P 15.00 • 12 PAGES@EdgeDavao edgedavao@gmail.comwww.edgedavao.netf EDGE Serving a seamless society DAVAO SPORTS P 12 VOL.15 ISSUE 126 • THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2022 CALLUNITYFOR SPREADER SCHOOL Covid TF monitors school in Davao City due to clustering of cases STORY ON PAGE 2 Vendors unload pigs at the livestock area of Agdao Public Market in Davao City. The De partment of Agriculture 11 (DA-11) gave its assurance to the public of a stable supply of pork meat and by-products during the holiday season amid the campaign against African swine fever (ASF). Edge Davao
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Aschool in Davao City is currently being monitored by the Davao City Covid-19 Task Force due to the clustering of Covid-19 cases.
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munist Armed Conflict (ELCAC).Through the SLP, DSWD provided liveli hood settlement grants to ex-NPA rebels, which the recipients should use as seed capital to fund pro posed livelihood projects. Governor Corazon Malanyaon urged the surrenderers to use the funds properly by invest ing them to uplift their quality of life and succeed to entice more insurgents to surrender to the gov ernment.“Iencourage all of you to become responsible citizens by maximizing what is being provided to you and the govern ment will acknowledge those efforts you put in and ensure to help you in growing further as your success will also benefit others in your communi ty,” she Asidesaid.from the cash assistance, the former rebels, who are grad uates of the provincial government’s Happy Home and deradicaliza tion program, also took part in interventions from government agen cies that include techni cal training, education, practical skills, and other services.“Iwill not let you go back to the old ways that led you in the wrong di rection. The insurgent group only brings misery to your lives,” Malanyaon assured.DSWD-11 Director Vanessa Goc-ong said the SLP aims to improve the economic well-being of the vulnerable, marginal ized, and ippines.ArmedtionalLGUs,partnershipDSWDagencies.”andernmentsupportthebilizinginindividualsdisadvantagedandfamiliescommunities“bymoandempoweringsamethroughtheofthelocalgovunits(LGUs)othergovernmentShesaidthevariousactivitiesareinwiththethePhilippineNaPolice,andtheForcesofthePhil(PNA)
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. concludes his state visit to Indonesia and is now in Singapore to meet with President Halimah Yacob, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, and the Filipino community living in the country. The President will bring home around USD8.48 billion (PHP466.6 billion) worth of business deals from his three-day visit to Indonesia. Office of the President and community immer sion, got infected with Covid-19.Lopez also reported that based on their lat est monitoring, several medical students were reportedly infected with Covid-19, most of them are fourth-year students who are required to take RTPCR tests before being al lowed to attend classes two weeks after the resumption of face-to-face classes on all academic levels.
“Naay isa ka eskwela han in particular nga naay clustering of cases so we are monitoring that and good thing is na contact traced na ang tanan and submitted to swab ang mga asymptomatic na mga close contacts,” said Dr. Michelle Schlosser, spokesperson of Covid TF, over Davao City Disaster Radio (DCDR) on Wednesday.Thisisconcerning the report of City Health Of fice (CHO) head Dr. Ashley Lopez on Monday that stu dents of a medical school here, particularly those who undergo internship
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Schlosser urged schools to strictly implement the minimum public health standards (MPHS) partic ularly hand hygiene and wearing of face masks. “Pero mao lang to kay kahit na magdeploy ta ug monitoring personnel diha from PNP and our moni toring personnel to imple ment MPHS or wearing of face masks and hand hygiene dili namo con stantly mabantayan tan
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Twenty-eight for mer New People’s Army (NPA) reb els in Davao Oriental province have received PHP644,000 worth of livelihood aid from the government.Inastatement Tues day, the provincial government said each former rebel received PHP23,000 financial aid. Of the amount, PHP20,000 came from the Department of So cial Welfare and Devel opment in Davao Region (DSWD-11) Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP), while PHP3,000 was sourced from the fund of the proachwhole-of-nationgovernment’saptoEndLocalCom
Vice President and Ed ucation Secretary Sara Duterte underscored on Tuesday her admiration and respect for the unwav ering dedication of teachers, in celebration of the Nation al Teachers’ month. In a statement, Duterte highly regarded their flexi bility for the sake of learners, citing their extra effort to en sure learning deliveries, in coordination with the local government units and oth er health authorities since the onset of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic.“Ourteachers deserve respect and admiration for their undying dedica tion to guiding and helping our learners, parents, and guardians when the whole world had to shift to home learning drastically because of the pandemic,” she said. She noted that these sacrifices include their re silience after storms, earth quakes, floods, and other calamities, even those teach ers in remote areas. “Hindi po biro ang mga hamon na hinaharap ng sektor ng edukasyon ngayon. Alam ko ang hirap, pagod, at mga sakripisyo ng mga guro nasa public school man o nasa private school, lalong-lalo na ang mga nagsisilbi sa mga mala
Penalties for anti-bullying ordinance to be fine-tuned
Five brand new police cars complete with accessories arrived Tuesday at the Bangsam oro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) government cen ter here for turn over to the police regional office. Lawyer Naguib Sina rimbo, BARMM interior minister, said the five police vehicles form part of the initial batch of deliveries since more cars are coming for the Police Regional Of fice-BARMM soon.
