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Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez 3rd (left) and Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Deputy Governor Chuchi Fonacier speak at The Manila Times business forum at the Dusit Thani Hotel in Makati City on Wednesday. PHOTOS BY J. GERALD SEGUIA
‘Sources of resilience’ to shield PH economy THE 0HILIPPINE HAS gSOURCES OF RESIL IENCEu THAT WILL SHIELD THE ECONOMY FROM EXTERNAL HEADWINDS "ANGKO 3ENTRAL NG 0ILIPINAS "30 $EPUTY 'OVERNOR #HUCHI &ONACIER SAID ON 7EDNESDAY g/VER THE MEDIUM TERM WE REMAIN OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE COUNTRY S GROWTH PROSPECTS u &ONACIER TOLD PARTICIPANTS at 4HE -ANILA 4IMES TH "USINESS &ORUM HELD IN -AKATI #ITY
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PERCENT FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS ON THE BACK OF SOLID DOMESTIC DEMAND SHE SAID 4HIS IS AN IMPROVEMENT FROM THE PERCENT GROWTH RATE THE ECONOMY POSTED IN &ONACIER SAID THE ECONOMY IS EXPECT ED TO STAY ON TRACK WITH ITS TARGETS SUP PORTED BY SEVERAL FACTORS OR gECONOMIC TAILWINDSu INCLUDING THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS VARIOUS PROGRAMS SUCH AS
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OCIAL Security System (SSS) President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Emmanuel Dooc has stepped down from his post, according to a statement released by the agency on Wednesday. It said Dooc submitted his resignation letter on Tuesday to
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A NEW 0RESIDENT AND #%/ OF 333 u In his letter, Dooc thanked the 0RESIDENT FOR gHIS SUPPORT AND FOR the opportunity to serve in his administration.� Dooc was the 17th chief of the 333 (E PLAYED A SIGNIkCANT ROLE IN initiating the Loan Restructuring 0ROGRAM THE 0ENSION ,OAN 0ROgram, the Calamity Loan Assistance 0ACKAGE AND THE 2EAL 4IME 0ROCESSING OF #ONTRIBUTIONS 0ROGRAM
His resignation came following the effectivity of Republic Act OR THE g3OCIAL 3ECURITY !CT OF u THAT SOUGHT TO EXPAND the powers of the SSS to ensure the long-term viability of the system, as well as empowering it TO INCREASE BENEkTS AND PROVIDE mandatory SSS coverage of overseas Filipino workers. 0RESIDENT $UTERTE APPOINTED $OOC IN REPLACING %MILIO DE 1UIROS
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Govt sets 7% growth despite 2019 headwinds Dominguez stressed that the stimulus effect of the government’s infrastructure investments would be felt in the second half of this year. “To support this economic strategy, we are slightly raising our kSCAL DEkCIT TO PERCENT OF '$0 this year. This will help us sustain the accelerated pace of investments in both hard infrastructure and the cultivation of our human capital,� he said. The Finance chief said the country was closer to realizing its target of high, but inclusive economic growth because of the expected DECELERATION OF INlATION RATE TO PERCENT “This will bring us even closer to our most important target: The re-
duction of poverty incidence to only PERCENT BY FROM THE RATE OF PERCENT IN u HE ADDED )NlATION RATE AVERAGED PERcent in the first two months of ABOVE THE OFFICIAL TARGET range, but much lower than the RECORDED kGURES A YEAR AGO Dominguez said increased revenue from the Comprehensive Tax 2EFORM 0ROGRAM #420 WOULD BE the key to the growth momentum. &IVE gPACKAGESu UNDER THE #420 are still pending in Congress. The kRST PACKAGE ‡ THE 4AX 2EFORM FOR !CCELERATION AND )NCLUSION 4RAIN ,AW ‡ WAS SIGNED INTO LAW IN “We hope our legislators see the great importance of pushing ahead with the remaining pack-
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Sources of resilience the massive “Build, Build, Build� AGENDA THE %XPORT $EVELOPMENT 0LAN TO AND SOCIAL WELfare programs aimed at improving education and health across different segments of society. “Apart from government proGRAMS THE 0HILIPPINE ECONOMY also continues to benefit from the ‘demographic sweet spot’ that provides a unique window of opportunity that offers tremendous potential for boosting and sustaining domestic demand, and therefore economic growth, over a long period,� she added. 4HE CENTRAL BANK SENIOR OFkCIAL explained that complementary to this demographic dividend was the government’s social welfare pro-
GRAMS SPECIkCALLY ON EDUCATION AND health aimed at enabling people to raise their standards of living and making economic growth more inclusive going forward. “However, the economy also faces some challenges ahead. The YEAR HAS GROWTH PROSPECTS that remain fragile and uneven. %VEN AS RECOVERY IN ADVANCED ECONomies is expected to remain steady or to eventually pick up, activity in emerging market economies is projected to slow down,� she said. Fonacier noted that the InterNATIONAL -ONETARY &UND IN ITS 7ORLD %CONOMIC /UTLOOK RELEASED in January, revised down global growth projections for the year BY PERCENTAGE POINT TO
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(EALTH $EPARTMENT OF %NVIRONMENT AND .ATURAL 2ESOURCES $EPARTMENT of Foreign Affairs, Commission on Audit, Civil Service Commission, ,AND 4RANSPORTATION /FkCE AND THE 0HILIPPINE .ATIONAL 0OLICE “The initiative to deputize governMENT IS PURSUANT TO %XECUTIVE /RDER WHICH GRANTS 0!## THE POWER to enlist their support to assist the Commission in the investigation of cases falling within their respective jurisdictions,� Bringas said. “The deputation of these agencies likewise allows them to serve as their internal anti-corruption deputies,� he added. #REATED THROUGH %/ THE 0!## HAS A CONTINUING MANDATE TO kGHT AND eradicate graft and corruption in the
PACC THIS YEAR THE 0!## WILL LIKEWISE INTENSIFY ITS kGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION AND RECOMMEND TO THE 0RESIDENT STIFFER PENALTIES ON ERRING OFkCIALS IN GOVERNment,� Jimenez said in a statement. 0!## %XECUTIVE $IRECTOR %DUardo Bringas issued the Order of Deputation to the Department of the )NTERIOR AND ,OCAL 'OVERNMENT $EPARTMENT OF ,ABOR AND %MPLOYMENT Department of Agriculture, DepartMENT OF "UDGET AND -ANAGEMENT Department of Justice, Department of Agrarian Reform, Department OF &INANCE $EPARTMENT OF 0UBLIC Works and Highways, Department of
ages of this program. This will be the best signal we can send to the investment community and to our development partners,� Dominguez said. Despite this bright outlook, he acknowledged that risks to growth would come from the external environment, such as the ongoing trade war and global oil prices “Trade war is an important headwind for us that doesn’t augur well for the growth of our trade partners. I think the growth in our major trade partners has been negative because of this unresolved issues,� Dominguez said. He cautioned that these unresolved trade issues increased risks of higher interest rates
from other countries. The Finance secretary also pointed to global oil prices as one of the key risks to growth, which he stressed persists because of the onGOING CONlICTS IN THE -IDDLE %AST “Those are the factors that make us a a bit worried about the future,� he said. g&ORTUNATELY IN THE 0HILIPPINES our own requirements to improve infrastructure and our ability to finance it internally through taxes, and local and foreign borrowings, is a very good sign that we can overcome or at least grow our economy internally even if our trading partners’ demand for our products drops a little bit,� Dominguez explained.
percent relative to its projection IN /CTOBER Although not completely immune from the external headWINDS SHE SAID THE 0HILIPPINES had “sources of resilience that will keep the economy stable.� 4HESE INCLUDE DECELERATING INlAtion rate, high dollar reserves and the STRONG 0HILIPPINE BANKING SYSTEM She said inflation expectations had declined and were now aligned with a target-consistent PATH FOR AND “These recent developments SUPPORT OUR OUTLOOK FOR INlATION to return to its target this year and IN THE NEXT TO PERCENT AND PERCENT RESPECTIVELY IN the absence of adverse shocks,� Fonacier added. In terms of buffers, the Bangko 3ENTRAL OFkCIAL HIGHLIGHTED THAT THE country’s gross international reserves REMAINED AMPLE RISING TO BIL-
LION AS OF END *ANUARY 3HE NOTED THAT THE 0HILIPPINE BANKING SYSTEM ‡ THE CORE OF THE kNANCIAL SYSTEM ‡ CONTINUED ITS growth momentum with total ASSETS RISING BY PERCENT YEAR ON YEAR TO 0 TRILLION AS OF END $ECEMBER Fonacier pointed out that the industry was mainly funded by the PERCENT INCREASE IN DEPOSITS TO 0 TRILLION ‡ MOST WERE IN PESO and sourced from resident individuals and private corporations. “Armed with continued asset AND DEPOSIT EXPANSION PROkTABILIty, adequate capital buffers, liquidity, positive sentiments from the banking community and markets, THE 0HILIPPINE BANKING SYSTEM IS therefore capable of sustaining its growth trajectory amid volatility in THE GLOBAL kNANCIAL MARKETS AND economic environment,â€? she said. MAYVELIN U. CARABALLOÂ
DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS BUREAUS OFkCes, and other government instrumenTALITIES TO ENSURE THAT PUBLIC OFkCIALS and employees conduct themselves in a manner worthy of public trust. 4HE 0!## HAS CLASHED WITH AT least three appointees recently. ,ABOR 3ECRETARY 3ILVESTRE "ELLO RD ACCUSED THE 0!## OF PREEMPTING ITS investigation, accusing him of alleged extortion, and releasing the details of the investigation ahead of time. Former Customs commissioner and now Technical Skills DevelopMENT !UTHORITY CHIEF )SIDRO ,APEĂ„A AND .ATIONAL #OMMISSION ON )NDIGENOUS 0EOPLE #HAIRMAN ,EONOR /RALDE 1UINTAYO ARE ALSO BEING investigated by the commission.
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Senate eyes emergency caucus on budget 3%.!4/23 MAY HOLD AN EMERgency caucus if the bicameral conference committee report on THE BUDGET BILL IS PROVEN TO have been manipulated by the House of Representatives. 3ENATE 0RESIDENT 6ICENTE 3OTTO RD SAID HE WAS AWARE OF THE SUPposed moves of House leaders and MEMBERS TO MANIPULATE THE budget report. Sotto said he was consulting 3ENATORS ,OREN ,EGARDA AND 0ANkLO ,ACSON ON THE MATTER TO DEtermine what should be done if THE (OUSE VERSION OF THE RATIkED budget measure would come out different from the copy of the bicameral conference committee BICAM REPORT THAT WAS RATIkED BY the Senate and House in February. “I will not sign anything that we did not approve,� Sotto said. Legarda said if the bicam report was indeed changed, she would immediately ask the Senate president to call an urgent caucus so that they could agree, as a body, on the necessary actions to be undertaken in addressing the issue. g0ERO of course foregone conclusion ‘di namin papayagan na mabago pa ang bicamERAL REPORTSu "UT OF COURSE IT S
a foregone conclusion that we will not allow any changes to THE BICAMERAL REPORTS ADDED Legarda, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee. The government has been operating on a reenacted budget because of the nontransmittal TO -ALACAĂ„ANG OF THE RATIFIED BICAMERAL REPORT ON THE national budget. House Appropriations Chair man Rolando Andaya Jr. on Wednesday, however, maintained that there was nothing illegal in DETAILING THE ITEMS IN THE 0 TRILLION NATIONAL BUDGET FOR Andaya, who headed the House contingent to the budget bicam, shrugged off the Senate’s call for a caucus. “It’s really up to them‌kung ano yung ginawa namin, ‘yun LANG DIN @YUNG GINAWA NILA .AGkataon lang, sila, kami halos WHATEVER WE DID THAT S WHAT they did for sure. They are only BUT THERE ARE AROUND (OUSE MEMBERS 3O IT S HARDER for us to identify projects. That’s the only difference. But in the parameters of the bicam‌there is no difference,â€? Andaya said. JAVIER JOE ISMAEL, GLEE JALEA
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past governments. )NFRASTRUCTURE SPENDING IN ACCOUNTED FOR PERCENT OF '$0 AND PERCENT IN ACCORDING to the Department of Budget and -ANAGEMENT $"- 4HE $"- SAID LATEST ANNUAL infrastructure spending was way HIGHER THAN THE PERCENT AVERAGE SINCE "This is in line with the Duterte administration’s target of increasing infrastructure spending to MORE THAN PERCENT OF '$0 BY � IT ADDED Under the Ramos administration, infrastructure spending in WAS ABOUT PERCENT OF '$0 WHILE IT WAS PERCENT OF TOTAL domestic output the following year. 5NDER THE %STRADA ADMINISTRATION IT WAS PERCENT OF '$0 IN AND PERCENT IN under the Arroyo administraTION PERCENT IN AND PERCENT IN AND UNDER THE second Aquino administration, PERCENT IN AND PERCENT IN CATHERINE S. VALENTE
Days of the national government fell short of the program," Diokno said. Last year's disbursements, he said, were driven by spending on public infrastructure and personnel services. "One of the drivers of governMENT SPENDING OF kSCAL YEAR is higher spending on public infrastructure and personnel services," Diokno said. "This accounted for more than half of total disbursements," the outgoing Budget chief added. Diokno said infrastructure SPENDING REACHED 0 BILLION which was higher than the target OF 0 BILLION Ă?4HIS WAS EQUIVALENT TO PERCENT OF THE '$0 GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT Ă? HE ADDED Diokno earlier said infrastructure spending in the first two years of the Duterte administration was better than in the
Senators: Wiretapped info inadmissible in court 3%.!4% -INORITY ,EADER &RANKLIN $RILON AND 3EN 0ANkLO ,ACSON ON Wednesday said wiretapped information is not admissible as evidence against individuals named in the government list of narcopoliticians and on other criminal activities they may be involved in. Drilon, one of the senators who called on the Duterte administration to file charges against narcopoliticians instead of shaming them in public by disclosing the so-called narcolist, said wiretapped information has no value at all. �It cannot be used as evidence, having been obtained illegally. In law, such wiretapped information is the ‘fruit of
the poisonous tree’ not admissible as evidence,â€? Drilon, a former secretary of THE $EPARTMENT OF *USTICE $O* SAID ,ACSON SAID -ALACAĂ„ANG S CLAIM THAT the narcolist information was based on wiretaps done by foreign governments does not make things right, unless those who conducted the wiretaps were armed with judicial authorization in which case, the proceeds should have been used as evidence in court. “On the other hand, if the wiretap was done illegally, it is nothing but the fruit of a poisonous tree. Is the administration admitting to be complicit in the commission of a crime by foreign governments? Is
it now a government policy to condone invasion of privacy of its own nationals by China, Israel and the United States?� he asked. 0ALACE SPOKESMAN 3ALVADOR 0ANELO EARLIER ADMITTED THAT FOREIGN COUNTRIES WERE PROVIDING THE 0HILippine government “wiretapped� information on narcopoliticians and on other criminal activities they might be involved in. He mentioned the US, Russia and China as some of the countries providing information TO THE 0HILIPPINE GOVERNMENT
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BY CATHERINE S. VALENTE
HE midterm elections in May will be held even if the government continues on a reenacted budget, outgoing Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno assured the public on Wednesday.
WE HAVE THE MONEY Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno assures teachers who will serve in the May 2013 election will get paid.
Diokno gave the assurance amid concerns that teachers who will render poll duties will not receive their honoraria if the 2019 budget is not signed. “There’s an item called contingent fund. We can get it from the contingent fund,� Diokno told REPORTERS IN A NEWS BRIEkNG
elections, particularly on teachers’ compensation. “We don’t think that a reenacted budget at this time would be innocuous from the point of view of elections,� Jimenez said. g(AVING A REENACTED BUDGET would actually have a very pronounced impact on the ability
“The elections will push through no matter what. So no more concern about teachers not being paid allowances,� he added. Commission on Elections (Comelec) spokesman James Jimenez earlier said a reenacted budget would have a “profound impact� on the conduct of the May
of Comelec to conduct elections. If the budget is not passed, it will have a serious impact on the preparation of elections,� he added. “If the budget is not enacted, we will not be able to get source or funds for that (honoraria of election workers). We won’t have
any money to pay the teachers,� he said. 4HE #OMELEC OFkCIAL SAID THE poll body would need P3.2 billion to pay election workers. Under the Election Service Reform Act, chairmenof electoral boards will be paid P6,000, while members of
electoral boards will be paid P5,000. The Department of Education 3UPERVISOR /FkCIAL WILL GET 0 and support staff will be paid P2,000. All persons who render election service are also entitled to a P1,000-travel allowance each.
GO DENIES USING GOVT FUNDS FOR CAMPAIGN Create jobs for Filipinos, SENATE hopeful Christopher Lawrence “Bong� Go has denied allegations that government funds are being used for his campaign, particularly the purchase of T-shirts bearing his face that were distributed to barangay VILLAGE OFkCIALS Go said he had “no idea� that his name and face were emblazoned on the shirts that were given to
those who attended the Liga ng mga Barangay sa Pilipinas National Assembly in Pasay City on February 25. “Wala po akong idea sa mga giveaways dun sa Liga ng Barangay (I have no idea about the giveaways that were distributed during the Liga ng Barangay),� he told reporters.
“No government funds will be used for my candidacy, kahit piso po, wala pong nagagamit (not even a peso will be used),� he added. The former top aide of President Rodrigo Duterte said he was not foolish to commit such an offense. g(INDI PO AKO BOBO .AG IISIP PO AKO (INDI KO PO GAGAWIN YAN (INDI PO ALIMANGO ANG ISIP KO
(I’m not stupid. I think and I will not do that. I do not have crab mentality),� he said. Go has appealed to his supporters not to use his name without his consent. Opposition Senate candidate Gary Alejano earlier alleged that Go used public funds for the shirts. CATHERINE S. VALENTE
JOBS ABOUND IN POLAND – POEA
4(/53!.$3 OF JOB OPPORTUNITIES ARE AVAILABLE for Filipino workers in Poland, but the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) warned applicants to be wary of illegal recruiters. “While it is true that several employers from various industries [in Poland] are interested in hiring Filipinos, there are also several challenges encountered by OFWs (overseas Filipino
workers) in Poland,� POEA Administrator Bernard Olalia said on Wednesday. Olalia said the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) in Milan, Italy, which has jurisdiction over Poland, reported that some Filipinos deployed in the road transport industry, particularly trailer truck drivers, have complained of poor labor conditions and
HUMAN TRAFkCKING ACTIVITIES Some Filipinos deployed as factory workers also complained of exorbitant placement fees and unauthorized deductions made by their recruitment agencies and employers. Olalia advised applicants to transact only with POEA-licensed recruitment agencies. WILLIAM B. DEPASUPIL
NLEX to hike toll fees in MarchÂ
Pope appoints Filipino priest as new LA auxiliary bishop
MOTORISTS traversing the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) would have to pay higher toll starting March 20 as the Toll Regulatory Board (TRB) has approved its operators’ request to hike toll rates. In a statement on Wednesday, NLEX Corp. said it received the go-signal to hike toll fees in its open system, which includes Balintawak, Mindanao Avenue, Karuhatan, Valenzuela, Caloocan, Meycauayan, Marilao interchanges and toll plazas. According to the TRB-approved rates, class 1 vehicles OR ORDINARY CARS CROSSING 1UEZON #ITY #ALOOCAN #ITY Valenzuela City, Malabon, Meycauayan and Marilao sections will have to pay P55 from P45. For those traveling end-to-end, the fee would increase to P258. Class 2 vehicles will pay an additional P23 when traversing the open system, and P56 if end-to-end. Large trucks and trailers, on the other hand, will pay an additional P29 when using the open system and P67 if end-to-end. The approval of the toll hike petition came after the OPENING OF THE .,%8 (ARBOR ,INK 3EGMENT A KIlometer elevated expressway. LISBET K. ESMAEL
POPE Francis has named a Filipino-American priest as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles (LA) in California. The appointment of Msgr. Alejandro Aclan, 68, was announced by the Vatican on Tuesday evening. Aclan will serve under Archbishop Jose Gomez, and will be joining LA auxiliary bishops Edward Clark, David O’Connell, Robert Barron and Marc Trudeau. (E IS THE SECOND &ILIPINO !MERICAN priest to be promoted as bishop in the US after Bishop Oscar Solis, who served as auxiliary bishop of LA from 2004 until 2017 when he was appointed as bishop of Salt Lake City in Utah. Born in Pasay City, Aclan earned a medical technology degree from the University of Santo Tomas in Manila and worked in the electronic data processing
industry before migrating to California in 1982 and entering priesthood. (E FINISHED HIS ECCLESIASTICAL STUDIES at the Saint John’s Seminary in Camarillo in 1988 and was ordained a priest for the LA archdiocese in 1993, where he immediately served as deputy priest of the Saint Finbar parish in Burbank and of the Saint John of God parish in Norwalk from 1993 to 2001, and parish priest of the Saint Madeleine parish in Pomona 2001 to 2012. Aclan also served as director for the promotion of vocations of the San Gabriel Valley Pastoral Region from 2010 to 2012. Prior to his appointment, the prelate was deputy vicar for the clergy from 2012 to 2015 and vicar for the clergy from 2015 to 2018. CATHERINE A. MODESTO
Bam prods Duterte
SEN. Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino 4th on Wednesday called on the Duterte administration to generate jobs for Filipinos, and not for the Chinese, amid the reported influx of workers from China in the country. The reelectionist senator said the government should prioritize the employment of Filipinos to dissuade them from "seeking greener pastures abroad." "Gamitin sana ni Pangulong [Rodrigo] Duterte ang pagkasiga niya sa paggawa ng mga trabaho para sa mga Pilipino at mga nasa Pilipinas at hindi para sa mga dayuhan (I hope President Duterte will use his being a bully in creating jobs for Filipinos in the Philippines and not for foreigners)," Aquino said. “There are many Filipinos working in other countries. Their families were dreaming that their loved ones would find jobs here in the Philippines," he added. He said it would be painful for overseas
Filipino workers (OFWs)to find out that many legal and illegal Chinese workers were making a living in the country. “It is painful to be separated from their families, but they cannot do anything because they cannot find jobs in the Philippines," said Aquino, a member of the opposition Otso Diretso senatorial slate. "Subalit mas masakit malaman na dayuhang Tsino pala ang nakikinabang sa mga trabaho rito sa Pilipinas na dapat ay para sa kanila (But it is more painful to learn that it was the Chinese who benefit from jobs here in the Philippines, which should belong to them),� he added. While Chinese are allowed to work in the country, Aquino said the government should prioritize the employment of Filipinos before allowing foreign workers to seek employment here. BERNADETTE E. TAMAYO
Andaya backs down on Diokno probe (/53% Appropriations chairman Rolando Andaya Jr. is no longer keen on investigating Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno, saying the probe may be carried out by the next Congress. Andaya, who had sought an investigation of alleged budget irregularities, by Diokno, said the inquiry may be pursued by “some other person in some other time.� (OUSE 3PEAKER 'LORIA -ACApagal Arroyo also kept mum on the issued. “Congrats,� was all she said, apparently referring to Diokno’s appointment as governor of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas.
(OUSE MINORITY LEADER $ANILO 3UAREZ WHO EARLIER kLED A RESOlution calling for Diokno’s ouster as Budget chief, on Tuesday said the latter would likely be called to attend public hearings. g(E STILL HAS PENDING ISSUES WITH THE (OUSE 7E STILL DON T HAVE closure,� Suarez said. Diokno was linked to the alleged P75 billion insertion by the Department of Budget and Management to the budget of the Department of Public 7ORKS AND (IGHWAYS FOR A portion of the said amount allegedly favored his in-laws. GLEE JALEA
Preterition vs disinheritance Dear PAO, I am a legally adopted child of Mama Arlyn (single), who died in 2010. I landed a job abroad after my graduation from college in 2001, so I left her alone in her house. Since Mama Arlyn had no living immediate family to accompany her, she decided to move to the house of her friend Christy and she stayed there until her demise. I immediately returned to my work abroad after Mama Arlyn’s burial. In 2012, I was informed by my Aunt Juliana that Christy occupied Mama Arlyn’s house. Allegedly, Christy claimed that Mama Arlyn left a will giving her the whole property. I told this story to my friend Lilibeth and she informed me that I was disinherited. Aunt Juliana obtained a copy of the will, and she said that the will only failed
DEAR PAO
PERSIDA ACOSTA to state that I will inherit Mama Arlyn’s property. Kindly guide me on this matter. Fe Dear Fe, A legally adopted child like you shall be considered as a legitimate child of the adopter, and is entitled to all the rights and obligations provided by law to a legitimate son or daughter. This is in accordance with Section 17 of Republic Act 8552 otherwise known as the “Domestic Adoption Act of 1998�. Relative thereto, Section 18 of same law states: “In legal and intestate succession,
the adopter(s) and the adoptee shall have reciprocal rights of succession without distinction from legitimate kLIATION (OWEVER IF THE ADOPTEE and his/her biological parent(s) had left a will, the law on testamentary succession shall govern.� You mentioned of two issues in your letter and these are preterition and disinheritance. Preterition and disinheritance were expounded by the court in the case of Rafael Maninang and Soledad Maninang vs. Court of Appeals, Ricardo Pronove Jr., and Bernardo Aseneta, (GR L-57848, June 19, 1982), where the Supreme Court through FORMER !SSOCIATE *USTICE !MEURkNA -ELENCIO (ERRERA STATED “... Preterition ‘consists in the omission in the testator’s will of the forced heirs or anyone of them, either because they are not mentioned therein, or, though
mentioned, they are neither instituted as heirs nor are expressly disinherited.’ (Neri vs. Akutin, 72 Phil. 325). Disinheritance, in turn, ‘is a testamentary disposition depriving any compulsory heirs of his share in the legitimate for a cause authorized by law.’ (Justice JBL Reyes and RC Puno, An Outline of Philippine Civil Law, 1956 ed., Vol. 3, p. 8, citing cases) Disinheritance is always ‘voluntary,’ preterition upon the other hand, is presumed to be ‘involuntary’ (Sanchez Roman, Estudios de Derecho Civil, 2nd edition, Volume 2.o p. 1131). The effects of preterition and disinheritance are also totally different. “... Preterition under Article 854 of the New Civil Code shall annul the institution of heir. This annulment is in toto, unless in the wall there are, in addition, testamentary
dispositions in the form of devises or legacies. In ineffective disinheritance under Article 918 of the same Code, such disinheritance shall also ‘annul the institution of heirs’, but only ‘insofar as it may prejudice the person disinherited,’ which last phrase was omitted in the case of preterition (III Tolentino, Civil Code of the Philippines, 1961 Edition, p. 172). Better stated yet, in disinheritance the nullity is limited to that portion of the estate of which the disinherited heirs have been illegally deprived.� Applying the above cited decision in your situation, you are deemed to have been preterited considering that Arlyn’s will totally omitted you who shall inherit from her. Thus, the institution of Christy in said will is annulled, and the rule on intestate succession
applies, wherein you as a legitimate child/adopted child will succeed your parent pursuant to Article 979 of the New Civil Code of the Philippines, which states: “Article 979. Legitimate children and their descendants succeed the parents and other ascendants, without distinction as to sex or age, and even if they should come from different marriages.� 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.
Editor’s note: Dear PAO is a daily column of the Public Attorney’s /FkCE 1UESTIONS FOR CHIEF !COSTA may be sent to dearpao@manilatimes.net
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BSP will do its job well, even without pressure
%"25!29 3 MUCH LOWER INlATION RATE HAS PROMPTed calls among the public and analysts for an easing of interest rates by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP). Expectations of some kind of substantial policy action have grown because of the easing of the INlATION RATE AND AT THE SAME TIME AMID TALK OF BETTER prospects for the economy in 2019. These expectations WILL BE USHERING IN TO HIS NEW OFkCE FORMER "UDGET 3ECretary Benjamin Diokno, who is replacing the recently deceased Nestor Espenilla Jr. Everyone’s better interests are likely be served if the BSP is not subjected to unnecessary pressures and just be allowed to do its job freely. )NlATION IN &EBRUARY WAS LOWER AT PERCENT THE FOURTH MONTHLY DECLINE IN A ROW AND THE kRST TIME IN MONTHS HEADLINE INlATION HAS FALLEN WITHIN THE TARGET RANGE SET by the government and the BSP. With measures such as THE 2ICE 4ARIFkCATION ,AW AND THE Murang Kuryente Law expected to take effect in the next few months, the pace of consumer price growth should slow even more. Speculation may also have arisen from policy comments from the BSP that have not signaled a clear direction for monetary policy, but such has been the practice of seasoned central bankers, such as the US Federal Reserve’s Alan Greenspan and Ben Bernanke. After Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez 3rd talked about the “bright prospects� of the economy in 2019 at The Manila Times’ Business Forum on Wednesday, BSP Deputy Governor Chuchi Fonacier said there now appears to be ample room for the central bank to make policy adjustments, without specifying which direction interest rates would take over the full year. BSP Deputy Governor Diwa Guinigundo expressed a similarly ambiguous view in an earlier interview with reporters, saying that cuts “might be premature� but that the “options remain on the table.� That has not stopped analysts from trying to offer advice and guidance to the BSP’s new head. Diokno, who is an economist and a life-long public servant steps into the BSP role as a non-banker. He has previously suggested that the “role of the BSP is to ensure sustained inclusive growth.� To most analysts that apparently means policy cuts. “With INlATION BACK WITHIN TARGET THIS LEAVES THE DOOR WIDE OPEN for newly appointed Governor Diokno to think about easing off the brakes and look to help support the growth side of the equation,� ING senior economist Nicholas Antonio Mapa said on Tuesday. Other analysts expressed similar views that the BSP would soon cut benchmark interest rates, banks’ reserve ratio requirements, or both. Such kinds of speculation are not necessarily helpful, although they are well-intentioned. For one thing, ascribing too much authority to Diokno in setting monetary policy overlooks the fact that the Monetary Board operates as a body; Diokno may be a persuasive voice, but he is still just one voice in a group of others who are just as intelligent and experienced. Second, there may not be much need to “support growth� through monetary policy actions given the strength of the Philippine economy. Inflation hasn’t dropped too low; and no credible analyst is at this point suggesting it might. Setting monetary policy is a complex task involving many variables, which is why it has been left to the hands of people who have decades of experience in it. Attention to what the BSP actually does, rather than setting possibly unreasonable expectations of what it should do, is a far more rational view to take. ~
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Of academic degrees, truthfulness and winnability ON THE T CONTRARY HE point, according to the critics of Ilocos Norte Gov. Imee Marcos, is not because she lacks the necessary degrees claimed to have been earned from Princeton University and the University of the Philippines College of Law. It is because of their belief that she keeps on lying about it. However, the issue of Ms Marcos’ academic credentials is no longer just about truth-telling. It is now a
ANTONIO CONTRERAS complex tale that politicizes truth as part of the project of bringing down a candidacy. It is also causing the unraveling of the partiality of media organizations, and of university actors. The possession of a degree can
actually easily be proven. All you have to do is to present a diploma or an equivalent document that AFkRMS THE CONFERMENT TO AN INDIvidual of such a degree by a legitimate higher education institution. The fact that Imee Marcos has yet to produce such evidence even as she insists on having obtained the said degrees from Princeton and the UP College of Law, makes her a convenient target not only for
doubt but for malice. Imee should know that her surname, the hatred some people harbor towards it and their dedicated zeal to prevent her from getting elected all conspire to make the issue damaging for her. What makes it worse is that some of these people are now journalists and university administrators who can’t go beyond their deep-seated biases. It doesn’t even help Imee’s
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Who has the best healthcare system in the world? The recent enactment by Congress of the Universal Health Care Act and President Duterte’s quick signing of the bill into law is not enough to dispel worries. It remains a question whether we have the right healthcare system within our means, and whether we have the right managers to manage the system effectively. I want to call attention to a study conducted in 2017 by two regular writers of the New York Times, which ventured to ask which country has the best healthcare system in the world.
New York Times competition study The two authors were Aaron E. Carroll and Austin Frakt. They published THEIR kNDINGS IN A REPORT ON NYT’s “Upshot� column on Sept. 18, 2017. Because of what it can teach us on health policy and healthcare management, I will discuss here and reprint parts of their study. In “The Best Health Care System in the World: Which One Would You Pick,� Messrs. Carroll and Frakt conducted their study in light of the heated US policy debate on healthcare systems. They created a tournament to judge which of eight nations has the best healthcare system: Canada, Britain, Singapore, Germany, Switzerland, France, Australia and the US. They sought to compare the US system with the healthcare coverage of the rest of the world. 4HEY DISCOVERED kRST THAT gTHE REST of the world� is not all alike. The commonality is universal coverage, but wealthy nations have taken varying approaches to it, some relying heavily on the government (as with the single-payer system); some relying more on private insurers; others in between. Experts do not agree on which is best; a lot depends on perspective. The duo thought it would be fun to stage a small tournament. The eight countries selected represented a range of healthcare systems. They were assigned to brackets by randomly assigning seeds.
