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IS DAVAO READY FOR

‘THE BIG ONE’?

By NEILWIN JOSEPH L. BRAVO njb@edgedavao.net

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ARTHQUAKES are impossible to predict.

That being said, we cannot predict but we can anticipate. On that premise, based on historical records, the West Valley Fault in Metro Manila is due for the next ‘Big One’ within our lifetimes. Reason why people in Manila are currently being prepared for the happening of the ‘Big One.’ The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) had earlier warned that it is not remote that a 7.2 earthquake looms just around the corner if the West Valley Fault along the eastern side of Metro Manila cracks.

Earthquake emergency drills including one that simulates the actual feel of an earthquake of such magnitude, have been implemented around the country as preparations for the feared ‘Big One’ intensified.

The West Valley Fault runs from the heights of Sierra Madre down to Laguna and crosses the eastern side of Quezon City, western side of Marikina, western part of Pasig, eastern part of Makati, parts of Taguig, and Muntinlupa.

The fault has moved four times in the past 1,400 years. On average, it moves every 400 years, “+/- 10 to 100 years, maybe”, Solidum says. The last time an earthquake occurred along the West Valley fault was in 1658, around 355 years ago.

Although no exact time can be given, Phivolcs estimated that the ‘Big One’ can happen within our generation or the next generation.

According to reports by Phivolcs, the earthquake can occur anywhere along the West Valley Fault, including Metro Manila. But a 7.2 magnitude earthquake can shake the ground even a hundred kilometers away, which means that it can shake the whole of Metro Manila and its surrounding provinces.

In case of the ‘Big One’

lar will not be spared.

Call it alarmist but earthquake jokes are never a good one. No matter if it is a hoax or not.

The Phivolcs advisory is that a big earthquake as strong as, if not even stronger than, the so-called “Big One” that Metro Manilans are preparing for is possible to happen in Davao City.

As to when would that be, Phivolcs can only say “in the immediate future.”

In an EDGE Davao report by editor Antonio M. Ajero, he quoted Cabanlit as saying that a group of Phivolcs scientists studied the so-called Surigao-Mati earthquake fault line, referring to the identified quake-prone areas along the stretch from Surigao City to Mati City, Davao Oriental which has a distance of 320 kilometers. The Surigao-Mati fault line, part of the Philippine fault zone, is said to have consisted of digging, carbon-dating, and other related activities.

The findings?

First, historical records show that there was a 7.2 magnitude earthquake in Compostela Valley province in 1893. Second, another 8.3 magnitude-Intensity 9 earthquake happened somewhere in Sigaboy, now Governor Generoso in Davao Oriental on April 15, 1924.

It should be worthy to note that feared ‘Big One’ people are preparing for in Manila is not even as strong as the Intensity 8.3 and Intensity 9 quake back in 1924 in Governor Generoso.

occurring, weak, poorly designed, and poorly constructed buildings albeit far from the earthquake fault are still vulnerable to destruction, according to published reports from the Phivolcs.

Other than the tremors and the destruction that comes with them, grounds can also be affected by liq-

uefaction, a process where loose, sandy sediments behave like liquid. It becomes weak and can cause poorly designed or constructed buildings and homes to subside or tilt, roads fissured, and water banks broken.

Unlike storms and typhoons, earthquakes cannot be “forecasted” and can

only be predicted by looking at how often it happens in history. To date, there are no scientific instruments that predict when an earthquake will occur.

While Manila folks are dealing with the spectre of the ‘Big One’ like the proverbial sword of Damocles hanging over their heads, people in other regions like

Davao and the rest of Mindanao are relatively complacent. We better correct that attitude in the light of latest advisory by Phivolcs.

According to Desiderio Cabanlit, regional director of the Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs), told media in one forum last week that Mindanao and Davao in particu-

Are we ready for this?

Not at the moment.

Guidelines for what Dabawenyos will do in case the ‘Big One’ happens here are still being drafted.

Liza Mazo, regional head of the Office of the Civil Defense, revealed in the same forum that the drills in Metro Manila are designed in anticipation of an earthquake of 7.2 magnitude ‘only’-- weaker than the quakes that hit Sigaboy.

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FLOWER POWER. A mall-goer takes photographs using her cellphone of one of the flowers on display at the Ikebana International Davao chapter 133 annual exhibit at the atrium of SM Lanang Premier on Saturday. Lean Daval Jr.

Soldier killed in encounter

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SOLDIER was killed when members of the 8th Infantry Battalion (IB) of the 4th Infantry Division (ID) of the Philippine Army engaged a group of New People’s Army (NPA) fighters in Malaybalay City, Bukidnon on Thursday morning.

In a statement, the Eastern Mindanao Command (EastMinCom) said 8th IB soldiers were respondeing to civilian reports that rebels were operating in Barangay Indalasa.

The encounter started at around 8 a.m. and lasted for

about an hour. The military said the rebels escaped after the gunfight.

8th IB Commander Lieutenance Colonel Lennon G. Babilonia said his unit is providing security patrols in the area as requested by the residents for their protection.

“We extend our deepest sympathies to the family and friends of our fallen comrade.

He died protecting the Filipino people and in pursuit of peace and development,” Babilonia said. ARMANDO B. FENENQUITO JR.

IGaCoS cannot protect Davao City from tsunami

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AMAL Island won’t serve as a buffer for Davao City in case a tsunami occurs, an official of the Philippine Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) Davao said on Friday.

Phivolcs-Davao research specialist Desiderio P. Cabanlit said that based on a simulation, the result may even be worse as water coming from behind Samal would pass through both sides of the island and form bigger waves as they converge at a certain point.

On April 15, 1984, a tsunami inundated Sigaboy, Davao Oriental after an 8.3-magnitude earthquake struck.

Cabanlit said if a quake of the same intensity occurs at sea nearby, it will only take 30 minutes for a tsunami to reach the shores of the city. He said

his calculation showed the waves would be four meters high and reach 500 meters inland.

Aside from tsunami, which could happen if a strong quake occurs at sea, a tremor may cause liquefaction, fires and landslides.

A study, “Fault Distribution, Segmentation, and Earthquake Generation Potential of the Philippine Fault Zone in Eastern Mindanao,” found out that the Davao Oriental and Compostela Valley are at risk of getting hit by a strong earthquake based on the recurrence time.

In Davao Oriental, the study singled out the popular tourist destination Mati, the provincial capital.

“There’s a big possibility

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Sid: Gov’t to relocate UP Mindanao settlers

By ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO JR. abf@edgedavao.net

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AVAO City third district Rep. Isidro Ungab will find funds for the relocation and livelihood of settlers affected by the proposed 20-hectare sports complex in the University of the Philippines Mindanao.

In an interview last Thursday after the signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the city government and UP for the sports complex, Ungab gave assur-

ance that all the settlers will be compensated but declined to say by how much.

“Gina pangitaan og paagi karon. Di lang nako ma-finalize pa (We are now finding ways to compensate them. I haven’t finalized it yet, however),” Ungab said.

He said aside from providing them with relocation sites, the government will pay for the crops of the settlers. They will also be prioritized for hir-

ing if there are job vacancies.

“The relocation areas have already been identified. Some will be relocated in Los Amigos (Tugbok District near UP Min) and the others in some areas that I will find. But rest assured they will be taken care of,” Ungab said.

Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte said for his part, the settlers should give way to the project since the area is govern-

the Haran compound on July 23 in an attempt to “rescue” the IPs who it said were being held there against their will by progressive groups.

The DCPO also said based on the report of tribal leaders, there was “a continuing crime” being committed inside the compound which needed urgent action by the inter-agency body headed by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP), the Department of Health (DOH),

and the DCPO’s Women and Children’s Protection Desk.

The police said there had been reports of suicides and other incidents in the compound. A four-year-old child and her mother also allegedly escaped from Haran and was brought to the DSWD. The Police Regional Office (PRO) 11, for its part, accused progressive groups of exploiting the IPs to get funds from international communities and to multiply their forces during rallies.

Duterte to police, military: Don’t force out IPs in Haran D

AVAO City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte asked the local police and military not to force out the Indigenous Peoples (IP) currently staying at the United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP)-Haran compound.

