P 15.00 • 12 PAGES@EdgeDavao edgedavao@gmail.comwww.edgedavao.netf EDGE Serving a seamless society DAVAO SPORTS P 12 VOL.15 ISSUE 122 • SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2022 SYSTEMSALLGO PAYOUT DAY DSWD 11 will not cater walk-ins for Saturday’s educational aid payout STORY ON PAGE 2 Passengers disembark from a public utility jeepney (PUJ) along J.P. Laurel Avenue in Davao City on Friday. Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board 11 (LTFRB 11) confirmed that the agency received number of complaints from passengers against PUJs due to overcharging of fare. Edge Davao
Alongtime women’s rights activist was arrested Tuesday in Agusan del Norte, women’s advocacy group Gabriela said in a statement Wednes day.Gabriela said Atheliana “Atel” Hijos, 76, was arrested in Barangay Kinabjangan, Nasipit, Agusan del Norte on allegations that she partici pated in armed encounters.
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Contrary to the lat est story released by Rappler. com enti tled “Davao Oriental State University study confirms Pujada Bay’s alarming pol lution levels,” published on August 19, 2022, the bay remains “Class A” based on the latest study conducted by the Davao Oriental State University. This was the clarifica tion made by the alleged source of the said story Dr. Lea A. Jimenez, director of the DOrSU-based Region al Integrated Coastal Re source Management Cen ter (RIC - XI) in the Davao Region. Jimenez clarified that the research study entitled “Nutrient Mapping of Puja da Bay” conducted by the research team under RICXI in 2015 had eight water sample stations spread all over Pujada Bay. However, only two stations locat ed near the coastal areas known as residential areas have registered the “pres ence of
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nakadawat sa text messag es kay naa na sila’y agian na assessment. Dili sure ang payout. Once nag-apply ka dili sure ang payout kay muagi pa ug assessment. Wala ta’y walk-ins ugma,” reiterated Michelle Fran ca, information officer II of DSWD 11, over Davao City Disaster Radio (DCDR) on Friday.On August 31, 2022, DSWD 11 temporarily suspended the drop box system to prioritize the 150,000 ofdevelopedrequirements.applications/Thisalsoafteracrowdwalk-insthrongedthe office hoping to get the as sistance.“Pasabot 150,000 nga stapled quirements.documents/reDilinatogusto
secondin“pinned”resultMPN.teredsamplingtectednumber)<1.1higherEscherichiamicroorganismsdisease-causinglikethecolifoundtobethanthestandardofMPN(mostprobableondeclaredproareas.”ShesaidthatallotherstationsregisbelowthestandardJimenezruedhowtheoftheirstudywastoputPujadaBayabadlightwhichisthetimeRapplercon tributor Ferdinand Zuasola had written about it. The first article entitled “Pujada Bay a virtual cess pool,” published on June 28, 2022, claimed that “a Philippine Environmen tal Management Bureau (PEMB) study showed that the fecal coliform contam ination of Pujada Bay has already reached more than 2,000 parts per million which is way beyond the tolerable level of 200 ppm.”
The statement said Hi jos was arrested for cases of murder, kidnapping and serious illegal detention by elements of the Regional Intelligence Division of the Philippine National Police.
In a separate statement, human rights group Kara patan called the charges against Hijos, secretary gen eral of Gabriela Caraga, “a blatant lie considering Atel’s senior age and frail physical condition.” “In one of the charges leveled against her, she has submitted sound and rea sonable proof that she was attending election-related activities at the time of the alleged incident of armed encounter by soldiers and New People’s Army rebels,” the group said. It added the military has leader nabbed in Agusan del Norte town
Vice President and concurrent Education Secretary Sara Duterte visits the teachers and education staff of Amas National High School in Amas, Kidapawan City on Thursday to conduct a dialogue and to discuss the issues they face as DepEd personnel. Official FB page of Inday Sara Duterte
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The agency clarified that only those applicants who received a text mes sage will be tanan“Ginahangyoentertained.natoangnawala’ywalk-ins ugma. Dili lang sa Davao City apil sa tanan provincial satellite offices of DSWD. For walk-ins basin nagtuo mo nga ma-cater dayon, dili, kay ang i-cater katong
Two environment offi cials also denied the arti cle Zuasola quoted as the source for his story. In a released statement dated September 1, the Davao Oriental State Uni versity affirmed that Puja da Bay remains to be one of the most beautiful bays in the “Theworld. concentration of E.coli is still within the allowable level for coast al waters of 70MPN/100 according to DENR AO 34. Generally, the detect ed E.coli is still within the tolerable limit. But it is recommended for close monitoring, particularly the activities in the identi fied stations and their vi cinity that may serve as the source of E.coli to arrest any possible increase of contamination,” the DOrSu statement“Pujadaread.Bay is still pris tine, despite the identified vulnerable areas which the proper authorities might take necessary measures Bay remains study
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It’s that time of the year to start filling the pan try with everything needed for that tradition al Noche Buena feast. However, the excite ment is mixed with appre hensions.Thepublic is wor ried of another looming increase in the prices of basic and prime commod ities this December as it usually does. An official of the re gional office of the De partment of Trade and In dustry (DTI 11) said that the Consumer Policy and Advocacy Bureau (CPAB) is yet to release suggested retail prices (SRPs) of the products for Noche Bue na. Jennifer Glimada, focal person for price monitor ing of DTI 11, said SRPs were hiked thrice this year in January, May, and August.Glimada said compa nies opted to increase the SRPs of their products due to the cost of raw materi als, distribution costs, and packaging costs. “Tanan apil na sa pag analyze sa SRP. Wala ta gabutang kung pila ang ilang i-increase, ang sa atoa sa DTI kung pila. Ang dapat reasonable ang ilah ang increases ug dili dapat mahal na maipit ang con sumers. Dapat pantay siya para sa tanan,” she said over Davao City Disaster Radio (DCDR) on Friday. Glimada said that based on their analysis there are 67 SKUs (prod ucts) under their moni toring wherein SRPs were increased SRP while there are 151 SKUs that main tain their SRPs since May this“Katongyear. 151 na items/ products atong May wala nalihok ang presyo apan ang 67 na produkto ang nag increase of about 3.29 percent up to 10 percent kay kato sila na mga items wala to sila nag increase ug presyo since last year. Katong 3 to 10 percent na increase ang basis ato is katong 2021 pa nila na presyo karon lang silang August nag increase,” she explained.Glimada assured that establishments in Davao City are compliant with the new SRP. She added that although there were increases in the products in Davao City, they are
