This is after receiving reports from several in dividuals on alleged sale of public assistance ap plication forms which are
used to document client profiles applying for Med ical and Burial Assistance Program (MABP).
In a statement, the
OVP encouraged the pub lic to get free public assis tance application forms in the central and satellite offices of the OVP and that said forms should solely be used by the clients re questing such services.
Medical and buri al assistance are among the social services being
offered by the OVP, and these have been the most requested aid of margin alized Filipinos.
The OVP reported that as of December 2, the assistance program has already benefited 19,910 indigent Filipinos with aid amounting to FAID, P8
Some 848 farm ers engaged in high-value crops in the Island Garden City of Samal (IGACOS) will benefit from the PHP60 million farm-to-mar ket road (FMR) project funded by the Depart ment of Agriculture in Davao Region (DA-11).
In a statement Wednesday, Marc Adrian Baddongon, the DA-11 Regional Agricultural En gineering Division chief, said the project of the De partment of Public Works and Highways in Davao Region (DPWH-11) is a 1.9-kilometer FMR con necting Sitio Sagrada to Barangay Poblacion in Kaputian District.
Baddongon said the construction of FMRs in key areas is part of the government’s bid to pro
mote food security and empower rural commu nities.
“One of DA Secretary Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s directives is to invest heavily in infrastructure to achieve high econom ic growth. It includes the improvement of FMRs in the rural areas to support agriculture,” he said.
He said the project is expected to reduce trav el time and cost from the usual 45 minutes to 20 minutes and from 4-5 li ters of gasoline to 1-2 li ters.
Mayor Al David Uy said farmers engaged in growing coconut, banana and mango are set to ben efit from better access “and reduce post-harvest losses for farmers when transporting their pro duce.” (PNA)
Just when Cotabato
City Mayor Bruce Ma tabalao finished the opening of the display of Christmas lights at the plaza here past 7 p.m. Tuesday and was about to speak before the me dia, gunfires rang near
by, causing spectators to scamper for safety.
Police and other se curity units sealed off the city plaza, securing the city mayor and key offi cials.
As it turned out, a se curity guard fired his gun
while chasing a thief who stole a chocolate bar from a convenience store, ac cording to Police Colonel Querubin Manalang Jr.
“It was a warning shot, that’s what we learned. But it’s still not right for a civilian to fire his gun.
We are looking for the one who did that since no one is admitting yet,” he add ed.
Journalists who cov ered the event witnessed the chaotic scenario them selves as they ran towards the security officers for
protection, fearing of any sabotage.
After things settled, the City Government of Cotabato asked the resi dents who may have been injured to inform authori ties.
Among the attendees
were children and their mothers, as well as senior citizens. “We are all calling for every Cotabateño to pray for safety and peace ful holiday celebration to everyone,” the mayor said.
(Ferdinandh Cabrera / MindaNews)
The office of Vice President Sara Duterte reminded the public that application forms for social services are not for sale.
Davao Region re mains to be rel atively peaceful since its declaration as insurgency-free last Oc tober 27.
According to Cap tain Mark Anthony Tito, spokesperson of the 10th Infantry Division, since that time, no sightings and zero violent incident have been noted by the Philippine Army any where in Davao Region.
He also bared that Un dersecretary Reynaldo Mapagu, chair of the Task Force: Balik Loob of the Department of Nation al Defense came to visit the Army Division in the area and was updated on the number of rebels that surrendered within the year, particularly the beneficiaries of the E-Clip program.
Tito claimed the sur render of 3,009 former rebels to the government forces of which 1,885 were former regular members of the New Peo ple’s Army while 1,124 were members of the
milisyang-bayan.
“Out of the 3,009 sur renderees, 1,536 have already received imme diate cash-assistance relative to the E-clip like the firearm remunera tion tantamount to 51 %, while 1,133 have already received livelihood assis tance, “he said.
Tito revealed that not all surrenderees received financial remuneration from the government.
