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RESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has lashed out at Otso Diretso’s candidates for the Senate, saying they would go straight to hell for their endless criticism of his administration. ³StraightA2

Neither administration nor opposition has crafted a coherent message in the campaign First word TURN my attention today to the progress of the current election campaign leading to the May elections. It is shocking to discover that after NEARLY A MONTH OF CAMPAIGNING NEITHER the administration nor the opposition has come up with a coherent message for the campaign. ³MakabentaA4

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MAKING ASHES Fr. Jerico Habunal, parish priest of the Our Lady of the Abandoned, prays during the burning of dried palm leaves on Monday. The ashes will be used to mark the foreheads of Catholics on Ash Wednesday.

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What’s inside DIOKNO APPOINTED AS NEW BSP GOVERNOR NewsA8 FACEBOOK BLOCKS ‘MOMO’ PAGES

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Leonen unlikely to recuse self from BOL cases SUPREME Court Associate Justice Mario Victor Leonen is unlikely to recuse himself from cases pending before the high court assailing the leGALITY OF THE "ANGSAMORO /RGANIC ,AW "/,

according to a source from the tribunal.

4HE SOURCE SAID ,EONEN THE FORMER GOVERNment chief negotiator of the peace process with THE -ORO )SLAMIC ,IBERATION &RONT IS BENT ON handling the BOL cases. Leonen served as the chairman of the Government Negotiating Panel

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President vows big airport, rail project for Mindanao HARDEN POWERS ROCKETS TO WIN, RAPTORS LOSE IN OT

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PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday said he would leave “something” for Mindanao.

In a speech during the groundbreaking for the Isabela City GymNASIUM IN "ASILAN $UTERTE PROMised to build infrastructure in his home region.

He said this would add to his list of

PROMISES FOR -INDANAO THE COUNTRY S second largest group of islands.

“I will really leave you something in the last remaining years. Mindanao will have the biggest because it lacks too much. One of these DAYS ) WILL GIVE YOU AN INTERNATIONAL airport and a train that will be too

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Duterte OKs PhilHealth coverage for disabled PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law a bill providing mandatory Philippine Health Insurance Corp.

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BY CATHERINE S. VALENTE

RESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has guaranteed that Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) founding Chairman Nur Misuari would return to the country, saying the latter would never abandon his homeland.

In his speech during a campaign rally in Zamboanga City ON 3UNDAY $UTERTE ADMITTED THAT he asked the court, the military and the police to allow Misuari to travel abroad and assured them he would not escape. g-ISUARI CAME ;TO MY OFkCE= THE other night because he wanted to go, he was not allowed to go out kasi may kaso siya (because he has a case). +INAUSAP KO ANG PULIS PATI military, pati ang korte na palabasin siya. Ako ang nag- guarantee that he will come back (I talked to the police, the military and the

court to allow him to leave. I gave the guarantee that he will come back),� he said. “Misuari, a true Tausug, would never allow that he be buried in a foreign land. 3IGURADO AKO DIYAN (I am certain about that). That’s why he will come back and help us build a nation,� Duterte added.

Duterte’s statement came afTER THE 3ANDIGANBAYAN GRANTED Misuari’s motion to travel abroad to participate in the 46th session of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Council of &OREIGN -INISTERS IN THE 5NITED

Arab Emirates and the meeting of THE 0ARLIAMENTARY 5NION OF THE /)# -EMBER 3TATES IN -OROCCO Misuari, who was charged with two counts each of graft and malversation, left the country on &EBRUARY (E IS EXPECTED TO return between March 17 and 20.

He is also facing charges of rebellion and crimes against humanity over his role in the 2013 siege in Zamboanga City Duterte earlier said that he and THE -.,& LEADER WOULD CRAFT A “new deal� when the latter comes back, in a bid to achieve long-lasting peace in besieged Mindanao.

0ALACE SPOKESMAN 3ALVADOR Panelo said there was “nothing wrong� with Duterte’s move to ask the court to grant Misuari’s request to go overseas.

Panelo noted that Duterte merely “persuaded� the court to allow Misuari’s overseas trip, as the PresiDENT BELIEVED THAT IT WOULD BENEkT the country, especially Mindanao.

“The President, as head of state, is mandated to preserve and protect the people. +UNG ANG problema doon sa Mindanao ay nakasalalay sa isang tao kagaya ni Misuari na napakalaki ng impluwensiya at malaking grupo na maaaring magkaroon ng sigalot, tungkulin ni Presidente lahat ng kanyang makakaya, persuasion, na tulungan (If the problem in Mindanao depends on one person like -ISUARI WHO CAN INlUENCE AND whose group is large and can cause discord, it’s the President’s duty to do his best, such as persuasion, to help Misuari),� he told reporters. g+UNG YUNG PAGBIBIGAY NG LAYA temporarily kay Misuari ay makakatulong, palagay ko, tungkulin ng Presidente na ipaalam sa hukuman na makakatulong itong taong ‘to (If giving Misuari temporary freedom is necessary, perhaps, it’s the President’s right to tell the court that this man can help us),�

Panelo said.

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Duterte 3PEAKING AT A RALLY OF THE 0ARTIDO Demokratikong Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) in ZamBOANGA #ITY ON 3UNDAY $UTERTE said the opposition’s candidates did nothing but to criticize him and his policies. g3INONG IPALIT MO DIYAN SA ‘Otso Diretso’ papuntang impyerno (Whom will you vote for IN A PLACE OF THAT %IGHT 3TRAIGHT to hell)?� Duterte said, referring to the Otso Diretso slate, a line-up composed of Liberal Party (LP)bets and candidates of other groups critical of his administration. “Totoo lang, walang ginawa ‘yang mga tao na ‘yan puro criticize, (To be honest, those people nothing but criticize),� he added.

Backed by Vice President Maria Leonor “Leniâ€? Robredo, the opposition’s eight-man ticket is COMPOSED OF 3EN 0AOLO "ENIGNO “Bamâ€? Aquino 4th, Magdalo party-list Rep. Gary Alejano, former Interior secretary Manuel “Marâ€? Roxas 2nd, former Quezon congressman Erin TaĂąada, former 3OLICITOR 'ENERAL &LORIN (ILBAY

-ARAWI CIVIC LEADER 3AMIRA 'UTOC

human rights lawyer Jose Manuel “Chel� Diokno and election lawyer Romulo Macalintal.

The President also slammed the opposition slate for being supporters of communist rebels. “Erin TaĂąada? Left. And proud sila diyan sa (they are proud of the) Left. They think that it’s popular. +ITA MO KAKAPAL NG MUKHA

nagawa pa ng ticket ‘Otso Diretso’ (they have no shame, they even included him in the Otso Diretso ticket),� he said.

The President compared his PARTY S 3ENATE BET HIS FORMER POLITICAL ADVISER &RANCIS 4OLENTINO

with Hilbay, who he said has no chance of winning against the former mayor of Tagaytay. g3INO DIYAN MAKAKATALO KAY Tolentino (who among them can beat Tolentino) in terms of qualikCATION Magsabi ka ng kandidato (Mention those candidates), Macalintal, Hilbay, si Taùada?� he said.

Duterte also slammed Roxas,

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Bam pledges to bridge education, jobs gap SEN. Paolo Benigno “Bam� Aquino 4th vowed to help bridge the gap between education and jobs through the creation of placement centers that will give job prospects to Grade 12 and college students.

Aquino was one of the Senate bets who attended the debate at the Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) on Monday. Hundreds of students, professors and members of civic organizations watched the event and some expressed disappointment that not all candidates were able to join the forum.

Aquino said the country was assured of an independent Senate if the opposition Otso Diretso senatorial slate wins in the May midterm elections. “If the Otso Diretso wins, we will have a free and independent Senate. I think that is one of the fears of the administration: To have a truly independent Senate,� Aquino said in response to President Rodrigo Duterte’s statement that the opposition slate would go straight to hell.

“Ang hinihingi po namin debate, ang ibinato sa amin insulto. (We’re asking for public debate (with administration’s senatorial candidates), but they responded with insult),� he said. “Let’s talk about issues. That’s our challenge to the President’s candidates,� he added.

Only some candidates from Otso Diretso, Makabayan and Labor Win attended the debate. Not one candidate from Hugpong ng Pagbabago showed up.

Those who attended were Jose Manuel “Chelâ€? Diokno, Romulo Macalintal, Samira Gutoc, Gary Alejano, Lorenzo “Erinâ€? TaĂąada, Neri Colmenares and Leodegario “Leodyâ€? de Guzman. “I’m really disappointed that I keep seeing the same faces and I’d really love to see the other senatorial candidates,â€? said Cristina Batalla, sophomore Development studies student of ADMU. DIVINA DELA CRUZ

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Bets in narco list can run

ON CAMPAIGN MODE

President Rodrigo Duterte makes a pitch for the administration’s senatorial slate during the grand rally of the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan at the Mayor Vitaliano Agan Coliseum in Zamboanga City. MALACAĂ‘ANG PHOTO his defeated rival in the 2016 national elections, for his alleged arrogance. “Mar Roxas. 3USMARYOSEP (AMbugero man ito (Mar Roxas, my goodness. He’s arrogant)... sabi ko, tama ka na, Mar, yaya ka lang.

Ewan ko kung gawain ninyong senador. Wala na ito. Napakita na NIYA +UNG @YUNG KAMPANYA IPInakita niya ang the best niya, hindi siya manalo kay Bong (Enough, Mar. I don’t know if you’ll make HIM A SENATOR (E S kNISHED )F HE showed his best in the past campaign, he wouldn’t win against Bong),� the President said, obviously referring to his former top aide, Christopher Lawrence “Bong� Go. Duterte also accused Roxas of political turncoatism, saying the latter has done nothing despite holding different Cabinet posts in previous administrations.

Roxas was Trade secretary during the Estrada adminisTRATION (E TOPPED THE 3ENATE race in 2004 under the ticket of then-President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, and served as Transportation secretary and Interior secretary under then-President Benigno Aquino 3rd. “Nadaanan man niya lahat ‘yan.

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President long, its tail will be in Jolo,� he said.

The President noted that places with trains always prosper. “The train is small. You bring all. The cars will not be in highways. This is why WE ARE PROMOTING THE TRAIN 3OMEDAY

you will have a train,� he said.

The President also promised to build a hospital in 10 months.

He said the Lamitan District Hospital would get new equipment.

Tapos porma. Ano ang nagawa niya? Bigyan mo ako isa. Maski isa lang (He has held all those positions. All forms, but what did he accomplish? Give me one, even just one),� he said.

As for Bam Aquino, Duterte said he only had an uncanny resemblance to his uncle, late former senator Benigno “Ninoy�

Aquino Jr. “Ano bang SIGNIkCANT na nagawa mo 7HAT SIGNIkCANT THING HAVE you accomplished)? What have you done that is really impressive?

Puro kayo oposisyon, puro kayo saway (All you do is oppose and rebuke),� he said.

The President also called out Alejano for his role in the unsuccessful mutinies led by then.AVY OFkCER AND NOW 3EN !NTONIO Trillanes 4th against the Arroyo administration.

He said Alejano, who once pushed for his impeachment, makes no sense in his statements.

The President also mocked Diokno’s manner of speaking, saying he was nothing like his father, late former senator Jose “Pepe� Diokno.

Duterte, however, spared Gutoc, the only woman in the opposition slate, from his attacks, saying it

Duterte has poured in billions of pesos into the government’s “Build, Build, Build� program.

The mega infrastructure program worth P8.4-trillion aims to reduce the country’s poverty rate to 13-15 percent by 2022 from the current 21.6 percent.

Increased public spending on infrastructure — targeted to hit P8 trillion to 9 trillion over the administration’s six-year term — is expected to boost industries, create jobs and uplift the LIVES OF &ILIPINOS RALPH U. VILLANUEVA

was his “rule� not to bad-mouth a woman. g3I 3AMIRA, babae man ‘yan, ayaw ko magsalita diyan. Eh ganun ‘yan ang rule eh pagka-babae kalaban mo, you just shut up.

3AMIRA !LI 'UTOC 3O ) HAVE NOTHING TO SAY TO YOU MA AM 3AMIRA

she’s a woman, I don’t want to talk about her. That’s the rule, if your enemy is a woman, you just shut UP 3AMIRA !LI 'UTOC SO ) HAVE nothing to say to you, ma’am),� the President said.

Duterte then compared the OPPOSITION 3ENATE SLATE WITH HIS party’s candidates, claiming they pale in comparison and have not helped the Moros. “Magpunta ‘yan doon sa Lanao.

Ah wala, putulan ko ng ulo mga ‘to. Walang kuwentang mga tao.

Wala namang nagawa para sa aming mga Moro (When they go to Lanao, I’ll behead them. These worthless people. They have done nothing for us Moros),� he said. )T WAS THE kRST TIME THE 0RESIDENT stepped up his attacks against the Otso Diretso candidates in a campaign rally.

In previous speeches, Duterte only warned voters against electing “useless� candidates or those who do nothing but criticize.

“narco list� has no effect on one’s candidacy. “Our position has never wavered.

Give us the list if you have it, release it... but it will not really affect THE QUALIkCATION OF THE CANDIDATE BECAUSE THE NARCO LIST IS NOT A kNAL conviction,� Jimenez told reporters. “If there’s a candidate on the NARCOLIST THEN THAT LIST RElECTS AT best an allegation that they are involved in narcotics trade, it is NOT A kNAL CONVICTION 3INCE IT IS NOT A kNAL CONVICTION IT CANNOT BE disqualifying,� he added. “If someone wants to release a narcolist that’s their call entirely.

The Comelec is not involved in it,� he added.

Jimenez said the poll body took a similar stand when the narco list issue cropped up during the barangay (village) elections. “If you campaign against the electoral victory of a candidate that is negative campaigning, but if you smear, maliciously air libelous comments against them, you cannot be protected by the fact that negative campaigning is allowed. That’s the critical point there,� Jimenez said.

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) had said it wanted candidates in DRUG LISTS TO BE DISQUALIkED FROM the midterm elections this May. /VER THE WEEKEND )NTERIOR 3ECREtary Eduardo AĂąo said the narcolist would be released before the local election campaign period to help voters choose their candidates.

Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Oscar Albayalde said the PNP would support the move should $UTERTE OFkCIALLY ORDER ITS RELEASE “If these will all be validated, I think [it is the right of the voters to know who is in the ‘narco list’).

That is why validation, deliberation, and adjudication of this information is important because

the public deserves to know; they deserve the truth,� Albayalde said.

Not shame campaign 0ALACE SPOKESMAN 3ALVADOR 0ANELO said the impending release of the narco list was not a governmentbacked “shame campaign.�

He said those included in the narco list could take their case to the court to deny the allegations. “The idea of presenting a list by the DILG and PDEA is to tell the electorate on the kind of candidates that they will choose from and I think it will help them,� Panelo said.

The release of the list, he added, was in line with the government’s duty to protect the people and make them know who among the candidates were supposedly involved in the drug trade.

3EN !QUILINO g+OKOu 0IMENTEL RD SAID THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD kLE charges against those believed to have links with the illegal drug trade. “Comelec cannot prevent those in the narcolist from running in the May 2019 elections because ‘being on a list, even a narco list’ is not a recognized legal ground for disqualifying candidates since they are all presumed innocent until proven guilty,� Pimentel said.

3EN 3HERWIN 'ATCHALIAN LIKEwise believed suing narco politicians was the “best� way to prevent THEM FROM HOLDING PUBLIC OFkCE g3HAMING THEM CAN ONLY DO SO much. They have the money and local relationships that will ensure their victory,� Gatchalian said. “The best strategy is to remove them legally through the proper courts,� he added.

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Leonen unlikely to recuse self from BOL cases THAT SEALED THE &RAMEWORK Agreement for the BangsamORO &!"

The source added that Leonen would not inhibit himself SINCE THE &!" WHICH HE HANdled is different from the BOL. 4HE 3UPREME #OURT en banc is set to deliberate on the case on Tuesday. Leonen, as ponente of the case, will study

the petitions and submit his recommendations.

The Philippine Constitution Association (Philconsa) headed by Manuel Lazaro has asked Leonen to inhibit himself. “It is an irrefragable fact that prior to his appointment to THE 3UPREME #OURT AS !SSOCIate Justice in November 2012, Justice Leonen was named in

July 2010 as the Philippine government’s chief negotiator with the Moro Islamic LiberaTION &RONT WHICH CULMINATED TO THE &RAMEWORK !GREEMENT on the Bangsamoro — which was done and initiated on Oct.

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Malaysia and signed in Manila on October 15, 2012,� the group said in its motion for

inhibition.

The high court consolidated THE PETITIONS kLED BY 0HILCONSA AND THE 0ROVINCE OF 3ULU REPresented by its governor, Abdusakur Tan 2nd.

Philconsa asked the tribunal to issue a temporary restraining order to stop the implementation of the BOL. JOMAR CANLAS

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Facebook blocks ‘Momo’ pages

BY OFELIN DATUIN, REVA MARCELO AND ROY D.R. NARRA

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ACEBOOK has blocked its pages that were promoting the “Momo Challenge� as the Philippine government stepped up efforts to protect children and adolescents who were the targets of the online game.

Information and Communications Technology Secretary Eliseo Rio said the Committee for the Special Protection of Children convened on Friday to discuss the “Momo Challenge,� which stirred controversy amid reports that it has claimed the life of an 11-year-old.

The committee said it “unanimously agreed� with the Department of Justice’s stand that it was the duty of the government to secure the safety of Filipino children from harmful online contents and activities.

Members of the committee include the Cyber Security Bureau of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), National Telecommunications Commission (NTC), Department of Social Welfare and Development, Philippine National Police (PNP), and the Department of Education.

NTC Deputy Commissioner Edgardo Cabarios said in an interview with The Manila Times that an investigation was ongoing on “websites or links and were being reported to internet Service Providers (ISPs) so that they

would be blocked.�

Cabarios said the task force’s longterm solution would be to intensify the Digital Parenting program, an information drive and seminar by the Cyber Security Bureau of the DICT that would teach parents to guide their children when using gadgets. “We have been doing this [Digital Parenting] since 2017, where we educate parents so that they will know ano dapat gawin (what to do), the steps para maprotektahan ang mga bata (to protect their children),� said Allan Cabanlong, DICT assistant secretary.

The National Bureau of Investigation is also validating the veracity of reports that the Momo challenge was linked to the death of an 11-year-old and the disappearance of a 15-year-old boy.

6ICTOR ,ORENZO HEAD OF THE .") S Cybercrime Division, said his office would verify whether the 11-year-old child took up Momo’s challenges before

Enrile, 95, campaigns house-to-house HE may be the oldest senate candidate, but former senator Juan Ponce Enrile has proven that at 95, he can match the vigor of his younger opponents on the campaign trail.

On Monday, Enrile went on a houseto-house campaign in Pampanga to seek VOTES FOR A kFTH TERM The former senator stopped at the Pampanga Provincial Capitol in San Fernando City, where he attended the lAG RAISING CEREMONY (E ALSO PAID A courtesy call to Gov. Lilia Pineda.

This was followed by a motorcade passing through San Fernando, Bacolor, Guagua and Lubao.

Enrile then joined Senate aspirant Glenn Chong and Jolo Revilla, who represented his father, former senator Ramon “Bong� Revilla Jr., as well as House Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in a caucus. “I thank Speaker Arroyo, Gov. PiNEDA AND THE OFkCIALS OF 0AMPANGA for joining me and for the people of Pampanga who showed overwhelming support today,� the former Senate president said. “One of my advocacies if elected will be to decongest the nation’s capital by creating thriving economic centers in other areas through tax incentives,� he

said. “With the new projects being done in Pampanga, this is the perfect place to give incentives for new businessmen to put up their businesses here instead of in Metro Manila.� g7E RE NOT ONLY ADDRESSING THE TRAFkC situation in Manila, but also creating new jobs for Pampanga residents so that they don’t have to seek employment in the metro,� Enrile added.

Enrile’s campaign platform also includes consumer protection, improvement of telecommunication services and a thorough study of the energy sector.

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Army gets rifles, mortars from US THE Philippine Army has received assault rifles and mortars from the United States.

The 80 assault rifles were a grant by Washington under the Military Assistance Program, while the 44 mortars were purchased from the US government under the Foreign Military Sales Program, Lt. Col. Ramon Zagala, Army spokesman, said.Â

“The Philippine Army expresses its gratitude to the US government in granting the assault rifles that will greatly improve the fighting skills of our frontline troops,� Zagala said.  The rifles and mortars arrived on Sunday.  The procurement of the firearms is part of the modernization program of the Philippine military. DEMPSEY REYES

Parental consent and advice Dear PAO, My girlfriend’s father is frustrated because one of his daughters, the younger sister of my girlfriend, is planning to get married next month.

She is 23 years old, while her boyfriend is 22. They said they are planning to marry each other to help them expedite the processing of their papers for migration to another country.

My girlfriend’s sister only told her father last week, that’s why he is still enraged with the idea of having his young daughter marry a younger guy and move to another country. He clearly does not approve of his younger daughter’s marriage.

His wife shares his disapproval. Because of this, my girlfriend’s father is asking if his younger daughter can marry without his and his wife’s consent. Can they legally marry without their presence and consent? I hope you can advise us about this.

Shalou Dear Shalou, The Family Code of the Philippines HAS A SPECIkC provision with regard to the requirement of consent and advice of parents in the marriage of their children. The requirement for parental consent is only necessary for application for a marriage license when one or both of the contracting parties is/are between the ages of eighteen 18 and 21. The law states: “Article. 14. In case either or both of the contracting parties, not having been emancipated by a previous marriage, are between the ages of eighteen and twenty-one, they shall, in addition to the requirements of the preceding articles, exhibit to the local civil registrar, the consent to their marriage of their father, mother, surviving parent or guardian, or persons having legal charge of them, in the order mentioned. Such consent shall be manifested in writing by the interested party, who personally appears before the proper local civil REGISTRAR OR IN THE FORM OF AN AFkDAVIT MADE in the presence of two witnesses and attested BEFORE ANY OFkCIAL AUTHORIZED BY LAW TO ADMINister oaths. The personal manifestation shall be recorded in both applications for marriage LICENSE AND THE AFkDAVIT IF ONE IS EXECUTED instead, shall be attached to said applications�

(Family Code of the Philippines).

Considering that your girlfriend’s sister

and her boyfriend are more than 21 years of age, the requirement for parental DEAR PAO consent is not applicable to them. However, the law still requires them to obtain parental advice. Article 15 of the Family Code requires couples between the ages of 21 and 25 to ask for their parents’ or guardian’s advice, to wit: “Article 15. Any contracting party between THE AGE OF TWENTY ONE AND TWENTY kVE SHALL BE obliged to ask their parents or guardian for advice upon the intended marriage. If they do not obtain such advice, or if it be unfavorable, the marriage license shall not be issued till after three months following the completion of the publication of the application therefor.

A sworn statement by the contracting parties to the effect that such advice has been sought, together with the written advice given, if any, shall be attached to the application for marriage license. Should the parents or guardian refuse to give any advice, this fact shall be stated in the sworn statement. (62a)� (Emphasis supplied) As can be seen from this cited provision, failure to obtain the required parental advice will not prohibit them from getting married. It will ONLY DELAY THE SOLEMNIZATION OF THEIR MARRIAGE Thus, even if your girlfriend’s parents refuse to give their parental advice to their younger daugh ter, she would still be able to get married after the aforementioned three-month period for the issuance of their marriage license.

The law does not require parents to be present OR WITNESS THE SOLEMNIZATION OF HER MARRIAGE FOR it to be valid. The law requires the presence of not less than two witnesses of legal age as a formal requisite of marriage. (Article 3, Family Code).

Thus, the absence of your girlfriend’s parents will not affect the validity of their daughter’s marriage.

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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Editor’s note: Dear PAO is a daily column of the Public Attorney’s Office. Questions for chief Acosta may be sent to dearpao@ manilatimes.net

“committing suicide.� “We are asking his parents to provide us with the actual device [that] he used to allegedly communicate with Momo to VERIFY u ,ORENZO ADDED He said what could be ver-

IkED WERE THE gCIRCUMSTANCES and acts supported by the device used by the child.�

The NTC said the public could help end the “momo� scare by reporting to consumer@ntc.gov.ph any suspicious

website spreading suicide challenges, harassment and other harmful content. The public can also call the PNP hotline, 414-1560, or visit the nearest Regional Anti-Cybercrime Unit or police station.

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E d i to r i a l China’s chance to step up after US-NKorea talks fail

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HE summit in Vietnam between the United States and North Korea ended abruptly with no new deal made for peace and denuclearization in the Korean peninsula. Even before THE SECOND SUMMIT STARTED STATEMENTS WERE lOATED THAT FURTHER progress would be challenging. US President Donald Trump, before Vietnam, appeared to suggest that, saying that patience was needed in negotiating with North Korea’s Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un. Even when Mr. Trump “walked,� he did so politely so as to preserve his goodwill with Mr. Kim and create an opportunity for further engagement.

Experts and others interviewed by various international media naturally appeared disappointed at the outcome, but not necessarily alarmed. Some expect South Korea and China to take initiatives, as they have done so in the past, to get the talks back on track, perhaps with respective summits of their own with Mr. Kim. We hope that happens soon. For us and others in Southeast Asia, peace and security cannot happen fast enough. And as we have said so in this space, China may be the key.

Evidently, as seen from the talks in Vietnam, North Korea is in pain because of the economic sanctions. Despite their intense impact, however, North Korea is not completely isolated. For instance, North Korea is able to earn foreign currency through its modest but vital tourism industry, a virtual monopsony, or at least highly dependent on a single market, China.

To be fair to Beijing, tourism overall in North Korea has BEEN lOURISHING EVER SINCE THE kRST SUMMIT IN 3INGAPORE LAST year. But to put our point into context, North Korea’s tourist arrival target for this year is a mere 2 million, according to a South China Morning Post report. In contrast, the Philippines aims for an annual tourist arrival of 6 million, and elsewhere in Southeast Asia, like Thailand, annual tourist arrivals reach more than 20 million.

Powerful tool, if used North Korea, more so than other countries, is eager to snap up a bigger slice of China’s outbound tourist market. Chinese travelers made 131 million overseas trips in 2017, according TO -C+INSEY #O A GLOBAL MANAGEMENT CONSULTING kRM based in New York. That company report went on to say that by 2020, China’s outbound tourists will number about 160 million. Moreover, about 70 percent of them travel with family and friends, making them the highest spenders per trip of any category of travelers.

Even though tourists of different nationalities visit North Korea, the Chinese are the most important for the survival of Mr. Kim’s regime. Imagine that in June 2017, there were some 1,000 Chinese tourists in Pyongyang, according to another report citing industry sources. The number is remarkable, given that only 4,000 to 5,000 Western tourists visit North Korea in a year.

China could use more of this leverage to encourage Mr. Kim to give up his weapons of mass destruction. Beijing has tried in the past. In at least two occasions, China banned its tourists FROM VISITING .ORTH +OREA kRST AFTER THE RECLUSIVE STATE RAMPED up ballistic-missile testing and when 32 Chinese tourists were killed in a bus accident.

For the sake of global peace and stability in the region, including Southeast Asia, China should use more of that power on Mr. Kim. We remember feeling that power when former President Benigno Aquino 3rd refused to apologize for the Chinese and Hong Kong tourists killed in the botched hostage rescue at the Quirino Grandstand in 2010.

China is North Korea’s closest ally, some even say its so-called Big Brother. China can pick up where the US left off last week in the second summit. We believe that China does not want North Korea, or any neighbor, to have nuclear weapons. But if China truly wants that, it needs to step up the pressure on Mr. Kim now more than ever.

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Q MAKABENTA FROM A1

Neither administration nor opposition has crafted a coherent message in the campaign (My observations here will focus kRST ON THE SENATORIAL ELECTIONS BEcause this is where most of the media coverage and public interest for now is directed. I will discuss the House elections later.)

Both groups are still searching for a campaign message that can grab public attention. Both have dissipated their energies in intramurals and gimmickry.

We don’t see two distinct candidate slates or parties contending for public support. Instead we have two sets of candidates that are basically inarticulate and loosely formed.

Although both the administration and opposition candidates claim to be coalitions, each has no identity or platform to stand on.

The candidates do not speak AS A POLITICAL GROUP kGHTING FOR A COMMON CAUSE AND SPECIkC POLICY goals. Every candidate is essentially a candidate only for himself or herself.

Each is mainly interested in getting into the public payroll of Congress.

A referendum on Duterte The campaign has morphed into a disorganized, shapeless twaddle, for several reasons: First, the midterm elections have become a virtual referendum on President Duterte and his governance.

The candidates and parties divide into those supporting Duterte and his policies, and those opposing his government and striving to take it down.

Second, the contending sides are not political parties, but mainly loose and temporary coalitions or alliances of candidates. The once-prominent political parties in the country have disappeared into the coalitions.

The PDP-Laban, being the vehicle of DU30’s successful presidential candidacy, became nominally the administration party. Now it is be-

ing challenged for primacy by the Hugpong ng Pagbabago regional party, which presidential daughter and Davao City Mayor Sara DuterteCarpio established to specifically challenge PDP-Laban and her arch foe, former Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez.

Some nine small political parties have sought an alliance with Hugpong in contesting the May elections.

Duterte himself did nothing DURING HIS THREE YEARS IN OFkCE TO establish and consolidate a serious administration party. He abhorred political caucuses and preferred to spend his time hobnobbing with military and police forces, and talking to local government executives.

Consequently, as DU30 now faces a major political test in the midterms, he has no stalwart political party to lean on.

Otso Diretso In the opposition, the Liberal Party, which came in second in the 2016 elections, has been reluctant to unFURL ITS lAG AND OPENLY CONTEST WITH the administration the majority in both houses of Congress and the majority of local governments.

The LP has been displaced by a coalition of eight senatorial candidates who style themselves as “Otso Diretso.� Some of the Otso candidates are Liberal reelectionists; others come from a motley collection of parties or are independent candidates.

Lending seriousness to Otso Diretso is the presence of former senator and presidential second-placer Mar Roxas. But he is not waving this time his grandfather’s and father’s lAG OF THE ,IBERAL 0ARTY Former president Benigno Aquino 3rd has also been spotted in a rally or two of Otso.

Still, the scattering of personalities does not constitute a viable cam-

paign message; it suggests instead a candidate slate that does not really know what it is doing.

The importance of political messaging Most political scientists and professors of electoral politics consider political messaging as of the highest importance to an election campaign.

Candidates and their groups of supporters need to articulate what they stand for and why. They should have an idea of the policy goals they will pursue if they land in Congress.

Local political parties used to develop elaborate 10-point programs for their election campaigns. Today, most candidates and most parties or coalitions do not bother to spell out their policy goals, beliefs and values.

They just twaddle before the cameras.

What politics can be is most vividly illustrated by Margaret Thatcher’s ideas of “conviction politics.� She was that rare leader who successfully combined strong convictions with politics and governance.

A former US senator, Paul Wellstone of Minnesota, was an American politician who championed conviction politics in America. He developed a program called Wellstone Action to train young progresSIVE CANDIDATES FOR PUBLIC OFkCE Wellstone believed strongly in the importance of strong messaging to an election campaign.

He said candidates and parties must seriously invest time and resources in formulating and delivering a good message. Politics in a democracy is a contest of ideas, and candidates have to c ompete hard in order to win.

To prevail, candidates and parTIES SHOULD kND COMMON GROUND with voters and the general public.

Politics is not just about appealing to people’s minds; it also requires ap-

pealing to their hearts and instincts.