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The town of Socorro in Bucas Grande Island, Surigao del Norte, received additional aid from the Department of Social Welfare and Develop ment in the Caraga Region (DSWD-13) on Tuesday. In a statement, the DSWD-13 said it has sent 6,608 family food packs to Socorro, one of the severely affected towns in the prov ince by Typhoon Odette in December last year. “The food packs are the fourth round of augmenta tion sent by the DSWD-13 in the town as requested by the local government unit,” it said.The food packs will benefit more than 5,000 families from the different barangays in Socorro. “The department en sures that it continually engages with the provincial and the LGUs in the region with requests for augmen tation support,” the DSWD-
Department Education 11 (DepEd 11) spokesperson Jenielito Atillo bares during this week’s AFP-PNP Press Corps media forum at The Royal Mandaya Hotel in Davao City that there are some schools in Davao Region that now implementing double shift schedule due to high student population but says majority of schools remain to employ single shift. Atillo also said a total of three private elementary and high schools in Davao City have closed this School Year 2022-2023. Edge Davao
Villafuerte expressed optimism that his proposed ordinance will be approved before the full-blown faceto-face classes begin in No vember this year. He is hopeful that they can conduct a third com mittee hearing this month so that they can present it to the City Council.
“The procurement of police cars is just among the many support provided by the BARMM government to the regional police to im prove its capacity to protect and secure its constituents,” said Sinarimbo, who is also BARMM’s spokesperson. The BARMM, through its Ministry of the Interi or and Local Government, has distributed more than 30 police cars to municipal police stations and other police units in the provinc
He said the Department of Education 11 (DepEd 11), Commission on High er Education (CHED), and Association of Guidance Counselors participate in their committee hearings. The ordinance also aims to strengthen the already existing national law known as Republic Act 10627, or the Anti-Bul
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Davao City Third Dis trict Councilor Enzo Villafuerte said that he is on the process of fine-tuning the provision on penalties for his pro posed Anti-Bullying Ordi nance of Davao City. “Ang among focus karon kay ang mga penalties kay lahi-lahi ang penalties sa school setting, workplace and public places,” he told media.InJuly this year, Villa fuerte, chair of the Commit tee on Civil, Political and Human Rights for the 20th City Council, proposed an anti-bullying ordinance. In a privileged speech, he said “the fact that bullying exists not just in the traditional school setting but has ex tended itself in the work place and even in cyber space suggests that there is nothing normal about it.”
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The regional office of the Department of Education (DepEd 11) is avoiding third-shift classes in overpopulated schools in Davao Region.
Currently, some schools and teachers in Davao City opted to have double-shift classes to cope with the overpopulation of students. “Ang tendency magabi an na ang mag istudyante then therefore we worry a lot specifically kaning mga bata mag commute or maglakaw pauli. Mas maayo tong hayag pa makauli na sila and as much as possible gyud malikayan namo ang third shift. Pero kung mag third shift na gyud mao na siya ang gina tawag nato nga katapusan na gyud na solusyon para sa tanan,” said Jenielito FDEPED 11, P10
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“Dodong” Atillo, spokes person of DepEd 11, during the AFP PNP Press Corps media briefing on Wednes day at The Royal Mandaya HotelThe(TRMH).double shift starts at 5:30 or 6 a.m. and the second shift at 12:30 p.m. “Kay if we will not do that mag spillover ta hang tod sa hapon na. We are doing that para dili siya muabot sa hapon na kaayo because it’s quite import ant also to employ and to make sure that the security of children will be in place,” he said. Atillo clarified that not all schools in the Davao Region are implementing double shift classes. Only very few and mostly are lo cated in urban areas, which are frequented by the par ents and are experiencing problems of overpopula tion. He also said that ma jority of the schools in the region are still in the single
The provincial govern ment said Davao de Oro is also recognized for its con tribution to the regional tourists’ receipts, stay, and arrivals, supported by the data from the tourism office that the province revamped from the effects of the pan demic.
Previous DA leaders had earlier warned of a looming food crisis, espe cially on rice, corn and oth er basic commodities amid high prices of farm inputs.
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He added that out of PHP30.5 billion, the DA targets to allocate PHP19.5 billion for fertilizer assis tance, “which will bring us to about 20.4 million met ric tons (of rice) by 2023, the volume of production.”
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FDOT, P10 An official of GoTyme Bank, one of the six digital banks allowed by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to operate in the country, aims to have 10 million active customers in five years.In an interview at the sidelines of the launch of the partnership between GoTyme Bank, Visa, and automated teller machine (ATM) and online banking channel network Banc Net on Tuesday, GoTyme Bank chief executive offi cer Nathaniel Clarke said they are optimistic of achieving their target in five years given the large number of unbanked Fil ipinos.“We don’t think we’re going to be the biggest bank by asset size, (and) by lending books. We’re going to be the everyday bank for Filipinos,” he said.The digital bank will put up kiosks in every Robinsons supermarket nationwide, initially in the National Capital Re gion and major cities and then to other parts of the country. Its officials said print ing of the ATM, which will have the same identifica tion (ID) number as the client’s virtual card, will take around five minutes, thus they can accommo date a large volume of customers in a short pe riod.Clarke said they plan to officially launch the digital bank’s kiosks by the mid-October this year. The digital bank is a joint venture among multi-country digital banking group Tyme, and members of the Gokon gwei Group – Robinsons Bank, Robinsons Land Corporation, and Robin sons Retail Holding Inc. Gokongwei Group col lectively holds 60 percent stake in the digital bank. The bank received its certificate of authority from the BSP last July 29.
During a budget hear ing at the House of Rep resentatives, DA Assistant Secretary Arnel de Mesa said they have doubled the proposed fund for the Na tional Rice Program from PHP15.8 billion in 2022 to PHP30.5 billion in 2023, to address the projected rice production decline.