The team of Senator Christopher “Bong” Go visited Mariv eles, Bataan to provide immediate assistance to indigent residents during a two-day relief activity from August 30 to 31. Go’s staff conducted the relief activity at the SFB 13 and DLX Building of Freeport Area of Bataan in Mariveles where they grouped the 2,126 benefi ciaries into smaller batch es and implemented nec essary health protocols to ensure everyone’s safety. The outreach team dis tributed meals and masks to the residents as well as phablets, bicycles and new pairs of shoes to select in dividuals.Furthermore, repre sentatives from the De partment of Social Wel fare and Development extended financial sup port through its Assis tance to Individuals in Cri sis Situation program. Go, in his video mes sage, encouraged those eligible to take part in the government’s vaccina tion drive and once again underscored the impor tance of getting inoculat ed to boost their defens es against COVID-19 and help the country return to normalcy.Healso reassured that the government is contin uously rolling out vaccines to far-flung communities to ensure that more Fil ipinos are safeguarded from severe symptoms of COVID-19.“Importante po na makamtan na natin ang herd immunity dahil iyan po ang kailangan para tu FCPAB, P10
The Davao City Police Office (DCPO) and the Po lice Regional Office (PRO 11) found an ally in their recommendation on craft ing an ordinance penal izing individuals posting fake news on social media in the person of Councilor Lorenzo Benjamin “Enzo” Villafuerte. Villafuerte, chair of the Civil Political and Human Rights Committee, said he will study it and will talk to other relevant agencies and committees concerning the proposal of the ordinance. On Wednesday, Ma jor Maria Teresita Gaspan, DCPO spokesperson, said the DCPO is recommending FMOVE, P10
n official of the Davao City Police Of fice (DCPO) said the DCPO is recom mending to the Davao City Council to craft an ordinance penalizing individuals posting fake news on social media. to the Davao City Council to craft an ordinance penaliz ing individuals posting fake news on social media. “Kabalo ta nga nin dot i-localize ang atong mga national laws para ma-strengthen siya ug sy empre lahi lahi ang needs sa city. I-localize nato ug i-address nato ang spe cific needs sa city. We will study that ma’am Gaspan on how we can address that through an ordinance. I will talk more about that with other relevant agencies and other committees that may involve with the proposal of this ordinance,” Villafuerte said.Meanwhile, Gaspan said the ordinance may be correlated to the anti-fake news bill filed by Senator TitoGaspanSotto. also admitted that the circulation of fake news online has detrimen tal effects on Davao City in terms of peace and order and safety and security. On the other hand, the Anti-Cybercrime Unit of PRO 11 is now conducting
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Residents living at a costal community of Pujada Bay in Mati City catch fish using fishing nets. Contrary to the latest story released by Rappler. com that Pujada Bay has an alarming pollution levels, the bay remains “Class A” based on the latest study conducted by the Davao Oriental State University. Edge Davao
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PBBM eyes possible private sector cooperation on infra, water, energy
The Office of the Pres ident (OP), on its official Facebook page, shared sev eral photos taken during Marcos’ meeting with PSAC at Malacañan Palace in Ma nila.“President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. meets with members of the Private Sector Advisory Council (PSAC) to discuss how Public-Private Part nerships (PPP) can help the Philippines improve its infrastructure, water, and energy services,” the OP said.Malacañang has yet to provide additional details about the meeting. Marcos, in his first State President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Mar cos Jr. on Thursday met with the Pri vate Sector Advisory Council (PSAC) to explore possible cooperation for the development of infrastructure, water, and energy sectors.
Mobile wallet GCash is moving transaction confirmation mes sages from text messaging to the in-application inbox. In an advisory, GCash said the move was aimed at improving security and pro viding easier access to cus tomers’ transaction history. The mobile wallet’s an nouncement came amid the proliferation of scam text messages, which now include the names of sub scribers or recipients. The National Telecom munications Commission (NTC) has ordered telcos anew to blast warnings to the public concerning the new variety of spam text messages.“We’ll start with PAY BILLS on September 13, then by September 28 SEND MONEY & BUY LOAD will follow,” GCash said. “They’ll be instantly ac cessible via your App Inbox and also available when you click the ‘Activity’ button on the app which has your transaction history,” it said. Authorities and experts reminded the public not to overshare personal infor mation online and to be cau tious against responding to scam texts as personal infor mation of subscribers can reach scammers through data breaches that are sold on the dark web.
The United Kingdom is increasing its invest ment in Southeast Asia, with the Philippines as one of the priority countries. The British Internation al Investment will invest 500 million British pounds in the region for the next five years and “the Philip pines (would be) one of the three focus countries,” UK Ambassador to the Philip pines Laure Beaufils said. “(There’s) a strong focus on economic devel opment, trade and invest ment. We’re really going to increase significantly our investments in the Philip pines through new mech anisms that we have put in place,” she said during the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebration in Makati City Thursday night. “There’ll be a lot more by way of in vestments and in particular, green investments in infra structure because a climate change is a key priority.” Beaufils said aside from economic development, maritime cooperation, cli mate change adaptation, and technology would serve as pillars of the Philip pine-UK relationship under
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The Philippine peso, which reached an 18-year low and the weakest since 2004 on Thursday, could strength en temporarily in the last 2 months of the year due to seasonal remittances, economist Vic Abola told ANC on Friday. “We have the seasonal influx of dollars from OFWs in the last 2 months of the year, so there might be some easing,” Abola said. The peso on Thursday dipped to as low as P56.45 before closing at P56.42 to a dollar. In terms of inflation, Abola said it could hit the upper end of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ fore cast for the month. The BSP said inflation Holiday season OFW remittances to strenghten peso temporarily
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of the Nation Address, vowed to put a premium on various fields, including infrastructure, health and energy.Marcos held a series of meetings with the PSAC since he assumed the pres idency on June 30.
