P 15.00 • 12 PAGES@EdgeDavao edgedavao@gmail.comwww.edgedavao.netf EDGE Serving a seamless society DAVAO SPORTS P 12 VOL.15 ISSUE 115 • FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 2022 GOODTOGO PARENTAL CONSENT Vaccination in schools for 5-11 kids facing issues on consent A “trisikad” driver traverses along the main road in Brgy. Sasa, Davao City where a residential area was recently demolished. Edge Davao STORY ON PAGE 2
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Vaccination in schools for 5-11 kids facing issues on consent
The city government of Davao is intensifying the school-based vaccination as face-to-face classes have started in most schools in the “Wecity. are intensifying the school-based vaccination pero ang atong dilemma sa atong vaccination team if The first-ever nano technology center in Mindanao is expected to develop technological solutions to environmental problems in the island re gion.“I hope the Center of Green intoofwillmentalInnovationsNanotechnologyforEnvironSolutions(CGNIES)becomeanexampletranslatingresearchmeaningful,innova tive projects benefiting the community,” said Dr. Cho sel Lawagon, the facility’s director, in an interview on Wednesday.Launched on Aug. 19, the CGNIES of the Universi ty in Mindanao (UM) is the first nanotechnology cen ter in Mindanao. It is funded by the De partment of Science and Technology - Philippine Council for Industry, Ener gy, and Emerging Technol ogy Research and Devel opment (DOST-PCIEERD) through the here.baggedthroughatingnanoparticlesonbeen(IDP).DevelopmentInfrastructureProgramLawagon,whohasworkingwithUMconvertingwasteintoandgenerrenewableenergynanogenerators,multipleawards
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In support, Dr. Anthony Sales, the director of DOST in the Davao Region, said the agency remains com mitted to working closely with UM to ensure signifi cant objectives will be de livered.“We anticipate that UM, together with DOST, will play a key role in promoting green innovations in Mind anao and providing techno
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Power blackouts loom in parts of Sultan Kudarat and Basilan unless the National Power Corporation-Small Pow er Utilities Group (Napo cor-SPUG) settles its fuel bills with oil firm Petron Corporation.SPUGisan entity serv ing the power needs of areas outside of the main power grid in the island. The towns of Kala mansig and Lebak in Sul tan Kudarat province are expected to plunge into darkness by Thursday, Au gust 25, when the firm be gins to run out of fuel for its diesel-fed power plants and barges in afterplenishedsupplyNapocor-SPUG’sMindanao.dieselhasnotbeenreinrecentdaysPetronstoppedde liveries to the power firm due to unpaid balance amounting to a whopping P1.2Already,billion. tens of thou sands of residents in the coastal towns of Kala mansig and Lebak in Sul tan Kudarat province had a taste of the outage on Tuesday when electricity went off at 8 a.m. and re stored 12 hours later. The same 12-hour outage takes into effect Wednesday.Napocor- SPUG vice president Larry Sabellina said the move was nec essary to stretch the use of remaining fuel which is expected to run out on Thursday. All six diesel en gines of Napocor-SPUG’s power plant in Kalaman sig will be shut down at noon of that day. Also to be affected by a similar situation is the island province of Basilan which is also served by a diesel-fed plant and a power barge. The Napo cor facilities in Basilan are expected to run out of die sel on August 29, Sabellina said. The SPUG official has instructed managers to come up with a power load shedding scheme in Basilan ahead of the an ticipated exhaustion of diesel fuel for the power plants in that island of 11 towns and two cities – Isa bela and Lamitan. In a memorandum to Napocor managers, Sa billena bared that in their talks with Petron execu tives on Monday, the oil firm refused to budge and were firm in their previ ous position of “putting on hold deliveries to Napocor SPUG plants in Mindanao and Luzon until the bill is settled.”TheSPUG plant super intendent in Kalamansig also reported that Petron, through its depot in Baw ing, General Santos City, informed them that their fuel allocation has been put on hold until such time that they can pay their ob ligation.Such development prompted Napocor to inform the Sultan Kuda rat Electric Cooperative (Sukelco), its main client, about the need to “imme diately implement” a pow er curtailment scheme.
Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte graces the 85th Charter Day celebration of Iloilo City on Thursday. VP Duterte also took part in the storytelling activity and read “The Barter of Panay” held at the Dr. Gra ciano Lopez Jaena Learning Resource Center and Museum. Official FB page of Inday Sara Duterte dili mu-avail ang mga par ents. At the end of the day, dili mahitabo ang bakuna kung wala’y consent sa par ents,” Dr. Michelle Schloss er, Davao City Covid-19 Task Force spokesperson, said over Davao City Disas ter Radio Schlosser(DCDR).is appeal ing to parents of five to 11 years old to have their children vaccinated to pro tect them from infection as most of them are not keen on adhering to the mini mum public health stan dardsShe(MPHS).advised the parents to instill the importance of wearing face masks to their children to prevent the transmission of Covid-19.
The Davao City Covid-19 Task Force admitted it is facing challenges in the vaccination rollout for five to 11 years old as no vaccination will happen without parental consent.