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The Department of Tourism in the Davao Region (DOT-11) has certified Davao de Oro province as an import ant tourism destination area (TDA) in the area, the provincial government said Tues Department of Agriculture (DA) on Tuesday said it will be pushing for its banner pro grams for 2023 to increase prime commodity produc tion in the country, includ ing more than 20 million metric tons of rice.
National Telecommunications Commission 11 (NTC 11) director Nelson Cañete reminds the public during this week’s AFP-PNP Press Corps media forum at The Royal Mandaya Hotel in Davao City to be vigilant against text scammers and e-scammers. Edge Davao
De Mesa also elaborat ed plans to realize their “historical targets,” in line with the food sufficiency priority of President Ferdi nand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. He noted that although there is still a “high level of obligation” for its ban ner programs, the DA has already tapped its regional offices to spend all unobli Davao de Oro is a ben eficiary of several tourism projects, such as TIEZA (Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Au thority) buildings and TRIPPC (Tourism Road Infrastructure Project Pri oritization Criteria) for the development of its human capital and Christinetourism.Dompor, pro vincial senior tourism of ficer, noted that over three million tourists have visited from January 2020 to June this year wherein the prov ince’s highlands, coastal, and wellness loops have proven their significance to the overall impact of tour ism returns in the country. “The province’s tourism wellness loops have offered more than what meets the eye,” she said. This month, Dompor said the provincial tourism office will lead the Tour ism Month Celebration in the province, highlighting activities that will benefit entrepreneurs and film makers and capacitate its tourism workers.
The DOT-11 recognition dated August 31 said the province will now be in cluded in the National and Regional Tourism Develop ment Plan, the “The Colors of Mindanao” campaign, and the Tourism Promotion Board in its promotional ac tivities.
Local telecommunica tions companies (tel co) is clamping down the continued prolifera tion of scam text messages through their partnership with the national govern ment.In a statement on Tues day, Globe Telecom Inc. (Globe) chief information security officer Anton Bon ifacio said the company is “working closely” with the National Telecommunica tions Commission (NTC) and the National Privacy Commission (NPC) to crack down against cybercrimi nals and protect data pri vacy.“At a time of aggres sive cybercriminal activity amid growing digitaliza tion, Globe asserts that the public, government, and industry players, includ ing telcos, are all victims of these illegal acts. It is, thus, a shared fight among all of us to beat our common en emy, which is cybercrime,”
The Department of Agriculture in Davao Region (DA-11) assured Tues day of a stable supply of pork meat and by-products during the holiday season amid the campaign against African swine fever (ASF).
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. will bring home around USD8.48 billion (PHP466.6 billion) worth of business deals from his three-day visit to Indone sia, a Palace official said Tuesday.Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles said these agreements, which were secured during Marcos’ roundtable discussion with Indonesian business lead ers and investors on Mon day, would generate at least 7,000 new jobs. Of the amount, she said the Philippine government secured USD7billion in in frastructure for unsolicited private-public partnerships (PPPs) such as a C-5 4-level elevatedMarcos’expressway.tripalso yield ed USD822 million in in vestments in textiles, gar ments, renewable energy, satellite gateway, wire global technology, and agri food and USD662 million in trade value for the supply of coal and fertilizer. In a press briefing in Jakarta, Marcos told report ers that Indonesian busi ness leaders and investors were “very enthusiastic” about starting businesses in theHePhilippines.saidtheyhave also committed to “expanding” their involvement in invest ments in the country.
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Bonifacio said. To date, he said roughly PHP1.1 billion in capital ex penditures have been spent by Globe to boost its capa bilities in detecting and blocking scam and spam messages of both interna tional and local origin. “Globe also maintains a 24/7 security operations center, with over 100 peo ple working tirelessly to detect attacks, breaches, and spam and text messag es,” he said.
Region have reserved their supply for the holi day season,” he said. Last year, DA-11 re corded a drop of around 20 percent in pork meat prices because of the oversupply of meat during the holiday sea son.“I can still remember that in the third quarter of last year, we went to big farms to buy hogs for our sentineling program. They refuse to sell it be cause they have been pre paring the supply for the holiday season,” Pineda said.Meanwhile, Dr. Armie Capuyan, DA-11 plant pest, and animal disease monitoring and surveil lance office head, said the region can still get pork meat supplies whether it comes from ASF-affected areas as long as it com plies with the necessary documents.Hog transporters should acquire regulatory documents such as labo ratory ASF testing results, FDA-11, P10
Bank of the Philippine Islands vice president and BPI Corporate Affairs head Owen Cammayo shares the convenience of digital banking during a visit at Edge Davao office in Davao City on Wednesday. Edge Davao
Dr. Karl Laurence Pi neda, DA-11 focal person for the Integrated Na tional Swine Production Initiatives for Recovery and Expansion (INSPIRE) program, said they re main confident that there will be no shortage of pork meat in December. In a press briefing here, Pineda noted that the region had a steady supply of pork last year amid the numerous cases of ASF.“There is no shortage even when we have ASF cases. At this point, the big hog farms in Davao
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The Securities and Ex change Commission (SEC) has considered favorably the debt secu rities program of Cebu Landmasters, Inc., which looks to raise as much as PHP8 billion from the first tranche. In its Sept. 6 meeting, the commission en banc resolved to render effective the registration statement of Cebu Landmasters cov ering up to PHP15 billion of bonds, subject to the com pany’s compliance with
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Third District Councilor Enzo Villafuerte, as the main proponent proposed ordinance, is heading back to the drawing boards to fine tune the measure after he found out that the existing national law on anti-bullying has a limited scope as to the participants of bullying.
