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Customs on watch vs ‘crackers in city By Anthony S. Allada

HE Bureau of Customs in the port of Davao is watching out against the entry of firecrackers into Davao City with the Christmas season just around the corner. “In as much as the “ber” months have already began, this port is extra vigilant in monitoring importations of firecrackers,” BoC-Davao district collector Martiniano Bangcoy said.

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as a counter-measure, BOC’s x-ray units will be used since 100 percent actual examination, is required, he said. “We also require clearance and import permit from the FEo-PNP while our Customs law enforcement units will be vigilant along with our Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service (CIIS) and

Customs Police,” he said. on Tuesday, operatives of the Philippine National Police Regional Maritime Unit 10 apprehended P500,000 worth of illegally imported and local firecrackers and pyrotechnic devices in Cagayan de oro City. The contraband was in a 20-footer container van with seri-

al number NNCU 190514-1 inside 2Go warehouse compound and ready for shipment to HNH Trading in Bacolod City. Davao City bans the manufacture, possession, distribution, sale and use of firecrackers and pyrotechnics all year round. violators face fines and imprisonment as defined in an ordinance passed by the City Council some two decades back. [ASA]

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Follow Us On BEAUTY PARLOR. A barber of a beauty parlor carefully trims his customer’s hair at SM City Mall Davao yesterday. Most beauty parlors nowadays offer services only given by barber shops before as their way to attract both male and female customers. [LEAN DAVAL JR.]

Hall of Fame

Davao City wins third Nat’l Literacy Award By Greg G. Deligero

avao City bagged its third National Literacy award under the highly urbanized city category last Wednesday in Baguio City. Bestowed annually by the National Literacy Coordinating Council (NLCC) and the Department of Education (DepEd), the award placed Davao City in the Hall of Fame. The city won the same award in 2008 and 2010. Davao City Mayor Sara Z. Duterte expressed gratitude to barangays, national government agencies and the private sector “who contributed to make the recognition possible.”

“It is our hope that other Mindanao LGUs (Local Government Units) will learn from the Davao experience,” she said in a text message. Placing second in the highly urbanized city category is Pasay City followed by Butuan City, Tacloban City, Baguio City and General Santos City in that order. In the component city category, the winner is Balang City, Bataan, followed by Tabaco City, Tuguegarao City, alaminos City and Malaybalay City. The town of Plaridel, Bulacan won the municipality category.

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Rape-slay suspect tries to kill self

FILIPINO VALUES. Raymund, an employee of Zion Accuprint, Inc., shows that old Filipino values are still much alive in the hearts of the young genera-

tion as he willingly helps an elderly woman gets a ride along E. Quirino Ave. yesterday. [LEAN DAVAL JR.]

City gov’t to turn over equity to credit surety fund

HE Davao City local government will turn over a check worth P5.4 million as its equity to Davao City Credit Surety Fund (DCCSF) on october 27 during the culmination program of the cooperative month celebration, a government officer said Thursday. Engineer Jaime G. adalin, officer in charge of the City Cooperative Development office (CCDo), guesting at the regular I-Speak media forum, said officers of at least 18 cooperatives who joined the DCCSF are currently undergoing trainings. “Capability building and trainings are necessary to protect the investment of the cooperatives,” he told journalists, noting that they had been to at

least three trainings since the signing of Moa. He added that probably, there will be takers of loans by the end of this year. The local government and the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) initiated the DCCSF, which was launched last July through signing of a memorandum of agreement with the cooperatives, Land Bank of the Philippines, Industrial Guarantee Loan Fund and the Development Bank of the Philippines. With the cooperatives as one party, each of the signing parties will contribute a total of P5.4 million to the credit surety fund that will be used in case cooperatives would default. The cooperatives can

avail of loans as much as 10 times the amount of their contribution based on the Moa with limited interest and no collateral. The fund will be deposited in a commercial bank and supervised by an oversight committee composed of representatives from involved parties, adalin said. a credit enhancement scheme developed by the BSP, the DCCSF is primarily established to support micro, small and medium enterprises who are members of the cooperative. The CCDo has lined up activities for this year’s cooperative month celebration dubbed “Cooperative Enterprises Build a Better World” that will kick off on oc-

tober 3 with a launching program at the Davao Recreational Center, almendras Gym. There will be a tree planting activity dubbed “Lunhaw Dabaw Program” on october 1 at the riverbank in Pangi, Talomo District, mangrove area in Bucana, Poblacion, and upland of Ladian, Marilog District. In addition, the celebration will include trade fair and exhibits on october 15-19 at the Sangguniang Panlungsod lobby and osmeña Park, San Pedro Street here, a series of cooperative seminars on october 1519, and free medical and dental service at Barangay Mahayag, Bunawan District. [Lorie Ann A. Cascaro / MindaNews]

venue for professionals in Davao City, to easily renew and claim their professional identification cards while shopping and dining at the mall, during mall hours Mondays to Sundays, and even on certain holidays,” villegas-Liamzon said. on august 6, 2012, the PRC, Bureau of Treasury and SM Malls Inc. signed a memorandum of agreement to launch the project through a public-private partnership. applicants can get their ID after seven working days. PRC chairman Teresita

Manzala said the opening of the centers will encourage Filipino professionals to renew their professional licenses at malls where they can file applications for ID renewal and claim them “at their own time, and at their own convenience, without the hassle of going through long queues. Manzala said the e-service provided by the PRC will help Filipino professionals renew their license on time, as such is important in rendering their professional services as there are 46 dif-

ferent regulatory boards under the PRC. Last year the Board of Real Estate Service with more than 20,000 professionals joined the list. Manzala said this month, there are 100,000 teachers who applied to take the board exam for teachers. For nursing, there are 66,000 applicants. also, she said employers can check the database of the PRC to determine whether their employees and wouldbe employees are indeed registered professionals. [ASA]

city agriculturist, told reporters that her office is coordinating with the Bureau of Soils and Water Management for the planned cloud seeing operation once a prolonged drought season sets in. The Climate Monitoring and Prediction

Section of thePhilippine atmospheric Geophysical & astronomical Services administration (Pag-asa) warned that the dry spell may affect the eastern parts of visayas and Mindanao. Pag-asa earlier urged government agencies to

adopt water conservation measures to ensure enough water for farming and irrigation. Less rain and a longer summer in 2013 is reportedly expected due to El Niño. Pag-asa claims that

PRC launches ID renewal at SM today

HE Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) will launch today the simultaneous opening of the PRC’s identification card renewal centers in 13 branches of SM Malls, including Davao City. Josephine villegas-Liamzon, PRC regional director, said the national launching of the PRC ID Renewal Centers at SM Malls is part of PRC’s e-service campaign, following the online application System for Board Examinations. “This will be a perfect

GenSan City prepares against El Nino By Aquiles Z. Zonio

HE General Santos City government has set aside a P1-million budget for cloud seeding operation to somehow cushion the impact of the El Nino phenomenon on the agricultural sector. Merlinda Donasco,

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bothered conscience may have prompted a rape suspect to commit suicide by jumping from a 30-foot high mahogany tree at about 6:00 a.m. Thursday in Tampakan, South Cotabato. Chief Insp. Rolito Pidlawan, Tampakan police chief, told reporters that the suspect, identified only as alias Bontoy, sustained serious injury and was rushed to a hospital. Pidlawan saod Tampakan police considered Bontoy a primary suspect in the rape-slay of 22-year old Winnielyn abuncho. Bontoy, said to be a police character in the area, was invited by the police on Wednesday for questioning after the body of the victim was recovered from a shallow grave in a cornfield in Kipalbig vil-

lage, Tampakan town. abuncho, who was two-month pregnant, went missing on Sept. 11. She was alone in their house in Kipalbig while her husband was selling cut flowers in nearby Polomolok town. abuncho’s husband is a nephew of Bontoy. a resident of Kipalbig stumbled on the decomposing remains of the victim in a shallow grave while gathering corn stalks. The suspect was not detained in a cell of the Tampakan police station as there was no case yet filed against him. a witness told the Tampakan police that he saw Bontoy climbing the mahogany tree in front of the police office. [AquiLEs Z. ZoNio]

GenSan pilots robotics program in high school

HE General Santos City government has launched a pilot program for the integration of robotics modules in the information and communication technology (ICT) education curriculum of local high schools. Percival Pasuelo, executive assistant for information technology of the city mayor’s office, said they have adopted the General Santos City National High School (GSNHS) in Barangay Calumpang as pilot school for the inclusion of basic robotics training as part of the regular ICT programs of local high schools. He said the move is part of the local government’s ongoing efforts to increase awareness

and adoption of the robotics technology by local schools.The robotics program was launched by the city government last month under its enhanced SHEEP Computer Literacy Program (CLP). SHEEP stands for Social Transformation, Human Empowerment, Economic Diversification, Environment Security and Regeneration and Participatory Governance and Transparency, which are the city’s main development thrusts. as part of the program, Pasuelo said they initially delivered 10 units of arduino boards that were bundled with mobile robots or “mobots.” [Allen V. Estabillo / MindaNews]

2 police officers face suspension, demotion

Wo misbehaving police officials in General Santos City may be facing suspension or demotion for figuring in an indiscriminate firing after a drinking spree last Monday evening right inside the Camp Fermin G. Lira, Jr. here. Senior Insp. Benjamin Mauricio, information officer of the Police Regional office-12 (PRo12), told reporters that investigation is ongoing to determine the guilt and liability of Insp. Nemesio Calipjo and Senior Insp. Hardemon Sibal. Calipjo, former chief of Theft & Robbery Section, and Sibal, former chief of the anti-Illegal Drug Task Force, all under the General Santos City

Public Safety Company (GSCPSC) were among the officials relieved in relation to the botched entrapment operation of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group 12 (CIDG-12). Central Mindanao police director, Chief Supt. alex Paul Monteagudo ordered the relief of all GSCPSC more than a week ago after they prevented the CIDG operatives from arresting a cop and a civilian involved in extortion activity. “once they are proven guilty, they may be suspended or demoted,” Mauricio said. Based on report, Sibal and Calipjo arrived at the police headquarters reek-

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5 Region 12 cops facing kidnapping,other raps

SCORCHING HEAT. A man comfortably sits on a sofa atop a pick up vehicle traversing Gen. Luna Street not minding the scorching heat brought by the afternoon sun yesterday. [LEAN DAVAL JR.]

Mayor Sara says

No justice in NPA’s indemnification to grenade victims via 3rd party F

oR Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte, there was no justice at all in the New People’s army’s move to indemnify victims of the Sept. 1 grenade explosion in Paquibato district through third party facilitators. The mayor has earlier demanded the NPa to surrender the grenade

throwers for having committed a crime. But the NPa’s Merardo arce Command-Southern Mindanao Regional operations Command refused to surrender the responsible unit because it has its own justice system and dispenses revolutionary justice in determining the consequences of the responsible unit.

