The City Traffic and Transport Man agement Office (CTTMO) bared its traffic plan for Undas in Davao City designed to provide smooth traffic flow in anticipation of a heavy buildup.
Oplan Kaluluwa 2022 will be implemented on November 1 and 2 direct ing all visitors to cemeter ies in Davao City to follow the traffic scheme.
For the Davao Me morial Park re-routing scheme, vehicles going to south areas are advised to
use the inner lane while the loading and unloading bay will be after the Alex ian Brothers while vehi cles going to Davao Me morial Park are advised to use the outer lane. A sidewalk lane is provided for people going to Davao Memorial Park. The out
ermost lane along Mcar thur Highway going south must be utilized only for vehicles going inside the Davao Memorial Park.
Vendors will be placed in front (northbound) of Davao Memorial Park.
Trucks coming from the north going to the south are not allowed to enter instead advised to use the C.P. Garcia Highway or Quimpo Boulevard. All utility buses coming from Ma-a Road must utilize Mcarthur Highway-San
dawa-Quimpo Blvd.
“For Davao Memori al Park-atong ipatuman during off peak magamit ang kalsada na going north and south. Then ang pagpasulod sa Davao Me morial Park naa tay ipatu man dinha nga sidewalk lane na atong i-provide para sa mga pedestrians na musulod sa sement eryo. Ang mga vendors duna tay designated na lugar diha sa atubangan sa may entrance road sa
TRAFFIC,Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Monday, October 10, has urged the government to develop measures to address the rising prices of commodi ties in the country.
“‘Yun po ang dapat nat ing i-address sa ngayon. Pagtataas ng presyo. Alam n’yo, bawat sentimo, bawat piso napakahalaga po sa
mga ordinaryong Pilipino, lalung-lalo na po ‘yung mga minimum wage earners,” said Go during an ambush interview after providing assistance to residents in San Juan City.
“‘Yung nagtatrabaho po araw-araw para kumita at may madala sa pamilya, napakahalaga po ng bawat piso,” he added.
Go called for coopera tion and a whole-of-nation approach in addressing the inflation issue, noting that the common and poor Filipinos are most affected by the adverse economic effect of various global cri ses including the ongoing pandemic.
According to the Phil ippine Statistics Authori
ty, annual inflation in the country increased to 6.9% in September from 6.3% in August, the highest lev el since October 2018. The most recent figure raises the average inflation rate of the country for the first nine months to 5.1%.
The increase in the cost of electricity and staple
The City Government of Davao, through the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Man agement Office (CDRR MO), is reminding all Dabawenyos to practice essential disaster pre paredness measures as the La Niña period may last until February next year.
This, according to the La Niña Advisory No. 13 of the Philippine Atmo spheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) published on October 5, CDRRMO Administra tion and Training Chief Lyndon Leovic Ancajas, during the ‘At Your Ser vice’ program aired over the Davao City Disaster Radio on Tuesday, said people must prepare for “above normal rainfall conditions that could lead to potential adverse impacts such as heavy rainfall, flood, landslide, flashflood over highly vul nerable areas.”
“We all know that flooding is part na gyud sa atong hazard and risk profile nato diri sa (of our hazard and risk pro file here in) Davao City,” said Ancajas, adding that people are responsible for arming themselves with information regard ing hazards and risks surrounding their area of residence that are put out by the CDDRMO and the local government.
The CDRRMO has put up risk and warning sig nages in areas prone to flooding, landslide, flash
flood, and areas with faultlines “so people liv ing in those areas are in formed correctly,” Ancajas said.
Residents living near rivers, creeks and other bodies of water are urged to heed the color-coding alert-level system, with ‘code orange’ meaning pre-emptive evacuation while ‘code red’ signifying forced evacuation.
The city-wide si ren system, which is sound-tested every Tues day, is another part of the city’s early warning sys tem. For their part, peo ple must know what to do and where to go once the sound alarm is heard.
Disaster preparedness at the household level must be practiced reli giously, Ancajas said. Each household must have its own “go bag” containing important documents, water, non-perishable food good for at least three days, a whistle, AM radio, and extra clothing.
Active participation during emergency drills in the workplace, schools and residences is also essential in disaster pre paredness, he added.
Ancajas said proper segregation and dispos al of garbage and rou tine drainage-clearing go hand-in-hand with large-scale efforts geared towards environmental conservation, protection and rehabilitation, in pre venting and mitigating the risks posed during the La Niña period.
The Land Transporta tion Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) XI has granted Davao City’s request for modification of jeepney routes in Toril to address the transport demand with the recent opening of the Davao City Food Terminal (DFTC).
In an Office Circular No. 07 Series of 2022, LT FRB XI Regional Director Nonito A. Llanos III has approved the expansion of the Toril-Roxas, Dalia on, and Daliao Public Util ity Jeepney (PUJ) routes to include the Davao City Food Terminal located at M. Guardian St. Barangay Daliao, Toril, Davao City.
The document, signed on October 3, 2022, states that the approval of routes was initially due to the Sangguniang Panlung sod of Davao City Resolu tion No. 0116-22, series of 2022, requesting the LTFRB for the creation of the Legal and Technical
Advice Working Group to look into additional road access for the Pub lic Utility Jeepneys where the Davao Food Terminal Complex (DFTC) is locat ed.