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By the word itself, ‘oversight is composed of “over,” meaning above, and “sight,” meaning looking, but not touching.
Meantime, if the House of Representatives is watching, its Oversight Com mittee can take the cue from our initiatives to widen the scope of bullying in schools, workplaces and cyberspace. QUISIDO LEANDRO B. DAVAL SR., GOTIANSE-TAN ANGELO CARLOS MUNDA Analyst: ENRICO DAYANGIRANG
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What happens if the bullying victim or the culprit is outside the scope of the law? For example, those in colleges, vocational schools, graduate schools, workplaces, and other workplaces? How about the manner of bullying which amounts to Councilorcyberbullying?Villafuerteis now looking at that aspect in the law while ex pressing optimism it will be passed this year.
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A case in point is the proposed Anti-Bullying Ordinance which is now progressing into the Committee level hearings of the legislative process in the Davao City Council.
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Republic Act 10627, or the Anti-Bullying Act, provides the legal shield to children enrolled in kindergarten, elementary, and secondary schools and learning centers (collectively, “Schools”) from the so-called bullies. If we go by the scope of the law, it covers only what are mentioned. In this case, children enrolled in kindergarten, elementary, and secondary schools and learning centers.Applying the legal parlance ejusdem generis which is the Latin word for “of the same kind”, what is excluded is not included. Hence, where general words follow a list of particular things, the general words are restricted to matters of the same kind as those specifically listed.
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The reason why we raised the oversight function of governance is be cause of the possibility that a local legislative council may unearth a potential loophole in a national law in the process of crafting a local measure.
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Oversight is a function in governance whereby those in charge are asked to look at a process, program, or project from above, but not to get involved in its day-to-day management.
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In contrast, the Amer ican government kept off the issue saying the matter is between the Japanese in vestors and workers and the Philippine government. For his part, Quezon ad mitted having only a limited understanding of the land issue brewing in Davao and did not want the Rodriguez order, which elicited differ ent reactions from various sectors, executed if it result ed in trouble. He was par ticularly interested in the assertions of the Japanese consuls in Davao and Manila that Japanese rights must be protected. But more significant ly, the Americans, already wary of the exclusion of their privileges under the Commonwealth, particularly the non-ownership by for eigners of any Filipino land, predicted that as soon as the eviction happens, Japan, by now spreading its conquest southwest of the islands, would eventually invade the country and subjugate it. McKelway wrote: ‘Amer icans who live in Mindanao [especially in Davao] and feel that it is one of the rare gar den spots of the whole world, with its fine climate, rich soil and plentiful rainfall, regard it as inevitable that when the American Flag is withdrawn, the Japanese economic con quest of the island will begin in earnest.’TheJapanese, already losing a foothold in its China campaign against the Allied forces, eventually invaded Davao City on December 8, 1941, the feast of the Immac ulate Conception, for reasons indirectly related to agricul ture, namely: (i) To thwart any US plan to convert the islands into an advance base of operations; (ii) to obtain staging areas and supply bases to improve operations against the Dutch East Indies and Guam; and (iii) to secure the lines of communication between occupied areas in the south and the Japanese home islands.
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The Washington-based The Sunday Star reporter Ben McKelway described the in cident in the December 15, 1935, edition of his paper: ‘What happened when the eviction was ordered… was that 4,000 or 5,000 Japanese marched to Davao and held a mass meeting, at which they declared that if evicted from the land only their dead bod ies could be taken off.’ It was arguably the larg est Japanese rally ever held in the town of Davao. The failure to force out the Japanese leases created quite a stir in Manila. Rodriguez told the President that the only alternative to formalize the eviction would be to call on Congress ‘to pass a law validating existing leases for the unexpired term and per mitting new ones.’
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The Americans, now in their last leg of their privi leged stay in the archipela go, supported the Japanese, saying they were originally allowed by the government to take the leases that re sulted in the development of farms using their labor and inventiveness. They also warned that the Japanese government could make an incident out of a single Japa nese killing in the hands of a native despite the prevailing sentiment not to escalate the tension related to the landlease issue.
The land issue affecting the Japanese during Amer ican rule came to a head in 1935 after commerce and agriculture secretary Eulo gio Rodriguez recommended that those Japanese holding illegal leases had to be re moved from the land they were cultivating as farm es tates.To implement the Rodri guez order, a government agent was sent to Davao to issue lease-cancellation or ders with help from the local constables as executors. At the time, Japanese invest ments in Davao had already reached US$30 million, the same size as the country’s budget.But the Rodriguez or der was not implemented. While in Davao, the secre tary confronted the PC com mander on why the order was not carried out. He sim ply shrugged his shoulders and told him that against thousands of Japanese his 50 constables would be no match.The order to execute Ro driguez’s idea was met with a strong protest that year.
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IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING HOT!
This tourist destination located in the town of Maco in Davao de Oro is used to be known as Mainit Sulfuric Hot Spring. When the pandemic forced it to shut down, it seemed like every one has forgotten that it even existed. When it re-opened recently, it came with a new name--Bilawa Hot Waterfalls.Still,itwas the same hot waterfalls people know it for. It was understand able why the original name was called as such because it is mainit (Fil ipino word for “hot”) and the water contains some sulfur. It may be a hot spring but the over flowing hot sulfuric wa ter goes down from the upper portion and then forms a river below. Thus, the new name is more apt. In fact, bilawa is a Mansaka word for “waterfall.”