“I know only of the justice under the rule of law,” she said in a text message. “We should only have one justice system for all, and we should not claim different versions of justice,” she added. The NPa, the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines and the National Democratic Front of the Phil-

ippines (NDFP), earlier apologized for its mistake and promised to indemnify the victims. The NDFP-Southern Mindanao Region released an order of indemnification last Sept. 12 and requested for a third party to facilitate the process. The Exodus for Justice

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IvE police intelligence operatives in Region 12 have been charged with kidnapping, carnapping and robbery in connection with the abduction of two businessmen in Koronadal City last month. Chief Supt. alex Paul Monteagudo, Region 12 police director, identified the suspects as Senior Police officer 1 (SPo1) Celestino Reyes Jr., Police officer 3 (Po3) Randy Galan, Police officer 2 (Po2) Francisco Castro and Police officer 1 (Po1) John Cesar Elezano and Jeffrey Delarmente, who were all members of the Police Regional office 12’s Regional Intelligence Unit (RIU) based in General Santos City. He said the five policemen were positively identified by kidnap victims abdul Manan Ebad and Mukamad Utto as the ones who seized them at gunpoint in a gas station in Koronadal City last august 26. The victims’ claims were corroborated by statements issued by the policemen’s alleged cohort identified as abdul Bashit Eshak, who was arrested following their rescue in Barangay Rizal in Bansalan, Davao del Sur on august 28, he said. “They were already relieved and transferred to Camp Crame,” Monteagudo said Thursday.

The Criminal Investigation Service of the Koronadal City police station earlier filed multiple complaints before the City Prosecutor’s office against Eshak and the five policemen in connection with Ebad and Utto’s kidnapping. They were specifically charged with kidnapping and serious illegal detention under article 267 of the Revised Penal Code; robbery with violence against or intimidation of persons under article 294; and, violation of Republic act 6539 or anti-Carnapping act of 1992. Based on the extra-judicial confession issued by Eshak, a man who claimed to be Chief Insp. Ryan Bobby Paloma called him up in his mobile phone and instructed him to report to the RIU office at Camp Fermin Lira here. Eshak, who is a residence in Purok Islam here, claimed that he was met at the RIU office by SPo1 Reyes who led him to a parked white Isuzu Crosswind where Po3 Galan, Po2 Castro, Po1 Elezano and Po1 Delarmente were already waiting. He left the area along with the group and proceeded to Koronadal City, where they initially met Utto at a Shell station located near a shopping mall. [ALLEN V. EstAbiLLo / MiNDANEws]

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Environment activists expose water polluter firm

NvIRoNMENT activists have exposed industry polluters that “kill” water bodies such as Laguna Lake near the national capital. Greenpeace activists Thursday labelled the fence of TNC Chemicals Philippines with the words “water polluter” after they identified hazardous chemicals from a sampling they got in Laguna Lake. Beau Baconguis, Toxics Campaigner for Greenpeace Southeast asia, said laboratory results confirm the presence of chromium, nickel, and copper above levels for normal, uncontaminated surface waters. She said: “What the results show is that there are far too many chemicals that find their way into our water without our knowledge. “Worse, these chemicals such as the ones we found in the samples from TNC discharge pipes, are not routinely tested by government.” Baconguis said their group calls on TNC Chemicals Philippines and other industries to stop dumping toxic chemicals into water bodies and disclose chemicals they use in their production facilities. In an interview, Baconguis said they have been calling for the Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources to expand the chemicals list to include substances that have been

proven to be toxic. They also wanted the department to phase out these hazardous chemicals and establish a pollution disclosure system. The pollution disclosure system compels industries to made public the chemicals they use in their products. Baconguis said there are only five chemicals regulated under Republic act 6969 or the Toxic Substances and Hazardous and Nuclear Wastes Control act of 1990. “as a long term solution, DENR must work towards a zero discharge policy for industries,” she said. The labelling of TNC’s facility was part of the series of activities of the environment group highlighting industrial pollution. Last week, the group launched the “Right-toKnow Water Patrol Expedition” to expose and investigate water polluters along Marikina River and Laguna Lake. Laguna Lake, also called Laguna de Bay, is the largest lake in the Philippines and the third largest freshwater lake in Southeast asia (in terms of surface area), after Tonle Sap in Cambodia and Lake Toba in Sumatra, Indonesia. Marikina Riverm a river in eastern Metro Manila, is a tributary of Pasig River with headwaters in the Sierra Madre Mountains in Rodriguez, Rizal.[PNA]

Solon backs sustainable forest management bid

House solon is pushing for institutionalization of nationwide sustainable forest management (SFM). agham party list Rep. angelo Palmones believes that SFM, which professional foresters are advocating, will help promote continuous availability of products and services from forests without jeopardizing these eco-systems’ inherent values and future productivity as well as the physical and social environment. “We must strike a balance,” he said Thursday during the national conference Society of Filipino Foresters, Inc. (SFFI) held in Zambales province’s Subic Freeport. He is supporting the enactment of the proposed SFM act and other bills on boosting Philippine forestry. Last year, the government launched its 20112016 National Greening Program (NGP) to reforest some 1.5 million hectares of open, degraded and denuded Philippine forest land using about 1.5 billion seedlings of indigenous and exotic tree species. The government embarked on NGP -so far its

biggest reforestation bidas data show that Philippine forest cover in 2004 already shrank to around 7.2 million hectares or roughly only a fourth of the country’s 30 million hectares land area. Data also showed the country’s forest cover in 1575 reached about 27 hectares or 90 percent of total land area nationwide. Experts cited the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s as Philippine forestry’s dark decades. It was during such decades when the most rapid shrinkage in forest areas nationwide occurred, they noted. Deforestation occurred at an annual rate of 316,000 hectares in the 1980s due to land conversion, shifting cultivation, forest fires and over-logging, data also indicated. Zambales Rep. Milagros Magsaysay is backing the bid for sustainably managing forests nationwide, noting imposing a total log ban is not the way to go. “Such ban isn’t possible for the Philippines because we need sources of wood for our furniture, paper and other needs,” she said during the event.

DEAD WHALE. A sperm whale found dead in the waters near Sacol Island in Zamboanga City morning of Sept. 19, 2012 was buried at the “fish cemetery” of the Zamboanga State College of Marine Sciences and Technology in

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Barangay Rio Hondo late in the afternoon of the same day. An 18-wheeler truck had to transport the dead sea mammal, measuring 52 feet long and weighing 30 tons, from the port. [MindaNews]

SPECIAL REPORT

WHERE HAVE ALL THE FORESTS GONE? (3)

Illegal logging intensifies in Surigao Sur despite total log ban By Vanessa L. Almeda Last of three parts

R. Raymond ambray, spokesperson of Caraga Watch, an environment watchdog composed of various churches and sectoral groups, said they found an unlikely ally in the Surigao Development Corporation (Sudecor). ambray said they were at loggerheads with Sudecor and the company was even the subject of their protests for its alleged failure to protect the sacred places of the Manobo. But the alarming illegal logging activities in the province have bonded them to a common cause. “Yes, we received reports of the increasing illegal logging activities in the area and this is quite disturbing,” the priest said. The Social action Center (SaC), according to its press statement sent to MindaNews on September 10, said they have a Lumad informant who said that one of the major illegal logging operations in the area is financed and managed by one “Jhero King.” “Jhero King” has been identified to be Roland Seblario, owner of Jeroking Enterprises in Upper Doongan, Butuan City in agusan del Norte. a tribal chieftain interviewed by MindaNews said Seblario also introduces himself as “Datu Kalinga.” The source, who requested not to be named, citing security reasons, added he met Seblario in his house in Doongan, Butuan City and talked with him over the phone a few months ago. In both meetings, the source claimed Seblario told him he didn’t care if he

was encroaching on their ancestral domain because “malaki ang koneksyon ko sa gobyerno” and that no one can stop him. In 2008, Seblario was identified in a National Democratic Front press release as one of the traders in Caraga region involved in illegal logging activities. MindaNews last week made several attempts to call Seblario but the person who answered the number listed under Jeroking Enterprises, said it was a residential number. Several calls were also made to his mobile number but these went unanswered. MindaNews went to Jeroking Enterprises in Butuan City on Tuesday (Sept. 18), a compound with an eight-foot high gate and a watch tower but no signage, and was told by Junry Umbal, who claimed to be a guard, that Seblario was not around and that he left for Manila on august 29. Umbal said he could not give the phone numbers of the firm and Seblario. Review Eo 23 For Dr. Isidro olan, executive director of the Lovers of Nature Foundation Incorporated based here, illegal logging activities prevail “because they (illegal loggers) are able to acquire falsified documents and table surveys facilitated by crooks within the DENR.” olan was quoted in the SaC statement as saying that the reason why llegal loggers are difficult to stop is because of their “established connection with high ranking officials of enforcement agencies, politicians, and members of (the anti-illegal logging

task force).” The SaC statement urged the aquino administration to “start reviewing Eo 23 itself” and “start evaluating the performance of the DENR and all other enforcement agencies tasked to implement and enforce all relevant forestry laws.” PENRo meets Seblario Merlinda Manila, the Provincial Environment and Natural Resources office (PENRo) based in Tandag, Surigao del Sur, told MindaNews in a telephone interview on September 14 that she has received reports of Seblario’s alleged questionable activities “but I made it clear to him that it cannot be allowed because he will find a lot of enemies.” She acknowledged there may have been reports about collusion with the previous team “but not under my team.” Manila assumed the post on June 30 after her predecessor, Domingo Cabrera Jr., was sacked along with 30 other DENR officials in Caraga and Davao regions. Manila disclosed she met Seblario sometime in the third week of august at Shacene Restaurant in Tandag City after the latter requested for a meeting with her. “Nakig-meet ko kay mao man ang ato work pud nga makig-istorya kung kinsa man ang naay concern. Nag ingon siya nga siya ang namalit,” Manila said. (I met with him because part of our work is to talk to persons who have concerns. He said he is a buyer). She said she received

a text from a friend that a certain Seblario wanted to meet with her at Shacene Restaurant in Tandag City and she obliged since she had just come from field work and would be passing by the said restaurant. “It was not a scheduled meeting. It was a friendly conversation and I just gave in to a friend’s request. Baka sabihin naman nila napakasuplada ko. at saka taga dito din naman ako” (They might think I’m a snob. and I’m from here, anyway), Manila said. She added she found nothing irregular with the restaurant meeting. She said meeting Seblario at the restaurant was a “familiarization” (meeting) since she is still new to the post. asked if the logs impounded at Sudecor’s compound had been paid for by Seblario, Manila said, “I have no idea whether it is already paid or not.” Manila recalled having told Seblario that the logs are still subject for confiscation in favor of the national government since it is “illegal because of the lack of papers.” Manila denied Seblario tried to influence her into releasing the logs. “Pag may papel pwede ra (ma-claim) pero dili pwede na sa akoa (ang m a i m p l uwe n sya h a n ) . Dili pwede yun sa ako nga team karon. ang amo trabaho diri is to enforce the law.” (That is not allowed. If there are documents, that’s fine but trying to influence me is not okay with me. My team will not allow that. our work here is to enforce the law). [Vanessa L. Almeda / MindaNews]

