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7)4( TWO SESSION DAYS REMAINING THE Senate is expected to pass on Monday a proposed bill increasing the excise tax on tobacco products in a bid to reduce smoking among Filipinos and raise funding for the government’s Universal Health Care (UHC) program.
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Speaking at an annual security conFERENCE IN 3INGAPORE 'EN 7EI &ENGHE did not direct the threat at the United 3TATES BUT LOADED HIS ADDRESS WITH CRITICISM OF ACTIVITIES BY 7ASHINGTON including support for Taiwan and leading so-called “freedom of navigation� operations in the strategic waterways that China virtually claims as its own. 7EI SAID THE 0EOPLE S ,IBERATION !RMY (PLA) would not “yield a single inch of the country’s sacred land.� China’s ruling Communist Party maintains that Taiwan is part of China and had used increasingly aggressive rhetoric toward
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THE controversial Tulfo brothers have lost security details provided by the police and the military just days after one of them angered uniformed perSONNEL BY BERATING 3OCIAL 7ELFARE 3ECRETARY 2OLANDO "AUTISTA a retired general. The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Sunday said it had recalled the Philippine Marine Corps security detail of special envoy Ramon “Mon� 4ULFO AMONG OTHERS gDUE TO THE dearth of personnel.� “The [Marine] Corps has sent correspondence to their respec-
tive principals since last year informing them of the order requiring the Marines to report back to the headquarters for consequent deployment to forWARD UNITS u !REVALO SAID IN A statement. The Philippine National PoLICE 0.0 MEANWHILE SAID PERsonnel guarding Tulfo’s brothers ‡ %RWIN "EN AND 2AFFY ‡ WERE also being recalled as part of a reevaluation. Reports also said that ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Jocelyn Tulfo — Raffy’s wife — would also lose her security detail.
“I want the PNP to reassess and evaluate the policy and protocol of providing police security to different personalities because THIS IS JUST A PRIVILEGE NOT A RIGHT u SAID ,OCAL 'OVERNMENT 3ECRETARY %DUARDO !Ă„O WHOSE department oversees the PNP. The AFP’s Arevalo denied that the recall of Mon Tulfo’s security detail had been prompted by his younger brother’s tirade against Bautista after the latter declined to be interviewed. !Ă„O HOWEVER SAID g2ECIPIENT personalities must abide proper
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HE Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Sunday committed to intensify its offensives against the Abu Sayyaf Group over the death of Dutch hostage Ewold Horn in the hands of the terrorists.
#OL 'ERRY "ESANA SPOKESMAN FOR THE MILITARY S 7ESTERN -INDANAO #OMMAND 7EST-IN#OM said because there were no other hostages being held by the Abu 3AYYAF IT WOULD BE EASY FOR THEM TO GO gALL OUTu IN THEIR kGHT AGAINST
the bandit group. “Now that there are no more kidnap victims‌ we anticipate that there will be more all-out offensives against them because nothing can stop us now from doING OUR OPERATIONS u "ESANA SAID IN
a radio interview. /N &RIDAY !BU 3AYYAF REBELS under the supervision of Radillon Sahiron shot Horn dead while attempting to escape. This was during the military operations being carried out by the Joint Task Force Sulu. Besana admitted that in the PAST WHILE THE !BU 3AYYAF WAS STILL holding several foreign and local HOSTAGES IT WAS HARD FOR THEM TO GO all-out because it might cause collateral damage among the captives. g.OW WE WILL BE STRENGTHENING and intensifying our campaign AGAINST TERRORISM BUT OF COURSE with the help also of our fellow
&ILIPINOS u HE SAID Besana added that they received reports that Sahiron was among the wounded Abu Sayyaf bandits DURING THE ENCOUNTER ON &RIDAY the day Horn was killed. (E HOWEVER SAID SUCH INFORMAtion was still being validated by military operatives on the ground. ,AST WEEK THE MILITARY SAID A brigade combat team from the Philippine Army would be deployed to Sulu. !CCORDING TO "ESANA THERE WAS a need for them to beef up their MILITARY STRENGTH IN 3ULU AS WELL as strengthen their collaborative efforts with stakeholders.
Live by Bushido code, Andanar urges journalists SECRETARY -ARTIN !NDANAR chief of the Presidential Communications Operations Office 0#// TOLD JOURNALISTS TO LIVE by the ancient Japanese code of conduct to uphold press freedom and responsibility. “Freedom and responsibility ARE THE WORDS IN MY EQUATION precisely because we are Asian. Although we may have inherited the concept of freedom of the press FROM THE 7EST IT IS IMPERATIVE that our culture should restrain us FROM THE ABUSE OF THIS FREEDOM u Andanar said in a speech on Saturday in Tokyo. “Allow me to emphasize this by citing from the ancient Japanese Bushido CODE THE ETHICAL STANdards that should govern our lives IN MEDIA AND THESE ARE JUSTICE COURAGE BENEVOLENCE POLITENESS SINCERITY HONOR LOYALTY AND SELF CONTROL u HE ADDED Andanar said the responsible practice of the media acts as a SAFEGUARD AGAINST FABRICATED NEWS SCANDALS VIOLENCE GREED CORRUPTION AND PROlIGACY “There can only be one threshold of the truth on which press freedom is exercised. This is the personal honor that every journalIST MUST FOLLOW FROM THE HEART 7E make the world a better place to LIVE IN BECAUSE OF THE QUALITY OF our reports and the mastery of con-
TENTS u THE FORMER BROADCASTER SAID g7E HAVE THE FREEDOM TO RESIST WHAT IS WRONG AND WHAT IS EVIL AND we prevail in this battle because we ARE RIGHT 7E RENDER TO EVERYONE what is just and what is morally DUE u HE ADDED The PCOO held press freedom caravans in the Japanese capital over the weekend. About 30 Filipino and Japanese journalists participated in the caravans on Saturday. /N 3UNDAY IT ALSO HELD A PRESS freedom caravan for overseas Filipino workers in Japan. The caravans discussed the “accurate narrative of the current state of press freedom in the PhilipPINES u THE OFkCE SAID This was the fourth leg of the Press Freedom Caravan after THOSE IN 4HAILAND (ONG +ONG and Europe that were held earlier this year. The caravans were held after 0RESIDENT 2ODRIGO $UTERTE lEW TO *APAN FOR A FOUR DAY WORKING VISIT capped by his keynote address at the 25th Nikkei Conference on the Future of Asia last Friday. %ARLIER THIS YEAR THE 0#// S CARAVANS DREW lAK AFTER !NDANAR said he went to foreign countries to insist that the arrest of Rappler’s Maria Ressa was not backed by the government. RALPH U. VILLANUEVA
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Lacson to summon #OMMITTEE CHAIRMAN SAID #USTOMS #OMMISSIONER ,EON 'UERRERO his deputies Donato San Juan and 'EN 2ANIEL 2AMIRO AND 0$%! chief Aaron Aquino would be asked to attend a hearing once the 18th Congress opens next month. Lacson last week slammed the TWO AGENCIES OVER THE AUCTION which the PDEA has said was meant to draw out the owners of the illegal drugs. 4HE "O# HOWEVER SAID IT HAD auctioned off a forfeited tapioca STARCH SHIPMENT BELYING AN OFficial’s earlier claim of a sting operation. The auction was conducted in April and the drugs were only discovered last month after the win-
ning bidder found the contraband hidden in aluminum pallets. “Hindi mo na kailangang pagisipan pa para makita ang mga butas sa gawa-gawang kwento ng mga opisyal na ito ng mga nasabing ahensiya (You do not have to think to see the holes in the stories FABRICATED BY THE OFkCIALS OF THESE AGENCIES u THE SENATOR SAID IN A radio interview. 4HE AUCTION ,ACSON SAID VIOlated Republic Act 10863 or the “Customs Modernization and Tariff Law� that calls for the destruction of seized contraband. It WAS ALSO STUPID HE ADDED AS THE drug importers would not have bid for the shipment. WILLIAM B. DEPASUPIL
the 200 percent. -EANWHILE IF THE EMPLOYEE worked more than eight hours on HIS OR HER REST DAY ON *UNE HE or she shall be paid an additional 30 percent of his or her hourly rate on the day. “Employers should comply with GENERAL LABOR STANDARDS PARTICULARLY with the proper payment of wages because it contributes to the increased productivity of their workers AND THEIR BUSINESS u THE $O,% SAID President Rodrigo Duterte declared Eid’l Fitr as a regular holiday throughOUT THE COUNTRY WHILE *UNE is a regular holiday in observance of Philippine Independence. %ID L &ITR MEANING g&ESTIVAL $AY OF "REAKING THE &AST u IS THE day Muslims assemble to perform ritual prayers and meet friends and relatives to mend relationships and forgive each other. WILLIAM B. DEPASUPIL
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China threatens military action THE DEMOCRATIC ISLAND WHICH SPLIT from the mainland amid a civil war 70 years ago. It opposes Taiwan’s independence and formally says it seeks A gPEACEFUL REUNIkCATION u WHILE refusing to rule out the use of force if necessary to achieve that goal. “The PLA has no intention to CAUSE ANYBODY TROUBLE BUT IT IS not afraid to face up to troubles. Should anybody risk crossing the BOTTOM LINE THE 0,! WILL RESOlutely take action and defeat all ENEMIES u 7EI SAID Relations between Beijing and Taipei have deteriorated since Taiwan elected pro-independence leader Tsai Ing-wen in 2016. China has since increased diploMATIC PRESSURE CUT OFF ITS CONTACTS with the island’s government and discouraged travel there by Chinese tourists. “China must be and will be REUNIkED 7E kND NO EXCUSE NOT to do so. If anyone dares to split 4AIWAN FROM #HINA THE #HINESE
120,000 cops deployed for start of SY HAS SAID SOME PERCENT HIGHER COMPARED TO LAST YEAR S -OST OR MILLION WILL BE ATTENDING ELEMENTARY FOLLOWED BY MILLION IN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL MILLION IN senior high school and 2.3 million in kindergarten. %LEAZAR SAID FOR -ETRO -ANILA around 1.7 million kindergarten and elementary students would be returning to school based on DepEd data. The DepEd has prescribed 203 school days for SY 2019-2020. Private schools have been permit-
THE Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) has issued an advisory prescribing the proper payment for the observance of Eid’l Fitr (June 5) and IndepenDENCE $AY *UNE BOTH DEclared as regular holidays. Secretary Silvestre Bello 3rd over the weekend said workers in the private sector who would report to duty on the said dates should get paid twice or 200 percent of their regular daily wages. For work done in excess of eight HOURS EMPLOYEES ARE ENTITLED TO AN additional 30 percent of hourly rate. An employee who failed to rePORT FOR WORK ON THE OTHER HAND is still entitled to be paid in full or 100 percent of his or her salary for that day. If it falls on the employee’s rest day and he or she reported for WORK HE OR SHE SHALL BE PAID AN additional 30 percent on top of
Residents of Manila get the chance to ride a Tranvia during the celebration of the Pista ng Pamana on Sunday. The National Commission for Culture and the Arts and the Intramuros Administration offered free Tranvia rides from Escolta to Intramuros in Manila and back.
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the schools; that is why the police will be helping in managing the trafkC u 0.0 SPOKESMAN #OL "ERNARD Banac said in a radio interview. )N -ETRO -ANILA ALONE AROUND OFkCERS WOULD BE DEPLOYED TO SECURE THE OPENING OF CLASSES National Capital Region Police /FkCE CHIEF -AJ 'EN 'UILLERMO Eleazar said. Over 27.8 million students had ENROLLED IN PUBLIC AND private elementary and secondARY SCHOOLS NATIONWIDE THE $Epartment of Education (DepEd)
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ted to deviate from the official calendar and start classes between THE kRST -ONDAY OF *UNE BUT NOT later than the last day of August.
Lack of facilities, resources 'IVEN THE ENROLLMENT NUMBERS THE Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) expressed concern over a continued lack of facilities and resources. “In Regions 1 (Ilocos) and 6 7ESTERN 6ISAYAS STUDENTS AND teachers are cramped in makeshift
MILITARY HAS NO CHOICE BUT TO kGHT AT ALL COSTS AT ALL COSTS FOR NATIONAL UNITY u 7EI STRESSED g7E WILL STRIVE FOR THE PROSPECT OF PEACEFUL UNIkCATION WITH utmost sincerity and greatest efFORTS BUT WE MAKE NO PROMISE TO renounce the use of force.� 7EI WAS ADDRESSING DEFENSE CHIEFS OFFICIALS AND ACADEMICS at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore. US Acting Defense Secretary 0ATRICK 3HANAHAN WHO SPOKE TO THE SAME GATHERING ON 3ATURDAY WAS NOT PRESENT AT 7EI S SPEECH Shanahan called China’s efforts to steal technology from other nations and militarize man-made outposts in the South China Sea a gTOOLKIT OF COERCION u AND URGED IT to stop activities the US perceives as hostile. China is pitted against smaller Southeast Asian neighbors in MULTIPLE DISPUTES OVER ISLAND REEFS corals and lagoons in the South #HINA 3EA WHERE IT CONSTRUCTED
seven outposts equipped with AIRSTRIPS RADAR AND MISSILE STATIONS that Shanahan said Saturday could become “tollbooths� in one of the world’s busiest waterways. "EIJING IS CURRENTLY kRMING UP A PACT WITH FOUR RIVAL CLAIMANTS containing norms and rules aimed at preventing a shooting war in the disputed waters. /N 4HURSDAY #HINA S $EFENSE Ministry dismissed a report that Australian navy pilots were hit by lasers earlier in May while exercising in the waters claimed by China. 7EI SAID #HINA BUILT gLIMITED DEFENSE FACILITIES u BUT MUCH OF IT was aimed at improving services and infrastructure for people living there. “It is only when there are threats would there be defenses. In face of heavily armed warships AND MILITARY AIRCRAFT HOW CAN WE not deploy any defense facilities?� he said. Most of the islands are unin-
habited and have been used by fishers from all sides to shelter during storms. 7EI AND 3HANAHAN MET ON the sidelines of the conference Friday and agreed to improve communication and deepen exchanges and cooperation between their militaries. /N 3UNDAY 7EI SAID THE COUNTRIES RECOGNIZED THAT A CONlICT OR war between them would have wide-reaching effects. “It takes two to cooperate but ONLY ONE TO START A kGHT u HE SAID g7E HOPE THAT THE 53 SIDE WILL work with us towards the same GOAL FOLLOW THE PRINCIPLES OF NONCONFLICT NONCONFRONTATION mutual respect and win-win coOPERATION AND STEER THE #HINA 53 relations in the right direction.� China last sent a high-ranking general to the conference in 2011. Its officials have been quick to downplay this as a mere coinciDENCE GIVEN THE BUSY SCHEDULES OF their higher-ups. AP
classrooms made out of yero (galvanized iron sheets). In Region 5 "ICOL THEY HOLD CLASSES IN NIPA huts. Those struck by Yolanda in Region 8 (Eastern Visayas) have been holding all their classes in PLYWOOD CLASSROOMS SINCE WITH WALLS THAT ARE TOO SHORT u !#4 3ECRETARY 'ENERAL 2AYMOND "ASILIO said in a statement. He added that in Regions 7 #ENTRAL 6ISAYAS AND $AVAO some classes would be conducted IN REFURBISHED COMFORT ROOMS IN COVERED COURTS BY THE STAIRS OR under trees. ACT also denounced the lack of BOOKS INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND information technology equipment for senior high school.
g7E URGE YOU THE 0RESIDENT 2ODRIGO $UTERTE $EP%D THE LEGislators and anyone who will lend an ear to listen to these pressing issues and heed our demands. Do your mandate of providing quality SOCIAL SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE ADdress the deplorable conditions in THE 0HILIPPINE %DUCATION SYSTEM u Basilio said. ACT also called for higher teachers’ wages given rising living costs. “Teachers who are made to bear the state neglect of education in the country are among the lowest paid professionals in the Philippines. The quality of teachers’ service is bound to suffer when they are living on a hand-to-mouth BASIS u "ASILIO SAID
Other threats "ANAC MEANWHILE SAID THE POLICE would also be on the lookout for BULLYING AS WELL AS DRUG USE BY schoolchildren. Incidents inside the school would remain the responsibility of SCHOOL OFkCIALS HE ADDED WITH THE police to act only if the bullying and drug use occur outside. High school students would particularly be monitored for drug use AS THEY ARE THE MOST VULNERABLE Banac continued. The police would also be on ALERT TO CURB KIDNAPPING ATTEMPTS he said. DEMPSEY REYES AND DIVINA NOVA JOY DELA CRUZ
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ENATE Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Sunday said neophyte senators were elected by the people to craft laws and “not meddle� in the leadership squabble.
The veteran senator issued the statement amid persistent rumors that some newbie senators were plotting to have Senate President Vicente Sotto 3rd replaced when
the 18th Congress opens in July. The 17th Congress will adjourn on June 7. The Senate and House of Representatives will jointly open on July 22.
“Inihalal sila ng taumbayan para gumawa ng batas, hindi kaagad na sumalpak sa leadership quarrel (They were elected by the people to make laws and not to immediately meddle in leadership quarrel),� Drilon said in a radio interview. Four of the 12 senators elected in the May 13 midterm polls are neophyte. They are Senators Francis Tolentino, Christopher Lawrence “Bong� Go, Ronald “Bato� dela Rosa, and Maria Imelda Josefa “Imee� Marcos. g7E SHOULD WORK kRST AND SHOW
our people that we are worth the mandate that we received from them. The Senate leadership can always come any time of the day,â€? he said. He said the leadership of the Senate would eventually be decided by the chamber’s members AND NOT -ALACAĂ„ANG “Unless Sen. Sotto committed a mortal sin, I don’t think any senior senator will care to listen to a neophyte senator if he or she moves to campaign for a change of leadership,â€? Drilon said.
He said the minority bloc would not sign the resolution prepared BY 3EN 0ANkLO ,ACSON EXPRESSING support for the continued leadership of Sotto in the 18th Congress. “The minority is not involved in the election of Senate president. So, we will not sign because if we do, we will become part of the majority [bloc],� Drilon said in Filipino. But he lauded the minority’s working relationship with the current Senate leadership, saying Sotto had treated every one fairly.
“His leadership has been good. He treats every one fairly. He knows that he is the president of the Senate and not just of the majority, and he listens to every one,� Drilon said. “Sana mag-aral po muna ‘yung mga baguhan. Sasabihin ko nang diretso, bilang isang neophyte, ‘yung pagpapalit ng liderato ng Senado ay malayo pa sa mandato natin iyan (The incoming senators SHOULD STUDY kRST ) WILL SAY IT DIrectly, the leadership change is far from our mandate),� Drilon said.
Lawmakers pay tribute to Arroyo Meat products from 15 countries banned MEMBERS of the House of Representatives paid tribute to Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo weeks before she steps down from her post, calling her a “great leader� and a hard worker. In a tribute video posted on Arroyo’s Facebook page, lawmakers and friends praised Arroyo for supporting the programs of the administration and for making an impact in the performance of the House of Representatives. San Jose Del Monte, Bulacan Rep. Florida Robes and House Deputy Speaker Sharon Garin cited Arroyo’s work attitude and accomplishments that inspired her fellow congressmen to work doubly hard. “Si ma’am worked very, very hard. So, mahihiya ka ‘pag hindi ka nagtrabaho (Ma’am worked very, very hard. You’ll be ashamed if you didn’t work). She knows it’s for the country and she really works for the legislative agenda of the President (Duterte),� said Robes. “She always is very knowledgeable when she arrives. And it makes you study more whenever you have a
committee hearing‌ and whenever you discuss you have to be very professional, you have to [work] at a certain level because this is the House of Representatives. The way she works herself [brings] a very good effect to the performance of each and every congressman and as a whole Congress,â€? Garin noted. Acting Secretary General Roberto Maling remarked that of the 25 speakers at House, it was “unfortunateâ€? that it was Arroyo who had the shortest term. “Had it been extended to probably two regular sessions more, I’m quite sure the House of Representatives would have delivered more,â€? Maling said. House Majority Leader Fredenil Castro said it was painful to say goodbye to “a leader and a mother.â€? “I hate to say goodbye and I do not want to think of it because, of course, you don’t want to be parting away with a leader and a mother. You will always love your leader much more that
you will always love a woman whom you consider as a mother,� Castro said. Arroyo will step down as Speaker on June 30. She was elected speaker on July 23, 2018. Some priority measures that the House approved and have been enacted into law were Republic Act (RA) 1105 or the “Organic Law for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region� (House Bill or HB 6475), RA 11203 or an “Act Liberalizing the Importation, Exportation and Trading of Rice� (HB 7735), RA 1123 or the “Tax Amnesty Act� (HBs 8854 and 4814), and RA 11223 or the “Universal Health Care Act� (HB 5784). Aside from being the first female speaker, Arroyo served as president, vice president and senator in her long list of accomplishments in public service. A new speaker will be elected on July 22 when the 18th Congress formally convenes. GLEE JALEA
PASSENGERS arriving at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) have been warned against bringing in meat products from countries with cases of African Swine Fever (ASF). “All kinds of animal meat — fresh, frozen, cooked or uncooked and canned meat — coming from countries affected by the African Swine Fever are not allowed at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport, other airports and seaports,� the Bureau of
Animal Industry (BAI) said. Personnel of the BAI, Bureau of Customs, as well as the Food and Drug Administration stationed at the NAIA have been closely monitoring the luggage of international passengers. All luggage coming from China, Hungary, Latvia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Ukraine, Vietnam, Zambia, South Africa, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Mongolia and Moldova are being strictly
monitored. Even the passengers’ carry-on bags are subjected to x-ray scanning. However, BAI said it would allow passengers to bring in without permit meat products, including cooked and canned meat with maximum weight of 10 kilograms, sourced from countries free from !3& (IGHLY 0ATHOGENIC !VIAN )NlUenza, foot and mouth disease, and other transboundary animal diseases.
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Deputy Ombudsman takes leave of absence OVERALL Deputy Ombudsman Melchor Arthur Carandang HAS kLED FOR A LEAVE OF ABSENCE DAYS AFTER -ALACAĂ„ANG UPHELD his dismissal from the service. Sources told The Manila Times Carandang submitted his application for leave of absence to Ombudsman Samuel Martires on Friday. #ARANDANG DECIDED TO GO ON LEAVE AFTER THE /FkCE OF THE President (OP) denied his appeal on his dismissal. /MBUDSMAN OFkCIALS SAID IT WOULD BE BETTER IF #ARANDANG resigned to give the Palace a free hand to choose his successor. *USTICE 3ECRETARY -ENARDO 'UEVARRA HAS CONkRMED TO The Times THE kNAL RULING OF THE /0 AGAINST #ARANDANG Guevarra said Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea
signed the ruling for Carandang before he went on leave. It was learned that the denial of Carandang’s motion for reconsideration was from his failure to present new arguments that would warrant the reversal of the previous ruling against him. In July 2018, the Palace dismissed Carandang for alleged betrayal of public trust, graft and corruption. (IS DISMISSAL STEMMED FROM THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINTS kLED separately by Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission Commissioner Manuelito Luna and lawyer Eligio Mallari last year for his disclosure of President Rodrigo Duterte’s alleged ill-gotten wealth. ,AWYERS *ACINTO 0ARAS AND 'LENN #HONG ALSO kLED SIMILAR JOMAR CANLAS complaints against Carandang.
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MONG President Duterte’s many new initiatives and programs in foreign policy, his recent four-day working visit to Japan deserves to be marked as one of the most strategic and vital in his three-year presidency (E WENT TO 4OKYO FOR TWO REASONS kRST TO TAKE PART IN .IKKEI S 25th International Conference on the Future of Asia in Tokyo, and second, to hold a bilateral meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to discuss the broad canvas of relations between Japan and the Philippines Mr. Duterte came away from the visit with a resounding endorsement and commitment from Japan for his Build, Build, Build modernization and development program, a strategic agreement for close cooperation on defense and security, stabilization of the South China Sea, and joint action for regional and global development. This makes an already fecund relationship even more vital and propitious. *APAN IS THE TOP PROVIDER OF OFkCIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE /$! to the Philippines, providing a total of $5.84 billion as of the end of 3EPTEMBER ACCORDING TO OFkCIAL DATA )T IS ALSO THE kFTH LARGEST PROVIDER OF ODA grants during the period with a total assistance of $141.33 million. During their bilateral meeting, Prime Minister Abe and President Duterte agreed to enhance bilateral cooperation in infrastructure development, trade and investments, agriculture, labor, defense, maritime security and maritime domain awareness, people-to-people exchanges, and the pursuit of just and lasting peace and progress in Mindanao. The President conveyed the Philippines’ appreciation for Japan’s unstinting support for the government’s Build, Build, Build program. He called Japanese development assistance "the gold standard" for the country’s development cooperation with other partner countries. Beyond that, Duterte lauded the “Philippines-Japan partnership as one that empowers rather than fosters dependency� and is the “kind of relationship that we seek with other countries.� In their bilateral talks, the two leaders explored “opportunities to tap the demographic complementarity between the two countries to drive economic growth, including the possibility of Japan opening its door to skilled foreign labor.� !BE ALSO REAFkRMED HIS SUPPORT FOR DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS AND THE peace process in Mindanao, which has been plagued with insurGENCY AND CONlICT FOR DECADES “The government of Japan will continue our strong support for projects actively being promoted by the President such as the peace process in Mindanao and infrastructure development,� the prime minister said. Abe said the peace process in Mindanao entered a new stage with the establishment of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority in February. “Japan will strengthen our support attuned to the progress of the peace process so that the people of Mindanao can truly feel and enjoy the peace dividend at the earliest possible time,� Abe said. That was not all. The Philippines and Japan would also strengthen their cooperation on defense policy and capacity building. PM Abe said Japan and the Philippines share basic values and strategic interests, both being maritime nations. It is on this platform that Japan and the Philippines will seek to strengthen their defense partnership, face challenges such as the realization OF A FREE AND OPEN )NDO 0ACIkC BASED ON THE RULE OF LAW FULL IMPLEMENtation of the United Nations Security Council resolutions towards the denuclearization of North Korea. PM Abe congratulated President Duterte for the “overwhelming victory� of the administration coalition in the recent midterm elections. He said it was “a manifestation of the tremendous support shown to the president’s track record during the past three years.� President Duterte’s working visit closed on this happy note from Prime Minister Abe: “With another milestone reached today, I look forward to working hand in hand with President Duterte to further deepen the bond of friendship between Japan and the Philippines and to contribute to regional and global peace and prosperity,� It seemed almost incidental that the President brought home business deals from Japan amounting to $5.5 billion, or P288.8 billion. The business agreements and pledges will mostly be in infrastructure, manufacturing, electronics, transport and power. This will keep Filipino bean counters of presidential diplomacy very busy for years.