The upper portion is teeming with trees. But what is amazing is that there’s steam coming out from nowhere, giv ing you the idea that it is very hot. The heated water flows and cas cades over a rocky side of the mountain, whose surface is being depos ited with minerals. The result: awesome yellow stalactites.Thefirst time you put your feet into the ankle-deep water, it feels warm but a few minutes later your body will get to accli matize to it. By then, you get to enjoy taking a dip in some of its nat ural pools. According to Chris tine T. Dompor, pro vincial tourism officer of Davao de Oro, the sulfuric water from the hot waterfall has some therapeutic benefits. “If you go under the cas cades, you get to feel the soothing warm water and it gives you a feeling of being massaged,” she said. Prescilla Decena, ad ministrative officer of the provincial tourism office, said the natu ral health benefits you get from the relaxing warm shower include improved blood circu lation, stress reduction, body detoxification, re lieved muscle pain, and boosted immune sys tem.From Davao City to Tagum City, the travel time is about 2 hours. At the bus terminal, look for a jeepney bound to Masara. Inform the driv er you will get down at Mainit Hot Spring. It is an uphill walk from the main road. Another alternative is to take a bus from Davao City and get down at Mawab. Then, look for a habal-habal (motor-for-rent) and ask if he could bring you to barangay Mainit (the road is rough so it will be a dusty However,trip).ifyou drive your own car, you can go directly from Davao City to barangay Main it. Be sure to leave ear ly from Davao City. The place is open from 6 am and closes at 5 pm. Most locals go to the place to relax. During weekends, it is fully-packed. So, if you want to really enjoy your stay, visit the place on weekdays.
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SM Prime Holdings, Inc., one of Southeast Asia’s leading integrated property developers, cel ebrates National Green Building Day. This cele bration is part of the Phil ippine government’s ef forts to promote a greener construction sector.
in the vibrant SM Mall of Asia Complex (MOA Complex) are all PEZA-ac credited buildings, which feature green open spac es and communal plazas that contribute to the in spiring working environ ments of its tenant-part ners.Among the MOA Com plex’s LEED-certified buildings are the ThreeECom Center and FourECom Center. ThreeE-Com Center is the first LEED Gold-certified office building in the SM MOA Complex. SM Offices’ newest commercial building, the 50-storey SM Mega Tower, recently achieved LEED Gold certification for adopting measures that reduce its negative im pact to the environment and promote resource management efficiency in its innovative mega struc ture. Apart from being the gateway to the thriving Ortigas Central Business District, the Mega Tow er is a model for future Grade A premium office developments.
SM Prime expands sustainable investments portfolio
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Atty. Janis Louis Esparcia receives a plaque of appreciation as guest speaker from Chancellor Lyre Murao.
Guest speaker Atty. Janis Louis Esparcia delivers her re flections as a former social science student and research associate in UP Mindanao.
The U.S. Green Building Council administers and awards this certification, which has become a glob al benchmark in green de sign and worksurelymaximumitsbuildingsystem:LEEDconstruction.worksasameritthemorepointsaearns,thehigherrating.AcquiringtheLEEDpointsrequiresadditionalandspending,but its benefits far outweigh the efforts and costs in the long run.
Sustainable lifestyle cities and green buildings SM Prime is at the forefront of building in novative and sustainable mall developments, office buildings, residences, and integrated lifestyle cities throughout the Philip pines. Among these in clude SM Aura Premiere Mall, the first LEED-cer tified mall in the Philip pines conferred in 2014, and the LEED gold-certi fied Conrad Hotel which opened to the public in 2016.Through SM Prime’s Commercial Properties Group, SM Offices also develops master planned leasable spaces in strate gic locations in key cities in the country that benefit its tenant-partners, pro mote employee well-be ing, and support both traditional and business processing companies. Over the years, SM Of fices has redefined how office spaces should be designed and construct ed. Its E-com buildings
LEED certification is achieved by adhering to several strict criteria that are essential in keeping businesses running while minimizing the impact on our environment. The in tegration of these holistic strategies begins with the building’s construction, by using low volatile or ganic compound (VOC) adhesives and paint, along with material recyclable concrete, among others. Equipment and facilities include the availability of N+1 redundancy gener ators to ensure business operation continuity in the event of power outag es, while the allocation of parking spaces reserved for low-emission vehicles and installation of shower rooms and bike racks in SM Offices buildings en courage a lower carbon footprint lifestyle from its employees.Interms of energy
The University of the Philippines Mindanao (UPMin) welcomed firstyear students for the ac ademic year 2022-2023 through a face-to-face convocation on Septem ber 5, 2022, at the Admin istration Building Atrium. The program was held to acquaint the firstyear students with the UP Mindanao communi ty, including its history, mission, and vision, the faculty, staff, and other department committees andTheactivities.students also re ceived helpful informa tion on the UP Mindanao curriculum, policies, and studentChancelloraffairs.
The colossal 50-storey Mega Tower in the Ortigas CBD is the latest offering by SM Offices to achieve LEED Gold FSM, P10
LEED or Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design is a global certification program for buildings.
SULABARRM2NORTHERN6 MINDAN AOCARAGA-9 SOCCSKSARGEN38 - 53 DAVAO - 108 In the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, there are 28 students enrolled in AA Sports Studies, 11 in BS Anthropology, 22 in BA Communication and Me dia Arts, 9 in BA English, 50 in BS Architecture, and 4 in BS Sports Science. In the College of Sci ence and Mathematics, there are 17 students in BS Applied Mathematics, 43 in BS Biology, 29 in BS Computer Science, and 13 in BS Food Technolo gy. Finally, in the School of Management, there are 14 BS Agribusiness Eco nomicsRegistrationstudents.is ongo ing until September 12, according to UPMin’s Of fice of the University Reg istrar.