Judging panel To select the winner of each matchup, they gathered a small judging panel. The panel consisted of: 1. The study’s authors: Aaron Carroll, a health services researcher and professor of pediatrics at Indiana University School of Medicine; and
Austin Frakt, director of the partnered evidence-based Policy Resource Center at the V.A. Boston Healthcare System, and associate professor with Boston University’s School of Public Health. 2. Three economists and physician experts in health care systems: Craig Garthwaite, a health economist with Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management; Uwe Reinhardt, a health economist with Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs; and Ashish Jha, a physician with the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the director of the Harvard Global Health Institute
First round Canada vs Britain Canada vs Britain: Single-payer showdown Both have single-payer systems, but vary in the government’s role and in what is covered. In Canada, the government finances health insurance, and the private sector delivers a lot of the care. Insurance is run at the province level. Many Canadians have supplemental private insurance through their jobs to help pay for prescription drugs, dentists and optometry. The government ends up paying for about 70 percent of healthcare spending in all. Britain has truly socialized medicine: The government not only finances care, but also provides it through the National Health Service. Coverage is broad, and most services are free to citizens, with the system kNANCED BY TAXES THOUGH THERE IS A private system that runs alongside the public one. About 10 percent buy private insurance. Government spending accounts for more than 80 percent of all healthcare spending. Canada and Britain are pretty similar in terms of spending — both spend just over 10 percent of GDP on health care. They also have reasonably similar results on quality, although neither ranks near the top in the usual international comparisons. Panel’s pick: Britain, 4-1
First round US vs Singapore US vs Singapore: A mix of ideas The United States has a mix of clashing ideas: private insurance through employment; single-payer Medicare mainly for those 65 and older; state-managed Medicaid for
many low-income people; private insurance through exchanges set up by the Affordable Care Act. Singapore has a unique approach. Basic care in government-run hospital wards is cheap, sometimes free, with more deluxe care in private rooms available for those paying extra. Singapore’s workers contribute around 37 percent of their wages to mandated savings accounts that may be spent on healthcare, housing, insurance, investment or education, with part of that being an employer contribution. Singapore’s system costs far less than America’s (4.9 percent of GDP versus 17.2 percent). Singapore doesn’t release the same data as most other advanced nations. Panel’s pick: United States, 4-1
First round France vs Australia France vs Australia: Everyone covered The list of services covered in France is more extensive than in Australia — perhaps more than in any other healthcare system. Australia has the advantage in expense. Australia provides free in-patient care in public hospitals, access to most medical services and prescription drugs. There is also voluntary private health insurance, giving access to private hospitals and to some services the public system does not cover. Everyone in France must buy health insurance, sold by a small number of NONPROkT FUNDS WHICH ARE LARGELY kNANCED THROUGH TAXES 0UBLIC INSURance covers between 70 percent and 80 percent of costs. Voluntary health insurance can cover the rest, leaving out-of-pocket payments relatively low. The French healthcare system is relatively expensive at 11.8 percent of GDP, while Australia’s is at 9 percent. Access and quality are excellent in both systems. Panel’s pick: France, 4-1
First round Switzerland vs Germany Germany’s system and Switzerland’s have a lot in common. Germany has slightly better access, especially with respect to costs. Switzerland has higher levels of cost-sharing. Switzerland has a universal healthcare system, requiring all to buy insurance. The plans resemble those in the United States under the Affordable Care Act: offered by private insurance companies.
A majority of Germans (86 percent) get their coverage primarily though the national public system, with others choosing voluntary private health insurance. Both systems cost their countries about 11 percent of GDP. Panel’s pick: Switzerland, 3-2
Semifinals Switzerland vs Britain Switzerland vs Britain: Meaning of a market How does the cost-effectiveness of Britain’s “socialized medicine� stack up against the competitive but heavily regulated private system of Switzerland? Panel’s pick: Switzerland, 3-2
Semifinals - France vs US France vs US: Access vs innovation France has extensive coverage, with costs that are high relative to many other nations. The US system, praised as dynamic and innovative, is even more expensive, falls short of universal coverage and can be bewilderingly complex. Panel’s pick: France, 3-2
Final - France vs Switzerland France’s system is impressively comprehensive and, in some respects, simpler. Switzerland relies on a competitive yet muchregulated system of private insurers. Which has the edge and why? Panel’s pick: Switzerland, 3-2
Study’s conclusion Germany would have tied Switzerland had the competition averaged the rankings of the nations instead of using head-to-head matchups in a bracket system (Switzerland eliminatED 'ERMANY IN THE kRST ROUND )T S AN example of how close the voting was. Not one vote was unanimous AMONG THE JUDGES AND ALL THE SEMIkNAL AND kNAL VOTES WERE #LEARLY there is room for disagreement about the relative merits of healthcare systems, and different experts would surely reach different conclusions. The point I mean to emphasize with this column is that our healthcare system must learn from the best practice in other countries.
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Security: Why Locsin and Lorenzana are wrong 4HE POLL SHOWS HOW MEDIA CAN EXAGGERATE FEARS WAY BEYOND REAL RISKS &ROM *ULY TO THE END OF *ANUARY THIS YEAR A TOTAL OF HAVE BEEN killed in police anti-narcotics operaTIONS OR ABOUT A YEAR 4HAT S JUST ONE FIFTH OF THE PLUS KILLED IN ROAD ACCIDENTS ANNUALLY 3O THE CHANCE OF ROAD KILL IS kVE TIMES THE %*+ RISK 9ET IF 373 HAD ASKED IF RESPONDENTS feared death by vehicular mishap, ONE DOUBTS IF IT WOULD GET THE PERCENT kGURE IN ITS %*+S POLL 0LAINLY IN ASSESSING RISK BETTER USE HARD DATA NOT MEDIA SKEWED OPINION POLLS
Just the facts, please 4HE PRIMACY OF DATA APPLIES EVEN MORE TO NATIONAL SECURITY !BSENT SUPPORTING FACTS EVEN #ABINET members make ill-advised remarks, as seen in recent stateMENTS OF &OREIGN !FFAIRS 3ECRETARY 4EODORO ,OCSIN *R AND $EFENSE 3ECRETARY $ELkN ,ORENZANA 4ALKING ABOUT THE -UTUAL $EFENSE 4REATY -$4 BETWEEN THE 5NITED 3TATES AND THE 0HILIPPINES
3ECRETARY ,OCSIN REPORTEDLY SAID AT THE MEDIA BRIEkNG DURING THE RECENT VISIT OF 53 3ECRETARY OF 3TATE -IKE 0OMPEO g)N THE OLD THEORY OF DETERRENCE IN VAGUENESS LIES THE BEST DETERRENCE (OW DO YOU lESH OUT THAT VAGUENESS )N REPEATED ASSURANCES BY THE United States in the event an act of AGGRESSION IS COMMITTED AGAINST THE 0HILIPPINES ) DON T BELIEVE GOING DOWN INTO THE DETAILS IS THE WAY THE sincerity of the American commitMENT WILL BE SHOWN u )F ONE UNDERSTANDS CORRECTLY 3ECRETARY ,OCSIN WAS SAYING THAT THE -$4 S VAGUENESS ABOUT HOW THE 53 WOULD RESPOND TO AN ATTACK ON THE 0HILIPPINES HELPED DETER AGGRESSION 7HETHER THAT WAS ,OCSIN S POINT 3ECRETARY ,ORENZANA BEGGED TO DIFFER g) DO NOT BELIEVE THAT AMBIGUITY OR VAGUENESS OF THE 0HILIPPINE 53 -UTUAL $EFENSE 4REATY WILL SERVE AS A DETERRENT u HE SAID IN A MEDIA STATEMENT g)N FACT IT WILL CAUSE CONFUSION AND CHAOS DURING A CRISIS u (E FAVORED A REVIEW OF THE YEAR old pact, also because “the security ENVIRONMENT NOW IS SO VASTLY DIFFERENT AND MUCH MORE COMPLEX THAN the bipolar security construct of the
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Of academic degrees cause to point to the bias of these people, or to hamMER THEIR kXATION ON HER ON THIS ISSUE 0OINTING OUT THE LIES AND HYPOCRISY OF HER ADVERSARIES IS NOT GOING TO MAKE THE ISSUE GO AWAY 4AKE THE CASE OF FORMER SOLICITOR GENERAL &LORIN (ILBAY WHO IS ALSO RUNNING FOR THE 3ENATE AND WHO KEEPS RAPPING )MEE ON THE ISSUE OF HER DEGREES )T IS EASY TO TURN THE TABLES ON HIM AND REMIND HIM OF HIS OWN ALLEGED MISREPRESENTATION AND INlATION OF THE ROLE HE PLAYED IN THE CASE THE 0HILIPPINES kLED AGAINST #HINA AT THE 0ERMANENT #OURT OF !RBITRATION AT THE 4HE (AGUE A LIE WHICH WAS EXPOSED BY JOURNALIST -ARITES 6ITUG "UT DEPLOYING THIS STRATEGY CAN ONLY EXPOSE THE LIE AND HYPOCRISY OF (ILBAY BUT IT WILL STILL NOT ADDRESS THE TRUTHFULNESS WHICH (ILBAY AND HIS COHORTS DEMAND FROM )MEE -ARCOS (ILBAY UNDERSTANDABLY DOESN T HIDE HIS PARTISAN BIASES !FTER ALL HE IS A CANDIDATE LIKE )MEE -ARCOS )F THERE IS ONE that needs to be called out for its patent prejudice and bias AGAINST )MEE ON THE DEGREE ISSUE IT WOULD BE MEDIA )NDEED it is not fair for media to focus only on the lies, misdeeds and SHORTCOMINGS OF ONE PERSON RUNNING FOR OFkCE 2APPLER IN PARTICULAR HAS EXHIBITED ZEALOUSNESS IN HOUNDING )MEE ON THIS ISSUE 7HILE IT CAN BE JUSTIkED THAT SUCH IS NEWSWORTHY IT BEHOOVES US TO CALL MEDIA OUT FOR REDUCING )MEE S CANDIDACY TO THIS SINGLE ISSUE WITHOUT BALANCING THIS WITH AN OBJECTIVE REPORTAGE ON HER PLATFORMS AND TRACK RECORD 4HIS EVEN AS MOST MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE POLITICAL OPPOSITION APPEARS HEAVILY SLANTED ON THEIR PLUSES EFFECTIVELY PAINTING THESE candidates as almost immaculately clean, unblemished by ANY LIE INDISCRETION AND CHARACTER lAW "UT THEN AGAIN WHILE WE CAN TAKE MEDIA TO TASK AND CONDEMN THEIR MANIFEST PARTIALITY THIS WILL STILL NOT ADDRESS THE ISSUES SURROUNDING THE CIRCUMSTANCES ANENT TO THE ACADEMIC DEGREES OF )MEE -ARCOS !T THIS POINT WHAT WE HAVE AGAINST )MEE ARE ALLEGATIONS FROM STUDENT JOURNALISTS FROM 0RINCETON CITING AN OFkCIAL OF THE UNIVERSITY A MEMOIR OF A DECEASED $EAN OF THE 50 #OLLEGE OF ,AW AND A PUBLIC STATEMENT ALBEIT UNOFkCIAL OF A 50 ADMINISTRATOR AND ON )MEE S SIDE HER INSISTENCE THAT SHE DID GRADUATE MATCHED BY LETTERS SENT TO HER BY THE 0RINCETON !LUMNI !SSOCIATION AND PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWING HER IN WHAT APPEARS AS TO BE GRADUATION RITES OF THE 50 #OLLEGE OF ,AW 3OME PEOPLE HAVE ALSO COME OUT VOUCHING FOR )MEE S GRADUATION FROM 50 4HERE ARE ALSO DIFFERENT ANGLES COMING OUT 4HERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ATTEST TO THE FACT THAT )MEE COMPLETED ALL THE REQUIREMENTS OF HER LAW DEGREE FROM 50 AND HAD EVEN A WEIGHTED AVERAGE THAT WOULD HAVE QUALIkED HER TO GRADUATE WITH ,ATIN HONORS )T is also claimed that she joined the commencement EXERCISES AND THAT IT WAS NOT JUST A MOCK EVENT (OWEVER SHE ALLEGEDLY WAS NOT CONFERRED A DEGREE BY 50 DUE TO HER FAILURE TO PRESENT PROOF OF OBTAINING AN UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE FROM 0RINCETON WHICH COULD HAVE SATISkED HER PRE LAW REQUIREMENT )MEE -ARCOS WITH OR WITHOUT A DEGREE IS MORE THAN QUALIkED TO BECOME A MEMBER OF THE 3ENATE 3HE BRINGS IN A WEALTH OF GROUNDED EXPERIENCE FROM LONG YEARS OF BEING A LEGISLATOR AND A LOCAL EXECUTIVE 3HE IS PROBABLY ONE OF IF NOT the most prepared for the job compared to all candidates, BOTH NEW AND THOSE RETURNING WHEN THEY kRST RAN FOR THE 3ENATE 3HE IS AN INTELLIGENT ARTICULATE AND AMIABLE PERSON 7HAT SHE HAS TO CONFRONT NOW IS TO WEIGH THE CONSEQUENCES OF MAINTAINING THE COURSE OF BEING CONSTANTLY harassed by her political enemies, or to come out clean on THE ISSUE BY EITHER SHOWING HER DIPLOMAS OR TO ADMIT THE DEkCIENCIES 4HE MAIN ISSUE NOW ARE THE IMPACTS OF EACH OF THESE OPTIONS ON HER CANDIDACY AND HER CHANCES OF WINNING 4HERE ARE THOSE WHO WOULD NOT MIND IF SHE DOESN T HAVE A DEGREE !ND THERE ARE THOSE WHO CAN TOLERATE HER MISREPRESENTING HER CREDENTIALS SHOULD IT BE THE CASE 4HESE ARE HER LOYAL BASE 4HERE ARE ALSO THOSE WHO ARE JUST INTENT ON SHAMING HER AND REDUCING HER CHANCES OF WINNING AND WHO WILL NOT VOTE FOR HER ANYWAY EVEN IF SHE SHOWS PROOF OF HER DEGREES 4HESE ARE HER HATERS 4HE KEY PROBLEM FOR )MEE -ARCOS ARE THOSE VOTERS WHO ARE UNDECIDED AND ARE CONSIDERING HER AND WHO MAY BE SENSITIVE TO THE ISSUE OF TRUTHFULNESS 4HESE VOTERS WOULD CONSTITUTE HER BATTLEGROUND
ERA WHEN THE -$4 WAS WRITTEN u 4HE GLOBAL RIVALRY BETWEEN THE CAPITALIST 53 AND THE COMMUNIST 3OVIET 5NION ENDED WHEN THE LATTER DISSOLVED IN INTO MANY SEPARATE STATES INCLUDING 2USSIA 3O WHO S RIGHT ON DETERRENCE ‡ ,OCSIN OR ,ORENZANA ,ET S LOOK AT THE FACTS 7HATEVER AGE OLD DETERRENCE THEORIES MAY SAY IN FACT 7ASHINGTON HAS SEEN IT kT TO MINIMIZE AMBIGUITY IN ITS DEFENSE ACCORDS WITH *APAN 3OUTH +OREA AND ITS %UROPEAN ALLIES IN THE .ORTH !TLANTIC 4REATY /RGANIZATION .!4/ .!4/ MANDATES RETALIATION IF ANY TREATY MEMBER IS ATTACKED WITH none of the constitutional niceties STIPULATED IN THE -$4 )N 3OUTH +OREA !MERICA S COMMITMENT IS PHYSICALLY GUARANTEED BY 53 TROOPS IN THE COUNTRY INCLUDING THE BORDER AREA WITH .ORTH +OREA !NY THREAT TO THOSE SOLDIERS WOULD TRIGGER !MERICAN MILITARY ACTION 6ISITING 4OKYO IN THEN 53 0RESIDENT "ARACK /BAMA REITERATED THAT 7ASHINGTON S DEFENSE COMMITMENT INCLUDED THE *APANESE ADMINISTERED 3ENKAKU )SLANDS IN
THE %AST #HINA 3EA ALSO CLAIMED BY "EIJING "UTTRESSING THIS ASSURANCE WAS THE 7EBB !MENDMENT PASSED BY THE 53 3ENATE TO REAFkRM 7ASHINGTON S DEFENSE OF 4OKYO S CONTROL OF THE 3ENKAKUS #LEARLY *APAN 3OUTH +OREA AND .!4/ PREFER CLARITY TO AMBIGUITY IN THEIR DEFENSE TREATIES WITH !MERICA !ND THE RESULTS SHOW WHY IT S BETTER TO BE CLEAR THAN VAGUE )N THE PAST SEVEN DECADES !MERICA S UNAMBIGUOUS SECURITY commitments have deterred both INVASION AS WELL AS TERRITORIAL ENCROACHMENT #OMPARE THAT WITH HOW THE -$4 WITH ALL ITS DETERRENT VAGUENESS FAILED TO PREVENT THE LOSS OF -ISCHIEF 2EEF IN AND 3CARBOROUGH 3HOAL IN
Be careful what you wish for 3O IS CLARITY THE WAY TO MAKE THE -$4 MORE EFFECTIVE IN SECURING THE 0HILIPPINES INCLUDING OUR MARITIME TERRITORIES AND SOVEREIGN RIGHTS !CTUALLY IT MAY MAKE THINGS WORSE 3ECRETARY ,ORENZANA AND SOME SENATORS WANT GREATER CLARITY IN THE 53 SECURITY PLEDGE INCLUDING ITS
defense of our territorial interests ON THE HIGH SEAS AS WELL AS OUR EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE AND EXTENDED CONTINENTAL SHELF 7E HAVE SOVEREIGN ECONOMIC RIGHTS IN %%: WATERS AND THE %#3 SEABED EXTENDING NAUTICAL MILES AND NM RESPECTIVELY FROM OUR TERRITORIAL BASELINES )F 7ASHINGTON ACTUALLY AGREES TO protect our maritime interests, one CAN IMAGINE "EIJING SENDING FISHING BOATS PLUS SOME CIVILIAN maritime police ships, to occupy ANOTHER DISPUTED OUTCROP )F THAT HAPPENS THE 53 3EVENTH &LEET MIGHT NOT INTERVENE FOR FEAR OF MILITARIZING AND ESCALATING THE INCIDENT EVEN IF THE 0HILIPPINES ASKS FOR HELP 4HUS AN EXPLICIT 53 COMMITMENT to defend our territorial claims could LEAD "EIJING TO PROVOKE A CONFRONTATION JUST TO SHOW THAT 7ASHINGTON WOULD NOT HONOR ITS WORD %VEN MORE PERILOUS IS A PROVISION for immediate military action like THAT OF .!4/ !N UNAMBIGUOUS declaration of mutual defense unEQUIVOCALLY MAKES THE 0HILIPPINES AN ENEMY AND A TARGET FOR ANY ACtual and potential US adversary, like #HINA AND .ORTH +OREA
3AYS 3ECRETARY ,ORENZANA g4HE 5NITED 3TATES WITH THE INCREASED AND FREQUENT PASSAGE OF ITS NAVAL VESSELS IN THE 7EST 0HILIPPINE Sea, is more likely to be involved IN A SHOOTING WAR )N SUCH A CASE AND ON THE BASIS OF THE -$4 THE 0HILIPPINES WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE INVOLVED )T IS NOT THE LACK OF REASSURANCE THAT WORRIES ME )T IS BEING INVOLVED IN A WAR THAT WE DO NOT SEEK AND DO NOT WANT u 7HICH IS EXACTLY THE PROBLEM WITH THE -$4 EXPLAINED IN THIS WRITER S &EBRUARY AND COLUMNS g4O AVOID WAR SCRAP THE -UTUAL $EFENSE 4REATYu HTTPS WWW MANILATIMES NET TO AVOID WAR SCRAP THE MUTUAL DEFENSE TREATY AND g&OR OUR SECURITY AVOID WAR ‡ AND PREPARE FOR ITu HTTPS WWW MANILATIMES NET FOR OUR SECURITY AVOID WAR AND PREPARE FOR IT 4HE ARTICLES ALSO EXPLAIN HOW WE CAN DEFEND OUR NATION WITHOUT THE -$4 "OTTOM LINE 4HE TREATY FAILS BECAUSE IT BINDS THE 0HILIPPINES TO A SINGLE POWER WHICH FOUGHT SEVEN WARS ACROSS !SIA STARTING HERE AND AIMS TO USE OUR ARCHIPELAGO AS ITS REGIONAL MILITARY PLATFORM 'OD FORBID
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(% 5NITED 3TATES WILL DEFEND THE 0HILippines in case of an armed attack in THE 3OUTH #HINA 3EA 53 3ECRETARY OF 3TATE -ICHAEL 0OMPEO SAID ON &RIDAY 3CREW YOU 0OMPEOÜ 4HE 5NITED 3TATES NEVER LIFTED A FINGER WHEN #HINA OCCUPIED THE 3CARBOROUGH 3HOAL AND SOME ISLANDS IN THE 3PRATLYS +ALAYAAN WHICH ARE BEING CLAIMED BY THE 0HILIPPINES 4HE -UTUAL $EFENSE 4REATY -$4 BETWEEN THE 53 AND THE 0HILIPPINES IS AN onerous contract that favors the US more THAN IT DOES OUR COUNTRY )N CASE OF AN ARMED ATTACK ON THE 53 THE 0HILIPPINES WILL RETALIATE BY SENDING &ILIPINO TROOPS TO BELEAGUERED !MERICAN TROOPS 7E DID THAT IN BOTH THE +OREAN AND 6IETNAM WARS WHEN OUR COUNTRY SENT EXPEDITIONARY FORCES TO HELP THE !MERICAN TROOPS kGHT THE .ORTH +OREANS AND THE .ORTH 6IETNAMESE 7E FULkLLED OUR TREATY OBLIGATIONS WITH THE 53 IN THOSE INSTANCES /N THE OTHER HAND IT WOULD TAKE AN ACT OF THE 53 #ONGRESS TO COME TO OUR AID IN CASE OF AN ARMED ATTACK BY ANOTHER COUNTRY (AD A SHOOTING WAR TAKEN PLACE AT THE 3CARBOROUGH 3HOAL BETWEEN #HINA AND THE 0HILIPPINES DURING THE TIME OF .OYNOY abnoy kuyakoy, the 53 #ONGRESS WOULD STILL HAVE HAD TO DELIBERATE WHETHER TO SEND 53 TROOPS WHILE OUR TROOPS WERE BEING BATTERED BY THE 0EOPLE S ,IBERATION !RMY .O 0OMPEO THE 53 WILL NOT COME TO THE RESCUE OF THE 0HILIPPINES IN CASE WE ARE ATTACKED BY FOREIGN TROOPS 0OMPEO WAS JUST ENGAGING IN RHETORIC 0ARA MAY MASABI LANG JUST TO SAY SOMETHING
IN MY LINE OF SIGHT RAMON T. TULFO *** ) REMEMBER THE TIME 0RESIDENT 'LORIA WENT TO THE 53 ON A STATE VISIT 0RESIDENT 'EORGE 7 "USH IN A SPEECH RECEIVING 'LORIA SAID THE 0HILIPPINES HAD BECOME A gNON .!4/ ALLY u .!4/ STANDS FOR THE .ORTH !TLANTIC 4REATY /RGANIZATION WHICH GROUPS 53 'ERMANY &RANCE THE 5NITED +INGDOM )TALY 4URKEY 3PAIN 3LOVENIA 2OMANIA 0ORTUGAL .ORWAY .ETHERLANDS AMONG OTHERS An attack on any one of those counTRIES BY THE 3OVIET 5NION WOULD BE CONSIDERED AN ATTACK ON THE 53 "USH S gNON .!4/ ALLYu RHETORIC READ INSINCERITY SHOWED WHEN THE 53 DID NOT RESPOND AFTER THE 0HILIPPINES ASKED FOR ITS HELP DURING THE CRISIS AT THE 3CARBOROUGH 3HOAL *** ) RECALL 'LORIA WAS ON CLOUD NINE WHEN "USH SAID THAT OUR COUNTRY WAS ALREADY CONSIDERED A NON .!4/ ALLY 4O MY RECOLLECTION ) TOLD 'LORIA THAT SINCE THE COUNTRY WAS ALREADY A NON .!4/ ally, she should ask for many military heliCOPTERS AND TRANSPORT PLANES AND FRIGATES ) SUGGESTED THAT 'LORIA BEFRIEND THE &ILIPINO CHEF AT THE 7HITE (OUSE SO THAT CHEF WOULD REMIND "USH ABOUT THE 0HILIPPINES BEING A NON .!4/ ALLY !S A NON .!4/ ALLY THE 0HILIPPINES WOULD HAVE BEEN THE RECIPIENT OF GENEROUS MILITARY AID FROM THE 53 !LAS THAT NEVER HAPPENEDÜ ) LL
TELL YOU WHY !NGELO DE LA #RUZ A &ILIPINO TRUCK DRIVER WAS TAKEN HOSTAGE BY )RAQI MILITANTS WHILE TRANSPORTING FUEL FROM 3AUDI !RABIA TO )RAQ ON *ULY 4HE )RAQI ABDUCTORS SAID DE LA #RUZ WOULD BE BEHEADED IF THE 0HILIPPINE MEDICAL CONTINGENT WOULD NOT BE WITHDRAWN FROM )RAQ 4HE 53 ASKED THE 0HILIPPINES NOT TO GIVE IN TO THE DEMAND BY THE )RAQI TERRORISTS 'LORIA FEARING A BACKLASH FROM THE ELECTORATE SHE WAS PLANNING TO RUN FOR 0RESIDENT THEN ORDERED THE 0HILIPPINE CONTINGENT WITHDRAWN FROM )RAQ PRONTO !ND THERE GOES THE NON .!4/ ALLY PROMISE 9OU SEE 53 AID ALWAYS HAS SOME STRINGS ATTACHED TO IT *** )T IS ONE THING TO HAVE ONE S HAND RAISED IN SUPPORT IT IS ANOTHER THING TO BE WORTHY OF THAT ACTION 0RESIDENT $IGONG BELIEVES IN HIS CONFIDANTES AND ADVISERS WHEN HE RAISES THE HAND OF A CANDIDATE WHO HE HOPES WILL HELP HIM BRING THE 0HILIPPINES TO A BETTER FUTURE 3O WHY IS IT THAT TWO PARTICULAR PEOPLE IN #EBU HAD THEIR HANDS RAISED BY $IGONG AND YET THEIR REPUTATIONS COULD STAIN $IGONG S ) DON T BLAME $IGONG FOR THIS AND ) LL EXPLAIN WHY &ORMER #EBU #ITY MAYOR -IKE 2AMA WAS MENTIONED BY $IGONG AS A PART OF THE NARCO LIST ‡ A LIST OF PEOPLE IN GOVERNMENT WHO ARE POSSIBLE PROTECTORS AND USERS 7HILE 2AMA WAS NEVER FORMALLY CHARGED THE ANNOUNCEMENT HUNG LIKE A HEAVY CLOUD OVER HIM 4HE #EBU BASED Sun Star publications even said that this cloud of doubt forced him to slide
DOWN TO VICE MAYOR &ORMER #EBU GOVERNOR 'WEN 'ARCIA ON THE OTHER HAND IS FACING GRAFT CHARGES AND WAS DISMISSED FROM SERVICE IN &EBRUARY BY THE /FkCE OF THE /MBUDSMAN 4HE "ALILI SCANDAL WHERE THE #EBU GOVERNMENT BOUGHT LAND SUBMERGED UNDERWATER AS A DUMPSITE FOR COAL ASH WAS A SITUATION THAT EVENTUALLY GOT HER DISMISSED FROM SERVICE 3UCCEEDING CASES kLED AGAINST HER FOR BACKkLLING PARTS OF THE PROPERTY DID HER IN "UT WHAT MADE THESE TWO OFkCIALS gWORTHYu OF $UTERTE S SUPPORT BY RAISING THEIR HANDS )S IT BECAUSE THEIR POLITICAL PARTY 0$0 ,ABAN SUPPORTED $UTERTE IN #EBU DURING THE LAST PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS 4HEIR SUPPORT IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN (OWEVER THEIR QUESTIONABLE ACTIONS ARE ALSO UNFORGETTABLE 7HAT THESE PEOPLE DO NOT UNDERSTAND IS THAT WHEN $IGONG RAISES A HAND IT COMES WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT IT IS HIS WAY OR THE HIGHWAY )F THEY CANNOT KEEP THE UNSPOKEN PROMISE TO SERVE THE PEOPLE WELL THEN THE HAND THAT RAISED THEIRS WILL ALSO BE THE ONE THAT WILL BURY THEM *** /N THE OTHER HAND $AVAO #ITY Mayor “)NDAYu 3ARA $UTERTE #ARPIO THE 0RESIDENT S DAUGHTER RAISED THE HAND OF !GNES -AGPALE IN SUPPORT OF HER CANDIDACY FOR GOVERNOR OF #EBU 4HIS HAS MADE THE #EBU ELECTORATE CONFUSED 7HO DOES THE $UTERTE ADMINISTRATION SUPPORT FOR GOVERNOR OF #EBU 'WEN 'ARCIA OR !GNES -AGPALE 4HE 0RESIDENT S ADVISERS SHOULD HAVE WARNED NAY REMINDED HIM ABOUT 'ARCIA AND 2AMA
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% ARE LIVING IN THE CITIES OF THE FUTURE TODAY )N EVERY CENTURY THE DOMINATING MODE of transportation tends to dictate the speed OF DEVELOPMENT 4HE TH CENTURY HAD BOATS AND SEAPORTS THE TH CENTURY RELIED ON RAILROADS AND THE TH CENTURY SAW THE INTRODUCTION OF HIGHWAYS .OW IN THE ST CENTURY IT IS AIR TRAVEL )N THE REMARKABLY GLOBALIZED WORLD WE LIVE IN TODAY AIRPORTS ARE DRIVERS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 4HE BUSIEST AIRPORT IN THE WORLD FOR WAS THE (ARTSkELD *ACKSON !TLANTA )NTERNATIONAL !IRPORT IN !TLANTA 'EORGIA 4HIS AIRPORT ALONE GENERATED A STATE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF ROUGHLY BILLION AND BENEkTED THE REGION WITH APPROXIMATELY HALF A MILLION JOBS 4AKING ADVANTAGE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES afforded by airport development, aerOTROPOLI AROUND THE WORLD HAVE EMERGED An aerotropolis is a metropolitan subreGION WHOSE INFRASTRUCTURE LAND USE AND ECONOMY ARE CENTERED ON A MAJOR AIRPORT 4IME SENSITIVE BUSINESSES AND INDUSTRIES located in and around the airport enjoy speedy connectivity to their suppliers, customers and enterprise partners NATIONALLY AND GLOBALLY $UBAI 3EOUL !MSTERDAM $ALLAS 7ASHINGTON $ # #HINA AND )NDIA AEROTROPOLI ARE MODELS WE CAN STUDY TO FOSTER DESIRED ECONOMIC OUTCOMES HERE IN OUR OWN COUNTRY )N HOPES THAT WE ARE ALL WORKING TOWARD BUILDING A HEALTHIER PROSPEROUS AND MORE SUSTAINABLE 0HILIPPINES 4HESE PAST FEW WEEKS ) HAVE BEEN GLADLY SHARING WITH
FELINO A. PALAFOX, JR. YOU A GLIMPSE OF THE FUTURE #LARK &REEPORT :ONE AND -ETRO $AVAO ) M OPTIMISTIC THAT THROUGH THEM THE COUNTRY CAN ACHIEVE RAPID AND SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT 4ODAY LET S TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE #LARK !EROTROPOLIS AND UNDERSTAND HOW THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT CAN BENEkT THE ECONOMY IN THE LONG RUN ,OCATED IN THE HEART OF THE #ENTRAL ,UZON REGION AND OCCUPYING APPROXIMATELY HECTARES OF LAND #LARK STANDS AS A MAJOR ENTRY POINT TO THE 0HILIPPINES )T IS ON AVERAGE ONLY THREE AND A HALF HOURS AWAY FROM THE 0HILIPPINES NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES SUCH AS 4AIWAN 3INGAPORE *APAN AND +OREA 4ODAY THE #LARK &REEPORT :ONE A SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE WITHIN #LARK IS AN EMERGING BUSINESS AND LEISURE HUB OF THE ST CENTURY )T CAN BECOME THE HIGHLY AWAITED g!EROTROPOLIS OF !SIA u OR AIRPORT CITY THAT WILL DRIVE THE REGION WELL INTO THE ST CENTURY )T WILL OCCUPY MORE THAN HECTARES OF WHICH HECTARES WILL BE FOR THE AIRPORT AND IT WILL BECOME THE AIRPORT WITH THE HIGHEST CAPACITY IN THE COUNTRY &LIGHTS FROM .!)! WILL BE TRANSFERRED HERE SIGNIkCANTLY DECONGESTING TERMINALS IN -ANILA As a potential alternative to Metro Ma-
NILA THE PROPOSED #LARK &REEPORT :ONE WILL become a city that is a combination of a business center, industrial estate, residential COMMUNITY AND LEISURE DESTINATION )N THE -ASTER $EVELOPMENT 0LAN AND "USINESS 0LAN OF #LARK &REEPORT :ONE THAT WAS RECENTLY COMPLETED BY 0ALAFOX !SSOCIATES AND 0ALAFOX !RCHITECTURE 'ROUP EVERY SPECIALIZED DISTRICT IS LOGISTICALLY CONNECTED TO THE AIRPORT 4HIS ARRANGEMENT WILL ENHANCE THE PRODUCTIVITY OF SURROUNDING BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS AND ATTRACT MANY INVESTORS TO THE REGION !CCORDING TO THE #LARK )NTERNATIONAL !IRPORT -ASTER 0LAN THE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WILL BE DEVELOPED IN FOUR PHASES EACH SIGNIkCANTLY INCREASING PASSENGER TRAFkC AT ITS TERMINALS 4HROUGH THE EXPANSION OF THE SECONDARY ACCESS ROAD PUBLIC PLAZA AND TRANSPORT HUB AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW TERMINALS MORE lIGHT ROUTES WILL BECOME A POSSIBILITY EXPECT TO lY TO *APAN +UALA ,UMPUR 4AIWAN 4HAILAND AND ,OS !NGELES FROM #LARK IF NEGOTIATIONS FOR THESE DESTINATIONS RUN SMOOTHLY !NOTHER MAIN FEATURE of the airport is the operation of several TRANSPORTATION HUBS THAT WILL FACILITATE AND SUSTAIN THE LOGISTICS OF THE AREA !S AN ARCHITECT AND URBAN PLANNER ) see the former American air base as a gMANUFACTURING HUB TO AN AEROTROPOLISu WHERE ALL KINDS OF INFRASTRUCTURE CAN BE built to facilitate better and more efkCIENT TRANSPORTATION ‡ A HIGH SPEED RAILWAY THAT CONNECTS -ANILA TO THE #LARK )NTERNATIONAL !IRPORT A "US 2APID 4RANSIT TRUNK LINE SERVICE AND A -ANILA
TO #LARK RAILWAY SERVICE /THER EFkCIENT MEANS OF TRANSPORT ARE PLANNED TO GIVE CITIZENS AND VISITORS EASY ACCESS TO #LARK S FACILITIES WHILE PROVIDING THEM A PLEASANT AND ENJOYABLE COMMUTE AROUND THE CITY 4OURISTS PASSING THROUGH #LARK WILL DISCOVER ROUTES TO #ENTRAL ,UZON THE )LOCOS 2EGION AND #AGAYAN 6ALLEY ‡ REGIONS THAT HAVE SO MUCH TO OFFER "AGUIO S SCENIC MOUNTAIN VIEWS THE #ORDILLERAS RICE TERRACES 0ANGASINAN S (UNDRED )SLANDS AND THE )LOCOS FAMOUS 6IGAN #ITY AND HERITAGE ARCHITECTURE AMONG OTHERS 4HE 0HILIPPINES HAS BEEN CONTINUALLY PROMOTING TOURISM TO IMPROVE THE NATIONAL ECONOMY WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF #LARK Aerotropolis, tourist arrivals in those areas WILL DRAMATICALLY INCREASE #LARK !EROTROPOLIS IS ENVISIONED TO become a safe, happy, clean, orderly AND PROSPEROUS CITY 4HIS MODERN CITY WILL ENCOURAGE POSITIVE ATTITUDES TOWARD WORK AND LEISURE AND WILL provide a conducive environment for BUSINESSES AND INVESTMENTS TO lOURISH #LARK &REEPORT :ONE IS PLANNED TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF ALL &ILIPINOS Several opportunities for socio-cultural and economic development are open to those WHO WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE REALIZATION OF THIS GREAT CITY )T IS PERHAPS A SMALL BUT REAL STEP TOWARD ACHIEVING A MORE UNITED AND SAFE 0HILIPPINES WHERE INCLUSIVE GROWTH IS REAL AND A RESULT OF GOOD GOVERNANCE 4HE FUTURE BEGINS TODAY WHEN WE PLAN DESIGN DEVELOP AND BUILD IT TOGETHER
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THURSDAY March 7, 2019
LEADING WITH HUMILITY
Ping’s fixation
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ING Ping Lechon is one of the more popular of La Loma’s lechon outlets aside from Mila’s and Lydia’s. Meanwhile, Ping is a senator who seems to abhor the fat in the annual budget that he calls “pork� and always uses the former President and now Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as his principal target all the time. Never mind the bicameral deliberations, scrutiny and quick approval of THIS YEAR S BUDGET (E WILL ALWAYS kND ways to single out the speaker as his favorite object in the cross-hairs of his PATHETIC ITCHY kNGER Never mind the leaders of both chambers and their members spendING COUNTLESS HOURS kNE TUNING THE budget. It will still be Gloria who is to blame. It is not really about the budget, inter-parliamentary respect, or even respect for his peers. Gloria, Gloria, Gloria is the name preoccupying his mind day in and day out. It has become personal and narcissistic at the same time. His ambition to the highest post in the future may be the energizer behind all this. A former policeman who was the subject of a manhunt, who obstructed the law by being a fugitive, and suffered so much pain as he cannot stomach that a diminutive lady can implement the law as mandated. Vengeance pure and simple. Never mind if Speaker GMA is quietly working even during recess working overtime polishing much needed pro-poor legislation. Never mind the mounting chaos and disarray caused by the budget delay. Never mind the
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ROLLY G. REYES DELAYS IN WAGES .OBODY CAN kX HIS TRUE kXATION )T S 0ING 0ING 0ING *** VP Leni Robredo says: Otso Diretso bets have proven track record. Did you really say “track record?� I am still scratching my head in disbelief as I watched my scarce hair follicles SCATTERED ON THE lOOR 4RACK RECORD -24 ,24 MESS 0ROLIFERATION OF drugs? MissingYolanda funds? UnacCOUNTED ##4 AND 0HIL(EALTH FUNDS ,UNETA HOSTAGE 3!& $ENGVAXIA Dear Ma’am, you cannot even muster a complete line-up of 12 candidates. Some are now asking what happened to the Liberal Party of which you are the chairman. Hiding the shame under a ragtag coalition could be the answer, but it sends the signal that your group’s days are numbered. Please spare us. Robredo said a public debate is needed with the administration candidates so that controversial issues can be threshed out. A 2016 study from the University of Leeds says: “Political debates of candidates are ineffective in changing voting preferences but it does increase public interEST IN THE CAMPAIGN 4HIS ENGAGEMENT does not generally change the minds of the electorate.� I agree. Another thing is that winning debates does not guarantee competence. I say talk
is cheap. It’s action that counts most. *** 4HE 7ORLD "ANK SAYS THAT A CLEAR lack of competitiveness in the Philippines is a major factor obstructing our economic growth. A lot less for too many, too much wealth for so few. *** )T WAS REPORTED BY THE "UREAU OF #USTOMS THAT IT HAS CONkSCATED 1,500 live turtles found inside the LUGGAGE OF A PASSENGER AT .!)! 4HIS IS TO CONkRM THAT 'LOBE AND 3MART turtles were not among them. *** If domicile is a consideration, is it safe to say that Former Foreign Affairs secretary Alan Cayetano and his wife, 4AGUIG #ITY -AYOR ,ANI #AYETANO ARE now separated since they reside in different places? Just asking. *** -ODEL 46 HOST #LINT "ONDAD AND Miss Universe 2018 Catriona Gray HAVE kNALLY ADMITTED THAT THEY HAVE called it quits. Hundreds of bachelors can now smile, trash the jealousy and follow her “twirl� ramp walk. *** Duterte, 73, and Mahathir, 93, should be meeting at this time. Not much of a generation gap. Enrile, 95, can act as moderator. *** Justice Secretary Menardo GueVARRA TOLD REPORTERS THAT $ENGVAXIA raps against Aquino and Abad are up for resolution. It is about the COMPLAINT kLED AGAINST THE TWO BY the Volunteers Against Crime Corruption and theVanguard of the
Philippine Constitution Inc. 4HE 3ENATE "LUE 2IBBON #OMMITtee Chairman Sen. Richard Gordon earlier urged the DoJ to look closely into Aquino’s possible liability in the P3.5-billion purchase of the vacCINE 4HAT IS 3/* 'UEVARRA S STYLE ! tight case is always preferable than a hodge-podge approach. *** 4HIS EARLY A LOT OF (OUSE 3PEAKER WANNABEES ARE BEING lOATED FROM EVerywhere. Lord Allan Velasco, Martin Romualdez, and Allan Peter Cayetano are currently at the forefront. Former 60 *EJOMAR "INAY 3EN ,OREN ,EGARDA plus former Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez are also considered as probable aspirants. Let the games begin. *** 4HE $EPARTMENT OF %NERGY IS ASsuring the public that we will have a stable power supply during the summer months despite the El NiĂąo pheNOMENON 4HIS IS REALLY ENERGIZING *** #HINA S (UAWEI S #&/ -ENG 7ANZHOU HAS kLED SUIT AGAINST #ANADIAN authorities for allegedly violating her constitutional rights when she was arrested in Vancouver. According to her lawyers, she suffered “serious breaches of her constitutional rights.â€? Of course, China’s President Xi Jinping is fuming mad, especially when Canada’s Prime -INISTER *USTIN 4RUDEAU AGREED TO THE 53 REQUEST FOR EXTRADITION *INPING SAYS gWHAAAu WHILE 4RUMP SAYS gWHEEE u Good work, good deeds and good faith to all.
