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MALACAĂ‘ANG is “concernedâ€? over the reported presence of a Chinese warship near Panatag (Scarborough) 3HOAL A TRADITIONAL &ILIPINO kSHING GROUND OFF THE COAST of Zambales. Palace spokesman Salvador Panelo made the admission after the Philippine Coast Guard on Monday reported that it had spotted a Chinese warship among the vessels circling the disputed area. “Siyempre (Of course), we are always concerned on any intrusion to our sovereignty,â€? Panelo told reporters. “I will let [Foreign] Secretary [Teodoro] Locsin [Jr.]
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RESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte had hinted at a possible revamp at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), as he expressed his preference for security there to be handled by the military or civilians, MalacaĂąang said on Tuesday.
The indication came after Duterte made a “surprise� inSPECTION AT THE COUNTRY S MAIN airport over reports of flight delays and cancellations over the weekend. Palace spokesman Salvador Pan-
elo said Duterte, during a Cabinet meeting in MalacaĂąang on Monday, shared what he found out in his surprise visit at the NAIA. “He expressed dismay and hinted at its revamp,â€? Panelo added in a statement.
“President Duterte prefers that airport security be handled by a single entity, either from the military or civilian force,� he said. $UTERTE S CALL FOR A REVAMP ALSO came as Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade discussed a plan to transfer general aviation or domesTIC lIGHTS TO 3ANGLEY 0OINT OR THE Danilo Atienza Air Base. Tugade “raised some operational concerns. To ease congestion at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport, the plan to transfer genERAL AVIATION OR DOMESTIC lIGHTS TO Sangley Air Base [was discussed],� Panelo said. Tugade also reported that “he had already initiated the testing of ferries that can operate from
Mall of Asia to Sangley within 18 to 24 minutes.� “The President directed the operations in Sangley Point to start immediately,� the Palace ofkCIAL SAID Tugade “will be preparing an appropriate executive order for THE 0RESIDENT S CONSIDERATION u he added. The Department of Transportation (DoTr) earlier said it was targeting to complete rehabilitation works at the former military air base in Cavite by year-end. Transportation Undersecretary Manuel Tamayo has said the agency has a budget of P500 million for the rehabilitation of Sangley Point. In his surprise visit to the NAIA-
Terminal 2 on Monday, Duterte VOWED TO RESOLVE lIGHT DELAYS AND CANCELLATIONS AT THE COUNTRY S PREmier gateway. “The Chief Executive discussed HOW lIGHT ABERRATIONS COULD BE minimized and what actions could be employed by the government, particularly the Department of Transportation, to solve the problem in the long term,� the Palace said in a statement. 3EVEN lIGHTS BOUND FOR -ANILA were diverted to the Clark InternaTIONAL !IRPORT AND lIGHTS WERE delayed because of bad weather on Sunday. The Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) said a red lightning alert prompted authori-
ties to suspend ground movements for ramp personnel and flights from 6:40 p.m. to 9:15 p.m. In a joint statement, the DoTr, MIAA, Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines, Civil Aeronautics "OARD AND /FkCE FOR 4RANSPORTAtion Security said they “remain committed in ensuring safe, secure and convenient gateways for Filipinos and guests throughout the country.� “The unannounced visit of President Rodrigo Duterte to the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in the wee hours this morning is an expression and manifestation of his deep concern for the welfare of the air-riding public,� they added.
Party-list bloc to pick speaker between Velasco and Romualdez THE party-list bloc at the House of Representatives on Tuesday announced that its choice for speaker had been narrowed down to two, as the other candidates were allegedly “looking down on party-list groups.� Citing sentiments of fellow party-list lawmakers, Puwersa ng Bayaning Atleta party-list Rep. Jericho Nograles said among the top candidates, Marinduque Rep. Lord Allan Velasco and Leyte Representative-elect Martin Romualdez were the ones who were “truly serious in the bid for the speakership.� “I observed that our party-list congressmen are one in the belief that under a Velasco or a Romualdez speakership, we will be treated fairly and the concerns of our constituents will be heard and respected,� Nograles said. “Some of the wannabes, who have tried to reach out to us obviously have a different view about party-list groups. Parang mababa ang tingin sa amin (It seems that they are looking down on us),� he added.
The lawmaker refused to name names but said the 54 members of the Party-list Coalition Foundation Inc. (PCFI), headed by 1-Pacman party-list Rep. Mikee Romero, WOULD OFkCIALLY DECIDE AS ONE BLOC before voting for their speaker on July 22, before the 18th Congress formally convenes. g7E CAN T TELL WHEN YET "UT ;THE DECISION IS= DEkNITELY SUBJECT to a general meeting of the partylist bloc,� Nograles told The Manila Times. Romualdez, of the Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats party, has reportedly secured 153 signatures of fellow lawmakers in a manifesto of support pending President 2ODRIGO $UTERTE S OFkCIAL ENDORSEment for speaker. This is the minimum number of votes required to win the top House post. Some of these signatures had come from members of the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) as long as its party chairman, the President himself, does not convene, Minority Leader Danilo Suarez said.
6ELASCO S SUPPOSED EDGE AS A member of PDP-Laban is his close ties with the Duterte family. He previously got an unofFICIAL BACKING FROM $UTERTE S daughter, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio. The PDP-Laban is the biggest political bloc in the House, with 95 members. The PCFI, which stands as the second-biggest bloc, previously noted that part of its criteria in deciding on its pick for the next speaker is someone who would espouse a 20-percent allocation of committee chairmanships in the House of Representatives. Sixty-one seats are allotted for party-list group representatives who were proclaimed winners in the May 13 polls. Other candidates for the top House post are Taguig representative-elect Alan Peter Cayetano, Pampanga Rep. Aurelio Gonzales and Davao del Norte Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez. The President has stood firm that he would not meddle in the speakership battle. GLEE JALEA
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allow for such “when an offense has just been committed� and when the arresting officer “has probable cause to believe based on personal knowledge of facts or circumstances that the person to be arrested has committed it.� Both Bernardo and de Leon, who Sy claims were solely responsible for the fraud, said they were ordered to do so. Among others, Sy also allegedly directed them to forge the signatures of dead patients. De Leon was formerly a billing OFkCER AND CASHIER AT 7ELL-ED handling PhilHealth claims. Roberto, meanwhile, was an assistant manager. )N HIS AFkDAVIT 2OBERTO CLAIMED
that before he resigned in March 2018, PhilHealth paid WellMed a total of P600,600 for 200 sessions involving patients who were already deceased. An unpaid claim of P208,000 for 80 sessions was also eventually settled, he added. 4HE .") SAID THE AFkDAVIT WAS SUFkCIENT GROUND TO ARREST 3Y President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday ordered the NBI to arrest “the idiotâ€? Sy, following reports of fraud at PhilHealth. MalacaĂąang initially said the President STILL HAD CONkDENCE IN 0HIL(EALTH management, but announced that they had been asked to tender their resignations following a meeting on Tuesday.
WellMed corporate treasurer; Therese FranCESCA 4AN 3Y PURCHASING OFkCER $ICK /NG ADMINISTRATION OFkCER and physicians Porshia Natividad and Joemie Soriano. Detained along with Sy were whistleblowers Edwin Roberto and Liezel Aileen Santos de Leon, former WellMed employees who said they were ordered to process fraudulent dialysis treatment claims. The NBI said the arrests were legal despite the lack of warrants, noting that the Rules of Court
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Palace ‘concerned’ over Chinese make the necessary responses,� he added. The matter, Panelo said, could be discussed under the Bilateral Consultation Mechanism between Manila and Beijing. “That should be discussed, DEkNITELY THEY HAVE TO STATE THEIR position on this,� he said. Panatag Shoal, also known locally as Bajo de Masinloc, is located around 120 nautical miles west of Luzon — well-within the PhilipPINES NAUTICAL MILE EXCLUSIVE economic zone. It is being claimed by both Manila and Beijing. Beijing seized control of the shoal in 2012, prompting Manila to seek — and subsequently win — an international arbitral ruling DISMISSING #HINA S CLAIMS
President Rodrigo set aside the ruling when he assumed the presidency in 2016, choosing to seek closer ties with the regional superpower even as it continued to build facilities and station missiles in disputed areas in the South China Sea (West Philippine Sea). He has become more critical since, recently warning of “suicide attacksâ€? after Chinese vessels also surrounded Philippine-held Pagasa (Thitu) Island. MalacaĂąang has said that any reclamation on Panatag Shoal constitutes a “red line.â€? In a related development, DeFENSE 3ECRETARY $ELkN ,ORENZANA called for caution after US and Russian warships nearly collided in the Philippine Sea last week.
! CONlICT ARISING FROM A gMIScalculationâ€? could draw the PhilipPINES IN A CONlICT GIVEN A MUTUAL DEfense treaty (MDT) between Manila and Washington, he told reporters. “What I am saying is that‌ America might get engaged with a shooting war‌ [that] may automatically involve us because [of the MDT],â€? he added. “So, that is what I was talking about‌ I just hope that ships will not get near with each other because it might cause miscalculation,â€? he added. Lorenzana last year called for a review of the MDT, saying the pact was unclear about disputed areas in the South China Sea. CATHERINE S. VALENTE WITH DEMPSEY REYES
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Garcia on life support Center said in a statement. A source who was able to visit the 90-year-old said, “he’s being helped by machines,� but added that his heart remained strong. Only close family and friends are being allowed to visit Garcia, many of them colleagues from show business, including newly elected senator Ramon “Bong� Revilla Jr. and wife Lani Mercado, Jaime Fabregas, and action stars Robin Padilla and Philip Salvador, who accompanied senator-elect Christopher Lawrence “Bong� Go to the hospital. Ako Bicol representatives — a party list group close to Garcia given his roots — have also visited. “Andito kami ng dalawa kong kaibigan para gisingin si Tito Eddie (I am here with my two friends to wake Tito Eddie),� Go told reporters, noting that Garcia was a stepfather of one of his close friends and was supportive of his Senate run.
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Members of various groups wave Philippine flags and sing the national anthem during a rally in front of the Chinese Embassy in Makati City on Tuesday. PHOTO BY DJ DIOSINA
“Kinakamusta po ako ni Tito Eddie parati nung kampanya. At nagpapasalamat po ako sa kanyang suporta. Ipagdasal po natin na humaba pa ang kanyang buhay (He frequently asked me about the campaign and I am thankful for his support. Let us pray that he continues to have a long life),� he added. Padilla also appealed to the public to refrain from spreading rumors about Garcia’s condition. “‘Wag na po tayo gumawa ng mga haka-haka. Sa mga panahong ito mas mabuti pong totoong balita lang ang inilalabas (Let us not make unfounded statements. In times like this it is better to let the true news out),� he said. Garcia fell after tripping on a cable while shooting a television series. Initial reports said he had suffered a heart attack or a stroke. IZA IGLESIAS
Warriors edge Raptors, keep NBA title hopes for a month by a right calf injury. Curry scored 31 points while Thompson added 26 as the Warriors pulled within 3-2 in the best-ofseven championship series, forcing a sixth game Thursday at Oakland, California, with game seven if needed in Toronto on Sunday. g$O OR DIE u #URRY SAID g)T WASN T pretty in the second half but we just made the shots.� $URANT S LONG AWAITED RETURN ended with the All-Star forward being helped off the court. g9OU COULD KIND OF JUST FEEL THE LIFE just go right out of us,� Warriors forward Draymond Green said. “But to 3TEPH S CREDIT HE RALLIED THE TROOPS “He talked to everybody, went around the huddle and just told everybody to stay locked in and do this for Kevin. And I think we did a good job of coming together.� Durant, the 2017 and 2018 NBA Finals Most valuable Player, departed the arena on crutches but became an inspiration to his teammates. “We do it for Kevin,� Thompson said. “He wants us to comPETE AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL AND WE LL
think of him every time we step on the hardwood.� $URANT POSTED ON )NSTAGRAM g) M hurting deep in my soul right now. ) CAN T LIE BUT SEEING MY BROTHERS get this win was like taking a shot of tequila. I got new life.� He also breathed life into Golden 3TATE S TITLE QUEST #URRY SAID “We understand the moment and I think we can rally, considering how the second half went,� Curry said. $URANT 'OLDEN 3TATE S TOP PLAYOFF scorer with 34.2 points a game, will have an MRI on Tuesday. g/N THE ONE HAND ) M SO PROUD OF them, just the amazing heart and grit THEY SHOWED AND ON THE OTHER ) M just devastated for Kevin,� Warriors coach Steve Kerr said. g3O IT S A BIZARRE FEELING WE all have right now, an incredible win and a horrible loss at the same time.� The Warriors seek their fourth title IN kVE SEASONS WHILE THE 2APTORS suffered an agonizing near-miss in THEIR BID FOR THE kRST TITLE IN THEIR 24-season history. (ISTORY REMAINS ON THE 2APTORS
side. Only once in 34 prior situations has a team led the NBA Finals 3-1 and lost the title, that being in 2016 when LeBron James-led Cleveland rallied to defeat Golden State.
‘Needed a couple more plays’ Kawhi Leonard, who led Toronto with 26 points, sank a back-to-back 3-pointer and jumper to give the Raptors, who trailed by 14 points in the third quarter, their largest lead at 103-97 with 3:28 remaining. “In this day and age, up six WITH THREE MINUTES TO GO DOESN T mean a whole lot,� Raptors coach Nick Nurse said. “I felt good at that point. Just needed to make a couple more plays.� Golden State answered with Thompson and Curry sinking 3-pointers and Thompson nailing another that put Golden State ahead to stay at 106-103 with 57 seconds to play. Kyle Lowry cut the lead to the kNAL MARGIN WITH SECONDS REMAINING AND AFTER 'OLDEN 3TATE S
DeMarcus Cousins was whistled for a foul trying to set a screen, the Raptors had one last chance to swipe the title. But the Warriors double-teamed Leonard and Green blocked a Lowry corner 3-point shot at the buzzer.
‘Greatest’ Warriors win “It has got to be the greatest,� Green said when asked to compare the win TO OTHERS IN 'OLDEN 3TATE S HISTORY “Down six with a couple minutes to go in an elimination for these guys to win a championship, we could have thrown in the towel. We COULD HAVE FOLDED BUT WE DIDN T u Durant had missed nine playoff games, but he briefly made the Warriors look like the team that dominated the past two NBA Finals. Disaster struck 2:14 into the second quarter when Durant planted his right foot and pulled up, then sat on the court and grabbed his leg. Durant was helped off the court, his dramatic comeback over far too soon. AFP
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HE #ABINET #LUSTER ON #LIMATE #HANGE !DAPTATION -ITIGATION and Disaster Risk Reduction RECOMMENDED THE DECONGESTION OF -ETRO -ANILA WHEN 0RESIDENT 2ODRIGO $UTERTE S OFkCIAL FAMILY TACKLED EARTHQUAKE READINESS ON -ONDAY NIGHT
Palace spokesman Salvador Panelo said the chairman of the cluster — Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Roy Cimatu — pushed the idea along with Defense Secretary $ELkN ,ORENZANA !CCORDING TO 0ANELO THE TWO OFkCIALS said the population density of Metro Manila should be reduced and that this could be done by giving incentives to businesses outside the region.
They also wanted all agencies to submit public service continuity plans in case the “big one� occurs. Scientists tagged the big one as a strong earthquake that could hit the West Valley Fault, which runs through six cities in Metro Manila and nearby provinces. Panelo said Duterte accepted the proposal. He added that the President
would likely issue an executive order on the incentives to businesses. The cluster, Panelo said, also pushed the passage of the bill that would create the Department of Resiliency in the 18th Congress. The House of Representatives has approved its version of the bill creating the Department of Disaster Resilience on third and final reading in October 2018.
The Senate, however, has yet to approve its version of the measure. In his State of the Nation Address last year, Duterte asked legislators to approve the bill “with utmost urgency.� Early this year, the President said he was considering making the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council into a regular department.
Palace plays down Trillanes claims Cardinal Tagle visits synagogue ISRAEL Ambassador Rafael Harpaz on Tuesday said the historic visit of Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle to the Beth Yaacov Synagogue symbolizes the great relations between his country and the Philippines. Tagle, together with Apostolic Nunciature First Counselor Msgr. Arnaldo Catalan, visited the synAGOGUE FOR THE kRST TIME IN CELEbration of the 25th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the Holy See and the State of Israel. “In all the spectrums, our reLATIONS ARE lOURISHING ESPECIALLY after the historic visit of President [Rodrigo] Duterte to Israel. Our relationship is diverse in tourism, economic relations, security cooperation,� he said. “[For the] Filipino caregivers in Israel, I want to say ‘Thank you’ for the 30,000 Filipinos who take care of our most beloved parents and grandparents,� Harpaz said. The ambassador said Tagle’s visit to the Makati synagogue symbolizes the good relations between the two nations. “It’s a great, great honor to have the cardinal visiting our synagogue, and it shows the friendship between the Philippines and the Catholic Church and the Jewish people. It’s a blessing for us that this historic visit of the cardinal to this great synagogue in Makati [pushed through],� he added. Harpaz said Tagle’s visit to the temple was designed “to celebrate the friendship between Israel and the Jewish people, and the people of the Philippines and the Catholic church.� Harpaz stressed that the Philippines “has an amazing history of Jewish people, a country which always open its door to Jews, welcome Jews.�
“There’s no anti-semitism here. We always mention [former late] president Manuel Quezon opening the door for Jews and [former late] president Manuel Roxas in 1947 when the UN (United Nations) is to vote ‘yes’ or ‘no’ for the [establishment of a] Jewish State. The only Asian leader that voted ‘yes’ was Manuel Roxas from the Philippines,� he said. Harpaz led Tagle to an exhibit of Pope Francis’ visit to the Holy Land in 2014 and later gave an overview of the bilateral relations between Israel and the Holy See. The synagogue’s director Lee Bluementhal briefed Tagle on the Jewish community in the Philippines, while Azaria gave an overview of Judaism. Catalan, representing Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, the apostolic nuncio to the Philippines, said, “The gathering today allows us to appreciate the value of dialog between peoples and nations who are continuously in search of fundamental unity amidst adversity, peoples and nations who are aware of the value of their shared humanity.� “In particular, we remember today the diplomatic efforts of the past 25 years that brought about the fundamental agreement between the Holy See and the State of Israel and continuing dialog to bring about the fruits of this fundamental accord,� Catalan added. “But the gathering today also reminds us of the challenges of the present and the obligation of the future to pursue the ‘culture of encounter’ practiced and promoted by Pope Francis in his 0ONTIkCATE !N ENCOUNTER THAT is open to all, to meet, to speak and to respect one another,� he said. BERNADETTE E. TAMAYO
MALACAĂ‘ANG on Tuesday downplayed Sen. Antonio Trillanes 4th’s revelation that he has evidence to disprove the claims of Peter Joemel Advincula, alias “Bikoy,â€? that there was a plot to oust President Rodrigo Duterte. Palace spokesman Salvador Panelo said Trillanes’ remarks were “undeservingâ€? of a response from the government. “Eh meron din yata si Bikoy na mga text messages ‘di ba na pinapakita sa press con n’un (Bikoy also showed some text messages before). In other words, it’s his word against Bikoy. Baka both of them are telling the truth,â€? Panelo told reporters. “Matagal na niyang sinasabing merong pera si Presidente (He has been saying that the President has money). He has been maliciously imputing that on the President and has not submitted any proof‌ he is even undeserving of our response,â€? he added. When he surfaced at the Integrated Bar of the Philippines, Advincula claimed he was Bikoy, the hooded man in the narcolist videos linking the family and allies of Duterte to a drug syndicate. He later retracted his claims and said the opposition, led by Trillanes, orchestrated the videos as part of the plan to unseat Duterte. He said all his allegations in the videos were scripted. Trillanes on Tuesday bared evidence disproving allegations that there is an ouster plot against Duterte. The senator also said he had reQUESTED SEVEN kNANCIAL INTELLIGENCE units to validate bank documents OF UNIDENTIkED GOVERNMENT OFkcials allegedly involved in drugs. “I have with me here a set of documents, which came not from
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Bikoy but two of his companions and these documents. These bank documents I have already submitted TO DIFFERENT kNANCIAL UNITS ABROAD TO validate,� he said. Trillanes claimed that the bank records were given to him by some religious people, who obtained them from two former companions of Advincula. He added the financial intelligence units would determine whether the concerned individuals committed “money laundering and obtained ill gotten wealth.� Asked whether government ofkCIALS OWN THE BANK DOCUMENTS Trillanes said, “Some of it.� He declined to elaborate. In a news briefing, Trillanes presented a compilation of text MESSAGES BETWEEN AN UNIDENTIkED priest and Advincula. “This will debunk his (Advin-
cula) claim, that he did publicly, that there is an ouster plot [against Duterte],� he said. He read some of the text messages that Advicula supposedly started to send in August 2018 to a PRIEST IDENTIkED MERELY AS g6ERA u who provided him refuge when he sought protection during the time he was receiving death threats from an alleged drug syndicate. In one of Advincula’s text messages to the priest, it read, “Padre, kumikilos kalaban natin para i-discredit ako! At pahinain testimonya na ilalabas ko. Padre, baka maunahan po tayo! (Father, the enemy is moving to discredit me and weaken my testimony. Father, they may jump the gun on us!).� Trillanes said Advincula’s text messages showed that what he said in his Bikoy videos were “not scripted� and the opposition had nothing
to do with his accusations against the Duterte family. “The point here is that, did you see that it was scripted? That he was being dictated upon? The allegations [in the Bikoy videos] all came from him,â€? he said. Trillanes also presented a video taken in May 2019 showing Advincula narrating his involvement in killing a businessman, in witnessing a supposed gang rape, and in expressing his disappointment that 3EN 0ANkLO ,ACSON CANCELLED THE inquiry into his allegation against the Dutertes. MalacaĂąang earlier tagged Trillanes, the opposition Liberal Party, the Magdalo band of soldiers and SOME MEDIA OUTkTS IN A SUPPOSED plot to discredit the administration. Trillanes, the Liberal Party and other groups have denied the allegations. CATHERINE VALENTE AND
Reconstitution of titles Dear PAO, I bought a certain land from Arman, who is authorized by his brother (owner) to sell his property. After the execution of the Deed of Absolute Sale, Arman surrendered to me the owner’s duplicate of title and allowed me to occupy the land. When I tried to register the Deed of Sale, the Register of Deeds told me to present a Special Power of Attorney executed by the owner authorizing Arman to sell the land. Unfortunately, the owner was out of the country, but Arman and the owner assured me that they would execute the document when the owner comes BACK ) EXECUTED AN !FkDAVIT OF !DVERSE #LAIM AND HAD IT registered with the Register of Deeds to protect my interest. ) DISCOVERED AFTER A YEAR THAT
reconstituted title is void. In Sebastian vs Spouses Cruz and Register of Deeds for the DEAR PAO Province of Pangasinan (GR 220940, March 20, 2017), the Supreme Court through Associate Justice Estela Perlas Bernabe THE OWNER kLED A 0ETITION FOR stated that: “As early as the case of Strait Reconstitution of Title, which was granted by the court. There Times Inc. vs CA (Court of Apare now two existing copies of peals), the court has held that the owner’s duplicate of title, when the owner’s duplicate cerTIkCATE OF TITLE HAS NOT BEEN LOST WHICH ONE IS VALID Dracary but is, in fact, in the possession of another person, then the reCONSTITUTED CERTIkCATE IS VOID BEDear Dracary, Only lost or destroyed title shall cause the court that rendered the be reconstituted. This is in conso- decision had no jurisdiction. Renance with Section 1 of Republic constitution can be validly made Act 26 or “An Act Providing a only in case of loss of the original Special Procedure for the Recon- CERTIkCATE 4HIS RULE WAS REITERATED STITUTION OF 4ORRENS #ERTIkCATES in the cases of Villamayor vs Arof Title (TCT) Lost or Destroyed.� ante, Rexlon Realty Group Inc. vs The certificate of title in your [CA], Eastworld Motor Industries possession is valid, while the Corp. vs Skunac Corp., Rodriguez
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vs Lim, Villanueva vs Viloria, and Camitan vs Fidelity Investment Corp. Thus, with evidence that the original copy of the TCT was NOT LOST DURING THE CONlAGRATION that hit the Quezon City Hall and that the owner’s duplicate copy of the title was actually in the possession of another, the RTC decision was null and void for lack of jurisdiction. “x x x “In reconstitution proceedings, the Court has repeatedly ruled that before jurisdiction over the case can be validly acquired, it is a condition sine qua non that THE CERTIkCATE OF TITLE HAS NOT BEEN issued to another person. If a cerTIkCATE OF TITLE HAS NOT BEEN LOST but is in fact in the possession of another person, the reconstituted title is void and the court rendering the decision has not acquired jurisdiction over the petition for
issuance of new title. The courts simply have no jurisdiction over petitions by (such) third parties for reconstitution of allegedly lost or destroyed titles over lands that are already covered by duly issued subsisting titles in the names of their duly registered owners. The existence of a prior title ipso facto NULLIkES THE RECONSTITUTION PROceedings. The proper recourse is to assail directly in a proceeding before the regional trial court the validity of the Torrens title already issued to the other person.� Applying the above-cited decision in your situation, the court that issued the reconstituted title has no jurisdiction over the petiTION FOR RECONSTITUTION kLED BY THE owner. It is a condition sine qua non that the title has not been issued to another person before the court can acquire jurisdiction over the petition. According to
Black’s Law Dictionary, sine qua non refers to “a thing that is absolutely indispensible or essential.� In this case, the owner’s duplicate was delivered to you because of the sale, which you entered with the owner or his representative Arman; hence, the same cannot be considered as lost. The existence of the previous title in your POSSESSION NULLIkES THE RECONSTItution proceedings. We hope that we were able to answer your queries. This advice is based solely on the facts you have narrated and our appreciation of the same. Our opinion may vary when other facts are changed or elaborated.
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E d i to r i a l Taming inflation shows proper govt response to present conditions
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HE Department of Finance (DoF) has, indeed, done an admirable job of managing economic policy as it pointed OUT ITS RECENT SUCCESS IN CONTROLLING INlATION WHICH JUST A few months ago was running at historically high levels. But the references made by the DoF to comparative policy actions by previous administrations from more THAN A DECADE AGO SEEM CURIOUSLY DIFkDENT AND PERHAPS unnecessarily confusing to the average consumer. On Monday, Finance Undersecretary Gil Beltran reported that the current administration needed only 11 months to REDUCE INlATION TO BELOW PERCENT FASTER THAN THE TWO previous administrations. "ELTRAN EXPLAINED THAT SINCE INlATION HAS RISEN above the 4 percent level four times, twice during the term of former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and once during the term of Benigno Aquino 3rd. It took the Arroyo ADMINISTRATION MONTHS TO REDUCE INlATION FROM percent in June 2004 to 3.8 percent in January 2007, and MONTHS TO LOWER INlATION FROM PERCENT IN *ANUARY 2008 to 3.2 percent in 2009. The Aquino administration NEEDED MONTHS TO REDUCE INlATION FROM PERCENT to 3.0 percent between January 2011 and February 2012. The DoF's report highlighted the present administration’s efforts to reduce retail food prices, which make up a large part of the price “basket� that is used to calculate INlATION RATES 5NDER THE $UTERTE ADMINISTRATION IMPORtation of some agricultural products has been liberalized, the Agriculture and Trade departments have implemented measures to better monitor and reduce gaps between retail and farmgate prices, and various agencies have been directed to streamline regulations to help make transport and DISTRIBUTION OF FARM AND kSHERY PRODUCTS MORE EFkCIENT What the DoF’s self-congratulations leave out, however, is the rather remarkable fact that it has done much better THAN SIMPLY REDUCING INlATION TO gLESS THAN PERCENT IN 11 months.� It actually took only six months to reduce INlATION FROM A YEAR HIGH OF PERCENT IN 3EPTEMber and October of last year to less than half that — 3.0 PERCENT ‡ IN !PRIL )NlATION DID TICK UPWARD SLIGHTLY IN May to 3.2 percent, but remains comfortably within the government’s 2.0 to 4.0 percent target range. So, not only is it a more impressive statistic, it is a great deal more relevant, if the intention of the DoF is to reassure the Filipino people that the present administration HAS THE ECONOMY UNDER kRM CONTROL )NlATION IS THE PRODUCT OF MANY ECONOMIC FACTORS THAT the government has little to no direct control over, and the effectiveness of its response to those factors depends on what they are. The two previous administrations faced different economic circumstances than the current one has, which makes comparisons rather pointless. In 2008-2009, for example, the Arroyo administration WAS CONTENDING WITH THE EFFECTS OF THE GLOBAL kNANCIAL crisis; slowing economic growth probably had more to do WITH LOWERING INlATION THAN ANY DIRECT MEASURES CARRIED out by policymakers at that time. Likewise, the Aquino administration was beset by historically high oil prices of more than $100 a barrel for most of 2011 and 2012. What matters is not what previous administrations did in different circumstances, but what the current administration is doing now under the conditions the country presently faces. Helping the public to understand those conditions and how the country’s current leaders are positively responding to them is a much clearer and more useful message. ~
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HIS question is being tossed at the Commission on Elections (Comelec) with regard to its response to President Rodrigo Duterte’s call to get rid of Smartmatic during his visit to Japan on May 30. Comelec, being an independent constitutional body, stated that it would review and check if there are legal grounds to ban Smartmatic. While Comelec is studying its legal basis, President Duterte reiterated his call on June 6 in Davao City at a post-Eid’l Fitr celebration: “Ang sinabi ko naman dyan sa Smartmatic, even if there is just one vote that is wasted hindi maganda ‘yan. Sabi ko maghanap kayo ng bago na walang palpak ni isang boto!â€? Recently, the Center for People Empowerment in Governance (CenPEG), the steering head of the AES Watch discussed the highlights of the last hearing of the 17th Congress’ joint congressional oversight committee (JCOC) on the automated election system (AES) on June 4, 2019 vis-Ă -vis the Comelec’s possible legal basis for banning
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NELSON CELIS Smartmatic. No brainer, the CenPEG said, as Smartmatic had violated the AES law, or RA 9369, since it automated the national and local elections in 2010, notwithstanding its primary role as one of the service providers in 2008 ARMM elections. CenPEG referred to AES Watch’s System Transparency, Accountability and Readiness (STAR) scorecard that Comelec could use as legal basis. The details of the STAR card showing the major violations of Smartmatic was published at https://www.manilatimes. net/2019-elections-assessmentworst/558175/, titled “2019 elections assessment: Worst!� But of course, the STAR card would also point to Comelec’s negligence as it allowed Smartmatic not to comply with the AES law.
