An exhausted parent falls asleep while sitting on a chair as she waits to be accomodated by the Department of Social Welfare and Development 11 (DSWD 11) during last Saturday’s distribution of one-time educational assistance for students-in-crisis in Davao City. Thousands of students/applicants and parents trooped to DSWD field office on early Saturday morning hoping to avail of the educational assistance even after the agency announced that it is employing a drop box mechanism for the sub mission of the requirements. Edge Davao
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Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte and Consul General Li Lin of the Chinese Consulate General in Davao grace the launching of Weaving Product Development Workshop Training for Ata Women in Paquibato District program. The program aims to enhance the Ata women’s weaving skills and to give them economic potential by increasing their income as well as providing regular markets. Photo from the Chinese Consulate General in Davao
Kalivungan Festival 2022 highlights unity
Kris Girl Ramos, a teacher from Upper Tam bler Central Elementary School, drew accolades for her Nordic classroom makeover aesthetic set-up, having a similar appear ance to coffee shops. Ramos said Friday the beautification of her class room started during the first day of Brigada Eskwe la that took over two weeks to finish, with the help of her students’ parents. “The parents of our pu pils helped me on this,” she told the Philippine News Agency in an interview. Photos of Ramos’s re vamped classroom quickly went viral after being re posted by the DepEd (De partment of Education) Tayo Gensan page with
Coffee shop-like classroom in Gensan City goes viral T his year’s Kalivun gan Festival is centered on unity among the people of the Province of Cotabato. The week-long Ka livungan Festival show cases the agricultural harvests and culture of various tribes from the 17 towns and lone city of the province. It coincides with the celebration of the foundation anniver sary of the province ev eryGovernorSeptember.
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“Pero karon gina mon itor nato ang mga cases pero wala pa man so far ug wala pa man pud ta nahu man sa August. Bantayan ra nato sa September pero ang numbers (cases) are good mao na tungod kay naay bakuna. Puwede na gyud ta maggawas gawas. Importante lang gyud naa tay bakuna. Okay na,” Dute
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Apublic school teach er in General Santos City went viral on the Internet after her coffee shop-inspired classroom drew praises from netizens.
Emmylou “Lala” Taliָño-Mendoza emphasized that above all, a good relationship between each Cota bateño, a healthy body, and caring for others are just some of the things that every Cotabateño should be thankful to God and as they are still trying to rise from the two-yearSenatorpandemic.MarkA. Vil lar graced the opening of the festival on August 26, 2022, as the guest of honor.Inhis message, Villar thanked the Cotabateños for their support in the last election and prom ised that he will be in a strong ally with the Province of Cotabato in promoting development programs, especially in the fields of infrastruc ture and agriculture. Apart from the offi cials and employees of the provincial govern ment, representatives from national agencies and the private sector and officials from other provinces like the town of Montawal and Paga lungan, which are cov ered by Maguindanao Province, also joined in the Alsoopening.attended the activity were Cotabato Province 2nd and 3rd District Representatives Rudy Caoagdan and Ala na Samantha Santos, Vice Governor Efren F. Piñol, and other local officials. On the same day, the Tourism Exhibit and Travel Expo at Calle MSME Tabuan located at the Pavilion, Provincial Capitol Grounds, Amas, Kidapawan City was also formally opened to the public. The exhibit and expo feature various tourism spots and sights that can be visited in the province of Cotabato. This year’s festiv ity carries the theme “Matatag na Cotabato: Susulong sa anumang hamon.”
ug challenges pag abot sa Covid labi na kung naay outbreak,” the mayor said over Davao City Disaster Radio (DCDR) on Friday. The Davao City Covid-19 Task Force is monitoring Covid-19 cases in Davao City after the clus tering of people at gather ings and events during the recently concluded Kaday awan sa Davao festival.
Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte as sured the public that Davao City is ready in case Covid-19 cases will increase again in the aftermath of the Ka dayawan sa Davao festival which was cel ebrated face-to-face for the first time since the pandemic began. “Mao na ingon nako na okay ra mag face-to-face ta sa Kadayawan precisely because andam man gud ta with the Covid-19 Task Force nga ready mu-face
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The government of People’s Republic of China through its Consulate General in Davao is capacitating the Ata women in Paquiba to District by enhancing their weaving skills.
The Lingap Para sa Mahirap is the city gov ernment of Davao’s pro gram for indigents need ing medical and funeral assistance.Currently, there are four satellite offices in the city: Marilog District, Bu nawan, Toril, and Paqui bato District with the main office at the South ern Philippines Medical Center“Kulang(SPMC).pana.
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Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte wants more Lingap para sa Mahi rap satellite offices in Davao City to bring government services closer to the Dabawenyos.
“Ang uban daw dinha wala na ga practice sa ila hang traditional ways ug concern pud ang ilahang mga elders na wala nay nahibaw. I think that is one way na ma-encour age ug mahimo pud ni siya na livelihood,” Dute rte said over Davao City Disaster Radio (DCDR). Biyo Alma M. Omo, president of the Ata Women Association in Paquibato District, also thanked the Consulate General and the city gov ernment of Davao for vis iting Paquibato and sup porting not only the Ata tribe in the district but the whole Ata community in Davao City. Omo shared that the project would enhance not only the Ata women’s livelihood in the area but Chinese gov’t capacitates Ata women in Paquibato District
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The project -- Weav ing Product Development Workshop Training for Ata Women in Paquibato District -- was recently launched led by Consul General Li Lin and Mayor Sebastian Duterte. Lin shared online that the project, in partner ship with the city govern ment of Davao through Peace 911, aims to ca pacitate and preserve Ata culture through Ata wom en’s weaving talents, im prove their skills through training, and reach their economic potential by in creasing their income as well as providing regular markets for Ata weaving products.Linalso expressed the Consulate General’s con tinuous support in the implementation of the project, especially in the introduction and promo tion of the Ata weaving products to Chinese tour ists, and contribute ulti mately to the economic recovery of the Ata Tribe in Paquibato Districts.