On September 14, 2022, a consultation meeting was held togeth er with the concerned agencies and affected drivers/operators of the said three routes.
The City Transpor tation and Traffic Man agement Office (CTTMO) on September 21, 2022, endorsed to the LTFRB documents relating to the request.
The document, Office Circular No. 07 Series of 2022 shall take effect im mediately and shall con tinue to be valid unless sooner amended/lifted.
Davao City Agricul turist Office (CAgro) Of ficer-in-Charge Edgardo Haspe in an interview with CIO during the for
LTFRB,
The Covid-19 positivity rate remains high in Davao City, according to the Davao City Covid-19 Task Force.
Dr. Michelle Schlosser, spokesperson of the Davao City Covid-19 Task Force, reported that as of Octo ber 21, 2022, the city has logged 103 active cases of Covid-19, which comprises about 14 percent positivity rate.
“Dugay dugay na nga
wala nato na achieve ang 5 percent acceptable pos itivity rate,” she said over Davao City Disaster Radio (DCDR) on Friday.
Schlosser said most of the cases are asymptomatic and mild. Of the 103 cases, 69 are asymptomatic and 44 are mild. No recorded
severe or critical cases.
According to Schlosser, although this still needs to be verified, out of 103 cas es 39 were vaccinated, 11 were unvaccinated, and 53 were still for verification.
Some of the vaccinated patients have not received their booster doses.
“Makit-an nato na a lot of our cases are asymptom atic and mild that means na kung bakunado diay ta
dako ang tsansa na dili nato makuha nato ang moderate or severe type of Covid-19. That is a good thing kay ang atoang ginaiwasan ang moderate, severe, and crit ical type of Covid because mao na ang klase na Covid na maka lead sa hospital ization and possibly death,” she said.
She said that if a Dabawenyo is already eli
FDAVAO,The Davao City Over land Transport Ter minal (DCOTT) is preparing for the expected influx of outbound and in bound travellers this com ing Undas.
Aisa Usop, manager of DCOTT, said starting Octo ber 30, 2022, there will be 1,500 to 2,000 bus trips a day, which is equivalent to
80,00 to 100,000 passen gers a day.
“Before the pandemic nasa 1,000 to 1,800 bus trips lang per day pero mas lalong dadami ngayon kasi matagal na silang hin di naka visit sa mga prov inces,” she said.
Usop said Gate 8 will be opened and will be manned by the guards
of DCOTT but only those PWDs, senior citizens, pregnant women, and pas sengers with no baggage will be allowed to enter.
She also reminded passengers of the prohib ited items in the terminal such as sharp objects and endangered plants and an imals without proper doc uments.
She said the regional offices of the Land Trans portation Office (LTO 11) and the Land Transporta tion Franchising and Reg ulatory Board (LTFRB 11) will also conduct their re spective inspection at the terminal.
“LTFRB will inspect the roadworthiness of the
The Philippines ranks as the second worst country in terms of pension system, according to the 14th annual Mercer CFA Institute Global Pension Index
The Philippines’ ranked 43rd out of the 44 countries evaluated. It also received a “D” grade which means that the sys tem has some desirable features but also “major weaknesses” that need to be addressed, Mercer Asia Wealth Business Leader Janet Li said.
“In the Philippines so we have highlighted in our report the overall assess ment of the Philippines system it has received the
D grade in our report this year,” Li told ANC.
According to the study, the Philippines received a total score of 42. 0 based on its rating on adequacy, sustainability and integri ty, which are at 40.5, 52.3 and 30, respectively.
In terms of integrity, the study showed that the Philippines scored the lowest globally.
“For integrity, which considers three broad ar eas of the pension system,
namely regulation and governance, protection and communication for mem bers, and operating costs, Hong Kong SAR had the highest value (87.6) with the Philippines’ retirement income system scoring the lowest (30.0) in Asia and globally,” the study said.
Meanwhile, Thailand ranked 44th in the list with a total score of 41.7, data showed.
But Li said there are ways to improve the Phil ippines’ ranking including the following:
• Increasing the mini mum level of support for the poorest ages individu al Increasing coverage of
employees in occupational pension schemes, thereby increasing the level of con tributions and assets
• Setting aside funds in the public system for the future, thereby reducing reliance on the pay-asyou-go system
• Introducing noncash-out options for re tirement plan proceeds to be preserved for retire ment purposes
• Improving the gov ernance requirements for the private pension sys tem
Iceland topped the list followed by Netherlands, Denmark, Israel and Fin land.
The Gokongwei Group has formally launched the coun try’s newest digital bank, GoTyme.
Top officials from the conglomerate were pres ent at the launch event in Makati signaling the group’s confidence in the digital bank space.
JG Summit President and CEO Lance Gokon gwei, Robinsons Retail Holdings CEO Robina Gokongwei-Pe, South Africa’s Ambassador to the Philippines BN Rade be-Netshitenzhe were present at the event.
“We’re really trying to democratize financial ser
vices by making financial services and savings re ally easy to do, not some thing very scary,” said Gokongwei.