Let us quickly review why Comelec should not study anymore all the possible legal bases to save Smartmatic as the provider of AES in the 2022 presidential elections, to wit: — In the 2008 ARMM elections, because of loose systemic and procedural controls, there was an incident report—but not investigated—when Smartmatic was able to change election results in the computer server remotely. — In 2009, Smartmatic failed to comply with the request for proposal (RFP)/bidding process for the lease of PCOS machines for the 2010 elections: 1) Smartmatic failed in their demonstration during the BAC evaluation of suppliers’ eligibility; 2) Smartmatic failed to comply with the digital signing requirements of the RFP (i.e., Section 30 of AES law — authentication of electronically transmitted election results in conformance with the e-Commerce law, or RA 8792 ), and instead implemented i-Button of PCOS machine to make it appear as a substitute for board of election inspec-
tors digital signatures but none for the board of canvassers of the municipalities, provincials and national; 3) Smartmatic misrepresented itself when in fact the PCOS technology is actually owned by a Canadian firm, Dominion Voting System (DVS), and the ISO 9000 certification belonged to Jarltech, a Taiwanese firm; 4) About the 99.995 percent accuracy rating, the mock elections only showed that the PCOS machines had only 97 percent accuracy; 5) The actual accuracy rating of the PCOS machines during the final testing and sealing on May 3, 2010 was 0.000 percent resulting in the retrieval of 76,000 compact flash cards. Bottom line, the Government Procurement Reform Act (GPRA), or RA 9184, was violated, the Comelec Advisory Council (CAC) did not recommend Smartmatic to be used in 2013 elections onward and Smartmatic should have been made accountable. — In 2012, the Government P r o c u r e m e n t Po l i c y B o a r d
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A massive graveyard of failed farm policies
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N the long and hopeless history of farm sector amelioration, nothing can top the soaring rhetoric and detailed, extravagant promises that the government rolled out just before the accession of the Philippines into the World Trade Organization (WTO) in the dying days of 1994. The usual motherhood statements were strikingly absent and in their place were actual targets and deliverables, WITH kGURES TO BOOT 4HERE WERE three grand commitments from the state, namely: — Creation of 500,000 additional jobs in agriculture yearly — A P60-billion yearly increase in the gross value added (GVA) of agriculture — A P3.4-billion yearly increase in agricultural export earnings. Simply put, the much-awaited springtime for Philippine agriculture. Independence Day for the farming sector. The timid and tentative voices of protests from organized farm groups and individual farmers like me — how can we protest loudly amid such categorical guarantee of agricultural renaissance — were further drowned out by accusations that those in the opposition to such promised agricultural springtime were “traitors, traitors.� The government had another follow-through, targeted to permanently silence the protesters. The Ramos administration rolled out another grand plan, a post-accession Action Plan with the supposed investments: — A P27-billion fund for irrigation — A P762-million fund for post-harvest facilities — An P8-billion fund for farmto-market roads
MIDWEEK COMMENTS MARLEN V. RONQUILLO — A P64-million fund for the construction of grains centers, on top of the post-harvest facilities The protests died down, the Senate ratified the accession based on these extravagant promises, and the government was given ample time to translate the grand promises into reality. In year 2000, a review of those grand commitments was made. The summary was this. The pre-accession performance of agriculture was better than the years from 1995 to 2000. There was across-the-board failure of the grand promises and lofty targets. Agriculture regressed, not progressed. Jobs were lost on a massive scale. Agriculture’s GVA did not improve by a bit, and agriculture exports lost their competitiveness. Who were the declared winners? The global giants in agri-business. In 1998, Congress passed the Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act (AFMA), again with great hopes. A bipartisan, bicameral congressional commission took an in-depth look into the agriculture sector, then crafted the AFMA law based on this indepth study. The AFMA was so comprehensive in scope that it took care of most, if not all, the major sectors and sub-sectors of agriculture — irrigation, credit delivery, agricultural marketing, seeds, farm mechanization. The EFMA was so broad in scope that
it even covered graduate studies for government agricultural managers. The law, with all its good intentions, was not funded adequately and the envisioned “zones of agricultural productivity� failed to take off. PD 717, the toothless Marcos decree on agriculture credit, was amended by Congress to supposedly plug the holes and gaps in the law that should have led TO EFFECTIVE AND EFkCIENT CREDIT delivery. And put in place a more forceful law. RA 10000 amended PD 717 to push the banking system into mandatory lending 25 percent of its loan portfolio into agriculture credit – 15 percent for agriculture and 10 percent FOR AGRARIAN REFORM BENEkCIARIES 4HE RECENT kGURES SAY THAT 2! 10000, despite its grand promise to unleash production loans to small farmers and agrarian reFORM BENEkCIARIES IS AS INUTILE as the amended PD. Over the past two years, banks opted to PAY MORE THAN 0 BILLION IN kNES than go into what they termed as “risky� lending to small farmers AND AGRARIAN REFORM BENEkCIARIES The 10-percent yearly requirement on lending to small farmers barely budged beyond the 1-percent level, a demonstration of loathing and contempt for the mandate of RA 10000. )N CONTRAST kVE OF THE BIGGEST Philippine banks lent $412 million (around P21.5 billion) in unsecured loans to a bankrupt South Korean shipbuilder based in Zambales. One of the lenders was the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP), whose original mandate was to serve the banking needs of the agriculture sector and agrarian reform beneficiaries. While
LandBank has been granting token loans to the sectors it is supposed to serve under its mandate, it granted the jumbo, unsecured loan without exercising its so-called kDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY Farmers have learned their bitter lesson. Laws are signed. Promises are made. Only for these laws to get immediately conscripted into a massive graveyard of failed farm amelioration policies. By now, that graveyard is already choking with failed, inutile farm laws. You know what will get interned in that massive graveyard very soon? The recently signed Sagip Saka Act, or RA 11321, which has nowhere to go but into that graveyard. The Sakip Saka Act promises the “improvement of farm productivity, access to credit and grants and crop insurance and improved technologies� on top of the other lesser promises. A farmer will immediately notice this. All the mandates of the Sagip Saka Act, including the grand promise to help farmers put up farming-related enterprises, are covered by agri-related laws. The LAW IS SUPERlUOUS AND REDUNDANT The Sagip Saka Act will be massively underfunded like all previous laws on farm sector amelioration. It is a compilation of big words and bigger promises, with no translation into reality. The truth is harsh, but it is the truth. Farm amelioration policies in our sad country has yet to be blemished by success. And all those grand initiatives for agriculture are now interred in a massive graveyard of failed amelioration programs.
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Poetic justice in the Yellows vs GMA saga Her vindication has occurred in a period when the Yellows that ruthlessly persecuted and demonized her have been thrown into the Philippines’ political wastebasket, viewed with disgust by many as essentially the antiMarcos oligarchs’ bungling tools. She steps back from a political landscape — many hope only temporarily — littered with the corpses of her Yellow foes. Benigno Aquino 3rd, who stole kVE YEARS OF !RROYO S LIFE WHEN HIS government had her detained for charges that are now all incontestably proven to have been baseless and dismissed by the courts, is nearly universally viewed in the country as, if not a lazy, incompetent president, a reckless idiot who did nothing to prevent the massacre of 44 of the police’s elite special forces and a bungling head of state who let his foreign affairs secretary give up Scarborough Shoal after he was told by the Americans to do so. Mar Roxas, who shamelessly betrayed her in 2007 when the Yellows’ lynch mob against Arroyo started, spent P1 billion to get elected senator, but instead landed on the 16th slot, just two notches above the formerly totally unknown Doc Willie Ong. Filipinos rejected Bam Aquino, the last hope of the Aquino clan for national political stature when as a sitting senator and a household name, he could have easily beaten the likes of Bong Go and Bato dela Rosa.
ics to this day take to be true, just because of that poll. Well, even the PDI was hit by this karmic energy, so to speak, with the Duterte government recovering from its owners their Mile Long cash cow they had allegedly illegally held for three decades and filing tax-evasion charges on their other incomerevenue earner. Why, PDI now has as its editorial top dog a reporter who strived to be fair to Arroyo when she covered Malacaùang during her time. Antonio Trillanes 4th and Leila de Lima became senators — other than the fact that the Aquino camp threw hundreds of millions of pesos for their campaign — entirely on the reputation they had built as the merciless persecutors of Arroyo. (What kind of woman would defy the Supreme Court to stop the travel abroad for emergency medical treatment of !RROYO WHO HAD GIVEN HER kRST STINT in government, as Commission on Human Rights chairman?) Not even the Liberal Party stalwarts bother to visit de Lima these days, whom even her boyfriend cum lover had accused of colluding with drug lords.
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Trillanes is stepping down from Senate this month, hated even by his own colleagues and comrades in the oust-Duterte campaign, for having undertaken such bungling black operations as the “Bikoyâ€? videos. He’ll be spending a lot Karma of time, effort and money to stay out of jail, what with four serious I can’t help but use the over- charges against him: rebellion, worked “karmaâ€? to refer to Serge inciting to sedition, libel and, most OsmeĂąa’s defeat. It was OsmeĂąa recently, for grave threats, filed WHO DIABOLICALLY kNANCED 0ULSE by Labor Undersecretary Jacinto Asia (set up by Antonio Cojuang- Paras. Unfortunately for Trillanes, co and his cousin Rapa Lopa) Paras, a longtime politician who to undertake an unprecedented served three terms as congressman kind of poll from Oct. 26 to 31, and is reportedly wealthy, is intent 2007, just days after people were on seeing him thrown in jail. I could go on and on and list barraged with front-page news every day of allegations against the ignominy many of the Yellow Arroyo and her family that are cultists have gone through recentnow all proven to be patent lies. ly. The Yellows are history, and Of course, the poll yielded the even they are no longer wearing result, as banner-headlined by their once-proud yellows shirts. In contrast to her persecutors, the Philippine Daily Inquirer , “President Arroyo, the most cor- Arroyo at this period has emerged rupt president — Pulse Asia,â€? triumphant. She has all but dewhich even some stupid academ- bunked the charges against her,
and demolished her demonization by the Yellows. When she was voted Speaker of the House of Representatives 11 months ago, Aquino 3rd jeered: “What could she possibly do in a year?� A whole lot, Arroyo has proven, if the Speaker just works hard, isn’t vindictive, and puts the need to enact laws fast above everything else.
work given,� he added. The pace Arroyo set for her colleagues even inspired them to be so hardworking that absenteeism in the House went down during her watch. Even in recent months when all of the bills Duterte requested had been passed by the House, Arroyo was taking on a new kind of work, WHICH WAS TO kND OUT HOW TO MAKE it easier to do business here, so as Speaker to recommend to the President measures that he can undertake. Since July 23, 2018 when she One of Arroyo’s virtues that became Speaker, the House of likely helped her achieve her feat Representatives passed 250 bills is that, in contrast to Aquino and out of the 880 bills it processed the Yellows, she isn’t vindictive, and would have become laws if preferring to move on and use time had not run out. Among her energies on the projects she Duterte’s priority measures ap- THINKS WOULD BENEkT THE COUNTRY proved by the Lower House were: Feliciano Belmonte, for inthe Bangsamoro Organic Law, the stance, was the Speaker during Security of Tenure Act, the Coco- Aquino’s entire term, practically nut Farmers Trust Fund Act, the his political lieutenant in Con2ICE 4ARIFkCATION !CT ALONG WITH gress, who got the chamber to various packages of the Compre- kLE IMPEACHMENT CHARGES AGAINST hensive Tax Reform Program. Chief Justice Renato Corona in a The other major measures few days’ time. Yet Arroyo gave passed are the Universal Health him the chair of the foreign afCare Act, the Free Tertiary Edu- fairs committee, which Belmonte cation Act and the National ID had asked for. Ben Evardone was System. Following the administra- an Aquino cheerleader, yet Artion’s request, the House passed royo made him chairman of the mining, alcohol and tobacco tax public information committee, increases, reforms in property since he was a former media man. VALUATION CAPITAL INCOME AND kIn stark contrast to Leila de nancial taxes along with the tax Lima’s regular, often absurd rants amnesty program pushed by the against Duterte, Arroyo didn’t say Department of Finance. The House A WORD AGAINST !QUINO IN HER kVE promptly passed all the bills high- years in detention, and even in lighted by President Duterte in his the past three years when she had last State of the Nation Address. become one of Duterte’s most How did she manage such a feat? important supporters — in respect For one, Majority Leader Frede- FOR THE OFkCE BY A FORMER OCCUPANT nil Castro’s description of her That’s grace and grit. style is almost exactly what I (P.S. Yellows who think they witnessed myself when I was with can make a dent on the analyses I her administration in the early have been making in my columns, 2000s. “She would pound on a in their usual ad hominem style (OUSE MEMBER OFkCIAL OR EM- of argumentation, almost always ployee constantly to get updates describe me as Arroyo’s former on an assigned task. She pushes spokesman, even as that was a everyone to their limits, often kVE YEAR HIATUS IN MY DECADES OF resulting in a self-realization work as a journalist who got all of that one can actually do larger- the four most prestigious awards in than-life tasks that the person Philippine journalism. Continue never thought he was capable of referring me as such, please.) accomplishing,� said Castro. Email: tiglao.manilatimes@ “She is strict and a real hard gmail.com worker. But Speaker GMA is fair. She Facebook: Rigoberto Tiglao is well-loved not only for being a Twitter: @bobitiglao motivating and at times challenging Book orders: www.rigobertotimentor, but also for being generous glao.com/debunked when it comes to compensating
stated in its letter to Comelec dated March 12, 2012 that the option to purchase (OTP) the PCOS machines in 2012 was already illegal as the OTP offer of Smartmatic ended already on Dec. 31, 2010. That means, new AES bidding for the 2013 elections should have ensued in 2012. This scenario happened again when the Comelec signed the OTP of 2016 vote counting machines (VCMs) on Jan. 8, 2018 when in fact Smartmatic’s OTP offer expired already in May 2017. These are all GPRA violations as per GPPB. Even the CAC, headed by the Department of Information and Communications Technology, recommended not to exercise the OTP of the 2010 PCOS machines and 2016 VCMs. What the CAC pushed to the Comelec in 2017 was the use of mixed technologies to do away with the dominance of Smartmatic. Nonetheless, the Comelec was able to deceive the Supreme Court in 2012 to be allowed acquire the defective machines by invoking their favorite line “There’s no more time� and simply didn’t mind the CAC. — Need more legal basis! There was a legal battle between Smartmatic and DVS. The former told the truth before Delaware’s Court of Chancery when it sued the latter for the software error in 2010 based on the three major grounds: 1) failing to deliver fully functional technology for use in the 2010 Philippine national election; 2) failing to provide timely technical support during and after the Philippine election; and 3) failing to place in escrow the required
source code, hardware design, and manufacturing information. — Here’s one comedy of errors that AES Watch could not forget. (Comelec chairman) Brillantes, together with Smartmatic and Dominion, held a presscon on May 9, 2013, four days before the 2013 elections. He presented a CD containing the source code and announced that its review might be started. This was a violation of the AES law as the source code review should have been certified three months before the elections. — The PCOS machines in 2010 and 2013 elections didn’t generate THE VOTER VERIkED PAPER AUDIT TRAIL or voter’s receipt, as mandated by law. Comelec contended in an oral argument weeks before the 2016 elections in the Supreme Court that the ballots were already considered as the receipts! But the Supreme Court ruled otherwise, that’s why we had voter’s receipts in 2016 and 2019. — There was no investigation initiated regarding the 60-30-10 phenomenon in the 2013 elections though Brillantes promised to do so. However, such similar problem in 2019 of no variability in the election results is currently being studied by the AES Watch scholars. — After the 2013 elections, the technical evaluation committee (TEC), headed by the Department of Science and Technology, reported in 2013 that out of 11 machines, 7 were found to have digital lines over the ovals of the decrypted ballot images that virtually added votes to those candidates affected.
— In 2015, Comelec violated again the GPRA when it directly negotiated with Smartmatic for the refurbishment of 82,000 PCOS machines for use in 2016 elections. The contract was signed by Brillantes on January 30, three days before his retirement in February. His reasons were: 1) no more time; and 2) Smartmatic argued that they were the only one with the sole authority to refurbish the PCOS machines. The Comelec’s legal department chief opined that the repair should undergo public bidding based on the provisions of GPRA. Consequently, AES Watch and the Integrated Bar of the Philippines petitioned this violation to the Supreme Court and won. Furious at the legal department chief for her candidness, Brillantes transferred the righteous chief to another department! — For the 2016 elections, there were no SCRs conducted for the undisclosed queuing servers, regional hubs, and transparency server to the public. There is no legal basis for having these AES components in place as nothing is mentioned in the AES law, not even the long-awaited pending Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR). --On the night of the 2016 election, Marlon Garcia of Smartmatic replaced the “?â€? characters in the names of candidates with â€œĂąâ€? in the script of the transparency server at the time when the leading vice presidential candidate had a 1-million lead against his closest rival. There was no Comelec authorization
for such a move of Garcia and he was charged with violating the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012, or RA 10175. During a court hearing, Garcia admitted that there existed a “meet me room� infrastructure where several undeclared queuing servers were located. Garcia explained that the election results from the CCS servers were not transmitted directly to the transparency server. Rather, the queuing servers initially did the consolidation processing before sending the results to the transparency server. Garcia’s revelation is an operational irregularity and there is no legal basis in the AES law for such implementation. — In two privilege speeches in March 2018, Sen. Tito Sotto cited several irregularities that occurred during the 2016 elections. Two of which happened as CONkRMED IN THE PRESENTATIONS OF AN EX 3MARTMATIC OFkCIAL DURING the last JCOC hearing — early transmissions and the queuing servers in the meet me room. Going back to Comelec’s response to President Duterte’s call to get rid of Smartmatic, they don’t need to review as there are so many legal grounds for banning Smartmatic as cited above. Let’s now reverse the situation. What if President Duterte were to ask Comelec if there was legal basis for implementing queuing servers, regional hubs, transparency server, data processing outside the country through amazon. com, and use of digital machine signatures? What if he were to ask Comelec why they have been violating the AES law since 2008?
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Bullies of the airwaves Their abrasive and offensive tirades win them popular applause, and so they thrive at the expense of our collective sense of decency, courtesy and becoming reticence. One can always attribute this phenomenon to the temper of the times that has scant regard for dominant and domineering narratives, roles and assignations. But we do need order, and the egalitarian pretensions of democracies or the impossible dream of a classless society notwithstanding, hierarchies and processes are indispensable. If Thomas Aquinas is to be believed, there is a hierarchy even in heaven — the angels are themselves divided into “choirs�! It is not correct for radio commentators or television anchors to assume the roles of ombudsMEN CALLING UP OFkCES LETTING THE entire nation in on the exchange, berating functionaries of government and even high-ranking OFkCIALS AND MAKING DEMANDS like they exercise or superintend the operations of all branches, and agencies of government. And CERTAINLY NO OFkCE OR OFkCIAL IS under any duty to answer queries on air or promise solutions all but wrested from them by aggressive radio and television bullies. The judiciary has drawn up guidelines on relations between members of the bench and the media. My father, Justice Hilarion Aquino, was part of the panel that drew up the guidelines. While a judge may enlighten the public on procedures and processes in the abstract, no judge will oblige when asked a question about a pending case. That is not only a matter of courtesy. It is a matter of law! The trouble with many media personalities is that they treat the microphone or the television camera like a trigger-happy gangSTER HANDLES A kREARM !ND IN THE very same way that terrorists now abound because many applaud them, pugnacious provocateurs in the habiliment of media persons are emboldened by the approval and commendation they receive from those who are gleeful at the embarrassment of PERSONS IN HIGH OFkCE OR STATURE One sure way of starving of bullies is to refuse to oblige to
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their rudeness. As vice president for administration and finance at the Cagayan State University, I have instructed offices not to entertain inquiries over radio or TELEVISION ON SPECIkC CASES OR ISsues. Of course, information that should be accessible to all should be readily available: when the admission tests are to take place, when the academic year commences, at which campuses different programs are offered, etc. But when a student should attempt to take a gripe to a radio station and through some announcer or commentator puffed up by a messianic complex seek a solution to her problem, such an attempt will be rebuffed without much ceremony or explanation. The reason is simple: There are established university procedures for the redress of grievances, and these must be observed and run the risk of being given short shrift. It does matter, however, that we attend to why persons seek the umbrage of radio and television bullies. And one clear answer is the frequent inaccessibility of government and its agents. When a citizen with a real and not imaginary plaint is referred from ONE OFkCE TO ANOTHER OR IS PUT ON hold for eternity, until the line goes dead, or is made to sign forms that when compiled almost make up an entire book, then it is not DIFkCULT TO SEE THAT ASKING A RADIO or television provocateur to take up one’s cause becomes a very attractive and almost irresistible proposition. Even without immediate tangible results, the aggrieved party has the satisfaction of hearing choice expletives directed at the unresponsive public servant. Finally, there is the fact that while media has always demanded to be left alone to police its own ranks, it has done a very poor job at this, and there are many personalities salivating over microphones and blasting their hot air over the airwaves, or regaling a national audience via television with their lewdness and bad manners, their gruff ways, haughtiness and plain contumely!
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FTER eight seasons, “Games of Thrones� (GOT) has ended. I HAVE BEEN AN AkCIONADO OF THIS kCtionalized medieval drama set in the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros. Not an iota of the tale is true. No FACTS *UST PURE kCTION "UT EVEN with the presence of dragons and white walkers the episodes were as riveting as any historical narrative from the real dark ages, from the fall of the Roman Empire to the Renaissance in the 1500s. The court intrigues and political maneuverings convey universal TRUTHS RElECTIVE OF THE PRACTICES OF THAT kCTIONAL PERIOD THAT TRANSCEND time. This is the backdrop against which this column is set. Sara Duterte-Carpio, Deegong’s daughter, could be a composite of several colorful GOT characters, a scheming Cersei Lannister or a dispossessed Daenerys Targaryen out to regain a throne. In the real world, Sara could dangerously be vulnerable to the guile of her father’s sycophants. She is now being injected into our political consciousness as next in line to the presidency. She burst into the political stage on her own as a no-nonsense mayor who punched a sheriff on TV. A daughter drawn from the same mold but endowed with a demeanor perceived to be a MUCH MORE kNESSED VERSION The midterm administration ELECTION TRIUMPH COULD CHIElY BE attributed to the initiatives of the President these past three years. His "build-build-build" mantra on expanding infrastructure will not yield dividends until starting the second half of his term and beyond. With the propensity for politicians to claim credit for projects in the pipeline, many of these
LITO MONICO C. LORENZANA roads and bridges connecting islands, expanded communication and internet capacities, electric power and mining ventures with long gestation and constructions periods will be claimed as theirs by those coming after the Deegong’s time. Whoever heads the future Federal Republic of the Philippines, whether president or prime MINISTER WILL BE THE BENEkCIARY of the Deegong’s work today. The DDS and the sycophants want Sara installed to claim credit and be BENEkTED BY THESE What DU30 has done to separate him from past presidents is his use of presidential prerogatives, actions and decisions perceived from different angles: seen by his avid base as acts of “political will;� from his detractors as “abuses of power;� but from the general public as “acts of a leader.� A case in point is his “Tokhang� and war on drugs. What is interpreted by his detractors and human rights advocates as criminal acts worthy of international attention and world condemnation, is seen as “keeping us safe� by those who live in the communities where these are instigated; but more importantly, seen by the general public as “good governance� preventing the country from deteriorating further. These are what propelled DU30’s approval rating to soar to almost 90 percent. But what sets PRRD apart is his perceptive grasp of the Filipino
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AR is a horrible thing, because it destroys lives and property mercilessly, as many of our forefathers and some of us have personally experienced not so long ago. Trade, on the other hand, was supposed to enable different regions of the world to produce (by means of agriculture or industry) the kinds of goods and services which they excel at, and exchange the latter so that all of us can consume not only what we produce, but what our neighbors produce too, as we are all in a global village called earth. For example, trade enables those of us in the tropics to enjoy vegetables grown in regions with a temperate climate, and the folks in the latter to sample our colorful tropical fruits. And free trade does not imply that the trade is free of charge, for there are obviously the production as well as transportation costs associated with the goods and services, not to menTION THE PROkT MARGINS THAT WOULD have to be above and beyond the costs in order for merchants to have the incentive to carry on with such trading ventures. Rather, free trade
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Our business must go on longest time up to less than a century ago (at least up to World War 2), free trade had not been the order of the day. Countries used to impose sometimes suffocating tariffs on each other’s export goods, so as, in their minds, to maximize their own exports refers to the global efforts to reduce and minimize others’. After World OR BETTER STILL REMOVE THE ARTIkCIALLY War 2, the United States spearheaded imposed tariffs (import taxes) and the concept and practice of free trade, non-tariff barriers (such as unreason- encouraging other countries to sign able inspection requirements) on UP kRST TO THE SO CALLED 'ENERAL !GREEtrade. National governments impose ment on Tariffs and Trade, and then to tariffs for a number of reasons. Some the World Trade Organization. Counwould like to nurture their native tries were supposed to grant each industry by doing so, in what is called other what is called “most favored import substitution, such that in nation� status. What this essentially the long run the country concerned means is if, for example, two countries WOULD BE SELF SUFkCIENT IN THE PRODUC- negotiated a free trade pact between tion of certain goods, creating jobs in themselves, they are also supposed the process. Other governments may to extend this free-trade treatment to be short of funds, and would rather all their other trading partners. For a myopically impose high tariffs for long while, this was the clarion call for imported goods, milking not only the the world free-trade promotion effort. merchants but ultimately their own But obviously, countries still retain citizens as well, as the merchants are MANY SELkSH MOTIVES AND MULTILATlikely to transfer the tariff costs onto eral free-trade negotiations involving the ultimate consumers. almost all countries ground to a slow As I have written before, for the HALT IN kRST THE SO CALLED 5RUGUAY
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WAS a local government employee in 1992 when Fidel Ramos became president. Ramos lost no time organizing the Club of 20 (consisting of the 20 poorest provinces of the country), coordinated by one Bitay Lacson, in pursuit of the then new administration’s vision for Philippines 2000. Lacson hired consultants (led by Ed Morato, who was then the acknowledged development management guru at the Asian Institute of Management) that facilitated strategy formulation workshops for the target local government units. My boss, Eastern Samar governor Lutz Barbo, who later became Senate Secretary (during the Senate presidency of both Nene and Koko Pimentel), was kind enough to send me to one of these workshops. $URING THE PROJECT IDENTIkCATION part of the workshops, a subgroup composed of lawyers and politicians (other subgroups included civil society organization [CSO] representaTIVES ,'5 STAFF ETC PRESENTED A list that consisted solely of physical infrastructure projects, such as buildings, airports, roads and bridges. CSO REPS PRESENTED A VARIETY OF kNANCIAL and technical support programs FOR FARMERS AND kSHERMEN AMONG other interventions aimed at directly BENEkTTING THE POOR This anecdote becomes handy when one recalls that between Ferdinand Marcos and Rodrigo Duterte, NONE OF THE kVE PRESIDENTS THAT CAME in between them was a lawyer. Marcos and Duterte, both lawyers, had prioritized capital-intensive physical infrastructures as part of their development agenda. (One may add that both also applied short cuts in getting government programs done, and for which they could end up being questioned here in this world where we live, and in the next, where the dead are alive, for charges of human rights violations. But that is another story.) Astute politicians, apparently more so when one is a lawyer, understand that everyone loves infrastructure projects. They can lAUNT THEM AS SOLID PROOF OF THEIR accomplishments. And blessed are they who flaunt and budots, for voters remember them. Next, government planners recognize the game-changing roles infra projects play in economic growth. They know how infrastructure investments (now amounting to trillions of pesos) pump-prime the economy. Infra projects lift the rich; they could even help the poor. Like OFW remittances (constituting 10 percent of the gross domestic product), infra investments make the economic managers of government look good. Finally, we must not forget the grafters and their cronies. They love to lobby for infra too. I remember how Ping Lacson delivered a privileged tsismis ON THE 3ENATE lOOR YEARS AGO using wiretapped conversation, which appeared to quote a fellow senator: “Sec, natalo ako sa mahjong kagabi, bigyan mo ako ng project bukas,� or words to that effect. Looking around, the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant comes quick as one among countless examples.
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INGMING ABERIA Hyped up by the Marcos administration as its response to the oil crisis in 1973, the plant ended up being mothballed by the Cory Aquino government due largely to untenable technical issues. Taxpayers also ENDED UP PAYING FOR IT kVE TIMES more than the initial projected cost, from $500 million in 1974 to $2.3 billion at its completion in 1985. In 2012, the Sandiganbayan ordered Westinghouse (contractor of the plant) broker Herminio Disini, whose wife was a cousin of Imelda Marcos, to return $50 million to the government, presumably part of what gangsters had come to use the Pinoy slang bukol for. A more recent example involves former Makati mayor Junjun Binay, who has been perpetually barred by the Court of Appeals from holding PUBLIC OFkCE ON ACCOUNT OF A GRAFT case where he, among other respondents, was found to have committed irregularities in the construction of the Makati Science High School Building, which had been reported to be overpriced by 200 percent, from the gangrene-free cost of P478 million to the bukol-metastasized dissipation of P1.3 billion. Aside from corruption issues, infrastructure projects need more THAN GUT FEEL JUSTIkCATION FOR EXample, desirability of projects can be ranked according to their respective social internal rate of return ratios, to borrow a terminology often used by economists) in the context of competing government priorities where, as it happens, resources are few while things that need to be done, here and now, are many. )NFRASTRUCTURES OF COURSE BENEkT the rich more than the poor. Unlike health and education programs, or similar interventions presented by CSOs in my 1992 story, most inFRASTRUCTURES BENEkT THE POOR ONLY indirectly (aside from the workers hired to construct them). Even farm-to-market roads, whose rationale is contextualized IN THE SERVICE OF FARMERS BENEkT the relatively rich (those who own vehicles) more than the poor (those who move around by tsinelas). In the long run, what happens out there is that the rich become richer while the poor become poorer (in relation to the rest of society). Am I saying government should drop its plans to, say, connect major islands of the archipelago with mega-bridges? Yes and no. Yes, if it leaves government with little else by which it can continue to support public health and education, or provide direct subsidy to farmers, among other basic sectors of society. But no, because the poor, like the rich, love infra too, like they do for example the San Juanico Bridge, a Marcos masterpiece that connects the islands of Samar and Leyte.
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Round, then the Doha Round. Still, many bilateral free-trade agreements have been concluded over the years. During the Obama administration, THE 4RANS 0ACIkC 0ARTNERSHIP 400 was an attempt to reach a “free-trade plus� agreement among the willing economies, such that they could NOT ONLY ENJOY THE BENEkTS OF FREE trade, but upgrade the quality of their economic development as well. TPP rounded up a number of major economies in addition to the US, such as Japan and Australia. Regionally, Malaysia and Vietnam also signed up to the TPP. The big carrot which the Obama administration waved in front of the participating TPP economies was free access to the US market, including participation in its public procurement process. All these changed when Trump CAME TO POWER /NE OF 4RUMP S kRST acts as president was the proclamation of an executive order pulling the US out of the TPP which it championed IN YEARS PAST IN ORDER TO FULkLL ONE of his campaign promises. Trump believes that TPP would further deci-
mate American jobs, as it allows goods produced more cheaply in other participating economies to enter the US market with little or no tariffs, displacing American-made goods. Instead, he trumpeted his “America First� policy, encouraging overseas American factories to relocate back to the US and for domestic factories to stay put. Partly to encourage these moves, Trump soon launched a series of what has come to be called trade wars, or imposing high tariffs on imported goods (which would typically invite reciprocal and retaliatory tariff imposition from the targeted countries). He is particularly sensitive about trade imbalances between the US and other economies, that is, when it appears that the US is importing more goods from rather than exporting to certain economies. Trump first targeted steel and aluminum products imported from %UROPE AND RUFlED THE FEATHERS OF a number of European allies. But he soon turned his eyes on China, as the US-China trade imbalance is the largest globally. Trump imposed escalating tariffs on goods exported
from China to the US, while trade negotiations are going on between the two nations. One of Trump’s latest trade-war moves was of course the imposition of up to 25 percent tariffs on a large swath of Chinese goods. Understandably, China has hit back with similar measures. For those maritime Southeast Asian nations which have depended on free trade to thrive over the past decade, a trade war is certainly a most undesired development. Most of these nations would choose a neutral position and not side with either the US or China in a fulllEDGED TRADE WAR BUT WITH THEIR EYES kRMLY SET ON THE EARLIEST RESTORATION of free-trade practices. We are not blind to the fact that the US-China trade war is only a part of the two superpowers’ global tussle for power AND INlUENCE "UT HISTORY HAS PERhaps taught us that to choose sides IN SUCH CONlICTS WOULD ONLY INVITE devastating consequences to our lives and properties. Our business must go on, with whoever is willing to do business with us.