FCHINESE, P7 Edge Davao has named long-time Managing Editor Neilwin Bravo as its new Editor-In-Chief.Bravowillsucceed the late Antonio M. Ajero who passed away last July 17, 2022.“We are proud to an nounce that Neil Bravo has accepted the respon sibility to head our edito rial team. We are hopeful that with his dedication, creativity and style, Edge Davao will continue to thrive excellently in this it’stor-In-Chief,ingagerEdgenewspaperdigitally-challengedindustry,”DavaoGeneralManOliviaVelascosaid.InformallyassumthepostasEdiBravosaidahugechallengeto fill the void left by the late Ajero and to ride the tide of an evolving communi cations landscape. “It’s time to take on the challenge besetting our industry as we are continually bombarded with the threats of extinc tion in this age of digital and social media,” Bravo said. “Creativity is key and visuals is the future.” Bravo started with Edge Davao in 2013 when the paper began dai ly publications from its weekly business format. He came in as Sports Ed itor and shared desk op erations with Ajero, for mer Associate Editor Greg Deligero and the late Ram Maxey. He was elevated to Managing Editor in 2015. A graduate of Ateneo de Davao University, he was Editor-In-Chief of the Atenews in college be fore starting his journal ism career as a 20-year old stringer of the Media Mindanao News Service (MMNS). He joined the defunct Daily San Pedro Express in 1994 as its Sports Editor and Editor of its weekly Madayaw Business Magazine. He moved to the Mindan ao Daily Mirror in 1995 as Assistant Sports Edi tor and later became its Weekend Editor. While with the Mindanao Daily
Duterte thanked the Consulate General for be ing a partner of the city government of Davao for thisHeinitiative.also mentioned that this development training in Ata weaving would secure and pro vide more livelihood op portunities and income for the Ata women. There are about 50 Ata women as recipients of the said project.
Kanang upat karon (Lingap of fices) lagyo na kaayo na sila. Murag tumoy na. Bu nawan unya naa tay To ril, naa pud ta Marilog ug Paquibato. Pero congest ed pud kaayo ang syudad, puwede pa ta magdungag. Tan-awon lang nato kung asa ang strategic (loca tion) and discussed this with Lingap kay sila man ang nakabalo ana,” Duter te said.The mayor also said he will ask the City Traffic Transport and Manage ment Office (CTTMO) for an ideal location to set up a satellite office for Lin gap para sa Mahirap. Last year, the city has launched an online plat form for requesting med ical assistance under the Lingap Para sa Mahirap program making it acces sible and contactless for Dabawenyos. Those who want to avail of the Lingap assistance can search for Lingap Para sa Mahirap on Facebook.Thesaidonline service is applicable for all types of Lingap assistance appli cations including hospital bills, funeral bills, dialysis treatment, medical and lab oratory procedures, main tenance medication assis tance, allotment assistance for prosthetics sensory and visual aids, and subsidies for reconstructive surgery for those with an orofacial cleft. The Lingap was found ed by former Mayor Ro drigo Duterte in 2001 and since its inception, it has been providing services to thousands of people not only from Davao City but also from other re gions in Mindanao.
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“We anticipate that UM, to gether with DOST, will play a key role in promoting green innovations in Mindanao and providing technological ad vancements that care for the environment and humanity,” said Dr. Anthony Sales, regional DOST director of Davao region. Phillip Bond, former US Un dersecretary of Commerce for Technology, sees nanotechnol ogy as “truly miraculous.” After all, it can enable “the blind to see, the lame to walk, and the deaf to hear.” It can cure “AIDS, cancer, diabetes and other af flictions.” It can end hunger and “even supplement the power of ourMoreminds.”importantly,
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Nobel Prize winner Dr. Horst Störmer, in one of his lec tures, said that the nanoscale is more interesting than the atom ic scale because “the nanoscale is the first point where we can assemble something – it’s not until we start putting atoms together that we can make any thing“Ituseful.”takes10 atoms of hydro gen side-by-side to equal one nanometer,” write Shand and Wetter in their report. “A DNA molecule (found in cells of or ganisms where genetic infor mation is stored) is about 2.5 nm wide. A red blood cell is vast in comparison: about 5,000 nm in diameter. And a human hair is about 80,000 nm thick. Everything on the nanoscale is invisible except with the aid of powerful ‘atomic force’ micro scopes.” Nanotechnology, as defined by size, is naturally very broad. “The real power of nanoscale science is the potential to con verge disparate technologies that can operate at this scale. With applications spanning all industry sectors, technological convergence at the nanoscale is poised to become the strate gic platform for global control of manufacturing, food, agri culture, and health,” Shand and Wetter point out. The “raw materials” of nan otechnology are the chemical elements of the Periodic Table – the building blocks of every thing, both living and non-liv ing.“At the nanoscale, where quantum physics rules, a ma terial’s properties can change dramatically,” note Shand and Wetter. “With only a reduc tion in size (below about 100 nanometers), and no change in substance, materials can ex hibit new properties related to electrical conductivity, elastic ity, strength, color, and chemi cal reactivity – characteristics that the very same substances do not exhibit at the micro- or macroscales.”Forinstance, aluminum –the material of soft drink cans – can spontaneously combust at the nanoscale and could be used in rocket fuel. Nanoscale copper, on the other hand, be comes a highly elastic metal at room temperature – stretching to 50 times its original length without breaking. Zinc oxide is usually white and opaque; but at nanoscale, it becomes trans parent.“Nanotechnology is some times referred to as a gen eral-purpose technology,” explains the Center for Respon sible Nanotechnology. “That’s because in its advanced form it will have a significant impact on almost all industries and all areas of society. It will offer bet ter built, longer lasting, cleaner, safer, and smarter products for the home, for communications, for medicine, for transporta tion, for agriculture, and for in dustry in general.” The use of nanotechnology in the field of medicine could revolutionize the way doctors detect and treat damage to the human body and disease in the future. “Many techniques only imagined a few years ago are making remarkable progress towards becoming realities,” says understandingnano.com. In the field of agriculture, nanotechnology is also a wel come idea. Recent scientific data indicate that nanotech nology has “the potential to positively impact the agrifood sector, minimizing adverse problems of agricultural prac tices on environment and hu man health, improving food security and productivity, while promoting social and economic equity.”The Laguna-based In ternational Services for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA) says nanoparticles can serve as “magic bullets,” containing her bicides, chemicals, or genes, which target plant parts to re lease their content. “Nanocap sules can enable effective pen etration of herbicides through cuticles and tissues, allowing slow and constant release of ac tive substances,” ISAAA said. In the chemical industry, nanomaterials are “applied based on their special catalyt ic properties in order to boost energy and resource efficiency, and nanomaterials can replace environmentally problematic chemicals in certain fields of ap plication,” says nanowerk.com.
