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TALK VS DRUGS. Police Superintendent Antonio Rivera conducts a lecture on the effects of illegal drugs attended by Grade 10 students at Sta. Ana National High School yesterday as part of the Davao City Police Office (DCPO) Drug Awareness and Prevention Program. Lean Daval Jr.

BAN ‘BURQA’, OTHER SECURITY ITEMS:SARA Welfare of all must take precedence: Mayor Inday Paolo denies charges of De Lima’s witness

By ALEXANDER D. LOPEZ and FUNNY PEARL GAGUNERA

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AYOR Sara Duterte-Carpio yesterday said that the general welfare of the people of Davao City must take precedence over religious tradition.

The lady city mayor issued the statement to shed light on questions and apprehensions regarding the proposal of members of the security sector to require the removal of hats, sunglasses, facemasks, mouth masks, as well as burqas when entering public places.

Burqa is a long, loose gar-

ment that covers one’s body from head to foot. The garment is commonly worn by Muslim women when they are in public places.

“I understand the sentiments of our Muslim sisters with regard to the burqa, may I suggest that you wear the hijab which shows your face or cooperate with the security personnel and show your face if you are wearing the burqa,” Mayor Sara said in the statement.

“While it is true that these garments are not disallowed

by law, we discourage their use in public places,” the mayor added.

In the meantime, the removal of burqas and hijabs (Muslim headdress) as part of the proposed security procedures to be implemented in certain parts of the city will depend on the “appreciation” of the city’s legal counsel.

This, according to Public safety and Security Command Center (PSSC) Chief Ret. Gen. Benito de Leon who said security agencies would like to pursue the said proposal in

line with their efforts to further beef up security protocols in the city.

“Unfortunately, they (Muslim women) might be required to show their faces and be frisked otherwise they may not be allowed to enter certain places. Without exception, all will be subjected to the same security measures,” De Leon said.

However, he said the decision to implement the proposal will still depend on how the city’s legal counsel views the

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By ALEXANDER D. LOPEZ

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AVAO City Vice-Mayor Paolo Duterte categorically denied allegations hurled against him by a certain Edgar Matobato, a self-confessed killer who appeared at the continuing Senate committee hearing on extra-judicial killing chaired by Senator Leila De Lima on Thursday, Sept. 15.

In a statement to the media yesterday, Vice-Mayor Paolo said: “What De Lima and this certain Matobato

say in public are mere allegations and in the absence of proof are mere hearsays.”

During the hearing on Thursday, Matobato accused the vice mayor of allegedly being a drug user and a masterminded several vigilante killings in Davao City.

Matobato also confessed he too was a hitman of the so-called Davao Death Squad (DDS).

De Lima’s witness also

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MEETING OF MINDS. President Duterte meets with former President and Special Envoy to China Fidel Ramos at Malacañan’s Orchid Room on September 14. Also in the photo is National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon. TOTO LOZANO/ PPD

Lawyers to get deposition of Veloso to strengthen case

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HE deposition of Mary Jane Veloso, who is on death row in Indonesia, will strengthen the case against her illegal recruiter, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Thursday.

Veloso was sentenced to death on drug trafficking charges but she was given a last minute reprieve from her scheduled execution by Indonesian President Joko Widodo.

DFA Assistant Secretary Charles Jose said Veloso’s lawyers were scheduled to visit her to get a deposition.

“The next step according to her lawyers is handa na silang kunin ang testimony ni Mary Jane via deposition,” Jose told a handful of reporters covering DFA.

Jose said Veloso’s testimony was needed to strengthen the case against her alleged illegal recruiters Maria Cristina Sergio and her live in partner Julius Lacanilao.

He said that lawyers would get Veloso’s deposition in front of a consul and in the presence of lawyers who would observe the procedure.

Earlier, President Duterte denied he had given the Indonesian government the “green light” to execute Veloso.

Recent reports quoting Indonesian President Widodo claimed that Duterte gave the green light during his recent working visit in Indonesia.

The Jakarta Post also quoted Widodo as saying that

SP okays appointment of Nadela as legal officer

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HE appointment of lawyer Raul Nadela Jr. as city legal officer was finally given the green light by the members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) on Tuesday’s regular session.

Nadela will also serve as the Chief of Staff of Mayor Inday Sara Duterte.

Nadela’s appointment was tackled at the SP floor by Councilor Cherry Ann Bonguyan who chairs the council’s com-

mittee on government reorganization and appointments.

Bonguyan said Nadela possesses the qualities and qualifications required for the City Legal officer position set by the Civil Service Commission.

“The appointee has the full trust and confidence of the appointing authority, City Mayor Duterte,” the councilor pointed out.

Nadela completed his law studies at the Ateneo de Davao

University and passed the Bar examinations in 2009.

Prior to his appointment

by Mayor Sara, Nadela worked as Legal Editor for ESS Manufacturing Company Inc., and a senior associate at Aguirre Aportadera Gavero and Sandico.

He also served as the senior general counsel and head of litigation of Aboitiz Equity Ventures, Inc. Last August, Nadela was

interviewed by EDGE Davao and was asked how he could contribute to the administration of Mayor Sara, to which he answered: “I know what the private sector needs and what the things they want that government could address.”

He also assured the constituents in Davao City that he has no problem holding two positions at the same time – being the chief of staff of Mayor Sara and the city’s legal officer.

OMMISSION on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Juan Andres Bautista defended the allocation of intelligence funds to his office, which have been provided to his predecessors.

He noted that asking for such an allotment was not extraordinary, as former heads of the poll body had asked for it.

“All the past Comelec (chairmen) have requested and were granted confidential funds. Monsod, Abalos, Melo, and up to Brillantes. At ginamit nila yan. Also other constitutional commissions are granted confidential funds. The Ombudsman, the Commission on Audit, even the Commission on Human Rights are granted confidential funds,” Bautista said in an interview.

He was reacting to the decision of the Commission en banc scrapping the P30 million intelligence fund from the 2017 proposed budget of P4.6 billion.

According to Commissioner Rowena Guanzon, majority of the seven-man panel of the commission agreed to remove the said fund from their annual budget, “En Banc passed a resolution declaring that, as a matter of policy, the en banc will not request for a budget for confidential or intelligence funds,” she said in a separate interview.

The poll body official added, “I gave them the opinion that this is unnecessary. And this confidential funds are just vulnerable to graft and corrup-

tion.”

On the other hand, the Comelec Finance Department said the P30 million “will be used for the surveillance activities and gathering of information relative to the activities of certain group of individuals and technology experts suspected of conducting overt and covert operations that may have direct bearing to the election cases/complaints filed with the Commission.”

Previously, the Comelec received intelligence and counter-intelligence funds ranging from P10 million to P30 million.

Comelec received a P10 million fund allocation in 2007, 2011 and 2012 and P15 million in 2008.

In 2009, the poll body was

given P20 million in intelligence funds, while it got P30 million each in 2010 and 2013.

Bautista added the reason why he is requesting for intelligence funds was because he does not want the hacking of the Comelec website which happened in March, to be repeated.

“Hacking, you know, was a big problem. We noticed that we didn’t have the ability to make a quick response given the situation because there was no item in the budget that would have allowed us to really act on issues of how to get information. So it’s an issue of resources. That’s why we thought it would be for the commission’s interest if we reinstate a request for confidential funds,” he said. (PNA)

Army chief to work with Bautista defends request for intel funds MILF vs. illegal drugs C

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HE new Army division commander in Maguindanao vowed to work closely with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) to help address the illegal drug problem in the province.

Maj. Gen. Carlito Galvez, newly installed commander of the 6th Infantry “Kampilan” Division, said the Army will work with the leadership of MILF “for proper coordination” in law enforcement against illegal drug personalities.

“There is a need for complete cooperation between the government forces and the MILF in running after drug

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personalities because many of them are in areas where the MILF also operates,” Galvez told the Maguindanao Provincial Peace and Order Council (PPOC) meeting here Wednesday.

Maguindanao Gov. Esmael Toto Mangudadatu, who also sits as PPOC, chair discussed with the council the implementation of state of lawless as declared by President Duterte.

Galvez, who served as chair of the government coordinating committee on the cessation of hostilities before he became 6th ID chief, said coordination

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Task force formed to fast-track infra projects

By ALEXANDER D. LOPEZ adlopez0920@gmail.com

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AYOR Sara Duterte-Carpio on Tuesday issued Executive Order No. 8 that officially established the Task Force on Special Projects tasked to oversee the timely completion of all special and priority infrastructure projects of the city govern-

ment.

EO No. 8 specifically mandates the task force to hasten the implementation of all special and priority infrastructure development projects in the city amounting P5 million and above.

The mayor’s EO No. 8

Matobato’s testimony are all lies: Sec. Aguirre

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USTICE Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II has dismissed as “lies and fabrications” the testimony of an alleged former Davao Death Squad (DDS) member during the Senate inquiry into extrajudicial killings.

During Thursday’s hearing of the Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights, Edgar Matobato alleged that President Rodrigo Duterte was behind the DDS and had ordered extrajudicial killings when he was still mayor of Davao City. ”The statement of witness Edgar Matobato today before the Senate Committee on Justice Hearing on Extrajudicial Killings are lies and fabrications. It can only be the product of a fertile and coached imagination,” Aguirre said.

He noted that Matobato is

under the Witness Protection Program (WPP) but did not execute an affidavit containing what he stated during the Senate hearing. ”He (Matobato) stated that he was under the Witness Protection Program before. One cannot be part of the WPP without executing an affidavit.

He is obviously not telling the truth. Can he be trusted?” the justice chief said. ”How is it possible that he could just arrive at the Senate without him being invited or without him knowing that there is a Senate hearing today? Who is protecting (him)?

It is just a simple question that he cannot answer. Something is not right. How can you believe him?” he said.

Aguirre further pointed

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also emphasized the need to address several slippages in some infrastructure projects being implemented by the city government, thus ordering the group to give attention to “all identified special/priority projects demand for regular constant attention to avoid the

unwarranted delays that may cause inconvenience to the people and hinder the advancement of these infrastructure services.”

Mayor Sara will serve as the chair of the task force with the members composed of the city administrator, the city engineer, and

the city planning and development coordinator, or their duly authorized representatives.

EO No. 8 added that the group will also monitor, evaluate and fast track infrastructure projects under the current administration, and closely monitor all ac-

tions required and taken by involved departments.

The group will also provide technical assistance to reinforce and fill-up the major work vacuum created by the unexpected delays due to unforeseen circumstances to cope up with project backlogs.

WEARING HIJAB. A Muslim student wearing hijab attends classes at Sta. Ana National High School in Davao City yesterday. The city government of Davao’s public safety office is planning to require Muslim women to take off their hijabs upon entering malls as a security measure. Lean Daval Jr.

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7 pushers arrested in GenSan, Sarangani

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PINING FOR HOME. Members of progressive groups and Lumads stage a protest rally in front of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) regional office along Sales Street in Davao City to air their

grievance against the agency and Kapalong town Mayor Eduardo Timbol for preventing them to go back to their communities. Lean Daval Jr.

Allegations won’t affect President’s vision - Abella P

RESIDENTIAL Spokesperson Ernesto Abella said Thursday the latest allegations hurled against President Duterte will neither affect the war against drugs and criminality, nor deter him from achieving his vision for the country.

“Duterte’s platform is the desire to have a peaceful, crime-free and corruption-free nation. And that is not affected, that vision is not changed,” Abella said.

During Thursday’s hear-

ing of the Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights, a witness alleged among others that President Duterte was behind the Davao Death Squad (DDS) and had ordered extrajudicial killings when he was still mayor of Davao City.

Edgar Matobato, who claimed to be a former DDS member, further alleged that Duterte ordered the bomb attack on a mosque sometime in 1993 in retaliation for the bomb blast at the Davao Cathedral.

The Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights is chaired by Senator Leila de Lima.

De Lima was former head of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) and former secretary of the Department of Justice (DOJ), two government agencies that earlier investigated the same allegations when she was at the helm.

However, both investigations found no direct link to then mayor Duterte and no

charges were filed against him.

In the meantime, Abella said that despite the allegations, the people should continue to support President Duterte’s vision for the country.

“The President continues to exercise political will. And I believe that we all need to continue rallying around the desire to have a nation that is for everyone and that there is space for everyone,” Abella said. (PNA)

10%,” he told the committee chaired by Rep. Dakila Carlo Cua. “Meanwhile, we propose to harmonize all capital income tax rates to 10%.”

Domingo said that “for the capital income tax reform packages, we will lose around a billion pesos but gain, again, with the positive impact of simplicity, equity and efficiency.”