“Do not stretch it into something more serious. I will take care of them,” Duterte said on Thursday afternoon.

He said the IPs and their support groups promised him that they would go out of Haran on August 10.

Police had tried to enter

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Substitute BBL bill provides transition measures: Marcos

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ENATOR Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr. said his proposed substitute bill on the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBBL) will ensure a smooth transition from the current Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) government to the proposed Bangsamoro government even if the bill is not approved by October this year.

Marcos, Chairman of the Committee on Local Government tasked to deliberate on the BBL, had earlier said he will file the committee report on the substitute BBL on Monday (August 10) but stressed he cannot predict how long it would take the Senate to approve the measure.

“Pagka lumabas na sa committee ko, it is out of my control.

It is up to the Senate, up to the

House and the bicam (bicameral conference committee). I will not make promises I cannot fulfill or I have no right to make,” Marcos in a statement.

If the BBL is not approved in time for the filling of certificates of candidacy (COCs) on October 12 to 16 this year, the ARRM elections will be held alongside the May 9, 2016 national and local elections.

“Kung wala pang BBL, magpapa file ang members of the assembly to run again for the ARMM assembly because the Bangsamoro government does not exist by then,” Marcos said.

The situation becomes complicated, according to Marcos, if the BBL is approved after the ARMM elections are held, or when the official cam-

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House starts scrutiny of P3-T nat’l budget

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CONOMIC mnagers of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) will start its briefing next week on its Php3.002-trillion 2016 national budget, House Appropriations committee chairman and Davao Rep. Isidro Ungab said Saturday.

Ungab said that the briefing would start on Monday with the help of the Development Budget Coordinating Committee composed of the DBM, National Economic and Development Authority, Department of Finance and Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas.

In a text message, Ungab said his committee would divide the national budget to different committees hoping to finish it by September.

Scheduled on Tuesday, the Appropriations committee will tackle the budgets of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office and Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp..

The budgets of the Civil

Service Commission, Commission on Human Rights and Commission on Audit will be discussed on Wednesday.

On Thursday, the Department of Justice and the judiciary will be on the table.

"I don't think there will be a problem of quorum at the committee level," Ungab said in a text message.

He said lawmakers were expected to attend the budget deliberations because this was their chance to make suggestions and recommendations.

It has been a problem of the House leadership after the State of Nation Address was delivered last July 27 by President Benigno Aquino III to get the needed quorum.

Five session days were wasted, which were expected to move the pending bills, including the Bangsamoro Basic Law; Anti-Dynasty Bill and the Freedom of Information which failed to move.

House Majority Floor

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BREASTFEEDING CONGRESS. A nun listens attentively to the lecture about breastfeeding during the 1st International Breastfeeding Conference and 3rd Breastfeeding Congress at SM Lanang Premier’s SMX Convention Center on Saturday. Lean Daval Jr.

Cool weather eases blackouts But Davao Light not lifting rotational power interruptions

By JON JOAQUIN

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jon@edgedavao.net

HANK the relatively cool weather being experienced in Davao City for the relatively blackout-free week we’ve been having.

Davao Light and Power Company yesterday said it has not implemented the three- to four-our rotating blackouts since Saturday, August 1, partly because of the lower temperature which has lowered the demand for power in its franchise area.

It also said Therma South, Inc. (TSI)’s coal fired power plant in Toril, Davao City has been helping it alleviate the current shortage of power supply by giving commission-

ing power “even while (it is) still under testing and commissioning phase.”

Davao Light, however, said since TSI is still in the testing and commissioning stage, its operations “could be off and on anytime.”

It said it cannot get reliable power from TSI until the latter becomes fully operational and reaches commercial operations. The coal-fired power plant is expected to be fully operational later this year.

But while its franchise area has been enjoying blackout-free days for a week, Davao Light said it still cannot

lift its rotating power interruptions because the power supply is still very tight.

It said one unit of the STEAG coal-fired plant in Misamis Oriental remains under Preventive Maintenance Servicing (PMS) until August 16 while the Pulangi Hydro Plant is in reduced capability due to water constraint. Some units of the Agus hydro plant are in emergency shutdown, it added.

Davao Light has been implementing three- to fourhour blackouts during peak periods and one-hour blackouts during off-peak times.

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VP Binay’s swipe at admin countered

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Christopher “Bong” Go (second from left), executive assistant to Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, poses for a photograph with former Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) commissioner Chito Narvasa (center) and actor Philip Salvador outside a local restaurant on Saturday. Lean Daval Jr.

blackouts is posted in the Davao Light website (www. davaolight.com).

The company said it will continue to implement contingency measures such as running the Bajada Power Plant and optimizing supply agreements with Therma Marine Inc. and Hedcor hydro power plants.

It is also activating the Interruptible Load Program in order to mitigate the impact of the supply shortage. Under this voluntary program, participating companies with private generator sets are compensated for their fuel and other variable costs.

HE Palace countered Vice President Jejomar Binay’s statements on Saturday after he said the administration is laying the groundwork for the imposition of martial rule in the country with its agenda of continuing “Daang Matuwid.”

The vice president appears to be putting color on the administration’s statement that the country needs three administrations adhering to good governance to make the Philippines truly progressive.

“Hindi tama o makatuwirang sabihin na si Pangulong Aquino o ang Liberal Party ay naglalatag ng paghahanda para sa diktadurya,” Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. said in a radio interview on Saturday.

“Batid ng lahat na ang matuwid na daan ay batay sa mga prinsipyo ng EDSA Peo-

ple Power revolution na nagbigay-daan sa pagbabalik ng demokrasya sa ating bansa mula sa diktadurya at Martial Law,” he told dzRB Radyo ng Bayan.

Coloma said the continuation of “Daang Matuwid” depends on the decision of the Filipino people and the Aquino administration will do everything to ensure that the country’s electorate could choose a new set of leaders in an orderly and fair election next year.

“Ang proyekto ng pamahalaan ay higit pang patatagin ang mga institusyon ng demokrasya sa pamamagitan ng isang hayag at may pananagutang pamamahala (open, transparent, and accountable government),” he said.

“Ito ang marka ng isang masiglang demokrasya na pinatatatag ng mga malayang mamamayan.”

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Abreeza Mall to give away shopping sprees worth P100,000 this Kadayawan TO GIVE shoppers more reasons to go all out this Kadayawan season, Abreeza Mall unveils an exciting new promo where P100,000 worth of shopping sprees are up for grabs.

Through the Kadayawan Shopaholic Challenge, seven winners will take home Ayala Malls electronic gift certificates worth P10,000 each, while one winner gets to score an electronic gift certificate worth P30,000. The electronic gift certificates work like a debit card and are valid for use at participating Abreeza Mall merchants.

The promo, which runs from August 14 to 23, 2015, coincides with Abreeza Mall’s mall-wide Kadayawan Sale, where shoppers can enjoy discounts of up to 70% off on great finds.

The Kadayawan Shopaholic Challenge is open to all Abreeza Mall shoppers, with promo coupons to be distributed at Abreeza Mall merchants, Concierge counters, and lounges. Each promo coupon contains 15 merchant categories with corresponding purchase requirements: Fast food, Food Stalls and Food Choices (P300); Restaurants and Cafe (P 1,000); Shoes and Bags (P 1,000), Apparel and Accessories (P 500); Athletic Goods (P500); Watch and Jewelry (P 2,000); Personal Care, Beauty and Pharmacies (P500); Bookstore (P300); Robinsons Supermarket (P1,500); Robinsons Department Store (P1,000); Hardware (P300); Home and Appliances (P3,000); Gadgets and Phone Accesso-

ries (P1,000); Services (P300); and Cinema and Timezone (P300).

To participate in the challenge, shoppers must collect stamps by presenting single or accumulated receipts corresponding to each merchant category and its purchase requirement. A total of five stamps per coupon are required to qualify for the raffle.

