public that the DOH is ready to prevent the further spread of monkey pox. (PNA)
FROM 2 “As of now we will ca ter to a maximum of 35 ka mga bata pero gamay palang ang atong enrollees sa pagkakaron (As of now we will cater to a maximum of 35 children but as of now there are still a few enroll ees),” Bangkil said. She added that children can only be catered to at the center for a maximum of three months.
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FROM 4 tion and verification system to ensure all parties can maximize the platform as much as possible,” Andalin chief executive officer Rifki Pratomo said. Data from the Philippine Statistics Authority showed that the country’s trade within Asean for the first half of 2022 reached USD24.03 billion, with USD19.58 bil lion in imports and USD4.45 billion in exports. (PNA)
FROM 3 in Davao City filed by Ocam po on Tuesday. “Ang mayor ug konseho abri kung unsa man na al ternatibo na plano na ilang i-presenta. Kitang tanan man pro-environment but again we need to address this problem because this is urgent. Just try to imag ine unsa kadaghan ang 700 tons of garbage per day. Problema pud sa atoang material recovery facility, kay ang barangay diri wala man sila’y luna para kabu tangan ana,” Ocampo said. Last Friday, Mayor Se bastian “Baste” Duterte em phasized that the city needs to modernize its strategy in addressing waste over Davao City Disaster Radio (DCDR). He also cited the WTE project as necessary during his inaugural speech in July this year. Meanwhile, Ocampo also assured that the WTE project is carefully studied by the city so that the health of the residents is not com promised.“Sasinugdanan gise guro lang gyud sa syudad nga safe ang proyekto na ipatuman. Panahon pa ni ni former President Rodrigo Duterte and then nisunod si Mayor Sara ug didto na me dyo full blast ang study. The team went back to Kitaky ushu Japan para maseguro na safe ang implementation sa project. And it showed naman na state-of-the-art ang ginagamit nila nga an ti-pollution device to make sure na kining gikahadlukan nilang dioxins ug unsa na chemicals, dili siya muadto sa mga residente,” he added.
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Early Child Care and Development Focal Ellena Gabaton, in an interview over Madayaw Davao on Tuesday, also added that they can assure the safety of the children while at the center.“We guarantee a child protection policy. We also have security guards,” Gab atonShesaid.said that the work ers in the center are also trained in their work. There is no free food offered at the center so par ents will have to leave food for their children. Breast feeding mothers can nurse their babies in the area during their free time. Among the require ments for the enrolment of the children are the birth certificate of the child, a full picture of the child, and certificate of employment of the parent if he is not a government employee.Thecenter is open from Monday to Friday except on Holidays from 8 am to 5 pm.The center started to cater to children in 2014 and was halted due to the pandemic.
“Our growing retail sec tor is proof that the retail treasury bonds are a viable pillar of domestic financ ing. With their consistently strong reception from both local and overseas inves tors, the retail treasury bonds now account for around 35 percent of the Bureau of the Treasury’s outstanding government securities,” he said. He added the gov ernment targets to raise PHP2.2 trillion this year to finance its programs and 75 percent of the amount is aimed to be raised through the local capital market to limit foreign exchange vol atilities. (PNA) Any effort here will con tribute to creating more jobs. This is the Circle of Success we create when everyone in the ecosys tem grows and where no one is left behind,” Con cepcion added. (PNA)
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FROM 2 countries with confirmed cases of monkeypox is the fourth case reported in the country.The first case is a 31-year-old Filipino who already recovered and was discharged from isolation on Aug. 6. The second (31-yearold Filipino) and third cases (29-year-old Filipi no) had travel histories to countries with confirmed cases of monkeypox. They are still in isolation and in stable condition. A person can acquire monkeypox by having skin to skin contact with the infected individual or by handling items touched or used by the confirmed case. Monkeypox may also be transmitted through sexual contact with infected indi vidual who has rashes or openThelesions.DOH earlier ad vised the public to prevent the spread of monkeypox by avoiding close and sus tained physical contact with suspected cases, keep ing hands clean, wear ing face masks, covering coughs with elbow, and choosing areas with good airflow.
