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Both chambers met to approve the outlay, delayed for weeks over wrangling among lawmakers, after a bicameral conference committee wrapped up deliberations to reconcile Sen. Loren Legarda THE CONlICTING 3ENATE AND (OUSE VERSIONS OF THE BILL and Rep. Rolando Andaya Jr., who led the bicameral budget deliberations, !T THE (OUSE LAWMAKERS APPROVED THE 'ENERAL !P- present the approved committee report for the P3.757-trillion national PROPRIATIONS !CT '!! THROUGH VOICE VOTING INSTEAD OF A budget for 2019 after a bicameral committee hearing in Camp Aguinaldo. ³BudgetA2 PHOTO BY ROGER RAÑADA

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"5$'%4 3ECRETARY "ENJAMIN $IOKNO on Friday again skipped a hearing OF THE (OUSE #OMMITTEE ON !PPROpriations on supposedly anomalous budget allocations, but the committee head no longer threatened to cite the #ABINET OFkCIAL IN CONTEMPT )N A STATEMENT THE $EPARTMENT OF "UDGET AND -ANAGEMENT $"-

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3ECRETARY +ARLO !LEXEI .OGRALES on Friday said the government might face legal issues in court if it implemented mandatory IMMUNIZATION FOR CHILDREN g(INDI NAMAN SIGURO KELANGAN ‘yan [Mandatory immunization]

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Lorenzana: ‘Pag-asa rehab legitimate’

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BY THE 0HILIPPINE GOVERNMENT $EFENSE 3ECRETARY $ELkN ,ORENZANA SAID ON &RIDAY 4HE STATEMENT CAME AFTER 7ASHington-based think tank Asia -ARITIME 4RANSPARENCY )NITIATIVE !-4) RELEASED A REPORT STATING that Manila was undertaking RECLAMATION ACTIVITIES AT 0AG ASA )SLAND THE LARGEST AMONG THE NINE OCCUPIED ISLANDS IN THE 3PRATLY ARCHIPELAGO +ALAYAAN )SLAND

'ROUP WITHIN THE CONTESTED 7EST 0HILIPPINE 3EA 3OUTH #HINA 3EA g(AVING UNDERGONE CAREFUL planning and consideration, with full respect to international law and rules-based governing civilized states, implanting these improvements is a legitimate undertaking and well within our rights

AS A SOVEREIGN NATION u ,ORENZANA SAID IN A STATEMENT The Defense chief said repairs AND CONSTRUCTION AT 0AG ASA WERE also meant to improve the safety, livelihood, welfare and personal security of civilians and military MEN IN +ALAYAAN A MUNICIPALITY THAT WAS PART OF 0ALAWAN PROVINCE The Defense department had always been “open and transparent� when it came to “conveying and FULkLLING THE GOVERNMENT S DESIRE to improve� conditions of civilian and military citizens in Barangay 0AG ASA THE $EFENSE CHIEF SAID Facilities being constructed and restored included a beaching ramp, the air strip or the Rancudo

Airfield, barracks for soldiers, desalination facilities, a sewage disposal system, conventional and renewable power generators, and lighthouses, shelters and STORAGE FACILITIES FOR kSHERS ,ORENZANA SAID 4HE BEACHING RAMP WAS EXPECTED TO BE kNISHED WITHIN THE kRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR HE SAID “These planned modest improvements are basic but nonetheless highly essential in delivering social services to raise the standard OF LIVING AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY of life of Filipino citizens on the ISLAND u HE STRESSED !PART FROM 0AG ASA THE 0HILIPPINES IS OCCUPYING ,IKAS 7EST

9ORK )SLAND 0AROLA .ORTHEAST #AY ,AWAK .ANSHAN )SLAND

+OTA ,OAITA )SLAND 0ATAG &LAT 2EEF 0ANATA ,ANKIAM #AY 2IZAL #OMMODORE 2EEF AND !YUNGIN 3ECOND 4HOMAS 3HOAL As to the reported presence of #HINESE VESSELS IN THE AREA ,Orenzana said he was not surprised WITH "EIJING S MOVE "ASED ON THE !-4) S REPORT

SEVERAL VESSELS FROM THE 0EOPLE S ,IBERATION !RMY .AVY AND THE #HINESE #OAST 'UARD WERE DEPLOYED FROM 3UBI :AMORA 2EEF TO 0AG ASA !-4) SAID #HINA MIGHT HAVE been prompted by the building of THE BEACHING RAMP

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EXTENDED RIGHTSÂ PUSHED

Congress ratifies pork-filled budget show of hands, following the moTION OF -AJORITY ,EADER &REDENIL #ASTRO AND DESPITE THE OBJECTION OF !#4 4EACHERS PARTY LIST 2EP !NTONIO 4INIO g4HE RATIFICATION OF THE '!! HAS BEEN EXPOSED AS A SHAM ) AM NOT ALLOWED TO OBJECT 4HEY do not want to put in the record that there was an opposition to the humongous pork barrel insertions IN THE BUDGET u 4INIO SAID (OUSE APPROPRIATIONS CHAIRMAN 2OLANDO !NDAYA *R WHO HAS delayed the budget passage over DISAGREEMENTS WITH "UDGET 3ECRETARY "ENJAMIN $IOKNO GOT HIS WAY AS THE amended measure did away with THE CASH BASED BUDGETING SYSTEM )T WILL INSTEAD FOLLOW THE OLD two-year, obligation-based budgeting system of the government that Diokno wanted to phase out TO REDUCE CORRUPTION Under the final version of the '!!

THE $EPARTMENT OF 0UBLIC 7ORKS AND (IGHWAYS $07( will receive the highest insertion, WORTH 0 BILLION FOLLOWED BY THE $EPARTMENT OF (EALTH $O( WITH 0 BILLION AND THE $EPARTMENT OF .ATIONAL $EFENSE $.$ WITH AN ADDITIONAL 0 BILLION 4HE /FkCE OF THE 6ICE 0RESIDENT WILL RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL 0 MILLION TO ITS 0 MILLION BUDGET 4HE 3ENATE WILL RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL 0 BILLION 3EN ,OREN ,EGARDA THE HEAD OF THE 3ENATE CONTINGENT TO THE BICAMERAL PANEL SAID SIGNIkCANT items included funding for the NEW "ANGSAMORO REGION 0 BILLION 5NIVERSAL (EALTH #ARE 0 BILLION 2ICE 4ARIFFICATION ,AW 0 BILLION AND THE #OCONUT -ODERNIZATION ,AW 0 BILLION 3EN *OSEPH 6ICTOR g*6u %JERCITO SAID THE $O( INSERTION INVOLVED THE (EALTH &ACILITIES %NHANCEMENT 0ROgram for the improvement, upgrade AND EXPANSION OF ALL GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS AND HEALTH FACILITIES

Pork barrel included Andaya admitted to reporters that “pork barrel� remained in the BUDGET WITH 0 MILLION ALLOTTED FOR EACH (OUSE MEMBER !N ADDITIONAL 0 BILLION IN budgetary support was also provided for government-owned and CONTROLLED CORPORATIONS AND 0 BILLION TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS There were no insertions for the /FkCE OF THE 0RESIDENT AND OTHER government agencies such as the Department of Agrarian Reform $!2 THE $EPARTMENT OF "UDGET AND -ANAGEMENT $"- THE Autonomous Region in Muslim -INDANAO !2-- AND JOINT LEGISLATIVE EXECUTIVE COUNCILS The Department of Tourism has THE SMALLEST INSERTION AT 0 MILLION FOLLOWED BY THE 0RESIDENTIAL #OMMUNICATIONS /PERATIONS /FkCE AT 0 MILLION

Arroyo’s requests !NDAYA SAID NOT ALL THE REQUESTS OF 3PEAKER 'LORIA -ACAPAGAL !Rroyo for budget hikes in some agencies were granted by the BICAMERAL PANEL

Former president and now Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo speaks to socialized housing beneficiaries at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Barangay Poblacion, Muntinlupa City. Arroyo announced that, together with Rep. Rozzano Rufino Biazon and former Housing secretary Michael Defensor, she would call for an oversight meeting to extend the usufruct in NBP for the benefit of the residents.

Arroyo gave a 50-year usufruct to the NBP residents, who used to live on the sides of railway tracks, when she was president.

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YES WE WERE able to allocate but not the whole AMOUNT REQUESTED "UT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE IT WAS EQUITABLE %VEN Arroyo agreed to decrease allocaTIONS FOR HER REQUESTS u !NDAYA SAID IN &ILIPINO Arroyo previously sought a budGET INCREASE OF 0 BILLION FOR THE $O( TO UPGRADE HEALTH FACILITIES

0 BILLION FOR THE $! TO SUBSIDIZE FARMERS AND 0 MILLION FOR THE $07( TO ASSIST URBAN POOR HOUSING BENEkCIARIES

‘Like signing a blank check’ 3ENATORS VOTED TO RATIFY THE BICAMERAL REPORT WITH 3ENATE -INORITY ,EADER &RANKLIN $RILON AND 3EN 0ANkLO ,ACSON LEADING THE g.Ou VOTE AMID ALLEGATIONS THAT SOME MEMBERS OF THE 3ENATE AND THE (OUSE INSERTED gPERSONAL amendments� or “pork fund� alLOCATIONS IN THE BUDGET Drilon likened the budget passage to “signing a blank check,� as there was little time to scrutinize THE BILL g) SIMPLY CANNOT DO THAT )N MY YEARS IN THE 3ENATE ) HAVE made it a personal advocacy to scrutinize the national budget, which is the most important piece of legislation that goes through #ONGRESS 4HE NATIONAL BUDGET IS the most effective tool for good GOVERNANCE u HE SAID )N A PRIVILEGED SPEECH TO EXPLAIN HIS VOTE ,ACSON SAID THE $07( BUDGET “has been a traditional prey to swine rushing to get more slabs of ‘pork’ MORE THAN THEY CAN CONSUME u (E ALLEGED THAT 0 BILLION WORTH OF NEW PROJECTS WERE INTRODUCED IN THE $07( BUDGET DURING THE SECOND READING OF THE 3ENATE VERSION OF THE BUDGET BILL g)F SPLIT UP IN METAPHORIC ‘hating kapatid’ FAIR SHARE THIS WILL AMOUNT TO MORE THAN 0 BILLION PER SENATOR u HE SAID “Today, pork barrel presents as an evil reincarnate, taunting and tempting us, hiding in the shroud OF FEIGNED PUBLIC SERVICE 0ORK proves that the irresistible lure of money moves men and women of power who should be the guardian of public treasury, to devise cunning machinations to further their OWN SELkSH INTERESTS u HE SAID Drilon denied reports that senaTORS WOULD GET 0 BILLION IN PORK EACH INCLUDING A PROVINCE IN THE 6ISAYAS GETTING MORE THAN 0 BILLION g) DENY AND TAKE EXCEPTION TO THAT ALLEGATION ) WOULD LIKE TO make of record that the province referred to is not my province of )LOILO u HE ADDED Drilon said he had disclosed all his budget amendments and urged fellow senators to do the same “for PURPOSES OF TRANSPARENCY u “The unsubstantiated and unfair claims regarding pork barrel allocations make each member of THE 3ENATE A SUSPECT )N THE SPIRIT of transparency and to erase the cloud of doubt hanging over the 3ENATE ) APPEAL TO THE MEMBERS of this chamber to make a similar DISCLOSURE u HE SAID

“The presence of militia on the #HINESE MAN MADE STRUCTURES IS no surprise as they have been there SINCE u ,ORENZANA ARGUED g7E EXPECT OTHER COUNTRIES TO RESPECT 0HILIPPINE SOVEREIGNTY AND TO conduct themselves in a civilized MANNER BEkTTING MEMBERS OF THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY u HE ADDED )N *ULY THE 0ERMANENT #OURT OF !RBITRATION IN 4HE (AGUE FAVORED THE 0HILIPPINE CLAIM ON THE 7EST 0HILIPPINE 3EA

invalidating the nine-dash-line CLAIM OF #HINA 0RESIDENT 2ODRIGO $UTERTE HOWever, set aside the legal victory, in EXCHANGE FOR STRONGER ECONOMIC TIES WITH #HINA

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No mandatory vaccination as govt fears Diokno MAY NOT BE NECESSARY ) THINK baka ma QUESTION pa ‘yan sa korte [perhaps IT WILL BE QUESTIONED IN COURT= SOMEHOW u .OGRALES TOLD REPORTERS 4HE 0ALACE OFFICIAL SAID THE government should instead “step up� its immunization drive, with the help of local government UNITS ,'5S “You know, the local government units should be involved here, in terms of [their] contribution to this program, and in terms of [their] actions, and even IN TERMS OF ACCOUNTABILITY ) THINK THE ,'5S PLAY A VERY CRITICAL AND AN important part in this immunization program and other programs OF THE GOVERNMENT u HE SAID .OGRALES ADDED THAT 0RESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte had directed the $EPARTMENT OF (EALTH $O( TO boost communication efforts on the importance of vaccination with the active involvement of THE 0RESIDENTIAL #OMMUNICATIONS /PERATIONS /FkCE ! TOTAL OF MEASLES CASES AND kVE DEATHS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN -ETRO -ANILA WHILE #ENTRAL ,UZON HAD CASES AND FOUR DEATHS Aside from the two areas, the (EALTH DEPARTMENT EXPANDED THE MEASLES OUTBREAK SCOPE TO #ALABARZON #AVITE ,AGUNA "ATANGAS

2IZAL AND 1UEZON 7ESTERN 6ISAYAS AND #ENTRAL 6ISAYAS -EANWHILE 3AN ,AZARO (OSPITAL in Manila, in an email sent to The Manila Times on Thursday, said it HAD RECORDED DEATHS FROM THE MEASLES OUTBREAK AS OF 7EDNESDAY

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THE HOSPITAL TALLIED REPORTED cases of measles, in contrast to

CASES AND DEATHS IN Most of the victims were children between three months and FOUR YEARS OLD .O DEATHS WERE REPORTED IN THE REPORTED CASES REPORTED among adults between the ages of AND )N 7ESTERN 6ISAYAS A TOTAL OF MEASLES CASES WITH THREE SUSpected deaths were recorded in the REGION AS OF *AN

$O( RECORDS SHOWED $R -ARY *ANE *UANICO MEDICAL coordinator of the regional health OFFICE S #HILD (EALTH 0ROGRAM

said they still have to determine if THE DEATHS WERE CAUSED BY MEASLES 3HE ATTRIBUTED THE OUTBREAK TO LOW COVERAGE OF THE $O( S MEASLES immunization program in Region LAST YEAR 0UBLIC SUPPORT TO THE PROGRAM might have dipped because of the $ENGVAXIA ANTI DENGUE VACCINE CONTROVERSY *UANICO SAID Measles, caused by a virus that infects the respiratory tract, can be passed through direct contact and THROUGH THE AIR )TS COMPLICATIONS INCLUDE SEVERE diarrhea, pneumonia, blindness and even death, according to the (EALTH DEPARTMENT 3YMPTOMS OF MEASLES INCLUDED fever, reddening of the eyes, cough and colds and red rashes, the AGENCY SAID )N 1UEZON #ITY IN -ETRO -A-

NILA THE 1UEZON #ITY (EALTH $EPARTMENT 1#($ HAS RECORDED A TOTAL OF MEASLES CASES WITH eight reported deaths from JanuARY TO !S OF &EBRUARY A TOTAL OF children have been innoculated THROUGHOUT THE CITY !MID THE OUTBREAK THE (OUSE of Representatives also on Friday approved on second reading an ACT EXPANDING THE COVERAGE OF THE mandatory basic immunization program and providing a system in the determination of other types of vaccine-preventable diseases, amendING 2EPUBLIC !CT 2! OR THE g-ANDATORY )NFANTS AND #HILDREN (EALTH )MMUNIZATION !CT OF u 6ACCINATION FOR ROTAVIRUS *APANESE ENCEPHALITIS 0#6 AND (06 were included under the coverage OF 2!

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The generation charge rose due to higher rates from plants under POWER SUPPLY AGREEMENTS 03!

AND 7HOLESALE %LECTRICITY 3POT -ARKET 7%3- g!FTER THE REDUCTION IN 03! charges in January due to the early completion of annual capacity fee payments for the previous year, capacity fees this month returned to levels prescribed in THE 03!S APPROVED BY THE %NERGY 2EGULATORY #OMMISSION %2# u -ERALCO SAID 3PECIkCALLY CAPACITY FEE LEVELS WENT BACK TO NORMAL IN 3UAL 5NIT )LIJAN 0AGBILAO 5NIT AND 0ANAY %NERGY $EVELOPMENT #ORP PROMPTING THE 0 PER K7H INCREASE IN 03! CHARGES FOR &EBRUARY 7%3- RATES ROSE BY 0 PER K7H ON TIGHTER SUPPLY CONDITIONS

IN ,UZON AS SEVERAL LARGE POWER plants went on scheduled mainTENANCE OUTAGE THIS MONTH ,OWER RATES FROM INDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCERS )00S

HOWEVER OFFSET HIGHER 03! AND 7%3- PRICES )00 CHARGES SLID BY 0 PER K7H AS THE PESO STRENGTHENED AGAINST THE 53 DOLLAR !BOUT PERCENT OF )00 CHARGES ARE 53 DOLLAR DENOMINATED )T WAS ALSO BALANCED BY TRANSmission charges of residential cusTOMERS TAXES AND OTHER CHARGES

WHICH DECREASED BY 0 PER K7H THIS MONTH Meralco’s distribution, supply and metering charges have reMAINED UNCHANGED FOR MONTHS

after these registered reductions in *ULY JORDEENE B. LAGARE

Power bills This translates to a rate of 0 PER K7H FOR THIS MONTH

FROM 0 PER K7H IN *ANUARY (OUSEHOLDS THAT CONSUME K7H A MONTH WILL SEE AN INCREASE OF 0 IN THEIR &EBRUARY BILLS &OR THOSE WHO CONSUME K7H THEY WILL SEE AN INCREASE OF 0 FOR THOSE WHO CONSUME K7H 0 AND FOR THOSE WHO CONSUME K7H 0 )N A STATEMENT ON &RIDAY THE listed power distributor attributed the power rate hike to a higher generation charge, which ROSE BY 0 PER K7H OR TO 0 PER K7H THIS &EBRUARY FROM 0 PER K7H LAST MONTH

Acosta told to quit 3EN 2ISA (ONTIVEROS SOUGHT THE RESIGNATION OF 0UBLIC !TTORNEY S /FkCE CHIEF 0ERSIDA !COSTA WHOM she blamed for the measles outbreak that led to the death of at LEAST CHILDREN (ONTIVEROS CLAIMED THAT !COSTA POLITICIZED THE $ENGVAXIA VACCINE controversy, which forced parents not to have their children inNOCULATED CATHERINE S. VALENTE, GLEE JALEA, BERNADETTE E. TAMAYO, JAVIER JOE ISMAEL, EUGENE Y. ADIONG AND DIVINA NOVA JOY DELA CRUZ

snubs House anew confirmed that Diokno would not be at the hearing despite a subpoena issued against him by THE APPROPRIATIONS PANEL g"UDGET 3ECRETARY ;$IOKNO= sought a reset of the hearing scheduled Friday morning‌,�

THE $"- SAID IN THE STATEMENT The agency cited Diokno’s LETTER TO 3PEAKER 'LORIA -Acapagal Arroyo, wherein he ASSURED THE (OUSE OF 2EPREsentatives of his cooperation, but also invoked the right of Budget department officials and staff to proper notice and FAIR AND JUST HEARING The Budget chief invoked (OUSE RULES AND SPECIFICALLY CITED 3ECTION OF THE 2ULES OF 0ROCEDURE 'OVERNING )NQUIRIES IN !ID OF ,EGISLATION OF THE (OUSE OF 2EPRESENTATIVES

WHICH PROVIDES g3UBPOENA shall be served to a witness at least three days before a scheduled hearing in order to give the witness every opportunity to prepare for the hearing and to employ counsel, should the WITNESS DESIRE u Diokno belied Andaya’s latest allegation that he had attempted TO BRIBE THE (OUSE WITH 0 BILLION IN EXCHANGE FOR NOT DISCLOSING THE AGENCY S 0 BILLION insertion to the Department OF 0UBLIC 7ORKS AND (IGHWAYS BUDGET FOR g!BSOLUTELY FALSE )T IS AGAIN one of his wild and baseless acCUSATIONS )F ) WERE TRYING TO SIlence the committee, why would ) EVEN BOTHER TO SUBMIT TO THEM THE AND SAVINGS FOR THEIR REVIEW u HE SAID )N A NEWS CONFERENCE #ABINET 3ECRETARY +ARLO !LEXEI .OGRALES defended Diokno against Andaya’s accusations, saying they trust the Budget chief “enough TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT u .OGRALES SAID $IOKNO A FORMER 50 ECONOMICS PROFESSOR STILL ENJOYED THE 0RESIDENT S TRUST AND CONkDENCE Asked if he would still cite Diokno in contempt, Andaya said no, CLAIMING HE WAS gTIRED u MAYVELIN U. CARABALLO, CATHERINE S. VALENTE AND GLEE JALEA

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Aquino calls for task force vs measles outbreak SEN. Paolo Benigno “Bam� Aquino 4th on Friday called on the government to establish an inter-agency task force that would immediately address the measles outbreak.

Aquino issued the call after the Department of Health (DoH) expanded the outbreak declaration to other regions such as Calabarzon, Western Visayas and Central Visayas, in addition to Metro Manila and Central Luzon.

Calabarzon is comprised of Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal AND 1UEZON “Tama na po ang turuan at sisihan. Tama na po ang pamumulitika. Unahin po ang mga bata dahil nasa matinding panganib ang ating mga anak� (Let’s stop kNGER POINTING AND FAULT kNDING

SET ASIDE POLITICS AND FOCUS kRST on the welfare of children at risk), Aquino said.

Kailangan din po tayong matuto sa trahedyang ito na hindi dapat pinupulitika ang kalusugan ng ating mga kabataan� (We also need to learn from this tragedy,

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not to politicize the health of the youth), he added.

Aquino said the interagency task force would “address the needs of the victims and conduct an aggressive and sustained health promotion drive to get parents to have their kid vaccinated.�

The inter-agency task force should be led by the DoH and joined by other agencies such as the Department of the Social Welfare and Development, Department of the Interior and Local Government, Department of Education and the Philippine Information Agency, the lawmaker said.

He also called on the public to cooperate with the government and help it stop this public menace.

May mga anak din po ako na bata pa. Umaapila po ako sa mga kapwa ko magulang na pabakunahan agad ang ating mga anak� (I also have a child who is still young. I am appealing to my fellow parents to immediately have their children vaccinated), Aquino said.

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BY NEIL JAYSON N. SERVALLOS

HE Commission on Elections #OMELEC ON &RIDAY TURNED OVER TO the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) THE SOURCE CODES OR PROGRAMS TO BE USED IN THE AUTOMATED ELECTION SYSTEM !%3 IN -AY

In a ceremony at the BSP complex in Manila, Comelec and BSP OFkCIALS PLACED A LOCKBOX CONTAINING a thumb drive in a sealed envelope inside a highly secured vault for safekeeping. The thumb drive contains the source codes of the Election Management System (EMS) component of the AES, binary codes and hash codes of the EMS. The source codes for the

vote-counting machines (VCM) and the consolidation and canvassing system (CCS) have also been stored.

The source code is composed of human readable instructions. It is converted into executable code, the system used by poll machines to count votes properly.

Comelec spokesman James Jimenez said depositing the source

codes at the BSP was required by Republic Act 9369 or the Automated Election Law. “In the past elections, however, we found no need to refer back to these source codes. This proves the integrity of the system,� he told reporters.

The escrow came after the Comelec completed the “trusted build� process of the EMS last January 24.

The lockbox was placed inside a special BSP vault, with several layers of security locks.

Jimenez explained that the source code for the EMS would be the one loaded into the main server, while the CCS source code would

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be in the laptops used in canvassing centers. The VCMs have a separate source code.

BSP Senior Assistant Gov. Dahlia Luna said the BSP was the most secure place in the country and that even BSP officials have no access to the vault. “The source codes since 2010 have been deposited here at the BSP. We are ensuring that the source codes are kept safe while at the custody of the BSP with the necessary security protocols in place,� she said.

For the 2010 elections, the deposit of the source code was conducted on February 9, while it was May 9 for the 2013 polls and January 27 during the 2016 elections.

Ejercito urges parents to have their children vaccinated SEN. Jose Victor “JV� Ejercito appealed to all parents to have their children vaccinated against infectious diseases in the wake of the measles outbreak that had claimed lives, mostly children, in the country.

Ejercito issued the call following the Department of Health’s (DoH) confirmation of a measles outbreak in the country, particularly in the National Capital Region and Central Luzon.

Ejercito, chairman of the Senate Committee on Health and Demography, stressed the importance of vaccines to avert possible ill effects of communicable diseases. “Children and pregnant women who remain unvaccinated are the most prone and are really at the highest risk of acquiring measles‌ this could result to long-term complication and, even worse, death,â€?

Ejercito said.

The lawmaker said vaccines against infectious diseases are administered free in barangay health centers, urging the public to bring all suspected cases to the nearest health facility for early treatment.

He also called on the medical community, including medical schools and the public in general, to launch a heightened awareness campaign on the importance of vaccination for measles and other vaccine-preventable diseases.

Measles is an airborne disease that infects the respiratory tract, and its complications include severe diarrhea, pneumonia, blindness and even death.

DoH said that the Philippines saw a four-fold jump in measles cases from 4,000 cases in 2017 to 21,000 cases last year.

Such increase was attributed to the Dengvaxia scare, which eroded Filipinos’ trust in vaccines.

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Commission on Elections Executive Director Jose Tolentino Jr. gives the source codes for the 2019 midterm elections to Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Senior Assistant Governor and Security Plant Complex chief Dahlia Luna. PHOTO BY RENE H. DILAN

Taiwan extends visa-free travel to July 31 TAIWAN has extended the visa-free travel privilege for Filipinos to July 31, 2019, a move intended to enhance the two countries’ bilateral relations, people-to-people exchange and cooperation.

The Taiwan Tourism Bureau issued the statement as it opened the Taiwan Hall at the Travel Tour

Expo 2019 at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay City, which runs until February 10.

A total of 419,105 visitors from the Philippines went to Taiwan in 2018, up 44.13 percent compared with 2017.

The bureau said guests at the Taiwan Hall would find information on Taiwan’s latest

travel products and experience “fun activities� at the event, including making handicrafts and touring different destinations through virtual reality tours and augmented reality photos.

Music band Liu Sheng Ji is also set to perform using traditional oriental instruments such as the bamboo flute, erhu

and pipa to play western genres including rock, jazz, blues, R&B, funk and electronic music.

The Taiwan delegation is also set to visit Clark Freeport Zone for a business-to-business workshop on February 12 at the Royce Hotel Clark in Mabalacat, Pampanga to forge a closer bilateral relationship.

Bersamin reorganizes electoral tribunals CHIEF Justice Lucas Bersamin has ordered a reorganization of the Senate Electoral Tribunal (SET) and House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal (HRET) for Supreme Court representatives.

Bersamin issued a special order assigning the senior members of the high court to represent all justices in the electoral

tribunals. “In the interest of the service, the regular Members of the Senate Electoral Tribunal (SET) and the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal (HRET) are hereby designated,� it reads.

Justice Antonio Carpio will continue as SET chairman, with Mariano del Castillo and Mario Victor Leonen as members.

Meanwhile, the HRET will be headed by Justice Diosdado Peralta, with Justices Estela Perlas Bernabe and Francis Jardeleza as members.

SET and HRET are mandated by the 1987 Constitution to rule on electoral protests of senatorial candidates and congressional candidates, in their respective chambers.

SET handled the election protest lodged by former presidential adviser on political affairs and senatorial candidate Francis Tolentino against detained Sen. Leila de Lima.

Tolentino has withdrawn the protest case against de Lima, saying he needed to focus on his senatorial run.

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Americans top list of sex offenders barred entry AMERICANS topped the Bureau of Immigration’s (BI) list of registered foreign sex offenders (RSOs) who were denied entry into the country in the last two years.

In a report to Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente, Port Operations Division (POD) chief Grifton Medina said that of the 341 RSOs who were denied entry in 2017 and 2018, 256 or 75 percent were US citizen.

Records showed that 128 of 156 RSOs who were barred entry in 2018 were Americans.

In 2017, a total of 185 sex offenders were excluded, 128 of them also Americans, Medina said. “We have been continuously receiving notices from foreign governments about RSOs who were monitored to be traveling to the Philippines and these information are immediately encoded in our database to alert our immigration officers at the ports of entry,� the POD chief added. The notices are sent by Operation Angel Watch, a global initiative of the US Department of Homeland Security, which targets

RSOs traveling abroad who are likely to engage in child sex tourism.

Sex offenders, or those who have been convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude, are excluded under the Philippine Immigration Act. The BI has included the RSOs in the country’s blacklist to prevent any attempts to re-enter the Philippines.

The Immigration bureau was recently awarded a certificate of commendation by the US embassy in Manila for registering the second highest number of excluded American RSOs throughout the world in 2018.

The highest number of intercepted RSOs was reportedly posted by Mexico, which is situated right below the US’ southwestern borders. “I commend our officers deployed at our ports of entry for a job well done. Because of your vigilance and alertness, you were able to turn away these sex offenders to protect fellow Filipinos from possible exploitation,�

Morente said in a statement.

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Raising the status of an illegitimate daughter to that of a legitimate child Dear PAO, I have an illegitimate child named Amelia. I was a single MOM FOR THE PAST kVE YEARS UNTIL ) MARRIED -ANDY -Y HUSBAND wants to consider Amelia as his OWN CHILD THUS HE WANTS TO kLE for her legitimation. Is it possiBLE TO kLE A LEGITIMATION FOR MY DAUGHTER !MELIA !MY Dear Amy, It bears stressing that Article 175 of the Family Code of the Philippines provides that an illegitimate child, or one who was conceived and born outside a valid marriage, may be raised

of them were below 18 years of age, and that his or her parents subsequently entered into a valid DEAR PAO marriage (Section 1, Republic Act 9858, amending Article 177, Family Code of the Philippines).

Applying the foregoing in the to a legitimate status through the situation that you have presented process of legitimation. However, before us, we submit that the proit must be noted that not all ille- cess of legitimation is not the apGITIMATE CHILDREN ARE QUALIkED FOR propriate remedy for you and your legitimation. It is indispensable husband to endeavor. While you that at the time the said child have entered into a valid marriage was conceived, his or her parents with your husband, it is worthy to WERE NOT DISQUALIkED BY ANY LEGAL note that he is not the biological impediment to marry each other, father of your daughter. Hence, OR IF THEY WERE SO DISQUALIkED legitimation cannot prosper.

Nevertheless, you and your it is only because either or both

PERSIDA ACOSTA

HUSBAND MAY OPT TO kLE A PETITION for adoption in order to raise the status of your daughter to that of legitimacy (Section 5 (3), AM 026-02-SC). It will be essential for you to prove, if both you and your husband are Filipino citizens, that you are of legal age, in possession of full civil capacity and legal rights, of good moral character, have not been convicted of any crime involving moral turpitude, emotionally and psychologically capable of caring for children, and in a position to support and care for the children in keeping with the means of the family. (Section 4, Id 4HE VERIkED PETITION FOR

adoption must be filed before the Regional Trial Court, sitting as a Family Court, of the province or city where your family resides.

Considering that it is your intention to have your daughter use the surname of your husband, this matter must be explicitly indicated in the petition, together with THE DETAILS OF THE QUALIkCATIONS abovementioned, as well as the FOLLOWING THE kRST NAME SURNAME or names, age and residence of the adoptee as shown by his record of birth, baptismal and school records, that the adoptee is not DISQUALIkED BY LAW TO BE ADOPTED

the probable value and character

of the estate of the adoptee, and THE kRST NAME SURNAME OR NAMES by which the adoptee is to be known and registered in the Civil Registry. (Section 7, Id.) We hope that we were able to answer your queries. Please be reminded that this advice is based solely on the facts you have narrated and our appreciation of the same.

Our opinion may vary when other facts are changed or elaborated.

Editor’s note: Dear PAO is a daily column of the Public AttorNEY S /FkCE 1UESTIONS FOR CHIEF Acosta may be sent to dearpao@ manilatimes.net

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TARTING today (February 9), a “safeguard tariff� of P210 per metric ton will be imposed on imported cement as a result of a decision by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). We agree with the view expressed by the Management Association of the Philippines (MAP) that the tariff is “counter-intuitive� and unnecessary, and urge that it be canceled at once.

As it stands now, the tariff will be in place for at least the next 200 days, or until August 28. The Tariff Commission may extend the tariff for three to four more years, depending on the outcome of a review it is conducting; that decision is expected sometime in May. The tariff will raise the retail price of a 40-kilogram bag of cement by P8.40, or about 3.8 percent, based on the current average price of P220 per bag.

The DTI’s basis for imposing the tariff would appear to be justified at first glance. According to trade data, cement imports increased by nearly a thousand times between 2013 and 2017, from about 3,500 metric tons (MT) per year to over 3 million MT. As a percentage of total imports, cement rose from just 0.02 percent to 15 percent during the same period.

Those kinds of figures are usually an indication of “dumping,� a flood of imports of a particular product, usually priced significantly lower than the domestically produced variety. Obviously, that situation is very harmful to Philippine businesses, and preventing it from happening is the responsibility of the DTI. Other data from the DTI, however, showed that this is not the case with the Philippine cement industry, as MAP also pointed out. Over the period 2015-2017, domestic cement production fell short of domestic demand by more than 5 million MT (73.12 million MT production versus 78.88 million MT demand). Under those circumstances, local cement producers are not being harmed by imports in any way, and thus a protective tariff is unnecessary.

To explain the contradiction, the DTI suggested that the tariff was intended to push local cement makers to expand their production.

That policy position is financially unsound and perhaps even over-reaching in regulatory terms. The logic behind it seems to be that since cement prices will increase due to the tariff, local cement manufacturers will want to invest in expanding their operations in order to take advantage of those higher prices.

However, cement manufacturing can only be expanded if the supply of raw materials is increased. That requires the expansion or opening of new quarrying operations, an environmentally sensitive issue; even if permitted, expanding quarrying operations requires years of effort to navigate the sea of red tape involved.

Cement manufacturers are undoubtedly aware of the unbalanced demand, and are already considering ways to meet it, but are doing so based on reliable projections of demand and price for years in the future — not within the short timeframe offered by the “safeguarding� tariff.

Ironically, the tariff may, in fact, encourage cement manufacturers to expand — but only after it expires.

In the meantime, with the full output of their existing operations being sold in spite of millions of tons of imports, they can enjoy higher revenues without having to do anything differently. When the tariff expires, they can use the extra earnings to invest in more production then, if demand still justifies it.

In effect, the DTI efforts to “safeguard� an industry that does not need protection inadvertently has provided that industry with an indirect subsidy, at the expense of the consuming public which now must pay higher prices for cement and anything built with it. That is not the right reason to impose a tariff, and it should be withdrawn. ~

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Fact-checking or black propaganda?

HEN you claim to be a news organization worthy of your journalistic integrity, you publish news to inform people about facts, but not as part of a well-oiled black propaganda machinery aimed at bringing down a government or a candidacy.

News organizations, from ABSCBN to GMA-7, from Inquirer to Rappler appear to have joined Vera Files in embarking on a systematic campaign to fact-check. Ideally, there is nothing wrong with this, considering that part of media’s role is to inform the public, and

ON THE CONTRARY ANTONIO CONTRERAS this would then necessarily include exposing lies and false claims.

However, fact-checking becomes suspect when it acquires a SELECTIVE lAVOR OR WHEN IT IS OBVIously aimed not at informing but to maliciously taint and destroy.

It is even more problematic when this is done in the context of an election campaign.

2APPLER FOR EXAMPLE IS SO kXated on exposing the false claim that Ilocos Norte Gov. Imee Marcos, who is running for senator, has a degree from Princeton University. It appears that Rappler is not contented in posting the result of its fact-checking just once but has since almost daily reposted it in its Facebook page.