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Sequestration It ran afoul of the equal protection clause of the fundamental LAW 4HE COURT RULED g)N %XECUTIVE /RDER .O HOWEVER THERE IS NO INADVERTENCE 4HAT THE previous administration was picked out was deliberate and intentional as can be gleaned from the fact that it was underscored at least three times IN THE ASSAILED EXECUTIVE ORDER )T MUST BE NOTED THAT %XECUTIVE /RDER .O does not even mention any particular act, event or report to be focused on unlike the investigative commissions CREATED IN THE PAST @4HE EQUAL PROTECtion clause is violated by purposeful and intentional discrimination’.� 4HE COURT WAS OF COURSE CORRECT !FTER ALL THE ASSAILED EXECUTIVE ORDER HAD singled out GMA’s administration for inquisitorial proceedings. Obviously, had the commission been charged with studying irregularities in past administrations and discovering causes (other than the malice in human hearts!) and propose solutions, the result would have been radically DIFFERENT "UT IMMEDIATELY IT MUST BE asked why the PCGG — that likewise targeted the Marcos administration and the members of his family — did not suffer the same fate. Not that the question had not been raised before the Supreme Court. It was in issue before the high court in the cases of
Virata v. Sandiganbayan and Mapa vs Sandiganbayan (1991), but the court made short shrift of the constitutionality challenge with the following rather insipid, languid lines: g4HE 0#'' #HARTER COMPOSED OF %XECUTIVE /RDERS .OS AND does not violate the equal protection clause and is not a bill of attainder or AN EX POST FACTO LAW 4HE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF LAWS IS PRESUMED 4O JUSTIFY NULLIkCATION OF A LAW THERE MUST BE A clear and unequivocal breach of the Constitution, not a doubtful or arguMENTATIVE IMPLICATION A LAW SHALL NOT BE DECLARED INVALID UNLESS THE CONlICT with the Constitution is clear beyond A REASONABLE DOUBT @4HE PRESUMPTION is always in favor of constitutionality 4O DOUBT IS TO SUSTAIN u Clearly, from the point of view of jurisprudence, that was not every helpful, but equally obvious is that the court, at that time, did not want to be a rude intruder into the honeymoon period that the Cory Aquino government was then enjoying. 7HAT ) PARTICULARLY RUE ARE THE sequestration orders that resulted in the virtual confiscation of so much—supposedly owned or held by Ferdinand Marcos, his family members, his friends or cronies, and the members of their families. It was a dragnet that like all such unmindful
devices brought into the same haul the guilty and the innocent, the fruits of fraud as well as the fruits of honest toil. Of course, there were challenges to the orders of sequestration, but the success rate was dismal. Courts, after all, are not shielded from the political climate — although it is one of the USEFUL kCTIONS OF OUR CONSTITUTIONAL order that they are! 4HROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY THERE WERE MANY "AGONG ,IPUNAN LODGES most of them very well — perhaps EVEN EXTRAVAGANTLY ‡ APPOINTED "UT the fact is that, like the Cultural Center of the Philippines, the PICC and other structures in that stretch of reclaimed land, they had been constructed and could have been so usefully put to public use — for the convenience of travelers and of tourists, had the Cory Administration BEEN LESS VENGEFUL "UT THESE LODGES were sequestered and left to deteriorate — until all that is left are shells, monuments to the uselessness and futility of government action born out of sheer spite and dislike. I have also wondered about the paintings, the works of art, the thousands of pieces of furniture and jewelry supposedly taken over in the name of a new Republic. Have all these confiscated items been accounted for? Has it been judi-
cially established that these are the harvests of a regime of fraud or has it merely been assumed till now that since they were seized from the residences of Marcos friends or partisans they had to be ill-gotten? Sequestration, legally, is not conkSCATION )T IS THE TEMPORARY CUSTODY by the State of things or objects that are the subject of judicial or adminISTRATIVE INQUIRY "UT SOME ORDERS OF sequestration have morphed into VIRTUAL ORDERS OF CONkSCATION ‡ AND so much has been lost and left to rot and waste away because the government was so quick to sequester, but so slow to decide what to do with what it had laid its hands on. At either end of the scenic Patapat Viaduct stand the remnants of two SUCH LODGES 4HERE IS ANOTHER ALONG the Santa Fe road in the Caraballo -OUNTAINS ON THE WAY TO 4UGUEGarao. I know what they were. I know what they could have become. And when I pass by them, I see in them the remains of a government that ran amok in its hatred for a predecessor regime — leaving a sad story OF OFkCIALLY SANCTIONED LOOT PILLAGE and sheer wantonness!
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What I learned by doing my own not-so-undercover boss HARVARD 7 VERITAS
HEN was the last time you saw your CEO or VP shadow the call center or the factory lOOR 7HEN WAS THE LAST TIME your managing director came up to talk to employees about their needs, pain points and life in their cubicle and place of WORK 4HE ANSWER FOR MOST EMPLOYEES IS NEVER 4HERE ARE EVEN times that staff members never SEE THEIR EXECUTIVES THEIR ENTIRE careers, apart from seeing them on the internal websites or the LATEST ORG CHART 4HE INJUSTICE OF the corporate hierarchy has now BUILT EXECUTIVES TO FOCUS UPWARD than leaders who focus on building the foundation downward. In the new digital age, where speed, client focus, employee retention, humility and empathy are important leadership qualities, one of the most important activities OF AN EXECUTIVE IS TO CONTINUally “shadow,� or what is more commonly known as being the “undercover boss.� One of my favorite shows in the US is the one about the g5NDERCOVER "OSS u TYPICALLY IT IS WHEN A SENIOR EXECUTIVE TYPICALLY the CEO or president, disguises himself for a week and does the “dirty jobs� inside the company that they lead. It typically ends with a big reveal where the people that he or she interacted with get to see the person without the costume, and then begins to tell the rest of the organization the top lessons that he or she had going undercover. 7HEN ) WAS IN 3TANFORD FOR MY -"! IN A CLASS THAT WAS LED by the professor of the famous course called “Managing Growing Enterprises,� one of the key lessons is to always keep your ears to the ground as a founder or EXECUTIVE 7HEN ) WAS RUNNING A small company, I knew every employee, hired every person, even knew the security guards’ names BY HEART "UT NOW WHEN ) AM IN larger Fortune 500 companies, everyone I seem to have met has told me that it is not practical ANYMORE FOR EXECUTIVES TO BE THAT close to the ground since you can now delegate. I think that that time is now gone, and with the new world of client focus, digital SPEED AND EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCE as key differentiation, company EXECUTIVES NOW MORE THAN EVER need to always have a pulse on what’s happening on the ground. )N MY kRST MONTH AS A -ANAGING $IRECTOR OF $IGITAL 4RANSFORMAtion of a Fortune 500 company, I asked one of the SVPs, what might be the best way to learn the business — and he mentioned to me that the best way to learn about the business, the people and the culture is to go “shadow� in our operations and call centers. So, I
EARL VALENCIA spent a good amount of a week going to different teams and sitting SIDE BY SIDE WITH OUR STAFF 7HAT ) learned was probably some of the most important leadership lessons THAT ) HAVE GOTTEN THAT NO EXECUTIVE education module can replicate. (ERE ARE THE TOP kVE gLEADERSHIP lessons� that I learned when I did my own undercover boss immersion: 4HE POWER OF IDEAS ‡ 3TAFF level have a lot of improvement ideas since they are closest to the customer and often know where the real issues of the business are and thoughts on how to make THEIR OWN WORK MORE EFkCIENT 2. Keeping your ear close to the customers — Listening to the call center calls really give you a perspective on the real issues of the customers, whether simple or comPLICATED IT UNCOVERS OPPORTUNITIES for improvement in your processes. 3. Your reputation is only is as good as your customer touch points — You get to appreciate the unsung heroics of the staff in making sure that the clients are taken care of no matter what. )N THE WORLD OF ARTIkCIAL INTELligence, the care and empathy of your people is what will differentiate your company’s reputation. 4HE IMPORTANCE OF TRANSLATING EXECUTIVE SPEAK TO THE STAFF — As trained business people, OFTEN WITH HIGH lYING -"!S WE get trained to speak like nonnormal people, often using big words that sound smart but are hard to understand. If you want to have massive change, people must understand the message. "EING A LEADER MEANS YOU need to take care of the peoPLE ‡ 7HAT ) LEARNED IS THAT indeed the most valuable asset of the business is its people, and THE kRST PRIORITY OF A LEADER IS TO make sure that the future of your staff and their families is taken care of so that they can focus on taking care of the clients for you. Since that time, I have done two more shadowing immersions in a MATTER OF SIX MONTHS AND EACH TIME I learned more and more about the people, the culture and been given a deeper meaning to business and digital transformation. My challenge to you right now, as a leader in your own companies, when was the last time you stepped away from your suit and DOWNTOWN OFkCE WITH A VIEW AND became an undercover boss? Are you ready to lead with humility and empathy in this new century or will you be left behind with old world hierarchical thinking? 4HE CHOICE IS YOURS
Hardcore piece of five-star investigative journalism BY DR. RENATO VELASCO
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AS the EDSA Revolt a popular uprising or a US-backed elite undertaking? circulation by the US? Was Ninoy Aquino a hero or an astute political opportunist? Why did martial law regimes work well in many Asian tiger economies but failed in the Philippines? Who and what are the main drivers of the long drawn-out communist armed subversion? Is Noynoy Aquino to be considered the best or the worst Philippine president? Why did we lose Panatag or Scarborough Shoal to China, and what is the better policy in the territorial disputes in South China Sea? Despite crass language, impulsive decisions and relentless criticisms against his bloody drug war, why is Duterte still widely popular? If you are looking for sensible answers to these and related contentious questions and issues of the day, grab a copy and read the Manila Times’ columnist Rigoberto Tiglao’s Debunked: Uncovering Hard Truths About EDSA, Martial Law. Marcos. Aquino. With a Special Section on the Duterte Presidency (Akropolis Publishing, 2018). Debunked is a hard-core piece of fivestar investigative Philippine journalism by a very candid, prolific and top-notch
opinion writer. A sequel to Tiglao’s previous book, Colossal Deception: How Foreigners Control Our Telecom Sector, it is a 434-page compendium of 92 articles selected from among 872 columns mostly written from 2013 to 2018. In great part, it covers the administrations of five Philippine presidents — Marcos, Aquino 1, Arroyo, Aquino 2 and Duterte. Written in plain English with lucidity and personal anecdotes, Tiglao answers current issues and questions with fact-based accounts and impassioned argument. Its title is a giveaway. It seeks to expose the falseness and hollowness of an idea or belief. Dominant post-EDSA narratives and truths — notably the heroic and freedom-loving Aquinos and their polar opposite, the dictatorial, ruthless and rapacious Marcoses—are dismissed as myths useful for extolling the Aquinos and demonizing their political rival, the Marcoses. Akin to Roland Barthes’ concept of myth as the representation of the dominant ideologies that engenders Gramscian “false consciousness� through signs, narratives and appearances widely accepted as static, natural and normal, Tiglao is skeptical of the validity and truthfulness of post-EDSA narratives.
He therefore deconstructs these myths, subjects them to fact-checking and historical and documentary research before identifying and calling out their falsities and self-serving motivations. Citing US documents and events before the EDSA revolt, Tiglao concludes that the event was a simple circulation of elites or the replacement of the discredited Marcos with the popular Cory Aquino by the US. Again relying on historical documents, he considers Ninoy Aquino as an opportunist and not a hero. Aside from playing a significant role in forming the CPP-NPA, Ninoy also leaked Marcos’ plan to get back Sabah, collaborated with
Malaysia and Japan and was complicit to the communist Plaza Miranda bombing of his own partymates. Tiglao also slams the Filipino elite as responsible for the birth and continuing armed communist insurgency. He claims its existence is an indictment against the retrogressive elite whose exploitation, collaboration and incompetence sustains the communist insurgency despite its failed ideology and copycat, ruthless and opportunist leaders. The chapters to demonstrate that Noynoy Aquino is the worst Philippine president ever are the longest and most documented. The Daang Matuwid rhetoric of Aquino’s camp is hollow and fake given the many cases of corruption, hypocrisy and incompetence during the Aquino 2 administration. It is worth noting that its well-funded presidential bet Mar Roxas was roundly defeated by the least-known, least-funded and least-organized candidate from Mindanao – Duterte. For Tiglao, Aquino’s sordid failures are recent and crystal-clear: the destruction of the independence of the judiciary and Congress via the rushed impeachment of CJ Rene Corona and the unconstitutional DAP: the criminal negligence in the killing of SAF 44 in Mamasapano, Magindanao; the incompetence and
insensitivity in the Yolanda aftermath; the MRT-3 graft mess; the P3.5-billion Dengvaxia scandal; and the incompetence and subservience to the US in the handling of the territorial dispute in the South China Sea. Tiglao is blunt and harsh against the Aquinos and their allies but very supportive of Arroyo and Duterte. If Noynoy is the worst president, Duterte seems to be the best ever whom Tiglao regards as an iconoclastic or one above peers in boldness in defying established yet erroneous norms, symbols and beliefs. Be that as it may, Tiglao’s fidelity to factbased argument is not lacking here. Duterte’s bold policies are evident in the distancing from the US and rebalancing to China and Russia, his better policy of promoting cooperation over confrontation with China, the closure and rehabilitation of Boracay. and the courage to stand up to the interventionist actions of well-established agencies like the UN, EU, ICC and Catholic Church. Tiglao claims it is this courage, or katapangan, more than compassion and incorrigibility, that is the main driver of Duterte’s high popularity. The last chapter on “Harsh Realities� serves as the socio-historical context which tries to explain the structures
and determines the nature, direction and impact of the several pieces on presidential policies and programs. Tiglao puts forward a Marxist cum nationalist perspective in which he enjoins readers to think and act above one’s family and group, and embrace the sense of belonging to a nationstate. Similar to his call in his previous book, he prescribes nationalism as the key to meaningful growth and development and rewarding lives for Filipinos. Plotting the seizure of state power against Marcos as a top communist cadre before working as business reporter in prestigious newspapers and studying at UP and Harvard, and finally ending up as a Presidential Chief of Staff in Malacaùang, and an ambassador to Greece, Tiglao has the broad experience, special skills and unique perspective for analyzing the many issues in the compendium. Go buy a copy. You won’t regret it.
Dr. Renato Velasco, a Ph.D. in political science, has written two books on Philippine politics. He was former associate professor of political science at the University of the Philippines in Diliman and is currently president of the Association for Philippine-China Understanding.
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Nationinbriefs INTENSIVE RABIES VACCINATION UP IN CARAGA BUTUAN CITY, Agusan del Norte: The Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Department of Health (DoH) in the Caraga region launched an intensified campaign for rabies vaccination regionwide in line with Rabies Awareness Month. On Wednesday, the DoH and DA said this was their campaign on rabies prevention since rabies is a vaccine-preventable viral disease, but despite the continuous efforts of government and the private sector, around 59,000 people have already died from the disease annually. In the Philippines, it is considered a public health problem as it is one of the most acutely fatal infection, responsible for the deaths of at least 200 Filipinos each year. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 99 percent of all rabies transmissions were from dogs. Prevention, they added, would greatly help the continuing efforts to eliminate rabies disease in the region. The schedules for mass rabies vaccination are: In Butuan City, it will be held especially in Barangay Masao and at the Guingona Park from March 5 to 8; in Barangay MJ Santos on March 11; in Barangay Taguibo and San Vicente on March 12 to 15; in Dankias on March 23; in Agusan del Norte, particularly in the town of Tubay on March 5 to 7; Magallanes on March 12 to 13; Santiago on March 19 to 21; Jabonga on March 26 to 27; Kicharao on April 3 to 4; and Las Nieves on April 9 to 12. Vaccination schedules in other provinces in Caraga will be announced soon. ALEXANDER D. LOPEZ
4 DIE IN NORTH COTABATO FIRE COTABATO CITY: Four persons, including a pregnant 19-year-old, died in a fire in Sitio Little Baguio, Barangay Meocan, Arakan, North Cotabato. Senior Fire Officer 2 Ronald Valle of the Arakan Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) said the fire broke out at Ronie Monteser’s house around 1:45 a.m. on Wednesday. The victims were Monteser, 44; his daughter, pregnant Mary Jean, 19; her live-in partner Rainheart Carugda; and a one-year-old boy. Two floors of the old house were quickly consumed by the fire. According to initial BFP investigation, all the victims were sleeping soundly so they were not aware that their home was already engulfed by flames. JULMUNIR JANNARAL
UPGRADED VCM DEMO IN LANAO DEL NORTE MARAWI CITY: The Commission on Elections (Comelec) and the Department of Education (DepEd) recently held a vote-counting machine (VCM) roadshow in the municipality of Lala, Lanao del Norte, as part of their preparations for the May midterm polls with Comelec officer Mohammad Abdul Rashid showing how the VCM works. He told attendees that the VCM was designed to scan ballots and interpret the voter’s shaded mark, tabulate each mark, generate reports and transmit these results to Comelec data centers. During the elections, the poll body will be using the automated and upgraded version of the VCM. Local candidates, barangay (village) officials and youth council officials, school principals and voters in the municipality of Lala witnessed the VCM roadshow. Rashid said Lala has 61 clustered precincts with 45, 534 registered voters. He reminded the voters to properly shade their ballots to avoid these being rejected. The roadshow was conducted with the help of Education Supervisors Mary Arlene Carbonera and Lydia Linggolinggo. MASIDING NOOR YAHYA
Regions Politicians on narcolist assured of due process THURSDAY March 7, 2019
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said seven of them were running for the position of vice mayor and higher posts in the May 13 midterm elections. Most of them were drug protectors, he said, adding that even if they were not directly involved in drug transactions, once PDEA kNDS EVIDENCE THE AGENCY WOULD kLE CHARGES AGAINST THEM
The PDEA or the Philippine NaTIONAL 0OLICE 0.0 CAN kLE CASES against drug protectors, because the cases are covered by Republic Act 9165, or the “Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002,� Tablate said. He added that revealing the names of narcopoliticians before the midterm elections would be degrading for those candidates. It would still depend on the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), Tablate said, because these politicians have “their own right to air their sentiments in the proper forum.� “As far as I’m concerned, if there’s
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Go bats for better access to medical services FORMER special assistant to the President (SAP) and now aspiring senator Lawrence Christopher “Bong� Go has told Rizal folk that they can look forward to having better access to medical services and provisions for their basic needs. Go gave the assurance as the Hugpong ng Pagbabago (HNP) team made a whistlestop tour of Rizal province that started with a rally on Tuesday morning at Ynares Center in Antipolo City. An adopted son of Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon), he formalized through the Manifesto of Support signed by the provinces’ governors on February 10. Go spoke before officials of Rizal province and Antipolo City, local leaders and residents. He said easy access to medical services would be made possible through
a Malasakit Center to be established soon in the province. The Malasakit Center initiative that Go put in place during his time in government provides aid to patients and their family members through branches of offices granting assistance — Department of Health, Department of Social Services and Development, Philippine Health Insurance Corp. and the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office. “So far, we have launched 27 Malasakit Centers in different parts of the country,� Go said. “Given a chance to serve in the Senate, we will introdue legislation so that the Malasakit Centers will have institutional funding and be permanent even when we are no longer in public service,� he added. Go vowed to help increase the salary of nurses and give more benefits to barangay (village) health workers.
Appointment of Sarangani Bay supervisor questioned MEMBERS of the Protected Area Management Board ( PA M B ) o f t h e S a r a n g a n i Bay Protected Seascape have asked Secretary Roy Cimatu of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to reconsider the appointment of a new Protected Area Supervisor (PASU),
which they said did not pass the board’s scrutiny. Noel Ben, PAMB legal counsel, said the board passed a resolution asking Cimatu to revoke a special order of Noel Tamoria, DENR regional executive director, designating Joy Ologuin as the new PASU last January 9, three days be-
fore the election period, which prohibits the appointment and reassignment of government officials and employees. Ben said Tamoria violated provisions of the National Integrated Protected Areas System (NIPAS) Law, which mandates the PAMB to submit a short list of applicants to the position
from whom the DENR regional director will pick for appointment to the post. H e a d d e d t h a t Ta m o r i a clearly violated the law when he bypassed the PAMB’s recommendatory power when he appointed the new PASU. Tamoria, who serves concurrently as PAMB chairman,
said he removed PASU Iskag Dipatuan, who had been in the post since 2016, as part of the ongoing revamp within DENR Region 12. Ben said the board hopes that Cimatu would reconsider their position and recognize their authority to recommend an applicant to the post of
PASU as provided under the NIPAS Law. He added that PAMB, which is composed of various stakeholders who were tasked to formulate policies to protect Sarangani Bay, was merely exercising its rights vis-Ă -vis the appointment of the PASU. JERRY N. ADLAW
‘Protect Central Visayas seas’ BY RHEA RUTH ROSELL “I LIVED because of the sea.â€? Venerando Carbon, president of the TaĂąon Strait Fisherfolk Federation, declared thus during the Oceana Stakeholders’ news forum in Cebu on Wednesday. Carbon was emotional as he thanked Oceana and the law enforcers who assured fisherfolk of their commitment to protect the seas in Central Visayas. “We are very thankful because we have catch, morning or evening,â€? he said, adding that one of the greatest challenges they face is the presence of commercial fishing and the private owners of foreshore land. “I am appealing for help to strengthen the protection of the seas (in Central Visayas),â€? Norlan Pagal, an Ocean Hero Awardee, also said in Visayan. Pagal was shot by a hitman on Oct. 24, 2015, paralyzing him from the waist down. According to Oceana, Pagal landed in the crosshairs of local criminals for his quiet but relentless commitment to enforce the rule of law in TaĂąon Strait, a long, narrow stretch of sea in Central Philippines. Pagal, who started fishing at nine years old, defended his village’s patch of the ocean from scores of illegal fishers. “In 2010, dynamites were thrown at me,â€? he said. On his wheelchair, Pagal
recalled that he was forced to use sharp weapons because policemen would not listen to him. But now, he said he was thankful to the Philippine National Police (PNP) and Bantay Dagat for their efforts in deterring illegal fishing. “We will be very happy if this cause will be pursued in the entire Central Visayas,� he added. Gloria Estenzo Ramos, Oceana vice president, said two-thirds of the fishing grounds in Cebu were already overexploited. “Illegal fishing is a major problem,� she added. Ramos pointed out that it would be a problem with the fisherfolk if there were no fish. But, she said that since November 2018, fish had been abundant in Cebu. “If the law will be implemented, there will no illegal fishing. What we’re doing now is help the government collate the data. The reporting system is clearer,� Ramos said. She added that Oceana’s goal was to restore the abundance of fish in the sea and provide strong enforcement measures to deter illegal fishing. Deterring illegal fishing in Central Visayas had improved by 80 percent, Ramos said. “Since we started, there were regulations already. We have bridged the gap,� she noted. A lawyer, Ramos commended the Cebu provincial govern-
ment for passing a resolution to stop commercial fishing in the TaĂąon Strait. But she also spoke of one real challenge they face in the area — political intervention. Inspite of this, “with the use of law, science, collaborative efforts, we just have to fight illegal fishing,â€? Ramos said. The Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7) reported that 738 persons were apprehended for illegal fishing in Central Visayas in 2018, while 120 have been booked since February 2019. Police Brig. Gen. Debold Sinas, PRO-7 regional director, said what works is synchronized implementation of the law. “We will not focus on just one place because they (illegal fishers) will just transfer toanoter place,â€? Sinas added. Meanwhile, Michael Hirshfield, chief scientist and strategy officer of Oceana, said there was more to be done in Cebu. “We need technology. We need to adapt. We need vessel monitoring. We need constant vigilance. We need to work constantly,â€? according to Hirshfield. Melissa Wright, program officer of Vibrant Oceans Initiative Bloomberg Philanthropies, said she appreciates the application of the rule of law against illegal fishing in Cebu, which is fundamental and should be replicated across the globe.