More officials sworn in Meanwhile, Marcos on Tuesday also administered the oath of office of new government officials from the Presidential Legisla tive Liaison Office (PLLO), Government Owned or Controlled Corporation (GOCC), and Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO). hamongtayo“Nagpapasalamatsapagtanggapnilasakaakibatngpaglil ingkod sa bayan. Inaasahan natin ang kanilang tapat na serbisyo sa sambayanang Pilipino (We thank them for accepting the challenge of serving the people. We look forward to their faith ful service to the Filipino people),” Marcos said in a post in his official Facebook page. (PNA)
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Lai Santos, director of Ateneo de Davao Univer sity-based Ecoteneo, ar gued the government has no capacity to monitor dioxin emissions. “This was verified by the Envi ronmental Management Bureau personnel at the recent updating of the Comprehensive Develop ment Plan,” she wrote in an open Santosletter.said that aside from dioxin, WTE also re leases heavy metals such as lead and mercury, and particulate matter which cause lung and heart dis ease.Waste burning or in cineration is prohibited under the Clean Air Act. An urban develop ment consultant of the Manila-based Asian De velopment Bank, howev er, believed the banning was due to old technolo gy. With the availability of new technology, inciner ators have become more environmentally safe. “The basis for ban ning incineration was the old technology used in existing incinerators in the Philippines which operate below 1,000°C,” Aldrin Plaza wrote on the Asian Development Blog. “But modern incinerators are hotter and can elimi nate toxic gases such as dioxins and furans.”
Felino A. Palafox, Jr., president and principal architect of Urban Plan ner of Palafox and Associ ates, believed transition ing to WTE solutions will be favorable for Filipinos “as these can help our waste management and energyQuotingproblems.”areport from the World Bank, Palafox said that by 2025, ur ban areas in the country are expected to produce 77,776 tons of trash per day. “(That is) equiva lent to a 165-percent in crease,” he said. WTE is indeed the im mediate solution to the garbage problem. Con chita Ragragio, country liaison for the Municipal Waste Recycling Program in the Philippines, consid ers WTE as “a practical lesser evil.” But she told eco-busi ness.com that “cities should not just rely on waste-to-energy projects to curb their rubbish, but also educate communi ties on methods of waste minimization, reuse and recycling.”Forits part, IDIS sug gested a sustainable solution by creating a centralized composting and biomass facility and systematic materials re covery facilities in every barangay.“Thiswill not only ad dress the main problem of biodegradable waste and waste segregation, but it requires a lesser budget allocation compared to an incinerator,” IDIS said.
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Holders of previous ly issued bonds, namely FXTN 10-47, RTB 5-11, FXTN 10-58, and RTB 3-10 are allowed to swap their holdings for the new RTB offering.During the same event, Finance Secretary Benja min Diokno said issuance of the RTB is a major com ponent in the government’s fund-raising activities. He highlighted the fact that RTBs are “safe, lowrisk, and affordable invest ment instruments that al low Filipinos to contribute to nation-building while growing their hard-earn ing savings with better re turns.”Diokno said the gov ernment has raised over PHP4.37 trillion funds since first RTB issuance in 2001, adding this particular secu rities has “proven to be the strongest performing finan cial instrument in the Trea sury’s portfolio of bond of ferings.”
FROM 5 merce, BPI-Capital Cor poration, China Banking Corporation (Chinabank), Citibank NA, Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP), East West Bank ing Corporation (Eastwest Bank), First Metro Invest ment Corporation (FMIC), ING Bank NV, Land Bank of the Philippines (Landbank), Maybank Philippines Inc., Metropolitan Bank & Trust Company (Metrobank), Philippine Bank of Commu nications (PBCom), Philip pine National Bank (PNB), Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC), Rob insons Bank Corporation, Security Bank and Trust Company, Standard Char tered Bank, and Union Bank of the Philippines (Union bank). Investors can go to these banks to inquire about the RTB or order through the BTr’s online ordering facil ity at www.treasury.gov.ph or through mobile apps of the Landbank, Overseas Fil ipino Bank (OFBank), and Bonds.PH.
“In addition, another key is for barangays to in tensify community-based waste management sys tems from waste segre gation and collection to proper waste disposal that will increase divert ed wastes instead of be ing dumped at centralized facilities, such as sanitary landfills.”
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FROM 3 cause of the new guidelines set by the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) in June this year wherein the iso lation period for those who are fully vaccinated is only up to seven days. “An average of seven days na lang ang isolation period from the date of the swabbing for the fully vac cinated. If the patient is not fully vaccinated or partially vaccinated mu-quarantine gihapon ug 14 days,” she said.Councilor Al Ryan Ale jandre, spokesperson of the Kadayawan Execom, earlier reported that the city was able to reach more than 50,000 tourists during the 37th Kadayawan sa Davao. By Maya M. Padillo
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Kevin Quiambao nailed the dagger jump shot in La Salle’s win against Marinerong Pilipino. PBA Images.
