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VOL.5 ISSUE 106 • TUESDAY, JULY 31, 2012
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BALLET SHOW. Margie Moran-Floirendo of Ballet Philippines and Habitat for Humanity promotes Encantada, the most awarded ballet show in the country, slated on August 9 at RSM Events Center of Philippine Women’s College during Kapehan sa Dabaw yesterday at SM City Davao. [LEAN DAVAL JR.]
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Food poisoning downs Ateneo head,168 others
By Jade C. Zaldivar
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HE president of the Ateneo de Davao University and 168 other persons suffered food poisoning after partaking of packed lunch last Sunday. The victims were 152 students and 12 school officials, in-
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n 50 admitted to hospitals, 119 out-patients
cluding university president Fr. Joel Tabora SJ. They were attending a leadership seminar dubbed “Sui Ge-
neris: A Leaders’ Gathering with Fr. Joel Tabora SJ”. The other victims were two employees of the catering ser-
vice, an elevator operator, a janitor and a driver. The packed lunch was served at 12 noon by caterer MTC Rebosura, a food service company said to have been accredited by the university since 2010. By 2
Journey begins for Barriga
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By Neil Bravo
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ITH a s i x- i n c h disadvantage in height, Mark Anthony Barriga must start getting used to looking up than down. His entire Olympic journey will be just that—like climbing a mountain. “Everybody knows there is no downhill in this journey,” reminds Barangay Una project director Gene Rose Tecson, who has seen Barriga box as a raw nine-year old into a pocket-sized punching package inside the sweaty boxing hall in
Panabo City. From the small city in Davao del Norte, Barriga has travelled halfway across the globe to London and in this biggest sporting stage that’s called the ultimate dream of all athletes. At sun up this morning, Barriga will join the rest of the field in Olympic boxing for the general weigh-in where he is expected to easily hurdle the lightflyweight limit (48-kg). After which Barriga should be having breakfast that’s just enough for him to carry to the fight. The 19-year old Panabo kid fast earning the monicker Pocket
Pacquiao among his fans, will climb the ring at 2:30 in the afternoon today. Across the ring on the other corner will be a Italian stallion in Manuel Cappai, all of 5-foot-6 and bronze medal winner in the European Qualifiers. Cappai, also 19, has a 60% winning percentage through his amateur career. He is described by Barriga’s corner as a clone of Zou Shiming of China, the man who is likely to hang that gold again at the end of the competitions. But never tell that to Barriga. The 5-foot bunch of brawn and boxing brain is not about to give up
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