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TIGHT GUARD Soldiers escort a hearse during the funeral procession for a victim killed in the January 27 cathedral bombing in Jolo, Sulu on Wednesday. Investigators probing the Catholic cathedral bombing that killed 21 people in the Philippines’ restive South said on Monday that a group tied to the Abu Sayyaf Group is the prime suspect. AFP PHOTO

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HE MILITARY now believes the twin explosions at Jolo Cathedral on Sunday were carried out by two foreign suicide bombers who came from Indonesia in December and linked up with the Ajang-Ajang subgroup of the notorious Abu Sayyaf.

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The money was then transferred country’s central bank governor said.

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MALACAĂ‘ANG on Thursday extended its condolences to the family of the overseas Filipino worker (OFW) who wass executed wa exec ex ecut uted ed in in Saudi Saud Sa udii Arabia Arab Ar abia ia after aft ftee she

THE deadly explosions that hit a cathedral in Jolo, Sulu, could be considered as a “new wave� of the Islamic State (IS)-directed threat in the country, an expert said on Thursday. “The attack in Jolo is the beginning of a new wave of IS-directed threat that will affect the Philippines. It is the second suicide attack after a Moroccan suicide bomber controlled

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In a news conference, Palace spokesman Salvador Panelo said the Philippine government did all

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D AY FIRST after THINGS President FIRST Rodrigo Duterte said two suicide bombers had caused the twin explosions that killed 21 persons, mostly churchgoers, and wounded 100 others at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral in Jolo on January 27, a mosque was bombed in Zamboanga City, killing two Islamic MISSIONARIES AND WOUNDING kVE OTHERS

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Winners of the high school category (above) and from the college level (inset) of the 2019 Campus Press Awards (first and second rows) are all smiles as they join Dante Francis ‘Klink’ Ang 2nd, president and CEO of The Manila Times (TMT) and dean of The Manila Times College (TMTC) (third from left, back row), for a memento at the Savoy Hotel in Pasay City. The annual Campus Press Awards aims to recognize the works of student journalists and inspire them to continue developing their interest in journalism. Also in photo are (from left, third row) Tita Valderama, TMTC training coordinator; Manuel Mogato, TMTC professor and 2018 Pulitzer Prize winner for international reporting; Neri Tenorio, TMT publisher-editor; Blanca Mercado, TMT chief operating officer; and Felipe Salvosa 2nd, TMT managing editor. At the back is Arnold Belleza, TMT executive editor. PHOTO BY RUSSEL PALMA

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HE HOUSE of Representatives and the Senate agreed on Wednesday night to put a P200-billion cap on so-called “insertions� from various agencies in the proposed P3.757-trillion national budget for 2019.

The third day of the bicameral deliberations took off from Monday’s public hearing, which UNCOVERED 0 BILLION WORTH OF “institutional amendments� on THE PART OF THE 3ENATE ALMOST percent higher than the House’s 0 BILLION gPORKu ALLOCATIONS Camarines Sur Rep. Rolando Andaya Jr., head of the House contingent to the bicameral conference committee, proposed to look for sources for P200 billion. “It’s time that we agree on the sources. We can agree with an amount which we will source and from there we need that amount, and hopefully along the way we agree on a definition. Amendments may vary. ‘Individual,’ ‘institutional,’ whatever you may call it. But the sourcing is a common source. May I propose not an amendment, but a sourcing of P200 billion if that is okay for us to work,� Andaya told the panel.

Both chambers initially agreed TO SET THE CAP AT 0 BILLION BUT Andaya hinted that the amount would increase, after the Senate contingent led by Finance Committee Chairman Loren Legarda AND 6ICE #HAIRMAN 0ANkLO ,ACson bared major realignments requested by government agencies.

House Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo previously requested the bicameral conference committee to increase the budget of the Department of Health by P10 billion for health facilities and human resources development.

Arroyo also sought P20 billion for the Department of Agriculture TO SUBSIDIZE FARMERS AND 0 MILlion for the Department of Public Works and Highways to aid urban poor families at the National Government Center in acquiring land grants for their homes.

P800 million for World Teacher’s Day Lacson said it was “physically imPOSSIBLEu TO ITEMIZE ALL 0 billion worth of amendments. He ALSO PUSHED FOR A 0 BILLION amendment to activate the 11th Infantry Division, as requested by the Department of National Defense. ,EGARDA POINTED TO 0 BILLION worth of unprogrammed appropriations to cater to “infrastructure and livelihood components� in the requests of agencies such as the Department of the Interior and Local Government, the Department of Trade and Industry, and the Department of Tourism, apart from THE /FkCE OF THE 0RESIDENT THE /FkCE OF THE 6ICE 0RESIDENT AND other executive bodies. Another 0 MILLION WAS ALLOTTED FOR THE upcoming “World Teacher’s Day� in October, she said.

Both chambers have agreed that the bicameral conference would go on for another week, setting aside the panel’s target to have the 2019 General Appropriations Act (GAA) RATIkED BY &EBRUARY Legarda said that despite the delay, the government would

continue to operate under the REENACTED '!! WHILE ENSURing P10 billion in funding for the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to hold the May elections. The fourth tranche of government pay hikes under the Salary Standardization Law will come from the -ISCELLANEOUS 0ERSONNEL "ENEkTS Fund, she said. “We would like to assure the voting public and our government personnel that the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) will source the necessary funds for the midterm elections and salary adjustments,� she said. “Even if the bicameral meeting goes on for another week, we can ACTUALLY GO ON UNTIL &EBRUARY

which I am willing to do and even willing to go beyond for a special session,� Legarda added.

Andaya, who had sued Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno before the Supreme Court over the nonrelease of government salary hikes, said the class suit would likely be considered moot with the impending approval of the budget.

their contracts by the end of 2019, as projects not ready for implementation would be removed from their budgets and returned to the treasury. “Maybe we can have a cashbased budget in the future but not this year,� Drilon said.

Palace opposes reenacted budget

MalacaĂąang on Thursday opposed the proposal of Senate President Vicente Sotto 3rd to re-enact the BUDGET FOR THE ENTIRE

saying it would result in more harm than good.

Sotto earlier said he would ask Legarda to withdraw the Senate’s version of the General Appropriations Bill and go for a reenacted budget, to “erase all doubts and allegations of pork and other socalled insertions.�

In a statement, Palace spokesman Salvador Panelo said a fullyear reenacted budget would only hurt the country’s economy.

Economic managers have estimated a 1- to 2.3-percentage-point cut in the full-year gross domestic product No more cashbased budgeting? '$0 GROWTH IF THE 0 TRILLION 2019 budget is not approved.

Panelo also said the administraLawmakers were inclined to support Andaya’s proposal to scrap tion’s mega-infrastructure “Build, the cash-based budgeting system Build, Build� projects would also proposed by the DBM and extend be sidelined, which would have the budget’s capital outlays and a domino effect on the economy maintenance and other operating and jobs. “Programs of various departexpenses to up to two years.

Although the Senate has not yet ments this year intended for agreed to the proposal, Senate Mi- poverty reduction, health pronority Leader Franklin Drilon said motion, and peace and security adopting such system would be advancement, to mention a few, gEXTREMELY DIFkCULTu CONSIDERING would be inevitably affected as the upcoming elections and the well,� he said. delay in the enactment of the 2019 “The Executive Branch has albudget. Legarda said the Senate ready done its part in the budgetstill needed to have a consensus ing process, we eagerly await Conon the matter. gress to complete the process, so Under the cash-based system, are the Filipino people,� he added. agencies are required to complete WITH RALPH U. VILLANUEVA

Bong Go calls for unity behind war on terror FORMER Special Assistant to the President Christopher Lawrence “Bong�

Go has called for national unity amid a grenade attack on a mosque in Zamboanga City on Wednesday that came on the heels of the bombing of a Catholic Church in Jolo, Sulu.

Two persons were killed while four others were injured in the grenade attack early Wednesday morning in Sitio Logoy Diutay, Barangay Talon-talon, Zamboanga City.

On Sunday, twin explosions rocked the Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Cathedral in Jolo, leaving 21 people dead and 100 others injured. “Sana’y maging mahinahon tayo sa ganitong pangyayari at magkaisa po (Let us keep calm and let us be one at this time),� Go said in a radio interview on Thursday.

Now a candidate for senator in the midterm elections in May this year, he also called for support and understanding after President Rodrigo Duterte ordered an all-out war against the Abu Sayyaf Group and its affiliate AjangAjang sub-group, which was allegedly behind the Jolo bomb blasts. “Dahil nga po sa nangyari, gusto niyang mabigyan ng hustisya ang mga naging biktima. Kaya nga po kailangan nating maging vigilant lalong lalo na po sa islands ng Mindanao. Kaya nga po tayo nasa martial law sa Mindanao hanggang ngayon kasi po andiyan yung threat ng terrorism (The President wants justice for the victims. There is need for vigilance especially in Mindanao. We have martial law in Mindanao

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Govt But he added that her case does not apply the use of blood money under the Sharia Law or Islamic Law. “I would like to express our condolences to the bereaved family of the OFW who has been executed.

Palace: No need to expand martial law in Mindanao THERE is no reason for President Rodrigo Duterte to expand martial law in Mindanao, MalacaĂąang assured the public on Thursday, amid fears of possible spillover of bombings that rocked Mindanao in the past week.

Speaking to reporters, Palace spokesman Salvador Panelo said there was no spillover of the attacks as government forces were already on top of the situation. “There is no necessity for any expansion of martial law, as the President has repeatedly declared,�

Panelo told reporters. “There is no spillover. It’s still there. The government will respond to whatever succeeding events that may happen. But we’re ready for any eventuality in that area,� he said.

Concerns over possible spillover of the attacks came after the bombing of a mosque in Zamboanga City on Wednesday that claimed the lives of two Muslim religious followers.

The recent bombing occurred just days after the twin blasts at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Jolo, Sulu, that killed 21 people.

But Panelo said the Philippines was still a safe place where people could continue with their daily activities. “We would like to assure the general public that they can go about their normal activity in life, our country is still a safe haven,� he added.

Panelo, however, said the attacks were only more reasons why martial law in Mindanao should not be lifted. “Well, if there was no martial law there I’m certain it will not only be one or two [bombings] as what happened during the Marawi incident,� he added, referring to the siege of Marawi City, capital of Lanao del Sur province in southern Mindanao, in May 2017 by the terrorist Maute Group. “But after martial law was declared, these are isolated inciDENTS u THE 0ALACE OFkCIAL SAID Panelo also defended the government forces, saying someone who is determined to disrupt order cannot be simply stopped. “As we have repeatedly said, a determined killer, a determined bomber cannot be just stopped by ANYONE 4HEY WILL ALWAYS kND WAYS and means to pursue that goal.

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Go said.

Earlier, he noted that the military and the police had conducted themselves admirably in Mindanao as there were practically no reports of abuses in connection with implementation of martial law in the region.

Go reiterated that Duterte had promised to take care of the needs of the victims of the Jolo blasts.

It is unfortunate, according to Go, that the bombings in Jolo and Zamboanga City occurred after the ratification of the Bangsamoro Organic Law aimed at achieving lasting peace in Mindanao, which has suffered from decades of conflict.Â

He said he does not want to speculate on the motives and suspects behind the twin deadly attacks but would rather wait for authorities to complete their investigation of the two separate incidents.

Meanwhile, Go said among his top priorities in running for the Senate was to improve delivery of health services in the country, including establishment of Malasakit Centers in all provinces and urban centers of the country.

A Malasakit Center is a one-stop shop bringing together under one roof all concerned agencies, such as the Department of Health, Department of Social Welfare and Development, Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp., Philip-

pine Charity Sweepstakes Office and PhilHealth, to make it easier and faster for poor patients to avail of medical and financial services of the government.

Go said there are now 21 Malasakit Centers nationwide, with one ready for opening in General Santos City and another in Surigao City.

Aside from health, his legislative agenda covers programs on agriculture, anti-illegal drugs and criminality, housing, education, long-term sports development, anti-corruption, fire protection and prevention, localized peace talks, creation of a Department of Overseas Filipino Workers, barangay (village) welfare and improved benefits for senior citizens.

A case will be filed against RCBC and “all others� involved in the heist to try and retrieve the stolen funds, Bangladesh central bank governor Fazle Kabir told Agence France-Presse.

An agreement between the bank and the US Federal Reserve in New York had been signed to assist Dhaka in the case, Kabir said.

Bangladesh has sent a legal team to New York and is prepared TO kGHT FOR THE MONEY TO BE REturned, Kabir told reporters in the capital Dhaka.

The Philippines in 2016 imPOSED A RECORD MILLION kNE ON RCBC after investigating its role in the audacious cyber heist.

Ex-RCBC manager Maia Deguito was handed a lengthy jail term and MILLION IN kNES IN THE kRST CONVICtion over the massive theft. Deguito, who was a branch manager where the money landed, was accused of coordinating the illegal transfer.

Deguito is the only person who has been convicted in the case, drawing international concern.

RCBC on Thursday expressed its readiness to face any complaint to be slapped against it by the Ban-

Our government extended help to this Filipino. We provided lawyers or a lawyer for her and we gave regular updates to the family,�

Panelo told reporters. “It’s just unfortunate that in this particular case, the Sharia Law does not apply where blood money can be a reason to stop the execution.

So we condole with the family. But we tried, the DFA (Department of

Foreign Affairs) tried very hard to help,� he said.

In a statement, the DFA conkRMED THAT THE UNNAMED &ILIPINA was executed on Tuesday for the MURDER SHE COMMITTED IN The DFA did not identify the Filipina worker as requested by her family. “The department has informed the next of kin who have requested

privacy during their time of bereavement,� it said.

Reacting to the execution of the UNIDENTIkED /&7 &OREIGN !FFAIRS Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. in his Twitter account, said, “Damn.� “This is why we cannot adopt the death penalty; we lose the argument of respecting our culture which abhors the taking of a human life by a cold formal state justice system

when we believe that a state exists to protect life,� Locsin said.

In earlier cases, Filipinos on death row in Saudi Arabia were saved by paying blood money to families of individuals they had killed, mostly in self-defense. )N 3AUDI AUTHORITIES executed Filipino construction worker Joselito Zapanta, who was found guilty of killing his

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President Rodrigo Duterte’s former top aide Christopher Lawrence “Bong�

Go and actor Philip Salvador (right) pose with El Shaddai leader Brother Mike Velarde whom they visited recently.

With them was Willie Villarama (left). CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

But that doesn’t mean we are not doing our job,� he said. “In fact, the lockdown [in Sulu] is helping. There is a very strict implementation even of curfews that will prevent the occurrence of bombings in that area,� Panelo added.

On the other hand, he said the government was ready to accept any kind of assistance from the international community to put an end to the threat of terrorism in the country.

Countries like the United States, China, Russia, the United Kingdom and Canada, according to Panelo, already expressed condolences and their intention to support and give whatever assistance that the Philippines may need. “Wala tayong hinihingi. Sila nga ang nag-o-offer (We are not asking for anything. They’re the ones who gave). We will wait. Kung ano i-o-offer nila sa atin, tatanggapin natin (We will accept anything that they will offer). Weapons for instance, intelligence. ‘Di kung yun ang ibibigay sa atin (If they will offer weapons or intelligence, then) we will welcome it,� he said. “Anything that can stop terrorism in this country we will welcome in the same way that other countries will welcome such offer of assistance,� Panelo added.

(E EXPRESSED CONkDENCE THAT the recent bombings would not affect and dissuade Filipinos from participating in the plebiscite for the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) on Wednesday.

The Commission on Elections had raised concerns about the plebiscite being affected because people will be afraid for their safety. “Speculating lang kasi they are saying kasi nagkaroon ng bomba takot na ang mga tao (They are just speculating because they are saying that because of a bomb, people are now scared). They’re just alert now, vigilant and cautious, but they will vote,� Panelo said.

The February 6 plebiscite will cover the six municipalities of Lanao del Norte and six municipalities of North Cotabato.

4HE kRST ROUND OF THE "/, HAPpened on January 21 where the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao voted “yes� for the RATIkCATION OF THE LAW WITH MORE THAN MILLION VOTES CATHERINE S. VALENTE gladesh central bank, but urged it to be “transparent.� “We hope BB can be as transparent and stop blaming everybody but itself. The complaint will ALLOW US TO kNALLY GET THE INFORmation we, and the Philippine government, have been asking BB to provide,� it said.

Last year, RCBC President Gil Buenaventura rejected talk of a deal, saying the Yuchengco-owned bank had also been “victimized.�

The theft exposed the Philippines as a haven for dirty money, where some of the world’s strictest bank secrecy laws protect account holders from scrutiny.

The hackers bombarded the US Federal Reserve with dozens of transfer requests, attempting to STEAL A FURTHER MILLION But the bank’s security systems and typing errors in some requests prevented the full theft.

The hack took place on a Friday, when Bangladesh’s central bank is closed.

The Federal Reserve is closed on Saturday and Sunday, slowing the response.

The US Federal Reserve, which manages the Bangladesh central bank account, has denied its own systems were breached.

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The victim’s family had refused TO EXECUTE AN AFkDAVIT OF FORGIVEness in exchange for blood money.

Another Filipino, Carlito Lana, was beheaded in 2014 in Saudi Arabia for shooting a Saudi Arabian citizen and running him over with a car.

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Final list of Senate bets released

THE Commission on Elections #OMELEC HAS RELEASED THE kNAL LIST of senatorial candidates and partylist organizations allowed to run in the midterm elections in May. The list was whittled down to 63 senatorial bets and 134 party-list organizations. The poll body said CERTIkCATES OF CANDIDACY #/#S FOR SENATOR WERE kLED AND FOR party-list groups.

Comelec spokesman James Jimenez said the commission removed “nuisance candidates.�

Reelectionist Senator Aquilino “Kokoâ€? Pimentel and former senator Sergio OsmeĂąa 3rd, who both have PENDING DISQUALIkCATION CASES WERE included in the list.

Jimenez said Pimentel and OsmeĂąa, if nominated by political

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parties, were entitled to substitutes IF THEY WERE DISQUALIkED John Rex Laudiangco, assistant chief of the Comelec Law Division, said the cases of Pimentel and OsmeĂąa were different from the others.

4HE CASE AGAINST 0IMENTEL WAS kLED by lawyer Ferdinand Topacio for alleged violation of the two-term rule for senators, while OsmeĂąa is facing PERPETUAL DISQUALIkCATION FOR ALLEGED NON kLING OF HIS STATEMENT OF CONtributions and expenditures (SOCE) during the 2010 and 2016 elections.

The Comelec will start printing OFkCIAL BALLOTS ON &EBRUARY The poll body needs at least three months to print and distribute 61 million ballots and other election paraphernalia.

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BY GLEE JALEA

HE House Committee on Basic Education and Culture has approved a bill that seeks to make Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) mandatory for senior high school students.

The measure will be known as the ROTC Act. The program will be part of the curricula of Grade 11 and 12 students in private and public schools to “instill patriotism, love of country, moral and spiritual values, respect for human rights, and adher-

ence to the Constitution.�

The bill was endorsed for second reading.

Rep. Ramon Durano, chairman of the committee and one of the co-authors of the measure, said the approval of the ROTC Act would

Palace quashes ‘no election’ fears MALACAĂ‘ANG on Thursday dismissed fears raised by Catholic bishops that the elections in May this year might not push through amid efforts to shift to a federal form of government. Palace spokesman Salvador Panelo said President Rodrigo Duterte was committed to the holding of “clean, honest and credibleâ€? elections. “The President said there will be elec-

tions and it will be clean, honest and CREDIBLE u HE SAID IN A NEWS BRIEkNG He was reacting to the statement of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines that there could be attempts to “avoid� the midterm elections.

The Catholic bishops said the people “should pay attention to the threat of constitutional change and federalism approved by the Lower House and now being dangled to the senators.�

“Its version of federalism is vague and it will do away with the 2019 elections. We denounce any attempt to avoid the elections. This right of the people to vote should not be shelved,� they added. “It takes away the term limits of most of the elected officials and allows political dynasties to continue. Let us be vigilant.�

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BOOSTING THE WAR ON DRUGS

Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency chief Aaron Aquino and Customs Commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero (right) shake hands after signing a memorandum of agreement that seeks to strengthen the campaign against illegal drugs through the exchange of information and best practices.

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Protect BPO industry - Aquino SEN. Paolo Benigno “Bam� Aquino 4th on Thursday sought full support for the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector, warning that a slowdown in the industry could leave thousands of Filipinos jobless.

The senator reiterated the need to protect the BPO sector from external and internal threats that might lead to the loss of livelihood for thousands of Filipinos and their families.

According to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), there were about 575,000 BPO employees as of 2016.

The PSA said there were 851 BPO companies: 429 call centers, 393 COMPUTER RELATED kRMS TRANSCRIPTION CENTERS AND ANIMATED kLMS AND CARTOON PRODUCTION OUTkTS “More centers that open up [and] more centers to expand mean more families will partake in the gains that

our economy is currently experiencing,� Aquino said. “We’re here to make sure that this industry will continue to grow,� he said during the inauguration of a BPO center in Mandaluyong City.

The senator said he intends to block provisions in the second package of the Tax Reform Acceleration and Inclusion (Train) Law that could affect the employment of thousands of Filipino workers in the BPO sector. “Thousands of Filipinos and their families will return to poverty if we will not protect the BPO sector against threats that might affect it,� he warned.

As chairman of the Senate Committee on Science and Technology, Aquino conducted hearings to craft solutions for the threats that affect the "0/ SECTOR MOST ESPECIALLY ARTIkCIAL

intelligence.

He also renewed his commitment to help BPO companies through legislation to enable them to expand and provide more employment to Filipinos. “We hope that we make it easier for you to do business here, we make it PROkTABLE FOR YOU TO DO BUSINESS HERE so in turn you can provide jobs our countrymen need,� Aquino said.

The Information Technology and Business Process Association of the Philippines (IBPAP) recently recognized Aquino as “BPO champion� for his contribution to develop and strengthen the IT and BPO sector through legislation.

The IBPAP presented him with the IBPAP-PLDT Azure Flare For Industry Luminary award during the 2018 IBPAP Flare Awards.

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Law bans identification of AIDS patients Dear PAO, I have a friend who was recently diagnosed with human immunodekCIENCY VIRUS ()6 AND HE IS AFRAID that his status as such will be posted in various social media platforms.

Is there a law that protects persons LIVING WITH ()6 FROM UNFAIR SOCIAL media disclosures?

Nana Dear Nana, 0LEASE BE INFORMED OF THE SPECIkC PROvision of Section 44 (b) of Republic Act (RA) 11166, otherwise known as the “Philippine HIV and AIDS Policy Act,� which provides: “SEC. 44. Confidentiality. – The CONkDENTIALITY AND PRIVACY OF ANY INdividual who has been tested for HIV, has been exposed to HIV, has HIV infection or HIV- and AIDS-related illnesses, or was treated for HIV-related illnesses shall be guaranteed. The FOLLOWING ACTS VIOLATE CONkDENTIALITY and privacy:

their own acts and omissions under Section 4(a) of RA 10175, otherwise as the “Cybercrime PrevenDEAR PAO known tion Act of 2012� and Section 25 of RA 10173, otherwise known as the “Data Privacy Act of 2012.“ [Emphasis supplied] xxx xxx xxx #LEARLY THE IDENTIkCATION OF PER(b) Media Disclosure. – It shall be sons living with HIV and acquired unlawful for any editor, publisher, IMMUNODEkCIENCY SYNDROME !)$3

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reinforce the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ (AFP) reserve manpower and boost the capacity of the government to respond to any national security threat or emergency.

However, Kabataan party-list Rep. Sarah Elago warned that the program would only serve as “a hotbed of abuse and corruption in schools.�

The measure exempts those who are physically or psychologiCALLY UNkT AS CERTIkED BY THE !&0 Surgeon General or his authorized MEDICAL OFkCER THOSE WHO HAVE undergone or are undergoing SIMILAR MILITARY TRAINING STUDENTS

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chosen by the school to serve as varsity players in sports competiTIONS AND THOSE EXEMPTED FOR valid reasons by the Department of National Defense.

Graduates of basic ROTC would be eligible for commissionship and enlistment in the military, Philippine National Police, Coast Guard, Bureau of Jail Management and Penology, and Bureau of Fire Protection.

Students undergoing Basic and Advance ROTC would be provided free hospitalization if they get injured during training.

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E d i to r i a l Lasting peace beyond talk of BOL vote success

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HE recent bombings, renewed violence, conflict and uncertainty in the southern Philippines indicate the political and law-and-order situation remains fragile in Muslim Mindanao. And to expect that declarations by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) of success in the plebiscite on the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) will deliver the long desired peace would be naĂŻve. The problems will not be transcended just by wishful talk of lasting peace in Muslim Mindanao.

The split vote on the BOL, which saw two major Muslim population centers reject the BOL, is just one sign of discord in the region targeted for autonomy. Another sign is the bombing of a Jolo cathedral last Sunday, followed by a grenade attack of a mosque in Zamboanga city.

In many respects, the BOL was hustled through Congress, with neither the public nor individual legislators realizing what the legislature was making precisely.

In the Senate, Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri took it upon himself to lead in sponsoring the legislation and managing its passage. Unlike the senators of the previous Congress, who conducted long consultations with the Muslim and indigenous communities in the South to craft a proper law, Zubiru steered the BOL through the chamber with little debate and deliberation. Some senators are still wondering how the BOL passed through the Senate without much scrutiny.

In the House, the BOL cleared the chamber during the confusing and sudden switch of leadership from Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez to Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.

President Rodrigo Duterte was expected to sign the BOL into law at the opening of Congress last year. When the House membership suddenly moved to declare the top positions in the chamber vacant, the proposed BOL got shunted aside. Speaker Arroyo placed the signing of the BOL at the top of her priorities as the new House speaker. Within a day, President Duterte signed the BOL into law. Drumbeaters immediately turned their attention toward ensuring the RATIkCATION OF THE LAW IN A PLEBISCITE THE FOLLOWING YEAR Clearly, there is much work for government and security forces to do before the situation can be fully stabilized and for the installation of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) to proceed.

There is still one factor that has not been placed in the balance as critical to the achievement of stability and calm in Muslim Mindanao — that is a declaration of a ruling by the Supreme Court on the constitutionality of the BOL. The issue was placed in the back-burner by those who mistakenly thought that the plebiscite would have a magical effect on the peace and law-and-order situation in Mindanao.

But the nation has continued to wonder whether the BOL, like previous initiatives, can stand scrutiny under the light of the Constitution.

In this light, we submit that it is manifestly time for the high court to rule on the constitutionality of the BOL. The prayer of Senate Majority Leader Zubiri that the Supreme Court will dismiss the petition challenging the BOL’s constitutionality because of the overwhelming “yesâ€? vote in the plebiscite looks naĂŻve to us. He urges the highcourt not to look at the legal and constitutional issues, because the BOL is an instrument of peace and progress in Mindanao.

This is feeble-minded. We need the Supreme Court precisely to tell us what is the law and what is right in this constitutional question.

Although lasting peace has been history’s elusive holy grail for the South that demands far more than holding a SUCCESSFUL PLEBISCITE ON IT A SMALL BUT SIGNIkCANT STEP TOWARD that would be the declaration of this ruling by our highest magistracy. Absent that, the nation cannot proceed with CONkDENCE IN GOVERNING THE AFFAIRS OF -USLIM -INDANAO ~

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Historical injustices; the 1974 ‘Jolo-caust’

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N March 5-7, 1906, American and Filipino constables swooped down on a thousand Muslims, men, women and children, on Mount Bud Dajo, in Jolo, and massacred all of them, save six.

Mark Twain wrote about and denounced the butchery. There were also defenders of the massacre.

On Feb. 7-8, 1974, our very own Filipino troopers razed Jolo to the ground with constant bombardment and killed 20,000 civilians. There was looting. The controlled local media had nothING ON THE CARNAGE ) kRST HEARD about it from a bright and principled Rizal High School classmate who had attended PMA and graduated No. 3 in his batch and joined the Navy, which kindly took in some Muslim refugees.

In martial law administrator Juan Ponce Enrile’s 2012 Memoir of 750+ pages, my staff and I found nothing about the sad Jolo Massacre validating that all autobiography is really vanity, per the Durants. In a sequel, he may write a counter-narrative.

That 1974 Jolo carnage would appear to me to be another instance of a historical injustice, like that of Bud Dajo, which the Prez rightly denounced. So, while I join the denunciation of those behind the 1906 carnage and last Sunday’s Jolo Catholic Church bombing, and the

the Muslim deaths and injuries or to help the score of Muslim victims. Sapagka’t sila po ba ay mga Muslim lamang?

Another historical injustice?

We should go after the heinous perpetrators of the bombings last Zamboanga City mosque bombing Sunday and Wednesday, but we of the other day, we need to un- should correct the historical inderstand why Muslims may regard justices suffered by Moros — a emperors from elsewhere negatively. PERSECUTED MINORITY VILIkED AND I am glad that the Bangsamoro persecuted from time out of mind Organic Act was upheld by the vot- by Imperial Manila insensitive ers last week. I know little about to such injustices. Mindanao is it but I asked Ging Deles when part of their ancestral homeland. we met after Mass in Rockwell in The church bombed last Sunhonor and memory of Prez Cory day and mosque bombed last Aquino last January 25; Ging, a Wednesday should be rebuilt. dedicated longtime student of the Mindanao could be a possible site issue, as a peace process advocate, of a nuke plant if government is bent was thumbs-up on the plebiscite. A on having such a power facility. But, step forward. So says Amina Rasul, only if the Mindanaoanons agree. In if I understood her correctly, so I this regard, I found it odd that here am on the same page with the Prez in Palanan, Makati, there was no and with them here. issue last Tuesday of the Philippine The Mamasapano 44 who he- Star, which carried on that day the ROICALLY SACRIkCED THEIR ALL TO BAG sharp dissent of acclaimed expert Marwan on Jan. 25, 2016 we all Kelvin S. Rodolfo. hail. But, why is there no memory The Star’s Dik Pascual carried or recollection of Sara, 5, the Mus- the expert’s opinion. Dr. Rodolfo lim girl who was killed and her is professor emeritus of earth and parents wounded, when their environmental sciences, University house was strafed? And what about of Illinois in Chicago. Dik also the Muslim farmer, slain also, with echoed my own as amateur chaireyes gouged out? Imperial Manila man in 1986 of the Cabinet comand Davao keep hailing and re- mittee on it and as chairman of warding the Mamasapano 44 but the Senate committee on it, reliant nothing has been done to probe ON EXPERTS AND BENEkTING FROM THE

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If Mindanao is the choice for a new plant, there should also be a plebiscite on it, to avoid another historical injustice.

From the internet, may I quote from “That we may remember Feb. 7, 1974: The Jolo-caust,â€? by Said Sadain, Jr., a 15-year old high school senior at the time expecting to receive, in a month, his graduation diploma. “Shortly after that war, I got into the UP, Diliman, College of Arts & Sciences, and later, College of Engineering‌â€?

His narrative: “[I]n the dark dawn of Feb. 7, 1974, before our graduating class could even start practicing for our graduation rites, the tranquillity of the municipality of Jolo was shattered by a loud explosion that was clearly heard from one end of town to the other‌Jolo became embroiled in a shooting war, house to house, door to door, with the Moro National Liberation Front rebels, `Lost Commands’ as some MNLF apologists would later claim, initially marching into town to lay siege on the government army encampment at the town’s airport. My family stayed in our San Raymundo house DURING MOST OF THE kRST TWO DAYS OF kGHTING EXCEPT FOR SOME UNCLES who ventured out into the streets to get some drinking water.â€?

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The public has noted and suffered from them and complained. Over the years they tried to communicate their QHHGV DQG VXJJHVWLRQV WR ORFDO RIÂżcials but not much understanding or effective action has come from them.

Instead, local government on its own tried to come up with ordinances and regulations which unfortunately have not solved the problems. Sometimes they have even exacerbated them.

The reason is that they did not consult, study or learn the solutions IURP H[SHUWV ZKR KDYH WKH EHQHÂżW RI experience and expertise.

Here are some examples. Problem: Too many vehicles in the city? Solution: Widen the streets. Result: The streets can now be used as parking VSDFH DV WKH WZR ZD\ WUDI¿F LV VWLOO viable and the wide part is for parking vehicles. Now more vehicles clog the URDGV WKHUH LV QR IUHH ÀRZ RI WUDI¿F and funds were wasted.

Problem: Need parking space?

Solution: Use Burnham Park for a parking building, adding to the restaurants, vendors and other commerFLDO RXW¿WV FOXWWHULQJ LWV RSHQ VSDFH It should be understood or accepted by local politicians as well as House legislators that Baguio’s problems need to be solved in consultation with urban planners and resource managers. These professionals should be asked for inputs and recommended solutions that in

included or even consulted. It is given extensive powers which should be used competently and fairly. Will they be? The portents are not good.

Baguio citizens, from academics to civic entities, feel left out and have said so in many forums. Token hearturn should have the public giving its ings by NEDA have been mentioned voice on them all along. Legislation but nothing with a large public particicannot impose solutions effectively pation. So, it is not quite the climate of without studying and referring to acceptance regarding this bill.

SURIHVVLRQDOV LQ WKH ¿HOG DQG OLVWHQThere is no mention of indigenous ing to the public that will be affected. people and their rights as in current Now comes a proposed bill from laws in place, no modern solid waste the House (No. 6974) that purports PDQDJHPHQW VSHFL¿HG IRU WKH VHULto solve the problems of Baguio by ous Baguio solid waste management creating a Metro Baguio Authority problem, nor how water resources consisting of Baguio and adjoin- will be used. Neither are forests, open ing municipalities — La Trinidad, spaces or parks mentioned. The list Itogon, Sablan, Tuba and Tublay of issues missing or not explained — to be known as BLISTT Develop- has the public alarmed and anxious. ment Authority (BLISTTDA).

They repeat the lack of consultation The bill’s main purpose seems to considering that they are the ones to be preeminently economic though it be affected. Neither have the citistates that it also social and political. zens of the municipalities concerned ,W PHQWLRQV EXW GRHV QRW GH¿QH RU been asked to give their considered detail urban renewal, land use, hous- judgment or even comments. Only LQJ VKHOWHU WUDQVSRUW WUDI¿F ZDWHU WKH ORFDO JRYHUQPHQW RI¿FLDOV DQG health, public safety and order. It maybe not even enough from them. gives no underlying policy of how The general opinion is that the bill they will design their role vis-à -vis is concerned only with Baguio’s these issues and the public. problems which it will solve by usThe chairman of the BLISTTDA ing the resources of the adjoining will be appointed by the President municipalities. Patently unfair.