He said only the regu lar NPA members can re ceive financial assistance due to the firearms they surrendered to the gov ernment.
“Members of the milisyang-bayan only re ceive P15,000 immediate cash assistance and liveli hood assistance from the local government where they belong,” Tito said.
He also revealed that the total number of fire arms surrendered by the rebels since 2016 is 1,031 of which 437 handlers re ceived firearm remunera tion. (PIA XI-Joey Sem G. Dalumpines)
By MAYA M. PADILLODr. Michelle Schlosser, spokesperson of the Davao City Covid-19 Task Force, reported that those who succumb recently to Covid-19 belong to vaccinated individuals without booster dose of work ing age.
Schlosser said from the period of November 27, 2022, to December 3, 2022, six individuals died due to Covid-19 wherein two belongs to the vul nerable sector and the others belong to the 30
to 39-year-old age group (one died); one from the 40 to 49- year- old age group; and one in the 50 to 59 years old; and 60 years old and above.
“Karon ang kasagaran namatay are unvaccinat
ed regardless kung naa sila sa vulnerable sector and then most of those na namatay na bakunado walay booster doses. Dili lang senior citizens ang nangamatay na bakunado na walay booster doses, even the healthy young adults naa nata’y nama tay ana and unfortunately kani sila wala gyud sila ka receive ug booster dose,” she said over Davao City Disaster Radio (DCDR) on Wednesday.
Schlosser said this is
sad considering that the positivity rate of the city is below the acceptable rate but still some people died due to Covid-19.
“Fortunately, medyo thankful ta kay persistent na gamay lang ang atoang kaso on a daily cases nato, however, on December 7, 2022, nagtaas ta gamay sa atong positivity rate,” she said.
On December 7, 2022, the city was at an eight percent positivity rate.
Aregional level top 6 drug personality was killed in a buybust operation conducted by operatives from Sta. Ana Police Station in Ba rangay Leon Garcia, Davao City, Thursday morning. Sta. Ana Police Sta tion shared online that Rodel Omega Enad, who is also a notable thief, in
stead of surrendering and calmly chose to resist and opened fire on the law en forcement officer result ing in the suspect being hit.
Police Lieutenant Col onel Ronal Lao led the op eration.
The suspect was im mediately brought to the Southern Philippine Med
ical Center (SPMC) by the police to be revived, however, he was declared dead on arrival (DOA) by his attending physician.
The buy-bust opera tion was conducted fol lowing the department’s immediate thorough mon itoring of Enad and after obtaining accurate infor mation about his illegal
activities.
The Sta. Ana Police attributed the success of the operation to the con tinued support of the res idents in providing infor mation about the illegal activities of individuals resulting in the reduction of illegal drugs in the said barangay and Davao City.
By Maya M. PadilloThe country’s unemployment rate slowed down to 4.5 percent in Octo ber 2022 from 5 percent in Septem ber this year, the Philippine Statistics Au thority (PSA) reported Wednesday.
In a press conference, PSA chief and national statistician Undersecre tary Dennis Mapa said the Philippines achieved the same unemployment rate in October 2019.
October 2022 jobs data also reported the lowest unemployment rate in the
country since the onset of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).
The number of jobless Filipinos also eased from 3.5 million in October 2021 to 2.24 million in October this year.
PSA reported that the labor force participation
rate in October stood at 64.2 percent, lower than the 65.2 percent in Sep tember.
Mapa said there is a seasonal factor in the decrease in labor force participation, especially between July and October 2022 data.
He said since students were on school break in July, many of those aged 15 to 24 years joined the labor force in that month. With the school reopen ing, these age brackets
returned to school.
Some 49.35 million Filipinos were part of the workforce in October, with around 47.11 mil lion individuals having jobs.
