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Crisologo pardon fake A Marcos-era pardon granted to Quezon City mayoral bet Vincent “Bingbong� Crisologo is fake, a handwriting expert CLAIMED IN THE WAKE OF A DISQUALIkCATION CASE kLED AGAINST HIM ON -ONDAY Crisologo, the son of a former Ilocos Sur congressman, was convicted in 1970

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Rodel Jayme on his way to the Department of Justice.

HE National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) on Thursday kLED SEDITION CHARGES AGAINST a man said to be responsible for uploading videos linking President Rodrigo Duterte’s family to the illegal drugs trade.

Rodel Jayme was arrested on Tuesday by the NBI, which claimed that the act of spreading the so-called “Bikoy� videos AIMED TO INCITE REBELLIOUS ACTS Article 138 of the Penal Code states that “the penalty of prision mayor in its minimum period shall be imposed upon any person who, without taking arms or being in open hostility against the Government, shall incite others to the execution of any OF THE ACTS SPECIkED IN !RTICLE OF THIS

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Code, by means of speeches, proclamations, writings, emblems, banners or other representations tending to the SAME END u In a series of videos titled “Ang Totoong Narcolist� (The Real Narco List), a man (Bikoy), said to be a former drug syndicate member, claimed that

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Fariùas quits Ilocos Norte race for governor FORMER House Majority Leader and Ilocos Norte &IRST $ISTRICT 2EP 2ODOLFO g2UDYu &ARIÄAS HAS OFkcially withdrawn his candidacy for governor of Ilocos Norte, leaving a grandson of Ilocos Norte Second $ISTRICT 2EP )MELDA -ARCOS RUNNING UNOPPOSED In a message sent to reporters on Wednesday, FariÄAS SAID HE HAD NO INTENTION OF RUNNING FOR OFkCE IN THE kRST PLACE AS HE WAS SET TO RETIRE AS A LAWMAKER

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PNP to deploy 160,000 for May polls THE Philippine National Police (PNP) will deploy around 160,000 police personnel to ensure the safety and security of the public during the midterm elecTIONS ON -AY

0OLICE #OL "ERNARD "ANAC PNP spokesman, said they increased the number of poLICE OFkCERS TO BE DEPLOYED SO that they could more actively intensify operations against private armed groups, crimi-

nal gangs, wanted persons AND GUN FOR HIRE SYNDICATES He previously said these lawless elements were always used by some candidates to instigate fear and intimidate THEIR RIVALS

The increased personnel deployment also means that the PNP will arrest more people who are violating the Commission on Elections (Comelec) gun ban

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‘Eat-all-you-can’ restaurant chain pioneer ‘Vicvic,’ 67

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53).%33-!. 6ICTOR 6INCENT g6ICVICu 6ILLAVICENCIO FOUNDER OF SEVERAL gEAT ALL YOU CANu RESTAURANTS IN THE 0HILIPPINES HAS SUCCUMBED TO A HEART ATTACK (E WAS The tycoon’s brother, Virgil, Villavicencio founded Dad’s CONkRMED THAT 6ICVIC DIED OF gA World Buffet, Saisaki, Sambo KoMASSIVE HEART ATTACKu ON -ONDAY jin, Number 1 Barbecues, Ogetsu

Hime and Kamayan under his holding firm Firstfoods Food 3ERVICES )NC Vicvic had seven children, and Virgil said each child had been assigned to each of his restaurants PRIOR TO HIS PASSING 6ICVIC S CLOSE FRIEND 3EN 2ICHard Gordon, extended his condolences through a series of social MEDIA POSTS “I am shattered and grief-stricken by the passing of one of my

dearest friends, Vicvic VillavicenCIO 6ICVIC WAS A KIND GRACIOUS thoughtful and generous individual, who was always there to SUPPORT HIS FRIENDS u 'ORDON SAID “We shared moments in the early days of Subic, envisioning and planning for its future and saw the promise of a great community THERE u HE ADDED Gordon was a former administrator of the Subic Bay Metropolitan !UTHORITY IN 3UBIC :AMABALES

Ejercito’s supporters declare May 4 ‘JV Day’ 3500/24%23 OF 3EN *OSEPH 6ICtor “JV� Ejercito have agreed to take to the streets on Saturday, May TO EXPRESS NATIONWIDE SUPPORT FOR THE SENATOR S REELECTION BID Tony Garcia, executive director of JV Para sa Bayan Movement, on Thursday invited Ejercito’s supPORTERS TO JOIN THEM g7E DECLARE 3ATURDAY -AY AS @*6 $AY ) WOULD LIKE TO INVITE everybody to come out and express support in any way they WISH FOR 3EN *6 %JERCITO u 'ARCIA SAID IN A STATEMENT He added that Ejercito was the “good one� because in his 18 years in public service, he has a clean track record and never got INVOLVED IN ANY ANOMALY As a legislator, he has 80 laws to his name, the most notable of which is the Universal Health #ARE ,AW Garcia said volunteers for Ejercito nationwide, from Baguio all the way to Cotabato, would

participate in the nationwide mass action, to be highlighted by street marches, motorcades, rallies, noise barrages, public discussions of Ejercito’s advocacies and accomplishments and other GESTURES OF SUPPORT Also joining the JV Day is the Junior Chamber InternationalPhilippines, a group of civicminded professionals, which he ONCE LED AS ITS PRESIDENT “Wala pong requirement sa JV Day basta naniniwala, sumusuporta at nakikipaglaban para kay 3EN *6 %JERCITO at malinis na paglilingkod (There’s no requirement in JV Day as long as you believe, SUPPORT AND ARE READY TO kGHT FOR 3EN *6 %JERCITO S CLEAN SERVICE u 'ARCIA SAID “We will make sure that we will NOT CAUSE HEAVY TRAFkC AND WE HAVE marshals to make this [show of support for Ejercito] orderly and PEACEFUL ALTHOUGH FESTIVE u JAVIER JOE ISMAEL

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A beneficiary receives a Certificate of Entitlement to Lot Allocation (CELA) from House Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, who distributed the documents in Purok 3, Bagong Silang, ParaĂąaque City on Thursday. PHOTO BY JERRY CARUAL

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Sedition rap filed vs ‘Bikoy’ uploader payoffs were made to Duterte’s son, former Davao Vice Mayor Paolo “Pulongâ€? Duterte; his son-inlaw, Manases “Mansâ€? Carpio; and former top aide to President Rodrigo Duterte and now SenATE CANDIDATE #HRISTOPHER ,AWRENCE g"ONGu 'O Jayme was arrested following a search of his HOUSE IN 0ARAĂ„AQUE #ITY WHERE AUTHORITIES REPORTedly found computer evidence that linked him to THE UPLOADING “Based on collected facts, it is respectfully recommended that a case for violation of Article @)NCITING TO 3EDITION UNDER THE 2EVISED 0ENAL Code in relation to Section 6 of [the] Republic !CT OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE @#YBERCRIME 0REVENTION !CT OF BE kLED AGAINST 2OBERT ( *AYME ALIAS 2ODEL *AYME (ISONA OF " -OONBEAM ;3TREET= "RICKTOWN 3UBDIVISION 0ARAĂ„AQUE City,â€? the NBI said in a charge sheet submitted to THE *USTICE DEPARTMENT It added that “based on the retrieved conversations, there is continuity of their efforts to conduct their scurrilous libelous attacks against THE GOVERNMENT 4HE CONVERSATIONS ALSO REVEALED

that these attacks are planned and with backing FROM CERTAIN PERSONALITIES u Recovered conversations included those with a certain “Mary Nguyan� and “Maru Xie,� who were ALLEGEDLY THE SAME PERSON

Arrest legal? Authorities have claimed that Jayme was legally detained as a search warrant was served, but a legislator questioned this even as he said the UPLOADING COULD BE PART OF A DESTABILIZATION PLOT g4HE kRST QUESTION THAT NEEDS TO BE ANSWERED IS IS THE ARREST PROPER OR LEGAL u SAID 3EN 0ANkLO “Ping� Lacson, chairman of the Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs, in a TELEVISION INTERVIEW “Under the Revised Penal Code, we know that warrantless arrests [can be conducted if the suspect is] actually committing, about to commit, HAS JUST COMMITTED ;A CRIME= 3O papasok ba roon 3O DOES THIS CASE QUALIFY u ,ACSON ADDED The Justice department and the NBI should

explain if Jayme was arrested improperly, THE SENATOR SAID Duterte, Lacson noted, had mobilized government resources to uncover those behind the Bikoy videos, saying: “As we’ve SEEN FULL FORCE u He also differentiated the uploading from other cases of online shaming as “it is the First Family that is the subject of the ALLEGATION MADE u g4HERE S MORE THAN THAT 4HIS "IKOY was obviously not acting alone and -ALACAĂ„ANG WANTS TO UNMASK THE PEOPLE behind him‌ Who are these people? Are these political personalities or are these DESTABILIZERS u ,ACSON SAID Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra claimed that Jayme “voluntarily wentâ€? to the .") TO CLARIFY THE UPLOADING OF THE VIDEOS He said authorities still had no idea who Bikoy was, and denied that the Palace HAD A HAND IN *AYME S ARREST Some observers have linked the videos to the opposition, but on Thursday, LibERAL 0ARTY 0RESIDENT 3EN &RANCIS g+IKOu 0ANGILINAN DENIED ANY KNOWLEDGE OF "IKOY “Hindi ko kilala si Bikoy (I don’t know "IKOY ,ET US TALK ABOUT "IKOY AFTER THE May 13 midterm elections,â€? Pangilinan, campaign manager of the Otso Diretso opPOSITION 3ENATE SLATE SAID IN A MEDIA FORUM

Equal treatment urged Jayme’s arrest prompted Vice President Maria Leonor “Leniâ€? Robredo to call for the arrest of others responsible for spreadING FAKE NEWS AND FALSE INFORMATION “Malaking bagay iyon, pero sana, sana iyong lahat na nag-u-upload ng mga fake na news, sana inaaresto rin (It is a big deal, but I hope those who upload fake news are be arRESTED u 2OBREDO TOLD REPORTERS IN 3ORSOGON Having been a victim of fake news herself for being a critic of the Duterte administration, the vice president challenged the government to treat everyBODY FAIRLY “[B]iktima ako since 2016 ‌ pero ang masama nito kasi iyong ibang gumagawa ng fake news‌ parang sinusuwelduhan pa ng pamahalaan 3O sana pantay ‌ iyong pag-treat SA LAHAT @DI BA (I have been a victim since 2016‌ but what is bad is those who spread fake news‌ look like THEY ARE BEING FUNDED BY THE GOVERNMENT I hope there is an equal treatment for all, RIGHT u SHE ADDED Robredo said Bikoy — if real — could be considered a whistleblower and should BE PROTECTED WHILE HIS CLAIMS ARE VERIkED WITH REPORTS FROM BERNADETTE E. TAMAYO, CATHERINE A. MODESTO AND GLEE JALEA

for burning Barangay Ora Centro and Ora Este in Bantay, Ilocos 3UR 3ENTENCED TO DOUBLE LIFE IMprisonment, he was pardoned by then-President Ferdinand Marcos in 1980 and went on to become a PREACHER AND POLITICIAN He is currently the outgoing representative of Quezon City’s &IRST #ONGRESSIONAL $ISTRICT Desiderio Pagui, one of the Supreme Court’s recognized handwriting and document experts, pointed out inconsistencies in Marcos’ signature in Crisologo’s SUPPOSED PARDON “The signature of President Marcos was slow, forceful and conTINUOUS (E WAS VERY CONSISTENT u Pagui said as he noted that the signature on the document was big and boldly written instead of SMALL AS WAS THE CASE FOR -ARCOS

4HE DISQUALIkCATION CASE kLED against Crisologo claims that he was not given an absolute pardon, BUT ONLY A CONDITIONAL ONE ! REPresentative of the petitioner also CLAIMED THAT -ALACAĂ„ANG AND THE Board of Pardons and Parole had NO COPY OF AN ABSOLUTE PARDON “Nothing in the conditional pardon granted to the respondent removes his incompetency from running for and holding public OFkCE u -A 3OPHIA :AMORA SAID in petitioning the Commission ON %LECTIONS “And without such an express restoration, respondent must be DEEMED DISQUALIkED FROM BEING a candidate or holding public ofkCE u SHE ADDED A statement from Crisologo was NOT AVAILABLE AS OF PRESS TIME JAIME R. PILAPIL

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FariĂąas quits Ilocos Norte race for governor ON *UNE AFTER ALMOST YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE “With only 58 days [until my retirement], freedom! [I am] free to be doing nothing, and absolute quality time for my eight kids and eight grandkids! And myself, of COURSEĂœu HE ADDED &ARIĂ„AS HAD FILED HIS WITHdrawal from the gubernatorial race at the Commission on Elections (Comelec) Laoag City office, leaving no opponent for Matthew Marcos Manotoc, an incumbent Ilocos Norte Second District enior Provincial "OARD MEMBER “I did not really want to run FOR ANY OFkCE AS ) WANT TO RETIRE on June 30, after 39 years since I started as Laoag City mayor on March 3, 1980, at the age of 27,â€? HE SAID “From day one of the campaign until today, having covered 272 of my district’s 285 [villages], I’ve been announcing in my speeches that I was not running for goverNOR )N FACT ) DO NOT HAVE A SINGLE CAMPAIGN POSTER u &ARIĂ„AS SAID

He expressed hope that Manotoc would be effective in public service, given his “youth AND VIGOR u “I hope that he will serve the province excellently like I did,â€? &ARIĂ„AS SAID In November 2018, Manotoc filed his certificate of candidacy (CoC) for governor after Marcos withdrew her candidacy, following her conviction of graft by THE 3ANDIGANBAYAN -ANOTOC had initially filed his CoC for VICE GOVERNOR The anti-graft court found Marcos guilty and sentenced her to 6 to 11 years in prison for each of the seven counts of graft for funneling some $200 million to Swiss foundations in the 1970s, when she was the Metropolitan Manila governor and minister of (UMAN 3ETTLEMENTS -EANWHILE &ARIĂ„AS DAUGHTER Ilocos Norte First District Senior "OARD MEMBER 2IA &ARIĂ„AS IS seeking a seat at the House of RepRESENTATIVES AGAINST 2YAN 2EMIGIO GLEE JALEA

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PNP to deploy 160,000 through service of warrants of arrest, implementation of search warrants, checkpoint operations AND POLICE PATROLS “The PNP remains on full alert and we have increased the number of personnel to be DEPLOYED TO PERSONNEL We assure the public that our focused police operations will be more active and intensified,� "ANAC SAID 3O FAR AUTHORITIES HAVE CONkSCATED kREARMS FROM *ANUARY

TO !PRIL "ANAC SAID INDIVIDUals were also arrested in police OPERATIONS (E REMINDED POLICE OFkCERS TO stay nonpartisan and apolitical DURING THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS “The only political exercise that we are allowed to perform is to cast OUR VOTES u "ANAC SAID The PNP and the Armed Forces of the Philippines will send off the police personnel at Camp AguiNALDO IN 1UEZON #ITY ON -AY

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BY CATHERINE A. MODESTO

HE Department of Health (DoH) has set up a hotline for those who are suffering from mental health problems, including those contemplating suicide.

The Health department said the National Center for Mental Health (NCMH) Crisis Hotline, 0917 899 8727 and 989 8727, is open 24/7. Under Republic Act (RA) 11036 or the “Mental Health Law,� the DoH, through the NCMH, is mandated to put up a 24-hour hotline to provide assistance to individuals with mental health problems, as well as those at risk of committing suicide. Health Secretary Francisco Duque 3rd urged the public to help dissemi-

nate the hotline numbers. “We certainly need the support of everyone as the DoH cannot do this alone. Everyone is enjoined to support the dissemination of the hotline numbers,� Duque said. “Other support groups, mental health professionals are also enjoined to be part of the network of service providers, so that we may serve our people well and keep them mentally healthy because there is no health without mental health; and

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perhaps save a life in the process,� he added. The hotline is part of the Health department’s National Mental Health Program, which includes mechanisms for suicide intervention, prevention and response strategies. Based on the data of the Global Epidemiology on Kaplan and Sadock’s Synopsis of Psychiatry in 2015 and Kaufman’s Clinical Neurology for Psychiatrists in 2013, about a million Filipinos suffered from schizophrenia, another million had bipolar disorder, while 17 million suffered from major depressive disorder. RA 11036 also aims to improve mental health facilities and promote mental health education in schools and workplaces.

JBC member Group to Congress: in hot water Amend Epira law THE Freedom from Debt Coalition (FDC) on Thursday called on Congress to amend the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (Epira), saying the law failed to serve its purpose. The group made the appeal during the Joint Congressional Power Commission hearing on the power outages that recently hit some areas. The FDC said the Epira failed to provide energy security in the country, thus, the government, the Senate and the House of Representatives should undertake a rigorous assessment of the law. Dr. Rene Ofreneo, FDC president, said the government should lead in the overall management of power development. Ofreneo added that 18 years after the law was implemented, the Philippines’ energy security remained weak. Energy security, according to him, means the uninterrupted and sustained supply of electricity at reasonable prices to meet THE NEEDS OF ALL HOUSEHOLDS OFkCES AND BUSINESSES “Ironically, energy security is precisely one of the overarching goals of Epira law which was passed in 2001,� Ofreneo said. The Murang Kuryente Party-list (MKP), meanwhile, expressed hope that all those responsible for the power shortage in the Luzon grid be held accountable. “We believe that by penalizing someone from the energy sector, be it from the generation companies, distribution utilities, the government agencies tasked to regulate the industry, we would prevent the crisis we are experiencing now from happening again,� the MPK said in a statement. Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi told lawmakers that the Department of Energy (DoE) had invited oil and gas explorers to participate in the governent’s oil exploration program. International and local explorers must specify the areas they want to explore before the DoE issues a permit. The power supply in Luzon has been unstable for weeks because of the breakdown of some power plants. 4HE -ALAMPAYA GAS kELD PROVIDES GAS TO FOUR POWER PLANTS in Luzon that produces 3,200 megawatts (MWs). Cusi said the 3,200 MWs produced by these four plants represent only 15 percent of Luzon’s power requirement. JAVIER JOE ISMAEL

THE Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) directed one of its members who applied for a post at the Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) to explain WHY SHE SHOULD NOT BE DISQUALIkED FOR HER failure to disclose that she is facing administrative and disbarment charges before the Supreme Court. The JBC ordered Milagros Fernan Cayosa to submit her explanation three days after receiving the letter. Cayosa is facing complaints filed by Oriental Mindoro Rep. Reynaldo Umali and Senate bet Lorenzo “Larry� Gadon for HER ALLEGED FAILURE TO FULkLL HER MANDATE IN screening former chief justice Maria Lourdes Sereno, who failed to submit to the council her complete Statements of Assets Liabilities and Networth (SALN). Associate Justice Diosdado Peralta also kLED A COMPLAINT AGAINST HER OVER THE SELECtion process for the position of presiding justice of the Court of Appeals (CA) after THE *"# DISQUALIkED HIS WIFE #! *USTICE &ERnanda Lampas Peralta, without due process. Cayosa’s bid to become a CTA justice was opposed by Gadon. g4HERE SEEMS TO BE A CONlICT OF INTEREST much more a sense of unprofessionalism, on the part of Maria Milagros Fernan Cayosa to send an application letter to the JBC, of which she is a regular member, and of which the same body would deliberate on the very same application. Fernan Cayosa should have resigned from the JBC prior to her application for the position of CTA Justice,� Gadon said. He said Cayosa committed an irregularity as a JBC member when she accepted the incomplete SALN of Sereno when the latter applied for the chief justice post in 2004. Cayosa represents the Integrated Bar of the Philippines in the JBC. JOMAR CANLAS

Can an illegitimate child be a beneficiary in a life insurance policy? Dear PAO, I am an illegitimate son of my father who passed away last month. I was advised by his insurance provider that I am the designated BENEkCIARY ON HIS LIFE INSURANCE proceeds. However, the wife of my deceased father told me that she WOULD kLE A CASE TO DECLARE THE insurance policy null and void, and have the insurance proceeds released to her. Am I really prohibited FROM BEING THE BENEkCIARY OF MY FAther since I am an illegitimate child? Jigs Dear Jigs, To answer your question, we shall refer to Section 53 of the Insurance Code of the Philippines (Presidential Decree 612, as amended by Republic Act 10607), which states: “The insurance proceeds shall be applied exclusively to the proper interest of the person in whose name or FOR WHOSE BENEkT IT IS MADE UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIkED IN THE POLICY u (Emphasis supplied) In the case of Maramag vs Maramag (GR 181132, June 5, 2009), the Supreme Court through Associate Justice Eduardo Nachura elucidated: “Pursuant to Section 53 of the Insurance Code, it is obvious that the only

NAMING AS BENEkCIARIES THE CHILDREN of illicit relationships by the insured xxx The insurance proceeds must be DEAR PAO awarded to the illegitimate children, THE DESIGNATED BENEkCIARIES TO THE exclusion of the petitioners. It is only in cases where the insured has NOT DESIGNATED ANY BENEkCIARY OR persons entitled to claim the insur- WHEN THE DESIGNATED BENEkCIARY IS ance proceeds are either the insured, DISQUALIkED BY LAW TO RECEIVE THE IF STILL ALIVE OR THE BENEkCIARY IF THE proceeds that the insurance policy insured is already deceased, upon proceeds shall redound to the benthe maturation of the policy. The ex- efit of the estate of the insured. ception to this rule is a situation where (Emphases supplied) the insurance contract was intended to Applying the above-mentioned law BENEkT THIRD PERSONS WHO ARE NOT PAR- and decision in your situation, you can ties to the same in the form of favorable claim the insurance proceeds of your stipulations or indemnity. In such a case, deceased father since there is no prothird parties may directly sue and claim hibition for illegitimate children to be from the insurer. Petitioners are third NAMED AS BENEkCIARIES IN THE LIFE INSURparties to the insurance contracts with ance policies of their deceased parents. Insular and Grepalife and, thus, are not This opinion is solely based on the entitled to the proceeds thereof. Accord- facts you have narrated and our appreingly, respondents Insular and Grepalife ciation of the same. The opinion may have no legal obligation to turn over the vary when the facts are changed or furinsurance proceeds to the petitioners. The ther elaborated. We hope that we were REVOCATION OF %VA AS A BENEkCIARY IN ONE able to enlighten you on the matter. POLICY AND HER DISQUALIkCATION AS SUCH IN another are of no moment considering Editor’s note: Dear PAO is a daily that the designation of the illegitimate column of the Public Attorney’s CHILDREN AS BENEkCIARIES IN ,ORETO S /FkCE 1UESTIONS FOR #HIEF !COSTA insurance policies remains valid. Be- may be sent to dearpao@manilatcause no legal proscription exists in imes.net.

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E d i to r i a l UN rapporteurs selection process needs review

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OR such a review, it will be useful to comprehend kRST THE NATURE OF THE WORK OF A 5NITED .ATIONS 5. special rapporteur, and to lay aside the controversy stirred by UN special rapporteur Ms. Agnes Callamard when she visited Manila a few years back as the guest of THE 0HILIPPINE (UMAN 2IGHTS #OMMISSION 0#(2 There is another lady rapporteur who compels our attention. She is Filipino, and she goes by the name of Ms. Victoria Tauli-Corpuz. “Special rapporteur, independent expert and working GROUP MEMBERu ARE TITLES GIVEN TO INDIVIDUALS WORKING on behalf of the UN within the scope of “special proceDUREu MECHANISMS WHO HAVE A SPECIkC COUNTRY OR THEMATIC MANDATE FROM THE 5NITED .ATIONS (UMAN 2IGHTS Council. The term rapporteur is a French-derived word FOR AN gINVESTIGATOR WHO REPORTS TO A DELIBERATIVE BODY u Significantly, Ms. Corpuz is a Filipino of Igorot descent from the Kankana-ey tribe in Besao, She was included Mountain Province. She has been serving as speby the Department cial rapporteur on the of Justice (DoJ) in its rights of indigenous list of 649 people who peoples since 2014. The issue that has must be declared as brought her out in the terrorists by the UN... news is the fact that the she was included by the All the subjects of Department of Justice the petition have $O* IN ITS LIST OF people who must be denounced the declared as terrorists by petition as redthe UN on account of tagging. their participation in the five-year communist insurgency in the PhilIPPINES 4HE PEOPLE IN THE $O* PETITION SUBMITTED to the UN include Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) Chairman Jose Maria Sison and other top Filipino communist and NPA leaders. All the subjects of the petition have denounced the petition as red-tagging. The controversy heightened when Brig. Gen. Antonio Parlade, Armed Forces of the Philippines deputy chief of staff for civil-military operations, declared in a press conference last March that assistance from the European Union and Belgium to non-governmental organizations was being funneled to the communist rebels. Claims against Ms. Tauli-Corpuz first came out last year. A Manila Regional Trial Court Judge declared that HE HAD FOUND gNOTHINGu IN THE $O* PETITION THAT POINTED to Corpuz. Ms. Corpuz charges that the DoJ petition has put her life at risk. She intends to seek legal action to “make ACCOUNTABLE THOSE WHO PUT MY LIFE AND SECURITY AT RISK u She has been joined by her colleagues at the UN in denouncing the petition. Three UN special rapporteurs made an appeal to the Philippine government to desist from its actions. The Justice department is not budging, however. It believes that the AFP has solid basis for seeking a terrorism tag on known CPP-NPA rebels who seek to overthrow the duly constituted government. A Philippine official has replied to the UN rapporteurs with the observation that it is probably time for the UN to review its process of selecting rapporteurs.