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DAY OF ASHES Catholic devotees pray at a church in Manila on Ash Wednesday, the start of the 40-day period of Lent that culminates on Easter Sunday. AFP PHOTO
Policeman falls for extort, Metro chief blows top N BY ROY D.R. NARRA
ATIONAL #APITAL 2EGION 0OLICE /FkCE (NCRPO) Chief Guillermo Eleazar blew his top on Wednesday when he confronted A POLICE OFkCER WHO WAS ARRESTED FOR ALLEGED extortion and illegal detention. Eleazar grabbed and shook Police Corporal Marlo Quibete while berating him at the Marikina City Police Station. Quibete, who was assigned at the District Drug Enforcement Unit (DDEU) in the Eastern Police District, was arrested in an entrapment operation in Pasig City on Tuesday night.
The operation stemmed from the complaint of Eva Cabansag, who claimed that Quibete extorted money from her in exchange for the dropping of her case in connection with the arrest of her livein partner on drug charges. The DDEU allegedly took P60,000 and a necklace from Cabansag after the arrest of her
Naga village councilor shot in Makati A NAGA City barangay (village) councilor, who was listed in a drug watchlist, was ambushed by motorcycleriding gunmen in Makati City, a police official said on Wednesday. Fortune Isaac Imperial, councilor of Tinago Village in Naga City, was in critical condition after he was attacked by gunmen. Police said Imperial was shot while driving along Finlandia Street in Barangay San Isidro around 11 p.m. The suspects sped off towards dela Rosa Street.
The victim’s friend, Crayon Sheafer Ong, who was in the vehicle with him, said Imperial was arrested in November last year during a government sting in Bicol. Police Maj. Gideon Ines Jr., Makati assistant police chief for operations, said Imperial was in the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency’s drug watchlist and was considered a high-value target. Imperial and his family reside in Paraùaque City. NEIL JAYSON N. SERVALLOS
partner and forced her to sign a deed of sale for the motorcycle that was recovered from them. Cabansag met with Quibete in the entrapment operation and handed the P20,000 marked money to him. Quibete admitted that the necklace and motorcycle were in their OFkCE Eleazar ordered the relief of all EPD-DDEU members, including their chief, Maj. Allan Miparanum. He sent reporters photos of text messages between Quibete and Miparanum about pawning a necklace. Also on Wednesday, another POLICE OFkCER WAS ARRESTED IN 0ASAY City for alleged extortion.
Police operatives arrested Corporal Anwar Nasser in an entrapment operation. His alleged cohorts, identified as Police Lt. Ronaldo Frades, Police Patrolman Anthony Fernandez and Police Sergeant Rigot Octaviano, evaded arrest, taking with them the P100,000 marked money used in the operation. The case arose from the complaint of Joan de la Torre, who claimed that the suspects demanded P100,000 from her in exchange for the release of her live-in partner George Revilla. Revilla was rescued by the opERATING TEAM AFTER IT WAS VERIkED that his arrest was not in the police blotter.
THE Commission on Elections #OMELEC IS CONkDENT THAT THE overseas absentee voting (OAV) turnout in the midterm polls will be higher than in 2016. Director Elaiza Sabile-David, OFkCER IN CHARGE OF THE /FkCE FOR Overseas Voting (OFOV), said THAT WHILE IT WAS DIFkCULT TO SET A SPECIkC TARGET THE POLL BODY HAD done everything to provide overseas Filipinos all the information to encourage them to vote.
There are 1,822,173 overseas Filipino voters. The one-month OAV will start on April 23 and will end on May 13. I n 201 6 , 4 3 2 , 70 6 o f t h e 1,378,067 registered overseas voters cast their votes, or roughly 40 percent, way below the Comelec’s 80 percent target. Sabile-David said voter turn out was low during midterm elections, the last of which was in 2013 when the turnout was a
loved him, and brought out the leader that he is,� Javier said. “I would like to see him as a father who cares for his daughters, a person who founded several shelters for abused women and for children who are girls who are victims of incest,� she added. Javier also disagreed that Duterte was a misogynist after the President said last year that his next appointee to the Ombudsman post would not be a woman. “I see the President to be reasonable and I am confident that if I be accorded the honor of being nominated for the post, the President will pass upon my qualifications on the merits and not because I am a woman and not a man,� she said. Duterte now has six appointees at the high court, including Chief Justice Lucas Bersamin. His other appointees at the high tribunal were Associate Justices Andres Reyes Jr., Alexander Gesmundo, Jose Reyes Jr. and Ramon Paul Hernando. CATHERINE S. VALENTE
mere 16 percent. “To address the problem of low voters turnout, we provided all the necessary information to encourage them to vote. Every post [abroad] launched its respective aggressive education campaign. The OFOV has its social MEDIA ACCOUNT WHERE THEY CAN kND everything they wanted to know about the elections,� she said. There are a total of 85 Philippine posts abroad, but no voting
is held in areas with security concerns. In 2016, no OAV was held in Iraq, Syria and Libya for safety reasons. Comelec spokesman James Jimenez also expressed confidence that the OAV turnout would be high this time. “It’s really hard to project on the turnout but there are signs that should poster good optimism,� he said. WILLIAM B. DEPASUPIL
Truck rams bus in Manila, 30 injured AT least 30 people were injured when a bus bound for Cavite collided with a truck in Malate, Manila on Tuesday night. The Kersteen Joy bus bound for Cavite City driven by Joseph Mojica overturned when
a truck driven by Noli Mendoza hit its rear left portion. All passengers and the drivers sustained minor injuries. The accident occurred at the the intersection of Remedios and San Marcelino Streets in Malate, said Nelson Natividad, team
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos is world’s richest Third place is held by Buffett, 88, although he did get stung in late February by a deep plunge in shares of US processed food maker Kraft Heinz, in which he had a large stake. Buffett’s fortune slipped by $1.5 billion to $82.5 billion, the magazine estimated. It is more or less after this trio that things start to get shaken up on the Forbes list. The CEO of French luxury good company LVMH, Bernard Arnault, held
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has appointed Court of Appeals (CA) Associate Justice Amy Javier as associate justice of the Supreme Court. Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea and former special assistant to the President Christopher Lawrence “Bong� Go confirmed this in a text message to The Manila Times. Javier replaced Associate Justice Noel Tijam, who retired from his post on January 5 this year. She was the second woman appointed by Duterte to the high court after Rosmari Carandang in November last year. During her interview with the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) in June last year, Javier defended Duterte, saying the President was not “an enemy of women.� “I do not see the President as an enemy of women, I see him as a person who respects and loves his late mother, who he credits to have unconditionally
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the riches of Bezos, 55, have swelled by $19 billion in one year and he is now worth $131 billion. Bezos, who holds 16 percent of Amazon and whose wealth now makes him a target of the left wing of the US Democratic Party, has widened the money gap between himself and Gates, the philanthropist and co-founder of Microsoft. Gates, 63, had seen his wealth grow to $96.5 billion, up from $90 billion last year, said Forbes.
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on to fourth place. But Zuckerberg lost $9 billion in net worth and slipped from fifth to eighth. Ahead of Zuckerberg now are Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim, Zara and Inditex founder Amancio Ortega of Spain, and Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison. Bloomberg rose from 11th to ninth place as his fortune increased to $55.5 billion from $50 billion, said Forbes. Americans still dominate the list with 14 of the top 20 billionaires from the US.
Non-Americans among the top 20 include India’s Mukesh Ambani, chairman of Reliance Industries, in 13th place, and China’s Ma Huateng, head of the Chinese internet giant Tencent, who rounds out the top 20. Forbes estimates Trump’s wealth at $3.1 billion, unchanged from last year. While 994 people from last year’s ranking saw their wealth drop — a record, according to Forbes — Trump rose in the Forbes ranking from 766 last year to 715 this year.
leader of the Philippine Red Cross (PRC)-Manila Chapter. Natividad said the PRC team brought the injured to nearby hospitals. Both drivers are in police custody. Data from the Philippine Statistics Authority in 2017
bared that 34 Filipinos lose their lives daily in car accidents. Globally, approximately 1.25 million die from road accidents annually, said the World Health Organization. CATHERINE A. MODESTO
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billion (P250.9 billion); and LT Group founder Lucio Tan with $4.4 billion (P230 billion).  Other Filipinos who made the list include Jollibee founder Tony Tan Caktiong and his family, San Miguel’s Ramon Ang, Alliance Global’s Andrew Tan, Eduardo “Danding� Cojuangco, Robert Coyiuto Jr., Century Pacific’s Ricardo Po and his family, and Alphaland’s Roberto Ongpin.   All six children of the late SM founder Henry Sy Sr. — Hans, Herbert, Harley, Henry Jr., Teresita and Elizabeth — were also on the list. AFP WITH ARIC JOHN SY CUA
 Meanwhile, Manuel “Manny� Villar, is the richest Filipino.  Ranked 317th out of over 2,000, Villar’s net worth is around $5.5 billion (P287.4 billion). The former senator is the chairman of Starmalls and Vista & Landscapes. He was followed by JG Summit founder John Gokongwei Jr. whose net worth was $5.1 billion (P266.6 billion); International Container Terminal Services’ (ICTSI) Enrique Razon Jr., with a net worth of $4.8
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4HE 0HILIPPINE 3TATISTICS !Uthority on Tuesday reported that HEADLINE INlATION EASED TO PERCENT kNALLY SETTLING WITHIN the government’s 2-4 percent target. ,AST YEAR INlATION PEAKED AT A NINE YEAR HIGH OF PERCENT IN September and October. “We will have an economic update in the coming week, but
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“There are two reasons. Economic growth at 6.2 percent last year was lower than what we expected. Second is the faster-than-expected slowdown in the global economy,� he added. Gross domestic product growth last year came below the government’s downwardly revised 6.5-6.9 percent target. The ADB currently has a 6.7 percent forecast for 2019 but Bird said the revised projection would fall between 6.2-6.7 percent. The government is aiming for 7.0-8.0 growth this year.
Bargain-hunting buoys PSEi back to 7,800 level THE stock market climbed back to the 7,800 level on Wednesday as investors resorted to bargain-hunting following a run of declines. The bellwether Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) jumped by 1.97 percent or 150.72 points to close at 7,821.34, while the broader !LL 3HARES ROSE BY PERCENT OR POINTS TO kNISH AT Regina Capital Development Corp. head of SALES ,UIS ,IMLINGAN SAID MARKET PLAYERS WENT bargain-hunting, while P2P Trade Online sales
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Among the key development challenges for the Philippines, Bird said, are the country’s high poverty rate and income inequality. He noted that some regions, especially those in Mindanao, were “vulnerable to natural hazards and ar subject to intermittent armed conflict.� “These lagging regions are characterized by under-investment in infrastructure, low private investment, poor quality services, low skills trap, and poor governance,�
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Q Philippine Retailers Association (PRA) President and Wilcon Depot Inc. Chief Operating Officer Rosemarie Bosch-Ong discusses the effects of trade liberalization on the local retail industry during The Manila Times’ 9th Business Forum in Makati City on Wednesday. PHOTO BY J. GERARD SEGUIA
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ROPOSED measures to amend the Retail Trade Liberalization Act will likely affect the small retailers in the country, the chief of the Philippine Retailers !SSOCIATION 02! SAID ON 7EDNESDAY
During The Manila Times’ 9th Business &ORUM IN -AKATI #ITY 02! 0RESIDENT Rosemarie Bosch-Ong said they are bothered by the revisions contained in THE 2ETAIL 4RADE ,IBERALIZATION BILL AS THEY can adversely affect members of their ORGANIZATION “We welcome competition ‌ but we are kind of worried about the trade liberALIZATION BECAUSE IT WILL DEkNITELY AFFECT a lot of small retailers. We are competing
with the retailers from different parts of the world that have really big pockets,� said Bosch-Ong, who is also chief opERATING OFkCER AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE VICE president of Wilcon Depot, Inc. Both House Bill (HB) 4595 and Senate "ILL SEEK TO AMEND (" OR THE 2ETAIL 4RADE ,IBERALIZATION !CT 4HE REVISION included the reduction of minimum paid-up capital (from $830,000 to only $200,000) FOR FOREIGN kRMS UPON ENTRY TO THE LOCAL
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REMEMBER speaking to an EXPATRIATE CHIEF kNANCE OFkCER of a local conglomerate more than a decade ago, and he said, “In my 10 years of working in this company, I‘ve never seen a single successful technology project�. Success to him was getting the return on investment, improving internal operations, and increasing revenue. In other words, getting the value from the technology for what it was supposed to do. This is true. More than a decade ago, technology for enterprises was complex, expensive, monolithic, hard to use and manage, and took a long time to implement. Examples are enterprise resource planning (ERP), customer relationship management (CRM), and business intelligence (BI) systems which at that point can only be afforded by large companies. Because of the huge investment in time, money, and effort in implementing such systems, companies had no choice but to work with vendors to make such systems work, even if it takes MORE THAN A YEAR TO kNISH A PROJECT On the other hand, technology vendors had no recourse but to give in to the whims of enterprise buyers, constantly making changes AND CUSTOMIZATIONS IN THE SYSTEM Project failure can be blamed on both technology buyers and vendors. Users in a company asked for the moon and the stars when it comes to functionalities of the system, with vendors delivering halfbaked products. Users took several MONTHS TO YEARS TO FULLY UTILIZE THE systems. Vendors sold systems that promised to deliver everything a buyer asked for, resulting in unmet EXPECTATIONS )T WAS kNE FOR THE chief executive and the CFO of a company to patiently wait for the system to go live because, again, of the huge investments shelled out. Now, technology is a lot simpler, inexpensive because of the usual cloud subscription, modular which means you can buy only parts of the system, can be easily integrated with other systems, takes shorter time to implement, a lot more intelligent because of ANALYTICS AND ARTIkCIAL INTELLIGENCE !) FEATURES AND EASIER TO USE Indeed, technology has advanced so fast in the last decade due to developments in cloud COMPUTING !) AND ANALYTICS and technology platforms. Functional departments in a company can now inexpensively buy and quickly use technology, as there are MANY SPECIALIZED APPLICATIONS IN the cloud that cater to marketing, kNANCE OPERATIONS AND HUMAN resources. Despite these, many executives lament at the high “failed� technology projects. If technology has progressed in leaps and bounds, why do these projects still fail? Because technology buyers, such as functional executives, are more sophisticated and knowledgeable of what technology can do and how much it costs, their DEkNITION OF FAILURE IS DIFFERENT !S TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLOUD IS LESS
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REYNALDO LUGTU, JR. expensive and easier to deploy, they demand faster return on investment by seeing large scale adoption of their employees. In our conversations with several executives, they expect technology to be used by their employees in a shorter time to MAXIMIZE ITS UTILITY OTHERWISE they will consider the project as a FAILURE AND kND ANOTHER REPLACEment technology. The problem stems from how EMPLOYEES IN AN ORGANIZATION adopt a new technology. In our experience working with several companies, generational differENCES IN AN ORGANIZATION CAUSES distorted adoption rates. In these times when 40 to as high as 90 percent of companies employ millennials, and the rest are generation X and baby boomers, differences in adoption rates gives a perception of project failure. In our observations with several companies which have deployed new cloud technologies such as messaging platform, productivity apps, and CRM, we discovered that millennial employees and the new entrants TO THE WORKFORCE 'EN: ADOPT new technologies fast. Because they are digital natives, they become engaged and active in using such technologies in the first few weeks, but are also quick to discard and stop usage. On the other hand, GenX workERS THOSE BORN BETWEEN AND 1980; and Baby Boomers, those BORN BETWEEN AND ARE the most resistant to change, take a longer time to adopt, ranging from several months to years, to fully use the new technologies. Baby Boomers are embracing the new technology, but due to the slowdown of cognitive abilities, it takes them a while to learn a new thing. But GenX workers, which comprise as high as 40 percent of the workforce and occupy inlUENTIAL ROLES IN ORGANIZATIONS are probably the most resistant to change and new technologies, especially if they are not involved from the start of the selection and evaluation of the new technology. The gulf of difference in the adoption on new technologies BETWEEN -ILLENNIALS 'EN: AND GenX/Baby Boomers is what we CALL THE ZONE OF PERCEIVED FAILURE of technology projects. It’s perceived because this is the period when seemingly only 10 percent of the employees are using the new technology, and it can last up to more than a year to a few years. The business executive who purchased the new technology will think that the technology project did not meet the deliverables and expectations, and will therefore ask the IT or procurement department
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B u t WHILE THE 02! IS anxious over the amendments, it said they serve as a call for domestic retailers to be more adaptive, competitive, and aggressive in the industry. “We can not stop progress in our country. Our government is really very liberal in attracting investors,� she said. 4HE 2ETAIL 4RADE ,IBERALIZAtion bill is awaiting approval of Congress, which is currently on break for the midterm elections in May.
Help fix PH housing woes, private sector urged THE private sector has been called to help address the housing shortage in the country amid the recent signing of a bill creating the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD). “[The] government cannot handle that all (housing and urban development) by itself,� Chamber OF 2EAL %STATE AND "UILDERS !S-
sociation, Inc. (Creba) National President Noel Toti CariĂąo said. “[The] private sector is being encouraged to join in the national effort for housing,â€? he added. CariĂąo said the country’s housing backlog currently stands at 5.7 million units. He said at least 500,000 houses should be completed annually to resolve THE SHORTAGE !S OF NOW LESS THAN
200,000 shelters are being produced, he said. 2EPUBLIC !CT CREATED THE DHSUD, an agency mandated to monitor and manage housing, human settlement and urban development. Its implementing rules and regulations (IRR) are currently BEING kNALIZED AFTER ITS SIGNING ON February 14. Meanwhile, CariĂąo said focus
Power co-ops soften on Energy chief ! '2/50 of electric cooperatives HAS INVITED %NERGY 3ECRETARY !Lfonso Cusi for an open dialogue to settle their differences. In a statement, the Philippine !SSOCIATION OF 2URAL %LECTRIC #OOPeratives (Philreca) said the “open and productive discussion� is scheduled on March 19, 2019 at the Grand Regal Hotel in Davao City. Philreca said they consider the province as a “neutral ground� where both parties can freely express their respective policy POSITIONS ON SIGNIkCANT ISSUES AFfecting the government’s goal of TOTAL ELECTRIkCATION g7E FERVENTLY hope that all parties involved will take the moral high ground,� the group said on Monday. Philreca — the umbrella group of all 121 ECs in the Philippines — is responding to the National
%LECTRIFICATION !DMINISTRATION S .%! CALL TO RESOLVE THEIR ISSUES through a “constructive dialogue.� .%! !DMINISTRATOR %DGARDO -Asongsong on Tuesday appealed to %NERGY OFkCIALS AND ELECTRIC COOPerative (EC) leaders “to engage in A DIALOGUE AND kND BASES OF UNITY and work together to reconcile their respective policy positions on issues that are relevant to an industry that affects the lives of 104 million Filipinos.� Masongsong IS HOPING BOTH PARTIES WILL kND A mutually acceptable resolution to RURAL ELECTRIkCATION ISSUES Prior to calls for talks, Philreca called for the immediate resignation of Cusi and declared him as “persona non-grata� over alleged abuse of power. The Philreca board cited Cusi’s several blunders, such as his refusal to heed to legislators’ call
NOT TO REDUCE THE BUDGET OF .%! which oversees all power co-ops nationwide. They also accused the Energy chief 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 ELECTRIkCATION AND cooperativism, and failure to RECOGNIZE THE SUCCESS AND GAINS OF RURAL ELECTRIkCATION AND DEVELopment not just because of the government through the National %LECTRIkCATION !DMINISTRATION BUT most especially because of electric cooperatives commissioned and considered implementing arm of the government.’� JORDEENE B. LAGARE
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Cheap NFA rice to stay available rice despite losing its authority to license them in the domestic market. Current imported rice stocks of THE .&! STAND TO LAST UNTIL !UGUST this year. “We still have stocks‌ and since these supplies were acquired at a lower price then we will have to sell it P27 [per kilo]. "Y THE END OF !UGUST OR BEFORE THAT THE .&! #OUNCIL WILL DETERmine what will be the right price for the purchased local palay,â€? PiĂąol told reporters. (E EXPLAINED THAT THE .&! palay buying price would have to be adjusted “to ensure that the agency does not lose moneyâ€? since it will be limited to buffer-stocking agency under the new law. “Since our buying price for local palay is a lot higher compared to the price of imported rice, we will have to recompute. So there will be adjustments but we will DETERMINE THAT IN THE FUTURE .&! Council meetings,â€? PiĂąol said. "Y 3EPTEMBER THE .&! WILL
start buying local farmers’ produce which will be released to the MARKETS AS CHEAP PRICED .&! RICE “We would like to let the farmERS KNOW THAT .&! WILL BUY YOUR palay. It will be continuous; we will not stop,â€? PiĂąol assured. )T WAS ALSO AGREED DURING THE .&! Council meeting yesterday that requirements on “collateralsâ€? in the P1-billion credit facility under the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) be eliminated. This means that the RCEF Credit Program will impose interest that is 1/3 of the prevailing rates of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to farmers who wish to avail the loan. !LSO THE NEW )22 RULED THAT machinery and farm equipment and seeds will be given to the rice farmers as grant. 4HE .&! #OUNCIL HAS ALSO APproved a draft resolution of other minor revisions of the IRR based on inputs gathered in consultations conducted last week. The paper, PiĂąol said, will
then be endorsed to the DepartMENT OF !GRICULTURE .ATIONAL Economic and Development !UTHORITY AND THE $EPARTMENT OF Budget and Management, whose secretaries will sign it to signal THE OFkCIAL TRANSITION TO A NEW rice regime. 4HE 2ICE )MPORT ,IBERALIZATION law replaces quantitative restrictions that had hindered imports of the grain. 5NDER 2EPUBLIC !CT THE country will apply a 35 percent tariff for rice shipments from !SEAN MEMBER STATES PERCENT for in-quota or within minimum ACCESS VOLUME -!6 SHIPMENTS FROM NON !SEAN SOURCES AND 180 percent for out-quota and NON !SEAN SHIPMENTS It also calls for the establishment of the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF), to be endowed with P10 billion a year FOR SIX YEARS WHICH WILL BE UTILIZED to provide different forms of assistance to rice farmers. EIREENE JAIREE GOMEZ
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PH overheating risks have decreased remain robust on account of strong domestic demand,� he said. The government, however, must continue to be watchful of the risks as the global economy
is undergoing a slowdown. “The global environment is tough. There’s Brexit and there seems to be a lot of concern whether the WTO will continue to be effective,� said Yang.
“There seem to be less international cooperation. The global economy is going through a slowing pace and there are risks for countries including the Philippines,� he added.
should also be given to the funding aspect to assure continuity of housing projects. “The demand is there. But we need to put mechanism that will create the funding side,� he said. He pointed out that only funds from Pag-IBIG and bank loans are the SOURCE OF kNANCING The government needs to boost funding, he added. TYRONE C. PIAD
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ADB Bird said. Aside from this, the ADB official said access to quality education was still inadequate. To address these issues, Bird urged the government to accelerate infrastructure and long-term investments, promote local ecobomic development, and invest in people. The ADB official said the passage of the Rice Modernization Act could also hopefully boost the agriculture sector’s contribution to overall growth. “The agriculture sector has been making negligible contribution to overall growth.  Rice tariffication law is a major first step in improving productivity and incomes in the agriculture sector,� he added. Rice tariffication, he continued, is “the first step� towards higher agriculture growth. Growth in the agriculture sector slowed to 0.56 percent last year from 3.95 percent in 2017. Initiatives that can be pursued by the government, said Bird, is support for farmers’ transition to higher valued crops. “Those farmers having difficulty producing rice could shift to high value crops,� he noted. The government must also rethink how extension services are delivered to farmers and make sure that there is connectivity in rural areas, Bird said. ANNA LEAH E. GONZALES
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Bargain PUSH u 0EREZ SAID The local market traded in contrast to its US counterpart, with the Dow Jones, S&P 500, and Nasdaq down by 0.05 percent, 0.11 percent, and 0.02 percent, respectively, overnight. Most regional counterparts folLOWED SUIT ‡ 4OKYO DROPPED BY percent, Seoul slipped by 0.17 percent, Singapore dipped by 0.13 perCENT AND "ANGKOK LOST PERCENT Meanwhile, Shanghai increased by 1.57 percent, Hong Kong grew BY PERCENT *AKARTA ROSE BY PERCENT In Manila, all sectoral indices settled in the green, with the property sector up the most by 2.42 percent. More than 1.5 billion shares VALUED AT 0 BILLION WERE TRADED Winners led losers, 113 to 88, while 38 issues remained unchanged. ANGELICA BALLESTEROS
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Grab gets $1.46B from SoftBank fund GRAB Holdings Inc. reported on Wednesday that it had received a $1.46-billion investment from the SoftBank Vision Fund, bringing its total raised to $4.5 billion. In a statement, Grab co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Anthony Tan said the new funding only showed SoftBank Vision’s confidence in Grab’s capacity to step up its game in Asia. “This investment will help the company explore exciting new opportunities across ondemand mobility, delivery and financial services as it continues to grow its offline-to-online platform across Southeast Asia,â€? David Thevenon, partner at SoftBank Investment Advisers, was quoted as saying in the statement. The ride-hailing company targets to spend the bulk of the amount in boosting its segments, including financial services, food delivery, parcel delivery, content and digital payments.  In Grab’s current financing round, it was able to entice investors like Toyota Motor Corp., Oppenheimer Funds, the Hyundai Motor Group, Booking Holdings, Microsoft Corp., Ping An Capital and Yamaha Motor.Â
“We have been blessed with overwhelming shareholder support in our current fundraising round, with strong interest both in terms of capital invested and the quality of strategic partners seeking to support the continued development of Grab,� Grab President Ming Maa said. “We continue to receive new investor interest and look forward to welcoming more global industry leaders as partners in 2019,� he added. Established in 2012, Grab has since expanded its transportation service to include food and package delivery services. Its mobile app has been downloaded on more than 138 million mobile devices across Asia. In the Philippines, Grab is present in the cities of Manila, Cebu, Davao, Cagayan de Oro, Bacolod, Baguio, Naga, Iloilo and Tacloban; Bataan and Pampanga provinces; and the Subic Bay Freeport Zone. According to the company, it has 42,000 drivers locally, but only 35,000 are active on the streets to meet the company’s 600,000 bookings on regular days. LISBET K. ESMAEL
Businessinbriefs DMCI HOMES TO LAUNCH TWO CONDO PROJECTS DMCI Homes is planning to launch at least two more residential condominium projects in Quezon City this year as it banks on robust housing demand, which was spurred by the government’s infrastructure projects. In a statement on Wedesday, DMCI Homes Assistant Vice President for Project Development Dennis Yap said the plan to launch came after “strong reservation sales of our ongoing projects indicate immense interest in the Quezon City property market and we are optimistic that the trend will continue in the coming years.� One of these projects is Cameron Residences, a single-tower resort-inspired development on Mapalad Street, Roosevelt Avenue. The 45-story tower intends to offer potential residents a strategic takeoff point in going to universities, business districts, leisure zones, medical facilities, government institutions and nature parks in the city. DMCI Homes currently has three ongoing residential condominium projects in the city which, according to Yap, are nearly sold out. JORDEENE B. LAGARE
ABACORE, SOLAR TO NEGOTIATE JV TERMS ABACORE Capital Holdings is set to negotiate terms for a possible joint venture with Tieng-led Solar Group in Batangas province. In a statement on Wednesday, the listed holding firm said its board of directors had authorized it to “enter into negotiations and to sign with the Solar Group of William and Wilson Tieng for a possible joint venture at Montemaria, Batangas City, a development of a subsidiary of Abacore.� No preliminary information on the negotiation was disclosed, but AbaCore said its management should “present to the board, for approval, the final terms of the contract.� Montemaria is a “tourism village� at the southernmost part of Batangas Bay, Batangas City, according to its website. Twenty-two hectares have been allocated to develop 1,000 condotel rooms and 500 villas within the village. TYRONE C. PIAD
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EGAWORLD Corp. aims to increase its hotel room portfolio to 12,000 in total in the next two years as it brings United 3TATES BASED CO WORKING SPACE kRM 7E7ORK TO BOOST ITS SHARED OFkCE BUSINESS During The Manila Times 9th Business Forum in Makati City on Wednesday, Megaworld Chief ExecuTIVE /FkCER +EVIN 4AN SAID THE LISTED property developer was looking to add 6,000 more hotel rooms across THE COUNTRY TO HIT THE TARGET kGURE According to him, the hotels that will get additional rooms include Lucky Chinatown Hotel in Manila’s Binondo district; Westside Hotel in ParaĂąaque City; Upper East Hotel in Bacolod City, Negros Occidental province; Chancellor Hotel on Boracay island, Aklan province; and "ELMONT (OTEL IN )LOILO PROVINCE Megaworld affiliate Travellers )NTERNATIONAL (OTEL 'ROUP )NC WILL also contribute with the planned opening of international brands (OTEL /KURA AND 2ITZ #ARLTON “This [addition of hotel rooms] will enable us to be the largest hotel operator in the country by 2021,â€? 4AN SAID The plan, he added, is aligned
with its support of the government’s thrust to reach 10 million tourist ARRIVALS THAT YEAR For 2019, the real-estate arm of the Andrew Tan-led Alliance Global )NC IS ALLOTING 0 BILLION IN CAPITAL expenditures to expand its residenTIAL AND OFkCE BUSINESSES Megaworld is set to launch 28 new residential towers this year across its 23 townships, which would potenTIALLY GENERATE 0 BILLION IN SALES )T ALSO TARGETS TO ACHIEVE MILLION square meters of leasable space this year, 60 percent of which is expected TO COME FROM ITS OFkCE PORTFOLIO
More co-working spaces Also on Wednesday, Megaworld Senior Vice President Jericho Go said DURING A BRIEkNG THAT 7E7ORK WOULD expand its presence in the country by TAPPING SQ M OF HIS COMPANY S Uptown Bonifacio township in BoniFACIO 'LOBAL #ITY 4AGUIG #ITY
Q Megaworld Chief Executive Officer Kevin Tan delivers a speech during The Manila Times 9th Business Forum in Makati City on Wednesday. PHOTO BY J. GERARD SEGUIA Leasing two levels, WeWork will offer office spaces that could accommodate 800 people from micro, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES )T will also offer recreational rooms, including games and karaoke rooms, AND AN INDOOR GARDEN According to Go, WeWork may expand to Eastwood City in Quezon #ITY AND EVEN )LOILO PROVINCE “With the Philippines now a rising economy in Southeast Asia, there is no better time to be here than now,� Turochas Fuad, managing director at WeWork Southeast !SIA WAS QUOTED AS SAYING IN A kLING “WeWork is not just about the
space, but also the value that we create by providing an inclusive member-driven experience that fosters an environment of creativity and collaboration across a vibrant global COMMUNITY OF INDIVIDUALS u HE ADDED The co-working space provider beGAN OPERATING LOCALLY LAST MONTH )T also operates in Vietnam, Malaysia, 3INGAPORE 4HAILAND AND )NDONESIA 7E7ORK HAS PHYSICAL LOCATIONS IN CITIES IN COUNTRIES Megaworld’s partnership with 7E7ORK WAS NOT EXCLUSIVE 'O SAID 3HARES OF -EGAWORLD SHED CENTAVOS OR PERCENT TO kNISH AT 0 APIECE ON 7EDNESDAY
Eagle Cement income up 13% on strong sales %!',% #EMENT #ORP S NET INCOME REACHED 0 BILLION IN A PERCENT INCREASE FROM 0 BILLION THE YEAR BEFORE In a disclosure on Wednesday, the listed cement company credited the increase to strong sales, despite some headwinds in the market enVIRONMENT Net sales rose by 11 percent to 0 BILLION LAST YEAR FROM 0 billion in 2017, propelled by douBLE DIGIT SALES VOLUME GROWTH
In the fourth quarter alone, net INCOME SURGED BY PERCENT TO 0 BILLION FROM 0 MILLION IN THE same period in 2017, while sales ADDED PERCENT TO 0 BILLION 'ROSS PROkT HIT 0 BILLION A PERCENT GROWTH FROM THE kGURE %ARNINGS BEFORE INTEREST TAX depreciation and amortization inCREASED BY PERCENT TO 0 BILLION “While we are faced with challenges in the industry, we remain steadfast to expand the company to meet the
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increasing local demand for cement, driven by the thriving property sector [and] growth in consumption, as well as the anticipated roll out of government’s infrastructure projects,� Eagle Cement President ad Chief Executive /FkCER 0AUL !NG SAID 4HE kRM EXPECTS gTHE MOMENTUM to continue, as Eagle sets the stage for the next cycle of growth for the comPANY 7E SEEK TO CONTINUE TO INVEST in expanding our market reach to beCOME A NATIONWIDE PLAYER u HE ADDED
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Volume Value(P) Ÿ 19,086,400.00 824,894,895.00 ź 7,699,000.00 289,779,545.00 ź 2,515,340.00 286,737,864.00 Ÿ 3,637,680.00 243,556,086.50 Ÿ 244,750.00 230,571,465.00 682,530.00 211,654,296.00 Ÿ 1,425,880.00 181,571,340.00 ź 190,160.00 177,919,020.00 Ÿ 156,495.00 166,711,285.00 ź 873,930.00 148,214,165.00 ź 19,521,700.00 138,922,225.00 Ÿ 21,770,700.00 115,569,205.00 ź 1,941,080.00 114,379,757.50 ź 111,570 104,668,440.00 ź 1,356,080 103,922,390.00 Ÿ 8,291,200 94,612,760.00 ź 4,465,800 89,391,608.00 Ÿ 6,360,300 88,480,400.00 630,920 87,138,251.00 ź 2,388,100 82,412,300.00
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INDEX HISTORY Date Mar 5, 2019 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
Open 7,700 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
High 7,735 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
Low 7,667 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
Close 7,671 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
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THURSDAY March 7, 2019
Foreign Business
Former Nissan chief Ghosn freed after paying $9-M bail
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OKYO: Ex-Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn left his Tokyo detention center on Wednesday after MORE THAN DAYS IN CUSTODY FOLLOWING A SURPRISE COURT DECISION GRANTING HIM BAIL OF ONE billion yen ($9 million). Ghosn left the detention center in NORTHERN 4OKYO lANKED BY GUARDS wearing a blue cap, a white medical face mask and a work jacket with ORANGE RElECTIVE STRIPES His shock release on bail was the latest twist in a case that has gripped Japan and the business world since the automobile indusTRY TITAN S ARREST ON .OV He paid the hefty bail amount “in cash,� according to the Tokyo District Court, which took the DECISION TO FREE HIM ON BAIL 'HOSN WHO TURNS ON 3ATURDAY FACES THREE CHARGES OF kNANCIAL misconduct over allegations he underreported his compensation and tried to shift losses to NisSAN S BOOKS He strongly denies the claims and again proclaimed his innocence in a statement released overnight, adding that he was looking FORWARD TO HIS DAY IN COURT “I am innocent and totally committed to vigorously defending myself in a fair trial against these meritless and unsubstantiated acCUSATIONS u HE SAID Ghosn previously applied for bail twice without success, but he shook up his legal team last month, hiring renowned defense attorney Junichiro Hironaka, who QUICKLY kLED A NEW REQUEST 4HE COURT PREVIOUSLY JUSTIkED Ghosn’s ongoing detention by SAYING HE POSED A lIGHT RISK AND could seek to destroy evidence,
so Hironaka’s bail request offered restrictions intended to win the COURT S TRUST The bail terms reportedly prevent Ghosn from leaving Japan and include other measures reSTRICTING HIS COMMUNICATIONS +YODO NEWS AGENCY SAID 'HOSN S mobile-phone use would be restricted and he would only be allowed to access a computer in his lawyer’s office during weekday DAYTIME HOURS He will also be banned from contacting Nissan executives and other people with links to the allegations against him, but he could still attend board meetings if the COURT GIVES APPROVAL +YODO SAID
‘The Razor’ Ghosn’s prolonged stay behind bars had shone the spotlight on Japan’s controversial justice system and prompted criticism internaTIONALLY AND FROM RIGHTS GROUPS Speaking to Agence FrancesPresse and French daily Les Echos in January — his only interview with foreign media since his arrest — Ghosn said his continued detention “would not be normal IN ANY OTHER DEMOCRACY u “Why am I being punished beFORE BEING FOUND GUILTY u HE ASKED Under Japanese law, prosecutors can hold a suspect for up to 22 days while they investigate an allegation, and then can apply for
Q Former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn leaves the Tokyo Detention House following his release on bail in Tokyo on Wednesday. AFP PHOTO repeated one-month stretches of pre-trial detention for each charge EVENTUALLY LEVELLED Suspects can, therefore, stay in detention for several months BEFORE THEIR CASE COMES TO TRIAL In a shakeup of his legal team last month, Ghosn replaced a former prosecutor known as “The Breaker� with Hironaka, who has earned the nickname “The Acquitter� for his court record and “The 2AZORu FOR HIS MENTAL SHARPNESS Speaking to reporters on Monday, Hironaka vowed a “completely new legal strategy� to obtain his client’s release, and experts said the change of tack appeared to be BEHIND THE SURPRISE BAIL RULING “I think the content of the lawyer’s application changed the situation,� said Japanese lawyer .OBUO 'OHARA Nissan declined to comment on the bail decision, saying it was a MATTER FOR COURTS AND PROSECUTORS However, it said in a statement that an internal probe had “uncovered substantial evidence of
blatantly unethical conduct� and that “further discoveries related to Ghosn’s misconduct continue TO EMERGE u g4HE COMPANY S FOCUS IS kRMLY on addressing weaknesses in governance that failed to prevent this MISCONDUCT u IT ADDED ! TOWERING kGURE ONCE REVERED in Japan for turning around Nissan’s fortunes, Ghosn also forged a successful alliance between Nissan, Mitsubishi Motors and &RANCE S 2ENAULT But his attempts to deepen the alliance caused resentment in some quarters, and Ghosn has claimed the allegations against him are part of a “plot� by opponents of greater integration BETWEEN THE THREE kRMS Given the number of people involved in the complex case and their wide geographical spread, Hironaka said the case would run OVER A gVERY LONG TIME SPAN u However, he said prosecutors had begun handing over some of their EVIDENCE PRIOR TO A POTENTIAL TRIAL AFP
OECD lowers global growth forecast PARIS: Global trade tensions and political uncertainty are weighing on the world’s economy, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) warned on Wednesday, cutting its global growth forecast for this year to 3.3 percent, down from the 3.5 percent it predicted in November. The organization, which groups the world’s top developed economies, also warned of potential risks including China’s slowdown sharpening and knock-on effects in the event of a no-deal Brexit. “High policy uncertainty, ongoing trade tensions, and a further erosion of business and consumer confidence are all contributing to the slowdown,� the Paris-based OECD said in an interim version of its Economic Outlook. The OECD revised growth downward in almost all of the countries in the G-20 group of industrialized and emerging nations.
