THE MANILA TIMES | APRIL 25, 2019

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BY ANNA LEAH E. GONZALES

HE METROPOLITAN Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) has penalized Ayala-led Manila Water Co. Inc. more than P1 billion for the water shortage its consumers experiENCED IN -ARCH THE kRST TIME THE AGENCY kNED ONE OF ITS TWO CONCESSIONAIRES

4HE AMOUNT IS BROKEN DOWN INTO A 0 MILLION kNE AND 0 MILLION FOR DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW WATER SUPPLY SOURCE FOR THE AFFECTED AREAS THE -733 SAID IN A STATEMENT ON 7EDNESDAY 4HE PUBLICLY LISTED -ANILA 7ATER SAID IT WOULD COMPLY WITH THE DECISION BUT BLAMED THE -733 FOR NOT ENSURING ADEQUATE WATER SUPPLY 4HE RESOLUTION WAS SIGNED BY -733 "OARD

#HAIRMAN &RANKLIN $EMONTEVERDE 6ICE #HAIRMAN AND -733 !DMINISTRATOR 2EY NALDO 6ELASCO AND MEMBERS -ELCHIOR !COSTA *R -ARIANO !LEGARBES -ERLY #RUZ

*OSE (ERNANDEZ 6ALERIANO 0ASQUIL -ELA NIE 3IA ,AMBINO AND %LPIDIO 6EGA 4HE -733 SAID ITS BOARD UNANI MOUSLY APPROVED THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE -733 2EGULATORY /FFICE ON THE IMPOSITION OF PENALTIES ON -ANILA 7ATER FOR ITS FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH ITS

First word T S E E M S THE ONLY EXPLANA TION ON -AMASAPANO AND $!0 THAT THE NATION WILL EVER GET FROM "ENIGNO !QUINO RD IS STONY SILENCE )T IS AS IF THEY NEVER HAPPENED

2%3#5% TEAMS REMAIN HOPEFUL THEY WOULD kND MORE SURVIVORS FROM A COLLAPSED SUPER MARKET BUILDING IN 0ORAC 0AMPANGA AS THE TOLL FROM THE MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE THAT STRUCK ,UZON ON -ONDAY STAYED AT DEAD 2ICARDO *ALAD ADMINISTRATOR OF THE /FkCE OF #IVIL $EFENSE /#$ SAID ON 7EDNES DAY THERE WAS NO CHANGE IN THE kGURES ON CASUALTIES DEAD IN 0AMPANGA AND ONE FROM :AMBALES *ALAD SAID HE WAS STILL OPTIMISTIC ON THE SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS BEING CON DUCTED BY THE MILITARY POLICE AND kREkGHTERS AT #HUZON 3UPERMARKET IN 0ORAC EVEN IF SIGNS OF LIFE WERE LAST DETECTED ON 4UESDAY g5NDER THE SUPERMARKET THERE ARE STILL TWO lOORINGS BELOW /UR APPARATUS HAS A LIMIT OF RANGE BUT IT CAN STILL DETECT SIGNS OF LIFE u HE TOLD REPORTERS IN AN INTERVIEW *ALAD SAID RESCUERS WERE DRILLING A HOLE INTO THE lOORING TO RETRIEVE TWO DOZENS OF PEOPLE TRAPPED IN THE SUPERMARKET "RIG 'EN 2OWEN 4OLENTINO COMMANDER OF THE 0HILIPPINE !RMY S RD )NFANTRY "RIGADE SAID NINE SURVIVORS WERE RECOVERED FROM THE SUPERMARKET #HUZON S MANAGEMENT TOLD AUTHORITIES THE SUPERMARKET S RECORD SECTION WAS kLLED WITH DEBRIS AND IT WAS UNCERTAIN WHETHER EMPLOY EES MANAGED TO ESCAPE /N 4UESDAY NIGHT OPERATIONS WERE HALTED BECAUSE OF AFTERSHOCKS

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RESI DENT Rodrigo $ U T E R T E a n d Fo r EIGN !FFAIRS 3ECRETARY 4EODORO ,OCSIN *R ARE RIGHT 0RESIDENT $UTERTE BELIEVES THE 5NITED 3TATES DESPITE THE -UTUAL $EFENSE 4REATY -$4 AND REPEATED 53 PLEDGES TO PROTECT THE 0HILIPPINES WILL NOT GO TO WAR WITH #HINA OVER OUR TERRITORIAL CLAIMS

REPUBLIC SERVICE RICARDO SALUDO

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Reflections on the Easter Vigil

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HEIR STORY S E E M E D LIKE NON SENSE u 4 H A T S WHAT ,UKE TELLS US WAS THE REACTION OF THE APOSTLES TO THE STORY OF THE WOMEN WHO HAD COME FROM THE TOMB THAT THEY HAD SEEN A VISION OF ANGELS

FR. RANHILIO CALLANGAN AQUINO

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Rescuers still looking for quake survivors

Brunei seeks tolerance, craft of apologies, Aquino’s silence

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CONCESSION AGREEMENT !RTICLE OF THE CONCESSION AGREE MENT STATES THAT gA FAILURE BY THE CONCES SIONAIRE TO MEET ANY SERVICE OBLIGATION WHICH CONTINUES FOR MORE THAN DAYS OR DAYS IN CASES WHERE THE FAILURE COULD ADVERSELY AFFECT PUBLIC HEALTH OR WELFARE AFTER WRITTEN NOTICE THEREOF FROM THE 2EGULATORY /FkCE 2/ TO THE CONCES SIONAIRE SHALL CONSTITUTE A BASIS FOR THE

QUAKE’S WAKE

President Rodrigo Duterte visiting a funeral of a victim of the Pampanga Earthquake on Tuesday.

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41 PROVINCES REEL FROM DROUGHT THE STATE WEATHER BUREAU SAID PROV INCES HAD BEEN HIT BY DROUGHT THIS MONTH EVEN IF THE %L .IÄO HAD WEAKENED )N ITS LATEST REPORT THE 0HILIPPINE !T MOSPHERIC 'EOPHYSICAL AND !STRONOMI CAL 3ERVICES !DMINISTRATION 0AGASA SAID THE PROVINCES REPRESENTING PERCENT OF THE COUNTRY HAD EXPERIENCED DROUGHT BASED ON DATA GATHERED UNTIL !PRIL 4HIS WAS A SIGNIkCANT INCREASE FROM

-ARCH WHICH RECORDED ONLY PROVINCES REELING FROM DROUGHT )N ,UZON PROVINCES WERE DECLARED UNDER DROUGHT !BRA "ENGUET )LOCOS 3UR ,A 5NION "ATAAN -ETRO -ANILA

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-EANWHILE 0AGASA DECLARED AREAS UNDER THE DRY SPELL 4HREE IN ,UZON kVE IN 6ISAYAS AND IN -INDANAO 4HESE WERE "ULACAN .UEVA %CIJA 0AM PANGA .EGROS /RIENTAL "OHOL #EBU

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#AMIGUIN ,ANAO DEL .ORTE -ISAMIS /RIENTAL $AVAO /CCIDENTAL .ORTH #OTABATO 3OUTH #OTABATO 3ARANGANI

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TROUBLED WATERS

DUTERTE FLIES TO CHINA FOR BELT AND ROAD FORUM

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Robredo’s net satisfaction rating up 15 points THE NET satisfaction rating of Vice President Maria Leonor “Leni” Robredo SAW A SIGNIkCANT POINT HIKE IN THE kRST QUARTER OF ACCORDING TO A 3OCIAL 7EATHER 3TATIONS 373 SURVEY 4HE 373 POLL CONDUCTED FROM

-ARCH TO FOUND PERCENT OF RESPONDENTS SATISkED WITH THE PERFOR MANCE OF 2OBREDO WHILE PERCENT WERE DISSATISkED YIELDING A gGOODu NET SATISFACTION RATE 4HE RATING WAS POINTS UP FROM

THE MODERATE RATING RECORDED IN $ECEMBER 4HE INCREASE THE 373 SAID WAS DUE TO HIGHER SATISFACTION RATINGS IN "AL ANCE ,UZON OR ,UZON EXCEPT -ETRO

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Duterte flies to China for Belt and Road forum

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BY RALPH U. VILLANUEVA

RESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has lOWN TO #HINA TO ATTEND THE SECOND forum on Beijing’s Belt and Road development initiative. $UTERTE LEFT 6ILLAMOR !IRBASE IN 0ASAY #ITY AT P M ON 7EDNES DAY AND WILL RETURN ON 3UNDAY -ALACAÄANG SPOKESMAN 3ALVA DOR 0ANELO SAID $UTERTE HAD DESIG NATED %XECUTIVE 3ECRETARY 3ALVADOR -EDIALDEA AS OFkCER IN CHARGE FOR THE DURATION OF THE #HINA TRIP 4HIS IS THE FOURTH TRIP OF $UTERTE TO #HINA SINCE TAKING OATH AS PRESI DENT IN ! 0ALACE STATEMENT SAID $UTERTE S PARTICIPATION IN THE "ELT AND 2OAD FORUM gREAFkRMS THE 0HILIPPINES COMMITMENT TO WORK WITH PART NERS IN THE REGION TO FURTHER EN HANCE REGIONAL CONNECTIVITY AND

ECONOMIC INTEGRATION IN ORDER TO ADVANCE THE COUNTRY S DEVELOP MENT AGENDA AND SUSTAIN REGIONAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT u g4HE 0RESIDENT TOGETHER WITH OVER LEADERS AND HEADS OF IN TERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS WILL DIS CUSS AMONG OTHERS HOW TO BOOST CONNECTIVITY FURTHER STRENGTHEN POLICY SYNERGY AND BUILD CLOSER PARTNERSHIPS AND PROMOTE GREEN AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT u THE STATEMENT READ /N -ONDAY &OREIGN !FFAIRS !S SISTANT 3ECRETARY -EYNARDO -ON TEALEGRE SAID #HINESE 0RESIDENT 8I *INPING HAD INVITED $UTERTE AND

OTHER LEADERS FOR THE FORUM g4HE FORUM IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE 0HILIPPINES TO EXPLORE SYNERGIES ON CONNECTIVITY INITIA TIVES 4HIS INCLUDES PROJECTS UN DER THE ;"ELT AND 2OAD )NITIATIVE = AND THE COUNTRY S "UILD "UILD

"UILD AND OTHER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS u IT ADDED $UTERTE IS SET TO MEET 8I AND 0REMIER ,I +EQIANG TO DISCUSS KEY DEVELOPMENTS IN BILATERAL RELATIONS AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS ,I WILL HOST DINNER FOR $UTERTE AFTER THE MEETING g4HE 0RESIDENT IS ONE OF SELECT LEADERS WHO WILL MEET 0RESIDENT 8I AND 0REMIER ,I SEPARATELY AND WILL BE HONORED WITH A DINNER u THE &OREIGN !FFAIRS DEPARTMENT SAID $UTERTE WILL ALSO MEET &ILIPINO AND #HINESE BUSINESS LEADERS TO EXPLORE WAYS TO FURTHER ENHANCE TRADE AND INVESTMENTS Montealegre earlier said

$UTERTE WOULD ATTEND PARALLEL THEMATIC SUBFORUMS AND AN EX ECUTIVE CONFERENCE ON 4HURSDAY 4HE NEXT DAY HE WILL ATTEND THE FORUM S OPENING SESSION AS WELL AS A HIGH LEVEL MEETING $UTERTE WILL BE ONE OF THE LEAD SPEAKERS AT THE ,EADERS 2OUND TABLE ON 3ATURDAY -ALACAÄANG HAD SAID THE 7EST 0HILIPPINE 3EA 3OUTH #HINA 3EA DISPUTE MIGHT BE RAISED BY $UTERTE WITH 8I AFTER #HINA RAMPED UP ITS ACTIVITIES IN THE DISPUTED WATERS IN THE PAST MONTH #HINESE VESSELS HAVE BEEN SUR ROUNDING 0AG ASA 4HITU AND +OTA ,OAITA )SLANDS IN THE +ALAYAAN 3PRATLY )SLAND 'ROUP SINCE *ANU ARY ! #HINESE SHIP WAS ALSO SEEN HARVESTING GIANT CLAMS AT 0ANATAG 3CARBOROUGH 3HOAL 4HE &OREIGN !FFAIRS DEPARTMENT HAS kLED A NUMBER OF DIPLOMATIC PROTESTS AGAINST #HINA S ACTIONS

President won’t fill up top Budget post SAN FERNANDO CITY, Pampanga: Presi DENT 2ODRIGO $UTERTE IS NOT KEEN ON APPOINTING A PERMANENT HEAD OF THE $EPARTMENT OF "UDGET AND -ANAGEMENT $"- UNTIL THE END OF HIS TERM IN 4HE 0RESIDENT IN A SITUATION BRIEkNG HERE ON 4UESDAY SHUNNED THE IDEA OF MAKING A gREGULARu AP POINTMENT FOR THE #ABINET POST VACATED BY NOW "ANGKO 3ENTRAL NG 0ILIPINAS "30 'OV "ENJAMIN $IOKNO IN -ARCH g3HE HAS SPENT HER LIFETIME COUNTING THE MONEY AND DIVID ING IT AMONG US u $UTERTE SAID

REFERRING TO "UDGET 5NDERSEC RETARY *ANET !BUEL WHO NOW SERVES AS THE DEPARTMENT S OF FICER IN CHARGE /)# g3O ) AM NOT APPOINTING A NEWw A REGULAR APPOINTMENT Si MA AM WILL JUST ACT AS /)# UNTIL IN 'OD S TIME MATAPOS AKO THREE YEARS 4HREE YEARS LANG NAMAN MA AM ) WILL kNISH MY TERMS IN THREE YEARS )T S JUST THREE YEARS MA AM u HE ADDED

REFERRING TO !BUEL )N THE SAME MEETING THE 0RESIDENT SAID ON THE SITUATION IN 0AMPANGA AFTER THE MAGNI TUDE EARTHQUAKE THAT THE PROBLEMS OF THE GOVERNMENT WERE RELATED TO MONEY g!NYWAY IT S NOT SO DEVASTATING IF ) WOULD SAY THE WORD BUT IT IS A PROBLEM FOR US AND THE FACT THAT

WE ARE ASSEMBLED HERE TALKING ABOUT IT u $UTERTE ADDED g!T THE END OF THE DAY IT BOILS DOWN TO MONEY -ASKI ANO NG PROBLEMA SA GOBYERNO 7HATEVER PROBLEM THAT THE GOVERNMENT ENCOUNTERS IT BOILS DOWN TO THE LADY THERE AT THE END OF THE TABLE u HE SAID APPARENTLY REFER RING TO !BUEL $UTERTE INDICATED THAT AN ACT ING "UDGET SECRETARY WOULD NO LONGER HAVE TO SECURE THE NOD OF THE POWERFUL #OMMISSION ON !PPOINTMENTS !BUEL A LAWYER AND A CERTIkED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT WAS NAMED AS ACTING SECRETARY OF THE $"- ON -ARCH AFTER $IOKNO REPLACED THEN CENTRAL BANK CHIEF .ESTOR %SPENILLA *R WHO SUCCUMBED TO CANCER IN &EBRUARY 3HE BECAME $"- UNDERSECRE TARY IN ! "AR TOPNOTCHER !BUEL HOLDS A MASTER S DEGREE IN PUBLIC AD MINISTRATION FROM THE ,EE +UAN 9EW 3CHOOL OF 0UBLIC 0OLICY IN 3INGAPORE AND A MASTER OF LAWS DEGREE FROM THE 5NIVERSITY OF 3YDNEY IN !USTRALIA 7HEN SHE WAS NAMED TO LEAD THE "UDGET DEPARTMENT AS /)#

THE 0ALACE SAID !BUEL GOT THE TOP POST BECAUSE OF HER gCOMPETENCE

INTEGRITY AND EXPERTISE u CATHERINE S. VALENTE

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President Rodrigo Duterte greets dignitaries during the opening ceremony of the 7th Union Asia Pacific Regional Conference at the Philippine International Convention Center on Tuesday. MALACAÑANG PHOTO

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Rescuers ! MAGNITUDE AFTERSHOCK HIT :AMBALES AND JOLTED PARTS OF -ET RO -ANILA ON 7EDNESDAY DAWN

THE STATE SEISMOLOGY BUREAU SAID 0HILIPPINE )NSTITUTE OF 6OLCANOL OGY AND 3EISMOLOGY 0HIVOLCS RESEARCH ASSISTANT "HENZ 2ODRIGUEZ SAID THE TREMOR AT A M WAS THE BIGGEST RECORDED AFTERSHOCK SO FAR g)T IS POSSIBLE TO HAVE MORE AFTER SHOCKS u 2ODRIGUEZ SAID ALTHOUGH THE NUMBER IS SLOWING DOWN !S OF A M ON 7EDNESDAY

0HIVOLCS HAS RECORDED AFTER SHOCKS 4HE STRENGTH OF THE AFTER SHOCKS RANGED FROM MAGNITUDE TO AND INTENSITIES TO

10 injured in Samar &OLLOWING THE UNRELATED MAG NITUDE EARTHQUAKE THAT HIT 3AMAR )SLAND ON 4UESDAY THE .ATIONAL $ISASTER 2ISK 2EDUCTION AND -AN AGEMENT #OUNCIL .$22-# SAID ON 7EDNESDAY PERSONS WERE INJURED IN %ASTERN 6ISAYAS ! TOTAL OF STRUCTURES AND BUILDINGS SUFFERED DAMAGE WHILE TWO PROVINCES %ASTERN AND .ORTHERN 3AMAR EXPERIENCED POWER OUTAGES 0OWER WAS RE STORED ON 7EDNESDAY 2OADS REMAIN PASSABLE AND NO MAJOR DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED SO FAR FOLLOWING THE EARTHQUAKE THAT STRUCK 3AN *ULIAN IN %ASTERN 3AMAR 4HE .$22-# MAINTAINED ITS gBLUE ALERTu STATUS WHICH WAS PROMPTED BY THE kRST EARTHQUAKE THAT STRUCK #ASTILLEJOS :AMBALES -ONDAY AFTERNOON

LGUs ordered to inspect buildings 4HE $EPARTMENT OF THE )NTERIOR AND ,OCAL 'OVERNMENT $),'