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PH-China relations: Turnaround, consolidation and elevation (Remarks by Chinese ChargÊ d’affaires ad interim Tan Qingsheng at the dinner celebration of the 121st Independence Day of the Republic of the Philippines and the 18th China-Philippines Friendship Day, PICC, June 10, 2019.)
months ago, President Duterte led a high-level delegation to attend the Second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation. The Philippines has become a natural partner in jointly building the Belt and Road initiative. Over the past three years, a seT is my honor to join you in ries of dialogue and consultation the celebration of the 121st Inmechanisms have been revitalized dependence Day of the Republic such as foreign affairs, defense, of the Philippines and the 18th energy, economy and trade conChina-Philippines Friendship sultations. It’s worth mentioning Day. First of all, on behalf of the that both sides are committed Chinese Embassy, I would like to to properly managing the South thank the Federation of Filipino China Sea issue through the BilatChinese Chambers of Commerce eral Consultation Mechanism on and Industry for its great effort South China Sea (BCM). What’s in hosting this event. My heartmore, we are working together felt appreciation also goes to all with other Asean partners to strive those who have contributed to to complete the consultation on the continuous growth of Chinathe Code of Conduct in the South Philippines relations. China Sea in three years, with the As Saint Thomas Aquinas says, aim of turning the South China “There is nothing on this earth Sea into a sea of peace, friendship more to be prized than true friendand prosperity. ship.� China and the Philippines Secondly, our cooperation in are close neighbors sharing timevarious fields have generated honored bonds of friendship. Back TANGIBLE BENEkTS FOR OUR PEOPLES to more than a thousand years Strategic coordination In 2018, bilateral trade volume ago, people-to-people exchanges reached $55.7 billion, with an and commercial ties between Firstly, our strategic coordination 8.5 percent year-on-year increase. our two countries were already on bilateral and international af- China is now the Philippines’ top lOURISHING 7E HAVE MANY PROUD fairs have been greatly reinforced. trading partner, the largest source names to honor and memorialize For the past three years, President of imports and the fourth largest in the history of China-Philippines Xi Jinping and President Duterte export market. China is also one friendship. The great Chinese have met seven times. We still re- important foreign investment orinavigator Zheng He visited Manila, call President Xi Jinping’s success- gin of the Philippines with $66.62 the Visayas and Sulu during his ful state visit to the Philippines last million of investment last year. overseas voyages during the Ming .OVEMBER THE kRST OF ITS KIND IN China has imported more than Dynasty. The descendants of the the past 13 years. During the visit, $2 billion worth of tropical fruits Sulu Sultan who paid a goodwill we signed more than 20 coopera- from the Philippines over the past visit to China with his family and tion documents and elevated our two years. Last year, we imported 300 other people in 1417, are still bilateral relationship to compre- $496 million bananas, becoming living in Dezhou, Shandong prov- hensive strategic cooperation. Two the biggest overseas market for
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ince, with the family names of An and Wen. As a matter of fact, our two peoples are also connected by kinship. The ancestors of Jose Rizal, the founding father and national hero of the Philippines, came from Fujian province of China. Today, if you visit Jinjiang City in Fujian province, you will see a Rizal Shrine with a 18.61-meterhigh Rizal monument there which was inaugurated in January 2003. 4HE OUTSTANDING #HINESE 'ENERAL Ye Fei, who fought for the founding of the People’s Republic of China, was also born in Quezon. The long-lasting friendship between our two peoples in the past paved the way for the continuous growth of bilateral ties in the present and days to come. Since President Duterte took ofkCE IN UNDER THE STRATEGIC guidance of our two leaders, China-Philippines relations have witnessed a turnaround, consolidation and elevation, and entered a new golden age.
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Support for Build, Build Build A friend in need is a friend in deed. In support of the Build, Build, Build program, China has provided RMB2.75 billion (around $400 million) of grants and $273 million of soft loans over the past three years to bolster infrastructure development in the Philippines. A number of major infrastructure projects are making considerable progress. The two drug rehab centers in Mindanao have been completed and turned over to the Philippine side ahead of schedule, which provided about 800 job opportunities for locals and will cater at least 300 patients. Thirteen school buildings funded by the Chinese embassy are being built in Mindanao, which can provide 52 classrooms for more than 2,000 students. The two bridges over the Pasig River in Manila are under CONSTRUCTION AND WILL SIGNIkCANTLY EASE TRAFkC JAMS IN THOSE AREAS Other major projects, including the Chico River Pump Irrigation, New Centennial Water SourceKaliwa Dam and the Philippine National Railway’s South Long Haul, are being pushed forward in a steady pace, and will contribute to the development of agriculture and transportation in the country. Thirdly, people-to-people exchanges between our two countries have been on the rise as well. .OWADAYS MORE THAN lIGHTS are shuttling between the cities of
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What is it with Sara? psyche. An inveterate iconoclast he is a master at pushing the limits of his discretion but not going over the edge. This is political command at its best. His assaults ON 'OD ARE DElECTED AS ATTACKS against the Catholic hierarchy muted somehow by undercurrents of disgust for these Padre Damasos among us. And DU30’s unilateral decisions to close and rehabilitate the cesspool Boracay, the cleaning up of Manila Bay and the threat to dump Canadian basura to their waters are at best palliatives and merely symbolic. But they resonate with the audience that matter most — the ordinary Filipino. This litany of the President’s EXPLOITS ARE JUST SAMPLES RElECTING what was promised and a vision of what the next years will bring. And the most crucial is the systemic changes that DU30 has sworn to put in place through the revision of the 1987 Constitution towards a federal parliamentary republic. This is the President’s legacy. The Deegong needs to perpetuate what he started. He needs a keeper to his legacy. Sara is not up to it! Take it from the words of an
OFW political technocrat and an avid social media blogger with a large following, Orion Perez D (FB blog, April 25 at 9:14 p.m.). I quote him verbatim: “Dagha’g salamat kanimo, Sara Duterte. You made it very clear for me that the Philippines is likely to end up as a freakin’ basket case because you yourself cannot use your brains to do the necessary research and learn more about the advocacy that your own father has BEEN kGHTING FOR “A year or so ago, I was already aware that you were 'not yet sold on federalism'‌ But as late as now, you aren’t just 'not yet convinced' but you are actually against federalism, and worse, you base your opposition to it on fake news! “I staunchly support Rodrigo Duterte because he is pro-federalism and pro-constitutional reform. Just because I support the father doesn’t mean I should slavishly support the daughter especially when she is actively sabotaging her own father!â€? What is disturbing is the anointing of Sara as the heir apparent based on bloodline not on the political legacy of PRRD which she
disagrees with. The ascendancy of a daughter of a strongman is understandable as the country is enamored with a “can do� president, a maverick and a perceived reformer. The sycophants particularly want a continuation of a reign of a strongman to protect their sinecures and prerogatives. Thus, the longing for an avatar for another six years after this current Deegong has been led to pasture. But I doubt the Filipino is prepared for another Duterte from Davao. True, Sara has arrived, so to speak, but she is untested. “She lives under the shadow of the king. She dies in the light.� Witness the debacle of Hugpong in Davao del Norte where her anointed were obliterated by Congressman Alvarez, her nemesis whom she had caused to be booted out of a speakership. This pining for an heir apparent presumably is a longing for the qualities of the next strongman without the political baggage accumulated over the previous six years. One who has the experience and the sophistication of a lawgiver yet can tread the muck of bureaucracy; who is also perceived
to be tough on public safety and order; perceived to possess political will in copious amounts. One who understands the evils of “pork BARRELu AND ITS CORRUPTING INlUence. Sceptics would even say we need someone who could himself be perceived as a killer. And if we are successful transiting to a parliamentary-federal form from this perverted presidential-unitary system, perhaps one who can become an adept prime minister. The Philippine political horizon has produced names post midTERM ELECTIONS WHO COULD kT THESE bills of particulars. One whose head is above the crowd is Sen. Ping Lacson. I have never met Lacson nor have I ever exchanged a word or two with Sara. These two won’t know me from Adam, but I’ve watched and studied them both. In my version at the end of the g'AME OF 4HRONES u ) CAN SEE THE last poignant scene of Jon Snow, the last Targaryen heir, doing in Daenerys, the heir apparent – and he himself sitting on that throne.
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Zambo DSWD delists 1,000 4Ps members ZAMBOANGA CITY: The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will delist more than 1,000 members of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) here for pulling their children out OF SCHOOL AN OFkCIAL SAID Maria Socorro Macaso, chairman of the DSWD Promotive Services in the city, said the agency’s monitoring team discovered that “these 4Ps BENEkCIARIES ARE NO LONGER SENDING their school-age children to learning centers in their community, which is a fundamental requirement of the program.� Macaso stressed that under the agency’s social plan, “the national government is mandated to proVIDE 0 MONTHLY kNANCIAL ASsistance to every indigent family to enable parent or guardians to send their children to public elementary or secondary schools and to attend necessary DSWD orientations.� The program’s primary intention, she said, “is to enable these youngsters to acquire quality basic education so that they would later grow up to become more competent, law-abiding citizens of their locality.� According to Macaso, failure of
CONkRMED POOR FAMILIES TO FOLLOW these basic prescriptions “shall be grounds for their delisting from the agency’s social plan.� The DSWD official reported that while Zamboanga City had 4,000 registered 4Ps members, the entire Zamboanga Peninsula — Zamboanga del Sur, Zamboanga Sibugay, Zamboanga del Norte and their component cities of Dipolog, Dapitan, Pagadian and Isabela (Basilan) — had close to 30,000 members. However, she said she was not completely familiar with the 4Ps compliance data in the entire region. "ASED ON THE OFkCE MONITORING team, 85 percent of the 4Ps benEkCIARIES IN THE CITY ‡ COMPOSED of 98 villages, with a population of almost 1 million — were complying with the program’s rules and regulations, Macaso said. She appealed to the city’s 0S BENEkCIARIES TO RELIGIOUSLY comply with the directive “to avoid being discharged from the national social plan for the benEkT OF THEIR YOUNGSTERS ACADEMIC welfare.� ANTONIO P. RIMANDO
Regions Marines to deploy troops to Sulu vs ASG WEDNESDAY June 12, 2019
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HE Philippine Marine Corps (PMC) is set to deploy another battalion to Sulu to enhance military operations against terrorists, particularly the Abu Sayyaf Group. Capt. Felix Serapio Jr., Marines spokesman, said the 8th Marine Battalion of the PMC’s 12-line battalions was declared “operationally ready� on Tuesday and would be deployed in Sulu’s operational
area after a nine-month retraining and refurbishing program. “This means that all the necessary skill sets for the Marines are enhanced, assets and equipment were repaired, replaced or pro-
vided, and the operational readiness of the unit is at its highest,� Serapio said. The 12 battalions of the Philippine Marines have been taking turns over a 10-year span before returning to Manila for refurbishing and retraining. Before being deployed to Sulu, the 8th Marine Battalion Landing Team came from Cagayan province in Northern Luzon. They were deployed in the area last year to guard the province
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from New People’s Army rebels and protect the country’s nearby territories. The battalion was activated in July 1978 and is now led by Lt. Col. Rommel Bogùalbal. The marines were deployed after President Rodrigo Duterte and the military leadership ordered all-out operations against the Abu Sayyaf after the killing of Dutch hostage Ewold Horn while attempting to escape from his captors.
FINAL SALUTE
Imus mayor Emmanuel Maliksi leads the cermonial burning of worn-out Philippine flags or ‘Huling Pagpupugay sa Watawat ng Pilipinas’ with City Councilor Dennis Lacson at the Pinaglabanan Shrine in Alapan 2, Imus City. Under Section 14 of Republic Act 8491 or the Flag and Heraldic Code of the Philippines, old and worn out flags shall not be thrown away but shall be solemnly burned to avoid misuse or desecration. PHOTO BY BOY JOSUE
Bataan condemns killing over land HERMOSA, Bataan: Congressional AND LOCAL OFkCIALS THE #ATHOLIC Church, and villagers on Monday condemned the killing of a young man and the wounding of two others over a disputed land here on Saturday afternoon. Jonathan Villete, 26, died from gunshot wounds on the chest and hand, while his uncle, village councilman Elmer Bautista Sr., 54, and cousin Elmer Bautista Jr., 21, were wounded. Col. Villamor Tullao, Bataan police director, said the shooting happened after an altercation between a group of residents and security guards who called for backup. Suspect Titanic Mistica, 60, arrived with security guards. “Mistica shot the three; one DIED 7E HAVE ALREADY kLED HOMIcide at frustrated homicide cases against him,� he added. Tullao said the suspect, who was hospitalized for fractures after being beaten by villagers, was A COMMUNICATION OFkCER OF THE River Forest Development Corp. “I strongly condemn the kill-
ing of Jonathan,� First District Rep. Geraldine Roman said while condoling with the family. She said she was sad about what had happened. “We cannot deny the existence of a land dispute AND CONlICT GOING ON FOR DECADES This has gone on too long. I am appealing to all concerned government agencies to make a decision and render justice to the CARP (Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program) farmers in Sumalo.� The disputed land in Barangay Sumalo, Hermosa is more than 200 hectares. It has been contested for decades by farmers and the River Forest Development Corp. under the Litton Estate. Roman called on everyone to reject violence. “I seek justice for Jonathan and the farmers of Sumalo, like all residents of Hermosa and Bataan and as a Filipino,� she said. Hermosa Mayor Jopet Inton said he and the whole town and its village leaders condole with Villete’s family. ERNIE B. ESCONDE
Nationinbriefs PANGASINAN PNP NABS 153 IN WEEKLONG OPERATIONS
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan: Police operatives in four cities and 46 towns have arrested a total of 153 persons facing various criminal offenses such as illegal drugs, illegal possession of firearms and ammunition, and illegal gambling during their week’s operations. In a press conference, Col. Redrico Maranan, newly installed PNP provincial director, said their operations on June 3 to 9 were meant to eradicate crimes and illegal drugs in the province. Of the 153, a total of 42 wanted persons facing various criminal offenses before the courts were also arrested during separate operations. He also reported that at least 28 persons were arrested in their anti-illegal drugs drive through the implementation of buy-bust and search warrant operations in the different towns and cities. JAIME G. AQUINOÂ
MOST BAGUIO SMOKE BELCHERS, PRIVATE VEHICLES
 BAGUIO CITY: The City Legal Office (CLO) reported that most of the motor vehicles apprehended for violation of the Summer Capital’s anti-smoke belching ordinance in the first five months were privately owned vehicles. CLO head Melchor Rabanes said that of the 71 motor vehicle license plates that were turned over to the office for safekeeping, 41 were from private vehicles, 13 were from public utility jeepneys, 12 were from taxis and 5 belonged to government vehicles. He clarified that the apprehended smoke belching government vehicles did not belong to the local government but were from other agencies. Based on the city’s 2008 anti-smoke belching ordinance, the city legal office is the repository of the license plates that have been confiscated by the city’s roadside inspection, testing and monitoring action team. GABY B. KEITH
MINORS AMONG SUSPECTS IN KILLING OF SENIOR COUPLE
Four suspects, including two minors, were arrested by Bulacan Police after 10 hours from the report of the murder of a Meycauayan senior citizen couple in Barangay Mahalcan, Meycauayan City, Bulacan on Monday. Bulacan Police Provincial Director Col. Chito Bersaluna identified the four arrested suspects as Antonio delos Santos, 39, married, jobless; Russel Lamsen, 19, single, jobless; and two minors, aged 15 and 16 years old, all residents of Barangay Malhacan. Based on the report of Meycauayan City Police Station (CPS), its police promptly responded upon receipt of the report that two senior citizens were found lifeless, allegedly struck with a hard object on their heads along the pavement of Little Baguio Street, Barangay Mahalcan at about 3 a.m. The victims were identified as Little Baguio residents Felix Bernabe, 76, and Estelita Bernabe, 75. FREDERICK SILVERIO
Negros Occ to get P16.6-B IRA shares by 2020 BACOLOD CITY: Negros Occidental and its component cities and municipalities, including Bacolod City, will receive a total of P16.639 billion in Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) share in 2020. This means the whole Western Negros’ IRA from the national government will increase by 12.75 percent or about P1.882 billion from the current P14.757 billion. According to provincial budget OFkCER *OSE 0ERCIVAL 3ALADO THE provincial government’s IRA share
alone will increase by P421.447 million to P3.726 billion by 2020 from this year’s P3.304 billion Salado said the increase would mean more services and projects for the Negrenses. Among the cities in Negros Occidental, Kabankalan City has the biggest IRA increase next year with P141.851 million, while of its municipalities, Cauayan has the highest at P36.400 million, based on the copy of the breakdown forwarded to the media.
Meanwhile, Bacolod City’s IRA share will also increase to P1.437 billion from P1.274 billion or an increase of P162.542 million It’s big money for the local economy. This comes from the big increase of revenues in the national government and also meant that there is effective tax collection at the local level,� he pointed out. 3ALIDO ALSO CLARIkED THAT THE INcrease was not part of the Supreme Court decision last week on the Mandanas case, which stated that
shares of local government units be sourced from all national taxes not just from internal revenue taxes.However, Salido said the increase would not be enough to cover the provincial government’s going over the limit for its budget on personnel services. Salido also said he was recommending casual employees be made permanent, not to hire casuals and to study how they can increase local income. EUGENE Y. ADIONG
Water service interruption in Rizal continues SEVERAL areas in Rizal will still experience water service interruption, as water level in La Mesa Dam continues to drop further due to the effects of El NiĂąo. “Raw water availability remains variable day-to- day and this re-
sults in varying water services outlook across the East Zone daily,� Manila Water said in an advisory. As of Tuesday, the water level in La Mesa Dam was at 68.62 meters, still at critical level. The company also said that
emergency incidents and activities such as breakages and leaks might affect water supply and schedules. As a result, customers in parts of Angono, Antipolo, Binangonan, Cainta, Rodriguez and Teresa will experience unstable water services.
Last week, commuters and motorists in the towns of Angono, Binangonan and Cainta were paralyzed by congestion caused by the restoration project of Manila Water that is expected to last until August 31. GABRIELA BARON
Duterte to lead June 12 rites in Lanao del Sur MARAWI CITY: President Rodrigo Duterte is expected to lead the 121st anniversary of the proclamation of the Philippine Independence in Malabang, Lanao del Sur this Wednesday, said a high ranking official of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).  In a recent memorandum, BARMM local governments minister Naguib Sinarimbo enjoined the provincial governor, vice governor,
city and municipal mayors, and vice mayors in the province to attend celebrations at the 6th Infantry “Redskin� Batallion headquarters at the 6th Infantry “Kampilan� Division, Philippine Army in Malabang.  In Manila, Vice President Maria Leonor“Leni� Robredo will be joined by outgoing Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada during the Independence Day flag-raising and wreath-laying in Rizal Park. MASIDING NOOR YAHYA
Cagayan fisherfolk want cheaper local feeds STA. ANA, Cagayan: Fisherfolk in Cagayan Valley (Region 2) are CALLING ON THE GOVERNMENT TO kND ways to bring down the production costs of feeds, along with other measures to assist small kSHERS Jaime Yosores, Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Management Council (FARMC) chairman and Babuyan Channel Integrated FARMC member, said only feed traders and feed makers were earnING BIG IN THE kSH CULTURE BUSINESS
AND NOT THE SMALL SCALE kSH GROWers, thus, the need for local feed mills in the region. “The establishment of local feed mills will serve as a measure to bring down the amount spent on feeds which constitute the bulk of production cost,� said Yosores WHO IS THE ALSO kSHERFOLK REGIONAL director. g)F THE SUPPLY OF kSH GOES UP its price goes down. However, the cost of feeds remains unchanged and even goes up,� Yosores added.
He said they get their training from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources-Region 2 on feed formulation, “but participants like me have no way to apply the knowledge gained due to lack of feed-making equipment.� Yosores also pointed out that ON CAPTURE kSHERIES THERE WAS A need to implement regulation on payao (fish aggregating device) use and to specify therein measures to balance resource use and
conservation. Capture fishery refers to all kinds of harvesting of naturally occurring living resources in both marine and freshwater environments, resulting in the exploitation of aquatic organisms without stocking the seed. g7E HAVE SUFkCIENT kSH STOCKS in our place and these can be harvested by bigger gears, however, regulations must be in place to prevent abuse later,� Yosores said. LEANDER C. DOMINGO
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IDE-hailing company Grab Philippines has asked the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board to allow deactivated drivers to resume work to address demand while it is processing the application of 10,000 drivers.
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last night, ubos na po ‘yung 10,000 slots, which is, I think, record-breaking because THE kRST SLOTS IT TOOK A FEW WEEKS the next 20,000 took a few months. This new 10,000 slots took a few hours,� Cu said on Tuesday. Cu said the deactivation of thousands of drivers was “painful� because many lost their jobs and riders were also affected. “The best scenario for the Filipino people is to have more drivers. If LTRFB will allow the deactivated drivers to resume
work while it processes the application of 10,000 new drivers, that would be the best win for the Filipino people,� he added. Grab deactivated 5,000 drivers who failed to submit application documents on time. “That number is different from the 8,000 that was announced last week dahil ‘yung 3,000 po ay nakapag-submit ng documents at dahil nagawa nila yun, hindi sila na-deactivate (because 3,000 were able to submit documents and be-
cause they were able to do it, they were not deactivated),� Cu added. He said the 5,000 drivers could be activated once they submit the necessary documents. “As painful and as inconvenient as this is, making sure that the vehicles of the Grab platform all have the legal basis to service passengers is very important,� Cu said.
Cu also gave assurances that prices would not increase.
Librorania, 46 ALEXANDER Librorania, father of The Manila Times College graduating student Lance Gabrielle, died of cardiac arrest on Monday. He was 46.  An alumnus of the Philippine Women’s University with a Bachelor of Science in Hotel and Restaurant Management degree, Alexander worked in the hospitality industry for two decades.  He was the eldest of three siblings. He left behind three children — Lance, Moira Pauline and Rasheed
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Palace to KAPA victims: File charges MALACAĂ‘ANG urged victims of the supposed pyramiding scheme of the KAPA Community Ministry TO kLE CHARGES AGAINST OFkCERS AND members of the groups to get their money back. President Rodrigo Duterte over the weekend asked authorities to close down KAPA, as it is caught in the middle of an alleged investment scam.
)N A PRESS BRIEkNG 0ALACE SPOKESman Salvador Panelo said legal actions would prompt the religious corporation to bring back the money. He said the court would be the one to give them back the money. “If they want to get their money, THEY HAVE TO kLE CASES 4HEY HAVE to,� Panelo said. In a televised interview on Saturday, Duterte said KAPA’s scheme
“is a continuing crime.� He then asked the Philippine National, the National Bureau of Investigation and the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group to “arrest them and investigate it.� “Shut them down. Bring them to the courts upon my orders,� Duterte said. Panelo on Tuesday said other kRMS MIGHT BE INVESTIGATED AS LONG
as there were other complaints to BE kLED AGAINST THEM “As long as there are complaints, others will be probed. If that is too good to be true, for sure, it is swindling,� he said. “If we know there are similar cases, it will also be shut down because it is a continuing crime of estafa,� he added. RALPH U. VILLANUEVA
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PH-China relations: Turnaround, consolidation our two countries every week. Last year, there were 1.2 million Chinese tourists visiting the Philippines, with a 29.6 percent yearly increase. China is now the second largest tourist origin of the Philippines. We are expecting more than 1.5 million Chinese tourists to visit the Philippines this year, which will create more than P32 billion of revenue for the local economy. More than 30 pairs of sisterhood cties or provinces have been established. Both sides are working to implement the MOU for 2,000 Filipino English-language teachers to work in China this coming September. China is going to set up a Cultural Center in Manila in the coming years so as to enable more Filipino friends to better understand and experience Chinese culture. This year marks the 70th founding anniversary of the People’s Republic of China. Over the past seven decades, China has made tremendous achievements in economic and social development. Since its reform and opening-up
four decades ago, China has maintained an average annual growth rate of 9.5 percent. Today, China’s GDP stands at $12 trillion, second only to the United States. One important lesson we have learned during the past seven decades is that development can never be achieved through unilateralism and isolation. “Divided, we fail and united, we prevail.�
China-US trade frictions Recently, China-US trade frictions have attracted great attention from the international community, including the Philippines. Let me emphasize three points here. Firstly, the so-called trade war was unilaterally imposed on China. For the past several decades, trade between China and the United States has increased 252 times from $2.5 billion to $622.5 billion, which benefited not only China, but also the ordinary US consumers. A trade war will not only bring
immense economic damage to our two countries, but also to the whole world. Due to the prospect of trade war, the World Bank and IMF have both lowered their projections of 2019 world economic growth by 0.3 percent. The question we need to ask is whether a superpower should put its own narrow interest over other countries and the world at large. Secondly, negotiation is the art of compromise based on mutual respect and equal footing. One party unilaterally imposing its will on the other is not negotiation. It’s called bullying and hegemony. China does not want a trade war, but we are not afraid of one and we WILL kGHT ONE IF NECESSARY &OR THE past two centuries, we have been in worse scenarios, but we have SURVIVED AND lOURISHED 4HE TRADE war will not break China, but make us even stronger. We will continue to pursue development with the commitment to further opening up and achieve win-win outcome through cooperation with other countries.
Thirdly, free trade and market principles are the foundation of our global economy. What the US is doing is to undermine these basic principles and politicize and magnify trade disputes. It is very dangerous when a superpower is not only building physical walls on its borders, but also building tariff and technology walls against other countries. If the trend continues, the phantom of the Cold War and the clash of the civilization as advocated by SOME 53 OFkCIALS MAY SEEM NOT too far away. As the old Chinese proverb GOES gTHE JOURNEY IS DIFkCULT WHEN making it alone; while the journey becomes easier when more people get involved.� In a world with unprecedented changes, China will continue to be the Philippines’ good neighbor, sincere friend and reliable partner. Let’s join hands to level up cooperation, coordination and connectivity between our two countries, so as to make the Golden Age of bilateral relations even brighter.
— his wife Ma. Laarnie, his parents Remigio and Rosalina, and sisters Lorraine and Carla.  “He was a good dad and hard worker. He was a simple man with simple joys,� said Lance, who is graduating on Saturday with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism degree.  The remains of Alexander lie at Funeraria Samson in Barangay Maliksi, Bacoor, Cavite. Interment will be on Sunday at the Eternity Memorial Park, also in Bacoor.
9 dead in 9-vehicle collision in Davao NINE persons were killed in a nine-vehicle collision in Davao City on Tuesday. A local police report reaching Camp Crame said the accident happened at 9:30 a.m. at the junction of Matina Pangi Road and C.P. Garcia Highway. The vehicles involved include a trailer truck wing van, a Toyota HiAce van, a Kia Sportage, a Honda CR-V, a Mitsubishi L-300, a TMX motor with a sidecar, an Avanza, a Suzuki AVP and a multi-cab. Based on the initial investigation, the driver of the trailer truck, Joel Aras, 36, was traversing C.P.
Garcia Highway coming from Sasa going to Calinan when he reportedly lost his brake near a gas station. This resulted in the collision of the nine vehicles at the junction of Matina Pangi and C.P. Garcia Highway, leading to nine fatalities. Reports also said that of the nine fatalities, eight died on the spot while the last was dead on arrival at the hospital. The victims include six males, two females and a 2-year-old child. Two persons, meanwhile, are still under critical condition as of press time. DEMPSEY REYES
Senate ‘kinks’ ironed out this week – Sotto SENATE President Vicente Sotto 3rd on Tuesday expressed confidence that “minor� kinks in the upcoming reorganization of the Senate committee chairmanships would be ironed out this week, when he meets with some incumbent and returning senators. In a text message, Sotto said he would be meeting with senator-elect Maria Juliana “Pia� Cayetano this week to discuss her preferred committee assignment. Cayetano was one of the five senators who failed to attend last week’s meeting at the residence of Sen. Emmanuel “Manny� Pacquiao in Makati City. She was reported to have requested to head the Education Committee formerly held by Sen. Francis “Chiz� Escudero. Incumbent Senators Sherwin Gatchalian and Joel Emmanuel Villanueva have also expressed interest in the education panel.  Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel “Migz� Zubiri had suggested that the Ways and Means Committee be given to Cayetano. “Pia would make a good ways and means chairperson. She’s a lawyer, she has advocacies, and she can fight for more taxation for health services. She’s also not a reelectionist,� he said.  “So, I would suggest to Pia: Accept Ways and Means. It’s a very important and prestigious committee,� he added.  During last week’s gathering at Pacquiao’s
place, the senators named their committee preferences and came to an initial agreement that is expected to be finalized before the opening of the 18 Congress on July 22.  Former special assistant to the President Christopher Lawrence “Bong� Go is expected to get the Health Committee, while the committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs will be headed by former Philippine National Police chief Ronald “Bato� dela Rosa. Senator-elect Manuel “Lito� Lapid, meanwhile, will get the committee he headed when he was last senator: Games and Amusement. Sen. Panfilo “Ping� Lacson was said to have offered The Public Order Committee to dela Rosa, retaining the accounts committee and taking over the defense panel to be vacated by outgoing Sen. Gregorio “Gingo� Honasan. Sen. Richard “Dick� Gordon will keep Blue Ribbon and Justice; reelected Sen. Maria Lourdes “Nancy� Binay will head the Tourism Committee; Sen. Mary Grace Poe, Public Services; Pacquiao, Public Works; and Sen. Cynthia Villar, Agriculture. Sotto on Saturday said members of the minority bloc would also get committee chairmanships. JAVIER JOE ISMAEL
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Doctor-businessman eyed as next PhilHealth president offer, Panelo added. MalacaĂąang was unable to provide more details about Cruz, but REPORTS IDENTIkED HIM AS THE PRESident of the JTC Group of Companies that owns the Dohtonburi restaurant chain, among others. A Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism report earlier this year also tagged Cruz as one of several businessmen, who had partnered with the Duterte family in a number of business ventures. Cruz was not immediately available for comment. Panelo, who a day earlier said Ferrer continued to enjoy the Pres-
IDENT S CONkDENCE ANNOUNCED THAT Duterte had asked all incumbent 0HIL(EALTH OFkCIALS TO RESIGN This shows “zero tolerance on corruption under this administration,� the Palace spokesman added. “There will be an in-depth study on how the frauds are systematically committed by unscrupulous persons in and out of PhilHealth. There will be criminal prosecutions of all those involved. No one will be spared.� A clean slate was needed at PhilHealth, he claimed, given the looming implementation of the
recently signed Universal Health Care Law. Duterte could still reappoint THE SACKED 0HIL(EALTH OFkCIALS IF an investigation clears them of involvement in an alleged fund mess, Panelo said. “He mentioned something about giving them new positions or reappointing them, whatever. The President, of course, is tentative; the report is not yet with us,� he said. Philhealth allegedly lost some P154 billion since 2013 due to overpayments and fraud, a newspaper claimed last week. Panelo
disputed this, saying the amount involved was around P300 million. “I think it’s better for us to wait for the full-scale investigation of the NBI (National Bureau of Investigation), so we will not be speculating or guessing,� he said. The NBI on Tuesday arrested the owner of WellMed Dialysis and Laboratory Center, the clinic at the center of a “ghost dialysis� scam where PhilHealth allegedly paid for treatments involving deceased patients. In a related development, Sen. 0ANkLO ,ACSON ON 4UESDAY URGED
MalacaĂąang to go after those involved in PhilHealth fund irregularities. “Corrective and punitive [action] should be the order of the day,â€? he said in a text message. “Considering such humongous amount of money squandered either deliberately or through sheer negligence, MalacaĂąang cannot simply ‘call it quits’ and just let go,â€? Lacson added. “Otherwise, whoever will be appointed to replace those who were asked to resign may just treat PhilHealth funds as ‘business as usual.’â€?