The 19-nation eurozone was particularly hard hit, with predicted growth dropping from 1.8 percent to 1 percent. The growth forecast for European powerhouse Germany sunk to 0.7 percent from 1.4, while Italy’s was slashed from 0.9 percent to -0.2. The OECD said the sharp downturn in the two countries reflected “their relatively high exposures to the global trade slowdown, compared with that of France,� which dropped from 1.5 percent to 1.3. Britain’s forecast was chopped to 0.8 percent from 1.4 — but the OECD emphasized that this projection was based on the assumption of a smooth Brexit. If Britain crashes out of the European Union without a deal — the two sides are currently in talks ahead of the scheduled leave date on March 29 — the OECD said its outlook would be “significantly weaker.�
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Sugar crushed I E THE SCENARIO WHEREIN 52# and Cadpi will continue to operate independently and compete with each other for the supply of sugar cane from Batangas, Cavite, Laguna and 1UEZON 4HE 0## DECIDED TO populate its counterfactual with pre-transaction data from the following: a) the structure of the relevant markets concerned; b) the market position of the entities concerned; c) the actual or potential competition from entities within or outside of the relevant market; d) the alternatives available to suppliers and users, and their access to supplies or markets; and e) any legal or other barriers TO ENTRY 4HE 0## WENT ON TO conclude that “the prevailing competitive situation in the relevant market without or prior to the transaction is one where the parties are engaged in a head-to-head competition TO SECURE SUFkCIENT OR EVEN BIGger share in the supply of sugar CANE FROM THE PLANTERS u )N other words, the PCC deemed the pre-transaction scenario as
POSITIVE Interestingly, one of Cadpi and 2() S ALLEGATIONS IN THEIR VERIkED comment to the SOC was that the counterfactual adopted by the MAO “does not constitute a logical projection given the PREVAILING kNANCIAL CONSTRAINTS suffered by RHI and Cadpi and the current undersupply of sugar CANE u 4HIS APPEARS TO BE TRUE The financial constraints suffered by RHI and Cadpi were not INCLUDED IN THE COUNTERFACTUAL In other words, it seems that the PCC did not give much weight to what would have been the effect if RHI and Cadpi continue their respective operations without THE BENEkT OF THE TRANSACTION )T ONLY ASSUMED THEY CAN According to the PCC, “the argument that Cadpi and URCBalayan were undercapacitated does not negate the resulting market power of URC-controlled MILLS POST TRANSACTION %VEN ASsuming that the claim of undercapacity is true, data submitted by RHI showed that the supposed undercapacity had been EXISTING PRIOR TO THE TRANSACTION
“OECD analysis suggests that the increase in tariffs between the two economies as a result of WTO rules coming into effect would reduce GDP by around 2 percent (relative to baseline) in the United Kingdom in the next two years,� it added. It also warned a disorderly Brexit “would raise the costs for European economies substantially.� “Although contingency measures to soften the impact of a no-deal outcome are being taken by both sides, UK-EU separation without an agreement would still be a major adverse shock for Europe and possibly elsewhere in the world.� For the eurozone in 2020, the OECD cut its forecast to 1.2 percent, down 0.4 points from its last outlook report.
Trade restrictions imposed last year —
most notably by the United States and China — are “a drag on growth, investment and living standards, particularly for low-income households,� the OECD said in its report. The world’s two biggest economies are in the middle of trade negotiations, but the O ECD warned that other risks remain even if they do reach a deal, including potential US tariffs on European car imports. “This would hit Europe particularly, where motor vehicle exports represent around one-tenth of total EU merchandise exports to the United States,� the OECD said. Growth for China, which is facing an economic slowdown, was revised down slightly to 6.2 percent from 6.3 percent for this year and steady at 6 percent for 2020. But the OECD warned that “a sharper slowdown in China would hit growth and trade prospects around the world.� AFP
But even in such case, the parties were able to command a sharing agreement favorable to them— lower than the sharing ratios PROVIDED IN 2 ! u However, it was precisely the argument of Cadpi and RHI that without the transaction, their respective continuous operations MAY NOT BE SUSTAINABLE Given the PCC’s mandate, it is understandable that it emphasized on the alleged harmful effects of URC’s possible unilateral control OVER THE SUGAR MARKET (OWEVER this view may have effectively eclipsed Cadpi’s and RHI’s statutorily protected right under the Civil Code to enter into agreements for the preservation and pursuANCE OF THEIR BUSINESS 4HERE IS NO provision in the decision which ADDRESSES THE kNANCIAL CONSTRAINTS of the companies involved if the TRANSACTION WAS NOT ENTERED INTO While it is not the PCC’s mandate TO ASSIST IN THE kNANCIAL WOES OF Cadpi’s and RHI’s business, we believe it should not also ignore a prospective solution to a current kNANCIAL CRISIS 0ERHAPS IT SHOULD provide or consider alternative solutions and make such approach PART OF A POLICY CONSIDERATION During the European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines
LUNCHEON MEETING HELD ON &EB 18, 2019, the PCC Chairman Arsenio Balisacan mentioned PCC’s priority for competition enforcement, research and policy advocacy on the businesses of manufacturing, rice, pharmaceuticals, air and land transport, logistics, e-commerce, retail/supermarket, telecommunications, agricultural credit, poultry and livestock, milk products, fertilizers and pesticides, logistics supply chain, corn millING AND TRADING REkNED PETROLEUM AND IN THIS CASE SUGAR /N A kNAL NOTE IN ITS DISCUSSION OF THE EFkCIENCY ARGUMENT raised by the parties to defend the transaction, the PCC noted that efficiency gains must be MERGER SPECIkC‡WHICH MEANS they should likely to be accomplished with the transaction, and unlikely to be accomplished in the absence of the transaction, as SHOWN BY DETAILED AND VERIkABLE EVIDENCE 7ITH THIS DECISION PERHAPS THE PARTIES IN A NOTIkCAtion proceeding, in the interest of fairness, should now be allowed to utilize counterfactuals in proving sustainability and EFkCIENCY GAINS RESULTING FROM the transaction, as well as the kNANCIAL DEBACLE THEY WOULD BE FACING WITHOUT IT
US-China trade tensions
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Huawei rejects security fears as media visits plant DONGGUAN, China: Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei insisted on Wednesday that its products feature no security “backdoors� for the government, as the normally secretive company gave foreign media a peek inside its state-ofTHE ART FACILITIES Huawei has kicked off the year with an aggressive public-relations campaign to counter US warnings that it could be used by Beijing for espionage and sabotage, with reclusive founder Ren Zhengfei denying the fears in a series of FOREIGN MEDIA INTERVIEWS The charm offensive went into another gear on Wednesday as Huawei welcomed news organizations to its facilities in southern 'UANGDONG PROVINCE That included a stop at Huawei’s Independent Cyber Security Laboratory, whose director Wang *IN WAVED OFF THE 53 FEARS “Our most basic red line is that our products cannot have any BACKDOORS u 7ANG SAID Journalists also toured a huge FACTORY lOOR WITH HIGHLY AUtomated assembly lines in the city of Dongguan, where an array of robotic arms put together a Huawei P20 smartphone every SECONDS
expert at Fulbright University in Ho Chi Minh City, said Huawei’s sudden PR outreach shows its concern over the US stance, but that the company shouldn’t suffer TOO MUCH DAMAGE “They should be able to ride this out,� Balding told Agence &RANCE 0RESSE “It’s not realistic to expect the entire world to shun Huawei and that probably wouldn’t be good ANYWAY u HE SAID
‘Wolf’ ethos
Founded by Ren in 1987, Huawei has espoused a relentless “wolf� ethos that executives say fueled its rise to become the world leader in TELECOM NETWORK HARDWARE It remains to be seen how the new charm offensive will play out, but THE WOLF MAY ALREADY SMELL BLOOD After intense recent lobbying by Huawei, reports have suggested Britain and New Zealand may walk back earlier indications that the company would be frozen out of THEIR TELECOM PLANS At the world’s top mobile industry fair in Spain last week, Huawei BAGGED ' COMMERCIAL CONTRACTS or partnership agreements with 10 telecom operators — including Switzerland’s Sunrise, Iceland’s Nova, Saudi Arabia’s STC and CFO’s arrest 4URKEY S 4URKCELL On Thursday, Huawei Chairman Foreign journalist visits are hardly routine at Huawei’s facilities Guo Ping will hold a news conferin Guangdong, where high-tech ence at the Shenzhen headquarters labs and manufacturing facili- that may be the real reason for the ties employ more than 60,000 MEDIA TOUR S TIMING The New York Times on Monpeople, but these are unusual day cited anonymous sources TIMES FOR THE COMPANY Washington says Huawei equip- saying Huawei this week would ment could be manipulated by announce plans to sue the US China’s Communist government government for barring American to spy on other countries and federal agencies from using the COMPANY S PRODUCTS DISRUPT CRITICAL COMMUNICATIONS The topic of the news conferWashington is urging governments to shun the company just ence has not been disclosed, but as the world readies for the ad- a big announcement would allow VENT OF ULTRA FAST ' TELECOMMU- Huawei to seize back the narrative nications, an advancement that FROM -ENG S EXTRADITION HEARING Huawei declined to comment Huawei was expected to lead and which will allow wide adoption publicly on the Times REPORT Opening its sprawling grounds of next-generation technologies also is a chance for Huawei to LIKE ARTIkCIAL INTELLIGENCE Huawei’s Chief Financial Of- show that it is a global player not kCER -ENG 7ANZHOU 2EN S DAUGH- TO BE TRIlED WITH Its Shenzhen headquarters — ter, also faces a court hearing on Wednesday in Vancouver on a US near Dongguan — has cutting-edge EXTRADITION REQUEST 4WO #ANADIANS laboratories, hotels, swimming have been detained in China in POOLS AND kTNESS CENTRES A DOZEN SUSPECTED RETALIATION OVER HER ARREST cafeterias, and a Huawei University, During the tour, journalists where it trains staff as well as foreign were served coffee in cups featur- CUSTOMERS AND PARTNERS Huawei strenuously denies any ing an image of a lighthouse and the words: “Lighting a beacon for CONNECTIONS TO #HINA S GOVERNMENT Skeptics, however, say it is highly 7ANZHOU S EARLY RETURN u The US Justice Department accuses unlikely that Ren, a former Chinese Huawei and Meng of circumventing army engineer, could have steered 53 SANCTIONS AGAINST )RAN 4WO AF- his company to such heights in kLIATES ALSO HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH such a strategic sector without the stealing trade secrets from telecom- support of Beijing, which has clearly stated its goal of becoming the MUNICATIONS GROUP 4 -OBILE Christopher Balding, a China WORLD S HIGH TECH LEADER AFP
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Why technology projects fail TO LOOK FOR ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE This is where a new kind of change management comes in, which can be led by an organization development (OD) or a digital transformation executive, OR CHIEF DIGITAL OFkCER 4HE OBjective is to make sure majority of the users adopt and use the new technology in the fastest POSSIBLE TIME 4HIS CAN BE ACHIEVED BY PROkLing the target employee users of the new technology, segmenting them into generations, by age, tenure, and technology maturity; then interventions for adoption ARE DONE Since millennials can pick up the new technology easily but can also easily discard it, they need to be constantly engaged by gamifying the use of the new TECHNOLOGY -ANY APPLICATIONS now are capable of gamifying the user experience through contests and leader boards, rewarding top users with small tokens; hence reinforcing deSIRED BEHAVIOR On the other hand, GenX workers should be part of the decision-
making process of choosing the new technology; and the most INlUENTIAL AMONG THEM CAN BE made into project leaders to make sure their cohorts adopt and use THE NEW TECHNOLOGY Baby Boomers, although dwindling in numbers in the workplace, need to be constantly trained and reminded of the use of the new technology, by sending them pointers, reminders, and personal coaches to learn the use OF THE NEW TECHNOLOGY These approaches are a departure from the traditional change management methodology that COMPANIES USE 4HAT S WHY THERE S a need to revisit the usual ways of managing technology adoption IN THE WORKPLACE
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Ex-korean president granted bail SEOUL: Jailed former South Korean president Lee Myung Bak was granted bail on Wednesday, nearly a year after he was arrested over corruption charges. 4HE #HIEF %XECUTIVE /FkCER TURNED president, who served from 2008 to 2013, was found guilty on charges, including bribery and embezzlement and sentenced to 15 years in prison last October. But the Seoul High Court approved the request for bail that the 77-year-old Lee made on the grounds of ill health, the South’s Yonhap news agency reported. Lee made the request in January, citing old age and potential health complications from diabetes and sleep apnea. Lee was found guilty of creating slush funds of tens of millions of dollars and accepting bribes from Samsung Electronics in return for a presidential pardon for its Chairman Lee Kun Hee, who was jailed for tax evasion. The conservative politician has denied wrongdoing and labelled the allegations as “political revenge�. South Korean presidents have a tendency to end up in prison after their time in power, usually once their political rivals have moved into the presidential Blue House. All four of South Korea’s living presidents have been convicted of criminal offences. Lee’s successor, Park Geun Hye, was sentenced to 25 years in prison AND kNED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR bribery and abuse of power. She was ousted in 2017 over a nationwide corruption scandal that prompted massive street protests. AFP
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Q Venezuelans cross illegally into Colombia near the Simon Bolivar International Bridge, which Venezuelan authorities continue to keep closed, in La Parada near Cucuta on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila). AP PHOTO
Pyongyang rebuilds rocket site S
EOUL, South Korea: North Korea is reportedly restoring facilities at its long-range rocket launch site that it had dismantled as part of disarmament steps last year. The development came after a high-stakes nuclear summit last week between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump ended without any agreement. South Korea’s JoongAng Ilbo newspaper reported Wednesday that the country’s spy service gave such
an assessment on the North’s Tongchang-ri launch site to lawmakers in A PRIVATE BRIEkNG ON 4UESDAY An article from 38 North, a website specializing in North Korean studies, cited commercial satellite imagery as indicating that efforts to rebuild some structures at the
site started sometime between February 16 and March 2. Dismantling parts of its long-range rocket launch facility in the northwest was among several steps the North took last year when it entered talks with the United States and South Korea. The site is where North Korea carried out satellite launches in recent years, inviting rounds of sanctions from the UN that saw it as disguised test of missile technology. JoongAng Ilbo CITED UNIDENTIkED lawmakers who attended the briefing as saying that National Intelli-
R. Kelly denies charges in first interview CHICAGO: )N HIS kRST INTERVIEW SINCE BEING charged with sexually abusing four people, including three underage girls, R. Kelly says he “didn’t do THIS STUFFu AND HE S kGHTING FOR HIS LIFE The R&B singer, out on bail after his February 22 arrest in Chicago, gave the interview to Gayle King of “CBS This Morning,� with excerpts airing Tuesday night. More of the interview will air Wednesday and Thursday on CBS This Morning. In an excerpt, Kelly tells King that rumors of him having sex with and abusing underage girls were, “not true.� “Whether they’re old rumors, new rumors, future rumors, not true,� Kelly said. When King asked Kelly if he had held women against their will, he replied “That’s stupid!� CBS News National Correspondent Jericka Duncan said on “CBS Evening News� Tuesday the entire interview was about an hour and 20 minutes long.
“Use your common sense. Forget the blogs, forget how you feel about me,� Kelly said. “Hate me if you want to, love me if you want. But just use your common sense. How stupid would it be for me, with my crazy past and what I’ve been through — oh right now I just think I need to be a monster, and hold girls against their will, chain them up in my basement, and don’t let them eat, and don’t let them out.� When King persisted in questioning, Kelly angrily responded, “Stop it. Y’all quit playing! Quit playing! I didn’t do this stuff! This is not me!� He broke down in tears as he hit his hands together and said, “I’m kGHTING FOR MY F
G LIFE u CBS also plans to air interviews with two women who are currently living with Kelly, including one whose parents say she was being held against her will. Kelly was acquitted of child pornography charges in 2008 that centered on a graphic video that prosecutors said showed him having sex with a girl as young as 13. AP
Large groups of migrants cross US border WASHINGTON, D.C.: The number of migrant families crossing the southwest border is again breaking records, and the crush is overwhelming border agents and straining facilities, officials said. More than 76,000 migrants crossed the US-Mexico border last month, more than double the number from the same period last year. Most were families coming in ever-increasingly large groups — there were 70 groups of more than 100 people in the past few months, and they cross illegally in extremely rural locations with few agents
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and staff. There were only 13 large groups during the previous budget year, and only two the year before. The system “is well beyond capacity, and remains at the breaking point,� US Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan said during a press conference Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila). The new figures reflect the difficulties President Donald Trump has faced as he tries to cut down on illegal immigration, his signature issue. But it could also help him make the case that there truly is a na-
Worldinbriefs NY EX-MAYOR BLOOMBERG WON’T RUN IN 2020 WASHINGTON, D.C.: Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire former New York City mayor, announced Tuesday that he would not join the crowded field of Democrats running for president in 2020. Instead, Bloomberg said he planned to focus his energy and considerable resources on outside efforts aimed at defeating President Donald Trump, as well as on combating climate change and addressing gun violence. Bloomberg spent months weighing a White House run, traveling to early voting states and building a team of experienced political advisers. But aides said internal polling suggested Bloomberg’s path to the Democratic nomination was narrow, particularly if Vice President Joe Biden — who shares some of Bloomberg’s moderate positions — decides to run. In an editorial for Bloomberg News — the media company Bloomberg owns — he said he was “clear-eyed about the difficulty of winning the Democratic nomination in such a crowded field.� AP
INVENTOR OF ELECTRONIC CALCULATOR DIES DALLAS: Jerry Merryman, one of the inventors of the hand-held electronic calculator who is described by those who knew him as not only brilliant, but also kind with a good sense of humor, has died. He was 86. Merryman died February 27 at a Dallas hospital from complications of heart and kidney failure, said his stepdaughter, Kim Ikovic. She said he had been hospitalized since late December after experiencing complications during surgery to install a pacemaker. He was one of the three men credited with inventing the hand-held calculator, while working at Dallas-based Texas Instruments. The team was led by Jack Kilby, who made way for today’s computers with the invention of the integrated circuit and won the Nobel Prize. The prototype built by the team, which also included James Van Tassel, is at the Smithsonian Institution. AP
tional emergency at the border — albeit one built around humanitarian crises and not necessarily border security. The Senate is expected to vote next week and join the House in rejecting his national emergency declaration aimed at building border walls, but Trump would almost certainly veto the measure and the issue is likely to be settled in the courts. After the deaths of two migrant children in Border Patrol custody, Customs and Border Protection stepped up medical screenings. They also announced sweeping
changes including more rigorous interviews as migrants come into the system. And McAleenan said a new processing center would be built in El Paso, Texas, that would be better suited to manage families and children and handle medical care concerns — but it’s not a permanent solution. “While our enhanced medical efforts will assist in managing the increased flows, the fact is that these solutions are temporary and this solution is not sustainable,� he said. AP
USFDA CHIEF QUITS TO BE WITH FAMILY WASHINGTON, D.C.: Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb is stepping down after nearly two years leading the agency’s response to a host of public health challenges, including the opioid epidemic, rising drug prices and underage vaping. Gottlieb cited “the challenge of being apart from my family� in Connecticut when announcing his departure Tuesday in a note to FDA staff. He’ll leave next month. President Donald Trump tapped Gottlieb in 2017 to “cut red tape� at the FDA. But Gottlieb bucked expectations by pushing the agency to expand its authorities in several key ways, including an unprecedented effort to make cigarettes less addictive by requiring lower nicotine levels. The 46-year-old physician and former conservative pundit advanced his agenda, while managing to maintain the support of the president, Republicans and key Democrats in Congress. AP
US OKAYS KETAMINE-LIKE DRUG VS DEPRESSION WASHINGTON, D.C.: A mind-altering medication related to the club drug Special K won US approval Tuesday for patients with hard-to-treat depression, the first in a series of long-overlooked substances being reconsidered for severe forms of mental illness. The nasal spray from Johnson & Johnson is a chemical cousin of ketamine, which has been used for decades as a powerful anesthetic to prepare patients for surgery. In the 1990s, the medication was adopted as a party drug by the underground rave culture due to its ability to produce psychedelic, out-of-body experiences. The Food and Drug Administration approved Spravato as a fast-acting treatment for patients who have failed to find relief with at least two antidepressants. Up to 7.4 million American adults suffer from so-called treatment-resistant depression, which heightens the risk of suicide, hospitalization and other serious harm, according to the FDA. The drug will cost between $590 and $885 depending on the dosage, and before various insurance discounts and rebates. AP
gence Service Director Suh Hoon told them that the structures being restored at the launch site included roofs and doors of buildings. Suh was quoted as saying that the move was seen as a preparation to restart long-range missile test-launches in the event that nuclear diplomacy completely collapses or to add some structures to blow up the launch site more dramatically in a show of denuclearization commitment when US inspectors visit if negotiations with Washington go well. 4HE OFkCES OF 3OUTH +OREAN LAW-
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UN: NKorea sees worst harvest in a decade SEOUL: North Korea recorded its worst harvest for more than a decade last year, the United Nations said Wednesday, as natural disasters combined with its lack of ARABLE LAND AND INEFkCIENT AGRICULture to hit production. The isolated North, which is under several sets of sanctions over its nuclear weapon and ballistic missile programs, has long struggled to feed itself and suffers chronic food shortages. But last year’s harvest was just 4.95 million tons, the United Nations said in its Needs and Priorities assessment for 2019, down by 500,000 tons. It was “the lowest production in more than a decade,� the UN’s Resident Coordinator in the North Tapan Mishra said in a statement. g4HIS HAS RESULTED IN A SIGNIkcant food gap.� As a result 10.9 million people in the North needed humanitarian assistance — 600,000 more than last year — with a potential for increased malnutrition and illness. It is equivalent to 43 percent of the population. But while the number of people needing help rose, the UN has had to cut its target for people to help — from 6.0 million to 3.8 million — as it seeks to prioritise those most in need. Funding has fallen far short of what the UN says it needs. Only 24 percent of last year’s appeal was met, with Mishra describing it as “one of the lowest funded humanitarian plans in the world.� Several agencies had been forced to scale back their programmes and some faced closing projects, he said, appealing to donors to “not let political considerations get in the way of addressing humanitarian need.� “The human cost of our inability to respond is unmeasurable,� he said, adding that sanctions had created unintended delays and challenges to humanitarian programs, even though they are exempt under UN Security Council resolutions. The impoverished North has been frequently condemned by the international community for decades
of prioritising the military and its nuclear weapons program over adequately providing for its people — an imbalance some critics say the UN’s aid program encourages. Ahead of his Hanoi summit with leader Kim Jong Un last week, US President Donald Trump repeatedly dangled the prospect of the North becoming an economic powerhouse if it gave up its arsenal, but the two were unable to reach a deal. The Center for Strategic and International Studies said — based on its analysis of satellite imagery — activity is “evident� at a North Korean long-range rocket test site, suggesting Pyongyang may be pursuing its “rapid rebuilding� after the failed summit. The country industrialised rapidly following the end of the Korean War and for a time was wealthier than the South. Funding from Moscow papered over the effects of chronic economic mismanagement, but that came to an end with the collapse of the Soviet Union, which was followed by a crippling famine. That episode — known as the Arduous March, when hundreds of thousands of people died — is in the past but North Korea does not have access to the latest agricultural technology or fertilisers and its yields are well below global averages. It is also a rugged, largely mountainous, country with only around 20 percent of its land area suitable for cultivation. It was hit by a heatwave in July and August last year, followed by HEAVY RAINS AND lASH lOODS FROM Typhoon Soulik. As a result, the UN said, rice and wheat crops were down 12 to 14 percent. 4HE kGURE IS SIGNIkCANTLY LARGER than in the South, where rice production was down only 2.6 percent last year, according to Seoul’s statistics, even though it experiences similar weather and climate. The North’s soybean output slumped 39 percent and production of potatoes — promoted by leader Kim as a way to increase supplies — was 34 percent down, the UN said. AFP
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James ‘not sitting’ games as Lakers hopes fade LOS ANGELES: LeBron James has ruled out scaling back his playing time for the remainder of the season in the wake of the Los Angeles Lakers’ latest defeat which has dealt another blow to their playoff hopes. James faces missing the postseason for the first time since 2005 with the Lakers mired in a form slump which has seen them lose nine of their last 12 games. The Lakers are now in 10th place in the Western Conference, six wins behind the San Antonio Spurs with only 18 games remaining, leaving them with little prospect of squeezing into the playoffs. The bleak scenario has prompted some to question whether the Lakers would be better served by declaring the season a bust, and preserving James’ body for the challenges of the 2019-2020 campaign. James however told ESPN that he had no intention of reducing his minutes on court following Monday’s 113-105 defeat to the Los Angeles Clippers. “Unless I’m hurt, I’m not sitting games,� said James, adding that any such move to limit his playing time would involve “a lot of convincing� on the part of the Lakers front office. James, 34, said there had been no discussion about his playing a reduced role but
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!T YEARS OLD 4ORRES STILL HAS A LOT OF YEARS OF kGHTING AHEAD OF HER IF SHE RACKS UP MORE WINS IN THE /NE #HAMPIONSHIP CIRCUIT A TITLE MATCH CAN BECOME A REALITY 4ORRES AND (EQIN ARE SQUARING OFF AT ATOM WEIGHT POUNDS 4ORRES MENTOR IS OBVIOUSLY #ATALAN AS THE LATTER IS KNOW FOR HIS g#ATALAN &IGHTING 3YSTEMu THAT THE &ILIPINA ADOPTED /NE OF THE BIGGEST &ILIPINO DRAWS IN /NE #HAMPIONSHIP IS %DWARD g,ANDSLIDEu &OLAYANG WHO WON THE VACANT /NE #HAMPIONSHIP LIGHTWEIGHT POUNDS CHAMPIONSHIP IN .OVEMBER BY BEATING !MIR +HAN NOT THE BOXER &OLAYANG WITH +/S AND SUBMISSIONS HAD AN UP AND DOWN STINT IN THE /NE #HAMPIONSHIP SERIES HAVING WON THE LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE IN .OVEMBER BY STOPPING 3HINYA !OKI OF *APAN BUT LOSING IT AFTER ONE DEFENSE TO -ARTIN .GUYEN OF 6IETNAM IN .OVEMBER BY STOPPAGE -EANWHILE &ILIPINO !MERICAN "RANDON 6ERA HAS BEEN RULING THE /NE #HAMPIONSHIP HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION SINCE $ECEMBER AFTER STOPPING )GOR 3UBORA OF 5KRAINE 6ERA HAS SINCE RACKED UP THREE SUCCESSFUL DEFENSES ALL STAGED IN THE 0HILIPPINES 7HILE 6ERA MAY NOT BE AS POPULAR AS THE 5LTIMATE &IGHTING #HAMPIONSHIP 5&# HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION NOBODY CAN TAKE AWAY HIS LEVEL OF POPULARITY AND HIS ABILITY TO EXTEND HIS kGHTING CAREER 6ERA IS ALREADY YEARS OLD 4HE TRUTH IS IT IS STILL HARD FOR &ILIPINO --! kGHTERS TO HIT THE INTERNATIONAL SCENE AS THE MAJOR PROMOTIONAL OUTkTS LIKE THE 5&# ARE BASED IN THE 5NITED 3TATES 3O LET US APPLAUD /NE #HAMPIONSHIP FOUNDED AND BASED IN 3INGAPORE SINCE *ULY FOR GIVING &ILIPINO AND !SIAN kGHTERS THE CHANCE TO GET INTERNATIONAL EXPOSURE !S FOR BOXING ITS HAVING AT LEAST SIX SANCTIONING BODIES FORCES PROMOTERS TO SEEK TALENTS EVEN FROM COUNTRIES THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN KNOWN TO PRODUCE PROFESSIONAL BOXERS DECADES BACK LIKE 2USSIA AND #UBA 4HAT S ANOTHER SUBJECT WORTH DISCUSSING "UT FOR TOMORROW LET S ROOT FOR #ATALAN AND 4ORRESĂœ
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Ateneo, UST dispute solo group lead
Cayetano appeals for unity in SEA Games hosting Q PHISGOC Chairman Alan Peter Cayetano FILE PHOTO
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BY JOSEF T. RAMOS
HILIPPINE Southeast Asian Games Organizing Committee (PHISGOC) Chairman Alan Peter Cayetano on Wednesday appealed for unity among national sports associations (NSAs), as well as the government and the private sector as the country deals with the challenges of hosting the 30th Southeast Asian Games late this year. 4HE FORMER $EPARTMENT OF &OREIGN !FFAIRS SECRETARY SAID THE CHALLENGING PART WAS ACCEPT-
ING THE HOSTING A LITTLE BIT LATE AND THE 3ENATE S SLASHING OF THE SUPPOSED 0 BILLION 3%! 'AMES HOSTING BUDGET TO P5.5 billion last month.