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DPWH, etc. No private citizens or The fear of developers buying land nongovernmental organizations or cheap and selling high with their academic and civic institutions are usual depredations on the environ-

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ment and the general well-being of their neighbors, will remove the small owners out of their present familiar zone. They will not have the means WR FRPSHWH RU LQĂ€XHQFH D UDPSDJH RI economic events. Some commentators have already brought up the term “landgrabbing.â€? Private parties who own small lots will be lured to sell at what seem to be high prices only to be unable to buy better or even equal property as prices will just rise and rise. These sellers will actually end up with a lower standard of living having disposed of their property and been unable to buy better or the same.

The bill proposes more infrastructure like roads and even tollways yet it does not mention or provide IRU HIÂżFLHQW DQG DIIRUGDEOH SXEOLF transport. The result will be more private vehicles will monopolize the new roads. Expect the gridlock that is already there to worsen as private transportation is encouraged and public transportation neglected.

From what I could gather there are many insightful and worthy comments that the general public has expressed and should be heard regarding this proposed bill. They should be taken into account.

As it is, the bill needs expertise, fairness and inclusiveness for all, particularly from the public in the areas that it proposes to put together as one metro area.

It should go back to the drawing board in its present incarnation and come back with a more thoughtful, expert and inclusive format. With all goodwill, this is not impossible.

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Does the MILF relieve us of the CPP threat?

At the same time, military helicopter gunships rained rockets and heavy ARTILLERY kRE ON SUSPECTED !BU 3AYYAF lairs in Patikul, Sulu. Not many have accepted DU30’s “suicide bombing� theory as correct; they seem more inclined to believe that DU30’s unrelenting attack on the Catholic Church has encouraged some lawless elements to carry out the attack in Jolo. They tend to look at the attack on the Kamahaldikan mosque as a “Christian� response.

Avoiding a religious conflict 4HE GOVERNMENT SHOULD EXERT EVERY effort to prevent these violent incidents from developing into a fulllEDGED gRELIGIOUS CONlICT u $5 has a central role to play in this. He will have to stop his unprovoked, unwarranted and irresponsible attacks on the Catholic Church, the bishops, clergy and religious, and resist every temptation to create any CONlICT THAT COULD JUSTIFY HIS REPORTED PLAN TO CREATE A gMILITARY JUNTAu OR a “revolutionary government.� It is absolutely important that the government is not at all suspected of having anything to do with the cathedral bombing or the mosque attack. The government has not always had clean hands in past incidents.

After the bombing of the old Davao international airport on March 4, 2003, where 22 were KILLED AND WERE INJURED SOME witnesses told the Truth CommisSION THAT SOME JUNIOR MILITARY OFkCERS WERE INSTRUCTED BY THEIR SUPEriors to bomb some public places.

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‘Jolo-caust’ If the MNLF started it, our military should have responded proportionately, more prudently, and less recklessly, to save civilians. More than 44 casualties to be sure.

The narrative continued: “In the afternoon of the second day, everything else around the neighborhood broke loose, with morTARS AND GUNkRE SCREAMING &ROM a high window at the back of the house, I watched the brittle nipathatch roofs of nearby houses catch the fireballs whooshing down from the sky. When it was all over, the only thing that remained of our house was the front stairs leading up to a charred front door that opened up to clear, blue sky‌ [S]everal days later‌we made our way down from a government refuge hospital on our way to the dock of Jolo. We trudged through the center of town, through the smoking ashes of Jolo, passing by contorted, burnt shapes frozen in THEIR kNAL ACTS TO REACH FOR THE SKY from where they had fallen down at either side of the blackened asphalt roads. My younger sister, 3ANG WHO IS NOW ; = kNISHING her doctorate degree in Illinois, asked me then: `Is that a tree stump or a corpse?’ The rotting ODOR OF lESH MIXED STRONGLY WITH the burnt smell of logs, rags, paper and plastic that were wet with dew, all over town‌â€?

Did our military recklessly over-react? Our narrator wrote: “I always gave Admiral Espaldon THE BENEkT OF THE DOUBT SINCE IT was his naval boats that mercifully plucked us out of the teeming pier of Jolo island and transported us to Zamboanga City in mainland Mindanao. For most part of a night, we had to camp out at the open landings of the pier and wait there in the cold wind along with thousands of others in a scene played straight out of a movie.�

When 20,000 civilians are killed, there will always be questions on whether the victims deserved to BE COLLATERAL DAMAGE INlICTED BY whoever. Fortunes of war?

In condemning the Jolo bombers this week, what might their motivations be?

When will they/we ever learn?

Peter Paul and Mary so asked long ago and answered with another question, “how many deaths will it take till we know, that too many people have died? The answer is "blowing in the wind?�

the Jemaah Islamiyah, but forensic investigation into this incident was effectively thwarted when the government ordered the entire crime scene, which was covered with blood, cleaned up, leaving nothing for the American and Australian investigators to analyze.

himself mattered at all to the public. It was an irrelevant response.

As the widely syndicated conversative TV host Dennis Prager puts it, nobody is interested in your FEELINGS EXCEPT YOUR MOTHER AND your therapist; your behavior is all that matters. An adult should be capable of self-control in the face of crisis, but DU30 decided to curse instead. Then he blamed the bombing on two alleged suiCIDE BOMBERS WITHOUT SUFkCIENTLY credible evidence

the MNLF as the main adversary of the national government. It is important for the MILF to NOW JOIN HANDS WITH THE $5 government in going after the perpetrators of the Sulu carnage, and in preventing the Abu Sayyaf from assuming the position of the new Moro dissident force.

Muslims who are part of the CPP/ NPA/NDF. Because of strategic considerations, MAC was placed under the CPP/NPA National Military Commission. It underTOOK EXTENSIVE POLITICAL ORGANIZing in Muslim communities, and participated in advance ordnance and demolition training.

There is a white area-based command (WABC) long established in the NCR, according to the same sources. MAC forms part of a three-brigade size NPA formation with an estimated strength of more than 3,000, including the national Seat of Government (SOG) Elite/Command Ineffective security Force and the Sectoral Army, Rebellion has ended What’s MAC? including the combat forces of In Jolo, the cathedral was supMetro Manila, RDC. posed to have been tightly corThe MILF should now assure the Since 2005, it is said to have set up In Pampanga, 25 MAC combatdoned off and guarded for the Philippine government that the political and combat cells in the ants are said to have been recently past three months, making it -ORO REBELLION ENDED UPON RATIkCA- National Capital Region, Bulacan deployed. In Bulacan, additional impossible for any “hostile per- MILF should help tion of the Bangsamoro Organic Law and Bataan; and a united front MAC combatants are said to have son� to enter undetected. But creating the Bangsamoro Autono- machinery through the Moro Re- deployed to San Jose del Monte from DU30’s own story, quoting Although the outside world has mous Region in Muslim Mindanao sistance Liberation Organization #ITY &IFTY SIX COMBATANTS ARE SAID alleged reports from the military, shown its outrage, we have yet to (BARMM), and that any further act -2,/ )T IS SAID TO HAVE SET UP kVE to be spread in eight safehouses a woman bearing a large cross on hear from the Moro Islamic Libera- of rebellion will have to be inter- combat teams in the NCR, one of in Norzagaray, Bulacan. her breast, entered the cathedral tion Front (MILF), which was the preted as an act against BARMM, which is reported to be composed These reported data are not unchecked, and detonated the biggest winner in the plebiscite. no longer against the Republic of OF kVE BOMB EXPERTS )N #OMPOS- EXHAUSTIVE ONLY ILLUSTRATIVE )F bomb she was carrying, killing 4HE LEAST WE EXPECTED TO HEAR WAS A the Philippines. It is, therefore, nec- tela, there are supposed to be 50 they are not way off, and the MAC herself and some others, while strong condemnation of the attack essary that the DU30 government MAC combatants. In Palawan, 40 elements are determined to purher alleged husband detonated and a promise to go after and punish knows precisely who its real enemy MAC combatants are said to be SUE THE PROGRAM AS DEkNED BY THE HIS IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE the culprit or culprits. Whether or is, at this stage. Highly intelligence operating in El Nido. There is also communists, rather than by the outside the cathedral, killing not the bombings were perpetrated SOURCES DO NOT SEEM FULLY CONkDENT said to be an MRLO cell operating MILF, then the security threat to the himself and so many others. by “suicide bombers,� as DU30 that DU30’s political appreciation in Palawan. MAC is further said to Republic has not been eliminated Many more were wounded. claimed, were they in fact part of the of the situation on the ground is have gained a foothold in Southern by the MILF standing down to run Some analysts theorize that Abu Sayyaf, “Bearer of the Sword,� completely accurate.

Leyte, Iloilo, Cebu and Negros Ori- the autonomous Southern governthe woman could not have en- terrorist group, which is now the obThese sources believe that ental. There are active MAC/MRLO MENT %VEN IF THE -),& OFkCIALLY tered the gate and the cathedral JECT OF THE CURRENT MILITARY OFFENSIVE SOME )SLAMIC JIHADIST ELEMENTS organizers in these areas. cuts off its formal links with CPP/ carrying her device, without the Now that the MILF has been have merged with elements of the In Southern Tagalog, MAC NPA/NDF, there is no assurance knowledge of the guards. This LEGITIMATED AS THE OFkCIAL REP- Communist Party of the Philip- combatants and MRLO opera- that the individual MILF members suggests an element of complic- resentative of the Bangsamoro pines/New People’s Army/Na- tives are said to be active in who have become parts of MAC will ity, which we are prepared to constituency, the government tional Democratic Front to form Quezon, Cavite, Laguna and correspondingly withdraw from it.

EXPLORE AT THIS POINT cannot afford to let a new dis- a new organ — the Moro Army "ATANGAS 3PECIkCALLY THERE ARE This danger is grave enough. It MalacaĂąang made a big play sident Moro group surface, and Committee (MAC), which has reportedly 25 MAC combatants becomes graver still when DU30 about DU30’s “angryâ€? reaction take the previous place of the ASSUMED A KEY ROLE IN THE kGHT in Bacoor and in Laguna, about starts talking of organizing a to the carnage. Spokesman Salva- MILF. This is what happened against the state. This was orga- 50 in Lucena City. In the NCR, MILITARY JUNTA OR A REVOLUTIONARY dor Panelo reported that DU30 when the government entered nized during the 10th CPP ple- there are said to be 50 MAC government, without any premspewed his usual profanities and INTO ITS kNAL AGREEMENT WITH THE num in Lupon, Davao Oriental COMBATANTS IN EACH OF THE kVE ises, and leaves all of us guessing invectives, as though they were a Moro National Liberation Front in 1997, attended, among others, districts — East Manila, South, WHAT WILL COME NEXT proper response to the incident, (MNLF) under the Ramos govern- by Hashim Salamat for the MILF. Central and North, or a total of fstatad@gmail.com or that his inability to control ment; the MILF simply replaced It is composed of Christians and 250 to 300 for the whole.

Teaching lower and higher thinking skills to 21st century learners Part 4 – Teaching LOTS and HOTS

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opportunities whenever they appear.â&#x20AC;? It is a must to nurture critical thinking â&#x20AC;&#x153;from a young age at schoolâ&#x20AC;? to make it â&#x20AC;&#x153;a constructive, life-long habit.â&#x20AC;? http://clarionschooldubai.com/ critical-thinking-skills-essential-21st-centurysuccess/ .

What teachers have to know.

Having emphasized critical thinking as a habit of mind that learners should develop, what about us teachers? What teaching competencies and outlook do we need to ensure positive learning outcomes in our learners? Ever conscious of todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s technologies, letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s know what pedagogy aligns with content and effective utilization of info-tech so as to help learners â&#x20AC;&#x153;to creatively use these technologies FOR THEIR SPECIkC NEEDS u !CADEME and learners need to have updated knowledge of the standards demanded by employers in terms of knowledge, skills and values. To borrow from literature, academe should be in medias res, in the midst of things. What to teach SHOULD NOT BE CONkNED TO WHAT is in books. Our outlook is that learning is a means to a productive life of service â&#x20AC;&#x201D; not a mere end but a means to improve oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s self, to help others improve theirs, and help make a better world.

What teachers have to do.

Teaching need not be limited to the classroom. One way is to balance â&#x20AC;&#x153;direct instruction strategiCALLY WITH PROJECT ORIENTED TEACHing methods.â&#x20AC;? These methods STRETCH EXPOSURE OPPORTUNITIES

for learners to the outside world.

Otherwise, learning confined to the classroom, would have our learners simply spend their lives â&#x20AC;&#x153;watching the shadows on the wall.â&#x20AC;? In assessing learning, letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s use a range of strategies to evaluate student performance even as we differentiate instruction. Differentiating instruction overcomes â&#x20AC;&#x153;one size fits all.â&#x20AC;? It means we relate teaching to the inclinations and ability of our learners. Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s innovate forms of assessment besides the usual â&#x20AC;&#x153;formative, portfolio-based, curriculum-embedded and summativeâ&#x20AC;? forms. And since there should be no fence between â&#x20AC;&#x153;the town and the gown,â&#x20AC;? thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the outside community â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a great learning resource. Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s invite from the community speakers, coaches, mentors along with using service-learning pedagogy â&#x20AC;&#x201D; have knowledge-sharing and team teaching with parents and other stakeholders. Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s have learning festivals!

Learners and the public can learn together. As advised, the most effective of these teaching strategies is to focus â&#x20AC;&#x153;on integrating 21st century knowledge AND SKILLS INTO EACH OF THE SIX essential education support systems: standards, assessments, curriculum and instruction, continuing professional development and no less important, learning environments.

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Shutdown 2.0? Trump has reasons to avoid a repeat WASHINGTON, DC: President Donald Trump learned over the past month a valuable Washington lesson that oldtimers like House Speaker Nancy 0ELOSI AND 3ENATE -AJORITY ,EADER Mitch McConnell learned long ago: Shutdowns never work.

After beating a retreat and agreeing last week to end the shutdown on Pelosiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s terms â&#x20AC;&#x201D; with no money for his oftPROMISED 53 -EXICO BORDER WALL Â&#x2021; IT S DIFkCULT TO IMAGINE Trump getting anywhere near his $5.7-billion demand for wall funding in an upcoming round of negotiations. And it would seem unlikely that Trump would attempt another shutdown strategy

after the last one blew up in his face. Capitol Hill Republicans, especially in the Senate, have little appetite for a reprise.

With the government funded for three weeks, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s up to a group of House and Senate negotiators from the powerful appropriations committee to try to iron out a deal under the close watch of top leaders including Pelosi, McConnell and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. Pelosi (Democrat, California), was a longtime member of the panel before rising into leadership, and McConnell (Republican, Kentucky), still sits on it. Both of them know how to cut a deal.

But the talks, set to begin Wednesday, will be centered on the polarizing question of WHAT BORDER SECURITY PROJECTS should be funded in a package for Homeland Security. For both parties, as well as the hundreds of thousands of federal workers returning Monday from unpaid furloughs, there is no guarantee of an easy resolution. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the past, when the president has stayed out of it, when the president has given Congress room, we have been repeatedly able to forge bipartisan agreements, including two budget agreements. When the presiDENT INJECTS MAXIMALIST PARTI-

san demands into the process, negotiations tend to fall apart,â&#x20AC;?

Schumer (Democrat, New York) said Monday.

Trump himself is pessimistic about a deal and says he likely wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t accept less than his $5.7billion demand. Adding a bigger immigration deal such as protection for so-called Dreamer immigrants illegally brought to the US as children is a long shot as well, Trump told The Wall St. Journal in an interview Sunday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If everybody could leave the thing to the appropriators and let them cut the deal ... then yeah, you could end this. At this point, ) M NOT CONkDENT THAT THAT COULD

happen,â&#x20AC;? said Hazen Marshall, a lobbyist who left McConnellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s staff last month. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s good enough for the president, and I think it would remain too much for Pelosi.â&#x20AC;?

With prospects of a deal so iffy, the White House is considering using emergency powers to declare a national emergency and arbitrarily shift billions of dollars from disaster aid or other accounts into border security. That raises the possibility that Trump might sign a catchall government funding bill that shortchanges his wall request and immediately grab some or all of the funding anyway.

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Q TIGLAO FROM A1

Moro conflict never was about religion, but over land pendence in 1957, was a Tausug, who felt that Sulu was part of a community of Tausugs. The MNLF would also get crucial support from Libyaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gaddafi, whose notion of an Islamic socialism was similar to MNLF Nur Misauriâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ideology, influenced by the communist worldview of Jose Ma. Sison.

Nur and his MNLF never advanced an Islamist view, believing only that the Muslims of Mindanao should have their homeland, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bangsamoro,â&#x20AC;? the lands stolen by non-Muslims returned to them.

When the MNLF split in the mid1970s, after Nur reached a peace settlement with the Marcos government, the breakaway group called itself the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, purportedly in rebellion against Nurâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s neglect of Islam as its spiritual guide.

But this was more of propaganda intended to get the support of the rich Muslim countries, where in the mid-1970s Islamic leaders started espousing jihadist ideologies that would create such terrorist groups as al-Qaida and the Islamic State. The real reason for the MILFâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s split from the MNLF was tribal, with the formerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s base of support mostly in MaguindanCopra-producing areas ao-dominated central Mindanao, in Look at the provinces where the Moro contrast to the latterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tausug Sulu. rebellion has been waging for decades The MILF leaders were sore at Nur â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Sulu, the Zamboanga peninsula, that the MNLFâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s finances were mostly Maguindanao â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and these are pre- going to Sulu, and its hierarchy dominated by Tausugs. dominantly copra-producing areas.

As shown in this brief history, jihadist Margarine and soap The first Moro secession groups calculated that by seceding these areas Islam hardly played a role in the Moro Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll never guess what made Muslim from the Republic, Muslims would insurgency. The MNLF and MILF occa-INDANAO INTO AN ARENA OF BLOODY CONlICT easily recover the lands lost by their sionally did try to portray their rebellion as a resistance to a Christian plot This is the invention and wide- ancestors to the compradors. spread dissemination of margarine It was only the MNLF, however, that to wipe out Muslims, thus the Jabidah and soap, without which Europeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s made headway in rousing Muslim â&#x20AC;&#x153;massacreâ&#x20AC;? that didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t occur, as Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve industrial revolution relying on cheap, communities for such a project, and written**, and the so-called Malisbong free labor, wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have occurred. to organize an armed force strong massacre, which I will soon write, was Margarine and modern soap were enough to challenge the military be- a scam to get money from the Human invented towards the end of the 19th cause of one crucial factor that had Rights Victims Compensation Fund.

If one studies the history of the century and became popular, neces- never before existed: the emergence Moro conflict, it would be crystalsary items starting in the 1920s. of the state of Malaysia.

While initially made from such The MNLF grew because of the huge clear that the bombing of the Jolo things as beef fat and ash, a cheap raw kNANCIAL SUPPORT GIVEN BY -ALAYSIA Cathedral, and other horrors like the material was discovered for both mar- Its British mercenaries also trained the beheading of innocents by the Abu garine and soap: coconut oil. Indeed, -.,& S OFkCERS CORPS THAT THE 0HILIP- Sayyaf and a group paying homage from my researches*, the US push to pine army would be stunned at their to the IS, are total aberrations. They colonize the Philippines â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and in the TACTICS IN THE BATTLEkELD -ALAYSIA ALSO are the work of a tiny group of young case of the Dutch, Indonesia â&#x20AC;&#x201D; was the made the neighboring Sabah, reachable Muslims, brainwashed â&#x20AC;&#x201D; ironically project of their biggest manufacturing by small boats, as the MNLFâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s refuge, because of that modern technology, companies (Procter and Gamble for an ingredient that has been crucial in the internet â&#x20AC;&#x201D; that they could spark a jihad in Mindanao. the former, and Unilever for the latter) almost all successful revolutions.

They make up a murderous band to convert these tropical countries into Malaysia calculated that by helping plantations devoted to coconuts, in a Moro insurgency, the Marcos gov- of sociopaths which government even order to provide the raw material at the ernment would be too tied down to with the help of the MNLF and the cheapest price for their main products attempt a military invasion of Sabah, MILF, should destroy without mercy. to this day, margarine and soap. The which both the strongman Marcos and US-Philippine free trade agreement of his predecessor Diosdado Macapagal * The Philippine Coconut Industry 1910 made copra (from which coconut had become aggressive in claiming.

(ARC Publication, 1981) oil is squeezed) cheaper for Procter ** Debunked (Akropolis Publishing, 2018) and Gamble than cottonseed oil, Sabah Email: tiglao.manilatimes@gmail.com which it first used for its manufacture More importantly, Tun Mustapha, the Facebook: Rigoberto Tiglao of margarine and soap.

Twitter: @bobitiglao Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s this got to do with the Moro first governor of Sabah after it became a federal state with Malaysiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s inde- Archives at: www.rigobertotiglao.com conflict? A whole lot.

The two bombingsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; intention is as clear as it is obviously futile: To rouse anger among Catholics for the bloody bombing of this center of worship, and then among Muslims for theirs.

It wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t work, as leaders of both the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) decades ago realized.

I suspect that whatever name they have given their gang, the terrorists are some young Muslims who had been brainwashed into believing that a ChristianMuslim war has been raging in Mindanao, whom Middle Eastern jihadists, probably the Islamic State, are now directing ideologically and militarily.

Many Filipinos who never lived in Muslim Mindanao, or who have never SERIOUSLY STUDIED THE CONlICTS THERE

still very mistakenly believe it has been a religious war between adherents of Islam and the faithful of Christianity.

It never was, and the site of the deadly bombing, Jolo the capital of Sulu, has actually been the inarguable proof of the peaceful co-existence between Christians and Muslims, between the dominant Tausug and the migrant Chinese.

The Mindanao Muslimsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; resistance to the Spanish and the Americans was a resistance to a foreign invader, and religion had nothing to do with their refusal to accept the yoke of colonialism.

After converting virgin forests into coconut farms in such areas as Bicol, Quezon and Samar, the Philippine comprador class that supplied the copra to the US and Dutch margarine and soap manufacturers, turned to Mindanao, and found it to be their profit-paradise.

With the Muslimsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; feudal structure, traders could easily transform vast tracts of land into coconut plantations by just talking to and bribing one man, the datu , who would then order his clan to plant the trees. In Luzon and the Visayas, they had to convince (or fool through loans) numerous small farmers to all convert to coconut planting at the same time.

The traders though took advantage of the Muslimsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; ignorance of formal, individual property rights so that the datu would find his communityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lands titled to a trader, with his people becoming plantation workers.

Migrants from Luzon and the Visayas easily fooled Muslims into unwittingly turning over their lands to them, to be converted into coconut production.

Ending poverty is possible, but it means facing up to inequality â&#x20AC;&#x201C; within & between countries BYÂ LIU ZHENMIN UNITED NATIONS: World leaders have committed to ending poverty everywhere for all people by 2030.

Achieving this aim means facing up to the need for dramatic declines in inequalities â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in income, in opportunity, in exposure to risk, across gender, between countries and within countries â&#x20AC;&#x201D; over the next decade.

Inequality is a well-recognized barrier to poverty eradication, as well as many other development challenges.

It features in multiple dimensions across the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the universally adopted plan to promote prosperity and social well-being while protecting the environment.

According to many metrics, income inequality among countries has declined somewhat in recent decades, driven primarily by strong growth in East Asian and South Asian economies.

But there are many countries â&#x20AC;&#x201D; particularly in parts of Africa, Western Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean â&#x20AC;&#x201D; where income levels have continued to fall further behind, exacerbating income inequalities between countries.

The latest United Nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s analysis in the World Economic Situation and Prospects 2019 indicates that per capita income levels essentially stagnated or declined in a total of 47 developing and transition economies last year.

Most of these countries have been consistently falling behind for several decades. This poses an enormous challenge as countries strive to reduce poverty, develop essential infrastructure, create jobs AND SUPPORT ECONOMIC DIVERSIkCATION Most of the lagging countries are highly dependent on commodities, stressing the importance of both diversification and effective management of natural resource wealth to tap into their development potential.

Several countries have also suffered long-standing armed conflict or civil unrest and political instability. If this trend continues, eradicating poverty and creating decent jobs for all will become increasingly out of reach.

Weak economic performance is also linked to insufficient investment in quality education, health services, social protection, programs for marginalized groups and mitigation and adaptation to climate change.

Faster GDP growth alone will not necessarily lead to broad-based improvements in living standards. Deep inequalities also persist in the distribution of income within countries, acting as a major barrier to development progress.

High inequality within countries is associated with social exclusion and fragmentation; weaker institutionbuilding and governance; and increased

risk of violence and internal conflict.

Fundamental transformations are needed going forward, to narrow the income gaps between and within countries.

According to UN estimates, without significant changes in behavior, more than 7 percent of the global population may remain in poverty by the year 2030, including about 30 percent of the populations in Africa and the least developed countries (LDCs).

In Africa, where the population is expanding at a rate of more than 2 percent per year, reducing the level of extreme poverty to below 5 percent by 2030 will require a combination of double digit GDP growth and dramatic declines in inequality.

This is well-outside the realms of historical precedence. Integrated and cross-cutting policy measures that both raise prospects for economic growth and reduce income inequalities are essential to shift the world towards a more sustainable and inclusive path.

This includes investing in education, health care, resilience to climate change, and financial and digital inclusion, to support economic growth and job creation in the short-term, while promoting sustainable development in the long term.

Macroeconomic stability and a strong development-oriented policy framework, including a well-functioning and robust kNANCIAL SYSTEM ARE KEY ELEMENTS FOR successfully tackling inequality.

7ELL DESIGNED kSCAL POLICIES CAN HELP smooth the business cycle, provide public goods, correct market failures and diRECTLY INlUENCE THE INCOME DISTRIBUTION Broadening access to quality education is also crucial, coupled with employment policies, such as raising minimum wages and expanding social protection.

Prioritizing rural infrastructure development, through public investment in transport, agriculture and energy, can also support poverty alleviation and narrow inequalities within countries.

While there is no one-size-fits-all policy prescription that guarantees delivery of a more equal and prosperous society, one overarching message is clear: calls to eradicate poverty are meaningless without concerted and committed policy IPSÂ action to reduce inequality.

* Liu Zhenmin became Undersecretary General for Economic and Social Affairs in July 2017. Prior to his appointment, he was the Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of China since 2013. He brings to the position more than 30 years of experience in the diplomatic service, with a strong focus on the promotion of bilateral, regional and global issues.

He was deeply involved for 10 years in climate change negotiations, including the conclusion of the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement.

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Shutdown 2.0? Trump has reasons to avoid a repeat g4HE BEST kX IS TO BE ABLE TO do it legislatively,â&#x20AC;? White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Monday. But, she added, â&#x20AC;&#x153;If Congress doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do their job, then the president will be forced to make up for all their shortcomings.â&#x20AC;?

While issuing an emergency declaration would likely draw pushback from Trumpâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own party, it would bow to the reality about shutdowns: The folks who start them invariably lose.

In the 1990s, Pelosi and McConnell watched House Speaker Newt Gingrich take a political beating at the hands of President Bill Clinton after starting two futile shutdowns to try to force Clinton to balance the budget.

Almost two decades passed without another shutdown.

In 2013, GOP conservative hardliners tried a futile shutdown strategy to try to â&#x20AC;&#x153;defundâ&#x20AC;? President Barack Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s signature health care law, only to come away with nothing. And just last year, Democrats were on the losing side when sparking a brief shutdown over protecting â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dreamerâ&#x20AC;? immigrants â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a move easily quashed by Trump and McConnell.

The fundamental flaw in a shutdown strategy is simple: Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s usually obvious whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s responsible,

and that side carries less leverage INTO THE kGHT BECAUSE THE PUBLIC awards them the blame. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s difkCULT TO SHIFT BLAME TO THE OTHER side when oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s opponent simply asks to reopen the government.

In this case, opinion polls were decisive. Only 34 percent of Americans approved of Trumpâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s job performance in a survey released last week by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research â&#x20AC;&#x201D; down from 42 percent a month earlier.

What is also true about shutdowns is that the party that is held responsible for starting them tends to become more splintered AND DISUNIkED AS TIME PASSES 6ICE President Mike Pence got an earful at a lunch of unhappy Senate Republicans last Thursday, and several Republicans split from Trump in a vote afterward.

Pelosi, meanwhile, did what any congressional leader would have done in her situation. Seeing public opinion solidly behind Democrats and watching Trumpâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s APPROVAL RATING SINK SHE HELD kRM

insisting that Trump reopen the government before having talks about border security.

Trump could never shake the fact that he had sparked the shutdown, so making demands while suffering among federal

Q President Donald Trump waves as he walks through the Colonnade from the Oval Office of the White House on arrival to announce a deal to temporarily reopen the government, Friday, Jan. 25, 2019, from the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. AP PHOTO/JACQUELYN MARTIN workers worsened and problems from the shutdown grew more severe â&#x20AC;&#x201D; such as Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s par-

tial closure of New York Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s LaGuardia Airport â&#x20AC;&#x201D; eventually proved unsustainable.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think shutdowns are good leverage,â&#x20AC;? said Sen. Marco Rubio (Republica, Florida), on

CNNâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;State of the Unionâ&#x20AC;? on Sunday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lesson Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve certainly learned in my time here.â&#x20AC;? AP

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4 DEAD AS BUS SLAMS INTO TRUCK IN TARLAC &/52 PEOPLE DIED AFTER A TOURIST bus carrying government emPLOYEES CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF AN WHEELER TRUCK AT THE NORTHBOUND LANE OF 3UBIC #LARK 4ARLAC %XPRESSWAY 3#4%8 ALONG #ONCEPCION 4ARLAC ON 4HURSDAY MORNING 2OBIN )GNACIO TRAFkC MANAGEMENT AND SAFETY HEAD OF THE ADJOINING .ORTH ,UZON %XPRESSWAY .,%8 SAID THE NORTHBOUND

TOURIST BUS WAS RUNNING FAST WHEN IT REAR ENDED THE TRUCK 4HE FATALITIES WHOSE IDENTITIES were not immediately known, died FROM MULTIPLE INJURIES AT THE #ONCEPCION $ISTRICT (OSPITAL IN 4ARLAC -ORE THAN OTHER PASSENGERS SUFFERED INJURIES 4HE BUS WAS LOADED WITH EMPLOYEES FROM #AVITE WHO WERE REPORTEDLY GOING TO "AGUIO FOR A SEMINAR FRANCIS EARL CUETO

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Emergency responders trying to extract the injured passengers from the ill-fated tourist bus, which rear-ended an 18-wheeler truck along Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway in Concepcion, Tarlac. PHOTO COURTESY OF PHILIPPINE CCTV & DASHCAM SPOTTED FACEBOOK PAGE

Manila, EU sign C21 M energy projects

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BY JORDEENE B. LAGARE

HE Department of Energy (DoE) and the European Union (EU) formally launched seven renewable energy (RE) projects aimed at energizing 40,000 households in the country, particularly in FAR lUNG AREAS OF -INDANAO In a statement, the DoE said the EU, through the Access to Sustainable Energy Program (ASEP), will contribute â&#x201A;Ź21 MILLION TO CO kNANCE UP TO PERCENT OF THE PROJECTS These include hybridization and income-generating activi-

ties through the introduction OF PRODUCTIVE USES OF ELECTRICITY INNOVATIVE PROVISION OF BASIC ELECTRICITY SUPPLY AND SERVICES FOR POOR DISADVANTAGED AREAS ELECTRIkCATION FOR LIVELIHOOD GENERATION THROUGH THE SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC home system in the Bangsamoro

AREA SUPPORT TO DECENTRALIZED AND MINI GRIDS CAPACITY BUILDING IN RURAL ELECTRIkCATION ENERGY EFkCIENCY MEASURES AND RENEWABLE ENERGY MANAGEMENT The EU gave a â&#x201A;Ź5-million grant to Mahintana FoundaTION )NC FOR 3TRENGTHENING /FF GRID ,IGHTING WITH !PPROPRIATE Renewable Energy Solutions 3OLARES Ă´ MILLION GRANT TO 9AMOG FOR )MPROVING THE ,IVES OF 0EOPLE IN /FF 'RID #OMMUNITIES in Mindanao through the ProviSION OF 3USTAINABLE %NERGY AND Ă´ MILLION GRANT TO Kabang KaLIKASAN NG 0ILIPINAS FOR 3OLAR"N"

Microhotel & Island Livelihood %NERGIZER 0LATFORM )T ALSO GAVE Ă´ MILLION TO the United Nations Industrial $EVELOPMENT /RGANIZATION FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGY FOR SEAWEED VALUE ADDED IN 4AWI 4AWI Ă´ MILLION TO 0EOPLE IN .EED FOR 2ENEWABLE %NERGY !CCESS FOR /FF GRID #OMMUNITIES AND (OUSEHOLDS AND Ă´ MILLION TO 3EQUA FOR 2ENEWABLE %NERGY FOR ,IVELIHOOD AND 9OUTH Ateneo de Manila University also reCEIVED Ă´ MILLION FOR #LEAN %NERGY ,IV-

ING ,ABORATORIES g/UR GOAL IS TO PROVIDE ELECTRICITY THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE ARCHIPELAGO BY 4HESE PROJECTS WILL BRING MORE PROGRESS IN -INDANAO AS THOUSANDS OF &ILIPINO FAMILIES

PARTICULARLY THOSE LIVING IN FAR lUNG AREAS OF THE REGION WILL HAVE ACCESS TO POWER u %NERGY 3ECRETARY !LFONSO #USI SAID %NRICO 3TRAMPELLI %5 HEAD OF $EVELOPMENT #OOPERATION SAID THE PROJECT AWARDEES SIGNED THEIR RESPECTIVE CONTRACTS IN $ECEMBER LAST YEAR AFTER THE EXTENSION OF THE !3%0 IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD

g/VER THE NEXT THREE YEARS !3%0 will continue to work with the DoE IN IMPROVING THE LIVES OF VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES IN THE COUNTRY u HE ADDED EU Ambassador Franz Jessen earlier said ASEP, to last until

WOULD INCREASE THE SHARE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY IN THE ENERGY MIX TO EXPAND ACCESS TO CLEAN ELECTRICITY BY REMOTE POPULATIONS AND TO PURSUE NEW ENERGY EFkCIENCY STRATEGIES These initiatives will contribute TO THE GOVERNMENT S TARGET OF ATTAINING TOTAL ELECTRIkCATION IN THE COUNTRY BY