Power blackout looms in Basilan, parts of S. Kudarat due to unpaid P1.2B fuel
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A separate report by the social welfare office in Ka buntalan town said a total of 4,561 families or 22,805 persons in 17 barangays were affected by the over flowing of Rio Grande de Mindanao and the Liguasan Marsh.In the adjacent towns of Pagalungan and Datu Montawal town, the flood displaced close to 10,000 families. Some residents fled their homes when the nearby Kabacan River, a tributary of the bigger Pu langui River that flows from Bukidnon, overflowed and inundated the town’s 11 ba rangays.Balumol Kadiding, di saster risk reduction and management officer of the municipality of Datu Mon tawal, said most of the flood victims have evacuated, but some families opted
The upcoming 31st Mindanao Business Con ference 2022 (MinBizCon 2022) will be held at the Northeastern Mindanao University Gymnasium in Tandag City slated from Au gust 31, 2022, until Septem ber 2, 2022.
The City Economic Enterprise Office is preparing the 494 vendors-awardees for the upcoming turnover of the Agdao Farmers Market. Funded by the De partment of Agriculture (DA) and implemented by the Department of Pub lic Works and Highways (DPWD), the conversion of the Agdao Public Market (renamed Agdao Farmers Market) into a three-story building with portions of air-conditioned offices of the City Economic Enter prises and the City Environ ment and Natural Resourc es (CENRO) commenced in 2018.Maximo Macalipes, Jr., OIC of the City Econom ic Enterprise, said that the project is now at 92.3 percent complete and is currently at Phase 2 of the project.“Currently we are in Phase 2 of the project na 92.3 percent and we are just awaiting the turn over. Initially, Phase 1 is composed of the building nahuman na siya and we continue on Phase 2 na funding. On the ground amo nang gina ready ang mga awardee or vendors sa Agdao Public Market and we conducted an orienta tion and reviewing on their lease contract para if ever na ma turn over na si Agd ao Farmers Market ready na atong mga vendors to sit in sa ilahang respective na mga stalls,” Macalipes said during I-Speak media forum on Thursday.
John Vincent Pimentel, president of the Tandag Chamber of Commerce and Industry Incorporat ed, said the conference as a multi-stakeholder platform will enable the business sector affected by the pan demic while doing business
Flooding spawned by days of heavy rains in the upland has de stroyed P130-million worth of crops and farm products and displaced thousands of families of farmers in Magu indanao province, an official said.Ronjamin M. Maulana, Maguindanao director of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Agrarian Re form (MAFAR) in the Bang samoro region, said that heavy rains in the past days from Bukidnon caused the rivers and marshlands to swell, severely affecting at least eight of the 36 towns in Maguindanao.Thesetowns are along rivers and close to the Li guasan Marsh, a sprawling wetland in central Mindan ao. Taking the brunt of the inundation are the towns of Datu Montawal, Paga lungan, Sultan Sa Barongis, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Datu Pi ang, Northern Kabuntalan, Mother Kabuntalan and General Salipada K. Penda tun.Maulana said their as sessment found that rice farms were most affected with around P115 million destroyed, corn farms dam age was pegged at P11 mil lion and vegetable farms at P4 million.Atleast 1,472 farmers are affected whose families are being assisted by the government, Maulana said.
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City Economic Enterprise officer-in-charge Maximo Macalipes, Jr. says during this week’s I-Speak media forum that the construction of Agdao Farmers Market, formerly known as Agdao Public Market, is now in phase 2 and is 92.3% completed. Edge Davao
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The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) is resuming the Mindanao Business Conference (Min BizCon) this year which will focus on the policy solutions to help the business sector in Mindanao. in Mindanao.“Theconference hopes to gather over a thousand delegates from business leadership forums, aca deme, policy networks, and even students. This is a multi-stakeholder platform that will enable everyone who is affected by doing business in Mindanao to discuss policy solutions for our ongoing concur rent and even future pre dicaments,” Pimentel said during Wednesday’s media forum.He said this year’s hold ing of the face-to-face Min BizCon will showcase the resilience of the business sector in Mindanao. “We have learned that the pandemic has tested us. It has pushed the boundar ies of business resilience. This is the reason why business communities all over Mindanao decided to hold this much-anticipated event. After two years of hi atus we know there is much clamor for face-to-face gathering specially in the business policy network,” he said.
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Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) Administrator Ben jamin Madrigal Jr., led Wednesday the handing over of the PHP17-million virgin coconut oil (VCO) plant in Barangay Libas here that is expected to benefit coconut farmers including from neighbor ing areas in the Caraga Region.The plant, constructed amidst the pandemic in May 2021, was received by the 147-strong Libas Farmers operatewhichCooperativeMulti-Purpose(LFMPC),willmanageandtheVCOplant.“Wearesohappythat finally the plant is handed over to us. Now we can start its full operations,” said Rebecca Felix, the chairperson of LFMPC in an interview at the side line of the ceremony.