GoTyme, a partner ship of Gokongwei Group and the South Africa and Singapore-based Tyme, is among six digital banks given license by the Bang
ko Sentral ng Pilipinas. It hopes to use the re sources of the Gokongwei Group, like malls and con venience stores, to reach out to more Filipinos.
It has a mobile app and offers features like a 3% interest rate for sav ings and a free physical
President Ferdinand R. Marcos’ tweet re garding the further increase in interest rate to help address the elevated domestic inflation reiter ates earlier statements of monetary authorities, an economist said.
“This is just re-affirm ing and being consistent with the earlier signals/ stance by the economic team. This is also based and consistent with mea sures to help stabilize the peso and overall inflation for many years,”
Rizal Commercial Banking Cor poration (RCBC) chief economist Michael Rica fort told the Philippine News Agency.
He said the use of in terest rates to address elevated rate of price in creases or the extreme volatility in the foreign exchange “have been used especially years after the Asian financial crisis that started in 1997.”
“The BSP has always been independent in terms of policy-making and in fulfilling its man
date of price stability, sustainable economic growth, and financial sta bility,” he added.
Inflation rate acceler ated to its highest since October 2018 when it rose to 6.9 percent last September from the pre vious month’s 6.3 percent and year-ago’s 4.2 per cent.
It has been on the rise since March and breached the government’s 2-4 per cent target band since April due to the impact of higher global oil prices and supply constraints for some food items.
In the first nine months this year, inflation averaged at 5.1 percent and monetary authorities forecast this to return to within-target levels by the second half of 2023.
The rise of interest rates, particularly in the United States, has nega tively impacted the peso.
The local currency hit its record-low of 59.00 to a US dollar four times so far this month, particularly
Agroup of young entrepreneurs is eyeing the California market for Davao-sourced chocolates.
can market.
The Presidential Leg islative Liaison Office (PLLO) has empha sized the importance of introducing amendments to the current Build-Op erate-Transfer (BOT) Law to stimulate economic growth in the country.
This, as the PLLO held Wednesday an inter-agen cy focus group discussion at Novotel in Quezon City to gather stakeholders’ insights into the proposed Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Act which will re peal the BOT Law.
During the panel dis cussion, PLLO Under secretary for House of Representatives Agapito Guanlao sought the par ticipants’ comments and suggestions which will be considered in coming up with a common draft of the bill.
The country, Guanlao said, would reap the ben efits of revising the BOT law.
“I think this is long overdue. And I think, in this economic downturn [we are facing], we need the amendments to the BOT Law to spur econom ic development,” Guanlao
said.
Bernardito Sayo, PLLO Undersecretary for Sen ate, said stakeholders’ par ticipation is vital in order to come up with a “clean copy” of the PPP bill that will be transmitted to Con gress for consideration.
“We are aware of the target presented to us by both the Senate President and the Speaker at the LE DAC when they mentioned that this particular bill is one of the low-hanging fruits that may be ripe for harvest by the end of this year,” Sayo said.
Stakeholders present during the meeting were the PPP Center, the Na tional Economic and De velopment Authority, the Department of Finance, representatives from the Senate and House of Rep resentatives, and the De velopment Bank of the Philippines.
Other participants were officials from the departments of Budget, Justice, Public Works, Transportation, Informa tion and Communications Technology, Human Settle ments, Local Government,
En Hakkore Tableya a United States based choc olate distributor has part nered with Tableya Fili pino, a Davao City based chocolate company to bring Davao tableya to Cal ifornia.
“Our chocolates are a hit among the Filipino communities and Amer icans in California, they really like our Davao choc olates,” says Elspeth Rago,
who co-manages En Hak kore.
“The Americans they like our tableya so much they eat it raw, usually we make it into tsokolate, there, some of our custom ers they eat the tableya,” Rago said.
She said the reception to the tableya in the Unit ed States has encouraged them to bring more Davao chocolates to their Ameri
En Hakkore is current ly the exclusive distributor of Tableya Filipino choco lates in the United States.
Rico Blando the pro prietor of Tableya Filipino is looking at expanding their chocolate sources to Marilog. Currently they are sourcing their tableya in Calinan.
“We’re starting to de velop communities and help the farmers under stand the importance of cacao,” Blando said.
Blando said they are
looking to partner with the Matigsalug indigenous community in Marilog where the vast ancestral domain can be used to plant cacao trees and help fill in the worldwide de mand for chocolates.
“There is a one million metric ton scarcity in the market right now and the Philippines is not yet the biggest player of chocolate in the entire world,” Blan do said.
However, he said Davao chocolate is very
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Thursday said the government will work to improve the ease of doing business in the country to help attract more investors.
Speaking at the 48th Philippine Business Con ference and Expo in Manila, Marcos said his adminis tration targets to make the Philippines a “top invest
ment destination.”
“We continue to har monize efforts of all invest ment promotion agencies, government agencies and local government units (LGUs) to effect greater synergies. We also continue to help in the ease of doing business in the country,” he said.
“We are doing this by enhancing our digital in
frastructure in order to streamline application pro cesses, business permits, licenses and other docu mentary requirements,” he added.
Marcos also welcomed the wish list presented by the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) containing 10 policy recommendations that the group hopes the president
would address.