Opapp, stakeholders meet for Bangsamoro transition

COTABATO CITY: Presidential AdVISER ON THE 0EACE 0ROCESS /PPAPP 3ECRETARY #ARLITO 'ALVEZ *R ON 7EDNESDAY MET WITH !Utonomous Region in Muslim -INDANAO !2-- 'OV -UJIV (ATAMAN AND -ORO )SLAMIC ,IBERATION &RONT #HAIRMAN !L (AJJ -URAD %BRAHIM TO DIScuss the ARMMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s transition to the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM In his statement on the ratIFICATION OF THE "ANGSAMORO /RGANIC ,AW (ATAMAN HOPES FOR AN AUTONOMY THAT MAKES FULL USE OF GOOD GOVERNANCE TO MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE LIVES OF THE REGION S CONSTITUENTS g7E MUST PUT PREMIUM ON THE WELFARE OF OUR PEOPLE AND ENSURE OPEN AND TRANSPARENT GOVERNANCE IF WE ARE TO BUILD A LASTING PEACE THAT BENEkTS ALL u HE SAID The ARMM governor high-

LIGHTED THE IMPORTANCE OF THE meeting where they discussed SUBSTANTIAL STEPS ON HOW TO GO ABOUT THE TRANSITION FROM !2-- to BARMM through the BangsamORO 4RANSITION !UTHORITY The change ensures that the region will be more autonoMOUS IN NATURE AS WELL AS FISCALLY INDEPENDENT CHANGES THAT WILL BENEFIT THE PEOPLE 5 N L I K E B E F O R E W H E N T H E ARMM had its own unitary government, the BARMM would BE PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRATIC

thus giving BARMM THE POWER TO ENACT ITS OWN LAWS 4HE !2-- USED TO DEPEND ON THE APPROVAL OF ITS BUDGET FROM #ONGRESS BUT IN THE NEW GOVERNment, the BARMM would have a budget automatically allocated FROM THE ANNUAL BLOCK GRANT

AMOUNTING TO PERCENT OF THE NET NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE JULMUNIR I. JANNARAL

LEARNING TO WEAVE

Vice President Maria Leonor â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Leniâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Robredo talks to a weaver during her visit at the Kiyyangan Weavers Association of Kiangan, Ifugao where she met the beneficiaries of OVPis Livelihood and Training Subsidy for weavers. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

SRA insists on mandate to regulate sugar imports

BACOLOD CITY: The Sugar Regulatory !DMINISTRATION 32! HAS APPROVED A RESOLUTION REITERATING ITS MANDATE TO REGULATE SUGAR IMPORTATION IN THE COUNTRY The resolution signed by DePARTMENT OF !GRICULTURE 3ECRETARY Emmanuel PiĂąol, SRA AdminisTRATOR (ERMENEGILDO 3ERAkCA AND 32! BOARD MEMBERS SAID %XECUTIVE /RDER SERIES OF STATES g)T IS THE POLICY OF THE STATE TO PROMOTE THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF the sugar industry through greater AND SIGNIkCANT PARTICIPATION OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND TO IMPROVE THE WORKING CONDITION OF LABORERS u The SRA was mandated to establish and maintain such balanced relation BETWEEN PRODUCTION AND REQUIREMENT

OF SUGAR AND SUCH MARKETING CONDITIONS AS WOULD ENSURE STABILIZED PRICES AT A LEVEL REASONABLY PROkTABLE TO THE PRODUCERS AND FAIR TO CONSUMERS THE resolution, obtained by local media ON 4HURSDAY SAID It added that the regulation was CLEARLY INTENDED TO PROTECT NATIONAL INTEREST AS WELL AS INTERESTS OF LOCAL PRODUCERS WHO MIGHT BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY THE INlUX OF FOREIGN SUGAR

WHICH THE EXECUTIVE ORDER EVIDENTLY SEEKS TO PROTECT 4HE 32! POINTED OUT IT WAS IN THE NATIONAL INTEREST TO REGULATE IMPORTED OR FOREIGN SUGAR BECAUSE ITS INFLUX WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE SUGAR INDUStry, which contributed an estimated 0 BILLION TO THE NATIONAL ECONOMY AND 0 BILLION IN VALUE ADDED TAX

PAYMENTS ON REkNED SUGAR g!NY POLICY THAT DIRECTLY AFFECTS the sugar industry must go through TEDIOUS AND EXHAUSTIVE CONSULTATION PROCESS WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS u THE 32! "OARD SAID PiĂąol also said any statements on SUGAR IMPORTATION SHOULD NOT BE ISSUED WITHOUT CONSULTING STAKEHOLDERS g)MPORTATION LIBERALIZATION IS NOT THAT SIMPLE )T SHOULD BE DISCUSSED thoroughly and should ask the stakeHOLDERS u HE ADDED "UDGET 3ECRETARY "ENJAMIN $IOKNO HAS PROPOSED TO DEREGULATE THE SUGAR IMPORT POLICY THAT WOULD HELP CURB THE RISING PRICES OF BASIC GOODS IN line with President Rodrigo Duterteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s !DMINISTRATIVE /RDER 4HE ORDER WAS ISSUED IN 3EPTEMBER

WHEN THE NATIONAL INlATION RATE HIT A NINE YEAR HIGH OF PERCENT Earlier, SRA Board Member Emilio Yulo 3rd said sugar industry STAKEHOLDERS WOULD MAKE AN APPEAL WITH $UTERTE ON PLANS TO DEREGULATE SUGAR IMPORTATION OR gTHE INDUSTRY WILL DIE u g;4HE= EXPERIENCE OF .EGROS WILL SHOW DURING THE S

WHEN SUGAR PRICES WENT DOWN TO PRECARIOUS LEVELS WHICH AFFECTED THE SOCIO POLITICAL SITUATION IN THE PROVINCE u HE NOTED 9ULO SAID THE MOVE WOULD gFOMENT SOCIAL UNREST IN THE PROVINCE u (E SAID BEVERAGE AND FOOD COMPANIES WERE LOBBYING FOR OPEN SUGAR IMPORTATION

EUGENE Y. ADIONG

3 killed, P18-M shabu seized in Cebu buy-busts THREE persons were killed while two others were arrested and more than P18 million in shabu was seized in separate anti-illegal drug operations in Central Visayas on Wednesday. Killed in the first buy-bust at Sitio Himungbungan of Argao town, south Cebu, was Richard Padin, 43, of Barangay Tangke, Talisay City.

His live-in partner Virgie Sumalinog, 43, was wounded after they fought with police operatives during the transaction.  Police said Padin, who sustained gunshot wounds in the body, was brought to the Isidro C. Kintanar Memorial Hospital where he was declared dead.  Found in the suspectsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; possession were 39 sachets of shabu worth P10,608, P450 cash and caliber .38 revolver with bullets. In Balamban town, midwest Cebu, two armed drug suspects who yielded more than P14 million worth of shabu were killed in another buy-bust at about 11:15 p.m.  Police identified the fatalities as Quazar

Quiachon and Don Sevilla San Diego, both from Talisay City, south Cebu.  Senior Insp. Alejandro Batobalonos, chief of Cebu Provincial Policeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Drug Enforcement Unit, said Quiachon sold a large pack of shabu, weighing about 100 grams for P180,000 to a poseur buyer in Barangay Prenza.  But when Quiachon noticed that he was transacting with a police officer, he shot the policeman in the chest, triggering a gunfight between the suspects and anti-narcotics agents.

The undercover police was wearing a bullet-proof vest.  Quiachon and San Diego were brought to the Balamban District Hospital where doctors declared them dead.  Police confiscated one large pack of shabu from the suspects that weighed about 2.1 kilos, estimated to fetch P14.6 million.  Batobalonos told The Manila Times the suspects run a piggery and poultry business as front for drug-dealing activities.

In Cebu City, Lourdes Abella, 43, cried for forgiveness as she vowed not to sell illegal drugs again after her arrest with P2.1 million worth of shabu in another buy-bust in Barangay Bulacao.  Chief Insp. Regino Maramag, station commander of Pardo Police Station, said an undercover agent bought a sachet of shabu for P14,000 from Abella, a member of the Barangay (village) Anti-drug Abuse Council in Barangay Suba. Abella, a mother of eight young children, has been under surveillance for about two weeks.

Her drugs supply allegedly came from her brother who is detained at the Cebu City Jail. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Her brother is in our drugs matrix,â&#x20AC;?

Maramag said.  After more than one hour, a separate operation resulted in the arrest of Jundel Restauro, 26, who yielded more than P1 million worth of shabu in yet another buy-bust in Barangay Lawaan, Talisay City.Â

 Police seized from Restauro a total of 155 grams of shabu worth P1.054 million.

Meanwhile, in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental, suspect Jemson Alaton of Purok Anduhaw, Barangay Piapi, was wounded after he fought with operatives in a buy-bust at about 1:45 p.m. also on Wednesday.  Police said Alaton, tagged as a high value target, sold a sachet of shabu for P500 to a poseur buyer.  Alaton allegedly shot an undercover agent in the chest after he found out that he was transacting with police, triggering a firefight.  Alaton sustained a gunshot wound on the right side of his waist and tried to escape, but responding operatives cornered him.  Police confiscated from the suspect 15 sachets of shabu with estimated street value of P272,000, a digital weighing scale, a mobile phone, P540 cash proceeds and a caliber .38 revolver. RHEA RUTH ROSELL

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IXTEEN more establishments have been found polluting the Manila Bay, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said on Thursday.

Data released by the Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA), one of the agencies tasked to rehabilitate Manila Bay, showed that these establishments were found not conforming with THE %FlUENT 3TANDARDS FOR #LASS

â&#x20AC;&#x153;SBâ&#x20AC;? waters.

SB quality refers to waters that ARE kT FOR ECOTOURISM OR RECREATIONal activities, including swimming, bathing and diving.

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four of the companies â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the Billion Building/Philippine Billion Real Estate Development Corp., HK Sun Plaza, Tramway Bayview Buffet in Roxas Boulevard and D Circle Hotel in Malate, Manila â&#x20AC;&#x201D; would be issued cease and desist orders as recommended by the LLDA. Cimatu said the four establishments would be ordered to stop their operations until their violations have been corrected. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is the only way to clean up our esteros (creeks) along the

Manila Bay. We have to do this. It (sewage treatment plant) should really be part of the business,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Meanwhile, three establishments â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Le Mirage De MalateBuilders 200 Inc., Smart Land Resources and Malate Bayview Mansion â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in Malate, Manila will be issued ex-parte orders, while Sogo Hotel-Quirino, Government Service Insurance System in Pasay City, Peak Motors Phils.

Inc., Makchang Korean Restaurant, 2Blue Realty Corp., Cebuana

House passes motorcycles-for-hire bill THE House of Representatives passed on second reading a bill that will allow motorcycles to be used as public utility vehicles (PUV).

Lawmakers approved via voice vote House Bill (HB) 8959 or the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Motorcycles-for-Hire Actâ&#x20AC;? to allow motorcycles to be used as an alternative mode of public trans-

portation in urban and rural areas.

The amended bill includes the definition of motorcyclesfor-hire under Republic Act (RA) 4136 or the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Land Transportation and Traffic Codeâ&#x20AC;? as motor vehicles which may be registered with the Land Transportation Office.

HB 8959 is a consolidation

of HB 2530, 3941, 6909, 8819, and 8822, which seek to amend RA 4136 and give way to motorcycles-for-hire services such as Angkas.

Under the measure, motorcycles must be registered and granted a CERTIkCATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE or special permit by the Land Transportation and Franchising

Regulatory Board.

In December last year, the Supreme Court issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) against Angkas.

Lawmakers previously backed THE RIDE HAILING kRM NOTING THAT the TRO of the high court had already deprived around 25,000 drivers of a decent income.

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Lhuillier, Robinsons Place Manila, and Rizal Park Hotel will be given notices of violation.

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources and LLDA will also issue notices to Billion Building/Philippine Billion Real Estate Development Corp., Smart Land Residences, Malate Bayview Mansion, Makchang Korean Restaurant, 2Blue Realty Corp., Cebuana Lhuillier Building, and Summit Ice Inc. for of violating the provisions of the Republic Act 4850,

JV Ejercito seeks civil service eligibility for SK SEN. Joseph Victor â&#x20AC;&#x153;JVâ&#x20AC;? Ejercito has sought to amend the Sangguniang Kabataan (Youth Council) Reform Act of 2015 to grant civil service eligibility to youth counCIL OFkCERS The senator filed Senate Bill 2185 that seeks to amend Republic Act 0742 or the â&#x20AC;&#x153;SK Reform Law,â&#x20AC;&#x153; SO THAT 3+ OFkCERS CAN OBTAIN CIVIL service eligibility.

He said SK councilors were not included in the list of elective vilLAGE OFkCIALS PROVIDED WITH kRST level eligibility under the Civil Service Rules.

He said that based on the Civil Service Rules, the eligibility, which was equivalent to career service sub-professional eligibility, was a privilege granted to village ofkCIALS INCLUDING 3+ CHAIRMEN â&#x20AC;&#x153;The bill seeks to grant the same,

IF NOT MORE kTTING PRIVILEGE TO 3+ kagawads (councilors), recognizing them also as barangay elected OFkCIALS u %JERCITO SAID Career service sub-professional ELIGIBILITY IS SUITABLE FOR kRST LEVEL positions in government.

There are 293,636 elected SK ofkCERS NATIONWIDE 4HE 3+ NATIONAL president becomes a member of the National Youth Commission (NYC).

NYC Commissioner Victor del Rosario has expressed support for the bill. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As always, we view Senator JV Ejercito as our â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;youth championâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; in the Senate and we thank him again, particularly for this bill that recognizes the hard work and COMMITMENT OF OUR 3+ OFkCIALS u Rosario said.

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threat to the Philippines and the region. [The region] was declared a wilayat or a province of the caliphate and the governments in the region and beyond should work with the Philippines to deny the IS nucleus in the Philippines from expanding and threatening the region and beyond,â&#x20AC;? he said.

The military had pointed to the Ajang-Ajang sub-group as the perpetrator of the twin bombings in Jolo on Sunday.

The group is believed to be run

by Sawadjaan, father-in-law of Malaysian terrorist Amin Baco.

Its members are in their 20s and 30s who run errands for their superiors in the Abu Sayyaf. $EFENSE 3ECRETARY $ELkN ,ORENZAna had said the couple who pulled off the twin bombings might have come from Yemen.

President Rodrigo Duterte also did not dismiss the angle that the explosions were the handiwork of DEMPSEY REYES foreigners.

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Foreigners An intelligence source, who requested anonymity, said the foreigners, a man and a woman, came into contact with the group controlled by Hatib Sawadjaan, whose Ajang-Ajang subgroup, composed of members in their 20s to 30s, ran errands for the Abu Sayyaf kidnap and terror group. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Though the source [of the information] is unsure of their nationality but they are sure to be foreigners and not locals,â&#x20AC;? the SOURCE A MILITARY OFkCIAL BASED IN Mindanao, said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They are suspected to be suicide bombers,â&#x20AC;? he added This was because two sets of body parts, completely mangled, were still unclaimed and unidentikED THE SOURCE SAID Based on eyewitness accounts, the woman brought the bag containing the bomb, and placed it on one of the pews. The woman detonated it from a distance. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The second IED (improvised explosive device) was believed to have been detonated by the man himself with the bag attached to his body,â&#x20AC;? the source said.

Col. Noel Detoyato, military PUBLIC AFFAIRS CHIEF CONkRMED THAT the two sets of body parts were recovered by authorities in Jolo.

Detoyato said there were parts of a head, scalp and jaw, among others. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There were pieces of body parts and it is not yet determined if itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

the whole body of a single person, since these body parts were apparently shredded,â&#x20AC;? he added.

The two sets of body parts were recovered 50 meters away from the blast site where the second explosion occurred.

The second explosion is being eyed as a case of suicide bombing perpetrated by the Ajang-Ajang group.

Photos from Detoyato showed shredded body parts scattered all over the church entrance, walls, pews, the floor and the area in front of the main entrance.

0RESIDENT 2ODRIGO $UTERTE kRST came up with a conclusion that the deadly twin explosions that killed 21 persons were carried out through a suicide bombing.

Defense Secretary Delfin LoRENZANA HAD SAID THE kRST BOMB WAS planted inside the church, and the second explosion might be considered as a case of suicide bombing.

Lorenzana said he had received information that the couple was from Yemen.

Gov. Mujiv Hataman of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) visited 36 of the wounded victims of the cathedral blasts and gave them P20,000 for their medical needs, according to ARMM Social Welfare Secretary Laisa Alamia.

A t o t a l o f P 4 0 0 , 0 0 0 wa s also earmarked as initial assistance for the victims of the twin bombings and another P500,000 for the repair of the damaged cathedral, according to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in the ARMM.

Encounter in Patikul Government security forces encountered members of the AjangAjang in Patikul, Sulu, amid an effort to pulverize Abu Sayyaf members as ordered by the President.

Col. Gerry Besana, spokesman of the militaryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Western Mindanao Command (WestMinCom), said the clashes transpired at 7:20 A M ON 4HURSDAY WITH THE kREkGHT LASTING ABOUT kVE MINUTES About 20 Ajang-Ajang members were involved in the encounter.

4HE BANDITS lED BUT THEY WERE pursued by the Scout Rangerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1st Battalion.

No casualties were recorded.

Alamia said dozens of families displaced by the military offensives were provided food aid. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So far, the DSWD-ARMM has monitored around 62 families displaced from Barangay Bungkaong and Latih in Patikul. We have started distributing relief goods to the IDPs or internally displaced persons. The number of IDPs is expected to increase in the coming days. The DSWD ARMM will continue to provide assistance to the IDPs until they can safely return to their homes,â&#x20AC;? she said.

Sulu Gov. Abdusakur Tan 2nd dispatched social workers to look into the welfare of the displaced villagers.

He ordered the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council to distribute relief goods to those affected by the military campaign.

On Thursday, Tan along with seCURITY OFkCIALS ALSO MET WITH REPREsentatives of different sectors in Sulu and discussed the ongoing military campaign and guidelines on check-

points and strict implementation of martial law in the province.

4 persons of interest cleared The Philippine National Police (PNP) cleared the initial four persons of interest in the Jolo Cathedral blasts after they came to authorities and proved their innocence.

Senior Supt. Bernard Banac, PNP spokesman, told reporters that Alshaber Arbi, Gerry Isnajil, Alshimar Mohammad Albi and Julius !BDULZAM !LBI WERE kNALLY REMOVED from the list of persons of interest.

The four were seen in security footages running away from Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral after the twin blasts. g4HEY GAVE SWORN AFkDAVITS YESTERday to authorities saying they have no involvement [in the bombings]. After VERIkCATION OF THEIR IDENTITY AUTHORIties ruled that they were telling the truth and they were eventually freed from police custody,â&#x20AC;? Banac said.

Arbi is a Grade 11 student of Kalingalan Caluang National High School and Isnajil a teacher in the same school.

The Albis told authorities they were just buying medicine in a nearby pharmacy for Alshimarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mother WHO WAS CONkNED AT A HOSPITAL IN Sulu when the explosion happened.

The four surrendered to the police out of fear of being hunted down by authorities.

Banac said police were still looking for a suspect named Kamah, after he evaded arrest on January 29. WITH AL JACINTO IN ZAMBOANGA CITY AND ROY D.R. NARRA

such as failure to secure LLDA clearance and discharge permit.

Cimatu said these establishments were given seven days to comply with environmental laws.

Failure to do so would lead to their closure.

Last week, the LLDA issued cease and desist orders to Aristocrat Restaurant along Roxas Boulevard, Gloria Maris Sharkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Fin Restaurant at the Cultural Center of the Philippines Complex, and San Miguel by the Bay for discharging wastewater directly into the bay.

by IS Basilan mounted an attack on Lamitan on July 31, 2018,â&#x20AC;? Rohan Gunaratna, an analyst for security affairs, told The Manila Times.

He was referring to the suicide bombing in Lamitan City, Basilan, in July last year where 11 people died.

Gunaratna said the attack on the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral in Jolo had been claimed by the IS as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;martyrdom operation.â&#x20AC;?

He added that the nationalities of the suicide bombers in Jolo were yet to be determined.

Gunaratna did not discount the possibility that the attack was perPETRATED BY FOREIGN kGHTERS WORKING with the IS and were based in Sulu, led by Hatib Sawadjaan, supposedly the one manning the Ajang-Ajang SUB GROUP OF THE )3 LOCAL AFkLIATE !BU Sayyaf Group. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The IS presents a formidable

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guarding journalism at a time when the public has become cynical of the mediaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s role in upholding a vibrant democracy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is an urgent call to restore the trust of the public all the while upholding and practicing the highest standards and excellence in journalism,â&#x20AC;? Mogato told the campus journalists during his speech at The Manila Timesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Campus Press Awards.

Mogato also urged journalists to hold the line, as the country gradually becomes more dangerous for media practitioners. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Philippines, despite having no nationwide armed turmoil, has been ranked as one of the most dangerous countries to practice journalism in, among countries that have ensuing conflict,â&#x20AC;? he said.

The Manila Times on Thursday gave 33 awards to several campus papers and journalists all around the country in the high school and college levels.

Dante Francis Ang 2nd, president and chief executive officer of The Manila Times, called the awards as the product of the newspaperâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s enduring legacy and a recognition of the campus press as the future of the industry. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With these awards, we recognize the efforts and standards of campus papers that we at The Manila Times practice and [uphold],â&#x20AC;? he said.

The Manila Times named De la Salle Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s La Sallian and Ang Kalasag of the Virgen delas Flores High School as the best newspapers in English and Filipino, respectively.

The Varsitarian of the University of Santo Tomas (College) and Winston, the voice of British School Manila (High School), won best websites.

The BDO â&#x20AC;&#x153;We Find Ways Special Awardâ&#x20AC;? was awarded to La Salle for the best story

on innovation.

The Campus Press Awards also recognized Scribble of Siena College Taytay and La Salleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Malate Literary Folio as the best magazines for the two levels.

Students from UST and La Salle (College); Sibagat National High School and Rizal National High School bagged Best News Story awards in both language categories.

The awards for Best Editorial were won by UST, Philippine Science High School Calabarzon and Virgen delas Flores High School.

Students from La Salle and Ignacio Villamor High School won Best Photography awards.

The Best Opinion Columns were won by students from UST, Trece Martires National High School and Virgen delas Flores High School.

Saint Michaelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s College of Laguna, Pasig Science High School, Malabon National High School, Alabat Island National High School and La Salleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sports stories were awarded best in their respective categories.

The Best Feature Stories were awarded to students from University of San Agustin Iloilo, Philippine Science High School Calabarzon and Virgen delas Flores High School.

The awards also recognized studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; eye for aesthetics through the Best Layout and Design and Best Editorial Cartoon Awards, both of which were won by the School of Saint Anthony.

University of San Agustin and the University of Rizal System also won the awards, respectively.

The Manila Times also recognized literary excellence through its Best Literary Story awards, which were won by Emilio Aguinaldo College-Cavite and De La Salle University-Dasmariùas (English), University of Rizal System and Columban College-Barreto (Filipino).

The Campus Press Awards is annually held and is organized by The Manila Times and The Manila Times College. NEIL JAYSON N. SERVALLOS

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BY LOWER RICE PRICES DOWNWARD ADJUSTMENT IN ELECTRICITY RATES

AND THE SLIGHT APPRECIATION OF THE PESO u THE CENTRAL BANK SAID g,OOKING AHEAD THE "30 WILL TRAL ADDED REMAIN WATCHFUL OF EVOLVING IN!LCOHOL EXCISE TAX RATES ALSO IN- FLATIONARY CONDITIONS TO ENSURE CREASED BY PERCENT THIS YEAR AS THAT THE MONETARY POLICY STANCE PRESCRIBED BY "UREAU OF )NTERNAL REMAINS CONSISTENT WITH THE "30 S 2EVENUE 2EVENUE 2EGULATION PRICE STABILITY MANDATE u g4HESE MAY BE PARTLY OFFSET 2ISING INlATION PROMPTED THE

"30 S POLICYMAKING -ONETARY "OARD TO RAISE KEY INTEREST RATES kVE CONSECUTIVE TIMES BEGINNING -AY LAST YEAR -ONETARY AUTHORITIES EXPECT CONSUMER PRICE GROWTH TO RETURN TO THE PERCENT TARGET RANGE THIS YEAR AND ANALYSTS HAVE SAID THAT POLICY RATES COULD BE KEPT UNCHANGED FOR THE TIME BEING EVEN POSSIBLY FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR

BY TYRONE JASPER C. PIAD

EIZED pirated and counterfeit goods last year grew by 188 percent to P23.6 billion, the highest the National Committee on Intellectual Property Rights (NCIPR) has recorded since its establishment in 2008.

Inflation likely slowed PRICES DUE TO COLDER WEATHER CONDITIONS AND THE ANNUAL ADJUSTMENTS IN THE EXCISE TAXES OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES FROM THE 3IN 4AX LAW COULD RESULT IN ADDITIONAL UPWARD PRICE PRESSURES u THE "ANGKO 3EN-

CEO confidence in growth dips dramatically W (!4 DIFFERENCE A YEAR MAKES .EARLY PERCENT OF BUSINESS LEADERS BELIEVE THAT GLOBAL ECONOMIC GROWTH WILL DECLINE IN THE NEXT MONTHS APPROXIMATELY SIX TIMES THE LEVEL OF PERCENT LAST YEAR m A RECORD JUMP IN PESSIMISM 4HIS IS ONE OF THE KEY kNDINGS OF 0W# S ND ANNUAL SURVEY OF PLUS #%/S AROUND THE WORLD LAUNCHED RECENTLY AT THE 7ORLD %CONOMIC &ORUM !NNUAL -EETING IN $AVOS 4HIS IS IN VIVID CONTRAST TO LAST YEAR S RECORD JUMP PERCENT TO PERCENT IN OPTIMISM ABOUT GLOBAL ECONOMIC GROWTH PROSPECTS !LTHOUGH ALL IS NOT DOOM AND GLOOM PERCENT STILL SEE AN IMPROVED ECONOMIC OUTLOOK

THOUGH THIS IS DOWN SIGNIkCANTLY FROM A HIGH OF PERCENT IN /VERALL #%/S VIEWS ON GLOBAL ECONOMIC GROWTH ARE MORE POLARIZED THIS YEAR BUT TRENDING DOWNWARD 4HE MOST PRONOUNCED SHIFT WAS AMONG #%/S IN .ORTH !MERICA WHERE OPTIMISM DROPPED FROM PERCENT IN TO PERCENT LIKELY DUE TO FADING kSCAL STIMULUS AND EMERGING TRADE TENSIONS 4HE -IDDLE %AST ALSO SAW A BIG DROP FROM PERCENT TO PERCENT DUE TO INCREASED REGIONAL ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY 4HE DROP IN #%/ OPTIMISM

HAS ALSO IMPACTED GROWTH PLANS BEYOND THEIR OWN COUNTRY BORDERS 4HE 53 NARROWLY RETAINED ITS POSITION AS THE TOP MARKET FOR GROWTH AT PERCENT DOWN SIGNIkCANTLY FROM PERCENT IN 4HE SECOND MOST ATTRACTIVE MARKET #HINA

ALSO SAW ITS POPULARITY FALL TO PERCENT DOWN FROM PERCENT IN /VERALL )NDIA IS THE RISING STAR ON THE LIST THIS YEAR RECENTLY SURPASSING #HINA AS THE FASTEST GROWING LARGE ECONOMY g#%/S VIEWS OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMY MIRROR THE MAJOR ECONOMIC OUTLOOKS WHICH ARE ADJUSTING THEIR FORECASTS DOWNWARD IN u SAID "OB -ORITZ 'LOBAL CHAIRMAN 0W# g7ITH THE RISE OF TRADE TENSION AND PROTECTIONISM IT STANDS TO REASON THAT CONFIDENCE IS WANING u

Confidence in shortterm revenue growth has fallen sharply 4HE UNEASE ABOUT GLOBAL ECONOMIC

³Needles B4

Gen X most resistant to change? )

N OUR DIGITAL AND CULTURE TRANSFORMATION CONSULTING WORK WITH SEVERAL COMPANIES WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THE RESISTANCE OF EMPLOYEES TO TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGES IN PARTICULAR THAT OF MILLENNIALS AND NON MILLENNIALS SUCH US 'ENERATION 8 'EN 8 AND "ABY "OOMERS "UT WHEN ) SPOKE TO A SENIOR EXECUTIVE OF A LARGE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION IMPLEMENTING LARGE SCALE TRANSFORMATION HE SAID IT IS ACTUALLY THE 'EN 8 MOST RESISTANT TO CHANGE RELATIVE TO THE OTHER GENERATIONS 4HIS HAS INTRIGUED AND LED ME TO VALIDATE SUCH kNDING ) SPOKE TO CHIEF EXECUTIVES OF A CONSUMER GOODS COMPANY AND A TRADING kRM 4HEY TOO AGREED THAT 'EN 8 MAY LIKELY BE THE MOST RESISTANT TO CHANGE BASING IT ON THEIR INTERACTIONS WITH EMPLOYEES 7E LIKEWISE CONDUCTED A CHANGE READINESS SURVEY RELATED TO COMPANY WIDE TRANSFORMATIONS IN A LOCAL kRM WITH MORE THAN A HUNDRED EMPLOYEES

WHERE MORE THAN PERCENT OF THEM ARE 'EN 8ERS )T REVEALED THAT PERCENT OF 'EN 8ERS DISPLAYED gHIGH RESISTANCE TO CHANGEu WHEREAS ONLY PERCENT AND PERCENT WERE DISPLAYED WITH MILLENNIALS AND "ABY "OOMERS RESPECTIVELY $OES THIS MEAN THAT INDEED 'EN 8 WORKERS THOSE BORN BETWEEN AND

ARE THE MOST RESISTANT TO CHANGE IN THE WORKPLACE .OW THIS MAY RUN CONTRARY TO THE RECENT RESULTS OF THE 'LOBAL ,EADERSHIP &ORECAST PUBLISHED BY $EVELOPMENT $IMENSIONS )NTERNATIONAL $$)

WHICH STUDIED MORE THAN LEADERS

SPANNING COUNTRIES AND MAJOR INDUSTRY SECTORS )T DISCOVERED THAT 'EN 8 NOW ACCOUNTS FOR PERCENT OF LEADERSHIP ROLES GLOBALLY WITH AN AVERAGE OF YEARS OF WORKPLACE EXPERIENCE AND ARE PRIMED TO QUICKLY ASSUME NEARLY ALL TOP EXECUTIVE ROLES )N ADDITION PERCENT OF 'EN 8 LEADERS ARE ALSO EFFECTIVE IN gHYPER COLLABORATION u AND ARE WORKING RELENTLESSLY TO BREAK DOWN ORGANIZATIONAL SILOS ENABLING FASTER INNOVATION BY GETTING PEOPLE WORKING TOGETHER TO SOLVE CUSTOMERS AND THEIR ORGANIZATION S ISSUES ACCORDING TO THE kNDINGS "UT THESE ARE 'EN 8ERS IN LEADERSHIP ROLES (OW ABOUT THOSE WHO ARE IN NON LEADERSHIP ROLES LIKE RANK AND kLES

WORKERS EVEN SUPERVISORY LEVEL )N THE RESEARCH WORK OF ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGIST 2ENEE /RTEGA IN

PUBLISHED IN THE BOOK 7ORKPLACE 7ISDOM SHE DESCRIBED &ILIPINO 'EN 8ERS AS gADAPTABLE lEXIBLE TECHNOLOGY SAVVY GOAL ORIENTED AND RESPONSIBLEu BUT ALSO gIMPATIENT NOT ATTENTIVE TO DETAIL NOT FULLY COMMITTED TO WORK

AND FICKLE MINDEDu )N OTHER WORDS

OPPOSING WORK VALUES ARE PRESENT IN A 'EN 8 WORKER PERHAPS DEPENDING ON THE WORKPLACE ENVIRONMENT 2ESISTANCE STEMS FROM NOT MANAGING THEM WELL

)T S BEEN ESTABLISHED IN SEVERAL STUDIES THAT "ABY "OOMERS THOSE BORN BETWEEN AND ARE THE MOST RESISTANCE TO CHANGE DUE TO HARDCORE BELIEFS AND VALUES BUT THEIR NUMBERS ARE DWINDLING IN THE WORKPLACE /N THE OTHER HAND

MILLENNIALS THOSE BORN FROM TO AND ARE A GROWING POPULATION IN THE WORKPLACE ARE THE MOST OPEN TO CHANGE "UT 'EN 8 REFERRED TO AS THE gLOST GENERATIONu BECAUSE POPULAR MEDIA AND BUSINESS SELDOM SPOKE ABOUT THEM IS OFTEN CHARACTERIZED BY HIGH LEVELS OF SKEPTICISM gWHAT S IN IT FOR MEu ATTITUDES HIGHER LEVELS OF CAUTION AND PRAGMATISM AND TESTING OF AUTHORITY MULTIPLE TIMES -OREOVER BASED ON OUR INTERVIEWS

'EN 8 WORKERS NOT IN LEADERSHIP ROLES AND IN THEIR MID CAREER STAGE ARE LIKELY TO BE RESISTANT TO CHANGE BECAUSE THEY gHAVE NOT PROGRESSEDu IN THEIR CAREERS

AND THEREFORE INTRANSIGENT TO CHANGE INITIATIVES 4HAT S WHY WE OFTEN HEAR FROM BOSSES THE DESCRIPTION OF RESISTANT EMPLOYEES AS HAVING gSUNGAYu OR HORN

A kGURATIVE PORTRAYAL OF BULL HEADED EMPLOYEE WHO MOST LIKELY IS A 'EN 8ER OR "ABY "OOMER 4HEREFORE IF 'EN 8 WORKERS ARE NOT MANAGED WELL THEY CAN BE THE MOST RESISTANT GROUP OF WORKERS AN ORGANIZATION CAN GET 3O HOW DO YOU MANAGE 'EN 8 WORKERS TO QUELL THEIR RESISTANCE TO CHANGE 3EVERAL STUDIES ALSO POINT OUT THAT A 'EN 8ERS INSIST MOST ON BEING PART OF THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS BECAUSE

4HE AUTHOR IS 0RESIDENT #%/ OF (UNGRY 7ORKHORSE #ONSULTING A DIGITAL AND CULTURE TRANSFORMATION kRM (E IS THE #HAIRMAN OF THE )NFORMATION AND #OMMUNICATIONS 4ECHNOLOGY #OMMITTEE OF THE &INANCIAL %XECUTIVES )NSTITUTE OF THE 0HILIPPINES (E TEACHES STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT IN THE -"! 0ROGRAM OF $E ,A 3ALLE 5NIVERSITY 4HE AUTHOR MAY BE EMAILED AT REY LUGTU HUNGRYWORKHORSE COM

IN $ECEMBER FROM .OVEMBER S PERCENT )NCLUDING REVERSE REPURCHASE PLACEMENTS 220S WITH THE "30

LENDING GROWTH ALSO MODERATED TERMS EXPANDED BY PERCENT TO PERCENT FROM THE PREVIOUS FROM THE PREVIOUS MONTH S PER- MONTH S PERCENT CENT DECLINE /N A MONTH ON MONTH AND SEA"ANK LENDING GROWTH MEAN- SONALLY ADJUSTED BASIS COMMERCIAL WHILE DECELERATED TO PERCENT BANK LOANS NET OF 220S AND INCLUSIVE

OF 220S INCREASED BY PERCENT AND PERCENT RESPECTIVELY ,ENDING FOR PRODUCTION ACTIVITIES WHICH ACCOUNTED FOR PERCENT OF THE AGGREGATE LOAN PORTFOLIO GREW AT A SLOWER PERCENT FROM PERCENT IN .OVEMBER (OUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION LOAN GROWTH MARGINALLY EASED TO PERCENT FROM THE PREVIOUS MONTH S

PERCENT g4HE DECELERATION IN MOTOR VEHICLE LOANS AS WELL AS THE CONTRACTION IN SALARY BASED GENERAL PURPOSE CONSUMPTION LOANS AND OTHER TYPES OF HOUSEHOLD LOANS WAS TEMPERED BY THE FASTER EXPANSION IN CREDIT CARD LOANS DURING THE MONTH u THE "30 SAID MAYVELIN U. CARABALLO

Q ACCELERATES FROM B1

M3 growth

FINEX FILES

REYNALDO LUGTU, JR.