“The country’s sus tained recovery of the labor market backs our confidence that our poli cies and interventions to reinvigorate our economy are working,” Socioeco nomic Planning Secretary Arsenio Balisacan said in a statement. (PNA)
The country’s first digi tal bank, the Overseas Filipino Bank by the Landbank of the Philip pines, will soon launch an online dollar account open ing facility to allow Filipi nos abroad to save and in vest their dollars, OF Bank President Leila Martin said on Thursday.
Martin said they are
eyeing the launch before the end of the year. Account opening via the digital bank will be purely online, she added.
“We will soon be launching an online dollar account opening facility. OF Bank will be launching this on or before the end of the year. This will also facilitate all our kababayan’s par
ticipation in the next retail dollar bond offering of the Philippine government which will happen very soon, targeted by January 2023,” she said.
“Even though you’re not in the country, you can have a dollar-denominated deposit account, open it online in 5 minutes or less,” she added.
OF Bank said there was a 114 percent growth in ac count opening while the to tal volume of transactions reached almost 10 billion in 2022, which includes inflow of remittances, de posits as well as Instapay, Martin said.
She said the digital bank is expecting “exponential
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The Philippine man ufacturing sector logged faster growth rates in volume and value indices in October 2022, the Philippine Statistics Authority’s (PSA) Monthly Integrated Survey of Se lected Industries (MISSI) reported Wednesday.
Volume of production index (VoPi) in October this year grew 5.1 percent from a year ago, faster than the 4.1 percent in the previous month.
Factory output im proved as 14 out of 22 sub-industries recorded increments in October led by manufacture of machin ery and equipment, except electrical, whose volume of production jumped by 81.8 percent.
Other industry divi sions that logged dou ble-digit growth in output include beverages at 61.7 percent; chemical and chemical products at 39.5 percent; fabricated metal products, except machin ery and equipment at 35.7
percent; wood, bamboo, cane, rattan articles and related products at 27 per cent; transport equipment at 21.3 percent; other man ufacturing and repair and installation of machinery equipment at 17.2 percent; and paper and paper prod ucts at 10.2 percent.
Industries that de creased their output in October include electrical equipment, basic metals, furniture, printing and re production of recorded media, wearing appar el, food products, other non-metallic mineral prod ucts and tobacco products.
On the other hand, the value of production index (VaPi) had an uptick of 12.7 percent in October from 12 percent in September this year.
“Contributory to the increase of VaPI were the annual growths exhibited by 17 out of the 22 indus try divisions. Among these, manufacture of machinery and equipment except elec
The Department of Budget and Man agement (DBM) and three authorized govern ment servicing banks on Monday signed a mem orandum of agreement (MOA) for the imple mentation of the online release of Notice of Cash Allocation (NCA).
In a news release on Wednesday, DBM said the three authorized govern ment servicing banks are the Land Bank of the Phil ippines, the Development Bank of the Philippines and the Philippine Veter ans Bank.
The online release of the NCAs will be carried out through the DBM’s Action Document Re leasing System (ADRS), a web-based application that facilitates the release of approved DBM action documents in digital for mat directly to the autho rized users of recipient agencies.
Under the agreement, the Land Bank, DBP and Philippine Veterans’ Bank will credit the respective
Modified Disbursement Scheme (MDS) sub-ac counts and make funds available to concerned agencies upon DBM’s dig ital release of the NCAs.
DBM Secretary Amen ah Pangandaman said the MOA signing is proof of the government’s contin ued thrust toward achiev ing bureaucratic efficien cy.
She noted that al though releasing these documents in digital for mat seemed like a small step, it is a “crucial” digi talization initiative of the government.
“It will not only im prove ease of doing busi ness; it will also bring us an estimated cost savings of around PHP2.8 mil lion per month or around PHP33 million per year with the reduced costs for security paper, printing, supplies and transporta tion expenses for physical claiming of documents by agency representatives,” Pangandaman said.