He expressed gratitude to the PCCI for its commit ment and support in voic ing the interest and con cerns of various business groups in the country.
“I am much gratified that when I heard the enu meration of those 10 reso lutions that they are very much in line with the gov
PPP bill seeks to boost growth of economy in PH, says PLLO
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go has urged the government to develop measures to address the rising prices of commodities in the country.
“‘Yun po ang dapat nating i-address sa ngayon. Pagtataas ng presyo. Alam n’yo, bawat sentimo, bawat piso napakahalaga po sa mga ordinaryong Pilipino, lalung-lalo na po ‘yung mga minimum wage earners.”
CHRISTOPHER “BONG” GO
In urging government to develop measures to address rising prices of commodities:
“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.” - MARK TWAIN
If you are familiar with the comedy hit movie “Pink Panther” starring Peter Sell ers, you can relate to this col umn’s title.
Closeau is a French police lieutenant who is able to solve murder mysteries even if he laughably stumbles here and there before finally resolving the case.
Looks like his services might be needed to solve the murder of broadcaster Percival Mabasa aka “Percy Lapid” which has taken on a surprising twist.
The assassin, Joel Estorial, who shot him at close range, voluntarily surrendered, bringing along the gun he used. He confessed during a presscon with DILG Sec. Ben hur Abalos, that he feared for
his life.
A huge P6.5M reward money has been offered for his capture and information leading to his arrest.
Estorial casally disclosed that he and five others were contracted and received in structions from someone in side Bilibid to do the assign ment.
Bilibid is the old acronym for the National Penitentiary located in the city of Muntin lupa.
Interestingly, police in vestigators say they saw no other criminal record of Es torial who admitted to get ting P140,000 share of the P550,000 money given to his group.
Meaning, the assasination of Lapid was Estorial’s first contract. He has not shot and murdered anyone else for a price.
PBBM has tasked police authorities on the case to leave no stone unturned in bringing the killers to justice
ASAP.
There’s a naughty hint that irks and irritates probing minds.
How could a neophyte like Estorial muster the naked courage and trepidation to do the kill in public and then vol untarily give himself up when he felt the heat?
I mean, isn’t he a fall guy or something so that the master mind in Lapid’s killing would not be revealed?
Estorial said he did the job because of poverty.
If this is so, would Estorial readily admit to the crime if an interested party (the mas termind) urged and paid him a million and much more for his family’s long term provi sion even if he had to endure a life term imprisonment in the process?
News reports and inter views of police authorities as signed to the case are keeping their cards close to their chest to avoid any mistake and pre vent miscalculations on their
part.
To a degree, Estorial’s vol untary surrender and confes sion subtly indicate that he had made it easier for the po lice to solve the Percy Lapid murder in an intentional ef fort to shield the mastermind.
But netizens and con cerned citizens seem exasper ated to bite the bait.
As many know it, a profes sional killer and assassin ac complishes a “contract” with finesse and precision. Often times, he does it alone for a BIG price depending on the “market value” of the subject.
Why did they (Estorial and co.) do it in public when the hit job could have been ac complished in a quiet and less scandalous fashion?
This discombobulates the intelligent mind, don’t you think so?.
But Estorial’s walk-in surrender cum confession seemed to have - on the sur face - closed the lid. Nothing more has been revealed that
would lay bare the other de tails of the assassination job.
As one who believes that justice will ultimately find and take its own course, in due time, the police will be able to nail down the master mind’s identity.
It might take some prob ing time but Estorial cannot keep his mouth shut forever.
He said his conscience bothered him.
Lapid’s brother Roy, also a journalist, initially believed Estorial’s confession although the family’s forgiveness may not be granted yet, Somehow, Estorial’s sheep-like attitude - his im mediate and quick 180-de gree turn - did not help his credibility any.
May God bless him for his “truthfulness.”
Would it be an insult if we call Inspector Clouseau to the rescue? (Email your feedback to fredlumba@ya hoo.com.) GOD BLESS THE PHILIPPINES!
Though ‘ancestral domain’ was not yet coined in the pre war period, the Bagobos were already insisting on owner ship of lands belonging to their tribe which the government declared as ‘public lands’ but were let to Japanese firms and subleased by the companies to Japanese farmers.
By tradition, Bagobos had always planted wherever they want, and every piece of land their forebears had cultivated, often with seasonal crops, or tilled as swidden farms, was part of the tribal territory. Sup porting this belief system is the fact that before the rise of hemp plantations, there nev er was any evidence someone had preceded the Bagobos in these areas.
The Bagobos did not agree with the ruling that tribal lands, under a law, would be passed on to outsiders, no
tably the Japanese, for this would deprive them of the right to develop the farms that traditionally belonged to them. Often the discord results in violent reactions.
The Bridgeport Times (US), in its August 9, 1922, issue, re ported: ‘Out of these quarrels have come the Bagobo killings of Japanese—sometimes over as trivial a thing as single ba nana stalk.’