Shoppers can get additional stamps when they present a receipt using a BPI Credit or Debit Card, or for tourists, a Seda Abreeza Hotel keycard. Instagram users also gain additional stamps when they take a photo anywhere at Abreeza Mall from August 20 to 23, 2015, follow and tag @iloveabreezamall in their uploaded photo on Instagram, and get the printed photo at the photo booth to be set up near the Kadayawan Shopaholic Challenge booth.

Redemption of receipts, validation of completed coupons, and dropping of completed coupons takes place at the Kadayawan Shopaholic Challenge booth near the Main Concierge at the Ground Floor. The deadline of entries is on August 23 at 7pm; at 7:30pm on the same day, the raffle draw will be conducted in the presence of a DTI representative.

For inquiries and updates on Abreeza Mall news and events, please visit the Main Concierge at the ground floor or call (082) 321-9332.

Stay updated by liking www.facebook. com/AbreezaMall and following @abreezatweets on Twitter and @iloveabreezamall on Instagram.

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Dust off your TIDYING MAGIC I

hope I am right in saying this but with the amount of things we all have going on in our lives, cleaning up after ourselves can seem like a distant afterthought. As the family members started to increase, so did the things in our home and I was starting to notice it more and more often. This unsettling worry converged with coming across a picture of Marie Kondo in this year’s Time 100 Most Influential People.

The Japanese cleaning consultant made it onto the coveted list through her revolutionary method for simplifying, organizing and storing as explained in her best-selling book ‘The Life-changing Magic of Tidying Up.’ I picked up her book right away, hoping but not entirely hopeful that someone could transform me from the mess-up I was in cleaning to one of the success stories perhaps using her Konmari method. From the moment I started reading, it has been my dirty little secret. Or rather, the little secret that exposes just how cluttered I can be. I squirmed as I got to some parts because it zeroed it on just how I am when attempting to clean up. Far from berating though, Kondo’s book is bound to be your new best friend and as handy as a trash bag when going about the task at hand.

One thing that is interesting about the author is that she has thoroughly immersed herself in the task of cleaning ever since she was a young girl.

She writes about it in her book with such clear passion that you don’t doubt when she says that she has fastidiously pored over housekeeping magazines and the Japanese book Throw-out Skills for cleaning and storage tips. Her tidying scruples border on obsession and she happily shares her own triumphs and pitfalls with such humbling honesty that you can’t help but want to start stripping away at your own life and possessions pronto.

Before Kondo launches into her category-by-category system, she invites the reader to reflect and envision how he or she would like to live. A clutter-free lifestyle, whether it is in a sedately feminine apartment or an orderly and stately family home, is always the ideal. The brica-brac that we have accumulated in our personal

spaces are the variables but Kondo is unfazed. She has attended to enough clients to know that everything that causes disorder can be arranged. Her message is that there is always a way. No one is an expert at cleaning but everyone must start somewhere. After the first few chapters, her words start to morph into a tranquil voice in your head not unlike what you may hear over a P.A. system (at least that’s how I imagine it). You will start to feel like you can really take charge of the mess in your life and not let them best you by its sheer volume or variety.

The book is peppered with a step-by-step guide on how to handle your mess but is kept from being your usual cleaning for dummies manual by her ideas on how we must treat what we own. This largely involves feelings.

Far from just sweeping them by bulk onto trash bags, Kondo suggests that each belonging be spread out and handled. By this, she means picked up and regarded one by one to feel if they ‘spark joy’ in you or not. The enormity of your task with this intensely personal cleaning compass should not daunt you but instead make you feel more in control as the curator of your own life and possessions. Kondo recommends cleaning

in one go to avoid cleaning forever and it makes sense. How many times have we done our tidying up in installments, telling our procrastinating selves that tomorrow holds more concentrated efforts to clear out?

What follows after you develop the correct cleaning mindset is a series of processes that Kondo describes in minute detail down to lengths of folds and probable frequency of use. Things you’ve done thousands of times like filing papers and folding

I squirmed as I got to some parts because it zeroed it on just how I am when attempting to clean up. Far from berating though, Kondo’s book is bound to be your new best friend and as handy as a trash bag when going about the task at hand.

your clothes take on a new meaning with the subtle differences in method that she proposes. By this time, you get a sense that the author just doesn’t think that there is the probabil-

ity she might be correct.

She knows she is. Hers is a foolproof case, solved and shut, and it up to you to follow her precise instructions. Through practice and repetition, they will probably be the life skills you didn’t know you needed.

Kondo has modeled herself as the dust-buster deity personified and her three month-long waiting list just shows that a lot of us are in need of a dose of her particular brand of magic. We live in a time that is more about acquisition that organization and this can unknowingly muddle our life’s purpose. This c or rel at ion she makes bet ween how spica n d s p a n o u r homes and offices are and our personal happiness can seem far-fetched at first. But those of us who have been knee-deep in useless things know that there can be no looking past beyond that to more important life questions. The Konmari method may just be the spark to change the course of our spaces and lives.

Rocky’s Kadayawan treat: maximum indulgence for the festival feet STREET DANCING, aimless walking, sights touring and endless shopping, this is what the Kadayawan season is all about. While you take your sweet time to enjoy the Davao treats on its most colorful festival, here’s another treat you can give yourself—a foot spa and foot massage.

Take time out and shift your attention to your most able companion—your feet, and give it the pampering it deserves. The Foot Spa will revive your feet and ensure its back at its best condi-

tion. Let your feet glow and you’ll glow with it, especially with the 50% discount on the service PLUS Rocky’s will throw in a free Foot Massage each time you avail of a Foot Spa. That’s more than an hour of foot bliss!

The Foot Spa at half the price PLUS free 30- minute Foot Massage at all Rocky’s branches will kick off at August 8 and run until August 31, Who said women can’t have a relaxing time in a barbershop? At Rocky’s they can!

Aside from the Foot Spa and Foot Massage, women can also avail of the Manicure and Pedi-

cure from the Rocky’s Menu of services. Waiting for their men to get up from the barber’s chair need not be uneventful for them.

Emerge rejuvenated, in top form and ready for more of the Kadayawan merrymaking.

Make it your daily habit this Kadayawan season, head to Rocky’s Barbershop for your much-deserved foot pampering.

Rocky’s Barbershop is along your footpath during the Kadayawan. It’s all conveniently located in all the malls of Davao- Abreeza Mall, SM Lalang Premier, SM City Davao, Gaisano Mall of Davao and Victoria Plaza Mall.

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Wowowin continues to bring smiles to Filipino audiences VIEWERS of the undisputed variety-game show Wowowin will get to experience more fun as the program airs on an earlier timeslot beginning August 9.

At 2:00 in the afternoon, Kapuso host Willie Revillame combines the fun, suspense, and excitement every Sunday.

In the program, there will be two main games and each game will have an elimination and a jackpot round.

The first game Bigyan ng Jacket Yan is for the studio audience wherein five of them will be chosen to participate. They will be asked several questions and the player who gets the wrong answer will be eliminated.

The last player standing will proceed to the jackpot round Jacket Jackpot and have the chance to win bigger prizes.

Meanwhile, his staple segment Willie of Fortune is considered to be the program’s heart and soul. In the game, three teams which will be asked several trivia questions from different categories or guess the title of the song. The first team who earns five points will proceed to the jackpot round called The Wil to Win. The winning team will have the chance to win 1 million pesos, a brand new car or a house and lot.

With an extended timeslot, Willie expresses his sincerest gratitude to the people who never fail to sup-

port him. “Noon pa man ay handog ko na ang Wowowin sa mga taong walang tigil na sumusuporta sa atin, kaya para sa kanila ay wala rin tayong tigil sa pagtulong at sa pagbibigay kasiyahan. Nakakatuwa na mapapanood na nila kami sa mas maaga at

mas mahabang timeslot dahil paniguradong mas marami pang kasiyahan at papremyong hatid ang programa.”

Enjoy all the surprises and don’t miss Wowowin this Sunday afternoon, August 9, after Sunday PinaSaya on GMA.

Sarah Carlos joins Pangako Sa’Yo NEW Kapamilya star Sarah Carlos admits having mixed emotions now that her character Bea Bianca has finally appeared in ABS-CBN’s toprating drama series “Pangako Sa ’Yo.” “I am very grateful that I was chosen to portray the role of Bea Bianca. This is a big challenge for me. I feel pressured because people are expecting a lot from my character. That’s why I promise to give my best,” said Sarah.