DBM Information and
Anofficial of the Mindanao Develop ment Agency (MinDA) called on the private sector to invest more in re newable energy so the Philippines would not be affected by events outside the coun try.
“Because of the situa tion happening outside of the country, we have been affected by higher prices of fuel and consequently higher price of electricity,” said Raymond Peter Es perat, development man agement officer at MinDA during the first regional
press forum on Mindanao power and energy devel opment held in Iligan City on Monday.
He was apparently re ferring to the war between Russia and Ukraine that sent oil prices through the roof.
“That’s why we in Min
DA are pushing for invest ments by the private sec tor in renewable energy to mitigate the effects of the high prices of oil here in our country,” Esperat said.
Rolando Lina-ac, the vice president for opera tions of Iligan Light and Power, Inc., suggested that the city strengthen the preferential allocation from the Power Sector As sets and Liabilities Man agement (PSALM).
He pointed out that Iligan being host to gen
eration facilities of the Na tional Power Corporation, it should be given prefer ential treatment. The Agus V, VI and VII hydroelectric plants are located in the city.
Reggie Punongbayan, president of the Iligan Bay Chamber of Com merce and Industry, “if the electricity in the city is sufficiently cheap, it will attract more investors, create more jobs and help develop the economy.”
(Marivic Omandam Davis / MindaNews)About 1,907 rice farm ers in Surigao City received PHP2.44 million worth of rice seeds during a distribution con ducted by the city govern ment and the Department of Agriculture (DA) 13 (Caraga) from Wednesday until Thursday.
In a statement on Thursday, the Public Infor
mation Office (PIO) of the Surigao City government said 3,210 bags of certified palay seeds were distrib uted during the two-day activity.
“Agriculture, especially rice production, is among the priorities of the present administration of Surigao City government under Mayor Pablo Dumlao II,”
the PIO said.
It said the 1,907 farm er beneficiaries came from Surigao City’s 34 baran gays.
The distribution of rice seeds is being funded un der the DA’s National Rice Program.
The PIO also reported that PHP1,815,255 worth of certified rice seeds was
given by the City Agricul ture Office (CAO) to the rice farmers in the area in Sep tember.
“We are also announc ing that the city govern ment of Surigao is set to re ceive additional aid under the Quick Respond Fund (QRF) of the DA,” it said.
The additional QRF
The Maharlika Wealth Fund (or Sovereign Wealth Fund) being espoused in the halls of Congress has been getting noticed by the media and concerned sectors - the economists and financial ex perts particularly - is not a novel idea.
It is novel as far as the Philippine perspective is con cerned because while other neighboring countries have already been doing it for de cades, it is only now that Phil ippine economic managers have taken the first step to follow suit.
While the objective is com mendable, the initial idea of sourcing the funds from the vaults of the GSIS, SSS, BSP, LBP and DBP has met rough sailing from sectors who argued the pension funds that belong to the members should not be touched.
And so, after several men tal exercises, proponents of
the bill have acquiesced to the clamor of those who were scared stiff that the SWF might become a copy of the 1MDB (Malaysia Develop ment Berhad), a similar en deavor of the Malaysian gov ernment that was ransacked by powerful officials in gov ernment via an extensive money laundering scheme.
If I correctly recall, Na jib Razak, who was PM from 2009 to 2018, was convicted of corruption and jailed be cause of the 1MDB scandal.
This was the scariest rea son objectors to the SWF utilizing GSIS and SSS funds declared.
But the concept is good, because the objective is to generate more funds to fi nance various gigantic gov ernment projects that will redound to the benefit of the Filipino people.
So now the bill’s propo nents in Congress whose spearhead is the articulate Marikina Pep. Stella Quimbo has somewhat slowed down to “pacify” the hysterical ob jections.
You see, our experience in the (mis) handling of govern ment funds has been so noto
rious that the nation and its citizens are much too careful in treading uncharted waters.
Look at Philhealth. It is the prime example of how to go around the bush. Whatev er happened to the officials caught responsible for mis managing the funds?