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WO Aprils ago, it was reported that Indonesia blew UP AND SANK kSHING BOATS FOR poaching. ‘Twas April 1, but no April Fool’s joke. One April 1 account on astig Indonesia’s sangfroid follows: “Indonesia on Saturday (April 1) blew up and sank 81 more fishing boats caught poaching in its waters. This takes the total number of boats confiscated and destroyed to 317 since October 2014 when President Joko 7IDODO TOOK OFkCE AND CALLED FOR tougher action against poachers. Among those sunk so far are kSHING BOATS FROM ;VARIOUS COUNtries, including ours], as well as one from China. Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Susi Pudjiastuti called it “a victory for Indonesia’s war against illegal kSHING u 3HE DELIGHTS IN BEING CALLED gNASTYu AND SAYS MANY other vessels carrying Indonesian lAGS gWERE REALLY UNDER "EIJING S CONTROL u WHICH FACTOR DIDN T intimidate her at all. President Joko had said that Indonesia suffered annual substantial losses from poaching in its vast territorial waters. After he was elected, he put Susi in the fisheries ministry and she has BEEN THE gNASTYu POINT WOMAN in his plan to revive the country’s kSHERIES INDUSTRY (OW MANY OF us dummy for aliens?) “Experts have said the increased security in Indonesia’s waters

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OW that we are hearing and seeing the proliferation — particularly in popular resorts like Boracay and Baguio and in cities like Metro Manila and its suburbs — of Korean and now Chinese restaurants, a puzzle appears. Why do these establishments insist on using their own language in naming their businesses, using their sinitic characters without providing other information to translate into Filipino or English for the majority of the Filipino population? It gets to a point that with these foreign language characters popping up among commercial establishments, one begins to wonder in what country one is. The Filipino character of our surroundings is somewhat under siege with these exclusively sinitic alphabets in use among restaurants, hotels, shops and elsewhere. It has also even been rumored that some of them, particularly the Chinese restaurants, cater exclusively to our ever growing newlylanded Chinese population of laborers, online gambling personnel and apparently moneyed Chinese migrants. Multi-culturalism can BE A BENEkT TO A SOCIETY BUT NEW cultures must not overwhelm it or give the impression that it is about to change into something else. Foreigners or migrants to a country are expected to assimilate, not to establish themselves as a foreign

PERCENT COMIC RELIEF War with Canada, our friend, over trash? May we not just bury it here — surely we have the technology — and simply demand damages, and PROSECUTE WHERE WARRANTED (IS people gush over the deals and gifts against illegal fishing‌comes he brought home from China. I wish. amid tensions in the region, fueled For my part, I am reminded of by Beijing’s claims in the South Virgil’s “Timeo Danaos et dona China Sea. China claims almost all ferentes u IN THE g!ENEID u PART OF of the sea lane, while Vietnam, the my major in English course. I fear Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei and the Greeks even when they come Taiwan have overlapping claims. bearing gifts. Do we now have Jakarta is not a party to the dis- many creeping and soon to be putes but became concerned after galloping Trojan horses? "EIJING DECLARED IN -ARCH ; = Timeo seres et dona ferentes. that the waters around the Natu- By my lonesome maybe (?), I nas, which lie within Indonesia’s fear the Chinese even when they exclusive economic zone, are part come bearing gifts, displacing OF ITS Ă?TRADITIONAL kSHING GROUNDS Ă? our workers, driving up the cost “In what appeared to many as a of real estate, luring us to a posveiled response to Beijing’s claim, sible debt trap, mocking Digong’s Mr. Joko in June last year, boarded drug war with their shabu shipa warship for a visit to the waters ments, and appropriating what is OFF THE .ATUNA )SLANDS u OURS AND DENYING OUR kSHERMEN Something like this visit was a livelihood. (ATING KAPATID is what some of us remember was Digong’s curious formula of what the plighted word of Digong, to is arguably fully ours. jetski to the disputed West PhilipIt seems we are now told to folpine Sea area, a vital gesture. But low Confucius’ counsel — if rape is here, he is no Joko, just a joker, but inevitable, just lie back and enjoy it. NATO, No Action Talk Only. After nearly three years we now Our Prez has just returned HAVE WORSE TRAFkC WATER AND POWER from China, skipping another shortages, drought, tremors, shabu gala dinner — also a no-show the worth billions and worsening other day, reminding the naughty massive poverty, for which Digong that he may well be, to some may not be entirely to blame. But critics, our National Migraine. mishandling the sea dispute is an(Mine is in trying to tell his 40 other matter altogether. Let’s pray percent front-page stuff from the HE kNDS THE CORRECT WAY

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But, while most any other Prez may lead the nation in praying to our God, Digong however insults, dismisses, downgrades or miniMIZES (IM $ISCOMBOBULATING Not the way to go, from where I sit. The US and China may both be devils but as Ninoy Aquino would say, better the devil we know than one we don’t. In foreign relations, given the crucial role of the Senate in same, all the more we should THINK OF MY -!4( '2!$ #/00! formula, Macalintal, Aquino, 4AÄADA (ILBAY 'UTOC 2OXAS Alejano, Diokno, Colmenares, Osmeùa, Pope, Pimentel and Alunan (there will have to be some unlucky 13th). If enough of them win, democracy is saved, or strengthened. Cheers! In Masses, I am mildly surprised at the cheers I hear, as if it were the SONA, twice recently in the middle of the ceremony. I am hardly getting used, at the end of Mass, to the applause – now increasing. Later, a Mass may sound like the state of the nation address, where every time a Prez inhales, the sipsips dutifully applaud. Even sorta novel was the sight in church of one woman in short shorts, which could really compete for attention. I have no recollection if she was young or old. (OW COULD ONE TELL WHEN FOCUSED on the distracting legs? Even in ballroom dancing, some women display a lot of gam. Needlessly.

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Where are we? AMBIENT VOICES MA. ISABEL ONGPIN enclave in the midst of centers of commerce, residential areas, transport hubs and other public places. Manila’s Chinatown is said to be the oldest in the world. But despite the majority of its residents being Chinese from years past — and we are talking of hundreds of years — they have assimilated by speaking the predominant language of the times. During the Spanish period, Chinese migrants learned Spanish and used it to communicate for business and social interaction. And of course they spoke native languages like Tagalog, Kapampangan, etc. depending on where they were located in the country. Eventually they also adopted to English as the American occupation ha brought it. And their commercial signs were in the language of the country even if they also used sinitic characters as a translation. Note that it was translation, not an exclusively foreign language. This was an acknowledgment of where they were and who they were dealing with despite who they themselves were. They were in a different country as migrants and they were ready to assimilate as a matter

of pragmatism and respect. Why is this way of living in a different society giving way to an insistence at stressing differences and ignoring the new environment? Then let us look at our streets and the vehicles, particularly trucks and other cargo vehicles, that use them. Note again the proliferation of sinitic characters to identify them without equivalent translations in either Filipino or English. The reason is that these are second- or third-hand imports from Japan and Korea keeping their original signage (are Chinese secondhand vehicles also in the mix? Can’t tell from the foreign signage). It seems that their owners who probably are neither Japanese nor Korean have not bothered to take off the original signs, seemingly proudly to proclaim their origin. I cannot see the rationale of this neglect or insistence. If they argue that they could only afford secondhand or previously used vehicles, they cannot argue that a change of signage which nowadays would not even involve a new paint job but only the use of much cheaper stickers that the majority of vehicles now use, is something they cannot afford. These vehicles insisting on keeping their original sinitic characters which are not understandable or translated for the

majority of the population, is a case of insensitive neglect and refusal to make an effort to make THEM IDENTIkABLE 4HIS LATTER IS not helpful in case of accidents and criminal activity for witnesses to identify which is which. Obviously, all of the above are a result of no rules about signage and maybe demand for assimilation at least in commercial activity here. If it is true that some Chinese or whatever else restaurants cater exclusively to their kind to the point of being unwelcoming to the general population, should this be tolerated? The exclusive use of sinitic characters in their names would imply it. But some reports go beyond implying to say that there is a restaurant in Las PiĂąas or "ICUTAN THAT DEkNITELY WELCOMES only Chinese. Reported in the media by bystanders nearby. This should be looked into. Actually, it is time we made some rules about respect and assimilation into our society by the newcomers among us. Such as ordinances and for the vehicles, the Land Transportation Registration Board (LTRB). This is still the Philippines, a country of Filipinos who welcome others but expect the foreigners to respect the nation's identity and its people by acknowledging where they are and whose hospitality they are enjoying.

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NED’s minions succeeding in Venezuela, netizens will crush them here This is because the discovery, which the four have not denied, comes at a time when the ugly results of the NED’s dirty, vile work in sowing chaos in a sovereign country in order to overthrow the democratically elected administrations have become riveting news. I am talking about Venezuela, where the NED has funded opposition groups and PCIJ-type MEDIA OUTkTS SINCE AGAINST then President Hugo Chavez. The NED and the US have not let up on their efforts, intensifying these against Chavez’s successor Nicolas Maduro. During Chavez’s WATCH 6ENEZUELA EVEN kLED CRIMinal cases against an organization funded by NED, for getting foreign funds to incite Venezuelans against its government. The US no longer conceals that it wants Maduro overthrown, with the US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo recently threatening to send US troops to do so. Don’t believe everything US media has been saying about Maduro and Venezuela. Chavez and Maduro had made some very bad economic policies. But it was the US effort to topple the oil-exporter that precipitated the political crises which turned into economic crises. This American obsession with Venezuela is such because it is a key battleground for the US. Maduro’s survival will be a precedent for other Latin American countries to end the US’ total control over them. The Philippines under President Duterte is similarly an important battleground for the US. We had been a US puppet, its proxy in Southeast Asia since 7ORLD 7AR AND RECENTLY ITS surrogate in the South China Sea that the US wants to continue being the overlord of. Duterte has been ending that, at a crucial time for the US when China is rising to replace it as the Asian, even the global, hegemon.

Popular blogger Rey Joseph Nieto’s data, culled from the US AID website, shows that the PCIJ and CMFR received money through NED totaling $1.1 million each FROM TO WHICH AT AN AVerage exchange rate in that period OF 0 CONVERTS TO 0 MILLION Our sources, however, claim that NED started funding PCIJ and #-&2 IN LATE TO HELP IN THE propaganda to topple then President Joseph Estrada. If this is true, PCIJ and CMFR would have reCEIVED AT LEAST 0 MILLION SO FAR To be honest, I was shocked when blogger Nieto discovered the hard facts about NED’s funding of PCIJ. Its past executive director Sheila Coronel and the current one MalouMangahas were leftists in their youth, intellectually brought up in historian Renato Constantino and communist demagogue Jose Ma. Sison’s narratives about US imperialism and the Central Intelligence Agency’s subversion of our sovereignty. As investigative journalists (Coronel is now head of Columbia University’s Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism, which I will report later has joined the anti-Duterte mob here), how could they not have known that NED, funded by the US AID, has been reported by their fellow investigative journalists as a CIA surrogate? Why would they conceal PCIJ’s NED funding, apparently since 4HE ONLY LOGICAL ANSWER IS that they knew that this foundation is known to be a CIA conduit, but that would have to be kept secret. Traditional media has been mum on the NED revelations, probably afraid that PCIJ’s chairman Howie Severino and executive director MalouMangahaswho are top media executives at GMA-7, the country’s biggest network,could use it against them. Patriotic netizens like Nieto give us hope about the future of

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Indonesia shows way (Rick Ramos and I dancexercised the other night; he had reminded me of Indonesian amazon Susi.) Another distraction. Traffic, dictating the tempo of our lives, complicates our skeds, compounded by our mania for pixtaking. Kodakan. We don’t seem TO HURRY NOR TO WORRY BUT kND the time in our short visit here on earth to stop and smell the lOWERS 7ALTER (AGEN .ICE But nastiness is at times required in the national interest. The Indonesians have a nasty fisheries chief, a woman who would not hesitate to blow up foreign vessels straying into her country’s waters. Not even China is spared, and it did not retaliate. Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia the Chinese don’t kick around cuz they have shown PUSO. Fisheries issues comprised one problem in the second war between the US and Britain in the S 7HEN ) WAS LITTLE ) LOVED the Kanos and hated the Japanese but at 14, I was charmed by pert SPRINTER !TSUKO .AMBU IN THE ND !SIAN 'AMES HERE IN *APAN is a very good friend today, an ally against China’s irredentism. Timeo seres ‌I, along with many Pinoys, now fear the Chinese, who need to do more that we may be allies again, as we WERE IN 77 AGAINST *APAN 3O no permanent friends or enemies, only permanent interests (Lord Palmerston). So, anytime we deal and shake hands with the US, China, whichever, to count our kNGERS AFTERWARDS Meantime, I bid goodbye and thank Art Bernales, my fellow Bedan and my former Senate STAFFER 'ONE AT #ARDIAC 4HE ,ORD S WILL )N THE S WE MET and together chased rainbows for those whose cares and causes have been our concern, and the dream shall never die, to borrow from Ted Kennedy and Chopin.

“share lessons learned with [antigovernment groups] in Nicaragua, Argentina and Bolivia‌and allow for the adoption of the Venezuelan experience in these countriesâ€?‌ IRI has helped to build rightwing opposition parties Primero Justicia and Voluntad Popular, and has worked with the antigovernment coalition in VenEZUELA SINCE BEFORE THE coup d’etat against Chavez. In fact, IRI’s president at that time, George Folsom, outwardly applauded the coup and celebrated IRI’s role in a press release claimQ Hard data on how much they received. ing, “The Institute has served as a bridge between the nation’s journalism in our country. It is Justicia and Voluntad Popular, and political parties and all civil sonetizens like him who will stop Machado’s NGO Sumate and her ciety groups to help Venezuelans NED’s minions from spreading electoral campaigns. These Washington agencies forge a new democratic future‌â€? their lies here, to overthrow a Detailed in a report published democratically elected president. HAVE ALSO kLTERED MORE THAN by the Spanish institute FRIDE in NED’s minions might be on the million to opposition groups INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES THAT brink of victory in Venezuela, IN 6ENEZUELA BETWEEN AND INCLUDING FUNDING FOR THEIR fund the Venezuelan opposition netizens will crush them here. POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS IN AND violate currency control laws in for the current anti-government order to get their dollars to the NED in Venezuela PROTESTS IN 4HIS CONTINUES RECIPIENTS !LSO CONkRMED IN THE FRIDE report was the fact that the To give you a vivid description of THE PATTERN OF kNANCING FROM THE Media organizations majority of international agencies, NED’s nefarious activities in Ven- US government to anti-Chavez ezuela, the following are exerpts GROUPS IN 6ENEZUELA SINCE g!NOTHER SIGNIkCANT PART OF .%$ with the exception of the Eurofrom an article published way when millions of dollars were FUNDS IN 6ENEZUELA FROM pean Commission, are bringing BACK IN BY THE RESPECTED given to organizations from so- WAS GIVEN TO GROUPS AND in foreign money and changing US investigative journalist Eva called “civil societyâ€? to execute initiatives that work in media and it on the black market, in clear Golinger, titled “The Dirty Hand a coup d’etat against President run the campaign to discredit the violation of Venezuelan law. In of the National Endowment for #HAVEZ IN !PRIL !FTER THEIR government of President Maduro. some cases, as the FRIDE analysis failure days later, USAID opened Some of the more active media or- reports, the agencies open bank Democracy in Venezuelaâ€?: “Anti-government protests in AN /FkCE OF 4RANSITION )NITIATIVES ganizations outwardly opposed to accounts abroad for the VenezuVenezuela that seek regime change (OTI) in Caracas to, together with Maduro and receiving NED funds elan groups or they bring them have been led by several individu- THE .%$ INJECT MORE THAN include EspacioPublico, Insti- the money in hard cash. The US Embassy in Caracas als and organizations with close million in efforts to undermine tuto Prensa y Sociedad (IPYS), Sin ties to the US government. Leo- the Chavez government and Mordaza and GALI. Throughout could also use the diplomatic poldo Lopez and Maria Corina reinforce the opposition during the past year, an unprecedented pouch to bring large quantities Machado — two of the public the following eight years. media war has been waged against of unaccounted dollars and euros The NED, a ‘foundation’ creat- the Venezuelan government and into the country that are later leaders behind the violent protests that started in February — have ED BY #ONGRESS IN TO ESSEN- President Maduro directly, which handed over illegally to anti-govlong histories as collaborators, tially do the CIA’s work overtly, HAS INTENSIkED DURING THE PAST FEW ernment groups in Venezuela.â€? grantees and agents of Washing- has been one of the principal months of protests. ton. The National Endowment kNANCIERS OF DESTABILIZATION IN In direct violation of VenezuEmail: tiglao.manilatimes@ for Democracy (NED) and the US Venezuela throughout the Chavez elan law, NED also funded the gmail.com Agency for International Develop- administration and now against opposition coalition, the DemoFacebook: Rigoberto Tiglao ment (USAID) have channeled President Maduro. According to cratic Unity Table (MUD), via Twitter: @bobitiglao multi-million-dollar funding to .%$ S ANNUAL REPORT THE the US International Republican Book orders: www.rigobertotiLopez’s political parties Primero agency channeled more than )NSTITUTE )2) WITH TO glao.com/debunked MILLION TO 6ENEZUELAN OPposition groups and projects. 7ITHIN THAT kGURE went directly to anti-government groups within Venezuela, while ANOTHER WAS DISTRIButed to regional organizations that work with and fund the Venezuelan opposition. More than WAS DIRECTED TOWARDS efforts to develop a new generation of youth leaders to oppose Maduro’s government politically. One of the groups funded by NED to specifically work with youth is FORMA, an organization led by Cesar BriceĂąo and tied to Venezuelan banker Oscar Garcia Mendoza. Garcia Mendoza runs the Banco Venezolano de Credito, a Venezuelan bank that has served AS THE kLTER FOR THE lOW OF DOLLARS from NED and USAID to opposition groups in Venezuela, including Sumate, CEDICE, Sin Mordaza, Observatorio Venezolano de Prisiones and FORMA, among others.â€?

Whither thou goest, SHS graduates? Part 5 – Academic and non-TVL tracks immersion

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ANY inquiries are on how goes the immersion phase of the SHS curriculum with regard to preparing students for a baccalaureate degree of their choice. Preparing students for employment through on-the-job-training (OJT) in companies or establishments is better known to parents, the students themselves and the general public than preparing a student for college through immersion. Work and travel companies. With many students eager for offshore experience, “student work and travel� companies have pitched in to facilitate student OJT placement such as in the US, Singapore, etc. Fees charged include a two-way local and interNATIONAL lIGHT TICKET PROCESSING OF OJT agreement with an offshore establishment, visa interview training, securing student housing proximate to the OJT site, post-OJT extended stay for work and travel (such as engaging in paid work or a tour within the country). These companies usually give one free two-way international plane ticket to the higher education institution for every 15 fees-paying students bound for OJT off-shores. This free ticket is usually for the academic in charge of supervising the OJT students – thus enabling the academic in-charge of the OJT to also be close to the OJT site or sites,

FLASHBACKS/ INSIGHTS TERESITA TANHUECOTUMAPON hence at minimal or no expense at all, to the institution. Academic track immersion. How to transition SHS students enrolled in an academic strand of their choice to pursue college is not quite well known to the public, and more so, not well understood. Transitioning consists of enrolling in specialized subjects for each academic track which are designed to connect and had been extracted from corresponding curricular subjects in the collegiate curriculum. For example, a SHS student choosing the ABM strand (accountancy, business management) would have to take courses such as applied economics, business ethics and social responsibility, etc. Students choosing STEM enroll in the life and physical sciences courses (such as general biology or physics, or chemistry and calculus). Those in the humanities and social sciences enroll in creative writing, introduction to world religions and belief systems, Philippine politics and governance, etc. The general academic strand which has NO DEkNED MAJOR kELD HAS HUMANIties and electives drawn from other strands. All tracks provide training in research proposal preparation

which includes reviewing literature to draw out a study’s theoretical and conceptual framework, the research methodology, analysis and interpretation, conclusion and recommendations. Students undergo a chosen research type whether quantitative or qualitative, experimental or quasi-experimental, etc. much like what is required in college. Career advocacy, apprenticeship and culminating activities such as displaying/ exhibiting projects make for lively as well as meaningful immersion activities that provide students with more than a taste of collegiate rigor. <HTTP WWW DEPED GOV PH K TO ABOUT K TO BASIC EDUCATION curriculum/aca> Arts and Design Track work immersion and culminating activities. After going through classroom lectures related to their forthcoming apprenticeship, those arts and design track undergo activities such as exploring the different media arts in subjects like illustration, producTION AND GRAPHIC DESIGNING AND $ ANIMATION CARTOON MAKING WEB DESIGNING kLM VIDEO UTILITY game arts developing and photography, etc. Millennials as they are, SHS students could very well come up with interesting learning gains. Culminating activities displaying learning end up in colorful scenarios much like those in offshore schools during their annual Festivals of Learning. As for literary arts students, they come up with exhibiting or organizing competitions on creative

WRITING kCTION POETRY FEATURE AND news and tv, game, web design, etc. Likely, poets, short story writers, journalists, reporters, opinion writers and publishing companies would be invited guests among the audience, besides parents, friends and related publics. Theater students in the performing arts train in play writing, stage/costume and lighting design, with exposure opportunities to experts while those in Dancing, train in the rudiments of dance, ballroom dancing, dance choreography and dance instruction. Local clubs provide exposure to competitions and presentations of opera excerpts, poetry and short story telling, musical performances on voice and instrumental recitals, ETC 0HOTOS AND NEWS kLL UP SCHOOL websites, tv programs and local newspapers with excellent student output. Added to local club opportunities, the transitioning process is FORTIkED BY THEIR APPRENTICESHIP WITH arts entrepreneurs and in arts-based establishments. <https://www.ciit. edu.ph/arts-and-design-track/> Sports Track work immersion and culminating activities. Transitioning subjects in this study kELD INCLUDE SAFETY AND kRST AID human movement, fundamentals of coaching, sports officiating and activity management, fitness, sports/recreation leadership, sports psychosocial aspects and EXERCISE AND kTNESS TESTING BASIC exercise programming and practicum done in-campus. Taking ad-

vantage of the annual sports fests in their school and those of other schools, this track has a wealth of a laboratory to observe and practice the content learning which began in classrooms. Further immersion IS INTENSIkED HAVING THESE STUDENTS participate in local, regional and national sports events. Besides improving one’s memory, longterm health, to increasing chances for an athletic scholarship, the sports track students gain valuable soft skills of sportsmanship, social responsibility, a healthy attitude toward competition, values of honesty and fairness, ethics, cognition development such as mental agility as well as physical acuity.<http://www.deped. gov. PH K TO ABOUT K TO BASIC education.../sports-track/> Much more is learned, fostered and developed in this track. In sum, transitioning SHS graduates to college/career is composed of “both classroom and workplace experiences.� Experts advise to sustain implementing “high-quality standards,� making available “instructional materials to support learning, using a portfolio of assessments that gauge progress using multiple measures along a continuum from being not at all career ready to fully career ready� and aligning policies across K-12, college, business and industry sectors.� Congratulations, graduates! We wish you success in your choice of career or college!

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Working stiffs: China’s tech minions burn out in ‘996’ rat race SHANGHAI: Shanghai software engineer Wu Linfeng watched the silent comedy “Modern Times� recently and soon found himself crying -watching Charlie Chaplin’s classic stressed-out assembly-line worker was like watching himself. Overworked, underpaid, and feeling like a hamster on a wheel, he is among China’s masses of mostly male tech-industry staff whose long hours have sparked

a national debate about work-life balance. The coders, engineers, programmers, software developers, game designers and other IT manpower behind China’s burgeoning digital economy have become known as g u WORKERS DUE TO THE AM PM SIX DAY WEEK THEY WORK without overtime pay. Wu, who asked that a pseudonym be used to protect his job,

has followed that schedule for three years at a leading Chinese internet company. g9OU RE THE kRST GIRL ) VE SPOKEN to in about a year,� he told an AFP reporter, with just a hint of exaggeration. Chinese tech companies have grown rapidly along with the country’s digital transformation, becoming giants at home while some like Huawei and Alibaba are

globally recognised brands. The millions of tech workers behind their success had for years attracted little attention, but the issue went viral recently with the anonymous release online of a “blacklist� of Chinese companies WHERE g u PREVAILS 4HE LIST THIS WEEK REACHED companies, including fast-growing e-commerce platform Pinduoduo, messaging and games giant

Tencent, and Bytedance, creator of popular apps and content platforms. )TS HOST PAGE LOCATED AT )#5 -- because working those hours supposedly puts you in intensive care -- has been translated into MORE THAN LANGUAGES

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New Japanese emperor looks to match father JAPAN: When Crown Prince Naruhito ON 7EDNESDAY BECOMES BY OFkCIAL Japanese count, the 126th person to occupy the Chrysanthemum Throne SINCE " # HE WILL BE CEREMONIALLY ARMED WITH THE GLITTERING ANCIENT IMPERIAL REGALIA OF SWORD AND JEWEL "EYOND THE MATERIAL TRAPPINGS THAT ACCOMPANY WHAT THE *APANESE CLAIM TO BE THE WORLD S OLDEST CONTINUOUS hereditary monarchy, however, the new EMPEROR WILL ALSO RECEIVE A MUCH MORE IMPORTANT THOUGH LESS DAZZLING INHERITANCE 4HE DEEP AND ABIDING RESPECT HIS FATHER ‡ !KIHITO WHO WAS ABDICATING as emperor on Tuesday — has accumuLATED OVER HIS THREE DECADE REIGN 2EPLICATING THIS BEQUEST ON HIS OWN WILL BE .ARUHITO S GREATEST CHALLENGE 4HE LOVE MANY IN *APAN FEEL FOR YEAR OLD !KIHITO WAS ON FULL DISPLAY WHEN HE MADE HIS LAST OFFICIAL VISIT TO THE WINTER SUMO TOURNAMENT EARLIER THIS YEAR ! HUGE CROWD OF PEOPLE LEAPT TO THEIR FEET WHOOPING AND SMILING AS THEY HELD UP BABIES AND WAVED lAGS 4HIS OUTPOURING OF EMOTION HOWEVER WAS EARNED THROUGH MUCH SMALLER MOMENTS SUCH AS HIS VISIT IN WEARING A WINDBREAKER INSTEAD OF HIS USUAL BESPOKE SUIT TO COMFORT VICTIMS OF A MASSIVE EARTHQUAKE TSUNAMI AND NUCLEAR MELTDOWNS %NTERING A 4OKYO SHELTER WHERE EVACUEES WERE LIVING HE KNELT ON THE WOODEN lOOR AND LISTENED TO THE STORIES OF SURVIVAL AND DEVASTATION g) FEEL GRATEFUL AND IT HAS GIVEN ME STRENGTH u ONE EVACUEE TOLD reporters after the visit. !KIHITO HAS NO POLITICAL POWER UNder the postwar constitution, and his OFkCIAL DUTIES ARE HEAVY ON PHOTOS CEREMONIAL VISITS AND FOREIGN TRIPS HIS EVERY PUBLIC MOVE STAGE MANAGED BY AN AGGRESSIVE AND CONTROLLING )MPERIAL (OUSEHOLD !GENCY 9ET THROUGH HIS DOGGED OUTREACH TO HIS SUBJECTS IN *APAN AND HIS EXPRESSIONS OF REMORSE TO PEOPLE IN PARTS OF !SIA WHERE HIS FATHER S TROOPS ONCE RAMPAGED HE HAS REDEkNED THE ROLE OF EMPEROR AND IN THE PROCESS MADE HIMSELF MUCH MORE POPULAR THAN ANY ELECTED POLITICIAN g!KIHITO IS LEAVING SOME BIG SHOES TO kLL FOR .ARUHITO u SAID *EFF +INGSTON DIRECTOR OF !SIAN STUDIES AT 4EMPLE 5NIVERSITY IN *APAN “Akihito has opened the door, and