HAS ORDERED ALL LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS ,'5S IN ,UZON AND 6ISAYAS THAT WERE AFFECTED BY THE RECENT EARTHQUAKES TO IMMEDIATELY IN SPECT ALL BUILDINGS AND INFRASTRUC TURE TO ENSURE PUBLIC SAFETY )NTERIOR 3ECRETARY %DUARDO !ÄO ON 7EDNESDAY URGED THE ,'5S TO COORDINATE WITH THE "UREAU OF &IRE 0ROTECTION TO ENSURE THAT ALL BUILDINGS COMPLIED WITH 0RESI DENTIAL $ECREE THE g.ATIONAL "UILDING #ODE OF THE 0HILIPPINESu ."#0 AND 2EPUBLIC !CT OR THE g&IRE #ODE OF THE 0HILIPPINES u 5NDER THE ."#0 A DANGEROUS BUILDING IS AN ESTABLISHMENT THAT HAS BEEN DAMAGED BY kRE EARTH QUAKE WIND lOOD OR BY ANY OTHER CAUSE gTO SUCH AN EXTENT THAT THE STRUCTURAL STRENGTH OR THE STABILITY THEREOF IS MATERIALLY LESS THAN IT WAS BEFORE THE CATASTROPHE AND IS LESS THAN THE MINIMUM REQUIRE MENTS OF THE CODE u !ÄO SAID ALL LOCAL CHIEF EXECU TIVES SHOULD NOT BE COMPLACENT IN IMPLEMENTING PREEMPTIVE MEASURES TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL ESTABLISHMENTS ARE SAFE TO USE g)F YOU SEE ANY PORTION OF A BUILDING WRECKED WARPED BUCK LED OR SETTLED TO SUCH AN EXTENT THAT WALLS OR OTHER STRUCTURAL PORTIONS HAVE MATERIALLY LESS RESISTANCE TO EARTHQUAKE YOU SHOULD IMMEDI ATELY INFORM THE BUILDING OWNERS 4HERE SHOULD BE NO COMPROMISE WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC SAFETY u HE ADDED IN A STATEMENT !ÄO ALSO DIRECTED ALL $),' REGION AL DIRECTORS AND PROVINCIAL DIRECTORS TO ASSESS THE READINESS OF THE ,'5S DURING AND AFTER THE EARTHQUAKES THAT STRUCK ON -ONDAY g!LL $),' FIELD OFFICES MUST ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS AND THE LAPSES OF THE RECENT EARTHQUAKE DRILLS CONDUCTED BY THE ,'5S #HECK IF THE ,'5S HAVE IMMEDI ATELY SET UP THEIR TACTICAL OPERA TION CENTERS (AVE THE LOCAL CHIEF

EXECUTIVES CONVENE THEIR RESPECTIVE ,OCAL $ISASTER 2ISK 2EDUCTION AND -ANAGEMENT #OUNCILS u HE SAID 4HE 0HILIPPINE .ATIONAL 0OLICE 0.0 PREVIOUSLY DECLARED A FULL ALERT STATUS IN %ASTERN 3AMAR AFTER THE PROVINCE WAS HIT BY A MAGNI TUDE EARTHQUAKE ON 4UESDAY 0.0 CHIEF /SCAR !LBALAYDE ALSO ORDERED "RIG 'EN $IONARDO #ARLOS %ASTERN 6ISAYAS REGIONAL DIRECTOR TO ACTIVATE THE $ISASTER )NCIDENT -ANAGEMENT 4ASK 'ROUP TO ASSIST THE PEOPLE THERE

Clark resumes operations #LARK )NTERNATIONAL !IRPORT #ORP #)!# RESUMED OPERATIONS ON 7EDNESDAY AFTERNOON AFTER AU THORITIES REPAIRED THE DAMAGE AT THE TERMINAL BUILDING CAUSED BY -ONDAY S QUAKE g#LARK AIRPORT IS BUSINESS AS USUAL FROM COUNTERS TO MANIFEST TO BOARDING GATES u #)!# *AIME -ELO SAID IN A STATEMENT ON 7EDNESDAY 4HE #LARK AIRPORT WAS CLOSED AND FLIGHTS WERE SUSPENDED FOR HOURS BEGINNING P M ON -ONDAY TO INSPECT THE AIRPORT TERMINAL STRUCTURE AND FACILITIES FOR SAFETY PURPOSES !CCORDING TO 'ODDES (OPE ,IBI RAN 4RANSPORTATION ASSISTANT SECRE TARY FOR #OMMUNICATIONS lIGHTS WERE AFFECTED WHILE THE ESTIMATED COST OF DAMAGE WAS 0 MILLION #LEARING OPERATIONS AND REPAIRS BEGAN 4UESDAY MORNING IN THE PREDEPARTURE AREA -ELO EARLIER SAID STRANDED PAS SENGERS DUE TO THE EARTHQUAKE WOULD BE gPRIORITIZED ONCE THE PARTIAL OPERATIONS RESUME u 3HELTERS WITH FOOD AND WATER WERE PROVIDED TO TOURISTS AND TRAVELERS AFFECTED BY THE FLIGHT CANCELLATIONS 4HE NEW #LARK )NTERNATIONAL !IR PORT .EW 4ERMINAL "UILDING STILL

UNDER CONSTRUCTION WAS SAFE FROM HARM INCLUDING THE .EW #LARK #ITY 0HASE WHERE A GOVERNMENT CENTER SPORTS STADIUM AQUATICS CENTER AND AN ATHLETES DORMITORY WERE gBEING READIED FOR THE 3OUTH EAST !SIAN 'AMES THIS .OVEMBER u

Arroyo visits victims ! DAY AFTER THE SECOND DISTRICT OF 0AMPANGA WAS PLACED IN A STATE OF CALAMITY (OUSE 3PEAKER 'LORIA -ACAPAGAL !RROYO ON 7EDNESDAY PERSONALLY CONDOLED WITH THE FAMILIES OF QUAKE VICTIMS !MONG THE VICTIMS VISITED BY THE 0AMPANGA LAWMAKER EARLY IN THE MORNING WERE /LIVIA AND .IELA 0AULE IN ,UBAO !DRIAN /CAMPO

3OPHIA !RBIS *IVULYN 6ERA AND 'EROME %NRIQUEZ IN 0ORAC AND -ANILY *ACOB AND (AILEE DE LA #RUZ IN 'UAGUA 0AMPANGA !RROYO ALSO EXTENDED FINAN CIAL AND BURIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE FAMILIES BEFORE HEADING TO THE COL LAPSED FOUR STORY #HUZON 3UPER MARKET AND 0ORAC #HURCH WHICH WERE AMONG THE ESTABLISHMENTS HEAVILY DAMAGED BY THE QUAKE *APANESE !MBASSADOR +OJI (ANEDA SENT CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILIES OF THE QUAKE FATALITIES g7E WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND OUR SINCERE CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMI LIES OF THE DECEASED AND EXPRESS OUR SYMPATHIES TO ALL THOSE AF lICTED BY THE RECENT EARTHQUAKES IN ,UZON AND %ASTERN 3AMAR !S A COUNTRY THAT HAS BEEN TACKLING WITH EARTHQUAKES *APAN IS READY TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE NEEDED BY THE 0HILIPPINES TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE 7E SINCERELY WISH FOR THE EARLY RECOVERY OF THE DISASTER AFFECTED REGIONS u HE SAID DEMPSEY REYES, TYRONE C. PIAD, ROY D.R. NARRA AND DIVINA NOVA JOY DELA CRUZ

2/ TO ASSESS kNANCIAL PENALTIES AGAINST THE CONCESSIONAIRE u 4HE 0 BILLION WILL BE ON TOP OF THE 0 MILLION REBATES TO BE PAID OUT BY THE !YALA LED COMPANY 4HE WATER SHORTAGE AFFECTED A TOTAL OF MILLION HOUSEHOLDS IN -ANILA 7ATER S %AST :ONE CON CESSION COVERING PARTS OF -ETRO -ANILA AND 2IZAL 4HE 7EST :ONE CONCESSION IS HANDLED BY -AYNI LAD 7ATER 3ERVICES )NC A JOINT VENTURE BETWEEN -ETRO 0ACIkC )NVESTMENTS #ORP AND CONSTRUC TION GIANT $-#) 6ELASCO SAID THE -733 WAS PUTTING TOGETHER A gREALISTIC AND DOABLEu WATER SECURITY ROADMAP TO ENSURE ENOUGH WATER SUPPLY g4HE WATER SHORTAGE WAS AN EYE OPENER AND SAD TO SAY THE NEW -733 "OARD INHERITED THIS LINGERING PROBLEM HAVING AS SUMED OFkCE ONLY IN &EBRUARY

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MWSS to blame – Manila Water )N A SEPARATE STATEMENT -ANILA 7ATER SAID IT WOULD ABIDE BY THE DECISION OF THE -733 g7E WILL ABIDE BY THE -733 DECISION TO IMPOSE A PENALTY 7HILE WE ARE NOT THE ROOT CAUSE FOR THE INADEQUACY OF THE RAW WATER SUPPLY COMING FROM !NGAT $AM WHICH WE ARE MANDATED TO TREAT AND DISTRIBUTE

-ANILA 7ATER AS AGENT AND CON TRACTOR OF WATER SERVICES OF -733

HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE FOR OUR INABILITY TO PROVIDE OUR CONSUMERS WITH THE USUAL UNINTERRUPTED WATER SERVICE u SAID -ANILA 7ATER 0RESI DENT &ERDINAND DE LA #RUZ g/UR INABILITY TO PROVIDE OUR USUAL WATER SUPPLY TO SOME OF OUR CONSUMERS IS BECAUSE -ANILA 7ATER S ALLOCATED WATER SUPPLY FROM !NGAT $AM IS NO LONGER SUF kCIENT FOR THE TOTAL DEMAND OF THE %AST :ONE CONSUMERS u HE ADDED

4HE -ANILA 7ATER CHIEF SAID THE UTILITY S RAW WATER ALLOCATION RE MAINED UNCHANGED AT MILLION LITERS PER DAY SINCE THE CONCESSION DEAL STARTED IN "ACK THEN

THE %AST :ONE HAD A POPULATION OF ONLY MILLION PEOPLE g4ODAY -ANILA 7ATER SERVES A POPULATION OF ALMOST MIL LION PEOPLE WHOSE PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED THROUGH OVER TWO DE CADES OF ECONOMIC PROGRESS IN -ETRO -ANILA 7E CANNOT SOURCE ANY MORE FROM OUR SYSTEM LOSSES WHICH HAVE ALREADY BEEN BROUGHT DOWN TO PERCENT FROM A HIGH OF PERCENT WHEN WE INHERITED THE %AST :ONE CONCESSION OF -ETRO -ANILA IN u DE LA #RUZ SAID (E EXPLAINED THAT WHILE THE COMPANY HAD SOUGHT THE DE VELOPMENT OF NEW WATER SUPPLY SOURCES THIS WAS THE RESPONSIBIL ITY OF -733 BASED ON THE CONCES SION AGREEMENT $E LA #RUZ SAID -ANILA 7ATER WAS FOCUSING ITS EFFORTS TO ADDRESS WATER SUPPLY ISSUES OF THOSE RESID ING IN THE ELEVATED AND FARTHEST AREAS OF ITS CONCESSION g!S OF !PRIL WE HAVE MADE WATER AVAILABLE FOR AT LEAST HOURS

AT LEAST AT THE GROUND lOOR LEVEL TO PERCENT OF OUR CUSTOMER BASE 7E HAVE NARROWED THE GAP OF OUR SUPPLY DEkCIT WHICH HAS BEEN RE DUCED TO MILLION LITERS PER DAY FROM A HIGH OF MILLION LITERS PER DAY THROUGH VARIOUS SUPPLY AUGMENTATION EFFORTS u HE SAID g7E REAFkRM OUR COMMITMENT TO WORK CLOSELY WITH -733 TO ADDRESS THE REMAINING WATER SUPPLY DEkCIT 7E CONTINUE TO SEEK UNDERSTANDING FROM OUR CONSUMERS AS WE kNE TUNE OUR OPERATIONS TO SPREAD THE STILL LIMITED WATER SUPPLY ACROSS OUR CUSTOMER BASE u DE LA #RUZ ADDED 3HARES IN -ANILA 7ATER WENT DOWN BY PERCENT OR CENTAVOS TO CLOSE AT 0 APIECE ON 7EDNESDAY

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!GUSAN DEL 3UR $INAGAT )SLANDS

3URIGAO DEL .ORTE 3URIGAO DEL 3UR AND "ASILAN 0AGASA SENIOR CLIMATE SPECIALIST 2USY !BASTILLAS SAID THE INTENSIkED EFFECTS OF THE %L .IÄO WERE CAUSED

BY THE CONTINUOUS BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL CONDITIONS ! PROVINCE IS CLASSIkED UNDER DROUGHT IF IT HAS EXPERIENCED THREE CONSECUTIVE MONTHS OF WAY BELOW

NORMAL OR kVE CONSECUTIVE MONTHS OF BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL ! DRY SPELL IS DECLARED IF A PROV INCE HAS EXPERIENCED THREE CON SECUTIVE MONTHS OF BELOW NORMAL OR TWO CONSECUTIVE MONTHS OF WAY BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL !BASTILLAS SAID 0AGASA EXPECTED FEWER PROVINCES TO EXPERIENCE DROUGHT IN -AY AS MORE RAINS WERE EXPECTED TO COME IN DIVINA DELA CRUZ

News ‘Bikoy exposé part of propaganda war’ T ˜ The Manila Times

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HE exposé of “Bikoy,” who accused President Rodrigo Duterte’s family of involvement in narcotics trade, and the release of a matrix linking journalists and lawyers to an alleged plot to remove the Chief Executive were part of a “propaganda war” between the government and opposition, a political analyst said on Wednesday.

“I would consider both the Bikoy exposé and the so-called matrix as part of the ongoing propaganda war between the adminis-

tration and opposition. They also play into the election campaign,” Ramon Casiple, executive director of the Institute for Political and

Electoral Reform, told The Manila Times in an interview.

“If real, there should have been action on the matter. As it is, there’s nothing there,” he added.

The “Oust Duterte” matrix links journalists and a rights group to Bikoy, an alleged former drug syndicate member.

Media entities tagged in the supposed plot have denied the allegations.

In a separate interview, analyst Antonio “Butch” Valdes said the matrix “merely indicate surrogate organizations used to build up public dissatisfaction and destroy

popular support.”

“Regime change processes, more often than not, are planned, funded and executed with the involvement of foreign intelligence organizations. To ignore this reality is to be naive bordering on stupidity,” Valdes, head of the Save the Nation Movement, said.

“Individuals membership of the opposition, militant leftist elements, sare recruited for this purpose in exchange for money and power,” he added.

Valdes said it would now be up to Duterte to decide what steps to take “in order to preserve his

administration.”

“The AFP/PNP (Armed Forces of the Philippines/Philippine National Police) leadership seem to be loyal, but his Cabinet is suspect,” he said.

Meanwhile, analyst Perlita FraGO -ARASIGAN SAID kLING OF CHARGES against the “plotters” “is an option but is not necessary in a democratic environment.”

“I think that releasing this matrix of information or disinformation, if fake, is an attempt to inoculate the, public. More than anything else, inoculation is a strategy that aims to insulate the

public from negative propaganda against the Chief Executive and his administration,” Frago-Marasigan, political science professor at University of the Philippines, told The Manila Times.

“The idea is to discredit the content of negative journalistic reports AND TO UNDERMINE THE INlUENCE OF critics because now these are interpreted as attempts to destabilize government rather than to inform the public,” she added.

Malacañang earlier said the government would only press charges against the plotters if they committed “overt acts.”

‘Building code should be implemented’

JV pushes creation of disaster dept

ASPIRING senator Rodrigo “Jiggy” Manicad Jr. has called for stricter implementation of the building code following the deadly earthquake that struck several areas in Luzon.

“Let this recent quake be an urgent reminder that we have to be prepared at any moment. Though we have a building code, the government has to enforce strict implementation and frequent inspection of buildings, homes and other structures,” Manicad said.

He issued the statement after several people were killed and others were trapped in the rubble when the Chuzon Supermarket in Porac, Pampanga collapsed.

President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the suspension of business operations of all branches of Chuzon Supermarket. He also ordered

SEN. Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito has reiterated the need to create a permanent disaster management department in the wake of two strong earthquakes that hit the country this week.

Ejercito said if reelected, he would REkLE HIS BILL SEEKING TO CREATE THE Department of Disaster and Emergency Management.

“I will pursue it so that we can HAVE A FULL lEDGED $EPARTMENT OF Disaster and Emergency Management in the same manner that I pursued the creation of the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development, which is now a law,” he said.

A 6.1 quake jolted Luzon on Monday, leaving 16 people dead.

The following day, a magnitude 6.5 earthquake shook Eastern Samar.

an investigation into the collapse of the supermarket to determine the structural integrity of that building.

Manicad also stressed the need to improve the country’s emergency preparedness.

He cited his experience in covering multiple disasters, including the deadly Haiti earthquake in 2010.

“From what I’ve learned covering the earthquake in Haiti, the earthquake itself can be extremely deadly. In the case of Haiti, ilang daang libong tao ang namatay (thousands died),” the former journalist said.

“Pero magiging mas deadly pa ang earthquake kung hindi natin bubusisiin ang ating building code at ang struktura sa mga komunidad lalo na sa lungsod (Earthquakes

will be more deadly if we do not scrutinize our building code and structures especially in cities),” he added.

Manicad cited Japan, which enforces earthquake drills every month and has strict protocols for students in the event of a disaster.

At the same time, he urged Filipinos to be prepared for the “Big One.” “We should institutionalize the instruction of emergency preparedness in our schools. It’s not enough TO HAVE A YEARLY kRE OR EARTHQUAKE drill,” Manicad said.

“We have to require students to prepare emergency kits, teach them to know possible evacuation areas by heart, and provide safety equipment such as hard-hats,” he added.

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Ejercito filed Senate Bill (SB) 1553 in 2013, which seeks to establish a comprehensive framework for disaster preparedness, prevention and mitigation, and response to be implemented by a full-time and focused specialized agency with its own mandate, powers and funding.

He said in disaster risk reduction and management, disaster prevention should “aim the outright avoidance of the adverse impacts of hazards and related disasters.”

“Since the Philippines is situated ALONG THE 0ACIkC @2ING OF &IRE IT IS prone to typhoon, volcanic eruption and earthquake, kailangan siguro itong (perhaps the) NDRRMC (National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council) ay gawin nang Department of Disaster and Emergency Management para

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buong taon nagsasanay, naghahanda at nagtuturo sa ating mga kababayan ng dapat gawin kapag may disaster (so that they can train and prepare the entire year),” Ejercito said.

“What we really need is preparedness to prevent casualties, minimize injuries. We need a full-fledged department na hindi tuwing may disaster lang nagmi-meeting (that does not meet only when there is a disaster),” he added.

Under SB 1553, the proposed department would lead in consolidating and integrating the relief and rehabilitation efforts of the government and shall strengthen the capacity of local government units in responding to disaster and emergencies.

BERNADETTE E. TAMAYO

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THURSDAY April 25, 2019

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E d i to r i a l Consumers need answers from PCC probe into power cuts

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S time passes and the Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) becomes more experienced in carrying out its mandate, the quasi-judicial body is demonstrating its worth. A case in point is its announcement this week that it would investigate possible collusion among power suppliers earlier this month, which resulted in widespread power shortages and could raise electricity bills in the coming months.