Objections that I heard be ing voiced in the media came from a Filipino internation al investment banker who simply said that the mere fact that they (Congressional proponents) realized the er ror that pensions funds from GSIS and SSS should not be touched mirrored the sad re ality that the bill is limp and lame from the very begin ning.
Sen. Koko Pimtentel said the bills should be returned to Congress and be studied and scrutinized in detail be fore passing it to the Senate.
What should have been done, to avoid the embarrass ing rejection, is for Congress to hold a public consultation and extensive discussion and debate among the pros and cons.
This way, Malacanang won’t get itself between the devil and the deep blue sea in
case the bill meets stiff resis tance from several sectors.
Filipinos must make themselves familiar with gov ernment endeavors, projects and programs so that they do not become fence sitters when a brouhaha such as this occurs.
If an idea is sound and im plementable, people should support it because this is for their own benefit.
If it is not, then they should raise the alarm bells, register their protests and declare whether somebody is cooking something.
The scandal in the 1MDB, considered one of the biggest money laundering scandals in history, was only discov ered several years later when the funds were slowly being dissipated and transferred into the personal accounts of crooker officials handling the matter.
I think the government should wisely pursue what the country and the people need at this time without going into sophisticated eco nomic endeavors that have more risks of losing than earning profits.
Manufacturing is one
industry that the late Fer dinand Marcos Sr. pursued during his administration. Don’t you think it ought to be revived because the country has so much raw materials at its disposal?
Of course, the primary task of feeding the people cannot be overlooked. When there is food security - mean ing there is adequate food supply and prices of staple commodities are affordable even by the grassroots - the government might then find it less imperative or compel ling to go into what they want to get by introducing the Sov ereign Wealth Fund.
Why still bother if the economy has been already stabilized by the strong per formance of the agriculture and manufacturing sectors, right?
Still, I want to give them the benefit of the doubt. I hope the SWF advocates are not copying the idea from other advanced Western countries like the USA, UK and Norway. Of course, defi nitely not from( Malaysia! Email feedback to fredlum ba@yahoo.com.) GOD BLESS THE PHILIPPINES!
“A leader is best when peo ple barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim ful filled, they will say: we did it ourselves,” -Lao Tzu
This week, one of this ad ministration’s most lowkey but effective cabinet secretary is up for confirmation. De partment of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Jaime Bau tista will again face the gaunt let known as the Commission on Appointment which can confirm or reject his appoint ment. There are many who are observing this process with keen interest, not only because the department is a vital cog
in this administration’s key programs but, because many believe the official’s style of leadership is fit for the agen cy’s present objectives.
A stark contrast to his pre decessor who was bombastic and media savvy, Secretary Bautista is a quiet and taciturn worker who stays away from the limelight. Having a corpo rate and professional back ground (CPA), he is focused on the mission and the goals set before him. He is a practitioner of the Quiet Leadership.
Similarly, many of his DOTr officials are also practitioners of this art. One in particular -Philippine National Railway
(PNR) General Manager Jere my Regino has had a long ca reer in both local governments and national agencies and is known as a focused, quiet, and efficient workaholic. Un der GM Regino’s leadership, the PNR is beginning to fulfill its potential with long delayed projects starting to move along.
Quiet leaders are team players who solve problems quietly through collabora tion, logical thought and en couragement rather than ag gression and dominance. In his book, Quiet Leadership author and neuroscientist David Rock shared his re
search on common traits of quiet and thinking leaders. He says that quiet leadership involves six practices of the said leaders. Many other au thors and practitioners have adapted these practices and have helped evolve them into the following:
-- Stretch and group thinkQuiet leaders encourage their team to think and to focus on the solutions and to stretch their thoughts on the possible -- Listen to potential- Quiet leaders look for the potential doers
-- Speak with Intent- Quiet leaders speak when they have something worth to say and
try to be concise
-- Encourage insight- Quiet leaders encourage insight
-- Create new thinkingQuiet leaders want new ideas about problems to work to a solution
-- Do and Follow up- Quiet leaders encourage the need for action and the desire to follow up these actions to the desired conclusion
The qualities of quiet leaders are clearly needed in government. As such, many fervently hope that they are allowed to remain as long as they are able.