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NOWLEDGE becomes useless when you keep it to yourself. If becomes useful when shared with as many people as possible. It’s been said that knowledge is power, but it also becomes useless when it is not applied or practiced. ) HAD THESE RElECTIONS AFTER ATtending the 31st annual convention and 2019 research conference of the Speech Communication Organization of the Philippines (SCOP) at the University of the Philippines Los Baùos (UPLB). We had three days of workshops and lecture sessions with students, teachers and researchers who have been engaged in the study and practice of communication in various colleges and universities across the country. The event also drew me closer to the serious challenges that the country’s education system has been facing. It convinced me more than ever of the urgent need to keep teachers well-equipped with the appropriate skills and knowledge to impart to their students. However, one of the research-presenters in a workshop noted that the Department of Education (DepEd) provides training to educators on how to teach, and not what to teach. That brought me to a better understanding of why some students ALREADY IN THEIR kNAL SEMESTER OF college still can’t identify the parts of speech; they can’t say which is a noun, verb, preposition or adjec-
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TITA C. VALDERAMA tive in a sentence. The DepEd’s policy of mass promotion seems to be the culprit. Even students who can’t read and write are allowed to graduate from the elementary level because failing students would affect the performance evaluation of teachers. So, the problem of teaching them how to read and write is passed on to the secondary-level, and then to the tertiary-level teachers. Teachers at the workshops I attended said this situation was prevalent. I was shocked to hear a junior high school teacher saying that she handles 97 students in one class in a town that has no electricity. The place is barely one hour away from Metro Manila and a dumping site for new teachers like her. Now the problem goes deeper into the fundamental policies and priorities, and how these are applied in the different levels of the education process. While the education sector gets the biggest slice in the annual budget pie of the national government and the salaries of teachers have been raised and will further be increased, the quality of education remains problematic due to several factors. Budget planners
tilingual, multicultural and multidisciplinal contexts.� It may sound highfalutin’, considering that the problems in teaching speech or oral and written communication take root in the most basic expression of our thoughts because of the inability to speak up. We could not assert enough our power to communicate because we lack the knowledge that we can share. That’s why the part in the hourlong keynote address of Dr. Gene Segarra Nadera that struck me most was on how government policies are framed using the metaphor of war (e.g., war on drugs, war on poverty and war on terror). Nadera is a Filipino alumnus of UPLB and a senior lecturer at the Center for English Language of the National University of Singapore (NUS). “To engage in war or to use it to frame how we deal with problems and challenges in our lives is both a universal and a culture-specific tendency,� he said. “But this penchant to adopt war rhetoric in framing public policies can also be linked to our seeming collective impatience toward finding, formulating, deliberating, and deciding on complex solutions to our complex problems,� Nadera added. Further, he explained: “War rhetoric suggests simplistic, absolutist, and moralistic solutions to how problems should be dealt
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at DepEd need to rethink the agency’s priorities to make sure that adequate resources go where these are needed most. The workshops during which research and thesis studies by undergraduate, master’s and doctoral degree candidates were presented, served to open the eyes of many participants to the urgency of addressing the deteriorating quality of education in the country as well as the growing lack of interest among students to participate in English classes primarily due to their fear of humiliation if they are not able to speak well and articulate their thoughts in correct and straight English. Among the recommendations to come out were the rethinking of the basic education curriculum with focus on correct grammar usage, enticing students to be participative in the learning process, and providing quality training to teachers by not only teaching them how to teach but also what to teach. If the foundation of knowledge is poor and weak, then sharing makes it useless, or worse, dangerous. Communication fails when the knowledge shared is out of context. Knowledge loses its power when the message shared sows confusion and division, particularly in a country that is multilingual and multicultural. The convention theme was “speech communication in mul-
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ITH the midterm elections now behind us, it’s back to "normal" which — regrettably — means resumption of violent crime, especially murder. Cebu is no exception. At past 2 a.m. in the morning of May 22, 31-year-old Lindy Braga, two months pregnant and the mother of two young children, was shot in the head while she was asleep in her home in Barangay Lawaan 3, Talisay City. She had reportedly been previously jailed for drugs while her husband is currently in jail. With no one else around, the couple’s three-year old child was the one to have informed the neighbor who then reported the incident to the barangay. On May 24, two bodies burned beyond recognition were discovered in Tuburan. The police and relatives of two missing persons from Cebu City are still awaiting the results of the DNA tests. Six days later, the body of a still UNIDENTIkED MAN BLINDFOLDED AND with two bullets in the head, three in the chest, was found in Binaliw, one of Cebu City’s mountain barangay. On May 21, in broad daylight and in a busy street in Cebu City, 0OLICE #APT $ELkN "ONTUYAN WAS shot dead by a sharpshooter riding in tandem. Botuyan had just come from a court hearing where he was the complainant and witness. Police Regional Director
of the attack had been erased. Roa, on the same Facebook post, notes that her mother was the 35th lawyer to have been murdered since 2016. Yes, Fiscal Mary Ann Castro was a controBrig. Gen. Debold Sinas was quick versial personality in Cebu. She to point to the victim’s alleged had made many enemies over connection to drugs, but an apol- the years. But still, are we not ogy was later extended by some supposed to be a country of laws POLICE OFkCIALS ‡ IN PRIVATE ‡ TO and not of men? Roa believes so. the Bontuyan family for this hasty, She is one of this year’s graduatderogatory comment. A thorough ing students from the University investigation of the ambush has of the Philippines College of Law. Christine Claire Bontuyan, the been promised. Incidentally, Bontuyan was assigned with the daughter of the murdered police 3ULU 0ROVINCIAL 0OLICE /FkCE AN OFkCER IS ANOTHER FUTURE LAWYER assignment he had requested af- now in her third year of law school. ter having been transferred from She has vowed to seek justice for Cebu to the Cordillera Autono- her father. “Papa, you will not be a mere statistic,� the Sangguniang mous Region in July 2016. These are but some of Cebu’s lat- Kabataan chairman of Barangay EST CASES OF MURDER BY UNIDENTIkED Talamban, Cebu City, said in her perpetrator or “through senseless eulogy. The very same statistics violence at the hands of a name- mentioned by Roa in commenting less executor� (or executioner) on her mother’s fate: “My mother as Annamhel Monique Roa, the is now also a statistic in an even daughter of the late prosecutor GREATER kGURE OF &ILIPINO CITIZENS Mary Ann Castro, phrased it on dying through senseless violence at a Facebook post from February the hands of a nameless executor, 2. Roa’s mother was shot dead by what people have come to colleca motorcycle-riding killer in the tively call ‘extrajudicial killings’.� evening of January 17 while she Lawyer Mary Ann Castro, Capt. was driving her car along one of Delfin Bontuyan, Lindy Braga Cebu City’s major thoroughfares. — and her unborn baby — and By the time the family claimed all the other victims of EJK have Castro’s car and other personal all become part of the statistics. belongings from the police, the But they are never mere statistics, dashcam recordings from the time though most people these days
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seem to quickly lose interest in the almost daily killing once they hear the word ‘drugs.’ Once the police mention ‘drugs’ the fate of the victim suddenly becomes deserved. We don’t care anymore about who pulled the trigger and who ordered the kill. We don’t care to know about the crimes, much less the good deeds of the victims. We feel safe in the belief that such bad things only happen to those who deserve it, which of course never could be us or anyone we love. It is not our father, mother, brother or sister, child, grandparent or friend who lies lifeless with a bullet in the head. This is how murder victims become mere statistics.
Welcome, Operation Rainbow Australia Cebu once again welcomes back the doctors, nurses and other volunteers of Operation Rainbow Australia. The group has conducted more than a thousand free harelip and cleft palate operations in Cebu alone since 2009. The “craftsmanship� or skill of the team from Perth is unparalleled. The operations enable the children to grow up as happy, normal children, thus relieving their families of great anxiety. The 2019 mission is held this week at Dr. Ignacio Cortes General Hospital in Mandaue City.
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SUGGESTS THAT WE FRAME CHALLENGES AS TARGETS THAT NEED TO BE WIPED OUT OR KILLED PERMANENTLY SO THAT WE CAN GO ON WITH OUR LIVES SUPPOSEDLY SATISkED AND FREE FROM THE BURDENS THESE CHALLENGES BRING US 7AR RHETORIC IS ATTRACTIVE THEN TO THIS SOCIALLY CONSTRUCTED MENTALITY THAT EMBRACES EASY AND RADICAL
SOLUTIONS ASPIRES FOR INSTANT AND QUICK GRATIkCATION AND GLORIkES INDIVIDUALS WHO CAN PROMISE THESE THINGS RENDERING THEM AS THE HEROES WE NEED IN OUR TIME u !S ) UNDERSTOOD IT WE FAIL TO FULLY UNDERSTAND THE GOVERNMENT S STRATEGIES IN DEALING WITH PROBLEMS LIKE POVERTY ILLEGAL DRUGS AMONG OTHERS
BECAUSE WE RE NOT ABLE TO GRASP THE CONTEXT IN WHICH THESE ARE FORMULATED AND THESE COME IN CONFLICT WITH THE DESIRE FOR QUICK SOLUTIONS TO WELL ENTRENCHED PROBLEMS )NDEED COMMUNICATION PROBLEMS EXIST IN THE PROCESS OF RECOGNIZING THE PROBLEM kNDING AND IMPLEMENTING SOLUTIONS
Same-sex marriage: Why there is no joinder of issues “)NITIUM DISPUTANDI DEkNITIO NOMINISu m BEFORE ARGUING DEkNE YOUR TERMS !ND THIS IS WHERE ) THINK THE WHOLE POLEMICAL SKIRMISH TAKES A TURN TO INkNITY "UT ) ALSO THINK THAT IF WE ARE TO MAKE HEADWAY IN THE NATIONAL DISCOURSE ON WHAT UNDOUBTEDLY IS A DIVISIVE TESTY BUT ALSO INTELLECTUALLY CHALLENGING ISSUE THEN WE JUST HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHY THE ISSUES ARE NOT JOINED /PPONENTS OF SAME SEX MARRIAGE ASIDE FROM THOSE WHO RAISE PURELY PRAGMATIC ARGUMENTS SUCH AS WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF ALL COUPLES WERE TO BE SAME SEX COUPLES RELY ON ONE OR THE OTHER VERSION OF gNATURAL LAWu ARGUMENTATION 4HAT IS TO SAY FOR THEM ANATOMY PHYSIOLOGY CHROMOSOMAL COMPOSITION PSYCHOLOGY ARE IN A VERY DEkNITE WAY gNORMATIVE u .O THEY ARE NOT NECESSARILY GUILTY OF THE gNATURALISTIC FALLACY u AND CERTAINLY THEY ARE SMARTER THAN SIMPLY DEDUCING gOUGHTu FROM gIS u 7E STAND ON OUR FEET AND OUR ARMS ARE CLEARLY NOT DESIGNED FOR AMBULATION BUT FOR REACHING OUT AND GRASPING "ESIDES IT IS MIGHTILY UNCOMFORTABLE WALKING ON ALL FOURS )T IS THEREFORE gUNREASONABLEu TO PROPOSE THAT WE ABANDON BIPEDAL MOTION AND WALK ON ALL FOURS )T IS AN APPEAL TO WHAT FOR THEM IS gREASONABLE u 4HUS PSYCHOLOGICAL COMPLEMENTATION THE ANATOMY OF HUMAN COPULATION THE FACTS OF HUMAN REPRODUCTION ALL POINT TO THE REASONABILITY OF COUPLING MAN AND WOMAN 4HE PROPONENTS OF SAME SEX MARRIAGES ON THE OTHER HAND THINK OF MARRIAGE AS A COMPLETELY MALLEABLE CONSTRUCT WHICH IN SOME MEASURE IT IS &OR THEM ANATOMICAL PSYCHOLOGICAL CHROMOSOMAL DIFFERENCES AND PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES SHOULD NOT BE DETERMINATIVE !S FOR THE ARGUMENT FROM REPRODUCTION THE VERY SAME ADVOCATES OF SAME SEX MARRIAGE WILL BE THE kERCE DEFENDERS OF ALL FORMS OF CONTRACEPTION INCLUDING ABORTION BECAUSE FOR THEM THE SEXUAL ENCOUNTER SHOULD NOT BE LINKED TO REPRODUCTION 7HEN ONE HAS SUNDERED THE LINK BETWEEN SEXUAL ACTIVITY AND REPRODUCTION THEN OF COURSE ONE IS FREE FOR ALL SORTS OF VARIATIONS IN SEXUAL PAIRING 4HEY ACCUSE THE NATURAL LAW ARGUMENT OF THE gNATURALISTIC FALLACY u THE ATTEMPT TO REDUCE gOUGHTu STATEMENTS TO STATEMENTS ABOUT FACT OR ABOUT NATURE 3O WE SEE WHERE THE PROBLEM REALLY IS "EFORE WE SEND PROJECTILES THAT lY PAST OUR ADVERSARIES LET US ALL ADDRESS THE MORE FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES (OW NORMATIVE IS THE HUMAN CONDITION PSYCHO SOMA IN RELATION TO HOW A PERSON OUGHT TO ACT )S IT NORMATIVE AT ALL OR IS THE PSYCH SOMATIC CONDITION OF BEING HUMAN COMPLETELY IRRELEVANT TO HOW WE OUGHT TO BE HUMAN )S BEING HUMAN SO MALLEABLE THAT WE CAN BE SO SELF DEkNING THAT THE DISTINCTION MAN WOMAN SHOULD NOT BE RELEVANT IN SUCH
ISSUES AS MARRIAGE /R ON THE CONTRARY IS THIS NOT A HANGOVER FROM THE FAILED ROMANCE WITH WHICH EXISTENTIALISM WOOED HUMANITY MANY DECADES AGO 4HE REJECTION OF NATURAL LAW ARGUMENTATION ENTAILS THE TREMENDOUS PROBLEM OF DENYING ETHICAL ARGUMENT PRINCIPALLY BUT LEGAL REASONING AS WELL ANY ANCHORAGE IN OBJECTIVE REALITY 3O IT IS THAT THE OBJECTIVE FACTS THAT HUMAN PROCREATION TAKES PLACE THROUGH HETEROSEXUAL INTERCOURSE THAT CHILDREN ARE REARED IN FAMILIES AND NURSED BY THEIR MOTHERS THAT HUMAN EVOLUTION HAS MOVED IN SUCH A DIRECTION AS TO ENABLE HUMAN PERSONS TO THRIVE IN THE DOMESTIC CONTEXTS OF MAN WOMAN PARTNERING ALL THESE MAY BE ADMITTED AS FACTS BUT DO NOT COUNT IN THE RECKONING ABOUT WHAT IS gRIGHTu ABOUT MARRIAGE !T ONE EXTREME OF THE ARGUMENT SPECTRUM ONE WILL kND THOSE WHO DENY THE QUESTION OF SAME SEX MARRIAGE ANY ETHICAL DIMENSION AT ALL !MONG THESE OF COURSE WILL BE THOSE FOR WHOM gRIGHTu IS NOTHING MORE THAN SHORTHAND FOR gPOPULARu OR gWIDELY ACCEPTABLE u 5NLESS PROPERLY HANDLED AND ADROITLY ARGUED HOWEVER THE NATURAL LAW DEFENSE OF TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE CAN EASILY DEGENERATE INTO SOME KIND OF FATALISM g-AN IS FATED TO MARRY WOMAN AND WOMAN IS FATED TO MARRY MAN u )T IS ALSO PRONE TO OVERLOOK THE FACT THAT WHILE THE MAN WOMAN COUPLING HAS INDEED IN THE EVOLUTION OF THE SPECIES BEEN THE KEY TO HUMAN lOURISHING THE VALUE ATTACHED TO MARRIAGE AND THE HEDGE OF LEGAL PROTECTION DRAWN AROUND IT INCLUDING THE PRESCRIPTIONS AND PROSCRIPTIONS AND WHAT MANY UNQUESTIONINGLY TAKE TO BE AXIOMATIC ARE IN FACT CONSTRUCTS .OT THAT THERE IS ANYTHING WRONG ABOUT CONSTRUCTS BECAUSE THE FACT IS HUMAN EXISTENCE CONSISTS IN DISPELLING ANOMY BY CONSTRUCTS BUT CONSTRUCTS OPEN THEMSELVES TO REVIEW AND TO DECONSTRUCTION 4HIS BRINGS ME BACK TO MY FUNDAMENTAL POSITION 4HE PREMISES SHOULD FIRST BE ARGUED AND ONE VERY IMPORTANT PREMISE HAS TO DO WITH WHETHER THE FACTS OBJECTIVE REALITY ENTAIL IMPERATIVES $OES THE PSYCHO SOMATIC CONDITION OF THE HUMAN PERSON JUSTIFY PASSING FROM THE CATEGORICAL gX IS Yu TO THE MODAL gX MUST BE Yu IN FACT TO THE ETHICAL gX OUGHT TO BE Yu !ND FORMAL LOGIC ALONE WILL NOT DO BECAUSE SURELY THE PASSAGE FROM THE CATEGORICAL TO THE MODAL IS PRIMA FACIE ILLICIT "UT TAKING ALL OTHER FACTORS INTO CONSIDERATION THE PROPAGATION OF HUMANKIND THE REARING OF CHILDREN THE MUTUAL FULkLMENT OF THE SPOUSES DOES THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL SUGGEST THE ETHICAL !ND IF WE VEHEMENTLY DENY THIS ARE WE WILLING TO PAY THE HIGH COSTS OF SHEARING OFF ALL OBJECTIVE REFERENCE FROM ETHICAL ARGUMENTATION 4HAT ) THINK IS WHERE THE FUNDAMENTAL DEBATE SHOULD BE
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From 1989 to ‘1984’: Generation Tiananmen laments China’s descent HONG KONG: Thirty years after they fled the bullets and tanks, Tiananmen exiles say their dream of returning to a democratic China are more distant than ever as their homeland descends further into authoritarianism and state surveillance. Zhou Fengsuo has always erred on the side of optimism. Five years ago, to mark the 25th anniversary of Beijing’s deadly crackdown, he took advantage of a 72-hour transit visa to sneak back into China on his American passport. It was an act that would be unthinkable now. Under President Xi Jinping, China has returned to a level of oppression not seen since the Mao era, its security apparatus bolstered by cutting edge
technology and the party’s ability to silence critics virtually unchallenged. “There is no reason to be optimistic for China now if you look at what’s happening,” said Zhou, a former student leader who was number five on Beijing’s “Most Wanted” list in the aftermath of the crackdown and who now lives in the United States. “It’s darkening day by day, [what] was unimaginable a year ago, now it’s becoming reality. Even , the novel, couldn’t go that far,” he told AFP in New York, referencing George Orwell’s seminal novel on life in a totalitarian state. Most of those young protesters drawn to Beijing’s streets in the spring of 1989 are now in their early fifties
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Life’s a beach, just not in Virginia
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OE B. migrated to the United States in 2007, settled in and continues to live in Virginia Beach. He is now a US citizen and at 65, retired and happy and still looking for happier days, especially with a 16-year-old daughter. Both of them could say that “life’s a beach� with Bruce (a good Samaritan) until a deranged public utility worker shot 12 people to death and injured many others Friday last week. Joe B. and his daughter were not among the victims, but they still suffered from the deadly incident which shocked the Filipino community in this coastal city, the 44th most populous in the United States. Now the city is 12 citizens and residents less. Virginia Beach’s Chesapeake Bay welcomed English migrants led by Capt. Christopher Newport in 1607, together with more than a hundred crew members. Three centuries later, 97 Filipinos were counted among Virginia’s population. In 1990, the US census showed 19,997 Filipinos in Virginia, which Joe B. would later call home. Virginia Beach is one of the 38 independent cities and 95
B. migrate to America and settle in Virginia Beach. His heart, however, never left the Philippines. Owning or having a car and a gun is easy in the US. Car dealerCRISPIN R. ships look kindly at Filipino imARANDA migrants who are known for hard counties of the Commonwealth work and compliance with lease of Virginia. Counties may have payments — even paying spot cash one or more cities, but an in- for a good secondhand vehicle. dependent city is considered a Car dealers, banks and other county-equivalent. establishments offer credit cards to Of course, the actual number of immigrants because they are known kababayan in Virginia is more than to work two jobs or more, especially what the census says — as tourists, in a two-income household. students and Filipinos working While the motive of the gunlegally or under the color of law. man was still unclear at the time In 2000, the census showed of writing, it has been established Virginia’s Filipino population to that the shooting suspect — be 59,318, and 90,493 Filipino IDENTIkED BY A LAW ENFORCEMENT Americans as of 2010. Most ka- OFkCIAL AS $E7AYNE #RADDOCK babayan in Virginia live in the ‡ HAD WORKED AS A CERTIkED Hampton Road metropolitan area, professional engineer for the city mostly Filipinos who served in of Virginia Beach in the Public the United States Navy after being 5TILITIES $EPARTMENT recruited from the Philippines. Craddock is also “listed on !FTER kVE YEARS AS A GREEN CARD department news releases as a holder, Joe B. joined the natural- point of contact for information ized Americans in the US. His on local road projects over the adopted home has been good to past several years.� Whether the named Virginia him. Corruption and lack of opportunities for 60-year-olds and Beach gunman is unhappy at older in the Philippines made Joe THE INlUX OF IMMIGRANTS TO THE
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US in general or to Virginia in particular, is not known. In 2018, the Philippines was third on the list of the happiest countries in the world, according to a global survey by US-based kRM 'ALLUP )NTERNATIONAL (APPINESS DEkES COMPARTMENtalized categorization, though. Quality of life and the ability to live without fear (even if one earns just a notch above average income level) is a common criterion cited by those leaving their countries for safer, more politically and economically stable place. As a country considered as the top economic engine of the world, the United States is home to more than 4 million Filipinos — 50,000 to 60,000 at a time (yearly). But the US did not make it to the top 10 happiest countries on earth. In two reports for 2018 — one FROM A 'ALLUP POLL CITED BY !"3 CBN — the US was not among the TOP 4HE 'ALLUP POLL SHOWS THE Philippines as the third highest ranked country for having happy citizens: the UN’s World Happiness report using 2018 data shows the Philippines at 69th place. In 2019 alone, there were 148
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From 1989 to ‘1984’ and there is a profound sense of urgency that time is running out to keep alive the memory of what happened. The “Great Firewall� and eagle-eyed party censors have proven adept at scrubbing the web inside China of any reference to Tiananmen. And in more recent years university campuses in the West have witnessed increasingly strident nationalist rhetoric from overseas Chinese students. “There is nothing to be optimistic about the younger generation at campus today, they grew up completely under the shadow of the firewall, so that means they are indoctrinated by the brainwashing when they are babies,� Zhou told AFP.
Crushed by tanks Fang Zheng, a Tiananmen survivor who lost his legs when they were crushed by a tank, is similarly grim in his projections. The last thing he remembered before losing consciousness was seeing the shattered white bones of his legs exposed to the air. Few survivors have suffered so physically as Fang. Yet each spring he has flown all over the world to tell his story. But he has little hope for China’s future. “I’m getting more and more pessimistic,� he told AFP by phone from his home in San Francisco.
“Especially since Xi became leader, the government now uses all sorts of means to control residents. High-tech devices help the government to monitor the people.� Most of the politically active Tiananmen survivors have made their homes in the States, often after serving prison sentences and years spent persuading the Chinese authorities to give them passports. Wu’er Kaixi stayed closer, chosing the democratic island of Taiwan. Hailing from China’s Uighur minority — who now face unprecedented levels of forced incarceration and state surveillance in western Xinjiang province — Wu’er became one of the most outspoken student leaders during the 1989 protests. He famously rebuked Premier Li Peng on national television, an unprecedented dressing down of a top party official, one who later went on to oversee the deadly crackdown. Wu’er said he had spent the last three decades watching with horror as western nations embraced China, hopeful that economic growth might nudge the party towards political liberalisation. “They call it engagement, I call it appeasement, and that has led to the consequences that China is a clear threat to the world order and universal values,� he told AFP at the
sidelines of a Tiananmen conference in Taipei. There is a sense of fatigue in his voice, that every June it has been up to a small coterie of survivors to remind the world of Tiananmen’s legacy. “It is no longer just the Chinese democracy activists’ responsibility to bring China to freedom and democracy, nowadays the whole world share a piece of blame and responsibility,� he said. In an illustration of China’s growing ability to counter dissidents, the conference which Wu’er was attending used to be held in Hong Kong. But with the international finance hub witnessing its own crackdown, organizers moved it to Taipei.
Ailing parents Years of exile have taken a heavy toll on the Tiananmen survivors, especially when it comes to being so far away from ailing parents. Fang’s father died in February, and he desperately wanted to return to China for the funeral. To his surprise, he was initially given a visa by the consulate in San Francisco only to see it rescinded hours later. “I was very disappointed. And my daughters, they dislike China even more now,� he recalled. Wu’er dreads getting that call from
family members in China. “My parents couldn’t see their boy for 30 years,� he said. “I can take the consequences for the path I have chosen, but [the] barbaric Chinese regime has prevented my parents from seeing their child, their grandchildren, so the sacrifice is great.� Of the Tiananmen survivors AFP interviewed, Wang Dan remained the most optimistic. Like Wu’er, he emerged one of the most prominent student leaders and was rewarded with being placed at the top of Beijing’s most wanted list. He spent four years behind bars before eventually making it the US. He describes Xi as “a second Mao� but he takes solace from the fact that even Mao’s reign of repression came to an end. In the long term, he believes, China’s party cannot control the population indefinitely. “Any kind of dictator or authoritarian regime cannot change human nature,� he said. “Believing in this, I still have hope for the future. I don’t know when or how it will happen, but I know it will happen.� Long term, Zhou also thinks China’s authoritarianism will fold, but it is not something he expects to see in his lifetime. “I believe history is on our side,� he said. “But I don’t know how long it will take, how many generations.� AFP
mass shooting incidents, killing 149 and wounding 585. Apparently, economic opportunity counts more than safety to Filipinos. This is the reason why there are more Filipino permanent residents in the US than any other country with permanent migration programs. The other favorite migration destinations for Filipinos were on the top 10 list of the world’s happiest countries for 2018: Canada, New Zealand and Australia. New Zealand has ranked consistently as a safe place to bring up a family until the Christchurch mosque shooting in March of this year. In 2019, New Zealand disappeared from the list. Economic opportunity, the ability to earn more is the same reason that an average of a million Filipinos look to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for work, despite the threat of incarceration, nonobservance of human rights and beheadings. &ORMER $UTERTE ADMINISTRATION spokesman Harry Roque Jr. has been quoted in the ABS-CBN report as saying, “We Filipinos are known as a happy, resilient people. We even manage to smile AMID DIFkCULTIES )T IS THEREFORE
not surprising that we rank high IN THE GLOBAL HAPPINESS INDEX u For generations and over the centuries, Filipinos have regarded the US as the land of milk and honey. Pursuing the American dream drove sugarcane field hands, cannery workers, student pensionados, war veterans and professionals to the US mainland and trust territories and Hawaii. So far, immigrants in the US — and millions more intending to join them — still describe residency in America as “life is a beach.� Last week’s shooting in Virginia Beach may have cast a shadow on the perception of nonimmigrant and immigrant visa applicants to the US. Especially if the prevailing mood against immigrants, supported by proclamation of PresiDENT $ONALD 4RUMP THAT g!MERIca is now full� encourages taking lives with bullets. NRA detractors notwithstanding, more Americans are coming out of the shadows, encouraged by the divisive actions and policies of the Trump administration. To them, happiness is a warm gun which would change the idiom to “life’s a bitch.�
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Khomeini’s legacy looms over Iran 30 years after death TEHRAN: Thirty years ago millions of mourners crowded the streets of Tehran for the funeral of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, and today the founder of the Islamic republic REMAINS A GUIDING kGURE IN )RAN The image of the black-turbaned cleric who brought down the monarchy in 1979 stares out at people across the country, from hotel lobbies and the front of stadiums to hospitals and banknotes. In life Khomeini was recognized by his followers as the “Imam,� leader of the Shiite community, and decades after his death he remains enshrined in the Iranian constitution as “the great source of imitation.� “His key legacy is the strong notion of independence, sovereignty and resilience against foreign hegemony and imperialISM THAT STILL CONTINUES TO EXIST among Iranians,� Mohammad Marandi, head of the American studies department at Tehran University, told AFP. Born in 1902, Khomeini died on June 3, 1989 following a battle with cancer just over 10 years after he led the Islamic revolution that swept Iran’s last shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, a key US ally, from power. His rule saw a decade of tenSIONS WITH THE g'REAT 3ATANu Washington and the brutal 198088 war unleashed by Saddam Hussein’s Iraq that ended a year before he passed.
NATIONALISTS AND -ARXISTS But after the regime fell Khomeini showed a ruthless determination to shut out those erstwhile allies as he staved off all challenges from them and supporters of the shah. In an August 1979 speech the AYATOLLAH EXHORTED HIS FOLLOWERS to show no pity for the “enemies� of the revolution, lamenting displays of leniency. “If we had acted as revolutionaries, broken the pens of all the press and closed down all corrupt magazines and corrupt media, prosecuted their corrupt bosses, and banned the corrupt political parties, and set up hanging scaffolds in main squares... we would not be facing these struggles,� he said. Former French ambassador to Tehran Francois Nicoullaud said Khomeini combined both “the pragmatism that it took to get power and to keep it, and the merciless behaviour towards the enemies of the Islamic revolution.� “He was for the Velayat-e faqih...and he accepted having elected institutions,� he said, TICKING OFF EXAMPLES OF THE LEADER S lEXIBILITY “He wanted to go all the way against Saddam Hussein and kNISHED BY ACCEPTING A PEACE THAT had no victor and no vanquished.�
‘Changed Iranian society’
While Khomeini has become a MAJOR HISTORIC kGURE HE CONTINUES to play a central role in discourse ‘Pragmatism’ in Iran decades after his death. “The ayatollah’s charisma is Khomeini’s teaching was centered on the defense of Islam and kept alive in the political debate,� THE UNDERPRIVILEGED AND A kERCE said Clement Therme, an Iran rejection of Western modernity specialist at the International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS). and perceived imperialism. “All the political elites of the IsHe developed the doctrine of Velayat-e faqih (the guardianship lamic republic claim to be his heirs of the jurist) stating that power and his words are used in the debate should be in the hands of a su- to score points off opponents.� The splits that run through the preme spiritual leader chosen for his piety to direct both the state country’s rulers are fed by “different interpretations� of Khoand believers. T h e t h e o c r a t i c p r i n c i p l e meini’s thoughts, Therme said. On the one side are reformforms the cornerstone of the Iranian system that combines ists “who insist on the popular elected institutions with reli- elected legitimacy of institugious control aimed at giving tions� and on the other are the the Islamic republic both divine conservatives focused on “divine legitimacy,� he said. and popular legitimacy. While the disputes may rage “Velayat-e Faqih is not a conCEPT THAT HE CREATED )T EXISTED IN over Khomeini’s political legacy Shiite jurisprudence over many there is little doubt that he transformed Iran and remains for many centuries,� said Marandi. “What was new was that he in the country a major authority. Khomeini “literally changed actually was able to overthrow a Western-backed dictatorship in Iranian society, [from] a counthe country and establish an Is- try that was subservient to the lamic republic� that allowed Iran needs and interests of foreign to put the “theory into practice.� entities to prioritising the needs, The overthrow of the mon- the dignity, beliefs, culture and archy was achieved thanks to the interests of the indigenous a disparate array of forces that population,� said Marandi from AFP MIXED 3HIITE CLERICS WITH SECULAR Tehran University.