Curiously, amid the brew ing disagreement, the govern ment allowed the natives to own guns to hunt wild games as a way to appease them. But arming the docile tribesmen at times resulted in abuse when the agrarian conflict went out of bounds. The report added:
‘Having so much trouble over the Bagobos’ claims, the State induced many of them to select lands and register them several years ago. This
make them, in the eyes of the law, good property-owning citizens; they were allowed to put up the necessary bond, 100 pesos per gun, and to pur chase shotguns, which they could use for killing wild boar and deer. But some of the guns were used on the Japanese set tlers.’
Apprised of the Japanese slays that resulted from the ownership of guns, the Philip pine Constabulary had to con fiscate the firearms, including bows and arrows, spears and bolos. The provincial gover nor, consequently, issued a rul ing that for the shotguns to be returned to the Bagobos, the tribesmen had to cease their outrages.
But the natives did not budge and were not content with superficial pledges. They would only agree to a truce if a settlement was
made. As a compromise, the government proposed that despite the flimsiness of their claim, it was willing ‘to pay them nominally for the land and set them back far ther into the hills, where the march of civilization is re morselessly crowding them.’
To say the agrarian claim of the Bagobos was insubstan tial was based on the absence of records that would attest ownership of the domains the tribesmen were claiming.
The land conflict between the tribesmen and the foreign lessees actually resulted in the killing of a few Japanese, not hundreds as declared. Not all those who were slain died from government-licensed guns or had anything to do with the land row but due to misunderstanding arising from language difficulty when confrontations happened even
if an interpreter was present.
Fast forward, as of 2017, a total of 131,003 hectares were issued certificates of ancestral domain titles (CADT) by the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) in Davao City alone, divided as follows: 29,930 hectares, awarded to 3,208 Obu-Manuvu tribe; 26,633 hectares to 2,918 Matigsalug-Manobo; 65,819 hectares to 3,423 Ata; 6,378 hectares to 4,125 Bago bo-Klata; and 2,244 hectares to 4,112 Bagobo-Tagabawa.
The SunStar report dated November 16, 2017, said: ‘Of the 244,361 hectares ancestral domains in the city,’ 131,003 have been issued with CADT. The NCIP shall issue CADT and certificates of ancestral lands title before the Registry of Deeds in the place where the property is situated.’
Pinoy Pop King SB19 got pumped up with the energetic vibe from the Dabawenyo A’tin (SB19 Fandom) during their Wyat Tour on Saturday night at the SMX Convention Center, SM Lanang Premier.
The group concluded the Wyat Tour in the city with a lively vibe of their hit songs such as their new single Wyat, Mapa, Alab, What and their Bill board Hit music Bazinga.
In their message to their Dabawenyo A’tins, SB19 Maknae Justin said the group really appreci ated their overwhelming support for the group as they made surprises during the concert.
The group’s lead danc er Josh said they might have another concert next year in the city. This after he got a loud response from the audience when he asked if Dabawenyos will still watch them again.
After the finishing their last leg of nation wide of Wyat Tour, the group is now for their international tour which their firs stop is in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on
October 29.
In a press conference prior to their concert, Justin said they are looking for ward on how the group will react if they’re already in the international stage.
“We have different audience and then siyem pre iba and culture doon, iba yung panahon,” the group’s Maknae said.
He said the group has in mind if theycan give the same energy their like in their local fans since it is a different audience.
But, Justin said they will try to be more lively to their international show since the group is also do ing this for the Overseas Filipino Workers.
Part of their prepara tion, Justin said they hire international dancing and personal develop ment coaches for them to be culturally sensitive for their performance.
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Davao City Water District advises the pub lic of two sets of water service interruptions.
First set is on October 22, 2022 from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM. No water will be experienced in some areas served by Dumoy Water Sup ply System (WSS) specifically, Matina Grava han, University of Mindanao Matina Campus, and Maa Gravahan.
DCWD has to temporarily shut off water supply in the affected areas to give way to the replacement of a defective District Metered Area (DMA) inlet valve for the Dumoy WSS DMA Project. This project is among DCWD’s strategies to reduce non-revenue water or water loss.
Second set is on October 23, 2022 from 6:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Low water pressure to no water will be experienced in some areas served by Tugbok WSS Main, specifically, en tire Brgy. Tugbok, Mintal, Sto. Niño, and Cata lunan Pequeño, some Catalunan Grande areas (Edullantes Compound, Grand View
Mutual Residences, Matina Pangi Relocation, Mira Village, Mountain View Subd. Phase 2, Restauro Village, Samantha Homes, San Ga briel Village, Santiago Villas Subd., Sarpha Village, Sitio Awa, Sitio Felomina, Sitio Gua dalupe, Sitio Toril, Sitio Ubat, Sta. Martha, Sto. Niño Grande HOA, and immediate environs), and Some Bago Oshiro areas (Panacan Multi-Purpose Cooperative, Philippine Coco nut Authority, BPI Housing, Sitio Sinalikway, Purok 7, and immediate environs).
DCWD Tugbok Production Well No. 6 under Tugbok WSS Main will be affected by Davao Light and Power Company’s power in terruption on the said date needed to facilitate the second phase of primary line upgrading in Bago Oshiro, Mintal. Although the power cut is shorter in duration, DCWD needs addi tional time for re-switching on of the affected facility, pressure build-up, and line delivery, thus the longer duration of water service in terruption.