This is my oblique observa tion.
“Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them to become what they are capable of be ing,” - GOETHE.
P179,591,068.67.
Aside from the OVP Central Office in Manda luyong, medical and buri al assistance is also given in the seven OVP Satellite Offices across the country.
As promised during the campaign period on May national and local elections, Duterte opened the OVP satellite offices in the areas outside Metro Manila.
On her first day as Vice
President on July 1, 2022, Duterte opened OVP satel lite offices in the cities of Dagupan, Cebu, Tacloban, Zamboanga, Davao City, and Tandag in Surigao del Sur.
The satellite offices were not set up per region but were handpicked stra tegically for their location with major consideration being their proximity and accessibility to other ar eas or islands.
trical posted the highest annual growth rate of 76.4 percent in October 2022,” the PSA said.
Meanwhile, the average capacity utilization rate of Philippine factories in October 2022 rose to 72.4 percent from 71.5 percent in September.
“There were 20 out of 22 industry divisions with more than 60 percent av erage capacity utilization
rate,” PSA added. Industry divisions with highest average ca pacity utilization for Oc tober were manufacture of computer, electron ic and optical products (80.3 percent); manufac ture of machinery and equipment except elec trical (80.1 percent); and manufacture of wearing apparel (79.3 percent). (PNA)
Technology Group Under secretary Maria Frances ca del Rosario likewise said the institutionaliza tion of the online release of the NCAs will foster greater transparency and efficiency.
honor for his bank to work with DBM.
growth” in remittances be fore the end of the year due to the holiday season.
The OF Bank is also working with Department of Migrant Workers Secre tary Susan “Toots” Ople to
find ways to better serve Filipinos abroad, especially overseas Filipino workers.
OF Bank is one of the 6 digital banks that were li censed by the Bangko Sen tral ng Pilipinas.
Schlosser said generally within the week the city is still within the accepted positivity rate.
“For the last two days below the positivity rate ta,” she said.
She is hoping that the city will maintain the low positivity rate considering that it is the yuletide season and restrictions are very relaxed nowadays.
“We are preparing for it kasi yuletide season medyo bracing gyud ta because this is the season where naay dgahan gatherings,
naay daghan parties and activities ang mga tao. For people to be protected is to avail themselves of their vaccine and booster. Ang atong emphasis karon is for people to really get their vaccine,” she said.
Meanwhile, Schlosser said that so far no case of Omicron subvariant BQ.1 has been detected in Davao City but it’s just a matter of time before it will enter the city if people are not care ful.
“As of the moment no recorded cases in Davao
support will consist of 70 bags of certified rice seeds and 100 bags of hybrid rice seeds.
“The city government is also working on the pro curement of an additional 315 bags of certified rice seeds with separate fund
City, although nakasulod na sa Pilipinas pero wala pa ta’y case diri sa Davao. Pero I would like to remind everyone na it’s just a mat ter of time na makasulod na diri kay luag na ang tan an even gani sa atong mga travels dili na strict. We are relying na lang sa honesty sa mga tao on their health declaration,” Schlosser said.
The Department of Health (DOH) reported it has detected one more in fection in the Philippines involving the highly conta gious Omicron subvariant BQ.1, bringing the total to
ing from the City Disaster and Risk Management Of fice,” the PIO said. It said the city govern ment, through the CAO, has yet to schedule the dis tribution of the additional rice seeds for farmers in the area. (PNA)
17.
BQ.1 is a sublineage of Omicron BA.5, a variant of interest.