The new “Pangako Sa ’Yo” star added that she is happy to be given the chance to work with the Teen King and Queen Daniel Padilla and Kathryn Bernardo.

“My first scene with Daniel is probably the most memorable experience for me because it was

my first scene ever. I also feel at ease with Kathryn because she is easy to work with. We also got to know each other a little even before we had a scene together,” she said.

When asked about what TV viewers should expect in “Pangako Sa ’Yo” now that her character has been introduced, Sarah said everybody should see how Bea Bianca will change the lives of Daniel and Kathryn’s characters.

“The new Bea Bianca is a lot different from the Bea Bianca before. Everyone should wait and see how she will affect Angelo (Daniel) and Yna’s (Kathryn) relationship,” she said.

Wendell Ramos now a Kapamilya HUNK ACTOR Wendell Ramos formally jumped ship to become a Kapamilya as he joins the cast of hit ABS-CBN primetime series “Pasion De Amor.”

Wendell plays the role of Gabriel, the illegitimate son of Gabriela (Teresa Loyzaga), who is slowly entering the lives of the Elizondos. His motives, however, remain unknown to viewers and the answer to whether he is a protagonist or antagonist in the story is yet to be revealed.

After a DNA test confirmed that Gabriel is her son, Gabriela wasted no time and instantly pulled her son Gabriel out

of the shabby place he lived in and made him move into a bigger and cozier apartment.

What does Gabriela plan to do with Gabriel? When will she tell her daughters Norma (Arci Munoz), Sari (Ellen Adarna), and Jamie (Coleen Garcia) that they have an older half-brother? How will the Elizondo sisters react to this? And why did Gabriel introduce and show himself to the Elizondos out of the blue?

This is Wendell’s first starring role in a Kapamilya teleserye following his acting stint in one of the episodes of ABSCBN’s hit legal drama “Ipaglaban Mo.”

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Banana remains Davao’s top export

By CHENEEN R. CAPON

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ANANA remained the top export commodity of Davao Region last year accounting for 45 percent of total value of export, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) 11 reported.

“Banana exports in 2014 were 7 billion kilograms (kg) valued at US$1.2 billion. The 2013 volume was 3 billion

kilograms at US$877 million,” NEDA regional director Maria Lourdes Lim said in a recent press conference.

Among the top export market of Davao’s banana were Japan, China, New Zealand, Middle East and US. Lim said the value of commodity exports of Davao reached the US$2 billion mark, higher by 11 percent

Mindanao Franchise Expo in Butuan, GSC

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OR more than a decade, Mindanao has been witnessing a continuing growth in the franchising industry, which has proven its effectiveness favorably increasing the numbers of franchised outlets all over the Island. Along with this boost, franchising created more job opportunities for people and produced additional profits for the owners of franchised outlets and the franchisors.

With these developments happening, the Mindanao investors and companies would surely benefit from the upcoming 9th Mindanao Franchise Expo: Northern- Southern edition, which will be held on September 1 and 2 from 10: a.m. to 7:00 p.m. in Buenavista Hall, Almont Inland Resort, Butuan City and on September 4 to 6 at the SM City General Santos Atrium during mall hours.

The event was organized

by Filipino International Franchise Association; both events offers free entrance to all inter-

ested parties.

The Butuan Franchise Expo will feature more than 30 franchise and supplies companies. For the Gensan Franchise Expo, it will showcase 50 booths of established franchisors offering more than 200 franchise opportunities in the field of food and restaurants, beauty, convenient stores, cafes, pizza, printing, laboratories, water stations, and support industries to franchising and business in general.

The Expo is supported by RK Franchise Consultancy, Inc.; 2Go Express, Promate Generators, Uncle Sams Burger, Department of Trade and Industry, City Government of Butuan and General Santos and the Chamber of Commerce & Industry of the two cities. Media partners are Franchising PH Magazine, Businessweek Mindanao, Mindanao Daily News, Mindanao Gold Star Daily, Businessworld, Malaya Business Insight, and Philippine

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NEDA: ASEAN integration boosts manufacturing sector

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HE government will continue implementing business-friendly governance and policy reforms to attract and sustain investments, even as the country faces the transition to a new government next year.

While such challenge persists, Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Arsenio Balisacan is optimistic that the private sector will continue supporting governance and economic reforms and contribute significantly to the Philippine industry’s growth.

“The government recognizes the value of attracting and sustaining private investments, and nurturing prospects for the industry sector.

We are thus pursuing reforms and programs to enhance the business environment in the country,” he said during the Laguna Technopark induction ceremony Friday.

Balisacan, also the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Director General, listed some of these reforms, including the newly enacted Philippine Competition Law and the Amendment to the Cabotage Law that will level the business playing field.

“Importantly, we are also

pushing for initiatives that are responsive to the challenges of the ASEAN integration that offers opportunities for growth and job generation,” he said.

Balisacan said the ASEAN integration, which is set to culminate in a few months, is also expected to boost the Philippine industry, particularly manufacturing.

This, as the country continues to attract foreign investors, especially given its increasing attractiveness as an investment destination in the region, he said.

“Without a doubt, this is a great time for the Philippine economy, particularly the industrial sector, including logistics. However, while opportunities abound and growth prospects in the sector are very encouraging, there remain a number of major challenges that we need to aggressively address in order to maximize the sector’s full potential,” he added.

Balisacan underscored the need for the country to continue pursuing market reforms to further sharpen the competitiveness of Philippine-based industries and reap the benefits of ASEAN economic integration. (PNA)

compared to its level in 2013 and surpassing the region’s annual growth target by 23 percent.

In 2013, banana was also ranked as the topmost export commodity of the region despite the aftermath of the typhoon Pablo in banana plantation areas here like Compostela Valley and Davao del Norte.

After the typhoon, the banana industry is now threatened again by another weather disturbance El Nino.

Philippine Banana Exporters and Growers Association (PBGEA) executive director Stephen Antig earlier said banana export is expected to decrease this year because of the effect of the long drought season, or El

Nino that will last until next year August.

In fact, export has already decreased by 68.3 percent in this year’s first quarter compared to the same period last year as the result of 50 percent drop in banana production.

In terms of gross weight, banana output for export drop by more than half, to

349.5 million kilograms from 808.6 million a year earlier.

Earlier reports revealed that Export Free on Board (FOB) value of bananas, including plantains, fresh or dried was set at $94.2 million from January to March, much lower as compared to $297 million during the same period last year.

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Lifting Iran sanction will reduce oil price D OMESTIC oil price could go down as low as P28 per liter if the US will lift its export crude oil sanction to oil-exporting Iran, an analyst said.

“This is based on the theory of supply and demand.

There will be more supply (of oil) coming from Iran.

This is very positive for the Philippines,” Sun Life Financial-Philippines chief business developer Michael Manuel told reporters.

Manuel said a US$10 decline in the price of oil per barrel in the world market is equivalent to a 0.5 percent growth in the gross domestic product (GDP) of the country.

At present, the US senate is deliberating on the possible

lifting of the decades-old economic sanction to Iran. It will also allow US to export its oil and sell it to the global market.

US imposed the ban in 1970’s despite the oil shock to ensure that it will have its own reserve. But the sanction was extended to Iran to limits its effort in its nuclear enrichment program, fearing the latter is experimenting on how it will develop nuclear weapons.

Manuel said once the sanction is lifted there will be an increase in the global supply of oil, thus bringing the price of oil and gasoline down.

“Before the sanction, Iran can export one million barrels of oil but if the economic sanction is lifted it could sell two to three million barrels per day,”

he said. “This could increase the global supply of oil in the global market.”

The price of the oil per barrel continues to go down, from US$68 to US$48, in the world market in the span of three weeks, he added.

Being a major importer of oil the price of oil has a direct impact on the production of goods and services which will lead to increase in the price of basic commodities or hike in the inflation rate of the country.