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La Salle holds off Marinero to force Game 3 in PBA D-League EcoOil-La Salle remains in the hunt for the 2022 PBA D-League Aspirants’ Cup crown after hold ing off Marinerong Pilipino in Game 2, 70-63, Wednesday afternoon at the Araneta Coliseum. The Green Archers got off to a hot start but need ed a strong finishing kick to seal the win and force a deciding game in the bestof-3 series.
Michael Phillips led the way for EcoOil-La Salle with 18 points, 14 rebounds and four blocks. The Green Ar chers rebounded from a 72-67 defeat in the series opener.Schonny Winston (15), Evan Nelle (8), CJ Austria (11) and Kevin Quiambao (6) provided the support for their big man, particu larly down the stretch. “We just caught them napping at the start. We came out strong. I know we’re tired as we’re play ing almost every day but it’s the mindset for us. We just came out ready and we played our game unlike in the first game where we played tentative,” said La Salle coach Derick Pumar en. “I’m proud of the way the boys kept their pres sure. We were playing not to lose but we’re able to correct that and make big mistakes,” he added. La Salle raced to an 18-8 start to set the tone of the game, and still had a 5141 advantage off a Bright Nwankwo slam dunk early in the fourth quarter. But newly-crowned conference MVP Juan Go mez de Liano sparked a 21-12 run that put the Skippers within one point, 62-63, with still 1:21 to play in the game. Marinerong Pilipino couldn’t complete the ral ly, however. Nelle knocked down three free throws off a foul by Kemark Carino, before Quiambao’s backto-back jumpers that iced the victory for the Green Archers. Jollo Go paced Mari nerong Pilipino with 21 points as Gomez de Lia no had 14 in a tough los ing effort that spoiled his MVP coronation and the Skippers’ potential title clincher. The EcoOil-Lascores:Salle 70 -M. Phillips 18, Winston 15, Austria 11, Nelle 8, Nwankwo 7, Quiambao 6, Manuel 5, B. Phillips 0, Nonoy 0. Marinerong Pilipino 63 -- Go 21, Gomez de Liano 14, Carino 14, Pido 5, So berano 3, Nocum 2, Man langit 2, Agustin 2, Gamboa 0, Bonifacio 0, Hernandez 0, Bonsubre 0, Lacap 0, GarciaQuarters:0. 20-10, 34-26, 49-41, 70-63. Filipino pole vaulter EJ Obiena won the 26th Internationales Stab hochsprung-Meeting in Jockgrim, Germany, after clearing 5.81 meters. Obiena needed just one attempt to clear 5.61 me ters, 5.71 meters, and 5.81 meters. However, he failed in three tries to clear 5.95 meters, which would have given him a new personal best and reset the Asian record. American Christopher Nilsen, the silver medal ist in the World Athletics Championships, placed second after clearing 5.71 meters in his second try. He faltered at 5.81 meters three times. Australia’s Marschall Kurtis took the bronze, hav ing needed three attempts to clear 5.71 meters. By clearing 5.81 me ters, Obiena also reached the qualifying standard for next year’s World Champi onships in Hungary. Obiena is in the midst of a busy stretch that will see him compete in seven tour naments in three weeks. The pole vaulter will be back in action immediately, competing in the Athletis sima leg of the Diamond League on Thursday (Fri day in Manila).
Ernest John Obiena of the Philippines celebrates his bronze during the medal ceremony for the Men’s Pole Vault Final at the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, USA, 24 July 2022. John G. Mabanglo, EPA-EFE. Obiena rules Germany tilt, qualifies for 2023 World Championships
Torres was elected EVP along with new Patafa Presi dent Terry Capistrano. Torres and Capistrano were teammates with the DeLa Salle University track team in the 70s. The new leadership evolved after the resignation of former chief Philip Ella Juico. In an interview with this writer, Torres said he accept ed the challenge in order to get going the reforms Patafa needed.Torres fondly recalls his days as an athlete.
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University of Mindanao (UM) President Guillermo “Willie” Torres is feeling both nostalgic and motivated after his election as the new Philippine Track and Field Associa tion (Patafa) Executive Vice President.
UM President and new Patafa executive vice president Willie Torres (left) with the writer at The Royal Mandaya Hotel. Willie Torres (left) as trackster for De La Salle.
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As new Patafa EVP, UM President Torres relives days as track athlete
“I joined the De La Salle track team in 1971. My event was the 110 high hurdles,” saidTorresTorres.also competed in men’s high jump and long jump events. He was a mem ber of the NCAA Track overall champion team in 1973. Aside from Capistrano, Torres also recalls Mike Mar cos as one of his teammates. Torres’ stint did not last long.“I quit the team in 1973 when my dad told me to work at an investment bank for on the job training,” he said.
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