THEY HAVE CLOSE TO TWO DECADES WORK EXPERIENCE 4HEY ARE LIKELY TO IGNORE A CHANGE INITIATIVE WHEN THEY ARE NOT CLEAR ABOUT THE VISION OR DO NOT BELIEVE THEIR OPINIONS ARE VALUED 4HEY ARE ALSO MORE LIKELY TO REJECT CHANGE THAT IMPINGES UPON HIS OR HER PERSONAL LIFE

A CONCEPT SUPPORTED BY STUDIES THAT SUGGEST 'EN 8ERS HAVE GREATER SENSE OF WORK LIFE BALANCE )N THIS ERA OF DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION THAT INVOLVES MASSIVE CHANGES IN THE ORGANIZATION IT S CRITICAL THAT LEADERS UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE HOW TO MANAGE THE DIFFERENT GENERATIONS AND NOT ONLY FOCUS ON THE BROKEN RECORD LIKE DICTUM OF ONLY LEARNING gHOW TO MANAGE MILLENNIALSu 'EN 8 IS A STRONG AND INlUENTIAL FORCE IN THE WORKPLACE WHO CAN DICTATE THE SUCCESS OR FAILURE OF ORGANIZATION CHANGES 2EGARDLESS OF GENERATIONAL DIFFERENCES

LEADERS NEED TO INVOLVE EMPLOYEES WHEN PLANNING FOR CHANGE AND IMPLEMENTING IT #ONSTANT AND CLEAR COMMUNICATION IS NECESSARY "UT LEADERS NEED TO UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE THE NUANCES IN THE VIEWS OF DIFFERENT GENERATIONS

Ë&#x153; The Manila Times

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B3

FRIDAY February 1, 2019

ISM Communications to stage follow-on offer

)3- #OMMUNICATIONS #ORP MAY HOLD A SHARE SALE THIS YEAR TO EXPAND ITS PUBLIC lOAT TO UP to 20 percent. /N THE SIDELINES OF )3- #OMMUNICATION S SPECIAL STOCKHOLDERS MEETING IN 4AGUIG #ITY ON 4HURSDAY #HAIRMAN %RIC 2ECTO TOLD REPORTERS THE COMPANY WOULD HOLD a follow-on offering to increase its public ownership after it fell to â&#x20AC;&#x153;a LITTLE OVER PERCENT u AFTER ENTERING A SHARE SWAP AGREEMENT WITH $AVAO #ITY BASED BUSINESSMAN Dennis Uy and his wife Cherylyn. g)F THE MARKET IS VERY BUOYANT AT THE TIME WE DECIDE TO GO OUT THEN WE MAY DECIDE TO lOAT AND ISSUE MORE SHARES u 2ECTO SAID â&#x20AC;&#x153;We will just hit about 10 percent after all of this (share swap) is DONE BUT THAT S NOT A COMFORTABLE MARGIN SO CLEARLY THERE WILL BE A NEED FOR US TO kX THAT 7HAT TARGET DO WE HAVE !NYWHERE FROM TO

Corporate News Cebu Pacific sets 2019 capex at $650-700M

PERCENT SHOULD BE A COMFORTABLE PUBLIC lOAT u HE ADDED Details such as issue size and PRICE ARE YET TO BE REVEALED Last year, ISM signed a deal with THE 5YS Â&#x2021; BOTH SHAREHOLDERS OF 5DENNA #ORP Â&#x2021; ON ISSUING BILLION )3- SHARES FOR 0 APIECE in exchange for their 2 billion Udenna shares. This represented all the latterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s outstanding capital.

To facilitiate this transaction, ISM proposed to increase its auTHORIZED CAPITAL STOCK FROM 0 BILLION TO 0 BILLION The share swap and increase in authorized capital stock were both APPROVED BY SHAREHOLDERS DURING 4HURSDAY S MEETING 4HESE ARE YET TO BE APPROVED BY THE 3ECURITIES AND %XCHANGE #OMMISSION )3- SHARES ADDED CENTAVOS OR PERCENT TO CLOSE AT 0 apiece on Thursday.

ANGELICA BALLESTEROS

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BY LISBET K. ESMAEL

)34%$ #EBU !IR )NC #EBU 0ACIkC IS LOOKING TO SPEND UP TO MILLION AS ITS GENERAL WORKING CAPITAL THIS YEAR

ITS TOP OFkCIAL SAID ON 4HURSDAY

According to Cebu Pacific 0RESIDENT AND #HIEF %XECUTIVE Officer Lance Gokongwei, his COMPANY S CAPITAL EXPENDITURES CAPEX MAY RANGE FROM MILLION TO MILLION WHICH WILL COME FROM INTERNALLY GENERated and borrowed funds.

Part of the budget would be used to acquire aircraft, he told REPORTERS DURING THE PRESS BRIEkNG

ON THE DELIVERY OF #EBU 0ACIkC S kRST !IRBUS ! NEO NEW ENGINE option) plane in Makati City.

4HE kGURES REPRESENTED AN INCREASE FROM gA LITTLE OVER 0 BILLIONu THAT PARENT kRM *' 3UMMIT (OLDINGS )NC SAID IN -AY as the Gokongwei-led budget airlineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s budget that year. #EBU 0ACIFIC ENDED WITH AIRCRAFT IN ITS FLEET &OR THIS

YEAR IT EXPECTS TO RECEIVE MORE JETS INCLUDING SIX !IRBUS ! NEO FIVE ! NEO AND AN !42 â&#x20AC;&#x153;2019 is the year we accelerATE GROWTH /N AVERAGE WE WILL BE RECEIVING ONE BRAND NEW AIRCRAFT PER MONTH WHICH WE can use to increase capacity IN KEY MARKETS OR EVEN LAUNCH NEW ROUTES &OR WE EXPECT CAPACITY TO GROW FROM LOW TO MID TEENS u HE SAID !SIDE FROM 4OKYO AND "ALI AS THE kRST ! NEO S kRST INTERNATIONAL destinations, Gokongwei said the airline would also explore northERN *APAN )NDIA AND OTHER CITIES in Australia.

He also said Cebu Pacificâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

PASSENGER VOLUME FOR MIGH RISE FROM MILLION TO MILLION ,AST YEAR S VOLUME WAS gDEFINITELY OVER MILLION u HE ADDED !SKED IF #EBU 0ACIkC WOULD ALSO HAVE A STRATEGIC INVESTOR after Philippine Airlines signed A INVESTMENT MILLION DEAL WITH *APAN S !.! (OLDINGS )NC earlier this week, Gokongwei showed no interest. g4HERE S NO INTENTION AND WE VE always been an independent airline for the last 22 years and we CERTAINLY HAVE THE BALANCE SHEET AND THE MANAGEMENT TO CONTINUE INDEPENDENTLY u HE SAID #EBU !IR )NC SHARES ENDED lAT AT 0 APIECE ON 4HURSDAY

Kia: â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Solutoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; sedan seen driving 2019 sales Several shareholders KIA Motors Corp. Philippines is banking on its newest brand Soluto to generate the bulk of its expected sales in 2019.

On the sidelines of Kiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s relaunching in Makati City on Wednesday night, Kia Philippines President Manny Aligada said the kRM AIMED TO SELL ABOUT

Soluto cars this year, or half of its 10,000-unit sales target.

4HE MODEL S PRICE RANGE Â&#x2021; FROM 0 TO 0 Â&#x2021;IS gHIGHLY COMPETITIVE u HE ADDED

GIVEN ITS FEATURES â&#x20AC;&#x153;If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking for design, IF THAT S A DRIVER FOR THE PURCHASE

look at the Soluto. This looks slick.

4HE NOSE IS THIN 4HE LEG ROOM ;IS= COMFORTABLE u !LIGADA SAID ADDING that the brand carried a European DESIGN AND ITS INFOTAINMENT FEATURE WAS AVAILABLE IN ALL ITS VARIANTS Soluto also has a 1.4-liter dualCONTINUOUS VARIABLE VALVE TIMING

accept offer for PDSHC

Q Kia Philippines President Manny Aligada (second from left), Ayala Corp. President and Chief Operating Officer Fernando Zobel de Ayala and Managing Director Arthur Tun (fourth and fifth from left, respectively) toast the relaunch of Kiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Solutoâ&#x20AC;? car model in Makati City on January 30. PHOTO BY J. GERARD SEGUIA GASOLINE ENGINE THAT PRODUCES &IRST PRODUCED IN #HINA AS for selling.

HORSEPOWER AND NEWTON ME- g0EGAS u 3OLUTO IS THE kRST NEW CAR 3OLUTO S RELAUNCH CAME AFTER )Nter of torque. Installed in the body MODEL INTRODUCED BY +IA 0HILIP- dustrials Technology Holdings Inc., ARE A SIX SPEAKER SYSTEM REARVIEW PINES THIS YEAR WITH TWO MORE a subsidiary of Ayala Corp., signed CAMERA STEERING WHEEL CONTROLS EXPECTED TO BE UNVEILED IN THE A DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT THE 3OUTH and touchscreen audio. second and third quarters. +OREA AUTOMAKER IN $ECEMBER 4HE BRAND COMES IN g#LEAR 7HITE u Aligada said Soluto would be +IA SALES FELL BY PERCENT TO

g4ITANIUM 3ILVER u g"LUE 3TREAM u g!U- AVAILABLE IN A FEW DAYS ADDING THAT UNITS LAST YEAR FROM IN TYRONE JASPER C. PIAD RORA "LACK 0EARLu AND g-ARCATO 2ED u DEALERS HAD ALREADY RESERVED UNITS

HOLDING FIRMS

Index PSEi

Value 8,007.48

Chg 27.53

%Chg Ÿ

All Shares

4,829.85

5.32

Ÿ

Financials

1,825.20

2.12

Ÿ

Industrial

11,667.18

30.25

Ÿ

Holding Firms

7,968.46

75.39

Ÿ

Services

1,582.29

5.17

Ÿ

Mining and Oil

8,503.37

34.13

Ÿ

Property

3,921.56

-22.69

Ĺş

SERVICES

ALL SHARES

MINING AND OIL

made such an extension. Previous deadlines were set on January 31 and Dec. 31, 2018 after the bank failed to receive replies from shareholders.

Landbank has said taking over PDHSC is aligned with the governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s capital markets development program and would foster bond issuances.

PDSHC is the parent company of the Philippine Dealing & Exchange Corp. and Philippine Depository and Trust Co., which act as the dealing exchange for fixed-income securities and the depository and registry for fixed-income and equity securities, respectively.

Earlier this week, the PSE said it was yet to decide on Landbankâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s revised offer.

Also, the Securities and Exchange Commissionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ephyro Luis Amatong told The Manila Times that Landbank had already sought exemptive relief to own â&#x20AC;&#x153;a little more than 40 percent of the PDS Group.â&#x20AC;?

MAYVELIN U. CARABALLOÂ

TOP ACTIVE STOCKS No. Security Name 1 Ayala Land, Inc. 2 Greenergy Holdings Incorporated

Last Price 44.4 2.99

Chg 0.65 0.75

%Chg 1.49% 33.48%

Ÿ Ÿ

Volume 20,312,100.00 267,107,000.00

Value(P) 902,824,200.00 810,703,350.00

3 4

BDO Unibank, Inc. ISM Communications Corporation

135 6.75

-1 0.46

-0.74% 7.31%

ź Ÿ

5,543,800.00 71,089,800.00

762,018,213.00 487,417,474.00

5 6

SM Investments Corporation Premiere Horizon Alliance Corporation

990 1.61

15 0.02

1.54% 1.26%

Ÿ Ÿ

478,750.00 288,486,000.00

474,649,130.00 445,242,090.00

7 8

SM Prime Holdings, Inc. International Container Terminal Services, Inc.

38.1 108.2

-1 1.9

-2.56% 1.79%

ź Ÿ

11,119,400.00 3,840,200.00

429,915,690.00 415,460,993.00

9 10 11 12 13 14 15

Ayala Corporation Jollibee Foods Corporation Metropolitan Bank & Trust Company Bloomberry Resorts Corporation Security Bank Corporation PLDT Inc. Bank of the Philippine Islands

927 316 84 11.02 179 1,290.00 91

9 2 1.1 0.42 3 -15 0

0.98% 0.64% 1.33% 3.96% 1.70% -1.15% 0%

Ÿ Ÿ Ÿ Ÿ Ÿ ź

423,480.00 1,041,850.00 3,795,400.00 24,550,400.00 1,421,070.00 184,135 2,515,690

390,741,755.00 332,073,624.00 317,998,236.50 269,879,950.00 255,542,687.00 239,997,135.00 230,703,998.00

148.1 2.67 2,020.00

2.3 0.1 -66

1.58% 3.89% -3.16%

Ÿ Ÿ ź

1,409,320 76,402,000 92,925

208,531,925.00 204,398,250.00 189,283,770.00

13.7 365.8

0.08 -5.2

0.59% -1.40%

Ÿ ź

13,581,800 454,250

187,069,336.00 167,705,962.00

16 Universal Robina Corporation 17 Cemex Holdings Philippines, Inc. 18 Globe Telecom, Inc.

Stock indices as of January 31, 2019

PSEi

SOME shareholders of the Philippine Dealing System Holdings Corp. (PDSHC) have agreed to sell their stakes in the fixedincome bourse operator to Land Bank of the Philippines (Landbank), the state-run lenderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chief said on Thursday.

In a text message, Landbank President Alex Buenaventura confirmed the move, but said â&#x20AC;&#x153;we are bound confidentially by our nondisclosure agreement.â&#x20AC;? He refused to disclose how many have accepted his bankâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s offer.

Landbank wants to own 66.67 percent of PDSHC. It originally priced its offer to buy shares of the bourse at P360 each â&#x20AC;&#x201D; topping the Philippines Stock Exchangeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (PSE) P320 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but later lowered it to P215 in October.

Meanwhile, Landbank decided to extend its offer period for the buyout after requests from PDSHC shareholders. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We extended the offer period to March 15, 2019,â&#x20AC;? Buenventura said.

This marks the second time Landbank

19 Alliance Global Group, Inc. 20 Manila Electric Company *amounts in peso, except for volume, %chg

TOP GAINERS

FINANCIALS

INDUSTRIAL

PROPERTY

INDEX HISTORY Date Jan 31, 2019 Jan 30, 2019 Jan 29, 2019 Jan 28, 2019 Jan 25, 2019 Jan 24, 2019 Jan 23, 2019 Jan 22, 2019 Jan 21, 2019 Jan 18, 2019 Jan 17, 2019 Jan 16, 2019 Jan 15, 2019 Jan 14, 2019 Jan 11, 2019 Jan 10, 2019 Jan 9, 2019 Jan 8, 2019 Jan 7, 2019 Jan 4, 2019 Jan 3, 2019 Jan 2, 2019 Dec 28, 2018 Dec 27, 2018 Dec 26, 2018 Dec 21, 2018 Dec 20, 2018 Dec 19, 2018 Dec 18, 2018 Dec 17, 2018

Open 7,999 8,039 8,087 8,071 8,076 8,001 7,941 8,024 8,055 7,932 7,866 7,983 8,009 7,886 7,965 7,932 7,775 7,820 7,801 7,657 7,507 7,497 7,497 7,465 7,437 7,537 7,514 7,412 7,478 7,501

High 8,099 8,047 8,087 8,144 8,116 8,068 7,990 8,030 8,067 8,058 7,938 7,991 8,028 8,024 7,965 7,992 7,920 7,826 7,901 7,802 7,681 7,540 7,507 7,514 7,453 7,548 7,584 7,580 7,482 7,538

Low 7,999 7,912 8,015 8,042 8,039 8,001 7,902 7,979 7,964 7,920 7,865 7,849 7,976 7,819 7,856 7,899 7,766 7,702 7,788 7,657 7,490 7,466 7,466 7,447 7,379 7,452 7,498 7,407 7,397 7,491

Close 8,007 7,980 8,051 8,054 8,053 8,065 7,990 8,009 8,007 8,047 7,927 7,865 8,013 8,024 7,904 7,985 7,920 7,702 7,788 7,761 7,681 7,489 7,466 7,483 7,450 7,480 7,563 7,580 7,420 7,520

CLOSE

No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Security Name Greenergy Holdings Incorporated Benguet Corporation â&#x20AC;&#x153;Aâ&#x20AC;?

Panasonic Manufacturing Philippines Corporation Oriental Petroleum and Minerals Corporation â&#x20AC;&#x153;Aâ&#x20AC;?

Asian Terminals, Inc. ISM Communications Corporation House of Investments, Inc. Vivant Corporation Global Ferronickel Holdings, Inc. Prime Orion Philippines, Inc. Boulevard Holdings, Inc. )RUXP 3DFLÂżF ,QF Anchor Land Holdings, Inc. Holcim Philippines, Inc. Alsons Consolidated Resources, Inc. Premium Leisure Corp.

Bloomberry Resorts Corporation Cemex Holdings Philippines, Inc. Atok-Big Wedge Company, Inc. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Aâ&#x20AC;?

Crown Equities, Inc.

Volume 267,107,000.00 52,000.00 14,200.00 32,400,000.00 59,600.00 71,089,800.00 300.00 100.00 9,364,000.00 1,266,000.00 46,410,000.00 10,000.00 200.00 4,553,400.00 318,000.00 33,243,000.00 24,550,400.00 76,402,000.00 7,600.00 11,310,000.00

Value 810,703,350.00 76,450.00 87,321.00 415,000.00 899,170.00 487,417,474.00 1,845.00 1,698.00 13,712,230.00 3,207,760.00 2,778,090.00 2,270.00 2,220.00 39,138,778.00 423,830.00 31,330,650.00 269,879,950.00 204,398,250.00 102,574.00 2,764,810.00

Volume 3,600.00 36,597,000.00 1,679,900.00 1,000.00 52,100,000.00 676,500,000.00 200.00 95,000,000.00 40.00 5,000,000.00 6,597,000.00 55,452,000.00 305,000.00 2,421,000.00 364,500.00 23,399,000.00 8,800.00 9,195,000.00 1,461,000.00 1,764,000.00

Value 163,864.50 61,754,530.00 21,930,604.00 21,000.00 639,600.00 8,123,100.00 178,480.00 672,900.00 17,840.00 37,500.00 9,305,230.00 45,485,520.00 412,430.00 10,118,270.00 5,468,810.00 35,583,210.00 67,527.00 30,161,120.00 2,345,700.00 4,832,300.00

Last Price 2.99 1.49 6.6 0.013 15.1 6.75 6.15 16.98 1.53 2.58 0.061 0.227 11.1 8.57 1.39 0.94 11.02 2.67 13.5 0.247

Chg 0.75 0.17 0.6 0.001 1.06 0.46 0.38 0.98 0.08 0.13 0.003 0.011 0.52 0.38 0.06 0.04 0.42 0.1 0.5 0.009

%Chg 33.48% 12.88% 10.00% 8.33% 7.55% 7.31% 6.59% 6.13% 5.52% 5.31% 5.17% 5.09% 4.91% 4.64% 4.51% 4.44% 3.96% 3.89% 3.85% 3.78%

*amounts in peso, except for volume, %chg

TOP LOSERS

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Security Name PTFC Redevelopment Corporation Vitarich Corporation PAL Holdings, Inc. Philippine Bank of Communications The Philodrill Corporation Oriental Petroleum and Minerals Corporation â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bâ&#x20AC;?

Far Eastern University, Inc. United Paragon Mining Corporation Synergy Grid & Development Phils., Inc. Manila Mining Corporation â&#x20AC;&#x153;Aâ&#x20AC;?

Vulcan Industrial & Mining STI Education Systems Holdings, Inc. SFA Semicon Philippines Corporation Philex Mining Corporation Easycall Communications Phils., Inc. Xurpas Inc. Dizon Copper Silver Mines, Inc. NOW Corporation Ionics, Inc. Berjaya Philippines, Inc.

*amounts in peso except for volume, %chg

Last Price Chg %Chg 46.05 -5.9 -11.36% 1.67 -0.19 -10.22% 12.8 -1.34 -9.48% 21 -1.95 -8.50% 0.012 -0.001 -7.69% 0.012 -0.001 -7.69% 892 -58 -6.11% 0.007 -0.0004 -5.41% 440 -24 -5.17% 0.0075 -0.0004 -5.06% 1.4 -0.07 -4.76% 0.8 -0.04 -4.76% 1.34 -0.06 -4.29% 4.03 -0.18 -4.28% 14.9 -0.66 -4.24% 1.48 -0.06 -3.90% 7.6 -0.3 -3.80% 3.3 -0.13 -3.79% 1.61 -0.06 -3.59% 2.72 -0.1 -3.55%

B4

FRIDAY February 1, 2019

Foreign Business

Ë&#x153; The Manila Times w w w.manilatimes.net

Facebook profit hits record $6.9B S AN FRANCISCO: Facebook said Wednesday 4HURSDAY IN -ANILA THAT QUARTERLY PROkT climbed to an all-time record $6.9 billion as it boosted its global user base despite scandals that have dented the leading social networkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s image.

SOAR TO PERCENT AS IT CONTINUES TO INVEST IN DATA CENTERS NEW PRODUCTS AND SECURITY !CCORDING TO E-ARKETER &ACEBOOK S SHARE OF THE GLOBAL DIGITAL AD MARKET WILL BE PERCENT OF AN OVERALL BILLION SPENT IN "UT ANALYSTS SAY THE TRUST ISSUE IS CRUCIAL FOR &ACEBOOK IF IT WANTS TO MOVE FORWARD IN ITS MISSION TO CONNECT THE WORLD

2EVENUE SOARED PERCENT FROM A YEAR AGO TO BILLION WHILE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE USING &ACEBOOK MONTHLY ROSE NINE PERCENT TO BILLION THE COMPANY SAID IN ITS FOURTH QUARTER UPDATE .ET PROFIT FOR &ACEBOOK WHICH MAKES MOST OF ITS MONEY FROM ONLINE ADVERTISING WAS UP A STRONG PERCENT FROM THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR g/UR COMMUNITY AND BUSINESS CONTINUE TO GROW u CO FOUNDER AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE -ARK :UCKERBERG SAID IN AN EARNINGS CALL &ACEBOOK SHARES JUMPED PERCENT TO IN AFTER MARKET TRADES

THAT FOLLOWED RELEASE OF THE EARNINGS 4HE LATEST UPDATE SHOWED &ACEBOOK INCREASED ITS USER BASE BOTH IN THE 5NITED 3TATES AND %UROPE WHERE THE SOCIAL NETWORK HAS FACED CHALLENGES OVER DATA PROTECTION SCANDALS g7ITH THESE RESULTS &ACEBOOK HAS CLEARLY DEMONSTRATED THAT THE CHALLENGES OF HAVE NOT HAD A LASTING IMPACT ON ITS ABILITY TO INCREASE BOTH REVENUES AND USAGE u SAID ANALYST $EBRA !HO 7ILLIAMSON OF THE RESEARCH kRM E-ARKETER g!DVERTISERS ARE CLEARLY STILL VERY RELIANT ON &ACEBOOK u

4HE FACT THAT DAILY ACTIVE USAGE IN .ORTH !MERICA AND %UROPE INCREASED WAS A gSURPRISEu AFTER THE lATNESS SEEN IN THE 53 AND #ANADA LAST YEAR AND THE FALLOFF THAT TOOK PLACE IN %UROPE ACCORDING TO THE ANALYST &ACEBOOK HAS PLEDGED TO HIRE THOUSANDS OF EMPLOYEES AND INVEST IN NEW TECHNOLOGIES TO RESPOND TO CONCERNS ABOUT MANIPULATION AND ABUSE AND TO TAKE DATA PROTECTION MORE SERIOUSLY 4HE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES AS OF $ECEMBER WAS

AN INCREASE OF PERCENT YEAR OVER YEAR g7E VE FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGED HOW WE RUN OUR COMPANY TO FOCUS ON THE BIGGEST SOCIAL ISSUES AND WE RE INVESTING MORE TO BUILD NEW AND INSPIRING WAYS FOR PEOPLE TO CONNECT u :UCKERBERG SAID &ACEBOOK EXECUTIVES WARNED THAT EXPENSES THIS YEAR ARE EXPECTED TO

Q UNCHANGED FROM B1

g)N LIGHT OF GLOBAL ECONOMIC AND kNANCIAL DEVELOPMENTS AND MUTED INlATION PRESSURES THE COMMITTEE WILL BE PATIENT AS IT DETERMINESu THE TIMING AND NEED FOR ANY FURTHER INCREASES THE POLICY SETTING &EDERAL /PEN -ARKET #OMMITTEE SAID )N AN UNUSUAL SEPARATE STATEMENT

THE &ED ALSO SAID IT WAS PREPARED TO CHANGE THE PACE OF REDUCTION OF ITS MASSIVE SECURITIES HOLDINGS AFTER MARKETS BECAME CONCERNED THAT THE CURRENT PROCESS WAS TOO RIGID 4HE LANGUAGE USED BY THE &/-#

AFTER THE UNANIMOUS VOTE TO KEEP THE BENCHMARK INTEREST RATE IN A RANGE OF PERCENT TO PERCENT RElECTED THE INCREASING SENSE THAT THE 53 ECONOMY MAY HAVE PEAKED )T CITED gSOLIDu ECONOMIC GROWTH

RATHER THAN A gSTRONG RATE OF GROWTHu HIGHLIGHTED IN PRIOR STATEMENTS 4HE DECISION AT THE &ED S kRST POLICY MEETING OF THE YEAR WAS EXPECTED AFTER CENTRAL BANKERS SIGNALED STRONGLY IN RECENT WEEKS THAT THEY INTENDED TO TREAD CAUTIOUSLY ABOUT ANY FURTHER MOVES "UT THE UNUSUALLY DOVISH LANGUAGE LIKELY WILL COME AS A SURPRISE 53 STOCKS ADDED TO GAINS FOLLOWING THE &ED STATEMENT WITH THE $OW SPIKING AFTER THE STATEMENT AND CLOSING UP PERCENT 4HE DOLLAR ALSO WEAKENED SHARPLY AFTER 0OWELL S NEWS CONFERENCE WITH THE EURO AT SHORTLY AFTER '-4 COMPARED TO JUST BEFORE THE STATEMENT 4HE &/-# INCREASED THE BENCHMARK RATE FOUR TIMES LAST YEAR BUT

RISING CONCERNS ABOUT A SLOWING 53 ECONOMY AMID A TRADE WAR WITH #HINA PROMPTED OFkCIALS TO SIGNAL THEY WOULD TAKE TIME TO GAUGE THE ECONOMY S PERFORMANCE !ND THE kVE WEEK GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN ALSO DENTED ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE IN THE kRST QUARTER OF THE YEAR ALTHOUGH MOST OF THAT IS EXPECTED TO BE RECOVERED (OWEVER 0OWELL CAUTIONED THAT ANOTHER SHUTDOWN OR DRAWN OUT TRADE NEGOTIATIONS WITH #HINA COULD HURT THE ECONOMY BY SAPPING BUSINESS CONkDENCE ! SECOND SHUTDOWN COULD HAVE gA PERMANENT EFFECT OR LASTING EFFECT u HE SAID !ND WHILE THE IMPACT OF THE TARIFFS 7ASHINGTON AND "EIJING HAVE

IMPOSED ON GOODS SO FAR HAVE NOT HAD gMATERIAL EFFECTS ON '$0 EITHER HERE OR IN #HINA u (OWEVER gA LONGER DRAWN OUT SET OF NEGOTIATIONS BACK AND FORTH WHICH COULD RESULT IN SAPPING BUSINESS CONkDENCE 5NCERTAINTY IS NOT THE FRIEND OF BUSINESS u 0OWELL LATE LAST YEAR REPEATEDLY SHOOK UP MARKETS WITH COMMENTS CONSIDERED TO BE OVERLY OPTIMISTIC AND HINTING AT MORE RATE HIKES TO COME &ACING BLOWBACK FROM HIS EFFORTS TO SPEAK PLAINLY 0OWELL RETREATED FROM HIS STANCE AND MADE AN EFFORT TO STRESS THE UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK AND ACKNOWLEDGED THAT IN THIS CASE THE &ED TOOK note of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;sustained change in kNANCIAL CONDITIONS u AFP

PANY HAD BILLION OUTSTANDING COMMON SHARES 4HE SAME 0/2 kLING LISTED THREE PRINCIPAL STOCKHOLDERS &INE 0ROPERTIES AND !LTHORP (OLDINGS HELD BILLION 6,, COMMON SHARES OR PERCENT AND BILLION 6,, COMMON SHARES OR PERCENT RESPECTIVELY )N ADDITION -ANUELA #ORP INDIRECTLY OWNED MILLION 6,, COMMON SHARES OR PERCENT )N TOTAL 6ISTA ,AND S THREE SIGNIkCANT STOCKHOLDERS HAD COMBINED HOLDINGS OF BILLION COMMON SHARES OR PERCENT OF BILLION OUTSTANDING COMMON SHARES !S A RESULT THE COMPANY S PUBLIC STOCKHOLDERS WERE AS OF /CT

HOLDERS OF BILLION 6,, COMMON SHARES OR PERCENT ACCORDING TO THE 0/2 !GAIN LIKE OTHER STOCK CORPORATIONS WHICH HAD ISSUED COMMON SHARES TO NON MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY WHO ARE THE MAJORITY OWNERS 6ISTA ,AND HAS ALSO NOT ALLOWED THE COMPANY S PUBLIC STOCKHOLDERS TO VOTE THEIR COMMON SHARES 4HEY WERE mAND STILL ARE m ENTITLED TO TWO BOARD SEATS

Q NEEDLES FROM B2

53 AND #HINA u SAID -ORITZ

SKILLS GAP IN THEIR ORGANIZATION

#%/S AGREE THERE IS NO QUICK kX &ORTY SIX PERCENT SEE SIGNIFICANT RETRAINING AND UPSKILLING AS THE ANSWER WITH PERCENT ALSO CITING ESTABLISHING STRONG PIPELINE DIRECTLY FROM EDUCATION AS AN OPTION g!S TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGES CONTINUE TO DISRUPT THE BUSINESS WORLD

PEOPLE WITH STRONG DATA AND DIGITAL SKILLS ARE IN EVEN HIGHER DEMAND AND INCREASINGLY HARDER TO kND u SAID -ORITZ g4HAT SAID THE NEED FOR PEOPLE WITH SOFT SKILLS IS ALSO CRITICAL

WHICH IS WHY BUSINESS GOVERNMENT AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS NEED TO WORK TOGETHER TO ADDRESS THE DEMANDS OF THE EVOLVING WORKFORCE u

US Fed AND AMID gCROSS CURRENTS AND RISKSu BUFFETING THE 53 ECONOMY THAT WILL BE AROUND FOR A WHILE g)N THIS ENVIRONMENT WE BELIEVE WE CAN BEST SUPPORT THE ECONOMY

BY BEING PATIENT IN EVALUATING THE OUTLOOK BEFORE MAKING ANY FUTURE ADJUSTMENT TO POLICY u 0OWELL SAID AT A PRESS CONFERENCE !LTHOUGH THE &ED EXPECTS THAT continued expansion of the econOMY AND STRONG JOB GROWTH ARE THE gMOST LIKELY OUTCOMES u THE STATEMENT SIGNALED THE GROWING UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THE OUTLOOK

Q PEREZ FROM B1

Villar ISSUED ALL THESE PREFERRED SHARES TO &ILIPINO STOCKHOLDERS 3UMMARIZING THE COMPANY S STOCK

6ISTA ,AND HAD TOTAL ISSUANCES OF BILLION COMMON AND PREFERRED SHARES OR PERCENT OF BILLION COMMON AND PREFERRED SHARES TO &ILIPINOS AND BILLION COMMON SHARES OR PERCENT TO FOREIGNERS RESPECTIVELY )N AN EXPLANATORY NOTE 6ISTA ,AND IDENTIFIED -ANUEL 6ILLAR AND HIS SPOUSEu AS gTHE CONTROLLING SHAREHOLDERS OF &INE 0ROPERTIES )NC u

Vista Land stockholders !S OF -ARCH

&INE 0ROPERTIES )NC ACCORDING TO THE $)3 OWNED BILLION 6,, COMMON SHARES

OR PERCENT OF BILLION OUTSTANDING SHARES )N ADDITION IT ALSO HELD BILLION 6,, PREFERRED SHARES

OR PERCENT 0#$ .OMINEE #ORP HELD THREE BLOCKS OF COMMON SHARES )T HELD BILLION 6,, COMMON SHARES

OR PERCENT 6ISTA ,AND NAMED &INE 0ROPERTIES )NC AS BOTH RECORD AND BENEkCIAL OWNER )T WAS ALSO THE RECORD HOLDER BUT NOT BENEkCIAL OWNER OF BILLION 6,, COMMON SHARES OR PERCENT AND BILLION 6,, COMMON SHARES OR PERCENT !LTHORP (OLDINGS )NC OWNED BILLION 6,, COMMON SHARES