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THE ECONOMY

Stat Watch

1. Gross National Income Growth Rate (At Constant 2000 Prices)

5.8% 1st Qtr 2012

2. Gross Domestic Product Growth Rate (At Constant 2000 Prices)

6.4 % 1st Qtr 2012

3. Exports 1/ 4. Imports 1/ 5. Trade Balance 6. Balance of Payments 2/ 7. Broad Money Liabilities

USD 4,931 million May 2012 USD 4,770 million Apr 2012 USD -135 million Apr 2012 USD -209 million Mar 2012 P 4,580,674 million Apr 2012

8. Interest Rates 4/

4.1 % May 2012 P131,403 million May 2012 P 5,075 billion Apr 2012

9. National Government Revenues 10. National government outstanding debt 11. Peso per US $ 5/

P 42.78 Jun 2012

12. Stocks Composite Index 6/

5,091.2 May 2012

13. Consumer Price Index 2006=100

130.1 Jun 2012

14. Headline Inflation Rate 2006=100

2.8 Jun 2012

15. Core Inflation Rate 2006=100

3.7 Jun 2012

16. Visitor Arrivals

349,779 Apr 2012

17. Underemployment Rate 7/

18.8 % Jan 2012

18. Unemployment Rate 7/

7.2 % Jan 2012

MONTHLY AVERAGE EXCHANGE RATE (January 2009 - December 2011) Month Average December November October September August July June May April March February January

2012

2011

2010

42.85 42.70 42.86 42.66 43.62

43.31 43.64 43.27 43.45 43.02 42.42 42.81 43.37 43.13 43.24 43.52 43.70 44.17

45.11 43.95 43.49 43.44 44.31 45.18 46.32 46.30 45.60 44.63 45.74 46.31 46.03

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Davao Franchise Expo set F

RaNCHISING is established as the best way to expand a business and gives investors the possibility to go into businesses they are interested in. In the Philippines there are more than 1,200 Franchise Companies, and some of them had their origin in Davao and are now operating on a nationwide scale, such as Phoenix Petroleum, Mandarin Tea Garden, Wonderland For Kids, Spaceburger and Penongs. To bring this Business segment closer to the people of Mindanao, FIFa Filipino International Fran-

chise association is organizing the 7th Mindanao Franchise Expo at Gaisano Mall of Davao atrium from october 5 to 7, 2012 during Mall Hours at free entrance. More than 30 exhibitors display more than 200 Franchise opportunities, which includes Food, service and Retail Franchises from Manila, Cebu, Cagayan de oro and Davao. among the Exhibitors are in the Food industry Blugre, Botoy’s Barrio Bistro, 3 opportunities in the Dimsum business, San Miguel Foods, Kuyas Lumpiang Sariwa, Julies Bakeshop, Panadero Bakeshop

and Figaro. among the Non food Companies are Generika, Hortaleza, Living Water, Netopia, Precious Pillows, Seaoil, Sunlife, Transfer It, Zerona Slimming Centers, ohair Salon and My Face and My Nails. RK Franchise Consultancy is there to advise you if you want to expand your business in to a Franchise. The event is brought to you by North Zen Basic Spaces, PLDT SME Nation and LBC Solutions with FranchisingPH, Davao Edge, Mindanao Times and Sunstar Davao as Media Partners. a Franchise seminar titled “all

about Franchising” is conducted by Senior Franchise Expert Rudolf a. Kotik, who developed the Franchise of such Davao Companies as Phoenix Petroleum, Mandarin Tea Gaden, Taps, Panadero, Dimsum Diner, anniepies, Penongs and many more. The seminar is on october 9, 2012 at Mei King Function Room of Grand Regal Hotel at 1.30 pm For seminar reservation or expo details please call (02) 995.0734 or 911.1966 or email info@ceoexpos. com and visit the website www. mindanaofranchise.com

Dole workers welcome Itochu’s takeover

HoUSaNDS of workers Dole Food Co., Inc. (Dole) in ing divisions, to work out the from the transaction for debt of Dole Philippines, Inc. asia. transition scheme with Itochu, reduction, to pay deal-related (Dolefil) have been asDolefil also produces ba- Japan’s third largest trading expenses, and for restructuring sured of their jobs following nana and papaya in another company. and other corporate purposes. the company’s sale to Japanese 13,000 ha of leased lands in In a September 17 stateThe transaction is expected trading giant Itochu Corp., a la- South Cotabato and other parts ment, Dole, chaired by David to be completed in the fourth bor leader said on Thursday. of Mindanao through its Stanfil- Murdock, announced that it has quarter of 2012, subject to the Francis Gales, president co division. signed a definitive agreement timing of the proxy statement of the Labor Employees assoIn 2006, Dolefil acquired the with Itochu for the sale of Dole’s process and the anticipatciation of Dolefil-Polomolok bankrupt T’boli agro Industrial worldwide packaged foods and ed regulatory approvals. The Hourlies (LEaD-PH), said the Development, Inc., which has a asia fresh produce businesses company intends to disclose employees were formally in- pineapple cannery in Surallah, for $1.685 billion in cash. This further information pertaining formed of the deal in a special South Cotabato and a contract- proposed transaction results to this transaction and its stratemeeting called by the manage- ed pineapple plantation area from Dole’s previously an- gic business review process, as ment Wednesday afternoon. estimated to be at least 2,000 nounced strategic business re- required or appropriate, in the Simon Denye, Dolefil man- ha in Surallah and nearby T’boli view process, and is subject to future, the Dole statement said. aging director, addressed two town. Dole stockholder approval and Dole is the world’s biggest batches of company employees Gales said that Dolefil would customary regulatory approvals supplier of fresh fruits and vegat the firm’s gymnasium. create a team, including those in multiple countries. etables. [Bong S. Sarmiento / “It’s business as usual for from the finance and marketDole will use cash proceeds MindaNews] the company despite the [looming] change in ownership. For now, we have been assured that there’s no retrenchment or offers of termination of service,” Gales told MindaNews. LEaD-PH represents around 3,600 employees. Gales said their collective bargaining agreement (CBa) with the management “will remain in place” and that Denye assured the workers “it will be respected until its expiration.” The five-year CBa of the management and LEaD-PH is now on its second year. a company source said that Denye has also issued an internal memorandum assuring workers and contractors of continuity of operation. “This is a welcome development because Itochu is a giant trading company,” the source said, noting, “It’s business as usual for us.” Dolefil, based in Polomolok, South Cotabato, is the largest multinational company operating in Region 12 since 1963. It has pineapple plantations in at least 13,000 hectares (ha) in the province through lease LOWER PRICES. Beauty conscious ladies line up to get their nails done right in front of the SP building along San Pedro Street yesterday. agreements. This is the largest Manicure and pedicure business at the different public parks in the city is starting to grow as customers flock because they get the services in pineapple plantation of parent a much lower prices. [LEAN DAVAL JR.] as of august 2010

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Landslides feared in Koronadal villages

TURN-OVER. Dr. Danielo O, Rubillos, municipal health officer of Nabunturan RHU; councilors Dodong Sotto and Cheryl Asion Trinidad and Nabunturan Mayor Romeo C. Clarin received the first semester Per Family Payment Rate

from PhilHealth officers Christopher Molina, local health insurance officer head of Nabunturan, Filbert Bryan L Sollesta , PhilHealth XI field operations chief and Dr. Rizza Majella L. Herrera, medical officer VII of PhilHealth central office.

House ratifies Zamora bill on 2 more RTC branches

HE House of Representatives ratified last august 28 the changes requested by the Senate for House Bill No. 4521, which bill proposes to establish two additional Regional Trial Court branches in Compostela valley Province. The measure is principally sponsored by Rep. Maria Carmen S. Zamora. “The ratification has paved the way for the bill’s enrolment for the signature of the President which, hopefully, will happen soonest,” the Compostela valley solon said.

Rep. Zamora lobbies for Hall of Justice building construction The additional RTC branches will make the administration of justice in the province more efficient. Zamora said, adding that the two new branches are expected to lower the ratio of courts to cases in our area. In anticipation of HB 4521’s passage into law, Rep. Zamora has requested the House Committee on appropriations and the office of the House Speaker to facilitate the

allocation of funds in the amount of P10 million for the construction of a Hall of Justice for Compostela valley Province, under the Department of Justice and/or Judiciary budget for FY 2013. “It is foreseen that the construction of a Hall of Justice for the province to house the two new branches will allow for the conduct of more responsive and effective judicial processes. We

the academe and IPs who have become professionals, for their legislative agenda. omao is scheduled to present the fourth and final draft of his agenda to the city council on Sept. 25. But he said he does not need the city councilors to debate on it as it is the IPs’ agenda. “They just need to approve its appropriations,” he added. omao said the political agenda covers the capability building needed for the tribal elders and leaders of the indigenous political structures and indigenous people’s organizations

in accordance with those provided by the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP). He said strengthening the IPs’ political systems is important specially that they are subjected to exploitation by political leaders. “They divide the IP communities by choosing their own pet tribal leaders without recognizing those selected through traditional means,” omao added. He said the timing is ripe because of the upcoming 2013 elections. according to a copy of his legislative agenda, the political issues also

are optimistic that the funding for this purpose will be accommodated in next fiscal year’s General appropriations act,” Rep. Zamora said. The proposed additional trial court branches and the construction of a Hall of Justice for the new trial court salas are projected to greatly ease the backlog of cases presently lodged in the sole RTC branch in Nabunturan, and solve the administrative and operational woes being experienced by the same.