Earlier, the finance secretary noted that depositors with minimal peso investments are normally taxed as high as 20 percent while rich depositors parking their millions of pesos in banks for much longer get to do it taxfree, depending on how long they keep their money in the banking system.

Stressed Dominguez: “Small depositors are burdened with high tax rates because they save less and cannot keep their money in banks for a long time, while rich depositors, who park their money in banks because they do not have an immediate need for it, are not taxed. Is that fair?”

The interest income from peso deposits in accounts such as savings deposits, time

deposits, special deposit accounts, and common or individual trust funds with maturity periods of less than three years are taxed 2o percent.

Deposits for three years to less than four years are taxed 12 percent, while those kept for four years to less than five years are taxed 5 percent.

For deposits maintained in banks for five years or more, which mostly only the rich can afford to do, the tax is zero.

Foreign currency deposits and deposit substitutes are taxed 7.5 percent while interest income from bonds get a 20 percent tax.

Dominguez said correcting the tax rate disparities in interest income deposits form part of the tax policy reform program that the DOF is now proposing to raise revenues and broaden the tax base.

At the House ways and means committee hearing, Albay Rep. Joey Salceda gave his all-out support to the DOF’s comprehensive tax program, saying this plan is much better than the one presented by the previous administration.

“Sir, you have my ardent support, and I’m sure my chairman will have the same….

I would like to congratulate you for your latest tax reform measure. It’s a very good measure,” Salceda told Dominguez during the committee’s organizational meeting.

Dominguez thanked Salceda for his support, saying that it was “very heartening” coming from the congressman, a former Albay governor who is considered an expert in the field of economics.

Although Salceda is a neophyte congressman in the 17th Congress, he had previously served the legislature in the 11th Congress, holding the chairmanship of the Committees on Trade and Industry and the vice chairmanships of the Ways and Means and Economic Affairs committees.

Salceda, showing his enthusiasm for the DOF’s tax reform plan, even suggested during the hearing that it be renamed “Fiscal Roadmap to Acceleration and Inclusion” to highlight its primary goal of raising revenues for the government’s accelerated spending program on infrastructure, human capital and social protection for the country’s vulnerable sectors, while re-

Dominguez cites tax disparity between rich, low-income depositors

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INANCE Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said the current rates of interest income taxes favor the rich and discriminate against low-income depositors who have to cope with high tax rates.

The Department of Finance (DOF), he said, is now studying how best to correct the disparity in interest income taxes for peso deposits between rich and low-income depositors and harmonize current rates for dollar deposits.

As part of the DOF-proposed comprehensive tax reform plan, Dominguez told legislators at a recent public hearing that, “We propose to harmonize all capital income taxes regardless of currency, maturity and type towards 10%.”

“This way, the poor pay less on the interest income and the rich pay more,” he said during a recent hearing of the House of Representatives’ committee on ways and means on the DOF-proposed tax reforms. “ “Specifically, we propose to reduce the tax on interest income from peso deposits to

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NTI-DRUG operatives arrested seven more suspected drug pushers in separate operations here and in Alabel town in Sarangani in the last two days.

Sr. Insp. Oliver Pauya, chief of the city police’s anti-illegal drug special operations task group (CAIDSOTG), said Thursday six of the suspects were nabbed in buy-busts and follow-up operations launched by their unit and the San Isidro or police station number 04.

He said their operatives arrested suspect Mary Jane Casing alias “MJ” in a buy-bust in Purok Saludin in Barangay Labangal at around 2 p.m. on Wednesday.

Recovered from the suspect were two heat-sealed plastic sachets containing suspected matamphetamine hydrochloride or shabu, he said.

“She used to mainly operate in Silway area but transferred to other sites due to our heightened surveillance activities there,” he said.

At around 4 p.m., elements from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Region 12 nabbed suspect Harold Lumacad, a resident of Purok Cogonal of Barangay Poblacion in Alabel Sarangani.

Kath Abad, PDEA-12 information officer, said they recovered from the suspect six small sachets of suspected shabu and a P500 marked bill used in the buy-bust.

“He actually surrendered earlier to police personnel in Alabel but still continued with his illegal activities,” she said.

Aside from drug pushing, she said they received information that Lumacad is also involved in online or Internet scams.

Abad said the suspect had been duping mostly foreigners in various transactions and used his income from the illegal trade to fund his drug-related activities.

Before midnight on Wednesday, elements from the San Isidro police station arrested suspect Alden Leolalio in a follow-up operation in Purok Maligaya in Barangay San Isidro.

Seized from the suspect were four plastic sachets containing suspected shabu.

Pauya said the suspect is reportedly a cohort of alleged “big time” drug pushers Edilberto Lao and Teddy Pineda, who were arrested along Bougainvillea Street in Purok Malakas, San Isidro at past 8 p.m. on Tuesday.

He said recovered from Lao were five sachets of shabu, while Pineda yielded two sachets of shabu, a handgun and a grenade.

The two were included in the drug watch list of the San Isidro and the city police, he said.

Also arrested in another operation on Tuesday night were suspects Michael Bartulaba and Sherwin Boltron, who yielded three sachets of shabu.

The two, who were cousins, were reportedly repacking shabu when nabbed inside a hotel in Barangay City Heights.

(PNA)

Ex-“DDS”member part of LP plot to oust Rody – Cayetano

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ENATOR Alan Peter Cayetano, a staunch supporter of President Duterte, on Thursday raised the possibility the alleged ex-Davao Death Squad member who testified in the Senate was part of the plot of the Liberal Party (LP) to oust the president.

“Are you here because you want people to know the truth or is this part of LP’s plan B to return to Malacanang?” Cayetano asked the witness in Filipino during the Senate hearing on extrajudicial killings.

A certain Edgar Matobato, 57, claimed that the then Mayor recruited him as a member of the Lambada Boys, which eventually became known as the DDS, tasked to kill criminals in Davao City from 1988 to 2013.

Matobato recalled how the group was ordered by Duterte himself to kill criminals and non-criminals alike, citing the killing of bodyguards of then mayoral candidate Prospero Nograles who ran against Duterte in 2010, a certain Richard King who was a rival of incumbent Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte over a woman; radio reporter and critic of Duterte, Jun Pala; and an unnamed fixer who worked at the Land Transportation Office (LTO) among

others.

Cayetano asked Matobato if his reason for testifying was intended for good or if he merely wanted the President to be impeached so that Vice President and LP member Maria Leonoro “Leni” Robredo could take over.

Leila de Lima, Chair of the Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights, tried to stop Cayetano for his line of questioning and for consuming more than the allotted 10-minute time to interrogate, however, Cayetano argued that he should be allowed to “use his time.” ”I am not abusing my time, I am using my time,” Cayetano said when De Lima asked him to stop.

He also urged Matobato to name the person who asked him to testify at the Senate. But the witness denied to mention a name noting that he was concerned about the person’s safety.

Cayetano expressed his frustration over the committee’s failure to provide senators with a list of the witnesses prior to the hearing and for releasing misleading data with regards to the number of deaths being linked to the cur-

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PSA to focus on improving OFWs can now bring in P50k and out of PH quality of gov’t statistics O

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HE Philippines Statistics Authority (PSA) says it will focus on improving the quality of statistics contained in the agency’s Philippine Statistical Development Program (PSDP).

This, according to Candido Astrologo Jr., PSA assistant national statistician, during the Regional Dissemination Forum On PSDP Updates and Sustainable Goals on Sept.

15 at the Grand Regal Hotel, Davao City.

Astrologo explained the PSDP is an offshoot of the President Duterte’s socio-economic agenda, which is being implemented by NEDA and other concerned agencies through

the Philippine Development Plan.

The agency, he added, was established due to the need of national government agencies to produce high-quality statistical data.

According to Astrologo, the PSDP specifically aims to create a better statistical system with accurate statistics focusing on women, gender equality, education, infrastructure, among others.

The body, he added, also seeks to gather new statistics on disaster, governance, and climate change.

Moreover, Astrologo said the PDSP plans to explore non-traditional data sources,

such as citizen-generated data by rationalizing censuses and surveys.

“We need to maximize ICT (Information Collecting Technology), he said, as he encouraged other government agencies to use tablets and online surveys to gather data.

Astrologo stressed the need for statistical capacity development, as it will ensure the preparedness of data producers at the national and local levels.

The PSDP, he said, offers capacity-building activities for data processors, as well as trainings on data collection, processing, and analysis.

“We would also like to con-

duct seminars for the media,” said Astrologo, who believes that media should have a good understanding of statistics and be able to analyse the data given to them.

The PSDP, he said, also aims to strengthen ties with State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) on research work and training coverage.

Astrologo likewise called on other agencies to use open data, and make their data available via their respective websites “In such a way that any user could access it.”

He added that PDSP has already started sharing data with other agencies and vice-versa.

VERSEAS Filipino Workers (OFWs) who still have large holdings of New Design Series (NDS) can now heave a sigh of relief as the limit on the amount they can exchange for New Generation Currencies (NGCs) has been raised.

This is in line with the 11th foreign exchange liberalization of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) announced last August, BSP Deputy Governor Diwa Guinigundo said.

Under the latest foreign currency liberalization, the P10,000 limit for Philippine peso that can be brought in and out of the country was increased to P50,000 “to provide greater convenience to travelers to and from the Philippines.”

NDS, which were issued since 1985, had monetary value only until Dec. 31, 2015.

Demonetization of the old series paper bills was done three decades after the central bank issued the NDS. Under Section 57 of Republic Act (RA) No. 7653 or

the New Central Bank Act, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) may replace notes of any series that are more than five years old and coins that are more than 10 years old.

The BSP defines demonetization as “the process of removing the monetary value of a legal tender currency by the issuing authority.”

Demonetized currencies will no longer be accepted for payment of goods and services.

Philippine-based Filipinos may exchange their NDS holdings at the various central bank offices nationwide until the last banking day of 2016.

On the other hand, Filipinos who are residing overseas may register from Oct. 1 to Dec. 31, 2016, through the BSP website, www.bsp.gov.ph, to enable them to apply for the currency exchange. They can exchange their NDS within a year after registration.

Guinigundo said a circular will be issued announcing the increase of cap overseas-based Filipinos can swap for NGCs. (PNA)

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By TIZIANA CELINE S. PIATOS

TASTE TEST. An exhibitor uses “batirol” in preparing hot chocolate for guests who want to sample the company’s in demand cacao product during the opening of this year’s KakaoKonek at SMX Convention Center yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

DA to‘go elementary’– Usec. Laviña

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HE Department of Agriculture (DA) plans to “go elementary” as part of its strategy to address pressing issues confronting the country’s agriculture sector.

This was bared by DA Undersecretary for High Value Crops Evelyn Laviña during Wednesday’s dinner meeting with Regional Cacao Council Chairpersons at the SMX Convention Center.

Laviña recalled the remark of Country Representative of Cargill Philippines Philip Soliven during the Euromony Forum last week in response to the plans of DA to “bring back the appreciation of children in farming and in agriculture” by providing scholarships and training.

“After presenting the plans of the Department of Agriculture, sagot ni Cargill, ‘That’s too elementary!’” [After presenting the plans of the Department of Agriculture, Cargill (Soliven) remarked, “That’s too elementary!”]”, explained Laviña.

Laviña added the DA might be too elementary in its approach, but she believes this is the track they need to pursue in order to revitalize the nation’s agriculture sector.

“Napag-iwanan,” stressed Laviña.

The undersecretary reminded the participants to the meeting that among the main goals of President Duterte is to “feed the people” aside from eliminating corruption in gov-

ernment.

Laviña pointed out that food, being the most important commodity, must be made available to all Filipinos, noting that criminality happens because people are going hungry.

“Kung may pagkain tayo, busog. Kung may pagkain, may production, may pera, children could go to school, may health benefits, and a little shopping. We can sleep soundly at night kasi kumpleto ang pagkain, may pera. We can sleep soundly kasi walang papasok sa bahay mo, walang maghold up, walang drug addict kasi walang pera,” explained Laviña.

Meanwhile, the DA undersecretary expressed regret she would not be able to attend the

two-day Kakao Konek 2016 from Sept. 15 to 16 because she and DA Secretary Manny Piñol were travelling to Rome, Italy.

The DA officials are scheduled to meet with agriculture representatives of other countries and attend the Terra Madre Salone del Gusto 2016 to be participated in by Filipino farmers who will be showcasing their value-added and processed indigenous products.

During the event, Laviña said the DA and the farmer-participants will be introducing some of the Philippines’ endemic crops such as bangkiling or karmay, which can be processed as wine, while the labog leaf can be used in preparing various dishes.

HE City Tourism Operations Office (CTOO) wants to proceed with the restoration of Davao’s Little Tokyo, as the 19th Century Japanese settlement contains artifacts which continue to lure tourists.