Outgoing Sen. Antonio Trillanes 4th, meanwhile, said the PhilHealth fund mess showed that Duterte’s much-touted anti-corruption drive was nonexistent. “Wala namang anti-corruption drive. Merong korapsyon (There’s no anti-corruption drive. There’s [still] corruption),� he said in a PRESS BRIEkNG “Merong nabibisto, merong hindi. ‘Yung hindi nabibisto tuloy ang ligaya (Some are found out, some are not. Those who are not found out continue to be happy).� WITH A REPORT FROM BERNADETTE E. TAMAYO
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Investment pledges up 40% in Jan-May INVESTMENT approvals surged BY PERCENT IN THE kRST kVE months of 2019 on the back of growing local pledges, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) reported on Tuesday. In a statement, the department’s Board of Investments (BoI) said these investment pledges amounted to P290.6 billion, compared with P207.5 billion in January to May last year. Local investments, which accounted for 76 percent of total pledges, rose by 11 percent to P223.5 billion as of end-May from the year-earlier P200.5 billion. Among the country’s regions, Region 4A (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon provinces, or Calabarzon) contributed most of these investments with P200.9
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THE Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) can pause on cutting interest rates, at least until August, on THE BACK OF STABLE INlATION ACcording to a member of the central bank’s policymaking Monetary Board. “My own forecast is that [there would be] no change for at least two meetings,� Monetary Board member Felipe Medalla told participants of the BSP’s “Conference on Gearing up for External Competitiveness� at the Bangko Sentral complex in Manila on Tuesday. The central bank started easing
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Amazon world’s top brand – poll PESO LONDON: US retail giant Amazon has moved past hi-tech titans Apple and Google to become the world’s most valuable brand, a key survey showed on Tuesday. The brand value of Amazon surged by 52 percent to $315 billion, global market research agency Kantar said in its 2019 100 Top BrandZ report. Amazon jumped from third TO kRST PLACE TO ECLIPSE 'OOGLE which slid from first to third place, with Apple holding on to the second spot. The Seattle-based retail behemoth, founded by Jeff Bezos in his garage in 1994, topped the table thanks to key acquisitions, superior customer services and a disruptive business model, Kan-
tar said in a statement. “Amazon’s smart acquisitions, that have led to new revenue streams, excellent customer service provision and its ability to stay ahead of its competitors by offering a diverse ecosystem of products and services, have allowed Amazon to continuously accelerate its brand value growth,� it added. Kantar — owned by British advertising group WPP — also said Amazon showed “little sign� of any slowdown in its growth. The top 10 companies were once again dominated by US kRMS WITH !PPLE AT BILlion, Google at $309 billion and Microsoft at $251 billion. Payments specialist Visa had THE kFTH BIGGEST VALUE AT ALMOST
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THE peso strengthened to the P51:$1 level anew on Tuesday on the back of a narrower trade gap and regional trend. The currency, which opened at P52.05 against the greenback, lost 25 centavos to close at P51.85, its STRONGEST SINCE ITS 0 kNISH on June 6. “The peso strength may have come from the data release deSCRIBING A SLIMMER TRADE DEkCIT u Union Bank of the Philippines chief economist Carlo Asuncion told The Manila Times, referring to
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form of cash bond amounting to P3 per kilo. The safeguard measure was imposed following DTI’s preliminary investigation aimed at determining whether increase imports of CERAMIC lOOR AND WALL TILES UNDER several codes of Association of Southeast Asian Nations Harmonized Tariff Nomenclature were causing serious injury to the local industry. The provisional safeguard duty on the products is effective for a period 200 days from the date of issuance by the Bureau of Customs of customs memorandum order (CMO), or 15 days after DTI’s order is published in two newspapers of general circulation. Imports coming from Europe and Central Asia, Middle East, !MERICAS %AST !SIA AND 0ACIkC East and Southern Africa, West Africa, North Africa and South Asia are not subject to safeguard duties. While unglazed, porcelain, mosaic and marble tiles as well as glazed ceramic tiles imported from the European Union are excluded from the safeguard duties since they are not produced
locally, the counsel of petitioners urged the Tariff Commission to include such products in the investigation. “Our position is that they are of the same use [and] they are contributing to the injury suffered by the industry. Any safeguard measure that would be imposed would be useless if unglazed and porcelain tiles are not covered,� a petitioner said. For its part, the Tariff Commission committed to “study also the legal nuances of the case,� noting THAT THERE HAS BEEN A PETITION kLED by the Ceramic Tiles Manufacturing Association (CTMA) on what products are alike. “We will still look into the products covered by the ceramic tiles industry,� Tariff Commission chairperson Marilou Mendoza said. “[We will] issue a staff report on product comparison and increased volume of importations� between July 29 to August 2, following the conduct of the ocular inspections, she added. Public hearings were set on August 12 to 16, 2019, the Tariff Commission said.
During the preliminary conference on the formal investigation on the imposition of safeguard duty against importation of ceRAMIC lOOR AND WALL TILES ON 4UESday, Napoleon Co, president of the Philippine Ceramic Products Importers Associations Inc., said prices of cheap tiles could be 5 to 10 times higher than their current prices if the safeguard measure is formally implemented by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). “We have to pass on because the margin of the tiles, let’s say for cheap tiles, the cost would be around P130 per square meter, you add P30,� Co said. “The difference between the landed cost and the selling price is around P20 to
P30 on gross add on. So with the safeguard coming in, we have to add on, unless changed. For the high end there would be no problem. What is P50 for P2,000? It’s just 2 or 3 percent. The high end probably would not be affected. We can absorb,� he explained. This, Co stressed, would tremendously hit industries involved in low-cost housing. “You don’t see CHEAP TILES ON kVE STAR HOTELS u Following reports of sudden SURGE ON CERAMIC lOOR AND WALL TILE imports in the past years, which was said to be hurting the local industry, DTI Secretary Ramon Lopez said in Department Administrative Order 19-06 dated May 7 there was a need to impose a safeguard duty on these products in the
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Trade gap narrows to $3.5B support the industry. According to the NEDA chief, the passage of the Tax Reform for Attracting Better and High-Quality Opportunities (Trabaho) — which seeks to reduce corporate income taxes from 30 percent to 20 percent in 10 years — bill will also modernize the country’s tax regime while streamlining the GRANT OF kSCAL INCENTIVES “With the passage of these reforms, we can leverage the Philippines’ attractiveness to both foreign and local investors. These investments can help our industry to improve production EFkCIENCY AND PRODUCT DIVERSIkcation,� Pernia said. He also said that there was also a need to streamline the issuance of the Food and Drug Administration’s License to OpERATE AND #ERTIkCATE OF 0RODUCT Registration. Other interventions that should be in place, he added, include the full implementation of the National Single Window/ TradeNet System, and the issuance of the Joint Administrative /RDER TO IMPROVE THE EFkCIENCY in the movement of cargoes and regulate international shipping costs.
THE stock market dropped at the last minute on Tuesday as investors sold off positions ahead of a holiday. The benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) slipped by 0.18 percent or 14.41 points to close at 8,030.98, after trading the entire day in the green, while the broader All Shares dipped by 0.09 percent or 4.63 points to end at 4,907.68. “The selling at the end may have been due [to] some anticipation of the holiday tomorrow (today),�
P2P Trade Online sales associate Gabriel Jose Perez said. The local market is closed today (Wednesday) in celebration of the Independence Day. In a separate comment, brokerAGE kRM 0HILSTOCKS &INANCIAL )NC SAID LAST MINUTE PROkT TAKING FROM investors dragged the index. The market traded in contrast to its US counterpart, with the Dow Jones growing 0.30 percent, the S&P500 increasing 0.47 percent, and the Nasdaq rising 1.05 percent. In the region, Tokyo rose 0.33
percent, Shanghai surged 2.58 percent, Hong Kong grew 0.72 percent, Seoul increased 0.59 percent, Jakarta added 0.26 percent, Singapore was up 0.60 percent, and Bangkok was up 0.28 percent. In Manila, sectoral results were mixed, with the industrial and services sectors the only gainers by 0.94 percent and 0.72 percent. More than 650 million issues were traded valued at P7.8 billion. Winners led losers, 107 to 95, while 40 issues remained unchanged. ANGELICA BALLESTEROS
and regions,� said Doreen Wang, Kantar’s global head of BrandZ. “The boundaries are blurring as technology fluency allow brands, such as Amazon, Google models to beat traditional rivals and Alibaba, to offer a range of IN THE TECHNOLOGY kNANCE AND services across multiple consumer touchpoints. retail sectors. “Using their consumer experi“Amazon’s phenomenal brand value growth of almost $108 ence and expertise, these brands billion in the last year demon- are crossing over into the busistrates how brands are now less ness services sector, creating new anchored to individual categories opportunities for brand growth.
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Corporate terms of existing corporations under the RCC SEC MATTERS T HE usual question we receive at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) upon the enactment of the Revised Corporation Code (RCC) is the status of the corporate term of existing corporations. The RCC now provides for a perpetual corporate term. Perpetual existence allows a long-term focus which gives rise to private advantages (to make investments whose future payoffs exceed present cost or those with opportunity for higher returns, such as illiquid and volatile investMENTS AND PUBLIC BENEkTS A LONG term mindset comes with a greater concern for the future which, in turn, translates to a commitment to sustainability). Paragraph 2, Section 11 of the RCC provides: “Corporations with CERTIkCATES OF INCORPORATION ISSUED prior to the effectivity of this Code, and which continue to exist, shall have perpetual existence, unless the corporation, upon a vote of its stockholders representing a majority
sets forth the requirements for retaining a corporation’s present CORPORATE TERM AS SPECIkED IN ITS articles of incorporation. Under the draft guidelines, a decision to RETAIN THE SPECIkC CORPORATE TERM of a corporation must be approved of its outstanding capital stock, noti- during the stockholders’ annual kES THE #OMMISSION THAT IT ELECTS TO or special meeting duly held for RETAIN ITS SPECIkC CORPORATE TERM PUR- the purpose at the corporation’s suant to its articles of incorporation; principal office. Such decision Provided, that any change in the MUST RECEIVE AFkRMATIVE VOTES FROM corporate term under this section is stockholders representing majority without prejudice to the appraisal of the corporation’s outstanding right of dissenting stockholders in capital stock or a majority of the accordance with the provisions of member, in case of a non-stock corporation. In a way, the corporathis Code.� It is clear from the above provi- tion must then submit a notice to sion that the corporate term of a the SEC’s Company Registration corporation existing prior to, and and Monitoring Department or which continues to exist upon ANY OF ITS SATELLITE OFkCES OR EXTENthe effectivity of the RCC shall be sion offices, within a period of automatically deemed perpetual two years from Feb. 23, 2019. The without any further action on the notice must be signed by at least part of the corporation. majority of the members of the The SEC has recently released for board of directors or trustees, and public comment the draft guide- attested by the corporate secretary. lines on corporate term, which The draft guidelines also reiter-
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ate the provision of the RCC that corporations that intend to enjoy perpetual term of existence need not send a notice to the SEC. In light of the above-mentioned reform on perpetuity of corporate terms through the issuance of the draft guidelines, we at the SEC hope that THIS CLARIkES THE ISSUE 4HE 3%# IN its extensive efforts to promote ease of doing business in the Philippines and implement such bold initiative, intends to issue the Memorandum Circular/s (MCs) soon. I do advise monitoring the SEC website for further updates.
Kelvin Lester K. Lee is a Commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). He is the co-chairperson of the SEC Committee on Memorandum Circular/s To Operationalize Revised Corporation Code Provisions. The views and opinions stated herein are his own. You may email your comments and questions to oclee@sec.gov.ph.
Disengagement at work I FROM WHERE T has been a while since I last went out on a date with any of my daughters. My wife and I have committed to taking our kids out on dates, but circumstances have always hindered us from doing so consistently. A couple of weeks AGO ) WAS kNALLY OUT ON A DATE WITH my second daughter, doing the things she likes to do, eating the food she wants to eat and, most importantly, neither allowing me nor the past choices of her older SISTER TO INlUENCE HER Prior to our date, I got wind of her response when she was asked during one of her summer activities on what makes her sad. Her answer was “If somebody breaks my heart into a million pieces.� During our date, I asked her who causes her heart to break into a million pieces. Her response broke my heart into a billion pieces: apparently, it was me and her mom every time we reprimand her. I felt wounded; my mind was confused. My initial reaction was to question what my daughter was feeling. All along, I thought and believed that I explained myself well to her; that every time I reprimand her, my reasons and intentions and, ultimately, my love for her were very clear. Thus, I expected my four-year old to fully understand; that her heart should not have broken into a million pieces, because of me. I realized, however, that I should not simply disregard her feelings; that although I thought I might have explained to her already, I may still be at fault. In this relationship, I am the adult and the mature one. At the end of the day, she is my daughter. I cannot let what I heard and what I felt make me disengage with her. If it leads to that, this relationship would surely not develop any further. This type of conversation and relational dynamics is not entirely limited within familial bonds. Albeit in far less cheesy and dramatic words (meaning no breaking-intoa-million-pieces kind of narrative), we could often experience a similar back and forth with our own people in the workplace. As leaders in our respective organizations, we often hear complaints. We hear about hurt feelings caused by us, as well as faults and shortcomings thrown our way. We will feel wounded; our minds will be confused. We thought we have performed our responsibilities in the best way we can, and yet this? As a response, intentional or not, we sometimes disengage with our people. We let our pride take over and, thus, prevent ourselves from further engaging. There are a number of articles that we can read on how to keep our people engaged or how to prevent them from being disengaged. Some are heavily anchored on organizational culture or leadership traits, while some are rooted on something more existential, such as the alignment of the organization and personal values. One thing certain, however, is that LEADERS CANNOT BE THE kRST TO DISENgage. Leaders cannot afford to be the one to stop the conversations from happening. Engagement requires time and effort; most leaders would often
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ANTON NG complain they are running out of BOTH .O MATTER HOW DIFkCULT IT may be, I believe it is in our best interest to keep the conversations going. Otherwise, our people, even our most loyal ones, will eventually check out. We cannot hide behind the fact that we have already discussed certain things with them or that we have explained the basis of our decisions. Neither can we just say that we are all adults and professionals and that everyone should just lick their wounds and move on. Doing so would only further alienate people, which could eventually lead to disengagement. They say hate is not the opposite of love, rather, it is indifference: the point of not caring. It is as if one does not exist. Hate at least comes from a strong feeling of emotion towards the object of hatred. Indifference, on the other hand, has no emotions attached to it. It does not want to know what you are doing; it does not even want to know if you are even there. Once a person reaches this stage towards an organization or its leaders, that person is no longer working for anybody but themselves—a losing and dangerous scenario for any leader if you ask me. Losing one’s enthusiasm, energy, and excitement for work is both a function of how one reacts to situations and how the other party, the organization or its leaders, respond to the situation. Both should also be responsible for bringing those back. Both have a stake in the relationship. Both need to do something to keep the relationship healthy. Despite my initial reaction to what my daughter said, it dawned on me that, instead of becoming annoyed at how she felt, I should make sure that I keep the conversation going. I could not simply allow my pride to take over and negatively impact how I engage with her moving forward. You might say “Of course! That is what you will do because she is your daughter.� But, knowing us, we sometimes let our pride, our overindulging self-love, view ourselves as far more important than others, even to those whom we swear we love. What more to those outside our so-called “loved ones�? We often accuse our people of no longer engaging. Sometimes, maybe we are the ones who started disengaging.
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could also boost investor sentiment toward the Philippines. Earlier, DTI said nearly P300 billion worth of deals were signed during that trip. Singapore led all other foreign These deals covered such sectors investors in the period with P35.4 as infrastructure, manufacturing, billion worth of approved pledges. electronics, medical devices, business The Netherlands came second with process outsourcing, power, electricity, P9.1 billion, Thailand with P8.5 transport, automotive, food manufacbillion, Japan with P5.5 billion and turing and marine manpower. the United States with P2.4 billion. Energy projects led the tally with “With the Philippine economy P185.4 billion, a 74-percent growth up four notches to 46th in the lat- from the previous year’s P106.5 billion. est World Competitive Yearbook “Power projects are essential, as it RANKINGS THE VOTE OF CONkDENCE ;IN= fuels the Build Build Build program the [Duterte] administration, [as] of the government and the demands AFkRMED IN THE -AY ; = MIDTERM of a growing population,� Rodolfo elections with the resounding vic- explained. tory of most of its candidates and “There are big power projects that allies, is seen to sustain investor will complement the infrastructure confidence for the Philippines,� projects in the coming months, even Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez said. as we exercise due diligence for projPresident Rodrigo Duterte’s re- ects that are deserving of incentives,� cent state visit to Japan, he added, he said. TYRONE C. PIAD
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better than P26 million,� Pangilinan told reporters after PLDT’s annual stockholders’ meeting in Makati City. Asked on what would drive that, Pangilinan noted that while his company’s enterprise business had been seeing growth, it might also bank on its wireless segment, saying it had been on the “upside.� Last year, that segment saw its mobile subscribers increase to 60
million from 57.9 million in 2017, and revenues grow by 7 percent to P62.5 billion. It also saw mobile data usage surge, doubling to more than 820 petabytes year-on-year. PLDT’s enterprise business, meanwhile, posted a 7-percent increase in revenues to P38.4 billion. 2018, the telco said, was a “breakout year� after its bottomline surged to more than 40 percent.
"ASED ON ITS PRO FORMA kNANCIAL statement, PLDT’s reported net income soared by 44 percent to P19.2 billion last year from P13.4 billion in 2017. But under its new accounting SYSTEM ITS PROkT JUMPED BY percent to P18.9 billion. For 2019, PLDT is allotting P78.4 billion in capital expenditures, higher than the P58 billion
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SMC seeks to launch ALI unit ups stake in Laguna Technopark to 95% 800 MW of RE by March SAN Miguel Corp. (SMC) aims to launch nine months for now the kRST MEGAWATTS -7 OF THE 1,200 MW it plans to add to its renewable energy (RE) portfolio. On the sidelines of the listed conglomerate’s annual stockholders’ meeting on Tuesday, San Miguel President and Chief /PERATING /FkCER 2AMON 3 !NG SAID THE kGURE REPRESENTED THE kRST phase of the total. It will come from a mix of solar, wind, and hydro energy. “This will help [address the lack of power]� in the country, he added, because we are always on “red alert and yellow alert.� San Miguel unveiled last week its plan to add 1,200 MW of RE facilities in its portfolio by 2024. According to Ang, 70 percent of these plants has started the ground works, while the equipment for their construction have been readied. The company is also processing applications to secure the necessary permits, such as environmenTAL COMPLIANCE CERTIkCATES FROM the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, before it could begin construction. Also on Tuesday, Ang said the
company targeted to break ground for its P735-billion Bulacan airport project by year-end. The conglomerate, he added, is only waiting for the Swiss chalLENGE TO kNISH IN *ULY )F THERE ARE no better offers presented, as that challenge requires, the National Economic and Development Authority would be inclined to allow San Miguel to proceed with the project. “Sa ngayon, wala akong balita na merong may gustong gumawa (ng airport) (For now, I am yet to receive news of others wanting to build the airport)� Ang said. Once built, the Bulacan airport is expected to be linked to San Miguel’s P80-billion Metro Rail Transit-7 (MRT-7) project, the scheduled opening for which has BEEN CHANGED TO FOR THE kRST phase and 2022 for the entire loop in light of the right-of-way issues that are yet to be addressed. MRT-7 covers 14 stations, from Grand Central on North Avenue in Quezon City to San Jose del Monte City in Bulacan. San Miguel shares increased by 20 centavos or 0.11 percent to close at P182.20 each on Tuesday. ANGELICA BALLESTEROS
LISTED AyalaLand Logistics Holdings Corp. (ALLHC) increased its ownership in Laguna Technopark Inc. (LTI) from 75 percent to 95 percent after acquiring additional shares in the latter worth P800 million. In a disclosure on Tuesday, the company formerly known as Prime Orion Philippines Inc. said it bought on Monday
8,051 Laguna Technopark common shares from parent company Ayala Land Inc. (ALI), itself a unit of Ayala Corp. 4HE kGURE IS EQUIVALENT TO percent of LTI’s total outstanding stock, and raises AyalaLand Logistics’ total equity in the former to 38,237 common shares. “This transaction supports ALLHC’s vision to be the lead-
ing real-estate logistics and industrial-park developer and operator in the Philippines,� AyalaLand Logistics said. AyalaLand Logistics owns several properties, including the Tutuban Center in Manila’s Divisoria district logistics facilities in Laguna province. Last year, it partnered with Japan-based conglomerate Mitsubishi Corp. on building
a P1-billion logistics building and warehouse facility, called the Standard Factory Building, in Laguna. It covers 11 hectares, on which 40 1,500-squaremeter units would rise. It is set for completion next year. AyalaLand Logistics shares rose by 5 centavos or 1.45 percent to close at P3.49 apiece on Tuesday. ANGELICA BALLESTEROS
China Bank eyes to raise P5B from bonds LISTED China Bank Corp. is looking to raise as much as P5 billion through its maiden peso fixed rate bonds offer. In a statement on Tuesday, the Sy-led lender said the public offer period was from June 10 to 28. The bonds carry an annual interest rate of 5.70 percent, to be paid monthly. They have a tenor of 18 months and will mature in January 2021. Minimum investment is
P100,000, with additional placements in increments of P50,000.  “We aim to provide retail investors with a good investment opportunity and enhance public participation in the capital markets while increasing our funding flexibility,� China Bank Chief Operating Officer Romeo Uyan Jr. said in the statement. HSBC and Standard Chartered Bank are the joint lead arrangers for the transaction, while the selling agents are China
Bank, China Bank Capital, Amalgamated Investment Bancorporation, HSBC and Standard Chartered Bank. The bonds will be listed on the Philippine Dealing & Exchange platform on July 10. The bond issue, China Bank said, is part of its planned P75-billion fundraising program for the next three years to support its expansion and strategic initiatives. Â It added that the plan to issue retail bonds and/ or commercial papers
was also in line with its intention to be an active participant in the ongoing economic expansion of the country and the government’s infrastructure initiatives. Last year, China Bank raised P10.25 billion through a public offering of peso-denominated long term negotiable certificates of time deposits. China Bank shares fell by 5 centavos or 0.19 percent to close at P26.85 each on Tuesday. MAYVELIN U. CARABALLOÂ
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Civil Case No. R-QZN-13-72717-CV (SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION)
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No need its policy rates on May 9 after monetary authorities decided to reduce the overnight borrowing, lending and deposit rates by 25 basis points to 4.50 percent, 5 percent and 4 percent, respectively, following a series of rate hikes last year. The next two rate-setting meetings are scheduled on June 20 and August 8. g;4HE= CURRENT ANALYSIS IS THAT INlATION IS going to be a little bit below 3 percent this year, and a little bit higher than 3 percent next year. Therefore, there is really no reason to change policy rates,â&#x20AC;? Felipe said. Also on May 9, the Monetary Board TRIMMED ITS INlATION FORECAST TO PERCENT from 3 percent for this year, but raised it to 3.1 percent from 3 percent for 2020. Medallaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s remarks come as the Department of Finance (DoF) said consumer prices growth should only accelerate by at least 0.4 percentage points month-on-month to ACHIEVE AN AVERAGE INlATION RATE OF BELOW percent for the rest of the year. In its latest economic bulletin released also on Tuesday, the DoF said â&#x20AC;&#x153;below-4 PERCENT INlATION CAN BE ACHIEVED FOR THE rest of the year if month-on-month price increase is, at most, 0.4 percentage points.â&#x20AC;? The bulletin is based on the departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s EXPECTATION THAT INlATION MOMENTUM IS LIKELY to recede further, â&#x20AC;&#x153;with crude oil prices moving to bear territory, with Dubai crude futures dropping below $60/barrel as of June 6.â&#x20AC;? Latest data showed that the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s HEADLINE INlATION ROSE TO PERCENT IN -AY from Aprilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 3 percent. Despite this slight uptick, BSP Governor Benjamin Diokno has said monetary AUTHORITIES gEXPECT INlATION TO BE IN THE neighborhood of 2 percent in the third quarter of 2019.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;With world oil prices easing, we expect THE ANNUAL INlATION RATE TO BE IN THE VIcinity of 3.0 percent in 2019 and 2020,â&#x20AC;? he added. For their part, analysts still think monetary authorities will continue to cut interest rates. g"ENIGN INlATION AND LOWER '$0 GROSS domestic product) growth provide additional scope for the BSP to further ease monetary policy,â&#x20AC;? HSBC economist Noelan Arbis said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Further easing in local monetary policy by way of another cut in policy rates remains possible as early as the next rate-setting meeting on June 20, 2019 (or in subsequent months),â&#x20AC;? Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. economist Michael Ricafort said. MAYVELIN U. CARABALLO
ASHINGTON, D.C.: US President Donald Trump warned on Monday (Tuesday in Manila) he will slap huge new tariffs on China if his counterpart Xi Jinping doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t show up for a planned face-to-face meeting later this month and insisted the Chinese economy will never overtake Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. Trump delivered his hardline message ahead of the G20 summit on June 28 and 29 in Osaka, Japan, which could mark a turning point in the trade dispute between the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s two biggest economies. Asked if a failure by Xi to come to the summit would lead to tariffs kicking in on a further $300 billion in Chinese imports, Trump told CNBC television: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Yes it would.â&#x20AC;? Trump said the meeting was â&#x20AC;&#x153;scheduledâ&#x20AC;? and that he expects Xi to attend. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I would be surprised if he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go,â&#x20AC;? Trump said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going, I havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t heard that heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not.â&#x20AC;? However, as US-Chinese tensions mount,
a spokesman for Xiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s government said last month that he had â&#x20AC;&#x153;no information at presentâ&#x20AC;? on Trump-Xi talks. Trump has been trying to strongarm China into fundamental change on trade policies that the president argues have for decades put the United States at an unfair disadvantage. The two sides seemed to be close to striking a bargain until talks stalled last month. Washington says that Beijing walked away at the last minute, while the Chinese side has SIGNALED IT IS PREPARED FOR A LONG kGHT AGAINST unreasonable demands. Trump has already imposed 25 percent duties on $200 billion of Chinese imports.
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In an explanatory note, Shakeyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s said CenTURY 0ACIkC 'ROUP S 0)::! COMMON SHARES consisted of 796,445,141 common shares it directly owned and 15.837 million lodged with PCD Nominee. A public ownership report (POR) listed two SUBSTANTIAL STOCKHOLDERS WITH #ENTURY 0ACIkC Group holding the same number of PIZZA common shares as shown in Shakeyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s DIS. It also listed Arran Investments Pte. Ltd. as holder of 283,063,432 PIZZA common shares, or 18.48 percent. The two principal stockholders held combined ownership of 1,095,345,573 PIZZA common shares, or 71.52 percent. Like in other listed companies, Shakeyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s POR also showed the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s public stockholders as owners of 434,727,072 PIZZA common shares, or 28.39 percent. As public stockholders, their holdings would have entitled them to 2.555 seats in Shakeyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nine-person board. Yet, such was not the case because three IDs were appointed by the Pos, who own majority stocks held for THEM BY #ENTURY 0ACIkC 'ROUP Sold. Jose C. Ibazeta, a member of the six-person board of International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI) sold 10,000 ICTSI common shares at P135.00 each on June
Preferred shares The others include Manuel T. Del Barrio, vice PRESIDENT AND CHIEF kNANCE OFkCER *ENNIFER 6 ,APA CHIEF HUMAN RESOURCE OFkCER *OSE !RNOLD T. Alvero, corporate planning and business deVELOPMENT DIRECTOR AND !LOIS "RIELBECK WHO like Concepcion, is also general manager. In 2019, Shakeyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s estimated the six-person groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pays and perks at P50,166,730. While it paid them P47,327,104 in 2018, the company paid its three IDs P117,647. The DIS was not clear if the compensation covered both 2019 and 2018. As of Dec. 31, 2018, Shakeyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s said it is a subsidiary of Century Pacific Group Inc., which held as of said date 812,282,141 PIZZA common shares, or 53.05 percent of 1,531,321,053 outstanding PIZZA common SHARES ACCORDING TO A kLING &OREIGNERS WHO ARE CLASSIkED AS NON &ILIPInos, are among Shakeyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top stockholders, with PCD Nominee Corp. as record stockholder of their 506,585,649 PIZZA common shares, or 33.08 percent. Their ownership topped the Filipino-owned but PCD-held 149,236,186 PIZZA common shares, or 9.75 percent.
China has responded with punitive tariffs on $60 billion in US goods. Last month he threatened to slap tariffs on a further $300 billion of goods â&#x20AC;&#x201D; virtually everything American companies import from China â&#x20AC;&#x201D; if no breakthrough is achieved. The US Trade Representative office has launched the process to impose the huge new duties, with a hearing scheduled for June 17 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but Trump has said he has yet to decide whether he will ultimately impose the levies.
â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll never catch usâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Trump has made tariffs a pillar of his foreign policy, arguing that US economic power puts him in a win-win situation when he threatens rivals like China and even close allies, such as Canada, the European Union and Mexico. The United States says that China cheats in bilateral trade by forcing US importers to give up intellectual property, subsidizing its own companies, and running a huge trade surplus with Washington. 3, 2019. The sale reduced his direct ownership of ICTSI common shares to 2,765,710, which at his selling price of P135 each, would have market value of P373,370,850. Bought and sold. Laurence Peter Upton, executive vice president for international marketing of Bloomberry Resorts Corp. (BRC), bought UNCLASSIkED "2# SHARES ON -AY 2019. On May 28, 2019, he sold 24,087 shares AT 0 EACH SHARES AT 0 EACH SHARES AT 0 EACH SHARES AT 0 EACH SHARES AT 0 EACH AND 72,662 shares at P11.70 each, for a total of 267,740 UNCLASSIkED "2# COMMON SHARES $ESPITE THE series of sales, his holdings in Bloomberry INCREASED TO UNCLASSIkED "2# SHARES because of his additional acquisitions. He sold ONLY UNCLASSIkED "2# SHARES
Due Diligencerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s take Some listed companies issue preferred shares BUT CLASSIFY THEM IN THEIR kNANCIAL kLINGS AS part of their equity. It is even worse when they treat them as voting preferred shares and sell them exclusively to the owners and insiders, who are mostly their own top executives. One does not need to google preferred shares
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Trump told CNBC that by ratcheting up tariffs, he can ultimately force manufacturers to leave China. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Those companies are going to move into other locations and there wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be a tariff,â&#x20AC;? he said. In a game of tit-for-tat, Trump added, China will lose simply because they have far fewer US imports they can target. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have the big, big advantage,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Chinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to make a deal because theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to have to make a deal.â&#x20AC;? Trumpâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tariff rattling has spooked global markets and also run into pushback from many in Congress. But in his lengthy CNBC interview, Trump said he is doing what previous presidents avoided because they â&#x20AC;&#x153;either didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t understand it or they were bored by it or they werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t smart enough.â&#x20AC;? His overall aim, the Republican said, is to ensure that China never overtakes the United States as the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top economy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Had a Democrat gotten in..., China would have caught us,â&#x20AC;? he said. Now â&#x20AC;&#x153;theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll never catch us.â&#x20AC;? AFP
FOR DEkNITION 4HE PUBLIC INVESTORS MUST KNOW their right as stockholders by demanding that, they, too, are entitled to voting preferred shares. By limiting them to non-voting preferred shares, these listed companies are virtually taking advantage of the public, who, after all, were responsible in enabling their businesses to list some, if not all, their common shares on the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE). Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going public as far as business owners are concerned. They should be told that being listed does not necessarily make their stock corporations public. Listing alone does not make a company public. One has to look at PSEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s daily but small turnover to see the difference between being listed and being public. Who among these owners sold some of their holdings through PSE facilities? As far as Due Diligencer is concerned, none of them resort to the sale of any of their holdings. It MAY BE ABOUT TIME OFkCIALS OF THE 3ECURITIES and Exchange Commission (SEC) review the trades by insiders. Do any of the owners of listed companies sell some of their holdings? Just asking.
