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REVIVAL. A group of high school students revives the almost lost art of letter writing during yesterday’s 2nd National Letter Writing Day celebration at the Annex of SM City Davao. The event is an annual program of Philippine Postal Corp. in cooperation with the Department of Education and SM Supermalls. Lean Daval Jr.

BUSINESSES WARNED Mayor wants establishments to cooperate on CCTV when needed

By ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO JR.

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AVAO City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte warned business establishments inside malls that he will revoke their permits if they do not cooperate with the police especially when they are asked to submit their Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) footage.

In a command conference last Wednesday, Duterte said withholding CCTV footage is tantamount to being an accessory to crime.

“There is a crime in the Revise Penal Code. You might not be a participant of the crime but if you allow a person or make it

easy for him to escape then you are automatically an accomplice,” the mayor said.

Duterte met the Mall Security Managers Association of the Philippines (MSMAP) Davao City chapter and told them that one of the main complaints of

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EXPLANATION. City Demolition Unit head Yusof Jimlani (rightmost, front row) gestures as he explains to Davao City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte that he never ordered the cutting down of the 20-year-old trees along Dacudao Avenue.

Also in a meeting at the Grand Men Seng Hotel Wednesday afternoon are the mayor’s executive assistant Christopher “Bong” Go (second from right, front row). Lean Daval Jr.

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Mayor orders CENRO; Keep quarrying away from bridges

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AVAO City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte ordered the City Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) to enforce the strict prohibition of quarrying within a one-kilometer radius of the city’s bridges.

The mayor gave the order when he convened concerned national and local government agencies last Wednesday night at the Grand Men Seng Hotel regarding the quarrying issue in the rivers.

The mayor said the CENRO can ask assistance from the local police in

enforcing the prohibition on quarrying or simply report violations to City Engineer’s Office (CEO).

For her part, CENRO head engineer Eliza Madraso said her office inspects a quarrying site upon the permit application of a concessionaire.

During the meeting, Duterte told Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) 11 regional director Mariano Alquiza that he will rely on the latter’s recommendation since he does not know the technicalities and dynam-

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Duterte wants auxiliaries to work double time vs crime

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AVAO City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte ordered police station commanders to maximize the work of their police auxiliary in order to curb the tide of crimes in the city.

During a command conference last Wednesday, Duterte told reporters that he asked the station commanders if the 50 deployed police auxiliary are performing well.

Duterte said he told the commanders that if

the auxiliary did not work well in their duties, he might dismantle the unit.

However, the police station commanders told the mayor the auxiliaries are working well and are helping them in their operations.

“Ana ko, ‘you maximize your production sa inyong trabaho.’ Nganong daghan man lagi krimen?

Wala siguro manlihok (I told them to maximize their production in their job. But why are

NBI-Caraga, said many people have been fooled by this group.

“A lot of poor people even sold their carabaos just so they can invest because they believed that they can get bigger money in return in a span of just a few days. But as it turned out, they were scammed,” he lamented.

Falcon said some victims have invested at least P800,000.

One victim who requested not to be named told MindaNews that he has deposited P30,000 in

January this year but until now he never got the money back.

He was among the dozens who sued DIPPAI officials headed by Segubre.

Nieves A. Honoridez, records officer of the Provincial Prosecutors Office in Surigao del Norte, said cases against the people behind the scam have been filed since last July, and at least 56 cases have already been filed so far.

She said a lot more will be filing cases. (MindaNews)

crimes increasing? Maybe they’re not working hard enough),” Duterte said.

He also ordered all the station commanders to focus on robberies and theft because these crimes are increasing in the city.

Earlier, DCPO director Senior Superintendent Vicente D. Danao Jr. said he will increase police visibility in the city after noting a spike in the crime rate during the third quarter of the year.

In Danao’s report to the City Council last Tuesday, he said the DCPO recorded 2,255 index crimes from the period of July to September, compared with the second quarter from April to June of this year which had 2,011.

This reflected a 10.82 percent increase from the previous quarter, or an additional 244 crime incidents recorded.

Compared with last

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18,500 Dinagat residents victimized by pyramid scam Twister uproots house, destroys another in Zambo

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URIGAO CITY – At least 18,500 people have fallen victim to a pyramiding scam in Dinagat Island, according to National Bureau of Investigation (NBI)-13.

NBI-Caraga Regional Director Mario F. Sison told MindaNews that cases have been filed against 14 officers of the group Dinagat Island Padayon Pagkaon Association, Inc., (DIPPAI), including its chairman, Jaime Segubre.

Problem is, Segubre and company can no lon-

ger be located, the NBI official said.

Sison said thousands of people in Dinagat have deposited huge amounts of money because of the thought that they could get double or triple in interest.

Every member of this group, he said, are obliged to pay at least P310 as membership fee and for the passbook.

Furthermore, members were told to make huge deposits, Sison added.

Gabriel C. Falcon Jr., special investigator III of

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AMBOANGA CITY – A family of three was lucky to escape unscathed when a “moderate” twister uprooted their house and partially destroyed another early Thursday in this city.

The twister hit a small community in Sitio Mulumuluan, Barangay Mercedes shortly before 1 a.m. amid heavy rains coupled with roaring thunder and lightning.

Gilbert Damgo said he forced his wife and three children to stay on the bed and told them not

to stand up after strong winds hit their home amid heavy downpour.

Damgo said the next thing he noticed was that all of them were wet as the twister uprooted and lifted their house more 10 meters away.

Damgo’s house is made of light materials with only the floor made of concrete.

The twister also destroyed the roof of the house of their neighbor, Josephine Lanipa, and also uprooted some of the

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1 in 10 young adults in Region 11 are out of school or not working

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NE in every 10 young adults in Davao Region aged 15 to 24 years old is either not studying or not working, a survey revealed.

“The region is also among the lowest in terms of the level of youth who are currently studying at the time of the survey,” the study reads.

The Young Adult Fertility and Sexuality (YAFS) studies were conducted in 1982, 1994, 2002, and 2013 with particular focus on the various sexual and non-sexual behaviors, pregnancy, and HIVAIDS among youth living in Southern Mindanao.

The study interviewed a total of 19,178 young people representing all sectors, including males and females, single and married, and the Muslim youth.

As of the last census of population in 2010, the youth in Davao region constituted about five percent of the country’s

total youth population.

Based on the record of the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), Davao Region ranked eighth in the country in terms of dropout rate among students of the secondary level in 2011, with a 9.26 percent drop-out rate.

From 2002, the dropout rate for the secondary level in the region was volatile with 8.91 percent in 2002, 11.83 percent in 2003, 8.90 percent in 2004, 16.62 percent in 2005, 12.08 percent in 2006, 8.90 percent in 2007, 8.54 percent in 2008, 10.30 percent in 2009, 9.23 percent in 2010.

For the drop-out in the elementary level, the region ranked third in the country (before ARMM with 22.60 percent and Zamboanga Peninsula with 9.91 percent.)

The PIDS record showed that in 2002, the

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City to give jobs, housing assistance to ex-rebels

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HE Davao City government will provide housing assistance and jobs to 40 New People’s Army (NPA) members who had surrendered their firearms since 2011.

Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte told returnees during the orientation of the Comprehensive Local Integration Program (CLIP) that he will provide them with a minimal assistance to build their own house and a job just make sure they do not return to the armed struggle.

Duterte told the City

Planning and Development Office (CPDO) to give the former rebels a parcel of land in the resettlement area in Los Amigos, Tugbok.

Duterte said if they opt to live in the area, he will provide assistance to buy amakan (woven bamboo) and cement so they can have even a temporary house.

“The area is not yet developed but I will give it to you,” he said.

Duterte said he will also ask city administrator J. Melchor V. Quitain to give the former rebels jobs.

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IRONIC. A teacher gets busy on social media with a mobile phone while his students write letters during yesterday’s 2nd National Letter Writing Day cel-

ebration at the Annex of SM City Davao which encourages students to rediscover the old fashioned way of communicating. Lean Daval Jr.

Warning raised against refilled butane canisters

By CHENEEN R. CAPON crc@edgedavao.net

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HE Davao City Fire District yesterday warned against the use of refilled butane canisters, saying these have already caused three fire incidents in the first three quarters of the year.

“This is alarming because this is three times higher than the single fire incident caused by the same reason recorded in 2013,” said Senior Fire Inspector Ramil E. Gillado, arson investigator of the Intelligence and Investigation Section of City Fire District.

Gillado said the can-

isters are refilled with liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and not with butane.

He said this is dangerous because canisters are not really designed to be refilled because they are “too thin.”

The problem is that refilled canisters are cheaper than LPG tanks and can be bought even in sari-sari stores.

“Refilled canister can be sold at P30 to P40 that will last for three to five days, while a 14 to 15 kilogram LPG tank cost s almost a thousand pesos,”

he said.

Earlier, Business Bureau officer lawyer Lawrence Bantiding reiterated a Department of Energy (DOE) statement that said it is completely illegal to refill a butane canister with LPG gas because of its “inherent risk.”

“Masyadong manipis ang canister to hold the LPG gas which is very dense compared to butane gas,” he said.

Bantiding also said according to the DOE, there are no butane refilling stations anywhere in the Philippines.

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Foreigner killed in Surigao City also a Swiss national

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GROUPIE. A group of young men pose for a “groupie” while window shopping at SM City Davao yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

Fire Officer Rogel John Alocelja, investigator of the Intelligence and Investigation Section of the Davao City Fire District, said this year’s first fire incident was recorded last June 20, destroying a total of 27 houses.

“A refilled butane canister exploded last June 20 at Miniforest, Barangay 23- C, Davao City. Total damage to property reached almost a million pesos,” Alocelja said.

