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AW enforcement agencies in Davao City netted around P1.8 million worth of illegal drugs in the military checkpoint in Sirawan, Toril last Sunday. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) 11 along with Task Force Davao and Toril Police Station intercepted suspected “shabu” (methampthetamine) drug inside a vehicle coming from Cotabato City. PDEA 11 Regional Director Emerson Rosales told reporters yesterday that the illegal drugs were taken from the possession of Badrudin P. Langalen, Abdulkarim Pingguiaman and Sainudin P. Lidasan, who are all from Cotabato City. “Ang nakuha sa kanilang drugs, around 201 grams. So, aabot ng P1.8 million... depende sa street value,” Rosales said adding that in the city the street value of “shabu” is around P9,000 per gram. Rosales said that part of transported drugs is intended for the city and the others will be for Tagum City. He said the suspects did not reveal any information about their source. “We are investigating kung saan ba talaga galing,” he said. He said they are also investigating if the three are members of an illegal drug syndicate.
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SUPERMOON. The full moon decends over Davao City skies last Sunday evening. Sunday night’s full moon was a supermoon which was 14 percent bigger and 30 percent brighter than a regular full moon and said to be the biggest moon of 2014. Lean Daval Jr.
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IMPORTANCE OF BREASTFEEDING. Dr. Jack Newman, an international breastfeeding advocate, talks about the advantages of breastfeeding during SM Lanang Premier, SM Cares and LATCH’s meet and greet activity with Dr. Newman at the atrium of SM Lanang Premier Sunday afternoon. Lean Daval Jr.
Families of OFWs asked to help in Libya drive By ARMAnDo B. FEnEQUITo JR.
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HE Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) 11 is urging families of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) working in Libya to convince them to be repatriated due to ongoing political tension there. OWWA 11 officer-in-charge Eduardo E. Bellido said that there are only less than 10 OFW out of 675 in the region who signified to be repatriated from the area. “We are getting in touch with their families para ma-advise na rin yung kanilang mga OFWs na ma-encourage na umuwi
na because yung danger to their life, because of the serious situation ngayon sa Libya,” he said. He said that the repatriation is free and all expenses will he shouldered by the government just to ensure their safety and welfare. Bellido said that they were encouraging the OFWs to register and keep in touch with the Philippine embassy. “We are trying, in fact we call their families here to convince yung kanilang relatives or OFW families na to avail the repatriation services,” Bellido said.
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GPH, MILF panels vow to finish Bangsamoro BL draft, Aug. 18
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EMBERS of both peace panels of the Government of the Philippines and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front vowed to finish the draft of the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law by August 18 as they ended their 10-day meeting Sunday evening in Davao City. The meeting was held behind closed doors as local reporters were prohibited from covering the meetings. Earlier MILF peace panel chairman Mohagher Iqbal denied a news report last Thursday that he ac-
cused President Aquino of reneging on a “promise the government that will be flexible in its application of the Constitution to the (BBL).” He said he was misquoted by Manila Times reporters who wrote the report, although he said he “(does) not recall having been interviewed by any of the reporters.” Iqbal, chairman of the Bangsamoro Transition Commission, led the MILF panel, in the marathon meeting with the government’s chief negotiator, Prof. Miriam Coronel-Fer-
Anti-smoking violations rampant in public markets By CHEnEEn R. CAPon
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HE Davao City Anti-Smoking Task Force (ASTF) headed by Dr. Domilyn Villareiz will be training barangay officials as additional enforcers of the Anti-Smoking Ordinance. “We will conduct support training to barangay captains probably after Kadayawan Festival to help implement the ordinance in public places,” Villareiz said during the Kapehan sa Dabaw at SM City Annex yesterday. Villareiz said that violation of the anti-smoking
ordinance is prevalent in public markets. There are eight public markets in Davao City located in Agdao, Bankerohan, Toril, Mintal, Calinan, Tibungco, Bunawan and Lasang. In the Facebook page of Public Safety and Security Command Center (PSSCC), a netizen with an account named Flawless Sutla Mindanao, reported last August 2 that there were many smokers arrested in Bankerohan Public Market. Netizens who commented on the post questioned the effec-
tivity of the ordinance and the law enforcers. “Effective but lack of police visibility. We only have 1, 100 personnel in Davao City. We should also consider the number of police to population ratio. Di naman lahat nakikita o nababantayan ng mga police,” Storm Trooper, a netizen, commented. Villareiz said that public markets are not Allowed to put its own designated outdoor smoking areas (DOSAs) because it is covered under the City Ordinance 0367-12,
otherwise known as the New Comprehensive Anti-Smoking Ordinance of Davao City, which was implemented since last May 31, 2013. Under the ordinance, smokers are only allowed to smoke inside their residences, private cars and DOSAs. As to DOSAs, she said that the task force only approve 30 applications for this year. She said that there are no new establishments that has DOSAs. She, meanwhile, said
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BTC Chairman Mohagher Iqbal (center) poses for posterity with fellow commissioners (left to right): Robert Alonto, Pedrito Eisma, Hussein Muñoz, Ibrahim
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DAVAO CLUBS APP. Mobile app developer Eric Su shows the Davao Clubs app from his smartphone during its launching in yesterday’s Kapehan sa Dabaw at the An-
nex of SM City Davao. Davao Clubs app is the first tourism related mobile application for Davao City. Lean Daval Jr.
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ayapa at Masaganang Pamayanan (PaMaNa), the national government’s program and framework for peace and development, has utilized a total of P1.05 billion worth of government projects and services for peace-building, reconstruction, and development in conflict-affected areas (CAAs) within the Davao region alone. Michael Patrick M. Sibbaluca, PaMaNa Davao program development officer, said that PaMaNa Davao currently caters to livelihood, infrastructure, and social projects directly to communities affected by the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), National Democratic Front (NDF), and the New People’s Army (NPA), while the national government manages peace and order in the region. “The Aquino Administration has actually tried reaching out to the CPP, NDF, and NPA, in Davao region but their negotiation with these groups is not enough to resolve the peace process. So, PaMa-
Na was organized to help CAAs through government services while peace has not been achieved yet,” he said during the weekly Kapehan sa Dabaw media forum at SM City Davao Annex yesterday. Sibbaluca said that PaMaNa Davao’s budget of P1.05 billion has generated a total of 478 projects where P464.7 million was utilized for 255 projects in Compostela Valley, P158.8 million was utilized for 90 projects in Davao del Norte, P46.5 million was utilized for 7 projects in Davao del Sur, P52.3 million was utilized for 7 projects in Davao Occidental, P322.4 million was utilized for 113 projects in Davao Oriental and P9.5 million was utilized for 6 projects for the National Commision on Indigenous People (NCIP) Davao. “We decided to utilize most of the budget for Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental because there are a lot of vulnerable communities threatened and affected by the CPP, NDF, and NPA in those
areas” he said. The project plan constists of livelihood projects from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and Department of Agriculture (DA) and infrastructure projects for roads, water distribution systems, schools, health centers and tribal halls. “the implementation of policies, plans and programs to promote and protect the rights and well-being of Indigenous Cultural Communities/Indigenous Peoples (ICCs/ IPs) and the recognition of their ancestral domains as well as their rights through the NCIP are also included,” Sibbaluca said. Aside from livelihood, infrastructure, and social projects, PaMaNa Davao also utilized the budget for electricity supply from the National Electrification Administration (NEA), training support from the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) for Katarungang Pambarrangay human
has photo sharing-based quests for users to engage in. An example of a quest for the Kadayawan club is to join any Kadayawan street party. It’s kind of like Instagram but a game,” Su said. The quests in the application serve as an adventure guide for users to follow. Every time a user completes a quest, a photo must be posted and shared as proof to earn points. “These points could
be redeemed at the shop [within the application] for freebies and coupons from local merchants,” he said. So far, about ten local merchants contribute to the mobile application for the prizes. “We are projecting coupons like 50 percent off from Backyard Burgers and freebies like I love Davao t-shirts,” Su said. Aside from the clubs, there are also many avail-
able sub-applications that could come in handy for users in the city. Users can follow fellow city explorers and meet new friends and view each other’s shared photos, read the latest good news around the city from Edge Davao and Sunstar, search a place’s address, map location, phone, and store hours without internet, and view cinema schedules of all the city’s malls.
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Eric Su’s mobile app launched in Kadawayan By VAnnAH S. Ang
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new Davao-based mobile application developed by a young Dabawenyo who recently trained in the famous Silicon Valley will make users enjoy being in Davao City during the Kadayawan Festival and beyond. Called “Davao Clubs,” the mobile app is now available for city residents and tourists to use while they wander along the
streets of the metropolis with their pocket gadgets. According to Eric Su, Davao Clubs developer, the mobile app solves common problems among city lovers, Dabawenyos, and tourists digitally. “The core of the mobile application are composed of clubs that represent food, adventure, places and events originating from the city,” he said. These clubs are sub-ap-
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plications. An example of a club is the Kadayawan Club that was developed for the Kadayawan sa Dabaw Festival. The main purpose of this club is to suggest to city residents and visitors what they could do and where during the festival. Complete details of the festival are listed in the club along with quests that app-users could complete for points. “The application also
By ARMAnDo B. FEnEQUITo JR.
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HE three persons accused in the murder of Cebu-based hotelier Richard L. King are still waiting for the move of the prosecution panel on their application to be in the witness protection program (WPP). Lawyer Ben Joseph O. Tesiorna, defense counsel of Paul Dave Labang, and siblings Rommel Dela Cerna and Rodel Dela Cerna, told reporters yesterday that Prosecutor Carlos Castaños told him to wait first for the resolution of the murder case filed against former Regional Intelligence Unit (RIU) – 11 head Supt. Leonardo A. Felonia. Tesiorna said that the
inclusion of the three in the witness protection will depend on the resolution of the investigating prosecutor on the murder case filed against Felonia. “We might apply but the proper persons to apply that is really the prosecution,” he said The defense counsel said that for the meantime, he is trying to make a move to “enroll” Labang and Dela Cerna brothers in the WPP of Department of Justice (DOJ) even if it is only provisional, while the case of Felonia is yet to be resolved. “Ang ingon man gud ni fiscal Castaños when I talked to him there should
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SECURITY PREPARATIONS. Davao City Police Office (DCPO) director Vicente Danao Jr. (right) bares the security preparations for the celebration of the 29th Kadayawan Festival which includes the deployment of 2,000 police
operatives to ensure the safety of the public while City Tourism Office head Lisette Marques listens during Kapehan sa Dabaw at the Annex of SM City Davao yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.