The DCWD management asks for the un derstanding and cooperation of would-be-af fected customers and advises them to store enough water prior to the schedules. Water supply may be restored earlier if work goes smoothly or later if unforeseen problems arise.
DCWD conducts flushing after service works are completed. However, once water is restored, customers are advised to open all faucets and allow water to run for at least two minutes. While doing this, do not drink tap water immediately. Water may be boiled as an additional safety precaution.
For the latest water service updates or any DCWD-related concerns, the general public may contact DCWD’s 24-hour call center hotlines at 235-3293, 244-6767, 0927-7988966, 0925-511-3293, or 0908-441-0653 and chat support in the DCWD’s website (www. davao-water.gov.ph) or Facebook page (www.facebook.com/officialDCWD). (Camille Margarette U. Solon)
Davao Memorial Park diha sa may Kar Asia dati. Walay left turn sa tanan vehicles nga maggikan sa Davao Memorial Park instead turn right and use Quim po Boulevard,” said Police Major Leonardo Pamplo na, acting division head of Traffic Enforcement and Street Management Divi sion of CTTMO.
For San Pedro, Forest Lake, Orchard Memorial Park, Masonic, Wireless, and Catholic Cemetery re-routing scheme in cludes one-way vehicular traffic from Fr. Selga St. corner F. Torres to Circum ferential Road; vehicles going to San Pedro Memo rial and Forest Lake may take Jade St. to turn left to Turquoise St.; regulat ed no entry from Fr. Selga St. corner Circumferential Road going to the Catholic cemetery; all vehicles go
foods, along with the de preciation of the Philippine peso, according to PSA head Dennis Mapa, were the main factors in September’s inflation rate.
“Ako naman po bilang senador, as a legislator, tu tulong po ako kung ano ang mga panukala na maka katulong to contain the in creasing rate of inflation,” Go stressed.
When asked if he would advise the executive branch to provide financial aid to struggling Filipinos as a result of the rising infla tion, Go responded in the affirmative, saying that the government must do every thing in its power to ease the burden from the poor and vulnerable sectors.
“Bakit hindi? Dahil marami pong nawalan ng trabaho, tumataas ang un employment rate natin. Gamitin natin ang pera ng gobyerno sa pagtulong sa mga mahihirap,” said Go.
“Importante po walang magutom na mga mahihi rap. Importante dito laman ng tiyan. Kapag maraming nagugutom, diyan po tataas ang kriminalidad, diyan rin po tataas ang panloloko sa kapwa,” he added.
and Environment.
The proposed PPP Act seeks to clarify ambiguities in the existing BOT Law and address bottlenecks af fecting the implementation of the PPP Program.
It also aims to foster a competitive and enabling environment for PPPs through open, transparent, and efficient government regulation and by provid ing procedures to protect public interest and pro mote robust private sector participation.
On Oct. 10, PPP Cen ter Executive Director, Ma. Cynthia Hernandez, not ed that while the govern ment recently introduced amendments to the BOT Act through revised imple menting rules and regu lations (IRR), some ambi guities in the law remain unresolved.
Hernandez, during the
ing to Forest Lake Ceme tery may use San Rafael St., Silver St-Copper St.
For the Chinese cem etery, there is only oneway vehicular traffic along Sarenas Road from corner Gahol St. (DMSF) to corner Bacaca Road. All vehicles going to Chinese Cemetery coming from Bacaca Road may utilize J.P Laurel Ave nue right turn to Gahol St. turn to Sarenas St.
For Buhangin Memori al Park re-routing scheme includes one-way vehicu lar traffic along the stretch of Cabantian Road from Buhangin Milan to corner Mamay Road. Vehicles are not allowed to enter along Cabantian-Jehovah Road towards Buhangin Memo rial Park instead vehicles may utilize Mamay Exten sion, right turn to C.P Gar cia Highway, right turn to Buhangin Road.
“If you are living in flood-prone areas, land slide-prone areas, sugod karon, let’s do our preven tive measures, mangllimpyo ta sa atong palibot (clean our surroundings), ensure
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gible to get vaccinated and to get a booster dose, he or she should avail of it.
Schlosser said the city will be intensifying the information and educa tion campaign urging the Dabawenyos to get vacci nated.
na our basura dili maadto sa canal para dili ta mahimong contributor sa baha (ensure that our trash will not end up in the waterways and contribute to the flooding),” Ancajas said. CIO
buses,” she said.
Meanwhile, the city government of Davao has issued a 16-point guideline to be implemented within the 35 cemeteries in the city from October 30, 2022, to November 3, 2022.
The 16-point guideline includes the opening of cemetery gates at 6 a.m.
and closure at 8 p.m from the evening of October 30 until November 3, 2022.
The management of private cemeteries may implement different oper ating hours. Visitors shall observe the “One entrance policy”, but vehicles shall follow the “One Entrance, One Exit Policy”.
work man against those variants. Therefore kinah anglan ta mukuha ug baku na,” she said.
The senator also urged the present administration to continue prioritizing the welfare of the poor first and prevent any Filipino from going hungry as a result of rising prices.
“Kaya tulungan natin ang ating mga kababayan na walang magutom, walang maghirap, walang matulog sa gabi na walang laman ang tyan. Unahin po natin ang ating mga kaba bayan na mahihirap po,” he concluded.