“Tanan new variants specially katong mga muta tions na gani sa virus most often than not by study sila tung dali makatakod and among sa variants that we had had ang Omicron ang most transmissable that is the reason why labi na karon na luag na ang atoang protocls it will be beneficial sa mga katawhan ang vaccine and boosted na sila,” she said.
For his part, LandBank of the Philippines First Vice President Reynaldo Capa expressed commit ment to ensuring a more streamlined and efficient process for releasing NCA to provide immediate, transparent, and efficient public service.
“Together, we will further help enhance the expenditure performance of national government agencies to implement key programs, activities and projects in the most immediate time,” he said.
Philippine Veterans Bank Branch Banking Group Head Edwin Ama han welcomed innovative ideas from young govern ment officials and em ployees.
“This is an example of how youthful admin istrators can do wonders in public governance. Philippine Veterans Bank stands with you in this very noble journey. And we will walk with you, run with you, in whatever way we can,” he said.
Development Bank of the Philippines Executive Vice President George Inocencio said it was an
“Truly, it is our pride and honor to join hands with the DBM, along with our fellow government fi nancial institutions, as we aim to facilitate a more efficient release of funds to government agencies,” he said.
Key representatives of the Bureau of Treasury (BTr) and the Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA), have likewise expressed their full support for the initiative.
“I can assure you that the Anti-Red Tape Authority will be in full support ready to lend its hand anytime, based on our mandate, to in terconnect government agencies. Because this is the only way we can fast track the implementation of our programs and ini tiatives,” Anti-Red Tape Chief Information Officer Deputy Director General for Operations Ernesto Perez assured.
Meanwhile, OIC-Dep uty Treasurer of the Phil ippines Eduardo Anthony Mariño described the is suance of the NCA as “the most fundamental aspect of budget execution” in the Philippines.
“It undertakes almost all public sector disburse ments and serves as a primary means by which the national government exercises budgetary con trol and oversight. As such, this is one, if not, the most critical process to digitalize, if we are eager and serious in ushering digital transformation in the public sector,” he said.
(PNA)
hours in viewing and an alyzing videos submit ted by different LGUs to determine the winners. Viewing and analyzing performance of athletes thru videos are so taxing that sometimes it will reach in the wee hour of the morning ,,that’s why we prefer the return to face to face competition,, to really gauge our ath lete’s toughness“ says Tan.
For now our national karatedo team is prepar ing for an Under 21 In ternational competition in Uzbekiztan with the possible inclusion of local athletes into the team.
Coaches Farah Jean Murcia and Denis Cubelo of Snakehead Swim Team also graced the occasion to discuss their upcoming Cross Channel swim on December 11,2022 from Davao City to Samal Is land and back .
The sports forum was presided by Jon Deve los and Leo Paul Palo of Southern Sports Digest with fotog Seth delos Reyes as moderator.
The two guested in the DSA Forum on Thursday at the SM Ecoland Davao City.
The two associations are now in the thick of preparation for the transi tion from virtual to face to face competition.
Both Tan and Palazue lo admitted athletes and coaches will have to deal with adjustments.
“We prefer the face to face competition compared to virtual since the later is more time consuming and very tiring “ says Coach Ma rio of Arnis.
“We need to take videos of our athletes unedited on a specific timeline and sub mit the same to the tourna ment committee for their evaluation” he added.
He said the kids are now preparing for the com ing Batang Pinoy Age group competition to be held next year with the venue still to be determined.
“The judges spent hours in viewing and an alyzing videos submit ted by different LGUs to determine the winners. Viewing and analyzing performance of athletes thru videos are so taxing that sometimes it will reach in the wee hour of the morning ,,that’s why we prefer the return to face to face competition,, to really gauge our ath lete’s toughness“ says Tan.
Tan said the national karatedo team is prepar ing for an Under 21 In ternational competition in Uzbekiztan with the possible inclusion of local athletes into the team.