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Town mayor lauds local coops medical outreach
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TO. Tomas Municipal Mayor Benigno Andamon Saturday lauded a local cooperative for bringing into town its medical outreach activity as the municipal government started off its weeklong 55th founding anniversary celebration. Andamon was happy for billionaire Tagum Cooperative for conducting a medical outreach on Saturday (Aug. 09) at Sto. Tomas Central Elementary School with the San Pedro Hospital which deployed doctors and nurses to carry out medical services. Among the medical services administered by SPH staff were pedriatric and family med check-ups, and FBS sugar test. SPH medical team also entertained obe-gyne consultation and conducted health and wellness lecture. SPH administrator, Sister Maria Sando which spearheaded the SPH medical team gave thanks for the opportunity to serve with Tagum Cooperative which shelled out more than P30,000 for the medical supplies used and distributed during the medical outreach.
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Tagum Cooperative Board of Director Chairperson, Norma Pereyras viewed the medical outreach as a fulfilment of 7th Cooperative Principle: Concern for Community which she said the Co-op had been observing as part of its social responsibility in its branch areas. Meanwhile, aside from the medical outreach, the week-long 55th founding anniversary celebration started off on Saturday with an early morning fun-run personally led by Andamon who claimed having fun running with the youths of Sto. Tomas. Sto. Tomas will also be hosting an Indigenous People’s Day on August 13 during which a public advocacy on Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation for IPs will also be held. Meanwhile, Andamon expected Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero to grace the August 14 founding day of Sto. Tomas while artist Ai-Ai delas Alas will hold a concert on August 15 at the Sto. Tomas Muncipal Gymnasium. (PIA 11/ Jeanevive D. Abangan)
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Davao Region LCEs advocate climate change adaptation L
OCAL chief executives and local chief representatives in the Davo Region recently took a pledge of commitment to advance the advocacy on climate change adaptation and mitigation. Attending the Public Advocacy on Climate Change for Local Chief Executives on Aug. 5, they signed the “LakasLikasan Pledge of Local Chief Executives” which stated their vow of commitment to go an extra mile of safeguarding the environment. The signing of the pledge wrapped up the one-day Public Advocacy on Climate Change for LCEs organized by the Regional Task Force on Public Advocacy on Climate Change and held at the Social Hall of the University of Southern Philippines (USEP) Bo. Obrero Campus, Davao City. Spearheaded by the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) XI, the De-
partment of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) XI and the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) XI, the Regional Task Force on Public Advocacy on Climate Changes takes as members the regional offices of the departments of Agriculture, Health, Interior and Local Government, Science and Technology, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) XI and the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) XI. DENR Regional Executive Director Joselin Marcus Fragada took advantage of the presence of municipal mayors to discuss the National Greening Program through which the DENR this year targeted to etch a record of the most number trees, in the Guinness Book of World Records. Other topics discussed during the event were the Overview of Global Warming and Climate Change by Ma. Socorro
GenSan expands project for low-performing schools
HE city government will expand starting this month the implementation of its flagship reading remedial program for low-performing public elementary schools in the city. Mayor Ronnel Rivera said they are finalizing the launching on Friday of the weekend reading remedial classes in the city’s “bottom 10” public elementary schools as part of its Community Teach Project. He said the project, which started last May, will cover a total of 200 Grade 3 pupils or 20 each from the 10 schools. “It will mainly focus on improving the reading proficiency and eventually the learning capability of the recipients,” the mayor said. The program’s 10 beneficiary-schools
are the Pedro Acharon Elementary School, Romana Acharon Elementary School, Jose Divina Gracia Elementary School, Dadiangas South Elementary School, Calumpang Elementary School, Lagao Central Elementary School, Lanto Elementary School, Dadiangas North Elementary School, General Santos City School of Arts and Trade, and Jose P. Laurel Elementary School. Rivera said the remedial classes will begin on Aug. 15 and every Saturday of schoolyear 2014-2015. He said they have partnered with the Notre Dame of Dadiangas University’s Community Involvement Service program and the Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Colleges for its implementation. The two institutions specifically agreed to
provide volunteer student-teachers for the initiative, he said. The city government, in partnership with the Department of Education (DepEd), Smart Communications Inc. and RD Foundation Inc., initially launched the Community Teach Project last May as a 15-day reading remedial program. Rivera said the innovative program is part of the local government’s continuing efforts to raise the standards of the educational system in the city. Community Teach is a program designed to develop the reading skills and comprehension of selected incoming Grade 3 pupils through the participation of their respective communities. The students were pre-selected by the DepEd based on the
data from the Philippine Informal Reading Inventory or PHIL-IRI. DepEd’s city division earlier designed a curriculum for the Community Teach Project that involves “effective teaching strategies that would engage the students into an interactive learning system and in a holistic and child-friendly environment.” The agency had assigned some teachers to act as facilitators while the City Social Welfare Development Office (CSWDO) designated one of its personnel to supervise the conduct of the remedial classes. The CSWDO was tasked to conduct supplemental feeding programs for the remedial classes through assistance from the parents of the beneficiaries. (MindaNews)
Mallare of the DENR-Environmental Management Bureau; the New Normal Weather by Engr. Gerry Pedrico of PAGASA ; and the Sustainable Environment under the Regional Development Plan by Regional Development Council Vice Chairperson Ma. Lourdes Lim of NEDA XI. Meanwhile, in his message during the forum OCD Regional Director Loreto Rirao (AFP retired Brig. Gen) lauded the municipal mayors who personally came to attend the event which he viewed as a necessary advocacy initiative to help LCEs better understand the need to prepare and mitigate disaster caused by catastrophic weather conditions that might happen as a result of climate change. PIA XI Regional Director Efren F. Elbanbuena also lauded the LCEs for their support to the activity but he urged them to widen climate change
awareness among its constituents especially those at the grassroots level to help them prepare for the adverse weather conditions that might cause disaster. Among the mayors who personally came were Compostela Valley President of the Municipal Mayors League, Mayor Eutropio Jayectin of Montevista; and Davao Oriental Municipal Mayors League President, Mayor Vicente Orencia of Governor Generoso. Other LCEs present were Mayor Justina Yu of San Isidro, Davao Oriental; Mayor Lorenzo Balbin of New Bataan, Compostela Valley; Mayor Benigno Andamon of Sto. Tomas, Davao del Norte; Mayor Joel Lopez of Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur. Other LCEs in Davao Region sent their representatives who were either their information officers or their disaster risk reduction and management officer. (PIA 11/ Jeanevive D. Abangan)
Infra worth P386M undertaken by SCot
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HE provincial government of South Cotabato has invested around P386 million in the last 12 months for the implementation of various priority infrastructure projects. South Cotabato Governor Daisy Avance-Fuentes said Monday the funds were utilized for the construction, repair and rehabilitation of 209 projects that were identified as vital for the province’s bid to become a key economic player in Mindanao and in the entire country within the next decade. “These are projects that we prioritized to help push further our continuing economic expansions and development,” she said in her state-of-the-province address held at the provincial gymnasium in Koronadal City. The governor said the local government spent around P155.9 million for building or vertical projects, P120.6 for flood control structures and 109.6 million for the upgrading and concreting of provincial roads. She said they implemented 143 building projects, 24 roads and bridges
and 42 flood-control and related structures. Under the building component, they invested P73.6 million for the completion of the provincial capitol’s Finance building, which hosts its finance-related offices and departments. She said part of the structure will later host the offices of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (provincial board). Fuentes said they also spent P28.4 million for the repair and rehabilitation of 19 school buildings; P22.4 million for the construction and repair of barangay health stations, dietary section of the provincial hospital and parts of the South Cotabato sports complex; P18 million for the construction and repair of barangay gymnasiums; P7.4 million for the construction of multi-purpose buildings; and, P6 million for the construction, repair and completion of eight barangay halls. For the flood-control projects, she said they have completed 11 control structures and 14 drainage canals with a total length of 2,566 lineal meters. (MindaNews)
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MORE BPO FIRMS ARE COMING
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MSME SUMMIT. Mary Ann Montemayor (left), National Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Development Council vice chair, together with Marie Anne J. How, chief of trade and MSME Development Division of the Department of Trade and Industry, promotes during yesterday’s Kapehan sa
Dabaw at the Annex of SM City Davao the upcoming National SMSME Summit on August 20 to 21 at SM Lanang Premier’s SMX Convention Center. Lean Daval Jr.
AKE UP subjects in English grammar and diction for mastery in a few semesters. This was the simple advice of Davao Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte to young Dabawenyos in order to prepare themselves for possible employment in the fast-growing business process outsourcing (BPO) companies in the city. “More (BPO companies) are coming, and I advise (them) to learn to speak what they want to hear so they will be employed. Just a few semesters… one or two semesters on grammar, voice and diction,” Dutterte said in his regular Sunday program “Gikan sa Masa Para sa Masa” over ABS-CBN Davao The mayor appears excited over the prospects of more Dabawenyos getting employed as joblessness has been identified as one of the problems the city is facing. He said the availability of tens of the thousands of BPO jobs even non college
graduates but English-literate and proficient youths who are abundant in the city and in Mindanao is a tremendous help to the economy of Davao City and its neighboring provinces and cities which also suffer varying degrees of unemployment. Duterte renewed his commitment to make the city peaceful to pave the way for the continuous entry of investments. He was also thankful for the growth for other economic sectors in the city such as manufacturing, construction, private investments, service sector that contributed to the consistent overall growth of the city in the recent years. “In the last five years, naiba gyud ang Davao,” he said. The National Economic Development Authority 11 recently figured out the city as belonging to Top 37th and 59th spots in various rankings as a BPO destination in Asia and world categories. Cha Monforte, Correspondent
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Easy Taxi offers ‘Zero Booking Fee’ promo E
ASY Taxi, the world’s largest taxi booking app, is offering a “Zero Booking Fee” promo for taxi passengers in Cebu and Manila starting August 4 until September 4. Easy Taxi allows users to book a cab using their mobile phones. The app also allows users to live track their cab’s whereabouts from the convenience of their home or office. With the “Zero Booking Fee” promo, this service can be availed by taxi passengers and only pay the metered bill. The promo is available for subscribers from all mobile networks. This is a sequel to Easy Taxi’s ‘Rainy Day’ promo which offered a P40 booking fee – P30 off its original fixed fee of P70 – last June and July. Easy, convenient, reliable taxi experience “Requesting for a taxi has never been so easy, convenient, and reliable. With Easy Taxi, booking your cab is just one touch away,” said Daniel Torres, Easy Taxi CEO for the Philippines. “Keeping in line with our commitment to provide quality service to the Pinoy on-the-go, we are waiving our booking fee for an entire month, to serve more Filipinos better,” he said. The Easy Taxi app can be downloaded for free on your mobile phones and gadgets simply by visiting the Apple App or Google Play stores.
DAVAO WATER COLOUR SOCIETY, INC. CHARTER OFFICERS. Artist & Charter President Wehelito N. Pepito (4th front left) leads the other charter officers in a pose following their installation as charter officers (left to right), namely, 2nd VP – Arch. Salvador Mascardo; 1st VP – Arch. Anthony Serafin; Secretary – Vicente Aviles; Auditor – Virgencita Balinas; Treasurer –
Rebecca Horfilla, M.D.; Public Information Officer Gilbert Miraflor; Asst. Treasurer – Arch. Omar Payumo; and Legal Adviser – Atty. Ritzel Polinar. Lawyer Leoncio P. Villa-Abrille (5th from left) is the inducting officer. (Photo by: Sylvia L. Piedad)
“Our value propositions of safety, convenience, and quality service for every customer helped Easy Taxi retain its position as the market leader in e-booking app services,” said Torres. Before boarding a taxi, the passenger is provided by the app with the designated driver’s information like the name, license plate, and contact details. “The information the app makes available to users can be shared to friends
and loved ones, thus giving them the guarantee of a safer riding experience,” said Torres. In case of valuables accidentally left in the cab, passengers can ask Easy Taxi operators to contact the driver in their behalf and therefore increasing the likelihood of retrieving the said items. Added value for taxi cab drivers “Easy Taxi don’t only give passengers a royal
treatment, we also provided added value for taxi cab drivers who get extra income from patronizing the app,” said Torres. Taxi drivers driving passengers who used the app will receive a P60 booking fee during the weekday rush-hours for 2 weeks between August 4 and August 16. Partnered with Easy Taxi are some of the country’s most trusted fleets, thus assuring passengers
of drivers that are trained and educated to offer the best customer service possible. Outside of the Philippines, Easy Taxi is available in 4 continents, 34 countries, and 162 cities and boasts of as much as 185,000 registered drivers. It is part of the Asia Pacific Internet Group (APIG), which was founded by Rocket Internet in 2014 to promote innovation and entrepreneurship in the
Asia Pacific region. APIG’s network currently consists of 10 companies operating in 15 countries. Easy Taxi recently raised $40 million in its fourth round of funding, in order to make its service more widely available. Easy Taxi continues to help pave the way for improved public service transportation experience for commuters in the bustling streets of Cebu and Metro Manila.
world. On the other hand, Megaworld’s rental income from office developments and lifestyle malls surged to a record P3.44 billion in first half 2014, 22 percent higher than P2.83 billion same period in 2013. Total revenues of Megaworld, together with its subsidiaries Global Estate Resorts Inc., Empire East Land Holdings and Suntrust Properties, amounted to P31.96 billion for the first half 2014, up 85 percent from P17.28 billion for the same period in 2013. Megaworld, and its subsidiaries, posted P47 billion in reservation sales in the first half 2014 which is 9 percent higher compared to same period last year. In June, Megaworld has completed the consolidation of Tan’s real estate companies under Megaworld with the ac-
quisition of 49.2% stake of Alliance Global Group, Inc. in Global-Estate Resorts, Inc. (GERI). The acquisition brings Megaworld’s majority stake in GERI to 80.4% and increases the property giant’s total land bank to around 4,000 hectares. Megaworld group has launch a total of 16 residential projects during the first half of 2014. Megaworld has launched 6 projects namely; SalcedoSkysuites in Makati CBD, The Venice Luxury Residences – Fiorenzo Tower, The Florence Tower 2 and Viceroy East Tower in Mckinley Hill, Taguig, Lafayette Park Square in Iloilo and Mactan Belmont Luxury Hotel in Mactan, Cebu. Empire East has launched 4 projects namely; Mango Tree Residences East and West Tower in San Juan, Kasara Urban Residences Tower 5 in Pasig, and Pioneer Woodlands Park 2 in
Mandaluyong. Suntrust has launched 5 projects namely; SuntrustAscentia and Suntrust Solana in Manila, SuntrustAmadea in Quezon City, 88 Gibraltar in Baguio City and Siena Hills in LIpa, Batangas. GERI has launched Pahara Residential Village at Southwoods City. Megaworld is also set to further solidify its position as the leader in office developments in terms of total office space inventory by completing another 112,000 square meters of office spaces this year. By the end of 2014, the company will have around 712,000 square meters of office spaces in its portfolio with the completion of new state-of-the-art office towers in Uptown Bonifacio, The Mactan Newtown in Cebu, and Iloilo Business Park. On the retail side, Mega-
world is also set to complete additional commercial and retail spaces with the completion of the Venice Grand Canal Mall in McKinley Hill, and some commercial strips at The Mactan Newtown. Megaworld’s existing commercial and retail space portfolio is currently at 304,083 square meters. Megaworld has pioneered the “LIVE-WORKPLAY-LEARN” lifestyle concept for mixed-use communities in the Philippines, which are popularly known as “townships.” To date, the company has 10 townships all throughout the country covering around 300 hectares of land. This includes the 17-hectare Eastwood City, which is considered to be the country’s first cyberpark; the 50-hectare McKinley Hill in Fort Bonifacio; the 25-hectare Newport City in Pasay
City; the 5-hectare Forbes Town Center in Bonifacio Global City; the 28.8-hectare The Mactan Newtown in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu; the 15.4-hectare Uptown Bonifacio in Bonifacio Global City; the 34.5-hectare McKinley West in Fort Bonifacio; the 12.3-hectare Woodside City in Pasig City; the 11-hectare Davao Park District in Davao City; and the 72-hectare Iloilo Business Park in Iloilo City. Over the past 25 years, the Megaworld Group has emerged as the country’s No. 1 real estate organization. It has completed more than 320 residential and office buildings with a total area of around 5.6 million square meters. Currently, about 185 residential, office and hotel buildings with a total area of around 5.4 million square meters are under development.
Megaworld 1H 2014 profits rise 289% to Php 16.4 billion
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EGAWORLD, the Philippines’ leading property developer and the no. 1 office developer and landlord, posted a net income of P16.44-billion (inclusive of the P11.62-billion non-recurring gain from the acquisition and sale of subsidiary and associate) for the first half of 2014, 289-percent higher than the P4.23-billion for the same period in 2013 due to strong residential sales in its various townships, particularly in Newport City, Uptown Bonifacio, McKinley Hill and Eastwood City; and higher leasing income from its office and retail portfolio. “I am confident that Megaworld can sustain its core growth momentum as we continuously expand all business segments in our townships across the country,” says Dr. Andrew L. Tan, chairman and CEO, Mega-
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56% The proportion of the total irrigated lands to potential irrigable areas went up to 55.59 percent last year, the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics (BAS) said in its latest report. – Business Mirror, July 28, 2014.
P62.5B The government incurred a P62.5-billion budget deficit in June as spending outpaced revenue to sustain economic growth. – The Philippine Star, July 29, 2014
374 COTABATO CITY – To make farmers productive and earn additional income, the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (DAF-ARMM) conducted on Saturday a goat dispersal to 17 farmer organization members in Tawi-Tawi, including Muslims who were deported from Sabah, Malaysia. – Business Mirror, July 28, 2014
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The looming power crisis Text and Photos By ARMAnDo A. MoRTEJo
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’D put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don’t have to wait till oil and coal run out before we tackle that.” -- American inventor and businessman Thomas Alva Edison *** A century ago, only a few wealthy neighbor-
hoods in the largest cities of Europe and United States enjoyed the use of electric power. By 1900s, electricity became an essential part to modern industry and society as it lighted home and even powered public transportation systems. Tens of thousands of power plants sprang up to meet electric-
ity needs. But soaring costs, high interest rates, and environmental damage caused by large power plants have wreaked havoc on the once booming electricity industry. In most countries, electric prices have risen faster than the general rate of inflation. “Electricity’s future role is more uncertain than any time since Thomas Edison opened the world’s first commercial power plants in Manhattan and London in 1882,” wrote Christopher Flavin in “Electricity’s Future: The Shift to Efficiency and Small-Scale Power.” “Policymakers around the world disagree vigorously about future trends and appropriate policies, but virtually all acknowledge that a turning point has been reached. The world is unlikely to return to the steady, predictable growth of the past.” In most parts of developing countries, electricity has been one of the problems that beset economic development. The Philippines is not an exception. Last summer, Mindanao and the rest of the country experienced power outages. Expect another power crisis in next year’s summer months. “We need to prepare early to ensure a steady supply of energy next year,” said Secretary Carlos Jericho Petilla of the Department of Energy (DOE) in a press statement. “The projected demand by 2015 is 9,011 megawatts (MW), which is higher than this year’s actual demand of 8,717 megawatts.” Chairman Manuel V. Pangilinan of the Manila
Electric Company sights on power barges as possible solution to summer electricity shortage next year. “Given the anticipated deficit next year during the summer months,” he was quoted as saying, “you could procure power barges and what they call the aero-derivatives that run on either aviation fuel or diesel.” Of course, this would mean additional costs to consumers. “You may have power maybe to cover some anticipated shortfall, but it could be of higher cost,” Pangilinan pointed out. “In many respects, there are no options; if there is no power you have to gather it elsewhere.” In Mindanao, the Aboitiz Group of Companies sees a coal power plant as a solution to the impending power crisis. Davao City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte seems to agree. In a recent media briefing, he told local journalists that all means should be utilized to meet the power demand of the city. As there are no economically viable alternatives of energy sources right now, he singled out coal as the best possible solution. “Coal is the cheaper and more accessible source of power that could satisfy the (growing) demand of the city,” Duterte pointed out. He added that oil as a source of power is too expensive. As for the geothermal from Mount Apo, it can only give about 30% of the city’s power needs. Environmentalists, however, are worried that the coal fired-power plant would harm the
ecology and jeopardize the health of the communities where the plant is located. “There is no clean coal,” Gerry Arances, the national coordinator of Philippine Movement for Climate Justice, was quoted as saying by Mindanao Daily Mirror’s Lovely Carillo. “Coal-fired power plants produce coal ash that contains 23 toxic chemicals,” said Arances who cited the study conducted by toxicologist Dr. Romeo Quijano. According to the study, which was done in Naga coal plant, coal ash contains heavy chemicals like arsenic, mercury, and cadmium. Although there are “increasing number of incidents of upper respiratory illnesses and cancer” in Naga, Arances admitted that the finding is still “non-conclusive” as it has to pass so many processes to be conclusive. “But it is enough indication of the effects of the coal-fired power plants,” he said. “There are 13 coal power plants in the country with a combined capacity of generating 4,937 megawatts, providing more than 34 percent of the country’s power needs. And the trend is growing with 45 coal-fired power plants now on the drawing board,” reports Marilou Guieb of Business Mirror. Coal (from the Old English term col, which has meant “mineral of fossilized carbon”) is a fossil fuel that supplies 28 percent of the world’s fuel. “Coal began to form 300 million years ago when large regions of the earth were covered with tropical swamps containing
dense vegetation,” wrote H. Steven Dashefsky, author of “Environmental Literacy: Everything You Need to Know about Saving Our Planet.” As the fast-growing vegetation died and accumulated under the water, it formed a material called peat, which is the first step in the formation of coal. The peat was gradually covered by sediment. “Over time, pressure squeezed out much of the water and compressed the peat into lignite coal (also called brown coal), which contains about 40% moisture. With heat from the earth and continued pressure, lignite was transformed into a soft type of coal balled bituminous coal, which has only about 3% moisture. With continued heat and pressure, hard coal called anthracite was finally formed.” The entire process took hundreds of millions of years. “Coal is not a pure substance,” wrote Penelope ReVelle and Charles ReVelle, authors of “The Environment: Issues and Choices for Society.” “In addition to carbon, it contains inorganic material that remains after coal has been burned; it’s called ash. Sulfur also occurs in coal, sometimes as iron sulphide and sometimes combined with organic compounds. Arsenic is also present in coal, as are radioactive elements.” Coal may be “the dirtiest of the fossil fuels,” but it is a magnificent source of heat energy. “Burning 0.454 kilogram of bituminous coal releases 13,000 Btu, or 13,700 kilojoules of heat energy,” the ReVelles wrote.
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TRUE-BLUE Dabawenyo will naturally be hurt upon discovery that none of the meetings of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) in 2015 will be held in his beloved Davao City. Our leaders, especially those hardworking guys in the tourism sector, have been boasting about it, and in a way really working that it will soon happen. It must have really been a disappointment for Davao City to be excluded. And to think that the list of the meeting hosts even include a virtually unknown place like Bagac, Bataan. Did Davao or Dabawenyos do anything terribly wrong to deserve such an insult? Who in Malacanang is behind this masterful act, this stab in the back? Aren’t we crying over spilt milk by asking these questions? Maybe Dabawenyos should listen to what their leader has to say. In his Gikan sa Masa, Para sa Masa television program last Sunday, Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte hinted how we should take the bad news about the Apec meetings. He said he is neither happy nor sad
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about his city’s exclusion. In an apparent act to assuage the feelings of his constituents, Mayor Duterte mentioned some practical matters, if not inconvenient truths, about hosting a big gathering. For one it will entail a lot of expense for the host city. In the case of the Davao City government which always takes an extra mile to see to it that the hosting will be a success, hosting means mustering more warm bodies and security officers to guard the city from bad elements. These warm bodies have to be fed during all the days that their services are needed. This means millions of pesos in expenses, not to mention the sleepless nights that leaders like Duterte would spend to check that every thing in the preparation and execution stages is in order. Indeed, our pride is hurt by the exclusion. Fortunately for us, it is not the end of the world. The Apec meetings are not the only important events that will unfold in the future. We can wait for that time to come. In the meantime, let’s keep our cool and stop acting like cry babies. Hehehe ANTONIO M. AJERO Editor in Chief
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ONG AND CUMBERSOME – Friction between the Chief executive and opposition-diehards and different progressive groups is nothing new. Ever since President Benigno Aquino III assumed the presidency in 2010, he and the opposing factions have crossed swords over a number of issues both political and social. But lately the statements of critics against the Aquino administration were so far the strongest argument on the present dispensation yet. The precipitating factor of this outburst? The move initiated by some administration lawmakers and other political allies which would effectively allow President Aquino to serve a second term. Currently, the President is only limited to a single term of six years under the present Constitution. The “one more term” issue has been in the boil this time with both the over-conceited supporters and opponents loudly making their cases
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T’S still two years till the next election but the political season is already heating up. It is brought on by no other than the compleat post-Martial Law politico, the trapo par excellence of Makati, Vice President Jejomar Binay. After founding a dynasty to rule that city for longer than anyone cares, Jojobama—as ex-senator Rene Sagisag likes to call him—has his heart on the top leadership of our land. And he makes no bones about his Napoleonic ambition. In fact, he’s declaring it emphatically by forming a new party to serve as his election vehicle. He figures that the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA)—which he heads along with Juan Ponce Enrile and Joseph Estrada—isn’t good enough for him. Creating a new party means that his previous affiliations were simply a matter of convenience, to be discarded when no longer useful. After all this is the age of disposables whether of products, principles, parties, or programs. And anyway UNA didn’t seem to mean much to the triumvirate, just an expression of an obsession to be number one (UNA!) in every way that feeds their vanity and ambition. It’s still unclear though if these birds of the same feather will fly together, since Enrile is now a jailbird and Jinggoy—who had expected to be running mate—is likewise a jailbird for plunder.
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Political element heard in public venues, informal gatherings and even in the streets. Expectedly, the debate over the brewing issue will become more heated in the run-up to the 2016 presidential elections. Though President Aquino and the Palace drumbeaters have consistently stated that the man at bat does not want a second term and say they have nothing to do with the term extension scheme, critics have accused the administration of stealthily pushing the agenda in order for the President to stay in power. This just as the talks about the upcoming presidential elections is starting to heat up.
With political analysts and constitutional experts weighing in, a political element has been injected into the proposed presidential term extension issue, and the debate has seemingly turned into a clash of opinion and legality. Even so, doubts remain over whether the “one more term” proposal will be able to touch first base. The plan to extend the term of the incumbent President requires amending the Constitution. Even Congress leaders are lukewarm to the idea in the firm belief that it will be an uphill battle. The amendment process is long and cumbersome and it is where all the energies of the lawmakers go stalling in the process urgent bills that need priority concern. In order for Congress to convene into a constitutional assembly or ConAss, which is prerequisite for Constitutional revision, it has to receive more than half the votes in both the Senate and House of Representatives.
Furthermore, three-quarters of the vote from the entire assembly is then required for amendments to be passed. The final step is a nationwide plebiscite in which the proposals must obtain over 50% of the votes cast. As can be gleaned from the tedious procedures, this thing cannot be done overnight. At this stage the “one more term” motivators already have formidable opponents not only within the ranks of the administration, but likewise in opposition and progressive groups. The scheme to amend the Constitution, different adversarial groups warned, could be the beginning of another political chaos and anarchy in the streets. They fear history will repeat itself; the amendment of the Constitution, critics believe, could lead to the President perpetuating himself in the presidency. The over-eager promoters being part of the administration coalition only make the motive all the more suspect.
and buy the elections! Then with the presidency in hand, control the economy, apportion the spoils of victory, and live happily ever after! ***** Cunning and a master of illusion, Jojobama is very good at making the public believe he’s genuine, making voters think he’s a caring and generous leader, passionate about civil rights, fair-play, and honesty. In fact, go to Makati and discover how he’s really a (mis)leader! True leaders don’t monopolize power, turning politics into a family enterprise, alternating leadership between him, his wife, and his children, then using the community’s wealth to buy the support and loyalty of the rabble who know no better. That’s greed, not leadership. True leaders encourage and train others to become leaders, not just family members, providing opportunities for the talented and the promising to prosper and rise. True leaders provide for transition and a smooth takeover by a new generation after their term. They do not keep others from becoming leaders, nor abuse power by monopolizing it, or establish a dynasty to keep the power secure as an heirloom to be passed on to other members of the family. True leaders are statesmen, visionary, inspiring, empowering. Those who merely pretend to be these are not leaders but misleaders!
***** Misleaders manipulate the community, control its politics, and exploit its economy. They coddle capitalists and chambers of commerce and turn them into cheering squads, influence peddlers, spectators, or beggars of political favors. Although their constituents (voters) are the primary stakeholders of government, misleaders dominate them, mute their voices, and hold them at bay, powerless. Misleaders call the people “Boss” but treat them like cattle, milking cows. They are vain, selfish, and greedy without limits. Well-meaning citizens who dare to challenge misleaders may not match their iron determination and deadly intent—as was the case in the Ampatuan massacre. But they should take heart and be resolute, not be easily intimidated, and be mindful that they are sovereign citizens with a righteous cause. History has shown that no power except the Almighty’s is more compelling than an assertive brand of citizen sovereignty. Manny is former UNESCO regional director for Asia-Pacific; secretary-general, Southeast Asian Publishers Association; director, development academy of Philippines; vice chair, Local Government Academy; member, Cory Government’s Peace Panel, and PPI-UNICEF awardee for outstanding columnist. valdehuesa@gmail.com
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WORM’S EYEVIEW BY MannY ValdehueSa ***** Jojobama is the quintessential opportunist. During Martial Law he associated himself with the civil rights cause, tagging along with street parliamentarians on occasion, and latched on to Cory and the yellow forces like amor seco. It paid off handsomely. It got him appointed lord of Makati and never blinked for a moment lest control should slip through his fingers. Meanwhile he’s having a free ride with PNoy and the Liberals, hanging on to a cabinet position while taking potshots at the administration. It looks like he’s out to get the most of the free ride to the last mile at the expense of the Liberals and Mar Roxas, its putative standard bearer and therefore his election opponent. But delicadeza is not on the dictionary of trapos, so expect Jojobama to hang on to the last minute! Mea while let’s see how he goes about forming a new party. Will it be a genuine party, with real members, with a defined platform and a real program of government? Or is it just going to be the typical trapo game plan: create a new party, fill it with kindred politicos and supporters, include crony capitalists with pockets bulging with campaign funds,
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Rosales said anti-drug operatives have been conducted surveillance on the three since last year. Last Sunday they were informed by their confidential informant about the shabu delivery in the city. “Monitored na ang kanilang activities, but we are looking for the exact time and place, ” he said. Aside from the drugs, operatives also recovered a white Pajero with plate
number KFS 584 and an identification card from Department of Environment and Natural Resources from the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao from one of the suspects. Rosales said they’ll still confirm if the suspect is really an employee of DENR-ARMM. The PDEA-11 regional director said that they will charge the suspects
for violation of section 5 or selling, trading, administration, dispensation, delivery, distribution and transportation of dangerous drugs of Republic Act 9165 “Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.” Under this law, the penalty of life imprisonment to death and maximum fine of P10 million will be imposed on the violator. ABF
He said that majority of the Filipino workers refused to go back in the country because they want to hold-on to their jobs in Libya. “The problem is kasi, ayaw ng mga Filipino talaga. They keep hurling on their jobs,” Bellido said. Bellido said that there some OFWs who have a vacation in the country, were not able to return in Libya because the alert level of the tension has risen. “Meron kaming isang kaso nga diyan na ito ang last year niya para sa retirement niya. So, ang ano niya ngayon , where can she claim yung kanyang retirement pay tapos sabi namin na we have to wait, if the political situation in Libya stabilizes pwedeng i-arrnage natin doon sa ating Philippine Embassy ang kanyang retirement pay,” he said. He said that the OWWA
will give livelihood program assistance to the OFW from Libya who will be repatriated. “Meron tayong programang called WELL which stand for welfare, employement, livelihoo and legal just in case na may mga unpaid salaries sila at nandito ang kanilang local employement agency we could negotiate para sa kanilang sweldo dito,” he said. The Philippine Daily Inquirer reported yesterday that the government’s plan to evacuate by sea over 1,000 Filipinos in Libya starting Sunday had been temporarily scuttled, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). The report said that a total of 1,036 Filipinos in Benghazi and Misrata have signed up in the latest effort of the government to take them out of Libya
where violence has worsened as the Libyan government try to fight off armed militias. The plan was to pick up the latest Filipino repatriates in the two port cities by a ship that the government has chartered to evacuate them. The government will be spending $1.8 million to ferry the Filipinos from the Libya port cities to Malta. As this developed, the OWWA will release starting this week the one-time Financial Relief Assistance Program (FRAP) emergency aid of P10,000 to overseas Filipino workers in Libya who have been repatriated. The OFWs, including both OWWA members and non-members, can claim the funds from OWWA regional offices nationwide upon presentation of their travel documents and valid identification cards. ABF
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In a joint press statement issued early Sunday night after the meeting, the panels said they “have reached agreement on substantial portions of the document, and have developed a shared understanding of the remaining challenges and unsettled issues, which they will bring back to their principals for further guidance. “ They reiterated their commitment “to finish an agreed draft Bangsamoro Basic Law by August 18, 2014, in sha Allah, in order to allow the Office of the President to submit the same to Congress as soon as possible. “ During the 10-day meeting, “discussions took
place in plenary as well as in small groups focused on addressing specific issues such as fiscal autonomy and administration of justice,” their joint communique said. “There were also inputs provided by resource persons coming from the Bangsamoro Development Agency, the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, and the Ateneo School of Governance on the matter of development planning and budget transfers to the Bangsamoro,” it said. The panels expressed their appreciation to the members of the International Contact Group, the Third Party Monitoring Team, and Tengku Dato’ Ab Ghafar Tengku Mohamed
“who observed,” and to the members of the Bangsamoro Transition Commission and the Panel of Independent Lawyers “who assisted.” They also thanked members of Mindanao-based civil society organizations who visited and expressed their support and encouragement. The Facebook of Opapp Peace Process posted Saturday a photo showing Bangsamoro Transition Commission as composed by it Chairman Iqbal and BTC Commissioners Robert Alonto, Pedrito Eisma, Hussein Muñoz, Ibrahim Ali, Said Sheik, Akmad Sakkam and Asani Tammang. - Cha Monforte, Correspondent
be a resolution first,” Tesiorna said. He said that aside from including them in WPP, he also want to ask the court to make the three as state witness in the case since they pointed Felonia as the alleged mastermind. Tesiorna said that the Dela Cerna brothers could be easily included in the WPP and will be the state witnesses because they are the least guilty in the crime. “I do not have problems with the Dela Cerna brothers because they acted only as accomplices; as look-out and other is the driver of the getaway vehicle,” he said. But, Tesiorna’s main
concern is Labang because he is the alleged gunman because if the resolution on the case of Felonia will be released later, Labang will not be included in WPP. ”Ang ako man gung gusto kay ma usa lang silang tulo,” he said. “Although, the prosecution can always move even without the resolution coming from the investigating prosecutor, they can always move for the inclusion of my clients under the WPP. If they are really concern about the safety of my clients,” Tesiorna said. He said that the testimony of the three is the only evidence that could
be used against Felonia, implicating him as the one who ordered them to kill King last June 12. Last Friday afternoon, Felonia filed his counter-affidavit last Friday asking the City Prosecution Office to dismiss the murder case filed against saying the charge was baseless. Felonia claimed that he is a victim of a demolition job which was perpetuated by his fellow police officers in the Davao City Police Office (DCPO). He stated that the DCPO make efforts present fabricated evidences to pin him down and be persecuted in the case which he did not know.
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HEALTH CHECK. Having their regular medical checkup is now possible for indigent people from Brgy. Camagong in Nasipit, Agusan del Norte (ADN) and from Barangays San Roque, San Juan and Anislagan in Compostela Valley. Last June, Therma Marine together with its partners: Agusan del Norte and Compostela Valley Provincial Health and Admin Office, Davao Jubi-
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lee Foundation,barangay officials and health workers, and the medical team of Rural Health Unit respectively conducted their annual medical mission. Almost 900 indigent people were provided aid through free medical consultation, distribution of non-prescription medicines, hearing tests, dental and eye check-up with free reading glasses and other health-related examinations.
barangay officials will trained to be implementors, but police officers will still be in-charged in the issuance of citation ticket. Villareiz said that for the first semester of 2014, there were a total of 2, 594 smoking ordinance violators apprehended by the task force. This is higher compared to the 2,403 apprehensions
recorded same period of last year. Most apprehended of the new anti-smoking ordinance were ages 30 to 50 years old, but Villareiz confirmed that there were also minors apprehended. “There were smokers as young as 13 years old and this is alarming,” she said. According to her, ASTF has already partnered with
City Social Services and Development Office (CSSDO) in educating children, as young as five years old, on the danger of smoking tobacco. She also said that the task force is planning to partner with Department of Education within this year for the enforcement of the ordinance inside elementary and secondary schools in the city. CRC
rights advocates, distribution of health insurance from the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PHIC), and the awarding of scholarship programs from the Department of Education (DepEd) for CAAs.
“It’s a convergence of government services. We’re pulling in these services to deliver to confict-affected communities in need,” Sibbaluca said. PaMaNa’s main objectives are to reduce poverty through community
infrastructure and focused delivery of services, to improve governance by convergence of the delivery of basic social services, and to build the capacity of communities in addressing dispute and promoting peace. VSA
“Wikipedia” shares this information as to how coal is used for electricity generation: “(Coal) is usually pulverized and then combusted (burned) in a furnace with a boiler. The furnace heat converts boiler water to steam, which is then used to spin turbines which turn generators and create electricity. The thermodynamic efficiency of this process has been improved over time. Simple cycle steam turbines have topped out with some of the most advanced reaching about 35% thermodynamic efficiency for the entire process. Increasing the combustion temperature can boost this efficiency even further.” At least 40% of the world’s electricity comes from coal. In 2012, about one-third of the United States’ electricity came from coal. Ten percent of the world’s coal reserves (identified deposits) are located in the US, with over 50% in China. “Coal reserves are expected to last about 220 years if existing demand continues,” Dashefsky wrote. “The projected amount of coal resources (unidentified deposits), however, might last about 900 years with the current demand.” Coal contains high heat content at economical costs, but many environmental problems are associated with its use. Coal is touted to be the
dirtiest fossil fuel to burn and it generates hundreds of millions of tons of waste products, including fly ash, bottom ash, and fluegas desulfurization sludge, that contain mercury, uranium, thorium, arsenic, and other heavy metals. Burning of coal releases pollutants that help contribute to acid rain. In addition, the burning may release more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere thus causing the climate change phenomenon. Studies have shown that coal-fired electric power generation emits around 2,000 pounds of carbon dioxide for every megawatt-hour generated. This is almost double the approximately 1100 pounds of carbon dioxide released by a natural gas-fired electric plant per megawatt-hour generated. According to “Wikipedia,” coal-fired power plants without effective fly ash capture systems are one of the largest sources of human-caused background radiation exposure. They also emit mercury, selenium, and arsenic, which are harmful to human health and the environment. But there’s good news. “New technologies can burn coal more efficiently and more cleanly,” Dashefsky noted. “This includes the fluidized-bed combustion method, which will begin replacing old-style coal burners. It converts
solid coal into gas or liquid fuels called synfuels.” Coal gasification converts solid coal into a gas synfuel called synthetic natural gas. Coal liquefaction turns it into a liquid synfuel such as methanol. Both types of synthetic fuels produce much less air pollution than burning solid coal. “Liquid fuels are more functional than solid fuels for heating homes and running automobiles and other forms of transportation,” Dashefsky pointed out. “They can also be transported through pipelines whereas solid coal must be shipped.” Meanwhile, Mindanao gets its power from four major sources: hydropower, coal, oil, and geothermal -- in that order. The bulk – 662 MW or 52% – comes from hydropower. Oil contributes 24% of the power supply (311 MW) while geothermal is the source of 8% (98 MW). The remaining 16% (203 MW) comes from coal. “We are heavily dependent on hydropower which is coming only from one source, Lake Lanao,” says Manuel ‘Bobby’ Orig, first Vice President for Aboitiz Power Corp. in Mindanao. “This is the reason why during summer months or during long dry spell, when water level in Lake Lanao is very low, the power supply in Mindanao is gravely affected.”
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EMINISTS and health and social workers call it violence against women or VAW. The Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women (1993) defines VAW as “any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or mental harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life.” In the Philippines, Republic Act 9262, more popularly known as the Violence Against Women and their Children Law, was passed in 2004. It broadened the definition of abuse to include physical, emotional and economic harm. It also made violence by an intimate partner (anyone with whom a woman has a sexual relationship) a public crime, and made it possible for anyone – not just the victim – to file a case against a perpetrator. Intimate partner violence refers to behavior in an intimate relationship that causes physical, sexual or psychological harm, including physical aggression, sexual coercion, psychological abuse and controlling behaviors. Sexual violence is any sexual act, attempt to obtain a sexual act, unwant-
ed sexual comments or advances, or acts to traffic, or otherwise directed against a person’s sexuality using coercion, by any person regardless of their relationship to the victim, in any setting. It includes rape, defined as the physically forced or otherwise coerced penetration of the vulva or anus with a penis, other body part or object. Since RA 9262 was passed in the Philippines, the number of cases has been steadily increasing. “From 2006 to the present, there has been a constant increase,” said Senior Superintendent Theresa Ann Cid, of the Philippine National Police (PNP). In 2011, there were 12,948 reported cases, up from 4,954 cases in 2006 – a rise of more than 150%! – the PNP Women and Children’s Protection Unit noted. From January to April of 2012, 5,629 cases have already been filed. VAW causes more death and disability among women aged 15 to 44 than cancer, malaria, traffic accidents or even war, according to a Panos briefing. The World Health Organization (WHO) believes that at least one in five women has been physically or sexually abused by a man at some time in her life. Several studies show that women are more at risk from their
husbands, fathers, neighbors or colleagues than they are from strangers. In the United States, a woman is battered, usually by her husband, every fifteen seconds. A study done in Western Visayas showed that 43% of the married women who were surveyed said they were afraid to refuse their husbands’ sexual advances, often because refusal might cause their husbands to beat them. “Violence affects women’ sexual and reproductive health,” points out Population Reports. “Physical violence and sexual abuse can put women at risk of infection and unwanted pregnancies directly, if women are forced to have sex or fear using contraception or condoms because of their partners’ reaction.” Around the world, as many as one woman in every four is physically or sexually abused during pregnancy, usually by her partner. In the United States, for instance, 25 percent of battered women are struck during pregnancy. “Pregnant women who have experienced violence are more likely to delay seeking prenatal care and to gain insufficient weight,” Population Reports noted. “They are also more likely to have a history of sexually transmitted infections,
unwanted or mistimed pregnancies, vaginal and cervical infections, kidney infections, and bleeding during pregnancy.” Violence has also been linked with increased risk of miscarriages and abortions, premature labor, and fetal distress. Likewise, it may affect pregnancy outcome indirectly by increasing women’s likelihood of engaging in such harmful health behaviors as smoking and alcohol and drug abuse. Sexual and physical violence appears to increase women’s risk for many common gynecological disorders, particularly chronic pelvic pain, which accounts for as many as 10% of all gynecological visits and one-quarter of all hysterectomies. Other gynecological disorders associated with sexual violence include irregular vaginal bleeding, vaginal discharge, painful menstruation, pelvic inflammatory disease, and sexual dysfunction (difficulty in orgasms, lack of desire, and conflicts over frequency of sex. “Violence has been linked to many serious health problems, both immediate and longterm,” Population Reports said. These include physical health problems, such as injury, chronic
pain syndromes, and gastrointestinal disorders, and a range of mental health problems, including anxiety and depression. Violence is a major cause of injury to women, ranging from relatively minor cuts and bruises to permanent disability and death. “Injuries such as bruises, burns, cuts and broken bones are the most common result of gender violence in the home and community,” Panos reported. In its most extreme form, violence kills women. In Canada, Israel and Brazil, Panos said that women are more likely to be murdered by a husband or intimate partner than anyone else. A study done in Russia showed that every fifth murder victim is killed by a spouse and women are the victims in most cases. According to Population Reports, 40-70% of homicides of women are committed by intimate partners, often in the context of an abusive relationship. In comparison, “only a small portion of men who are murdered by their female partners, and in such cases the women are defending themselves or retaliating against abusive men.” The 2008 National Demographic Health Survey estimated that one in five
Filipino women between the ages of 15 and 49 had experienced physical violence, while 14 percent of women have been physically abused by their husbands. “A serious cause of concern” is how the United Nations health agency described the level of sexual violence in the Philippines. The country is home to almost 100 million people; it is a traditionally patriarchal, male-dominated society, but there are no ready answers to explain in the recent spike. “Yes, there is an increase in reported cases, but we cannot say why,” admits Elizabeth Angsioco, chairperson of the Democratic Socialist Women of the Philippines, a national federation of women’s grassroots communities. “Part of it may be a natural development due to the increased awareness of the laws meant to protect women.” To end this piece, the words of Cate Johnson – author of Violence Against Women: An Issue of Human Rights – come in handy: “Violence against women cuts across social and economic situations and is deeply embedded in cultures around the world – so much so that millions of women consider it a way of life.”
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Kadayawan is upon us and Vikings davao, durianburg’s largest buffet restaurant, is throwing a Kadayawan Festival feast featuring the flavours of the region. From august 11 through to the 17th, Vikings introduces davao inspired dishes to liven up the restaurant’s already wide array of dishes. I was one of the few who food writers who were given a preview of the special Kadayawan dishes that were developed by Vikings’ executive chef anton abad. although we was not present, Vikings’ food and beverage manager arvin dizon were more than happy to give us a taste test. new for Vikings’ buffet cycles are a symphony of starters such as Piniritong Lumpiang Tinapa at Mangga (fried smoked fish and mango lumpia), Ensaladang Talong with Malunggay Pesto (eggplant salad with moringa pesto), Balot a la Pobre Pate, Bagnet Salad, and Vikings Special Salad, each appetiser features
Ensaladang Talong with Malunggay Pesto.
a Filipino dish with a unique Viking’s twist. I especially liked the Vikings Special Salad which is similar to a kinilaw (ceviche) using tuna, salmon, and and lechon kawali. another must try appetiser one should try is the Ensaladang Talong which is elevated by the savoury malunggay pes-
Rellenong Manok sa Mangosteen Sauce.
Piniritong Lumpiang Tinapa at Mangga. to. Highlighting the bounty of the sea and land of davao, Vikings also offers Ginataang
alimango (crab cooked in coconut milk), Laing na Tinapa (yam leaves cooked in coconut milk served with smoked fish), Beef Steak tagalog, Spicy Baked Calderetang Kambing, and Filipino Paella among others. My personal favou- Arvin Dizon together with the Vikings team. rites though would be the the Rellenong Manok sa Mangosteen Sauce and the Baby Back Ribs in durian Barbecue Sauce. The richness of the stuffed chicken is balanced by the tart and tangy mangosteen sauce which lends a more exotic flavour to the dish while the durian sauce of the baby back ribs adds additional creamy richness to the smoky dish. For dessert Vikings introduces their Cheesecake Sampler and their The chefs of Vikings Davao. Mango Sansrival. durian lovers will love their new Brazo de durian, a Call: 224-0733 • Tionko St., Davao City meringue dessert spiked with sweet, creamy and rich durian custard. Vikings’ special Kadayawan dishes will be available for lunch and dinner from starting today until the 17th of august. Vikings Davao is located at the ground level of SM Lanang Premier’s Fountain Court. For reservations you may call 082-285-3888 or 082-2854888. Follow me on Instagram or Twitter on @ kennethkingong for more travel tips, foodie finds, and happenings in, around, and beyond Durianburg.
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New thrills… More adventures with Dmax available on Skycable Select! LiFe in the fast lane gets even better and more exhilarating! Thrill-seeking and adventure-loving viewers of Discovery Turbo can definitely expect more adrenaline-rush with the channel’s exciting, brand new identity. Discovery Turbo was rebranded last July 2014 as DMAX. Under its new name, DMAX continues to take its viewers for a ride of their life with all-time favorite shows plus new titles to explore. DMAX is dedicated to the excitement and thrill of wild adventures, turbo-charged rides, and the great outdoors. it features programs catering to the young spirited male, who simply enjoys daring escapades and the fast-paced lifestyle. The channel is designed for the infotainment junkie’s appetite for the smarts, wit, and adrenaline. if you are into taking risks and passionate about living life to the fullest, then be sure to check out DMAX’s wide range of content offerings. indulge your viewing pleasure with various male-centric genres from motoring, technology, lifestyle, culture to factual entertainment and transactional reality. in Property Wars, follow a group of men who bid to purchase foreclosed homes, without being able to look inside. Ferrari expert and master car restorer, Wayne Carini, takes viewers on his personal mission to uncover the world’s most rare and exotic cars inChasing Classic Cars. Fast N’ Loud is a reality series featuring Richard Rawlings and Aaron Kaufman search for run-down cars and restore them for profit. Join Yusuf and Antonio, car hunters, travel the world’s most deadly places in search of rare, vintage cars in Chrome Underground. Finally, watch a drag race between electric and traditional car, a car blown into the air, propelling a car with an air cannon, or sending a car through a burning house in Stunt Busters. DMAX is available via SeLeCT for only Php20 per month in standard definition on SKYcable, the country’s leading cable TV provider. enjoy flexible subscription options of SeLeCT and choose from a wide-range of HD and standard definition channels as an add-on to your basic cable TV plan. Check out as well SKYcable’swidest choice of over 190 channels, innovative feature of iReCORD that records, pauses and rewinds live TV, and real-time coverage of live concerts and sporting events via FRee VieW and PAY-PeR-VieW. For more information on SKYcable, simply call the Customer Service hotlines at (082) 305-5456 for Davao and (083) 301-3134 for Gen. Santos City or log on to www.mysky.com.ph.
100 HAPPY SHOPPING DAYS AT ABREEZA. Abreeza Mall is giving away a Php10,000 shopping spree daily! Just present a same-day purchase worth at least P300 from any Abreeza Mall store or Robinsons Department Store or P500 from Robinsons Supermarket for a chance to win. This promo runs all weekdays beginning August 11 until December 26, 2014.
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Agoda.com releases their global guide to the best times for travel deals
aGoda.CoM, one of asia’s leading hotel booking sites and part of nasdaq-listed Priceline Group (nasdaq:PCLn), announced today the results of its most recent Travel Smart study: a trip-planning calendar that helps travelers find the best hotel deals all over the world.
Based on booking data from hundreds of thousands of guests who used agoda.com in 2013, the study analyzed hotel prices at 25 of the most popular tourist destinations in the world. The resulting calendar shows the best and worst times to book during the year. High and low seasons are nothing new, but travelers may be surprised to find just how much they will save or spend by picking travel dates carefully. Travel to new york or Rome in the first week of January, for example, and you’ll save as much as 40% off the average room rate. Visit oslo in May and you could end up paying 50% more. Hotels in Istanbul are about 25% cheaper december through March, but as much as 50% more expensive in the middle of
May. “we know airfares, vacation schedules and the weather are also important factors, but we hope this tool helps our customers save money when they plan their vacations,” said Errol Cooke, Vice President, Global Hotels. For many destinations across the globe, the cheapest time to book hotels is in the beginning of the year. average room rates during the first two weeks of January were below average in all 25 markets the study looked at. But travelers can also find bargains at other times of the year. In March there are deals to be found in Barcelona, London or oslo. June and
July, traditionally popular vacation months, are inexpensive times to book hotels in dubai, Milan and Vienna. The last week in december, considered high season in most destinations, is a great time to travel to oslo, Stockholm or Riyadh. Hotel prices in some places, though, tend to be consistent throughout the year. Budget travelers in asia will be disappointed to hear that there really is no low season for most of that region’s popular destinations. The cheapest time to travel to Tokyo is the first week of January, but even then hotel rooms are just 17% cheaper than average. Likewise in Taipei and Seoul seasonal ho-
tel deals are limited. The best hotel deals in Taipei are the first week of July but prices then are only 9% cheaper than average; for Seoul the best week is the first week of January but you’ll only score a 10% discount. The study looked at booking data for 2013, but certain annual holidays, such as Chinese new year and Ramadan, and events, such as the Milan Furniture Fair, take place on different dates each year and will affect rates. To connect with agoda.com and learn about special deals and promotions on hotels worldwide, like us on Facebook or follow us on Google+, Instagram, or Pinterest.
Cotabato’s Inaul at Moda Mindanaw 2014 MAgUiNDANAO handwoven fabric inaul captures the vibrant cultural heritage of the people of Cotabato City. Moda Mindanaw 2014 pays tribute to this Mindanaoan tradition on August 23. Colors play a great role in expressing the Maguindanaoan state of being. Traditionally, yellow and orange represents royalty, red symbolizes bravery and courage, and green signifies peace and tranquillity. White is the color of purity, sadness and morning while black represents dignity. This year’s Moda Mindanaw is mounted in partnership with the Province of Maguindanao. The partner LgU will provide
4-meter inaul fabric to participating designers. Designers are expected to incorporate the textile heritage to their creations of long gowns, men’s formal wear and ladies’ cocktail dress. grand prize winner for
each category will bag Php 20,000 while the 2nd and 3rd placers will take home Php 15,000 and Php 10,000, respectively. The event is also made possible by Cebu Pacific and Huawei. Moda Mindanao con-
sistent winning designer Manny Deiparine will be the event’s featured artist. Deiparine hails from Maguindanao and has made quite a reputation locally and overseas. inaul has become an integral part of his design. Manny has been creating ensembles for the royalties of Maguindanao. Catch spectacle of inaul colors and modern silhouettes on the runway at Moda Mindanaw, August 23, SM City Davao Annex event Center. For inquiries, call 297.6998. Like SM City Davao on Facebook or follow @smcitydavao on Twitter and @smdavao on Instagram for event and promo updates.
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Kapuso Network airs the hit rom-comfantasy Asianovela ‘I Hear Your Voice’
BegiNNiNg this week, Filipino viewers will have another reason to enjoy their weeknights as gMA Network airs the hit romantic/comedy/fantasy Koreanovela, i Hear Your Voice, on gMA Telebabad. With the Filipinos’ love for Asianovelas through the years, gMA Network brings another one-of-a-kind primetime Koreanovela offering, which will certainly entice the viewers to stay awake and be glued to their television screens. i Hear Your Voice features a mixture of romance and comedy like no other, airing back to back with the romance/ suspense Koreanovela, Secret Love, on the primetime block. Making this Koreanovela
series unique despite its usual genre is the involvement of fiction that will provide comical touch to its moving storyline. The story revolves around the life of Hayley (Lee Bo-young), a smart lawyer who is determined to defend innocent people and fight for justice. Her life will turn upside down when she meets Zach (Lee Jongsuk), a 19-year-old boy with the supernatural ability to read other people’s minds by looking into their eyes. Hayley will eventually be surprised when she finds out that she already met Zach when they were still young. Zach gained his mindreading power because of the trauma he experienced
after witnessing how his father got murdered several
years ago. His father’s death was initially dismissed as a
car accident until Hayley, who was still then a high school girl, bravely testified in court despite the killer’s threats. Since then, Zach developed his affection for Hayley and swore to always protect her. Despite the years that passed by, time did not allow Zach’s love for Hayley fade away as he nev-
er stopped searching for his first love. When he finally reunites with her, Zach finds himself falling in love again. Catch the hit romantic/comedy/fantasy Koreanovela, I Hear Your Voice, which will bring memorable nights to the viewers starting Monday right after Ang Dalawang Mrs. Real on GMA Telebabad.
Cinema One’s 20th anniversary concert celebrates movies through music THe country’s number one cable channel recently celebrated twenty years of staying by the side of its loyal fans and supporters through their various life experiences; and to commemorate that bond, Cinema One held its 20th Anniversary Concert, a celebration of movies through music. The channel that has been the top-rating channel on total cable households nationwide for many years now staged this celebration, which featured no less than the Philippines’ best artists. They shared their music to loyal fans and supporters of Cinema One, the home of the biggest stars in the country. Those who took the stage along with host KC Concepcion for this star-
studded evening were the likes of Jed Madela, Angeline Quinto, Jovit Baldivino, and KZ Tandingan, who kicked off the show with the Cinema One anniversary theme song, “Parang Sine”/”Laging Kasama”. This act was followed by various production numbers that latched onto various genres. A romancethemed number was delivered by Rachel gerodias, Hajji Alejandro, Verni Varga, Christian Bautista, Princess Velasco, Sam Concepcion, and Morisette Amon; while an indie-themed number was delivered by Yeng Constantino and Raimund Marasigan—all backed by the music of the ABS-CBN Philharmonic Orchestra. These artists came together to present their own renditions of some of the
best songs from Philippine cinema, bringing together the arts of song and screen. Favorite Filipino comedienne Pokwang also took the stage that night to deliver a stand-up act, mentioning and sampling some of her favorite funny moments from movies that she had starred in. Also given special tribute during Cinema One’s 20th Anniversary Concert through the Numero Uno Cinema One icons were two kings of the local film industry, Fernando Poe, Jr. and Dolphy. Their awards were accepted by Bryan Poe Llamanzares and epi and Vandolph Quizon. Also given the Numero Uno Cinema One icons were two of the most important female personalities in the industry, Nora Aunor and Vilma
Santos. The Cinema One 20th Anniversary Concert was staged by the country’s number one cable channel, Cinema One. Cinema One is seen and carried in almost 100% of total cable operators nationwide and throughout the world through satellite on Cinema One global, and continues to innovate programming with local productions and Cinema One Originals. it has the biggest film libraries in its inventory, which have been constantly and rapidly expanding over the years. The Cinema One 20th Anniversary Concert will be airing via pay-per-view on Cinema One on August 15. For updates, visit Cinema One’s official Facebook page (www.facebook.com/ Cinema1Channel).
Judy Ann to sit in “I Do” council and guide contestant couples “i Do” host Judy Ann SantosAgoncillo will not only be giving out challenges to the nine contestant couples in ABS-CBN newest realiserye, but will also sit as one of the members of its council who will strictly observe the couples and decide which of them get to stay throughout the course of the competition. Judy Ann will be joined by two credible experts on love, marriage, and relationships: life coach Pia Acev-
edo and psychologist and marriage counselor Dr. Julian Montano. Actor Jason ganiza, meanwhile, will serve as Juday ’s co-host. The couples will live together in the “i Do” village,
but the women will sleep separately from the m e n . Throughout the competition, their relationships will be tested as they go through “cycles,” each with a theme and sessions based
on real-life marriage and relationship situations. The council will decide which couple to eliminate at the end of every cycle based on teamwork, trust, and other aspects connected to the theme. The winning couple, to be determined by public votes, will get P1 million, house and lot, and their dream grand wedding. Watch out for the journey to happy ever after on “I Do” this August on ABS-CBN.
LUCY Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman R 16
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ONCE A PRINCESS Erich Gonzales, Enchong Dee PG 13
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GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper PG 13
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TROPHY WIFE / *HERCULES Cristine Reyes, Derek Ramsay, Heart Evangelista, John Estrada / *Dwayne Johnson R 13 / *R 13
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Google holds Womentreneurship workshop in Gensan wE’RE fortunate to be a part of what seems to be the golden age of technology, as people from decades and centuries ago could only imagine the technologies we use today as ‘alien tech’ or witchcraft. But we live with it each and every day. with the internet being the epicentre of information, and social media making the world smaller, with web companies surfacing in an incredible rate, its not that much recognised, but it’s mostly women. The fastest growing and most valuable consumer online. Shopping, thats why women rule the internet. They are not only consumers but a lot of women have turned into entrepreneurs. That is why GBG wants to empower them with the right web tools to leverage their business, make it grow and create an impact on the community. GBG women’s events are a series of events dedicated to increase women’s participation in your community, drive technology-enabled entrepreneurship opportunities and help women become more successful by leverag-
ing the power of the internet from the early stage of their startups. In GenSan, the first GBG women event for the year was held on 3 consecutive nights and was aptly named, “GooGLE FoR woMEnTREnEURSHIP woRKSHoP SERIES”, and it was healed at Ice Castle last July 28 - 30, 2014. among the topics discussed,and presented by
GBG mentors were, work on the web , Make your business social, Build your web presence, advertise on the web, and GBG success stories. Truly, a very informative
and fun experience indeed. Big thanks to GBG Gensan, specially to GBG Gensan Head, avel Manansala who just got back from Google I/o 2014, that was held at
San Francisco, California, for continuing the broaden minds towards new technological Google innovations. now, who run the world? Girls.
Follow me on Twitter or Instagram, @kyriekoutre for more adventures in and around my wonderland that is Gensan, Tuna Capital of the Philippines.
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Group to evaluate city’s geo-hazard status T
HE University of Southeastern Philippines (USeP), through its geology and mining department of its college of engineering
(CoE), has partnered with Holcim Philippines Inc., and the Mines and Geosciences Bureau of Region11 (MGB - 11), in the conduct of preliminary geo-hazard as-
sessment and investigation of Tibungco and Bunawan areas in Davao City. The goal of the said project is to come up with the geological and geo-haz-
ECO-TOURISM. The Eco-tourism Committee of the Mt. Apo Natural Park – Protected Area Management Board (MANP-PAMB) in a group photo after a 3-day intensive workshop on Harmonization of Policies for Mountaineering and Trekking in Mt. Apo held on August 5-7, 2014 at B+WISER Office, JP Laurel Ave., Davao City. The workshop intends to craft a unified guidelines for Mt. Apo Trekking that will eventually be a basis for a comprehensive conservation and protection
ard maps which will increase the awareness of the residents in landslide and flood prone areas in the aforementioned barangays. The maps and the outcome
of the study will help the City in planning how to mitigate the risks and possible effects of such hazards. The information and data used in the analyses
of the country’s highest summit in the midst of the heightened ecotourism activity. It was participated by Tourism Officers of Kidapawan City, Magpet, Makilala, Digos City, Sta. Cruz and Davao City and representatives from provincial governments, Local and National Environment Officers, Indigenous People Representatives, PNP and Private stakehoders.
were gathered from MGB, City Planning and Development Office (CPDO), Barangay Councils of Tibungco and Bunawan, and Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAG-ASA). The photos below show the maps and list of Puroks prone to flood and landslide in Tibungco and Bunawan. The research team has undergone a series of consultations and verifications with the help of MGB-11 before being able to collate the results into two pamphlets and two maps of flood and landslide susceptible areas, which were turned over to both Barangays to increase the residents’ geo-hazard awareness. Overall, the conceptualization of this joint project greatly helps the citizens of Barangay Tibungco and Bunawan in identifying if they are living within the flashflood or landslide prone areas and in preparing for it accordingly. As a result, future casualties will be minimized and more lives will be saved. (USeP PIO)
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HRISTOPHER “Bong” Go is so much at home at pulling off a near halfcourt heave at the end of the period or even during final minutes of a lopsided game that what seems like a difficult shot he made it look so easy. Go nailed another stunning shot few inches away from t h e center court circle to h i g h l i g h t the City Hall Executives’, 138 – 71, win over IBP
Execs cruise to third win
Comval in the 2014 CMO-IBP Basketball Tournament on Saturday at the Hall of Justice Covered Court in Ecoland. The sweet-shooting Executive Assistant of Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, who made numerous half-courters in the past, finished the game with 43 points as the Executives cruised to their third straight win. Go’s scoring twin, Glenn Escandor, likewise continued to play
at a high level as the spot-shooter converted three triples to rack up 25 points as the “Boss Brothers” combined for 78 points of the team’s output. IBP Comval took another beating on its third loss that came after huge setback at the hands of IBP Davao Oriental two weeks ago. Solis paced with 15 baskets for IBP Comval which also got 15 from Alensor and 14 from Cunanan. Michael Peloton chipped in 22 baskets
for the Executives who were never threatened all throughout the game. In the other match, Team Judiciary eked out a 90 – 87 win over IBP Davao. Judiciary relied on its balance attack with four players finishing double digits led by Hoyria’s 20. Ongkiko scored 10 points of his total 20 in the final period but IBP Davao still came out short to taste its first defeat. BJMP proved that it could recover from a big setback as the Jailmen
trounced IBP Davao Oriental, 82 – 71. The Jailmen bowed down to IBP Davao in their last outing. Box Scores: EXECUTIVES – 138 - GO 43, ESCANDOR 25, PELOTON 22, LABOR 12, BREDOL 10, ROSAL 8, APOSTOL 2, CLORIBEL 2, CASAN 2 IBP COMVAL – 71 – SOLIS 17, ALENSOR 15, CUNANAN 14, JIGSCUTE 8, TORIJOS 4, TORRES 2, LAGUINDAM 2 JUDICIARY – 90 – HOYRIA 20, LIBRE 17, ABULE 16, TORRES 13,
BERNARDO 8, NUEVO 6, MAURILLO 7 IBP DAVAO – 87 – ONGKIKO 20, CIUDADANO 19, BAGUIO 17, CADIOGAN 10, RAÑOL 4, LARGO 3, MACASAET 2, PEPITO 2 BJMP – 82 - EYAO 20, FRONDOZA 19, LANZUELA 11, CASTRO 5, SUMAGANG 5, MORALES 8, SARONA 3, DONGUILES 2 IBP DAVAO ORIENTAL – 71 - DIOSO 35, CASQUESO 9, SANTIAGO 9, DAYANGHIRANG 6, APOSTOL 4, QUEZADA 4, QUICO 3, PUD-PUD 3
in the first half, as Gilas Pilipinas won their first tune-up against European opposition beating the Spanish club in Vitoria, Spain. Gilas head coach Chot Reyes afterwards took to Twitter to say, “We wanted 2 commemorate d 1st yr ‘Break Korea Curse’ Anni by playing w good effort d right way. I think we did both, now on to tougher foes.” Reyes was referring to the breakthrough win of the Na-
tionals over Korea in last year’s FIBA Asia Championships in Manila. Against the Spaniards, Gilas showed off their marksmanship skills by nailing 13-of-26 three-pointers. They also out-rebounded their taller foes, 27-21. According to reports, Gilas took an early 5031 lead by the end of the first half before cruising the rest of the way. Paul Lee led the Filipinos with 10.
Championships event last week give him the longest win streak since Tiger Woods completed a run of five in a row in 2008. McIlroy became the fourth-youngest man to win his fourth major -trailing only Young Tom Morris, Woods and Jack Nicklaus -- and has taken four of the past 15 majors contested. “I try and put all this talk aside every time it comes up, but Tiger and Jack are two of the most successful players in our sport of all time,” McIlroy said. “I’m on a nice track at the minute and I’m on a nice path. I’ve still got a long way to go, but to be in their company at this age is very special.” McIlroy is the first man to win two majors in a row or in the same year since Ireland’s Padraig Harrington took the British Open and PGA in 2008. Combined with German Martin Kaymer’s US Open triumph in June, McIlroy’s double means Europeans have won three of four majors in a year for the first time.
McIlroy took the Wanamaker Trophy, even grabbing the lid as it fell during the awards ceremony, and a $1.8 million (1.34 million euro) top prize. - EAGLE LETS MCILROY SOAR A backstretch trophy battle worthy of anything the Kentucky Derby horses at nearby Churchill Downs ever produced came on a course weakened by 2.2 inches of rain over three days. Bogeys at the third and sixth holes dropped McIlroy from the lead and even after a birdie at seven he made the turn three off the pace set by penultimate pair Mickelson and Fowler. At the par-5 10th, McIlroy smashed his second shot 274 yards and made a seven-foot eagle putt to pull within one stroke of the leaders. “That was the turning point in the whole tournament for me,” McIlroy said. “I struggled on the front nine and then to get myself within one of Rickie and Phil, I felt like I had a really good chance.”
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SMART Gilas-Pilipinas squad made a good impression in Spain after turning back ACB Selection 89-58 with a balanced effort. Andray Blatche scored 15 of his 18 points
DRAMA IN VALHALLA McIlroy wins dramatic shootout to take PGA title
BUNKER SHOT. Former North Cotabato Governor Manny Pinol tries to get out of the bunker on no. 18 during the 1st Red Cross Golf Tournament at the Apo Golf and Country Club. Boy Lim
FOR A GOOD CAUSE. Mario Luis Jacinto, president of the Apo Golf and Country Club, swings off the first tee in the 1st Red Cross Golf Tournament over the weekend at the Apo. Boy Lim
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ORY McIlroy put himself among golf’s greatest legends Sunday by winning his fourth major title in dramatic fashion, capturing the PGA Championship in a shotmakers’ showdown at rain-softened Valhalla. Three weeks after winning the British Open, the 25-year-old from Northern Ireland rallied on the back nine to take his second major victory in a row and third consecutive triumph overall in impressive fashion. “Amazing. Incredible. I’m not sure I’ll ever have another summer like this,” McIlroy said. “I’ve got a lot of golf left to play this year, but I have to enjoy what I’ve just done.” McIlroy fired a three-under par 68 in the final round to finish 72 holes on 16-under par 268 and edge five-time major winner Phil Mickelson by one shot with Sweden’s fourth-ranked Henrik Stenson and American Rickie Fowler two adrift. McIlroy’s hat-trick of victories after the British Open and a World Golf
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Duterte-Livestrong squads in KadayaJuan Road Bike T
WO cycling teams from the Team Duterte-Livestrong Builders are seeing action in the much-awaited KadayaJuan Road Bike Challenge set on August 17 in an out-andback course in Barangay Ma-a. Team A of the Duterte-Livestrong Builders squad will be powered by veteran Dexter Nonato, Eric Dhave Apinar, Mark Darrel Echavez, Reymart Legasan and Jayson Caseres. Team B will be composed of Roderick Donillo, Arnold Regodon, Jumar Bacharpa and Brylle Cocjin. Team manager is Maria Jovita “Jojo” Tan of Livestrong Builders Corporation. Nonato, 30, recently played and won for the Reliance-Tapa King men’s relay team that emerged champion in the 70.3 Ironman Philippines last Sunday in Cebu. Apinar, 20, won the Junior category in the T’nalak MTB Race held July 13 in Lake Sebu, Marbel.He previously finished overall 7th in the recent Philcycling Track Cycling Trials last July 29-30 at the Amo-
ranto Velodrome in Quezon City. Echavez and Legasan are veterans of the Philippine National Games while Cocjin and Caseres, both 16, captured the gold and silver medals, respectively in the Batang Pinoy National Games held in Bacolod City. Donillo is making a comeback after recovering from a shoulder injury. Each team is composed of at least two to three Elite riders with two to three Under 23 and one Under 18 biker. The race will have a total distance of 106 kilometers according to overall race chairman Salvador “Jun” Paholio Jr., deputy secretary general for Mindanao of Philcycling. It will still have a traditional 20 kilometer rolling start from Barangay Maa going the major street in downtown area going,Buhangin Diversion Highway and the flag off of riders will be Maa ,Diversion , Magtuod junction, Carmen, Biao Escuela, Los Amigos, Calinan, Lacson, Tamugan and Lumundao. The Open Elite, 23 Under and 18 Under riders will turn back after reach-
CEREMONIAL SERVES. (L-r) Roy Mamac of Cor Jesu College of Digos, Police Senior Inspector Felixberto Magallon of PRO 11, Ruby Ochoa, marketing officer of Abreeza Mall, and Boy Sarabia, vice president of the Davao City Sports ing Lumundao to the same ative (DCSCC), 94.7 News route that will end also in FM and 78.3 One Radio Maa. However, the partici- Network and 78.3 One rapants in the Executive cat- dio egory will only race for 60 It is sponsored by kms. Congressman Sid Ungab, Cash prizes, trophies Emperador Lights Branand medals are up for dy, Racing Edge of Ed grabs. The event is orga- Zaldivar,AG Global makers nized by the Davao City of Energy Capsule, and Sports Consumer Cooper- Hemroid Herbal, Davao GOING AROUND YOU. Kiefer Ravena of Ateneo De Manila University dribbles between the legs of Renz Palma of University of the East. (Czeasar Dancel/NPPA Images)
OOPS, HE DID IT AGAIN Kiefer nails game dagger on UE
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N what is easily the best game of the UAAP season, the Ateneo De Manila University Blue Eagles came back from 21 points down to defeat the University of the East Red Warriors 93-91 in overtime. With one last shot at forcing a second overtime, Gino Jumao-as deliberately missed his second free throw with 1.5 seconds left in the hopes of a UE putback. However, rookie
Arvin Tolentino grabbed the rebound as time expired. King Eagle Kiefer Ravena once again played the hero’s role for Ateneo as he forced overtime with a jumper off a play drawn up by Ateneo assistant coach Ronnie Magsanoc. In the overtime period, Ravena nailed a one-hander, similar to his last game-winner, to extend Ateneo’s lead to three at 88-85 with 1:35 left in the game. However,
the King Eagle rolled his ankle during his landing. After the Eagles forced a traveling violation on Charles Mammie, Ravena checked back into the game and nailed a cold-blooded triple for a 91-85 lead. The Warriors responded with a long triple from Roi Sumang and a slamdunk by Mammi to cut Ateneo’s lead down to one with 13 seconds left in the game.
Council deliver the ceremonial serves during the opening of the 1st Kadayawan Volleyball Tournament at the Abreeza Mall grounds. Boy Lim Livestrong Builders Corporation,Ideal Vision, Jaltan Food Centrum. and Idial Vision will give gift certificate for the King of the mountain award It is sanctioned by Philcycling and backed up by the Barangay Council of Maa and the Kabalikat Civicom Mindanao Re-
gion-Davao Chapter. The prizes will be given away right after the event... Registration fee is P500 per rider inclusive of a jersey, packed lunch,race kit and certificate of participation. For more inquiry, contact 09256502525,, 097528511282 or 09125330030.
reporters at Shawnee Mission West High School, Self said the rookie wants to carve out his own legacy in the NBA. “When all this trade stuff started, I talked to Andrew and Andrew told me, “I hope I get traded,” Self said. “And I’m like, ‘No you don’t.’ And he said, “Coach, I do. It’s better for me, knowing my personality and what I need to do, to go somewhere where I’m forced to be something
as opposed to going in there where they’re going to be patient with me and I’m going to be a piece.” Earlier this week, The Associated Press and several other outlets reported a deal has been reached to send Wiggins, Anthony Bennett and a first-round pick to Minnesota for AllStar forward Kevin Love, who will join LeBron James and Kyrie Irving to form a new “Big 3” in Cleveland.
Wiggins want to be traded to Minnesota A
NDREW Wiggins told Kansas coach Bill Self that he wants to be traded from Cleveland to Minnesota because the No. 1 overall pick believes it will be better for his long-term future. Wiggins joined his former coach as a guest instructor at Self’s basketball camp in suburban Kansas City on Sunday. And while Wiggins declined to speak to the few
ONE FOR ALL. Shakey’s Girls Volleyball League (SGVL) national technical director Johanz Buenvenida (6th from left, 2nd row) and Mindanao leg coordinator Ali Bernan (7th from left, 2nd row) together with the coaches of this
year’s participating teams flash a thumbs up during a press briefing at Shakey’s Gaisano Mall in Davao City Sunday evening. Lean Daval Jr.
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