Electricity distributors in Metro Manila and other areas of Luzon imposed rotating power outages on April 12 and 15 after the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) issued warnings of low power reserves. The supply shortfall was attributed to a number of unplanned power plant shutdowns while other plants were undergoing routine scheduled maintenance.

4HE $EPARTMENT OF %NERGY $O% IDENTIkED kVE POWER PLANTS that had unscheduled shutdowns during the several days power supplies were affected, including San Miguel Consolidated Power Corp.’s Limay Unit 2, TeaM Energy Corp’s. Sual Unit 1, Southwest Luzon Power Generation Corp.’s Unit 2, Pagbilao Energy Corp.’s Pagbilao Unit 3, and South Luzon Thermal Energy Corp.’s Unit 1.

In a statement issued on Monday, the PCC explained that it “shall assess whether the recent power plants’ outages are manipulated to increase electricity prices or are valid unplanned breakdowns that affect supply conditions.�

It will take a proper investigation to determine that, of course, but public perception is that the power suppliers are, indeed, engaged in a grand conspiracy to charge consumers higher rates.

The power shortages are an annual occurrence, and almost always occur at the hottest time of the year, when electricity demand is at its highest. To make up for reductions in the electricity being supplied to them, distributors such as Meralco turn to the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market, where they can purchase power from other suppliers who have a surplus. The combination of high demand and short supply drives up the price of that electricity to astronomical levels, however, which WILL SOON BE RElECTED IN HIGHER CHARGES ON CONSUMERS BILLS If this is not the result of a conscious plan on the part of electricity suppliers, the recurring coincidence of power plants unexpectedly going off-line at the most inconvenient time of THE YEAR SUGGESTS THERE ARE SIGNIkCANT MANAGEMENT OR TECHNIcal issues that are common to all power plant operators. If that turns out to be the case, it falls outside the PCC’s authority to resolve it, but its investigation will be helpful in clarifying the situation so that the DoE and the Energy Regulatory Commission can take appropriate action.

There have been “probes� of these sorts of electricity supply issues in the past, in the form of legislative hearings. The fact that the issues are still occurring on at least an annual basis tells us all we need to know about how effective those hearings have been. We are hopeful the PCC can achieve a better result.

What cannot be allowed to happen is for the PCC inquiry to end without answers the public can understand. If there has been anti-competitive behavior on the part of any of the power suppliers involved, that should be explained clearly, and the appropriate prescribed penalty swiftly enforced. If the power shortage was not intentional, then the PCC must explain that as well; the DoE should then explain what steps it will take to correct the problem.

Filipino consumers should not be expected to agreeably bear the costs of power suppliers’ failure to perform, be it a result of unethical behavior or of technical problems that are not being addressed.

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The dangers of ‘Dutertismo’ (The last part of the paper I will be reading at the annual conference of the Philippine Political Science Association that should have been held today, April 25, in Clark, Pampanga, but was postponed to May 28 due to the earthquake.)

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HE conferment of the status of a counter-ideology on Rodrigo Duterte is clearly expressed in the manner in which political discourse emerged in social media, where reason, logic and sense of kapwa or shared self are all subverted and challenged by those who seek to rationalize him. Thus, we see people disagreeing with his stance on China, even as he gets a high level of trust from them. He curses the Catholic Church and even God, displays acts that can be interpreted as misogyny, and

ON THE CONTRARY ANTONIO CONTRERAS blurt out the seemingly indecent, bizarre and irrational, yet he remains popular to a loyal base that has elevated him to a hegemon.

This is what is called by elite intellectuals the likes of Randy David and John Nery as “Dutertismo,� except that they deploy the label to malign an organic ideology by focusing only on its dark side. It therefore reveals its agenda of being a scholarly taking down by the elites of an organic ideology.

However, while elitist intellectualism may indeed blacken the logic of Duterte’s wide support

from the masses, there is in fact basis to fear the consequences of what others commit as an idolatrous attachment to his narrative. The way his loyal followers suspend their logic and rationality offers the same danger which ideologies have brought in history.

Blind loyalty is the very substrate that made people cheer on as charismatic and populist tyrants OFkCIATED OVER THE MASS MURDER OF their own subjects. It is the same logic that makes people suspend their politics in exchange for some comfort over a President they trust will bring change.

What the elite intellectuals who coined “Dutertismo� are guilty of is when they appropriated scholarly logic into what is obviously a partisan agenda. What is wanting is an objective look into the various themes that attend

the evolution of Duterte as an ideology, and the implications of this to the process of destabilizing grand narratives of Philippine POLITICS 3PECIkCALLY WHAT ARE THE implications on the establishment of our sense of being a nation, AND THE WAY WE DEkNE OURSELVES vis-Ă -vis our multiple identities, of a kind of politics that inverts, ignores, trashes or silences wellestablished political ethical and moral norms? This politics divides instead of unites, and whose main logic is drawn from a confrontation with and/or hatred of the political opposition, the traditional foreign allies, and our political and social institutions.

In the end, the blind loyalty of the Duterte political base ends up being theorized by elite intellectuals from a lens that is tainted by

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Brunei seeks tolerance, craft of apologies, Aquino’s silence By comparison, Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei Darussalam, one of the world’s longest-reigning monarchs, is less reticent and more forthcoming. His state has come out publicly to seek tolerance and understanding of its new Sharia penal law from other states.

In striking contrast also, the actress Felicity Huffman found the words to express regret for her actions that led to charges in court.

The closest Aquino has come to regretting Mamasapano was to tell children of the slain SAF commandos, “Pareho lang tayo, I lost my father also.�

This is empathy for him.

Brunei writes EU for tolerance The Daily Caller reported on April 23 that the state of Brunei, a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), sent a letter to the European Union last week, asking for “tolerance� and “understanding� of its new Sharia Law penal code, which includes violent punishment for adultery, theft and homosexual behavior.

In a four-page document addressed to members of the European Parliament, Brunei defended its new Sharia criminal law, saying that the punishment of “hadd,� or stoning to death and amputation for offenses such as sodomy and theft, is permissible because it comes directly from Allah. “There appears to be a misconception as to the application and/ or interpretation of the provisions of the SPCO, Syariah Courts Evidence Order, 2001 and Syariah Courts Criminal Procedure Code Order, 2018 which we would like to clarify,� the letter reads in part.

In an attempt to reconcile Sharia law with Western standards, the letter demands that MEPs consider diversity and tolerance when judging the penal code. “It must be appreciated that the

man, charged with fraud in a highPROkLE COLLEGE ADMISSIONS SCANDAL

has issued an apology that is a model of craft. Her apology reads: “I am in full acceptance of my guilt, and with deep regret and shame over what I have done, I accept full responsibility for my actions and will accept the consequences that stem from those actions. I am ashamed of the pain I have caused my daughter, my family, my friends, my colleagues and the educational community. I want to apologize to them and, especially, I want to apologize to the students who work hard every day to get into college, and to their parents who make TREMENDOUS SACRIkCES TO SUPPORT THEIR children and do so honestly.�

This, Williamson comments, is “a classical good apology: admission of guilt, statement of regret, SPECIkC ACKNOWLEDGMENTS OF HARM done — and no excuses. No sudden recollection of childhood abuse or trauma, no prescription-drug side effects, no checking herself into rehab. That’s the kind of apology that might keep you out of jail.�

Williamson says that a good apology is an increasingly rare thing in the 21st century.

Apologies in this century have become almost entirely selfinterested affairs — which, in a sense, means that they are not authentic apologies.

0RESIDENT #LINTON TYPIkED THE FALSENESS 7HEN HE kNALLY WAS NO longer able to keep lying about his relationship with Monica Lewinsky, he offered an angry halfapology during which he heaped bile on the special prosecutors inStagecraft vestigating him. That did not work. of apologies And so, he tried again — about a half-dozen times, in fact.

Kevin D. Williamson has writClinton didn’t really apologize, TEN A kNE ESSAY ON gTHE CRAFT OF but insisted he had: “You know, I apologies� in the National Review have acknowledged that I made (“Felicity Huffman and the stage- a mistake, said that I regretted it, craft of apologies,� April 18, 2019) asked to be forgiven, spent a lot of that is illuminating on why some very valuable time with my family apologies work, and others fail. in the last couple of weeks.�

He reports that Felicity HuffClinton got real sorry real quick diversities in culture, traditional and religious values in the world means that there is no one standard that kTS ALL 4HIS NECESSITATES TOLERANCE

respect, understanding and the giving of policy space,� the letter reads.

Brunei’s letter goes on to claim THAT WHILE )SLAM IS THE gOFkCIAL religion� of Brunei, “the right of non-Muslims to practice their religions in peace and harmony� will be recognized.

The letter then asserts that the new Sharia criminal law aims to “rehabilitate� and “nurture� rather than punish. “The Shariah criminal law system focuses more on prevention than punishment. Its aim is to educate, deter, rehabilitate, and nurture rather than to punish,� the letter reads.

Concerning people of LGBTQ identities, the letter states that the criminalizing of sodomy under the new penal code seeks to “safeguard the sanctity of family LINEAGE u SPECIkCALLY ADDRESSING that “the SPCO does not criminalize nor has any intention to victimize a person’s status based on sexual orientation or belief.�

The contents of the letter were put to a vote in the European Parliament last week, in which MEPs overwhelmingly backed a resolution condemning “the entry into force of the retrograde sharia penal code� in Brunei. The EU also reportedly ordered asset freezes and boycotts of nine hotels owned by Brunei investment agencies in response to the sultanate’s new laws.

when the big stick came out and he was impeached. The public and his family got angry half-apologies; Congress got groveling. “What I want the American people to know, what I want the Congress to know, is that I am profoundly sorry for all I have done wrong in words and deeds,â€? Clinton said. “I never should have misled the country, the Congress, my friends, and my family‌ Mere words cannot fully express the profound remorse I feel for what our country is going through, and for what members of both parties in Congress are now forced to deal with.â€?

No one believed that, of course, and no one pretended to‌but Clinton got reelected.

To lift the weight of the past Perhaps learning from Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s “I am sorry� speech on the “Hello Garci� tapes, which got her only Hyatt 10, Noynoy has adopted a total vow of silence on Mamasapano and the DAP bribery scandal. Both events originated with him. And there, they must stay.

The Liberal Party has joined him in a virtual omerta, THE MAkA word for “conspiracy of silence.�

Ateneo, if it does not stop listening to Fr. Villarin, may take part.

Jesuits and Ateneans should reread John Henry Newman’s classic, Apologia Pro Vita Sua, to regain their wits.

"ETTER STILL THEY SHOULD RElECT on the “day of pardon� Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome in March 2000, when Pope John Paul ll issued an apology for the Crusades, the Inquisition and the Vatican’s inaction and silence in the face of the Holocaust.

John Paul II said the Mass was an attempt to purify memory. Or, as one writer put it, “to lift the weight of the past.�

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The Forgotten Life inside notorious PH detention center where inmates ‘disappear’ without charges

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HEY come from all corners of the globe, but many in Manila’s Bicutan detention center are trapped — neither charged with a crime nor represented (by lawyers).

The Bureau of Immigration’s detention center in Bicutan is a disgraceful hellhole where many foreign nationals are detained to be processed for deportation.

The facility apparently once served as an extermination center for opponents of the Ferdinand Marcos regime, but now it has become the abode of “The Forgotten.�

Inmates are packed into tiny rooms; there is no privacy, nowhere to exercise and nowhere to escape the oppressive heat and humidity and the stench of fetid close-quarter living.

Never formally charged with a crime, some of the 230 or so foreigners held there disappear into an opaque legal whirlpool and remain locked up for years or even decades. These inmates are known as The Forgotten.

You see people who have been there for 7, 11, or 14 years. When you talk to them, you discover they have never faced a criminal charge.

4HE OFkCIALS BASICALLY USE THESE people as a warning to you. They tell you: “You see? This is what happens when you don’t pay to be released.

You will be here for the rest of your life and you will be forgotten.� It is psychological and mental torture of the worst kind. Those who have no friends to visit, no money and therefore no prospects of ever getting out eventually lose the will to live, the thought of death being

IN MY LINE OF SIGHT RAMON T. TULFO preferable to the seemingly endless torture they will have to endure by staying alive.

The heat there is very oppressive.

There is no airconditioning, and in the heat of the day temperatures can reach or exceed 40 degrees Celsius ON THE TOP BUNKHOUSE lOOR UNDER a tin roof that leaks when it rains.

Every inmate is apparently allowed one fan if they know someone from the outside and can persuade them to bring one in for them, but when it gets so hot, that fan just blows hot air. In my particular case, a friend on the outside did send an electric fan for me but was not allowed to give it TO ME AT kRST BECAUSE ) NEEDED TO APply for permission from the warden.

Later I was refused it and denied any visitors at all from that time onward because my ex-wife Jinky complained to the warden out of spite. A week or two later Jinky came there to see me, and I took great pleasure in refusing to allow her to see me!

Often there are brownouts. Most mornings inmates wake up in a sweaty bed because it’s too warm, even at night, for most Westerners.

Taking a nap during the day guarantees a sweat-soaked bed most of the year. Then there are others less fortunate, like myself while I was there, who never even have a bed to nap or sleep on. Instead they get the opPORTUNITY TO SLEEP ON A CONCRETE lOOR crawling with rats after midnight, when everyone else has gone to bed.

Every day is pretty similar. You can lie on your bunk if you have one, or THE lOOR IF THERE IS ANY ROOM WHICH most of the time there is not, for 24 hours per day if you like ‌ There isn’t

much intrusion or interaction from the guards or anyone outside, unless you’re lucky enough to have friends or family that want to visit you, or a lawyer, if you can afford one.

Many of The Forgotten are completely stuck within the system and seem to be useful only to the Bureau of Immigration, so that they can keep their quota up and receive a generous budget from the government.

Even if an inmate does have a lawyer, and that lawyer is one of the very few like Atty. Bulou (sic) who is proactive about advancing a case, they have to deal with a corrupt, constipated and mostly inept legal system that is almost impossible to navigate within any sort of reasonable time frame.

A few of the inmates just pace around all day like caged animals in this human menagerie — like (in the TV series) “The Walking Dead� — not knowing when or if they will ever get out of there.

For The Forgotten, and others there struggling to make sure their cases are remembered, an uncomfortably long, hot summer in Bicutan drags on and on.

2ECENTLY TWO 0.0 OFkCERS ASSIGNED to the place were arrested. They were outed (sic) by the disgruntled wife of a Korean detainee but this has most DEkNITELY NOT PLEASED THE MAIN +OREAN players in there because of what else this particular Korean and his wife, and the “pay to stays� may be up to.

Prostitutes (including underage girls) are being brought in to “service� the Korean community, and it is this particular Korean and his wife that have been doing the pimping recently because the wife has a nice line in underage girls. This particular Korean is not a major player (doesn’t have the money) but his handler, called Kevin, is.

Kevin, real name Park Young Ju, DoB Aug. 2, 1983, was committed

May 17, 2017 and should have been deported on the second planeload of Koreans early 2018. One planeload of 40 to 50 Koreans were pulled out by the Korean government on a SPECIAL CHARTERED lIGHT IN LATE (well documented) and another group was to follow but it never happened because the remaining Koreans coughed up millions (up to P10 million per head) to stay. Kevin was one of these so he and a few more of the long-term “pay to stays� are feeling very uncomfortable with the current exposure — so you might like to look at the background of this particular Korean’s wife, Mr. Tulfo.

It’s very good news that low-life warden Niùo Oliver Dato has now been sacked by Morente thanks to your and General Calima’s efforts, Mr. Tulfo. But now apparently there is a notice from the new warden stating: No cigarettes, no cellphones, no cooking will be allowed.

How will inmates book their lIGHTS OR COMMUNICATE WITH THEIR family, friends, lawyers and consulate/embassy? These people are not convicted criminals. BI is violating the Constitution and the human rights covenant for sure.

I fear there will be a riot in that place before long unless something is done about this very quickly. Nearly everyone in there smokes and many HAVE GREAT DIFkCULTY GETTING THROUGH A day without cigarettes and their cellphones as these are really all they have to keep them sane. Nicotine and 4G are extremely addictive as you know.

As for no cooking, if the BI would provide the detainees with properly cooked, appetizing and nutritional food which includes vegetables and not just bland chicken and rice with gravy the whole time, then they would not need to cook food for themselves.

They should also be provided with PROPER kLTERED DRINKING WATER WITHOUT having to pay money for it of course.

COMMENTARY

The Philippines’ withdrawal from ICC: The court that will not let go

BY EMMANUEL ALTIT, JENNIFER NAOURI AND DR. DOV JACOBS AS an international treaty, the Rome Statute is powered by the consent of States, a fundamental principle of international law. Moreover, its whole normative framework is built on respect for State sovereignty, the cornerstone of international law and the guiding principle behind peaceful international relations, as recalled by the UN Charter itself. For example, there are only limited possibilities for the court to exercise jurisdiction when non-State parties are involved, and, even for State parties, there is for example the recognition that States cannot be compelled to violate their other obligations under international law (Article 98). More fundamentally, the heart of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is complementarity with national courts. In other words, the ICC is designed as a court of last resort, the function of which is not to judge domestic legal systems, like a human rights court might do.

One of the consequences of this respect for national sovereignty is that a State is free to be bound or not by a particular treaty. It is in recognition of this need to respect sovereignty that the Rome Statute provides for the possibility for a State party to withdraw from the treaty, following a certain procedure (Article 127). And this is what the

Philippines sovereignly chose to do on March 17, 2018, with the withdrawal taking effect on March 17, 2019.

For those who advocated for the withdrawal, this would mean that there would no longer be any investigations in the Philippines context. This is because there are normally two natural consequences of a withdrawal: 1) the Philippines is no longer bound by the Rome Statute, which means it no longer can be considered to have new obligations to cooperate with the court; 2) the Philippines is now to be considered a non-State party for any question relating to the exercise of jurisdiction by the court. In other words, the ICC cannot exercise jurisdiction in relation to any alleged conduct committed on the territory of the Philippines or by a national of that State, irrespective of when the conduct occurred. These consequences flow both from logical respect for State sovereignty and from a common sense reading of the Rome Statute, including Article 127.

However, in an attempt to ignore the withdrawal, the ICC, through its prosecutor claimed on March 18, 2019 that 1) the preliminary examination in relation to the Philippines continues and that, as a consequence 2) she believes that she is able to open an investigation whenever she wants into crimes allegedly committed before the withdrawal took effect. The prosecutor’s position is fragile.

In relation to the first point, while the prosecutor is indeed free to conduct a preliminary examination into any situation, such preliminary examination is a purely internal process to the office of the prosecutor, creates no obligations for States to cooperate and has no legal consequence on the possibility for the court to exercise jurisdiction. In other words, preliminary examinations are legally and procedurally irrelevant from the point of the view of the Rome Statute.

In relation to the second point, it should be noted that the prosecutor relies on an interpretation given by the judges last year in relation to Burundi’s withdrawal, which flies in the face of a reasonable reading of the Rome Statute.

