STORY ON PAGE 2 P 15.00 • 12 PAGES@EdgeDavao edgedavao@gmail.comwww.edgedavao.netf EDGE Serving a seamless society DAVAO SPORTS P12 VOL.15 ISSUE 137 • WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2022 APO’SBEST MARKETOPEN Councilor wants to have other service providers for the city’s water system A sidewalk vendor spends her free time removing lice from a fellow vendor’s head as business is slow along San Pedro Street in Davao City on Tuesday. Edge Davao
bursed.Inother parts of the region, some 5,254 recip ients in Davao del Norte got PHP11.61 million aid; Davao de Oro - 5,270 beneficiaries (PHP12.18 million); Davao Oriental4,701 students (PHP10.48 million); Davao del Sur - 5,418 students with PHP10.92 million; and Davao Occidental’s 4,125
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Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte graces the 40th Araw ng Barangay Tacunan on Monday. The mayor also catered to some concerns of the constituents through the City Mayor’s Office (CMO) booth. CIO
Marcos will meet several heads of state and key UN officials during the first day of the high-level General De bate on Sept. 20.
He will be the first leader of the Associa tion of Southeast Asian Nations to deliver a statement at this year’s high-level General De bate.In his address to the UNGA, Marcos said he will share the Philip pines’ “views on a num ber of global concerns” and the role the country will play as a responsi ble member of the family of nations in addressing theseHeconcerns.isalsolooking at tapping foreign investors and big businesses to in vest in the Philippines, especially as the country recovers from the pan demic.“Besides the meetings with the political lead ership, it will also be for potential investors, oth er business leaders dahil gusto natin para paahun in nga natin, para pasigla
students with PHP9.11 million.A74-year-old grand mother, Albina Cabel, said she received PHP2,000 ed ucational aid on Sept. 17 for her grandchild.
quite some time already, in fact, I think it’s already decades ago that my father raised this issue before the City Council in the need for DCWD to improve their systems. We cannot also quarrel with DCWD be
This developed amid the ongoing water supply problem the city’s provider Davao City Water District (DCWD) is experiencing.
President panahonBidenquestedistrationotherlateralhavebigibangal,namag-uusap-usapaymgaAssemblyUnitedofleadersBidenmeetingalsohegerwemainwithPhilippines.policyiswithtimethebuildingwasJersey,communitymeetingnearwillandtweenhope(Manilacos“Bongbong”FerdinandMarJr.onMondaytime)expressedthatrelationsbethePhilippinesUnitedStates(US)bestrongerinthefuture.InaspeechduringawiththeFilipinointheNewMarcossaidheenthusiasticaboutclosertieswithPhilippines’long-ally.“OurbilateralalliancetheUnitedStatespossiblyasimportantasthereisintheOurrelationstheUnitedStatesrestrongandIbelievewillmakethemstroninthecomingyears,”said.MarcossaidhewaslookingforwardtoUSPresidentJoeandotherworldonthesidelinesthe77thsessionoftheNationsGeneral(UNGA).“Pagkatapospongmalalakingspeechnagkikita-kita,kamibilateral,multilaterkunganopamgaiba’tmeeting(Afterthespeeches,wewillbilateralandmultidiscussions,andmeetings),”hesaid.Hesaidhisadminpersonallyreameetingwith“Humingikamingditosamgana
punta rito para sa Gen eral Assembly napunta sila rito ay sabi ko pagka kataon na natin at hindi natin sila mapupuntahan sa kanilang bansa, dito na natin silang kakausapin (We requested for time with those attending the General assembly be cause this is the chance for us to talk with them we can’t visit their coun tries yet),” he said.
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students in various grade levels in the region. The aid is under the DSWD’s Assistance to In dividuals in Crisis Situa tions program, which has been extended to cover students in crisis or emer gencies.TheDSWD-11 regional office here served some 11,165 beneficiaries with PHP26.59 million dis
“It is still the same, the city has been experiencing water interruptions for
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“As a guardian, I am so thankful for the AICS pro gram. I will use this to buy school supplies and for my grandchild’s school allow ’P80-M,
which expressed its inter est in 2017 to supply water in Buhangin District, Davao City.“I think that is the rea son that previously we have allowed the operation of another water system supplier. We have approved the operation of Helpmate Incorporated previously to supply water in several parts of the city but not yet
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cause we have no choice but to accept the fact that there are challenges on the ground that are being faced by the DCWD, and yes there is a need to open the opera tion of water supply in the city,” Mahipus said during the 11th regular session of the 20th City Council on Tuesday.Mahipus mentioned Cebu-based water provid er Helpmate Incorporated
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Diosdado “Konsi” Mahipus Jr. on Tuesday said Davao City needs to open the market for other water ser vice providers.
PBBM sees stronger PH-US alliance in coming years
Councilor wants to have other service providers for the city’s water system
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P80-M educational aid distributed to 35K students in Davao Region
Some PHP80 million have been disbursed for the educational payout in Davao Region from Aug. 20 to Sept. 17, the regional Department of Social Welfare and De velopment (DSWD-11) of fice said Monday.
In an interview, DSWD11 Director Vanessa Gocong said the amount was received by some 35,933
that the Waste-To-Energy (WTE) is hazardous to health.Ocampo made the
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Dr. Flora Bigot, the PVET chief, warned Mon day that the AI virus that hit the chicken farm in Barangay Magon of Tan tangan since last week is transmissible to humans.
Magsaysay youth taught on disaster preparedness
director for Legal and Compliance during the turnover ceremony held at the Diamond Tower in Damosa IT Park, Lanang on Monday.InApril this year, OP360 had a soft launch for its 400-seat site at Topaz Tower in Damosa IT Park and the plans to open the new site began after the team of OP360 saw firsthand the skills and experience Dabawen yos bring to work.