Lyre Anni E. Murao pledged that “the University will be a safe and enabling envi ronment for learning and development” through the blended learning sys tem.“The university will be your space for the free exchange of ideas, inspir ing creativity and inno vation, celebrating your uniqueness, and building relationships with peers, mentors, and coaches,” MuraoTheadded.convocation fea tured alumna Atty. Ja nis Louis Esparcia as the guest speaker who shared her reflections on her personal journey at the Esparcia,university.who is now a lawyer and Davao City assistant city administra tor, previously worked as a Research Associate at the UP Mindanao College of Humanities and Social Sciences.Altia Fe De Gracia, a first-year student of the BS Biology program, rep resented the freshmen batch as the student with the highest university predicted grade (1.840) this academic year. Her speech highlighted the hope to rise again amidst the educational crisis during this pandemic. UP Mindanao has strived to ensure stu dents have access to learning and education throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and to pre serve the academic ex perience—including its milestones—to the great est extent possible. A total of 240 firstyear students are cur rently enrolled in UP Min danao as of September 2, 2022.The regional distribu tion of first year students are as CENTRALNCRfollows:-9LUZON - 1 CALABARZON - 10 MIMAROPA - 1 EASTERN VISAYAS - 2 WESTERN VISAYAS - 1 ZAMBOANGA PENIN
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SM Prime has been supporting this effort with the LEED certifica tion of some of its new est properties.
FROM 3 es of Maguindanao, Lanao del Sur, Basilan, Sulu, and Tawi-Tawi.Sinarimbo said apart from police vehicles, BARMM has been building two-story police stations across the region for areas that have no police head quarters.Aside from municipal and provincial police sta tions, BARMM also built the new regional PRO-BARMM headquarters building at Camp Salipada K. Penda tun, Parang, Maguindanao. (PNA)
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FROM 3 shiftHe emphasized that when schools are experi encing a high population, they can still refuse enrol ees. He also clarified that there is no salary increase for teachers who work double“Weshifts.succumb to the salary standardization law and salary laws in the country. It does not mean na sayo sila muadto mad ungagan ang ilang suwel do. Naa tay ginasunod na proseso sa pag increase sa suweldo ug benepesyo sa mga magtutudlo,” he said.He added that there is an additional hazard pay to the teachers in hazardous areas.“Pero naay require ment dinha na mga lugar na hazardous in terms of safety, no road network at all, ingon ana ang dugang na benepesyo na ginahatag sa balaod,” he said.
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“In the zoning on ASF, red to red areas or both ASF-affected areas can transport their meat products as long as they have the said.requirements,”documentaryCapuyan(PNA)
FROM 3 lying Act, which aims to protect children enrolled in kindergarten, elementary, and secondary schools and learning centers (collective ly, “Schools”) from being bullied.“Kani ang limitation ani kay ang apil lang sa anti-bul lying act kay ang primary and secondary schools. Dili apil ang colleges, vocational schools, graduate schools, workplaces, and other workplaces and cyberbully ing,” he said. His proposed ordinance aims to include all of those mentioned above.
She said their office will also offer “Capitour! Laag Treats” for the provincial government employees vis iting the tourism loops. Ongoing repairs and en hancement of tourism sites have generated additional revenues and led to the es tablishment of cooperatives consisting of farmers, fish erfolk, mountain and boat guides, and caterers, Dom por said. (PNA)
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SPREADER... 2 12 SM... 9 an. Giawhag namo tanan eskwelahan na mutabang sa atoa particualrly ang atoang mga educators to implement MPHS,” she said.The schools are now the focus of the TF after it was monitored that the clustering of people during the Kadayawan sa Davao festival did not affect the number of Covid-19 cases in the“Angcity. atoa na pud ginabantayan ug maayo is the face-to-face class es but because naa pud mi nakit-an na naay mga transmission with source of transmission of cases kay tungod sa ilahang mga eskwelahan. Naa pud ta’y
VP... FROM 2 layo at liblib na lugar (The challenge faced by the ed ucation sector is not that easy. I know the teachers’ hardships, exhaustion, and sacrifices, whether in public schools or private schools, most especially those serv ing in far-flung and remote areas),” she added. Duterte said honoring teachers is also of personal value, as she believes that their role is very vital for preparing the Filipino youth. “My great grandmother, Fortunata Gonzales-Roa, served as a public school teacher at the Cabadbaran South Central Elementa ry School in Cabadbaran, Agusan del Norte for many years. The mother of former President Rodrigo Duterte, our lola, Soledad Roa Dute rte, was an educator herself who put up a school for Lumad children in Davao City when she was still alive. And, as a child, I could still remember the many times I sat at the table with my mother, Elizabeth, to check the test papers of her students in the Philippine Women’s College in Davao,” she Teachers’recalled. Alongsiderightsthe celebra tion, the Teachers Dignity Coalition (TDC) used the op portunity to call on authori ties to immediately push for the reform of policies.
naobserbahan ana,” she said.If attributed to the Ka dayawan event, Schlosser said there is a slight in crease but for this week the TF is seeing that the cases are decreasing. She also said that last week they saw a slight increase from the average 15 percent positivity rate to more than 15 percent positivity rate daily.“Starting three days ago naa na pud ta sa av erage na 10 percent pos itivty rate. Katong atong ginakahadlukan na pag taaas of cases tungod sa Kadayawan we have already surpassed that,” she said.