OR PERCENT )N A FOOTNOTE 6ISTA ,AND IDENTIkED &INE 0ROPERTIES AS gTHE CONTROLLING STOCKHOLDER OF !LTHORP (OLDINGS u !S HOLDERS OF THE RIGHT TO VOTE THE 6ILLAR COUPLE HAD AT THEIR DISPOSAL A TOTAL OF BILLION 6,, COMMON AND PREFERRED SHARES WHICH WERE THEN EQUIVALENT TO PERCENT OF BILLION OUTSTANDING 6,, COMMON AND PREFERRED SHARES 6ISTA ,AND EXPLAINED IN &OOTNOTE .O THAT TO GET THE PERCENTAGE EQUIVALENT THE COMPUTATIONS WERE gBASED ON THE TOTAL ISSUED AND OUTSTANDING CAPITAL STOCK AS OF -ARCH

OF

COMMON AND PREFERRED u

Publicly-owned common shares

Board ownership 4HE SAME kLING SHOWED 6ISTA ,AND S SEVEN PERSON BOARD OWNING MILLION 6,, COMMON SHARES OR PERCENT !S CHAIRMAN 6ILLAR THE FORMER SENATE PRESIDENT INDIRECTLY HELD MILLION 6,, COMMON SHARES

OR PERCENT FOLLOWED BY -ANUEL 0AOLO ! 6ILLAR PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFkCER WHO WAS CREDITED WITH DIRECT OWNERSHIP OF

6,, COMMON SHARES AND INDIRECT OWNERSHIP OF MILLION FOR A TOTAL OF MILLION 6,, COMMON SHARES OR PERCENT #AMILLE ! 6ILLAR INDIRECTLY OWNED 6,, COMMON SHARES !SIDE FROM THE THREE 6ILLARS THE OTHER FOUR DIRECTORS AND THEIR INDIVIDUAL DIRECT HOLDINGS IN 6ISTA ,AND WERE AS FOLLOWS #YNTHIA * !LVAREZ

6,, COMMON SHARES &RANCES 2OSALIE 4 #OLOMA

6,, COMMON SHARES 2UBEN / &RUTO

6,, COMMON SHARES AND -ARILOU / !DEA WHO HELD A QUALIFYING 6,, COMMON SHARE 4HE THREE 6ILLARS NAMELY -ANUEL

-ANUEL 0AOLO AND #AMILLE WERE CREDITED WITH THE SAME NUMBER OF 6,, COMMON SHARES AS DIRECTORS /F THE SIX OTHER OFkCERS ONLY 'EMMA - 3ANTOS AND "ENJAMARIE 4HERESE . 3ERRANO HELD 6,, COMMON SHARES AND 6,, COMMON SHARES RESPECTIVELY

)N A PUBLIC OWNERSHIP REPORT 0/2 AS OF 3EPT

6ISTA ,AND HAS ISSUED BILLION COMMON SHARES

OF WHICH MILLION WERE TREASURY SHARES !S A RESULT OF ITS BUYBACK PROGRAM THE 6ILLAR OWNED LISTED COM- %MAIL ESDPEREZ GMAIL COM

CEO GROWTH IS LOWERING #%/S CONFIDENCE ABOUT THEIR OWN COMPANIES OUTLOOK IN THE SHORT TERM 4HIRTY kVE PERCENT OF #%/S SAID THEY ARE @VERY CONkDENT IN THEIR OWN ORGANIZATION S GROWTH PROSPECTS OVER THE NEXT MONTHS DOWN FROM PERCENT LAST YEAR 4AKING A CLOSER LOOK AT SOME COUNTRY SPECIkC RESULTS #%/S CONkDENCE RElECTED THE GLOBAL DROP r )N #HINA DROPPING FROM PERCENT IN TO PERCENT THIS YEAR m DUE TO TRADE TENSIONS 53 TARIFFS AND WEAKENED INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION r )N THE 53 DROPPING FROM PERCENT TO PERCENT m DUE TO TRADE TENSIONS AND SLOWING ECONOMY r )N 'ERMANY DROPPING FROM PERCENT TO PERCENT m DUE TO TRADE TENSIONS SLOWING ECONOMY AND RISK OF DISORDERLY "REXIT r )N !RGENTINA DROPPING FROM PERCENT TO PERCENT m DUE TO RECESSION AND CURRENCY COLLAPSE r )N 2USSIA DROPPING FROM PERCENT TO PERCENT m DUE TO DECLINE IN EXPORT DEMAND CURRENCY VOLATILITY AND HIGHER UNEMPLOYMENT 4O DRIVE REVENUE THIS YEAR #%/S PLAN TO RELY PRIMARILY ON OPERATIONAL EFkCIENCIES AT PERCENT AND ORGANIC GROWTH AT PERCENT 4OP MARKETS FOR GROWTH #ONFIDENCE IN 53 CONTINUES DESPITE SIGNIkCANT DIP 4HE 53 RETAINED ITS LEAD AS THE TOP MARKET FOR GROWTH OVER THE NEXT MONTHS (OWEVER MANY #%/S ARE ALSO TURNING TO OTHER MARKETS

RElECTED IN THE DRAMATIC DROP IN THE SHARE OF VOTES IN FAVOR OF THE 53

FROM PERCENT IN TO JUST PERCENT IN #HINA NARROWED THE GAP BUT ALSO SAW ITS POPULARITY FALL FROM PERCENT IN TO PERCENT IN !S A RESULT OF THE ONGOING TRADE CONlICT WITH THE 53 #HINA S #%/S HAVE DIVERSIkED THEIR MARKETS FOR GROWTH WITH ONLY PERCENT SELECTING THE 53 DOWN FROM PERCENT IN 4HE OTHER THREE COUNTRIES ROUNDING OUT THE TOP kVE FOR GROWTH INCLUDE 'ERMANY AT PERCENT DOWN FROM PERCENT )NDIA AT PERCENT DOWN FROM PERCENT AND THE 5+ AT PERCENT DOWN FROM PERCENT g4HE TURN AWAY FROM THE 53 MARKET AND SHIFT IN #HINESE INVESTMENT TO OTHER COUNTRIES ARE REACTIONS TO THE UNCERTAINTY SURROUNDING THE ONGOING TRADE DISPUTE BETWEEN THE

&ACEBOOK ESTIMATED THAT APPROXIMATELY BILLION PEOPLE USE ITS gFAMILYu OF SERVICES INCLUDING )NSTAGRAM 7HATS!PP -ESSENGER

AND ITS CORE SOCIAL NETWORK 4HE COMPANY FACES DEMOGRAPHIC CHALLENGES AS YOUNGER USERS SHIFT TO OTHER PLATFORMS SEEING &ACEBOOK AS LESS COOL THAN IT ONCE WAS

6ISUAL SOCIAL NETWORK )NSTAGRAM HAS BEEN A BRIGHT SPOT FOR &ACEBOOK WITH USE AND REVENUE RISING !NALYSTS ARE WATCHING TO SEE HOW WELL &ACEBOOK S OTHER SERVICES

INCLUDING )NSTAGRAM MESSAGING SERVICES 7HATS!PP AND -ESSENGER AND ITS /CULUS VIRTUAL REALITY DIVISION PLAY INTO ITS FORTUNES g-ESSAGING IS AN AREA THAT IS GROWING MOST QUICKLY AND THIS YEAR PEOPLE ARE GOING TO FEEL THESE APPS BECOMING THE CENTER OF THEIR SOCIAL EXPERIENCE IN MORE WAYS u :UCKERBERG SAID &ACEBOOK IS WORKING TO LET PEOPLE SEND MESSAGES TO ONE ANOTHER NO MATTER WHICH OF THE COMPANY S MESSAGING APPS THEY ARE USING WITH AN INCREASING EMPHASIS ON MAKING CONTENT ENCRYPTED AND EPHEMERAL ACCORDING TO :UCKERBERG

!S IT APPROACHES ITS TH ANNIVERSARY &ACEBOOK HAS BEEN ABLE TO KEEP REVENUE MOMENTUM THANKS TO ITS UNIQUE ADVERTISING MODEL THAT ALLOWS MARKETERS TO REACH SPECIkC SEGMENTS OF USERS -ORE THAN MILLION SMALL BUSINESSES USE &ACEBOOK ACCORDING TO THE SOCIAL NETWORK :UCKERBERG HAS CONSISTENTLY DEFENDED THE SOCIAL NETWORK S BUSINESS OF KEEPING THE SERVICE FREE BY TARGETING ADS BASED ON INTERESTS

ADAMANT THE SOCIAL NETWORK DOES NOT SELL PEOPLE S DATA g4HE INTERNET IS A MASSIVE FORCE FOR CHANGE AND WE ARE AT THE CENTER OF A LOT OF THE DEBATES THAT BRINGS u :UCKERBERG SAID g) DO FEEL LIKE WE HAVE STARTED TO TURN A CORNER AND HAVE A CLEAR PLAN FOR WHAT WE NEED TO DO HERE NOW u AFP Q REBOUNDING FROM B1

Looking to â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

Threats to growth: Driven by economy, not existential !S INDICATORS PREDICT AN IMMINENT GLOBAL ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN #%/S HAVE TURNED THEIR FOCUS TO NAVIGATING THE SURGE IN POPULISM IN THE MARKETS WHERE THEY OPERATE 4RADE CONlICTS

POLICY UNCERTAINTY AND PROTECTIONISM HAVE REPLACED TERRORISM CLIMATE CHANGE AND INCREASING TAX BURDEN IN THE TOP LIST OF THREATS TO GROWTH /F #%/S @EXTREMELY CONCERNED ABOUT TRADE CONlICTS PERCENT ARE SPECIkCALLY UNEASY ABOUT THE TRADE ISSUES BETWEEN #HINA AND THE 53 .INETY EIGHT PERCENT OF 53 #%/S AND PERCENT OF #HINA S #%/S HAVE VOICED THESE CONCERNS /F #HINA S #%/S @EXTREMELY CONCERNED ABOUT TRADE CONFLICTS

MAJORITY ARE TAKING A STRONG REACTIVE APPROACH WITH PERCENT ADJUSTING THEIR SUPPLY CHAIN AND SOURCING STRATEGY &IFTY EIGHT PERCENT ARE ADJUSTING THEIR GROWTH STRATEGY TO DIFFERENT COUNTRIES

Data & analytics and artificial intelligence 4HIS YEAR S SURVEY TOOK A DEEP DIVE INTO DATA ANALYTICS AND ARTIkCIAL INTELLIGENCE !)

TWO KEY AREAS ON LEADERS RADAR TO GET #%/S INSIGHTS ON THE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES Data & analytics â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Lingering information gap. 4HIS YEAR S SURVEY REVISITED QUESTIONS ABOUT DATA ADEQUACY kRST ASKED IN )T WAS FOUND THAT #%/S CONTINUE TO FACE ISSUES WITH THEIR OWN DATA CAPABILITIES

RESULTING IN A SIGNIkCANT INFORMATION GAP THAT REMAINS YEARS ON $ESPITE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF INVESTMENTS MADE IN )4 INFRASTRUCTURE OVER THIS PERIOD #%/S REPORT STILL NOT RECEIVING COMPREHENSIVE DATA NEEDED TO MAKE KEY DECISIONS ABOUT THE LONG TERM SUCCESS AND DURABILITY OF THEIR BUSINESS ,EADERS EXPECTATIONS HAVE CERTAINLY RISEN AS TECHNOLOGY ADVANCES BUT #%/S ARE KEENLY AWARE THAT THEIR ANALYSIS CAPABILITIES HAVE NOT KEPT PACE WITH THE VOLUME OF DATA WHICH HAS EXPANDED EXPONENTIALLY OVER THE PAST DECADE 7HEN ASKED WHY THEY DO NOT RECEIVE COMPREHENSIVE DATA

#%/S POINTED TO THE @LACK OF ANALYTICAL TALENT PERCENT FOLLOWED BY @DATA SILOING PERCENT AND @POOR DATA RELIABILITY PERCENT AS THE PRIMARY REASONS 7HEN IT COMES TO CLOSING THE

Artificial intelligence %IGHTY kVE PERCENT OF #%/S AGREE !) WILL DRAMATICALLY CHANGE THEIR BUSINESSES OVER THE NEXT kVE YEARS .EARLY TWO THIRDS VIEW IT AS SOMETHING THAT WILL HAVE A LARGER IMPACT THAN THE INTERNET $ESPITE THE BULLISH VIEW ON !)

PERCENT OF #%/S PRESENTLY HAVE @NO CURRENT PLANS TO PURSUE !)

WITH A FURTHER PERCENT @PLANNING TO DO SO IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS 4HIRTY THREE PERCENT HAVE TAKEN @A VERY LIMITED APPROACH &EWER THAN IN #%/S HAVE IMPLEMENTED !) ON A WIDE SCALE 7HEN IT COMES TO THE IMPACT !) WILL HAVE ON JOBS PERCENT OF #HINA S #%/S BELIEVE !) WILL DISPLACE MORE JOBS THAN IT CREATES /THER !SIA 0ACIFIC #%/S ARE ALSO PESSIMISTIC AT PERCENT COMPARED TO PERCENT GLOBALLY #%/S IN 7ESTERN %UROPE AND .ORTH !MERICA ARE LESS DOUBTFUL WITH PERCENT AND PERCENT RESPECTIVELY BELIEVING !) WILL DISPLACE MORE JOBS THAN IT CREATES g!LTHOUGH ORGANIZATIONS IN !SIA 0ACIkC .ORTH !MERICA AND 7ESTERN %UROPE HAVE REPORTED COMPARABLE LEVELS OF !) ADOPTION WE SEE A GROWING DIVIDE OVER THEIR BELIEF ABOUT THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF !)

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A MEMBER kRM OF THE 0W# NETWORK &OR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE EMAIL MARKETS PH PWC COM 4HIS CONTENT IS FOR GENERAL INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY AND SHOULD NOT BE USED AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR CONSULTATION WITH PROFESSIONAL ADVISORS

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IS SEEN TO GROW BY PERCENT THIS YEAR DUE TO LOWER PRICES OF GOODS AND THE MID TERM ELECTIONS &-)# AND 5! 0 EXPECT FULL YEAR INlATION TO HIT A WITHIN TARGET PERCENT THIS YEAR AS gWEAK CRUDE OIL PRICES PROJECTED BY THE 53 %NERGY )NFORMATION !DMINISTRATION TO AVERAGE SOME PERCENT LOWER THAN SHOULD CONTRIBUTE MUCH TO THIS DOWNWARD TREND u 4HIS WILL LIKELY PROMPT THE "ANGKO 3ENTRAL NG 0ILIPINAS "30 TO KEEP KEY INTEREST RATES UNCHANGED AND INSTEAD OPT FOR A kRST QUARTER REDUCTION IN BANK RESERVE REQUIREMENTS WITH SECOND HALF POLICY RATE CUTS POSSIBLE IF INlATION FALLS BELOW PERCENT g7ITH THE NEW EXPECTED TRAJECTORY OF INlATION WE THINK THAT MONETARY POLICY TIGHTENING HAS ENDED AND WITH INlATION DOWN TO BELOW IN 1 "30 WILL LIKELY PROVIDE MORE LIQUIDITY TO BANKS ESPECIALLY DUE TO "ASEL REQUIREMENTS VIA LOWER RESERVE REQUIREMENTS AND MORE PURCHASES OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE

ALSO AS "30 REBUILDS ITS ')2 GROSS INTERNATIONAL RESERVES u &-)# AND 5! 0 SAID g/UR VIEW IS THAT "30 WILL CUT RESERVE REQUIREMENTS BY 1 TO MEET LIQUIDITY NEEDS OF BANKS AND CUT POLICY RATES BY ( SECOND HALF AS INlATION GOES BELOW PERCENT Y O Y TO PROVIDE kNANCIAL SUPPORT TO THIS FAIRLY OPTIMISTIC OUTLOOK u ANNA LEAH E. GONZALES

AgriBusiness Yanmar unveils new farm tractor for Asia Ë&#x153; The Manila Times

w w w.manilatimes.net

EDITOR: Conrad M. CariĂąo

FRIDAY February 1, 2019

B5

BY EIREENE JAIREE GOMEZ

B

ANGKOK, Thailand: Japan-based heavy equipment manufacturer Yanmar Agribusiness Co., Ltd. on Tuesday launched its newest farm tractor that will be distributed early this year in Southeast Asia and eventually the global market.

(IRAOKI +ITAOKA PRESIDENT OF 9ANMAR !GRIBUSINESS LED THE PROJect presentation of two variants of THE 9- 4RACTOR IN A BID TO INCREASE its market share for farm tractors in Southeast Asia. +ITAOKA SAID THE 9- ! AND 9- ! VARIANTS WITH ENGINE OUTPUTS OF AND HORSEPOWER

RESPECTIVELY COULD WORK IN BOTH RICE PADDIES AND DRY kELDS IMPROVING THE EFkCIENCY OF FARMERS AND THEIR PROkTABILITY â&#x20AC;&#x153;We provide over 600,000 tractors all over the world. This is the new tractor that can give high [rate OF PROFITABILITY= BECAUSE IT WILL lower farm costs and maximize income of users,â&#x20AC;? he said.

4HE TRACTORS ARE DUBBED AS gROBOT TRACTORSu AS IT ALLOWS USERS

particularly farmers, to access vital OPERATIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE TRACTORS 4HEY CAN ALSO BE EASILY BE

CONTROLLED BY A SMARTPHONE WITH the SmartAssist-Remote feature.

Equipped with geolocation and remote sensing features, the technology can tell users where and how the tractors are working in the kELD VIA A SMARTPHONE â&#x20AC;&#x153;Its a facility that the customer can use to control the tractor. With this device, you can handle the SUDDEN BREAKDOWN AND THE HEAVY BREAKDOWN SO THAT MEANS YOU CAN SHORTEN THE DOWNTIME OF ;THE= work,â&#x20AC;? Osamu Omoro, manager of Yanmar said.

Omoro noted that maintenance and assistance support would also BE MADE AVAILABLE ONCE A 9ANMAR farm tractor experiences a sudDEN BREAKDOWN MINIMIZING THE downtime of the machine. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These features and more will CONTRIBUTE TO RAISING THE INCOMES of farmers in the Philippines and

Q Yanmar President and Chief Executive Officer Hiraoki Kitaoka (left) and Representative Director Takehito Suzuki pose with the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s newest farm tractor, YM357A, that was unveiled in Thailand on Tuesday. PHOTO BY EIREENE JAIREE GOMEZ Southeast Asia and help make the 9- TRACTOR A SUCCESS u +ITAOKA SAID The engines used in Yanmar are MADE IN *APAN WHILE THE BODY AND parts are sourced from India. +ITAOKA SAID 9ANMAR S NEW FARM TRACTORS WOULD BE SOON RELEASED IN the Philippines through its authorized dealer Ada Manufacturing Corp.

Yanmar is also eyeing potential

DISTRIBUTORS OF ITS NEW PRODUCTS IN A BID TO WIDEN ITS GLOBAL REACH â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our company needs to partner with so many partners so we can GLOBALIZE OUR PRODUCTS 7E HAVE had used our know-how [for many YEARS= AND WE WILL ;CONTINUE TO PURSUE BIG MARKETS LIKE 3OUTHEAST !SIA u +ITAOKA SAID (E EXPLAINED THAT 9ANMAR S NEW-

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SUPPORT OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE )TS LINE OF BUSINESS IS MANUFACTURING AND selling engines used in a wide range of applications, such as agriculture and construction equipment, among others. Aside from providing a range of remote monitoring services, the company manufactures and sells climate control systems and aquafarming systems.

DA to launch IT-based record for farmers

NEW HEAD OF TRAINING INSTITUTE

Agriculture Secretary Manny PiĂąol (left) has sworn in Alfredo Aton (right) as the new director of the Agricultural Training Institute (ATI), an agency under the Department of Agriculture. He replaced Luz Taposok who headed the agency since late 2016. After Aton took his oath of office, PiĂąol immediately sat down with him and the rest of the ATI delegation for a quick dialogue. As he recognized ATIâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s achievements in the past few years, PiĂąol urged the instituteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s group to reach out to more farmers and fishers by strengthening community outreach efforts. PIA PHOTO

Taro-based products hit northern markets TARO (Colocasia Esculenta), locally known as GABI, is rich in starch and a good source of dietary kBER )N THE .ORTHERN PART OF THE country, taro is commonly grown as source of animal feed. Now, it IS BEING PRODUCED AND PACKAGED into delicacies such as cookies, choco chips, choco cream and choco voron, which are excellent PASALUBONG GIFT ITEMS FOR BOTH local and foreign tourists.

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BY THE 2URAL )MPROVEMENT #LUB (RIC) Food Processor in Baguinge, +IANGAN IN )FUGAO WHICH IS ONE OF the 10 existing associations and organizations and 12 individual processors of coffee, Tinawon rice, and taro products in the province, assisted under the National Technology Commercialization Program (NTCP) of the Bureau of Agricultural Research (BAR). )T WAS IN WHEN THE )FUGAO PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT SUBMITTED a proposal to BAR to create more livelihood opportunities from taro and other crops. As a result, the project â&#x20AC;&#x153;Product Improvement and Promotion of Coffee, Tinawon Rice, and Taro Productsâ&#x20AC;?

WAS CONCEPTUALIZED AND FUNDED BY BAR under its NTCP. In a week, 28 kilos of taro can BE PROCESSED INTO BOXES OF 4ARO #OOKIES WHILE KILOS OF TARO CAN PRODUCE BOXES 4ARO Choco Cream. Regular production

USING information technology (IT), the Department of Agriculture (DA) is launching a program in the first quarter of 2019 to identify all farmers and fishers in the Philippines, determine whether they have been a recipient of government assistance, and monitor their improvements.

According to Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel PiĂąol, the National Farmers and Fishermanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Database (NFFD) would start storing information about farmers and fishers, and their homes would be geo-tagged.

PiĂąol said NFFD IT-based program would also include information on what interventions the farmers and fishers received from the government such as loans, seeds, boats, farm inputs and others. It would also indicate results of the interventions.

He said the economic profile of the family of the farmer or fisher at the start of the interventions would also be included in the program, specifically their poverty level. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We will be monitoring improvements after two years,â&#x20AC;? PiĂąol said, adding that the program was expected to make it easier for the DA in targeting the real beneficiaries of its Easy Access Credit Program under the Agricultural Credit Policy Council. â&#x20AC;&#x153;By using this modern information technology, we will be able to weed out fake farmers,â&#x20AC;? PiĂąol said.

He said fake farmers, presenting themselves as beneficiaries, were the ones taking advantage of the assistance coming from the government.

A direct beneficiary of the NFFD would be the National Food Authority (NFA) that had started an aggressive local palay (unmilled rice) procurement program with a long list of incentives, according to PiĂąol. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With this IT-based program, the NFA will be able to easily determine whether the palay delivered to its buying stations really came from the farmer or was just consolidated by traders who would like to take advantage of the higher government support price,â&#x20AC;? PiĂąol said.

The Agriculture secretary said the IT-based program was capable of recording all transactions made by the farmer with the NFA and what incentives he would receive. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It will be an accurate recording of the farmerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s or fishermanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s loans under â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;cash advanceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; credit program and all the payments he has made,â&#x20AC;? PiĂąol said.

Compliant with the Data Privacy Act, all the information in the NFFD database will only be accessible to President Rodrigo Duterte, the Agriculture secretary, and key officials of government and the agencies implementing interventions.

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Oceana urges temporary fishing ban for tawilis

Q Photo shows the various products produced from taro, locally known as gabi. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO COULD DOUBLE DEPENDING ON THE BULK OF ORDERS Aside from Banaue Hotel, the TARO PRODUCTS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE in lodges, restaurants, souvenir SHOPS TRADE CENTERS AND THE PUBLIC MARKETS IN ,AGAWE "ANAUE AND +Iangan. RIC Food Processor is also DISTRIBUTING ITS PRODUCTS IN 4AM AN 2ESORT IN "AYOMBONG .UEVA Vizcaya and in Baguio.

RIC Food Processors is currently composed of one to six clusters.

#LUSTER IS ENGAGED IN FOOD PROCESSING AND IS LED BY ,ETY $OGWE /THER MEMBERS HELP SOURCE OUT RAW materials in four BARANGAY (villages). â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are thankful for the assistance provided to us to further improve the marketing appeal of our products. Also, the project provided additional income to FARMERS AND ALSO ABLE TO CREATE JOB opportunities in food processingâ&#x20AC;?

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BAR Director Nicomedes Elea-

ZAR 0H$ DURING AN OFkCIAL VISIT IN Ifugao was delighted upon seeing Taro Cookies and Taro Choco #REAM BEING SOLD AT "ANAUE (OTEL â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is a testament that govERNMENT MONEY HAS NOT BEEN PUT to waste, after all the end goal of funding this initiative is to commercialize generated technologies and developed products and EVENTUALLY BRINGING THEM INTO THE mainstream market,â&#x20AC;? he said.

THE TIMES

ENVIRONMENT advocate Oceana Philippines has called on government agencies to implement a TEMPORARY kSHING BAN ON tawilis (Sardinella Tawilis), to allow the only freshwater sardine in Taal Lake to repopulate.

The group said the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) should work together in IMPOSING THE BAN TO PROTECT TAWILIS from going extinct. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Protected Area Management Board of Taal Volcano Protected Landscape has already endorsed seasonal closure of tawilis to give it time to reproduce. The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources proposed a three-month kSHING BAN ON TAWILIS since 2013.

The DENR and BFAR must join FORCES TO CURB THE MAJOR THREATS to the survival of tawilis and to ENSURE THAT THERE IS SUSTAINABLE management of this species,â&#x20AC;? said lawyer Gloria Estenzo Ramos, vice president of Oceana Philippines.

Ramos said seasonal closure would help revive the tawilis pop-

ULATION IN 4AAL ,AKE BUT STRESSED THAT IT MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY other long-term and sustainABLE kSHERIES MANAGEMENT MEASURES SUCH AS TIGHT CONTROL ON kSH pens, regular monitoring of water quality, prevention of invasive species, and no-nonsense enforcement of environmental laws.

4HIS WAS ECHOED BY 0ABLO 2Osales, chairman of the 0ROGRESIBOng Alyansa ng mga Mangingisda sa Pilipinas WHO SAID OVERkSHING OF TAWILIS COULD BE ADDRESSED BY regulating fishing activities of COMMERCIAL kSHERS g4HE BAN MUST FOCUS ON THE COMMERCIAL kSHING SECTOR 4HEIR BOATS ARE LARGE AND THEIR GEARS are very efficient, so they catch majority of the stocks. At the SAME TIME MUNICIPAL kSHERS ARE also displaced and left with lesser catch,â&#x20AC;? Rosales said. %ARLIER kSHER FOLK GROUP 0AMBANSANG ,AKAS NG +ILUSANG -AMamalakaya ng Pilipinas (PamalAKAYA ALSO BLAMED THE WIDE fishpen structures in Taal Lake for the declining population of tawilis. EIREENE JAIREE GOMEZ

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Malaysia enthrones new king K

UA L A L U M P U R : M a l ays i a o n Thursday installed a new king, Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah, after THE LAST MONARCH ABDICATED IN A HISTORIC kRST following his reported marriage to a Russian ex-beauty queen.

In a ceremony steeped in pomp and centuries of tradition, the sports-loving sultan, dressed in aqua blue formal wear, took the OATH OF OFkCE AT THE NATIONAL PALACE in Kuala Lumpur.

The ceremony was televised nationally and attended by Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and hundreds OF GUESTS DECKED OUT IN )SLAMIC kNERY Before being sworn in at the palace, the 59-year-old, who is also the ceremonial ruler of central Pahang State, was given a welcome at the National Parliament and inspected a guard of honor.

His predecessor, Sultan Muhammad V, stepped aside this month just two

years on the throne after he went on medical leave. Reports, then, surfaced he had married a former Miss Moscow.

No official reason was given for his abdication, but it was the kRST TIME A KING HAD STEPPED ASIDE before the end of his term in the Muslim-majority country.

Malaysia is a constitutional monarchy with a unique arrangement where the national throne changes HANDS EVERY kVE YEARS BETWEEN ROYAL rulers of the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nine states.

Pahang was next in line for the throne after Muhammad V stepped down, and Sultan Abdullah was formally chosen as the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 16th king by Malaysiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

royal families last week.

The new king is an avid athlete who holds a string of positions on sporting bodies. He is on the council of world football governing body FIFA, president of the Asian Hockey Association, and used to be the head of the Football Association of Malaysia.

After attending school in Malaysia, the keen polo player went on to study in Britain where he attended the Sandhurst military academy, according to a biography published ON OFkCIAL NEWS AGENCY "ERNAMA Despite the merely ceremonial role, Malaysiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Islamic royalty command great respect, especially from Muslim Malays, the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s majority group, and criticising them is strictly forbidden.

Portraits of the king and queen adorn government buildings throughout the country. The king is also the symbolic head of Islam in the nation, as well as the nomi-

ACCESSION

The incoming 16th King of Malaysia, the sixth Sultan of Pahang, Al-Sultan Abdullah Riâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah Ibni Sultan Ahmad Shah Al-Mustaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;in Billah (left), salutes beside Queen Tunku Hajah Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah binti Al-Marhum Al-Mutawakkil Alallah Sultan Iskandar Al-Haj (right), while Malaysiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad (center) observes during the welcoming ceremony at the Parliament House in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday. AFP PHOTO nal chief of the military.

Malaysiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sultans trace a lin-

Demâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s border security plan omits wall fund WASHINGTON,DC: Democrats in the House offered a border security plan on 7EDNESDAY 4HURSDAY IN -ANILA THAT would not provide a penny for President Donald Trumpâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s border wall, ignoring â&#x20AC;&#x201D; for now â&#x20AC;&#x201D; an early-morning warning from the president that theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be â&#x20AC;&#x153;wasting their timeâ&#x20AC;? if they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t come up with wall money.

The Democratic offer is just a starting point in House-Senate talks on border security funding that kicked off in a basement room in the Capitol. A top Democrat acknowledged that â&#x20AC;&#x153;everything is on the table,â&#x20AC;? including the border barriers demanded by Trump. LawMAKERS ON BOTH SIDES lASHED SIGNS OF lEXIBILITY EAGER TO DEMONSTRATE willingness to compromise in hopes

of resolving the standoff with Trump that sparked the just-ended 35-day partial government shutdown.

The high-stakes talks are taking place against the backdrop of another possible shutdown in mid-February â&#x20AC;&#x201D; an outcome Trumpâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Republican allies in the Senate are especially eager to avoid. But while Trumpâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rhetoric has cooled, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proven to be an unpredictable force in the shutdown debate, often veering back to his original demands for the wall.

Lawmakers negotiating the bill are well aware that he could move to quash an agreement at any time, plunging them back into crisis.

Still, Trumpâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s request for $5.7 billion to build about 234 miles of

barriers along the US border with Mexico faces uphill odds. Even Trumpâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Republican allies acknowledge he may only get a fraction of it.

The Democratic plan includes new money for customs agents, scanners, aircraft and boats to police the border, and to provide humanitarian assistance for migrants. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Democrats are once again supporting strong border security as an essential component of homeland security. Border security, however, is more than physical barriers; and homeland security is more than border security,â&#x20AC;? said Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard, Democratic-California.

Senators revisited a bipartisan $1.6-billion proposal for 65 miles of fencing in the Rio Grande Valley in

Texas that passed a key committee last year. The panel of old-school lawmakers from the powerful appropriations committees has ample expertise on homeland security issues, as many of THEM HELPED kNANCE FENCE BUILT OVER the years that stretches across much of the 1,954-mile border. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Because of the work we did years ago weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve already built almost 700 miles of fencing on our nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s border,â&#x20AC;? said North Carolina Democratic Rep. David 0RICE g7HATEVER THE PRESIDENT MAY say it is far from an open border.

Meanwhile, the number of undocumented immigrants crossing our border or attempting to cross remain not at alarming highs but at historic lows.â&#x20AC;?

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Venezuelans join walkout to pressure Maduro CARACAS, Venezuela: Doctors in scrubs, businessmen in suits and construction workers in jeans gathered on the streets of Venezuelaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s capital 7EDNESDAY 4HURSDAY IN -ANILA

waving their nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s flag and demanding Nicolas Maduro step down from power in a walkout organized by the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reinvigorated opposition to ratchet up pressure on the embattled president.

Protesters said they were heeding the oppositionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s call for another mass demonstration despite the heavy-handed response by security forces over the last week to quell anti-government protests. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going out now more than ever,â&#x20AC;? said Sobeia Gonzalez, 63. g7E HAVE A LOT MORE FAITH THAT THIS government has very little time left.â&#x20AC;?

The latest walkout comes one week exactly after opposition leader Juan Guaido proclaimed himself the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rightful president amid a sea of supporters, hurling the nation into a new chapter of political tumult as the anti-Maduro movement tries to establish a

GROWING PROTEST

Opposition National Assembly President Juan Guaido, who declared himself interim president of Venezuela, takes part in a walk out against President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila). Venezuelans are exiting their homes and workplaces in a walkout organized by the opposition to demand that Maduro leave power. AP PHOTO transitional government and the socialist leader clings to power. g7E ARE STAYING IN THE STREETS u Guaido told students at a surprise appearance at the Central University of Venezuela. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Not just in

Worldinbriefs 535 DEAD, 111 WOUNDED IN CONGO ATTACK A PRELIMINARY UN investigation into a massacre reportedly carried out in western Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) last month, revealed that at least 535 civilians were killed in four attacks, the UN Mission in the country, MONUSCO, said on Wednesday. In mid-January, UN Human Rights chief Michelle Bachelet, said that according to â&#x20AC;&#x153;credible reports,â&#x20AC;? hundreds of villagers from the four communities in Yumbi, had been killed during inter-ethnic clashes between the Banunu and Batende communities, during several days, beginning on December 16. The initial investigation conducted by the Joint UN Human Rights Office (UNJHRO), attached to the mission, has concluded that in addition to the dead, 111 other villagers were wounded. There has been no confirmation of exactly who carried out the killings but the mission said that â&#x20AC;&#x153;the attacks were conducted in an organized and planned manner, and were extremely violent and fast, leaving little time for the populations to flee.â&#x20AC;?