81K chicken culled as bird flu hits SoCot poultry farm
Green group frowns on Tek’s statement on WTE project
“With the initial hires that we had, we already saw the commitment of
Alocal chief execu tive cited the need for awareness and readiness of the younger generation in the commu nity on different calami ties like earthquakes and floods that happened in theirMayorarea. Ronie Sarande of Magsaysay, Davao del Sur said it is important that the younger constit uents in their town must know the hazards and
The Provincial Veter inary Office (PVET) of South Cotabato has appealed to the pub lic to be “extra cautious” following the infiltration of the Avian Influenza (AI) virus in a commer cial poultry farm in Tan tangan town.
design and a range of fa cilities including a board room, client lounge, pan try, and recreation areas for the “Weemployees.believe in the power of geo-diversifica tion. We’ve always known that we wanted a second site and Davao presented itself as a gateway into the talent in Mindanao,” said lawyer Tess Tan, OP360
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Bigot said the bird flu virus can be transmitted to humans through di rect contact, eating of half cook meat or eggs of an infected fowl, and when the virus is inhaled.
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South Cotabato Gov ernor Reynaldo Tamayo Jr., in a separate inter view, said at least 81,000 heads of chickens worth PHP35 million were de populated in the poultry farm that he declined to identify.
must have the capability to cope with it.
BPO firm eyes Dabawenyo workers for its biggest location in Davao City
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The municipal govern ment of Magsaysay spon sored a three-day capa bility building on disaster management for the Kati punan ng mga Kabataan of LGU-Magsaysay.Herecalled that during the occurrence of the earthquakes, some of the residents panicked and surrendered their 81K, P10
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Damosa Land, Inc. president Ricardo “Cary” Lagdameo (2nd from right), together with OP360 director for Legal and Compliance lawyer Tess Tan (rightmost), OP360 senior vice president for Global Finance May Jesseth Nalus (2nd from left) and Trends and Concepts chief executive officer Jose Bantiling, leads the ceremonial signing of contract during the Diamond Tower site turn over to OP360 on Monday. Edge Davao
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the Dabawenyos, their work ethics, the quality of education in Davao, we knew we made the right choice in investing in Davao,” said Tan in an interview.Tansaid it also helps that Davao City is con nected to different prov inces and municipalities as a major hub in Mind anao the reason why the company can attract not only the Dabawenyos but the talents in Mindanao as well.“It also helps that
Green group Inter facing therejinDistrictissuedmentexpressedSustainabilityInterventionsDevelopmentfor(IDIS)hasitsdisappointoverthestatementbyDavaoCity’s1stCouncilorTemu“Tek”Ocamposayingaremisconceptions
fficePartners360 (OP360) recently launched its second and biggest site in Davao City and is looking at hiring more Dabawenyos.
OP360’s site, which is situated at the Diamond Tower, covers three floors and will accommodate ap proximately 1,029 seats with a modern industrial
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Dabawenyos,” the group said in a statement issued on Monday.Thegroup remind ed Ocampo about the Precautionary Principle (Rule 20, Sec. 1, A.M. No. 09–6-8-SC) which was mentioned in many Su preme Court decisions that “when human activi ties may lead to threats of serious and irreversible damage to the environ
ment that is scientifically plausible but uncertain, actions shall be taken to avoid or diminish that threat.”“It means that the presence of threat or risk of crucial damage to the environment and the fact that it lacks scientific cer tainty should not be used to avoid taking action to prevent that irreversible
statement during a televi sion interview wherein he said that the information regarding the health im pact of WTE on the com munity, for him, is wrong information or “mali na impormasyon.”“Wearedisappoint ed. We reiterate our firm stand against the WTE project here in Davao, fo cusing on the health haz ards it will cause to the
EWC to complete construction of Pagbilao LNG power plant project
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The Energy World Corp., a listed compa ny in Australian, said it would be completing the construction of the final phase of its two projects in Quezon province, the Pagbilao gas-fired power plant and its liquefied nat ural gas (LNG) terminal hub.It said it would be com pleting the power plant projects soon to catch up with the construction works at the New Pagbilao Substation Project of the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines in the prov ince.
alignment of all economic recovery programs and legislative guidedislativeensuringforthankedPangandamanpriorities.thelawmakerstheircommitmenttothattheirlegagendawouldbebythetargetsset
“It is encouraging to see that Congress is unit ed with the administra tion in our economic ob jectives for the nation. We commend Congress on the adoption by both the Senate and the House of Representatives of their
The Asia Video In dustry Association (AVIA) and its mem bers are pushing for the amendment to the coun try’s intellectual property (IP) code to make it more attuned to the digital age by addressing online pi racy.In a statement on Monday, Globe Telecom Inc. (Globe) and its en
ed goods does not cover electronic or online con tent, a loophole that has enabled online piracy to fester. The code also lacks a provision that would allow for the efficient and effective blocking of pirate sites, thereby in hibiting ofGlobe-KROMAenforcement,”said.ItsaidtheimportanceIPrightswouldhelp
tertainment arm KRO MA -- both partners of AVIA -- said the proposed House Bill No. 0799 aims to boost the power of reg ulators against online pi racy through permanent blocking orders, take down orders, cease-anddesist or disable access orders.“Currently, the IP code’s definition of pirat
the Marcos administra tion turn its eight-point agenda into reality by “increasing theandspokeDistrictinginnovation,encouragingemployability,researchandandenhancthedigitaleconomy.”OnSept.2,Albay2ndRep.JoeySalcedaabouttheurgencynecessityofupdatingIPcodetohelptrans
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The EWC gas-fired power plant was 80 per cent done by 2021 but the company decided hold off further construction to await the completion of the NGCP project com pletion of its switchyard, to which the EWC would interconnect to get to on line with the Luzon grid. The NGCP expected four power plants around it to interconnect to the Luzon Grid.
Asia video industry supports bill boosting fight vs. online piracy
The EWC project in Pagbilao was certified
The Marcos administration’s Medium Term Fiscal Framework (MTFF) will serve as a roadmap for the country’s prosperity, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said on Tuesday.
