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by PVAO THE 0HILIPPINE 6ETERANS !FFAIRS /FkCE 06!/ CONTINUED PAYING MONTHLY pensions to retired soldiers who are already dead, government auditors said, spending a little over P70 million last year.

“Comparison of the payroll of pensioners and list of reported deaths FOR #9 CALENDAR YEAR DISCLOSED that 5,721 or 84.5 percent out of 6,768 total reported deaths continuously received their regular monthly pensions which ranged from 1 to 64 months,” THE #OMMISSION ON !UDIT #O! SAID in a report. “[This] resulted in the overpayment amounting to P70,250,300” despite enhancement made to a validation program, it added.

Part of the money, or P33.8 million, had been recovered but the CoA said this was “still deposited in PVAO servicing banks and not remitted to the Bureau of the Treasury” in violation of 2018 national budget rules.

PVAO management reportedly claimed that they had secured approvals from the Department of Budget and Management to use the FUNDS BUT VERIkCATION FOUND THAT THE permissions cited were issued in 2015 and could not be applied for 2018, the CoA added.

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T least f o r m e, that is.

And I use just one criterion for evaluating the character and political maturity of the two main candidates, Martin Romualdez and Alan Peter Cayetano: Each one’s stance toward then President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo during the US- and Yellow-led frenzy against her, and especially during the Benigno Aquino 3rd administration.

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Chairmanships settled by Senate

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3%.!4% SUPER MAJORITY HAS kRMED UP AFTER INCUMBENT AND NEWLY ELECTED SENATORS AGREED TO RESOLVE DISPUTES OVER COMMITTEE CHAIRMANSHIPS AHEAD OF THE TH #ONGRESS opening next month.

Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto 3rd on Thursday said the leadership of almost all of the chamber’s 40 committees were decided following an evening gathering at Sen. Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao’s residence in Dasmariñas Vil-

lage, Makati on Wednesday.

“Only one to two committees remain under minimal contention,” he added.

In attendance aside from Sotto and Pacquiao were incumbents Ralph Recto, Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri, Loren Legarda,

Richard “Dick” Gordon, Sherwin Gatchalian, Emmanuel Joel Villanueva, Gregorio “Gringo” Honasan 2nd, Mary Grace Poe-Llamanzares, Maria Lourdes Nancy Binay, Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara; and senators-elect Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr., Manuel “Lito” Lapid, Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go, Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa, Maria Imelda Josefa “Imee” Marcos and Francis Tolentino.

Of the incumbents, all but Legarda and Honasan will remain with the chamber in the 18th Congress.

Sotto said senator-elect Pilar Juliana “Pia” Cayetano was abroad and could not attend. Senators Aquilino “Koko”

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meanwhile, had family events they could not leave.

Sen. Cynthia Villar, who has refused to sign a resolution supporting the continued leadership of Sotto in the 18th Congress, was not present.

Speaking at the Pandesal Forum on 4HURSDAY 'ATCHALIAN SAID HE WAS CONkdent that Sotto would again be elected Senate President next month as 14 legislators had already signed a manifesto of support.

During the gathering on Wednesday, the senators named their committee

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Raptors rip Warriors for 2-1 NBA Finals lead OAKLAND, United States: Kawhi Leonard scored 30 points and the Toronto Raptors moved halfway TO THEIR kRST ."! TITLE 7EDNESDAY 4HURSDAY in Manila) by defeating the injury-hit Golden State Warriors 123-109 in the NBA Finals.

Kyle Lowry added 23 points and nine assists, while Danny Green and Pascal Siakam each contributed 18 points as the Raptors seized a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series, which continues Friday in Oakland.

“Each game’s critical and the next one will be as critical as tonight’s was,” Raptors coach Nick Nurse said. “I give our guys a lot of credit.”

Stephen Curry scored a career playoff high 47 points and added eight rebounds and seven assists for

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a defending champion Golden State squad playing without guard Klay Thompson due to a left hamstring strain and forward Kevin Durant with a right calf injury.

“Steph was unbelievable,” Warriors coach Steve Kerr said.

Kawhi Leonard (No. 2) of the Toronto Raptors attempts a shot against the Golden State Warriors during Game Three of the 2019 NBA Finals at Oracle Arena onThursday in Oakland, California.

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Creative hub to make Intramuros more inclusive INTRAMUROS will host a creativity hub as part of a plan to reinvent the heritage icon while at the same time preserving its history.

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tential had yet to be fully realized.

The creative hub — targeted for a 2020 opening based on reports — will be located at Maestranza beside the Pasig River, where 25 percent of the old wall’s chambers are being restored.

The spaces are envisioned to host information technology, animation, art, media and other initiatives under a plan developed in consultation with the Creative Economy Council of the Philippines, Asido said.

“It should not be seen as an ordinary commercial space … [it] can actually be part of something bigger,” he added.

Maestranza was historically where Spanish galleons docked to load or unload goods, Asido pointed out.

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6%. AS OVER A THOUSAND VOTE COUNTING MACHINES 6#-S MALFUNCTIONED DURING LAST MONTH S MIDTERM ELECTIONS THE GENERAL ACCURACY RATE OF THE 6#-S WAS DETERMINED TO BE THE HIGHEST AT PERCENT COMPARED TO THE LAST THREE AUTOMATED POLLS FROM TO

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Commissioner Luie Tito Guia, chairman of the Random Manual !UDIT #OMMITTEE 2-!# ON Thursday reported that the PhilIPPINE 3TATISTICS !UTHORITY 03!

along with Comelec partner Legal Network for Free Elections and the 0HILIPPINE )NSTITUTE OF #ERTIkED Public Accountants, completed a manual audit of 711 out of a total of 715 select clustered precincts in 246 legislative districts across the country.

Guia explained that the four clustered precincts — located in Santol, Quezon City; Ganase,

Lanao del Sur; Infanta, Quezon; and Mandaue City, Cebu — were not included because of discrepancies, which included excess and missing ballots. “We are going to refer this to the proper authorities within the Comelec for investigation and action to be taken,� he said. $ESPITE THE kNDINGS IN THE FOUR precincts, Guia pointed out that results from the 711 manually audited clustered precincts were already an acceptable conclusion because they represented the whole country.

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The random manual audit 2-! LASTED DAYS FROM -AY 15 to June 5.

Only votes for senators, district congressmen and mayors were subjected to the RMA. Based on their audit, PSA representative Florante Varone reported that the accuracy rate for votes for senators was 99.9971 percent;

congressmen, 99.9946 percent; and mayors, 99.9941 percent. “So, overall accuracy rate is 99.9953 percent,� Varona said, adding that in 2010, the accuracy rate was only 99.5980 percent; in 2013, 99.9747 percent; and in 2016, 99.9027 percent.

He added the 2019 polls also had the highest percentage in terms of completed audited samples at 99.4 percent, compared to 96.1 percent in 2016, 90.5 percent in 2013 and 91.4 percent in 2010.

Guia pointed out though that the RMA intended to determine only whether there were systemic errors in the way the VCMs read the votes shaded on the ballots and if such errors produced variants in precinct count. “It is not intended to determine the accuracy of proclaimed results.

4HE AUDIT kNDINGS THEREFORE HAVE NO SIGNIkCANCE IN LOCAL ELECTIONS ;OR= THAT ;THE 2-!= IS APPLIED TO SPECIkC elected position[s],� he said.

The random manual audit is required by Republic Act 9369 or the “Election Automation Law.�

Meralco cuts rates for June 4(% -ANILA %LECTRIC #O -ERALco) announced on Thursday that electricity rates dropped

by P0.1948 per kilowatt hour K7H FOR THIS MONTH Meralco lowered the overall charge to P10.0918 per kWh in June from P10.2866 per kWh in May. Households that consume 200 kWh will notice a decrease of P38.96 in their monthly bill; a 300-kWh consumption will see a P58.44 reduction; 400 kWh, P77.92; and 500 kWh, P97.40.

This is the second time the power company reduced electricity rates, which amounted to about 47 centavos per kWh since last month.

Meralco attributed the reduction to lower rates from the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market 7%3- THAT CAUSED THE GENERAtion charge to drop by P0.1350 per kWh to P5.4158 per kWh from P5.5508 per kWh last month.

It reduced the rates despite incurring higher charges from independent power producers )00S AND POWER SUPPLY AGREEMENTS 03!S Purchases from the WESM went down by P0.3100 per kWh amid “continued tightness� in Luzon’s power supply. “While the number of days on red alert as declared by the National Grid Corp. of the PhilIPPINES .'#0 DECREASED FROM seven last month to two in May, the number of days on yellow alert increased from seven in April to 13 this month due to higher demand for power. WESM provided 9 percent of Meralco’s supply needs,� Meralco said.

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Linemen from the Manila Electric Co. secure a power post, as the utility on Thursday cut electricity rates by P0.1948 per kilowatt hour (kWh) for June. Under the reduction, which was announced on Thursday, households that consume 200 kWh can expect a drop of P38.96 in their monthly bill; 300 kWh, P58.44; 400 kWh, P77.92; and 500 kWh, P97.40. PHOTO BY DJ DIOSINA

preferences and came to an initial agreement that is expected to be kNALIZED NEXT WEEK “Tolentino will get local government. Imee is seeking different COMMITTEES ) M kXING IT w 3HE prefers social welfare and rural development in her submission,�

Sotto said.

Earlier this week, Zubiri said the committee on education would be divided into two: Basic Education, which Gatchalian will likely lead, and Higher Education and Skills Training that will go to Villanueva.

Go is expected to get the health committee, while Public Order and Dangerous Drugs will be headed by dela Rosa. g7E ARE STILL TRYING TO kND A happy solution for [Senators] Francis Tolentino, Imee Marcos, and Pia Cayetano,� Zubiri added.

He also said that he would suggest Cayetano for Ways and Means, with Angara, who held the post in the 17th Congress, to GET THE kNANCE POST TO BE VACATED

by Legarda.

Lapid, meanwhile, will get the committee he headed when he was last senator: Games and Amusement.

Lacson was said to have offered the public order committee to dela Rosa, retaining the accounts committee and taking over the defense panel to be vacated by Honasan.

Gordon will keep Blue Ribbon and Justice; Binay will head the Tourism committee; Poe, Public Services; Pacquiao, Public Works; and Villar, Agriculture.

Under Senate rules, those in the minority bloc — now down to Franklin Drilon, Senators Francis “Kiko� Pangilinan, Maria Theresia “Risa� Hontiveros and Leila de Lima — do not have the power to choose committee leaders.

At the Pandesal Forum, Gatchalian said senators would be meeting again to discuss the chamber’s legislative agenda and align this with the Duterte administration’s priorities. “Of course we want to, as much as possible, harmonize the legisla-

tive agenda of the Congress and the Executive side,� he said.

Likely to be prioritized are the remaining packages of the Comprehensive Tax Reform Program, the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps bill, and amendments to the Public Services, Foreign Investment and Retail Trade acts.

Go upbeat on ‘New Senate’ Go, for his part, issued a statement saying that the “New Senateâ€? would improve the relationship between Congress and MalacaĂąang.

A former aide to President Rodrigo Duterte, Go said he would remain independent while also declaring that the Senate would pass Palace-backed bills that would BENEkT THE &ILIPINO PEOPLE As to his committee preferences, Go said he wanted leadership roles in the health, education, sports or urban planning, housing and resettlement panels.

4HE kNAL DECISION IS UP TO THE majority bloc, he added.

Go said his committee choices WERE INlUENCED BY MEASURES HE wanted to push in the senate.

These include the improvement of medical and health care services, additional pay for public school teachers, a grassroots sports development program, and improved housing policies and projects.

With regard to the Senate presidency, Go expressed support for Sotto, noting that the chamber had a “smooth working relationship� with the Palace during the 17th Congress. “Sa tulong ng mga kasamahan ko sa Senado, magtatrabaho at magseserbisyo kami para maiparamdam sa bawat Pilipino ang tunay na pagbabago na ipinangako ng ating Pangulong $UTERTE 7ITH the help of my colleagues at the Senate, we will work and serve so that every Filipino will experience the true change that President Duterte has promised),� he said.

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Power costs from IPPs and PSAs rose by P0.0556 per kWh and P0.0717 per kWh, respectively, partly because of weakening of the Philippine peso against the US dollar.

Dollar-denominated prices

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of IPPs and PSAs account for 97 percent and 68 percent of their charges, respectively.

Transmission charge went down

by P0.0427 per kWh, primarily because of lower ancillary service charges, while taxes and other

charges fell by P0.0171 per kWh. Meralco’s distribution, supply and metering charges have remained unchanged for 47 months, after these registered reductions in July 2015.

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BENEkTSu AND HOLD THEM LIABLE The PVAO is the primary governMENT OFkCE THAT CATERS TO VETERANS needs, handling old age, disability and pension payments to veterans AND BENEkCIARIES AS WELL AS BURIAL claims, and educational and hos-

PITALIZATION BENEkTS OF RETIRED SOLdiers and their surviving spouses and dependents. /FkCIALS OF THE AGENCY WERE NOT immediately available for comment.

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Creative quarter to make Intramuros more inclusive wall, he noted, started when Sen. Richard Gordon was Tourism secretary. The plan regained priority under the Duterte administration with the aim of bringing Filipino creativity global, Asido said. “[O]ur priority is to complete the last 25 percent of the walls.

4HE $O4 $EPARTMENT OF 4OURISM HAS ALREADY IDENTIkED NINE SPACES which we are working now with

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It recommended that the PVAO immediately remit the P33.8 million to the Treasury and “deter-

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the designer,� the IA chief said.

Also in the pipeline are shortmedium- and long-term projects that will further develop and boost Intramuros’ stature, Asido said, even as he admitted that the IA was the lowest budgeted agency of the DoT. The budgetary constraints have long hampered efforts by the IA, which was established in 1979

during the Marcos administration.

Most of the agency’s annual budget is used for operating expenses, including salaries, and this is augmented by rental and leasing income and the interest generated by a revolving fund, Asido said.

He claimed that things had picked up, however, pointing to the installation of new lights and initiatives such as Holy Week cel-

ebrations that have led to positive income gains in the last two years.

The IA will also relocate squatters inside Intramuros, improve accessibility and walkability, and upgrade the infrastructure — including the relocation of power lines underground — under a plan to make the heritage site more inclusive.

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“He does things I don’t think anybody has done before. He’s amazing.�

Green started 6-of-8 from the 3-point range, sparking a late third-quarter run that gave Toronto momentum for good. “Danny’s buckets I think boostED OUR WHOLE TEAM S CONkDENCE because we’re used to most of the year relying on those,� Nurse said.

Golden State fell behind by as MANY AS POINTS IN THE kRST HALF and pulled no closer than 7 in the second half despite staying within reach thanks to Curry’s one-man heroics. “We answered a lot of runs, down to seven a bunch, and came back and scored a bucket or hit a three or whatever,� Nurse said. “Each time they chipped we answered back and that’s what you got to do if you’re going to keep your lead.�

The Warriors seek a third straight CROWN AND THEIR FOURTH IN kVE SEAsons while the Raptors are in the kRST kNALS OF THEIR SEASON HISTORY “We’ve got to continue to work and play hard,� Lowry said. “The guys were on me to be aggressive and I did play more aggressive in this atmosphere. It meant a lot.�

Golden State decided just before TIP OFF TO BENCH 4HOMPSON A kVE time NBA All-Star who averages 19.5 points. The team feared he could injure himself worse and miss more games, hoping a game’s rest — even one that snapped his run of 120 career playoff games without a miss — would ensure his health the rest of the way. “The whole point was to not risk a bigger injury,� Kerr said. “We live with that decision. He’s got another couple days to heal. Hopefully he’ll be out there Friday.�

The Warriors can’t afford to lose another player with Kevin Durant,

averaging 34.2 points, uncertain for game four, and forward Kevon Looney out for the remainder of THE kNALS WITH A CHEST INJURY #URRY SCORED kRST HALF POINTS

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but the Raptors led 60-52 at halftime, Toronto double-teaming the 3-point sharpshooter while his supporting cast struggled to equal his total.

The Raptors matched their bigGEST kRST HALF LEAD AT EARLY IN the third quarter, but Curry had 9 points and Andre Iguodala added 8 points in a 19-12 Warriors run to pull within 78-71.

Green answered with back-toback 3-pointers and closed a 13-5 Raptors run with another to give the visitors their biggest lead of the kRST THREE QUARTERS AT Curry hit four free throws in a 9-0 run as Golden State pulled within 96-89.

But Lowry answered for Toronto by scoring 9 points in a 15-5 run that gave the Raptors their largest lead to that point at 111-94 with 5:42 remaining and the Warriors’ kNAL HOPES FADED “Toronto made big shots every time they need to,� Kerr said. “And we couldn’t get over the hump.

We have to play better defense out there.�

4HE 7ARRIORS PLAYING THEIR kRST home game in 20 days, struggled from the start.

Leonard and Siakam each scored 4 points in an early 13-2 Raptors run for a 17-7 Toronto lead.

Siakam scored 8 points in a 19-9 Toronto spurt that lifted the Raptors ahead 52-38 with 7:42 remaining in the second quarter.

The Raptors went cold after THAT GOING NEARLY kVE MINUTES without scoring, while Curry netted 8 points in the last 2:49 AFP of the second quarter.

News PhilHealth to probe fraudulent claims T ˜ The Manila Times

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(PhilHealth) on Thursday said it would collaborate with government institutions, medical groups and investigators in its inquiry into fraudulent activities committed by its partner hospitals and dialysis centers. )N A PRESS BRIEkNG 2OY &ERRER

acting PhilHealth president and chief executive officer, said the AGENCY HAD kLED ADMINISTRATIVE cases against WellMed Dialysis and Laboratory Center in Quezon City

for its alleged fraudulent scheme AGAINST THE HEALTH INSURANCE kRM g4HE CORPORATION HAS kLED counts of administrative claims for non-admitted treated patients, misrepresentations by furnishing

false or incorrect information, and breach of warranties of accreditations performance against the mentioned dialysis center,�

Ferrer said. “Also, we have filed several counts of offenses against doctors for possible involvement between November and December 2018,� he added.

An employee of WellMed had claimed that the dialysis center HAD kLED CLAIMS ON BEHALF OF DEAD patients as far back as 2016. “They are trying to forge the signatures‌admittedly, sa part ng PhilHealth, wala naman kaming

database ng signatures of all patients (we don’t have a database of the signatures of all patients),� said Israel Francis Pargas, PhilHealth’s senior vice president.

Ferrer said the agency had reached out to the National Bureau of Investigation, Professional Regulation Commission, Philippine Hospital Association and Philippine Medical Association, among other institutions who could help them look deeper into these fraud issues.

PhilHealth also plans to hire more than a hundred fraud investigators, 12 lawyers and 54 doctors

who could help in the reporting and solving of fraudulent claims.

To further cleanse its ranks, PhilHealth is also investigating ITS OFkCIALS AND EMPLOYEES WHO might be “out to destroy PhilHealth’s reputation.� “Posibleng [may kasabwat sa Philhealth]. Hindi natin pwedeng sabihing lahat ng employees ay malinis, merong gumagawa ng katiwalian din. Nalalaman din po natin ‘yan (It is possible that some PhilHealth personnel may be conniving with the suspects. We can’t say that all of our employees OUR CLEAN 7E WILL kND OUT 7E

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are doing job, our fact-finding investigation team is looking into this,� Ferrer added.

Meanwhile, Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Zarate called for a congressional probe on the matter at the soonest possible time. g7E kLED A RESOLUTION TO INvestigate the issues surrounding dialysis for poor patients in the 16th and 17 th Congress‌ however, with issues like this [including] these so-called ‘ghost’ patients, it raises the question of the implementation of the PhilHealth-sponsored dialysis,â€?

Zarate said.

Congress ratifies bill on PH Space Agency A bill that seeks to create the Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) now awaits the signature of President Rodrigo Duterte. #ONGRESS RATIkED THE BICAMERAL conference committee report on the measure before session adjourned sine die on Tuesday.

The Philippine Space Development Act seeks to create a central government agency that will address all issues and activities related to space science and technology application (SSTA).

The PhilSA shall be attached to the Department of Science and Technology (DoST).

The agency will be headed by the director general who will have the rank and compensation of an undersecretary.

The director general should hold an advanced degree in space science, astronomy, physics, engineering, or RELATED kELDS OF STUDY (E SHOULD ALSO HAVE AT LEAST kVE years of competent experience and expertise in any of the following

kELDS ASTROPHYSICS SPACE SCIENCE

aerospace engineering, space systems engineering, remote sensing space industry, or human capital development in the SSTA sector.

PhilSA will be the first unikED AGENCY TO DEVELOP SPACE TECHnology initiatives in the country.

Rogel Mari Sese, an astrophysicist who helped craft the bill, expressed elation through a Facebook post. “What an excellent bill to close the last three years! Thank you everyone who helped us in every step of the way. I have met a lot of good people throughout this journey and believe me when I say that the system works. There is hope for us scientists, knowing we can work with our politicians to help improve our beloved Philippines!� his post read.

4HE $O34 AND NONPROkT RESEARCH institute Manila Observatory previously crafted a 10-year masterplan, which aims to make the Philippines a “space-capable� country by 2022.

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‘Inflation rate hike no cause for concern ‘ MALACAĂ‘ANG on Thursday dismissed the minimal inflation rate increase last month, saying it is no cause for concern.

The Philippines posted a 3.2-percent inflation rate in May, higher than April’s 3 percent.

Palace spokesman Salvador Panelo said the inflation spike was attributed to a slight increase in some agricultural food products like vegetables, fish and fruits, as well as in housing, water and utilities. “The rise is within the 2.8 percent to 3.6 percent range estimated by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) hence there is no cause for alarm,� he said.

Panelo said that high spending in food and alcoholic beverages during the campaign period and the negative effects of El NiĂąo phenomenon in the peak summer month of May were also the reasons for the slight surge in inflation.

“Both factors are expected however to taper down,� the Palace official said. “We assure our countrymen that the minimal increase in the inflation rate is a circumstance that does not toll the alarm bells,� he added.

Panelo also said the 3.2-percent inflation rate in May, coming after six months of progressive decline, was “not indicative of a trend reversal.� “One data point does not constitute a trend. The 3.2-percent inflation rate in May is within BSP’s forecasts of 2.8 percent to 3.6 percent for the month of May,� Panelo said. “We expect inflation to be in the neighborhood of 2.0 percent in the third quarter of 2019. When world oil prices ease up, the annual inflation rate would be in the vicinity of 3.0 percent in 2019 and 2020,� he added.

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Angkas drivers attend a safety retraining course at the San Andres Sports Gymnasium in Manila on Thursday. The retraining course aims to address safety concerns and comply with the requirements set by the Department of Transportation.

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House passes Teacher Protection Act THE House of Representatives has approved a measure that seeks to improve the working conditions of public school teachers and shield them from false accusations of child abuse.

The measure was passed before the 17th Congress held its last session day on Tuesday.

Voting 183-0, lawmakers passed House Bill (HB) 9065 or the “Teacher Protection Act� on THIRD AND kNAL READING 4HE BILL SEEKS TO ASSIST teachers in disciplining their students without violating child protection laws.

The measure mandates the Department of Education (DepEd) to issue guidelines on teacher protection, and emphasize the rights and responsibilities of teachers with respect to student discipline and

classroom management. The guidelines should include clear description of the disciplinary procedure and designation of authorities who may respond to interventions being administered by teachers.

The formulation of guidelines should involve sectors of students, parents, teachers, school personnel, community organizations and professionals on child behavior.

Section 4 of the measure reiterates that “any act committed by a teacher or school staff pursuant to the disciplinary rules and procedures issued by the DepEd shall not be deemed as child abuse, cruelty, OR EXPLOITATION AS DEkNED IN 2EPUBLIC !CT OR the Special Protection of Children against Abuse, Exploitation and Discrimination Act.�

HB 9065 also ensures that at least one guidance counselor would cater to every 200 students in public elementary and high schools.

In a statement, the ACT-Teachers party-list lauded the House for passing the measure. “The passage of this bill is a huge win for teachers especially as we start another school year,�

ACT-Teachers party-list Rep. France Castro said. “Teachers have long been clamoring for a bill that would guide them in classroom management and protect them from being accused of child abuse,� she added.

The Senate failed to pass its counterpart measure, Bill 1870, before the 17th Congress adjourned sine die on Tuesday.

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Prosecutor OKs sex raps vs ABS-CBN execs TV news personality Gretchen Fullido scored a legal victory anew when the Quezon City Prosecutors’ Office recommended the filing of sexual harassment complaint against ABS-CBN executives Cheryl Favila and Maricar Asprec.

The resolution, a copy of which was obtained by The Manila Times, said Favila and Asprec should be indicted for violation of Section 3(a) of Republic Act 7877, “An Act Declaring Sexual Harassment Unlawful in the Employment, Education or Training Environment, and for Other Purposes.�

The document was signed on May 28, 2019. The case was raffled off to Branch 32 of the Metropolitan Trial Court of Quezon City. “In the instant case, Favila has the authority, influence or moral ascendancy over Fullido.

From the totality of the circumstances, it can be inferred that there is a demand, request or

requirement of a sexual favor. Favila wanted Fullido to be her “Thursday girl� which to the mind of Fullido connotes having sexual favor from her. Favila claimed that the “Thursday Girl� pertains to friends that she could go out with on a day when she can freely drink. This is a defense which is evidentiary in nature which is better ventilated in a full-blown trial.

The messages sent to Fullido signify double meaning as they contain sexual undertones,� the resolution read. “Her flirtatious dealing with Fullido were inappropriate as she was the latter’s superior,� it added.

Meanwhile, Asprec was alleged to have conspired with Favila. As Favila’s partner, Asprec “would relay messages to Fullido, egging the latter to make lambing with Favila,� it added.

At one point, Asprec even asked Fullido

why she rejected Favila’s request to be her “Thursday Girl.�

Other instances of sexual flirtation and favors were noted in the resolution that was signed by Assistant City Prosecutor Rosalinda Sajot. “Presence of unwelcome flirtations and sexual advances could therefore be deciphered the way Favila sent messages to Fullido and treated her in her professional and personal life taking into consideration the totality of the surrounding circumstances.

Thus, there is a probable cause to charge respondent Favila with violation of Section 3(a) of RA 7877.�

Lorna Patajo-Kapunan, Fullido’s lawyer, said that Fullido felt vindicated, and that they were “ready and prepared to prove the sexual harassment charges against Favila and Asprec.�

“This could be a test case for the Philippine’s version of the #MeToo movement. It can inspire and encourage other victims of sexual wrongdoing in the workplace or in educational institutions to come forward and make aggressors and predators accountable to the fullest extent of the law,� Kapunan said.

The Manila Times reached out to the camp of Asprec and Favila but was notified that their counsel, Evalyn Ursua, is out of the country. A statement will be released upon Ursua’s return.