The court cannot exercise jurisdiction in relation to any conduct if, at the time it is considering exercising jurisdiction, the State where the conduct took place or the State of nationality of persons involved are not Parties to the Rome Statute. This is the plain language of Article 12 of the Rome Statute and to interpret it otherwise would defeat the whole purpose of the withdrawal as the expression of a desire to no longer be bound by the Rome Statute.

Perhaps ironically, such statements by the Office of the Prosecutor and that decision by the Judges come to reinforce the criticism which has been levelled at the International Criminal Court by States and international organizations

and explains why so many of these States have left or threatened to leave the treaty: that the court tries to extend the reach of the Rome Statute beyond what it actually says, in a flagrant disrespect for the sovereignty of States, without which there would be no International Criminal Court in the first place.

In any case, one thing is certain: the withdrawal from the Rome Statute by the Philippines will not make the ICC disappear. If the prosecutor decides to move forward with a full investigation in the future, based on this erroneous interpretation of the Rome Statute, she will be in a position, through the judges, to try and impose a number of obligations on State parties that could significantly affect the Philippines and its representatives (arrest warrants, travel limitations, etc.). It would therefore be a mistake for the Philippines to simply ignore the court rather than continue to engage with it in the future, albeit as a non-State party.

Indeed, there exist avenues to challenge this position of the Prosecutor within the system of the court and the Philippines would be well inspired to explore them.

Emmanuel Altit is lead-counsel at the International Criminal Court, Jennifer Naouri is counsel at the ICC, and Dr. Dov Jacobs is a professor of international criminal law.

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Reflections on the Easter Vigil And that is how what we believe in will always sound to those who do not believe — nonsense, “a stupid God,� “fools�... that’s how we will be called. And rather than disturbing us, these epithets should excite us, because they can only suggest that the story of the Risen Lord remains as astounding, as shocking, as unexpected, as miraculous as WHEN IT WAS kRST TOLD The readings of the Vigil are long — and when cantors or psalmists at Mass tend to get

dramatic about their singing of the psalm antiphons, things get even more kilometric. In a darkened church with only the Paschal candle glowing, it is clear that when the lights come on at the Gloria, many are bleary-eyed, a few perhaps even rousing themselves from a power nap. Why so many stories?

But that is exactly what a family does when it comes together at reunions. The elders tell the stories of the family, the relatives, the clan — and by these

accounts, the young are familiarized with who they are. The narratives we hear at the Easter 6IGIL ARE OUR DEkNING STORIES AS a people. They constitute our narrative identity. They are, in story form, an account of who we are — or better, of what God has been to us.

On the altar are the two most powerful symbols of Easter: WATER — life, freshness, birth, the Spirit, the gift of the CruCIkED BUT 'LORIkED 3ON WHO thus infuses in us all his own

victory over death; and FIRE ‡ THE PILLAR OF kRE THAT GUIDED God’s people through their meandering ways at the Exodus, THE lAME THAT DISPELS THE DARKness of the tomb, the light that shows us the way no matter the darkness that may engulf us.

And while Resurrection is indeed about Jesus as Christ — what else would it be — it is, by that same measure, about his community, his people, his Body. The women at the tomb rush home to announce the tid-

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Preparing for the Big One

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HERE is no escaping natural disasters, but we can do everything in our power to safeguard human life. A 6.1-magnitude earthquake surprised everyone when it struck Pampanga and shook areas of Luzon and Metro Manila last Monday; then another earthquake hit Samar last Tuesday afternoon. A building collapsed while several buildings were seriously damaged, people were evacuated, a number were injured, and lives were lost.

Imagine if the Big One happened tomorrow. Imagine any of the 18 disasters that could occur in our city. There are 10 man-made and eight natural disasters, and earthquakes are only one of them.

We live in cities plagued by the ills of poor urban planning and construction design practices, and we work in a country that is susceptible to natural and man-made disasters. Hence, we — architects, engineers and urban planners — must review what we can do to be more resilient and to minimize potential damage.

Our studies, research and experience have shown that it will be 90 percent less expensive to address hazards before they become disasters, so we must manage them on time to save human lives, infrastructure and buildings. Let us also keep in mind that being informed, prepared and vigilant citizens is very important.

The “Study for Earthquake Impact Reduction for Metropolitan Manila in the Republic of the Philippines� done by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in 2004 predicted what could happen if a 7.2-magnitude earthquake were to occur in Metro Manila. Around 170,000 residential houses would be heavily damaged or collapse, and 26 percent of buildings would be moderately damaged. The DEATH TOLL IN THE kRST HOUR COULD reach 34,000 people and another 20,000 could become casualties in the succeeding hours because OF kRES AND SUCCESSIVE TREMORS that would occur.

In the event of the Big One, rescue activities will be limited.

As it is, it takes two hours to travel 5 kilometers on an average day in Metro Manila, but with buildings and electrical posts down, THOUSANDS OF HOMES ON kRE AND debris all over, it would take rescuers longer to reach the devastated areas. This is also assuming that our government forces and volunteers are safe and equipment are intact and operational. According to an international assessment, help would come after 72 hours, but because of Metro Manila’s urban sprawl and poor urban design, it is expected that it would take more time.

We in the planning, architecture, engineering, and design professions and in the building industry have the responsibility to design and plan the built environment to withstand environmental hazards and for it to last for as long as possible. When designing buildings, performancebased design should be used, a component of which would be to implement an “under reinforced system� on the structural design of an establishment to

ings to the Eleven, and soon to other disciples, and Peter rushes to the empty tomb, and allows himself to be amazed. We are a Resurrection Community, amazed by this miracle without parallel, astounded by the promise that death is not our eternal undoing, emboldened by the empty tomb and different, equally astounding assurances of his presence, to proclaim the Resurrection.

The Resurrection will never be real for the world unless we, the Resurrection Community, proclaim it: He is Risen, and unless, in working without allowing setbacks and reversals

FELINO A. PALAFOX, JR. see the cue of failure or cracks on the concrete before it reaches its maximum tolerable stage. We must always follow technical specifications. We should undertake routine inspections and structural audits for all buildings and, in particular, for old ones in our cities to determine how structurally safe or hazardous they are.

If it is determined that they are unsafe, they must be structurally RETROkTTED OR DEMOLISHED (ERE are some measures, among others, that we can take to prepare for disasters in the best way possible: Old structures that fail strucTURAL AUDIT SHOULD BE RETROkTTED or demolished, except those with historical value.

Government should check the quality of reinforcing steel in the market. Continuous bending of weak steel bars during quakes will place the building at risk.

Strict compliance with strucTURE DESIGN PLANS AND SPECIkCAtions should be implemented.

Avoid cost-cutting in materials and labor.

Structural design of houses, buildings, bridges towers, etc. should be performed by reputable architects and structural ENGINEERS NOT BY lY BY NIGHT

inexperienced designers.

Geotechnical reports are important to mitigate issues on liquefaction in the foundation designs of buildings. Pile driving should be considered.

Concrete strength of our airport runways should be checked and monitored. Low-strength concrete will result in wide cracks during quakes.

Government should increase the salaries of city engineers/architects, similar to the police pay hike, to eliminate red tape on project evaluation and inspection.

Upgrading of the Structural Code of the Philippines should be done to prepare for the Big One. Almost exactly four years ago, on April 25, 2015, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake devastated Nepal, which took the lives of 9,000 people and injured nearly 22,000 others. Multi-story buildings located in its capital, Kathmandu, collapsed. After several aftershocks and another major quake, thousands of people lost their homes and livelihood, leaving them in extreme poverty and deprivation.

When my colleagues and I went to Kathmandu in January of 2016 to present our plans for rebuilding school campuses and hospitals, WE SAW kRSTHAND THAT +ATHMANDU was still suffering from the damage months after the devastating quake.

There, we designed a university, hospital and school to last 1,000 years. At Palafox Associates and Palafox Architecture Group, we recognize that we all merely borrow the environment from future generations. Our actions, plans and designs are geared toward enhancing the environment and studying the negative impacts to it. In little and big ways, each one can also do the same to make the Philippines safer and more sustainable.

to defeat us, without allowing insults and ridicule to deter us, driven solely by the message of the angels at the tomb — Do not seek the living among the dead —we continue to work for the Kingdom, no matter how daunting, if not impossible the task may seem, and forge ahead with being its loyal citizens. Then through the witness of our Resurrection Community, the world should be able to take up the refrain: He Is Risen! rannie_aquino@csu.edu.ph rannie_aquino@sanbeda.edu.ph rannie_aquino@outlook.com

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Who is behind Metro Balita?

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S April kicked in, the black propaganda against the Duterte administration was all out. In a series of YouTube videos titled “Ang Totoong Narcolist,� an anonymous informant named “Bikoy� alleged that members of the Duterte family were receiving payouts from an unknown drug syndicate. Metrobalita.net was implicated by both Dr. Dante Ang and columnist Rigoberto Tiglao as the first website to circulate those videos, in separate articles published on April 22, 2019 in The Manila Times. Neither of them mentioned who was behind THAT WEBSITE 4HIS COLUMN WILL kLL in the gap.

As Tiglao wrote, the owner of metrobalita.net had ads on its website. Some of them were from Google. To allow Google to post ads, publishers must include the AdSense ID in the HTML code of their websites. The AdSense ID is A UNIQUE IDENTIkER 'OOGLE ASSIGNS to publishers. This can be publicly seen on the source code of every website. And there are online tools

FOR THE MOTHERLAND

SASS ROGANDO SASOT available to trace which other websites — past and present — used that code.

Metrobalita.net’s AdSense ID is 9287075011637877. Some of my readers were able to trace all the websites bearing that ID, which eventually led us to the identity of the person behind metrobalita. net. Out of fear for their lives, they asked me not to disclose the identities revealed.

Google AdSense ID 9287075011637877 can also be seen in another online version of Metro Balita, when it was still a dot com instead of a dot net website. The domain registrant of the old dot com version is Rodel Jayme. This information is publicly accessible via WHOXY, an online tool that reveals the domain

registration records of websites.

In the June 5, 2017 archive copy of www.metrobalita.com (https:// tinyurl.com/metrobalitaarchived), one can read an explanation of what Metro Balita is: “Ang METRO BALITA ay inilunsad upang maghatid ng mga mahahalagang balita mula sa iba’t ibang panig ng Pilipinas maging sa ibayong dagat.�

(Metro Balita was established to deliver important news from different parts of the Philippines, as well as from overseas.)

Interestingly, Metro Balita inCLUDED kGHTING FAKE NEWS AS ONE of its objectives.

That explanation was signed, “RJ (METRO Balita Founder).�

Leni (https://volunteers4marleni. wordpress.com/).

His co-volunteer is another familiar name — Pete Silva — exposed by political blogger RJ Nieto (aka Thinking Pinoy) in January 2017 (“Inside Leni Robredo’s international propaganda machinery�). Silva was actively circulating a document detailing the social MEDIA STRATEGY OF THE /FkCE OF THE Vice President to attack the critics of Robredo, as well as Bongbong Marcos and his son Sandro. Robredo was heavily criticized in December 2016 when she chose to go on vacation in the United States while her hometown was being ravaged by Typhoon Nina.

Jayme’s involvement with the Yellows is actually older than that.

The shadow of yellow Several posts in a Facebook page called “The Aquino Legacy� (@ Jayme was one of the volunteers of aquinolegacy) identified Jayme the Mar Roxas-Leni Robredo 2016 as one of its admins. Examples campaign. “Have you met some- of such posts are: June 22, 2015 one who purely dedicated all his — www.facebook.com/aquinoletime to campaigning for Mar Rox- gacy/posts/1870136716544175; AS u INTRODUCED HIS PROkLE IN THE and on Jan. 10, 2016, where blog Volunteers Behind Mar and Jayme was giving instructions

Q SALUDO FROM A1

Duterte and Locsin are right are no match against Chinese vessels with guns and rockets hitting much farther than our 8-km-range rockets.

That’s why CSBA recommended not ships, but planes and projectiles effective over hundreds of miles. But American military advisers won’t agree if they aim to keep the Philippines dependent on US might, so we would host their forces in our waters, airspace and bases.

Indeed, in 2014, with Panatag’s loss fanning China fears, the Aquino regime signed the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA), allowing massive US military deployment with access TO SEVERAL AIRkELDS Thus, Washington got the real estate to move 60 percent of its naval assets to the region, under its Pivot to Asia policy. No matter that its buildup exposed our country TO ATTACK IN ANY !MERICAN CONlICT EVEN when we were not involved.

Imagine if President Duterte did not stall EDCA implementation, and the US had started using bases under the agreement in Pampanga, Nueva Ecija, Mactan, Puerto Princesa and Cagayan de Oro. North Korea could have threatened those places, along What Aquino did wrong with Guam, at the height of the Korean What do we need to defend what’s ours? missile crisis in 2017.

What’s worse, despite EDCA, America When we lost Scarborough or Panatag Shoal, the Center for Strategic and Bud- would still not defend our territorial getary Assessments (CSBA), a leading claims. But it protects the Japan-adminisWashington security think-tank, urged the tered, China-claimed Senkaku Islands, as US to help us acquire “A2/AD� weaponry. the US Senate pledged in an amendment That’s anti-access, area denial armaments, to Washington’s defense treaty with Tokyo.

What a raw deal EDCA is: We host US to deter intruders in areas under A2/AD PROTECTION 3PECIkCALLY #3"! RECOMMENDED forces and let them use our bases, exposing maritime surveillance aircraft, anti-ship our country to attack, and they still won’t missiles, and air defense systems (https:// defend our maritime claims. Look at their csbaonline.org/research/publications/the- utter inaction over Chinese vessels swarmgeostrategic-return-of-the-philippines). ing near Pag-asa Island.

4HE PLANES WOULD ENABLE US TO EFkCIENTLY By contrast, when Beijing declared an monitor the high seas. If there are intruders, AIR DEFENSE IDENTIkCATION ZONE OVER THE anti-ship missiles can force or take them out. Senkakus in 2013, American B-52 bombers And air defenses protect the rockets. instantly challenged the ADIZ. Washington didn’t follow CSBA’s advice.

Instead, the Philippine Navy got another What Duterte should do hand-me-down US Coast Guard frigate like the one that broke down during the So, what weaponry must we have to dePanatag stand-off. fend our sovereign claims and rights on And the Navy bought two South Korean our own? As advised by CSBA and the frigates with short-range missiles for P18 late National Security Adviser and US billion total. It wants four more, even if they Naval Academy graduate Roilo Golez, This is crystal-clear from Washington’s failure to prevent Beijing’s takeover of Mischief Reef in 1995 and Scarborough Shoal in 2012. Plus: When Malacaùang media twice asked President Barack Obama in 2014 what the US would do if China frictions turned violent, he merely urged peacefully resolving disputes.

And in June 2016, when Presidentelect Duterte asked if America would fight to defend our claims, then US Ambassador Philip Goldberg said: “Only if you are attacked.�

So, we have to be suicidal enough to get bloodied by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), Asia’s most powerful military, before our top ally would consider action. No wonder Secretary Locsin rightly wants to modernize our external defense, instead of constantly “throwing money at poverty.�

Plainly, without a credible force protecting our 200-nautical mile exclusive economic zone (EEZ), 320-nm extended continental shelf (ECS), and territorial claims in the South China Sea, intruders do as they please.

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The dangers of ‘Dutertismo’ the biases of their own politics, no matter how hard they try to paint it as scholarly neutral. Thus, the ideology that is Duterte is sustained by a blindly loyal base of support and an equally blindly partisan base of criticism.

It is certainly depressing when otherwise intelligent people are lost in the rage of their political biases. We see the spectacle of people who should know better turn into uncritical apologists for the President. We look at the result of surveys telling us that people do not trust China that they even support the move to take our case against Chinese incursion into the West Philippine Sea to the ICC, yet we also see people overwhelmingly trust the President.

And the cognitive dissonance infects even the elite intellectuals who thrive on the logic of critical thinking where judgment is supposed to be formed only after weighing all sides of a story. Yet, they obviously depart from this ethos when they fail to take into account the other side of the Duterte narrative, when they

actively propagate a partisan bias not only in their pedagogy but also in their academic politics. It is damning to witness political scientists who on camera and in conferences proclaim neutrality and objectivity about President Duterte, but whose actions and discourses in real time embody their manifest biases against him.

This is what has become of “Dutertismo.� It is a phenomenon that exists and should be understood because there is empirical evidence to back it up with narratives of how Duterte is propped up by what is increasingly becoming an irrational, angry, confrontational political base. The implications these may bring to a post-Duterte Philippines may be as damaging. What we have always taken as our silent ideology, our sense of community which keeps us intact despite the many crises we have suffered nurtured by our ethos of kapwa, is now being threatened by a highly divisive politics that is whipped up by blind loyalty and blind hatred. The unity of the body

we need missiles.

This column repeatedly urged our Navy to get them (most recently, https:// www.manilatimes.net/to-avoid-war-scrapthe-mutual-defense-treaty/511350/, and https://www.manilatimes.net/for-our-security-avoid-war-and-prepare-for-it/514916/).

But the guardians of our seas seem wedded to ships, including the six Hyundai frigates costing some P55 billion, with armaments.

Let’s see if the Philippine Air Force would get the patrol planes, anti-ship missiles, and air defense systems we need. The PAF has already obtained some aircraft: eight Beechcrafts given by Japan, plus C-295 planes ordered from Indonesia. For about P10 billion, the Air Force can add six highperformance maritime patrol aircraft for a FUTURE lEET OF -0!S For anti-ship missiles, former Navy chief Golez had advocated the supersonic BrahMos, combining Russian and Indian technology. Russia has perhaps the best anti-ship rockets, designed to counter the world’s most powerful armada, the US Navy.

The BrahMos can strike 300-400 km away, enough to cover our entire EEZ and most of our ECS (the more expensive US-made HIMARS missile has just 82 km range). Mounted three to a truck, the BrahMos can evade detection and deploy where CONlICTS ARE 6IETNAM IS BUYING IT Golez wanted 200 BrahMos; the PAF could acquire 100 initially, plus Japan’s Mitsubishi Type 88 or Type 12 projectiles (range: 200 km) at a discount. For P30 billion, we could acquire 100 BrahMos and maybe 200 Mitsubishis, deployed together, so adversaries don’t know which ones are pointed at them.

That leaves about P15 billion for air defense, if we keep to the P55-billion cost of six frigates. In fact, there are ample funds to spend far more — including Malampaya royalties, now exceeding P150 billion.

"UDGET OFkCIALS TOLD 'OLEZ THAT -ALAMpaya money can be used for weaponry securing offshore oil and gas. And when President Duterte visited India last year, he got a billion-dollar credit line to buy Indian products.