It is not the act of fact-checking Ms. Marcos that is the issue here, but the act of repeatedly reposting over and over again such information. A news organization of decent pedigree would leave it

up to its readers to repost news and information that it publishes.

Rappler wants us to accord it THE BENEkT OF THE DOUBT THAT IT is doing this in good faith. But THAT WOULD BE DIFkCULT TO GRANT when one also looks at Rappler’s record of telling the truth. No less than the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has found it to have lied about its ownership.

It also now stands accused of lying about its taxes. It is problematic for Rappler to claim moral ascendancy to fact-check lies, when it keeps

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Did Trump ‘change the trajectory of history’?

Former US Speaker Newt Gingrich vaulted over other admiring reviews with his characterization that the speech “changes the trajectory of history.� It is certainly the most superlative. It chimes with those who said that the speech was a masterpiece, brilliant, and the best of Trump’s presidency.

The Gingrich critique is eminently quotable, for both its original insights and its take on Nancy Pelosi’s distress at the podium. He wrote: “Every once in a while, a speech is so effective and powerful it changes the trajectory of history. “President Trump’s 2019 State of the Union address was that kind of speech. “If you have not seen it, you should watch it online. Reading it will only convey 10 percent of its power. It was the interaction of the president with the members of Congress and the audience in the galleries that was so compelling. “The emotions of Tuesday night matched anything President Reagan achieved in his addresses to Congress.

From the early mentions of people in the gallery – which were guaranteed to get even the Democrats to stand and applaud – to spontaneously singing “Happy Birthday� to a Holocaust and 2018 synagogue shooting survivor to chanting “USA! USA!� the total performance and interaction with the members of Congress was vastly more powerful than the words on paper. “Furthermore, the delivery was presidential. The president interacted with the Democrats in a positive and cheerful way, which bodes well for bipartisan legislative initiatives for the rest of this year. By one count, the president was interrupted 98 times with applause. Both the left-wing Democrats and the never Trump Republicans found themselves standing and applauding again and again. “As a former Speaker of the House who had to stand and applaud President Bill Clinton when he said, The era of big government is over, I knew exactly what was going on in Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s mind. She had to sit and be pleasant while her major opponent got her own party to repeatedly stand with enthusiastic applause. She had to listen politely to the person she spends every day attacking. The vice president is always a happy and a solid cheerleader. When

I was Speaker, Al Gore would sit next to me and enthusiastically applaud everything President Clinton said.

Last night, Mike Pence was cheerfully standing and applauding as often as possible. Having the opposition party’s top cheerleader sit next to you just makes the Speaker’s job harder. “Speaker Pelosi at times could not help herself. She would conspicuously pick up the speech text and read it to kND OUT HOW MUCH LONGER SHE HAD to remain disciplined and pretend to be a good hostess (the president is the guest of the House). When even her most radical new members began standing and applauding, she must have experienced a bit of despair. “I knew the speech would become historic when, even before it ended, I saw a tweet from Jerry Falwell Jr. proclaiming, ‘Best State of the Union speech in my lifetime delivered by the best @POTUS since George Washington and it’s not even over yet! God bless @realDonaldTrump!’‌ g4HE &ALWELL JUDGMENT WAS RElECTed in a stunning CBS News poll. Of the people who watched the speech, 76 percent approved and only 24 percent disapproved. Those are probably the best numbers of President Trump’s career to date. â€œâ€ŚCBS found widespread approval for Trump’s State of the Union. Among independents, 82 percent approved. Democrats only gave 30 percent approval while Republicans (as might be expected) gave the speech 97 percent approval. “The 97 percent approval among Republicans, when combined with the 90-10 Trump over Kasich numbers from a recent Emerson College poll of Iowa voters, should end all serious talk of someone challenging him for the Republican nomination in 2020. He may have been an outsider in 2016, but today President Trump is the Republican Party (a fact which makes his relationship WITH SOME SENATORS A LITTLE DIFkCULT “This speech was designed to move toward unity and bipartisanship — and 56 percent of the viewers thought it will ‘do more to unite the country.’ “Beyond tone, the CBS poll had very good news for President Trump on his issue positions. “On immigration, speech watchers agreed with Trump by 72 percent to 28 percent. “On American troops and

the Middle East strategy, speech watchers were with Trump by 74 percent to 26 percent. “An amazing 71 percent of the speech-watchers agreed with the president that there was a crisis on the southern border. “When the president explained the upcoming second meeting with Kim Jong-un, 78 percent of the watchers thought it was a good idea.

Even 43 percent of the Democrats liked the idea of the meeting. “The president entered the House chamber embattled with a divided country and bitter partisanship. He left it with a lot more humor and happiness. The ice may be breaking on bitter partisanship. “This was a speech that changed the trajectory of history. “Now, we will see if the president and the Congress can build on that new trajectory of choosing greatness, focusing on the nation, AND kNDING WAYS TO COMPROMISE for the betterment of our country and all Americans.�

Best and most Reaganesque Henry Olsen, senior fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, wrote in the Washington Post: “Trump delivered the best, most Reaganesque, speech of his tenure Tuesday night. The challenge will be whether this becomes his leitmotif going forward or whether it is merely a forgotten and missed moment. g&ROM START TO kNISH 4RUMP DID something he rarely does: extol the virtue of the everyday American and give credit to the freedom that is our birthright. Yes, there were a couple of moments of typical Trumpian braggadocio, but in the main this was an exercise in unusual humility. “Trump’s political problems stem from the perception that he represents the United States’ past in his character, his manner and his ideas – and in each, the perception that he embodies !MERICA S lAWS INSTEAD OF ITS VIRTUES Step by step, the speech worked to subtly undermine those perceptions. “About half of the people in the gallery were women or people of color, and the white men were seemingly all cops, veterans or Holocaust survivors.

That was no accident. “His section on immigration was the least aggressive of any I

can recall, and his line about how legal immigrants enrich the country goes directly at the perception that he is anti-immigrant. “The bulk of the speech could have been given by a 1990s-era Democrat. No extolling of the entrepreneur, a staple of modern Republican dogma. Promises of spending, spending, spending — on family leave, on childhood cancer, on infrastructure. Troop withdrawals from Afghanistan and Syria, negotiation with North Korea, confrontation with Iran — this is the sort of policy mix that President Bill Clinton in his prime could have endorsed. “The same, sadly, is true of the president’s foray into abortion policy. Whatever one thinks about Roe v. Wade, the specter of abortion at a time when it could easily be possible to save the life of the soon-to-be-born child was rightly condemned by Trump. When Clinton said that abortion should be “safe, legal and rare,� he surely did not envision a day when most members of his political party would sit in stony silence at this part of the talk. “Trump’s reelection task is simple yet profoundly difficult: He must persuade about 6 percent of the voters who have disapproved of him throughout his presidency to change their minds. The State of the Union speech is a wonderful statement of intent to do just that. Whether he can maintain the rhetorical and policy discipline to do that remains to be seen.�

Trump 2 is at hand A week or so ago, it looked like Trump would struggle to win a second term in 2020. Some top Republicans were seriously thinking about contesting the Republican party’s PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION !BOUT kVE Democrats have already launched their bids for president.

In the next few days or weeks, America will see several politicians quietly fold their plans to run for president.

If Trump has a good meeting later this month with Kim Jong Un; if China and the United States agree to avert a trade war, history’s trajectory will indeed be moved.

4RUMP WILL BE kRST IN LINE TO succeed himself.

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Moros fear meeting their match Mutilation of their dead enemy is common among the Tausug, the Muslims of Sulu.

On Oct. 10, 1977, Brig. Gen. Teodulfo Bautista and his men were massacred by Moro rebels in Patikul, Sulu during peace talks with the rebels. All the bodies of the dead soldiers were mutilated.

I know this for a fact because I was covering the Ministry of National Defense at that time for the now defunct Times Journal. Reporters were shown pictures of the dead soldiers, including the general.

After they were felled by bullets, the soldiers’ prostrate bodies were hacked with barong , the Tausug machete.

My father, Ramon Sr., who was still alive at the time, did not express surprise when I told him about the ghastly fate of General Bautista and his men.

My old man had been assigned in Sulu as a lieutenant in

the late 1940s and early 1950s.

He said that he and his men in the Philippine Constabulary (PC) camp in Bilaan town were ordered to reinforce top-ranking officers from Manila who were ambushed on their way back to Camp Asturias in Jolo town after inspecting the Bilaan camp. The officers were to have flown back to Manila. “When we got to the ambush site, the group that had just inspected our camp was wiped out,� I recall my father telling me.

What my father found despicable was that the penises of the victims were stuffed into their mouths by their ambushers.

How did he and his soldiers react to the desecration of the dead, I asked my father, who retired from the PC in 1970.

Dad said they were able to identify all the outlaws — remember, Nur Misuari’s Moro National

Liberation Front (MNLF) was still non-existent at the time — who desecrated the soldiers’ bodies. “We did the same thing to them,� my old man said.

He said the avenging soldiers burned down the village where the ambushers lived, but spared their families. They shot the perpetrators of the ghastly crime in front of their parents, brothers, sisters, wives and children.

I remember that when my father was reassigned in Sulu in 1964 as a major, the Tausug soldiers — who were under my father when he was a lieutenant — would tell me that the outlaws never messed with the “small but terrible lieutenant.�

My father was 5’3� tall.

At the time, I was already a teenager when we returned to Sulu. I WAS kVE YEARS OLD WHEN WE LEFT 7HEN ) WAS ABOUT FOUR OR kVE years old, a severed head was pre-

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Fact-checking “A or black propaganda? on sliming the government using its own bloated statistics about deaths related to the drug war. And now it has the audacity to repost over and over again the lie about a candidate against whom it has unashamedly shown to have a bias.

For all intents and purposes, this act of repeatedly reposting its fact-checking of Ms Marcos is clear evidence that Rappler has corrupted the act of fact-checking and turned it into a dirty tactic pursuant to a partisan agenda in an election season. It has weaponized fact-checking into becoming a propaganda tool to torpedo the candidacy of Ms. Marcos instead of simply informing the public about facts.

And Rappler is not alone in this.

Other news organizations have gone on an overdrive to fact-check even those that people who are familiar with photoshop would readily detect as false information. For example, the Inquirer had to seriously fact-check an image shared in social media about President Duterte holding a sign urging people in Mindanao not to vote for Mar Roxas. No person who is sane would even believe the veracity of such a post since it is obviously a meme.

As if this was not enough, GMA-7 even fact-checked what was obviously, and in fact was publicly known as a meeting of impersonators of President Duterte and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Hong Kong.

Fact-checking a meme or an obvious impersonation is akin to factchecking a satirical site like Adobo Chronicles. It is like taking seriously the jokes of hosts in a comedy bar. It is but common sense not to take these seriously, and anyone who does so unwittingly now becomes part of the joke.

But it seems that what drives these media organizations is less to propagate the truth, and more to simply hurt and demean. And the targets of their demolition are President Duterte, his loyal partisan DDS, and the Marcoses.

Much as they would deny this, the evidence lies in the palpable selectiveness of their fact-checking.

Jover Laurio has been issuing her “resibos� based on incomplete information, yet she is barely checked. In fact, instead of a factcheck, she was even given an award recognizing her supposed courage to become, technically, also a factchecker. Recently, one of Laurio’s “resibos� turned out to be fake, when she insinuated about that President Duterte had died. This fake news was reproduced in social media posts by anti-Duterte critics. Yet, we have yet to see any of the news organizations devote space in their websites putting a “fake� stamp on Laurio’s face to graphically dramatize the gaffe, in the same way Rappler has repeatedly reposted its fact-check of Imee Marcos’ false claim about her degree from Princeton.

The selectiveness is simply offensive. These fact-checkers are making it appear that the lies and misinformation are concentrated only in the DDS and the Marcoses, as the usual suspects. They let the lies and misinformation coming from Leni Robredo, the LP politicians, and their preferred political personalities go unchecked. They make it appear that making false claims is the monopoly of the proDuterte and pro-Marcos crowds.

They do not even have the courage to fact-check Kris Aquino and her audacious claims, even as they have time to fact-check memes and satirical posts.

And what is even worse is when the fact-checkers nitpick and twist the information if only to squeeze out a lie from a claim, or to impute malice in vague information which is made to appear as a deliberate false claim.

For example, time and space were spent fact-checking claims made in social media about former senator Bongbong Marcos having had a part in the evolution of the free college education law, with the fact-checking media gleefully pointing out that the law was passed when Marcos was no longer A SENATOR AND THAT HE NEVER kLED a bill on the matter. This gave the impression that such claim was a lie. These fact-checkers failed to check that the then Senator Marcos made a public declaration of his support for such a measure during his term in the Senate. Thus, while Bongbong Marcos may not have BEEN OFkCIALLY ONE OF THE AUTHORS and sponsors of the actual bill that became law since he was no longer in the Senate, the fact remains that the intent to pass such law was part of his legislative record.

And these fact-checkers do not even care to fact-check each other. They do not fact-check Maria Ressa’s denials about her taxes, and no one seem to even do their own investigative work on the actual ownership of Rappler. There appears to be some kind of a code of silence among journalists not to hit their own.

But if this is the case, then what would be their moral ascendancy to act like truth warriors against President Duterte and the Marcoses if they can’t apply the same when it comes to their colleagues.

Who will then fact-check them?

And the almost simultaneous fact-checking frenzy appears well-coordinated, leading one to suspect that this may be a well-funded operation.

Indeed, it could be said that Rappler and its cabal in other media organizations are giving fact-checking a bad image. They are turning it into a selective political weapon to undermine, diminish and slime. It becomes more atrocious when in the guise of truth-telling, they are doing it as black propagandists working to defeat candidate Imee Marcos.

International Container Port apparently as her reward for supposedly exposing the shabu (methamphetamine hydrochloride) smuggled into the country concealed in four magnetic lifters.

Mangaoang celebrated her return to one of the most lucrative positions in the bureau, but the celebration was short-lived.

F i n a n c e S e c r e t a r y S o n ny Dominguez ordered Customs Commissioner Leonardo Guerrero to rescind the iron lady’s new assignment.

Dominguez was told about Mangaoang’s alleged shenanigans when she was the X-ray chief before. She allegedly made a pile as X-ray head.

The finance chief was told that Mangaoang was allegedly one of the most corrupt officials in the bureau.

The scuttlebutt in the bureau is that what this woman wanted

she always got. She used her charm on men.

A finance secretary, a customs commissioner, a customs police chief, a famous broadcaster and a retired police general were among those who were captivated by her charm.

She accused the broadcaster of extorting money from her, a charge the latter denied in court during a trial.

The broadcaster said he and Mangaoang were lovers for a long time, and their relationship ended when he told her to use a feminine wash in the middle of their lovemaking.

Mangaoang charged me with extortion, along with the famous broadcaster.

The broadcaster and I were acquitted of Mangaoang’s trumpedup charge by the Manila Regional Trial Court years ago.

The broadcaster is my brother Raffy.

How sinicized could an ambassador be?

ND we have Mauro here.�

Thus did Ambassador Chito Sta. Romana, the Philippine envoy to China, include me among those he singled out from among the audience. The occasion was The Wednesday Forum held last week at the UCCP Cosmopolitan Church in Ermita, Manila. It was just one of the many Chinese-concerned gatherings during the advent of February. Another was the event sponsored by the Association for Philippines-China Understanding (APCU) which I would have gladly attended, if only for the invitation having been conveyed to me by someone who consistently calls me Comrade, Rene Velasco, but which I failed to attend owing to sudden tightness in my schedule. Still another was the tikoy-giving affair in Caloocan City to which I was invited

by Wilson Lee Flores. Too many occasions in celebration, quite obviously, of ever-increasing Chinese goodwill and attentiveness to the Filipino nation. How I wished I had the time to attend every single one of them.

I was initially enthused that I found time to come to the UCCP Cosmopolitan Church’s The Wednesday Forum. The main speaker was Ambassador Sta. Romana. I have long been intrigued by the guy, being the paradigm of those youths who were caught visiting China when the writ of habeas corpus was suspended in 1971. Chito headed the student delegation which decided to stay put in China rather than risk incarceration if they returned home. They seemed to have done the next best thing to imprisonment: stay away from home for eons. One year after the writ suspension, President Ferdinand E. Marcos declared martial law, and many of Chito’s colleagues in the leadership of the CPP/NPA/NDF-instigated national democratic movement were arrested and jailed, not least among them CPP founder Jose Maria Sison, NPA chief Bernabe Buscayno, SDK chairman Sixto Carlos, and their supreme sovereign, Ninoy Aquino.

Strict compartmentalization in the revolutionary movement prevented me from fraternizing with the student sector except those student lead-

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sented to my father by his soldier.

We were on the balcony of the residencia COMMANDING OFkCER S house) when the soldier, who was driving a jeep, raised the severed head for my father to see.

It was a vague recollection, and I asked my father about it when I brought up the story about the mutilated bodies of General Bautista and his men.

The old man said the severed head belonged to an outlaw who killed and beheaded one of his soldiers who was on furlough.

My father said he ordered a manhunt for the killer and had him beheaded in public.

The Moros fear and respect the INkDELS WHO MATCH THEIR BARBARITY *** Customs “whistleblower�

Lourdes Mangaoang was recently reassigned as chief of the X-ray unit at the Bureau of Customs (BoC) Port of Manila and Manila

MY SAY

MAURO GIA SAMONTE ers from the Philippine College of Commerce and the University of the Philippines who religiously stuck by the strike that I led in the Makabayan Publishing Corp. beginning in April 1971. At the UCCP forum, I could only surmise that Chito must have been among those students who kept vigil with us at the strike area. How else could he have known me before to be able to say, “And Mauro is here.� “He must have been reading your column,� my seatmate opined.

But my profile photo in my column is that of a clean-shaven not seventyish-looking guy, much different from what must have appeared in the eyes of the AMBASSADOR AS HE kXED A GENTLE stare at me, a shabbily whiskered character, clumsily attired in imitation leather jacket and Palos cap. No way he could have idenTIkED ME THROUGH MY POLISHED column photograph.

Silently I appreciated Chito’s recognition.

But in all candor, his long disSERTATION DIDN T SUIT ME kNE 4HERE was nothing in his talk that I hadn’t already written about in my columns through all these past eight years: THE #HINA 0HILIPPINE CONlICT OVER certain areas in the South China Sea; the arbitral case the Philippines lodged at the Permanent Court of Arbitration at the Hague, China’s snubbing of the proceedings and the perceived Philippine victory; China’s insistence on a bilateral settlement of the dispute; President Duterte’s rightly pursuing the economic course of settling the issue, etc. “He talks too long,� whispers my seatmate. I told myself, “Not too long if you view it as arguing the Chinese case.� You do need a lot more than the entire breadth of the theologically inspired discussion of China-Philippine relationship to get the whole issue over with. I had this

Q Philippine Ambassador to China Chito Sta. Romana, a young man of 23 when he headed a youth delegation that went to China in 1971, and stayed for more than 30 years. PHOTO/LYN RILLON much forbearance for that moment I would get the chance to get my message across to Chito at whatever time he ended his speech.

I had this one single concern.

From the time those student leaders stayed put in China in 1971 all the way up to 2010 when Chito decided to come home, the time lapse had been 40 years. This meant he had stayed in China longer than he had in the land of his birth; he left the country when he was 23 years old.

He stayed in China for a total of 31 continuous years.

If duration of residence in a country is to be the gauge of one’s citizenship, then Ambassador Sta. Romana must be more Chinese than Filipino, simple as that. It is no surprise then that when he speaks of the Philippine-China relationship, it must be beyond him to get away from having to sound very Chinese rather the Filipino diplomat that he is. Well, as one historian once observed, China is one nation that has never been really conquered by a foreign power — because the conqueror ultimately ends up being assimilated into the irrepressible Chinese culture.

If I were to undergo 40 years of continuous assimilation into that culture, how could I have escaped total sinicization?

But make no mistake. Nothing is

said here about being anti-China.

Rather what is stressed is, as an old Chinese saying goes, “Nuns singing different tunes in different mountains.� Chinese propaganda in whatever concern and in whatever form IS A JOB OF #HINESE OFkCIALS AND OFkCIAL #HINESE PROPAGANDISTS LATENT or incognito. Nothing forbids me from expressing my views on China expressive of my sincere beliefs. But certainly, Ambassador Sta. Romana cannot be on the same plane as I am on the matter. He is fettered by OFkCIAL PROTOCOL AND RESTRICTIONS OF state decorum, I am not. And as I expressed it in the title of one of my recent columns (“Damned if I do, damned if I didn’t), if I must shout to the heavens that no nation comes to prosperity if not by China, I’d do it, because I truly believe so.

That’s why I wouldn’t wish to be an ambassador, particularly to China, plainly because diplomatic ethics NECESSARILY WOULD STIlE MY RIGHT TO state my case, for instance, on the SIMMERING 3OUTH #HINA CONlICT

or on the alleged debt traps hidden in Chinese loans to the Philippines, WHICH HAVE ALREADY BENEkTED THE country in two packages since President Duterte’s dramatic turnaround in diplomatic alliance to China at the onset of his term.

How did it feel for Chito to have sounded like he was propagandizing for China rather than doing the exquisitely delicate task of diplomacy for the Philippines? He started speaking at about 2 in the afternoon and kNISHED AT NEARLY O CLOCK "UT AS I said, I had the forbearance for the moment that I’d be able to get my message across to him.

When the moment came, I asked: What was your objective in hiding in China in 1971? Have you achieved that objective now that you have joined the administration of President Duterte?

Alas, but the audience were allowed to deliver their questions only through cellphone texts. And the moderator simply read them quickly one after another — giving the ambassador no chance to answer them one by one.

4HUS MY CURIOSITY NEVER GOT SATISkED

Venezuela: People power in slow motion?

9 THE MEASURE OF EFkCIENCY BY which people of all ideological persuasions ultimately determine the legitimacy of their rulers, Nicolas Maduro has no business holding power in Venezuela. Under his watch, the richest country in South America, with the greatest known oil reserves in the world, fell to incredible ecoNOMIC DEPTHS )NlATION ROSE TO AN unbelievable 1 million plus percent, and still counting. Venezuelans have experienced shortages in food, medicine, and of all things, electricity. Facing certain death by starvation and health issues that hospitals, sans doctors and medicines, could not TREAT MILLION OF THEM HAVE lED the country and become refugees in neighboring countries.

Somewhere in Asia, the holder of such an abysmal record would have been driven to hara-kiri. But Maduro is apparently possessed of a thicker

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JAIME J. YAMBAO hide beyond shame or remorse.

Denying that many of his people are in a humanitarian crisis, Maduro, alternatively, seems to be living in a world of fantasy of his own.

In May of last year Maduro was reelected in elections widely regarded as fraudulent. Before that, Maduro had the Constitution amended which put executive, legislative, and judicial powers in his hands. There were protests by the opposition, but it has taken some long months before the country seems to have come to the brink of a revolution. An interim president, Juan Guaido, has emerged and been recognized as the legitimate ruler by

the United States and several South American countries. He has led mass protests but, to date, has not managed to draw the millions that forced even a Marcos or Suharto to question his appetite for carnage.

What appears to be protracting developments is the military’s steadfast support of Maduro. It may be recalled that Maduro’s late boss and predecessor, Hugo Chavez, was a military man who rode on the public’s disenchantment with the political parties. The military shared in the largesse enjoyed by the Maduro regime. The CEO of the National Oil Company, the regime’s milking cow, is a military general.

Guaido has announced an amnesty for the military for whatever offenses they committed in power in a move to attract the latter to defect to the former’s side. In addition, he has been talking with military leaders, he says.

Like several other countries in the

region, Venezuela has been ruled by caudillos or military dictators before.

Could one rule out in the present situation the military thinking of pursuing a separate agenda and counting their chances of staging a comeback at the helm of their country?

The US government has been openly concerned about developments in Venezuela. President Trump had thought of military intervention but was prevailed against it by South American leaders. But Trump’s National Security Adviser has of late been quoted as saying all options are on the table. In the past, the US was able to have a dictator it had ceased to like arrested, brought to the US, and tried and jailed for corruption, DRUG TRAFkCKING OR MONEY LAUNDERing. Such swift and simple operations as kidnapping or assassination have had mixed results. US bungling at

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IC should stop deceptive insurance schemes

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N online search for the meaning of the word “insurance� will yield this — “Insurance is a means of PROTECTION FROM kNANCIAL LOSS )T IS A form of risk management, primarily used to hedge against the risk of a CONTINGENT OR UNCERTAIN LOSS u For most of us out there, it is SIMPLY A gPROTECTION FROM kNANCIAL LOSSu IF SOMETHING BAD HAPPENS 3AY

a life insurance pays off a certain sum of money when the insured DIES /R A NON LIFE MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE WILL COVER THE REPAIR OR EVEN REPLACEMENT OF THE VEHICLE WHEN IT IS WRECKED OR STOLEN How about insurance schemes disguised as “legit� insurance programs?

State of insurance in PH The Philippine insurance industry IS A BILLION PESO INDUSTRY !CCORDING TO STATISTICAL DATA LATEST kGURES PROVIDED BY THE )NSURANCE Commission, the total life insurance premiums paid for a year amounts TO 0 BILLION WHILE THE TOTAL BENEkTS PAID OUT IS 0 BILLION &OR non-life insurance, the total gross PREMIUMS WRITTEN IS 0 BILLION Annual growth rate for non-life INSURANCE IS ABOUT PERCENT 4HUS

WE CAN PROJECT THE CURRENT kGURES FROM THE DATA The insurance industry is regulated by the Insurance CommisSION )# 4HE COMMISSION S LOGO CONTAINS THE YEAR g u BUT STRICTLY SPEAKING IT WAS ONLY IN BY VIRTUE OF 0RESIDENTIAL $ECREE THAT IT WAS OFkCIALLY DESIGNATED AS THE g)NSURANCE #OMMISSION u /NE OF THE FUNCTIONS OF THE )#

ALL INSIGHT

AL S. VITANGCOL 3RD IS THE gREVIEW AND APPROVAL OF ALL life and non-life policies, pre-need, AND (-/ PLANS BEFORE SALE TO PROSPECTIVE CLIENTS u (-/ STANDS FOR health maintenance organization, WHICH PROVIDES HEALTH COVERAGE FOR A MONTHLY OR ANNUAL FEE !CCORDing to its website, the IC is there “To safeguard the rights and interest of the insuring public, pre-need AND (-/ CUSTOMERS u $OES THIS MEAN THAT THE COMMISSION HAS PRE REVIEWED ALL THE INSURance policies, together with the “deCEPTIVEu kNE PRINTS )F IT HAS DONE ITS job, then there will be no complaints FROM THE SIDE OF THE INSURED

Manulife Insurance Co. I had lunch last week with a former TOP EXECUTIVE OF A MAJOR BROADCASTING NETWORK /UT OF THE BLUE WE BEGAN DISCUSSING INSURANCE COVERS (E said that he took out an insurance from Manulife Philippines, and HE PAID THE PREMIUMS FOR LONG YEARS (E WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT HE NEEDED TO PAY FOR YEARS only and afterwards he would be insured for life — without paying PREMIUMS ANYMORE g!S A MATTER OF fact the insurance company asked me to continue paying premiums,� he said, and that his life insurance COVERAGE WOULD CEASE THE MOMENT HE STOPS PAYING THE PREMIUMS “What a coincidence,� I told HIM ) CAN STILL REMEMBER WHEN

I was still a new employee, fresh FROM COLLEGE THAT A CERTAIN -R #LAVANO OFFERED THE -ANULIFE %CONOSAVERS ,IFE )NSURANCE TO OUR WHOLE DEPARTMENT )T SOUNDS SIMPLE TO UNDERSTAND !LL WE HAD TO DO WAS to pay our quarterly premiums FOR THE NEXT YEARS !FTER THAT

the insurance would pay for itself AND WE WOULDN T HAVE TO PAY ANY MORE PREMIUMS AT ALL 4HE BEST part was that we would be insured for the rest of our natural life here ON EARTH 3OME OF US TOOK THE BAIT But what on earth happened? I stopped paying premiums at the end OF THE TWENTIETH YEAR AS ) BELIEVED THE SALES TALK OF THIS -R #LAVANO !FTER A COUPLE OF YEARS ) RECEIVED A notice declaring that my insurance COVER HAD ALREADY LAPSED DUE TO NON PAYMENT OF PREMIUMS A few years ago, I was enticed to INVEST IN A 0LATINUM %LITE INSURANCE POLICY 4HE MECHANICS WERE AS FOLLOWS Pay a single lump sum premium, WATCH YOUR INVESTMENT GROW AND BE COVERED FOR LIFE AS LONG AS YOUR PREMIUM IS NOT WITHDRAWN 4HE PROPOSAL EVEN INCLUDED A PURPORTED LETTER CERTIkCATION FROM -R $AVID "ANKS SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF kNANCIAL OFkCER OF -ANULIFE "ANKS CERTIkED THAT THE ABSOLUTE RETURNS OF THE INVESTMENT FUND IN WAS PERCENT PERCENT IN AND PERCENT SINCE INCEPTION "UT THERE WAS A kNE PRINT THERE THAT READ g0AST PERFORMANCE OF the funds is not necessarily indicaTIVE OF FUTURE PERFORMANCE 9IELDS ARE NOT GUARANTEED u To cut a long story short, I was forced to terminate the insurance after

the holding period because it was not EARNING )T WAS LOSING AND LOSINGĂœ

People’s General Insurance A fellow engineer asked me for legal ADVICE BECAUSE 0EOPLE S 'ENERAL )NSURANCE DENIED HIS INSURANCE CLAIM 0EOPLE S DENIED THE CLAIM ON THE ground that the police report had the distorted phrase “patrol declares as HE SMELL THE DRIVER WITH AN ALCOHOL CONTENT u $OES THAT MEAN THAT THE DRIVER IS INTOXICATED OR IS DRIVING UNDER THE INlUENCE OF LIQUOR The readers should note that a mere “smell of alcohol� is not a gauge on WHETHER OR NOT THE ABILITY OF THE DRIVER IS IMPAIRED 5NDER THE !NTI $RUNK $RIVING !CT A NON PROFESSIONAL DRIVER is considered drunk when his blood ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION "!# LEVEL GOES BEYOND PERCENT 4HE "!# IS established with the use of an alcohol BREATH ANALYZER ! NON PROFESSIONAL DRIVER ASSUMING HE CONSUMED AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE IS ALLOWED TO DRIVE IF HIS "!# IS BELOW PERCENT !S ALWAYS INSURANCE kRMS WILL look for loopholes so that they CAN DENY THE CLAIM 4HE ENGINEER HAD HIS VEHICLE REPAIRED SHELLING OUT MORE THAN 0 OF HIS OWN MONEY 3O WHERE IS THE “insurance protection� then?

The Insurance Commission should look into these things and “safeguard the rights and interest OF THE INSURING PUBLIC u )SN T THIS their mandate anyway?

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Venezuela: People power in slow motion? such attempts allowed Castro to rule #UBA TO A RIPE OLD AGE !BOUT THOSE OPTIONS THE 53 MAY NOW HAVE TO CONSIDER SOME LESSONS FROM THE !RAB 3PRING )T SEEMS TO HAVE HELD IT NECESSARY THAT THE OPposition to Maduro should not just be composed of an amorphous band of quarreling factions held together only by a common animosity toward the status quo ruler and a COMMON AMBITION TO TAKE HIS PLACE ,IBERATED FROM 'ADDAk THE MILITIAS IN ,IBYA HAVE TILL NOW BEEN UNABLE TO FORM A UNITED GOVERNMENT 4HE OUTCOME OF AN UPHEAVAL IN 6ENEZUELA MAY HAVE BEEN MADE CLEARER WITH THE PROCLAMATION OF 'UAIDO as interim President charged with CALLING ELECTIONS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE Another lesson of the Arab 3PRING ON HOW NOT TO BRING ABOUT regime change is about acceding to the requests for arms from freeDOM kGHTERS SUCH AS SOME YOUNG 6ENEZUELAN ARMY DEFECTORS HAVE BEEN MAKING ON 46 7HAT YOU WILL surely get is not regime change but A BLOODY CIVIL WAR -ORAL SUPPORT

AND A FEW SERMONS ON THE VIRTUES of democracy should be all that IS ADVISABLE 4RUST IN THE NAKED courage and determination of the PEOPLE THEMSELVES There are signs that the greatest lesSON OF THE !RAB 3PRING IS RELEVANT TO THE 6ENEZUELAN SITUATION 4HIS IS THE !SSAD ,ESSON )T IS ABOUT ENCOUNTERING A DICTATOR WHO CONkDENT ABOUT the loyalty of his armed forces, would STOP AT NOTHING TO HOLD ON TO POWER (E WOULD HAVE NO QUALMS AT ORDERING HIS MEN TO kRE AT PEACEFUL RALLYISTS

reducing his country to rubble, sending women and children to a painful death with chemical weapons, and FORCING HIS PEOPLE TO LEAVE AND LOOK FOR SAFE HAVENS IN OTHER COUNTRIES WHERE THEY ARE UNWELCOME &INDING himself outgunned, he would not THINK TWICE ABOUT INVITING FOREIGN POWERS TO INTERVENE -ADURO HAS SERVED NOTICE THAT IF things get bloody in his country, the Americans are the only ones to be BLAMED (OW BLOODY THEY CAN BE can be surmised from the fact that the same countries that supported Assad

recognize Maduro as the legitimate LEADER OF HIS COUNTRY 2EMINISCENT OF 2USSIAN INTERVENTION IN 3YRIA THE considerable military loans Russia and #HINA HAVE EXTENDED TO THE -ADURO REGIME MIGHT WELL PROVIDE AN EXCUSE FOR MILITARY INTERVENTION )N SHORT EVENTS IN 6ENEZUELA SEEM to be coming to a most dangerous JUNCTURE FOR ITS PEOPLE -UCH DEPENDS on the determination and courage of THE 6ENEZUELAN OPPOSITION People Power in Venezuela today lacks the drama, spontaneity and ANGRY QUALITY OF THE %$3! 2EVOLUTION There is no iconic martyr inspiring OUTRAGE AND SACRIkCE ON THE PART OF THE PEOPLE 4HERE ARE NO #HURCH kGURES WHOSE ACTIVE SUPPORT GIVES THE ACT OF RALLYING A SPIRITUAL AND MORAL PURPOSE 4HE ,ATINO 0OPE IS NOT TAKING SIDES 3HOULD SOME BITS OF RECENT HIStory be brought to the equation?