According to Regina Rosa Tecson, CTOO office-in-charge, her office will have a meeting next week with Brgy. Capt. Ramon Bragamento and his constituents to discuss the details of the project.

Tecson said Bragamento has been a staunch supporter of the restoration initiative, which also has the backing of the Japanese Chamber and the Japan Development Council in Davao.

However, Tecson said the new area that was initially identified to be site of the project is not ideal due to the presence of informal settlers.

She explained a market that used to be the site of a Japanese hospital and a military base is being occupied by informal settlers.

Tecson said a Japanese monument within the school ground, which has been a favorite site of treasure hunters, as well as an old cemetery within the settlement needs major rehabilitation.

She said an old house owned by Dacudao family that used to be a hospital, is now being considered to be includ-

ed in the proposed heritage tour of Little Tokyo.

Tecson said the CTO needs to retrieve important documents in order to update the restoration plans that have been submitted to the Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority (TIEZA).

TIEZA has allocated P10 million for the restoration project’s master plan, and has visited the heritage site in 2014 as part of its initial site inspection.

The development of Little Tokyo has already been endorsed by the Davao City Government, which has issued a memorandum to local government officials instructing them to proceed with the development of the area.

Barangay Mintal, which is located in the third district of Davao City, is known as Davao City’s ‘Little Tokyo’ during the World War II, as Japanese troops settled there from 1919 to 1945.

One of Barangay Mintal’s popular landmarks is the Ohta Monument, a monolith in honor of Ohta Kyosaburo, considered by local historians as the “Father of Davao development.”

Other markers and obelisks of Japanese nationals who died as barangay residents during the war can be seen in and around Mintal, Toril and Calinan.

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PHL dev’t council for cacao created

By JERMAINE L. DELA CRUZ

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NATIONWIDE organization that aims to push for the development of the country’s cacao industry has finally been created.

The Philippine Cacao Industry Development Council (PCIDC) was formally established last Wednesday during a meeting of national cacao stakeholders at the SMX Convention Center in Davao City.

The PCIDC is headed by its new chairperson Valente Turtur, who is also the executive director of the Cacao Industry Development Association of Mindanao, Inc. (CIDAMI).

The election of PCIDC officers was participated in by Regional Cacao Council chairpersons and private sector representatives who are involved in cacao production.

Turtur is the chairperson of the National Technical Working Group which was responsible for crafting the Philippine Cacao Industry Roadmap that will serve as the “bible” of cacao industry players.

The formation of the PCIDC took place a day before the opening of the “Kakao Konek 2016: Asia Pacific Cocoa Conference” slated from Sept. 15 to 16, 2016 at the SMX Convention Center.

Department of Agriculture Asst. Secretary for High Value Crops Evelyn Lavina will act as PCIDC co-chairman, Charlie Puentespina of Malagos Chocolates as vice-chairperson for the private sector, and Undersecretary for Regional Operations Group (ROG) Zenaida Cuison-Maglaya as vice-chairperson for the government sector.

The Department of Trade and Industry Regional Office

XI (DTI-XI) will serve as the temporary secretariat of the PCIDC. The Department of Agriculture (DA), DTI, Board of Investments (BOI), Department of Science and Technology (DOST), Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA), Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP), and Small Business Corporation (SBC) will represent the government sector in the council.

On the other hand, the Regional Cacao Industry Council Chairpersons, Cacao Industry Development Association of Mindanao, Inc. (CIDAMI), and Cocoa Foundation of the Philippines, Inc. (CocoaPhil) will represent the private sector.

Speaking after the election of PCIDC officers, Turtur stressed the importance of the newly-formed council in the development of the country’s cacao industry.

“I will emphasize the word ‘development’ in the Philippine Cacao Industry Development Council. We are here for development,” he said.

The PCIDC, Turtur said, will focus on addressing key issues facing the Philippines cacao industry such as the proposal to develop a standard Philippine cacao brand, and the need to clarify the representation of the cacao sector with the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF).

The Regional Cacao Council chairpersons were one with the DA in designating the PCIDC chairperson as official representative to the PCAF’s sub-committee on cacao.

DOF expects moderate increase in inflation

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AST month’s slight increase in core inflation is an indication that commodity prices may rise moderately in the next few months.

Department of Finance (DOF) Undersecretary Gil Beltran, in a report submitted to Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III, said “the country’s low inflation regime will serve as a favorable environment for policymakers to further cultivate and sustain sound economic policies”.

The latest DOF economic bulletin showed that core inflation accelerated to its highest level this year at 2 percent in August after removing the impact of volatile food and fuel prices.

Beltran said, “Outlook for the immediate near-term may see modest uptick in inflation,

as indicated by the rise in core inflation from 1.9 percent to 2.0 percent.”

In August, headline inflation unexpectedly slowed to 1.8 percent from the previous month’s 1.9 percent due to the decline in prices of non-alcoholic beverages and food, particularly corn, meat and vegetables.

“The lower-than-expected inflation rate is largely accounted for by the continued easing of food prices. While the DOF had expected food prices to rise by 2.7 percent, actual increase turned out to be 2.4 percent,” Beltran noted.

Meanwhile, headline inflation for the first eight months of the year averaged 1.45 percent. This was even lower than the lowest end of the government’s inflation target of 2 percent to 4 percent. (PNA)

INCREASING DEMAND. Cacao Industry Development Association (CIDAMI) executive director Val Turtur says that for the last five years cacao farmers doubled their production as the demand for Davao cocoa is constantly increasing. Turtur, who was joined by Department of Trade and Industry

(DTI) undersecretary Zenaida Maglaya (left), made the statement in a news conference during the opening of KakaoKonek 2016 at SMX Convention Center yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

CTTOO: Davao to promote community-based tourism

By TIZIANA CELINE S. PIATOS

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N line with the Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio’s 10-point agenda, the Davao City Tourism and Operation Office (CTOO) plans to promote the traditions and culture of the city’s 11 tribal communities through a community-based program.

Newly-appointed City Tourism Officer-in-Charge Generose Tecson, who guested in yesterday’s i-Speak press forum, explainedt the said

community-based tourism program will help lumad communities develop their own tourist destinations.

“The program will promote not only the communities of the Indigenous People (IP) as a tourist destination but also as part of an educational tour that people and tourists can learn from,” Tecson added.

According to Tecson, barangay and deputy mayors

have a vital role to play in carrying out the program.

“I intend to talk to barangay and deputy mayors and ask them to help the city in identifying destinations and recreation that would help boost Davao’s tourism in their respective communities,” Tecson said.

Tecson added the office will ask barangay captains and deputy mayors to encourage all members of the community

to participate in the initiative.

In community-based tourism, she said, residents identify possible areas in the community that can be developed into tourist spots, and establish businesses around it.

With the surge in tourist arrivals, Tecson said Davao City needs more convention areas as “the city has [promoted] itself” as a key tourist and conference destination here in Mindanao.

The company has five malls in the country including one in Palawan, three in Davao City and one in Tagum City, Davao del Norte.

The 8,000-square meter mall, called the NCCC Buhangin Mall, is expected to cost around P1 billion and is considered the most expensive investment of the company to date. It will have a gross floor area of 19,444.61 square meters and a gross leasable area of 14,470.53

square meters with 85 shops.

The mall will have a basement carpark, supermarket and retail shops at the second level, department store and retail shops at the third level, cinemas and retail shops at the fourth level and a garden area and retail shops at the fifth level.

It can be recalled that NCCC started as a textile business and a small grocery store along R. Magsaysay St.

or Uyanguren St. NCCC has proven its staying power because after more than 35 years and amid the invasion of Manila-based malls, it is still a force to reckon with in Davao.

To be more competitive, the company built in 2003 along its three-hectare property the NCCC Mall in Maa. The company has branched out and it now has 30 neighborhood stores known as HB1. (PNA)

port, out of the 4,239,392 domestic and international job vacancies offered in job fairs nationwide in 2014 and 2015, only 391,088 among 1,286,073 applicants were hired on the spot.

Citing the current labor situation, the senator emphasized the problem was not the lack of jobs but the mismatch between workers’ skills and labor market requirements that was being felt in many parts of the world.

In the Philippines, jobskills mismatch is one of the main causes of unemployment in the youth sector.

Recent surveys reveal that Filipino youth suffers the highest rate of unemployment among age groups. The International Labor Organization estimates that unemployment rate among Filipino youth aged 15-24 averaged at 16.5 percent from 2010 to 2015.

The situation prompted the senator to file Senate Resolution No. 129 directing the Committee on Labor, Employment and Human Resources Development to review the state of job-skills mismatch in the country.

Among his recommendations to resolve the issue are

the 1) partnering with industry associations; (2) strengthening of enterprise-based training; (3) expanding of technical vocational education and training; and (4) institutionalizing the Philippine Qualifications Framework, or PQF. “If our people have relevant skills: they will have more choices; they will be right for the job; the pursuit of happiness can be real for them. Sama-sama po tayo sa paglikha ng mga batas para tuldukan na ang job-skills mismatch sa bansa at palawakin ang choices ng mga manggagawang Pilipino,” Villanueva said. (PNA)

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AVAO homegrown retail firm New City Commercial Corp.

(NCCC) Mall signaled the start of the construction phase of its fifth mall in Mindanao with the ground breaking of the four-storey mall in Buhangin along Communal-Indangan Road here on Wednesday.

“The target is to open the mall in April 2018,” Althea Lucas, LTS Malls, Inc. associate vice president said.

Job-skills mismatch must end – Sen. Villanueva

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INDI po trabaho ang kulang, ang kulang ay mga graduates na swak sa trabaho.”

On Wednesday, Senator Joel Villanueva expressed disapproval with the job-skills mismatch in the country.

In his first privilege speech, the senator said that mismatch was strongly felt in certain sectors such as manufacturing, electronics and semiconductor and tourism.

These are the sectors which are key employment generators based on the Philippine Development Plan.

According to a DOLE re-

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Jaycees’ bumper crop: 10 TOYM awardees from Davao P

By ANTONIO FIGUEROA

ATTERNED after the Ten Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) of America Awards, the TOYM, Philippine version, is the brainchild of Jaycees International (JCI), and has been in existence in the country since 1959 or a total of fifty-seven (57) years by 2016.

In terms of ratio, only a tenth of all TOYM awardees come from Mindanao, 10 of these with links to Davao region. Of the Davao recipients, only one is a woman.

Davao’s first TOYM awardee was Br. Raymond D. Legal, s.c., first Filipino Brother of the Sacred Heart who was honored in 1980 for Rural Education. A native of Pantukan, Compostela Valley Province, he went on to become secretary-general of the Rotary in Manila after leaving the religious life in 1983, and became the executive vice-president of the Davao Medical School Foundation (DMSF) until his death in 2007.

As the first Filipino superior of his congregation and first Filipino to become president of the prestigious Cor Jesu College in Digos City, he introduced educational innovations that became part of the school’s five-year development plan titled ‘An Educational Blueprint for the Holy Cross College of Digos,’ regarded as the institution’s greatest achievement.

The name Warlito A. Laquihon, a resident of Kinuskusan, Bansalan, Davao del Sur, does not ring a bell but in 1981 he was bestowed the TOYM Award for Countryside Development. A doctoral graduate of Ateneo de Davao University and the University of Mindanao (UM) Graduate Institute, he distinguished himself as the first barefoot technician of the Cotabato Rural Urban Uplift Movement (CORUM); first planning and development coordinator of Mindanao Baptist Rural Life Center (MBRLC); one of three key propagators of the now world-famous Sloping Agricultural Land Technology (SALT), Food Always in the Home (FAITH) and Baptist Out of School Training (BOOST) Program.

Born in Angare, Dueñas, Iloilo, he developed the Mountain Integrated Development and

Stewardship (MIDAS) Project, the first “natural farming” model for the Philippine uplands. He was included in the prestigious American publication, the Marquis Who’s Who, in 1996.

Formerly the first editor of the now defunct Davao-based San Pedro Express, Alfrredo Navarro Salanga (double ‘r’) was recognized among his peers as a genius and was a known poet, fictionist, and essayist. Though born in Manila, some of his legacies are in Mindanao. He graduated from Ateneo de Manila as a scholar and received the Mulry Award for Literary Excellence.

During martial law, he was detained for writing social and political commentaries. After his release he returned to Mindanao to set up the Department of Communication of Ateneo de Davao while working on the side with several social development foundations. Back in Manila, he worked as freelance journalist, book reviewer, and columnist, resident poet of the University of the Philippines (UP), and co-founder of the Philippine Literary Arts Council, the Manila Critics Circle, and the Philippine Board on Books for Young People (PBBY). In 1984 he was given the TOYM Award for Literature & Journalism.