!S #HINA MARKS THE -AY $AY WORKER S HOLIDAY ON 7EDNESDAY THE AFFAIR HAS SPARKED NATIONAL SOUL SEARCHING OVER WHETHER #HINA S RAPID MODERNISATION WAS CREATING A WORK TILL YOU DROP CULTURE 4HE HASHTAG ON #HINA S POPULAR 7EIBO PLATFORM HAS BEEN VIEWED MORE THAN MILLION TIMES WITH MANY COMMENTS CRITICISING COMPANIES AND THE GOVERNMENT FOR NOT ENFORCING LAWS LIMITING WORK HOURS g4HEY SAY #HINA IS LED BY THE WORKING CLASS u SAID one post, an apparent reference to the Communist Party. g"UT HAVE YOU EVER SEEN LEADERS EXPLOITED LIKE THIS u ! VIDEO GAME DESIGNER WHO WITHHELD HIS NAME TOLD !&0 HE ONCE SPENT STRAIGHT HOURS IN THE OFFICE SLEEPING AND EATING THERE TO KEEP UP WITH WORK !FTER YEARS OF HARD TOIL THE YEAR OLD SUFFERS ENDOCRINE DISORDERS AND DEPRESSION WHICH HE BLAMES ON EXCESSIVE WORK g) DON T GET A SENSE OF ACHIEVEMENT AND ) M HARDLY GETTING RICH u HE SAID g-Y HOURLY WAGE IS EVEN LOWER THAN OUR OFkCE CLEANING LADY u 7ORKING EXCESSIVE HOURS IS VIEWED AS VITAL TO SURVIVING IN THE COMPETITIVE INDUSTRY TECH WORKERS TOLD !&0 %MPLOYERS WILL OFTEN STIPULATE gFLEXIBLEu WORK SCHEDULES IN JOB CONTRACTS WHILE SETTING UNREALISTIC PERFORMANCE GOALS REQUIRING WORKERS TO BURN THE MIDNIGHT OIL .ARUHITO SEEMS WELL PLACED TO CONTINUE THE WORK 4HE PROBLEM IS YOU HAVE TO EARN THE MORAL AUTHORITY YOU RE NOT GIVEN IT u Since Akihito took the throne after THE DEATH OF HIS FATHER (IROHITO IN HIS RULE HAS IN MANY WAYS BEEN an attempt to come to terms with his FATHER S MUCH DARKER LEGACY (IROHITO SPENT THE kRST PART OF HIS LONG REIGN REVERED AS A DIVINITY HE RULED THE NEXT FOUR DECADES STRIPPED OF HIS FORMER POWERS A LESS THAN ENTHUSIASTIC kGUREHEAD WHO SEEMED AT TIMES BEWILDERED BY AN ECONOMIC boom that transformed Japan into a GLOBAL FORCE BY THE S !KIHITO S ABDICATION PLANNED SINCE AT LEAST WILL ENSURE A smoother succession for Naruhito. "UT IT S HIS BLUEPRINT FOR HOW TO BE A SUCCESSFUL FIGUREHEAD EMPEROR THAT MAY BE HIS BEST GIFT TO HIS SON %MPEROR WORSHIP BEFORE THE WAR WAS LARGELY IMPOSED BY MILITARISTIC GOVERNMENTS BUT !KIHITO WON OVER THE PUBLIC ON HIS OWN )T HAS SEEMED AT TIMES LIKE HE HAS BEEN ON ONE LONG TOUR MINISTERING TO HIS SUBJECTS TIME AND AGAIN AFTER A STRING OF NATURAL DISASTERS OF WHICH *APAN IS A GLOBAL LEADER AND CHAMPIONING AMONG OTHERS LEPROSY PATIENTS THE ELDERLY AND THE DISABLED !ND HE HAS VISITED 7ORLD 7AR )) BATTLE SITES INCLUDING /KINAWA AND THE 0ACIkC ISLAND OF 3AIPAN TO

pray for the dead on both sides and express his remorse for the war. A PARADE OF MORE CAUTIOUS LITTLE LOVED POLITICAL LEADERS BY CONTRAST HAS TENDED TO SHY AWAY FROM ADDRESSING THE HISTORICAL SCARS THAT CAN SEEM AS FRESH TO *APAN S WARTIME VICTIMS IN China and Korea, for instance, as they were when the war ended in 1945. .ARUHITO S STRUGGLE WILL BE TO NOW try to make the same connections his father mastered over the decades. )T WILL TAKE WORK &OR WHILE THERE IS STRONG PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR THE IMPERIAL INSTITUTION IT IS NOT UNIVERSALLY LOVED -ANY YOUNG PEOPLE JUST AREN T INTERESTED /N THE LEFT THERE S OFTEN EMBARRASSMENT THAT THE COUNTRY STILL MAINTAINS SUCH AN ANTIQUATED SOCIALLY ELEVATED kGUREHEAD !ND RIGHT WINGERS HAVE OFTEN FOUND THEMSELVES RESPECTFULLY CRINGING AT !KIHITO S SEEMINGLY LIBERAL INCLINATIONS Because of the barriers that the court throws up around the person OF THE EMPEROR IT CAN BE DIFkCULT TO kGURE OUT JUST WHAT SORT OF PERSON .ARUHITO IS "UT THERE ARE SOME CLUES (E SEEMS ABLE TO LAUGH AT HIMSELF )N HIS MEMOIR RECENTLY REPUBLISHED IN %NGLISH OF HIS TIME STUDYING AT /XFORD IN THE EARLY S HE WRITES OF BEING BANNED FROM A BAR BECAUSE HE WAS WEARING JEANS AND OF ALMOST lOODING THE STUDENT DORMITORY WHERE HE LIVED BECAUSE HE D

NEVER DONE LAUNDRY BEFORE (E S ALSO LOYAL (E CONFRONTED PALACE OFkCIALS OVER THE TREATMENT of his wife, who faced extreme presSURE TO PRODUCE A MALE HEIR $ESPITE THESE QUALITIES THOUGH IT S FAIR TO WONDER WHAT SUCH A kGUREHEAD CAN CONTRIBUTE AS *APAN CONFRONTS THE CONTINUING ECONOMIC MALAISE THAT HAS FOLLOWED THE BOOM YEARS INCREASING POLITICAL FRICTION WITH A RISING #HINA AND UNCERTAINTY ABOUT A FAST AGING *APAN S PLACE IN THE REGION AND WORLD 4HE ANSWER MIGHT HAVE LESS TO DO WITH .ARUHITO S PARTICULAR QUALITIES than with the idea of the throne. .ARUHITO WHEN HE S INVESTED WITH THE SACRED IMPERIAL REGALIA ON 7EDNESDAY WILL BECOME A LIVING LINK TO MILLENNIA OF HISTORY MYTH AND TRADITION A BRIDGE TO BOTH THE NATION S ANCIENT PAST AND ITS UNCERTAIN FUTURE &OR MANY THE THRONE REPRESENTS A COMFORTING SYMBOL OF NATION IDENTITY AND STABILITY IN A CONSTANTLY SHIFTING WORLD g#HANGE IS NOT ALWAYS A GOOD THING u SAID $ANIEL 3NEIDER A *APAN EXPERT AND LECTURER AT 3TANFORD 5NIversity. “Sometimes the retention of SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND TRADITIONS IS WHAT PRESERVES A SOCIETY 4HE IMPERIAL INSTITUTION LENDS A SENSE OF DIGNITY AND CIVILITY TO *APANESE LIFE AND THE *APANESE OFTEN LOOK TO THE INSTITUTION FOR THAT SENSE OF THEMSELVES u AP

Huge blessing? ,EADING TECH TYCOONS HAVE STOKED THE DEBATE !LIBABA FOUNDER *ACK -A CALLED g u A gHUGE BLESSINGu FOR GO GETTERS WHO STRIVE FOR SUCCESS WHILE 2ICHARD ,IU THE HEAD OF !LIBABA S E COMMERCE RIVAL *$ COM DENOUNCED THOSE UNWILLING TO WORK HARD AS gSLACKERSu Their comments drew widespread criticism. #HINESE TECH WORKERS AVERAGE AROUND PER HOUR WORKED ACCORDING TO LEADING #HINESE RECRUITMENT APP Boss Zhipin — one-fifth of what their Japanese counterPARTS MAKE AND ONE TENTH OF 3ILICON 6ALLEY EMPLOYEES ACCORDING TO VARIOUS DATA SOURCES g)F YOU ARE UNWILLING TO DO THE WORK OTHERS ARE STANDING IN LINE WAITING TO REPLACE YOU u SAID A SOFTWARE ENGINEER A gCODE PEASANTu AS HE PUTS IT ‡ WHO ALSO DECLINED TO GIVE HIS NAME *APAN WAS LONG VIEWED AS THE STANDARD SETTER ON OVERWORK BUT A NEW LABOR LAW THERE LIMITS MONTHLY OVERTIME TO HOURS WHILE 3OUTH +OREA LAST YEAR CUT ITS MAXIMUM workweek to 52 hours, from 68. Chinese authorities have yet to wade into the debate, BUT #OMMUNIST 0ARTY MOUTHPIECE THE 0EOPLE S $AILY SAID IN A RECENT EDITORIAL THAT g u VIOLATES LAWS STIPULATING a 40-hour workweek. g!N EXTENDED SCHEDULE DOES GREAT HARM TO EMPLOYEE MORALE MAKES THEM EXTREMELY FATIGUED MAY CAUSE MENTAL DISORDERS AND NEGATIVELY INFLUENCE THEIR FAMILY LIVES u SAID 3U 9ONG DEAN OF THE )NSTITUTE OF /RIENTAL -ANAGEMENT IN 3HANGHAI S &UDAN 5NIVERSITY g#OMPANIES SHOULD FOCUS ON CULTIVATING SMART CREATIVE AND MORE PRODUCTIVE STAFF RATHER THAN INCREASING WORKING HOURS u 3TILL A NOSE TO THE GRINDSTONE CULTURE REMAINS STRONG IN #HINA AND MANY WEB USERS SAID THE GAINFULLY EMPLOYED SHOULD FEEL GRATEFUL g)F YOU DON T STRIVE WHEN YOU ARE YOUNG DO YOU TRULY WANT TO REGRET YOUR MEDIOCRITY WHEN YOU ARE OLD u SAID ONE AFP

s REJECT AND EXPOSE FOREIGN INTRUSION IN PHILIPPINE MEDIA (Statement of the National Press Club of the Philippines on World Press Freedom Day, May 3, 2019) ON the occasion of the celebration of the World Press Freedom Day on May 3, 2019, the National Press Club of the Philippines (NPC), its affiliated media organizations all over the country, as well as other national media organizations committed in upholding genuine press freedom and the practice of journalism anchored on the Journalist’s Code of Ethics, hereby issue this statement. This is in the light of recent revelations that have clearly compromised the nobility of journalism as a profession and its graver consequence, the stability of Philippine democracy. For a very long time now, the NPC has been accused and vilified by its critics and even by our more “respectable� colleagues from the profession of being “corrupt� for allegedly engaging in all sorts of unethical practices; its members and officers they derisively describe as “below standard� media practitioners. The NPC, its affiliated media organizations and the other national media organizations present today, are fully aware of the complexity of the problems plaguing the profession. But continuously inspired by the notion of creating an environment conducive to the practice of a free but responsible and credible press, we are addressing these problems individually and collectively, one problem at a time. However, we recognize that today, there is a far urgent and pressing problem that needs to be exposed and to be fought against by all the component mem-

RUSSIAN EMBASSY PRESS SECRETARY: ‘NO COLLUSION WITH TRUMP, NO RUSSIAN MEDDLING IN US ELECTION’ FIRST, I would like to express my appreciation for the high level of cooperation between The Manila Times and the Embassy of Russia to the Philippines. On many occasions I have pointed out the high standards of journalism that are common for your esteemed newspaper. This is why I was very surprised when I found the editorial titled “US, world should move on from Trump-Russia episode� published in the issue dated March 24, 2019. Sadly, I am compelled to point out that apart from being obviously unjust towards Russia this article is highly illogical and has beyond any doubt made many readers raise their eyebrows. The editorial deals with the final report of the investigation into the alleged “Russian meddling� in the 2016 US Presidential elections prepared by Special Counsel Robert Muller. The author immediately states that the said report “did not call for any new indictments.� Even taking into account that the results of the investigation had not been made public by that time this rather clearly indicated that the months-long investigation did not establish any new circumstances that would confirm that Russia had somehow influenced the outcome of the election. The willingness of President D. Trump to release the report can only mean that it contains something that can finally

bers of the press — if Philippine media, as an institution, is to survive, regain the trust of our people and contribute in the promotion of national unity and the strengthening of our democracy. And here, we are referring to the fact that for many years now, other media organizations are directly receiving money from foreign sources to fund their activities, particularly from front organizations identified with the United States’ Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and from non-government organizations (NGOs) based in Europe. From the now available facts, we refer to Rappler, Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR), Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) and, the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP), as direct beneficiaries of foreign largesse running in the millions of pesos each year. The issue of the legality and constitutionality of such sordid practices aside, they are ethically indefensible and morally reprehensible. For how does one defend the fact that while these groups, collectively and individually, fatten themselves from the millions of pesos they regularly receive as paid partners of foreign interests, thousands more — the rest of us — remain mired in poverty and financial difficulties as we daily fulfill our obligations and responsibilities as “journalists.� For those involved, if what they did is not only media corruption at its worst (that can also be labeled as “treason�) we do not know what it is. Yes, press freedom is now “under siege� in the Philippines, as these groups regularly tell us. And now we know why.

Our press freedom and by extension, our democracy, is under siege and now in deep crisis not because of MalacaĂąang and its alleged “repressionâ€? of the press. Philippine media is now in deep crisis because, some in our midst—unfortunately those who styled themselves as God’s gift to our profession—have wittingly and knowingly committed the worst form of corruption when they started accepting what amounts to bribe money from foreign interests. In exchange for money, they have bastardized the practice of our profession through their distorted and one-sided presentation of “factsâ€? on a host of issues on a daily basis. The result is a people divided, a government unable to focus on its job of good governance and a profession — our profession — fast losing its credibility and standing as a pillar of our democracy. And so, as we join in the celebration of the World Press Freedom Day, we call on all self-respecting members of the Philippine media not to lose hope. Let us turn this adversity into opportunity! Rally behind the National Press Club!Together, we shall be able to cast away these foreign puppets in our midst who have greatly damaged the name and prestige of the media profession in our country! Wakasan ang pagkukunwari sa hanay ng media! Ibandila ang katotohanan! Onward towards the struggle for a free and responsible press! Mabuhay ang malayang paamahayag!

put all the suspicions of his “collusion with Russiaâ€? to rest. The author goes on to say that the report is a disappointment to all who were hoping to finally prove that Mr. Donald Trump would never set foot in the Oval Office if it hadn’t been for the Russian government and that all the evidence boiled down to some minor shady affairs of people who had at some point worked together with the current US president. The confusing, illogical and frankly offensive part of the article which made me bring it to your attention was the conclusion. In spite of all the facts and circumstances surrounding the investigation of Russia’s involvement (or rather lack thereof) in the US presidential election mentioned in the editorial, the author suddenly states that “Russia’s meddling in the internal affairs of other countries is a serious issue‌.â€? As a highly professional and deeply experienced journalist, could you kindly explain how this conclusion could technically be drawn from the rest of the article? If there is some kind of logical connection, I am afraid that the majority of your readers, including myself, could not follow it. To me it seems that it was written and prepared before the Muller report ever saw the light of day. The author was surprised by the report’s contents just as unpleasantly as the US Democratic Party but for some strange reason decided to go through with the publication. The logic of the author is indeed beyond strange. In spite of the conclusion made by the Muller investigation, the author insists that Russia has meddled in the affairs of some “other countriesâ€? in plural form. At this point I can’t help

but ask what other countries he or she had in mind? Also after asserting that there was no noteworthy connection between the current US president and the Russian government, the author still called to impose sanctions against Russia, claiming that the alleged meddling can be “dealt with through various mechanisms, such as sanctions,� which is most troubling and, frankly, not in line with the friendly spirit of relations between Russia and the Philippines. I hope you will publish this letter because I am sure that you agree with me that after reading such an illogical and controversial article in the “Editorial� section, no less, your readers need some reassurance that the “Manila Times� still believes in integrity, freedom of speech and good journalism. Perhaps it would also be a good idea for the author of the abovementioned editorial to reply and explain his line of reasoning.

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Dead fishes wash ashore in Zamboanga ZAMBOANGA CITY: Thousands of dead fish were washed ashore in the southern Philippine port city of Zamboanga and suspected to have died from lack or low level of dissolved oxygen. Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco Salazar has dispatched a team of experts from the Office of the City Agriculturist, Office of the City Environment and Natural Resources and members of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) to investigate the fish kill, which occurred late on Wednesday. Salazar inspected the shorelines and ordered the immediate clean-up of the area, and warned villagers against consuming the dead fish, mostly rabbitfish or spine foot fish locally known as danggit, saying the team of experts were still processing water samples and fish taken from the western coastline. Residents were prohibited from swimming in areas where the fish kill occurred until these were declared safe. “The public is advised not to swim or pick dead fish where authorities spotted thousands of dead danggit floating in the waters. The BFAR, through Charlie Repana (technical manager of the Chemistry Unit), has gathered samples of the fish and water for laboratory tests to determine the exact

cause of the fish kill,� Salazar said. The lab test results were expected this Friday, though initially the BFAR said dissolved oxygen level concentration brought about by the dry spell and the sudden rain the other day might have caused the major fish kill, she added. The El Niùo weather phenomenon was blamed for many fish kills across the country. The fish kills were aggravated by red tide or algal blooms, especially in Davao Occidental and Davao Oriental, Surigao, Samar and Bohol provinces. According to the Philippine Journal of Science, over the past decades frequent El Niùo events had been observed and posed a great threat to biodiversity. These events involved factors like oceanatmospheric interactions such as sea surface temperature, salinity, nutrient availability, precipitation rate, ocean currents, precipitation rate and tropical typhoons. As a result, changes in these factors influenced marine organisms, leading to increased phytoplankton biomass and widespread coral bleaching, and possibly resulting in fish kills, occurrence of seaweed diseases and threats to marine mammals. AL JACINTO

and revisit the 1974 Labor Code,� he added. According to him, there must be a balance between the welfare of workers and employers to set a standard THAT WOULD BENEkT BOTH OF THEM Go cited his and President Rodrigo $UTERTE S SUPPORT TO ONGOING CONSTRUCtion of New Clark City that would host the 2019 Southeast Asian Games, and where workers building facilities for the regional event were given tribute also on Thursday by the Bases Conversion and Development Authority and the Department of Transportation. He said there were other ongoing

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PARRI, Cagayan: A $2-billion “Smart City� on Fuga Island here will be constructed under a memorandum of understanding between the Cagayan Economic Zone Authority (CEZA) and the Xiamen-based Fong Zhi Enterprise Corp. (FZEC). Secretary Raul Lambino, CEZA administrator and chief executive OFkCER SAID THE PROJECT WOULD BE PATTERNED AFTER THE kRM S ONGOING mega-infrastructure project in Fujian province in China. The investment is part of $3.9 worth of commitment investments made at the sidelines of the recently concluded 2nd Belt and Road Initiative Forum in Beijing. Fuga Island, located north of Luzon, is part of the Babuyan archi-

pelago, the second-northernmost island group of the Philippines, with an area of 100 square kilometers and a population of more than 2,000. Along with the neighboring islets of Barit and Mabag, the island constitutes one of the 42 barangay (villages) of this town. It is the only island of the Babuyan archipelago under the jurisdiction of a mainland municipality, while the rest of the islands

Workers’ welfare Bong Go’s priority TARLAC CITY: Former special assistant to the President (SAP) Christopher Lawrence “Bong� Go has vowed to give priority to the welfare of the labor sector and help spur tourism and economic development once elected to the Senate. Go, who was given a warm welcome on Thursday by the residents amid a pouring rain as his motorcade passed the roads, said he PLANNED TO REVIEW THE COUNTRY S ,Abor Code, which he said was already “obsolete.� “As one of my priorities, we will LOOK AT THE WELFARE OF WORKERS kRST

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infrastructure projects of the Duterte administration that would be benEkCIAL NOT ONLY FOR THE PROVINCE OF Tarlac, but other nearby areas as well. These are the Central Luzon Link Expressway, a P14.936-billion, 30-kilometer (km) Expressway spanning the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway and Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway (TPLEX) in Tarlac City to Cabanatuan City, and the 63-km Capas-Botolan Road project, all targeted for completion in 2022. Go pointed to the P23.9-billion, 59.4-km. toll road from the last exit of the TPLEX in Rosario to San Juan, La

Union, meant to promote the further development of Northern Luzon. The former SAP said he would push for improved delivery of health services in the country not only through upgrade of facilities and equipment of state-run hospitals, but also through the establishment of Malasakit Centers in more provinces and key urban centers of the country. He noted that Tarlac had its own Malasakit Center, located at the Tarlac Provincial Hospital, the 23rd Malasakit Center established in the country out of the 34 currently in operation. JERRY M. HERNANDEZ

form the town of Calayan. “The company would also set up an agricultural breeding center and soil improvement project, build medical schools, promote culture and tourism and establish a high-tech industrial park,â€? Lambino said. He added that a separate strategic cooperation agreement was signed between FZEC with Isla Fuga Resort Inc., owner of Fuga Island that boasts of pristine white SAND BEACHES UNSPOILED lORA AND fauna, and warm sea water. Lambino also signed seven memoranda of understanding and two letters of intent with Chinese companies, which included the Shanghai Jucheng Group, Pai Hao Investment, Shenzhen Dawah Real Estates, China Zhejiang Guannan Group, Golden Millennial Quickpay and Yatai International Q Senate candidate and former special assistant to the President Christopher Lawrence ‘Bong’ Go receives a warm TarlaqueĂąo welcome. PHOTO BY JERRY M. HERNANDEZ

Holdings. “These [projects] are mostly for infrastructure in Sta. Ana town that we hope would propel the development of the Cagayan Special Economic Zone and Freeport,� he said. The projects, according to Lambino, include the development of an integrated resort and global entertainment projects, a world-class golf course and other leisure and shopping facilities, township and manufacturing plant for lithium batteries for sustainable energy production, and the expansion of the Lal-lo International Airport for wide-bodied aircraft. Other projects include the establishment of marina, watersports training center and private villas and “green� textile production hub for global distribution, among others.

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ROWTH in the country’s manufacturing sector fell to a nine-month low in April as output slowed and new export orders dropped, a IHS Markit/Nikkei survey found.

Results of the poll released on Thursday showed that the seasonally adjusted Philippines Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) fell to 50.9 last month from 51.5 in March. 4HE CURRENT kGURE IS THE SAME RECORDED in July 2018. The PMI is a composite index representing the weighted average of new orders, output, employment, suppliers’ delivery time and stocks. Readings above 50 signal an expansion; below

that, a contraction. “April PMI revealed an even more subdued picture for the Philippines,� IHS Markit economist David Own SAID IN A REPORT g7ITH kRST QUARTER results already reflecting weaker manufacturing growth than at the end of last year, the latest data did little to raise hopes for the second quarter.� “Output expanded at the weakest rate since September 2017, while new order growth was dampened

Fed keeps key rate as is amid mixed signals WASHINGTON, D.C.: The US Federal Reserve (the Fed) decided on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) to keep its benchmark interest rate unchanged amid mixed signals about the direction of the US economy. But Fed Chairman Jerome Powell seemed to tamp down growing EXPECTATIONS THAT OFkCIALS MIGHT lean toward a rate cut, something that US President Donald Trump has demanded of the independent central bank. After raising the key lending rate four times last year, the Fed voted unanimously to keep it in a range of 2.25-2.5 percent. #ONlICTING ECONOMIC DATA HAS complicated the Fed’s decisionmaking. While the central bank noted the continued “strong labor market� and “solid� gains in economic activity, it also highlighted a slowdown in investment by businesses and households, as well as WEAK INlATION WHICH HAS FALLEN further below the Fed’s 2-percent target to around 1.6 percent. Asked whether there was a case building to cut rates to push the price measure closer to the target, Powell told reporters factors that “appear to be transient or idiosyncratic,� such as apparel and airfares, were likely behind the low INlATION RATE ADDING THAT CENTRAL bankers were “comfortable� about

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by a quicker drop in export sales,� he added. The report cited the lack of raw materials as the main reason manufacturING kRMS CURTAILED OUTPUT OR STOPPED production. The results also showed that the increase in sales of manufactured goods was at its slowest since last July. “This was, in part, affected by a sustained drop in new export orders. The pace of decline was the fastest so far this year, linked to a lack of client demand from overseas,� IHS Markit/Nikkei said. The report said the weaker new orders also led to limited input supply in April. The survey also showed that employment dropped for the second straight month, albeit these are mostly linked to

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a large number of resignations. Vendor performance, however, imPROVED FOR THE kRST TIME IN NINE MONTHS due to shorter delays from the recent port congestion in Manila. “There was some positive news from THE SURVEY AS kRMS REPORTED AN ALLEVIAtion of import delays due to the recent port congestion at Manila,� Owen said. g4HIS LED TO THE kRST IMPROVEMENT IN supplier delivery times in nine months, although slowing output growth still led manufacturers to reduce stock levels,� he added. Only a small proportion — 6 percent ‡ OF kRMS RAISED PRICES LAST MONTH mostly related to the higher cost of raw materials. Some companies, however, lowered their prices to remain in line

Peso back at P51:$1 on ratings upgrade THE peso returned to the P51:$1 level on Thursday, hitting a two-week high, following the recently upgraded credit rating the Philippines received from S&P Global Ratings. The currency, which opened at P51.77 against the greenback, gained 23 centavos to close at P51.87, its highest since its P51.76:$1 finish on April 17. “The peso gets a nice boost from the S&P upgrade, with the PSE cresting the 8,040 level with foreign buyers likely pushing the index and the peso to strengthen in turn,� ING Bank Manila senior economist Nicholas Antonio Mapa said in a comment. S&P on Monday upgraded the country’s investment-grade

policy at the moment. “We think that our policy stance is appropriate at the moment. And we don’t see a strong case for moving in either direction,� he said, but added policymakers would BE gWATCHING INlATION CAREFULLY u In his latest Twitter attack on Tuesday, Trump slammed the Fed for “incessantly� raising interest RATES DESPITE LOW INlATION AND CALLED ON OFkCIALS TO CUT THE RATE by a full percentage point. Those attacks have left the insti-

tution open to concerns it might bow to political pressure. But Powell dismissed those fears as he has done repeatedly. “We don’t think about short term political considerations, we don’t discuss them and we don’t consider them in making our decisions one way or the other,� he said. The statement by the rate-setting Federal Open Market Committee offered just a few key changes of language.