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WEDNESDAY June 12, 2019
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HK businesses pledge closures as extradition anger builds
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ONG KONG: Scores of Hong Kong businesses have vowed to shut down for a day as anger builds over the governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s push to allow extraditions to China, with opponents on Tuesday announcing plans for fresh protests and strikes. 4HE kNANCIAL HUB WAS ROCKED BY A HUGE RALLY OVER THE WEEKEND Â&#x2021; THE LARGEST SINCE THE CITY S RETURN TO #HINA Â&#x2021; AS VAST CROWDS called on the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leaders to scrap THE "EIJING BACKED PLAN Many are fearful the proposed LAW WILL TANGLE PEOPLE UP IN THE mainlandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s opaque courts and HAMMER (ONG +ONG S REPUTATION as an international business hub. /RGANIZERS SAID MORE THAN A million hit the streets on Sunday but the record crowds have failed TO SWAY CHIEF EXECUTIVE #ARRIE Lam who has rejected calls to withdraw or delay the bill and WARNED OPPONENTS AGAINST COM MITTING gRADICAL ACTS u /N 7EDNESDAY THE PROPOSAL will have its second and third READINGS IN THE CITY S PARLIA ment, which is dominated by "EIJING LOYALISTS MAKING ITS PASSING ALL BUT ASSURED 0ROTEST GROUPS HAVE VOWED TO STAGE A FRESH RALLY OUTSIDE PARLIA MENT THAT MORNING Â&#x2021; ALTHOUGH IT was not yet clear whether police would allow a demonstration to TAKE PLACE /RGANIZERS HAVE BILLED THE GATHERING AS A gPICNICu IN A PARK NEXT TO THE BUILDING A separate online petition call ING ON PROTESTERS TO GATHER 4UESDAY EVENING AND CAMP OVERNIGHT OUT side parliament may prove more controversial â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in the early hours OF -ONDAY POLICE FOUGHT RUN NING BATTLES WITH SMALL GROUPS OF hardline protesters who had made SIMILAR PLANS TO SPEND THE NIGHT
Businesses shuttering !HEAD OF 7EDNESDAY S DEBATE business owners took to social me DIA USING A HASHTAG THAT TRANSLATES as â&#x20AC;&#x153;#612strikeâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the date of the proposed action â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to announce solidarity closures. ! LARGE CHUNK ARE MOM AND POP style stores and small businesses that are a key part of the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s economy, but which often eschew the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s raucous street politics. "Y 4UESDAY MORNING MORE than 100 businesses had declared PLANS TO STRIKE RANGING FROM coffee shops and restaurants to camera stores, toy shops, nail SALONS YOGA STUDIOS AND EVEN AN adult entertainment store. g(ONG +ONG WAS BUILT BY OUR VARIOUS GENERATIONS WITH HARD
WORK u WROTE -EET 9OGA STUDIO ON ITS )NSTAGRAM ACCOUNT g! (ONG +ONG WITHOUT FREEDOM Â&#x2021; HOW about we just wipe it off the map ENTIRELY AND CALL IT #HINA u ,AWYER -ICHAEL 6IDLER SAID HE would allow his 12 employees to â&#x20AC;&#x153;act in accordance with their con SCIENCEu AND GO ON STRIKE More than 1,600 airline em PLOYEES SIGNED A PETITION CALLING on their union to strike while a bus driver union said it would ENCOURAGE MEMBERS TO DRIVE DE LIBERATELY SLOWLY ON 7EDNESDAY to support protests. 3OME TEACHER NURSING AND SO CIAL WORKER GROUPS HAVE SAID THEY planned to strike. On Tuesday, Lam warned AGAINST STRIKES A PROTEST METHOD that is not readily embraced in the
BUSINESS CENTRIC CITY g) URGE SCHOOLS PARENTS GROUPS corporations and unions to carefully consider, if they call for these radi CAL ACTS WHAT GOOD WOULD IT DO FOR (ONG +ONG SOCIETY AND OUR YOUTH u 24(+ QUOTED HER AS SAYING The proposed law would allow extraditions to any jurisdiction with which it does not already have a treaty Â&#x2021; INCLUDING MAINLAND #HINA (ONG +ONG S LEADERS SAY IT IS NEEDED TO PLUG LOOPHOLES AND TO STOP THE CITY BEING A SANCTUARY FOR FUGITIVES AND THAT SAFEGUARDS ARE IN place to ensure political critics of "EIJING WILL NOT BE TARGETED "UT MANY (ONG +ONGERS HAVE LITTLE faith in those assurances after years OF HEIGHTENED FEARS THAT A RESURGENT "EIJING IS TRYING TO QUASH THE CITY S unique freedoms and culture. AFP
embattled leader of the Future Forward party. "UT HE HOLDS A RAZOR THIN MAJOR ity in the lower house in a country FRUSTRATED BY THE MILITARY S INlU ENCE ON POLITICS WITH THE HASHTAG Ă&#x203A;2)04HAILAND TRENDING ON 4WITTER after the vote. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I will promote a peaceful environment for a unified so ciety based on love, unity and compassion,â&#x20AC;? Prayut said after the royal decree was read out at Government House. He also promised to â&#x20AC;&#x153;listen to the voices of the peopleâ&#x20AC;? and protect the monarchy. Moments before his remarks HE KNELT BEFORE A PORTRAIT OF +ING -AHA 6AJIRALONGKORN CLASPING HIS HANDS TOGETHER IN A WAI AND BOW ING SEVERAL TIMES Prayut faces a rocky transition TRAILED BY QUESTIONS OF LEGITIMACY
(IS CHALLENGER IN THE VOTE WAS billionaire and auto parts scion 4HANATHORN *UANGROONGRUANG kit, who has captured mille nial hearts with his slick social MEDIA PRESENCE AND WITHERING ANTI JUNTA SALVOS The party scooped up 81 SEATS TO BECOME THE THIRD LARG est in Thailand. But analysts say Thanathornâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s MAGNETIC APPEAL HAS MADE HIM AND THE PARTY A TARGET The Future Forward leader and HIS DEPUTIES ARE FACING MORE THAN A DOZEN LEGAL COMPLAINTS THAT THEY say are politically motivated. Thanathorn was suspended from parliament while one of the cases plays out and could face a ban from politics and jail time if convicted. He was unable to attend the vote FOR PRIME MINISTER EVEN THOUGH HE
was the only other candidate. 0OLICE ARE ALSO PROBING A COM PLAINT AGAINST PARTY SPOKESWOMAN 0ANNIKA 7ANICH FOR ALLEGEDLY BREACHING THE COUNTRY S ROYAL DEFA mation law. She denies the claim. Observers say Future Forward offered a fresh alternative for voters tired of familiar political camps. For the past 13 years Thailand has been rocked by violent pro tests and takeovers in a broad split between supporters of the powerful Shinawatra clan and AN ARCH ROYALIST ELITE BACKED BY the military. 9INGLUCK 3HINAWATRA S ADMIN istration was toppled in the 2014 coup and her brother Thaksin was ousted by the military in 2006. "OTH SIBLINGS LIVE IN SELF EXILE but their main political machine Pheu Thai backed Thanathorn as candidate for prime minister. AFP
LAOS ROUTE SPEWS METH INTO THAILAND NAKHON PHANOM, Thailand: As dusk FALLS ALONG THE -EKONG 2IVER A NIGHTLY DANCE BEGINS BETWEEN Thai border security and Laos DRUG GANGS NOW USING DRONES SCOUTS AND A POOL OF POOR kSHER men to shift record amounts of meth into Thailand. Landlocked, secretive and with UNGOVERNABLE BORDERS ,AOS HAS BECOME A SLUICE FOR TRANSPORTING -ADE )N -YANMAR METH TO THE DRUG HUNGRY MARKETS OF 3OUTHEAST !SIA AND !USTRALIA WHERE BILLION DOLLAR SEIZURES ARE NOW BEING MADE 7HISKED OVER THE REMOTE mountains of Laos â&#x20AC;&#x201D; one of the WORLD S LAST SURVIVING COMMUNIST COUNTRIES Â&#x2021; SHIPMENTS ARE REGU LARLY SLIPPING INTO 4HAILAND THE REGION S DRUG SUPERHIGHWAY g)T S COMING IN FROM OVER
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NKorea demands US to end hostility SEOUL: North Korea on Tuesday called on the US to â&#x20AC;&#x153;roll back its HOSTILE POLICY u A DAY BEFORE THE kRST anniversary of a historic summit between its leader and president Donald Trump. 4HE kRST EVER MEETING BETWEEN A .ORTH +OREAN LEADER AND A SITTING 53 president took place on June 12 last YEAR IN 3INGAPORE WHERE +IM *ONG 5N AND 4RUMP SIGNED A VAGUELY worded deal to achieve â&#x20AC;&#x153;complete denuclearization.â&#x20AC;? "UT A SECOND MEETING IN 6IETNAM in February ended abruptly as the TWO FAILED TO AGREE ON WHAT THE .ORTH WOULD BE WILLING TO GIVE UP IN EXCHANGE FOR SANCTIONS RELIEF The joint statement from the 3INGAPORE MEETING gOF GREAT HISTORIC SIGNIkCANCE IS NOW ON THE VERGE OF TURNING INTO A DEAD DOCUMENT AS THE US shuns its implementation,â&#x20AC;? said THE .ORTH S OFkCIAL +OREAN #ENTRAL .EWS !GENCY +#.! )T ADDED THE gARROGANT AND UNILAT eral policyâ&#x20AC;? of the US would never work with North Korea. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is a limit to the DPRKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s PATIENCE u IT SAID USING THE ACRONYM FOR THE .ORTH S OFkCIAL NAME ADD ING g.OW IS THE TIME FOR THE 53 TO
roll back its hostile policy.â&#x20AC;? !T THE (ANOI MEETING 7ASH INGTON SOUGHT A MORE IMMEDIATE comprehensive denuclearization DEAL WHILE 0YONGYANG WANTED A STEP BY STEP PROCESS AND DEMANDED THE LIFTING OF KEY ECONOMIC SANCTIONS IN RETURN FOR SHUTTING DOWN ITS 9ONG byon nuclear complex, which the US refused. 3INCE (ANOI 0YONGYANG HAS AC CUSED 7ASHINGTON OF ACTING IN gBAD FAITHu AND GIVEN IT UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR TO CHANGE ITS APPROACH Last month the North raised ten SIONS IN THE REGION BY kRING SHORT RANGE MISSILES FOR THE kRST TIME SINCE November 2017. South Korean President Moon *AE IN WHO WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN BROKERING THE 3INGAPORE SUMMIT A YEAR AGO SAID ON -ONDAY TALKS WERE UNDERWAY FOR A THIRD .ORTH 53 MEETING ACCORDING TO 3OUTH +OREA S 9ONHAP NEWS AGENCY -OON ADDED 0YONGYANG HAD RE FRAINED FROM NUCLEAR AND LONG RANGE MISSILE TESTS FOR MORE THAN ONE AND A HALF YEARS Trump and Kim continued to express â&#x20AC;&#x153;trust in each otherâ&#x20AC;? and gDESIRE FOR DIALOGUE u HE SAID AFP
Kimâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s brother was CIA informant â&#x20AC;&#x201C; WSJ
Thai junta chief Prayut made PM in royal decree BANGKOK: *UNTA CHIEF 0RAYUT #HAN / #HA FORMALLY BECAME 4HAILAND S 29th prime minister on Tuesday after a royal endorsement, com PLETING A LONG TRANSFORMATION FROM soldier to civilian leader and vow ING gLOVE UNITY AND COMPASSION u But critics may doubt the di VISIVE LEADER S PLEDGE AFTER HIS previous stint in power which was marked by a ban on politi CAL GATHERINGS A CLAMP DOWN ON THE MEDIA AND THE MUZZLING of dissent. 4HE YEAR OLD EX ARMY CHIEF led the 2014 coup, the last of at least a dozen since 1932 by a military woven deeply into the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s turbulent politics. Thailandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first parliament since the coup was stacked with HAND PICKED SENATORS WHO helped vote Prayut in as prime minister over the charismatic and
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there,â&#x20AC;? Thai navy captain Sum NUAN +AMDEE TOLD !GENCE &RANCE PRESSE GESTURING ACROSS THE WIDE -EKONG WHICH BISECTS Thailand and Laos. g$RUGS HAVE BECOME A NA tional threat.â&#x20AC;? Armed with M4 rifles and NIGHT VISION GOGGLES HIS -EKONG River Unit scours the water in speedboats in Nakhon Phanom, one of Thailandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s poorest border provinces in the northeast. "UT THE BORDER IS LONG AND CAN not be fully policed. /NCE INSIDE THE KINGDOM TONS OF HIGHLY ADDICTIVE CRYSTAL METH known as â&#x20AC;&#x153;ice,â&#x20AC;? and hundreds of MILLIONS OF YABA PILLS Â&#x2021; CAFFEINE laced methamphetamine tablets GUZZLED BY EVERYONE FROM LABOR ers to ravers â&#x20AC;&#x201D; are consumed
OR WAREHOUSED BEFORE BEING SMUGGLED ONWARDS ! MONTHS LONG 4HAI MILITARY led crackdown in the northern JUNGLES OF THE KINGDOM S SECTION of the notorious â&#x20AC;&#x153;Golden Tri ANGLEu HAS BLOCKED THE QUICKEST DRUG ROUTE SOUTH "UT WITH BIG MONEY TO BE MADE THE NARCO GANGS HAVE CARVED NEW ROUTES WEST AND EAST Â&#x2021; THROUGH ,AOS AND ACROSS THE -EKONG )N THE FADING LIGHT AS THE limestone karst scenery of Laos ELBOWS INTO THE NIGHT SKY BLACK CLAD 4HAI MILITARY RANGERS WAIT IN MOSQUITO INFESTED BUSHES FOR SUSPICIOUS CROSSINGS "UT THE DRUG GANGS ARE ALSO quick to adapt. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They have drones [from Laos] SEARCHING THE RIVER TO SEE IF THERE
are any officials,â&#x20AC;? Phoomsak +AMPOO DISTRICT CHIEF OFkCER OF Tha Utain district of Nakhon Pha NOM TOLD !GENCE &RANCE 0RESSE g!ND THEY HAVE SCOUTS WATCHING for checkpoints on this [Thai] side.â&#x20AC;? /N SMALLER RUNS ,AOS kSHER MEN WILL CUT THEIR ENGINES AND drift close to the Thai bank before LOBBING WAX COVERED PARCELS OF YABA PILLS TOWARDS THE shore, where Thai couriers scam per out to claim them. "UT BIGGER MULTI MILLION DOLLAR SHIPMENTS ARE BECOMING more frequent. %XPERTS SAY THE 'OLDEN 4RIANGLE REGION IS NOW LIKELY TO BE THE BIG GEST METH PRODUCTION HUB IN THE WORLD 9ET WITHOUT THE ULTRAVIO lence of the Latin American cartels, it captures fewer headlines. AFP
SEOUL: +IM *ONG .AM THE ESTRANGED HALF brother of North Korean leader Kim *ONG 5N WHO WAS KILLED IN -ALAYSIA IN WAS A #)! INFORMANT THE 7ALL Street Journal reported on Tuesday. #ITING gA PERSON KNOWLEDGEABLE about the matter,â&#x20AC;? the paper said +IM *ONG .AM HAD MET WITH #)! operatives several times. +IM *ONG .AM WHO WAS ONCE seen as heir apparent to the Northâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s LEADERSHIP DIED AFTER HAVING HIS FACE SMEARED WITH THE OUTLAWED 68 NERVE AGENT AS HE WAITED AT +UALA Lumpur airport. !CCORDING TO THE Journalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s source THERE WAS A gNEXUSu BETWEEN +IM *ONG .AM AND THE #)! BUT THE PAPER SAID many details of his connection with THE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY WERE UNCLEAR 4HE SOURCE SAID +IM *ONG .AM traveled to Malaysia in February TO MEET HIS #)! CONTACT BUT that may not have been the only purpose of his trip. +IM *ONG .AM DIED AFTER BEING attacked at Kuala Lumpur Interna tional Airport on February 13, 2017 IN A #OLD 7AR STYLE ASSASSINATION that shocked the world. 4WO YOUNG WOMEN ONE 6IETNAM ese and one Indonesian, were ar RESTED AND CHARGED WITH THE MURDER They insisted they were tricked by .ORTH +OREAN AGENTS INTO CARRYING OUT THE HIT AND HAD THOUGHT IT WAS
A REALITY 46 SHOW PRANK Malaysian prosecutors eventually DROPPED THE MURDER CHARGES AGAINST them and Indonesian Siti Aisyah was released in March this year while her 6IETNAMESE CO ACCUSED $OAN 4HI (UONG WAS FREED IN -AY South Korea has accused the .ORTH OF ORDERING THE HIT WHICH 0YONGYANG DENIES /NCE SEEN AS LEADER +IM *ONG )L S NATURAL SUCCESSOR +IM *ONG .AM APPARENTLY FELL FROM GRACE AFTER BE ING DEPORTED FROM *APAN IN FOR TRYING TO ENTER ON A FORGED PASSPORT to visit Disneyland. 3INCE THEN HE HAD BEEN LIVING IN virtual exile, mainly in the southern #HINESE ENCLAVE OF -ACAU He had spoken to Japanese and OTHER OVERSEAS MEDIA WITH SURPRISING candour on various occasions and 2011 he told a Japanese newspaper that he opposed the idea of the Northâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dynastic power transfer. g3EVERAL FORMER 53 OFkCIALS SAID THE half brother, who had lived outside of North Korea for many years and had NO KNOWN POWER BASE IN 0YONGYANG was unlikely to be able to provide details of the secretive countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s inner WORKINGS u THE *OURNAL SAID The report comes amid a deadlock in talks between the United States AND .ORTH +OREA OVER 0YONGYANG S AFP nuclear weapons.
Worldinbriefs UAE PAID BUSINESSMAN TO SPY ON TRUMP ADMIN
WASHINGTON, D.C.: A United Arab Emirates businessman linked to a probe of illegal donations to Donald Trumpâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s political campaign was paid by his countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s intelligence agency to spy on the US presidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s administration, The Intercept reported Monday. Rashid al-Malik received tens of thousands of dollars a month for gleaning information on Trump administration policy toward the Middle East in 2017, the website said, citing a former US official and documents. He reported back to the UAEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s National Intelligence Service on topics of interest to the oil-producing Gulf state, including US efforts to mediate a Gulf feud involving Qatar, as well as meetings between US officials and Saudi Arabiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Al-Malikâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lawyer denied the repor and told The Intercept that his client was â&#x20AC;&#x153;not an intelligence operative.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;He has never been â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;taskedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; to deliver information about the inner workings of the Trump administration,â&#x20AC;? He has, however, â&#x20AC;&#x153;on numerous occasions, discussed various business ideas for UAE projects in the US,â&#x20AC;? the lawyer was quoted as saying. AFP
HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP LOCATES NKOREAN EXECUTION SITES
SEOUL, South Korea: A human rights group said Tuesday it has identified hundreds of spots where witnesses claim North Korea carried out public executions and extrajudicial state killings as part of an arbitrary and aggressive use of the death penalty that is meant to intimidate its citizens. The Seoul-based Transitional Justice Working Group said its research was based on interviews with 610 North Korean defectors conducted over four years who helped locate the sites with satellite imagery. The group didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t reveal the exact locations of the 323 sites because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worried that North Korea will tamper with them, but said 267 of them were located in two northeastern provinces near the border with China. North Koreaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s public executions tend to happen near rivers, in fields and on hills, and also at marketplaces and school grounds â&#x20AC;&#x201D; places where residents and family members of those sentenced are often forced to attend the killings, the report said. AP
6 DEAD IN FIRE AT UKRAINE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL
KIEV: Six people died when fire swept through a psychiatric hospital in the Ukrainian city of Odessa, authorities said on Tuesday. The fire erupted late Monday evening in the one-storey building, Ukraineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Emergency Service said in a statement. It added that four have been hospitalized because of the incident while nine people escaped unharmed. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he regretted the â&#x20AC;&#x153;terrible tragedyâ&#x20AC;? and directed Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman to set up a committee to investigate. The cause was not immediately clear. AFP
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WEDNESDAY June 12, 2019
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Customer service more than ship capacity E
NSURING customers safety and meeting their expectations hold the key to sustaining the growth of the shipping industry, according to regulators. This is why in the Philippines, the Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) focused heavily on customer service in drafting the Maritime Industry Development Plan (MIDP) 2019-2028, which is considered a milestone in the industry. M I D P a i m s t o d e ve l o p a globally competitive and nationally integrated maritime scene through eight proposed programs. Four of the eight major programs highlight the importance of customer satisfaction. The proposed combined budget for these four programs is P193.53 billion. To e n s u r e t h e s u c c e s s o f M I D P, t h e o u t c o m e a n d achievement of desired results will be assessed through a Results-based Monitoring and Evaluation (RbME) System to be developed both by Marina and its partner agencies. Each program has a set of performance indicators, which will be used by this management tool to measure the progress of the programs, both individually and collectively.
Upgrading domestic shipping Program 1 seeks to upgrade domestic shipping in support of the Philippine Nautical H i g h way D e ve l o p m e n t . I t covers the upgrade and modernization of existing domestic f l e e t ; d e ve l o p m e n t o f n e w routes and port infrastructure; retirement of unclassed, uneconomic and obsolete vessels; replacement of new ships, phase-out of wooden-hulled ships; and promotion of private sector participation in the development and operation of domestic shipping. These objectives are directed at achieving safe and efficient sea transport both for cargoes and passengers, reduced transport time and costs, diminished maritime accidents, and higher satisfaction among clients and passengers. These also seek to achieve substantial growth in the number of clients, passengers, volume of cargoes and ship calls,
as well as higher investments in shipbuilding, ship repair and shipping businesses. The RbME system will compare results in 2028 with the 2017 baseline. By 2028, upon completion of the MIDP, passengersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; satisfaction is expected to increase by 80 percent from the 2017 level. Passenger traffic is seen to increase from 72 million to 108 million; cargo throughput from 102.5 million to 153 million; and domestic ship calls from 434,380 to 651,500. There are currently 146 existing routes, and by 2028, 73 new routes are expected to be developed. The 574 existing ports are to be improved and expanded by the end of the MIDP. Average transport time is seen to be reduced by 20 percent, this means that the 2017 computed average time of four hours in secondary routes will be reduced to an average of 3 hours. Maritime accidents are anticipated to decrease by 80 percent. The 31 maritime accidents per annum is expected to go down to six by 2028. The estimated cost of Program 1 is P45.155 billion.
Maritime tourism Program 2 pushes for the development of shipping services for maritime tourism. The National Cruise Tourism Development Strategy and Action Plan (NCTDSAP) started in 2016 and is expected to end by 2022. This plan is committed to the long-term goal of making the Philippines a regional cruise center in Asia. It also aims to make the country a regional center for crew training for cruise ships, outsourcing for cruise line businesses and maintenance services for cruise ships. NCTDSAP aims to attract more tourists from different p a r t s o f t h e wo r l d a n d t o engage them in cruise tourism, such as the Asian Cruise Tourism Market. Cruise ship passengers are expected to rise to 456,164 by 2022, while port calls are seen to reach 402.
Q Companies like FastCat provide the ideal modernized and safety-conscious passenger ferries. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO By 2028, Philippine-registered pleasure crafts and tourist boats are predicted to increase from 238 to 595, and the construction of cruise ships is expected to reach 18,096. The plan aims to yield higher revenue in maritime tourism and maintain a zero-accident figure for pleasure crafts and cruise ships. To achieve these outcomes, the program encourages the local construction o f c r u i s e s h i p s, t h e d e ve l opment of additional cruise destinations around the Philippines, and the development of additional cruise routes for safer and more efficient cruise ship services. It also aims to develop better operational safety standards for cruise ships. The estimated cost of this program is P147.4 billion.
Maritime safety Program 6 tackles the enhancement of maritime safety in the country, which recorded several maritime incidents in the
past. From 2011 to 2016, the most common types of incidents were engine trouble and capsizing for cargo/passenger vessels; grounding and engine trouble for motorized vehicles; and engine trouble and capsizing for fishing vessels. Data shows that in a span of five years, there were 961 incidents of engine trouble, 585 incidents of capsizing and 467 incidents of grounding. Other incidents included collisions, sinking, ramming, and fire. These incidents were attributed both to engine and mechanical trouble and to natural disasters such as typhoons with strong winds and high waves. Other causes were poorly designed and constructed vessels, crew error, overloading of passenger ships, and inadequate facilities. In transporting passengers and cargoes more safely, Program 6 aims to develop and implement training modules and manuals for maritime safety standards, which comply with International Mari-
time Organization and other international standards. The Maritime Safety Enforcement and Search and Rescue Plan is expected to be implemented by 2020. Through the Information, Education and Communication Plan, public awareness on maritime safety is expected to increase by 85 percent. The estimated cost of the program is P148.5 million.
In its effort to address these crimes and help increase the crewâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s level of knowledge on maritime security, Marina aims to formulate and implement a National Ship and Port Facility Security Code. By 2028, terrorism and other crimes at sea are aimed to be reduced to zero. The estimated cost of this program is P82.5 million.
Road map Maritime security Program 7 discusses the modernization of maritime security in the country. Maritime nations recognize that seajacking, hijacking, piracy and armed robbery post significant threats to the maritime industry. In February 2018, a seajacking attempt took place in Basilan and Sibago Islands. While worldwide incidents of armed robbery and piracy decreased to 180 in 2017 from 191 in 2016, it has been reported that these incidents increased by 12 in the Philippinesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; territorial waters.
A series of road-mapping workshops were conducted and designed in 2018 to encourage participation and dialog among stakeholders. It aims to provide and assess feedback among interested parties, as well as recognize the challenges and potential issues that face the maritime industry, formulate a problem tree, and understand the regional and international commitments of the Philippine government. These programs are designed to contribute to customersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; safety and satisfaction. SHARP MINDS CONTENT
Worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;integratedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; French pay emotional farewell to ocean rescuers maritime eCom platform MARINE Online Pte. Ltd, launches the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first integrated maritime eCommerce platform â&#x20AC;&#x201D; www.eMarineOnline.com. The platform has been designed with the highly specialized and fragmented shipping industry in mind. Currently, more than 10,000 product listings and 4,000 service providers have already started using the platform to provide for over 10 essential marine services, including chartering, bunkering, port agency, ship supply, crewing, ship sales and purchase. Stephen Qi, chief operating ofkCER OF -ARINE /NLINE SAID g3HIP owners form the core of the shipping industry and is the source of business for all marine suppliers. However, recent global economic uncertainties place tremendous strain on ship owners to maintain their operations and this vicious cycle continues downstream to their suppliers.â&#x20AC;? g-ARINE /NLINE SPENT THREE years developing eMarineOnline. com, with great ambitions to cut operational costs, improve efficiency and promote transparency within the maritime ecosystem, and eventually to bring sustainable PROkTABILITY BACK TO THE INDUSTRY This one-stop integrated maritime platform, accessible via online and through its mobile app, enables
sellers from all over the world to list their products and services,â&#x20AC;? he added. Understanding that the marine industry is highly specialized and a typical eCommerce marketplace model will not succeed. Marine Online specially designed two revolutionary features that cater to the buyerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s preference when trading on the platform. Marine Online has partnered WITH AN AWARD WINNING kNANCIAL technology company M-DAQ Pte. Ltd. in developing the online payment system, which is funded by Alibabaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s VC arm, Ant Financial Services Group, and licensed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore, adding an additional layer of assurance to its customers when transacting on eMarineOnline.com. Bruno Bai, vice president of -ARINE /NLINE ADDED g)N THREE TO six months, we intend to unlock even more exciting features and functions for our customers. As eMarineOnline.com grows with more suppliers and ship owners joining the platform, we will eventually launch a credit evaluation system, [third-party] logistics support, review and rating, as well AS kNANCING SERVICES CREATING THE fundamentals of a comprehensive eCommerce ecosystem.â&#x20AC;?
LES SABLES-Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;OLONNE, France: Thousands of people packed a seafront promenade in western France on Monday to pay their respects to three ocean rescue volunteers killed in a storm last week. The three local men died after their lifeboat capsized while they were COMING TO THE ASSISTANCE OF A kSHERman off the coast of Sables-dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Olonne, starting point for the round-the-world
Golden Globe yacht race. Four other rescuers managed to swim to safety. 4HE BODY OF THE kSHERMAN A retiree who was shrimping to boost his pension, has not been found. President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday posthumously awarded the volunteers the Legion dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Honneur, Franceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s highest civilian honour. The accident was the deadliest
to hit the French ocean rescue service SNSM in over 30 years and plunged the sea-faring community into mourning. A huge crowd took part in a silent march on Monday to the beach where the wrecked rescue boat was brought ashore. Many carried a single red or white rose which they planted in the sand. A large group of SNSM volunteers,
wearing trademark luminous orange jackets led the march and were applauded by residents for their service. Sailors and fishermen were ALSO OUT IN FORCE WITH A lOTILLA of around 100 boats, backed by a naval vessel, firing flares and sounding their sirens. Around 15,000 took part in the ceremony, according to local authorities. AFP
Q Divers take part in search and rescue operation next to a French navy vessel on Monday in Les Sables-dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Olonne. The SNSM team had been attempting to help a fishing boat which was struggling in the giant swell caused by storm Miguel, which was packing winds of up to 120 kilometres an hour (75 mph). In the early hours of June 7, 2019, a boat from the SNSM capsized 800 metres from the coast around Les Sables-dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Olonne with seven people on board. Three of them died while four managed to swim to shore, the statement added. AFP PHOTO
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HE Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) has encouraged local shipbuilders to manufacture Filipino designed Roll-on/Roll-off (RoRo) ships to meet the demands of the domestic shipping industry. -ARINA /FkCER IN #HARGE 6ICE Adm. Narciso Vingson Jr. said Marina sees the necessity to market more the capabilities of the Philippines to manufacture ships. He added that the country had an ideal location and competent manpower for shipbuilding. Vingson said they already had the prototype ships of Archipelago Philippine Ferries Corp. and Starlite Ferries. g3TARLITE S SHIP IS A &ILIPINO DEsigned ship, but it was built in Japan, while Archipelagoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ship was built in China,â&#x20AC;? he explained. He said their ships were designed
locally, but were built abroad because of the lack of raw materials here. He added that shipbuilding is a capital-intensive business. g/UR SHIPYARDS CAN DO IT "UT THE problem is, we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have steel, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s too expensive to import. It will take time to develop our own steel industry,â&#x20AC;? he said. g"EFORE WE HAVE INCENTIVIZED importations. Now, we incentivize the local shipbuilding industry, because one of our priority programs is the modernization of domestic shipbuilding,â&#x20AC;? he added. Vingson expected a booming business for the shipyard operators
administrator Narciso Vingson Jr. PHOTO BY ENRIQUE AGCAOILI
in the country. g4HE MONEY NOW IS IN SHIP-
building, and not anymore in ship repair,â&#x20AC;? Vingson said.