4HE #HAVEZ -ADURO REGIME CAME to power on the promise of social progress, particularly uplifting the POOR 4HAT PROMISE YIELDED SOME spectacular accomplishments such AS GIVING FREE HOUSING TO A CONSIDER-

ABLE NUMBER OF HOMELESS FAMILIES $URING THE #HAVEZ PRESIDENCY POVERTY WAS RECORDED TO HAVE DROPPED SIGNIkCANTLY #OULD THIS BE A REASON for the ongoing migration of Venezuelans to other countries? Those WHO BENEkTED FROM THE #HAVISTA programs while the going was GOOD MAY HAVE PREFERRED TO LEAVE the country rather than confront -ADURO FOR HIS SHORTCOMINGS Could the Venezuelans be suffering FROM REVOLUTION FATIGUE !FTER YOU GET rid of the socialists, what do you really get from “the return of democracy and free enterprise?â€? In the aftermath of SIMILAR EVENTS IN OTHER PARTS OF ,ATIN America, the nationalized companies ARE PRIVATIZED AND THE OLD PREDATORY OLIGARCHS BECOME INSTANT BILLIONAIRESĂœ 7HAT IS DRIVING 53 INTERVENTION $EMOCRACY /R CONTROL OF THE BIGGEST OIL RESERVES IN THE WORLD Alas, we can only pray that the liberation of Venezuela from tyranny and want will be realized with a minimum of bloodshed, if not in PEACE 'OD SAVE 6ENEZUELA FROM dictators and the predatory yanquiĂœ

Don Chino

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3)$% FROM BEING A LECTURER

PEOPLE HAVE FOUND A NEW USE FOR ME ‡ AS A PROGRAM HOST *UST THIS WEEK ) HOSTED THREE EVENTS

THE kRST OF WHICH WAS ON &EBRUARY

AT THE UNVEILING OF A NEW MONUMENT TO $ON *OAQUIN g#HINOu Roces, post-war publisher of The Manila Times and owner of the Associated Broadcasting Company, OR !"# 4HE STATUE EXECUTED by the sculptor, Michael Cacnio, SHOWS $ON #HINO HOLDING A NEWSPAPER AND STANDING PROUD $URING THE GATHERING AFTER THE UNVEILING ) NOTED THAT ) HAD HATED IT AT kRST FOR HE APPEARS TO BE gmayabang,� but on second thought, it was actually apropos because he defended press freedom and democracy not letting himself appear AS A gVICTIMu BUT AS A TRUE kGHTER ) NOTED HOW $ON #HINO HAD A sense of humor, as he brought a toy tank to the rallies while they faced the real water cannons of THE DICTATORSHIP (IS DEkNING MOment in our history was how at an ADVANCED AGE HE WAS UP IN ARMS

bracing against the force of the water, with another old man former SENATOR ,ORENZO 4AĂ„ADA THE kLM DIRECTOR "EHN #ERVANTES AND OTHER PATRIOTS 4HERE WAS A MOMENT ALSO ON -ENDIOLA ITS BRIDGE NOW BEARS HIS NAME WHEN HE WAS LEFT ALONE after a dispersal supported by a HUGE WOODEN CROSS OF A PLACARD (E DID NOT HAVE TO BE THERE HE WAS ALREADY THE g$ON u BUT HE WAS THERE ANYWAY AMONG THE PEOPLE He became an inspiration to many THAT AGE DOESN T DETER YOU FROM DOING SOMETHING FOR YOUR COUNTRY 4HE SIMPLE UNVEILING CEREMONY WAS PRESIDED OVER BY 7ILCON $EPOT FOUNDER AND CHAIRMAN emeritus William Belo and Makati City Mayor Abigal Binay, whose father, human rights lawyer and subsequently Makati MAYOR AND VICE PRESIDENT *EJOMAR "INAY WAS WITH $ON Chino in the parliament of the STREETS IN THE S 4HE 7ILCON $EPOT )4 (UB IS ONE OF THE FIRST establishments along Chino 2OCES !VENUE 0ASONG 4AMO NEAR THE JUNCTION WITH %$3! and was also the site of the old COMPOUND OF !"# The erection of the monument was an effort led by the young entrepreneur son of William Belo, Mark Andrew Belo, president of !NSTAY 2EALTY AND $EVELOPMENT #ORP THE PROPERTY OWNER OF THE SITE (E TOLD ME BEFORE THE program that most young people only know Chino Roces as a STREET (E WANTED TO CONTRIBUTE to reminding people, especially their employees at Wilcon, about the man behind the street sign AND THE VALUES THAT HE STOOD FOR AS A FREEDOM kGHTER AND A COMPASSIONATE ENTREPRENEUR 7HEN HIS ELDEST SON *OAQUI HIS NAMESAKE *OAQUIN

WALKING HISTORY MICHAEL “XIAO� CHUA walked inside the room, it was as if I was seeing the old man Chino himself, without the moustache, although he was VERY HUMBLE AND LOW KEY 9ET

HAVING WORKED FOR HIS FATHER AT the Manila Times , he published the free newspaper Village Voice IN AND CONTINUES ON WITH the family tradition of printing with another community publication Metro Voice !LTHOUGH satisfied with the depiction of HIS FATHER THE FACE IS RECOGNIZABLY THE SMILING $ON HE NOTED THAT $ON #HINO DID NOT USE A cane as depicted because his FATHER IN AN ADVANCED AGE WAS EVEN STRONGER THAN THE SON IS TODAY (E BROUGHT ALONG HIS ,ASALLIAN GRANDDAUGHTER 3ABRINA Roces, who used to play for the $,35 ,ADY 3PIKERS With them was another one OF #HINO S SONS %DDIE %DUARDO WHO CONTINUES TO CARRY the tradition of a responsible media by being the chairman of Anak TV , promoting childFRIENDLY TELEVISION IN THE TIME OF TOO MUCH VIOLENCE AND SEX IN THE TUBE ) NOTED TO HIM HOW IN HIS FATHER S MONUMENT ON Mendiola Bridge the wooden placard was interpreted and turned into a small cross makING $ON #HINO LOOK LIKE A SAINT $ON #HINO WOULD HAVE LAUGHED AT THE PROSPECT Also present were other RoCES RELATIVES !LEX 0RIETO HIS daughter Tessa Prieto Valdes, and his wife Marixi Prieto, retired chair of the board of directors of the 0HILIPPINE $AILY Inquirer, which, like the Manila Times today, continues to soldier on despite the challenging PROSPECTS OF PRINT MEDIA In his remarks on behalf of THE FAMILY *OAQUI 2OCES TOLD the story of his father distributing meals to reporters himself, gTO MAKE SURE EVERYONE DIDN T MISS EATING TIME u (E REMINDED US HOW $ON #HINO gALWAYS tried to side with what is right NO MATTER WHAT THE COST u EVEN AS gHE FACED GIANTS u g-Y FATHER NEVER COWERED (E LIVED HIS LIFE GUIDED BY HIS PRINCIPLES $IGNITY THE DESIRE to do good for others and our COUNTRYw (E BATTLED FOR WHAT S good and went against the wrong NO MATTER WHAT HE FACED u When we pass by any monuMENT MAY WE BE kRED UP WITH curiosity to read about those repRESENTED AND THE LIVES THEY LIVED SO THAT THEY DON T JUST REMAIN IN STONE AND BRONZE BUT IN OUR HEARTS

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Is Kim Jong Un really ready to make a deal?

The word denuclearization was NOWHERE TO BE FOUND .EITHER WAS ANYTHING SPECIkC ABOUT WHAT HE ACHIEVED IN 3INGAPORE OR WHAT SPECIkCALLY HE INTENDS TO GET OUT OF ANOTHER MEETING 4RUMP IS SMART TO GIVE HIMSELF A LOT OF WIGGLE ROOM 53 INTELLIGENCE CHIEFS BELIEVE THERE IS LITTLE LIKELIHOOD +IM WILL VOLUNTARILY GIVE UP HIS NUCLEAR WEAPONS OR MISSILES CAPABLE OF CARRYING THEM .EVERTHELESS EFFORTS TO NAIL DOWN the logistics and an agenda for the SUMMIT DO APPEAR TO BE ON TRACK *UST BEFORE 4RUMP SPOKE THE 53 SPECIAL ENVOY FOR .ORTH +OREA

Lowering expectations 3TEPHEN "IEGUN REPORTEDLY lEW TO 4RUMP S ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE 0YONGYANG TO TRY TO lESH OUT SUMSUMMIT S TIMING AND LOCATION WAS MIT LOGISTICS AND AN AGENDA EXPECTED (E HAD BEEN TEASING IT FOR WEEKS "UT HE KEPT HIS .ORTH +OREA Good reason for caution REMARKS SURPRISINGLY SHORT After dramatically asserting that After a year of heightening threats, IF HE HADN T BEEN ELECTED PRESIDENT and in sharp contrast with the standTHE 53 AND .ORTH +OREA WOULD BE OFkSH POLICIES OF 0RESIDENT "ARACK kGHTING A MAJOR WAR NOW HE ACKNOWL- /BAMA 4RUMP GOT A LOT OF CREDIT edged that much work remains to for simply being willing to open a BE DONE 4HAT S QUITE A SHIFT FROM HIS dialogue with the North and to meet CLAIM RIGHT AFTER HIS *UNE SUMMIT WITH DIRECTLY WITH +IM 4RUMP S CLAIM THAT HE HAS PLAYED +IM IN 3INGAPORE THAT THE NUCLEAR a big role in calming things down THREAT FROM THE .ORTH WAS OVER 4HE PRESIDENT S TUNE CHANGED IN is also true, though he helped raise those tensions to begin with OTHER WAYS AS WELL TOKYO: 53 0RESIDENT $ONALD 4RUMP used his biggest stage of the year to announce a second summit with .ORTH +OREAN LEADER +IM *ONG 5N 4RUMP SAID IN HIS 3TATE OF THE 5NION ADDRESS THAT HE INTENDS TO MEET +IM ON &EBRUARY IN Vietnam, saying that although much work remains to be done toward peace on the Korean Peninsula, his RELATIONSHIP WITH +IM IS A GOOD ONE But is Kim really ready to make a deal?

(ERE S WHY THE STAKES WILL BE HIGHER THIS TIME AROUND

THE 3INGAPORE SUMMIT HOWEVER 4HERE S A REAL RISK THIS TIME AROUND THAT IF 4RUMP CAN T NAIL DOWN A SIGNIkCANT WIN ON THE DENUCLEARIZATION FRONT HE COULD kND himself working in direct opposiTION TO HIS OWN MAIN OBJECTIVE )NSTEAD OF GETTING +IM TO GIVE UP HIS nukes, any tacit acceptance of the status quo could embolden Kim to dig in further as the leader of THE WORLD S NEWEST NUCLEAR POWER

Kim’s multiple targets In the hope of getting sanctions relief and possibly a peace treaty to formally end the Korean War, Kim has OFFERED 4RUMP SOME GOODIES (E HAS suggested he is willing to dismantle Q In this June 12, 2018, file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, some nuclear and missile-related and US President Donald Trump shake hands prior to their meeting on facilities, and as Trump pointed out, Sentosa Island in Singapore. AP PHOTO/EVAN VUCCI has maintained his self-proclaimed THROUGH HIS INlAMMATORY RHETORIC THEM OR BOLSTER THEIR STATUS +IM GOT moratorium on nuclear and longRANGE MISSILE TESTING and policy of “maximum pres- ALL THAT AND MORE IN 3INGAPORE But he has been careful not to put SUREu TO FURTHER SQUEEZE THE .ORTH S 4RUMP NEEDS TO PROVE HIS RELAeconomy and isolate it from the tionship with Kim has a purpose ALL HIS EGGS IN 4RUMP S BASKET 2EBUILDING TIES WITH 3OUTH +OREA GLOBAL kNANCIAL SYSTEM THAT GOES BEYOND PHOTO OPS )N But now that the ice has been his speech, Trump stressed that and China is the cornerstone of broken, just sitting down with Kim the North has returned Ameri- +IM S BIGGER STRATEGY (E HAS ALREADY WON T LIKELY WIN 4RUMP MORE KUDOS cans who had been jailed and MET #HINESE LEADER 8I *INPING FOUR 0REVIOUS PRESIDENTS REFUSED TO MEET has not launched any long-range TIMES AND 3OUTH +OREAN 0RESIDENT -OON *AE IN THREE TIMES with Kim and his predecessors be- MISSILES IN MONTHS Kim has an immediate interest cause they did not want to legitimize Kim announced all of that before

IN WOOING THE #HINESE AND 3OUTH +OREANS (E WANTS INVESTMENT and trade to bolster his economy and help fund infrastructure projECTS "EIJING AND 3EOUL ARE ALREADY SUGGESTING THEY BELIEVE SANCTIONS against the North should be eased sooner rather than later, despite the 4RUMP ADMINISTRATION S STANCE THAT DENUCLEARIZATION MUST COME kRST 7EAKENING 3EOUL S SECURITY alliance with Washington is anOTHER OF +IM S GOALS (E SCORED BIG IN 3INGAPORE when Trump agreed to put off joint MILITARY EXERCISES WITH THE 3OUTH

and again when Trump started PUBLICLY QUESTIONING THE VALUE of such exercises and demanding 3EOUL PAY A BIGGER SHARE OF THE COST OF ITS OWN NATIONAL DEFENSE 3EOUL JUST AGREED TO BOOST ITS SHARE SO THAT S A WIN FOR 4RUMP "UT the reportedly rancorous process APPEARS TO HAVE ALSO UNDERCUT THE 3OUTH S CONkDENCE IN 7ASHINGTON 4HE BIGGEST ANNUAL 53 3OUTH Korea exercise, meanwhile, is norMALLY HELD IN -ARCH OR !PRIL )T WAS postponed and scaled down last to year to ease tensions during the PyEONGCHANG 7INTER /LYMPICS 53 OFkCIALS HAVE SAID IT WILL LIKELY BE SCALED DOWN THIS YEAR AS WELL AP

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Charred bodies of 2 Cessna plane pilots found ORANI, Bataan: 2ESCUERS FROM VARIOUS GOVERNMENT AGENCIES RETRIEVED ON &RIDAY THE BODIES OF A STUDENT PILOT AND THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT BOTH )NDIANS OF THE #ESSNA TRAINING AIRCRAFT THAT CRASHED AT THE PORTION OF -OUNT .ATIB HERE ON -ONDAY #HIEF )NSP ,EODEBALDON "ACON

/RANI POLICE CHIEF SAID THE PLANE WRECKAGE AND THE BODIES WERE FOUND ON A RIDGE BETWEEN TWO MOUNTAINS SOME KILOMETERS

FROM "ARANGAY 4ALA IN /RANI g4OTALLY CHARRED ;THE BODIES= AND THE CRASH SITE WAS BURNED 4HE PLANE WAS TORN INTO PIECES AND THE CHARRED BODIES OF THE PILOTS WERE FOUND AT THE CENTER u HE SAID 4HE SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM WHO CAME FROM THE POLICE 0HILIPPINE !RMY 0ROVINCIAL $ISASTER 2ISK 2EDUCTION AND -ANAGEMENT #OUNCIL AND OTHER AGENCIES HAD DIFkCULTY LOCATING THE CRASH SITE AS

BFAR lifts shellfish ban in Palawan, Bataan THE Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has LIFTED THE SHELLkSH BAN IN 0UERTO 0RINCESA "AY 0UERTO 0RINCESA #ITY IN 0ALAWAN AND EIGHT TOWNS IN "ATAAN AFTER THE WATERS IN THESE AREAS WERE FOUND FREE FROM THE red tide toxin. "&!2 IMPLEMENTED THE SHELLkSH BAN IN .OVEMBER LAST YEAR BECAUSE OF THE HIGH LEVEL OF TOXICITY RECORDED IN THE COASTAL WATERS OF THESE PROVINCES $ECLARED FREE FROM SHELLkSH POISON IN "ATAAN WERE THE TOWNS OF !BUCAY "ALANGA ,IMAY

-ARIVELES /RANI /RION 0ILAR AND 3AMAL BFAR added that all other areas and COASTAL WATERS THAT WERE FREE FROM RED TIDE WERE THE AREAS SPANNING -ANILA "AY SUCH AS #AVITE ,AS 0IĂ„AS 0ARAĂ„AQUE .AVOTAS AND "ULACAN 7ITH THE LIFTING OF THE BAN

SHELLkSH SUCH AS TAHONG MUS-

SELS lukan TALABA and BAHONG

AMONG OTHERS ARE NOW SAFE FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION PROVIDED THEY ARE FRESH AND CLEANED THOROUGHLY BEFORE COOKING -EANWHILE SHELLkSH COLLECTED FROM -ATARINAO "AY IN %ASTERN 3AMAR #ANCABATO "AY 4ACLOBAN #ITY IN ,EYTE ,IANGA "AY IN 3URIGAO DEL 3UR COASTAL WATERS OF $AUIS AND 4AGBILARAN #ITY IN "OHOL AND COASTAL WATERS OF 0AMPANGA ARE STILL POSITIVE FOR PARALYTIC SHELLkSH POISON THAT IS BEYOND THE REGULATORY LIMIT )NGESTION OF SHELLkSH FROM AREAS WITH RED TIDE CAN LEAD TO PARALYTIC SHELLkSH POISONING AN ILLNESS THAT can cause death. !CCORDING TO A $EPARTMENT OF (EALTH ADVISORY THE SYMPTOMS WERE PURELY NEUROLOGICAL AND ONSET gIS RAPID THAT IT CAN BE FELT WITHIN HOURS u EIREENE JAIREE GOMEZ

Bombings affect tourist arrivals in Mindanao THE $EPARTMENT OF 4OURISM $O4 ON &RIDAY SAID THE BOMBINGS IN -INDANAO HAD CREATED ADVERSE SETBACKS IN TERMS OF FOREIGN TOURIST ARRIVALS IN THE REGION BUT ASSURED THAT IT WAS ONLY gTEMPORARYu AND THAT TOURISM ACTIVITY WOULD HIT THE GROUND RUNNING ONCE THE INCIDENTS HAVE BEEN CONTAINED -ARIE %LAINE 5NCHUAN $O4 .ORTHERN -INDANAO DIRECTOR

SAID THAT WHILE THEY HAVE NOT YET ASSESSED THE SITUATION THEY WERE EYEING TO IMPLEMENT MEASURES SIMILAR TO WHAT BOOSTED DOMESTIC TOURISM DURING THE -ARAWI CRISIS FROM TO g4OURIST ARRIVALS IN )LIGAN #ITY SPIKED BY PERCENT DUE TO THE ARRIVAL EFFORTS WITH REGARDS TO FOREIGN ADVISORIES SO WHAT WE DID WAS FOCUS ON DOMESTIC TOURISM u SHE TOLD REPORTERS 5NCHUAN HOWEVER SAID THEY WERE NOT ONLY GOING TO CAPITALIZE ON DOMESTIC TOURISM BUT ALSO ON FOREIGN ARRIVALS SEEING THAT THE FORMER WAS SLOWLY gGETTING VIBRANT u g)T S JUST FOR NOW BECAUSE SOMETHING HAS HAPPENED )T S JUST ONE SETBACK 7E ARE NOT STOPPING WITH DOMESTIC )T S ONLY A TEMPORARY SETBACK u SHE SAID &OUR EXPLOSIONS HAVE BEEN REPORTED ON 4UESDAY IN DIFFERENT TOWNS IN -INDANAO A DAY BEFORE THE SECOND "ANGSAMORO PLEBISCITE

4WO BOMBS TORE THROUGH A *OLO #ATHOLIC CATHEDRAL ON *ANUARY

WHERE AT LEAST PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND OVER DOZENS WOUNDED INCLUDING SOLDIERS AND POLICE OFkCERS &OUR DAYS LATER TWO PEOPLE WERE KILLED WHILE FOUR OTHERS WERE WOUNDED IN A GRENADE ATTACK ON A MOSQUE IN :AMBOANGA #ITY 4OURISM 5NDERSECRETARY "ENITO "ENGZON *R SAID THESE INCIDENTS

COUPLED WITH TRAVEL ADVISORIES FROM FOREIGN STATES HAD NOT AFFECTED THE PERFORMANCE OF 0HILIPPINE TOURISM IN OTHER REGIONS g;4HIS= IS POSSIBLE BECAUSE WE CONTINUE TO PUSH THE ICONIC AND POPULAR DESTINATIONS ACROSS DIFFERENT MARKETS u HE TOLD REPORTERS "ENGZON ASSURED THAT SO FAR

THERE WAS NO REPORTED CANCELLATION OF TRIPS FROM FOREIGN VISITORS (E ATTRIBUTED THIS ON THE GOVERNMENT S OPTIMUM MIX OF DIFFERENT MARKETS BOOSTED PROMOTIONS AND ASSURANCES OF SAFETY g7E RE ABLE TO INSULATE OURSELVES FROM WHATEVER NEGATIVE DEVELOPMENTS THERE MAY BE ;DUE TO THESE= AND WE CONTINUE TO ASSURE YOU THAT THE 0HILIPPINES REMAINS A VERY SAFE SECURE INTERESTING AND FUN DESTINATION FOR DIFFERENT MARKETS AND FOREIGN VISITORS HAVE TO REALLY COME HERE TO SEE THE SITUATION FOR THEMSELVES u HE ADDED NEIL JAYSON N. SERVALLOS

Nationinbriefs 20,000 JOBS UP IN SUBIC CARAVAN MORE than 20,000 job opportunities will be up for grabs for skilled jobseekers in a job caravan this Saturday at the Subic Bay Metropolitan Administration gymnasium in Subic, Zambales.

The job fair was initiated to provide employment to thousands of displaced workers at the bankrupt Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction (HHIC) Philippines, but also open to job seekers in Central Luzon and nearby areas with skills in construction and related fields. Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello 3rd on Friday said the labor department had already conducted a profiling activity on 2,779 Hanjin workers who were qualified in some job openings to avoid job-skill mismatch. “Around 65 percent or 1,801 of the 2,779 profiled Hanjin workers are skilled in carpentry, 24 percent or 661, on the other hand, have skills in vulcanizing and welding, hence there will be no problem with job-skill mismatch if they work in the construction industry,� Bello added.

WILLIAM DEPASUPIL

45 HOUSES RAZED, 1 DEAD IN CEBU FIRE AT least 45 houses were destroyed, while one was dead in separate fire incidents that hit two barangay (villages) in Cebu City on Friday. In Barangay Tinago, at least 15 houses were gutted by the fire, which originated from the two-story house of Wilfredo Jalandoni Jr. in Sitio Calero, Barangay Tinago at about 2:31 a.m. The charred

THEY PATIENTLY SCOURED THE AREA AND SUCCESSFULLY RETRIEVED THE BODIES

Bacon added. #APTAIN .AVERN .AGARAJA INSTRUCTOR PILOT AND STUDENT PILOT +ULDEEP 3INGH

WERE ON BOARD THE #ESSNA AIRCRAFT OPERATED BY &LITELINE !VIATION 3CHOOL WHEN IT CRASHED 3OME FRIENDS AND RELATIVES OF 3INGH COMPLAINED THAT &LITELINE !VIATION 3CHOOL IN 0LARIDEL "ULACAN WAS APPARENTLY UNCOOPERATIVE AND

EVEN FAILED TO GIVE THEM UPDATES DURING THE SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS g7E WERE HOPING THAT THE TWO WERE STILL ALIVE (OPING THAT SOMEONE WILL HELP THEM 7E MADE THE SEARCH ON OUR OWN "ASICALLY IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE BY &LITELINE BUT IT TOOK DAYS TO RETRIEVE THE BODIES u A FAMILY FRIEND SAID Bacon said the aircraft left BuLACAN FOR 3UBIC ON -ONDAY MORNING gFOR A TOUCH AND GO LANDING

MANEUVERu AND WAS SUPPOSED TO RETURN TO 0LARIDEL AN HOUR LATER BUT FOR STILL UNKNOWN REASONS CRASHED ALONG 4ALA ,T #OL !RNEL #ABUGON TH )NFANTRY "ATALLION COMMANDER OF THE 0HILIPPINE !RMY SAID THE PLANE WAS A TOTAL WRECK )TS TROOPS WERE THE kRST TO ARRIVE AND CORDONED THE AREA ON 4HURSDAY NIGHT ! 0HILIPPINE !IR &ORCE HELICOPTER AIRLIFTED THE BODIES FROM THE CRASH

SITE AND BROUGHT TO "ATAAN #OMMAND #ENTER IN /RANI /FkCIALS FROM THE )NDIAN %MBASSY WENT TO "ATAAN TO REPATRIATE THE BODIES OF THE PILOTS -EANWHILE THE #IVIL !VIATION !UTHORITY OF THE 0HILIPPINES SAID THE !IRCRAFT !CCIDENT )NVESTIGATION AND )NQUIRY "OARD WOULD INVESTIGATE THE CAUSE OF THE CRASH ERNIE B. ESCONDE AND ARIC JOHN SY CUA

P1.4-B investment up for Maguindanao

BY JULMUNIR I. JANNARAL

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OTABATO CITY: The newly ratified Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) is up for a good start after the Regional Board of Investments (RBOI) approved a P1.4-billion sand and gravel project recently.

2"/) #HAIRMAN )SHAK -ASTURA ON &RIDAY TOLD 4HE -ANILA 4IMES IT WAS THE FIRST PROJECT APPROVED AFTER THE RATIkCATION OF THE "/, IN *ANUARY AND IS PERHAPS THE BIGGEST THIS YEAR 4HE "/, PROVIDES THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK TO REPLACE THE !UTONOMOUS 2EGION IN -USLIM -INDANAO !2-- WITH A NEW POLITICAL ENTITY THE "ANGSAMORO !UTONOMOUS 2EGION IN -USLIM Mindanao (BARMM).

0ROJECT PROPONENT *-) 3AND 'RAVEL AND 4RUCK 3ERVICES #ORP

BASED IN 3ULTAN +UDARAT -AGU-

INDANAO WAS A $%.2 ACCREDITED SUPPLIER OF SAND AND GRAVEL TO 3OUTHWEST -INDANAO INCLUDING "ASILAN 3ULU AND 4AWI 4AWI

Mastura said.

(E SAID *-) WAS ENGAGED IN A JOINT VENTURE AGREEMENT WITH ##), -INING AND -INERAL 2ESOURCES #ORP IN DREDGING AND REALIGNING OF THE 3IMUAY 2IVER AND SHORELINE ##), IS A (ONG KONG REGISTERED COMPANY WITH A PROVEN TRACK RECORD IN MINERAL EXPLORATION

MINING OPERATIONS SHIPMENT AND international transactions.

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TAMING THE WILD

PROVAL OF THE PROJECT WOULD ALLOW *-) TO ENJOY INCENTIVES FROM THE GOVERNMENT SUCH AS INCOME TAX HOLIDAYS DUTY FREE IMPORTATION ON CAPITAL EQUIPMENT AND OTHER APPLICABLE INCENTIVES g7E ARE GRATEFUL THAT DESPITE POLITICAL UNCERTAINTIES BROUGHT ABOUT BY THE TRANSITION FROM !2-- TO "/,

INVESTORS STILL WANT TO HAVE kRST MOVER ADVANTAGE EVEN BEFORE THE TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT IS SET UP u HE SAID (E FURTHER EXPLAINED THAT THE 3IMUAY 2IVER DREDGING PROJECT WAS A GREAT SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM OF RECURRING lASH lOODS AS MITIGATING MEASURE TO CONTROL AND REDUCE lOODING OF THE RIVER S lOODPLAIN 0ERENNIAL lASH lOODS ARE EXPERIENCED IN 3IMUAY 2IVER AND SPREAD TO NEARBY VILLAGES OF 3ULTAN +UDARAT 3ULTAN -ASTURA AND OTHER TOWNS IN -AGUINDANAO AFFECTING HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES MOSTLY FARMING COMMUNITIES DESTROYING MILLIONS WORTH OF PROPERTIES AND

RESULTING IN LOSS OF LIVELIHOODS PRIMARILY LIVESTOCK AND AGRICULTURE 3IMUAY 2IVER IS A MAJOR TRIBUTARY THAT CONNECTS STREAMS FROM THE RANGES OF .ORTH #OTABATO AND -AGUINDANAO 3ULTAN +UDARAT -AYOR $ATU 3HAMEEM -ASTURA EXPRESSED SUPPORT FOR THE PROJECT SAYING IT WOULD HELP THE TOWN AND THE NEIGHBORING MUNICIPALITIES ADDRESS lOODING AND RIVERBANK EROSION AFFECTING 3IMUAY 2IVER THROUGH DREDGING AND SILTING WITHOUT COST TO THE GOVERNMENT /UTGOING !2-- 'OV -UJIV (ATAMAN SAID THIS SIGNIkCANT PROJECT WAS A POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT TO PROTECT THE CONSTITUENTS AS WELL AS INFRASTRUCTURES MAKING COMMUNITIES SAFE AND OPTIMISTIC GENERATE JOBS AND REVENUES AND PUSH FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH g4HIS IS A POSITIVE WAY TO JUMPSTART THE "!2-- AS WE GO ON TRANSITION FROM !2--u (ATAMAN SAID

The rodeo women team of Pangasinan State University stumble trying to stop a male cow during the 6th Rodeo Competition of the 16th Kannawidan (get together) Festival held at the grounds of the University of the Philippines Baguio on Friday. At least 15 rodeo teams, composed of men and women from various universities in the country, joined the competition that showcased the handling of cows and carabaos in a wild manner. PHOTO BY THOM F. PICAĂ‘A

body of Erjhay Fernandez, 30, was later found and identified by his relatives after the fire. Chief Insp. Noel Nelson Ababon of the Cebu City police, said Jalandoni’s family members were asleep when the flame ignited. Wilfredo’s mother, Brenda was awakened by the fire and sustained laceration wounds on her hands and fingers after she jumped off from their window to escape the blaze. After two hours, another fire razed at least 30 houses in a residential area in Sitio Paradise 2 of Barangay Kinasang-an. Ababon said the fire started at the house of Victor Nadera. Most of the houses in the fire-struck area, which was about 200 meters away from the main road, were made of light materials. RHEA RUTH ROSELL

COURT DEFERS ARRAIGNMENT OF TOLEDO CITY MAYOR THE Sandiganbayan’s Third Division has moved to March 22 the arraignment for graft charges of Mayor John Henry Osmeùa of Toledo City, Cebu pending the Court of Appeals’ decision on the petition for a restraining order he earlier filed. Osmeùa was supposed to be arraigned on February 8. The ombudsman filed the cases in 2018 against Osmeùa in connection with the alleged withholding of the release of the barangay’s (village’s) real property tax shares for the last two quarters of 2014 and 2015 amounting to P17.7 million. He cited boundary dispute between the villages of Daanlungsod and Sangi in Toledo as basis for not releasing the tax shares.

REINA C. TOLENTINO

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SATURDAY February 9, 2019

BY ROY D.R. NARRA

HE Philippine National Police (PNP) on Friday said it would continue gathering information on the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) after the Court of Appeals (CA) junked the latter’s petition to stop it from spying ON AND PROkLING THEIR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOL TEACHER MEMBERS “We need information [to distinguish members of] threat groups: Abu Sayyaf, criminal groups, and other syndicates. All of this information is related to implementing peace and order in our country,�

Senior Supt. Bernard Banac, PNP spokesman, said in Filipino.

Banac also refuted that what THEY WERE DOING WAS PROkLING g4HERE IS NO PROkLING 7E DON T know how this term profiling

[originated]. What we are doing is actually the normal function of our policemen,� he said.

ACT had slammed the PNP for ALLEGEDLY PROkLING THEIR MEMBERS by going to numerous public and private schools and asking for a list of the group’s members.

The PNP welcomed the CA’s decision to junk ACT’s petition, saying their activities would always “remain within the bounds of the

law and always within presumption of regularity and utmost respect for human rights, value of life and dignity of the people.�

The appeals court dismissed ACT’s petition for reasons of techniCALITY INCLUDING LACK OF CERTIkED TRUE copies of the various assailed PNP memoranda, failure to indicate the material dates when it received the memoranda, and failure to indicate the current dates of issuance of its counsel’s membership in the Integrated Bar of the Philippines and Professional Tax Number.

ACT urged CA in a statement to give more consideration to their petition’s substance over technicalities. “It is in this context that we fervently urge the CA to take into account and give more weight to substantive considerations over technicality issues. Teachers’ fun-

damental rights to association, free expression, and privacy are at stake. Such decision might send the wrong message that illegal prokLING OF LEGITIMATE ORGANIZATIONS and common citizens is alright, and it may further embolden the PNP in their illegal surveillance activities against civilians,� it said.

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) also welcomed the appeals court’s decision. “It becomes clear as day that the petition they submitted to the court is indeed nothing but propaganda to gain some publicity especially now that we are months away from the party-list elections,�

DILG spokesman Jonathan Malaya said in a statement.

ACT is represented by ACT Teachers party-list, which is seeking reelection this May.

NAKED RUN

Members of the Alpha Phi Omega (APO) fraternity do their annual Oblation Run in front of cheering women students at the Palma Hall of the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City. PHOTO BY RUY L. MARTINEZ

Negros Occ bettor is latest lotto millionaire A NEGROS Occidental bettor is the newest millionaire of Lotto 6/42. For guessing the inning number combination of 14, 23, 18, 27, 07, 40 drawn on Thursday night, February 7, the winner got the P18,836,826 jackpot prize. “The bettor is the third lotto millionaire for the said game and 12th millionaire for

u 0HILIPPINE #HARITY 3WEEPSTAKES /FkCE (PCSO) General Manager Alexander Balutan announced on Friday.

Of the 12 millionaires, three came from Lotto 6/42, three from Mega Lotto 6/45, three from Super Lotto 6/49, one from Grand Lotto

6/55, and two from Ultra Lotto 6/58, who shared a total of P554,177,598 for January and February. “2019 is indeed a lucky year for our gaming public. Tamang-tama, kakatapos lang ng Chinese New Year. Eh ‘di ba Year of the Pig this year? Sabi nila, this is a year of fortune and luck!

Sana nga,� said Balutan.

The chances of winning in the lotto draws are one in 5,245,786 for Lotto 6/42; one in 8,145,060 for Mega Lotto 6/45; one in 13,983,816 for Super Lotto 6/49; one in 28,989,675 for Grand Lotto 6/55; and one in

40,475,358 for Ultra Lotto 6/58.

F o r J a n u a r y, B a l u t a n r e p o r t e d a P1,930,393,950 overall sales for lotto and digit games, which is 30 percent lower compared to the same period last year. “As I said, we won’t be expecting much, much higher revenues this year. It is possible that our sales has already reached a plateau.

It is already a feat for us to maintain the P63.55 billion or a slight increase. There is no possibility for us to increase our capability.

We would still generate funds through our gaming,� said Balutan. FRANCIS EARL CUETO

PCSO: Peryahan ng Bayan contract expired URDANETA CITY: The Philippine Charity Sweepstake Office (PCSO) urged the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to stop the Peryahan ng Bayan of Globaltech Mobile Online Corp.

(GMOC) from operating Small Town Lottery (STL) in Pangasinan after its permit has expired.

PCSO General Manager AlEXANDER "ALUTAN TOLD OFkCERS OF Speedgame Inc. (SGI), an authorized agent to operate STL in the province headed by Edward Aguilar, that GMOC’s permit had

not been renewed.

Balutan also urged the PNP and the NBI to stop any illegal gambling business of GMOC and to arrest their employees engaging in STL games without permission from the PCSO. He said only the SGI group was allowed to operate STL in Pangasinan because they had secured an authority and permit to operate issued by the PCSO since Dec. 18, 2017 up to the present.

The SGI operation started on Jan. 3, 2018 and on Jan. 4 this YEAR "ALUTAN ISSUED A CERTIkCATION

stating that the SGI had an existing permit to operate STL, while the GMOC’s permit had expired.

"ASED ON THE CERTIkCATION THAT Balutan issued on January 18, the operation and the Deed of Authority (DOA) former PCSO general manager Ferdinand Rojas granted to GMOC management on April 2, 2014 was already terminated by virtue of Resolution 51,, which the board of directors approved on Feb. 17, 2016.

Since the termination and expiration of the DOA issued to GMOC on March 31, 2016, PCSO

has not authorized any other entity to operate Peryahan ng Bayan.

Based on PCSO records, GMOC failed to remit billions of pesos of sales in the National Capital Region and in the provinces of Catanduanes, Rizal, Palawan, Marinduque, Oriental Mindoro, Negros Occidental, Cebu, Bohol, Agusan del Sur, Misamis Oriental, South Cotabato, Zamboanga del Sur and Pangasinan from July 6 to Dec. 31, 2015.

Balutan commended SGI for being one of the Top 10 operators of the STL. JAIME G. AQUINO

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temporary,� Banac said. “We are still talking and studying about it and hopefully, nothing bad will happen in our peace and order...In the coming days, we can expect a statement regarding the security in LRT and MRT,�

Banac said.

LRT and MRT banned bottled drinks and other liquid materials on January 31 inside train stations to prevent possible attacks following the twin blasts in Jolo, Sulu on January 27.

Guillermo Eleazar, NCRPO regional director, had downgraded the alert level status in Metro Manila from full alert to just heightened alert.

Some liquids allowed

Liquids including water, juice or liquid nutrition or gels for passenger with disability or other health condition; Life-support and life-sustaining liquids, such as bone marrow, blood products and transplant organs; Items used to augment the body and for medical and cosmetics reasons, such as mastectomy products, prosthetics breast, bras or shells containing gels, saline solution, or other liquids; and Gels or frozen liquids needed to cool disability or medical-related items used by persons with disabilities or medical conditions.

ROY D.R. NARRA AND PNA

MRT, LRT said the strict ban of liquid materials in LRT and MRT lines was part of the full-alert status level implemented by the National Capital 2EGION 0OLICE /FkCE .#20/ He said banning liquid materials had long been part of the international standard in security as observed in airports and seaports. “This is all part of our security measures, so we ask the public for understanding and cooperation in order not be bothered. This is just

The MRT later clarified that some liquid items could be allowed inside its train stations amid the implementation of the ban on liquids.