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It’s called Center of Green Nanotechnology Innovations for Environmental Solutions or CGNIES. And it is the first-ever nanotechnology center in Min danao. Launched last August 19, it is based at the University of Mindanao (UM). Its objective is to “become an example of translating re search into meaningful, inno vative projects benefiting the community,” Dr. Chosel Lawag on, the facility’s director, was quoted as saying by state-run Philippine News Agency. CGNIES is funded by the Philippine Council for Industry, Energy, and Emerging Technol ogy Research and Development (DOST) of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) through the Infrastructure De velopment Program.
Dr. K. Eric Drexler inde pendently used the term “nan otechnology” in his 1986 book Engines of Creation: The Com ing Era of Nanotechnology, which proposed the idea of a nanoscale “assembler” which would be able to build a copy of itself and of other items of ar bitrary complexity with atomic control.Big things come in small packages, indeed. Under three colonial admin istrations, Davao, then classi fied as pueblo, municipality, and later as a city, has only host ed a few busts (as opposed to monuments) honoring foreign ers. As far as memory can recall, only the Jones bust at the end of the old Claveria Street named after an American legislator, and Oyanguren’s (at the Mu seo Dabawenyo) are the most rec-ognizable.Rep.William Atkinson Jones of Virginia, chairman of the US House Committee on Insular Affairs, was the first lawmak er to introduce a bill fixing the Philippine independence. On August 29, 1916, Jones Law, which created the first fully elected Philippine legislature, was enacted by the US Con gress; it also covered the first formal and official declaration of the US federal government’s assurance to grant indepen dence to the country. Except for national he roes, presidents, founders, and achievers who are memorial ized in schools, town halls, and public plazas, the two known Filipino busts of note in Davao City today are those of local hero Datu Mama Bago and Na tional Artist Victorio Edades. But there’s also a bust in the Millennium Park across Ate neo de Davao University that is neither colonialist nor Fili pino. The figure belongs to Dr. Gerungan Saul Samuel Jacob Ratu-langi (1890-1949), an In donesian hero. It was installed in 2017 in remembrance of the city’s sisterhood with Manado City, in North Sulawesi, dating to 1993, the year the BIMP-EA GA (Brunei Indonesia Malay sia Philippines – East ASEAN Growth Area) concept, original ly known as ‘The Polygon,’ was launched.Ratulangi was a key person in the Indonesian indepen dence movement; he fought against Dutch colonialism. Ironically, he earned his higher education in Haarlem, Nether lands, where he completed his doctorate in Physics and Nat ural Sciences before returning to his motherland to teach sci ences to high school students in Yogyakarta.Topropagate his anti-Dutch cause, Ratulangi collaborated with two prominent Indon fig ures, well-known psychologist Amir and activist-politician Pi eter Frederich Dahler, in found ing the Indonesian weekly Peninjauan in 1934, using it as a vehicle for his strong anti-co lonial sentiments. Years later, he established the Nationale Commentaren, a magazine published in Dutch. Like many journalists in unstable countries, he was ar rested and jailed in 1936 for his an-ti-colonial views and wrote a book a year later titled ‘Indone sia in the Pacific in 1937,’ which predicted the Japanese invasion of his country. His early expo sure as a railroad construction laborer shaped his social out look, in large part an offshoot of the unequal treatment the Dutch exhibited to Indonesians in terms of wages and employee lodgings.Hispro-Indonesian stance deepened in years to come when he joined the Dutch East In-dies Council, where he ac cused the Dutch colonial ad ministration of biased policies towards the local people. For this, he was again incarcerated in 1941. After the war, he be came part of the Preparatory Committee for Indonesian In dependence, which readied the transfer of au-thority from the Japanese occupiers to the Indo nesians.For his pro-independence efforts, he was installed as the first governor of Sulawesi Province in 1945. Still unable to hold his fierce anti-colonist views, he was again detained by the Dutch a year later and banished to Papua for two years. In 1948, for the umpteenth time, he was again under arrest but died six months later due to failing health.In August 1961, he was posthumously honored with the title of ‘National Hero of In do-nesia’ by Sukarno. He also received retrospectively the Bintang Gerilya (1958), the Bin tang Mahaputera Adipradana (1960), and the Bintang Sa tyalancana (1961) awards.
nano technology is envisioned to “deliver higher standards of living and allow us to live lon ger, healthier, more productive lives.” It also “holds extraordi nary potential for the global en vironment through waste-free, energy-efficient production processes that cause no harm to the environment or human health.”Those are the wonders of nanotechnology, the manipu lation of matter on the scale of atoms and molecules. “Though nanotechnology is sometimes hyped to the hilt, it is no joke and its societal impacts will in deed be titanic,” observe Hope Shand and Kathy Jo Wetter in their collaborative report, Shrinking Science: An Introduc tion to NanotechnologyNanotechnology.– some times shortened to “nanotech” –is not a discreet industry sector but a range of techniques used to manipulate matter at the na noscale, where size is measured in billionths of meters. A nano meter (nm), from the Greek nanos for dwarf, equals one bil lionth of a meter.