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Sale of a minor’s property Dear PAO, Our minor daughter inherited a property from her granduncle when she was three years old. As her parents, we oversee the upkeep of the property and the payment of the taxes due thereon. However, my husband just recently lost his job and our FAMILY S kNANCES HAVE NOT BEEN doing well. We can no longer afford the maintenance of the inherited property and stretch our resources for the payment of our daughter’s needs. To make matters worse, we also need to pay for our daughter’s tuition and other school related expenses in a few weeks. A relative offered a substantial amount of money to purchase the property inherited by our daughter to help our family. We are thinking of selling the property because we badly need the money. However, the 4RANSFER #ERTIkCATE OF 4ITLE IS under the name of our minor daughter and we are uncertain if we, as parents and administrators, could sell our daughter’s property even if our names do not appear in the Transfer CerTIkCATE OF 4ITLE Felix and Kath Dear Felix and Kath, You can sell your minor child’s property, provided that you have secured the approval of the court to sell the same. Article 225 of the Family Code of the Philippines recognizes the parents’ guardianship over their minor child’s assets without the need of a court pronouncement in the following manner: “Article 225. The father and the mother shall, jointly exercise legal guardianship over the property of their unemancipated common child without the necessity of a court appointment. In case of disagreement, the father’s decision shall prevail, unless there is a judicial order to the contrary. “Where the market value of the property or the annual income of the child exceeds P50,000, the parent concerned shall be required to furnish a bond in such amount as the court may determine, but not less than ten per centum (10%) of the value of the property or annual income, to guarantee the performance of the obligations prescribed for general guardians.� However, the authority mentioned above is limited to acts of administration and management, and does not extend to acts of disposition or encumbrance of the child’s property. Thus, in the case of The minors Alberto Badillo et al. vs Ferrer (GR L-51369; July 29,
DEAR PAO PERSIDA ACOSTA 1987, Ponente: Associate Justice Emilio Gancayco), the Supreme Court explained that “the powers given to her by the laws as the natural guardian covers only matters of administration and cannot include the power of disposition. 3HE SHOULD HAVE kRST SECURED THE permission of the court before she alienated that portion of the property in question belonging to her minor children.� (Emphasis supplied). Likewise, in the case of Inton vs Quintana (GR L-1236; May 26, 1948, Ponente: Associate Justice Pedro Tuazon), the Supreme Court further explained: “Although the mother was said to be the minor children’s guardian — an allegation on which there is not the slightest evidence — it does not appear that she was authorized to enter into this transaction or that the sale was approved by the competent court. Without the court’s authority or approval, the sale was ineffective as to the minor children even if she were the minors’ judicial guardian. A guardian has no authority to sell real estate of his ward, merely by reason of his general powers, and in the absence of any special authority to sell conferred by will, statue, or order of court. (28 CJ, 1133.) A sale of the ward’s realty of guardian without authority of the court is void.� (Emphasis supplied) Thus, it is clear from the above that although parents have the power to manage and administer their minor children’s properties, the same does not include the authority to dispose or encumber the property. Therefore, parents who desire to sell their minor child’s property must first secure the approval of the court, and post a bond if the value of the property exceeds P50,000. We hope that we were able to answer your queries. This advice is based solely on the facts you have narrated and our appreciation of the same. Our opinion may vary when other facts are changed or elaborated.
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Agusan Cafgu killed during Brigada Eskwela CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY: A member of the Citizen Armed Fo r c e G e o g r a p h i c a l U n i t (Cafgu) was killed by alleged members of the New People’s Army (NPA) while participating in the Brigada Eskwela program in a remote barangay in La Paz, Agusan del Sur on May 30. Killed was Felipe Amado, 42, a Manobo resident of B a r a n g ay Lyd i a , w h o wa s off-duty and participating in the ongoing Brigada Eskwela activity of Lydia Elementary School when he was shot dead by five men believed to be NPA rebels in Comota–Lydia Village Road, according to reports from the 401st Infantry Brigade of the 4th Infantry Division. According to a certain Dindo, they were onboard two motorcycles going back to the barangay (village) after getting nipa leaves for the construction of a temporary classroom when they were flagged down by five armed
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men, whom they identified as members of the NPA based on their uniforms. The Philippine Army condemned the killing, saying the “treacherous act is a very clear violation of International Humanitarian Law.� The NPA claimed the killings of a village captain and another civilian in San Luis, Agusan del Sur on March 6, 2019, stating that civilians were legitimate targets of the NPA terrorists based on the verdict of their leaders. Col. Allan Hambala, 401st B r i g a d e c o m m a n d e r, e x pressed his condolences to the family of Amado. “We deeply mourn for his tragic death. We will seek for justice in behalf of his family and we’ll provide all necessary assistance due for them. This should be a clear eye-opener to everyone that these terrorist NPAs are just plain criminals and murderers, so stop supporting them in any way,� he said. PNA
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The sharp increase in kidney ailments among people in the Zamboanga Peninsula has concerned HEALTH OFkCIALS DoH-9 nephrologist Dr. Adzmier Abdulla said this meant “some PERSONS ARE AFlICTED WITH THE ailment every month.� He added that because of
this, dialysis centers in Region 9 had increased in number, from seven centers five years ago to 14 at present. Region 9 is comprised of Zamboanga del Sur, Zamboanga Sibugay, Zamboanga del Norte, and the cities of Pagadian, Dipolog, Zamboanga and Isabela (Basilan).
Abdulla said kidney ailment “has become one of the top 10 killer diseases not only in Region 9, but also in the country.� Another DoH-9 physician, Agnes Mabolo, said the agency had lined up several activities, which coincide with the celebration of World Kidney Month this June. These will be focused on the theme, “Sa Malusog na Bato, ang Bukas ay Sigurado.� The Health department, she added, “Hopes to impart public knowledge and awareness to help address the rising number of kidney patients in the Muslim-
Christian region.� Abdulla said several causes of kidney failure include an “unhealthy lifestyle, food, genetc predisposition, auto immune problems and constant intake of medications without a doctor’s prescription, especially pain medication.� He reminded people to drink at LEAST LITERS OF WATER A DAY gTO lUSH out toxins that go to the kidneys, instead of drinking soft drinks.� Eating salty food also adversely affects the kidney, Abdulla added, as he stressed the need for people to live healthy lifestyle.
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Q More than 50 children queue for macaroni soup with egg, cupcakes and candies handed out by kids’ clubs Dokil and Skeport Sunday morning at Bicol Block in Barangay Ilayang Iyam, Lucena City. Abel Abejero, head of Dokil Club, said this was a regular project of their clubs, which are comprised of 65 members as young as 10 years old. The fund for the project came from the members’ school allowances, as they claimed they never asked for assistance from influential people. The groups, however, said they were grateful for the contributions from ordinary individuals like Caly Penamora, a young city hall employee. PHOTO BY BELLY M. OTORDOZ
3rd airline for Negros airport pushed BACOLOD CITY: -ORE OFkCIALS HAVE expressed their support for the entry of a third airline at the Bacolod-Silay Airport in a bid to reduce the airfare rates here. Mayor Evelio Leonardi said in a statement over the weekend that his request for lowcost carrier AirAsia to serve the Bacolod route received support from the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB), as well as top officials of the Department of Transportation (DoTr) and Department of Finance. “In the interest of more competition and better passenger options, the CAB fully supports the intention of AirAsia to enter the Bacolod market,� Leonardia quoted Tugade’s statement of assurance to AirAsia Vice Chairman Mikee Romero. At present, only Philippine Air-
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LINES AND #EBU 0ACIkC ARE SERVING the Bacolod-Silay Airport route. &REQUENT lYERS FROM .EGROS Occidental to Manila have noted the much-higher airfare charges in Bacolod compared to that in neighboring cities of Iloilo and Cebu. Leonardia said Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez 3rd endorsed Romero’s plan to the DoTr. The mayor added that Romero, who is also the party-list representative of 1-Pacman, informed him that they expect to enter the Bacolod market a month after completing the CAB procedures. “I asked Rep. Romero some time ago for the budget airline to lY TO "ACOLOD u SAID ,EONARDIA who was the senior vice chair of the House Committee on Transportation from 2013 to 2016.
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He added that he met with Romero in Manila a few days ago and reminded him again about the plan, and he was assured that AirAsia would put Bacolod-Silay Airport among their “top priority additional routes.� “Congressman Romero and I are in constant communication these days to ensure the entry of another airline. When a third airline comes in, we should expect lower airfares for our local riding public,� Leonardia said. Last week, a local newspaper here reported that Sen. Juan Miguel Zubiri, Bacolod City Lone District Rep. Greg Gasataya and Negros Occidental Third District Rep. Alfredo Benitez had joined the call to reduce airfare rates here. Benitez’s congressional district includes Silay City, where the airport is located. PNA
BI INTERCEPTS 2 VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING
ANTI-narcotics police arrested a teenager and his cohort, who yielded more than P4 million worth of suspected shabu in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Pasil, Cebu City on Saturday. Police Maj. Henrix Bancoleta of the City Intelligence Branch of the Cebu City Police Office said Jither Bacante, 19, and Dave Cabije, 20, sold a medium pack of shabu for P10,000 to a poseur-buyer beside Cabije’s rented house in an interior portion of Sitio Mahayahay 2 at past 11 p.m. Police confiscated four more medium packs and 12 large packs of shabu from Cabije. Bancoleta said the seized shabu had a Dangerous Drugs Board value estimated at P4,216,000. RHEA RUTH ROSELL
BUREAU of Immugration (BI) officers at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) stopped the departure of two women, who were believed to be victims of human trafficking. BI Port Operations Division chief Grifton Medina said over the weekend that the two female passengers were found to have falsified their birth dates to make it appear that they were qualified to work as household service workers in the Middle East. Medina said the two attempted to depart via a Scoot Airways flight to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia when they were flagged for secondary inspection by frontline Immigration officers. “It was later found she is only 15, while her companion is only 20,� Medina said. Only those who are 23 years of age and above are qualified for deployment for domestic work in the Middle East. WILLIAM B. DEPASUPIL
MOTORCYCLE-RIDING MEN GUN DOWN BUSINESSMAN IN QC
WOMAN ARRESTED FOR KILLING LOVER, TRICYCLE DRIVER SHOT DEAD
BUSINESSMAN Hanson Maranan, 45, was shot dead by still unidentified assailants along Old Samson Road corner Cloverleaf Drive, Barangay Apolonio Samson, Quezon City on Sunday. According to a police report, Maranan was talking with his helper and witness Raiza Mae Berina in front of his store when two men aboard a motorcycle fired shots at him. Maranan sustained multiple wounds in different parts of his body. The suspects, wearing helmets, fled from the crime scene towards Kaingin Road. Police recovered six 9-millimeter empty shells and two .45 caliber empty shells from the crime scene. DIVINA NOVA JOY DELA CRUZ
TAYUG,Pangasinan: On Saturday, police arrested Marivic Tubiera 38, of Poblacion in Tayug town, after she accidentally killed her tricycle driver live-in partner, while Loreto Pasana, a vendor and tricycle driver of Barangay Guesang in Mangaldan town was shot and killed by still unidentified suspects in Mapandan town. Pasana sustained multiple gunshot wounds and died instantly. Meanwhile, Tubiera was arrested by police after she was positively identified as the killer of Bonnie Bautista, who was drunk when Tubiera struck him out of anger because the former did not buy food for their children. Bautista was rushed to the hospital, but was declared dead on arrival. JAIME G. AQUINO
CEBU BUY-BUST YIELDS P4.2-M SHABU
SAN CARLOS CITY, Pangasinan: Illegal drugs are now being sold like candy in sari-sari stores, particularly those in the vicinity of a university in Barangay Palaris in this city, revealed a report of the Citizens Movement Against Corruption, Crime, Illegal Drugs and Gambling. Salvador Singson de Guzman, who leads the crime and corruption watchdog, said their investigation revealed that most of the buyers of the illegal substances were students. In an interview with The Manila Times, de Guzman said foreign students were always seen in a canteen buying cigarettes, which were actually not cigarettes, but repacked marijuana or shabu. De Guzman said his group could attest to this information as they personally witnessed the operations of these sarisari stores. The sari-sari store owners are also allegedly using beautiful salesladies who speak fluent English. De Guzman urged police to deploy intelligence personnel in the area so they could witness the transactions themselves. San Carlos City had the highest number of foreign students from various countries enrolled at the Virgin Milagrosa University (VMU) in courses such as medicine, nursing, dentistry and midwifery, said Christopher John Abella, control officer of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) in Pangasinan. On May 20, San Carlos City police operatives, led by chief Lt. Col. Rollyfer Capoquian, apprehended two Pakistanis and one Palestinian dentist while conducting a pot session inside an apartment in Barangay Palaris. The arrested were Pakistanis Afgad Aslam Chaudhry and Muhammad Daim, and Palestinian Aref Tayseer Aref Abdalghany. They were identified as medical students at VMU. Confiscated from them were one Marlboro Red Box and two Marlboro cigarette sticks containing dried marijuana leaves mixed with tobacco, one labeled black lighter, and one self-sealing plastic sachet with dried marijuana leaves. Cases for violations of Sections 11 and 15 of Article 11 of the Republic Act 9165 or the “Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act� were filed against the suspects. The three are detained at the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology The suspects admitted that they bought the cigarettes from a sari-sari store near VMU and said that even local students bought the stuff. Abella said 1,656 foreign female and male students were enrolled in different universities in Pangasinan based on the report he received from the schools as of May 30. The foreign students — Pakistanis, Palestinians, Indians, Nigerians, Nepalis and Yemenis — are mostly taking up Bachelor of Science in Biology degrees in the Universities of San Carlos, Urdaneta and Dagupan. Abella explained that there were now more foreign students studying in the province because of the quality of education, cheaper tuition fees, proficiency in English of the residents and competent teachers. He said more than 30 foreigners, including the three earlier arrested for drugs, were facing criminal charges for violating the Immigration Law, drug-peddling and drug use, and were facing deportation. However, Abella said they could not immediately deport the foreigners because the BI Legal Department is still investigating them and they have cases pending in the courts.
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7 injured in Manila LPG tank explosion BY DEMPSEY REYES
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EVEN persons, including a three-yearold child, were wounded after a gas tank exploded at a water refilling station in Sampaloc, Manila on Sunday.
Based on a police report, the explosion occurred at 8:10 a.m. at a water station beside a yogurt and tea house on Dalupan Street. The Manila Police District (MPD) Explosives Ordnance Division said no parts of an e x p l o s i ve d e v i c e
were found. Maj. Gen. Guillermo Eleazar, chief of the National Capital Region Police Office, visited the explosion site. He said an investigation is being conducted by the MPD and the Bureau of Fire Protection.
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MRT 7 to open in 2020 THE first phase of the P80billion Metro Rail Transit-7 (MRT 7) would open next year, Ramon Ang, president of San Miguel Corp. (SMC), the project’s proponent, said. Ang said the conglomerate would open phase 1 in September 2020. The first phase covers areas from the Grand Central station in North Avenue up to the Don Antonio station. The second phase, which covers the Batasan to Novaliches stations, will open in December 2020. The MRT 7 is a 22.8-kilometer railway covering 14 stations from the Grand Central station to San Jose Del Monte in Bulacan province. Other stations are Quezon Memorial Circle, University Avenue, Tandang Sora, Manggahan, Doña Carmen, Regalado, Mind a n a o Ave n u e, Q u i r i n o H i g h w a y, S a c r e d H e a r t and Tala. MRT 7 is expected to service 500,000 to 700,000 passengers per day. It will be linked through a connecting bridge to the MRT3 that covers the stretch of EDSA to Taft Avenue in Pasay City. Ang said concerns about the monorail’s slowdown ahead of a sharp curve had been addressed, noting that the rail system would only slow down to a full halt at every station.
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SENATOR-elect Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go, who just arrived from Japan, rushed to Mapagkumbaba Extension Pook Malinis in Barangay UP Campus, Quezon City on Sunday to visit the 119 victims of the fire that hit their community on May 28. “I will not limit myself to being just a legislator. My work is not confined to the four walls of the Senate. Although the new Senate (18th Congress) will not start until July 1, I will start working to deliver help to my fellow Filipinos,” Go said in mixed
English and Filipino. Before leaving for Japan to join President Rodrigo Duterte in his official visit, Go visited 285 families affected by fire in Biñan, Laguna. He took the opportunity to encourage his colleagues in government and in the private sector to help fellow Filipinos in need. “[I call for] a little help from my friends from the private sector and from government like the Departments of Social Welfare and Health, Philippine
Charity Sweepstakes Office and Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp., as well as the National Housing Authority for housing needs,” Go said. He added that he had requested the Department of Trade and Industry to provide livelihood opportunities for the fire victims. “We will also give food and school supplies, so children can go to school,” he added. Go gave assurances that he would continue to help not only fire victims, but
also those who need assistance, even when he starts work in the Senate. One of his top priorities is to review the fire safety and prevention measures, and the construction of safe and permanent evacuation centers. Go vowed to work with integrity and honesty. “This is a public office. This is public service. Service, action, service. I owe it to our people to be accountable to them at all times,” he said.
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Tulfo brothers lose security rules and decorum and be responsible in their actions. While the PNP is doing this, security escorts of Erwin and others are recalled.” Erwin had called Bautista “crazy” and threatened to slap him, prompting condemnation from groups such as the Philippine Military Academy Alumni Association. The Tulfos are known for courting controversy in their radio and TV shows and also their print columns. Bautista is a PMA alumnus and former Philippine Army chief and commander of the Presidential Security Group. He is a classmate of Armed Forces of the Philippines chief Gen. Benjamin Madrigal Jr. and Peace Process Adviser Carlito Galvez Jr. DEMPSEY REYES
VACATION’S OVER Children frolic in Manila Bay on Sunday, squeezing fun from the hours left before schools open on Monday. PHOTO BY J. GERARD SEGUIA
“Lahat ng sinara namin, lalagyan ng flyover ng sasakyan (All roads that were closed for the MRT will have flyovers),” Ang said in a briefing last week. Ang added that the conglomerate would announce this week a new proposal, which aims to address woes regarding provincial buses. He said SMC, in partnership with the Department of Transportation, would allow the passage of provincial buses on Skyway Stage 3 from Buendia to the Balintawak-North Luzon Expressway (NLEx) toll plaza. The end point of the Skyway would have a “busand-foot” terminal that could accommodate 1,000 provincial buses. “Ang bilis ng speed nun… ‘pag pumasok ka na ng Buendia, at gusto mong dumating sa Balintawak-NLEx toll plaza, wala nang traffic. It would take you the most — pinakamabagal na and takbong 40 [kilometer per hour (kph)] — in 15 minutes (It will be fast. If you enter Buendia and you want to go to Balintawak-NLEx toll plaza, it would take you 15 minutes at a speed of 40 kph),” Ang said. “This is a solution that will solve the perennial problem of the provincial bus forever,” he added. Ang said the project is set for commercial operations in December 2020. ANGELICA BALLESTEROS
competing interests of the government, health advocates, cigarette industry and tobacco farmers. The Ways and Means Committee tackled four tobacco tax rate every year thereafter. proposals, including a House of “[T]he agreement was we will Representatives bill that called for just introduce some amendments a rate of P37.50 per pack starting AND THEN BECAUSE IT WAS CERTIkED July this year, and measures from urgent, we can pass it on second senators Emmanuel “Manny” Pacand third reading,” Drilon said. quiao, Sherwin “Win” Gatchalian “Then this (the approved bill0 and Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito will be sent to House of Represen- that sought rates of P60, P70 and tatives and they will determine if P90 per pack, respectively. they can adopt our version. If they The Finance department has agree with our version, they will said higher tobacco excise taxes just adopt it because there is no would fill a P40-billion UHC more time to conduct a bicameral funding gap. Some 85 percent of conference committee [hearing to PROCEEDS WOULD BE USED TO kNANCE harmonize the two chambers’ ver- government health programs, sions],” Drilon said. while the rest would be utilized for Angara has said the gradual programs targeted at tobacco farmtax increase would reconcile the ers, the Health department added.
Chinese firm guilty of copyright infringement THE Court of Appeals (CA) has declared guilty a Chinese company based in China and its three local trading partners of copyright infringement and awarded P24.7 million in damages to a Filipino publishing company. In an 11-page decision, dated April 11, 2019 but released just recently, the CA 11th Division gave credence to the Dec. 8, 2017 decision rendered by Judge Ma. Victoria Soriano Villadolid of the Manila City RTC Branch 24. Villadolid ordered the defendants MY Intercontinental Trading Corp. (MITC), its owner Tedwin Uy, Allianz Marketing and Publishing Corp. (Allianz) and China-based kRM &UJIAN .EW 4ECHNOLOGY #OLOR Making and Printing Company Ltd. (Fujian) to pay St. Mary’s Publishing Corp. (SMPC) and its owner Jerry Vicente Catabijan damages amounting to P24,695,830. The case stemmed from the printing contract between SMPC and the defendants for the printing of SMPC textbooks in Fujian’s factory in China. SMPC issued an authority to print textbooks three times to Fujian in September, October and November 2009. Fujian, however, failed to deliver the textbooks to SMPC and instead issued to MITC the authority to enter into contract to market and
sell the textbook. The appeals court, in a decision penned by Justice Ricardo Rosario, said there was no merit IN THE PETITION FOR REVIEW kLED BY the defendants who sought the reversal of the judgment rendered by the Manila City RTC in favor of SMPC and Catabijan. It said the lower court “ha[s] not overlooked any particular facts of substance and value which, if considered, would have affected the result of the case.” 4HE APPEALS COURT ALSO AFkRMED the lower court’s ruling to order the defendants to desist from printing, copying, importing, revising, distributing, reproducing, promoting and selling of pertinent textbooks of SMPC and copies thereof, including copies of the revised editions or other formatted versions of said works. The CA argued that there was no error committed by Villadolid, stressING THAT THE FACTUAL kNDINGS HAVE NOT been reached arbitrarily or without SUFkCIENT BASIS AND ITS ASSESSMENT ON credibility must be fully respected. “In light of all these, we are herein constrained to uphold the court a QUO S kNDING AS THEY ARE SOUNDLY based on prevailing laws and jurisprudence applicable to the particular statement of facts in this case,” the decision reads. JOMAR CANLAS
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Analysts see inflation easing below 3% in May BY ANNA LEAH E. GONZALES
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NFLATION likely eased below 3 percent last month because of lower food prices, according to analysts polled by The Manila Times.
&ORECASTS ON THE RATE OF THE INCREASE in the prices of goods and services for the month ranged from 2.7 percent to PERCENT WITH A PERCENT AVERAGE DOWN FROM THE PERCENT POSTED IN April and 4.6 percent in May last year. The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas "30 EARLIER PROJECTED INlATION TO EASE TO AS LOW AS PERCENT OR PICK UP TO PERCENT WHILE ,ONDON BASED ECONOMIC RESEARCH kRM #APITAL %CONOMICS SAW IT settling at 2.5 percent.
4HE 0HILIPPINE 3TATISTICS !UTHORITY 03! IS SET TO RELEASE OFkCIAL -AY INlATION DATA ON *UNE HSBC Global Research offered the HIGHEST INlATION PROJECTION OF PERCENT ATTRIBUTING IT TO HIGHER PRICES OF OIL AND THE CONTINUED INCREASE IN VEGETABLE AND FRUIT PRICES g!LL THINGS CONSIDERED HOWEVER INlATIONARY PRESSURES REMAIN BENIGN and headline prices are likely to hover AROUND THE MIDPOINT OF THE "ANGKO
Sentral ng Pilipinas’ 2-4 percent target,� HSBC said in a report. )T EXPECTS FULL YEAR INlATION TO AVERAGE PERCENT WHICH IT SAID WOULD ALLOW THE "30 TO FURTHER LOOSEN MONETARY POLICY IN THE FOURTH QUARTER “We believe the BSP has scope for another 100 basis points of RRR (reserve REQUIREMENT RATIO CUTS AND A BPS POLICY RATE CUT BY YEAREND u (3"# SAID !NALYSTS FROM THE 2IZAL #OMMERCIAL Banking Corp. (RCBC) and Philstocks &INANCIAL )NC BOTH FORECAST INlATION TO remain steady at 3 percent. According to Philstocks research ASSOCIATE *APHET ,OUIS 4ANTIANGO INlATION COULD FALL WITHIN TO PERCENT WITH A PERCENT AVERAGE DUE TO UPSIDE PRESSURES THAT INCLUDE
base effects, elevated oil prices and the depreciated peso. g$OWNWARD PRESSURES INCLUDE LOWER rice prices and electricity rates,� Tantiangco said. Michael Ricafort, head of RCBC’s ECONOMICS AND INDUSTRY RESEARCH DIVISION EXPLAINED THAT INFLATION COULD REMAIN STEADY AT PERCENT BUT MAY EASE FURTHER TO PERCENT LEVELS IN THE REMAINING MONTHS OF DUE TO REDUCED FOOD AND GLOBAL OIL PRICES g&OOD PRICES ESPECIALLY ;OF= RICE HAVE CONTINUED TO GO DOWN IN RECENT MONTHS AMID THE HARVEST SEASON AND PARTLY DUE to the government’s non-monetary MEASURES SINCE THE LATTER PART OF TO INCREASE FOOD RICE SUPPLY EVEN BEFORE
TRACTING "ETTER AND (IGHER QUALITY /PPORTUNITIES 4RABAHO NOW pending in Congress. The second package of the $UTERTE ADMINISTRATION S #OMPREhensive Tax Reform Program and often referred to as Train 2 — after THE FIRST PACKAGE 2EPUBLIC !CT 10963 or the Tax Reform for AccelERATION AND )NCLUSION !CT WHICH WAS IMPLEMENTED AT THE START OF ‡ 4RABAHO SEEKS TO LOWER THE corporate income tax to 20 percent from 30 percent in 10 years and RATIONALIZE TAX INCENTIVES “[H]anggang hindi tayo makadecide sa 4RAIN wIT WILL REALLY ;CREATE= UNCERTAINTIES !S LONG AS WE REMAIN UNDECIDED ON 4RAIN IT WILL REALLY CREATE UNCERTAINTIES u 0LAZA SAID ON THE SIDELINES
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PEZA: Investments fall 24% in Jan-April THE Philippine Economic Zone !UTHORITY 0%:! SAW ITS INVESTMENT PLEDGES PLUNGE BY PERCENT IN THE kRST FOUR MONTHS OF AS POTENTIAL INVESTORS WORRY OVER UNCERTAINTIES SURROUNDING the second of the government’s proposed tax-reform packages. $ATA FROM THE STATE RUN ECOZONE AGENCY SHOWED THAT TOTAL INVESTMENTS HIT 0 BILLION IN *ANUARY TO !PRIL COMPARED WITH THE P39.09 billion registered in the same period in 2018. This represents a 1.24-percent DROP IN THE NUMBER OF PROJECTS TO IN THE PERIOD IN REVIEW FROM 161 a year ago. According to PEZA Director 'ENERAL #HARITO 0LAZA FOREIGN INVESTORS WERE BOTHERED BY (OUSE Bill 8083, or the Tax Reform for At-
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In this May 31, 2019 photo, a worker stacks a box of freshly harvested Chiquita bananas to be exported, at a farm in Ciudad Hidalgo in Mexico’s Chiapas state. US President Donald Trump plans to impose 5-percent tariffs on Mexican imports starting June 10 and ratchet them up to 25 percent by Oct. 1 if the Mexicans don’t do more to stop the surge of Central American migrants across the southern US border. AP PHOTO
DoE endorses 10 power projects THE Department of Energy (DoE) HAS ENDORSED ENERGY PROJECTS MOSTLY RENEWABLE ENERGY 2% ONES INCLUDING THOSE OF SUBSIDIARIES OF THE !BOITIZ ,OPEZ AND #ONSUNJI GROUPS SINCE THE START of the year. Data from the department
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PSEi seen to touch 8,000 level THE stock market is likely to reach the 8,000 level during a shortened trading week, with investor set to focus on this week’s release of the country’s official inflation data. In a market note over the weekend, online brokerage firm 2tradeasia. com said investors this week would be
on wait-and-see mode ahead of May inflation data. The Philippines Statistics Authority will release the data on June 5, which Malacaùang had declared a holiday for Eid’l Fitr to mark the end of Ramadan. The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has projected the rate of the increase
in the prices of goods and services for that month to be between 2.8 and 3.6 percent, compared with the 3.0 percent registered in April and 3.3 in March. The central bank cited upside price pressures, from the jeepney fare hike in Central Visayas and higher prices of
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HE Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) over the weekend reiterated that foreigners and nonresident aliens planning to work in the Philippines must secure their Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) after estimates indicated the government is losing billions in income taxes from unregistered foreign workers. g4HIS ORDER IS BEING ISSUED TO PRESCRIBE THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF FOREIGN INDIVIDUALS not engaged and/or engaged IN TRADE OR BUSINESS OR GAINFUL
employment in the Philippines,� )NTERNAL 2EVENUE #OMMISSIONER #AESAR $ULAY SAID IN 2EVENUE -EMORANDUM /RDER RELEASED LATE ON &RIDAY
4HE MEMORANDUM SAID FOREIGN NATIONALS PLANNING TO WORK ENGAGE IN TRADE OR BUSINESS IN THE 0HILIPPINES ARE REQUIRED TO SECURE THEIR 4). FOLLOWING EXISTING RELATED REVENUE ISSUANCES - E A N W H I L E N O N R E S I D E N T aliens not engaged in trade or BUSINESS SHALL BE ISSUED A 4). FOR WITHHOLDING TAXES ON THEIR INCOME FROM SOURCES WITHIN THE Philippines. 4HIS FOLLOWED A JOINT GUIDELINE SIGNED BY ")2 WITH THE ,ABOR *USTICE AND )MMIGRATION DEPARTMENTS REQUIRING FOREIGN WORKERS TO SECURE A 4). BEFORE THEY CAN SECURE A 3PECIAL 7ORKing Permit or Alien Employ-
ment Permit. Earlier, the BIR said it matched the list of foreigners hired by loCAL COMPANIES WITH THE RECORDS provided by government agencies WHICH SHOWED BIG DISCREPANCIES ON THE NUMBER OF FOREIGNERS EMployed and reported by them to THE TAX BUREAU This prompted the BIR to isSUE BATCHES OF NOTICES REQUIRING THESE EMPLOYERS TO PAY THE WITHHOLDING TAXES DUE AMOUNTING TO P4.44 billion. “Calls have been made for a PUBLIC INQUIRY INTO THE PROLIFERATION OF FOREIGN WORKERS IN THE COUNTRY u THE BUREAU SAID Within its mandate, the BIR
stressed it remains vigilant and HAS ACTED HAND IN HAND WITH OTHER AGENCIES TO MAP OUT A LINKAGE AND FRAMEWORK ENSURING that correct taxes are remitted. )T ALSO WARNED THAT EMPLOYERS WHO REMAIN UNRESPONSIVE TO THE NOTICES WILL BE SUBJECTED to a formal investigation and INCREMENTAL PENALTIES WOULD then be imposed. %ARLIER THE $EPARTMENT OF &INANCE $O& ESTIMATED THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS LOSING ABOUT 0 BILLION ANNUALLY FROM FOREIGN WORKER INCOME TAXES After consolidating data from VARIOUS AGENCIES THE $O& LED TASK FORCE HAS COME UP WITH AN
initial list of some 138,000 forEIGNERS OF WHOM HAVE been given alien employment permits and another 83,760 HOLDING SPECIAL WORKING PERMITS & I N A N C E 3 E C R E T A R Y # A R L O S $OMINGUEZ RD SAID THOSE ON the list have no TINs and their REPORTED SALARIES WERE ONLY ABOUT 0 EACH MONTHLY WHICH HE DESCRIBED AS gRIDICULOUSLY LOW u !SSUMING THAT EACH FOREIGN WORKER EARNS AN AVERage of $1,500 a month and is taxed at 25 percent of his or HER GROSS INCOME $OMINGUEZ CAME UP WITH A ROUGH ESTIMATE of P32 billion a year in income taxes to be collected.