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President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. meets with the Private Sector Advisory Council (PSAC) to explore possible cooperation for the development of infrastructure, water, and energy sectors. Edge Davao
The PSAC, in its meet ing with Marcos in August, sought the expansion of the micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the country to create more job opportunities for Filipinos. Following his meeting with the private sector, Marcos ensured that the revival of MSMEs is one of the administration’s prior ities.MSMEs comprise 99.51 percent of business estab lishments in the Philip pines and employ around 63 percent of the country’s workforce.Alsoin August, Mar cos met with the PSAC to express his support for the plan to offer a “ladder ized” program for nurses to strengthen the health sector and address the sup posed “brain drain,” or the departure of professionals FPBBM, P10 GCash to forward transaction confirmation to app’s inbox
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With the enforcement of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), offi cials are hashing out tech nical details of the Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pa cific’s (FTAAP) multi-year work plan, recognizing that the FTAAP agenda could be more deliberate and co herent with a clear plan of actions.“We heard recommen dations from the private sector through the APEC Business Advisory Coun
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) senior officials forged ahead to establish com mon ground for advancing APEC’s goal for an open, dynamic, resilient, and peaceful Asia-Pacific com munity after a timely clus ter of trade, sectoral meet ings concluded in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Senior officials from APEC members are con tinuing constructive di alogue in the face of un certainties, as noted in a statement issued by the Third APEC Senior Offi cials’ Meeting on Thursday. “It is important for us to continue our dialogue and work to find common goals, especially against the backdrop of increasingly complex cross-cutting chal lenges: the health crisis, economic, and environ mental vulnerabilities,” the 2022 Chair of APEC Senior Officials Meeting, Thani Thongphakdi, said. “While we have made good progress so far, more needs to be done as we only have three months to deliv er tangible outcomes at the APEC Economic Leaders’ Week,” Thani added. Building on the mo mentum to implement the World Trade Organization’s Geneva Package of trade agreements secured during the Twelfth Ministerial Conference in June, APEC, through the Committee on Trade and Investment, is propelling progress in relevant areas, including fisheries subsidies, trade facilitation, agriculture, dig italization and the customs duties moratorium, among others.“APEC can continue playing its role as an incu bator of ideas through ca pacity building on issues, such as sustainable and inclusive trade, and build on the efforts of the WTO,” Thani said.
“The revised minimum capital requirements shall result in stronger and well-capitalized ru ral banks underpinning a Philippine banking sys tem that is stable, sound, resilient and inclusive for Filipinos,” said BSP Gov ernor Felipe Medalla. “With a strengthened capital base, rural banks would be able to with stand adverse financial shocks and at the same time, tap opportunities to enhance income po tential, expand banking operations, and provide better credit facilities and services responsive to the needs of their clients and the banking public,” he added.The new minimum capital levels of rural banks are as follows: P50 million for head office only and those with up to five branches P120 million for those with six to 10 branches P200 million for those with more than 10 branchesTheprevious regula tions set the minimum capital required for rural banks from P10 million to P200 million, depend ing on the area of opera tions of head offices and branches as well as the number of branches.
A vendor takes advantage of the gathering large number of people along Suazo Street in Davao City to sell beverages like bottled water and softdrinks. Edge Davao
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In a statement on Fri day, the central bank said its policy-setting Mon etary Board approved amendments to the mini mum capitalization of ru ral banks. In particular, the Mon etary Board approved the amendments to Sec tion 121 of the Manual of Regulations for Banks (MORB) as part of the Ru ral Bank Strengthening Program (RBSP).
The BSP said that in view of the liberalization in branching regulations and digitalization of bank ing services, “the tiering of the new minimum cap
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has raised the mini mum capital requirement for rural banks as part of efforts to boost the local banking sector’s compet itiveness.
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Leticia Salcedo, chair person for World Cafe of several87.5)DisasterinterviewTESDA-Davao,mentationOpportunities-DocuCommitteeofsaidinanoverDavaoCityRadio(DCDRonThursdaythatestablishments are looking for graduates with technical skills as the local economy recov ers from more than two years of strict restrictions due to the pandemic. She said 42 local and seven overseas compa nies participated during There has been an increase in the de mand for technical-vocational gradu ates in business process outsourcing, tourism, and construction sectors in Davao Region, the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA)-Davao said. the TESDA-initiated job fair called “World Café of Opportunities” at the NCCC Mall Buhangin in the city last August 25 where 6,000 vacancies wereDespiteavailable.the demand for tech-voc graduates, she said that only 712 applicants came to the job fair, of whom 50 were hired on the spot for local and seven for overseas employment.Shesaid the event was a one-stop shop for technical-vocational edu cation and training grad uates which aimed to fa cilitate their employment, increase their awareness on the employment and available training pro grams offered for them, and strengthen conver gence between private and government agencies to generate refrigerationriders,centeravailableopportunities.employmentShesaidthatjobsincludedcallagents,deliverytourism,plumbers,andair-con
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American actress and comedian Shelley Long pointed this out: “Not everyone can be trusted. I think we all have to be very selective about the people we trust.” As English author Sophie Kinsella puts it: “In the end, you have to choose whether or not to trustWhosomeone.”arethe people you can trust? An unknown author shared this thought: “Only trust someone who can see these three things in you: The sorrow behind your smile, the love be hind your anger, and the reason behind your silence.” Now, this reminds me of the words of American singer Sele na Gomez: “If you have three people in your life that you can trust, you can consider yourself the luckiest person in the whole world.”But life isn’t fair. There are al ways people you cannot trust at all. This is especially true when it comes to love. But when a per son is in love, he or she gambles not knowing whether he or she will win in the end. “Everyone suffers at least one bad betrayal in their lifetime,” says bestselling American writ er Sherrilyn Kenyon. “It’s what unites us. The trick is not to let it destroy your trust in others when that happens. Don’t let them take that from you.” As David Levithan puts it in his book, The Lover’s Dictionary: “‘It was a mistake,’ you said. But the cruel thing was, it felt like the mistake was mine, for trusting (loving)“Neveryou.”trust anyone, espe cially the people you admire,” Carlos Ruiz Safon reminds in The Shadow of the Wind. “Those are the ones who will make you suf fer the worst Rememberblows.”that!