Passengers may bring the following items upon validation and approval of security personnel and POLICE OFkCERS IN ITS STATIONS Baby formula/breast milk in bottles, if the passenger is travelling with a baby or small child; Drinking water to be used by the baby or small child; All prescription and over-thecounter medications;

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Q Senatorial aspirant Christopher Lawrence ‘Bong’ Go speaks to the congregation of the Bible Baptist Church (BBC) of Pasay, Inc. on Thursday.

Go noted that leaders of the BBC were among the first groups who threw their support behind Duterte’s candidacy in the 2016 presidential elections.

Save people from drugs menace – Bong Go FORMER special assistant to the President and senatorial aspirant Christopher Lawrence “Bong�

Go on Thursday appealed to the congregation of the Bible Baptist Church (BBC) of Pasay Inc. to help, not only in saving their fellowmen from sin, but also from the threat of illegal drugs, crime and corruption. “President Duterte hates drugs.

There have been so many victims of drugs. It is good that when he assumed the presidency, so many have turned a new leaf. So, let us help the President,� Go said in his speech at the BBC Pasay World Missions Conference.

He also reiterated his support for the President’s campaign against crime and corruption. He stressed that Duterte remained RESOLUTE IN FULkLLING HIS CAMPAIGN promise to protect the nation from these threats.

Go noted that leaders of the ""# WERE AMONG THE kRST GROUPS who threw their support behind Duterte’s candidacy in the 2016 presidential elections.

Leaders of the congregation gave Go a warm welcome when he arrived at the BBC Sanctuary in Malibay, Pasay City where the event was held and prayed for him for guidance in all his undertakings.

Go said he had no plan to run for public office, but President Duterte prompted him to throw his hat into the political arena to serve the country in his own capacity as a public servant.

And while he does not possess the political pedigree of other candidates,

Go said he believed his personal experience attending to the needs of people who sought the assistance of then Davao mayor Duterte would qualify him for the job. “If we talk of experience, it is my job to serve people everyday,� adding that it became second-nature to him. He said, “Bisyo ko na po ang magserbisyo.� (Serving has become my vice.)

Go explained that foremost in his legislative agenda was to improve the delivery of medical services in the country, including the establishment of a Malasakit Center in all provinces and key cities nationwide.

A Malasakit Center makes it more convenient for poor patients to avail themselves of medical AND kNANCIAL ASSISTANCE FROM THE government by putting together, in one room, all concerned agencies such as the Departement of Health, Department of Social Work and Development and the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. “Once this is enacted into law, more will be helped even if PresiDENT $UTERTE IS NO LONER IN OFkCE u he said.

Aside from improved health services and pursuing the fight against drugs, crime and corruption, Go said his legislative agenda included programs on agriculture, EDUCATION HOUSING kRE PROTECTION and prevention, localized peace talks, long-term sports development, creation of a Department for overseas Filipino workers, barangay welfare and additional BENEkTS FOR SENIOR CITIZENS

ERRATUM THERE was a double entry in the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) ‘NOON at NGAYON’ report, print version, published on Jan. 29, 2019. The figure in the AFP/PNP Health Facilities Capability-Building Project in the table, which stated ‘Php 17,290,349,263.75,’ was a misplaced entry, intended for the tax and duties the agency had paid.

The error is limited to this specific figure. All other data and figures presented are correct.

Nationinbriefs QC MAYOR URGES PARENTS TO HAVE KIDS VACCINATED AGAINST MEASLES QUEZON City Mayor Herbert Bautista urged parents to bring their children six months to five years old to the nearest health center to have them vaccinated against measles. “Measles vaccine is safe and free in all health centers and public hospitals,� Bautista said after meeting with city health officials, following the declaration of a measles outbreak in Metro Manila. “We received reports of increasing measles cases as early as the 2nd week of January that’s why we immediately activated our Outbreak Response Immunization plan wherein our community health workers were sent out to administer vaccines to children age six months to five years old,� City Health officer Verdades Linga said on Wednesday. From January 1 to 26, a total of 108 cases of measles with eight deaths were reported to the QC Health Department (QCHD). The most affected was the 1 to 4 years old age group.

As of February 1, a total of 965 children have been vaccinated. The QCHD is also tracing “active defaulters� or children who have missed their scheduled measles immunization.

INDONESIA WANTS MORE FILIPINO TOURISTS  THE INDONESIAN government wants to have more Filipino tourists. Rizki Handayani Mustafa, a deputy minister of Indonesia’s Ministry of Tourism, said it wants to strengthen their partnership with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) countries, particularly the Philippines through “twinning.� Under the marketing strategy, Mustafa said the Philippines may partner with Asean countries and sell the tourist attractions of both countries in the form of package tours. “We do it with Singapore. We’re interested in doing it with the Philippines as well. I’m very interested to discuss it with the Department of Tourism (DoT) on how the industry can facilitate these programs,� she told The Manila Times. Tourism Congress of the Philippines President Jose Clemente 3rd said the DoT and private stakeholders want to implement the scheme with Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam. “We will tie-up with our neighboring countries in Asia. Boosting arrivals not only to the Philippines, but also to the Asean region. It’s a benefit for all of us,� he said. Over 210,000 Filipinos visit Indonesia yearly, according to Mustafa. NEIL JAYSON N. SERVALLOS

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T would be best for the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to hold off from tweaking bank reserve REQUIREMENTS AS INlATION REMAINS HIGHER THAN TARGET

banking giant HSBC said.

“Despite tighter liquidity conditions domestically, we believe it would be

most prudent for the BSP to wait until INlATION IS kRMLY WITHIN ITS PERCENT

target before engaging in any monetary accommodation,� HSBC said in a report released on Friday.

While consumer price growth has since dropped to a 10-month low of 4.4 percent in January from the nine-year high of 6.7 percent last September and October, it still remains above the BSP’s target range. g"ASED ON OUR CURRENT INlATION TRAJECTORY INlATION IS LIKELY TO BE MORE kRMLY

within target by March enabling the BSP to cut the RRR (reserve requirement ratio) in 2Q (second quarter),� HSBC said.

The RRR is the proportion of current deposits that banks need to keep with the central bank against the sum they can loan out to borrowers.

One percentage-point cuts to the ratio, currently at 18 percent, were ordered by

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No Trump-Xi meeting Stock market retreats before March 1 deadline on fresh US-China fears

Q In this file photo taken on Jan. 28, 2019 US National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow speaks during a briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC. Kudlow said on Thursday that Washington and Beijing were still a “sizeable distance� apart in their trade talks and that no date had been set for a meeting between the countries’ leaders.

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WASHINGTON, D.C.: US President Donald Trump said Thursday he did not expect to meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping before a March 1 deadline in trade war negotiations between the two economic superpowers. “Not yet,� Trump told reporters at the White House when asked if a meeting had been arranged for within the next month.

Asked if a meeting could happen by March 1, he said: “No.�

Trump has said that final resolution of

the trade dispute would depend on him and Xi meeting “in the near future.�

There had been speculation that Trump might meet the Chinese leader after he flies to Vietnam in late February for a summit with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un. The United States has threatened to more than double existing tariffs on Chinese goods at the start of March if there is no agreement on measures to reform China’s trade practices, which Washington says are deeply unfair.

But top White House economist Larry Kudlow told Fox Business on Thursday that while Trump was “optimistic� about prospects for a deal, there remained a “sizeable distance� separating the two sides.

The benchmark Dow Jones Industrial Average lost more than 300 points following Kudlow’s remarks but pared some of these losses, closing down 0.9 percent for the day.

Last week, Trump and Chinese officials had expressed optimism during the second round

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THE stock market fell on Friday as Wall Street losses caused by fresh fears over US-China trade talks prompted investors to reposition their portfolios.

The bellwether Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) dropped by 0.36 percent or 29.41 points to end at 8,070.89. The broader All Shares declined by 0.21 percent or 10.25 POINTS TO kNISH AT

Regina Capital Development Corp. head of sales Luis Limlingan said investors who bet that the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ interest rates would be kept unchanged took a breather after monetary authorities followed through on Thursday.

The overriding issue, he added, was US President Donald Trump’s declaration that he would not be meeting with his Chinese

counterpart, Xi Jingping, before a March 1 deadline for crucial trade negotiations.

While US Treasury Secretary Stephen Mnuchin and Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer will be heading to Beijing next week for the next round of negotiations, White House economist Larry Kudlow doused expectations by saying that both sides were still a “sizeable distance� apart.

Wall Street plunged on the news overnight, with the Dow Jones dropping 0.87 percent, the S&P 500 by 0.94 percent and the Nasdag by 1.18 percent – their biggest losses in more than two weeks.

Most regional markets followed suit. Tokyo plunged by 2.01 percent and Hong Kong dipped 0.05 percent as trading resumed following

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ADB raises Bloomberry to replace Petron in PSEi Time for ‘Bike, Bike, P5.2B via Bike’ program peso-linked MOBILITY L MATTERS bonds A MAIDEN issue of peso-linked bonds in the international market has allowed the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to raise P5.22 billion ($100 million), the Manila-based lender announced on Friday.

In a statement, the ADB said IT WAS THE kRST TIME THAT IT HAD “mobilized Philippine peso funding from international investors through a currency-linked structure�. “Currency-linked bonds are denominated in the local currency but settled in US dollars�, it explained, adding that the four-year BONDS WILL PAY A kXED INTEREST RATE of 5.25 percent. “Proceeds from the offering will be used to support local currency operations in the Philippines and help to reduce foreign exchange

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PETRON Corp. will be removed from the benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) effective Feb. 18, 2019, to be replaced

by Razon-led Bloomberry Resorts #ORP FOLLOWING THE kRST RECOMPOsition for the year.

In a statement on Friday, the PSE said the changes followed a review — “based on the revisions to the policy on managing the PSE Indes Series — of trading activity for January-December 2018.

The bourse last year changed the recomposition schedule to Febru-

S

ary and August, from March and September previously, and also reduced the lead time for changes to take effect from two weeks to at least 5 trading days.

Following the announcement, Petron Corp.’s shares dropped by 6 percent or 46 centavos to end at P7.20 apiece on Friday while Bloomberry went up by 4.33 percent or 50 centavos to P12.06 each.

All sectoral indices except mining and oil will see changes to their compositions.

No companies will be added to

THE kNANCIALS AND HOLDING kRMS indices, which will respectively see the removals of Asia United Bank Corp. and Solid Group Inc. PetroEnergy Resources Corp., Phoenix Petroleum Philippines, Inc., and SFA Semicon Philippines Corp., meanwhile, will be dropped from the industrial index. Alliance Select Foods International Inc. will be added.

The property sector will see the addition of Philippine Infradev Holdings Inc. and the removal of

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A new wave of business

OME years ago, somewhere in a small underprivileged community in Bangladesh, one man came to the realization that there is potential for housewives to create and manage their own businesses to contribute to household income. This man created a business that allowed unbanked women to gain access to funding through micro-credit. He believed that everyone has the innate abil-

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ANTON CARLOS ity to become an entrepreneur but many lack the resources to become one. The business he created is called the Grameen Bank, one of the major forerunners of social

businesses in the world.

What is a social business? According to Professor Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize awardee and Founder of Grameen Bank, a social business is “a non-dividend company that is created to address and solve a social problem.� It aims TO MAKE PROkT NOT FOR THE INVESTORS but for the pursuit of long-term social goals. It is different from the

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AST month, urban planners and transport specialists were pleased to hear Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Mark Villar declare that his department would be including sidewalks and bike lanes in all new road infrastructure projects. This was welcome news from an agency that historically had taken a very “car-oriented� approach to building roads and bridges.

To improve the mobility of urban Filipinos, it will be important for key agencies like DPWH and the Department of Transporation (DOTr) to embrace the objective of “moving people, not cars�. This MEANS DEkNING GOALS IN TERMS OF the people numbers rather than vehicle numbers, and measuring performance in terms of the experience of people rather than the travel speed of cars.

If we adopt a people-centered yardstick to measure the productivity of our roads, it is clear that

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prioritizing cars on urban roads is neither sound nor sustainable.

To solve our mobility problems, there has to be much more travel by public transport, walking and cycling. Using roads for bicycles makes a lot of sense — one lane of road devoted to cars can move only about 1,500 persons per hour, compared to 7,500 persons per hour if the same road space were used for a two-way protected bike lane.

Secretaries Arthur Tugade and Mark Villar, the country needs you to be “champions� for cycling.

Philippine bicycle organizations will love to work with DOTr and DPWH to craft a national cycling development program. There are active, well-organized cycling clubs

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Business Times

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SATURDAY February 9, 2019

Rice stocks up, corn down in Jan

BY EIREENE JAIREE GOMEZ

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HE country’s rice stocks inventory increased WHILE THAT OF CORN WENT DOWN IN THE kRST MONTH of the year compared to their year-ago levels.

In its monthly “Rice and Corn Stocks Inventory� report, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said total rice stocks inventory in January 1, 2019 rose by 11.40 percent to 2.55 million metric tons (MMT) from 2.29 MMT in the same period last year. However, it fell 6.23 percent from 2.72 MMT in the previous month.

Rice stocks in commercial ware-

houses climbed by 40.59 percent to 1.21 MMT from 1.08 MMT a year ago. But stocks in households and National Food Authority (NFA) depositories fell by 5.88 percent to 1.25 MMT and 8.37 percent to 97,910 MT, respectively.

Compared to previous month, stock level in households and NFA depositories likewise fell by 18.40 percent and 4.14 percent, respec-

tively, while stocks in commercial warehouses rose by 10.65 percent.

Of the total inventory, 48.91 percent was held by households, while 47.25 percent was found at commercial warehouses. The remaining 3.84 percent were held by the NFA. Meanwhile, the country’s corn stocks declined by 28.95 percent to 676,130 MT in January from 951,600 MT in the same month in 2018. However, it was up by 7.34 percent from 629, 910 MT the previous month. Inventory in households rose by 54.17 percent while stocks in commercial warehouses dropped by 36.03 percent

yoy. There were no corn stock in NFA depositories during the period. Of the total, 82.90 percent was in commercial warehouses while 17.10 percent in households.

In a separate report, the PSA said farmgate price of palay (unhusked rice) continued to decline to P19.73 per kilo in the fourth week of January, down by 0.30 percent from previous week’s P19.79 per kilo.

The average wholesale price of well-milled rice fell by 0.17 percent to P41.50 per kilo from previous week’s 41.57 per kilo. Likewise, it dropped by 1.05 percent yoy.

Similarly, its average retail price fell

by 0.27 percent to P45 per kilo. It went down by nearly one percent year-on-year (y-o-y).

Likewise, the wholesale trade average price of regular milled rice declined by 0.21 percent to P38.25 per kilo from previous week’s P38.33 per kilo. It was also down by 5.08 percent y-o-y. At the retail trade, it dropped by 0.60 percent to P41.16 per kilo from its week ago level. It likewise fell by 1.58 percent y-o-y.

Meanwhile, the average farm gate prices of yellow corn grain went down by 0.57 percent to P13.90 and fell by 1.35 percent y-o-y. The equivalent price for

white corn grain remained at P13.98 per kilo during the week but fell 2.24 percent y-o-y.

The wholesale price of yellow corn grain slightly increased to P20.31 per kilo from its week-ago level but fell by nearly one percent y-o-y. Its retail price went up by 0.28 percent to P25.18 per kilo week-on-week but fell by 3.19 percent y-o-y.

For white corn grain, the average price at wholesale trade remained at P20.80 per kilo during the week but fell by 2.12 percent y-o-y. At the retail level, its price likewise remained at P28.12 per kilo but also fell by 0.50 percent y-o-y.

DA bullish ADB, WHO to boost ties for healthcare Tips in choosing the right financial planner on exports to Russia D MONEY TALKS THE government is bullish on exporting various agricultural products, particularly coconut oil, bananas and shrimps to the Russian market.

The Department of Agriculture (DA) is now organizing a trade mission which would include stakeholders of the Philippine agriculture and fisheries sector “to further penetrate the huge and previously unexplored market of Russia and other member countries of the Russian Federation, â€? Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel PiĂąol said in a statement on Friday.

Currently, the country has only three fisheries companies exporting to the Russian market. The DA is targeting to expand agricultural trade to the Russian Federation and its other state members in 2019 and the coming years.

In a visit to Pinol’s office this week, Russian Ambassador to the Philippines Igor Khovaev discussed final arrangements for the planned visit of the Philippine delegation to Moscow later this month. “The agricultural trade delegation will include representatives of the coconut industry, the fisheries sector, the banana industry and the mango farmers organizations,â€? PiĂąol said.

He said the engagement would focus on signing an implementing agreement (IA) between PiĂąol and Russian Agriculture Minister Dmitry Patrushev. “The new agreement will identify the areas of engagement between the two countries, including the investments by Russian business groups in the development of agriculture and aquaculture in the Bangsamoro area,â€?

PiĂąol said.

PiĂąol said the Philippines is closely looking at importing modern farm machinery, fertilizers and wheat from Russian market. Khovaev welcomed the proposal and vowed to immediately work on the trade mission once the Department of Foreign Affairs gives its go signal.

Last month, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between a Bangsamoro group in Maguindanao and a Russian business group, allowing the latter to conduct preliminary activities under its P8-billion banana project. The project, situated around the main base of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, Camp Abubakar, Buldon in Maguindanao, is set to be launched on February 16. EIREENE JAIREE GOMEZ

Q DEADLINE FROM B1

No Trump of talks in Washington about chances of striking a bargain but they released few details about progress in their talks.

The two sides have three weeks before US duty rates on many Chinese goods are due to jump sharply, which economists say could further weaken the global economy.

US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin are due to travel to China next week to continue for the third round of trade negotiations.

Washington is demanding farreaching changes to Chinese industrial policy, which American officials allege involves the theft of American intellectual property and massive market distortions through subsidies and other measures.

AFP

TOP OFkCIALS OF THE !SIAN $EVELOPment Bank (ADB) and the World Health Organization (WHO) recently met to discuss ways to strengthen their collaboration in supporting global efforts to achieve universal health coverage (UHC) and better health for their populations.

In the meeting were ADB President Takehiko Nakao, newly appointed Regional Director of WHO Western Pacific Regional /FkCE 4AKESHI +ASAI AND 2EGIONAL Director of the WHO South East Asia Regional Office Poonam Khetrapal Singh. “ADB’s new long-term strategic framework Strategy 2030 and its ASPIRATIONS FOR !SIA AND THE 0ACIkC are fully aligned with the sustainable development goals and the global call for UHC,� said Nakao. “We look forward to working together with WHO to help achieve UHC, increase health security against pandemics through surveillance and laboratory support, and improve urban health, elderly care, and climate change impacts ON HEALTH IN !SIA AND THE 0ACIkC u added Nakao.

ADB said it expected to increase its investments in health projects and health components of multisectoral projects that would enable !SIA AND THE 0ACIkC TO ACHIEVE AND maintain UHC. It said these investments may be informed and reinforced by WHO

technical advice and support, coordinated under the ADB–WHO memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed in September 2018.

The MOU calls for ADB and WHO to conduct joint policy analysis and research, collaborate on the production and sharing of knowledge products through seminars and conferences, and strengthen international and regional networks, among others. “The collaboration between ADB and WHO could work to improve the health and well-being of people, particularly through THE IDENTIkED AREAS OF COOPERAtion such as supporting universal health coverage, including affordability and accessibility of medical products, enhancing human resources for health, improving primary health care infrastructure, and strengthening disaster preparedness and response,� Singh said. “We look forward to the development of results-oriented action plans to implement the ADB– WHO MOU,� added Singh.

Kasai on the other hand said there was a need to focus on health care as populations are getting older and non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are on the rise.

He noted that in the Asia and the 0ACIkC REGION ALONE ACCESS TO HIGH quality health care is still low. “These are key challenges on which we’ll work with ADB and

focus our support to countries over the coming 5 years,� said Kasai.

In the case of the Philippines, ADB Vice-President for Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development Bambang Susantono earlier said the direct medical cost of diabetes which is one of the NCDs, was estimated at P38.2 billion in 2015. He said this would severely affect economic growth and drive people into poverty because of lost jobs and the cost of chronic treatment.

ADB loan and grant commitments in the health sector totaled $516 million for 13 projects last year. The projects included support for enhancing provinciallevel health services in Papua New Guinea; the integration of maternal and child health services in Tajikistan; strengthening of health systems in Bhutan, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Mongolia, and Sri Lanka; and investments in private hospitals that expand access to low-cost quality maternity care in Indonesia.

This year, ADB said it expected commitments of more than $700 million for health projects. These would include strengthening local health systems in Viet Nam; establishing digital health systems in Tonga; piloting elderly care interventions in the People’s Republic of China; and supporting health kNANCING POLICY REFORMS IN !RMEnia. ANNA LEAH E. GONZALES

the services index, replacing Melco Resorts and Entertainment Philippines Corp., which is expected to face automatic delisting in June following a tender offer that placed Philippine Estates Corp. its public ownership well below Chelsea Logistics Holdings the required level. #ORP AND 4RANSPACIkC "ROADBAND “The regular review of indices Group International Inc. will join RElECTS THE DYNAMIC CHANGES IN

company performance vis-à -vis the standards set by the Exchange,�

PSE President Ramon Monzon said. “In turn, these indices represent the investment opportunities in the Philippine stock market,� he added.

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but now they have a group of companies that focus on different initiatives around the world.

TOMS, a brand popularly seen on the shelves of shopping centers, was based on a simple premise. For every customer that buys a TOMS shoe, they will give one pair of shoes to a child in need of a pair.

Its a one-for-one business model adopted by Blake Mycoskie for his brand. This business model evolved to addressing health, education and economic opportunities for these children and their families.

We also have existing businesses in the Philippines we might not be aware of but they actually fall into this category: Bayani Brew, Bambike, Liter of Light to name a few. The Philippines’ social business ecosystem is vibrant and has been constantly growing for the past decade. These businesses are aiming to tackle the deepest problems of the country such as poverty, unequal opportunity, and pollution.

Despite the growing number of social businesses and initiatives in the Philippines, there is still lack of support, especially for early-stage entrepreneurs. There are only quite a few actors who foster and guide aspiring social entrepreneurs, one of which is the international organization, Makesense. The organization does this through their Makesense Academy, which allows access to tailored mentorship,

TRAINING AND kNANCIAL SUPPORT FOR those accepted into the program.

This fosters early-stage social businesses to scale their ideas deepened by the unique sense of community along the way.

To ensure the projected growth of social businesses, the government must formally recognize these entities. Being both agents of economic growth and social inclusion, social businesses need different set of policies to guide them, rather than forcing the existing policies to this new wave of businesses.

There are still countless underprivileged communities existing globally and locally in need of access to support and recognition. Just like the man who saw the potential in the women in Bangladesh, there is a need for us to recognize the innate capability of others, and maybe even in ourselves, to solve the world’s biggest challenges especially through social business. Perhaps we should give this new wave of business a try.

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Bloomberry

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A new NON PROkT ORGANIZATIONS CHARITY foundations, and corporate social responsibility (CSR) we are quite FAMILIAR WITH .ON PROkT ORGANIZAtions have grants or receive funding from another organization to run their operations while charity foundations rely on donations by individuals/group of people. CSR departments on the other hand, depend on a company’s initiative and budget allocation to mobilize. In contrast to these forms of operation, social businesses place importance to creating positive CASHlOW AND REVENUE FOR THE MAIN purpose of achieving its social goals. They ensure sustainable funding to run their businesses to solve social goals such as creating employment, alleviating poverty, SUPPORTING kNANCIAL INCLUSION AND the likes.

Around the world there have been many successful social businesses you might have already encountered. The aforementioned Grameen Bank has made its mark GLOBALLY AS THE kRST MICRO kNANCE and micro-credit bank, continuously giving access to productive loans and other banking services to unbanked individuals. They started out lending to women in a small community to empower them to start their own businesses,

Anton Carlos is the Key Accounts Manager for First Circle Growth Finance. He has experience in Bank - Commercial Lending, Insurance, and Financial Planning. He is involved in the social entrepreneurship ecosystem locally. During his free time he likes to read a wide variety of books. You may contact him through email at anton.carLOS kRSTCIRCLE COM

O you need a financial planner? Chances are, you DO 9OU NEED A kNANCIAL PLANNER because you need the expertise and professional perspective of somebody who has the knowledge and experience in accessing the entire facets of developing AND MONITORING YOUR kNANCIAL plan.

You need a planner because of your need to understand the financial impact of having an unexpected life event such as birth of a new child, major illness, or even inheritance; you need a professional planner to HELP YOU IMPROVE YOUR kNANCES OR SIMPLY YOU NEED A kNANCIAL planner because you just don’t know how and where to start. )N CHOOSING A kNANCIAL PLANner, know what you want and need. Start by determining your GENERAL kNANCIAL GOALS AND SPECIkC NEEDS !RE THERE ANY SPEcific areas you are looking to focus on, like children’s education, enhancing your investment performance or reducing risk, protecting your family against unforeseen events like death and disability of the breadwinner, or leaving a legacy?

Financial planners, just like doctors, have a full grasp of the kNANCIAL PLANNING PROCESS AND may also have their own specialization.

Be prepared. Browse through the internet, read articles, publications and even blogs related TO kNANCE 4HIS MAY HELP YOU get more familiarized with the strategies and terminologies commonly used.

Talk to people close to you. Get referrals from friends, relatives or business associates who had good experience with an advisor.

Ask them not just the strengths of the planner, but the weaknesses as well.

Ask how frequent this person engages him, and most importantly how they arrive at decisions. This will give you a GOOD IDEA WHETHER THE kNANCIAL planner’s is something you’ll be comfortable with. ! LOT OF THE kNANCIAL PLANNING practitioners are in the banking and insurance industry. This means they may be performing A DUAL ROLE 4HAT S kNE )N FACT

that’s a big advantage. It just means they have specialized in a particular field and yet, still PERFORM THE kNANCIAL PLANNING process.

You just need to note they are not automatically one and the SAME -EANING A kNANCIAL PLANner may be an investment advisor but not necessarily the opposite.

Same with not all insurance agents, even if they call themselves as one, is a financial planner.

Look for competence.

There are a number of desigNATIONS OFFERED IN THE kNANCIAL planning services industry but these are all private groups. Unfortunately, there is no governing body in the Philippines that regulates this for you to become a PROFESSIONAL kNANCIAL PLANNER 3O take this as just one of the considerations in choosing a planner.

One can be a professional

MELVIN ESTEBAN kNANCIAL PLANNER EVEN WITHOUT these designations. So my best advice is, go beyond the titles or designations. Look for credentials, education, past works and experience, references, and areas of expertise.

Interview at least a couple of potential planners so you can have a good point of comparison.

Other than what I mentioned earlier, ask for specifics like: How long has he/she been in the practice? How frequently will you hear from him? Does he work with a team or alone? How does he arrive at his recommendations? Who monitors the plans of his clients and how does he monitor them in turn? What is his business style?

Gauge the level of services he provides to his clients. And lastly, are you comfortable with HIM IN YOUR kRST MEETING 9OU want a planner who puts your needs first. Look for evidence of his commitment to ethical standards. Believe me, everything becomes academic if you can’t even feel he can be trusted!

Once all is done, get it in writing: Ask for the advisory agreement or engagement letter, nature and scope of the service, disclosures, compensation (is he PAID WITH A kXED FEE OR PURELY commission-based) and potenTIAL CONlICT OF INTEREST Though there is really nothing wrong in earning a commission or incentive per se from a sale, sometimes, these may just affect the decisions and recommendations provide to you. I’ve met with a lot of bankers and insurance sales agents that are very competent and professional kNANCIAL PLANNERS 3O IT S ALWAYS best to know all of these things before you enter into a relationship. #HOOSING THE RIGHT kNANCIAL planner for you may be one of the most important decisions you’ll have to make in your kNANCIAL LIFE 4HIS WILL NOT ONLY affect you, but your entire family as well. Financial decisions today can make or break your ability TO FULkLL YOUR GOALS 4AKE TIME

evaluate, ask around, and most importantly, enjoy the journey!

Happy wealthy living!

Melvin J. Esteban is a Registered Financial Planner of RFP Philippines and CEO of Motivating -INDS -ELVIN IS THE kRST &ILIPINO to win the prestigious â&#x20AC;&#x153;Young ASEAN Manager Awardâ&#x20AC;?. He has BEEN ENGAGED IN THE kNANCIAL SERvices industry for over 20 years in various capacities such as wealth management, learning and development, portfolio management, and segments marketing. Learn more about personal financial planning at the 75th RFP program this March 2019. To inquire, e-mail info@rfp.ph or text <name><e-mail><RFP> to 0917-9689774.

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Cemex tags landslide, costs for 2018 net loss CEMEX Holdings Philippines Inc. said on Friday it incurred a net loss last year, which it blamed on a deadly landslide in Cebu province in September and an increase in the cost of raw materials in the fourth quarter.

In a regulatory filing, the listed cement manufacturer said its net loss hit P930 million in full-year 2018, compared with the P659million profit it recorded the year before, and P325 million in October-to-December.

This despite its net sales rising by 7 percent to P23.4 billion last year from P21.8 billion in 2017, and by 6 percent to P5.5 billion in the fourth quarter from P5.2 billion year-on-year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s financial performance was adversely affectedâ&#x20AC;Śduring the fourth quarter following the landslide that happened in the City of Naga in Cebu on Sept. 20, 2018,â&#x20AC;? Cemex said, adding that its obtaining raw materials from other sources led to cost of sales jumping by 66 percent in the last quarter, compared with 58 percent in the same period in 2017.

As a result, its operating earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortization margin dipped to 7 percent in the last quarter from 12 percent in the comparable period, and to 12 percent from 15 percent in full-year 2018. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The past quarter was a very challenging one following the landslide in Naga City. It tested the strength and resolve of all who were affected,â&#x20AC;? Cemex

President and Chief Executive Officer Ignacio Mijares said in the statement.

Despite these, Cemex said there were operational highlights last year. These include recognition of its cement plants as among the top-performing ones in terms of health and safety, efficiency and product quality; and posting highest client-adoption rates among markets.

In October, its subsidiary Solid Cement Corp. signed a procurement, construction and installation agreement with Chinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s CBMI Construction Co. Ltd. for the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new cement production line. This is scheduled to start operations in the fourth quarter of 2020 and produce 1.5 million metric tons annually. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are excited about the prospects for the company in 2019 and see continued strong cement demand in the country. For this reason, we remain focused on improving our operations and completing our expansion in a timely manner,â&#x20AC;&#x153; Mijares said.

A subsidiary of Cemex Asian South East Corp. that was incorporated on Sept.

17, 2015, Cemex Holdings Philippines primarily sells gray ordinary Portland cement, masonry or mortar cement, blended cement and ready-mix concrete.

It markets and sells these under the Island and Rizal brands in Luzon and the Apo brand in the Visayas and Northern Mindanao.

Cemex shares dropped by 11 centavos or 4.26 percent to close at P2.47 each on Friday.

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Q CUTS FROM B1

Q BONDS FROM B1

Bank

ADB raises

the Bangko Sentralâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s policy-making Monetary Board in February and May last year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We then expect 100 bp (basis points) of cuts to the RRR each quarter this year (totalling 300 bp), cutting it down to 15 percent,â&#x20AC;?

HSBC said, adding that these are expected to take priority over fresh policy rate adjustments. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The effectiveness of interest rate cuts to stimulate growth are limited due to tighter liquidity in the banking system amidst the highest RRR in the region,â&#x20AC;? it said.

The BSP has said that renewed cuts to bank reserve requirements WERE ON THE TABLE GIVEN EASING INlAtion but also pointed out that other factors such as liquidity would have to be considered. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In our perspective, we are not seeing tighteness in liquidity,â&#x20AC;? central bank Deputy Governor Diwa Guinigundo said last month.

HSBC, meanwhile, cautioned that uncertainty remained over the path of future US Federal Reserve RATE HIKES AND THAT DOMESTIC INlAtionary risks were lingering given the El NiĂąo cycle.

These are likely to keep the central bank cautious from embarking ON SIGNIkCANT MONETARY LOOSENING

it added. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our base case is for the policy rate to remain steady at 4.75 percent for the rest of 2019,â&#x20AC;? HSBC said.

On Thursday, monetary authorities decided to keep key interest rates unchanged for the second time since December, pointing to INCREASED EXPECTATIONS THAT INlATION would return to target this year.

The Monetary Board also cut its AND INlATION FORECASTS to 3.07 percent and 2.98 percent, respectively, from 3.18 percent and 3.04 percent previously.

Following this weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s meeting, THE kRST FOR THE YEAR MONETARY AUthorities will next meet to discuss policy on March 21. Two meetings â&#x20AC;&#x201D; on May 9 and June 20 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; are scheduled for the second quarter.

risk for ADBâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s borrowers,â&#x20AC;? it added.

ADB Treasurer Pierre Van Peteghem, in the statement, said the bank was â&#x20AC;&#x153;delighted to support the capital markets in the Philippines where ADB is based.â&#x20AC;?

The lender had previously issued bonds in the domestic capital

Corporate News PT&T: Mislatel still needs to face franchise issues A SATURDAY February 9, 2019

DAY after the Senate allowed the Mindanao Islamic Telephone Co. (Mislatel) to transfer its controlling interest to the consortium chosen to be the Philippinesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; provisional third major TELECOMMUNICATIONS PLAYER ONE OF THE COMPANIES IT BEAT FOR THAT SLOT SAID THE THREE kRM GROUP STILL needed to face issues on the franchiseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s validity.

Philippine Telegraph and Telephone Corp. (PT&T) told The Manila Times on Thursday that although it â&#x20AC;&#x153;respects the decision of the Senate,â&#x20AC;? it emphasized that what â&#x20AC;&#x153;was approved by the Senateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s resolution is only the transfer of ownership of Mislatelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s franchise.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;The issues and questions regarding the legality and validity of [that] franchise remain unresolved. The fact remains

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overturn the agencyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s decision and questioning Mislatelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s congressional franchise, which another failed third-telco aspirant â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the Chavit Singson-led Sear Consortium â&#x20AC;&#x201D; also raised.

In a statement on Thursday, Mislatel expressed gratitude to the Senate for the transfer of the franchise, and promised that it â&#x20AC;&#x153;shall fully comply with all legal and regulatory guidelines and requirements.â&#x20AC;?

Acting Information and Communications Technology Secretary Eliseo Rio Jr. also welcomed the Senateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s resolution, saying it â&#x20AC;&#x153;removes a major stumbling block for [the] third telco to give the incumbent dominant players competition for better telecommunication services.â&#x20AC;?

LISBET K. ESMAEL

Govt urged to find investors for Paleco INSTEAD of challenging its franchise, Palawan Electric Co. (Paleco) is urging the government to look for potential investors for the electric cooperative (EC). â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rather than challenging its powerdistribution franchise in both houses of Congress, Paleco urges our political leaders to look instead for companies that are willing to do business with them, subject to the existing qualified thirdparty (QTP) rules of the Department of Energy (DoE),â&#x20AC;? the National Electrification Administration (NEA) quoted the EC as saying in a Facebook post.

According to Paleco, it is open to opportunities as long as it undergoes the right process. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Open naman tayo sa lahat ng opportunityâ&#x20AC;Ś Ang tanong lang naman natin dito ay dumaan ba ito sa tamang proseso? Ang gusto natin [ay] electric

power, ayaw natin ng political power.

Baka dinadaan lang ito sa political power. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Yon ang iniiwasan natin (We are open to every opportunityâ&#x20AC;Ś The only question here is did these [franchise applications] go through the right processes? We all want electrical power, but it seems they are merely exercising political power. That is what we want to avoid,â&#x20AC;? Paleco Board Chairman Jeffrey Tan-Endriga said.

Section 59 of Republic Act 9136, or the Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001, allows qualified private entities to engage in power generation and distribution without overstepping the respective franchises of ECs through the QTP program.

Paleco claimed this scheme had been successful in the province after it opened up some of its remote and erstwhile un-

viable areas to other companies. One of them is Rio Tuba in Bataraza town, now served by PowerSource Philippines Inc. (PPI), which has been providing nonstop electricity to about 1,938 households there since 2005.