The second incident transpired at the Davao City Special National High

HE foreigner found dead with a stab wound on his chest in a grassy portion of this city Tuesday morning is also a Swiss national, police said.

Based on his driver’s license, police identified the victim as Florian Mayer, 23, of Geneva, Switzerland. His body was found in Barangay Togbongon here.

Last Sunday, two Swiss nationals were also killed in Opol, Misamis Oriental, by still unidentified gunmen.

Police said that aside from the stab wound on his chest, Mayer’s body also had laceration at the back of the head and in the right leg. He also had

bruises on his back.

Herbert C. Gibertas, a resident of Togbongon, told police that while he was traversing the rice field around 8 a.m. Tuesday to buy ice, he noticed a foreign national lying lifeless on the ground. He reported it barangay officials immediately.

Supt. Ruben delos Santos told MindaNews that while they were searching Mayer’s body for identity, they found his wallet which contained his driver’s license, credit cards, a condom, an iPhone, a cigarette lighter, a Smart SIM card, and a pack of cigarettes.

A gold necklace and white gold bracelet were

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Therma South monitoring trees planted in Marilog A

BOITIZ subsidiary Therma South Inc. said it is continuously monitoring the trees being planted in 1,000 hectares of Marilog District as part of its compliance of planting one million trees, as mandated by the City Council In an interview Tues-

day, Aboitiz first vice president for corporate services Charles Gamo said the company’s carbon sink management plan involves not only the planting of trees but also the capacity building of their partners.

The council required the power firm to plant

RAINY TAKEOFF. A UH-1H Huey helicopter tries to take off amid the rain at the 30th Infantry Battalion headquarters in Barangay Bad-as, Placer town,

trees to make up for the carbon emissions of its proposed expansion of its fluidized bed coal-fired power plant in Toril in 2013.

According to Gamo, the firm is looking at planting one million trees within 10 years, with around 70,000 seedlings

Surigao del Norte on October 7, 2014. MindaNews photo by Erwin Mascarinas

Trellis n’Vines launches loyalty card

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rellis n’ Vines, a Davao City homegrown restaurant offering savory food from different parts of the globe, launched during its anniversary last Wednesday, October 8, a loyalty card that gives dine-in customers the chance to avail themselves of exciting freebies.

“Dine- in customers with a receipt amounting to P500 and above will receive a free Trellis n’ Vines Loyalty Card, ” Leah Falcon, co-owner of Trellis n’ Vines, Leah Falcon, said.

Every single receipt amounting to P500 and above entitles the customer to one stamp. A card with four stamps entitles the customer to one free order of the Banana Peanut, a luscious dessert of bananas smothered in peanut butter and chocolate sauces, while a card with eight stamps entitles the customer to one free order of Chicken Biryani, the restaurant’s best-selling

dish inspired by the flavors of India.

“The Trellis n’ Vines Loyalty Card will be used to increase the foot traffic of dine-in customers because at present it is known for its excellent catering services and savory comfort food,” Falcon said.

Known for its budget-friendly catering services, the restaurant owners embarked on an expansion last year to enable them to cater functions in the 80-seat restaurant, which includes a 50-seat function room.

“Since our expansion last year, we have been privileged to have regular catering bookings,” Falcon said.

Trellis n’ Vines has been serving Dabawenyos different cuisines, from home-cooked to Indian, food for eight years now. It used to be owned and managed by the Magtoto family, a close family-friend of the Falcons.

It was in October last

already transported to the area.

Gamo said a forester is in the area almost full time to monitor the progress of any seedlings that would be planted to see if the project is sustainable.

“The carbon sink management plan also has a livelihood component for

year that Falcon, together with her brother and sister, relaunched a new and bigger Trellis N’ Vines restaurant .

“It was a very challenging year but we’re grateful that we were able to celebrate our first anniversary,” Falcon, who is originally based in Polomulok, South Cotabato, said.

Aside from the loyalty card, Trellis n’ Vines is preparing other treats for diners.

“We are planning to add new cuisines in the menu soon,” Falcon said.

Trellis n’ Vines specializes in simple, homstyle dishes served in big portions. Aside from the Chicken Biryani and Banana Peanut Rolee, other best-sellers are Crispy Canton, Chap Chae, and Kinilaw na Malasugi, to name a few.

Trellis n’ Vines is located at Door 4, Autoville Compound, Torres Street, Davao City For inquires, call (082) 2215566 or email trellisnvines@gmail.com.

us to see the immediate impact of the tree planting, not just for the nearby communities but also for the entire Davao City,” Gamo said.

He added that the trees to be planted in the area, such as cash crops like coffee and cacao as well as other crops like bamboo, would also help the residents improve their livelihood.

Gamo was in the city during the kick-off of construction of an existing tribal hall maintained by the Matigsalog Council of Elders in Marilog, Davao City (MACOEMADACI) in Marilog proper.

The council of elders comprises Matigsalog organizations in 24 sitios within Marilog.

According to Jason Magnaye, TSI corporate social responsibility manager, the capacity building component of the project would ensure the surviv-

ability of the trees being planted in the area since 2013.

“We have been training the indigenous people about more sustainable uses for the trees, so that they would not have to cut these down for firewood or to sell as charcoal,” he said.

So far, around 50 farmers have become beneficiaries of the partnership, which aims to have each partner plant 2,000 seedlings in two hectares of land.

He said the company has allotted P3.2 million since last year for the purchase of seedlings and the conduct of trainings.

“With this program, you don’t just plant. It takes time to train the stakeholders, so it’s going to be capacity building for the first six months of the program until they can set up on their own,” he said. (MindaNews)

Audience of the premiere of Sonata Maria will have the chance of winning prizes on the screening date, which include an opportunity to meet and greet the Sonata Maria cast and crew, a role in the next Origane Films feature film,

and Alleycat Teahouse gift certificates, The film has been rated R-16 by the MTRCB. Sonata Maria will be screened in Ayala Mall Abreeza Cinema from October 10-14, 2014, on the 11.30 a.m.-12.30 p.m. block time.

Indie film ‘Sonata Maria’ set to premiere today T

HE Davao independent film “Sonata Maria” will be premiering today at the Ayala Mall Abreeza Cinema from 11.30 a.m.-12.30 a.m.

Sonata Maria is a psychological drama-cumlove story of a day in the lives of twenty-something former bandmates who reconnect after years of estrangement. Ramon Bonifacio, a call center agent who shares the same birthday with Andres Bonifacio, navigates reality and fantasy as he comes to terms with his existential crisis and his suppressed affection for Maria, his former bandmate.

Set and produced in Davao City, Sonata Maria is the second full length feature of Bagane Fiola, a homegrown filmmaker who helms Origane Films.

The film stars local film actor and model Krigi Hager as Ramon Bonifacio and introduces PK Whittmer as Maria. Supporting actors include Mindanao film staple Ferdinand “Ambo” Mesias, Maria Morales, and Gail Royeca, among others.

Sonata Maria is a joint venture of Davao-based film production outfits Origane Films, Oya Productions, and Time Wrap.

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PHL to speed up implementation of inclusive growth strategies: NEDA T

HE government will accelerate the implementation of inclusive growth strategies in an effort to reduce poverty in the country further.

“The task at hand is to sustain growth, facilitate more investments, improve competitiveness, and promote good governance,” said Socioeconomic Secretary Arsenio Balisacan during the Philippine economic briefing in Japan on Wednesday.

Balisacan said the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 6 percent in real terms in the first half of 2014 amid the aftermath of the devastation wrought by typhoon “Yolanda” late last year.

He said economic planners expect GDP growth to fall within 6.5 to 7.5 percent this year.

Balisacan, also the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Director General, said the economy will be boosted mainly by services and industry sectors.

On the demand side,

he said the main drivers of growth are consumption, investments, and net exports.

“Government consumption will provide an additional upward push on growth, along with public and private construction, as reconstruction and rehabilitation efforts in disaster-affected areas accelerate in the third and fourth quarter,” Balisacan said.

He said the Updated Philippine Development Plan (PDP) identified six key sectors that have the potential to generate high quality employment for Filipinos.

These are manufacturing, agribusiness, tourism, information technology-business process management, logistics and construction. “...Our goal is to generate more employment and reduce poverty,” Balisacan said.

Citing the latest indicators, Balisacan said the estimated poverty incidence among Filipinos declined to 24.9 percent

FRESH MEAT. Workers deliver freshly slaughtered meat to dealers at the meat section of Bankerohan Public Market. Socioeconomic Secretary Arsenio Balisacan said government will accelerate the implementation of inclufrom 27.9 percent a year ago, while individuals in extreme poverty also dropped to 10.7 percent

from 13.4 percent.

“These gains are quite encouraging and imply that the inclusive growth

sive growth strategies in an effort to reduce poverty in the country further.

Lean Daval Jr. strategies have been effective. However, given the urgency of the matter, we need to accelerate fur-

ther these efforts in order to lift even more Filipinos out of poverty,” he said.

(PNA)

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DTI eyes P50 million sales in Zambo Peninsula Trade Expo T

HE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has set a target of P50 million in total sales to be generated in the four-day Zamboanga Peninsula Trade Exposition (Zampex) 2014 in this city.

Dr. Sitti Amina Jain, OIC regional director of DTI-9, made the announcement during Wednesday’s opening of Zampex 2014.

The fair seeks to promote the best products of the Micro-Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the region and link them to prospective buyers to generate sales.

Jain said they have invited 10 institutional buyers from Manila. Seven of the 10 are already here while the rest are expected to arrive anytime.

Jain said the four-day event, which ends on Saturday, Oct. 11, also intends to highlight the huge opportunities the region can offer and achieve recognition as a lucrative investment destination.