Wellstone would often say in his campaigns: “Politics isn’t about left, right, or center. It is about speaking to the concerns and circumstances of people’s lives.�

This was an effective message because it was bold, and gave people a clear idea of who Wellstone was AND WHY HE WAS RUNNING FOR OFkCE No one in the Philippine campaign today stands close to addressing the deep concerns and circumstances of Filipinos today.

This is the reason why most of our politicians and candidates today CAN NEVER kLL THE NEED FOR AUTHENTICity to deliver an effective message.

Campaigns do not just need strong personalities to succeed, they need to develop a message through a deliberate, strategic process.

Getting on the public payroll This may be too cynical for me to say.

But I have come to the sad conclusion that the main reason senatorial and congressional candidates are running in this election is to get into the public payroll — and to secure for themselves a chance to partake of the pork barrel or earmarks made available to legislators.

None will be brave enough to SWEAR LIKE 3EN 0ANkLO ,ACSON THAT he will not touch pork when he is in Congress.

No one, not even the multi-billionaire Cynthia Villar, will have the guts to renounce a share in the pork barrel.

Outside the public payroll, it looks doubtful whether these politicians can earn a living plying another occupation.

This is what our money politics has come to.

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NKorea: Hanoi creates opportunities for China, SKorea and Japan

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HE failure of the February 2728 Donald Trump-Kim Jong Un summit in Hanoi to produce an agreement on denuclearization WAS LARGELY THE RESULT OF INSUFkCIENT preparation by both the United States and North Korea, which relied on the two leaders’ personal chemistry to resolve complex issues where lower-level officials had failed.

The emphasis now shifts not only to the working level of the two bureaucracies but to China and South Korea, which had acted as intermediaries, and possibly to Japan as well.

On March 1, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo informed China that Washington planned to stay in touch with Pyongyang. Pompeo told Yang Jiechi, a Politburo member who was China’s top diplomat, that the US appreciated China playing a positive role and would like to keep in touch with it, according to a statement from the Chinese Foreign Ministry.

FRANK CHING Yang responded with China’s OFkCIAL POSITION SAYING THAT THE US and North Korea should be patient, meet each other halfway and strive for new achievements.

China, Yang said, will continue to play a constructive role.

Before leaving Hanoi, Trump responded to a reporter’s question about China by saying that President Xi Jinping has been “very, very helpful with North Korea generally,� adding: “Could he be a little more helpful? Probably. But he’s been excellent.�

This suggests that Trump, who last May accused Xi of getting Kim to adopt a harder line, now wants China to help denuclearize North Korea.

The Chinese actually sprang

into action as soon as the TrumpKim summit ended, with Wang Yi, Chinese state councilor and foreign minister, holding a meeting with Ri Kil Song, vice foreign minister of North Korea. Commenting on EVENTS IN (ANOI 7ANG SAID DIFkCULties were unavoidable because of “deep-seated issues� but noted that the solution lay “through dialogue.�

Vice Minister Ri was in Beijing to discuss celebrations to mark the 70th anniversary this year of the establishment of China-North Korea relations. Xi is expected to visit Pyongyang and there will be many opportunities for China-North Korea interaction.

President Moon Jae-in of South Korea, who lobbied hard to bring ABOUT THE kRST 4RUMP +IM SUMmit, was probably the biggest loser in the failed Hanoi meeting. As Trump acknowledged at the press conference, “President Moon is working very hard. He’d love to see a deal and he’s been very helpful.�

Moon may well lobby Trump

on restoration of inter-Korean economic cooperation, such as the reopening of the Kaesong industrial park, before a comprehensive agreement linking North Korean denuclearization and the easing of economic sanctions.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan was clearly relieved that no agreement was signed in Hanoi. He has worked hard to court Trump, including nominating him for the Nobel Peace Prize, and feared that the US might agree to an accord to neutralize Pyongyang’s intercontinental ballistic missiles while leaving in place missiles capable of striking Japan and South Korea.

Until recently, Abe has insisted on the resolution of the longstanding issue of North Korean abductions of Japanese citizens kRST BEFORE DEALING WITH NUCLEAR issues. However, the situation has changed, especially since North +OREA kRED BALLISTIC MISSILES OVER Japan in 2017.

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Spare the rod, spoil the child

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ANY parents love President Digong for vetoing a bill that would have forbidden parents—under penalty of imprisonment—to spank their children, had it become law.

Spare the rod, spoil the child, according to an old adage.

Why go against that adage just to become a copycat to Western countries that have laws against parents giving corporal punishment to their children?

In the United States numerous mass shootings have occurred in schools, involving children as perpetrators.

This year, at least four school shootings in different states in the US perpetrated by students have taken place.

American children talk back to — and even hit — their parents when they are scolded.

Do we want to our children to go the way of their Western counterparts just because those countries are First World?

Discipline should start in the family, the basic unit of society — at home.

Disciplined children become law-abiding citizens later.

So, thank you Mr. President, for taking up the cudgels for the parents in disciplining their children.

N N N More than a decade ago, I saved four delinquent teenagers from becoming criminals later.

I have a farm in Sitio Sta. Fe, Baran-

IN MY LINE OF SIGHT RAMON T. TULFO gay Bacungan, Puerto Princesa City where I take a vacation now and then.

A stretch of a highway in Sitio Sta. Fe, which overlooks my farmhouse, was dangerous to motorists and bus passengers at night because rocks were hurled at passing vehicles.

Upon discreet investigation, I was able to identify the culprits of the stoning incidents. They were four young men aged between 13 and 15 who were out of school and living in the neighborhood.

I reported these children to the barangay chairman who did nothing.

Exasperated, I took matters into my own hands.

I had the children picked up by some policemen-riends who brought them to my house with their parents in tow.

I told the parents to choose: to see their children in jail or see them beaten with a stick in their presence.

They all agreed to have their children caned.

One of the mothers said she would not allow her boy to be caned after she saw that the two BOYS WHO WERE CANED kRST WRITHING in pain from the blows.

I told her I would cane her instead for not disciplining her

child. She then pushed her boy towards me to be caned.

Where are those boys now? They went back to school and most of them are gainfully employed and married with children.

N N N When I was 11 years old and in Grade 5, my younger brother &ELIX AND ) GOT INTO A kGHT WITH neighborhood kids.

We were new kids in the neighborhood and they learned that our mother was a Japanese mestiza and so teased Felix and I no end about us being Hapon.

One day, Felix and I engaged the neighborhood bullies with stoneTHROWING AND A SLINGSHOT kGHT 4HE bullies retreated to their homes with us in hot pursuit. We stoned their houses.

The parents of the boys went to our house and reported our behavior to my father who was home from patrol at that time.

Our old man beat us black and blue in front of the boys’ parents.

After that incident we — Felix and I — became good boys.

7E AVOIDED kGHTS WITH OTHER boys in school fearing the wrath of my father, so much so that Felix even became a victim of bullying by his classmates later.

N N N I am a big believer in the Filipino, but I call things as they are. One of the big problems of Filipinos — and the country, in general — is that we can’t get our

act together because of an out-ofPLACE SENSE OF SELkSHNESS It works against us, at the very least, because of our ningas cogon attitude. We do things very enthusiastically at the start but DON T kNISH THEM We are angry at the Chinese construction workers in our midst because they deprive our countrymen of their jobs.

But have we asked why Chinese construction workers, who mostly don’t have work permits, are preferred over their Filipino counterparts?

Because when they’re at the jobsite, they are a paragon of industry and diligence.

They only stop working to eat and then go to work again without fanfare. They come to the jobsite with their tools already prepared.

In contrast, Pinoy construction workers are slowpokes and keep on talking with fellow workers during work. They prepare their tools at the jobsite when they should have done that the day before after they were dismissed from work.

0INOYS TAKE A LONG TIME TO kNISH their lunch and merienda (snacks).

When they go back to work after meals, it’s already time to go home.

Worse, Pinoy workers delay finishing the construction of a building, for example, because it means more paydays ahead.

What takes Chinese workers eight months to finish constructing a high-rise building, takes a year or 12 months for Filipino workers.

Corporal punishment is still illegal

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HE noise created by President Duterte’s veto of the Anti-Palo Law stems from a failure to understand that the law is in fact no longer necessary. What happened is a classic case of what Jurgens Habermas would characterize as a massive failure of communicative action.

Rationality simply escaped from our conversations, particularly in the aftermath of the presidential veto.

It started when the veto message by the President made it appear that all forms of corporal punishment are still available to parents. This was emphasized when parental autonomy from state interference became one of the core messages of the veto, FURTHER AMPLIkED BY THE ALLUSION to it being inherent in Filipino culture.

This naturally engendered a popular assertion by parents of THEIR RIGHTS AND THE AFkRMATION by libertarians of the fact that the state has no business invading the privacy of the home. The President himself expressed this reservation when he admitted that he can relate to the issue of subjecting children to public humiliation, but has serious problems when the state intrudes into parental disciplining THAT HAPPENS WITHIN THE CONkNES of a family abode.

It is thus understandable that a big majority of the people supported the veto, at least if one were to judge by the reactions to it, with the underlying theme of the opposition to the vetoed law solidly based on the need to discipline the child, and that such should be left for the parents to discern.

What people do not understand is that corporal pun-

ON THE CONTRARY ANTONIO CONTRERAS ishment is for the most part technically illegal already, and that the state has long intervened into private spaces. The fact that spousal rape is already criminalized, and no longer just seen as a drunk, over-eager husband forcing himself on an unwilling wife, is a loud reminder that the assertion that private spaces are sacred and inviolable, particularly on issues of physical abuse of women and children, is no longer valid and tenable.

The President himself said in his veto message that there are already existing laws that protect the rights of children from physical and emotional violence and abuse. If at all, the Anti-Palo Law simply integrated these laws into one legal regime. Vetoing the Anti-Palo Law would mean that the prevailing laws still remain in effect.

However, the President made it appear that despite these existing laws, there is still a residual space left for parents to totally exercise their parental rights to inflict physical pain on their children, without fear of being hauled to court as long as it is in the context of instilling discipline.

With all due respect to the President, this is misleading.

RA 7610, passed in 1992, clearly articulated that it is state policy “to provide special protection to children from all forms of abuse, neglect, cruelty, ex-

ploitation and discrimination.� #HILD ABUSE HAS BEEN DEkNED TO include not only psychological and physical abuse, neglect, cruelty, sexual abuse and emotional maltreatment. It also includes any act by deeds or words which debases or demeans the intrinsic worth and dignity of a child as a human being. There is no single provision in the law that exempts parents from committing THE ACT OR SAYS THAT INlICTING physical and psychological pain and suffering on children in the context of disciplining them is not covered by the law. Clearly, the law is all-encompassing to even include what can be construed as what we refer to as corporal punishment.

RA 9262, or the “Anti-Violence Against Women and Children (VAWC) Law,� passed in 2004, has further stipulated that the state “recognizes the need to protect the family and its members, particularly women and children, from violence and threats to their personal safety AND SECURITY u 4HE LAW DEkNES violence as one that includes bodily or physical harm, and would include “any act or a series of acts committed by any person� against a woman and “her child, whether legitimate or illegitimate, within or without the family abode, which result in or is likely to result in physical, sexual and psychological harm or suffering.� Unlike RA 7610, only men can be accused under the anti-VAWC law, but like RA 7610, there is no provision that exempts physical violence done in the context of parental disciplining of children. Thus, corporal punishment is covered by the law.

Thus, for the President to im-

ply that the parents retain their PARENTAL RIGHT TO INlICT PHYSICAL pain on their children in the context of disciplining them, is contrary to RA 7610 and RA 9262. The words “all forms� and “any act� of abuse says it all. There is danger when people, most of whom probably have not read these laws, now proceed with the misunderstanding that they are exempted from any leGAL RESPONSIBILITY IF THEY INlICT physical pain on their children.

The voices that I hear coming from ordinary citizens who comment on morning radio talk shows overwhelmingly express gratitude to the President for ALLEGEDLY AFkRMING THEIR RIGHTS to spank, slap or lash at their children, using belts and other objects, just to make them good persons. The President’s veto may end up emboldening adults to hurt children simply because they think they can get away with it by using parental discipline as A JUSTIkCATION Corporal punishment’s efficacy in producing good persons and upright citizens appear dubious if one looks at the data.

The claim that we need corporal punishment to discipline our children in the face of what supporters of the veto allege as a palpable breakdown in discipline among the young, is illogical considering that studies show that corporal punishment is already exercised in two out of three instances of parenting.

Thus, it is even safe to hypothesize that at least two out of every THREE CHILDREN IN CONlICT WITH THE law have experienced corporal punishment in the hands of their parents or guardians. It could even be all of them.

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NKorea: Hanoi creates opportunities for China, SKorea and Japan Two months ago, at the opening of the Japanese Diet, Abe said he wanted to “break the shell of mutual distrust� and “directly face Chairman Kim Jong Un next to resolve North Korea’s nuclear and missile issues, as well as the abductees issue.�

This could prove to be a positive development. With Trump mired in domestic problems, *APAN MAY kND AN OPPORTUNITY

to develop relations with North +OREA AND USE ITS INlUENCE TO persuade Kim that his country’s future lies in being part of the region’s rapid growth while abandoning its nuclear weapons.

China, too, sees an opportunity in the aftermath of the failure of the Trump-Kim summit to sign a denuclearization agreement. A Global Times article on March 3 headlined “All’s not lost after

second Kim-Trump summit,� pointed out that the summit had “helped reveal some, if not all, bottom lines in both North Korea’s and the US’ stances toward nuclear and related issues.�

It concluded that, with Trump mired in domestic political issues, “if a third party is willing to offer help� by picking up the pieces of the last summit, “there is reasonable hope that a denuclear-

ized Korean Peninsula is not a pipe dream.� The Global Times writer may have had China in mind but there is no reason why Japan, the closest US ally in the reGION SHOULDN T lEX ITS DIPLOMATIC muscles as well, considering the closeness of Abe’s relationship with Trump.

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Pompeo said nothing new

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HILE many analysts and observers view US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s remarks on the South China Sea as a landmark of sorts, to my mind, America’s top diplomat really didn’t say anything that hadn’t already been said before.

In a news conference after his meeting with Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin, Jr. last Friday, Pompeo said: “Any armed attack on any Philippine forces, aircraft or public vessels in the South China Sea will trigger mutual defense obligations under Article 4 of our mutual defense treaty.�

Under Article 4 of the Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT), the United States commits to defend the Philippines (and vice-versa) in case of “an armed attack in the 0ACIkC AREAwu Elaborating on what “armed ATTACK IN THE 0ACIkC AREAu MEANS

Article 5 of the treaty states that it includes “an armed attack on THE METROPOLITAN TERRITORYwOR on the island territories under its JURISDICTION IN THE 0ACIkC /CEAN

its armed forces, public vessels or AIRCRAFT IN THE 0ACIkC u Pompeo’s remarks are the latest attempt to assuage the conCERNS OF 0HILIPPINE OFkCIALS ON the vague language of the 1951 MDT in light of the country’s territorial disputes in the South China Sea. I say latest because as far back as 1999, the United States, in a diplomatic note by US Ambassador to the Philippines Thomas C. Hubbard to then Foreign Affairs Secretary Domingo Siazon Jr., reiterated the previous statement of (Clinton administration) Secretary of Defense William Cohen that the US considers the South China 3EA TO BE PART OF THE 0ACIkC AREA

hence, covered by the mutual defense treaty.

The statement of Pompeo is a mere reassurance (for the nth time) by the US that it will come to the defense of the Philippines in case of an armed attack in the South China Sea. At best, PomPEO S REMARKS ARE THE kRST OPEN AND PUBLIC AFkRMATION OF WHAT THE 53 PREVIOUSLY CLARIkED IN ITS 1999 diplomatic note to Philippines — that the coverage of the mutual defense treaty extends to the South China Sea. But as America’s top diplomat was careful to point out, only in case of an armed attack on “Philippine forces, aircraft or public vessels,� which is essentially same verbiage in the MDT. And therein lies the controversy.

While the text of the MDT is subject to different interpretations, it is not clear whether the US defense commitment applies to Philippine-controlled territories in the South China Sea, considering that the Philippines did not control these territories at the time of the signing of the defense pact in 1951.

Not a few of our officials and politicians take the position that the US is obligated under the treaty to defend the Philippines in a conflict over the South China Sea dispute.

The US, however, has not given any categorical declaration as to the applicability of the defense pact to the territorial row, leaving many Filipinos skeptical or anxious about America’s commitment to defend the country in the event of hostilities with China over the disputed islands.

It is precisely this ambiguous security commitment that DeFENSE 3ECRETARY $ELkN ,ORENZANA WANTS CLARIkED BY A REVIEW OF the treaty. Personally, I doubt that the US will accede to any changes in the MDT that will deviate from its neutral stance over sovereignty issues in the South China Sea. It should be noted that the language of Article 5 of the mu-

FLIPSIDE ATTY. DODO DULAY tual defense treaty is not unique to the Philippines. The defense pacts of the US with Australia, New Zealand and the United States (the ANZUS treaty), which were negotiated around the same time as the US-Philippines alliance, contain identical language on geographic limits.

Changing the geographic scope of the defense pact would not only mean inserting some waflING LANGUAGE TO ALLOW FOR SOME elbow room that could weaken America’s obligations under the treaty. It would also mean opening up its other defense pacts to renegotiation, a scenario the US is unlikely to allow.

While America appears reluctant to invoke the treaty over the South China Sea disputes, it also does not publicly deny the applicability of the defense PACT TO A CONlICT IN THE AREA )N fact, the text of Article 5 provides enough leeway for the alliance to be activated in certain situations in case of a Sino-Philippine MILITARY CONlICT For decades, the US government has purposely avoided clarifying its security commitment with respect to the China Sea disputes, believing — as Kissinger once said — that “some ambiguity in other people’s mind� is useful in that it does not embolden the Philippines and other claimants into escalating the dispute, or encourage China into thinking it was given a free hand in the area.

Given America’s inclination to create “strategic ambiguity� over the applicability of the alliance to the South China Sea dispute, Secretary Locsin was right to forego the review of the defense deal. “In vagueness lies uncertainty — a deterrent. SpecikCITY INVITES EVASION AND ACTIONS outside the MDT framework,�

Locsin explained.

Washington’s repeated assurances that it would assist Manila in case of an armed aggression in the South China Sea is all that the country can expect and hope for. Whether we like it or not, America will not risk a confrontation with Beijing over 0HILIPPINE kSHING RIGHTS OR TO defend our country’s claim to uninhabited rocks of little strategic importance to the US. The only real concern of the US in the South China Sea is freedom of navigation. As Pompeo emphasized during his visit to Manila, the US wants to make sure that the South China Sea remains open to all kinds of navigation and that “China does not pose a threat� to closing down “these incredibly vital economic sea lanes.�

Nevertheless, the assurance by the US that Philippine “armed forces, public vessels or aircraft� in the South China Sea are protected by the MDT serves as a valuable deterrent to China’s annexation of Philippine-occupied islets and reefs. Although some quarters question the relevance of the treaty in view of unfolding geopolitical realities, I’m sure China also realizes it would be foolhardy to test America’s security guarantee in the South China Sea. Lorenzana should therefore stop making threats about scrapping the defense deal. We need it more than America does. And it’s better to have an alliance deal than none at all.

What Lorenzana should do INSTEAD IS TO WORK ON SPECIkC CLARIkCATIONS ON THE -$4 THAT are necessary to meet presentday security challenges rather than pushing for the improbable overhaul of the defense pact.

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Anyone who says political debates don’t matter is lying

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OLITICAL debates, we are lately being told, don’t matter.

President Duterte has dismissed them as “useless.� His spokesperson Salvador Panelo thinks they only serve publicity-seekers, and here he has in mind opposition politicians.

Former chief of police and pro-administration senatorial contender Ronald ‘Bato’ dela Rosa who, in all fairness, had a stab at one or two, now says they are a complete waste of his time. Sara, the President’s daughter, mayor of Davao City AND LATELY HIGH PROkLE CAMPAIGN manager for those running under the Hugpong ng Pagbabago party, called Otso Diretso’s opposition Senate aspirants “dark, depressing, disorganized and obsessed with debate.� Her burst of descriptive, alliterative expressiveness is impressive. She makes wanting to debate seem like some sort of pathological preoccupation.

THE LONG VIEW RACHEL A.G. REYES Thus far, the majority of proadministration senatorial candidates have shown themselves to be decidedly averse to political debates and have studiously avoided participating in any of them. Otso Diretso intends to compel these no-shows to appear by appealing to the Commission on Elections to intercede.

Still trailing in the polls, Otso Diretso has arguably more to gain by sparring with these candidates, some of whom, like incumbent senator Cynthia Villar and the President’s favorite, Christopher “Bong� Go, are front-runners.

Otso Diretso needs the exposure

and political face-offs would be in their best interests.

But political debates are fundaMENTALLY FOR THE BENEkT OF VOTERS They are potentially opportunities to get to know candidates’ policies, their grasp of the important issues facing the country, their ethical positions, their ability to set out their ideas and plans outside scripts, and adroitly think beyond rehearsed speeches. Political debates offer the electorate a crucial chance to assess the competency of candidates.

I personally have found some portions of the televised political DEBATES FRUSTRATING 4HE RAPID kRE hands-on buzzers game-show style format and placard raising “yes� or “no� answers to complex questions, seem to me to be geared more towards entertainment, rather than to critically and deeply inform. I like old school-style political debates that force candidates

to speak in proper sentences.

Still, much can be learned. Human Rights lawyer Chel Diokno, for instance, speaks with measured, analytical coolness and remains unlAPPABLE DESPITE FREQUENT INTERRUPtions. Congressman Gary Alejano is able to combine composure with fast talking. Former Metropolitan Manila Development Authority head Francis Tolentino is a mealymouthed yes-man.

How candidates fare under close public scrutiny can be very telling. We gain some insight into their aptitude, past accomplishment, temperament, and character. Or lack thereof.

Campaign sorties are also revealing. Candidate Bong Go thinks political campaigning is no different to stand-up comedy acts. His performances may very well turn out to be an accurate representation of the senator he is likely to be.

Former senator Pia Cayetano,

whom feminists treat these days as a fallen angel, merely repeats her gratitude to the President. She seems to be BLUFkNG HER WAY BACK INTO THE 3ENATE Villar, meanwhile, essentially smiles and waves, smiles and waves.

Currently topping the polls, this billionaire can afford to be complacent, SO SUPREMELY CONkDENT IS SHE OF A WIN What does this say of the state of Philippine politics when money and a brand name seem to be all that it takes to secure a seat in the Senate?

The post-war journalist and newspaper editor, the late Teodoro M. Locsin Sr., once bewailed the poor quality of local politicians. “The usual politicians offer no challenge to the mind,� he lamented. “They are all so obvious in their purpose, so pitiful in their intellectual equipment, so mediocre in their performance, so unremarkable that one could cut a PATTERN AND IT WOULD kT THEM ALLw

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HERE are lists and there are lists, and no one can say that a list is fake because such a list may have been put together based on certain factors, variables, criteria or indicators. The long list of legislative measures passed from 2016 to 2019 is available in the respective congressional portals. No one should be too lazy to get it. In this day and age, checking is easy. In this day and age, information can be presented one way or another. Consequently, when compared to the same period under the Aquino administration and presented in table form, the visual tells a story: a short list of seven laws is different from a “long� list of 28. By sheer number alone, one can deduce a conclusion. But, how you interpret the narrative presented by the visual is dependent on your political socialization. Clearly, if you look at the length, the 17th Congress and PRRD had a longer accomplishment.

Comes now an incumbent senator saying he recalls they had a long list of legislative achievements from 20102013 as compared with Duterte’s and the 17th Congress’. And a known fact checker coming in asking about the sources of the list shared in a social media platform. Seriously? I was asked by the Facebook local police, using the handle of the organization and its head of social media. So, the interpretation of people should conform to theirs? The incumbent senator merely pointed out a factual point and provided the link to his point.

The fact checker was asking intent and invoked “provenance.� So, this fact checker is telling me I cannot share things on my wall, that what I share need to conform to their views? That interpretations of people are falsities because the truth only lies with them? So I pointed the fact checker to the owner of the visuals and guardedly said, interpretations should be respected. That a fact checker should see FB walls in its entirety and not on a piecemeal thing because a post went viral. When you see a CTTO after a post it means “credit to the owner.�

Whether you reveal the name or

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Facticity A facticity has to do with my personal existence and the facts that make it about which I cannot do anything. Among these are the parents I am born to, the circumstances of my birth, the townsfolk I grew up with — the entire baggage (consisting of both burden and equipment!) of that past that is partly constitutive of who I am. It is opposed to possibility — what I can be — and is also paired with it, because possibilities are circumscribed by facticity. No matter my illusions (or delusions) about receiving the homage of all of England as its monarch, that is very simply not one of my possibilities, being neither English nor of royal blood.

One is destined to live a life of frustration who projects possibilities that are very simply not within the realm of “the possible� insofar as one’s existence goes. And one of the most fatal myths peddled by quacks today is that “you can be anything you choose to be.� It is another version of the lie of “absolute freedom.� And the sooner one wakes up to the sobering truth that there are so many things that one can be, and there are equally many

merely leave the CTTO marking, you know that it was not a post authored by the person who shared it.

Visually, a short list viz a long list and a label, “Midterm Legislative Achievements� appears to favor, in presentation, one side. But the list was made using the lens of the author. The label would have been better described but that is the call of the author, right? But then again, who are we to tell someone how to label things? Can Juan de la Cruz tell a media organization not to re-post old, dated news and present it to appear as new or fresh? Or articles of another media organization dated 2017 being reposted now to frame a story of conviction when actually the subject has been acquitted in 2019.

Drilling the table showed that these laws were landmark legislation and not amendatory ones. The laws cited were factual. The list came from the period. What the author did was to highlight what for him was important. What was not mentioned was that there were 16 amendatory laws signed during the first three years of Aquino for a total of 69 laws viz the 45 national laws of PRRD. Local laws are not included in the long list, both sides. The truth is the list is long and if you go by numbers, Aquino had more. But if you look AT THE SIGNIkCANCE AND IMPORTANCE

whether in terms of social, economic, political, governance, reform legislation, Duterte had better quality since what was deemed hard to get under Aquino were signed into law in the kRST HALF OF $UTERTE S TERM 4HESE ARE designating casinos as covered persons under AMLA; universal access to quality tertiary education; free irrigation service; ease of doing business; mental health act; masustansyang

sional journalists in their absence to capture and distribute news material during major global events.� Why? Because citizens are relatable, unrestricted and available to capture images and footage of worldwide news as it breaks. They are where news happens. They snap and post and when it trends, professional journalists pick it up as news. Some do not even see spin but real, and to an untrained eye, that is their authenticity!

It has been said that one of the primary aims of journalism is to be “objective and present an unbiased, factual account of news events. A strict code of ethics is adhered to by all professional journalists when doing so to maintain AND PRESERVE PUBLIC TRUST CONkDENCE and reliability. To ensure this the process of ‘gate keeping’ is upheld within mainstream media. This relies on all experienced and trained journalists and ediTORS TO kLTER ANY NONFACTUAL INFORMATION from news reports before publication or broadcasting. Citizen journalists are untrained in such journalistic methods and are therefore at risk of using unreliable sources and publishing incorrect or un-factual news.�

When people’s trust in media is diminishing, more and more, citizens should LEARN TO SEPARATE FACT FROM kCTION 4HEY should be able to tell the truth and tell it well. Know the hot-button issues before they heat up. Think about silence as a strategy (it’s not good enough to simply ignore the issue and say nothing — you need to tell others why you are choosing to keep quiet. But even if silence is your approach, your internal or external communication team must be able to get a statement and a social media strategy together within 24 hours of the fake news or risk losing control of the narrative.). If there is no traction, don’t take action. Stay wary of slippery slant (if the outlet is disreputable or has a small readership, silence could be golden. When a response is called for, tell the real story through respected outlets known for objective reporting). And pick a side, before a SIDE PICKS YOU OR BEFORE YOU kT IN A frame designed for you.

that one can never be, the saner we should all be.

Corporality — bodiliness — is a basic condition of being human. Even Plato, I am sure, knew he was spinNING A kB ‡ ALTHOUGH A HEURISTICALLY useful one — when he talked about our preexistence in the Empyrean Heights beholding the Perfect Forms of all things, and then being thrust rudely into bodies — this traumatic experience rendering us forgetful of all the glory that once we beheld and subjecting us to the painful ordeal of having to re-learn from the dismal shadows we have in the material world. The fact is that, ontologically, the human person is an “incarnate subjectivity� — an “I� that must announce its presence as well as bathe in the elementals of existence as bodily, an “I� that is not aware of itself except as incarnate. And so those who, starry eyed about stories of Oriental mystics who “progress� from “vegetarians� to “fruitarians� until they reach that stage of heightened perfection when they can subsist only on air, are giving one more reason for funeral parlors to keep their businesses going. It is just a fundamental fact of human existence that we cannot do without nourishment.

It puzzles me no end then that some parents, in the name of a frightening new form of liberalism now refuse to

raise their children as girls or boys — gGENDER lUIDITYu THEY CALL IT ‡ LEAVING that a matter for the child, at some later stage of his/her/its life to determine whether to be girl, boy or whatever.

The ineluctable fact is that our bodily condition and our sexuality are related, conjoined issues. One’s body — anatomy-physiology-psyche — is either male or female. On this level, “whatever� is not one of the options. Just how far can we go ignoring facticity or pretending that there isn’t any? That we should not discriminate against those who, though anatomically or physiologically male, deport themselves as female, is not the issue here. I am not talking discrimination nor exclusion. I am insisting rather than facticity is ignored only at our own peril. To raise children as androgynous until they decide what they want to be is, to me, to do them a tremendous disservice because they will then have no basis to make a choice — if that be the argument. So much of the beauty of the world, the romance and the hues with which it paints our lives and our history, the irreplaceable experience of growing up in a family, cared for by father and mother — all this rest on sexual differentiation that, till now, was a “given� that was, far from being a burden, the material from which one fashioned possibility.

But this is only one facet of the truly insane credo of complete malleability.

Everything can be what we want it to be. And a clear concomitant of this silliness is denying that there is human nature. But the sorry end result is that gHUMANu HAS NO kXED MEANING )T IS NO wonder then that together with the tale OF gGENDER lUIDITYu COMES THE PERSUAsion that abortion in all stages is in no sense reprehensible. But clearly we are treading shifting terrain, and no one can stand all this shaking and quaking for too long. On the one hand, we convince OURSELVES THAT THERE IS NOTHING kXED AND determined about ourselves. On the other, we make many bold, insistent, even audacious, claims in the name of human dignity. We protest the exploitation of women; we condemn the abuse of children with unctuous fervor. And, more disturbingly, we seem to be comfortable with this dangerous inconsistency.

One must always start somewhere — and “somewhere� is facticity: the realm of the given. Those who spurn the concept do so, I believe, because “the given� comes across as burden, as limit to freedom. But to be equipped for the future — that is facticity, that OUT OF WHICH THE INkNITE CREATIVITY of the human person can fashion so much that can be, and humanly so!

MA. LOURDES TIQUIA

rachelagreyes@gmail.com

‘Desiderata’

pagkain para sa batang Pilipino; anti hazing; expanded Nipas; Philippine IDENTIkCATION SYSTEM INCREASING THE monthly old-age pension of senior veterans; telecommuting; Philippine HIV and AIDS policy; human settlements and urban development; mobile portability; 105-day expanded maternity leave; universal health care, among others.

