A ferry boat plying the Davao City - Island Garden City of Samal (IGaCoS) sea route cruises along Pakiputan Strait on Friday. The people’s lingering problem of waiting for hours to board ferry boats, the main mode of transpor tation between the two cities, will become a thing of the past as the construction of the dream bridge that will connect Davao City and IGaCoS will soon commence.
City tax collection reaches 77 percent of 2022 target
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regional lawmakers to pass essential legislation on fiscal policy, particu larly“Itaxation.urgeyou to pass all the crucial legislations on fiscal policy, particularly taxation and to facilitate the conduct of elections in the BARMM in 2025,” he said.The President said his administration would catch up with the delays in providing the nec
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Sanitary landfill in Davao City only good until 2023: Cenro
Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) foundling chairman Prof. Nur Misuari holds the hand of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. as they participate in a group pictorial during the inauguration of new members of Bangsamoro Transition Authority inside Shariff Kabunsuan Cultural Center in Cotabato City on Thursday (September 15). Armando Fenequito Jr.
The existing sanitary landfill in Barangay New Carmen, Tug bok in Davao City can only last until next year, an official of the City En vironment and Natural Resources (CENRO) said on Thursday.
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She said the local au thorities decided to ex pand the landfill in Baran gay New Carmen instead of opening another land fill in a different location.
Environmental groups in Davao opposed the plan to establish a WTE facilityLawyerhere.Mark Peñalver, executive director of the Interfacing waterwastesticareability,InterventionsDevelopmentforSustainsaidincineratorsbeingfedwithplasornon-biodegradableasfueltovaporizeinaboiler,creating
The City Council passed the resolution proposed by 1st District Councilor Temujin “Tek” Ocampo to urge President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to al locate a counterpart fund of P3.482 billion to estab lish the waste-to-energy (WTE) project in the city.
anao (BARMM) to work together for the attain ment of peace and prog ress in the Marcos,region.guestof honor during the inaugural ses sion of the 2nd Bangsam oro Transition Authority (BTA), also called on the
“Ang target for this year for business taxes is P1.6 billion. Right now, ang ac complishment rate nato based on that target is 119.36 percent. Na surpass na nato katong gi set na tar get for this year,” he said.
City tax collection reaches 77 percent of 2022 target
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itoring and collects water samples to ensure there is no leachate from the landfill to nearby Banaag Creek, which is connected to the Pangi River.
Lawyer Lawrence Bantiding, head of CTO, told media during I-Speak media forum on Thurs day that CTO has collect ed P9,769, 949, 458.17 as of August 2022, which
it to the collection of the same period of last year naa ta’y increase and our accomplishment rate this year is 77.69 percent. As of this August pa ni ug wala pa nahuman ang atoang third quarter kani na report,” he said.Bantiding said the bulk of the collection comes from the business taxes with a total of P113,586,446.94.
“If we have to compare
essary finances for the BARMM, which was halt ed by the pandemic in the past two years.
Bantiding is optimis tic that the city will hit the 2022 tax collection target.
She said the local government would ex pand the landfill after it had acquired an adjacent nine-hectare property, and preparations includ ing the design are cur rently being worked out by the City Engineer’s Office.
he City Treasurer’s Office (CTO) re ported that the city’s tax collection has reached 77 percent of this year’s target and has surpassed last year’s figures as of August this year.
CENRO head Engr. Marivic Reyes told Davao City Disaster Radio (DCDR 87.5) on Thursday that the efforts under taken in the past by the agency extended the lifes pan of the seven-hectare sanitary landfill for a few more years but author ities said it has almost reached maximum limit.
“The situation now at our sanitary landfill is that it’s nearly filled up. But with our efforts of our team to rehabilitate and compact it, we were able to extend its lifespan. For now, it can last until 2023,” she said.
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She said the govern ment, particularly the Environmental Manage ment Bureau of the De partment of Environment and Natural Resources, constantly conducts mon
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Ocampo believed the WTE would address the solid waste management woes of the city.
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Marcos said the path to lasting peace “is always
under construction.”
“The national govern ment, through the DBM (Department of Budget and Management), has allocated PHP74.4 billion for the Bangsamoro re gion fiscal year 2023,” he said.“I also encourage the BTA to pass measures
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She said only 33 out of 182 barangays in the city have material recovery facilities (MRFs) because other barangays don’t have vacant lots to host such facilities for their re cyclables.Reyes added there is an ongoing move to form barangays into clusters and establish MRFs that can be shared among themselves.Shealso encouraged households to do com posting at home to lessen the volume of wastes be ing dumped at the landfill.
PBBM calls for unity of Bangsamoro leaders
He vowed to provide the needed fiscal require ments for BARMM.
“With unity and sol idarity, the BTA will be successful in facilitating the institution of Bang samoro governance, one that is centered on pro moting good governance and lasting peace and its people,” he said.
is 77.67 percent of the P12,576,116,634 target for 2022. This amount is also 26.75 percent higher com pared to the collection in 2021 for the same period.
In February 2020 the mentioned affected baran gays tested positive for ASF.
SoCot school suspends F2F classes due to Covid-19
eagles were frequently detected on six occasions. This is only 4.5% of the total observation hours allotted during the expe dition, which means these are not dwellers but per manent residents in the area.Another study con ducted in the Makabol area was the terrestri al wildlife assessment by the University of Philippines-Mindanaothe (UP-Mindanao) research team reported that 119 terrestrial vertebrate species – 88 birds, 16 am phibians, six reptiles, five
In Davao City, a total of 4,890 Davaoeños received the said grant, while there were 2,427 in Davao de Oro, 2100 beneficiaries in Davao del Norte, 1,479 in Davao del Sur, 734 in Davao Occidental, and lastly, there were 3,136 beneficiaries in Davao Oriental.