The Department of Energy (DOE) reported on Tuesday that most of the oil companies implemented a price rollback, the seventh in a row, by P0.40-P0.45 per liter for gasoline, P0.90 per liter for diesel

and P0.70 per liter for kerosene.

The DOE also revealed that the price of LPG decrease as well by P1.20 per kilogram effective last August 1 of this year.

“It was due to the drop in LPG Contract Price by US$26.50 per metric tons (MT) to US$389.50/MT this month from US$416/ MT in July,” the DOE said.

Year-to-date, gasoline has net increase of P2.16 per liter, diesel with a net decrease of P3.39 per liter and LPG with a net decrease of P8.25 per kilogram.

Two weeks ago, the price of gasoline in Davao City reached 44.90 per liter, while the diesel was at P30 .25 per liter. CHENEEN R. CAPON

HE Social Security System (SSS) has extended its partnership with the International Labour Organization (ILO) for the subsidized contributions of emergency workers in typhoon-stricken areas, with the number of target beneficiaries nearly tripling from 6,000 in the initial phase to 17,000 in the second phase.

SSS Senior Vice President for Accounts Management Judy Frances A. See said the SSS-ILO beneficia-

ries are workers from areas devastated by typhoons Yolanda (Haiyan) and Ruby (Hagupit), such as Tacloban, Bohol, Ormoc, Negros Occidental, Northern Cebu, Northern and Eastern Samar, and Coron.

“Given the opportunity to either activate their SSS membership and earn increments on contributions or become first time members, the program has afforded the covered workers and their beneficiaries access to

lifetime protection and entitlements to social security benefits such as sickness, maternity, disability, retirement and death,” See said.

In its partnership with SSS, the ILO committed to shoulder three months’ worth of SSS contributions for the beneficiaries, who are covered as self-employed SSS members. The contributions are based on the P3,000 monthly salary credit.

“The ILO subsidy for SSS contributions amounts

to P330 per month or a total of P990 per beneficiary.

The emergency workers are given an option for rehiring, which in effect entitles them to subsidized SSS contributions for another three months,” See explained.

The SSS completed the program’s initial implementation in December 2014, following the complete allocation of the P6.2-million ILO grant for the subsidized SSS contributions and administrative expenses.

Renewed SSS-ILO agreement provides subsidies for 17,000 typhoon-hit workers T

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EDITORIAL Honoring the heroes

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ORE than six months after the SAF 44 debacle in which members of the elite Special Action Force were killed in Mamasapano, Maguindanao, the heroes who gave their lives to bag known Malaysian terrorist Zulkifli bin Hir alias Marwan are still being ignored by the powers that sent them to do the grim task in the first place. Last Friday, during the Philippine National Police (PNP) anniversary, the names of two SAF commandos were unceremoniously stricken off the list of Medal of Valor awardees allegedly at the behest of Malacañang. Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. has issued a statement denying this, instead blaming the “lengthy process” for the selection for the oversight, but that does not answer the question of why the names of slain Police Officer (PO)2 Romeo Cempron and survivor Superintendent Raymundo Train were initially included in the list in the first place.

And unfortunately for Malacañang, it is entirely believable for the President to disregard the memory of the SAF 44. Everyone still remembers that when the bodies of the officers were brought to Manila a few days after the incident, Mr. Aquino himself was absent in the solemn arrival ceremony, choosing instead to attend the opening of

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a car manufacturing plant. While the entire country wept, the President was in a celebratory mood. It is of course true that life must go on in the face of such overwhelming sadness, but the people were looking up to the “father of the nation” to lead them in the grieving. It was the human thing to do, but the President was not up to the task.

It will also be remembered that the President could barely hold his irritation when he met with the families of the heroes, scolding them instead for pressing government to give them justice for the deaths of their loved ones. Such an attitude indicated how much Mr. Aquino wanted — and still wants — to put the entire thing behind him, to no longer be reminded of the terrible toll that the hunt for the Malaysian terrorist had taken. This can also be gleaned from his not mentioning the SAF 44 in his State of the Nation Address (SONA) two weeks ago, and from the pulling out of the names of two brave men from the roster of awardees of the Medal of Valor. Malacañang apparently does not want the people to remember that there had been a Mamasapano incident, but the memory of the SAF 44 is forever etched in our collective memory. The least the President could do is honor them.

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The battle for FTA preference

REE trade agreements (FTAs) have been a hot topic in the world economy and are considered by many to be one of the most effective tools to promote and enhance cross-border trade between countries. Especially in recent years, FTAs have taken a central role in the development and management of trade.

ASEAN has been particularly active in negotiating and entering into FTAs. The ASEAN FTA was established about 20 years ago and has steadily developed into an increasingly integrated Free Trade Area. In the past decade, ASEAN has established a number of FTAs with external trading partners to boost trade integration and economic growth. To date, ASEAN has FTAs in force with China, India, Japan, Korea and a joint agreement that includes Australia and New Zealand. There are ongoing discussions for FTAs, on either a bloc or bilateral basis, with many more, including the EU. The Philippines, for example, has made little progress in getting the FTA negotiation with the EU going.

The benefits offered under an FTA can often be significant and help to generate a competitive advantage, resulting in increased profitability and market share. Traditionally FTAs were designed with a specific focus on • financial benefits through the elimination of duties, • facilitating market access through labor movement and government procurement, • providing more certainty and predictability for companies, and

Dear Atty. Zen, My boyfriend and I are both single and over 30 years. We have been living in together for five years and have not yet gotten married. We already have two children now. We are not planning to get married soon, for personal reasons. May I know what will happen to our properties if we decide to break up? Will our children have a share on our property?

- Tess Dear Tess, The manner in which a couple will divide their property during the time that they lived as husband and wife, without the benefit of a marriage, depends on whether the couple has capacity to marry each other or not. The couple is considered as capable to marry each other if both parties are at least 18 years old (with parental consent if less than 21 years old) and both are not married to other people. These rules are found in Articles 147 and 148 of the Family Code. But considering the myriad of experiences people go though and the aim of these two articles to cover as much situation as they can, I will not discuss these two articles in detail but will instead focus on your particular situation Tess.

In your case, Article 147 of the Family Code applies since both of you are single and have capacity to marry each other. All of your properties which you acquired while you were living as hus-

• helping to EUROPE BIZ better utilize resources through the expansion of the eligible manufacturing territory, deployment of preferred Henry J. Schumacher human and monetary resources, and access to preferred service providers and professional resources such as the facilitation of electronic commerce.

Despite the growing network of FTAs and the many opportunities they present to the trading community, the primary focus for many companies using or looking for FTA benefits, is still reducing import duties. The proliferation of FTAs, which are broadly similar but vary in operational details, means that in practice, businesses face a number of challenges in realizing preferential tariff concessions when trading goods. Such challenges are often the result of country specific interpretations and practices around the application of various ambiguous provisions in the legal text of the agreements, or in the areas in which the agreement is silent.

applicable FTAs are in place 2. Understanding FTA legal text – what does the legalese mean?

3. Cost benefit analysis – is it worthwhile to utilize the FTA, or even possible to quantify the benefit?

4. Understanding the Rules of Origin 5. Application of Rules of Origin – do you qualify for FTA preferences?

6. Mapping commercial supply chain realities to FTA ‘assumptions’ 7. Getting documentation in place from different company departments 8. Approval from government authorities – what, who and when?

9. Defense against government post-verification challenges 10. Keeping up-to-date with existing and future opportunities.

Top ten issues faced by companies wishing to utilize FTAs 1. Information gathering –finding out what

Despite the many opportunities on offer, the above listing makes it clear that benefiting from FTAs is not a walk in the park. Particularly in the light of increasingly complex international supply chains, FTA texts are often inadequate when dealing with the realities of modern business. It appears that more effort is required to ensure that the efforts made by governments in negotiating the FTAs are not undone by red tape and administrative difficulties. Often unnecessary obstacles go against the underlying principles of FTAs and create barriers for preferential treatment, rather than facilitating and encouraging market access.

band and wife will ZENSIBILITIES be deemed as coowned by both of you. This means that you would need to list all the properties both of you acquired from the time you started living as husband and wife and then divide all of Emily Zen Chua these properties equally between the two of you, regardless of your actual contribution. There is no problem if one of you is a stay-at-home Dad or Mom since this rule will still apply. The partner who stayed at home is considered to have contributed to the “partnership” by taking care of the home and the children. On the other hand, for properties that both of you owned before you lived as husband and wife, these will remain to be individually owned by you.