DR. MARY LOU LACSON-ARCELO
Pioneering icon in maritime education industry itime education sector. g) HAVE BEEN RETIRED SINCE g) !- a person who cannot be but they wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t allow me to fully contained,â&#x20AC;? says Dr. Mary Lou @RETIRE u !RCELO QUIPPED g-Y SON Lacson Arcelo with a conviction engages me in arguments, he is that underscores nearly everything teasing my brain. Maybe it is his she embarked on; from reinforcing way of keeping me from having a peace and stability in the once- dementia,â&#x20AC;? she shared with a tinshaky foundations of a maritime kling laugh. Dr. Ronald Raymond school, to pioneering programs Sebastian, her only son, now steers that are decades ahead of its time, the helm of JBLFMU as its chief to redefining retirement in the EXECUTIVE OFkCER g) STILL PRESENT IDEAS TO THE BOARD world of education and training. The matriarch of the Iloi- and I am receptive with theirs. I lo-based John B. Lacson Foun- always push for more by going dation Maritime University out of the box. I am a person who (JBLFMU) has just turned 80, cannot be contained; I used to be nonetheless, she glides out of the CONkNED IN A CONVENT FOR SO LONG walls of retirement to help steer in my younger days and now, I maritime education to its max- donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like walls. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to IMUM POTENTIAL Â&#x2021; A kNISH LINE BE CONkNED u SHE STATED -UCH LIKE THE OCEAN THAT lOWS that keeps on moving beyond the grasp of educators for years. freely and carving ducts where g%DUCATION IS A NEVER ENDING there is none, Arcelo has indeed process and there is always some- gone out of the box of gender disthing bigger to attain,â&#x20AC;? Arcelo CRIMINATION LONG BEFORE gWOMEN says, referring to the latest un- empowermentâ&#x20AC;? was even coined. dertaking of JBLFMU â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the M/V When she took over the helm of John B. Lacson, a training ship JBLFMU from her father Capt. John Lacson, young Mary Lou named after its founder. The vessel was launched last immediately began pioneering November 2018 while the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s numerous programs and accreditamaritime leaders were keeping a tions for the school â&#x20AC;&#x201D; things that close eye on the Philippinesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; mari- were decades ahead of its time. Under her leadership, JBLFMU time education. JBLFMU soldiered ON WITH THE PURCHASE OF THEIR kRST BECAME THE kRST MARITIME SCHOOL training ship, determined that it to be accredited by the Philipwill not suffer the same fate as pine Association of Colleges with the other vessels of its kind and Universities Commission on that went down with the economic Accreditation in 1986. She institrials of time. For the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gated the maritime high school administrators and leaders, it is in 1990, which adopted the a realization of their aspirations, enriched Commission on Highwhile for Arcelo, the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pres- er Education Curriculum that ident emeritus, it embodies their incorporates the International Maritime Organizationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Model visions of the future. It was in this ship that the Courses in 1995, making it the octogenarian leader marked her kRST MARITIME SCHOOL TO ATTAIN birthday with laughter, music an international accreditation and dancing that belies her age. It THROUGH THE $.6 #ERTIkCATION IN was here that she recognized that 1997. The JBLFMU also received the two decades of her retirement the Norwegian Shipownersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; were still spent serving the mar- Association scholarship grant BY: YASHIKA F. TORIB
Q JBLFMU president emeritus Mary Lou Lacson Arcelo and received membership from the International Association of Maritime Universities. Arceloâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s drive for excellence earned JBLFMU many other gkRSTSu THAT FORGED IT TO BECOME THE kRST MARITIME UNIVERSITY IN the country and one of the few higher educational institutions that is recognized globally for the caliber of its education and training services. g7HEN ) TOOK OVER IN THE EARLY 70s, people are complaining that our seamen have low IQ and some do not even know how to swim. They were underestimating us! And SO BECAUSE ) AM A kGHTER AND A REBEL at heart, I challenged this system that is ruled by men. I challenged them in a time when â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;woman empowermentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; is still unknown to the world. I challenged them not to look at my legs, but in my mind and what I am capable of. When I took over John B., I ate challenges for breakfast and I loved it!â&#x20AC;? Even in retirement, educational excellence still excites Arcelo. It can be heard in the passion by which she speaks of the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s accomplishments and how it resonates on the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s seafaring QUALITY g7E WANTED TO BE DIFFERent and show the world what the Filipinos can do. They say that we are not good mariners, then how come we were recognized as the only school that has at least three students in the top ten outstanding students of the Philippines for 10 consecutive years? We are competing with mainstream UNIVERSITIES 7E WERE THE kRST TO be accredited. So, I told them not to underestimate us,â&#x20AC;? she said in her typical strong manner that is known to dare the status quo in
the maritime industry. Known amongst her contemporaries and colleagues as a daring, determined, hardworking and charismatic woman, Arcelo KEEPS HER kRE BURNING THROUGH activities that spark her intellect and artistry. She loves dancing, singing, painting and writing poetries. She also keeps a happy disposition by looking at her gADOPTED CHILDRENu Â&#x2021; THE YOUNG street urchins that once slept along the sidewalks of Iloilo that she took under her wing TO EDUCATE AND TRAIN g4HEY ARE now successful captains and chief engineers. Their achievements inSPIRE ME )T kLLS MY HEART WHENEVer they say â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I love you, mommy.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? Arcelo also looks at her son, Raymond, with such pride that she sees him not as an extension of HERSELF BUT AS SOMEONE BETTER g(E is on top of everything. When it comes to technology, quality, safety, and environment â&#x20AC;&#x201D; he is on it. I am very happy that he came true to his words that he will be better than me. He actually surprises me all the time with something new to offer. I think we have a very good leader in him because he loves our people. He looks after what is in my heart, and with that he exceeds my expectations,â&#x20AC;? she enthused. With more than four decades of experience in the ever-changing scape of maritime industry, Arcelo has seen it all. The intensity and passion by which she survived and prevailed the waves of challenges were the same principles that she passes on to the next generation OF SEAFARERS g)F YOU REALLY WANT TO go into seafaring, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just stand there. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be afraid!â&#x20AC;? she urges. g$O IT *UST GO FORTH u
Q International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) recently initiated a major expansion scheme at the Adriatic Gate Container Terminal (AGCT), its subsidiary at Croatiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Port of Rijeka. AGCT will start dredging works to accommodate deeper draft and longer vessels, expected to be fully completed by mid-2020. INTERNATIONAL Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI)â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s subsidiary, Adriatic Gate Container Terminal (AGCT), has invested in a â&#x20AC;&#x153;future-proofâ&#x20AC;? terminal to service bigger ships and for cargo influx. Hans-Ole Madsen, ICTSI senior vice president and regional head of Europe-Middle East-Africa, said AGCT, the Croatian subsidiary of ICTSI at the Port of Rijeka, had completed the comprehensive expansion plans that would be implemented up to mid-2020. â&#x20AC;&#x153;While the volume through AGCT has risen modestly year on year, the expansion program will future-proof the terminal in terms of both providing new volume capacity for the longer term and meeting new system requirements, notably accommodating bigger vessels and boosting the intermodal rail capability. The program has involved close client liaison and study of all relevant market factors, and we are confident AGCT will meet the needs of container lines calling Rijeka and of cargo owners for the foreseeable future,â&#x20AC;? he said. Madsen added that the Port of Rijeka and AGCT were a very competitive option in the Adriatic. AGCT has drawn up plans for a twophase dredging scheme, in close cooperation with the Rijeka Port Authority. The first phase involved the dredging of 130 meters of quay over its Berths 1 and 2 to facilitate the berthing of vessels with a length overall (LOA) of up to 400 meters (m). The work would be completed by mid-2020, and would provide 438 meters of berth with a depth alongside of 15 meters. The second phase work scope includes additional dredging alongside the 438-m of quay to a depth of 16.5 m. Once completed, this project would make AGCT the first terminal in the northern Adriatic able to berth vessels  up to 20,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) capacity, with a LOA of up to 400 meters and beam of 59 meters.  The infrastructure works were funded by the Eropean U and PRA, with ICTSI undertaking all the associated necessary
investment in quayside and landside handling systems, as well as the increased coverage of the terminalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s state-of-the-art information technology systems. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have decided to do this against a background of steady demand but, more importantly, to keep pace with the requirements of our clients in terms of both ship size and a rise in intermodal rail activity,â&#x20AC;? said Wojciech Szymulewicz, AGCT chief executive officer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The capacity expansion would also deliver an overall boost to efficiency levels at the terminal, building upon the strengths we have already established in terms of vessel and truck turnaround as well as intermodal rail connectivity,â&#x20AC;? he added. Complementing these initiatives were new Super Post Panamax cranes with an outreach of at least 24 rows, as part of the berth upgrade; and new rubber-tyred gantries and prime movers introduced on the landside. They were also upgrading AGCTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on-dock rail terminal to offer an annual capacity of 360,000 TEUs per year. The upgraded rail yard would feature two new rail mounted gantries over four rail lines. The upgrade would be completed in the last quarter of 2019. Total terminal yard capacity would be increased up to 600,000 TEUs per year, in line with demand. AGCT was configured to optimize road and rail connectivity. For trucks, the terminal offered a direct connection to the highway and a competitive average truck dwell time of just 13 minutes in the export cycle and 19 minutes in the import cycle. Approximately 40 percent of the terminalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual throughput now moves via rail, and this was expected to increase up to a level of 60 percent. Regular services operated by rail directly from AGCT include cross border services to Hungary, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and within Croatia to the capital city of Zagreb. GENIVI FACTAO
Govâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t, private sector team up for Seacon 2019
Q The organizers with the maritime stakeholders and members of the maritime press during the launch of the convention. PHOTO BY WILMAR ALMERIA THE Seafarers Convention 2019 (SeaCon 2019), the much-awaited maritime event in the Philippines, will open up business prospects and employment opportunities for seafarers in the country. Lea Paradero, head of the Maritime Frontliners Group, said the SeaCon 2019, which will be held on Oct. 4 to 5, 2019 at the Mall of Asia Complex in Pasay City, is aimed at gathering all maritime industry experts, government agencies and seafarers in a three-day conference. This year we are featuring a 3-in-1 event, which will showcase the maritime industry conference, maritime job fair and business opportunity expo for seafarers. The event will include a twoâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;day seminar, workshops, presentations and other enriching activities to be conducted by renowned speakers, she said. 7ITH THE THEME g!LL (ANDS ON Deck,â&#x20AC;? SeaCon 2019 is expected to draw in 7,000 attendees and 120 exhibitors. g3EA#ON PROVIDES A GREAT opportunity to bring together all sectors of the maritime industry in one place,â&#x20AC;? Paradero added.
The event would gather exhibitors and audiences from maritime education, shipping and crewing, employMENT SERVICES kNANCIAL SERVICES MARItime technology, tourism, health and wellness, business and investment, maritime media, maritime associations, nongovernment organizations and government agencies. The agencies involved include the Maritime Industry Authority, Philippine Overseas Employment Administration, Overseas Workers Welfare Administration, Department of Trade and Industry and Technical Education and Skills Development Authority. The conference would highlight industry progress, updates and innovations, business and investment opportunities, employment opportunities, networking, and business-matching. The Maritime Frontliners Group is a marketing and business development consultancy group that organizes events and campaigns for the maritime industry in the Philippines. The group was the principal marketing arm of the Seafarers and OFW Business Expo held last March 2018. GENIVIÂ Â FACTAO
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ORONTO, Canada: Having come blocked it. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not going to miss He got a little piece of it. Felt within seconds and a single shot it. great out of my hand. He got a OF WINNING THEIR kRST ."! TITLE THE piece of it. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what great deToronto Raptors must cope with the near- fenders do.â&#x20AC;? miss and a resurgence from defending â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Played their guts outâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; champions Golden State. Warriors forward Draymond Green blocked a corner 3-point SHOT BY +YLE ,OWRY AT THE kNAL buzzer to preserve Golden Stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 106-105 victory over Toronto, trimming the Raptorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; lead to 3-2 in the best-of-seven NBA Finals. Golden State, seeking a third consecutive title and fourth in kVE SEASONS FORCED A SIXTH GAME Thursday in Oakland with a seventh game if needed on Sunday in Toronto. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We had a chance to win a championship tonight and we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do it. We didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t play well enough,â&#x20AC;? Raptors guard Fred VanVleet said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t execute enough down the stretch and that stings a little bit, but thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot more basketball left to play. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We put ourselves in a good position. Now itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time to look at THE kLM AND SEE HOW we can get better.â&#x20AC;?
Kawhi Leonard, who led Toronto with 26 points and 12 rebounds, scored eight points in a 12-2 run that gave the Raptors a 103-97 edge with 3:28 remaining, the crowd screaming in delight after Toronto had trailed most of the night. Then came two Klay Thompson 3-pointers and another by Stephen Curry that put the Warriors ahead to stay. Lowry hit a jumper and the Raptors got one kNAL CHANCE AFTER A FOUL CALLED ON Golden Stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s DeMarcus Cousins. But as Toronto set up the play, the Warriors double-teamed Leonard and forced a pass to Lowry, WHOSE LAST GASP 'REEN DElECTED to end the threat. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We tried to get to Kawhi to his right side, they doubled off him. Freddie had a look and he threw it to me in the corner,â&#x20AC;? Lowry said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Draymond got a piece of it. He
Raptors coach Nick Nurse, who has stressed remaining in the moment, didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see anything WRONG WITH THE kNAL PLAY â&#x20AC;&#x153;We just didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t quite have enough space there,â&#x20AC;? Nurse said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It looked like it was going to be a really good shot, an open corner t h r e e. I was confident we would come down and make the right decisions and get a good shot. I have a lot of faith in those guys.â&#x20AC;? That comes to shaking off a heartbreak defeat to miss out on the NBA title as well. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I would say it takes a lot to beat this team, and that took a hell of a lot of blows and a heck of a lot of
Q Kawhi Leonard (No. 2) of the Toronto Raptors is defended by Draymond Green (No. 23) of the Golden State Warriors in the second half during Game 5 of the 2019 NBA Finals at Scotiabank Arena on Tuesday in Toronto, Canada. AFP PHOTO
balls bouncing the wrong way in the last couple minutes for us to come out on the wrong side of it tonight,â&#x20AC;? Nurse said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m super proud of the guys. They played their guts out, KEPT ON kGHTING AND PUT THEM-
selves in position to win it.â&#x20AC;? The Raptors will have to try and kND WAYS TO CONTAIN 4HOMPSON AND Curry in game six. Curry struck for 31 points and Thompson 26 while the Warriorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 20 total 3-pointers were the second-most in any NBA
Finals game ever, only trailing the record 24 taken by Cleveland against Golden State in 2017. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The fact Steph and Klay were able to get off 14 and 13 threes (respectively) is too many. They got off way too many threes,â&#x20AC;? Lowry said. AFP
NBA STAR TONY PARKER ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT Q Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant (No. 35) is consoled by Drake as he walks off the court after sustaining an injury during first half basketball action in Game 5 of the NBA Finals against Toronto Raptors in Toronto Tuesday. AP PHOTO
Durantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shock injury exit stuns NBA Finals rivals TORONTO, Canada: When Golden State star Kevin Durant went down 12 minutes into his long-awaited comeback game Monday (Tuesday in Manila) in the NBA Finals, players on both sides were stunned. Durant, the 2017 and 2018 NBA Finals Most Valuable Player, suffered a right Achilles tendon injury in the Warriorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 106-105 victory over Toronto, trimming the Raptorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; lead to 3-2 in the best-of-seven series. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a real shock when he went down,â&#x20AC;? Warriors coach Steve Kerr said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There was just a couple minutes where it all seemed so eerie and strange and it took maybe a little bit for both teams to collect themselves.â&#x20AC;? Durant, who missed the past month with a right calf injury, planted his foot, pulled up and sat down on the floor. He was helped to the locker room and left the arena on crutches. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just tried to refocus, but that was very deflating,â&#x20AC;? Warriors guard Klay Thompson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It obviously inspires you to play harder knowing your best player canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be out there. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You think of him every time you dive for a loose ball or go for a rebound, because I know him and I know how bad he wants to be out there. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why he was out there. It sucks. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a warrior. He sacrificed his health for us. For him to put his health on the line, to come back and compete at the highest level, we miss him. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s our brother. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard to even celebrate this win.â&#x20AC;?
Raptors coach Nick Nurse was just as stunned after Durant opened 3-of-3 from 3-point range and finished with 11 points. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When anybody goes down youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re saddened by it, but when one of the great players like that goes down, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s almost shocking,â&#x20AC;? Nurse said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some of the guys on our bench were really shook up. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always a little eerie feeling for everybody when something like that happens on a big stage like this.â&#x20AC;? As Toronto guard Kyle Lowry put it: â&#x20AC;&#x153;In this league weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re all brothers. And itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a small brotherhood. You never want to see a competitor like him go down.â&#x20AC;?
â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Sacrificed his bodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Warriors general manager Bob Myers said multiple doctors approved Durant to play. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t believe thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s anybody to blame but I understand this world and if you have to, you can blame me,â&#x20AC;? Myers said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People that questioned whether he wanted to get back to this team were wrong. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good teammate. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good person. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not fair.â&#x20AC;? Warriors swingman Andre Iguodala helped Durant back to the locker room, saying people donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t appreciate the bond among the players. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more than basketball. But no one wants to understand that part. They only care about the game,â&#x20AC;? Iguodala said.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;We always talk about how this team is with one another, but people still donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really grasp what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re talking about. When we say this is like a real brotherhood, people have no clue what goes into that and how we feel about each other.â&#x20AC;? Durant can count on his teammates to be there for him, Warriors guard Stephen Curry said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He gave us what he had, he went out there and sacrificed his body,â&#x20AC;? Curry said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just feel so bad for him. Nobody should have to go through something like that. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to go through some challenges through this process, however long it takes, but weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to be there for him.â&#x20AC;? Torontoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Fred VanVleet respected Durantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s determination to try and play in a must-win game for Golden State. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I know weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re opponents and competing as hard as we possibly can, but you never want to see anyone get injured,â&#x20AC;? VanVleet said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He put his body on the line for those guys and that franchise. We feel for him. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very unfortunate. It sucks.â&#x20AC;? No one knows that like Toronto star Kawhi Leonard, who missed most of last season with an injury. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s devastating,â&#x20AC;? Leonard said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You see him try to come out and push himself. I feel bad for him. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m pretty sure heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to attack each day and get better and come back strong.â&#x20AC;? AFP
LOS ANGELES: Former San Antonio Spurs star 4ONY 0ARKER CONkRMED HIS RETIREMENT FROM basketball on Monday (Tuesday in Manila) after 18 seasons in the NBA. The 37-year-old French international, who won four NBA titles with the Spurs between 2003 and 2014 announced his decision in a post on Twitter. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s with a lot of emotion that I retire from basketball, it was an incredible journey!â&#x20AC;? Parker wrote. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Even in my wildest dreams, I never thought I would live all those unbelievable moments with the NBA and the French National Team. Thank you for everything!â&#x20AC;? Parker is one of the most successful foreign players ever to play in the NBA, and was a key figure in the Spurs teams which consistently challenged for championships during his time with the franchise. Injuries hampered his final years with the Spurs and he spent last season playing with the Charlotte Hornets, appearing in 56 games but not starting in any. In an interview with The Undefeated on Monday, six-time All-Star Parker said he was walking away from the sport after realising that he could no longer compete at the very highest level. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A lot of different stuff ultimately led me to this decision,â&#x20AC;? Parker said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But, at the end of the day, I was like, if I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be Tony Parker anymore and I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t play for a championship, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to play basketball anymore.â&#x20AC;? Parker had previously spoken of his desire to play 20 seasons in the NBA, but said his view changed after playing in Charlotte, who finished outside the playoff standings.
â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Why are we playing?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x153;I wanted to play 20 seasons and I still think I can play,â&#x20AC;? he told the website owned by ESPN. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I had a good season with the Hornets, and I was healthy. But at the same time, now I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see any reason to play 20 seasons. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t play for a championship, I feel like, why are we playing? And so thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why it was very different for me mentally to focus and get motivated to play a game that I love, because I want to win something.â&#x20AC;? Spurs coach Gregg Popovich led the tributes to Parker on Monday following his retirement. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tony Parker obviously has had an amazing career,â&#x20AC;? Popovich told reporters on a conference call. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had the blessing to be with him since he was 19 years old, to watch him develop as a person and a player and a businessman. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a very unique person. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I hope he stays as active as he has been outside of basketball and is able to enjoy the time with his family.â&#x20AC;? Parkerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s retirement comes after Argentinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Manu Ginobili, another key member of the dominant Spurs teams of the past two decades, retired in August last year. Parker, the NBA Finals MVP in 2007, averaged 15.5 points and 5.6 assists per game in his career, which spanned more than 1,200 games, including 1,151 career starts. Parker, who was chosen with the 28th pick of the 2001 draft, said his career had exceeded his wildest dreams. g7HEN ) kRST ARRIVED IN ."! ) WAS LIKE @-AN if I can be a good little player, be a good backup, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be happy with that,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? he told the Undefeated. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was just happy to be in the NBA. I never thought Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be a starter or be the youngest POINT GUARD TO START IN THE ."! OR THE kRST European to be NBA Finals MVP. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I never dreamed about that.â&#x20AC;? AFP
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ORLD Boxing Association (WBA) regular welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao said there is nothing unchristian about beating WBA super welterweight titleholder Keith Thurman when they meet on July 20 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Pacquiao (61-7-2 win-loss-draw RECORD WITH +/S SAID IN EARLIER interviews that he is keen on teachING THE UNDEFEATED 4HURMAN with 22 KOs) a lesson that he will never forget in his professional boxing career. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wala man ito SPORTS Lang at walang personalan (Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nothing. This IS JUST SPORTS AND NOTHING PERSONAL u 0ACQUIAO TOLD The Manila Times at the Elorde gym in Pasay City.
Pacquiao previously declared that he would make the thrashtalking Thurman eat his words. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iba â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;yun 4HAT S ANOTHER THING Pacquiao said pertaining to his faith as an Evangelical Christian. "Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m just performing my duty as BOXER INSIDE THE RING u ADDED 0ACQUIAO WHO WON VIA UNANIMOUS DEcision against another thrash-talking American boxer Adrien Broner last *ANUARY ALSO IN ,AS 6EGAS
Chief trainer and coach Buboy &ERNANDEZ AGREES THAT THE UPCOMING kGHT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH RELIGION â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no religion involved here. Just let Thurman live up to HIS WORDS !S A TRAINER ) WILL DO EVerything to prepare Manny for the kGHT u SAID &ERNANDEZ IN &ILIPINO â&#x20AC;&#x153;This will be all about boxing. I hope Thurman would not RUN IN THE EARLY ROUNDS u &ERNANDEZ CONCLUDED
TNT, NORTHPORT EYE SHARE OF LEAD TNT KaTropa and Northport are both keen to grab a share of the lead with Blackwater when they face their respective foes today in Season 44 Philippine Basketball Association Commissionerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cup at the Araneta Coliseum. The KaTropa shoot for a third consecutive win in their 7 p.m. game against crowd-favorite Barangay Ginebra San Miguel after the 4:30 p.m. Batang Pier vs Magnolia opening game. TNT and the Batang Pier are presently sharing the second to the third places with identical 4-1 win-loss record. The Elite (5-1) is leading solo. 4ERRENCE *ONES kNISHED WITH POINTS REBOUNDS FOUR ASSISTS TWO STEALS AND kVE BLOCKS AS the KaTropa subdued Philippine Cup champion 3AN -IGUEL "EER ON 3ATURDAY g7E HAVE TO STICK TO THE PLAN SAME PREPARATION AND WE RE ALWAYS EMPHASIZING TO MAKE IT our culture to play good defense every game. So thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot of things to improve and we are not yet consistent thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why we really need
TO STUDY 'INEBRA S GAME u SAID 4.4 COACH Bong Ravena. Last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Best Import Justin Brownlee and 'INEBRA ARE COMING OFF AN LOSS TO 2AIN or Shine on Friday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We just have to keep it tight with their import Brownlee because he can really score and of course they are coming from a tough loss last game. We know they will bounce back AND PLAY STRONGER THAN THEIR PREVIOUS GAMES u added Ravena. -EANWHILE THE "ATANG 0IER HEADED BY Sean Anthony and Mo Tautuaa are hoping to sustain their back-to-back victories against the Hotshots. g7E HAVE TO KEEP THE INTENSITY ENERGY AND aggressiveness. We have to be cautious against -AGNOLIA AS THEY ARE COMING FROM A LOSS u SAID Northport coach Pido Jarencio. The Hotshots (0-1 ) are hoping to bounce BACK FROM AN OPENING GAME LOSS TO Alaska on Wednesday. JOSEF T. RAMOS
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Sharapova confirms return from injury in Mallorca MADRID: Former world No. 1 Maria Sharapova confirmed on Monday (Tuesday in Manila) she will play at next weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mallorca Open after more than three months out through injury. Sharapova, 32, a five-time Grand Slam champion, has been sidelined since February after having surgery on a shoulder problem which has troubled her since 2008. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m so happy to be able to announce that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going to accept a wildcard into the Mallorca Open,â&#x20AC;? Sharapova said in a statement. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I want to thank the tournament for the opportunity itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s given me and for my incredible fans who have been supporting me these past months.â&#x20AC;? Sharapova has struggled for fitness since her
15-month doping ban that ended in 2017. â&#x20AC;&#x153;After more than a week testing in Mallorca, Maria Sharapova has decided to accept the wildcard offered by the Mallorca Open,â&#x20AC;? a statement from the Mallorca Open said. Sharapovaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s last on-court appearance came at the St Petersburg Open in her native Russia in January after she had lost to eventual French Open winner Ashleigh Barty at the round of 16 of the Australian Open earlier in the month. The competition at the WTA grass event in Mallorca begins on June 17 and Sharapova will be joined by reigning Wimbledon champion Angelique Kerber as well as fellow former world number one Victoria Azarenka. AFP
OW much is enough? And how much is not enough? Presumably and even if you challenged her to a round of WEIGHTLIFTING 2IO /LYMPICS SILVER MEDALIST (IDYLIN $IAZ WOULD JUST smile off the two questions about money matters in connection with her preparations for the next QUADRENNIAL SPORTS EXTRAVAGANZA in Tokyo in 2020. $IAZ HAD GONE TO TOWN OVER THE supposed lack of support from the government for her quest this time for Olympic gold in the Japanese CAPITAL REPORTEDLY DECRYING THAT FUNDS FOR HER TRAINING ARE INSUFkCIENT WITHOUT STATING WHAT WOULD BE SUFkCIENT The Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) promptly refuted the Zamboanga weightlifterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ACCUSATION EVEN TAKING OUT newspaper advertisements that showed substantial support not ONLY FOR $IAZ BUT ALSO OTHER Filipino athletes eyeing berths in the Philippine team to Tokyo two years from now. $IAZ APPARENTLY SHOT HERSELF in the foot when she went online and ranted about the supposed inattention and neglect that she is suffering from in the hands of POC president Ricky Vargas and the rest of the sports officials who matter. Talk about technology giving just about anybody a platform TO CRITICIZE ANYBODY WITHOUT giving a thought to the likelihood that hurtful remarks would not be left unanswered by Vargas and company. %XPECTEDLY $IAZ CLAMMED UP after her allegation was proved to be nothing but a diva turn. &ILIPINOS ALSO EXPECTEDLY ARE PERCENT BEHIND $IAZ S DREAM TO BE THE kRST OF THEIR kababayan â&#x20AC;&#x201D; man or woman â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to win an Olympic gold medal and end the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s drought after nearly 100 years of Olympic participation. But we are rooting for all other local athletes who would be able to qualify for the Tokyo Olympiad to also be crowned as Olympic champions. $IAZ IN WHINING ABOUT THE SUPposed lack of support for her own DREAM OF SPORTING GLORY SENDS THE message that she alone would be that athlete who would be capable of doing better than the Hidylin $IAZ FROM 2IO DE *ANEIRO /F COURSE NOT BECAUSE POLE VAULTER %* /BIENA GYMNAST #ARLOS Edriel Yulo or skateboarder Margielyn Didal would be as capable OF BAGGING /LYMPIC GOLD AS $IAZ Every athlete aspires to be champion â&#x20AC;&#x201D; they are not playING FOR SILVER OR BRONZE AND $IAZ HERSELF KNOWS THAT TO AIM for second or third is not in any competitorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vocabulary. The subtext in her unfair critiCISM OF &ILIPINO SPORTS OFkCIALS was that if she failed to win /LYMPIC GOLD IN 4OKYO IT WOULD be partly or totally the fault of Vargas and the POC that he leads. &AIR IS FAIR BUT $IAZ HAD OTHER IDEAS OBVIOUSLY
Angels seek repeat, No. 6 vs Perlas Spikers PETROGAZZ tries to open its second round elims drive the way it kicked off its campaign in the Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in emphatic fashion â&#x20AC;&#x201D; as it faces BanKoPerlas today (Wednesday) at the Filoil Flying V Center in San Juan. But while the Angels are fancied TO REPEAT OVER THE 0ERLAS 3PIKERS THE leagueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only unbeaten team will be HARD PRESSED TO DUPLICATE ITS VICTORY LAST *UNE WITH BanKo-Perlas expected to come into their 5 p.m. clash armed with the necessary adjustments to at least slow down the seemingly well-oiled 0ETRO'AZZ MACHINE The Angels set a record of sorts by sweeping the first round elims without dropping a set with imports Wilma Salas and Janisa Johnson complementing well with the locals LED BY *EANETTE 0ANAGA #HERRY .UĂ&#x201E;AG
-ARICAR "ALOALOA #IENNE #RUZ AND Djanel Cheng in stamping their class IN THE kRST PHASE OF THE TWO PART ELIMS of the season-opening conference ORGANIZED BY 3PORTS 6ISION "AN+O 0ERLAS ON THE OTHER HAND hopes its loss-win-loss-win-loss roll would continue although it would take a lot of effort from reinforcements Kia Bright and Yasemin Yildirim and solid backup from locals .ICOLE 4IAMZON +ATHY "ERSOLA 3UE 2OCES AND $ZI 'ERVACIO TO MEASURE UP WITH THE TALENT LADEN 0ETRO'AZZ SIDE #REAMLINE MEANWHILE TRIES TO close out its first round campaign with another victory as it goes for a fourth-straight win against a hapless BaliPure squad in the 3 p.m. opener. The defending champion Cool Smashers racked up three straight victories after bowing to the Angels IN THE OPENER LAST -AY CRUSHING
THE 0ACIkC4OWN !RMY ,ADY 4ROOPers in three and beating the Perlas Spikers and Motolite Power Builders IN FOUR TO SEIZE SOLO SECOND IN THE TOURNAMENT SPONSORED BY -IKASA Asics and KFC. )N CONTRAST THE 7ATER $EFENDERS DROPPED THEIR kRST FOUR GAMES INCLUDING THREE IN SHUTOUT FASHIONS with imports Alexandra Vajdova and $ANIJELA $ZAKOVIC NEEDING TO RAISE the level of their play against Creamlineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s power duo of Kuttika Kaewpin and Aleoscar Blanco. Creamline also boasts of a powerpacked local crew headed by Alyssa 6ALDEZ -ICHELLE 'UMABAO 2ISA 3ATO *EMA 'ALANZA AND *IA -ORADO who are all expected to dominate THE LIKES OF COUNTERPARTS 'RAZIELLE "OMBITA 3ATRIANI %SPIRITU -ENCHIE 4UBIERA 3ANDY DELOS 3ANTOS -AE 'UAL AND *ELA 0EĂ&#x201E;A
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CARL CORPUS put on a superb FOUR UNDER AS HE kRMED UP his hold of the No. 2 spot even as Aidric Chan held sway with a 70 in the second round of the 2019 SEA 'AMES MEN S TEAM QUALIkER 3TAGE 2 at the Luisita Golf and Country Club on Tuesday. %IGHT BEHIND #HAN AFTER THE start of the last of the two-part ELIMS FOR THE THREE MEMBERS OF THE 3%! 'AMES BOUND NATIONAL SQUAD #ORPUS WENT TO WORK EARLY AND BIRDIED THREE OF THE kRST kVE HOLES THEN REBOUNDED FROM A BOGEY ON THE SIXTH WITH BIRDIES ON .OS AND TO STRING A PAIR OF S AND KEEP HIS HOLD OF SECOND place at 428. #HAN AN INCOMING 5NIVERSITY OF !RIZONA STUDENT OPENED AND CLOSED OUT HIS BID WITH BOGEYS BUT GUNNED DOWN FOUR BIRDIES in between to card a 70 and all but wrap up the top berth in the 3%!' TEAM WITH A SIX AHEAD OF #ORPUS HEADING TO THE kNAL HOLES OF THE GRUELING QUALIkERS ORGANIZED AND CONDUCTED BY the National Golf Association of the Philippines. "UT THE kGHT FOR THE THIRD AND LAST 3%!' SEAT IS EXPECTED TO GO down to the last shot or putt as 3EAN 2AMOS AND ,UIS #ASTRO TIED for third at 440 and Gab Manotoc LAY JUST TWO STROKES BEHIND AT despite a disastrous 81. 2AMOS WHO DROPPED TO kFTH WITH A -ONDAY CONTINUED TO GROPE FOR FORM AND HOBBLED with a 76 while the erstwhile FOURTH RUNNING #ASTRO FOUGHT BACK FROM A WOEFUL START WITH THREE BIRDIES AT THE BACK FOR A to save a 78. -ANOTOC WHO MOVED TO THIRD WITH A -ONDAY DROPPED kVE STROKES IN THE FIRST FOUR HOLES INCLUDING A DOUBLE BOGEY ON THE par-3 second hole. He failed to CHECK HIS SKID AND kNISHED WITH A BUT REMAINED IN THE kGHT FOR THE LAST SLOT IN THE TOURNAMENT sponsored by the MVP Sports &OUNDATION THE 0,$4 'ROUP #IGNAL AND -ETRO 0ACIkC AND hosted by Luisita. Ivan Monsalve cardED A AND KEPT HIS SLIM HOPES ALIVE WITH A 445 in a tie with Paolo 7ONG AND %DWARD $Y who turned in a 75 AND RESPECTIVELY WHILE 2YAN -ONSALVE MATCHED PAR for a 448. Kristoffer Arevalo and Lanz Uy both carded 78s for a 449 and RESPECTIVELY WHILE 2OLANDO "REGENTE AND !LEXANDER "ISERA pooled a 456 and 459 after a 75 AND RESPECTIVELY
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EBBLE BEACH, United States: Justin T ho m a s s ays m i s s i n g t he P GA Championship with a wrist injury was â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;As DIFkCULT BUT INSTRUCTIVE AND HE HOPES HE LL HAVE good A CHANCE TO APPLY WHAT HE LEARNED WATCHING as it getsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; "ROOKS +OEPKA S "ETHPAGE TRIUMPH WHEN THE g%VERY MAJOR HAS THEIR @/H WOW 53 /PEN TEES OFF THIS WEEK AT 0EBBLE "EACH you won the US Open at Pebble
g) FEEL LIKE ) LEARNED A LOT u SAID THE WORLD .O WHO CLAIMED HIS LONE MAJOR TITLE AT THE 0'! #HAMpionship at Quail Hollow in 2017. 4HE SEVEN SHOT LEAD +OEPKA TOOK INTO THE kNAL ROUND AT "ETHPAGE LAST MONTH DWINDLED TO ONE STROKE ON THE BACK NINE BEFORE HE EMERGED WITH THE VICTORY Â&#x2021; HIS FOURTH MAJOR TRIUMPH g7ATCHING HOW HE HANDLED THAT and the adversity that was thrown AT HIM AND JUST THE SHOTS THAT HE HIT WHEN HE NEEDED TO BECAUSE ) KNOW THAT ) CAN GET A LITTLE BIT UP AND DOWN WITH MY EMOTIONS u 4HOMAS SAID -ONDAY AFTER PRACTICING AT SUN DRENCHED 0EBBLE g) JUST FEEL LIKE HE HANDLED THAT REALLY WELL 3O MAYBE IF ) GOT IN THAT scenario then I could â&#x20AC;&#x201D; I hate to SAY CHANNEL MY INNER "+ TO BOOST HIS Â&#x2021; BUT DEkNITELY SHOW SOME OF THOSE CHARACTERISTICS u 4HOMAS HAS HAD HIS OWN EXPERIENCE DEFENDING A BIG LEAD (E TOOK A SEVEN STROKE LEAD INTO THE kNAL
DAY OF THE 3ONY /PEN AND WON BY THE SAME MARGIN g)T S STILL TO THIS DAY THE MOST NERVOUS ) VE BEEN TEEING OFF u 4HOMAS SAID ADDING THAT THE PRESSURE ONLY increased with reporters helpfully POINTING OUT THAT g.O ONE HAS EVER blown a seven-shot lead in the history of the PGA Tour on Sunday. g%VERY QUESTION ) GOT WAS LED WITH THAT u HE SAID g)T WAS TOUGH AT THE 3ONY /PEN 3O ) CAN T IMAGINE HOW IT WAS AT THE 0'! #HAMPIONSHIP u +OEPKA PASSED THE TEST AND ARRIVED AT 0EBBLE "EACH THIS WEEK CHASING HISTORY (E CAN BECOME JUST THE SECOND GOLFER AFTER 7ILLIE !NDERSON IN AND TO WIN THREE STRAIGHT 53 /PEN CHAMPIONSHIPS after his victories at Erin Hills in 2017 and wind-whipped ShinNECOCK (ILLS LAST YEAR 4HOMAS SAYS THERE S NO BETTER PLACE to pursue such a feat than the scenic COURSE ON THE RUGGED NORTHERN #ALIfornia coast.