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suspension of in-person classes at TNHS started on Sept. 14 and will end on October 3 as per ad vice by the Tampakan municipal health office.
status of the Philippine eagle pair as well as to assess the existence of other wildlife inhabitants in the area, the team de tected the eagle pair, the six-month-old eagle, and a new eagle nest.
Field Office XI, through its Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP), conducted its simultaneous payout of Livelihood Assistance Grant (LAG) to 14,689 qualified beneficiaries from various cities/ mu nicipalities in Davao Re gion, last September 5-12, 2022. Each beneficiary re ceived P10,000 to P15,000 worth of capital for their livelihood.Moreover, a total of P156.8 million worth of funds was disbursed.
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The Department of So cial Welfare and De velopment (DSWD)
The team reported that the pair of Philippine
“Angefforts.atoang mga farm ers natagaan na nato ug stocks na mga baboy, gibuhi na nila ug gi monitor namo and we conducted tests sa mga baboy na gi-deliv er namo, negative sila. Na repopulate na namo ang areas,” said Pinili during I-Speak media forum on Thursday.Therepopulation effort is under the “Bantay ASF sa Barangay” (barangay ASF watch), which is the flag ship hog repopulation pro gram of the Department of
Agriculture (DA).
nvironmental groups are calling on the city government of Davao to lead in declaring Mts. Makabol-Alikoson Conservation Area (MMACA) as a critical habitat for the protection of the Philippine Eagle and other endangered wildlife spe cies.
Pinili assured that mon itoring and surveillance of ASF in Davao City in ongo ing.
Learners of Tampakan National High School (TNHS) in Tampa kan, South Cotabato, have returned anew to online and modular learning following the suspension of its face-to-face (F2F) classes due to cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).
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DSWD 11 provides livelihood aid to over 14K beneficiaries
classified under two gener al zones: containment zone and free zones.
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Pinili said that CVO has already submitted the reports to the DA and is now just waiting for these barangays to be declared from “red zones” to “pink” zones.Under the zoning plan, provinces and regions are classified based on their ASF status, which entails corresponding guidelines on the extent that they can transport and sell hogs, pork, and pork products.
paign.This is after research ers have found endemic, threatened, and critically endangered wildlife spe cies in BasedMMACA.ontheir stud ies conducted through a series of expeditions in July and August 2022 to document the breeding
Interfacing Develop ment Interventions for Sustainability (IDIS), Philippine Eagle Founda tion (PEF), Sustainable Davao Movement, Ecote neo, Bantay Bukid, and community members of Brgy. Salaysay are asking for the city government to take the lead in the cam
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The affected barangays (red zones) include Inayan gan, Lamanan, Dominga of Calinan District; Barangay Magsaysay of Marilog Dis trict; and Barangay Colosas of Paquibato District.
This came about after a teacher and five stu dents were found positive for Ma.Covid-19.Teresa Hallegado, Department of Education South Cotabato infor mation officer, said the
The containment zone is further categorized into four zones depending on the area’s ASF status: red (infected zone), yellow (surveillance zone), pink (buffer zone), and light green (protected zone).
In an interview Thurs day, Hallegado said the vi rus may have been trans mitted from a Grade 10 student who was tested positive for Covid-19 on Sept.“All10.patients are as ymptomatic and are now on home quarantine,” she said, adding that all Covid-19 positive learn
The country’s provinc es, or regions, would be
The City Veterinary Of fice (CVO) embarked on swine repopula tion in the African Swine Fever (ASF)-affected ba rangays in Davao City.
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LAG is a form of finan cial assistance granted to low-income families whose livelihoods were affected by the imposition of community quarantine due to SLPCOVID-19.aimsto improve the economic well-being
Green groups want city gov’t to push for Makabol Forest area as critical habitat
That the eagles were active within a 500-meter radius of the nest tree in Mt. Makabol, specifical ly in the Panukuan area where a nest was located. The nesting site on the Balete tree is surrounded by three hamlets (Sitios), namely Taupan, Kabigbi hisan, and Tribal.
City Veterinarian’s Office head Dr. Cerelyn Pinili discusses during this week’s I-Speak media forum at City Hall in Davao City the anti-rabies vaccination drive that is being undetaken by her office and updates on the swine repopulation efforts in the city’s barangays affected by of the African swine fever (ASF). Edge Davao
Dr. Cerelyn B. Pini li, head of CVO, said 346 heads were distributed to the farmers in the said ba rangays for the repopula
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said Thurs day the value of transactions under PESONet, which in volves high-value transac tions, grew by 47 percent year-on-year as of July to PHP3.46 trillion.
In a statement, GCash said the gross transaction value posted in the first six months of the year nearly matched the P3.8 trillion posted in the fullyear 2021.
“We’ve seen higher user engagement now that things have started to normalize, further proof that GCash has become embedded in the every day lives of Filipinos,” said Martha Sazon, GCash president and CEO.
partnership is in line with IPEF’s vision of green en ergyAttractingtransition. invest ments in green metals such as nickel, cobalt, and copper is one of the five key priorities of DTI’s investment promotion brand “Make It Happen in the DTIPhilippines”.Secretary Alfredo Pascual also pitched to US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo the investment opportunities in green metals and clean energy sectors in the Philippines ahead of the IPEF Minis terial Meeting in Los An geles last Sept. 2.
lion transactions valued at PHP6.8 billion from the pe riod covering January to July 2022,” it said.
“I laud Secretary Rai mondo and (US Trade Representative) Ambas sador Katherine Tai’s effective and innovative design of the Los Angeles IPEF Ministerial Meeting. The program allowed par
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and long-haul trucking companies,” the agency said.During the visit here of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken last month, he announced the commitment of the US for a feasibility study grant on the Philippines’ first off-shore wind farm.