The development on the case came almost a month after the QC Prosecutor’s Office granted Fullido’s motion for reconsideration and gave the go signal for the filing of libel complaints against Cecilia Oreùa Drilon, Marie Milagros Lozano and Venancio Borromeo, also of ABS-CBN Network.

CHRISTINA ALPAD

Failure to meet sales quota Dear PAO, I have just been regularized as a credit card sales agent. During our probationary period, the company imposed productivity standards that we need to meet in order to be regularized.

Failure to meet the sales quota set by our trainer would entail our non-regularization. Thus, during the probationary period, I recruited most of my relatives and friends to apply for a credit card to meet the monthly sales quota. However, now that I am a regular employee, I am having a hard time recruiting clients outside my circle of family and friends. I fear that I might not be able to meet our monthly sales quota in the coming months.

If this happens, can I be terminated from employment even if

DEAR PAO

PERSIDA ACOSTA I’m already a regular employee?

Jose Dear Jose, You can be dismissed for failure to meet the productivity standards set by your employer even if you are a regular employee.

In the case of Sameer Overseas Placement Agency Inc. vs. Cabiles (GR 170139, Aug. 5, 2014, Ponente: Associate Justice Mario Victor Leonen), the Supreme Court ruled in favor of a company’s “prerogative to impose productivity and quality standards

at work. They may also impose reasonable rules to ensure that the employees comply with these standards. Failure to comply may be a just cause for their dismissal. Certainly, employers cannot be compelled to retain the services of an employee who is guilty of acts that are inimical to the interest of the employer.�

[Emphasis supplied.]

In PNOC vs Buenviaje (GRs 183200-01, 183253 and 183257; June 29, 2016; Ponente: Associate Justice Francis Jardeleza), the Supreme Court explained that failure to meet work goals or work quotas is tantamount to gross and habitual neglect of duty, which is a just cause for dismissal: g@'ROSS INEFkCIENCY IS CLOSELY related to ‘gross neglect,’ for both INVOLVE SPECIkC ACTS OF OMISSION

on the part of the employee resulting in damage to the employer or to his business. Failure to observe prescribed standards of WORK OR TO FULkLL REASONABLE WORK ASSIGNMENTS DUE TO INEFkCIENCY may constitute just cause for DISMISSAL 3UCH INEFkCIENCY IS UNderstood to mean failure to attain work goals or work quotas, either by failing to complete the same within the allotted reasonable period, or by producing unsatisfactory results. This management prerogative of requiring standards may be availed of so long as they are exercised in good faith for the advancement of the employer’s interest.�

Furthermore, in the case of Buiser vs. Leogardo Jr. (GR L-63316, July 31, 1984, Ponente: Associate Justice Juvenal Guerre-

ro), it was further explained: “The practice of a company in laying off workers because they failed to make the work quota has been recognized in this jurisdiction. In the case at bar, the petitioners’ failure to meet the sales quota assigned to each of them constitute a just cause of their dismissal, regardless of the permanent or probationary status of their employment. Failure to observe prescribed standards of WORK OR TO FULkLL REASONABLE WORK ASSIGNMENTS DUE TO INEFkCIENCY may constitute just cause for DISMISSAL 3UCH INEFkCIENCY IS UNderstood to mean failure to attain work goals or work quotas, either by failing to complete the same within the allotted reasonable period, or by producing unsatisfactory results. This management

prerogative of requiring standards availed of so long as they are exercised in good faith for the advancement of the employer’s interest.� [Citation omitted.]

Thus, it is clear from the above that even a regular employee may be dismissed for failure to meet sales quotas or productivity standards imposed by the employer.

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 Office. Questions for Chief Acosta may be sent to dearpao@manilatimes.net

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HOUSANDS OF &ILIPINOS MAY HAVE BEEN SHOCKED TO READ THE SURPRISE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE 5NITED 3TATES #ITIZENSHIP AND )MMIGRATION 3ERVICES 53#)3 ON 7EDNESDAY THAT IT WOULD CLOSE ITS -ANILA OFkCE NEXT MONTH 4HE 53#)3 HANDLES FAMILY VISA REQUESTS INTERNATIONAL ADOPTIONS REFUGEE APPLICATIONS AND THE NATURALIZATION OF 53 MILITARY SERVICE MEMBERS WHO ARE NOT YET !MERICAN CITIZENS )TS -ANILA OFkCE LAST ACCEPTED APPLICATIONS AND PETITIONS ON -AY AND FULL CLOSURE WILL HAPPEN ON *ULY 4HE 53 %MBASSY IN A TWEET ON -ONDAY REITERATED THAT NEW APplications and petitions were no longer being accepted, and directed APPLICANTS TO THE 53#)3 WEBSITE FOR kLING INSTRUCTIONS AND UPDATES .ATURALLY THE IMMEDIATE REACTION OF &ILIPINOS WHO READ THE NEWS AND WHO MAY HAVE PENDING APPLICATIONS OR KNOW SOME PEOPLE WITH pending applications for emigration to the US, was that of disappointment, expressed through the social media. “This is not good. Bad timing for those who have been ‘waitING YEARS FOR THEIR TURN u SAID A READER OF The Manila Times, a -R 'ALANG REPLYING ON &ACEBOOK !NOTHER READER A -S 4IAMSON TRIED TO PACIFY THE MOUNTING FRUSTRATION AND CONFUSION AMONG FELLOW READERS AND TO CLARIFY that Filipino tourists need not be affected. “Please read the arTICLE ! CERTAIN OFkCE WITHIN THE EMBASSY lang po ang magsasara.�

4HE 53#)3 ANNOUNCEMENT POINTED OUT THAT gTHE 53 EMBASSY HAS ASSUMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR CERTAIN LIMITED SERVICES PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED BY THE -ANILA OFkCE TO INDIVIDUALS IN THE 0HILIPPINES

New Guinea, Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Palau, Kiribati, Tuvalu, Fiji, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Samoa, Wallis, Futuna, New Caledonia, Pitcairn Island, the overseas French terRITORIES OF &RENCH 0OLYNESIA AND MOST ISLAND NATIONS IN THE 0ACIkC REGION THAT WERE NOT COVERED BY OTHER !SIA 0ACIkC kELD OFkCES Earlier reports, published after the plan to close down the 53#)3 INTERNATIONAL DIVISION WAS kRST ANNOUNCED IN -ARCH

QUOTED OFkCIALS AS SAYING THE SHUTDOWN WOULD ALLOW THE AGENCY TO ACT ON A BACKLOG OF ASYLUM APPLICATIONS )N THE CASE OF THE 0HILIPPINES THE OFkCE S SHUTDOWN WOULD BE A practical method of catching up with the volumes of applications THAT HAVE ACCUMULATED OVER THE YEARS g -AYBE THE BACKLOG WILL DISAPPEAR AND THE OFkCE WILL CATCH UP soon,� Mr. Galang said.

This should help the USCIS focus on the legitimate, more urgent petitions.

"ASED ON THE IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE STATISTICS FROM THE 53 $EPARTMENT OF (OMELAND 3ECURITY WHICH REFERRED TO THE 53 HAS ALLOWED

&ILIPINOS TO SECURE LAWFUL PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS IN THE COUNTRY AND HAS ADMITTED MORE AS NON IMMIGRANTS THAT YEAR $URING THAT SAME YEAR A TOTAL OF NON IMMIGRANT &ILIPINOS WERE EMPLOYED AS TEMPORARY WORKERS IN THE kELDS OF SPECIALTY OCCUPATION AGRICULTURE SPORTS TREATY TRADING AND INVESTING AMONG OTHERS &OR THE 53#)3 REPORTED THAT IT NATURALIZED

APPLICANTS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD SHOWING A PERCENT INCREASE FROM IN 'IVEN THE 4RUMP ADMINISTRATION S INWARD LOOKING FOREIGN POLICY THE CLOSURE OF THE INTERNATIONAL DIVISION OF THE 53#)3 should, therefore, not come as a surprise.

The “lack of resources� being cited as a reason for the move sounded LIKE A PRACTICAL ECONOMIC REALITY FOR THE 53 !S IT TRIES TO CLEAR THE IMMIGRATION BACKLOG PRIORITY IS GIVEN TO SUCH LONG PENDING APPLICATIONS as for spouses and parent-to-minor child petitions. !LTHOUGH THE 53#)3 OPERATIONS IN -ANILA MAY HAVE BEEN REVENUE generating, other factors such as the voluminous workload of antiFRAUD CASES COULD HAVE ALSO BURDENED THE -ANILA OFkCE GIVING ANOTHER GOOD REASON TO REVIEW THE INTERNAL SYSTEM THAT LED TO THE SHUTDOWN &OR ALL THESE REASONS THE 53 HAS A TOTALLY VALID SOVEREIGN RIGHT TO SHUT ITS DOORS TO ANY ADDITIONAL IMMIGRANTS AND PUT PRIORITY ON THE WELFARE OF ITS OWN CITIZENS AND DEALING WITH ITS INTERNAL ISSUES WHILE IT goes through the overdue process of clearing its immigration backlogs.

Meanwhile, for Filipinos still dreaming the American dream, the CLOSING OF THE !MERICAN GATES MAY BE A SIGN BECKONING THEM TO ALSO LOOK INWARD AND MAYBE SEE A NEW VISION OF THEMSELVES LENDING A hand to their homeland as it tries to rise on its own.

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Stay as sweet as you are

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ONDOLENCES to those left BEHIND BY 'ARY ,ISING

whose risible tales we lauded, and 4EDDY 2EGALA

WHOSE EXQUISITE MASTERY OF !MERICAN MAJOR LEAGUE baseball awed me.

I left this piece in rough draft form AGAINST THE POSSIBILITY THAT ) MAY BE under the weather on getting home AFTER A VERY BRIEF VISIT TO THE 53 FOR A WEDDING NOT MINE HA AND NOT TO watch Toronto make taranta Golden 3TATE IN THE ."! &INALS kRST GAME

EITHER IN GENTRIkED -ONTEREY SMOOTH DISCIPLINED TRAFkC NO TWO STORY BUILDING ) CAN RECALL PLENTY OF WATER NO talk of high office being bought, unlike our polls and the speakership, ETC REASONS ENOUGH TO BE gHAPPYu AND gSATISkEDu 4HERE THE LAND OF the brave and the home of the free COULD BE THE LAND OF THE BRIBE AND the home of the fee), as I read again -ARIO 0UZO S Godfather, where I reREAD THAT A LAWYER WITH A BRIEFCASE CAN STEAL MORE MONEY THAN A THOUSAND MEN WITH GUNS AND MASKS 7E MAY HAVE TOO MANY OF THIS SORDID TYPE AND DON T NEED MORE SHYSTERS More than once in the past, I have used in the main the core of what APPEARS BELOW ‡ HERE KINDA UPDATED ‡ TO SALUTE OUR NEW LAWYERS

WITH A CAVEAT -AY ) FELICITATE THE NEW LAWYERS DUE TO TAKE THEIR OATHS ON -ONDAY AFTERNOON AT P M

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T.G.I.F. RENE SAGUISAG *UNE AT THE 0)## THUSLY BELOW WHILE APPRECIATING /TSO $IRETSO S %RIN 4AĂ„ADA S #HRISTIAN ADVICE TO THE UNLUCKY ONES NEVER GIVE UP INDEED

MY FRIENDS WE ARE NEVER GIVEN CROSSES heavier than we can bear): “CompaĂąeros/compaĂąeras, I see THAT OF YOU EXAMINEES

PASSED LAST YEAR S BAR EXAMINATIONS AND WILL NOW TAKE YOUR OATH g.OW YOU FEEL BEING ON TOP OF THE WORLD BASKING IN THE MANY splendored afterglow of a wellearned achievement. There will be MANY BIG NIGHTS ON THE TOWN BUT THE MORNINGS AFTER INEVITABLY BRING THE COLD LIGHT OF DAY SO TO SAY g7HAT ELSE CAN ONE SAY TO YOU AFTER WELCOMING YOU TO THE GUILD AND expressing the ritualistic good wishes?

7HERE WILL YOU BE YEARS FROM NOW 0ARTICULARLY THE SUPERIOR ONES “The driving dream that lifted MANY OF YOU IN YOUR SCHOOL DAYS WAS that the law offers a good, if not the BEST WAY OF SERVING THE POOR OBSCURE and oppressed, the unwashed mob, the least of our brethren, as it were, to attain a measure of justice. Too often

HOWEVER IT TAKES ONLY A FEW YEARS OF practice plus a taste of the good life for this consuming passion to sink without a trace in the deep rugs of a well-appointed law office, amid the staccato clatter of top-of-the-line thingamajigs and the hum of multihorse-powered airconditioners. “Co-optation was the word for it in the language of the streetWISE RADICALS OF PAST YEARS -ORAL stamina is a precious jewel. g7HO AMONG YOU UNPUBLICIZED AND UNADVERTISED AWAY FROM microphones and cameras, will quiETLY ADVOCATE THE CAUSES OF THE POOR OR UNPOPULAR CONDEMNED BY THE LYNCH MOB .OT FOR THE EXPERIENCE either but to be true to a promise to TRY TO kGHT THE MANIPULATORS AND THE OPPRESSORS IN SOCIETY Mga naghaharing uri WE USED TO CRY EVEN AS we note that the law represents the biases of the ruling classes in their plutocratic enclaves. g3OME OF YOU FEELING YOUR WORD IS YOUR BOND WILL POSSIBLY STICK IT OUT FOR A WHILE "UT PROBABLY NOT MANY 3OMEWHERE DOWN THE ROAD

THE THOUGHT OF YOUR KIDS GOING AROUND barefooted, of not going to expensive ELITIST SCHOOLS AND OF YOU BEING labelled unsuccessful for not being AFlUENT WILL STARE YOU IN THE FACE AND BITE DEEPLY INTO YOUR PSYCHE !ND THEN YOU WILL KISS A DREAM GOODBYE

to join those who defend the rich and THE POWERFUL WITH RUTHLESS EFkCIENCY g)N THE PROCESS YOU WILL STRENGTHEN WILLY NILLY YOUR CLIENTS NEAR monopolistic stranglehold on the COUNTRY S kNEST TALENTS AGGRAVATING the imbalance in the power situation IN SOCIETY -EDIOCRITIES CAN GO FAR IN OUR SOCIETY BUT IT IS THE LOSS OF THE BRIGHT ONES ‡ WHO KNOW THE LAW

NOT THE JUDGE ‡ THAT REALLY HURTS “Holmes once said that happiness does not come from material REWARDS z;(=APPINESS HE WROTE z) AM SURE FROM HAVING KNOWN MANY successful men, cannot be won SIMPLY BY BEING COUNSEL FOR GREAT CORporations and having an income of

/H YEAH 4O CELEBRATE CYNICISM MAY VERY WELL BE THE RESPONSE OR RETORT OF THE HIRED GUNS RETAINED BY THE OLIGARCHS PARTICULARLY THOSE WHO had their positions buttressed and reinforced with the installation of TODAY S QUASI MARTIAL LAW APPARATUS in a seeming police state reinforced

BY MILITARIZATION OF THE BUREAUCRACY How naive could Holmes get? “Still and all, we are delighted to WELCOME YOU THE NEW LAWYERS TO THE FRATERNITY AND SORORITY $O ACHIEVE

AND ACQUIRE WHAT YOU WILL BUT ‡ never ever forget the least. And last: THE PSYCHIC INCOME IS SOMETHING NOT ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD CAN BUY

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Exhilarating weekend in Baguio

HIS weekend in Baguio was exhilarating. Despite the clogged TRAFkC AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE CITY ‡ which we expected as it is now the NEW NORMAL ‡ AND THE AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS THAT MAKE YOU STAY HOME WHILE THEY LIGHT UP THE SKY and bring on thunderous rain, which is expected and welcome after the La Niùa summer, we felt it was what it should be.

4O BEGIN WITH THE kRST PLEASANT surprise was that one can go from NLEx to SCTEx and on to TPLEx ‡ THE THREE EXPRESSWAYS TO THE NORTH ‡ AND BREEZE THROUGH THE tollgates. All three now have RFID IN PLACE THAT LET YOU DO IT WITH TPLEx just joining the other two. .EXT WE NOTED THAT g1UEZON S Game,� the movie about the PhilIPPINES GRACIOUS AND COURAGEOUS HOSPITALITY TO *EWS FORCED OUT OF THEIR COUNTRY BY THE .AZI CONTROL OF %Urope in the late 1930s, was showing.

To see it we had to go to SM "AGUIO ON A 3UNDAY )T IS A FORmidable undertaking because all roads and all people seem to congregate in the area in massive NUMBERS ON THAT DAY .EVERTHELESS

we got through, found the elevator AND GOT TO THE CINEMA lOOR )T WAS lunchtime and there was a line at the ticket counter. But we three SENIOR CITIZENS GOT PRIORITY AND WE soon had our tickets for the 12:30 P M SHOW 7E NOTED THAT EVERYONE else seemed to be queuing for g!LADDIN u g'ODZILLAu AND g*OHN Wick.� We were not surprised.

But when we entered the theater, WE NOTED THAT IT WAS ONLY US THREE in the lower area and about four

AMBIENT VOICES MA. ISABEL ONGPIN others at the higher level. g1UEZON S 'AMEu IS WORTH THE EFFORT NOT JUST FOR THE STORY WHICH is an elating one of how President 1UEZON AND HIS CLOSEST AIDES TWO *EWISH BROTHERS WHO WERE CIGAR manufacturers in the Philippines, with help from a number of AmeriCAN OFkCIALS OF GOODWILL OTHERS were not of the same caliber) set about helping refugees escape FROM .AZISM AND kND REFUGE IN the Philippines to save their lives. g1UEZON S 'AMEu GIVES US A LOOK AT OUR PAST POLITICAL HISTORY OF struggling for independence, getTING A PROMISE OF IT SPECIkED FOR A DECADE LATER AND YET ALREADY NEEDing it then for the restrictions that the Commonwealth had to live WITH !CTUALLY NOT JUST RESTRICTIONS BUT DISCRIMINATION IN ONE S OWN COUNTRY AS THE COLONIAL OVERLORDS VIRTUALLY CONTROLLED THE ECONOMY

SOCIAL AMENITIES THE !RMY .AVY and Manila Polo Club did not quite accept Filipino members UNLESS THEY WERE AT THE TOP OF THE POLITICAL HIERARCHY IN THOSE DAYS ASIDE FROM NOT QUITE BEING welcome in the premises as guests.

The film itself is well-done, well-acted with good dialogue and quick character studies.

All men of the political class are dressed in white suits, wear black and white shoes and ex-

PRESS THEMSELVES ‡ THEIR VIEWS AND PERSONALITIES ‡ IN 4AGALOG

%NGLISH OR 3PANISH ‡ NORMAL IN THOSE DAYS 1UEZON PLAYED BY 2AYMOND "AGATSING WAS SHOWN as authoritative, thoughtful, decisive and action-oriented. The movie also showed him making flirtatious moves towards BEAUTIFUL WOMEN AND GUILTY demeanor when his wife, DoĂąa !URORA PLAYED WELL BY 2ACHEL Alejandro) would scold him for neglecting his health, and misbehaving. Yet it was obvious THEY UNDERSTOOD EACH OTHER AND PROTECTED EACH OTHER 4HEY GO DOWN IN HISTORY AS A GOOD TEAM 4HE POINT IS MADE THAT 1UEZON believed in his people, had faith in the Filipino and trusted the goodNESS OF HIS FELLOW &ILIPINOS SOUL !S THEIR EMBODIMENT HE QUICKLY UNDERSTANDS THE PLIGHT OF THE *EWS and their need to escape in order to live and, despite the obstacles, acted to save whom he can. /N THE WAY OUT OF THE MOVIE WE ACTUALLY SAW A LINE OF PEOPLE WITH tickets for the next showing. That was a lift to our spirits. Then seeing us three women of a certain age, a YOUNG GIRL APPROACHED AND SAID she was at the 12:30 p.m. showing and had seen us. She then said she was most surprised at what she learned. “How come we never knew this or were told about it?â€?

I am not making up this question AND THIS IS NOT AN APOCRYPHAL TALE She asked the question. I answered THAT MAYBE BECAUSE 7ORLD 7AR CAME SOON AFTER AND IN FACT CURTAILED ANY MORE ATTEMPTS TO BRING

MORE *EWISH REFUGEES HERE PEOPLE must have forgotten it or it was NEVER PUBLICIZED THEN BECAUSE OF THE WAR RUMORS AND EVENTUALLY THE war itself in our midst. !BOUT THREE YEARS AGO THERE was a reunion here of the families OF *EWISH REFUGEES WHO CAME IN 4HEY WERE NOT THE ADULTS that came in 1938 for being deceased or too old to travel, but MOSTLY THEIR CHILDREN WHO HAD come as minors. Most of the refugees had moved on to the United States after World War 2 WHICH IN HAD INHOSPITABLY turned them down. I was invited to attend some of the activities that were part of the reunion, including a forum where some of them talked about their experiences in Manila and even World War 2 in the Philippines. One of them was the daughter of a longTIME PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHER at Assumption, Mrs. Anita Briggs.

I remembered Mrs. Briggs but never knew she had come with HER HUSBAND A PHYSICS TEACHER who taught at Ateneo and FEU, as a refugee from Vienna in 1938.

That information was a surprise TO ME AND LIKE THE YOUNG GIRL WHO SAID g7HY WERE WE NOT TOLD u ) ASKED MYSELF THE SAME QUESTION 3EE g1UEZON S 'AMEu AND learn how noble our leadership was and how hospitable our COUNTRY IS EVEN UNDER OUR CIRCUMSTANCES OF WANT AND POVERTY 4HE NEXT DAY WE MET "AGUIO -AYor-elect Gen. Benjamin Magalong.

That too was exhilarating. But that WILL BE FOR MY COLUMN NEXT WEEK

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vince the mob of his anti-Arroyo vehemence, thinking this would catapult him to the vice presidency.

Instead of — as a senator of the Republic should — expounding on why he was convinced Arroyo was corrupt, his mantra whenever he was interviewed in media was: “Arroyo is a stealing, lying and cheating president.� He thought that kind of language would go viral, and would be attributed to him. How short our memories are.

Gullible

Either Cayetano was stupid, mentally lazy, gullible, or didn’t have the intellectual capacity not to have seen through the Yellows’ demonization of Arroyo. Or, he was too diabolically opportunistic to exploit for his ambitions — colleagues are convinced he thinks he would be youngest Philippine president — the anti-Arroyo frenzy during that period. Most probably, he was both.

It has now become clear as day that Arroyo was charged and jailed solely because of Aquino 3rd’s petOpposite ty vindictiveness for inexplicable And the other contender, Alan Pe- reasons, and because this suited ter Schramm Cayetano? Romual- the Yellow oligarchs’ and American interests. All cases brought against dez’s political opposite.

Think about this. His sister Pia Arroyo in just over a year has been as senator became known as a cru- proven to be baseless, and she sader for women’s and children’s has proven to be one of the best rights and Filipinos’ health. What Speakers ever, getting the House to quickly pass laws this country has Cayetano been known for?

As a strident holier-than-every- urgently needs. And for that she body leader of the lynch mobs LOST kVE YEARS OF HER LIFE WASTED in detention. against Arroyo.

Has Cayetano apologized to Ar%VEN HIS OFkCIAL BIOGRAPHY WHEN he was senator, still posted in the royo for being one of the noisiest Senate’s website, practically boasts leaders of the mob against her, that he was Arroyo’s nemesis: He demanding that she be hanged?

Would you choose to become was “the spokesman of the impeachment team that sought to the head of such a powerful body hold President Gloria Macapagal- as the House of Representatives Arroyo liable for stealing, lying somebody who is either gullible or and cheating‌ It was under his opportunistic, or both? Cayetano stewardship of the blue ribbon would have slipped to political committee when the graft-ridden oblivion if he wasn’t so desperate NBN-ZTE deal was first investi- as to quickly support Duterte’s cangated which led to the scrapping of didacy when, I was told, Aquino the multi-million dollar project.â€? 3rd kicked him out and instead Those things he boasts of turned chose Leni Robredo as the Yellows’ vice presidential candidate. out to be total horseshit.

To be honest, I cannot fathom Cayetano in fact is one of that shameless trio who became sena- why such a disagreeable, egotistic tors solely because of the anti- politician as Cayetano whose foreArroyo froth they had on their head has an I’ll-be-president-soon lips, the other two being Antonio neon sign can even think he could Trillanes 4th and Risa Hontiveros. be a unifying Speaker of the House Worse, Cayetano strived to con- of Representatives. Cayetano has

been, and always will be, a speaker only for himself.

Colossal crimes Another of Aquino’s colossal crimes against the nation was his removal of Chief Justice Renato Corona, which he thought could get the Supreme Court to give his clan’s Hacienda Luisita P5 billion in compensation for being put under land reform. The Corona-led court had agreed to only P200 million.

Cayetano again was at the head of the pack of this lynch mob against the Chief Justice. During the trial period, he received P120 million* in pork-barrel funds and an additional P50 million from the so-called Disbursement Acceleration Plan money. These “timely� releases were obviously intended to convince him and other senators to remove Corona, Has he ever explained this porkbarrel releases, and apologized for being part of the conspiracy that assaulted our highest court?

Certainly not.

The dark days of the Yellow Cult has ended, its lies laid bare with Duterte’s assumption to power three years ago. Cayetano was part of that Yellow regime. And he thinks he should be Speaker of the House, a jumping board for the vice presidency or even the presidency in 2022?

How short our memories are.

Lord Said to be a dark horse for the speakership is Marinduque congressman Lord Allan Jay Velasco.

(Sorry, but why name a son “Lord,� and give him three surnames?)

Who he? To be honest, already a journalist, I’ve never heard of this fellow. A bit of research though turns out the fact that will make his colleagues hesitate to choose him as their leader. This is because he got to be where he is now because of a legal decision, not in the hard way they did, which is still really through guns, goons and gold.

Velasco run for reelection as Marinduque congressman in 2013, and lost to Regina Reyes by 4,000 votes. The Comelec, however, disQUALIkED 2EYES BECAUSE OF AMONG other things, she allegedly hadn’t complied with the legal requirements to retain her citizenship

when she became a US citizen.

Reyes appealed the case to the Supreme Court, which ruled that Comelec no longer had jurisdiction over the case since Velasco was already declared the winner.

The proper venue, it said, was the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal. Of course, his father, Presbiterio Velasco, a Supreme Court justice, took no part in the DECISION OFkCIALLY OR UNOFkCIALLY While Velasco won handily in the recent elections, there’s still the question that would cross congressmen’s minds when they are asked to choose who to lead them: If the Comelec had not DISQUALIkED HIS RIVAL IN AND allowed him to assume his post in 2016, would he have won in the 2019 elections?

So why on earth would this 41-year-old congressman who had a troubled route to his congressional seat, have the gall to think he can be Speaker, in the league of such political titans as the late Ramon Mitra, Jose de Venecia, Manuel Villar and Arroyo?

Whenever I ask people who the heck this guy is, they answer kRST HE IS THE SON OF THE FORMER Supreme Court justice Velasco who retired last year after 12 years in the court. I reply: “Are you saying ‘Presbi’ amassed a mountain of political IOUs from political players when he was Supreme Court justice, maybe even from Duterte’s camp, that they could get his politically inexperienced son to become Speaker?�

An affirmative answer of course wouldn’t be flattering to Presbi, or Duterte.

A second answer is whispered though: He is backed by one of the country’s most powerful tycoons, who has become a big supporter of the President and his programs. I dare not write to explain the personal reasons I was given for that. *See my many columns on this, such as “The worst of Aquino’s crimes: His lynch mob vs Corona in 2012� of May 28, 2015. Extensively discussed in my book Debunked.

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As more developing countries reject plastic waste exports, wealthy nations seek solutions at home

BY KATE O’NEILL, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY

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ESS than two years after China banned most imports of scrap material from abroad, many of its neighbors are following suit.

On May 28, 2019, Malaysia’s environment minister announced that the country was sending 3,000 metric tons of contaminated plastic wastes back to their countries of origin, including the United States, Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom. Along with the Philippines, which is sending 2,400 tons of illegally exported trash back to Canada, Malaysia’s stance highlights how controversial the global trade in plastic scrap has become.

Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam are all halting flows of plastics that once went to China but were diverted elsewhere after China started refusing it.

They are finding support from many nations that are concerned about waste dumping and marine plastic pollution.

At a meeting in Geneva in May 2019, 186 countries agreed to dramatically restrict international trade in scrap plastics to prevent plastics dumping.

As I show in my forthcoming book, Waste , scrap material of all kinds is both a resource and a threat. The new plastics restriction allows less-wealthy countries to exercise their sovereign right not to accept materials they are ill-equipped to

handle. This narrows options for wealthy countries that used to send much of their plastic and paper scrap abroad, and is a small but symbolic step toward curbing plastic waste.

A trade with few rules The Basel Convention, which governs the international waste trade, was adopted in 1989 in response to egregious cases of hazardous waste dumping on communities in Africa, the Caribbean and Asia. Many of its goals remain unfulfilled, including a ban on shipments of hazardous waste from wealthy to less-wealthy nations for final disposal, and a liability protocol that would assign financial responsibility in the event of an incident. And the agreement has largely failed to encompass newer wastes, particularly discarded electronics.

The new provision, proposed

by Norway with broad international support, takes a more aggressive approach. It moves plastic scrap from one category — wastes that can be traded unless directly contaminated — to another group of materials that are not deemed hazardous per se, but are subject to the same trade controls as those classified as hazardous. Now these plastics can be shipped overseas for disposal or recycling only with the express consent of the importing country.

The United States signed the

treaty in 1989, but never ratikED IT AND IS NOT BOUND BY THE treaty’s terms. However, Basel Convention member countries cannot accept any restricted waste imports from the United States unless they have reached a bilateral or regional agreement that meets Basel’s environmental provisions. The US already has such an agreement with fellow OECD member countries.

Operation National Sword, China’s policy restricting imports of post-consumer scrap, was a major driver for updating the treaty. Before the ban China imported nearly half of the world’s scrap plastic and paper.

Now scrap exporters in wealthy nations are struggling to find alternate markets overseas and boost domestic recycling.

Crisis and opportunity for US recyclers Trends in the United States illustrate these wrenching shifts.

Plastic scrap exports to China plummeted from around 250,000 tons in the spring of 2017 to near zero in the spring of 2019. Overall, U.S. exports of plastic waste to all countries fell from 750,000 tons to 375,000 tons over the same period.

Most U.S. waste and recycling policies are made at the local level, and the past year has been a transformative period.

Without ready markets abroad for scrap, recyclers are raising prices, which in turn is leading

some municipalities to reduce or eliminate curbside recycling programs. Many plastic products in groups 3-7, the least recyclable types, are being sent to landfills.

More positively, recycling authorities have launched public education campaigns, and investment in recycling infrastructure is on the rise. There is palpable energy at trade meetings around improving options for plastics recycling. Chinese companies are investing in US pulp and paper recycling plants, and may extend into plastics.

Green-leaning states and cities across the nation have passed strict controls on singleuse consumer plastics. However, businesses are pushing back, and have persuaded some US states to adopt preemptive measures barring plastic bag bans.

The greatest immediate pressure is on international scrap dealers, who are most immediately affected by the Norway Amendment and vocally opposed it. They are also under stress from the US-China tariff wars, which could make it difficult for them to send even clean, commercially valuable scrap to China.

Waste or scrap?

Under the Norway Amendment, nations can still export plastic scrap if it is clean, uncontaminated and of high quality. The

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Academic writing in graduate school

Romualdez, shoo-in for the speakership Despite Benigno Aquino 3rd’s ruthlessness towards anybody who defended Arroyo, Romualdez supported her, leading and keeping intact Arroyo’s Kampi party when she was imprisoned on baseless charges by the 9ELLOW #ULT FOR kVE LONG YEARS When visitors to the detained Arroyo at the Veterans’ Memorial Hospital dwindled at the height of the Yellows’ rule, when even many OF HER OFkCIALS DIDN T DARE BE SEEN there, Romualdez regularly visited her, keeping her informed of her party and political developments, when she was banned from having a TV or using the internet.

Romualdez’ closeness to Arroyo is a big plus for him. He in effect has been the understudy of Arroyo, who has demonstrated in a year her competence in leading the House to be an effective partner of Duterte in reforming the country. Arroyo’s vast experience in the roughest politics would complement his book knowledge on government and management from Cornell and Harvard.

Opinion

Part 3 – Using citations and quotes

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ARLIER, we wrote that graduate studies require students to formally communicate their thoughts either orally but more often, in writing. Academic writing skills not only help obtain for a graduate student higher marks in the university but much more, it helps ensure a successful career. Developing academic writing skills habituates students to think critically and convey complex ideas within a “well-structured and concise format.� It uses language that is easily understood. It shows a logical pattern of reasoning. The mental discipline developed in formal writing teaches students how to convey “the exact meaning of their ideas and thoughts that is supported by empirical evidence from reliable academic sources.� Although each of the four types of academic writing — the descriptive, persuasive, analytical and critical — has its major purpose, they nevertheless have common characteristics.

One’s writing skills are a window to one’s self. Academic writing is the window showing how one’s mind works and what is in one’s mind, such as in describing the learning gains drawn from a lecture, or from an assigned reading as a subject requirement. One has to write down his/her thoughts in a manner that will convince the professor that he himself/she herself clearly understands what he/ she is writing about. These course assignments become the test of how a student’s mind works and the ability to render to the reader what exactly his/her thoughts are.

Written assignments demand one’s “ability to recall, identify, examine and explain the correct answer.�

These would require using any of the four major types — descriptive, analytical, persuasive or critical — or a combination of these.

Using citations, avoiding plagiarism. As the most used medium of assessment in graduate school, academic writing relies much on literature review. Hence, reference is made to what experts write about WHICH USUALLY ARE SCIENTIkC INVESTIGAtions. Although each type has a major purpose, there are rules common to all types. To illustrate â&#x20AC;&#x201D; citing works of experts need acknowledging by citing the sources; otherwise, one commits plagiarism. There are three accepted styles of citations â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the APA (American Psychological Association) used by education, psychology and the sciences, and two others, the MLA (Modern Language Association) style used by the humanities, and the Chicago/Turabian style generally used by BUSINESS HISTORY AND THE kNE ARTS Cohesion. Besides using the appropriate citation style, there should be cohesion and coherence. Cohesion binds the ideas in a sentence to those of the next sentence by providing an equivalent pronoun. An example of cohesion is: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The monasteries are included in this photo. They (equivalent pronoun) show signs of having been built ages ago.â&#x20AC;? Or, provide a synonym such as: Their architecture show signs of their having been built ages ago.â&#x20AC;? The synonym is â&#x20AC;&#x153;architecture.â&#x20AC;?<https://www.eapfoundation.comwriting/cohesion/> Cohesion is also achieved by using the correct transitional word or phrases

FLASHBACKS/ INSIGHTS TERESITA TANHUECOTUMAPON from one sentence to the next and from one paragraph to the next such as, in addition, also, moreover, furthermore, besides, similarly, likewise, in like manner, notwithstanding, even if, although, but, however, on the contrary, in contrast, while, nevertheless, nonetheless, on the other hand, because, therefore, hence, thus, consequently, as a result, etc. #OHESION REFERS MORE TO THE lOW of ideas in the whole essay. This is best achieved by labeling the sections in the essay such as stating the thesis of the paper (e. g. Autocratic leadership style would not be suitable to millennials.) In this case, the sections could describe autocratic style, how millennials are, one or two illustrations of how the two â&#x20AC;&#x201D; autocratic leadership and characTERISTICS OF MILLENNIALS WOULD NOT kT Conclude the essay with a synthesis highlighting what cohesion is and how it is best achieved.

Using quotes. Besides citing works from experts, academic writing may use quotes. But use quotes FROM WELL KNOWN EXPERTS IN THE kELD in the subject area being written about, not from individuals made famous for other achievements.

Using quotes is actually borrowing ideas from the author which one FEELS kT THAT WHICH ONE HAS IN MIND

but which one cannot incarnate in words as well as the author. Using quotes is like a second voice echoing the claim you wish to make. Quoting others about what you think is similar to your ideas and actually short-cuts your assimilation of your ideas that, for example, arise from a theory you might be expounding.

Quotes ripen your ideas for you, but like any unnatural method, they do not necessarily yield the original â&#x20AC;&#x201D; your own ideas. Adopting quotes dismisses the thought processes to REkNE YOUR THINKING STUNTING DEEP RElECTION TO CLARIFY TO YOURSELF THE BENT OR lOW OF YOUR OWN THOUGHTS Deep thinking helps you realize that statements of someone, no matter how an expert that someone is, may not exactly capture what your own ideas are which you wish to convey.

Social, political economic â&#x20AC;&#x201D; gender, specialization â&#x20AC;&#x201D; these cultural and individual differences between you and the author could color the meaning of the quote a shade different from that of yours.<https:// my.sunderland.ac.uk/pages\/ viewpage.action?pageId= 56688664>Writing with less quotes pressures you to think deeply, clarifying to yourself what exactly you have in mind.

In summary, academic writing states at the start exactly what the whole paper is about. Structure your essay with labeled sections. End with a conclusion; if appropriate, add recommendations. Academic writing follows the general structure of a research report, a thesis or dissertation.

Next week: Crafting questions for written assignments in graduate studies Email: ttumapon@liceo.edu.ph

Q SAGUISAG FROM A4

Stay as sweet as you are â&#x20AC;&#x153;Do consider human rights lawyering. Fight the anti-poor drug campaign â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the drug lords and their protectors laugh their way to the bank, as it were â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and the anti-poor death penalty.â&#x20AC;?

2ElECT ON THE LAST ELECTIONS (AVE we just witnessed the suicide of democracy, validating John Adamsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; view: â&#x20AC;&#x153;There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicideâ&#x20AC;??

That our hopelessly profane Prez expects guests to imitate him in brandishing the Nazi salute is ominous. So, we echo Harvard professor Annette Gordon-Reedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s concern: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Are we in danger of undermining our democracy? [Thomas] Jefferson understood that we need an educated and involved electorate to protect democracy.â&#x20AC;? She also pointed

out the danger of too much money in politics, and said this is something that the Framers did not anticipate.

One senator-elect â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;s statement of contributions and expenses (SOCE) should be interesting, given the remarkably extravagant campaign by his camp, from where I sit. Nothing like it I have seen before. A tsunami of unseemly political advertising.

So, compaĂąeros/compaĂąeras stay as sweet as you are.

To thine own self be true. FolLOW THE kXED STARS POINTED OUT TO you by the Rectos, role models of whom we cannot have enough, Uncle Jovy Salonga topped the Senate race thrice. Do we throw away the priceless extra of experience?

That you and I may never cease to dream.

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Opinion

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FRIDAY June 7, 2019

We must do more to speed up ending fossil fuel subsidies BYÂ NIKLAS HAGELBERG NAIROBI, Kenya: Fossil fuels â&#x20AC;&#x201D; oil, gas, coal and their derivatives â&#x20AC;&#x201D; pollute the atmosphere and emit the greenhouse gases that are ramping up global heating TO DANGEROUS LEVELS "UT DID YOU KNOW THAT GOVERNMENTS AROUND THE WORLD ARE SUBSIDIZING THIS pollution?

Historically, governments AROUND THE WORLD HAVE USED FOSsil fuel subsidies for a variety of reasons, including to promote energy independence, encourage industry and cushion the poorest in society.

"UT THEY NEVER TOOK SUFFICIENT ACCOUNT OF WHAT ECONOMISTS CALL â&#x20AC;&#x153;externalitiesâ&#x20AC;? such as air pollution and the resulting impacts on our health.

There is a special kind of madness in a system that funds the healthcare burden from asthma, respiratory diseases and lung cancer, and at the same time funds companies that pollute the air and contribute TOWARDS THESE HEALTH ISSUES IN the first place.

Ordinary people pay the price three times over â&#x20AC;&#x201D; taxes for healthcare, taxes to support fossil fuel subsidies, and then the ultimate price of compromises to their health.

Air pollution claims the lives of 1 in 9 every year and is the single biggest health risk facing people ACROSS THE WORLD &OSSIL FUEL SUBSIDIES OFTEN FAIL TO BENEkT TARGETED GROUPS AND ARE A SIGNIkCANT DRAIN on national budgets.

Global fossil fuel subsidies cost taxpayers about $400 billion. Imagine if these public reSOURCES WERE DIRECTED TO FINANCE sustainable development, clean energy and climate action.

Fossil fuel subsidies disproportionately benefit the top OIL MAJORS HELP THEIR PROFIT MARGINS AND SERVE AS A POWERFUL DISINCENTIVE TO DEVELOP RENEWable energy. They also reduce the available pot of resources FOR INVESTMENT IN RENEWABLES Countries that heavily subsidize these fuels of the past are stifling the current and future business and economic opporTUNITIES THAT RENEWABLE ENERGY provides.

Redirecting the money used for fossil fuel subsidies has the potential to accelerate our ability to address the global climate CRISIS AND ENSURE A JUST DECARbonization. The additional resources could also be used for other development priorities such as health, education or infrastructure.

The planet can no longer afford these subsidies. We should move to scrap them as soon as POWER 4HE 5NITED +INGDOM JUST IS TO SWITCH MORE QUICKLY AWAY POSSIBLE AND MAKE THE SWITCH TO WENT DAYS ON PERCENT from fossil fuels. We should RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES AND eliminate fossil fuel subsidies, a green economy. except for liquefied petroleum no one noticed.

The energy landscape (OWEVER DESPITE THE RAPID gas cooking programs.

5. %NVIRONMENT IN COLLABOis changing quickly pace of change, the bulk of all OUR POWER FOR HEATING LIGHTING RATION WITH THE /RGANIZATION FOR The energy transition is hap- cooking, transport and industry Economic Cooperation and Development and the International PENING NOW ALL AROUND US 4HE still comes from fossil fuels.

GROWTH RATE OF RENEWABLES IS ! MAJOR WAY TO REDUCE AIR )NSTITUTE FOR 3USTAINABLE $EVELOPthree times faster than fossil POLLUTION WHICH IS ABOVE 7ORLD MENT 'LOBAL 3ERVICE )NITIATIVE

AND NUCLEAR FUEL WITH RECORD Health Organization safe levels has developed a methodology GROWTH RATES IN SOLAR AND WIND IN MANY CITIES AROUND THE WORLD to measure fossil fuel subsidies,

providing comparable data to alLOW THE TRACKING OF NATIONAL AND global trends.

The report helps governments to understand the extent OF THE PROBLEM FOR EXAMPLE WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THEIR 'ROSS Domestic Product they spend ON FOSSIL FUEL SUBSIDIES AND take action to reduce or abolish these subsidies.

Air pollution is the theme for World Environment Day on

Macron and Trump: â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Frenemiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; in open disagreement THAT THE 53 REAL ESTATE MOGUL had been angered by those lines AND WAS ALSO FRUSTRATED WHEN a planned trip to an American military cemetery by helicopter WAS CANCELED DUE TO BAD WEATHER g4HERE WAS ALSO THE SENSE THAT HE CAME AND HE WAS ONE AMONG other leaders and not THE leader WHO WOULD MAKE THE BIG SPEECH u THE DIPLOMAT EXPLAINED g)T WAS A DIFkCULT PERIOD TO MANAGE u 4WO DAYS AFTER LEAVING THE &RENCH CAPITAL 4RUMP LET HIS FURY KNOWN

MOCKING -ACRON FOR HIS gVERY LOW APPROVAL RATINGSu AND WRITING HOW THE &RENCH gWERE STARTING TO LEARN 'ERMAN IN 0ARIS BEFORE THE 53 came alongâ&#x20AC;? in World War 2.

GITTE WHO HAVE REPORTEDLY STRUCK UP A WARM RELATIONSHIP ARE TO lunch together separately.

The French diplomat said that after the open hostilities in November, Macron and Trump had held several phone calls during WHICH THEY REBUILT A RELATIONSHIP THAT HAD STARTED SURPRISINGLY WELL after Macronâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s election in 2017.

4HE 53 PRESIDENT WAS MADE A guest of honor of Franceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s National Day in July of that year and the TWO MEN REFERRED TO EACH OTHER AS â&#x20AC;&#x153;friendsâ&#x20AC;? and repeatedly patted each other on the back. The visit ended WITH A SECOND LONG HANDSHAKE g4HE RELATIONSHIP IS STILL WARM and direct,â&#x20AC;? the diplomat said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our APPROACH HAS STAYED THE SAME WE Rebuilding ties continue to try to persuade and at the same time to cushion the impact 4HE 53 ROLE IN LIBERATING &RANCE WILL WHEN WE HAVEN T SUCCEEDED u be commemorated on Thursday by Trump and Macron on the 75th â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Nasty linesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; anniversary of the D-Day landings WHEN !LLIED TROOPS BEGAN The problem for Macron is that his successes in persuading Trump and an invasion of Nazi-ruled France.

4HE TWO LEADERS WILL MEET AT CHANGING HIS THINKING ARE FEW AND the Colleville-sur-Mer American FAR BETWEEN WHILE THE POLICY DIScemetery in northern France and AGREEMENTS AND GAP BETWEEN THEIR THEN SIT DOWN FOR A WORKING LUNCH VISIONS OF THE WORLD ARE BECOMING ever more glaring.

IN THE TOWN OF #AEN â&#x20AC;&#x153;Macron is not shy about saying 4HEIR WIVES -ELANIA AND "RI-

THE PROBLEM IN THE WORLD IS THE populist nationalist movement,â&#x20AC;?

Trumpâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one-time adviser and CAMPAIGN MANAGER 3TEVE "ANNON TOLD !&0 IN A RECENT INTERVIEW g-ACRON IS ALWAYS LOOKING TO take a shot at the nationalists and I think sometimes heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s done it in inappropriate situations,â&#x20AC;? he added, saying that Trump in his VIEW HAD BEEN gVERY MAGNANImousâ&#x20AC;? given the criticism.

He also recalled Macronâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s SPEECH TO THE 53 #ONGRESS IN Washington in April last year, WHICH HE SAID INCLUDED gSEVERAL nasty linesâ&#x20AC;? about the dangers of nationalism and isolationism.

The French leader, sometimes described as an â&#x20AC;&#x153;anti-Trumpâ&#x20AC;? on THE WORLD STAGE HAS BEEN A VOCAL CRITIC OF UNILATERAL 53 DECISIONS to pull out of the 2015 deal governing Iranâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nuclear programme and the Paris climate accord.

On Monday, he again condemned 4RUMP S TRADE POLICIES WHICH HAVE led to tariffs on European steel and ALUMINIUM IMPORTS AND A GROWING TRADE WAR WITH #HINA g7ITH THE 53 WE HAVE DISCUSsions because they decide to put TARIFFS WITH UNREASONABLE SCENARIOS and argumentation,â&#x20AC;? Macron told

global bankers in Paris in comments delivered in English.

-ACRON ALSO KNOWS THAT BEING critical of the American president PLAYS WELL DOMESTICALLY IN &RANCE WHERE 4RUMP IS WIDELY UNPOPULAR A poll by the YouGov survey group released on Wednesday SHOWED THAT ONLY PERCENT OF &RENCH PEOPLE HAD A POSITIVE VIEW of the former reality TV star.

And only 24 percent thought Macron should take a more coOPERATIVE APPROACH WITH HIM â&#x20AC;&#x153;With every American adminISTRATION THERE ARE THINGS WE DISAGREE ON DIFFERENT INTERESTS BUT WE express ourselves clearly,â&#x20AC;? a second French diplomatic source said. ! SIGN OF HOW FAR THE 4RUMP Macron relationship has turned comes from the front garden of the White House.

When Macron visited for a state visit in April 2018, still hoping to persuade Trump to respect the Iran nuclear deal and drop tariffs on EuROPEAN STEEL IMPORTS THE TWO LEADERS planted an oak tree together.

The sapling, taken from a battlekELD IN &RANCE WHERE 53 SOLDIERS had fought in World War 1, has since WITHERED AND DIED Le Monde NEWSpaper reported Wednesday. AFP

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â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Not here for decorationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: Thai transgender MPs make history in parliament BANGKOK: 3MILING BROADLY 4ANWARIN triumphantly cast her vote for prime MINISTER AS THE kRST TRANSGENDER -0S ENTER PARLIAMENT IN 4HAILAND WHERE TOLERANCE FOR THE ,'"4 COMMUNITY is not matched by understanding or opportunity in public life.

In a sign of that enduring gap, the elderly speaker called for â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mr TanWARINu TO COME FORWARD IN A VOTE LATE 7EDNESDAY THAT SAW FORMER JUNTA chief Prayuth Chan-O-Cha elected AS PREMIER WITH THE HELP OF A BANK of 250 appointed senators.

4ANWARIN 3UKKHAPISIT A LAWmaker for the progressive antiJUNTA &UTURE &ORWARD 0ARTY &&0

is one of four transgender MPs in the house â&#x20AC;&#x201D; pioneers in a society WHERE DISCRIMINATION IN EDUCATION

employment and at home persists. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am not here for decoration,â&#x20AC;?

SHE TOLD !&0 g) WANT TO WRITE A NEW political history for Thailand.â&#x20AC;?

Thailandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s transgender commu-

came after a successful career as a film director.

One of her movies, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Insects in THE "ACKYARD u WAS RELEASED IN AND SHOWN ABROAD "UT IT WAS CENSORED BY 4HAI COURTS for â&#x20AC;&#x153;offending good moralsâ&#x20AC;?. )T WAS ONLY AFTER A FIVE YEAR legal battle and the removal of a three-second nudity scene that THE FEATURE FILM WAS BROADCAST in the kingdom.

"UT 4ANWARIN Â&#x2021; WHO IS NOW directing a play called â&#x20AC;&#x153;Trans, I !Mu Â&#x2021; SAID AN ARTISTIC CAREER WAS not enough to push for changes TO THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK GOVERNING LIFE FOR THE ,'"4 COMMUNITY â&#x20AC;&#x153;We had to go into politics,â&#x20AC;?

4ANWARIN SAYS 4ANWARIN S FIRST PUSH IN PARliament is to change the legal â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Offending good moralsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; definition of a married couple to â&#x20AC;&#x153;person to personâ&#x20AC;? instead of 4ANWARIN S POLITICAL AMBITIONS gMAN TO WOMAN u WHICH COULD NITY ENJOYS A HIGH PROkLE BUT STILL FACES MAJOR HURDLES IN THE CONSERVATIVE "UDDHIST MAJORITY KINGDOM Transgender people in Thailand appear in commercials, movies, on the front pages of fashion magazines and even have their OWN BEAUTY CONTEST -ISS 4IFFANY

WATCHED ANNUALLY BY MORE THAN MILLION VIEWERS "UT THE MEDIA LEANS HEAVILY on caricatures of the community AS CATTY BAWDY kGURES Â&#x2021; WHILE transgender people are often PASSED OVER FOR JOBS AS TEACHERS AND CIVIL SERVANTS AND CONkNED TO ENTERTAINMENT GIGS AND SEX WORK â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thai people accept the community but donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see them as equal or entitled to equal rights,â&#x20AC;?

4ANWARIN SAID

Niklas Hagelberg is Coordinator, Climate Change ProGRAMME 5. %NVIRONMENT

Q PLASTIC FROM A5

FOCUS PARIS: The last time French President Emmanuel Macron hosted Donald Trump in France, it turned INTO A DIPLOMATIC kASCO WHICH UNDERLINED HOW ONCE WARM RELATIONS BETWEEN THE MEN HAD CHILLED TO THE point of freezing. !S THE TWO MEN PREPARE TO HOLD talks on Thursday on the sidelines of D-Day commemorations, Macron and French diplomats are hoping for a smoother run.

Trumpâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trip in November last year for the 100-year anniversary of the end of World War 1 culminated in a hail of bad-tempered TWEETING CAUSED BY THE 53 PRESIdentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bruised ego, a French diplomat told AFP. During a ceremony at the !RC DE 4RIOMPHE WITH 4RUMP seated among 70 leaders in the French capital, Macron delivered a speech that included an open rebuke of his brand of â&#x20AC;&#x153;America Firstâ&#x20AC;? nationalism. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nationalism is a betrayal of patriotism,â&#x20AC;? the 41-year-old centrist French leader said in a 20-minute address that also criticised â&#x20AC;&#x153;saying our interests come kRST AND OTHERS DON T MATTER u The diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity, said

June 5, 2019. The quality of THE AIR WE BREATHE DEPENDS ON THE LIFESTYLE CHOICES WE MAKE every day. Learn more about HOW AIR POLLUTION AFFECTS YOU

AND WHAT IS BEING DONE TO CLEAN the air. What are you doing to reduce your emissions footprint AND Ă&#x203A;"EAT!IR0OLLUTION IPS

lead to Thailand becoming the second place in Asia after TaiWAN TO ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE A same sex marriage bill has been floated in Thailand but it HAS DRIFTED WITH THE POLITICAL turmoil, and it does not give same sex couples rights to have children or adopt.

Political action is needed as the laissez-faire attitude of 4HAILAND TOWARDS ITS ,'"4 COMmunity hides a more nuanced reality, rights groups say.

Transgender people â&#x20AC;&#x153;are regularly discriminated against in THEIR JOBS FORCING MANY OF THEM INTO LOW PAID JOBS u SAYS +YLE +NIGHT ,'"4 SPECIALIST FOR (Uman Rights Watch.

-ANY FACE REJECTION BY THEIR families and end up in the sex inDUSTRY WHERE THEY ARE EXPLOITED And the term â&#x20AC;&#x153;katoeyu A 4HAI WORD COVERING TRANSGENDER IS

STILL THROWN AROUND CONTEMPTUously in Thai society.

0AULINE .GARMPRING WHO campaigned vigorously but failed TO WIN A SEAT IN THE -ARCH ELECtion, called political inclusion a gkRST STEPu FOR THE ,'"4 COMMUnity and human rights in general.

4HE FATHER OF TWO WHO USED TO be called Pinit and made a name IN THE FOOTBALL WORLD SAID THERE had been flickers of progress in recent years. g4RANSGENDER PEOPLE ARE NOW WORKING AS DOCTORS BUSINESSmen or teachers, but they are STILL TOO FEW u 4ANWARIN S PUBLIC PRESENCE alone has already sparked important debate and sometimes â&#x20AC;&#x153;virulentâ&#x20AC;? comments on social media.

3HE RELISHES THE CHALLENGE â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not afraid,â&#x20AC;? she said. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m HERE TO RAISE AWARENESS FOR THOSE WHO DON T UNDERSTAND u AFP

As more developing countries measure effectively distinguishes BETWEEN WASTE Â&#x2021; WHICH HAS NO value and is potentially harmful â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and scrap, or discarded materials that still have value.

This bifurcation matters for THE 53 AND OTHER COUNTRIES that formerly outsourced their recycling to China and are having trouble creating domestic demand for recovered plastics, because it makes a legitimate trade in plastic and other marGINAL SCRAP POSSIBLE (OWEVER

there is still no guarantee that this scrap can be reprocessed WITHOUT HARM TO WORKERS OR the environment once it has reached the importing country. .OR WILL THE .ORWAY !MENDment do much to reduce marine plastic pollution directly. Only a tiny fraction of ocean plastics originate from shipped plastic scrap from rich countries. Most come from items that are used and discarded on land and never enter a recycling system.

Curbing plastic pollution WILL REQUIRE BROADER ACTION

WITH A FOCUS ON COORDINATING scattered global initiatives and building up relevant internaTIONAL LAW )MPLEMENTING EXtended producer responsibilITY FOR PLASTICS WHICH COULD require manufacturers to take plastic products back at their end of life and dispose of them IN APPROVED WAYS WOULD BE A USEFUL STEP (OWEVER IT SHOULD not supplant ongoing efforts to reduce production and use OF PLASTICS WHICH CONTRIBUTE TO CLIMATE CHANGE AS WELL AS WASTE 3OLUTIONS MAY COME FROM THE TOP DOWN IN %UROPEAN NATIONS OR THE BOTTOM UP IN THE 5NITED 3TATES "UT AS ONE !SIAN COUNTRY after another shuts the door on scrap exports, it is becoming increasingly clear that business as USUAL WILL NOT SOLVE THE PLASTIC pollution challenge.

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www.manilatimes.net

FRIDAY June 7, 2019

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Cotabato warns of landslides amid rains

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BY MASIDING NOOR YAHYA

OTABATO CITY: The North Cotabato Provincial $ISASTER 2ISK 2EDUCTION AND -ANAGEMENT /FkCE (PDRRMO) has alerted residents living near creeks, rivers and mountainous areas against possible disasters brought about by torrential rains.

Arnulfo Villaruz, North Cotabato PDRR-/ OFkCER ISSUED THE WARNING AFTER TORRENTIAL RAINS HIT THE PROVINCE SINCE 7EDNESDAY g)N FACT SOME AREAS IN THE PROVINCE PARTICULARLY THE LOW LYING TOWNS OF +ABACAN

-ATALAM AND 4ULUNAN HAVE EXPERIENCED KNEE DEEP lOODS ON 7EDNESDAY NIGHT u 6ILLARUZ SAID IN A RADIO INTERVIEW 4HURSDAY (E SAID %DMART .ACUA

WAS HURT WHEN A HUGE COCONUT TREE TOPPLED BY STRONG WINDS FELL ON THEIR HOUSE IN "ARANGAY .EW #EBU

0RESIDENT 2OXAS .ORTH #OTABATO ,OW LYING BARANGAY VILLAGES OF +IDAPAWAN #ITY WERE ALSO lOODED AS CREEKS AND DRAINAGE CANALS OVERlOWED )N +ABACAN TOWN THE -UNICIPAL $ISASTER 2ISK 2EDUCTION AND -ANAGEMENT #OUNCIL -$22-# RECOMMENDED ON 7EDNESDAY THE SUSPENSION OF CLASSES FOR 4HURSDAY BECAUSE OF lASH lOODS +ABACAN -$22-/ $AVID $ON 3AURE SAID THE DOWNPOUR LAST 7EDNESDAY CAUSED lOODING OF THE SCHOOL GROUND OF +ABACAN #ENTRAL %LEMENTARY 3CHOOL #%3 #OTABATO 3CHOOLS $IVISION 3UPERINTEN-

DENT /MAR /BAS SAID HOWEVER THAT ASIDE FROM +ABACAN #%3 THERE WAS NO OTHER SCHOOL IN THE #OTABATO PROVINCE ASKING FOR CLASS SUSPENSION DESPITE lASH lOODS IN OTHER AREAS PARTICULARLY THE TOWNS OF -IDSAYAP AND PARTS OF -ATALAM "UT /BAS CLARIkED THAT DESPITE CLASS SUSPENSION IN +ABACAN TEACHERS WERE REQUIRED TO REPORT IN THEIR RESPECTIVE CLASSROOMS TO HELP IN CLEANING ONCE lOOD WATER SUBSIDED (E SAID +ABACAN #%3 CAMPUS IS SITUATED IN THE LOW LYING PORTION OF THE TOWN AND SERVES AS CATCH BASIN OF EXCESS WATER FROM +ABACAN RIVER SYSTEM g4HIS IS THE COMMON PROBLEM IN THIS SCHOOL EVERY TIME HEAVY DOWNPOUR OCCURS u /BAS ADDED -EANWHILOE 3AURE SAID THAT ASIDE FROM THE SCHOOL CAMPUS THERE WERE ALSO LOW LYING VILLAGES THAT WERE SUBMERGED IN lOODWATERS )N -IDSAYAP EIGHT HOUSES NEAR THE IRRIGATION CANAL IN "ARANGAY -ALINGAO WERE SWEPT AWAY BY lOOD !T LEAST FAMILIES OR SOME INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN EVACUATED TO A SAFER PLACE

Public Works opens P459-M bridge in Isabela ANGADANAN, Isabela: 0UBLIC 7ORKS AND (IGHWAYS 3ECRETARY -ARK 6ILLAR LED THE OPENING ON 4HURSDAY OF THE 0 MILLION 0IGALO "RIDGE WHICH LINKS SEVERAL TOWNS AND FAR lUNG AREAS IN )SABELA PROVINCE 6ILLAR SAID THE BRIDGE WHOSE REPAIR TOOK MORE THAN THREE YEARS TO kNISH IS METER LONG AND WILL MAKE TRAVEL TIME SHORTER BY MINUTES BETWEEN !NGADANAN TOWN AND 3AN 'UILLERMO TOWN AND THUS PROMOTE FASTER AND EASIER TRANSPORT OF GOODS AND SERVICES (E SAID THE BRIDGE WAS COMPLETED IN -ARCH BUT THE $EPARTMENT OF 0UBLIC 7ORKS AND (IGHWAYS HAD TO CONTINUE IMPROVING THE INTEGRITY OF THE STRUCTURE DUE TO EXPECTED HIGHER VOLUME OF HEAVY VEHICLES THAT WOULD PASS THROUGH THE BRIDGE ON A DAILY BASIS g4HE BEST ASSET OF THIS NEW MEGA BRIDGE IS THAT IT WILL PROVIDE DIRECT ACCESS FOR RESIDENTS

IN OUTLYING BARANGAY VILLAGES WHILE AT THE SAME TIME ENSURING SAFE AND CONVENIENT TRAVEL FOR BOTH LOCALS AND TOURISTS u 6ILLAR ADDED !SIDE FROM CONNECTIVITY THE 0IGALO "RIDGE WOULD ALSO SERVE AS EFkCIENT TRANSPORT FACILITY FOR THE DELIVERY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS FROM FAR lUNG AREAS TO BIG COMMERCIAL HUBS IN THE #AGAYAN 6ALLEY 2EGION 4HE PROJECT INCLUDES METER APPROACHES ON EACH SIDE A METER CARRIAGEWAY BORED PILES AND ABUTMENTS WITH DRAINAGE STRUCTURE AND EMBANKMENT PROTECTION WORKS 4HE BRIDGE ALSO HAS A CONCRETE SIDEWALK AND CONCRETE RAILINGS FOR PEDESTRIANS 6ILLAR WAS JOINED BY $EPARTMENT OF 3CIENCE AND 4ECHNOLOGY 3ECRETARY &ORTUNATO DELA 0EÄA )SABELA VICE GOVERNOR ELECT &AUSTINO $Y RD AND OTHER PUBLIC OFkCIALS LEANDER C. DOMINGO

SAFER, SHORTER TRAVEL TIME

The newly repaired P459-million Pigalo Bridge crossing the Cagayan River was officially opened by Public Works Secretary Mark Villar (inset) on Thursday. The bridge will serve as vital link between municipalities of Angadanan and San Guillermo and other towns in the Isabela province and will shorten travel time. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

P.7-M shabu seized from CDO teenager CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY: !N ALLEGED COURIER OF ILLEGAL DRUG WORTH 0 WAS ARRESTED ON 4HURSDAY DURING A BUY BUST

BY OPERATIVES OF THE POLICE 2EGIONAL !NTI $RUG %NFORCEMENT 5NIT IN "ARANGAY +AUSWAGAN THIS CITY -AEL 4UMAO

OF "ALO I ,ANAO $EL 3UR WHO DID NOT RESIST ARREST

ALLEGED THAT A CERTAIN g!LIMODENu ASKED HIM TO BRING THE ITEM TO A BUYER WHO WAS TO MEET HIM IN AN EATERY IN +AUSWAGAN

4UMAO SAID IT WAS THE FOURTH TIME THAT HE DELIVERED AN ILLEGAL DRUG TO A BUYER IN #AGAYAN $E /RO 4HE kRST WAS GRAMS OF SHABU WORTH 0 MILLION 0OLICE INVESTIGATOR 3GT *OHNNY 2IVERA SAID THE OPERATIVES RECOVERED ABOUT GRAMS OF SHABU ESTIMATED

BY THE $ANGEROUS $RUGS "OARD TO WORTH 0 FROM 4UMAO 4HE SUSPECT DISCLOSED THAT THE ILLEGAL DRUG CAME FROM -AGUING ,ANAO

$EL 3UR BELIEVED TO BE ONE OF THE MAJOR SOURCES OF SHABU 2IVERA ADDED (E SAID THAT 4UMAO WAS NOT THE ACTUAL SUBJECT OF THE OPERATION BECAUSE THE OPERATIVES WERE EXPECTING THE TARGET DRUG DEALER HIMSELF TO BE AROUND !CCORDING TO 2IVERA 4UMAO TOLD INVESTIGATORS THAT A RED VEHICLE DROVE HIM TO THE EATERY ALONG THE HIGHWAY IN +AUSWAGAN TO DELIVER THE ILLEGAL DRUGS

4HE OPERATIVES PREPARED 0

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Millennials urged to help fight corruption SARIAYA, Quezon: Presidential AntiCorruption Commission chief Greco Belgica called on the spirit of volunteerism of young people or the millennials to curb corruption and irregularities, even in the remotest barangay (villages).

Belgica specified the important input of the millennials to the advocacy arm of the campaign during the launch on Thursday of

the Truth and Justice Coalition at Villa Leandro Resort in this town.

“Millennials are more connected with what’s going on and more innovative in relaying information that reach all sector of the community, especially the social media savvy,” he said.

Belgica stressed that the coalition’s goal is to prevent corruption in all levels

of the government.

Senator-elect Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go, who acts as president, conceptualize the coalition, according to Belgica, who serves as chairman.

It is composed of private individuals, including retired policemen, soldiers and teachers, and also invites the public to show their concern in their respective communities.

In Quezon, Liezl Visorde, the coalition’s regional head, enlisted barangay officials, young professionals and students as pilot members of the group.

She said the Coalition’s vision and mission would soon be echoed in different schools and universities in the province, with the millennials as front liners of the advocacy.

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Bong Go helps Quezon City fire victim families 3%.!4/2 %,%#4 #HRISTOPHER ,AWRENCE g"ONGu 'O RUSHED TO "ARANGAY 0ALTOK IN 1UEZON #ITY ON 4HURSDAY TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO THE FAMILIES AFFECTED BY THE kRE ON *UNE g3IMILAR TO WHAT THE BARANGAY VILLAGE CAPTAIN SAID ) AM NOT MERELY @SITTING DOWN ) PROMISE

SO LONG AS MY HEALTH ALLOWS IT ) WILL GO ;WHEREVER ) AM NEEDED= u 'O SAID IN &ILIPINO WW (E ADDED IT WAS IMPORTANT TO PERSONALLY LISTEN TO THE CONCERNS OF PEOPLE TO DETERMINE THE REAL SITUATION ON THE GROUND AND TO kND OUT THEIR IMMEDIATE NEEDS 7ITH HIM IN THE SITE WERE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE $EPARTMENT OF 3OCIAL 7ELFARE AND $EVELOPMENT

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4RADE AND )NDUSTRY .ATIONAL (OUSING !UTHORITY AND SOME PRIVATE ENTITIES 'O SAID HE ASKED THE VARIOUS GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO HELP PROVIDE RELIEF GOODS MEDICAL EMERGENCY AID SCHOOL UNIFORMS FOR STUDENTS AS WELL AS LIVELIHOOD AND HOUSING ASSISTANCE (E ALSO OFFERED HEALTH ASSISTANCE TO THOSE IN NEED OF MEDICAL ATTENTION THROUGH THE -ALASAKIT #ENTER A PROGRAM OF THE ADMINISTRATION THAT GIVES POOR PATIENTS EASIER AND FASTER ACCESS TO MEDICAL AND kNANCIAL ASSISTANCE FROM THE GOVERNMENT BY BRINGING TOGETHER IN ONE ROOM CONCERNED AGENCIES SUCH AS THE (EALTH AND 3OCIAL 7ELFARE DEPARTMENTS 0#3/ AND 0HIL(EALTH 'O THANKED VILLAGE OFkCIALS FOR ASSISTING THE kRE VICTIMS

QC TOPS MMDA LIST OF ‘FATAL CITIES’ FOR MOTORCYCLES &/2 A SECOND STRAIGHT YEAR 1UEZON #ITY HAS BEEN LISTED AS -ETRO -ANILA S MOST DANGEROUS AREA FOR MOTORCYCLE RIDERS

ACCOUNTING FOR DEATHS DUE TO ROAD ACCIDENTS LAST YEAR ACCORDING TO THE -ETROPOLITAN -ANILA $EVELOPMENT !UTHORITY --$!

--$! 4RAFkC %NGINEERING #ENTER S 2OAD 3AFETY 5NIT 235 SHOWED THERE WERE MOTORCYCLE RELATED CRASHES IN

UP BY PERCENT IN 1UEZON #ITY TOPPED THE LIST BOTH FATAL

AND NON FATAL WITH RECORDED ACCIDENTS 4HE NUMBER OF MOTORCYCLE RIDERS KILLED IN THE CITY S THOROUGHFARES HOWEVER

WAS DOWN FROM DEATHS IN )T ALSO LED THE LIST IN THE NUMBER OF INCIDENTS THAT LED TO NON FATAL INJURIES WITH

CASES AND DAMAGES TO PROPERTY WITH

CASES 0ARAÄAQUE #ITY CAME IN SECOND WITH DEATHS --$! #OMMAND #ENTER CHIEF %DISON g"ONGu .EBRIJA ATTRIBUTED THE BIG NUM-

BER OF ACCIDENTS TO 1UEZON #ITY S LAND AREA SAYING IT WAS HOME TO SEVERAL MAJOR ROADS %$3! #OMMONWEALTH !VENUE

PORTIONS OF # AMONG OTHERS WHICH ARE PLIED THROUGH BY THOUSANDS OF MOTORCYCLES DAILY g4HE CITY S DESIGN IS NOT lAWED )T S JUST THAT THERE ARE MANY MOTORCYCLES THAT PLY THROUGH THE CITY u .EBRIJA TOLD REPORTERS 7HILE THE --$! HAD DESIGNATED SPECIAL LANES FOR MOTORCYCLES IN THESE THOR-

OUGHFARES .EBRIJA SAID MOST MOTORCYCLE RIDERS DO NOT FOLLOW VEHICLE SEGREGATION /THER DEADLY CITIES FOR MOTORCYCLES WERE -ANILA #ALOOCAN -ARIKINA

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-AKATI -UNTINLUPA .AVOTAS AND -ANDALUYONG /VERALL THE REPORT WHICH WAS BASED ON DATA CULLED BY THE --$! AND -ETRO -ANILA POLICE LISTED FATALITIES DUE TO VEHICLE COLLISIONS LAST YEAR

/UT OF ROAD ACCIDENTS LAST YEAR

CASES LED TO COLLISION RELATED INJURIES AND RESULTED IN DAMAGES TO PROPERTIES )N THE 235 REPORTED ONLY NON FATAL INJURIES AND

INCIDENTS RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO PROPERTY .EBRIJA SAID THERE WAS A NEED FOR MOTORCYCLE RIDERS TO REVIEW BASIC DRIVING SKILLS ADDING g7HAT CAUSES ACCIDENTS ARE THE HABITUAL ABRUPT CUTTING OF MOTORCYCLES IN MAJOR THOROUGHFARES u NEIL JAYSON N. SERVALLOS

GARGANTIEL ILAGAN & ATANANTE LAW congratulates

REP. MICHAEL L. ROMERO, Ph.D., 1PACMAN Partylist for being elected as President of the Party-list Coalition Foundation, Inc.

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THE stock market rose slightly on Thursday after trading most of the day flat following an uptick in consumer prices in May. The bellwether Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) rose by 0.18 percent or 14.49 points to close at 7,959.86, while the wider All Shares inched up by 0.03 percent or 1.65 points to end at 4,884.87.

In a market note, Philstocks Financial Inc. said investors took into account last monthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s inflation rate, which grew to 3.2 percent from 3.0 percent in April, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).

The state-run statistics agency said higher annual rates posted in the heavily weighed food and non food, alcoholic beverages, housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels accounted for the upside pressure.

The figure snapped a six-month slowdown, but it remained within the governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s projection of between 2.8 and 3.6 percent for the month.

Outside the Philippines, some regional counterparts also moved slightly: Tokyo dipped 0.01 percent, Hong Kong grew 0.03 percent, Seoul was up 0.10 percent, Bangkok climbed 0.04 per-

cent and Jakarta rose 1.72 percent.

In contrast, Singapore dropped 0.38 percent and Shanghai declined 1.17 percent.

Wall Streetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s three main indices, meanwhile, all finished overnight in the green.

In Manila, only the industrial and property indices closed down by 0.19 percent and 0.29 percent, respectively.

More than 653 million issues valued at P6.96 billion changed hands.

Winners matched losers at 98, while 48 issues were unchanged.

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"ATAAN PROVINCE HE SAID IT HAS A STRONG WIND PROkLE 4HE CONGLOMERATE IS BUILDING PUMPED HYDRO STORAGE FACILITIES Â&#x2021; IN WHICH STORED WATER IS RELEASED TO GENERATE ELECTRICITY IN TIMES OF HIGH DEMAND Â&#x2021; IN ,UZON 6ISAYAS AND -INDANAO !NG ALSO SAID THE COMPANY HAD STARTED THE WORK ON gAT LEAST PERCENTu OF THESE 2% PLANTS )T HAD ALSO BOUGHT THE EQUIPMENT TO BE USED AND THAT IT WAS LAYING THE FOUNDATION FOR THEIR CONSTRUCTION )T IS ALSO PROCESSING APPLICATIONS TO SECURE THE NECESSARY PERMITS

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BY EIREENE JAIREE GOMEZ

APAN has softened on long-standing issues on market access for agricultural products of the Philippines, particularly on tariffs for local bananas following the bilateral meeting between the governments of both countries, the Department of Agriculture (DA) reported on Thursday.

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SOUGHT APPROVAL FROM ITS *APANESE COUNTERPART FOR THE LONG STANDING PROPOSAL TO LOWER TARIFFS ON #AVENDISH BANANAS #URRENTLY 0HILIPPINE BANANAS ARE SLAPPED WITH A PERCENT TARIFF DURING THE OFF SEASON FOR *APANESE FRUITS AND A HIGH OF PERCENT DURING THE CONTRY S HARVESTING SEASON !LSO WAS THE EXEMPTION FROM PERCENT INSPECTION OF BANANA EXPORTING COMPANIES WHO ARE COMPLIANT TO THE MINIMUM RESIDUE LEVEL OF CHEMICALS SET BY *APANESE HEALTH AUTHORITIES )N HIS MEETING WITH 9OSHIKAWA

0IÃ&#x201E;OL PRESENTED A COPY OF A $EPARTMENT /RDER HE SIGNED LIFTING THE BAN ON THE IMPORTATION OF FOUR kSH SPECIES FROM &UKUSHIMA 0REFECTURE 3PECIES COVERED BY THE LIFTING OF THE BAN INCLUDE #HERRY 3ALMON 3AND ,ANCE *APANESE $ACE AND !YU 0IÃ&#x201E;OL SAID THE MOVE WAS A @GESTURE OF GOODWILL IN

COMPLIANCE WITH THE COMMITMENT MADE BY $UTERTE TO !BE THAT THE BAN WOULD BE LIFTED -EANWHILE 0IÃ&#x201E;OL LAUDED *APAN S RECOGNITION OF THE 0HILIPPINES STATUS AS A FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE FREE &-$ COUNTRY AS DECLARED BY THE 7ORLD /RGANIZATION FOR !NIMAL (EALTH /)% &-$ IS A TRANSBOUNDARY ANIMAL DISEASE 4!$ THAT SEVERELY AFFECTS THE PRODUCTION OF LIVESTOCK AND DISRUPTING REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS /)% SAID 4HE DISEASE AFFECTS CATTLE SWINE SHEEP GOATS AND OTHER CLOVEN HOOFED RUMINANTS 0IÃ&#x201E;OL ALSO SAID THE 0HILIPPINES IS ALSO HOPING THAT THE *APANESE GOVERNMENT WOULD FASTTRACK THE MARKET ACCESS OF 0HILIPPINE AVOCADO 0IÃ&#x201E;OL ALSO MET WITH THE AMBASSADOR FOR )NTERNATIONAL !GRICULTURAL 4RADE OF THE *APANESE -INISTRY OF &OREIGN !FFAIRS

!GRICULTURE 3ECRETARY %MMANUEL 0IÃ&#x201E;OL MET WITH 4AKAMURI 9OSHIKAWA *APAN S MINISTER FOR !GRICULTURE &ISHERIES AND &ORESTRY -!&& ON 7EDNESDAY FOR A gONE ON ONE ENGAGEMENT u WHICH AIMED TO LAY PROGRAMS RELATED TO AGRICULTURAL TRADE BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES g9OSHIKAWA PROMISED TO FASTTRACK THE PROCESSING OF DOCUMENTS AND REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO THE ISSUES RAISED BY THE 0HILIPPINE GOVERNMENT DURING 0RESIDENT

$UTERTE S VISIT u SAID 0IÃ&#x201E;OL WHO WAS RECEIVED BY 9OSHIKAWA AT THE -!&& (EADQUARTERS IN 4OKYO 0IÃ&#x201E;OL WAS ONE OF THE CABINET MEMBERS WHO JOINED THE 0HILIPPINE DELEGATION IN *APAN AS 0RESIDENT $UTERTE DISCUSSED WITH *APANESE 0RIME -INISTER 3HINZO !BE THE COOPERATION IN INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT TRADE AND INVESTMENTS AGRICULTURE LABOR DEFENSE MARITIME SECURITY AND MARITIME DOMAIN AWARENESS AMONG OTHERS

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Corporate News Shakeyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s completes Peri-Peri buyout Ë&#x153; The Manila Times

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FRIDAY June 7, 2019

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ISTED Shakeyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pizza Asia Ventures Inc. has kNALIZED ITS PURCHASE OF THE 0ERI 0ERI #HARCOAL #HICKEN RESTAURANT CHAIN AS PART OF PLANS TO EXPAND BEYOND ITS PIZZA PARLOR BUSINESS

In a disclosure on Thursday, the local operator of the famed pizzarestaurant chain said it expected Peri-Peri â&#x20AC;&#x153;to be an important future growth driver for our fastcasual chain restaurant business.â&#x20AC;?

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our deep insights into how to best serve the typical fastcasual restaurant guest should allow us to further grow the Peri brand. This is in addition to leveraging our teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s execu-

AbaCore raises stock to P6.5B ABACORE Capital Holdings Inc. is increasing its authorized capital stock to P6.5 billion to raise funds for its future expansion projects. The listed investment holding company told the Philippine Stock Exchange on Thursday that its board approved the hike from the current P5 billion.

The increase is composed of P3 billion worth of common shares with a par value of P1 apiece. Following the increase, AbaCore will own Simlong Energy and is expected to generate recurring revenue from operations as energy center and lease of land â&#x20AC;&#x153;to produce Naphtha, LNG Terminal, and power plant with [a] total project cost of P155 billion in joint venture with Chinese groups,â&#x20AC;? the company said.

Also, its board approved an affiliate, Montemayor Aggregates & Mining Corp.

(Mamcor), to enter into a joint

venture with Carino Development and Management Corp. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The joint venture will have Mamcor contribute 50,000 [square meters] of land located at the Montemaria development at Pagkilatan [village in] Batangas [City, Batangas province] at a value of P5,000 per [sqm], to be developed as a membership club with vertical and horizontal developments,â&#x20AC;?

AbaCore said.

Mamcor and Carino will own 40 percent and 60 percent of the joint venture, respectively.

Formerly Abacus Consolidated Resources and Holdings, AbaCore used to be a coal mining firm. In 1989, the current majority owners bought the company and converted it into holding company. AbaCore shares added 3 centavos or 5.17 percent to finish at 61 centavos each on Thursday.

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tion capabilities, which remain best-in-class, and our restaurant operating systems, which have also continued to improve over the last few years,â&#x20AC;? it added.

The completion comes more than two months after Shakeyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s signed an asset-purchase agreement with Peri-Peri operator I-Foods Inc. on the acquisition, which covers not only its assets, but also its brand and trade names, and the recipe used to make its trademark charcoal-

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LISTED Primex Corp. has raised its stake in Primex Development Corp.

(PDC) to 80 percent after buying P325 million worth of the latterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shares.

In a disclosure on Thursday, the real-estate developer said it had subscribed to an additional 325,000 shares at P1,000 apiece. The transaction is subject to approval of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Open 7,980 8,076 7,963 7,873 7,811 7,778 7,728 7,719 7,771 7,808 7,731 7,662 7,587 7,482 7,560 7,671 7,718 7,756 7,858 7,903 7,872 7,973 8,004 7,953 7,892 7,861 7,893 7,848 7,799 7,827

High 7,980 8,083 8,140 7,970 7,909 7,816 7,785 7,742 7,771 7,822 7,839 7,741 7,660 7,637 7,586 7,711 7,718 7,842 7,864 7,927 7,922 7,974 8,078 8,041 7,953 7,897 7,900 7,894 7,847 7,835

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It also has three outlets overseas, and is developing its presence in the Middle East, where sales are expected to be supported by the large number of overseas Filipino workers.

Shakeyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s owns the perpetual rights to the Shakeyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s brand for the Middle East, Asia (excluding Japan and Malaysia), China, Australia and Oceania.

Shakeyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shares dipped by 6 centavos or 0.42 percent to close at P14.12 each on Thursday.

Once the transaction is completed, Primex will effectively own 80 percent of PDC, which is into land-banking acquisitions. It currently has land banks in Naic town, Cavite province, as well as in the cities of Mandaluyong and Quezon. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The accretive acquisition is expected to beef up Primexâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s access to premium land banks and enhance shareholders value in view of the

tremendous earning potential of the properties upon development,â&#x20AC;?

Primex said.

It also said it would pay 25 percent of the total amount upon the issuance of shares, with the balance to be paid in three annual installments.

Primex owns projects that include Goldendale Village, Goldendale II and Tresor Residences in Malabon City, and The Richdale on Sumu-

long Highway in Antipolo City, Rizal province.

Its future properties will rise on a 70,000-sqm land in Tagaytay City, Cavite province; a 1,000-sqm lot in San Juan City; and a 140,087-sqm property in Antipolo.

Primex shares shed 5 centavos or 2.24 percent to end at P2.18 each on Thursday.

ANGELICA BALLESTEROS

Ayala, Maxus team up for MPV market share AYALA-led AC Industrials introduced on Wednesday the Maxus Philippines as its new automotive brand partner, and introduced the Maxus G10 and Maxus V80 Comfort, Flex and Transport vans as two flagship models that aim to capture the multipurpose vehicle (MPV), passenger van and cargo segment. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think we have a really good potential for the MPV segment, as well as the passenger van and cargo van segment here,â&#x20AC;? Maxus Philippines General Manager Reginald See said on the sidelines of the brand launch.

Maxus Philippines is now the sixth automotive brand partner under AC Industrialsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; wing, which includes other

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car brands, such as Honda, Isuzu, Volkswagen, Kia and KTM motorcycles.

The Maxus G10 is a nine-seater vehicle that is priced at P1.6 million.

The Maxus V80, on the other hand, is available in three variants. The V80 Comfort has a 13-seat capacity and is ideal as a family van, school bus or passenger shuttle. It costs P1.57 million.

The three-seater V80 Flex van, which costs P1.19 million, targets Filipino small-and-medium entrepreneurs (SMEs) looking for a sturdy vehicle to transport their goods, while the V80 Transport, an 18-seater passenger van worth P1.28 million, is ideal for shuttle services.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have a modest target for this year, because it is only six months from now. We are looking at about 500 to 600 units, but we plan to double or triple that by next year with new product offerings. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll start with two products first, the C10 and the V80, but next year we will try to come up with more,â&#x20AC;? See said.

At present, the company has one dealership and one after-sales facility in the Greenfield district in Mandaluyong City, but See said they would come up with a dealership in Manila, Quezon Avenue and Cebu within the year.

According to See, since both Maxus 10 and V80 are imported from China, locally producing these vehicles are

also in the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plan. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one of the things that we are looking at in the future. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really how the domestic market will patronize the product and then we will base it from there,â&#x20AC;? he said.

For his part, Maxus Philippines President Felipe Estrella said they were hoping that Maxus could compete in the commercial vehicle segment. â&#x20AC;&#x153;All of our automotive brands offer unique value propositions to particular segments of the motoring market, and we envision Maxus to be very competitive in the commercial vehicle category, particularly in the passenger van and MPV segments,â&#x20AC;? he added.

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Chg -0.5 8.5 2 -14 0.15 -2 0.5 -0.15 8 1 1.1 0 0.5 -0.05 -20 0.15 0 0.03 -0.3 0.07

%Chg -0.99% 0.92% 1.18% -1.13% 0.38% -0.72% 0.36% -0.21% 0.84% 1.25% 0.82% 0% 2.13% -1.12% -0.87% 0.24% 0% 1.71% -1.89% 2.83%

Volume Value(P) ź 22,628,230.00 1,143,095,672.50 Ÿ 655,020.00 607,528,695.00 Ÿ 2,183,820.00 369,068,990.00 ź 269,330.00 334,776,855.00 Ÿ 8,494,100.00 333,379,835.00 ź 1,161,490.00 323,871,910.00 Ÿ 2,252,790.00 310,434,793.00 ź 4,116,590.00 291,002,953.00 Ÿ 263,610.00 251,270,140.00 Ÿ 2,846,360.00 232,165,129.00 Ÿ 1,483,460.00 201,825,712.00 893,400.00 149,712,188.00 Ÿ 6,233,200.00 148,892,090.00 ź 33,470,000.00 148,328,580.00 ź 50,600.00 115,050,490.00 Ÿ 1,705,640.00 106,693,512.50 546,930.00 101,218,008.00 Ÿ 51,095,000.00 90,682,820.00 ź 5,048,200.00 78,567,902.00 Ÿ 30,269,000.00 76,609,160.00

*amounts in peso, except for volume, %chg

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PROPERTY

INDEX HISTORY Date Jun 6, 2019 Jun 4, 2019 Jun 3, 2019 May 31, 2019 May 30, 2019 May 29, 2019 May 28, 2019 May 27, 2019 May 24, 2019 May 23, 2019 May 22, 2019 May 21, 2019 May 20, 2019 May 17, 2019 May 16, 2019 May 15, 2019 May 14, 2019 May 10, 2019 May 9, 2019 May 8, 2019 May 7, 2019 May 6, 2019 May 3, 2019 May 2, 2019 Apr 30, 2019 Apr 29, 2019 Apr 26, 2019 Apr 25, 2019 Apr 24, 2019 Apr 23, 2019

percent of Shakeyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s total assets. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Given its small size, [the ACQUISITION= WILL BE kNANCED BY a combination of internally generated cash and debt,â&#x20AC;? Shakeyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s said then.

According to the company, its focus for Peri-Peri over the next six months would be to integrate and learn the business.

For this year, the Shakeyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s group planned to add 20 Shakeyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s branches nationwide to bring its total store count to 248.

Primex hikes stake in affiliate to 80%

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grilled dish.

It also covers owning and operating all company-owned PeriPeri branches and brand-owner and franchisor of stores operated by franchisees.

Peri-Peri is named after an African chili called â&#x20AC;&#x153;piri-piri.â&#x20AC;?

It currently has 23 branches in Metro Manila, of which 60 percent are company-owned and the rest franchised.

The amount of the transaction was said to be less than 10

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Philippine Racing Club, Inc. Mabuhay Holdings Corporation Philippine Infradev Holdings, Inc. Imperial Resources, Inc. SSI Group, Inc. Philippine Estates Corporation Abacore Capital Holdings, Inc. Paxys, Inc. Cebu Holdings, Inc. 7UDQVSDFLÂżF %URDGEDQG *URXS ,QWHUQDWLRQDO ,QF Manila Mining Corporation â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bâ&#x20AC;?

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Volume 1,800,000.00 2,400.00 305,000.00 20,688,000.00 5,000.00 18,166,000.00 60,000.00 26,751,000.00 24,000.00 9,600.00 13,230,000.00 2,000,000.00 16,000.00 2,765,000.00 20,300.00 309,000.00 1,594,500.00 7,145,000.00 5,000,000.00 30,269,000.00

Value Last Price 218,030.00 0.13 21,569.00 9 168,000.00 0.57 41,403,760.00 2 9,200.00 1.86 59,881,600.00 3.38 29,200.00 0.49 16,201,170.00 0.61 73,200.00 3.05 61,012.00 6.4 4,898,650.00 0.375 15,300.00 0.0077 21,650.00 1.38 9,194,800.00 3.34 193,412.00 9.75 1,154,460.00 3.84 37,359,315.00 24.3 9,519,220.00 1.33 3,593,540.00 0.71 76,609,160.00 2.54

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Security Name Volume Value Last Price Manila Broadcasting Company 500.00 7,150.00 14.3 NOW Corporation 9,608,000.00 25,186,190.00 2.5 Oriental Petroleum And Minerals Corporation â&#x20AC;&#x153;Aâ&#x20AC;?

4,800,000.00 54,300.00 0.011 Oriental Petroleum And Minerals Corporation â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bâ&#x20AC;?

1,900,000.00 20,900.00 0.011 Chemical Industries of the Philippines 170.00 18,730.00 110 Ever-Gotesco Resources & Holdings, Inc. 500,000.00 62,500.00 0.125 Boulevard Holdings, Inc. 59,740,000.00 3,427,280.00 0.057 PXP Energy Corporation 5,144,300.00 40,805,782.00 7.88 Century Properties Group Inc. 60,640,000.00 36,361,520.00 0.58 Phoenix Petroleum Philippines, Inc. Non-Voting 510.00 53,070.00 102 Perpetual - Series â&#x20AC;&#x153;3Bâ&#x20AC;? Preferred Shares Leisure & Resorts World Corporation 4,076,000.00 16,809,020.00 4.11 Anglo Philippine Holdings Corporation 851,000.00 652,060.00 0.76 Philippine Business Bank 2,900.00 40,352.00 13.22 PHINMA Corporation 12,000.00 109,260.00 9.06 TKC Metals Corporation 7,451,000.00 10,743,840.00 1.39 Leisure and Resorts World Corporation Warrants 464,000.00 927,520.00 1.96 Petron Corporation Perpetual Preferred Shares Series 10.00 9,900.00 990 â&#x20AC;&#x153;2â&#x20AC;? - Subseries â&#x20AC;&#x153;2Bâ&#x20AC;?

Basic Energy Corporation 5,340,000.00 1,529,750.00 0.285 Vitarich Corporation 5,021,000.00 6,313,960.00 1.25 Chelsea Logistics and Infrastracture Holdings Corp.

1,700,900.00 10,974,734.00 6.4

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FRIDAY June 7, 2019

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ASHINGTON, D.C.: The global economy is at a “delicate juncture,” which will require central banks to maintain stimulus and governments to resolve trade disputes quickly, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila).

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N a rare move, the Peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Liberation Army (PLA) Rocket Force displayed 10 DF-21D anti-ship ballistic missiles in a recent video, AS #HINA REAFkRMED THE WEAPON S CAPABILITY OF attacking medium-to large-sized vessels.

The 10 DF-21D missiles can be seen erected into launch positions in a promotional video of the PLA Rocket Force, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weihutang,â&#x20AC;? a colUMN ON THE MILITARY AFkLIATED WITH China Central Television, reported on Thursday.

This type of weapon can serve as a trump card in naval asymmetrical combat, as it is capable of attacking medium- to large-sized vessels from land, the report said.

It is rare to see so many DF-21Ds gathered together, and 10 could be

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enough to do serious damage to a hostile aircraft carrier, military observers said.

Together with the DF-21D, Chinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s DF-26 ballistic missile can reach targets even further at sea, according to reports.

The Weihutang report came after AN UNIDENTIkED lYING OBJECT WAS spotted across multiple Chinese provinces on Sunday, as the PLA Rocket Force and Navy hinted on Monday evening that it might have been a Chinese subma-

rine-launched ballistic missile test.

Analysts said that both events are demonstrations of Chinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s strategic deterrence capability and determination to safeguard territorial integrity amid recent US military provocations in the Taiwan Straits and the South China Sea. China has revealed footage of its next-generation Dongfeng-26 ballistic missile showing improved stability and accuracy, a move analysts say aims to send a message to the United States about its military strength.

Footage of the missile was reLEASED FOR THE kRST TIME IN A REPORT on state broadcaster CCTV, amid intensifying military rivalry between China and the US. &OUR kN LIKE lIGHT CONTROL SURfaces are seen around the missile nose in the report on an exercise in northwest China. The PLA Rocket Force launched at least one DF-26 missile during the drill.

-ILITARY ANALYSTS SAID THE kN LIKE flight control surfaces provided better stability for the missile as it

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neared a moving target, such as a US aircraft carrier.

The intermediate-range ballistic missile is also known as the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Guam killerâ&#x20AC;? for its range â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 3,000 to 5,741 kilometer â&#x20AC;&#x201D; that puts the US island in the western 0ACIkC WITHIN STRIKING DISTANCE It could be used in nuclear, conventional and anti-ship strikes, meaning China could use it to attack US aircraft carriers and naval BASES IN THE !SIA 0ACIkC REGION GLOBAL TIMES

Trump reports progress in Mexico talks WASHINGTON, D.C.: U S P r e s i dent Donald Trump said insufficient progress was made Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) in talks with Mexico on averting the tariffs he threatens to impose unless Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s southern neighbor and key trading partner stems the flow of undocumented migrants into the US. Trumpâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s evening tweet said that talks will resume Thursday, and came as new data showed migrant detentions at the southern US border have hit their highest level since 2006.

Ahead of the high-stakes negotiations Wednesday, the Trump administration laid out tough demands for Mexico City to crack down on hundreds of thousands of Central American migrants traversing the country to the US border in recent months.

Trump, tweeting from Europe, said â&#x20AC;&#x153;Progress is being made, but not nearly enough!â&#x20AC;?

He said that more talks would be held Thursday â&#x20AC;&#x153;with the understandingâ&#x20AC;? that if no deal was reached, the tariffs he announced last week would go into effect Monday as planned.

That means they will start at 5 percent, hit all Mexican imports, and rise incrementally to 25 percent in October.

The tariffs could prove disastrous for Latin Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second-largest economy.

Fitch downgraded Mexicoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s credit rating Wednesday, saying its economy faced greater risk because of the threatened duties.

A n o t h e r r a t i n g s a g e n c y, Moodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, changed its outlook for Mexico from stable to negative.

Ahead of Wednesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s meeting, senior White House economic advisor Peter Navarro said Mexico would have to agree to lock down its own southern border and process migrant asylum claims inside their country.

Mexico recognizes that the situation on the border is untenable, Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard told a news conference after Wednesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s negotiating session. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Why? Because we saw the reports of the numbers and indeed, the flows are growing too much.â&#x20AC;?

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MASS GAMES

Performers do their routine during a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Grand Mass Gymnastics and Artistic Performance,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; or Mass Games, at the May Day stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea. The countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leader, Kim Jong Un was said to be unhappy over the recent performance of Mass Games participants due to poor costume designs and unimpressive moves. AFP PHOTO

Thai parliament reelects Prayuth as prime minister BANGKOK: Thailandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Parliament elected 2014 coup leader Prayuth Chan-ocha as prime minister in a vote Wednesday that helps ensure the militaryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sustained dominance of politics since the country became a constitutional monarchy nearly nine decades ago.

The military-backed party that nominated Prayuth won the second-highest number of seats in the House of Representatives in a general election in March.

But his selection was virtually assured

because the prime minister is chosen in a joint vote of the 500-seat House and the 250-seat Senate, whose members were appointed by the junta Prayuth leads. Two House seats were vacant due to a suspension and resignation.

Prayuth was elected to serve a second term by a vote of 500 to 244 for his opponent, Future Forward party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit.

Prayuth, a former army commander, was the candidate of the military-backed

Palang Pracharath party, which holds 116 House seats, as well as lawmakers from smaller parties. Prayuthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s appointment becomes official once endorsed by King Maha Vajiralongkorn. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The people are still calling for liberties. The people are still calling for justice,â&#x20AC;? Thanathorn said after the vote. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is not the time to lose hope. Hope is still on our side. Time is still on our side. I want to thank all 244 people who love democracy for voting for me.â&#x20AC;?

Prayuth made no immediate public comment on the vote.

Prayuth did not run for office in the March election â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the constitution enacted under the junta he headed does not require that the prime minister come from Parliament. Laws passed under his government handicapped established political parties, raising concerns the election was not held on a level playing field. Critics also questioned the fairness of the Election Commission, alleging

that rules were bent after the election to benefit Palang Pracharath.

The new election laws were aimed especially at the Pheu Thai party, which headed the government ousted by the 2014 coup and won the most House seats in March.

Pheu Thai is associated with former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was removed by a 2006 coup and lives in exile to avoid serving a prison term on a conflict of interest conviction he decries as politically motivated.

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World marks 75 years since D-Day OMAHA BEACH, France: The five beaches are silent at dawn but forever haunted.

As the sun rose Thursd ay ove r t h e N o r m a n d y coastline where thousands of men bled and died 75 years ago, a fast-diminishing number of World War 2 veterans remembered D-Day and hoped the world never forgets the sacrifices made to dismantle Nazi tyranny.

The sea of mercury blue couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have been more peaceful as day broke over /MAHA "EACH THE kRST OF kVE code-named beaches where the waters ran red the morning of June 6, 1944, when Allied forces came ashore to push the Nazis out of France.

Hundreds of people, civilians and military alike, hailing from around the world, gathered at the waterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s edge, awash in emotion.

On the western edge of Omaha, dense crowds formed a human chain and tossed red and white chrysanthemums into the gently lapping waves, remembering.

At a statue of an infantryman clutching a rifle and hauling a fallen comrade that overlooks the sand, veteransâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; descendants spoke about their family members who fought on the beach and laid red roses at the feet of the statue.

A lone piper played in Mulberry Harbor, exactly 75 years after British troops came ashore at Gold Beach.

Worldinbriefs PELLâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S CONVICTIONS SHOULD STAND â&#x20AC;&#x201C; PROSECUTORS MELBOURNE, Australia: Prosecutors argued in an Australian court on Thursday that child sex convictions against a Roman Catholic cardinal should not be overturned and said his accuser had been a compelling witness. Cardinal George Pell, 77, is the most senior Catholic to be convicted of children sex abuse and is appealing those guilty verdicts in the Victoria state Court of Appeal. He attended the hearing for a second day, wearing a clericâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s collar and occasionally taking notes. Prosecutor Chris Boyce told the three appeal judges that the convictions largely based on the testimony of a single accuser should stand. AP

DENMARK PM CONCEDES POLL DEFEAT COPENHAGEN: Denmarkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Liberal Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen conceded defeat in the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s general election on Wednesday, after preliminary results showed the left-wing opposition bloc had won. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We had a really good election, but there will be a change of government,â&#x20AC;?

Lokke told supporters at an election night rally, after his Liberal party, which has been in power for 14 of the past 18 years, came in second behind the Social Democrats. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I will go to the queen tomorrow to tender my governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s resignation,â&#x20AC;? he said.

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SUDAN PROTESTS CRACKDOWN DEATHS RISE TO 108 KHARTOUM: Sudanese protest leaders on Wednesday turned down an offer by the ruling military council for talks and demanded justice for a crackdown that doctors said has left 108 people dead. Security forces moved in to brutally disperse a protest sit-in on Monday. The Rapid Support Forces, paramilitaries said by rights groups to have their origins in the Janjaweed militias accused of abuses during the 16-year-old conflict in Darfur, are thought to have been largely behind the crackdown.

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MUSEUM OPENS PICASSO EXHIBIT BARCELONA: A marine stripe jumper, a crown of gray hair surrounding his bald spot and a penetrating gaze: it is an image that has

D-DAYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S 75TH YEAR

Britainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Prince Charles (third from left) gestures as (left to right) French President Emmanuel Macron, Britainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Prime Minister Theresa May, Britainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Queen Elizabeth 2nd and US President Donald Trump attend an event to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Portsmouth, England. AFP PHOTO

â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is sobering, surreal to be able to stand here on this beach and admire the beauti-

ful sunrise where they came ashore, being shot at, facing unspeakable atrocities,â&#x20AC;? said

44-year-old former US paratrooper Richard Clapp, of Julian, North Carolina. AP

become emblematic of Pablo Picasso, the Spanish artist adored by some of the 20th centuryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s greatest photographers. A new exhibition in his museum in Barcelona, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Picasso, Photographerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gaze,â&#x20AC;? is a journey through the artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life through pictures, some of them taken by Picasso himself and others with him as the protagonist. Included is a 1952 portrait by French photographer Robert Doisneau in which the painter appears for the first time with his trademark marine striped jumper behind a window.

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VIETNAM CRITICIZES SINGAPORE PM VIETNAM yesterday joined the chorus of criticism against comments made by Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, who recently accused Vietnamese troops of invading Cambodia to topple the Khmer Rouge regime in 1979. Tensions between Singapore, Cambodia and Vietnam flared earlier this week after Lee posted a condolence message on Facebook regarding the passing of former Thai prime minister Prem Tinsulanonda. In the message, Lee said Vietnamese troops invaded Cambodia to topple the Khmer Rouge government in 1979.

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17 CREW MISSING IN INDONESIA BOAT SINKING INDONESIAN rescuers on Thursday intensified and expanded search and rescue mission for 17 crew members, who have gone missing after a cargo boat went down in water off Central Sulawesi province of central Indonesia, a senior rescuer said. KM Lintas Timur cargo boat sank on Saturday but was known until Wednesday after one of all 18 crew members on board was rescued by an Indian ship NV Nurbayaksar, the crew member named Yakob informed about the incident, Basrano, head of search and rescue office in the provincial capital of Palu said.

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XI, PUTIN SEE RARE PANDAS AT MOSCOW ZOO CHINESE President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin visited a newly constructed panda house in Moscow Zoo on Thursday during President Xiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s state visit to Russia. Xi and Putin visited the two rare resident pandas of the house â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Ding Ding and Ru Yi. The panda house in Moscow Zoo was specially prepared for them. Female panda Ding Ding is nearly two years old, and her birthday is July 30. Male panda Ru Yi is a year and a day older than Ding Ding, who celebrates his third birthday on July 31. GLOBAL TIMES

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JONATHAN J. TINSAY Co-Founder and CEO Snipple Animation Studios

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Toon Manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; With Kaine Patel and Romy Garcia, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s raising the local animation industry to global levels

BY LOUISE NICHOLE LOGARTA Photos by Mindy Gana Photoshop work by Erika Gana â&#x20AC;&#x153;IF you can dream it, you can do it,â&#x20AC;? Walt Disney, creator of the iconic Mickey Mouse, once said.

Jonathan Javier Tinsay, co-founder and chief execuTIVE OFkCER OF 3NIPPLE !NIMATION 3TUDIOS FOLLOWS A PHILOSOPHY MUCH LIKE THE MOTION PICTURE LEGEND S 3NIPPLE !NIMATION 3TUDIOS A 5+ BASED COMPANY THAT CREATES $ AND $ ANIMATION FOR FEATURE kLMS

HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH SOME OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN THE INDUSTRY Â&#x2021; $ISNEY .ICKELODEON $REAMWORKS AND 7ARNER "ROTHERS TO NAME A FEW

Tenacious trio $ESPITE 4INSAY HEADING 3NIPPLE IN THE 0HILIPPINES HE REPORTS THAT THEIR SETUP IS DIFFERENT IN THAT WHILE MOST COMPANIES HAVE A SINGLE PERSON RUNNING THE SHOW HE CANNOT FUNCTION WITHOUT THE TWO OTHER CO FOUNDERS CREATIVE DIRECTOR 2OMY 'ARCIA WHOM HE HAS KNOWN SINCE THE LATE S AND GLOBAL #%/ +AINE 0ATEL

WHOM THEY CROSSED PATHS WITH IN g2OMY HELPS ME UNDERSTAND THE CREATIVE REQUIREMENTS OF A SPECIFIC PROJECT u HE EXPLAINS gWHILE +AINE HANDLES BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT 7ITHOUT HIM IT WOULD BE DIFkCULT TO RUN 3NIPPLE u 4INSAY WORKS IN OPERATIONS EVERYTHING FROM MANAGING DAILY AFFAIRS AND PRODUCTION TO PAYROLL g7E BRING DIFFERENT SKILLS TO THE TABLE u HE SAYS g4OGETHER OUR STRENGTHS ARE MULTIPLIED TEN FOLD u )S HE AN ANIMATOR 4INSAY LAUGHS AND ADMITS THAT HE IS NOT SAYING g!FTER GRADUATION ) TOOK UP ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING BUT WAS NEVER ABLE TO PRACTICE IT u HE RECALLS (E EXPLAINS THAT HIS BROTHER RUNS AN ANIMATION SUPPLIES COMPANY

WHERE THEY PROVIDE STUDIOS WITH MATERIALS SUCH AS PENCILS AND PAPER AND INTRODUCED HIM TO ANIMATION )NITIALLY HE APPLIED TO -OVING )MAGES UPON HIS BROTHER S SUGGESTION 3INCE 4OON #ITY NEEDED SOMEONE TO ASSIST ITS ANIMATORS THE OWNER CHOSE 4INSAY g) PHOTOCOPIED ALL MATERIALS AND HELPED 2OMY S TEAM 4HERE WERE OTHER ANIMATORS AND ) WAS THE PERSON ASSIGNED TO HELP %VENTUALLY ) ROSE FROM THE RANKS ) LEARNED THE LINE TEST A PROCESS USED TO CHECK HAND DRAWN FRAMES BEFORE THEY ARE USED FOR THE kNAL ARTWORK SPECIAL EFFECTS ANIMATION CHECKING BASICALLY ALL THE STEPS u HE SAYS g) WAS THEN GIVEN THE CHANCE TO LEAD 4OON #ITY AS DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS u 4WO YEARS LATER IN HE LANDED HIS kRST SUPERVISORY JOB AS DEPARTMENT HEAD FOR !NIMATION #HECKING g%VENTUALLY ) LEARNED OTHER THINGS u 4INSAY SAYS g) MANAGED THE DIGITAL CAMPAIGN AND kNALLY WAS OFFERED DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS u 4HROUGH THIS EXPERIENCE 4INSAY KNEW WHERE TO GET THE RIGHT PEOPLE FOR 3NIPPLE &ROM AN INITIAL EMPLOYEE COUNT OF THEY GREW TO g"ECAUSE OF THE NEW TECHNOLOGY IT S MUCH FASTER NOW TO kNISH A PROJECT u HE EXPLAINS 4HE DECISION TO SET UP 3NIPPLE !NIMATION 3TUDIOS WAS JUSTIkED BY THE PROJECTION OF 4INSAY AND HIS COLLEAGUES ABOUT THE INDUSTRY S FUTURE 4HEY SAW THAT THE NEED FOR ENTERTAINMENT WOULD INCREASE OVER THE YEARS 4HERE WOULD BE A DEMAND FOR ANIMATION IN MORE FEATURE AND LIVE ACTION kLMS ESPECIALLY WITH THE RISING POPULARITY OF 46 AND MOVIE STREAMING SERVICES SUCH AS

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m like a conductor who makes sure everyone is working as a team. But credit should be given to everyone. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m just here to lead and guide them in their work, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all up to them.â&#x20AC;?

Up the ladder Snippleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s boss rose from the ranks in the animation industry, from assisting animators and learning all the steps in the design process to becoming director of operations.

Winning breaks Snippleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first big break came with 15 22-minute episodes of Nickelodeonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Dora and Friends,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; episodes of Warnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Scooby Dooâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; for Warner and 29 contracts with them.

Car-taker Tinsay enjoys restoring vintage cars. He owns a 1958 MGA, a 1958 Triumph and a Toyota Corona 600S, which placed Best in Show at a transport show in SM Megamall.

Laughing their way to success

Snippets from an animation firmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s colorful journey

SNIPPLE Is short for â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Slippery Nipple,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; a popular layered cocktail shooter, consisting of Baileyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Irish Cream and Sambuca liqueur.

When Snipple founders met to decide their companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name, they were said to be drinking Snipple. No one has contested this anecdote.

(ULU !MAZON .ETlIX AND $ISNEY 0LUS 4HESE ALONE CAUSE A SURGE FOR THE NEED FOR CONTENT TO BE PRODUCED ON A LARGER AND QUICKER SCALE 'ETTING DEALS WITH THE BIG STUDIOS INVOLVED KNOCKING ON A LOT OF DOORS AS 0ATEL REVEALS )N THE TRIO MADE A LOT OF TRIPS TO ,OS !NGELES WHEREAS THEIR COMPETITORS TARGETED PROJECTS IN #ANADA AND %UROPE !T kRST THEY CAME BACK WITH NOTHING BUT WITH PERSISTENCE LANDED THEIR kRST BIG BREAK WHEN THEY SIGNED MINUTE EPISODES OF .ICKELODEON S g$ORA AND &RIENDS u 4HEY CONSIDER THIS TO BE THE MOST IMPORTANT SHOW THEY ACQUIRED SINCE IT IS THE kRST ONE THEY SIGNED WITH THE BIG BOYS )N

7ARNER "ROTHERS SENT THEM TESTS FOR TWO OF THEIR SHOWS

g3COOBY $OOu AND g7ABBIT u 3NIPPLE PASSED THE TESTS AND MADE A DEAL FOR SIX EPISODES OF g3COOBY $OOu THAT TURNED INTO NINE 3INCE THE 3NIPPLE TRIO HAS SIGNED NO LESS THAN CONTRACTS FOR SEPARATE SHOWS FOR 7ARNER "ROTHERS ALONE

CLIENTS The Big Boys â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Warner Bros., Disney, Dream Works and Nickelodeon, among others

FUN AND GAMES Are encouraged at Snipple to keep people fit.

So, activities such as basketball tournaments, mountain climbing, biking, and indoor sports like billiards, darts, table tennis, chess and even DOTA (Defense of the Ancient) take place regularly.

Art and photography sessions and cosplay are conducted to hone artistsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; talents.

800 The number of staff Snipple currently boasts of.

In 2011, that figure was less than 100

GIVING BACK The company offers training for talented and artistic individuals, regardless of scholastic accomplishments, to enhance the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s animation industry. It also gives back to the community through an annual outreach program, where food items and school supplies are provided to needy youngsters, as well as art workshops for kids whose parents or relatives work for the studio and for children from a nearby community school.

4INSAY ADDS g7HAT S GOOD NOW IS THAT WE DON T LOOK TO DO 7E CONSULT ALL PEOPLE AT THE GROUND LEVEL 7HEN FOR WORK ANYMORE Â&#x2021; MAJOR STUDIOS ARE COMING TO US u ) SPEAK ON THE lOOR ) ASK THEM @$O YOU WANT US TO DO THIS JOB 7E GET THE CONSENSUS OF EVERYONE )F SOME Commitment to delivery SAY YES AND SOME SAY NO THAT S THE TIME ) 2OMY AND +AINE WILL HAVE TO DISCUSS IT u 7ITH SO MANY PROJECTS LINED UP IT S HARD NOT TO 3NIPPLE IS CURRENTLY MORE FOCUSED ON HIGHER QUALITY WONDER HOW THEY STAY ON TOP OF EVERYTHING 4INSAY WORK Â&#x2021; MORE OF FEATURE kLMS THAN JUST 46 SHOWS g) EXPLAINS THAT EACH PROJECT IS ASSIGNED A PRODUCTION BELIEVE 3NIPPLE IS NOW AT A LEVEL WHERE OUR WORK IS MANAGEMENT TEAM g) M LIKE A CONDUCTOR WHO MAKES COMPARABLE TO THE WORK IN THE 7EST 7E RE COMPETSURE THAT EVERYONE IS WORKING AS A TEAM #REDIT SHOULD ING GLOBALLY NOW +AINE BELIEVES WE RE ONE OF THE BEST BE GIVEN TO MANAGERS PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS ARTISTS STUDIOS IN THE WORLD ALREADY AND THAT S SOMETHING EDITORS MAINTENANCE TEAMS EVERYONE ) M JUST HERE &ILIPINOS SHOULD BE PROUD OF u 4INSAY SAYS TO LEAD THE TEAM GUIDE THEM IN THEIR WORK BUT IT S ALL 3NIPPLE AS A WHOLE WORKS TOWARD A MUTUAL GOAL TO UP TO THEM 7E MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THE BE THE BEST HAVE THE HAPPIEST STAFF AND WORK ON THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS YOUR COMMITMENT TO DELIVERY BEST PROJECTS 4O THIS END ONE OF ITS UNIQUE FEATURES IS 7ITH EVERYONE DOING THEIR JOB IT S IMPOSSIBLE TO NOT THE ARRAY OF RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES SUCH AS BASKETBALL BE ABLE TO kNISH THESE PROJECTS TOURNAMENTS (ALLOWEEN PARTIES %ASTER EGG HUNTS TO ÂłJonathan J. Tinsay B7 g7E DON T JUST INSTRUCT OR COMMAND PEOPLE ON WHAT

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â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Toon Man NAME A FEW THAT THEY MAKE AVAILABLE TO THEIR STAFF !CCORDING TO 0ATEL THE LOGIC BEHIND INVESTING IN SUCH EFFORTS IS THIS g)F WE LOOK AFTER OUR STAFF AND MAKE SURE THEY WERE GOING HOME HAPPY THE WORK LIFE BALANCE WOULD NATURALLY ALLOW THEM TO BE MORE PRODUCTIVE AND GENERATE THE QUALITY THAT CLIENTS EXPECT g"Y US LOOKING AFTER OUR STAFF THEY IN TURN HAVE HELPED US LOOK AFTER OUR CLIENTS u 4INSAY ELABORATES g7HEN WE STARTED THE COMPANY ONE THING WE ;2OMY AND )= MENTIONED TO +AINE WAS THAT WE WERE BUILDING A COMPANY FOR THE ARTISTS FOR THE PEOPLE TO BRING THE INDUSTRY BACK TO THE COUNTRY 7HEN YOU SAY @ANIMATION DURING THE S ;AND= S THE 0HILIPPINES WOULD ALREADY REGISTER 4HEN THERE WAS A LULL .OT A LOT OF WORK WAS COMING INTO THE COUNTRY AND THIS OPPORTUNITY OF BEING ABLE TO SET UP A STUDIO PUSHED 2OMY AND ) TO DECLARE THAT WE WERE SETTING UP A STUDIO FOR THE ARTISTS 7E OURSELVES CAME FROM THE RANKS 7E KNOW THE SENTIMENTS AND FEELINGS OF THE PEOPLE u 4INSAY ENSURES THAT 3NIPPLE ANIMATORS RECEIVE THE PROPER BENEkTS LIKE HEALTH CARDS AND PROVIDES THEM WITH OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEARNING LIKE TRAINING AND SEMINARS g7HAT S GOOD NOW IS THAT MOST IF NOT ALL STUDIOS ARE FOLLOWING SUIT u HE SAYS g7E RE NOT SO MUCH PROkT ORIENTED OR ABOUT THE BOTTOMLINE 7E RE MORE ABOUT MAKING SURE THE ARTISTS ARE WELL TAKEN CARE OF )N THE LONG RUN ALL THOSE INVESTMENTS IN THEM WILL COME BACK AND THAT S THE TIME THAT ALL THE BIG BREAKS WILL COME u 7HEN ASKED WHAT THEY DEEM TO BE THE COMPANY S BEST WORK THE TRIO ANSWERS g!LL OF THEM u %ACH SHOW HAS ALLOWED THEM TO DEVELOP AND GROW FURTHER AND CONTRIBUTED TO THE GROWTH AND SUCCESS OF 3NIPPLE EVEN IF SOME DID NOT PLAY OUT THE WAY THEY WANTED

Snipple, I believe, is at a level where our work is comparable to the work in the West. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re one of the best studios already, and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something Filipinos should be proud of.â&#x20AC;?

SPARKING JOY AND DIALOGUE

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YEARS OLD AND HE S STILL STUDYING ( WAG TAYO TITIGIL $O NOT STOP &OR INSTANCE IF ) BREED DOGS ) MAKE SURE ) BREED THE BEST DOGS )F ) RESTORE CARS ) MAKE SURE THAT ) RESTORE THE CARS TO THE BEST CONDITION THEY COULD POSSIBLY BE IN u 7ITH SUCH DEMANDING RESPONSIBILITIES

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4RIUMPH BUT THE CAR THAT S VERY IMPORTANT TO ME IS THE 4OYOTA #ORONA 3 )T WAS "EST IN 3HOW AT THE 4RANSPORT 3HOW IN 3- -EGAMALL g ) A L S O B R E E D M I N I

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Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a no brainer â&#x20AC;&#x201D; fulfilled team members will give their best in creativity and service. Jonathan J. Tinsay and his partners work constantly to ensure this environment at Snipple.

Q Passion first. In hiring potential team members, look for someone who is ready and willing and able to contribute to the industry. Someone who can add value to this field of art and has a deep passion in the work.

Somebody who is willing to face the challenges in the industry.

Q Forever dialogue. Maintain a personal touch with employees by treating and valuing each one as a family member. Encourage everyone to give suggestions on how to improve the company through open and informal communication.

3CHNAUZERS ) JOIN COMPETITIONS AND ) WIN "EST IN 3HOW THERE TOO u 4HE kRST SEVERAL YEARS OF 3NIPPLE WERE CHALLENGING FOR 4INSAY S FAMILY g) D LIKE TO COMMEND MY WIFE AND MY FAMILY THEY WERE VERY SUPPORTIVE ) BASICALLY LIVED MY LIFE IN THE STUDIO -Y WIFE IS ALSO AN ARTIST 3HE UNDERSTOOD THE POSITION ) WAS IN g) HAD A LOT OF THINGS TO MANAGE HERE @9UNG MGA PAGKUKULANG KO SA BAHAY NAIINTINDIHAN NA NILA ;4HEY ARE UNDERSTANDING

OF MY SHORTCOMINGS AT HOME= 3O WHAT ) DO IS THEY COME TO THE STUDIO TO VISIT ME 7HEN THERE S A SMALL WINDOW FOR QUALITY TIME THAT S HOW WE SPEND IT u 7ITH OVER YEARS OF HARD WORK UNDER HIS BELT WHAT S NEXT FOR 4INSAY (E REMARKS g)T S PROBABLY TIME TO RELAX 7E RE IN A POSITION NOW THAT THE COMPANY IS DOING SO WELL AND THE RIGHT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN PLACED IN POSITION )T S TIME TO LET THE YOUNGER GENERATION HANDLE IT u 7HEN ALSO ASKED HOW HE VIEWED SUCCESS 4INSAY REFLECTS g3UCCESS IS NOT ABOUT

(Clockwise from top) Tinsay with one of his Best in Show-worthy mini Schnauzers that he raises; in a wacky pose with his team; part of his collection of vintage cars that he enjoys restoring; and a day out with the children of Payatas, who have been â&#x20AC;&#x153;adoptedâ&#x20AC;? by Snipple

THE AMOUNT OF MONEY OR RECOGNITION YOU HAVE BUT SEEING THAT ) WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING CHANGE PEOPLE S LIVES g) WANT PEOPLE TO USE ME AS AN INSTRUMENT TO BELIEVE IN 'OD 4HAT S THE HIGHEST PURPOSE WE COULD HAVE TO HONOR 'OD AND HELP OTHERS DO THE SAME u

Q Due them. Make sure that employees are given due benefits and kept happy to receive top-quality results.

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DENR AT 32

Saving the Philippines one island, waterway and species at a time Q For the Department of Environment and Natural Resourcesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 32nd anniversary, Secretary Roy Cimatu aims to highlight the successful projects of DENR. PHOTO BY RUY L. MARTINEZ

BY MAYLENE STEPHANIE S. VIRAY

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CALL for cleaner islands, protected species and environment-friendly businesses â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in light of the Manila Bay Rehabilitation project, lead implementing agency Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is set to celebrate its 32nd anniversary since its reorganization on June 10, 1987 to become the primary agency responsible for the conservation, management, development and proper use of the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s environment and natural resources.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our department is being looked up by the general public nowadays,â&#x20AC;? Environment Secretary 2OY #IMATU SAYS DURING THE DEPARTMENT S lAG raising ceremony on June 3. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In fact, every time I meet up with people, they are all congratulating me because of the performance of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.

I am very proud to lead this department, and in fact, I am very proud to wear the logo of the DENR anywhere.â&#x20AC;?

For its 32nd anniversary, Cimatu aims to highlight the successful projects of DENR â&#x20AC;&#x201D; such as the Boracay Rehabilitation in October and the ongoing Manila Bay Rehabilitation â&#x20AC;&#x201D; on the departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s celebration slated on June 14. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In October, we were able to turn around Boracay and it is still happening now â&#x20AC;&#x201D; our success in Boracay will be highlighted during our anniversary,â&#x20AC;? Cimatu says.

He adds that the department will also be inviting secretaries from other departments who were likewise responsible for the clean-up of Boracay and Manila Bay. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So, on June 14 we will celebrate after we have harvested some honors for the DENR for this year,â&#x20AC;? he shares. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We will also be announcing our Eagle awardees as well as our Rivers (Recognizing Individuals and Institutions towards Vibrant and Enhanced Rivers) for Life awardees.â&#x20AC;?

As the departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s highest and most prestigious award, the Eagle Awards is conferred to the most OUTSTANDING PERFORMERS IN THE REGIONAL OFkCES

WHICH CAN BE GIVEN TO kELD IMPLEMENTORS SUCH AS Regional Executive Director, Regional Director of Mines and Geosciences, Provincial Environment AND .ATURAL 2ESOURCES /FkCER AND #OMMUNITY %NVIRONMENT AND .ATURAL 2ESOURCES /FkCER On the other hand, following the success of the Manila Bay clean-up, DENRâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Rivers for Life aims to formally recognize the best rehabilitated and most improved water quality from the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s class 3 rivers in a bid to raise awareness to protect and conserve the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rivers.

Moreover, another reason to celebrate is the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s win over Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s return shipment OF OUT OF CONTAINER VANS kLLED WITH tons of garbage the latter exported to Manila in 2013 and 2014. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were able to make coordination for the immediate return because while the garbage is still here, our problems would not be resolved,â&#x20AC;? Cimatu shares to his department. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The mandate of the DENR includes the disposal of garbage, which is part of RA 9003 or the Ecological Waste Management Act of our country.â&#x20AC;?

Hence, together with the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Subic Bay International Terminal Corp., DENR was able to fast-track the requirements needed for the foreign transshipment. As a result, the 69 container terminals began its travel back to Ottawa, Canada on May 31.

Quoting Undersecretary Juan Miguel Cuna, Cimatu says the shipment would take at least one month to reach Canada. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With that, it will end this episode of the Canadian garbage,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But we will not stop there. We will prepare a department order banning all garbage coming from any other countries to make sure that this will not recur. I am very proud that we made another action for our country through DENR.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;So, with that, we look forward to another

anniversary and it will be my third anniversary celebration as your secretary,â&#x20AC;? Cimatu concludes.

Creating ties, boosting efforts In a bid to enhance the various projects of DENR, the department forges two partnerships, in this year alone, with local and foreign entities with the collective goal of saving the Philippine environment and its species.

To boost the Manila Bay Rehabilitation projECT $%.2 SIGNS A kVE YEAR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE -ANUEL 0ANGILINAN LED -ETRO 0ACIkC )NVESTMENTS #ORP -0)# TO CLEAN UP OF -ANILA S kLTHIEST estero ESTUARIES THAT lOW INTO 0ASIG 2IVER Â&#x2021; AND eventually to Manila Bay â&#x20AC;&#x201D; as part of DENRâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Adopt-an-Estero/Water Body Program.

These esteros would include Esteros de Vitas, San Lazaro, Kabulusan, Magdalena, Binondo, dela Reina, Sampaloc, San Sebastian, San Miguel, Valencia, Uli-uli, Paco, Pandacan, Tanque, Belete, Provisor, Concordia, Sunog Apog, San Antonio Abad and Quiapo. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Together, we will continue to clean every estero, assess their quality and identify sources of pollution,â&#x20AC;? Cimatu says during the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at THE $%.2 CENTRAL OFkCE IN 1UEZON #ITY g7E WILL take appropriate actions against establishments discharging untreated wastewater to prevent them from further poisoning these waterways.â&#x20AC;?

Under the MoU, MPIC will be funding the rehabilitation and water quality assessment of the adopted esteros as well as mobilize neighboring schools and communities for clean-up activities.

For its part, DENR will provide MPIC with relevant data needed for the conduct of water quality assessment study, issue the necessary permits and approvals and take appropriate action against violators within the adopted esteros. ! lAGSHIP PROGRAM ESTABLISHED IN $%.2 S Adopt-an-Estero/Water Body program is in response to the continuing mandamus of the Supreme Court for all concerned agencies to clean up Manila Bay, including waterways that drain into it.

Meanwhile, to stimulate international support to conserve the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s national bird, Cimatu enters an agreement with the leading zoological institution, Wildlife Reserves Singapore (WRS), to loan and conserve a pair of critically endangered Philippine eagles.

Raptors Geothermica and Sambisig, aged 15 and 17 years old, began their travel to Jurong Bird Park on June 4, where they will be settling at Asiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest bird park that houses more than 3,500 birds across 400 species. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Philippine eagle is a critically-endangered species. As such, it is an ideal ambassador of Philippine biodiversity, perfect for the purpose of generating awareness on the urgent need for conservation,â&#x20AC;? Cimatu says during the signing ceremony of the wildlife loan agreement (WLA) with WRS held at the DENR CENTRAL OFkCE IN 1UEZON #ITY g3ENDING 'EOTHERMIca and Sambisig to Singapore acts as a biosecurity measure to ensure the survival of the species and as a fallback population in the event of catastrophic events like disease outbreaks or extreme natural calamities taking place in their Philippine habitats.â&#x20AC;?

Geothermica and Sambisig are products of the conservation breeding program of the Davao City-based Philippine Eagle Center of the Philippine Eagle Foundation, DENRâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s primary partner in the conservation of the national bird.

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AKLAND, United States: Stephen Curry knew he needed a big night for the Golden State Warriors to have a chance with two star players injured, so he unleashed the best playoff game of his NBA career.

#URRY SCORED A PLAYOFF CAREER HIGH POINTS AND ADDED EIGHT rebounds and SEVEN ASSISTS IN A LOSING CAUSE AS THE 4ORONTO 2APTORS BEAT 'OLDEN 3TATE TO SEIZE A LEAD IN THE BEST OF SEVEN ."! &INALS g&ROM THE S T A R T ) F E E L LIKE ) COULD GET TO WHERE ) WANTED TO Q Stephen Curry (No. 30) of the Golden State Warriors attempts a shot against Kyle Lowry (No. 7) of the Toronto Raptors in the first half during Game Three of the 2019 NBA Finals at ORACLE Arena in Oakland, California. AFP PHOTO

GO ON THE FLOOR )T S JUST A MATTER IF YOU MAKE OR MISS OR MAKE THE RIGHT PLAY DISTRIBUTING THE BASKETBALL u #URRY SAID g*UST GOT TO BE AGGRESSIVE LIKE ) VE BEEN TRY TO MAKE THE RIGHT PLAY AND WE LIVE WITH THE SHOTS THAT ) TAKE u 4HE 7ARRIORS WERE WITHOUT STAR GUARD +LAY 4HOMPSON BENCHED WITH A LEFT HAMSTRING STRAIN IN A GAME TIME DECISION AND +EVIN $URANT WHO HAS MISSED A MONTH WITH A RIGHT CALF INJURY 4OGETHER THEY AVERAGE MORE THAN POINTS A GAME IN THE PLAYOFFS g) LIKED THE COMPETITIVENESS THAT WE HAD UNDERSTANDING THAT WE RE MISSING POINTS PRETTY MUCH BETWEEN +$ AND +LAY u #URRY SAID g3O WE LL ADJUST !ND IT S A LONG SERIES YOU KNOW )T S GOING TO BE FUN FOR US u .EED HELPED PUSH #URRY TO HUGE

NUMBERS HITTING OF FROM THE lOOR OF FROM POINT RANGE AND OF FREE THROWS g7E GOT TO KEEP THAT SAME MENTALITY AND JUST PLAY A FULL LIKE WE RE ACCUSTOMED TO DOING u #URRY SAID g7E FOUGHT BUT WE LOST 3O WE GOT TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND JUST RECALIBRATE FOR GAME FOUR 7E RE GOING TO COMPETE NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS YOU CAN COUNT ON THAT g'OT TO EXECUTE AND PLAY SMARTER AND NO MATTER WHO IS OUT THERE ON THE lOOR DO WHAT YOU GOT TO DO TO WIN u %VEN RIVALS APPRECIATED #URRY S NEVER SAY DIE EFFORT g3TEPH HAD AN UNBELIEVABLE GAME Â&#x2021; POINTS IS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE u 2APTORS GUARD +YLE ,OWRY SAID #URRY WHOSE PRIOR PLAYOFF HIGH WAS POINTS AGAINST 3AN !NTONIO IN PRODUCED THE EIGHTH HIGHEST SCORING EFFORT IN ."! &INALS HISTORY 4HE ONLY HIGHER TOTAL SINCE WAS ,E"RON *AMES SCORING FOR #LEVELAND LAST YEAR ALSO IN A LOSING CAUSE g(E WAS AMAZING u 7ARRIORS FORWARD $RAYMOND 'REEN SAID

PACQUIAO BEGINS RIGID SPARRING REGIMEN HANDLERS of ring hero Manny Pacquiao could not have chosen a better sparring partner in Australian juniormiddleweight Tim Tszyu in preparing the Filipino eight-division champ for his coming WBA welterweight unification fight with American Keith Thurman.

Big at 5-foot-9, strong and fast, both chief trainer Buboy Fernandez and strength and conditioning coach Justin Fortune agreed that the 24-yearold Tszyu, ranked 15 by both the WBA and IBF, is what the doctorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s prescribed as the fighting senatorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s perfect dancing partner for his preparedness program. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Perfect under the present circumstances,â&#x20AC;? said Fernandez after watching the Australian fighter engaged Pacquiao in four rounds toe-to-toe skirmish on Tuesday at the Elorde Gym at the Mall of Asia compound in Pasay City. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Plenty of similarities with Thurmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fighting style. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d just started the sparring segment of our buildup program at marami pang benefit na makukuha,â&#x20AC;? Fernandez added.

Fortune concurred in as he even expressed satisfaction in the campâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s advantage over the rivalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s side in terms of finding talents in looking for sparring mate.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one big edge, I think over them (Thurmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s camp) on this phase of preparations,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;While enjoy a wide range of selecting the right

personnel, they, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Where can they find a talent of Mannyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s caliber in this division? Fortune asked. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A 147-pounder fast and strong as Manny if not quicker and more powerful.â&#x20AC;?

Pacquiao himself expressed hopes of achieving the needed benefits in sparring with a heavier juniormiddleweight

(154-pound). â&#x20AC;&#x153;I need that. Thurman is bigger than me and quite strong and fast, too,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Pacquiao and Tszyu were scheduled to skirmish on Thursday in an increased frequency of five rounds under the chart prepared by the training team, composed also of Nonoy Neri, Roger Fernandez, bothers Dodie and Jonathan Penalosa.

Depending on how the three-

time â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fighter of the Yearâ&#x20AC;? would respond to the raised increase infrequency, sparring will be increased to six on Saturday, then eight, even 12 before Team Pacquiao leaves for Los Angeles where the build up will continue. Â Â

â&#x20AC;&#x153;But I would rather want to see Manny sparring at eight rounds before we depart for Los Angeles,â&#x20AC;? the former Australian heavyweight-turned trainer suggested.

Pacquiao, the WBA regular 147-pound titlist, and Thurman, the super belt-holder, will be facing off on July 20 at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. EDDIE G. ALINEA

Q Manny Pacquiao (rght) hitting the mitts with chief trainer Buboy Fernandez during training at the Elorde Gym in Pasay City.

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â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Fat Chanceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; was all Ruiz needed H

AVING been ridiculed all his LIFE FOR HIS lABBY BODY -EXICAN !MERICAN !NDY @4HE $ESTROYER 2UIZ *R REPORTED FOR HIS SHOWDOWN WITH THE HITHERTO INVINCIBLE !NTHONY *OSHUA LOOKING TO MAKE HIS CRITICS @EAT THEIR WORDS 4HE BODY SHAMING PERSISTED THOUGH PARTICULARLY WHEN 2UIZ TIPPED OR NEARLY TOPPLED THE WEIGHING SCALES BY COMING IN AT A WHOPPING POUNDS 4HE WELL CHISELED *OSHUA BROUGHT WITH HIM A NUTRITIONIST AND A CONDITIONING COACH WHILE 2UIZ PARADED ONLY A PROTRUDING BELLY 0REDICTABLY 2UIZ WAS INSTALLED AS AN TO UNDERDOG WITH MANY EXPECTING *OSHUA TO POUND HIM LIKE GROUND MEAT !T THE VERY LEAST 2UIZ WAS GIVEN A @FAT CHANCE TO PULL OFF AN UPSET 4HE SLIM MARGIN WAS ALL 2UIZ NEEDED THOUGH )N ARGUABLY THE BIGGEST UPSET IN BOXING SINCE A TO UNDERDOG NAMED *AMES @"USTER $OUGLAS KNOCKED OUT THE UNBEATEN -IKE 4YSON IN &EBRUARY

2UIZ lOORED THE UNBEATEN *OSHUA FOUR TIMES ON HIS WAY TO A SEVENTH ROUND

BOXER SHORTS ED C. TOLENTINO STOPPAGE VICTORY 4HE FIGHT SEEMED IN THE BAG FOR *OSHUA IN THE THIRD ROUND WHEN HE KNOCKED DOWN 2UIZ WITH A TEXTBOOK UPPERCUT HOOK COMBINATION BUT 2UIZ SHOOK OFF THE COBWEBS AND RETALIATED

BY SCORING TWO KNOCKDOWNS OF HIS OWN IN THE SAME ROUND 2UIZ PULLED THE CURTAINS DOWN IN THE SEVENTH FRAME WITH TWO MORE KNOCKDOWNS OF *OSHUA 4HE UNBELIEVABLE VICTORY GAVE 2UIZ

KNOCKOUTS THE UNIkED 7"/

7"! AND )"& HEAVYWEIGHT TITLES 2UIZ WAS TAPPED AS A LAST MINUTE SUBSTITUTE AFTER ORIGINAL CHALLENGER *ARRELL -ILLER TESTED POSITIVE FOR A BANNED SUBSTANCE 2UIZ WAS SUPPOSED TO BE NOTHING MORE THAN A PAWN TO *OSHUA S GRAND PLAN OF AN IMPRESSIVE 5NITED 3TATES DEBUT "RITON *OSHUA WAS BEING GROOMED FOR A MEGABUCK SHOWDOWN WITH 7"# CHAMPION $EONTAY 7ILDER BUT 2UIZ

CLEARLY HAD PLANS OF HIS OWN 2UIZ S ASCENSION TO THE CROWN MAKES FOR A PALATABLE STORY 2UIZ

WHOSE FATHER IS A NATIVE OF -EXICO

WAS INTRODUCED TO BOXING AT AGE "OXING ACTUALLY lOWS IN 2UIZ S VEINS 2UIZ S GRANDFATHER ONCE MANAGED A BOXING GYM IN -EXICALI WHILE !NDY S FATHER TRAINED AND PROMOTED BOXERS 2UIZ 3R BROUGHT HIS SON TO THE GYM TO HELP HIM BURN OFF ENERGY !NDY WAS A HYPER ACTIVE KID AND HE ACTUALLY EARNED THE NICKNAME @$ESTROYER BECAUSE HE DESTROYED EVERYTHING HE TOUCHED I E BIKES TOYS 2UIZ REGISTERED OVER WINS AS AN AMATEUR BOXER (E REPRESENTED -EXICO IN A QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT FOR THE "EIJING /LYMPICS BUT FAILED TO MAKE THE CUT $EPRESSED 2UIZ S WEIGHT SKYROCKETED TO OVER POUNDS (E ALMOST LOST HIS WAY AS HE JOINED GANGS AND FOUND HIMSELF IN TROUBLE "UT 2UIZ S DAD REFUSED TO GIVE UP ON HIS SON AND KEPT BRINGING HIM BACK TO THE GYM 2UIZ S BOXING CAREER HAS BEEN PLAGUED WITH WEIGHT ISSUES !S AN AMATEUR 2UIZ WEIGHED IN THE VICINITY

OF POUNDS AND KIDS OF THE SAME AGE REFUSED TO kGHT HIM BECAUSE HE WAS TOO HEAVY 2UIZ HAD TO kGHT OLDER BIGGER FOES JUST TO HONE HIS SKILLS 7HEN 2UIZ TURNED PRO IN -ARCH

HE WEIGHED POUNDS (E BROUGHT HIS WEIGHT DOWN TO POUNDS IN BUT HE WAS BACK TO POUNDS A YEAR LATER $ESPITE THE WEIGHT ISSUES 2UIZ PARADED A PAIR OF FAST HANDS AND ABOVE PAR BOXING SKILLS THAT CONVINCED 4OP 2ANK PROMOTIONS TO SIGN HIM TO A CONTRACT 2UIZ EARNED HIS kRST SHOT AT THE HEAVYWEIGHT CROWN IN $ECEMBER

WHEN HE TOOK ON *OSEPH 0ARKER FOR THE 7"/ HEAVYWEIGHT CROWN !FTER ROUNDS 2UIZ DROPPED A CLOSE MAJORITY DECISION !FTER 4OP 2ANK SEVERED ITS TIES WITH HIM 2UIZ WENT INACTIVE AND DID NOT RETURN TO THE RING UNTIL -ARCH 2UIZ WAS ON THE COMEBACK TRAIL WHEN HE WAS TAPPED TO REPLACE -ILLER FOR THE *OSHUA kGHT 2UIZ CLAIMED HE TRAINED ONLY SIX WEEKS FOR THE kGHT 2UIZ

NOW STANDS AS THE kRST BOXER OF -EXICAN DESCENT TO BE CROWNED

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*OSHUA S PROMOTER SAID A REMATCH WILL LIKELY TAKE PLACE IN ,ONDON IN .OVEMBER OR $ECEMBER @#ONSPIRACY THEORIES SURFACED FOLLOWING *OSHUA S STUNNING DEFEAT *OSHUA REPORTEDLY SUFFERED A PANIC ATTACK IN THE DUGOUT AND HIS FATHER 2OBERT *OSHUA WANTED TO CALL OFF THE kGHT $URING THE kGHT PROPER *OSHUA WAS OVERHEARD TELLING HIS TRAINER THAT HE WAS FEELING A BIT STRANGE ! FEW DAYS BEFORE THE FIGHT

*OSHUA WAS ALSO SEEN WITH BRUISES ON HIS FACE 2EPORTS LATER CLAIMED THAT IN A SPARRING SESSION *OSHUA WAS BRUTALLY KNOCKED OUT BY *OEY $AWEJKO 4HE STORIES HAVE NOT BEEN SUBSTANTIATED AND TO HIS CREDIT *OSHUA BLAMED HIMSELF FOR THE DEFEAT 4HE REASON FOR *OSHUA S DEFEAT IS ACTUALLY EASY TO DISSECT (E UNDERESTIMATED 2UIZ AND PAID FOR IT 2UIZ HAS BEEN UNDERESTIMATED ALL HIS LIFE

BUT AS HE TOLD HIS MOTHER AFTER THE kGHT g/UR LIVES ARE GOING TO CHANGE 7E DON T HAVE TO STRUGGLE ANYMORE u

OF #URRY g4ONIGHT WAS A SPECIAL PERFORMANCE FOR HIM AND HE DEkNITELY DOES STUFF THAT ) DON T THINK WE HAVE EVER SEEN ANYONE EVER DO AND WE PROBABLY WON T SEE ANYONE EVER DO IT AGAIN g)F ) PLAYED BETTER WITH THE NIGHT THAT HE HAD WE WOULD HAVE WON u

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Got to roll with itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 'REEN SAID THE 7ARRIORS DIDN T SURRENDER BECAUSE THEY LACKED TWO STARS g7E DIDN T GO INTO THIS GAME THINKING WE RE NOT GOING TO PLAY +LAY OR +EVIN OR ANYBODY ELSE AND WE RE JUST GOING TO GIVE THIS GAME AWAY u 'REEN SAID g9OU DON T SACRIkCE A kNALS GAME TO BE HEALTHY FOR THE NEXT ONE BECAUSE ANYTHING can happen. g"UT AT THE SAME TIME YOU DO HAVE TO BE SMART 7E WOULD MUCH RATHER HAVE +LAY FOR THE REST OF THE SERIES THAN PUTTING HIM OUT THERE AND LOSING HIM AND THEN NOTHING u 4HOMPSON WHO MISSED HIS FIRST CAREER PLAYOFF GAME AFTER IN A ROW WILL HAVE TWO REST DAYS BEFORE GAME FOUR &RIDAY $URANT IS PROGRESSING BUT HIS RETURN IS UNCERTAIN AFP

Lowry shoved by fan in Game 3 OAKLAND, United States: 4ORONTO 2APTORS GUARD +YLE ,OWRY TOOK A SHOVE FROM A SPECTATOR AND PUSHED THE #ANADIAN SQUAD WITHIN TWO WINS OF THE ."! TITLE ON 7EDNESDAY 4HURSDAY IN -ANILA WITH A STELLAR ."! &INALS PERFORMANCE ,OWRY SCORED POINTS AND PASSED OFF NINE ASSISTS IN THE 2APTORS VICTORY AT DEFENDING CHAMPION 'OLDEN 3TATE LIFTING 4ORONTO AHEAD IN THE BEST OF SEVEN TITLE MATCHUP 7HILE DIVING FOR A LOOSE BALL EARLY IN THE FOURTH QUARTER ,OWRY WENT BEYOND THE BACKBOARD AND INTO THE CROWD WHERE HE WAS SHOVED BY A SPECTATOR WHO WAS LATER REMOVED FROM THE ARENA BY SECURITY g4HERE S NO PLACE FOR THAT (E HAD NO REASON TO TOUCH ME u ,OWRY SAID g(E HAD NO REASON TO REACH OVER TWO SEATS AND THEN SAY SOME VULGAR LANGUAGE TO ME 4HERE S NO PLACE FOR PEOPLE LIKE THAT IN OUR LEAGUE AND HOPEFULLY HE NEVER COMES BACK TO AN ."! GAME u )T WAS A NIGHT OF FRUSTRATION FOR 7ARRIORS FANS AS +AWHI ,EONARD SCORED POINTS AND 0ASCAL 3IAKAM AND $ANNY 'REEN EACH ADDED "UT IT WAS ,OWRY S AGGRESSIVE EFFORT THAT HAD HIS TEAMMATES TALKING AFTER THE GAME g(E WAS AMAZING (E WAS GREAT u 3IAKAM SAID g*UST CONTROLLING THE PACE AND ALSO kNDING HIS SHOTS AND LOOKING TO SCORE 7HEN HE DOES BOTH OF THOSE THINGS AND ALSO THE HUSTLE PLAYS ON DEFENSE THAT S THE WHOLE PACKAGE FOR +YLE (AVING HIM ON THE SQUAD IS DEkNITELY SOMETHING THAT WE CHERISH (E S OUR lOOR GENERAL u 'REEN PRAISED g+ ,Ou FOR THE GRINDER PLAYS THAT HELP TEAMMATES AND THWART RIVALS g(E SCORED WELL BUT THE BIGGEST THING THAT HE BRINGS FOR US IS THAT EDGE u 'REEN SAID g(E S A BULLDOG (E S A PIT BULL DOWN THERE AND HE S GOING TAKE CHARGES HE S GOING TO GET REBOUNDS HE S GOING TO BOX PEOPLE OUT HE S GOING TO DO THE DIRTY WORK (E S A BLUE COLLAR GUY AND HE S GOING TO GIVE US PACE u ,OWRY SAID HE TOOK HIS HUSTLE FROM A LOCKER ROOM BOARD MESSAGE THAT SIMPLY SAID g,ET @ER RIP u 7ARRIORS COACH 3TEVE +ERR A P P R E C I A T E D , OW R Y S E F F O R T AGAINST HIM AFP

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PH Azkals face China in friendly

THE SCORES CIGNAL-ATENEO (100) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Ravena 19, Go 13, Kouame 12, Andrade 11, Ma. Nieto 9, Mendoza 8, Belangel 8, Mi. Nieto 7, Daves 6, Wong 4, Tio 3, Navarro 0, Credo 0.

VALENCIA-SAN SEBASTIAN (73) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Ilagan 22, Capobres 14, Calma 13, Bonleon 8, Are 6, Villapando 3, Tero 3, Sumoda 2, Altamirano 2, Dela Cruz 0, Desoyo 0, Calahat 0, Bulanadi 0, Loristo 0.

Quarter scores: 19-28; 50-45; 78-52; 100-73

Blue Eagles soar to PBA D-League finals

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BY JEREMIAH M. SEVILLA

IGNAL-ATENEO De Manila University exploded into action in the third quarter to clobber Valencia City Bukidnon-San Sebastian College, 100-73, and CLINCH A kNALS BERTH IN THE 0HILIPPINE Basketball Association Developmental ,EAGUE 0"! $ ,EAGUE ON 4HURSDAY AT THE 9NARES 3PORTS !RENA IN 0ASIG #ITY The Blue Eagles notched 28 points THEIR kRST kNALS APPEARANCE IN THE while limiting the Golden Harvest to developmental ranks. just seven markers in the third period â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a blessing for us that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re RESULTING IN A SEMIkNAL SWEEP AND ENTERING THE kNALS u SAID #IGNAL

Q Cignal-Ateneoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Thirdy Ravena drives past Valencia-San Sebastianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jessie Sumoda during Game 2 of the 2019 PBA D-League semifinals on Thursday at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig City. PBA MEDIA BUREAU PHOTO

Ateneo assistant coach Sandy Arespacochaga, whose wards posted a lopsided 105-67 win in Game 1. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everything that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re doing this offseason is in preparation for our UAAP (University Athletic Association of the Philippines) tournament.

So, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a big help for us entering the kNALS u ADDED !RESPACOCHAGA The Eagles will face either Centro Escolar University or St. Clare College-Virtual Reality in the finals. The Scorpions are gunNING FOR THE REMAINING kNALS SPOT against the Saints at press time. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Both are tough teams. We have to prepare well for them,â&#x20AC;?

said Arespacochaga.

Veteran forward Thirdy Ravena paced Cignal-Ateneoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s balanced atTACK WITH POINTS TO GO WITH kVE REBOUNDS kVE ASSISTS AND TWO STEALS Isaac Go chipped in 13 points, Ivorian center Angelo Kouame tallied a double-double of 12 markers and 18 boards while BJ Andrade added 11.

After a slow start, the Eagles turned A DEkCIT INTO A HALFTIME lead behind Ravena and SJ Belangel. #IGNAL !TENEO THEN STIlED 6ALENCIA San Sebastianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s offense at the restart while its second-stringers stepped up for a commanding 78-52 advantage

Champion Ginebra guns for third win DEFENDING champion Barangay Ginebra will be on a hunt for a third straight victory when it battles winless Rain or Shine today in Season 44 Philippine Basketball Association Commissionerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cup at the Araneta Coliseum.

A win by the Gin Kings in their 7 p.m. game over the Elasto Painters will earn them a share of the third spot with TNT KaTropa (3-1 win-loss record).

Barangay Ginebra escaped Northport 7370 on Saturday. Coach Tim Cone attributed the loss to Batang Pierâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s zone defense. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The problem with the zone is it really makes you look bad. The zone really bothers us, gave us a hard time finding high percentage shots. Our defense kept us in the game,â&#x20AC;?

said Cone, who is excited to face his former ward Denzel Bowles. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I will never forget that first championship he won for usâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;one of my favorite all-time imports. On the other hand, we know how talented he is and how unstoppable he can be, so we have our work cut out for us. Rain or Shine is always a tough matchup for us, but now even more so with Bowles,â&#x20AC;? Cone said of the former Best Import.

Rain or Shine is keen to score a bounce back win after losing to Meralco 84-91, and to Blackwater 92-98, last week.

Meanwhile, Meralco (2-2) faces Phoenix Pulse in the 4:30 p.m. match. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important that we stay focused and

continue to get better as a team. Despite whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been happening, we still consider Phoenix a very dangerous team so we will have to be on top of our game. In preparation we have put emphasis on improving our defense so we will use that to try and pull out a victory, said coach Norman Black of the Bolts.

The Fuel Masters (1-1) lost Calvin Abueva when the latter was suspended indefinitely by the PBA for committing a flagrant foul penalty two against TNT import Terrence Jones on Sunday.

Phoenix Pulse will field in Richard Howell as replacement for import Rob Dozier who is nursing a foot injury. JOSEF T. RAMOS

HEADING INTO THE kNAL FRAME The Eagles were never threatened from then on and even enjoyed their biggest buffer at 81-52 on Goâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s triple at the start of the payoff period.

RK Ilagan had a game-high 22 points and 11 rebounds while Alvin Capobres and JM Calma had 14 and 13 markers, respectively, for the Golden Harvest.

Ilaganâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s partner in offense Allyn Bulanadi, who had 23 points IN THE SEMIkNAL OPENER kNISHED scoreless after barely two minutes of action when he dislocated his right shoulder at the 8:05 mark of THE kRST QUARTER

Q Justin Brownlee of Ginebra fires a jumper over Sean Anthony and Stanley Pringle during a Season 44 PBA Commissionerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Cup game on Saturday at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City. PBA MEDIA BUREAU PHOTO

KICKING off its preparation for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, the Philippine menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s national football team takes on host China in a friendly match today at the Guangzhou Tianhe Stadium.

Philippine Azkals captain Stephan Shrock, who scored the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lone goal in the Asian Cup, will lead the 17-man lineup that surprisingly does not have veteran players Phil and James Younghusband.

The Younghusbandsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; football hiatus started when the Davao Aguilas FC folded up late last year.

Making their PH Team debut are goalkeeper Bernd Schipmann of German club Rot Weiss Ahlen AND MIDkELDER #HRISTIAN 2ONTINI of Italian squad ASD Sangiovannesse 1927.

Veteran goalie Patrick Deyto and defender Marco Casambre were signed anew. Head coach Scott Cooper also called up Amani Aguinaldo, Daisuke Sato, Stephen Palla, Alvaro Silva and Luke Woodland to man the Azkalsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; defense.

Completing the team are m i d f i e l d e r s Ke v i n I n g r e s o and Mike Ott, as well as forwards Javier PatiĂąo, Jovin Bedic, Patrick Reichelt and Curt Dizon.

Meanwhile, overseas-based b o o t e r s M i c h a e l Ke m p t e r, Kainoa Bailey, Enrique Bernal, Pancho Fernandez, Kristofer S t r i c k l e r, D i e g o B a r d a n c a and Kevin Guerra were invited to join the training camp in China.

T h e f o r e i g n - b a s e d p l ay ers are still securing the required documents to make them eligible to play for the Philippines.

This will be the third time the Filipino side and the Chinese squad will face in recent times. The Azkals suffered a 0-3 loss to Team Dragon in the Asian Cup earlier this year and a blowout 1-8 defeat in a friendly two years ago.

The PH XI will have another tuneup game against a local club in the Guangdong Province on Sunday.

JEREMIAH M. SEVILLA

PH'S PALICTE VOWS TO KO IOKA ASTON Palicte declared that he will beat three-weight division champion Kazuto Ioka of Japan by way of KNOCKOUT WHEN THEY kGHT ON *UNE 19 for the vacant World Boxing OrGANIZATION 7"/ SUPER lYWEIGHT belt at the Makuhari Messe Hall in Chiba City, Japan. â&#x20AC;&#x153;God willing, I will beat him by knockout. I feel Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m ready for the kGHT )F ) HIT HIM ) WILL MAKE SURE

heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be knocked out,â&#x20AC;? Palicte told The Manila Times in Filipino at the Elorde gym in Pasay City.

Palicte, 28, of Bago City, Negros Occidental won via second round technical knockout over Puerto Rican Jose Martinez on January 31 in California improving his win-loss record to 25-2-1 with 21 knockouts.

The 30-year-old Ioka (23-2 with 13 knockouts) lost the va-

cant WBO super flyweight belt to Donnie Nietes last December 31 in Macau.

But Nietes decided to vacate the title on March 1 after Palicte beat Martinez in a WBO title eliminator bout to prevent an all-Filipino rematch for the world title.

The September 8 Palicte-Nietes bout in California ended in a split draw.

JOSEF T. RAMOS

Injured Neymar out of Copa America BRASĂ?LIA: Superstar Neymar was ruled out of the Copa America Thursday (Friday in Manila) after tearing his right ankle ligament during Brazilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2-0 friendly win over Qatar. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Due to the seriousness of the injury, .EYMAR WILL NEITHER BE kT NOR HAVE TIME TO RECUPERATE SUFkCIENTLY TO PARTICIPATEu in the tournament, the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) said in a statement.

The injury to the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most expensive footballer is a big blow to the hostsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; preparations for South American continental championship, which begins in just over a weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time.

A distraught-looking Neymar was seen covering his face with his hands as he sat on the bench after hobbling FROM THE kELD IN THE TH MINUTE AT Brasiliaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mane Garrincha Stadium on Wednesday night.

A large ice pack had been strapped to the Paris Saint-Germain strikerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lower right leg while two members of Brazilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s support staff carried him from the pitch.

The injury comes just nine days before Brazilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s opening Copa America game against Bolivia.

Minutes after Richarlison had opened the scoring in the 17th minute, Neymar was substituted with the

CBF saying he had suffered â&#x20AC;&#x153;a ligament rupture at the level of the right ankleâ&#x20AC;?.

With Neymar ruled out, the host nation face an uphill battle to win South Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s continental championship FOR THE kRST TIME SINCE

Rape allegation Neymarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ankle injury was just the latest twist in the soap opera surrounding the striker, who has dominated headlines in Brazil since Saturday after a woman accused him of raping her in a Paris hotel.

Neymar has strongly denied the allegations, published intimate images on social media in his defence and had continued to train with his Brazilian team-mates for the Copa America, which kicks off June 14.

Earlier on Wednesday, the CBF president Rogerio Caboclo had insisted for the second time this week that Neymar would play in the Copa America despite the seriousness of the allegations.

Cabocloâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s assurances, who cost PSG a world record fee of 222 million euros ($248 million) in 2017, came after CBF vice president Francisco Noveletto was quoted by Brazilian media Tuesday as saying he was will-

ing to â&#x20AC;&#x153;betâ&#x20AC;? that Neymar would quit. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have the psychological condition to face the Copa America and journalists,â&#x20AC;? Noveletto said.

Caboclo responded by saying Noveletto did not speak â&#x20AC;&#x153;for the CBF,â&#x20AC;?

Globoesporte.com said.

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Difficult momentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Hours ahead of Brazilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s friendly against Qatar in Brasilia Wednesday, far-right President Jair Bolsonaro offered his public backing for the embattled player. g(E S GOING THROUGH A DIFkCULT MOment but I believe him,â&#x20AC;? said Bolsonaro.

At a news conference Monday, national coach Tite was bombarded with questions about the affair and its effect on the squad.

Attempting to sidestep the issue, Tite said he would â&#x20AC;&#x153;not judgeâ&#x20AC;? Neymar, who he said was â&#x20AC;&#x153;indispensableâ&#x20AC;? to the team, but not â&#x20AC;&#x153;irreplaceableâ&#x20AC;? either.

The scandal caps a troubled season FOR THE PLAYER ON AND OFF THE kELD )T has been marred by a recurring injury, two separate suspensions for insulting a referee and hitting a fan, and the loss of Brazilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s captaincy.

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EW YORK: An exhausted but elated Lee6 Jeong-eun will embark on the next chapter of her career at the Shoprite LPGA Classic on Friday (Saturday in Manila), just days after her maiden major victory at the US Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Open.

4HE 3OUTH +OREAN ROOKIE HAS barely had time to absorb her triUMPH IN #HARLESTON ON 3UNDAY WHEN she outdueled Celine Boutier to win the Open crown by two shots. )T WAS THE kRST ,0'! 4OUR WIN OF ,EE S career and landed her a $1 million

EUROS WINNER S CHEQUE THE LARGEST PRIZE EVER OFFERED TO THE WINner of a womensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; golf tournament.

The win marked an emotional MILESTONE FOR ,EE WHO PURSUED A professional career in order to help support her family after her father was left paralyzed from a serious accident when she was a child. ,EE S WHEELCHAIR BOUND father, Lee Jung-ho, regularly supported his daughter throughout her career and would often appear at tournaments.

3PEAKING TO REPORTers on Wednesday AT THE 3EAVIEW 'OLF Club in Galloway, .EW *ERSEY ,EE said she hoped attention would now shift to her golf rather than her family life. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A lot of people talked about it, talked and asked

ABOUT MY FATHER BUT MY MOM GOT JEALOUS ACTUALLY SO IF people could ask about my mom, too,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I know my background is a little bit tragic, and I know itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kind of hard to say, but I totally underSTAND WHY PEOPLE ARE CURIOUS BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE DON T REALLY KNOW ABOUT ME BECAUSE ) JUST became an LPGA player. g!ND SO ) WISH EVERYONE YOU KNOW COULD ASK about me, more than my family.â&#x20AC;?

A numeral was added to Leeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s family name to difFERENTIATE HER FROM kVE OTHER WOMEN ON THE +OREAN Tour with the same name, Lee Jeong-eun. g)T GOES BY ONE TWO THREE FOUR kVE SIX ) M THE SIXTH Jeongeun Lee player, and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why they put it down AS *EONGEUN ,EE "UT THIS IS MY LUCKY NUMBER TOO

SO ) WOULD LOVE TO PUT DOWN ,EE AS MY LAST NAME u ,EE HAS SPENT THIS WEEK kELDING CONGRATULATIONS FROM WELL WISHERS FOLLOWING HER TRIUMPH ON 3UNDAY g-Y kNGERS ARE TIRED IT HURT A LOT BECAUSE ) VE been sending so many messages and e-mails and PHONE CALLS TO EVERYONE u SHE SAID â&#x20AC;&#x153;But yeah, I feel super happy that all my fans are PROUD OF ME AND EVEN MY FAMILY AND EVEN HERE

the people who are big fans of me.â&#x20AC;?

Although she admits to being drained by her /PEN VICTORY SHE IS DETERMINED TO ENSURE HER kRST LPGA title is only the beginning. g%VEN THOUGH ) M TIRED ) M STILL A ROOKIE PLAYER I still want to play well the rest of the tournaments, and I really want to focus on other tournaments. g) DON T WANT TO THINK ABOUT @/H ) WON THE MAJOR tournament, so Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m good.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; I really want to play the rest of the tournaments.â&#x20AC;?

4HE THREE ROUND 3HOPRITE ,0'! #LASSIC TEES OFF AFP on Friday.

Van der Valk sets new mark 65, pulls away by 6 STANDINGS

DANAO City, Cebu: Guido Van der Valk pounded the Club Filipino de Cebu course for the second straight day and came away with a new course record of six-under 65 to turn a shaky one-stroke edge into a whopping six-shot bulge halfway through the ICTSI Club Filipino de Cebu Invitational here on Thursday.

While the rest of the pack could not seem to master the short but tricky par-71 layout softened by overnight rain, the Dutchman kept his romp with another superb all-around game, shooting eight birdies against two bogeys as he bettered his lead-grabbing opening 66 to post a huge lead at 11-under 131.

Jhonnel Ababa, who ruled the rain-shortened inaugurals of this event last year, did card an under-par round in overcast skies but his 69 could only net him a 36-hole aggregate of 137 for second but six shots behind heading to the last 36 holes of the P3 million event sponsored by ICTSI. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There was nothing special but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got good swing and the ball carried real well,â&#x20AC;? said Van der Valk, who birdied Nos. 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11 and 15 inside 10 feet to negate his bogeys on the two par-3s (Nos. 8 and 11) on his way to posting a new course mark and moving 36 holes from scoring a follow-up to his breakthrough win at Eagle Ridge last year.

Lloyd Go actually looked headed to challenging Van der Valk when he went four-under after 11 holes but the rookie pro drove out-of-bounds twice on the par-4 14th and limped with a quadruple bogey. He,

however, birdied two of the last four to submit a second 69 for joint third with Elmer Salvador, who turned in a 70, and Jay Bayron, who matched par 71, at 138. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s okay, still two rounds left. Hopefully, I can still catch up,â&#x20AC;? said the local ace and former national amateur champion.

Michael Bibat, who started the round in joint second with Bayron and Aussie Jack Sullivan, just one stroke off Van der Valk, failed to recover from a bogeybogey start, finishing with two more bogeys against three birdies for a one-over 72. He slipped to joint sixth at 139 with Rufino Bayron, who birdied the last two holes at the front for a 68, and Albin Engino, who also rallied with a 69.

Forty-three players advanced to the final 36 holes of the Pilipinas Golf Tournaments, Inc.-organized event with Sullivan and four others barely making the cut at fourover 147 with a horrible 80 after a fine start of 67.

The Gold Coast native, who rallied with three birdies at the front to get into the first round mix Wednesday, fumbled with seven bogeys and a double bogey with no birdie to show in a 40-40 round.

The other five-over total scorers were Korean Kim Young Hyun (73), Japanese Kei Matsuoka (74) and Englandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s George Twyman, who fought back with a 69.

Former PGT Asia leg champion Justin Quiban fired a 69 for solo ninth at 140 while American Lexus Keoninh, who opened with an impressive 68, groped for a 74 and tumbled to joint 10th at

142 with Mhark Fernando (70), Reymon Jaraula (71), Japanese Ryo Nishimura (73) and Dino Villanueva (71).

But no one emerged rock-solid than Van der Valkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s.

The 39-year-old PGT veteran from Lelystad, the Netherlands kept his mastery of the courseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s three par-5s, which he eagled (No. 11) and birdied (Nos. 15 and 6) in the first round. Though he missed a birdie chance on the sixth, Van der Valk more than made for the slip with birdies on two of the last three holes.

But he will be severely tested as he slugs it out with Ababa and Jay Bayron in todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s featured flight with Go hoping to step up his title drive against Salvador and Rufino Bayron in the event backed

by Custom Clubmakers, Meralco, Champion, Summit Mineral Water, K&G Golf Apparel, BDO, Sharp, KZG, PLDT and M.Y. Shokai Technology, Inc.

Q Guido Van der Valk looking good after 36 holes.

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JAYS DEAL YANKS 3RD STRAIGHT LOSS Roland Garros

MLB RESULTS WEDNESDAY (THURSDAY IN MANILA) Washington Nationals 6 Chicago White Sox 4 Arizona Diamondbacks 3 Los Angeles Dodgers 2 Philadelphia Phillies 7 San Diego Padres 5 Pittsburgh Pirates 7 Atlanta Braves 4 Toronto Blue Jays 11 New York Yankees 7 Cleveland Indians 9 Minnesota Twins 7 Tampa Bay Rays 4 Detroit Tigers 0 New York Mets 7 San Francisco Giants 0 Miami Marlins 8 Milwaukee Brewers 3 Texas Rangers 2 Baltimore Orioles 1 Chicago Cubs 9 Colorado Rockies 8 Boston Red Sox 8 Kansas City Royals 0 Cincinnati Reds postponed St. Louis Cardinals Seattle Mariners 14 Houston Astros 1 Los Angeles Angels 10 Oakland Athletics 9 FROM MLB.COM

TORONTO: Zack Britton and the New York Yankees saw lengthy streaks come to an end.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit a go-ahead, THREE RUN HOMER OFF "RITTON IN A kVE RUN eighth inning, Randal Grichuk had a pair of homers and the Toronto Blue Jays rallied to beat the Yankees 11-7, sending .EW 9ORK TO ITS kRST THREE GAME LOSING streak since early April.

Former Yankees infielder Brandon Drury and Grichuk combined for backto-back homers against Luis Cessa in THE EIGHTH .EW 9ORK HAS LOST THE kRST two games of a three-game set, ending A STREAK OF NINE CONSECUTIVE SERIES WINS â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re beating one of the best teams in baseball and one of the best bullpens in baseball,â&#x20AC;? Blue Jays manager Charlie Montoyo said.

4HE 9ANKEES HAVE NOT WON SERIES in a row since 1954.

Britton (2-1) entered with a seasonhigh 13 1/3 scoreless innings streak, then allowed three runs in one inning IN BLOWING A SAVE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE second time this season.

Guerreroâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home run off on a Britton SINKER WAS THE SEVENTH IN GAMES FOR THE YEAR OLD WHO DEBUTED !PRIL .EW 9ORK HAD BEEN WHEN LEADING AFTER SEVEN INNINGS 4ORONTO TRAILED IN THE SEVENTH but closed against Jonathan Holder on a two-run, two-out double by Teoscar HernĂĄndez, who was recalled from Triple-A Buffalo. Both runs were unearned because of a throwing error by shortstop Torres on Guerreroâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leadoff grounder.

A poor throw by Urshela, one of two errors by the third baseman, led to an UNEARNED RUN IN THE kFTH

washout keeps Djokovic and Halep waiting

Q Toronto Blue Jaysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Vladimir Guerrero Jr., left, celebrates with Randall Grichuk after Guerrero hit a three-run home run against the New York Yankees during the eighth inning of a baseball game on Thursday in Toronto. AP PHOTO AL East-leading New York had not lost three in a row since a season-high fourGAME SKID FROM !PRIL *AMES 0AXTON ALLOWED FOUR RUNS OVER INNINGS AND PITCHES IN HIS SECOND START BACK FROM THE INJURED LIST !DAM /TTAVINO FOLLOWED AND 4OMMY +AHNLE STRANDED THE BASES LOADED IN THE SIXTH BY striking out Lourdes Gurriel Jr. 9ANKEES CENTER kELDER !ARON (ICKS WHO did not make his season debut until May 15 BECAUSE OF A BACK INJURY WAS DOWN BRIElY AFTER leaping into the wall in an unsuccessful attempt to catch Grichukâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s eighth-inning homer.

Grichuk has three home runs in the series, raising his season total to 12. He HAD A TWO RUN HOMER IN THE kRST OFF THE

#ANADIAN BORN 0AXTON 3AM 'AVIGLIO PITCHED TWO HITLESS innings, and the Blue Jays won three straight HOME GAMES FOR THE kRST TIME THIS SEASON DJ LeMahieu hit a three-run homer and HAD FOUR 2")S AND 'ARY 3ÂśNCHEZ HAD A SOLO DRIVE FOR .EW 9ORK 3ÂśNCHEZ HAS AN AL-leading 19 homers, one more than the PREVIOUS MARK FOR 9ANKEES CATCHERS BEFORE THE !LL 3TAR BREAK SET BY 9OGI "ERRA IN -AKING HIS kRST START IN 4ORONTO SINCE PITCHING A NO HITTER FOR 3EATTLE LAST -AY

0AXTON ALLOWED FOUR RUNS Â&#x2021; THREE EARNED Â&#x2021; FOUR HITS AND THREE WALKS Blue Jays right-hander Trent ThornTON ALLOWED FOUR RUNS AND kVE HITS IN kVE INNINGS

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PARIS: Torrential rain caused a complete WASHOUT OF QUARTERkNAL ACTION AT 2OLAND Garros on Wednesday (Thursday in MaNILA WITH .OVAK $JOKOVIC AND 3IMONA (ALEP AMONGST THE BIGGEST VICTIMS )T IS THE SECOND TIME SINCE THAT all French Open play was cancelled and THIRD SINCE The decision left world number one $JOKOVIC AND DEFENDING WOMEN S CHAMPION (ALEP FACING HAVING TO PLAY THEIR quarter-finals on Thursday and semikNALS ON &RIDAY IF THEY GET THROUGH 7ITH THE WOMEN S kNAL SET FOR 3ATurday, third seed Halep could end up playing three days in a row. $JOKOVIC HAD BEEN DUE TO FACE 'ERMAN kFTH SEED !LEXANDER :VEREV ON Court Philippe Chatrier on Wednesday as was Halep who was up against !MERICAN TEENAGER !MANDA !NISIMOVA /N #OURT 3UZANNE ,ENGLEN !MERicaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Madison Keys was due to face !USTRALIA S !SHLEIGH "ARTY BEFORE runner-up Dominic Thiem clashed with 2USSIA S +AREN +HACHANOV 4HE kRST QUARTER kNALS HAD BEEN COMpleted on Tuesday with 11-time champion Rafael Nadal setting up a Friday SEMI kNAL AGAINST OLD RIVAL 2OGER &EDERER Johanna Konta and Marketa VonDROUSOVA ALSO WON 4UESDAY WITH THEIR SEMI kNAL ORIGINALLY SET FOR 4HURSDAY

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Exciting new tours to relive â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;The Game of Thronesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

OR diehard fans of HBOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s epic series â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Game of Thrones,â&#x20AC;? travel may be a way to counter withdrawal symptoms what with actual tours available today designed around the television phenomenon, WHICH AIRED ITS kNAL EPIsode on May 19.

Based on the best-selling medieval fantasy book series book series â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Song of Ice and Fireâ&#x20AC;? by George R. R. Martin, GoT as the show if fondly called depicted two powerful families of kings and queens, knights and renegades, liars and honest men playing a deadly game to control the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros and sit atop the Iron Throne. To bring the story to life, location shoots took place in Northern Ireland, Malta, Croatia and Spain.

Travel booking platform Klook provides The Manila Times Lifestyle with the lineup of tours now available to give travelers a glimpse into the awe-inspiring world of Westeros below.

Dubrovnik !S A 5NITED .ATIONS %DUCATIONAL 3CIENTIkC and Cultural Organization (Unesco) World Heritage site, Dubrovnikâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Old Town as setting for Kingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Landing was quite understandable for the show creators. The culturally rich medieval town hosted the showâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main plotline, the glory of the Iron Throne, and some of the series most crucial moments, including Queen Cerseiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s walk of atonement.

In the new â&#x20AC;&#x153;Game of Thronesâ&#x20AC;? Filming Locations Tour, fans are brought through the halls of the Lovrijenac Fortress, the Trsteno Arboretum and the Lokrum Island.

Walk the path of the royals of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros

Q A walking tour of Dubrovnik City better known as Kingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Landing. PHOTOS COURTESY OF KLOOK Meanwhile, the new Cruise and Walking Tour allows travelers to embark on Daenerys Targaryenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ship upon the Adriatic Sea with a Dragon Blood cocktail in hand.

Additionally, thrill-seekers can explore Dubrovnikâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s less-frequented alleyways on the Legends Evening Walking Tour, led by an engaging tour guide with a wealth of local insights and secrets about the show.

Spain Beyond Dubrovnik, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Game of Thronesâ&#x20AC;? fanatics can indulge in the fantastical world of the kingdom of Dorne in the Spanish Cathedral, Alcazar and Giralda Guided Tour.

Known in the real world as Seville, the tour includes a visit to the home of the House of Martell.

Northern Iceland Alternatively, a trip to Northern Iceland offers guests a unique opportunity to see that GrjĂłtagjĂĄ Rift. The Lake MĂ˝vatn Hike and Bath Tour includes a visit to where Jon Snow took a faithful leap to break his celibacy on a romantic rendezvous with Ygritte. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Shows with unique settings magnetize travelers and inspire travel decisions. At Klook, we have seen an increase in users searching for on-screen experiences and as travelers become more adventurous, we expect this demand to continue to grow.

Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re delighted to be expanding our offerings catered to fandom travel and give users seamless access to unique destinations and inspiring experiences,â&#x20AC;? Klook chief revenue OFkCER !NITA .GAI SHARED

Q A Unesco-registered World Heritage site, home to the verdant palace of the royal Martell family.

Q The indoor hot tub at Lake Mývatn made popular by Jon Snow and Ygritte.

Q Inside AlcĂĄzar of Seville â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the crown jewel of the seriesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Andalusian filming locations.

Taiwan offers fresh â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;check-inâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; spots AT a time when â&#x20AC;&#x153;check-inâ&#x20AC;? on social media has become a trend in travel all over the world, Taiwanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s novel, creative and fresh scenic attractions have captivated a large number of tourists to take photos and post them on social media.

Kubic in Kaohsiung in southern Taiwan and Starbucks in Hualien change the general concept of check-in spots via container houses, presenting the perfect background walls becoming the excellent check-in attractions throughout picturesque Taiwan.

Rainbow Village 2 At Zhengbin Fishing Port, Keelung City, the colorful houses in a row exude an exotic vibe â&#x20AC;&#x201D; evoking a Mediterranean coast look when viewed from a distance. Similar to the Rainbow Village in Taichung, its ART CREATION AND CASUAL GRAFkTI OF SPLENDID COLORS MAKE visitors feel as if walking into the world of fairy tales and urge them into taking photos and checking in on social media, forgetting about time.

Q Container houses provide the perfect photo background and check-in spots all over Taiwan.

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Like Boliviaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sky Mirror There is also a secret land to check-in in the eastern part of the country â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the Torik Beach in Taitung County. Its breathtaking beauty can be compared to The Sky Mirror in Bolivia. Take photos and check-in on social media here. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like traveling to South America or Europe.

Balloon Festival During the months of July and August, the Taiwan International Balloon Festival is a must-visit at Luye Township, Taitung. The beautiful scenery of Huatung Valley can be enjoyed best by riding a hot air balloon up in the sky, and see the moon and stars closer as night falls at Luye Highland. Certainly, this is the hottest way to travel around Taitung in summer and check-in on social media.

For more information, log on to taiwan.net.ph.

Q Facial biometrics is now an option for boarding by some airlines.

Stress-free flying with airplane innovations FROM adding biometric options that ease airport processes, to tracking bags real-time via its mobile app, major American airline Delta is drawing the blueprint for the future of travel.

In December, the airline company launched the first-ever facial recognition biometric terminal in the US. Those flying internationally out of Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport Terminal F have the option to use facial biometrics instead of a boarding pass or government-issued ID to check in, check a bag, pass through security and board flight.

Another easy way to checkin is through the airline app.

The automatic check-in feature

streamlines the check-in experience. This function automatically checks in eligible customers 24 hours prior to their scheduled departure â&#x20AC;&#x201D; through an alert via email or push notification, with flight reminders, along with your boarding pass.

RFID luggage tagging and real-time tracking The airline is the only carrier that has implemented a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) bag tracking solution on a global scale to further improve its already-strong reliability for checked bags.

A quick note lets the traveler know

when their bag is successfully loaded onto an aircraft, which carousel it will arrive for pickup and more, eliminating the worrisome thought of lost or misplaced luggage.

Wi-Fi on board Customers who need to send a crucial email or message during the flight can do so, even without purchasing Wi-Fi. This complimentar y capability enables travelers to stay fully connected with those on the ground and exchange real-time messages in flight with friends, families, colleagues, and clients via iMessage, WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger.

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BY EUGENE SHEFFER

»HOROSCOPE Today’s Birthday (06/07/19). Whip up a fine romance this year. Profit through disciplined collaborative efforts. Pull in some big fish this summer, conserving some to ease a shared transition. Lucrative rewards hit joint accounts next winter, providing a personal cushion with care. You’re building something sweet together.

BY NANCY BLACK LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Benefits arise through teamwork and cooperation. You can always include another into your circle of friends. Social events delight. Keep things simple and easy.

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

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) -- Today is an 8 -- Work takes priority. You’re unraveling a challenge. Gather information, and tap into hidden assets. Get support from your team. Make an amazing discovery.

ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) -- Today is an 8 -- Another can get through where you can’t. Connect and ask around. Solutions arise from unlikely sources. Take advantage of a romantic lucky twist.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) -- Today is a 7 -- Make plans to get away. You’re especially inventive and creative. Get inspired by another’s adventure. Get outside to feel the wind and sun.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) -- Today is a 7 -- Pool resources to improve your family’s living conditions. Prioritize practicalities.

You can get what you need. Clean, cook and enjoy domestic arts.

Create harmony.

C A P R I C O R N (D E C. 22-J A N. 19) -- Today is a 7 -- Brainstorm with your partner or team for lucrative ideas. Ask questions. Relax and listen. A brilliant insight shatters an illusion.

Bring your strength.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) -- Today is an 8 -- Find solutions in your networks. Connect to exchange ideas. Edit a fantasy down to a realistic plan. Previously locked doors now swing open.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) -- Today is an 8 -- Get creative with your partner. Share your ideas and inspiration. Make plans for the future. Romance is a distinct possibility. Collaborate and have fun.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Costs may be higher than expected; income could rise too. Set a juicy goal, and go for it. You’re creative and efficient. Track the results.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) -- Today is an 8 -- Prioritize your health, work and fitness. Physical action gets results. Discover solutions in conversation. Get support from a coach, trainer or doctor.

Nurture your body.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- As you gain strength, you gain options. Stay on solid ground. Illusions or fantasies could distract from the job at hand. Keep an open mind.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) -- Today is a 6 -- Keep a low profile. Postpone travel or overstimulating environments. Review recent events, and make practical plans for what’s ahead. Rest and recharge. Pamper your spirit.

» SUDOKU

(Astrologer Nancy Black continues her mother Linda Black’s legacy horoscopes column. She welcomes comments and questions on Twitter, @LindaCBlack. For more astrological interpretations like today’s Gemini horoscope, visit Linda Black Astrology by clicking daily horoscopes, or go to www.nancyblack.com.)

NANCY BLACK. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC

BY ROGER SEVILLA

Complete the grid so that every row, column and 3x3 square contains the digits 1 to 9 with no repeats.

Solution from yesterday’s puzzle.

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Derrick Monasterio aces â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Rak of Aegisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; auditions Y

ES, TV and movie hunk Derrick Monasterio is crossing over to theater! The PUBLIC IS DEkNITELY IN FOR SOMETHING NEW AND FRESH FROM THE TALENTED YOUNG ACTOR AS HE ESSAYS HIS VERY kRST ROLE AS A THESPIAN AND IN NO LESS THAN ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL ORIGINAL &ILIPINO MUSICALS YET VIA g2AK OF !EGIS u An no, he wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t handpicked for his celebrity. Derrick went through the rigorous auditions from the musical because he has long wanted to try out the stage. Nevertheless, he had no idea what he was getting into. He had heard about the phenomenal musical but had not seen a single scene from the show.

When audition day came, Derrick went to PETA Theater and was simply asked to sing. He did his best and left without expecting anything. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was thinking, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s alright if I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get the part. At least I did what I was told to do. Ang dami kasing magagaling at mga taga-teatro talaga na nag-audition din. But after a week, I got a call back and siyempre natuwa ako. They asked me to report for another audition along with the others [who emerged] on the short list. Again, I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t expect anything. Hindi ko na inisip because I was also busy doing two movies, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Kiko en Lalaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; for Backyard Productions and also â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;G!LU,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; which is the movie arm of Bench,â&#x20AC;? Derrick recalled for Showbuzz. )T WAS AFTER HE kNISHED SHOOTING Kiko en Lala that his management informed the actor he got the part of Tolits in Rak. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I felt really happy but at the same time, I also felt nervous. This was the role originally played by Gerald Na-

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genuinely happy in welcoming me so ang saya lang talaga,â&#x20AC;? he enthused.

After a couple of rehearsals, Derrick was told a press conference had been scheduled but it wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be just a Q&A setup. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were told we were going to perform! Ninerbyos na naman ako because I was still in the process of learning my songs and felt wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ready. But thankfully, my castmates were so kind and talagang nakaalalay sila sa â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;kin â&#x20AC;&#x201D; sina Ate Aicelle, Pepe, everyone helped me out.â&#x20AC;?

Long story short, Derrick got through the performance without a hitch, blending in harmony with the rest of the cast as if he had long been in the musical. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I know I can do better after

poles and ang galing-galing ni Gerald!

He got very good reviews so I had to ask myself, kaya ko ba â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;yun?â&#x20AC;?

Derrick also found out he will be alternating with Pepe Herrera, another experienced theater actor, for Tolits and felt the pressure mounting even more. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Yung mga kasama kong Tolits have been playing the role for a number of seasons already and know it like the back of their hand.

Samantalang ako, I still have to learn the songs, the dialogues and the blocking so mas ninerbyos pa ako!â&#x20AC;? laughed the humble actor. /N THE kRST DAY OF REHEARSALS THOUGH

Derrick said it helped he was working with fellow GMA Network artist and Rak of Aegis alumnus Aicelle Santos to calm the nerves. And as the day went on, he came to realize theater isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t as daunting as he thought it would be. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theater is proving to be very enjoyable for me. Ang bait katrabaho ng mga tao specially since they KNEW IT S MY kRST TIME ;TO DO THE stage]. Sobrang support ng lahat sa bawat isa. Wala rin akong na-feel na because I was new, I wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t in their league. I felt they were

that first public performance and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m now all the more motivated to do my very best for the show,â&#x20AC;? he resolved.

Derrick Monasterio in Rak of Aegis â&#x20AC;&#x201D; something to look forward to indeed.

NNN Showbuzz happily bumped into former â&#x20AC;&#x153;Unang Hiritâ&#x20AC;? cohost Regine Velasquez at the opening of the very impressive The Garden of Okada. It was a beautiful place to reconnect what with the Songbird and yours truly both so impressed with the lush green open space events place. We agreed itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the perfect venue for major milestones like weddings and birthdays. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Actually itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s even perfect for a concert!â&#x20AC;? Regineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s eyes lit up, probably imagining a concept for her next big performance. The Q Sanya Lopez and Jak Roberto INSTAGRAM PHOTOS

space can accommodate over a thousand people!

But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also a perfect place for old time friends to chat as she and Showbuzz got drinks and caught up with each otherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lives.

NNN W h e n S a nya L o pez told Showbuzz she has steamy love scenes waiting for her in her new soap â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dahil Sa Pagibig,â&#x20AC;? her brother Jak Roberto overheard and quipped,

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nasaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;n ba â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;yung pamalo ko?â&#x20AC;?

But

while admittedly conservative and very protective of her younger sister, Jak believes that Sanya is already of age and she knows whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s right for her career. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Of course, there are still times when I talk to her if I feel that sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going beyond the limit but that happens seldom now. Hindi

ko siya hinihigpitan. Ako naman, laging nandiyan lang to guide her,

remind her and support her,â&#x20AC;? Jak sweetly said.

NNN Showbuzz has been receiving complaints from televiewers using digital TV boxes that theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re unable to access GMA and GMA News TV on their TV sets. For those experiencing this, you should re-scan your digital TV box with the following step-bystep guide to catch your favorite Kapuso programs: 1) Press Menu, 2) Go to Settings, 3) In Installation, choose Factory Default then press OK in the remote control, 4) Put in the password, for example, 0000, 5) Choose 9ES TO CONkRM &ACTORY $EFAULT

6) Then choose Auto scam/ Auto Search and press OK and on your remote control, 7) Wait until you see Search Completed then press OK or Exit, 8) Search for GMA and GMA News TV using the Up and Down buttons, and 9) Have fun watching your favorite GMA and GMA NEWS TV shows.

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Netflix acquires Vivaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Mariaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; GLOBAL film streaming giant Netflix has just added the hardhitting Filipino action flick â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mariaâ&#x20AC;? to its growing line-up of Filipino movies for its worldwide audience. Maria was produced

by Viva Films, BlackOps Studios Asia and PsyOps and distributed

by Viva, a Viva Communications, Inc. company.

Maria headlines dramatic actress Cristine Reyes, who for the first time in her career, essayed a high powered action role. Excited over the opportunity to do something new, Reyes did her own action scenes and emerged a sensation on the big screen.

Maria is directed by Pedring Lopez, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Yz Carbonell and Rex Lopez. Lopez was initially known for his work in editing and special effects and in directing music videos before moving to features. He is also behind the horror film â&#x20AC;&#x153;Binhiâ&#x20AC;? and thriller â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nilalang.â&#x20AC;?

Lopez was named Best Director at the Los Angeles Philippine Film Festival and at the Festival Internacional de Cine Fantastico de Torremolinos for the latter.

In Maria, Lopez showcases females in physically demanding action scenes. He also features the use of traditional Filipino martial arts. With Maria, Lopez hopes to show the global audience that Filipinos can do entertaining action movies.

Maria tells the story of a woman with a dark, violent pass.

The seemingly perfect wife and mother Maria is actually Lily, a former cartel assassin. With her family and herself as the target of a take no prisoners retaliation, Maria is instantly forced to hark back to her former life to save her family.

Maria also stars Ivan Padilla, KC Montero, Guji Lorenzana, Jennifer Lee, Andrea del Rosario, Cindy Miranda, Freddie Webb and Ronnie Lazaro.

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Q Director Brillante Mendoza, SM SVP for Marketing and Communications Millie Dizon and Undersecretary of Health Dr. Mario Villaverde

Q Family of Doctors: Dr. Fidel Pasion Jr., (left) with wife Dr. Cesaria Pasion and their daughter Sara Micol Pasion (center)

Q DTTB Batch 18 Alumna and educator Dr. Pretchell Tolentino

Medical community praises Brillante Mendozaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Hilomâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; INTERNATIONALLY-acclaimed director Brillante Mendoza triumphantly screened his latest masterpiece, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hilom, A tribute to the doctors to the barrios,â&#x20AC;? with an overwhelming support from the medical community.

Held at SM Megamallâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cinema 12, the event saw top representatives of the Department of Health (DoH) in the audience as well as a great number of members of the agencyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s The Doctors to the Barrios (DTTB) program, to whom the film is dedicated.

Written by Boots Agbayani-Pastor, Hilom follows the story of Dr. Elenita â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ellenâ&#x20AC;? Sancho-Peralta as she goes to a remote municipality in the Bicol region to serve her two-year stint. At the same time, her husband, Doc Alex, whom she recently married, goes to another Bicol town to serve his term as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Doctor to the Barrios.â&#x20AC;?

Starring Julia Montes and Kean Cipriano in the lead roles, the rest of the cast includes Archie Adamos,

Ruby Ruiz, Philip Palmos, Red Ibasco, Bibo Bayona, Ryan Sandoval, Dexter Macaraeg, Cataleya Surio, Lito Capina and Red Martin.

According to Mendoza, Hilom is actually a project of the Department of Health through the Health Promotion and Communication Service and the Health Human Resources Development Bureau. It is based the

DTTB program of the DoH Human Resource for Health Deployment prog r a m s, w h i c h was created in May 1993 to respond to the inequitable distribution of scarce resources and varying pace of development in the 271 doctorless MUNICIPALITIES IDENTIkED IN The DTTB program is a strategy of national government to redistribute

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Q Mendoza together with the Doctors to the Barrio alumni.

doctors to increase access to quality healthcare services by the marginalized, vulnerable and underserved population of the country.

Ultimately, this project between DoH and Mendoza aims to highlight the efforts of volunteer doctors and other medical staff who regularly visit barrios to hold free checkups on the poor as well as encourage future doctors to be part of the program.