In summary, in the event that you break up, all the properties you owned before you lived as husband and wife will remain your separate property. But all properties, including salaries and wages, you have earned and acquired while both of you lived as husband and wife will be equally divided between the two of you.

In the event that you break up while both of you are still alive, your children will not have any share in the property yet. Of course, the minor

children will have the right to ask support from you. Both parents are required to give support to the children which will cover food, housing, medical expenses, education, and transportation (Article 194 of the Family Code). But in the event that any one of you die before the break-up, the children are considered to be the heirs of either of you, as such, the children will inherit your properties.

Your situation Tess reminds me of my Dutch colleague who mentioned that in The Netherlands, people usually do not enter into marriage.

Couples instead just actually live together and enter into “Cohabitation Agreements” for tax purposes. I cringe at the rationality of it all. Brought up in a Catholic Filipino family, I have been bombarded with teachings that marriage is more than a tax-minimization arrangement. But as all situations, I always try to keep an open mind, especially in this situation since the Dutch guy is my boss.

After seven years of marriage, I cannot help but marvel at the simplicity of the Dutch arrangement. But I realized that it is never about the legal arrangement. Marriage is all about making your relationship work – whatever arrangement there is between the couple. And this is where the real predicament is.

-000The opinion rendered by the author does not constitute a lawyer-client relationship. Please send your comments and questions to EmilyZen@ezlawdavao.com or through her Facebook page at www.facebook.com/zensibilities.

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medical establishment exists to do a great good. Men and women are expensively schooled in this Hippocratic art wherein they are exhorted to first do no harm. Well and good. The problem comes in when these men and women lose sight of the totality of the human person in the larger scheme of creation and insist on their myopic paradigm. The modern Hippocratic Oath expresses, “I will remember that I do not treat a fever chart, a cancerous growth, but a sick human being, whose illness may affect the person’s family and economic stability.” This is the oath doctors the world over swear by. Yet, many of them give a compartmentalized treatment of a sick person. A drug for diabetes is given to lower blood sugar level but this same drug taxes the liver and becomes more damaging in the long run. To address the damage to the liver, another drug must then be given. Another damaging cycle is then started. The cycle of illness-synthetic medicine-illness does not end because the patient is not considered as a whole human person; a human person that is an integral part of nature who can also find healing in the very nature she is part of.

It is bad enough that the patient and his family are suffering. The doctor who is not sensitive to personal travails going on in the family adds insult to injury. A doctor, who was consulted about amputation of diabetic foot, carelessly commented, “Maski daghan mog kwarta, mangamote gyud mo (Even if you have a lot of money, you will end up planting camote).” This coming from a medical professional who is supposed to uplift the sick and who recommended the amputation in the first place. It was uncalled for and only added to the pain of the family. The Hippocratic Oath states, “I will remember that there is art to medicine as well as science, and that warmth, sympathy, and understanding may outweigh the surgeon’s knife or the chemist’s drug.”

Hippocrates, ancient Greek physician who is recognized as the father of Western medicine, exhorted, “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” It is tragic that conventional medical practitioners have lost sight of this wisdom and prescribe drugs and slash-and-burn methods when there is recourse to nature.

Natural healthy food, along with a happy and healthy lifestyle, is what prevents and cures diseases. As part of nature, the human person is also healed by nature.

The doctor, who told my mother that she could eat anything after her colon surgery, flies in the face of Hippocratic wisdom. By negating the importance of taking in only healthy natural food as part of healing and recovery, this doctor missed the point of doing holistic and authentic treatment.

Now, three months after having been declared with stage three cancer, my mother is doing very well. Her carcinoembryonic antigen test has come out normal. She refused slash-and-burn chemotherapy, the standard for cancer treatments, and starved cancer cells by taking in only healthy and natural superfoods.

The medical establishment exists to serve a great good. They will be serving a much greater good if they remember to treat the person holistically and justly.

They will be serving a much greater good if they will not be beholden to pharmaceutical companies and recognize that nature has so much to offer. Medical science practised with love, wisdom, and authentic pursuit of meaning is what Hippocrates envisioned. Let this be our reality.

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that the next strong earthquake will hit in these areas,” Cabanlit said in Cebuano.

The two provinces lie along a 320-kilometer fault line that stretches from Surigao to Compostela Valley.

This fault line is part of a 1,200km Philippine fault zone, from Luzon down to Mindanao.

Cabanlit said the fault line cannot be seen from plain view that a pool of specialists from Phivolcs had to do trenching since 2007 to know how many cracks there are beneath the surface.

These cracks, some of which are left unrecorded over time, allow the scientists to establish time intervals between the movements of the fault.

“With the trending, we can estimate when the next strong quake is happening,” he said.

A 7.2-magnitude quake jolted Monkayo in 1893 and it has not recurred since. Major quakes have recurrence time.

The West Valley Marikina Fault, which cuts across Metro Manila, can trigger landslides once it moves and results in the “Big One”, a 7-magnitude quake that is calculated to kill thousands of people.

At an average, Davao Region experiences five unfelt earthquakes a day.

“These only prove that we have an active fault line,” Cabanlit said.

Phivolcs has put up unmanned stations to monitor the earthquakes. These are located in Don Marcelino in Davao del Sur, Valencia City in Bukidnon, and Mati in Davao Oriental. (Antonio L. ColinaIV/MindaNews)

President Aquino has called on his bosses, the Filipino people, to continue supporting “Daang Matuwid,” so that the transformation of Philippine society, built on good governance during his administration, may be brought to its full fruition.

Like his parents, the President is a staunch advocate of democracy, in which the most important element is the peaceful transfer of power from one administration to another through the conduct of orderly and credible elections, Coloma noted.

Coloma also belied Binay’s allegations that President Aquino undermined the country’s judicial system and the Office of the Vice President, saying that in fact, the President helped to strengthen them.

Binay’s allegations have no basis because on the contrary the Supreme Court supported all the legislative initiatives to strengthen the judicial system, he said.

The prosecutorial arm of the government under the Department of Justice was also strengthened to improve the criminal justice system.

“Pinapalakas din po natin ang ating prison o correction system, bahagi din po ito ng sistema ng batas,” he said.

With regards to the Office of the Vice President, the President Aquino respected and supported Vice President Binay and in his five years as Cabinet member, he has not received criticism from the public.

Coloma also answered Binay’s statement on SAF 44 after he said the policemen who perished in Mamasapano were not recognized during an event in Camp Crame on Friday.

“Nais po nating ipunto na sa marami nang pagkakataon ay kinilala ni Pangulong Aquino ang kabayanihan at ang kagitingan at katapangan ng atin SAF 44,” Coloma said.

“Binigyan po sila ng kinauukulang pagkilala ng ating Pangulo noon pa po.

Hindi po naghintay ng mahabang panahon para kilalanin sila.”

He added that the administration did everything to help the families of SAF 44, providing them with livelihood, scholarships, housing, and employment. (PNA)

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Casa Munda hosts Ikebana workshop

ASA Munda, one of Davao City’s premier events venues, recently played host to a three-day Ikebana workshop organized by Ikebana International Davao Chapter president Piedad Roman and treasurer Neny Abaca.

Ikebana, which is the Japanese art of flower arrangement, puts emphasis on designs that appear life-like and as close to

one would see in nature. It is a skill that requires a lot of discipline and a good eye, which may take years to master.

The event featured guest lecturers and Ikebana arrangement experts Margot Perez and Evangeline Cheng and was well-attended by flower arrangement enthusiasts from all over the city.

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ment-owned property.

“I will convince all of them.

The project is very good,” he said.

Councilor Victorio Advincula Jr. had earlier urged the city government to take into consideration the affected families living in the property once the sports complex project is pursued.

Advincula said some families have been occupying and claiming the area since the 1930s.