Data since the March policy meeting show “the labor market remains strong and that economic activity rose at a solid rate,� the FOMC said, somewhat more optimistic than the prior statement that noted slowing activity.

Small change, no surprises But the FOMC also noted that growth in household spending

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‘Forex market reforms to continue’ THE Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) will keep pursuing reforms that will improve the country’s foreign exchange (FX) market, according to its chief. “The BSP will‌continue to pursue initiatives aimed at promoting the development of robust, fair, liquid and transparent FX market in the Philippines,â€? Bangko Sentral Governor Benjamin Diokno said in a speech at the recent joint general membership meeting of the Financial Executives Institute of the Philippines and the Management Association of the Philippines in Makati City. This was after he made the asurance that the central bank would continue to adhere to a marketdetermined FX policy amid the peso’s sustained strength against the US dollar this year. The BSP chief said one such initiative was the establishment of a governance framework for the FX market. “The framework shall require that spot transactions between DEALER "3&)S "30 SUPERVISED knancial institutions) be transacted

only in an organized interdealer market that is governed by trading rules and regulations, codes of conduct and conventions set forth by an FX Market Oversight Body,� he added. Providing an update on the initiative, Diokno said the exposure draft for the Bangko Sentral regulatory issuance has been circulated in the industry for comments. Besides the oversight body, the BSP governor said another initiative was the development by the industry of a comprehensive FX Code of Conduct. According to him, this code will present a common set of guidelines for participants in the wholesale FX market. “The objective is to adopt global principles of good practice in areas such as ethics, governance, execution, information sharing, risk management and compliance, and THE CONkRMATION AND SETTLEMENT processes that shall promote the integrity and effective functioning of the market,� he said. At present, an industry working group has been convened for

the purpose and is developing a proposed approach that will be submitted to the central bank for review, Diokno added. The BSP has been embarking on FX reforms for the past few years. In January, monetary authorities eased the rules on foreign exchange transactions to give invesTORS GREATER lEXIBILITY IN MANAGING THEIR INVESTMENTS AND CASH lOWS They also relaxed rules on outward investments and associated derivatives transactions by expanding the coverage of outward investment transactions and lifting the prior central bank approval requirement for purchase of foreign exchange beyond the threshold amount, subject only to prior NOTIkCATION TO THE "30 The reforms also allowed the submission of supporting documents through electronic means for: registration of private sector foreign loans/borrowings without public sector guarantee; registration of inward investments; and sale of foreign exchange by banks covering various FX transactions. MAYVELIN U. CARABALLO

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credit rating from “BBB+� to “BBB� with a stable outlook. The upgraded rating is two notches above the minimum investment grade rating. It is also the highest the country has secured since 2013, when it was first assigned an investment grade rating by another credit rater, Fitch Ratings. Mapa earlier claimed that the upgrade was a positive development for the local currency. “The upgrade limits the reliance on interest rate differentials to bolster the PHP (Philippine peso), as foreign flows are seen to continue even with less attractive carry trade opportunities,� he said then. The peso, he added, also bucked

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P26.391-M compensation for Pacific Online’s execs

PUBLIC ownership report (POR) as of March 31, 2019 listed the public as holders of 1.012 billion National Reinsurance Corporation of the Philippines (NRCP) common shares, which as of that date were equivalent to 47.65 percent of 2.124 billion outstanding NRCP common shares. In the same filing, NRCP said the Government Service Insurance System is one of three substantial stockholders with 546.465 million NRCP common shares, or 25.73 percent. The two others were MICO Equities Inc., with direct holdings of 273.716 million NRCP common shares, or 12.89 percent, and Bank of Philippines Islands, with direct ownership of 290.795 million NRCP common shares, or 13.69 percent. As principal or substantial stockholders, GSIS, MICO Equities and BPI held 1.111 billion NRCP common shares, or 52.31 percent of outstanding. NRCP’s 13 directors, chaired by Cesar P. Consing, who is also BPI president, owned a total of 752,403 NRCP common shares, or 0.02 percent. The 13-man board included three independent directors. In its POR, NRCP said its issued shares totaling 2.182 billion common shares are all listed on the Philippine

Stock Exchange (PSE), which makes them publicly traded. The listed common shares include 58.349 million treasury shares. T h e P S E we b s i t e s h ows NRCP’s has 2,123,605,600 outstanding common shares but listed 2,181,954,600 common shares that the insurance company had issued when it listed them on April 27, 2007.

Compensation The NRCP posted on PSE website a preliminary information statement (PIS) to inform the public of the company’s annual stockholders’ meeting on June 27, 2019, which will be held at the Carlos P. Romulo Auditorium, RCBC Plaza along Ayala Avenue, Makati City. Among other items in the nine-point agenda are “other items� which, apparently, include the salaries and bonuses of the NRCP’s top executives. As president and chief executive officer of the Bank of Philippine Islands, Cesar P. Consing is among the

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DBP, Psalm credit ratings up to ‘BBB+’ Both DBP and Psalm improved their scores to “BBB+� from “BBB.� 4HE RATING kRM ALSO GAVE THE TWO STATE RUN kRMS A STABLE OUTLOOK The higher ratings of the two AGENCIES ARE RElECTIVE OF THE RECENT upgrade of the country’s investment grade status. 4HE CREDIT RATER ALSO AFkRMED THE state-run bank’s short-term rating at “A-2� and raised the bank’s senior unsecured notes to “BBB+� from “BBB.� It said the upgraded DBP rating followed a similar upgrade in the sovereign credit rating of the Philippines as it sees “an almost certain likelihood that the government of the Philippines WILL PROVIDE TIMELY AND SUFkCIENT extraordinary support to the bank if needed.� S&P recognized the lender’s critical public policy role in supporting the economic and social development of the country. It added that DBP has an integral link to the government as it asSISTS CRITICAL INDUSTRIES AND kNANCES the government’s infrastructure

programs by lending primarily to local governments, water districts, electricity cooperatives, other corporates, as well as micro, small, and midsize enterprises. “Our assessment of government SUPPORT RElECTS THE GOVERNMENT S history of capital support and sovereign guarantees for DBP’s external borrowing,� the debt watcher also said. Likewise, the credit rating agency said it raised Psalm’s long-term issuer credit rating on the “almost certain likelihood� that the government will provide timely extraordinary support to Psalm IN THE EVENT OF kNANCIAL DISTRESS “Therefore, the rating on the government-owned Psalm is equalized with that on the sovereign,� it added. S&P based its assessment on the premise that Psalm plays a vital role in restructuring and liberalizing the country’s power sector. Psalm is tasked to privatize government-owned generation assets; implement an open access system, where users can choose

their power supplier; and increase retail competition in the Philippines’ power sector. The company noted that Psalm also has an “integral link� with the government, which provides an irrevocable, unconditional and timely guarantee on all of the company’s debts. Meanwhile, S&P explained that the stable outlook on DBP will move in tandem with the sovereign credit ratings on the Philippines. It expects the bank to remain an important instrument for the government’s medium-term development strategy. It also believes the bank will sustain its public policy role over the next two years. g!NY SIGNIkCANT CHANGE IN GOVernment policy that affects DBP’s critical role or integral link will affect the ratings on the bank, which we view as unlikely over the next two years,� it added. Earlier, DBP reported that its full-year income for 2018 reached P5.72-billion reflecting a 4.19 percent increase from the P5.49billion it earned in 2017. On Psalm’s rating, S&P explained that, “the government has also committed to assume all remaining assets and liabilities of Psalm after 25 years from its creation in 2001. There are also cross-default triggers on the government’s external indebtedness,� it added.

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the general trend of a stronger dollar “after the US Fed shot down hopes for a Fed rate cut in the near term.� The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) decided to keep US interest rates steady at

its May 1 meeting, noting that both overall and core inflation have “declined and are running below� the 2-percent target. In a commentary, the Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co.’s

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&P Global Ratings has raised its credit ratings on the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) and the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. (Psalm).

Peso back at P51:$1

S&P does not assign a standalone credit profile to Psalm because the likelihood of government support is almost certain. “We do not believe that this support is subject to transition risk. Psalm implements and executes a strategic reform program on behalf of the government, from WHICH IT IS DIFkCULT TO DISTINGUISH u it added. If a country’s sovereign rating is CHANGED SO WILL THE kRM S ACCORDing to S&P. “The outlook on Psalm also RElECTS OUR ASSESSMENT THAT GIVEN the company’s strategic importance to the Philippine government, extraordinary government support for the company, guarantees or Psalm’s operational FRAMEWORK WILL NOT CHANGE SIGNIkcantly,� the agency said. “We will revise the outlook or lower the rating if we take the same rating action on the sovereign, or if we believe government support for Psalm is weakening,� it added. S&P’s outlook may be revised or the rating may be change if the sovereign is upgraded, provided they believe the timely and unconditional government support for the state-run corporation remains. “A change in law, privatization plans or the refusal of future guarantees could lead us to reassess the company’s role to the government. However, we believe these developments are highly unlikely,� it added.

Treasury department said the FOMC �continued their pledge of patience while giving no indication whether the next rate move would be up or down.� MAYVELIN U. CARABALLO

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Auditing the internal audit

ID you know that May is International Internal Audit Awareness Month? Internal auditors worldwide unite to raise awareness of the profession and its value to the organization. They strive to not only inform the business community more about the profession, but also on the major contributions of the internal audit (IA) function to the effectiveness of the organizational governance, risk management and internal control processes. There are various creative ideas on how internal auditors raise awareness –from simply customizing email signature and social media accounts with the International Internal Audit Awareness Month digital icon, to conducting a lunch-and-learn with other employees in the organization to explain what internal auditors do and why they do it, and answer questions to clarify their perceptions. Despite of all the awareness campaigns by internal auditors, a question still lingers at the back of the minds of people being audited by these professionals: “Who audits the internal auditors?� Internal auditors are empowered by the audit committee of the board of directors to examine many, if not all, parts of the organization. So it is but natural for stakeholders and auditees to ask on who checks the quality of IA activities. The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA), an international professional organization that serves as the voice, recognized authority, acknowledged leader, chief advocate and principal educator of the profession provides internal audit professionals with authoritative guidance in the form of the International Professional Practice Frame-

work (IPPF). The IPPF’s mandatory elements recognized in IA charters require internal audit functions to develop and maintain a Quality Assurance and Improvement Program (QAIP) that covers all aspects of IA activity. According to the IPPF Implementation Guides, the QAIP is designed to evaluate the IA activity’s conformance with the International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing (the Standards, for short) and the internal auditor’s compliance with the IIA’s Code of Ethics. As such, it must include ongoing and periodic internal assessments as well as external assessments by a qualified independent assessor or assessment team. It is the responsibility of the Chief Audit Executive (CAE) to have IA activities externally assessed at least every five years. The purpose of external assessment is for a qualified, independent assessor or assessment team to validate the organization’s IA activities if they conform to the Standards and if internal auditors apply the Code of Ethics. The assessor or assessment team should be someone from outside the organization who is competent in IA and the external assessment process. Normally, these are internal auditors from outside the organization, independent consultants or audit firms, but preferably not those who audit the financial statements or those that provide IA co-

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The science of change management

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HANGE has never been as fast and as pronounced as it is now. Organizations are struggling to kGURE OUT WHAT WHEN AND HOW TO digitally transform to innovate products and business models, and better engage with customers. The 4th Industrial Revolution technologies, SUCH AS CLOUD ARTIkCIAL INTELLIGENCE and modern business applications are sweeping across industries and organization. In fact, we observed in our consulting work more than half of the projects in medium to large companies in the countries involved the acquisition and implementation of new technologies, such as a new human capital management system or a new customer relationship management system. Corollarily, more than half of the outcomes expected by project proponents involved behaviour change among employees, such as technology adoption, employee engagement or increase in productivity. The challenge is that, apart from the rapidity of technology change, today’s workplace has never witnessed a most diverse workforce until now. It’s only this time when we see convergence of four generations in the workplace – Generation Z, Millennials, Generation X, and Baby Boomers – all having differences in how they learn, adopt technology and respond to change. As an example, many technology projects are considered a failure by senior executives due to the spike in the adoption by Generation Z and the younger Millennial employees, Because they are digital natives, they become engaged and active in using SUCH TECHNOLOGIES IN THE kRST FEW weeks, but are also quick to discard and stop usage. Adoption tapers off to 10 percent after a few months, and lasts several months to years until Generation X and Baby Boomer, with their slow cognitive pace, start to fully adopt the new technology. The root cause of this is the traditional approach to change management, which is usually led by a proj-

lennials display automatic system FINEX FILES thinking by saying “This is too easy�, “I’ll try this new system� and “I’ll try other tools available�. In contrast, REYNALDO the Generation X and Baby Boomers LUGTU, JR. exhibit automatic system thinking by SAYING g4HIS IS DIFkCULT TO LEARNu g4HE ect manager from the company’s old system is better�, “I’m getting used technology group, who conducts the to this new tool� and “It’s not that functional features training of the DIFkCULT AFTER SOME TIMEu target users. Then human resource These show how different the professionals engage in an occa- generations are in the way they think sional follow up communication to and respond when faced with organiemployees to remind them of using zation changes, which are manifested the new technology. We have seen by the display of old habits. But reTHIS ONE SIZE kTS ALL APPROACH FAIL gardless of generations, everyone is time and again, because it does not CAPABLE OF RElECTIVE SYSTEM THINKING change the behavior of employees, and learn from it through external more so multigenerational ones. interventions we call cues, in the forms Thus, there’s a need for a me- of coaching, feedback and other comthodical approach that changes the munication media. behavior of employees in an optiThese two powerful concepts mal period of time, by considering from part of our new approach in nuances in generational behaviors changing behaviors in particular, and cognitive styles. and change management in general. Two new concepts emerge as the Therefore, to change behavior in the bases of behavior change. One is workplace, we need two compofrom the book ‘The Power of Habit’ nents of interventions – cues and by Charles Duhigg, and another rewards. from the book ‘Nudge’ by Thaler To effect cues when implementand Sunstein. ing change management, we emDuhigg posited that for a new ploy three approaches, namely: behavior in a person to become a High velocity observation, feedhabit, there has to be some cues back and coaching. Taken from agile that remind and urge the person to method, this involves an internal display the required behavior. This or external consultant observing new behavior is then reinforced the on-the-job performance of the through rewards, which in turn employee who is the target of the becomes input to the repeated cues behavior change, taking notes of that further reinforce the new be- the behavior during observation, havior. This cycle forms a habit loop then giving feedback and coaching that when repeated in a methodical to praise desired behavior and adjust way, reinforces the new habit into a undesired behavior. sustained behavior. Team learning. This involves a On the other hand, Thaler and facilitator convening the target emSunstein postulated that people ployees in an informal setting, askhave two systems of thinking. One ing them how the change program is automatic system which requires is coming through, what went well minimal or no external intervention and what learnings they can share. such as automatically smiling upon 4HIS APPROACH FACILITATES RElECTIVE SEEING A PUPPY 4HE OTHER IS RElEC- thinking, as well as praising good tive system which requires some behavior in a group to reinforce the external intervention or cues, such right behavior. as deciding where to go on trips. Employee communication and When faced with changes in the engagement. This is a supplemenworkplace, Generation Z and Mil- tal approach to the foregoing two

approaches. It involves providing regular cues in the forms of communications from the superior or HR, providing tips on how to use a new system or reminding employees of a deadline. This can be done most effectively with the use of digital employee engagement platforms that allow employees to receive communication from others and engage with colleagues. With these approaches, when done repeatedly and methodically, the desired behavior among employees will be achieved in an optimal period of time. This then necessitates using rewards and recognition approaches to reinforce the desired new behavior. Rewards system can be implemented digitally, such as the use of ELECTRONIC BADGES WHEN kNISHING AN online training, or in a traditional way, like giving tokens during a townhall meeting. Recognition, on the other hand, can be given copiously during the high velocity observation and team learning sessions, for observed desired behavior, which completes the habit loop of reinforcing the new behavior. We have employed this new method of change management for companies implementing a new system. In one instance, we saw an improvement of technology adoption rates by more than 50 percent in a shorter span of time, resulting in faster payback period for the technology investment. Organization can now approach change management in a methodical way.

The author is President & CEO of Hungry Workhorse Consulting, a digital and culture transformation firm. He is the Chairman of the Information and Communications Technology Committee of the Financial Executives Institute of the Philippines. He teaches strategic management in the MBA Program of De La Salle University. The author may be emailed at rey.lugtu@hungryworkhorse.com

Corporate News Universal Robina Q1 profit hits P3.1B L ˜ The Manila Times

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ISTED Universal Robina Corp. (URC) saw its net income increase by 3.3 percent to P3.1 BILLION IN THE kRST QUARTER OF FROM 0 billion in the same period last year.

)N A DISCLOSURE ON 4HURSDAY THE Gokongwei-led food and beverage titan said the growth was boosted by its higher operating income, which reached P4 billion in January to March, and supported by higher sales volume and average

selling prices. These, it added, were coupled by offsets from lower foreignexchange (forex) losses and higher kNANCE COSTS Revenues grew by 7 percent to P33.3 billion in the first three

months from P31.2 billion, the bulk of which the company attributed to its domestic businesses. “We are very pleased with the results, especially the stronger top-line momentum coming from our businesses in the Philippines. While the environment continues to be very challenging, the transformation plans we have set in place have started to gain traction,� URC President and Chief Executive /FkCER )RWIN ,EE SAID “The entire URC team is now heavily focused on execution, with

the aim of sustaining what we have achieved for the balance of the year and beyond. We also expect to hold or slightly improve our operating margins for the year,� he added. On a standalone basis, domestic and international sales of branded food items amounted to P25.7 billion in the quarter. Domestic revenues increased by 11 percent to P15.6 billion on the back of the improved performance from all categories, with its coffee business swinging to growth after three years of decline.

Net sales from URC’s international businesses declined by 3 percent to P10.2 billion, due to a forex devaluation in Australia and New Zealand ranging from 8 percent to 10 percent. )TS INDUSTRIAL BUSINESS SAW SALES jump by 16 percent to P7.2 billion, with agro-industrial sales growing by 21 percent on the back of higher feed sales. The commodities division grew by 13 percent, with flour and pasta products posting 25-percent growth on higher volumes. Sugar

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and renewables registered a 9-percent increase in revenues as a result of higher selling prices. Operating income from this segment climbed by 17 percent to P1.4 billion. )N THE SAME FILING 52# ANnounced plans to reduce energy, greenhouse-gas emissions and water usage by 30 percent, and reduce packaging footprint and make 60 percent of packaging recyclable. URC shares added P11.70 or PERCENT TO kNISH AT 0 EACH on Thursday.

AEV income slumps Metro Pacific earnings reach P3.7B in Q1 to P3.5B in Jan-March ABOITIZ Equity Ventures Inc. (AEV) reported on Thursday that its consolidated net income decreased to P3.5 billion in the first three months of 2019. In a disclosure, the listed conglomerate said the amount was a 27-percent drop from P4.8 billion in the same period last year. The Aboitiz-led holding firm incurred non-recurring losses of P334 million in the quarter, compared with P424 million in 2018, which it blamed on unrealized foreign-exchange losses from the revaluation of dollar-denominated assets and recognized losses on derivatives. Without these one-off losses, AEV’s core net profit was P3.9 billion, a 27-percent slump year-over-year. AEV’s power arm, AboitizPower Corp., contributed 71 percent of the total income, despite seeing its profit slid by 9 percent to P3.6 billion in the quarter from P4.4 billion in the same period in 2018. Its non-recurring losses hit P440 million, compared to P1.2 billion a year earlier. Without these one-off losses, the unit’s core net income was P4.1 billion, a 21-percent fall year-on-year, largely due to the higher volume and cost of purchased power. During the first three months, prices at the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market were exceptionally high, prompting the listed firm to purchase replacement power due to outages and overcontracting in preparation for Therma Visayas

Inc. coming online. The group’s banking subsidiary, Union Bank of the Philippines, posted a net income of P2.2 billion in January to March, down by 26 percent from P2.9 billion last year. Its income contribution to AEV slid by 25 percent to P1.1 billion. Non-listed food subsidiaries — Pilmico Foods Corp., Pilmico Animal Nutrition Corp., and Pilmico International Pte. Ltd., which now includes Gold Coin Management Holdings Ltd. — posted a consolidated net income of P137 million, 48 percent lower than 2018’s P264 million. Property unit AboitizLand Inc. saw its consolidated net loss fall by 174 percent to P44 million from P59 million due to the deferred revenue recognition of industrial lot sales, combined with higher direct project expenses. Republic Cement & Building Materials, Inc. also booked a net loss of P32 million, 61 percent lower than the previous P82 million. The reduction was blamed on the improved control on production costs, stable market prices and private sector demand. Consolidated earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization reached P12.4 billion, an 11-percent drop from P13.9 billion. Consolidated assets rose by 1 percent to P558.6 billion; consolidated liabilities, 3 percent to P346.2 billion. AEV shares dropped by P1.60 or 2.88 percent to close at P54 each on Thursday. JORDEENE B. LAGARE

-%42/ 0ACIkC )NVESTMENTS #ORP -0)# SAID ON 4HURSDAY ITS CORE NET income grew slightly by 3 percent TO 0 IN THE kRST QUARTER OF THE year from P3.6 billion in the same period in 2017 on the back of higher operating income from subsidiaries. !T A NEWS BRIEkNG IN -AKATI #ITY -0)# 0RESIDENT AND #HIEF %XECUTIVE /FkCER *OSE -A ,IM SAID OPERATING income from the listed holding kRM S UNITS WAS DRIVEN BY CONTRIbutions from Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) and its water businesses. #ONSOLIDATED REPORTED NET PROkT attributable to shareholders of the parent declined by 7 percent to P3.5 billion in January to March because OF REkNANCING AND SHARE ISSUANCE costs, and various project expenses. Meralco contributed P2.7 billion

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roads. This was coupled with higher kNANCING COST FROM BORROWINGS USED to partially finance its increased investment in PT Nusantra last year. MPTC is allocating P25 billion in capital expenditures this year to mainly fund its road-construction efforts, should it build the proposed CaviteTagaytay-Batagas Expressway project. The company received original proponent status for this project, which will be subject to a Swiss chalLENGE WITHIN THE kRST HALF OF Water subsidiary Maynilad saw its CORE PROkT RISE BY PERCENT TO 0 billion in January to March on the back of revenue growth and lower provisions. Maynilad and another water unit, -ETRO 0AC 7ATER )NVESTMENTS #ORP CONTRIBUTED 0 BILLION TO -0)# S

core net income in the quarter. The West Zone concessionaire accounted for most of that amount. !NOTHER -0)# UNIT ,IGHT 2AIL -ANILA #ORP ,2-# CONTRIBUTED P123 million to the parent’s core NET PROkT IN THE kRST THREE MONTHS According to the holding company, the earnings will be reinvested to improve train operations and passenger experience. ,2-# IS SET TO START NEXT WEEK THE EXTENSION OF THE ,24 LINE TO #AVITE province, which aims to cut travel time from Baclaran to Cavite from two hours to 30 minutes from the usual two hours. 3HARES OF -0)# SHED CENTAVOS OR PERCENT TO kNISH AT 0 apiece on Thursday. ANGELICA BALLESTEROS

AirAsia eyes PH’s unit IPO this year ,/7 #/34 CARRIER !IR!SIA HOPES ITS 0HILIPPINE unit would go public this year and bank on the optimism over the airline’s strong performance, its chief said on Thursday. After being delayed for so long, the initial pubLIC OFFERING )0/ OF 0HILIPPINES !IR!SIA MAY PUSH through this year, AirAsia Group Chief Executive /FkCER 4ONY &ERNANDES SAID “We’ve started moving [in] the right direction. Number one, the company is doing very well,� &ERNANDES TOLD REPORTERS ON THE SIDELINES OF 4OURism Summit 2019 in Pasay City. “We’ve been saying this for years, but we’re

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OF ITS CORE NET INCOME DURING THE kRST quarter, a 10-percent increase from THE YEAR AGO kGURE WHICH OFFSET THE decline in the contribution of Global Business Power Corp. (GBP). 4HE POWER TITAN S CORE NET PROkT alone rose by 14 percent to P5.6 billion, boosted by a “2-percent increase in energy sales on slightly lower tariffs, lower interest expense from lower debt balance and higher yield from cash PAYMENTS u -0)# SAID '"0 S PROkT IN CONTRAST SLID TO P398 million as total revenues decreased by 9 percent. -0)# S TOLLWAY ARM -ETRO 0ACIkC Tollways Corp. (MPTC), saw its core NET INCOME REMAIN lAT AT 0 BILlion in the quarter, as the increased entry of vehicles on local roads OFFSET THE TRAFkC DECLINE IN REGIONAL

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getting close [to doing it], he said. “[H]opefully we could do it this year.� Philippine AirAsia President and CEO Dexter Comendador said last September the planned offering was delayed due to risks facing the airline industry, citing fuel prices, the foreign exchange rate, and the then-ongoing closure of Boracay island for environmental rehabilitation as the main factors. Given the group’s bullishness, AirAsia may seek to RAISE FROM THE )0/ AN AMOUNT GREATER THAN THE MILLION IT INITIALLY SET &ERNANDES SAID Entering the Philippine Stock Exchange could help THE AIRLINE TO kNANCE ITS EXPANSION PROJECTS AND ACQUISI-

tion of more planes, Comendador had said. AirAsia has been looking to have 70 planes in the NEXT YEARS AND OPEN MORE ROUTES )T HAS ROUTES FOR Manila; Cebu; Kalibo, Aklan; and Clark, Pampanga. "ESIDES THESE IT ALSO lIES TO $AVAO 4ACLOBAN 4AGBILARAN 0UERTO 0RINCESA 3HANGHAI 4AIPEI )NCHEON (ONG +ONG -ACAU +UALA ,UMPUR +OTA +INABALU AND 3INGAPORE !S OF THE kRST QUARTER OF 0HILIPPINES AirAsia has 23 Airbus A320s. )T ENDED WITH A NET OPERATING LOSS OF 0 billion from a net income of P710 million a year earlier, weighed down by the sharp increase in jet fuel and weak peso. LISBET K. ESMAEL