Political, economic rights on top of Malaybalay Lumads’ agenda

oLITICaL and economic rights are on top of the eightpoint legislative agenda of the indigenous peoples in Malaybalay City, according to a lumad leader. Umayamnon Datu Benjamin “otto” omao, mandatory representative of the indigenous peoples to the city council, said the eight points are “equally important” but the most crucial at the moment is for the IPs to build a strong indigenous political structure. The IP mandatory representatives to the local legislative bodies have consulted IP leaders in their areas, including

include strengthening of the IP tribunal system in customary process of conflict transformation, enforcement of tribal jurisprudence and customary laws. The pigsaligans, or the mandatory representatives to the local councils, have to go through capacity-building, too, he added. The IP also pointed out the need to create a grievance council to help address IP concerns. among the basic component of the political agenda is to strengthen IP family relations through solemnization of tribal marriages, he added. [wALtER i. bALANE / MiNDANEws]

ovERNMENT geologists have declared portions of an upland village in nearby Koronadal City as high-risk areas to landslides, especially during the rainy season. Jaime Flores, chief geologist of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources’ Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB)-Region 12, said in a radio interview that five communities of Barangay Saravia in Koronadal City are currently at risk to landslides due to the area’s loosened ground surface. He said the affected areas include Puroks Maunlad, Damsite and Sampaguita as well as Sitios almutan and Crismus. Flores said the heavy rains in the area triggered the landslide earlier this month that affected around 60 hectares of upland farms. He said the landslides affected farming areas in Purok Maunlad and portions of Sitio almutan. Saravia officials declared the village under a state of calamity due to the landslides and flashfloods that occurred at the height of heavy rains in the area last September 1. The incident prompt-

ed village officials to request for another assessment by the MGB of the affected areas to determine the safety of nearby communities. Koronadal Mayor Peter Miguel earlier said a portion of the mountains at the upland portion of the village had collapsed, burying farms planted with sweet potato, cutflower and other agricultural crops. The mayor said village officials reported that 10 houses sustained partial damages as a result of the landslides. as precautionary measure, he said they evacuated some of the residents within the identified critical areas or danger zones into safer grounds and instituted an alarm system to help prepare them against possible disasters. Gregorio Presga, Saravia barangay chair, said they will evaluate the MGB’s findings and later submit them to the city government for the necessary action. “We will check whether there’s a need to evacuate the residents within the affected areas and recommend to the city government the establishment of a relocation site if needed later on,” he added. [ALLEN V. EstAbiLLo / MiNDANEws]

Philhealth 11 launches primary care package

aNY Filipinos with illness rather opt not to seek treatment in the hospital or at least consult a doctor. What makes it worse, most of these Filipinos die without seeing or being attended to by a doctor. This is a result of a weak primary care system and inequality in the access of health care. While the rich enjoys access to quality health care, poor Filipinos are deprived of affordable and quality health care services. In response to the call for transformation in the Philippine health system, Philhealth enhanced its outpatient Benefit Package and approved the Primary Care Benefit 1 (PCB1) Package. The PCB1 Package provides expanded number of primary care services to Philhealth members, ensures increase in utilization rate and enhances incentives for PCB providers to promote healthy behaviour, prevent diseases and facilitate appropriate referral. Philhealth aims that each and every Filipino will be assigned to

a primary care provider who will take care of his/her health needs. Health services not just during hospitalization but a holistic approach of providing preventive and promotive services for improving the well being and quality of life; diagnostic services for early intervention and disease management through the provision of drugs and medicines for illnesses which do not require hospitalization. For the transition period, these services are initially implemented to Sponsored Program, organized Group and overseas Workers Program members and their qualified dependents. Members and dependents may avail of these free services at the nearest Philhealth accredited government health care facilities such as Rural Health Unit (RHU), Barangay Health Centers and government outpatient clinics. In Region XI we already have 56 PCB1 providers; 13 in Davao City, 11 in Davao del Sur , 11 in Davao del Norte, 10 in Compostella valley and 11 in Davao oriental. [GERMAiNE M. tAN]

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EDGEDAVAO Remembering Martial Law

VOL.5 ISSUE 144 • FRIDAY - SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER 21 - 22, 2012

ADVOCACY MINDANOW By JeSuS G. Dureza

EDITORIAL

Martial Law’s untold story

HIS story about Martial Law is told for the first time during the last 40 decades. Proclamation 1081 placing the country under Martial Law was signed by President Marcos on September 21, 1972. But it was not until September 23, 1972, that it was publicly announced. When it came, very few practicing media persons were caught unawares. Weeks before the proclamation, the late senator Benigno “Ninoy” aquino Jr. came to Davao several times. His warnings about oplan Saguitarius and other codenames used by Marcos to hide the impending emergency rule were headlined by local newspapers. Many local newsmen did not believe Ninoy’s exposes then, but the intense media play given to it somehow removed the element of surprise when it finally came. We, at least the working journalists, especially those who had covered the almost daily street demonstrations by radical students, the lifting of the privilege of habeas corpus on two occasions and the other violent and dramatic events were not that stunned. However, fear of the unknown gripped most of us and gnawed at our confidence in the future. It might have been serendipity, but a second man somehow cushioned the impact of martial law. Following the relief of a provincial commander of the then powerful Philippine Constabulary after he was accused of raping a young woman from Davao del Sur, a new commander took his place. He was Col. Jose Pascua, an amiable Panggalatok who was very friendly to media. He was on the third day of his assignment in Davao City when martial law was announced. While Ninoy aquino, other opposition politicians and a great number of journalists had been rounded up and detained in Camp Crame, and newspaper establishments and radio-Tv networks padlocked in Manila, it was surprisingly business as usual in Davao City. almost daily, Col. Pascua would invite media persons to accompany him in his rounds of the city and marvel at the sepulcher-like peace and quiet of city streets at night, thanks to the curfew imposed then. on the second week of martial rule, Pascua gathered media people to tell them of the sad and scary news that he got a

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dressing down for allowing media establishments to operate as if nothing happened. That afternoon, the airlanes fell silent. The following day, none of the half a dozen news local weeklies appeared in city streets. out of work, the lives of media men and their families were in limbo. It was only a month later when the announcement that media establishments could re-open, subject to some forms of censorship. Dozens of media persons who were namesakes of wanted kidnappers, murderers, swindlers, and rebels could not return to work unless they were first cleared by a processing unit in Camp Crame. Even a network general manager who could hardly stand because of polio acquired in childhood had to make a difficult trip to Manila with many of his staffers because their names appeared as suspects in some heinous crimes. Later, Davao media people were required to submit their daily news manuscripts in advance to the Philippine Constabulary barracks for scrutiny before they could be aired or published. Radio and television stations were made to maintain daily programs through which New Society propaganda materials could be aired. Meanwhile, sources of local and national advertising had dried up as the economy worsened. only cronies of the dictatorship were in business and laughing their way to the bank. Some media men who had enough space in their backyard started planting vegetables. others went back to the provinces where the communist insurgency was still in its infancy, to try their hand at farming. a few went underground. The name of Ninoy aquino continued to seize the national consciousness all the way to his murder on the tarmac which eventually catapulted his widow, Cory, to the presidency. He continues to be remembered and revered as his only son and namesake rule the country president with his “daang matuwid,” and while the nation giggled at the antics of Kris, Ninoy’s well-loved little princess. Joe Pascua, the amiable constabulary commander, died soon after serving as the peace and order consultant for the Davao City mayor, Elias Lopez. ANTONIO M. AJERO Editor in Chief

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orty years ago, in September 1972, I was in Manila undergoing orientation and preparing to take on a new job at the Philippine Press Institute as assistant to the Executive Director, the late Ed Sanchez. at that time, the Press Foundation of asia headed by Johnny Mercado (who’s still hacking it out today at the Philippine Daily Inquirer) had one umbilical cord and staying at the towering Ramon Magsaysay Bldg. at Roxas Blvd. I was into my fourth year of Law at the ateneo de Davao and editing the then weekly Mindanao TIMES but for one reason or another, I decided to forego of my last Law semester due to the tempting offer of the late Manila TIMES publisher Chino Roces, telling me that exciting and challenging times were in store for me in Manila. I was Davao correspondent of the Manila TIMES, which was the leading newspaper at that time and had adventurous coverage assignments in the early years of the Mindanao conflict. Being a journalist consumed me. So I packed my bags, planned on postponing my becoming a lawyer in the meantime and in tow with Chino, went the rounds of meeting Manila media persons in preparation for my october 1, 1972 assumption into the new job. on September 19, I was shocked to learn that journalists I had meet and talked with were being rounded up and arrested. Everyone was speaking in whispers and telling about arrests and closure of Tv and radio stations and newspaper offices. Military vehicles with soldiers were running down Roxas Blvd. For the next two days, I decided to stay home. Then on September 21 President Marcos went on Tv and announced the declaration of martial law. Sen. Ninoy aquino was arrested while entering a hotel. Max Soliven, armando Doronila and others were rounded up. My benefactor Chino Roces was initially not heard from. I was so frightened of being arrested as I was in the company of many of them during the meetings I attended during the past days. In fact, I then recalled that there was already talk of martial law and emergency presidential powers around the table during my orientation. I stayed put indoors for several days. When I learned that airline flights already resumed, I repacked my bags, took the plane back to Davao posthaste, returned to the Mindanao TIMES desk and to the ateneo Law School to finish the remaining semester. and resolved again to become a lawyer. The rest is history. I can’t forget my biggest dilemma at the time I was entering the Manila airport for my Davao flight with swarm of soldiers accosting everyone: get rid of my PRESS ID or hide it in my socks and take the chance of being arrested. I opted for the latter. My throwing away of my PRESS ID would have meant I would betray my calling. But I thank martial law. Were it not for martial law declaration, I would not have become a lawyer today! [Lawyer Jesus G. Dureza was government peace panel chair in the negotiations with the MILF under the Arroyo administration from 2001 to 2003 and was later named Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (2005 to 2008). He heads Advocacy MindaNOW Foundation, Inc. and is now publisher of the Davao City-based Mindanao Times. This piece is from his syndicated column, Advocacy MindaNOW.]

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ELECTION WATCH Opposition for a day

ENERaL Santos City--The troika of vice Mayor Shirlyn BañasNograles, Councilor Ronnel Rivera and apopongvillage chair Rogelio ‘Roel’ Pacquiao is finally coy no more. Friday, they were captured on television together where they announcedthey will soon bare a lineup that will challenge the political reignof the antoninos and the acharons in the city. This was not totally unexpected as many have seen telltale signsRivera was really interested in capturing the city’s top executivepost. Topping the 2010 race for councilors was just but his firststep. Rivera and his band of young political upstarts are up against thewell-oiled antonino machinery and a still potent old political familyin the acharons. While the antoninos only became a political force in the city afterthe fall of the Marcos dictatorship, the acharons pre-dated the latePresident Ferdinand Marcos in politics, albeit in the local variety,when the city was then known as town of Buayan. Rep. Pedro ‘Jun’acharon Jr’s father and namesake Pedro Sr was once also the mayor ofBuayan town, while half-brother antonio was the first elected mayor of General Santos after it was proclaimed a chartered city in 1967. Theantoninos and the acharons were known allies of the late dictator whobenefited from Martial Law either economically or politically. With his recent pronouncement, Rivera has fully embraced the opposition tag.But there is not much political history or opposition blood in himexcept that elder brother Ryan once ran against but lost to incumbentMayor Darlene antonino-Custodio in 2001 for a seat then in the Houseof Representative. Roel Pacquiao, of course, is the younger brother of Rep. MannyPacquiao who likewise lost to Custodio in the

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2007 congressional racein the city. Unlike Rivera and Pacquiao whose opposition label is nascent andrecent, vice Mayor Shirlyn Bañas traces her roots to her late uncleRufino Bañas, a lawyer, who once served in the defunct BatasangPambansa by winning as member of the Marcos opposition group Mindanaoalliance in the 1984 elections. Before she jumped into the opposition, Shirlyn however once ran underthe achievement with Integrity Movement of the antoninos and toppedthe local legislative race in 2004. She severed her ties with the antoninos soon thereafter and ran for mayor in 2007. She lost. In2010, she made a political comeback by winning as vice mayor over Joseorlando acharon, nephew of Jun and the running mate of Darlene. Since 1998, however, the antoninos and the acharons have held swayover the city’s political scene with both Jun acharon and Darleneantonino-Custodio serving as mayor and representative respectively forthe first time in 2001. In 2010, the two traded places after handilywinning all their two re-election bids. Except in the mid-90s when there was a vibrant opposition in the citycouncil when adelbert antonino was mayor of the city, rival politicalgroups have, however, practically abandoned their causes and onlyemerged and became active a couple of months or so before theelections. Previous opposition groups likewise did not have theconsistency, credibility and commitment to be able to rally thevoters. In addition, they did not have the eloquence

and charismaneeded to dislodge the antonino-acharon combination. Not even thefledgling popularity of Manny Pacquiao, and his tens of millions, wasable to unseat them in 2007. Not Jun’s younger brother Loreto acharonwho ran against Darlene in 2010. Rivera, however, presents a new challenge to the antoninos. He isyoung, scion of one of the richest, probably the richest, businessmenin the city. Ronnel has struck a political alliance with Rep. Manny Pacquiao (of nearby Sarangani Province) who is said to have declaredthat the political contest in the city next year will be decided onwho has the resources to outdo each other. Pacquiao is by no means a spendthrift. He reportedly spent more thanUS$6.6 million a month prior to the 2010 elections. This is notincluding perhaps more than US$3 million the year in the run-up to his victory as “ground preparations.” a victory by his brother over hisformer nemesis in the city will give him a different political high,perhaps even sweeter than his own 2010 triumph. In short, this isManny’s proxy war. The combined resources of Pacquiao and the Riveras can even help oneget elected to the Philippine senate. But can Rivera and his clique erase the stigma of ‘one day opposition’ We have yet to hear what they have to say on major issues that affectsall residents in the city. and they have yet to present whatdifference they have and will make compared to the antoninos and the acharons. or will they again fall into the money trap and go the traditionalpoliticians’ way?are the antoninos and the acharons really unbeatable or is their timealready up? [MindaNews/Edwin G. Espejo writes for www.asiancorrespondent.com]

A flawed cybercime law

growing number of tech-savvy lawyers and Filipino netizens are expressing fears and reservations against the newly-enacted Cybercrime Prevention act of 2012 (Ra 10175). according to them, this law has a huge potential to undermine constituionally safeguarded liberties, most especially freedom of expression. There are provisions in this new law that are flawed as well. The following are the reasons why I think so. Provision against “cyber-squatting” Section 4(a)(6) states that cyber-squatting is now an illegal activity. It is described as the “acquisition of a domain name over the Internet in bad faith to profit, mislead, destroy reputation, and deprive others from registering the same.” First of all, the government of the Philippines does not have jurisdiction over domain names. It does not even have jurisdiction over the country code top-level domain assigned to us, .ph, which is solely administered by a private entity. The only authority our government has is over the sub-top-level domain, .gov.ph. Does our government believe it can prosecute cyber-squatting of, say, .com domain names registered by Filipinos outside the country? If they thought they did, they’d be opening a whole can of distasteful worms.

COMMENT By BloGie roBillo

( 1st of two parts ) Second, the wording of this so-called offense is vague (as are other provisions of this flawed law). How similar is similar? and what if two people had similar names? Let’s say my name was Juan dela Cruz and another netizen’s was John dela Cruz, and both of us were interested in the domain name jdelacruz.com.ph. In the online environment before Ra 10175, it was survival of the fittest: whoever registered the domain name first won, hands down. Now, if I’m reading this law correctly, it would seem that the loser could very well sue the winner for cyber-squatting! Provision against cybersex My beef with this is the use of the word “cybersex”. The authors of the law should have used cyber-prostitution instead. as it is, unscrupulous or malicious enforcers might use this law against the activities of two consenting adults engaged in consensual online sexual gratification. This is a potential threat to our constitutionalf right to privacy. Provision against libel Why this is part of a law against cyber-

crime is beyond me. In Ra 10175 the outdated libel law is perpetuated. Contrary to guarantees of free expression, as well as freedom of the press, Section 4(b)(4) creates an environment that curtails freedom, by imposing the burden of prior restraint. In other words, censorship. Filipinos have always enjoyed press freedom – since we ousted the Marcos dictatorship, that is. and online, we are known to be vigorously engaged in colorful exchanges that oftentimes border on slanderous assertions. No matter that some journalists and bloggers have been branded as callous and disparaging. The important thing: nobody was afraid to express their opinion. (That they apologized or not when proven wrong is a different story altogether.) Free speech is vital in a democracy, because it is an insurance policy against corruption and other misdeeds by those in power. Therefore, instituting prior restraints against a free-wheeling discussion of issues, against an unencumbered media (traditional or otherwise) is undemocratic and unconstitutional. Take note. only in this part does the law expressly provide for “any other similar means which may be devised in the future” to prosecute libel.

Remembering the 1960s OpINION By eDwarD HaDaS

EvoLUTIoN was not on the agenda when the Second vatican Council of the Catholic Church opened on oct. 11, 1962, almost exactly 50 years ago. However, the gathering marked the start of a new era, not only for the world’s largest centrally-run religion. During the following years, the hope for a better, freer world led to everything from the sexual revolution to the Prague Spring, from african independence to the hippie culture of Woodstock. a half-century on, it seems a good time for an economist to take stock. The economy was not the top concern of the ’60s would-be revolutionaries, but calls for a new society had two revolutionary economic implications. First, like so many other parts of the established order, the economic “system” was to be overthrown. The target was clear enough in Eastern Europe – the Communist planned economy. Elsewhere, the economic villain was harder to pin down, although it was often assumed that “capitalism” was intrinsically evil – heartless corporations and excessive materialism in the West and post-colonial exploitation in the Third World. It was time for radical change; if not a return to some imagined pre-industrial communal paradise then at least a massive refusal to become cogs in the machine. It hardly seemed to matter then that dissidents in the East were longing for what protesters in the West were loathing. one of those 1960s dreams has come true. Communism is gone, save for Cuba and North Korea. otherwise, the “system” appears well entrenched. Corporations, larger and more impersonal than ever, have extended their reach in a globalised world. Developing economies may be less in thrall to the former colonial masters, but indigenous entrepreneurs are just like their western exemplars. The communes are closed or have gone commercial. alternative careers are rare, money and finance ubiquitous. The second economic revolutionary demand was for the abolition of poverty in the midst of post-War plenty. This sentiment led to the foundation of the United Nations World Food Programme in 1961 and the U.S. government’s war on poverty in 1964. The post-vatican II Catholic Church was one of the keenest promoters of global economic “Justice and Peace”. That dream has come closer to reality. True, hunger still plagues a billion people, but abject poverty has diminished as GDPs have risen around the world, and safety nets have helped the needy in richer countries. Nonetheless, the 1960s’ revolutionary and religious fervour made only a minor direct contribution to these improvements. Developing countries primarily copied the practices of rich countries while the welfare state mostly expanded existing programmes. It might sound like “the system”, which was not overthrown, has actually been good for the world. Was the rage against the machine all in vain, and the idealism unnecessary? I think not, and not only because of the collapse of the Soviet economic model. While most of the children of the 1960s eventually signed up for work within the system, many did not completely abandon their higher aspirations. as a result, the counter-culture spirit has infiltrated the corporate world. Capitalism has proved flexible enough to change in response to its critics. In the 1960s, theory Y management – the idea that employees should be encouraged more than disciplined – looked original. It is now obvious. Corporate claims to “social responsibility” may often sound hypocritical, but executives would not even bother to pretend if they didn’t believe that companies should do more than merely provide profits for shareholders. “Don’t be evil”, as Google’s founders put it, is a 1960s-style slogan that most bosses would now endorse. The 1960s commitment to the elimination of poverty has also borne fruit. Without it, companies would be less willing to offer better conditions for their employees in poor countries, or to demand better conditions for their suppliers’ employees. Without it, western politicians would be more hostile to the expanding power of China and former colonies. Without it, there would be even more hostility to economic immigrants struggling to earn a decent living in rich countries.

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Word war

FTER a word war that led to Senator antonio Trillanes walking out on Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, the two lawmakers are still spewing controversial comments. “I’m going to bring this to the people and tell the people about this man, who he is, what kind of senator he is, what kind of a military officer he is, the hazard he is creating for this country,” Enrile told reporters in an ambush interview Thursday. Trillanes, meanwhile, has admitted spearheading moves to oust Enrile as Senate president.

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aKE local govern-

ment unit (LGU)’s budget and expenses public. This was the demand of a-Teacher party-list Rep. Julieta Cortuna from House Committee on Ethics and accountability when she filed House Bill No.2742. In her legislation, Cortuna asked the House panel to direct the Commission on audit (Coa) and Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to draft a template towards full disclosure in local governments.

Cocaine

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forcement agency (PDEa) operatives seized P5 million-worth of cocaine in a buy-bust operation in Eastern Samar earlier this week. The PDEa operation, details of which the agency disclosed only Wednesday, resulted in the arrest of Fe Delmonte, whom PDEa described as a “notorious lady pusher.”

Accident

EvEN people died, including two children, and five were left missing after a small ferry sank off the southern Philippines, the civil defence office said on Thursday.

The boat, carrying 27 people, was travelling between islands in the country’s southernmost Tawi-Tawi chain when it went down in rough waters late on Tuesday, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said.

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young Filipino who lived off a rubbish dump and slept in an open tomb has won a prestigious children’s award in the Netherlands for his work to improve the rights of his fellow street kids. Cris “Kesz” valdez, aged 13, was handed this year’s International Children’s Peace Prize at a glittering ceremony in The Hague on Wednesday, where he received a 100,000 euro ($130,000) prize. valdez was chosen from three finalists for the work of his “Championing Community Children” charity which raises funds to hand out gift parcels to needy children in Cavite City, about 30 kilometres (18 miles) south of the capital Manila. “You are wonderful,” Nobel Peace laureate Desmond Tutu, who handed over this year’s prize, told valdez at a press conference shortly after the ceremony, held in The Hague’s historic Knight’s Hall. “My message to children around the world is not to lose hope” and

South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu (R) shakes hands with Cris “Kesz” Valdez, 13, after awarding him with the Children’s Peace Prize at the Ridderzaal in the Hague. Valdez was chosen for the work of his “Championing Community Children” charity which raises funds to hand out gift parcels to needy children in Cavite City. to remember things like hygiene, said valdez, who added that the prize would help him get an education and perhaps realise his dream of becoming a doctor. Through his charity, valdez has handed out more than 5,000 gifts to destitute children that included everyday articles like flip-flops, toys, sweets and clothes, said

the KidsRights Foundation, the prize’s initiator. In all, he has helped some 10,000 children in his area on health, hygiene and children’s rights, the foundation added. Some 246,000 street children are, like valdez was as a young child, subjected to abuse, violence and child labour in the Philippines, it said.

asked about the prize money, KidsRights Foundation chairman Marc Dullaert said a committee was now to decide, together with valdez, to which projects it would be donated. archbishop Tutu, the South african peace icon who won the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize is in the Netherlands for a nineday visit.

published, the wife of Britain’s second in line to the throne is shown sunbathing topless, like she has been previously in publications in France, Ireland, Italy and Sweden. The photos, which first appeared in French magazine Closer last week, have sparked fury from the British royal family and revived a debate on press intruding into the private lives of celebrities. The publication in Denmark came a day after the magazine’s sister edition in

Sweden ran the photos. Neither publication, owned by Danish-based aller Media, plans to make the pictures available online. The chief editor of the Danish magazine said he was “incredibly proud” to have obtained the sole Danish rights to the snaps. “our readers love to follow the lives of the royals and they want scoops,” Kim Henningsen said on the magazine’s website, noting these were photographs “which the

whole world is talking about but very few have actually seen”. after their debut in the French glossy, the photos have also appeared in Ireland’s Daily Star and Italy’s Chi. The pictures have reportedly incensed Prince William, who with his wife learned of their impending publication while on an asia-Pacific tour to mark his grandmother Queen Elizabeth’s diamond jubilee. The royal family’s lawyers have obtained a civil injunction and sought criminal charges in Paris in a bid to curb the spread of the pictures. French authorities on Tuesday banned Closer from any further distribution of the pictures and began a criminal probe into how they were obtained. The court also ordered the magazine to hand over the files with the images to the royal couple, which the publication did on Wednesday. Closer has said it does not own the images and simply bought them for exclusive first use, so it likely does not possess all the original files. It has refused to say from whom it bought them and who the photographer is.