For his work in defending the poor and the oppressed during Martial Law, Prospero C. Nograles, Mindanao’s first House Speaker, was honored in 1989 the TOYM Awards for Human Rights.

A bar topnotcher and erstwhile president of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP), Davao City, he went on to become a fivetime Davao City congressman. Though a true-blue Atenean, he was appointed executive assistant to the UP president and deputy general counsel and chief general counsel of the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP).

Prospero C. Nograles

Miguel Rene A. Dominguez

Emmanuel D. Pacquiao

José Íñigo Homer L. Ayala

Warlito A. Laquihon

Tony Tan Caktiong

Dennis Joseph I. Salvador

Raymond D. Legal

Syvelyn J. Tan

Alfrredo Navarro Salanga

Known for his songs and poetry, José Íñigo Homer L. Ayala (Joey Ayala) introduced native instruments such as the two-stringed Hegalong, the Kubing or the bamboo jaw harp, and the Kulintang in mainstream music and mixed them with modern pop sounds. He first created public awareness by releasing an album recorded in a makeshift studio in 1982 in Davao City.

He also set up the band ‘Bagong Lumad’, was chairman of the National Committee on Music under the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), and was featured abroad for his unique ethnic renditions of modern music. A Datu Bago awardee, Davao City’s highest honor, he was chosen in 1989 for the TOYM Award for Arts & Contemporary Music.

The only woman in the list, Syvelyn J. Tan, 1989 TOYM Awardee for Government Service, was a former regional director of the Department of Trade and Industry in Southern Mindanao (1987-91). She launched bold and creative development initiatives that included From Davao to the World, Mindanao World Bound, Invest in Davao, and the Mindanao Exports Congress.

She was at the helm of the 1st East ASEAN Business Convention and Exhibits, the first global trade fair in Davao City held in November 1994, which officially introduced the Brunei Darussalam Indonesia Philippines’ East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA). She later became the first head of the city’s Davao Investment and Promotions Center (DIPC).

A high school alumnus of Davao Central High School, Tony Tan Caktiong, one of the country’s richest persons, is the founder-owner of the world-famous Jollibee and chairman of over two-dozen other food firms here and abroad. As one of the country’s most successful businessman, he was honored in 1990 the TOYM Award for Entrepreneurship.

His huge contribution to the country’s fastfood industry also earned him, among others, the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year World, World Entrepreneur of the Year Award, Management Man of the Year, and Agora Award for Outstanding Marketing Achievement.

Rounding up the roster of Davao TOYM honorees are Dennis Joseph I. Salvador, for Wildlife Conservation (2000); Emmanuel D. Pacquiao, for Sports (2004) and Miguel Rene A. Dominguez, for Government Service (2013).

Salvador’s link to Davao is his leadership and conservation work at the Philippine Eagle Foundation (PEF), where he is the executive director. Little is known about this low-profile worker, but his life-long environmental advocacy is something that makes him a treue model.

Although a resident of Gen. Santos City, Pacquiao, the world’s only eight-division and 10time world boxing champ, has numerous business interests in Davao, where his MP Promotions is also based. He used to own a residence in the city but has since been disposed of it. Prior to his halcyon years, he fought so many ring battles while training in the durian city.

Meanwhile, Dominguez, a secondary course graduate of Ateneo de Davao University before completing Economics degree at Boston College in Massachusetts, USA, is a three-time governor of Sarangani Province and heir to multi-million investments. He is the son of former presidential assistant Paul Rene Dominguez and wife Rosvida Alcantara, heir to the extensive Alcantara & Sons interests. His parents are from Davao City.

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EDITORIAL When clowns talk

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NYBODY from Davao who is watching the ongoing Senate investigation where a witness named Edgar Matobato restified on the existence of the Davao Death Squad (DDS) knows this guy is lying.

Elsewhere, the folly could be convincing.

This is the dangers of the televised Senate hearing where it appears a man is thrown on the witness stand and allowed to talk while the nation is watching.

The allegations are very serious and sensitive and for a nation who just had a very divisive elections, this process is as divisive as it can be.

The intentions of the main characters of the probe and the timing coming off the heels of the resounding victory of President Rodrigo Duterte and the downfall of the Liberal Party’s ambitious bid to continue to lord it over the country’s political landscape are leading us to a conclusion that indeed the battle is not over as far as the LP is

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Senator Leila De Lima may deny it but this hearing in the Senate is very much political. Slowly, the characters are showing their colors again and that is why we are now seeing Sen. Antonio Trillanes coming into the picture again.

How far this probe will go and whatever it will come to prove is immaterial. It has by far served its purpose of advancing the demolition job of the President.

The longer the hearing will go, the more divisive and disturbing it can get and that is likely the intention of some parties. Who loses in the end? It’s the people again who will be stalled in this lingering political bickering bordering on crab mentality.

Matobato could clown his way in this hearing and lie for all he care under oath. He is obviously someone’s puppet unleashed to spray lies. His account of facts were spotty, the time and locations awefully wrong.

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OCTORS who specialize on metabolic and cardiovascular diseases call hypertension and diabetes as “deadly duo.” The two are like wheel and carriage; if one is present, the other is also there. Generally, it is a rule rather than an exception.

“It is not so clear why a significant number of people with diabetes have hypertension,” explains Dr. Jocelyn Capuli-Isidro, a consultant endocrinologist at Makati Medical Center and the St. Luke’s Medical Center.

In an article she writes for “DiabetEASE,” Dr. Capuli-Isidro points out: “Those who are initially diagnosed with high blood pressure eventually develop diabetes sooner than those with normal blood pressure.”

Before probing deeper, let’s discuss first about the two. Hypertension comes first. “When blood pressure is checked, two values are recorded,” “The Merck Manual of Medical Information” notes. “The higher value reflects the highest pressure in the arteries, which is reached when the heart contracts (during systole). The lower value reflects the lowest pressure in the arteries, which is reached just before the heart begins to contract again (during diastole). Blood pressure is written as systolic pressure/diastolic pressure -- for example, 120/80 mm Hg (millimeters of mercury). This reading is referred to as ‘120 over 80.’”

A person is said to be hypertensive if he or she has persistent elevations of BP: a systolic blood pressure greater than 140 mm Hg (millimeters mercury) or a diastolic blood pressure of more than 90 mm Hg. An individual has a mild hypertension if

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REWAR budgets, in reference to America-era appropriations, were not done annually but every two years. This means that a bill filed in Congress covered two years but did not necessarily mean the entries were identical or carried over. Given the long hours needed to flesh out monetary proposals and the redundant hearings meant to verify the budgetary entries in the guise of scrutinizing projects, the practice made sense.

Compared to next year’s national budget under the 2017 General Appropriations Act (GAA) the Duterte admin submitted to Congress a proposed P3.35-trillion budget, which is 83,750% bigger compared to the approved 1923 national budget of only P40,633,084! In today’s terms, this P40-million outlay is akin in size to the allotment the University of the Philippines (UP) set aside in 2013 for Project NOAH (Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards), the country’s flagship program in disaster mitigation.

In the 1922-23 outlay, there were 11 departments, with 37 line agencies under them. The frontline offices included the Senate, House of Representatives, the Executive, Supreme Court, the offices under the Governor General, the departments of the Interior, Public Instructions, Finance, Justice, Agriculture and Natural Resources, Commerce and Communications, and UP. Let’s take a peek at the comparative allocations approved for 1922 and 1923. Take note that some appropriations of 1923 were significantly lower than the preceding year’s. For clarity and distinction, the 1922 national budget is enclosed in parenthesis, to wit: Senate, PhP541,838 (PhP551,882); House

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the systolic BP is between 140 THINK ON THESE! to 159 mm Hg or the diastolic BP is between 90 to 99 mm Hg. When the systolic BP is higher than 160 mm Hg or a diastolic BP is greater than 100 mm Hg, a Henrylito D. Tacio person is said to henrytacio@gmail.com have a moderate to severe hypertension.

Unfortunately, Filipinos with hypertension are not aware of their condition until they begin to suffer illnesses that have associated complication with hypertension. “Hypertension per se does not kill, but the complications are the ones that disable and kill a hypertensive,” said Dr. Rafael Castillo, a cardiologist at the Manila Doctors’ Hospital.

The “Medical News Today” (MNT) considers diabetes as “a metabolism disorder.” Metabolism refers to the way your bodies use digested food for energy and growth. Most of what you eat is broken down into glucose. Glucose is a form of sugar in the blood - it is the principal source of fuel for our bodies.

“When our food is digested, the glucose makes its way into our bloodstream,” MNT explains. “Our cells use the glucose for energy and growth. However, glucose cannot enter our cells without insulin being present - insulin makes it

possible for our cells to take in the glucose.”

Insulin is a hormone released from the pancreas. “After eating, the pancreas automatically releases an adequate quantity of insulin to move the glucose present in our blood into the cells, as soon as glucose enters the cells blood-glucose levels drop,” MNT notes.

A person with diabetes has a condition in which the quantity of glucose in the blood is too elevated (hyperglycemia). “This is because the body either does not produce enough insulin, produces no insulin, or has cells that do not respond properly to the insulin the pancreas produces,” MNT says. “This results in too much glucose building up in the blood. This excess blood glucose eventually passes out of the body in urine. So, even though the blood has plenty of glucose, the cells are not getting it for their essential energy and growth requirements.”

People with hypertension and diabetes are courting for trouble. “Having both conditions is very lethal as they can lead to heart attack, stroke, or blockage of the arteries in the legs and in other parts,” Dr. Capuli-Isidro cautions. “Diabetes patients with hypertension are at higher risk for complications such as kidney failure or blindness.”

The lady physician, who is a member of the medical bureau of Diabetes Center Philippines, urges diabetics to have a regular physical activity on five or more days of the week, at least 30 minutes per day. “Patients are advised to walk briskly for 30 to 40 minutes every day, but any aerobic activity can improve heart function.,” she writes.

Diabetics should also follow a healthy diet.

“A healthy diet is low in fat, low in salt and high in fiber and other nutrients,” she says. “Starchy foods are better than foods that are high in simple sugars such as pastries, cakes, and fruits in big amounts.”

Among the better starchy foods she recommends are whole-grain bread, whole-wheat pasta, brown or black rice. Lean meat is preferred over fatty meat as sources of protein. Chicken breast is better than chicken thighs or legs.

Salt is restricted in the diet. “Too much salt leads to water retention and makes a person more at risk for high blood pressure, heart attack or stroke,” she warns. “Processed foods are high in salt and must be discouraged.”

Smoking must be stopped. “People with diabetes are advised to stop smoking as it does not only affect the lungs but also makes the arteries stiff particularly those on the legs,” she says.

Intake of alcohol must be limited. “Avoiding excessive alcohol consumption (no more than two servings per day in men and no more than one serving per day in women) is advisable,” she says.

Now for those diabetes patients who have a hard time managing their hypertension with lifestyle modification alone “may be managed with antihypertensive medications when their blood pressure remains at 140/90 mmHg or above.”

According to Dr. Capuli-Isidro, diabetes and hypertension treatment will not be complete unless cholesterol is managed alongside with them. “The choice anticholesterol medication is a statin. Some examples include simvastatin, atorvastatin or rosuvastatin,” she writes.

of RepreFAST BACKWARD sentatives: PhP1,069,371 (PhP862,030); Executive: PhP907,780 (PhP1,219,734); Supreme Court: PhP246,265 (PhP249,538); The app r o p r i a t i o n Antonio V. Figueroa for the offices under the jurisdiction of the Governor General amounted to PhP744,502 (PhP667,595), namely: Bureau of Audits: PhP401,032 (PhP426,155); Bureau of Civil Service: PhP110,470 (PhP113,440); and General Purposes: PhP233,000 (PhP128,000).

Budget for the Department of the Interior totaled PhP6,850,835 (PhP7,225,905), divided as follows: Executive Bureau: PhP243,755 (PhP283,132); Bureau of Non-Christian Tribes: PhP603,880 (PhP845,238); Constabulary: PhP4,704,380 (PhP4,725,439); General Hospital: PhP1,007,733 (PhP1,011,932); Public Welfare Commission: PhP263,467 (PhP329,544); Pharmaceutical Examining Board: (PhP19,470); and Examining Boards: PhP27,620 (PhP11,060).

Meanwhile, the Department of Public Instruction had an allotment of PhP10,925,023 (PhP11,158,706) for its line agencies, namely: Bureau of Education: PhP7,615,971 (PhP8,058,634); Health Service: PhP3,166,223 (PhP2,950,012); and Quarantine Service: PhP142,829 (PhP150,060).