“The amount of sales is just among the quantitative indicators of the success of Zampex. What we hope to achieve more is the

recognition of the region as a lucrative investment destination,” Jain said.

There are 96 exhibitors participating in the Zampex 2014 which Jain said are predominantly process food products with 46 exhibitors.

A total of 87 of the 96 exhibitors are from Region IX. One is from Region 4A and another from Caraga while the rest are from the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).

“You are our heroes because you are the ones who really create the jobs that we need,” Zenaida Maglaya, DTI Undersecretary for Consumer Welfare and Trade Regulation Group, said of the MSMEs. Maglaya is the guest speaker of Zampex 2014.

She said there is a clear collaboration between the different government agencies here as she noted Zampex is full of activities that include training programs and cultural presentation aside from exhibit of products.

“Zampex showcases not just very beautiful products but also show-

HE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has urged exporters to strengthen and maximize trade benefits with the European Union (EU) once the Generalized System of Preference Plus (GSP+) is approved before the year ends.

“We need to deepen our relationship with the EU and make it more meaningful for both economies,” DTI Undersecretary Adrian S. Cristobal Jr. said.

Currently, the Philip-

pines is benefiting under the EU GSP where 2,442 products being exported to the EU bloc are at zero duty while some 3,767 products are taking advantage of slashed tariffs.

The country has submitted its application for EU GSP+ in which 6,274 products entering the EU market will be duty free.

The European Parliament is expected to announce its decision on the Philippines’ application within this year.

Cristobal stressed that the inclusion of the

country to benefit in the EU GSP+ program can create additional 197,000 jobs here.

“The EU GSP+ application is one of our pillar strategies to further engage Europe.

With the inclusion of the Philippines in the list of beneficiary countries of the GSP+, we project a significant increase in the share of exports and some 197,000 new jobs for Filipinos. The marginalized should benefit from the EU GSP+ scheme,” he said. (PNA)

public auction held at the Port of Manila.

Sta. Rosa Farm won two lots while Universal Pacific Food Corp., LOM Marketing, Marulau Trading, 1st Asia Agri Industrial Corp, Veramar Rice Mill, and Evergreen Cereal Inc. each won a lot. A total of 40 bidders participated in the auction, the statement said.

The glutinous rice was sold at an average

price of P49 per kilogram, while the white rice was sold as an average of P26 per kilogram.

The BOC said the auctioned rice represented shipment seized from Silent Royalty Marketing and Bold Bidder Marketing and General Merchandise from November to December 2013 for lack of required import permits from the National Food Authority (NFA).

YAKAN WEAVING. A Yakan woman shows how to weave native cloth, which is among the products on exhibit at the four-day Zamboanga Peninsula Trade cases the collaboration between and among government agencies and the private sector,” she added.

Jain said Zampex includes four other import-

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Customs earns P161M in auction of seized rice T

HE Bureau of Customs (BOC) earned P161.35 million from the public auction of about 109,500 sacks of smuggled rice last October 7.

In a statement, the BOC said a total of 800,000 kilograms of glutinous (malagkit) rice and 4,675,000 kgs of white rice in eight lots were sold to seven highest bidders during the

ant events – garden show sponsored by the city government; techno and cooking demo by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), Philip-

Explosition (Zampex) 2014 that opened Wednesday in Zamboanga City. MindaNews photo pine Fiber Industry Development Authority (PhilFIDA) and Zamboanga State College of Marine Sciences and Technology (ZSCMST); forum on ASEAN economic

integration with focus on agriculture by the Department of Agriculture; and franchising seminar by the DTI and Philippine Franchising Association.

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PORTRAIT OF A TEACHER AMONG INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

By HENRYLITO D. TACIO

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N this game we call life, we encounter some downs but there are some ups. There are moments of happiness but there are also events of sadness. Some days are bad, some days are good.

There are those who are doing their job well but still don’t care if they can walk further -- even just a kilometer away. For doing such job, they may be recognized, although they are not longing for it.

It happened to Jinglebert P. Collado, a teacher from Kapalong, Davao del Norte. So when the Bato Balani Foundation, Inc. (BBFI) named him as one of this year’s “The Many Faces of the Teachers,” he was totally surprised.

In his acceptance speech at SMX Convention Center in Lanang last September, Collado said: “May mga pangyayari sa buhay na minsan ay hindi ko pinangarap. Katulad ng pagkakataong ito na ako’y inyong makilala at makita ninyo ang aking ginawa sa larangan ng pagtuturo. Ito ay higit pa sa aking inasahan, sapagkat ganap na akong maligaya sa tuwing makaririnig ng linyang, ‘Sir, salamat at dahil sa ‘yo ay marunong na akong bumasa at sumulat.’”

“Many times in the past, Collado received hard-to-resist teaching offers outside Kapalong Davao Del Norte,” the BBFI said in a statement.

“Attractive compensation, working in the urban area with the comfort of well-ventilated rooms were some of things that were tempting him. Yet, at the end of the day, he

found his true purpose in Kapalong.”

Kapalong is home to indigenous peoples (IPs). The descendants of the original inhabitants, the IPs were not absorbed by centuries of Spanish and United States colonization of the Philippines archipelago, and in the process have retained their customs and traditions.

ing them,” said the Bato Balani press statement.

“He could have accepted assignments that came with attractive compensations and urban comforts, yet he chose to stay in Kapalong.”

The 34-year-old community teacher, who graduated with Bachelor in Elementary Education from the University of Mindanao in Tagum City,

According to the National Commission for Indigenous Peoples (NCIP), the Philippines is a culturally diverse country with 110 ethno-linguistic groups. Of the country’s total population, 12% are IPs. The (IP) group living in Kapalong and nearby areas are called Lumad.

Another thing about Kapalong is that it is one of the hotspots in Davao region when it comes to insurgency. “(The place) is considered a ‘red zone area’ in Mindanao due to the presence of rebels,” noted BBFI. It is in this place that Collado chose to teach.

“His true calling is educating IP learners, no matter the difficulty in reach-

has taught in three different schools. “In each of these schools, there are different stories,” he said in his acceptance speech.

His first assignment was the Dibabawun tribe in Mambago Primary School. It is about 65 kilometers away from his home in Kapalong. He taught there for three years. “Kailangan kong sumakay ng habal-habal (a certain type of motorcycle vehicle), maglakad ng higit isang oras, at pitong ulit na tumawid ng ilog sa loob ng tatlong taon,” he said.

But Collado never complained. Just seeing the eyes and faces of the IP children who were thirsty for education relieved him of the physi-

“At para sa ating lahat na mga guro, huwag tayong mapagod. Gawin nating bukal ng kaligayan at inspirasyon ang makitang nakapagpabago tayo ng buhay, lalong-lalo na ng mga nawawala, walang-wala, at naiiwanang learners.

Marami pa sila. Marahil nasa harapan at malapit lang sila sa atin. Patuloy natin silang hanapin at mahalin.” -- Jinglebert P. Collado

cal hardships of trekking.

Even more rewarding were the gratitude and happiness of the parents of these children.

Collado also taught for three years at the Aninipot Primary School, some 70 kilometers away from his home. “Upang marating ito, kailangan kong bumiyahe ng dalawang oras ng motorsiklo at maglakad ng apat na oras,” he said, adding that he had to cross 18 rivers, too.

Recently, he was transferred to Dibabawon II Elementary School, a school for Ata Manobo, Dibabawon, and Christians. It is located about 60 kilometers from where he lives.

“Masaya ako sa pagkakataon na maging guro nila, at makita ang mga bata kasama pati ang kanilang mga magulang na nag-aaral,” Collado said.

Actually, Collado is a mobile teacher under the Alternative Learning System (ALS) of the Department of Education. He is also doing the Basic Literacy Program for non-literates, elementary and secondary levels.

According to him, he adopts his teaching style to work despite their cultural differences. The modules and worksheets teach them not only the basic aspects of education but also the livelihood and spiritual growth of the IPs. As a community worker, Collado works together with the Barangay in developing activities for his students and

other members of the neighborhood. His superior describes him as “someone who has the will to do the extra mile” for the underprivileged.

Collado is locally-paid teacher, which means the local government pay for his salary. “Di ko alintana kung magkanong pera ang maipapasok ko sa aking bulsa – na kung tutuusin, kalahati ng aking sahod ay napupunta lamang sa pamasahe,” said Collado, who is married to Geraldine, with whom he has a child named Axcyll.

There were days that he feared that he might be bitten by a snake or drown in a river when there is a sudden flood.

Or worse, he might be caught in between the battles of the military and the rebel groups.

“Sapagka’t pinili kong magturo sa mga tribu sa kabundukan para maipaabot ang edukasyong hindi nila naranasan, kailangan kong harapin ang mga pagsubok na ito,” he said in his speech.

“Bilang isang mobile teacher ng Alternative Learning System, nais kong ipaabot sa kanila na ang edukasyon ay walang pinipiling tribu, antas ng edukasyon, at edad.”

In times when he loses hope and he seems frustrated, the only thing he turns to is singing these lines: “I’m a teacher -- a purveyor of truth and life… where children are there, who wait for my return.”

(Photos courtesy of the Bato Balani Foundation, Inc.)

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OR the nth time, government is trying to implement a national ID system that would require every Filipino citizen to possess an identification card. The proposed National ID System Bill or House Bill 5060 was approved by a joint panel composed of the Committee on Revision of Laws and Committee on Appropriations last October 3 at the Lower House. The stated reason is innocuous enough: according to the proposal, a national ID would lessen red tape in government because citizens would hold only on form of identification that can be used for all agencies for any transaction. Who would not want efficiency in one’s dealings with the government? The proposed bill, however, is fraught with danger and must be rejected by the people at the onset.

Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Zarate, a Davao City-based human rights lawyer before joining Congress in 2013, pointed out that a national ID system had already been proposed twice before: first in the Ramos administration, and then in the Arroyo administration. In both cases the people fought to repudiate the measures, seeing them for what they are: an attempt to establish control over the people by compromising their privacy. Zarate said a national ID system will

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make it mandatory for all to submit personal information to be aggregated into a single dossier which, if compromised, places the Filipino people at very high personal risk. “In the current state of our country that even our automated elections, down to the indelible ink, was deemed unreliable, what more of the personal information of every Filipino?” he said.

And even the argument for efficiency does not hold water. The problem of red tape,” Zarate said, does not lie in the Filipino citizens but in the inefficiency of our government offices. “Our offices have insufficient manpower, which is aggravated by the massive rationalization program being implemented in many, if not all, of our agencies,” he said. He also said a national ID system would only add expense and burden to the masses since it would require the purchase of equipment that cost millions of pesos. And of course, the implementation of a national ID system in itself could be another big opportunity to divert funds, such as in many of the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) projects, Zarate pointed out.

Whichever way one looks at it, House Bill 5060 is a useless piece of legislation that places all of us in danger.

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EILA Noel left the Philippines when her hometown Bansalan did not have electricity yet. “This was in the late 1970s when the country had to grapple with the oil crisis,” she recalls. “I practically grew up without electricity. When I was in high school, I remember using the kerosene lamp while studying. It seemed to be a way of life then.”

In 1980, she met and married Wim Rispens, a Dutch national whom she met in the Netherlands. The two were blessed with two kids. When she brought them to her hometown, there was still no electricity.

“It was only in the 1990s that Bansalan started to have good supplies of electricity,” the Senior Adviser at the International Network of Alternative Financial Institutions and founder of Wimler Foundation says, adding that technology also came simultaneously with electricity. “It was a great relief and delight when many homes finally had electricity. It propelled the economy. People were able to watch television programs, have their own refrigerators and other amenities which make life simpler.”

Looking back, she cannot help but compare her life in the Netherlands, where she stayed for 30 years, with her life in the Philippines. “Throughout my stay in the Netherlands, I can only remember a few times when there was a power outage,” she says.

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More power “It happens THINK ON THESE! only when the government is conducting r o u t i n e electrical checkup, constructing roads, or when it renews electrical wiring. There Henrylito D. Tacio were also henrytacio@gmail.com instances during severe typhoons when a few street lamp posts would fell.”

Last year, the Rispens couple decided to retire in Bansalan, a small town in Davao del Sur. That was when she learned that life is really different from what she used to have in the Netherlands.

“Since we arrived here in Bansalan last October, I remember there were only a few days without electricity,” Noel-Rispens says.

“But this week, the problem is back. Modern life is now highly dependent on electricity.

In this town, if there is no electricity, there is also no water as the pump is dependent on electricity. And since we rely so much on electricity, we cannot use computers after the batteries run out.”

She learned that the power outage is common not only Bansalan but in other parts of Mindanao. “It is a fact that I have to learn to deal with,” she says. “If there is power outage, then I just learn to be creative.”

Noel-Rispens does not want to compare electricity supplies in the Netherlands with that of her current residence as it “is like comparing apples with pears.” She adds, “I know it is not fair. We still have a long way to go.”

Yes, it’s a long, long way to go indeed.

“We need to prepare early to ensure a steady supply of energy next year,” said Energy Secretary Carlos Jericho Petilla in a press statement. “The projected demand by 2015 is 9,011 megawatts, which is higher than this year’s actual demand of 8,717 megawatts.”

Last July, the Department of Energy issued a press release stating that the committed projects for the early part of 2015 have been “pushed further due to technical and regulatory issues.”

By March next year, the demand for electricity would outstrip supply by 200 megawatts, according to Petilla.

The country needs an additional 400 to 500 megawatts capacity to act as a buffer supply during the peak months, he added.

But there is some good news. During the Mindanao Media Appreciation Night,

Aboitiz Power Corporation President and Chief Operating Officer Antonio R. Moraza said that one of the significant highlights of the Aboitiz Equity Ventures was the “robust expansion of our power business.”

“We are increasing our power generation capacity by another 2000 megawatts over the next five years,” Moraza said. “Last September, we officially launched the 420MW Pagbilao 3 power plant in Quezon.”

Its other plants located in various parts of the country, he said, “are either under construction or close to being given their notice to proceed.” He added, “Our commitment to growing our power business is strongly tied to our support of the nation’s economic development.”

The power crisis should never be taken lightly. “Our shortage of electricity is a real, serious problem that we cannot downplay,” said Rufino Bomasang, who was Energy Undersecretary in 1994. “But if we focus exclusively on it, we run the risk of seeing just the trees and not the forest.”

According to Bomasang, the country faces two challenges when it comes to the energy sector. “A short-term challenge is to be able to address this power shortage once and for all,” he said. “The longterm challenge is to find a solution to our continuing dependence on imported energy.”

nance.

This is, after all, the people’s Assembly; it’s not the Assembly of the officials. And the officials must be held to compliance with the law in convening it. ***** First item for compliance: Section 397 of Republic Act 7160 requires that “No meeting of the Barangay Assembly shall take place unless a written notice is given one week prior to the meeting…”

The general failure of the barangays to comply with this requirement explains the miserable attendance records in this important community event, especially among the educated and affluent circles.

Serious people need to be furnished with the agenda in advance.

Second item for compliance: There must be a comprehensive, up to date roster of the barangay’s inhabitants (including aliens). The Barangay Secretary must have this list on hand, against which to check attendance, and it must be up to date.

This is required by Article 122. (a) (xi) of the Implementing Rules and Regulations of the Local Government Code. And it must contain information on the Assembly members including address, place and date of birth, sex, civil status. ***** Many citizens go missing and unaccounted when disasters take place because there are no comprehensive lists. In Cagayan de Oro, over a thousand barangay folks were carried by Sendong and are unaccounted to this day; they didn’t appear

on any barangay’s list, so no one could check their whereabouts. Others who are not listed simply remain unrecognized and unassisted.

Third item for compliance: Let this Assembly be convened like the local parliament that it is. It should provide policy, direction, and mandate to the Sangguniang Barangay as befits the powers of a community’s supreme governing body.

Being an all-inclusive body of citizens, it is literally a constituent assembly—a gathering of constituents, unlike the one in Congress if both Houses convene jointly to amend the Constitution. (Congressmen and senators are mere agents or proxies of their constituents.)

During its deliberations, any member may speak or act in his own right as a sovereign citizen. And when this assemblage decides or acts upon an issue, it’s a concrete expression of sovereignty.

That’s how powerful this Assembly is and it’s high time citizens of the barangay employ it for reforms, for compelling good governance, and for disciplining its officials through the power of Initiative and Recall.

Manny is former UNESCO regional director for Asia-Pacific; secretary-general, Southeast Asia Publishers Association; director, development academy of Philippines; member, Phil Delegation to the U.N.; vice chair, Local Government Academy; member, Cory Govt’s Peace Panel; and PPIUNICEF awardee, most outstanding columnist. Now: President, Gising Barangay Movement Inc. valdehuesa@gmail.com

Take back your community and be in control!

NCE more we are asked to troop to the Barangay Hall on the second Sunday of October to comply with a Presidential Proclamation directing the Barangay Assembly to convene simultaneously throughout the archipelago.

All the 42,000+ barangays are asked to tackle an agenda that has become as repetitive as it is boring—the same tiresome formula that few people pay attention to, starting with a pompous “State of the Barangay Address” by the Punong Barangay and some other self-serving reports.

It is one of the ways the central government manipulates us the citizenry without considering its deleterious effects on the political system. What good has arisen from years of synchronized barangay assemblies?

Have the barangays become more democratic and progressive? Are the voices of their constituents ever heeded? What useful or fruitful initiatives have emanated from the barangays? ***** But then, perhaps what has made local governance so unexciting and, worse, increasingly corrupt, is because you have surrendered it to the officials by not attending and taking part in the Barangay Assembly.

If you want to liberate it now from the virtual fiefdom that the entrenched officials have transmogrified it into, now’s your chance, show interest, and get involved as a sovereign citizen.

It’s important to do so now because most of the barangays—primal units of our Republic—are virtually owned and manip-

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BY MANNY VALDEHUESA ulated by officials who are supposed to be the people’s public servants.

This is the reason why politics is in the grip of traditional politicians (trapos!), backed by petty dynasties, and corrupted by functionaries who use, misuse, or steal public funds outright. ***** Ostensibly meant to enliven democracy at the grassroots, the synchronized assemblies in fact have made our democracy moribund and ineffectual. They do not encourage or build up the capability of the citizenry to practice autonomy or self-governance.

The synchronization seems to have been instituted on the assumption that the people cannot manage the affairs and arrangements in their own community, that therefore they must be spoon-fed, agenda and all. And no one seems insulted that barangay officials, infamous for being lackeys of Big Time trapos, herd them to the barangay compound to listen to self-serving reports.

In fact, what the officials ought to be doing is simply provide the venue for the assembly and help facilitate the process whereby the people of the community themselves identify issues, define problems, and formulate measures to alleviate or eradicate same—tasks that constitute the essence of autonomy or self-gover-

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the police is that store owners are unwilling to provide CCTV footage when crimes happen in their establishments.

“What would be the purpose of the camera if we cannot solve crime?”

Duterte told the mall security managers.

Duterte said CCTV footage is not private property because it is intended to protect persons and properties against crime.