AIA Group to invest P3B in Philam Life (/.' +/.' BASED !)! 'ROUP ,TD IS INVESTING 0 BILLION IN LOCAL UNIT 0HILAM ,IFE OVER THE NEXT THREE years to expand its business reach in the country. The investment will be used to train professional advisers through a program that would provide them with capital support and accelerated career PATH 0HILAM ,IFE #HIEF %XECUTIVE /FkCER +ELVIN Ang told reporters during a roundtable in Pasay City on Thursday. According to him, the program targeting 5,000 elite leaders is a long-term strategy that will contribute to sustainable growth in the business. “Accelerating our agency force to reach more &ILIPINOS AND DEVELOPING PRODUCTS THAT ADDRESS our customers’ needs are our priorities,� Ang said. 4HE 0HILAM ,IFE CHIEF ALSO SAID THE INVESTMENT would also help the life insurer to develop solutions to help address the protection gap in the Philippines. “We feel that the market opportunity is enormous, given the economic growth and the protection gap. We want to have good distribution that can compliment and co-exist,� he added. !)! 'ROUP 2EGIONAL #HIEF %XECUTIVE *ACKY #HAN

SAID THIS GAP CURRENTLY STOOD AT 0 TRILLION )T IS however, expected to balloon up to P2.7 trillion by 2020, while the insurance penetration rate remains in the single digit at less than 2 percent. “This, combined with its relatively steady GDP (gross domestic product) growth and growing middle class, tells us that all indicators point to a resilient Philippine economy with a lot of potential,� Chan said in a statement released also on Thursday. The Philippine economy recorded a full-year GDP growth rate of 6.2 percent in 2018, lower than government’s revised target of 6.5 to 6.9 percent. This is also lower than the 6.7 percent and 6.9 percent recorded in 2017 and 2016, respectively, LARGELY DUE TO THE SPIKES IN INlATION RATES IN That said, Chan foresees continued business growth largely due to the local market condition. g7E REMAIN CONkDENT OF THE LONG TERM OUTLOOK in the Philippines,� he added. ,ATEST AVAILABLE DATA SHOWED THAT 0HILAM ,IFE has P251.4 billion in total assets, while serving almost 600,000 individual policyholders and over 2,200,000 insured group members as of December 2017. MAYVELIN U. CARABALLO

Businessinbriefs AUB INCOME SURGES 38% ON STRONG CORE LENDING

INDEX HISTORY Date May 2, 2019 Apr 30, 2019 Apr 29, 2019 Apr 26, 2019 Apr 25, 2019 Apr 24, 2019 Apr 23, 2019 Apr 22, 2019 Apr 17, 2019 Apr 16, 2019 Apr 15, 2019 Apr 12, 2019 Apr 11, 2019 Apr 10, 2019 Apr 8, 2019 Apr 5, 2019 Apr 4, 2019 Apr 3, 2019 Apr 2, 2019 Apr 1, 2019 Mar 29, 2019 Mar 28, 2019 Mar 27, 2019 Mar 26, 2019 Mar 25, 2019 Mar 22, 2019 Mar 21, 2019 Mar 20, 2019 Mar 19, 2019 Mar 18, 2019

Open 7,953 7,892 7,861 7,893 7,848 7,799 7,827 7,840 7,833 7,800 7,888 7,971 7,991 7,976 7,879 7,866 7,893 7,880 7,854 7,923 7,891 7,898 7,916 7,875 7,994 7,957 7,876 7,848 7,864 7,795

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Low 7,947 7,889 7,846 7,840 7,832 7,799 7,770 7,818 7,824 7,799 7,788 7,881 7,956 7,953 7,879 7,866 7,836 7,861 7,854 7,810 7,887 7,856 7,841 7,869 7,808 7,951 7,869 7,824 7,843 7,761

Close 8,002 7,953 7,897 7,868 7,894 7,847 7,819 7,832 7,835 7,826 7,788 7,881 7,956 8,009 7,916 7,873 7,854 7,895 7,879 7,840 7,921 7,876 7,861 7,907 7,863 8,013 7,955 7,858 7,843 7,873

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LISTED Asia United Bank (AUB) and its subsidiaries reported on Thursday that their net income rose and breached the P1-billion mark in the first quarter of the year on the back of its strong core lending business. In a disclosure, the lender said the amount was a 38-percent increase from P797.7 million in the same period in 2018. The improved income allowed AUB to post a return on assets of 2 percent and a return on equity of 15.11 percent. The bank has 260 branches nationwide, including those of wholly owned subsidiaries Cavite United Rural Bank and Rural Bank of Angeles. AUB also said the group’s total assets grew by 13 percent to P234 billion, with loans and receivables increasing by 19 percent to P153.9 billion, “as the group continued to tap cross-selling opportunities for both commercial and consumer loans across all product types, including credit cards, housing loans, auto loans, and salary loans.â€? This was said to have matched by a 12-percent growth in deposits to P186.9 billion. AUB shares increased by 15 centavos or 0.26 percent to close at P58.80 each on Thursday. MAYVELIN U. CARABALLO

FIRST GEN, TOKYO GAS TO BREAK GROUND FOR LNG PLANT THIS MONTH LOPEZ-LED First Gen Corp. and its Japanese partner Tokyo Gas Co. Ltd. are scheduled to break ground for its liquefied natural

gas (LNG) facility in Batangas province by the last week of May. In the hearing of the Joint Congressional Power Commission (JCPC) on power outages, Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi said he received an invitation from these firms for the groundbreaking ceremony set for May 29. But in a text message, First Gen Senior Vice President Victor Emmanuel Santos Jr. said the event was scheduled on May 28. Last month, Cusi announced he had signed the notice to proceed (NTP) for the Lopezled firm’s planned LNG terminal, which has an estimated investment of more than $1 billion. First Gen shares added 20 centavos or 0.90 percent to close at P22.30 apiece on Thursday. JORDEENE B. LAGARE

PLDT TAPS PANLILIO AS NEW CRO PANGILINAN-led PLDT Inc. announced on Thursday the appointment of Alfredo S. Panlilio as its new chief revenue officer (CRO) effective July 1. In a disclosure, PLDT Chairman Manuel V. Pangilinan expressed pleasure to have Panlilio, currently a senior vice president of Manila Electric Co., back on board, and called “on everyone in PLDT and Smart to provide him with all the needed support, and, to continue working closely together to pursue the digital transformation of our business and to provide the best possible service to our customers and the public.â€? Panlilio, who is set to replace Ernesto R. Alberto in the post, helped Meralco in its digital transformation journey for its customer service segment. LISBET K. ESMAEL

Foreign Business Volkswagen’s Q1 profit US manufacturing in slips on legal risks April slowest since 2016 W B4

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ASHINGTON, D.C.: Slowing US production and weakening global demand in April sent US manufacturing activity to its weakest point in two-and-a-half years, according to an industry survey released on Thursday.

The result showed that the months-long US labor shortage finally began to crimp output, while downtime for equipment maintenance and the slowing world economy also contributed to the disappointing result, the Institute for Supply Management’s (ISM) monthly survey said. The ISM manufacturing index hit its lowest level since October 2016, as new orders and production slowed, while exports and imports both declined, the report showed. The closely-watched headline index fell 2.5 points from March to 52.8 percent, markedly lower than analyst forecasts,

and holding just barely above the 50-percent level which indicates growth. Companies complained of continued uncertainty due to trade tensions and tariffs as well as President Donald Trump’s threat last month to shut the US-Mexico border. The trade war Trump began last year has weighed on the US manufacturing sector, driving up input costs and eroding demand in export markets. T h e A p r i l s u r ve y s h owe d 13 industrial sectors reported expansion but five — apparel, primary metals, wood products, petroleum and coal and

transportation equipment — reported contraction. Employment also dipped 5.1 points to 52.4 percent as employers struggled to find qualified workers. Export orders shrank for the first time in more than three years, likely feeding into a sharp drop in new orders for US-made goods, while imports fell for the first time since January 2017. There still were some signs of steady demand, however, with an order backlog continuing to expand and customer inventories remaining too low. Timothy Fiore, chair of ISM’s manufacturing survey, told reporters the slowdown in production was in part due to equipment maintenance and a short supply of labor. “Production could have been higher if we hadn’t been running at such a very high level for the last 30-something months and delayed some maintenance activities and the fact that we’re

still struggling with employment,� Fiore said. But he added that the slowing global economy was likely also weighing on the US manufacturing sector. “When this whole manufacturing expansion started 32 to 36 months ago we were in what was synchronous growth, where most of the major economies of the world were all expanding and that’s just not the case anymore,� Fiore said. Despite the disappointing result, Ian Shepherdson of Pantheon Macroeconomics said a rebound was likely in the coming months. “It’s disappointing but not disastrous because the levellingoff in China’s PMIs (purchasing managers’ index) in recent months strongly suggests that the incremental downside risk in the ISM from here is very limited,� he wrote in a client note. AFP

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Auditing the internal audit sourcing to the organization. In the Philippines, the external assessment is usually done by audit firms and IIA Philippines through its pool of professional resources. According to the Global Internal Audit Common Body of Knowledge’s (CBOK) recent closer look on Internal Audit Quality Assurance and Improvement, only 34 percent of participating CAEs state that they fully conform to the requirement for an external assessment, and many of them have not disclosed their non-conformance to their audit committees. Locally, the only industry with high rate of conformance with the external assessment requirement is the banking industry, particularly the universal and commercial banking institutions. This is due to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’

requirement for the IA function to comply with sound IA standards such as the IIA’s International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing and other supplemental standards issued by regulatory authorities/ government agencies, as well as with relevant code of ethics. External assessment has also been on the radar of publicly listed companies these past years in response to Recommendation 12.1 of the Code of Corporate Governance of Publicly Listed Companies, i.e. “Company has an adequate and effective internal control system in the conduct of its business�. The integrated annual corporate governance report requires listing quality service programs for IA functions in response to Recommendation 12.1. It is true that regulators do not

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Bourse strong economic growth trajectory that it expected “to continue to drive constructive development outcomes and underpin broader credit metrics over the medium term.� The upgrade, S&P added, was supported by the solid governMENT kSCAL ACCOUNTS LOW PUBLIC indebtedness and the economy’s sound external settings. It underscored, however, the importance of infrastructure development to sustain the Philippine economy’s expansion. Limlingan said the decision of the US Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committeeto keep interest rates unchanged helped buoy market sentiment. The local market traded amid a decline on Wall Street and mixed trading in the region. The Dow Jones dropped 0.61 percent, the S&P 500 declined 0.75 percent, and Nasdaq decreased 0.57 percent. In the region, Jakarta dropped 1.37 percent and Singapore slipped 0.37 percent. Hong Kong grew 0.83 percent, Seoul rose 0.42 percent, and Bangkok increased 0.43 percent. In Manila, only mining and OIL AND PROPERTY kNISHED IN THE red, down 0.15 percent and 0.25 percent, respectively. More than 746 million issues valued at P8.17 billion changed hands. Winners led losers, 109 to 81, while 52 issues were unchanged. ANGELICA BALLESTEROS

compel IA activities to undergo external assessment, except for commercial and universal financial institutions. However,if the IA charter recognizes the mandatory nature of the Core Principles for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing, the Code of Ethics, the Standards and the Definition of Internal Auditing, it then follows that they should adhere to the conduct of external assessment at least every five years. The CBOK study raises a key point that failure to conform to quality standards may have severe repercussions—both for the profession and for organizations served by internal auditors. The study says that the IA professional’s failure to abide by and enforce quality standards increases the risk that IAs will fail to identify and address significant issues, and that it can

lead to inefficient or ineffective use of resources. The same study found out that IA functions conforming to the requirements of QAIP and external assessment: • were more likely to report functionally to a board, audit committee or equivalent • were more likely to have complete and unrestricted access to information as appropriate for the performance of audit activities • worked in organizations with more highly developed risk management processes • used a wider variety of resources to develop audit plans • made more use of technology in internal audit processes • were more likely to have documented procedures in an IA manual • received more hours of training and were more likely to have

P26.391-M compensation for Pacific five highest paid executives. In 2017, BPI’s definitive information statement placed the five-man group’s salary at P143,596,043 and bonuses at P82.213 million. In 2018, BPI raised Consing and four others’ salaries t o P 1 8 5 , 71 9 , 8 7 8 a n d t h e i r bonuses to P85,327,500. This year, it estimated their salary at P234,935,841 and their bonuses at P99,360,250. BPI said the compensation package under “Fees and Other Compensation of P70.32 million in 2017; P71.81 million in 2018; and P74.83 million in 2019 includes P25.5 million, P27 million, P30 million for the years 2017, 2018 and 2019 respectively representing per diem for directors for board and committee meetings attended.� In addition, NRCP entitles Consing to P50,000 as chairman of the board for every board meeting attended.

LOTO’s stock dividend If the public investors would review the filings under “dividends�, they would find Pacific Online Systems Corp. is a rare kind among stocks listed on PSE. Instead of cash, the company, which uses LOTO as market symbol, declared the distribution of stock dividends. In its letter dated March 6, 2019 in connection with LOTO,

Tan Venturanza Valdez wrote “in connection with the 100% stock DIVIDEND u WHICH THE LAW kRM said were to be sourced from “the increase in the company’s authorized capital stock which was approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) last 28 February 2019.� “Further to the aforesaid approval by the Commission, may we request that the record date for the stock dividend be set by the Commission on 29 March 2019, in compliance with the Amended Rules Governing Preemptive and other Subscription Rights and Declaration of Stock or Cash Dividends of Corporations whose Securities are Registered under the Securities Regulation Code or Listed on the Stock Exchange,� Tan Venturanza Valdez wrote. “Based on this record date, the payment will be on or before 29 April 2019,� the law office added. Ann Margaret K. Lorenzo, signed “For the Firm� the letter which Tan Venturanza Valdez sent to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Due Diligencer’s take Pacific Online has 895.331 million outstanding common shares, which it said are all listed, according to the PSE website. It used to have 13,992,386 treasury shares of which it sold 13,992,300 at P11.08 each and

86 at P11 each on Aug. 20, 2018. The sale of 13,992,300 LOTO treasury shares could have grossed Pacific Online P155,035,630. After the sale, Pacific Online reported 54,284,196 as the “cumulative number of shares sold to date�, which, it said in a footnote, “from the date when the sale of treasury shares program commenced.� It valued at P285,245,598 its treasury shares IN AN UNAUDITED QUARTERLY kNANcials as of June 30, 2018. Since it reported 54,284,196 as the “cumulative number of shares sold to date, P285,245,598 divided by 54,284,196 treasury shares equals P5.245, which was the company’s average acquisition per common share in the open market. The computation is based only on assumption, which means “assuming� that 54,284,196 was the correct number of treasury shares Pacific Online has sold. "Y THE WAY 0ACIkC /NLINE PAID its nine-member board and execuTIVE OFkCERS 0 IN ! COMPENSATION kLING SHOWED 0ACIkC /NLINE HAVING COMPENSATED IN ITS EXECUTIVE OFkCERS AND directors P21,784,380. How come the company also reported in a GIS to have paid the nine directors and executive officers P26,391,290 in 2017? Just asking.

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FRANKFURT, Germany: German autoMAKER 6OLKSWAGEN SAW PROkT SLIP IN THE kRST QUARTER AS THE COMPANY SET aside 1 billion euros for legal risks related to its 2015 diesel scandal but saw better results from its core brand AND STRONGER PROkT MARGINS !FTER TAX PROkT FELL TO BILLION euros ($3.41 billion) from 3.30 billion euros in the same quarter a year ago. Group sales revenue rose 3.1 percent to 60 billion euros even though the total number of vehicles sold declined. ! KEY MEASURE OF PROkTABILITY ‡ THE PROkT MARGIN ON SALES ‡ ROSE TO 8.1 percent from 7.2 percent a year EARLIER 4HE CURRENT kGURE EXCEEDS the company’s targeted margin range of 6.5 percent to 7.5 percent. Chief financial officer Frank Wittner said it was a “very strong kRST QUARTERu AND gTO AN EXTENT BETTER actually better than we expected.� Wittner also said earnings were under pressure from high outlays for the company’s future lineup of battery vehicles, but said that was “without alternatives.� The company is pivoting to zero-local emissions vehicles to meet lower EU limits on greenhouse gas emissions. The company expects to begin

production later this this year of the battery-powered ID hatchback at its plant in Zwickau in eastern Germany. The Volkswagen brand, one of the COMPANY S SAW OPERATING PROkT rise 5 percent to 921 million euros AS COST CONTROL AND A MORE PROkTABLE model mix compensated for lower volumes. Earnings fell however at two of the company’s chief money makers, its luxury Audi and Porsche DIVISIONS !UDI SAW PROkTS FALL TO 1.1 billion euros from 1.3 billion euros because of model changes and higher spending on new products and technologies. Porsche’s operATING PROkT FELL PERCENT TO million euros. Volkswagen faces legal risks from its 2015 scandal over cars rigged to cheat on diesel emissions test, including pending suits from investors who say the company didn’t inform them of the emissions issue in time. The company says it met its disclosure requirements. The company didn’t specify which diesel legal matter led to the risk set-aside. The deduction brings total costs for the diesel scandal to 30 billion euros. AP

formalized training programs • were more likely to report that funding for the IA function was “completely sufficientâ€?. At the end of the day, the greatest value an external assessment can bring is the key areas of improvement identified after the review. In addition, most external assessments by audit firms include benchmarking IA operating practices with those of its peers. In PwC, the external assessment of compliance with the Standards that is normally delivered to clients is packaged with benchmarking with the other IA functions in the same industry, and comparing the IA function’s operating practices with the perception and expectations of key stakeholders. We’ve learned from various audit committee presentations that members of the committee are not only after conformance. They are also interested whether their IA functions meet their stakeholders’ expectations in terms of overall value being de-

livered to the organization. Let me leave you with this quotation from the IIA’s Quality Assessment Manual for IA activity: “A critical asset for an internal audit activity is its credibility with stakeholders. To provide credible assistance and constructive challenge to management, internal auditors must be perceived as professionals. Professionalism requires conforming to a set of professional standards.â€? Internal audit professionals, let’s continue to strengthen our credibility as we usher in the International Internal Audit Awareness Month. *** Abigail Blanca M. PeĂąa is a Risk Assurance Director of Isla Lipana & Co., the Philippine member firm of the PwC network.For more information, please email markets@ph.pwc.com. This content is for general information purposes only, and should not be used as a substitute for consultation with professional advisors.

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It added, however, that optimism was still “subdued.� “With [the May 13 midterm elections], production growth MAY BE STIlED AGAIN IN THE NEXT survey. As such, it is looking like the second quarter may prove to be a challenging one for the manufacturing sector,� Owen said.

PH with global prices. Business sentiment toward the year-ahead slightly rebounded in April from a record-low in March.

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Fed AND BUSINESS kXED INVESTMENT HAD gSLOWED IN THE kRST QUARTER u AND THAT KEY INlATION MEASURES gHAVE declined and are running below 2 percent.� Diane Swonk, chief economist at Grant Thornton, said Powell and the committee were being careful to leave themselves the ability to change direction as needed. “The Federal Reserve is walking a tightrope, balancing the current LOW RATE OF INlATION AGAINST THE risk of stoking additional asset bubbles. This will leave the Fed kRMLY ON THE SIDELINES THIS YEAR u Swonk wrote in an analytical reaction. Powell “was careful to keep his cards close to his vest� in his comments, she said, which “allows the Fed to pivot again if necessary.� Wall Street lost ground following Powell’s comments about the temporary nature of falling INlATION WHICH AT THE SAME TIME helped the US dollar push higher. There was one shift in policy: a small reduction on interest paid to banks on cash reserves to 2.35 percent from 2.4 percent. Powell

CALLED IT JUST A gTECHNICAL kXu TO THE mechanism for controlling policy. Some economists predicted that move, since the actual federal funds rate had been drifting up to the higher end of the desired range. That change is “intended to foster trading in the federal funds market well within the FOMC’s target range,� the statement said. )N THE kRST TWO MEETINGS OF THE YEAR THE &ED MADE IT CLEAR OFkCIALS planned to hold off on any further moves until there were clear signs of the direction of the economy. The Fed’s mandate is full employment and stable prices. But CENTRAL BANKERS HAVE BEEN BAFlED that wages and prices have shown few signs of taking off, even with unemployment at historic lows, companies nationwide complainING OF STRUGGLES TO kND WORKERS and solid gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 3.2 percent in the kRST THREE MONTHS OF Many economists point to the weakness underlying the strong GDP data and say the last rate hike in December was a mistake. Even so, near-record stock markets make it harder for the Fed to cut. Powell acknowledged the rising financial markets, calling some asset prices “somewhat elevated,� but “not extremely so.� AFP

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Uprising in Venezuela lingers on third day CARACAS, Venezuela: Venezuelans heeded opposition leader Juan Guaidó’s call to fill streets around the nation Wednesday but security forces showed no sign of answering his cry for a widespread military uprising, instead dispersing crowds with tear gas as the political crisis threatened to deepen. Thousands cheered GuaidĂł in Caracas as he rolled up his sleeves and called on Venezuelans to remain out in force and prepare for a general strike, a day after his bold attempt to spark a mass military defection against President Nicolas Maduro failed to tilt the balance of power. “It’s totally clear now the usurper has lost,â€? GuaidĂł proclaimed, a declaration belied by events on the ground. Across town at the Carlota air base near where GuaidĂł made his plea a day earlier for a revolt, intense clashes raged between protesters and troops loyal to Maduro, making clear the standoff would drag on. There and elsewhere, state security forces launched tear gas and fired rubber bullets while bands of mostly young men armed with makeshift shields threw rocks and set a motorcycle ablaze. “I don’t want to say it was a disaster, but it wasn’t a success,â€? said Marilina Carillo, who was standing in a crowd of anti-government protesters blowing horns and whistles. Opposition leaders hoped Guaidó’s risky move would stir

a string of high-ranking defections and shake Maduro’s grip on power. But only the chief of Venezuela’s feared intelligence a g e n c y b r o k e r a n k s, w h i l e most others stood steadfast. Some analysts predicted that wo u l d m a k e M a d u r o m o r e emboldened. The dramatic events could spell even more uncertainty for Venezuela, which has been rocked by three months of political upheaval since GuaidĂł reenergized a flagging opposition movement by declaring himself interim president, saying Maduro had usurped power. Now the struggle has heightened geopolitical dimensions, with the US and more than 50 other nations backing GuaidĂł as Venezuela’s legitimate president and Maduro allies like Russia lending the beleaguered president military and economic support. US National Security Adviser John Bolton said on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) that Maduro is surrounded by “scorpions in a BOTTLEu AND THAT KEY kGURES AMONG his inner circle had been “outedâ€? as dealing with the opposition. US contends Maduro had been ready to flee Tuesday, an airplane already on the tarmac, but was talked out of it by Russian advisers. Maria Zakharova, a spokesman for Russia’s Foreign Ministry, said such assertions were part of a “global information and psychological war against Venezuela and Caracas.â€? AP

Worldinbriefs CALIFORNIA POPULATION HITS 40M SACRAMENTO, California: California had its slowest recorded growth rate in its history last year, as the country’s most populous state was hit by a slowdown in immigration and a sharp decline of births. Estimates released Wednesday show California had 39.9 million people as of January 1, adding nearly 187,000 people for a growth rate of 0.47 percent — the lowest since 1900, the earliest records available. And while thousands lost their homes after last year’s deadly wildfire in the northern part of the state, initial estimates show most people shuffled to cities closest to the blaze. California’s population has been creeping toward 40 million people, viewed as a milestone for a state that began as a frontier outpost and now boasts the world’s fifth largest economy. AP

BRAZIL PRESIDENT WANTS SOLDIERS IN SCHOOLS BRASILIA, Brazil: When students at Ceilandia state school No. 7 in Brazil’s capital came back from their break in February, they were met by two dozen uniformed police officers in a place they barely recognized anymore. Guns in their holsters, the officers ordered students to form rows in the schoolyard. The students were given white T-shirts pending the arrival of their new uniforms. From now on, hair would have to be kept short for boys and tied at the back for girls. No more shorts, caps, brightly colored nail varnish, earrings or any distinctive pieces of clothing. Students arriving late wouldn’t be let in. “Sometimes we feel intimidated,� said Michael Pereira da Silva, 17. AP

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Liberal Democratic Party leader Vince Cable (center) poses with the party’s candidates for the European Parliament election during a launch event in London. With Brexit passions running high, campaigners are hitting Britain’s streets and taking to social media ahead of European elections. AFP PHOTO

Barr clears Trump, to skip next committee hearing W ASHINGTON, D.C.: Private tensions between Justice Department leaders and special counsel Robert Mueller’s team broke into public view in extraordinary fashion, as Attorney General William Barr pushed back at the special counsel’s “snitty� complaints over his handling of the TrumpRussia investigation report.