“Higit sa anumang masaya at malapistang aktibidad, higit na mar aramadaman ng mga guro ang pagpapahalaga kung ito ay maitatransporma sa mga polisiya ng estado. Matagal nang nagdurusa ang mg guro sa mababang pasahod, mabigat na traba ho, kawalan ng mga bene pisyo, palpak na sistema ng GSIS, hindi pagpapatupad ng Magna Carta for Public School Teachers (More than the happiness and festive ac tivity, the teachers will truly feel valued if the state poli cies will be transformed),” TDC chairperson Benjo Ba sas said.Duterte assured the DepEd will take action on their calls and needs. “Ang Kagawaran ay magsusumikap sa pagtuon sa mga hinaing at mga pan gangailangan ng ating mga guro. Pagmamahal, respeto, at suporta (The DepEd will strive to respond to the calls and needs of the teachers. Love, respect, and support),” she Shesaid.said the “future be longs to the youth” but the teacher plays a crucial role in their“Sinasalamincharacter. ninyo ang tibay at puso ng ating ban sang Pilipinas (You mirror the strength and heart of our Philippine nation) The future belongs to the youth, but without our teachers, what kind of future could this be?” she said. National teacher’s month will run until Octo ber 5. (PNA) consumption, SM Offices ensure that its buildings utilize structurally incor porated approaches such as double-glazed windows to reduce heat conduc tion, carefully planned space designs allow ample natural light to perme ate, and water recycling facilities that reuse tons of cubic meters of water for restrooms, irrigation, and grounds maintenance that mitigate the effects to the environment. The use of energy-efficient LED lighting and water-saving fixtures and aerators also contribute to the over-all efficient resource manage ment practices of its build ing Deliveringoperations. healthier work-life spaces SM Offices sets a high bar for a flourishing of fice market that is be coming more discerning of the type of ESG-sensi tive spaces that are being brought to market. Con forming to strict stan dards, such as a superior LEED certification, val idates SM Prime’s com mitment of introducing office buildings that are efficient, cost-effective, and enhanced to deliver healthier working spaces for its occupants and the environment. SM Offices’ E-com buildings promote health ier living by providing unique outdoor environ ments via an expansive green podium courtyard in its office developments. These “sky gardens” serve multiple purposes, wheth er as collaborative spac es or an open space for tenants and employees to take in nature to be rein vigorated.“Atthe heart of SM Prime’s commitments to our various stakeholders is our approach to build ing sustainable cities with world-class amenities and innovative commer cial spaces that inspire millions of Filipinos,” said Alexis Ortiga, VP for SM Commercial Properties Group.SM Prime also bol stered its investments in renewable energy to re alize its goal of increas ing its renewable energy portfolio to more than 50%. This is in support of the Department of the Energy’s program of mov ing up the renewable en ergy supply component ball Association commis sioner.Despite that, he said the PSC still cares for the NSAs. “Meron kaming respon sibilidad. Merong respon sibilidad ang POC at ang NSA’s. Hindi ibig sabihin noon wala kaming paki alamanan (We have our responsibility. The POC and the NSAs have their own. It doesn’t mean we don’t care for each other). It just means that we take care of our spheres of influence as well as spheres of authori ty,” he added. (PNA) star was an unstoppable force at Singapore Indoor Stadium knocking out Sa ruta in a flurry of punches in just the first round. Pacio added that he’s soaking all of the pressure heading into his world title defense against Brooks, a man who’s 3-0 in ONE Championship and has been dominance personified during his run in the organization. “It motivates me even more because I’ll be de fending my world title in front of my countrymen and I hope that I won’t be the only fighter from the gym to fight in this card. I wish that there’d be five or even six of us from Team Lakay so that it’ll be an awesome experience.” Pacio is on a four-fight winning streak with all of those victories coming in world title fights. The last time he fought in the Phil ippines was in the third fight of that run. The 26-year-old scored a split decision win over former world champion Alex Silva at ONE: Fire and Fury in Jan uary 2020, which was the last event ONE Champi onship staged in Manila.
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the offer, which will be used for project development or capital expenditures for various real estate projects and for general corporate purposes.Thebonds comprising the first tranche will be offered at face value from Sept. 26 to 30, and will be listed on the Philippine Dealing & Exchange Corp. by Oct. 7, according to the latest timetable submitted to the SEC.
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PACIO... FROM 11 Designed by Miami-based architectural firm Arquetictoni ca, ThreeE-com Center is the first building in the MOA Com plex to secure LEED Gold certification. The latest LEED Gold pre-certified office building in the MOA Complex, FourE-com Center is defined by its three prism-like structures with locally-inspired green terraces. of the country to 35% by year 2030. Through this program, SM Prime prop erties, including malls, leisure homes, offices, hotels, and other estab lishments will be pow ered by renewable ener gy. These strategic moves are SM Prime’s conscious efforts and proactive role in pushing for a more sus tainable future for more Filipinos.