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Afraid of likely vendetta from American soldiers and Filipino guerrillas, hundreds of Japanese troops, following the liberation of Davao, fled to the jungle and became strag-glers. Sworn not to surrender to the enemy but to die in the name of the emperor, they adopted life on the lam, at times resorting to illegal activities in order to sur vive or obtain food. Forestry director Florencio Tamesis, in 1945, reported that the presence of Japanese strag glers in forests, notably in con cessions, added danger to the cutting of timber which, in turn, affected the availability of lum ber in both the domestic and foreignYearsmarkets.afterthe war, reports of stragglers in the wildlands continued. Official accounts in 1948 placed the number at 1,000 in Davao region alone.
Jonathan is a very wealthy man having started his business when he was still young. From time to time, people come to his office to do business with him. One of these visitors, Ace, be came his friend. And it came to pass that Jon athan’s daughter was graduating from college. He has to go to Ma nila to attend the ceremony. But he was worried about the money which he kept in his house. Jonathan brought the prob lem to his family. The wife sug gested that he could ask Ace for help. “I’m sure, Ace is willing to take care of our home while we are away,” the wife said. Jonathan had stayed at his house several times already but he never got any chance to test his loyalty and didn’t know if he should trust him enough with his life’sButearnings.stillhe contacted Ace and told him about his problem. Jon athan brought Ace to his room and gave the keys of the locker where he kept the money. After giving him some instructions, Jonathan left for Manila together with his Threefamily.days later, Jonathan returned to his home. When he saw Ace, he asked how he was doing. Instead of answering him calmly, Ace shouted: “Didn’t you trust me? Why did you put rocks in your locker? And if you hadn’t put your money in there, why did you give me the key to that lock er?”Everyone was shocked by what they heard from the mouth of Ace. Jonathan said, “But how do you know what was inside that locker? You must have opened the locker in my ab sence.”Ace kept silent. Jonathan continued, “I had kept those rocks inside that locker because I wanted to test your friendship.” After saying that, Jonathan asked Ace to leave his house and never to meet him again. Ace left the house in shame. The above story, which was adapted from moralstories26. com, gives us a lesson about trust. Award-winning American novelist Ernest Hemingway once said, “The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trustFriendshipthem.” is built on two things: respect and trust, accord ing to Stieg Larsson, author of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. “Both elements have to be there. And it has to be mutual. You can have respect for someone, but if you don’t have trust, the friend ship will crumble.” But “trusting is hard,” Ma ria V. Snuyder wrote in Poison Study. “Knowing who to trust, even harder.” It happened to Frodo, the leading character in J.R.R. Tolk ien’s The Lord of the Ring. In Fel lowship of the Ring, Frodo told Sam: “But it does not seem that I can trust anyone.” Sam looked at Frodo unhap pily. “It all depends on what you want,” he said. “You can trust us to stick with you through thick and thin – to the bitter end. And you can trust us to keep any se cret of yours – closer than you keep it yourself. But you cannot trust us to let you face trouble alone, and go off without a word. We are your friends, Frodo.” Trust is one of the 15 things money can’t buy, according to Roy T. Bennett, author of The Light in the Heart. The other 14 are time, happiness, inner peace, integrity, love, character, man ners, health, respect, morals, pa tience, class, common sense and dignity.“Anything that’s human is mentionable, and anything that is mentionable can be more manageable,” American TV per sonality Fred Rogers once said. “When we can talk about our feelings, they become less over whelming, less upsetting, and less scary. The people we trust with that important talk can help us know that we are not alone.” A fragile thing is trust. It’s easy to break, easy to lose and one of the hardest things to ever get back. Oscar nominated sing er Lady Gaga made mention of trust that once it is broken, it stays forever. “Trust is like a mir ror,” she said. “You can fix it if it’s broken, but you can still see the crack in that mother fucker’s re flection.” Do not trust just anyone.
Maj. Jose Jereza, then Phil ip-pine Constabulary provin cial, asked interior secretary Jose C. Zulueta to hastily send rein-forcements to Davao to handle the hunt for the Jap anese, mostly hiding in the boundary of Davao and Bukid non where there were reports of cannibalism attributed to the strag-glers.Heinformed that from time to time the stragglers, regular ly in big groups, were forced to come down from the hills to the lowlands to replenish their fast-dwindling supplies. Some of the Japanese were even reported as armed but their physical attributes, due to lack of food, were ‘lean and hag gard, with signs of hunger and starvation plainly discern-ible.’ In response to the request, Jose Vargas, a special investi gator with the interior de-part ment, assured that a punitive force would be dispatched. He, however, disagreed with the estimate of Maj. Jereza, saying the number of stragglers could be anywhere from 200 to 300 only.He also said that with so many stragglers still in hiding, the stragglers ‘must be well organized and concentrated to have survived through the two and a half years since lib-era tion.’As life in the jungle became more difficult, the stragglers had to resort to terrorism and ‘kidnap for ransom.’ Vargas lat er reported after his Mindanao visit that many of the hos-tag es held by the Japanese were members of prominent families of Davao.Acase in point was the ab duction of the two daughters and a son of Mrs. M. Tionko, a sister-in-law of Leon A. Gar cia, Davao City mayor in 1948. To ensure prompt response to her predicament, she traveled to Manila to meet then interior secretary Jose C. Zulueta. She even offered P4,000 for the safe return of her Singapore’schildren.Sunday Tribune, in an article (‘Japs Terrorize A Province’) dated February 29, 1948, identified the abductees as Josefita, 25 years old, a sec ond-year pharmacy stu-dent of Santo Tomas University in Ma nila; Anita, 19 years old, a stu dent of Davao City High School; and Vicente who, according to a Moro who escaped from the Japanese, as having been killed. The Singapore Free Press, in its August 3, 1948, edition, came out with another story (‘Jap Stragglers Hold Filipinos’), stating:‘More than three years af ter the war, Japanese strag glers continue to hold Filipi no captives in their mountain hideouts in the southern Phil ippines, according to official re-ports reaching Manila. In both Davao and Cebu, the au thorities, aided by the military are continuing to make efforts so far without much success. It is believed that nothing less than a well organised mili tary campaign is required to dislodge the Japs from their moun-tain strongholds.’ In other areas, it was even reported that ‘Japanese strag glers and deserters waylaid the travelers and demanded food from them at bayonet-point.’ But invading the lowlands for food also cost the lives of many Japanese who were murdered by Filipinos in retalia-tion for the hardships in the invaders’ hands.