In the period 2010-2013, Aquino SIGNED INTO LAW kVE ELECTION REFORM measures: synchronized ARMM elections with national and local elections; local absentee voting for media; Comelec precincts for PWD and senior citizens; mandatory biometrics in voter registration; and the Overseas Voting Act of 2013. Duterte has not signed a measure on political or electoral reform because Congress has not moved the needle on these.

According to the Merriam Webster dictionary, to “fact-check is to verify the factual accuracy� of a publication. The fact checkers need to also take into CONSIDERATION THE POTENTIAL OF A BACKkRE effect or correcting false information may make partisan individuals cling more strongly to their views.

We can all be fact checkers. When someone calls your attention, check and correct, but when interpretation comes in, that’s in the domain of free speech. One cannot be choosy on who can invoke free speech. Media and citizens have the right over the same. A fact checker cannot lord it over because he does not have a monopoly of ideas, reactions and interpretations of people in social media. The creativity of a post to gain attraction is entirely that of the author for so long as there is no malice in the post. Different rules for “citizen journalist� and professional journalists.

Some argue, “citizen journalists threaten to destroy the circulation of factual news, spreading incorrect, misleading information and opinion rather than truth. This is due to a suggested lack of training, ethics and accountability. However, citizen journalists have played a crucial role in news media over the last decade, stepping in for profes-

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The tired shibboleths of the professional rabble-rouser characterize THEIR SPEECHES @.O SACRIkCE TOO GREAT w ) PROMISE YOU 4HE FRANTIC gestures, the screaming voice, the frenzied expressions, the hysterical charges, the crocodile tears — these are the usual stock in trade.�

Political debates help separate the wheat from the chaff. Those WHO SEEK HIGHER OFkCE OR REELECTION have a responsibility to the electorate that they are up to the job. They are required to turn up to debate and submit themselves to audience questioning. We are shooting ourselves in the foot if we do not demand this from candidates.

Anyone who shuns political debates is trying to pull a fast one and should be regarded with great suspicion. Those who say political debates don’t matter are simply lying.

rannie_aquino@csu.edu.ph rannie_aquino@sanbeda.edu.ph rannie_aquino@outlook.com

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Y teenage years were a terrifying time. The time when I felt that, perhaps, dreaming was simply not for people like us, and that being a transsexual woman was a curse. Even my mother told me that my talent and intelligence would just waste away because society would never accept people like me. I couldn’t blame her for having those beliefs. She too couldn’t see empowering images of transsexual women.

She thought that in one way or another, women like me would just end up as society’s whore, laughingstocks, pariahs of the WORLD CONkNED TO THE MARGINS of society, destined to entertain society out of its boredom. I deeply internalized this belief.

But before I fully succumbed to the abyss of resignation, a glimmer of light shone my way. Truly, as Theodore Roethke said, “In a dark time, the eye begins to see.� “Desiderata� was one of these sources of light. We were required to memorize Max Ehrmann’s prose poem in fourth year high school; and its recitation was a REQUISITE FOR GRADUATION !T kRST ) thought it would be as irrelevant as a lot of things we were required to do in school. I was wrong. )TS WORDS NEVER FAIL TO kLL ME with faith. Its lines redeem, REkNE 4IME DOESN T STALE ITS MESsage. Nothing can spoil its ability to revive. Angels don’t come into our lives as creatures with wings but as whispers of encourageMENT REkNING US TO OUR GREATEST brilliance. “Desiderata� is one of those whispers which have nourished and nurtured me as I add more years in my life. “Go placidly amid the noise and haste and remember what peace there may be in silence,� it begins, reminding us of the necessity of serenity in our lives. “Be cheerful. Strive to be happy,� it ends, reminding us that happiness is the song of life. And lilting between those lines is the importance of being at peace with others, with oneself, with God. Being at peace with others begins by listening intently and sincerely to others. “Even the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story,� it says, nudging us to value the lessons from every person we encounter. And being at peace with oneself begins by avoiding the “vexations to the spirit� which are embodied by forces of aggressiveness.

Then it implores us to stop the habit of comparing ourselves to other people, a habit that only leads us to either be held captive by feelings of superiority or be held down by feelings of inferiority. This emboldens us to free ourselves from the shackles of measuring our worth using other people as the yardstick of the content of our character and using their approval to validate our existence.

Instead of being shy of celebrating the fruits of our labor, “Desiderata� invites us to appre-

FOR THE MOTHERLAND

SASS ROGANDO SASOT ciate the importance of valuing what we do in life, “however humble� they may be, for they would help us go through the “changing fortunes of time.�

And no matter how the “world is full of trickery�, “Desiderata� advises us not to lose sight of the heroism embedded and expressed in everyday life. “Be yourself,� said as one full sentence, highlighting the importance of authenticity in being at peace with ourselves. And part of that authenticity is keeping our faith in love “for even in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is as perennial as the grass.�

Whenever I encounter rejection and heartbreaking moments in my life, this beckons all that is courageous in me to come forth.

But these lines were the ones that really caught me: “You are a child of the universe, /no less than the trees and the stars;/you have a right to be here.� The kRST TIME ) READ THOSE LINES ) felt a rush of redemption in my blood; suddenly I no longer felt that being a transsexual woman was a curse. Those lines have the power to exorcise all the shame I had felt for being a transsexual person. Whenever I repeat those lines to myself, I feel a spring cleaning in my soul, a solemn reclamation of my worth as a creature of the Universe.

Finally, “Desiderata� invites us to be at peace with God. “DesidERATAu DOESN T OFFER ANY DEkNITION of God. God is “whatever you conceive Him to be,� it says; and to keep peace with God is simply to “keep peace with your soul.� This AFkRMED MY RELIGIOUS BELIEF WHICH is not rooted in any organized religion but in the undivided wholeness of the Universe: That all that is and will ever be are manifestations of God, and that our union with God is determined not by how much we have followed the doctrines of organized religions but how lucid and compassionate our hearts have become and how we have come to terms with OUR INSIGNIkCANCE “With all its shame, drudgery, and broken dreams,/it is still a beautiful world,� starts the last verse of “Desiderata.� Indeed a beautiful world. No matter how horrifying it can be, it’s a world that keeps on giving birth to wonders that awe, inspire and invigorate. A world that keeps on renewing itself as we live our lives with humility, trust, compassion and gratefulness. And I am carried into that world each time I read and internalize the elegant verses of “Desiderata.�

Happy Women’s Month!

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Regions Maranao leaders seek TFBM abolition M ˜ The Manila Times

TUESDAY March 5, 2019

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ARAWI CITY: Maranao leaders are calling for the abolition of Task Force Bangon Marawi (TFBM) for its alleged failure to rebuild the city almost two years after it was devastated during the Marawi Siege.

Accusing the TFBM leadership of “incompetence,” the Maranao leaders said they were pinning their hope on the newly established Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) to rehabilitate Marawi City.

Sultan Hamidullah Atar of the Royal House of Marawi told The Manila Times that he agreed to the call for

the abolition of TFBM. “The TFBM-released video and statement that the economy of Marawi is booming and the people have already recovered is a big lie,” he said. )N A MEDIA BRIEkNG -ORO )Slamic Liberation Front (MILF) Chairman Murad Ebrahim who also serves as interim BARMM chief minister for a three-year

period while the foundation is being laid for a new Bangsamoro Autonomous Region, said that the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) would use a significant portion of the leftover P32 million budget for ARMM this year, to hasten the rehabilitation and reconstruction of Marawi.

The National Housing Authority also attested that it has P2.1 billion for the reconstruction of Marawi’s most affected areas (MAAs).

Saying that TFBM head Secretary Eduardo del Rosario should resign, Atar lamented, “All of us know that until now, the rehabilitation has not begun and 27,000 families from

Ground Zero are suffering so much,” Former Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) vice governor Haroun Alrashid Lucman, Jr. earlier said it was lamentable that the TFBM is taking care of our lives but no Maranao is a member. “Most, if not all of its members have not even set foot in the devastated city,” he added.

The Bangsamoro Consensus Group, composed of displaced Marawi professionals, said that instead of its oft-aired demand for the resignation of the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) Secretary as TFBM head, the President Rodrigo Duterte should abolish the task

Bong Go bats for fire safety measures DAVAO DEL SUR: Former special assistant to the President (SAP) and aspiring senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go visited survivors of the fire that gutted 200 houses in Isla Verde, Davao City and renewed his call for the provision of better fire safety measures in communities.

“Asahan niyo na po ito: basta may komunidad na natupok ng apoy o nasalanta ng kalamidad, pupuntahan at pupuntahan ko po ito para, kahit papaano, malaman ng mga nasalantang residente na di sila nag-iisa sa pinagdadaanan nila,” Go declared.

Go visited Purok 4, Isla Verde in Barangay 23-C, Davao City, where 346 families lost their homes in a fire on February 20. Around 200 houses burned down, with property damages estimated at P1 million.

The Davao City Bureau of Fire Protection

(BFP) said the fire was caused by electrical short circuit in one of the houses.

Bong Go and his supporters visited Isla Verde on Sunday afternoon to bring assistance to the victims and boost their morale.

“You can count on this, every time a community is devastated by fire or calamity, we will be there so those who are suffering would know that they are not alone and we will find a way for them to overcome the disaster that befell their community,” Go said.

Go also called for volunteers who are interested in providing aid to the community.

“You can bring your contributions to the Davao City municipal hall or the government agencies in charge of relief operations. We will bring these to the families in Isla Verde,” he said.

He then said that there was a need to revamp fire safety and protection measures in the country and to educate communities on fire prevention. ”This is urgently needed because many communities and settlements are devastated by fires. This can be prevented if people are properly educated about fires so they can take the necessary safety precautions,” Go said.

“Aside from this, it is time that the government puts up permanent evacuation centers for victims of fires and calamities.

We will push for this if we are elected to the Senate,” he added.

Go also reminded Isla Verde residents that they may visit the Malasakit Center at the Southern Philippines Medical Center in Davao City for help in the treatment of their injuries and other health concerns.

‘Cebu drug suspects exposed’ we arrested point to him but we have no hard evidence as yet.”

He added that Sabalones was (Second of 3 parts) using dummies to get his supply SENIOR Supt. Royina Garma, direcof illegal drugs from Manila and TOR OF THE #EBU #ITY 0OLICE /FkCE Mindanao.

(CCPO) said the illegal drugs trade Just like Garma, Abrugena said in Cebu City did not get worse, drug the illegal drugs trade remains suspects were just exposed. very active in Cebu because there “If you love this country and you is a market. love your children, stop selling illeCebu Gov. Hilario Davide 3rd gal drugs. It’s the only way to help said that despite the series of ilthis country. It will always start legal drugs apprehensions, there from ourselves, a whole nation was still a high volume of drugs approach, not just the PNP (Philin Cebu. ippine National Police),” Garma “Probably because Cebu is a metsaid in a message to drug pushers. ropolitan area, and I believe the One of the latest victims of ilsupply [of illegal drugs] come from legal substance abuse in Cebu was Mindanao, Manila or directly from Ashley Abad, a medical student China.

It is also because they have who died of an overdose of the seen that there are many users in party drug ecstasy in January.

Cebu and it is very profitable.

It is Abad was allegedly given ecstasy only in the metro areas where this during a concert on the eve of the business is profitable because there Sinulog Festival; she collapsed in the middle of the event and died are many users and maybe because of the quality of life here in Cebu, in the hospital later.

“The police do not take instruc- many can afford [to indulge in] tions from the city government,” this drugs,” said Davide.

He said it was possible that the was the text message of Mayor Tomas drug personalities who have been Osmeña to The Manila Times when arrested have maintained their asked to comment about the illegal contacts and their network even drugs situation in Cebu City. outside Cebu.

In 2016 Osmeña was one of Senior Supt. Glenn Sarador, pothree mayors who were stripped lice chief of the Cebu Port Authority of their power over the police. The (CPA) said that they were conducttwo others were Daanbantayan ing random inspections for possible Mayor Vicente Loot and the late entry of contraband in Cebu.

Mayor Reynaldo Parojinog of He said they also placed tarpauOzamis City. lins in strategic areas to inform the Osmeña, however, is not on the public that CPA supports the drive of PNP’s list of drug protectors. the government against illegal drugs.

In Cebu Province, Senior Supt.

CPA also has Oplan Ligtas BiManuel Abrugena, Provincial Poyahe where in December, one of lice Office director said the illegal their apprehensions in one of the drugs trade was rampant in Cebu despite the series of arrests because five Cebu ports was a student in security was not that stringent in possession of marijuana.

Sarador said despite strict sethe Cebu wharfs. curity in the ports, illegal drugs He said there was easy access to could still enter Cebu through the illegal drugs in Cebu because of shorelines that could be accessed soft borders and wharfs such that by pump boats. illegal drugs transporters could Lt. Junior Grade Michael Eneasily enter due to the lack of secina, Philippine Coast Guard curity compared to the wharfs in ( P C G ) spokesman in Central other countries.

Visayas, said that it was possible He added that one of the chalillegal drug traders know “insiders” lenges they encounter was the in roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) vessels communications technology drug or ship crew who could help them groups use. “They deliver from one transport illegal drugs to Cebu. point to another, but the other Encina said that in securing the point does not know each other Cebu shorelines to deter lawlessand it is hard to trace.”

Abrugena said, he thinks the ness, PCG personnel conduct foot Sabolones group is still operating patrols in the coastlines and do in the illegal drugs trade. “Al- seaborne patrol using 17 alumithough there were no warrants of num boats and two rubber boats.

He added that since the Philiparrest on them, the drug suspects

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pines is an archipelago, it has been a challenge for the PCG to secure the shorelines from the entry of illegal drugs in Cebu with only 14,000 PCG personnel nationwide.

Encina considers the high volume of illegal drugs seized during law enforcement operations in Cebu to be a result of the stringent campaign against illegal drugs. “It is the product of strict operations,” he said.

He added that the PCG regards the war on drugs in a “positive way” through the Intensified Community Assistance Awareness Response and Enforcement. “We save lives,” said Encina.

At present, the PCG has four coast guard stations in Central Visayas. These are in Camotes, southern Cebu, Cebu province and Bohol, and in 30 sub-stations.

Chief Supt. Debold Sinas, director of the Police Regional Office in Central Visayas said that the police have “levelled up” with their operations. “We do away with the small users.”

He said that the Central Visayas police was focusing on the couriers with the continuing One-Time Big-Time operations and the simultaneous enhanced managing of police operations (Sempo).

On January 30 and 31, more than P31 million worth of illegal drugs WERE CONkSCATED AND HUNDREDS WERE arrested during a Sempo in Cebu.

Sinas said the illegal drugs supply came from Manila and Cebu was a transshipment. “From Visayas and Luzon, Manila to Cebu, Cebu to Bohol, Bohol to Mindanao. It is a cycle. The mode of transportation is by land and RoRo vessels.”

He pointed out that the illegal drugs trade worsens during elections because of “drug money,” as he highlighted the allies of Franz Sabalones. “We received intel reports that there is drug money during elections but it still needs to be validated.”

Sinas said that one of the challenges they have encountered is that no politician would come out and confess and it is hard for lawmen to prove that drug money is being used during elections.

Sinas said that one solution to the illegal drugs problem in Central Visayas was the total approach.

“Also government should operate rehabilitation centers that are affordable.”

force and let the BTA take charge of rebuilding the city.

A Department of Public Works and Highways official, who is a member of the TFBM technical working group, earlier attributed the delay in reconstruction efforts to del Rosario’s alleged “lack of technical know how.”

Even House Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo had lamented the delayed rehabilitation and created a special working committee to look into it and make recommendations.

Some sectors have also used social media to call for the abolition of TFBM “TFBM has a new identity! It

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is a Task False Bangon Marawi!!!

All they say is falsehood aimed at deceiving Maranaos on the rehabilitation of Marawi and they spend billions of the country’s taxpayers’ money with no substantial proof to show how the money was spent,” said Abdul Majeed Pangandaman in his FB account.

While others said, they no longer trusted TFBM, Ali Valak accused the TFBM of “destroying Lanao in connivance with some unscrupulous leaders.”

The International Committee of the Red Cross said some 46,000 Marawi evacuees were still languishing in different shelter camps in Northern Mindanao.

News Traffic flow better after flyover closure T A8

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TUESDAY March 5, 2019

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BY NEIL JAYSON N. SERVALLOS

HE Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) on Monday said the closure of the Tandang Sora intersection AND lYOVER IN 1UEZON #ITY EASED THE lOW OF TRAFkC AND HELPED DECONGEST #OMMONWEALTH !VENUE

Although traffic along the no monstrous traffic jams as the area was slower than usual, AGENCY FEARED --$! #OMMAND #ENTER #HIEF “Commonwealth was deconEdison Nebrija said there were gested because the intersection

Diesel prices up, gas, kerosene down OIL companies lowered the price of diesel by 10 centavos per liter, but increased the cost of gasoline and kerosene by 10 centavos and CENTAVOS PER LITER RESPECTIVELY Eastern Petroleum, Petro Gazz, Pilipinas Shell, PTT Philippines and Total adjusted their pump PRICES AT A M ON 4UESDAY The latest price adjustment brings the common price of

DIESEL TO 0 PER LITER 0 TO 0 PER LITER AND KEROSENE BY 0 PER LITER BASED ON THE $EPARTMENT OF %NERGY S WEEKLY MONITORING )N A PRESS BRIEkNG %NERGY 5NDERSECRETARY &ELIX 7ILLIAM &UENTEBELLA ACCOUNTED THIS WEEK S OIL price movement to reduced oil DEMAND FROM #HINA AND *APAN JORDEENE B. LAGARE

WAS ALSO CLOSED 3O THERE WERE NO STOP AND GO IN THE AREA TRAFkC WAS FREE lOWING u HE SAID 4HE 4ANDANG 3ORA lYOVER WAS closed on Saturday night to make way for the construction of the 4ANDANG 3ORA -ETRO 2AIL 4RANSIT LINE -24 STATION %%) #ORP THE PRIVATE CONTRACTOR FOR THE -24 PROJECT SAID THE demolition of the Tandang Sora lYOVER WOULD START ON THE THIRD WEEK OF THIS MONTH Nebrija, who also supervises

TRAFkC IN THE METRO S BUSIEST THORoughfare, said the opening of 5 TURN SLOTS ON #OMMONWEALTH Avenue and the rerouting of public utility vehicles and other motorists HELPED SPEED UP TRAFkC g4RAFkC WAS DECONGESTED DURING RUSH HOUR &LOW OF TRAFkC WAS FAST in Commonwealth but some portions of EDSA were affected by the CLOSURE u HE SAID Vehicles from Katipunan Avenue going to Tandang Sora were directed to go through Luzon Avenue,

“The rerouting of jeepneys and other vehicles going to and from Katipunan and Tandang Sora HELPED EASE TRAFkC BECAUSE MOtorists traversing Commonwealth need not stop to make way for THEM u .EBRIJA SAID 1UEZON #ITY S $EPARTMENT OF Public Order and Safety deployed TRAFkC ENFORCERS TO THE AREA g"UT WE DON T WANT TO BE COMplacent, we will manage it and we ARE EXPECTING THE WORST TRAFkC AND WE ARE READY FOR IT u HE SAID

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PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has named Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno as the new Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) governor, a PalACE OFkCIAL SAID ON -ONDAY In a statement, Spokesman SalVADOR 0ANELO CONkRMED $IOKNO S appointment, which was announced during the 35th Cabinet MEETING ON -ONDAY NIGHT -ALACAĂ„ANG EXPECTS $IOKNO to “spearhead reform initiaTIVES THAT WILL ALIGN THE kNANCIAL INSTITUTION S OPERATIONS WITH

international best practices and improve its corporate viability,�

0ANELO SAID This is in line with the recently signed Republic Act 11211, or the NEW #ENTRAL "ANK !CT The spokesman also wished the outgoing Budget chief the best of luck on his new role, and highlighted his numerous positions ACROSS THREE ADMINISTRATIONS Before the appointment, Diokno has headed the Budget department since June 30, 2016

Duterte, Mahathir to discuss Sabah PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte might DISCUSS THE 0HILIPPINES CLAIM TO 3ABAH WHEN HE MEETS WITH -ALAYSIAN 0RIME -INISTER -AHATHIR BIN -OHAMAD IN -ALACAĂ„ANG ON 4HURSDAY HIS SPOKESMAN SAID ON -ONDAY Speaking to reporters, Palace spokesman Salvador Panelo said Duterte and -AHATHIR WOULD TACKLE ISSUES MUTUALLY BENEkCIAL TO THE 0HILIPPINES AND -ALAYSIA SUCH AS POLITICS AND ECONOMY “Everything is possible‌ when you MEET A HEAD OF STATE %VERY ISSUE IS OPEN u 0ANELO SAID DURING A NEWS BRIEkNG WHEN asked if the President would raise the issue on Sabah during his meeting with THE -ALAYSIAN LEADER “The two leaders will then hold a bilateral meeting and discuss cooperation in the political, economic and people-to-people SPHERES AND EXCHANGE VIEWS ON TOPICS OF MUTUAL IMPORTANCE u HE ADDED 0ANELO SAID -AHATHIR WOULD UNDER-

then to the Congressional Avenue %XIT AND THEN TO 4 - +ALAW Another option is to take Commonwealth Avenue then take the NEAREST 5 TURN SLOT THEN TURN RIGHT TO 4ANDANG 3ORA -OTORISTS FROM 4ANDANG 3ORA GOing to Katipunan may go through 4 - +ALAW THEN TO THE #ONGRESSIONAL !VENUE %XIT AND THEN THROUGH ,UZON !VENUE /PTION IS TO MAKE A 5 TURN NEAR -ICROTEL along Technohub, then turn right GOING TO +ATIPUNAN

TAKE AN OFkCIAL VISIT TO THE 0HILIPPINES FROM -ARCH TO UPON THE INVITATION OF $UTERTE g4HE 0RESIDENT WILL WELCOME OFkCIALLY 0RIME -INISTER -AHATHIR AT CEREMONIES IN -ALACAĂ„AN 0ALACE ON -ARCH u HE ADDED g4HE OFkCIAL VISIT OF THE 0RIME -INISTER RECIPROCATES 0RESIDENT $UTERTE S VISIT TO -ALAYSIA IN *ULY u ACCORDING TO 0ANELO -AHATHIR S ARRIVAL IN -ANILA THIS WEEK IS THE kRST SINCE HE ASSUMED HIS POSITION AS THE SEVENTH PRIME MINISTER OF -ALAYSIA IN -AHATHIR A FORMER STRONGMAN OF -ALAYSIA FROM TO WON FOR THE SECOND TIME AS -ALAYSIAN PRIME MINISTER LAST YEAR During his previous term as prime minISTER HE UNDERTOOK BILATERAL OFkCIAL VISITS TO THE 0HILIPPINES IN AND "EFORE ASSUMING OFkCE IN *UNE

Duterte said he would pursue the Philip-

PINES CLAIM TO 3ABAH Sabah, which is rich in minerals and gas DEPOSITS WAS ANNEXED TO -ALAYSIA WHEN IT GAINED INDEPENDENCE FROM THE 5NITED +INGDOM IN 2ELATIONS BETWEEN -ANILA AND +UALA Lumpur endured even after the Philippines, under then-president Diosdado -ACAPAGAL ASSERTED ITS CLAIM TO 3ABAH IN THE S In 2013, the followers of the Sultanate of Sulu engaged in a deadly standoff with -ALAYSIAN AUTHORITIES IN 3ABAH SUPPOSEDLY TO ASSERT THE SULTANATE S CLAIM ON WHAT IT CALLS ITS ANCESTRAL TERRITORY The Islamic sultanate, which is based IN -INDANAO ONCE CONTROLLED PARTS OF "ORNEO INCLUDING THE SITE OF THE STAND OFF 4HE SULTANATE S HEIRS HAVE BEEN RECEIVing a nominal yearly compensation packAGE FROM -ALAYSIA UNDER A LONG STANDING AGREEMENT FOR POSSESSION OF 3ABAH CATHERINE S. VALENTE

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“With him at the helm of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, our banking institutions are in good AND COMPETENT HANDS u 0ANELO SAID )N SEPARATE TEXT MESSAGES TO REPORTERS %XECUTIVE 3ECRETARY 3ALVADOR -EDIALDEA ALSO CONkRMED the appointment and Diokno said he would assume his new POST ON 4UESDAY /NE OF $UTERTE S ECONOMIC managers, Diokno replaces cen-

tral bank governor Nestor EsPENILLA *R WHO SUCCUMBED TO TONGUE CANCER ON &EBRUARY Espenilla had been undergoing treatment for more than a year, the Bangko Sentral said in A RECENT STATEMENT The appointment comes a WEEK AFTER -ALACAĂ„ANG SAID IT was looking for a person with “integrity and competenceâ€? to REPLACE %SPENILLA RALPH EDWIN U. VILLANUEVA

WORLD WIDE WEB TURNS 30 MEYRIN, Switzerland: T h i r t y ye a r s a g o this month, a young British software engineer working at a lab near Geneva invented a system for scientists to share information that would ultimately CHANGE HUMANITY But three decades after he invented the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee has warned that his creation has been “hijacked by crooksâ€? that may spell its DESTRUCTION "ERNER ,EE S OLD OFFICE AT %UROPE S physics lab CERN now looks no different than the others lining the long, nonDESCRIPT CORRIDOR WITHIN THE EXPANSIVE COMPOUND The only indication that history was made here is a small commemorative plaque and a page from an old CERN diRECTORY HUNG ON THE DOOR WITH g-/-%.4!2),9 /54 /& /&&)#%Ăœu WRITTEN IN JEST NEXT TO "ERNERS ,EE S NAME “Tim worked a lot,â€? said technician Francois Fluckiger, who took charge of the web team after Berners-Lee left for THE -ASSACHUSETTS )NSTITUTE OF 4ECHNOLOGY -)4 IN g4HE LIGHTS WERE ALWAYS ON IN HIS OFkCE u &LUCKIGER SAID

History in the making "ERNERS ,EE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR #%2. S internal directory but was interested in ways to allow the thousands of scientists around the world who cooperated with the LAB TO MORE EASILY SHARE THEIR WORK His vision for “a decentralized information management system� soon gave birth TO THE WEB Primitive forms of the internet — a network linking computers — had previously EXISTED BUT IT WAS THE 7ORLD 7IDE 7EB that allowed web pages to be collected and ACCESSED WITH A BROWSER “Very early on, we had the feeling that HISTORY WAS IN THE MAKING u &LUCKIGER SAID In 1990, Belgian scientist Robert Cailliau came onboard to help promote the INVENTION WHICH USED (YPERTEXT -ARKUP ,ANGUAGE OR (4-, AS A STANDARD TO CREATE WEBPAGES 4HEY CREATED THE (YPERTEXT 4RANSFER 0ROtocol, or HTTP, which allows users to access resources by clicking on hyperlinks, and ALSO 5NIFORM 2ESOURCE ,OCATORS OR 52,S

AS A WEBSITE ADDRESS SYSTEM At the end of 1990, Berners-Lee set #%2. S FIRST WEB NAVIGATOR SERVER INTO ACTION The browser was released outside of #%2. IN EARLY kRST TO OTHER RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS AND LATER TO THE PUBLIC Fluckiger, now retired, hailed the web as one of three major inventions in the 20th century that enabled the digital society, alongside the Internet Protocol (IP) and 'OOGLE S SEARCH ALGORITHMS But he lamented the “online bullying, FAKE NEWS AND MASS HYSTERIAu THAT lOURISH ONLINE AS WELL AS THREATS TO PRIVACY “One has to ask oneself if we did not, in the end, create a completely out-ofCONTROL MONSTER u

‘Crooks and trolls’ Berners-Lee has launched his own camPAIGN TO gSAVE THE WEBu At the Web Summit in Lisbon last November, he called for a new “Contract for the Web,� based on access for all and the fundamental right to privacy, among OTHER THINGS “The web has been hijacked by crooks and trolls who have used it to manipulate people all over the world,� Berners-Lee warned in a New York Times op-ed in December, citing threats ranging from the dark web, to cyber crime, fake news and PERSONAL DATA THEFT In January, the man dubbed the “father of the web� urged the global elites at the World Economic Forum in Davos to join THE kGHT AGAINST THE gPOLARIZATIONu OF ONLINE DEBATES He called for discussion platforms that connect people with different opinions AND BACKGROUNDS CONTRARY TO TODAY S COMmon practice of creating online ghettos, kLTER BUBBLES AND FEEDBACK LOOPS WHERE people rarely encounter opinions different FROM THEIR OWN 5NITED .ATIONS CHIEF !NTONIO 'UTERRES also voiced concerns at Davos over the DIRECTION THE WEB WAS TAKING He warned of the impact “of the dark web and the deep web and all the problems of cyber security,� and called for the creation of “soft mechanisms� to help rein in countries using this technology to violate HUMAN RIGHTS

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IGHER domestic and foreign loans drove the national government’s outstanding debt to rise further to P7.494 trillion in January, the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) said on Monday.

The amount, the Treasury bureau said in a statement, represented a PERCENT OR 0 BILLION INCREASE from P7.292 trillion in December and AN PERCENT OR 0 BILLION JUMP FROM 0 TRILLON A YEAR AGO “[This was] mainly due to net availments of both foreign and domestic

loans amid efforts to take advantage of generally favorable market conditions to raise foreign and local funding,� it added.

Domestic borrowings accounted for the bulk, growing by 2.8 percent or P132.98 billion to P4.909 trillion FROM 0 TRILLION IN $ECEMBER AND

by 10.8 percent or P479 billion from P4.429 trillion in January 2018.

Funds raised from foreign sources, meanwhile, climbed by 2.7 percent or 0 BILLION TO 0 TRILLION FROM 0 TRILLION IN THE LAST MONTH OF AND BY PERCENT OR 0 BILLION FROM 0 TRILLION YEAR ON YEAR The increment in domestic debts was due to the net issuance of government securities worth P133.18 billion, while the increase in external debt was blamed on the P83.29-billion net availments of foreign loans. “Meanwhile, the weakening of the dollar, on one hand, decreased the

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by P19.24 billion; but on the other hand, increased the peso equivalent of third currency-denominated debt by 0 BILLION THEREBY RESULTING IN A NET DOWNWARD REVALUATION EFFECT OF 0 billion,� it explained. ! FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATE OF 0 against the dollar was used for the latest DATA COMPARED WITH $ECEMBER S 0 Total national government obligations fell by 0.1 percent and 0.4 percent to P487.29 billion in January from 0 BILLION IN $ECEMBER AND 0 billion a year ago, respectively.

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REMOVING restrictive regulations and unequal and discretionary application of policies could improve productivity and add at least 0.2 percentage points to the Philippines’ gross domestic product annually, a World Bank economist said on Monday. )N A BRIEkNG DURING THE LAUNCH of the “Fostering Competition in the Philippines: The Challenge of Restrictive Regulations� report, economist Graciela Miralles

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PROVISION that “did not make it into� the recently revised charter of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) would have given the central bank some oversight of the country’s massive conglomerates. The BSP would like to try to include the amendment “at some future point.�

An even better idea would be to kND OUT WHY IT WAS BYPASSED IN the new amended charter, and include it immediately.

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Rice tariffication law’s IRR done, sent to NEDA F The DA has also submitted the kNISHED )22 TO THE .ATIONAL %COnomic and Development Authority (NEDA) for approval, which WOULD SIGNAL THE OFkCIAL ROLLOUT of the law. “Actually the DA worked overtime. The IRR is complete,â€? Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel 0IĂ„OL SAID IN A PRESS BRIEkNG ON Monday. The DA’s nationwide public consultations with local RICE FARMERS RAN FROM &EB TO March 1. Consultations were done in Nueva Ecija, Batangas, Davao City and Iloilo City.