The situation became more DIFkCULT BECAUSE OF THE INCESSANT POLITICKING IN 0HILIPPINE SPORTS g4HE OTHER CHALLENGE IS AS YOU KNOW THERE IS POLITICS IN EVERYTHING POLITICS IN THE CHURCH POLITICS IN GOVERNANCE AND THERE S ALSO POLITICS IN SPORTS u #AYETANO TOLD REPORTERS AFTER A NEWS CONFERENCE ORGANIZED BY THE 0()3'/# at the SM Aura in Bonifacio Global #ITY 4AGUIG g)T S TIME FOR UNITY SO ) D LIKE TO MAKE AN APPEAL AND A MOVE FOR real conciliation in all the NSAs, IN ALL CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES WITH ALL THE AGENCIES BECAUSE WE ARE SUCH A PASSIONATE COMPETITORS AND SOMETIMES THERE ARE BREWING
RIVALRIES IN DIFFERENT SPORTS BUT WE HAVE TO COME TOGETHER u Cayetano stressed that it is not ONLY THE REPUTATION OF &ILIPINO athletes but the whole country that IS AT STAKE RIGHT NOW g7E WANT TO PREPARE THEM FOR THE /LYMPICS u #AYETANO ADDED g3O THAT S MY APPEAL LET S FACE THE CHALLENGES BUT LET S FACE IT TOGETHER RATHER THAN MAKE EACH OTHER THE CHALLENGES !S WHAT ) VE said, it makes this endeavor more worthwhile.� Last month, Cayetano said they HAVE ALREADY MET WITH THE /FkCE OF THE %XECUTIVE 3ECRETARY $EPARTMENT OF "UDGET $EPARTMENT OF 0UBLIC 7ORKS AND (IGHWAYS 0HILIPPINE
3PORTS #OMMISSION AND THE 0HILIPPINE /LYMPIC #OMMITTEE TO DISCUSS how to raise an additional one billion PESOS TO AUGMENT THE FUNDS FOR THE COUNTRY S HOSTING OF THE 3%! 'AMES g7E ARE WORKING ON ANOTHER ONE BILLION PESOS SO IT IS SIX BILLION PLUS THE SPONSORSHIPS 3O ) THINK WE CAN STILL MEET THE KIND OF QUALITY OF THE HOSTING WE WANT u HE SAID )N A RELATED DEVELOPMENT THE !JINOMOTO 0HILIPPINES #ORPORATION SIGNED A MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT WITH THE 0()3'/# AS ONE OF THE SPONSORS OF THE UPCOMING BIENNIAL MEET THAT THE 0HILIPPINES WILL BE HOSTING ON .OVEMBER TO $ECEMBER
Bahraini prince in Manila to oversee MMA event
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BAHRAINI Prince Sheikh Khalid Bin Hamad Al Khalifa is in the COUNTRY TO OVERSEE THE kNAL PREPARATIONS FOR THE UPCOMING "RAVE Combat Federation (Brave CF) mixed martial arts (MMA) tournament, which will be held at the Mall of Asia Arena on March 15. 3HEIKH +HALID THE kRST DEPUTY PRESIDENT OF THE "AHRAIN S 3UPREME #OUNCIL FOR 9OUTH AND 3PORTS AND FOUNDER OF "RAVE #&
ARRIVED ON A PRIVATE PLANE ON Tuesday afternoon. He is scheduled to meet 0RESIDENT 2ODRIGO $UTERTE IN -ALACAĂ„ANG g4HE "AHRAINI PRINCE S VISIT IS AN IMPORTANT MILESTONE IN THE DIPLOMATIC AFFAIRS BETWEEN THE +INGDOM OF "AHRAIN AND THE 0HILIPPINES EXPRESSED AS WELL THROUGH THE ENDEAVORS OF TAKING "AHRAIN S lAGSHIP --! PROMOTION TO THIS
Southeast Asian nation,� said "RAVE -ANILA "USINESS $EVELOPMENT $IRECTOR 2EDIA #ASTILLO Brave Combat Federation is under KHK MMK Bahrain THROUGH THE VISION OF 0RINCE Sheikh Khalid. His vision is to CREATE A GLOBAL SPORTS MEDIA PROPERTY WHICH WOULD UNITE NATIONS THOROUGH SPORTS AND TURN ATHLETES INTO CHAMPIONS Brave 22: Storm of Warriors
IS "RAVE #& S ND --! EVENT and its first event in the PhilIPPINES 4HE MAIN CARD WILL FEATURE &ILIPINO FIGHTER 3TEPHEN Loman, who will defend his BANTAMWEIGHT BELT FOR THE THIRD TIME ON HOME SOIL AGAINST %LIAS "OUDEGZDAME OF &RANCE 4HE EVENT ALSO BRINGS INTERNAtional bouts to the country, with ATHLETES REPRESENTING MULTIPLE nations. BENJIE L. VERGARA
#)'.!, !4%.%/ $E -ANILA University and University of Sto. Tomas (UST) will battle for the SOLO GROUP LEAD IN THE 0HILIPPINE "ASKETBALL !SSOCIATION $EVELOPMENTAL ,EAGUE 0"! $ ,EAGUE TODAY AT THE 9NARES 3PORTS !RENA IN 0ASIG #ITY 4HE TWO TIME 5!!0 CHAMPIONS "LUE %AGLES AND THEIR FAMILIAR FOE 'ROWLING 4IGERS EACH HOLDING A RECORD CLASH FOR THE TOP SPOT IN THE !SPIRANTS 'ROUP AT P M #IGNAL !TENEO BAGGED ITS SECOND STRAIGHT VICTORY AT THE EXPENSE OF &AMILY -ART %NDERUN #OLLEGES 82-68, on February 25. As much as they want to extend THEIR REIGN IN THE DEVELOPMENTAL ranks, veteran coach Tab Baldwin MAINTAINS THAT THEIR GOAL IS CONSTANT IMPROVEMENT g4HIS IS MORE THAN JUST PURE COMPETITION 7E GET TO OBSERVE HOW OUR PLAYERS COMPETE 7E CAN WORK ON A LOT OF INDIVIDUAL TALENTS AGAINST THESE teams,� said American-Kiwi tactician. Forward Thirdy Ravena, who came off a successful stint with Team 0ILIPINAS IN THE &)"! 7ORLD #UP !SIAN QUALIkERS WILL MAKE HIS $ ,EAGUE DEBUT AND WILL AGAIN PLAY ALONGSIDE -ATT .IETO )SAAC 'O AND )VORIAN BIG MAN !NGELO +OUAME /N THE OTHER HAND 534 MENTOR !LDIN !YO IS RARING TO SEE HOW HIS 4IGERS WILL FARE AGAINST THE gBEST COLLEGIATE TEAMu IN THE COUNTRY g4HIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO PLAY AGAINST THEM THIS EARLY !T LEAST WE LL SEE WHERE WE ARE IN OUR PREPARATIONS )T WILL BE A GOOD GAME FOR US u SAID !YO g7E RE JUST GOING TO DO OUR BEST because I can say Ateneo is the best COLLEGIATE TEAM THAT WE HAVE RIGHT now,� he added. Ayo will count on old reliables 2ENZO 3UBIDO AND -ARVIN ,EE TO ANCHOR 534 S OFFENSE TOGETHER WITH ex-UAAP juniors MVP Mark Nonoy, Beninese center Soulemane Chabi 9O AND 2ENZ !BANDO -EANWHILE 3T #LARE #OLLEGE 6IRTUAL 2EALITY AND #HŸLU "AR 'RILL OPEN THE TRIPLE HEADER GAME DAY AT NOON WHILE LAST CONFERENCE S TITLIST 'O &OR 'OLD #OLLEGE OF 3T "ENILDE AND &AMILY -ART %NDERUN COLLIDE FOR A BREAKTHROUGH WIN AT P M JEREMIAH M. SEVILLA
Stalzer leads F2 Logistics vs her old team EMOTIONS and intensity will definitely run high as seasoned import Lindsay Stalzer faces her former team in the Philippine Superliga Grand Prix today (Thursday) at the Filoil Flying V Centre in San Juan City. Stalzer and her new team in F2 Logistics collide with Petron at 7 p.m. in an encounter that is tipped to go down the wire due to the firepower, experience and drama between two of the bets club teams in this tournament that has ESPN5 and 5Plus as broadcast partners. Meanwhile, struggling Foton and Generika-Ayala will be looking to stop their bleeding when they tangle at 2 p.m. while United VC challenges PLDT Home Fibr in the 4:15 second game of this explosive triple-header that has Asics, Mueller, Mikasa, Senoh, Team Rebel Sports, Bizooku, UCPB Gen, Cocolife, Hotel Sogo and Data Project as technical sponsors. In observance of the National Women’s Month, the league announced that it would be giving free entrance to female fans. Still, all eyes will be on Petron and F2 Logistics. With Kennedy Bryan and MJ Perez as imports, the Cargo Movers won
TEAM STANDINGS: Petron 5-0 F2 Logistics 5-0 Cignal 4-2 PLDT Home Fibr 3-2 United VC 3-3 Sta. Lucia 2-5 Foton 1-5 Generika-Ayala 0-5
GAMES TODAY: (Fil0il Flying V Centre) 2:00 p.m. – Foton vs Generika-Ayala 4:15 p.m. – United VC vs PLDT 7:00 p.m. – Petron vs F2 Logistics the 2017 Grand Prix title over the Blaze Spikers, who were powered by the American pair of Stalzer and Hillary Hurley. The following year, Stalzer and the Blaze Spikers stormed back after replacing the injured Hurley with Katherine Bell down the stretch to dominate the Cargo Movers in a dramatic best-of-three finals battle. But that proved to be Stalzer’s last hurrah for Petron as she was left unsigned in favor for powerhitter in Stephanie Niemer. With that, the comely spiker from Illinois decided to cross the enemy lines as join the Cargo Movers to form a potent combination with American-Italian Becky Perry. Petron coach Shaq Delos
Santos, however, downplayed the rivalry. “We’ll do our best like what we always do in our past games,� said Delos Santos, whose wards raced to five consecutive wins without dropping a single set. “We’ll treat this game just the same. What’s important is for us to overcome all the challenges in the preliminaries and advance to the quarterfinals and semifinals. From there, let’s see what will happen.� Despite having an added weapon in Stalzer, the Cargo Movers will be walking wounded as ace setter Kim Fajardo is still nursing a finger injury. F2 Logistics coach Ramil de Jesus said they would double their effort and enjoy the luxury of having a seasoned import in Stalzer. “Yes, I think having Stalzer is an advantage. But it would only happen if we can maximize all the plays we would create for her,� said de Jesus, who will bank on the local crew of Cha Cruz, Aby Marano, Majoy Baron, Michelle Morente and rookie playmaker Alex Cabanos. “She’s very much familiar with Petron and she’s here for quite a while now so she already knows how to handle the game.�
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BY JEREMIAH M. SEVILLA
ORLD No. 1 lady golfer Park Sung Hyun is hoping to inspire Filipino players with her participation in the inaugural The Country Club (TCC) Ladies Invitational at the TCC course in Sta. Rosa, Laguna that started on Wednesday. g4HEY APPROACHED ME STARTED TALKING AND TAKING PICTURES WITH ME ) FOUND THAT MAYBE THESE PLAYERS CAN LEARN FROM ME AND MAYBE ) CAN BE THE ONE WHO CAN INSPIRE THEM u SAID
Park in a news conference on 4UESDAY NIGHT AT THE 3OLAIRE Resort and Ca
SINO WHERE SHE WAS ANNOUNCED AS THE NEWEST INTERNATIONAL BRAND AMBAS SADOR OF THE %NRIQUE 2AZON OWNED LUXURIOUS COMPLEX 4HE TWO TIME -AJOR CHAMPION IN THE ,ADIES 0ROFESSIONAL 'OLF !SSOCIATION ,0'! 4OUR WHO RECLAIMED THE TOP RANKING JUST HOURS BEFORE THE PRESSER IS THE HEAVY FAVORITE TO BAG THE PRIZE OF THE HOLE TILT "UT THE YEAR OLD 0ARK SAID THAT IT WOULD NOT BE A WALK in the park as the
FIELD IS RIPE WITH TAL ENTS AMONG THEM !SIAN ' A M E S D O U B L E G O L D WINNER 9UKA 3ASO AND , 0 ' ! C A M P A I G N E R $OTTIE !RDINA OF THE 0HILIPPINES AS W E L L a s Ta i w a n e s e STAL WARTS "ABE ,IU 4ZU #HI Lin and Chia 0EI ,EE g ) D O N T THINK IT WILL NOT BE EASY TIME THIS WEEK BECAUSE ) kND MYSELF THAT ) HAVE TO DO MY BEST AND KEEP PLAYING MY OWN GAME u SAID THE 3OUTH +OREAN GOLFER
WHO RECENTLY RULED THE (3"# 7OMEN S 7ORLD #HAMPIONSHIP IN 3INGAPORE WITH A COMEBACK VICTORY OVER .O -INJEE ,EE OF !USTRALIA g) LL JUST DO MY BEST JUST LIKE IN EVERY TOURNAMENT u SHE ADDED 0ARK THE ,0'! 2OOKIE AND 0LAYER OF THE 9EAR IN SEES A BRIGHT FUTURE FOR 0( GOLF AS THE kRST 4## ,ADIES )NVITATIONAL UNFOLDS g-AYBE THE 0HILIPPINE 'OLF 4OUR MAY NOT BE AS BIG AS THE ,0'! 4OUR OF +OREA YET BUT ) THINK THAT THERE S A HIGH POSSIBILITY THAT IT COULD BE DEVELOPED IN THE FU TURE u SHE SAID
g) WISH 3OLAIRE COULD BE THE ONE WHO CAN HELP MORE &ILI PINO GOLFERS u 0ARK WAS ALSO PRESENTED DURING THE OCCASION AS THE NEWEST AMBAS SADOR OF 3OLAIRE g7HEN THE OPPORTUNITY CAME TO SIGN -ISS 0ARK IT WAS THE FASTEST DECISION IN COMPANY HIS TORY u SAID 3OLAIRE EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT FOR CASINO MARKETING #YRUS 3HERAFAT g3HE IS .O IN THE WORLD AND WE ARE .O IN THE 0HILIPPINES )T WAS VERY EASY TO SIGN HER UP 7E RE so happy to have her part of the TEAM u HE ENDED
Q Park Sung Hyun sets up for her first drive in her first-ever tournament here. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Solid start propels Park to 2-shot lead PARK SUNG HYUN backed her esteemed world No. 1 ranking with a kind of start rarely achieved on an exacting course like The Country Club then held sway in windy conditions at the back to shoot a three-under 69 for a two-stroke lead over amateur Yuka Saso and Taiwanese Wu Hsiao-Ling and Lin Tzu-Chi at the start of the TCC Ladies Invitational in Sta. Rosa, Laguna on Wedneday. With a huge gallery, that included a host of foreign media, Korean fans and local enthusiasts, Park put her near-flawless shotmaking and iron play on display in the first nine holes, producing three birdies and oohs and ahhs from the crowd before slowing down with a two-birdie, two-bogey effort in the last nine holes for a 33-36 card. “I didn’t expect to play this well. I know that the course is hard but I also know that I could do better in the second round,� said Park, who hit an errant tee-shot on the long par-3 11th and three putted No. 15 for her bogeys in her first tourna-
ment after claiming the world’s top ranking Tuesday. She also flubbed at least three makeable birdie putts on the surface that proved not as fast as the field expected it to be. Though her backside stint left so much to be desired from a player of her caliber, it still proved enough to put her on top of the $100,000 event she’s expected to dominate although Saso likewise lived up to the pre-tournament hype with a 71 behind a strong finish that should further impressed the most fancied player in the fold. The Asian Games gold medalist actually failed to shake off jitters playing against Park and Dottie Ardina, dropping a stroke on the first hole. But after a run of pars, the recent Philippine Amateur Ladies Open winner birdied the 10th and gunned down another birdie on the 16th to get back into early contention in the 54-hole championship serving as the third leg of LPGA of Taiwan (TLPGA) and fifth stop of the 2018-19 Ladies Philippine Golf Tour put up by ICTSI.
“She (Saso) hits it long for an amateur. I see I bright future in her,� said Park, who also took notice of Ardina’s game which she described as great if not for a shaky windup. Ardina actually battled back from three strokes down to tie Park at two-under with a birdiebirdie feat from No. 11, capped by a two-shot swing on the long par-3 11th after Park stumbled with her first bogey. That sparked hopes for a big finish for the Filipina LPGA campaigner, who, however, fell off the leaderboard with bogeys on Nos. 15 and 16, enabling Saso and the Taiwanese duo to move to joint second. “Long hitters have the edge here. Park and Yuka both hit it long but if I could have their length, I’m sure I will be hard to beat,� said the diminutive but talented Ardina. Wu fired four birdies against three bogeys in morning play while Lin birdied No. 17 to turn in one of the late 36-35 cards to force a three-way tie for second.
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FAR %ASTERN 5NIVERSITY &%5 STARTED ITS kRST winning streak after escaping a pesky University OF THE %AST 5% IN A kVE SETTER IN 3EASON 5NIVERSITY !THLETIC !SSOCIATION OF THE 0HILIPPINES 5!!0 WOMEN S VOLLEYBALL ON 7EDNESDAY AT THE &IL/IL &LYING 6 #ENTRE IN 3AN *UAN #ITY 4HE ,ADY 4AMARAWS CAME OUT CHARGING DOWN THE STRETCH TO POST THEIR MAIDEN BACK TO BACK victories this season tightening their grip of the .O SPOT WITH A RECORD g4HIS WIN WAS NOT EASY !S WHAT ) VE TOLD MY TEAM THIS SEASON ALL THE OTHER TEAMS WILL HAVE UNPREDICTABLE PERFORMANCES &ORTUNATELY WE MANAGED TO WIN u SAID &%5 HEAD COACH 'EORGE 0ASCUA 2OOKIE HITTER ,YCHA %BON SHONE WITH A CAREER HIGH POINTS BUILT ON SPIKES AND THREE ACES 4HE YEAR OLD $AVAOEĂ„A ALSO DELIVERED TWO KILLS THAT CAPPED &%5 S kNISHING RUN g%VEN THOUGH THE GAME REACHED A kFTH SET ) NEVER DOUBTED MYSELF ) BELIEVED THAT WE CAN DO IT AND WIN THIS GAME u SAID %BON 4HIRD YEAR BLOCKER #ELINE $OMINGO TALLIED POINTS HIGHLIGHTED BY NINE ATTACKS AND SIX BLOCKS WHILE *EANETTE 6ILLAREAL AND &RANCE 2ONQUILLO GAVE THE LAST SEASON S RUNNERS UP A MUCH NEEDED SUPPORT WITH AND NINE MARKERS RESPECTIVELY 3TARING AT A DEkCIT IN THE THIRD SET &%5 RETALIATED WITH A kVE POINT BOMB BEHIND %BON TO RECLAIM THE SET ADVANTAGE
"UT -AY !NN -ENDREZ AND *UDITH !BIL INITIATED AN RALLY TO LIFT 5% OUT OF A HOLE AND INTO A DECIDING kFTH FRAME %BON THEN TOOK CHARGE ANEW WITH SHARP SPIKES THAT SLICED THROUGH THE ,ADY 2ED 7ARRIORS DEFENSE TWICE PUNCTUATING THE GAME CLINCHING SPURT -ENDREZ LED 5% WITH A GAME HIGH TYING POINTS ON ATTACKS AND THREE ACES WHILE !BIL AND 3ETH 2O DRIGUEZ HAD MARKERS APIECE IN THE LOSS 4HE +ARL $IMACULANGAN MENTORED ,ADY 2ED 7ARRIORS REMAINED AT THE CELLAR WITH THEIR SECOND CONSECUTIVE DEFEAT FOR AN OVERALL SLATE -EANWHILE $E ,A 3ALLE 5NIVERSITY IS TRYING TO REGAIN THE SOLO LEAD AGAINST THE -ILENA !LESSANDRINI LESS 5NIVERSITY OF 3TO 4OMAS AT PRESS TIME %ARLIER IN MEN S PLAY LEADING &%5 STAYED UN SCATHED WITH A DECIMATION OF 5% WHILE 534 JUMPED BACK TO THE WINNING TRACK AFTER DEMOLISHING ,A 3ALLE 2EDI 0ALER POWERED THE 4AMARAW 3PIKERS BAL ANCED ATTACK WITH A GAME BEST POINTS AS THEY RACED TO THEIR kFTH WIN IN AS MANY OUTINGS *OHN "UGAOAN AND SKIPPER *EREMIAH "ARRICA ADDED AND NINE MARKERS RESPECTIVELY IN THE WIN )N THE OTHER GAME THE 4IGER 3PIKERS LEANED ON *OSHUA 5MANDAL S POINT OUTPUT TO NOTCH A BOUNCE BACK VICTORY AND SEIZE THE SOLO FOURTH WITH A SHEET 'AME DAY LOSERS 2ED 7ARRIORS AND 'REEN 3PIKERS REMAINED KNOTTED AT .O WITH IDENTI CAL CARDS JEREMIAH M. SEVILLA
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Q Park Sung Hyun (left) faces the media with Solaire executive vice president for casino marketing Cyrus Sherafat in a news conference on Tuesday night at the Solaire Resort and Casino. PHOTO BY ROGER RAÑADA Ardina slipped to joint fifth at 72 with Korean Park Jin Hee and local amateur Sunshine Baraquiel while former LPGT Order of Merit winner Pauline del Rosario blew a two-under card with three bogeys in the last seven holes to tumbled to eighth at 73 with Taiwanese Huang Pei-Wen, Thais Wannasiri Sirisampant and Wad Phaewhchimplee and local ace Princess Superal. After mixing two birdies against the same number of bogeys at the front, Superal also got into the mix with a birdie on No. 12 but bogeyed the next three before birdying No. 16 to salvage a 36-37. Action is expected to heat up in today’s (Thursday) second round with a switch in tee
times with Park, Saso and Ardina slugging it out again at 7:25 a.m. at the back where the Korean ace is expected to make up for her mediocre finish yesterday. The top 60 plus ties after 36 holes will advance to the last 18 holes of the tournament backed by Custom Clubmakers, Meralco, K&G Golf Apparel, BDO, Sharp, KZG, PLDT, Empire Golf and Sports and M.Y. Shokai Technology, Inc. Taiwan’s Hsuan Chen and Hsin Lee, Thais Chonlada Chayanun, Chakansim Khamborn, Goonlacha Paiboonpong and Trichat Cheenglab and Korean Ye Nah Hwang, another former two-time LPGT titlist, and Daniella Uy carded identical 74s.
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KABAYAN CABLE CORPORATION Applicant NTC CASE NO. 2019-029 [ [
SCIENCE CITY CABLE TV CORP. Applicant NTC CASE NO. 2019-033 [ [
END TIME MISSION BROADCASTING SERVICE, INC. Applicant BMC CASE NO. 2019-007 [ [
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Applicant, SCIENCE CITY CABLE TV CORP., is a domestic corporation duly registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (S.E.C.) XQGHU 5HJ 1R &6 GDWHG -XQH DQG SXUVXDQW WR WKH provisions of Executive Order No. DQG WKH SURYLVLRQV ([HFXWLYH 2UGHU 1R GDWHG -XQH as well as pertinent laws, rules and regulations thereto, request for the issuance of a &HUWLÂżFDWH RI $XWKRULW\ (CA) to install, operate and maintain a Cable Television (CATV) System in SCIENCE CITY OF MUNOZ, NUEVA ECIJA.
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Applicant, further requests for the issuance of a Provisional Authority (PA SHQGLQJ ÂżQDO GHWHUPLQDWLRQ RI the application.
In view thereof, this will be heard by this Commission on 0DUFK 2019, (Monday) DW WHQ RœFORFN LQ WKH PRUQLQJ $ 0 at the Legal Branch, 3rd )ORRU 17& %XLOGLQJ National Telecommunications &RPPLVVLRQ %,5 5RDG (DVW Triangle, Diliman, Quezon City, wherein applicant shall present its compliance with the Commission’s jurisdictional requirements, as well as its evidences, if warranted.
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In view thereof, this will be heard by this Commission on MAR. 25, 2019, (Monday) DW WHQ RœFORFN LQ WKH PRUQLQJ $ 0 at the Legal Branch, 3rd )ORRU 17& %XLOGLQJ National Telecommunications &RPPLVVLRQ %,5 5RDG (DVW Triangle, Diliman, Quezon City, wherein applicant shall present its compliance with the Commission’s jurisdictional requirements, as well as its evidences, if warranted.
However, should the hearing date be GHFODUHG D KROLGD\ RU QRQ ZRUNLQJ GD\ due to force majeure, the said hearing shall be held on the NEXT regular working day.
However, should the hearing date be GHFODUHG D KROLGD\ RU QRQ ZRUNLQJ GD\ due to force majeure, the said hearing shall be held on the NEXT regular working day.
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$W OHDVW ÂżIWHHQ GD\V EHIRUH WKH date of hearing, applicant shall have published the Notice of Hearing once in one (1) newspaper of general circulation and have served copies of the Notice of Hearing and the application including all annexes attached therewith to all affected parties by registered mail or through personal delivery, as furnished by the Commission.
$W OHDVW ÂżIWHHQ GD\V EHIRUH WKH date of hearing, applicant shall have published the Notice of Hearing once in one (1) newspaper of general circulation and have served copies of the Notice of Hearing and the application including all annexes attached therewith to all affected parties by registered mail or through personal delivery, as furnished by the Commission.
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Any party opposed to the granting of the application is hereby directed to appear at the scheduled hearing and PXVW ÂżOH LWV YHULÂżHG RSSRVLWLRQ RQ RU before the date of hearing, furnishing the applicant with a copy of the same. )DLOXUH RQ WKH SDUW RI DQ\ DIIHFWHG SDUW\ WR ÂżOH LWV RSSRVLWLRQ RQ WLPH DQG to appear at the scheduled hearing shall be construed as a waiver of its right to be heard and the Commission shall proceed to hear and decide the application on its merit.
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WITNESS, the HON. GAMALIEL A. CORDOBA, Commissioner, National Telecommunications Commission, this 1st day of 0DUFK .
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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES REGIONAL TRIAL COURT NATIONAL CAPITAL JUDICIAL REGION BRANCH 113, PASAY CITY IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF ANGELA GINA SY GO SP. PROC. NO. R-PSY-18-00380-CV MA. CORAZON L. VALERIO Petitioner. [ [
HOUSING AND LAND USE REGULATORY BOARD Expanded National Capital Region )LHOG 2IÂżFH 6th Floor, Sunnymede IT Center, Quezon Avenue Quezon City NOTICE Notice is hereby given that TORRE LORENZO LOYOLA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (formerly LOCKHART, INC.) 2ZQHU 'HYHORSHU KDV ÂżOHG ZLWK this Board a sworn registration statement for the sale of lots and units at TORRE LORENZO LOYOLA ORFDWHG DW 5RVD $OYHUR 6W /R\ROD Heights, Diliman, Quezon City, VSHFLÂżFDOO\ GHVFULEHG DV 3ODQ 1R /5$ 3&1 ( FRYHUHG E\ 7&7 1RV ZLWK a total area of 1,100 square meters. The foregoing project is utilizing the Participation Through Investment/ Incentivized Compliance, by GHSRVLWLQJ WKH DPRXQW RI )LYH 0LOOLRQ 7ZHQW\ )LYH 7KRXVDQG )LIW\ 7KUHH 3HVRV DQG 3KS in a Trust Account under Escrow $JUHHPHQW H[HFXWHG RQ )HEUXDU\ 12, 2019 between the HOUSING $1' /$1' 86( 5(*8/$725< %2$5' 7255( /25(1=2 /2<2/$ '(9(/230(17 &25325$7,21 DQG 0(75232/,7$1 %$1. 75867 &203$1< 7UXVW %DQNLQJ Group as its compliance pursuant WR 6HFWLRQ RI 5HSXEOLF $FW 1R DV DPHQGHG E\ 5HSXEOLF $FW No.10884. 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. Absent any legal impediment, the DERYH FLWHG SURMHFW LV GHHPHG registered and a certificate, in evidence thereof, shall forthwith be LVVXHG DIWHU ÂżYH GD\V IURP WKH ODVW day of publication. Quezon City, Metro Manila, ATTY. NORMAN JACINTO P. DORAL 2IÂżFHU ,Q &KDUJH 0 7 )HEUXDU\ 0DU
$ 9HULÂżHG SHWLWLRQ IRU DGRSWLRQ RI $QJHOD *LQD 6\ *R ZDV ÂżOHG E\ WKH herein petitioner Ma. Corazon L. Valerio praying that after due notice and hearing judgment be rendered approving the adoption of Angela Gina Sy Go as her legally child and decreeing the adoption of Angela Gina Sy Go in favor of the petitioner. The herein petitioner is a widow and legal age, presently residing at No. 7ROHQWLQR 6W %DUDQJD\ 3DVD\ &LW\ 0HWUR 0DQLOD Angela Gina Sy Go has been living with the petitioner since she was PRQWKV DQG FRQWLQXHG WR OLYHG ZLWK KHU XS WR SUHVHQW WLPH 7KH SHWLWLRQHU LV ÂżQDQFLDOO\ SK\VLFDOO\ DQG HPRWLRQDOO\ VWDEOH WR VXSSRUW WKH FKLOG 7KH SHWLWLRQHU is more than sixteen year old that the adoptee. :+(5()25( )LQGLQJ WKH SHWLWLRQ WR EH VXIÂżFLHQW LQ IRUP DQG VXEVWDQFH OHW WKLV FDVH EH VHW IRU KHDULQJ RQ 0DUFK DW LQ WKH PRUQLQJ 7KH SUHOLPLQDU\ FRQIHUHQFH LV VHW RQ 0DUFK DW LQ WKH afternoon. All interested persons may appear and show cause why this petition should not be granted. Let this order be published in The Manila Times, a newspaper of General &LUFXODWLRQ FKRVHQ E\ UDIĂ&#x20AC;H RQFH D ZHHN IRU WKUHH FRQVHFXWLYH ZHHNV &RS\ IXUQLVK WKLV RUGHU WR WKH 2IÂżFH RI WKH 6ROLFLWRU *HQHUDO WKH &LW\ &LYLO 5HJLVWUDUV RI 3DVD\ &LW\ DQG 0DQLOD WKH &RXUW 6RFLDO :RUNHU 0V (YHO\Q Villanueva, who is hereby ordered to conduct the necessary case study report DQG ÂżOH ZLWK WKLV FRXUW KHU UHSRUW DW OHDVW GD\V EHIRUH WKH KHDULQJ SO ORDERED. 3DVD\ &LW\ 0HWUR 0DQLOD 'HFHPEHU (SGD.) CARIDAD H. GRECIA-CUERDO Judge 07 Âą 0DU
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E are all lucky to perform for the Filipino audience because they are inspiring. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an audience â&#x20AC;&#x201D; my goodness â&#x20AC;&#x201D; thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an audience!â&#x20AC;?