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The last time Pacio fought inside the Circle was during the culmina tion of his trilogy against Yosuke Saruta at ONE: Revolution in December 2021. The Team Lakay World chess champion Magnus Carlsen created huge shock waves in the chess world when he with drew from the 2022 Sinquefield Cup a day after miserably losing to American Hans Moke Niemann in Round 3 at the St. Louis Chess Club premises, Missouri. (As I was writing this, my eyes were drooping after monitoring the going on until the wee hours of the morning.)Heoffered no reason except for a short tweet in his social media ac count, thanking the Sinquefield or ganizers and hoping that he would be allowed to play again in the fu ture.Before that the Norwegian forfeited his fourth round match against Shahkriyar Mamedyarov that shook the otherwise peaceful set up in the building. Since Carlsen withdrew before completing fifty percent or half of the calendared nine games, his scores were erased including the scores of GMs against whom he has alreadyThusplayed.Fil-AM super GM Wesley So took over the leaderboard with 3 points after the first four rounds, winning one over Chennai Olympi ad teammate Fabiano Caruana and halving the point with four others. Niemann, who led temporarily, was relegated to number two in a tie with five others. The GMs enjoyed a rest day yes terday.GM participants interviewed in this annual event - Ian Nepom niachtchi, Levon Aronian, Maxime Vachier Lagrave, Wesley So, Hans Niemann, Alireza Firouzja and Fabi ano Caruana said Carlsen’s sudden withdrawal took away their focus on their individual games as they apparently sensed something terri ble was Speculationswrong. thereupon arose like smoke coming out of the chim ney.Although some tried to sidestep the issue of cheating, Levon Aroni an brushed the insinuation aside, explaining that young GMs today are improving impressively and vic tories over their counterpart elite GMs in the world’s top tier are no longerMVLsurprising.(Lagrave) echoed the same sentiment, saying the perfor mances of GMs just in their teens in the recently concluded Chennai Olympiad in India proved that they can beat anyone in the world.
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Pacio will defend his world title against no.1 contend er Jarred Brook. Not only will the Fil ipino star defend his world title against no.1 contender Jarred Brooks, but his next match inside the Circle will also be in
The insinuation will remain like a Damocles sword on this fellow whose win over Carlsen was clearly proof that the latter is not invincible.
Niemann said thousands have been attacking him online and just a few are defending him, adding that his “personal integrity has been slandered.”TheAmerican youngster could not focus on his game against fellow teener Firouzja and almost tum bled but quickly recovered to settle for a“Atdraw.least I beat Carlsen before he withdrew,” quipped Niemann whose previous rating of 2688 has jumped over the 2700 level with his win over Carlsen. The Sinquefield organizers, save for saying they respect Carlsen’s decision, declared they are leaving it up to the world champion to ex plain his personal sentiment on the matter.Executive Director Tony Rich said Carlsen is welcome to play again in the Sinquefield Cup. Consequently, stricter security measures were enforced as sen sitive electrical detectors such as what they use in the airport were employed by staff of the Sinquefield organizers.Avideo showing a head to toe body search was shown and par ticularly focused on Niemann who I thought does not deserve such.
Pacio ecstatic for ONE Championship’s return
front of his home fans in Manila at ONE 164: Pacio vs. Brooks.Theirepic clash is set to take place at Mall of Asia Arena on December 3. Pacio, who’s easily the greatest strawweight in ONE Championship history, said he’s excited to finally fight in Manila and in front of a raucous crowd at “Finallythat.after almost two years, ONE Cham pionship is back here in the Philippines! I’m really excited because the last time I fought there was no audience and hopefully there will be one when we do the event here in the Philippines,” Pacio said.
It’s a double celebration for ONE Strawweight World Champion Josh ua Pacio.
The insinuation was that Cars en lost because his opponent some what resorted to cheating. Unless of course proven other wise, the allegation remains specula tive that has somewhat clouded the integrity of the tournament that has been an integral part of the Grand Chess Tour for the last seven years.
Niemann beat Carlsen In one of their meetings at the Meltwater online tournament recently but no noise came out of the Norwegian’s lips.Was Carlsen’s ego bruised by his loss?Niemann bared his superb endgame technique in a rook and knight versus rook and bishop bat tle - where his accurate moves deft ly proved his mastery over Carlsen. Is this mere sour graping or un sportsmanlike? (Email your feed back to fredlumba@yahoo.com.) Cham pion Joshua
Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) chairman Noli Eala reiterated on Tues day that the PSC as the leading govern ment sports body is allied with those consid ered as stakeholders for Philippine sports.
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He said the PSC and the stake holders are sharing the passion of further strengthening Philip pine sports especially that some athletes scored big wins in the in ternational circuit in recent years.
“The way I would like to think of the PSC’s relationship with our stakeholders is that we are all allies and partners in bringing forward the agenda of Philip pine sports,” Eala said in a special physical session of the Philippine Sportswriters Association Forum at the PSC office.
One particular group he talk ed about is the PSC’s partner ship with the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC).
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The PSC has been helping the POC and its member nation al sports associations (NSA) in terms of funding the national ath letes’ training and their expendi tures in their overseas events. For Eala, the alliance goes be yond just giving them financial help.“The PSC’s relationship with the POC and the NSA’s is a collab oration that goes beyond merely a funding relationship. It is a col laboration in building programs in making sure that programs are sustainable and efficient,” he said.
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“Ang pananaw ko ay (My point is) to provide partnership among organizations that push forward the agenda of sports.” He, however, also said the PSC is not in any way intervening with the NSAs’ decisions and even said their autonomy must be respect ed. The statement came as some fans, for one, have called for the former Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas executive director to step into his former organiza tion’s situation as its national team has had an up-and-down 2022 so “Hindifar. naman ibig sabihin nyan ay nakikialam ang PSC sa autonomy ng mga (It doesn’t mean that the PSC is disturbing the autonomy of the) national sports associations. That is also well provided and obviously must be respected,” said Eala, also a former Philippine Basket
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Brian Good and Abraham Walter “Bob” Lacaya of Rancho Palos Verdes receive their runner-up trophies in the Class B division of the recent Sta Lucia Golf Tour. (RPVGCC).
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