PiĂąol admitted local farmers feared the law would lead to the death blow to the local rice industry by discouraging rice planters to produce the

staple. But the consultations, described by PiĂąol as a “successful exercise,â€? helped clear some doubts on the possible effects of the law.

RA 11203 completely abolishes quantitative restrictions to ensure a steady supply of rice in the domestic market, which was also seen to put local producers at a disadvantage for not being able to compete with the imported supply.

But PiĂąol said imported rice would not penetrate all of the markets in the country as it proVIDES ONLY PERCENT OF THE TOTAL national requirements. “[T]hat volume actually may not be able TO INlUENCE THE PRICES IN OTHER parts of the country to the point

that farmers will be losing money,� he said. “We explained to them (farmers) that even if importers would like to bring in bigger volume of rice, there’s a limitation to how much you can access in the world market and the moment you accept more, there would be a spike of prices in the world market,�

PiĂąol said.

The total volume of rice traded in the world market every year is about 40 million metric tons (MT), with some 38 million MT already committed to specific importing countries. PiĂąol said farmers mulled for an assurance that there would be no drastic drop in the prices of palay when THE LAW TAKES AFFECT 3PECIkCALLY

he said the stakeholders have proposed that the National Food Authority (NFA) be allowed to procure buffer stocks more than TO DAYS PiĂąol admitted he supports this position, noting that the NFA’s buffer stocks “should be more than 30 days.â€? Under the law, the

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OLLOWING a series of consultations among stakeholders of the rice industry, the Department of Agriculture (DA) has completed the implementing rules and regulations )22 FOR THE 2ICE 4ARIFkCATION !CT 2!

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NFA is mandated to have at least DAYS WORTH OF CONSUMPTION AT any given time and 30-day buffer during lean season, which starts in July and ends in September. The lean months is when the country’s rice farmers are planting and rice supply is at its lowest. !S ANNOUNCED THE 2ICE 4ARIFkCATION !CT TAKES EFFECT ON -ARCH )T allows unlimited importation of rice as long as traders secure a phytosanitary permit from the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) and pay a PERCENT FOR ALL IMPORTS FROM the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), 40 percent for inquota or within minimum access volume (MAV) from non-Asean, and 180 percent for out-quota and non-Asean or as calculated by the Tariff Commission.

The new law also calls for the establishment of the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) which will be endowed with P10 billion a year for six years to improve mechanization, ACCESS TO SEED AND kNANCING IN the industry.

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TEACH at a Jesuit university and was recently asked to tell our 2nd year college students what programs they can choose going into 3rd and 4th year. I started my presentation by asking: how many of you came here to college to learn how to destroy the world? At kRST THERE WAS INCREDULOUS SILENCE

some quirky laughter, and then three people raised their hands WITH PROUD AFkRMATION. I was a bit surprised and then proceeded to ask: how many of you came here to make the world a better place? Total silence, no one raised their hand.

I acknowledged that and was even more surprised. I would have thought that at least some would say “YeS that is who I am.� We are

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MICHAEL PIRSON at a Jesuit university that prides itself as educating men and women for others.

While I was dumbfounded, my colleague proceeded with our presentation and shared with them what we think the highlights of Jesuit education can be, to learn how to be part of the solution, saving souls, saving humans, saving the planet, living a life with dignity, and promoting the common good.

In New York, that does not seem to be high on the agenda and it was

stupefying.

I closed our pronouncements by saying that if folks did not want to improve or worsen the world, what were they up to?

Of course it was rhetorical, yet I shared with them that they may just as well go to the Mediocristan school of going through the motions, not having any meaningful impact along the way. Suddenly people chuckled and felt tickled. They visibly were uncomfortable with the thought of their own aspirational mediocrity. I invited them to declare openly what they were up to by declaring their majors and MINORS IN kELDS THAT COULD HELP them become part of the solution to the many problems we are facing as a species.

While I am still unsure how my comments landed with my students, my faculty colleagues said they want to sign up and do the social innovation and sustainable business programs we offer. So it worked on some level.

On another level, I had to hit the pause button and do some DEEPER RElECTION )S THIS TRULY WHO our students are? It struck me how much our students are living lives of quiet desperation. It hit me that they may indeed be living lives without aspiration, and I mean shared aspiration.

In private, they have told me countless times how much they

want to change the world and leave a legacy of giving and sharing. Yet, in public they feel uncomfortable sharing that they are up to human excellence.

Maybe this is an amazing insight as to why we as humanity feel so stuck in our motions. We adults show them that success is mediocrity; climbing up the corporate ladder into middle management.

A critical life skill is the ability to go through the motions and survive; maybe faking a smile here and there.

If humanity is going to make progress, we need to remove the pluralistic ignorance. This term describes how all of us privately think and hope to change the world for the better, but then rationalize ourselves as “the only� ones; the quiet heroes that nobody notices.

There may be a reason for that. We do not share our aspirations -- our highest human aspirations.

If you have ideas on how to remove the veil of shared mediocrity, please let me know; because we need to get better at it.

Dr. Michael Pirson is an Associate Professor of Management, Global Sustainability, and Social Entrepreneurship at Fordham University.

He co-founded the International Humanistic Management Association of which De La Salle University is a part. Email: pirson@ fordham.edu

Naming a new company is simple if‌ I BEYOND

F YOU want your company to be successful, you must start by choosing the best name possible for it. But how do you ensure name recall? Let’s start with the world’s famous brand like Coca-Cola and Colgate as examples. How did they get their name?

How about Apple, Toyota, Nike and many more? Chances are, you know nothing how they came about. But you like these products just the same.

Many times, as a consumer you don’t care about how the company got its name as long AS IT SATISkES YOUR USUAL DESIRE for the theoretical QCD (quality, cost and delivery). We like a particular product because it is of good quality, sold at the most reasonable price, and delivered on time every day and where ever you go. Meaning, it’s available almost everywhere.

Since this article is not for ordinary consumers but for business executives and management professionals, it’s always interesting to talk about topics close to our hearts and mind. And so, let’s learn from our world-class models.

Coca-Cola is called by that name because its formulation includes cocaine leaf and kola fruits. The word “cocaine� is long and has a negative connotation, thus it was shortened to “coca� and the founders thought it was better to use the letter “C� twice for Cola to represent “kola fruits.�

The brand name Colgate, ESTABLISHED IN AND KNOWN for its toothpaste and dental care products, came from its founder William Colgate. On the other hand, Toyota came from the Toyoda family. The change of name from Toyoda to Toyota is an interesting story. In 1933, at the time when Toyoda Industries started its automotive division, it conducted a survey among its workers on the best possible name of the company.

In response to the company’s continued evolution as a major exporter to the United States, Toyoda Industries wanted a name that can resonate both in English and Japanese. The name “Toyota� (not Toyoda) came out as the most popular among 27,000 entries because when written in Japanese, it requires eight strokes which means luck and prosperity.

How about Apple Computers? Founder Steve Jobs known, for his “fruitarian diet�, named the company as Apple shortly after he came fresh from an apple farm and thought that the name sounded “fun, spirited, and not intimidating.�

In the case of Nike, it got its name from Nike as the winged goddess of Victory under Greek mythology symbolizing the sound of speed, movement, power and motivation.

Under the local scene, Jollibee founder Tony Tan Caktiong

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REY ELBO made up the name “Jolibe� for HIS NEW RESTAURANT IN 4HE improved name Jollibee came from a management consultant, who recommended the change of spelling to double LL and double EE to give new meaning to a jolly bee, and also to represent the Filipino as being hardworking, good-natured, and happy, but always busy.

Dennis Uy, an aggressive and upstart millionaire-businessman from Davao admits the rise of Phoenix Petroleum as an independent player fighting against the giants in the oil industry. He simply asked someone from the creative industry to come up with a name that can compete with The Big Three and will stand out among independent oil players.

According to the Philippine Star: “He couldn’t do it himself because the best he could think of was Gas Boy.� Incidentally, Phoenix is the first unit of Udenna Corporation -- the name derived from his complete name Dennis Ang Uy. My samples are too small to make a pattern for us to learn the tricks of the trade. Perhaps, if there’s one lesson we could learn from them, I would not hesitate to endorse the Simplicity Principle as recommended

by Ken Segall in “Insanely Simple: The Obsession that Drives Apple’s Success� (2012).

Segall, who worked for Jobs for over a decade from NeXT to Apple, has interpreted many management lessons he learned along the way. “Given the option, any sane person will choose the simple path over one that’s more complicated. People of all ages, religions, cultures, and political beliefs prefer simplicity. In fact, it’s not just human beings who prefer it. This preference is burned into the basic writing of all living cells.

When it comes to ordinary, everyday decisions, most lifeforms agree: The simpler path is the far more attractive one.�

Is simplicity easy to do? No, “it ain’t easy,� admits Segall.

By our human nature, we are more susceptible to making things complex than simple.

Steve Jobs said: “Simple can be harder than complex. You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.�

Rey Elbo is a business consultant specializing in human resources and total quality management as a fused interest.

Send feedback to elbonomics@ gmail.com or via https://reyelbo.consulting

In a move meant to respond to Trump’s repeated demands for a narrowing of America’s trade gap with China, Beijing would also increase its purchases of US goods, in Washington had helped narrow including a possible multi-billiondifferences, meaning a formal dollar buys of natural gas from the agreement might be ready when Cheniere Energy group.

President Donald Trump and his In exchange for Chinese concesChinese counterpart Xi Jinping sions, Washington would do away meet in late March while Xi is on with most of the trade sanctions it a European trip. imposed last year, the report said.

It stressed, however, that some The paper quoted analysts as hurdles remain, and that the pact saying that the failure of Trump’s would likely spark complaints on recent summit talks with North both sides that too much has been Korean leader Kim Jong Un in given away.

Hanoi could affect the trade talks The report said China had tenta- in one of two opposite ways. tively agreed to lower tariffs or ease It could persuade Beijing that restrictions on farm, chemical and Trump is desperate for a win, or automobile products, among others. China might take it as a sign that Chinese negotiators have also Trump, as his advisors say, is willoffered to speed up the timetable ing to walk away from a bad deal. for removing foreign-ownership The year-long tit-for-tat trade war limits on car ventures and to re- has imposed punishing tariffs totalduce tariffs on imported vehicles ing many billions of dollars on a TO BELOW THE CURRENT PERCENT large portion of the trade between rate, according to the Journal. the two economic powers.

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US, China

˜ The Manila Times

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NLEX eyes P16B revenues in 2019 NLEX Corp. is looking to generate P16 billion in revenues this year from P12 billion in 2018.

On the sidelines of the inauguration of the main of the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) Harbor Link Segment 10 in Valenzuela City late last week, NLEX Corp.

President Luigi Bautista said he expected the increase to be “mainly DRIVEN BY TRAFkC GROWTH OF ABOUT 6 percent to 7 percent and a new revenue stream in the form of a toll-rate increase from� the road segment’s opening.

About 30,000 to 50,000 cars are expected to use the harbor link daily, Public Works Secretary Mark Villar said last May. According to Bautista, his company has received a permit from the Toll Regulatory Board last week to raise its NLEX toll fee rate

by P9 to P54 from the current minimum of P45 minimum. The

Corporate News Belle Corp. 2018 profit drops 8% to P3.2B

company may start collecting the additional rate by the “second week of March,� he said. .,%8 #ORP WITH OFkCIALS FROM the government, also started preliminary works on the P23.3-billion NLEX-South Luzon Expressway (SLEX) Connector Road last week.

Actual construction, however, may begin in April, Bautista said.

According to the Public Works department, the project is “an eight-kilometer all elevated 4-lane toll expressway extending the NLEX southward from the end of Segment 10 in C3 Road Caloocan City to PUP (Polytechnic University of the Philippines) [campus in] Sta. Mesa, Manila and connecting to the Skyway Stage 3, and mostly traversing the PNR (Philippine National Railways) rail track. The project includes two interchanges located at C3 Road, Caloocan and EspaĂąa, Manila.â€?

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ISTED Belle Corp. saw its net income decline by 8 percent to P3.2 billion in 2018 from P3.5 billion the year before, despite recording revenue growth.

In a disclosure on Monday, the Sy-led property developer said its consoldiated revenues grew by 6 percent to P8.5 billion last year from P8 billion in 2017.

Recurring net income rose by 10 percent to P3.6 billion from P3.3 billion year-on-year. This excluded capital gains on sales of non-core investments and extraordinary items.

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to be paid on March 28.

Originally incorporated as Belle Mining and Oil Exploration Inc., or Belle Resources, in 1973, Belle ventured into the property sector when it developed the Tagaytay Highlands International Golf Club in 1989. Five years later, it changed its name to its present one.

The company acquired Premium Leisure & Amusement Inc., which secured a license from the Philippine Gaming and Amusement Corp. to operate resorts in THE GOVERNMENT RUN kRM S %NTERtainment City in ParaĂąaque City.

Belle Corp. Shares grew by 3 centavos or 1.18 percent to end at P2.58 each on Monday.

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CUSI RESIGNATION SOUGHT A GROUP of electric cooperatives (EC) is urging Secretary Alfonso Cusi to resign from the Department of Energy (DoE) for allegedly favoring private entities. In a statement on Monday, the Philippine Rural Electric Cooperatives Association, Inc. (Philreca) declared Cusi as “persona non-grata� and called for his immediately resignation. Philreca is accusing the Cusi of being “incompetent and ignorant of the law which have been made apparent by ‘biases and pre-conceived negative notions against electric cooperatives; preference to private for-profit corporations; abuse of power; lack of genuine knowledge regarding rural electrification and cooperativism, and failure to recognize the success and gains of rural electrification and development not just because of the government through the National Electrification Administration but most especially because of electric cooperatives commissioned and considered implementing arm of the government.’� In its resolution, the Philreca board outlined Cusi’s many blunders including his refusal to heed on legislators’ call not to reduce the budget of the National Electrification Administration (NEA), which oversees all 121 power co-ops across the country.

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NOD ON PH COMPETITION POLICY PUSHED THE Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) wants the National Competition Policy (NCP) to be approved this year. “We are hoping that we’ll be able to get the approval soonest,� PCC Chairman Arsenio Balisacan said on Monday.

The PCC and the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) are currently finalizing the revisions on NCP, which primarily promotes “free and fair market competition,� Balisacan said. “We have made our presentation to the Cabinet economic development cluster a few weeks back. We are asked to go back to provide more details,� he said.

No date was provided for the next meeting. Balisacan said he was looking forward to provide more context on why such policies were needed to strengthen competitionl. The NCP is in accordance to the goals set in the Philippine Development Plan 2017-2022, which includes implementing competition strategies.

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HOLDING FIRMS

Index

Value

Chg

%Chg

PSEi

7,705.49

-183.63

Ĺş

All Shares

4,769.75

-79.61

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Financials

1,708.16

-53.47

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Industrial

11,341.40

-236.13

Ĺş

Holding Firms

7,725.12

-192.42

Ĺş

Services

1,534.99

-27.88

Ĺş

Mining and Oil

8,491.76

-194.89

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Property

3,981.72

-36.68

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SERVICES

Stock indices as of February 28, 2019

PSEi

Premium Leisure Corp., which holds the company’s stake in the City of Dreams Manila integrated resort and company, reported a 23-percent increase in the share of gaming earnings to P3.2 billion from P2.6 billion in 2017.

Outside gaming, Belle generated P3.4 billion in real-estate revenues, a 9-percent jump from P3.1 billion in 2017. Of the

amount, P2.4 billion came from the company’s lease of the land and buildings making up City of Dreams Manila to Melco Resorts and Entertainment (Philippines) Corp., marking a 6-percent improvement.

Belle’s real-estate sales and property management activities at its Tagaytay Highlands and Midlands residential and leisure complexes in Cavite province contributed the balance of P979 million, a 19-percent increase FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR S kGURE The company has declared P1.2 billion cash dividends to its shareholders as of record date March 14, 2019, equivalent to 12 centavos each share held. The dividends are

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ABOITIZ InfraCapital Inc. (AIC) took another step forward in its proposal to improve and run Laguindingan Airport in Misamis Oriental province after it was granted original proponent status (OPS). In a statement on Monday, the infrastructure arm of the Aboitiz Group said the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) bestwoed the OPS on February 26 for its P42.7-billion unsolicited offer to upgrade, expand, operate and maintain the regional air hub.

The project includes building new passenger terminals, installing required equipment, and enhanc-

ing and developing airside facilities, it added. “The granting of the OPS for the Laguindingan Airport opens up an opportunity for us to play a major role in improving our country’s vital gateways,�

AIC Chief Operating Officer Cosette Canilao was quoted as saying in the statement. “We believe we can be instrumental in connecting our country’s local economies, thereby uplifting the lives of Filipinos,� she added. “We look forward to progressing beyond project development, and into project execution and operations in 2019.� Citing CAAP’s data, AIC said the airport has been ac-

commodating more passengers than its original capacity of only 1.6 million since its operations began in 2013. Last year, about 2 million passengers were recorded through the airport. AIC is a member of the “super� consortium vying to lead the operation and rehabilitation of the country’s main airhub, the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). Other members are AC Infrastructure Holdings, Alliance Global Group Inc., Asia’s Emerging Dragon Corp., Filinvest Development Corp., JG Summit Holdings Inc. and Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC).

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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

Security Name Last Price Chg %Chg International Container Terminal Services, Inc. 113 0 0% Ayala Land, Inc. 42.9 -0.3 -0.69% SM Prime Holdings, Inc. 38.5 0.55 1.45% JG Summit Holdings, Inc. 66.2 0.4 0.61% BDO Unibank, Inc. 125.6 1.9 1.54% Universal Robina Corporation 138 1 0.73% PLDT Inc. 1,036.00 6 0.58% SM Investments Corporation 940 0 0% Vista Land & Lifescapes, Inc. 7.22 -0.18 -2.43% Ayala Corporation 937 7 0.75% First Gen Corporation 22 0.7 3.29% Metropolitan Bank & Trust Company 76.5 1.3 1.73% Bank of the Philippine Islands 85.15 1.15 1.37% Jollibee Foods Corporation 309 0 0% San Miguel Corporation 169.5 -1.2 -0.70% Megaworld Corporation 5.29 0.14 2.72% Philippine Seven Corporation “Common�

138 4.7 3.53% Globe Telecom, Inc. 1,870.00 -33 -1.73% Aboitiz Equity Ventures, Inc. 59.8 -0.2 -0.33% GT Capital Holdings, Inc. 945 15 1.61%

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Volume 3,126,440.00 7,216,400.00 7,501,600.00 4,216,280.00 2,200,670.00 1,774,910.00 204,860.00 205,230.00 24,894,000.00 181,430.00 5,995,600.00 1,713,610.00 1,505,240.00 357,810 642,170 20,372,200 778,890 53,805 1,346,780 84,010

Value(P) 346,381,769.00 310,713,910.00 286,192,630.00 280,642,447.00 275,077,168.00 245,575,041.00 212,073,610.00 193,000,355.00 181,028,254.00 170,053,140.00 130,703,190.00 130,427,036.00 127,940,352.50 110,743,898.00 109,239,414.00 106,394,812.00 104,878,539.00 100,907,560.00 79,957,527.50 79,025,585.00

*amounts in peso, except for volume, %chg

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FINANCIALS

INDUSTRIAL

PROPERTY

INDEX HISTORY Date Mar 4, 2019 Mar 1, 2019 Feb 28, 2019 Feb 27, 2019 Feb 26, 2019 Feb 22, 2019 Feb 21, 2019 Feb 20, 2019 Feb 19, 2019 Feb 18, 2019 Feb 15, 2019 Feb 14, 2019 Feb 13, 2019 Feb 12, 2019 Feb 11, 2019 Feb 8, 2019 Feb 7, 2019 Feb 6, 2019 Feb 4, 2019 Feb 1, 2019 Jan 31, 2019 Jan 30, 2019 Jan 29, 2019 Jan 28, 2019 Jan 25, 2019 Jan 24, 2019 Jan 23, 2019 Jan 22, 2019 Jan 21, 2019 Jan 18, 2019

Open 7,632 7,712 7,920 7,962 7,996 7,940 7,947 7,849 7,923 7,925 7,965 7,960 8,040 8,077 8,088 8,092 8,093 8,091 8,132 8,039 7,999 8,039 8,087 8,071 8,076 8,001 7,941 8,024 8,055 7,932

High 7,698 7,754 7,920 7,973 7,996 7,962 7,947 7,945 7,939 7,964 8,000 7,996 8,040 8,084 8,106 8,096 8,127 8,214 8,149 8,166 8,099 8,047 8,087 8,144 8,116 8,068 7,990 8,030 8,067 8,058

Low 7,596 7,588 7,705 7,878 7,945 7,895 7,893 7,848 7,831 7,911 7,909 7,921 7,889 7,984 8,062 8,036 8,088 8,058 8,069 8,039 7,999 7,912 8,015 8,042 8,039 8,001 7,902 7,979 7,964 7,920

Close 7,675 7,642 7,705 7,889 7,988 7,962 7,931 7,939 7,834 7,911 7,909 7,991 7,920 8,010 8,062 8,071 8,100 8,058 8,069 8,144 8,007 7,980 8,051 8,054 8,053 8,065 7,990 8,009 8,007 8,047

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Security Name Zeus Holdings, Inc. Macay Holdings, Inc. Manila Jockey Club, Inc. BDO Leasing & Finance, Inc. Omico Corporation Swift Foods, Inc. Panasonic Manufacturing Philippines Corporation Holcim Philippines, Inc. Da Vinci Capital Holdings, Inc. Suntrust Home Developers, Inc. Millennium Global Holdings, Inc. Anchor Land Holdings, Inc. Philippine Seven Corporation “Common�

Phoenix Petroleum Philippines, Inc. Lorenzo Shipping Corporation Philippine National Bank First Gen Corporation Phinma Petroleum and Geothermal, Inc. Boulevard Holdings, Inc. San Miguel Food and Beverage, Inc.

Volume Value 135,280,000.00 54,023,000.00 486,800.00 6,086,580.00 205,000.00 965,810.00 227,000.00 527,330.00 175,000.00 106,740.00 20,000.00 2,720.00 400.00 2,460.00 2,399,500.00 23,072,730.00 249,100.00 1,496,613.00 71,000.00 56,090.00 160,000.00 33,360.00 100.00 1,060.00 778,890.00 104,878,539.00 169,000.00 2,042,742.00 44,000.00 39,560.00 203,100.00 10,285,305.00 5,995,600.00 130,703,190.00 279,000.00 870,160.00 22,820,000.00 1,515,580.00 369,320.00 37,312,217.00

Last Price 0.415 11.8 4.97 2.34 0.64 0.136 6.15 9.61 6.29 0.79 0.214 10.6 138 12.2 0.92 51.15 22 3.25 0.067 103

Chg 0.045 0.84 0.25 0.11 0.03 0.006 0.27 0.42 0.25 0.03 0.008 0.38 4.7 0.4 0.03 1.65 0.7 0.1 0.002 3

%Chg 12.16% 7.66% 5.30% 4.93% 4.92% 4.62% 4.59% 4.57% 4.14% 3.95% 3.88% 3.72% 3.53% 3.39% 3.37% 3.33% 3.29% 3.17% 3.08% 3.00%

*amounts in peso, except for volume, %chg

TOP LOSERS

HIGH

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

Security Name The Philodrill Corporation Benguet Corporation “A�

Semirara Mining and Power Corporation Concepcion Industrial Corporation City & Land Developers, Inc. iPeople, Inc. Global-Estate Resorts, Inc. Philippine Trust Company Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company “Bâ€? )RUXP 3DFLÂżF ,QF MRC Allied Incorporated Philippine Infradev Holdings, Inc. ATN Holdings, Inc. “Aâ€?

Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation Chelsea Logistics Holdings Corp.

National Reinsurance Corporation of the Philippines LBC Express Holdings, Inc. Xurpas Inc. Pepsi-Cola Products Philippines, Inc. Marcventures Holdings, Inc.

*amounts in peso except for volume, %chg

Volume 24,000,000.00 5,000.00 2,779,900.00 400.00 149,000.00 9,400.00 4,523,000.00 240.00 280,000.00 1,390,000.00 35,090,000.00 5,000,000.00 32,512,000.00 2,937,000.00 2,255,100.00 1,359,000.00 4,600.00 22,646,000.00 6,415,000.00 91,000.00

Value 286,800.00 6,300.00 57,178,685.00 16,020.00 123,870.00 101,940.00 5,568,430.00 26,193.00 35,840.00 325,620.00 14,252,600.00 10,239,590.00 49,313,050.00 1,798,660.00 13,314,043.00 1,356,050.00 70,352.00 30,462,440.00 8,957,860.00 96,560.00

Last Price 0.011 1.26 20.35 40.05 0.83 10.7 1.22 110.1 0.128 0.231 0.405 2.03 1.47 0.61 5.82 0.99 15.24 1.35 1.38 1.06

Chg -0.002 -0.09 -1.4 -1.95 -0.04 -0.48 -0.05 -4.4 -0.005 -0.009 -0.015 -0.07 -0.05 -0.02 -0.19 -0.03 -0.46 -0.04 -0.04 -0.03

%Chg -15.38% -6.67% -6.44% -4.64% -4.60% -4.29% -3.94% -3.84% -3.76% -3.75% -3.57% -3.33% -3.29% -3.17% -3.16% -2.94% -2.93% -2.88% -2.82% -2.75%

Foreign News Asia markets rise on trade deal hopes H B4

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TUESDAY March 5, 2019

ONG KONG: Asian markets mostly rose on Monday on growing optimism for a trade deal between China and the United States after reports said the two sides were close to a breakthrough.

With a busy week of data releases and events coming up, investors got off to a positive start as they cheered stories saying the tariff standoff between the world’s top two economies that has dragged on global growth could soon be resolved.

The Wall Street Journal said negotiations last month had narrowed key differences and an agreement could be ready for signing at a summit between

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Trade farm, chemical and automobile products, among others.

However, one of the remaining points is whether the plan to slap 25-percent tariffs would be lifted immediately upon the signing of the deal or over a period to allow Washington to monitor Beijing’s commitments.

P2P Trade Online sales associate Gabriel Jose Perez said the market “might not be out of the woods yet,� adding that investors should watch out for how the US market performs once it resumes trading as it would help lift PSEi again today.

In Manila, only the minING AND OIL INDEX kNISHED IN the red, down 2.52 percent.

More than 1.02 billion issues were traded valued at P6.2 billion.

Losers led winners, 103 to 94, while 52 issues were unchanged.

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Donald Trump and Xi Jinping in late March.

The newspaper, as well as Bloomberg News, also said Beijing had tentatively agreed to lower tariffs or ease certain restrictions, work quicker to open up its auto market and increase its purchases of US goods.

In exchange for Chinese concessions, Washington would do away with most of the trade sanctions it imposed last year, the reports

“Investors are fully aware of these long-term challenges, but a MORE SUSTAINED CEASEkRE ON TARIFFS will help to reduce business uncertainty. This could provide a muchneeded lift to business sentiment and improve growth momentum entering the summer,� he added.

But there were also warnings that investors could be left disappointed. “With all this positivity comes ‘Much-needed lift’ the risk that the market is buying 4AI (UI !SIA 0ACIkC CHIEF MARKET on this rumor mill and is becomstrategist at JP Morgan Asset Man- ing more exposed should the good agement, said that, while there news not materialize,� said Neil were a number of hurdles to a Wilson, chief market analyst at kNAL AGREEMENT SUCH AS ON INTEL- Markets.com. “March could well lectual property rights, traders were come in like a lion and go out like a lamb.�

BROADLY CONkDENT added.

Shanghai rose 1.1 percent, while Hong Kong put on 0.5 percent and Tokyo ended 1 percent higher.

Sydney rose 0.4 percent and Singapore 0.8 percent, while Wellington added 0.7 percent.

However, Seoul edged down 0.2 percent while Taipei slipped 0.4 percent.

China to vote on investment bill BEIJING: China’s legislature will vote next week on a highly anticipated bill that will bring “a fundamental change� for foreign investors, an official said on Monday, in a move that could help ease US trade tensions.

The draft foreign investment law will be the most closely watched item at the annual two-week session of the rubber-stamp National People’s Congress, which opens on Tuesday.

The legislation seeks to address longstanding complaints from foreign companies, though Europeans voiced concerns that it was being fast-tracked to meet US demands on trade.

The bill will eliminate the requirement for foreign kRMS TO TRANSFER PROPRIETARY technology to Chinese jointventure partners — a central issue in Beijing’s trade negotiations with Washington.

It also promises to abolish the “case-by-case ap-

provals� process for foreign investments, NPC spokesman Zhang Yesui said at a news conference.

The change will ensure that foreign investors will enjoy the same privileges as Chinese companies in most sectors, except those placed on a “negative list.�

Beijing uses negative lists to identify areas that are either off-limits to nonstate businesses or that require them to go through an application and approval process. “Areas for prohibiting and restricting foreign investments shall be clearly listed and areas outside the negative list will be fully open,� Zhang said.

terprises. “This is a fundamental change in our foreign investment management system, which will improve the openness, transparency and predictability of the investment environment,� Zhang said.

US and European Union officials have long complained of a lack of fair access for foreign companies in China, as well as rampant theft of intellectual property.

Tim Stratford, chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in China, said last week “our initial impression is positive,� but that businesses were waiting for further detail.

But the European Cham“Same treatment� ber of Commerce said it feared that the legislation 4HE NEW gUNIkED LAWu WILL was being fast-tracked to replace three existing laws meet US demands.

The NPC will vote on the on Chinese and foreign equity joint ventures, non- draft law on March 15, the equity joint ventures and last day of its annual sesAFP wholly foreign-owned en- sion.

Focus turns on Tuesday to the start of China’s annual National People’s Congress, where it will unveil its growth forecast for this year, while dealers will be looking for any measures to stimulate the stuttering economy.

This week also sees the release of Chinese trade data and key US JOBS kGURES WHICH WILL PROVIDE A fresh look at the state of the US economy and the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy plans.

On currency markets the dollar extended gains against the safehaven yen as dealers became more CONkDENT WHILE THE GREENBACK WAS down against most high-yielding units, including the Australian dollar, South African rand and Thai

baht. China’s yuan was holding around eight-month highs.

Adding to dollar weakness were comments from Trump hitting out at a strong currency. “I want a strong dollar but I want a dollar that does great for our country, not a dollar that’s so strong that it makes it prohibitive for us to do business with other nations and take their business,� he said during a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Maryland on Saturday, according to Bloomberg News.

As of press time, London rose 0.3 percent, Frankfurt gained 0.4 percent and Paris put on 0.5 percent in early trading on Monday.

AFP

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BSP oversight of conglomerates a lovely idea in the new charter is not really much of a mystery.

And to be fair to the conglomerates, there is not a critical use case for extended BSP regulation at the moment. That, however, is purely a function of the economic health of these particular conglomerates, and not a positive aspect of the concept of extreme vertical integration.

There are couple of abstract reasons why BSP regulation would be desirable. First, the broad linkages of businesses within the conglomerates mean added risk in both directions. A failure at the conglomerateowned bank will pose a serious threat to the conglomerate’s other businesses, and conversely, a failure in one of the conglomerate’s other big segments – real estate, for example – puts the bank at risk.

3ECOND THERE ARE A SIGNIkCANT NUMBER OF WAYS a conglomerate, or several conglomerates acting in concert, can make an end-run around existing BANKING REGULATIONS OR AFFECT THE BROADER kNANCIAL system. For example, several conglomerates could AGREE TO kX PESO DOLLAR EXCHANGE RATES IT HAS BEEN suggested that they already do) and cancel out organic market action or any market intervention the central bank attempts. It is also possible that internal networks could be used as conduits for money-laundering, since big institutional transactions within conglomerate groups do not ordinarily attract any regulatory attention.

Of course, any good idea can be done badly, so the value of extended BSP regulation would be determined by its details. As it stands now, the proposed and then bypassed provision in the amended charter would have only given the BSP the task to craft regulations as it might deem necessary in the future, broadening the scope of BSP authority without detailing how that authority might be used.

That is appropriate, because the BSP needs to be able to act according to changing circumstances, but it inevitably creates uncertainty; the conglomerates would understandably be a bit nervous that their hands might be tied in some indeterminate way at some indeterminate time in the future, which is not an ideal sort of variable to introduce into strategic planning. On the other hand, the BSP’s long record of stable regulation should confer some credibility on the institution. With the lines between banking and non-banking business being steadily blurred or ERASED ENTIRELY lEXIBLE REGULATION THAT MIGHT REACH outside its traditional banking boundaries will probably be necessary and prudent as time goes by. The BSP ought to be granted the authority it is seeking.

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Removing restricting Murciego said “[t]hat estimation takes into account what would be the impact of reforms only covering the services sector.� “All those reforms that pertain to those sectors� — energy, transportation, telecommunications and professional services — “that have MORE SIGNIkCANCE AND EFFECTS IN THE ECONOMY IS critical because they are going to have an impact FOR kRMS TO BE MORE COMPETITIVE ACROSS MARKETS and even in international market,� she added.

Completed last year, the report noted that Philippine markets are relatively concentrated, saying that in the country, there was a higher proportion of monopoly, duopoly and oligopoly markets.

These structures, it also said, can be more prone to collusion and abuse of market power, supported by excessive regulations and restrictions.

Among the restrictions cited include the high cost and limited capacity of electricity; limitations on foreign direct investments, which prevent the development of electricity infrastructure; high prices of mobile-phone services; limited foreign participation in the transportation sector; and lack of competition in domestic shipping. “The Philippines needs a more competitive

Embrace the lepers These past few days, I have been immersed in one of my other media endeavors, helping to cover the Regional Assembly of Organizations of People Affected by Leprosy in Asia for Inter Press Service )03 HELD AT THE (OTEL ( / INSIDE THE -ANILA Ocean Park. The conference was organized by the Coalition of Leprosy Advocates of the PhilipPINES #,!0 IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE *APAN BASED Sasakawa Memorial Health Foundation and the Culion Sanitarium and General Hospital.

The stories from the conference can be read on THE )03 WEBSITE WWW IPSNEWS NET BUT THERE ARE a few other observations worth mentioning here.

For one thing, the stigma attached to leprosy is unreasonable and unnecessary, a dusty vestige of Biblical teaching that should have been left behind centuries ago. Calling someone a “leper� is actually considered a slur, as is using the term METAPHORICALLY THE PREFERRED TERM IS gPERSON OR persons) affected by leprosy,� or here in the PhilIPPINES g(ANSENITEu AFTER THE .ORWEGIAN DOCTOR WHO kRST IDENTIkED THE BACTERIA THAT CAUSES THE disease). Contrary to popular belief, the disease is not incurable, nor is it particularly contagious; most people have natural immunity to it, and while it can be spread from person to person, its communicability is low, and cannot be spread by simple contact. Isolating leprosy patients only adds insult to injury, and is a completely unnecessary precaution.

Apart from the slight novelty that almost everyone involved was at one time a leprosy patient, the most interesting thing about the various groups represented at the conference – besides the Philippines, there were representatives from China, Indonesia, Kiribati, and Nepal – is that the success and sustainability of their social endeavors very much rely on very business-minded concerns. Funding is of course a critical priority, but almost as important as that is intellectual capacity; because of the marginalization of people affected by leprosy, the advocates’ groups have a DEARTH OF TALENT IN BUSINESS AND kNANCIAL MANagement. Anyone looking for a worthwhile social engagement or a CSR focus deserving of esteem instead of mockery should consider lending their expertise to groups like CLAP or the smaller local organizations that make up the coalition.

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and vibrant private sector to generate the kind of economic opportunities that can help lift more people out of poverty,� Murciego said. “The government of the Philippines has adopted key reforms to foster competition and limit state participation in sectors where private participation is typically possible economically viable,� she added.

She also said, however, that slow implementation continues to hinder “the potential BENEkTS OF THESE REFORMS TO CONSUMERS u WHICH result in high prices and limited choices for consumers.

To address these issues, the report recommended ways to reduce regulatory restrictions.

These include tackling restrictive regulations in infrastricture and professional services to create more competitive conditions; eliminating restrictions on foreign and domestic investors in sectors where these create an uneven PLAYING kELD AND MINIMIZING THE SCOPE OF controlled prices to create the right incentives FOR kRMS The report also urged the government to streamline administrative procedures for businesses to facilitate market entry and competition. “Ensuring that government policies and regulations do not create barriers to entry or DISTORT THE PLAYING kELD IS NECESSARY TO ENHANCE private participation and unlock more investments opportunities for all businesses big and small,� World Bank Country Director for Brunei Darussalam, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand Mara Warwick said in the statement.

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Republic of the Philippines 2I¿FH RI WKH 3UHVLGHQW HOUSING AND LAND USE REGULATORY BOARD Lupong Nangangasiwa sa Pabahay at Gamit ng Lupa SOUTHERN TAGALOG REGION – (STR)

Republic of the Philippines 2I¿FH RI WKH 3UHVLGHQW HOUSING AND LAND USE REGULATORY BOARD Lupong Nangangasiwa sa Pabahay at Gamit ng Lupa SOUTHERN TAGALOG REGION – (STR) PAUNAWA

NOTICE

Ipinagbibigay alam na ang TWIN LAKES CORPORATION (Mayari at Debeloper) ay naghain sa Tanggapang ito ng sinumpaang aplikasyon para sa pagbebenta ng mga “Residential Condominium Units� sa THE BELVEDERE na matatagpuan sa Brgy. Dayap Itaas, Laurel, Batangas at sinasakop ng mga Lote Blg. 5, Bloke EDKDJL ODPDQJ /RWH %OJ %ORNH (bahagi lamang) at Lote Blg. 6, Bloke 2 (bahagi lamang) na may sukat na 8440 sq.m. sa ilalim ng mga Titulo Blgs. 056 DW 2016000542.

Notice is hereby given that TWIN LAKES CORPORATION (Owner/ Developer) KDV ÂżOHG ZLWK WKLV 2IÂżFH a sworn registration statement for the sale of Residential Condominium Units in THE BELVEDERE located at Brgy. Dayap Itaas, Laurel, Batangas and more particularly described as Lot 5, Block 3 (portion only), and Lot 6, Block 2 (portion only) containing an area of 8,440 sq.m. and covered by TCT Nos. 056 DQG 056-2016000542.

Ang nasabing proyekto ay ginagamit ang Participation Through Investment Incentivized Compliance sa pamamagitan ng pag deposito ng P5,672,313.74 sa Trust Account sa ilalim ng Escrow Agreement sa pamamagitan at gitna ng TWIN LAKES CORPORATION, HOUSING AND LAND USE REGULATORY BOARD (SOUTHERN TAGALOG REGIONAL OFFICE) at BDO UNIBANK, INC. - TRUST AND INVESTMENTS GROUP bilang pagsunod ng Seksyon 18 Batas Republika Blg. 7279 na naamyendahan ng Batas Republika Blg. 10884.

The foregoing project is utilizing the Participation Through Investment Incentivized Compliance by depositing the amount of P5,672,313.74 in Trust Account under Escrow Agreement by and among TWIN LAKES CORPORATION, HOUSING AND LAND USE REGULATORY BOARD (SOUTHERN TAGALOG REGIONAL OFFICE) and BDO UNIBANK, INC. - TRUST AND INVESTMENTS GROUP as its compliance to Section 18 of Republic Act No. 7279 as amended by Republic Act No. 10884.

Notice is hereby given that the estate of the late MERCEDES JIMENEZ was the subject of a Deed of Extrajudicial Settlement of Estate executed on January 15, 2018 by and among her heirs and acknowledged as Doc. No. 31 on Page No. 7 of Book No. II Series of 2018 before Atty. Francisco J. Malate, Jr., a notary public for and in the City of ParaĂąaque.

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Absent legal impediment, the abovecited project is deemed registered DQG D FHUWLÂżFDWH LQ HYLGHQFH WKHUHRI VKDOO IRUWKZLWK EH LVVXHG DIWHU ÂżYH

days from the last day of publication.

Pagkaraan ng limang (5) araw mula sa huling araw ng pagkalathala ang proyektong nabanggit ay ituturing na rehistrado na at maaring bigyan ng sertipiko bilang katibayan nito kapag wala nang sagabal na ligal.

Calamba City, Laguna, 04th day of March 2019.

Lungsod ng Calamba, Laguna, ika-04 ng March 2019

Recommending Approval: (SGD.) ENGR. EMMANUEL G. GLIPO Head - Planning, Registration and Licensing Division (PRLD)

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Construction of AFPHSETC (Formerly AFPMSS) Student Barracks, AFP Health Service Command, V. Luna Ave. Quezon City. (GB3-PB-001-19)

Php25,000,000.00

PhP25,000.00

Three Hundred Twenty Five (325) Calendar Days including 25 calendar days for the rainy unworkable days upon receipt of Notice to Proceed

Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizens/sole proprietorships, cooperatives, and partnerships or organizations with at least VHYHQW\ ÂżYH SHUFHQW LQWHUHVW RU RXWVWDQGLQJ FDSLWDO VWRFN EHORQJLQJ WR FLWL]HQV RI WKH 3KLOLSSLQHV 4.

Interested bidders may obtain further information from GHQBAC 3 Secretariat, and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Monday to Friday Excluding Holidays, Saturdays and Sundays.

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A complete set of Bidding Documents may be acquired by interested bidders from the given address below 3rd Floor Bulwagang Syquio, Camp General Emilio Aguinaldo, Quezon City: upon payment of non-refundable fee for the Bidding 'RFXPHQWV SXUVXDQW WR WKH ODWHVW *XLGHOLQHV LVVXHG E\ WKH *33% LQ WKH DPRXQW VSHFLÂżHG DERYH It may also be downloaded free of charge from the website of the Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS) and the website of the Procuring Entity, provided that bidders shall pay the applicable fee for the Bidding Documents not later than the submission of their bids.

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) will hold a Pre-Bid Conference on 13 March 2019 (Wednesday), 9:00 AM at the OJ9 Conference Room, Camp General Emilio Aguinaldo, Quezon City which shall be open to prospective bidders.

Bids must be duly received by the GHQ BAC 3 Secretariat at the address below on or before 26 March 2019 (Tuesday) at 9:00 AM. All bids must be accompanied by a bid security in any of the acceptable forms and in the amount stated in ITB Clause 18.

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The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) reserves the right to reject any and all bids, declare a failure of bidding, or not award the contract at any time prior to contract award in accordance with Section 41 of RA 9184 and its IRR, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder or bidders.

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For further information, please refer to: 2IÂżFH RI WKH *+4 %LGV DQG $ZDUGV &RPPLWWHH 6HFUHWDULDW 3/F Bulwagang Syquio Camp General Aguinaldo, Quezon City Phone Nr: 911-6001 Loc 3095/6495 Email Address: ghq.sbac1@gmail.com Website: www.philgeps.gov.ph

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CASE NO. MNL-2011-013-FO (Amendment Nos. 1-7) Amendment No. 8

DEPARTURE b) Esplanade, SM MOA 8:00 AM Manila Bay 11:15 PM

ABC

Bid opening shall be on 26 March 2019 (Tuesday) at 9:00 AM at the OJ9 Conference Room, Camp General Emilio Aguinaldo, Quezon City. Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidders’ representatives who choose to attend at the address below. Late bids shall not be accepted.

SOLE CRUISES, INC., Applicant. x------------------------------x

Corregidor Esplanade, SM MOA DAILY

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The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), now invites bids for Construction of AFPHSETC (Formerly AFPMSS) Student Barracks, AFP Health Service Command, V. Luna Ave. Quezon City, under GB3-PB-001-19. Completion of the Works is required Three Hundred Twenty Five (325) Calendar days including 25 calendar days for the rainy unworkable days upon receipt of Notice to Proceed. Bidders should have completed a contract similar to the Project. The description of an eligible bidder is contained in the Bidding Documents, particularly, in “section II. Instructions to Bidders�.

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DEPARTURE a) Esplanade, SM MOA 6:30 AM Corregidor 4:30 PM

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), through AFP Trust Receipts, intends to apply the sum of Twenty Five Million Pesos (P25,000,000.00) being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) for the payments under the corresponding contract for Construction of AFPHSETC (Formerly AFPMSS) Student Barracks, AFP Health Service Command, V. Luna Ave. Quezon City. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening. The following are the details of the project:

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Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation MARITIME INDUSTRY AUTHORITY FRANCHISING SERVICE, CENTRAL OFFICE Parkview Plaza (Masagana Telamart, Inc.) 984 Taft Avenue cor. T.M. Kalaw St., Ermita, Manila

Republic of the Philippines /RFDO &LYLO 5HJLVWU\ 2IÂżFH Province of Aklan City/Municipality of Makato

INVITATION TO BID Construction of AFPHSETC (Formerly AFPMSS) Student Barracks, AFP Health Service Command, V. Luna Ave. Quezon City (GB3-PB-001-19)

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All papers relative thereto shall upon request and payment of processing fee, be available for inspection during business hours by any person having legal interest thereon.

Ang mga kasulatang kaugnay nito ay maaring suriin ng sinumang tao na nagtataglay ng ligal na interes doon pagkatapos ng wastong aplikasyon at kaukulang bayad.

GENERAL HEADQUARTERS ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES GHQ BIDS AND AWARDS COMMITTEE 3 Camp General Emilio Aguinaldo, Quezon City

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ARRIVAL 7:30 AM 6:00 PM ARRIVAL 8:45 AM 12:00 AM

RATE P3,358.00/Regular Rate and P1,944.00/Child Rate P1,499.00

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BY AUTHORITY OF THE MARINA ADMINISTRATOR: (Pursuant to Administrative Order No. 11-14 dated 22 August 2014) MA. CONCEPCION C. ARBOLARIO OIC-Director Franchising Service

(SGD) SAMUEL Z FELIX RADM AFP Chairperson, BAC 3

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION NTC Building, BIR Road, East Triangle, Diliman, Quezon City Email: ntc@ntc.gov.ph ZHEVLWH http://www.ntc.gov.ph

Notice is hereby given that the said Application will be heard by this Authority on 13 March 2019 at 2:00 o’clock in the afternoon, at the 3rd Floor, Franchising Service Hearing Room, at the above address.

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Smart Communications, Inc. 6799 Ayala Avenue, Makati City Dear Mr. Fernandez: This refers to your letter dated 08 February 2019 regarding the Smart Prepaid Giga IG+FB Trinet Promo.

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PASEGURUHAN NG MGA NAGLILINGKOD SA PAMAHALAAN (GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM) Financial Center, Pasay City, Metro Manila 1308

In line with the thrust of the government to lower telecommunications service rates for the benefit of the Filipino consumers and Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW), the Commission hereby approves Smart Prepaid Giga IG+FB Trinet Promo nationwide to be implemented not later than 25 February 2019 until 31 May 2019. The approval is subject to the condition that SMART shall publish the mechanics in a newspaper of general circulation three (3) days prior to the implementation. Should SMART decide not to extend the promo, it shall seek approval of the Commission within ten (10) days prior to the date RI GLVFRQWLQXDQFH DQG QRWLFH WR WKH SXEOLF VKDOO EH SXEOLVKHG LQ D QHZVSDSHU RI JHQHUDO FLUFXODWLRQ DW OHDVW ÂżYH (5) days prior to the date of discontinuance. The notice should be posted in all business centers of SMART. The Giga IG+FB Trinet offers Smart Prepaid subscribers unlimited calls and SMS, open access data, daily data allocation for Instagram + Facebook.

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The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), through the GSIS Corporate Operating Budget for CY 2019, intends to apply the sum of Forty Eight Million Four Hundred Thirty Nine Thousand and One Hundred Pesos (Php48,439,100.00) for thirty (30) months, being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) to payments under the contract for the Janitorial Services (Multi-Year Contract) with the following breakdown by Lot: LOT 1 2

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Interested bidders may obtain further information from the GSIS Bids and Awards Committee (GBAC) Secretariat and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below from 8:00AM to 5:00PM, Monday to Friday excluding holidays.

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A complete set of Bidding Documents may be acquired by interested Bidders starting on 05 March 2019, from 8:00AM to 3:00PM from the abovementioned address and upon payment of the fee for the Bidding Documents in the amount of Php50,000.00 for all lots. Bidders who are interested to participate in one lot, shall pay the cost of Bidding Document per lot.

GBAC Secretariat, Level 2 Core G, GSIS Headquarters Building, Financial Center, Pasay City

Type of Lot Visayas Lot Mindanao Lot

ABC 21,844,100.00 26,595,000.00

Cost of Bidding Documents Php 25,000.00 Php 25,000.00

It may also be downloaded free of charge from the website of the Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS) and the GSIS website (www.gsis.gov.ph/opportunities/gbac), provided that bidders shall pay the applicable fee for the Bidding Documents not later than the submission of their bids.

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The GSIS Bids and Awards Committee will hold a Pre-Bid Conference on 13 March 2019, 10:00AM at the following address/es through video-conferencing: a)

GBAC Conference Room, Level 2 Core G, GSIS Headquarters Building, Financial Center, Pasay City

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GBAC Conference Room, Level 2 Core G, GSIS Headquarters Building, Financial Center, Pasay City

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Bid opening shall be on 27 March 2019, 10:00AM at the address/es stated in Item No. 7 through videoconferencing. Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidders’ representatives who choose to attend the said activity. Late bids shall not be accepted.

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The GSIS reserves the right to reject any and all bids, declare a failure of bidding, or not award the contract at any time prior to contract award in accordance with Section 41 of RA 9184 and its IRR, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder or bidders.

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Republic of the Philippines) MAKATO, AKLAN ) SS CFN-000-2019 PETITION FOR CHANGE OF FIRST NAME I, BELEN TORTUYA PELAYO, of legal age, FILIPINO, and a resident of BAYBAY, MAKATO, AKLAN, after having duly sworn to in accordance with law, hereby declare that: 1.) I am the petitioner seeking the Change of First Name in: ____________________.

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ASHINGTON, D.C.: President Donald Trump said Sunday (Monday in Manila) that the congressional questioning last week of his former lawyer might have contributed to the failure of his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un â&#x20AC;&#x201D; even as his national security adviser claimed the Hanoi meeting was a success.

A high-stakes second summit to strike a disarmament deal with Kim broke up in disarray in Vietnam Thursday, with Trump saying: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sometimes you have to walk and this was just one of those times.â&#x20AC;?

The summit took place at the same time a Democrat-led congressional committee was grilling Michael Cohen, Trumpâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s former lawyer, who labelled his ex-boss a â&#x20AC;&#x153;racist,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;conmanâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;cheat.â&#x20AC;?

On Sunday, Trump said the hearing might have contributed

to the â&#x20AC;&#x153;walk.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;For the Democrats to interview in open hearings a convicted liar & fraudster, at the same time as the very important Nuclear Summit with North Korea, is perhaps a new low in American politics and may have contributed to the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;walk,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? he tweeted. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Never done when a president is overseas. Shame!â&#x20AC;?

Still, US National Security Advisor John Bolton told CBSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Face the Nationâ&#x20AC;? Sunday that the summit should BE SEEN AS gA SUCCESS DEkNED AS THE

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president protecting and advancing American national interests.â&#x20AC;?

He said the issue was whether North Korea would accept what the President called â&#x20AC;&#x153;the big dealâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; denuclearizing completely â&#x20AC;&#x201D; or something less, â&#x20AC;&#x153;which was unacceptable to us.â&#x20AC;? g3O THE 0RESIDENT HELD kRM TO his view. He deepened his relationship with Kim Jong Un. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t view it as a failure at all when American national interests are protected,â&#x20AC;? Bolton added.

The summitâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s collapse followed the leadersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; historic meeting in Singapore that produced only a vague commitment from Kim to work â&#x20AC;&#x153;toward complete denuclearization of the Korean peninsula.â&#x20AC;? !CCORDING TO SENIOR 53 OFkCIALS

in the week leading up to the Hanoi summit, the North Koreans had demanded the lifting of effectively all United Nations

Security Council economic sanctions imposed on Pyongyang since March 2016.

In return, Pyongyang was offering only to close part of the Yongbyon Complex, a sprawling site covering multiple facilities â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and the North is believed to have other uranium enrichment plants.

North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho, however, disputed the US account, saying Pyongyang offered to dismantle all â&#x20AC;&#x153;nuclear production facilities in the Yongbyon areaâ&#x20AC;? in exchange for partial sanctions relief.

Boltonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s evocation of progress was dismissed by leading Democrats, however, including House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, who described the Hanoi meeting as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;spectacular failure.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;The President did give up a great deal, by

going to that summit, by enhancing Kim Jong Unâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s prestige on the world stage, by giving up those military exercises in the last summit and getting nothing for it,â&#x20AC;?

Schiff told CBS. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is, I think, the result of a president who is not prepared for these kinds of negotiations, a staff that is not WELL PREPARED AND IS ESSENTIALLY lYING by the seat of its pants.â&#x20AC;?

Much of the criticism of the summit was sparked by Trumpâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s remarks on the case of an American student tortured and left in a coma in North Korea.

Trump said he believed Kimâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s claim that he did not know what happened to Otto Warmbier, who died at age 22, days after being sent back to the United States in 2017.

Bolton said Trump had been clear that Warmbierâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s death was â&#x20AC;&#x153;barbaric and unacceptable,â&#x20AC;? although Schiff countered that the presidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;obse-

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quious commentsâ&#x20AC;? had compounded the summitâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s failure.

Bolton was touring the Sunday political shows the morning after the US and South Korea announced an end to key annual large-scale military exercises.

The maneuvers have been a perennial target of North Korean fury â&#x20AC;&#x201D; condemned by Pyongyang as provocative rehearsals for war.

Trump has repeatedly complained about the cost of the exercises and â&#x20AC;&#x201D; since 2017â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Singapore summit â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Washington and Seoul have scaled back or scrapped several joint exercises.

Opponents of scrapping the drills warn that it could affect the combat readiness of US and South Korean forces and hand the North a strategic advantage on the divided peninsula.

Bolton sought to play down Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s announcement, however, saying the policy remained unchanged since Singapore. AFP

Moon urges new USNKorea nuke talks SEOUL:Â South Korea President Moon Jaein on Monday urged the US and North Korea to quickly resume denuclearization talks after their Hanoi summit last week ended without a deal.

Moon, who has adopted a dovish approach to Pyongyang and brokered the US-North Korea talks proCESS URGED HIS OFkCIALS TO kND OUT what exactly had gone awry at the high-stakes meeting, and predicted a deal would ultimately be reached. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We hope that both countries will continue their dialogue and that their leaders meet again quickly to reach an agreement that was held off this time,â&#x20AC;? Moon said during a security meeting in Seoul. â&#x20AC;&#x153;While I believe the North-US talks will produce an agreement in THE END ) ASK OFkCIALS TO WORK HARD for the resumption of working-level talks between the US and the North as it is not favourable to have a long absence or stalemate in talks.â&#x20AC;?

The second meeting between US

President Donald Trump and the Northâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kim Jong Un broke up in disarray Thursday in the Vietnamese capital, without even a joint statement.

Trump said at a press conference after the summit that the North Koreans had wanted sanctions against Pyongyang â&#x20AC;&#x153;lifted in their entirety.â&#x20AC;? !CCORDING TO A SENIOR 53 OFkCIAL

Pyongyang in return offered only to close down â&#x20AC;&#x153;a portion of the Yongbyon complex,â&#x20AC;? a sprawling site covering multiple nuclear facilities â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and the North is believe to have other uranium enrichment plants.

North Korea rebuffed the claims, saying it had only wanted some measures eased, and that its proposal to close â&#x20AC;&#x153;all the nuclear production facilitiesâ&#x20AC;? at Yongbyon WAS ITS BEST AND kNAL OFFER g) ASK THAT WE kND OUT THE EXACT gap between the two sides that led to a no-deal at the Hanoi summit and explore ways to narrow down that gap,â&#x20AC;? Moon said.

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ANTI-WAR

People hold signs reading â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Say no to warâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;War is not the answerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; during a vigil for peace in Lahore, Pakistan on Sunday.

Tensions between India and Pakistan raged on Saturday as heavy firing by their armies killed at least seven people on either side of their fiercely disputed Kashmir border. Tensions have soared since a suicide bombing in Kashmir last month claimed by Pakistan-based militants killed 40 Indian paramilitaries. AFP PHOTO

Tornado kills 23 in Alabama House to demand documents from Trump son BEAUREGARD, Alabama: A tornado roared into southeast Alabama and killed at least 23 people and injured several others Sunday (Monday in Manila), part of a severe storm system that caused catastrophic damage and unleashed other tornadoes around the Southeast. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are at 22 right now. Unfortunately, I feel like that number may rise yet again,â&#x20AC;? Lee County Sheriff Jay Jones said of the death toll.

D r o n e s f l y i n g ove r h e a r d equipped with heat-seeking devices had scanned the area for survivors but the dangerous conditions halted the search late Sunday, Jones said.

An intense ground search would resume Monday morning.

Jones said the twister traveled straight down a key local artery in Beauregard and the path of damage and destruction appeared at least a half mile wide. He said single-family homes and mobile homes were

destroyed, adding some homes were reduced to slabs. He had told reporters earlier that several people were taken to hospitals, some with â&#x20AC;&#x153;very serious injuries.â&#x20AC;?

Lee County Coroner Bill Harris told The Associated Press that he had to call in help from the state, because there were more bodies than HIS FOUR PERSON OFkCE CAN HANDLE The National Weather Service conkRMED LATE 3UNDAY A TORNADO WITH AT least an F3 rating and a track at least half a mile (.8 kilometers) wide caused the deadly destruction in Alabama.

Dozens of emergency responders rushed to join search and rescue efforts in hard-hit Lee County after what forecasters said they thought was a large tornado touched down Sunday afternoon, unleashed by a powerful storm system that also slashed its way across parts of Georgia, South Carolina and Florida.

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Japan to grow human organs in animals TOKYO: Japan has given the green light to a controversial research process involving implanting animals with human stem cells that could eventually help grow human organs for transplant inside animal hosts.

The decision by the education and science ministry Friday to revise its guidelines means Japanese researchers can now apply for permits to carry out studies employing the technique, a ministry OFkCIAL TOLD !&0 4HE PROCESS INVOLVES IMPLANTING EMBRYONIC ANIMALS LIKELY kRST pigs, with human â&#x20AC;&#x153;induced pluripotent stemâ&#x20AC;? (iPS) cells, which can transform into the building blocks of any part of the body.

The idea is for the iPS cells to grow into transplantable human organs inside the animal embryos.

Japan had previously required researchers to terminate animal embryos implanted with human cells after 14 days â&#x20AC;&#x153;due to ethical concerns OVER THE VAGUE LINE BETWEEN HUMAN BEINGS AND ANIMALS u THE OFkCIAL SAID The old regulations also prevented researchers from placing the embryos into animal wombs to allow them to develop.

But the ministry has dropped both restrictions â&#x20AC;&#x153;as we have concluded that there is technically zero risk of producing a new organism mixing human and animal elements under the research,â&#x20AC;? the official added.

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WASHINGTON, D.C.: US lawmakers will demand documents from Donald Trumpâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s eldest son and a lifelong business associate as part of a wide-ranging investigation into alleged abuses of office by the president, a leading Democrat said Sunday (Monday in Manila).

US House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler told ABC political show â&#x20AC;&#x153;This Weekâ&#x20AC;? that Donald Trump Jr. and Allen Weisselberg, the sole trustees of The Trump Organization, were among 60 people and entities being targeted by the probe.

The New York congressman said the requests would go out on Monday â&#x20AC;&#x153;to begin investigations to present the case to the American people about obstruction of justice, corruption and abuse of powerâ&#x20AC;? by the Republican President.

Trumpâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s campaign is being investigated by Special Counsel Robert Mueller for alleged collusion with Russia to influence the 2016 election, and for possible obstruction of that probe.

Many observers believe, however, his biggest legal exposure would come with the various federal and state-level investigations into his

Worldinbriefs SENATE HAS VOTES VS TRUMP EMERGENC Y WASHINGTON, D.C.: Opponents of President Donald Trumpâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s declaration of a national emergency at the US-Mexico border appear to have enough Senate votes to reject his move, now that Republican Rand Paul of Kentucky has said he canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go along with the White House. The House has voted to derail the action, and if the Senate follows later this month, the measure would go to Trump for his promised veto. Three other Republican senators have announced theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll vote â&#x20AC;&#x153;noâ&#x20AC;? Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Thom Tillis of North Carolina. Paul makes it four, and assuming that all 47 Democrats and their independent allies go against Trump, that would give opponents 51 votes just past the majority needed. Congress is unlikely to have the votes to override. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t vote to give the president the power to spend money that hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been appropriated by Congress,â&#x20AC;? Paul said at a GOP dinner Saturday night at Western Kentucky University, according to the Bowling Green (Ky.) Daily News. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We may want more money for border security, but Congress didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t authorize it. If we take away those checks and balances, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a dangerous thing.â&#x20AC;? Many lawmakers opposed to the emergency declaration say it tramples Congressâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; constitutional power to control spending and would set a precedent for future Democratic presidents to make such a declaration for their own purposes. They also are concerned Trump would siphon money from home-state projects to barrier construction. Under the declaration, Trump would divert $3.6 billion from military construction to erect more border barriers. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s invoking other powers to transfer an additional $3.1 billion to construction.

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MYANMAR SEIZES $13.3M METH PILLS YANGON: Myanmar authorities seized more than 10 million meth pills worth $13.3 million over the weekend, police said Monday, another massive haul in a country widely believed to be the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest methamphetamine producer. High-grade crystal meth â&#x20AC;&#x201C; or â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;iceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x201C; is smuggled out

finances and the running of his charity foundation and business.

Trump came out fighting, posting on Twitter that two years of â&#x20AC;&#x153;presidential Harassmentâ&#x20AC;? since he took office had proven nothing, but Democratic lawbreaking. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am an innocent man being persecuted by some very bad, conflicted & corrupt people in a Witch Hunt that is illegal & should never have been allowed to start,â&#x20AC;? he tweeted.

Trumpâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s former personal attorney Michael Cohen testified on Capitol Hill Wednesday that authorities in New York were probing crimes allegedly

involving the president beyond those that have been made public.

Nadler said it was â&#x20AC;&#x153;very clearâ&#x20AC;? that Trump had obstructed justice, by repeatedly calling the Mueller probe a â&#x20AC;&#x153;witch huntâ&#x20AC;? and by trying to halt an investigation into his first national security advisor Mike Flynn, who subsequently admitted lying to the FBI over Russian contacts.

Trump set off a political firestorm by firing FBI chief James Comey on May 2017 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and then admitting to NBC he had taken the decision after becoming frustrated with the Russia probe.

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of Myanmar via sophisticated networks to lucrative developed markets as far away as Japan, South Korea and Australia. Lower-quality pills, cut with caffeine and known in the region as â&#x20AC;&#x153;yabaâ&#x20AC;? or â&#x20AC;&#x153;crazy medicine,â&#x20AC;? are pumped out to feed the voracious domestic market as well as large drug-addicted communities in nearby Thailand and Bangladesh. Two different busts took place in the west of the country at the weekend, staterun media said Monday, one in Magway region and one in Maungdaw in Rakhine state. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the biggest drugs seizure this year in the country and the biggest ever in Maungdaw region in Rakhine State,â&#x20AC;? police colonel Win Ko Ko told AFP. The pills were likely destined for Bangladesh, where they have become an easy source of income for the Rohingya Muslim refugees who have poured across the border since a 2017 militar y crackdown.

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IS FIGHTS TO DEFEND LAST TERRITORY IN SYRIA BAGHOUZ, Syria: Islamic State (IS) militants are desperately fighting to hang on to the last tiny piece of territory they hold on the riverside in eastern Syria, deploying snipers, guided missiles and surprise tunnel attacks. The resistance prompted a fierce pounding Sunday by the US-led coalition and its ground allies in their final push to end the extremist groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s territorial hold. Rings of black smoke billowed over the besieged speck of land still controlled by the group in the village of Baghouz, after airstrikes hit several targets. Mortar rounds from a hill overlooking a tent encampment where the militants are still holed up rang into the night. The US-backed force known as the Syrian Democratic Forces resumed an offensive to recapture the area in Baghouz on Friday night, after a two-week pause to allow for the evacuation of civilians from the area. Retaking the sliver of land would be a milestone in the devastating four-year campaign to end ISâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; self-proclaimed Islamic caliphate that once straddled vast territory across Syria and Iraq.The group continues to be a threat, however, with sleeper cells in scattered desert pockets along the porous border between the two countries.

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OS ANGELES: James Harden continues to be the Houston Rockets’ driving force, delivering his 24th 40-point performance on Sunday (Monday in Manila) while the Boston Celtics fell back into their bad habits.

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WASHINGTON: Spanish center Pau Gasol, twice an NBA champion with the Los Angeles Lakers, said on Sunday (Monday in Manila) he was thrilled to sign with the league-leading Milwaukee Bucks.

The Bucks, who boast the NBA’s top record at 48-15, announced Sunday they have signed the six-time all-star center after he was waived by San Antonio last week.

Combined with Greek star forward Giannis Antetokounmpo, the 7-footer (2.13m) adds a solid inside presence on the court as well as championship knowledge and a strong locker room leader off the court.

“Thrilled to begin this new chapter in my @ NBA journey with the great @Bucks. I look forward to the challenge,” Gasol tweeted Sunday.

“My goal, as always, will be to add value to the team and help deliver a championship to Milwaukee. #FearTheDeer” The 38-year-old Spaniard is in his 18th NBA season, having appeared in 1,223 games with Memphis, the Lakers, Chicago and San Antonio and producing career averages of 17.1 points, 9.2 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 1.6 blocked shots a game.

Gasol is among only 18 players in NBA history with 20,000 points and 10,000 rebounds in his career.

Gasol, who helped the Lakers win NBA crowns in 2009 and 2010, is averaging career lows in points, rebounds and minutes but could take on a greater role in Milwaukee, with the Bucks looking for their first 60-win season since 1980-81.

The Bucks won their only NBA title in 1971 when future Lakers star center Kareem AbdulJabbar, then named Lew Alcindor, sparked Milwaukee. The Bucks have not reached the NBA finals since 1974 and have not won a playoff series since 2001, losing eight in a row in the first round since that season.

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WITH .IEMER AND "ELL WREAKING HAVOC AT THE ATTACK ZONE Q Petron import Stephanie Niemer (4) digs the ball during a Philippine Superliga game at The Arena in San Juan City.

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in D-League DILIMAN College-Gerryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Grill scored its first win in the 2019 PBA D-League with an emphatic 88-51 victory over The Masterpiece Clothing-Trinity University of Asia on Monday at Paco Arena in Manila.

Kevin Gandjeto was a force to be reckoned with for the Blue Dragons, uncorking 21 points, 17 of which coming in the first half pullaway, to go with 11 rebounds and two blocks.

It was all Diliman-Gerryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s from the get-go as it started off hot, 16-4 and refused to step on the brake as it grabbed a 21-point advantage, 45-21 late in the second quarter. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For the past week and a half, we just concentrated on our execution, on defense and offense.

Pinoint out ko lang yung discipline namin through our execution,â&#x20AC;? said coach Rensy Bajar as his side went on a 39-percent shooting from the field.

Joseph Brutas contributed 12 points and four boards, Paolo Balagtas tallied a double-double of 12 points and 11 rebounds, and Jeramer Cabanag poured in 11 points, six boards, and four assists in the 37-point blowout victory.

The battle of the boards was all Blue Dragons as they hauled down 66 rebounds to the White Stallionsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 47.

That allowed Diliman-Gerryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s to improve to a 1-1 record in the Foundation Group, as The MasterpieceTrinity stayed winless through two outings.

Michael Canete paced the White Stallions with his 15 points and nine rebounds.

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Closing birdie lifts Mitchell to win in PGA shootout M

IAMI: American Keith Mitchell sank A FOOT BIRDIE PUTT ON THE kNAL hole on Sunday (Monday in Manila) to win an epic back-nine shootout, capturing HIS kRST 53 0'! TITLE AT THE (ONDA #LASSIC Mitchell, who began the last round with back-to-back bogeys, birdied four of the last seven holes in a final-round three-under par 67 to finish 72 holes at windy PGA National on nine-under 271.

That was enough for a onestroke victory over Americans Brooks Koepka and Rickie Fowler. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been watching them my whole life,â&#x20AC;? Mitchell said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Just having my name next to theirs is an honor.â&#x20AC;?

Another US duo, Lucas Glover and Ryan Palmer, shared fourth on

273 and Fijiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Vijay Singh another stroke adrift. South Korean Lee Kyoung-hoon and US 54-hole leader Wyndham Clark were on 275.

World number 162 Mitchell out-fought his rivals with a sizzling kNISH AFTER STUMBLING AT THE START A tap-in birdie at the par-5 third and seven-foot birdie putt at nine the sign of things to come. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been close before and I let my emotions take over,â&#x20AC;? Mitchell SAID g) BOGEYED THE kRST COUPLE OF holes and I said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Not again.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?

After a bogey at 11, Mitchell sank an 11-foot birdie putt at 12

and a 17-foot birdie putt at 13.

He put his approach to four feet at the par-3 15th and made the short putt then hit the closing birdie after blasting out of a fairway bunker and sinking a tension-packed putt.

Mitchell, who sealed spots in the Masters and PGA Championship, was among six who shared the lead at one stage, including major champions Singh, Koepka and Glover.

happened to hit the worst putt of the day at the last.â&#x20AC;?

Glover matched him in the clubhouse with a 15-foot birdie at 18.

But Koepka -- the 2017 and 2018 US Open champion and 2018 PGA Championship winner â&#x20AC;&#x201D; made a TAP IN BIRDIE TO kNISH ON AND eliminate Palmer and Glover after a day of battling winds.

Fowler birdied three of the last four holes, including a 45-foot birdie putt at the par-3 Winds batter 17th and six-footer at 18 after contenders finding a greenside bunker, to match Koepka in the clubhouse 0ALMER SEEKING HIS kRST WIN IN only to watch Mitchell beat nine years, finished four hours them both. before the last group, birdies and Singh, trying to become the 16 and 17 holding up despite a oldest US PGA winner at age 56, six-foot birdie putt miss at 18. found a water hazard at 17 and g4O kNISH THE WAY ) DID WAS VERY took a bogey that doused his vicmemorable,â&#x20AC;? Palmer said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Just tory hopes.

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Q  Keith Mitchell celebrates after making a birdie putt on the 18th green to win the Honda Classic at PGA National Resort and Spa in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.

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Parkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; feat big boost to TCC Ladies PARK Sung Hyun Park sets out for a much-awaited local stint before an expected big gallery eager to get a glimpse of her world-class skills she displayed in beating the best of the best in the Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s World Championship Sunday as she top-bills the $100,000 The Country Club Ladies Invitational unfolding on Wednesdayin Laguna. !ND THERE IS NO kTTING TIME to drum up the biggest, richest event on the Ladies Philippine Golf Tour than the world No. 2â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stirring come-from-behind victory in Singapore where she battled back from four strokes down off world No. 1 Ariya Jutanugarn of Thailand then edged Aussie Minjee Lee by two on a closing 64 for a 273. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think I would win this fast ... I think I will play really comfortable the rest of my season,â&#x20AC;? said Park, who vowed to emerge as world No. 1 at the end of the season after signing a two-year sponsorship deal with Solaire Resort & Casino two weeks ago.

The two-time Major champion is actually the hands-down pick to win the inaugural TCC

Sheikh reelected as OCA chief BANGKOK:Â Kuwaitâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahad al-Sabah was re-elected president of the powerful Olympic Council of Asia on Sunday night despite forgery charges that forced him to step aside from the International Olympic Committee and other duties.

Sheikh Ahmad, considered a major powerbroker in world SPORT WON A NEW kVE YEAR TERM until 2024, the OCA said, extending a reign that started in 1991 over the body that controls the Asian Games and other regional events. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I will do all I can to continue working for this organisation,â&#x20AC;? he said at the OCA general assembly in Bangkok.

In November, Sheikh Ahmad stood down as an IOC member pending an ethics committee investigation after a forgery case was brought against him in Switzerland.

Among his Olympic duties was leading Olympic Solidarity, which decides how broadcast revenues are distributed among national Olympic committees.

He also asked not to be reelected president of the Association of National Olympic ComAFP mittees (ANOC).

Ladies and her presence and victory further lend prestige and honor to the 54-hole championship put up by ICTSI which features some of the leading players on the LPGA of Taiwan (TLPGA) and the best local shotmakers.

For details and reservations for tickets to the TCC Ladies, contact Jocelyn Duque at 09157974751 or email lpgtinvitational@gmail. com.

She tests the long, wind-raked TCC layout in todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (Tuesday) pro-am tournament where she and a select

group of pros team up with the GUESTS AND OFkCIALS OF THE EVENT S chief backers. She will then rush to the Solaire Casino & Resort to grace the press conference at 6 p.m.

Meanwhile amateur Yuka Saso is expected to bolster the Philippine sideâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s campaign in the event also serving as the

field, the Fil-Japanese hopes to get the most of her rare invite to such a major tournament organized by Pilipinas Golf Tournaments, Inc.. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I never gave it a thought of playing here but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m very happy to

receive an invitation,â&#x20AC;? said Saso. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen Park play at the ANA Inspiration and she hits it very well and I hope to be able to learn from her.â&#x20AC;?

third leg of the TLPGA, bringing with her a game enhanced by pro stints and marked by a number of victories here and abroad.

While opting to downplay her chances against a stellar pro

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CDO: Home of boxing champions DESPITE DIFkCULTIES AND STRUGGLES OF keeping the boxing program alive, the young amateur boxers of Cagayan de Oro City remain to be a force to reckon with in the national front.

The CDO boxing teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s latest victory came when it bagged the overall championship in the Mindanao leg of 2019 Batang Pinoy Games held in Tagum City, Davao del Norte in February.

The City of Golden Friendship captured four gold medals courtesy of Lady Jane Payla in the junior girls pinweight division, Angelou Lofranco in the junior boys pinweight, Jhasli John Illudar in the junior boys light flyweight and Rhein Jhon 'IDOR IN THE JUNIOR BOYS lYWEIGHT Whatever sporting success now enjoyed by Cagayan de Oro can be traced all the way back to a province-wide sportsfest held in January 2005 when Oscar Moreno, who was the then governor of Misamis Oriental, launched the sportsfest hoping to discover potential homegrown young talents for competition not only in boxing but also in basketball, chess and volleyball.

Out of the hundreds of youthful aspirants who saw action in the sportsfest, a select pool was chosen and a stable of boxing talents slowly developed into the core of the Misamis Oriental Amateur Boxing Team.

4HE TEAM S BAPTISM OF kRE CAME in the National Invitational Amateur Boxing Tournament in Magpet, North Cotabato where Daryl Basadre bagged the silver medal under the tutelage of two-time Olympian and Asian Games medalist Roberto Jalnaiz as head coach and Roel

Densing as team manager.

Basadreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s victory marked the start of the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s long journey to fame and glory.

The program enjoyed enormous success until 2013 when Yevgeny â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Bambiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Emano, Morenoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s political opponent, won as governor of Misamis Oriental and disbanded Moreno, on the other hand, was elected mayor of Cagayan de Oro City that same year.

Compelled to rescue the frustrated young boxers of the province, Mayor Moreno decided to accommodate them under the helm of the city government of Cagayan de Oro. Since there was no place for the young boxers to stay and practice, Mayor Moreno rented a space for their temporary shelter at Brgy. Macasandig. But politics again reared its ugly head when his political DETRACTORS CAUSED THE kLING OF A CASE at the Ombudsman against Moreno and some city hall officials for renting the space allegedly without authority from the City Council, which was then predominantly

composed of Emano supporters.

However, the case was later dismissed by the Ombudsman.

Bolstered by Morenoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s committed support, the CDO Amateur Boxing Team competed with renewed vigor and enthusiasm in virtually most of the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s major amateur boxing competitions.

In 2018, Team CDO won overall championship honors in the Batang Pinoy Mindanao Leg in Ozamiz City, the Palarong Pambansa in Vigan, Ilocos Sur; the Philippine National Games in Cebu City; and the Philippine Sports Commission-Pacquiao Amateur Boxing Cup in Davao City.

World-class boxers Morenoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s amateur boxing program produced world-class boxers like world champion Milan â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;El Metodicoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Melindo and the Pagara brothers, Jason and Prince Albert, who are now making a name for themselves in the professional boxing world. Another pride of CDO is Carlo Paalam who won the bronze

medal in the 2018 Asian Games.

The Cagayan de Oro boxing team currently has more 20 male and female boxers training and setting their sights on winning championship glory for the City of Golden Friendship. Mayor Morenoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ultimate dream is to produce an Olympian.

In October last year, the Manny V. Pangilinan Sports Foundation (MVPSF) and Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines (ABAP) DONATED 0 MILLION WORTH OF kNANcial aid and boxing equipment for the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s amateur boxers.

Another donor, Embrace and Jaime Ongpin Foundation, gave sleeping materials, toiletries and medical packs. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With their recent success (in the Batang Pinoy Mindanao Leg), thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no way to go but up for Cagayan de Oroâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s boxing team,â&#x20AC;? said Moreno, whose adamant support for the boxing team has earned notice and universal praise from Cagayan de Oro City constituents AND AVID BOXING AkCIONADOS ALIKE

Q The Manny V. Pangilinan Sports Foundation (MVPSF) and the Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines (ABAP) recently donated P1-million worth of financial aid and boxing equipment for Cagayan de Oro Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s amateur boxers. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

Park credits Tiger for stunning SG victory SINGAPORE: Enigmatic Korean Park Sung-hyun revealed she drew inspiration and â&#x20AC;&#x153;energyâ&#x20AC;? from Tiger Woods as she pulled off a stunning come-frombehind victory at the HSBC Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s World Championship in Singapore. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If Tiger is watching this interview, then I would want to say that because we met, you gave me such a good energy, that made me win this tournament,â&#x20AC;? said the world number two Park.

The South Korean shot the lowest round of the week, an eight-under par final-round 64 on Sunday, to win by two strokes from Australiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s world number three Minjee Lee in the $1.5 million US LPGA showpiece event.

Park is so popular in her native South Korea that she has an army of fans following her every move in shirts emblazoned with the two-time major winnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nicknames.

They include â&#x20AC;&#x153;Namdallaâ&#x20AC;? which means â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m differentâ&#x20AC;?, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dak Gongâ&#x20AC;? which translates as â&#x20AC;&#x153;shut up and attackâ&#x20AC;?, but the one Park is fondest of is â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tigerâ&#x20AC;?, a tribute to her golfing hero Woods.

The 25-year-old South Korean golf sensation -- who spent periods at world number one in both 2017 and 2018 -- finally got to meet 14-time major winner Woods in early February during a commercial shoot in the US and hopes she can keep in touch.

Park first burst onto the scene by breaking into the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top 10 while still playing on the Korean LPGA Tour, where she won six times in 2016.

Park joined the US LPGA Tour in 2017 and had immediate success when she won that yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s US Open. A second major followed at the 2018 US PGA Championship.

Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s victory -- Parkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sixth on the LPGA Tour -- came via her finest final round as she came from four strokes off the pace relegate Australiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s world number three Minjee Lee to second place. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think today is one of the best days that I am playing so far on the LPGA Tour,â&#x20AC;? Park said.

Park was languishing 39th in the 62-player field after Thursdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first round 69 but she remained typically unflappable to work back into contention.

For support, Park often turns to her ever-present mother Lee Keumja and she told reporters after her win that she had even had to put up with a bit of nagging from her as she shot 71 and 69 respectively on Friday and Saturday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the second and third round, I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t play that well on the back nine holes,â&#x20AC;? said Park. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My mom asked me after the third round, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Are you tired?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; I told her, like, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I still have one more day.

Just watch my gameâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;.â&#x20AC;?

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Football Juve squeezes past Napoli, nears crown R C4

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OME: Juventus closed all talk of a challenge to Italy remembers their Serie A dominance after coming through Astori a second-half onslaught at Napoli to win 2-1 As elsewhere across Serie A this play at the Stadio San in an engrossing match that saw each side have a weekend, Paolo stopped in the 13th minute man sent off and stretch their lead at the top to a to honour the memory of deceased former Italy international huge 16 points.

Davide Astori, with fans of both

Massimiliano Allegriâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unbeaten leaders have now as good as sealed their eighth straight Serie A title after a match that looked dead at half-time with Juve two goals and a man up, but sparked back into life when goalscorer Miralem Pjanic was sent off for handling a Napoli pass and picking up a second yellow card just after the break. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I fell asleep, I should have replaced 0JANIC WHEN HE HAD THE kRST CARD (E WAS at risk, but I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t expect him to handle,â&#x20AC;? said Allegri, whose future at Juve is uncerTAIN AFTER WHAT WILL BE kVE SEASONS IN 4URIN â&#x20AC;&#x153;I already said weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll sit down to talk about this season and the next. I am very happy to be at Juventus.â&#x20AC;?

-IDkELDER 0JANIC SWEPT HOME HIS FREE kick opener in the 28th minute, which came immediately after Napoli were reduced to 10 men thanks to goalkeeper Alex Meret

slicing down Cristiano Ronaldo after the Portuguese nipped in to intercept a terrible Kevin Malcuit backpass.

Emre Can added the second from a corner 11 minutes later after substitute David Ospina tipped away Pjanicâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stinging shot, but the Bosnianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s red card gave Napoli a glimmer of hope.

4HEY WERE BACK IN THE GAME IN THE ST minute when Jose Callejon tapped home a pinpoint Lorenzo Insigne cross, and then piled the pressure on a suddenly creakING *UVE WITH 0IOTR :IELINSKI TWICE FORCING kNE saves from countryman Wojciech Szczesny.

It looked as though the hosts were set to LAUNCH A kNAL ASSAULT WHEN THEY WERE GIVEN a penalty six minutes before the end for a controversial handball decision against Alex Sandro given by VAR, only for Insigne to crash his spot-kick against the post and let the champions off the hook.

Q Napoliâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Spanish midfielder Fabian Ruiz (right) and Juventusâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Brazilian defender Alex Sandro head the ball during the Italian Serie A football match between Napoli and Juventus at the San Paolo Stadium in Naples.

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Neymar hints at joining Real Madrid SAO PAULO: Paris Saint-Germain star Ney-

mar on Sunday (Monday in Manila) left the door open for a potential move to Spanish giants Real Madrid.

4HE WORLD S MOST EXPENSIVE FOOTballer is currently recovering from a foot injury which he suffered on January 23 and has been linked with a return to La Liga ever since joining PSG from Barcelona in 2017. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the future, everything is possible,â&#x20AC;? he told Brazilian television channel Globo. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not saying Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going to Real Madrid, calm down. Everybody knows I have already accomplished my dream, which was (playing for) Barcelona. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Real Madrid is one of the biggest teams in the world, every player perceived to have an interest in the club wants to play for them. Right now Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m very happy in Paris.â&#x20AC;?

Neymar said Barcelonaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lionel Messi had sent him his regards after hearing about the Brazilianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most recent injury.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;At the time I needed support the most, from people and the team, the best in the world came to me to say â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m here to help youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;,â&#x20AC;? Neymar said.

4HE YEAR OLD SAID 03' TEAM mate Kylian Mbappe will be one of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s greatest ever players despite the pair both eyeing the biggest individual prizes in the sport. g(E S GOING TO BECOME ONE OF THE best players in the history of football and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m trying to help him as best as possible. We have the same friendship as I had with Lionel, even competing for the Ballon dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Or,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Neymar will miss Wednesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ChamPIONS ,EAGUE LAST RETURN LEG AGAINST Manchester United with the metatarsal problem he suffered six weeks ago.

(E WAS SIDELINED FOR THREE MONTHS of last season with the same issue, returning just in time to play at the World Cup. PSG anticipate he will be back in time for a potential European quarTERkNAL IN !PRIL AFP

Five-goal Stuttgart boosts Bundesliga survival chances BERLIN: Stuttgart made an emphatic statement in their battle to avoid relegation from the Bundesliga on Sunday (Monday in Manila) when they thrashed fellow strugglers Hanover 5-1.

Mario Gomez opened the scoring in the fourth minute, guiding a shot past Hanover goalkeeper Michael Esser into the bottom corner.

Ozan Kabak scored Stuttgartâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second in the 16th minute, heading in from a corner and added another in first-half injury time, again with his head, this time to convert a cross from Gonzalo Castro.

Hanover coach Thomas Doll made two attacking changes at half-time, bringing on Marvin Bakalorz and Jonathas.

It looked an inspired change in the 69th minute when Jonathas cut the deficit to 3-1.

However, Stuttgart reasserted their authority with Steven Zuber adding two more goals in the 78th and 81st minutes.

The result sees Stuttgart remain third from bottom but they now have a five-point cushion on Hanover who remain in the automatic relegation places alongside rock-bottom Nuremberg.

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sides applauding the ex-Fiorentina captain, who died in his sleep aged just 31 on March 4 last year.

Astoriâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name was chanted by fans of AC Milan, where he came through as a youth player, during a 1-0 win over Sassuolo on Saturday that took Gennaro Gattusoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s side third and a point above Inter, who lost 2-1 at Cagliari amid a public contract dispute with absent star striker Mauro Icardi.

But the most emotional scenes came during Fiorentinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 3-1 defeat at Atalanta, who kept their hopes of Champions League football alive thanks to goals from Josip Ilicic, Alejandro Gomez and Robin Gosens.

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MORATA DOUBLE KEEPS ATLETICOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S TITLE HOPES ALIVE MADRID:Â Alvaro Morataâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s firsthalf double fired 10-man Atletico Madrid to a 2-0 victory at Real Sociedad on Sunday (Monday in Manila) as Diego Simeoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s men kept their slim La Liga title hopes alive.

The Spain international striker scored twice in three first-half minutes as Atletico cut the gap to leaders Barcelona back to seven points after the reigning championsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 1-0 Clasico win over third-placed Real Madrid on Saturday.

Midfielder Koke was dismissed just after the hour mark, but Atletico have now won three straight league games after back-to-back

defeats by Real Betis and Real Madrid last month had ended an 18-match unbeaten run. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The sending off of Koke ended the game as we had planned it,â&#x20AC;? said Atletico coach Simeone. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We had to defend, make ourselves strong in our penalty area and take a game that was very important to win.â&#x20AC;?

After a slow start to the contest, Morata gave Atletico the lead on the half-hour mark by nodding home after Thomas Lemarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s corner was flicked on by Diego Godin.

The 26-year-old, who went four games without a goal after joining

on loan from Chelsea in January, made it three in two matches shortly afterwards, having opened his Atletico account last weekend against Villarreal.

Once again it was a set-piece that did the damage, as Morata climbed highest to meet Kokeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s right-wing free-kick with a downward header into the bottom corner.

Sandro Ramirez nodded over as Sociedad started the second half strongly, and the hosts were given renewed hope when Koke was sent off for a second yellow card in the 62nd minute.

Mikel Merino came close to

halving the deficit with 14 minutes remaining as away goalkeeper Jan Oblak had to produce a fine save to prevent his header from finding the top corner.

But Atletico closed out the win to move five points clear of city rivals Real, and more importantly, remain in with a chance of lifting a first major trophy since winning the league title in 2014.

Earlier on Sunday, little Getafe gave their hopes of qualifying for a maiden Champions League campaign a massive boost with a 2-1 victory at fellow European hopefuls Real Betis.

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Jorginho fires Chelsea to victory as recalled Kepa shines LONDON: Maurizio Sarri declared the Kepa Arrizabalaga controversy was over after the Chelsea goalkeeper began to make amends for his Wembley mutiny with an impressive display in Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (Monday in Manila) 2-1 win at Fulham.

Q  Fulhamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s English defender Joe Bryan (left) vies with Chelseaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Italian midfielder Jorginho during the English Premier League football match at Craven Cottage in London.

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Sarriâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s side took the lead through 'ONZALO (IGUAIN BEFORE #ALUM #HAMbers equalised at Craven Cottage. )N AN INCIDENT PACKED kRST HALF THE much-maligned Jorginho restored ChelSEA S LEAD WITH HIS kRST GOAL SINCE THE

opening weekend of the season.

Chelsea were indebted to Kepa for a series of superb saves that preserved their lead after the break, lifting the sixth-placed Blues within two points of fourth-placed Manchester United, with

a game in hand.

Sarri had dropped Kepa for Chelseaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s WIN OVER 4OTTENHAM ON 7EDNESDAY AS punishment for the Spaniardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s refusal to be substituted during last weekendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s League Cup final defeat against Manchester City.

But Sarri had insisted Kepa remained HIS gkRST CHOICEu AND THE WORLD S MOST expensive keeper returned in place of Willy Caballero after his one-game demotion.

Revealing he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t tell Kepa he had been recalled until a team meeting on THE DAY OF THE GAME 3ARRI SAID g(E played very well. It was a normal deciSION (E MADE A BIG MISTAKE HE PAID FOR it. Now the situation is closed.

Sarri believes Chelseaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s revival this week, COUPLED WITH 4OTTENHAM S POOR FORM HAS made the top-four chase even tighter.

Despite an improved display in careTAKER MANAGER 3COTT 0ARKER S kRST GAME following the midweek sacking of Claudio Ranieri, second-bottom Fulham have lost eight of their past nine league games and sit 10 points from safety.

Kepaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s return almost started in embarrassing fashion when he made a complete hash of catching Kevin McDonaldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cross in a swirling wind, the ball slipping through his grasp as he was challenged

by Ryan Babel.

It would have been an open goal for Babel, but the Fulham winger was slow to react andKepascrambledbacktodiveontheball.

Chelsea made the most of their escape to take the lead in the 20th minute.

Willianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pass picked out Cesar Azpilicuetaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s run down the right and Chelseaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s captain whipped over a CROSS THAT (IGUAIN MET WITH AN INSTINCTIVE VOLLEYED kNISH AFP

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â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;The Umbrella Academyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x201C; from comics to streaming device

BY IZA IGLESIAS

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OMIC book adaptations conquered the big screen for many years and ACHIEVED BOX OFkCE SUCCESS WORLDWIDE

Whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a Marvel title like â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Avengersâ&#x20AC;? or a DC offering like â&#x20AC;&#x153;Man of Steel,â&#x20AC;? comic book and superhero movies spell gigantic revenues.

Confident the phenomenon will translate to this new age of entertainment, subscriptionbased streaming service Netflix has eagerly followed suit with the acquisition of such Marvel titles as â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Punisher,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Daredevil,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jessica Jones,â&#x20AC;? and DCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Legends of Tomorrowâ&#x20AC;? among others.

The companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s latest venture in fact premiered on February 16,

via the brand-new original series, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Umbrella Academyâ&#x20AC;? which is based on the popular Eisner awardwinning comics and graphic novels created and written by Gerard Way (incidentally vocalist of rock band My Chemical Romance), and illustrated by Gabriel BĂĄ under Dark Horse Comics publishing.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been almost 12 years ago that Way released the comic at the peak of his bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s career.

Through six issues, he channeled the growing dysfunction and discord of My Chemical Romance INTO THE kCTIONAL STORY OF SEVEN

adopted children with superpowers, struggling under the weight of an oppressive upbringing by their newly deceased father.

The band vocalist stated that the BIGGEST INlUENCE ON HIS PIECE OF work was his favorite writer, Grant Morrison and his work on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Doom Patrolâ&#x20AC;? with DC Comics. He has also stated that Pat McEown of â&#x20AC;&#x153;ZombieWorld: Champion of the 7ORMu WAS A BIG INlUENCE ON HIS work. Way has said that Edvin "IUKOVI IS HIS ALL TIME FAVORITE artist and that â&#x20AC;&#x153;his Grendel Tales are like my bible to draw from.â&#x20AC;?

The Umbrella Academy is not 7AY S kRST VENTURE ON COMICS )N FACT HIS kRST ATTEMPT AT WRITING A comic was at the age of 16 in 1993, writing a comic book series called â&#x20AC;&#x153;On Ravenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Wings.â&#x20AC;? On the other hand, Way and fellow artists Shaun

Q Filipino personalities Eric Tai, Brent Manalo, Aryanna Epperson, Andre Paras, Benjamin Alves, Sanya Lopez and Santino Rosales gamely took on The Umbrella Academy-themed escape room at the showâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s watch party.

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Simon and Becky Cloonan also cocreated a comic-book series titled â&#x20AC;&#x153;The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoysâ&#x20AC;? in 2009. &OR THE .ETlIX ADAPTATION OF 4HE Umbrella Academy, Way became an executive producer along with Gabriel BĂĄ.

Q (Clockwise, top) Dysfunctional superheroes: Tom Hopper as Luther, Robert Sheehan as Klaus, Emmy Raver-Lampman as Allison, Aidan Gallagher as Number Five, Ellen Page as Vanya and David CastaĹ&#x201E;eda as Diego.

Dysfunctional superheroes The live-action series begins on a fateful day in 1989, where 43 infants are inexplicably born to random, unconnected women, who showed no signs of pregnancy the day before.

Seven babies are then adopted by Sir Reginald Hargreeves (played by Colm Feore), a billionaire industrialist, who creates The Umbrella Academy to train his â&#x20AC;&#x153;childrenâ&#x20AC;? to save the world.

But not everything goes according to plan. In their teenage years, the family is fractured and the team disbands. Fast forward to the present, six surviving 30-something members reunite upon the news of Hargreeveâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s passing.

Luther (Tom Hopper), Diego (DaVID #ASTA EDA !LLISON %MMY 2AVER Lampman ), Klaus (Robert Sheehan), Vanya (Ellen Page) and Number Five (Aidan Gallagher) work together to solve a mystery surrounding their fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s death. But the estranged family once again begins to come apart due to their divergent personalities and abilities, not to mention the imminent threat of a global apocalypse.

Q Manila celebrated the launch of â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;The Umbrella Academyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; with an immersive super room experience that allowed fans to live like the showâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s seven superhero siblings.

Alves, Brent Manalo, Santino Rosales, and Aryanna Epperson In Manila, Netflix celebrated the to solve the challenges in their launch of The Umbrella Academy assigned theme room.

Fans and other guests supported with an immersive super room experience that allowed fans to live like these personalities via Instagram the showâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s seven superhero siblings. Live in real time. Other popular perPowered by PLDT, Smart and LG, sonalities like Erwan Heussaff, Chris the Seven Super Rooms experience, Cantada, Richard Juan and Vince which opened also on February Velasco also joined the celebrations.

With less than a month, the 16 at Shooting Gallery Studios in Makati City, housed seven unique 10-episode of The Umbrella rooms, each themed after the lead Academy received positive recharacters from The Umbrella views from critics, with many Academy, and featured fun and praising the cast and visuals. interactive elements from the show. There were numerous clamor Just as the heroes of The Um- THAT .ETlIX IS NOW ON IT WAY TO brella Academy need to work renewing The Umbrella Academy TOGETHER TO SAVE THE WORLD .ETlIX for a second season. Fans are now also gathered popular Filipino speculating as to whether the plot personalities, including Eric Tai, will pick up where season one left Andre Paras, Sanya Lopez, Benj off, or take things back in time.

Philippine launch

Nothing new in Kris Aquinoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s YouTube show

RIS Aquino is back to what she loves and does best: hosting.

Before flying to Japan with kids Joshua and Bimby to celebrate her 48th birthday, the Queen of All Media uploaded an episode of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Unscripted with Krisâ&#x20AC;?

ON HER 9OU4UBE CHANnel with talent manager Ogie Diaz and retired entertainment editor Dindo Balares as guests. Ogie is getting major support from Kris for a breast cancer foundation while Dindo is the latterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s publicist.

Tables were turned as Kris was the one poked with questions, particularly on her health condition. She refused to explain in it detail upon strict orders, however, saying,â&#x20AC;&#x153;Saka na when I will have won the battle.â&#x20AC;?

Early on, Kris had disclosed her medical bulletin citing chronic sponta-

neous urticaria, among others. Her condition, however, has not inevitably caused her loss of commercial endorsements. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was I who terminated the contract with one of those (a laundry detergent) because of my allergy. I just stood by the truth.â&#x20AC;?

While Ogie and Dindo handled the interview well, Kris could have invited less familiar yet equally articulate interviewers to her show, at least someone who could make her answer questions which werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really rehearsed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve read and heard it already, nothing new,â&#x20AC;? a viewer quipped, referring to Krisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; take on her legal case against her former business partner Nicko Falcis (the 44 counts of qualikED THEFT CHARGES SHE kLED IN MULTIPLE CITIES BUT DISMISSED

BY THE -AKATI 0ROSECUTOR S /FkCE FOR LACK OF PROBABLE CAUSE last February 22), and her deliberate silence toward her critics, to name a few.

If she is unable to talk about the case, the episode which was meant as â&#x20AC;&#x153;birthday conversation,â&#x20AC;? would have been more engaging to watch had Kris spoken about the seeming irony of a woman born on Valentineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day but has only ever had a string of failed relationships in the past.

But now, Kris is on a war path with ex-partner Philip Salvador and his â&#x20AC;&#x153;niloko niya si Krisâ&#x20AC;? script with senatorial aspirant Bong Go.

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Of comeuppance This award-winning actress (AWA) managed to keep her cool despite having an erstwhile friend actress (EFA) as guest in her weekend TV show.

AWA had earlier lodged a complaint against EFA for non-payment of goods amounting to more than a million pesos. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ipinabenta kasi yun ni AWA kay EFA thinking that since they were good friends, no such hanky-panky business would happen,â&#x20AC;? the source narrated.

AWA had no choice but to make staggered payments to her supplier, drawing her pambayad from whatever showbiz earnings she generated. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Imagine, si AWA ang nag-suffer sa hindi naman niya utang?â&#x20AC;?

Then, came EFAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s live guesting on AWAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s show (which she co-hosted with three other celebrities).

The haggard-looking EFA shared her story about battling a life-threatening disease, for which she needed SOME kNANCIAL HELP While one of AWAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s three co-hosts who did the live interview. Backstage, AWA was heard backstage saying, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Not for anything else, but donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t you think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s comeuppance? Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve forgiven her anyway.â&#x20AC;? RC3

Âťstreaming â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Kiligâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; feels and the pain of bullying in new shorts

Q â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;First Dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; short film tells the story of Joseph, an idealistic young man played by Jindric Macapagal, who encounters an unexpected situation on his first day at work.

IN THE WAKE OF ITS kRST TWO VIRAL VIDEOS g!DULTingâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tipidity,â&#x20AC;? canned seafood brand Mega Sardines treads lightly into 2019 with â&#x20AC;&#x153;First Day,â&#x20AC;? its third short film under its #MegaGandaAngBuhay trilogy.

4HE NEW SHORT kLM TELLS THE STORY OF *OSEPH

an idealistic, fresh-out-of-college young man from Cebu (played by Jindric Macapagal) who IS CAUGHT IN AN AWKWARD SITUATION ON HIS kRST DAY AT WORK IN A -AKATI OFkCE 7HAT COULD GO wrong or right on Day 1? â&#x20AC;&#x153;First Dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; reveals the answer in an unexpected and heartwarming manner, delivering a mega dose of â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;kiligâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; on a hugely relatable SLICE OF LIFE u kLM DIRECTOR #HRIS #AHILIG SAID While Tipidity brought humor and Adulting delivered drama, First Day offers lighthearted moments and wraps up with a plot twist that the audience wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see coming. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whether at work or at home, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very little doubt that intriguing conversationsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and

relationshipsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;can be sparked by delectable comfort food, fortuQ 'The Bully' shows how the ITOUSLY kGURING IN UNFORGETTABLE trauma of cruelty in school kRSTS OF ITS PATRONS u #AHILIG NOTED will always haunt the bullied.

First Day is now up for www. facebook.com/officialmegasardines and the COMPANY S OFkCIAL 9OU 4UBE #HANNEL (played by Jordan â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jayâ&#x20AC;? Castillo, Jr.), an antiNNN Meanwhile, also streaming on the worldwide bullying advocate who returns to his alma web is an essential watch on the recently contro- mater to give a talk on bullying. This rouses versial issue of bullying in schools. Nearly two memories of the characterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own disquieting decades into the new millennium, the age-old past â&#x20AC;&#x201D; visions that continue to haunt him problem of bullying remains to be a cause for to this day. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Bully is a heart-rending but essential concern among school authorities and parents watch for people of all ages. Bullying is real. of bullied children, mainly because most cases If we persist in glossing over the issue, we take place in the campus. will do a disservice to scores of bullying 4HIS IS THE CENTRAL THEME YET ANOTHER SHORT kLM victims and to the values that we hold dear,â&#x20AC;?

by McJim Classic Leather whose previous socially Cahilig asserted. relevant productions have gone viral as this one 4HE SHORT kLM IS NOW UP FOR VIEWING AT THE â&#x20AC;&#x201D;â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Bully,â&#x20AC;? also directed by Cahilig.

COMPANY S &ACEBOOK PAGE AND 9OU4UBE #HANNEL It tells the story of Ramon Christian Galvez

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LESSONS FROM â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;BETTER THINGSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

How to cope with the struggles of single parenting B EING a single parent is by no means an easy feat. In fact, it has inspired one too many shows to project the struggles of single parenting.

choose to think or believe. You can perhaps do your best to guide them, but at the end of the day itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s out of your hands.

Sam experienced this herself when the topic of religion came FXâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Better Thingsâ&#x20AC;? is one of for a reason. While it certainly can feel up at their household. While there those. Created by Pamela Adlon isolating and overwhelming being a was a clash, in the end, she learned who also stars as the leading ac- single â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and working â&#x20AC;&#x201D; parent, there to understand and move on. Actress, the American comedy-drama ARE PLACES THAT YOU CAN kND HELP AND cepting the things you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t change revolves around a divorced, single support if you know where to look IS THE kRST STEP OF LEARNING HOW TO mom raising three daughters on and who to ask. adapt instead, and knowing how to In Samâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s case, even if she no BE lEXIBLE TO WHAT LIFE THROWS AT YOU her own. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s loosely based on Adlonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own life, making it a semi- longer has a husband, she still has is far more valuable than fruitlessly her mother to help with her kids trying to control everything. autobiographical series.

Sam Fox (Adlon) along with and her best friend to listen to You canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t always protect your her kids Max (Mikey Madison), her problems and be emotionally kids â&#x20AC;&#x201D; learn to have faith in them Frankie (Hannah Alligood), and present for her. and treat them with trust. Any The best way to deal with things parentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worst fear is having their Duke (Olivia Edward) live in Los Angeles where Sam works as an out of your control is to just accept kids hurt. This fear is even more actress. Not only is it enough to them. As a single parent, it often magnified and sty daughters, be raising three feisty overwhelming over but living next to a single pardoor is Samâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s because they ent b mom, Phil (Cefeel that they lia Imrie) who have to protect has threatening their kids all on thei mental and physthe their own. But ical issues. the truth is, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s More than just im impossible to entertainment, pr protect them audiences take so fro from everymuch from the th thing. Howshow. Better Things ev ever, the good has given peoplee n news is that a glimpse insidee Q Allowing children to carve their own paths and trusting their if you trust the life of a singlee decisions can help them grow and learn. in your chilo parent and has also dren to carve carv their own gs feels like the only paths, even if it means getting hurt taught several things along the way. Now returning for way for things to work is for you sometimes, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great chance its third season, Fox shares with be in control of everything. But it will help them grow and learn.

The Manila Times some of these in reality, this is the fastest way to There will be plenty of times important lessons: a stressful breakdown. You wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll feel under-appreciated.

A support system is important. be able to control what happens at In season two, Sam gets frustrated They say that it takes a village to raise your kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; school, what they pick and disappointed at her children a child and this is an age-old saying up from their friends, or what they when she feels that they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t

Q Single parents can find help and support among groups and their childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s school or community. appreciate all the work she does both as an actor and as a mother.

She ends up asking her children to give her a eulogy to her because she doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to wait until sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dead for her kids to appreciate her.

This is a very common and valid feeling for any single parent to feel â&#x20AC;&#x201D; after all, the world only sees a small percent of the effort and energy that is put into raising a family on your own, not to even mention the emotional and mental TOLL IT TAKES )T S A DIFkCULT FEELING TO have and it often will claw at you, but at the end of the day it will take both patience and understanding to know that the love a parent has for their children is unconditional and needs no validation. They provide

care and support simply because they love their children.

Take care of yourself so you can take care of your family better.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s too easy to play martyr and ALWAYS PUT THE CHILDREN kRST 3INGLE parenting is almost synonymous TO SACRIkCE AFTER ALL (OWEVER YOU cannot give what you do not have.

So make sure that somehow, you are still giving yourself some selflove, some care, and some grace.

Beyond â&#x20AC;&#x153;me-timeâ&#x20AC;? however, self-care extends to the way single parents emotionally handle their own selves. There is a lot of resentment, frustration, and guilt that single parents will feel on a day-to-day basis. They will often compare themselves to other

families with two parents, will often feel frustrated at their own circumstances, and will often feel guilt for not giving their child a â&#x20AC;&#x153;completeâ&#x20AC;? family.

Single parents punish themselves for things beyond their control, just like how Sam did when her exhusband didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t show up for their daughterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s graduation. She was angry and hurt for her daughter, and felt guilt for having this happen.

However, at the end, we learn that there is so much love to draw good and positive feelings from if we choose to focus on that instead.

The bad feelings are absolutely valid, but at some point, to take care of our family, and ourselves, we have to let them go.

Five easy-to-do science experiments at home SUMMER is just around the corner and kids will soon be starting their breaks from school.

Making plans for thrilling summer adventures is certainly a must, but the blazing heat can sometimes get in the way. To make this season more ENJOYABLE HERE ARE kVE SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS FROM Discovery Channelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mythbusters Jr.â&#x20AC;? which parents can do at home with their kids:

No. 3 Bouncing egg What you need: Raw egg, White vinegar and bowl

Along with sports, science can similarly make an object bounce. When an egg gets soaked in vinegar for 72 hours, it can actually bounce from up to 20 cm above ground when the shell is removed. Since vinegar is a weak acid, it can peel No. 1 Dancing raisins off the shell without damaging What you need: Raisins, clear insides of the egg. Eggs are made soda and clear glass of calcium carbonate that reacts when exposed to acids like vinegar, turning the egg intact and rub4O MAKE RAISINS COME TO LIFE kLL THE GLASS bery enough to make it bounce. with warm and clear soda and drop the raisins in the glass. Raisins are denser than the soda No. 4 Water cycle in a bottle which makes it possible for them to sink, but What you need: Plastic bottle, plastic cup, science explains that the sodaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s air bubbles ice cubes, and food coloring formed on the raisinsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; bodies allow the fruit to lOAT 7HEN THE BUBBLES DISAPPEAR THE RAISINS The water cycle, where water evaporates and will sink from the glass, as if they are dancing comes back as rain, can be bottled up in one science in the disco! experiment. Mix a drop of food coloring inside the PLASTIC BOTTLE kLL UP OF IT WITH WATER AND CLOSE No. 2 Hidden message the cap. Turn the bottle upside down inside a cup, What you need: Lemon, water, paper, cotton place a few ice cubes on top of the bottle, and place buds, bowl and light bulb under a sunny location. After an hour, there will be water droplets in the upper part of the bottle, which Want to send a secret message? Mix lemon resembles how the water cycle works on Earth. extract with droplets of water, dip a cotton bud in the mix that will serve as ink, and start writNo. 5 Static electricity ing your message in a clear white paper. When What you need: Balloon the juice dries up, the writing will become invisible like a hidden letter, and will only You might be getting a new temporary appear when heated above a light bulb. Due HAIRSTYLE IN THIS SCIENTIkC EXPERIMENT 4RY IT BY to its organic nature, lemon juice oxidizes and rubbing a balloon against your hair for a few becomes brown when heated. Mixing it with seconds, and your hair will follow as you pull the water transforms it into an almost invisible balloon away afterwards. This happens because substance and will only get revealed when put of static electricity, where negatively charged parin high temperature. ticles interact with positively charged particles.

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Quick healthy meals for busy parents EVEN when life gets busy, it is important to ensure that you and your familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s health remains a top priority. Fortunately, you can pull off cooking for the family without spending too many hours in the kitchen. Beko Philippines shares quick and easy recipes with The Manila Times, which you can make IN UNDER MINUTES Chicken and Spinach Wrap 0REPARATION TIME MINUTES

Ingredients WRAP EGG HARD BOILED G OF ROAST CHICKEN G OF RAW SPINACH ½ avocado TOMATO G OF ROCKET SESAME SEEDS Salt and cayenne

Directions Take a large tortilla.

Flake the chicken inside the tortilla.

Slice the avocado, boiled egg and tomato.

Cut the spinach leaves into pieces.

Place all the ingredients inside the wrap and roll.

Season with sesame seeds, salt

and cayenne as desired.

Veggie Nuggets 0REPARATION TIME MINUTES

Ingredients G SHREDDED CARROTS G BROCCOLI lORETS GARLIC CLOVE 2 eggs G BREADCRUMBS DIVIDED G SHREDDED CHEDDAR CHEESE G ONION POWDER G SALT G CANOLA OIL Seasoning (optional)

Directions Shred carrots.

Steam broccoli until tender.

Place shredded carrots, steamed BROCCOLI GARLIC EGGS CUP OF BREADcrumbs, cheese, onion powder in food PROCESSOR AND PULSE FOR SECONDS until well combined.

Mixture should easily form into a ball. If itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s too crumbly, add water one teaspoon at a time, until you achieve the desired consistency.

Form mixture into balls. Flatten slightly into round discs.

Place remaining breadcrumbs into

a shallow dish. Coat each nugget with breadcrumbs.

Heat oil in a skillet on medium high heat until hot.

Arrange nuggets in the skillet and COOK ABOUT MINUTES EACH SIDE until golden brown and crispy.

Serve with yogurt and mint dip.

Smoked mackerel and avocado toast 0REPARATION TIME MIN

Ingredients THICK SLICES OF CEREAL BREAD AVOCADOS G OF SMOKED mackerel 2 Granny Smith apples A handful of shelled walnuts CHERRY TOMATOES Fresh rosemary Extra virgin olive oil Salt

Directions Toast the bread slices.

Peel the avocados and spread them over the toast.

Cut the apple into thin slices and place them on the avocado.

Add the smoked mackerel, the cherry tomatoes cut in half, the walnuts, the rosemary and then season.

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TUESDAY March 5, 2019

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BY EUGENE SHEFFER

»HOROSCOPE Today’s Birthday (03/05/19). Professional opportunities abound this year. Coordinated team efforts provide satisfying results.

Summer love reaches new heights, before changes with friends require support. Community collaboration sparks miraculous results, leading to creative and romantic shifts. Follow truth, beauty and your heart.

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

ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) -- Today is a 7 -- Nurture old connections. Practice improves team coordination over three weeks, with Mercury retrograde. Uranus in Taurus illuminates lucrative opportunities for seven years. Profitable ventures energize you.

BY NANCY BLACK LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) -- Today is a 9 -- Explore new ideas with shared financial investments, with Uranus in Taurus. Romantic overtures could backfire, with Mercury retrograde. Find your sense of humor, and reconnect.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) -- Today is an 8 -- Changes with a partnership arise over seven years, with Uranus in Taurus. Learn together. With Mercury retrograde, clean, sort and organize at home.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) -- Today is a 7 -- Your work, health and fitness get energized over the seven-year era, with Uranus in Taurus. Learn new tricks. Take care with communications, with Mercury retrograde.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) -- Today is an 8 -- Uranus in your sign energizes you over the next seven years. Try new things, and set personal goals. Backup professional work, with Mercury retrograde for three weeks.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) -- Today is an 8 -- Love surprises you. Uranus in Taurus reveals a fun phase of romantic and family delights. Expect transportation and communication delays, with Mercury retrograde. Check the numbers.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) -- Today is an 8 -- Make educational plans over three weeks, with Mercury retrograde. Keep confidences.

Make your deadlines. Uranus in Taurus influences your mental, physical and spiritual health. Nurture yourself.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) -- Today is a 9 -- Consider consequences before you speak, with Mercury retrograde in your sign.

Refine your self-image. Uranus in Taurus inspires domestic changes, renovation or relocation over seven years.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) -- Today is a 9 -- Uranus in Taurus inspires community participation. Teamwork gets results over the next seven years. With Mercury retrograde, check financial data. Secure what you’ve gained.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) -- Today is a 9 -- A new communications era begins, with Uranus in Taurus. Big changes reveal opportunities to contribute, connect and interact. With Mercury retrograde, revise and refine the message.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Radical career change is possible. Taurus Uranus excites your professional ambitions for seven years. Resolve partner misunderstandings, with Mercury retrograde over three weeks. Compromise.

(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.)

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) -- Today is a 9 -- Expand higher education, travel and research, with Uranus in Taurus. Delays, misunderstandings or mistakes impact your work and health, with Mercury retrograde.

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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.

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Q (From left) British Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy Richard Graham, Bentley Manila President Benedicto Coyiuto, British Ambassador to the Philippines Daniel Pruce, and UK Trade and Investment Director Richard Colley at the brand’s world-class showroom in Bonifacio Global City in Taguig City.

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ENTLEY Manila recently welcomed the British Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy Richard Graham to its world-class showroom in Bonifacio Global City in Taguig City.

Accompanying him in the visit were British Ambassador to the Philippines Daniel Pruce and UK Trade and Investment Director Richard Colley.

Richard Graham is the Member for Parliament for Gloucester and was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to Lord Howell of Guildford and Hugo Swire in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. He also previously worked as general manager in Cathay Pacific Airways for John Swire and Sons, the FCO in Kenya and China (British Trade Commissioner China), was the founder of the Chairman of the British Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai, and later ran Baring Asset Management’s international and institutional business. In 2012, Richard was appointed as the Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy to Indonesia, and to the Asean Economic Community in August 2015. Richard is also Trade Envoy to Malaysia and the Philippines.

This visit is testament to the British Embassy ’s commitment to supporting Bentley ’s 100 th year anniversary. The newly-inaugurated showroom reflects Bentley ’s global corporate identity, taking inspiration from the company ’s rich history and combining it with modern-day luxury retailing. It also features a private personalisation area where customers can choose from the brand’s broad palette of exterior paints and leather options to commission a truly bespoke car. The showroom also features a three-car display area, showcasing the latest Bentley models including the Mulsanne, the Bentayga and the new Continental GT, Bentley ’s renowned Grand Tourer.

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OKYO: Lexus has announced the names of the six Lexus Design Award kNALISTS FOR ONE of which is a Filipino architecture graduate from Saint Louis University, Baguio City.

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Q The Baluto by Jeffrey dela Cruz is a modular housing system designed to withstand earthquakes and floods.

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Q The 2019 Lexus Design Award finalists, including Filipino Jeffrey Dela Cruz (third from right).

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Q Volvo vehicles are known for their high safety levels. The company is also on its way to producing more environment-friendly vehicles.

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Ã&#x192;O PAULO: Inspired by champion surfers, Nissan recently introduced the Nissan Kicks Surf, a concept car designed for those in search of the perfect wave.

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BY MARK PHELAN IN A CHOICE THAT OOZES SINCERITY IF NOT kNELY honed customer research, Mercedes-Benzâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s MARKETING TEAM DECIDED THE SECRET TO SELLING MORE SMALL VEHICLES TO !MERICANS WAS TO MAKE THEM LOOK MORE LIKE TRADITIONAL sedans.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the origin story for the 2019 MerCEDES ! -ATIC SEDAN WHICH OFFERS A MORE CONVENTIONAL UPRIGHT PROkLE THAN THE SLEEK #,! THAT WAS THE kRST FRONT WHEEL DRIVE COMPACT CAR -ERCEDES SOLD IN THE United States.

"ECAUSE LIKE EVERYBODY KNOWS !MERICANS LOVE SEDANS 4HAT S WHY THE BODY STYLE HIT AN HISTORIC LOW AT LESS THAN PERCENT OF VEHICLE SALES &ORD DECIDED TO STOP SELLING THEM IN FAVOR OF VEHICLES WITH 356 LOOKS BECAUSE SELLING SEDANS IS SO EASY AND PROkTABLE THAT IT WAS BENEATH THE "LUE /VAL TO CONTINUE DOING SO -AYBE -ERCEDES KNOWS SOMETHING OTHER AUTOMAKERS DON T OR MAYBE IT kGURED IT WAS BUILDING THE NEW ! CLASS ANYWAY SO WHAT THE HECK 7HY NOT SHIP A

FEW TO !MERICA TO SEE IF IT S THE SMALL SEDAN !MERICANS HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR %ITHER WAY THE ! IS IN DEALERSHIPS

OFFERING -ERCEDES S NEW AND VASTLY IMPROVED CONTROLS AND CREATIVE AND ATTRACTIVE interior design.

4HE ! IS THE SEDAN VERSION OF -ERCEDES NEW COMPACT ARCHITECTURE #OMPETITORS INCLUDE SMALL LUXURY CARS SUCH AS THE !UDI !

"-7 SERIES COUPE

#ADILLAC !43 *AGUAR 8% AND 6OLVO 3 4HE ! IS SIMILAR IN SIZE TO -ERCEDES S SLEEKER #,!

WHICH IS CURRENTLY IN ITS LAST MODEL YEAR BEFORE A NEW BIGGER VERSION MODEL ARRIVES LATE THIS YEAR !T INCHES LONG THE ! IS INCHES SHORTER THAN THE #,! AND INCHES SHORTER THAN THE COMING #,!

WITH WHICH IT SHARES ITS ARCHITECTURE AND WHEELBASE 4HE ! IS INCHES SHORTER THAN A (ONDA #IVIC SEDAN SO YOU CAN SEE WE RE TALKING ABOUT A SMALL CAR ! LITER ENGINE FRONT WHEEL DRIVE AND SEVEN SPEED AUTOMATIC DUAL CLUTCH TRANSMISSION ARE STANDARD !LL WHEEL DRIVE !7$ WHICH -ERCEDES CALLS -ATIC IS

OPTIONAL -ERCEDES WILL ALSO BUILD A SMALL ',!

356 BASED ON THE ARCHITECTURE 4HAT S VIRTUALLY CERTAIN TO BE THE BEST SELLING MODEL IN THE COMPANY S COMPACT LINE WHEN IT REACHES 53 DEALERS PROBABLY EARLY IN

How much?

0RICES FOR THE ! CLASS START AT FOR A FRONT WHEEL DRIVE MODEL AND

FOR -ERCEDES -ATIC !7$ SYSTEM "OTH PRICES ARE LESS THAN THE COMPARABLE #,! ) TESTED AN !7$ ! -ATIC THAT COST A HEFTY !LL PRICES EXCLUDE DESTINAtion charges.

-Y TEST CAR HAD ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL

BLIND SPOT ALERT LANE DEPARTURE ASSIST TOUCH SCREEN DUAL ZONE CLIMATE CONTROL !PPLE #AR0LAY !NDROID !UTO VOICE RECOGNITION LEATHER UPHOLSTERY HEATED FRONT SEATS MEMORY FOR THE DRIVER S SETTINGS POWER ADJUSTABLE SEATS PUSH BUTTON START ,%$ HEADLIGHTS AND TAILLIGHTS ADJUSTABLE COLOR AMBIENT LIGHTING AND INCH

'ERMAN AUTOMAKERS HAVE FINALLY TIRED OF THE MULTIFUNCTION ROTARY CONTROLLERS THEY VE INFLICTED ON CUSTOMERS FOR THE BETTER PART OF TWO DECADES 4HE ! S CONTROLS ARE A BREATH OF FRESH AIR EASY TO LEARN AND USE 4HE ! INTRODUCES -ERCEDES S NEW -"58 SYSTEM WHICH DISPOSES OF THE ROTARY CONTROLLER IN FAVOR OF A TOUCH SCREEN AND AN UNOBTRUSIVE TOUCH PAD ) M NOT A FAN OF USING TOUCH PADS IN MOVING VEHICLES BUT THE ! S IS LARGELY REDUNdant to the touch screen, meaning you DON T HAVE TO USE IT IF YOU DON T WANT TO g58 u IS SHORT FOR gUSER EXPERIENCE u THE AUTO INDUSTRY BUZZWORD DU JOUR FOR HOW EASY IT IS TO USE A VEHICLE S CLIMATE AND AUDIO CONTROLS VOICE RECOGNITION ETC "ASED ON THE !

-"58 LOOKS LIKE A WINNER The gauges and touch screen in my CAR WERE PART OF A OPTION PACKAGE THAT CREATES A DUAL SCREEN DISPLAY RISING FROM THE TOP OF THE DASH )T S INTENDED TO RESEMBLE A TABLET A LOOK DESIGNERS AT MANY AUTOMAKERS ARE INFATUATED WITH 4HE ! S A CREATIVE INTERIOR DESIGN INCLUDES VENTS THAT LIGHT UP RED OR BLUE

RESPECTIVELY WHEN YOU RAISE OR LOWER THE

Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not 4HE CUBIC FOOT TRUNK IS SMALLER THAN ANY OF THE COMPETITORS 2EAR LEGROOM IS ALSO TIGHT 4HE INTERIOR HAS SEVERAL 53" # PORTS

BUT NONE OF THE LARGER MORE COMMON 53" ! 4HAT LL BE CONVENIENT AS THE SMALLER FASTER 53" #S BECOME MORE COMMON 5NTIL THEN HOWEVER IT MEANS YOU LL NEED AN ADAPTER TO USE MOST SMARTPHONES AND OTHER DEVICES 4HE LIGHTNING CONNECTOR IN -ERCEDES PROPRIETARY I0HONE ADAPTER WOULD NOT WORK WITH MY SMALL PHONE CASE SO ) USED ONE OF MY OWN CABLES !PPLE #AR0LAY PERFORMED INCONSISTENTLY DURING MY TEST WITH THE CAR FREQUENTLY LOSING CONNECTION TO MY I0HONE 4HE LITER ENGINE S OUTPUT OF HORSEPOWER AND POUND FEET OF TORQUE ARE LESS THAN ALL COMPARABLY PRICED COMPETITORS !CCELERATION FEELS kNE THANKS TO THE QUICK SHIFTING TRANSMISSION BUT THE -ERCEDES S CLAIMED MPH TIME OF SECONDS IS SLOWER THAN THE !7$ #,!

!

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Nissanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Armada SUV has room for up to eight T

BY G. CHAMBERS WILLIAMS 3RD

HE full-sized Nissan Armada sport utility vehicle, now in its second generation, returns this year with a few updates, including new standard safety technology.

.OW INCLUDED ON ALL TRIM LEVELS ARE REAR DOOR ALERT

INTELLIGENT CRUISE CONTROL AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING AND INTELLIGENT FORWARD COLLISION WARNING 4HERE ARE FOUR TRIM LEVELS FOR 36 BASE PRICE

PLUS FREIGHT 3,

0LATINUM

AND 0LATINUM 2ESERVE

A NEW TOP OF THE LINE MODEL ADDED LAST YEAR !LL OF THESE COME WITH REAR WHEEL DRIVE BUT FOUR WHEEL DRIVE CAN BE ADDED TO ANY TRIM LEVEL FOR AN ADDITIONAL

!LSO FOR THE !RMADA COMES WITH .ISSAN#ONNECT 3ERVICES POWERED BY 3IRIUS8- INCLUDING AN EIGHT INCH MULTI TOUCH DISPLAY ($ 2ADIO 3IRIUS8- 4RAVEL ,INK WITH THREE YEARS OF SERVICE 3IRIUS8- SUBSCRIPTION SOLD SEPARATELY ENHANCED VOICE RECOGNITION HANDS FREE TEXT MESSAGING ASSISTANT AND ADDITIONAL 53" PORTS FOR ALL MODELS %XTRAS ON THE PLATINUM RESERVE INCLUDE $ARK #HROME ON THE GRILLE DOOR HANDLES AND OUTSIDE MIRRORS SPECIAL INCH $ARK #HROME WHEELS TWO TONE LEATHER SEATS WITH UNIQUE STITCHING "LACK 1UARTZ AND PREMIUM WOOD TONE INTERIOR TRIM AND AN EMBOSSED g0LATINUM 2ESERVEu EMBLEM ON THE LID OF THE CENTER CONSOLE 4HE 0LATINUM AND 0LATINUM 2ESERVE MODELS COME WITH THE INTELLIGENT REAR VIEW MIRROR WHICH USES A HIGH RESOLUTION CAMERA AT THE REAR EXTERIOR TO TRANSMIT A REAR FACING IMAGE ONTO A MONITOR BUILT INTO THE CENTER REARVIEW MIRROR "UT THERE IS A SWITCH AT THE BOTTOM OF THE MIRROR THAT LETS THE DRIVER CHANGE BETWEEN CAMERA AND STANDARD MIRROR VIEWS 4HIS CAMERA SYSTEM ELIMINATES BLIND SPOTS IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR IMAGE CAUSED BY SUCH INTERIOR ELEMENTS AS HEADRESTS BODY PANELS AND LARGE CARGO ITEMS !RMADA S SECOND GENERATION IS BASED ON THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE SIMILAR )NkNITI 18 LUXURY 356

0ATHkNDER !RMADA AND WAS BUILT ON THE SAME CHASSIS AS THE .ISSAN 4ITAN PICK UP )T WAS ASSEMBLED AT THE .ISSAN PLANT IN #ANTON -ISSISSIPPI .OW THE !RMADA COMES FROM THE SAME PLANT IN +YUSHU *APAN THAT HAS BEEN ASSEMBLING THE 18 SINCE IT MOVED INTO ITS SECOND GENERATION FOR %VER SINCE THE MID SIZED SEVEN PASSENGER .ISSAN 0ATHkNDER WAS SHIFTED TO A CAR BASED CROSSOVER FORMAT kVE YEARS AGO THE !RMADA IS THE ONLY THREE ROW TRUCK BASED 356 LEFT IN THE .ISSAN LINE UP )NSIDE THERE IS SEATING FOR UP TO EIGHT PEOPLE AND IT STILL HAS A CONVENTIONAL BODY ON FRAME DESIGN RATHER THAN THE UNIBODY CONSTRUCTION OF A CROSSOVER )T S INCHES LONGER OVERALL THAN THE kRST GENERATION !RMADA BUT HAS A INCH SHORTER WHEELBASE )T S INCHES WIDER AND INCHES LOWER 4HE !RMADA CAN BE CONkGURED FOR SEVEN PASSENGERS

BY REPLACING THE STANDARD THREE PERSON SECOND ROW BENCH SEAT WITH TWO CAPTAIN S CHAIRS EXTRA 4HAT LOWERS THE CAPACITY TO TWO IN FRONT TWO IN THE MIDDLE AND THREE IN THE REAR 7E TESTED THE !RMADA 36 WITH ALL WHEEL DRIVE and the standard eight-passenger arrangement (base PRICE 7E DIDN T NEED THE THIRD ROW DURING OUR WEEK WITH THE !RMADA BUT IT CAN EASILY ACCOMMODATE BIG KIDS OR AVERAGE SIZED ADULTS &OR SOME TRIPS WE DID HAVE TWO ADULT PASSENGERS IN THE MIDDLE ROW AND THEY FOUND THEIR SEATS TO BE QUITE ROOMY AND COMFORTABLE 4HE !RMADA IS HIGH ENOUGH OFF THE GROUND INCH GROUND CLEARANCE FOR THE 36 INCH FOR THE OTHER TRIMS THAT IT CAN BE A BIT DIFkCULT TO GET INTO FROM OUTSIDE ESPECIALLY FOR SHORT PEOPLE 4O HELP

THERE ARE STEEL SIDE STEP RAILS WITH RUBBER PADS ON each side. !RMADA COMPETES IN THE FULL SIZED 356 CLASS ALONG Now assembled in Japan WITH THE #HEVROLET 4AHOE 3UBURBAN AND ITS SIBLINGS

4HE ORIGINAL !RMADA WAS INTRODUCED IN AS THE THE '-# 9UKON 9UKON 8, AS WELL AS THE &ORD %X-

CONTROL AND REAR CLIMATE CONTROL WITH REAR CO PEDITION AND 4OYOTA 3EQUOIA !LSO IN THE MIX IS THE CONTROL AND REAR CLIMATE CONTROL WITH REAR CONTROLS PEDITION AND 4OYOTA 3EQUOIA !LSO IN THE MIX IS THE ,INCOLN .AVIGATOR WHICH ALSO IS A DIRECT COMPETITOR REARVIEW MONITOR SIDE AND REAR PRIVACY GLASS AND POWER OUTSIDE MIRRORS WITH TURN SIGNALS TO THE 18 /THER EXTERIOR ELEMENTS INCLUDE A BLACK 6 MOTION Engine and cruise control GRILLE AND STANDARD LIGHT EMITTING DIODE LOW BEAM !LL TRIM LEVELS OF THE !RMADA COME WITH A LITER HEADLIGHTS WITH HALOGEN HIGH BEAMS AND ,%$ DAYTIME %NDURANCE 6 ENGINE RATED AT HORSEPOWER AND RUNNING LIGHTS (EADLIGHTS ARE AUTOMATIC ON OFF AND FOOT POUNDS OF TORQUE )T S CONNECTED TO A SEVEN THERE ARE FOG LIGHTS ON THE 3, 0LATINUM AND 0LATINUM SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION 4HIS POWERFUL ENGINE 2ESERVE MODELS OPTIONAL ON 36 MOVES THE !RMADA QUITE EASILY AND OFFERS PLENTY !T THE REAR THERE ARE ,%$ TAILLIGHTS 4HERE ARE OF PASSING AND TOWING POWER 4RAILERS UP TO FUNCTIONAL AIR INTAKE VENTS ON THE FRONT FENDERS pounds can be accommodated. #HROME PLATED ELECTRO CHROMATIC MIRRORS WITH %0! RATINGS ARE CITY HIGHWAY COMBINED MEMORY HEAT AND PUDDLE LAMPS ARE STANDARD ON FOR REAR DRIVE MODELS AND FOR FOUR WHEEL 3, AND 0LATINUM MODELS DRIVES $URING OUR TEST WEEK WITH ABOUT PERCENT 4HE !RMADA HAS CUBIC FEET OF CARGO SPACE BEINTERSTATE HIGHWAY DRIVING WE AVERAGED MPG HIND THE THIRD ROW SEAT OR CUBIC FEET WITH THE 4HE NOW STANDARD INTELLIGENT CRUISE CONTROL ON THIRD ROW SEATBACKS FOLDED DOWN 7E HAULED SOME OUR !RMADA WAS VERY PRECISE HOLDING THE VEHICLE (OME $EPOT PURCHASES IN THE REAR WITH THE THIRD TO THE PRESET SPEED WITH LITTLE OR NO VARIATION GOING ROW FOLDED AND HAD LOTS OF ROOM FOR EVERYTHING UPHILL OR DOWN 5NLIKE SOME HIGH END VEHICLES WE BOUGHT ! POWER TAILGATE WITH AN AUTO CLOSING THE !RMADA S CRUISE CONTROL CAN BE ADJUSTED UP OR FEATURE IS STANDARD ON 3, AND 0LATINUM 0LATINUM DOWN IN MPH INCREMENTS AND THE DRIVER CAN SEE 2ESERVE MODELS BUT OPTIONAL ON THE 36 IN THE THE SET SPEED ON A DIGITAL READOUT IN THE CENTER OF $RIVER 0ACKAGE INCLUDED ON OUR TESTER )T THE INSTRUMENT PANEL ALSO BROUGHT FRONT FOG LIGHTS AUTO DIMMING REAR&OR THE SECOND GENERATION THE !RMADA GOT A VIEW MIRROR POWER FOLDING THIRD ROW SEAT POWER COMPLETELY NEW EXTERIOR SIMILAR TO THAT OF THE 18 TAILGATE AND TRAILER WIRING HARNESS .ISSAN SAYS THERE WAS AN INCREASE OF PERCENT IN "ECAUSE THIS IS A TRULY OFF ROAD CAPABLE 356 THE BODY STIFFNESS HELPING TO ENHANCE HANDLING AND ALL MODE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE FEATURES LOW RANGE GEARride comfort.

ING WITH A TWO SPEED TRANSFER CASE FOR EXTREME TRAIL Corners and edges are more rounded than those of DRIVING 7E DIDN T TAKE OUR !RMADA ON ANY SERIOUS THE PREVIOUS !RMADA AND THIS VEHICLE SITS UP ABOVE OFF ROAD TRAILS BUT DID EXPLORE SOME UNPAVED PARK MOST OTHER VEHICLES GIVING DRIVER AND PASSENGERS GREAT ROADS THOUGH OUTWARD VISIBILITY !LSO STANDARD ARE FOUR WHEEL ANTILOCK DISC !MONG OTHER STANDARD FEATURES ON OUR VEHICLE BRAKES WITH ELECTRONIC BRAKE FORCE DISTRIBUTION WERE HEATED FRONT SEATS A SPEAKER "OSE AUDIO and brake assist.

SYSTEM WITH NAVIGATION AND AN EIGHT INCH COLOR 4HREE WHEEL AND TIRE COMBINATIONS ARE OFFERED

TOUCH SCREEN SATELLITE AND ($ RADIO FOUR 53" DEPENDING ON MODEL EITHER OR INCHES /UR 36 PORTS TWO ARE CHARGE ONLY "LUETOOTH CONNECTIV- MODEL CAME WITH INCH ALLOY WHEELS ITY AND .ISSAN #ONNECT SERVICES WAY POWER "ESIDES THE $RIVER 0ACKAGE THE ONLY OTHER EXTRA DRIVER S SEAT AND EIGHT WAY POWER FRONT PASSENGER ON OUR 36 FOUR WHEEL DRIVE !RMADA WAS THE CARPETED SEAT BOTH WITH TWO WAY POWER LUMBAR ADJUST CLOTH lOOR MAT CARGO MAT PACKAGE SEATS IN CHARCOAL COLOR LEATHER WRAPPED STEERING 4HE EXTERIOR OF OUR TESTER WAS A VERY NICE 'UN -ETALWHEEL AND SHIFTER KNOB AND KEYLESS ENTRY WITH LIC COLOR DARK GRAY pushbutton start.

4OTAL STICKER PRICE WAS

INCLUDING FREIGHT TNS 7E ALSO HAD DUAL ZONE FRONT AUTOMATIC CLIMATE and options.

2016 Santa Fe named â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;most dependableâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; by JD Power

BY TYRONE JASPER C. PIAD HYUNDIA Asia Resources Inc. (HARI) said that marketING RESEARCH kRM *$ 0OWER HAS AWARD THE MODEL OF THE 3ANTA &E AS THE MOST DEPENDABLE MID SIZED SPORT UTILITY VEHICLE 356 )N THE RESEARCH kRM S 6EHICLE $EPENDABILITY 3TUDY *$ 0OWER TOOK INTO ACCOUNT gISSUES OWNERS OF VEHICLE MODELS EXPERIENCED OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR u HARI said in a statement.

3ANTA &E IS AN 356 THAT HAS A COMMON RAIL DIRECT INJECTION WITH VARIABLE GEOMETRY TURBOCHARGER

MAXIMUM POWER OF HP AND MAXIMUM TORQUE OF KILOGRAM METER ,AST MONTH THE (YUNDAI +ONA AND +ONA %LECTRIC CROSS OVER UTILITY 6EHICLE WERE AWARDED BY !MERICAN AND #ANADIAN JOURNALISTS AND ANALYSTS AS THE .ORTH !MERICAN 5TILITY 6EHICLE OF THE 9EAR DURING THE .ORTH !MERICAN )NTERNATIONAL !UTO 3HOW HELD IN $ETROIT -ICHIGAN 4HIS WAS THE kRST TIME THAT A (YUNDAI VEHICLE RECEIVED RECOGNITION IN THE CAR SHOW +ONA WAS ALSO NAMED AS THE "EST 3UBCOMPACT 356 FOR THE -ONEY IN BY THE 53 .EWS AND 7ORLD 2EPORT AND WAS INCLUDED AMONG THE SIX MODELS IN Car AND $RIVER %DITORS #HOICE !WARDS g 4HE YEAR HAS ONLY JUST BEGUN YET WE AT (YUNDAI !SIA 2ESOURCES )NC WELCOME WITH GREAT PRIDE

THE MULTIPLE AWARDS OUR VEHICLES HAVE ALREADY EARNED INTERNATIONALLY u (!2) 0RESIDENT AND #HIEF %XECUTIVE /FkCER -A &E 0EREZ !GUDO SAID IN A STATEMENT g4HESE AWARDS TRULY REPRESENT WHAT (YUNDAI IS ALL ABOUT 7E AIM TO OFFER MOBILITY SOLUTIONS IN ALL CLASSES THAT BOAST UNPARALLELED SAFETY AND RELIABILITY WHILE ALSO INTRODUCING STYLISH YET AFFORDABLE OPTIONS LIKE THE +ONA AND IN THE 2EINA u SHE ADDED )N *ANUARY THE (YUNDAI DISTRIBUtor reported that it SOLD UNITS

a 5-percent and P E R C E N T decrease from kGURES POSTED A YEAR AGO AND IN $ECEMBER

RESPECTIVELY 4HE LATEST FIGURES CONTINUED THE DOWNWARD SALES TREND SHOWN BY (!2) WHICH REPORTED LAST MONTH THAT AUTO SALES DIPPED BY PERCENT TO UNITS LAST YEAR FROM IN AND BY PERCENT TO IN THE FOURTH QUARTER FROM

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Q The Hiace World Premier was well attended by industry VIPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Toyota officials and the motoring media.

TUESDAY March 5, 2019

THE MOTORING SECTION OF

Toyota unveils all-new Hiace T

TEXT AND PHOTOS BY GENEVIEVE TIU

OYOTAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S popular people mover and its perennial best-seller in the commercial vehicle category was launched recently in grand fashion at the Grand Hyatt Hotel Manila.

With the top executives of Toyota Motor Corp.

(TMC) and Toyota Motors Philippines (TMP) led by its president Satoru Suzuki in attendance, the all-new Hiace was unveiled in a world premiere launch with members of the motoring media in full force. The all-new Hiae comes in three variants: the GL Grandia Tourer, GL Grandia, and Commuter Deluxe.

The Toyota HIACE has sold over 6.2 million units globally over its 50-year history.

Locally, it has maintained a steady average segment share of 12.2 percent in the past four years. It remains as an industry category leader since its domestic introduction in 1994 and it currently accounts for 56 percent of the utility van segment. With THE LAUNCH OF THE kFTH GENERATION MODEL

Toyota has a new segment to cover: the family market.

According to Chief Engineer Takuo Ishikawa, the Toyota Hiace was originally designed as a utility vehicle, made to function primarily for transport and logistics.

With the new generation model, the brand has expanded its direction for the Hiace to be the perfect family van â&#x20AC;&#x201D; developed for people, to suit the mobile lifestyle of todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s society.

To achieve that goal, the all-new HiQ The author tries out the head room of Toyotaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s people mover.

ace has been redesigned inside and out.

Two key inspirations led the design and ENGINEERING PROCESS 4HE kRST IS TO CREATE a vehicle that increases productivity. The second is to provide safe, comfortable and reliable transport for people everywhere.

An initial glance at the face of the vehicle already shows one of the biggest differences from the previous generation: it has a new semi-bonnet design, which means that the engine was moved up front and is no longer mounted on top of the front wheel axle. This allows for better ergonomics for both driver and passenger, and eliminates the heat and vibration that normally emanates from underneath the seats. The new nose feature is also a safety characteristic, especially in cases of front collisions.

For better visibility, the headlamps are complimented by vertical light emitting

Q With the GL Grandia (from left) Dr. David Go, senior executive vice president, Toyota Motor Philippines; Satoru Suzuki, president, Toyota Motor Philippines; Satoshi Ogiso, operating officer, Toyota Motor Corp.; Alfred Ty, vice chairman, Toyota Motor Philippines; Takuo Ishikawa, Hiace chief engineer, Toyota Motor Corp.; and Kei Mizuguchi, executive vice president, Toyota Motor Philippines. diode daytime running lights and fog lamps in the GL Grandia and GL Grandia Tourer variants. It also features chamfered rear combination lamps.

Cabin improvements The biggest improvements, however, are inside the cabin. Riding comfort is one of the main considerations when choosing a van that would be right for the family.

The all-new Hiace offers upgraded seating that are plush, comfortable, with a form of lumbar support that has never been

present in any previous Hiace generations.

There is also wider legroom for each row, more generous door step, and strategically positioned assist grips, as well as auto illumination in the entry way. In terms of seating capacity, the GL Grandia Tourer, GL Grandia, and Commuter Deluxe comFORTABLY kT A MAXIMUM OF

AND people, respectively.

Under the hood, the all-new Hiace is powered by a new 1GD-FTV 2.8-liter engine that has a high-boost turbocharger and an output of 176 horsepower, ensuring that the vehicle can traverse any road while carrying any load. With its new drivetrain, it is more powerful and FUEL EFkCIENT THAN THE PREVIOUS GENERAtion. Exhaust gas recirculation and dual MASS lYWHEEL OFFER REDUCED CABIN NOISE by absorbing engine vibrations. There is also better handling with variable power steering, lighter gear shifting, and a MacPherson strut front suspension system.

Of course, because a hallmark feature

of any Toyota vehicle is its attention to safety, the new generation Hiace is packed with advanced features to ensure peace of mind for its passengers. As mentioned, the transition from cab-over design to semi-bonnet increases collision safety. As A kRST IN THE UTILITY VAN SEGMENT THERE IS now a center seat airbag for front center passengers. This brings to three the total number of airbags for the Commuter Deluxe and two each for the GL Grandia and GL Grandia Tourer. The latter variants also come with vehicle stability control, hill start assist, anti-lock braking system, and emergency brake signals.

The all-new 2020 Toyota Hiace starts at P1.590 million for the Commuter Deluxe; P1.973 million and P2.048 million for the MT and AT variants, respectively of the GL Grandia; and, P2.145 million and P2.220 million for the MT and AT variants of the GL Grandia Tourer. The Commuter Deluxe and GL Grandia will be available starting March 5. The GL Grandia Tourer will be out in April.

Q The dash layout is driver friendly with a visually appealing two-tone finish.

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Q Kia PH President Manny Aligada gives a thumbs up to Kia’s newest baby.

TEXT AND PHOTOS BY DINO RAY V. DIRECTO 3RD

OLLOWING the grand relaunch of the brand early this year, Kia PH went into high gear with a roadshow to showcase its full model line-up and the new Soluto sedan.

4HE kRST INSTALLMENT OF THE +IA ROADshow was held in early February at the Queen City of the South, Cebu. A week

after, it opened a three-day display at the Ayala Centrio Mall on February 22 to 24, with the Soluto taking center stage. “We

Q The first four owners of the Soluto from Cagayan de Oro are given a surprise VIP treatment by Kia PH.

Q Locals take a keen interest on the new Soluto from its affordability. It is also with all the bells and whistles.

want to bring the brand closer to the target market. So we are organizing this pocket events in popular cities around the country, this time at the gateway to Mindanao, Cagayan de Oro,” said Manny Aligada, president of Kia PH.

Also in attendance during the Cagayan de Oro launch were dealer principals, bank representatives from BPI, RCBC, Maybank, Security Bank and Banco de Oro, among others. The event also focused on clients, wherein Kia introduced to the

PUBLIC THE kRST FOUR BUYERS OF THE Soluto. According to one bank representative, they were able to get positive feedback from the consumers.

“Sales events such as this enable us to tap more prospects for car loans. We were able to get commitments from consumers who were surprised at the low down-payment, the affordability of the Soluto and the loaded features of the car,” said the BPI representative.

According to Aligada, the next venue for the Kia roadshow might be Davao. “It’s a target rich envinroment for Kia,” he added.

The Soluto is one of three vehicles to be introduced by Kia PH to the domestic market. The next big reveal will be held in April at the Manila International Autoshow (MIAS). Aligada hinted in Cagayan that it might possibly be a performance sedan with a level of comfort that made the car popular in both the European and US markets.

“The cars we will be launching this year are all new models. It embodies Kia’s mantra of having the power to surprise,” he said.

AC Automotive stages 2019 Art Fair AC Automotive showcased the imaginative programmed to map the data into ASCII with human emotions as evoked by musical ingenuity of Filipino modern artist Ian numbers, which are then used to override stimuli. Jaucian’s “\Car Keys best illustrates Carlo Jaucian at the “Art Fair Philippines the keyboard of a connected computer. how passion can drive the seemingly cold 2019: The Best in Philippine Contempo- From there, keypresses are interpreted into and calculating precision of automobile enrary Art,” held on February 22 to 24 at The digital music. gineering and design into unexpected - and Link in Makati City.

This so-called “data art” or “digital mel- often amazing - outcomes.

Art Fair Philippines, now on its 6th year, is ody” infuses mathematics and technology AC Automotive’s entry in this year’s the premier platform for exhibiting and !RT &AIR 0HILIPPINES RElECTS &ILIPINO selling the best in modern and contemcreativity and artistry, and those porary Philippine visual art, making it outcomes in the company’s nearly accessible to enthusiasts and to those 30-year industry experience. who want to discover one of Southeast AC Automotive is a member of the Asia’s most exciting art landscapes. country’s oldest business house, Ayala, For this year’s edition, AC Automotive under its industrial technology arm AC highlighted Jaucian’s unique retooling Industrials. It currently operates the of the gramophone concept, which national distributors for the Volkswarepurposes the car wheel into an amalgen, Kia and KTM brands, as well as the gamation of visual and musical symlargest dealership networks for both metry, thus bridging the gap between the Honda and Isuzu brands. Across all harmonious visual design and cyclic brands, it manages a total network of music through the language of numbers.

92 dealerships, 27 of which are owned Q “Car Keys,” uses an infrared proximity sensor to Jaucian’s work, named “Car Keys,”

by AC Automotive itself. measure topographical differences on the outer uses an infrared proximity sensor to For more information about surface of the rim as it is spun. The measured values measure topographical differences are processed by a microcontroller unit programmed to the AC Automotive companies, log on the outer surface of the rim as map the data into ASCII numbers then used to override on to hondamakati.com.ph, isuit is spun. The measured values are zuautodealer.com.ph, volkswagen. the keyboard of a connected computer. From there, processed by a microcontroller unit com.ph, ktm.ph and kia.com. keypresses are interpreted into digital music.

Q AC Automotive’s entry in this year’s Art Fair Philippines reflects the Filipino’s creativity and artistry. Present during the Collectors Preview on February 21 (from left) are: Felipe Estrella 3rd, president of Volkswagen Philippines; Nona Ong, president of Honda and Isuzu Ayala-owned dealership network; Trickie Lopa and Lisa Periquet, organizers of Art Fair Philippines; Ian Carlo Jaucian, Filipino modern artist commissioned by AC Automotive; Art Tan, Group president and CEO of AC Industrials; Manny Aligada, president of Kia Philippines; and, Dino Santos, president of KTM Philippines.

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Drool worthy cars at the

Tokyo Auto Salon

Q There was no shortage of italian supercars.

Q This years TAS is one of the most attended in its history.

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TEXT AND PHOTOS BY JAKOB GO

/+9/ *APAN -ENTION 4OKYO TO ANY CAR ENTHUSIASTS AND THE kRST THING that would come to mind would be the motherland of iconic Japanese automobiles. However when they hear Tokyo Auto Salon it’s a different case, Tokyo Auto Salon is like a candy store - no, a Disneyland for enthusiasts.

Walking towards the main entrance of the Makuhari Messe, the annual venue of the famed Tokyo Auto Salon (TAS), conjures feelings of watching a beautiful sunset. What makes it different though is the fact that instead of watching the sun go down from your gaze, here it’s like going inside a candy store and one starts to drool at the eye-candy cars in one location. %NTERING THE kRST HALL ) COULD NOT HELP but be amazed. Why you ask? It’s because never in my life would I imagine that there would be people who would alter the way a

Lamborghini looks with a widebody Liberty Walk kit sitting on custom forged Forgiato rims, plus a good serving of custom built Porsches, GTRs and Rolls Royces.

Aside from the luxury car builds, there was an area where 1990s JDM enthusiasts would (without a doubt) drool over these iconic automobiles. There were dozens of iconic Japanese legends from the 1990s, and the best part about was that they were tuned tastefully! From the Skyline GTRs with aero kits to rotary-powered RX7s with pandem wide-body kits! Every build in this hall was

simply mind-blowing. Aside from all the insanely creative Japanese builds, I was really happy to see the all new Suzuki Jimny, but what made me shocked was the that Suzuki came out with a mini pick up edition! It was called the Jimny Sierra.

As a student living off from my parents allowance, all the money saving schemes I made like skipping club night, buying accessories for my car, and cutting down on my shopping expenses was worth it. I have started to save money again for next year’s Tokyo Auto Salon. See you soon Tokyo!

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Heavy Duty

TUESDAY

March 5, 2019

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SUZU Philippines Corp. held its 14th Dealer of the Year Awards (DOYA) on February 22 at the Grand Ballroom of Hilton Manila in posh Newport City in Pasay City, with Isuzu Iloilo taking the top plum.

Through the DOYA, which IPC has been holding annually since 2004, the outstanding performance of Isuzu dealers and its sales force, both in sales and aftersales operations are recognized.

The 2018 edition of the DOYA has been especially meaningful for the leadership and the tireless men and women of IPC. Despite the challenges faced by industries in 2018 resulting in the dip in sales for the automotive industry, IPC still emerged as the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leading truck brand, extending its winning streak to 19 years, prompting IPC Executive Vice President Shojiro Sakoda to declare: â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are all here, standing and celebrating our success.â&#x20AC;?

In the presence of dealer principals and operators, branch, sales, and service and parts managers, supervisors and sales executives, IPC President Hajime Koso said in his welcome speech: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Now that Isuzu has already 43 dealerships operat-

ing nationwide, we know that all of you are doing your best to achieve our goals each year, and we appreciate each one of you. We are working as one team, we are one Isuzu.â&#x20AC;?

The highlight of the evening was the announcement of the main awards.

Hailed as the 2018 Dealer of the Year Champion was Isuzu Iloilo, with Isuzu Cabanatuan and Isuzu Cagayan de Oro kRST AND SECOND RUNNER UP RESPECTIVELY The Most Improved Dealership of the Year award was handed to Isuzu Bulacan.

The Sales Team of the Year was awarded to Isuzu Pasig.

The Sales Executive of the Year in the LCV (light commercial vehicle) Category was Gabriel Joshua Corro Jr. of Isuzu Iloilo, while the Sales Executive of the Year in the CV (commercial vehicle) Category was Caren Pearl Gaspar of Isuzu Pasig.

The 2018 DOYA Awards were also given

IPC announces winners of the 2018 Dealer of the Year Awards to Isuzu Pasig for Best in Sales Operations, Isuzu Bulacan for Best in Parts Operation, Isuzu Alabang as Best in Service Operations, and Isuzu Sto. Tomas Batangas as

Best in Customer Service Operations.

Koso congratulated the winners and reminded them of their special roles in IPC: â&#x20AC;&#x153;We couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have done it without

you. This is the night of becoming an inspirationâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;an inspiration to do something different, something bigger, and something remarkable.â&#x20AC;?

FOTON PH OFFICIALLY OPENS NEW SHOWROOM IN BACOOR FOTON Motor Philippines, Inc. (FMPI), the exclusive distributor of Foton vehicles in the country, formally inaugurated the Foton Bacoor showroom on February 13.

The new facility is the brandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 28th dealership nationwide, and the second in the province of Cavite. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The grand opening of Foton Bacoor is the latest proof point in the ongoing expansion of our dealer network. It also supports our aggressive growth and commitment to deliver a consistent and world-class customer and ownership experience in both rural and urban areas across the country.â&#x20AC;? said FMPI President Rommel Sytin.

Located along the stretch of Bacoor Boulevard in Barangay Niog III, the 2,500-square meter facility showcases a completely-furnished vehicle showroom and a state-of-the-art service center with a total of 10 bays designed for passenger and commercial vehicles. To cap it off, Foton Bacoor also boasts of a display and repair area exclusive for heavy-duty trucks.

Known as one of Luzonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home of major townships and real estate hubs, Cavite also hosts economic zones focusing on food processing, pharmaceuticals and agribusiness. Because of these potential markets, Juanito Tionson, dealer principal of Foton Bacoor, took the opportunity to offer the brandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vehicles closer to businesses in the area.

When asked how their new business started, Foton Bacoor President and General Manager Paul Tionson said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;It all actually began with a series of coincidences. My father originally intended to lease out the land property to interested players in the automotive industry. After a while, we started asking - why donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t we just try it out ourselves?â&#x20AC;?

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Q (From left) FMPI VP for Development Alvin Lu, Bacoor City Board Member Aba Gawaran, Foton Bacoor President Paul Tionson, FMPI President Rommel Sytin, Cavite Vice Governor Jolo Revilla, Dealer Principal Juanito Tionson, Dorothy Tionson, Councilor Venus De Castro, and Estelito Mendoza.

(Foton La Union) and SteeringWheel Inc. (Foton Puerto Princesa), Alphamile AutoMOTIVE $EALERS )NC IS ALSO A kRST TIMER IN the car dealership scene.

He continued: â&#x20AC;&#x153;From there, we came to realize that Foton, with its diverse and well-positioned line-up, its commitment to help build the nation, and most importantly, its supremely dedicated and supportive people, was the brand that MADE THE MOST SENSE FOR OUR kRST VENTURE into the industry.â&#x20AC;?

In line with its continuous dealership expansion, Foton Motor Philippines President Rommel Sytin announced: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our team is truly grateful for the opportunity to offer more of our products and services in Bacoor. The market demand for commercial vehicles outside the National Capital Region is expected to grow even further in

the coming years. Having said that, it is our responsibility to reach out and provide our products and services that will make it more accessible and convenient to our customers, wherever they are located.â&#x20AC;?

Foton Philippines has a clear plan to deliver notable sales and after-sales, as much as the brand eyes to expand its business THROUGH RETAIL CORPORATE AND lEET SALES Another is the PUV Modernization Program that aims to upgrade the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s public vehicle mobility system, which provides a huge growth potential with the increasing demand for light commercial vehicles, light-, medium- and heavy-duty trucks, and heavy equipment set to support the various infrastructure projects of the government.

When asked about Foton Bacoorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vision as a new player in the auto industry,

the younger Tionson proudly said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Foton "ACOOR HAS AN @OFkCIAL VISION STATEMENT

but if I were to share with you what it is we really see Foton Bacoor, Cavite being in several years down the line, it would be more apt to quote Christian Baleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Batman: â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I am whatever Gotham needs me to be.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?

He further explained: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The greatest pride and pleasure we derive from this endeavor is not the completion of this SHOWROOM )T IS NOT THE PROkTS WE STAND to gain. It is not the number of vehicles WE SELL OR SERVICE )T IS IN THE CONkDENCE that with Foton, we can be whatever Bacoor, whatever Cavite, whatever our community needs us to be. It is the joy that we provide a balikbayan with an affordable family car, an aspiring UV %XPRESS OPERATOR WITH A SPACIOUS kRST

van, a BacooreĂąo entrepreneur with a reliable delivery truck, and a Caviteno contractor with dependable heavy trucks and equipment.â&#x20AC;?

The name Bacoor is said to have come from the word â&#x20AC;&#x153;bakod,â&#x20AC;? which means â&#x20AC;&#x153;fenceâ&#x20AC;?. This is how Bacoor has traditionally been viewed: a border, a gateway.

Tionson added: â&#x20AC;&#x153;I believe that together, we can play our part in driving Bacoor forward, and push it towards what we know it is and can be â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a metropolis in itself and a destination of its own.â&#x20AC;?

Foton is currently entering its 12th year in the country, yet the brand has already secured ninth spot for overall sales in the local auto industry scene - a big leap from 2017â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s number 12 position. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With the OPENING OF &OTON "ACOOR WE ARE CONkDENT that we can retain our hold of the ninth spot and improve our market share as well,â&#x20AC;? said Sytin. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I would like to thank Alphamile Automotive Dealers Inc. for trusting the brand. #HOOSING &OTON AS YOUR kRST CAR DEALERSHIP BUSINESS IS A lATTERING AND PROMISING milestone from our end. Expect our team TO CONTINUOUSLY SUPPORT YOU IN REDEkNing, and providing quality products and services to our customers in the Southern Tagalog Region,â&#x20AC;? Sytin added.

By the end of 2019, FMPI is targeting the opening and operation of 34 dealerships nationwide. Foton dealerships will soon land in Congressional Avenue in Quezon City, Pasig City, Metro Clark, Bacolor, Tagbilaran, and Iloilo.

Foton is known as Asiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest manufacturer of commercial vehicles including passenger vehicles, light-duty trucks, heavy-duty trucks and heavy machinery.

For inquiries, call (02) 459-2121 or 09999999998. You may also visit their website at www.foton.com.ph.