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HARLEY-DAVIDSON LAUNCHES LIMITED EDITION LOW RIDER EL DIABLO MODEL model. The limited-pro duction Low Rider® El Di ablo model transforms the look of the Low Rider® ST model with the addition of a detailed paint scheme applied by Gunslinger Custom Paint. The paint scheme begins with a base of El Diablo Bright Red and a second pass of Bright Red Sunglo. The red pinstripes are masked off, and a layer of El Diablo Dark Red and Dark Red Pearl is faded around the panel shapes to add depth. After masking, a layer of El Diablo Dark Red Metallic is applied to sur round the El Diablo Bright Red colour, with a fade effect where the colours meet to add depth. When the mask ing is removed El Diablo Bright Red pinstripes are revealed on the saddlebags, tank sides, fenders and fair ing. Pale Gold pinstriping is then hand-applied within the El Diablo Bright Red panels. The El Diablo Bright Red Sunglo is formulated with a tinted clear element to create a “candy” effect. Black finishes on the powertrain, front end and exhaust highlight the El Di ablo paint scheme. Radiate cast-aluminium wheels are finished in contrasting Matte Dark Bronze. The Low Rider® El Di ablo motorcycle paint is hand-applied by the arti sans at Gunslinger Custom Paint in Golden, Colo. The Gunslinger roster of na tionally-known painters, designers, artists and man ufacturing team leaders has decades of experience as a supplier of custom-painted components for Harley-Da vidson® Custom Vehicle Operations™ motorcycles and Limited Edition paint sets.High-Performance Au dio The Low Rider® El Di ablo model features facto ry-installed audio designed for outstanding perfor mance and an ideal fit with in the fairing. A powerful, intelligent amplifier with digital signal processing (DSP) technology developed jointly by Harley-Davidson and Rockford Fosgate® is engineered to perform in the demanding motorcycle environment. The system connects to a mobile device via Bluetooth to play stored or streaming audio through a pair of built-in two-way speakers.
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“Don’t confuse a stroke with a heart attack,” reminds Dr. Isadore Rosenfeld, au thor of The Best Treatment. “A stroke is what happens when the blood supply to a portion of the brain is in terrupted; a heart attack is what you suffer when the blockage is in an artery within the Actually,heart.”there are two main causes of stroke: a blocked artery (ischemic stroke) or leaking or burst ing of a blood vessel (hemor rhagic stroke). The Depart ment of Health reported that only 36% of the total stroke deaths are not attended by any medical personnel.
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f you smoke, drink alcohol excessive ly, use illegal drugs, and don’t exer cise, then you are most likely to have a stroke. The following are also risk factors for stroke: abnormal heart rhythm, car diac structural abnormalities, high blood cholesterol and lipids, and high blood cell count. These health problems may also get you to be struck with stroke: high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease, and history of transient ischemic attacks. credit: flintrehab.com
Cerebrovascular dis eases, which include stroke, is the second leading cause of death.The true stroke preva lence in the country is un certain, but reported esti mates vary between 0.9% (2005 data) to 2.6% (2017) of the population. Currently, the Philippines is home to almost 110 million people. In a study conducted by Dr. Jose C. Navarro of the University of Santo Tomas Hospital, he estimated that about half a million Filipinos would be affected by stroke,
The above risk factors can still be changed or man aged. But there are risk fac tors that you can’t do any thing. To name a few: older age, gender (stroke occurs more often in men), history of prior stroke, and heredity or genetics.Strokeis deadly; if not managed immediately, it may result in death. In Davao Region, an average of 85 deaths are recorded each day, according to the Phil ippines Statistics Authority (PSA).
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By HENRYLITO D. TACIO costing about $350 million to $1.2 billion in medical care.A stroke is a medical emergency. “Early action can reduce brain damage and other complications,” re minds the Mayo Clinic. Time lost is brain lost. According to Dr. Ceferino L. Rivera of the Manila Adven tist Medical Center, a person loses 12.1 billion brain cells per stroke. “If you have a stroke, you will lose 340,000 brain cells per second, 20 million per minute, and 1.2 billion per hour,” he said. These are the symptoms of stroke, the US Centers for Disease Control and Preven tion says: Sudden numbness or weakness in the face, arm, or leg, especially on one side of the body. Sudden confu sion, trouble speaking, or difficulty understanding speech. Sudden trouble see ing in one or both eyes. Sud den trouble walking, dizzi ness, loss of balance, or lack of coordination.
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The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation, the country’s national health in surance system, reimburses only P28,000 and P38,000 for ischemic and hemor rhagic strokes, respectively. Both cover professional and healthcare institution fees. As a result of the Local Government Code of 1991, the management of health systems were transferred from the national level to the provincial, city, and munici pal level or the local govern ment units (LGUs). “Coping to the new responsibilities that came with devolution posed a challenge to some LGUs, leaving some health facilities poorly equipped and staffed, thereby affect ing the quality of health services,” observed the Frontiers-published study, “Current State of Stroke Care in the Philippines.”
In Davao City, the Stroke Society of the Philippines listed the following hospitals as stroke-ready: San Pedro Hospital, Southern Philip pine Medical Center, Davao Doctors Hospital, and Metro Davao Medical and Research Center.The good news is: the first reading of an ordinance establishing a Stroke Rehab Center in the city has been approved by the city council. “… The discussion was very fruitful and we have already invited several stakeholders so we can open the rehab center soon or hopefully this year since it is really a big help,” Councilor Lorenzo Benjamin Villafuerte, who proposed the ordinance, was quoted as saying by Edge Davao’s Maya Padillo in a news Villafuertereport.is the chair of the Civil Political and Hu man Rights Committee; he is also a member of the Com mittee on Health. Once the ordinance is approved, he is optimistic that the First and Third Districts may follow suit. In the Second District, a Stroke Center is located in Tibungco.“Right now, the only center that offers free phys ical therapy is my center located in barangay Calinan Poblacion named Kap Louie Physical Therapy Center in honor of my father who un fortunately died of a stroke,” Villafuerte pointed out. The Geneva-based World Health Organization seems to agree with the observation of Villafuerte.