Law to boost farmers’ income backed Loans for farmers’ equipment pushed THE Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PHilMech) lauded the recent enactment of Republic Act 11321 or Sagip Saka Act that will help boost the income and productivity of farmers and fisherfolks across the country. PHilMech Executive Director Baldwin Jallorina in statement over the weekend said the agency’s programs could perform a role in the implementation of RA 11321. “PHilMech has always advocated turning farmers into entrepreneurs, by way of technology adoption and assistance in enterprise development. In fact, PHilMech is establishing three Regional Technology Management and Demonstration Centers (RTMDCs) that also aim to develop agribusiness enterprises and help farmers and entrepreneurs in farm technology adoption, particularly farm mechanization and postharvest,â€? Jallorina said. “Definitely, the RTDMCs can perform a role in the programs and projects that will be developed and implemented from RA 11321,â€? he added. The Sagip Saka Act was signed by President Duterte on April 17, 2019, to improve the lives of farmers and fishermen through enterprise development.Â
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Under the law’s “Farmers and Fisherfolk Enterprise Development Program�, the Department of Agriculture (DA), as the leading implementing agency, would promote the establishment of enterprises involving agricultural and fishery products as well as partnerships and alliances between farmers and fisherfolks, and the private sector to improve market access.  To do this, the DA will tap its attached agencies including PHilMech, Philippine Coconut Authority, National Dairy Authority, Bureau of Soils and Water Management, Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, Agriculture Training Institute, Agricultural Credit and Policy Council, and the Bureau of Agricultural Research. The law also stipulates the creation of the Farmers and Fisherfolk Enterprise Development Council� to oversee the proper implementation of its programs and projects. Among the functions of PHilMech RTMDCs are offering business advisory or assisting clients in the formation of agribusiness enterprises using the postharvest and farm mechanization technologies developed by the agency. “Assisted clients will then be referred
to enterprises and institutions that are partners of PHilMech in the development, manufacture and distribution of its developed technologies for the farming sector,�  Jallorina said. “Besides standalone or individual technologies, PHilMech has been developing protocols and processes, where technologies produced by the agency are promoted for easier adoption by farmers, cooperatives and agribusiness enterprises,� he added. For this year, three RTDMCs were targeted to be established in Camarines Sur, Leyte and Davao. A P5 million budget was allocated for the establishment of one RTDMC. The RTDMC in Pili, Camarines Sur, was inaugurated in February. PhilMech is the leading institution for farm mechanization in the Philippines, as mandated by RA 10601 or Agriculture and Fisheries Mechanization Act (AFMech Law). The agency develops protocols and processes, wherein technologies produced by the agency and locally-available equipment are tapped for easier adoption by farmers, cooperatives, and agribusiness enterprises. EIREENE JAIREE GOMEZ
Let’s hear it for smart speakers
Y FAMILY IS A BIG USER OF SMART SPEAKERS 5SUALLY AN early adopter of technology, my HUSBAND BEGAN INSTALLING SMART SPEAKERS IN OUR HOME A FEW YEARS AGO AND DILIGENTLY WENT ABOUT AUTOMATING EVERYTHING USING THESE connected devices. The kids, not SURPRISINGLY QUICKLY WARMED UP TO THE DEVICE kNDING IT A USEFUL TOOL FOR DOING HOMEWORK AND PLAYING games. ) WASN T AS IMMEDIATELY CONVINCED )N A WAY ) INITIALLY BELONGED TO THAT GROUP OF CONSUMERS WHO COULDN T QUITE GET THE HANG OF SMART SPEAKERS AND WHOSE WEIRD OFTEN HILARIOUS EXPERIENCES ARE WELL DOCUMENTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA 4HERE S THE HOMEOWNER WHO WAS A BIT FREAKED OUT WHEN HIS %CHO $OT SUDDENLY LAUGHED IN THE MIDDLE OF A CONVERSATION EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS NOTHING FUNNY BEING SAID !NOTHER HOMEOWNER REPORTED THAT HER 'OOGLE (OME WOULD TURN ON the lights and TV in the middle of THE NIGHT UNPROMPTED !ND THEN THERE S THE GRANDMA WHO KEPT asking Alexa (“Alaska,� she kept CALLING IT IN &ILIPINO TO SCRATCH HER BACK OBVIOUSLY TO NO AVAIL "ECAUSE OF THESE EXPERIENCES CONSUMERS CAN T BE FAULTED FOR REGARDING smart speakers as mere novelty items IN THE GADGET MARKET m YOU DON T QUITE NEED ONE BUT IT S FUN TO PLAY AROUND WITH IT WHEN SOMEBODY ELSE BUYS ONE $ELOITTE HOWEVER BELIEVES THIS WON T BE THE CASE FOR LONG )N OUR ANNUAL TMT Predictions REPORT WHICH LOOKS AT WHAT S IN STORE IN THE NEAR FUTURE FOR THE TECH MEDIA AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS sectors, Deloitte Global predicts THAT THE INDUSTRY FOR SMART SPEAKERS WILL BE WORTH BILLION IN $ELOITTE EXPECTS MILLION UNITS TO BE SOLD THIS YEAR WITH AN AVERAGE selling price of $43, representing a PERCENT GROWTH FROM 4HIS WOULD MAKE SMART SPEAKERS THE FASTEST GROWING CONNECTED DEVICE CATEGORY WORLDWIDE IN One of the main drivers of this GROWTH IS THE DEVICE S EXPANSION INTO NON %NGLISH SPEAKING COUNtries. At the end of 2017, smart
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ANNA MARIE PABELLON SPEAKER SALES WERE LARGELY LIMited to English-speaking markets, namely the United States and the United Kingdom. Efforts to expand THE DEVICE S LINGUISTIC CAPABILITIES HAVE SEEN IT PENETRATE COUNTRIES WHERE MAJORITY OF THE POPULATION speaks Chinese (Mandarin or CanTONESE &RENCH 3PANISH )TALIAN or Japanese. Already, 22 percent of ADULTS IN URBAN #HINA HAVE ACCESS to a smart speaker, compared to 20 percent in the US. Smart speakers have also come A LONG WAY IN TERMS OF SPEECH RECOGNITION ACCURACY m THAT IS THEY ARE MAKING FEWER MISTAKES WHEN TRANSCRIBING !ND MACHINE learning is enabling them to stay ACCURATE ACROSS A BROADER RANGE OF English accents, even those spoken by nonnative speakers. 7HILE ALL OF THIS BODES WELL FOR THE &ILIPINO GRANDMA WHO CAN T QUITE GET A CONVERSATION GOING WITH Alexa, Deloitte predicts that homeOWNERS WILL NOT BE THE PRIMARY GROWTH MARKET OF SMART SPEAKERS Deloitte Global believes that in the LONG TERM THE NUMBER OF SMART SPEAKERS IN THE WORKPLACE MIGHT EXCEED THE NUMBER IN HOMES WHICH IS NOT SURPRISING CONSIDERING THE WAYS THEY ARE ALREADY BEING USED BY BUSINESSES Several hotel chains have started mass deployments of smart speakERS WITH SOME USING THE DEVICES AS in-room concierges. If this trend CONTINUES SMART SPEAKERS COULD BE A COMMON kXTURE IN THE WORLD S estimated 187,500 hotels and 17.5 MILLION GUEST ROOMS WITHIN THE next decade. $RIVE THROUGH RESTAURANTS COULD deploy smart speakers at their WINDOWS IN LIEU OF HUMAN SERVERS FREEING UP WORKERS FROM HAVING TO take orders. ! HOSPITAL IN !USTRALIA IS ALREADY PILOTING THE USE OF SMART SPEAKERS
AS AN UPGRADE TO THE BEDSIDE CALL BUTTON 7ITH A SMART SPEAKER A PATIENT CAN SPECIFY REQUESTS TO THE NURSES STATION OR RESOLVE SIMPLE REQUESTS WITHOUT INVOLVING NURSES AT ALL SUCH AS TURNING DOWN THE LIGHTS OR TURNING ON THE 46 )N THIS PARTICULAR SETTING SMART SPEAKers have the potential to make A SIGNIkCANT IMPACT ON WORKERS WELLBEING )NSTEAD OF ATTENDING TO EVERY PATIENT S NEEDS NURSES CAN FOCUS ON THOSE PATIENTS THAT REQUIRE THEIR SPECIALIZED SKILLS PERHAPS ALLOWING THEM TO GET MORE REST IN BETWEEN TASKS Another demographic that STANDS TO BENEkT FROM THE WIDEspread deployment of smart speakERS IS THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED -ORE than 250 million people in the WORLD ARE VISION IMPAIRED OF WHOM MILLION ARE COMPLETELY BLIND &OR THESE PEOPLE SPEAKING A QUERY TO A MACHINE MAY BE EASIER THAN USING A SMARTPHONE OR TOUCH TYPING ON A COMPUTER KEYBOARD Smart speakers can give them a MORE CONVENIENT WAY TO ACCESS COMPUTING POWER 7HILE MANY MAY STILL BE STRUGGLING WITH THEIR SMART SPEAKERS OR GETTING A KICK OUT OF gPRANKINGu IT BUSINESSES AND ENTIRE INDUSTRIES ARE kNDING WAYS TO MAXIMIZE THE potential of these digital voice assistants. And the more these BUSINESSES USE SMART SPEAKERS THE BETTER VOICE RECOGNITION WILL BECOME OPENING UP THESE DEVICES to even more capabilities. I, for one, am a convert. Like the REST OF MY FAMILY ) NOW REGARD OUR smart speakers as an indispensable PART OF OUR HOME !ND ) CAN T WAIT TO SEE WHAT ELSE IT WILL BE ABLE TO DO IN THE NEAR FUTURE
4HE AUTHOR IS A 2ISK !DVISORY 0ARTner at Navarro Amper & Co., one OF PRACTICES THAT MAKE UP $ELOITTE 3OUTHEAST !SIA ,TD $ELOITTE 3OUTHEAST !SIA ,TD IS A MEMBER OF $ELOITTE 4OUCHE 4OHMATSU ,IMited, a leading global provider of AUDIT AND ASSURANCE CONSULTING kNANCIAL ADVISORY RISK ADVISORY tax and related services.
THE Department of AgriCULTURE $! THROUGH THE !GRICULTURAL #REDIT 0OLICY #OUNCIL SAID IT WOULD OFFER LOANS FOR EQUIPMENT NEEDED for farmers to improve their packaging and market brandING TO INCREASE THE COUNTRY S OVERALL AGRICULTURAL SALES In a statement over the WEEKEND !GRICULTURE 3ECRETARY %MMANUEL 0IĂ„OL SAID there is a need to modify the packaging of farmers’ PRODUCE TO ATTRACT BUYERS AND INCREASE QUALITY PRODUCTS PARticipation in the international market. “One of the biggest advanTAGES OF COUNTRIES LIKE *APAN 3OUTH +OREA 4HAILAND AND Vietnam in the marketing of THEIR HIGH VALUE AGRI COMMODITIES IS PRODUCT VISUAL PRESENTATION THROUGH OUTSTANDing packaging. Even if they ARE DELICIOUS OR FLAVORFUL THEY ARE ABLE TO SELL THEM BECAUSE OF GOOD PRESENTATION u 0IĂ„OL POINTED OUT “In Asian grocery stores in THE 53 0HILIPPINE PRODUCTS WILL NEVER STAND OUT BESIDE PRODUCTS FROM THE ABOVE MENTIONED COUNTRIES u HE ADDED T h i s p r o m p t e d t h e DA!#0# TO OFFER LOANS FOR EQUIPment needed by farmers and fisherfolks to improve their packaging and market branding. &OOD GROWERS WHO WISH TO AVAIL THE LOAN COULD BORROW money from ACPC for packagING AND BOTTLING EQUIPMENT AT 2 percent interest payable in EIGHT YEARS SAID 0IĂ„OL WHO WAS ONE OF THE CABINET OFFICIALS WHO JOINED 0RESIDENT $UTERTE IN HIS VISIT TO *APAN LAST WEEK ACPC is an attached agency OF THE $! WHICH AIMS TO DEvelop and implement strategies and policies that increase AND SUSTAIN THE FLOW OF CREDIT TO AGRICULTURE AND FISHERies, improve the viability of farmers and fisherfolk, and SUPPORT AGRICULTURE MODERNIZATION FOOD SECURITY AND poverty alleviation. 3OME OF THE AGENCY S MAJOR LOANING PROGRAMS INCLUDE 0RODUCTION ,OAN %ASY !CCESS 0,%! 05.,! WHICH IS OFFERED TO BORROWERS IN THE POOREST PROVINCES OF THE COUNTRY 3URVIVAL AND 2ECOVERY ,OAN 0ROGRAM 352% WHICH offers a P25,000 no-interest, no-collateral loan to farmers AND FISHERMEN WHOSE LIVELIHOOD WAS AFFECTED BY NATURAL or man-made calamity; and !GRICULTURE AND &ISHERIES -ACHINERY %QUIPMENT AND 0OST (ARVEST &ACILITIES ,OANing Program. EIREENE JAIREE GOMEZ
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Q Megaworld’s newest township, the P20-billion Highland City, to be built in Cainta, Rizal. PHOTO COURTESY OF MEGAWORLD CORP.
RRR cut, solid Q1 profit boost Megaworld shares BY ANGELICA BALLESTEROS
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HARES of listed Megaworld Corp. soared to a new 52-week high last week, as market players snapped them up after the first reduction in banks’ reserve requirement ratio (RRR) took effect. The Andrew Tan-led property DEVELOPER S STOCK PRICE HIT A NEW high of 11 percent at P6.08 each at intraday trading last Friday from the P5.47 reached on May 24. Last-minute profit-taking, howEVER RESULTED IN ITS PRICE kNISHING at P5.90. Still, it is 8.45 percent HIGHER THAN THE 0 kNISH WEEK on-week. Year-to-date, the company’s SHARES HAVE INCREASED BY PERcent. Timson Securities Inc. trader *ERVIN DE #ELIS SAID THE INITIAL 222 CUT OF BASIS POINTS ‡ kRST ANnounced by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas in mid-May — that TOOK EFFECT ON -AY GAVE THE REAL ESTATE kRM A LIFT AS THIS WOULD
result in higher demand in properties due to lower borrowing costs. Philstocks Financial Inc. research associate Japhet Louis TanTIANGCO ECHOED THE VIEW EXPLAINing that the reduction “also helped in sentiments, especially on the property sector, since RRR cuts lower interest rates, which could help in funding expansions and increasing demand for properties.� g)N PARTICULAR THIS IS BENEkCIAL to Megaworld, [as it was] aiming [to reach] 2 million square meters of leasable space by 2020,� he said. RRR cuts aside, another factor SAID TO HAVE ALSO BUOYED THE kRM was its strong first-quarter perFORMANCE IN WHICH ITS NET PROkT jumped by 17 percent to P4.1 bil-
lion from P3.5 billion in the same period last year. Looking ahead, Tantiangco said the company was likely to beat ITS PERCENT NET PROkT GROWTH recorded in full-year 2018, as well AS ITS kVE YEAR COMPOUNDED ANnual growth rate of 12 percent, to BE DRIVEN PRIMARILY BY REAL ESTATE sales and rental income. According to de Celis, MegaWORLD IS EXPECTED TO FURTHER BENEkT from more cuts in RRR and interest RATES AS WELL AS FROM THE INlUX of Chinese tourists and workers in the Philippines, which already contributed in its residential and hotel businesses. A 50-bps RRR reduction is expected to take effect on June 28 and a second one on July 26. In early May, monetary authori-
ties slashed interest rates by 25 bps ‡ THE kRST TIME SINCE A SERIES OF rate hikes last year — on expectaTIONS THAT INlATION WOULD REMAIN manageable. “Listing its assets as REIT (Real %STATE )NVESTMENT 4RUST IN THE FUTURE IN THE EVENT THAT THIS INSTRUMENT IS kNALIZED IN OUR MARKET may also help the company raise funds to launch more projects in potentially high growth areas outside Metro Manila,� de Celis explained. /N THE lIP SIDE THE SLOWDOWN in global economic growth, coupled with tight competition with OTHER DEVELOPERS WILL CONTINUE TO challenge Megaworld. For this week, de Celis expects Megaworld’s price to pull back and CONSOLIDATE ABOVE THE 0 LEVEL
FINANCIAL CONDITION Year 2016 2017 2018
Total Assets 278,742,517,650 310,532,804,988 322,307,277,140
Market capitalization: P190,857,519,562.24 Outstanding shares: 32,239,445,872
Date May 31, 2019 May 30, 2019 May 29, 2019 May 28, 2019 May 27, 2019 May 24, 2019 May 23, 2019 May 22, 2019 May 21, 2019 May 20, 2019 May 17, 2019 May 16, 2019 May 15, 2019 May 14, 2019 May 10, 2019
Close 5.81 5.67 5.52 5.47 5.43 5.37 5.45 5.38 5.35 5.33 5.25 5.25 5.31 5.15 5.33
Date
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May 09, 2019 May 08, 2019 May 07, 2019 May 06, 2019 May 03, 2019 May 02, 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
5.41 5.56 5.62 5.64 5.61 5.59 5.58 5.5 5.49 5.56 5.51 5.42 5.44 5.65 5.72
*amounts in peso
PROFITABILITY Date May 27 May 28 May 29 May 30 May 31
P/E ratio 11.62 11.7 11.96 12.6 12.55
P/E growth (%) 0.69 2.22 5.35 -
Price to book ratio 1.0602 1.0718 1.0913 1.1495 1.1456
FIRST QUARTER REPORT NET INCOME P4,116,282,000
Net income (loss) Earnings per share Book value per share
2016 11,709 0.35 3.94
*Net Income (loss) in millions
2017 13,279 0.41 4.43
2018 15,843 0.47 5.15
TOTAL ASSETS P326,593,271,000
TOTAL LIABILITIES
*amounts in peso
P133,740,737,000
TOTAL EQUITY
FINANCIAL RATIOS
Shareholders’ Equity 135,124,177,321 143,618,340,329 149,228,602,746 161,304,202,242 133,556,081,943 188,751,195,197 Total Liabilities
30-day high: P6.08 30-day low: P5.15
Year 2016 2017 2018
Return on Assets (%) 4.20 4.28 4.92
Return on Equity (%) 8.15 8.23 8.39
P192,852,534,000 Debt to Equity ratio 0.9409 0.9251 0.7076
Common ratio 4.20 4.28 4.92
FINANCIAL RATIOS Return on Assets 1.26% Return on Equity 2.13% Debt to Equity Ratio 0.6935 Common Ratio 3.6692
*amounts in pesos
HOLDING FIRMS
Index
Value
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PSEi
7,970.02
133.47
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All Shares
4,890.37
68.31
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Financials
1,728.59
11.18
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Industrial
11,634.44
195.93
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Holding Firms
7,577.31
113.59
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Services
1,683.12
21.25
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Mining and Oil
7,388.40
256.18
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Property
4,325.82
96.57
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Stock indices as of May 31, 2019
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TOP ACTIVE STOCKS No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
High 7,970.02 7,908.50 7,816.38 7,784.66 7,742.45 7,770.63 7,821.89 7,838.55 7,740.88 7,660.14 7,636.91 7,586.12 7,711.19 7,718.31 7,841.65 7,864.02 7,926.69 7,922.05 7,974.36 8,077.51 8,040.78 7,952.72 7,897.02 7,899.57 7,894.45 7,846.99 7,834.78 7,858.84 7,860.74
Low 7,872.77 7,809.11 7,778.48 7,702.90 7,693.94 7,664.52 7,764.11 7,725.43 7,639.59 7,533.95 7,482.47 7,475.16 7,576.71 7,577.72 7,719.43 7,755.62 7,754.95 7,861.34 7,851.16 7,967.98 7,946.79 7,888.87 7,846.33 7,839.52 7,831.62 7,799.06 7,769.72 7,818.04 7,823.86
Close 7,970.02 7,836.55 7,797.75 7,761.29 7,725.01 7,747.09 7,804.03 7,815.07 7,721.56 7,660.14 7,583.82 7,475.16 7,576.71 7,646.66 7,742.20 7,755.62 7,926.69 7,910.63 7,862.30 7,967.98 8,001.57 7,952.72 7,897.02 7,868.28 7,894.45 7,846.99 7,818.93 7,832.43 7,835.15
Chg 1.3 1.3 10 13 4 6 70 0.8 0.1 1.6 -0.02 1.4 -40 0.32 -0.25 0.07 0.15 1.2 0.06 1.5
%Chg 0.027 0.0095 0.011 0.014 0.0245 0.0213 0.0547 0.0205 0.0007 0.0202 -0.0034 0.0569 -0.0181 0.0209 -0.0035 0.0427 0.0065 0.034 0.0135 0.0245
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Volume 27,118,400 5,115,690 390,140 378,160 2,121,770 1,111,730 220,625 7,313,100 2,083,810 3,347,780 37,823,500 8,480,100 82,375 11,671,400 2,302,840 78,625,000 5,551,900 3,007,900 23,475,000 1,661,820
Value 1,338,488,325.00 704,191,146.00 357,162,415.00 354,380,270.00 350,271,202.00 316,861,106.00 296,017,650.00 289,554,955.00 282,948,043.00 269,927,076.50 224,397,422.00 217,072,290.00 181,172,230.00 180,486,964.00 166,296,761.50 133,076,920.00 127,802,405.00 109,296,265.00 104,780,630.00 103,825,325.50
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INDEX HISTORY Open 7,872.77 7,810.56 7,778.48 7,728.39 7,718.80 7,770.63 7,807.50 7,731.03 7,662.48 7,586.95 7,482.47 7,559.95 7,671.16 7,718.31 7,755.94 7,857.75 7,902.64 7,871.51 7,972.86 8,004.27 7,952.52 7,891.57 7,861.22 7,892.90 7,848.45 7,799.06 7,827.03 7,840.23 7,832.71
Last Price 49.50 138.00 919.00 942.00 167.00 288.00 1,350.00 39.80 136.00 80.80 5.90 26.00 2,170.00 15.60 71.75 1.71 23.10 36.50 4.50 62.60
*amounts in peso, except for volume, %chg
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Date May 31, 2019 May 30, 2019 May 29, 2019 May 28, 2019 May 27, 2019 May 24, 2019 May 23, 2019 May 22, 2019 May 21, 2019 May 20, 2019 May 17, 2019 May 16, 2019 May 15, 2019 May 14, 2019 May 10, 2019 May 9, 2019 May 8, 2019 May 7, 2019 May 6, 2019 May 3, 2019 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
Security Name Ayala Land, Inc. BDO Unibank, Inc. Ayala Corporation SM Investments Corporation Universal Robina Corporation Jollibee Foods Corporation PLDT Inc. SM Prime Holdings, Inc. International Container Terminal Services, Inc. Bank of the Philippine Islands Megaworld Corporation Robinsons Land Corporation Globe Telecom, Inc. Alliance Global Group, Inc. Metropolitan Bank & Trust Company Filinvest Land, Inc. First Gen Corporation Aboitiz Power Corp. 0HWUR 3DFLÂżF ,QYHVWPHQWV &RUSRUDWLRQ JG Summit Holdings, Inc.
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Security Name TKC Metals Corporation PXP Energy Corporation Oriental Petroleum and Minerals Corporation “Aâ€? Anchor Land Holdings, Inc. LBC Express Holdings, Inc. Robinsons Land Corporation PLDT Inc. Omico Corporation Ayalaland Logistics Holdings Corp. Filinvest Land, Inc. GT Capital Holdings, Inc. Non-Voting Perpetual Preferred Shares Series “Bâ€? Atok-Big Wedge Company, Inc. “Aâ€? )RUXP 3DFLÂżF ,QF Philippine Business Bank Prime Media Holdings, Inc. Apex Mining Company, Inc. “Aâ€? Now Corporation Aboitiz Power Corp. Semirara Mining and Power Corporation &HQWXU\ 3DFLÂżF )RRG ,QF
Last Price 1.47 9.25 0.01 11.88 15.00 26.00 1,350.00 0.59 3.59 1.71
Chg 0.27 1.13 0.001 0.92 0.98 1.4 70 0.03 0.17 0.07
%Chg 22.50% 13.92% 9.09% 8.39% 6.99% 5.69% 5.47% 5.36% 4.97% 4.27%
Volume 33,775,000 7,346,400 9,300,000 300 5,400 8,480,100 220,625 56,000 10,914,000 78,625,000
Value 52,554,020.00 65,701,687 111,500 3,388 75,800 217,072,290 296,017,650 32,490 39,011,280 133,076,920
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4.03% 3.85% 3.79% 3.77% 3.48% 3.45% 3.40% 3.29% 3.25%
12,700 40,000 1,700 50,000 6,046,000 4,958,000 3,007,900 1,648,200 1,744,300
153,000 10,750 22,972 53,950 7,255,500 11,857,060 109,296,265 36,157,035 25,595,466
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No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Security Name Vantage Equities, Inc. Philippine Infradev Holdings, Inc. LMG Chemicals Corporation Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation Philippine National Bank Coal Asia Holdings Inc. Abacore Capital Holdings, Inc. Vulcan Industrial & Mining Corporation Anglo Philippine Holdings Corporation Global Ferronickel Holdings, Inc. San Miguel Corporation Series “2� Preferred Shares - Subseries “2-E� Centro Escolar University Greenergy Holdings Incorporated Leisure & Resorts World Corporation Berjaya Philippines, Inc. SOCResources, Inc. Agrinurture, Inc. Roxas Holdings, Inc. Lodestar Investment Holdings Corporation Republic Glass Holdings Corporation
*amounts in peso except for volume, %chg
Last Price 1.12 1.78 4.20 0.55 57.60 0.29 0.58 1.20 0.74 1.51
Change -0.11 -0.11 -0.25 -0.03 -2.15 -0.01 -0.02 -0.04 -0.02 -0.04
% Change Volume Value -8.94% 1,000 1,120.00 -5.82% 6,704,000 12,117,550.00 -5.62% 5,000 20,880.00 -5.17% 700,000 387,300.00 -3.60% 1,196,480 69,237,115.00 -3.39% 160,000 45,700.00 -3.33% 10,657,000 6,339,110.00 -3.23% 9,433,000 11,452,300.00 -2.63% 1,316,000 979,840.00 -2.58% 2,732,000 4,206,740.00
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ISTED Philippine Infradev Holdings Inc., formerly IRC Properties Inc., is mulling over the extension of the $3.7-billion Makati Subway project to other cities in Metro Manila.
!T A RECENT BRIEkNG IN 0ASIG #ITY Philippine Infradev President AnTHONY 4IU SAID THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND REAL ESTATE COMPANY WAS LOOKING TO EXPAND OF THE &ILIPINO #HINESE RAILWAY PROJECT TO SUCH CITIES AS 0ASAY 3AN *UAN -ANDALUYONG and Manila. He also said that, prior to the -AY MIDTERM ELECTIONS HE WAS IN PRELIMINARY TALKS WITH CANDI-
dates for mayor for the proposal, ADDING THAT HE WOULD AGAIN INITIATE TALKS WITH THE ELECTED CITY CHIEFS 4HE PROJECT IS AN KILOMETER mass transport system covering STATIONS WHICH 0HILIPPINE Infradev is implementing in partNERSHIP WITH #HINA S 'REENLAND (OLDINGS 'ROUP *IANGSU 0ROVINCIAL #ONSTRUCTION 'ROUP #O ,TD AND #HINA (ARBOUR %NGINEERING
Company Ltd. )F AND WHEN COMPLETED THE SUBWAY WILL SERVE -AKATI S DAYTIME POPULATION OF MILLION )T WILL ALSO INTERCONNECT WITH THE Metro Rail Transit 3, the proposed -ETRO -ANILA -EGA 3UBWAY AND THE 0ASIG 2IVER &ERRY !CCORDING TO 4IU THE COMPANY IS NOT EXPECTED TO RECOUP ITS INVESTMENT FROM FARES THUS THE NEED TO ESTABLISH TO SQUARE MEters of retail space in every station. The recovery of investment is TARGETED TO BE RECOGNIZED IN THE TH YEAR OF THE SUBWAY S OPERAtions, he said. g0ER KILOMETER THE BALLPARK kGURE IS MILLION ;IN= CONSTRUC-
TION COST u 4IU SAID ADDING THAT RELYING ON FARES TO RECOVER THAT WAS not “feasible.� g/UR FARE REVENUE WILL ONLY COVer the opex (operating expense). "UT INTEREST AND DEPRECIATION HAVE TO COME FROM NON FARE REVENUE u he added. 4HE COMPANY ITS CHIEF SAID WAS ALSO GIVEN THE RIGHT TO BUILD TOWERS FOR RECURRING INCOME Philippine Infradev aims to have 14 sets of trains to attain INTERVALS OF ONLY THREE MINUTES 4HE SUBWAY IS SRT FOR COMPLETION in 2025. Philippine Infradev shares fell by 11 centavos or 5.82 percent to CLOSE AT 0 EACH LAST &RIDAY
CONGESTION at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) may prevent flag carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) from achieving its goal to become a five-star airline by 2020. PAL President and Chief Executive Officer Jaime Bautista said that, while it was eyeing to clinch five-star status from international airline rating organization Skytrax by next year, the company had to prove it had excellent overall passenger experience, starting from the airport to the actual flight. “We have to be very realistic. One of the requirements of the five-star rating is a very good, very nice beautiful lounge. And we don’t have that yet here in Manila,� he said after PAL Holdings’ annual stockholders’ meeting last week. Another factor hindering PAL is the congested airport, he added. Bautista said the airline was already offering five-star cabin crew service,
food and cleanliness, as well as aircraft, but the lounge of the country’s main gateway was too small to accommodate the high number of passengers. PAL, which currently has a four-star rating, was designing a new terminal lounge in Terminal 1, he said, adding that it also targeted to have its luxurious lounge if the NAIA consortium decides to put up the Terminal 2 annex at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport. The consortium, composed of the country’s seven largest conglomerates, wants to expand the air hub’s capacity, install people movers to connect the terminals and increase the number of flights. NAIA was designed to accommodate 31 million passengers, but in 2017 that number rose to 42 million. The figure is expected to grow to about 47 million passengers by 2020 and 52 million by 2022. LISBET K. ESMAEL
Consolidation of RCBC, thrift unit seen to boost consumer lending THE MERGER OF 2IZAL #OMMERCIAL Banking Corp. (RCBC) and its thrift bank arm RCBC Savings "ANK 23" IN *ULY IS SEEN TO FURTHER BOOST ITS CONSUMER BUSINESS g4HE CONSUMER LENDING BUSINESS WILL CONTINUE TO BE ONE OF THE PILLARS OF GROWTH FOR THE 2#"# !ND WITH THE MERGER WE see more synergies happening,� RSB President and Chief Ex-
ECUTIVE /FkCER 2OMMEL ,ATINAZO said recently. The RCBC board of directors recently approved the proposal to merge RSB into the parent bank, WITH 2#"# AS THE SURVIVING ENTITY With the merger, RSB’s 154 BUSINESS AND LENDING CENTERS NATIONWIDE WILL BE CONSOLIDATED WITH THE BUSINESS CENTERS OF 2#"# WHICH ACCORDING TO
,ATINAZO WILL BE AN ADVANTAGE for the parent bank to expand its CONSUMER BUSINESS “The potentials of mining that BRANCH NETWORK IN TERMS OF BUSINESS PARTICULARLY FOR CONSUMER BASE SHOULD BE EXCITING FOR US !ND THEREFORE WE WILL CONTINUE TO GROW THE CONSUMER BUSINESS EVEN UNDER THE MERGED SETUPu he said.
4HE EXECUTIVE IS ALSO OPTIMISTIC THAT 2#"# WILL EXCEED THE CONSUMER BUSINESS GROWTH IT ACHIEVED IN THE LAST kVE YEARS g4HE COMPOUNDED ANNUAL GROWTH RATE OF THE CONSUMER BUSINESS HAS BEEN PERCENT FOR THE LAST kVE YEARS ) GUESS EXPECtation is that, it is already the MINIMUM AS FAR AS THE GROWTH IS CONCERNED u ,ATINAZO SAID
g) BELIEVE THE GROWTH WILL EVEN BE HIGHER BECAUSE OF THE SYNERGIES THAT WE HAVE SEEN AND WE EXPECT to happen after the merger,� he added. ,ATINAZO SAID HIS OPTIMISTIC VIEW IS BASED ON THE CURRENT MARKET CONDITIONS WHICH AUGURS WELL FOR THE CONSUMER BUSINESS OF 2#"# (E POINTED OUT THAT AS THE economy expands, it creates more
JOBS FOR THE PEOPLE AND EVENTUALLY EXPANDS THE CONSUMER MARKET SEGMENT OF THE POPULATION g#ONSUMER LENDING IS A WIDE RANGE FROM CREDIT CARDS TO AUTO loans, to mortgage, to salary loans and personal loans. All these are BASICALLY PART OF THE REQUIREMENTS and the needs of an expanding middle income market,� he said. MAYVELIN U. CARABALLO
PERKS BEING RATIONALIZED NOTING THAT SOME FOREIGN kRMS INCLUDing those from Japan, China and THE 5NITED 3TATES HAVE SHIED AWAY FROM MOVING TO THE COUNTRY of a PEZA investors’ night event 4HESE WERE gBIGu INVESTMENTS LAST WEEK considering that most of these The investors, she added, are kRMS ARE FROM THE MANUFACTURING MOST CONCERNED ABOUT THE TAX sector, according to her.
!LSO INVESTORS WHO HAVE ESTABLISHED THEMSELVES IN THE COUNTRY WERE MOVING THEIR PRODUCTION ACTIVITIES TO OTHER COUNTRIES gSIlently,� leading to a decrease in THE COUNTRY S EXPORTS 0LAZA SAID Other locators are also expandING gSLOWERu AS FEARS OVER 4RABAHO intensify, she added.
While the Philippines seems to be an attractive investment desTINATION BECAUSE OF ITS FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS 0LAZA SAID IT WAS NOT ENOUGH AS COMPETITIVE INCENTIVES remained necessary in enticing investors. “The incentives [for] exporters MUST BE COMPETITIVEwWITH OTHER
COUNTRIES ;AND = WE ALSO HAVE TO INCENTIVIZE DOMESTIC ENTERPRISES ;TO COMPLETE THE= SUPPLY CHAIN u she added. #OMPLETING THIS CHAIN WOULD MAKE THE COUNTRY LESS DEPENDENT ON IMPORTS LOWER PRODUCTION costs and give local companies a competitive edge in pricing, she
explained. 0LAZA ALSO SAID HER AGENCY WAS PREPARINGA COUNTER ARGUMENT involving tax perks to legislators to avoid foreign investors from diverting their investments again TO OTHER COUNTRIES LIKE )NDONESIA and Vietnam. TYRONE C. PIAD
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the relatively stronger and stable PESO EXCHANGE RATE COULD ALSO PULL DOWN INlATION AS A STRONGER 0HILIPPINE CURRENCY gHELPS LOWER PRICES OF IMPORTS SUCH AS OIL RICE CAPITAL GOODS OTHER CONSUMER GOODS u “The government’s non-monETARY MEASURES TO BETTER MANAGE INlATION SINCE THE LATTER PART OF HAS BEEN EFFECTIVE IN LOWERING the price of food items, effectively offsetting any adverse effects of the MILD %L .IĂ„O DROUGHT ON PRICES OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS u HE ADDED Analysts from Moody’s Analytics and Union Bank of the PhilipPINES MEANWHILE BOTH SEE INlAtion hitting 2.9 percent. g3UBDUED RICE PRICES ARE AN
IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTOR TO THE deceleration,� Moody’s Analytics Economist Katrina Ell said. UnionBank chief economist #ARLO !SUNCION ALSO BELIEVED THE LOWER INlATION COULD BE DUE TO THE LOWER PRICES OF COMMODITIES g4HE SLOWDOWN ;MAY BE= SLOWER BUT IT IS STILL EXPECTED TO EASE FURTHER AS PRICE LEVELS CONTINUE TO EASE AS WELL u HE SAID %AGLE %QUITIES )NC HEAD OF RESEARCH #HRISTOPHER -ANGUN OFFERED THE LOWEST FORECAST OF percent. g4HE SURGE IN RICE IMPORTS HAVE DRASTICALLY LOWERED PRICES AND OIL PRICES ALSO CAME DOWN TOWARD THE END OF -AY u -ANGUN SAID
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rate would settle below 3 percent. “If we see a pullback next week from current levels, this should be treated as a buying opportunity, as we are still very bullish with corporate earnings and the economy as a whole,� he explained. “With the strong close that we saw last week, we may see the PSEi touch 8,000 next week. It closed right at the brink of the strong psychological resistance at 8,000,� Mangun said. He cited the MSCI rebalancing, the
passage of the 2019 national budget — which came in mid-April — and the May 13 midterm elections as factors fueling investor confidence. Last Friday, the bellwether Philippine Stock Exchange index finished up by 133.47 points or 1.70 percent to be only 30-point shy from the 8,000 level at 7,970.02. The wider All Shares grew by 1.42 percent or 68.31 points to end at 4,890.37. ANGELICA BALLESTEROS
OR PERCENT PLUS &AR %ASTERN S &# COMMON SHARES OR PERCENT PLUS $EVELOPment Bank of the Philippines’ &# COMMON SHARES PLUS PUBLICLY OWNED EQUALS OUTSTANDING &# COMMON SHARES
TIMES A MEMBER OF THE BOARD COULD IMPLEMENT )N A NUMBER OF CASES THE PRESIDENT EVEN EXERCISES THE POWERS OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFkCER )NSIDERS MAY NOT AGREE WITH THIS SUGGESTION 9ET IT IS NOT A QUESTION OF WHETHER THEY AGREE OR DISAGREE WITH THIS ANALYSIS 7HAT IS MORE IMPORTANT TO THE PUBLIC WHO trade on listed shares is a proper AND IMMEDIATE DISCLOSURE OF THEIR transactions. "Y THE WAY LISTED COMPANIES SHOULD NOT CREDIT SO MANY COMMON SHARES TO THEIR PUBLIC STOCKholders. Making them their prinCIPAL OR SUBSTANTIAL STOCKHOLDERS WOULD NEVER BE ENOUGH !S $UE $ILIGENCER HAS LONG BEEN SUGGESTING THEIR OWNERSHIP SHOULD BE translated to directorship. Why don’t listed companies, WHICH ARE MOSTLY OWNED BY THE COUNTRY S VERY RICH FAMILIES GIVE THE PUBLIC THEIR DUE
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DoE START OPERATING POWER GENERATION FACILITIES AS MANDATED BY 2EPUBLIC !CT OR THE %LECTRIC 0OWER )NDUSTRY 2EFORM !CT OF %PIRA 46) A SUBSIDIARY OF !BOITIZ %QUITY 6ENTURES )NC POWER ARM !BOITIZ0OWER #ORP BAGGED THE ENDORSEMENT ‡ ISSUED ON !PRIL ‡ FOR ITS MEGAWATT -7 COAL kRED POWER PLANT IN 4OLEDO #ITY #EBU PROVINCE 4HE kRST UNIT OF THIS FACILITY ‡ A JOINT VENTURE BETWEEN !BOITIZ0OWER AND 6IVANT #ORP ‡ STARTED OPERATING IN !PRIL WHILE THE SECOND UNIT WAS COMMITTED TO GO online by May. $-#) -ASBATE 0OWER A kRM UNDER #ONSUNJI LED $-#) (OLDINGS )NC EARNED THEIRS ‡ ISSUED on April 15 — for the 15MW coal POWER PLANT IN -ASBATE PROVINCE WHICH WAS CLASSIkED AS AN ENERGY PROJECT OF NATIONAL SIGNIkCANCE LAST November. &0 )SLAND A WHOLLY OWNED UNIT OF ,OPEZ LED &IRST 0HILIPPINE (OLDINGS #ORP GOT THE #/%S ISSUED ON *ANUARY FOR ITS 'ARCHITORENA
,AHUY AND (APONAN HYBRID PROJECTS WHICH HAVE A COMBINED CAPACITY OF -7 !LL ARE FOUND IN #ARAMOAN TOWN #AMARINES 3UR province. SPTC’s 115MW Concepcion I SOLAR POWER PROJECT IN #ONCEPCION TOWN 4ARLAC PROVINCE ALSO GARnered the department’s endorseMENT WHICH WAS RELEASED ON !PRIL 24. The facility is expected to start OPERATIONS IN *ULY 4HE SOLAR COMPANY IS OWNED BY ,EANDRO ,EVISTE A SON OF OUTGOING SENATOR AND INCOMING !NTIQUE representative Loren Legarda. Cleangreen Energy Corp.’s -7 BIOMASS POWER PLANT IN /RANI TOWN "ATAAN PROVINCE AND 'RASS 'OLD 2ENEWABLE %NERGY #ORP S -7 BIOMASS POWER PLANT IN LLANERA MUNICIPALITY .UEVA %CIJA PROVINCE SECURED the department’s endorsement ON -AY 3 ) 0OWER S -7 DIESEL POWER PLANT IN 3IQUIJOR TOWN 3IQUIJOR PROVINCE ON &EBRUARY AND #ANTINGAS -INI (YDRO 0OWER #ORP S -7 MINI HYDRO POWER PLANT IN 3AN &ERNANDO MUNICIPALITY 2OMBLON province on April 2. JORDEENE B. LAGARE
ings Inc. On May 31, 2019, ISM common shares opened trading at P6, PEAKED AT 0 DROPPED TO A LOW of P5.95 before closing the session SHARE !FTER THE SALE WHICH GROSSED at P6.06. The company reported him P230,000, he still directly 2,280,700 ISM common shares as OWNS 0(%. COMMON THE NUMBER OF SHARES TRADED shares. At his selling price of P2.30 EACH HIS REMAINING HOLDINGS WERE Ownership profile WORTH 0 On May 31, 2019, PHEN com- )N A DEkNITIVE INFORMATION STATEmon shares opened and closed MENT $)3 &ILSYN #ORP &# trading at P2.37. The stock hit a LISTED AS OUTSTANDING HIGH OF 0 AND FELL TO A LOW COMMON SHARES HOLDERS OF WHICH OF 0 AND REPORTED VOLUME OF IT SAID WERE ENTITLED TO VOTE DURING 31.531 million PHEN common THE COMPANY S ANNUAL STOCKHOLDshares. ers’ meeting on Sept. 20, 2018. Sold !MONG &ILYSN S STOCKHOLDERS ARE Eric Ongpin Recto, a director, Trans-Pacific Oriental Holdings sold 184,600 ISM common shares #O )NC &ILIPINO WHICH OWNS at P6 each on May 27, 2019. The &# COMMON SHARES OR SALE LEFT HIM WITH )3- PERCENT &AR %ASTERN )NVESTCOMMON SHARES WHICH HE DIRECTLY ment Holdings Ltd., 45,065,670 OWNS (E ALSO INDIRECTLY OWNS &# COMMON SHARES OR PER232,825,395 ISM common shares cent; Waldorf Services B.V., Hong held for him by Monfortino Hold- +ONG &# COMMON
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Analysts THE FULL EFFECTS OF THE 2ICE 4ARIFkCATION ,AW 2EPUBLIC !CT have taken place,� he said. g0RICES OF MOST AGRICULTURAL PRICES SUCH AS VEGETABLES AND OTHER PRODUCE HAVE REMAINED RELATIVELY LOWER COMPARED TO ;THOSE IN= recent months amid the harvest SEASON AND IMPROVED LOCAL SUPPLY conditions,� he added. According to Ricafort, global CRUDE OIL PRICES ALSO WENT DOWN by more than $13 since late April. The RCBC analyst also said
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PSEi seen selected food items, as having helped consumer prices go up, but these may have been tempered by lower rice and domestic oil prices, and the downward adjustment in electricity rates. In a separate comment, Eagle Equities Inc. research head Christopher Mangun said he was hopeful that the inflation shares, or 9.94 percent; and ChinaTRUST 0HILS &ILIPINO &# COMMON SHARES OR PERCENT !PPARENTLY &AR %ASTERN HOLDS &# COMMON SHARES FOR gOTHERSu referring to foreigners. ! PUBLIC OWNERSHIP REPORT (POR) as of March 31, 2019 SHOWED &ILSYN S PUBLIC STOCKHOLDERS AS OWNERS OF &# common shares, or 32.27 percent. 4HEIR OWNERSHIP MAKES THEM THE COMPANY S SUBSTANTIAL OR PRINCIPAL stockholders. &ILYSN S 0/2 SHOWED THREE STOCKHOLDERS WITH &# common shares, or 62.62 percent. /F WHICH 4RANS 0ACIFIC DIRECTLY HOLDS &# COMMON ! SHARES OR PERCENT &AR %ASTERN &# COMMON B shares, or 21.85 percent; and 7ALDORF &# COMMON B shares, or 9.94 percent. 7HEN ADDED BOARD OWNED PLUS 4RANS 0ACIFIC S &# COMMON SHARES
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)T IS UP TO PUBLIC INVESTORS TO VERIFY the trades done by insiders. If they WANT TO THEY COULD GO WITH EITHER THEIR SALES OR THEIR ADDITIONAL PURchases of shares. This is not to condemn insiders’ TRADES 4HE QUESTION IS HOW THE PUBLIC INVESTORS COULD POSSIBLY COMPETE WITH SAY A DIRECTOR AND TOP EXECUTIVES WHO MAY BE MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT THE STOCK MARKET PARTICULARLY THOSE ISSUED BY THEIR OWN COMPANIES Remember, it is the board that serves as the policy-making body, WHICH THE PRESIDENT WHO ARE SOME- %MAIL ESDPEREZ GMAIL COM
Growth in M3 up, bank lending falls percent a month earlier. )NCLUDING REVERSE REPURCHASE PLACEMENTS 220S WITH THE "30 LENDING GROWTH ACCELERATED TO PERCENT FROM -ARCH S ADJUSTED 11.5 percent. On a month-on-month and seaSONALLY ADJUSTED BASIS COMMERCIAL BANK LOANS NET AND INCLUSIVE of RRPs decelerated by 1.1 percent and 0.4 percent, respectively. ,ENDING FOR PRODUCTION ACTIVITIES WHICH ACCOUNTED FOR percent of the aggregate loan portFOLIO GREW AT A SLOWER PERCENT from 12.8 percent in March. !LTHOUGH MODERATED THE GROWTH IN PRODUCTION LOANS WAS driven primarily by increased LENDING TO kNANCIAL AND INSURANCE activities (28.8 percent); realestate activities (13.9 percent); WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE REPAIR of motor vehicles and motorcycles PERCENT CONSTRUCTION PERCENT MANUFACTURING percent); and, electricity, gas, STEAM AND AIRCONDITIONING SUPPLY (11.2 percent). Bank lending to other secTORS ALSO INCREASED DURING THE month, except those in other COMMUNITY SOCIAL AND PERSONAL activities (-57.2 percent); professional, scientific and technical ACTIVITIES PERCENT HUMAN HEALTH AND SOCIAL WORK ACTIVITIES (-0.8 percent); and activities of HOUSEHOLDS AS EMPLOYERS UNDIFferentiated goods and services (-0.3 percent). 'ROWTH IN HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION LOANS EASED SLIGHTLY to 15 percent from 15.1 percent IN THE PREVIOUS MONTH gAS FASTER GROWTH IN CREDIT CARD LOANS AND MOTOR VEHICLE LOANS WAS SLIGHTLY OFFSET BY THE SLOWER EXPANSION IN SALARY BASED GENERAL PURPOSE CONSUMPTION LOANS AND OTHER TYPES OF HOUSEHOLD LOANS DURING the month,� the central bank said. MAYVELIN U. CARABALLO
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NOTICE OF CLOSURE Notice is hereby given that the DHL Aviation (Philippines) Inc. with Securities and Exchange Commission (“SECâ€?) registration number AS94007212 issued on 11 August 1994, has permanently ceased its operations effective 31 March 2014. All persons having claims against DHL Aviation (Philippines) Inc. are hereby enjoined to present their claims to the Securities and Exchange Commission (Ground Floor, Secretariat Building, PICC, Roxas Blvd, Manila) for proper YHULÂżFDWLRQ DQG VHWWOHPHQW RI WKHLU YDOLG FODLPV ZLWKLQ ÂżIWHHQ GD\V IURP publication of this notice. This acknowledgment will serve as notice to all concerned of the closure of DHL Aviation (Philippines) Inc. (SGD.) JOSE MIGUEL HABANA President MT – May 25, 27 & June 3, 2019
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ONDON: Britain should go for a nodeal Brexit with the European Union (EU) and refuse to pay the agreed ÂŁ39-billion ($50-billion) divorce bill, US President Donald Trump told the UK’s The Sunday Telegraph newspaper on the eve of a visit to London. 4HE COMMENTS BY !MERICA S OUTspoken leader came after he told The Sun newspaper he thought former foreign secretary Boris Johnson would make an “excel-
lent� prime minister to take over from Theresa May, the current leader who is to resign June 7 after failing to get her EU divorce text through parliament.
4RUMP WILL BE IN "RITAIN STARTING June 3 (June 4 in Manila) to meet WITH 1UEEN %LIZABETH ND AND outgoing prime minister. In his interview with The Sunday Telegraph, he urged Britain’s govERNMENT TO FOLLOW HIS RULE BOOK in negotiating deals when it came to Brexit. “If they don’t get what they want, I would walk away... If you don’t get the deal you want, if you don’t get a fair deal, then you walk away,� he said. /N THE DIVORCE BILL ‡ "RITAIN S
LIABILITIES AS IT LEAVES AN ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL BLOC IT HAS BEEN PART OF SINCE ‡ 4RUMP TOLD the newspaper: “If I were them ) WOULDN T PAY BILLION 4HAT is me. I would not pay, that is a TREMENDOUS NUMBER u The US president, who is proud of his disruptive influENCE ON POLITICS IN !MERICA AND ABROAD ALSO SAID "RITAIN S anti-EU and populist politician Nigel Farage, head of the Brexit 0ARTY SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN NEgotiating his country’s exit from
the European Union. “He is a very smart person� with a “lot to offer,� said Trump, although he acknowledged that "RITISH AUTHORITIES gWON T BRING him in.� ! MAJORITY OF "RITISH VOTERS decided in a 2016 referendum to leave the EU. The exit was meant to have happened in March this YEAR BUT HAS BEEN PUSHED BACK TWICE AS "RITAIN HAS BEEN LOCKED IN an impasse on how to achieve it. The ruling Conservative party under May and the parliament are
RIVEN BY WHAT SORT OF "REXIT THEY WANT %ITHER A TOTAL BREAK FROM the EU, or a closer relationship that implies accepting EU rules on trade and immigration. !FTER FAILING REPEATEDLY TO GET HER vision of Brexit passed, May has BEEN FORCED TO ANNOUNCE SHE WILL step down on Friday. More than a DOZEN #ONSERVATIVE MEMBERS OF Parliament have thrown their hat in the ring to take over as party leader and prime minister, with Johnson seen as an early favourite. AFP
‘Iran won’t be bullied’ Romanians urge rights protection in Pope’s visit TEHRAN: Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani stressed Saturday (Sunday in Manila) that Tehran would not be “bullied� into negotiations with the United States, and laid down the Islamic republic’s conditions. “We are men of reason and negotiation ... if one sits at the negotiating table with total respect and in the framework of international law,� Rouhani said, quoted by the government’s website. “We have shown that we do not submit to bullying and covetous powers,� he said. Rouhani has repeatedly ruled out negotiations unless Washington lifts sanctions against the Islamic republic and returns to the 2015 nuclear deal
signed by Tehran and world powers. Iran is locked in a tense standoff with the US after Washington withdrew from the deal last year and reimposed sanctions. Washington has since May beefed up its military presence in the Middle East due to alleged Iranian “threats.� But US President Donald Trump said Monday that Washington did not seek “regime change� in Iran and held out the possibility of talks. Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has likened negotiations with the Trump administration to “poison� since “they don’t stand by anything,� referring to Washington’s withdrawal from the deal. AFP
BLAJ, Romania: Ion, a 72-year-old retiree from Romania’s minority Roma community, said he was used to living without rights. “No matter where we go, to the town hall, to the police or to school, doors get closed,� says the former construction site worker, who lives on the outskirts of Blaj, a picturesque town in central Romania. But Pope Francis’ visit to his town Sunday to meet the Roma on the last day of his trip has given
Ion new hope. g(E WILL DEkNITELY SPEAK ABOUT DISCRIMINATION BECAUSE WE HAVE no rights at all,� says Ion, who declined to give his full name. Making up around 10 percent of Romania’s 20 million people, many Roma are marginalized and live in poverty. In recent years, the daily life OF )ON AND HIS NEIGHBOURS HAS IMPROVED DUE TO INITIATIVES BY the town’s government: Roads HAVE BEEN PAVED AND THEIR HOMES
have received running water and electricity. "UT THE TOWN S 2OMA NUMBERing several thousands, still live mostly in precarious conditions on the periphery. g)T S ALWAYS BEEN LIKE THIS FOR the areas where Roma live, and not only in Blaj. It’s the same everywhere,� Petru Varga, 35, a town HALL OFkCIAL TELLS !&0 Sociologist Gelu Duminica says conditions for the Roma had improved in line with the devel-
opment of the country, which joined the European Union in BUT IN THE POOREST COMMUNITIES IN URBAN AND RURAL AREAS alike “nothing has changed�. !CCORDING TO A STUDY CARRIED OUT LAST YEAR BY $UMINICA S )MPREUNA ASSOCIATION WHICH AIMS TO kGHT discrimination, nine percent of Roma in Romania don’t receive an income, while 10 percent are dependent on welfare, compared to one percent for the rest of the population. AFP
Police search for motive in Virginia shooting VIRGINIA Beach, Virginia: Police in Virginia searched Saturday (Sunday in Manila) for the reason why a city ENGINEER kRED INDISCRIMINATELY ON his workplace colleagues, turning a MUNICIPAL BUILDING INTO A WAR ZONE as he killed at least 12 people and WOUNDED FOUR BEFORE BEING FATALLY shot himself. !UTHORITIES NAMED THE GUNMAN in Friday’s attack as DeWayne Craddock, who news reports said was 40 years old. To focus attention on the latest VICTIMS OF !MERICA S GUN VIOLENCE
EPIDEMIC OFkCIALS SAID THEY WOULD NOT PRONOUNCE HIS NAME AGAIN IN PUBLIC #RADDOCK KILLED IN A kERCE GUN BATTLE WITH POLICE WAS A CURRENT EMPLOYEE OF THE 0UBLIC 7ORKS DEpartment of Virginia Beach and HAD WORKED THERE FOR ABOUT YEARS police chief James Cervera told a news conference. He declined to say if Craddock HAD BEEN DISCIPLINED IN RECENT weeks. Press reports said the gunman HAD SERVED IN THE !RMY .ATIONAL Guard after graduating from high school. AFP
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Pope Francis leads an outdoor mass at the Marian Shrine of Sumuleu Ciuc in Miercurea Ciuc City, Romania. The Pope is in Romania for a three-day visit. AFP PHOTO
Attacks Biden lists Equality Act as top priority Worldinbriefs ISRAELI MISSILE STRIKES KILL 3 PALESTINIANS blamed on Sri Lanka president COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s suspended police chief has petitioned the Supreme Court, accusing President Maithripala Sirisena of failing to PREVENT THE %ASTER BOMBINGS THAT killed 258 people. In a 20-page complaint, Inspector General Pujith Jayasundara disclosed serious communication gaps BETWEEN INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES AND security arms of the government, all of which fall under Sirisena. )N THE PETITION SUBMITTED TO COURT LAST WEEK AND SEEN BY !&0 3UNDAY Jayasundara said the country’s premier spy agency, the State Intelligence Service (SIS), ordered him last year to stop ongoing police investigations into Islamic militants. The SIS, which reports directly to Sirisena, wanted the police Terrorist Investigation Department to stop all inquiries into extremist Muslim factions, including the National Thowheeth Jama’ath .4* WHICH WAS BLAMED FOR THE %ASTER 3UNDAY BOMBINGS Jayasundara said the head of the SIS, Nilantha Jayawardena, did not take seriously the intelligence SHARED BY NEIGHBOURING )NDIA which warned of an impending ATTACK BY THE .4* Jayasundara said despite the SIS not sharing information warnings with the police department, he had initiated action to alert his SENIOR MEN BUT HE HAD NO INPUT from the main spy agency. Sirisena suspended Jayasundara after he refused to accept responSIBILITY FOR THE DEADLY ATTACKS 4HE !TTORNEY 'ENERAL HAS ASKED FOR A FULL BENCH OF THE APEX COURT TO decide the case. AFP
COLUMBUS, Ohio: Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden declared Saturday (Sunday in MaNILA THAT THE %QUALITY !CT WOULD BE HIS TOP LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY AN EFFORT TO ENSHRINE LESBIANS GAYS BISEXUALS TRANSGENDERS AND QUEERS (LGBTQ) protections into the naTION S LABOR AND CIVIL RIGHTS LAWS The former vice president shared his hopes of signing the legislation as part of a keynote address to hundreds of activists at the Human Rights Campaign’s annual Ohio gala ON THE kRST DAY OF 0RIDE -ONTH )N A half-hour at the lectern, his remarks RANGED FROM EMOTIONAL TRIBUTES to his audience and their personal endurance to condemnations of President Donald Trump. “It’s wrong and it is immoral
what they’re doing,� Biden said of THE 4RUMP ADMINISTRATION !MONG other Trump polices, he cited atTEMPTS TO BAR TRANSGENDER TROOPS in the US military, allow individUALS IN THE MEDICAL kELD TO REFUSE to treat LGBTQ individuals, and allow homeless shelters to refuse transgender occupants. “Just like with racial justice and women’s rights, we are seeing PUSHBACK AGAINST ALL THE PROGRESS we’ve made toward equality,� Biden said. 4HE %QUALITY !CT WOULD ADdress many such discriminatory practices. It recently passed the $EMOCRATIC RUN (OUSE BUT WILL NOT BECOME LAW UNDER 4RUMP AND THE 2EPUBLICAN 3ENATE 4HAT means LGBTQ residents in dozens
OF STATES ARE STILL SUBJECT TO VARIOUS forms of discrimination that are EITHER SPECIkCALLY ALLOWED OR NOT BARRED BY STATE LAW g)T WILL BE THE kRST THING ) ASK TO BE DONE u "IDEN SAID Biden spoke in Ohio, a political BATTLEGROUND HE WAS VISITING FOR THE kRST TIME SINCE BEGINNING HIS BID ON THE SAME DAY THAT MORE than a dozen of his rivals were in San Francisco for the California Democratic Convention and a massive MoveOn.org conference. By the end of the weekend, 14 candidates will have addressed thousands of activists in California, which has more than 400 delegates to the 2020 convention, ABOUT A kFTH OF WHAT IT WILL TAKE TO win the nomination. AP
DAMASCUS: At least three Syrian soldiers were killed and seven others wounded in Israeli missile attacks on the southern province of Quneitra, Syrian state media said Sunday. The Israeli military confirmed it had targeted Syrian military position in response to two rockets fired from Syria at Mount Hermon in the occupied Golan Heights. After targeting the outskirts of the capital Damascus, Israel “renewed its aggression by firing several missiles on the eastern countryside of Quneitra,� the official SANA news agency reported. AFP
CHINA SENTENCES TO DEATH 2 CHILD TRAFFICKERS TWO child traffickers have been sentenced to death, and 10 others given prison terms and fined in North China’s Shanxi Province, it was reported on Sunday. The Intermediate People’s Court of Yangquan, Shanxi Province, found Wang Xi’e and Liu Liping, among others, of acquiring numerous babies to seek illegal gains since 2015. The babies were transferred to East China’s Shandong Province for sale via Wang Chuanbin and others, the report said. GLOBAL TIMES
TYPHOONS, FLOODS WORSENING IN CAMBODIA NATURAL disasters that hit Cambodia this 2019 have destroyed about 7,000 houses and buildings for the first five months, suggesting an increase by three folds compared to the same period last year. The update was shared by Keo Vy, advisor to the National Committee for Disaster Management, recently to the local media. Lightning during the same period claimed 46 lives and caused severe and minor injuries to 44 other people, added Vy. KHMER TIMES
14 HURT IN JAPAN DRIVERLESS TRAIN CRASH TOKYO: Fourteen passengers were injured after an driverless five-car train in suburban Tokyo went in the wrong direction and crashed into a buffer stop, Japanese police said Sunday. Local media reported that some injuries — the first resulting from an accident involving an automated train in 30 years — appeared to be serious but non-life-threatening. The train hit the buffer stop at Shin-Sugita station after travelling the wrong way for about 20 meters (65 feet), Akihiko Mikami, president of the train operator, said in a midnight press conference. AFP
74 NABBED FOR CROSSING ENGLISH CHANNEL LONDON: Britain’s Border Force intercepted 74 people Saturday (Sunday in Manila), including minors, on eight vessels trying to cross the English Channel into Britain. Two further boats were stopped by French authorities. The interceptions on an exceptionally sunny warm day will heighten concerns that improving weather will encourage smugglers to try their luck at bringing more migrants to the United Kingdom from France. Authorities said a criminal investigation was underway. The nationalities of the migrants were still being determined. AP
INDIA TEMPERATURE NEARS 50-DEGREE CELSIUS
EID-AL-FITR OUTFIT
Muslim women in Thailand browse shoes in a store, while shopping for Eid-al-Fitr on Sunday. Eid marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan among Muslims. AFP PHOTO
TEMPERATURES pushed towards 50 degrees Celsius (122 Fahrenheit) across much of India on Saturday as an unrelenting heatwave triggered warnings of water shortages and left locals fearing for their livelihoods. The western, desert state of Rajasthan recorded 49.6 Celsius on Saturday — India’s hottest day of the year so far, the weather department said. Water and health warnings have been issued with temperatures hovering around 47 Celsius across many western, northern and southern states, with no letup in sight for at least two more days. AFP
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THE Quezon City Public Library-Cubao Branch conducted a storytelling activity with actress Angelu de Leon and attended by about 30 children in Barangay Kamuning on May 30.
The participants received a Filipino children’s book each. The event aimed to encourage children to read physical books and be engaged in more productive activities.
Abra launches stock and ETF Investing in PH with $0 trading fees for 2019 ABRA THE WORLD S kRST GLOBAL INvestment app, announced the genERAL AVAILABILITY OF AN INDUSTRY kRST — the opportunity for investors in the Philippines and international countries to invest in traditional stocks and ETFs using Bitcoin. This product announcement is the next step in Abra’s vision to use Bitcoin’s programmable money features to create and democraTIZE NEW kNANCIAL PRODUCTS AND services for users across the globe. g)NVESTING IN kNANCIAL MARKETS is a basic tool to build personal wealth. Yet outside of the United States, most of the world’s popuLATION IS NOT INVESTED IN kNANCIAL assets or markets due to issues of access and affordability,� said Bill Barhydt, CEO and founder of Abra. “Abra is addressing this global inequality by allowing more people to have a stake in financial markets. The focus of THIS LAUNCH IS TO MAKE kNANCIAL
markets of the developed world more accessible and affordable to those in emerging economies.� Investors in the Philippines as well as international countries can fractionally invest in more than 50 stock and ETF products, including: — Popular stocks like Tesla, Uber, Apple, Amazon, Google, .ETlIX AND "ERKSHIRE (ATHAWAY — Commodities such as SPDR Gold Trust and oil. — Indexes including Vanguard Growth, the S&P 500, Real Estate, and the Russell 2000. — International markets including Asia, Australia, Mexico, and Emerging Markets To sign up and start investing for $0 trading fees on stocks and ETFs in 2019, simply download the app from Google Play or Apple Store and set up an Abra account. From there, users can fund the app using wire transfers, credit cards or other cryptocurrencies to get started.
Give your parents the gift of health MY and Daddy. Mama and Papa. Nanay and Tatay. They’ve been there for you since you can remember. They’ve cared for you, guided you, supported you, provided for you, protected you, and loved you unconditionally. Now, it’s your turn you give them back that tender loving care. And what better present to give them than the gift of health through Hi-Precision Diagnostics’
“Parent’s Package.� And to share some more love, one lucky customer of Hi-Precision Diagnostics (HPD) and HPD Plus who will avail of the Parent’s Package can get the chance to win 0 WORTH OF (0$ GIFT CERTIkcates. This promo runs from May 2 to June 30, 2019. (Per DTI- FTEB permit no. 7833 series of 2019) For more information, visit www.hi-pre- cision.com.ph.
Go Negosyo empowers farmers through Mentor Me on Wheels
MORE than 800 mentees from the agriculture sector, cooperatives, farmers associations along with some aspiring and budding entrepreneurs from different business industries took part in one of the biggest legs of Go Negosyo’s Mentor ME on Wheels on May 24. In partnership with the Department of Agriculture (DA), Agricultural Training Institute Region 4A and Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Go Negosyo successfully hosted its 17th rollout at SM City Dasmarinas. “We want to see a more inclusive Philippines. If we really want to change the landscape of prosperity for all in this country, we must pay attention and give importance to our farmers and other players in agriculture. The Philippines, as an agricultural country, can become an even stronger player in the Asean, if we align our efforts to ENSURE THAT INNOVATION IN THE kELD is supported and that the programs we develop can sustain growth,�
presidential adviser for entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion highlighted. PA Joey Concepcion led the event together with Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri who also joined the mentoring session. Notable mentors from the agriculture industry graced and shared their technical skills and know-how on agripreneurship. In the list were Engr. Ariel Cayanan, Department of Agriculture undersecretary for operations; Rosalind Wee, president of W Group of Companies; Henry Lim Bon Liong, CEO of SL Agritech; Winston Uy, CEO of Universal Leaf; Marites Cosico, Department of Agriculture - Region 4A Agricultural Training Institute Centre director; Arnel De Mesa, Department of Agriculture Region 4A executive director; Ruth Novales, vice president of Nestle; Toto Barcelona, president of Harbest Agribusiness Inc., Josie Costales, chairwoman of Costales Nature Farms; and Rex Daryanani, president of FICCI Philippines, and 90 more mentors.
ONCENTRIX Philippines was recognized as 2019 Outstanding Employer for Large Enterprise in an award ceremony hosted by the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) for its 24th anniversary. 3ECRETARY OF .ATIONAL $EFENSE $ELkN Lorenzana was the guest of honor. PEZA’s Outstanding Employer Award is given to a company that has generated the greatest number of jobs for the past year while also maintaining high regard for the welfare of its workforce and enabling harmony across levels, as well as having a solid track record on employee relations, talent development and communications, workplace health and safety, industry recognition, and overall corporate citizenship. In the past year alone, Concentrix PH has more than tripled its workforce, cementing its status as the country’s undisputed largest private employer with 80,000+ exceptional staff nationwide. It supported approxi-
Q Concentrix Vice President and Philippines Country Leader Elek Toth, receives the recognition during the Philippine Economic Zone Authority 24th anniversary. mately 5,000 supervisors and managers with career management programs and– invested a quarter of a million hours in learning and development for all employees, including frontline staff. The company’s institutionalized health and safety measures earned IT )3/ CERTIkCATION THE LATEST international standard. Concentrix Vice President and Philippines Country Leader Elek
Toth, who received the recognition on behalf of the company, remarked: “Concentrix being recognized as a PEZA Outstanding Employer is a testament to our culture of high integrity, exemplary character, being fanatical about our staff and our continual investment in the future. It’s showcased by the 80,000+ dedicated men and women who demonstrate this in the work they do throughout the country,
every single day. We are proud of our team, will continue to develop our talented staff, and remain committed to the Philippines. We will continue to provide equal opportunity for all individuals and develop them within a safe and inclusive environment through meaningful work that makes A DIFFERENCE IN ORDER TO BENEkT THEIR families and the communities where we live and work.�
DoLE awards 2019 Outstanding DoLE-Assisted Group Livelihood Project NELFA Benitez, on behalf of her group, the Cassava Growers and Processors Association (Cagapa) from Zamboanga Peninsula Region, receives the award after they emerged as this year’s Kabuhayan Awards – Best DOLE-Assisted Group Livelihood Project for their Cassava Chips Making scheme, during the 2019 Kabuhayan Awards held at the Manila Prince Hotel in Ermita, Manila on May 27. Leading the awarding are Labor Acting Secretary Renato Ebarle, Undersecretary Ana Dione, Bureau of Workers with
Special Concerns (BWSC) Director Ma. Karina Perida-Trayvilla, Financial Management Service (FMS) Director
Warren Miclat, DOLE 9 Regional Director Ofelia Domingo, Internal Audit Service (IAS) Director Nenita Garcia,
and International Labor Organization (ILO) Enterprise Development Specialist Hideki Kagohashi.
PLDT Global unveils new content delivery platform with tech firm Conversant PLDT Global Corporation (PGC) has teamed up with Singapore-based technology firm Conversant to launch a content delivery network to boost the customer experience of digitalsavvy Filipinos worldwide. This partnership is the latest in the plans of PGC to broaden its reach and make its services more accessible to clients across all borders. A content delivery network (CDN) acts like a distributed network of servers that media companies, producers and e-commerce organizations use to distribute their apps, videos, and other content in a more secure and faster digital highway to their customers on the internet globally. “This partnership with Conversant will allow PGC to build a new digital marketplace for content
Q During the contract signing are (from left) Khor Aik Hwa, head of Solutions and Strategic Partnerships at Conversant; Martin De Leon, senior solutions consultant for the Philippines at Conversant, John Paul Pangilinan, country manager for the Philippines at Conversant; Cheong Kong Wai, CEO of Conversant; Edith Gomez, VP and head of Carrier Business and Global Accounts Management at PLDT Global; Artemio Quiamas, Jr., AVP and Head of Global Accounts Management for International Retail at PLDT Global; Atty. Philson Co, head of Legal Services and Singapore county head at PLDT Global; and Maureen Ann Dacuycuy, manager, Global Accounts Management for International Retail at PLDT Global. providers and publishers,� said also help us achieve our mission by giving them a greater internet Albert Villa-Real, chief commercial to enable, empower, and delight experience with the help of this OFkCER AT 0,$4 'LOBAL g4HIS WILL the overseas Filipino community platform,� he added.
Mundipharma donates Povidone-Iodine (Betadine) products MUNDIPHARMA Philippines recently provided Povidone-Iodine (Betadine) products to the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) as they partner with the agency to promote oral and body hygiene among the inmates of the New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa. The company partnered with the BuCor as part of their corporate social responsibility program and gave Povidone-Iodine (Betadine) products in support of the Department of Health’s Knock-Out Tigdas drive. Measles is regarded as a highly contagious and infectious condition. It can be transmitted by coughing or sneezing or through direct contact with anyone infected with it. Symptoms include high fever that lasts four to seven days, runny nose, cough, red and watery eyes, and white spots that develop inside the cheeks. After
Q In photo, are (from left) Mundipharma executives Ruby Laigo, Human Resources head; Ian Santos, country manager; Undersecretary Nicanor “Nick� Faeldon, director general of the Bureau of Corrections; Stella Osorio, Mundipharma public affairs and market access manager ; Mavel Banocnoc, Mundipharma consumer operations director; Dr. Ernesto Tamayo, Bureau of Corrections medical department chief; and Edelyn Agapito, Mundipharma senior brand manager. a few days, rashes appear and then it spreads all over th body. This partnership with the
BuCor, which was cemented through a turn-over ceremony will help more than 30,000.
For more information, visit ph. betadine.com or www.mundipharma.com.ph.
Yupangco Group of Companies partners with Ayala Group YUPANGCO Group of Companies signed a contract with Ayala Group for almost 2000 square meters area at the Ayala Mall Bay Area along Macapagal in their more than 200,000 square meters newest development. Present in the contract signing were Joshua Tsuchiya, technical operations head, EATZ Group/ UnliCity; Renz Victor Picache, brand acquisition manager, Ayala Group; Robert Laurel Yupangco, president of Yupangco Group;
MaYa GaMir, COO, Zoomanity Group; Carl Cabral, manager, Jake Zyrus Team; Grace Bondad Nicolas, co founder , Tag Media Group; Jose Mari Laurel Yupangco, CEO, Yupangco Electronics Corporation; and Rolando Valenzuela, financial advisor, Zoomanity Group. The development from the Yupangco Group will be the biggest store as compare-with their existing concepts as mentioned by Robert Yupangco.
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OKYO, JAPAN. In a parallel event to the 14th Philippine Business Mission (PBM) for tourism held in Japan, President Rodrigo Duterte met with leaders of the Japanese travel industry and invited them to invest in the Philippines, stating that now is the best time. The tourism and travel SECTOR STAND TO BENEkT FROM THE "UILD Build, Build program, which has a number of ongoing transportation infrastructure development projects to achieve seamless travel to and around the archipelago. Organized by the Department of Tourism, the travel industry meeting with the President was a historic occasion, signaling the importance held by Japan as the country’s fourth biggest foreign tourist market. The historic meeting coincides with the annual Philippine Business Mission organized by the Department of Tourism and the Tourism Promotions Board. This year, the three-city PBM, covering Sapporo, Nagoya and Tokyo from May 27-31 takes pride in having a 38-company strong Philippine delegation.
Q The Philippine Business Mission delegation led by President Rodrigo Roa Duterte (5th seated from left) and Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat (6th). Department of Tourism (DoT) Sec- Japan for Philippine tourism. He noted portunities for airline companies retary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat ear- that in 2018, the 8.15 percent growth and airport operators in Japan. International air seats to the Philiplier presented an economically viable rate of Japanese arrivals to the Philiptourism sector teeming with exciting pines was higher than the total Japan pines from Japan now total 3,250,264 investment opportunities in the areas outbound rate of 6 percent and thanked AS OF -ARCH 4HE INBOUND TRAFkC of accommodation, transportation, the Philippines for supporting efforts to is expected to rise with Philippine Airlines’ introduction of Chitose-Manila leisure and recreation facilities, food grow the Japanese market further. Department of Transportation THRICE WEEKLY lIGHTS LAST $ECEMBER and beverage and even infrastructure. The Japanese Association of Trav- (DOTr) Secretary Arturo Tugade Japan Airlines’ daily service linking el Agents (JATA) President, Tadashi enthused that the development Haneda with Manila since February Shimura, mentioned that under the of new airports and expansion of AND THE UPCOMING lIGHTS OF !IR !SIA leadership of Secretary Puyat, there have existing gateways serve to attract (Osaka-Manila, July 1), and Cebu been focused marketing initiatives in many investment and business op- 0ACIkC .ARITA #LARK !UGUST
ICTSI Foundation empowers Aeta community ). PARTNERSHIP WITH NON PROkT ORganization Project Liwanag PH, two communal micro-grid structures were installed at Sitio Malalabatay and Sitio Alunan-Purok 3 in Barangay Sta. Juliana, a remote community in the mountains of Tarlac province, some 109 kilometers north of Manila. Early this year, the Foundation and Project Liwanag had signed a memorandum of agreement to fund the installation OF THE SOLAR ELECTRIkCATION SYSTEMS “Access to power still remains a challenge to many Filipinos living in MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS AND FAR lUNG areas, among them our Aeta brothers and sisters. With these solar PV systems, it is our hope that we can improve their lives and make it more convenient,� Christian Gonzalez, ICTSI Global Corporate head and president of ICTSI Foundation, said.
Q Successful switch-on of communal solar PV systems installed by ICTSI Foundation and Project Liwanag on March 12 (from left) Project Liwanag Executive Director Marlon Pia, Sitio Alunan 1st Kagawad Arnel Ramos, Sitio Malalabatay Chieftain Vic Oreman, PAGMIMIHA Aeta Federation Chairman Joven Ocampo, ICTSI Foundation Program Operations Manager Joy Lapuz, NCIP-Tarlac representative Gilbert Cuero and Judy Balintay, Sitio Malalabatay resident. Under the supervision of Proj- residents also personally installed The Aeta tribe, believed to be the earliest inhabitants of the Philip- ect Liwanag contractors, all able- the electrical wires from the panpines, had their ancestral domain bodied community members els to their homes. Community displaced with the devastating helped in the setting-up of the leaders were likewise taught the Mount Pinatubo eruption in 1991. communal micro-grid panels. The upkeep of the solar PV systems.
Hundreds of volunteers support SM’s cleanup drive OVER 500 volunteers took part in SM’s recent Cleanup Drive to show support for the Manila Bay Rehabilitation Program as they dredged the stretch of the Central Park of SM by the BAY, Mall of Asia Complex in Pasay City. “We are very grateful that more and more people from different communities around us are joining this activity. Through the years, even expats, tourists, and backpackers participate. We believe that the whole world knows that the Philippines is widely-recognized for having a rich biodiversity in marine life. Because
of this, we are committed to stay consistent to make sure more people know about it and what it means for us and our future,� said Perkin So, senior assistant vice president for operations of SM Mall of Asia. In attendance at the quarterly Cleanup Drive were representatives FROM 0ASAY #ITY %NVIRONMENT /FkCE (PCENRO), non-government organizations, members of the surrounding local community, local interest groups such as running and Frisbee teams, and employee volunteers from SM. For more information, visit www.smcares.com.ph.
Q Among the 500 volunteers who joined the campaign for the Manila Bay Rehabilitation Program.
Treat the king at Novotel Manila Araneta Center TREAT your dad like a king this Father’s Day weekend with unlimited feasts at Novotel Manila Araneta Center. Delight in an Asian-themed lunch or dinner buffet with spicy authentic Indian cuisine and nostalgic savory Filipino dishes at Food Exchange Manila. Best deal is for every three full paying guests your dad eats for free! You may also opt to spike it up with unlimited beer or unlimited D-I-Y cocktails for
an additional fee Dining dads will receive gifts and a chance to personally meet surprise PBA celebrities. Plus, lucky dads may get additional treats from Food Exchange Manila. For families who would want to spend more time with dad, a staycation package good for two adults and two kids 15 years old and below. This includes a complimentary buffet lunch or dinner buffet voucher for Dad
Q Families can spend more time with Dad at Novotel Manila. and 30 percent off per companion per buffet once availed. For more information, visti
www.novotel.com, www.accorhotels.com, or www.novotelmanilaaranetacenter.com.
Lenovo opens first exclusive Service Center in PH LEADING technology company Lenovo recently inaugurated its kRST EXCLUSIVE STANDALONE SERVICE center in the country to further cater to the support needs of its customers in the Philippines. Lenovo Philippines Country General Manager Michael Ngan says that the decision to create an exclusive service center is part of Lenovo’s thrust of placing CUSTOMER NEEDS kRST g7ITH THE aim to drive innovation that ex-
ceeds expectations and focus on improvement in customer experience, we provide excellent and lEXIBLE SERVICES AND SOLUTIONS TO better understand our customers and solve their challenges by enhancing the speed and quality of our after-sales services.� Located at the Ground Floor of North Domingo Place, Domingo St., San Juan City, the service center will provide repair services on Lenovo’s consumer and commercial products.
Q At the Lenovo Service Center inauguration are (from left) Ian Dequit, Lenovo Philippines service delivery manager; Michael Ngan, Lenovo Philippines Country general manager; Shennan Sy, CompAsia Computer Repair Services chief executive officer; Jonathan So, CompAsia Computer Repair Services vice president for operations; and Bernalina Rimando, CompAsia Computer Repair Services site manager.
Bike for greener, healthier and happier life AS India celebrate the World Bicycle Day as part of the commemoration of the 150 years of birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, India’s Father of the Nation and an icon of sustainable living. The Embassy of India, Manila partnered with the Quezon City Government, National Bicycle Organization, and other local partners in organizing the event to spread the message of “Bicycling for Sustainable Living�. Bicycling is an environmentally sustainable means of transportation and it conveys a positive mes-
sage for health and well being. The event took place on June 2 at the Quezon Memorial Circle, Quezon Citywhere Indian food stalls, raffle, strider racing for kids, freebies and more add color to the event.
All things Korean features at BGC’s K-Street Festival THOSE who love K-pop, samgyeopsal, K-drama, Seoul’s street fashion, and K-beauty were treated to the K-Street Festival, the best of K-culture in one jam-packed event at Bonifacio High Street’s C1 Park from May 31 to June 1, and at the BGC Amphitheater from June 1 to June 2. As part of BGC’s Summer on the Street series, K-Street Festival showcased awesome offerings such as performances from Pinoy K-pop Star winners, Korean street food & pop up shops, k-merchandise, all-day fun & games, and so
much more. For more information, you may check out Bonifacio High Street’s official Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/ BoniHighStreet/ .
Airbus celebrates 50 years of pioneering progress AIRBUS has launched a global campaign celebrating the company’s 50 year anniversary, showcasing key moments of pioneering progress throughout the past five decades. The campaign began by marking 50 years since the French Minister of Transport, Jean Chamant and the German Minister of Economic Affairs, Karl Schiller, signed an agreement at the 1969 Paris Air Show for the joint-development of the A300 aircraft, a first European twin-aisle twin-engine jet for medium-haul air travel. Guillaume Faury, CEO of Airbus said: “Airbus’ story is one of ambition and progress, and has been a showcase of European integration. Over five decades, we have brought together civil and defense aviation businesses from throughout the continent. For 50 years, we have pioneered MANY kRSTS THROUGH OUR PASSION and innovation, transforming the industry and helping to move society forward. Airbus is a story of incredible men and women, a story of great achievements in the
past and, above all, in the future.� Running from May 29 to July 17, the campaign will bring stories to life through new, engaging content published across Airbus channels. With a new story released each day, for 50 consecutive days, the campaign will highlight the people and ground-breaking innovations that have driven the company. The campaign shines a light on many different aspects of the Airbus business, including commercial aircraft, helicopters, space and defense, in addition to programs and initiatives. For more information, visit: https://www.airbus.com/airbus50.
Mary Kay Inc. David Holl named one of the world’s top ten most reputable CEO MARY Kay Inc. continues to improve and empower the lives of women around the world, one lipstick at a time, with the global beauty brand successfully carrying out their commitment for over 56 years at nearly 40 markets globally. It then comes as no surprise that Mary Kay Inc. Chairman and CEO David Holl is named among the world’s top ten most reputable chief executives. According to the Reputation Institute, acting responsibly, behaving ethically, and caring about social issues are the most important drivers of CEO reputation. “David’s leadership and operational expertise since being named CEO in 2006 has contributed sigNIkCANTLY TO -ARY +AY S SUCCESS u
said Richard Rogers, co-founder and executive chairman of the Board. “Mary Kay is a brand born of purpose, and David’s steadfast commitment to our founding values has made him a truly exTRAORDINARY CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFkCER and people leader.� For more information, visit www.marykay.com.ph.
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Kawhi Leonard: Should I stay or should I go?
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ITH their first ever Finals game win, it was expected that the rumblings about Kawhi Leonard staying with the Toronto Raptors would get louder. At the start of the season, many were questioning the wisdom of the Toronto Raptors. It was a gamble they felt they had to make. They knew what to expect if they kept DeMar DeRozan instead. That squad, good as it was, had reached their ceiling, and it was not enough for them. Kawhi just came off a bizarre season wherein he hardly played for his former team. There was also the big dispute on his injury, and he took shots at the San Antonio Spurs, which was being hailed as the best organization in professional sports. He and his camp placed his reputation on the line. The Raptors in the past season also got swept by LeBron James. You can say that Kawhi and the Raptors were destined to end up together, since they both NEEDED VINDICATION 4HE &INALS TRIP WAS DEkNITELY A great story to end the narrative. But the story may not BE kNISHED )F THEY WERE TO DETHRONE THE DYNASTY THAT would be one for the books. But would all that be enough to convince Kawhi Leonard to re-sign with the Toronto Raptors?
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Silence is golden With Kawhi Leonard, there aren’t many tea leaves to read. He has always been a mystery, an enigma to many. Not a lot of big name journalists would stake their reputations on making a prediction on his destination. Until now. The latest report from the True Hoop writer David Thorpe was that they were “plugged in� with sources in the league that had Leonard staying in Toronto for a “short term deal.� The True Hoops network used to be part of ESPN, but now, they have built their own network, but they have their own site, although some content, including the Thorpe piece, are limited to paying subscribers. Other than that, any predictions on Kawhi are of the “grain of salt� variety. There are many talking heads that have speculated his destination to be the LA Clippers. Their basis? A home purchase in the California area, the fact that he hails from California and his supposed disdain for playing with LeBron James (crossing out the Lakers). )NDEED ,EONARD IS ALREADY A BONA kDE STAR ON HIS OWN and he does not have to be LeBron James’ running mate. The LA Clippers, on their part, have also taken the aggressive stance. Coach Doc Rivers already took a tampering kNE WHICH BECAME THEIR OWN WAY OF SAYING g7E MEAN business.� The Clippers won’t take this sitting down, but that is all they can do at this point—sit down and hope their California neighbors beat the Raptors so badly that Leonard will see hope in a different place.
Dilemma Leonard is hardly a prisoner of the narrative, and there is no way to box him on his choice. If he fails to win the Finals, he can say that he would want to leave because he needs a stronger team. But you can also argue that the Raptors came so close, it would be a waste to leave THEIR gUNkNISHED BUSINESS u If the Raptors win the championship, the argument also goes both ways. You can say that he will stay because this is a champion team, but you can also argue that he has already given Toronto a championship—he doesn’t owe them anything. This is why LeBron James was not hated by Cleveland the second time he left. He gave them a title, something THEY HAVE NEVER HAD BEFORE (E HAS FULkLLED HIS PROMISE Kawhi does not even have a promise, and he did not even choose Toronto. He has been a complete professional this season and he is talented enough to be the best player in the NBA. He has nothing more to prove. The city of Toronto will have to live with that, and the other side of LA awaits. From a mere observer’s viewpoint, the Raptors should probably just strive to win the title now.
Q Stephen Curry (No. 30) of the Golden State Warriors reacts against the Toronto Raptors in the second quarter during Game One of the 2019 NBA Finals at Scotiabank Arena on May 30, 2019 in Toronto, Canada. AFP PHOTO
Warriors, Raptors make fixes before NBA Finals resumes
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ORONTO, Canada: A victory in Sunday’s second game (Monday in Manila) of the NBA Finals would lift Toronto halfway to the title, but that isn’t overexciting the Raptors or worrying defending champion Golden State. Both teams have been studying videos of Thursday’s 118-109 Raptors romp in the best-of-seven showdown opener to make adjustments, Toronto coach .ICK .URSE kNDING TROUBLES DESPITE the triumph. “There’s plenty we need to do better if we want to win another game in this SERIES 3O WE HAVE TO kX THOSE THINGS u Nurse said. “They were in a coverage the other night I had never seen before. They do a lot of innovative stuff. They probably got other things we haven’t seen that we’re GOING TO HAVE TO ADJUST TO ON THE lY u Golden State’s defensive scheme kept Raptors star Kawhi Leonard to 5-of-14 SHOOTING FROM THE lOOR HIS POINTS eight shy of his average. “I’m expecting him to play a lot better tomorrow,� Nurse said. Pascal Siakam ripped Golden State for POINTS AND -ARC 'ASOL ADDED TO delight Canadian fans in Toronto’s NBA Finals debut.
“The team that gets beat gets really DETERMINED u .URSE SAID g4HEY TRY TO kX things. They mostly play a lot harder and more physical.� Cameroonian forward Siakam made CONSECUTIVE SHOTS THE LONGEST kNALS RUN IN TWO DECADES AND BECAME THE kRST kNALS DEBUTANTE WITH POINTS EIGHT REBOUNDS AND kVE ASSISTS SINCE -ICHAEL Jordan in 1991. “They’re going to make adjustments,� Siakam said. “I have to be ready for whatever comes at me.�
Champs ‘will be better’ #OUNT ON THE 7ARRIORS WHO HAD WON prior playoff openers, to bounce back as THEY kGHT FOR A THIRD CONSECUTIVE ."! CROWN AND FOURTH IN kVE SEASONS “I know we’ll be better so that’s always a good thing,� Warriors guard Klay 4HOMPSON SAID g)T S kRST TO FOUR NOT kRST TO ONE 3O STILL A LOT OF BASKETBALL TO be played.�
The Raptors realize that as well. “We understand it’s a long series,� Raptors reserve Fred VanVleet said. “It’s going to take a concerted effort. We just need to keep our focus. It’s one win. Nobody’s overreacting.� “You’ve got to protect home court,� added Raptors guard Danny Green. “Can’t GIVE THEM ANY TYPE OF LIFE OR CONkDENCE u Golden State coach Steve Kerr has stressed improved transition defense AFTER 4ORONTO S FAST TEMPO ATTACK BAFlED the Warriors. “A team like this that pushes the ball relentlessly, it’s not enough to just say transition defense is important. You have to feel it and we felt it. They ran the ball right past us several times,� Kerr said. “It’s great to have the videotape. That’s where you can really learn. Areas of our defensive game were really lacking and we have to clean up.�
Runs ‘like a gazelle’ Warriors 3-point sharpshooter Stephen Curry gained a new appreciation for Toronto’s speed as well. “It helps to see it, for sure,� he said. “It’s even more glaring when you can see THE lOW FROM OFFENSE TO DEFENSE OR THE missed rotations or sloppy turnovers.
Film never lies, as every coach has said. You can’t argue with what you see on there and we learned a lot.� The Warriors somewhat enjoy the challenge of battling from behind. g/NE GAME DOESN T DEkNE A SERIES u Curry said. “The things we need to do differently as a team in order to win is the stuff that’s the special part about the challenge — energy, effort, focus for 48 minutes.� Thompson says the Warriors must risk losing more rebounds to ensure enough defenders stop Toronto’s fast break. g3IAKAM WAS RUNNING THE lOOR LIKE a gazelle,� Thompson said. “They were getting the ball off the rim and just pushing it. We’ll have to make the adjustment in game two and try to send more guys back. We gave them too many naked looks.� Curry and Thompson will carry the scoring load with forward Kevin Durant still out with a right calf strain but expected back when the series shifts to Golden State for games Wednesday and Friday. Golden State’s Draymond Green has three playoff triple doubles in a row, one shy of Wilt Chamberlain’s 1967 record RUN AND HIS kVE TOTAL TRIPLE DOUBLES IS TWO shy of the 1967 Chamberlain record. AFP
Warriors, Curry have been ‘transformational’ for NBA TORONTO, Canada: Stephen Curry’s recordshattering 3-point shooting and Golden State’s run to five consecutive NBA Finals have transformed basketball with more long shots, versatile playmakers and switching defensive schemes. It’s an evolution on display in this year’s best-ofseven championship series as the Warriors, seeking a third consecutive title and fourth in five seasons, meet a Toronto squad fashioned in Golden State’s image. “They have definitely left a stamp on basketball in this league,� Raptors coach Nick Nurse said. Curry’s uncanny ability to sink 3-pointers — he stretched his NBA Finals career 3-pointers record to 102 with four in game one — and create opportunities along with backcourt partner Klay Thompson has led a push outside from eras when giants dominated inside or stars like Michael Jordan or LeBron James ruled with acrobatic shotmaking. “I call him a transformational player,� Nurse said of Curry. “He has got kids all over the world shooting from 40 feet away. “As you’ve seen the 3-point shot become so
rapidly used in the last three or four years, a lot of that is because of Golden State and Steph and Klay. Now you’re seeing quickly the league start to shoot six to eight feet behind the line pretty regularly. You didn’t see that maybe even a couple years ago. “He has transformed the way people view the 3-pointer.� The risk of a long shot is being more than overtaken by the benefits of an extra point for every made basket from beyond the arc. Curry warns, however, that it takes exceptional work to sink them often enough to make it worth doing. “You don’t just wake up and accidentally or coincidentally be great at something. You got to put the time in,� Curry said. Parents say kids want to mimic the highlights they see on television and Curry is proud to be a role model. “Hopefully they understand and appreciate the countless hours and the hard work that goes into it. Hopefully they’re inspired and motivated they can do some of the stuff I do.� Curry works not only on accuracy but on
creating opportunities. “He’s got an incredible shooting stroke from anywhere,� Nurse said. “When people are chasing him, he just dribbles and gets around them. “He has a great, skillful finishing game with the floaters, taking it right to the rim if you’re constantly pressed up on him, and then he’s unbelievable at giving it up and racing back outside the line and catching and firing a three.�
‘Head on a swivel’ Warriors reserve Shaun Livingston says constant motion is the secret to success for Curry and Golden State. “You’re constantly moving. You’re keeping everybody’s head on a swivel,� he said. “They create so much space without having the ball. Not very many people that can do it. That’s kind of what makes us go.� Defensively, the Warriors switch off coverage assignments in rapid-fire style, baffling rivals unprepared for such dynamic adapting on the fly. “These guys brought the switching defense to
prominence years ago and now everybody is doing it,� Nurse said. “Five years ago, it wasn’t like that. Now you’re seeing it so much, your guys get 100 games a year to get used to that.�
Raptors mimic Warriors Thompson sees the Raptors as much like the Warriors in the early days of their dynasty run. “They’re very long. They don’t really play with a traditional post player, which is kind of similar. They really spread you out,� Thompson said. “When you have playmakers everywhere, it’s hard to guard.� Raptors guard Fred VanVleet is happy for the comparison to trendsetters. “They were kind of revolutionary for the game, with the way that they built their team,� VanVleet said. “It’s just positionless basketball where you have multiple playmakers. “Those guys won a couple rings. I don’t think it’s a bad compliment to remind somebody we look like them.� AFP
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Pacquiao’s training goes full blast starting today BY EDDIE G. ALINEA
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ARELY a week after pitching camp, WBA regular welterweight titlist Manny Pacquiao shifts training regimen to high gear starting today.
Today’s program and those on Wednesdays and Fridays will include building muscles and stamina in addition to the routine working on mitts, heavy bag, double end and speed balls, according strength and conditioning coach Justin Fortune. Sparring will start on Tuesday, and every Thursday and Saturday thereafter until Team 0ACQUIAO lIES TO ,OS !NGELES WHERE TRAINING will resume at consultant Freddie Roachowned Wild Card Boxing Gym. “We have a lot of catching up to do, “ Fortune told The Manila Times on Friday after completing the day’s regimen at the Elorde Gym inside the Mall of Asia compound, adding that the build up program has been somewhat delayed because Pacquiao had to also attend to his duties as a lawmaker. Training session had, in fact, been canceled at least three times since the camp
OPENED LAST -AY A DAY AFTER 0ACQUIAO AND chief trainer Buboy Fernandez returned from a hectic one-week, two-city media tour to HYPE UP HIS kGHT WITH UNDEFEATED !MERICAN Keith Thurman. The Filipino eight-division titleholder and the WBA 147-pound super champion 4HURMAN FACE OFF *ULY AT THE -'- 'RAND Arena in Las Vegas to determine who between them is the real owner of the world 147-pound belt. “We haven’t accomplished anything yet, except we had succeeded in removing rustiness and excess fat brought about by at least four months of boxing inactivity. One week pa lang ang camp, Hopefully, in this coming two weeks before we leave to LA meron na tayong makikitang progress,� Fernandez explained. “It’ll be a little bit tougher starting Mon-
Q Strength and conditioning coach Justin Fortune prepares WBA welterweight champ Manny Pacquiao for a rigorous plyometric workout on Friday as assistant trainer Roger “Haplas� Fernandez looks on at the Elorde Gym inside the Mall of Asia compound. PHOTO BY WENDELL ALINEA day because we have to insert the plyometric system in the program this early. But Manny’s already used to this situation we WERE AT IN OUR LAST TWO kGHTS u &ORTUNE SAID Plyometrics, also known as jump training or plyos, are exercises in which muscles exert maximum force in short intervals of time, with the goal of increasing power. 4HE PLYO SYSTEM OF VARIATIONS THAT also improved speed, proved successful in Pacquiao’s knockout victory over Lucas Mat-
thysse last year and his unanimous decision triumph of Andrien Broner last January coming from his controversial loss to Australian Jeff Horn two years ago. Fortune said he’s trying to bring in undefeated Australian Tim Tszyu, the world-rated super-welter from Sydney as one of Manny’s sparring partner in the absence of another Australian George Kambosos Jr., who has a COMING kGHT IN !THENS In the meantime, Philippine welterweight
champion Jerich Chavez and locally-ranked Jestoni Nituda will be on standby at least on Tuesday’s sparring. “I’d like to see Manny spar six or eight rounds before we get to LA in two weeks,� Fortune said. “As I have been saying, Thurman’s dangerous opponent,� Fortune said. “He’s a champion, too, and unbeaten, a little bigger but Manny can offset this on his quickness. He’s smart, but Manny’s smarter.�
RUIZ SHOCKS JOSHUA FOR THREE HEAVYWEIGHT WORLD TITLES NEW YORK: Anthony Joshua’s bid to make a splash in his US debut ended in misery for the three belt heavyweight world champion with a stunning loss to underdog Andy Ruiz at Madison Square Garden on Saturday (Sunday in Manila). Ruiz recorded a monster upset, by knocking down Britain’s Joshua four times to take the World Boxing Association, International Boxing Federation and World Boxing Organization titles. The 29-year-old Ruiz came into the fight as a massive 32-1 underdog. But he won it by TKO in the middle of the seventh when the referee stopped it at 1:26 of the round after the fourth knockdown. Ruiz, sent to the canvas once himself, knocked Joshua down twice in the third round and twice more in the seventh. “I still can’t believe it. I am still pinching myself to see if this is real,� Ruiz said.
Joshua (22-1, 21 KOs) had a massive height and reach advantage as he weighed in at a chiselled 247 pounds (112.4 kilos) alongside the portly Ruiz, who beefed up to 268 pounds compared to 250 for his most recent fight. Ruiz, who has won four fights in a row, looked fearless and poised while Joshua -- who delivered 21 knockouts in his 22 victories -- never seemed to recover from the first knockdown early in the third. “Riuz won fair and square but I know Anthony Joshua’s work ethic. Great fighters come back and improve,� said Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn. Ruiz (33-1, 22 KOs) has been underestimated because of his physique, but he knew what was at stake and how fortunate he was to get a second chance at a world title. He was a late replacement for Jarrell Miller, who withdrew from the bout with Joshua after failing three drug tests in April.
“Everything is possible man. Look at me, I just made history,� Ruiz said. Joshua was knocked down for the first time in the third when Ruiz hit him with a left hook to the temple. Realizing he had the champ in trouble, Ruiz then charged forward and got the second knockdown by connecting on a straight right. Joshua got up at the count of eight but it was late in the round and he was saved by the bell. “The speed got him,� said Ruiz. Ruiz was the first to go to the mat when he got hit by a left hook from Joshua earlier in the third. Joshua got up after the third knockdown and fourth knockdowns in the seventh but he spat out his mouthguard and the referee waived it off while he leaned on the ropes. Joshua needed medical attention after the bout and did not attend the post fight news conference.
Joshua, who won a gold medal at the 2012 Olympics, was coming off a nine-month layoff since knocking out Alexander Povetkin in September.
Devastating loss Ruiz’s ambush win is being hailed by some as one of the major upsets in heavyweight history, ranking with 42-1 underdog Buster Douglas knocking out Mike Tyson in 1990 and Leon Spinks’ 15-round split decision over Muhammad Ali in 1978. “We did an upset, just exactly what I have been saying from all the people that doubted me, I just proved them wrong,� Ruiz said. Ruiz, who was born in San Diego and carries a US passport, considers himself Mexican and is now the first heavyweight champion of Mexican descent. “I think Mexico has a champ in every weight and
now we have a heavyweight champion. I am so happy,� said Ruiz. The loss will be devastating for the career of Joshua who was looking past Ruiz for a superfight unification showdown with WBC champion Deontay Wilder. Together with Briton Tyson Fury they are trying to revive the sport’s prestige division but the inability to get them together in the ring had left a sour taste in the mouth of boxing fans. One of the first to pile on Joshua was Wilder who tweeted, “He wasn’t a true champion. His whole career was consistent of lies, contradiction and gifts .... now we know who was running from who!!!!� Fury was less critical, tweeting “We have our back and Forth’s but @anthonyfjoshua changed his stars through life, heavyweight boxing. These things happen, rest up, recover, regroup and come again.� AFP
Smith’s 1st career HR lifts Dodgers over Phillies LOS ANGELES: Will Smith is making himself at home DURING HIS kRST WEEK IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES The red-headed rookie — called up when catcher Austin Barnes got hurt — hit a towering, tiebreaking home run in the bottom of the ninth inning, giving the Los Angeles Dodgers a 4-3 comeback victory
over the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday night (Sunday in Manila). “That was awesome,� Smith said. “I’ll remember that forever.� 4HE UNlAPPABLE 3MITH CAUGHT ACE #LAYTON +ERSHAW FOR SEVEN INNINGS AND THEN SMASHED HIS kRST
CAREER HOMER INTO THE LEFT kELD PAVILION OFF (ÂżCTOR .ERIS “A lot of tough pitches and Will stuck with it,â€? third baseman Max Muncy said. “I still don’t know if he knows he hit a home run.â€? 3MITH GOT DOUSED BY HIS TEAMMATES ON THE kELD AND he got the ball, too. The man who nabbed it turned it over to Smith outside the Dodgers clubhouse and they posed for a photo together. )T WAS A kTTING kNISH FOR THE CATCHER WHOSE WALK up music is the theme from “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,â€? the hit 1990s sitcom in which the main character played by the actor Will Smith moves from Philly to the ritzy enclave in Los Angeles. Actually, Smith arrived last Monday when Barnes went on the 10-day injured list with a left groin strain. He’s certainly making a strong case for himself even though his stay in the big leagues could be short. He earned a ringing endorsement from Kershaw, who said, “A lot of talent and there’s a lot of potential there for sure.â€? *ULIO 5RIAS GOT THE VICTORY WITH TWO INnings of relief after giving up a two-run homer to Bryce Harper in the eighth that tied it at 3-all in a matchup of division leaders and the two best teams in the National League. The Dodgers have won 14 of 17; the Phillies lost their third in a row. $AVID &REESE HOMERED INTO THE LEFT kELD PAVILION ON THE kRST PITCH FROM #OLE )RVIN LEADING OFF THE kFTH PUTTING THE $ODGERS IN FRONT Philadelphia tied the game at 1 in the fourth on J.T. Realmuto’s RBI single. Harper, who was 0 for 4 in Friday’s opener, singled, took second on a wild pitch by Clayton Kershaw and
moved to third on an error by Muncy. Rhys Hoskins was safe at first on the error to set up Realmuto. The Dodgers added a run in the bottom of the inning on Muncy’s sacrifice fly that scored pinch-hitter Matt Beaty, who reached on an infield single to first base. Kershaw allowed one run and six hits, struck out six and walked none. *OS¿  LVAREZ STARTED FOR THE 0HILLIES IN PLACE OF :ACH %lIN WHO WENT ON THE ), &RIDAY WITH MID BACK TIGHTNESS  LVAREZ GAVE UP ONE HIT AND TWO walks in two innings. AP
Q Bryce Harper (No. 3) of the Philadelphia Phillies hits a two-run homerun in the eighth inning of the MLB game against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium on Sunday in Los Angeles, California. AFP PHOTO
PSL’s Dula displays prowess in PSI Grand Prix PHILIPPINE Swimming League-Swimming Pinas standout Marc Bryan Dula ruled three events in the boys’ 11-13 division of the 0HILIPPINE 3WIMMING )NCORPORATED 03) 'RAND 0RIX 1UALIFYING ,EG HELD IN Dagupan, Pangasinan. 4HE YEAR OLD $ULA DOMINATED THE M )NDIVIDUAL -EDLEY WITH A TIME RECORD of two minutes and 34.76 seconds before topping the 100m backstroke with an imPRESSIVE Dula, a Masville Elementary School standout and multiple gold medalist in 0ALARONG 0AMBANSA ALSO RULED THE 400m freestyle event by virtue of his fourminute, 54.53-second showing. Sharing the spotlight were fellow PSLSwimming Pinas tankers Triza Tabamo, Joco Delizo and Lee Grant Cabral, who
also shone in their respective age-groups. Delizo topped the boys’ 16-18 400m freestyle (4:38.56) and 100m backstroke WHILE 4ABAMO kNISHED kRST IN the girls’ 11-13 400m freestyle (5:00.06). On the other hand, Cabral had two RUNNER UP kNISHES IN THE BOYS M BACKSROKE AND M )NDIVIDUAL -EDLEY “Congratulations to our Swimming Pinas tankers for an outstanding perforMANCE IN 03) 'RAND 0RIX ,EG !ND OUR TEAM IS kNALLY COMPLETE /N TO THE &INALS next month. Time to hit the blocks again and train some more,� said PSL-Swimming Pinas team manager Joan Mojdeh. )T WAS THE kRST TIME $ULA 4ABAMO AND Delizo participated in the PSI Grand Prix. 4HEY ARE NOW QUALIkED IN THE .ATIONAL
Finals scheduled next month. Joining Dula, Tabamo and Delizo in the .ATIONAL &INALS ARE EARLY QUALIkERS 0HILIPPINE national record holder Micaela Jasmine Mojdeh and Marcus De Kam plus other members of the PSL-Swimming Pinas squad.
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Reed, Steffen best rivals in Century Tuna IRONMAN 70.3 BY JEREMIAH M. SEVILLA
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UBIC FREEPORT ZONE: Australia’s Tim Reed and Switzerland’s Caroline Steffen reclaimed the Century Tuna IRONMAN 70.3 title in Subic Bay on Sunday morning here. Reed built a comfortable lead in the closing stretch of the 1.9-kiloMETER SWIM KM RUN AND KM run race to post a time record of four hours, four minutes and 33 seconds. The Australian emerged as champion four years after winning the inaugural 70.3 Subic Bay. “It’s a pleasure to win again. Obviously, I love coming back here. It’s a great feeling,� said the 34-year old Reed, who bagged his fifth 70.3 title and the top prize of $3,000. “More importantly, it’s like my form is coming back. I had been to a rough patch for three to four months. Nice to be racing well again,� added the former 70.3 world champion. Reed beat fellow Australian Tim Van Berkel (4:08:36) and last year’s full Ironman champ Nick Baldwin of Seychelles (4:09:06) to earn his kRST TITLE SINCE 3EPTEMBER LAST YEAR The three-time 70.3 Cebu titlist CLOCKED IN MINUTES AND seconds in the swim; two hours, 13 minutes and 46 seconds in the BIKE AND ONE HOUR MINUTES and 18 seconds in the run. Reed pulled away in the first 10km of the run course, posting a two-minute, 41-second lead
over Van Berkel and more than four minutes of advantage over Baldwin, and was never threatened from then on. “He (Van Berkel) was really worried how hard he has to go. I took advantage of that. 10 kilometers is really hard. Then I have to get a look if I can get easy after that. I tried and took it easy,� said Reed. On the other hand, Steffen endED HER STRING OF RUNNER UP kNISHES and regain the 70.3 Subic crown after three years as the 40-year old 3WISS STAR TIMED IN TO SNAG the women’s pro crown. The two-time world Ironman SILVER MEDALIST REGISTERED minutes and 53 seconds in the SWIM IN THE BIKE AND 1:34:18 in the run to prevail over Australia’s Dimity Lee $UKE AND .EW :EALAND S ,AURA 7OOD “It’s great to come back in Subic. I had a win a couple of years back and I don’t remember it because it was too long ago. Last time, I got second place. It’s great to be back on the top,� said Steffen, who took full advantage of the absence of previous editions’ winner Radka Kahlefeldt. Steffen overcame a mechanical issue in her bike then came
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through with a strong start in the run en route to the victory. “I had a pretty big lead, didn’t wanna blow up the last few kilometers. I played it safe and made
sure I cool myself down,� said Steffen, who took a $3,000 prize. Meanwhile, Filipino triathlete August Benedicto snagged the Asian Elite gold and the P50,000
prize anew with a time record of 4:44:04. 4HE TOP kNISHERS GAINED THEIR spots in the Ironman 70.3 World Championship slated September
7 to 8 in Nice, France. More than 900 triathletes joined the half Ironman race organized by Sunrise Events, Inc. and presented by Big Boss Cement.
Serena, Osaka crash Kaymer builds two-shot lead at Memorial Tournament out of Roland Garros PARIS: Serena Williams suffered her earliest Grand Slam exit since 2014 when she crashed out of the French Open on Saturday (Sunday in Manila), ending her bid to win a record-equaling 24th major, just hours after world number one Naomi Osaka also suffered a shock defeat. Williams was beaten 6-2, 7-5 by US compatriot Sofia Kenin, who wasn’t even born when the American legend made her Paris debut in 1998, in the third round. Top seed Osaka’s hopes of winning a third successive Grand Slam ended when she was knocked out by unheralded Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-2. Their losses mean that 14 of the top 20 seeds in the women’s draw have failed to make the second week in Paris. It was 37-year-old Serena’s earliest exit at the Slams since a third round loss to Alize Cornet at Wimbledon in 2014. Three-time Roland Garros champion Williams was attempting to equal Margaret Court’s record of 24 majors. “She played really well, especially in the first set where she hit pretty much within an inch of the line all the time,� said Williams. The America veteran, who played just one clay court match in Rome before suffering a knee injury in the run up to the French Open, said she had expected to progress further in Paris. “I would have expected to have gotten past the the third round. If someone said I would only get this far, I’d have said they were a liar. “I haven’t been on the court as much as I would have wanted to. It’s been a gruelling season.� Kenin, the 20-year-old world number 35, will face eighth seed Ashleigh Barty of Australia for a place in the
quarter-finals. “There’s a lot of emotions now,� said the Russian-born player. “Serena is such a great champion and I have all the respect for her.�
Osaka headaches, stress Williams, who has still to add to her majors collection since she returned to the tour after giving birth to her daughter, fired 30 winners and 34 unforced errors. Osaka, the reigning US and Australian Open champion, said losing to 42nd-ranked Siniakova may have been a blessing in disguise. “Losing is probably the best thing that could have happened,� said 21-year-old Osaka. “I felt very tired. I had headaches, maybe that’s the stress. “I felt there was a weight on me. This hasn’t been the happiest of times.� Osaka was undone by a shocking 38 unforced errors as she finally ran out of luck in Paris having had to come back from a set down in her first two matches. Elsewhere in the women’s draw, 17-year-old Amanda Anisimova of the United States reached her second successive fourth round at a Slam with a 7-6 (8/6), 6-4 win over Romania’s Irina Camelia Begu. She will face Spanish qualifier Aliona Bolsova, ranked at 137, who saw off Russia’s Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-2, 7-5. Defending champion and third seed Simona Halep stormed into the last 16 with a 55-minute 6-2, 6-1 thrashing of Ukrainian 27th seed Lesia Tsurenko. Halep next faces Poland’s Iga Swiatek who celebrated her 18th birthday by seeing off Olympic champion Monica Puig 0-6, 6-3, 6-3. AFP
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Former world No. 1 Martin Kaymer closed in on his kRST TITLE IN ALMOST kVE YEARS 3ATURDAY 3UNDAY IN -ANILA kRING A six-under par 66 to take a two-shot lead over Adam Scott in the US PGA Tour’s Memorial Tournament. Germany’s Kaymer hasn’t won SINCE HIS 53 /PEN TRIUMPH at Pinehurst, battling shoulder and wrist injuries along with a loss of FOCUS AND CONkDENCE AS HE SLIPPED to his current 186th in the world. But Kaymer didn’t put a foot wrong on the Muirfield Village course in Dublin, Ohio, nabbing six birdies without a bogey for a UNDER PAR TOTAL OF Australia’s Scott, another former major champion who hasn’t won in more than three years, had seven birdies in his 66, using a spectacular
approach at the tough 18th hole to SET UP A THREE FOOT kNISHING BIRDIE 3COTT S HOLE TOTAL OF PUT him two shots in front of a trio of players headed by three-time major winner Jordan Spieth and including Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama and American Patrick Cantlay. Matsuyama produced the best score of the day, capping his 64 with a chip-in for birdie from dense rough at 18. Cantlay carded a 68 and Spieth a 69. Kaymer, who shared the overnight lead with South Korean rookie Lee Kyoung-hoon and American Troy Merritt, pulled away methodically as Lee’s hot start gave way to a tough BACK NINE AND -ERRITT FAILED TO kRE Lee pulled away with four birdies IN THE kRST kVE HOLES "UT HE BOGEYED FOUR OF kVE FROM THE SEVENTH THROUGH
the 11th to fade to six off the lead. Kaymer, meanwhile, drained a 14-foot birdie putt at the third, and stuck it close for birdies at the ninth and 11th before rolling in a long birdie bomb at the 13th. Birdies at 15 and 16 stretched his lead, and he said he’d try to take the same approach on Sunday.
Woods fades “I said to my caddie today on the range a very true thing, you know it doesn’t really matter if you are 60th and play 18 holes or you lead the tournament and play 18 holes, the 18 holes don’t change,� Kaymer said. “That will be my same attitude tomorrow: stay in control of the golf ball, hit fairways, hit greens, use the chances that will appear and see
what happens.� Scott’s lone bogey was a three-putt at the ninth hole, and the Australian WAS CONkDENT HE HAS THE GAME TO win again. “I’m just going to play as good as I can tomorrow,� Scott said. “I feel like my game is at a level that if I put it all together properly and control myself out there, I can win.� -ATSUYAMA WON HIS kRST 53 0'! Tour title at the Jack Nicklaus-hosted -EMORIAL IN AND WOULD LIKE NOTHing better than to accept the trophy from the Golden Bear again on Sunday. Tiger Woods was resigned to the fact that he won’t be claiming a sixth Memorial title, lamenting half a dozen lip-outs and a double-bogey at the 10th hole that halted his momentum. He carded a two-under 70 that left him 11 adrift. AFP
Former nat’l champ boosts PGT Cebu cast
Q After a year-long wait, Lloyd Go gets the chance to slug it out with PGT’s top guns. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
LLOYD GO kNALLY MARKS HIS PRO DEBUT on the Philippine Golf Tour, upbeat but wary of his chances against a slew of veteran local and foreign campaigners in the ICTSI Club Filipino de Cebu Invitational beginning Wednesday at Club Filipino de Cebu golf course in Danao City. The former national champion actually dominated and topped the HOLE 0'4 1UALIFYING School at Taal Splendido IN BUT DEFERRED MOVing to the pro ranks to help power Team Asia-Pacific past Team Europe in the Bonnalack Trophy in Doha, Qatar, thus forfeiting his PGT playing rights. But the Cebuano star, who also gained an Asian Tour card LAST $ECEMBER AND kNISHED TIED FOR ND IN "ANGABANDHU Cup in Bangladesh last April,
is seeing action this week as one of the six invitees, joining the likes PGT Asia leg winner David Gleeson of Australia, Mateo Gomez and Sebastian Lopez of Colombia, Englishman George Twyman and Jack Sullivan, another talented shotmaker from Down Under. They will be up against a stellar international cast, led by defending champion Jhonnel Ababa, multi-titled Tony LascuĂąa and Jay Bayron, former Masters titlist Jerson Balasabas, PGT Asia leg champions James Ryan Lam, Justin Quiban, Joenard Rates and Rene Menor, along with PGT winners Guido Van der Valk of the Netherlands, Zanieboy Gialon, Charles Hong and Mars Pucay along with recent National pro-am champion Rey Pagunsan. A slew of foreign aces are also in the FOLD ALL AIMING FOR A TOP kNISH IN THE HOLE CHAMPIONSHIP AT THE TIGHT up-and-down layout, including Americans Lexus Keoninh, Charles Lee, Pete Vilairatana and Sean Talmadge,
Aussies Fidel Concepcion and Calum Junifer, Koreans Hyang Myung Chal, Kim Young Hyun, Park Jun Sung, and Japanese Ryui Hashimoto, Makoto Iwasaki, Yudai Suzuki, Kei Matsuoka, Kanata Nakagawa, Ryo Nishimura and Raiki Okamoto. Others tipped to contend for top honors in the event organized by Pilipinas Golf Tournaments, Inc. are Emilio Parodi of Argentina, PGT QSchool topnotcher Marcos Pastor of Spain, Thai Pachara Sakulyong, Peter Stojanvoski of Macedonia, The event, backed by Custom Clubmakers, Meralco, Champion, Summit Mineral Water, K&G Golf Apparel, BDO, Sharp, KZG, PLDT and M.Y. Shokai Technology, Inc. also serves as the kickoff leg of the four-stage Visayan swing with action shifting to Bacolod Country Club ON *UNE THEN TO .EGROS /Ccidental Golf and Country Club on *UNE THEN TO )LOILO 'OLF AND #OUNTRY #LUB ON *UNE
ANGELS SOAR NO. 3, CRUSH POWER BUILDERS
PETROGAZZ pounced on the continued absence of injured Myla Pablo and the sidelining of import Edina Selimovic and posted its third straight-set victory, a ROMP OVER -OTOLITE in the Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference at the Flying V Center in San Juan City on Sunday. Cuban Wilma Salas and American
import Janisa Johnson sustained their top form coming off the Angels’ victories over the Creamline Cool Smashers and the BanKoPerlas Spikers last week, combining for 38 hits and keeping the team unbeaten in the early going of the season-opening conference of the third season of the country’s premier
league organized by Sports Vision. But coach Arnold Laniog downplayed his wards’ early surge, citing the breaks that they gained in TROUNCING THEIR kRST THREE OPPONENTS “Against Creamline, Alyssa (Valdez) got injured, while Kia (Bright) didn’t start quite well for BanKoPerlas and Motolite played without
an import,� said Laniog. “But the challenge for us is how to sustain our form in our next games.� 3ALAS SCORED ALL HER POINTS OFF attacks while punctuating her solid game with nine excellent receptions WHILE *OHNSON ADDED HITS WITH receives and 10 digs to boot. Jeanette Panaga added six points for
PetroGazz, which pumped in 45 spikes. -OTOLITE DREW POINTS FROM !MERIcan reinforcement Channon Thompson with former UP stalwards Isa Molde and 4OTS COMBINING FOR MARKERS Pablo sat out for the second straight game with a sore lower back while Selimovic, from Bosnia, failed to see action after suffering a minor knee injury in the
FOURTH SET OF THEIR LOSS TO THE 0ACIkC4OWN Army Lady Troopers last Saturday. But with the way the Angels are playing as one cohesive unit, Pablo and Selimovic would need to be in top shape to stop the strong starting PetroGazz side, which has yet to drop a set in the tournament backed by Mikasa, Asics and KFC.
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Q Liverpool’s Jordan Henderson lifts the trophy to celebrate with his teammates winning the Champions League final match between Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool at the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium in Madrid. AP PHOTO
Liverpool blanks Tottenham to win Champions League
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ADRID: Mohamed Salah was off injured within 30 minutes of last year’s #HAMPIONS ,EAGUE kNAL BUT CELEBRATING inside two minutes of this one. The last props of the opening ceremony were not even down the tunnel when Salah lashed his penalty past Hugo Lloris before lingering to show his joy in front of the Tottenham fans, long after his teammates had trundled away. Salah has history with Spurs supporters, largely on account of being the main threat to Harry Kane winning the Golden Boot in recent seasons, but perhaps there was more to why he wanted to
hang on the moment. After all, it was on this stage last year, with club football’s biggest prize in sight, that Salah saw his kNAL ENDED EARLY BY A TUG FROM Sergio Ramos and a tumble on his shoulder. Taken off after half an hour, Salah lay in hospital, helpless while Liverpool were beaten 3-1 by Real Madrid and then he struggled at the World Cup, lacking sharpness as Egypt were knocked out
without a victory. “Before the game, I looked at a picture of last year and we were SO DISAPPOINTED TO LOSE THE kNAL u Salah said on Saturday night. “I was very disappointed after that injury, I went off after 30 minutes and we lost the game. It motivated me to win today. When you know how it feels to lose, you say to yourself ‘Let’s go and win that’.� Salah had been less explosive in recent months, perhaps because opponents are warier, or perhaps just because sustaining those levels of performance was always going to be a tall order. But in many ways this final
than a pair of Swiss Super League titles with Basel. For all his individual accolades, and there are many, Salah now has a concrete reward to match his talent and for this Liverpool side too, who lost the Premier League title by one point, arguably to the most complete team the competition has ever seen. Concrete reward Salah beat Kane to the Golden Boot then and this year too, TotWhen he was growing up in tenham’s striker deprived of the Nagrig, a small farming town in last six weeks of the season due to Egypt, Salah would play video the ankle injury that made him a games and invariably choose Liv- doubt even to play here. ERPOOL AS HIS CLUB .OW HE LIFTS Kane started but looked like a his most prestigious trophy with STRIKER IN HIS kRST MATCH IN ALMOST them too, and the only one, other two months and Salah was guilty
BECAME 3ALAH S kNAL AS SOON AS Moussa Sissoko thrust his arm out to point to a teammate and Sadio Mane’s cross-struck him AFTER SECONDS At the end, as Liverpool’s fans behind him roared, plumes of red kLLING THE AIR 3ALAH ARCHED HIS NECK back and looked to the sky.
Neymar denies he raped woman after allegations RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil and Paris SaintGermain forward Neymar on Sunday denied raping a woman who accused him of sexually assaulting her at a Paris hotel, with his father claiming he is the victim of blackmail. !CCORDING TO A COMPLAINT kLED with Sao Paolo police and reported by the UOL and GloboEsporte websites, the world’s most expensive footballer is accused of “using violence to have sex with the victim without her consent.� “I am accused of rape, it’s a big word, it’s very strong, but that is what has happened,� Neymar said in a seven-minute video posted on Instagram. “It surprised me, it’s a really ugly thing and a sad thing because anyone who knows me knows what kind of person I am and knows I would never do such a thing.� .EYMAR THEN SHOWED WHAT HE said was a long series of WhatsApp messages with the woman, including topless photographs of her in bed. He added: “These are intimate moments but it is necessary to make them public to prove that nothing really happened.� The unidentified woman, who lives in Brazil, allegedly met Neymar through Instagram,
and after exchanging messages, the footballer invited her to visit him in Paris in mid-May. According to the complaint, Neymar arrived at the hotel “apparently intoxicated,� and the two chatted and exchanged “caresses.� But then “he became aggressive and used violence to have sex with the victim without her consent,� the document said. Neymar’s father, who is also his agent, categorically denied the accusations in an interview with Brazilian broadcaster Bandeirantes. “This is not true, he has never committed any crime,� said Neymar Santos, arguing that his son was a victim of blackmail. “We have all the evidence and we already gave everything to the lawyers.� According to Neymar Santos,
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his son and the woman went on a date, but Neymar did not want to see her again. Since then, the woman has tried to extort money from
the player and his family, he said. “My son can be accused of many things, but I know what kind of man he is ... it’s clear that this was a trap,� he said. AFP
Grief as Arsenal star Reyes killed in car crash MADRID: Former Arsenal, Real Madrid and Spain star Jose Antonio Reyes has been killed in a car crash, his hometown club Sevilla said on Saturday (Sunday in Manila). He was 35. Reyes shot to fame at Sevilla before a switch to Arsenal where he was part of the unbeaten ‘InvinCIBLES 0REMIER ,EAGUE winners, before spells at Real and Atletico Madrid. UEFA announced they would hold a minute’s silence in his honour ahead of Saturday’s ChamPIONS ,EAGUE kNAL BETWEEN 4OTtenham and Liverpool. Former Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger
signed Reyes on the back of Spain’s Under-19’s European championships win where he played alongside Fernando Torres and Andres Iniesta, and a dazzling series of matches with Sevilla the following season. Arsenal described the accident as “awful news�. He won Premier League and FA Cup medals at Arsenal and came on as a late substitute when the 'UNNERS LOST THE #HAMPIONS ,EAGUE kNAL TO "ARCELONA But it was at Sevilla where the pain will be most keenly felt. g7E COULDN T BE CONkRMING WORSE news,� Sevilla said when breaking the news.
“Beloved Sevilla star Jose AntoNIO 2EYES HAS DIED IN A TRAFkC COLLISION Rest in peace,� Sevilla, where he spent two four-year spells, said on Twitter. He helped Sevilla win the Spanish SECOND DIVISION IN HIS kRST STINT AT the club. He won the Europa League kVE TIMES TWICE WITH !TLETICO -Adrid and three times in his second spell at Sevilla. The emergency services in Andalusia and the authorities in the town where his family live, Utrera, said Reyes died in an accident on the main road from Sevilla to Utrera. They said another member of his family also died and a third person was injured. AFP
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of indecision himself, perhaps the three-week break leaving both these teams slightly jaded and short of zip. He squared up Jan Vertonghen in the box but was unable to nip by, he attempted a flick to Mane but it fell short. He volleyed over from the edge of the area, moments after seeing Danny Rose head away off his foot at the back post. If Salah was below-par so were Liverpool but it mattered LITTLE WHEN THE kNAL WHISTLE BLEW Divock Origi’s late strike had WRAPPED UP A VICTORY ,IVERpool’s sixth European Cup and for Salah, redemption. AFP
Chelsea boss Sarri close to Juventus switch LONDON: Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri has told the club he wants to leave after a single season to join Italian champions Juventus, according to reports on Saturday (Sunday in Manila). Sarri has been an uncomfortable fit with fans at Stamford Bridge and despite winning the Europa League this week and finishing third in the Premier League, there is a perception the chain-smoking coach is unwilling to adapt tactics when things go wrong. Sarri has been widely linked with Juventus, who are seeking a successor to Massimiliano Allegri, although sports daily Gazzetta reported Saturday that Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino was also on their radar. Sarri held talks with Chelsea director Marina Granovskaia on Friday and informed her that he wanted to return to his homeland, the reports in Britain and Italy said. Granovskaia, it is said, has promised to talk to club owner Roman Abramovich about his future, but it would seem Chelsea will seek compensation from any suitor.
Sarri succeeded Antonio Conte as Chelsea manager last summer after spending three years at Napoli. The 60-year-old enjoyed a tremendous start at Stamford Bridge as Chelsea went unbeaten in 18 games. But Sarri endured consistent criticism from a significant portion of the club’s supporters throughout the campaign and suffered heavy 4-0 and 6-0 defeats at Bournemouth and Manchester City. Chelsea, however, reached the Carabao Cup final, which they lost on penalties to Manchester City, before finishing the season strongly. Sarri claimed the first major trophy of his career when Chelsea beat Arsenal 4-1 in Baku on Wednesday to win the Europa League final, but refused to commit his future to the club, saying: “You know very well that I love the Premier League, the level of the competition, and I am lucky because I am at Chelsea, one of the best teams in the best championship in the world.� AFP
Bayern CEO against Champions League reform BERLIN: Bayern Munich CEO KarlHeinz Rummenigge has slammed recent proposals to radically reform the UEFA Champions League that would greatly reduce the number of teams qualifying from domestic competitions. In an interview with German news magazine Der Spiegel, Rummenigge expressed his bemusement at changes pushed by Juventus chairman Andrea Agnelli, the president of the European Club Association (ECA), for a “panEuropean league system.� “Why do we have to change anything at all about the competition?� asked Rummenigge in the interview, which will be published on Saturday. “The Champions League is already the best competition in the world, and the most difficult to win.� Agnelli’s concept envisioned a complete restructuring of all UEFA COMPETITIONS FROM WITH IN-
ternal relegation and promotion in a three-tiered system. It also mooted the idea of playing matches at the weekend rather than in midweek, and proposed a new group stage format which would see four groups of eight teams rather than the current eight groups of four. Rummenigge, himself a former ECA president, said that he was “no FRIENDu OF EITHER WEEKEND kXTURES OR an expanded group stage. He denied the magazine’s claims that he had previously supported the IDEA OF WEEKEND kXTURES IN A LEAKED e-mail to Agnelli. He added that he expected “intense� discussions at next week’s ECA shareholders’ meeting, and urged European football’s governing body UEFA to be “sensitive� in their decision-making. UEFA are in consultations about the proposals, though president Aleksander Ceferin has ruled out the introduction of AFP weekend fixtures.
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Entertainment
D1 Q Actor, musician and Careless Music Manila CEO James Reid. CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS
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James Reid shifts focus on music as artist-producer BY NIKA ROQUE
THIRD ALBUM g0ALM $REAMS u WHICH FEATURES A NEW AND DREAMY 2 " SOUND FROM THE ARTIST THANKS TO THE CREATIVE FREEDOM HE ENJOYS IN HIS OWN REALM (OWEVER 2EID WILL NOT BE HAVING A FOLLOW UP TO g0ALM $REAMS u A TELESERYE OR kLM ANY TIME SOON )NSTEAD HE IS FOCUSING HIS ENERGIES ON THIS YEAR S #ARELESS -IXTAPE
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ROM his humble beginnings on “Pinoy Big Brother (PBB),� James Reid was known as the shy kid who grew up in Australia, the one who always got sick, and someone who loved playing the guitar. Since then, he has grown into a fulllEDGED ARTIST ‡ PRIME TIME TELEVISION AND kLM ACTOR HOST DAYTIME DANCER AND ABOVE Platform for up and coming musicians all, a musician.
His stint in multiple areas of show BUSINESS ARE DEkNITELY IMPRESSIVE BUT 2EID STAYS TRUE TO WHAT HE LOVES DOING THE MOST WHICH IS MUSIC )N CONTRAST TO MOST LOCAL ARTISTS who pursue a SOLO CAREER and release THE TYPICAL
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Nicole Andersson hosts new makeover show
IN contrast to traditional shows where only the fashion or appearances are overhauled, the newest addition “Style Me Now� aims to present that there is more to makeovers. Hosted by influencer and fashionista Nicole Andersson, “Style Me Now� is so much more than a makeover show, focusing instead on “life-overs.� Andersson — along with online fashion brand Zalora and influencers across Asia — guides the show’s guests to explore themselves through clothing, fitness and beauty. “For me, fashion is important because it’s a way of self-expression — you’re able to show your feminine side one day and maybe be rebellious the next day. It’s a way to experiment without doing anything permanent,� shared Andersson to The
Manila Times. In relation, Andersson mentioned that life-overs are something that she experiences on a regular
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basis, something that is significant in life. “I’m constantly looking to improve and I know that there’s always something you can do to be better. I never wanna settle. I’m always trying new things, experimenting on what else I can improve,� she said. By trying out new activities and looks, the guests who were first introduced as timid would eventually see their own personalities and confidence shine above the new fashion choices. On “Style Me Now,� they were never forced to change their personalities and preferences, but were instead guided to work with new styles and what they had. “We wanted them to walk away from this and feel like ‘okay, this is something that I can do without them.’ We’re just giving them the wings and they can fly with it,� ended Andersson. “Style Me Now� airs every Monday at 9 p.m. on Diva Channel, with reruns every Wednesday and Saturday, and every Monday and Thursday on E! NIKA ROQUE
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»HOROSCOPE Today’s Birthday (06/03/19). Make romantic plans with someone special this year. Shared finances grow through careful planning and implementation. Booming summer cash flow allows you to adapt to an unexpected family expense. Joint ventures rise in value next winter, leading to an income shift. Collaboration is your golden key.
BY NANCY BLACK LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Study with a master. Education, travels and exploration sprout under this New Moon. Consider different views and perspectives. Reach out for a long-distance connection.
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 -- Find creative ways to grow your family’s nest egg. A lucrative phase dawns with this New Moon. Launch a profitable initiative with your team.
ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) -- Today is an 8 -- Monitor the news. Benefit by communication. Breakthroughs arise in conversation under this New Moon. Share gratitude and appreciation. Reach out for a powerful connection.
SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) -- Today is an 8 -- Begin a new chapter together. Connect and build. Support each other through changes or transformations. Partnership blossoms under the New Moon. Collaboration can flower beautifully.
TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) -- Today is an 8 -- Harvest a practical windfall. Get creative with sales and marketing under this New Moon. Step into new levels of prosperity. Begin a lucrative phase.
CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) -- Today is an 8 -- Fresh energy floods your work, health and vitality with this Gemini New Moon. Nurture yourself before caring for others. Power into physical routines.
GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) -- Today is a 9 -- Take charge. A new personal phase dawns with this New Moon in your sign. Take your talents, capacities and skills to new levels.
A Q U A R I U S (J A N. 20-F E B. 18) -- Today is a 9 -- Find fresh passion. This New Moon sparks a family, fun and passion phase. A romantic relationship transforms. It’s all for love and love for all.
CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) -- Today is a 6 -- Insights, breakthroughs and revelations sparkle under this New Moon. Dreams seem within reach. Practice benefits a philosophical, spiritual and mindful phase. Make long-term plans. LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Take a group endeavor to new heights. Breakthroughs in friendship, social networks and community provide cause for celebration under the Gemini New Moon. VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Professional opportunities shine under this New Moon. Accept new responsibilities as you prepare your moves. Develop a project from an idea to reality.
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PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) -- Today is a 7 -- Wrap your love around home and family. A new domestic phase arises with this New Moon. A seed planted long ago flowers.
(Astrologer Nancy Black continues her mother Linda Black’s legacy horoscopes column. She welcomes comments and questions on Twitter, @LindaCBlack. For more astrological interpretations like today’s Gemini horoscope, visit Linda Black Astrology by clicking daily horoscopes, or go to www.nancyblack.com.) NANCY BLACK. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC BY ROGER SEVILLA
Complete the grid so that every row, column and 3x3 square contains the digits 1 to 9 with no repeats. Solution from yesterday’s puzzle.
Expats&Diplomats Singapore Embassy celebrates 50 years of PH-SG friendship ˜ The Manila Times
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ESIDES BEING TWO OF THE kVE ORIGINAL FOUNDING MEMBERS OF THE !SSOCIATION OF 3OUTHEAST !SIAN .ATIONS !SEAN IN THE 0HILIPPINES AND 3INGAPORE HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS AND FRIENDSHIP Although diplomatic ties were formally established on May 16, 1969, the affinity between the countries and their peoples dates back in the late 19th century when Filipino national hero Dr. Jose Rizal visited the island-city-state AS HIS kRST PORT OF CALL WHEN HE LEFT THE 0HILIPPINES FOR THE kRST TIME “Dr. Rizal visited four more times and made detailed records of his observations, which became precious historical artefacts RElECTING TH CENTURY 3INGAPORE u Singapore Ambassador to the Philippines Gerard Ho Wei Hong
related in his speech during the reception he hosted for the celebration of “50 Years of Singapore-Philippines Friendship� on May 30 at Hilton Manila. As Department of Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. was in Japan then as part of President Rodrigo Duterte’s entourage, former presidential spokesperson Ernesto Abella as Acting DFA Secretary and Ambassador Ho officially opened the year-long celebration with the launch of the joint stamp designed by the Singpost and PHLPost. The stamps
feature the Luzon lacewing butterlY REPRESENTING THE 0HILIPPINES AND THE COMMON ROSE BUTTERlY representing Singapore. The reception also served as an occasion to recognize Renante Tatel Corporal for his winning DESIGN OF THE OFkCIAL LOGO USED FOR the 50th anniversary celebration. Corporal, who was with his father and sister, told The Manila Times that he did not expect to win, nevertheless happy for his prize of a round-trip ticket from Singapore Airlines and hotel accommodation arranged by the Singapore Tourism Board. He explained that the colored blue wings of the eagle in his design has eight feathers, representing the eight rays of the sun in the 0HILIPPINE lAG WHILE THE SIX RED FEATHERS OF THE WINGS OF THE GRIFkN were to balance and symmetrize the design — making a perfect combination of the symbols of the two countries, the Philippine
Successful collaborations Ambassador Ho cited how the relations between his country and the Philippines has thrived in the LAST kVE DECADES First, the Wildlife Reserves Singapore signed a Wildlife Loan Agreement with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) of the Philippines just days earlier on May 20, for the loan of a pair of critically endangered Philippine eagles — named Geothermica and Sambisig. The pair will be housed in Singapore’s Jurong Bird Park as part of a conservation program. “Hopefully they will bear many children so their species will multiply both for the Philippines and Singapore,� Ho said. Singapore’s Alkaff Bridge, also called Art Bridge — which was painted by the late internationaly
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Q Ambassador Ho with (from left) Philippine Ambassador to Kazakhstan Edward Fereira, Panama Ambassador to the Philippines Rolando Guevarra Alvarado and Sweden Ambassador to the Philippines Harald Fries. Q Winning logo designer Ren Corporal
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Q Former Presidential Spokesperson and Acting Foreign Affairs Secretary Ernesto Abella and Singapore Ambassador to the Philippines Gerard Ho Wei Hong toast to the 50 years of Philippines-Singapore diplomatic relations. PHOTOS BY JOHN ORVEN VERDOTE
Q Postmaster General Joel Otarra (center), Abella and Ho unveil the joint commemorative stamp of the two countries in celebration of golden jubilee of friendship. acclaimed Filipina artist Patricia Abad in 2004 — remains a prominent feature in the country’s tourism and art scene. Abad conceived the idea during her three-month Visiting Artists Program at the Singapore Tyler Print Institute (STPI) in May 2003. Painting each of the six sections of the bridge in different base colors — yellow, pink, red, green, blue and orange — the project team followed the artist’s workplan until she painted the railings herself with multiple circles in February 2004. Ho said the eyecatching pedestrian bridge that spans the Singapore River and Robertson Quay has a total of 3,000 circles designed by the late Filipina visual artist is due for refurbishment. Finally, the Singapore Tourism Board partnered separately with Run Rabbit Run for their special
celebratory cocktail “Nonya Confession,� and Philippine Airlines for a special Singapore seat sale on the Manila-Singapore-Manila route in celebration of 50 years of friendship between the two countries.
Photos and cuisine Precious photos depicting the last 50 years of bilateral relations between Singapore and the Philippines were displayed at the Ballroom foyer. But more than anything else, it was the food from across the major ethnic groups in Singapore — Malay, Indian and Chinese — that literally spiced up the event. Also in attendance were government officials, members of the diplomatic and consular corps, and friends from the business community and media.
24th French Film Festival in Manila welcomes French director Nils Tavernier
Korean Embassy holds events for 70th PH-Korea relations A SERIES of Korea culture events are about to happen in different cities of Metro Manila this coming June as the Philippines and Korea celebrate its 70th anniversary of diplomatic ties. Korean Sports Council of the Philippine (KSC Phil) and United Korean Community Association in Phil (UKCA) together with the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the Philippines, Metropolitan City of Manila, and Philippines Sports Commission (PSC) will hold the “PHIL-KOR 70th Anniversary Diplomatic Relations Friendship Parade� on June 9 at Quirino Grand Stand, Manila City. With the theme “Marching Together for the Next 70 Years,� the parade will start at 6 a.m. and will run 3.8 kilometers starting from the Quirino Grand Stand and passing by Roxas Boulevard, Rajah Sulayman Park, and back to the Grand Stand. After the parade, cultural exchange programs prepared by both countries such as a Taekwondo demonstration of the Kukkiwon Demonstration
Team of Korea, and Korean traditional musical performance (Pung-mul Nori), Philippine traditional dance and K-pop performances are prepared for the parade participants.
Global Taste of Korea Meanwhile, Korean Cultural Center in the Philippines, in partnership with Lyceum of the Philippines University (LPU) Culinary Institute will hold its annual Korean cooking competition "2019 Global Taste of Korea" on June 15 at LPU Culinary Institute. For this year, the contest is divided into two categories to celebrate the 70th year of the PhilippinesKorea bilateral relations. For the Fusion battle, participants should create a dish using BOTH +OREAN AND &ILIPINO lAVORS 4HE DISH SHOULD USE THE +OREAN lAvor as its main base and combine it with a Filipino Flavor. Grand winners of both categories will win P15,000 and a roundtrip ticket to Korea.
THE French Film Festival returns for its 24th edition in the Philippines to offer audiences an alternative form of cinema with a line-up of 15 contemporary French films that explore the depths of human relationships and the importance of family. As it approaches its silver anniversary in 2020, the French Film Festival continues to expand its audience nationwide by organizing screenings in Metro Manila, Cebu City, Davao City, and, for the first time ever, in Bacolod City. Screenings will be on June 12 to 18 for Metro Manila (Bonifacio High Street cinemas and Greenbelt 3 cinemas); June 20 to 22 for Cebu City (Ayala Center Cebu); June 28 to 30 for Davao City (Abreeza Mall Davao) and July 10 to 12 for Bacolod City (Ayala Capitol Central Mall). This year, French director Nils Tavernier graces the red carpet in Manila to formally open the 24th French Film Festival with the screening of his latest film, “L’Incroyable histoire du Facteur Chevalâ€? (“The Ideal Palaceâ€?). Set in Southern France in 1879, the film recounts the true story of an ordinary mailman who devotes 33 years of his life to build a castle for his daughter. This “Ideal Palaceâ€? located in France’s Auvergne-RhĂ´ne-Alpes region was named a Historical Monument by the French government in 1969. Other films in the selection include contemporary French films released between 2014 and 2018, many of which focus on the relationship between parents and their children, such as “De Toutes nos forcesâ€? (“The Finishersâ€?), “Jusqu’à la gardeâ€? (“Custodyâ€?), “Dans la brumeâ€? (“Just a breath awayâ€?), and “La Villaâ€? (“The House by the Seaâ€?). In line with France’s commitment to the defense of women’s rights all over
the world, the French Embassy and SPARK! Philippines will jointly organize a special screening of “Bande de filles� (“Girlhood�) followed by a forum on June 14 to explore and encourage dialogue on issues faced by young girls in France and in the Philippines. “For nearly a quarter of a century, the French Film Festival has been attracting audiences to discover and rediscover films that offer a particular French aesthetic — those that tell stories that make you laugh, cry, or reflect on the human condition in our society,� French Ambassador Nicolas Galey stressed.
Franco-philippine audiovisual cooperation The audiovisual sector continues to be a dynamic sector of cooperation between France and the Philippines. The Embassy of France is working closely with the Film Development Council of the Philippines to bring French expertise to the Philippines, not only in making films but also in providing support to the industry. Experts from the French National Center for Cinema and the Annecy International Animation Festival and Market are already sharing their knowledge and best practices with Filipino professionals in the field. Meanwhile, the Philippine government’s ratification of the Unesco Declaration on Cultural Diversity is an anticipated development that could potentially open doors for a film coproduction agreement between France and the Philippines. As such, the 24th French Film Festival will continue its annual tradition of paying tribute to Filipino cinema on the Philippine Independence Day on June 12.
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Q 'The Ideal Palace' To be screened at the French Film Festival’s homage to Philippine cinema are: Pepe Diokno’s “Above the Clouds,â€? which was co-produced with funding from the Aide aux CinĂŠmas du Monde program of Institut Français; Carlo Catu’s “Waiting for Sunset,â€? which received the Audience Award at the 2019 Vesoul Festival of Asian Cinema; Carlo Manatad’s “Jodilerks Dela Cruz, Employee of the Month,â€? which was featured in last year’s Semaine de la Critique at
the Cannes Film Festival; and finally, in honor of the National Artist for Film and Mass Communications Kidlat Tahimik’s “Mababangong Bangungotâ€? (“Perfumed Nightmareâ€?) which was partly filmed in Paris. The 24th French Film Festival in the Philippines is organized by the Embassy of France to the Philippines, Institut Français, Unifrance, the Alliance Française de Manille and the Film Development Council of the Philippines.
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Daniel Padilla leads celebration of all kinds of passion
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FUN-FILLED day of singing, dancing, styling and games for those who live and celebrate their passions, the #PepsiPusoFest became an avenue for everyone to express themselves freely for the love of different passion points through interactive and fun activities.
Q Padilla with Pepsi executives Mikey Rosales, Gutzee Segura and Mayen Cahen.
The main show included musical performances by Unique and Kiana Valenciano, viral star Mimiyuuh featuring Allmost, along with dance numbers from AC Bonifacio and "America’s 'OT 4ALENT� kNALIST *UNIOR .EW 3YSTEM .ICO "OLZICO AND 0AM Swing also joined in on the fun
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together with their fans. $ANIEL 0ADILLA MADE A VERY special appearance to serenade his fans and gave away treasured possessions that have always been close to his heart. He also reminded everyone to go all out and embrace their passions like never before. Up and coming artists such as Renee Dominique and Dominique Casacop took the stage to show off their vocal prowess while A4EAM AND 5PEEPZ PUMPED UP THE jam with their dance routines. A showcase of out-of-the-box skills were also exhibited throughout the program with basketball tricks by Hype Streetball, pen-tapping by Dineson Caneda, beatboxing BY .EIL 2EY ,LANES FREESTYLE YOYO TRICKS BY CHAMPION -IGGY (IZON AND COMICAL lAIR BY #OMEDY -Anila. Guests were also treated to fun games which got them to play with pro volleyball and basketball stars. Topnotch performances and different activities also allowed guests to showcase their talents AND GET LOTS OF FUN PRIZES &OR THE ,OVE OF 3TORIES GUESTS WERE ABLE to take the spotlight to shoot their OWN RENDITION OF 0EPSI S NEW jingle titled g3UNDIN !NG 0USO u in collaboration with global pop GROUP .OW5NITED
Q Daniel Padilla 4HE ,OVE OF 3TYLE BOOTH THEN gave guests a chance to temporarily transform their hair to a shade they love from the style menu. The ,OVE OF $ANCE PROVIDED THE OPportunity to dance to the beat of g3UNDIN !NG 0USO u ,ASTLY GUESTS were able to dabble into singing and record their performance WITH THEIR FRIENDS IN THE ,OVE OF Singing booth. g0EPSI S Ă›3UNDIN!NG0USO campaign is all about encourAGING &ILIPINOS TO PURSUE THE things they have always wanted to do and to be confident in EXPRESSING THEMSELVES u SAID 'UTZEE 3EGURA 0EPSI 0HILIPPINES Marketing Manager. “Through THE Ă›0EPSI0USO&EST WE WANTED TO GIVE &ILIPINOS AN AVENUE TO showcase their different passions and embrace whatever they do FOR THE LOVE OF IT u
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A fundraiser for breast cancer
T the fundraising event “Celebreast,� we saw the many supporters of the Asian Breast Center who contributed their presence and resources to further the cause at the Grand Ballroom of the Grand Hyatt Manila.
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Asian Breast Center founder .ORMAN 3AN !GUSTIN PRESENTED his vision behind his passion project. In the pipeline is a roving g-AMMO ON 7HEELS u WHICH WILL provide free mammogram tests to MARGINALIZED WOMEN IN BARANGAYS around Cavite in partnership with THE $E ,A 3ALLE -EDICAL #ENTER Attending the fundraiser were movers of business and society, including the members of the diplomatic corps. San Agustin’s board MEMBERS FORMER AMBASSADOR *OSE Cuisia and Ramon del Rosario, lent full support by bringing in their respective donors.
HI! SOCIETY BECKY GARCIA Entertainment was provided by 2* *ACINTO AND HIS BAND *OSE -ARI #HAN AND 0INKY -ARQUEZ #ELEBREAST S CHAIRPERSON IS *OJO Zabarte who was with members OF HER ORGANIZING TEAM NAMELY -ARICRIS 4ABORA 4ONI 0ALENZUELA Mayenne Carmona, Rose Basa, %MILY "AIS AND &AYE 0EREZ
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