Thus enthused South African artist Jonathan Roxmouth who is currently in the country in the titular role of the musical theater classic â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Phantom of the Opera.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;The people of Manila are very special â&#x20AC;&#x201D; they give as much as you give and meet you halfway, so thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a collaboration [that happens] from the stage,â&#x20AC;? he began to explain at the Philippine media call organized by local producers Concertus Manila just before Phantomâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gala night on February 28. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You think youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re giving your best and when you start to feel the audience you just have to give that extra 10 percent you never knew was there.â&#x20AC;? The 32-year-old singer-actor is a second-timer to the country as he reprises the role of the mysterious
Phantom, which he premiered in Manila in 2012. g-ANILA WAS ACTUALLY MY kRST BIG international city in a role like The Phantom,â&#x20AC;? he noted. Performing to standing ovations night after night Roxmouth even won, in fact, Broadway World Philippinesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Best Actor (musical) award that same year. Not only that, his debut as Phantom in Manila made him the youngest English-speaking Phantom, aged 25 years old at that time. Since then, Roxmouthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s career skyrocketed in mainstream theater, landing lead roles in such renowned musicales as â&#x20AC;&#x153;West Side Story,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Evita,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Chicago,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cats,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sunset Boulevard,â&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sweeney Toddâ&#x20AC;? just to name a few. But even if he has a tangible recognition for his value as a musical
theater artist among Filipino critics and audiences, Roxmouth maintains that nothing can compare to the actual experience of being among them. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Filipino fans are unlike any other fans in the world. Even during the show, you can feel the audience that they are with you.â&#x20AC;? Apparently, he feels the connection the minute the curtain is raised on Phantom every night. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To come out on a boat and look at the audience, you can feel everybodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Here you are, letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s do this together.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s this partnership so theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not just watching you but with you. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That hardly happens elsewhere and I remember it being the case in CCP in 2012, which again I am seeing here at The Theatre in Solaire and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really special.â&#x20AC;?
Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s next Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s next for Roxmouth speCIkCALLY FOR THE 0HILIPPINES WILL prove to be treat for both the artist and his audience as he looks forward to staging his solo concert here right after Phantomâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
Q Jonathan Roxmouth is not only excited to reprise the titular role of the musical theater classic but also eager to stage a solo performance in April. PHOTOS BY GERARD SEGUIA
kNAL SHOW IN THE CAPITAL IN !PRIL Titled â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jonathan Roxmouth, The Musicals in Concert,â&#x20AC;? the artist promises to enchant audiences IN gA MAGNIkCENT CONCERT WITH A few very special guests.â&#x20AC;? He proudly noted that the orchestra accompanying him will be 100 percent Filipino too. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m doing the concert with a full Filipino orchestra whose members Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve heard play in bits
but nevertheless a group o f musicians that inspires you to be better. They do so not in a challenging way, but what I mean is that with their musicality, you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t help but want to rise to the challenge of such a love for the arts â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unsurpassed.â&#x20AC;? Roxmouth repertoire will come from some of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bestloved musicals, including â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bring Him Homeâ&#x20AC;? (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Les MisĂŠrablesâ&#x20AC;?),
Q For this South African theater actor, Filipino fans are unlike any other around the globe. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Memoryâ&#x20AC;? (â&#x20AC;&#x153;CATSâ&#x20AC;?), â&#x20AC;&#x153;Luck be a Ladyâ&#x20AC;? (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Guys and Dollsâ&#x20AC;?), â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mariaâ&#x20AC;? (â&#x20AC;&#x153;West Side Storâ&#x20AC;?y) and the most famous song from The Phantom of the Opera, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Music of the Night.â&#x20AC;? Roxmouth has been captivating audiences around the world for over a decade now with his vocal prowess and acting skills, which have won him numerous awards, including four Fleur Du Cap Awards: for Best Performance in a Musical (â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Phantom of the Operaâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Beauty and the Beastâ&#x20AC;?), Best Featured Actor in a Musical (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jesus Christ Superstarâ&#x20AC;?) and Best Supporting Actor in a Musical (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoatâ&#x20AC;?). As a solo artist, he has eight recording albums to his name and regularly performs to sell-out crowds in his native country. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jonathan Roxmouth, The Musicals in Concertâ&#x20AC;? is set on April 13, with performances at 3 p.m. and at 8 p.m.
Love local at Wanderland 2019 NOW on its seventh year, Wanderland Music Festival is back and set to gather the biggest music acts of the country for a two-day event on March 9 and 10. Mounted annually by Globe Telecom with Karpos, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Magicâ&#x20AC;? was chosen as Wanderlandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2019 theme, which should be what throngs of music fans with varied and distinct tastes should feel once they see their favorite acts â&#x20AC;&#x201D; an impressive mix of fresh and famous talents â&#x20AC;&#x201D; at the Filinvest City Event Grounds, Alabang. Here are some from the roster of scheduled performers out to make magic with their music for Wanderland. Sandwich, an alternative rock band, counts Raimund Marasigan (formerly of the Eraserheads) as its front man, with Diego Castillo and Mong Alcaraz as guitarists, Myrene Academia as bassist and Mike Dizon as drummer. They became popular with THEIR SONGS g"UTTERlY #ARNIVAL u g3UGOD u and â&#x20AC;&#x153;DVDXâ&#x20AC;?. They won Best Performance of a New Duo or Group Recording Artist at the Awit Awards 2000 and at the NU Rock Awards 1999 as Best New Artist and Song OF THE 9EAR FOR g"UTTERlY #ARNIVAL u Unique is an 18-year-old songwriter, vocalist and original lead singer of IV of Spades, who won New Artist of the Year at the Myx Music Awards. After leaving the band, he released his debut single â&#x20AC;&#x153;Midnight Skyâ&#x20AC;? in 2018 and also his debut album â&#x20AC;&#x153;Grandma.â&#x20AC;? Reese Lansangan is a product of the much
lauded Elements Music Camp who is set to sing tracks from her debut Album â&#x20AC;&#x153;Resseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Artigato, Internet!â&#x20AC;? All 13 original songs in the album were written by the artist herself. Clara Benin is a folk and acoustic musician who was also part of the Elements Music Camp. She interpreted the song â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kung Akin ang Langitâ&#x20AC;? with Mcoy Fundales at the 3rd Philippine Popular Music Festival (PHILPOP), which won the Spinnr Peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Choice Award. Autotelic is an indie-alternative rock band that counts Josh Villena, Kai Honasan, Neil Tin, EJ Edralin, Timothy Vargas and Gep Macadaeg as members. Their songs include â&#x20AC;&#x153;Misteryoso,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dahilan,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Laro,â&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Takipsilim,â&#x20AC;? among others. Their biggest accolade yet is winning Best Performance by a New Group Recording Artist at the 30th Awit Awards for Laro. Dayaw plays a diverse selection of music ranging from worldbeat, jazz, and rock that WILL DEkNITELY STAY WITH YOU 4HE BAND S MEMbers are not only diverse in their musicality, but also a passionate creed to let the whole world hear their brand of music. They are Sensi OĂąate, Aying Sayson, Royce Baronia, Kaloy Aganinta, Ryan Barros, Al Raja OĂąate, Dale Adeva, Luis Aganinta, Iwag Maninantan, BJ Malibunas and Gav Sabalburo. Information on how to watch Wanderland 2019 is available at www.globe.com.ph/go/ events/globewanderland.
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ITH almost 500,000 monthly listeners on Spotify, 50 million global streams and half a million YouTube subscribers, British band New Hope Club is quickly becoming one of the most talked about new music acts in the world. It is clear they are poised to take over 2019. Comprised of George Smith, Blake Richardson and Reece Bibby, the band released their brand new single â&#x20AC;&#x153;PerMISSIONu ALONG WITH THE OFkCIAL MUSIC video in February. The single peaked at No. 1 on the iTunes Philippines Singles Charts and also topped Philippine radio charts since its release. For those who donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know yet, New Hope Club has already been in Manila twice, the most recent visit just on March 2 at Gateway Mall Cinema 5 where a horde of fans queued up to see them, as the British say. 4HEIR kRST TIME THEY WERE HERE THEY also had a series of mall shows, which was more of introducing themselves to the Philippine market, unlike the last weekendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s jampacked outing. With their newfound fame, Music Geek was fortunate to have a phone interview with two of its members, George and Blake, just hours before their scheduled fan meet, thanks to the efforts of Luigi Mallari of MCA Music. Read on and discover the UKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s newest boy band! How does it feel to be back in Manila after last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s show and promo tour. GEORGE SMITH: Overall, we love IT HERE )T S SO NICE AND WE kND IT ABsolutely incredible especially with the support [of the fans]. But weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not playing a proper show here right now so we canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t wait to come back. We have
MUSIC GEEK MUS MARK BONIFACIO plans already to return in a couple of months and do a big show, especially with Permission. Congratulations on Permission being the No. 1 track on iTunes Philippines. How does it feel that you have lots of fans in this country? GS: Thank you! Yeah, the support is crazy over here that they seem to really like the new song so much. We love the song so much of course, so itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great that fans are feeling it. We also released a music video by the way. What is the single all about? BLAKE RICHARDSON: It is all about teenage rebellion: Do what you want with your life. All our fans are teenagers and growing up, and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re expected to make their own decisions if they havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t already, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot about that. The video is based in a party situation where youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re used to having fun so I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the song weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve wanted for a long time which our fans can speak out with. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more of an anthem not just a love song. You can hear it on Spotify and iTunes and any streaming platforms there is. When can fans expect your new album? BR: Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got so many songs coming out very soon after Permission. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to keep releasing singles this year, and we keep on writing songs and getting ourselves better because we want our album to be the best it can be. How do you guys keep yourselves
grounded despite fame? BR: I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the fact that our team around us is amazing, which gets you on guard. The thing is we are here for the music. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not really the band that just wants to be famous. The words, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I want to be famousâ&#x20AC;? never come to us. We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just want to be successful but do something with the songs we release. Maybe change direction with the right music. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re like a long way away on where we want to be. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never been like, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Oh, we made it!â&#x20AC;? So, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re driven to keep bettering ourselves. Do you feel pressured to be role models being a young band? BR: We have lots of people we look up to â&#x20AC;&#x201D; our own role models. So I THINK THAT IF WE CAN INlUENCE SOMEONE in life, make someone work hard or make some people happy, I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the best thing in the world. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nothing better than being able to help someone and change their life. You started in the music scene so young. Would you say you got to enjoy teenage life despite pursuing careers at such a young age. BR: We just always wanted to be in a band. We just want to just write songs and sing them. I think as far as the age thing, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re OK and we were ready to do this. What is your message to fans here in Manila? GS: To all of our Filipino fans, you are absolutely amazing. Thank you so much for your support. Hope you enjoy Permission and keep an eye out for the dates that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be back.
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PH, Korea kicks off â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;year of mutual exchangeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; with free concert TO celebrate the 70th year of the Philippines and Korea bilateral relations, Koreaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST), The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), Embassy of The Republic of Korea in the Philippines, and the Korean Cultural Center in the Philippines will hold the â&#x20AC;&#x153;2019 Korea-Philippines K-pop Friendship Concert in Manilaâ&#x20AC;? at the SM Mall of Asia Arena. The free concert is the opening event for the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Year of Mutual Exchangeâ&#x20AC;? between Korea and Philippines and will promote the celebration through K-Pop music, one of the popular forms of Korean culture in the country. Popular Korean K-pop groups NCT Dream, April and Noir are set to perform along with while Filipino band Silent Sanctuary Event hosts are Kring Elenzano-Kim and Ryan Bang.
Vice Minister of the MCST Kim Yong-sam will fly to Manila to attend this event while Korean Ambassador to the Philippines Han Dong-man, NCCA Commissioner and Executive Director of the National Archives of the Philippines Victorino M. Manalo will grace the opening to commemorate the longstanding friendship between the two countries. It will be remembered that President Rodrigo Duterte and Republic of Korea President MOON Jae-In mutually agreed to designate this year as the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Year of Mutual Exchange of Philippines and Koreaâ&#x20AC;? during the Korea-Philippine summit on June 4, 2018. In the same year, MCST and NCCA signed a memorandum of understanding for the promotion of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Year of Mutual Exchangeâ&#x20AC;? in which the two countries agreed to pursue cultural exchange projects in the two capitals and major cities of 2019.
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pp Answers 1. James Paul McCartney 2. A confection made of honey or sugar and almond meal 3. Joseph Priestley 4. Bile breaks down fat and increases its absorption. 5. Marilyn Monroe 6. Nicaragua 7. Italy 8. “Course of life” 9. “2001: A Space Odyssey” 10. “Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome”
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»HOROSCOPE Today’s Birthday (03/07/19). This year takes your career to new heights. Bring your community together for shared strength. New love inspires you this summer, before a group challenge takes focus. Winter collaboration leads your team to fabulous results, before a transition or change touches your heart. Together, you harmonize.
1. MUSIC: What is the full name of former Beatles member Paul McCartney? 2. FOOD & DRINK: What is marzipan? 3. CHEMISTRY: Who is credited with discovering the element oxygen? 4. ANATOMY: What purpose does bile serve in the human body? 5. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: Who was the first woman to appear on the cover of Playboy magazine? 6. HISTORY: The Contras guerrilla movement was associated with which country? 7. GEOGRAPHY: The island of Sardinia is a region of which country? 8. LANGUAGE: What does the Latin abbreviation “cv” or “curriculum vitae” mean in English? 9. LITERATURE: Which movie was made from the science-fiction short story called “The Sentinel” by Arthur C. Clarke? 10. MOVIES: In which post-apocalyptic 1980s movie did the singer Tina Turner appear?
BY NANCY BLACK L I B R A (S E P T. 23-O C T. 22) -- Today is a 9 -- Collaboration saves time and money. Untangle miscommunications immediately. Let go of outdated assumptions. Check multiple perspectives. Together, you get farther than either would solo.
To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
S C O R P I O (O C T. 23-N O V. 21) -- Today is an 8 -- Focus on your work and health through tomorrow. Physical routines and practices build strength over time. Nurture yourself with beauty and delicious flavors. Rest deeply.
A R I E S (M A R C H 21-A P R I L 19) -- Today is a 9 -- You’re getting stronger today and tomorrow. Assert your wishes now. Keep steadily pushing a personal dream forward. Everything you’re learning will be useful later.
S A G I T TA R I U S (N O V. 22-D E C. 21) -- Today is a 7 -- Have fun with people you adore. You’re especially lucky in love for a few days. Charms and enchantments fly. Enjoy the dance. Send smoldering glances.
TA U R U S (A P R I L 20-M AY 20) -- Today is a 7 -- Take time off to recharge from a recent flurry of activity. Consider what is in the past and what lies ahead. Envision long-term possibilities, and imagine steps to take.
C A P R I C O R N (D E C. 22-J A N. 19) -- Today is a 7 -- Domestic matters are on your mind. Family comes first today and tomorrow. Handle chores and repairs. Clean and organize your rooms to support your crew.
G E M I N I (M AY 21-J U N E 20) -- Today is an 8 -- Strengthen team foundations by showing up. Share practical resources and valuable talents. Support each other through a challenge. Together, you’re a powerful force.
A Q U A R I U S (J A N. 20-F E B. 18) -- Today is a 9 -- Express creative ideas through art, writing, images or music. Articulate the story clearly. You’re especially clever at getting to the heart of the matter.
C A N C E R (J U N E 21-J U LY 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Professional opportunities are worth pursuing. Show up on time and prepared. Don’t overextend or push too hard. Listen and observe. Watch for perfect timing.
P I S C E S (F E B. 19-M A R C H 20) -- Today is a 9 -- The next two days could get lucrative. An older person offers valuable instruction; take note. Your ideas are attracting attention. Stay in communication.
L E O (J U LY 23-A U G. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Expand your boundaries. Keep an open mind for how others do things. Listen to someone who has been there and done that. Keep your agreements and deadlines.
(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 an 8 -- Keep building for the future. Handle financial responsibilities, and make plans for growth. Let others know what you’re up to and what you need.
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Q Sitel executives, from left: AJ Maralit, general manager – ANZ; Tracy Elaine Molina, vice president-talent acquisition; Jamie Blocker, senior director-learning and development; Urman Singh Jolly, workforce management leader, receive the company’s four Anvil Awards at the 54th Annual Awards Night held at Marriot Hotel Manila in Pasay City. SITEL, the business process outsourcing (BPO) subsidiary of Sitel Group, one of the world’s largest customer experience companies, was honored with four prestigious Anvil Awards, consisting of one gold and three silver. Sitel was cited for “Sitel Academy Plus: Gearing PWDs Toward Success in the BPO Workplace” and “Sitel Fit: Taking Steps to a Healthier BPO Workplace,” these accolades shine the spotlight anew on Sitel’s continued commitment
to strengthen and improve BPO employee engagement through health and wellness programs and provide exceptional BPO training to a wider range of next generation customer care professionals. A symbol of excellence in Public Relations, the Anvil Awards of the Public Relations Society of the Philippines (PRSP) are given out annually to exemplary public relations programs, tools, and practitioners for achieving the highest standards of PR practice
Q April Aguilar (5th from left), lead the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the Las Piñas Water Reclamation Facility. With her are Ramoncito Fernandez (6th from left), president and CEO of Maynilad; Rose Bantog, city engineer; Cezar Perillo, City Environment and Natural Resources Office officer in charge; Councilors Mark Anthony Santos and Henry Medina.
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AS Piñas City Mayor Imelda Aguilar, represented by daughter April Aguilar, led the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction
of the Las Piñas Water Reclamation Facility located on a 2.25-hectare lot along Alabang Zapote Road, in Barangay Pamplona Uno.
The facility is the newest project of Maynilad, and once completed, will be its largest sewage treatment plant in terms of capacity, treating about
88 million liters of wastewater per day. With the project’s completion by 2021, Las Piñas residents will be assured of enough clean water.
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Medialdea named Distinguished Bedan
EXECUTIVE Secretary Salvador Medialdea (right) was recently awarded as one of the 2019 Distinguished Bedans for government service, in ceremonies held during the annual Red and White Ball at the Fiesta Pavilion
of the Manila Hotel. Lawyer Michael Toledo, former press secretary and presidential spokesperson for Media and Communication, was also awarded as a Distinguished Bedan along with lawyer Jeremy Parulan for Law.
Q Gcash and Qwikwire Team signing the partnership contract. GCASH, the leading mobile wallet estate industry has been booming provider in the Philippines, signed OVER THE LAST kVE YEARS PEOPLE STILL a partnership deal with Qwikwire pay their real estate dues through - Philippines’ largest cross-border the traditional post-dated checks payments platform to innovate the (PDCs), bank deposits, over the local real estate payments transac- counter payments directly to proptions process in the Philippines. erty developers or some, to their broIn the Philippines, where the real kers. With GCash and Qwikwire’s
mutual goal to innovate and make payments safe and secure, clients can now pay their association dues through GCash’ mobile app. “In the next two to three years, ) kRMLY BELIEVE THAT THERE WILL BE A SIGNIkCANT CHANGE IN HOW WE DO payments here in the Philippines,”
said Ray Refundo, CEO of Qwikwire. “I think we can go from a society where most doesn’t have a bank account to turning their smart phones into a mobile wallet.” Transactions from Qwikwire’s clients will be handled and processed by GCash.
Airspeed hosts Asia Women’s Summit Ascott Makati receives EDGE certification
Q Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat LOGISTICS solutions and express dette Romulo-Puyat, Presidential courier company Airspeed Interna- Communications Assistant Sectional Corp. hosted the Asia Women’s retary Marie Rafael, Insular Life 2019 Summit, a one-day transforma- Executive Chairman Nina Aguas, tional event that motivates women to ABS-CBN Foundation Managtake action in their lives and career. ing Director Susan Afan, Keynote More than a hundred participants Concerts and Relatively Famous listened to the stories, successes, 2ECORDS #%/ *ANA 3TANSkELD -&4 struggles and secrets of the most Group of Companies CEO Mica remarkable women, including Air- Tan, DOEHLE Seafront Crewing speed International President and President Iris Baguilat, GetMorePH CEO Rosemarie Rafael as moderator. President and CEO Grace Granlund, “I believe that all women are ex- International Speaker and Bestselltraordinary,” said Rafael. ing Author Rebecca Morgan, and “We have been instrumental in Executive Coach Lynn Leahy. changing the world, and if we are just “Our nation’s success largely demotivated and inspired enough, we pends on us, women,” said Puyat. can change the world some more.” g7E CAN kGHT WE CAN ACHIEVE WE CAN Other presenters were Depart- dream. As this program pushes, ‘All ment of Tourism Secretary Berna- our dreams are awaiting our action’.”
Belmonte vows to strengthen affordable housing ordinance in QC 15%:/. #ITY 6ICE -AYOR *OSEkNA “Joy” Belmonte pledged to strengthen the implementation of the ordinance providing more affordable and safe housing for informal settler families (ISF) in Quezon City. “I want our city to have a more affordable housing project for our residents. We already have an ordinance for this but I think we can step up our implementation so that more FAMILIES WILL BENEkT FROM THIS u SAID Belmonte. “We will not offer it for free, but we will make sure that our
residents will not be burdened so much by the payment.” In September last year, the Quezon City Council passed the Comprehensive Socialized Housing Code of 2018, authored by Councilor Marivic Co-Pilar, that seeks to provide affordable and adequate housing for the low-income sectors in the city. The ordinance also ensure access to employment and services within socialized housing areas while increasing the availability of cheaper and safe housing units for the informal settlers.
Q Conferring the certification, from left: EDGE Auditor Raymond Sih, International Finance Corporation Senior Investment Officer Donna Gonzales, EDGE Program Director Ramon Aguilos, Philippine Green Building Initiative’s President David Farala, and Ascott’s Area Head for Luzon Philip Barnes. ASCOTT Makati has achieved EDGE bring to our guests through sustain- residence industry.” BUILDING CERTIkCATION SYSTEM THAT green building certification from able practices,” said Philip Barnes, The With an increasing global de- helps reduce a building’s energy and the International Finance Cor- Ascott Limited Philippines’ area head mand by corporate clients for water consumption and decrease poration (IFC) for its upholding for Luzon. “Ascott Makati’s EDGE cer- properties with green features, the greenhouse-gas emissions, which environment-friendly efforts within TIkCATION WILL PAVE THE WAY FOR MORE OBTAINING OF %$'% CERTIkCATION IN TURN DRIVES OPERATIONAL EFkCIENCY its property, on February 26. PROPERTIES TO BE CERTIkED UNDER THIS status by Ascott Makati is a game and reduces environmental impacts. “Our commitment to EDGE is an international green benchmark that changer in the industry. For more information, visit acknowledgement of the premium we has great potential for the serviced EDGE is an innovative green www.the-ascott.com.
Greenwich, Globe Business partner for delivery service GREENWICH now provides free mobile calls to its delivery service using the convenient #5-55-55 number powered by Globe Business, the enterprise information and communications technology arm of Globe Telecom. The mobile solution allows fast and easy access to delivery services for anyone craving for Greenwich pizza, pasta, chicken and other food offerings whether they are in Metro Manila or in the provinces. “We would like to thank Globe Business for further strengthening Greenwich’s position as the country’s favorite pizza chain,” said Greenwich General Manager Mike Castro. “Our best tasting pizzas and pastas are now a convenient call away through the #5-55-55 and we could not be happier that more Filipinos can now enjoy solid barkada bonding moments
Q Present at the launch, standing, from left: Globe Business Account Manager Jason Garcia, Globe Business Cluster Sales Head Mike Agustin, Globe Business Vice President for Product Management Abby Cardino, Greenwich Head of Marketing Pamela Reyes (seated, from left) Globe Business Industry Sales Head Baby Pe, Greenwich Channels Marketing Manager Charisse Pabillore, and Greenwich Business Channels Director Tet Basa. through Greenwich.” On top of the partnership with Greenwich, Globe Business has joined hands with leading fast food
chains that belong to the JFC group of companies. Globe Business has also launched Jollibee’s #8-7000 and will soon bring the same service to Burger
King, Mang Inasal and Chowking. To avail of free call, customers need to press the hash tag (#) before 5-5555 on their mobile phone.
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San Miguel Pure Foods suggests home-cooking to save on food expenses
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'All the restos we love under one roof'
The Food Hall relaunch serves up larger and more varied spread for diners BY NIKA ROQUE
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TIMELY tweaking of the original food hall concept in pioneered in the Philippines by Foodee Global Concepts WILL DEkNITELY COME AS A DELICIOUS PIECE OF NEWS THAT FOR FANS OF EPONYMOUS DESTINAtion at SM Aura. While originally a space devoted to Todd English, all-new The Food Hall is now serving up the most popular dishes from Pound, Hook, The Grill, and Flatterie in a single space. Food Hall fans, therefore have a larger and more varied spread of choices from their NEXT VISIT ONWARD THAT ARE SURE TO kT any craving or budget. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re relaunched The Food Hall to remind everyone where the concept all started and give PEOPLE A lEXIBLE DINING EXPERIENCE that allows them to choose among the high-quality and affordable albeit differently-priced dishes that Foodee Global Concepts brought to Manila,â&#x20AC;? company chief operatING OFkCER #// %RIC $EE said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a concept that is close to our hearts because at the core of the company is a passion for introDUCING NEW lAVORS AND DYNAMIC restaurant concepts to the public. This time, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re bringing all the restaurants we love under one roof,â&#x20AC;? the amiable COO added.
New stations Remaining at SM Auraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sky Park, The Food Hall aims to highlight light â&#x20AC;&#x153;food theaterâ&#x20AC;? terâ&#x20AC;? by adding bestsellers and new dishes to each food station at the restaurant. "With
the relaunch of The Food Hall, guests can expect the same premium dining experience in an unfussy yet sophisticated setting, Q The 'food theater' concept remains the same despite the relaunch (above photo and right).
with well-curated food stations that offer freshly prepared dishes, more menu options and affordable lunch sets,â&#x20AC;? he explained. The diverse menu of Hook by Todd English composed of raw, grilled, and fried seafood are available at The Food Hall. Spanning various cuisines and cooking techniques, Hook takes pride in Beer Battered Fish and Chips, Pan Seared Halibut, Spicy Salted Egg Prawns and Torched Nigiri. Right next to the Hook station are the burgers from Pound, where diners c a n choose ch b e tween t h e d o u -
Q Hook takes pride in its diverse menu of grilled, raw and fried seafood from across different cuisines.
Budget-saving recipes for frugal phases
Q Foodee Global Concepts gathers bestsellers from Pound, Flatterie, Hook and The Grill at The Food Hall in SM Aura.
WHEN payday seems far away and cash on hand is running low, employees call it â&#x20AC;&#x153;petsa de peligro,â&#x20AC;? which literally means â&#x20AC;&#x153;day of danger.â&#x20AC;? San Miguel Pure Foods â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leader in integrated food business â&#x20AC;&#x201D; gives pointers how to stay out of lean times or â&#x20AC;&#x153;hikahosâ&#x20AC;? days. Keep tabs on expenses and remaining cash â&#x20AC;&#x201D; be aware of important expenses, how much cash is remaining, and schedule of next income to better allocate budget. Decipher needs from wants â&#x20AC;&#x201D; shell out cash only on what is necessary and identify where to cust spending if budget is tight. Home-cook meals â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to save up on food expenses, the best way to do is bring easy and no-fuss packed meals. Feeding oneself and the family good quality food should never be a compromise. Speaking of home-cooking, San Miguel Pure Foods suggests three easyto-assemble #Madalicious on-the-go recipes from http://homefoodie.com that can help stretch the budget.
Salted egg chicken drummets sandwich
wich per serving at P122.29 for recipe or P40.76 per serving.
Pinoy pulled pork sandwich Ingredients: 10 pieces large Kambal Pandesal, sliced in half; 1 can (185 g) Purefoods Pulled Pork BBQ Pinoy Style; 2-1/2 tablespoon store-bought atchara; 1/4 cup Magnolia Real Mayonnaise; 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder; 1/8 TEASPOON IODIZED kNE SALT Procedure: In a small bowl, combine all dressing ingredients. Spread the bottom half of each pandesal with dressing. Place pulled pork and atchara. Cover sandwich with top half of bread. Heat in oven toaster for two minutes.
Makes five servings at cost of P125.52 for recipe. For baon/ to-go, prepare the night before, wrap in aluminum foil and chill. Pop in the oven toaster the next day. Add greens to bulk UP THE kBER AND further complete the meal.
Tender Juicy wraps
Q At Pound,the choice has to be between the double backyard cheeseburger and foie gras burger. ble backyard cheeseburger, crispy chicken burger, and foie gras burger which are all bestsellers. Flatterieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s famous flatbreads include barbecue pork belly to add to the huge pasta menu ranging from mac and cheese to fresh rich TRUFlE PASTA The exciting grilled meats cooked in different ways are what make The Grill something to look forward to at The Food Hall. Pairing these with the numerous sides and sauces add TO THE lAVORFUL EXPERIENCE Weekday lunch menus have also been created to opt for a more afFORDABLE MEAL BUT WITHOUT SACRIkCING THE lAVORS AND LARGE CHOICES OF
food from the spread. The combo of classic pomodoro pasta can be paired with a margarita pizza or Pound sliders. The choice between pork chop with garlic rice or spicy salted egg with garlic rice for a more kLLING MEAL CAN HAVE SIDE DISHES OF either chowder or Caesar salad. Finally, dessert is always a great kNISHER OF THE MEAL AT 4HE &OOD Hall. The OMG Lava Cake has made waves, but it is the The Bomb, a white chocolate dome â&#x20AC;&#x201D; which after being drizzled with salted caramel sauce reveals a chocolate brownie, banana, and dulce de leche ice cream cake â&#x20AC;&#x201D; is the dessert that made the establishment iconic.
Ingredients: 1/4 cup Magnolia All-Purpose Cream; 1 piece salted egg, use egg yolk only; 1/8 teaspoon ginger powder; 1 pack (240 g) Purefoods Crisp N Juciy Chicken Drummets, cooked according to packcage directions; 3 pieces burger buns, toasted; 1 cup shredded iceberg lettuce or choice of greens; 1/4 cup Manolia Real Mayonnaise. Procedure: Combine cream, salted egg yolk and ginger powder in a small pan. Simmer for a minute. Coat cooked chicken drummets with egg yolk mixture. Spread the bottom half of each bun with mayonnaise. Place lettuce and two pieces salted egg-coated chicken drummets. Cover sandwich with top half of bun.
Makes three serving of one sand-
Chicken craze delights newsmen on-the-go STARTING February 15 until April 15, -AX S 'ROUP )NC -') HOSTS ITS kRST ever All About Chicken promo where diners can get up to P500 worth gift CERTIkCATES BY SIMPLY SATISFYING THEIR chicken-hungry appetites. Journalists who are always busy gathering news and meeting deadlines for the following dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s issue are particularly thrilled for these number of offerings, just like other chicken lovers do. The All About Chicken promo card with as few as three stickers can earn a diner P100 back for chicken meals worth P199. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The support we have received and continue to get from our fans has been truly overwhelming,â&#x20AC;? said -') 'ROUP #HIEF /PERATING /Fkcer Ariel Fermin. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And what better way for us to thank and reward their loyalty than to offer this exciting promo headlined by a wide variety of delicious chicken meals from Maxâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s well-loved brands?â&#x20AC;? The promo has chicken fanatics everywhere covered no matter what specific
chicken experience theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re craving. Fans of the Sarap-To-The-Bones Fried Chicken can head over to Maxâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Restaurant for the Basic One-Fouth Chicken Meal.
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Those who like their chicken sizzling hot can try the Chicken Strips with Mushroom Soup and Garlic Potato And Chives at Siz-
zlinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Steak. For those who want crispy, fried chicken lAVORED ONLY WITH THE CLASsic combination of salt and d pepper, Yellow Cab covers it with Drum and Thigh Complete plete Combo with Rice.
Beyond chicken The chicken high doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stop op there with Pancake Houseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bestselling ng one-piece iece Classic Pan Chicken with Rice served serrved alongside the Best Taco in Town. own. Teriy Teriyaki yaki Boy has its Chicken Rice Bowl with two wo pieces of California Roll. And Dencioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s offers the unforgettable local favorite that is the Boneless Chicken Inasal made extra special. A maximum of three stickers may be given to each customer per visit, but with so many options to choose from, there will always be a reason to go back and enjoy moree of the wide selection of delicious chicken ken offerings, and get rewarded for eating ting more at MGI restaurants.
Ingredients: 5 pieces store-bought lOUR TORTILLAS CUP STORE BOUGHT salsa; 5 pieces Giant Tender Juicy Hotdog, cooked; 1/2 pack (165 g) Magnolia Cheeze, grated. Procedure: ,AY EACH lOUR TOR tilla on a plate. Arrange some salsa, a piece of hotdog and a portion of cheese in the middle. Roll tortilla to wrap. Repeat procedure with remaining ingredients. Heat in oven toaster for three minutes or until golden brown.
-AKES kVE SERVINGS AT 0 per serving or total cost of recipe at P239.01. Serve additional salsa on the side. Can be prepared the night before and wrapped in foil, chilled, then heated in oven toaster the morning.