As of the first half of this year, the BSP said the vol ume of electronic payments (e-payments) and financial services processed by dig ital banks reached 1.4 mil lion amounting to PHP8.45 billion. (PNA)
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The BSP on Wednesday said UnionDigital Bank Inc. (UDB) received its COA last July 12 and GoTyme Bank Corporation (GTYME) last JulyThese29. two complete the initial roster of digital banks allowed by the central bank to operate in the country. The other four are Tonik Digital Bank Inc. (TONDB) and Maya Bank Inc. (MAYA), which got their COA in the first quarter of this year, and Overseas Filipino Bank Inc. (OFBank), the digital bank subsidiary of state-owned Land Bank of the Philip pines (LANDBANK), and UNObank Inc. (UBI), which received their respective The Philippines now officially has six digital banks after the Bangko Sen tral ng Pilipinas (BSP) recently issued Certificates of Authority (COA) to two more financial institutions, which paved the way for the latter’s full operations. COA in the second quarter of the year.The BSP said OFBank, TONDB, and MAYA are al ready fully operational while UBI, UDB, and GTYME are operating under limited operations and are expected to publicly launch within the second half of the year. “Operating initially un der limited capacity is a con servative approach adopted by digital banks to further ensure that all aspects of their digital operations are ironed out prior to fully launching their services to the public,” it said. The BSP allowed the operation of a number of digital banks in line with the government’s bid to digi talize the payments system in the country and increase to 50 percent the share of digital payments by 2023, along with onboarding at least 70 percent of adult Fil ipinos into the formal finan cial system during the same time.
AHouse of Repre sentatives panel on Wednesday ap proved a new fiscal re gime for the mining sec tor, which is expected to generate PHP37.5 billion in its first full year of im plementation.TheHouse ways and means committee ap proved a bill proposing a rationalized and single fiscal regime applicable to all existing and prospec tive large-scale metallic mines, regardless of loca tion.The committee ad opted the version of the Department of Finance, which would “bring the country’s effective tax rate on mining (consid ering all taxes) to 51 per cent, up from 38 percent under the current system. Albay Rep. Joey Salce da, committee chair, said this would bring the Phil ippines “closer to the mid dle of the pack” among major mining countries, instead of near the bot tom of the list. “51 percent is a good number, because it brings us closer to Australia’s ef fective tax rate, at around 51 percent as well, count ing royalties. Among ma jor countries, only Chile and South Africa have lower effective tax rates than us. This proposal brings us closer to Austra lia and Indonesia, which are our regional compar atives. China is at a very high 71 percent effective tax rate for gold mines,” Salceda said. He said the proposal would fulfill the panel’s commitment to President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and the De partment of Finance to raise revenues to fund the administration’s priority programs.“With this measure, we are fulfilling our com mitment to the President and to the DOF to raise revenues to fund PBBM’s priority programs,” Salce da said.Salceda explained that under Marcos’s Medium Term Fiscal Framework, the revenue program assumes a tax-to-gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 0.3 percent an nually.“The mining tax re form takes care of half of that assumption already. So, if enacted, it will be very good for President BBM’s bigger ambitions for infrastructure, agricul tural revolution, and a sol id Filipino middle class,” he said.The bill proposes the imposition of a royalty tax of 5 percent on the mar House committee approves new tax regime for mining
VCO processing plant to benefit coco farmers in Caraga Region
The VCO plant has a capacity of processing some 10,000 coconuts per day and can produce around 867 liters of VCO daily.Aside from VCO, Felix said the plant will also produce coco juice, soy sauce, and vinegar made from“Thiscoconuts.plant will serve, not only the coconut farmers from Agusan del Norte, but also in other provinces in the region,” sheMarketsaid. outlets were earlier established by the cooperative in the differ ent towns of Agusan del Norte, Surigao del Sur, and even in Bohol province. Coconuts for process ing will be supplied not only by its members, but also by other coconut farmers and organiza
A vendor sells headpieces and other items at the main street of Davao City since the Kadayawan sa Davao week-long celebration. Edge Davao
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Bruce Winton, Multi-Property Vice Pres ident of Marriott Philip pines, said they have been working to create a better working environment for their staff, one that also highlights health of the people.He said they are im plementing programs for personal and professional development of employees to attract more workers.
“We are really trying to make the environment for our staff one that has growth, where they feel they can work profession ally, they can benefit from a health perspective and wellness perspective,” he said.
Rosales, Department of Ag riculture Regional Director Abel James Monteagudo, Davao City Councilor Con rado Baloran and lawmak ers from all over the Davao Region.The CFIDP, as a whole, is a 50-year comprehensive plan funded by the P75 Bil lion Coco Levy Fund, with a yearly budget allotment no lower than P5 Billion. The first phase covers the first five years of the CFIDP. For this year, the P5 Billion budget has already been allocated to imple ment the various programs geared towards improving the lives of coconut farmers and increasing the produc tion of high-quality coco nuts and its products in the country.Alayon said with the utilization of the Coco Levy Fund under the RA 11524 through the CFIDP, coconut farmers will now receive subsidies, farming assis
City Cooperative and Development Office officer in charge Luzminda Eblamo gives updates during this week’s I-Speak media forum of the city cooperative’s partnership with City Library to establish library cooperative cafe. Edge Davao
The pandemic has set back the fight against poverty in the Asia-Pa cific region by at least two years, and many nations will find it harder to escape poverty, the Asian Develop ment Bank (ADB) said on Wednesday.Hadthe pandemic not happened, the proportion of people in the region facing extreme poverty—defined as those living on less than $1.90 a day—could have eased to 2.9% in 2020 in stead of rising to 5%. The figure stood at 3.8% in 2021 and is projected at 3% this year.Extreme poverty is ex pected to drop below 1% of the population by 2030, the Metro Manila-based lender said in a report. At least 20% of develop ing Asia’s population were either extremely or moder ately poor in 2021. This pro portion could be halved by 2030 if governments focus on resilience, innovation, and inclusiveness to provide more balanced economic opportunities and greater social mobility, the ADB said.