“Access to appropriate care is difficult for many people with neurological disorders, their families and caregiv ers,” the UN health agency stated.Neurological disorders are medically defined as dis orders that affect the brain as well as the nerves found throughout the human body and the spinal cord. In the Philippines, stroke is one of the neurological disorders causing the biggest health burden, along with demen tia, epilepsy, meningitis, and A stroke survivor un dergoes physical ther apy in order to regain her health (flintrehab. com)
DEMAND... FROM 5 BSP... FROM 5 ital requirements for ru ral banks only considers the rural banks’ network size as indicated in the number of branches (in cluding head office) and no longer considers their area of operations.” The central bank said affected rural banks, in cluding those which were already authorized by the Monetary Board to estab lish a rural bank, shall be given five years to comply with the new minimum capital requirements by referring to the available options under the RBSP such as merger/con solidation, acquisition/ third party investment, (voluntary exit/upgrade of banking license, cap ital build-up program (CBUP), and supervisory intervention.Ruralbanks availing of the capital build-up track under the RBSP must sub mit to the Bangko Sentral an acceptable CBUP with in prescribed timelines, the BSP said.
ditioning, agriculture, and even cabin crews for overseas scholarshipsTESDA-Davao“hardqualitycompaniesSalcedoemployment.addedlocalneedmoreworkerswithskills”andthatisofferingtoindivid
APEC... FROM 5 cil as well as other APEC stakeholders,” Thani said. He also affirmed that APEC members need to continue working on sup ply chain connectivity and resiliency while explor ing next-generation trade issues, such as inclusive trade, labor, state-owned enterprises, and environ ment“Weissues.need to make trade work better for all by strengthening APEC’s capacity building pro gram throughout the re gion and reinforce stake holder engagement,” he added.At the meeting, APEC officials recognized the need to strengthen APEC’s trade in services through its competitiveness road map, noting that several economies rely on this sec tor, with an agreement to add a pandemic recovery monitoring indicator to further enhance competi tiveness.
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The senator then ad vised the beneficiaries to visit Mariveles Mental Wellness and General Hos pital and Bataan General Hospital and Medical Cen ter in Balanga City where there are Malasakit Centers available to help them with their medical expenses. Initiated by Go in 2018, the Malasakit Centers pro gram has assisted more than three million poor and indigent patients with 151 operational centers nationwide. The senator is the principal author and sponsor of the Malasakit Centers“NungAct.Davao City may or pa si dating pangulong Rodrigo Duterte, marami po ang lumalapit sa kanya sa city hall na nanggag aling pa as far as Gener al Santos, Zamboanga, o Surigao para humingi ng tulong sa kanilang pam paospital. Sabi ng (Com mission on Audit), hindi daw pwede gamitin ang pera ng Davao City dahil hindi sila residente,” the senator“Dahilrecounted.hindin’ya po matiis na tanggihan itong mga pasyenteng ito, dahil para sa kanya, Pilipino rin po ang mga ito… sabi niya, hanapan mo ng paraan ‘yan. Hindi na ako uupo dito sa city hall kung hindi ko sila matulungan. Doon ho nag-umpisa ‘yung kon septong Malasakit Center,” continued Go. As Vice Chair of the Senate Finance Commit tee, Go has likewise sup ported the construction of a multipurpose building in Mariveles and other in frastructure development initiatives to help spur economic activity and job creation in Bataan. He also supported the construction of multipur pose buildings in Bagac, Balanga City, Dinalupihan, Hermosa, Orion and Pilar; acquisition of ambulance units in Pilar and Samal; construction of drainage canal in Abucay and Di nalupihan; construction of Orani District Hospital with 150-bed capacity in Orani; and the construc tion of a slaughterhouse in Hermosa.Last year, Go, who also heads the Senate Sports Committee and is a staunch advocate of longterm grassroots sports development, personally attended the signing of the Deed of Donation for the land on which the Philip pine Sports Training Cen ter will be built in Bagac. The facility is expected to be completed by 2025.
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UK... FROM 4 the Marcos administration. The UK will continue to work with the Philippines on maintaining peace and stability in the region, in cluding on maritime law and maritime domain awareness, she said. “For us, international maritime law is absolutely critical.
The NTC also directed telcos to accelerate the pro cess of blocking SIM cards that are being utilized to perpetrate the fraudulent activities and further en hance the messaging of their respective public informa tion campaigns to factor in the new variants of the text scams.Telcos were given until September 9 to submit com pliance reports.
FROM 3 cyber patrolling against “fake news” on social media. This developed follow ing the unverified infor mation of kidnapping and robbery incidents in some areas in Davao City posted on social media. In cyber patrolling, the anti-cybercrime unit will identify dummy accounts posting unverified informa tion about kidnapping and robberyRecently,incidents.PRO 11 re gional director Brigadier General Benjamin Silo led the investigation as well as the filing of a case for vi olating Article 154 or the “unlawful use of means of publication and unlawful utterances” against Charles Japheth Lagradante, an 18-year-old student from Toril in Davao City for post ing unverified reports of kidnapping and robbery incidents prevalent in some areas in Davao City.
naa’y mawala ani ug limited pud ang workforce namo. Kailangan sa namo i-sus pend para ma-manage nato tong nauna na ug apply. If mahan-ay na ug maka text blast nata, mao ni sila ang unang nasalang sa payout, karong Sabado tungod kay suspended tong drop box, wala gyud walk-ins dapat. Tanan expected na muadto ugma mao ni sila ang na kadawat sa text message sila to ang muagi sa assess ment,” Franca explained. She said it is expected that there will be no walkins tomorrow to drop off their applications and re quirements.“Kailangan sa nato ma cater ug ma-manage tong 150,000 nga naa sa atong mga kamot karon ug mamanage bago mag-an nounce na pud para sa bagong applicants,” she said. More than 14,000 ben eficiaries/students have been granted the said assis tance as of August 27, 2022. DSWD 11 has disbursed al most P35 million.
subjected Hijos to red-tag ging through posters and fliers bearing her name and picture distributed in public places in Caraga. “Atel has pulmonary tuberculosis and hyper tension, and she had a mild stroke. She has been bedridden, and she has difficulties walking, at times using a wheelchair.