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“We are hoping that thru this portable digital classroom package, we will be able to help the students of your school as they now return to faceto-face or in-person class room,” said Romel Canaya of PLDT-Smart Foundation during the turnover cere mony on Aug 24, 2022. In her message, Re gional Director Evamay Dela Rosa of DICT was hopeful that the turned over digital equipment would empower the community near the E. Angala Sr. Memorial Ele mentary School and will motivate the students to study more, and enter STEM classes which focus on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathe matics leading to innova tions.
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One set of school-in-abag was recently turned over to E. Angala Sr. Me morial Elementary School in Barangay Maputi, Mu nicipality of Banaybanay, Davao Oriental by SMARTPLDT Foundation in co operation with Huawei Technologies Philippines through the Department of Information and Com munications Technology (DICT).The school-in-a-bag contains one unit of lap top for teachers, 10 units of tablets for students and one Smart LTE Pocket Wifi loaded with P500 load. For teachers and stu dents to maximize the devices, Smart PLDT has preloaded them with edu cational learning contents such as mother-tongue based literacy applica tions called LearnSmart, DOST-Science Education Institute Science and Math Courseware mobile app, financial literacy, disaster preparedness, among oth er digital contents.
The School-in-a-bag is a portable and mobile set of technology gadgets and learning materials that can be carried to areas outside the school to con duct literacy classes.
GIDA school in DavOr town receives achool-in-a-bag
rte said.Davao City remains at a low-risk classification for Covid-19.Dr.Michelle Schlosser, spokesperson of the Davao City Covid-19 Task Force, said the city is heightening its monitoring of Covid-19 cases.“We will be, although, always man gyud ta naga monitor sa atoang cases diri sa Davao City but we are extra vigilant sa atong pag monitor specially for the next two weeks gikan sa atoang celebration sa Kadayawan,” she said. She disclosed there is a slight increase in the cases and that Davao City is re cording an average of 13 percent to 15 percent pos itivity rate, which is almost times three higher than the acceptable positivity rate of 5 percent.Shealso reminded the public to be very careful specially now that the usu al activities pre-pandemic particularly the face-toface classes, the opening of the establishments are now allowed and the social distancing measure was al readyShelifted.also said that the security cluster is intensify ing the implementation of the minimum public health standards (MPHS) specially the wearing of face masks.
COFFEE... FROM 2 over 30,000 followers. The classroom contains a mini library, furniture, a photo booth, and other modern objects for her stu dents to Accordinguse. to Ramos, the idea of redesigning her classroom was a result of seeing students share posts about aesthetic rooms on socialThemedia.teacher said she never expected her class room set-up to become viral, as “it was only for the sake of making her stu dentsRamoshappy.”was able to buy new equipment for her classroom after saving money through live selling before classes even started. Ramos previously went viral after creating a photo booth in her classroom to surprise her students who went back to school for face-to-face classes. Ramos has been teaching for six years and is currently the adviser of Grade 6 pupils in the school.(PNA)
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EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE ESTATE OF THE DECEASED DANIEL S. CHUA
EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE ESTATE WITH DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE
Pursuant to Sec. 1 Rule 74 of the Revised Rules of Court of the Philippines, NOTICE is hereby given that the estate of the late DANIEL SAMSON CHUA who died intestate on May 30, 2020 in Davao City leaving a parcel of land cov ered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-348475, situated at Tugbok District, Davao City, Island of Mindanao containing an area of One Hundred Three (103) SQUARE METERS, more or less, has been the subject of an EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE executed among his heirs. Per Doc. 379; Page No. 77; Book No. 198; Series of 2022 of the Notary Public Atty. FATIMA IRENE T. ADIN.
EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE ESTATE WITH DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE
Pursuant to Sec. 1 Rule 74 of the Revised Rules of Court of the Philippines, NOTICE is hereby given that the estate of the late PHIL IP S. PANTOJAN who died intestate on Feb ruary 13, 2021 at Davao City, leaving a par cel of land covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. 146-2011002110, situated in Baran gay Catalunan Grande, City of Davao, Island of Mindanao, containing an area of TWELVE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED TWENTY NINE (12,929) square meters, more or less, has been the subject of an EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE WITH DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE executed among his heirs. Per Doc.58; Page No. 13; Book No. 197; Series of 2022 of the Notary Public Atty. FATIMA IRENE T. ADIN.
EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE ESTATE AMONG HEIRS WITH WAIVER OF RIGHTS
Pursuant to Sec. 1 Rule 74 of the Revised Rules of Court of the Philippines, NOTICE is hereby given that the estate of the late DR. ARNOLFO B. REYES who died intestate on August 19, 2018 at Los Angeles, USA, leaving the following properties to wit: 1) Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-77595 situated in the Barrio of Talomo, |City of Davao, Island of Min danao containing an area of FOUR HUNDRED SEV ENTEEN (417) square meters more or less, and 2) Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-165211 situ ated in the Barrio of Matina, City of Davao Island of Mindanao, containing an area of THREE HUNDRED THIRTY (330) square meters more or less. That the above-mentioned properties has been the subject of an EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE AMONG HEIRS WITH WAIVER OF SHARES executed among her heirs. Per Doc.431; Page No. 88; Book No. III; Series of 2022 of the Nota ry Public Atty. EMMANUEL A. MAHIPUS, MNSA.
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Pursuant to Sec. 1 Rule 74 of the Revised Rules of Court of the Philippines, NOTICE is hereby given that the estate of the late KATIE DELIMA who died intes tate on December 21, 2006 at Davao City, leaving the following properties to wit: 1) Transfer Certificate of Title No. 146-2022005036 situated in the Barrio of Maa, City of Davao, Island of Mindanao containing an area of ONE HUNDRED FIF TY (150) square meters more or less, and 2) Transfer Certificate of Title No. 146-2022005035 situated in the Barrio of Maa, City of Davao Island of Mindanao, containing an area of ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-FOUR (164) square meters more or less. That the above-mentioned properties has been the subject of an EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE AMONG HEIRS WITH WAIVER OF SHARES executed among her heirs. Per Doc.277; Page No. 57; Book No. 03; Series of 2022 of the Nota ry Public Atty. LEONARD V. CAGATIN.
EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE ESTATE AMONG HEIRS WITH WAIVER OF RIGHTS
MGB XI CONDUCTS LECTURE ON GEOHAZARD: LANDSLIDE AND SUBSIDENCE FOR CITY GOVERNMENT OF DAVAO LEADERS
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTIONOF MINDANAO FUSION FORWARDING AND TRUCKING SERVICES,INC. SEC REG. NO. CS2019-67818 Notice is hereby given that the resolution dissolving the cor poration as of December 31,2019 was approved and adopted by the affirmative vote of the stockholders owning at least 2/3 of the total outstanding capital or at least 2/3 of the members of the corporation at the special meeting held on December 16, 2019 at the principal office. A balance sheet showing that no creditors thereof will be affected by such dissolution has been filed at the Securities and Exchange Commission and a Certificate of No Outstanding Tax Liabilities and Permanent Closure of Head office at the Bureau of Internal Revenue issued on September 15, 2020. All person having claims against the corporation are requested to present the same at its principal office at No. 7 Rolling Hills Subd, Bacaca,Mayon St. Brgy 19-b Davao City Davao Del Sur. This announcement will serve as notice to all parties con cerned of the legal dissolution of the said corporation. Davao City Philippines Raymund G. Batucan Corporate Secretary
BRAVO... FROM 3 also help the community and the Ata children. The Ata tribe is among the 11 tribes represent ing Davao City. Meanwhile, Peace 911, which was launched in 2018 by then-Mayor Sara Duterte, is a human-cen tered approach to devel opment that directly an swers the needs of people in the Paquibato District. By Maya M. Padillo Mirror, he wrote for Mala ya as its provincial corre spondent.Heleft the media scene in 2000 and joined the government service work ing as Provincial Informa tion Officer for Davao Ori ental from 2001-2006 and with Davao del Norte from 2006-2008. He left gov ernment service to finish his Bachelor of Laws with the University of Mindan ao and earning his Juris Doctor diploma. In 2016, he moved to Perth, Australia but con tinued to work his daily editorial functions “re motely and digitally.” Bravo was responsible for the revolutionary vi sually-driven changes in the design and layout of Edge Davao. By Maya M. Padillo
Pursuant to Sec. 1 Rule 74 of the Re vised Rules of Court of the Philippines, NOTICE is hereby given that the estate of the late DIOSDADO O. SARDONCIL LO who died intestate on November 12, 1997 at Davao City, leaving a parcel of land covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-380974, situated in Toril, Davao City, Island of Mindanao, containing an area of TWO HUNDRED FOUR (204) square meters, more or less, has been the subject of an EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE WITH DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE executed among his heirs. Per Doc. 521; Page No. 106; Book No. 100; Series of 2022 of the Notary Public Atty. NAPO LEON F. SANGO Mines and Geosciences Bureau Regional Office No. XI Senior Geologist Jyreen Joy Peñaloga conducts LECTURE ON GEOHAZARDS - LANDSLIDE AND SUB SIDENCE in Grand Menseng Hotel, Davao City for the Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Course of the City Government of Davao Leaders. Along with MGB XI are lecturers from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources Region XI, Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Ser vices Administration Region XI, and Office of Civil Defense Region XI.
The Energy official add ed that Russia is also refus ing to supply oil to Europe, which further added to supply pressures. Oil companies usually announce price adjust ments every Monday, to be implemented on the fol lowingEffectiveday. August 23, fuel firms hiked prices per liter of gasoline by P0.70 and diesel by P2.60 per liter. The latest price in crease brought the yearto-date total adjustments to stand at a net increase of P18.15 per liter for gaso line and P31.70 per liter for diesel.Data from the DOE, as of August 23 to 25, showed the prices per liter of gas oline range from P64.85 to P75.95 in Quezon City - Metro Manila’s largest city - while in Philippine capital Manila, diesel prices range between P70.20 and P75.95 per liter.
It also noted that it takes complaints of an ti-competitive behavior “very“Withoutseriously.” prejudging the outcome of the CEO’s investigation, the PCC re minds players with sub stantial market power, not only in the telecommuni cations industry but across sectors, of their responsi bility to compete fairly and to adhere to the principles of competition,” it said. DITO, Globe welcome PCCInprobeastatement, DITO and Globe welcomed the PCC’s decision to open a formal inquiry into the matter.“We welcome the PCC finding reasonable grounds to move forward with DI TO’s complaint against Globe and Smart,” said Adel Tamano, DITO’s chief ad ministrative officer. “Today is a historic day for Filipino telcoForsubscribers.”Tamano, the case is a “public interest” issue in the interconnection be tween the telco players, which includes “fostering genuine competition in the industry.”
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The Philippine Com petition Commission (PCC) will investigate the complaints of DITO Telecommunity against Globe and Smart, saying it had found “reasonable grounds to open a prelimi naryDITOinquiry.”has accused the two telcos of abusing their dominant position, alleging it is difficult for its subscrib ers to call Globe and Smart numbers.“ThePCC Enforcement Office (CEO) will look into the allegations in the complaints for possible violations of Section 15 of the Philippine Competi tion Act (PCA) pertaining to abuse of dominance,” the PCC said in a state ment on Friday. “The CEO will also study whether other violations of the PCA pertaining to an ti-competitive agreements have been committed.” The PCC said it will “coordinate and consult” with the National Tele communications Com mission (NTC) and other relevant authorities for regulatory and technical considerations.
Another big-time oil price increase set on Tuesday
In a phone interview, Department of Energy-Oil Industry Management Bu reau Director Rino Abad confirmed that a price hike looms next week with die sel prices expected to in crease by “more than P5 per liter” while gasoline may be hiked by “more or less P1 per liter.” Abad said that factors which affected the move ment of oil prices in the world market include the increasing demand for fuel Motorists shall brace for another round of increase in the pump pric es of petroleum prices in the com ing week. in the United States and Europe amid the lingering concerns of supply short age brought by the Rus sia-Ukraine war.
Citing oil trading from August 22 to 25, an oil in dustry said that the price per liter of diesel may in crease by P5.40 to P5.70. Meanwhile, gasoline prices may go up by P1.30 to P1.60 per liter.
Marcos: MSME sector’s revival among admin’s top priorities
A customer chooses from a wide array of breads and pastries on display at a bakery inside a mall along J.P. Laurel Avenue in Davao City on Saturday. Prices of bread are constantly increasing in the city’s bakeries due to the current sugar crisis. Edge Davao
President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. on Fri day assured small business owners that the administration would pri oritize the revival of mi cro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) as the country slowly recov ers from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The President said government was keen on working with stakehold ers to ensure that it could create a “sustainable en vironment” for the MSME sector.“Iassure you that the revitalization of our MS MEs is among the admin istration’s top priorities,” he said during the Go Negosyo summit at the Manila Hotel. “I reiterate the govern ment’s full commitment to work hand-in-hand with all stakeholders to ensure that MSMEs are protected and provided with ample opportunities not only to recover from these ex traordinary times but to grow and thrive in this modern age,” he added. Marcos also assured the public that pandemic strategies are being for mulated to make MSMEs moreTheseresilient.plans include the improvement of busi ness climate, access to fi nance management and labor, access to technology and innovation, and access to market.Program policies are currently being led by the Department of Trade and Industry’s (DTI) MSME council, Marcos said. “I once again give my utmost assurance and commitment that your government is here to help you level up and succeed especially during this dif ficult times,” he said. “We will harness the strength of the various sectors to ensure a more cohesive government ap proach in creating a more sustainable environment for MSMEs and all our im portantInternationalstakeholders.”Council for Small Business Philip pines President Eric Caeg welcomed the President’s support for MSMEs. Caeg said small busi nesses would need access to market and finance as many were affected by the pandemic.Healso hopes the gov ernment will continue to support small businesses especially as it is also hard to borrow money due to high interest rates.
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Antitrust body to probe DITO’s complaints vs Globe, Smart
The Philippine government posted a narrower fiscal shortfall in July as state revenue grew larger than expen ditures during the period, data released by the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) on Friday showed.
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The MOU signing was held on August 26, 2022. Among the signato ries were ILO Philippines Director Khalid Hassan, DTI Regional Operations Group Undersecretary Blesila A. Lantayona, and Technical Education and Skills Development Au thority (TESDA) Director General Danilo P. Cruz, Assistant Secretary Mary Jean T. Pacheco of the DTI Digital Philippines and Ecommerce Lead and Executive Director Nel ly Nita N. Dillera of the Philippine Trade Training Center.Embassy of Japan Minister Masahiro Naka ta, who attended the sign ing ceremony, highlighted the project as a crucial contributor to achieving a robust and sustainable economic recovery for the Philippines from the COVID-19 global crisis.
Fiscal deficit narrows to P86.6 billion in July
The national govern ment’s fiscal performance saw a deficit of P86.6 bil lion, down by 28.41% from P121.2 billion in the same period last year. July’s budget shortfall is also narrower than the P215.5 billion fiscal gap seen in TheJune.Treasury said the lower budget deficit was seen “as government re ceipts grew faster than ex penditures for the period.” Year-to-date (YTD) bud get deficit also narrowed to P761 billion, down by 9.11% from P837.3 billion recorded in the first seven months of 2021. State collections during the period amounted to P308.6 billion, up 20.53% from P256.1 billion yearon-year.The BTr said the July outturn resulted in a high er cumulative revenue of P2 trillion compared to the end-July 2021 collection of P1.7Oftrillion.the total amount, 90% or P1.8 trillion was raised through tax col lections which recorded 15.82% growth year-overyear.Non-tax revenues, which comprised 10%, also grew by 23.61% or P40.7 billion, largely driven by higher Treasury income. The Bureau of Inter
A vendor selling “buko” juice and snack food parks her customized food cart near the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) field office 11 along Suazo Street in Davao City to take advantage of the large gathering of people trying to avail of the educational assistance being offered by the agency. Edge Davao
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Nakata added that with MSMEs comprising the majority of the busi nesses in the Philippines, the success of their oper ations would significantly help the restoration of the local labor market.
An advocacy group dubbed as the Alli ance of Responsible Miners in Region XI In co operation with the Mines and Geosciences Bureau XI held the 3rd stakehold ers’ forum on responsible mining at the Grand Regal Hotel participated in by environmental planners, environment planning offi cers of different local gov ernment units and provin cial development planning officers from the provinces. Constancio Paje, Jr., president of the Armor XI said they want to share to all interested parties the policies involving in the ex traction, development and the utilization of the coun try’s mineral resources. He said the ARMOR XI is also soliciting the Sol omonic experiences and wisdom on environmental planning, in the Mindanao development.“Whether you like it or not, whether you are ei ther an anti or pro mining advocate, you continue to use mineral products, especially when we wake up in the morning and see ourselves on the mirror, the mirror comes through the mining industry. The toothpaste and the glass used in brushing our teeth come from the mining in dustry. Pots and pot hold ers used in cooking our food, plates, spoons and forks in consuming them also come from the min ing industry. Computers, cellular phones, cars and buildings are creations from the mining industry,” PajeHesaid.bared that mineral products are very signifi cant to our lives and with out mining, people live like monkeys.Pajeobserved, through mining, people tend to construct houses made of bricks.“Perhaps, all of our mountains are bald if we used wood in the construc tion of our houses. As they say, save the forests, use mineral resources,” he said. Paje noted that while Arab countries enjoy the presence of oil in the des ert, the Philippines also en joy the presence of mineral resources.“Weare third in the world for gold, fourth in the world for copper, fifth in the world for chromite and sixth in the world for nick el, tantamount to $1-Tril lion,” he said. Paje said the Philip pines will only take the challenge how to develop, explore and utilize these mineral resources at the same time, protecting the environment.Hesaidthe Philippine Mining Act of 1995 (Re public Act No. 7942) ad heres to the principles of sustainable development which calls for econom ic growth, environmental protection and community development.“Aslong as we have these three pillars, we have responsible mining in the country. This law requires a science-based decision making wherein a firm must adhere before the is suance of an environment compliance certificate,” Paje stressed. (PIA XI-Joey Sem G.Dalumpines)
nal Revenue’s (BIR) net collection for July reached P197.4 billion, up 15.55% or P26.6 billion from a year“Theearlier.BIR’s higher up take is attributable to its continued strict enforce ment, as well as the imple mentation of its digitization program,” the BTr said. The BIR’s cumulative collection for the January to July period amounting to P1.3 trillion registered a 10.59% or P127.3 billion increase from last year’s seven-month total of P1.20 trillion.Collections by the Bu reau of Customs (BOC), meanwhile, reached an alltime high of P83.6 billion, net of P821.0 million tax refund in “BOC’sJuly.robust perfor mance was credited to im proved valuation, digitized and modernized systems, and the gradual reopening of the economy which re sulted in higher import vol ume,” the Treasury said. The Customs’ year-todate total revenue stood at P480.3 billion, up 33.82% or P121.4 billion expansion from last year. The BTr reported that it generated P13.4 billion, down 1.6%, “weighed down by lower dividend remittances and interest income from government deposits.”“These were partial ly offset by higher income from BSF (Bond Sinking Fund) investments as well as the national government share from PAGCOR in come,” it said. The Treasury’s total collection from January to July rose to P117.5 billion, up 23.36% “on account of higher dividend remittanc es, income from BSF invest ments, and interest income from deposits.”
ARMOR XI promotes responsible mining on its 3rd stakeholders’ forum in Davao City
DTI signs MOU on $2.2M ILO-Japan project supporting business recovery Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the Internation al Labour Organization (ILO) signed a Japan-sup ported memorandum of understanding that was part of the $2.2 million Japan-ILO project called “Bringing Back Jobs Safe ly under the COVID-19 Crisis in the Philippines: Rebooting Small and In formal Businesses Safely andTheDigitally.”project, launched in July 2021, seeks to support the recovery of micro, small, and medi um enterprises (MSMEs) from the impacts of the COVID-19Componentscrisis. of this support measure in clude capacity-building on occupational safety, health, and productivity measures, digital entre preneurship, and finan cial education for micro, small and medium enter prises (MSMEs) and in formal businesses. In the Philippines, the initiative will assist the government in its push to integrate MSMEs through digitalization.
The vitality of the food scene in Davao City is really back and proof of it was the tronomicDabawenyos’Fest,DamosacomebackgrandoftheFoodwhichmadegaspleasure more appetizing and fun. As food lovers gathered at the Damosa Complex in La nang for the good music and delicious food, the entire com plex was wrapped in a festive ambiance. The foodfest gath ered a total of 36 local food entrepreneurs or “foodpre neurs” from the Davao Region that offered a variety of meals, snacks, drinks, desserts, and otherThesetreats.were Turkish Ke bab House, KUAN Coffee and Piggin’ Out, Scout Side Sisig, Tea Barrel Café, Nestfarms and Kensington Ventures, Inc., The Espresso Nook, Salt Shack Davao, OOMAMI, Dimsum Co./Spicehut Seafood Grill and Restaurant, Takoyaki Classy, Kofe Badi Café, Potato Corner, Ella’s Cravings & Eateria, Ka kanin ni Nani, American Ribs FOODIES,
“We have grown with Davao City and we plan to con tinue to grow with the city and Damosa Food Fest is one of those events that is our way of giving back to the city,” Lag dameo said.
Vice Mayor Melchor Quit ain Jr, who banged the agong along with Lagdameo, shared a little history of Damosa, for merly Davao Motor Sales. With post-war Davao being on the cusp of exceptional econom ic growth, Damosa flourished into the biggest Ford dealer ship in Mindanao. It was then, when - known for his keen foresight, the late Don Antonio O. Floirendo Sr. began acquir ing properties around the city. Well, the rest is history.