As the economy opens up further, there is a need now to hire more hotel and tourism workers, industry players saidAtWednesday.asymposium or ganized by the American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines, some ho tel officials said the indus try has yet to fully recover from the impacts of the pandemic.Among the issues raised are the quarantine restrictions in other coun tries, as well as a lack of manpower in hotels. Anna Vergara, General Manager of Sheraton Ma nila Hotel, said many of their staff have left their job during the pandemic and decided not to return. “We are faced with some manpower challeng es with the hotels. The pan demic obviously created options for a lot of people. There are still quite a num ber of associates who actu ally are opting to do some thing else,” she said.
The event was attended by over 300 coconut farm ers, farmer cooperatives, processors, coconut prod ucts manufacturers and co conut-based micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs). The launching of the CFIDP was marked by a ceremonial awarding of coconut, cacao and coffee seedlings participated in by the PCA Regional Manager Juvy Alayon, PCA Regional Deputy Administrator Roel In celebration of the National Coconut Day, the Philippine Coconut Authori ty (PCA) launched the five-year Coco nut Farming Industry and Development Plan (CFIDP) in Barangay Bago Oshiro on Wednesday.
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While reading some posts in my social media, I came across a quotation posted by the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation.“Letus 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.”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.”
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.”
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.
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!
During the watch of then Davao City mayor Luis T. Santos, the effort to beautify the city by uniformly repainting the central business district did not sit well with establishment owners. The idea, heavily criticized by the pundits, was the brainchild of Catalina G. Santos, the mayor’s wife.Under the project, shops along San Pedro Street, one of the city’s oldest thoroughfares, were required to homogeneous ly repaint their commercial fa cades with white paint in line with the plan to beautify the city población and supposedly as a way of attracting tourists to the area.Not amenable to the under taking, businesses took to the media to air their opposition. But despite the furor the matter raised, the plan was still put on track. Given that it was launched in 1978 when the country was under martial rule, the protest in the end turned into a whim per. The common complaint was that the enterprises had to bear the added burden of the paint ing Thejob. controversial project, moreover, nearly turned into an international row and even got a fair share of reportage abroad.
Officially known as the Unit ed States Information Agen cy (USIA), the office was launched in 1953 and was a full-service US public relations organization, the world’s largest propaganda machine. In compo sition, it employed over 10,000 personnel spread across 150 countries using over seventy languages, and its size was the equivalent of the twenty biggest PR companies combined in the US. Its annual budget when it folded up in 1999 was US$2 bil lion annually. Outside the US, the agency carried the USIS label but is now known as the Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, or alternately as the Public Relations and Cul tural Exchange Agency. The USIS office in Davao stayed longest at Claro M. Recto before it was moved to the sec ond floor of the Davao City of Chamber of Commerce building along J.P. Laurel Avenue. After it was closed, the library materials of the agency were turned over to the Ateneo de Davao Univer sity where these are catalogued, preserved, and housed. Eventually, the painting job just died down after more op position turned up in months to come. As a result, not all signifi cant thoroughfares became part of the expensive experiment. The unpopular project was in the end placed on the back burn er.
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The New Nation, a Singaporean publication, carried in its Sep tember 1, 1978, issue an arti cle titled ‘Mayor’s wife nearly sparked a row.’ The ruckus erupted after Mrs. Santos ordered all eye sores in the city’s major thor oughfares stripped, destroyed, or removed. Because the order did not have restrictions, the workmen included in the drive the signboard of the US Inter national Service (USIS). The incident infuriated the agency director who defined the act as ‘a breach of international diplo maticInitially,agreement.’asthe workmen started to bring down the sign board, the direction raised an objection, which was seconded by a security officer. Both argued that places leased to a sovereign state from another territory are covered by an immunity granted by the host country. But the workmen, under strict orders from the mayor’s wife, did not listen to the expla nation, conscious that defiance of Mrs. Santos’ wish would re sult in retrenchment in violation of the order of the city beautifi cationApprisedcommittee.ofthe heated argu ment, city mayor Santos, known to be subservient to his wife, ordered an investigation and called the committee to respect properties with diplomatic cov er. It was not known if the mayor had a few words with his wife, a dialysis patient, but the rumor mill said the couple agreed to re spect each other’s turf. To appease the agency direc tor, the mayor promptly ordered a replacement of the damaged signboard and apologized for the unwarranted incident.
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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.”
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.”
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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 Award-winningsmile.”
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VOL.15 ISSUE 115 • FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 20228 EDGEDAVAO VOL.15 ISSUE 115 • FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 2022 PEOPLE Beauty is how you feel inside, and it reflects in your eyes. – Sophia Loren A prestigious bunch of women entrepreneurs and personalities of Davao City put on their best dress and heels in the Lash Doll Night event of NÉW Lounge —a known Manila-based beauty brand offering upscale nail, eyelash and wellness ser vices last July. As the first branch in Mindanao, NÉW Lounge takes pride of its long-lasting lashes that can maintain its quality in activities like work outs, swimming and vari ous events while preserving your natural eyelash at the same time. It has proven to become the number 1 eye lash provider in the country and the go-to lash lounge of major personalities like Heart
This no longer holds true these days. Majority of the fishing grounds in the country are overfished. “Overfishing is the main issue, with today’s fishers ranging farther and trying harder to catch more – but there are more fishers and too few fish,” observes Gregg Yan, director for Com munications for Ocean Phil ippines.Some consumers are already feeling the impact.