PPI had since then extended its services to other areas, including Liminangcong in Taytay municipality, Candawaga and Culasian in Rizal town and Port Barton in San Vicente municipality to serve an additional 2,000 households. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A similar collaboration is likewise being explored right now in Cabayugan, Puerto Princesa City â&#x20AC;&#x201D; [which] hosts the famous Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park â&#x20AC;&#x201D; with the recent entry of the Sabang Renewable Energy Corp.,â&#x20AC;? it added.

Currently, Cabayugan is 36-percent energized. Its residents only have elec-

tricity for three to six hours everyday.

Paleco, the lone power distributor of Puerto Princesa and the municipalities of Aborlan, Narra, Brookeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Point, Sofronio Espanola, Cuyo, Magsaysay, Quezon, Roxas, Taytay, El Nido, Araceli, San Vicente, Bataraza, Rizal, Balabac, Cagayancillo, Agutaya and Dumaran, is serving 137,277 consumers as of June 2018.

Previously, the NEA, which supervises all 121 ECs in the country, took over Palecoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s management amid frequent brownouts on the island.

In its Dec. 10, 2018 order, the NEA appointed Nelson Lalas as Palecoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s project supervisor/acting general manager who shall be responsible for the co-opâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s daily operations to ensure the efficient delivery of electric service to its customers.

JORDEENE B. LAGARE

market in 2005 and 2007. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our program to issue local currency bonds in ADB member countries has been very successful.

We hope that the Philippines can become a cornerstone of this program moving forward,â&#x20AC;? Peteghem added.

The ADB said the bonds were placed with Asian, European and American institutional investors, with JP Morgan having acted as the sole lead manager.

The bank said it was â&#x20AC;&#x153;a regular borrower in mainstream international bond markets but has also led issuance in developing Asian countries as part of efforts to promote domestic bond markets as an alternative to bank lending.â&#x20AC;?

The ADB said that last year alone, it raised more than $23.5 billion from the capital markets. )N *ANUARY IT ISSUED ITS kRST DOmestic bonds in Kazakhstan.

Q FEARS FROM B1

weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll fare on Monday,â&#x20AC;? P2P Trade Online sales associate Gabriel Jose Perez said.

Back in Manila, most sectoral results were in the red except for holding firms that gained 0.22 percent.

More than 3.16 billion issues valued at P7.8 billion were traded.

Decliners led advancers, 119 to 98, while 34 issues were unchanged.

ANGELICA BALLESTEROS WITH A REPORT FROM AFP

TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE BENEkTS of walking and cycling. Encourage schools to teach students how to bike and adopt safe biking practices.

Develop a cycling plan for your LGU and allocate budget resources to create a safe network of bike lanes. Consult with community organizations and bicycle groups to build support and to identify the best routes for the bike lane network. Work with DPWH and DOTr to link bike routes to public transport services.

Develop or require bicycle parking wherever possible, particularly at schools, markets, hospitals, terminals, places of employment and other major destinations in your CITY /FFER LOANS OR kNANCIAL INCENtives for your constituents to own and use bicycles. Ride a bicycle to work and encourage city hall employees to do the same! It will get you media attention and votes.

There are critics who say that bicycles will never take off in the Philippines as a form of daily transportâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;because the climate is too hot and humid in the summer and too wet in the rainy season. But CYCLING THRIVES EVEN UNDER DIFkCULT conditions.

4HERE ARE OFkCIALS WHO DISCOURage cycling because they consider it as an inherently dangerous form of transportation. Cyclists who are killed by car crashes are often the ones blamed, even though unsafe street design and bad car driving behavior are the main causes of cyclist fatalities.

Cyclists may sometimes seem invisible in Philippine cities, but

their numbers are growing. You may not see them because bikes are generally moving much faster than cars during rush hour. Bicycles have been so â&#x20AC;&#x153;invisibleâ&#x20AC;?, it seems government has not counted them as a transport mode in previous travel demand surveys. The JICA-funded 2014 study of daily travel patterns in Greater Manila somehow failed to measure the number of individuals who travel by bicycle, a serious oversight.

More Filipinos are switching to biking for their daily commute.

Just ask building owners and real estate developers. Ayala, SM and Megaworld will tell you that bike racks in their developments are in short supplyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;in central business districts, every single bike parking space available is being used.

Cycling technology is also changing rapidly, making them more functional and convenient. Electric-assist models enable cyclists to reduce their pedaling effort even on hilly terrain. And bicycle sharing/rental platforms, using mobile phones to activate the bikes, eliminate the need for investing in oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own bicycle.

New York, London and Madrid are as hot and humid as Manila in the summer, yet cycling in those cities remains popular regardless of the season of the year. Our neighboring ASEAN cities--Bangkok, Singapore and Jakarta (with climates just like ours)--are making big investments in cycling infrastructure. We should not be left behind.

Today, Amsterdam has a 500 kilometers (kms) cycling network.

Bogota, another global leader in cycling, has 410 kms of protected cycle

of physical disabilities (such as foot joint disfunctions), cycling provides a better option than walking.

Many of the cities great for cyclingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Copenhagen, Amsterdam, all over the country with hundreds Sevilla, Bogotaâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;were not always of thousands of members ready to that way. Fifty years ago, these participate in a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bike, Bike, Bikeâ&#x20AC;? cities were very much like Manilaâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; program. And there is no better dominated by cars and increasingly time to hold a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cycling Summitâ&#x20AC;? CONGESTED "UT CITY OFkCIALS SOON to hear what the cycling community REALIZED THAT JUST kLLING ROADS WITH has to say. more cars was not sustainable.

A joint DPWH-DOTr-DILG ad- Cities began to invest in non-car ministrative order could provide transport infrastructure--shifting SPECIkC INSTRUCTIONS FOR INCLUSION road space to sidewalks, bike lanes of walking and cycling infrastructure and exclusive lanes for buses. What in national and local development are some of the lessons from their plans and projects. It would give full efforts at promoting bicycle use? meaning to the National Economic First, it is important to develop a Development Authority (Neda) network of safe, well-signed bicycle board-approved national transport lanes connecting major origin and policy and its implementing rules destination points. Bike lanes are and regulations which state that: ineffective if they are not linked to a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Inclusive mobility and accessi- network. Bike lanes need to be wellbility shall be achieved through the marked, evenly paved and separated prioritization of people-mobility from cars and motorcycles. In a meover vehicle-mobilityâ&#x20AC;Ś.provision tropolis like Metro Manila covering for non-motorized or active trans- 17 local government units (LGUs), port, such as walking and cycling, the Metro Manila Development shall be incorporated in the design Authority (MMDA) should lead in and implementation of trans- designing the network, so that even port projectsâ&#x20AC;Ś.Active transport major roadsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;such as EDSA, C-5, should be promoted, through the Ortigas Ave. and Shaw Blvd.â&#x20AC;&#x201D;can development of greenways, car- be safe for bikes. free zones, public open spaces, Second, leadership and political sidewalks, bike lanes, and bicycle will are important factors for sucsharing services.â&#x20AC;? cessâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and mayors have key roles Cycling is not only low-cost to play. What can city mayors do? and zero-emission; it also delivers Promote active mobilityâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;walksignificant health benefits to the ing, cycling and public transport cyclist. Bicycles are affordable for instead of car or motorcycle use. all income groups, unlike automo- Hire a bicycle program director biles which are used only by the for your city. Create public spaces wealthiest 10 percent of Filipinos. where adults and kids can learn to And for persons with certain types ride bicycles. Launch car-free days

Q MOBILITY FROM B1

that the concurrent resolution of Congress did not cure the fatal defect of Mislatelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s franchise,â&#x20AC;?

PT&T said.

The companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s remarks came ahead of the February 17 deadline set for the consortium â&#x20AC;&#x201D; made up of Davao-based business Dennis Uyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Udenna Corp. and Chelsea Logistics Holdings Corp. and Beijing-owned China Telecommunications Corp. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to meet several conditions after the

government named it the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s third telco player in early November.

4HESE ARE TO kNALIZE ITS PERformance security bond, submit ITS DETAILED ROLL OUT PLAN FOR kVE years; formalize its organizations; register at the Security and Exchange Commission; and secure the approval of the Philippine Competition Commission and National Economic and Development Authority.

The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) had disqualified PT&T from bidding to challenge the so-called duopoly of PLDT Inc. and Globe Telecom for failing to secure cerTIkCATION THAT IT HAD YEARS OF experience on a national scale.

PT&T responded by turning to the Supreme Court, asking it to

B3

Stock a three-day Lunar New Year break.

Seoul also lost 1.2 percent.

Shanghai and Taipei remained closed for the week. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With a lack of near-term catalysts for the index, look out instead for how US markets move tonight (Friday) for an indication of how

paths. Metro Manila can achieve the same. Imagine if each of the 17 local government units within Metro Manila committed to creating 25 kms of protected bike lanes over the next three years.

We would achieve a network of 425 kms of bike lanes within Metro Manila by the end of 2021, at a total cost of less than P2 billion. It would change dramatically the character of our metropolis and make it more livable, healthy and productive.

Chairman Danny Lim, this could be one of your transformative legacies!

If cycling can be made safer and more convenient, it can make public transport more appealing. A train station with good walking access can probably attract people within a one-kilometer radius from the station; but a train station that has good bicycle parking and is wellconnected to a network of bike lanes can have a catchment area with a radius of 5 kilometers or more.

-ORE CYCLING WILL BENEkT ALL 0HILippine cities, big and small. Low cost, pro-poor, quick-to-implement, environment-friendly, and healthpromoting! If city mayors and national officials are looking for projects that can be delivered within the next three years, cycling infrastructure should be high on the list.

Secretaries Villar and Tugade, the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bike, Bike, Bikeâ&#x20AC;? program needs your leadership and support.

Robert Y. Siy is a development economist, city and regional planner, and public transport advocate.

He can be reached at mobilitymatters.ph@yahoo.com or followed on Twitter @RobertRsiy

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Foreign Business

SATURDAY February 9, 2019

Asian markets slump on new trade talk fears H ONG KONG: Asian stocks fell Friday following losses on Wall Street as fresh doubts emerged over the prospects for US-China trade talks and global growth outlook.

Tokyo led the slump, while Hong Kong returned from the three-day Lunar New Year break also in the red as investors reacted to negative signals from the US ahead of crunch trade negotiations in Beijing.

US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin are due to travel to China next week for a third round of talks.

But US President Donald Trump told reporters he did not expect to meet Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping before the March 1 deadline, when US duties on $200 billion in Chinese imports are due to jump sharply.

Analysts say Trump meeting with Xi in person ahead of the cut-off would make a meaningful DEAL MORE LIKELY BUT HAD lAGGED THE DIFkCULTY OF MATCHING SCHED-

ULES WITH THE 53 PRESIDENT lYING to Vietnam to meet North Koreaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kim Jong Un later this month.

Top White House economist Larry Kudlow further doused expectations by saying Washington and Beijing are a â&#x20AC;&#x153;sizeable distanceâ&#x20AC;? apart in talks.

The imposition of the tariffs could weaken the global economy after a brief rally at the start of 2019, economists say. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Share markets have had a great rebound from oversold conditions in December and are now up against technical resistance and getting overbought,â&#x20AC;? Shane Oliver, head of investment strategy at AMP Capital, told Bloomberg. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Meanwhile a bunch of balls remain up in the air regarding the trade war, the US shutdown and slowing global growth. So there is a high risk of a pull back

from here.â&#x20AC;?

Tokyo closed down two percent, although Sony bucked the trend to soar more than four percent after announcing a plan for share buybacks worth up to 100 billion yen ($910 million).

Hong Kong shed 0.2 percent after paring heavier early losses.

Seoul lost 1.2 percent, Jakarta 0.4 percent and Manila 0.4 percent.

Shanghai and Taipei remain closed for the week.

Gloomy outlook The European Commission slashed its eurozone growth forecast for this year on an unexpected slowdown in Germany, tensions over lacklustre growth prospects in Italy, and French protests.

The commission, the EUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s executive arm, is now expecting growth of 1.3 percent in the eurozone this year, a significant cut from 1.9 percent predicted in November.

The pound and euro slipped after EU President Donald Tusk warned there was â&#x20AC;&#x153;no break-

through in sightâ&#x20AC;? in Brexit talks, and the Bank of England also cut its UK growth forecast while keeping interest rates unchanged.

In early European trade, London and Paris both edged down 0.1 percent, while Frankfurt lost 0.3 percent.

Meanwhile, the Reserve Bank of Australia became the latest central bank to slash growth forecasts, citing the effects of a weaker housing market.

It said growth would reach 2.5 percent in the middle of this year, well down from the 3.25 percent it previously projected. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Many of the central banks are reacting to the fact that the global economic situation has worsened,â&#x20AC;? Komal Sri-Kumar, founder and president at Sri-Kumar Global Strategies Inc., told Bloomberg TV. Sydney lost 0.3 percent in Friday trading, while the Australian dollar also fell.

The safe-haven yen edged up on the sombre outlook, but the US dollar strengthened against most other currencies, as oil prices tumbled.

AFP

Q In this file photo taken on July 25, 2018 Barbie dolls, made by Mattel, are displayed on a shelf at a Target store in San Rafael, California. Shares of Barbie-maker Mattel surged in after-hours trading on Feb. 7, 2019 after the toymaker reported a surprise profit in the fourth quarter. The US toy giant, which also makes Hot Wheels and Thomas & Friends, reported $14.9 million in quarterly profits, pointing to benefits from cost cutting.That translated into four cents per share, much better than the 16-cent loss expected by analysts. AFP PHOTO

Mattel shares surge on Q4 profit, Barbie sales NEW YORK: Shares of Barbie-maker Mattel surged in after-hours trading on Thursday after the toyMAKER REPORTED A SURPRISE PROkT IN the fourth quarter.

The US toy giant, which also makes Hot Wheels and Thomas & Friends, reported $14.9 million IN QUARTERLY PROkTS POINTING TO BENEkTS FROM COST CUTTING That translated into four cents per share, much better than the 16-cent loss expected by analysts.

Revenues of $1.5 billion were also above analyst expectations, although down 5.4 percent from the year-ago period, due in part to the hit from the liquidation of Toys â&#x20AC;&#x153;Râ&#x20AC;? Us. Executives said a turnaround plan was on track and pledged TO RETURN THE COMPANY TO PROkTABILITY -ATTEL kNISHED ALL OF with a $531 million loss for the year, compared with a loss of $1.1 billion the prior year.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our fourth quarter results demonstrate meaningful progress in EXECUTING OUR STRATEGY AND SIGNIkcant improvement over last year,â&#x20AC;? said Chief Executive Ynon Kreiz. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We remain focused on advancING OUR STRATEGY TO RESTORE PROkTability and regain top-line growth in the short-to-mid-term and are laying the groundwork to capture the full value of our (intellectual property) in the mid to long term.â&#x20AC;?

Barbie and Hot Wheels were

by far the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s strongest brands, with both notching fourthquarter sales gains, largely offsetting declines in Fisher-Price, Thomas and American Girl.

Mattel announced plans for ITS kRST STUDIO kLM A LIVE ACTION â&#x20AC;&#x153;Barbieâ&#x20AC;? feature with Australian actress Margot Robbie cast as the ICONIC kGURE 3HARES OF -ATTEL WERE UP percent at $14.31 in after-hours trading.

AFP

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Q In this file photo taken on Oct. 6, 2017, then Renault-Nissan Chairman and CEO Carlos Ghosn gestures during a press conference in Paris. French carmaker Renault said on Feb. 7, 2019 that it would inform investigators about a transaction it uncovered involving its former boss Carlos Ghosn and the Palace of Versailles, where the auto executive held an extravagant wedding in 2016. AFP PHOTO

Ghosn under scrutiny over Versailles wedding PARIS: French carmaker Renault said Thursday that it would inform prosecutors about a transaction it uncovered involving its former boss Carlos Ghosn and the Palace of Versailles, where the auto executive held an extravagant wedding in 2016.

Ghosnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tenure as CEO has come under the microscope since his arrest last November in Japan on charges he under-reported millions of dollars in pay as head of Nissan, Renaultâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s alliance partner.

His subsequent indictment on THREE CHARGES OF kNANCIAL MISCONduct has led to renewed scrutiny of his management and lifestyle at both companies while he sits in a Tokyo jail awaiting trial.

The latest charges involve Ghosnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lavish second marriage at the Chateau de Versailles outside Paris in October 2016.

Ghosn and his new wife Carole threw a Marie Antoinette-themed dinner and party at the former royal residence complete with entertainers in period costumes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We wanted it to feel as if we were inviting guests into our home -- nothing too studied,â&#x20AC;? Carole Ghosn told Town & Country magazine a few months later when it published photos of the wedding.

According to a report in the Figaro newspaper, the operators of the palace waived the usual fee of 50,000 euros ($57,000) for the reception at the 17th-century Grand Trianon complex.

It said the arrangement was made as part of a sponsorship deal between Versailles and Renault.

4HE COMPANY CONkRMED 4HURSDAY THAT INTERNAL AUDITS gIDENTIkED THAT A contribution of 50,000 euros, under a sponsorship agreement signed with the Chateau de Versailles, was allocatED TO -R 'HOSN S PERSONAL BENEkT u â&#x20AC;&#x153;Renault has decided to bring these facts to the attention of the judicial authorities,â&#x20AC;? it added.

mation from Renaultregarding the case as of yet.

Ghosnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lawyer Jean-Yves Le Borgne said that the former Renault CEO â&#x20AC;&#x153;paid all the expenses related to his wedding,â&#x20AC;? and that â&#x20AC;&#x153;only the hall was made available for his use without being billedâ&#x20AC;?. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Renault did not spend anything,â&#x20AC;? he said in a statement, adding that Ghosn â&#x20AC;&#x153;did not know that the use of the hall would be accredited to Renaultâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s usage rightsâ&#x20AC;?.

French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire on Thursday pledged â&#x20AC;&#x153;total transparencyâ&#x20AC;? in the review of Ghosnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time as head of Renault, in which the French state owns a 15 percent stake. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The audit at Renault has begun and is starting to show results,â&#x20AC;? he said at business fair in Paris.

Betrayal?

Ghosnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s arrest and continued detention marked a stunning fall from grace for an executive widely credited with forging the Renault and Nissan alliance into the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top-selling automotive group.

The 64-year-old Franco-BrazilianLebanese executive has angrily denied the misconduct charges against him, which saw Nissan and the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s other alliance partner Mitsubishi jettison him as chairman shortly after his arrest. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am accused of under-reporting income I never received! There is not one yen that I have received that was not reported,â&#x20AC;? Ghosn told AFP in an interview at the Tokyo detention centre where he is being held last week. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Is it a trap? Is it a plot? Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s obvious: itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a story of betrayal. There is no question about this,â&#x20AC;? he said.

So far Renault has said its internal investigations have found that his pay was in compliance with French law.

But facing the prospect of several more months behind bars before his trial opens, Ghosn last month relinquished his grip as CEO of Renault. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Renault didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t The affair has also exposed spend anythingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; rifts between Renault and Nissan, In a statement, the Chateau de Ver- which some analysts say was brissailles said Renault had signed a tling at Ghosnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s efforts to bring the 2.3-million-euro sponsorship deal two automakersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; operations even with the palace in June 2016, a few closer together.

Ghosn was the lynchpin of the months before Ghosnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wedding.

Under the terms of the deal, Re- three-way alliance, earning indusNAULT COULD BENEkT IN RETURN FROM try plaudits for driving together a Versailles access and other services sometimes fractious threesome with worth a maximum 25 percent of the headquarters 10,000 kilometres apart.

Much of the tension between the deal, in this case around 575,000 partners stems from a complex owneuros, it said.

0ROSECUTORS OFkCES IN 0ARIS THE ership structure that gives Renault 43 town of Versailles and the larger percent of Nissan, whereas Nissan owns nearby city of Nanterre told AFP just 15 percent stake in the French comAFP they had not yet received any infor- pany -- and no voting rights.

Twitter hammered as user losses overshadow improving finances WASHINGTON, D.C.:  Twitter shares took a pounding Thursday as an unsettling update on its global user base offset upbeat figures on revenues and profits in the past quarter.

Shares skidded 9.8 percent to close at $30.80 following Twitterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fourth quarter update, which showed a consistent profit trend despite a shrinking number of users.

The platform said it posted a $255 million profit in the final three months of 2018, compared with $91 million a year earlier, as revenues rose 24 percent to $909 million. It marked the fifth straight quarterly profit after years of losses.

Chief executive Jack Dorsey said the results reflect Twitterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s efforts at â&#x20AC;&#x153;promoting healthy conversationâ&#x20AC;? by weeding out fraudulent accounts used for abuse, harassment and political influence campaigns. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We think it is a growth vector over the long

term, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the right thing to do for people on Twitter and in the world,â&#x20AC;? Dorsey told analysts on a conference call.

Investors digested the data showing a decline in Twitterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s base of monthly active users to 321 million, nine million down from a year earlier and five million from the prior quarter -- and the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s decision to stop using that measurement.

Twitter said it would instead report â&#x20AC;&#x153;monetizableâ&#x20AC;? daily active users in the US and worldwide, a better reflection of the audience viewing ads.

Using that measure, Twitter showed a base of 126 million worldwide, up nine percent over the year. That included 27 million in the United States and 99 million internationally who log in and use Twitter on applications where ads may be viewed.

The figures suggest that Twitter, which has a strong following among celebrities, journal-

ists and politicians, remains far from gaining mass appeal, with fewer users than rivals including Snapchat.

But this measure, Twitter said, is not â&#x20AC;&#x153;comparable to current disclosures from other companies, many of whom share a more expansive metric that includes people who are not seeing ads.â&#x20AC;?

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;High uncertaintyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Some analysts said the results highlight challenges for Twitterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s goal of sustaining growth and profitability. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have continuing concerns about users and growth,â&#x20AC;? said Scott Kessler of the research firm CFRA. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Overall, we see decelerating top-line growth and further spending for a company/stock trading at valuation premiums to peers.â&#x20AC;?

Ali Mogharabi of Morningstar said the stall in user growth may impact ad revenues over time and maintained that Twitter remained a â&#x20AC;&#x153;veryhigh-uncertainty name.â&#x20AC;?

Markets also appeared unsettled by a weaker-than-expected revenue outlook for the current quarter and rising expenses.

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Able to growâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Jasmine Enberg of the research firm eMarketer said the results were nonetheless positive. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Twitterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Q4 earnings prove that the company is still able to grow its revenues without increasing its user base,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The falloff in monthly active users is likely a continuation of Twitterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s efforts to remove questionable accounts.â&#x20AC;?

According to eMarketer, Twitter will boost its worldwide ad revenue this year but its share

of the global market will drop from 0.9 percent last year to 0.8 percent. And Twitterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s share of worldwide social network users is projected to drop slightly from 9.8 percent in 2019 to 9.3 percent in 2022.

Twitter, which has struggled to keep up with fast-growing rivals like Facebook and Instagram, said it changed the measure for its user base to reflect â&#x20AC;&#x153;our goal of delivering value to people on Twitter every day and monetizing that usage.â&#x20AC;?

Twitter and other online platforms have been forced to confront issues of misinformation, harassment and abusive conduct which have turned people away from some social media.

A tweet by the company said the focus on health and safety remains a priority. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We will cont. our efforts to remove spammy + suspicious accts. from our service + to prevent their creation in service of a healthier public conversation,â&#x20AC;? it said.

AFP

Health Industry Why fasting is good for body, spirit E

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SATURDAY February 9, 2019

BY MYLENE C. ORILLO

Who should (and shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t) fast?

VERY so often, a new diet trend emerges in the market that promises to help people lose weight, stick to their kTNESS GOALS OR JUST BE HEALTHIER "UT NEVER OR RARELY HAS IT BEEN PROMOTED OR HYPED BECAUSE OF ITS SPIRITUAL BENEkTS &ASTING IS DEkNED AS gWILLING ABstinence or reduction from some or all drinks, foods, or both for a period of time.â&#x20AC;? Fasting per se is an age-old practice, usually done for religious reasons.

Some of the most common types of fasting are calorie restriction, partial fasting, water fasting, intermittent fasting and juice fasting.

One health and fitness trend that became the word of the mouth last year (and is still popular nowadays) is intermittent fasting. Healthline describes intermittent fasting as an â&#x20AC;&#x153;eating pattern that cycles between periods of fasting and eating.â&#x20AC;?

It is more accurately termed as â&#x20AC;&#x153;eating patternâ&#x20AC;? because it specikES WHEN YOU SHOULD EAT AND NOT what you should eat.

Common intermittent methods involve the 16/8 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; eating in an eight-hour window and fasting for 16 hours; eat-stop-eat â&#x20AC;&#x201D; fasting for 24 hours and eating only one meal; and the 5:2 diet where you consume only 500 to 600 calories on two non-consecutive days, but EAT NORMALLY THE OTHER kVE DAYS

Fasting and prayer According to Rodrigo Eguia, parish priest of the Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Parish in Montalban, Rizal, there are only two obligatory fasting and day of prayer being observed in the Catholic Church â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Ash Wednesday and Good Friday.

Ash Wednesday is a Christian holy day of prayer, fasting and

repentance, while Good Friday is the commemoration of Jesus #HRIST S CRUCIkXION AND DEATH AT Calvary. Fasting is required during the start of Lenten season, which is Ash Wednesday. It ends every Good Friday.

That, according to Eguia, is THE WHOLE PERIOD OF PURIkCATION season. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the season of cleansing your body and spirit. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why, fasting is really part of it. Although the obligatory is the beginning and the ending, you can fast every Friday. Some people are doing that, but this is only recommended for people with ages 18 and 59. But it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the only day of fasting. You can make your own days of fasting for a purpose.

3OME FAST FOR A PARTICULAR BENEkT u said Eguia.

3OME OF THE KNOWN BENEkTS OF fasting include improving blood sugar control, fighting inflammation, enhancing heart health, boosting brain function and preventing neurodegenerative disorders, aiding in weight loss and boosting metabolism, increasing growth hormone section, delaying of aging and extending longevity, and aiding cancer prevention and increasing effectiveness of chemotherapy.

While many people swore to fastingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s effectiveness in weight reduction and improvement of health condition, not many people KNOW IT HAS SPIRITUAL BENEkTS ESPEcially when combined with prayer.

People actually fast for health BENEkTS BUT FOR FASTING TO BECOME

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Q Catholic priest Rodrigo Eguia says he usually recommends fasting to those having sexual addictions, people who cannot control their temper, people who rage and curse, and those who want to change, but are having difficulty.

CONTRIBUTED PHOTO religious, Eguia said one had to combine prayer with it, because fasting strengthened oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s willpower to say â&#x20AC;&#x153;No.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fasting with prayer is more effective because God can see that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re serious. He can see your passion and the intensity of your prayer. When you fast, your prayer becomes intense. Prayer without fasting is not enough. You have to combine fasting and prayer,â&#x20AC;? Eguia explained.

How fasting works Eguia explained that fasting was the exercise of denying yourself from food and when one was hungry, the body would crave food. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That is now the time to say â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Noâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; to the cravings, in effect, you are strengthening your willpower to say no to the cravings of your body â&#x20AC;&#x201D; that, in turn, becomes a spiritual exercise,â&#x20AC;? he explained.

People fast and pray for a number of reasons, but they do it usually hoping for a miracle or a breakthrough. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a wrong motivation. We

do not bribe the Lord. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a wrong mentality. Prayer should always be an act of surrender. You pray and leave everything to God. You donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t force God to answer your prayers. If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re fasting because you are asking God for something, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a wrong motivation,â&#x20AC;? said Eguia. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When we are asking God for something or after expressing all our longings to God, we have to surrender ourselves to Him. Leave it to Him. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s how it works. Our prayers should always end with surrender,â&#x20AC;? he added.

Eguia further explained that for a prayer to become effective, it should be focused on God and be intense, and not because one denied himself from food. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I believe every prayer is answered. But not necessarily in a way weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re asking for it. God can say yes, wait, or something else.

But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always answered. You just have to be open â&#x20AC;&#x201D; His will, and not our will. Trust that God knows what is best, and God always answers our prayers,â&#x20AC;? added Eguia.

Why should we fast?

Eguia explained that fasting was required because it not only cleanses the body, but also cleanses the spirit.

When he was in the seminary, Eguia shared that he was advised to fast regularly as part of his purikCATION 3O FOR HIS PART HE DECIDED to skip lunch once a month for six months. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a self-imposed fasting.

Fasting should not be imposed on anybody. It should be your own imposition upon yourself. I denied myself for one meal, which was lunch. Instead of eating regular MEALS ) SACRIkCED MY LUNCH u HE shared.

Apart from the cleansing effect in the body, Eguia felt that he became more aware of God, stronger, and more conscious of his sins. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I was advised to fast, it was always with a prayer. I offered it to God. I said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Lord, I offer you THIS FASTING AS MY SACRIkCE AND FOR my sinfulness.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; My prayer to God was to give me strength to say â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;noâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; to temptations,â&#x20AC;? recounted Eguia.

While there are many health and SPIRITUAL BENEkTS OF FASTING IT IS not advisable for everyone.

WebMD listed people who should not fast, which include pregnant women, people with wasting diseases or malnutrition, people with hepatic or renal insufkCIENCY OR THOSE WITH A HISTORY OF cardiac arrhythmias.

Close medical supervision is also needed for people who fast for extended periods.

Eguia shared that as parish priest, he usually recommended fasting to those having sexual addictions, people who could not control their temper, people who rage and curse, and those who wanted to change, but were HAVING DIFkCULTY â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fasting is a very effective spiritual discipline because it is the only exercise where you will learn to say â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;noâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; to the cravings of your body. But you have to decide for how long. It depends on you,â&#x20AC;?

Eguia said.

If some people could not fast from food, Eguia said one could refrain from talking for one whole day. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If your weakness is you cannot control your mouth, and when youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re angry you curse or say violent words. Fasting from talking is very effective. How itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s done? You try not to talk for one whole day. Silence is also a very effective spiritual discipline,â&#x20AC;? Eguia said.

One sad reality, though, is that while Catholics all over the world are encouraged to observe fasting and penitential abstinence during the Lenten season, Filipinos, by nature, love food and food is a huge part of Filipino culture. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our Filipino culture is we love to eat. We love to feast even if itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Good Friday. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the sad reality, because thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s [fasting and prayer] strengthens the willpower to say â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Noâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Quest for cancer cure continues

Q SOME 40 health professionals and the academe from Nueva Vizcaya and Quirino provinces recently underwent training on Basic Research Methods conducted by the Department of Science and Technolog-Cagayan Valley Health Research and Development Consortium at the Region 2 Trauma Medical Center in Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya.

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Health professionals, academe undergo training on basic research methods BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya: In a move to im-

prove health and health-related services in Cagayan Valley (Region 2), a consortium conducted a training on basic research methods (BRM) at the Region 2 Trauma and Medical Center (R2TMC) here.

The Department of Science and Technology-Cagayan Valley Health Research and Development Consortium said the training for health professionals and the academe was its first for the region in collaboration with R2TMC. The training was led by BRM core team members Julius Capili, medical doctor and dean of the Cagayan State University (CSU)-College of Allied Health Sciences and CVHRDC executive director; medical doctor Melfei Bungihan of Quirino State University and CVHRDC Research Management Committee and Technical Review Board chairman; and professor Hilaria Barsabal of CSU-Andrews.

Capili said the three-day activity held on January 28 to 31 was aimed to refresh and

strengthen the knowledge of the participants on foundations of good health research. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The training was also aimed to capacitate the participants to conduct more complex researches significant to the enhancement of health and health-related services in the region,â&#x20AC;? he added.

There were 45 participants from the Nueva Vizcaya and Quirino cluster that included R2TMC, Nueva Vizcaya Provincial Hospital, Nueva Vizcaya State University, Quirino State University, Saint Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s University, Aldersgate College, and the Philippine Association of Medical Technologist-Nueva Vizcaya chapter.

Capili said participants were tasked to present their capsule proposal to the core team for critiquing and coached them to enhance their capsule research proposals. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With this, the consortium expects to receive from participants more capsule proposals ready for evaluation and funding,â&#x20AC;? he added.

LEANDER C. DOMINGO

IN the final phase of the three-year campaign of the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC), global healthcare company MSD took part in the recent celebration of World Cancer Day this month. Anchored on the theme of â&#x20AC;&#x153;#IamAndWill,â&#x20AC;? the campaign aims to drive future change in oncology space by raising awareness, education and action to help save millions against cancer.

Diagnosed cancer cases are expected to leap to more than 20 million by year 2030 worldwide â&#x20AC;&#x201D; just barely past a decade from now â&#x20AC;&#x201D; which is why it is only right that the global population should give more than a passing thought to a disease that has claimed so many lives across ages and contexts.

In the Philippines, the national government through the Department of Health (DoH) manages a countrywide cancer prevention and control program. Among other significant undertakings of the DoH, with the support of private sector organizations, is the annual commemoration of Cervical Cancer Consciousness Month that enjoins women to get screened at once and get themselves protected through immunization against human papillomavirus (HPV).

For its part, MSD has been â&#x20AC;&#x153;inventing for life,â&#x20AC;? bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most challenging diseases. MSD continues to be at the forefront of research to advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and communities around the world, including cancer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The fact is that cancer deaths happen largely within economically active age groups. The consequences of losing a wage earner, often the sole breadwinner among resource-constrained households, are profound and shattering for families and communities. But there is hope because, while cancer remains one of the most significant health challenges today, fewer people die of cancer now more than ever,â&#x20AC;? MSD said in a statement.

In the area of oncology, MSD is in-

venting new ways to treat cancer and transform the paradigm of cancer care with more than 450 studies and clinical TRIALS UNDERWAY 3INCE ITS kRST ONCOLOGY product was approved in 1986 by the US Food and Drug Administration, more new and innovative medicines have come out of MSD that manage and control cancer and cancer-related conditions.

Breakthroughs against cancer Vaccines have long-eliminated serious diseases like polio and small pox, and are now at the forefront of preventing even cancer.

A case in point is cervical cancer â&#x20AC;&#x201D; one of only two vaccine-preventable cancers. This type is a prolific killer in the Philippines as it is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths among our countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s women. Nearly 100 percent of cervical cancer cases are caused by HPV. To fight for the vision of an HPV-free future, especially for women, the company developed the first-ever vaccine to help prevent cervical, vaginal, vulvar and anal cancers. The HPV quadrivalent and the nonavalent vaccines available today protect against HPV strains that cause these diseases linked with HPV, including genital warts. â&#x20AC;?In the critical area of therapeutic medicine, MSD contributes a promising solution to the cancer conundrum through immunotherapy. This immunologic treatment unleashes the bodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s defense system to recognize and combat tumor cells. More and more case studies of patients responsive to immunotherapy are demonstrating how the therapy improves patient prognosis and quality of life,â&#x20AC;? the medical company said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Medical innovations, along with s t a k e h o l d e r p a r t n e r s h i p s a n d p atient-centered programs, continue to inspire MSD that with a shared vision and a mission to save and improve lives, together we can all help to push towards greater health equity and government support to protect populations against brutal, widespread illnesses like cancer,â&#x20AC;? it added.

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World China cracks down on anti-poverty scams Thai princess to run for PM B B6

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WITH China stepping up efforts TO kGHT POVERTY IN RECENT YEARS

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SCAMS USING NEW CONCEPTS SUCH AS BITCOIN E COMMERCE AND INCLUSIVE kNANCE HAVE ENSNARED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF VICTIMS #HANG 3HA A LAWYER AT "EIJING BASED +ING #APITAL ,AW &IRM TOLD THE "EIJING .EWS that SOME SCAMMER GROUPS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF HUMAN GREED TO GO AFTER PROFITS AND PACKAGE THEIR SCAMS AS GOVERNMENT CAMPAIGNS -IDDLE AGED AND SENIOR CITIZENS AND PEOPLE LIVING IN RURAL AREAS ARE ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO THESE SCAMS DUE TO A LACK OF ACCESS TO INFORMATION GLOBALTIMES

Worldinbriefs LONGEST-SERVING US SOLON DIES DETROIT: Former US Rep. John Dingell, the longest-serving member of Congress in American history and a master of legislative deal-making who was fiercely protective of Detroitâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s auto industry, has died. The Michigan Democrat was 92. Dingell, who served in the US House for 59 years before retiring in 2014, died Thursday at his home in Dearborn, said his wife, Congressman Debbie Dingell. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He was a lion of the United States Congress and a loving son, father, husband, grandfather and friend,â&#x20AC;? her office said in a statement. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He will be remembered for his decades of public service to the people of Southeast Michigan, his razor sharp wit and a lifetime of dedication to improving the lives of all who walk this earth.â&#x20AC;? Dubbed â&#x20AC;&#x153;Big Johnâ&#x20AC;? for his imposing 6-foot-3 frame and sometimes intimidating manner, a reputation bolstered by the wild game heads decorating his Washington office, Dingell served with every president from Dwight D. Eisenhower to Barack Obama.

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PROBE ON TRUMP INAUGURAL INCLUDES DONOR ZUBERI NEW YORK: Federal prosecutors have cast a wide net in their investigation of President Donald Trumpâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s inaugural committee, subpoenaing a smorgasbord of documents, including any addressing whether foreign nationals helped fund the $107 million celebration thrown to celebrate the Republicanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ascent to the White House. But in their records request Monday, federal prosecutors in New York also singled out a donor by name: Imaad Zuberi, a prolific political fundraiser with extensive ties to foreign officials and business associates. Zuberi is a Los Angeles venture capitalist who raised millions of dollars for Democrats but shifted allegiance to Trump immediately after the 2016 election and gave $900,000 to the inaugural. The subpoena sought information on the committeeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s interactions with Zuberi. Prosecutors havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t disclosed why theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re interested in Zuberi, who gives his address in campaign donations as a small warehouse in South El Monte, California, yet has a corporate biography that says heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s closed â&#x20AC;&#x153;$55 billion in transactions.â&#x20AC;?

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CHINA PROBES ALLEGED HIV-POSITIVE BLOOD PLASMA PRODUCTS THE National Health Commission (NHC) and the Shanghai Food and Drug Administration have begun an investigation after media reported that blood plasma products produced by a Shanghai pharmaceutical company were testedpositive with Human Immunode-ficiency Virus (HIV). However, the chances for patients to get infected with HIV are slim, authorities announced Wednesday. The product is intravenous immunoglobulin, an immune therapy treatment made of human blood plasma, and is aimed at curing immune diseases. It was produced by China Meheco Xinxing Pharma Co.. The company was ordered to suspend production of the products. A total of 12,226 50ml bottles of the product were issued and approved by the Shanghai food and drug testing institute under the Shanghai Food and Drug Administration, according to The Beijing News, noting that those batches of products are due to expire in June 2021. GLOBAL TIMES

SCIENTISTS ACHIEVE IN-BODY GENE EDITING SCIENTISTS think they have achieved the first gene editing inside the body, altering DNA in adults to try to treat a disease, although itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s too soon to know if this would help. Preliminary results suggest that two men with a rare disorder now have a corrective gene at very low levels, which may not be enough to make the therapy a success. Still, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a scientific milestone toward one day doctoring DNA to treat many diseases caused by faulty genes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is a first step,â&#x20AC;? said Dr. Joseph Muenzer of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, who helped test the treatment. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just not potent enough.â&#x20AC;? He gave the results Thursday at a conference in Orlando, Florida, and has consulted for the therapyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s maker, California-based Sangamo Therapeutics. Researchers are working on a stronger version of the treatment. Meanwhile, Stanford University has started a review of interactions that some faculty members had with He Jiankui, the Chinese scientist who claims to have helped make gene-edited babies.

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ANGKOK: A Thai political party on Friday named a princess as its nominee to be the next prime minister, upending tradition that the royal palace plays no public role in politics and upsetting all predictions about what may happen in next monthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s election.

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NKorea launches loyalty to flag campaign PYONGYANG, North Korea: .ORTH +OREA IS STEPPING UP A NEW LOYALTY CAMPAIGN AS LEADER +IM *ONG 5N PREPARES FOR HIS SECOND SUMMIT WITH 0RESIDENT $ONALD 4RUMP 4HE CAMPAIGN BEGAN LAST MONTH WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF A SONG IN PRAISE OF THE NATION S lAG ! VIDEO NOW BEING AIRED ON STATE RUN TELEVISION TO PROMOTE THE SONG Â&#x2021; CALLED g/UR .ATIONAL &LAGu Â&#x2021; SHOWS REPEATED IMAGES OF THE lAG BEING RAISED AT INTERNATIONAL SPORTS COMPETITIONS AND BEING FORMED BY A SEA OF PEOPLE HOLDING UP COLORED LENGTHS OF CLOTH AT A PARADE AND RALLY ON +IM )L 3UNG 3QUARE /THER IMAGES SHOW RECENT IMPROVEMENTS IN THE ECONOMY AND STANDARD OF LIVING A RElECTION OF A CURRENT GOVERNMENT POLICY SHIFT THAT FOCUSES ON DEVELOPMENT AND PROSPERITY 4HE VIDEO IS A DEPARTURE FROM THE TONE OF THE PROPAGANDA THAT DOMINATED JUST TWO YEARS AGO WHEN TENSIONS WITH 7ASHINGTON WERE ESCALATING AND THE FOCUS WAS ON .ORTH +OREA S SUCCESSFUL MISSILE TESTS )N THE SUMMER OF THE COUNTRY S MOST POPULAR MUSICAL GROUP THE ALL FEMALE -ORANBONG "AND RELEASED g4HE 3ONG OF THE (WASONG 2OCKETu TO COMMEMORATE THE SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH OF .ORTH +OREA S kRST INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILE 4HEY ALSO PERFORMED AT CONCERTS WITH BIG SCREEN IMAGES OF THE )#"- BEHIND THEM 4HE NEW VIDEO INCORPORATES IMAGERY FROM

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&EW DETAILS OF +IM S NEGOTIATIONS WITH 4RUMP OVER THE FUTURE OF .ORTH +OREA S NUCLEAR ARSENAL HAVE BEEN MADE PUBLIC IN THE .ORTH 4HE OFkCIAL MEDIA HAVE INSTEAD FOCUSED ON HOW +IM HAS BEEN WELCOMED ON THE WORLD STAGE AND ASSERTED THAT HE IS LEADING THE WAY TO DEFUSE TENSIONS ON THE +OREAN 0ENINSULA "UT THE NATIONALIST CALL FOR UNITY AND THE LESS MILITARISTIC MESSAGE OF THE NEW VIDEO ARE IN KEEPING WITH AN EFFORT IN .ORTH +OREA TO DIAL BACK ITS PUBLIC DISPLAYS OF OVERTLY ANTI 53 PROPAGANDA AND REDIRECT ATTENTION TO +IM S CURRENT PRIORITY OF MOBILIZING THE ENTIRE COUNTRY BEHIND IMPROVING THE ECONOMY +IM UNVEILED THAT SHIFT IN HIS .EW 9EAR S ADDRESS LAST YEAR OPENING THE DOOR TO A STUNNING SERIES OF SUMMITS WITH #HINESE LEADER 8I *INPING 3OUTH +OREAN 0RESIDENT -OON *AE IN AND LAST *UNE WITH 4RUMP IN 3INGAPORE +IM HAS SINCE MADE SOME BIG STRIDES WITH "EIJING AND 3EOUL TOWARD UNDERCUTTING SUPPORT FOR THE 53 BACKED SANCTIONS THAT HAVE CONSTRAINED HIS DEVELOPMENT PLANS 4HOUGH LITTLE PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE ON 7ASHINGTON S MAIN CONCERN DENUCLEARIZATION 4RUMP ANNOUNCED DURING HIS 3TATE OF THE 5NION ADDRESS ON 7EDNESDAY THAT HE WOULD MEET +IM AGAIN IN 6IETNAM ON &EBRUARY TO AP

Indonesia cashes in on cure-all tree leaf PONTIANAK, Indonesia: The sweltering backwaters of Indonesian Borneo have become the unlikely ground zero for the global production and export of Kratom, a tree leaf hailed by some as a miracle cure for everything from opioid addiction to anxiety.

Part of the coffee family, the leaf has been used for centuries in Southeast Asia and Papua New Guinea for its pain-relieving and mildly stimulating effects but it is now sold in powder form and exported worldwide â&#x20AC;&#x201D; alarming some health regulators who have raised concerns about safety.

Kratom stimulates the same brain receptors as morphine, although it produces much milder effects. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I take Kratom and have had no problems. Every strain has its benefits â&#x20AC;&#x201D; some help you relax, others can treat insomnia or treat drug addiction. Some help increase stamina,â&#x20AC;? grower Faisal Perdana told AFP. Fellow farmer Gusti Prabu, who now exports 10 tonnes of the drug a month, agreed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our ancestors used Kratom and there were no negative side effects. It can help eliminate drug addiction and help people detox,â&#x20AC;? he explained.

But its popularity is causing concern â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the drug is unregulated and has had little clinical testing to assess its safety or side effects.

Kratom is already banned for domestic consumption in Indonesia, Malaysia

CURATIVE

Indonesian kratom grower Gusti Prabu tending to his plants at a farm in Pontianak, West Kalimantan. Top producer Indonesia is cashing on surging global demand for a controversial drug called kratom, a green powder derived from a tree leaf that is hailed by advocates as a miracle treatment for everything, from opioid addiction to anxiety. AFP PHOTO and Thailand, though the former allows its export in unprocessed form.

Health authorities in the United States â&#x20AC;&#x201D; now the drugâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top importer â&#x20AC;&#x201D; have linked consumption of the plant and its derivatives to dozens of deaths, warning it could aggravate a deadly opioid epidemic gripping parts of the country.

Compounds found in Kratom were opioids, which exposed users to the same risks of addiction and death as illicit opiates, according to the US

Food and Drug Administration.

But for farmers in Kapuas Hulu, West Kalimantan â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the center of production â&#x20AC;&#x201D; demand for Kratom is such that they have moved away from traditional commodities such as rubber and palm oil to start growing the tree, turning it into a major cash crop.

And at the main post office in Pontianak, the key trading post for this part of Indonesian Borneo, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clear the health warnings have done little to dampen interest.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Around 90 percent of our shipments from West Kalimantan province are Kratom thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been sold to the United States,â&#x20AC;? post office head Zaenal Hamid said.

As many as five million Americans use the drug and that number was growing, according to the American Kratom Association.

Data from 2016 showed that the region was shipping some 400 tonnes abroad every month â&#x20AC;&#x201D; worth about $130 million annually at current global prices of some $30 a kilogram. AFP

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Nuns call for overhaul of Church heirarchy V

ATICAN CITY: The largest association of religious sisters in the United States called Thursday for an overhaul of the male-led leadership structure of the Catholic Church, after Pope Francis publicly acknowledged the problem of priests and bishops sexually abusing nuns.

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BY A POPE OF A LONG SIMMERING SCANDAL THAT IS ERUPTING AT THE SAME T I M E THAT THE #ATHOLIC hiERARCHY IS UNDER

SIEGE FOR ITS DECADES LONG COVER UP OF THE SEXUAL ABUSE OF MINORS 2EPORTING BY 4HE !SSOCIATED 0RESS AND OTHER NEWS MEDIA AS WELL AS THE RECKONING DEMANDED

BY THE Ã&#x203A;-E4OO MOVEMENT HAS BROUGHT THE ISSUE OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE AGAINST NUNS TO THE FORE SUCH THAT Ã&#x203A;.UNSTOO HAS BEEN TRENDING IN RECENT DAYS 4HE ,#72 WHICH REPRESENTS ABOUT PERCENT OF #ATHOLIC SISTERS IN THE 53 SAID IT WAS GRATEFUL &RANCIS HAD gSHED LIGHT ON A REALITY THAT HAS BEEN LARGELY HIDDEN FROM THE PUBLIC AND WE BELIEVE HIS HONESTY IS AN IMPORTANT AND SIGNIkCANT STEP FORWARD u 4HE GROUP ACKNOWLEDGED SOME RELIGIOUS CONGREGATIONS HAD BEEN PART OF THE PROBLEM AND DIDN T SUPPORT SISTERS IN COMING FORWARD

TO REPORT ABUSE IN THE PAST g7E REGRET THAT WHEN WE DID KNOW OF INSTANCES OF ABUSE WE DID NOT SPEAK OUT MORE FORCEFULLY FOR AN END TO THE CULTURE OF SECRECY AND COVER UPS WITHIN THE #ATHOLIC #HURCH THAT HAVE DISCOURAGED VICTIMS FROM COMING FORWARD u SAID THE ASSOCIATION BASED IN 3ILVER 3PRING -ARYLAND 4HE COMMENT WAS A RElECTION OF THE CHURCH S OVERREACHING CONCERN WITH PROTECTING ITS REPUTATION FROM SCANDAL AS WELL AS THE WELL FOUNDED FEAR OF REPRISALS INTERNALLY FOR SPEAKING OUT 3MALL RELIGIOUS ORDERS BEFORE THEY BECOME RECOGNIZED BY THE 6ATICAN

ARE COMPLETELY DEPENDENT ON THE DIOCESAN BISHOP WHO GIVES THEM INITIAL APPROVAL TO FORM %XPERTS

SAY THAT DEPENDENCY HAS DISSUADED MOTHER SUPERIORS FROM TAKING ACCUSATIONS FROM THEIR SISTERS UP THE CHAIN OF COMMAND SINCE THE BISHOP COULD RETALIATE AGAINST THE CONGREgation if he has a greater interest in PROTECTING HIS PRIEST 4HE 6ATICAN FOR EXAMPLE

LAUNCHED AN INVESTIGATION LAST YEAR INTO A SMALL RELIGIOUS ORDER IN #HILE AFTER SISTERS REPORTED SOME OF THEIR FELLOW NUNS HAD BEEN THROWN OUT OF THE CONGREGATION AFTER THEY BROUGHT THEIR COMPLAINTS OF ABUSE

BY PRIESTS TO THEIR MOTHER SUPERIOR )N )NDIA A NUN S DECISION TO kLE A POLICE COMPLAINT ACCUSING HER BISHOP OF RAPING HER HAS DIVIDED HER CONGREGATION WITH SOME SISTERS SIDING WITH HER AND OTHERS WITH THE BISHOP

4HE ,#72 MADE TWO RECOMMENDATIONS IN ITS STATEMENT THE CREATION OF REPORTING MECHANISMS AND WHAT IT CALLED A gREFASHIONINGu OF THE CHURCH S OVERALL LEADERSHIP STRUCTURE TO INVOLVE LAITY AND TO REFORM THE CLERICAL CULTURE THAT AFFORDS ALL POWER TO THE CLERGY g4HE REVELATIONS OF THE EXTENT OF ABUSE INDICATE CLEARLY THAT THE CURRENT STRUCTURES MUST CHANGE IF THE CHURCH IS TO REGAIN ITS MORAL CREDIBILITY AND HAVE A VIABLE FUTURE u THE GROUP SAID 4HE SCANDAL OVER THE ABUSE OF NUNS HAS COME TO THE FORE JUST TWO WEEKS BEFORE &RANCIS CONVENES PRESIDENTS OF ALL THE BISHOPS CONFERENCES AROUND THE WORLD FOR A THREE DAY SUMMIT ON ADDRESSING THE ABUSE OF MINORS AP

Measles rate in EU highest in a decade

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Syrian children queue to receive food distributed by humanitarian aid workers at a makeshift camp for displaced people, near the village of Yazi Bagh, about 6 kilometers from the Bab al-Salamah border crossing between Syria and Turkey in the north of Aleppo province, on Feb. 7, 2018. AFP PHOTO

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NUMBER OF OTHERS TOWARDS CRUCIAL TRUTH TELLING AND FORMAL ACCOUNTABILITY u SHE SAID #ALLAMARD NOTED THAT 4URKEY S EFFORTS TO CARRY OUT A gTHOROUGH INDEPENDENT AND IMPARTIALu INVESTIGATION HAD gBEEN SERIOUSLY CURTAILED AND UNDERMINED BY 3AUDI !RABIA u g7OEFULLY INADEQUATE TIME AND ACCESS WAS GRANTED TO 4URKISH INVESTIGATORS TO CONDUCT A PROFESSIONAL AND EFFECTIVE CRIME SCENE EXAMINATION AND SEARCH REQUIRED BY INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS FOR INVESTIGATION u SHE ELABORATED (E WAS LAST SEEN ALIVE GOING IN TO THE 3AUDI CONSULATE IN )STANBUL ON /CTOBER LAST YEAR 4HE 5. EXPERT FLAGGED THAT +HASHOGGI S MURDER VIOLATED BOTH INTERNATIONAL LAW AND CORE RULES OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS INCLUDING THE REQUIREMENTS FOR LAWFUL USE OF DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS SAYING THAT gTHE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE KILLING AND THE RESPONSE BY 3TATE REPRESENTATIVES IN ITS AFTERMATH MAY BE DESCRIBED AS @IMMUNITY FOR IMPUNITY u 4HE 3PECIAL 2APPORTEUR SAID THAT SHE HAD HEARD PARTS OF GRAPHIC AUDIO MATERIAL OBTAINED

BY THE 4URKISH INTELLIGENCE AGENCY BUT LARGELY DUE TO TIME CONSTRAINTS WAS UNABLE TO TECHNICALLY EXAMINE OR INDEPENDENTLY AUTHENTICATE IT 3HE CALLED +HASHOGGI S ASSASSINATION PART OF A PATTERN OF KILLINGS GLOBALLY OF JOURNALISTS HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS ACTIVISTS AND OPPONENTS OF VARIOUS REGIMES g&LEEING ABROAD IN SEARCH OF SAFETY HAS BECOME LESS AND LESS A RELIABLE FORM OF PRO-

TECTION u THE 3PECIAL 2APPORTEUR WARNED g4HE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY MUST TAKE A STRONG AND COLLECTIVE STAND AGAINST THESE PRACTICES u #ALLAMARD THANKED 4URKEY FOR SUPPORTING THE VISIT AND CALLED ON THE RELEVANT AUTHORITIES TO REMAIN ENGAGED AND MAINTAIN FULL COOPERATION WITH THE MISSION g) INTEND TO CONTINUE TO CONSIDER EVIDENCE IN THE WEEKS TO COME AND WOULD URGE ANYONE WHO HAS KNOWLEDGE OR INTELLIGENCE ABOUT WHAT TOOK PLACE BEFORE AND AFTER +HASHOGGI S MURDER TO SHARE IT WITH US u THE 3PECIAL 2APPORTEUR ASSERTED 4HE TEAM MET THE MINISTER OF &OREIGN !FFAIRS

THE MINISTER OF *USTICE THE CHIEF OF 4URKISH )NTELLIGENCE THE CHIEF PROSECUTOR OF )STANBUL AND A NUMBER OF OTHERS INCLUDING FROM CIVIL SOCIETY AND MEDIA .OTING THAT HER OFkCE HAD NO OFkCIAL REPRESENTATION IN THE 'ULF +INGDOM 5. (IGH #OMMISSIONER FOR (UMAN 2IGHTS -ICHELLE "ACHELET HAD SAID EARLIER THAT A MURDER TRIAL IN 3AUDI !RABIA WOULD NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF AN INDEPENDENT AND INTERNATIONAL PROBE .EWS REPORTS HAVE SAID THAT WITHIN 53 INTELLIGENCE CIRCLES 3AUDI #ROWN 0RINCE -OHAMMED BIN 3ALMAN EITHER ORDERED THE KILLING OR WAS AT LEAST AWARE OF IT BUT 2IYADH WHICH DENIES ANY KNOWLEDGE OR INVOLVEMENT ON THE PART OF THE #ROWN 0RINCE HAS FORMALLY CHARGED MEN WITH THE MURDER Â&#x2021; SEEKING THE DEATH PENALTY FOR kVE OF THEM UN NEWS

Germany to Facebook: Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t force users to share data BERLIN: &ACEBOOK IS PUSHING BACK AGAINST A 'ERMAN RULING THAT COULD MAKE IT HARDER FOR THE COMPANY TO COMBINE DATA FROM ALL THE SERVICES IT RUNS IN ORDER TO TARGET ADS EVEN MORE PRECISELY 4HURSDAY S RULING THOUGH AIMED AT CURRENT PRACTICES HINTS AT POTENTIAL TROUBLES AHEAD IF &ACEBOOK FOLLOWS THROUGH WITH PLANS TO INTEGRATE THE MESSAGING FUNCTIONS OF 7HATS!PP )NSTAGRAM AND -ESSENGER AS EARLY AS NEXT YEAR 'ERMAN ANTITRUST AUTHORITIES RULED 4HURSDAY THAT &ACEBOOK WAS EXPLOITING ITS DOMINANCE IN SOCIAL MEDIA TO FORCE USERS TO SHARE DATA FROM OTHER &ACEBOOK OWNED SERVICES LIKE 7HATS!PP AND )NSTAGRAM AS WELL AS THIRD PARTY WEBSITES THROUGH THE g,IKEu AND g3HAREu BUTTONS

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AS STAND ALONE COMPANIES WHEN IT BOUGHT THEM !LTHOUGH &ACEBOOK HASN T GIVEN MANY DETAILS ON ITS PLANS TO INTEGRATE MESSAGING #%/ -ARK :UCKERBERG SAID RECENTLY THAT THE IDEA IS TO HELP USERS MESSAGE ONE ANOTHER MORE EASILY WITHOUT HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT WHO S ON WHICH SERVICE 4HE COMPANY ALSO SAID IT WOULD ENCRYPT ALL THE MESSAGING SERVICES SOMETHING IT DOES BY DEFAULT ONLY WITH 7HATS!PP "UT CRITICS HAVE RAISED ANOTHER POSSIBLE REASON Â&#x2021; THE THREAT OF ANTITRUST CRACKDOWNS %SSENTIALLY IF &ACEBOOK COMBINES ITS MESSAGING SERVICES SO THAT THEY ARE DIFFERENT IN NAME AND DESIGN ONLY IT WILL BE MUCH MORE DIFkCULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TO THEN SEPARATE OUT AND SPIN OFF )NSTAGRAM AND 7HATS!PP

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7HATS!PP AND )NSTAGRAM 0RIVACY ATTORNEY 3COTT 6ERNICK SAID HE EXPECTS THE INTEGRATION PLANS TO DRAW REGULATORY SCRUTINY

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THE HIGHEST LEVEL SINCE &ORTY THREE %UROPEAN COUNTRIES INTERRUPTED TRANSMISSION OF ENDEMIC MEASLES FOR AT LEAST MONTHS AS OF THE END OF SHOWING THAT ELIMINATION OF THE DISEASE IS WELL WITHIN REACH FOR THE WHOLE REGION 7(/ EXPLAINED THAT THIS SEEMING CONTRADICTION BETWEEN THE RECORD

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CAN BE EXPLAINED BY THE FACT THAT VACCINATION RATES NATIONALLY ARE NOT MATCHED BY MAJOR IMMUNIZATION GAPS AT A REGIONAL AND LOCAL LEVEL g4HE PICTURE FOR MAKES IT CLEAR THAT THE CURRENT PACE OF PROGRESS IN RAISING IMMUNIZATION RATES WILL BE INSUFkCIENT TO STOP MEASLES CIRCULATION u SAID $R :SUZSANNA *AKAB DIRECTOR OF 7(/ S 2EGIONAL /FFICE FOR %UROPE g7HILE DATA INDICATE EXCEPTIONALLY HIGH IMMUNIZATION COVERAGE AT REGIONAL LEVEL THEY ALSO RElECT A RECORD NUMBER AFFECTED AND KILLED BY THE DISEASEu g0ROGRESS IN ACHIEVING HIGH NATIONAL COVERAGE IS COMMENDABLE u ADDED $R .EDRET %MIROGLU WHO HEADS THE $IVISION OF (EALTH %MERGENCIES AND #OMMUNICABLE $ISEASES FOR 7(/ %UROPE g(OWEVER IT CANNOT MAKE US BLIND TO THE PEOPLE AND PLACES THAT ARE STILL BEING MISSED )T IS HERE THAT WE MUST NOW CONCENTRATE INCREASED EFFORTS 7E SHOULD NEVER BECOME COMPLACENT ABOUT OUR SUCCESSES BUT CONTINUE TO STRIVE TO REACH THE kNAL MILE 4OGETHER WE CAN MAKE THIS HAPPEN u HE STRESSED 4O PREVENT OUTBREAKS AND ELIMINATE MEASLES 7(/ SAYS COUNTRIES NEED TO SUSTAIN AT LEAST PER CENT OF NATIONAL AND SUB NATIONAL IMMUNIZATION COVERAGE WITH TWO DOSES OF MEASLES VACCINE AS WELL AS IDENTIFY AND TARGET ALL POCKETS OF UNDER IMMUNIZATION AMONG THEIR POPULATIONS 4HIS WILL ENSURE PROTECTION FOR EVERYONE Â&#x2021; INCLUDING BABIES TOO YOUNG TO BE VACCINATED AND OTHERS WHO CANNOT BE IMMUNIZED DUE TO EXISTING DISEASES AND MEDICAL CONDITIONS UN NEWS

Instagram to ban photos of self-injury SAN FRANCISCO: )NSTAGRAM LATE 4HURSDAY &RIDAY IN -ANILA ANNOUNCED IT IS CLAMPING DOWN ON IMAGES RELATED TO SELF INJURY SUCH AS CUTTING 4HE MOVE CAME AFTER "RITISH (EALTH 3ECRETARY -ATT (ANCOCK MET WITH SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES ABOUT DOING MORE TO SAFEGUARD THE MENTAL HEALTH OF TEENAGERS USING THEIR PLATFORMS "RITISH TEENAGER -OLLY 2USSELL WAS FOUND DEAD IN HER BEDROOM IN 4HE YEAR OLD HAD APPARENTLY TAKEN HER OWN LIFE AND HER )NSTAGRAM ACCOUNT REPORTEDLY REVEALED SHE FOLLOWED ACCOUNTS RELATED TO DEPRESSION AND SUICIDE g)T IS ENCOURAGING TO SEE THAT DECISIVE STEPS ARE NOW BEING TAKEN TO TRY TO PROTECT CHILDREN FROM DISTURBING CONTENT ON )NSTAGRAM u SAID THE GIRL S FATHER )AN 2USSELL g)T IS NOW TIME FOR OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS TO TAKE ACTION TO RECOGNIZE THE RESPONSIBILITY THEY TOO HAVE TO THEIR USERS IF THE INTERNET IS TO BECOME A SAFE PLACE FOR YOUNG AND VULNERABLE PEOPLE u #HANGES TO )NSTAGRAM S SELF HARM CONTENT RULES FOLLOW A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW INVOLVING EXPERTS AND ACADEMICS FROM AROUND THE WORLD ON YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH

AND SUICIDE ACCORDING TO CHIEF EXECUTIVE !DAM -OSSERI g/VER THE PAST MONTH WE HAVE SEEN THAT WE ARE NOT WHERE WE NEED TO BE ON SELF HARM AND SUICIDE AND

THAT WE NEED TO DO MORE TO KEEP THE MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE WHO USE )NSTAGRAM SAFE u -OSSERI SAID IN AN ONLINE POST g7E WILL NOT ALLOW ANY GRAPHIC IMAGES OF SELF HARM SUCH AS CUTTING ON )NSTAGRAM Â&#x2021; EVEN IF IT WOULD PREVIOUSLY HAVE BEEN ALLOWED AS ADMISSION u )NSTAGRAM HAS NEVER ALLOWED POSTS THAT PROMOTE OR ENCOURAGE SUICIDE OR SELF HARM 4HE &ACEBOOK OWNED SERVICE IS REMOVING REFERENCES TO NON GRAPHIC CONTENT RELATED TO PEOPLE HURTING THEMSELVES SUCH AS HEALED SCARS FROM SEARCH HASHTAG EXPLORE OR RECOMMENDATION FEATURES g7E ARE NOT REMOVING THIS TYPE OF CONTENT FROM )NSTAGRAM ENTIRELY AS WE DON T WANT TO STIGMATIZE OR ISOLATE PEOPLE WHO MAY BE IN DISTRESS AND POSTING SELF HARM RELATED CONTENT AS A CRY FOR HELP u -OSSERI SAID )NSTAGRAM ALSO PLANNED TO RAMP UP EFFORTS GET COUNSELING OR OTHER RESOURCES TO PEOPLE WHO POST OR SEARCH FOR SELF HARM RELATED CONTENT g$URING THE COMPREHENSIVE REVIEWS THE EXPERTS INCLUDING THE #ENTER FOR -ENTAL (EALTH AND 3AVE ORG REAFkRMED THAT CREATING SAFE SPACES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO TALK ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES Â&#x2021; INCLUDING SELF HARM Â&#x2021; ONLINE IS ESSENTIAL u -OSSERI SAID AFP

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OPPO joins Bantay Kalikasanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s efforts to plant trees O

PPO partners with ABS-CBN Bantay Kalikasan to plant 1,200 trees at La Mesa Watershed after the success of the OPPO F9 Jade Green Charity Photo Competition. The online contest got massive support from the public, receiving a total of 106,146 entries.

For every one vote or share, OPPO will donate one peso to Bantay Kalikasanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; s efforts to plant trees in La Mesa Watershed, the only major watershed in Metro Manila. The contest featured a gallery of photos taken from OPPO F9 Jade Green by three local photographers, showcasing the unique and distinct Philippine sceneries and culture. A total of three hectares of trees will be planted which is worth P200,000 of donation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are very grateful to everyone who voted, shared and supported our Charity Photo Competition,â&#x20AC;? said Jane Wan, OPPO Philippinesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; VP for Marketing. â&#x20AC;&#x153;OPPO will continue its advocacy of preserving the

environment.â&#x20AC;? Wan added.

The partnership with Bantay Kalikasan is one of OPPOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) projects this year. OPPO employees will also take part in the project by planting the said trees. An entire three hectare area in La Mesa Wa-

TERSHED WILL BE kLLED WITH NEWLY planted trees and it will be called as the OPPO Forest.

The OPPO F9 Jade Green features the VOOC Flash Charge Technology, which allows the consumer to get up to two hours OF TALK TIME IN ONLY kVE MINUTES

of charging. It also features the innovative waterdrop screen, 6GB RAM, dual camera.

For more information, like OPPO Philippinesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; official Facebook page and follow @ OPPOPhilippines on Twitter and Instagram.

Q During the awarding ceremony, from left: PRSP Secretary Mikey de Quiros, PRSP Director Ana Pista, GMAKF EVP and COO Rikki Escudero-Catibog, GMAKF Senior Project Engineer Edgar Eniego,and PRSP Vice President-Internal and 54th Anvil Awards Chairman Andy Saracho. appreciation for the recognition. â&#x20AC;&#x153;First, we offer everything to God. We wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have been able to do this without his guidance and inspiration. Tita Mel [Tiangco]

dreamed of building bridges and this came into fruition in 2017 and 2018 with the two Kapuso bridges in Buhi, Camarines Sur,â&#x20AC;? EscuderoCatibog said. He also added that

they are very happy that Anvil Awards recognized the segments they did about the the bridge, its inception, its construction, and its turnover to the community.

Marco Polo welcomes new beginnings, new opportunities AS the award-winning Marco Polo Ortigas Manila celebrates the New Year with its guests, this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s festivities commenced on Feb. 5 with the guidance of Feng Shui Master Chau Kam Shing, who led the Taoist Ritual Blessing Ceremony.

Guests and members of the Hotelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s executive team gathered around at THE GROUND lOOR LOBBY OF THE HOTEL for this special gathering. This was followed by the traditional eyedotting of the lions and dragons, led by General Manager Frank Reichenbach, and hotel owners Samuel Po and Victor Co. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We welcome the Year of the Earth Pig with optimism and motivation to make 2019 even more meaningful for our guests.

On behalf of our associate team at the Marco Polo Ortigas Manila,

Q Feng Shui Master Joseph Chau (3rd, R) led the Taoist Ritual Blessing Ceremony in Marco Polo with, the hotel bigwigs, from left: Restaurants, Bar, and Events Director Stuart Stancombe, Resident Manager Roel Constantino, Hotel owners Victor Co and Samuel Po, General Manager Frank Reichenbach, and Feng Shui Master Vittorio Chau. we thank Master Chau for his guid- more prosperous year ahead,â&#x20AC;? said For more information, visit ance in paving the way towards a Reichenbach. www.marcopolohotels.com.

feast at CafĂŠ 1228. Enjoy a candlelit dinner, and indulge in buffet highlights such as chateaubriand steak, seafood specialties, and chocolate-dipped strawberries.

Plus, a special Valentineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day present for the ladies.

For information, follow New World Makati Hotelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s social media accounts, on Facebook at facebook. com/NewWorldMakatiHotel and on Instagram at @newworldmakati.

Celebrate Valentineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day at Gen Korean BBQ House EXPERIENCE the Taste of Love this Feb. 14 at Manilaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best allyou-can-eat Korean BBQ house.

Choose from a wide variety of Unlimited U.S. Premium meats and seafood, including steaks, angus beef, pork belly flavor, shrimps, and calamari â&#x20AC;&#x201C; best paired with bottomless wine.

Gen Korean BBQ House offers only the best cuts of meat and the freshest seafood to ensure

have been set up in all The SM Store branches nationwide. Shoppers can now have the chance to donate preloved and brand new pairs of shoes.

Each donation entitles a customer with a P50 discount coupon which can be redeemed for every minimum P500 singlereceipt purchase of any regularpriced shoes or footwear from The SM Store. Coupons are valid until April 15, 2020 All donated shoes will be for the benefit of Caritas and SM &OUNDATION BENEkCIARIES

THIS Feb.14, Midori Clark Hotel is set to make this day extra-special.

Express your affection and appreciation through a well-planned affair through the Table for Two: A Romantic Dinner at Midori.

Dinner starts at 7p.m., happening at Toscana Dining and Midori Garden. The dimmed lights and cozy atmosphere makes the place a perfect setting for a candle-lit dinner.

The Romantic Dinner will FEATURE A kVE COURSE MEAL WHICH includes prosciutto in blue cheese

and honey, citrus and beetroot salad, cream of pumpkin soup with salmon tapioca and the main course, center cut steak and sea scallop. A very typical muscat on notes of mango and passion fruit Eclat de Roseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; will complement the sumptuous meal. For the kNALE LEMON CREAM CHEESECAKE mousse tart will be served. Ladies will also be receiving long stem rose and sweet tokens.

For more details, email restaurants@midorihotel.com.

Dine under the moonlight at Sheraton Manila

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a date at New World Makati Hotel NEW World Makati Hotel celebrates the season of hearts with a special offer. Cherish these moments when you book on weekends of Feb. 14 to17 and 22 to 24, with exclusive rates.

Set the mood in this romantic retreat with a stylish room, buffet breakfast for two, and a perfect pairing of luscious treats and a bottle of sparkling wine.

Cap off the night with a hearty

SHOES are essential in our lifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s journey. And for less fortunate children, a new pair of shoes will allow them to walk safely as they perform their daily chores and go from home to school. Good shoes also inspire us to work hard because with new pairs of shoes, we can start taking little steps towards achieving our dreams.

In line with this, The SM Store launches â&#x20AC;&#x153;Share Shoesâ&#x20AC;? campaign from Feb. 15 to April 15. In this joint project of The SM Store and SM Shoes Department, booths

Midori Clark Hotel offers â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Table for 2â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Valentine Dinner

GMA Kapuso Foundation bags Silver Anvil Award GMA Networkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s socio-civic arm, GMA Kapuso Foundation (GMAKF), received a Silver Anvil Award at the 54th Anvil Awards held on Jan. 30 in Pasay City.

GMAKFâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kapuso Tulay para sa Kaunlaranâ&#x20AC;? series which aired on the Kapusong Totoo segment of GMAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s primetime newscast 24 Oras, was awarded a silver Anvil under the Public Relations Tools â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Multimedia/Digital category.

Through the project, two typhoon-damaged hanging bridges in Buhi, Camarines Sur were replaced with sturdy steel and concrete bridges, providing a safe passageway for local children to get to school and for residents to have easier access to the highway going to Iriga City.