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AT THE RETURN OF DAMOSA FOOD FEST & Wings, Momster’s Kitchen, Wrap N’ Tea Milktea Station, Hilltop Crabs Buffet, Sticky Fingers/Sticky Finger’s Gas tropub, Tita Rositas, Fruits In Ice Cream, The Streat Menu, Blush Ice Cream, The Tea Cul ture, Jed Food Corner, Sisig Factory, Omma’s Kitchen, Ti ger Bubble Tea, JUJU, Kusina Ni Clint, Moon K -Snacks, Per gola Bake and Brew, Mommy Doming’s Lawiswis Barbecue Station, TipzyPanda, Leylam Shawarma, and Haruno Iza kaya. “The last time that we had the Damosa Food fest was in 2019. This is our way of coming out again. I still re call three years ago when we had this event, we had a lot of happy customers and happy vendors,” said Ricardo “Cary” Lagdameo, president of Damo sa Land Inc, who led the bang ing of the agong that officially opened the food Performancesfest.from the lo cal bands and up-and-coming artists such as The Naughty Notes Band, Koldash Band, The New Don Band, Tawag ng Tanghalan semifinalist JR Oclarit and four-time defend ing champion Michelyn En drina, The Chemistree Band, and GAP69, with special per formances from World Cham pionships of Performing Arts (WCOPA) multi-medalist Rap Cañedo and Archie Udaundo made the festival more lively. The reopening of the Da mosa Food Fest also coincided with the celebration of the re cently concluded 37th Kaday awan sa Davao.
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Osaka headlines as Pan Pacific Open returns
Yet despite Djokovic’s absence, Nadal is adamant that the tournament will not be diminished by the non-participation of the Serbian great, who is just one behind the Spaniard in Grand Slam singles titles with“I21.repeat what I said plenty of times: the sport in some ways is bigger than any player,” Nadal said. “I missed a lot of im portant events in my tennis career because of injuries, without a doubt. Last year I was not here. Two years ago I was not here. The tournament continues. The world of tennis keep going. “Even if is not a good news for everyone, the world continues and the tennis will continue after me, after Novak, after Rog er (Federer).”Nadalstarted 2022 in blistering fashion, winning both the Australian and French Opens before an abdominal muscle injury
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Home favourite Naomi Osaka will de fend her title at the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo next month, organisers said on Friday, as the tournament returns for the first time since the pandemic.
Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic attends the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 qualifiers match between Serbia and Greece in Belgrade, Serbia, 25 August 2022. EPA-EFE/ANDREJ CUKIC
Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic at tends the FIBA Basket ball World Cup 2023 quali fiers match between Serbia and Greece in Belgrade, Serbia, 25 August 2022.
Japan’s Osaka beat Russia’s Anastasia Pavly uchenkova in the 2019 final but the tournament was cancelled for the past two years because of coro navirus.Osaka, a four-time major winner and former world number one, has slipped to 44 in the rank ings and lost in the first round of the ATP/WTA Cincinnati Masters last week.Former champion Kar olina Pliskova of the Czech Republic also returns to Tokyo, while world num ber six Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus and Russia’s world number 10 Daria Kasatki na make their tournament debuts.
Naomi Osaka of Japan in action against Qinwen Zheng of China, during their match at the women’s Mubadala Sili con Valley Classic tennis tournament, at San Jose State University, in San Jose, California, USA, 02 August 2022. John Mabanglo, EPA-EFE
Djokovic absence from US Open very sad, says Nadal forced him to scratch from the Wimbledon semi-finals. He returned from that injury at the Cincinnati Mas ters this month but exited in the second round. Nad al said Friday he had been protecting the injury during his Cincinnati comeback. “It’s a tough injury be cause it’s dangerous, it’s risky,” he said. “When you have a scar, it’s a place that you put lot of effort when you are serving.
EPA-EFE/ANDREJ CUKIC Rafael Nadal said S.aturday he is saddened by Novak Djokovic’s ab sence from the US Open as he returns to the tour nament for the first time in three years. The Spanish legend has not played in New York since defeating Daniil Med vedev in five sets to lift the 2019Nadaltitle. has added three more Grand Slam singles titles to his haul since that victory, taking his total to 22 -- the all-time men’s re cord.While the 36-year-old will be looking to add to that tally over the next fort night in New York, Nadal admitted on Friday that the absence of Djokovic left him “very sad.” Djokovic confirmed on Thursday he will play no part in the tournament after refusing to get vac cinated against Covid-19 -- placing him at odds with US government travel re quirements for internation al visitors.“From my personal perspective, it’s very sad news,” Nadal said. “It’s always a shame when the best players of the world are not able to play a tournament because of injuries or because of dif ferent“Inreasons.thiscase, not hav ing one of the best players of the history in the draw of Grand Slam is always an important miss, no? Tough for the fans, tough for the tournament. In my opinion, tough for the players, too, because we want to have the best field possible.”
Four players currently ranked inside the top 10 will compete in the Septem ber 17-25 event, including two-time Grand Slam win ner Garbine Muguruza and fellow Spaniard and world number four Paula Badosa.
“Dwight played really well tonight as well. Kai played well. I think it was an all-around really good effort,” he said. Ramos provided backup scoring for Clarkson with 18 points to go with his 10 re bounds and 6 steals. Sotto bat tled against Lebanon’s burly center to finish with 10 points and 8 Clarksonboards.admitted the loss was tough, but they need to make adjustments fast as they take on Saudi Arabia at home. “We just have to take it on the head and get back to the draw ing board. We’re going head back to Manila, play Saudi Ara bia, be prepared for that, and try to win at home,” he said. “We just have to take it on the head and get back to the drawing board,” says Jordan Clarkson. FIBA photo
After falling short against Lebanon in the FIBA World Cup Qualifiers on Friday, FilAm NBA star Jordan Clarkson is looking at the bright side.
Clarkson looking at the bright side after Lebanon loss
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The Utah Jazz guard says he like the team and its future. “For us, it’s just bright. We’re just getting this team together. We got some good young stars on the team,” said Clarkson, who joined the squad for the first time since the 2018 Asian Games.Clarkson led the way for the nationals, scoring 27 points be fore Gilas succumbed to the Ce dars,But85-81.the Fil-Am NBA player saw something special in his teammates, particularly Dwight Ramos and Kai Sotto.
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