He said their claims stopped after UP Min was created in 1995 and when then-President Fidel V. Ramos issued Presidential Decree

(PD) 822 in 1996 making the 2 million square-meter area a UP reservation “without any public consultation.”

Advincula said Bago Oshiro before was managed by the Board of Liquidators which approved the subdivision plan of the settlers before UP Min entered the area.

He said the land title of UP Min was not released immediately by the Board of Liquidators because of the issue.

Advincula said the Memorandum of Agreement between UP Min and Board of Liquidators states that UP will be the one to relocate and pay the settlers.

paign period for ARMM has started, since the BBL calls for the abolition of ARMM. “Once the BBL is enacted into law, ARMM will be abolished and the Bangsamoro government will then sit in the form of a transition authority.

Isinama na namin sa transition authority ang mga elected ARMM assemblymen so the phase out of ARMM is not too sudden,” Marcos said.

Likewise, Marcos said he cannot guarantee the enactment of BBL within the term of the current administration.

He noted that legislative deliberations are unpredictable, and pointed out that several groups have vowed to challenge the measure before the Supreme Court once it becomes a law.

“Hindi natin masasabi kung ano ang mangyayari, yung mga challenges sa Supreme Court, how long that will take, kung mananalo, kung matatalo. It is very hard to pin it down. As I said, ang maipapangako ko for sure is on Monday, the Committee Report will be filed,” Marcos said.

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marketing head Judi Bilbao said the venue will be hosting similar gatherings in the future. “Casa Munda specializes in these types events as they fit perfectly with the cozy, homey ambiance of the place,” she said.

Bilbao said Casa Munda will also be launching its birthday theme parties for kids. “Aside from Christmas, birthdays are some of the most important

events in the life of a child. This is where they build their happy memories with their family and friends. That’s why at Casa Munda, we want to make them extra special by offering theme parties that the kids will surely enjoy,” she said.

Casa Munda is located along Loreto Street, Juna Subdivision in Matina. For inquiries, please call (0922)327-6674.

But Gabriela Party-list Rep. Luzviminda Ilagan said the accusation was “very irresponsible.”

Ilagan said the police should present proof that progressive groups are exploiting IPs. 10th Infantry Division spokesperson Lieutenant Alex Caballes admitted that the police and military have no documentary evidence on the allegation.

Caballes said that the allegation was based on previous experience encountered by the authorities.

“I think it is now our effort to substantiate it,” he said.

United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human

rights of internally displaced persons (IDPs) Chaloka Beyani, who visited Davao City on July 26, issued a statement on July 31 in which he said the displaced IPs made it clear to him that it was the presence of the military and that of the paramilitary groups in their communities “that continues to create anxiety amongst the indigenous communities.”

“The community wishes to return to its lands but stressed to me that they will only feel safe to do so if the long-term militarization of their region comes to an end and they can return with guarantees of safety, dignity and protection,” Beyani said. ARMANDO B. FENENQUITO JR.

Leader Biyet Gonzales said in a separate interview that there were about 20 more lawmakers lined up for interpellation for BBL alone.

Capiz Rep. Fredenil Castro, chairman of the House

committee on suffrage and electoral reforms, said that he was ready to present to the floor the consolidated version of Anti-Dynasty Bill which was mentioned by President Aquino on his SONA. (PNA)

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Rudolf Kotik, Founder of RK Franchise Consultancy Inc. will conduct a seminar “All About Franchising” on September 1-2 at 1:30 p.m. at Nasipit Hall, Almont Inland Resort in Butuan City and on September 7 at 1:30 p.m. at Greenleaf Hotel in General Santos City.

He will cover topics such as: What is Franchising, History of Franchising, Defining Franchising, Franchising 101, What Does a Franchise Provide, Benefits of Buying a Franchise, How to Select a Franchise, Advantages and

Demands of Franchising, Mistakes by Franchise Buyers, Buying a Franchise, Franchising Your Business, Development of a business into a Franchise, Legal Franchise Requirements, Franchise Operations Manual, Franchise Disclosure Information and The Future of Franchising. Trademark Specialist Sokrie Malaco will speak about the Importance of Trademark Registration with various Franchise owners as Guest speakers.

For inquiries, please contact 0922-537-6979, 0917860-9329, 0908-869-4250 or log on to www.mindanaofranchise.com or facebook/mindanaofranchise.

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Davao as the country’s cacao capital Text and Photos by HENRYLITO D. TACIO

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N order to rise up to the Cacao 2020 Challenge, the Department of Agriculture and the Mindanao Development Authority signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) during the Regional Cacao Congress held in Davao City last July 31, 2015.

“The MOA mandates the two agencies to carry out policies and action plans that will double the land areas planted to cacao, thereby increasing production and income of cacao farmers and stakeholders,” said a press statement issued by the agriculture department.

The signed MOA seeks to help cacao-producing provinces in Mindanao to produce 100,000 metric tons quality cacao beans by the year 2020.

“The volume will be used to supply the 10% global deficiency of 1 million metric tons,” the press statement said.

In addition to production, the agriculture department will also assist growers in various value adding activities.

“You have to be business-minded. Don’t stop at production, you have to invest in processing and value-adding so can maximize your income,” said Undersecretary for Operations and Marketing Atty. Emerson U. Palad, who graced the congress, in behalf of Secretary Proceso J. Alcala.

Ninety percent of the total cacao production in the country is mostly sourced from Mindanao, according to the data from department’s High Value Commercial Crops Development Program. The Davao Region contributes about 80% of the total production.

“Aside from banana and durian, we are prioritizing support to cacao industry so that we can position the region as the country’s cacao capital,” said Remelyn R. Recoter, DA regional director in Southern Mindanao.

According to studies, at least two hundred million cacao trees should have been grown by 2020 to reach the target volume of 100,000 metric tons of cacao beans. That’s two times the annual domestic demand of the country.

Last year, about 6,000 hectares were planted in the region -- with more than of the hectarage can be found in Compostela Valley Province.

In San Isidro, Davao del Norte, farmers are planting more cacao trees – in addition to what they had planted decades ago. In 2004, the local government unit declared cacao as its main product.

“Our farmers have prevailed over the test of time,” says Dante R. Muyco, Jr., one of the staff of the CSI Trade Ventures. CSI or Chokolate de San Isidro, Inc. was formed in 2006, incorporating farmer cooperatives, local investors, marketers and cocoa liquor or tablea-producing households.

“Cacao is the reason why our town is progressing,” says Muyco, who presented their experience during the Philippines Cacao Development and Investment Workshop held some years back. “We send our children to school because of cacao. There is peace and order in our town because of cacao. There is business because of cacao.”

Cacao is the main source of chocolate. Recent studies have shown chocolate consumption worldwide to be growing at 3% percent annually, “Though the majority of cacao is consumed in North America and Europe, demand is growing more rapidly in Asia where strong economic growth, particularly in India and China, is resulting in more people being able to afford luxury foodstuffs such as chocolate,” according to a position paper written by Adam Keatts and Christopher

Root. .

Cacao was first cultivated by the Mayas around the 7th century A.D. They carried the seed north from the tropical Amazon forests to what is now Mexico. In the 16th century, the Spanish planted cacao across South America, into Central America, and onto the Caribbean Islands. In the 17th century, the Dutch transported the cacao to other places around the globe like Java, Sumatra, Sri Lanka, New Guinea, and the Philippines.

“In 1670, Spanish mariner Pedro Bravo de Lagunas planted the first cacao in San Jose, Batangas,” reports The Philippines Recommends for Cacao. After that, cacao growing flourished in various parts of the country – until pod rot wiped out plantations of it.

In the 1950’s, the imposition of Import Control Law resulted in efforts to revive the industry by inter-governmental agencies and by private sector for self-sufficiency and export. By the time the industry was blooming, pod borer infestation surfaced. Control of the disease was quite expensive. As a result, established plantations were again wiped out; others were abandoned.

This particularly happened in Mindanao, where most of the cacao crops were grown. In 1990, about 18,388 hectares were planted to cacao, according to the agriculture department.