How can an elderly and elderly woman, with such frail built like Atel’s, possi bly commit all the crimes alleged against her?” Kara patanHijos,said.a former public school teacher, has been a women’s rights activist since the martial law regime of Ferdinand Marcos, it added. (MindaNews) and mitigation,” Jimenez stated. In the latest study re leased in 2021 by DOrSU entitled “Water Profile of Pujada Bay: Implications to Management and Con servation,” the number of water sampling stations was increased to 28, of which only four stations have registered beyond the standard MPN, while the 24 other stations spread all over the Pujada Bay showed normal levels. Amy G. Ponce, a re search assistant of the DOr SU team that conducted the latest study, said that Zuasola also approached her for the latest Rappler story, where she specifical ly stated to the writer that her professional opinion is that Pujada Bay remains a Class A bay. The total area of Pujada Bay is 174.48 square kilo meters and is a protected landscape and seascape. The bay and two other bays — Mayo and Balete, were recently included in the list of the Most Beautiful Bays of the World (MBBW) back in 2020.The DOrSU study was among the works of liter ature submitted for con sideration by the MBBW organizer’s declaration on Pujada, Mayo, and Balete bays. (CIO MATI)
PUJADA... FROM 2 CPAB... FROM 3 usually still within the SRP. Under DTI 11 ne cessities include bread, canned fish, water (bot tled-mineral, purified, and distilled), processed milk (condensed milk and evaporated milk) and powdered milk, instant noodles, coffee refills, salt, laundry soaps, and can dles while for prime com modities include meatloaf, beef loaf, luncheon meat, corned beef, condiments, and toilet soaps.
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BONG... FROM 3 luyan na po tayong mak abalik sa normal nating pamumuhay at bumalik ang sigla ng ekonomiya,” Go emphasized.Thesenator, who heads the Senate Com mittee on Health, also ex pressed concern that the pandemic has disrupted the provision of some vi tal health services for the sick and other vulnerable groups. He then offered additional assistance so they can receive the treat ment and medication they require without worrying about the expenses.
migraine.Those who survived a stroke may have to undergo physical therapy (PT). This type of treatment is suggest ed by doctors among those who have had an injury or illness that makes it hard to do daily“Physicaltasks. therapy in volves exercising and ma nipulating the body,” says The Merck Manual of Medi cal Information. Techniques include range-of-motion exercises, muscle-strength ening exercises, coordina tion exercises, ambulation (walking) exercises, and general conditioning exer cises.
The Frontiers-published study said only 15.8% of the country’s hospitals have rehabilitation units. In a na tional survey, only half of the hospitalized stroke patients get referred to rehabilitation with the median number of days from admission to re ferral being 3 days. “Aside from inadequate access and facilities, the reasons for discontinuing therapy included cost and physician’s decision to defer therapy due uncontrolled blood pressure, cardiovas cular instability and physical inability of patients to toler ate early active treatment,” the study said.
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FROM 4 from the country for better pay or living conditions. The proposed ladderized program that will be adopted by the national government is already implemented by the University of the Philip pines (UP)-Manila and se lect local government units (LGUs).Under the program, UP Manila offers a twoyear scholarship for mid wives who come back to the community to serve upon course completion. Once they gain experience, they return to UP Manila to study nursing for another two years. In July, Marcos, who concurrently serves as head of the Department of Agriculture, also expressed excitement over the pos sible partnership with the private sector to improve the agricultural sector. The PSAC intends to regularly report to the President to provide feed back on what is happening on the ground and make recommendations on mod ern policy development. (PNA)
“Kung naa man ta’y mga changes atoa ni siyang gina-announce kay atong gina istudyuhan kung naa mi mahuman na payout, unsa na pud na strategy kay lahi lahi ang respond sa public. Naa’y dili gusto mu- adopt sa sistema, gi na-adjust nato para mapili gyud tong students in cri sis na mudawat sa atoang hinabang,” she said. Under the DSWD’s As sistance to Individuals in Crisis Situations (AICS) program, the one-time Edu cational Assistance Payout to Students-in-Crisis can be used to pay for school fees, school supplies, projects, other fees, and allowances. Considered stu dents-in-crisis are bread winners, working havevictimsoverseasunemployed,childrendrenlivingorphans/abandonedstudents,andwithrelatives,chilofasingleparent,whoseparentsarechildrenofanFilipinoworker,ofchildabuse,whoaparentwithhuman immunodeficiency virus or HIV, and victim of calamity or disaster.Eachstudent will re ceive P1,000 (elementa ry), P2,000 (high school), P3,000 (senior high school), and P4,000 (col lege/vocational school). “Naa ta’y masterlist ug pag abot nila diri kontro lado nato ang numero sa atong ma cater na mga kli yente. Once every school year na siya so next year pwede na pud mo mu-avail. But kanang Sept. 24, 2022 kung dili pa mahuman ang pagcater nato ug naa pa ang budget ipadayon na siya as long as naay bud get,” Franca said. Aside from the regional office in Davao City, DSWD satellite offices in Tagum City, Nabunturan in Davao de Oro, Mati City, Digos City, and Malita in Davao Occi dental are also conducting payout for the said assis tance.
uals to fill the gap on the supplyAccordingside. to the Na tional Economic Devel opment thecomparedtheregionemploymentAuthority-Davao,rateinthestoodat95%inthirdquarterof2021with92%forsameperiodin2020.
HOLIDAY... FROM 4 could settle between 5.9 to 6.7 percent.Hesaidthe easing of in flation numbers depends on many factors includ ing the global crude oil price, and how the gov ernment would address supply challenges, among others.
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UNCLOS (United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea) is absolute ly fundamental in terms of having international rules of the game that govern how we work together as states. And we will continue to be firm supporters of that,” she said. “We’re very supportive of the President’s statement when he said that he would not relinquish one inch of Filipino territory.”
It added 11,871 work ers lost their jobs in 2021 as a result of downsizing of workforce by establish ments, and permanent or temporary closures of businesses.“TESA trainings are very in demand in the communities, including the diploma programs particularly among those with limited financial ca pabilities,” she said. She said students could avail of the schol arships offered by TESDA for its diploma programs and graduates could pur sue a bachelor’s degree later on.