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On the other hand, the average Filipino eats 98 grams of fish per day and 36 kilograms of fish per year, reports the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). Fish is the cheapest source of animal protein compared to beef, pork and chicken in the Ascountry.of2021, the Philip pines is only 85% self-suf ficient in rice but it is 97% self-sufficient for fish. “The difference in food gaps is made up for by importation from other countries,” said Dr. Rafael D. Guerrero III, an academician with the Na tional Academy of Science and Technology (NAST).
Jeannyline T. Arriaga, from Bansalan, Davao del Sur, is a doting mother. She usually wakes up early in the morn ing to prepare breakfast for her two children, who are going to school. Generally, she cooks rice and fish. Lately, however, she observes that the fish she usually buys at the public market has become scarcer. In fact, there are days when she could not find any that she buys another kind of fish. Her two children com plain because they don’t like the new kind of fish she serves to Jeannylinethem. also notices that if the fish she likes is available, they are becom ing smaller. “They are not only getting scarcer but they are becoming expen sive, too,” she points out. She may not be aware of it but it is not the only fish she likes that is becoming rarer and pricey but the
“With the current world food supply disruptions brought about by the Rus sia-Ukraine war and the rising costs for fuel and agricultural inputs such as fertilizers and feed ingre dients, the present Marcos Administration is batting for food self-sufficiency by increasing production in the country,” Dr. Guerrero said.He wondered wheth er the Philippines can be self-sufficient in fish. “During the past de cades, the people have en joyed the abundance of the Philippine marine fishery resource,” said a position paper from Philippine Eco nomic, Environmental and Natural Resources Account ing (PEENRA). “Ask the old fisherfolks how they culled their har vests. Many of them would say that fish sized with less than a foot rule will auto matically be thrown back to the water. Back then, they even had the luxury to choose the most palatable fish among the wide variety of species thriving in a par ticular fishing ground.”
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Rice and fish are the staple food of Fil Onipinos.average, Filipinos consume 114120 kilograms of rice per capita per year. That’s almost double the world average of 65 kilograms per capita per year, ac cording to Dr. Eufemio T. Rasco, Jr., former director of the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice). same is true with other va rieties of fish. A survey by the Social Weather Stations commis sioned by Oceana in 2017 found that 82% of Filipinos believe fish sold in the mar kets are more expensive now compared to 10 years ago. Meanwhile, 54% of respondents said the size of fish has become smaller and 55% said they found fewer varieties of fish in lo cal markets compared to a decade ago. In 2020, the PSA re ported the country had a total fish production of 2,596,565.83 metric tons with 37.5% coming from commercial marine fishing, 31% from municipal ma rine fishing, 27.8% from aquaculture, and 3.6% from municipal inland fishing, “With the decline in the production of ‘galunggong’ (round scad) from our seas, importation of marine fish from Vietnam, Taiwan and China during the months and ‘closed season’ to aug ment local supply was done by the Department of Agri culture,” Dr. Guerrero said. “Closed season” refers to a fishing ban for three months. In the Davao Gulf, for instance, a fishing ban is implemented from June to August every year. Closed season is done “to conserve marine resources and to se cure the spawning period of pelagic fishes.” In 2018 and 2019, 117,00 metric tons and 45,000 metric tons of fish were imported, respective ly. “With our country’s growing population, there is a need for further increas ing fish production to cope with the demand,” said Dr. Guerrero, a fishery expert who once headed the Phil ippine Council for Marine and Aquatic Resources Re search and Development. “How can the aspira tion for self-sufficiency be achieved?” he asked. The Bureau of Fisher ies and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), an attached agency of the agriculture depart ment, is given the task by President Marcos. Just re cently, it has laid out plans FHOW, P10
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The Philippines will next face South Korea at 7 p.m. on Thursday, while Iran will take on China at 4 p.m. on the same day. With a 0-3 re cord, the Koreans are trying to avoid ending up as the ninth place team in the tour nament.“Every single day, our coaches are already there to remind us that we play with no pressure, but with pride for the Philippines. We will fight until the end,” said Gumabao.“Every single game, we will always give our best. Whatever happens, we always train, we play vol leyball. We will just do our best and continue to im prove every single game,” she added.
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A state of calamity was declared in Datu Mon tawal in July after intense flooding also hit the town, displacing more than 5,000Maulanaresidents.said they are not yet done with their in ventory and assessment of the damages in the province which will include livestock and other farm products. “Baka madagdagan pa kasi patuloy pa ang pagsama na panahon,” he said. (Rom mel G. Rebollido / MindaN ews)
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“Milkfish is farmed in brackishwater ponds, freshwater pens and sea cages while the tilapia is grown in freshwater ponds and freshwater floating cages,” Dr. Guerrero said. “For mariculture, the cul ture of milkfish and other marine fishes such as grou per, pompano, rabbitfish and the red tilapia hybrid in floating cages is being done in the coastal waters of our country.”According to Dr. Guer rero, several mariculture parks – or marine areas similar to industrial parks on land – have been estab lished by the BFAR in many regions of the country in cooperation with local gov ernment units. In Davao Region, he cited the case of the Pana bo City Mariculture Park (PCMP), which was estab lished by the city govern ment of Panabo in 2006 in partnership with the BFAR. The BFAR provides for the mooring (anchoring) system for the floating cag es, fish landings, cold stor age and support services for processing, transport and marketing to attract investors. The local gov ernment unit allocates 617 hectares of its coastal water (including 130 hectares for the cage zone) for the park and provides lease permits to the locators.