“It might be a privately owned, but if you allow the public to conduct its business… it becomes a public issue. So, all the tapes you have recorded are exempted from the laws of privacy, ” he said.

Duterte also told the mall security managers not to erase footage because doing so would be a suppression of evidence, which is against the law.

One problem cited by the managers is that the decision to release foot-

age is usually made by the stores’ central office in Manila.

Duterte said the security manager of the malls should decide to release the tapes instead of their national office so that the police can easily review the footage.

“Especially if it is a crime, you have to cooperate with the police because it is a public issue.

You cannot hide the evidence,” he said.

“My advice to you is to give access to the police immediately,” he added.

MSMAP Davao City chapter president Ariel H. Pontian said there is no problem with mall management because they can easily give their footage to the police if it is requested.

The problem, he said, is with the mall tenants.

Pontian said the CCTVs of some tenants are controlled by their respective national offices.

In such cases, the local branch cannot access the footage.

The mayor advised Pontian to convene all the tenants of the malls in the city and tell them that their permits might be revoked if they do not give their CCTV footage to the police.

In an interview after the meeting, Pontian said he will follow the advice of the mayor and will meet tenants to relay the warning to them.

“I think the problem is if the crime is committed inside the stores. Of course, we have no control of that and we do not have the coverage. They are the only ones who have the coverage,” he said.

He said he could not blame the store also because the persons who are there are just the salespersons and supervisors who do not have the authority to access CCTV footage.

ics of the quarrying issue.

“We must come up with the same policy.

What is the best thing to do here? My goal is really to protect public interest,” Duterte told Alquiza.

Alquiza told Duterte there is a need to prohibit quarrying near the Governor Generoso bridge because it can hasten the deterioration of its foundation.

Alquiza cited the Maa

bridge whose foundations were destroyed in span of a few years because of the quarrying activities near its location.

He also said he does not intend to ban the quarrying in the rivers but simply to limit it.

Alquiza also requested the CEO to help by identifying the specific quarrying sites in the rivers of the city.

Meanwhile, Duter-

te ordered the Maritime Police to strictly prohibit the exportation of quarry products such as sand and gravel from the city.

“I will really not allow it. We should utilize our own stones, we should use own our resources,” he said.

He told the Maritime Police to hold ships or marine vessels that contain sand and gravel from Davao City. ABF

year’s record of the same period, there was a 52.19 percent increase, from 1,078 to 1,177.

Index crimes include murder and non-negligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny (theft), and motor vehicle theft.

The DCPO report showed that most crimes reported were robbery, snatching, theft, swindling or estafa, and physical injuries.

The report also showed that there is an increase in non-index

crimes in the city, with 2,911 or a 19.51 percent increase from the previous quarter’s 2,343.

There was a 67 percent increase from last year’s record or 1,955 additions of the previous year’s 956 record.

Non-index are the special laws which are violated such as anti-smoking law , anti-violence against women and children, anti-child abuse law, land transportation code (no plate no travel policy and speed limit), illegal possession of firearms , and illegal gambling.

The DCPO recorded a total of 5,166 crime volume for the period of July to September of this year, an increase of 15.7 percent from the previous quarter which only had 4,354 total crime volume.

Despite the increase in crime rate, Danao said the DCPO also had an increasing crime solution rate, which is more important.

In its record, the DCPO got 53.21 percent or 2,749 out 5,166 total crime solved compared to 34.85 percent or 709 out of 2,034 of 2013 in the same period.

region recorded a 7.54 percent drop-out rate; 8.70 percent in 2003; 9.04 percent in 2004; 10.93 percent in 2005; 10.49 percent in 2006; 8.26 percent in 2007; 9.09 percent in 2008 and 8.12 percent in 2009; 8.80 percent in 2010; and 9.35 percent in 2011.

In an interview during the celebration of World Teacher’s Month at Davao City National High School, Department of Education (DepEd) school division superintendent Helen Paguican said the number of drop-outs in the secondary level is higher than the rate in the elementary

level.

“There are a lot of reasons why students are dropping-out of school, but the most alarming is that they are not interested,” Paguican said.

Davao City National High School principal George N. Wang said the drop-out rate in the city’s high school with the highest population of more than 9,000 students is 10 percent from Grade 7 to fourth year.

Paguican said the new curriculum under the K to 12 education system will hopefully solve the increasing number of dropouts especially in the

secondary level.

“They just need to finish high school and they are already employable as long as they are of legal age,” she said.

Under the K to 12 system, the last two years in the secondary level will be focused on skills development, employment, and entrepreneurship.

Paguican said this will help address the increasing number of unemployed in the region.

The study showed that Region 11 has the second highest proportion of unemployed youth (9.6 percent) next to Central Luzon (11.4 percent). CRC

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fruit trees in the community.

Maribel Enriquez, chief meteorological officer of Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA)-Zamboanga Station, said Damgo has done the right decision.

Enriquez said they might have been carried away if they stood up al-

though she described the phenomenon as a “moderate” twister.

Enriquez based her description of the twister on the video footage shown to her as to the damage it had caused in Sitio Mulumuluan.

The twister hit the place as this city had been experiencing inclement weather condition the past few days, which PA-

GASA said was brought about by the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) hovering over Mindanao and some parts of the Visayas region.

The City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office has been placed on alert for possible emergencies that may arise due to continuous rains spawned by the ITCZ. (MindaNews)

“Let’s agree that if I give you a job, you will not return to the armed struggle,” he told the ex-rebels.

The mayor said he plans to deploy the interested returnees to the City Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) possibly as

street sweepers.

CPDO officer-in-charge Marcelino Escalada Jr. said former rebels who are interested can have a 60 square meter lot.

The 40 received P15,000 financial assistance from the CLIP

which is implemented by the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG).

The DILG identified 51 but only 40 attended the orientation last Wednesday night because the others could not be located anymore.

School located at Km. 7, Bangkal, Talomo, Davao City, on August 1 during the celebration of Nutrition Month.

Investigation showed that a refilled butane canister used in a cooking contest exploded, leaving two students and one faculty member injured.

The most recent was the fire incident that happened in Purok 12, St. John, Barangay 76-A, Bucana, Davao City last October 6.

The butane explo-

sion injured five persons and caused P1 million in damage to property.

“Most of the fire incidents caused by butane explosion happen in residential area,” Alocelja said.

Despite the inherent risk and despite the fact that there is no registered refilled of butane canisters in the Davao Region, the BFP cannot just confiscate refilled canisters.

“This is illegal but we cannot confiscate during

inspection because it is not included in our mandate under the Fire Safety Code of the Philippines,” Gillado said.

Gillado said store owners have told them that refilled canisters are just delivered to them from an unidentified area in Davao del Norte.

“We still don’t know how they get into the city, but for sure it is because there is no law that prohibits the selling and refilling of butane canisters,” he said. CRC

also found on the victim’s body.

Police said prior to Mayer’s death, he checked in at Jazz Apartelle, an inn located in the same barangay at 2:16 a.m. last Monday.

Delos Santos said the victim’s body was found close to Jazz Apartelle, around 100 meters away.

It was in a grassy area near a rice field about 10 meters from the road.

Police also found Mayer’s backpack in his room.

Delos Santos said Mayer checked in at room 607 with a companion who registered with a fictitious name (as “John Lennon”) but the latter was nowhere to be found and did not even log out from the apartelle’s log book when the victim’s body was recovered by authorities Tuesday.

Residents close to the inn said the victim was seen with another foreigner running along the national highway for their exercise.

The police official said

Mayer must have likely gone to Siargao Island since he had a boat ticket and a terminal fee dated Oct. 5.

Police said they could not rule out robbery yet even after finding out that Mayer’s gold necklace and silver or white gold bracelet were still in his body, along with his wallet with identification card and several credit cards.

At the back of the victim’s body is a tattoo that says “NEVER AGAIN.” There is another on his chest and a spade tattoo on his left belly. His left eyebrow has a pierced earring.

PO3 Cesar Johans C. Castillo, the investigator assigned to the case, said when they cordoned the area, they saw tire marks of a vehicle. They suspected that Mayer may have been killed elsewhere and his body brought to the area only later.

“We are conducting an in-depth investigation and follow up operations for possible identifica-

tion of the suspects and to determine the motive behind the incident,” Castillo said.

A check with the Surigao office of the Bureau of Immigration showed that Mayer has no records there. But clerk Aris B. Servillas said they are coordinating with other BI offices.

Mayor Jaime Rusillon, of General Luna town in Siargao, told MindaNews he will arrive today in the city to help police on the investigation.

This morning, a group of Swiss tourists from Siargao arrived here. It was learned that their embassy was already notified.

A Swiss national who requested not to be named said the victim used to eat dinner at a Swiss-owned resort in General Luna.

The victim was reportedly a jolly person and had stayed at least two months as tourist in Siargao Island. (MindaNews)

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Hairgate: iPhone hit by new social media storm F

RANKFURT - First there was bendgate... now brace yourself for hairgate.

Fresh from the online uproar over whether the shiny new iPhone 6 bends when carried around in pockets, Apple has been hit by a new complaint - that the handset traps users’ hair or beards when they make calls.

It is difficult to gauge

whether there is any real issue, but Twitter users have made #hairgate a rising social media trend, leading major news outlets to pounce on the story.

“The seam on my iPhone 6 where the aluminum meets the glass is definitely catching my hair and pulling it out,” one user tweeted.

Bearded iPhone users have jumped on the

bandwagon complaining that their facial hair gets yanked during calls, leading to spats over whether to treat #beardgate as a separate trend, or simply as a subset of #hairgate.

Apple was not immediately available to comment.

Jokers are having a field day, with the Twitter account of the Atlanta International

Fashion Week speculating that it may be an elaborate plot against hipsters for whom facial hair has become de rigeur. Another user tweeted: “Congrats, Apple, for finally getting hipsters to shave.”

For some it is a heaven-sent marketing opportunity; Gillette Co. [PGGIL.UL] was quick to tweet: “Your phone may be smarter than

Hairgate, as social media users have christened it, has seen users across forums and Twitter complaining that the seam between the iPhone’s metal case and the glass traps and pulls out hairs from beards and heads.

ever, but leave the shaving to the experts.”

However, many iPhone 6 users were left to wonder what all the fuss was about.

“I have iPhone 6. Doesn’t bend and doesn’t snag hair. Who thinks up these things?

Apple haters? Competitors?” tweeted Dr. John Wooten, a Virginia-based technical consultant. (Reuters)

US teens not taken by Apple Watch

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PPLE is still the most popular tech brand for US teenagers but while the younger generation is clamoring for the latest iPhone or iPad they’re not excited by the Apple Watch.

The Piper Jaffray Fall 2014 Teen Survey -- a twice-yearly study of 7,200 teenagers on everything from their favorite clothing brands to where they spend their allowance --

shows that fewer than one in 10 teens (7%) of respondents are already sporting a smartwatch and just 16 percent are interested in buying an Apple Watch.

That figure is down from 17 percent in the Spring version of the report which was undertaken before the Apple Watch was officially revealed.

Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster suggests that this lack of inter-

est is partly down to the fact that for most teenagers, the wristwatch is a foreign concept whereas for older consumers, the Apple Watch is seen as a replacement for the timepiece they’re already accustomed to wearing.

However, despite what Munster describes as a “tepid” response to smartwatches, Apple is still a huge brand among the younger generation -- 67 percent of

respondents have an iPhone (up from 61% in the Spring edition of the report) and 73 percent of respondents said that an iPhone was going to be their next smartphone.

Nearly two thirds (63%) of US teens now own a tablet and the full-sized iPad is the most popular (54%) and the iPad Mini the third most popular (12%) just behind “all Android tablets” (16%),

giving Apple a 66 percent share of the market. One in five teens are planning to buy a new tablet in the next six months and of that group, 60 percent want to buy either an iPad Air or iPad Mini.

However, Windows tablets, and in particular the Surface, might also be catching on -19 percent of those respondents looking for a new tablet intend to buy a Surface.

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By ATHENA JILLIAN BRAVO Who would have thought a simple things like shoelaces could now mean something to anyone because of its uniqueness and purpose?

Sneakers Club, the only lifestyle shop of authentic shoes in Davao City, launched ‘Rastaclat’ on October 4-5, 2014 at the Second Floor of Abreeza Mall.

Sneaker Club is exclusive outlet of Onitsuka Tiger, Palladium Boots, Nike Sportswear and Skateboarding and Sperry Top-Sider.

Now, the shop is the only official retailer in Mindanao of Rastaclat.

What is Rastaclat? Clats are bracelets made of shoelaces. It has been called to be ‘The cloth of the righteous’ and is a brand founded in Long Beach, California from the roots of the action sports, arts music and street culture.

Rastaclat is dedicated to the spirit of spreading positive vibrations encouraging individual style, a sense of positivity and freedom of expression. It all started when Daniel Kasidi Nyaggah, the maker of Rastaclat, was waiting for a ride from a friend to go skateboarding. Luckily with Daniel’s boredom and his shoelaces, he was able to create something worth pursuing and selling to everyone.

Sneakers Club has chosen a few famous people in the city to become Ambassadors of their product carrying their own way of spreading positive vibra-

tions to the society. First, were the Manic Nightnings DJs together with Manic Mom Kat Dalisay who helped in spreading positive vibrations of good music during the launch.

“I spread positive vibrations by bringing in people from different walks of life through music and events,” Dalisay expressed.

Some Ambassadors were also known for their field such as fashion, dancing and sports in high school and college. Here are some of their reasons why they accepted the invitation to become an ambassador of Rastaclat.

“I spread positive vibrations through my fashion.

Fashion as an outlet, helped me move people and give them ideas on how to feel confident inside and out,” Janvie Tiu said.

“I spread positive vibrations through my own personal style. I want to inspire people to be the best versions of themselves so that they can be a catalyst of change in their own little ways,” ADDU Marketing student, Lois Antoinette Onggao said.

“I spread positive vibrations by breaking barriers to create something interesting that would catch the attention of the people. In this way, people would be inspired to channel their interests through creativity,” ADDU Architecture student and photographer, Nikko Zamora said.

“I can spread positive vibrations by using my skills and talents as an inspira-

tion for others. I’ve always believed that everything happens for a reason and I think the reason why I was given these talents is to be a blessing to others,” Honors Program member in ADDU high school and team captain of Under 16 National Football Team, Jed Diamante said.

“I spread positive vibrations by influencing others to have the same passion for the things they love doing just as my passion for dancing,” ADDU High School student and dancer, Alliyah Mariano said.

“I spread positive vibrations by enlightening and uplifting people especially when they’re having a bad time,” Davao Christian High School student, Kathleen Ong said.

“I spread positive vibrations because I need to be positive and optimistic in every game by showing leadership to my teammates,” basketball player in Stella Maris Academy, Melvin Teves said.

“I would like to extend my gratitude to everyone, for all the support and dedication to the spirit of spreading positive vibrations. I encourage everyone to live the #clatlife by pursuing their own personal style and freedom of expression,” Athletic Club Sports Company Marketing Assistant, Danelle Jo Filipinas expressed.

Rastaclat shoelace bracelets would cost 600 to 750 pesos. Some of the limited edition products advocated for the ‘People Water’ would cost 900 pesos onwards.

RASTACLAT Ambassadors with daughter of the Sneaker Club Owner Gabriella Mackay (wearing white) and Marketing Assistant of Athletics Club Sports Company Danelle Jo Filipinas (wearing Nike shirt).

Left to Right. Alliyah Mariano, Jed Diamante, Left to Right. Kat Dalisay, Lois Antoinette Onggao, Janvie Tiu and Kathleen Ong and Melvin Teves.

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Living the #clatlife by spreading the spirit of positive vibrations.

Left to Right. MANIC DJs. Neil Recinto, Uno Tupas, DJ Torch Gacuma and Tien Batu.

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Win a Samsung S5, a car or a condo at SM City Davao’s 3 Day Sale!

SM City Davao’s awesome 3-Day Sale happens on October 17-19 with discounts of up to 70% mall-wide. Apart from the great discounts on amazing selections, shoppers also get a chance to win an iPhone 5s from the SM Store, a brand new Suzuki car or a lux SMDC condo unit.

To win Samsung S5, The SM Store shoppers only need to shop during the 3 Day Sale and present their P2,000 proof of purchase from the redemption area to get raffle coupons. Five units will be given away for the whole duration of the sale event.

With P 1,000 minimum purchase from any of SM City Davao mall tenants, a shopper is entitled to one coupon for the 3 Day Sale raffle promo for a brand new car-- the new Suzuki Ertiga. Lucky winner will be drawn on October 19.

Plus, SM loyal patrons may also get a chance to win one of the 6 remaining fully furnished luxurious SMDC condo units by shopping or dining for a minimum of P1,000 single or accumulated purchase in any of SM Supermalls 56 mall locations nationwide including SMDC Jazz and Sun Mall. Shoppers must present their receipt/s along with their E-Plus Loyalty card, SM Advantage card, SM Prestige card or BDO Rewards card for an e-raffle entry. Double e-raffle entries will be given with the use of the E-Plus Loyalty card.

This month of October, shopping is more fun at SM City Davao! SM City Davao extends its mall hours up to 12 midnight on October 17-18 and until 10PM on October 19.

For inquiries, call 297.6998. Like SM City Davao on Facebook or follow them on Twitter and Instagram for event and promo updates.

AVOID THE UPCOMING HOLIDAY RUSH AND AVAIL OF GREAT BARGAINS AT THE SM ACCESSORIES’ PRE-HOLIDAY SALE! Get up to 70% off and grab finds at 100 pesos or less when you present your SMAC card. Hurry and visit Men’s, Ladies’, Children’s Accessories and Character Shop departments and do some early shopping for your Christmas list! See you there! Per DTI-FTEB SPD Permit No. 0731, Series of 2014.

Enjoy shabu-shabu three ways at Bulgogi Brothers

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mixture of thinly sliced meats and vegetables in bubbling broth is what typically comes to mind when thinking of Shabu-Shabu. But there’s more to this time-honored culinary tradition than blanching ingredients in hot soup.

Bulgogi Brothers, a Korean BBQ restaurant that has successfully brought the authentic flavors of Seoul in the country with its soulful Korean dishes, introduces 3 ways to enjoy the popular hotpot with the launch of its KoreanStyle Shabu-Shabu.

There are numerous speculations as to the origins of Shabu-Shabu but one widely-held theory links it back to the Genghis Khan period in the 13th century. It is believed that the leader of the Mongolian Empire conceived this form of cooking as a time-saving and nutritious way to feed his army while conserving their limited resources at that time.

The name Shabu-Shabu, it is said, was coined after the sound produced when meat is “swished” in boiling water.

Over at Bulgogi Brothers, guests are transported back to a cooking ritual imbued with the concept of sharing comforting and filling food by gathering around a large pot of steaming soup with family and friends. Korean-style Shabu-Shabu follows a certain ceremony, similar to a degustation of differ-

ent tastes and flavors as the meal progresses.

The feast begins with the server pouring a tasty broth onto the pot, bringing it to a brisk simmer by cranking up the heat on the metal hot plate. Guests can savor the stew with an additional order of rice.

Next, a plate of Ramyun noodles arrives on the table. Because shabu-shabu encourages guests to be their own cook, they can toss the noodles together with the meat and other

vegetables for a distinctly flavorful pot of Ramyun noodles.

Towards the end of the meal the server creates tasty rice porridge (juk) from the same shabu-shabu broth with Korean rice topped with seaweed, vegetables and egg for a truly filling meal.

For a unique flavor that’s suited to their liking, diners have the option to choose what meat goes into their hotpot.

There’s Beef and Veggies, beef bulgogi on a garden of leeks, peppers, cabbage, bean sprouts and mushroom; Ham and Sausage, a marriage of American and Korean flavors with ham, sausage, cabbage, bean sprouts, mushroom

and gochujang (Korean hot chili paste); and Mixed Seafood, a plate of fresh and plump clams, blue crab, mussels and squid cooked over a spicy broth.

Coinciding with the introduction of the 3-way Korean Shabu Shabu is the launch of the latest additions to the menu that include new bulgogi variants like Beef Belly BBQ, Mushroom, Beef Brisket, Pork Bulgogi, and King Galbi Tang, Bulgogi Brothers has branches in Greenbelt 5, Alabang Town Center, Mall of Asia, Glorietta 2, and SM Lanang in Davao.

Opening soon is a new outlet in Newport Mall, Resorts World.

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Rocco Nacino treats students to ‘Ibong Adarna: The Pinoy Adventure’ screening AROUND one hundred students from different public schools were invited by Rocco Nacino to the special screening of his latest cinematic effort, Ibong Adarna: The Pinoy Adventure. The film viewing was held at Robinsons Galleria last October 5.

According to the multiawarded Kapuso star, he thought of watching the 18th century epic with students to make learning fun and bond with the

moviegoers. The special event was organized with the help of Rocco’s mom.

“Masaya ako kasi naibahagi ko ‘yung pelikula sa kanila. Kakaibang movie experience din ito para sa akin. We really thought of the students while filming this, at the same time, binigyan namin ito ng fresh take,” Rocco shared.

In Ibong Adarna: The Pinoy Adventure, the GMA Artist Center star plays the role of Prinsipe Sigasig, a

character who attempts to save his father who is at death’s door. In order to rescue his dying father, Prinsipe Sagisag has to find the Adarna, bring it to his father, and ask it to sing for the severely ill sultan.

Rocco had the honor of working alongside respected actors Leo Martinez, Joel Torre, Lilia Cuntapay, and Angel Aquino in the Ibong Adarna adaptation of Jun Urbano.

“Bata o matanda, paniguradong masisyahan sa pelikulang ito. Bukod sa istorya, visually appealing ang Ibong Adarna,” Rocco said.

Ibong Adarna: The Pinoy Adventure is still showing in select theatres nationwide.

On TV, Rocco Nacino is one of the lead stars in the primetime drama series Hiram na Alaala, weeknights after My Destiny, on GMA Telebabad.

Chalk’s most beautiful issue features Teen Queen Kathryn Bernardo on the cover!

TEEN QUEEN Kathryn Bernardo is back in the cover of Chalk Magazine, and she’s more beautiful than ever!

Looking fresh in her short locks, Kathryn proves to us that real beauty needs #nofilter at all.

In an industry where beauty matters and celebrities are constantly under the critical eyes of the viewers, it is easy to give in to the pressure, but Kathryn’s charisma goes beyond just having a pretty face. Her kindness and simplicity matches her great looks, making her even more endearing to her fans.

Know her own definition of beauty in Chalk’s cover story, “Kathryn Bernardo: #nofilter”.

This month’s issue, also being the biggest beauty issue ever, Chalk gives its readers the best fool-proof beauty products gathered

by Beauty Editor Michelle Alejandro in her “Chalk Beauty Awards 2014: Mak-

ing the Grade” feature, which tackles everything from hair care products and makeup to skincare and nail

essentials.

Meanwhile, Fashion Editor Kate Paras dishes out how to go daring in fiery

red ensembles that she personally picked out for this month’s “Red Hot” fashion editorial.

Read up as well on real stories about the current craze on Tinder and know its impact on virtual life in Chalk’s “To Tinder Or Not To Tinder?” story.

A special offering for the month also comes in “Be #bodyhappy,” where Chalk gathered six girls who proudly embrace their imperfections, turning selfconscious to confident and beautiful.

Lifestyle Editor Barry Viloria also gives readers “The Chalk Guide to the City’s Best Beauty Spots” this month, complete with service recommendations and price points to choose from to perfectly suit each reader’s needs.

All that and more are in Chalk’s most beautiful October issue, out in newsstands and magazine stores now.

Unusual story of infedility begins in ‘Two Wives’ this Monday WHAT if the mistress becomes the legal wife, and the legal wife becomes the mistress?

Find out this Monday (October 13) as ABS-CBN presents a different story of infidelity via the local adaptation of hit Korean drama “Two Wives” topbilled by Kaye Abad (Yvonne), Jason Abalos (Victor), and Erich Gonzales (Janine).

A loving mother to his son, Yvonne thought that she is lucky to have a perfect family with her husband Victor. But their happy marriage will suddenly change as single mother Janine enters the picture.

Victor and Janine will start to have a forbidden romance when Janine hires Victor to pretend as the father of her daughter. The single mom loves her child so

much that she is willing to pay a big amount of money monthly to someone who can stand as her father. As their love affair blossoms, Victor will turn cold in his relationship with his wife Yvonne.

Yvonne will discover her husband’s secret and get hurt even more when Victor files an annulment just to be with her mistress.

How far can Yvonne go just to restore her trampled dignity and keep her family complete? Will she fight for the man who is legally hers in the first place? How will Janine keep Victor in her arms?

“Two Wives” is a remake of a well-loved Korean series aired on Philippine television in 2012.

It was one of the first series that tackled the sensitive and timely issue of infidelity.

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Young Mindanao bakers, pastry chefs win big in UC’s Flourish Pilipinas 2014 IMPRESSING the judges with their original baked creations, Mayen Tajores of the University of Southeastern Philippines, and Hazel Princess Rebollo and Kymwell Hinlayagan of the University of Mindanao, were crowned regional grand winners in the Mindanao leg of Flourish Pilipinas 2014. Now on its second year, Flourish Pilipinasis a nationwide baking competition of the Universal Robina Corporation (URC) Flour Division that celebrates, nurtures, and preserves unique and proudly Pinoy flour-based breads and pastries, making food tourism more fun in the Philippines.

The board of judges composed of URC Flour Division

Technology Manager Nick Ines, Founder of Cake Creations Davao Beverly Sanz Miraflores, and US Wheat Associates Manila Office Technical Consultant Boy Ng, carefully reviewed each recipe based on taste, appearance, creativity, and use of local and indigenous ingredients.

“The Flourish Pilipinas baking competition just proves that we have a lot of talented bakers, pastry chefs and culinary students. We only need to provide them with a platform where they can show off their ingenuity and our goal is to do just that,” said Ellison Lee, URC Flour Vice-President and General Manager. Mayen, Hazel, and Kymwell went home with a trophy and bragging rights as Flourish Pilipinas regional grand winners. To help them further master their craft, URC Flour Division gave each winner P25,000 worth of baking course scholarships and P10,000 in cash. The winning bakers also received hand mixers and choppers from KitchenAid, as well as special gift packs from

sponsors.

Star chefs in the making Hazel Princess Rebollo bested five other contenders in the Bread category with her Durio Garcinia Bread. The proud Davaoeña delighted the judges by infusing durian—her hometown’s top produce— in her winning recipe. “My love for Davao and its people were my inspirations formy entry,” shared Hazel. “I wanted to promote Davao through my recipe so I made Durian the star ingredient in my Durio Garcinia Bread.”

Surprisingly, this is not Hazel’s first shining moment as a young baker. The Hospitality Management major shared that her passion for baking began after winning in another similar competition in Tagum.

“After I got my first pastry making award, I really felt eager to pursue a career in baking,” she said. “Thanks to URC Flour, I can now do just that! I’m not yet sure where to enroll, but I will definitely pick a good school.” Kymwell Hinlaya-

25-year-old Dabawenya Hazel Princess Rebollo, impressed the judges with her Durian-infused Durio Garcinia Bread. “It’s both an honor and a privilege to be able to share the beauty of my city through something I love to do which is baking.”

University of Mindanao’s Kymwell Hinlayagan tickled the panel’s taste buds with his Crimson Zibethinus Cake, finishing on top in the Cake category. “I have always enjoyed baking and joining this competition further fueled my passion for it.”

gan wowed the judges with just one slice of his Crimson Zibethinus Cake. A self-confessed health buff, the proud Davao native said that he, too, chose Durian to be the star ingredient in his baked creation not only because of its unique and succulent taste, Mayen Tajores’ Dupecoa Cookies won for her theregional grand prize in the Cookies and Biscuits category. The winning bakerintends to use the cash prize and her learnings from the scholarshipto start a small family business.

but also because it is rich in vitamins and minerals.

For Kymwell, competing in Flourish Pilipinasis a good stepping stone for aspiring pastry chefslike him. “Everything about the competition was very professional,” he shared. “I saw it in the fairness of the judging, the quality of the ingredients provided to us, and in the way the event was organized.”

Mayen Tajores’ Dupecoa Cookies took the top prize in the Cookies and Biscuits category. Made with all her

personal favorites such as durian, nuts, mallows, and chocolate, Mayen’s entry to the competition was a sure reflection of her originality, creativity, and talent in artisan pastry. “This has always been my passion,” Mayen said with much gusto. “I can really see myself having a long-term career in pastry.” Mayen also amusingly recalled how she cried tears of joy while going up the stage to receive her award.“I couldn’t be any happier that time because winning the competition really made me feel like I have a shot at this industry,” shared the winning baker. “Now, I feel more motivated to improve my skills and become a better pastry chef!”