It mentioned the four generation to interconnect to this substation: (1) 420 MW Pagbilao Coal-Fired Power Plant (CFPP) Ex pansion; 2) 500 MW San Buenaventura Power Ltd. Co. (SBPL); 3) 3 x 200 MW Energy World Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Power Plant; and 4) 1200 MW Atimonan Coal-Fired Pow er Plant.
A vendor takes advantage of the traffic congestion due to an ongoing road construction in Panacan, Davao City to sell boiled peanuts to the motorists on Tuesday. Edge Davao
This, as Budget Sec retary Amenah Pangan daman hailed the Senate and the House of Repre sentatives for backing the administration’s 20222028
it is the first time that a Congress, through a res olution passed by Con gress, adopted a compre hensive fiscal strategy for the entire term of an ad ministration.Lastweek, the Senate adopted a resolution sup porting the Marcos ad ministration’s 2022-2028 MTFF which seeks the
“TheMTFF.MTFF is the roadmap for our Agenda for Prosperity,” Pangan daman said in a press statement, noting that
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by the DOE In November 2018 as an Energy Project of National Significance.
The EWC said its power plant would churn up 650 megawatt of a combined cycle gas fired power plant in Pagbilao, Quezon. Its LNG Hub terminal would supply the LNG need of the power plant while serv ing as loading and storage area for LNG supply from the Philippines and Asia.
In September 2016, the Energy Regulatory Commission approved the petition of the NGCP for the construction of its Pagbilao EHV Substation to allow the connection of incoming power plants in Quezon province with a total capacity of 2,720 MW.
in the fiscal framework.
respective resolutions backing the MTFF,” she said.Under the framework, the government aims to achieve 6.5 to 7.5 percent gross domestic product (GDP) growth in 2022; 9 percent or single-digit poverty rate by 2028; 3 percent national govern ment deficit to GDP ratio by 2028, and less than 60 percent national govern ment debt-to-GDP ratio by 2025, Pangandaman noted.“It is with these objec
ting meetings of several central banks namely the BSP, Bank of Japan, and Bank Indonesia.
Now’s the time to invest in PH: Romualdez to US investors
Theadded.Philippine peso has also significantly weak ened against the dollar this year, making foreign debt payments more costly.
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BSP Governor Felipe Medalla earlier said fore cast monthly inflation rate will peak either in October or November.Thus,Moody’s Analyt
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and the United States.
It explained that while food and oil prices have eased, which in turn has slowed the rate of price increases in several coun tries, “eyes will be on what policymakers do now.”
Inflation rate in the Philippines, for one, decel erated from its five-month hike to 6.3 percent last August after hitting 6.4 percent in the previous month, the highest since October 2018.
The country posted a BOP deficit of $572 million in August 2022, a reversal from the $1 billion BOP surplus recorded in the same month last year, the BSPThissaid.brought the coun try’s total BOP deficit from January to August to $5.5
of imports of goods and payments of services and primary income,” the BSP said.The country’s re serves are also about 7 times the country’s shortterm external debt based on original maturity and 4.4 times based on resid ual maturity, the central bank
The US is the Philip pines’ major trading and economic cooperation partner and ally, making it a significant source of investments.Itisalso the biggest source of remittances from overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and Fili pino-Americans.Romualdez said the Philippines “need more trading partners to real ize President Marcos’ in frastructure moderniza tion program, which is the
“Thank you for giv ing an opportunity to the Marcos administration and for considering the President’s agenda and vision. We are open to broadening and strength ening the economic part nership with the Phil ippine government. Let us continue to promote mutually beneficial trade and investment relation ships,” Romualdez said, vowing to make even stronger the robust ties between the Philippines
In a report on Monday, the unit of Moody’s Cor poration said among the major news from Asia this week will be the rate-set
“As supply-side pres sures dissipate, central banks will be weighing de mand pressures in making their next moves,” the re
band since April when it accelerated to 4.9 percent due to upticks in the pric es of oil in the internation al market and supply-side issues for meat products in the domestic market.
“Nonetheless, the latest GIR level represents a more than adequate external liquidity buffer equiva lent to 7.8 months’ worth
The central bank said the BOP deficit in August 2022 reflected outflows arising mainly from the government’s payment of foreign debt and other ex penses.Based on preliminary data, this cumulative BOP deficit also reflected the widening trade in goods deficit, the BSP added.
It exceeded the central bank’s 2-4 percent target
billion, higher than the $253 million deficit record ed in the same period a yearTheago.gross internation al reserves level also de clined to $97.4 billion as of end-August 2022 from $99.8 billion as of end-July 2022.
House Speaker Mar tin Romualdez has assured the United States business commu nity that the Philippines is very ripe for more in vestments, saying that Filipino lawmakers have been exerting efforts to ease doing business in the Philippines.Romualdez, who is in the US with President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. for a working visit, delivered Tuesday (Philippine time) a key note message before the New York Stock Exchange Business Forum attended by US business leaders.
The
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PH gross gross reserves fall as BOP deficit rises in Aug.
A barber trims a customer’s beard at a barber shop in Davao City on Tuesday. Grooming industry in the city is starting to thrive after the easing of Covid-19 restrictions. Edge Davao
Philippines’ gross international reserves fell further in August as the country’s balance of payments deficit widened again, the Bangko Sentral ng Pili pinas said on Monday.
Romualdez said Con gress has been working with Marcos to introduce reforms and attract more foreign investors into the Philippines.“Restassured that we, in the Philippine House of Representatives, re main committed to enact ing laws that would help deepen cooperation with the United States, partic ularly in the areas of the supply chain, health and security, environment and climate change, ener gy security, and intercon nectivity,” he said.
portBPSsaid.is the unit of mea sure used in finance to describe the percentage change in the value or rate of a financial instrument.
Moody’s Analytics eyes 50bps increase in BSP rates this week
Average inflation to date stood at 4.9 percent.
Moody’s Analytics forecasts a 50 ba sis points (bps) increase in the Bang ko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) key rates when the policy-making Monetary Board meets on Thursday, projecting that authorities will now be considering demand pressures.
VOL.15 ISSUE 137 • WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 20226 EDGEDAVAO VANTAGE On the need to open the market for other water service providers amid the ongoing water supply problem the city’s provider Davao City Water District (DCWD) is experiencing:
It is still the same, the city has been experiencing water for quite some time already, in fact, I think it’s already decades ago that my father raised this issue before the City Council in the need for DCWD to improve their systems. We cannot also quarrel with DCWD because we have no choice but to accept the fact that there are challenges on the ground that are being faced by the DCWD, and yes there is a need to open the operation of water supply in the city.
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Fr. Teody Holgado of the Redemptorist Church led the offering of flowers at the pedes tal that was constructed for the reinstallation of the Lola Statue last August 2019. Sadly, he de scribed the Lola statue as one of the “Desaparecidos’ since it is now still missing.
The 4 percent that says their life will worsen belong to a re signed mindset that is ready to accept their Sometimes,fate. we are con strained to possess a conscious ness that entertains the notion that the fittest (and the mighty) are the only ones who survive.
Korea, China, Burma, New Guin ea, and the Philippines were held in captivity and many thousands more were raped as part of one of the largest operations of sexual violence in modern history.
JUSTICE DENNIS R. GORECHO FLOWERS FOR LOLAS FRED C. LUMBA SPECKS OF LIFE
Psychologists (and I would include sociologists) are in clined to believe that - although 46 is four notches below 50this number when compared to the lower 40 in this particular survey that think their lives have not changed, is a posture of op timism.Ifyou measure this optimism against the horrifying conse quences of the pandemic, is this
The girls who were abducted, trafficked or brought to the Jap anese military camps had their own dreams and visions for the future. All these were shattered. The victims spent their lives in misery, having endured physical injuries, pain and disability, and mental and emotional suffering.
Ifresults?youask me, I am always ready to say that there is actually no way to go but up.
We are not a major role play er on the world stage, this we ought to know.
dress, blindfolded, with hands clutched to her chest, was in stalled along Roxas Boulevard on December 8, 2017.
tops were not yet in vogue.
“Don’t part with your illu sions. When they are gone, you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.” - MARK TWAIN
The country is not down in the bottom but it is neither comfortably in the middle of the depth where it isn’t struggling to claw out of the rut.
Forty percent however be lieve their life will be a status quo while 4 % think it will wors en.
I am certain that there will be behind the scenes quiet talks with key officials of the US State Department where I fore see positive steps towards the strengthening of our ties with UnclePBBMSam. has already made public that he could not imagine the Philippines existing without the US as a partner in our search for political stability and eco nomicThisprogress.presidential announce ment made by PBBM before a large crowd of Pinoys gathered in New Jersey is a posture that contrasts with the previous stance of the past administra tion where it made a pivot to wards China in declaring an in dependent foreign policy.
Just close to 100 days into the first year of the new Marcos gov ernment, Pinoys who are obser vant should notice that attempts
The resoluteness by which VP and current Dep-Ed Secre tary Sara Duterte decided to have face-to-face classes amidst the hesitant and fearful DOH ad vice against it is another good reason why Pinoys should be more optimist in their daily ex istence.So,why should only 46% of Pinoys sound optimistic about their lives in the next 12 months?
Lola Fidencia traveled to Ja pan five times to tell her story, subsequently verified by a Japa nese fact-finding committee.
Well, yes, it could be. You see, this a dog-eat-dog world.
In 2007, she testified at Can ada’s House of Commons, which then passed a motion urging the Japanese government to offer a formal apology to the Asian comfort women.
Lola Estelita said that their dwindling number highlights a sense of urgency for them to receive a formal unequivocal public apology and just compen sation from Japan as well as ac curate historical inclusion while their voices can still be heard.
A mass and flowers were offered last Saturday at the Re demptorist Church grounds in Baclaran, Parañaque to mark the 30th anniversary of Filipina comfort women’s fight for jus tice.Thirty years ago, it was on September 18, 1992 when Lola Rosa Henson first appeared af ter she heeded Nelia Sancho’s call over a radio station to en courage Filipina women who had been abused by wartime Japanese troops to come for ward.This became the catalyst for the comfort women movement in theThreePhilippines.ofthesurviving Filipi na comfort women were pres ent: Estelita Dy (92), Narcisa claveria ( 91) and Fidencia Da vid (96).
Lola Narcisa was around 12 years old when she endured three months as a captive in the garrison in Abra.
In 2013, she shared her story in a conference in Canada orga nized by The Canadian Museum for Human Rights. Her narration was recorded to become part of its collection of human rights oralAshistories.areporter in the 1990s, I covered the Asian sex slaves who were brave enough to tell the world about this inhuman practice of the Japanese during the Aboutwar. 200,000 women from
actly a state visit but a speaking engagement before the UN in New York.
But we should know how to play our cards right.
The new generation of Pi noys are more vocal and out spoken and more educated and therefore more knowledgeable.
The Women’s Tribunal that sat in Tokyo, Japan from Decem ber 8 to 12, 2000 deliberated on the criminal liability of high-rank ing Japanese military and political officials, as well as the Japanese state’s responsibility for military rape and sexual slavery.
The statue was dismantled on April 27, 2018 by the DPWH , allegedly for a drainage im provement project, but it was seen as a submission to protests fromTheJapan.statue was delivered to its artist Jonas Roces for safe keeping. However, Roces failed to turn-over the statue during its scheduled reinstallation on August 25, 2019. He said that the “Lola” statue was taken by unidentified men from his art studio in Cainta, Rizal.
ARE PINOYS MORE OPTIMISTIC THAN PESSIMISTIC?
“I tried to fight back when I felt pain. The Japanese got angry, held me by the head and pushed me to the table. When I regained
not a picture that tells you that positive thoughts produce posi tive
The visit to the US by PBBM - to my mind - has positive un dertones even if it were not ex
SWS face to face survey (conducted June 2226) among 1,500 respondents amazingly revealed that 46% of Filipinos see their life will im prove in the next 12 months.
Lola Estelita was just 14 years old when she spent three weeks locked in a military broth el in Talisay, Negros Occidental during which she was repeated ly raped by Japanese soldiers.
consciousness, the Japanese was gone. A woman told me, next time, not to fight back because you might get killed. So every time I was being raped I would just cry and cover my eyes,” Lola Estelita said in an interview.
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The four meter Lola statue , wearing a traditional Filipino
Along with her sisters Eme teria and Osmeña, she was among eight girls and women who by day cooked, cleaned and did laundry. By night, they were sexually abused usually in front of eachLolaother.Fidencia was 14 years old when she was detained, along with her grandmother, by Japanese soldiers in a municipal hall-turned-garrison in Dasol, Pangasinan.
There is so much about life than what is being encountered today.The new generation of Pi noys are more assertive today. They were timid a few decades back when cellphones and lap
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Even if there are warning signals that are coming from the World Bank and other re nowned and established finan cial institutions that a g;obal recession may be forthcoming, Pinoys should not lose their pos itive approaches to life.
(Atty. Dennis R. Gorecho heads the seafarers’ division of the Sapalo Velez Bundang Bu lilan law offices. For comments, e-mail info@sapalovelez.com, or call 0917-5025808 or 09088665786.
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For ten days, she was forced to do manual labor like cleaning and preparing food in the Japa nese garrison during the day. On her first night, a soldier gagged her and pushed her head into a wall. She was raped by five to 10 soldiers a night. Later on, she would witness her own grand mother being raped and killed.
But Pinoys should warm up to developing events that fore tell of the directions the new ad ministration is taking.
to resuscitate the once-healthy and robust Ph-US relations will contribute to the country’s eco nomicIssueswell-being.intheSouth China Sea between China and the Philip pines and between China and other claimants in the contested region are contentious concerns that cannot be lightly ignored.
If a person is a pessimist, chances are he will fold his cards andAnyield.optimist could call the bluff and hold on to see the re sults.A winner never quits and a quitter never wins. (Email feedback to fredlumba@yahoo. com.) GOD BLESS THE PHILIP PINES!
Her parents were killed when Japanese troops torched their village. His father was “skinned like a water buffalo” when he was unable to answer their questions. Two young est siblings (4 and 5 years old ) were bayoneted to death when they tried to stop a Japanese sol dier from raping their mother.
150,000 seedlings in select sites in Cebu, Negros Occiden tal, and Misamis Oriental.
“We cannot just plant trees and leave them, they need TLC with the support of the host community. We can
Trees Brew Life, which is a yearly project under SMB’s Buhayin ang Kalikasan flag ship environmental program, believes that the environment
When it comes to ancestral domain, there are no better stewards than the Indigenous People (IP)Theythemselves.havethatconnec tion to the earth.
needs humans’ tender loving care such as tree planting.
A combination of forest, fruit, and non-timber forest product seedlings were plant ed in a one-hectare land of Obu Manuvu Ancestral Do main in Barangay Carmen, Ba guio District, Davao City.
“It’s our first time to part ner with an NGO for us here in Davao as far as Trees Brew Life is concerned and we hope to work with them for as long as we can so that we can contin ue to make a lasting, sustain able impact to the environ ment and the community,” said Larry Santos, SMB plant manager.
was conducted in partnership with EGIP Foundation.
After two years of being slowed down by the pandem ic, it has SMB-Davaoreturned.Brewery re cently concluded its planting activity here in Davao City. But what made this year’s activ ity noteworthy is its not only improves the environment but also improved awareness among the Obu Manuvu tribe of the importance of trees in their community while pro tecting their ancestral domain for their well-being and cul ture.
Now you know that it’s not just because of the unlim ited beers after the planting activity that volunteers join the tree planting activity of San Miguel Brewery (SMB) but because of the advocacy it brings.
read by Davao Brewery Plant manager Florito F. Santos.
He added that seeing these initiatives push through despite the challenges shows the company’s commitment to protect, preserve, and rehabilitate forest covers in both rural and urban settings and do our share in regenerat ing mangrove areas in coastal communities.
EGIP Foundation, through its president Alec van Dieren donck, is committed to nour ishing the 620 seedlings to full maturity and keeping them alive as long as they can as each tree plays a critical role in the thriving of our biodiversity and healthy ecosystem.
not just plant any kind of tree anywhere either because we have to balance the flora and fauna of the place,” he said.
This year’s tree planting activity carries the theme “Sa ma-Sama para sa Kalikasan.”
Throwing in a bit of sup port from private sector though makes that steward ship less burdensome logisti cally.However, they can strengthen their care with the help of the private sector and NGO like San Miguel Brewery (SMB) and EGIP Foundation.
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EGIP Fundraising Man ager Celina van Dierendonck underscored the importance of continued protection and nurturing of the environment so as not to flaw the quality of Davao water, which is known to be the best in Southeast Asia as well as the city’s proximity to its beaches and mountains.“Thank you, San Miguel, for your advocacy and for trusting us because while you’re great at brewing beer, we are great at planting trees. May we find more people and more company like you,” she Treessaid.
Brew Life, which turned 13 this year, is SMB’s advocacy of fostering sustain able development and the need to focus on responsible stewardship of the environ ment.“Our support to the envi ronment is one of the pillars of the company’s CSR efforts in its advocacy towards sus tainable green initiatives. It was thirteen years ago when we launched our nationwide re-greening activity. Over that period, I am happy to report that, with your help, SMB has succeeded in planting over 1 million seedlings in different locations across our areas of operations in the country,” said SMB President Rober to N. Huang, in his message,
The tree planting activity
During the pandemic, SMB successfully planted over
aligns with that of the PBA,” said Jasper Vicen cio.To date, BingoPlus has had a payout of more than 20 billion pesos since its launch in January 2022. For more updates, visit www.bingoplus.com.
More Dabawenyos are getting back into fitness as restrictions are loos ened up since the pan demic broke out.
to 10) targeting different muscle groups with mini mal rest in between each movement. The result is a workout that taxes your muscular strength and endurance and your car diorespiratory system. You’ve likely done circuit training in boot campstyle classes and didn’t even realize it.
At Arcadia Fitness Gym, the latest fitness craze called Circuit Train ing are bringing in the fit ness afficionados and it’s a good sign that things are slowly getting back to normal.So why is Circuit Training drawing more people back to the sweat shops? Let’s get to know this fitness phenomenon.
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Arcadia Fitness Gym conducts regular Circuit workout sessions with its battery of coaches to assist everyone get through fitness and a healthy lifestyle. Arcadia Fitness Gym is locat ed at Escandor Street, Quimpo Boulevard, Ecoland, Davao City.
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ing is definitely worth a try. It’s a surefire way to shake up your workout routine, since moving quickly from one exercise to the next means your mind doesn’t have time to wander or zone out. Plus, there are endless ways to customize, mod ify, and progress your circuit training workout to reach your goals in re cordYou’lltime. also burn cal
ories more efficiently. Your body goes through a post-workout recov ery period (called the afterburn effect) that requires more energy when performing circuit training workouts than other methods — such as steady-state, moder ate-intensity routines. Because of this, you can expect to burn 8 to 15 percent more calories when opting for high-in
tensity circuit training, according to the Amer ican College of Sports Medicine. And when your circuit training work out combines cardio and strength moves, you’ll also increase muscle — basically, you can check off multiple training goals with this one work out.Check out circuit training at Arcadia for de tails. Call 327 8471 now.
the event. One hundred lucky fans were able to bond and dance with the San Miguel Beermen during the victory party.
BingoPlus hosts San Miguel Beermen Victory Party
What is Circuit Train ing?Circuit training is a style of workout where you cycle through sever al exercises (usually five
If you find yourself con stantly watching the clock during your work out and counting down the seconds until it’s over, then circuit train
Benefits of Circuit TrainingCircuit training work outs have a ton of ben efits. For starters, it’s a great boredom buster.
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“BingoPlus’ main ob jective is to give entertain ment and happiness to Filipinos, which perfectly
The event was attend ed by loyal PBA and SMB fans. SMB Head Coach Leo Austria, SMB Team Man ager Gelacio “Gee” Aba nilla, BingoPlus’ official dancers, BingGirls, and BingBing, the official mas cot of BingoPlus, graced
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BingoPlus, the official bingo partner of the 47th season of the PBA, spon sored and presented the Philippine Cup Victory Party of PBA champions, the San Miguel Beermen, on September 05 at Rob insons Galleria.
Cabel also thanked the social workers who made the payout convenient and smooth.Maura Azucena, 68, who also got PHP2,000 as
Solutions Jose Bantiling.
OP360 pays above market because we put a premi um on talent. We under stand that it is money to attract talent or promote talent. We know that the talent pool in Davao is rich we also would like to believe that we are the employer of choice here in Davao,” she said.
PBA 44th DesiderioSeason.was em broiled in a controversy late into the PBA Philip pine Cup eliminations as
“We have to make dif ferent sectors of the econ omy stronger and more agile by creating more jobs and catalyzing busi ness activities all over the country while saving lives and protecting communi ties from the continuing threat of the global health crisis,” Romualdez said.
He will be the first leader of the Associa tion of Southeast Asian Nations to deliver a statement at this year’s high-level General De
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The City Council invited Apo Agua to the session of the City Council next week.
In 2017, the City Coun cil passed the resolution urging the NWRB to ap prove the application of Helpmate to implement a water system in Davao City.
“As of now, aside from coronavirus disease 2019, we are also threat ened by avian influenza,” BigotSheadded.called on the pub lic to report to their office deaths in chickens and other poultry animals for them to verify and conduct blood samples. (PNA)
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ics projects the Monetary Board to again increase the BSP key rates by 50bps by September 22.
“But the complete of fice setup will be done end of January next year,” TanInsaid.astatement, OP360
the economy through in vestment because with new investments, we have new businesses. If we have new businesses, we have new jobs),” he said. (PNA)
their own right.
President Ben Roberts ex pressed optimism for this massive project saying that the two sites in Davao City have the potential to generate up to 1,500 job opportunities for many Filipinos by 2023.
best driver of economic growth.”Hesaid Marcos aims to sustain government ef forts toward responding to the crippling effects of the health crisis brought by the coronavirus dis ease-19 pandemic.
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I was told that this compa ny expressed their inten tion to expand their oper ation not to compete with DCWD but to complement the services of the DCWD through providing water in areas that DCWD will not supply water,” Mahipus said.Based on reports, in 2015, Helpmate proposed to undertake a water proj ect in Buhangin District by early 2016, but the DCWD asked the National Water Resources Board (NWRB) to stop the implementation of Helpmate project, alleg ing that the company start ed construction without the necessary permits.
Metro Manila Film Fes tival earned an esti mated gross revenue of PHP30 million in 2020 through digital platforms during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, a far cry from the PHP1.06 bil lion earned in 2018 and PHP955 million in 2019 through cinemas.
tries.Marcos is set to deliv er the Philippine nation al statement at the 77th United Nations General Assembly in New York.
The new site is target ed to start operation on December 29, 2022.
bate.Aside from sharing the country’s views on various global concerns at the UNGA, Marcos will meet with world leaders and continue to hold dia logues with foreign inves tors to do business in the Philippines. (PNA)
and chemistry will im prove,” he said.
his former fiance, former UAAP courtside reporter Agatha Uvero, accused him of physical and emotional abuse. (PNA)
Apo Agua Infrastruc tura, Inc. is now taking the lead role in the construc tion of the bulk water proj ect to fast-track its com pletion which will provide 300 million liters of safe water daily to over one mil lion Dabawenyos. It targets project completion by the end of “We2022.arewaiting for the operation of the bulk water project, which until now re mains, I don’t know, when they will operate, this De cember, otherwise we will be forced again to wait for the extension that they will announce,” Mahipus said.
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Kapag may bagong nego syo, may trabaho(be cause we need to revive
“Although headline in flation moderated in Au gust, core inflation rose to 4.6 percent year-on-year.
tives in mind that we have designed our National Expenditure Program (NEP),” she said. ognizingthankedPangandamanCongressforrectheimportance of a fiscal consolidation and resource mobiliza tion plan, including mea sures such as rightsizing government structures andThepersonnel.MTFFshall serve as the country’s blue print, specifically for the fiscal deficit reduction, promotion of fiscal sus tainability, and enabling robust economic growth as it embarks on its re covery from the Covid-19 pandemic.TheSenate Concur rent Resolution 3 sup porting the MTFF was sponsored by Finance Committee chairperson
“The AI is also a threat to our poultry industry as it is highly contagious in birds, chicken, ducks, quails, and other fowl families,” Bigot said.
Mahipus asked Hydie R. Maspiñas, manager of the Water Quality Division of DCWD and who was present during the session if DCWD will not object if other water providers en ter Davao City.
Core inflation, which
FROM 11 spots ahead of the Filipi nas.Team manager Jeffer son Cheng assured that more steps are being tak en to prepare the Filipinas for their maiden World Cup appearance in Aus tralia and New Zealand next“Theyear. team needs as much time together as the players’ schedules will allow, and the more com petitive matches we play, the more team cohesion
Sonny Angara, while the similar resolution filed before the House of Rep resentatives was spon sored by Marikina Rep. Stella Luz Quimbo, vice chairperson of the House Appropriations Commit tee.The resolution sup ports both the near-term and medium-term so cio-economic agenda that addresses issues in areas of food security, transport and logistics, energy, fis cal management, health, education, social protec tion, and bureaucratic ef ficiency.
“We assure the Philip pine football community that the whole PWNFT— management, coaching staff and plays alike — continues to do its best to train and prepare for the FIFA Women’s World Cup next year, and the PFF is committed to find ways for the team to get more matches against quality opponents,” he added.
This can be done by focusing government spending on improving the country’s healthcare systems, ensuring food security, increasing invest ments in public and digital infrastructure, and help ing communities cope and prevail, he added.
HB 0799, or “An Act Establishing the Revised Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines,” was introduced by Salce da in July. (PNA)
IDIS also reminded Ocampo, including the public and the other proWTE members of the City Council, of the study conducted by Dr. Jorge Emmanuel, a professor of Environmental Science and Engineering at the Silliman University in Ne gros Oriental and former chief technical adviser on global environment proj ects of the United Nations Development Program, which revealed that WTE incinerators vastly emit toxic chemicals called di oxins and furans.
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and if other water distrib utors would like to operate in the city, are you going to object?” Mahipus said.
“May I know if the DCWD if that is the case
hin natin ang ekonomiya na makapag-invest at ‘pag nag-invest may roong bagong negosyo.
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damage, especially by government officials who are sworn to protect their people,” the group said.
That waste incinera tion is also a major car bon emitter according to Lee Bell, POPs and Mer cury Policy advisor for the International Pollu tion Elimination Network (IPEN), who highlighted a recent study by the Cen ter for International En vironmental Law (CIEL) that incineration of plas tic waste generates large quantities of carbon and carbon equivalent (CO2e) emissions.Thegroup stated that Ocampo should have
considered these above mentioned studies before releasing statements that health hazards stated by environmentalists have no basis.“Allthe released infor mation is based on scien tific studies by renowned researchers, profes sors, and institutions. Of which we ask, who now is spreading false or wrong information?” it said.
He assured the lo cals that the operation of the planned WTE facility would be safe not only for the environment but also for the health of the pub lic. By Maya M. Padillo
fate to SarandeGod. said the awareness training is done to help more people to be ready because like a thief at night, earth quakes happen without warning.Healso recalled that during the time of earth quakes in 2019, many of the victims were under age. He said the learn ings gained for the past three days will no longer be forgotten and it will be integrated in one’s life.
form the country into “one of the largest export ers of creative goods in developing economies” during the Digital Piracy Summit by the Coalition AgainstSalcedaPiracy.said the ex isting IP code could not anticipate the dig ital space’s ubiquity when it was enacted in 1997, with the lack of IP protection becoming a “barrier to economic growth.”Henoted how the
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all because the franchise limited their operation to some parts of the city, which is Buhangin District.
Sarande said the train ing prepares the youth to be heroes since they will surely be happy when they rescue people amidst the Hedisaster.said the munici pal government prepares everyone to be heroes in
Strong GDP (gross do mestic product) growth, a product of improving do mestic demand, gives BSP the space to tighten mon etary policy,” the report said.
“We are preparing you to become heroes to your families and to your community,” Sarande said.Sarande also noticed that there were partici pants in the training who brought along motorcy cles with them even they were underage to drive and be issued driver’s li cense.He noted that as the technology modernized, the youth tend to adapt with it to the point that they no longer allow their parents to reprimand them.“Many of those who figure in vehicular acci dents are the youth,” Sa rande said. (PIA XI- Joey Sem G. Dalumpines)
excludes volatile oil and food prices, accelerated to 4.6 percent in August from month-ago’s 3.9 per cent, bringing the yearto-date average to 2.9 percent.Since May, BSP’s key rates have increased by a total of 175bps, with mon etary officials noting the continued recovery of the domestic economy as a leeway for the economy to address the impact of the rate hikes. (PNA)
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Maspiñas answered that they can make the as surance that the Davao City Bulk Water Project will be sufficient for the water re quirement of Davao City once it starts operating.
The turnover was led by Damosa Land Inc. (DLI) president Ricardo “Cary” Lagdameo, Tan, and CEO of Trends and Concepts Total Interior
ance,” Cabel said.
sistance, lauded the agency for its swift service.
“Thank you DSWD, I can now buy school uni forms and other school needs for my grandchild,” she said. (PNA)
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“With your assistance, under the leadership of President Marcos, you would help us get back on our feet and bring us clos er to realizing our dream
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Earlier this month, Oc ampo, chair of the Com mittee on Environment of the City Council, believes that “time is of the es sence” in the implemen tation of the WTE project that he is proposing in light of the city’s rapid growth.Hesaid that the lo cal government needs to push through with the construction of the WTE facility because the local government noted an in creasing volume of gar bage generated daily that comes with the exponen tial growth of the city.
“If the bulk water will be operational we can say that 24/7 all Dabawenyos will be given water. If the 300 million liters today which shall be given by Apo Agua, that can suffice the need of the city,” she said.
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of providing a better fu ture to our fellow Filipi nos.”
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It also calls for a re view and update of the MTFF after three years or in 2025, prior to the 20th Congress, to reflect current economic condi tions and developments. (PNA)
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Manila) at the Alejandro Morera Soto Stadium.
The two teams meet again on October 11 to cap the Filipinas’ 11-day camp with kick-off time and venue to be announced at
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against the Bay Area Drag ons on Wednesday at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City.Oftana, on the other hand, finds himself under the tutelage of coach Chot Reyes again at the Tropang Giga camp nearly a month after he was called up to Gi las Pilipinas for the fourth window of the FIBA World CupRosser,Qualifiers.the first over all pick of this year’s draft, finds himself with a re building Road Warriors lineup in just his second conference in the PBA 5-on-5Desiderioplay. retires
Costa Rica qualified for the 2023 FIFA Wom en’s World Cup, after fin ishing in fourth place in the CONCACAF Women’s Championship in Mexico last July. La Sele is No. 37 in the FIFA rankings, 16 FPINAYS, P10
Members of the Philippine Women’s National Football Team celebrate after winning the country’s first ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Women’s Championship title.
Rosario and Banal’s ar rival will give the Bossing a huge boost as they look to begin the PBA Commis sioner’s Cup on a winning note right in the very first game of the conference
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Oftana to TNT, Rosario to Blackwater in 3-team trade with NLEX FOFTANA, P10
The Road Warriors sent Oftana and Raul Soyud to the Tropang Giga, who then gave up Troy Rosario and Gab Banal to the Boss ing, who in turn shipped Brandon Rosser to the RoadBlackwaterWarriors. also gave up its second round picks for the Season 48 and Sea son 51 drafts to NLEX.
ketball finals in 2018, a chance to play for the Road Warriors, who drafted him during the same year ahead of the Calvin Oftana (18) has been traded to the TNT Tropang Giga.
the mix in hopes of sweet ening the However,pot. a late switch saw Desiderio, currently recovering from a sea son-ending knee injury, taken out of the trade pack age in lieu of the two future second toversityDesiderio,tradeBossing.fullcalledPBA.willDespiterounders.that,DesiderionotbereturningtotheThe25-year-oldguarditacareerafterfourseasons,allwiththeHisinclusioninthewouldhavegivenwholedUniofthePhilippinestheUAAPmen’sbas
a laterThedate.player list for the camp, possible broadcast and livestream details for the matches will also be announced soon.
“We improved a lot, but there’s no doubt that expectations and goals are higher and we know how hard it is to keep climb ing so we’re working hard trying to reset our goals to keep striving for more success,” he explained.
Pinays to play 2 friendlies against Costa Rica clubs
The trip to Costa Rica comes on the heels of the Filipinas’ two-week camp in California from the last week of August until September 6, when they played New Zealand in a friendly match at Titan Stadium in Fullerton, Cal
ifornia.“The friendly match es against Costa Rica in October give us a chance to experience different styles of play after play ing against New Zealand early this month,” coach Alen Stajcic said. “What’s important for us is to learn and build on these experiences which will be a huge factor in our World Cup campaign next year.”
Stajcic said the goal
Calvin Oftana will now be part of TNT Tro pang Giga after the league’s trade committee approved a three-team trade with NLEX Road Warriors and Blackwater Bossing on Monday.
is to continue improving with the team waiting for the outcome of the official draw of the FIFA Women’s World Cup next month.
The Philippine Foot ball Federation (PFF) an nounced that the Filipinas will set up camp at the Costa Rican capital of San Jose, and will play La Sele on October 7 (October 8 in
ued growth for us. We’re heading down the right track but definitely we’re not getting complacent on thinking this is enough. We want more.”
The initial trade pack age had Blackwater only trading Rosser to NLEX, but the Ever Bilena fran chise quickly adjusted and added Paul Desiderio to
Philippine women’s national football team will travel to Costa Rica to play two friendly match es against Costa Rican clubs in the next FIFA international window in October.
“It’s just contin
Jeremiah Co made a 67 to win the Class B net diadem while the runner-up was Gerar do Josol via countback.
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Class C – gross champion – John Pascual, 86; runner-up – Jay Molde, 87; net champi on – Ricky Hanz Tagabucba, 63; runner-up – Tomas Vicente Tionko – 64;
Guest – gross champion – Jonathan Cabreros, 77; runner-up – Manfred Lawas – 80; net champion – Pete Lorenzana, 59; runner-up – Enrico Rosales, 60. (Lito delos Reyes)
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The other winners:
Class C mainstays Jay Molde and Carlo Se nase combined for 176 to beat the low-hand icappers and emerge as team champion.
Class B gross champion was Franz Nino Pasquil with a 77 while the runner-up was Hilario Baluso with a 79.
Mariza Tionko shot a 67 to win the La dies division while the runner-up was Maria Lourdes Babol at 72.
Ace parbuster Albernito “Denden” de Castro fired an even par round of 72 to make it as back-to-back overall gross champion in the Apo Golf and Country Club Monthly Medal for September held at the fabled course over the weekend.
In the division play, Anton Nitorreda shot a 76 to claim the Class A gross champion.
The winners in the September Monthly Medal tournament of the Apo Golf and Country Club in a group photo.
Brandishing a four-handicap, De Castro spiked his scorecard with three birdies on hole nos. 3, 13 and 17 to follow up his over all gross title win last month.
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Paul Cabrera, a 27-handicapper, shot a 62 and took the overall net crown.