With patrol aircraft and supersonic missiles protected by air defenses, the Philippines would be a porcupine nation, which no country, not even China, could take lightly. Then, if anyone encroaches on our islands and waters, we can do far more than protest and sue. politic is being torn asunder not by adherence to some textual manifestos written by dead white men, but by the personalistic positions taken vis-Ă -vis a living President treated like a blessing by some and a curse by others. And as such, the stakes become more intense and more personal.

Yet, the challenge to understanding this phenomenon labeled as “Dutertismo� is compromised by the fact that those who have the wherewithal and ideally would have been better placed to conduct these inquiries suffer the handicap of being unable to study the phenomenon without their political antiDuterte blinders. There are very few scholars, artists and academics who can navigate the challenge of understanding Duterte as ideology from a purely academic enterprise. No one is completely objective and detached.

Including myself.

And this is the ultimate power of the ideology that Duterte has become. There is no other way except to take a partisan position.

Critical thinking is mortally wounded. It is an entrapment. You either become a blind critic or a blind loyalist. And those like me who attempt to escape the dualism are doomed to be perpetually misunderstood.

to those who would like to be volunteers for the Roxas-Robredo 2016 campaign — https://www. facebook.com/aquinolegacy/ posts/1961377480753431.

This page was created on Feb. 26, 2015 to support the Aquino family. This year, it has been actively campaigning for the reelection of Sen. Bam Aquino. It has also been actively supporting the Senate run of Robredo’s election lawyer, Romulo Macalintal. This devotion to Macalintal was also observed by Tiglao in the postings and ads displayed by metrobalita.net.

Test Article 154 Article 154 of the Revised Penal Code punishes “any person who by means of printing, lithography, or any other means of publication shall publish or cause to be published as news any false news which may endanger the public order, or cause damage to the interest or credit of the State.�

Evidence is now mounting against the veracity of the claims

made in the “Bikoy� videos, which was peddled by Jayme’s Metro Balita as “news.� Through fake bank documents, the Bikoy videos portrayed rural banks as remiss in their duties in flagging dubious transactions.

One of these banks was the Rural Bank of Guinobatan in Albay.

On April 23, 2019, after I wrote an open letter to it, the Rural Bank of Guinobatan issued a statement on their Facebook Page which “categorically denies that it has existing bank accounts with the number combinations mentioned and that any of the alleged transactions never happened involving RBGI as mentioned in the videos.�

Thus, the Bikoy videos, enabled

by Jayme’s Metro Balita, didn’t just spread false, malicious, and defamatory stories against private and public individuals, they also tarnished the credibility of our banking system.

Isn’t this damaging the interest of the State? Perhaps it’s time to have a test case on Article 154.

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Feeling the earth move under my feet

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HE National Di“Para sa Bayan.� Yet we MIRRORLESS kND OURSELVES ENDLESSsaster Risk Reduction and Management ly engaging the treadCouncil advises “Duck, mill without reaching cover and hold� once THE kNISH LINE 4ENURE an earthquake strikes. of six years is a long President Rodrigo Duterte said he time to wait, suffer or endure. would be leaving a number of “letters N N N of dismissal� before leaving for China Albert Einstein never imagined that for the Belt and Road forum. MWSS PH politicians will be admirers of his OFkCIALS CAN FEEL THE FORTHCOMING IN- theory of relativity. tensity 7.5 tremor this early.

N N N N N N Authorities should quickly inspect The Manila RTC Branch 35 issued an cracks in major dams like Angat, Ipo, arrest warrant against Acierto and other Hilltop, La Mesa, Caliraya, Magat and co-accused for the importation of dan- Pantabangan. An inland tsunami is more gerous drugs under Republic Act 9165, scary and damaging than a coastal one. or “Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs N N N Act of 2002.� This is the result of DoJ’s I just want to remind our priests: relentless pursuit of the government’s According to the Oxford English WAR ON DRUGS %FkCIENCY AT ITS BEST Dictionary , a homily is a religious N N N discourse which is intended primarily The Commission on Elections should for spiritual edification rather than not entertain the idea that its decisions doctrinal instruction. are beyond reproach. The Supreme N N N Court has issued a restraining order If a survey listed you way below, it is enjoining the Comelec from disqualify- a hint that you have to subscribe. For ing mayoralty candidate Edgar Avila in those leading, a reminder to spend more Baguio City from running in the May to stay on top.

13 elections. The country’s high court N N N functions even in a high mountain city.

On Notre-Dame: N N N How I wish Quasimodo is alive to Vice President Leni Robredo said ring those bells. With Louis Vuitton the government should not release donating â‚Ź100 million, expect crocounverified information in the form diles, tigers, leopards, sables to go into of a so-called “matrix.â€? She said that hiding to stay alive.

N N N reputations of those on the list may I have to quote this very relevant post suffer. My instinct tells me that she should also disclose her source that it from Carl Kinsella: “Reaction of the rich to the Notre IS gUNVERIkED INFORMATION u $AME kRE TEACHES US A LOT ABOUT THE N N N House Speaker Gloria Macapagal- world we live in. Brick and mortar and Arroyo, (a Boao board member) has this stained-glass might burn, but they do to say regarding the recently concluded not bleed, and they do not starve, and they do not suffer. Humans suffer. EvBoao Forum in Manila: “As per Secretary of DICT, Secretary erywhere in the world, from Paris to Eliseo Rio, we realized that all their Persepolis, people are suffering. But their business plans did not have any re- suffering is every day. It does not light strictions on foreign investments. All I up a front page, and it does not inspire know is that this forum will help bring immediate donations from the world’s investments and bring technology, wealthiest men.�

N N N because that’s all the Filipinos want Post-lenten thoughts: from China, capital and technology.�

Good Friday occurs daily in PH. Easy She worked hard for this to happen. She KNOWS THAT ECONOMIC AND kSCAL STABILITY IS TO SPOT WHO THE lOGGERS ARE AND WHO ALWAYS GETS CRUCIkED always the key.

N N N N N N Boeing is proposing to covert Air On political tremors: With the temperature of the political Force One to 737 Max to prove it is thermometer climbing up, I notice that now airworthy. Democrats fully supEQUALLY BOILING IS THE kERY EXCHANGES port the idea.

N N N in social media. Trolls, memes, links, I wrote this verse two years ago dedisoundbites are circulated faster than one can blink. The released matrix is just the cated to my favorite painter Vincent van Gogh: tip of the iceberg.

With their computer warriors deployed, it seems that more explosions Poetry of a hungry man are expected to be furiously detonated in the coming weeks. When the dust Watching sand pebbles being swept by SETTLES THE kNAL CHOICES WILL BE OUT IN the waves, May and we will all resume earning a ) kND MY EYES MOIST AS THEY MAKE ME living gasping for air to breathe. Move brave, I have been searching skyward on? Easy to say but in reality, a learning for answer, CURVE IS ALWAYS DIFkCULT TO EXPERIENCE AS But the clouds block the rays of despair, it is always dented with highs and lows. My eyes opened by the breeze that came We always are forever prone to re- with the tide, peated blunders in selecting a leader Erasing my footprints as my tears — hype after hype, necro-politics, subside.

N N N guns, goons and gold, cheap promises Good work, good deeds and good and that sickening overused clamor for reforms with that decorative tagline faith to all.

ROLLY G. REYES

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THURSDAY April 25, 2019

Troops kill 4 Sayyaf bandits in Basilan ZAMBOANGA CITY: Philippine Army troops killed four Abu Sayyaf TERRORISTS IN kERCE kGHTING ON Wednesday in the restive Muslim province of Basilan. /FkCIALS SAID THE kGHTING WAS so ferocious that military aircraft were sent to Basilan to provide support to ground troops battling the bandits under Furuji Indama in the remote village of Bohe Pahu in the town of Ungkaya Pukan.

The town is a known stronghold of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), which signed an interim peace deal with Manila in 2014.

4HE OFkCIALS SAID THE kGHTING involved soldiers from the 3rd Scout Ranger Battalion, 64th Infantry Battalion, 18th Infantry Battalion and 12th Division Reconnaissance Company under Joint Task Force Basilan and the Philippine Air Force.

The target of military operations was Indama, a notorious terrorist commander blamed for a spate of ransom kidnappings and attacks on military and civilian targets.

Brig. Gen. Fernando Reyeg, the task force commander,

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said they “launched focused military operations against the Abu Sayyaf Group under sub-leader Furuji Indama at Sitio Gipitan in Barangay Bohe Pahu in the wee hours of the morning.� g! HEAVY kREkGHT ENSUED AFTER which the enemies scampered in different directions. Close air support was immediately DEPLOYED TO GO AFTER THE lEEING bandits. Our troops are currently on the ground to pin down the Abu Sayyaf , who are on the run and are evading military forces,� he added.

There was no report of military casualties.

Troops recovered the bodies of the slain bandits, as well as ONE - AUTOMATIC RIlE ONE M14 sniper rifle and one R4 ASSAULT RIlE It was not immediately known if MILF forces had provided sanctuary to the terrorists or if they helped the military in the operation against the Abu Sayyaf.

The MILF and military forces had clashed many times in the town prior to the interim peace deal.

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AMBOANGA CITY: President Rodrigo Duterte has warned foreigners to stay out of Zamboanga over credible intelligence report that Islamic State (IS) and Abu Sayyaf terorists are targeting the southern Philippine city.

Addressing participants to the recently concluded 7th Union Asia0ACIkC 2EGIONAL #ONFERENCE IN 0ASAY City, ABS-CBN quoted Duterte as saying, “There’s a certain place which I would not recommend anybody to go there, not just yet, is Zamboanga.

Some Europeans go there for bird watching, are captured and eventually they are decapitated even after the payment of ransom.� “It is the [IS,]actually. It used to be the Abu Sayyaf. Now it’s an Abu Sayyaf territory. They do nothing but to kill and destroy,� he added.

But Duterte may have confused Zamboanga City with Tawi-Tawi province when he said some Europeans birdwatchers were kidnapped and eventually decapitated by bandits.

There had been no kidnappings of foreign birdwatchers in Zamboanga City, but in February 2012, Abu Sayyaf terrorists under Hajan Sawadjaan and suspected Moro National Liberation Front members kidnapped two European wildlife photographers Lorenzo Vinciguerra, from Switzerland, and Ewold Horn, from Holland, in the coastal village of Parangan in Panglima Sugala town, Tawi-Tawi.

Vinciguerra escaped from his guards and was recovered by soldiers in December 2014 after he allegedly killed one of his guards, Juhurim Hussien, with a bolo (single-edged knife).

The fate of Horn is still unknown.

Philippine authorities blamed the Abu Sayyaf and the IS for the twin suicide bombings of a Catholic cathedral

in Jolo, Sulu early this year.

The attacks, carried out by an Indonesian couple, killed and injured dozens of people, mostly soldiers guarding the Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel on January 27.

The attacks on the church happened two years after hundreds of Abu Sayyaf and pro-IS militants and civilian supporters took over Marawi City in Lanao del Sur. Troops recovered the city after kVE MONTHS OF HOUSE TO HOUSE AND close-quarter battles that killed and wounded hundreds of soldiers, bandits and innocent civilians trapped in Marawi.

Duterte’s warning came after IS suicide bombers struck churches and hotels in Sri Lanka that killed over 300 people on Easter Sunday.

Zamboanga Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco Salazar said security was tight in the city and assured locals that police and military forces were on heightened alert. “We heightened security in Zamboanga City and we continue to maintain a heightened level of alert as a preemptive measure following

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the Sri Lanka bombings,� she added.

Police were maintaining a high level of alert in Zamboanga, especially in places of worships, according to their spokesman, Capt.

Shellamae Chang. “Even before the Sri Lanka incidents, security forces have always secured places of worship in the city, deploying personnel in mosques on Friday, and in churches every Sunday,� he said. “It is not just Christians and Muslims watching themselves, we watch over each other,� Chang added, citing the contribution of Christian and Muslim volunteer groups.

City Disaster Risk Reduction ManAGEMENT /FkCER %LMEIR !POLINARIO said the local government and security forces conduct meetings to thresh out details of a security group charged with securing churches and mosques in line with directives from Salazar.

Dubbed as pastoral security group, Apolinario added that it was composed of members of security forces and leaders of different religious organizations to assist in protection of worshipers.

Bong Go vows to press campaign vs corruption CANDIDATE for senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong� Go has vowed to help President Rodrigo Duterte in his campaign to rid the government of corrupt officials.

Speaking at the Hugpong ng Pagbabago campaign rally at the Capitol Provincial Gymnasium in Kidapawan City on Monday, Go thanked city residents for their warm welcome, particularly during his motorcade earlier.

He reiterated his vow to support the President’s campaign against illegal drugs, criminality and corruption as he noted that corruption took a big bite out of funds intended for projects and programs meant for the benefit of the people. “The interest of the country comes first

before personal interest and those of friends.

The President has already fired many officials because of corruption,� Go said.

He urged people to report to him, to the Truth and Justice Coalition or to the Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission any information on corrupt officials.

Meanwhile, as part of his legislative agenda for agriculture, Go called for improved irrigation services to curb effects of the dry spell the country was experiencing, noting reports that the dry spell had already affected about 15,000 hectares of farmland.

He said improved irrigation systems, coupled with better management of water resources, would not only help bring

bountiful harvests for farmers, but also support operation of residents engaged in fish farming. “We should increase government support in terms of fertilizer, seeds, farm machinery and training. We will take the farmer away from ‘5-6’ loans because we will give them loans at low interest. We want them also to have alternative sources of livelihood,� Go added.

He assured the people of North Cotabato that they could count on him to support the Duterte administration’s infrastructure and development programs.

He cited the Malitubog-Maridagao Irrigation Project (Phase 11) in North Cotabato and the Maguindanao area

that would divert irrigation water from Maridagao River to deliver adequate water to 9,784 hectares of agricultural lands.

There are also the various farm-tomarket road projects in the province to enable farmers to transport their products to the markets faster such as the concreting of Mahongcog to Sitio Tagaytay road, upgrading of Bangkal Sitio Apog-Apog road, improvement of Manobisa Crossing Iwal to Sitio Timodos road, and concreting of PBMA-Sitio Hijara-Tombao road.

Proponents have already been required to submit the requirements for these projects.

To mitigate the effects of flash floods that destroy properties, crops and

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False representation Dear PAO, A friend of mine introduced himself as the owner of a house and lot located in Pasig City, which is approximately 450 square meters. He offered me the property since he will be needing money for his immigration application to Canada. I paid in full the P4.2-million purchase price in Dec. 10, 2018. However, my friend failed to deliver the CERTIkCATE OF TITLE AND THE KEYS of the house despite several DEMANDS ,AST WEEK ) FOUND out that he is not the owner of the house and has no authority to sell it. Can my friend be held criminally liable for estafa?

Zoe Dear Zoe, To answer your question, we shall refer to Article 315 (2) (a) of the Revised Penal Code of the Philippines, to wit: “Article 315. Swindling (estafa). — Any person who shall defraud another by any of the means mentioned xxx “(2) By means of any of the following false pretenses or fraudulent acts executed prior to or

the offended party must have relied on the false pretense, fraudulent act or fraudulent means and DEAR PAO was thus induced to part with his money or property; and (4) as a result thereof, the offended party suffered damage. In other simultaneously with the commis- words, to sustain a charge and subsequent conviction for estafa sion of the fraud: g A "Y USING kCTITIOUS NAME under the aforecited provision, or falsely pretending to possess respondent must be alleged to POWER INlUENCE QUALIkCATIONS have actually made fraudulent property, credit, agency, business representations which, in turn, or imaginary transactions, or by caused petitioner to part with means of other similar deceits� its money. xxx The fraud must be alleged to have been personally (Emphasis supplied).

The Supreme Court in the committed by respondent prior case of RCL Feeders PTE., LTD. to or simultaneously with the vs Hon. Hernando Perez and payment or delivery of money.

Feliciano Zuluaga (GR 162126, If there be no such prior or siDec. 9, 2004) through Associate multaneous false statement or Justice Consuelo Ynares Santiago fraudulent representation, any subsequent act of the accused, elucidated: “The elements of the crime of however fraudulent or suspicious estafa under Art. 315 (2) (a) are: it may appear, cannot serve as basis (1) there must be a false pre- for prosecution for that class of tense, fraudulent act or fraudulent estafa� (Emphases supplied).

Applying the law and the jurismeans; (2) such false pretense, fraudulent act or fraudulent prudence in your situation, you means must be made or executed need to prove that your friend prior to or simultaneously with made fraudulent representations, the commission of the fraud; (3) which, in turn, caused you to part

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with your own money. Your friend defrauded you into believing that he had the authority to sell the house and lot located in Pasig City, despite him not being the owner of the property. Because of such representation, you parted with your money and paid in full the price of the property. The claim made by your friend that he was the owner of the house was indeed a false representation, belonging to the category of false pretense under Section 2 (a) of Article 315 of the Revised Penal Code. The fraudulent representation made by your friend prior to or simultaneous with the payment you made constitutes the crime of estafa.

This opinion is solely based on the facts you have narrated and our appreciation of the same. The opinion may vary when the facts are changed or further elaborated.

We hope that we were able to enlighten you on the matter.

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

livestock, the Duterte administration is embarking on a P1.4-billion project to dredge and realign the Simuay River and its shoreline.

The National Economic and Development Authority approved the project in February and civil works were expected to begin before the year ends, Go said.

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Residents near Makati quake fault told to relocate

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HE Makati City government on Wednesday asked residents whose houses sit on top of the West Valley Fault to relocate.

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology had said the West Valley Fault might trigger a 7.2-magnitude earthquake that could kill around 30,000 people.

The West Valley Fault passes through 42 villages in Metro Manila, including the country’s kNANCIAL AND BUSINESS CAPITAL The Makati Disaster Risk 2EDUCTION -ANAGEMENT /FkCE SAID

the fault in Makati transects four barangay (villages) — Comembo, East Rembo, Pembo and Rizal.

During the last assessment of the city government, there were 113 lots in Barangay East Rembo tagged within the danger zone, 99 lots in Barangay Rizal, 93 in Barangay Pembo and 8 in Barangay Comembo.

Mayor Mar-Len Abigail “Abby�

Binay previously said there would

be no forced eviction for residents who would refuse to relocate.

However, they would be asked to sign waivers stating that they accept the risks and that they expect no assistance from the city government.

Residents who would relocate under the supervision of the city GOVERNMENT WOULD BE GIVEN kNANcial assistance.

4HE CITY ENGINEERING OFkCE HAD declared safe for occupancy 95 city-run, residential and high-rise commercial buildings in Makati City, following the 6.1-magnitude quake that hit Luzon on Monday. “The city government has been conducting annual earthquake drills and building inspections

in preparation for ‘The Big One,’�

Binay said.

She called on building administrators to coordinate with the Office of the Building Official to schedule inspections of their buildings, which she said could be done jointly with their own team of experts.

So far, 113 buildings have been inspected: 67 public facilities, including all public elementary and high schools, the University of Makati, Ospital ng Makati and the three City Hall buildings; and 46 private buildings Of these, 18 health centers were subjected to further evaluation by city engineers.