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EBRON James was welcomed at Dwyane Wade’s wedding last month. Udonis Haslem continues to maintain a friendship with his former teammate. Chris Andersen still wears his sneakers.

There’s no venom, no hatred, not even trashtalking.

There isn’t much of anything, to be perfectly frank.

So when the Miami Heat and Cleveland Cavaliers - James’ former team against James’ former-turned-current team - meet in a preseason game Saturday in Rio de Janeiro, it won’t be some sort of streetfight, one team enraged because the player who helped them to four straight NBA Finals left to go back to his hometown team.

Besides, it’s not like it counts, anyway. ‘’I’m sure everyone will try their best,’’ said Heat forward Chris Bosh, who raised some eyebrows Tuesday night when he said he hasn’t talked to James since he returned to the Cavaliers. ‘’Not right now, but on Christmas

Day.’’ That’s the first ‘’real’’ meeting with James as a Heat opponent again, when Cleveland visits Miami on one of the league’s biggest days, and surely that will be a matchup that commands much more fanfare than this one will. The Miami vs. Cleveland matchup in Brazil barely registered a blip when announced in April, and like most preseason games, the outcome of this one will likely be forgotten long before the regular season opens at the end of the month. ‘’I think everybody is very cognizant of the fact that LeBron is playing against his old team and playing against a team where he had such great success and they had such great success,’’ Cavaliers coach David Blatt said Tuesday, before his team departed on its charter flight for Brazil. ‘’And I’m sure, I’m sure, they understand that it’s a particular kind of game.’’

Blatt was asked if it helps that the game will be played on a neutral site, far from Miami, even farther from Cleveland.

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-- Derek Fisher lost his coaching debut with the New York Knicks when Jared Sullinger scored 23 points to lead the Boston Celtics to a 106-86 preseason win on Wednesday night.

Fisher played 18 seasons in the NBA before he replaced the fired Mike Woodson in June. The Knicks went 37-45 last season and missed the playoffs, just a year after winning the Atlantic Division and advancing to the

Eastern Conference semifinals.

Tim Hardaway Jr. led the Knicks with 18 points.

Carmelo Anthony added 10 points on 3-for-9 shooting.

Kelly Olynyk and Marcus Thornton had 12 points apiece for the Celtics, who beat Philadelphia 98-78 on Monday night in their preseason opener.

Avery Bradley and Marcus Smart each scored 11.

Boston shot 48 percent from the field and made 11 of 22 3-point attempts.

BIG THREE. Cleveland’s version of the Big Three composed of Kevin Love, Lebron James and Kyrie Irving, will meet the Miami Heat in Brazil this Saturday.

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BA players have a number of go-to celebrations — chest bumps, giving daps, running around and beating one’s chest in the most confrontational manner possible, etc. One of the most popular in recent years has been “three goggles,” the practice of putting fingers up to one’s eyes in the shape of, well, goggles. It’s now common enough that most American fans think nothing of it.

Yet that is definitely not the case in Brazil, where the gesture is very offensive. Enough so that the NBA has asked the Cleveland Cavaliers and Miami Heat not to use it in advance of Saturday’s exhibition game in Rio de Janeiro. From Chris Haynes of the Northeast Ohio Media Group: Holding up the “threesign” or the “three-goggles”

OFFENSIVE. James Harden inadvertently starts World War III with the 3 goggles sign. (Photo by Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno/ Getty Images)

in Brazil means “f--- you” or “f--- off,” I was informed.

The NBA sent the Cavs and Heat a memo with a list of questionable gestures that shouldn’t be used in Brazil, we’re told. The last thing anybody wants is for the stands to clear immedi-

Tom Thibodeau, center, gets between the two during the first half of a pre-season NBA basketball game in Chicago. (AP Photo/Jeff Haynes)

says he was not made aware of the memo and knew nothing about the gesture being an insult in Brazil.

“Hey, that’s why I just salute after I hit one,” James said. “That’s not offending anyone, right?”

also, courtesy of the league office, response filed: Bad boys get punished.

The NBA announced Wednesday afternoon that four Wizards — starter Nene and reserves DeJuan Blair, Daniel Orton and Xavier Silas — have been suspended for one game for leaving the bench area during the “altercation” between new Wizard Paul Pierce and Chicago Bulls center Joakim Noah in Monday night’s preseason opener.

The big deal here is

that these aren’t preseason suspensions — they’ll be served during the first regular-season game “for which each player is eligible and physically able to play.” That means the Wiz will head into their regular-season opener on the road against the Miami Heat on Oct. 29 without their top two power forwards. That seems less than ideal.

Noah and Pierce — the guys actually involved in the “altercation” — each received $15,000 fines, but no forced siestas.

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ALTERCATION. Washington Wizards forward Paul Pierce, left, pokes Chicago Bulls center Joakim Noah, right, in the head during a time-out as Bulls head coach

ately after a player nails a 3-pointer.

Can you imagine a player floating and waving the three-sign from one end of the court to the other? That wouldn’t be good.

James Jones, the Cavaliers’ 3-point marksman,

HE Washington Wizards entered their preseason opener with the Chicago Bulls, the team they ousted in five games during the opening round of the playoffs back in April, intent on making a statement. After an offseason spent building depth and experience along their front line, the Wizards wanted to send a message that they were going to be, if not “The Bad Boys,” then at least some bad boys.

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SPORTS 15 SIGNED UP. Leukemia sufferer PJ Gibson, 5, shows off his Jazz jersey.

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PJ waits for his time to play at the Jazz bench.

5-year old kid with leukemia plays one game for Jazz E VERY fall, NBA teams bring players to training camp that they don’t necessarily expect to make their final roster for a variety of reasons — they want to create competition, they want to take a look at a player who might be a fit on their D-League squad, etc. The Utah Jazz, though, added a player Monday for a different, and much cooler, reason.

JP Gibson is a fiveyear-old from Layton, Utah, and for more than half his life, he’s battled acute lymphoblastic leukemia, a cancer of the blood and bone marrow

that ranks as the most common type of cancer among children. He loves basketball, shooting hoops at his home and watching the local team with his dad.

“He knows he has to be six before he can play Junior Jazz [the NBA team’s official youth basketball league] and he reminds us all the time that he can’t wait until he’s six,” JP’s mom, Megan Gibson, said, according to Aaron Falk of the Salt Lake Tribune.

Utah’s brass presented a simple solution to this problem: JP would join the Senior Jazz.

From the team’s official announcement: The Utah Jazz announced today that the team has signed fiveyear-old free agent guard JP Gibson to a one-day contract. Per team policy, financial terms were not released.

Gibson, who was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in 2012, will be in uniform and join the Jazz on the bench for tonight’s open scrimmage at 6:30 p.m. at EnergySolutions Arena.

He will sign his contract with Jazz President Randy Rigby at 5:30 p.m. in the Jazz interview room

(Room 145), adjacent to the locker room. JP will be joined by his parents, Josh and Megan, and his two-year-old sister Elsie.

The contract signing presser was totally official, complete with JP rocking a shirt and tie and signing on the dotted line albeit in purple crayon rather than blue or black ink.

During his pregame press conference, JP said he expected to score seven points in the team’s Monday night intra-squad scrimmage.

Some vets might consider that kind of talk a bit brash coming from an

untested rook, but as JP showed, it’s not bragging if you can back it up: JP’s not the first defender to make Steve Novak look that bad off the bounce, but that doesn’t make his move any less impressive — to say nothing of that finish. (Although you have to wonder what 7-foot1 defender Rudy Gobert was thinking lifting up an offensive player to dunk like that.)

After the scrimmage, multiple members of the Jazz expressed their appreciation for having gotten to be a part of JP’s special day.

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Boxing Revo 2 weigh-in at Fast Fridays

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AST Fridays, the weekly media forum at SM Lanang Premier, will again serve as the venue of the weighin ceremonies of the much-awaited Boxing Revolution 2: Clash of the Little Titans today at the Archipelago 7107 by Barrio Fiesta at the second level of Fountain Court.

Former world champion Edrin “The Sting” Dapudong and reigning International Boxing Organization (IBO) junior flyweight champion Rey “The Hammer” Loreto will head the fighters in today’s official weigh-in to be supervised by the Games and Amusements Board (GAB).

Sonshine Sports Manangement Inc. chief executive office Manny Piñol will head the panel along with the main protagonists.

Also in today’s edition of Fast Fridays are triathletes Dr. Mark Benignos,

Reggie Reyes, Tophe Eyao and Lou Velasco of Team Tri SOS Davao who competed and finished the recent Ironman Langkawi in Malaysia. Stax Savellano of Triathlon Association of Davao (TRIAD) will also be present to announce the Philippine Eagle Cup set this Sunday.

Meanwhile, pitted in Boxing Revolution 2’s triple-main header and will be heading the weigh-in are Loreto, the current IBO junior flyweight champion against Indonesian Heri Amol; former IBO junior flyweight king Denver “The Excitement” Cuello versus Thailand’s Jaipecth Chaiyonggym; and former IBO superflyweight champion Edrin “The Sting” Dapudong against Thailand’s Wisanlek Sithsaithong.

The weigh-in will shown on Sonshine Sports TV Channel 43.

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BOXING REVOLUTION 2. Edrin Dapudong (front, second from left) and Rey Loreto (third from left) banner this Saturday’s card promoted by Sonshine Sports.

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