UN NEWS

RUSSIA PLANE MAKES UNEXPECTED LANDING IN CARACAS CARACAS, Venezuela: A Boeing 777 belonging to Russiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Nordwind Airlines arrived Monday (Tuesday in Manila) night and could still be seen Wednesday on the tarmac at Maiquetia airport outside the capital, its presence sparking unproven claims that President Nicolas Maduroâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s administration is looking to whisk whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s left of the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s depleted gold reserves out of the country. A Nordwind representative confirmed the planeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s arrival, but wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t comment on who chartered the plane, what it is carrying or its itinerary. Opposition lawmaker Jose Guerra, a former central bank director, set off the wave of speculation with his claim Wednesday that unnamed sources inside the monetary authority informed him the plane was hired to transport 20 metric tons of gold comprising about 15 percent of the reserves held in Caracas.

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protest of the crisis we are living in all of Venezuela, not just because of how bad things are, but also for the future.â&#x20AC;?

The 35-year-lawmaker has transformed from a little-known oppo-

SITION kGURE INTO A COMMANDING force in the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s politics with the backing of US President Donald Trump and two dozen other nations recognizing him as Venezuelaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s interim president.

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BLACK WOMAN TO REBUT STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS ATLANTA: Stacey Abrams will be doing more than rebutting President Donald Trump next week. As the first black woman to deliver a Democratic response to a State of the Union address, sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll represent what many in the party see as their political future. In picking Abrams, the Georgian who narrowly lost her bid to be the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first African-American woman governor, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is reflecting the partyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hope to win future elections with appeals to women and people of color. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also signaling the partyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s desire to make inroads in the diversifying South and Sun Belt after disappointing losses there during last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s midterms.

Abrams, 45, represents the growing political clout of black women. Schumer and others â&#x20AC;&#x153;understand the power and prowess and contributions of black women ... and choosing Stacey Abrams is the physical embodiment of that recognition,â&#x20AC;? said Democratic strategist Symone Sanders. AP

JAILED UIGHUR NOMINATED FOR NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WASHINGTON, DC: US lawmakers on both sides of the political aisle said Wednesday (Thrusday in Manila) they have nominated jailed Uighur scholar Ilham Tohti â&#x20AC;&#x201D; sentenced to life in prison for â&#x20AC;&#x153;separatismâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; for the Nobel peace prize. Senators Marco Rubio, a Republican, and Bernie Sanders, an independent who caucuses with Democrats, both signed the nomination letter, which came from the bipartisan Congressional-Executive Commission on China. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We believe there is no one more deserving of the Committeeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recognition in 2019 than Professor Tohti, who embodies the peaceful struggle for peace and human rights in China,â&#x20AC;? the lawmakers wrote to the president of the Nobel Peace Prize Committee, Berit Reiss-Andersen, and its other members Tuesday.Tohti, 49, was sentenced to life in prison in September 2014 over comments he made in class, in interviews and on a website.

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Support for Taiwan leader Tsai surges TAIPEI, Taiwan: Chinese President Xi Jinping sought to push Taiwanese closer to unification with a new year speech mixing carrots and sticks.

That hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t panned out. Instead, his independence-leaning Taiwanese counterpart, Tsai Ing-wen, has enjoyed a surge in support following a brutal drubbing of her political party in local elections last year, according to public opinion surveys and interviews.

The residents of this self-governing island, with its vibrant and well-established democracy, are as much inclined as ever to resist Chinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s demands despite rising political, economic and military threats from Beijing.

Xiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s offer to Taiwan â&#x20AC;&#x153;is a total scam,â&#x20AC;? said Kuo Lin-han, 26, a Chinese Culture University student in Taipei.

Kuo was referring to Chinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proposal of a â&#x20AC;&#x153;one country, two systemsâ&#x20AC;? arrangement that Xi renewed in his January 2 speech, under which Taiwan would accept Chinese sovereignty while being allowed to retain its own economic and legal systems.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s based on the framework Hong Kong was granted when it reverted to Chinese rule in 1997, an arrangement that has become increasingly frayed as Beijing exPANDS ITS POLITICAL INlUENCE IN THE former British colony.

Jarringly for many Taiwanese, Xi mixed his outreach with a reminder that Beijing had no intention of dropping its threat

to use military force to bring the island under its control.

Xiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s speech was seized on by Tsai, who went on a four-day media blitz in Taipei that appears TO HAVE SIGNIkCANTLY BOLSTERED HER support among voters.

In a telephone survey published January 21 by the Taiwan Public Opinion Foundation, 34.5 percent of the 1,074 respondents gave her a thumbs-up, an increase of about 10 percentage points from after the November elections. Two-thirds said they want Taiwan to continue its self-rule or declare formal independence.

Separately, the Taiwan governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mainland Affairs Council found in a January 17 survey of 1,078 people that 75.4 percent oppose â&#x20AC;&#x153;one country, two systems,â&#x20AC;?

74.3 percent dispute the â&#x20AC;&#x153;one Chinaâ&#x20AC;? condition for formal dialogue and 77.2 percent oppose China for holding pledges that it could use force against Taiwan if needed.

Both polls had a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percent. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The most important thing is that Xi Jinping made the speech on Taiwan and Tsai Ing-wen gave a rare response, which received a high level of support,â&#x20AC;? foundation chairman You Ying-lung said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The China factor helps her come out of a trough.â&#x20AC;?

9OUNGER 4AIWANESE HAD A kRM sense of local identity that stands in the way of Chinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s idea for UNIkCATION SAID 7U 9I HSUAN

an energy science and engineering doctoral student.

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Pope Francis to go on historic visit to UAE VATICAN CITY:Â Pope Francis said he was looking to write a new page in the history of relations between religions with his visit to THE 5NITED !RAB %MIRATES 5!% from Sunday, February 3. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am happy... to write on your dear land a new page in the relations between religions, CONkRMING THAT WE ARE BROTHERS although different,â&#x20AC;? he said in a video message to the Emirati people released Thursday.

In the message, in Italian but also dubbed into Arabic, the Pope thanked Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan for his invitation to participate in an interfaith meeting on â&#x20AC;&#x153;human fraternityâ&#x20AC;? from February 3 to 5.

He said the visit would give him the opportunity to again see his â&#x20AC;&#x153;friend and dear brotherâ&#x20AC;?

Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, the head of Egyptâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top Sunni Muslim authority, whom he met on a visit in 2017.

Francis has made boosting ties between Christianity and Islam a cornerstone of his papacy.

The Pope said he believed the INTERFAITH MEETING RElECTED gTHE COURAGE AND WILLINGNESS TO AFkRM that faith in God unites rather than divides, brings together despite differences, and turns away from hostility and aversion.â&#x20AC;?

Francis also said the UAE was â&#x20AC;&#x153;a land that seeks to be a model of coexistence, human fraternity and the meeting of diverse civilisations AND CULTURES WHERE MANY kND A safe place to work and live freely in the respect for diversity.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I look forward to meeting a people who live in the present with their eyes on the future,â&#x20AC;? he added.

The UAE prides itself on its religious tolerance and cultural diversity, and most Gulf Arab states have long allowed Christians to worship in churches.

Nearly 80 percent of the population of the UAE was Muslim, while Christians constituted around nine percent, according to the Catholic News Agency.

Many of the Catholics are workers from Africa, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and the Philippines, though some are locals.

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HE ADVOCATES PLAY AND GAMES TO FOSTER BROTHERHOOD

Sportsman of the grassroots

BY ANTONIO ALABASTRO Photos by Hermes Singson WHEN THE MARAWI REBELLION broke out on May 23, 2017 after the previous nightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s loud explosions and fireworks, Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) volunteer coaches and staff at the Mindanao State University (MSU) saw their armed police and military escorts evaporate â&#x20AC;&#x153;to a new deployment.â&#x20AC;?

On lockdown because Davao City was a hot-target area, and under heavy security, a sleepless PSC Chairman William â&#x20AC;&#x153;Butchâ&#x20AC;? Ramirez launched the Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Games sports for peace program, and an extraction order was out shortly for the PSC contingent caught in the Marawi siege.

Peacemaking tool â&#x20AC;&#x153;When children play, peace wins and humanity celebrates,â&#x20AC;? Ramirez told the 1,000 internally displaced children from war-torn Marawi, who joined 10,000 other children  from 12 cities and provinces joining the three-day, under-12 friendly competition. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was praying na hindi alam ng mga Maute Group na may mga tagaOffice of the President doon [that the Maute Group did not know about the presence of people from the Office of the President at the time],â&#x20AC;? he also told the PSC contingent when it

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Born in Negros Oriental, Ramirez was the seventh child in a brood of 12. His policeman-father Purito and entrepreneur-mother Consolacion were fine dancers and singers.

He learned survival skills early. As a young stowaway on a Cebu-bound vessel, he was discovered and tossed into the sea by the porter. But he swam well and reached land.

The sporting honcho once coached the menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basketball team of the Ateneo de Davao. They may not have won, but â&#x20AC;&#x153;we fought to the last,â&#x20AC;? he says.

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arrived in Davao after escaping from Marawi City, capital of Lanao del Sur province in southern Mindanao.

Malacanang was monitoring the attack on the city by the terrorist Maute Group.

To avoid undue attention, the PSC members wore Marawi Mayor Jamul Usman Gandamraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s courtesy call gifts: kombong and kopiah (Muslim fe-

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male headdress and menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cap). Their van sneaked through the MSU backdoorâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Piagapo pass, a perfect ambush site, and where locals say kidnap victims are taken and never seen again.

In the pouring rain walked the human exodus of the soaked and the wet: sick and old, mothers with babies, all with aching feet.

Prior coordination made the mili-

tary checkpoint less strict for the unescorted PSC van. It followed the hoi polloi procession. Out of Marawi, it arrived in Balo-i, Lanao del Sur, outside the danger zone, then Cagayan de Oro at 8 p.m., and Davao at 4 a.m. the next day.

The PSC had preceded the Unescoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2017 Kazan Action Plan that uses sports as a peace-making tool.

Taking President Rodrigo Duterteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s challenge â&#x20AC;&#x153;to make sports available to all,â&#x20AC;? Ramirez revived the sports for peace program.

In 2008, children of fighters from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and Christians lived in one house and played together in Midsayap, North Cotabato. At the height of the conflict between the Moro International Liberation Front and the Armed Forces of the Philippines, he launched the first Sports for Peace for Internally Displaced Children in partnership with the Notre Dame of Midsayap College, the first Notre Dame School in Asia and the Philippines.

Preserving landmarks â&#x20AC;&#x153;If we can be brothers and sisters in sports, why canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t we be brothers and sisters in our communities? We can have peace in sports, we can have peace in our homes,â&#x20AC;? child participants also told Ramirez. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We teach our children discipline, teamwork and determination. They are the real gold for me, more than the medals in the Southeast Asian Games or Olympics because they are the future leaders and peacemakers of the country,â&#x20AC;? Ramirez tells Boardroom Watch during a walking tour of the Rizal Memorial Stadium Complex (RMSC) in Malate, Manila. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Inspired by 29 years, we will strengthen the PSC and rehabilitate the sports facilities and venues

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Sportsman of the grassroots at Rizal Memorial Sports Complex, Philsports Complex in Pasig City, Baguio Training Camp [in Baguio City], the Camp Bonifacio shooting range [in Taguig City], which will be our legacy to the future generations.

“Listening to the athletes,” Ramirez says, “the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex will be preserved” as a cultural and historical landmark.

The PSC will restore to excellence the obsolete and deteriorating sports complex near Manila Bay. It was named after the national hero, designed by a national artist and donated by the Vito Cruz family to the City of Manila for sports development.

“Entering here is already a big story among the promdi [from the province],” says Ramirez inside the Rizal Memorial Coliseum with its Art Deco style curving walls, double band of moldings and beveled corners with nail head ornaments. He adds that he used to go to there with his brother who played basketball with the University of Visayas. Overhead blowers ventilate the 1934 basketball court where legendary basketball showdowns were played until they migrated to bigger, air-conditioned venues.

“The track and field stadium will look like a dalaga [unmarried woman]” before the 60-year-old Southeast Asian Games opens at the Philippine Arena in November this year, Ramirez says. Its faded bleachers will be repainted, its rubberized track, where legendary runners Mona Sulaiman and Lydia de Vega trained, will be upgraded.

Conservationists want the original baseball scoreboard to stay, Ramirez says. Time is frozen at 10 o’clock on the 85-year recorder for innings, strikes, balls, outs and runs in the diamond park. It saw Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig’s second and first home runs on December 2, 1934 in “the beautiful stadium.” More home runs are immortalized with vanishing paint on the baseball field’s perimeter wall.

ADVENTURES OF WILLIAM William Ramirez was born with a “restless” spirit that made him seek adventures even as youngster. Little did he know, he was to find life’s best lessons in these escapades.

Q Running away from home and surviving for 11 months without parents or friends taught me skills that aren’t learned at home or under an adult’s tutelage

Q My experiences in the Boy Scouts and my formation in the Junior Seminary at the St. Francis Xavier College in Catalonian Grande, Davao City and training in sports helped me clarify my values and develop self-discipline.

Q Sports is a teaching tool. We teach our children discipline, team work and determination.

The real gold are our children.

Q From the Jesuits of the Ateneo de Davao University, I imbibed the exercise of the Daily Examen, where one pauses to recollect what happened throughout the day. Here, I learned to value persons I encountered, be grateful for moments of success and be hopeful for things needing to be improved.

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IN HIS COURT. Chairman Ramirez assures the public that the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex will be preserved and upgraded

Children mean more than Southeast Asian Games or Olympic medals. They are the future leaders and peacemakers of the country Poor promdi Ramirez was appointed PSC commissioner during the time of thenPresident Joseph Estrada, who, as Manila mayor later, entertained a private-sector offer to buy the historic Rizal Memorial Sports Complex.

When Estrada gave up the presidency and Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo took over, Ramirez was named PSC chairman in 2005 with one goal: “Improve the Philippines standing in the 2005 Southeast Asian Games and to bring out the best in our athletes.”

(Host Philippines won the overall 23rd SEA Games crown with 112 gold medals.)

“I resigned as chairman in 2009 when I failed to bring back medals from the Beijing Olympics.” Named as PSC chairman for the second time, Ramirez initially declined President Rodrigo Duterte’s offer. He accepted it on June 30, 2016.

Ramirez was born in Guihulngan, the largest town in northern Negros Oriental. He was the seventh among 12 children of Purito Ramirez, a municipal police sergeant, and Consolacion Icalina, a housewife, who sold snacks in school. The couple sang well and dance gracefully, says Ramirez. His siblings are Eva, Richard, Arthur, Elizabeth, Rodolfo, Miguel, Buensoceso, Marichu, Jesus, Andrew and Patrick.

Ramirez’s grandfather on his mother’s side belonged to the middle class and worked in an azucarera, a sugar central in Negros Oriental. Ramirez was five when his father, who had no interest in studying, migrated in the 1950s to Padada.

Among the oldest and poorest towns in Davao del Norte, Mindanao, Padada also refers to the mangrove family trees along the coastal town’s shorelines facing Davao Gulf.

Ramirez describes himself as a promdi, a province-born man used to poverty. He was a stowaway, a “restless” seminarian, an activist teacher whom basketball rescued twice from detention, a public servant with sports at heart and a book author.

He learned to survive in rural Mindanao early. Once, he crossed a shoulder-deep river carrying a sack of corn on his head. In Grade III, he developed leadership skills. The 11-year-old corn eater fled Davao over a rice tantrum. Denied a chance to go to the palayan (ricefields), he took a bus to Cagayan de Oro, stole boat rides and aimed to go to Manila.

He learned how to swim. He could have perished in Ormoc, Leyte when a porter threw him in the sea when

FORWARD PLANNING. The Chairman confers with PSC Commissioner Ramon Fernandez (left) and Senior Executive Assistant Marc Edward Velasco (right)

caught as a non-paying passenger on a Cebu-bound ship.

From Ormoc, he crossed the jungle with an adult companion to reach Tacloban City. He found jungle life beautiful, ate root crops and fern leaves and avoided leeches. He lived with strangers in Cebu for 11 months. Because he missed “Mama,” he came home on Christmas eve.

Crying and hiding behind coconut trees, he saw her sick and emaciated.

His first words: “I miss you, I’m sorry.

I will not do it again.”

Ramirez returned to the Padada Central School, which promoted him to Grade IV. He earned snack money doing assignments and services for the mayor’s son and other classmates. In fourth grade, he was a lawyer’s houseboy. He learned to follow

authority and be a leader. A big boy, he borrowed his Math teacher Mr. Olamit’s pants and shoes on graduation day. He was awarded Honorable Mention, Outstanding Boy Scout and Outstanding Athlete in primary school.

He completed high school working as library assistant. His 60-peso pay was spent on school fees and books he read that changed his life.

He listened to “brilliant teachers, who had doctorates in philosophy, theology, ethics and humanities,” and argued with them on history and literature.

In 1966, he found Davao’s St. Francis Xavier College Seminary’s formation activities to his liking. But his restless heart and mind made him leave in 1968. When Martial

law was declared in 1972, Ramirez joined priests and seminarians in educating Davao del Sur farmers and farm workers. The Philippine Constabulary (PC) detained the teachers.

Drafted into the PC basketball team, the tall player earned freedom after three months for him and his companions.

In 1974, under the Missionaries Sisters of the Immaculate Concepcion at St. Michael’s College, a French-Canadian Catholic School in Padada, Davao del Sur, Ramirez earned a Bachelor’s Degree, major in History and minor in Literature. He lectured farmers on forming cooperatives, got jailed in the PC barracks in Tagum, Davao, and was released again after playing basketball for his captor’s team.

He married Mercedes Velasco, a teacher, at the Maryknoll Seminary in Tagum, Davao. The newlyweds and two sponsors celebrated with fried chicken and ice cream. Their children are Omar, who runs a travel agency in London; Farah, who’s with the Presidential Management Staff; and Josuah, a supervisor in Fresno, California.

Going for “more” When Martial Law was declared, his parents told him to leave Davao.

In 1974, Ramirez worked as a pharmaceutical detail man, covering Metro Manila and eventually rising to sales manager in 1987.

He returned to Davao to teach at the Holy Cross of Davao College and Ateneo de Davao University, where he coached the men’s basketball team. “Not a champion’s team but we fought to the last.” he recalls. For six summers, he “borrowed air tickets” and visited sports institutions in Australia for a homestay program to learn about the library sports program. The Jesuits trained him to strive for more, do more, learn more.

Because of sports, Ramirez earned enough air miles to upgrade to First Class, but prefers to fly Economy. He shuns long-haul flights because “I’ve been there.” He also plays volleyball, tennis and “time-consuming” golf.

Named PSC commissioner in 2001, he flew home to Davao every weekend to visit his family and study for a master’s degree in Public Administration at Ateneo de Davao University that he finished in 2004. He became PSC chairman in 2005. “As a promdi, my dream was to finish college, and teach. My father, who did not want to study, encouraged me to study ‘because your heart and mind will always be there.’”

He says: “It’s not about being bright but having a balance between heart and mind. PSC will succeed if it will collaborate, listen and learn.”

With a life colored by rich experience, Ramirez is a man whose counsel truly abounds in wisdom.

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FOOD FOR THE SOUL Rodolfo Gan This Fine Arts graduate launches Prisms II, his second solo exhibition, continuing a series of geometric abstractions. Gan’s works evoke lightness, balance and transparency of lines and forms with his signature airbrush method. Fine mists of gradient color give way to decisive lines and rugged edges which fold themselves into box-like structures. These have been described as “timeless, dynamic, critical, introspective yet forwardlooking.” Gan draws from the works of modern art pioneers Fernando Zobel, Lee Aguinaldo and Roberto Chabet.

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Carina Chorengel SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT COMMERCIAL, ASIA PACIFIC, HYATT HOTELS AND RESORTS

She and her father, the iconic hotelier, Bernd Chorengel, agreed never to talk business when they got together. But Mr. Chorengel need not worry, his offspring is a true chip-off-the-old-block and becoming an industry byword herself

Thriving on change ABOUT ME

BY BERNADETTE T. REYES

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ROCK LEGEND MICK JAGGER once showed up at her parents’ Singapore apartment for drinks, and Carina Chorengel, Senior Vice President-Commercial, Asia Pacific, Hyatt Hotels and Resorts, didn’t bat an eyelash.

“I didn’t even know who he was,” she says with all candor. She still has the autographed photo he gave her that night.

Some people take years to figure out what job they want to enter. But Carina knew early on that she wanted to work in the hotel industry. It’s not surprising. After all, her father is the iconic hotelier, Bernd Chorengel, who is a byword in international hospitality circles, especially at Hyatt International where he held a raft of high positions until retiring as president in 2007. He spent 25 years with Hyatt.

Carina, the eldest of three children, and her siblings–Maya and Christopher–practically grew up at Hyatt Regency in Hong Kong, Singapore and London.

She saw the challenging side of the glamorous hotel job. But that did not deter her from following her father’s footsteps. She explains: “Work in the hotel industry is never routine–that’s what has attracted me the most. You also get to meet new and interesting people.”

She confesses to being such a “people person” that at one point she considered studying psychology. But a hotel career prevailed in the end.

Concerned about the challenges their daughter would encounter in a world of unrelenting service and commitment, her father and mother Marla Yotoko, Filipino public relations specialist and author, sug-

No day is the same for the field I am in. My job gives me great satisfaction. Marketing, dealing with people, digital–they are constantly changing

Hard work pays off for Carina (center) and her Hyatt team at the Business Traveller Asia-Pacific Awards. Their Grand Hyatt brand perenially tops the Best Business Hotel Brand in the World title Photos courtesy of Hyatt Hotels and Resorts Asia Pacific and Business Traveller Asia-Pacific

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Professional–my father.

His dynamism and passion for work was contagious.

He inspired me to work hard, smart and have fun while doing it. Personal–my mother. She is thoughtful, caring and inspired me to be the family-oriented person I am today.

GOALS To be a positive influence on all whom I engage with daily.

If I am able to bring out the best in others, it will bring out the best in me.

FIRST PAYING JOB Corporate Trainee at the Grand Hyatt Hong Kong right after graduating from university.

MORNING ROUTINE After hugging my sons before they head off to school, I would answer emails and sometimes engage in conference calls with the Chicago office before working out. My morning work-outs are my only “me-time” and allow me to reflect and prepare for what lies ahead.

SPECIAL SKILLS The ability to instantly get along with people from diverse backgrounds. Being bi-racial and having grown up in so many countries and cultures, trained me to adapt quickly and be empathetic to those around me. gested she pursue another path. But Carina adamantly held firm.

“I applied and got accepted at Cornell School of Hotel Administration,” she says.

After finishing her degree, Carina interned at Hyatt Regency Tianjin, the Hotel Ritz in Paris and Ritz-Carlton Chicago in the mid- to late 1980s before starting her journey at Grand Hyatt Hong Kong in 1989 as part of the property’s pre-opening team.

Though she was considered “Hyatt royalty,” Carina started at the bottom of the ranks. She put in time in the kitchen, washing dishes and mopping floors. She did night shifts while working at the front desk as a guest relations officer. “I was cognizant that I didn’t get treated differently,” she recalls. “I put in the extra hours and stayed humble. It also helped that Dad was in Chicago and I was in Asia,” Carina reveals that she had a pact with Mr. Chorengel not to talk business whenever they were together.

Carina was a corporate trainee for two years.

After a range of roles in the Grand Hyatt Hong Kong’s rooms operations and marketing departments, she was promoted to Director of Marketing in 1996 at the age of 27. She found her sweet spot in marketing.

She then moved to Hyatt’s Asia Pacific regional office in 2001 and worked on various hotel opening, repositioning and renovation projects as well as several corporate initiatives involving sales and marketing. In 2008, she was selected to lead the Sales and Marketing function for

Hyatt Hotels and Resorts in Asia Pacific and since then, her scope has increased to what it includes today.

Carina currently holds the title of Senior Vice President-Commercial, Asia Pacific, overseeing sales, revenue, brand marketing, digital communications, loyalty and partner marketing, consumer insights, call centers and distribution strategy.

She also supports the regional hotels in driving performance, preference, optimizing hotel revenue streams besides playing an active role in the group’s Asia Pacific leadership.

But it’s not all been hours at the office or on the road to check up on various Hyatt teams. In her three decades as a hotelier, Carina opted for an eight-year break when she and her husband Stephane Benayon wanted to start a family. She later returned, easing back into the corporate life, doing part-time when her two sons Andre and Jaden, now 18 and 15, respectively, could be left without too much supervision. When the boys started to become active in school, she offered to go full time at Hyatt again.

To this day, Carina makes it a point to make her family a priority, getting home in the evening for dinners and being present at important events in her children’s lives. Her eldest is now in an American university while her second is in secondary school in Hong Kong.

What’s next? “The good thing is Hyatt is a growing company,” she reports. “We have 135 hotels in Asia Pacific presently, and there’s still a lot of expansion and development hap-

TIME YOU SPEND ON SOCIAL MEDIA About 45 minutes on weekdays and a bit more on weekends. This allows me to keep up with family and friends as well as learn what is trending in the world.

pening. What that means is I am able to help the development team in expanding our portfolio of hotels.”

When asked if she had considered asuming another role at Hyatt such as a general manager position or perhaps, moving to the US, Carina says the opportunity did come across in the past, but her passion has remained in marketing. “Besides, my roots are in Asia,” says Carina, who does not see herself transferring anywhere soon.

“No day is the same for the field I am in. My job gives me the most satisfaction. Marketing, dealing with people, digital–they are constantly changing. I continuously learn in my job,” she says.

Carina, who has a passion for nurturing young talent, is happy with the diversity of her crew. “I love working with people, and seeing young people progressing is the proudest moment. I feel that way with my team and my colleagues.”

Like her father before her, Carina has made Hyatt her second family.

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FRIDAY D1 FEBRUARY 1, 2019 BOXER SHORTS

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Will the real WBA welter champ please stand up?

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Q Floyd Mayweather Jr. (left) trades punches with Manny Pacquiao during their welterweight unification championship bout on May 2, 2015 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. AFP PHOTO

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F thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s any indication in the series of frequent â&#x20AC;&#x153;accidentalâ&#x20AC;? meetings between World Boxing Association welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao and the undefeated 50-0 win-loss record holder Floyd Mayweather Jr., it is that a potential repeat of their 2015 showdown is pushing through.

That is notwithstanding a pronouncement of Mayweather Promotions CEO Leonard Ellerbe that his boss is retired and will stay as such busy enjoying the perks of his billions traveling all over the world, buying expensive mansions, cars and jewelries.

Pacquiao and Mayweather met at least three times in a span of less than two weeks before the Filipino 147-pound WORLD BELT OWNER FOUGHT THE LATTER S compatriot Adrien Broner, on the day of THE kGHT ITSELF AND A FEW DAYS AFTER ALL ON the initiative of Mayweather.

The two bumped into each other on January 9 during the NBA Filipino Heritage game of the Los Angeles Clippers at the Staples Center where the eight-division champion was an invited guest.

On the day of the Pacquiao-Broner encounter on January 19 at the MGM Arena, Mayweather went into the FiliPINO ICON S LOCKER ROOM UNANNOUNCED

TAPPED THE 7"! &ILIPINO TITLIST S SHOULDER and simply wished him, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Good Luck.â&#x20AC;?

They met for the third time on January 21 also the Staples Center, to watch the

Palicte faces Martinez in WBO title eliminator bout FILIPINO pug Aston Palicte fights Puerto Rican Jose Martinez in a World Boxing Organization (WBO) super flyweight title eliminator match tonight at the Viejas Casino and Resort in Alpine, California. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Seventh or eighth,â&#x20AC;? Palicte told The Manila Times via online interview pertaining to the rounds he intends to KO his foe.

Palicte, 27, tipped the scale at 114.8 pounds while Martinez 114.4 during the formal weigh-in.

The winner of the match will challenge reigning WBO super flyweight champion Donnie Nietes.

The Bago City, Negros Occidental nativeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all-Filipino showdown against Nietes on September 8 last year in Inglewood, California for the vacant WBO belt ended in a draw.

Nietes scored a split decision win against Kazuto Ioka last December 31 in Macau to capture the vacant title.

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'OLDEN 3TATE 7ARRIORS BEAT THE ,! ,AKers. Like their previous two meetings, no words were spoken, witnesses attested.

Only the look at their eyes has spoken.

The duo actually met in September 2018 in Tokyo where the former sixdivision titleholder told the eightdivision counterpart of his desire to UNRETIRE TO kGHT HIM IN A REMATCH OF their May 2, 2015 date won by him.

(E EVEN SET $ECEMBER OF THE same year as date of the rematch.

4HAT DIDN T HAPPEN AND INSTEAD â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Moneyâ&#x20AC;? fought and won over an obscure Japanese kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa by knockout.

The bottom line is, the Grand Rapid, Michigan native, judging from his body English, is interested, if not more interested in having a Pacquiao-Mayweather 2 realized.

But why is he now keeping himself mum on the prospect since that Tokyo announcement, in the process, keeping, too, everybody guessing on what he really wants to?

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Q Floyd Mayweather Jr. visits Manny Pacquiao in his locker room during his fight with Adrien Broner. PHOTO BY

WENDELL ALINEA were generated in the Pacquiao"RONER kGHT AND THAT UPON LEARNING of the estimated 400,000 ppv buys would be enough encouragement to open the table for negotiations.

That 400,000 units sold, according to estimates, means the fight, won

by Pacquiao, grossed approximately $30 million in domestic pay-per-view REVENUE #OUNT THE OFkCIAL GATE FOR THE announced crowd of 13,025 and that COULD BE TRANSLATED TO SEVEN kGURES Sources from the US said the Pacquao-Broner Pacq Pa cq qua uao o Br Bron oner er had had bigger biggge g r numnum nu m

bers compared with the world heavyweight title clash between $EONTAY 7ILDER AND 4YSON &URY LAST $ECEMBER IN ,OS !NGELES WHICH only drew 325,000 buys.

Meaning fans, everyone still wants to see this rematch, even if Mayweather and Pacquiao are 42 years old and 40 years old, reSPECTIVELY 4HEY VE WAITED FOR LONG kVE YEARS TOO FOR #HAPTER ) OF THE Pacquiao-Mayweather encounter AND THEY VE BEEN WAITING FOR FOUR yyears ye arss already ar alre al read adyy since sinc si ncee then. then th en..

Both Pacquiao and Mayweather ARE UNDER !L (AYMON S 0REMIER Boxing Champions stable and, therefore there is zero obstacle in promoting the rematch.

Pacquiao signed with PBC for A REASON AND IT WASN T JUST TO kGHT Broner and listen to Ellerbe talk ABOUT 0ACQUIAO kGHTING THE OTHER welterweights in the PBC stable.

Fact is Mayweather and Pacquiao keep coincidently bumping into each other, so why not do it again.

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Q Manny Pacquiao (right) evades a punch from Australian Jeff Horn during their World Boxing Organization fight at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane on July 1, 2017.

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Pacquiao rejects offers for Horn rematch

REIGNING 7ORLD "OXING !SSOCIATION 7"! WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPION -ANNY Pacquiao refused an offer for a rematch against Australian Jeff Horn.

(ORN AND HIS PROMOTER $EAN ,ONERgan reportedly expressed interest on a rematch with Pacquiao after the latTER S UNANIMOUS DECISION WIN AGAINST Adrien Broner at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada last week. The !USTRALIAN SNATCHED THE 7ORLD "OXING /RGANIZATION 7"/ BELT FROM THE

Filipino ring icon via a controversial unanimous decision on July 1, 2017 at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Unsettled business? I want a rematch when I lost to Horn but they refused. .OW THAT ) VE WON IN MY COMEBACK kGHT IN THE 53 THEY RE NEGOTIATING FOR a rematch,â&#x20AC;? Pacquiao told reporters in &ILIPINO AT THE 3ENATE ON 7EDNESDAY Pacquiao wanted the rematch to BE HELD IN THE 0HILIPPINES BUT (ORN S camp wanted it to be in Australia. The

deal did not push through. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They were taking advantage of me. They took advantage of me the kRST TIME BUT NEVER AGAIN 4HEY FOOLED me once,â&#x20AC;? added Pacquiao.

Horn (19-1-1 win-loss-draw record WITH KNOCKOUTS LOST THE 7"/ BELT to undefeated Terence Crawford via ninth round knockout in June 9 last year in Las Vegas, Nevada.

On the other hand, Pacquiao bounced back with a seventh round technical

knockout win over Lucas Matthysse for THE 7"! BELT IN +UALA ,UMPUR -ALAYSIA IN *ULY ALSO LAST YEAR )T WAS THE kRST +/ victory for Pacquiao in nine years.

Pacquiao (61-7-2 record with 39 KNOCKOUTS SAID HE WOULD LIKELY fight again in May or July, also in the United States. g) LL kGHT ANYONE u 0ACQUIAO SAID WHEN ASKED TO REPLY ON 7"! SUPER WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPION +EITH 4HURMAN S CHALLENGE JOSEF T. RAMOS

ANNY PACQUIAO unabashedly covets another shot at the unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr., but he is not about to waste his remaining time in the sport waiting for the latter to make up his mind.

Pacquiao, 40, recently posted his kRST SUCCESSFUL DEFENSE OF THE 7ORLD "OXING !SSOCIATION 7"! @REGULAR WELTERWEIGHT LBS TITLE WITH A decision win over Adrien Broner.

Pacquiao immediately challenged Mayweather to a rematch of their May 2015 megabuck showdown, but he has yet to receive a positive feedback.

All point to Mayweather caving in to public pressure (and the lure of THE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR AND ACCEPTING 0ACQUIAO S CHALLENGE "UT IN THE EVENT Mayweather decides to take his sweet TIME 0ACQUIAO IS LOOKING AT THE kSTIC menu for another palatable foe.

Pacquiao had earlier expressed INTEREST IN kGHTING THE WINNER OF THE March 16 showdown between InterNATIONAL "OXING &EDERATION )"& WELterweight champ Errol Spence Jr. and challenger Mikey Garcia. Pacquiao, however, reportedly wants to return to the ring as early as May and there is no way the winner of the Spence-Garcia kGHT WILL BE AVAILABLE THAT EARLY An opponent who is available is 7"! @SUPER WELTERWEIGHT KING +EITH â&#x20AC;&#x153;One Timeâ&#x20AC;? Thurman. Yes, believe IT OR NOT 4HURMAN IS THE OTHER 7"! champion in the welterweight class.