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Tech savvy generation on its way I
Mano Amiga, DevCon launch computer science program for underprivileged students
N a world gone digital, the quality of the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) education in the Philippines leaves much to be desired. In 2018, the World Economic Forum ranked the Philippines 53rd among 63 countries in terms of digital competitiveness. A report from the Department of Education (DepEd) further states that only 26 percent of public schools in the country has internet access.
At the same time, the current school curriculum only offers computer programming in senior high school for the ICT strand of the Technical Vocational Track. There is also a lack of ICT devices in many schools nationwide as computer laboratories are still being built. It is in this context that Mano Amiga Academy, a small nonprofit Kto12 school for students from low-income families, launched DevCon Kids to help marginalized youth become globally competitive in todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s digital environment. In partnership with the Developers Connect Philippines (DevCon), an organization dedicated to promoting information technology in the country by bringing tech professionals together to actively provide digital opportunities to more Filipinos, Mano Amiga Academy is seeking to equip their students with digital competence.
â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Life-proofing our studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Mano Amiga Academyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s teaching philosophy takes an innovative APPROACH TO FULkLLING THE EDUcational needs of todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s youth. This includes project-based learning (PBL), a method that develops critical thinking, communication and collaboration in students as they work together to solve the problems that are relevant to their communities. â&#x20AC;&#x153;PBL is just one of the many means by which we are life-proofing our students so that they are equipped to deal with real problems,â&#x20AC;? said Lynn Pinugu, executive director and founder of Mano Amiga. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nevertheless, bridging technological gaps still requires external support. For instance, our school still lacks a computer laboratory, a stable internet connection, and other tech tools.â&#x20AC;? DevCon Kids is hoped to bridge
Q Thirty students from Mano Amiga Academy completed the full-day robotics lesson under the DevCon Kids program led by mentors from DevCon Philippines. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Q Lead instructor Joel Bautista (middle) volunteers for the DevCon Kids program to instill 21st century skills in underprivileged youth and to bring Information and Communications Technology education closer to them. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
that gap as it seeks to impart technology skills to students at an early age. The program led to the formation of a DevCon Club, which now counts 30 members selected from Grades 7 to 9 who possess a certain level of aptitude and knowledge in science and math. Everyweek, DevCon Kids mentors discuss lessons, such as coding AND DESIGN THINKING SPECIkCALLY developed for the program. One of these mentors is Joel Bautista, who is also a full-time computer science teacher at the Philippine Science High School. A lead instructor for DevCon Kids, Joel joined the programâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s core team because he believed in their advocacy of teaching kids life skills that are beyond the basic skills of reading, writing and arithmetic. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are in the 21st century and we want to instill computer science skills, problem solving, creativity, and collaboration in todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kids,â&#x20AC;? said Joel. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our goals and those of Mano Amiga are parallel â&#x20AC;&#x201D; weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re both serving the underserved. We
each. mBots are educational robot kits designed for kids who are just starting to learn about robot software. The students learned how to program their robots and create codes to make them move, transmit a sound if it senses light, navigate and follow a track, and even wrestle against another robot. g(ONESTLY OUR kRST FEW LESSONS in DevCon Club were really hard. My friends and I almost quit, but we kept going because of our cheerful mentors and our supportive student affairs coordinator,â&#x20AC;? Grade 7 student JC said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re also excited for our next lesson on making mobile apps.â&#x20AC;? Seeing the success of their pilot program and the positive feedback from the students, Mano Amiga Academy and DevCon plan to continue what they have started to reach more children and expose them to computer science and information technology. Mano Amiga Academy will continue running DevConClub, and
are aware that they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have computer labs like other schools do and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s DevConâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s way of extending help by teaching these new topics.â&#x20AC;?
Inclusive digital competitiveness Mano Amiga Academy students and DevCon Club members JC Gorgonio and Cheska Andes share their excitement about the program. Cheska has always enjoyed language classes the most, getting her best grades in English and Filipino, but after joining DevCon Club, her grades in Math and Science started improving. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I signed up for DevCon Club because we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a computer at home, and I wanted to know more about how computers and the internet worked,â&#x20AC;? Cheska said. A highlight in the DevCon Kids program is a full-day lesson in robotics, where students are paired up and provided an mBot
encourage the older students to transmit their learning to incoming Grades 7 to 9 students. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are very thankful for DevConâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s commitment to make computer science accessible to more of our young people. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve provided all the requirements for our students, easing their worries over having to acquire the laptops and other equipment themselves,â&#x20AC;? Lynn said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We will replicate DevCon Kids one school at a time, applying insights from the pioneer batch in developing a hybrid program that WE WILL USE FOR FUTURE BENEkCIARIES We hope to work with donors as well, as running the program requires a lot of resources â&#x20AC;&#x201D; laptops, high-speed WiFi and a facility conducive to the learning,â&#x20AC;? said Shumate Royo, managing director of DevCon Philippine. With programs like DevCon Kids, ICT education becomes available to more children from all social strata, paving their way to digital competitiveness.
UE Caloocan Week features ecobrick formation
CLOSE to 1,000 students of the University of the East (UE) Caloocan Basic Education De-
partment took part in an ecobrick formation to signify the institutionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s commitment to
environment-consciousness. The UE Ecobricks Formation at the UE Caloocan Field fea-
Q The University of the East Ecobricks Formation signify the institutionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s commitment to help save the environment. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
tured the students forming the name of the school and over 10,000 ecobrick bottles produced by Basic Education and National Students Training Program students, and officers and members of recognized UE Caloocan student organizations arranged to spell â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ecobrick.â&#x20AC;? Ecobricks â&#x20AC;&#x201D; used plastic bottles filled with various non-biodegradable materials â&#x20AC;&#x201D; are a good alternative for construction materials. Such nonbiodegradable materials include plastic wrappers and bags, straws, Styrofoam containers, shampoo and coffee sachets, and plastic utensils. The use of ecobricks has been gaining ground nationwide and worldwide, with a number
of organizations and institutions utilizing ecobricks for walls, beach resorts, schools and even houses. Since October 2018, students, faculty members, administrators and employees of the university were creating the ecobricks to be used in the formation, following lectures on the proper way of creating ecobricks. In a span of five months, the UE community was able to produce over 10,000 ecobricks for the formation last February 15. Some of the ecobricks will be donated to nongovernment organizations for use in their projects, while others will be used for in-house installations on UEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Caloocan
campus. The formation was part of the UE Caloocan Week 2019 celebration, whose theme was â&#x20AC;&#x153;Karunungan, Kaunlaran, Kalikasan.â&#x20AC;? A rich array of activities was lined up for UE Caloocan students, including the UE Caloocan Recognition Day for College Students, a motorcade, a sportsfest, several academic and artistic exhibits and the offerings of the UE College Entrance Test for free. For more information about UE Caloocan, please contact 367-4572/74/75/79 local 160, or 367-4787, or visit www. UE.edu.ph/caloocan, like University of the East (UE) on Facebook or follow @Official_UE on Twitter.
DepEd to parents: Monitor childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s internet usage
THE Department of Education (DepEd) called on parents and the schools to focus on the childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s usage of internet and social media, so as to protect them from all forms of abuse, exploitation, discrimination, bullying and other forms of violence. DepEd made the statement in relation to the alleged death of an 11-year-old due to the controversial â&#x20AC;&#x153;Momo challengeâ&#x20AC;? and other online challenges that reportedly lead to self-harm and suicide among the youth. â&#x20AC;&#x153;All parents [need] to be more mindful and attentive to the digital activities of children,â&#x20AC;? the agency said. DepEd said that parents and guardians should maintain an open communication with their children, to educate them about responsible online behavior, monitor what they access online, and help them understand that their parents and guardians are the foremost people they can trust about matters that make them feel uncomfortable, coerced or unsafe.
In school, the department emphasizes with the learners that their online safety was just as important as their physical safety through age-appropriate and contextualized lesson plans that enable them to still appreciate the internet as a safe and enjoyable platform of learning. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The DepEd equips learners with the proper competencies that enable them to discern online issues, threats and information authenticity through 21st century skills that are honed across all grade levels in all subject areas in the K to 12 Curriculum. For instance, critiquing data and information skill is already being developed among learners from Grade 1 to senior high school in subjects like Filipino and English,â&#x20AC;? it said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Media and information literacy (MIL) skills are likewise being sharpened among learners as early AS 'RADE SPECIkCALLY IN THE SUBJECT Edukasyong Pantahanan at Pangkabuhayan. In Grades 11 and 12, skills that aim to cultivate creative and critical thinking among learners, thereby
enabling them to handle online contents, are given utmost priority in the core subject MIL and the applied subject Empowerment Technologies,â&#x20AC;? it added. DepEd said that it would continue to strengthen the implementation of its Child Protection Policy by emphasizing on online safety as one of the crucial components of the measure. â&#x20AC;&#x153;While it is disconcerting that such corruption of the young is becoming rampant in varying schemes, the Department, parents, teachers, stakeholders and the community should stand and act united in protecting the youth from the many risks associated with the use of and presence in the internet. Distorted efforts meant to prey on the vulnerabilities of the youth should be resisted with proper guidance and education and by empowering the children with knowledge of their rights and responsibilities online AND OFlINE u IT SAID FRANCIS EARL A. CUETO
NEVER TOO LATE
Pasig City Science High School (PCSHS) student Chris Jericho Santos (second from left), winner of the Best Sports Story in the high school Filipino division of The Manila Times Campus Press Awards for his story â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;PCSHS namayagpag sa Cluster meet,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; pays a visit to The Manila Times office in Intramuros, Manila last February 28 to get his certificate of recognition and prize. The 2018 Campus Press Awards held last January 31 was made possible with support from co-presentors Oppo and BDO; sponsors Globe, McDonaldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Philippines and Travel Book; and partners Ayala Foundation, Chef Tonyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and Universal Robina Corp. as well as Savoy Hotel and RizGolf, makers of the official trophy. With Santos in the photo are (from left) Lowell de Ramon, PCSHS assistant principal and Head Teacher 3; Dante Frances â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Klinkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Ang 2nd, Manila Times president and CEO; and Eden Concepcion, school paper adviser of Ang Pascian. PHOTO BY RENE H. DILAN
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Exercising caution in asserting what’s good or bad English I
N early February of 2016, an anguished letter was sent to the Personal Messages box of Jose Carillo’s English Forum. I’m presenting that letter here in full with minimal editing, but to protect their privacy, I’ve withheld the name of the letter-writer — a Forum member — and of the English teacher involved. It took me over two weeks to act on the letter because I wanted to avoid judging or moralizing on a matter that’s not entirely the province of English grammar and usage. In the end, though, I thought it would be for the public good to just share the letter as a cautionary tale about the perils of a student asserting to his teacher what’s good or bad English. The letter: “Something terrible happened to me last Tuesday. My instructress in Earth and Environmental Science publicly confronted me
because I corrected her grammatical mistake on the examination paper she gave our class. “When I was answering the midterm exam, I found what I believed
ENGLISH PLAIN AND SIMPLE
JOSE A. CARILLO
was a grammatical error in this sentence: ‘Mauna Loa is the largest volcano in the planet.’ I encircled the preposition ‘in’ and replaced it with ‘on.’ “In the afternoon, my teacher called me and confronted me in public. She told me how insensitive and offensive my actuation was, and how I had shown her practically no respect. She emphatically declared, ‘You are not greater than your teacher!’ then told me that I don’t have the right to rectify her mistake. “Despite her immature behavior and apparent hysteria, I remained composed and just listened, although I have to admit that the
confrontation made me feel really sick. If she did that same thing to a student with low self-esteem, that student might have experienced depressive episodes or committed suicide at worst. “What can you say, Sir? I felt so offended and insulted by that teacher’s behavior. Was my act of silently correcting her English appropriate? Was my grammatical CORRECTION CORRECT IN THE kRST PLACE Why are there people like that teacher of mine? What can I do as a student to address that problem?” My comments: Prudence on the part of the student and better anger management on the part of the teacher could have precluded that very unpleasant confrontation. It’s neither here nor there now though, but as to the grammar issue involved, this is what I can say: In the test sentence “Mauna Loa is the largest volcano in the plan-
et,” the use of the preposition “in” rather than “on” is grammatically correct. Recall that the general rule for establishing relationships in space is to use “in” for an enclosed space, “on” for a surface, and “at” for a point. With the word “planet” though, this question arises: Isn’t it a surface rather than an enclosed space? From the standpoint of its land area alone, Earth can indeed be considered a surface. It’s therefore grammatically correct to say “Mauna Loa is the largest volcano on Earth” and, to be didactic about the usage, also to say “The Philippines with its 7,100 islands is an archipelago that has the second biggest number of islands on Earth, next only to Indonesia with its 18,307 islands.” From a planetary standpoint, however, Earth is an enclosed space. Its land surface is actually surrounded by an atmosphere
with six sparse (but still material) layers of diminishing density: the troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, ionosphere, and exosphere. Grammatically, this warrants the use of “in” for establishing the position of a volcano and all other objects within this enclosed space. Clearly then, since the teacher used the word “planet” in the context of an enclosed space, her choice of the preposition “in” in the sentence “Mauna Loa is the largest volcano in the planet” is grammatically and defensibly correct. (Next: Tough, counterintuitive aspects of English grammar)
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Miriam College, Goldsmiths, University of London offer graduate program A niche graduate degree program called Designing Education jointly developed by Miriam College (MC) and Goldsmiths, University of London under the Commission on Higher Education-UK linkage was formally launched at the Miriam College-Henry Sy Sr. Innovation last February 26. Present at the event were Goldsmiths’ Warden Patrick Loughrey, Miriam College President Dr. Rosario Lapus, UK Deputy Head of Mission Alastair Walton Totty and British Council Head of Education Lotus Postrado. !LSO PRESENT WERE THE kRST COHORT OF students taking up the niche program. They have started classes in January and are set to leave for London in May for a study tour. Most of them are under the scholarship granted by the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd). Designing Education is a unique dual awards graduate degree program made
possible by the efforts of CHEd and the British Council. Fusing the theory of design thinking and education, it has two components, a Master of Arts in Designing Education and a requisite PhilIPPINE BASED 0OST GRADUATE #ERTIkCATE IN Designing Education that will be taken up at Miriam College. Part of the unique learning context of the program is a 10-day London-based field study and expert mentoring, 60 credits of recognition towards a full British master’s degree, and a four-month immersion in the UK while pursuing the master’s degree. “We hope that this exciting partnership will help inspire and equip teachers looking to introduce design thinking into the K-12 curriculum. Alongside our partners at Miriam College, we look forward to providing Filipino educators with resources and pedagogies that support risk-taking and creativity through a design-led ap-
proach to learning,” Loughrey said. “What’s really interesting about our transnational education partnership with Miriam is that it pioneers a new way of developing Higher Education practice as international collaboration,” he added. The venture is anchored on both institutions’ shared culture of teacher education; Goldsmiths, in its expertise in fusing design and education, and in Miriam College’s 92 years of expertise in the area of education, as well as on its recognition as a CHEd-designated Center of Excellence in Teacher Education. “We have chosen to partner with Goldsmiths University of London because we have a common vision of education — one that puts creativity, wonder and initiative at the heart of the learning process,” Lapus said. The partnership with Goldsmiths is spearheaded by the MC-Henry Sy Sr. Innovation Center through the British Council
Q Goldsmiths’ Warden Patrick Loughrey and Miriam College President Dr. Rosario Lapus signs a Memorandum of Agreement sealing the partnership between the two institutions for the dual degree awards program, Designing Education. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO and CHEd’s transnational education (TNE) program. TNE offers disciplines that are currently not available in the
country. For inquiries, please email mcibanez@ mc.edu.ph or call 580-5400 loc. 1265.
Mapua dominates annual short film tilt in UP
Q Performers from Ang Thong College of Dramatic Arts present ‘The Pursuit of Supanna Matcha’ from the Thai national epic Ramakien. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Q (From left) Minister and Deputy Chief of Mission of the Royal Thai Embassy Urawadee Sriphiromya, Ambassador of Laos Songkane Luangmuninthone, Ambassador of Vietnam Ly Quoc Tuan, Ambassador Designate of the Kingdom of Thailand to the Philippines Vasin Ruangprateepsaeng and his spouse Sirinta Ruangprateepsaeng, University of Sto. Tomas (UST) Office of Public Affairs Director Assoc. Prof. Giovanna Fontanilla, Ph.D., and Deputy Chief of Mission of the Embassy of Malaysia Rizany Irwan Muhamad Mazlan at the UST Paredes Building for the cultural performances CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Royal Thai Embassy, UST mark 70 years of Thai-PH diplomatic relations THE Royal Thai Embassy in Manila, in close cooperation with the University of Santo Tomas (UST) through the Office of Public Affairs and Conservatory of Music, held the Thailand-Philippine Cultural Performances as part of the various activities to mark the 70th anniversary of the diplomatic relations between the two countries Held at the Dr. Robert Sy Grand Ballroom at the UST Paredes Building, the musical occasion featured presentations from the Ang Thong College of Dramatic Arts, UST Symphony Orchestra and UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe. Ambassador Designate of the Kingdom of Thailand to the Philippines Vasin Ruangprateepsaeng graced the event and delivered a message, while UST
Office of Public Affairs Director Assoc. Prof. Giovanna Fontanilla, Ph.D., gave the welcome remarks. The Ang Thong College of Dramatic Ar ts per formed the “Pursuit of Supanna Matcha,” a masked-drama dance from the Thai national epic Ramakien, Natnaree Sri Ayothaya, a tribute to the beauty of Thai women and delicate style of Thai dances, and their finale, the Rum Wong, a dance that moves in circular manner with graceful hand movements. In turn, UST presented the Symphony Orchestra’s “Overture to Philippine Folk Songs,” under the baton of renowned conductor Prof. Herminigildo Ranera, Ph.D., and the Salinggawi Dance Troupe’s “Tinikling” and “Magandang Pilipinas.”
The event concluded with the giving of tokens, in which Ambassador Ruangprateepsaeng received the 400 @ 800 coffee table book and Conservatory of Music Dean Antonio Africa, Ph.D., likewise received a token, and with an exchange of flowers among UST, represented by Prof. Fontanilla, the Royal Thai Embassy, represented by H.E. Ruangprateepsaeng, and the Ang Thong College of Dramatic Arts, represented by its Director Witoon Poonsawat. On June 14, 1949, the direct relations between the Philippines and Thailand started when both countries formalized their bilateral relationship by signing the Treaty of Friendship. Since this time, the two countries have concluded 23 bilateral agreements.
SHORT films from Mapua University recently led the winners of Piling Obrang Vidyo (POV) XV, an interschool video competition, at Cine Adarna in the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman. Films directed by Mapuans Celina Mae Medina, Harold Lance Pialda and Gabrielle Lloyd Reyes topped their respective POV categories. Medina and fellow Mapuan Tricia Sotaso bagged Best Narrative Film and Best Cinematography, respectively, for “Ophelia.” The short film is about a depressed college student (Rea Molina) who wants to seek psychiatric help, but her parents (Soliman Cruz and Angelina Kanapi) have other plans in mind. Pialda’s “Gatilyo” (Trigger) was awarded Best Director, Best Sound and Best Production Design, also in the narrative film category. “Gatilyo” tells the story of a soldier (Rocky Salumbides) who is being haunted by the war he survived. Meanwhile, Reyes got the Best Experimental Film prize for “Ang Mambabarang at ang mga Taong Pinatay sa Limot.” Reyes’ work bested his other entry “Kanin Baboy, Taong Baboy,” another Mapuan film “Ang Pagtuklas sa Larangan ng Pagiging Maria Clara”
by Lady Vicente, and two others from University of San Carlos in Cebu and UP Film Institute. “Aswang” from Far Eastern University received the Best Screenplay award, “Babuyan” from UP Film Institute got Best Editing, People’s Choice and Cinemasters’ Choice, while “Househusband” from De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde won Best Documentary. Rody Vera, Carlo Manatad, Chuck Gutierrez, Dix Buhay, Christian Bables, Lars Magbanua, Prime Cruz, Miko Livelo and Raffy Magsaysay judged the narrative films. The group of Hiyas Bagabaldo, Wena Sanchez and Keith Deligero, and that of Jet Leyco, Jim Lumbera and Rox Lee, served as jury for the documentaries and experimental films, respectively. POV is organized by UP Cinema, an academic, social and cultural organization based at the UP College of Mass Communication. Aside from organizing POV, UP Cinema also serves as a venue for the open and free discussion of issues and ideas concerning cinema as a movement, art and industry. REPORT BY PROF. SEYMOUR BARROS SANCHEZ
Q Scene from ‘Ophelia.’ The film, which stars Rea Molina in the titular role of a depressed college student, won Best Narrative Film and Best Cinematography in the Piling Obrang Vidyo XV competition. It was directed by Mapuans Celina Mae Medina and Tricia Sotaso.
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THURSDAY March 7, 2019
In support of children survivors of heart diseases
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ILIAN Lucy and Piel, both 3 years old, and other children survivors of heart diseases had a blast at the Manila Ocean Park recently as they were celebrated for their courage during the 13th edition of Camp Braveheart. With the theme â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Hero Within,â&#x20AC;? the 13th Camp Braveheart last February was staged by Allianz Philippines, the Philippine Heart Association (PHA) and the Philippine Society of Pediatric Cardiology (PSPC). Dr. Maricel Regino, chairman of the Council on Congenital Heart Disease, said that Camp Braveheart is a program that seeks to encourage children who were born with heart disease and underwent surgery to live a normal life like other kids. Conceptualized in 2007, it seeks to help post-surgical children with heart diseases to transition from a life of limited activity and exposure to one with vision, hope and fruitful experience. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They serve as inspiration to others who want to live a good life after surgery,â&#x20AC;? she said during the opening of Camp Braveheart. Dr. Regino was joined in the event by Dr. Aurelia Leus, PHA vice president; Dr. Ninfa Villanueva, president of the PSPC; and Gino Riola, senior vice president and
head of Market Management Center of Excellence of Allianz Asia. This is the second year that Allianz Philippines has partnered with the PHA, with Camp Braveheart just one of the projects that it is supporting. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We at Allianz believe in paying it back in the communities we operate in. Camp Braveheart is among the causes we are privileged to contribute to. It was personally a heartwarming experience for me to be surrounded by brave and happy children cared for by loving families and doctors. Their smiles and excitement were certainly contagious,â&#x20AC;? Riola said. For this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s celebration of the Heart Month, Allianz Philippines HAS BEEN DECLARED THE 0(! S OFkcial life insurance partner. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The PHA has advocacies that resonate with our corporate social responsibility aspirations in the Philippines. We are privileged to be their partner in promoting a healthy lifestyle among Filipinos,â&#x20AC;? Riola added. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are fortunate to have been
invited to Camp Braveheart. I hope that they would continue activities like this for post-operation kids,â&#x20AC;? Lilianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mom, Locelyn Espiritu, said. Lilian has been diagnosed with ventricular septal defect. She added that they were already looking forward to next yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Camp Braveheart. Pielâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mom, MJ Akron, was likewise thankful for the event as it introduced her to other parents with children that have been diagnosed with heart disease. Piel has been diagnosed with critical pulmonary stenosis. They were encouraged to join Camp Braveheart by Pielâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s doctor, Dr. Jose Jonas del Rosario of the Philippine Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Medical Center and Philippine General Hospital. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As parents, we have to learn how to let go for them to learn on their own. I wish that Piel would continue to get well so he wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t undergo anymore procedures,â&#x20AC;? MJ added. Staying true to its theme this year, Camp Braveheart celebrated the children who, despite their young age, continue to show STRENGTH IN THE FACE OF DIFkCULTIES This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s activities included an Oceanarium tour, Sea Lion Show, Shark and Ray Dry Encounter, Creepy Crawlies, games, and face painting. Parents also had a fun time participating in
Q Children survivors of heart diseases at the 13th Camp Braveheart. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Q Allianz Philippines employees and volunteers held games promoting financial literacy among kids who attended the recent 13th Camp Braveheart, a joint project of the Philippine Heart Association and the Philippine Society of Pediatric Cardiology.  CONTRIBUTED PHOTO the financial literacy exercise conducted by Allianz Philippines volunteer employees and learning about Cardiopulmonary resuscitation. They also attended
Power Mac, BDS partnership opens learning opportunities for the deaf POWER Mac Center Business Systems Inc. and De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde (DLS-CSB) Benilde Deaf School (BDS) has fostered a partnership to bring the language of coding to deaf students. Initiated by DLS-CSB President Br. Dennis Magbanua FSC, the #Everyonecancode project has set up the Swift Coding Club, a Friday group activity that aims to pique the interest of the deaf students in applications design, web design and other related activities that
will eventually expand their options for tertiary education and career development. Meanwhile, Power Mac Center has provided formal training on Swift Coding to DLS-CSB Multimedia Arts professor Lea Abarentos, who has shared the knowledge and skill with the involved BDS faculty members. They likewise loaned 15 iPad tablets under the leadership of its Chief Executive Officer Lawrence Sison. Classes have commenced on the first quarter of the year.
Q De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde (DLS-CSB) Chancellor Robert Tang, Power Mac Center Business Systems Inc. Chief Executive Officer Lawrence Sison, DLS-CSB President Br. Dennis Magbanua FSC, and Benilde Deaf School (BDS) Principal May Cabutihan with the Grade 7 students of the BDS. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Career planning toward a successful life BY ANTONIO G. PAPA, PH.D. AT the start of the semester, I chanced to ask my students on why they are in formal schooling, two eminent answers were echoed to me: First, that they wanted to land to a good job after graduation; and second, they wanted to be successful in their future life. â&#x20AC;&#x153;How can one achieve success in their future life through landing to a good job?â&#x20AC;? is a perfect topic for the course Career Orientation, which I taught. Career Orientation is a is mandatory subject for freshmen enrolled in the College of Economics, Management and Development Studies, Cavite State University in Indang, Cavite. By the way, what is this concept called career? Is career planning important to oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life? What is the relationship between career planning and the dreamt success in life? Santamaria (2000) said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;[O]ur career is one of the most important aspects of our life. It affects our lifestyle and quality of life, the people we meet and have relationships with, our self-esteem and our status where we work and with whom, the quality of time we spend with our families, and many more.â&#x20AC;? By planning our career, we are actually planning our life. So, as early as possible, toddlers should be guided by parents at home so that they can dream of a positive future career in life. They could set their goals at an early age.
Job vs career A job is a collection of tasks or duties that a person does to earn a living, like truck driver, housekeeper, teacher and the like. While career refers to the work a person does over a period of years. Hence, work is any productive activity that results in something useful. People who do work are usually paid for it. Accordingly, work or job is what we do, whether paid or unpaid. It is a purposeful activity, or what we do from day to day according to a job description and set of expectations. If we like our work and we devote our time, energy and resources in pursuing it, getting better at it, and growing in it, then it becomes a career, Santamaria said.
She added that a career is: the course of oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life; the total period of a personâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life that is devoted to work; a lifelong calling or pursuit; a profession, an occupation or other calling that one pursues through a lifetime, although it may change; and an occupation that enables one to develop and use potentials and aptitudes, skills and abilities.
Boxes of life A personâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life may be divided into three boxes or compartments, namely: the world of education, the world of work and the world of retirement. Santamaria said that the world of education covers the first 18 to 22 years of oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life, which are spent in formal schooling to acquire knowledge and skills and develop attitudes and values to prepare someone for the next stage, which is the world of work. This second period comprises the longest part of life and usually encompasses ages 20 to about 60 to 65 years. Then, the third period or the period of retirement covers 60 years and beyond, until death that finally closes the chapter of oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life. These three worlds are actually separated and fragmented, rather than one world flowing to the next (Bolles, 1991). If nothing is done about these, tackling the rigor of life will be piecemeal rather than holistic. As emphasized, what we learned in school â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the theories, concepts, techniques and skills, attitudes, and values, are usually not the ones we use at work. We usually take courses or training programs that are different from the careers we later on pursue. Then, before we know it, the time for retirement comes. We are usually unprepared for retirement even though some of us, in moments when our work is frustrating or boring, had longingly wished for it. Retirees usually look back with regret at missed opportunities or time not spent well. But as we have a plan for our life, there is a link or a bridge between these worlds. Our schooling equips us with the knowledge, attitudes and values, skills and habits which are
applicable and relevant in the work place. Each job assignment is accepted or sought because it is part of a bigger picture â&#x20AC;&#x201D; our career. If we are in the right career, we experience self-fulfillment and satisfaction from using out skills, bringing out our potentials, expressing our interests and personality. Our work prepares us for retirement, either to a life of leisure or to another career in retirement. Retirement is something to look forward to. Planning connects the boxes of life; hence, the importance of career planning. Career planning is a deliberate process of knowing who we are so that we can be sure of where we want to go or what we want to be at some defined point in the future. Meaning, one has a definite goal in life and is prepared for it. The process of career planning consists of five steps, namely: 1) know yourself or conduct self-assessment of the factors that affect our choices and decisions; 2) explore opportunities in the organization or outside the organization for jobs or careers that fit your self-assessment; make a list of three or five career options or alternatives; 3) narrow down your list and get valid, accurate and timely information about each of your top options; 4) choose/decide on the best option for the present; and 5) set goals for your best option, both long-term and short-term and list down the action plans to help you achieve your career goals. Since a career is very important aspect of oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life and career planning is a life-long process, giving importance to these concepts should be done as early as possible for someone to lead a successful life in the future.
Dr. Antonio G. Papa is a retired university professor at the College of Economics, Management and Development Studies (CEMDS), Cavite State University (CvSU) in Indang, Cavite. Currently, he is Scientist I and Consultant at Marinduque State College (MSC) in Boac, Marinduque. He is a graduate of both Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Extension Education at the University of the Philippines at Los BaĂąos, College, Laguna in 1986 and 1991, respectively.
a lecture on the 52100 Campaign, which encourages people to lead A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE BY HAVING kVE servings of fruits and vegetables a day, having only two hours of
screen time, doing an hour of physical activity, avoiding sugary and sweetened beverages, and saying no to both smoking and secondhand smoking.
Maryknoll/Miriam College Alumni Association presents â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Tales of The Manuvuâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; IN celebration of its 40th Anniversary, the Maryknoll/Miriam College Alumni Association (MMCAA) is sponsoring a special matinee show of the restaging of Ballet Philippinesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; original rock opera,â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tales of the Manuvu,â&#x20AC;? on March 24. Choreographed and directed by National Artist for Dance and one of Miriam Collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (MC) Amazing Alumni Achiever awardees, Alice Reyes, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tales of the Manuvuâ&#x20AC;? is based on the retelling of the origin myths of the Manuvu Tribe. Completing the MC circle, the ballet will be staged at the Main Theater of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP), which is chaired by another MC Amazing Alumni Achiever awardee, Margie Moran Floreindo. This unique adaptation of the Manobo creation story was the most monumental coup of Ballet Philippines in the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;70s. Not only did it bring together rock, opera, pop and ballet on the stage, it also brought audiences from all walks of life to one theater in a collective celebration of Philippine culture powered by the likes of National Artist for Literature Bienvenido Lumbera, Nonong Pedero, the Afterbirth band, Ernest Santiago and Monino Duque. It starred another Maryknoll alumna, Celeste Legaspi, who popularized the iconic song from the ballet, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Noong Unang Panahon,â&#x20AC;? as well as celebrated singers Hadji Alejandro, Anthony Castelo and Boy Camara starred in the premiere, and Leah
Navarro made her debut performance in the production, which also featured Rey Paguio and the University of the Philippines (UP) Concert Chorus. In this 2019 refresh, Francis de Veyra provides new musical arrangements, while Broadway theater designer and multi-awarded kLMMAKER ,OY !RCENAS IS LENDING his genius to the creation of the mystical Manobo realm. Multi-awarded performers like the Minstrelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ding Mercado, theater veteran couple Shiela Valderrama and Lorenz Martinez, Poppert Bernadas (of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rak of Aegisâ&#x20AC;? fame) and Aicelle Santos â&#x20AC;&#x201D; straight from her Miss Saigon tour in Ireland, will be joining this grand revival of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tales of the Manuvu,â&#x20AC;? along with top contemporary singers Lara Maigue, Nar Cabico and Reuben Laurente. The UP Concert Chorus once again contribute their vocal support, with Radioactive Sago Project rocking the house as the band. Supported by San Miguel, proCEEDS FROM THIS BENEkT SHOW ON March 24 will go to the Lumad Bakwit School for Manobos and other Lumads, and the MMCAAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Project MMaria (Quick Response to Emergencies) Initiative. Ticket prices range from P300 to P3,000 and are available via TicketWorld AND THE --#!! OFkCE WHERE AN EXclusive â&#x20AC;&#x153;buy four get oneâ&#x20AC;? 40th anniversary promo on P3,000, P2,500 and P1,500 tickets is available. For information, please email alumni@ mc.edu.ph or call the MMCAA ofkCE AT LOC
Q â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Tales of The Manuvuâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; was the most monumental coup of Ballet Philippines in the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;70s. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO