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Ordinance against discrimination OK’d RAVAGED. This was all that stood after storm Pablo ravaged Cateel town in Davao Oriental. A tree stands amidst the devastation. As of Wednesday, relief for the surviving residents are still badly needed despite the flow of help from private groups that began to trickle in. [EDEN JHAN LICAYAN]

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HE Sangguniang Panlungsod of Davao City approved on Wednesday a city ordinance against all forms of discrimination considered by its proponents as another breakthrough legislation.

The landmark ordinance de-

To get relief goods

Ordinance brainchild of Vice Mayor Rody Duterte and crafted by Councilor Melchor Quitain fines discrimination and outlines specific prohibited acts aimed at placing on equal footing all residents regardless of social, cultural

Desperate folk set up barricade, stop trucks

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ungry and desperate, residents of Barangay San Antonio, Cateel, Davao Oriental barricaded Tuesday morning a portion of the Cateel-Baganga highway to stop trucks bearing relief goods, claiming the last time they received food assistance was Thursday last week.

About a hundred survivors of this village at the boundary with Baganga town not only blocked one lane of the highway with wood and other debris but closed in on vehicles, particularly trucks carrying relief

goods.

Mindanews saw the crowd blocking a truck at around 9:50 a.m.

Tuesday, demanding relief assistance apparently bound for Baganga.

Erlyn Alcontin and a group of women near the barricade explained the last time they received food packs from government was on Thursday.

But the pack consisted of only two kilos rice, two tins of sardines and two packs of noodle soup.

Someone from the crowd said

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and physical differences.

The ordinance will be known more popularly as ADO or An-

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2 THE BIG NEWS

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Missing fishermen from GenSan, Sarangani now 323

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HE number of missing fishermen from general Santos City and nearby Sarangani Province rose to 323 on Wednesday as more unaccounted small and light fishing boats from the area were reported following the onslaught of typhoon “Pablo” a week ago.

Commander Lued Lincuna, spokesperson of the Task Force Maritime Search and rescue-Sargen (Sarangani/general Santos City), said the increase in figures was mainly due to the inclusion of several ‘undocumented’ fishermen from the city and the neighboring areas that have not yet returned to their homes.

“These are fishermen or fishing operators who ventured out into the sea without any document from the Philippine Coast guard (PCg) and

operated using unregistered small and light fishing boats,” he said.

Lincuna said the undocumented fishermen were not included in the list of missing tuna fishing crew members that were earlier obtained by the task force from the PCg station here.

He said they established the identities of the undocumented missing fishermen based on the accounts of several survivors and reports consolidated by the city social welfare and development office (CSWDO) from their families.

Since last week, five undocumented fishermen have already been rescued while the remains of two others were recovered off the coasts of Mati in Davao Oriental.

[Allen V. Estabillo/Mindanews]

Daily brownouts hit anew businesses in Kidapawan

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EMBErS of the local business community In Kidapawan City are expecting a “black” Christmas this year due to the current power situation in Mindanao. richie Joy Mamburao-gapasin, owner of China gap Events, said the daily brownouts the city has been experiencing since last year has affected her business.

“It’s so frustrating. It’s a black Christmas definitely for all of us here,” said gapasin.

Just like gapasin, mobile phone storeowner renee Espina was also expecting a gloomy Christmas in as far as business is concerned.

Vicky guboc, owner of Touch that Cares and VCg School and Office Supplies, said this is the first time the city would experience longer brownouts during the holidays.

“This early, business is already down as we have brownouts thrice daily, she said.

Banker Chona Suico said Christmas is associ-

ated with merrymaking, good food and cold drinks. “[But] how can we have that if our refrigerators and freezers are not functioning because of power blackouts?” she lamented.

But ramon Floresta Jr., of the rnF Summit and Wood Industries Inc. believed otherwise.

“I don’t think Dec. 24 and 25 would be black because during Christmas holidays, we have less power requirements, especially the industries and offices,” he said.

But Floresta, owner of the biggest wood business in Southwestern Mindanao expressed frustration over the poor power situation in the region.

Lawyer Omar Pacelin, spokesperson for the national Power Corporation-Power Sector Assets Liabilities and Management (nPC-PSALM), said the generating capacity of Mindanao is really a letdown especially when everybody is wishing a “lighted” Christmas. [Malu Cadelina Manar/Mindanews]

GIRL’S SMILE. A young girl manages a smile as she watched people line up in a long queue for relief goods. [EDEN JHAN LICAYAN]

DSWD allots P115M for typhoon victims By: Che Palicte

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HE Department of Social Work and Development has allocated P115 Million for the victims of super storm Pablo. rebecca Santamaria, DSWD Protective Services unit, Head / rrCy Center Head, said that the said fund is allocated for the food/non-food items and construction of the affected areas particularly in Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental.

The DSWD has 4 clusters namely; food/nonfood which is a cooperation program of the DSWD and WFP (World Food Program) donating 200,000 bags of rice; shelter program with the

IOM (International organization for Migration) and unHCr (united nations High Commissioner for refugees) as counterparts; camp management; and protection.

There are a total of 81 bunkhouses that are being constructed in the affected areas. 21 are in Comval/new Bataan, 20 in Baganga, 20 in Cateel and 20 in Boston. The bunkhouses are made of gI sheets for roofing, plywood for the walls and concrete floors for a stronger foundation.

Santamaria said that in one bunkhouse, there are 10 rooms which can accommodate 3 families per room. The estimated area of a bunkhouse is

crimination in his privilege speech during the city councils’ regular session at Sangguniang Panlungsod building yesterday.

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as big as a standard basketball court. The IOM is also providing tents for temporary shelter.

DSWD Secretary Dinky Soliman promised to give emergency shelter assistance to those who are affected ranging from P5,000 to P15,000 in building damaged houses.

Santamaria bared that in every area affected by the typhoon they will hire individuals to help clean and restore the place with a compensation of P218.00 per day. This will somehow help those who are struggling to provide food and things to their families.

The DSWD will like-

wise release P27 million cash grants to Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries in the Pablo-hit areas of Cateel, Baganga, and Boston in Davao Oriental; Monkayo and new Bataan in Compostela Valley.

For Davao Oriental, P4,058,800 to 1,901 Cateel family beneficiaries; P8,460,700 to 3,876 Baganga recipients and P2,029,000 to 954 Boston beneficiaries. The cash assistance will be released by Baybank on the following schedules: Dec. 13-14 Cateel and Boston, Dec. 14-15 in Baganga, Davao Oriental.

P7,057,400 will be released to 3,742 Monkayo grantees on December

buildings and barangay halls which are considered to be the strongest structures where residents can take refuge were no match to the storm’s havoc.

“These facilities were no match to the strong wind that deformed even steel trusses and flew away roofs like in Baganga and Cateel,” Segovia said.

However, he said it did not take too long for government to organize and mobilize in order to respond to the people in

need.

Segovia also expressed his appreciation to the provincial governments of Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental which immediately packed relief goods for the affected families.

“The local governments were functioning harnessing the government resources around responding immediately to the needs of the people despite the situation where the in-

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Calamity areas ill-prepared to handle strong typhoons

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PRIVILEGE SPEECH. Vice Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte expresses his support of the Anti-Discrimination Ordinance (ADO) which aims to protect the minorities from any form or word of dis-

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top military officer observed that the hardest stricken areas by typhoon Pablo in Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental are not used to strong and destructive weather.

Lt. general Jorge Segovia, commander of the Eastern Mindanao Command said no one also saw the extent of the devastation until the storm struck in the affected communities.

He said the facilities like gymnasiums, school

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306 fishermen still missing: A city in quiet grief

By Edwin G. Espejo

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yPHOOn Pablo may have spared residents here from its wrath and fury when it swatted across large areas in eastern Mindanao.

But the pain and anguish are tearing apart families and loved ones of over 300 tuna fishermen still missing a week after the typhoon made a landfall. Many of the grieving wives and mothers may be resigned to the fact that they will never see their loved ones even again.

What hurts even more, the fate of the missing tuna fishermen has been lost, buried by the stirring and heart-rending images of Pablo’s victims. They say what you do not see, do not hurt.

There are no bloated bodies of dead fishermen to talk about, only few survivors to tell their harrowing ordeals.

But like relatives of the typhoon victims in Davao and Surigao, they also refused to believe their loved ones are dead.

Others who are willing to accept their fates want to give their dead loved ones a decent burial where they can pay their graves homage.

The disconnect is all over, however. nobody seems to care about the missing fishermen, commented a grizzled veteran international journalist who won’t leave this city until Wednesday.

It did not help that the disaster happened on the week leading to the fight of this city’s favorite son, Manny Pacquiao. It hurt even more that many more preoccupied over the monumental loss of the city’s iconic figure than the fate of the missing tuna fishers. not the opportune time news of the missing tuna fleets did not spread out until it was broken by this writer who happened to be in the company of some of their owners at the Manila meeting of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) held on December 2-6.

The typhoon was predicted to make a landfall on a Monday, December 3.

On the morning December 4, a worried Dominic Salazar of THIDCOr told noel Lorenzo of SLrFI and uFLA executive director Dino Barrientos that they have lost radio communications with one of their catcher vessels.

Salazar however said all three crew members of a support light boat have been found alive after their own vessel sank.

Later in the morning, I met John yap of rugela Fishing who said two of his catcher vessels were also missing, including their complement of light and ranger boats.

Jake Lu, president of Socsksargen Federation of Fishing and Allied Industries (SFFAI) said survivors said they saw at least three dead bodies and a capsized catcher vessel. “ga-tumbling daw,” Lu said (It was tumbling all over).

The manager of rr Fishing said one of their catcher vessels was forced to make a port call after huge waves by the then incoming typhoon created a crack on the welded portion of its hull. It reached the safety of the port before Pablo raced across the fishing ground and eventually slammed into the coastal areas of Davao Oriental and Surigao del Sur. They were among the lucky ones whose fleets are all safe.

Salazar requested that the identities of the fishing companies that have lost contact with their fishing boats be withheld pending notification of their kin and while efforts to locate them are still ongoing. I alerted my fellow journalists and media outlets in general Santos City who may be in better position to follow up the lead. A few called back to ask for more details implying nobody knew what then was happening even though a lot of attention was already given on the magnitude of Pablo’s wrath (international code name Bopha).

The next day, December 5, however, former SFFAI president Marfenio Tan arrived at the WCPFC meeting venue in PICC and told the Philippine delegation that six catcher vessels (unay) are confirmed missing and as many as 300 fishermen may also be lost at sea.

I showed him a forwarded SMS message indicating the last location of one of the catcher vessels before it went into deafening radio silence: 07-53-75, 128-22-38 and 07-50-13, 128-25-54.

The Philippine navy said the coordinates given were at least 108 nautical miles (198 kilometers east of Baganga Point in Davao Oriental.

Before that, Tan was making frantic calls to the Philippine Coast guard and the Philippine navy where he is a reserve commodore (equivalent to a one-star rank general).

Tan was told the available floating assets of both the coast guard and the navy do not have the capabilities to launch a search and rescue operation in so far away and very wide area without imperiling the lives of their crew. At the time, the high seas in the area were still dangerous for light vessels.

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A fisherman unloads a sashimi-grade yellowfin tuna from a small boat at the General Santos Fish Port Complex. Hand-line fishermen in General Santos bring in some of

the best quality and most expensive tuna that goes on sale in the large fresh tuna market in both domestic and abroad.

called PCg eastern Mindanao chief Commodore george ursabia who said three of their floating assets are still on their way to Davao from Zamboanga while the Philippine navy has already deployed a ship to begin the search rescue mission. But he said it won’t be until the following day, December 8, when the Philippine navy ship will be near where the last sighting of survivors was reported.

He however said three more dead bodies were plucked out of the sea by a passing supply vessel F/B Atlantis of TSP Marine. A couple of nautical miles ahead, the crew of the passing vessels found 13 survivors.

Perfect storm It is easy to blame greed for the alleged failure of vessel owners to recall all their fishing fleets in the area. Or put the blame on the Philippine Coast for allowing them to set sail even with the impending storm warning.

But most of these fishing boats were already out in the open seas weeks before the storm developed into a super typhoon. Medium-sized purse seines, of which all of those missing were under the category, can stay up to six months in the open seas, regularly receiving fuel and food supplies from carrier ships. nobody expected the storm to be the perfect one.

A survivor who declined to be interviewed said waves more than three storeys high slammed on his outrigger handline tuna fishing boat. He refused to give further details saying the tragedy that claimed

law and several nephews.

He lost younger brother Edgardo, according to the brother gilbert who cannot seem to accept the fate of his missing sibling. roberto suffered injuries in his chest and right thigh. Dr. Mario Dideles said his kidneys shut down in the three days that he laid on a small fishing boat which his son found after the storm subsided. Luckily, he was able to urinate after four days in the ICu. But four of his fingers may have to be cut off due to gangrene.

Attending physicians rejected a request to have photos of roberto taken.

Tan believed many of the fishermen, despite advice to seek shelter, may have underestimated the wrath of Pablo.

306 missing and still counting Task Force Maritime Search operations chief Cmdr Lued Lincunan said they have officially listed 306 fishermen missing from general Santos City and nearby Sarangani alone from the total 46 fishing vessels also reported as missing.

Lincunan fears the number could rise as several complainants claimed to have relatives on board the missing boats but were not in the official list of crew members supplied by their owners.

In addition, there are also reports of missing tuna handline fishing boats which number SFFAI president could not yet ascertain.

Lincunan also said most of the fishermen rescued by general Santos City-based fishing vessels were from Davao Oriental and Surigao del

some of his companions is still too grim to be retold.

Light boat operator Montgomery Montealegre, whose son Mark gil is still missing, said their fish carrier loaded with fish left the mother boat (catcher vessel on november 30) along the 09-129 coordinates, some 302 kilometers off Baganga.

The mother boat owned by LPS Fishing was to follow the following day.

Montealegre reached the port of Mati on December 2. He was expecting his son to dock in the same port for refueling before heading back to general Santos City the following day.

They have not made it and it is already Tuesday (December 11), more than a week after Pablo made a landfall. He and his wife have been trekking daily to the command center of Task Force Maritime Search set up at the adjacent wing of the general Santos City Police Office in Camp Lira.

Tan said most of the missing boats were caught in the middle of the perfect storm at the unholy hours dawn of December 3 when most radio communications in their base companies were either unmanned or have been turned off.

Tuna handline fishermen roberto Suarez, 45, of Mangagoy, Surigao del Sur is still very weak inside the intensive care unit (ICu) at the general Santos City Doctors Hospital his doctors refused a request for an interview.

Suarez was the operator of an outrigger boat with a crew of 12 others that included a son, a brother and a brother in

Sur. The city social welfare and development office said at least 15 rescued fishermen were already sent back home.

The white board inside the task force operations center has listed 6 already confirmed dead and only 4 rescued fishermen from general Santos City so far.

Lincunan said there have been reports of sightings, one by the tuna handline fishermen who said he saw a mother boat and a light between 3 to 4 pm on December 4 a day after the storm made a landfall.

It buoyed the spirits of relatives who are trooping to the operations center since Day 1 hoping to hear any glimmer of hope from rescuers.

Lincunan said three Philippine navy vessels are already scouring the areas where the missing vehicles last gave their coordinates. Two Islander planes from the Philippine navy are also on reconnaissance mission searching for possible survivors.

“We are still on a search and rescue mission,” Lincunan said with cautious optimism. gingging Cabardos (husband nestor Cabardos), rubi Quelnat (husband Frederick), Maria Tarranza (brother gener) were huddled together with Maria Fe Montealegre were waiting for any hint of good news when this writer approached them just outside the operations center.

They are praying all their husbands are still alive somewhere out there. [Edwin G. Espejo/ MindaNews contributor]

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100,000 e-tricycles to ply PHL roads soon P

InOyS are seen to benefit from a “green revolution” with the Asian Development Bank’s approval of a $300-million loan for the full rollout of the country’s e-tricycle (e-trike) program.

The groundbreaking project to be implemented by the Energy department is aimed at replacing 100,000 gas-burning tricycles in the Philippines with “clean, energy-efficient electric tricycles,” the ADB said in a statement.

The e-trikes, which run on electric motors and lithium-ion batteries, will be deployed to Metro Manila and other urban centers in the country under a lease-to-own agreement.

Completion of the project is expected by December 2017.

It is seen to cut annual carbon dioxide emissions by about 260,000 tons, with the ADB noting that the gasoline-fuelled tricycles account for more than two-thirds of all air pollution generated by the country’s entire transport sector.

The Philippines’ dependence on foreign fuel imports is also expected to be reduced with projected

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savings of $100 million.

“This project can help transform transportation in the Philippines, and positions the country as a leader in electric vehicle development in Asia,” ADB Country Director for the Philippines neeraj Jain said.

“E-Trikes are a cleaner, greener transport solution for the Philippines, and provide a better quality of life for trike drivers,” he added.

ADB noted that about 3.5 million gas-fuelled motorcycles and tricycles ply Philippine roads at present with the average tricycle driver earning less than $10 a day.

Citing assessments of its pilot deployment of 500 e-trikes in Metro Manila, ADB said that drivers may double their daily incomes due to savings in fuel cost and bigger vehicle capacity.

For her part, Energy undersecretary Loreta Ayson noted that up to 100,000 additional jobs will also be generated during the five-year implementation of the program which will involve domestic fabrication and assembly.

This, as ADB noted

that the project also includes the development of a “national e-vehicle industry” including improved technology for e-vehicle parts, battery supply chain and charging stations.

The $300-million ADB loan will be added to the $105 million also to be administered by the multilateral bank under the Clean Technology Fund, as well as the $99 million counterpart fund from the Philippine government. [yahoo!]

however, Lucero said PAgASA forecasts a rainfall deficit in most parts of the Philippines, particularly the Visayas and Mindanao. “We also forecast below-normal rainfall in the country during February,” he noted.

Lucero likewise reported PAgASA expects the prevailing northeast (nE) monsoon or ‘amihan’ to peak in January. “A cold surge can be expected during January and February,” he also said.

The nE monsoon was among weather systems that affected the Philippines in October and november this year. PAgASA specialist Ana Liza Solis said other systems that impacted on the country during both months were low pressure area, intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ), tail end of a cold front and four tropical cyclones (TCs) including devastating typhoon ‘Pablo’ this December.

Lucero reported that

PAgASA forecasts for the Philippines one or two TCs this month. Zero to one TC is expected in January, March and April next year, he noted. “There’s a slim chance of a TC this coming February,” he also said.

PAgASA forecasts the country to be TC-free until next week. “no TC formation is expected within the next seven days,” PAgASA weather specialist nicos Peñaranda reported during the forum.

He clarified that scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms can be expected in Mindanao due to ITCZ there. Light rains are expected over the eastern part of central and southern Luzon on Dec. 12 and 13, due to the tail end of a cold front’s southward movement, then over western and central Luzon by Dec. 14 and 15, he continued.

“By Sunday (Dec. 16), we expect warm weather again especially in Metro Manila” he added. [PNA]

Pinoys are seen to benefit from a “green revolution” with the Asian Development Bank’s approval of a $300-million loan for the full rollout of the country’s e-tricycle program.

[Photo from the Asian Development Bank]

PAGASA forecasts rainy March 2013

HE government’s weather agency forecasts the Philippines to be rain-drenched this March, a month normally associated with sunny days leading to summer in the country.

Philippine Atmospheric, geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAgASA) senior weather specialist Anthony Joseph Lucero attributed such forecast to the “significant” sea surface temperature (SST) dip that he said oceanographers expect to occur in February next year.

“Such change will have an impact,” he said Wednesday at the climate forum PAgASA hosted in Metro Manila. He noted oceanographers reported expecting a -0.5 SST anomaly in the Pacific.

“That’s significant there’s about 90 percent probability their forecast will happen,” he said.

For January 2013,

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DENR presents 270 wildlife ‘discoveries’ in past 25 years

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OrE than 270 wildlife species endemic to the Philippines have been found for the past 25 years, and these “new discoveries” should prompt stakeholders to accelerate conservation efforts to fight threats from both human and nature itself, Environment and natural resources Secretary ramon J.P. Paje said Wednesday.

As the Department of Environment and natural resources (DEnr) launched its “270 Plus @25, Amazing Philippine Wildlife” program at the DEnr main office in Quezon City, Paje said these discoveries of sorts are a testament that the Philippines is richly endowed with unique biodiversity that only underscores the need for stepped up protection.

“These endemic species are our living jewels.

They are irreplaceable and unique components of our awesome environmental heritage,” Paje said following the exhibit and video presentation on the discoveries by the Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau (PAWB), which has jurisdiction over terrestrial animals and marine animals, including pawikan and dugong.

The term “new discovery,” he said, refers to the discovery of these species in their natural habitats and not as new life forms.

“The prospects for their discovery have simply increased be-

cause our forest cover has shrunk, making the species more concentrated in more compact areas while we await the growth of trees in our reforestation efforts,” he explained.

But with quite a number of new discoveries, the environment chief added, came along potential threats such as habitat destruction, illegal trading, the introduction of exotic and invasive species, pollution and climate change, among others.

“Saving a specie is more than a simple matter of putting it in a cage or pot. It requires us to protect or rebuild its habitat, as well as the balance it keeps in relation to other species lower and higher in the food chain or web of life,” he said.

The PAWB has included in its list of new discoveries 29 new species of rodents found across the country; three new species of bats from Mindoro and Abra; four bird species from the provinces of Cagayan, Cebu and Camiguin; and 44 reptile and 29 amphibian species from Luzon, negros-Panay, greater Mindanao and Sulu.

Over 160 new plant species have also been recorded, including some species of the world’s largest flower, the rafflesia. The country ranks fifth globally in terms of number of plant species and hosts about five per cent of the world’s flora.

The Philippines has

been named one of the world’s 17 megadiverse countries; and has been ranked globally as one of the countries with the highest rate of discovery in the world following the discovery of 16 new species of mammals in the past 10 years.

The Philippines has also recorded the highest level of endemism on a per unit basis in the whole Indo-Malayan region.

Despite being home to a unique biodiversity, considered one of the richest in the world, the Philippines is a global conservation hotspot requiring the highest conservation priority.

“The presentation of these discoveries would provide strong impetus to accelerate conservation efforts amid threats from both human and nature itself,” Paje said.

In the same occasion, the DEnr, represented

by PAWB Director Theresa Mundita Lim, and the national Museum of the Philippines, represented by its resident herpetologist Dr. Arvin Diesmos, handed out plaques of recognition to distinguished discoverers, including a posthumous award for the late botanist Leonardo Co.vunited nations Development Programme Country Director renaud Meyer and Foundation for the Philippine Environment Trustee Vilma Joson also gave their message of support for the conservation of biodiversity in the country. [PNA]

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DTI has ‘very good’ sincerity rating among bizmen, SWS says I

n the newly-released survey results of the Social Weather Stations (SWS), the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has been regarded as “very good” in sincerity by the enterprises who were surveyed.

The result is part of the Transparency and Accountability in governance (TAg) 2012: Surveys of Enterprises on Corruption by the said public polling body of the country.

DTI was among the three government agencies that garnered a “very good” rating under this survey. The other two were the Departments of Health (DOH) and Education (DepEd).

At the national level, DTI’s sincerity rating for 2012 was pegged at +60, almost as high as the +56 rating of the agency in Davao City.

The same data revealed that the Davao City rating posted a +11 climb compared to its score in

2009.

SWS vice president Linda Luz guerrero said no surveys were done in 2010 and 2011 due to unavailability of funds, thus, explained the comparative data.

Meanwhile, DTIDavao regional Director Marizon S. Loreto said the high sincerity rating of the agency is overwhelming especially that such was given by the business sector.

“This is really a great achievement for us because it somehow reflects the kind of service that we offer to the business sector,” she said.

Loreto said the SWS survey will serve as among the bases and parameters that DTI-Davao will look into in terms of improving its services further.

“DTI-Davao has always been committed to delivering better, faster, and more efficient services to our clients – the businessmen and consumers,” she said.

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OVERLOADED. A liquefied petroleum gas delivery man is seen cruising E. Quirino Ave. with his motorcycle overloaded with LPG tanks yesterday. LPG delivery dealers should undergo seminars on safety so accidents will be prevented. LEAN DAVAL JR.

Loreto said DTI-Davao will maximize its certification to ISO 9001:2008, the quality management system standards set by

the International Standards Organization, in implementing initiatives and mechanisms to improve its operation con-

tinuously.

“We want every client who comes to us to have that smile that spells satisfaction whenever he

goes out of our door. That is something that we are definitely working on everyday,” she said.[DTI 11/ JenMendoza]

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Toyota Tsusho acquires fourth of Maasim coal-power plant

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APAnESE trading firm Toyota Tsusho Corp. has acquired 25 percent of the Alcantara-led Sarangani Energy Corp., developer of a 210-megawatt coal-fired power plant in nearby Maasim, Sarangani, company executives said on Wednesday.

Oscar Benedict E. Contreras III, Alsons Power Business unit manager for communications and stakeholder relations, said the shareholders agreement was signed last Monday between parent Alsons Consolidated resources, Inc. (ACr) and Totoya Tsusho ACr chairman Tomas I. Alcantara and ACr executive vice president Tirso g. Santillan, Jr. signed in behalf of the Alsons group,

and Shinichi ushijima, general manager for the Power Project Development Department of Toyota Tsusho, for the Japanese company.

Sarangani Energy is currently building the first 105-MW phase of the power plant at a cost of $310 million.

Thirty percent of the project cost which will be spent over the next three years of construction will come from equity to be infused by ACr and Toyota Tsusho on a 75:25 basis, said Luis r. ymson Jr., ACr chief financial officer.

The 70% balance of the project will come from a project financing facility for Sarangani Energy to be finalized soon, he said.

The Department of Environment and natural

resources issued an environmental compliance certificate to the Maasim coal-fired power plant in 2009, which is located near a world-class diving spot and is being opposed by environment group greenpeace and the local Catholic Church.

The Maasim power plant, with a full twophase capacity of up to 210 Mega Watts (MW), is intended to be part of a long-term solution to the power shortage in Mindanao.

Sarangani Energy has forged a power sales agreement (PSA) with the South Cotabato II Electric Cooperative, Inc. (Socoteco-2) to provide up to 70 MW of electric supply.

Socoteco-2 is the pow-

GUN SHOP. A man checks out a streamer of different kinds of guns outside a gun shop along E. Quirino Ave. yesterday. More and more people are considering owning a gun to protect

er distribution utility servicing at least 133,000

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themselves from bad elements especially during Christmas season when crime rate is much higher. LEAN DAVAL JR.

households in the entire province of Sarangani, general Santos City, and two municipalities in South Cotabato.

The construction process for phase 1 of the Maasim power plant began in June of 2012 with the commencement of preliminary design and engineering work, which was completed at the end of August 2012. geotechnical studies on the site area began in July and concluded in October 2012.

Civil works will kick off in the first quarter of 2013, the Alsons statement said, adding that phase 1 of the power plant is expected to begin operations by August 2015.

Toyota Tsusho is a publicly-listed trading conglomerate operating worldwide. It is present in over 60 countries and is engaged in various commercial endeavors including power generation; warehousing and logistics services; the retail and sale of Toyota vehicles and parts; the manufacture and sale of metals, ma-

chinery and heavy equipment; and the import and export of petroleum, coal, agricultural products, and other commodities.

Aside from the Maasim power plant, the Alcantara group controls and operates the 100 MW Western Mindanao Power Corporation (WMPC) bunker-fired power plant in Sangali, Zamboanga City and the Southern Philippines Power Corporation 55 MW bunker-fired power plant in Alabel, Sarangani province.

The group is also developing the San ramon Power, Inc. (SrPI) plant in San ramon, Talisayan, Zamboanga City that will have the capacity to generate up to 105 MW of electricity for Zamboanga City and nearby areas. The SrPI plant is expected to be operational by 2016.

Apart from power project development and power generation management, the Alcantara group is also engaged in property development, aquaculture, agribusiness, and services. [Bong S. Sarmiento/MindaNews]

Bright prospects seen for coco coir industry

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HE Mindanao coco coir industry is facing a brighter future in the years ahead with the growing demand in both local and global markets for both coco coir and coco peat.

Industry stakeholders in South Cotabato-Sultan Kudarata-Sarangani Province-general Santos (SOCSKSArgEn) and the Autonomous region of Muslim Mindanao (ArMM) are confident that the industry will continue to grow in the coming years.

In a recent caucus held in nearby general Santos City, the industry players from both regions sized up their share in the country’s production of coco coir as roughly 35 percent.

Coco peat, however, took the biggest slice of

production at 95 percent nationwide, according to the industry group composed of coco coir and peat producers.

Market share, according to the industry group, is currently at 423 metric tons yearly for coco coir and 480 metric tons for coco peat -the tiny particles that comes out after removing the fibers or coir from the coconut husks during the processing operations.

“We’re enjoying 20 percent profitability for coco coir and 50 percent for coco peat. We’re looking forward to new products of coco coir and coco peat that can boost the demand,” a spokesman of one Sarangani producers of coir and peat said.

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Cateel: Down on its feet ( 2nd of Three parts )

Text by Neil Bravo Photos by Eden Jhan Licayan

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Or two days after the storm, nothing was heard of Cateel town in Davao Oriental. A fallen bridge and damaged communication lines rendered the hard-hit town incommunicado.

When rescue finally broke through the isolated Cateel, these are the images that were revealed. Cateel was brought down to its feet.

Structures were flattened, even the church and the hospital were not spared. It will take some time before the smiles will be restored in their faces. For now, the only hope comes with the bright sunrise and the trickle of relief from the generous of hearts.

Two boys take their bikes around what remains of the Cateel church.

A damaged tower stood amidst the massive destruction.

An old Spanish time house stood roofless after the storm.

The church grounds served as temporary laundry drying area of homeless survivors.

Residents collect wood from their damaged houses in the hope of rebuilding what remains of their old home.

A young boy pedals his way through the ruins of the main road of Cateel.

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Stay a hero, Manny

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O MILLIOnS of Filipinos, Manny Pacquiao is more than a boxing icon. To them he is a national hero. no Filipino has given so much pride and honor to his countrymen than Manny, that’s why.

To Manny’s fans, his hero image has not diminished a bit despite the two successive defeats he experienced in the hands of Tim Bradley early this year and of Juan Manuel Marques last Sunday. If he retires from boxing now, as in this very minute, Manny Pacquaio is already assured of a place not only in boxing history but above all our country’s history. Fortunately or unfortunately, this place in history carries with it tremendous responsibilities. Pacquiao can lose his niche of honor if he commits certain mistakes in his pursuits other than boxing.

For instance, in pursuing his various businesses here and abroad, he should see to it that his nose is always clean by not involving himself in bribing government men, engaging in rigged biddings, overpricing and

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other forms of unethical business practices. Also, he should always pay the right amount of taxes.

As public official, he should avoid being suspected of wasting or pocketing his pork barrel, a practice common among some trapos (traditional politicians). Another no-no is establishing his own political dynasty, which we’re afraid he has already started by allowing his wife and brother to run for public office.

Manny is not only good in boxing.

He has a great capacity of reforming himself. He had kicked the addictive habit of gambling and abandoned his alleged womanizing with some characteristic ease and speed. On top of exorcising immorality from his system, Manny has become serious in his religion, a matter his mother, Dionesia, has taken up as a serious issue in his defeat to Marquez.

Indeed, Manny has a great capability to stay a living hero. And if Manny plays his card well, he may even become the first Philippine President to come from Mindanao.

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.) Economic statecraft. It is increasingly evident that America’s biggest threats are not in security — they’re in the global economy. As secretary, Hillary Clinton has devoted considerable time and effort to defining this shift. Especially as America continues its slow recovery, state capitalist governments are rivals for jobs and influence in a globalized economy. With this in mind, the next secretary of state will need to negotiate with other foreign leaders to limit state capitalism’s influence, secure investment for American companies and organize with allies to push back against state capitalist incursions into free-market societies (see: Huawei).

If we are looking for a dark horse candidate, there is another Obama appointment, one who received accolades at the time and proved enormously successful, who could step in. no one is more uniquely suited to excel on these two criteria than Jon Huntsman Jr. Huntsman, remember, is Obama’s former ambassador to China, a former governor of utah and a former chief executive oficer of his multibillion-dollar family business. The Chinese post is his most obvious qualification — he has an intimate understanding of Chinese diplomatic channels that could help him navigate the rocky relationship with a country that is both America’s largest creditor and “adversary.” On top of that, his time as a governor (more a CEO of a state than a president is of a country) and business executive qualify him to navigate a global economy that is not automatically friendly to the united States.

That Huntsman is a republican—albeit a different kind than most — also satisfies Obama’s old (and perhaps now outdated) promise to fill his cabinet with at least one republican.

I am not predicting that Huntsman will get the job — just that he is wellequipped to excel in the role. Whoever replaces Clinton is going to follow a remarkably impressive act. There is no question that Clinton was Obama’s most effective appointee, projecting American leadership in a leaderless world. Either Rice or Kerry would both be a fine successor, but if the administration’s calculus makes them untenable, or if they decide to turn away from the conventional depth chart, they should pivot to Asia — and Jon Huntsman Jr.

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“We will rise again.

I will fight again. The fight is not yet over. I will not retire yet” --- Manny Pacquiao in a televised press conference at the airport upon his arrival in the country after his stunning defeat to Juan Manuel Marquez.

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Nothing less than amazing!

’VE had a casual conversation with Budget Secretary Butch Abad shortly after the Aquino administration has assumed power. He has assured me that they’re going to do their darndest to turn the country around after the devastation that the Arroyo wrought by the administration. He has further assured me that they’re going to succeed.

I’ve known Sec .Butch Abad as a serious person way back in the 8th Congress when he represented the Province of Batanes and I the 1sr District of Davao Oriental. I’ve no doubt that they’re indeed going to their best. But succeeding is another matter considering the monumental challenges that they’ve inherited from gMA. It seems now that my doubts are misplaced.

Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IFM), has recently announced that the Philippines is perhaps the only country in the world for which the IMF is upgrading its growth forecast! By the way, Christine Lagarde used to be a synchronized swimming team member of France in past Olympics. Even now she’s still fit and trim.

Anyway, back to economics.

The IMF by the way is an international institution that provides trade credits to countries and companies to facilitate international trade. A trade credit is a shortterm working capital loan granted to countries or companies that would allow them to produce more products for export from already existing production facilities.

It is distinct from a long-term capital investment loan which is used for the construction of a new production facility.

Christine Lagarde has also congratulated our local technocrats for their excellent stewardship during otherwise dif-

ficult times.

While the uSA, Europe, Japan and other economic powerhouses in the world are struggling to survive, the Philippines has handily managed an average 5% growth since the start of the Aquino administration. no sweat so it says and it isn’t through yet. It has set a growth target of 5 and 6 percent this year, 6 and 7 percent in 2013 and 7 percent in the succeeding years. yabang! But indeed there’s a track record to show that it can be done.

The favorable remarks of Christine Lagarde reinforces the statement of the Canadian Prime Minister made last week that the Philippines is “an emerging Asian Tiger.” This isn’t a mere placating remark or “consuelo de bobo.” The Philippines is in fact the fastest growing economy in Asia now!

It must be remembered that former prime minister of Singapore Lee Kuan yew has once criticized the economic performance of the Philippines despite its ample human and natural resources.

There has been a domestic uproar on the criticism back then but it hasn’t been without merit. The country has in fact has been doing only slightly better than Myanmar, the poorest economy in East Asia back then and until now.

Officials of other first-world coun-

tries such as Australia with the business establishment led by Asia Society Australia have earlier arrived at the same observation. They’ve praised the President during his state visit to Australia last month telling him that the Philippines is now “the fastest-growing economy in Asia.” If I were the President I would’ve replied “no sweat.” Bu the President has been civil.

Chiristine Lagardes credits the robust economic growth of the country, once the basket case of Asia, on the two-yearold Aquino administration’s excellent fiscal and monetary policy mix. She also shares my own concern about “inclusive growth” saying that she hopes that growth could “trickle down to the poor.”

A neutral investment incentive scheme coupled with a more aggressive poverty alleviation program is the way forward in this regard.

But the Metro Manila based elite in this country isn’t giving up just yet.

They’re constantly laying siege on Malacanang hoping to get more policy incentives for themselves. As I’ve mentioned in a previous article, the ADB has criticized the misplaced investment incentives granted to call centers which has a limited impact on poverty alleviation and has no value in promoting and developing technologies for a sound industrial base.

Merely answering a telephone in a call center doesn’t require much technology.

This is where we need our congressmen. We need them to represent our economic interests in the peripheries more aggressivel. I suggest that our trade organizations, such as the Mindanao Business Council, engage more with our politicians, especially, our congressmen.

Pacquiao is serving three masters

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IgHT-division boxing champ and Sarangani Congressman Manny Pacquiao lost not because of religion but rather due to many distractions in his career as a boxer.

The Bible said no man can serve two masters at the same time.

Pacquiao is serving three masters – boxing, politics and evangelism.

If he wants to make a comeback, he should focus on boxing and say goodbye to politics, including his obsession to become a preacher. god is asking His people to devote just one hour in a day of the week.

He can pray three times a day in the privacy of his home.

But not to hold a daily prayer meeting attended by almost a dozen pastors coming from various religious groups.

One obvious reason why these pastors are swarming around him – money.

During one of the prayer meetings held in Tuka beach resort in Kiamba town, Sarangani, one pastor candidly shared he was so happy when he was given P15,000 by Pacquiao after the bible study.

“Other pastors were given P25,000, but I was happy and thankful that he (Pacquiao) gave me P15,000. I did not ask for it,” the pastor said.

After his 6th round devastating knockout loss in the hands of Mexican

( First of a series ) ANAlYSIS

By aquIleS Z. ZonIo boxer Juan Manuel Marquez, can Pacman stage a comeback?

With proper regimen and focus, the answer is yes.

But – Pacquiao, once and for all, must rid himself of these pastors and undesirables.

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The last time Pacquiao scored a knockout against his ring opponent was on november 14, 2009.

Pacquiao won against Puerto rican boxer Miguel Cotto via a technical knockout in the twelfth round.

In March 2010, Pacquiao fought while in the thick of electoral campaign.

Despite the rigors of a 45-day campaign and the disturbance of his political allies and supporters who stalked him during training in Baguio all the way to Las Vegas, Pacquiao managed to salvage a unanimous decision victory against African boxer Joshua Clottey.

In May 2010 election, he won almost by landslide in the congressional race in his district.

While as congressman, he continues to fight even winning his three succeeding title fights against Antonio Margarito,

Shane Mosley and Juan Manuel Marquez.

In June this year, Pacquiao lost to American boxer Timothy Bradley, then, followed by a heartbreaking knockout loss during Pacquiao- Marquez 4.

In his three previous fights prior to losing his crown against Bradley, the big distractions were politicians and his vices – women, gambling, cockfighting and drinking.

Politicians and his gambling buddies were swarming him even up to his training in Baguio City.

Pacquiao will not just shoo away anybody. He doesn’t want to hurt people especially those close to his heart.

Since the time he became a politician, he was no longer at his best. Inadequate rest and lack of focus finally took a heavy toll on his body.

Then came his marital woes.

An insider, who asked not to be identified, said that four days before the Pacquiao-Marquez 3, his wife Jinkee presented him a divorce paper.

“Pacman was not mentally and emotionally prepared when the third fight with Marquez took place. He barely got a sleep three days into the fight,” the source said. nevertheless, he won via split decision.

Pacquiao’s profound love for his family prompted him to change his lifestyle.

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America’s second chance at global leadership ( 1st of two parts ) OPINION

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By FrederIck kempe

EAD between the lines of the u.S. intelligence community’s quadrennial global trends report, a document released this week that has significant influence on White House thinking, and the message to President Obama is clear.

First, the united States is at a far more crucial juncture of human history than most Americans realize – reminiscent of 1815, 1918, 1945 and 1989.

Second, the united States has something that is unprecedented among the world’s great powers, a second chance to shape the international economic and political system. read more deeply, and you’ll find a stark warning for the president within the national Intelligence Council’s 140-page “global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds” report. The world may suffer severe consequences – ranging from economic slowdown and environmental catastrophe to violent conflict and global anarchy – if the u.S. fails to act, escape the fiscal cliff, restore its political effectiveness, revive its economic competitiveness, and engage China and a host of other rising actors.

The nIC lays out the stakes clearly for the u.S.: How the u.S. evolves over the next 15-20 years – a big uncertainty – and whether the u.S. will be able to work with new partners to reinvent the international system will be among the most important variables in the future shape of the global order. Although the united States’ (and the West’s) relative decline vis-à-vis the rising states is inevitable, its future role in the international system is much harder to project: the degree to which the u.S. continues to dominate the international system could vary widely.

The challenge for u.S. leaders is that their margin of error is much smaller than it was after World War II. Then, America’s share of global gDP was 50% – more than twice what it is today. A mixture of post-war devastation and American economic and military dominance empowered the u.S. to construct, with friends and allies, a global institutional architecture that included the united nations, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, the north Atlantic Treaty Organization and a host of others.

Today, the relative decline of u.S. political and economic power, an ongoing euro zone crisis that saps key allies’ energies and confidence, and the rise of China weaken American leverage.

According to the nIC report, by 2030, Asia will surpass north America and Europe “in terms of global power.” The factors are a combination of economic size, population, military spending and technological investment. The nIC says China will pass U.S. GDP in the 2020′s.

Though dampened, America’s ability to lead remains significant through 2030 due to its unique economic, social and military assets and the lack of any single or group of powers willing to supplant its global role.

Beyond that, many of the trends outlined by the nIC report may be uniquely favorable to u.S. prospects, including new energy extraction and manufacturing technologies that could in the best case help underpin average economic growth for the u.S. by as much as 2.7 percent per year through 2030.

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Internally-displaced families in Baganga, Davao Oriental queue up for food packs.

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HE Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) through its poverty-alleviation program – Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program, will release around P 27 million

cash grants to Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries in the Pablo-hit areas of Cateel, Baganga and Boston in Davao Oriental; and Monkayo and new Bataan in Compostela Valley.

The cash grants that

Women in conflict-affected areas get loan assistance

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OMEn coming from internally displaced families in Cotabato City and Maguindanao have received “soft loans” through the Women’s Peace Fund as part of the peace-building effort in Mindanao’s conflict-affected areas.

The first batch of recipients, numbering 365, availed of two thousand pesos each. The recipients come from 73 women’s groups in Cotabato City and Maguindanao province.

The amount is intended for the small business enterprises chosen by the women’s groups in their respective communities, and entitles them to get a bigger loan if managed well.

“It’s investment in peace, we aim to restore social capital by rebuilding trust and reciprocity among peoples and communities wracked by war, according to Irene Santiago of the Mindanao Commission on Women.

Women Peace Fund is an initiative of the Women’s Peace Table, a net-

work of women who are known in the academe, government, media, and civil society.

The group said the Fund will make women and communities feel the presence of peace by engaging in livelihood projects while waiting for the final peace agreement between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front.

The two parties signed the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro on October 15 in Malacanang.

“Bangsamoro is trustworthy, it says what nation we are, what kind of country we are. This is about livelihood but it is also about building a nation,” Santiago explained.

MCW said their foremost concern is a secure environment where people may resume their economic activities which were disrupted by war.

These livelihood projects are those that give the women daily income to meet the needs of their families.

[Ferdinandh Cabrera/Mindanews]

will be disbursed are for the payroll period of September to October 2012. For Davao Oriental, DSWD will disburse P 4,058,800 to the 1,901 Cateel family beneficiaries; P 8,460,700 to 3,876

Baganga recipients; and P 2,029,000 to 954 Boston beneficiaries. The payout will be released

by Baybank at the respective municipalities on the following schedules: Dec. 13-14 in Cateel and Bos-

ton and Dec. 14-15 in Baganga, Davao Oriental.

Further, the department will release P 7,057,400 grants to 3,742 Monkayo grantees on December 18. While some 2,726 family beneficia-

months. We call on the government to allot resources for food security and livelihoods recovery of the people particularly in Davao Oriental and Compostella Valley,” says Kevin Lee, response manager for HrC’s and Oxfam’s Typhoon Pablo Emergency response.

“There are urgent needs right now like food and water but in the long term, the bigger issue here is livelihoods.

The banana plantations have been completely destroyed and the coconut plantations, rice crops and the trees have all fallen down. They might be able to survive in this first month, but what about the coming months and years? The challenge for the community is long-term since people here grow bananas and coconuts for a living,” adds Paul del rosario, Oxfam Humanitarian Program Coordinator.

In new Bataan, one of the hardest hit areas in Compostela Valley prov-

ince, HrC and Oxfam have installed 5,000-liter water bladder-tanks. Aside from providing safe drinking water, HrC and Oxfam emergency response plan also focuses on protecting the health of the affected people particularly women and children from contacting diseases.

“Some women in the affected areas complained that they do not have access to toilets and bathing cubicles.

Thus, the emergency response plan is to set up waste disposal system and as part of the cashfor-work program, we will get some people in the community to help in the construction work so that temporary latrines can be installed in the areas where families are displaced,” explains Lee. Access to food is also a critical issue in the affected areas, the findings of the HrC-led emergency response team revealed. Public markets and bridges have been

ries in new Bataan will receive P 5,528,200 cash subsidy on December 17.

Cantilan Bank will service the payouts in these two municipalities.

The Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program or the “Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT)” program is a rights-based approach in combatting poverty in the country.

It has the same goals of breaking the intergenerational cycle of poverty by providing cash grants to identified poor households in the country to help improve the health, nutrition and education especially of children aged 0 to 14 years old. The families must then comply with the program conditions on health, nutrition, education and family development sessions prior to getting their grants. At present, the program has 176,330 beneficiaries in all four provinces in Davao region.

For queries, clarifications and updates on DSWD’s relief operations, you may contact any of these text hotlines 0917-6429366 (globe), 0928-8681532 (Smart) and 09227710061 (Sun). (DSWD/ Sheryll Jane B. Sanico)

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overnment must allot funds for livelihoods recovery and food security of Typhoon Pablo’s affected communities.” This is based on results of the Human response Consortium (HrC) and Oxfam’s assessment in the areas of new Bataan in Compostella Valley, and Boston and Cateel in Davao Oriental. The findings came as the Department of Agriculture released Wednesday of P 11.57 billion as estimated total agricultural damages brought about by Typhoon Pablo. The HrC and the international humanitarian agency Oxfam have been delivering its emergency response here since Saturday.

“While the HrC and Oxfam are responding to the urgent needs of the people here like water and hygiene, we must, at the same time, think about the livelihoods situation of the affected areas in the coming

destroyed so even if people were given cash grants, they would have to travel far just to buy food. The costs of transportation have significantly increased in the aftermath of the typhoon.

“We are looking at a massive livelihood, food insecurity situation here, that will last, cannot be addressed quickly and will need key resources. This problem will not go away in a year’s time; this problem will not go away with Oxfam and HrC providing water, sanitation or even cash grants. Food security and livelihoods are bigger issues here that have to be addressed by the government,” says Del rosario.

The Humanitarian response Consortium supported by Oxfam is made up of A Single Drop for Safe Water (ASDSW); the Kadtuntaya Foundation (KFI); Philippine Disaster risk reduction network (PDrrn) and rural Development Institute of Sultan Kudarat (rDISK).

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ti-Discrimination Ordinance. It defines discrimination as “acts committed when a person impinges on the right or freedom of another on the basis of national or ethnic origin, religious affiliation or belief, gender, descent, race or color.”

The ordinance provided for such prohibited acts as refusing employment, admission in any academic institution and entry in restaurants, bars, stores, movie houses, theaters, malls or other business establishments by reason of ethnic origin, religious affiliation or belief, sex, gender, identity, or sexual orientation, decent, race, or color.

A brainchild of Vice Mayor rodrigo Duterte, the ordinance was crafted

by Councilor Melchor Quitain, former city legal officer, according to Councilor Pilar Braga, one of the measure’s co-sponsors.

“The ADO (Anti-Discrimination Ordinance) is a landmark legislation, the first of its kind in the Phil-

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ippines,” Councilor Braga said of the measure which is a localization of the Bill of rights provision on equal opportunity and in recognition of a third sex that has long suffered discrimination.

She said Dabawenyos should now be more sensitive and circumspect towards upholding human rights. “I think we need this ordinance very much,” Braga said.

The legislative proposal which will become effective upon approval

by Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio also “prohibits any analogous act that demeans the dignity and self-respect of a person. “ groups belonging to the so-called LgBT (lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transsexuals) welcomed the approval of the said ordinance which they considered as a well deserved recognition of their existence.

Marivic Desquitado, executive director-founder of the lesbian community in Davao City, said that

the ordinance made members of the LgBT group regain their dignity and confidence.

“We have been pushing for the ordinance since 2005,” Desquitado said, adding that they got the recognition that they aimed for after seven long years of lobbying.

Prof. Hadji Balajadia said that this is really a memorable event for them. They are overjoyed and elated on the approval of the ordinance. They cannot explain the happiness they felt right now, he said.

Prof. Balajadia earlier wrote a letter on behalf of his group to the Sanggunian to support the passage ADO, saying it will “provide formal remedy for individuals who suffer discriminations, promote preventive measures in order to diminish discriminations among LgBT and Lumads, and serve as vehicle of social engineering to counteract and address not only direct discrimination, among others.

“We sought for more K-9s and volunteer rescue groups which also came to assist us,” he said.

Segovia also noted that the delivery of relief goods maybe fast in Davao Oriental, but assistance cannot be given immediately to the recipients due to the destroyed bridge in Caraga.

He said the restoration of the bridge is very important to hasten the rescue and relief operation. “right now, the residents have improvised by using the bancas in ferrying relief goods and medicines from Caraga to other areas not accessible by land,” Segovia said.

Segovia also said that land, air and sea searches are now conducted regularly to reach out to the survivors.

He reported that the sea search being conducted by the naval Forces Eastern Mindanao east of Davao Oriental Tuesday morning yielded three survivors.

He said the air assets of the Philippine Air Force were not also available a day after the storm since many of the helicopters were brought away from the path of the storm for safekeeping.

Segovia also called for consideration on local government officials who did not seem to respond to the needy during the onslaught of typhoon Pablo.

He said it is a natural consequence for officials

in hard hit areas not to respond immediately to distress calls of their constituents since they themselves were victims of the disaster.

Segovia said the local government, police and even the military were victims of the disaster.

He said that since the military has other forces outside the disaster area, soldiers can be sent immediately to provide assistance.

Segovia said since the soldiers assigned in the disaster areas have no immediate families there, they could easily attend to the community. “normally, the police and the local government unit are paralyzed on the first blow of the disaster while the soldiers could easily conduct disaster response,” Segovia said.

He said damage to soldiers in disaster areas is negligible compared to the residents who lose either life or property.

Captain robert Emperad, chief of the Joint Task group Sea/ Maritime rescue confirmed the rescue of three fishermen by the Philippine navy Tuesday morning off the coast of Davao Oriental.

He said the survivors are companions of the 301 fishermen earlier reported by their fishing firm in general Santos City as missing day during the storm. [PIA 11/Joey Sem g. Dalumpines]

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jured and the dead bodies were situated close to each other in the command post,” he said.

Segovia said even if all affected areas have already been identified, government has to race time to look for the missing victims.

He said the missing victims are the reason why President Benigno Simeon Aquino III gave to the military the task to conduct search and rescue operation.

Segovia said the president wants to reach out to survivors cut off by means of communication and impassable roads and to give closure to families whose members are missing.

NOVENA TO ST. CLAIRE

Ask St. Claire for 3 favors: 1 business, 2 impossible, Say 8 Hail Marys for 9 days with lighted candles. Pray whether you believe it or not. Publish on the 9th day.

May the Sacred Heart of Jesus be praised, adored and glorified today and everday. reuest will be granted no matter how impossible it seems. St. Claire, St. Jude, St. Therese, Infant of Prague, St. Ann, St. Joseph, PrAy FOr uS. Amen

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they received another food pack from a Born Again group last Saturday, consisting of the same goods.

“Asa man ang gobyerno?”

(Where is government?), they asked When Mindanews returned to the area at 1:40 p.m., the roadblock was gone and the crowd had returned to their makeshift tents or their damaged houses.

Jun Butalid, one of those who joined the barricade earlier in the morning, said they stopped the blockade around noon when food packs from the Department of Interior and Local governments arrived.

Butalid said the relief goods from the DILg were the same as previous assistance: two kilos of rice, two tins of sardines and two packs of noodles.

While their stomachs are full, they will not resort to barricading the highway, he said.

Along the road from Baganga to Cateel, one will not miss this message written on white chalk on a scrap plywood on the roadside of Barangay San Antonio: “Help us: we need food, medicine, tent.”

Barangay San Antonio in Cateel and its neighbor, Barangay Ban-ao in Baganga, were the hardest hit when Typhoon Pablo made landfall early morning of December 4, killing several of their neighbors and destroying not only houses but also their livelihood.

Farmer Arsenio Ferando, 65, told Mindanews that when the sun was up the day after the storm, they dried the wet rice and cooked it even if it smelled foul and his grandchild complained it was not rice.

Since food assistance could not be relied on, he had slaughtered five of his remaining chickens. From out of about

DSWD...

30 heads before Pablo came, only about ten survived, five of which had been slaughtered.

Ferando lost to Typhoon Pablo some 300 coconut trees he planted 20 years ago but would plant coconut again and while waiting for them to bear fruit said he would plant camote, banana and camoteng kahoy (cassava).

Coconuts take from six to seven years to bear fruit but Baganga Vice Mayor Arturo Monday, the acting mayor and head of the Incident Command Post, told Mindanews on Tuesday that “it takes ten to 12 years for the coconuts to bear fruits.

Farmer rodel Solinon of Barangay Saoquegue in Baganga, told Mindanews while awaiting his turn to have his container filled with drinking water from an Army truck that he tried to set out to sea to fish but “lahi ang baho sa isda” (the smell of the fish is different).

In Cateel’s town center, Mindanews chanced upon residents running towards a truck distributing relief goods near the Cateel Central Elementary School Tuesday afternoon.

In Baganga, Lt. Col. Krishnamurti Mortela, chief of the 67th Infantry Battalion said they initiated setting up feeding stations on Monday to alleviate the situation in Barangays Saoquege and Central.

Feeding stations were also set up in Boston and Cateel towns on Wednesday.

“Pantawid gutom lang yun. They were fed lugaw (porridge),” said Major Jake Obligado of the Civil Military Operations.

In Boston town on Tuesday, children stood on the side of the highway, extending their hands as motorists passed, begging assistance in cash

or kind. Four days earlier, on Friday, no one was seen begging along the highway in Boston.

But as early as December 5, children extending their hands to beg for assistance were already seen along the Davao-Agusan highway, particularly in Montevista and Monkayo towns in Compostela Valley as early as the day after the storm.

Humanitarian agencies as well as well-meaning groups willing to send help to the survivors of Typhoon Pablo in Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental are being urged to proceed to the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in Panacan for coordination, to avoid being stopped – or stoned – along the way.

The vehicles moving out of the DWPH are escorted by soldiers.

A team from Davao del Sur wanting to deliver 200 food packs in Montevista town in Compostela Valley where they coordinated with a religious order, had to stop for a quick meeting in Davao City Wednesday morning to assess if they should proceed to Montevista, 100 kilometers away, given the reports of survivors blocking the road.

A team member told Mindanews they also received text messages that vehicles carrying relief goods passing through areas hit by the typhoon are being stoned if they do not stop.

The team was advised to proceed to DPWH but after assessing the choices, opted to risk the travel to Montevista to personally deliver the goods there.

“Kulang pagsalig sa government” (There is little faith in government), the team member said.

[Carolyn O. Arguillas/ Mindanews]

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Santamaria meantime asked the public

to pray for the affected families. She said that the DSWD is still accepting donations for the victims of the typhoon.

Interested parties may get in touch with the following numbers: 09176429366 for globe, 0928-8681532 for Smart, 0922-7710061 for Sun.

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EDGEDAVAO VOL.5 ISSUE 203 •THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2012 rEPuBLIC OF THE PHILIPPInES rEgIOnAL TrIAL COurT 11TH JuDICIAL rEgIOn OFFICE OF THE CLErK OF COurT-SHErIFF DAVAO CITy

rEPuBLIC OF THE PHILIPPInES rEgIOnAL TrIAL COurT 11TH JuDICIAL rEgIOn OFFICE OF THE CLErK OF COurT-SHErIFF DAVAO CITy

rEPuBLIC OF THE PHILIPPInES rEgIOnAL TrIAL COurT 11TH JuDICIAL rEgIOn OFFICE OF THE CLErK OF COurT-SHErIFF DAVAO CITy

HOME DEVELOPMEnT MuTuAL FunD, (HDMF) or Pag-ibig Fund, Mortgagee

HOME DEVELOPMEnT MuTuAL FunD, (HDMF) or Pag-ibig Fund, Mortgagee

PHILIPPInE SAVIngS BAnK, Mortgagee

ELEnA F. HAMDAIn married to ADrIAn T. HAMDAIn Mortgagor/s. x- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -x

nELSOn B. LOPEZ married to VICTOrIA B. LOPEZ Mortgagor/s. x- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -x

SPS. APOLLO 11 B. rIVAS & VILMA P. rIVAS Mortgagor/s. x- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -x

upon extra-judicial petition for foreclosure and sale under Act 3135, as amended, filed by the mortgagee Home Development Mutual Fund or Pag-ibig Fund against nELSOn B. LOPEZ with postal address at LOT 06 Block 8 , Don Lorenzo Homes, upper Piedad, Toril, Davao City to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of October 14, 2011 amounted to Php 442,302.95 Philippine Currency, inclusive of interest, penalty charges, plus attorney’s fees equivalent to TEn ( 10%) of the total indebtedness plus other legal expenses incident of foreclosure and sale; the undersigned Sheriff IV of the regional Trial Court, Davao City, will sell at public auction on January 24, 2013 at 10:00 A.M. or soon thereafter, at the main entrance of Hall of Justice, Ecoland,Davao City to the highest bidder for Cash or MAnAgEr’S CHECK and in Philippine Currency, the following real property together with all the improvements thereon, to wit: Transfer Certificate of Title no. T- 372951 “ A parcel of land (Lot 6, Blk. 8 xxx) situated in the Barangay Marapangi, City of Davao, Island of Mindanao.xxx Containing an area of OnE HunDrED SEVEnTEEn (117) SQuArE METErS, more or less”

upon extra-judicial petition for foreclosure and sale under Act 3135, as amended, filed by the above _mentioned mortgagee against Sps. Apollo 11 B. rivas & Vilma P. rivas with postal address at no. 403, ruby St., San Juan Subd., Panacan, Sasa , Davao City to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of October 16, 2012,the outstanding obligation of the mortgagor with the mortgagee amounts to ( Php 3,642,817.19 ) Philippine Currency, exclusive of interest accruing after this date, penalties , attorney’s fees other legal expenses incident to foreclosure and sale; the undersigned Sheriff will sell at public auction on January 3, 2013 at 10:00 A.M. or soon thereafter, at the main entrance of Hall of Justice, Ecoland,Davao City to the highest bidder for Cash or MAnAgEr’S CHECK and in Philippine Currency, the following real property together with all the improvements thereon, to wit: Transfer Certificate of Title no. T- 146-2012010396 “ A parcel of land (Lot 38, Pcs-11003764 , being a portion of Lots 1-47, Blk. 35, road Lots 2 & 2A; all of Pcs 11-002234), situated in the Barrio of Ma-a , City of Davao, Island of Mindanao.xxx Containing an area of EIgHT HunDrED SIXTEEn (816) SQuArE METErS, more or less”

-versus-

EJF-rEM CASE nO. 13, 777-12

nOTICE OF EXTrA-JuDICIAL SALE

upon extra-judicial petition for foreclosure and sale under Act 3135, as amended, filed by the mortgagee Home Development Mutual Fund or Pag-ibig Fund against ELEnA F. HAMDAIn with postal address at LOT 29 Block 10 , Wellspring Highlands 2, Cataluna Pequeño Davao City to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of May 30, 2011 amounted to Php 506,573.47 Philippine Currency, inclusive of interest, penalty charges, plus attorney’s fees equivalent to TEn ( 10%) of the total indebtedness plus other legal expenses incident of foreclosure and sale; the undersigned Sheriff IV of the regional Trial Court, Davao City, will sell at public auction on January 24, 2013 at 10:00 A.M. or soon thereafter, at the main entrance of Hall of Justice, Ecoland,Davao City to the highest bidder for Cash or MAnAgEr’S CHECK and in Philippine Currency, the following real property together with all the improvements thereon, to wit: Transfer Certificate of Title no. T- 416288 “ A parcel of land (Lot 29, Blk. 10 xxx) situated in the Barangay Catalunan Pequeño, City of Davao, Island of Mindanao.xxx Containing an area of OnE HunDrED (100) SQuArE METErS, more or less”

All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above-stated time and date.

In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date,it shall be held on February 21, 2013 without further notice.

This nOTICE will be posted in three (3) conspicuous public places in the City of Davao and in the place where the property is located and where the auction sale will take place for the information of the general public and the parties.

Prospective buyers are hereby enjoined to investigate for themselves the titles herein described real property/ies and the encumbrances thereon, if any there be.

Davao City, Philippines, nOVEMBEr 15, 2012

FOr THE EX-OFFICIO SHErIFF:

(SgD.) COnrADO P. MACuTAy, Jr. Sheriff IV

noted by:

(SgD) ATTy. EDIPOLO P. SArABIA, Jr. Clerk of Court VI & Ex-Officio Provincial Sheriff (edge12/6,13,20)

rEPuBLIC OF THE PHILIPPInES rEgIOnAL TrIAL COurT 11TH JuDICIAL rEgIOn OFFICE OF THE CLErK OF COurT-SHErIFF DAVAO CITy

HOME DEVELOPMEnT MuTuAL FunD, (HDMF) or Pag-ibig Fund, Mortgagee -versus-

EJF-rEM CASE nO. 13,856-12

MILLEr L. DELIgErO Mortgagor/s. x- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -x nOTICE OF EXTrA-JuDICIAL SALE upon extra-judicial petition for foreclosure and sale under Act 3135, as amended, filed by the mortgagee Home Development Mutual Fund or Pag-ibig Fund against MILLEr L. DELIgErO with postal address at BLK. 30, LOT 11, VInCEnT HEIgHTS SuBD., MAMAy, LAnAng, DAVAO CITy to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of October 05, 2012 amounting to ( Php 415,644.39) Philippine Currency, inclusive of interest, penalty charges, plus attorney’s fees equivalent to TEn ( 10%) of the total indebtedness plus other legal expenses incident of foreclosure and sale; the undersigned Sheriff IV of the regional Trial Court, Davao City, will sell at public auction on February 7, 2013 at 10:00 A.M. or soon thereafter, at the main entrance of Hall of Justice, Ecoland,Davao City to the highest bidder for Cash or MAnAgEr’S CHECK and in Philippine Currency, the following real property together with all the improvements thereon, to wit: Transfer Certificate of Title no. T- 267442 “ A parcel of land (Lot 11, Blk. 30, of the cons.-subd. plan PCS11001996,xxx) situated in Barangay of Mamay, City of Davao, Island of Mindanao.xxx Containing an area of OnE HunDrED FOur SQuArE METErS,(104).”

All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above-stated time and date.

In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date,it shall be held on March 07, 2013 without further notice.

Prospective buyers are hereby enjoined to investigate for themselves the titles herein described real property/ies and the encumbrances thereon, if any there be.

Davao City, Philippines, DECEMBEr 05, 2012

FOr THE EX-OFFICIO SHErIFF:

noted by:

(SgD.) HIPOLITO A. BELAngDAL Sheriff IV

(SgD) ATTy. EDIPOLO P. SArABIA, Jr. Clerk of Court VI & Ex-Officio Provincial Sheriff (edge12/13,20,27)

-versus-

EJF-rEM CASE nO. 13, 778-12

nOTICE OF EXTrA-JuDICIAL SALE

All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above-stated time and date.

In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date,it shall be held on February 21, 2013 without further notice.

This nOTICE will be posted in three(3) conspicuous public places in the City of Davao and in the place where the property is located and where the auction sale will take place for the information of the general public and the parties.

Prospective buyers are hereby enjoined to investigate for themselves the titles herein described real property/ies and the encumbrances thereon, if any there be.

Davao City, Philippines, nOVEMBEr 15, 2012

FOr THE EX-OFFICIO SHErIFF:

(SgD.) COnrADO P. MACuTAy, Jr. Sheriff IV

noted by:

(SgD) ATTy. EDIPOLO P. SArABIA, Jr. Clerk of Court VI & Ex-Officio Provincial Sheriff (edge12/6,13,20)

rEPuBLIC OF THE PHILIPPInES rEgIOnAL TrIAL COurT 11TH JuDICIAL rEgIOn OFFICE OF THE CLErK OF COurT-SHErIFF DAVAO CITy

HOME DEVELOPMEnT MuTuAL FunD, (HDMF) or Pag-ibig Fund, Mortgagee -versus-

EJF-rEM CASE nO. 13, 736-12

gInA g. APATAn married to rey g. Apatan Mortgagor/s. x- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -x nOTICE OF EXTrA-JuDICIAL SALE upon extra-judicial petition for foreclosure and sale under Act 3135, as amended, filed by the mortgagee Home Development Mutual Fund or Pag-ibig Fund against gInA g. APATAn married to rey g. Apatan with postal address at Lot 5 Blk. 7 Elenita garden Villas, Catalunan grande, Davao City to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of September 14, 2012 amounts to ( Php 596,412.32) Philippine Currency, inclusive of interest, penalty charges, plus attorney’s fees equivalent to TEn ( 10%) of the total indebtedness plus other legal expenses incident of foreclosure and sale; the undersigned Sheriff IV of the regional Trial Court, Davao City, will sell at public auction on January 10, 2013 at 10:00 A.M. or soon thereafter, at the main entrance of Hall of Justice, Ecoland,Davao City to the highest bidder for Cash or MAnAgEr’S CHECK and in Philippine Currency, the following real property together with all the improvements thereon, to wit: Transfer Certificate of Title no. T- 428657 “ A parcel of land xxx (Lot 5, Blk. 7,xxx) , situated in Barangay Catalunan grande, City of Davao, Island of Mindanao.xxx Containing an area of OnE HunDrED FIFTy (150) SQuArE METErS, more or less” All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above-stated time and date.

In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date,it shall be held on February 07, 2013 without further notice.

Prospective buyers are hereby enjoined to investigate for themselves the titles herein described real property/ies and the encumbrances thereon, if any there be.

Davao City, Philippines, October 31, 2012

FOr THE EX-OFFICIO SHErIFF:

noted by:

(SgD.) rOBErT M. MEDIALDEA Sheriff IV

(SgD) ATTy. EDIPOLO P. SArABIA, Jr. Clerk of Court VI & Ex-Officio Provincial Sheriff (edge 11/29, 12/06,13)

-versus-

EJF-rEM CASE nO. 13, 812-12

nOTICE OF EXTrA-JuDICIAL SALE

All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above-stated time and date.

In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date, it shall be held on February 7, 2013 without further notice.

Prospective buyer/s may investigate for themselves the titles herein above- described real property/ies and the encumbrances thereon, if any there be.

Davao City, Philippines, nOVEMBEr 21, 2012

FOr THE EX-OFFICIO SHErIFF:

noted by:

(SgD.) JOSEPH T. CASTrO, Jr. Sheriff IV

(SgD) ATTy. EDIPOLO P. SArABIA, Jr. Clerk of Court VI & Ex-Officio Provincial Sheriff (edge12/6,13,20)

republic of the Philippines rEgIOnAL TrIAL COurT 11th Judicial region Branch 11, Davao City

In rE: PETITIOn FOr COrrECTIOn OF ErrOnEOuS EnTrIES In THE CErTIFICATE OF LIVE BIrTH OF rIA ALPHA gErOnA ALCuIZAr SP. PrOC. nO. 12,242-2012

1. Change her last name from gerona to ALCuIZAr; 2. Change her middle name from Morelos to gErOnA; 3. Change her father’s name from roger B. gerona to rOgEr BrunIDOr ALCuIZAr 4. Change her mother’s name from Emelda S. Morelos to EMELDA MOrELOS gErOnA; 5. Change the Date and Place of Marriage of her Parents from March 13, 1993, Sigaboy, Davao Oriental to nOT MArrIED. 6. Change the name of he Informant from roger B. gerona to unKnOWn. Petitioner, -versusEMELDA M. gErOnA, roger B. Alcuizar and LOCAL CIVIL rEgISTrAr Davao City, respondents x------------------------------------------------------------------------x ORDER

By this verified petition and for the reason therin stated, the above-named petitioner, assisted by counsel,seeks for an Order of this Court directing the Office of the City Civil registrar of Davao City to cause the correction in the certificate of Live Birth of petitioner rIA ALPHA gErOnA ALCuIZAr particularly the following entries to wit: 1. Change her last name from gerona to ALCuIZAr; 2. Change her middle name from Morelos to gErOnA; 3. Change her father’s name from roger B. gerona to rOgEr BrunIDOr ALCuIZAr; 4. Change her mother’s name from Emelda S. Morelos to EMELDA MOrELOS gErOnA; 5. Change the Date and Place of Marriage of her Parents from March 13, 1993,Sigaboy, Davao Oriental to nOT MArrIED; 6. Change the name of the Informant from roger B. gerona to unKnOWn.

Finding the petition to be sufficient in form and substance, the same is hereby set for hearing before this Court, sitting at the Hall of Justice, Candelaria St., Ecoland, Matina, Davao City on February 4, 2013 at 2:00 in the afternoon, at which place, date and time any interested person may appear and show cause, if any, why the same should not be granted.

Let this Order be published at the expense of the petitioner once a week for three (3) successive weeks I a newspaper published in the city of Davao and of general circulation in the said city and the provinces of Davao as determined by raffle in accordance with law.

Furnish each with a copy of the petition and of this Order the Local Civil registrar of Davao City and City Legal Office of Davao City for the City of Davao.

SO OrDErED. given this 19th of november 2012, in Davao City, Philippines.

(SgD) VIrgInIA HOFILEÑA-EurOPA Judge

Edge 12/6,13,20

14 SPORTS

VOL.5 ISSUE 203 • THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2012

EDGEDAVAO

Davao snubbed in 7 BIMP EAGA Games? th

By Neil Bravo

T

HE 7th Brunei-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East Asean growth Area Friendship games began and ended without a ripple and without the cream of the crop of Mindanao’s athletes.

Members of the media and the sports community in several parts of Mindanao were surprised to know that the BIMP EAgA games, originally scheduled in Davao City in 2010 following a four-nation cycle, was staged in general Santos City on Sunday and ended yesterday.

“We do not know about it,” said a veteran member of the media in Davao City regularly covering the BIMP EAgA affairs.

Davao City sports development officer-in-charge Pocholo Elegino also told EDgE Davao the Davao City government did not receive any communication

for the BIMP EAgA games.

Davao City has taken part in all previous staging of the event starting in Socksargen in 1995, Sarawak in 1997, Palawan in 1999, Brunei in 2001 and Makassar in 2006.

“Walang communication na umabot sa CMO (City Mayor’s Office) at sa office,” Elegino said in a text message.

Davao City has dominated several events in swimming and athletics in past editions of the BIMP EAgA games. Davao City athletes have spearheaded the Mindanao-Philippines delegation in the said event.

Athletes from Sarangani Province and gen.

Santos represented Mindanao in the just-concluded BIMP EAgA games with Palawan and a delegation based in Manila also taking part.

There were also reports from some observers who refused to be identified that the four-day sports conclave among BIMP-EAgA economies was “poorly executed.”

A former member of the organizing committee when the event was handled by the Mindanao Economic Development Council (MEDCO) bared that the lead member city of the Mindanao component of the BIMP EAgA was Davao City which committed itself to sending the bulk of Mindanao’s delegation along with other Mindanao regions and provinces like Socsargen, Iligan, Davao Oriental, Davao del norte and Davao del Sur. The BIMP EAgA games is now managed by the Philippine Sports Commission and the Mindanao Development Authority (MInDA).

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Olympic Committee-Philippine Sports Commission (PSC-PSC) Batang Pinoy 2012 national Championship in Iloilo City, will be guesting along with Davao City Track and Field Association’s Jose Alther rivera. rivera will tackle the

DCTFA run for Kids slated on Saturday in an outand-back course from roxas Avenue.

Calle 5 is one of the two official hosts of the DSA. Dexter’s Pizza at The Stadium is the other official host of the weekly public service program.

Bishop Wilfredo Manlapaz and Gov. Rodolfo del Rosario, together with wife Milagros “Inday”, lead the ceremonial ribbon-cutting at the soft launching of the Davao del Norte

Sports and Cultural Center on December 12, 2012. nobags/ PIO-DavNor

Calle 5 hosts DSA forum

ALLE Cinco restobar will host this week’s edition of the Davao Sportswriters Association (DSA) Forum at 9:30 a.m. today.

Karateka Lya Marie Carillo, who captured two gold medals in the just-concluded Philippine

DN is next sports capital Davao del Norte swimmers sample the 10-lane Olympic-sized pool. (NJB)

by Noel Baguio

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HE nation’s banana capital launched its new sports complex in a bid to become the next sporting capital of the country. governor rodolfo del rosario pushed ahead with the soft opening of the Davao del norte Sports and Cultural Center (DnSCC) in Mankilam, Tagum City, here, being drawn to the fortunate “once-in-a-century” date, December 12, 2012 – 12/12/12.

Touted as the region’s upcoming prime destination for sporting events, the almost completed P311 million facility, some 55 kilometers from Davao City, is built basically to raise a new generation of champions and advance the wellness and physical fitness of the Dabaonons.

“This project stands as a testament to our commitment to wellness and a high quality of living for our people,” del rosario said.

The governor further bared the project

is a manifestation of the no-nonsense good governance espoused by his administration, through his P.E.O.P.L.E. development thrust that is aligned with President Aquino’s social contract with the people.

The 11-hectare arena that straddles right across the Provincial Capitol features a main arena with a 5,000-capacity grandstand, a rubberized all-weather track oval, a football field, outdoor playing courts, and an aquatic center with a 10-lane Olympic-sized pool, warm-up pool, and a clubhouse.

Even if early completion was marred by the unpredictable weather pattern, Del rosario is optimistic the facility will be fully finished in time for the province’s hosting of the Davao regional Athletics Association (DAVrAA) meet in February 2013.

The province is already considered as a strong contender for the

hosting of the Palarong Pambansa in 2015.

Making the event more meaningful was the re-awarding of the 13 medals won by the Davao del norte delegation to the recently-concluded national Batang Pinoy games in Iloilo City. team Davnor clinched five golds, one silver and seven bronzes, despite being stranded by Typhoon Pablo for three days in Toledo City en route to the venue last week.

The governor also administered the oath of the new officials of the various provincial sports associations, led by: Jesus A. Manila Jr. – arnis; Zandro Angelo Questo – athletics; Alfredo de Veyra III – chess; renato Cosmod – football; Col. Palawan A. Macadingdang – lawn tennis; noel A. Coquilla – sepak takraw; Eduardo L. Malicay – softball; Dr. roy Albano – swimming; Kenneth Basong – table tennis; and, Abraham Moreno – taekwondo.

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FOOD

Seafood Mandaragat

Calamares

It all started as a joke, I wanted to explore the depths of Mindanao and discover the best kept food secrets. I wanted to highlight the fact that Mindanao is one fine dining hub that could compete with national and even international standards. Thus, for someone who loves to travel, I told myself that I would get on a trip and feed my hungry psyche.

And I did.

Almost an hour drive away, tagum is one city that I have yearned to explore. I admit, I have not gone to tagum on a pleasurable trip. today, on the other hand, was an exception. today was my “feed my eyes and my tummy” day.

I stumbled upon Café Wissie because of a friend.

I was intrigued as I did not know tagum has something like this. I arrived minutes before 12 noon and I was already amazed of the exterior. It was surrounded with Christmas lights and adornments that made me feel like I am in winter wonderland. As I await the owner whose café is named after her, I felt like I was home.

The interior was spacious enough that you can have

your parties and engagements in there. Its tables and chairs were all picked to perfectly serve its many customers. I learned that her target market are yuppies and the like and, for sure, they love to hang out in there because of the cozy environment.

The café opened in May 2012 and has since catered to locals and foreigners alike. Some people come to tagum just to visit the café.

More than the façade, the café has one sumptuous menu. With experienced in-house chefs, diners are always treated to an opulent meal with their every visit. to begin with, the dishes served were pleasant to the eyes as it was in the nose.

Yes, the smell was captivating enough that you could

meal, they always love the taste of ribs and the sauce on their utensils – yeah they lick their fingers too.

They were both giving me their best thumbs-up while eating their hearts out.

I personally love their Native Chicken Adobo.

taste it through the fragrance. Their Calamares looks simply amazing. The moment you bite into it, you would taste its richness – the batter compliments the soft calamares without a doubt. With or without a dip, their calamares is a definite must-try.

We loved their Seafood Mandaragat soup. It was an explosion of flavors – hot, sour and just right in the palate. If was creamy and full of seafood finds with every scoop. I loved the fish bites—soft and cooked just right. This soup is a definite favorite and highly recommended.

The boys gobbled on their Baby Back Ribs like there was no tomorrow.

Always a staple in our Mudslide

Babyback ribs

The pungent and strong smell of adobo filled the room as we started to say hello and goodbye to the chicken bits on the table.

Though rendered typical, I personally love the chicken and the sauce that comes with it. It was richly marinated thus making the dish delicious with every bite.

Eat it while its hot and paired up with rice – a sure way to start the weekend.

We were treated to a trio of their signature drinks: Banana Nut Latte, White Rabbit Latte and Mudslide. I personally love the mudslide as it was not too sweet. The Banana Latte was subtle enough it could be downed in minutes.

More so, the white rabbit latte bought me back to my past – a trip down memory lane drink that is oh so smooth and creamy.

The café transforms into

a winter wonderland in the evening. With the many Christmas lights and silver hanging ornaments, Café Wissie also boasts of its recognized acoustic singers/band during the nighttime. Indeed, their voices completes the shiny shimmering splendid feel of the place.

The next time you are in tagum, visit Café Wissie at Nicole’s 22 Bldg, Assessor’s Village, Apokon Road, tagum City and be enthralled. Thank you to the owner and crew for warm welcome. till next time. . .

Do you want to be a part of Davao’s Thursday habit?

Send me your recipes, questions, suggestions and comments and be featured.

If you are interested, then email me at leebai@chefroyale.com or visit www. chefroyale.com for more recipes. Happy Cooking!

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Enrique Gil endorses new RDL body spray line YOung, energetic and with a proven lasting appeal, Enrique Mari gil is one of the country’s hottest young stars in the Philippines to date. Qualities for RDL to chose him as the company’s endorser for their new body spray line.

Formulated with fragrances from Spain by Euro Fragrance, RDL’s new body spray line is perfect for teenagers and young professionals alike. Offering top of the line fragrances at an affordable price.

The scents The new body spray line of RDL are Black Out, Red Voltage, Secret Spell, and Tsunami Rush.

Formulated for men and smelling like the promise of adventure. Black Out has calm and aquatic notes livened up by mint and green nuances, and spiced with coriander. The floral neroli essence and geranium-base ends into a base note of cedar and oak moss lightened up with musk.

Red Voltage is fresh and lively, with a fruity, almost frosty green note, and green apple liqueur. The heart is woody, Thuja and cedar leaves with floral accent of transparent jasmine. The presence of woody notes sustained by musk grants a sensual dry masculine finish.

Formulated for women, the scent of sparkling top notes of cassis, pineapple and mango are combines with pike lady apple, unveiling a floral heart of peony and freesia, this is the scent of Secret Spell. Dry down features sandalwood, amber and white musk.

Fresh and appealing top notes of granny Smith apple and Sicillian cedar unveil the heart of white rose and bamboo found in Tsunami Rush. The bottom is woody and sweet made of cedar wood, amber and musk that is sensual and feminine.

With these four new fragrances, RDL body spray offers the Filipino consumer scents to smell their best for any occasion.

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Top 15 toys for Christmas Lego Hero Factory . These iconic building blocks now create characters you’ll love.

Plush Racer Mickey & Minnie. Collect this cute Mickey and Minnie plush toy that comes in a racer suit.

‘tIS that time of year when kids make their holiday wish lists, longing to find their dream toys underneath the tree. Every year, there are toys that stand out as the most requested, and toy Kingdom, the amazing toy store, has gathered together its top Fifteen toys to guide you as you play Santa.

Here’s a list of the top Fifteen toys available at all toy Kingdom Express outlets in SM Department Stores and toy Kingdom stores and kiosks in most SM Supermalls.

Leap Pad 2. Develop your child’s skills with this educational tablet that features a 5” touch screen for simple control. Comes with preloaded applications and a stylus.

Barbie Princess Pop star. Girls will love the way Barbie transforms from a princess to a pop star with a quick change of clothes and accessories.

POP Marvel assorted figures. Classic Marvel 4” Vinyl figures.

Innotab 2. This learning tablet offers a educational experience the fun way with a 5” color screen, tilt sensor, pop-up keyboard, stylus and rotatable camera.

Abreeza Mall Davao launches 12 Days of Christmas Kindness In the spirit of gift giving during the most eagerly anticipated holiday season, Ayala Malls pushes for a nationwide call for the act of kindness during Christmas by spreading forth cheer in the most surprising ways. Abreeza Mall Davao is excited to participate in a big way for the Dabawenyos.

For 12 consecutive days leading to Christmas, unsuspecting shoppers get surprise gifts at every key areas of the mall. Together, all Ayala Malls are launching on the same date (Dec. 10) with this series of random act of kindness for the regular customers.

Abreeza has just started its cycle of kindness by surprising twenty (20) lucky grocery shoppers at the Robinson Supermarket this Monday, at noontime.

More gift-giving experiences will be given to customers at specific venues and time of day at the malls in the next eleven (11) days.

This special activity hopes to create a chain of generosity and encourage everybody to extend their own acts of kindness to people they meet.

Who knows? You may be the next unsuspecting lucky shopper tomorrow loaded with gifts. Watch out for dropped hints and teasers announced on its official Facebook page (AbreezaMall) and on Twitter (@ abreezatweets).

Robofish. This cool techno fish moves like a real one when put it into water. Comes with four clown fishes and sharks.

Lalaloopsy Silly Hair Suzette La Sweet. Have fun styling this doll with silly hair and her pet with a silly tail. Each set comes with a fun styling brush, four clips and six hair beads.

Disney Princess Royal Soft Seat. Pose like a princess with this adorable soft seat.

Micro Chargers Time Track. Win that race challenge with this time track set packed with four lane chargers, exclusive quick charge cars and Stat cards.

Xploderz Night Fighterz GE. An action filled set of play ammo.

Charmies Hello Kitty Magic Beader . Design and create your own Hello Kitty jewelry with a magical twist with lots of Charmies to collect.

Furby. Lovable Furby is back! Talk to it, tickle it, play music for it, even feed it.

Interacts with an accompanying iPad, iPod Touch, and iPhone with iOS 4.2.

Speedstacks Solar Stack Pack.

Enjoy the new Speedstacks set that changes color in the sun. Includes Stack Fast Instruction, STACKit Mat, STACKit timer and 12 speed Stacks Competition cups.

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EnTERTAInMEnT

Spice Girls reunite for Viva Forever premiere

Victoria Beckham poses separately With her family LOOkIng to spice up your life?

Well, you’re in luck because the Spice girls reunited Monday night for the London premiere of Viva Forever, the musical based on u.k. girl group’s popular ‘90s tunes and appropriately named after their hit single.

All five famous pop stars—Victoria Beckham aka Posh Spice, Emma Bunton aka Baby Spice, geri Halliwell aka ginger Spice, Melanie Brown aka Scary Spice and Melanie Chisholm aka Sporty Spice—walked the red carpet at Piccadilly Theater, although Posh posed with her family instead of standing with her bandmates.

Emma, geri, Mel B and Mel C were all smiles in their designer duds, standing with their arms wrapped around each other and looking like the best of friends.

Elsewhere on the car-

pet, Victoria posed for pics with her main men (Harper Seven wasn’t in tow),

as her hubby David, and sons Brooklyn, 13, Romeo, 10, and 7-year-old Cruz came out to support their working mama.

The fashion mogul and mother of four rocked basic trousers, patent pointed-toe pumps and a deep purple jacket as she posed for paps with her signature pout. Posh’s bandmates all sported dresses at the evening event.

The Spice girls previously reunited for a performance at the 2012 Olympics.

Anne Hathaway flashes photographers sans undies at Les Misérable New York Premiere OOPS, Anne Hathaway!

The Les Misérables star attended the new York premiere for the highly anticipated musical-movie adaptation at the Ziegfeld Theatre last night, but in addition to her undoubtedly stellar performance on the big screen, she gave photographers a flash of something else. namely, a serious wardrobe malfunction.

Sporting a daring black dress sans underwear, the film’s leading lady pulled a Britney Spears and gave photographers a sensational glimpse as she exited her car. The 30year-old actress seemed completely unaware of her not-so-subtle fashion snafu and went on to the premiere to pose for additional (fully clothed) pics.

Anne’s missing undergarments weren’t the only

thing daring about her look last night. The actress rocked a gothic Tom Ford taffeta gown with bondage boots, slicked-back hair and wine-stained lips.

Here’s hoping the L.A. premiere is a little less flashy!

Les Mis—which also stars Russell Crowe, Helena Bonham Carter, Hugh Jackman, Eddie Redmayne and Sacha Baron Cohen— hits u.S. theaters Dec. 25.

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EVEnTS

CoMBINE the passion for good wines and great food and you have Cellar de BoCa, a dream restaurant collaboration between wine distributors Carlo Lorenzana, Bobby tenchavez, and restauranteurs tricie and Vince Arcenas of the original Cellar de oboza.

Located at the second floor of SM Lanang Premier’s Fountain Court, Cellar de BoCa is a tapas bar that fuses cozy, rustic Filipino-Spanish cuisine with beautiful wines by the Legarde vineyards of Argentina. A combination that is both exciting and delicious, which everyone who was invited to its grand opening last December 5, agreed.

Guests to the event were given a tasting of Cellar de BoCa’s trademark BoCa Steak, a delicious 600-gram steak, cooked to perfection and served with an Angus beef belly sisig topping. Also a hit that evening were the baked clams with Spanish chorizo that was both sweet and salty, and Cellar de BoCa’s paella that paired perfectly with the Altas Cumbres

Chardonnay.

As the evening progressed, the wine flowed, and the chitchat became louder and more lively, many thanks to the restaurant’s cozy and inviting interiors. I personally love the huge solid wood bar that is sure to be where friends will gather for more good times.

Follow me on Twitter or on Instagram @kennethkingong for more foodie finds and travel bites.

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Pacquiao drops to 7 in P4P th

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ITH Manny Pacquiao suffering a knockout defeat at the hands of Juan Manuel Marquez last Sunday, nonito Donaire has taken on the mantle as the top Filipino fighter, according to the latest pound-forpound ratings of The ring magazine.

Pacquiao, who had previously been tied with undefeated American fighter Floyd Mayweather in the rankings, dropped all the way to no. 7 after his defeat, one spot below Donaire, who gets into the ring against dangerous Mexican foe Jorge Arce this weekend.

Melo’s 45

DONAIRE. Up to no. 6

Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony (right) battles for the loose ball against Brooklyn’s Derron Williams.

PACQUIAO. From no. 1 down to no. 7

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Another day, another LA loss

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Cleveland Cavaliers’ Kyrie Irving drives against the Los Angeles Lakers center Dwight Howard. AP

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LEVELAnD (AP) -There had to be a low point. The Los Angeles Lakers can only hope they’ve reached it.

This chaotic season has gotten worse.

Kyrie Irving scored 28 points in his return after missing 11 games with a broken finger, leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 100-94 win over Kobe Bryant and the Lakers, who look nothing like a team projected to win an nBA title - or anything else. ‘’This is one of the most challenging stretches of my 17 years, and the most baffling, too,’’ a puzzled Bryant said after the Lakers lost for the eighth time in 11 games. ‘’We have the talent and personnel to do it, but we’re not, and it’s baffling. It’s extremely frustrating. ‘’It doesn’t make any sense. We’re still finding ways to lose games.’’

Irving added 11 assists in 39 minutes and showed off his dizzying

array of moves as the Cavs, who came in with just four wins, ended a five-game losing streak.

Bryant scored 42 points and Dwight Howard had 19 points and 20 rebounds, but it wasn’t enough to stop the Lakers, who were still missing Pau gasol and Steve nash, from opening a four-game road trip with a with a loss that could sting for a while. ‘’We have to stop the bleeding - somehow,’’ said Howard, who forced a trade this summer from Orlando to join the Lakers and maybe win some championships. ‘’We can’t let this kill our spirits too much. This is tough on all of us right now. ‘’We want to win.

We’re sick of losing. We all understand that situations like this don’t last forever.’’

C.J. Miles scored 28 in his first start this season, Anderson Varejao had 20 and Alonzo gee 17 for the Cavs.

EW yOrK (AP) -- now, this Knicksnets rivalry is really

If it hadn’t started when the nets left new Jersey and set up shop in the Knicks’ city, it surely arrived when Jason Kidd delivered the tiebreaking 3-pointer Tuesday night, making himself an enemy of his former franchise. ‘’I hate him,’’ nets guard Deron Williams said.

Williams was kidding, the point guards are friends.

But nets fans who watched Kidd ask out of the organization and Carmelo Anthony refuse to come could easily work up more dislike of the Knicks after watching those two Tuesday.

Anthony scored a season-high 45 points, Kidd made the tiebreaking shot with 24 seconds left, and the Knicks rallied from an early 17-point hole to beat Brooklyn 100-97.

Kidd finished with 18 points against his former team, who used to dominate the Knicks when he played in new Jersey. He pumped his fist afterward in what he said was as much emotion as he shows, though denied taking any special pleasure in beating the nets. ‘’I’m a competitor. I want to win,’’ he said. now the series is tied at 1-1 since the nets moved to Brooklyn, both games coming down to the tense final minutes. ‘’It is (a rivalry). I mean, after that first game, we might as well accept that,’’ Anthony said. ‘’It is what it is. They’re on our division, we see them four times a year. It is a rivalry. It’s great for new york to have that in Brooklyn and in Manhattan.

When we come here it’s a battle. When they come there, it’s going to be a battle. We expect that.’’

Andray Blatche scored 23 points in place of Brook Lopez, who missed his sixth straight game with a sprained right foot. Williams added 18 points and 10 assists, and reggie Evans grabbed 18 rebounds, but the nets lost their fifth straight.

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DavNor inaugurates Sports Complex

By Neil Bravo

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OVErnOr rodolfo Del rosario led provincial officials of Davao del norte in inaugurating the biggest sports complex project in the Davao region on Wednesday.

The 243-Million Davao del norte sports complex, now 80 percent completed, was formally unveiled to the public right on its target 12-12-12 date (December 12, 2012).

“There is only one 1212-12 in our lifetime, this day now goes down in this province’s history,” said gov. Del rosario who spent the last four weeks holding office right inside the clubhouse of the 12-hectare project to ensure construction will be completed in time for its target inaugural date.

“More than a temporal rhyme, 12/12/12 is significant because there will never be another 12/12/12 in eternity. But in the shortrun, 12/12/12 has been a significant rallying point to drum up available resources and surmount all challenges, both within and outside our control,” the governor added in his speech.

Del rosario said the race against time has engendered a “creative tension” in me and the people behind the new landmark.

Through hard work and dedication, he said, the provincial government was

able to bring to life the once barren face of the earth to as colourful as it is today.

“This stands as a testament to our commitment to health, wellness and a high quality of living for our people, gov. Del rosario said.

On Wednesday, the governor led provincial officials in the ceremonial cutting of the inaugural ribbon at the complex’s entrance and walked through the track oval which will be installed with rubber soon.

Provincial athletes who won gold medals in the recent Batang Pinoy national games were presented in the program and the newly-organized Davao Del norte Sports Association was sworn in by gov. Del rosario.

The sports complex has a main grandstand which seats 5,000, professional lighting facilities, 10-lane Olympic sized pool with a warmup pool and 1,500 seat stands.

It also boasts of a fully air-conditioned club house.

Phase2 of the project will comprise of the redevelopment of the rDr gymnasium right behind the pool area.

The sports complex is thus far the biggest ever in Davao region. Davao del Sur is also currently constructing its sports complex project in Matti, Digos to the tune of over P500 Million.

Bishop Wilfredo Manlapaz and Gov. Rodolfo del Rosario, center, are in a jovial mood at the soft launching of the Davao del Norte Sports and Cultural Center on December 12, 2012. nobags/PIO-DavNor

Gov. Rodolfo del Rosario, center, raises the hands of the Davao del Norte athletes who won 13 medals at the recently-concluded Batang Pinoy national games in Iloilo City.

Together with the governor are Vice Gov. Victorio Suaybaguio and members of the

Sangguniang Panlalawigan at the soft launching of the Davao del Norte Sports and Cultural Center on December 12, 2012. nobags/PIO-DavNor