At the Senate Judiciary Committee session, Barr spent hours defending his handling of Mueller’s report against complaints from Democrats and the special counsel himself. He said, for instance, that he had been surprised that Mueller did not reach a conclusion on whether Trump had tried to obstruct justice, and that he had felt compelled to step in with his own judgment that the President committed no crime. “I’m not really sure of his reasoning,� Barr said of Mueller’s obstruction analysis, which neither accused the president of a crime nor exonerated him. If Mueller wasn’t prepared to make a decision on whether to bring charges, Barr added, “then he shouldn’t have investigated. That was the time to pull up.� Barr was also perturbed by a private letter Mueller, a long-time friend, sent him complaining that the attorney general had not properly portrayed the special counsel’s findings in a four-page memo summarizing the report’s main conclusions. The attorney general

called the note “a bit snitty.� 4ESTIFYING FOR THE kRST TIME SINCE releasing Mueller’s report, Barr faced sharp questioning from Senate Democrats who accused him of making misleading comments and seeming at times to be President Donald Trump’s protector as much as the country’s top law ENFORCEMENT OFkCIAL The rift fueled allegations that "ARR HAS SPUN -UELLER S kNDINGS in Trump’s favor and understated the gravity of Trump’s behavior. The dispute is certain to persist, as Democrats push to give Mueller a chance to answer Barr’s testimony with his own later this month. Barr separately informed the House Judiciary Committee that he would not appear for its scheduled hearing Thursday because of the panel’s insistence that he be questioned by committee lawyers, as well as lawmakers. That refusal sets the stage for Barr to possibly be held in contempt of Congress. “I said: ‘Bob, what’s with the letter? Just pick up the phone and call me if there is an issue;� Barr said. The airing of disagreements was

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all the more striking since the Justice Department leadership and Mueller’s team had appeared UNIkED IN APPROACH FOR MOST OF THE two-year investigation into potential coordination between the Trump campaign and Russia during the 2016 election. The revelation that Mueller, who’d been publicly silent for the entire investigation, was agitated enough to send a letter to Barr — which could, and did, become public — lent his words extra credibility with Democrats, who accused Barr of lying under oath last month when he said he was unaware Mueller’s team was unhappy with how its work had been characterized. Barr downplayed the special counsel’s complaints, saying they were mostly about process, not substance, while raising a few objections of his own in the other direction. He said that Mueller did not, as requested, identify grand jury material in his report when he submitted it, slowing the public release of the report as the Justice Department worked to black out sensitive information. He also insisted that once Mueller submitted his report, the special counsel’s work was done and the document became “my baby.� “It was my decision how and when to make it public,� Barr said. “Not Bob Mueller’s.� Wednesday’s contentious Senate hearing gave Barr his most extensive opportunity to date to defend recent Justice Department

actions, including a press conference before the report’s release and his decision to release a brief summary letter two days after getting the report. But the hearing, which included three Democratic presidential candidates, also laid bare the partisan divide over the handling of Mueller’s report. Some Republicans, in addition to defending Trump, focused on the president’s 2016 Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton’s email practices and what they argued has been a lack of investigation of them. In related development, top Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham said: “For me, it is over.� With those few words, Graham, the Republican chairman of the Judiciary Committee, set the tone for his party at an extraordinary hearing with Barr over Mueller’s investigation into Russian election interference and possible obstruction of justice by President Donald Trump. Gaveling open the Wednesday session, Graham outlined the scope of Mueller’s nearly two-year probe, with its 2,000 subpoenas and million-plus documents turned over by the White House, AND GAVE HIS TAKE ON THE kNDINGS “So, no collusion, no coordination, no conspiracy,� Graham said. Trump couldn’t have said it better. In fact, he didn’t. The President tweeted ahead of the session, “NO COLLUSION, NO OBSTRUCTION.� AP

FOR JEWS People stop and stand in silence on a street

IRANIAN Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif voiced his country’s rejection to a US plan to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization. â€œThe US is in no position to ... start naming others as terror organizations and we reject by any attempt by the US in this regard,â€? Zarif told reporters on the sidelines of the Asia Cooperation Dialogue, inaugurated earlier in the day in the Qatari capital Doha. â€œThe US is supporting the biggest terrorist in the region, that is Israel,â€? he said. GLOBAL TIMES

in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv as sirens wailed across Israel for two minutes, marking the annual day of remembrance for the six million Jewish victims of the Nazi genocide. AFP PHOTO

TANZANIAN MEDIA MOGUL DIES AT 75 NAIROBI: Tanzanian business tycoon and philanthropist Reginald Mengi, who headed one of Africa’s largest media groups, has died aged 75 in Dubai, his news outlets reported Thursday. “We are sorry to announce the death of the Executive Chairman of IPP Group of Companies, Dr. Reginald Mengi,� in Dubai on Wednesday evening, Tanzania’s Guardian website reported. Mengi was born in 1944 to a poor family in the Kilimanjaro region, later setting up the IPP media empire, which served Tanzania and parts of East Africa, owning 11 newspapers, radio, and television stations, according to Forbes magazine. AFP

SAUDI HITS YEMEN REBEL DRONE SITE RIYADH: The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen raided a drone facility used by Huthi rebels at an airbase in the capital Sanaa, a spokesman said. The coalition has ramped up attacks on such sites after the Iran-aligned rebels warned last month they could launch attacks against the capitals of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, which led the military coalition against them. The latest raid late Wednesday targeted “drone maintenance sites, a communications system and locations of drone experts and operators� at the Al-Dulaimi base adjoining the airport in rebel-held Sanaa, the official Saudi Press Agency quoted coalition spokesman Colonel Turki al-Maliki as saying. AFP

AFGHANS CALL FOR CEASEFIRE KABUL: Afghan officials called for a ceasefire on Thursday as a huge peace summit wound down in Kabul after thousands of delegates spent days discussing possible conditions for a peace deal with the Taliban. This week’s loya jirga, or grand assembly, saw more than 3,000 religious and tribal leaders, politicians and representatives from across the country gather under tight security to discuss the possibility of peace. The Taliban, who were not at the talks, are this week separately meeting in Doha with US peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad in a bid to make a deal with Washington that could see the withdrawal of foreign forces from Afghanistan. AFP

Sri Lanka bombings deaths rise to 257

PM May fires UK Defense secretary

COLOMBO: The death toll from the Easter suicide bomb attacks in Sri Lanka had risen to 257, authorities said Thursday. They warned that the final number of dead from the April 21 attacks on three churches and three Colombo hotels would rise further. “The death toll stands at 257 as of now,� Anil Jasinghe, government director general of health services, told AFP. “The death toll slowly increased because there were some in-hospital deaths. There are some body parts as well so it is actually 257-plus.� At least 40 of the dead are foreigners, with some missing tourists still to be accounted for. According to the latest count, 496 injured were admitted to hospitals, with 47 still being treated and 12 of those in intensive care. The government had given a toll of more than 350, but brought this down last week, blaming double counting of bodies that were badly mutilated in the six blasts. AFP

LONDON: British Prime Minister (PM) Theresa May summarily fired Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson on Wednesday after an investigation into leaks from a secret government meeting about the Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei. He denied any involvement in the leak. An investigation was launched last week after newspapers reported that Britain’s National Security Council, which meets in private, had agreed to let Huawei participate in some aspects of Britain’s new 5G wireless communications network. The US has been lobbying allies including Britain to exclude Huawei from all 5G networks, noting that the Chinese government could force the company

to give it backdoor access to data on its networks. The Conservative government insists that no decision has been made yet about Huawei. The security council includes senior ministers, who receive briefings from top military and intelligence officials, and its meetings are considered highly sensitive. In a letter to Williamson, May said she “can no longer have full confidence� in him in the wake of the investigation. In the letter released by her Downing Street office, May told Williamson that there was “compelling evidence� suggesting his “responsibility for the unauthorized disclosure.� AP

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ANGKOK: Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn has appointed his consort as the country’s queen ahead OF HIS OFkCIAL CORONATION ON 3ATURDAY An announcement on Wednesday in the Royal Gazette said Suthida Vajiralongkorn Na Ayudhya is legally married to the 66-year-old king, and is now Queen Suthida. Although she has been in the public eye for about three years, THERE HAS BEEN LITTLE OFkCIAL INFORmation released about her and the news was a surprise to many Thais. She is reported to be 40 years old and to have previously worked as A lIGHT ATTENDANT FOR 4HAI !IRWAYS International. The two reportedly MET ON A lIGHT Suthida joined the palace guard in 2013 and became commander of the king’s security unit, currently holding a general’s rank. The new queen also has several top royal decorations. Vajiralongkorn has had three previous marriages and divorced his previous wife, with whom he has a son, in 2014. He became king after the death in October 2016 of his father, King Bhumibol Adulyadej. Thai television, which broad-

cast the royal order on Wednesday evening, showed a video of Suthida prostrating herself before the king. According to the announcer, she presented THE KING WITH A TRAY OF lOWERS and joss sticks, and in return was bestowed traditional gifts associated with royal power. TV showed the king in a white uniform and his bride in a pink silk traditional dress formally registering their marriage on Wednesday in his palace residence in Bangkok. The couple was seen signing a marriage certificate book, which was also signed by the king’s sister, Princess Sirindhorn, and Privy Council head Prem Tinsulanonda as witnesses. Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha AND OTHER SENIOR OFkCIALS WERE ALSO in attendance. Meanwhile, Vajiralongkorn will be crowned this weekend in a PAGEANTRY LADEN CEREMONY lECKED by Hindu and Buddhist ritual, as Rama X furthers his primacy over one of the world’s richest mon-

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Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn (3rd from left) and consort-wife Queen Suthida are shown shortly after their marriage May 1, 2019. Vajiralongkorn will officially be enthroned beginning tomorrow, May 4, until Monday for a staggering budget of 1 billion bahts ($23 million). AFP PHOTO

archies and a kingdom beset by ulcerous political divides. The May 4 to 6 coronation comes more than two years after Vajiralongkorn ascended the throne at the death of his father Bhumibol Adulyadej.

Bhumibol reigned over seven tumultuous decades and was revered by Thais as a symbol of unity in a politically chaotic country. His fiercely private 66-yearold son — Rama X of the Chakri dynasty — is less well-known by

People’s health still Taiwan’s top priority TAIWAN has reaffirmed that the health of the people is its utmost concern as it vowed to implement a total universal health care coverage. It gave the assurance as it celebrates the 24th anniversary of Taiwan’s implementation of universal health coverage. Taiwan’s National Health Insurance (NHI) covers the full spectrum of essential and high-quality health services, from prevention and treatment to rehabilitation and palliative care. The country’s concern for the health of the people begun in the 1960s when Taiwan’s progressive health sector began the process of incorporating laborers, farmers and government employees into the health insurance system. Almost half a century after, it is

now regarded as one of the best in the world. The NHI ranked 14th in the 2017 Global Access to Healthcare Index of The Economist, and NINTH IN THE (EALTH #ARE %Fkciency Index of Bloomberg Finance. Several key contributed why the program succeeded. First, it adopted a single-payer model with contributions from individuals, employers, and the government. A supplementary premium is also charged based on payers’ income levels. Second, a budget payment system was adopted to set caps on healthcare costs paid by the government. The good principles behind the program led Taiwan’s medical expenses to account for only 6.4 percent of the gross domestic product in 2017, lower than the Organization for Economic Cooperation and De-

2 dead, 12 injured in China TWO adults have been reported dead and 12 people, including six minors, injured during a Wednesday slide accident in an amusement park in Chengdu, capital city of southwest China’s Sichuan Province, local authorities said Thursday. Fourteen tourists, including eight adults and six teenagers, fell off a 235-meter-long slide, claimed to the “world’s longest� by the amusement park, at around 5:00 p.m. Wednesday,

according to witnesses. The 12 injured tourists were receiving further treatment at a local hospital, and investigation into the accident continues, said THE 4AIPING #OMMUNITY OFkCE IN Tianfu New Area District where the amusement park is located. The amusement park has been closed and people in charge of the enterprise operating the park have been put under police control for investigation. GLOBAL TIMES

velopment (OECD) average. The provision of preventive and primary healthcare is the most cost-efficient approach to achieving universal health coverage. Taiwan’s Ministry of Health and Welfare has developed tools UTILIZING ARTIkCIAL INTELLIGENCE AND cloud computing to access the massive databases it has built over the past 24 years. For instance, the MediCloud system was launched to enable healthcare providers to query patients’ medical records within the NHI system, while the PharmaCloud system provides prescription drug information to physicians and pharmacists. Currently, through digital cloud tools, community-based primary care providers in Taiwan can retrieve test reports including CT scans, MRIs, ultrasounds,

gastroscopies, colonoscopies and X-rays from secondary and tertiary institutions and receive prescription information. These digital health technologies have enhanced care services in many ways. They have improved the quality of care and reduced costs, in terms of both time and money, by properly matching health services with the locations where these services are provided. They have also lowered the potential risks arising from repeated examinations. Related systems are patient-centered, meaning that they are organized around the complex needs and expectations of patients and communities, helping realize the concept of good hospitals in the community and good doctors in the neighborhood.

his subjects, and makes frequent trips overseas. On Saturday at the auspicious hour of 10:09 a.m. the public will be given a rare window into the heart of Thai power as blanket television coverage of the three-day

coronation begins. It will start with King Vajiralongkorn’s “purification� by water drawn from ponds and rivers, followed by a presentation of holy water by the top Buddhist patriarch and chief Brahmin. AP

780,000 evacuated in India ahead of strong cyclone B H U B A N E S WA R , I n d i a : N e a r l y 800,000 people in India’s eastern coastal districts have been evacuated ahead of the expected arrival of a major cyclone packing winds of up to 200 kilometers (125 miles) per hour (kmh), OFkCIALS SAID 4HURSDAY The Indian weather service said Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm Fani is expected to make landfall on Friday afternoon near the Hindu holy town of Puri. A state relief department official told AFP that 780,000 people were moved to safer places overnight from at least 13 districts of Odisha state that would bear the brunt o f the powerful cyclone.

“More people are being moved TO SAFER PLACES u AN OFkCIAL FROM the department told AFP. Some 1,000 shelters in schools and government buildings have been set up to accommodate more than a million people. On Thursday the storm, which reports said was the biggest to hit eastern India in nearly two decades, was brewing in the Bay of Bengal some 450 km offshore and moving westwards. The cyclone was expected to pack sustained wind speeds of 180 to190 kmh, bringing gusts of up to 200 kmh, and is equivalent in strength to a Category 3 to 4 hurricane. AFP

RITUAL RIDE

Thai Muslim boys ride elephants in a parade prior to their circumcision ritual by a village elder at Thailand’s southern province of Narathiwat. AFP PHOTO

Taiwan presidential bet gets tips from Trump TAIPEI: Taiwan’s wealthiest man and presidential hopeful Terry Gou said he met Donald Trump inside the White House on Wednesday with the American leader warning him that the job he was going for is “tough�. Gou, the head of tech giant Foxconn, made a surprise announcement last month that he plans to run for president in next January’s elections after declaring the sea goddess Matsu urged him to do so. The 69-year-old tycoon is seeking the nomination of the Beijing-friendly Kuomintang (KMT) opposition party, but his huge factories in the mainland have sparked concern over his cosiness with Beijing. A stream of Taiwanese politicians have beat a path to Washington in recent months, hoping to drum up support within the island’s diaspora AND AMONG INlUENTIAL 53 OFkCIALS But only Gou has managed to secure a face-to-face with Trump. “If I am elected president of the Republic of China, I will be a peace maker and won’t become a trouble maker... I will strengthen

Taiwan and the US economically,� Gou told reporters in Washington after the meeting. He also boasted of his White House connections in a swipe at the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), which is much more sceptical of Beijing. “We have been given the highest courtesy, [an invite] to the Oval Office, tell me until now which $00 OFkCIAL HAS SUCH A CAPABILITY u he said, later showing reporters a coaster and pen embossed with Trump’s signature. Asked what Trump had told him, Gou said: “He replied that (being a president) it’s a tough job.� Gou made his billions through Foxconn, which assembles Apple and Huawei phones, as well as parts and accessories for other major international brands. The bulk of Gou’s investments are in China, employing more than one million workers in the country where cheap labour helped fuel his company’s meteoric rise. AFP

Cambodia PM slams opposition quit calls PRIME Minister Hun Sen yesterday reiterated that it would be IMPOSSIBLE TO OUST HIM FROM OFkCE because people enjoyed life under his leadership. Two weeks ago, former opposition leader Sam Rainsy told his supporters in South Korea that migrant workers should return with him in order to “liberate democracy� in the Kingdom. “He (Mr Hun Sen) is the traitor. He is not serving the nation’s interest, and he serves the foreigner country’s interest and mistreats Cambodian people.� Rainsy said. “He must step down. If not, we will gather to arrest him and bring him to be prosecuted. We are committed to grab our country back and

give it back to Cambodian people.� Speaking to thousands of garment workers during an International Labor Day celebration in Kandal province yesterday, Hun Sen said it was “impossible� to detain him. “In the last few weeks, some politician has appealed to garment workers to arrest me,� he said. “Are they coming to arrest me today?� “They come to kiss me, they COME TO HOLD ME AND TAKE SELkES with me,� Hun Sen added. “So THE CURRENT SITUATION RElECTS THE close relationship between workers and the country’s leader. We have solidarity.� Hun Sen then thanked garment factory employers for establishing

1,287 production centres across the Kingdom. Last week, Hun Sen responded to Mr Rainsy’s call for an internal CPP coup to oust him as party president. Last week’s statement was also made as a response to a statement Rainsy made calling on Cambodians to draw inspiration from Algerians who forced their leader to step down. Rainsy also called on Hun Sen’s close ally Interior Minister Sar Kheng to stage a coup sanctioned by Cambodia National Rescue Party activists. “He told Samdech Sar Kheng to push me out of power, please don’t respond to the stupid

man’s request,� Hun Sen said last week. “If a deputy prime minister topples a prime minister, it is a coup. Why would you tell him to do that? Take over for who? For you? Do you think Samdech Sar Kheng is ignorant?� CPP spokesman Sok Eysan yesterday said former opposition leaders had no intention of giving up their goal to topple the legitimate government. “It is their habit to call people to overthrow us, but why did you lEE THE COUNTRY u %YSAN SAID REferring to Rainsy’s exile in France. “They are using the culture of smearing and are attempting to split the nation.� KHMER TIMES

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The Girl with the Hard Hat she learned when she was just starting out. In the pre-Internet days sans corporate websites and social media, the younger Lobien literally went door to door to sell her packages to companies who might have wanted to try a resort for teambuilding. “I’d go inside a building, check a directory, see which companies were there, and then do cold calls,� she beams. “You have to be friendly to the security guard. They will be, if they see that you are smiling and look corporate. That’s the start. You can ask who’s the decision maker.� Sometimes, it’s the HR (human resources) head who will have to sign the dotted line.

Women of influence Lobien adds that while charm can open doors, even with the power players, in the end, it’s the competence and expertise that make them invite you to stay. In an industry where it’s still the male executive, who dominates in the MNC boardroom, she has never “felt at a disadvantage as a woman.� There was only one snide remark about a decade ago, when a male colleague half-jokingly told Lobien that “the client signed up with [her] because he had a crush on [her].� Not surprisingly, an important advocacy of hers involves women empowerment. She currently heads the Women in Business Committee of the European #HAMBER OF #OMMERCE IN THE 0HILIPPINES %##0 4HROUGH ITS NETWORKING ACTIVITIES she acts as a bridge between the senior women business executives and their younger counterparts, who are looking for successful corporate predecessors to mentor them. Lobien’s own support group of personal friends is composed of highly accomplished female leaders in the C-suite. On a personal level, Lobien, a mother OF TWO NAMES HER OWN MOM 0ATRICIA 2ASE 'UELAS AS A HUGE INlUENCE IN HER CAREER With her father Alfonso Guelas, a seafarer away most of the time, the two women spent a lot of time together as Lobien GREW UP kRST IN 4ONDO AND THEN "INONDO both in Manila. Her mom also worked as a supervisor for a semi-conductor plant in Manila. When the company reopened in Morocco, after shutting down in the 0HILIPPINES A FEW YEARS LATER HER MOTHER WAS THE ONLY WOMAN OUT OF THE kVE SUPERvisors who was recruited. At the age of eight, Lobien went with her mom and did her elementary-level years in a French school in Casablanca. Her initial exposure to students from Africa, the Middle East and the US. was her kRST PREPARATION IN DEALING WITH FOREIGN clients decades later. She remembers her FRIENDS IN -OROCCO SAYING g4HEY D COUNT their number of tablecloths. They also LOVED TO SHARE FOOD AS A FAMILY $URING mealtimes, like them, you’d use your hands [in eating].� Lobien also saw first-hand her mother’s own

I do my homework every day. I am always reading, not just about real estate, but what’s happening to the economy. I know a lot of things beyond the buildings we sell. That’s my edge diligence and initiative. The older woman would go above and beyond the call of duty, especially if no one else would volunteer. She would always tell Lobien, “Magi kang tapat. Gawin mo iyong trabaho mo para ka ma-promote [Be loyal AND STEADFAST $O A GOOD JOB SO YOU CAN

WHAT SHEILA HAS LEARNED

Having been around the block and around again, Lobien is certainly worth listening to.

Q On rejection. Rejection is a part of it (life). Friends ask me how I deal with it. I just say it’s normal. Q On public speaking. When you reach a certain level, they expect you to know and share something. To stand out, you have to speak out and really talk about your industry. Public speaking is something I have embraced, liked and enjoyed. Q On managing. I’m not hands-on. I look at results. I can see the numbers and if you are delivering on your commitments. Q On reading. I look for books that are inspirational and touch on leadership. I don’t read from cover to cover, but browse. I have books about Warren Buffett, Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg. Then, there is that one book titled The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F***.

be promoted.� Lobien’s two kids, daughter Samantha and a son Juan have inherited their mother and grandmother’s passion for their work and interests. As students of Southville International School and Colleges Manila, both have had their fair share of competing as their school’s representatives in international contests. Lobien’s husband of 17 years, Jeruel, is a senior executive in the banking industry. While they both take charge in watching OVER THE KIDS HER SIGNIkCANT HALF WHO IS more academically inclined, is the one who actively tutors them. Still, there is a time for R and R. Weekends are spent strictly for family. The family of four are also travel bugs and have a penchant for just taking trips, from a simple walk around their Alabang residence to a month-long vacation in Europe. It may not be far-fetched to imagine Lobien returning to her old haunting grounds in Binondo. She is fully aware of the tremendous changes that have been happening. “Noon, sabi nila, magulo raw. 0ERO SANAY AKO SA area, and parang walang problema ang mga tao noon. [They used to say back then that it was a chaotic place. But I’m used to the area, and from what I recall, the people then didn’t have problems.] But now there are a lot of [property] developments, especially as the [Tsinoys] don’t want to leave the area.� Come the boom, Lobien and company will probably be there, at the forefront again, to shepherd both the area and the industry into the next phase of their AMAZING EVOLUTION

SUCCESS STORY

(From the top, clockwise) Lobien and her gung-ho staff; having fun in Paris with kids Samantha and Juan and hubby Jeruel; and at the Women’s Business Forum Networking Night, Lobien (far left) with Maria Concepcion, Sen. Risa Hontiveros, Leni Bantiling and Lourdes Angeles.

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The Girl with the Hard Hat From a hole in the ground to tall towers, she has seen a city evolve and prosper

BY CORA LLAMAS Photos by Harvey Tapan “I look at the Bonifacio Global City (BGC) and think I’m part of [its] history.� Sheila Lobien, CEO and founder of the Lobien Realty Group Inc. (LRG), stands by this earnest claim. More than a decade ago, when this particular central business district was just one enormous space of vacant lots, narrow roads and a few manicured lawns, she was at the forefront, “talking to multinational CORPORATIONS -.#S TO TAKE THE ;FUTURE OFkCE= SPACE even though [the building itself was] just a hole in the ground.� Flash forward to now, and Lobien holds court in HER OWN OFkCE AT THE 3OUTH #ORPORATE 0LAZA ON THE BGC High Street, famous for its posh restaurants and prestigious corporate spaces. Ask her for directions, and she will give you more than just a few landmarks. “There were only a few buildings when we started BGC in 2008,� she recalls with a smile. “I can tell you how this particular building started and who its tenants are.�

Emerging market 0RESS HER FOR MORE AND SHE WILL GIVE YOU UPDATED information on how the current real estate industry is doing, the status of its many players, the emergence of a new market and what the professionals in it should do to keep up with the pace. Right now, Lobien couldn’t be happier because the forecast, especially “when you talk to developers, is about expansion. &OREIGN INVESTORS ARE LOOKING AT US ;THE 0HILIPPINES= A growing population means more real estate. The young professionals right now who are leasing spaces will at some point, ay mag-aasawa at mag-aanak [will get married and have kids.]� In a presentation she made at The Manila Times Business Forum last March, Lobien reported that more than 70,000 residential condominium units are forecast to be built by the year 2020, with a majority of them designed for the middle-class market. Business sectors such as business process outsourcing "0/ AND ONLINE GAMING HOWEVER STILL COMMAND a huge share of the pieces of property that are being developed, at 40 percent and 32 percent respectively. 4HEN THERE IS THE NEW KID ON THE BLOCK ‡ THE lEXIBLE remote working spaces designed to cater to start-ups, small business owners and about 1.3 million Filipino freelancers. Lobien has been part of the many phases and CHANGES THAT HAVE SHAPED THE 0HILIPPINE REAL ESTATE landscape. After her graduation from the University OF THE 0HILIPPINES $ILIMAN WITH A DEGREE IN 4OURISM she hit the ground running in sales, starting with corporate packages for resorts like Island Cove Resorts. Then as expatriates and domestic businessmen alike saw the need for a more permanent place to settle into without plunking a lot of money for long stays in hotels, she moved to introduce them to serviced APARTMENTS LIKE THE &RASER 0LACE The next phase was the precursor of the popular remote working spaces of today, albeit a bit grander and more formal, and Lobien was again pioneering IN THE kELD AS THE GENERAL MANAGER FOR 2EGUS 4HEN she opted to learn more about how her industry worked on a global level, and stayed with a “Fortune

Foreign friendly

At eight, Lobien studied in a French school in Morocco, where her mother worked as a semi-conductor plant manager. This prepared her to deal with foreigners in the future.

Work ethic

Lobien’s kids Samantha and Juan have inherited her passion for work and learning. They frequently represented their school in several international competitions.

Woman for women

As head of the Women in Business Committee of the European Chamber of Commerce in the Philippines (ECCP), Lobien acts as a bridge between senior and junior executives.

STORY OF A SPACE PROVIDER Or why work with Lobien Realty Group Inc.

HIGHLY QUALIFIED TEAM

3 CORE OFFERINGS Q Project leasing Q Tenant solution Q Property sales and acquisition

10 YEARS’ EXPERIENCE Q Lobien’s founding partners have more than a decade’s worth of experience working together in a Fortune 500 real estate consulting firm. Q The team successfully handled more than 100 exclusive arrangements/project leasing projects for prime and grade-A commercial buildings across the country’s major business districts, leasing out more than 2 million square meters of office and commercial space to high-quality tenants. Q They have delivered multibillion worth of real estate revenues to landlords/investors. PROPERTY CONSULTING kRMu FOR SOME TIME BEFORE moving on her own. Though she impressed her foreign superiors with HER ABILITY TO DELIVER TOP NOTCH SALES ,OBIEN REALIZED that she did not want to remain an employee forever. )N HELMING HER OWN kRM SHE SAYS g) CAN BE MORE creative and can make my own decisions. There are so many opportunities, and you can do a lot of things WITH A GROWING INDUSTRY LIKE THE 0HILIPPINES u There was the expected period of adjustment when she established LRG in 2019 with a loyal core group of eight, who now have grown into a 20-strong workforce. While she enjoyed tapping into her international employers’ core of resources as an employee, she found herself like all other entrepreneurs worryING ABOUT ESSENTIAL DETAILS LIKE OFkCE COSTS WORKPLACE construction and salaries of her own staff, just to begin with.