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Esperon wants Pag-asa Island declared protected area THE Philippines is considering declaring Pag-asa (Thitu) Island and the eastern part of the Kalayaan Island Group (Spratly Group of Islands) as maritime protected areas (MPA), National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. said on Wednesday.

These areas are within the exclusive economic of the country. “With an MPA in place, we aim to institutionalize and promote efforts towards environmental and marine biodiversity protection within the resource-rich West Philippine Sea (South China Sea),�

Esperon said.

The former military chief said turning Pag-asa and Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal into an MPA would BE DISCUSSED BY GOVERNMENT OFkCIALS “We want to propose that because I am sure they would also want to PRESERVE OR TAKE CARE OF THE kSHERIES resources and all other things that are within that marine protected area.

We did it in the Philippine (Benham) Rise, so we would like to do it somewhere in the Ayungin area,� he told reporters.

He said the move would be discussed with countries claiming parts of the South China Sea. Claimant countries include Viet-

nam, China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei Darussalam and the Philippines.

An area declared as an MPA would BE LIMITED TO SCIENTIkC STUDIES ONLY Esperon said about $3 trillion was lost due to the “illegal activities� in Philippine-held areas in the South China Sea. Recently, China was reported to have harvested giant clams in the Scarborough (Panatag) Shoal. “You can just imagine how much we can get if we are able to enjoy our kSHING GROUNDS IN THIS AREA AND FROM the other side, east and the south [and] in Sulu Sea,� Esperon said.

He said the military would not back down if the maritime dispute with China would lead to war. “Let me assure you that the Armed Forces would go to war if so directed, the soldiers will not back down,� he said.

He disclosed that the Chinese military was building its third aircraft carrier and “more deadly weapons.� “So, are they preparing for deterrence or are they preparing to go to war?� Esperon asked. “If we are forced to go to war, we go to war,� he added.

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DPWH deploys teams to assess buildings THE Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has activated its quick response teams to assess the structural integrity of key infrastructures in earthquake affected areas.

Public Works Secretary Mark Villar said on Wednesday that teams deployed in Regions 3 and 4-A and the National Capital Region had inspected more than 100 buildings.

He added that as of 12 noon on Wednesday, three road sections were closed to all types of vehicles in Region 3, including the East Lateral Mega Dike, Forlidablanca-Consuelo Bridge and Sasmuan-Lubao road.

A team was also formed to inspect the collapsed Chuzon Supermarket in Porac, Pampanga.

Meanwhile, organized labor called on owners of big malls to make public their rules and guidelines during an earthquake and other emergencies.

Reacting to reports by netizens that one of the biggest malls in the country did not follow procedures for disaster risk, the Bukluran ng Manggagawang

PIlipino sought an investigation of those establishments that put to risk the lives of their employees.

A viral tweet of the Twitter account handle @maykamaykaba (micah) recounted how a big mall supposedly disallowed sales ladies from leaving.

A similar call was made by the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP), saying it received many reports from workers and employees who were not allowed to leave their buildings during the quake.

The group called on employers and business owners to inspect their workplace. “It is possible that the damage may not be immediately obvious but it already impacted the integrity of the workplace structure and may cause irreparable damage upon aftershocks and future earthquakes. So it is important for employers to double check the work site for damages immediately after Monday’s event,� TUCP said in a statement.

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THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) has been asked to place the municipality of Tubao in La Union under its control because of intense rivalries among candidates, which may result in violent incidents.

Tubao mayoral candidate Eliseo de la Paz, a retired police general, filed the petition before the office of Comelec Region 1 Director Ederlino Tabilas, citing the alleged presence of private armies and a series of threats, harassment and coercion allegedly perpetrated by the town’s incumbent officials. “I come to your good office to convey the plea of my constituents for a fair and peaceful election. An election free from harassment and coercion, where the people of Tubao, La Union can freely cast their vote without any fear of reprisal. Thus, it is

the fervent hope of the people of Tubao, La Union that our municipality be placed under Comelec control,� he said.

De la Paz is running against the niece of incumbent Tuba Mayor Dante Garcia, who is running as congressman in the Second District of La Union. “The political atmosphere in our municipality can only be characterized as volatile at best.

There is a current intense rivalry between our team and the team of Dante Garcia, the incumbent mayor of Tubao, La Union, who is also currently running as congressman in the Second District of La Union,� he added.

De la Paz said there were enough grounds to declare Tubao under Comelec control as provided for under Section 3 of Comelec Resolution 1048.

Such grounds include history

of or current intense rivalry among the contending parties and the fact that the area has been previously declared under Comelec control.

La Union residents earlier expressed alarm over the series of political killings in the province, starting with the slaying of former La Union Second District Rep. Eufranio “Franny�

Eriguel on May 12, 2018.

Sudipen Mayor Alexander Buquing and his security escort were killed in October, and Balaoan Vice Mayor Alfred Concepcion in November.

De la Paz said there were serious armed threats posed by other paramilitary forces, private armies or identifiable armed bands widely perceived to have committed terrorism, fraud or other election irregularities. “Members of our team and

those that are known to be affiliated with us have experienced and received numerous harassment and threats from people who are known to be affiliated with the group of Mayor Dante Garcia. A number of people who are seen mingling with our group have been invited in the house of Mayor Dante Garcia only to be scolded and threatened,� he said.

He added that previous elections in Tubao had been marred with bloodshed and violence. “The only wish of my constituents is to be able to finally experience an election free from coercion, violence and harassment. We pray that our request to place our municipality of Tubao, La Union be granted so we could finally free ourselves,� de la Paz said.

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Army vows loyalty to Duterte, Constitution THE Philippine Army on Wednesday pledged its loyalty to President Rodrigo Duterte and the Constitution, amid reports of an alleged ouster plot against the Chief Executive.

Lt. Col. Ramon Zagala, Army

spokesman, said they were focused on the campaign to end the communist insurgency and terrorism “the soonest.� “President Duterte is our Commander in Chief and we trust his leadership of the Armed

Robredo’s net satisfaction rating up 15 points higher rating to her anti-poverty Angat Buhay program. “I feel happy‌it seems that my office has been making a mark because from day one, we have been going all over the Philippines for our Angat Buhay Program. We reach out to the poorest of communities,â€? Robredo told reporters during the launching of her Ahon Laylayan Koalisyon in Cagayan de Oro City. “The good news is, it looks like

regulations on hazardous waste shipments to prevent such events from happening again. “We are committed to working collaboratively with the government of the Philippines to ensure the material is processed in an environmentally responsible way,� the embassy said.

It noted that Canada and the Philippines would be celebrating 70 years of diplomatic relations in 2019. “The relationship is built on strong people-to-people ties, our common interest in strengthening political, economic and cultural relations, and in our mutual commitment to peace,� the embassy added.

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Manila (+46 in March from +20 in December), and the Visayas (+65 in March from December’s +48).

Robredo’s rating was virtually the same in Mindanao (+33 in March from the +31 in December) and Metro Manila (+14 in March from December’s +16).

Robredo’s satisfaction rating saw SIGNIkCANT HIKES IN RURAL AND URBAN areas. More people from Class D also gave Robredo a thumbs up.

The vice president credited the

CANADA and the Philippines were working together to resolve the garbage issue, the Embassy of Canada said on Wednesday, a day after President Rodrigo Duterte threatened to declare war over the dumping of trash in Manila. “Canada is strongly committed to collaborating with the Government of the Philippines to resolve this issue and is aware of the court decision ordering the importer to ship the material back to Canada,� the embassy said.

It said a joint technical working GROUP CONSISTING OF OFkCIALS FROM both countries, “is examining the full spectrum of issues related to the removal of the waste with a view to a timely resolution.�

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we are given a bigger inspiration and hope to be more dedicated in doing what we do,� she added.

Sotto good, Arroyo poor The net satisfaction rating of Senate President Vicente “Tito�

Sotto 3rd stayed at a “very good� +61 in March 2019, similar to the prior quarter.

Sotto’s ratings in Mindanao

(+58 in March from +55 in December) and Balance Luzon (+65 in March from December’s +63) were virtually identical. It stayed at a “very good� +60 in the Visayas.

Sotto’s rating declined by 10 points in Metro Manila, at +57 in March from December’s +67.

He, however, obtained “very good� net satisfaction ratings in all basic sociodemographics. He recorded an 11-point hike in Class

Forces. The Philippine Army is already professional, and it is not in position to get into [anything],� Zagala told reporters. “For those out there who are trying to create a scenario, the Philippine Army is already very

professional, and we are loyal not only to the Commander in Chief, but also to the Constitution,� Zagala stressed.

He said the Army would not participate in any ouster move against Duterte. DEMPSEY REYES

ABC at +57, from +46 in December.

Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s net satisfaction rating stayed gPOORu FOR THE kRST QUARTER OF at -17, from the -21 recorded in December 2018.

Chief Justice Lucas Bersamin, meanwhile, had a +14 net satisfaction rating, almost identical to his +11 rating in December 2018.

Both ratings were “moderate,� according to SWS standards.

The small rise in Bersamin’s rating was due to increases of 8 points in Balance Luzon (+25 in March from December’s +17), 7

points in Mindanao (+10 in March from December’s +3) and 4 points in the Visayas (+16 in March from December’s +12.)

But Bersamin’s rating fell by a massive 20 points in Metro Manila, to -11 from +9 in December.

The SWS survey was fielded among 1,440 Filipinos aged 18 years and above.

It had sampling error margins of Âą2.6 percent for national percentages and Âą5 percent each for Balance Luzon, Metro Manila, Visayas and Mindanao.

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Fitch Ratings cuts PH growth forecast

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ITCH Ratings has slashed its 2019 Philippine growth forecast, tagging the delayed approval of the national budget and outside circumstances as reasons for the adjustment. “Fitch has revised down its GDP (gross domestic product) growth forecast for 2019 to 6.2 percent from

6.6 percent previously, as it expects the recent budget delay and external factors to weigh on growth,�

Draft estate tax amnesty rules released DRAFT rules for an estate tax amnesty have been released by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), which expects to collect some P6.28 billion once the program is implemented.

Detailed during a public consultation on Wednesday, the proposed implementing rules and regulations (IRR) states that the amnesty “shall cover the estate of the decedent/s who died on or before December 31, 2017, with or without assessments duly issued therefore, whose estate tax/es have remained unpaid or have accrued as of December 31, 2017.�

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Stock market up on Wall Street gains THE stock market recovered on Wednesday following record overnight gains on Wall Street although not all Asian bourses ended the day higher.

The bellwether Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) grew by 0.36 percent or 28.06 points to close at 7,846.99 while the wider All Shares rose 0.14 percent or 7.01 points to end at 4,846.05.

P2P Trade Online sales associate Gabriel Jose Perez said the local market cheered the previous day’s Wall Street rally, where the S&P 500 and

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‘Be attentive’ to China’s rebalancing POLICYMAKERS in the East Asia and Pacific region should be mindful of China’s bid to make its economy more dependent on consumption instead of debt-led spending, a World Bank economist said on Wednesday. “It will be important for policymakers to be attentive to China’s efforts to rebalance its economy as a related shift will present both new opportunities and challenges,� acting East Asia and Pacific chief economist Andrew Mason told reporters in a briefing.

The move towards a consumption-led economy “has implications for other countries in the region,�

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Jack Ma and his inconveniently big mouth

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ACK Ma, the unfortunate-looking tycoon behind the online commerce giant Alibaba, recently sparked an outpouring of existential angst in the social media realm by declaring that anyone not willing to work at least 72 hours a week was not welcome in his company, and would probably be a failure due to lack of commitment in any endeavor.

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The projection matches last year’s actual growth and falls near the lower end of the government’s downwardlyrevised 6.0-7.0 percent target.

Fitch said the budget delay was expected to “undermine public capex (capital expenditures) spending, which has been a key growth driver under the current government.�

The 2019 national government budget was only signed last week by President Rodrigo Duterte following months of delay — caused by a dispute between the Senate and the House of Representatives over alleged insertions that were ultimately vetoed by Duterte.

The controversy forced the government to operate on last year’s budget since the start of the year,

which meant that it could only spend for items detailed in the 2018 outlay and not on programs and projects supposed to be implemented in 2019.

The government’s decision to lower this year’s GDP growth goal to 6.0-7.0 percent, from 7.0-8.0 percent previously, was primarily based on expectations that the budget delay would extend to April.

Economic managers had also pointed to an ongoing El NiĂąo and the US-China trade war, which Fitch cited as another factor likely to weigh on Philippine growth. “[W]e expect exports to be affected by the ongoing trade tensions between the US and China, and the slowdown in China,â€? the RATINGS kRM SAID

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DA, DTI cooperate to fix IIndustry 4.0: Is PH ready? sugar supply, price woes

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HE Department of Agriculture (DA) on Wednesday said it would coordinate with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to resolve supply and price regulation issues hounding the local sugar industry.

Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel PiĂąol told The Manila Times he had already discussed this with Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez. “I have talked to Sec Lopez. We will work together,â€? PiĂąol said in a text message. “[Last] Monday afternoon, we talked by phone and agreed to help one another instead of pointING kNGERS u HE ADDED His statement came after Lopez CLARIkED THAT SUGAR AS A BASIC COMmodity, is under the jurisdiction of the DA. Lopez was responding to repeated calls from the board

members of the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) for the DTI to intervene.

SRA board members Roland Beltran, representing the millers, and Dino Yulo for the planters earlier urged the DTI to “do your job and take a closer look at who are manipulating the market.� They claimed the high prices of retail sugar, which has breached P60 per kilo, were being manipulated by wholesalers and retailers.

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Jack Ma and his expected to work 12 hours a day, six days a week and like it; Ma, who is apparently tireless himself, explained he believed that is the minimum amount of time necessary for one to feel and express joy in his or her work.

That sort of thinking is offensive to Western sensibilities, and especially the unambitious working style that prevails in this culture.

The oriental preference for brute FORCE INSTEAD OF EFkCIENCY IS COMpletely alien to our way of thinking, which can be summed up as, “one should work to live, not the other way around.�

4HIS IS NOT THE kRST TIME *ACK -A has set tongues wagging and heads shaking with one of his unpopular opinions. Several years ago, Ma ignited a different controversy by frankly asserting there is really nothing wrong with often-scorned “knock-off� products manufactured in great quantities in China.

While he was careful to condemn outright counterfeits, Ma’s reasoning was that since many of the factories were the same ones making Western-branded products, their

acquired knowledge and access to the same raw materials meant that anything they produced on their own hook ought to be just as good, and might in some instances even be superior.

That point of view was taken as a direct challenge to the prevailing attitude toward intellectual property (IP) protection, which seems to be exactly how Ma meant it. Counterfeit and substandard products hurt everyone’s bundle, his included, Ma stressed, but efforts to stop IP theft and harmful counterfeiting are failing, because they can’t differentiate an actual problem from what is not.

That is the thing about Jack Ma that makes others uncomfortable and defensive: He is unpleasant and says provocative things, but he cannot be simply ignored because the man is, after all, as rich as Croesus. He obviously knows what he is doing, and anyone with even a shred of entrepreneurial ambition would do well to learn from him.

It is just rather shocking to some people to learn that the overall philosophy that has guided his

sugar is under the responsibility of the DA, noting that the DTI can regulate the retail price of sugar if the DA or the SRA gives the authority to do so.

For its part, the DTI said it would closely coordinate with the DA to boost the agencies’ joint price monitoring of sugar in the retail markets, including supermarkets. “DTI monitoring can also report ADVERSE kNDINGS TO $! FOR ACTION

EITHER NOTICE OF VIOLATIONS OR kLING of cases,� Lopez, who is in China for AN OFkCIAL TRIP SAID The DTI has been assisting the DA in its price monitoring activities for sugar and other basic agricultural products since August last year. In July 2018, DTI made a recommendation to the DA and the SRA to impose a suggested RETAIL PRICE 320 ON REkNED SUGAR at P50 per kilo.

Meanwhile, Beltran said the

SRA and DA do not regulate prices which are supposed to be driven or dictated by market forces. “That is the law of supply and demand,� he said. “[W]hen prices appear to be manipulated or not driven by market forces then government must act and determine whether there is in fact price manipulation and appropriate criminal charges lodged against the suspects,� he explained. “[The] SRP is not synonymous with price control. Thus, prices can be manipulated by unscrupulous traders despite the SRP.�

The SRA said the country’s sugar stocks reached a record high of 1.1 million metric tons as of endMarch. It said there is no way for the price of the sweetener to rise in the retail market. The volume was 143 percent more compared to the stock balance in the same period last year.

success contains more than a few elements that anyone outside of places like China and maybe Japan AND +OREA kND HORRIFYING What really gets under people’s SKIN IS THAT UPON RElECTION *ACK Ma’s most obnoxious observations are for the most part correct.

There was a time when Chinese manufacture was a laughably poor imitation of the “real thing,� but the Chinese in general are as adroit learners as they are imitators, and much of what they now produce does not deserve the jingoistic stigma attached to it. And like it or not, Western brands are as much to blame as the Chinese for compromised IP. Specific designs and unique processes can be protected, but there is no stopping the sort of soft technology transfer that happens once a more advanced brand farms out its manufacturing to a country like China. Mere exposure allows workers and managers to learn all sorts of things, much of which falls under the hard to define realm of “experience.� Even if those workers and managers, after becoming entrepreneurs, consciously avoid copying what they used to make, the working rhythm, the knowledge of how parts of a process work together,

and knowledge of the market guide them into doing something that, if not similar, is certainly comparable.

Ma’s assertion that one essentially needs to choose between having a job and having a life is likewise just an acknowledgement of reality.

For all of Western human resource thinking that centralizes concern for the “work-life balance,� there is a tacit acceptance that if one wishes to get ahead, one needs to put in the time. The only people who are working 40-hour work weeks are the ordinary workers, the interchangeable cogs in the machine. They are no less vital or valued for it, because after all the machine wouldn’t run; but the people who build the maCHINE IN THE kRST PLACE DEVOTE THEIR life to doing so, even if they bemoan the necessity, because it just doesn’t get done any other way.

Whether or not reality is right or wrong, Jack Ma and his big mouth serve as a reminder that, if one wants to get ahead, this is the way of things. We might despise him for it, but when that is coming from a guy who started with little more than a head full of ideas and now could buy you and everyone you know, we ought to listen.

Email: ben.kritz@manilatimes.net

NDUSTRY 4.0 or the Fourth Industrial revolution optimizes what the Third Industrial revolution has brought us. Computerization from Industry 3.0 brought forth an entirely new technology which is what Industry 4.0 is leveraging on. Think of Industry 4.0 as further automating those processes such that systems can communicate with each other without necessarily requiring human involvement. This is the prelude to a smart factory set to become one of the end results of an organization adopting Industry 4.0. In a nutshell, Industry 4.0 is the automation and data exchange in manufacturing technologies.

There are a number of applications comprising the framework, among which include 1) cloud computing 2) mobile technologies 3) machine to machine 4) 3D printing 5) advanced robotics 6) big data/analytics 7) internet of things 8) RFID technologies 9) cognitive computing and 10) cybersecurity. All of these appliCATIONS PROVIDE EFkCIENCY TO THE production process of a manufacturing organization.

Two key areas on the future of production capabilities include structure of production and drivers. How complex and how can AN ORGANIZATION SCALE DEkNE THE structure while components such as technology and innovation (the ability to innovate), human capital (how is the current workforce looking compared to how it should look like in the future), human trade and investment (infrastructure plays a key role here), institutional framework (how is the government aligned with this), sustainability resources (how can we sustain this) and demand environment (how is the demand looking and who is our consumer base) remain to be the drivers of production.

It will be prudent to understand how the Philippines compares to other nations as far as production is concerned. In the Readiness for the Future Production report provided by the World Economic Forum in 2018, there are four country archetypes: first is the high potential (simple structure of production and favorable drivers of production) countries which have Australia, Hongkong, Norway and UAE as those belonging in this quadrant; leading (complex structure of production and favorable drivers of production) coun-

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tries such as USA, Germany, Japan and Singapore; nascent (simple structure of production and unfavorable drivers of production) countries such as Indonesia and "RAZIL AND kNALLY LEGACY COMplex structure of production and unfavorable drivers of production) which has India, Mexico, Thailand and the Philippines.

The Philippines scored 6.1 out 10 in this assessment which highlights the unfavorable drivers of production and complex structure as prevalent and existing conditions in the industry.

What are the risks and challenges given how the Philippines is positioned in the assessment?

The country may be squeezed between more advanced leading countries, which can then offer more advanced manufacturing, and nascent countries that can offer lowest cost of labor. We are in between Singapore and Indonesia, as an example, which could put us at a disadvantage given the leverage both countries has over us. The Philippines risks losing traditional manufacturing share to nascent countries given that they can offer cheaper labor. The country also risks being unprepared to capture advanced manufacturing share in the near future by not investing on the drivers for the future of production. This could lead to premature industrialization.

However, the risks presented also provided call to action and opportunities to mitigate such. To prepare for the future of production, there are key areas to be considered at the macro level: First, our country needs to reskill and upskill workers. Given that a lot of these processes will be automated in the future, it is wise to start thinking about reskilling and upskilling the labor force. Second, there is a need to upgrade technology platforms and seek frugal innovations. There are technological capabilities out there available already to start introducing innovations in the organization to propel readiness to what lies ahead. Third is to ensure that the fundamental building block of good governance is in place. This is where we need our government to be aligned with where technology is

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Trade remedies as a protective measure (Last of three parts)

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N LAST WEEK S ARTICLE WE BRIElY discussed Republic Act (RA) No. 8752 (Anti-dumping Act) and RA No. 8751 (Countervailing Duty Act) as trade protection instruments, which can be used against unfair trade practices. )N THIS ARTICLE WE DEkNE gSUBSIDYu as an indispensable requirement in every countervailing protest case, as well as the forms of relief measures obtainable from the fact-finding authorities.

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equity infusion, loan guarantees) to an industry or producer; 2) revenue due from an industry or producer (e.g., tax credits) is foregone; or 3) goods or services provided by the government for an industry or a producer (e.g., government supplies raw materials to an entity).

A petition for countervailing measure may be rejected if 1) amount of “Subsidy� must be subsidy is de minimis; 2) volume of present subsidized imports is negligible; or For countervailing protest actions, 3) injury is negligible. a “subsidy�, as an element, must The threshold percentage to be be present. considered “de minimis� or “negliA “subsidy� refers to any spe- gible�, depends where the product CIkC ASSISTANCE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY under consideration originated provided by the government of the from (i.e., whether from a developed country of export or origin, with or developing country). respect to a product imported into the Philippines.

Dumping and While a subsidy may raise the countervailing level of the economic development relief measures in one country, it may, on the other hand, produce adverse economic ef- After their preliminary determinafects on another. This is particularly tion that the essential elements of TRUE WHEN GOODS BENEkTTING FROM dumping or subsidizing have been the subsidy enter into the market of established, the Department of an importing country at prices with Trade and Industry (DTI)-Bureau of which domestic producers cannot Import Services (for industrial prodcompete. ucts) and Department of Agriculture An industry is deemed to have re- (DA) (for agricultural products) are CEIVED A gSUBSIDYu WHEN A BENEkT IS empowered to impose provisional conferred as a result of, among oth- measures (which shall be effective ers, 1) direct and/or potential trans- for four months). Such measures fer of government funds (e.g., grants, are needed to protect the domestic loans with non-commercial terms, INDUSTRY PENDING THE kNAL RESOLU-

tion of the investigation.

The provisional dumping measure shall take the form of a provisional duty, or preferably, a security by cash deposit or bond, equal to the estimated difference between the normal value and the export price of the protested article, the former being higher than the latter.

On the other hand, the provisional countervailing measure shall take the form of a security, by cash deposit or bond, equal to the amount of provisionally calculated amount of subsidy.

Formal investigation is then conducted by the Tariff Commission (TC).

The TC, after concluding an afkRMATIVE kNDING MAKES THE kNAL determination for the imposition of a protective tariff (definitive dumping or countervailing duty, as the case may be) on the protested PRODUCT IMPORTED FROM A SPECIkC country (for dumping cases) or from A SPECIkC EXPORTER FOR COUNTERVAILing duty cases).

The concerned agency shall then issue a department order for the IMPOSITION OF A DEkNITIVE DUTY 4HE EFFECTIVITY PERIOD IS kVE YEARS FROM the date of imposition.

A dumping duty (which is imposed at the time of importation) has the effect of raising the price of the imported product to a level whereby the unfair advantage enjoyed by the exporter (or importer) of that product is eliminated.

A countervailing duty, on the other hand, has the effect of raising the price of the imported product to a level at which the domestic

industry can compete.

Both dumping and countervailing duties are in addition to the regular duty and other charges on a protested product imported.

The Bureau of Customs then takes charge of the imposition of dumping duty.

Any aggrieved and/or interested PARTY MAY kLE A PETITION FOR REVIEW with the Court of Tax Appeals within thirty days from receipt of notice of THE kNAL RULING ON THE IMPOSITION OF A DEkNITIVE DUTY 5NDER 2! .O 9282, the Court of Tax Appeals has exclusive appellate jurisdiction to review by way of appeal, decisions of the DTI or DA on such matters.

The bottom line Trade remedy measures, as a safety net to domestic industry, stemmed from the principle that free trade should be accompanied by free trade practices. These measures seek to ensure that such practices should not constitute an unjustifiable impediment to international trade.

A trade remedy action, though, must be carefully examined as it essentially represents an accusation of unfair trading against an exporter (or importer) or a particular country. The issues involved in every protest action are quite complex as they need to address international trade issues which include, among others, the determination of what is fair or unfair.

A successful protest action surely BENEkTS THE DOMESTIC INDUSTRIES as it may result to a reduction in

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THURSDAY April 25, 2019

Ayala Land to tap REIT market, raise P26B AYALA Land Inc. wants to pioneer the conduct of a real estate investment trust (REIT) listing on the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) this year and generate as much as P26 billion in fresh funds.

At a news briefing in Makati City on Wednesday, Ayala Land commercial business group head Jose Emmanuel Jalandoni said the listed property developer planned TO LIST WITHIN THE YEAR ITS OFkCE ASsets in the Makati central business district should the REIT framework be launched. “Because of the size (P26 billion), I think the domestic market can absorb it,� he added. !LSO !YALA ,AND kLED WITH THE Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) an application to change the name and primary purpose of subsidiary One Dela Rosa Property Development Inc. to Ayala Land REIT Inc. and handle all REIT-related transactions.

The real estate titan plans to list under existing REIT guidelines, but said it was amenable to adjust should the SEC release amended rules.

The commission is working with the PSE for the revision of the guidelines to strengthen and ensure that all proceeds from the REIT offer would be reinvested domestically.

Ayala Land tapped the Bank of the Philippine Islands as underwriter for the plan. “We feel like it’s a very good vehicle for us — we’ll be able to recycle some capital, but we’re also looking at it as a new business model for us to be able to grow this REIT into another leg for the organization,� Ayala Land PresiDENT AND #HIEF %XECUTIVE /FkCER Bernard Vincent Dy said. “We will also use this vehicle to basically acquire third-party assets. It doesn’t mean that the only assets that we will put in this vehicle are Ayala Land assets. We could actually explore third-party assets, as well, to be used into this REIT vehicle,� he added.

Ayala Land shares increased by P1 or 2.13 percent to close at P48 each on Wednesday.

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Philab looking to sell subsidiaries to pay debts PHILAB Holdings Corp. plans to sell two of its subsidiaries to raise funds to pay debts.

Philab told the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) on Wednesday that its board of directors approved the potential sale of LABIT Pte Ltd. and Philab Industries Inc. (PII) to repay the latter’s liabilities.

This comes after Branch 148 of the Makati Regional Trial Court issued on March 28 a notice of garnishment of PII’s P188.6-million asset following a P100-million unsettled bridge loan facility from Unicapital Inc.

Corporate News SMC Global Power lists P30-B bonds on PDEx

PII used the loan to fund projects with the Department of Education (DepEd) on supplying teaching kits to 40,000 public schools.

In an earlier disclosure, Philab said the notice would not affect its operations.

Philab is engaged in healthcare and education. The PSE suspended trading of its shares after the BOURSE REJECTED THE kRM S ANnual report. It questioned Philab’s receivables worth P1.6 billion owed by the DepEd. ANGELICA BALLESTEROS

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MC Global Power Holdings Corp., the power unit of listed conglomerate San -IGUEL #ORP LISTED kXED RATE BONDS worth P30 billion on the Philippine Dealing AND %XCHANGE #ORP 0$%X ON 7EDNESDAY In a statement, Philippine Dealing System (PDS) Group President Ma. Therese Ravalo expressed pleasure over the listing, noting that since the company’s debut “three years ago, [it] has issued and listed their securities

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NOW Corp. said on Wednesday it would undergo a debt-to-equity conversion to eliminate the P246 million it owed to one of its shareholders.

In a filing, the listed technology firm said its board allowed it to pursue the “conversion of advances into equity of the amount of P264M from a shareholder, Velarde, Inc.� The conversion price is set “at P1.70 per share.�

It added that during its annual stockholders’ meeting last June 7, the board was authorized “to finalize the terms and other details pertain-

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ing to the setting of the conversion price within the P1.50 per share-toP1.70 per share range.�

Last month, stockholders also approved the plan to initiate an equity restructuring scheme to improve the firm’s financial profile. In a March 8 disclosure, NOW said this scheme would decrease its capital stock from P2.12 billion to P1.5 billion, and cut the value of common shares on the company from P1 to 70 centavos apiece. The company is yet to secure the

approval of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Originally incorporated as MF Schroder & Co. Inc. June 5, 1996, NOW was also known as Information Capital Technology Ventures Inc. until Aug. 16, 2013.

NOW offers wireless broadband services to corporations, government offices and banks. NOW shares added 5 centavos or 2.11 percent to close at P2.32 apiece on Wednesday.

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SMIC to tap debt market to refinance $500-M loan SM Investments Corp. (SMIC) plans to tap the debt market in the third quarter to raise funds to REkNANCE MATURING LOANS On the sidelines of the company’s annual stockholders’ meeting in Pasay City on Wednesday, SMIC Senior Vice President for the Treasury Group Marcelo Fernando Jr. said the listed company would

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The bonds represent half of the P60-billion shelf registration program approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission earlier this month.

The listing is the eighth in PDEx since the beginning of the year and the 154th since the public market opened in 2008.

Established in 2008, SMC Global Power runs facilities powered by coal, natural gas and hydroelectricity. These include the Limay GreenkELD 3UAL COAL kRED )LIJAN NATURAL gas, Davao Greenfield and San Roque hydroelectric power plants.

NOW to pursue debt-to-equity conversion

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every year.�

The bonds are made up of threeYEAR 3ERIES ( kVE YEAR 3ERIES ) AND seven-year Series J bonds with anNUAL INTEREST OF PERCENT

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Interest payment dates are on January 24, April 24, July 24 and October 24 of every year.

The joint issue managers, lead underwriters and bookrunners are BDO Capital and Investment Corp., BPI Capital Corp., China Bank Capital Corp., PNB Capital and Investment Corp., RCBC Capital Corp. and SB Capital Investment Corp.

The Phlippine National Bank-Trust Banking Group is the serving trustee.

Proceeds would be used to parTIALLY REkNANCE EXISTING DEBTS REDEnominate US dollar loans and boost investments for power assets.

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likely raise funds from the bond market or bank loans.

SMIC has this October a maturing debt worth $500 million or approximately P26 billion.

Fernando did not disclose any SPECIkC AMOUNT FOR THE BOND ISSUANCE BUT SAID THE kRM HAD 0 billion left in its P50-billion shelf registration program, approved by

the Securities and Exchange Commission in 2016.

The group, however, was not likely to exhaust the entire P30 billion, he added.

SMIC has set P98 billion in capital expenditures this year, primarily to support the expansion of its property, retail and banking businesses.

SM Prime has allocated P80 billion as capital outlay for 2019, while up to P12 billion will be given to BDO Unibank Inc. and China Banking Corp. SM Retail Inc. will get P5 billion.

3-)# SHARES kNISHED UP BY 0 or 2.15 percent to P950 apiece on Wednesday.

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TOP ACTIVE STOCKS No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Security Name $\DOD /DQG ,QF Ayala Corporation International Container Terminal Services, Inc. Jollibee Foods Corporation BDO Unibank, Inc. Megaworld Corporation 0HWUR 3DFLÂżF ,QYHVWPHQWV &RUSRUDWLRQ SM Prime Holdings, Inc.

9 10 11 12

Metropolitan Bank & Trust Company Wilcon Depot, Inc. Puregold Price Club, Inc. Bank of the Philippine Islands

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SM Investments Corporation PXP Energy Corporation Globe Telecom, Inc. Alliance Global Group, Inc. Universal Robina Corporation JG Summit Holdings, Inc. Aboitiz Equity Ventures, Inc. ' / ,QGXVWULHV ,QF

Last Price Chg 48 1 884 19 121.4 -6 300.4 -2 133.6 0 5.6 0 4.4 0 40 0

%Chg 2.13% 2.20% -4.78% -0.60% 0% 1.82% -0.23% 0.13%

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Volume 19,145,700 499,250 3,486,780 1,141,800 2,426,270 45,193,800 55,146,000 5,467,900

Value(P) 915,979,600.00 438,127,415.00 422,837,418.00 343,598,008.00 324,135,993.00 253,795,471.00 242,320,400.00 217,966,340.00

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201,188,377.50 158,284,354.00 146,211,650.00 145,343,346.00

950 9.24 1,790.00 14.5 145.5 65.65 55.85 11

20 1.64 -40 -0.06 -2 1.85 -0.5 -0.14

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141,690 15,137,700 71,455 8,170,900 755,270 1,636,560 1,483,230 7,401,000

134,161,715.00 129,630,182.00 129,106,045.00 118,992,614.00 110,627,828.00 106,049,667.00 82,904,534.00 81,990,702.00

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Open 7,799 7,827 7,840 7,833 7,800 7,888 7,971 7,991 7,976 7,879 7,866 7,893 7,880 7,854 7,923 7,891 7,898 7,916 7,875 7,994 7,957 7,876 7,848 7,864 7,795 7,748 7,742 7,726 7,728 7,815

High 7,847 7,835 7,859 7,861 7,860 7,915 7,980 8,000 8,009 7,955 7,887 7,898 7,895 7,894 7,924 7,921 7,898 7,916 7,911 7,994 8,032 7,955 7,876 7,879 7,873 7,798 7,764 7,766 7,774 7,824

Low 7,799 7,770 7,818 7,824 7,799 7,788 7,881 7,956 7,953 7,879 7,866 7,836 7,861 7,854 7,810 7,887 7,856 7,841 7,869 7,808 7,951 7,869 7,824 7,843 7,761 7,702 7,719 7,725 7,728 7,709

Close 7,847 7,819 7,832 7,835 7,826 7,788 7,881 7,956 8,009 7,916 7,873 7,854 7,895 7,879 7,840 7,921 7,876 7,861 7,907 7,863 8,013 7,955 7,858 7,843 7,873 7,798 7,750 7,766 7,748 7,709

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Security Name PXP Energy Corporation Easycall Communications Phils., Inc. The Philodrill Corporation Asian Terminals, Inc. Apex Mining Company, Inc. “A�

First Philippine Holdings Corporation Series “C�

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Araneta Properties, Inc. Philex Mining Corporation SSI Group, Inc. Omico Corporation /HLVXUH 5HVRUWV :RUOG &RUSRUDWLRQ Geograce Resources Philippines, Inc. DoubleDragon Properties Corp.

Cemex Holdings Philippines, Inc. JG Summit Holdings, Inc. /%& ([SUHVV +ROGLQJV ,QF Arthaland Corporation San Miguel Corporation Series “2� Preferred Shares - Subseries “2-G�

Volume 15,137,700.00 424,600.00 100,000.00 9,700.00 6,448,000.00

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Security Name Concrete Aggregates Corporation “A�

PH Resorts Group Holdings, Inc. iPeople, inc.

Xurpas Inc. Zeus Holdings, Inc. 'HO 0RQWH 3DFLÂżF /LPLWHG Vitarich Corporation International Container Terminal Services, Inc. Philippine National Bank Waterfront Philippines, Inc. Jolliville Holdings Corporation Greenergy Holdings Incorporated TKC Metals Corporation Medco Holdings, Inc. SFA Semicon Philippines Corporation Manila Water Company, Inc. Makati Finance Corporation Philippine Infradev Holdings, Inc. First Abacus Financial Holdings Corp.

Island Information And Technology, Inc.

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Volume Value Last Price Chg 270.00 18,467.50 68.35 -5.95 268,000.00 1,062,810.00 3.9 -0.3 17,700.00 195,078.00 11.02 -0.74 14,338,000.00 16,527,010.00 1.13 -0.07 11,190,000.00 3,735,950.00 0.33 -0.02 24,500.00 137,064.00 5.6 -0.29 5,838,000.00 8,354,080.00 1.39 -0.07 3,486,780.00 422,837,418.00 121.4 -6.1 283,640.00 14,974,838.50 52.5 -2.45 5,880,000.00 3,918,630.00 0.66 -0.03 13,600.00 76,388.00 5.55 -0.25 11,492,000.00 31,568,540.00 2.74 -0.12 1,126,000.00 1,108,070.00 0.98 -0.04 3,070,000.00 1,535,440.00 0.5 -0.02 227,000.00 285,850.00 1.27 -0.05 2,865,400.00 65,088,580.00 22.7 -0.8 5,000.00 13,000.00 2.6 -0.09 3,283,000.00 5,831,100.00 1.76 -0.06 2,000.00 1,180.00 0.59 -0.02 5,800,000.00 727,690.00 0.126 -0.004

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THURSDAY April 25, 2019

EOUL: South Korea’s largest automaker HyundaiMotor bounced back in the kRST THREE MONTHS FROM ITS kRST QUARTERLY LOSS IN eight years on strong domestic demand for its new sport utility vehicles, the company said Wednesday.