He is actually recognized as the genuINE CHAMP IN THE 7"! WELTERWEIGHT DIVISION WITH 0ACQUIAO S 7"! BELT often referred to by international writers as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;secondaryâ&#x20AC;? crown.

"LAME IT ON GREED 4HE 7"! HAS this absurd policy of promoting a @REGULAR 7"! CHAMPION TO @SUPER 7"! CHAMPION IF SAID BOXER WINS THE equivalent title of rival organizations LIKE THE 7"# 7"/ AND )"& OR POSTS A number of successful defenses.

Case in point: Thurman was the 7"! @REGULAR WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPION in 2015 and was eventually elevated to @SUPER CHAMP STATUS IN THE YEAR HE DEFEATED 7"# COUNTERPART $ANNY 'ARCIA TO UNIFY THE 7"! 7"# WELterweight titles. Herein lies the greed: If the boxer is promoted to super CHAMP STATUS THE 7"! VACATES THE regular belt and taps two challengers TO kGHT FOR IT )N EFFECT THE 7"! HAS two champions in one weight class: THE @SUPER CHAMP AND THE @REGULAR champ. This amounts to more sancTIONING FEES FOR THE 7"! !FTER THE 7"! DECLARED THE 7"! @REGULAR WELTERWEIGHT THRONE VACANT WITH 4HURMAN S ASCENSION TO @SUPER champ status, Pacquiao claimed the regular crown with a seventh-round knockout win over Lucas Matthysse in July 2018. This explains why the belt Pacquiao holds is branded as secondary: it only originated from 4HURMAN S REIGN 4HE 7"! HAS previously stated that it will work on limiting its champions to one PER WEIGHT CLASS BUT THE @SUPER AND @REGULAR CHAMPS CONTINUE TO EXIST There are even occasions when the 7"! NAMES AN gINTERIMu CHAMPION

thus resulting in three titleholders in one weight class.

Noting the foregoing circumstancES 4HURMAN KNOCKOUTS makes for the â&#x20AC;&#x153;idealâ&#x20AC;? opponent for Pacquiao at the moment. Thurman is coming off nearly two years of inactivity and looked very rusty in scoring a decision over Josesito Lopez on January 26. Thurman was nearly knocked out by Lopez in the 7th round.

4HURMAN S STYLE AND STRUGGLE against Lopez are arguably the reasons why trainer Freddie Roach singled out the former as the ideal foe for Pacquiao before Mayweather. Thurman is currently not at his sharpest (the layoff was due to an assortment OF HAND AND ELBOW INJURIES AND WAS even a disappointment against Garcia two years ago. Moreover, if Pacquiao beats Thurman, he will get universal RECOGNITION AS 7"! WELTERWEIGHT KING Thurman cannot wait to get back in the ring because he wants to make up for the lost time. Pacquiao, at his age, cannot afford extended periods of inactivity as his body can bog down anytime.

0ACQUIAO kGURES TO BE THE FAVORite should a fight with Thurman materialize. Against Lopez, Thurman showed his weakness opposite pressure fighters, ironically the style Pacquiao effectively employed against the defensive Broner.

Of course, if Mayweather changes his mind earlier than expected, Thurman and the rest will be instantly eased out of the picture. Until then, 0ACQUIAO MAY WANT TO kLL UP THE VOID with a fight against Thurman that kGURES TO BE KNUCKLE BUSTER.

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FRIDAY February 1, 2019

Q Minnesota Timberwolvesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Andrew Wiggins, left, shoots over Memphis Grizzliesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Mike Conley during the first half of an NBA basketball game on Thursday in Minneapolis.

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Towns lifts Timberwolves to win; Celtics rout Hornets L OS ANGELES: Karl-Anthony Towns sank a fade-away jump shot at the buzzer to lift the Minnesota Timberwolves to a 99-97 overtime victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila).

Towns grabbed an Andrew Wiggins rebound and dribbled once before draining the winning shot from the right side as the Timberwolves won their sixth consecutive game.

Towns celebrated by throwing his hands in the air as his teammates RAN OUT ONTO THE lOOR TO MOB HIM Towns said the last shot was designed to go to Wiggins. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wiggins wanted the shot and we gave him the shot,â&#x20AC;? Towns said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just wanted to be there for an offensive rebound in case he missed it. I am glad that when my team needed me the most, I made the shot.â&#x20AC;?

Towns scored all 16 of his points in the second half and added 10 rebounds as the Timberwolves were behind twice in the extra session.

Jerryd Bayless had 19 points and a career-high 12 assists in the win.

Mike Conley had 26 points and eight assists for Memphis, which lost for the 12th time in 13 road games in front of the announced crowd of

13,000 at the Target Center.

Elsewhere, Jaylen Brown stepped IN TO kLL SOME BIG SHOES kNISHING with 24 points and 10 rebounds as the Boston Celtics crushed the Charlotte Hornets 126-94 despite the absence of all-star Kyrie Irving.

Jayson Tatum also chipped in with Irving out with a hip injury, scoring POINTS AND 4ERRY 2OZIER kNISHED with a career-high 10 assists at the Boston Garden arena. Irving has missed the last two games.

Marcus Morris scored 15 points, Al Horford had 14 and Gordon Hayward 12 for the Celtics, who won for the seventh time in eight games.

Kemba Walker led the Hornets with 21 points, well shy of the 43 points he delivered in a 117-112 home win over the Celtics in November.

Malik Monk scored 16 points, Nicolas Batum added 13 and Marvin Williams 10 for the Hornets, who lost FOR THE THIRD TIME IN kVE CONTESTS Morris drained a three pointer

halfway through the third quarter to spark a 25-6 run by the Celtics.

Boston led 98-75 after three quarters and extended the lead to 35 points in the fourth.

Celtics coach Brad Stevens said he hopes to get Irving back for Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game against New York.

The Hornets played without Frenchman Tony Parker who sat out with a right ankle problem.

Balanced attack Also, Bradley Beal and Jeff Green combined for 48 points as the Washington Wizards used a balanced attack to beat the Indiana Pacers 107-89.

Beal scored 25, Green added 23 and the Wizardsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; reserves scored 58 points.

Thaddeus Young scored 13 points for the Pacers. They are 0-3 since a victory over Toronto in which leading scorer Victor Oladipo suffered a season-ending knee injury.

In the late game, Damian Lillard had 36 points and 11 assists to lead the Portland Trail Blazers to a 132105 win over the Utah Jazz.

Guard CJ McCollum chipped in 30 points in the win while Donovan Mitchell had 22 points for the Jazz.

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PHOENIX EYES 4-0 AGAINST BW PHOENIX aims to extend its unbeaten run when it faces Blackwater at 4:30 p.m. today in Season 44 Philippine Basketball Association Philippine Cup at the Ynares Sports Center in Antipolo City.

The Fuel Masters were unstoppable in its last three games winning against Meralco (93-92), TNT KaTropa (93-84) and Columbian Dyip (108-98). â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not surprised with what Blackwater did to Rain or Shine,â&#x20AC;? said Phoenix coach Louie Alas, referring to the Eliteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stunning 111-99 victory against erstwhile undefeated Rain or Shine on Wednesday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They are capable of winning and it

will be a very tough game for us. So we have to unleash our A-game defense.â&#x20AC;?

Another solid game is expected of Matthew Wright, who averaged 21 points, 6.6 rebounds and 3.6 assists in their last three games. Calvin Abueva, Justin Chua, Jason Perkins and LA Revilla are also expected to step up in tonightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game.

The Eliteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s win over the Elasto Painters behind Mike Digregorioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 27 points and five rebounds, was the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first in three games. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We can celebrate this win (against Rain or Shine) for tonight. But tomorrow we should prepare. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to have

the same mindset to win every single game,â&#x20AC;? Digregorio said.

In the 7 p.m. second game, Rain or Shine (2-1) aims to bounce back as it goes up against defending champion San Miguel Beer (2-2). â&#x20AC;&#x153;We should prepare against San Miguel Beer because they are also coming from a loss. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re expecting Terrence Romeo and Alex Cabagnot to play hard,â&#x20AC;? said Rain or Shine coach Caloy Garcia. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We should find ways to stick up to them until the end.â&#x20AC;?

Rain or Shine will be out for battle behind Gabe Norwood, Maverick Ah-

anmisi, returning Raymond Almazan, Beau Belga and rookie Jayvee Mocon.

Leading the charge for the Beermen who lost 93-104 to TNT on Sunday are five-time Most Valuable Player June Mar Fajardo, Marcio Lassiter, Christian Standhardinger and Arwind Santos.

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Q Phoenixâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Matthew Wright attempts to score as teammate LA Revilla looks on during a Season 44 PBA Philippine Cup game last week at the Araneta Coliseum.

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UPHSD begins quest for historic sweep UNIVERSITY of Perpetual Help System Dalta (UPHSD) will begin its attempt to sweep the womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and juniorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; crowns when the NCAA Season 94 volleyball championship series starts today at The Arena in San Juan City.

The Lady Altas will be battling defending champion Arellano University at 4 p.m. while the Altas take on College of Saint Benilde at 2 p.m. The Junior Altas, on the other hand, will play Colegio de San Juan de Letran at 11:30 a.m.

The Lady Altas defeated top seeds Lady Blaz-

ERS TWICE AND THE GAME FOR THE LAST kNALS SLOT WAS highlighted by a heart-stopping, come-from-behind 25-17, 27-29, 19-25, 26-24, 16-14 win on Tuesday. !RELLANO TRAMPLED THEIR LAST YEAR S kNALS FOE 3AN "EDA IN THE &INAL &OUR TO BOOK THE kRST SLOT TO THE BEST OF THREE kNALE The Macky CariĂąo-mentored Lady Altas also joined THE !LTAS AND THE *UNIOR !LTAS IN THE kNALS FOR A CHANCE to bag all crowns in one season that would put them

in the elite company of Ateneo, a former member, and San Sebastian.

Both the Altas and the Junior Altas are tipped to win it against the Blazers and the Letran Squires, respectively, after the former two hammered out a nine-game sweep of the elimination round to LEAPFROG STRAIGHT TO THE kNALS The Altas, mentored by Sammy Acaylar, have also been dominating menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s volleyball the last eight seasons when they won six of their 11 crowns while the Junior Altas were untouchable the last four years when they won four in a row for a total of 10.

In contrast, Perpetual Help will jump into the fray with AU as a complete underdog, as the latter won three of the last four womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s crowns.

CariĂąo, however, is hoping to continue their giant-slaying ways IN THE SEMIS TO THE kNALS â&#x20AC;&#x153;If we play the way we did against Benilde, why not? Nothing is impossible if you play with heart,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Kvitova downs Azarenka to reach St Petersburg quarters SAINTPETERSBURG:!USTRALIAN /PEN kNALIST 0Etra Kvitova continued her strong run of form with a straight-sets win over former world No. 1 Victoria Azarenka to reach the quarTERkNALS IN 3AINT 0ETERSBURG ON 7EDNESDAY Two-time Wimbledon champion Kvitova, who rose to world number two after HER -ELBOURNE kNAL LOSS TO .AOMI /SAKA last Saturday, prevailed 6-2, 7-6 (7/3).

She led 5-1 in the second set and missed two match points before ending

an Azarenka comeback in a tie-break. g) REALLY WANTED TO kNISH THE MATCH EARLIER BUT UNFORTUNATELY ) HAD TO kGHT back in the second set and then I did quite well in the tie-break,â&#x20AC;? said Kvitova.

Two-time Australian Open winner Azarenka, who has tumbled down the rankings since the birth of her son Leo and an ensuing custody battle, has still NOT REACHED A 74! kNAL SINCE WINNING the 2016 Miami Open.

)N THE QUARTERkNALS +VITOVA WILL FACE eighth-seeded Donna Vekic of Croatia, who cruised past lucky loser Veronika Kudermetova 6-4, 6-3.

Elsewhere, Russian veteran Vera Zvonareva battled back from a set DOWN TO BEAT kFTH SEED *ULIA 'OERGES OF Germany 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 as she looks to rediscover the form which took her to the 7IMBLEDON AND 53 /PEN kNALS The 34-year-old, now ranked 97th, will next face third seed Daria Kasatkina, who is yet to play a match in the tournament having enjoyed an opening-round bye before advancing after Maria Sharapova pulled out with a shoulder injury.

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6-leg PPS Minda swing kicks off in GenSan SYDNEY ENRIQUEZ and Bruce Hurtado hope to live up to their billing as they banner the cast clashing for top honors and ranking points in the PPS-PEPP Gen San National age group tennis tournament beginning today at the GenSan City Tennis Club.

Enriquez, 15, is actually eyeing a two-title feat with the Salug, Zamboanga del Norte ace gaining the top seeding in both the girlsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 16- and 18-and-under divisions while Hurtada heads the boysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 18-U roster of the Group 2 tournament presented by Dunlop.

The event, sponsored by Palawan Pawnshop headed by president/CEO Bobby Castro, also serves as t he kickoff leg of the six-stage PPS-PEPP Mindanao swing

with Sultan Kudarat hosting the next stop on Feb. 5-11, including a free tennis clinic, followed by Kabacan on Feb. 14-17, Kidapawan City on Feb. 21-25, Digos City on Feb. 28-March 4 and Tagum City on March 7-11.

Tipped to foil Enriquez in the 16-U side are Trisha Diaz, Princess Haro and Sandra Mosqueda while Febe Lagarde, Rose Deniga and Haro are fancied to crowd the top seeded bet in the premier division of the five-day tournament sanctioned by the Unified Tennis Philippines made up of PPS-PEPP, Cebuana Lhuillier, Wilson, Tobyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Dunlop, Slazenger and B-Meg. Hurtado, meanwhile, braces for a spirited duel with the likes of Reyman Saldivar Jr., Rey Napala and Kurt Haro

in the 18-U class with Saldivar, Yazzan Al Anazi, Napala and Kurt Haro are expected to dispute the 16-U diadem.

Saldivar, Al Anaza and Napala likewise spearhead the 14-U roster that also drew Arman Saldivar while Sheloh Ripdos and Sandra Mosqueda look to dispute the girlsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 14-U diadem and Sanchena Francisco and Merrycris Cordova eyeing a clash for the girlsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 12-U crown.

John David Velez and Alexa Milliam, who dominated last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s edition of the longest running age-grouper last year, opened the new PPS-PEPP tennis season with a pair of contrasting victories each in the Actifit age-grouper in Valenzuela City recently.

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OS ANGELES: Phil Mickelson played college golf in Arizona and he would like nothing more than to become the Phoenix /PEN S kRST FOUR TIME WINNER IN THE SAME PLACE where he excelled as a amateur.

The PGA Tour makes it lone stop in Arizona this week and the 48-year-old, who attended Arizona State University on a golf scholarship, will be making his record 30th start.

He won the last of his three titles here in 2013 by four strokes. In his opening round he sizzled to a 60 and almost managed a rare 59 but his putt on the ninth lipped out.

Mickelson is playing with conkDENCE AFTER HIS NEAR VICTORY IN THE Desert Classic 10 days ago. g4HE TIME HAS REALLY lOWN BY years, gosh,â&#x20AC;? Mickelson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I remember when I was in college, it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seem that long ago that I was playing

IN MY kRST 0HOENIX /PEN g7HAT A GREAT FEELING ) EXPERIENCED WITH THE crowd and the many memories that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had here. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a special place.â&#x20AC;?

This is the only event on the Tourâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s west coast swing that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take place in California.

The tournament has finished in a playoff each of the past three years with Japanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hideki Matsuyama winning two of those. The defending champ is Gary Woodland. /RGANIZERS PUT -ICKELSON -ATSUYAMA AND 7OODLAND TOGETHER FOR THE kRST TWO ROUNDS AS the trio have won this event a combined halfdozen times, including the past three years.

4HE TOP THREE PLAYERS IN THE &ED%X #UP standings â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Xander Schauffele, Matt Kuchar and Woodland â&#x20AC;&#x201D; are all competing.

While Tiger Woods wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be making an APPEARANCE THE kELD IS STRONG AND FEATURES of the top 30 players in the world, including SIXTH RANKED FAVORITE *ON 2AHM Rahm, who like Mickelson attended Arizona 3TATE IS RIDING A HOT STREAK AFTER kNISHING IN THE top 10 in three straight events. He is making is third consecutive start on the west coast swing. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great start to the year,â&#x20AC;? Rahm said. g4HIS WEEK FOR ME IS DEkNITELY REALLY REALLY high on my rankings. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I played good as an amateur and pro, I was IN THE kNAL GROUP LAST YEAR SO HOPEFULLY THIS IS the one week where everything kind of clicks.â&#x20AC;?

Two-time champ Matsuyama is hoping to get his game back on track at the TPC Scottsdale when play begins on Thursday.

He was forced to withdraw last year in the opening round with a wrist injury that evenTUALLY SAW HIM MISS SIX WEEKS OF THE SEASON /NE OF THE TOUR S MOST WELL ATTENDED EVENTS

THE 0HOENIX /PEN IS KNOWN FOR THE RAUCOUS crowds at the 16th hole that helped boost atAFP tendance to 700,000 in 2018.

Young Korean scores in pro debut, foils Superal Rose seeks +/2%!. Hwang Min-jeong lived up to the promise, winning her pro debut by edging reigning Ladies Philippine Golf 4OUR /RDER OF -ERIT CHAMPION 0RINCESS Superal no less for the ICTSI Splendido Ladies Classic crown on a closing 70 in Laurel, Batangas on Thursday.

Hwang, who showed her potentials way back in 2015 when she topped a pro tournament at Mt. Malarayat as a 14-year-old amateur, leaned on a twoshot swing against Superal on No. 12 to hike her lead to four then kept her poise in the face of the latterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s make-or-break charge in the stretch to pocket the title by the slimmest of margins.

Superal, who closed to within one after 36 holes with a 68 Wednesday, also pounced on a birdie-bogey swipe on No. 14 and threatened to within one with another birdie on the 15th. But she failed to cap her rally with muffed birdie putts in the last three holes, also ending up with a two-under card that enabled Hwang to preserve the lead and take the VICTORY AT SIX UNDER WORTH 0

â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was nervous every time Princess putts because I know sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d make it anytime,â&#x20AC;? said Hwang. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In contrast, I struggled with my putting but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m glad my father was there to help me read my lines of putt.â&#x20AC;?

It was a sorry setback for Superal, WHO HAD LOOKED FORWARD TO AN EXPLOsive windup after shooting back-toback birdies from No. 14 that pulled HER WITHIN A SHOT 3HE kNISHED WITH 211 and received P95,000.

Hwang, who also posted a record 16-stroke romp to win the Philippine

!MATEUR /PEN CROWN LAST YEAR ALSO became the second Korean to win in THE kRST FOUR LEGS OF THE ,0'4 put up by ICTSI after amateur Lee Ji Hyeon reigned at Camp John Hay in "AGUIO LAST /CTOBER Chonlada Chayanun, tied with (WANG AT THE START OF THE kNAL ROUND

crumbled under pressure, reeling back with an opening 38 and limping home with a 73 to wind up third at 213 worth P60,000.

Despite going four strokes down with SIX HOLES TO GO 3UPERAL KNEW SHE STILL had a chance. She birdied No. 14 against Hwangâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bogey and applied more pressure on the Korean by hitting another birdie on the par-4 15th.

But Hwang steeled herself up in the pressure-packed stage, matching Superalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s par-game and nailing the victory that augured well for the lanky, 17-yearold shotmaker from Incheonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s young pro career.

Another Thai, Wad Phaewchimplee shot a tournament-best 67 to snatch fourth place at 214 while Pimpadsorn Sangkagaro also charged BACK WITH A FOR kFTH

at 216 while Mookharin Ladgratok carded A FOR JOINT SIXTH WITH LOCAL BET -ARVI Monsalve, who matched par 72, at 219. /RNNICHA +ONSUNTHEA ALSO SHOT a 70 for eighth at 220 followed by compatriot Punpaka Phumtumabamrung, who pooled a 221 after a 75,

while Lee shot a 73 to tie fellow Korea Choeun Bang, who turned in a 74, and Thai Narisara Kerdrit, who skied to a 76, at 223 in the tournament organized by Pilipinas Golf Tournaments, Inc. and backed

by Custom Clubmakers, Meralco, + ' 'OLF !PPAREL "$/ 3HARP

KZG, PLDT, Empire Golf and Sports and M.Y. Shokai Technology, Inc.

Q Hwang Min-jeong holds her trophy after beating Princess Superal for the crown. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

Competitive fire rages in Brady ahead of Super Bowl ATLANTA: From smashing a golf club into the ground in frustration as a boy to pulling off the greatest comeback in Super Bowl history, refusal to accept defeat has been a recurring theme of Tom Bradyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life.

In the eyes of many, the New England Patriots star has long since settled the debate of whether he is the greatest quarterback the National Football League has ever seen.

Nearly two decades at the pinnacle of his sport have yielded five Super Bowl titles and an array of records that in all probability will never be beaten.

On Sunday, Brady, 41, could become the oldest quarterback in history to win the NFLâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s championship game when he leads the Patriots against the Los Angeles Rams in his ninth Super Bowl, itself another record.

In an era of ever-shorter NFL careers â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the average shelf life of a quarterback is just over three years, according to a 2016 Wall Street Journal study â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Brady has added Father Time to a long list of his vanquished opponents.

Brady â&#x20AC;&#x201D; who won the first of his five Super Bowl rings in 2002, when the Patriots upset the then St. Louis Rams â&#x20AC;&#x201D; admits he finds it surreal to still be chasing titles 17 bruising years after his first. â&#x20AC;&#x153;No one ever imagines these things,â&#x20AC;? he told reporters in Atlanta. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The goal when I was a kid was to be a professional athlete. And Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been a professional athlete for a long time. I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have asked for anything better.â&#x20AC;?

The cornerstone of his career â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a whitehot competitive streak â&#x20AC;&#x201D; has burned with a vengeance during the Patriotsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; journey to this weekendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s showpiece at the MercedesBenz Stadium in Atlanta.

Q Tom Brady No. 12 of the New England Patriots speaks to the media during the New England Patriots Super Bowl LIII media availability at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta Thursday in Atlanta, Georgia. AFP PHOTO

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re still hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Irked by the suggestion that the Patriots were a dynasty in decline, Brady has framed the five-time Super Bowl champions as unlikely underdogs, uniting supporters around a rallying cry of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re still here.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just part of who I am, part of my DNA,â&#x20AC;?

Brady said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Those motivations run deep. And when I get them scratched at, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great motivation for me. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just a part of who I am. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some people are born with great height.

Some people are born with great size or great speed. Some people are born with things that are more intangible. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think competitiveness and the ability to

compete has been an attribute for me, and my whole family. It started when I was young. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My parents always encouraged me to shoot for the stars. I still feel that way now.

People say â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re 41, what are you doing?

Why are you still playing?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; But I still feel like Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m shooting for the stars.â&#x20AC;?

Learning to manage his competitiveness wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t always easy though. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I definitely broke some video game remote controls when I was a kid,â&#x20AC;? Brady said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was a very poor sport. I can remember taking the remote control and slamming it down over and over and over again. If my kids did that today, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what the hell I would do, but I wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be happy.â&#x20AC;?

Another memory involves a tantrum at a golf course when his father, Tom Brady Sr, took him to play nine holes en route to a San Francisco Giants baseball game. â&#x20AC;&#x153;On the sixth hole, I hit a bad shot and took my club and started slamming it into the ground,â&#x20AC;? Brady said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My dad marched me off the course and back to the car and said â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;If you ever do that again, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m never bringing you here again. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m never taking you to baseball again, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re never playing sports again.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Man, I was crying, I was so sad. After the baseball game, my dad said â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to go back and play golf again, and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to play it right.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; I learned a great lesson that day.â&#x20AC;?

Those childhood lessons have served Brady through his college and professional career.

Two years ago, Bradyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s never-say-die mentality saw him haul the Patriots back from

a 28-3 third quarter deficit to win Super Bowl 51 against the Atlanta Falcons, the biggest comeback in history.

The greatest By now, the story of Bradyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s emergence in the sport are part of NFL legend, ritually retold with each new Super Bowl appearance.

He was the 199th pick in the sixth round of the 2000 draft, who worked his way up from fourth choice quarterback before assuming the starterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s jersey from the injured Drew Bledsoe.

That breakthrough season ended with his first Super Bowl win in 2002, and gave a glimpse of the player he would become.

His opposite number that day, former Rams quarterback Kurt Warner, says Bradyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ability to deliver under pressure has become his calling card. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The one thing that hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t changed with Tom Brady, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s his ability to play big in the biggest moments of games,â&#x20AC;? Warner said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When the gameâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on the line, he plays his best football,â&#x20AC;? said Warner. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For me, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re living in the era of the greatest quarterback in the game.â&#x20AC;?

Brady, who has spoken of playing until he is 45, meanwhile has no interest in engaging in discussion about his place in the pantheon of greats. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important to me is playing my best game on Sunday,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not thinking about anything beyond this. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Teams donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want an average quarterback.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to be better than that. They want a great quarterback. And thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m trying to do this week.â&#x20AC;?

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to consolidate top ranking in Saudi event

KING ABDULLAH ECONOMIC CITY, Saudi Arabia: World No. 1 Justin Rose is determined to avoid politics and focus on consolidating his position on top of global golf against a STELLAR kELD AT THE INAUGURAL 3AUDI )NTERNATIONAL The 38-year-old Englishman, who won last weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s &ARMERS )NSURANCE /PEN AT 4ORREY 0INES ON THE 53 4OUR

IS PART OF A FORMIDABLE MAN kELD IN THE MILLION European Tour event at the Royal Greens Golf Course.

He will go up against world No. 2 Brooks Koepka, No. 3 Dustin Johnson and No. 5 Bryson DeChambeau, who won last weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dubai Desert Classic. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one of the big reasons that attracted me to the tournament. They had secured Brooks and DJ to come and play and I think I was No 3 in the world at the time when I announced playing here,â&#x20AC;? Rose said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Any time you have the opportunity to play against the best players in the world, it brings added inspiration and for me, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a big goal this week.â&#x20AC;?

The win at Torrey Pines widened the gap between Rose and Koepka at the top of the rankings, but the American still has a chance to go back to No. 1 with a win here. g/BVIOUSLY THE WORLD .O POSITION HAS BEEN GOING BACK and forth, back and forth,â&#x20AC;? said Rose, who has held the top position four times for a combined eight weeks since reaching THE SUMMIT FOR THE kRST TIME LAST 3EPTEMBER â&#x20AC;&#x153;Last year we had four guys vying for it. It was going to take a player a good run and a consistent run of wins to go break clear,â&#x20AC;? Rose said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So, last week I managed to just put a little bit of breathing space in there, and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s motivation for me this week.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;My primary focus this year will be around the major championships, but clearly itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a nice thing to have,â&#x20AC;?

Rose added. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The bigger lead you can build, the better.

The tournament, part of Saudi Arabiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Vision 2030â&#x20AC;? social and economic plan, has come under criticism, but Rose said this could be the start of a new era for the country. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s never straightforward, is it? But we are here to support the European Tour. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a European Tour player,â&#x20AC;? Rose said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For me, I think I can only commend their vision in terms of growing the game of golf. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s THE INDUSTRY IN WHICH ) LIVE ) M NOT QUALIkED TO SPEAK on any other subjects to be honest.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Between now and 2030, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a big push here for golf.

Many, many courses are going to be developed. Hopefully, golf is a conduit to bridging the gap between this region and how we perceive golf in the western world. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Who knows? Twenty, 30 years ago, Abu Dhabi and Dubai looked somewhat similar to here, and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve all seen the growth and whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s possible in these regions.

We can only support the vision.â&#x20AC;?

4HE TOURNAMENT STARTS 4HURSDAY !LSO IN THE kELD are the reigning Masters champion Patrick Reed, the 2017 Masters champion Sergio Garcia and the 2016 /PEN CHAMpion Henrik Stenson.

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BU DHABI: While Japan have the Asian Cup pedigree, Qatarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s over-achieving players might just feel that their name is on the trophy after a record-breaking run to THEIR kRST EVER kNAL

the abuse Qatar have suffered from local fans because of the long-running Gulf blockade of the tiny, energy-rich state.

The Qatari national anthem was drowned out by boos before their semifinal -- and before a 2-0 group-stage win over Saudi Arabia, who severed diplo&RIDAY S kNAL IN THE 5!% CAPITAL matic ties with Qatarin June 2017 unbeaten in 11 matches since over Dohaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s alleged support of Hajime Moriyasu took over as terrorism, an accusation the coach after last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s World Cup. country denies.

As Qatarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s players celebratYuya Osakoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s controversial seced beating the UAE, plastic OND HALF DOUBLE lOORED )RAN AND bottles rained down on consequently Moriyasuâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new-look them â&#x20AC;&#x201D;as they had for Japan are suddenly being tipped to each of their goals, with go all the way. midfielder Salem Alâ&#x20AC;&#x153;We talked about going to war Hajri hit on the head at before we came out here,â&#x20AC;? said one point. captain Maya Yoshida, part of Angry Emiratis the Japan side which scooped even hurled shoes the title eight years ago. at themâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a deeply g7E RE ALL kGHTING HARD TOGETHER insulting gesture in for it.â&#x20AC;?

Arab culture, as for-

Against the backdrop of simmering political tension, the Qatari players were pelted with plastic bottles -- and even shoes -- by furious local fans in a 4-0 SEMI kNAL THRASHING OF THE 5NITed Arab Emirates in Abu Dhabi.

After surviving that ordeal, the 2022 World Cup hosts believe they have nothing to fear from Japan. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have already realized a dream that the whole country had,â&#x20AC;? said striker Almoez Ali, who equaled Ali Daeiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s record of eight goals in a single Asian Cup against the hosts on Tuesday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We will need patience in the kNAL BUT IF WE ARE PATIENT WE HAVE a chance of being champions.â&#x20AC;?

Japan, who captured the last of their record four Asian titles in 2011, upset tournament favorites Iran 3-0 in Mondayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kRST SEMI kNAL AND APPEAR TO BE peaking at just the right time.

After threatening to bore CROWDS TO DEATH IN THEIR kRST kVE games, the Blue Samurai go into

Q Qatarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s forward Hasan Al Haydos (red) vies for the header with United Arab Emiratesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; midfielder Khamis Ismail during the 2019 AFC Asian Cup semifinal football match at the Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi.

Clinical Japan

AFP PHOTO Japan has never lost an Asian Cup kNAL WHILE 1ATAR S DEFENSE HAS kept a record six clean sheets.

4HOUGH kNELY POISED THE 1ATARIS have yet to face a team as clinical as Japanâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;or one with as much tactical nous.

However, their progress has been truly remarkable given

mer US president George W. Bush famously discovered on a visit to Baghdad in 2008. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everybody knows about the problems but we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t care,â&#x20AC;? Portugal-born defender Pedro Correia said.

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BARCA HITS SEVILLA TO BOOK SEMIS SPOT BARCELONA: Barcelona pulled of a brilliant comeback by blowing away Sevilla 6-1 on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) to book their place in the SEMIkNALS OF THE #OPA DEL 2EY 3EVILLA HAD WON THE kRST LEG but their lead was wiped out within 31 minutes at the Camp Nou, after Philippe Coutinho scored a penalty, deferred to him by Lionel Messi, beFORE )VAN 2AKITIC POKED IN A SECOND Ever Banega had squandered the chance to level for Sevilla by missing his own spot-kick and Barca ran riot in the second half.

Coutinho headed in his second AND 3ERGI 2OBERTO ADDED A FOURTH

only for Guilherme Arana to give Sevilla brief hope. Luis Suarez and Messi wrapped up an em-

phatic victory late on, the latter after a superb counter-attacking move.

Coutinhoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s form has wavered in recent weeks but his double could do WONDERS FOR CONkDENCE Barcelona are no strangers to these sort of revivals but against Sevilla, who sit fourth in La Liga and have been one of their closest challengers this season, it was particularly impressive.

They join Valencia and 2EAL "ETIS IN THE LAST four. Betis had earlier needed extra time to beat Espanyol 3-1 and win

4-2 on aggregate while Valencia knocked out Getafe on Tuesday.

2EAL -ADRID WILL CARRY A LEAD into their second leg against Girona on Thursday.

Ernesto Valverde had rested players in THE kRST LEG BUT SHOWED HOW SERIOUSLY HE TAKES THIS COMPETITION BY kELDING ALMOST his strongest XI in the return.

Messi, left out last week, was back in the starting line-up, along with Suarez, Jordi Alba and Coutinho. Jasper Cillessen kept his place in goal ahead of Marc-Andre ter Stegen. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was said that we had given up in the cup, that we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want it,â&#x20AC;? Messi said afterwards. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But in no way is this the case. This team WANTS TO kGHT FOR ALL THREE titles, as is the obligation of Barca every year.â&#x20AC;? AFP

Q Barcelonaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s forward Lionel Messi (left) vies for the ball with Sevillaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s defender Ibrahim Amadou during the Spanish Copa del Rey (Kingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cup) quarterfinal second leg football match at the Camp Nou Stadium in Barcelona. AFP PHOTO

Liverpool held in title blow, Chelsea humiliated LONDON: Liverpool wasted a chance to take complete control of the Premier League title race as Leicester earned a 1-1 draw against the leaders, while Chelseaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bid for a top-four finish was rocked by a humiliating 4-0 thrashing at Bournemouth on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila).

After second-placed Manchester City lost at Newcastle on Tuesday, Jurgen Kloppâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s side would have moved seven points clear at the top with a win over Leicester.

But Liverpool, chasing a first English title since 1990, had to settle for a frustrating draw that left them five points ahead of champions City. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We put Leicester under pressure but we were unlucky with the goal in the last second before half-time. You have to take it how it is,â&#x20AC;? Klopp said.

Following a warm-weather training break in Dubai, Liverpool was ahead in the third minute at snowy Anfield.

Senegal winger Sadio Mane wriggled through the Leicester defence and slotted a clinical finish into the far corner for his 11th

goal of the season.

Liverpoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s quickest league goal since April 2016 had the Kop belting out songs of praise for their former manager Rafael Benitez, who masterminded Newcastleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s victory against City.

But Liverpool quickly lost their rhythm and Leicester defender Harry Maguire punished sloppy marking from Virgil van Dijk to meet Ben Chilwellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s header with a closerange finish on the stroke of half time.

Liverpool appealed in vain for what looked a clear penalty when Naby Keita went down under a challenge from Ricardo Pereira.