Lifelong learning There were several support systems she banked on, and which saw her through. One was her own network of clients whom she had been servicing way from

Q Vast experience in leasing out buildings under exclusive project arrangements in key CBDs. Q Deep knowledge in handling local and international clients across business, industries and disciplines. Q Boasts lasting partnerships with clients and various stakeholders by providing focused, transparent and value-adding real estate consultancy services.

HER kRST DAY IN THE BUSINESS ,OBIEN MAINTAINS THAT relationships remain the lifeblood of sustainability. She says� “If [the clients] trust and like you, they will work with you, wherever you are. You have a track record and credibility. You do have to deliver — and if you can, more than what you have committed.� Lobien has always been passionate about lifelong learning. While she avoids micro-managing her workforce and allows them space to be creative, she believes that constantly keeping up with trends and other relevant data helps her stay on top of the game. She says her people’s expertise inspires clients’ conkDENCE "UT ,OBIEN ADDS g) STILL DO MY HOMEWORK every day, I’m always reading, not just about the real estate market, but what’s happening to the economy because it affects me. g) READ GLOBAL REPORTS ;FROM ORGANIZATIONS= LIKE THE !$" ;!SIAN $EVELOPMENT "ANK= AND THE 7ORLD "ANK I know a lot of things beyond the building [we are selling]. That’s my edge.� Her education goes beyond the books, print or ONSCREEN 4HERE ARE OTHER DEGREES AND CERTIkCATIONS ASIDE FROM 50 S TOURISM A -ANAGEMENT $EVELOPMENT 0ROGRAM AT THE !SIAN )NSTITUTE OF -ANAGEMENT

If (clients) like and trust you, they will work with you, wherever your are. You have a track record and credibility. But you have to deliver — and if you can, deliver more than what you have promised to commit (AIM); Master of Business Management, University OF THE 0HILIPPINES -ANILA AND A -ANAGEMENT %XECUTIVE 0ROGRAM AT .ATIONAL 5NIVERSITY OF 3INGAPORE AND ).3%!$ "USINESS 3CHOOL Learning also continues outside the expansive conkNES OF HER "'# HUB 4HE #%/ DOES NOT LINGER AT HER desk but goes around town, checking sites, listening to requests of her high-net-worth corporate clients and getting feedback from colleagues like engineers, architects and designers. It’s one reason she always has a hard hat nearby. All that collaboration and consultation are necessary to ensure that the clients’ targets are happily met. “We input a lot more stuff to make [a building] more competitive and appealing to [its] target market,� she explains. “We look for tenants who will rent or buy their building.� Lobien, a self-admitted extrovert who likes engaging people, says success in the business comes from knowing and interacting, not just with the powers that be, but with their gatekeepers as well. Some of them, such as secretaries and security guards, may look like A MODEST LOT BUT THEIR INlUENCE IS NOT )T WAS A LESSON

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Q Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic (No. 15) fights for control of a rebound with Portland Trail Blazers forward Al-Farouq Aminu (No. 8) during the first half of Game 2 of an NBA basketball second-round playoff series in Denver. Â AP PHOTO

OS ANGELES: C.J. McCollum scored 20 points as the Portland Trail Blazers held off a late rally from the Denver Nuggets to score a series-leveling victory in their NBA Western Conference playoff duel on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila).

McCollum led the scorers in a hard-fought 97-90 victory on the road at Denver’s Pepsi Center to tie the best-of-seven series at 1-1. Portland talisman Damian Lillard had a relatively quiet night, restricted to just 14 POINTS AFTER SHOOTING kVE OF FROM THE kELD However, double-digit contributions Enes Kanter, Zach Collins, Rodney Hood and Al-Farouq Aminu helped Portland get over the line. g) REALLY LIKED OUR APPROACH IN THE kRST HALF PARTICULARLY THE kRST QUARTER u "LAZERS COACH Terry Stotts said. “I thought we were a lot better offensively than in game one. We did a better job on the ball. I liked the tone we set for most of the game.� The Blazers looked to be cruising towards a COMFORTABLE VICTORY AFTER A DOMINANT kRST HALF SURGING INTO A LEAD AT THE BREAK They opened up a 17-point lead early in the third quarter, and led by 14 heading into THE kNAL PERIOD That, however, was the cue for a sustained Denver assault, with the Nuggets slowly chipping away at the Portland lead. A driving layup from Nikola Jokic put DenVER WITHIN kVE POINTS AT WITH SECONDS left on the clock. But a foul by Mason Plumlee gifted two free throws to Hood, who coolly drained both attempts to take the Blazers 97-90 clear with 17 seconds remaining. *OKIC LED THE $ENVER SCORERS WITH POINTS

WHILE *AMAL -URRAY ADDED 0AUL -ILLSAP kNISHED WITH POINTS

Defensive effort Stotts meanwhile praised the defensive effort that restricted Jokic, but was unhappy that the Serbian managed to haul down 14 rebounds throughout the game. “I thought we pressured him a little bit more,� Stotts said. “He didn’t get the clean looks that we gave him in game one. He got too many offensive rebounds in the fourth though. We were very fortunate that we weren’t hurt as badly as we could have been.� Game three in the series takes place in Portland on Friday. Nuggets coach Mike Malone said Denver had struggled to match Portland’s physical APPROACH IN THE kRST HALF g)N THAT kRST HALF THEY WERE THE AGGRESSOR they were much more physical,� Malone said. “But I’m extremely proud of the way they came back in the second half. But we’ve got to do it for 48 minutes and that was the most disappointing thing about tonight -- we BROUGHT IT IN THE SECOND HALF BUT IN THE kRST half it was not there.� Stotts meanwhile had raised eyebrows earlier, wearing a bowtie on the sidelines during the game. The Blazers coach revealed it was a tribute to video coordinator Jonathan Yim, who was injured in a car crash with his AFP family last week.

MAGNOLIA SHOOTS FOR 2-0 LEAD VS SMB MAGNOLIA will be eyeing a 2-0 lead against defending champion San Miguel Beer at 7 p.m. tonight in Game 2 of the best-of-seven finals of Season 44 Philippine Basketball Association Philippine Cup at the Araneta Coliseum. The Hotshots, led by Paul Lee and Ian Sangalang, stunned the Beermen, 99-94, in Game 1 on Wednesday. “We need to make it a close defensive game until the end to have a chance [of winning] and that’s our goal,� said Magnolia coach Chito Victolero. “We have to focus on our perimeter and post defense. It’s still a long way to go.� Magnolia’s perimeter defense was evident in Game 1 as the Hotshots smothered San Miguel Beer’s shooter Marcio Lassiter scoreless, 0-of-8 from the field while Terrence Romeo was limited to 2-of-11 for eight points. Five-time Most Valuable Player June Mar Fajardo remained a THREAT kNISHING WITH POINTS and 21 rebounds. “We know nobody can stop *UNE -AR BUT MY kVE PLAYERS WILL nevertheless try to stop him. We’ll

prepare for the entire team,� added Victolero. Lee and Sangalang contributed 18 and 17 points, respectively, in Game 1. But the Beermen are hell-bent on scoring a bounce back win in Game 2. “We will step up and we really like to bounce back because we don’t like to be down 0-2. The good thing is, it is a long series so we can adjust,� said Fajardo in Filipino. San Miguel Beer coach Leo Austria

admitted that the Hotshots’ defense really got them in the opener. “Our shot selection wasn’t good because of our opponent’s DEFENSE "UT THIS IS ONLY THE kRST game and we’re lucky i t was not a knockout game. There’s a lot of time to regroup and

know what to do next game,� said Austria. The Beermen were LIMITED TO AN OVERALL OF SHOOTING FROM THE kELD JOSEF T. RAMOS

Q Magnolia’s Paul Lee dribbles past against Arwind Santos (No. 29) and Chris Ross (No. 6) of San Miguel Beer as Rafi Reavis of Magnolia looks on during Game 1 of their best-of-seven Finals series of Season 44 PBA Philippine Cup game on Wednesday at the Araneta Coliseum. PBA MEDIA BUREAU PHOTO

Carter ‘coming back’ for record 22nd season WASHINGTON: Vince Carter says he will return next season for a record 22nd NBA campaign at age 42, although it might not be with his current club, the Atlanta Hawks. Once among the NBA’s elite players, eight-time NBA All-Star swingman Carter will find himself alone in NBA endurance if he can sign a contract for another season. Retiring Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki, former Boston star centers Kevin Garnett and Robert Parish and forward Kevin Willis are the only players in NBA history to match Carter’s 21 league seasons. Carter revealed his plans on his “Winging Itâ€? podcast, saying, “I’m coming back.â€? But when asked if his return would be with the Hawks, who signed him to a one-season deal last August for $2.4 million, Carter was less certain, saying only: “I would like to. We’ll see what happens.â€?

Carter averaged 7.7 points, 2.6 rebounds and 1.1 assists over 17.5 minutes a game in 76 appearances for the Hawks, who went 29-53, 12 games behind Detroit for the final Eastern

Q Vince Carter NBA.COM FILE PHOTO

Conference playoff berth. Carter cracked the 25,000 career point mark, placing himself among the league’s all-time top 20 scorers. The fifth overall pick in the 1998 NBA

Draft by Golden State, he was traded to Toronto for pal Antawn Jamison. He was named the 1999 NBA Rookie of the Year and won the 2000 NBA Slam Dunk Contest, his high leaping acrobatic slam dunks earning him such nicknames as “Air Canadaâ€? and “Vinsanityâ€? while helping the Raptors to their first playoff berth in 2000 and first post-season series win in 2001. Carter, who played for the US gold medal 2000 Olympic squad of NBA stars, was traded to New Jersey in 2004 and spent five seasons there before being traded to Orlando. He helped the Magic reach the 2010 Eastern Conference finals, his deepest career playoff run. Since then, Carter has traveled around the league, making stops in Phoenix, Dallas, Memphis, Sacramento and last season in Atlanta. AFP

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OU can say that Nonito “The Filipino Flash� Donaire Jr. was nothing more than a wildcard entry when he decided to take part in the bantamweight (118 lbs.) tournament of the World Boxing Super Series (WBSS) last year. $ONAIRE WAS ALREADY YEARS OLD at the time and had not fought in the bantamweight division since 2011. He had also lost two of his last three kGHTS GOING INTO THE 7"33 TOURNAment. With his boxing career drifting into oblivion, Donaire decided to join the tournament as a last-ditch move to resuscitate the same. Donaire was expected to just make a cameo in the WBSS tournament. 4HE kELD WAS STACKED AND NOT A FEW thought the WBSS lured Donaire into its fold just to add a “recognizable� name in the roster. From 2010 to 2011, Donaire ruled the bantamweight class with impunity, unifying the WBO and WBC titles while beating the likes of Fernando Montiel and Omar Narvaez. Then again, by the time Donaire joined the WBSS tournament, he had seen better days. $ONAIRE BARGING INTO THE kNALS OF the WBSS tournament thus caught boxing fans by surprise. Donaire is 2-0 in the tournament, with both victories coming within the distance. Donaire KNOCKOUTS IS BACK AS THE WBA (super) bantamweight champion and is just awaiting the winner OF THE OTHER SEMIkNAL PAIRING BETWEEN WBA (regular) bantamweight champion Naoya “Monster� Inoue and IBF champion Emmanuel Rodriguez. Donaire’s return to the top echelon of the bantamweight division can be attributed to two factors: renewal and luck. Donaire was a known tactician during his prime, methodically beating up FOES AS HE WON TITLES IN THE lYWEIGHT junior bantamweight (interim), bantamweight, junior featherweight and featherweight divisions. Donaire’s deterioration, however, came about when he started believing he can knock out anyone with one punch. In 2014, in the HEAVIER FEATHERWEIGHT LBS CLASS Donaire engaged the bigger Nicholas Walters in a slugfest and was viciously knocked out. Nonito Donaire Sr. told this writer that his son was doing well until he decided to recklessly trade with Walters. Donaire’s failure in the featherweight class left him with no

BOXER SHORTS ED C. TOLENTINO other choice but to return to the bantamweight class. Returning to a lower class, however, meant slimming down. To his credit, Donaire whipped himself into shape and thereafter tapped the services of veteran trainer and known disciplinarian Kenny Adams to retrieve his old, tactical self. The end-result? Donaire was in GREAT SHAPE AND SHOWED lASHES OF brilliance when he took on unbeaten 2YAN "URNETT IN HIS kRST BOUT IN THE WBSS tournament in November. Burnett quit after four rounds due to a back injury, but before the stoppage Donaire was methodically beating up the Irish champ. Donaire won the WBA (super) bantam crown from Burnett and adVANCED TO THE SEMIkNAL OF THE 7"33 tournament. Donaire drew WBO bantamweight champ Zolani Tete in the SEMIkNAL AND HIS FATE SEEMED SEALED Tete’s length and counterpunching skills made him the favorite, but just a FEW DAYS BEFORE THE kGHT THE 3OUTH !FRIcan injured his shoulder and withdrew from the tournament. Donaire ended up taking on lastminute substitute Stephon Young and he dutifully dispatched the slippery challenger in just six rounds last week. Donaire was at his best against Young, rocking the American with a jab-straight combination as early as the third round. The sixth round saw vintage Donaire at work: Donaire unloaded a short right to the body that forced Young to step back and lower his guard. Donaire immediately unloaded a bone-jarring left hook that sent Young crashing to the canvas. Donaire’s knockout win over Young was easily his most impressive since he bamboozled Zsolt Bedak in !PRIL Inoue is booked to face Rodriguez on May 18 and a win by the Japanese SUPERSTAR WILL SET UP A THRILLING kNALE BEtween him and the “renewed� Donaire. )NOUE KNOCKOUTS IS AN AWEsome puncher, but he has never met anyone with the experience and skill set of Donaire. Donaire appears to have rediscovered his old self and it could not have come at the most opportune time as he braces for what could be a gMONSTROUSu kNISH TO HIS BOXING CAREER

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AVAO CITY: Karl Jahrel Eldrew Yulo of National Capital Region dominated the artistic gymnastics events on Thursday in the 2019 Palarong Pambansa at the University of the Immaculate Conception Gymnasium in Bajada here. 9ULO THE YOUNGER BROTHER OF NATIONAL TEAM MEMBER AND World Cup gold medalist Carlos 9ULO WON kVE GOLD MEDALS IN #LASS AFTER TOP kNISHES IN THE HIGH BAR POINTS VAULT MUSHROOM lOOR EXERCISE AND INDIVIDUAL ALL AROUND g) AM VERY HAPPY BECAUSE ) STILL WON BECAUSE THE COMPETItion this year is tough since most OF THE PLAYERS ARE WELL TRAINED u said the three-time Palarong 0AMBANSA CHAMPION Coach Ezra Canla said the 11YEAR OLD 9ULO ALONG WITH TEAMMATES 'ABRIEL !NDRINOR 4AJONERA and Hillarion Palles 3rd are eyeing the overall team championship. -EANWHILE (OKKET $ELOS 3ANTOS OF #AGAYAN 6ALLEY CLEARED FOUR MEters to rule the pole vault competiTION HELD AT THE 5NIVERSITY OF -INdanao Matina Campus Track Oval. But his three attempts to surpass THE M MEET RECORD FAILED &INISHING SECOND AND THIRD RESPECTIVELY WERE )HRYL :EQUIEL &AUSTINO OF .#2 M AND !RREL 3TEPHEN #ONANAN OF -IMAROPA M

7ESTERN 6ISAYAS !LFRENZE "RAZA BAGGED HIS SECOND GOLD BY BREAKING THE RECORD IN SECONDARY BOYS M EVENT "RAZA S ERASED .ORTHERN Mindanao’s Kevin CapangpanGAN S IN Lheslie De Lima also won a secOND GOLD AFTER RULING THE SECONDARY GIRLS EVENT WITH Other gold medalists in athletics WERE $ECERIE *ANE .IALA OF %ASTERN 6ISAYAS SECONDARY GIRLS M !LFREDO 0INEDA OF #ENTRAL ,UZON ELEMENTARY BOYS M AND 2EYNABEL $E ,EON OF #ALABARZON (elementary girls’ 200m). Over at the Davao City-UniverSITY OF -INDANAO 3PORTS #OMPLEX *ASON %MMANUEL &ELICIANO OF )LOCOS 2EGION SHONE IN ARCHERY BY WINNING GOLD IN THE M M M AND SINGLE &)4! EVENTS #RISHA -ERTO OF #ENTRAL 6ISAYAS MEANWHILE DOMINATED THE M M M AND single FITA round (1310). )N SWIMMING .#2 S -ICHAEL *ASMINE -OJDEH 3AMANTHA 4HERESE #ORONEL 4HANYA $ELA

#RUZ AND 8ANDI #HUA COMBINED FORCES TO BREAK THE TEAM S record in the secondary girls’ X MEDLEY 4HE .#2 TEAM kNISHED A FRACTION OF A SECOND BETTER THAN THEIR PREVIOUS MARK OF last year in Vigan. 0HILIP *OAQUIN 3ANTO E R A S E D T H E R E C O R D O F IN THE SECONDARY BOYS M BACKSTROKE Mojdeh claimed her third gold IN THE SECONDARY GIRLS X FREEstyle event with a time record OF -OJDEH A veteran international campaignE R has a total medal H A U L O F t h r e e gold and three silver medals. I n sepak takraw F I N A L S at the D ava o #ITY .ATIONAL (IGH 3CHOOL $AVAO 2EGION DEFEATED 7ESTERN 6ISAYAS IN SECONDARY BOYS WHILE 7ESTERN 6ISAYAS SUBDUED .#2 IN secondary girls’.

ST. CLARE CRUISES PAST MCDAVID ST. CLARE College Virtual Reality arrested a twogame losing skid with a 93-82 win over McDavid on Thursday in the 2019 PBA D-League at Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig. Mohammed Pare and Darwin Lunor partnered in the second quarter to turn the Saints’ 25-26 DEkCIT TO A COMFORTABLE HALFTIME LEAD 0ARE kNISHED WITH POINTS REBOUNDS AND THREE BLOCKS WHILE ,UNOR HAD POINTS ON TOP OF BOARDS *UNJIE (ALLARE ADDED AND NINE WHILE ALSO GIVING 3T #LARE ITS BIGGEST LEAD OF THE

GAME AT MIDWAY THROUGH THE THIRD QUARTER BEFORE THEIR RIVALS REDUCED THE GAP to 11-points. 4HE 3AINTS IMPROVED TO AND REMAINED IN THE TOP FOUR OF THE !SPIRANTS 'ROUP AFTER THEIR DEFEAT TO 0ETRON ,ETRAN LAST WEEK McDavid leaned on new recruit Ryusei +OGA WHO TOPSCORED WITH POINTS AS WELL AS (AROLD !RBOLEDA WHO HAD POINTS REBOUNDS AND EIGHT ASSISTS 4HE LEAGUE NEWCOMER STAYED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STANDINGS WITH A SLATE

Blu Girls sweep Asia Cup opening day doubleheader

Q Eleven-year old gymnast Karl Jahrel Eldrew Yulo of National Capital Region shows his winning form in the floor exercise competition of the 2019 Palarong Pambansa at the University of the Immaculate Conception Gymnasium in Bajada, Davao City. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

.#2 IS STILL LEADING THE MEDAL TALLY WITH GOLD SILVER AND BRONZE MEDALS FOLLOWED BY #ALABARZON AND 7ESTern Visayas (36-19-29).

THE Philippine Blu Girls began their Asia Cup Women’s Softball Championship campaign on a bright note, sweeping their opening day doubleheader in abbreviated victories on Wednesday at the Senayan Stadium in Jakarta. They reaffirmed their supremacy over favorite Southeast Asian Games whipping boy Singapore, 13-0, in only four innings and served notice of their determined bid to advance to the Tokyo Olympic Games qualifying tournament scheduled in China five months from now. Pitchers Reyobel Palma, playing out of Tanauan City, and Anna Antolihao of the University of Santo Tomas had the Singaporean batters at the palm of their hands not letting anyone to reach the bases in manning the mound. And in the opposite side of the field, their teammates feasted on whoever the opponent fielded on the hill coming up with 10 hits, three of them home runs. Angelie Ursabia and UAAP champion Adamson U teammate Arianne Vallestero exemplified the Blu Girls’ hitting power, accounting for their double round-tripper. The power-hitting Ursabia cleaned the bases twice, while Vallestero, the UAAP batting champion and home run queen, once.

Like in their early morning outing, the Blu Girls stamped their class in scoring their second triumph, this time over a hapless Hong Kong side, 10-0, also in four innings. This time, too, it was the duo of UAAP best pitcher Lyca Basa and Lady Falcon Ezra Jalandoni presiding over the defense and again, Ursubia providing the offensive clout. Basa was superb in her curve delivery to Jalandoni in her fastballs as the duo never let any enemy clouter to reached home. Ursubia, who had homered two times earlier in the day, added another, emerging as one of the strongest candidates for home run queen honor. Five other Blu Girls had rounded the bases against Hong Kong — Fil-American reinforcements Chelsea Suitos, Sky Eleazar and Amber Freeman and Joy Roa and team captain Cheska Altamonte. The Filipinas, have been bracketed in a relatively light Group B also made up of Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong and Southeast Asian neighbors Indonesia and Singapore in the short, one round tournament with the top six finishers making it to the Asia-Pacific Olympic qualifying tourney this coming September in China. The other bracket, considered the �The Group of Death,� is composed of China, Japan, Korea, India and Thailand. EDDIE G. ALINEA

Gimelstob resigns from ATP board after assault case WASHINGTON: *USTIN 'IMELSTOB RESIGNED FROM HIS POSITION ON THE !40 S BOARD OF DIRECTORS AFTER THE !MERICAN WAS SENTENCED FOLLOWING ASSAULT CHARGES HE ANNOUNCED ON Wednesday (Thursday in Manila). 'IMELSTOB A FORMER PROFESSIONAL PLAYER PLEADED NO CONTEST TO FELONY BATTERY CHARGES AND WAS GIVEN THREE YEARS PROBATION AND HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE BY a Los Angeles court on April 22. g) M HEARTBROKEN TO WALK AWAY FROM SOMETHING ) LOVE SO MUCH BUT GIVEN THE CURRENT CLIMATE ) DO NOT DESERVE TO BE IN THIS POSITION OF INlUENCE u HE SAID IN A &ACEBOOK POST g7HILE ) CAN HAVE AND WILL CONTINUE TO DISPUTE THE WAY THAT EVENING HAS BEEN DEPICTED THE MATERIAL MATter is that my judgement that evening compromised the sport and the people that entrusted me with the AUTHORITY TO REPRESENT THEM u HE ADDED 'IMELSTOB WAS IN COURT FOLLOWING AN INCIDENT IN /CTOBER LAST YEAR THAT SAW HIM ACCUSED OF ATTACKING FORMER FRIEND 2ANDALL +APLAN WHILE THE VENTURE CAPITALIST HIS WIFE AND THEIR TWO YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WERE trick-or-treating on Halloween. g-Y JOB WAS TO BEST REPRESENT THE PLAYERS THE !40 AND BE A CUSTODIAN OF THE SPORT -Y CHOICES AND ACTIONS LAST (ALLOWEEN NIGHT PROHIBIT ME FROM DOING THAT AT THIS TIME u 'IMELSTOB SAID g-Y ROLE IS DESIGNED TO WORK ON BEHALF OF THE players and the sport and it is clear that I have now

BECOME A SIGNIkCANT BURDEN AND DISTRACTION TO BOTH u

‘Need to take a step back’ g)T HAS BECOME CLEAR THAT ) NEED TO TAKE A STEP BACK FOR THE GOOD OF THE PLAYERS THE GAME AND FOR MYSELF u 0RESSURE FROM PLAYERS AND FORMER PLAYERS HAD MOUNTED ON 'IMELSTOB TO STAND DOWN FROM THE !40 BOARD THREE TIME 'RAND 3LAM CHAMPION 3TAN 7AWRINKA JOINing the chorus just a day ago. g*USTIN 'IMELSTOB HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF A VIOLENT ASSAULT )T SIMPLY CAN NOT BE POSSIBLE FOR ANYONE TO CONDONE THIS TYPE OF BEHAVIOUR AND WORSE SUPPORT IT u THE 3WISS FORMER WORLD NUMBER THREE SAID CALLING THE !MERICAN REMAINING ON THE BOARD A gSHAMEFUL PERIOD IN OUR GREAT SPORT u !NDY -URRAY 0AT #ASH AND -ARTINA .AVRATILOVA WERE AMONG SEVERAL FORMER PLAYERS CALLING FOR 'IMELSTOB S OUSTER 'IMELSTOB WENT IN A CAREER FROM TO NEVER WINNING AN !40 SINGLES TITLE AND REACHING AS HIGH AS RD IN THE WORLD RANKINGS (IS BEST 'RAND 3LAM SINGLES RUNS CAME TO THE THIRD ROUND AT 7IMBLEDON and the US Open. (E CAPTURED MIXED DOUBLES 'RAND 3LAM TITLES AT the 1998 Australian and French Opens partnered WITH 6ENUS 7ILLIAMS ,ATER HE SERVED AS A COACH AND television commentator. AFP

Ko seeks fourth LPGA win at beloved California course SAN FRANCISCO: &ORMER WORLD .O ,YDIA +O OF .EW :EALAND RETURNS TO A GOLF COURSE THIS WEEK THAT HAS BROUGHT HER SUCCESS SEEKING TO SPARK HER GAME BACK TO ITS glory days. 4HE 3EOUL BORN YEAR OLD DEFENDS HER MOST RECENT ,0'! TITLE at the Mediheal Championship on the Lake Merced layout in Daly #ITY #ALIFORNIA Ko won last year’s inaugural Mediheal event at Lake Merced in A PLAYOFF OVER !USTRALIA S -INJEE ,EE BUT HER VICTORIES ON THE COURSE ALSO INCLUDE THE AND 3WINGING 3KIRTS ,0'! #LASSICS HER kRST VICTORY AND DEFENDED TITLE AS AN ,0'! MEMBER AFTER HAVING ACHIEVED BOTH IN AND at the Canadian Women’s Open as an amateur. “This is a place where I had my kRST WIN AS A TOUR MEMBER ) EVEN HAVE A TATTOO OF THE DATE HERE THAT )

WON u +O SAID g)T S SOMETHING THAT ) M GOING TO REMEMBER A LOT OF *UST COME BACK HERE AND ) ALWAYS GET GOOD VIBES g) LOVE SEEING FAMILIAR FACES and seeing the volunteers and the MEMBERS ) VE SEEN IN THE YEARS THAT ) VE COME )T S KIND OF ) FEEL LIKE THEY RE FAMILY u +O S VICTORY LAUNCHED A season that saw her win two more TITLES INCLUDING THE SEASON ENDING 4OUR #HAMPIONSHIP AND BECOME THE YOUNGEST EVER ,0'! 2OOKIE OF THE 9EAR AT AGE )N SHE WON AGAIN AT ,AKE -ERCED AS THE SECOND OF FIVE TOUR TRIUMPHS THAT YEAR INCLUDING HER third Canadian Women’s Open AND HER FIRST MAJOR CROWN AT THE Evian Championship. g) JUST LOVE COMING BACK TO PLACES WHERE ) VE PLAYED WELL u +O SAID g)T JUST GIVES ME GOOD VIBES u She’ll need them this week as

PART OF A PLAYER FIELD THAT INCLUDES WORLD NUMBER TWO ,EE COMING OFF AN ,! /PEN TRIUMPH AND 4HAILAND S FOURTH RANKED !RIYA Jutanugarn. +O WON LAST YEAR ON THE FIRST PLAYOFF HOLE BY HITTING A yard 3-wood over a tree to within THREE FEET OF THE CUP FOR AN EAGLE TO WIN HER TH AND MOST RECENT ,0'! CROWN “I knew that I needed to hit IT ABSOLUTELY PERFECT u SHE SAID g)T S HANDS DOWN DEFINITELY THE BEST WOOD ) VE EVER HIT AND TOP THREE OF THE BEST SHOTS ) VE HIT IN MY LIFE AND ) M SURE THAT WILL STILL BE THE CASE EVEN AT THE END OF MY CAREER u +O RANKED TH WILL PLAY THE kRST TWO ROUNDS ALONGSIDE !MERIcan Jessica Korda and China’s Feng Shanshan. +O AND ,EE SHARE THE HOLE COURSE RECORD AT UNDER PAR AFP

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McIlroy tweaks swing issues ahead of Quail Hollow return W ASHINGTON: Rory McIlroy has tweaked his swing after a lackluster Masters, hoping a return to beloved Quail Hollow this week will set him up for major success at the PGA Championship.