Previously, Go urged the government to strength en measures against other threats to the country’s economic recovery, partic ularly the soaring oil and gas prices brought by the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Go pointed out that the conflict also has profound effects on the global market, making the country vulnerable to oil price hikes.
Despite these challeng es, Go said that the nation has learned a lot the past two years, adding that as long as Filipinos maintain their discipline, cooperation and compassion with each other, the Philippines can and will continue moving towards inclusive recovery.
“Kay ang promise sa vaccine kay dili ta ma-in fect, the promise of the vac cine is to protect us from the severity of the disease which is getting the moder ate, severe, and critical type of Covid na maka cause ug death. Unta paspasan ninyo pagpili nga magpabakuna because its just a matter of time I believe muabot na sa atong tugkaran mismo ang mga different variants but even with the different variants ang bakuna naga
mal opening of the facil ity last October 18, 2022 said that their Office has partnered with various agencies including na tional government offices to support DFTC.
The office also of fered transportation as sistance to farmers with two trucks, 7 metric tons capacity each to transport their products from farflung areas.
Haspe said that DFTC
The Department of Health (DOH) announced a new omicron subvari ant known as XBB, which is a recombinant of BJ.1 (BA.2.10.1 sublineage) and BM.1.1.1 (BA.2.75 sublin eage).
Preliminary studies suggest that the sublineage shows higher immune eva sion ability than BA.5. The BA.5 is among two omicron subvariants that are partly driving a wave of new cas es of the disease in Europe and the United States.
DOH also announced that the new variant has not yet been detected in the Philippines.
sealed it for the Bucks with a free throw and an intentional miss that bounced off the rim and back into his hands in the waning moments.
“I think we did a great job just keeping our com posure,” Antetokounmpo said in an on-court inter view. “We had the lead. We lost the lead. They were playing good, they were moving the ball.
“Harden got hot, was making shots, was get ting his teammates in volved. We kept our com posure. We kept trusting one another.”
“They scored 88 points, so our defense to night was great.”
Lopez scored 17 points and forward Grayson Allen added 12 for Milwaukee, who were without Khris Middleton as he continues to recov er from surgery in July on his left wrist.
Philadelphia’s star center Joel Embiid had 15 points and 12 re bounds but also had four turnovers. Tyrese Maxey chipped in 15 points for the Sixers, who dropped their season opener to the Celtics on Tuesday.
on Oct. 3, 10, 13, and 17.
provides commonplace for farmers, and producers to sell their products and for traders to buy vegetables and fruits sourced from the city and neighboring mu nicipalities.
DFTC is open 24/7 for wholesale of fruit and vegetable products, five kilograms and above. Parking fees, space rental fees, and dropping fees are waived for the first six months. CIO
card that can be used worldwide.
Ayala-owned BPI will be a shareholder of GoTyme once the merg er of BPI and Robinsons Bank is completed.
Gokongwei said, “Rob insons Bank is one of the
initial consensus-build ing workshop with PLLO on Sept. 22, stressed the need to amend the pres ent BOT law, noting that the concept of partner ships between the public and private sectors has already “evolved.”
“What used to be ‘build-operate-transfer’ is now known as PPP. What was considered to be lim ited to hard infrastructure projects such as power plants, toll roads, airports are now being applied to social infrastructure, ICT and services. The concept of PPP has evolved, and so the governing law needs to change as well,” she said.
The PPP Act is one of the priority bills of the Mar cos administration men tioned by President Ferdi nand R. Marcos in his first State of the Nation Address in July. (PNA)
main shareholders of GoTyme, together with Robinsons Retail Hold ings and Robinsons Land. And upon the merger of Robinsons Bank with BPI, then BPI will become a shareholder of GoTyme as well.”
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“And in that regard I assure you that the con cerned agencies will as sess the feasibility and probability of success of these recommendations. Of course, we recognize the fact that our business es cannot thrive alone, thus it is my commitment to foster a sound environ ment where businesses can flourish and continue to be a driver of our eco nomic growth,” he added.
Marcos said the gov ernment is also commit ted to develop renewable energy to ensure ade quate power supply and address increasing elec tricity costs.
“We do these by revis ing the renewable energy law’s implementing rules and regulations to secure energy supply in the coun
try and attract foreign in vestment for renewable energy development,” the President said.
“It is necessary that we make these changes because the technology for renewable energy has moved forward so quickly that we have to catch up with our regulations, with our monitoring of our re newable energy sector,” he added.
PCCI president George Barcelon earlier said that the resolutions were firmed up after four months following a series of dialogues with their members all over the country.
The resolution, ac cording to the PCCI, “cap tures the collective aspi rations and expectations of the Philippine business community [toward] the new administration as it steers the direction of the Philippine economy rebounding from the pan demic.”
With the use of mon etary policy measures to tame inflation and ad dress peso-US dollar fluc tuations, Ricafort said “lo cal authorities also have a good track record of stabilizing the peso for 18 years or from 2004 -Sept. 1, 2022 when the record high back then was main tained at 56.45.”