In a statement, the DTI said a US firm that owns a patent in battery manu facturing will be funding a feasibility study for the country to develop nickel ore processing.
State-run pension dis bursements, along with wider usage of electron ic money (e-money) and Internet banking, boosted the growth of both PESONet and InstaPay transactions as of the end of July 2022.
GCash said it is the lone double unicorn in the Philippines valued at over $2 billion.
Department of Trade and Indus try (DTI) on Thursday highlighted the benefits for the Philippines from joining the United States-led Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF), such as co operation with the US in renewable energy and green metals.
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DTI cites benefits of joining US Indo-Pacific economic plan
PESONet and InstaPay are the two automated clear ing houses under the central bank’s National Retail Pay ment System (NRPS), a pro gram that promotes digital financial transactions.
The BSP said pension fund disbursements facili tated by the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP), which started in Sep tember 2020, drove the rise in PESONet transactions to date.“The disbursements were done twice a month with an average disburse ment volume of 1.5 mil
The BSP aims to increase digital financial transactions in the country to account for at least 50 percent of total volume by 2023. (PNA)
Pascual has also wel
PESONet, InstaPay transactions sustain rise
With this, the mobile wallet is expected to end 2022 with a P6-trillion gross transaction value.
The mobile wallet said its merchant and social seller base also reached 5.2 million.Itscash-in and cashout outlets grew to 339,000, 5.7 times higher year-on-year.GCashsaid its portal GLife has 520 merchants and is introducing new categories such as con tent, health, insurance, and“Ite-government.justgoesto show that the Filipinos’ shift to a more digital lifestyle is not limited to those during lockdowns. We continue to see the adop tion increasing, and even the everyday use and use case diversity are grow ing. I think adoption is here to stay and we’re not seeing it [plateau] in the near future,” said Sa zon.
comed the announcement of Raimondo that the US is launching the IPEF Up skilling Initiative, a digital skills training to 7 million women in less developed IPEF parties, including the Philippines that will be facilitated by 14 of the largest digital firms in the US such as Apple, Ameri can Towers, and Amazon, among others.
Globe-backed mobile wallet GCash said on Thursday its gross transaction value surpassed P3 trillion in the first half of 2022.
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domestic remittances, e-commerce, bills pay ments, and other immediate low-value payments.”
The value of InstaPay transactions during the same period likewise jumped by 37 percent yearon-year to PHP1.91 trillion, with volume rising by 25 percent to more than 300 million.The BSP traced this growth to “the wide use of Internet banking and e-money transactions for
“The US firm supplies US military and critical industries, including hy perscaler data centers, re newable energy projects,
The volume of trans actions rose by 22 percent year-on-year to about 48 million, it said.
GCash also said its user base has expand ed to 66 million, “with four out of five adults in the Philippines having a GCash account.”
Blinken then said this
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Members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front receive lanzones seedlings on Tuesday (13 September 2022) when various national and local government agencies visited the MILF’s 127th Base Command in Barangay Bacay awan in Munai, Lanao del Norte to render various services. MindaNews photo by MARIVIC OMANDAM DAVIS
GCash: Gross transaction value surpassed P3 trillion in H1 of ‘22
season.“Sa tingin namin at pag-aanalisa sa mga huling announcement, walang dahilan eh para mag-issue pa ng Sugar Or der No. 2 para sa pag-an gkat ng 150,000 metric tons, lalo na kung ‘yan ay inaasahang darating sa buwan ng Nobyembre,” he said.
credit watcher Moody’s Investors Service on Thursday affirmed the Phil ippine credit rating at ‘Baa2’ with a sta ble outlook but flagged downward risks such as the country’s fiscal and government debt metrics.
Most mills are already operating, and locally produced sugar will aug ment the country’s sup ply, he added. The crop year began in September.
ume to USD20.33 billion, higher than the USD19.78 billion in the same period in 2021.Inareport, Rizal Com mercial Banking Corpo ration (RCBC) chief econ omist Michael Ricafort said year-on-year growth of remittances last July is lower than the 2.5 per cent expansion of inflows in the same period last year, but is the highest af ter the USD2.987 billion
Global
Moody’s affirms PH credit rating, outlook
“Under Secretary Diok no po, wala po kaming tina tawag na FLR. So it’s actually something new to us when I reentered DBM,” the Budget chiefFLRsaid.funds are items in the budget which can only be released with the approv al of the President.
(This means it will have no effect on the price of our sugar in the market.)
fiscal repair following the reversal of the strength ening of the government’s fiscal and debt metrics re sulting from the pandem ic,” it said.“The Philippines also retains fundamental strengths with regards to the stability of its banking system and the capacity to meet external debt repay ments, notwithstanding cyclical pressures on the balance of payments and consequent exchange rate
“Walang dahilan para
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omy grew by 7.4% in the second quarter, slower than the 8.2% in the first three months of the year and 12.1% in the same quarter of However,2021.
Agri group says no need for PH to import 150,000 MT of sugar
“The rating action is driven by Moody’s view that the challenging glob al credit conditions will not derail the Philippines’ ongoing recovery from the coronavirus pandemic,” Moody’s said.
Moody’s said that the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic drove an “erosion” in its assessment of the Philip pine economy’s “Moreover,strength.contin ued policy orthodoxy and commitment to reform amid political transition will help to assure gradual
The continued recov ery of economies hosting overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) is expected to further support expansion of remittances, one of the strong pillars of domestic growth.The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) on Thursday reported the 2.3 percent year-on-year increase in personal re mittances last July, bring ing the year-to-date vol
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sa presyo ng ating asukal sa merkado,” the former Agrarian Reform secre tary said.
Afarmers’ group on Thursday opposed the government’s plan to import up to 150,000 metric tons of sugar to address the pur ported shortage of the commodity.According to Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas chairperson emeritus Ra fael Mariano, the import plan will coincide with the start of the milling
(In our analysis of the latest announcement,
there is no reason to issue Sugar Order No. 2 to im port 150,000 metric tons of sugar, especially if we expect to get that in No vember.)
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The affirmation of the credit rating keeps the Philippines one notch above the minimum in vestment grade, with obligations subject to moderate credit risk and are considered medi um-grade.
The group also criti cized the government for a lack of sugar inventory in the country.
“When I entered DBM,
DBM: No ‘For Later Release’ funds in proposed 2023 nat’l budget
Budget Secretary Amen ah Pangandaman on Thursday said there are no “For Later Release” (FLR) funds in the proposed P5.268-trillion national budget for BudgetDuring2023.theDevelopmentCoordinationCom mittee’s (DBCC) briefing for senators, Pangandaman said that during her stint as Budget Undersecretary un der then-Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno—now the
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A worker washes a big bike loaded on a pick up vehicle at a car wash shop along Loyola Street in Bo. Obrero, Davao City on Friday. Edge Davao
secretary of the Department of Finance (DOF)—the term “FLR funds” was not used.
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‘One man in my party said he saw one skeleton kneeling in a chapel.’Nottoo far away from the colony was a plot marked ‘American National Ceme tery—1942.’ Around twenty graves were discovered; except for one, all the burial sites were marked with the name, rank, and date of death of the de ceased, most of them officers.
Examples of ODS, which are tongue-twisters, are chloroflu orocarbons (CFCs), halons, carbon tetrachlorides (CTCs), methyl chloroforms (MCs), methyl bromides (MBs), hy drofluorocarbons (HFCS), and – the longest of them all!
overexposure to the sun, so it is imperative for everyone to re main vigilant and ensure they protect themselves adequately with hats and sunscreen.”
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Ozone at the ground level, at the bottom of the troposphere is a harmful pollutant. One of the greenhouse gases, it is actually a result from the exhausts of automobiles and other vehicles and other sources.
After the troposphere comes the stratosphere, which contin ues from 10 kilometers to about 50 kilometers. Most commer cial airline traffic occurs in the lower part of the stratosphere.
Let me quote the words of renowned ozone hole expert Professor Susan Solomon of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology: “The ozone hole above the Antarctic is now smaller than it was around the year 2000, by about four million squareThat’skilometers.”arelief, indeed. But we should not be complacent though. The ozone hole still av erages about 17 million square kilometers in size. “It isn’t com pletely healed,” Prof. Solomon pointed out, “but it’s better than the 21 million we had around 2000.”
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“If all the ozone contained in the atmosphere from ground level to a height of some 50 ki lometers could be assembled at the earth’s surface, it would comprise a layer of gas only about three millimeters thick, weighing some 3,000 million tons,” a science scribe wrote.
“The Montreal Protocol pro tects the stratospheric ozone layer which, in turn, protects human health and the environ ment by blocking most of sun’s harmful ultraviolet radiation from reaching the earth’s sur face. Skin cancer can result from
The Montreal Protocol is an international agreement that regulates the production and consumption of ozone depleting substances (ODS).
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‘On the porch and the out side walk, bones were thick. They were scattered and wild quash was growing around
Is the weather going crazy? Is climate change really upon us now?But there’s one thing we forget. What about our ozone layer? That’s the shield we have against the scorching heat of the sun. It must be remembered that in the past, ozone depletion was a big thing. Whatever hap pened?Ithink it’s a good time to discuss about ozone layer again as this month, the international community observes the Inter national Day for the Preserva tion of the Ozone Layer – or
Outside the mountains of war materiel lost in com bat, war also cost the lives of thousands of soldiers and the civilians, as collateral damage. But the worst consequence of this bloody conflict is not in looking for the bodies of vic tims but discovering them as skeletons.AtDavao Penal Colony, the World War II concentra tion camp for Allied forces and Filipino guerrillas detained as prisoners of war, the liberat ing forces of the U.S. 24th Di vision uncovered roughly 150 skeletons in different stages of mummification, many strewn on the porch, in an abandoned trail dense with wild squash, and on hospital beds.
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to phase-out HFCs in 2024 while HCFCs are expected to be phase-out by 2040. HFCs are non-ODS alternatives to HCFCs but which have high global warming potential.
sique; the sight was appalling and horrible. The Evening Star, a Washington-based newspa per, in its June 4, 1945, issue, came out with an article (‘150 Skeletons Found in an Aban doned Jap Prison Near Davao’) categorizing the reason for the demise:‘Evidence has been ob tained that the deaths were not caused by violence but by de liberate neglect and desertion. It is believed that when the Jap anese withdrew from the coast al area of Davao to prepared positions in the mountains, they took physically able pris oners and left the remainder to starve or die of disease.’
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It is in this layer where the ozone shield is found.
the investigators sought the help of people living adjacent to the colony, asking them why the dead were not buried, and the sick untreated after the en emy abandoned the concentra tion
Not that you don’t walk un der the sun or stop going to the beach to swim. We need some sun, mainly for the production of vitamin D which helps to prevent the development of bone diseases such as rickets, osteomalacia, and osteoporosis. But too much sun can be dan gerous – and even deadly.
Ascamp.anaftermath of the bat tles in Davao region, estimates placed the death belonging to the 24th Infantry Division at 350 and 1,615 wounded in action. Philippine Army and Constabulary units yielded 2,800 dead and 7,455 injured. On the part of the Japanese Imperial forces, especially the 100th Division, the casualty reached 4,500.
But the largest number of casualties was registered among the civilian population caught in crossfires as collater al damage or died from sick ness, starvation, and violent assault.
Wanting to know more about the fate of the skeletons,
SOS: SAVE OUR SHIELD HENRYLITO D. TACIO
Two days ago, my sister Evangeline complained that it was too hot. “I thought we are not entering the Christmas sea son,” she pointed out. “But why is too hot? It’s even hotter com pared to summer months.”
I’m sure no one will disagree with her. Our electric bills are going up because we are using our air-conditioners and elec tric/ceiling fans more often. We are opening our refrigerators ev ery now and then to drink water or any liquid just to quench our thirst as temperature surges.
tineCTCs,sourcesEnvironmentcordingphasedfollowing(HCFCs).hydrochlorofluorocarbonsOnJanuary1,2010,thesubstanceshadbeenoutinthecountry,actotheDepartmentofandNaturalRe(DENR):CFCs,halons,MCs,andnon-quaranandpre-shipmentMBs.Ourcountryisalsoset
simply Ozone Day.
On September 16, 1987, some members of the United Nations signed the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. It wasn’t until a year later that the Philippines signed it and ratified it on March 21, 1991.
The atmosphere our planet where we live is divided into several layers. According to sci ence, the lower region – called troposphere – extends from the planet’s surface up to about 10 kilometers in altitude. (For the uninformed, Mount Ever est, the tallest mountain on the planet, is only about 9 kilome ters high.) All human activities occur in this layer.
and over the skeletons. It was almost impossible to avoid stepping on a skull, or other remains.‘Across the street in an other building, I saw another complete skeleton lying on the floor. In another building an other man’s skeleton was lying on a bed and on the bed next to it was a snapshot of an Ameri can woman and children.
The report indicated that the records and evidence col lected at the penal colony gave clues on the soldiers reclassi fied as ‘dead.’ Overall, more than 800 Allied soldiers were
‘There are a number of wooden buildings. Most are in good shape. I went into one which I assumed to be the hospital. In a long wardroom, I saw two corpses. One was just a skeleton. It was either unclothed or the clothes had mildewed and fallen away. The other was mummified and had on a baggy shapeless uniform such as prisoners might wear. Both were on beds.
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The ozone layer’s is our protective shield from the ul traviolet (UV) rays of the sun. Once it is thinner, then we will have excessive exposure to UV rays which make us susceptible to the skin cancers, damaged immune systems, and stunted growth.Ifyou don’t believe me, here’s what Meg Seki, executive secretary of the ozone secretar iat of the United Nations En vironment Program (UNEP):
sorted as ‘missing in action’ in the war. Pilot Lt. Leonard S. Mendelson, an officer with the U.S. 401st Bomb Group, was among the first to visit the colony after the Japanese lost in northern Davao. He made a poignant account of the grue some scene he observed:
Are you asking why we need to protect our ozone layer?
To the first soldiers who spotted the cadavers identified some of these as Filipinos or Americans through their phy
THE SKELETONS OF DAPECOL
ART
Early this month, Emano presented the woodwork art at the office of Duterte during a courtesy visit, together with Misamis Oriental 1st District Rep. Christian Unabia, and the City’s 1st District Rep. Lordan Suan.Emano hopes that the woodwork art would foster good relations between Mis amisnons and the office of the Vice“PortraitsPresident. are the most intimate, endearing, and en during photographs. Because the image will survive the sub ject,” Emano said in a recent statement. (PNA)
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Aca said such dimen sion typically costs around PHP40,000 to PHP50,000 worth of labor.
Most notable of his per formances include the com memoration for the victims of tropical storm “Sendong” in 2011, who died in the city’s flashHeflood.also engaged the pub lic during the election season with a call not to sell their votes.During last month’s “Hi galaay” Festival here, Aca also created the heads and tails of
However, in the latest commissioned work, Misamis Oriental 2nd District Repre sentative Yevgeny Vincente Emano provided wooden ma terial measuring around four feet.
After graduating from col lege in 1995, the local artist furthered his career in arts and crafts making and started doing performance street art in the early 2000s.
As a performing and visual artist for over 20 years, Nicolas Aca has made several artworks for the community that include carved portraits of suchAcaland.second-highestrecentlyPresidentartwork,personalities.famousHismostrecentwoodaportraitofViceSaraDuterte,washandedovertotheofficialintheInaninterviewThursday,saidhisstandardsizeforwoodworkwouldbe
(Cagayan de Oro),” he said.
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CARVED PORTRAIT. Cagayan de Oro City-based artist, Nicolas Aca, polishes the carved wooden canvas depicting the image of Vice President Sara Duterte. The woodwork art was commissioned by Misamis Orien tal’s 2nd District Rep. Yevgeny Vincente Emano and presented to the office of Duterte during his courtesy visit to Manila on Sept. 5, 2022. (Photo courtesy of Rep. Emano’s Facebook Page)
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around 2x24x16 inches and usually costs PHP20,000 in a two-week commissioned work.“Its materials are from ‘tu gas’ (molave wood); there are a lot of suppliers here in CDO
the mythical Oro fish “Kug tong” for the dragon boat race event.In 2021, Aca was appoint ed as the chairperson of the City Historical and Cultural Commission and trained his sight on rehabilitating the “Museo de Oro” and promote local history and culture in schools.Courtesy visit
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Inflation slowed to 6.3% in August (from 6.4% in July) due to easing oil prices and slower increases in food prices. Inflation now averaged 4.9% year-to-date and BDO Securities expects it to settle at 5.3% for this fiscal year assuming inflation will peak this quarter.However, the Phil ippines remains vul nerable to inflation risks given its status as a food and energy im porter.
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Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP), which serves as the disbursement facility that credits the monthly pen sions to the pen sioners’ accounts, has successfully pro cessed the crediting of the first batch of pensions for Septem
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“Philippine inflation basket is more sensi tive to food and energy commodities (oil, coal, rice).While commodity price trends have soft ened as of late (due to slowing global growth concerns), we think do mestic factors (i.e. tight food supply) are set to become the primary drivers of inflation go ing forward,” said Abi gail Chiw, BDO Securi ties Head of Research. BDO Securities said
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The SSS is asking for patience and un derstanding for this current situation while all concerted and immediate ef forts are being made to restore the cred iting back to normal operations.Meanwhile, the
that while elevated in flation remains the key risk for equities and earnings growth -- as it erodes consumers’ disposable incomes, investor risk appetite and overall business sentiment – investors can look at stocks with strong balance sheets and resilient business models.“Investors can ex plore stocks that offer products and services with enduring demand and cost pass-through structure as these are better positioned to manage inflation head winds,” added Chiw.
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Inflation concerns persist but stock mar ket investors are ad vised not to be dis heartened by this scenario.
“The Philippine econo my is not significantly ex
“We battled fairly, with passion and intensity, and I always tried my best to respect the history of the game.“I feel extremely grate ful. We pushed each other, and together we took ten nis to new Tennis:levels.”Federer drops out of top 10 as Norrie climbsFedererrankingshad said in July he hoped to play one more Wimbledon. He departs with regrets but added he had lived a life that many would“Thisenvy.is a bittersweet decision because I will miss everything the tour has giv en me,” Federer said.
in December 2021.
depreciation,” it added.
“I was lucky enough to play so many epic matches that I will never forget,” he said.
hindi alam ng gobyerno ‘yung kabuuang supply natin ng asukal, ano man ang classification diyan,” Mariano said.
Under cash-based bud geting, the validity of bud get appropriations are re duced to one year with no carry-over provision except for a three-month extended payment period within the following fiscal year to allow agencies to settle payments for goods and services deliv ered.This means projects need to be completed within the fiscal year.
during the BTA’s inau gural session was Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) founding chair man Nur Misuari who was seated beside the President.Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri, House of Representatives Speaker Martin Romualdez, and Interior Secretary Benhur Abalos were also present. (PNA)
“I thought then that it’s quite tedious for the staff and even the Office of the President na tumatagal po ‘yung sistema ng pagre-re lease ng budget. So pag-as sume po natin, nagbigay po tayo ng instructions na wala na po dapat na for later re lease sa mga pondo po ng gobyerno,” she said.
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The platform was launched in 2020 for the convenience of taxpayers. The online payments can be done through the Land Bank of the Philippines Link.Biz Portal and Devel opment Bank of the Phil
Watershed Management Council and government authorities especially DENR-11, by the end of the year.
A sugar producers’ group has welcomed the SRA’s move, saying this would help ensure enough sugar supply and lower prices.
Wimbledon also paid him a handsome tribute in keeping with him being a record eight-time champi on in the only Slam played on grass.
He said continued di versification of deploy ment areas for OFWs is also a plus for the resil iency of “Agingremittances.population in some developed coun tries also structurally in creased the demand for OFWs in recent years, especially amid tighter labor markets in some host/developed countries due to better economic recovery prospects,” he added. (PNA)
Teenager Carlos Al caraz, the up and coming man in tennis having won the US Open last Sunday to become the youngest ever world number one, paid tribute to him as well with a broken heart emoji on Twitter.“Thank you for every thing you have done for our sport,” Alcaraz said.
rival, said it had been “an honor” to face him.
Treasury (BTr) shows that the Philippine gov ernment’s running debt swelled to a new re cord-high of P12.89 tril lion as of end-July 2022.
Bantiding encouraged taxpayers to use the online platform. particularly those who are due for the 4th quarter business tax pay ments.
Also in attendance
“Roger, Where do we begin?” tweeted Wimble don.“It’s been a privilege to witness your journey and see you become a cham pion in every sense of the word.
He said the government should establish a cen tralized composting and biomass facility and sys tematic MRF in every Ba rangay, which will address the main problem of biode gradable wastes and waste segregation. (Antonio L. Colina IV/MindaNews)
timber Permit No. RXIPLTP-001 2021 issued for the cutting of 121 oldgrowth trees within the MMACA, affirm MMACA’s designation as an envi ronmentally-critical area in the Davao City Water shed Management Code and improve MMACA’s protection as a conserva tion area.
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The Laver Cup team event in London will also
Moody’s also affirmed the Philippine govern ment’s foreign currency senior unsecured shelf rating at (P)Baa2, and the senior unsecured ratings for the central bank’s lia bilities at Baa2.
bats, and four non-volant mammals were observed.
“We respect the de cision of the students as well as their family, but our teacher found to be posi tive for the virus was vacci nated and already adminis trated with a booster shot,” sheShesaid.said the suspension of F2F classes was a big setback to the students of TNHS, who are still recov ering from the effects of the pandemic.
The team also record ed 39 species that are Philippine endemics, and 23 species are only found in Mindanao. The major ity of these species are considered critically en dangered and threatened.
Federer paid tribute to them too.
toyear.ConservationMakabol-AlikosonArealastThepetitionaimscancelPrivateLand
“We need the support of the public,” he said.
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The city generates around 600 to 700 tons of wastes daily, according to the CENRO.
give him a final chance to play competitively as part of the “Big Four”, who dom inated tennis over the past twoNadal,decades.who holds the men’s record for Grand Slam titles with 22; Novak Djokovic, who has won 21 major crowns; and twotime Wimbledon champion Andy Murray will all play together as part of Team Europe.
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“I was given a special talent to play tennis and I did it at a level that I never imagined for much longer than I ever thought possi ble.”
For his part, Senator Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Ang ara, the chairperson of the Senate Committee on Fi nance, said that FLR funds
Diokno, during his stint as DBM chief, had ad vocated for a cash-based budgeting.
percent nga bunuon, in the remaining four months of this year, and we are confi dent that we will reach 100 percent. Last year we have a surplus in our collection,” he said.Healso reminded tax payers to pay on time to avoidMeanwhile,penalties.
Administration earlier approved for import in an order that Malacañang later said was “illegal.”
that will secure the wel fare of the Moro people, particularly in agri-fish ery, health care, transpor tation, communication, digital infrastructure, and e-governance.”Marcosalso conveyed to BARMM Chief Minister Ahod Balawag Ebrahim his administration’s support for the BARMM and the Mindanao peace process.
Ricafort attributed the lower year-on-year ex pansion of the July figure partly to elevated infla tion in most parts of the world, which also result ed in central banks’ deci sions to increase their key rates.These factors, he said, dampened global eco nomic recovery as well as OFW employment and income.“Going forward, any further recovery in OFW remittances in the coming months would also large ly depend/be a function of the further/faster recov ery of the economies of the major host countries around the world from Covid-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) lockdowns, in able for some OFWs to be able to work again, as well as the pace of restor ing/regaining jobs lost
“But, at the same time, there is so much to cele brate.“I consider myself one of the most fortunate peo ple on Earth.
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nakita ko po na napakaram ing dokumento ang kailan gan pirmahan at ipadala sa Office of the President,” Pan gandaman said.
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by some adversely affect ed OFWs in the same or different industry/host country,” he added.
“However,electricity.this pro cess results in the emis sion of highly toxic sub stances like dioxins and furans, which are known carcinogenic and can also cause reproductive and developmental problems, among others,” he said.
Because of these re sults and assessments, the groups are hopeful that the city government of Davao will take the lead in declaring the area as critical habitat follow ing due processes of the Philippine Wildlife Act (RA9147) in coordination with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources 11 (DENR 11).
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Lawyer Mark Peñalver, executive director of IDIS, said they will turn over the results and formal ly propose to aMt.Makabol-AlikosondeclareasCriticalHabitattothe
Data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) shows that the balance of payments (BOP) deficit hit $1.819 billion in July, re versing the $642-million surplus in the same month in 2021.The latest payments position is also the coun try’s biggest deficit in 17 months since February 2021’s $2.019 billion, and compares with the $1.574-billion deficit in June.
of the vulnerable, margin alized, and disadvantaged individuals and families in communities by mobiliz ing and empowering the
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“Many of our learners are slow readers and even some have problems in mathematical ability, but of course, our priority is still their safety,” Hallegado said.
The sugar imports un der the new Order No. 2 are expected to arrive be fore Nov. 15.
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“We will so miss the sight of you gracing our courts, but all we can say for now is thank you, for the memories and joy you have given to so many.”
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and cash-based budgeting are antithetical to each oth er.
She appealed to resi dents to strictly adhere to the minimum health stan dards to stop the spread of Covid-19.TNHS has at least 3,000 students from Grade 7 to Grade senior high school levels. (PNA)
“The reversal of re forms that have supported prior gains in econom ic and fiscal strength, as well as substantial dete rioration in institutions and governance strength, would also be negative,” Moody’s said.
“In Moody’s view, the rebound in economic activity since mid-2021 has been strong and will be resilient to the cur rent challenges posed by the turn in global credit conditions over the near term,” it said.
Tennis: Federer admits ‘things moving slowly’ in recoveryThe pair played each other 40 times, including in nine Grand Slam finals, with Nadal holding a 24-16 winning record.
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same through the support of the local government units and other govern ment agencies. (PR/DSWD XI)
ippines and its affiliates, and also e-wallet payments such as Paymaya and Gcash.He also announced that the online payment system had been expanded to in clude miscellaneous fees, aside from business tax. Among the miscellaneous fees are payments for transfer tax, fees on weight and measure, Special May or’s Permit, Professional Tax Receipt (PTR), Slaugh terhouse Fees, and regula tory fees for different city offices.
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It can be recalled that these environmental groups conducted a sig nature campaign for the petition asking DENR 11 to stop the cutting of trees in Mts.
ties to have a meaningful exchange of ideas toward delivering an IPEF that will not only be a framework for defining regional trade and investment relations,
ers are unvaccinated.
posed to Russia, although the European Union has historically been an im portant source of invest ment and demand for the country’s goods and ser vices exports,” it added.
Peñalver said biode gradable wastes comprise 80% of the city’s wastes.
“It’s a sad day for me personally and for sports around the world,” Nadal tweeted.“It’sbeen a pleasure but also an honour and privi lege to share all these years with you, living so many amazing moments on and off the court.”
but equally important, will be an effective platform for undertaking innovative modes of regional indus trial collaboration,” the DTI chief said. (PNA)
cent assessment, bio degradable wastes are mostly generated from residences and commer cial establishments. Bio degradable wastes can be treated and reduced with out burning or incinera tion processes,” he said.
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Ricafort said OFWs who are working in pan demic-hit industries, such as tourism and travel, are seen to regain their jobs given the resumption of operations of firms in these sectors, backed by governments’ bid to wards her immunity.
It also flagged the pos sible erosion in the coun try’s external payments position, which threatens liquidity fromLatestconditions.dataavailabletheBureauofthe
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It noted, however, that factors that could prompt a downgrade include “a greater deterioration” in fiscal and government debt metrics compared with peers.
The Philippine gov ernment through Sugar Order No. 2 officially gave the green light to import 150,000 metric tons of sugar.This is half the amount that the Sugar Regulator
The issue had prompted legislative probes and the resignation of several of ficials.
(There is no reason for our government not to know our total supply, whatever its classification is.)
Bantiding also reported that the CTO has strengthened its online payment platform so that taxpayers need not go to its offices anymore.
FRED
I hate to say this but isn’t the PBAThoseself-destructing?ofuswho original ly covered the early PBA years and helped promote the league may be grunting in disappoint ment.Take it or leave it.
Roger Federer announces retirement
We in the sports media cre ated the PBA heroes the public is now adoring and lionizing. Whew! (Email feedback to fred lumba@yahoo.com.)
that has restricted him to only three of the 11 Grand Slams staged since the start of 2020.Hisfellow tennis icon Serena Williams is all but certain not to play again after bowing out of the US Open in the third round thisFederermonth. said his body had effectively told him it was time to bring the cur
While basketball fanatics cherished and savored every Crispa-Toyota battle that saw jam-packed crowds filling the raf ters of the Araneta Coliseum, they equally shied away from watch ing other PBA games.
I get first hand confidential in formation from coaches and team owners/managers during my ac tive physical years of covering the PBA.In several tete-a-tete’ with them, I learned that the PBA al most folded up completely had they not cooperated - financially - to support an original incorpo rator which could no longer af ford to shoulder the salaries of its players and the coaching staff.
Even when Crispa or Toyota is playing against any of the oth er ball clubs, fans already know who will eventually emerge the winner.So, why go and pay hardearned money, waste time and effort spectating a boring match up?
“The Laver Cup next week in London will be my final ATP event,” he said in a statement on social media. The 41-year-old winner
- ‘Most fortunate peo ple’Rafael- Nadal, arguably Federer’s greatest on-court
GOD BLESS THE PHILIPPINES!
It must be recalled that in the early eighties before the eventual dissolution of Toyota and Crispa, team balance was the big head ache of Asia’s first professional league.
After the Toyota-Crispa leg endary wars, other teams that were just playing second fiddle emerged from the shadows of ob scurity.
Since the inception of the PBA in 1975 - the year ball clubs from the MICAA formally broke away from the apron strings of the Bas ketball Association of the Philip pines - determining composition and balance among the teams was an intelligent way of keeping its hopes of survival.
“The last 24 years on tour have been an incredi ble adventure,” he wrote.
“While it sometimes feels like it went by in 24 hours it has also been so deep and magical that it seems as if I have already lived a Federerlifetime.”has struggled with the knee problem for the past three years
Exceptional player trades em ploying a conduit ball club to cir cumvent the rules banning trades between sister teams is appar ently the rule of the day.
of 20 Grand Slam titles has been out of action since a quarter-final loss at Wim bledon in 2021, after which he underwent his third C. LUMBA SPORTS KEN
Only teams from the San Miguel bloc and MVP Groupwhich have three teams each - seem to enjoy their imperial clout within this 47-year old league that is now threatening ly imploding.
BALANCING PBA TEAMS
Talented newcomers like Mikey Williams and Calvin Of tana were recent examples with the shipment of Troy Rosario to Blackwater as approved by the PBAIt’sCommissioner.acircus,don’t you think so?
San Miguel Beer never had it so good after Purefoods,that.Alaska, Ginebra San Miguel, Swift (RFM fran chise), Rain or Shine took their turns savoring championship vic tories.Unfortunately, the ghost of the 80s has apparently returned to haunt the PBA anew.
knee surgery in 18 months.
That corporate cooperative action helped the ball clubs sur vive the harsh economic difficul ties.Player trading and snatching was strictly screened before it wasTheyapproved.mutually agreed to fo cus on the annual draft so that the composition of each team is not disturbed by the departure and transfer of a key player to a rival team.And voila! Look at where the PBA is right now.
Roger Federer of Switzerland cele brates winning his 4th round match at the Wimbledon Championships, in London, Britain, on July 5, 2021. Neil Hall, EPA-EFE/file
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“But I also know my body’s capacities and lim its, and its message to me lately has been clear.
“I am 41 years old. I have played more than 1500 matches over 24 years.Tennis: Federer will
It has flourished and its mem bership has increased to a dozen.
tain“I’vedown.worked hard to return to full competitive form,” he wrote.
know what future holds by April-May“Tennis has treated me more generously than I ever would have dreamt, and now I must recognize when it is time to end my competitive career.”
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Swiss tennis legend Roger Federer is to retire after next week’s Laver Cup after admitting on Thursday his bat tles with a knee problem had forced him to call time on his historic career.
Eala, one of Nadal’s scholars in his tennis academy in Spain, thanked the tennis legend.
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Eala said she emulated the Spanish tennis great.
“The biggest thing I notice in Rafa is how he fights till the end, how his thoughts are so clear.
“My idol is obviously Rafa. He’s a very good role mod el, something a lot of people should idolize and try to be,” said Eala who is based at the 22-time Grand Slam champi on’s academy in Spain.
“Always grateful,” she said.
VAMOS!
This one stands out. Of all the congratulatory message Alex Eala received following her US Open juniors tennis win, it was her idol Rafael Nadal’s compli ment that really stood out.
Eala made history by becom ing the first Filipino to win a Grand Slam junior title last Sun day.The 17-year-old Filipina de feated French Open girls champi on Lucie Havlickova of the Czech Republic 6-2, 6-4 in the final.
Although the message was short and sweet, it came from one of tennis biggest legends.
Alex Eala cele brating her title win. From InstagramEala’s
“He’s so calm, but at the same time so fired up. I think I real ly tried to channel that energy during this whole week.”
“Congrats on this great achievement and keep (up) the good and hard work!!! Vamos!” said Nadal in his Instagram com ment to Eala’s celebratory post.
Rafael Nadal tips hat to Alex Eala