GMAKF Executive Vice President and COO Rikki Escudero-Catibog expresses the foundationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s heartfelt

Give new pairs of shoes to the less fortunate with SM Store

the best dining experience.

For an even bigger treat, dine at Gen this whole month of February for one cheesy love month celebration. Gen Korean BBQ House is launching their Creamy Cheese inclusion absolutely free.

Gen Korean BBQ House is located at Bldg J, Unit 7 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 16, SM By The BAY, Mall of Asia Complex.

THE newly opened Sheraton Manila Hotel turns its resort-like outdoor pool into a romantic oasis exclusively for couples.

Enjoy a moonlit 6-course dinner for two persons by the pool. As a welcome, Moet et Chandon will give a special toast of its Rose Imperial champagne to each couple.

Every dish are carefully prepared to tell its own love story through COMPLEMENTING lAVORS &ROM THE appetizer to the beef wellington entrĂŠe and down to the dessert, each bears aphrodisiac elements and local produce. Hearts will further melt over the chocolate kLL THE AIR WITH A LIVE SERENADE FROM praline installation that is 100 a string ensemble. percent edible and special gift box For more information, visit TO BRING HOME ,OVE WILL DEkNITELY www.sheratonmanila.com.

From retail to restaurants NO other local brand carries Filipino pride quite like Bench. With a diverse product line that crosses over seamlessly from retail to food, Bench has established itself as a champion of Filipino craftsmanship, style, and, this past year, culinary heritage.

As the brandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most recent innovation, dining concept restaurant Bench CafĂŠ, celebrates its first ANNIVERSARY AT THE "ENCH lAGSHIP store in Bonifacio High Street, it also announces its expansion through a second branch, which is now open in Greenbelt 3.

A partnership between Foodee Global Concepts, one of Manilaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest multi-brand food groups run by father and son tandem Rikki and Eric Dee, and Suyen Corporation, headed by Chairman Ben Chan, President Virgilio Lim

and Vice-President for business development Bryan Lim, Bench CafĂŠ is now turning into a fulllEDGED RESTAURANT WITH THE OPENing of its second branch. With over three decades of experience under its belt, the Foodee group created a restaurant concept that was uniquely Bench, applying Suyenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s retail philosophies to what â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in just a year â&#x20AC;&#x201D; became a successful culinary venture.

For more updates, follow Bench CafĂŠ on Facebook and @benchcafeph on Instagram.

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OS ANGELES: Rajon Rondo returned to haunt the Boston Celtics with a game-winning buzzer-beater as the Los Angeles Lakers bounced back from a thrashing to score a dramatic 129-128 victory on Thursday (Friday in Manila).

A roller coaster battle at the TD 'ARDEN !RENA WAS SETTLED IN THE kNAL seconds when Rondoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fadeaway jump shot dropped into the hoop to silence a raucous Boston crowd.

It was a bittersweet moment for Rondo, who launched his career with the Celtics and spent eight seasons in Boston before leaving in 2014.

The 32-year-old, a key member of Bostonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2008 NBA Championship-winning team, finished with 17 points. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t picture it being this sweet coming back, where it all started, our team struggling right now,â&#x20AC;? Rondo said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hopefully this WILL GIVE US CONkDENCE u The win came just two days after the Lakers and LeBron James suffered a humiliating 42-point defeat to the Indiana Pacers on Tuesday.

Another ominous occasion looked on the cards on Thursday as the Celtics surged into a 53-35 lead midway through the second quarter.

But that 18-point deficit proved to be a catalyst for the Lakers, who seized control of the contest with an explosive burst of scoring that included a remarkable 42-point third period.

4HE #ELTICS RALLIED IN THE kNAL quarter however and looked to have snatched a win when Kyrie Irvingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s banked one in to make 128-127 with 11 seconds left. But Rondoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

late jumper sealed a morale-boosting win for the Lakers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been through a lot,â&#x20AC;?

Rondo said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve stuck together. Coach has done a tremendous job with us. I think it shows weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re resilient. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a group of guys who are hungry, just looking forward to each day.â&#x20AC;?

While Rondoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s scored the winning points, the Lakers were hauled into contention with a towering performance from James, who led the scoring with 28 points and added 12 rebounds and 12 assists for a triple double.

Kyle Kuzma also added 24 points, one of seven Lakers players in double figures on the night. The Lakers improved to 28-27 with the win while Boston fell to 35-20.

Jamesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; former Cleveland teammate Irving led the scoring for Boston with 24 points.

Siakam fires Raptors Elsewhere Thursday, Pascal Siakam piled on 33 points, 14 rebounds and four assists to lead Toronto to a comfortable 119-101 win over the Atlanta Hawks.

With Kawhi Leonard ruled out through injury, Siakam stepped up

to lead the offensive scoring for the Raptors, who improved to 40-16 with the win.

All five Raptors starters made double figures, with Fred VanVleet adding 30 points and Kyle Lowry 13.

Serge Ibaka and Danny Green both had 12

points each while Norman Powell added 11 from the bench.

Trae Young and Taurean Prince had 19 points apiece for the Hawks, who fell to 18-36 with the defeat.

In Oklahoma City, tripledouble king Russell Westbrook delivered once again to give the Thunder ad convincing 117-95 win over the Memphis Grizzlies.

7ESTBROOK kNISHED WITH POINTS

13 rebounds and 15 assists while Paul George led the scoring with 27 points.

Six Thunder players finished with double-digit points tallies.

Q Greg Slaughter of Ginebra (No.20) prepares to shoot against Jay-R Reyes of Columbian Dyip as Jackson Corpuz looks on during a Season 44 PBA Philippine Cup game in Antipolo City last week. PBA MEDIA BUREAU PHOTO

GIN KINGS GUN FOR 3RD WIN IN DIGOS BARANGAY Ginebra San Miguel will be aiming for back-to-back victories and the No. 4 spot when it faces Blackwater at 5 p.m. today in Season 44 Philippine Basketball Association Philippine Cup at the Davao del Sur Coliseum in Digos City.

Head coach Tim Cone is not happy with his wardsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 25 turnovers though the Gin Kings beat the Columbian Dyip, 97-85, in their previous game. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We played better, but we feel we still have a long way to go especially in limiting our turnovers. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still a lot left in this conference so we want to be peaking at the right time,â&#x20AC;? said Cone through a text message.

Cone added that theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re expecting Japeth Aguilar to be back today. Aguilar sprained his ankle in their game against Columbian Dyip last Saturday in Antipolo City.

The seven-footer Greg Slaughter finished with 22 points, 12 rebounds, five assists and one block, while Joe Devance had 15 points against

Columbian Dyip.

Ginebra is presently No. 6 with a 2-2 win-loss record.

Blackwater, meanwhile, is out to upset the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most popular basketball team.

Rookie Abu Tratter believes they can accomplish the feat. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I believe so, I believe so 100 percent,â&#x20AC;? said Tratter. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are coming from a tough loss against San Miguel Beer. Hopefully, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to handle the crowd favorite [Ginebra] and carry our defensive and offensive duties very well. We have to push through with our A-game.â&#x20AC;?

The Elite absorbed back-to-back defeats after losing to defending champion San Miguel Beer, 79-93, last Wednesday.

Tratter finished with a measly nine points, 12 rebounds and one block output in the said game.

Blackwater is currently No. 11 with 1-4 winloss record.

JOSEF T. RAMOS

Q Gordon Hayward (No. 20) of the Boston Celtics defends LeBron James (No. 23) of the Los Angeles Lakers during the second half at TD Garden on Friday in Boston, Massachusetts. AFP PHOTO

OKCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 35th win of the season saw them tighten their grip on third place in the Western Conference table, behind the Golden State Warriors (38-15) and Denver Nuggets (37-17).

The Indiana Pacers meanwhile remain firmly in pursuit in the Eastern Conference after a 11692 defeat of the Los Angeles Clippers in Indianapolis.

Bojan Bogdanovic topped the scor-

ing for the Pacers with 29 points after MAKING OF kELD GOAL ATTEMPTS The Pacers are now third in the East at 36-19, trailing leaders Milwaukee and second-placed Toronto.

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Koronadal bets shine in Batang Pinoy archery competition

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BY JOSEF T. RAMOS

AGUM CITY: Koronadal City bets John Carlo Loreno and Precious Micah Basadre, dominated the archery competition of the Batang Pinoy 2019 Mindanao qualifying leg on Friday at the Davao del Norte Sports and Tourism Complex here. ,ORENO

PLAYING IN HIS LAST Batang Pinoy tournament, swept all his seven events outplaying Mysel -AGALLANES OF -ACO #OMPOSTELA 6AL LEY

IN THE kNALS OF THE /LYMPIC ROUND CADET BOYS CATEGORY )T WAS HIS seventh gold medal in the tilt. g$ON T STOP DREAMING u THE 'RADE STUDENT OF +ORONADAL .ATIONAL #OMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL TOLD The Manila Times in Filipino. g) WANT TO BE AN ELITE ATHLETE SOME day representing the Philippines. ) M HAPPY TO ESTABLISH A RECORD HERE IN "ATANG 0INOY IN MY kNAL YEAR OF play,â&#x20AC;? added Loreno, who also won THE CADET MIXED TEAM EVENT ALONGSIDE Basadre on Thursday afternoon.

He also won the gold medals in CADET BOYS METER M M M AND SINGLE &)4! EVENTS Basadre, for her part, bagged a TOTAL OF SIX GOLD AND A SILVER 3HE BESTED 9NJEL -ICKAELLA 'IMENA OF

:AMBOANGA #ITY

IN THE /LYM PIC ROUND CADET GIRLS CLASS kNALS g) DIDN T EXPECT TO WIN SIX GOLD MEDALS ) JUST COMPETED AND FO CUSED ON MY SUCCESS u SAID THE YEAR OLD "ASADRE WHO IS ALSO playing her last Batang Pinoy tilt. g) M ALSO PLANNING TO BECOME A member of the Philippine team and BECOME COACH SOMEDAY u 3HE EARLIER RULED THE M M

M AND MIXED TEAM EVENT WITH ,ORENO AS WELL AS THE SINGLE &)4! BUT SETTLED FOR SILVER IN THE MEVENT 0RECIOUS -ICAH S YEAR OLD BROTH ER *EREMIAH MEANWHILE RULED THE M M M SINGLE &)4! AND MIXED TEAM (E TOOK HOME TWO SILVER MEDALS IN THE M AND /LYMPIC ROUND Overall, Koronadal City has a total OF GOLD NINE SILVER AND THREE BRONZE MEDALS TO LEAD THE ARCHERY EVENT !T .O IS 3OUTH #OTABATO WITH SIX GOLD THREE SILVER AND THREE BRONZE MEDALS

Mighty Sports thrashes Iraqis to enter semis

MIGHTY Sports Philippines banked on balanced attack as it torched Al Nift Oil Sports Club of Iraq, 108-94, clinching a semifinal spot in the 30th Dubai International Basketball Championship at the Shabab Al Ahli Club in United Arab Emirated on Thursday night (Friday morning in Manila).

Justin Brownlee led four other players in double-digit scoring, powering Mighty Sports to the final four.

Brownlee, who hurt his knee in the previous game, showed no sign of injury as the PBA import exploded with a game-high 26 points on top of eight rebounds, seven assists and two blocks.

University of the Philippines star guard Juan Gomez De LiaĂąo delivered big with 21 points anchored on five triples while Fil-Am wingman Jeremiah Gray Q John Carlo Loreno of Koronadal racked up 20 markers highlightCity prepares to shoot during the ed by six triples. archery competition of the Batang Pinoy Mindanao qualifying leg on Gomez de LiaĂąo and Gray paced Friday at the Davao del Norte Sports the Filipino ball clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 48-point and Tourism Complex in Tagum City. output from beyond the arc.

CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Fil-Am forward Roosevelt Adams chipped in 19 points even as American center Randolph Morris drilled in a double-double of 16 markers and 11 boards.

Behind the trio of Gomez De LiaĂąo, Gray and Adams, Mighty erected a 23-point lead, 85-62, late in the third quarter.

But Al Nift unloaded a nine-point 0ERPETUAL BUILT AN CUSHION ON AND COMPOSED u run to trim the gap down to 92-98 2OOKIE OF THE 9EAR 2UVINCE !BROT 2OSALES ACE BUT 3T "ENILDE SUDDENLY UN LEASHED A RUN TO CLOSE WITHIN AND !DVIENTO LED #3" WITH POINTS with 3:32 remaining in the game. &OLLOWING !LMODIEL S STRONG HIT FOR EACH EVEN AS GRADUATING CAPTAIN &RAN Brownlee, via playmaker Jason THE !LTAS kRST CHAMPIONSHIP POINT CIS "ASILAN HAD MARKERS Brickmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s assists, hit timely bas)N THE JUNIORS DIVISION 0ERPETUAL (ELP

2ONIEY !DVIENTO ANSWERED kets to keep the Iraqi club at bay.

BACK TO KEEP THE "LAZERS ALIVE SNARED A kVE PEAT AND AN OVERALL th title The Charles Tiu-coached That would be last hurrah for CSB, after demolishing Colegio de San Juan de Mighty is playing against HOWEVER AS !LMODIEL DELIVERED THE CHAM ,ETRAN

IN 'AME 4WO Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut in the PIONSHIP WINNING POINT ON A POWER SPIKE 0ERPETUAL IS JUST WAITING FOR ITS WOM g) JUST THOUGHT OF ENDING THIS IN EN S TEAM TO DETHRONE !RELLANO 5NIVER semifinals at press time.

A GOOD WAY u SAID THE YEAR OLD SITY TO COMPLETE A SWEEP OF THE VOLLEYBALL The Lebanese team beat the SPIKER FROM #EBU g) JUST TOLD MY COMPETITIONS IN THE OLDEST COLLEGIATE Filipino squad, 95-100, in 2017.

TEAMMATES TO BE ALWAYS CONkDENT league.

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4HE !LTAS RODE ON BACK TO BACK season MVP and Finals MVP Joebert !LMODIEL S SCORING PROWESS AS THEY NOTCHED THEIR SECOND STRAIGHT AND 12th OVERALL MEN S TITLE

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CHAMPIONSHIP u SAID !LMODIEL 2IDZUAN -UHALI ALSO PUMPED IN MARKERS ON SPIKES WHILE *OHN 0ATRICK 2AMOS AND 2ONNIEL 2OSALES CHIPPED IN NINE POINTS APIECE )T WAS A SLOW START FOR THE ,AS 0IĂ&#x201E;AS BASED SPIKERS ANEW BUT MANAGED TO OVERCOME IT THE SAME WAY THEY DID IN THEIR THRILLING

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James picks Durant first for All-Star game LOS ANGELES: LeBron James opted for Golden State STAR +EVIN $URANT WITH THE kRST PICK OF THE !LL Star draft on Thursday (Friday in Manila).

James, who will lead a team against fellow !LL 3TAR CAPTAIN 'IANNIS !NTETOKOUNMPO S LINE up in Charlotte on February 17, assembled a FORMIDABLE LOOKING STARTING LINE UP

!FTER CHOOSING $URANT kRST *AMES THEN ADDED FORMER #LEVELAND TEAM MATE +YRIE )RVING TO his team. )N FORM 4ORONTO STAR +AWHI ,EONARD WAS PICKED THIRD BY *AMES BEFORE HE SELECTED REIGNING -60 *AMES (ARDEN WITH HIS FOURTH PICK .EW /RLEANS 0ELICANS ACE !NTHONY $AVIS

LINKED TO A MOVE TO THE ,OS !NGELES ,AKERS BEFORE THE BROOK ,A-ARCUS !LDRIDGE +ARL !NTHONY 4OWNS AND TRADE DEADLINE CLOSED 4HURSDAY HEADED *AMES RESERVES "RADLEY "EAL COMPLETED THE SQUAD +LAY 4HOMPSON $AMIAN ,ILLARD 2USSELL 7EST *AMES THEN ADDED CLOSE FRIEND $WYANE 7ADE WITH THE ."! S gSPECIAL SELECTIONu IN THE DRAFT WHICH WAS TELEVISED THIS YEAR FOR THE kRST TIME 2IVAL CAPTAIN !NTETOKOUNMPO MEANWHILE SELECTED $URANT S 'OLDEN 3TATE TEAM MATE 3TEPHEN #URRY WITH THE SECOND OVERALL PICK 4HE -ILWAUKEE "UCKS STAR THEN SELECTED 0HILADELPHIA S *OEL %MBIID BEFORE ADDING 0AUL 'EORGE AND +EMBA 7ALKER +HRIS -IDDLETON .IKOLA *OKIC "EN 3IMMONS "LAKE 'RIFkN $ !NGELO 2USSELL .IKOLA 6UCEVIC AND +YLE ,OWRY made up the reserves. !NTETOKOUNMPO ADDED $IRK .OWITZKI AS HIS SPECIAL SELECTION )N A SURPRISE MOVE THE TWO CAPTAINS THEN AGREED TO A TRADE WITH *AMES SWAPPING /KLAHOMA #ITY 4HUNDER STAR 7ESTBROOK FOR "EN 3IMMONS AFTER THE DRAFT *AMES PROPOSED THE MOVE IN ORDER TO GET 7ESTBROOK AND %MBIID ON THE SAME SIDE g) KNOW "EN 3IMMONS IS YOUR GUY SO ) LL DO IT u !N TETOKOUNMPO SAID AFP

Q Kevin Durant AFP PHOTO

All Star Squads: Team LeBron: Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, Kawhi Leonard, James Harden; Reserves: Anthony Davis, Klay Thompson, Damian Lillard, Ben Simmons, LaMar-

cus Aldridge, Karl-Anthony Towns, Bradley Beal: Special pick: Dwyane Wade

Team Giannis: Stephen Curry, Joel Embiid, Paul George, Kemba Walker; Reserves: Khris

Middleton, Nikola Jokic, Russell Westbrook, Blake Griffin, Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Angelo Russell, Nikola Vucevic, Kyle Lowry Special pick: Dirk Nowitzki NOTE: Westbrook traded from Team LeBron for Simmons after draft. AFP

Young Madis targets 3 PPS title feat TENNIELLE MADIS hopes to buck the odds as she shoots for a rare three title feat in the PPS-PEPP Sultan Kudarat National age group tennis tournament which got under way yesterday (Friday) at the Isulan Capitol Tennis Club.

The 12-year-old Madis seeks to get her bid going against the likes of Liana Lorenzo, Sanchena Francisco and Jeanne Raray in her agegroup bracket with the rising Mlang, Cotabato star also installed as the player to beat in the 14- and 16-and-under divisions of the Group I tournament presented by Dunlop.

Sheloh Ripdos joins Lorenzo and Francisco in

the hunt for the 14-U diadem while Kyle Rivera and Princess Haro loom as Madisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; toughest challengers in the 16-U class of the five-day event also serving as the second of a busy six-leg Mindanao swing of the Palawan Pawnshop Palawan Express Pera Padala circuit hosted by Gov. Pax Mangudadatu.

Jazzele Madis, meanwhile, guns for the crown in the premier 18-U play against Ripdos, Rivera and Trisha Diaz, hoping to complement with her younger sisterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s projected romp in the event which will also feature a tennis clinic for the young enthusiasts, according to Palawan

Pawnshop president/CEO Bobby Castro.

Keen competition is also expected in the boysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; side with Jay Balaoing and Earl Bermudez leading the title chase with Bruce Hurtado and Kurt Haro also fancied to contend for the crown.

Balaoing and Haro also head the 16-U cast along with Reyman Saldivar Jr. and Jose Balonga Jr. with Saldivar also bannering the 14-U side along with Yassan Al Anazi, Ben Flores and Al Rasheed Lucman.

Kabacan will host the next stop on Feb. 14-17 followed by Kidapawan City on Feb. 21-25, Digos City on Feb. 28-March 4 and Tagum City on March 7-11.

For details and listup, call 09154046464.

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Gay, Langley take early lead at Pebble Beach Pro-Am S

AN FRANCISCO: Brian Gay and Scott Langley shared the lead after the opening round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am US PGA Tour event in California on Thursday (Friday in Manila).

Gay, a 47-year-old journeyman whose most recent of four victories on the PGA Tour came IN kRED A SEVEN UNDER PAR 64 on the Monterey Peninsula Country Club course to move to the top of the leaderboard.

Langley, who is yet to claim a win on the Tour, reeled off nine birdies and two bogeys on the Monterey course on his way to a share of the lead.

His round included a birdie on the par-three ninth, his 18th hole of the day, to leave him alongside Gay on seven under.

Five-time Major winner Phil Mickelson was among a group

of six players tied for third place on six under which also included Australiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jason Day. Mickelson thrust himself into contention after hitting every fairWAY FOR THE kRST TIME IN HIS CAREER â&#x20AC;&#x153;I may have done it before, but I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ever recall doing it,â&#x20AC;? a satISkED -ICKELSON SAID AFTERWARDS The tournament, which sees professionals play alongside celebrities, is spread across three courses near the picturesque town of Carmel â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Pebble Beach Golf Links, Spyglass Hill Golf Course and Monterey Peninsula.

Mickelson started slowly with two birdies and a bogey on the

Q Brian Gay of the United States plays his shot from the fourth tee during the first round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am at Monterey Peninsula Country Club Shore Course on Friday in Pebble Beach, California. AFP PHOTO front nine before erupting down the stretch with five birdies and four pars.

He carved out birdie chances with some scintillating iron play, most notably with two solid approaches on the 12th and 13th holes to set up birdie putts

which he duly drained. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a really solid round, good solid start, and we had beautiful weather and the golf course here is in spectacular shape,â&#x20AC;? said Mickelson, the world number 29.

If history is any guide, Mickelson will draw encouragement from his opening round. On the three

and wound up 17th overall or 6:43 behind.

Maral Erdene Batmunkh of Terenganu Inc TSG Cycling conquered the mountains of Antique and was with Mancebo in the breakaway in the first 100 kilometers.

But Batmunkh faded due to cramps, leaving Mancebo, who topped the intermediate sprint of the stage, alone up front for the surprisingly easy win.

Thanks to Manceboâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s impressive performance, Matrix zoomed to the early team lead with a total time of 15:32:36, or 3:07 ahead of No. 2 7Eleven and 3:57 faster than No. 3 Navy-Standard Insurance.

For Oranza, 26, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just happy to be near the front. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The plan was to send two riders in front and we somehow succeeded in executing it,â&#x20AC;? said Oranza in Filipino.

The race, which is presented

by L B C , p owe r e d by M V P Sports Foundation and supPORTED BY 6ERSA 7AY 2ADIO

Juan Movement Partylist, Joel P Longares Foundation, Standard Insurance, Bike Xtreme, Green Planet, Prolite, Celeste Cycles, Maynilad, 3Q Sports, "OY +ANIN -EGA 7ORLD &ESTIVE 7ALK 3EDA !TRIA AND ,"# Foundation and in partnership with the Department of Tourism, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Iloilo City and the Province of Guimaras, will resume today with 101.8km Stage Two in Guimaras.

played the Pebble Beach course.

Jordan Spieth and Dustin Johnson WERE ALSO ON kVE UNDER 'RACE GOT OFF TO A lYING START WITH A BIRDIE ON THE kRST FOLLOWED

BY AN EAGLE ON THE PAR kVE SECOND

when he guided his second shot off the fairway 237 yards to leave himself a 24-foot putt.

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Scrivener, Kaufman take charge at Vic Open

Perez rules Ronda Pilipinas Stage One TOUR de France veteran Francisco Mancebo Perez of Spain turned back time and topped the 197.6-kilometer Stage One of the LBC Ronda Pilipinas 2019 that started at the Iloilo City Hall and ended at the Megaworld Festive 7ALK -ALL IN )LOILO #ITY ON &RIDAY The 42-year-old Perez, representing Matrix Powertag Japan WHOSE BEST kNISH IN THE 4OUR DE France was fourth overall in 2005 and a second placer in Vuelta a Espana the year before, defied father time in topping the stage IN kVE HOURS AND MINUTES Defending champion Ronald Oranza of Navy-Standard InsurANCE kNISHED SECOND AND %LEVEN Cliqq-Air21 by Roadbike Philippines third, or three minutes and 52 seconds behind the Spanish veteran, whose last significant victories came in the Tour of %GYPT kVE YEARS AGO â&#x20AC;&#x153;For the moment, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m happy with the victory. For us, its good and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll see what happens in the race,â&#x20AC;? said Mancebo.

Jan Paul Morales, who won this annual race in 2016 and 2017, checked in at solo fourth (4:32 behind) while Junya Sano, Manceboâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Matrix teammate, came in at No. 5 (4:40) and Joo Daeyeong of Team Korail Korea at No. 6 (4:51).

Rounding the top 10 were Filipinos Irish Valenzuela of 7-Eleven (5:07), Mark Julius Bordeos of Phl Army-Bicycology (5:07), Rustom Lim of 7Eleven (5:18) and Ismael Grospe of Go for Gold (6:30).

Reigning Le Tour champion El Joshua Carino of Navy-Standard Insurance was in the peloton

previous occasions he opened with a score of 65 or better at Pebble Beach, he went on to win.

(E IS CHASING A kFTH VICTORY IN the tournament after missing the cut at the Phoenix Open last week.

Nine players were a single shot back on five under, including South Africaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Branden Grace, who

GEELONG, Australia: Australiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jason Scrivener and Nick Flanagan shared a two-shot lead while American Kim Kaufman took charge of the womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tournament at the pioneering Vic Open on Friday.

The event, co-sanctioned by the European Tour and the US-based LPGA Tour, is the only one in the WORLD WITH MALE AND FEMALE kELDS playing, in alternate groups, on the same course and for equal prize money.

Scrivener carded six birdies in his six-under-par 66 on day two while fellow Australian Flanagan, a former US amateur champion, shot a 68 to go with his opening round 62. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been two solid daysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; work,â&#x20AC;? said Scrivener, who continued his strong early season form which has been rewarded with three top kNISHES ON THE %UROPEAN 4OUR â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just patience really, I think knowing thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot of birdies out there helps. If you try to rush them, you can make mistakes, so just plodding your way around and being smart about it.â&#x20AC;?

James Nitties, who sank a world record-equalling

nine birdies in a row on Thursday at the 13th Beach Golf Links south of Melbourne, could only manage one in his round of 74, which was marred by a double bogey on the 18th.

Kaufman, who has never won on the LPGA Tour, positioned herself for the weekend with her second 66 in a row â&#x20AC;&#x201D; including A BIRDIE BIRDIE kNISH Â&#x2021; TO BE TWO ahead of Japanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Haru Nomura. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just kind of did the same THING AS YESTERDAY 7ITH ALL THE par 5s out there, everythingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just pretty solid. Just been fun,â&#x20AC;? said Kaufman, who added that she had been keen to play the malefemale event. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Last year was when I kind of heard about it and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been pretty outspoken about coming down here,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lived up to every expectation, which has been great.â&#x20AC;?

Englandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Felicity Johnson, THE kRST ROUND LEADER COULD ONLY muster a second round 74 to be seven off the pace.

One of the dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s biggest movERS WAS VETERAN +ARRIE 7EBB WHO stroked a 65 to be six behind Kaufman.

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Two Koreas, IOC to discuss Tokyo 2020 joint teams LAUSANNE: The sports ministers of North and South Korea will meet with Olympics chief Thomas Bach with a view to fielding UNIkED TEAMS AT THE 4OKYO Games, the IOC said on Thursday (Friday in Manila).

The move comes after the two Koreas marched under a joint lAG AT THE 7INTER 'AMES

WHERE THEY ALSO SENT OUT A UNIkED womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ice-hockey team.

The team sparked a media SENSATION DESPITE LOSING ALL kVE of their matches by a combined

scoreline of 28-2.

In January, the International Hockey Federation described the collaboration as a positive example of sport acting as a catalyst for peace and said it would pursue the initiative with â&#x20AC;&#x153;a unified Korean hockey team for future FIH events, potentially for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games,â&#x20AC;?

Bach said that after the â&#x20AC;&#x153;success of the Pyeongchang 2018 Gamesâ&#x20AC;? a meeting would take place February 15 at the IOCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

headquarters in Lausanne between the respective players for a â&#x20AC;&#x153;working group to discuss future sporting cooperation.â&#x20AC;?

The IOC president told Agence France-Presse the objective was to not only form joint ventures for the Olympics, but also in the qualifying phases.

The last 12 months have seen a series of joint Korean sides follow in the tracks of the ice hockey project, including judo and basketball.

A menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s handball team lost

all but one of its matches at the world championships in January, but the womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dragon boat squad won Asian Games gold in the 500m last year.

The womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s table tennis team also reached the world champiONSHIP SEMIkNALS Pyongyang and Seoul have announced plans for a joint bid to host the 2032 Summer Games.

The two countries remain technically at war after they fought each other to a standstill in the +OREAN 7AR AFP

Q Jason Scrivener of Australia chips onto the green during the second round of the Vic Open golf tournament at the 13th Beach Golf Links at Barwon Heads near Melbourne on Friday. AFP PHOTO

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Q Manchester Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kyle Walker (left) vies with Evertonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lucas Digne during the English Premier League football match at the Goodison Park in Liverpool, England. AFP PHOTO

ONDON: Manchester City faces a stern test of their Premier League title credentials this weekend when the newly installed leader hosts Chelsea.

Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s midweek win at Everton lifted them above Liverpool on goal difference and increased the pressure on Jurgen Kloppâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s spluttering side.

After two successive damaging draws, Liverpool now has no margin for error when they TAKE ON "OURNEMOUTH AT !NkELD

City ready for Chelsea â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;finalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Pep Guardiola has challenged Manchester City to prove they are capable of holding off

Liverpool by beating Chelsea at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday.

Having knocked Liverpool off the top despite trailing by seven points just weeks ago, City have edged in front, albeit having played a game extra.

But, with Liverpool playing 24 hours earlier, Guardiola knows City must keep their foot on the gas against fourth-placed Chelsea. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Now comes a big test, a big goal. Chelsea are an exceptional team who have had seven days to prepare,â&#x20AC;? Guardiola said.

g)T REALLY IS A kNAL FOR US THIS WEEKEND )F WE ARE able to take these points, it is a huge step forward.â&#x20AC;?

While Chelsea had been in turmoil UNTIL LAST WEEKEND S ROUT OF (UDDERSkELD

-AURIZIO 3ARRI S TEAM DID INlICT #ITY S kRST league defeat since April with a 2-0 win at Stamford Bridge in December.

Robertson expects Liverpool to end slump When Liverpool took the lead just min-

utes into their clash against Leicester last week, the Kop broke into songs of praise for their former manager Rafael Benitez.

Jubilant that Benitez had masterminded Newcastleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s win over Manchester City the previous evening, Liverpool fans were anticipating another victory on the road to their kRST %NGLISH TITLE SINCE B u t o u t o f n o w h e r e, t h e j o y o u s celebrations were muted by a sudden outbreak of nervous tension as Leicester hit back to earn a point -- an anti-

UEFA president Ceferin promises bright future in new four-year term

COURTOIS READY FOR ATLETICO ANGER AS REAL EYES DERBY VICTORY MADRID: Thibaut Courtois left Chelsea on bad terms last summer and he expects to feel the anger from Atletico Madrid too when he faces them in the white of Real Madrid on Saturday.

Courtois developed into one of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s finest goalkeepers during three years on loan at Atletico but he will be up against his former club, and Chelsea teammate Alvaro Morata, in what could prove a pivotal city derby this weekend.

Real arrive on the back of four La Liga wins on the bounce and will jump above their opponents with a win at the Wanda Metropolitano. Atletico have fallen six points adrift of Barcelona and are attempting to stay in touch.

For Courtois, a reunion with Diego Simeoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s side is not new -- he faced them twice for Chelsea in the Champions League last season and again at the Santiago Bernabeu in September -- but this will be his first experience in front of the Atletico fans, in the colors of Real Madrid. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It happens in football, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a derby and a derby here in Madrid is always heated,â&#x20AC;? Courtois said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll whistle and shout, everything you would expect, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s part of football. I will always respect them.

Now Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m playing for the other side.â&#x20AC;?

Courtois helped Atletico crack the duopoloy of Barca and Real by winning La Liga in 2014, while also lifting the Europa League, Copa del Rey and Super Cup during his time at the club. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are still a lot of players that I know there, the goalkeeping coach, coaches, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re all still the same,â&#x20AC;? Courtois said.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still a special match, I respect the fans and the club a lot, in the end they gave me the opportunity to play when I was just 19 years old. I only have good memories.â&#x20AC;?

Courtoisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; season has taken a similar trajectory to his teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. There was a shakey start, when Julen Lopetegui rotated him with Keylor Navas, before a clear improvement, with Courtois now established as Santiago Solariâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first choice.

Madrid has steadily gained momentum under Solari too and, despite a dip at the start of the year, has found their rhythm in recent weeks. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I feel good now. It takes a little time to settle and to fully understand the team but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going very well now,â&#x20AC;? Courtois said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If we want to narrow the gap and win trophies, this is the month when we have to be at our best.â&#x20AC;? AFP

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Qatar Asian Cup victory to â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;deepenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Gulf tensions â&#x20AC;&#x201D; analysts DOHA: Qatarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s remarkable Asian Cup victory may

have been a sporting triumph, which sparked wild celebrations in Doha but it is almost certain to come at a political price, analysts say.

The win -- in the hostile capital of the United Arab Emirates, one of its opponents in a bitter regional dispute -- is expected to lead to further animosity between Qatar and the Saudi-led bloc

of rival nations. !ND EVEN JUST DAYS AFTER 1ATAR BEAT *APAN IN THE kNAL IT MAY HAVE ALREADY DEEPENED THE Gulf diplomatic impasse. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Any sense of embitterment in Abu Dhabi at the way the tournament they hosted turned out may translate into an escalation of rhetoric against Qatar,â&#x20AC;? said Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, a research fellow at Rice University.

He added: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The response to Qatarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s run in the Asian Cup has, if anything, deepened the split within the Gulf. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Omanis and Kuwaitis have rejoiced in Qatari success and have done so in extremely public fashion, visibly emphasizing their rejection of the blockading statesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; attempt to isolate Qatar in the region.â&#x20AC;?

Football and geopolitics

Q Qatarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s players celebrate with the trophy after winning the 2019 AFC Asian Cup final football match between Japan and Qatar at the Zayed Sports City Stadium in Abu Dhabi. AFP PHOTO

1ATAR S kRST EVER !SIAN #UP WIN IS AN ASTONISHING story on numerous levels -- a modern-day sporting parable, soaked in geopolitics and symbolism.

It is a powerful Qatari riposte to critics who long ridiculed the 2022 World Cup host for its lack of footballing prowess.

The team beat three sides that appeared in the 2USSIA 7ORLD #UP SCORED GOALS CONCEDED just one and provided the tournamentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best goalkeeper, player and highest goalscorer.

climactic result that was followed by another uninspired Liverpool display in Mondayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s draw at West Ham. However, Reds defender Andrew Robertson says the frustrating period is just a â&#x20AC;&#x153;blipâ&#x20AC;? that can be cured by a positive result against Bournemouth on Saturday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t say nerves are showing.

People talk about pressure because weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve not been in this position, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s February.

Everyone needs to relax and try and enjoy the run-in,â&#x20AC;? he said.

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It is a vindication of the wealthy Gulf stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s huge spending to develop talent at its Aspire !CADEMY OF THE MAN SQUAD WERE GRADUates, including top scorer Ali Almoez.

But it is far more than just sport.

3INCE *UNE 3AUDI LED COUNTRIES HAVE CUT ties with Doha, claiming it supports terrorism and wants a better relationship with Riyadhâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s arch-rival, Tehran.

Qatar denies the charges, says it is being punished for pursuing an independent foreign policy and its enemies want regime change in Doha.

As a result, few, if any, Qataris traveled to the UAE to watch matches, claiming they were fearful about what would happen to them.

Practically their only supporters were a group of Omanis, subsequently leading Qataris to CELEBRATE WITH /MANI lAGS IN $OHA Notably, Qatar beat Saudi Arabia and the UAE, the latter victory seeing their players pelted with shoes and bottles by a partisan crowd.

The 4-0 victory over the UAE was, according to some, better than the cup win.

Many Qataris celebrated by holding up four kNGERS ONE FOR EACH OF THE NEIGHBOURING BOYCOTting countries, said Ulrichsen.

That gesture also matched the one used

by Qatar-backed Muslim Brotherhood supporters following the overthrow of Mohamed Morsi

ROME:Â UEFAÂ president Aleksander Ceferin was handed a new four-year term on Thursday (Friday in Manila) and promised a bright future despite the â&#x20AC;&#x153;complex challengesâ&#x20AC;? ahead for European footballâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s governing body.

The 51-year-old Slovenian lawyer was the only candidate going forward for election at the UEFA Congress in Rome and was voted in by acclamation.

His election was in contrast to the situation when he took over two and a half years ago, with football in turmoil amid a corruption scandal that toppled his predecessor Michel Platini.

Ceferin told UEFAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 55 member associations thatâ&#x20AC;&#x153;with unity restoredâ&#x20AC;? hewas taking over withâ&#x20AC;&#x153;fewer doubts and less skepticism than back thenâ&#x20AC;?. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I see the unity of European football it makes me happy, when you see the financial numbers, you feel proud and confident that the future is bright,â&#x20AC;? said Ceferin, revealing figures for the highest revenue in UEFAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history with an annual income of 5.7 billion euros ($6.4 billion). â&#x20AC;&#x153;We will be giving more money back to our sport than any other sports federation in the world.â&#x20AC;?

Having previously been largely charged with putting in place measures voted for under the previous regime of Platini and current FIFA president Gianni Infantino, Ceferin can now hope to really make his mark and implement his own changes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are going to have to think ahead and undertake some major developments,â&#x20AC;? he added.

On top of his agenda for now is a battle with Infantino, who as FIFA president has been promoting a new, expanded Club World Cup and global Nations League. Ceferin is opposed to the projects. AFP IN %GYPT IN Qatarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s victorious team was greeted by Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani when they arrived back home.

(E THEN MADE HIS kRST TRIP ABROAD SINCE THE victory, notably to regional peace-broker Kuwait, where he presented Emir Sabah al-Sabah with a maroon Qatar football shirt.

And there is yet more symbolism, argues James M. Dorsey, author and a senior fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies.

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Very naiveâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; The â&#x20AC;&#x153;escalationâ&#x20AC;? Ulrichsen spoke about is likely to focus on the 2022 World Cup, said Dorsey. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think what you are going to see is Qatarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s victory is going to escalate opposition by primarily the UAE and Saudi Arabia to Qatar hosting the World Cup,â&#x20AC;? he added.

Next month, FIFA will rule on whether the 7ORLD #UP WILL INCLUDE OR TEAMS AND whether Qatar should share games, potentially with neighboring rivals.

FIFA president Gianni Infantinoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s insistence that an expanded World Cup could help ease regional tensions is â&#x20AC;&#x153;very naiveâ&#x20AC;?, Dorsey insisted.

He pointed to a previous Asian Cup victory -- Iraq in 2007 -- where people celebrated during a period OF SECTARIAN VIOLENCE BUT TROUBLE SOON lARED AGAIN â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sports and politics are inextricably enshrined,â&#x20AC;? he added.

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Q Nico Bolzico and Alex Gonzaga

Q Gonzaga (leftmost) with team members Thirdy Ravena, Michele Gumabao, Maricel Laxa-Pangilinan, Jeff Chan and Robert Bolick.

Q Bolzico (rightmost) with team members (from left) Joanne Villablanca, Anton Del Rosario, Kianna Dy and Chris Johnson.

Celebrities try out an ‘extreme freshness challenge’

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ORE and more Filipinos are living an active lifestyle, and getting into various sports and outdoor activities. But with the Philippines a tropical country and generally hot and humid, it is often a challenge to remain smelling fresh all day. Some even shy away from extreme physical activity because of fears that they won’t smell good from all the sweating.

But to prove that smelling fresh and feeling great can be possible despite prolonged physical activities, Downy Sports recently held the 24-Hour All-Star Freshness Challenge, an afternoon of intense basketball games pitting celebrity-

led teams headed by actress and vlogger Alex Gonzaga, as well as SOCCER PLAYER AND kTNESS ENTHUSIAST Nico Bolzico.

In one intense afternoon, members of Team Alex and Team Nico gathered at the Kerry Sports Plaza

over at Shangri-la at The Fort to test each others’ basketball wits and sweat in the court. Making up Team Alex were Thirdy Ravena, Michele Gumabao, and Maricel Laxa - Pangilinan. Team Nico, on the other hand, had Kianna Dy, Joanne Villablanca, and Anton Del Rosario. Each all-star team was coached by professional basketball stars including LA Tenorio, JC Intal, Asi Taulava, Jeff Chan, Marc Pingris, and Robert Bolick.

After hours of intense action, including lay-up matches, a dribbling obstacle course, and a basketball game, the players hung their worn jerseys rinsed with the brand’s newest product in an allstar freshness gallery. The players

were astounded that despite the tremendous amount of sweat accumulated from the afternoon of intense action, the jerseys still smelled fresh.

“The Philippines is a tropical country with high humidity so people tend to sweat a lot, especially when they engage in physical activities and sports. Many complain of the stench in their clothes whenever they sweat. We ARE CONkDENT THAT WITH THE .EW Downy Sports’ 24-hour deodorant protection, Filipinos will be assured that they will smell and feel fresh even in extreme sweaty situations in their daily routine,” said Cedric Le Goff, Country Category Leader for Downy Philippines.

Q The All Star Team with Country Category Leader for Downy Philippines Cedric Le Goff (center)

Q Bianca Gonzales-Intal

Q Anton Del Rosario

Q Maricel Laxa-Pangilinan

Twin birthday celebrations M

AKATI Shangri-La’s Sage Bar was new friends Gen .Picoy and Bing CasTRANSFORMED INTO A PSYCHEDELIC lO- colan. Just like in the past, Robert’s party ral disco by Mia Lozada is a get together of old of Bloomwoods for Duand new friends — from day Tuason’s recent birthformer fashion models, day. Welcoming over 100 fashion designers, poliguests including friends ticians, gym mates, to from Manila’s society cirhis Charismatic commucle and family from here nity God Loves, military, and abroad, the lady of the showbiz personalities evening looked vintage-chic in a yellow and and Manila’s high society. champagne bubble dress by her favorite A large buffet spread which was catered Filipino designer Rajo Laurel. by most sought after caterer Julie EvangeChef Nicola Canuti curated a cocktail lista of M Catering was enjoyed by guests menu featuring delectable bites. Guests led by Congresswoman Imelda Marcos who danced till the wee hours to the music of also shepered the singing birthday song the Powerhouse Band in the tune of music followed by “Dahil sa Iyo” which was well spanning the decades. The unforgettable applauded. Also seen were Korina Sanchez evening ended with the hostess giving a Roxas, Marivic Vasquez, the Club Bulakeno warm, heartfelt speech thanking all the members. To Robert, keep on celebrating family and friends who came to share her your birthday year after year. Cheers! special day of thanksgiving for her many blessings.

NNN Meanwhile, businessman-art collector Robert Castañeda celebrated a milestone later in January although his birthday was in December but knowing it IS A BUSY MONTH PLUS TRAFkC problems during the Christmas holidays, he opted to do it last month.

His celebration which was held at the multi Purpose hall of Camp Crame hosted by good friend since Q Jocelyn Poon, Tes Macatangay, Vilma Mathay and 1970 Mona Lacanlale and Robert Castañeda

HI! SOCIETY BECKY GARCIA

Q Virginia Lane, Elsie Pascua, Z Teo and Agnes Huibonhoa

Q Mikee, Duday and Noel Tuason.

Q Czarina, Junjun, Louie and Mellie Ablaza

Q Abe and Nini Licaros

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FAMOUS HAND

In this deal from the 1997 world team championship final between France and the United States, judgment rather than superior card play or systemic bidding differences played the key role in a substantial gain for the French.

The bidding shown occurred when Bobby Wolff and Bob Hamman, for two decades one of the world’s foremost pairs, were North-South for the U.S., with Michel Perron and Paul Chemla East-West for France. Ham-

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man’s opening club bid was strong and artificial, and by the time it was his next turn, the opponents were in five clubs. Hamman elected to make a forcing pass, whereupon Wolff rebid his diamonds.

Hamman now showed his true colors by bidding five hearts, and Wolff was at the crossroads. He knew that a cuebid of six clubs, showing firstround control of clubs and implying interest in a grand slam, was the correct bid, but he feared that if only a small slam could be made, his cuebid might provoke the opponents into taking a profitable sacrifice at seven clubs. So he settled for a raise to six hearts, figuring that plus 1,430 or 1,460 was better than setting seven clubs doubled four or five tricks.

Wolff was correct in this regard, since seven clubs doubled would probably have gone down five for 1,100 points.

But the tactic did not allow for the possibility that the French pair at the other table might bid and make seven hearts for a score of 2,210.

Wolff’s “less is more” strategy did indeed backfire when Christian Mari and Alain Levy reached the grand slam despite similar interference by Eric Rodwell and Jeff Meckstroth.

The 750-point difference gave the French a pickup of 13 IMPs, which helped them capture the world title that year. © 2019 King Features Syndicate Inc.

BY EUGENE SHEFFER

Solution to puzzle

By Samantha Weaver

»HOROSCOPE Today’s Birthday (02/09/19). Pull together to triumph this year.

Nurture and tend seeds for the future. Household surprises can be expected. Summer vitality provokes a quieter rest period. Peaceful introspection this winter leads you to adapt to a physical challenge. Put your heart into a collaborative effort.

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

ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) -- Today is a 9 -- A structural problem could interrupt a personal project. A friend may get through where you can’t. Draw upon hidden resources. A long shot pays off.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) -- Today is a 6 -- Balance emotion and reason. Keep a low profile. Peaceful privacy encourages productivity. Sort, file and put things away. Make plans and preparations for what’s ahead.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) -- Today is an 8 -- Participate in groups and on committees. Share what you’re learning with friends. Routines could get interrupted. Avoid risky business, and stick to practical objectives.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Professional responsibilities have your attention. Don’t stir up jealousies. Get supplies locally. Measure thrice, and cut once. Get the job done, and clean later.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) -- Today is a 9 -- Spontaneous escapades could provide unexpected delights. Follow an educated hunch. Outdoor diversions enchant. It’s OK to get dirty. Luxuriate with soap and hot water.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Chaos and disorganization could disrupt your finances. Take advantage of an unexpected opportunity for profit. Don’t rush blindly into anything. Follow a wise relation’s advice.

» SUDOKU

• It was Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, communist revolutionary and the first leader of the Soviet Union, who made the following sage observation: “One fool can ask more questions in a minute than 12 wise men can answer in an hour.”

• Back in 1893, when the zipper was invented, the device was intended to be used for fastening shoes.

• When the TV sitcom “The Addams Family” was being cast in the early 1960s, actor John Astin came in to audition for the role of Lurch, the cadaverous butler. He was immediately rejected for the part. As he was leaving the room, though, the producer spotted him, pulled him aside, and immediately offered him the role of Gomez — the lead. All he had to do was grow a mustache.

• What do the words “obscene,” “tranquil,” “mediate,” “catastrophe,” “dire,” “critical,” “vast” and “apostrophe” have in common? All of them appeared in print for the first time in the works of William Shakespeare.

• As the Black Plague was sweeping Europe during the Middle Ages, some people, for reasons surpassing understanding, believed that plague victims could cure themselves by smelling human waste.

• The United States isn’t the only country that has an accolade to recognize excellence in the film industry. Here the awards are known as the Oscars, but other nations have their own names for the awards: In Canada they’re known as Genies, in France they’re Cesars, in Russia they’re called Nikas, in Mexico they’re Golden Ariels, in Spain they’re known as Goyas, and in the United Kingdom they’re called Orange British Academy Film Awards. *** Thought for the Day: “The game of life is the game of boomerangs. Our thoughts, deeds and words return to us sooner or later with astounding accuracy.” — Florence Scovel Shin © 2019 King Features Synd., Inc.

BY NANCY BLACK LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- A partner feels compelled to advise you. Keep your sense of humor. Old assumptions get challenged. Avoid confrontations, especially with authorities. Help another to understand.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) -- Today is a 7 -- Keep practicing to strengthen foundational support. Hold yourself to high standards.

Stifle rebellious tendencies for now. Nurture health with good food, exercise and rest.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) -- Today is an 8 -- Someone nearby sure looks good. Things may not go as planned. Unexpected complications could arise. You can solve a puzzle. You’re especially inventive and creative.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) -- Today is a 7 -- Family comes first. Enjoy domestic comforts with your inner circle. Tempers could spark; keep things simple. Listen to your intuition. A brilliant insight shatters an illusion.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) -- Today is an 8 -- Summarize what you’re learning into simple language. Keep your cool, and maintain your advantage. Use your creative skills. Share your new tricks.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) -- Today is a 9 -- Your work is in demand.

Accept another income opportunity. Every little bit counts. Share what you’re up to. Friends help you make a valuable connection.

(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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Nicko Falcisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; mother breaks silence on Kris Aquinoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s claims

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UST when it seemed like all is quiet on the Kris Aquino vs. Nicko Falcis front, the latterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mom Carol issued a STATEMENT FOR THE kRST TIME ON 7EDNESDAY against the social media starâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;unrelentingâ&#x20AC;? attacks against her son.

Using Falcisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Instagram account, Carolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s two-part post began with, â&#x20AC;&#x153;For the past 4 months, I have kept my silence because I trusted my kids to be capable enough of defending themselves.

I was worried and saddened last year when people believed the lies fostered by Kris Aquino on my dear son, Nicko.â&#x20AC;?

Carol said she decided to break her silence as more people have opened their minds to their side of the story, with a growing number supporting their family.

After thanking netizens and now former fans of Aquino, Carol went on to deny the claims of the celebrity and her legal team, while accusing them of trial by publicity. â&#x20AC;&#x153;May I remind you Kris Aquino that it was you who started it all and engaged in trial by publicity for four months, from September to December 2018. If my family is going public, it is only because we have to respond and defend ourselves from your constant lies and especially your death threats,â&#x20AC;? the statement continued.

She revealed that Aquino also bullied their family to sign onesided contracts to her favor threating that she will â&#x20AC;&#x153;destroy Nickoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reputation publicly.â&#x20AC;?

She even went as far as alleging Aquino has â&#x20AC;&#x153;paid minionsâ&#x20AC;? to

talk about her positively in mainstream media as well as inviting THEM TO COVER THE DAY SHE kLED cases against her son and when she holds press conferences with her legal team. â&#x20AC;&#x153;How UNFAIR for you to attack my son unrelentingly on social and mainstream media while we kept silent initially because your lawyer Atty. Fortun commanded us to keep quiet and of course, you threatened to have my son KILLED!â&#x20AC;?

Falcisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; mother further responded to alleged lies Aquino made about her, such as calling her a â&#x20AC;&#x153;deeply shamed motherâ&#x20AC;? in an Instagram post and a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kris Life Updatesâ&#x20AC;? video. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I know you wanted to meet me but thank God we never did.

I WAS one of your fans because I liked your

Q Using her son Nickoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Instagram account, Carol Falcis lashed out at online celebrity Kris Aquino months after the the former business partners fell out over money matters. know youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not! I am NOT and NEVER will be a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;deeply shamed motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; as you shamelessly claimed in one of your IG posts and Kris Life Updatesâ&#x20AC;Ś That is completely untrue! I never wrote and I never said to you that I was deeply embarrassed.â&#x20AC;?

While she wished Aquino to recover from her autoimmune disease, she ended her statement with this pointed message for Aquino: â&#x20AC;&#x153;You started with lies, we will end it with truths.â&#x20AC;?

As of press time, Aquino has yet to react to Carol Falcisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; statement.

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ANY people look up to Gary manly, could not do it anymore.

Valenciano for the inspira- Even if he went through surgery, tion he brings but the health issues there was no certainty that the he endured in the past year have ailment would not comeback. made him even more sensitive and â&#x20AC;&#x153;It made me realize that yes, aware of his effect to people.

I can only rely on God for Him As a result, Gary to do things that has resumed his humans cannot dream of visiting do. And that is my 35 universities for message to everyhis 35th anniverone. That was the sary in showbiz. message I have It was a plan that spoken before but had to be cut short when he was I guess it is more driven at home diagnosed with heart ailment and now. The message became deeper cancer, both of which he survived. because nobody expected I will go The recent school that Gary V through that experience.â&#x20AC;? visited was Unibersidad de MaWith renewed energy and stronila where he was able to share nger faith, Gary V was ecstatic his journey to the young students. when he was offered to be one â&#x20AC;&#x153;I told them they canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do short- of the judges of World of Dance cuts. If you want to go somewhere, Philippines, together with Billy you have to go through the jour- Crawford and Maja Salvador. ney. All the ups and downs are Bashers, who took notice of going to teach you who you are Gary Vâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s judging style, however, going to be,â&#x20AC;? said Mr. Pure Energy. did not spare the recovering star Now what about his colleagues from their negative comments in the industry who are going online. But the ever gracious Gary through tough challenges as well? said he doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mind. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People know me as a man of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s their drama that faith but I have come to realize was has inspired the one thing â&#x20AC;&#x201D; you can only exercise contestants to dance faith when fear comes knocking at the way they do. the door. You cannot say you have Just like in Tawag faith if thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no fear because ng Tanghalan, they when things are great, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s easy were trying to sing to say that you have faith. for their families so â&#x20AC;&#x153;But when things become questhey can provide. tionable and uncertainties I am not knock at the doorâ&#x20AC;Śwhen judging I was going through that stoall these health chalry. I am lenge, take note, it judging was from a person their who is seemingly singing supposedly healthy or their all these time. dance.

But my heartâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;I acartery has a tually blockage respond and a canto some of cer was the bashers who breweventually would ing.â&#x20AC;? stay silent. I take I t that as a sign that g o t theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve understood to the what I was trying to say.â&#x20AC;? point At the end of the day, t h a t Gary V is glad that a show Gary like World of Dance PhilV , ippines is now in the hucountry, enabling local Q Mr. Pure Energy Gary dancers to showcase their Valenciano gets his share of world-class talent. bashers online.

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Q Ai-Ai delas Alas, Marco Sison, Rey Valera and Hajji Alejandro offer a night of great music and laughter in memory of the total entertainer-cum-funny man Rico J Puno.

Remembering Rico J on Valentineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s THE name Rico J Puno would always be a headliner among Valentine shows in the country for so many years, making 2019 the first without him in the music scene.

A big loss to Original Pilipino Music after his passing in October 2018 from heart failure, his good friends â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the Hitmakers â&#x20AC;&#x201D; continue to remember him as the season of love comes along.

But the show must go on and Valentineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s will still see OPM icons Hajji Alejandro, Rey Valera and Marco Sison on stage for a night of great music, and to be sure, with laughter still very much part of the act as the Hitmakers join forces with Comedy Queen Ai-Ai delas Alas to step in for the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s biggest â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and greenest â&#x20AC;&#x201D; joker. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nami-miss naming lahat si Kuya Rico,â&#x20AC;? said Ai-Ai of the Total Entertainer-cumfunny man of OPM. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nalulungkot ako kahit hindi ako Hitmaker kasi madalas ko ring

kasama si Kuya eh. At kahit anong saihin niya sa akin OK lang. Ang sarap niyang kabatuhan at ibang-iba talaga ang timing niya, kaya alam ko, sabi nga nila I have big shoes TO kLL u DELAS !LAS SAID The singing gentlemen, on their part, cannot be more grateful that they have the Comedy Queen in place of Puno for their first concert without him, because with her, they can guarantee their audience that the perfect blend of music and comedy they look for in every Hitmakers show will be very much on stage on February at the Newport Performing Arts Theatre in Resorts World Manila.

Aptly dubbed, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hitmakers and Ai,â&#x20AC;? the post-Valentine show is co-presented by Anna 0UNO S PROLIkC 3TARMEDIA %NTERTAINMENT AND Resorts World. Tickets are available via tickETWORLD COM THE 2ESORTS 7ORLD "OX /FkCE and starmediaentertainment.com.

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N a rare opportunity, Caveat was able to interview Muntinlupa City Mayor Jaime Fresnedi after the recent LAUNCH OF THEIR LOCAL TOURISM OFkCE S Visit My Bayan: National Search for Local Destinationsâ&#x20AC;? program.

Offhand, Mayor Fresnedi validated the fact that the recent 44th Metro breaking project with the support Manila Film Festival (MMFF) surpassed of Mayor Fresnedi will showcase an and hit the P1 Billion mark exceeding international event of Human Dove THE S BOX OFkCE EARNINGS !ND THAT Formation involving 14,000 people the forthcoming 45th Anniversary of from the public and private sectors of the MMFF this year will be in accord diverse nationalities, culture and faith, with the celebration of the Centennial gender and age including the LGBTs. of Philippine Cinema.

This is earmarked for the Guinness The Mayor lauded Elvie Book of World Records. neSanchez-Quiazon the Genest ral Manager of event host ts Vivere Hotel & Resorts for its h unrelenting partnership with dmost of the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s groundbreaking activities on a national scale. Elvie is thee President of the Rotaryy Club and Vice President off the Philippine Chamber of Commerce & Industry (PCCI) of Muntinlupa Business District. Said partnership included, among others, developING THE YOUNG kLMMAKersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and audiencesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; love FOR &ILIPINO kLMS VIS A vis the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s platform Q Muntinlupa City Mayor Jaime Fresnedi for tourism to generate livelihood, wealth creation, economic In the meanand cultural sustainability. time, the aforesaid National Search for Proof to this, the hotel has hosted, Local Destinations as a joint venture of the International Robotics Competi- the City of Muntinlupa, Vivere Hotel, tion, a photography seminar of 80 Department of Tourism represented by senior high school students who Asec. Roberto â&#x20AC;&#x153;Robbyâ&#x20AC;? Alabado 3rd, came out with pinhole cameras out President of the PCCI Alegria â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bingâ&#x20AC;? of scrap materials in partnership Sibal Limjuco, etc. is now open to with LGU and Hongkong Lensa- all regions nationwide until April tional, among others.

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0ILIPINAS )NC ITS BENEkCIARY IS /UR Lady of Peace Hospital of Our Lady of Peace Mission represented by Sister Eva Fidela Maamo aka Sister Teresa of the Philippines.

The contest which entails a social media interaction seeks to get a chunk of the reported 50 million Filipino Facebook account owners and the selfie generation into becoming a gSELlESS GENERATIONu IN NATION BUILDing according to its Vice Chairman Manny Eviota.

Now we are fully convinced why the annual MMFF Parade of Stars on Floats was re-routed to the City of Muntinlupa Muntin under the leadersship of Mayor Fresnedi.

It Its environs are gaining gr grounds in putting to in interactive use the collab laborative potentials of m multi-media, showbiz an tourism for economand ic boom. After all, the CITY CITY HAS OFkCIALLY EARNED the rank of having the best nurturing air index and the greatest greenbelt arou Metro Manila. around NNN GU GUESS WHO? This lady PROD PRODUCER ,0 OF INDIE kLMS has aan illusion of grandeur as qu queen of something to lure unsuspecting u investors TO kNA kNANCE HER kLM PROJECTS that all bombed unfortunately at the BOX OFkCE .OW ,0 IS INTO ANOTHER racket selling huge and dried â&#x20AC;&#x153;takloboâ&#x20AC;? clam shells which she claims has gold and pearl content. Alas, she is now avoided like a plague by prospective investors who has uncovered her scamming modus operandi. CLUE: She is exposure-hungry. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll see her face all over Facebook.

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EDITOR Tessa Mauricio-Arriola STAFF WRITERS Christina Alpad & Iza Iglesias DESKMAN Arlo Custodio

Be beautiful â&#x20AC;&#x201C; on your own terms

BY IZA IGLESIAS

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OSMETIC companies, expensive plastic surgery and the ever changing trends of the fashion industry all play a part in setting the standards of beauty around the world. But such images paraded on billboards, magazines, television and the Internet, how then can a woman express the beauty of her own uniqueness?

This in mind, MERZ Aesthetics selected 11 women across Asia 0ACIkC WHO HAVE EMBARKED ON A JOURNEY OF SELF DISCOVERY TO BE THE BEST VERSION OF THEMSELVES These women openly share their stories of struggle, triumph and THEIR PERSONAL QUESTS IN EMBRACING THEIR INDIVIDUALITY WITHOUT conforming to societyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s standards OF PERFECTION OF BEAUTY 4HESE WOMEN WHO BRAVELY DEFINE BEAUTY ON THEIR OWN terms are Sarah Roza from Australia, Bonnie Chu from Hong Kong, Almiranti Fira FROM )NDONESIA .ITIBHA +AUL from India, Min Jeongwon FROM 3OUTH +OREA %MILY 1UAK from Malaysia, Thien Qi Yun from Singapore, Patinya from Thailand, Chen Yi Li from Taiwan, Hana Giang Anh from Vietnam, and Philippinesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; own, #AT !RAMBULO !NTONIO The women were gathered in -ANILA TO TALK ABOUT THE COMPANY S ongoing Merz Aesthetics Serendipity *OURNEY -!3* CAMPAIGN

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PORTS THEIR BRAND OF BEAUTY g) M HONORED TO BE JOINING THE 10 other wonderful women in the MASJ and I hope that our efforts TO SPEAK OUT ABOUT SELF DISCOVERY AND SELF LOVE WILL REACH MORE AND MORE PEOPLE u SHE ADDED "ORN IN THE BUSTLING CITY OF -Anila, this Los Angeles-raised motherof-two, fashion stylist, interior designer, and TV and online perSONALITY IS AS STRONG AN ADVOCATE for owning oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own space as ANYONE WILL MEET #URRENTLY A JUDGE on AXN Asiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

TO JUST COPY ME BLINDLY )NSTEAD ) WANT TO INSPIRE PEOPLE TO BE EMPO WERED TO TAKE CONTROL OF THEIR LIVES AND LOVE THEMSELVES MORE .EVER lose yourself to your partner or CHILDREN )NSTEAD BE YOUR OWN PERSON LIVE IT AND OWN IT "ECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY YOU CAN T GIVE WHAT YOU DON T HAVE 4HE MORE YOU LOVE YOURSELF THE MORE LOVE YOU CAN GIVE TO OTHERS u In the Philippines, aesthetic procedures are not widely accepted, BUT !NTONIO IS USING HER INlUENCE to help foster how people VIEW CONQ Fashion stylist, interior designer and TV and online personality Cat Arambulo-Antonio is using her influence to help women embrace beauty and confidence â&#x20AC;&#x201C; with a little help.

Q Eleven women from all over Asia Pacific embark on a journey of self-discovery to be the best version of themselves.

Q Before and after. Antonio regrets waiting as long as she did before investing in aesthetic treatments, appreciating the impact the decision made on her personal wellbeing and career.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Apartment,â&#x20AC;? an interior design competition reality show, the 38-yearold is an ideal candidate for the MASJ 3QUAD BECAUSE SHE BELIEVES IT IS A POWERful platform to open up honest discusSIONS ABOUT BEAUTY AND LIFE â&#x20AC;&#x153;I want to show EVERYONE HOW BEAUtiful life is and inSPIRE THEM TO LIVE IN STYLE ALWAYS ) DON T WANT TO INlUENCE OR BRAINWASH ANYONE

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Q Marie Franceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jackie Share and Robin Horsman with Dawn Zulueta, Tessa Nieto Villalon, Amanda Griffin-Jacob, Mikaela Lagdameo-Martinez and Kelly Misa.

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NOT INDULGE )T S NOT JUST SELF CARE )T S REALLY ALL ABOUT SELF LOVE AND MY CO REPRESENTATIVES share the same passion for helping people change the way WE TALK ABOUT IT u SHE ENDED 4O KNOW MORE ABOUT THE -ERZ Aesthetics Serendipity Journey the story of 10 other women AROUND !SIA 0ACIkC VISIT WWW MYSERENDIPITYJOURNEY COM

Q Merz Asia Pacific Regional Commercial Director Conway Rappa, Cat Arambulo-Antonio amd Merz Philippines Country Manager Jorge Libanan.

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WELCOMING 2019 on a high NOTE -ARIE &RANCE HAVE OPENED A NEW BRANCH AT -ACAPAGAL !VENUE 0ASAY #ITY TO BRING WEIGHT LOSS THAT WORKS AND SMART SKIN CARE CLOSER TO MORE CLIENTS IN METRO SOUTH 'RACING ITS OFkCIAL OPENING ON *ANUARY WERE THE 6)0S EXECUTIVES AND BRAND AMBASSADORS LED BY THE eternally youthful, Dawn Zulueta,AGDAMEO WHOSE BEAUTY CONTINUES TO INSPIRE WOMEN ACROSS THE COUNTRY With a modern, stylish clinical SETTING THE -ACAPAGAL BRANCH IS ALL SET TO CONSISTENTLY DELIVER THE SAME QUALITY OF SERVICE AND YEAR

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HANKS to Chinese New Year unfolding this week, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a whole new season and reason to pretty up for an all-â&#x20AC;&#x153;New Youâ&#x20AC;? all over again. The SM Store in fact has even turned the call into a hashtag through the Year of the Earth Pig via #NewYouAtSM.

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A makeup bouquet for Valentineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day

THIS Valentineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, whether you and those important to you are enjoying the season in happy relationships or owning the independence of being single, love should be celebrated in a most beautiful way!

And The Manila Times Look Book has to pat Lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;OrĂŠal Paris on the back for taking the call quite literally as it releases for the first time limited edition makeup bouquets!

Available as uniquely elegant boxed blooms, a closer look at the bouquet will reveal a surprise. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s that one thing every woman loves â&#x20AC;&#x201D; lipsticks! Find out your loved oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s favorite shades and head on to select Lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;OrĂŠal Paris makeup counters on February 13 and 14 and get them fresh, or better yet order online through February 11 (bit.ly/LOrealParisPHBouquets) to make sure they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t run out! A chocolate set is also available for extra sweetness.

Love should be celebrated in a most beautiful way!

â&#x20AC;&#x153;After all, a new year is the perfect time to bring a freshness to your look by incorporating new and exciting trendsâ&#x20AC;?

Bright eyes. From tropical lids to metallic flashes, the eyes can have it all.

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FEELIN’ THE CHILL?

Join the sweater set!

W ITH temperatures dipPING EVERYWHERE IT S DEknitely sweater weather even in our ever sunny Philippines.

So whether you’re cruising around the metro, playing it cool in Baguio, or enjoying the rides at Sky Ranch Tagaytay, there’s only one thing to do when you feel the chill — join the “sweater set” and update your wardrobe with pieces that will keep you warm and stylish.

There’s something undeniably cozy and comforting about pulling a soft knit sweater over your head on days when the wind chill gives you the shivers, and instantly experiencing a sensation of wooly warmth.

From classic turtlenecks to crewnecks, cardigans to pullovers, the variations of the classic cozy sweater are endless. Wear them with jeans and sneakers for the perfect casual weekend look, or make a statement with animal prints and a pop of color.

Trendy, classic and stylish pieces are for the choosing for your layered look with fashion pegs all over this spread courtesy of the Surplus store.

Q Be effortlessly casual with pullovers for him and her.

Q Keep things sleek with a cardigan, button down shirt, dark jeans and sneakers.

Q Add a pop of color or play with prints in cooler weather.

Q In-trend with a leopard print top and a long cardigan.

Q Pretty and preppy. Pastel cardigan and button down shirt worn with a feminine pleated skirt.

Q Of plaids and pullovers.

Q He’s a classic.

Q There’s lots of fun in layering.

Q Statement sweaters work too.

Q Cool in navy.

Q Chill out with vibrant colors.

»what’sonwhere Fashion experts mount ‘World’s Best Model’ search tonight THIRT Y male and female models from all over the country will compete for the World’s Best Model title tonight at The Eye in Green Sun, Chino Roces Avenue Makati City.

The competition, which also features a show with fashion industry experts Robbie Carmona as consulting director and Markie delos Santos and Concon Seniel as directors, aims to discover top image, print, fashion, runway and commercial models.

World’s Best Model search is mounted by Prowess Supremacy Production, Inc. (PSPI), in turn comprised of groups and individuals involved in events management, public relations, corporate communications, beauty pageants, and the fashion industry. The PSPI board of directors is composed of indie film producer and travel executive Jose Stephen Santos as chairman, fashion designer Edwin Uy as president, banker and former model Alelyn Baldoza as vice president for Finance, and Jas Baldoza as creative director.

Contestants will compete in the following segments: streetwear, swimwear, evening gown and contemporary indigenous inspired-designs.

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Q Central to the exhibit is Christian Diorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1951 creation for Princess Margaret, Queen Elizabethâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s younger sister â&#x20AC;&#x201D; for her 21st birthday.

Q Maria Grazia Chiuri for Christian Diorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Haute couture Spring/Summer 2018 collection.

The fans on display, made of paper and wood, go back to the 1950s.

Q From Christian Diorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Autumn/Winter 1950/1952 collection which includes his famed Romanesque Dress and red Ulysse Coat.

Ball gowns galore!

Londonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s V&A Museum stages new Dior show

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ONDON: After the smashing success of its Alexander McQueen show, Londonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s V&A Museum is looking to draw big crowds with another major fashion exhibition â&#x20AC;&#x201D; this time focusing on Christian Dior.

Billed as the largest and most com- show in Paris, but was expanded with a prehensive museum display ever staged section devoted to Diorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fascination with in Britain on the revered French fashion British royalty and aristocracy. Among HOUSE THE 6 ! EXHIBIT TRACES THE INlUENCE the highlights: a voluminous tulle gown of Dior over seven decades and showcases designed for Princess Margaret for her dozens of spectacular couture gowns.

21st birthday celebrations in 1951 and First to greet visitors at the exhibit is WHICH SHE WORE FOR HER OFkCIAL BIRTHDAY a sculpted cream-and-black jacket and portrait. The stylish royal remained a skirt outfit from 1947 that features a Dior client for many years. The dedramatically nipped-in 19-inch waist signer died in 1957. offset with full, pleated skirts. The Visitors get to see over 500 obromantic, exaggerated hourglass jects, including over 200 couture silhouette is now recognized as garments, and follow the House Diorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s famous â&#x20AC;&#x153;New Look,â&#x20AC;? a of Dior as it evolved under variREDEkNITION OF THE FEMININE ous artistic directors, from SHAPE THAT DEkED THE BOXY the wildly eccentric designs styles of the postwar years of John Galliano to the and immediately made its feminist vision of presentmark in fashion history. day director Maria Grazia g4HE INlUENCE OF #HRIS#HIURI THE kRST WOMAN TO tian Diorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s innovative and helm the brand. experimental design was #ULLEN THE CURATOR

all-pervasive and helped MUSED ABOUT #HRISTIAN TO DEkNE AN ERA u CURATOR Diorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unlikely begin/RIOLE #ULLEN SAID nings in fashion as the Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s much here to son of a man in the dazzle, especially in fertilizer business. His the exhibition finale, parents didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want him â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Ballroom,â&#x20AC;? which to be in trade, and had celebrates the designerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s aspirations for him to Q Designed by John Galliano in 2005, this love for extravagant evetrain as a diplomat â&#x20AC;&#x201D; work of art is made from silk, feathers, ning wear with aplomb. but it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t to be. gilded thread and Swarovski crystals.

Dozens of handmade â&#x20AC;&#x153;There he was in his gowns in sumptuous silks, feathers and 30s with no money, no profession and crystals are displayed in a mirrored room needing to train again. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really interestwith lighting that simulates sparkling con- ing how he decided to become a fashion stellations and showers of gold dust. illustrator â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s how he came to â&#x20AC;&#x153;A ballgown is your dream, and it must fashion,â&#x20AC;? she said. make you a dream,â&#x20AC;? Dior, a fan of lavish g#HRISTIAN $IOR $ESIGNER OF $REAMSu 18th-century court dress, once said. opens to the public Saturday and runs The exhibition is based on a 2017 Dior until July 14.

Q A special selection shows the renowned French fashion designerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s personal effects.

Q Dior today by designer Maria Grazia Chiuri from Spring/Summer 2017â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s silk and feathers collection.

Q A photo of John Galliano looks over his designs for the House of Dior.

Q A Bar Suit and Hat made from silk, wool taffeta and straw from1947.

Q More from Marc Bohan and John Galliano.

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