It took a superb save from Alisson Becker to stop Roberto Firmino scoring an own goal as Liverpool were forced to settle for a point that gave City fresh hope.

At Dean Court, Chelsea suffered a second successive defeat that left their bid to qualify for the Champions League under severe threat.

The Blues, winners in just one of their last four league games, drop down to fifth place â&#x20AC;&#x201D;below Arsenal on goals scored â&#x20AC;&#x201D;with Manchester United only two points behind in sixth. AFP

Neymar to miss Man Utd tie, ruled out for 10 weeks PARIS: Neymar will miss both legs of Paris Saint-Germainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s upcoming Champions League last-16 tie against Manchester United after the French club confirmed on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) that the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most expensive player would be out for 10 weeks with a metatarsal injury.

However, Neymar will not undergo an operation, with PSG saying the 26-year-old Brazilian had instead agreed on â&#x20AC;&#x153;a conservative treatmentâ&#x20AC;? that could see him return in time for the Champions League quarter-finals in April should they qualify. â&#x20AC;&#x153;After detailed analysis by specialists, a consensus was reached of a conservative treatment of Neymarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s injury to the fifth right metatarsal,â&#x20AC;? the French champions said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Informed of this recommendation, Paris Saint-Germainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

Brazilian international striker agreed with this protocol. As a result, Neymar is expected to return to the field within 10 weeks.â&#x20AC;?

PSG later said that Neymar had traveled to Barcelona to begin treatment there.

Neymar suffered the injury in PSGâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2-0 French Cup win against Strasbourg last week, and his coach Thomas Tuchel had already all but ruled the 222 million-euro forward out of the first leg against United at Old Trafford on February 12.

The second leg of that tie is scheduled for March 6, and the timeline announced by the club means he could just make it back in time for a quarter-final first leg, due to be played on April 9 and 10. The second legs are set for the following week. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Paris Saint-Germain sends its

strongest support and encouragement to Neymar Jr. to overcome this injury, with the courage and determination that the player has always shown,â&#x20AC;? the club added.

While Neymar will now sit out a crucial period in PSGâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s season, there has also been concern in Brazil, which will host the Copa America in June and July.

An operation would have put Neymarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s participation in that tournament at risk, as well as effectively ending his club season.

Brazil coach Tite and national team doctor Rodrigo Lasmar have been in Paris this week to visit Neymar, who suffered a fracture to the same right foot at the end of February last year.

He underwent an operation, performed by Lasmar, and returned just in time for the World Cup in Russia last June.

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Meet Kyline’s new leading man I T took a couple of hours for Kyline Alcantara and her new leading man to return to the main set of “Inagaw Na Bituin” after they shot their tracking scene.

They seem to have enjoyed themselves as they got of a sports car teasing each other.

It was Manolo Pedrosa, the former Pinoy Big Brother housemate who crossed over to GMA Network around September last year.

“Grabe kasi ‘tong si Manolo. Nakatayo ako kasi top down ‘yung car tapos binibilisan niya. Ayun, nao-off balance ako.

Muntik na kong mapa-upo,” Kyline laughed.

“I was really doing it to make her nervous. Sabi ko pa sa kanya,

SHOWBUZZ LHAR SANTIAGO It was then that a long search began for her partner, which led to auditions for the part. Manolo patiently lined up to try out and

got the part fair and square.

“I’m so happy that I got the role because like I said when I signed a contract with GMA, I wanted to do a series with Kyline.”

As for Kyline, learning that Manolo got the part of Prince for her Anna was welcome news.

“Mabait kasi si Manolo. I know we’ll have a very good working relationship because when we had a guest stint Daig Kayo Ng Lola Ko, we really had fun on the set. At

saka masarap katrabaho ang lalaking walang pores,” Kyline added

teasing Manolo all over again.

As for the rest of the cast, the pair admit they’re overwhelmed to be working with the likes of Sunshine Dizon, Gabby Eigenmann, Angelika Dela Cruz, Angelu de

hindi ako masyadong marunong sa manual so, ayun, she got more nervous! Masarap lang siya asarin, although meron din talagang point during the shoot na kailangan mabilis kasi because drone shot ‘yung ginagawa namin ,” Manolo explained himself.

As Showbuzz continued to chat with the TV’s newest love team, they looked great together and perfect for their roles in Bitiun.

It’s no secret after all that while the show was made for Kyline, -ANOLO WASN T THE kRST CHOICE FOR her leading man but Migo Adecer.

In fact, Migo already had pictorials with Kyline but by some stroke of fate, GMA decided to put Migo in a show with Bianca Umali and Miguel Tanfelix, leaving Kyline without a leading man.

Q 'Aria' lead actor Jay Garcia (leftmost) with co-star Miya Sarmiento and Director Carlo Catu.

Leon and Marvin Agustin. Add the list Therese Malvar who already has a string of international acting awards and it’s understandable Manolo confessed, “Just thinking I’ll be doing scenes with makes me nervous! So I’ll really do my best.”

On the other hand, Kyline has chosen to take it all as a challenge. “I look forward to working with such veteran actors and I’m excited to learn a lot from them.

Whenever I work with good actors, I make sure I observe how they get into their characters and how they attack their scenes so I can’t wait until we start taping.

Q With Manolo Pedrosa on location NNN It may just for 'Inagaw na Bituin.' be a small and minor production for some but for Showbuzz, the the country’s Japanese occupation +APAMPANGAN kLM g!RIAu IS ONE and sees a Kapampangan singer OF THE BEST kLMS THAT THE &ILIPINO named Pining and her townmate movie industry has ever produced.

David, a young member of the Aria had its second special Huk movement very much in love. screening at SM Clark last weekTheir relationship is challenged, end with Kabalen community however, by their love for country, trooping in droves to support an especially on David’s part who endeavor that in itself showcases HAS TO MAKE THE DIFkCULT DECISION Kapampangan patriotism.

BETWEEN kGHTING FOR COUNTRY AND And believe it when Showbuzz says being with the woman he loves. that Kapampangan or not, you’ll get Showbuzz would like to comhooked on the movie from start to mend the entire Kapampangan kNISH IN A STORY THAT ALL &ILIPINOS WILL cast of Aria for delivering excelunderstand and appreciate. lent performances even as their Aria is a love story set during day jobs see them involved in

»globalspotlight Stan Lee to get superhero send-off at Hollywood memorial LOS ANGELES: Among comics lovers, Stan Lee was as much a superhero as the characters he helped create.

Those fans, along with Lee’s friends and colleagues, will get to pay their final respects at a Los Angeles memorial Wednesday night for the Marvel Comics mastermind who helped bring the world Spider-Man, Black Panther and The Incredible Hulk.

A public remembrance and celebration of Lee will be held around Lee’s hand and footprints outside the TCL Chinese Theatre, followed by a private gathering inside the theatre, according to Lee’s company, POW! Entertainment, which organized the memorial.

Filmmaker and Q A final farewell to the Lee super-fan beloved Marvel creator.

Kevin Smith is among the hosts of the event whose title opens with Lee’s catchphrase: “Excelsior! A Celebration of the Amazing, Fantastic, Incredible & Uncanny Life of Stan Lee .”

The evening will include speakers, musical performances, an art exhibit, and costumes and props from Lee’s creations and Marvel-movie cameos.

Smith will moderate a discussion of Lee’s life and work that’s set to include actors Mark Hamill and Vincent

D’Onofrio and Wu Tang Clan member RZA. Smith, in a statement, called Lee “the literary titan of comic books” and “our modernday Mark Twain.”

Lee’s only child, daughter J.C. Lee, also plans to attend.

Lee died at a Los Angeles hospital in November at age 95. He was laid to rest in a small private funeral the same week.

Lee’s wife and partner in nearly everything, Joan Lee, died in July of 2017, leaving a void that made her husband, by then in mental and physical decline, vulnerable to hangers-on.

Lawsuits, court fights and an elder abuse investigation emerged around Lee, but all appeared to be resolved in the months before his death.

He was the face of Marvel until the end of his life and was most widely recognized for his constant cameos in dozens of Marvel movies spanning his last decades.

His co-creations with comic artists also included The Fantastic Four, Thor, Iron Man and most of the other heroes in the Marvel comic and cinematic universes.

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education, business and even agriculture. Kudos especially to Director Carlo Catu for bringing out their talent as well as those of the entire production team that magically revived the 1940s in look, sound and feel.

Special mention goes to male lead Jay Garcia who gave a sterling performance who has that sensitivity as an actor that draws his audience to sympathize with his every emotion. There’s no doubt he will soon make a name in mainstream showbiz, especially that he is now part of the upcoming GMA series “TODA One I Love,” premiering Monday.

Showbuzz hopes that Aria will be SEEN BY MORE AND MORE &ILIPINOS ESpecially the youth. It’s always good to look back and learn how generations OF &ILIPINOS FOUGHT FOR LOVE OF COUNTRY

our one and only home.

NNN It’s the first day of the Love Month and Valentine shows are aplenty! A pre-Valentine show that’s surely worth watching UNFOLDS ON &EBRUARY AT 2ESORTS World Manila’s NPAT, international singer and songwriter Dan Hill. Yes, he’s the voice behind the timeless love song “Sometimes When We Touch.” Go get your tickets now!

Peter Jackson making new ‘Let It Be’ Beatles documentary NEW YORK: The Beatles’ farewell documentary “Let It Be” is getting an encore, and a reinvention.

“Lord of the Rings” director Peter Jackson announced Wednesday that he is making a new film out of some 55 hours of footage — shot in January 1969 — that has never been seen by the public. The original movie, directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg, came out soon after the Beatles broke up in 1970 and has long been viewed as a chronicle of the band members growing apart. In a Rolling Stone interview given months after the film’s release, John Lennon recalled the making of “Let It Be” as a miserable experience, “set-up by Paul (McCartney) for Paul.

“That is one of the main reasons the Beatles ended. I can’t speak for George, but I pretty damn well know we got fed up of being sidemen for Paul,” he said.

But Jackson says the additional footage tells a very different story.

“It’s simply an amazing historical treasuretrove,” he said. “Sure, there’s moments of drama — but none of the discord this project has long been associated with.”

For Jackson, the Beatles movie marks another turn to documentaries after his recent “They Shall

Not Grow Old,” a film that brings World War I to life after the director restored heavily-damaged, grainy footage, transferred it into 3-D and even used expert lip readers to restore lost dialogue.

He is working on “Let It Be” with the cooperation of McCartney, Ringo Starr, and Yoko Ono and Olivia Harrison, the widows of John Lennon and George Harrison. The new project was announced on the 50th anniversary of one of the highlights of “Let It Be,” the Beatles’ spirited performance on the roof of Apple Records in London.

No release date has been set. A remastered version of the original film, which won an Oscar for best original score, also is planned.

In 1969, the movie was meant to show the Beatles turning away from the psychedelic tricks of “Sgt. Pepper” as they jam on new songs such as “I’ve Got a Feeling” and “Get Back.” But the Beatles seem far older and wearier than the joyous moptops of a few years earlier. Harrison briefly walked out during filming and on camera argues with McCartney over a proposed guitar part. Harrison would later blame tension with McCartney and unhappiness with Lennon’s then-new relationship with Ono, who is often

by Lennon’s side in the movie.

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BY EUGENE SHEFFER

»HOROSCOPE Today’s Birthday (02/01/19). Friends are your true wealth, especially this year. Meditate, plan and strengthen your infrastructures.

Expect domestic surprises. Summer energizes physical action, before time to balance and recharge. Winter brings an epiphany leading to new work and health practices. Your special people grow your heart stronger.

To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) -- Today is an 8 -- A professional dream beckons. Don’t venture far; it’s not a good time for travel. An uncomfortable situation could arise. Provide impeccable work. Make an important connection.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) -- Today is an 8 -- Make travel or study plans, but don’t dash off. Avoid gambles or risk. Resist the temptation to splurge. Stay flexible, and adapt as you go.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) -- Today is an 8 -- Review the budget with your partner. Discipline with the numbers serves you well. Avoid arguments by sticking to basics. Find new ways to save resources.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Romantic dreams can come true, especially if you do the homework. Actions may not go as planned; get expert advice where useful. Practice self-discipline.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) -- Today is a 9 -- Focus on your work and healthy routines. Balance between action and rest. Reaffirm a commitment. You can outsmart the competition. Don’t fund a fantasy.

Stick to basics.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Look for love, and find it. Use finesse rather than force to referee a family quarrel. Work with what you have. Play by the rules.

» SUDOKU

BY NANCY BLACK LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Home and family take priority. Something you try doesn’t work. Avoid a conflict of interests.

Clarify misunderstandings, and talk it over. Listen carefully.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) -- Today is an 8 -- You’re especially clever, although a joke could backfire. Don’t share unfinished work. Watch for hidden expenses. Keep your word. Express respect and gratitude.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) -- Today is a 9 -- Extra profits are available, although unpredictable hurdles could arise. You’re testing the limits. Follow your budget. Don’t burn any bridges. Investigate options and possibilities.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) -- Today is a 9 -- Take charge without stepping on anyone. Old beliefs get challenged. Don’t forget to do something you promised. Adapt to a surprising development. Postpone travel.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) -- Today is a 6 -- Get into thoughtful planning mode. Hide out if necessary. Avoid travel or wasted energy. Consider long-term ramifications before committing. Routine builds strength.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) -- Today is an 8 -- Hold meetings and coordinate efforts to realize a shared dream. Avoid impetuous decisions. Go for consensus, or postpone the discussion. Don’t take anything for granted.

(Astrologer Nancy Black continues her mother Linda Black’s legacy horoscopes column. She welcomes comments and questions on Twitter, @lindablack. For more astrological interpretations visit Linda Black Horoscopes and www.nancyblack.com) NANCY BLACK. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC

BY ROGER SEVILLA

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Solution from yesterday’s puzzle.

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72 hours in Hong Kong to welcome Year of the Pig N Experience Asiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s World City at its brightest and liveliest

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Q Shopping is literally a bloom with seasonal flowers and plants symbolizing different well wishes when given.

gral part of festive celebrations in Hong Kong. For many years running, a fireworks display is staged above Victoria Harbour on the second day of Chinese New 9EAR 4HE MINUTE SPECTACLE CAN be best viewed for free along the HARBOUR FRONT IN 4SIM 3HA 4SUI

THE 'OLDEN "AUHINIA 3QUARE IN Wan Chai, or ifc in Central. It is also a good idea to enjoy dinner at the same time at restaurants overlooking the harbor.

(EAD OVER TO 4SIM 3HA 4SUI early to secure a spot for viewing THE #ATHAY 0ACIkC )NTERNATIONAL Chinese New Year Night Parade, a signature event that began in 1996. As the evening approaches, roving performers begin to emerge

Q The Chinese New Year fireworks show is the biggest annual tourist event in Hong Kong. of the village, it gradually came to attract people from across the city.

Buy a placard, which is tied to an orange, write your wishes on it, and throw it at the imitation WishING 4REE 4HE HIGHER THE PLACARD hangs, the greater chance for the WISHES TO COME TRUE 4HE FLOATS from the International Chinese New Year Night Parade are also on

Q Che Kung Temple attracts crowds of avid worshippers every February.

along the parade route starting FROM P M BEFORE DAZZLING lOATS including those by Hong Kong Disneyland and Ocean Park Hong Kong as well as ebullient dancers, acrobats and other performers from around the world take over THE MAJOR ROADS AND kLL THE DISTRICT with joyful commotion.

display until February 19.

opportunity for visitors to experience horseracing, a hugely $AY m 4HE THIRD DAY OF popular activity in Hong Kong. #HINESE .EW 9EAR &EBRUARY

4HURSDAY Beyond Chinese New Year Spin the windmill and turn YOUR FORTUNE AROUND Hong Kong has a lot more to offer Paying respect to the deities is a on top of the Chinese New Year customary practice among the lo- happenings. Visitors can easily stay cals, especially the older generation. on for another 72 hours to more For a glimpse into this tradition, visit thoroughly experience what the city #HE +UNG 4EMPLE IN 4AI 7AI WHICH is famous for, most notably excellent attracts crowds of avid worshippers dining and tax-free shopping. Many EVERY YEAR AROUND THIS TIME 4RY +AU shops and restaurants remain open Chim, or fortune stick drawing, to during the holiday period, while see what fortune awaits in the Year major attractions, theme parks and of the Pig. Remember to spin the public transport operate as usual. templeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s famous copper windmill Visitors can also take a detour to clockwise to summon good luck in Mainland China, which is convethe new year. niently connected with Hong Kong &ROM #HE +UNG 4EMPLE TAKE by coach, by train, by air and by sea.

THE -42 %AST 2AIL ,INE TO ARRIVE 4HE RECENTLY OPENED (ONG +ONG SWIFTLY AT THE 3HA 4IN 2ACECOURSE Zhuhai-Macao Bridge and Hong for the clamorous Chinese New Kong section of the Guangzhou9EAR 2ACE $AY 4HE SPECIAL RACES 3HENZHEN (ONG +ONG %XPRESS 2AIL WHICH ARE THE kRST IN THE 9EAR Link make it even easier to explore of the Pig, provide the perfect this neighbouring destination.

Q A Chinese New Year Race Day in Sha Tin Racecourse provides perfect opportunities for visitors to experience horseracing.

Day 3 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The second day of #HINESE .EW 9EAR &EBRUARY

7EDNESDAY -AKE A WISH AND AIM HIGH Venture to the new territories for some morning fresh air and try placard throwing at the Hong Kong Well-wishing Festival in Lam 4SUEN 4AI 0O )NITIALLY A TRADITION

HK luxury yacht company sails in

Q The Monte Carlo, a semi-custom Italian yacht.

Q Nautique is the world's most awarded and best wakesurfing boat.

Q The Scarab jetboat

! ,%!$).' Hong Kong-based yacht company has expanded its dealership and brokerage business here and in the Philippines to give the local market a chance to experience its top-of-the-line products and services. !SIA 9ACHTING FOUNDED IN HAS established itself as a trusted brand in Asia, with services covering new boat ownership, brokerage, and boat management. It has an extensive and diverse brand portfolio, from multi-functional boats and luxury megaYACHTS TO SPECIALIZED WAKESURkNG BOATS AND jetboats, plus second-hand boats. g7ITH MORE THAN ISLANDS BEAUTIFUL waters, and warm weather, the Philippines is haven for watersports as well as an exciting destination for sailing and yachting â&#x20AC;&#x201D; comparable to other prime locations in the region and around the world,â&#x20AC;? Asia Yachting #HIEF %XECUTIVE /FkCER /LIVIER "ESSON SAID AT the company's launching event at the Manila Polo Club in Forbes Park, Makati. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Filipinos are naturally drawn to the water regardless of age or socio-economic status, and we look forward to offering our brands to this new and promising market,â&#x20AC;? he continued.

According to Bianca Jison, Asia Yachting Philippines Sales Director, their products kT EVERY TASTE AND BUDGET â&#x20AC;&#x153;When it comes to new boats, we only offer vessels from world-famous shipyards from Italy, France, and the US that are functional, versatile, and beautifully made. Our vast selection of used yachts from Hong Kong also offer excellent value for money as they are generally well maintained with low engine hours, making them perfect for RESORTS OR kRST TIME OWNERS u SHE EXPLAINED

Q The Prestige yacht, built in France by Beneteau.

!SIA 9ACHTING HAS kVE EXCLUSIVE DEALERships in the Philippines. Monte Carlo Yachts are semi-custom Italian yachts â&#x20AC;&#x201D; THE g"ENTLEYu EQUIVALENT 0RESTIGE BUILT in France by Beneteau, the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest

Q Asia Yachting CEO, Olivier Besson personally launched the company and its lifestyle at the Manila Polo Club.

YACHT BUILDER &OUNTAINE 0AJOT THE WORLD famous catamarans from France known for building the most luxurious and best performing sailing catamarans and amazING MOTOR CATAMARANS .AUTIQUE THE MOST AWARDED AND BEST WAKESURkNG BOAT IN THE WORLD AND 3CARAB JETBOATS AVAILABLE IN speedboat or center-console versions.

Asia Yachting aims to replicate its successful Hong Kong business model in the Philippines by setting up an advanced marine service center staffed by experienced maritime technicians and specialists whose focus is on preventative maintenance to ensure yachtsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; excellent condition and functionality.

4HE COMPANY PRIDES ITSELF IN PROVIDING superior and personalized after sales services, which drove their success in Hong Kong, where Asia Yachting operates its own SHIPYARDS WITH HIGHLY QUALIkED ENGINEERING teams looking after their clientsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; vessels. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our relationship with the owner does not end when we sell them the boat. )NSTEAD THAT S WHERE IT BEGINS 4HE HIGH NUMBER OF SATISkED REPEAT CLIENTS IS TESTImony to that,â&#x20AC;? Besson noted.

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1,120 examinees pass the Architect Licensure exams The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announces that 1,120 out of 1,990 passed the Architect Licensure Examination (ALE) given by the Board of Architecture headed by its Chairman, Arch. Robert S. Sac and board member, Arch. Robert M. Mirafuente. The examination was held in Manila, Baguio, Cebu, Davao, Legazpi and Zamboanga last January 25 and 27, 2019.

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SCHOOL

RATING (%)

1

JUSTIN LEI GERMINO RAMOS

CEBU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY - UNIVERSITY

83.80

2

CARLO MARTIN LOVETE LLANTO

UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES-DILIMAN

83.50

CHRISTINA MARIE REAMICO RELUCIO

TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINESMANILA

83.50

3

ANGELO EZEKIEL PALLORINA NUESTRO

DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY-COLLEGE OF SAINT BENILDE

83.40

4

GENNA AINA GAPUSAN DOMINGO

MAPUA UNIVERSITY (FOR. M.I.T.) - MANILA

83.00

5

SOFIA MARGA VALLEGA SILOT

UNIVERSITY OF MINDANAO-DAVAO CITY

82.30

6

ULYSSES EDUARDO BALDO DE GUIA JR

MAPUA UNIVERSITY (FOR. M.I.T.) - MANILA

82.00

7

IVAN LESTER LEAÑO

TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF THE PHILIPPINESMANILA

81.80

8

MARLON CAPISTRANO GAMILONG

TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF THE PHILIPPINESMANILA

81.70

KIM MARK ANTHONY TALICTIC REVOTE

UNIVERSITY OF MINDANAO-DAVAO CITY

81.70

9

NOEL TIZON AMOR JR

UNIVERSITY OF MINDANAO-DAVAO CITY

81.60

10

EMMANUEL JOSEMARIE REYES TERUEL

UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS

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84 ARELLANO, AMERY ANN DELOS SANTOS 85 ARISTAS, HAROLD VILLARAZA 86 ARMENION, JOHN JOB LOPEZ 87 ARSAYO, NOWELL RON ALFONSA 88 ARTIAGA, CINDY PALADAN 89 ASCUTIA, GEOFREY BAYONITO 90 ASENIERO, CAREZZA MARIE PAGHASIAN 91 ASUNCION, NIXON PEREZ 92 ATANACIO, ROBERTO JR MARCELO 93 ATCHUELA, SHERYL VALENZUELA 94 ATIJERA, DERRICK WILQUIN ORROS 95 AUNZO, VINCENT SEPTEMBER MALAZARTE 96 AVILA, ANTONIO JR ALIBANGBANG 97 AWAT, KIM ERESON AGONCILLO 98 AYENTO, CARLOS MIGUEL BOQUIREN 99 AÑONUEVO, JANINE BALUNZO 100 BAANG, RACHEL ANN MAE MANDABON 101 BABASA, DIONYL ROJO 102 BABON, KIO ZAMANTHA CERDEÑA 103 BACLIG, GENESSEY MACATUNGGAL 104 BACULAO, NIÑA SAJOL 105 BACUNGAN, ROCKSTY JAMES KURT MULDONG 106 BAGONA, HOMER FRANCISCO 107 BAGUSO, GERRY JOVIN VILLANUEVA 108 BAHIAN, AL GLEN ACERA 109 BALANAY, DEO VALLENTE 110 BALANGUE, SHARMAINE OSPIG 111 BALBOA, NELSON MARZAN 112 BALBON, JUVELYN OCTAT 113 BALDEMORO, SARAH MAE ABAYON 114 BALDOZA, MARME VILGERA 115 BALEN, RONA LEI CRESMUNDO 116 BALMEO, ZENY ROSE CALICA 117 BALUYOT, BEA FRANCISCO 118 BALUYUT, EDMER SALAK 119 BALUYUT, SANDER ANGELO MIGUEL CORONEL 120 BANCO, MARVIN MAGLALANG 121 BANDIANON, MARY LOUISE ECITO 122 BANDOJO, JONUEL BALAORO 123 BANGI, MEGAN CERA 124 BANZON, JONAS TIMOTHY VELASCO 125 BARRAMEDA, EDDMAR ARINGO 126 BARRETO, PAOLO STEVEN MALLORCA 127 BARROMETRO, BIEN PHILLIP BARAL 128 BASCON, CHRISTIAN SORIANO 129 BASISTER, MICHELLE CASUELA 130 BASMAYOR, SHEENA PEARL 131 BATION, JARRID CATUBIG 132 BATO, CRISTINA MARIE BAHINTING 133 BAUTISTA, EXCEL JETHER CASIO 134 BAUTISTA, SHEILA ENRIQUEZ 135 BAWAG, JENALYN MENDIOLA 136 BAYBAY, JAHZIEL VILLANUEVA 137 BAYER, JESSON ALEGRIA 138 BAYOT, JERR VASHNER LACSON 139 BAYOT, REBOMAFIL II CIPRIANO 140 BEDIONES, ALFONSO IV HOFILEÑA 141 BELLEN, MYRENE VEGA 142 BELTRAN, JENNIE ROSE DE VERA 143 BELTRAN, MARLON BATAS 144 BELTRAN, ROQUEMAR SORIANO 145 BENEDICTOS, RACHELL DE GUZMAN 146 BENOYA, SERKNIGHT SAGARINO 147 BENSON, ANGELIQUE FLORENCIO 148 BERGONIO, RUSTY NEIL BARING 149 BERNABE, CRISTIAN PAUL TUAZON 150 BERNABE, KATHARINE RAPSING 151 BERNAL, JUST DE LEON 152 BERNAL, RITZ OCSILLOS 153 BERNARDINO, JULIUS SORIANO 154 BERNARDO, MICHELLE FERRER 155 BIAY, RAFAEL CARINO 156 BILANDO, IRIS PEARL LISABA 157 BILL, ALLAN JUSTIN REYES 158 BILOLO, PONS NICKOLE SOLOMON 159 BIOLENA, RYAN ALFRED DIESTA 160 BLANCO, JULIUS CAESAR DOCTOR 161 BLAQUERA, JAMES BRIAN GONZALES 162 BOADO, DONA KRISTLE SOTELO 163 BOCANEGRA, MA CARLA ANGELA HIDALGO 164 BOJOCAN, JORDAN TEJERO 165 BOLAY-OG, ABIGAIL ENRIQUEZ 166 BOLAY-OG, QUINETTE ENRIQUEZ 167 BOLAÑOS, KRISTOPHER RHENZ RELLETA 168 BOLLENA, MART FRANCIS DECINO

169 BOLO, NIKKI GOM-OS 170 BONADOR, FAITH JOY AGUINALDO 171 BONGANAY, CHARINA MAY BEJINO 172 BORCELIS, ROSALIO JR BORLAGDAN 173 BORCES, LOUIS LOPEZ 174 BORINES, RAFAEL LUIS BUENAVENTURA 175 BORJA, STEVEN CHARLES CARAGA 176 BORNALES, ROGELIO JR MADRID 177 BORRE, GERWIN POPA 178 BORROMEO, RENEE CASTILLO 179 BOY, MARYGAIL MAY JALMAN 180 BRAGAT, WINDEL DUMANCAS 181 BRAVO, NICOLE ANDREW NEBIT 182 BRINGUER, KATHE ALING 183 BRIZO, ADONIS JR MERMIDA 184 BRODETH, CYRUS JOHN MAGDAMIT 185 BUAG, SARAHLEEN BITARA 186 BUAN, FATIMA CORTEZ 187 BUDIAO, FREDERICK ALBARADO 188 BUENAFE, MIKHAIL PAOLO MONTEALTO 189 BULA, ELPIDIO AXL III ORALE 190 BULATAO, MARK JOSEPH MANLIMID 191 BUMANGLAG, CHARLOTTE MAE SALES 192 BURGOS, MICHAEL ANGELO MONDERIN 193 BUTAS, GIMELLE MAGPILI 194 CAAG, JERAHMEEL AGACER 195 CABACUNGAN, CHRISTINE MAUREEN ALIP 196 CABAEL, VON JONI AURELIO 197 CABALLERO, GENVIER BONG MACANLALAY 198 CABALTICA, ARNIE MARI SILVA 199 CABANTE, KAREN MARIE MAGADAN 200 CABATAY, MARICON CECILIA NICOLAS 201 CABILES, JULIE ANN SORIANO 202 CABRALES, CRISTIAN PAUL AMATE 203 CACAL, CHESTERDALE ADRIANE VISTRO 204 CACHO, ANDRES RAPER 205 CACHOLA, JAMAICA CORDOVA 206 CADAG, JORLAND PAZ 207 CADAPAN, MICHAEL RUSSEL ANGELO VALDEZ 208 CADIENTE, ROMEL YANOS 209 CAHILIG, MARICHELLE ANN CUSTODIO 210 CALATA, JOHN NOEL DELA MERCED 211 CALDERON, REYNALDO JR LOZADA 212 CALIMLIM, RAMON CARLO CUBILLAS 213 CALINGASAN, NILO ELIGIO JR MAYO 214 CALLING, MA JOANNA REVECCA CALVENTO 215 CALUD, JOEVIN BALTAZAR 216 CALUDUCAN, MAYRA CAMILLE SAYUD 217 CALUPIT, ROUWEIL HANDIG 218 CAMAYA, MARI VITA EUGENIA ZABALA 219 CAMINERO, HAROLD BABANO 220 CAMPOS, JESUS III BERMIDO 221 CANAPI, GERALDINE AGGABAO 222 CANDELARIA, FAE KATHLEEN ARNAIZ 223 CANO, JENNYLYN LUSUNG 224 CANOBIS, JOHN TOBY GOMEZ 225 CANTADA, DARLA MAE FERAER 226 CANTOR, ROCKY JOHN GANNABAN 227 CANZON, FRANCIS DAVID TAPAN 228 CAO, JEROSE DIAZ 229 CAPAN, JESUS ANTONIO JAVIER 230 CAPILI, JANINE ANGELICA PALOR 231 CAPILI, MAITA ALYSSA GLODOVIZA 232 CAPINDING, ROBERTSON REYES 233 CAPUNO, DENISE ANN CERA 234 CARANTO, RYAN MARK SAYA-AO 235 CARAOS, KVALHEIM MARTIN 236 CARATOL, CARLO GOMEZ 237 CARBON, JELLIE ANN VICENTE 238 CARIAN, SAHARA JANE ATENTA 239 CARIAZO, LYZA CAMILLE KING 240 CARINGAL, CHAMBERLAIN MACASADIA 241 CARNITES, EUSEBIO JR VASQUEZ 242 CARO, ANGELO JAVATE 243 CAROLINO, GLECINIO JR OLIVEROS 244 CARREON, MARIE ANGELA CAGUIOA 245 CARRERAS, JOY FELICHI SABA 246 CARTAS, CAMILLE MAE NIMUAN 247 CARUNUNGAN, CAMILA ANN BALCE 248 CASICAS, DANIELL IVES PASTELERO 249 CASIGNIA, ALYSSA MARIE VELASCO 250 CASIL, CHESTER JOJIE ZAMORA 251 CASIMIRO, JOMAR YANGCO 252 CASTILLANO, JHAN LEE OLAGUER 253 CASTILLEJOS, ARIELLE TIU 254 CASTILLO, BERNARD LORICO 255 CASTILLO, EUGENE AUREL BENESA 256 CASTILLO, LUIGEE ORTEGA 257 CASTILLO, RACHEAL ALCANTARA 258 CASTILLO, RONALD GAVIN PANTE 259 CASTISIMO, PRINCESS JULIE CANO 260 CASTRO, ANGELO DOMINIC DADIOS 261 CASTRO, CAMILLE AGUILAR 262 CASTRO, DARELL LAXA 263 CASTRO, ERILYN ANGELICA MAE ESPIRITU 264 CASTRO, MARK ANTHONY LINDO 265 CASTRO, ROXANE ESTOESTA 266 CASUGA, DAVID ASHTONE LAWAG 267 CASUPANAN, JOSE III CASTILLO 268 CATAPANG, RASSEL JONES CEMPRON 269 CATARINA, MAIZA VARGAS 270 CATBAGAN, ELIJAH MICHAEL MANAOIS 271 CATIBOG, RYAN PAOLO MUSA 272 CAUSON, MARIA THERESA MIKAELA CRUZADO 273 CAÑIZARES, KENZO JOHN RODRIGUEZ 274 CELIS, MATTHEW LOUISE CALALANG 275 CENTENERA, CARMELINA FULO 276 CHAN, KATYA DANIELLE YAMZON 277 CHAN, REGINA ISABELLA MEDINA 278 CHAVEZ, MARLYN MIRANDA 279 CHIANG, KATES ANN ROBLES 280 CHIU, ERWIN MARK DY 281 CHIUCO, WRENC LOUIS BADURIA 282 CHOW, ARMAINNE DATU 283 CHU, JOHN MANUEL GOPIAO 284 CHUA, PAUL KEVIN BOS 285 CIRILO, SAMSON EVAN KENDRICK ENSOMO 286 CLARITE, CHERRIE MARIE GUMAL 287 CLARO, JOEFRE AVILES 288 CLEMENS, IAN JAMES PROFETANA 289 CLET, RUBY ANN RANUDA 290 CO, JOHAN DOMINIC CHAN 291 CODOY, RALPH SPENCER ANDO 292 COMETA, ANGELA IMELDA PARAISO 293 COMIA, ARLENE MACALINDONG 294 CONANAN, JOKER FERNANDEZ 295 CONCEPCION, DIVINE SARAH MONCAYO 296 CONEJAR, KELVIN JOHN ROMEO TAMAYOR 297 CONTRERAS, PAULINA KRYSTYLLE ACOLENTABA 298 COPRADO, ROSEBETH EBIO 299 CORDON, MARY TAMEE CELINNE CELIS 300 CORDOVILLA, MAVILYN REY 301 CORMINAL, JOY BERNARD SANTANDER 302 CORPUZ, ARMIE LORAINE GABINAY

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