The Northern Ireland star is among the favorites when the Wells Fargo Championship tees off Thursday on a Charlotte, North Carolina, course where he has won twice in course-record fashion, a kNAL ROUND IN BRINGING HIS kRST 53 0'! TRIUMPH AND A IN S THIRD ROUND SETTING UP A seven-shot win. g)T S ALWAYS A PLACE THAT ) LOOK forward to coming to every year,� McIlroy said Wednesday (Thursday

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in Manila). g4HE COURSE IS IN GREAT SHAPE ) M EXCITED TO BE PLAYING AGAIN AFTER A COUPLE WEEKS OFF 'OT A BUSY stretch coming up and hopefully ) LL START OFF WITH A GOOD TOURNAMENT THIS WEEK u -C)LROY WHO TURNS ON 3ATURDAY SHARED ST AT THE -ASTERS LAST MONTH AT !UGUSTA .ATIONAL MISSing another chance at the career 'RAND 3LAM A GREEN JACKET WOULD provide as Tiger Woods produced

HIS kRST MAJOR WIN SINCE 5SING VIDEO OF HIS -ASTERS SWING DURING A TWO WEEK LAYOFF -C)LROY WORKED ON HIS GAME WITH coach Michael Bannon and has MADE MINOR kXES HE HOPES PRODUCE MAJOR RESULTS IN TWO WEEKS WHEN THE 0'! #HAMPIONSHIP AN event he has won twice, is staged AT "ETHPAGE "LACK g/NE OF THE GOOD THINGS ABOUT HAVING TWO WEEKS OFF IS YOU HAVE time to delve into a couple of things,� McIlroy said. “Just sort OF DELVED INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT AND WORKED ON A COUPLE MECHANICS AND FEEL A BIT BETTER ABOUT IT u &OUR TIME MAJOR WINNER -C)LROY WORKED ON CURVING THE BALL LESS AND GETTING HIS BODY

ROTATION IN BETTER SYNC (IS SOLID BUT UNSPECTACULAR -ASTERS ENDED A RUN OF SEVEN 53 0'! events this year where McIlroy had PLACED IN THE TOP INCLUDING A VICTORY AT THE 0LAYERS #HAMPIONSHIP AND A RUNNER UP EFFORT AT THE 7'# Mexico Championship. M c I l r oy i s a s c o n c e r n e d ABOUT HIS MENTAL GAME AS HIS physical one. g)F ) LOOK BACK THROUGH ALL THE SUCCESS ) VE HAD WINNING TOURNAMENTS WHETHER IT BE A MAJOR OR NOT ) ALWAYS GO BACK TO THE FACT that I was in a really good place THAT WEEK u -C)LROY SAID “What will help me ultimately WIN MORE MAJORS IS BEING IN THE AFP right place mentally.�

Semenya loses landmark challenge against IAAF testosterone rules LAUSANNE: South African runner Caster Semenya on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) lost her court challenge against IAAF rules forcing some female athletes to regulate their testosterone levels, but judges voiced concern with the “discriminatory� regulations while the Olympic champion insisted that the decision will only make her “stronger.� The decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport means that women with elevated testosterone will have to take suppressive treatment if they wish to compete as females in certain events. The verdict triggered emotional reactions following a charged legal battle over increasingly complex questions of gender, which are likely to have far-reaching consequences for the future of women’s sport. In a 2-1 decision, CAS judges dismissed Semenya’s appeal against measures imposed by the International Association

of Athletics Federations (IAAF) targeting “hyperandrogenic� athletes — or those with “differences of sexual development� (DSD). The judges said that although the rules are “discriminatory...such discrimination is a necessary, reasonable and proportionate means of achieving the IAAF’s aim of preserving the integrity of female athletics in the Restricted Events.� In a statement issued by her lawyers, 28-year-old double Olympic champion Semenya said that “for a decade the IAAF has tried to slow me down.� “But this has actually made me stronger. The decision of the CAS will not hold me back. I will once again rise above and continue to inspire young women and athletes in South Africa and around the world.� South Africa, which has accused the IAAF of seeking to violate women’s bodies, said it was “disappointed� with the judgement. The IAAF said it was “grateful� for the ver-

dict and that the DSD rules — first adopted last year but suspended pending the legal battle — will come into affect on May 8.

‘Serious concerns’ The athletics governing body has maintained that the rules are necessary to ensure all female athletes can see “a path to success.� It has stressed that DSD athletes with male levels of testosterone benefit from increased bone and muscle strength similar to men who have gone through puberty. While the court said there was insufficient evidence to overturn the regulations, it “expressed some serious concerns as to the future practical application of these DSD Regulations.� The rules must remain a “living document,� which are revised based on new information, the court added.

Judges specifically raised the issue of “unintentional non-compliance,� given the difficulty of maintaining artificial testosterone levels, and possible side-effects of mandated hormone treatment. And the court suggested the rules should not be applied to longer events like the 1500 metres because there was insufficient evidence to indicate that hyperandrogenic athletes had an advantage. The testosterone rules will however apply to the 800 meter race, an event Semenya has dominated over the last decade. In order to defend her title at the world championships in September, Semenya will have to take medication, likely including birth control pills.

‘Humiliating, harmful’ Some experts have argued that achieving excellence in sport is a combination

of training and commitment as well as genetics, and that barring people from competition over a single genetic factor has no scientific basis. “We are bitterly disappointed,� said Bathabile Dlamini, the South Africa minister for women. “This is a disappointing judgement, it actually removes Caster Semenya’s agency as person, as an athlete, as a person who trains hard.� In a rare intrusion into the world of sport, the United Nations Human Rights Council adopted a resolution in March branding the IAAF rules “unnecessary, humiliating and harmful�. Seema Patel, a senior lecturer in law at Nottingham Law School, criticized the CAS ruling for green-lighting “unethical medical procedures.� “A female who has naturally higher levels of testosterone in her body should not be

prohibited from competing with women, just as a female who is naturally taller than the average woman should not be prohibited,� Patel said in a statement. Patel also questioned whether a sports court had the competence to deal with “human rights matters.� Semenya’s testosterone levels are not publicly known, but she is unlikely to be the only athlete affected by rules compelling female runners in certain categories to cap their testosterone levels at five nanomoles per litre (nmol/L) of blood. The two athletes who finished behind her in the Rio Olympics 800m, Francine Niyonsaba of Burundi and Kenya’s Margaret Wambui, have also faced questions about their testosterone levels. Semenya is weighing an appeal, her statement said. Such a challenge needs to be filed at the Swiss Federal Tribunal within 30 days. AFP

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Hong Kong’s ancient history comes to life in May A SIA’S World City, Hong Kong, honors its Chinese past with three unique and unforgettable ancient festivals this month of May.

Q The Piu Sik (floating colors) parade is held in honor of Pak Tai, the Taoist god of the sea. PHOTOS COURTESY OF HONG KONG TOURISM BOARD

Q Local vendors produce tens of thousands of ping on bao or ‘lucky buns’ for May 12 's Bun Scrambling Competition.

Steeped in culture and tradition are the Cheung Chau Bun Festival, and the birthdays of Buddha and Tam Hung. “The Hong Kong Tourism Board is proud to support the culture and heritage that makes Hong Kong such a vibrant city,� said Anthony Lau, executive director of Hong Kong Tourism Board. “We invite visitors to immerse themselves in these ancient celebrations, which truly capture the color and lively spirit of the city,� he added. Celebrated with powerful drums, riveting gongs, technicolor dragon dances, joyous crowds and mountains of Chinese buns are Hong Kong’s most unforgettable festivals this month.

Competition takes off. Competitors scale a 14-metretall bamboo tower covered with 9,000 imitation buns and try to collect as many buns as possible in three minutes!

Buddha’s Birthday, May 6 to 12 Hong Kong marks Buddha’s Birthday with a week of carnivals and spiritual experiences. A common ritual is “Bathing the Buddha,� where worshippers wash Buddha statues with water to show respect.

Among the events are the Celebration Carnival for Buddha’s Birthday in Victoria Park, the Buddhist Birthday Charity Concert at the Hong Kong Coliseum, and various activities at Po Lin Monastery on lush Lantau Island.

Tam Kung’s Birthday, May 12 ! SEA DEITY WORSHIPPED BY kSHING communities, Tam Kung is known for his ageless face and ability to forecast the weather. Every fourth lunar month, villagers celebrate the god at the century-old Tam Kung Temple in Shau Kei Wan. One of the highlights is the lion and dragon dance parade, which begins on Shau Kei Wan Street Main East and ends at Tam Kung Temple. Q Various activities take place at Po Lin Monastery on Lantau Island.

Cheung Chau Bun Festival, May 9 to 13 Held on the charming island of Cheung Chau, the famed Bun Festival was named one of the “Top 10 Quirky Local Festivalsâ€? by Time Magazine, for good reason. As the story goes, the villagers summoned Pak Tai, a powerful deity, to protect them from a devastating plague, and then paraded through the streets to ward off evil spirits. For more than a century, the villagers had celebrated the festival with the vibrant Piu Sik (Floating #OLORS 0ARADE PAPIER M¡CHÂź EFkgies, Chinese opera performances, lion dances, and delicious food throughout the week. Where do the buns come in? Every year, local vendors produce tens of thousands of ping on bao or “lucky buns.â€? The main event is on May 12 at 11:30 p.m. when the mind-boggling Bun Scrambling

'Sexiest vet alive' explores Palawan in new show CHASING after his passion and love for animals, celebrity veterinarian Evan Antin takes on a meaningful wildlife adventure around the world and ticks items off of his bucket list as he intimately interacts with animals and helps those IN NEED IN HIS kRST EVER TELEVISION SERIES “Evan Goes Wild.� Premiering on May 13, at 8:05 p.m. on cable's Animal Planet, the show features Antin who has over 1 million Instagram followers, and chosen as People Magazine’s “Sexiest Veterinarian Alive,� as he leaves his Los Angeles-based clinic and goes on an inspiring trip interacting and taking care of the wild’s inhabitants in the world’s most epic locations. He goes on an extraordinary adventure playing in the water with sharks, snakes, crocodiles, and big monitor lizards in the Philippines, runs across jealous rhinos in Kenya, and dashes to Celebrity veterinarian Evan Antin goes on an extraordinary adventure in the Philippines’ last frontier.

Sri Lanka to assist a Macaque monkey in need of help. Growing up in Kansas, Antin has always been an avid fan of all things related to wildlife. His sincere passion to have closer interactions with the world’s wildest creatures and the heart to extend care to these inhabitants led him to enter veterinary medicine and ultimately BECOME A CERTIkED VETERINARIAN Creating a milestone as the most followed veterinarian on Instagram, he continues to prove himself as the ultimate wildlife protector through the interesting videos and trivia he shares among his fellow wildlife enthusiasts. The Kansas native has been constantly working for over a decade, and is now bringing his passion for veterinary medicine and wildlife conversation to more people with his newest television series, which he deems his “dream show.�

Q A highlight of Tam Kung’s birthday is the lion and dragon dance parade.

FROM LUZON TO MINDANAO

The Philippines – truly a diver’s paradise

Q Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park in Palawan was declared a World Heritage Site by Unesco in 1993 for its high density of marine species and colorful corals.

A TROPICAL archipelago comprising 7,641 islands, the Philippines offers bodies of water, with highly diverse marine wildlife and seascape — perfect for all kinds of divers and deep diving enthusiasts to explore. This makes the country a popular major diving hub in Asia. With countless spots for divers of different skills, Philippine waters are suitable for beginners who are simply looking for fun recreational activities and most ideal for intermediate divers seeking underwater challenges to hone their skills and experts in search of new adventures. Topping the list of the best diving sanctuaries in the Philippines are Anilao in Batangas and the Tubbataha Reefs in Palawan, with its impressive marine biodiversity and awe-inspiring vertical reef walls dropping to over 100 meters in depth. Declared a World Heritage Site by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 1993, the Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park

was designated as such for its high density of marine species and the different genuses of marine turtles as well as birds in the forests surrounding the spot. Favorites of deep and open water divers, both Anilao and Tubbataha Reefs host VARIOUS TYPES OF SHARKS SCHOOLS OF kSH tortoises and colorful corals.

Sunken ships, underwater caves and more For adventure-seekers and history junkies, the Philippines also offers many exciting seafaring stories and countless sunken ships to explore such as World War 2 vessels, including Japanese freighters and gunboats that have now become homes to various marine species. The country has ideal training spots to sharpen the skills of neophyte divers as well. Cebu for one has underwater caves, passageways and terrains teeming with marine life. Night diving is even possible

in a few areas. The open water in El Nido in Palawan and in Cebu are favorite haunts of nocturnal creatures that look majestic in the moonlight. Among Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) members, the Philippines has the most number of Heritage Parks and has been declared a Flyway Network Site, referring to the network of important sites used by migratory WATERBIRDS THROUGHOUT THE lYWAY From Subic and Batangas in Luzon; Cebu, Bohol, Negros Island and Palawan in the Visayas; and Davao and Camiguin in Mindanao, as well as points in-between — the Philippines truly has so much to offer to new and experienced divers. Besides amazing underwater discoveries underneath the crystal clear waters all over the archipelago, the Filipinos’ innate warmth and hospitality, as well as unique Filipino offerings, make the experience more fun. Indeed, diving is more fun the Philippines!

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BY EUGENE SHEFFER

»HOROSCOPE Today’s Birthday (05/03/19). Shared accounts turn golden this year. Steady contribution builds strong foundations for future expansion. Write a summer masterpiece before education or travel redirects your attention. Expand your territory next winter, before taking a new tack with a creative project. Flower through community connection.

BY NANCY BLACK LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Unplanned income opportunities (and/or expenses) could disrupt your routines. Adapt, and make contingency plans. Don’t rush into anything; consider options, and consult an expert.

To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) -- Today is an 8 -- Listen to your partner, and weigh your own considerations to make a decision. Check assumptions against hard data. Keep communication channels open. Collaborate.

ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) -- Today is an 8 -- Delays or structural problems could stall your revenue stream. Keep confidences, especially about money. Handle responsibilities on time, and stay in communication for profitable results.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) -- Today is a 7 -- Strengthen foundational issues with your work, health and fitness. Practice routines despite disruption or distraction. Stifle rebellious tendencies. Avoid your kryptonite. Use what you have.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) -- Today is a 7 -- Focus on a personal matter. Keep your patience, and save time overall. Something you try may not work. Discover an underlying truth. Use brains over brawn.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) -- Today is a 7 -- Communications could misfire. Postpone a difficult conversation for better conditions. Adapt to changing news. Count your blessings, and focus on what you love.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) -- Today is a 6 -- An unexpected development could change everything. Lay low to think things over. Speak with someone who empowers you. Consider your heart’s desire. Recharge and adapt.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) -- Today is a 7 -- Focus on home and family. A domestic disruption requires adaptation. Don’t make expensive promises. Tempers could be short. Feed everyone, and get enough rest.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Compromise with a team challenge. No stretching the truth now; not even a little. Upgrade the integrity of your efforts. Talk is cheap. Pull together.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) -- Today is a 9 -- Ask for what you want, and you might even get it. Keep watching for openings. Make a persuasive case. Practice your pitch, and refine it.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- A professional opportunity is worth pursuing. Navigate obstacles with persistence and determination. Find a way around with patience and a sense of humor. VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Remember earlier adventures as you chart your course. Discover unexpected sights and hidden treasures. Take the road less traveled, and enjoy the journey.

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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

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SHOWBUZZ LHAR SANTIAGO again with Andrea on top of that list. And I know that with the new experience will come learning new techniques and different ways to ATTACK YOUR CHARACTER SO ) M VERY EXCITED u SHARED $EREK Andrea on the other hand feels the pressure of what she describes to be a tough assignment. “This one kasi is parang may special WEIGHT FOR ME BECAUSE ) VE BEEN wanting to work with Derek for a long time since watching his PAST MOVIES !ND THEN 4HE "ETTER 7OMAN HAS VERY INTRIGUING STORY — ang ganda talaga ng materyal — so the challenge is to make both THOSE ASPECTS WORK u She admits she gets the jitters EVERY TIME SHE GETS HER SCRIPTS FOR the shoot.

g+INAKABAHAN AKO NANG SOBRAĂœ Kasi the story’s like reading a NOVEL THAT WILL KEEP YOU AT THE EDGE of your seat and what will happen

NEXT IS VERY HARD TO PREDICT Ganun din yung demand sa actors of COURSE SO WE HAVE TO BE ON OUR toes all the time to translate that EXCITEMENT FOR THE AUDIENCE u Like Andrea, Derek is also eager TO SEE HIS CHARACTER S DEVELOPMENT in the soap. “Napaka-messed-up nung mangyayari sa character ko AND IT S SO HARD TO BELIEVE na pu-

wedeng mangyari sa isang lalaki yun. ) DON T WANT TO GIVE TOO MUCH AWAY SO LET S LEAVE IT AT THAT muna u

he smiled mysteriously. "ESIDES HAVING TO SHARPEN THEIR ACTING SKILLS FOR THE HEAVY DRAMA prime time’s next big couple is ALSO MAKING SURE THEY RE kT AND ready for the many daring scenes the story requires. g) VE DONE MANY SEXY pictorials and soaps and THIS ONE IS DEkNITELY THE most daring. I really HAVE TO EMBRACE THAT sexiness because it’s a big part of my charACTER AND ) HAVE TO BE CONkDENT TO DO THAT u The hunk he is already, Derek thoughtfully declared, “Kai-

4HE CAMERAS HAVE STARTED ROLLing for The Better Woman, and true enough the pair said they were thrust into steamy scenes off the bat. g7E RE IN A VERY INTERESTING LOCATION IN A MOTEL AND OUR kRST scene has to be one of the most intimate scenes of the show. We both saw it as a good ice-breaker FOR US BECAUSE WE LL HAVE TO DO more of this as the story proGRESSES u !NDREA REVEALED NNN On another set, Max Collins is ALSO IN A VERY DIFFERENT ROLE AS SHE stars in the child-friendly morning SHOW g!LEX AND !MIE u WHICH IS airing soon. Unlike her past projects that were

langan kong sabayan si Andrea so I’m also

working hard. I mean I was looking at her Instagram and I saw her pictures and her IG stories and I was like, ‘Wow.’ I was eating while she’s looking like that Q Max Collins and Mikael Daez star in the childso I had to go and friendly morning show 'Alex and Amie.' SWEAT IT OUTĂœu HE ADDED LAUGHING

Q Soon to be prime time television's next hot couple, Torres and Ramsay are both ready to work with someone new and gain a new friend in the process. FULL OF HEAVY CONlICTS AND HIGH on emotions, Alex and Amy has a lighter albeit still exciting plot. And by the way, Max is playing neither of the names in the title. Alex, a teacher, is portrayed by Mikael Daez while Amie is his imaginary childhood friend who suddenly shows up again when he’s all grown up. Max has been cast as .URSE "ING WHO S VERY close to Teacher Alex and brings her to Amie’s imaginary world. g)T S A VERY INTERESTING story kasi lahat naman tayo when we were kids, we had our imaginary friends. In my case, it was my dolls. I EVEN GAVE THEM NAMES AND ) BELIEVED THEN THAT THEY COULD hear me and they’d react to WHATEVER ) SAY u -AX GIGGLED The biggest challenge for both Max and Mikael are the scenes THEY HAVE TO DO WITH !MIE WHO S presented in animation. “We shoot the scene on the green screen so you can imagine HOW THAT IS ‡ BASICALLY HAVING A

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Drake breaks record for most Billboard Music Awards wins of all time SHATTERING global superstar Taylor Swift’s all-time record of most Billboard Music Awards wins, popular rapper Drake took home 12 awards — including Top Artist — at Thursday’s ceremonies, bringing his total Billboard trophies from past wins to 27 and the most any artist has today. The 2019 Billboard Music Award opened with a spectacular world premiere performance by global superstar Taylor Swift and Brendon Urie, followed by a show-stopping medley of today’s biggest hits from show host, Kelly Clarkson. The night was full of legendary, nostalgic, and never-beforeseen performances, celebrating this year’s biggest and best in music! The 2019 Billboard Music Awards aired Live on Blue Ant Entertainment with a primetime encore on May 3 at 10:35 p.m., May 4 at 8:50 p.m., and May 5 at 1:30 p.m. available on SKYcable channels 53 and 196, SKYdirect channel 35, Destiny Cable channel 53, and Cablelink channel 37. Cardi B followed Drake for most wins of the night, including Top Rap Female Artist, Top Hot 100 Song, Top Selling Song, Top Radio Song, Top Collaboration and Top Rap Song. Her “Girls Like Youâ€? collaborators, Maroon 5, took home four awards including Top Hot 100 Song, Top Selling Song, Top Radio Song, and Top Collaboration. Other multi-category winners include: Ella Mai (Top R&B Artist, Top R&B Female Artist, Top R&B Song), Ozuna (Top Latin Artist, Top Latin Album, Top Latin Song), Luke Combs (Top Country Artist, Top Country Male Artist, Top Country Album), Bad Bunny (Top Rap Song, Top Latin Song), Panic! At the Disco (Top Rock Album, Top Rock Song), BeyoncĂŠ (Top R&B Tour, Top Rap Tour), Jay-Z (Top R&B Tour, Top Rap Tour), BTS (Top Duo/ Group, Top Social Artist), and The Chainsmokers (Top Dance/ Electronic Artist, Top Dance/Electronic Album). Lauren Daigle was the only artist to sweep every category she was nominated for, which included Top Christian Artist, Top Christian Album and Top Christian Song. The two fan-voted award winners were BTS for Top Social Artist and Ariana Grande for Billboard Chart Achievement Award. The show had jaw dropping moments from beginning to end, starting with Taylor Swift and Brendon Urie’s grand

Q Rapper Drake broke Taylor Swift’s record for most wins.

opening of the show, with their new smash hit, “Me!� in an explosion of color, which included a drum line, aerialists and flying umbrellas. Returning host, Kelly Clarkson, then gave a hilarious opening monologue, filled with special surprise guests and of course a song or two. Perhaps the most memorable was Madonna’s breathtaking performance with Maluma of their new song “Medellin,� with augmented reality technology. Icon Award recipient Mariah Carey, showed off her pipes in a medley of her greatest hits, including “A No No,�“Always Be My Baby,�“Emotions,�“We Belong Together,� and “Hero.� Host Kelly Clarkson took the stage later in the night again, to sing her latest song “Broken and Beautiful� from the new family movie “Ugly Dolls.� Additional performances throughout the night included dance-inducing performances from K-Pop sensation BTS with Halsey, Ariana Grande, Ciara, and The Jonas Brothers, and soulful songs from Khalid Dan + Shay with Tori Kelly and Lauren Daigle. Both Halsey and Panic! At the Disco took the stage twice in the night, performing solo and in collaborations with BTS and Taylor Swift, respectively. Paula Abdul closed the show with a nostalgic perfor-

Q Korean boy band BTS was also a big winner at the Billboard Music Awards. AP PHOTOS

Q Mariah Carey accepts the Icon award

mance, her first at an awards show in 29 years, of some of her biggest hits including “Straight Up,� “Way That You Love Me,� “Vibeology,� “Opposites Attract,� “Cold Hearted,� and “Forever Your Girl,� and proved she’s still got the moves 30 years after her debut album “Forever Your Girl�! Presenters throughout the evening included Asher Angel, Becky G, Chrissy Metz and Justin Hartley, Cobie Smulders, Dave Bautista and Kumail Nanjiani, David Guetta, Erin and Sara Foster, Eva Longoria, Florida Georgia Line, Jennifer Hudson, Jesse Spencer, Julia Michaels, Julianne Hough, Kane Brown, Olivia Wilde, Beanie Feldstein and Kaitlyn Dever, Ralph Macchio, Rob Gronkowski, Ross Lynch and Kiernan Shipka, Sabrina Carpenter, Sophie Turner and Tye Sheridan, Terry Crews, and William Zabka. Billboard Music Awards nominees and winners are based on key fan interactions with music, including album and digital song sales, streaming, radio airplay, touring and social engagement, tracked by Billboard and its data partners, including Nielsen Music and Next Big Sound. The awards are based on the chart period of March 23, 2018 through March 7, 2019. Since 1940, the Billboard charts have been the go-to guide for ranking the popularity of artists, songs and albums, and are the ultimate measure of success in music.

Q Brendon Urie and Taylor Swift have fun singing ‘Me!’

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IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF THE ANCILLARY SERVICES PROCUREMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE NATIONAL GRID CORPORATION OF THE PHILIPPINES AND SN ABOITIZ POWERBENGUET, INC., (FOR BINGA) WITH PRAYER FOR THE ISSUANCE OF PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY

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