The Department of Finance, in contrast, had a 1923 budget of PhP3,167,684 (PhP3,892,456), broken down as follows: Bureau of Customs, PhP1,046,608 (PhP1,466,316); Bureau of Internal Revenue: PhP699,303 (PhP683,660); Treasury Bureau: PhP187,205 (PhP281,710); and Bureau of Printing: PhP1,234,568 (PhP1,460,770) For its part, the Department of Justice, with the largest outlay, was allocated PhP3,046,717 (PhP3,201,583), which was divided as follows: Bureau of Justice: PhP150,070 (PhP137,230); Courts of First Instance and Justice of the Peace Courts: PhP1,374,212 (PhP1,323,464); General Land Registration Office: PhP185,410 (PhP192,900); Philippine Library and Museum: PhP165,694 (PhP170,524); Bureau of Prisons: PhP831,731 (PhP970,611); Industrial Division, Bureau of Prisons: PhP303,440 (PhP371,134); and Public Utilities Board: PhP36,160 (PhP35,720).

On the other hand, the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources had an allotment of PhP4,003,798 (PhP4,209,780), as follows: Bureau of Agriculture: PhP1,258,240 (PhP1,316,900); Bureau of Forestry: PhP516,812 (PhP547,200); Bureau of Lands: PhP1,409,380 (PhP1,511,800); Bureau of Science: PhP596,426 (PhP598,820); and Weather Bureau: PhP220,940 (PhP235,060) The Department of Commerce and Communications, the second biggest budget, had an outlay of PhP7,249,796 (PhP8,717,371), distributed as follows: Bureau of Public Works: PhP1,218,804 (PhP1,386,180); Bureau of Posts: PhP3,061,263 (PhP2,908,186); Bureau

of Supply: PhP371,587 (PhP450,872); Division of Cold Sores and Ice Plant: PhP499,700 (PhP599,291); Bureau of Commerce and Industry: PhP1,026,483 (PhP1,674,932); Division of Shipyards and Repair Shops: PhP642,520 (PhP1,194,310); Bureau of Labor: PhP155,866 (PhP223,680); and Bureau of Coast and Geodetic Survey: PhP273,600 (PhP319,920) UP had an appropriation of PhP1,573,000 (PhP1,450,000), plus another outlay for its Emergency Fund, which amounted to PhP356,475 (PhP2,685,850). Overall, the grand total for year 1923 was PhP40,633,084, while the previous year’s allotment was PhP46,092,430.

Taking a lesson or two from the past, the matter of preparing the national budget has become more complex and intricate. Even the accounting methods used in tracking down state expenditures have evolved due to the growing number of projects involved, budgetary policies adopted, foreign aids, discretionary and intelligence funds, and a host of other factors that come with addressing the funding requirements of copious line items in any national appropriation.

The Cabinet-level departments, with or without portfolio, have also swelled over the decades to more than 30 agencies with hundreds of offices under them. This is, of course, on top of the offices the President creates to handle programs he has in mind. As the demand for an efficient public service expands, so is the need to create state subsidiaries to handle the new challenges. There is also the exponential rise of budgetary allotments to keep the engines of government running; Otherwise, there will be a failure of governance.

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proposal, taking into account its legal, cultural and religious dimensions.

De Leon pointed out the proposed measure does not aim to discriminate against anyone, as he stressed the proposed security measure will be applied equally to all regardless of religion.

He added that Muslim women will still be able to maintain their privacy, as they will be led to an isolated area where they will be asked to remove their burqa and be inspected by a lady police officer.

“They can be put in a closed area and we will assign

a female police officer. She (officer) could be a Muslim and she will be the one to check them,” de Leon said Several countries have banned the use of hijabs or Islamic face veils, burqa and niqab in public places.

France is the first country to implement such a ban that took effect in April of 2011.

In July 2011, Belgium followed by banning the use of burqa and other full face veils in public places.

Other countries that also prohibite the use of face veils include Netherlands, Egypt, Switzerland, Italy and Chad.

linked the vice mayor to the killing of Cebu-based businessman Richard King who was gunned down in Davao City sometime in 2014.

But the eldest of the Duterte siblings shrugged off the

allegations made by Matobato and called the witness a “madman.”

“I will not dignify with an answer the accusations of a madman,” Vice-Mayor Paolo said in his statement.

is the key in successful police or military operations against lawless elements.

The same applies in neutralizing persons involved in the illegal drug trade, he added.

As CCCH chair, Galvez has been regularly coordinating with his counterpart in the MILF in the hunt against kidnappers, carnappers and armed lawless elements in areas near MILF camps.

The 6th ID chief cited the vast Liguasan marshland where illegal drug personalities have allegedly sought refuge.

He said joint operations against drug personalities will be effective in the marshland since the MILF knows the terrain better.

The Moro rebel group which signed a peace deal with the government in 2014, has publicly declared it was against illegal drugs, calling it “haram” (forbidden) for Muslims. It formed anti-drug teams to eradicate the drug menace in Muslim communities.

Von Al Haq, MILF military spokesperson, has said more than 40 Moro residents who were suspected of having been involved in peddling, using and

producing prohibited drugs are now undergoing religious reorientation inside MILF’s Camp Darapanan in Maguindanao.

“Illegal drug is the common enemy of both the MILF and the government forces,” AlHaq said in a radio interview.

Mangudadatu earlier ordered all local government executives of 36 municipalities to require all government employees in their locality to undergo compulsory drug test.

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At the Maguindanao provincial capitol, Mangudadatu ordered surprised drug test in July. The result, 18 employees, mostly job orders and contractual, were found positive of illegal drug use.

Mangudadatu also vowed to work closely with the 6th ID commander in helping the government contain armed groups that made the province haven for terrorists.

The outlawed Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) operates in Maguindanao as well as local terrorist organizations that expressed sympathy to international terrorist organization Islamic State of Iran and Iraq (ISIS) (PNA)

EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH WAIVER

Notice is hereby given that the estate of the late ALFREDO JR. DEOCAMPO SABAY has been the subject of an EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH WAIVER executed among his heirs per Doc. No.9; Page No.2; Book No. XIV; Series of 2016, of the NOTARY PUBLIC JANIS LOUIS H. ESPARCIA. 9/9,16,23

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he explained Veloso’s case to Duterte during their meeting, that Veloso was found guilty by the court for carrying 2.6 kilograms of heroin in her luggage.

Widodo said the legal process on Veloso’s case would be followed up by Attorney General M. Prasetyo.

Malacañang however, clarified that what Duterte told Widodo during their meeting was to “follow your own laws and we will not interfere.”

Presidential Spokesman

Ernesto Abella said Duterte had no categorical statement telling Widodo to push through with the execution.

Veloso, a mother of two, was convicted for bringing in 2.6 kilos of heroin at the Yogyakarta Airport in 2010.

Her execution by firing squad was put on hold in 2015 to allow her to testify against her recruiters who allegedly duped her into transporting the illegal drugs to Indonesia.

(PNA)

rent administration.

Senator Antonio “Sonny” Trillanes IV later declared Cayetano out-of-order for consuming more time than other senators while asking questions, noting that he was not even a member of the committee.

Cayetano and Trillanes began to argue until De Lima called for a two-minute break. De Lima also called Cayetano out-of-order after he refused to be stopped from speaking.

In an interview with reporters, Cayetano described Matobato’s testimony as “100 percent lies.”

He said that the Commission on Human Rights (CHR)

already denied the existence of the said death squad after it conducted public hearings in Davao and even requested the Ombudsman to investigate on murder cases attributed to the DDS. The final disposition approved by the Office of the Ombudsman showed that “no evidence was gathered to support the killings attributed or attributable to the DDS.” Cayetano also said that Matobato, who had been under the Justice Department’s Witness Protection Program (WPP) since 2014, was allegedly close to De Lima, back when she was still justice secretary. (PNA)

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Notice is hereby given that the estate of the late DOMINADOR FIEL CARRILLO who died on June 19, 2015 in Davao City has been the subject of an Extra Judicial Settlement of Estate executed among his heirs, per Doc. No.51; Page No.11; Book No. I; Series of 2015, of the NOTARY PUBLIC IZABEL F. SERIÑA. 9/2,9,16

out that Senator Leila de Lima, who chairs the Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights, used to head both the Commission on Human Rights and the Department of Justice.

“Why was it that there was no case filed against Mayor Duterte? Senator de Lima had more than six years to file any case she deems worthy to be filed. The question that begs asking is why investigate only now?” he said.

It is a futile attempt to divert public attention from the parties responsible for the proliferation of illegal drugs in the Bureau of Corrections, he said.

De Lima and Duterte have been trading barbs even before the President was elected.

Duterte accused de Lima of protecting high-profile drug convicts. He even revealed that her alleged boyfriend-driver was involved in the illegal drug trade. (PNA)

ducing income tax rates to put more money in the pockets of wage-earners plus low- and middle-income taxpayers and further stimulate economic growth.

At the same briefing, Dominguez told the legislators that the DOF has “put the packages together so that there will be a balance between revenue-eroding mea-

sures and revenue-enhancing measures.”

Dominguez told the House panel that the final tax reform plan that will be presented to the Congress this month will “comprise four packages.

Each of the packages will correspond to a bill that balances policy trade-offs. Other packages may be considered as needed.”

and trainings,” he said in the vernacular.

The Pres. Manuel A. Roxas and Polanco in Zamboanga del Norte are the two municipalities that benefited from the DILG Performance Challenge

Fund, which received new classroom buildings and facilities.

Students from both schools are also very happy over the benefits of the new facilities.

(PNA)

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Notice is hereby given that the estate of the late FE OCAÑADA CARRILLO who died on October 17, 2015 in Davao City has been the subject of an Extra Judicial Settlement of Estate executed among her heirs, per Doc. No.92; Page No.19; Book No. I; Series of 2015, of the NOTARY PUBLIC IZABEL F. SERIÑA. 9/2,9,16

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ALL CHINESE PAINTERS ARE ARTISTS, BUT NOT ALL ARTISTS ARE CHINESE PAINTERS. At least that’s what I realized during Dr. Alex and Dr. Felix Chan Lim’s live demonstration and hands-on tutorial on creating Chinese-style watercolor art using the Chinese brush.

“The Chan Lim Family of Artists and Students” has been exhibiting their work at SM Lanang Premier, their partner mall, for four consecutive years now.

They are considered innovators of the Chinese painting-style watercolor art that caters to the publics’ ever-increasing curiosity and interest. “Every year, we want to feature a different application for Chinese paintings aside from rice paper, to give the audience something to be at awe about. We have painted on Chinese fans—giant ones and regular-sized ones, on porcelain plates, we do collaboration works—wherein two or multiple artists paint one subject in one scroll; now we are featuring our Chinese lanterns and 3D paintings,” Dr. Alex proudly exclaims.

Seeing Dr. Felix Chan Lim manipulating a Chinese brush was an art performance in itself. He explains that controlling the size of the stoke is all in the angle and pressure that you put on the brush—but of course, that is easier seen than done! As I have tried it myself, I could definitely say this is the style where the stereotypical idea that painting is a breeze isn’t quite true. Watercolor seems to be one of the hardest mediums of all!

Typically, when one does Westernstyle watercolor art, you may sketch your concept first with a pencil, but with a Chinese painting, you cannot use a pencil because it is not the usual practice to leave any visible markings on the canvass. Therefore, you had to ramp up your imagination and motor skills when doing a regular watercolor piece compared to being contemplative when using acrylic. In fact, using the Chinese brush and rice paper to do watercolor art requires one to be ten times as attentive. And that is only half of the battle. Half of the battle is mastering the skills of effectively handling the medium itself.

“One of the lessons we teach in our studio in Manila is learning the anatomy of the subjects—may it be a certain type of tree, flower, and/or animal. It is because Chinese art is not in the discipline of being abstract. Although Chinese paintings fall in the ‘Impressionism’ style, a Chinese painter must still implement the natural patterns of his/her subject,” Dr. Felix explains.

When asked about all their years of exhibiting, the effort they have put into it, and the cost in setting each exhibit, they just laughed and said: “Oh, don’t ask us about that! We will go crazy if we stop and think about it! But really, we are doing it all for the love and passion of our art and advocacy in promoting the Chinese culture in art. Our main goal when-

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A cherry blossom tree collaborative piece by the brothers Dr. Alex Chan Lim and Dr. Felix Chan Lim. Different stroke styles and interpretation give more character to one artwork

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ever we do exhibitions like these is never to sell, if people are interested, then they can contact us after; and we do not have it in our practice to ask for any sponsorships.” Truly, it is a family endeavor, with three generations helping each other hand-in-hand (sometimes literally) to make every exhibit a success. Davaoeños would like to extend their appreciation to the Chan Lim family for celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival (Lunar Festival) in the city despite the recent and unfortunate incident at the Roxas night market.