Beach or you won the Open #HAMPIONSHIP AT 3T !NDREWS u 4HOMAS SAID g4HIS IS AS GOOD AS IT GETS FOR A 53 /PEN u +OEPKA WAS ON THE COURSE -ONDAY 3O WAS TIME MAJOR CHAMPION 4IGER 7OODS Â&#x2021; WHOSE SHOT 53 /PEN TRIUMPH AT 0EBBLE IN REMAINS A MONUMENTAL ACHIEVEMENT g&ROM WHAT ) VE HEARD FROM EVERYBODY THE COURSE IS ABSOLUTELY PERFECT u SAID 4HOMAS WHO LIMITED HIMSELF TO THE PRACTICE AREAS ON -ONDAY g*ORDAN 3PIETH SAID IT S THE BEST POA ANNUA GREENS HE S EVER SEEN IN HIS LIFE g) M EXCITED TO CHECK IT OUT ) REALLY DO LOVE 53 /PENS u 4HOMAS SAID g) LOVE THE TEST THE GRIND They just have a different feel to THEM LIKE ALL THE MAJORS DO u With an iconic venue at their DISPOSAL THE 53 'OLF !SSOCIATION WILL BE UNDER THE MICROSCOPE Woods and world No. 3 Rory McIlroy went on record last
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MONTH SAYING THEY WISHED THE 53'! WOULD GO BACK TO TRADItional US Open style course setUP OF TIGHT FAIRWAYS AND DENSE ROUGH AND PERHAPS FOREGO SOME OF THE GIMMICKY MULTIPLE TEEING GROUNDS GRADUATED ROUGH AND CHIPPING AREAS THAT HAVE FEATURED in recent years. And plenty of players have CONTINUED TO GRUMBLE ABOUT THE CONDITIONS DURING THE THIRD ROUND AT 3HINNECOCK LAST YEAR WHEN HIGH
WINDS DRIED OUT THE GREENS AND MADE FOR A BRUTAL DAY Players are bound to be frustrated AT TIMES ON 0EBBLE S 0OA ANNUA GREENS WHICH TEND TO BECOME BUMPY "UT *OHN "ODENHAMER WHO HAS TAKEN OVER THE JOB OF COURSE SET UP FOR THE 53'! SAYS THE ORGANIZERS AIM IS TO LET THE PLAYERS gSHOWCASE the very best of who they are. g7E JUST WANT TO GET OUT OF THE WAY OF IT SO WHEN THEY DO WHAT THEY DO THAT S THE SHOW u HE SAID AFP
Quiban seeks repeat as PGT Bacolod unfolds
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JUSTIN QUIBAN sets out for his title-retention drive brimming with confidence, ready to slug it out with the best of the best, including a slew of foreign aces, in the ICTSI Bacolod Golf Challenge firing off today (Wednesday, June 12) at the Bacolod Golf Club in Murcia, Negros Occidental. Quiban banked on three solid rounds to rule this event last year with the young rising shotmaker upbeat of duplicating his fine start and sustaining it to the finish in what promises to be a slam-bang chase for the crown in this P2.5 million event serving as the second of the four-stage Visayan swing of the circuit put up by ICTSI. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I feel good about my chances to defend my title here,â&#x20AC;? said Quiban, who vowed to play aggressive at the tight par-70 layout unlike last week at Club Filipino de Cebu where emphasis was on iron game. He gets an early test as he drew veteran Tony LascuĂąa and Thai Pachara Sakulyong in the 11 a.m. flight on No. 10. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll use my driver more here to attack the reachable par-4s. I played a conservative game last week (in Cebu) but now it will be the opposite,â&#x20AC;? added the former amateur hotshot, who has also nailed a victory in the inaugural PGT Asia at Luisita in 2017. Like Quiban, Guido Van der Valk is also coming into the event oozing with confidence following a wire-to-wire triumph last week with the Manilabased Dutchman likewise hinting at unleashing an attacking kind of game this week. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a big difference playing here and in Cebu. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot of opportunities to make birdies here with your driver. So weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll see,â&#x20AC;? said
Van der Valk, who will also start at 11 a.m. on No. 1 with Joenard Rates and Nelson Huerva. Focus will also be on Juvic Pagunsan and Clyde Mondilla, two of the best of the old and new who are trying to mark their return to the Philippine Golf Tour with a victory. Pagunsan is taking a break from the Japan PGA Tour where he is based while Mondilla is coming off a two-month long layout due to injury. But they are both tipped to figure prominently right in the opening round with Pagunsan to square off with Marvin Dumandan and Richard Sinfuego at 11:10 a.m. on the first hole and Mondilla, the reigning Solaire Philippine Open titlist, facing off with Mars Pucay and Jhonnel Ababa at 7:10 a.m., also on No. 1. But a host of others are also raring to power their way into early contention in the 72-hole championship organized by Pilipinas Golf Tournaments, Inc. and backed by Custom Clubmakers, Meralco, Champion, Summit Mineral Water, K&G Golf Apparel, BDO, Sharp, KZG, PLDT and M.Y. Shokai Technology, Inc., including Michael Bibat, Elmer Salvador and Frankie MiĂąoza, who are grouped in the 7 a.m. flight on No. 1, along with Jay Bayron, Keanu Jahns, James Ryan Lam, Rufino Bayron, Richard Abaring and Jerson Balasabas. Meanwhile, a slew of foreign bidders are also out to duplicate Van der Valkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s romp in Cebu, headed by former PGT Asia leg winner and last weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s joint runner-up David Gleeson and Jack Sullivan of Australia, Englishman George Twyman, Spainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Marcos Pastor, Korean Hwang Myung Chal and Japanese Ryo Nishimura.
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FOURTH INNING AND THE $IAMONDBACKS UP 4HE $IAMONDBACKS HIT TWO MORE HOMERS FOR A TEAM RECORD SEVEN IN A GAME AND ADDED ANOTHER TO SET THE NEW MARK AT EIGHT %ICKHOFF ALLOWED kVE HITS IN THREE PLUS INNING Â&#x2021; ALL THE HITS HOMERS AND !RIZONA WON ITS kFTH STRAIGHT GAME $YSON HIT THE kRST PITCH OF THE GAME TO RIGHT kELD FOR HIS FOURTH HOMER OF THE SEASON -ARTE FOLLOWED WITH HIS TH HOME RUN ON A DRIVE TO RIGHT 0ERALTA kNISHED THE LONG BALL BARRAGE WHEN HE WENT DEEP TO CENTER FOR HIS NINTH HOMER BEFORE MOST FANS HAD SETTLED INTO THEIR SOGGY SEATS FOLLOWING A MINUTE RAIN DELAY )T WAS THE kRST TIME A TEAM HAD HIT THREE STRAIGHT HOME RUNS TO BEGIN THE FIRST INNING SINCE THE $IAMONDBACKS DID IT ON *ULY AT HOME AGAINST 7ASHINGTON ACE -AX 3CHERZER %ICKHOFF GAVE UP TWO RUN SHOTS IN THE FOURTH TO %DUARDO %SCOBAR AND !LEX !VILA %ICKHOFF FAILED TO RETIRE A BATTER IN THE FOURTH WHEN HE WAS YANKED BY MANAGER 'ABE +APLER %ICKHOFF HAS ALLOWED HOME RUNS THIS SEASON IN INNINGS AND HE BECAME THE FIRST pitcher in franchise history to surrender THREE STRAIGHT HOMERS TO START THE GAME %SCOBAR HIT HIS SECOND OF THE GAME A SOLO SHOT TO LEFT IN THE kFTH OFF RELIEVER 2ANGER 3UÂśREZ 6ARGAS ALSO ADDED A SOLO SHOT IN THE INNING OFF 3UÂśREZ FOR THE RE-
CORD SEVENTH HOME RUN OF THE GAME 6ARGAS PUT THE EXCLAMATION POINT ON THE EXTENDED BATTING PRACTICE WITH A TWO RUN HOMER IN THE NINTH OFF !USTIN $AVIS 4HE $IAMONDBACKS HAD HIT SIX HOMERS IN A GAME SIX TIMES IN FRANCHISE HISTORY THE LAST COMING *UNE AGAINST THE -ARLINS *EAN 3EGURA HOMERED IN THE SECOND INNING OFF $IAMONDBACKS STARTER 4AYLOR #LARKE INNINGS AND THE 0HILLIES TIED )T ALL UNTIL THE $IAMONDBACKS BLEW THE GAME OPEN with a four-run fourth. +INGERY HAD HIS kRST CAREER MULTI HOMER GAME 2HYS (OSKINS AND *AY "RUCE EACH hit solo shots in the ninth. $ETROIT AND #HICAGO PLAYED EACH OTHER TWICE WHERE THEY COM-
BINED FOR HOMERS !RIZONA COULD DO MORE THAN GO DEEP %SCOBAR ADDED AN 2") DOUBLE IN THE SIXTH TO MAKE IT AND GIVE HIM kVE 2")S AND GIVE THE WIN TO RELIEVER :ACK 'ODLEY AFTER INNINGS OF SCORELESS BALL 4HE $ BACKS ARE THE kRST TEAM IN BASEBALL HISTORY TO HIT EIGHT HOME RUNS IN A GAME AND SURRENDER EIGHT -ARCH VS THE $ODGERS IN THE SAME SEASON AP
MLB MONDAY RESULTS (TUESDAY IN MANILA) Q Arizona Diamondbacksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Jarrod Dyson reacts as he walks back to the dugout after hitting a home run off Philadelphia Phillies starting pitcher Jerad Eickhoff during the first inning of a baseball game on Tuesday in Philadelphia. AP PHOTO
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Portugal blasts Netherlands to win first Nations League Q Netherlandsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; forward Luuk De Jong (back) heads the ball with Portugalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s defender Jose Fonte during the UEFA Nations League final football match between Portugal and The Netherlands at the Dragao Stadium in Porto. AFP PHOTO
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ORTO, Portugal: Portugal added the inaugural Nations League title to their Euro 2016 triumph as Goncalo Guedesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s strike on the HOUR WON AN UNDERWHELMING kNAL AGAINST THE Netherlands in Porto.
The Dutch defensive pairing of Virgil van Dijk and Matthijs de
Ligt largely kept Cristiano Ronaldo quiet, but Valencia winger
Guedes proved the match winner as his shot had too much power for Jasper Cillessen in the Netherlands goal. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thank god things have gone well for the national team in recent years. Portugal has won important things like Euro 2016 and now the League of Nations,â&#x20AC;?
said Ronaldo. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It may seem like an easy job but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard, it takes a lot of dedication and willingness. I think the players deserve to be congratulated.â&#x20AC;? Portugal had the advantage of an extra dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rest and not being forced to extra time against SwitZERLAND IN THEIR SEMI kNAL AS THE Dutch were in seeing off England on Thursday. And the hosts looked the fresher throughout with Ronald Koemanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s men jaded at the end of a long season. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If we were tired I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know, but we were not good enough,â&#x20AC;? admitted Koeman. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They defended well and the were very compact in their game, but you have to be better with the ball and we were not.â&#x20AC;? The match had been billed as a showdown between Ronaldo and Van Dijk but with the Dutch captain again rock solid
at the back, Portugalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main threat came from midfield with Bernardo Silva rightfully winning player of the tournament. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m very happy, very proud. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s MY kRST TITLE WITH MY COUNTRY u SAID Silva, who also won an English domestic treble with Manchester City this season. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thank you to the Portuguese people, what a night for us, what a night for the country!â&#x20AC;? Silva provided the one true moment of quality to decide the game. He broke through the Dutch defense and then picked out Guedes, who bravely ignored playing in Ronaldo to drill a low shot past Cillessen himself. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you want to win you have to play well, and if Portugal won we had to play well, whether it was handsome or not,â&#x20AC;? said Portugal coach Fernando Santos. The Netherlands have made
huge strides in just over a year since Koeman took charge after missing out on even qualifying for the last two tournaments. After overcoming world champions France and Germany in the group stages, Koemanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s men also outclassed England in the semi-finals. However, unlike in midweek when Frenkie de Jong dominated THE MIDkELD AGAINST THE %NGLISH Hollandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s latest Barcelona-bound star was unable to seize control of the game and their lack of a topclass striker left the Dutch toothless up front. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve made a lot of progress. We have to be very proud of ourselves; now disappointment is in our heads but we have to keep the heads up,â&#x20AC;? said Van Dijk. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a good season but hopefully next season is going to be even better. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the only thing Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m striving for.â&#x20AC;? AFP
15 Serie A Hopeful Messi keen to end Argentina title drought clubs oppose CL reforms MILAN: Fifteen Serie A clubs have come out against the European Club Associationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s controversial plans to reform the Champions League, which are being backed by Italian giants Juventus, according to reports in Italy on Tuesday. Juventus president Andrea Agnelli, who is also president of the ECA, last week defended plans to reform the Champions League at a UEFA congress as an attempt to save smaller clubs from â&#x20AC;&#x153;the protectionism of the big five leagues.â&#x20AC;? A vote was held on Monday by the Italian Football League concerning a joint text opposing the project, Gazzetta Dello Sport reported. Juventus were alone in opposing the text, while Roma, Inter Milan, AC Milan and Fiorentina, abstained. The ECA has proposed a competition made up of 128 teams in three divisions. The top division would be made up of four groups of eight teams, with the top six in each qualifying for the following edition regardless of where they finish in their domestic leagues. But the 15 Serie A teams opposing it believe the plans could lead to a decrease of as much as 35 percent in top-flight revenues. The proposed reforms remain unpopular throughout European football with the Premier League, which had four teams in the finals of the Champions League and Europa League, have unanimously opposed the project. Seven Spanish clubs, but not Real Madrid nor Barcelona, are also against the plans, along with the Bundesliga clubs, while 17 Ligue 1 sides came out against the project while Paris Saint-Germain, Lyon and Marseille abstained. AFP
RIO DE JANEIRO: With Neymar sidelined by an ankle injury, Lionel Messi heads into the Copa America this weekend as the competitionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main attraction but one with a desperate need to end more than a decade of hurt with Argentina. The five-time Ballon dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Or winner has one of the most impressive trophy hauls in football history but there is a glaring void when it comes to national team accolades. Four Champions League crowns and 10 La Liga titles with Barcelona are not matched by Argentina success. And the 31-year-old knows heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s running out of time to rectify that anomaly. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I want to end my career having won something with the national team, or at least try to do so as many times as possible,â&#x20AC;? he told Fox Sports last week. Four finals played with Argentina, four defeats, including the last two Copa kNALS ON PENALTIES AGAINST #HILE But the most painful was the 2014 World Cup final to Germany at the iconic Maracana, where Messi will hope to return on July 7 for the Copa title decider. That Germany defeat began a run of LOSING kNALS IN THREE SUCCESSIVE YEARS
and after the last of those, a bitterly disappointed Messi announced his international retirement. He and his teammates came in for a torrent of abuse and criticism. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People were attacking us from every side,â&#x20AC;? he said. His retirement lasted just six weeks, though, and it was his HAT TRICK IN !RGENTINA S kNAL QUALIkER THAT SECURED A 3-1 win in Ecuador that sent the team to the World Cup in Russia last year. But, as so many times before, Messi was unable to recapture his Barca form while on international duty and dejection followed as the albiceleste were sent home in the second round after a 4-3 defeat to eventual winners France. But while Messi then missed Argentinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s next six matches â&#x20AC;&#x201D; all friendlies â&#x20AC;&#x201D; there was no talk of retirement this time. His son Thiago â&#x20AC;&#x153;loves it when I play for the national team,â&#x20AC;? Messi told Fox. But the disappointments have kept piling up despite a 10th La Liga crown secured in May. AFP
Q Lionel Messi drives the ball during the international friendly football match against Nicaragua at the San Juan del Bicentenario stadium in San Juan, Argentina. AFP PHOTO
NEW LAWYER FORÂ NEYMARâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S RAPE ACCUSER CONSIDERS DROPPING CASE SAO PAULO: The new lawyer of the woman at the center of an alleged rape scandal involving Neymar is considering withdrawing from the case if his client fails to provide further evidence, Brazilian news website G1 reported. Danilo Garcia Andrade took on Najila Trindade Mendes de Souzaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lawsuit earlier this week, and is said to want to see the content OF A SEVEN MINUTE VIDEO kLMED during the modelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second meeting with the Brazil star in Paris. Trindade maintains the recording, of which a few seconds have been leaked on social media, includes conclusive evidence. It formed a part of the testimony she presented to Brazilian police on Friday. 4HE IMAGES WERE kLMED ON A tablet device, which has been stolen, according to Trindade, but the owners of the building where
she lives have denied claims of a forced break-in. According to G1, she also claims to possess other proof held in a safe. Trindadeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s original lawyers walked away from her case because SHE HAD INITIALLY kLED A COMPLAINT
of physical abuse and not rape. Her testimony came a day after Neymar went to a Rio de Janeiro police station, sitting in a wheelchair after injuring his ankle in Wednesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s friendly against Qatar, which ruled him out of this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Copa America. AFP Q Neymar AP FILE PHOTO
Neres set to replace Neymar for Brazil at Copa America RIO DE JANEIRO: After only one game, David Neres is already starting to the kLL THE HOLE LEFT BY .EYMAR The 22-year-old Neres, who played a key role in helping Ajax reach the Champions League semikNALS THIS SEASON SCORED HIS kRST goal for Brazilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s national team on Sunday in a Copa America warm-up match â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a 7-0 win over Honduras. â&#x20AC;&#x153;David played a great match. When he laid the ball forward before his goal, I said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;(The defender) wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get him anymore,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? Brazil COACH 4ITE SAID g(E CAN lUCTUATE (E IS IN A HIGH LEVEL OF CONkDENCE ) am already telling you where things are going.â&#x20AC;? Neymar was ruled out of the South American tournament after a right ankle injury and Willian was called up as his replacement. But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more likely that Neres will be the one to get the starting job in Neymarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s absence. Neres played on the left wing against Honduras and, although
the opposition didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t offer much resistance, he was one of Brazilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best in the match with dribbles, runs and that 56th-minute goal that impressed Tite. But Neres still doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know if HE WILL BE ON THE kELD WHEN "RAZIL opens the Copa America on Friday against Bolivia in Sao Paulo. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am still growing,â&#x20AC;? Neres said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In front of the goal all I could think of was to get it right. I looked at the middle of the box to see if there was anyone free. There wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t, so I did it myself.â&#x20AC;? Peru and Venezuela are also in Group A at the Copa America. Neres started impressing Tite in March, when he played 33 minutes in a friendly against the Czech Republic in Prague. He made one assist and took part in other important plays in the 3-1 victory. Neres started his career at Sao Paulo, and the Copa America will open at the clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Morumbi Stadium. That has him pretty excited. AP
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The importance of physical activity in health and well-being I T is widely known that staying active is one of the best ways to keep a healthy body and there are so many reasons why regular activity boosts health. Get to know how exercise can be incorporated into daily activities and how it helps improve oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s overall well-being and quality of life.
Here are just a few of the ways physical activity can help one feel better, look better and live better. Because, why not? Natural mood lifter. Regular physical activity can relieve stress, anxiety, depression and anger. Think of it as a happy pill with no side effects. Most people notice they feel better over time as physical activity becomes a regular part of their lives. Increases muscle strength. Without regular activity, the body slowly loses its strength, stamina and ability to function properly. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like the old saying: you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stop moving from growing old, you grow old from stopping moving. Exercise increases muscle strength, which in turn increases your ability to do other physical activities. Keeps the doctor away. Too much sitting and other sedentary activities can increase the risk of heart disease and stroke. One study showed that adults who watch more than four hours of television a day had an 80 percent higher risk of death from cardiovascular disease. Being more active can help in lowering blood pressure, boost levels of good cholesterol, IMPROVE BLOOD lOW CIRCULATION KEEP WEIGHT under control and prevent bone loss that can lead to osteoporosis. All of this can add up to fewer medical expenses, interventions and medications later in life! Longer life. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s true, 70 is the new 60 but only if one is healthy. People who are physically
Q Regular physical activity can relieve stress, anxiety, depression and anger â&#x20AC;&#x201D; considered a happy pill with no side effects.
How to address poor eyesight in children HEALTHY eyes and vision are a critical part of childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s development. Their eyes should be examined regularly, as many vision problems and eye diseases can be detected and treated early. The most common vision problem is nearsightedness or myopia. However, some children have other forms of refractive error like farsightedness and astigmatism. In addition, the existence of eye focusing, eye tracking and eye coordination problems may affect school and sports performance. Determining whether a child may have an eye problem can be a bit challenging. Unlike adults, children may not necessarily know what the normal visual baseline is, and hence are less likely to complain. Most teens and some older children may be able to EXPRESS THEIR SPECIkC CONCERNS BUT FOR most children, visual problems are often left untreated or managed too lately. Answering questions regarding poor eyesight in kids, and what parents can do to address this important health issue is Makati Medical Center Department of Opthalmology chairman Eduardo Sarabia.
strabismus, high grade difference between the two eyes or congenital cataracts.
At what age can a child have poor eyesight?
Poor eyesight can start at any age. They can be as young as newborns and babies, especially if they come from a family with a history of eye problems.
What if my child does not want to wear glasses?
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Make wearing glasses a pleasant and fun experience for your child by letting him or her choose a frame that is cute and comfortable to wear,â&#x20AC;? advises Sarabia. â&#x20AC;&#x153;More importantly, assure them that they look wonderful with glasses and this helpful tool can help them in school, during playtime and sports.â&#x20AC;?
Different eye doctors
Q Not all blurring of vision can be managed just with eyeglasses. Specific treatment depends on the specific condition and can include a combination of different corrective techniques.
What are common eyesight problems among kids? Routine eye health screenings are
.EARSIGHTEDNESS MYOPIA FARSIGHTEDNESS HYPEROPIA AND ASTIGMATISM THE IMPERFECT CURVATURE OF THE CORNEA are types of refractive errors that cause images to be blurred. This can be managed with simple eyeglasses, which greatly improve the quality of vision. Strabismus is a condition wherein one or both eyes turn in or out. This misalignment of the eyes manifests as either crossed eyes or walled eyes, often resulting in doubling of vision. If detected early, this can be managed with eyeglasses, sometimes using special prismatic lenses to make the eyes align normally. Surgery can also be offered to mechanically reposition the eyes, but is usually reserved in more advanced cases. Amblyopia refers to the failure of the eye to achieve normal visual acuity despite the best attempts to correct it. This is commonly known as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lazy Eye,â&#x20AC;? because the brain only receives visual input from one good eye and no contribution from the amblyopic eye. This visual development disorder begins during infancy or early childhood and progresses often due to a failure in correcting another eye problem, such as
and a host of surgical options. Your ophthalmologist can recommend the best course of treatment for your childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s eyesight, so it is imperative to regularly check-up with your Ophthalmologist to ensure the best for your childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bright future.
part of an infantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s checkup, as well as checkups among children aged three years old and up.
How is poor eyesight diagnosed?
An ophthalmologist will conduct a variety of examinations to assess eyesight. These include but are not LIMITED TO VISUAL ACUITY TESTING USING age-appropriate eye charts to check if A CHILD CAN SEE AT VARIOUS DISTANCES REFRACTIVE ASSESSMENT TO SEE IF VISION CAN BE CORRECTED WITH EYE GLASSES PUPILLARY LIGHT RElEX TESTING TO GAUGE IF THEIR PUPILS ARE RESPONDING PROPERLY AND FUNDUS EXAMINATION WHICH MAY include dilation of the eye to examine THE RETINA AND OPTIC NERVE
What is the treatment for poor eyesight?
Vision care and eye checks are a part of your childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s routine medical care, and there are different kinds of doctors who offer eye care. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Ophthalmologists are medical doctors who provide comprehensive eye care with medicine and surgery. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Pediatric ophthalmologists are doctors who have additional special training to treat childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s eye problems. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Optometrists provide services that may be similar to ophthalmologists but they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t perform surgery. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Opticians fit and adjust eyeglasses. Signs that a child may have vision problems include constant eye rubbing, extreme light sensitivity, poor FOCUSING POOR VISUAL TRACKING FOLLOWING AN OBJECT ABNORMAL ALIGNMENT OR MOVEMENT OF THE EYES AFTER SIX MONTHS OF AGE CHRONIC REDNESS OF THE eyes, chronic tearing of the eyes and a white pupil instead of black. In school-age children, other signs to watch out for include being unable to see objects at a distance, having trouble reading the blackboard, SQUINTING DIFkCULTY READING AND SITting too close to the television. Watch your child for signs of poor vision or crossed eyes. If you notice any eye problems, have your child examined right away so that the problem doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t become permanent. If caught early, eye conditions often can be corrected.
It is important to note that not all blurring of vision can be managed WITH JUST EYEGLASSES 3PECIkC TREATMENT DEPENDS ON THE SPECIkC CONDITION AND can include a combination of different corrective techniques. These can include anything from eyeglasses, eye Sources: Makati Medical Centerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exercises, contact lenses, eye patch- Department of Opthalmology and ing, medical therapy, lasers surgery www.kidshealth.org
active and at a healthy weight live about seven years longer than those who are not active and are obese. And the important part is that those extra years are generally healthier years. Staying active helps delay or prevent chronic illnesses and diseases associated with aging. So active adults maintain their quality of life and independence longer as they age. /THER BENEkTS WITH REGULAR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY include: â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Helps to quit smoking and stay tobacco-free. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Boosts energy level to get more things done. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Helps manage stress and tension. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Promotes a positive attitude and outlook. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Helps in falling asleep faster and sleep more soundly. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Provides fun ways to spend time with family, friends and pets. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Helps in providing more time outdoors or in the community. The American Heart Association recommends at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic activity each week. That can be knocked out in just 30 MINUTES A DAY kVE DAYS A WEEK !ND EVERY MINUTE OF moderate to vigorous activity counts toward the goal. So move more, with more intensity, and sit less. It doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to be big life changes to see the BENEkTS *UST START BUILDING MORE ACTIVITY INTO THE day, one step at a time.
Source: www.heart.org
Proper diet for healthy living TO most people, healthy living means both physical and mental health are functioning well together or in balance in a person. In many instances, physical and mental health are closely linked, so that a change in one, whether good or bad, directly affects the other. Healthy living depends largely on diet, as humans have to eat foor for growth and maintenance of a healthy body â&#x20AC;&#x201D; although infants, children, teenagers, young adults and seniors have different requirements. For example, infants may require feeding every four hours until they gradually age and begin to take in more solid foods. Eventually they develop into the more normal pattern of eating three times a day as young kids. However, as most parents know, kids, teenagers and young adults often snack between meals. Snacking is often not limited to these age groups because adults and seniors often do the same.
and nuts â&#x20AC;&#x201D; with emphasis on beans and nuts. Also choose foods that are low in saturated fats, trans fats, cholesterol, salt (sodium) and added sugars. Look at the labels as the first listed items comprise the highest concentration of ingredients.
Important tips
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Treat the King: Fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day Buffet JUNE 16 is Fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day! Make this Fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day memorable and treat your King to a sumptuous buffet that Toscana Dining has to offer. Plus, bring three full paying adults and your Dad gets to eat for free.
Inclusive of special buffet, enTERTAINMENT RAFlE DRAW AND SPEcial mugs for Dad! Buffet opens from 6p.m. to 10p.m. For more information, email restaurants@midorihotel.com or visit www.midorihotel.com.
Authentic Cantonese cuisine comes to life at Lung Hin THE RICH VIBRANT lAVORS OF AUthentic Cantonese cuisine is front and center at award-winning restaurant Lung Hin, which welcomes Executive Chinese Chef Leung Chi Kwan (in photo). Chef Ken, as he is fondly called, brings his over 20 years of training and experience in some of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s renowned hotels and Chinese restaurants to Marco Polo Ortigas Manilaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dining jewel, located on Level 44. Chef Ken returns to the Philippines from professional experiences in Ireland, Hong Kong, China and Singapore. He brings to bear a unique combination of faithful culinary tradition with enhanced culinary TECHNIQUES Â&#x2021; DEkNITELY WORTH LOOKing forward to at Lung Hin. Chef Kenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s specialty dishes include Chilled Marinated Fresh Abalone with Sake and Soy Sauce,
Deep-Fried Spare Ribs with Olive and Honey Sauce, and Baked Live Lobster with Supreme Stock. These signatures and more are available as part of Lung Hinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chef Recommendations menu. For more information, email lunghin.mnl@marcopolohotels.com or visit www.marcopolohotels.com.
Fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day Specials at Pan Pacific Manila
ON Fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day, treat Dad and the ENTIRE FAMILY AT 0AN 0ACIkC -ANILA 'OOD FOOD AS THE SAYING goes, is the key to a manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s heart. With that in mind, the team of culinary experts at Pacific Lounge has come up with a SPECIAL 'RILL AND "ARBEQUE DINner buffet on June 15, starting at 6p.m. featuring unlimited serving of aromatic succulent meat, ribs, steak, chicken and pre-dinner cocktails best complimented with choice of local beer, house wine, standard drinks and impeccable service. For a truly leisurely celebra-
tion, book a room or a suite for the weekend. Take advantage of the hotelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Date with Dad Room Package from June 1 to 30. An overnight stay in a Superior Room is inclusive of buffet breakfast, welcome drink upon arrival, complimentary Internet access, complimentary local calls, use of swimming pool and fitness center facilities, Sunset Lounge & Bar â&#x20AC;&#x153;Street 'RILL #OMBOu PAIRED WITH PINT of beer, and special gift for Dad. For more information, visit HTTPS WWW PANPACIkC COM EN HOTELS RESORTS PHILIPPINES MANILA
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NFINITUS has officially launched in the Philippines through opening ceremonies held in Manila on June 1. This marked the formal entry of Infinitus into the Philippine market, bringing in the excellent health culture of the Chinese through Chinese herbal health products to help more Filipinos achieve wellness and happiness. The Philippines is the seventh overseas market after Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore, Canada, and Thailand, all of which opened simultaneously in 1992 starting with China, 2010-Hongkong, Taiwan and Malaysia, 2016-Singapore and Canada, 2018-Thailand, 2019-Philippines and Kazakhstan. Yu Jianglin, chief executive OFkCER OF )NkNITUS 'LOBAL CONgratulated the Philippines on the OFkCIAL LAUNCH OF )NkNITUS IN THE country. In his opening speech, Anson Au, general manager of Infinitus Overseas Market, ex-
Q During the launch (seated, from left) Emily Wong, marketing director of Infinitus Overseas Market; Qiu Jinfeng, sales director of Infinitus (China); Sheila Peng, chief sales director of Infinitus (China); Pinky Shen, corporate communication director of Infinitus (China); Ivy Chen, manager of Fujian Branch of Infinitus (China); (standing, from left) Felix Young, senior manager of New Market Development of Infinitus Overseas Market; Jack Lin, Infinitus chief IT engineer; Lui Xuejun, market service director of Infinitus (China); Sam Li, New Market Development director of Infinitus Overseas Market; Anson Au, general manager of Infinitus Overseas Market; Kuang Weihua, senior sales director of Infinitus (China); Jacky Tang, Infinitus product development director; Bill Song, business development support director of Infinitus Overseas Market, and Xu Dasheng, regional director of Infinitus (China). PRESSED CONkDENCE IN THE 0HILippine market, even as business partners looked forward to the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bright prospects. With 20 percent of Filipinos being of Chinese ancestry, China
and the Philippines have close economic, cultural and peopleto-people contacts. And now THAT )NkNITUS PRODUCTS ARE READily available in the country, the familiar and time-tested quality
of Chinese health concepts and practices will be made more accessible to Filipinos and the Filipino-Chinese community. For more information, visit InkNITUS ON &ACEBOOK INkNITUSPHI.
Nickel Asia leads â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Ploggingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; for World Environment Day 2019 NICKEL Asia Corp. (NAC), and its subsidiaries â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Cagdianao Mining, Dinapigue Mining, Hinatuan Mining, Hinatuan-Manicani Project, Rio Tuba Nickel, and Taganito Mining â&#x20AC;&#x201D; once again takes the lead in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ploggingâ&#x20AC;? for World Environment Day (WED) 2019. It is the second year that NAC is conducting this sports activity simultaneously with its subsidiaries all over THE COUNTRY WITH THE THEME (EALTHY Ka Na, Nakalinis Ka Pa. Plogging is jogging while picking up trash. The United Nations declares June 5 of every year as WED, declaring it as â&#x20AC;&#x153;a special day to draw awareness and encourage actions to pressing environment concernsâ&#x20AC;? such as pollution. Like NAC, some 100 countries across the globe also participate in this global celebration. The NAC-wide plogging was simultaneously conducted by NAC employees and their partners in their respective communities from the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mining operations
Q Nickel Asia Corp. group during the World Environment Day 2019. Robert Francisco, NAC-Taganito in Surigao Del Norte; Bataraza in Palawan; Cagdianao in Dinagat Miningâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s environment manager, Island; Dinapigue in Isabela; and says â&#x20AC;&#x153;we are doing this activity every year to get the attention and 'UIUAN IN %ASTERN 3AMAR Ploggers from Surigao City was the support of the communities joined by members of Surigao to get involve in the discourse on Runners Club, React, Tri-Sur, Bug- environment protection and sussay Marajaw Surigao and other tainability. We at NAC take these matters very seriously and our running enthusiasts.
everyday work involves discussions on issues pertaining to serious environment concerns such as plastic and air pollution and we want everyone on the communities to get in on the game.â&#x20AC;? The UN also calls WED as â&#x20AC;&#x153;the peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s day for doing something to take care of the earth.â&#x20AC;?
Bautista cited for outstanding initiatives on Quezon City police modernization THE Quezon City Police District (QCPD) recently awarded Mayor Herbert Bautista for his exceptional leadership and efforts in supporting the local police force as a chief executive. At the last turnover ceremony of 75 new NMax motorcycles to 1#0$ "'EN AND #ITY 0OLICE $Irector Joselito Esquivel Jr. handed Mayor Bautista a plaque in recognition of his administrationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s support that â&#x20AC;&#x153;resulted in marked accomplishments in the peace and order situation in Quezon City.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Truly, his leadership exemplifies the highest and best quality of public service,â&#x20AC;? the recognition reads.
Bautista, with the assistance of the City Council and City Department heads, provided QCPD with the necessary equipment and facilities to ensure public safety and security. Under his term as chief executive, Quezon City donated various kREARMS AND BULLETPROOF VESTS FOR the anti-criminality operations of POLICE OFkCERS IN THE CITY The city government also provides QCPD with state-of-the-art facilities and equipment. In 2018, the city government inaugurated the P50 million QCPD anti-cybercrime unit digital foRENSICS LABORATORY 4HE kRST OF ITS kind in Metro Manila, it is used
Q BGen. and City Police Director Joselito Esquivel Jr. (second from left) hands Mayor Herbert Bautista (center) a plaque of recognition. to monitor online activities that them to quickly generate sketches threaten the safety of QC residents of crime suspects. Aside from police cars and motorand the city government. cycles, QC also donated a level 1 amTwelve units of new digital bulance to the local police force and a composite sketch appliance were new Scene of the Crime Operatives van. also given to QCPD, enabling
Dior releases Addict Stellar Shine lipstick collection
PLAN your next holiday at Discovery Hospitalityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s awardwinning hotels and resorts when you book the best deals this June 7 to June 16. From weekend city stays to idyllic island retreats, enjoy remarkable steals on curated value packages. Relish the pristine white sands, sparking blue water and stunning sunsets of Boracay island at Discovery Shores Boracay. For a minimum of two nights, the package comes with daily buffet breakfast for two at Sands Restaurant and roundtrip Caticlan airport transfers. Meanwhile, wake up in a private tropical island paradise surrounded by vibrant marine life only at Club Paradise Palawan â&#x20AC;&#x201D; complete with buffet breakfast for two at Firefish Restaurant, and roundtrip air-
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DIOR Addict Stellar Shine marks a new promise, thanks to its brand new, ever more addictive formula, in a new case decorated in the Dior letters lit up in pink. Under the guidance of Peter Philips, creative and image director of Dior Makeup, and faithful to this Dior spirit, color becomes attitude and shine, ever more extraordinary; a manifesto. Dior Addict Stellar Shine is therefore the symbol of belonging to a fashion
tribe, that of the House of Dior. In a loud AND CLEAR VOICE IT PROCLAIMS g"E $IOR Be Pink.â&#x20AC;? This signature attitude was INSPIRED BY #HRISTIAN $IOR WHO DEkNED pink â&#x20AC;&#x201C; one of his favorites and lucky colors â&#x20AC;&#x201C; as â&#x20AC;&#x153;the colour of happiness and femininity...Every woman should have something pink in her wardrobe.â&#x20AC;? g"E $IOR "E 0INK u IS THEREFORE AN INkNITELY $IOR STATEMENT TO EXPRESS FEMININITY freely, without compromise, radiantly.
Q Be Dior. Be Pink. with the new Dior Stellar Shine Lipstick collection.
DoH, EU talk on Universal Health Care and budget support programs ON June 3, the Department of Health (DoH) and the Delegation of the European Union to the Philippines marked the closure of two EU-funded budget support PROGRAMS 4HE RESULTS OF THE kNAL evaluations will be presented to take stock of lessons learned and integrate them in the crafting and the implementation of the Universal Health Care law. Health Secretary Francisco Duque, EU Ambassador to the Philippines Franz Jessen and World Health Organization 2EPRESENTATIVE 'UNDO 7EILER graced the occasion. The two EU-funded programs have contributed to positive
gains in achieving Universal Health Care. Noteworthy are the increase of the population covered by the Philippine National Health Insurance Program, strengthening manAGEMENT AND kNANCING OF SERVICE delivery networks, establishment of out-patient drug recovery clinics and improving sexual and reproductive health care services. The programs have also contributed to the preparation of the Universal Health Care law and relevant Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR). The second program provided in addition demanddriven and tailor-made technical assistance in support to DoH in
health policy development and its operationalization at local level. EU Ambassador Jessen conGRATULATED THE 0HILIPPINE 'OVernment for the approval of the Universal Health Care Bill. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This law is a crucial step towards the improved access to quality health care of all the Filipinos, particularly the poor, the vulnerable and the disadvantagedâ&#x20AC;?. Health Undersecretary Mario Villaverde, who leads the crafting of the Implementing Rules and Regulations for the Universal Health Care (UHC) law, has pointed out that â&#x20AC;&#x153;some of the ideas generated in the EU support were instrumental in
drafting the UHC law. The â&#x20AC;&#x153;assistance provided by EU in the Philippine Health Sector Reform Contract has been very efficient and responsive to our needsâ&#x20AC;? says Pharmaceutical DiviSION #HIEF !NNA -ELISSA 'UERRERO &ROM TO %5 kNANCIAL support to healthcare programs in the country amounted to P7.2 billion. A large part of the funding was directly channelled through the Philippine treasury. These funds WERE MANAGED BY THE 'OVERNMENT This demonstrates the commitment of the European Union to the Philippines for achieving Universal Health Care as outlined in the Philippine Health Agenda.
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Q Multi-awarded veteran actor Eddie Garcia and Gina PareĂąo in â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Hintayan ng Langitâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;
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ATIONAL holidays spent at home are the best time to catch up on shows and movies youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been meaning to watch but never get around to during busy work weeks. To bring meaning to your bingewatch plans today, however â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the Philippinesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 121st Independence Day â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Manila Times lines up the most popular Filipino PICKS ON STREAMING SITES FROM PERIOD lICKS THAT LOOK BACK TO SACRIkCES OF OUR FOREFATHERS for our freedom to critically acclaimed titles that highlight Filipino culture and values. Juliet-esque affair. To answer the question, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Paano kapag nagkita sila ulit?â&#x20AC;? Hintayin â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Hintayan ng Langitâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 3PECIALLY PREMIERING ON .ETlIX is cleverly set in purgatory where today, Independence Day is be- Pareno had been ready to leave loved veteran actor Eddie Garciaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s everything behind for heaven, rom-com â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hintayan ng Langitâ&#x20AC;? UNTIL HER EX BOYFRIEND AND TRUE co-starring Gina Pareno, from love (Garcia) shows up. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hintayan ng Langit,â&#x20AC;? won the spoken word artist and musician Juan Miguel Severoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s screen play 2018 QCinema Audience Choice Award with Garcia â&#x20AC;&#x201D; whose recovand directed by Dan Villegas. First presented as a play at the ery from a freak accident last weekCultural Center of the Philippinesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; end remains on the minds of many annual Virgin Labfest, Severo took â&#x20AC;&#x201D; receiving the Best Actor Award. inspiration for the story from a visitor who was at his grandmotherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Heneral Lunaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; wake. The stranger turned out to With acclaimed character actor be his grandmotherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s former suitor John Arcilla in the title role, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Henwith whom she had a Romeo and eral Lunaâ&#x20AC;? tackles the national
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Q Atom Araullo in â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Citizen Jakeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;
â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Goyo: Ang Batang Heneralâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Following the assassination of
Heneral Luna, leadership of the Philippine Revolutionary Army fell on Gregorio del Pilar, and recounted in Heneral Lunaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sequel, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Goyo: Ang Batang Heneral,â&#x20AC;? With Paulo Avelino in the lead, the movie proves relevant to the times with Goyoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s search for identity, resounding in the Filipinoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s continued search on who we are as a people.
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â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Kid Kulafuâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;
â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;A Portrait of the Artist as Filipinoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;
A biographical film, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kid Kulafuâ&#x20AC;? follows the childhood 2018â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s crucially-acclaimed â&#x20AC;&#x153;Citi- struggles of poor provincianozen Jakeâ&#x20AC;? sees prized documen- TURNED GLOBAL BOXING CHAMP tarist and news personality Atom Manny Pacquaio. The movie !RAULLO IN HIS kRST STARRING ROLE shows how the young Emmanuel as Jake Herrera, a journalist and TURNS TO BOXING Â&#x2021; REGARDLESS OF estranged son of a powerful Phil- the physical danger and mental ippine senator. Jake purposely anguish that come with training builds a life outside that of his and competing â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to earn a livâ&#x20AC;&#x153;trapoâ&#x20AC;? (traditional politician) ing. His story is not new to many father and becomes a teacher Filipinos but his phenomenal at a Baguio university. There, success brings many in the same he comes across the controversial situation today great inspiration.
â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Citizen Jakeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;
â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Four Sisters and a Weddingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; One of the most Filipino acquisiTIONS OF .ETlIX g&OUR 3ISTERS AND a Weddingâ&#x20AC;? continues to be a top pick from this generationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s crop OF MOVIES SINCE kRST SHOWING IN
Q Paolo Avelino in â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Goyo: Ang Batang Heneralâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;
murder of a student activitist, raising discussions on the social and political climate in the country.
4HE kLM ADAPTATION OF .ATIONAL Artist for Literature Nick Joaquinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino â&#x20AC;&#x201D; considered globally â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Street Foodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; as the best-known Filipino play More and more around the â&#x20AC;&#x201D; depicts pre-World War 2 Phiworld, food is considered to be lippines and revolves around the a defining part of a countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s travails of the Marasigan family. CULTURE AND IDENTITY .ETFLIX S %XPLORING THE MANY ASPECTS OF original series â&#x20AC;&#x153;Street Foodâ&#x20AC;? Philippine high society, the movhighlights this aspect specifi- IE FOCUSES ON FAMILY CONlICT AND cally in Cebu with four episodes the amalgamation of old Filipino dedicated to the Visayan capi- identity and cultural character talâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unique dishes and stories with the arrival of contemporary of their creators. and Western ideals.
Q John Arcilla as 'Heneral Lunaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; heroâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unconventional leadership of the Philippine Revolutionary Army during the PhilippineAmerican War. The movies tagline â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bayan o sarili?â&#x20AC;? has since become part of everyday lingo, reminding the younger generation specially to look beyond themselves and their goals and take an active part in nation building. Besides historical accounts in the movie, the critically acclaimed TBA Studios production also gives audiences a glimpse into Lunaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s personality, relationships and quirks.
2013. Besides gaining popularity for iconic punchlines and its all-star cast (Bea Alonzo, Angel Locsin, Toni Gonzaga and Shaina Magdayao), the movie is lauded for effectively presenting the realities of the typical Filipino family, whose strong bond always overcomes any challenges.
Q Buboy Villar as the young Manny Pacquiao in â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Kid Kulafuâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;
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E celebrate our 121st Independence Day today. Save that, after 1898, we ended up being occupied by Japan and then became a commonwealth under the United States, after which we still had to struggle and negotiate for independence yet again. Commonwealth President Manuel Quezon was famous for the quote â&#x20AC;&#x153;I would rather have a country run like hell by the Filipinos than a country run like heaven by the Americans.â&#x20AC;? 1UEZON IS THE SUBJECT OF kLM RELEASED two weeks ago, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Quezonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Game.â&#x20AC;? 4HE kLM HAS BEEN GOING STRONG ON WORD of mouth. People werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sure a period/ HISTORICAL kLM WITH VERY LITTLE PUBLICITY would last more than a few days but last it did. I caught a late showing last Thursday night and the cinema was packed. More than focusing on the set design or costumes or details and props (because one can nitpick about these), attention best paid to the story it tells. It is the late 1930â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and Hitler tightens his grip on Germany and attempts to tighten a noose around Jews in Europe. He divests them of their homes and belongings and sends them over to concentration camps and eventually to their demise. The horrible death toll from all THIS 3IX MILLION *EWS Would you believe the United States and Canada refused to take in Jewish refugees escaping genocide?
Raymond Bagatsing successfully nails the role of Quezon who felt it was but right and imperative the Philippines take in these Jewish refugees. He just needed TO kND WAYS FOR THE 53 GOVERNMENT TO approve of this. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Quezonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gameâ&#x20AC;? has shades of Spielbergâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Schindlerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Listâ&#x20AC;? in memorable performance as Aurora Quezon terms of mission and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lincolnâ&#x20AC;? in terms and theater veteran Audie Gemora does a of political maneuvering. fantastic Vice President Sergio OsmeĂąa. If you are a regular theater goer, you can spot several more theater actors in the cast: Paul Holme, Miguel Faustmann, Jeremy Domingo, George Schulze, David Bianco and Dean Rosen, just to name a few. Direction and cinematography is by Q 'Quezonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Matthew Rosen who I had the pleasure Game,' set of working with long ago when I was still in the late in advertising. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;30s tells â&#x20AC;&#x153;Quezonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gameâ&#x20AC;? has done the internaa relevant TIONAL kLM CIRCUIT SINCE LAST YEAR AND HAS story. won several awards. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a shining moment in our history and is not covered enough in our history books. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also relevant today when we live in a climate of such dangerous â&#x20AC;&#x153;othering.â&#x20AC;? NNN Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll wrap up my column by just highApart from Bagatsing, actor Billy Ray lighting the incredible Filipino talent Gallion (who apparently has appeared in we have â&#x20AC;&#x201D; I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do this enough as Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lost,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hawaii Five-Oâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Brooklyn usually covering things from big studios. .INE .INEu SHINES AS !LEX &RIEDER ONE OF Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just a rundown of what Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve read the Jewish Frieder Brothers from Cincinnati and listened to in the last months: who had a cigar business in the Philippines. I attended the listening party of young Rachel Alejandro also puts in a music artist Niki Colet who is out with
FAN GIRL KAREN KUNAWICZ
her album, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Endless Summer.â&#x20AC;? It refers to that â&#x20AC;&#x153;period of summer after her college graduation, marked by recklessness, disillusionment, and euphoriaâ&#x20AC;Ś inspired the feeling of being free and lost at the same time.â&#x20AC;? Her song â&#x20AC;&#x153;Big Cityâ&#x20AC;? is a favorite as it shares a sentiment familiar to most of us: â&#x20AC;&#x153;about a deep and painful loneliness, wanting to be somewhere else, and feeling stuck.â&#x20AC;? I also picked up some amazing com-
Q Jay Ignacioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 'Merchant of Oltrarno.'
Q Musician and song writer Niki Colet. ics by Ian Velasquez who is continuing his grandfather Tony Velasquezâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s title from the 1940â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s: DI-13 (Department of Investigations Agent Trese). Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Adventure Findersâ&#x20AC;? by Rod Espinosa with a female warrior for a protagonist and the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Merchant of Oltrarnoâ&#x20AC;? a fairy tale almost, written by Jay Ignacio, illusTRATED BY THE LEGENDARY !LEX .IĂ&#x201E;O WITH calligraphy by Leigh Reyes. While we reflect on what it really means to be free and independent, letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ALSO CELEBRATE &ILIPINO TALENT AND EXCELlence in the arts. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Quezonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gameâ&#x20AC;? is on its third week and you can still catch it. Nikiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s music is AVAILABLE ON 3POTIFY AND YOU CAN kND INDEpendent comics at Komikon and Komiket.
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One for all Upholding love for the country and its people
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BY MAYLENE STEPHANIE S. VIRAY
ILIPINOS today are living witnesses of the life-changing events in Philippine history. In one way or another, stories have been passed down from generation to generation to tell the journey the country had to take to achieve its independence.
After overcoming the hands of three powerful colonizers, undergoing various forms of government and ousting leaders who dared to suppress Filipino freedom, the Philippines celebrates today its 121st Independence Day to commemorate the anniversary of its proclamation. With the theme â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kalayaan 2019: Tapang ng Bayan, Malasakit sa Mamamayan,â&#x20AC;? the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) lines up a series of activities to commemorate the occasion, WHICH OFkCIALLY BEGAN ON -AY WITH NUMEROUS lAG movements and musical concerts that were organized in cooperation with other government agencies and private organizations. True to its theme, NHCP leads a thrilling day of celebration today, starting with the simultaneous lAG RAISING AND WREATH LAYING CEREMONIES AND SIMUL taneous blowing of horns, with the latter made in partnership with the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG). At the Rizal Park Visitorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Center, free medical, dental and optical services are being rendered by the Department of Health (DoH), along with the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA), local government unit of -ANILA 0HILIPPINE #HARITY 3WEEPSTAKES /FkCE (PCSO), Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor), National Parks Development Committee (NPDC), PCG, NHCP, Philippine National Police (PNP), Philippine Red Cross (PRC) and optical center Ideal Vision. Meanwhile, lead agency Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) conducts a Kalayaan Job Fair at the San Andres Gymnasium in Ma late, Manila, where over 18,000 vacancies are available. These vacancies are in collaboration with 69 participating establishments composed OF ABOUT OF LOCAL EMPLOYERS OVER SEAS COMPANIES AND GOVERNMENT AGEN cies. In a separate statement posted on its website, DoLE reminds interested jobseekers to ready THE NEEDED DOCUMENTS AS PRE EMPLOYMENT SERVICES Â&#x2021; 0AG )")' 0HIL(EALTH 0HILIPPINE Statistics Authority (PSA), Social Security Sys tem (SSS), Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and Professional Regulation Commission â&#x20AC;&#x201D; ARE PROVIDED ON SITE On the other hand, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) will be performing a band drill exhibition to showcase AFP, PNP, PCG and MMDAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ability to carry out silent and slow exhibitions. For transportation, the Light Rail Transit Corp., Metro Rail Transit Corp. and Department of Transportation provides free LRT and MRT rides today on selected time slots. To conclude the celebration, a Kalayaan Con cert will be held in the evening at the Quirino 'RANDSTAND WHILE A kREWORKS DISPLAY WILL OCCUR at Rizal Park. As the lead implementing agency of the cel ebration, the National Historical Commission of the Philippines is responsible for the promo tion of Philippine history and cultural heritage through research, dissemination, conservation, sites management and heraldry works.
Significance of June 12
The celebration of Independence Day traces its roots to June 12, 1898, when the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s independence was proclaimed in the ancestral HOME OF THEN PRESIDENT %MILIO !GUINALDO IN Kawit, Cavite. Historical records show that around four OR kVE IN THE AFTERNOON !GUINALDO STOOD IN front of a huge crowd and proclaimed Philip pine independence through the passage of Acta de la proclamacion de independencia del pueblo Filipino (The Act of the Declaration of Independence), written and read in Spanish by Ambrosio Rianzares Bautista. It was also during this event when the Philip pine National Flag â&#x20AC;&#x201D; designed by Aguinaldo and sown by Marcela Agoncillo, Lorenza Ag ONCILLO AND $ELkNA (ERBOSA IN (ONG +ONG â&#x20AC;&#x201D; was formally unfolded to the public. It was kRST lOWN BY !GUINALDO DURING THE TRIUMPHANT Battle of Alapan in Imus, Cavite on May 28, 1898 when Filipino revolutionary forces won against the Spaniards. Soon after, the winning battle became the basis to observe National Flag Day every year. At the same time, the singing of the national anthem, originally â&#x20AC;&#x153;Marcha Filipina Magdaloâ&#x20AC;? now known as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lupang Hinirangâ&#x20AC;? (Chosen
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,AND WAS kRST PERFORMED 4HE LYRICS OF THE ANTHEM WERE kRST WRITTEN IN 3PANISH BY *OSE 0ALMA WHILE THE music was composed by Julian Felipe. Historically speaking, the event marked the Filipi NOS DECLARATION TO kGHT AGAINST THE 3PANISH RULE AND exercise its freedom, liberty and independence â&#x20AC;&#x201D; as one united nation. However, despite this historical event, neither the Spaniards nor Americans recog
Q The country witnesses the lowering of the American flag and the Philippine flag raising to fly alone, signaling the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sovereignty over its own. PHOTOS FROM PRESIDENTIAL MUSEUM AND LIBRARY
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Q Official tarpaulin of Kalayaan 2019. PHOTO FROM NATIONAL HISTORICAL COMMISSION OF THE PHILIPPINES
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nized the declaration. Hence, did not give the country its complete independence. This unacknowledged independence was the result of the Treaty of Paris signed by the United States of America and Spain in Washington D.C. on Dec. 10, 1898 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; without Aguinaldoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s knowledge. Under the treaty, Spain ceded the Philippines â&#x20AC;&#x201D; along with the other Spanish colonial territories â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to the US, where the latter paid a sum of $20,000 to resume occupation and gain complete sovereignty in the country. In return, the US released all Spanish prisoners captured during the Mock Battle of Manila ON !UG Additionally, it was also a result of Aguinaldoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s TREACHEROUS SIGNING OF THE 0ACT OF "IAK NA "ATO IN $E CEMBER 4HE PACT ENABLED A CEASEkRE OF HOSTILITIES between both camps and promised to grant the Phil ippines with independence in three years. However, in exchange, Aguinaldo and his army have to exile themselves in Hong Kong with P800,000 (Mexican peso) payment as remuneration and amnesty. So, after RECEIVING A PARTIAL PAYMENT OF 0 !GUINALDO AND HIS MEN DEPARTED FOR (ONG +ONG ON $EC Neither of Aguinaldoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plans succeeded. During his time in Hong Kong, Filipinos and Spaniards continued to clash with one another, gaining independence was no where near fruition and the Spaniards did not pay THE REMAINING 0 AMOUNT
â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;True independenceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; )T WASN T UNTIL *ULY WHEN THE 53 OFkCIALLY REC ognized â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and granted â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Philippine independence, which was the result of the Jones Law of 1916 and the 4YDINGS -C$UFkE !CT OF
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Under the preamble of the Jones Law, the Americans pledged to withdraw sovereignty over the Philippines and recognize its independence â&#x20AC;&#x153;as soon as a stable government can be established therein.â&#x20AC;? The Philip pines had a civil government at the time the law was enacted. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For the speedy accomplishment of such purpose, it is desirable to place in the hands of the people of the Philippines as large a control of their domestic af fairs as can be given them without, in the meantime, impairing the exercise of the rights of sovereignty by the people of the United States,â&#x20AC;? the preamble read. â&#x20AC;&#x153;By the use and exercise of popular franchise and governmental powers, they may be better prepared to fully assume the responsibilities and enjoy all the privileges of complete independence.â&#x20AC;? (ENCE THE *ONES ,AW GRANTED HOWEVER LIMITED SELF governing laws for the Philippines, which included the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own Senate and House of Representatives. /N THE OTHER HAND THE 4YDINGS -C$UFkE !CT more commonly known as the Philippine Indepen DENCE !CT PROVIDED A YEAR TRANSITIONAL PERIOD (usually called the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Commonwealthâ&#x20AC;? period) to prepare the country for independence â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a success ful mission of former presidents Manuel L. Quezon and Sergio OsmeĂąa. The law required a written submission of a draft constitution, which was to be signed by the US presi dent and the Filipinos. The constitutional draft was deemed necessary to pave the way for a republic form of government for the Philippines, a bill of rights and a guarantee that until the completion of the com monwealth period, the US still has partial sovereignty over Philippines.
3O ON *ULY PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE 4YDINGS -C$UFkE !CT THE #OMMONWEALTH OF 0HILIP PINES WAS OFkCIALLY GRANTED COMPLETE INDEPENDENCE and renamed to the Republic of the Philippines â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Third Republic. The celebration of the formal independence was marked by Manuel Roxas retaking his oath as the kRST PRESIDENT OF THE 2EPUBLIC OF THE 0HILIPPINES AND eliminated the pledge of allegiance to the US that was required prior. The ceremonies were held at the Inde pendence Grandstand, where the country witnessed THE LOWERING OF THE !MERICAN lAG AND THE 0HILIPPINE lAG RAISED TO lY ALONE SIGNALING THE COUNTRY S SOVER eignty over its own. &ROM TO )NDEPENDENCE $AY WAS CEL EBRATED ON *ULY Â&#x2021; COINCIDING WITH THE 53 INDEPEN dence celebration from British power. On May 12, 1962, former president Diosdado Macapagal signed Proclamation No. 28, s. 1962, which moved Indepen DENCE $AY FROM *ULY TO *UNE TO COMMEMORATE THE Aguinaldoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s declaration of independence. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Such a historic and inspiring action was a legiti
mate assertion by the Filipino nation of their natural and inalienable claim to freedom and independence, which is an inherent right of every people not depen dent upon the will and discretion of another,â&#x20AC;? the decree read. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The transcendental importance of the event demands that it be observed throughout the LAND WITH kTTING CEREMONIES TO THE END THAT IT WILL BE cherished forever in the hearts of the Filipino people and inspire them and posterity to greater dedication and endeavor for the welfare of the country and the WELL BEING OF MAN KIND u /N THE OTHER HAND IN THE #ONGRESS OF THE 0HIL IPPINES PASSED 2EPUBLIC !CT DECLARING *ULY AS Republic Day in commemoration of the founding date of the modern, independent republic known today. Etched in the hearts of the Filipinos were revolu tionaries who fought long and hard for the country to be freed of foreign control. After 121 years, may Filipinos from all walks of life continue to remember THE BATTLES WON TO ACHIEVE SELF GOVERNANCE LIBERTY AND independence. Viva la independencia Filipina!
Q President Manuel Roxas (left) shakes the hand of Field Marshal McArthur.
Q The 1946 declaration ceremonies taking place at the Independence Grandstand.
Q An original program copy of the Proclamation of Independence in 1946.
Q Manuel Roxas retakes his oath as the first president of the Republic of the Philippines.
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HISTORICAL PLACE
Corregidor
on Independence Day It should be a must for every Filipino to visit this island that reminds bravery, heroism and love of country
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ORREGIDOR stands as one of the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most famous and well visited historical tourism destinations. However, more than it ever has been in the history of the Philippines, it is imperative that Filipinos be encouraged to pay the Island a visit. The generation of Filipinos that fought the Japanese invaders during the Second World War is regarded by many as the greatest generation of Filipinos. The selfless courage, resilience, ingenuity, patriotism and even compassion and mercy that the generation showed on a regular basis were not seen before then, and have not been seen since. At the last commemoration of the Veteranâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day in Corregi dor and Bataan, it was obvious that very few Filipinos that actually fought in World War 2 are still alive, fewer still who actually played pivotal roles, and still fewer are strong or lucid enough to grace such commemorations. That is why it is now more imperative than ever to encourage Filipinos to consciously and actively find ways to stay connected to that generation and all that they stood for. Corregidor has been meticulously, and even lovingly preserved, to render a larger than life experiential snapshot of World War 2 in a way that no tourist destination in the Philippines does. Many of the islands attractions still showcase all that was good about the Filipinos and Americans who fought and died there. But more than ever, Corregidor has also evolved into a truly fun place to take the family. With its close proximity to Metro Manila, Corregidor is truly an attraction like no other.
Living history
Corregidor is a place where visitors can virtually walk through his TORY AS THEY DROP BY AND RElECT AT VARIOUS HISTORICAL SPOTS IN THE ISLAND 4HERE S THE 0ACIkC 7AR -EMORIAL THAT HAS A MUSEUM AND A DOME shaped shrine and park. It was opened in 1968 as a tribute to the heroes OF THE 0ACIkC SIDE OF 7ORLD 7AR Close by is The Eternal Flame of Freedom, a steel sculpture dedicated to freedom and how all human beings come together to defend it. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also the Japanese Garden of Peace built to honor the Japanese soldiers who fought and died in World War 2. Then thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the Filipino Heroes Memorial that represents the Fili PINOS HEROIC BATTLES IN THEIR kGHT FOR FREEDOM SINCE THE TH CENTURY against various colonizers. Visitors should not miss historical attractions on the island like the -ALINTA 4UNNEL TOUR AND AUDIO VISUAL PRESENTATION
Refreshing beaches and historical trails
Corregidor offers beautiful, refreshing beaches and sandy coves. The clean waters are simply too inviting to resist. The best beach, according to locals and visitors, is South Beach. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s perfect for chilling on the sand and surf, going for refreshing swims and bonding with family and friends.
HIKING AND BIKE TRAILS.
Corregidor is more than just a war memorial. It is an eco-tourism destination where visitors can enjoy the beauty of nature on foot or using bikes. There are several hiking and bike trails that they can use upon prior coordination and arrangement with the islandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s management authority.
Adventure and leisure
Corregidor is also a good place for hiking, biking, adventure races, team building and other outdoor activities. For those who wish to spend the night, they can even do some ghost hunting â&#x20AC;&#x201D; if they are brave enough to do so. More leisurely and special occasions, of course, are also possible. Some visitors go to Corregidor to celebrate birthdays, anniversaries, and they can even hold weddings there.
Rediscovering Corregidor
With the efforts of the Department of Tourism, the Tourism Promo tions Board and the Corregidor Foundation, the island is experiencing a resurgence of interest and importance. Corregidor tells us that the way to peace and freedom is not simply a matter of taking up arms, but more importantly, linking hands in compassion, respect and cooperation.
BEACHES. Corregidorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s blue waters invite visitors to contemplate the beauty of the seascape and even take a swim. The most popular beach is South Beach but there are other smaller beaches around.
JAPANESE PEACE GARDEN.
This war memorial is dedicated to the Japanese soldiers who died in WW2. After Japanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s defeat in the war, it became a pacifist nation dedicated to efforts in keeping the peace. The peace garden in Corregidor is an expression of the common aspiration of Filipinos and Japanese to prevent another great war.