Coaches Farah Jean Murcia and Denis Cubelo of Snakehead Swim Team also graced the occasion to discuss their upcoming Cross Channel swim on December 11,2022 from Davao City to Samal Island and back.
The sports forum was presided by Jon Develos and Leo Paul Palo of South ern Sports Digest with photog Seth delos Reyes as moderator.
Rommel Tan, Karate Pilipinas Regional Director and Coach Mario Palazuelo of Arnis graced the second edi tion of DSA Forum at the SM Ecoland Davo City. The two associations are now in the thick of prepa ration for the transition from Virtual into face to face competition in which athletes and coaches have to deal with adjustments.
“We prefer the face to face competition com pared to Virtual since the later is more time
consuming and very tir ing “ says Coach Mario of Arnis. “We need to take videos of our athletes un edited on a specific time line and submit the same to the tournament com mittee for their evalua tion” he added. The kids are now preparing for the coming Batang Pinoy Age group competition to be held next year with the venue still to be deter mined.
“The judges spent
The Philippine women’s national football team will conclude a historic year with a training camp in Australia as well as two friendlies with Papua New Guinea.
The team commenced its camp on Wednesday, with coach Alen Stajcic calling up 23 players for the camp and the match es against a Papua New Guinea side that is ranked three places higher than the Filipinas at No. 50 in the FIFA rankings.
The two matches are part of the team’s prepa ration for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup where the Filipinas are in Group A with co-host New Zealand, Switzer
land and Norway.
The Filipinas will play Papua New Guinea on December 11 and 15 at the Western Sydney Wanderers Park.
“The PFF wants to make sure that the team continues its improve ment and the best way to do that is through camps and friendly matches,” said Philippine Football Federation president Mariano “Nonong” Ara neta.
“It’s been a banner year for the Filipinas,” said PFF secretary gener al Edwin Gastanes. “The team is aiming to finish the year strong as we look ahead to next year’s World Cup.”
It has been a histor
ic year for the Filipinas, highlighted by their qual ification to next year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup. They also won a bronze medal in the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Vietnam, and ruled the AFF Women’s Champion ship at home.
But more work will be required of the Fili pinas heading into the World Cup, according to Stajcic.
“We’ve come so far in the last 11 months but the few months leading to the World Cup will be even more challenging as a group,” he said. “We have a tough road ahead of us if we want to be the best that we can be in the World Cup.”
Hidilyn Diaz-Naranjo, the Philippine’s first Olympic gold medalist, adds another acco lade to her name by winning another first for the country at the 2022 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Weightlifting Champion ships in Bogota, Colombia, winning 3 golds in the women’s 55kg division on Wednesday, December 7 (Thursday, December 8, Manila time).
Philippine Sports Com mission Chairman Jose Emmanuel “Noli” M. Eala congratulated Diaz in an official statement. The PSC and Eala said, “Hidilyn has proven once again that the fire in her heart to be second to none in her field continues to burn and remains the benchmark by which every weight lifter and Filipino athlete must measure themselves against.”
“The PSC will forever be proud of Hidilyn as the epitome of a great champi on and will always provide support in her continuing quest to bring honor to our country. Mabuhay!” Eala added.
During the competi tion Diaz, cleared 93 kg in snatch, 114 kg in clean
and jerk, for a total lift of 207 kg., outlifting Colom bia’s Rosalba Morales and Mexico’s Ana Gabriela Lo pez.
The win adds the elu sive world title to Di az’s trophy case which includes gold medals from the Olympics, Asian Games, and Southeast Asian Games.
Aside from Diaz-Naran jo, other Filipino weight lifters are expected to vie for medals in the world tilt and slots to the 2024 Paris Olympics, including Tokyo Olympian Elreen Ando, Asian champion Vanessa Sarno, Kristel Macrohon, and Dave Lloyd Pacaldo.
PSC took care of all pos sible support to Diaz and her team on their partici pation in this event.