The Chan Lim exhibit is located at the ground floor of SM Lanang Premier and will run until Sept. 25, 2016.

Clockwise from left: An intimate Chinese brush tutorial and trivia with Dr. Alex Chan Lim and Dr. Felix Chan Lim. A grape and vine collaborative piece by Jolex Chan Lim and Ciara Mae Ong Lim. A combination of bold and delicate strokes by individual artists that give this still life more depth.

A myriad of lanterns celebrating the distinctive style of the Chinese watercolor discipline exhibited by the Chan Lim Family of Artists and Students. The author poses with a work by Dr. Alex Chan Lim. Dr. Felix Chan Lim’s live demo of the proper use of the Chinese brush while creating a rose.

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Healthy habits: It’ HEALTH IS WEALTH. This seems to be 40-year old Philip Garcia’s mantra.

“My forever sport is basketball,” he confessed, “And my hobbies include anything about the 4x4 trucks—off road trail and muddy adventures and sometimes racing. I take my boys to weekend rides, and the racing part I get to do whenever I’m in Davao for the major festivals.”

Even if Philip works the night shift as an ER nurse in a Frisco, Texas hospital, this dad hasn’t strayed from his active lifestyle.

His sons, 14-year old Marco and 11-year old Buddy, are witnesses to his healthy habits and they are right behind him on this path.

Both his kids are members of their school’s basketball league, which has produced elite players who now compete nationally. They are second-degree black belters in mixed martial arts, and are qualifiers in the state’s swimming competition, too. All of these activities have scheduled practices spread throughout the week, with weekends as tournament days.

“They chose these sports themselves, and my wife and I support

them all the way. We take turns in taking them to their regular practices on the weekday and on the weekend tournaments, we catch it as a family.”

Schoolwork is top priority. It’s the number one rule and the kids abide by it — with top marks to boot.

Marco is also a member of the national junior honor society, while Buddy is on the gifted and talented program.

That’s not all. They’re part of their school’s music squad. Marco is a trumpeter in the middle school band, which has won various competitions in Texas, and Buddy is learning to play the tuba in a start

up band.

But what the kids need not be told about is paying attention to how they look. Or good grooming must have been passed on to them genetically. Father and sons always try to look their best when they step out of the house.

“Being in the health care profession, we have set a high standard on proper grooming, as well as having healthy lifestyle. It is imperative to look my best.”

“I’m always in front of people all ages and walks of life, and taking care of my patients and their families. Grooming, for me, is part of who I am. I want to look good on the outside and feel good in the

inside.”

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on the race car or truck barber seat.

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Philip is at home with Rocky’s.

When he’s in Davao, he makes sure there’s a boys’ trip to the barbers.

It’s the bonding and pampering time before heading back to the US. “I will always love this homegrown barbershop. The people are easy to chat with just like the typical barbershops back in the day, the atmosphere is always welcoming and the eagerness to extend good service with each visit.”

On Rocky’s 20th year in the men’s grooming business, Philip only wish is for Rocky’s to continue to be of good service to the clients it serves.

Rocky’s Barbershop is the first barbershop to open in a mall in Davao City in 1996. All its five branches today are conveniently located in malls- Victoria Plaza, Abreeza Mall, GMall, SM City & SM Lanang Premier in Davao City, and Centrio Ayala Mall in Cagayan de Oro City. 2016 marks its 20th year in the business.

Philip, Marco and Buddy are the featured Father and Sons personalities for September in the 2016 Traditions calendar of Rocky’s.

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DAKILA presents Pecha Kucha Night: Heroism Volume 3

FOR THE 3RD TIME, Dakila Davao Collective brings you the only Pecha Kucha Night in Davao City this coming Saturday, September 17 at K1 Family KTV Cafe Spa, Torres, Davao City. This year’s theme sheds light on the youth’s concept of modern heroism.

Speakers coming from different sectors (art, activism, environment, journalism, and even military) will deliver talks about the modern heroism. The Pecha Kucha follows a 20x20 presentation where speakers show 20 slides each for 20 seconds. Pecha Kucha Nights are informal yet fun gatherings where people are encouraged to share their works and exchange ideas.

The first successful Pecha Kucha Night was launched August 15 last year with the theme “Minute Movies: Telling Big Stories Through Short Films”.

December 5 of the same year, another Pecha Kucha Night was organized to know the psychology behind selfies, thus the theme “SELFIE” Dakila, a collective of passionate individuals, organized such event to push an person’s capacity to make a difference and to mobilize the people in bringing forth heroism towards social change.

For the complete details of this upcoming event, visit our facebook page- Pecha Kucha Davao Volume 3. For other inquiries and to confirm attendance for Pecha Kucha Night, you may contact Jessica Madrazo at lahingdakiladavao@gmail.com or at 09258241803.

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Dennis Trillo wins big in int’l drama award DRAMA KING DENNIS TRILLO BAGS THE ASIAN STAR PRIZE IN SEOUL INTERNATIONAL DRAMA AWARDS IN SOUTH KOREA. The award recognizes and rewards Asian talent widely beloved by the Korean audience. To date, Dennis is the first ever Filipino actor to receive the said award.

In his acceptance speech, the Kapuso actor thanked the awardgiving body for the honor and recognition. He also dedicated his award to GMA Network, his family, loved ones, and to all the Filipinos.

“I would like to thank the Seoul International Drama Awards for this honor and recognition.

This is very special to me because it was given by the Korean people who are very well known in creating the best dramas in the world.

In the Philippines, we also do our best in trying to create quality programs for the Filipino audience. This award will continue to inspire me in honing my craft as a dramatic actor.

I also would like to

share this award with my home network, GMA7, to my family, to my loved ones, to all the Filipinos and all my supporters.

Thank you very much!

Kamsahamnida! To God be the glory! Mabuhay ang mga Pilipino!”

Seoul International Drama Awards is a festival that brings together all professionals in the field of TV drama production and media industry and global audiences who enjoy television dramas. Organized by Seoul Drama Awards Organizing Committee and Korean Broadcasters Association, Seoul International Drama Awards strives to achieve the following goals: continuous development of the Korean Wave, promotion of healthy participation in

festivals and vitalization of tourism in Seoul.

The award-giving body is supported by The Ministry of Culture, Seoul Metropolitan Government, KBS, MBC, SBS, EBS, Corea Drama Production Association, Korean TV & Radio Writers Association and Korean TV Drama Producers

GMA ARTIST CENTER’S AUGUST CELEBRANTS DERRICK MONASTERIO, MAX COLLINS AND SANYA LOPEZ took time off of their schedules to spend their birthdays with their chosen charities.

For his 21st birthday, Derrick paid visit to the patients in the Ambulatory Pediatric Oncology Unit of the Lung Center of the Philippines and shared an intimate get together with them. The kids were happy to share a simple merriment with the Kapuso heartthrob, who was very engaging and friendly towards to the patients as well as their families.

“Every year I look forward to this because I get the chance to meet real inspirational people.

Makikita mong very strong sila and I get inspiration from that,” said the Kapuso star.

For Max, her 24th birthday became extra special when she went on a spa party with her fans.

The lucky fans got the opportunity to be up close

and personal with Max as they laughed and chatted over cupcakes and refreshments.

“This has been a unique experience for me because I got to bond with the people who were there for me since day one. It felt like we were really in one big barkada and I enjoyed spending the day with them. It was really fun,” shared the Kapuso actress.

And after landing on the prestigious role of Sang’gre Danaya in Encantadia, Sanya could not pass up the opportunity

to give back on her 20th birthday. She spent a day with the abused women of The Haven: National Center for Women in Muntinlupa. After throwing a simple celebration with them, she gave an inspirational talk about how to fight for women’s rights.

“Naniniwala ako na ang mga babae, dapat iginagalang at nirerespeto kaya gusto ko silang ipaglaban. It feels good to fight for your own rights as long as you’re not hurting anyone.” concluded the Kapuso actress.

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Association. The Seoul International Drama Awards Ceremonies is broadcasted live on KBS 2TV. Dennis Trillo topbilled the recently concluded well-loved Kapuso primetime series Juan Happy Love Story with Philippine TV’s Sweetheart Heart Evangelista.

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FAO expands response to El Niño in Mindanao T

HE Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has expanded its El Niño response operations in Mindanao to provide farm inputs to an additional 5 500 small-scale farming households and improve the resilience of communities in the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) and Region XII-SOCCSKSARGEN. “We have just completed the distribution of certified rice seeds, corn seeds, fertilizer and vegetable seeds in the provinces of Sultan Kudarat, Sarangani, Lanao del Sur and Maguindanao,” said FAO Representative in the Philippines José Luis Fernández. “These inputs will allow them to re-start their livelihood activities and grow food for household consumption.”

The Department of Agriculture (DA) estimates that in these four provinces, 101 000 ha of crop areas were affected by El Niño, resulting in USD 17.9 million worth of production losses between February 2015 to July 2016.

The FAO project, which was mobilized at the request of the DA’s Regional Field Office XII and the Department

of Agriculture and Fisheries of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (DAFARMM), complements Government efforts to address the impact of El Niño across 16 regions of the Philippines.

“We were affected by drought especially because the El Niño was so long and it happened at the same time as the rat infestation.

Many of the farmers here experienced a 30 to 40 percent reduction in yield,” narrated Rahib Mamaluba, a farmer-technician from Mamasapano, Maguindanao.

Building resilience To build the disaster preparedness and climate change adaptation capacities of beneficiary communities, FAO is also conducting training activities on drought management, improved crop production and resilience to climate-stress.

This is expected to equip more than 100 DA and local government agricultural technicians and local farmer trainers to replicate the workshops in their respective barangays.

“This is giving us the courage because even be-

fore a calamity strikes, we already have an idea how we should prepare,” explained Jalani Pagital, a farmer from Datu Salibo, Maguindanao.

In an earlier project that ended in June 2016, FAO also worked closely with DA and DAF-ARMM to provide similar assistance to 5 000 farming and fishing households in Maguindanao and North Cotabato whose livelihoods were disrupted by a combination of natural and man-made disasters, including displacement due to armed conflict, drought and flooding. Women were also trained in alternative livelihoods such as water hyacinth crafts production, as well as post-harvest and value-adding techniques that would help them supplement their families’ incomes to fast-track household-level disaster recovery.

“Because of the assistance we received and what we have learned from the training, hopefully someday there would no longer be poor farmers in our community,” Rahib added.

To date, FAO has assisted a total of 54 300 farming households in Luzon and Mindanao whose livelihoods

were affected by drought and strong typhoons associated with El Niño. In addition to FAO internal funding of almost USD 1 million, the response was also made possible by the USD 1.6 million combined contributions of the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund, the Government of the Kingdom of Belgium (through FAO’s Special Fund for Emergency and Rehabilitation Activities) and reprogrammed savings from other FAO emergency response and resilience projects funded by the governments of Ireland, New Zealand and Norway.

ARMUDI PHILIPPINES, the local arm of the world’s leading vehicle-selling platform, is set to expand its business in the country to better address its target market of discriminating car buyers—not to mention reputable sellers and dealers of used and brandnew vehicles.

Managing Director Abhishek Mohan said the company is currently evaluating its structure--particularly in view of the automotive industry’s bullish outlook.

A report from Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers of the Philippines, Inc. and the Truck Manufacturers Association revealed the local auto industry posted a 28-percent increase on year-to-date sales for the first eight months of

2016 compared to the same period the previous year.

Mohan cited that Carmudi Philippines’ latest move—expanding into the brand-new vehicles segment—is very timely with robust sales figures.

“We are now reviewing our current structure and studying what our clients want from us. With the current pace of automotive sales, the company would like to take the golden opportunity at hand to better serve a wider scope of buyers,” Mohan said.

Carmudi Philippines revealed that with the onset of the second half of 2016, the firm is strengthening its presence in the brand-newcars space by coming up with responsive propositions

for both buyers and dealerships. Mohan explained the move—dubbed the “Lowest Price Guaranteed” campaign on brand-new vehicles—was created to tap the promising client base comprised of car dealers. He maintained it would be a perfect conjunction to the considerable used-vehicle market the platform is already known for.

The company welcomes its role in ultimately contributing to the Philippines’ economic growth through increased car sales. Mohan added that people looking to buy cars via Carmudi are guaranteed real, quality leads with accurate information -- enabling them to make a more informed choice.

The head of Carmudi Philippine congratulated the local

automotive industry on its latest feat after CAMPI and TMA members sold 229,919 units for the first eight months of the year, up over 25 percent versus last year’s 179,215 figure for the same period.

Out of the total, 63 percent was accounted for by commercial vehicle sales — 44,993 units from January to August 2016. Furthermore, sales for the month of August alone showed stellar results as well—surging by 40 percent to reach 32,472 units against the same month last year.