ter, told the President that Napocor-SPUG’s Sabillena and Petron’s Ramon Ang failed to come into terms and that Petron insisted for full payment of the P1.2 billion and refused to accept an offer by SPUG to pay an initial P250 million. Pondales said that “if the concern is not urgent ly addressed,” a shutdown of the power plant will create chaos and panic to residents of Kalamansig and Lebak, similar to what happened in 2008.” That year, she said, plant personnel were ha rassed and harmed even inside plant premises. It already happened four times, she said.
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“In a floating cage mea suring 10 x 10 x 4 meters, 15,000 fingerlings of milk fish and 2,000 fingerlings of rabbitfish are stocked. The fishes are cultured for 120 days with feeding of com mercial pellets. A net in come of P85,000 per cage/ cycle is obtained,” Dr. Guer reroInreported.2017, the PCMP produced 2,505.32 metric tons of milkfish and rab bitfish with a gross sale of P239,306,628. It also pro vides jobs for 137 fisherfolk composed of 69 cage care takers, 38 women-proces sors and 30 fish harvesters. Currently, more than 50,000 hectares of mari culture areas have already been established in the country. The BFAR has iden tified an additional 200,000 hectares of coastal waters suitable for expansion. “Our country has more than 26 million hectares of coastal waters,” Dr. Guerrero said. If the country has to ex pand its mariculture parks, Dr. Guerrero said there is a need for more local milkfish hatcheries to reduce its de pendence on imported fry from Indonesia which right now supplies about 50% of its requirements.
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“This is more than one percent short of what is needed to attain full suffi ciency,” the BFAR pointed out. Dr. Guerrero, quoting BFAR, said the country can be fish self-sufficient through aquaculture and mariculture.Bothare related to rais ing aquatic products un der controlled conditions. Aquaculture and maricul ture may have the same objectives, but they are dif ferent in the sense that the former is related to growing fish in freshwater and the latter pertains to seawater. In the Philippines, the top farmed fishes are milk fish (also known as bangus) and tilapia. In 2021, pro duction for the two species were 446,380 metric tons and 340,070 metric tons, respectively.
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FROM 11 after careful consideration and dialogue with all parties involved, Victoria Azarenka will not be participating in our ‘Tennis Plays for Peace Exhibition’ this evening,” said the United States Ten nis Association (USTA) in a statement.“Vikais a strong player leader and we appreciate her willingness to partici pate.“Given the sensitivities to Ukrainian players, and the on-going conflict, we believe this is the right course of ac tion for Ukraine’sus.” Marta Kostyuk, ranked 70 in the world, claimed recently that she turned down the chance to play in Wednesday’s event in protest at the pres ence of “WhenAzarenka.wefound out that there would be represen tatives of Russia or Belarus at this event, I immediately said that I will not partici pate in this,” the 20-year-old told reporters. to see him, and how he can play with the team,” Panlil io said.Wael Arakji will lead the Lebanese squad, which also consists of Jonathan Arledge, Elie Chamoun, Karim Ezzedi ne, Hayk Gyokchyan, Ge rard Hadidian, Ali Haidar, Yousef Khayat, Ali Man sour, Ali Mezher, Amir Saoud, and Karim Zei noun. (PNA)
PANDEMIC... FROM 5 es challenge the chances of poor people of moving to a higher economic level, the ADBOnlysaid. about half the region’s economies have reverted to their pre-pan demic levels in terms of gross domestic product growth, and economic re covery remains volatile ow ing to new COVID-19 vari ants and global economic uncertainty caused by Rus sia’s invasion of Ukraine, the ADB Sincesaid.the pandemic started, certain risks have become more acute, includ ing job uncertainty, mental health deterioration, ex treme weather, cybersecu rity failures and infectious diseases, the report said.
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FROM 2 logical advancements that care for the environment and humanity,” he said. The DOST said CGNIES was established to ascer tain concerted efforts to use nano-innovations to solve environmental problems in Region 11 by being the pre miere center to bolster the capability of UM to under take science and technol ogy research through the safe use of nanomaterials. The IDP, meanwhile, provides financial support for the establishment and upgrading of research lab oratories and facilities of academic and research in stitutions in the country. It was established to highlight green approaches to developing nanomate rials from local resources and their integration into micro and macrostructures for developing technolog ical solutions to environ mental problems. (PNA)
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“Help prevent your loved ones from dying because of Covid-19. Em phasize gihapon nato ang pag-wear og face mask. If you can teach your children to wear their face masks every single time nga naa sila sa school. Pagpabakuna pud sa ilaha kay we don’t want them to suffer from the severity of the disease kung ma-infect sila,” she added.She also reminded teaching and non-teaching personnel to make sure their learners wear face masks inside their class rooms and schools. On Monday, students of public schools in Davao City returned to their class rooms after two years with out face-to-face classes. The Vaccination Cluster started the school-based vaccination among the pe diatric age group five to 11 years old at San Roque Ele mentary School on May 27, 2022.