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The new season gets underway on September 29.
FRED C. LUMBA SPORTS KEN WESLEY SO DEFENDS GCC CROWN IN SINQUEFIELD CUP
FYI, FIDE has recently re leased an updated Elo rating for September following the recently concluded Chennai Chess Olympiad last July. Here are the individual rating of GMs taking part in the Sinquefield Cup: Magnus Carlsen continues to reign as world number one with 2861, Fabiano Caruana 2758, Levon Aronian 2759, teenage sen sation Alireza Firousja 2778, Maxime Vachier LaGrave 2757, Ian Nepomniachtchi (2792), Shahkriyar Mamedyarov 2757, Leineir Dominguez Perez 2745 and wildcard GM Hans Moke Nieman (2688), replacing Rich ard Rapport and Wesley So 2771.
Significantly, the Sinque field Cup opening ceremony last Sept. 1 also fell on the 50th anniversary of Bobby Fischer’s
“I am excited to em bark on this new jour ney and looking forward to reuniting with coach Roy Rana. I’m eager to help take this team to the next level and build a winning culture with the organization. Thank you to all the support ers and I look forward to seeing you at the games,” Wright said in a statement
Wright takes act to Japan’s B-League
Matthew Wright has joined the Japan Professional Basketball League (B.League), officially signing with Kyoto Hannaryz for the upcoming season, according to an an nouncement on Friday.
historic win over Russian Boris Spassky in the legendary 1972 World Chess Championship held in Reykjavik, Iceland. The legendary Garry Kasparov, probably the greatest ambassador for chess, was the brains behind the solidification of the GCC and its organizers andThesponsors.GCC,with a total prize pot of $1.4 million, is now in its seventh year. Additional ly, the Sinquefield Cup, which became an integral part of the GCC in 2017, offers today a prize fund of $350,000 and follows a round robin classical format.According to the organizers, live spectators will not be al lowed in the tournament hall to watch the daily rounds but fans can watch all the action online or watch the live stream broad cast inside the St. Louis Chess Club.Daily expert analyses and commentaries will be rendered by former US titleholder GM Yasser Seirawan, six-time Rus sian champion Peter Svidler, GMs Alejandro Ramirez and Christian Chirila. If you need to follow and watch (like this scribbler), ac cess chess 24 or stlouischess. com or search other media plat forms available on the internet. Matches start at 1:50 in the morning Manila time. Since this is the GCC ending tour last stop, the competitors are allowed the opportunity to earn vital points for the chance to be crowned overall champi on of the entire Grand Chess Tour. (Email your feedback to fredlumba@yahoo.com.)
Phoenix guard Matthew Wright has joined the Japan Professional Basketball League (B.League), officially signing with Kyoto Hannaryz for the upcoming season.
“It has been an unfor gettable six years with the Fuel Masters. Thank you to all my coaches, teammates, ball boys, and bosses for being a part of this chapter in my life. Most impor tantly, thank you to all the fans who have sup ported me through thick and thin. I love you all,” Wright said. In July, he said the PBA is still an option. “Teams are interest ed. I just feel like I need something new and a new change of scenery from Phoenix. No dis respect whatsoever to the organization. It’s been a great organiza tion. I’m really grateful that Phoenix drafted me seven years ago,” Wright told an online news por tal. (PNA)
World number 5 Fil-Am su per GM Wesley So faces fellow super GM Shahkriyar Mamedy arov of Azerbaijan as he seeks to retain the Grand Chess Tour overall title in the Sinquefield Cup, the fifth and final leg of the 2022 GCC slated Sept. 3-12 at St. Louis, Missouri, USA. At the same time, Maxime Vachier LaGrave of France will defend his 2021 Sinquefield Cup crown hoping to dislodge So from the overall champion ship should the former succeed over a ten man field. MVL will test the mettle of Leiner Dominguez Perez on openingMagnusday. Carlsen, who re cently announced his abdica tion of the world championship crown, is a wild card player here and not a full tour participant. The Norwegian will trade wits against world number 3 Rus sian Ian Nepomniatchtchi who will be carrying the FIDE flag. Carlsen convincingly trounced Nepo in the 2021 world chess title showdown. A down the wire finish is excitingly awaited as MVL nar rowly leads the GCC points ranking with 26.5pts while So has 25.5 culled from four inte gral GCC events. St. Louis is the chess capi tal city of America where most elite and big time competitions like the US championships, US Junior and Senior contests, the classical Sinquefield Cup and several other prestigious events are always staged.. Other matches pit world number 4 Alireza Firousja (France) vs Fabiano Caruana (USA) and Hans Moke Nieman (USA) vs Levon Aronian (USA).
GOD BLESS THE PHILIPPINES!
The 31-year-old Fil ipino-Canadian shooting guard will join forces with former Canadian nation al team coach Roy Rana as Kyoto looks to bounce back from a subpar 14-43 stint last season.
Wright, whose con tract with Phoenix ex pired on Wednesday, is the fourth Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) star who made his way to the B.League, joining Kiefer Rav ena (NLEX), Ray Parks (TNT), and Greg Slaugh ter (NorthPort).
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t’s all systems go for the 2022 Penong’s 5150 Triathlon Davao del Norte and Go For Gold Sunrise Sprint reels off on Sunday, September 4 on an out and back course start ing at the Hijo Resorts Davao.
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EDGEDAVAO Race course categories will cover the 5150 (1.5km Swim, 40km Bike and 10km Run) and the Sprint (750m Swim, 20km Bike and 5k Run). It will be open for male and female entries with age groups of 15 years-old and up and re lay categories – male, female andOvermixed.500 entries are already accountedForeignfor. participants from Australia, France, Unit ed Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Greece, Netherlands, Palestine, Qatar, Singapore and United States of America also confirmed their participation as the bulk of en tries came mostly on host Phil ippines.Participants are exp ect ed to arrive on September 3 timely to grace other ameni ties that includes the 5150 Expo Open, the Penong’s 5150 and Go for Gold Sunrise Sprint Information Booth and race briefing.
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The 2022 Penong’s 5150 Triathlon Davao del Norte Go For Gold Sprint reels off on Sunday, September 4.
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