Mohan expects the industry to easily surpass last year’s figures, and even 2016 projections. “The 370,000 sales target would be obviously attainable mark,” he declared.

NLINE recruitment site Jobstreet.com has named BDO Unibank (BDO) as the top of mind employer among all financial institutions in the history of the website.

Jobstreet conducted a series of surveys and interviews from May to July 2016 among its more than 14,000 members -- mostly fresh graduates

and junior executives -- on their preferred employer.

Based on the result of the surveys on the 2016 Top 10 Companies, BDO was named 4th Most Preferred Employer, making the bank the only financial institution among the top 10 in the history of Jobstreet’s top companies.

Meanwhile, in another development, BDO also earned

its Certificate of Compliance on Occupational Safety and Health Standards in NCR and on General Labor Standards.

BDO is a full-service universal bank which provides a wide range of corporate, commercial and retail banking services. These services include traditional loan and deposit products, as well as treasury, trust banking, in-

vestment banking, private banking, rural banking, cash management, leasing and finance, remittance, insurance, retail cash cards and credit card services.

It is the largest bank in terms of total assets, loans, deposits and trust funds under management based on published statements of condition as of March 31, 2016.

More support on the way Under an on-going USD 3 million-project funded by the Government of New Zealand, FAO is set to provide crop, livestock, poultry and fisheries production inputs to an additional 10 475 farming and fishing households in North Cotabato. Communities will also benefit from training in climate-smart practices, disaster preparedness, alternative livelihoods and product value-addition.

The delivery of assistance will be phased until October 2017.

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BDO, most preferred employer -- Jobstreet O

Kaspersky Lab presents its first Cybersecurity Index

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O you know how safe – or unsafe – it currently is online?

How many people run the risk of falling victim to cybercriminals today, without suspecting it? And how many have fallen victim already? To assess the situation, Kaspersky Lab is launching its Kaspersky Cybersecurity Index – the first global index to measure the current cyberthreat levels faced by Internet users.

Kaspersky Lab has previously joined forces with B2B International to carry out regular large-scale online surveys in different countries, in order to evaluate how Internet users behave online, what their concerns are, what issues they face and how they defend themselves against possible threats. The Kaspersky Cybersecurity Index is based on this data, collected from thousands of users across the globe.

The index combines three key indicators, which are measured every six months and which provide the information needed to monitor the degree of risk to the average Internet user.

The Concerned Indicator shows the percentage of people who believe they may be targeted by a cyberattack. This indicator shows the degree to which users realize the danger to which they are exposed.

The Affected Indicator identifies how many people have actually fallen victim to cyberattacks during the reporting period – e.g., have faced data leakage or extortion online.

The Protected Indicator shows the number of users who have installed a security solution on the device they use to access the Internet. This is the average figure for all the devices used, including computers and mobile devices.

The Cybersecurity Index (which is described as 21%–29%–60%) is formed from a detailed survey car-

ried out in August 2016, in 21 countries across the globe.

According to the data, only one-in-five users (21%) currently believe he or she is threatened by anything online. At the same time, almost one third of users (29%) have fallen victim to cybercriminal schemes (for example, 8% have had their accounts hijacked and 22% have had their devices infected by malware).

However, only 60% of users have installed security solutions on all the devices they use to access the Internet. The Index demonstrates that, today, many users underestimate cyberthreats even after facing them. This attitude inevitably affects their security.

“We created the Index to draw the attention of users, the media and vendors to the issue of cybersecurity. Many users today, we believe, do not expect to come face-to-face with cyberthreats, so they fail to install security solutions on their devices and behave carelessly online. This makes them easy targets for cybercriminals. The Index reflects the results of this approach: today, 29% of people have been affected by online threats. We are calling on all Internet users to improve their cyber savviness and adopt a responsible approach, both for their own protection and to that of their loved ones.

Security, we believe, must be shared,” believes Andrei Mochola, Head of Consumer Business at Kaspersky Lab. To learn more about the index, view its indicators for different countries, ages and genders, and to find out more about the behavior of users online, please visit http://index. kaspersky.com (currently in English only). More advice on behaving securely online can be found here: https://blog.kaspersky. com/tag/cybersavvy.

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HE slight increase in core inflation last month indicates that consumers may see some modest uptick in commodity prices in the immediate nearterm, the Department of Finance (DOF) said today.

In the latest DOF economic bulletin, Finance Undersecretary Gil Beltran said that removing the impact of volatile food and fuel prices, core inflation accelerated to its highest level this year at 2.0 percent in August.

Still, Beltran said that the country’s low inflation regime will serve as a favorable environment for policy Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation and Communication LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD Regional Office No. XI Davao City

Petition for Approval of Sale and Transfer of Unit with Renewal of a Certificate of Public Convenience to operate a PUJ-DUAL Ordinary Regular Service.

Case No. 2016-XI-01510 (2010-XI-00414) ALBERT Q. OMPAD, Petitioner-Vendor

KENNETH M. VILORIA, Petitioner-Vendee

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NOTICE OF HEARING Petitioners request authority for the Approval of Sale and Transfer executed by ALBERT Q. OMPAD in favor of KENNETH M. VILORIA of a Certificate of Public Convenience with Equipment issued in this case authorizing the operation of a PUJ –DUAL Ordinary Regular service on the route: CATIGAN and for cargoes as dual service from said route to any point in Region XI with the use of ONE (1) unit, which Certificate will expire on May 17, 2017. In the same petition filed on August 12, 2016, petitioners likewise request authority to extend the validty of said certificate to operate along the same route with the use of the same unit previously authorized.

NOTICE, is hereby given that this petition will be heard by this Board on OCTOBER 17, 2016 at 2:40 p.m. at this office at the above address.

At least, TEN (10) days prior to the above date petitioner shall publish this Notice once in a one (1) daily newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao

Parties opposed to the granting of the petition must file their written opposition supported by documentary evidence on or before the above date furnishing a copy of the same to the petitioner, and may if they so, desire appear on said date and time.

This petition will be acted upon by this Board on the basis of its records and the documentary evidence submitted by the parties, unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence.

WITNESS the Honorable BENJAMIN A. GO, CESO V, Regional Director, this 17th day of August 2016 at Davao City.

TERESITA DELA PEÑAYÑIGUEZ Chief Transportation Development Officer

makers to further cultivate and sustain sound economic policies.

“Outlook for the immediate near-term may see modest uptick in inflation, as indicated by the rise in core inflation from 1.9 percent to 2.0 percent,” Beltran said in a report submitted to Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III. Headline inflation in August unexpectedly slowed to 1.8 percent from the previous month’s 1.9 percent, owing to the decline in prices of index heavyweights non-alcoholic beverages and food, particularly corn, meat, and vegetaRepublic of the Philippines Department of Transportation and Communication LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD Regional Office No. XI Davao City

Petition for Approval of Sale and Transfer of a Certificate of Public Convenience to operate a PUJ-DUAL Ordinary Regular Service.

Case No. 2016-XI-01290 (2002-XI-02493) ERLINDA A. POLIA, Petitioner-Vendor NILO D. LABUAN, Petitioner-Vendee

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NOTICE OF HEARING Petitioners request authority for the Approval of Sale and Transfer executed by ERLINDA A. POLLA in favor of NILO D. LABUAN of a Certificate of Public Convenience with Equipment issued in this case authorizing the operation of a PUJ – DUAL Ordinary Regular service on the route: ACACIA and for cargoes as dual service from said route to any point in Region XI with the use of ONE (1) unit, which Certificate is still valid and subsisting up to December 3, 2017.

NOTICE, is hereby given that this petition will be heard by this Board on OCTOBER 17, 2016 at 09:30 a.m. at this office at the above address.

At least, TEN (10) days prior to the above date petitioner shall publish this Notice once in a one (1) daily newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao

Parties opposed to the granting of the petition must file their written opposition supported by documentary evidence on or before the above date furnishing a copy of the same to the petitioner, and may if they so, desire appear on said date and time.

This petition will be acted upon by this Board on the basis of its records and the documentary evidence submitted by the parties, unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence.

WITNESS the Honorable BENJAMIN A. GO, CESO V, Regional Director, this 17th day of August 2016 at Davao City.

TERESITA DELA PEÑAYÑIGUEZ Chief Transportation Development Officer

bles.

July‘s headline figure was below the internal forecast of 2.0 percent by the DOF and the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) target range of 2.0 percent to 4.0 percent for the year.

“The lower-than-expected inflation rate is largely accounted for by the continued easing of food prices. While the DOF had expected food prices to rise by 2.7 percent, actual increase turned out to be 2.4 percent,” Beltran noted.

In August, the general price increase for food and non-alcoholic drinks further slowed to 2.4 percent from Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation and Communication LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD Regional Office No. XI Davao City

Petition for Approval of Sale and Transfer of Unit with Renewal of a Certificate of Public Convenience to operate a FILCAB Ordinary Regular Service.

Case No. 2016-XI-01437 (2010-XI-00267) JESSIE P. PADILLA, Petitioner-Vendor VICKY P. MARA, Petitioner-Vendee

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NOTICE OF HEARING Petitioners request authority for the Approval of Sale and Transfer executed by JESSIE P. PADILLA in favor of VICKY P. MARA of a Certificate of Public Convenience with Equipment issued in this case authorizing the operation of a FILCAB Ordinary Regular service on the route: MATINA PANGI with the use of ONE (1) unit, which Certificate will expire on December 31, 2017. In the same petition filed on August 12, 2016, petitioners likewise request authority to extend the validty of said certificate to operate along the same route with the use of the same unit previously authorized.

NOTICE, is hereby given that this petition will be heard by this Board on OCTOBER 12, 2016 at 9:20 a.m. at this office at the above address.

At least, TEN (10) days prior to the above date petitioner shall publish this Notice once in a one (1) daily newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao

Parties opposed to the granting of the petition must file their written opposition supported by documentary evidence on or before the above date furnishing a copy of the same to the petitioner, and may if they so, desire appear on said date and time.

This petition will be acted upon by this Board on the basis of its records and the documentary evidence submitted by the parties, unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence.

WITNESS the Honorable BENJAMIN A. GO, CESO V, Regional Director, this 17th day of August 2016 at Davao City.

TERESITA DELA PEÑAYÑIGUEZ Chief Transportation Development Officer

2.7 percent, contributing 1.0 percentage point to inflation.

Recreation and culture also eased to 1.7 percent from 1.8 percent.

Meanwhile, prices of alcoholic drinks and tobacco rose by 6.0 percent from 5.8 percent in July; health increase by a faster 2.7 percent from 2.4 percent; housing, utilities and fuels jumped to 0.1 percent from negative 0.2 percent.

Likewise, furnishing, household and equipment went up 2.2 percent from 2.0 percent previously; transport to 0.1 percent from July’s negative 0.1 percent; clothRepublic of the Philippines Department of Transportation and Communication LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD Regional Office No. XI Davao City

Petition for Approval of Sale and Transfer of Unit with Renewal of a Certificate of Public Convenience to operate a PUJ-DUAL Ordinary Regular Service.

Case No. 2016-XI-01423 (2012-XI-00086) KRISTINE S. SALVADOR, Petitioner-Vendor RICK JOHN C. ALASTRA, Petitioner-Vendee

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ing and footwear rose to 2.6 percent from 2.5 percent; restaurants & miscellaneous services to 2.4 percentfrom 2.3 percent.

On the other hand, communication (0.1 percent) as well as education (1.8 percent) were steady in August.

Moreover, headline inflation for January to August this year averaged at 1.45 percent, below the low end of the government’s inflation target of 2.0 percent to 4.0 percent.

Last month, Manila Electric Co.’s (Meralco) rate per kilowatt hour (kwh) for an average of 300 kilowatts-permonth consumption dipped Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation and Communication LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD Regional Office No. XI Davao City

Petition for Approval of Sale and Transfer of a Certificate of Public Convenience to operate a PUJ-DUAL Ordinary Regular Service.

Case No. 2016-XI-01474 (2008-XI-00719) MARY ANN MOLINA, Petitioner-Vendor

CANDIES DESIREE S. SIBAG, Petitioner-Vendee x- - - - - - - - - - - - - - --x

NOTICE OF HEARING

NOTICE OF HEARING

Petitioners request authority for the Approval of Sale and Transfer executed by KRISTINE S. SALVADOR in favor of RICK JOHN C. ALASTRA of a Certificate of Public Convenience with Equipment issued in this case authorizing the operation of a PUJ – DUAL Ordinary Regular service on the route: INDANGAN and for cargoes as dual service from said route to any point in Region XI with the use of ONE (1) unit, which Certificate will expire on October 4, 2017. In the same petition filed on August 12, 2016, petitioners likewise request authority to extend the validity of said certificate to operate along the same route with the use of the same unit previously authorized.

Petitioners request authority for the Approval of Sale and Transfer executed by MARY ANN MOLINA in favor of CANDIES DESIREE S. SIBAG of a Certificate of Public Convenience with Equipment issued in this case authorizing the operation of a PUJ –DUAL Ordinary Regular service on the route: EL RIO VISTA VILLAGEROXAS AVENUE and for cargoes as dual service from said route to any point in Region XI with the use of ONE (1) unit, which Certificate is still valid and subsisting up to April 22, 2019.

NOTICE, is hereby given that this petition will be heard by this Board on OCTOBER 11, 2016 at 02:00 p.m. at this office at the above address.

At least, TEN (10) days prior to the above date petitioner shall publish this Notice once in a one (1) daily newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao

Parties opposed to the granting of the petition must file their written opposition supported by documentary evidence on or before the above date furnishing a copy of the same to the petitioner, and may if they so, desire appear on said date and time.

This petition will be acted upon by this Board on the basis of its records and the documentary evidence submitted by the parties, unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence.

WITNESS the Honorable BENJAMIN A. GO, CESO V, Regional Director, this 17th day of August 2016 at Davao City.

TERESITA DELA PEÑAYÑIGUEZ Chief Transportation Development Officer

NOTICE, is hereby given that this petition will be heard by this Board on OCTOBER 12, 2016 at 9:10 a.m. at this office at the above address.

At least, TEN (10) days prior toAt least, TEN (10) days prior to the above date petitioner shall publish this Notice once in a one (1) daily newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao

Parties opposed to the granting of the petition must file their written opposition supported by documentary evidence on or before the above date furnishing a copy of the same to the petitioner, and may if they so, desire appear on said date and time.

This petition will be acted upon by this Board on the basis of its records and the documentary evidence submitted by the parties, unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence.

WITNESS the Honorable BENJAMIN A. GO, CESO V, Regional Director, this 17th day of August 2016 at Davao City.

TERESITA DELA PEÑAYÑIGUEZ Chief Transportation Development Officer

to P8.82 from P8.93 in July and P9.44 a year ago.

Meralco’s generation rate per kwh also fell to P3.86 during the month from P4.06 in July and P4.55 in the previous year.

Also, the average price of diesel in Metro Manila among the “big three” oil companies slid to P26.12 per liter from P27.55 in the previous month, although higher than P24.95 registered in the same month last year.

Average price of gasoline during the month also declined to P39.07 per liter from P39.88 in July and P42.94 a year before.

Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation and Communication LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD Regional Office No. XI Davao City

Application for a Certificate of Public Convenience to operate a TH FREIGHT TRUCK Service.

Case No.2016-XI-01770 ALLAN C. RAÑESES, Applicant

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NOTICE OF HEARING Applicant request authority for a Certificate of Public Convenience to operate a TH FREIGHT TRUCK SERVICE for the transportation of freight on the route: WITHIN DAVAO CITY AND FROM SAID PLACE TO ANY POINT IN REGION XI ACCESSIBLE TO MOTOR VEHICLE TRAFFIC AND VICE VERSA with the use of ONE (1) unit.

NOTICE, is hereby given that this petition will be heard by this Board on OCTOBER 26, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. at this office at the above address.

At least, TEN (10) days prior to the above date petitioner shall publish this Notice once in a one (1) daily newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao

Parties opposed to the granting of the petition must file their written opposition supported by documentary evidence on or before the above date furnishing a copy of the same to the petitioner, and may if they so, desire appear on said date and time.

This petition will be acted upon by this Board on the basis of its records and the documentary evidence submitted by the parties, unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence.

WITNESS Atty. TERESITA DELA PEÑA-YÑIGUEZ, Chief Transportation Development Officer/Officer-In-Charge, this 31st day of August 2016 at Davao City.

MARIE JEAN A. JARALBA Administrative Officer IV

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SouthCot highway mishap kills 1, hurts 3 A

HIGHWAY mishap in the borders of this city and nearby Banga town in South Cotabato left one dead and four others injured, police authorities said.

The crash site involving a passenger tricycle happened in the border barangays of San Vicente in Banga and Barangay Paraiso in Koronadal City.

Killed on the spot was Bansit Antonio, a farmer and resident of Barangay Centrala, Surallah, South Cotabato.

Injured were Warren Amosi, Rey Delorico and Pepito Balyao, all residents of Surallah.

Investigation showed that all the victims were heading to the city when the pedicab driven by Amosi

swerved and fell off a cliff.

The injured victims are now undergoing treatment at the South Cotabato provincial hospital.

Supt. Barney Condes, Koronadal City police director, has repeatedly reminding commuters to take extra care along major city streets and the national highway.

(PNA)

Gawad Pamana ng Lahi-PCF incentive of the Provincial Government of Zamboanga which is now being used by around 200 pupils and teachers.

Lina Decierdo, Grade 2 teacher, said in the local dialect: “We are very thankful to all LGU-barangay, municipal and provincial as well as to the national government for constructing a new school building after the old one was burned to the ground. Now everything is in place from kindergarten up to grade 6, including the principal’s office”.

Meanwhile, in Polanco Central School, around 1,000 pupils and teachers are now using their new covered court for various school-related activities, or even district and

provincial sports events of the Department of Education (DepEd) that was made possible through the P1-million PCF incentive and the P2.62 million counterpart fund provided by the municipal government which was received by the town of Polanco.

School principal Rolando Gersom is thankful that their school is now considered as an alternative venue for DepEd activities in Dipolog City, and can now conduct school activities and events conveniently, unlike before.

“The teachers and parents are very happy because the covered court has helped them a lot in their school activities, congressional meet, seminars, provincial activities,

Zambo del Norte gets DILG’s PCF

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HE Provincial Government of Zamboanga has received the Performance Challenge Fund (PCF) award anew for the third time, receiving a P4-million cash incentive from the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) for the building of new school facilities for over 1,000 students.

“We hope to remain in the list of qualifiers in the Seal of Good Local Governance so we will continue receiving the PCF incentive in the future,” said Acting Provincial Governor Atty. Senen O. Angeles.

A new seven-classroom school building has been constructed at Denoman Elementary School of Barangay Denoman, Pres. Manuel Roxas, using funds from the P3-million

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‘Apo’boys Salvador, Lascuna leads Tarlac Open

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LMER Salvador picked up where he left off, firing a 68 to grab a share of the first round lead in the Central Azucarera de Tarlac Open on Wednesday at Luisita Golf and Country Club.

Winner at Splendido two weeks ago, the Dabawenyo pro came up with a fine start in Tarlac, highlighting his round with three birdies on the front nine although he bogeyed the two par-3s.

Salvador shares the lead with fellow Dabawenyo Tony Lascuña, who stumbled with

TO THE CUP. Elmer Salvador watches his putt.

a bogey on the par-4 No. 7, his third-to-last hole.

They are a stroke clear of Ramil Bisera and Rico Depilo.

Salvador, Lascuna and Bisera all honed their games at the Apo Golf and Country Club in Davao before becoming professionals.

“I’ve been putting well lately but one has to be consistent from tee to green here at Luisita,” said Salvador.

Lascuna is eyeing his fifth victory of the season.

“I played relaxed today compared with my

stint at Splendido,” said Lascuña, who led in the first two rounds at Splendido but wound up third.

“Except for my late bogey, I played a solid game today,” Lascuña.

Marvin Dumandan carded a 70 to lead the big group at two-under par, including Jhonnel Ababa, Ferdie Aunzo, Jay Bayron, Dutchman Guido Van der Valk and Americans Micah Shin and Paul Harris.

Australia’s Peter Stojanovski recovered after going two two-over, hitting three birdies in a four-hole stretch from No.

12 to salvage a one-under 71 for joint 12th with compatriot Ben Ratcliffe Mhark Fernando and Rey Pagunsan.

Frederick Park, another Australian bet, shot a 72 in a tie with 10 others, including three-leg winner Clyde Mondilla, who opened his campaign with a two-birdie, two-bogey effort in the penultimate stage of the 16-event circuit backed by Custom Clubmakers, adidas, KZG, Summit Mineral Water, Srixon, Pacsports, TaylorMade, Sharp, Champion, Ping and Yamaha.

Ravena invited 16 teams in 1st Cua Cup hoops to D-League tryouts A K

By NEILWIN JOSEPH L. BRAVO

IEFER Ravena’s hard work and sacrifices are starting to bear fruit after he has been invited to try out for the Texas Legends of the NBA D-League.

The amateur superstar, who has been training in the US, going back and forth for months, has finally gained a second look from the Dallas Mavericks’ affiliate team, baring it through his Instagram post of his recent conversation with Legends president Malcolm Farmer.

Ravena confirmed the training invite to SPIN.ph on Thursday, but was quick to play down the development, saying nothing’s cast in stone yet.

It’s a fitting follow-up after the former after the former Ateneo star saw action in the Drew League, a renowned pro-am summer league, recently, for the Reapers.

If he gets a crack at the

D-LEAGUE PROSPECT. Kiefer Ravena hopes to make an impression at the NBA D-Lague camp.

grown Filipino aspirant Parks.

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TOTAL of sixteen teams including two from Tagum City will take part in the first ever Regino “Boy” Cua Cup basketball tournament which gets going on Saturday at the Goldstar Gym. St. Marys College of Tagum City will send two squads for the mini and cadets divisions while the rests of the field will come from both the private and public schools in Davao City.

The tournament, held in honor of the late regional director of the Samahang Basketball ng Pilipinas (SBP) Regino “Boy” Cua, will be handled by the Davao Development Basketball League (DDBL) and officially sanctioned by the Samahang Basketball ng Pilipinas Region 11 under newly-elected director Glenn Escandor, who succeeded the late Cua. Entered in the mini division are University of the Immaculate Conception, San Juan Elementary School, Maa Central Elementary School, United Methodist School of

School, Cabantian National High School, Ford Academy of the Arts, Davao Christian High School, Stella Maris Academy, and University of the Immaculate Conception.

Teams will be divided into two groups of four and will

play a single round robin elimination. The top two squads from each group will advance to the crossover semifinals.

Billy Cruzada has been appointed tournament director and Rollie Sancho as tournament manager.

FOR THE MAN. In honor of the late basketball patron and leader Regino “Boy” Cua (right) with President Rodrigo Duterte and sec. Bong Go of the PMS, the first ever Cua Cup developmental league will be staged beginning tomorrow. (Boy Lim)

Tab: Gilas bound to become better G

FIGHTING GILAS. Kevin Ferrer shows heart.

Davao, Assumption College of Davao, Holy Cross of Davao College, and Davao Christian High School.

In the cadet division, Assumption College of Davao will lead the cast along with Daniel R. Aguinaldo National High

ILAS Pilipinas coach Tab Baldwin said he is proud of the effort put in by the ‘developmental team’ that went to the Fiba Asia Challenge in Tehran, Iran that so far only has a win to show in five matches.

Baldwin said a national squad made up exclusively of former college standouts in the absence of PBA players did what was expected of it in the continental competition, which is to put in the effort and whole lot of fight.

“I’m proud of the effort they put in,” said Baldwin on Wednesday following Ateneo’s win over Far Eastern University in the UAAP. “I’m proud that

they won. I’m proud that they showed effort, desire, and puso the whole time. That’s what we asked from them.”

The Philippines failed to reach the playoff round of the Fiba Asia Challenge after winding up with a 1-4 win-loss record at the end of the second round after a 105-119 loss to Jordan on Wednesday.

The Filipinos, whose lone win came at the expense of Kazakhstan, ended up in the classification round.

Baldwin reiterated that expecting a better result from this year’s team is “unrealistic” since the squad was put together with one thing in mind, which was to develop the young play-

ers that could potentially be the future members of Gilas.

“To those people that want a different result, it’s unrealistic,” Baldwin said. “Wel said that before they went (to Iran).

We are consistent in saying that now after the fact.”

Baldwin added Gilas had no recourse but to form a developmental team since the best players of the country were unavailable.

“We knew full well what we are going into. This is a developmental exercise and it’s never ideal to have a national team that is a developmental exercise. But what options do we have?” said Baldwin.

“We weren’t going to get

PBA players. Some of the kids we believe have the potential to be the future of Gilas, so it is important they got experience,” he said.

Amid the frustration from fans, Baldwin said people should understand the process the team is going through.

“Anybody else that is commenting on it outside, those comments never asked us what the whole experience was all about this year. People should learn and understand what the exercise is before you make comments about it. Everybody would like better results but nobody more than the players.

Nobody wants results more than the players,” said Baldwin.

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