Dubbed the highly an ticipated area business conference, this year’s Min BizCon will carry the theme “One Mindanao: Bigger, Bet ter, and Bolder” with discus sions mainly focus on three thematic panels namely: the impetus to scale up eco nomic production and ex tend broader government support in BIGGER MIND ANAO; the need to improve business conditions and at tain sustainability through BETTER MINDANAO, and; the critical importance of a bold and visionary leader ship that can ferry a BOLD ER MINDANAO through the new“Innormal.thisday and age of the post-pandemic era, we really can’t say what will happen to us but what is needed is a bolder leader ship, a decisive leadership both from the public and private sector to carry us through uncertainties and that would require bigger economic planning and big ger scale of government’s support. So we are calling our government counter parts to help us,” Pimentel said.Pimentel also said that this year, the sector is now looking for a more grandi ose and ambitious direc tion, which is to scale up the industries.“Mindanao has histor ically been dubbed as a high-risk investment desti nation. High risk because it is previously riddled with conflict, lacking develop ment, and misplaced pri orities. But these times are changing, we are greatly encouraged by the success of the peace process in the Bangsamoro area, which duly opens doors for a lot of market opportunities,” he said.
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FLOOD... FROM 3 to remain and wait for the floodwaters to subside. No one was reported hurt, he added, pointing out that res idents in the area are used to the flooding. Kadiding said their town serves as a catch basin, being along the banks of Ka bacan River and close to the Malitubog-Maridagao cutoff of the Pulangi river and Rio Grande de Mindanao, which empties to Liguasan marsh. “When it rains hard up in the mountains, we expect floods to come,” he said.
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“There is also the need for the development of cost-effective feeds using locally-available ingredi ents to lessen our impor tation of soybeans and other feedstuffs,” he said. “The sustained provision for extension services and credit facilities to our fish farmers should also be ensured.”
The new Agdao Farm ers Market houses 18 stalls for the meat sec tion, 20 stalls for the dressed chicken, nine stalls for storage, and 19 special spaces on the ground floor. On the sec ond floor, there are 134 stalls and 33 are for dry good sections. The third floor is intended for mis cellaneous spaces such as clinics or boutiques or of fice spaces including two functionAgdaohalls.Farmers Market is among the eight public markets being managed by the City Enterprise. Other markets are Bankerohan Public Market, Bunawan Public Market, Calinan Pub lic Market, Tugbok/Mintal Public Market, Lasang Pub lic Market, and Tibungco Public Market. It is also among the plans of the city for the re pair and rehabilitation of the market stalls in the cityowned and operated public markets to be leased to in terested applicants. tions in Agusan del Norte and the nearby provinces. The PCA in the Caraga Region (PCA-13), togeth er with the Jabonga town government, will moni tor the operations of the plant.PCA-13 Manager Joel Oclarit said the project was funded through Re public Act 11494 or the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act.“Since its ground breaking in May last year, our office has been moni toring the developments of the construction of the plant,” Oclarit said. (PNA)
The Beermen played a deliber ate strategy, avoiding the mistakes they committed in Game 1. Instead of looking to exploit Fa jardo’s edge at the low post, Perez blew past his guards while Manuel, Lassiter and Cruz tossed perimeter shots that opened a 13-point gap in the final period. Despite Poy Erram’s herculean efforts in the middle, Tatuaa was able to sneak in a couple of shots underneath.Asusual, sensing the hole that TNT was already getting into, vet eran Jayson Castro (14 points) took matters in his own hands for a short period to keep his team afloat but to no Quarteravail.scores reveal how each team fared: (30-28, 51-51, 82-79, 109-100.)Oddsmakers are looking to wards San Mig to take Game 3. I wonder if coach Chot, who is monitoring the PBA finals, is feeling comfortable in Beirut. He must be quite uneasy after learning of TNT’s Game 2 Gilasloss.will confront the hosts Lebanese on Friday. Which means, Chot will miss at least the Friday schedule. (Game 4 is onNowSunday.)ifthey are booked accord ingly, the Gilas platoon could take a Saturday flight and arrive on Sun day before Game 5 fires off in the afternoon.Wow!I hope coach Chot is not physically and mentally drained if he hopes to stir TNT back effective ly. Of course, cross Your fingers and hope that Gilas brings hon or to our country. With Jor dan Clarkson and Kai Sotto in the mix, they have a very good chance of beating the Lebanese who are already being tout ed as one of the top teams in Asia. (Email your feedback to fredlumba@yahoo.com.) TO SMB
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The Philippines overcame a rough patch in the third set to beat Iran, 25-19, 25-22, 20-25, 25-14 and move closer in securing a place in the quarterfinals of the AVC Cup for Wom en at the PhilSports Arena Wednesday night.The national women’s team turned to its improved first ball in the fourth set, as ace spikers Jema Galanza, Michele Gumabao and Tots Carlos went on attack mode against their foes.
The national women’s team turned to its improved first ball in the fourth set, as ace spikers Jema Galanza, Michele Gumabao and Tots Carlos went on attack mode against their foes.
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NEW YORK -- Former world number one Victoria Azarenka of Belarus was Wednes day axed from a planned US Open exhibition event aimed at raising money for war-torn Ukraine, officials said.Azarenka was to have joined the likes of Rafael Nadal, Coco Gauff, John McEnroe, Carlos Alcaraz and Iga Swiatek at the event organised to coincide with Ukraine’s Independence DayHowever,celebrations.anumber of Ukraine players objected to the presence of two-time major winner Azarenka. Belarus is a close ally of Russia and has allowed Moscow to use its territo ry to launch attacks into Ukraine.“Inthe last 24 hours, FAVC, P10 Azarenka axed from US Open Ukraine benefit FAZARENKA, P10
Elahe Poor Saleh Shade hsari led the Iranians with 13 points, including two service aces, while Mahsa Kadkhoda contributed nine points.The loss dropped Iran in a tie with the Philippines in third place in their pool at 1-2.
“We were not able to recover in the third set be cause we lost our first ball. The Iranians were intim idating with their height when you lose the first ball. Had we have good receive, we will have good combi nation plays,” said coach Sherwin Meneses after the Philippines entered the win column in Pool A. Galanza tallied eight of her match-high 21 points in the fourth set, while Carlos and Gumabao added 14 and 13 points, respectively for the hosts.Thenational women’s team’s net defense also clicked, as middles Jeanette Panaga and Ced Domingo combined for five blocks. Carlos also gave significant contributions in the block ing department, recording two of the team’s 11 blocks. Panaga was determined to bounce back after a dis appointing performance in the Philippines’ 16-25, 22-25, 20-25 loss to China last Tuesday. The nation al women’s team failed to score a single block against the mighty Chinese. “We really need to bounce back. Of course, I needed to step up,” said Pa naga. “If there’s what’s lack ing against China, we need to bounce back against Iran.”
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As if to show proof that Jason Castro’s winning buzzer beater last Sunday was a fluke, CJ Perez poured in 23 points to lead a San Miguel balanced scoring sheet as the Beermen trounced TNT 109100 in Game 2 of the best of 7 finals Wednesday.Thevictory, sweet as it is, en abled SMB to tie the series at 1 apiece even as Tropang Giga now gropes frantically to find out what happened after head coach Chot Reyes departed for Lebanon for the FIBA qualifiers. Psychologically, coach Leo Austria and his boys found more motivation in their Game 1 setback to inflict a vengeful win and regain the momentum going into Game 3 Friday.Streak shooting Mikey Williams failed to make his presence felt, contributing just 7 points on 3 of 10 FGs.Asusual, RR Pogoy was consis tent, top scoring with 28, highlight ed by 6 of 10 triples. The two protagonists were deadlocked at 51 after twenty four minutes but the crew of Vic Manuel, Moe Tautuaa, Marcio Lassiter, Jericho Cruz and big boy JMF exploded with a torrid pace in the third to keep TNT at bay.
Gilas unveils final lineup vs. Lebanon
“JC knows the offense already. He runs dribble-drive in Utah, he’s done it before. He’s very comfortable with it so I don’t think that’s going to be an issue for us. He already understands the principles, so he’s stepping in really easy,” Cone said. Meanwhile, SBP president Al Panlilio said the final roster is the best available combination for Gilas to avenge its 80-95 defeat to Lebanon during the FIBA Asia Cup group stages. “I think it’s still the best 12 among the 13. I’m hopeful with the team,” Panlilio said during the press conference for the FIBA World Cup at the TV5 Media Cen ter inForMandaluyong.him,hesees the Adams cut as part of the learning process for him to understand further Reyes’“Rooseveltsystem. is also there to gain experience, for the coaches
NBA star Jordan Clark son will lead Gilas against Lebanon on Friday.
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As announced by the Samah ang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) on Thursday, Coach Chot Reyes chose Jamie Malonzo, Chris New some, Japeth Aguilar, Calvin Of tana, Scottie Thompson, Jordan Clarkson, Kiefer Ravena, Thirdy Ravena, Bobby Ray Parks, Carl Tamayo, Dwight Ramos, and Kai Sotto to play for Gilas in an antici pated battle against Lebanon, the surprise runner-up in the recent FIBA Asia Cup.
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“Our Gilas Pilipinas Men’s Na tional Basketball Team is raring to go all out for flag and coun try,” said SBP Executive Director and spokesman Sonny Barrios. “Each one, to the last man, is ful ly committed to giving his very best, inspired by the support and prayers of his countrymen. Let us continue to wish them well and cheer them on as they play for all of us away from home.” Expected to lead the charge for Gilas are Sotto and Clarkson, the two latest additions to the se nior team’s roster on the road to the FIBA World Cup that the Phil ippines will co-host with Japan and Indonesia next year. Assistant Coach Tim Cone, who handled the Gilas training on Monday before the team’s de parture for Beirut, was satisfied with how the two internation ally based players fared during practices despite their short time there.“Kai has been very, very im pressive. At this level, he’s a real deal. Having Kai protecting the rim for us, it’s making a big, big difference,” Cone said of the sev en-foot-threeMeanwhile,Sotto.hesaid Clarkson transitioned beautifully to Reyes’ dribble-drive system as his NBA team, the Utah Jazz, is running a similar style of play.
Roosevelt Adams will sit out Gilas’ early Fri day (Philippine time) showdown against Lebanon in the fourth window of the FIBA World Cup Qualifiers as he has been cut from the final roster.
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