Danish magazine publishes topless Catherine photos

Danish magazine on Thursday became the latest to run pictures of Prince William’s wife Catherine topless, despite moves by furious royals to stop the spread of the photos. Grainy pictures of the former Kate Middleton taking off and putting on her bikini bottoms featured in the special supplement of Se og Hoer (See and Hear) that hit the newsstands on Thursday. In 14 of the 36 photos

Lampoon

HE Danish cartoonist who outraged Muslims with a drawing of the Prophet Mohammad seven years ago has said the West cannot let itself be muzzled by fear of offending Islamic sensibilities. Kurt Westergaard, whose lampoon of Mohammad in the Jyllands-Posten paper nearly got him killed by an axe-wielding assassin in 2010, told austrian magazine News he had no regrets about his work and said freedom of speech was too precious to relinquish.

Adjourned

HE Senate has ad-

journed for a twoweek break and has so far passed 197 measures, six of which have been approved into law, a statement on Thursday showed. Newly signed laws by President Benigno “Noynoy” aquino III include two measures originating from the Senate aimed at governing the growing use of the Internet in the country.

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Prince William (L) and his wife Catherine attend a farewell ceremony in Tuvalu on September 19, 2012. A Swedish celebrity magazine published pictures of Catherine sunbathing topless, a day before a Danish publication was to do the same despite fury from the royals.

Bitter end

N chief Ban Kimoon warned that the Syrian government and rebels seem intent on fighting to the bitter end, as opposition fighters seized a crossing on the Turkish border. Ban said the conflict will top the agenda at next week’s UN General assembly summit of world leaders, even though there is no formal meeting on Syria, and that the international body may offer a new strategy for peace.

Expelled

USSIa said it had given USaID until october 1 to halt its work as the US aid agency was meddling in domestic politics, a move that risks sparking a new diplomatic crisis with Washington. The termination of the US agency for International Development’s activities may also harm the operations of a string of NGos that rely on its funding, including the vote monitor Golos that showed up irregularities in recent polls.

Reassured

S Defense Secretary Leon Panetta sought to reassure Beijing on Wednesday over Washington’s strategic tilt to the Pacific, telling a military audience it was not an attempt to curb Chinese power. President Barack obama, concerned about China’s growing military and economic might, has called for a shift in focus to the asia-Pacific region, with the US Navy planning to station most of its ships in the area.

Guilty

TaLY’S top court Wednesday confirmed guilty verdicts against 23 CIa agents for the 2003 abduction of an Egyptian imam in Milan and ordered a re-trial for five Italian ex-spies accused of taking part. The CIa agents were all being tried in absentia in one of the world’s biggest court cases against the US “extraordinary rendition” programme to interrogate alleged Islamist militants after the September 11, 2001 attacks.

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SC orders BIR to refund P359.65 million to FBDC

hirty-one distressed overseas Filipino workers (oFWs) arrived Thursday morning at the Ninoy aquino International airport Terminal 1 on board two regular Gulf Air flights from Kuwait. The repatriates ran away from their respec-

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tive employers due to maltreatment and contract violations. During their stay at the Filipino Workers Resource Center in Kuwait, the Philippine overseas Labor office (POLO) provided them with basic necessities, counseling, and medical

assistance. Since January 2012, the Philippine Embassy and PoLo have repatriated more than 650 distressed oFWs. The repatriation of 400 other oFWs is also being arranged, the embassy said. (PNA)

and over are considered literate. The population of 10 years old and above is 1.05 million or 73.06 percent of the city’s total population of 1,449,296. “The figures best indicate the modest gains from the collaborative efforts of various sectors in pursuing our collective commitment towards the realization of the literacy programs of the City Government of Davao,” it said. The document said the high literacy percentage shows the impact of the sustained efforts and hard work resulting from the dedicated partnership of the city government and other stakeholders. “Formal and non-formal education, alternative learning system and other under-

takings designed to eliminate illiteracy have been pursued by the previous local government administration which are now being replicated, sustained and further enhanced by the incumbent leadership,” it said. “The recognition gained from the past serves as a benchmark and an inspiration in formulating appropriate programs and projects responsive to and in accordance with the present needs of the citizens. The local government keeps the best practices and pursues innovative endeavors anchored on the BaRoG (meaning “Strong Stance”) framework designed to sustain and enhance the improved quality of life of every Dabawenyo,” the document added.

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Davao City administrator Zuleika T. Lopez, who accepted the award on behalf of the city mayor, attributed the city’s winning to the literacy programs and projects embedded in the BaRoG (Barangay empowerment, academe, Resources, Peace and order and Governance) development thrust of the local government. “Davao City literacy programs go beyond the four walls of classroom,” she said. an executive summary of the award documents submitted to NLCC and DepEd indicated that the city has long pursued programs and projects designed to address challenges surrounding the illiteracy problem. as of the 2010 census, 98.5 percent of Davao City’s population aged 10 years

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not required to avail of the transitional input tax credit. Instead, the SC said, what is required is for the taxpayer to file with the BIR a beginning inventory. The transitional input tax credit is not a tax refund per se but a tax credit, which is defined as an amount subtracted directly from one’s total tax liability, the SC added. “Contrary to the view of the CTa and the Ca, there is nothing [in Sec. 105 of the National Internal Revenue Code]... to indicate that prior payment of taxes is necessary for the availment of the 8% transitional input tax credit,” the SC ruling said. The SC further pointed out that to require prior payment of taxes in this case is tantamount to both committing judicial legislation and rendering invalid Section 105 of the

NIRC which states that the transitional input tax credit shall be “8% of the value of the [beginning] inventory of the actual [vaT] paid on such goods, materials, and supplies, whichever is higher.” Concurring with the ruling were associate Justices Presbitero velasco, Jr., Teresita Leonardo-De Castro, Diosdado Peralta, Lucas Bersamin, Roberto abad, Martin villarama, Jr., Jose Perez, and Jose Mendoza. associate Justice antonio Carpio dissented and was joined by Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno and associate Justices arturo Brion, Bienvenido Reyes, and Estela Perlas-Bernabe. The FBDC bought from the national government a portion of the Fort Bonifacio reservation, now known as the Bonifacio Global City in Taguig City on Feb. 8, 1995. (PNA)

tember data. according to Pag-asa, El Niño periods are usually marked by below-normal rainfall conditions across most areas of the country during the last quarter of the year and early months

or first quarter of the following year. Donasco said the City agriculture office is preparing contigency measures to cushion the adverse impact of a dry spell among farmers.

right inside the camp. The duo were put on floating status and placed under the custody of the General Santos City Police Personnel Holding and accounting Unit. In a television interview, Monteagudo apologized to the public for the misbehaviour of said police officials. The police regional director said their actuations put the organization in a bad light. He vowed to impose

appropriate disciplinary actions on Calipjo and Sibal to teach them a lesson. “We apologized to the public for whatever alarm it may have been caused. I assure the public that I will hold those people responsible for their actions,” Monteagudo said. Efforts to interview the two controversial police officers failed as they are hiding from the media.

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and Peace (EJP), a peace advocacy alliance led by clergies, said in a press statement Sept. 17 that the NDFP-SMR requested the group, among others, to act as third party facilitators for the indemnification. The EJP previously facilitated the safe release of prisoners of war (PoWs) and the resumption of peace talks between the Left and the government. Bishop Modesto villasanta, EJP convenor who sent the press statement, said the NDFP’s order of indemnification and its request to involve third party facilitators is a welcome step in the road towards resolving the armed conflict. He said such gesture from the NDFP can be implied that it is a manifestation of their willingness to make reparations to the civilian victims, which is its responsibility under the Geneva Conventions and the Comprehensive agreement on Respect of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law. “any move that aims

HE Supreme Court has ordered the Bureau of Internal Revenue to refund to property developer Fort Bonifacio Development Corp. some P359.65 million overpayment of output value-added tax for the first quarter of fiscal year 1997 in connection with sale and lease of lots in Taguig City. In a 17-page ruling dated Sept. 4, 2012, the SC, through associate Justice Mariano Del Castillo reversed the 2006 ruling of the Court of appeals agreeing with the Court of Tax appeals in denying the FBDC’s claim for tax refund. In a vote of 9-5, the SC said that FBDC is entitled to recover the amount it erroneously paid as output vaT since transitional input tax credit of P5.69 billion is more than enough to cover its out vaT liability for the said period. It pointed out that prior payment of taxes is

to heal the wounds of this civil war that has been going on for decades and that is in compliance with international humanitarian law deserves support from peace-loving individuals. The best thing that can be done is to help the survivors heal and to call on both parties of armed conflict to resume the peace negotiations immediately,” the bishop said in a press statement. The 40 facilitators from religious institutions, academe, law group, medical practitioners, media, and civil society organizations were convened last Sept. 15. In the meantime, at least 50 wounded individuals received P5,000 each while the extent of the damage per victim is being assessed by the medical and psychosocial teams for follow through until full indemnification will be fulfilled per recommendation of the facilitators, villasanta said. other than the awarding of financial assistance as payment of damages, he said the mission also

included psychosocial release activity for children and adults and medical assistance for the identified casualties. But the mayor said she is not happy with the NPa’s move to indemnify the victims. “It can’t be that we follow the laws and they don’t. There is only one government and one law, none other,” Duterte said. In a phone interview Wednesday, Maj. Jake obligado, chief of the 10th Infantry Division’s civil-military operations office, said the indemnification is adding insult to the injury because there is no amount that can compensate the sufferings experienced by the victims. “If they really want to give justice for the victims, they have to surrender the perpetrators. We only have one law that should be adhered to and that is the Constitution. Whoever violates the Constitution is a criminal. Justice should be served according to the Constitution,” he said. [Lorie Ann A. Cascaro / MindaNews]

ing with liquor. Supt. Ruel Berango, Deputy Chief for operations of the General Santos City Police, confronted the duo for misbehaviour. Berango told reporters that Sibal and Calipjo turned rowdy. Sibal was temporarily padlocked but Calipjo managed to slip out of the camp. Then everybody was stunned when Calipjo returned, turned “Rambo” and indiscriminately fired his M-16 armalite rifle

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FFERING a new line of Italian- and Mediterranean-themed homes, Camella Tagum launched its ready-for-occupancy units for house models Reana and Margarita, both under its Lessandra series. Camella’s Lessandra homes are priced just right for homebuyers looking for reasonably-priced houses that come with modern amenities normally not found in other subdivisions within the same price range. “With Lessandra models, homebuyers get stylish, affordable homes and still get to enjoy amenities like the clubhouse, swimming pool, parks, playground, and more,” said Sheilamae Lara, Marketing of Camella Tagum, adding that buyers can view the Lessandra series up close during the Buyers Night this Friday, September 21. “September is also our anniversary month, hence we are offering reservation fee of as low as P 5,000 and outright discounts of as much as P 75,000,” Lara said another landmark Camella development, Camella Tagum also has the other facilities of its sister subdivisions belonging to the highend range, such as a multi-court activity area, grand entrance plaza, jogging lanes, perimeter fence, shuttle service, and 24/7 security system with CCTv. It is also built with underground storm drainage, water system, and complete electrical facilities. Located on 14 hectares of prime property, this rising Camella community gives Tagumenos and those from other regions the opportunity to enjoy life in elegant and affordable homes. Never has Tagum had such a subdivision with a high-end appeal yet priced within the means of its people. It is not only attractive to newlyweds, families, single professionals, and other types of homebuyers, but also to businessmen who see its value as a source of rental income. With rental rates around Tagum reaching the P10,000 to P15,000 range, and monthly amortization in Camella Tagum averaging to about 8,000 a month or about

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Oh my Mamma Mia! Maria, Melissa and Diana perform the song Chiquitita.

NoThINg makes me smile more than witnessing a beautiful musicale. I remember watching The Lion King during a run in Singapore and it gave me goosebumps. So imagine my delight when Emil announced that he had tickets for a local production of Mamma Mia! at the R.S.M Event Center at the Philippine Women’s College. Produced by the Indigent Children Educational Assistance Inc. (ICEA) Performing Arts in cooperation with the Divine Mercy Apostolate, Archdiocese of Davao, the musicale showcased the wonderful talents of Dabawenyos and their ability to stage a highly popular play that tickles every Dabawenyo’s joie de vie. Mamma Mia! is a stage musicale based on the songs of ABBA familiar with the audience, some of whom sang along. Com-

mendable where the performances by Conchita Romana Suarez as Donna in and Karen Rachel Simon as Sophie in their

The actors take a bow to a jam-packed crowd.

Dancing to a medley of songs by ABBA.

performance of Thank You for the Music. I also tip my hat off to Diana Adtoon who played Tanya and Maria Amor Bacharpa playing Rosie. Their energetic performances added life and a little light humor to the play especially during their performances of Chiquitita and Dancing Queen. I was just sad though that it would seem like the technical people manning the lights and sounds seem unfamiliar with their equipment leading to missing voices and missed spotlights, and this is why I commend the actors for playing on in spite of the glitches and ending their performance with a beautiful rendition of I Have a Dream. Follow me on Twitter @ kennethkingong for more happenings in and around Durianburg.

Sophie and her three potential dads.

DianaAdtoonfightsofftheadvancesoftheyoungermenwhilesingingDoesYourMotherKnow?

Maria Amor Bacharpa sings Take a Chance on Me.

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TRAvEL

Why the Healthy Back Bag should be the next item on your wish list ToTiNg around a bag full of stuff on a daily basis has been a common practice for people all over the world. Whether it’s a bunch of personal care products, materials for work or lifestyle gadgets, it’s one bad habit that’s quite hard to break…until now.

A poorly-constructed bag packed with all sorts of things can cause various back complications. it may start off as a simple backache but can develop into something worse over time – without you noticing it. This then lead to the development of the Healthy Back Bag. With the help of a chiropractor and a doctor, the creator of this innovative new product came up with a design that’s not only pleasing to the eyes but also eases back pain that is usually experienced by one in three adults. By combining style and health benefits, the Healthy Back Bag was able to achieve a rare feat in ergonomic design. The one-strap “backbag” easily contours to the natural curve of the spine making the seemingly heavy load of the bag feel significantly lighter as well as help reduce stress to the back, shoulders, and neck. its patented teardrop shape efficiently distributes the weight of the bag across key touch points through the length of the whole bag. There are two ways to wear the Healthy Back Bag, you can carry it on either shoulder – across the back or across the chest, always enabling the user easy access to the contents of his/her bag without having to take it off. Another practical feature is it’s “non-slip” strap lining which prevents the bag from annoying slippage that is very common with shoulder bags. Each Healthy Back Bag also has a lot of inventive details such as nifty compartments that make it easier for one to organize his/her stuff, a built-in key hook, branded zipper pulls that cleverly conceals your belongings from thieves, and a signature silver lining that makes it easier for you to look for what you need. Now anyone can use a bag designed with a sound medical rationale that looks good too.

SM Dept Store gives away free fashion umbrellas

FALL iN LovE with SM Department Store this rainy season as we give free fashion umbrellas for every minimum single-receipt purchase of P2,000 at the SM Ladies Wear Department. You better hurry though as this promo is only until october 14, 2012 or until supplies last.

An afternoon at the beach By Carlo P. Mallo

Who would have thought that walking by seashore just before the sun disappears over the horizon can actually be a trip to an entirely different world?

And no, I wasn’t strolling on the beach holding hands with someone else. (I wish I were, but I wasn’t.) Even though I wasn’t holding hands while walking with someone, the shallow water that was left during the low tide still offered a surprise that I wasn’t just prepared for. It was like that first trip to the beach when we were kids and we were too afraid or grossed out of non-mammal animals. Starfish in multiple shapes and colors, schools of fish, sea creatures I have never thought of, and a bat fish – these are just some

of the surprises I got one late afternoon as I walked by the shore during a low tide. Seeing people plucking something out of the shallow waters piqued my interest and I decided to take a look. The locals were picking shells, which they said they’ll cook for dinner. I decided to take a walk of my own with the setting sun as my backdrop. As romantic the scene might have been, I was more in-

terested in the creatures that the shallow waters had to offer than wallowing in the thought of having no one walk with me. Mollusks, fishes, sea ur-

chins, and hermit crabs are just some of the few things that were trapped in tide pools or surrounded by dense kelp. And oh, there was a school of fish also that always bit my toes when I stepped a tad too close to their home. What made it more interesting is that one does not even have to wear special gear – just a pair of sturdy tsinelas will do! It’s a walk that I would recommend for everyone to take – its leisurely, easy, and, yes, romantic.

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Survivor: Philippines kicks off! WELCoME BACk to the island, Survivor fans! (Cue crazy wilderness sounds.)

The CBS reality series premiered tonight, set in the Philippines. viewers got introduced to the number of, um, interesting players—including veterans Russell Swan (Samoa), Jonathan Penner (Fans vs. Favorites) and Michael Skupin (Australia)—which should promise an entertaining 25th season. The three tribes started their adventure by quickly grabbing whatever supplies they could get their hands on before having to jet off the boat and onto their rafts. Matsing Tribe: Russell vowed he did not want to take any type of leadership role this time around, but it must just be in him, because he was acting like the head honcho, anyway. You can’t get too mad at him, though, he helped start a fire right away. Meanwhile, Denise Stapley, a licensed sex therapist,

became eager to know more about Zane knight, a tatted up guy who “looked like trouble.” Whether or not he’s trouble, Zane’s definitely smart by forming an alliance with everyone on the team. As for that bartender from georgia, Malcolm Freberg—hot! While cooking some rice, Russell came across a clue for the hidden immunity idol. Zane was on to him and asked him about it, but of course, Russell lied. kalabaw Tribe: People instantly started plotting on how to get returning player Jonathan out of the game. Retired baseball player, Jeff kent (who was battling a possible knee

injury already) hoped to maintain his career as a professional athlete underwraps, but someone paid attention to the MLB, and knew who he was. Sarah Dawson would be keeping that to herself, though, until it became of value to her. Jonathan must know something’s up, because the whole day he wandered off alone looking for the immunity idol, and to our surprise, he actually found the clue in the rice. Tandang Tribe: AbiMaria gomes and Roberta “R.C.” Saint-Amour became BFFs right off the bat raft, and decided to start forming an alliance with young but “dumb”

in their minds, Pete Yurkowski and veteran Michael. They didn’t want the “old lady,” on the tribe, who happened to be Lisa Whelchel aka Blair from Facts of Life. Michael recognized her right away, but she told him that her child star past would probably hurt her in the game, so she’s not saying anything. Michael may have the experience, but he is also accident-prone. Already, he gave himself cuts on the foot, fingers and head. Challenge: Each team was split into pairs. The first pair would have to race into the jungle while connected to their partner and climb up a cargo net to retrieve paddles that they handed off to the next pair, who would canoe out to a safe in the ocean that they had to bring back to the beach, so that the last pair could solve the puzzle inside to win. Starting off last, kalabaw shocked everyone by winning first, giving them immunity and a fire-starting kit. Tandang, who had the lead, got second, also getting immunity and flint. Unfortunately, Matsing had to go to Tribal Counsel.

Shakira is pregnant!

HiPS don’t lie and apparently pregnancy tests don’t either: Shakira is going to be a mom! The Latina songstress, 35, took to her Facebook page today to announce the impending bundle of joy with Spanish soccer player gerard Piqué, writing, “As some of you may know, gerard and i are very happy awaiting the arrival of our first baby!” What a very casual announcement for the mama-to-be! But the news may be bittersweet (at least momentarily) for Shakira’s diehard fans: “We have decided to give priority to this unique moment in our lives and postpone all the promotional activities planned over the next few days,” Shakira continues. “This means i will

not be able to be a part of the iHeartRadio Music Festival, but i’m sure this weekend in Las vegas will be spectacular!” The baby announcement comes on the heels of word that Shakira will fill Christina Aguilera’s seat for the fourth cycle of The voice coming this spring. And now it makes total sense why this gig is absolutely perfect for the “Waka Waka” singer. Now those hopefuls will have to impress a chair fit for two. Mazel tov, happy couple! Can’t wait to see what moves that baby has.