By 2006, the area further declined to less than 10,000 hectares. During this period, production fell from 9,900 tons to about 5,400 tons, with twothirds of the production coming from Davao region alone.

As production plummeted in the Philippines, demand for cocoa beans in the international continues to grow. In 2010, the annual world market needs was 3.6 million tons of

cocoa beans. The demand was growing annually by 90,000 tons.

The European Union and the United States are the two biggest finished chocolate product consumers, accounting for three-quarters of total chocolate consumption, reported Keatts and Root. Other significant chocolate consumers are Russia, Japan, and Brazil.

“Though the majority of cacao is consumed in North America and Europe, demand

is growing more rapidly in Asia where strong economic growth, particularly in India and China, is resulting in more people being able to afford luxury foodstuffs such as chocolate,” Keatts and Root wrote.

Since cacao is considered an equatorial crop (crops that thrives well on regions occupying the equator), the Philippines has a great potential growing cacao. “I really could not believe why we cannot import cacao beans when the Philippines is ideal for cacao

growing,” Roy C. Alimoane, director of Mindanao Baptist Rural Life Center. “Mindanao, for instance, is best for cacao production.”

Cacao can be grown anywhere in the country, but Mindanao has two advantages: good rainfall and good soil. “But cacao would grow anywhere in the country,” Alimoane says, adding that other areas where cacao is suited for planting are Quezon, Camarines Sur, Camarines Norte, and Palawan.

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DANIEL LUIS NAGAYO: The Natural GOLFER OF THE WEEK: DANIEL LUIS Z. NAGAYO CURRENT HANDICAP: 19 CLUB AFFILIATION/HOME COURSE: Apo Golf and Country Club WHAT’S IN HIS BAG? Woods: US Kids Tour Series Irons: US Kids Ultra Light Putter: US Kids Ultra Light Ball: Titleist Pro V1X FAVORITE GOLF ATTIRE AND COLOR/S: Under Armour golf polo shirt and pants or shorts FAVORITE GOLF PLAYER: Jordan Speith and Rory Mcllroy WHEN DID YOU START PLAYING GOLF? When I was 4 years old YOUR FIRST GOLF PRO/INSTRUCTOR? Coach JR and Coach Vincent Salvador TOURNAMENT WINS, IF ANY? June 2015 Apo Junior Golf Tournament (Boys 9-10 y.o.) - Runner Up 2015 JGLD Summer JunGolf Tournament (Boys 9-10 y.o.) - Runner Up 2014 Summer JunGolf Tournament (Palos Verdes (8yrs old) - Champion 2014 ICTSI-JGFP Mindanao Inter School Golf Championships (9-10y.o) - 3rd Runner Up July 2014 Apo Golf Monthly Medal (Boys, 8 yrs old and below) - Runner Up 2013 Summer JunGolf Tournament - 2nd Runner Up GOLF BUDDIES: Ate Ella Nagayo, Ate Yvon Bisera and Ate Sam Beltran PLAYING DAYS: Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays

City allocates P1.8M for Kadayawan sports

By VANESSA KATE F.MADRAZO Ateneo de Davao University Intern

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N celebration of the Kadayawan Festival, Davao City athletes and indigenous peoples will compete in a series of sports events and tribal games funded by city government with 1.8 million pesos.

City Government Sports Development Division Executive Program Director Charles Maxey said that there will be 21 sports and 23 events in total. The highest allocation

is given to commercial basketball with P645,600 which will take place on August 13-16 at the Davao City Recreation Center.

“It’s the favorite pasttime of Filipinos,” Maxey said during the Fast Fridays media forum at the Archipelago 7107 by Barrio fiesta in SM Lanang Premiere.

The tribal games also have one of the highest allocations with P580,000 inclusive of prizes and

transportation. The tribal games will consist of a series of cultural games that five of eleven indigenous tribes will compete in during August 20 in People’s Park.

The rest of the events were given an allocation below P100,000. It is observed that there is an imbalance in terms of the distribution of budget to other sports, even those that are team sports.

Volleyball events

were given only a budget of P51,600 and rugby football were only given P26,600 which makes the allocation for basketball ten times as big.

Maxey said that they are still looking to make sure that each sport has a commensurate allocation to make sure the development of sports in Davao is equally catered to. He further added that this will be raised in a discussion next week.

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NLY ten years old, Daniel Luis Nagayo has a very natural swing even his teaching pros envy.

“Everyone loves his swing, very fluid, very natural,” said Daniel’s mother councilor Rachel Zozobrado-Nagayo of the younger brother of Davao’s golfing sensation Alessandra Christine (Ella).

Many of his coaches admit that Daniel, who packs a mean 19 handicap, has a lot of potential.

Daniel, who failed to win the tough qualifying school for the US Kids Golf Junior World Championships unlike her elder sister Ella, has collected quite a few wins in the local golfing scene at this

early stage in his career.

Among the titles he has won are the 2015 Apo Junior Golf Tournament (Boys 9-10 y.o.) -Runner Up; 2015 JGLD Summer JunGolf Tournament (Boys 9-10 y.o.) - Runner Up; 2014 Summer JunGolf Tournament (Palos Verdes (8yrs old) –Champion; 2014 ICTSI-JGFP Mindanao Inter School Golf Championships (9-10y.o) - 3rd Runner Up; July 2014 Apo Golf Monthly Medal (Boys, 8 yrs old and below) - Runner Up; and 2013 Summer JunGolf Tournament - 2nd Runner Up. Daniel is a regular jungolf standout of Apo Golf and Country Club and hopes to reach the world championship next year.

Alapag joins Meralco in trade

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IMMY Alapag is set to officially unretire and move from Talk ‘N Text to Meralco in a three-team trade also involving Blackwater that has gained the approval of the PBA Commissioner’s Office.

Alapag, who retired in February, has resumed practices with Gilas Pilipinas in a bid to shore up a national team backcourt that had been hit by withdrawals of targeted players like Ginebra’s LA Tenorio.

It turned out his comeback won’t be limited to the national team.

Alapag, 36, is set to resume his PBA career under Norman Black at Meralco, which acquired the rights to

the former league MVP in a three-team trade that saw the Bolts give up Mike Cortez and James Sena to Blackwater.

Talk ‘N Text, in turn, will get Larry Rodriguez from Blackwater.

Blackwater’s participation in the trade was necessary since the PBA bars sister teams like Talk ‘N Text and Meralco from making direct trades.

Sources from the PLDT camp confirmed the trade, which was first reported by Interaksyon, has already been approved by the PBA but the league didn’t make the official announcement until Friday afternoon.

SHELL ACTIVE CHESS. A woodpusher (right) studies his next move during the 23rd Shell National Youth Active Chess Championship Southern Mindanao Leg at the Annex of SM City Davao on Saturday. Left photo, some of the competitors in action. Lean Daval Jr.

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BEFORE THE STORM. Albert Pagara (left) with his Mexican foe Jesus Rios whom he TKOd in the first round.

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Pagara scores first round TKO win over Mexican foe P RINCE Albert Pagara treated this bustling city like his own kingdom following a technical knockout win over outclassed Mexican Jesus Rios in their bantamweight title fight at the World Trade Center on Friday night (early Saturday, Manila time).

Pagara quickly swarmed all over Rios right from the opening bell of their 12-round bout that obviously unsettled the Mexican challenger. A right straight and a left cross by the champion had Rios down to the canvas for the first time that sent the capacity crowd of 4,100 in a frenzy.

Rios managed to beat the count, allowing referee Bruce McTavish to continue the fight.

But with the Mexican visibly wobbly, the Filipi-

no went for the kill and let loose a barrage of combinations against the hapless Rios, forcing McTavish to step in and stop the carnage.

The 21-year-old rising star of Cebu-based ALA Promotions retained his International Boxing Federation (IBF) Intercontinental super-bantamweight crown as he improved his record to 24-0, with 17 KOs. Rios (31-8-1, 25 KOs) wore a 10-oz glove as penalty for coming two pounds over the limit during the official weighin on Thursday (Friday, Manila time).

The Mexican was badly hurt after the fight that he collapsed unconscious later on. But he was later revived after being given oxygen by the medical team at ringside.