“These measures would complement and are consistent with the re cent signals from the BSP about possible large hike in policy rates by +0.50 or +0.75 on the next rate-set ting meeting; as well as increased intervention in
the local foreign exchange rate market, with the peso exchange rate relative stable close to the record high of 59.00 for the 4th straight week already,” he said.
Aside from helping stabilize the peso and the inflation rate, Ricafort said these non-monetary measures will also help address inflation expec tations.
“All of these measures would help prevent any speculative attack on the peso, learning from the lessons of the Asian financial crisis and past crisis periods,” he added. (PNA)
well known for its qual ity and the demand for cacao and chocolates has provided sufficient live lihood for these farmers.
He said each Dabawenyo cacao farmer they part ner is a small-scale farmer with an average of three to five hectares of farmland planted to cacao.
“In a year they can earn P1.8 million from
their harvest that is big enough to support their children going and finish ing school,” Blando said.
He said they would want to develop more ca cao farming communities such as the one in Marilog so that they can commit bigger volume to prom ising markets such as the one in the United States.
(PIA/RG Alama)Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks withstood a fourth-quarter surge from the 76ers to launch their NBA season with a 90-88 victory in Philadelphia on Thursday.
Two-time NBA Most Valuable Player Ante tokounmpo, who led the Bucks to the 2021 title, flirted with a triple-dou ble with 21 points, 18 re bounds and eight assists as the Bucks handed the Sixers their second de
feat of the fledgling sea son.
James Harden scored 16 of his 31 points in the fourth quarter to lead a Philadelphia comeback bid that featured a 13-0 scoring run and saw the 76ers take the lead at
Tokyo 2021 Olympics gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz says fund ing for her 2024 Paris Olympics bid is inadequate.
The 31-year old Zamboanga native says her team - coaches (foreign and local), nutritionist and psychologist et al - should be completely financed to en sure that her preparation and training are at par with other elite weightlifters from other countries.
From this perspective, one can easily digest the message she is conveying: that an Olympic gold medalist like her should be getting no less than the best.
In other countries that pro
duce gold medalists many times over like China, the US, Korea, Germany, UK, Australia, and other Western countries - they already have a template for A-1 athletes to ensure they receive adequate funding so that there is no reason for losing.
Actually, I agree with this rea soning.
No stone should be left un turned when we believe that a gold medal harvest is sure to come.
Diaz is tops in her 55kg event and she could make a repeat in Paris if her requirements are met.
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86-84 with less than two minutes to play.
It was their first lead since the opening basket of the contest, but they couldn’t build on it.
Wesley Matthews’s three-pointer with 23.8 seconds remaining
gave Milwaukee an 89-88 lead with 25.7 seconds remaining.
With four seconds to play, Harden drove from the left and spun to the rim but couldn’t convert and Brook Lopez finally
arate today from the 2024 Paris quadrennial sports festival. And that is not a long time.
If the PSC can afford to extend all these amenities to her, what will prevent the government sports agency from extending the same “royal” treatment to gym nast Carlos Yulo, pole vaulter EJ Obiena and other potential gold medal prospects in boxing, golf and other fields?
Shifting from weightlifting to boxing, the truth is that it has been a painful struggle and ex perience for our boxers who are highly touted worldwide but sputter every Olympic year and settle for silver and bronze medal
finishes.
So many near misses. It is about time a boxing gold medal is brought home.
Anyway, we should not bela bor Hidilyn’s funding request.
As a parallel, her NSA should shoulder the burden of scouting for private sponsorship which should come pouring in because Hidilyn can help promote her sponsor’s products or institution al image as she had been doing after snatching the gold in the To kyo joust.
Although she received mil lions for her triumph in Tokyo, Hidilyn should not be made to spend for her training and prepa
ration as some sectors are saying.
Funding Olympic participa tion is the responsibility of the PSC - and her NSA.
I have observed - for all the decades that I have been actively covering Philippine sports - that NSAs have conveniently passed on to the government the total funding responsibility for their respective athletes.
Folks, don’t forget we are talking about spending taxpay ers’ money.
Half-hearted support ends up getting half-hearted results. (Email feedback to fredlumba@ yahoo.com.) GOD BLESS THE PHILIPPINES!
VegasDavao Bulldogs backed by Far ma Auto Supply will represent the city in the 2022 Converge Pinoy Youth Dreamer (PYD) 3x3 Regional Finals set this November 26 and 27 in Lucban, Quezon.
Farma Bulldogs of Vegas will send three teams to com pete in the under 13, under 15 and under 17 age group categories to be contested by other regional qualifiers in the scheduled two-day FIBA sanctioned tournament.
PYD champion team Far ma Bulldogs of Vegas under 13 will be bannered by Ryan Joseph Radaza, Rowe Isaas Tavita, Abram Kyle Ama neo and MVP winner Dun can Philip Tan. Its under 15 squad will be led by Bonn Ervin Daja, Mark Montillano,
Josh Cabelis and MVP Noel Lanceta.
MVP Alvin Rex Villanueva will head the under 17 squad joined by Joseph Bonleon Macavinta, Randy Baltazar Gimena Jr. and Reylan Tagy amon.
These teams came off as champions during the Con verge PYD Davao Leg elimi nations held last July 22 and 24, 2022.
The National champion will have a chance to join the coming international FIBA 3x3 Invitational League.