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A party weekend at Starr

T E M P E R AT U R E S will rise and pulses will raise on this weekend as two international DJs take turns heating up the dance floor.

on September 21, see if blondes have more fun as Pearl Night Productions, in cooperation with FHM, presents: DJ Blondie, live at STARR Club, Davao! Based in Palm Beach, Florida, USA, DJ Blondie, aka Catarina Hodel, has been and is a resident DJ for many high end clubs all across the USA and abroad. She is also a model for the famous men magazine, FHM; with an issue featuring the sexy DJ coming out here in the Philippines this october. A self-motivated performer since the tender age of 15, she steps it up a notch when she is behind the turntables. The party is not over on September 22 as international model, actor and turntable maestro DJ vadim will grace the land of Davao City for the first time to play fist-pump inducing beats for the sureto-be eager crowd. DJ vadim, or vadim Nabivanets in real life, started his DJ career since 2005, after graduating from the 1st DJ school in kiev, Ukraine. Since then, he has played in the best clubs in Ukraine and india, and is presently a resident DJ of the world-renowned Café del Mar. Catch these back-toback parties on September 21 and 22, at Starr Dine. Party.Shine. Entrance/ Door charge is only P350, including drinks. For queries, contact Angel Abella at 09324562146.

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Floyd ordered to pay Pacquiao M

Floyd Mayweather (top photo) was ordered by a US Court to indemnify Filipino rival Manny Pacquiao (below). Pacquiao recently hooked up with rapper 50 Cent who was also ditched by Mayweather in a promotional venture.

aNNY Pacquiao is still waiting to fight Floyd Mayweather Jr., but he claimed a victory of sorts on Wednesday when a federal judge ruled Mayweather must pay Pacquiao more than $113,000 for failing to give a deposition in a defamation suit, according to several media reports. The majority of the money will likely go to Pacquiao’s attorneys, who had filed suit on behalf of their boxer client for defamation after Mayweather told reporters and others that Pacquiao uses performance-enhancing drugs. “Calling a professional athlete a cheater is the most serious charge one can make,” Pacquiao’s original lawsuit said. “accusing an athlete of using performance-enhancing drugs - however baseless and lacking in evidence - is toxic.” Mayweather was scheduled to sit for a deposition sometime between June and october last year, but never showed up. one of his arguments was that he was too busy training, but investigators obtained photos of Mayweather at various nightclubs across the country showing him dancing, drinking and spending significant amounts of money. “Mayweather decided that he, not the court, would determine if and when his deposition would take place,” according to the motion. “Busy living the ‘luxurious lifestyle non-stop,’ ‘pour(ing) champagne for (his) friends,’ and keeping the company of ‘attrac-

Phl gains semis vs Iran T

HE SMaRT-Gilas Pilipinas used a furious fourth quarter run to turn back Chinese Taipei, 75-68, in the quarterfinals of the FIBa asia Cup Thursday in To-

kyo, Japan. Holding a slim 54-53 edge entering the final period, the Philippines opened with a 17-4 assault capped by a corner three-pointer by Gary Da-

vid to take a 71-57 lead with 3:51 left in the game. Chinese Taipei got its bearings back, scoring nine straight points to stay within striking distance, 71-66, with 1:52

Phl loses FIBA hosting bid

T will be Lebanon, and not the Philippines, who will host the FIBa asia Men’s Basketball Championship next year. Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas executive director Sonny Barrios disclosed the news shortly after the FIBa asia executive

committee informed them that Lebanon was granted the hosting rights for the FIBa Basketball World Cup qualifier. “It’s Lebanon with the condition that they (FIBa asia) will give it to the Philippines once the host cannot make it,” wrote Barrios in a text message.

left. But the Taiwanese could not come any closer against the tough Philippine defense, scoring just two points the rest of the way. Two free throws by La Tenorio and a layup up by Jeff Chan sealed the game for the Philippines. Naturalized center Marcus Douthit carried the fight for SMaRT-Gilas, posting 19 points and 18 rebounds. But he got ample support from Philippine shooters led by Gary David, who scored 14 points, and Tenorio, who scored all nine of his points in the fourth quarter. SMaRT-Gilas moves into the semifinals against powerhouse Iran, which dispatched Uzbekistan earlier in the day.

tive women,’ Mayweather refused to be deposed. He disobeyed properly served deposition notices, filed specious ‘emergency’ motions, openly defied this court’s order directing him to appear, and serially misrepresented his whereabouts to Pacquiao and this court. Exposing Mayweather’s untruths was a massive - and expensive - undertaking.” although U.S. District Court Judge Larry Hicks refused to grant Pacquiao default judgment on the basis of discovery of Mayweather’s misdeeds, but did order Mayweather to

Anti-Pac

FIND the Manny Pacquiao-Manuel Marquez Iv fight bereft of reason nor incentive to make. That’s straight out of my own untrained boxing mind. When Manny Pacquiao’s camp announced that they will be fighting for a fourth time, I thought it was the worst decision ever made by the champ’s camp. Let’s get straight to it. It far smacks out of reason. What drives Manny to fight Marquez a fourth time? He has beaten this guy...err let me change that to he has barely survived this guy not just once but thrice. What else is there to settle? To knock this guy out? Hell, not. It’s just not right. Not even when this man is a year short of turning 40. This man is still the only living boxer made to destroy Manny Pacquiao. Without exaggeration, outside of Floyd Mayweather. Manny is good for two fights more if he intends to preserve his legend. If he fights beyond that, that’s plain greed. In fact, I think this one with Marquez is all about the money. Not honor. Not settling old score. Plain and simple. Money. Ka-ching. Ka-ching. Bob arum, ever the wisest guy in the industry, knows how to maximize his cards and squeeze whatever juice is left of his ward. If they fight Timothy Bradley, that’s settling for less moolah. Cotto is out. Mayweather is away. So the only name that can tinker the cash register is Juan Manuel Marquez. The fight on December 8 will be a crucial one in Manny’s career. No doubt, Manny does not have the same mojo he had before. or maybe he has it but for a lot of congressional reasons, he is not on the upside of his career. The upside was the Margarito fight and then it was all downhill from there. The Marquez fight will easily earn Manny some $25 Million is prize money and

pay deposition costs and attorney fees as punishment. Pacquiao subsequently filed for attorney’s fees and Hicks agreed, ordering Mayweather pay $113,518.50 on Monday. “The court notes that the award of attorney’s fees in this matter is a sanction against Mayweather’s obviously intentional decision not to appear for his court ordered deposition,” Hicks wrote. “This was a direct discovery violation after the court had entered a very clear order that the deposition go forward.”

some more from the gates and PPv. other than the color of money, there is nothing shining from that horizon. Marquez is a fading old warrior who is simply built out of the rock that’s the Pacquiao antidote. a krypton called “mannyptonite”. or we can call it simply anti-Pac, like your household dishwashing soap is made of. If Manny wins this one, then what? Does it make him the pound-for-pound king again? of course not? Is there a championship at stake? Naah. Prestige, honor? Not even. Maybe he’ll earn a role in a Mexican tele-novela. or get himself a statue in Guadalajara. The question is will the fans still be interested of this fight? That should be the first concern of arum. Being the master promoter that he is, Bob has to hype this promotion and create some weird sideline conflicts in order for people to get more interested of a fourth fight. Maybe use the Freddie Roach losing streak. The Marquez Jinx. Whatever. Remember that these men have logged 36 rounds of boxing without one of them falling in the canvas and get counted out. Three times, the fight came down to the scorecards and each time it was scaringly close. There is a saying that goes familiarity builds contempt. I don’t know how it would apply in this fight but you know, Marquez’s familiarity with Pacquiao’s style could lead to a contemptuous ending. otherwise, it’s a case of redundancy covets boredom.

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COME AND JOIN THE FUN!!!

Davao Peace September 21, 2012 SM Annex We are celebrating The International Day of Peace on Sept. 21, 2012 Friday during which special activities and celebrations will take place all across the world over the 2012 Peace Day Weekend, including festivals, concerts, a global Peace Wave with moments of silence at noon in every time zone, and much more. The International Day of Peace, a.k.a. “Peace Day” provides an opportunity for individuals, organizations and nations to create practical acts of peace on a shared date. This celebration starts and declared by United Nations resolution in 1981 to coincide with the opening of the General Assembly. The first Peace Day was celebrated in September 1982. In 2002 the General Assembly officially declared September 21 as the permanent date for the International Day of Peace. By creating the International Day of Peace, the UN devoted itself to worldwide peace and encouraged all of mankind to work in cooperation for this goal. During the discussion of the U.N. Resolution that established the International Day of Peace, it was suggested that: “Peace Day should be devoted to commemorating and strengthening the ideals of peace both within and among all nations and peoples…This day will serve as a reminder to all peoples that our organization, with all its limitations, is a living instrument in the service of peace and should serve all of us here within the organization as a constantly pealing bell reminding us that our permanent commitment, above all interests or differences of any kind, is to peace.” Since its inception, Peace Day has marked our personal and planetary progress toward peace. It has grown to include millions of people in all parts of the world, and each year events are organized to commemorate and celebrate this day. Events range in scale from private gatherings to public concerts and fora where hundreds of thousands of people participate.

Davao City, a day-long Peace Fair will be held at the SM Annex Activity Center where different organizations will gather to promote their initiatives for peace. This idea started with a small group which wanted to do an Open House Peace Fair in Matina and has grown into an enthusiastic community of volunteers from government, civil society, civic organizations, and the security sector. There will be booths and activities which have been organized around the six paths to peace which was framed by uNeSCo-awardee Toh Swee Hin. These are: a) Building Intercultural Respect, Reconciliation and Solidarity; b) Living with Justice and Compassion; c) Promoting Human Rights and Responsibillities; d) Dismantling a Culture of War; e) Living in Harmony with the Earth; and, f) Cutivating Inner Peace.

PROGRAMME

Whole Day Activity I. Opening Program ¤ Opening Song, “One God” video ¤ Welcome Remarks ¤ Ribbon Cutting, Reading and Signing of Manifesto ¤ Sharing of Peace Bands ¤ Opening of Booths II. Press Conference III. Peace Circle ¤ Harmony Prayer by Maria Kharla Jhoei Acosta of Silsilah Forum Davao ¤ Opening Remarks by Maria Teresa L. Ungson of National Nutrition Council XI ¤ Intermission Number by Ata Paquibato Kalayag Organization ¤ Short Introduction of 6 Paths to Peace by Brahma Kumaris ¤ Peace Furom ¤ Poster-making Contest - Intro of participants and schools - Reading of guidelines/mechanics ¤ Contest proper ¤ Essay Writing Contest - Intro of participants and schools - Announcement of entries ¤ Extemporaneous Speech Contest - Intro of participants and schools - Reading of guidelines - Contest proper ¤ Intermission Number of Kalinaw Mindanaw Theme Song by Mindanaw Peace Voters ¤ Awarding and Recognition of Partner Organizations IV. Peace Concert by Eastern Mindanao Command

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YOU CAN BE PART OF THIS PEACE INITIATIVE BY SIGNING THE 2012 MANIFESTO FOR PEACE AT

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