Net profit during the January to March period rose 30 percent from a year earlier to 954 billion won (US$830 million), Hyundai said in a statement.

4HE INCREASE CAME AFTER THE kRM REPORTED ITS kRST QUARTERLY LOSS IN EIGHT years for October-December 2018. “Strong sales of newly released

vehicles including the G90 and the Palisade led to an improvement in PROkTABILITY u (YUNDAI SAID The launch of the Palisade, HyunDAI S lAGSHIP 356 MODEL HELPED BOOST domestic volume by 8.7 percent, it said, but global sales dropped 4.9 percent — to 837,420 cars — as demand remained low in key markets such as the US and China.

Hyundai forecast global demand to

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“remain very restrictive compared to goods sector�.

While regional growth is expected to stay strong, he noted that this was expected to slow to 6.0 percent in 2019 and 2020, from 6.3 percent in 2018, in the face of continuing global headwinds. The World Bank recently trimmed its 2019 Philippine growth outlook to 6.4 percent from 6.5 percent previously, citing a delayed government budget and a global trade slowdown, among other factors, but this still represents an improvement from last year’s 6.2-percent expansion.

Gross domestic product (GDP) growth is

expected to pick up to 6.5 percent next year.

Elsewhere in the region, the World Bank expects slowdowns for China (6.0 from 6.3 percent in 2018), Thailand (3.8 from 4.1 percent), Vietnam (6.6 from 7.1 percent), Cambodia (7.0 from 7.5 percent), and the Solomon Islands (2.9 from 3.5 percent).

Growth in Indonesia and Malaysia is forecast to remain unchanged at 5.2 percent and 4.7 percent, respectively.

This year’s gainers, meanwhile, will be Lao PDR ( 6.6 from 6.5 percent) Mongolia (7.2 from 6.9 percent) Myanmar (6.5 from 6.2 percent) Papua New Guinea (5.1 from 0.3 percent), Fiji (3.4 from 3.2 percent)

and Timor-Leste (3.9 from -0.7 percent). “While the economic outlook for EAP remains largely positive, it is important to recognize that the region continues to face heightened pressures that began in 2018 and that could still have an adverse impact,� Mason said. “Continued uncertainty stems from several factors including further deceleration in advanced economies, the possibility of a faster-than-expected slowdown in China, and unresolved trade tensions.

These continuing headwinds will need to be actively managed,� he added.

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Composite Index advanced 1.3 percent to 8,120.82, also a record.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.6 percent, rising to 26,656.39 — about 170 points short of its own Nasdaq jumped to all-time records on all-time high.

Tuesday following a barrage of mostly However, while Asian dealers were positive earnings reports that boosted generally upbeat they were unable to CONkDENCE IN THE 53 ECONOMIC OUTLOOK capitalize on Wall Street’s performance, 4HE BROAD BASED 3 0 kNISHED with major indexes shifting in and out at 2,933.68, up 0.9 percent and three of positive territory through the day. points above the previous record in Shanghai finished up 0.1 percent, September, while the tech-rich Nasdaq while Singapore put on 0.2 percent and

Sydney jumped one percent as a drop in !USTRALIAN INlATION RAISED THE CHANCES of an interest rate cut by the country’s central bank.

There were also positive performances in Wellington, Taipei, Mumbai and Bangkok.

Hong Kong, on the other hand, fell 0.5 PERCENT WHILE 4OKYO kNISHED PERCENT off with Seoul also 0.9 percent lower.

In early trade, London fell 0.4 percent and Paris shed 0.2 percent but Frankfurt added 0.1 percent.

“Moves to watch out for in the last two days of the week would be if US markets continue their surge. Oil’s move should also be watched,� Perez said.

In Manila, sectoral results were mixed WITH SERVICES INDUSTRIAL AND kNANCIALS down 1.68 percent, 0.62 percent, and 0.10 percent, respectively.

More than 652 million shares valued at P8.1 billion were traded.

Losers led winners, 105 to 87, while 51 issues remained unchanged.

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‘Be attentive’ he added, as “over time, it (China) will reduce its demand for intermediate inputs and increase its demand for final consumption goods.�  The rebalancing will potentially alter the structure of investments in the region and countries’ positions in global and regional value chains, which highlights the need for reforms that will strengthen competitiveness.

Policy reforms in the service sector are also necessary, Mason said, as it remains

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Draft Liabilities covered by a separate amnesty on delinquencies that kicks off on Wednesday will not be eligible.

Also excluded from the estate tax amnesty are properties involved in pending cases under the jurisdiction of the Presidential Commission of Good Government, the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act and Plunder Law, Anti-Money Laundering Act, National Internal Revenue Code and the Revised

Penal Code. “An estate tax amnesty rate of six percent shall be imposed on each decedent’s total net taxable estate at the time of death without penalties at every stage of transfer of property in cognizance with the rules of succession under the Civil Code of the Philippines on

pick up with the launch of new models in China and added it will focus on emerging markets including India and the ASEAN countries.

The company’s operating profit jumped 21 percent to 825 billion won IN THE kRST QUARTER FROM A YEAR EARLIER

while revenues rose 6.9 percent.

Shares of Hyundai were up 1.47 percent in afternoon trading in Seoul.

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the transmission of properties, interests, rights and obligations of the decedent, provided that the minimum amnesty tax for the transfer of the estate of each decedent shall be Five Thousand Pesos (P5,000.00),� the draft IRR states.

In general, the estate’s value will be based on the fair market rate at

NEW YORK: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened retribution against Europe over tariffs that have bruised profitability at iconic US motorcycle company Harley-Davidson.

Trump quoted commentary from Fox Business Network anchor Ashley Webster, who pointed to the drag from European Union tariffs as a key factor in falling sales by the iconic US motorcycle maker. “So unfair to US,� Trump said on Twitter. “We will reciprocate.�

The commentary was a pivot of sorts for the US president in targeting Brussels rather than Wisconsin-based Harley.

He had previously lashed out at the 116-year-old company after it announced plans last summer to shift some US manufacturing overseas as a way to circumvent the new EU tariffs, which were imposed on key American goods in retaliation for Trump’s tariffs on steel and aluminum.

Trump’s latest threat comes as Washington and Brussels are close to the start of formal trade talks, now that the US leader has moved closer to settling a months-long fight with China.

Harley-Davidson reported a $21 million hit from tariffs in the first quarter, which contributed to the 26.8 percent drop in profits to $127.9 million amid lower revenues.

In June, Harley-Davidson announced it was shifting some manufacturing capacity overseas as “the only sustainable option� following punitive import duties of 31 percent in the EU from the prior six percent.

The motorcycle manufacturer in January 2018 announced it would close a Missouri factory and consolidate jobs in Pennsylvania at the same time as it was building a new factory in Thailand.

The Thailand operation is part of Harley’s “tariff mitigation� strategy that is also aimed at the growing Southeast Asian market, the company said.

The company is seeking regulatory approval from EU authorities in Belgium to source Europe’s motorcycles from Thailand at a tariff level of six percent.

Chief Executive Matthew Levatich said the company had a “strong� case for the Thailand plant but was exploring other options in case Brussels did not concur. “Europe has always been an option as we looked at how to mitigate the EU retaliatory tariffs. It wasn’t our preferred option.

Thailand was,� Levatich told analysts on a conference call. “So we have a number of other alternatives that we have at our disposal, should that approval not come that way.�

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the time of the decedent’s death.

The zonal value as determined by the BIR and the fair market value as shown in the provincial and city schedule of values, whichever is higher, will determine the kNAL RATE THE RULES ADD Delinquent taxpayers who wish to avail of the amnesty will be

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Industry 4.0: leading and how our industries will be impacted in the next years to come.

The country can likewise accelerate readiness and transformation by utilizing the private sector

GIVEN TWO YEARS TO kLE THEIR APplications.

The estate tax amnesty was among the provisions retained by President Rodrigo Duterte when he partially vetoed Republic Act 11213 or the Tax Amnesty law earlier this year.

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countered by weaker export performance.� “We expect import growth to slow in 2019 based on our view that oil prices are likely to decline and infrastructure spending to slow,� it added.

Philippine exports contracted by 0.9 percent to Imports grew by 2.6 percent to $7.97 billion in BILLION IN &EBRUARY BASED ON LATEST OFkCIAL February, boosting the year-to-date tally to $17.17 data, resulting in a two-month tally of $10.46 billion — 3.1 percent higher year on year. billion — down 3.9 percent from a year earlier.

4HE CURRENT ACCOUNT HIT AN ALL TIME DEkCIT OF Fitch also said that “weaker growth in remit- $7.9-billion last year — equivalent to 2.4 percent tances, which slowed to 3.1 percent in 2018 from of GDP — as imports far outpaced exports.

4.3 percent a year earlier, will also exert some Lastly, Fitch also trimmed its 2019 govdownward pressure on growth.� ernment revenue-to-GDP estimate to 16.2 Personal remittances totaled $5.302 billion percent from 16.5 percent in line with the in January-February, 2.3 percent higher than the lower growth forecast. $5.182 billion posted a year earlier. “However, the agency expects the government’s “Slowing growth and interest rate hikes total- DEkCIT TO STABILIZE AT AROUND PERCENT OF '$0

ling 175bp (basis points) by the central bank as we think the budget delay is also likely to lead in 2018 have caused overheating pressures to to lower government spending in 2019,� it said. subside,� Fitch, nevertheless, pointed out.

4HE GOVERNMENT HAS SET A DEkCIT TO '$0 CEILING The current account is still expected remain in of 3.2 percent this year. It posted a 3.2 percent DEkCIT AT ABOUT PERCENT OF '$0 IN AND DEkCIT TO '$0 RATIO LAST YEAR HIGHER THAN THE 2020 “as slower growth in imports is likely to be programmed 3.0 percent.

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Trade remedies competition due to tariffs. Unfortunately for consumers, higher import prices mean higher prices for goods and thus, resulting to lesser choices. In this sense, tariffs (and trade barriers) tend to be viewed as pro-producer and anti-consumer.

While protectionism provides competitive advantages, it may also lead to a possible deCLINE OF EFkCIENCY DUE TO LACK OF COMPETITION

as well as the emergence of substitutes for their products.)

In an open and fair-trading policy, competition seems no longer restricted to who can offer the lowest price. Far more critical and important is the adoption of a right mindset of producing products of excellent quality, that

can exceed, or at least conform, with the most stringent standards of international markets.

This is the formula for survival in today’s “new� global economy�.

(Mark Anthony P. Tamayo is a Partner of MataPerez, Tamayo & Francisco (MTF) Counsel and is the “2016 Asia Tax Practice Leader of the Year� awarded by the International Tax Review.

He will conduct a comprehensive training on Best Practices in Effectively Managing Customs Compliance hosted by the Center for Global Best Practices (www.cgbp.org) on June 7, 2019 at the EDSA Shangri-La Hotel, Mandaluyong City) This article is for general information only and is not a substitute for professional advice where the facts and circumstances warrant. If you have any question or comment regarding this article, you may email the author at info@ mtfcounsel.com or visit MTF website at www.

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Ilocos town gets agri tramline system

AgriBusiness VCO shows potential for cancer treatment C

BY CONRAD M. CARINOÂ

Q The agricultural tramline system developed by the Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization could provide a safe, fast and cost-efficient means for transporting agricultural produce in mountainous areas. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO THE Department of Agriculture (DA)-Ilocos Region office has turned over an agricultural tramline system that would provide far-flung village farmers in a town in Ilocos Sur with a safe, fast and cost-efficient means of transporting their agricultural produce.

The technology for the agricultural tramline was developed by the Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization. It can haul up to 350 kilos per one-way trip.

Erlinda Manipon, DA-Ilocos Region technical director for operations, said the tramline system, which was constructed in Barangay Cabugao in Suyo town, was funded under the High Value Crops Development Program of the Agriculture department.

The tramline cost P7.8 million and stretches 2.4 kilometers. It would benefit 40 farmers of Cabugao’s subvillages of Balansay, Bimmayang and Sao. “The project will serve farmers having planted at least 10 hectares of rice areas during rainy season, 8.5 hectares of banana and other fruit trees, as well as five hectares of root crops such as ginger, kamote (sweet potato) and gabi (taro),� Manipon said.

She said the establishment of the tramline was also expected to decrease by 50 percent the hauling cost of farmers, which is P50 per haul usually done by mules.

Suyo Mayor Samuel Subagan expressed gratitude to the DA-Ilocos Region office, saying:  “The project will definitely help in improving the lives of Suyo farmers and increase income of their families.�

Cabugao P4MP Chapter Inc. led by Dionisio Layaoan, president, and Ernesto Daoa, vice president, was the proponent of the project that would eventually be the tramline’s operator. “For us in the far-flung areas, the tramline is a big boost to us farmers because we will not need to go the long and rugged mountain trails just to bring our produce to the town and that we will not be burdened much to transport back goods to our place,� Daoa said. “The agri-tramline system would truly bring comfort to the farmers in Ilocos’ far-flung and mountainous areas, as far as bringing their produce to the market just like in Benguet, Mountain Province and in some interior municipalities in the Cagayan Valley region,� Manipon said. LEANDER C. DOMINGO

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EDITOR: Conrad M. CariĂąo

LINICAL trials on the use of virgin coconut oil (VCO) in ketogenic diet as supportive treatment for cancer has been shown to be highly promising under a clinical trial at the Paracelsus Medical University (PMU) in Salzburg, Austria.

VCO is a recognized source of BENEkCIAL FATTY ACID METABOLIZED in the liver as ketones in ketogenic diets.

The target in the PMU clinical trial is for ketogenic diet to achieve THE g7ARBURG EFFECT u WHERE CANCER cells are prevented from using glycolysis to produce the organic chemical ATP (adenosine triphosphate) needed in the multiplica-

tion of cancer cells. g"ASED ON THE RESULTS OF RIGOROUS preclinical and clinical studies performed thus far, the ketogenic diet would appear to be a promising and powerful option for adjuvant therapy for a range of cancers,� PMU said.

The PMU clinical trial reported anti-tumor effect of ketogenic diet in 10 types of cancer. These

are glioblastoma, astrocytoma, medulloblastoma, prostate cancer, colon cancer, neuroblastoma, pancreatic cancer, lung cancer, breast cancer, stomach cancer and liver cancer.

Clinical researches raising possibility of ketogenic diet as supportive cancer treatment will continue as testimonials on this are being documented.

A known researcher on VCO treatment for Alzheimer’s disease, medical doctor Mary Newport has also cited the use of coconut oil for therapeutic ketogenic diet. g)T S NOW BEING ;USED= FOR CANCER because cancer cells like sugar.

Some cancer cells use 200 times more sugar than the normal cell.

They ferment sugar, the mitochondria ferments sugar. They don’t

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metabolize it normally. But most cancer cells don’t use ketones effectively as fuel,� said Newport. g+ETOGENIC DIET ATTEMPTS TO STARVE the tumor, the cancer cells. But basically your healthy cells and your brain can use ketones. So it can help IN CANCER ;TREATMENT= u SHE ADDED Newport was a resource person DURING THE 0HILIPPINES kRST 7ORLD Coconut Congress last year and PRESENTED THE PAPER g#OMBINING Coconut Oil and Low Carbohydrate, Higher Fat Diet for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and other Diseases.�

VCO is currently produced in the Philippines mostly by small- and medium-scale companies, with a FEW CATERING TO THE EXPORT MARKET It can be produced without special equipment, and the raw material is the meat of the coconut.

BIOTECHNOLOGY BRIEFING

More than a hundred participants composed of farmers, local government officials and representatives from the private sector and academe from Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur and La Union attended the Biotechnology 101 and Joint Department Circular No. 1, Series of 2016, Public Briefing held at Plaza del Norte, Laoag City, Ilocos Norte on March 28, 2019. The activity was organized by the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture-Biotechnology Information Center in collaboration with the Department of Agriculture-Biotechnology Information Office and Ilocos Region Office, International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications, and the Ilocos Norte Provincial Agricultural Office. SEARCA PHOTO

Saluyot fiber under study as natural packaging material

Q Photo shows a nursery for saluyot operated by the Philippine Fiber Industry Development Authority. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

WITH a directive from Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel PiĂąol, the Philippine Fiber Industry Development Authority (PhilFIDA) and the Bureau of Agricultural Research (BAR) are currently studying jute as raw material for natural packaging.

Also, the Bicol Integrated Agricultural Research Center of the Department of Agriculture-Bicol Region office has embarked on a study to determine the current status of jute production in the region. *UTE kBER IS EXTRACTED FROM THE bark of two closely related annual

herbaceous species, Corchorus capsularis L and Corchorus olitorius L, belonging to the Tiliceae family. Jute is also known as saluyot.

However, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority, North Cotabato and Cagayan were the only provinces that had reported jute production.

Part of PhilFIDA’s study is to determine the availability and consumption of jute, jute sack, and other products — imported and local — in the Philippines.

The research team found that in Nueva Ecija, jute is primarily cultivated for food.

Remedios Abgona, chief of the Fiber Utilization and Technology Division of PhilFIDA and project leader, said that the undertaking of kBER AGENCY AND "!2 WAS ALSO gTO provide the government, as well as prospective investors the needed inFORMATION ON JUTE kBER PRODUCTION for policy formulation, decision making and needed interventions for jute production and its consideration as packaging material.�

But the biggest potential for jute is packaging. Joel Lumagbas, a board member of the Philippine Coffee Board Inc., said the International #OFFEE /RGANIZATION SPECIkES THAT

the packaging material to be used FOR EXPORTATION OF COFFEE IS JUTE SACK with 60-kilogram capacity. g/NE OF THE ADVANTAGES OF USING jute sack is it prevents moisture accumulation in dried beans and the air in the sack can circulate freely.

Molds tend to grow faster only in wet jute,� Abgona said. g)N THE 0HILIPPINES THE COFFEE and cacao growers are one of the major users of sacks for packaging coffee and cacao beans. With the growing demand for these commodities, requirement for packaging materials will also follow,� she added.

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Is PH agriculture ready for Industry 4.0?

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electrical, all of which are still in use today.

S the country’s agriculture sector Even ID3’s components, which ready for the Fourth Industrial are automation, computers and Revolution, or Industry 4.0 (ID4)? electronics, are still very much in So far there are no clear answers, application today.

BUT LET ME EXPLAIN WHAT ADVANTAGES Finally, ID4 is largely about ID4 can offer to the country’s farm- cyberphysical systems, the InterING AND kSHERIES INDUSTRIES net of Things (IoT) and networks.

ID4 offers a range of new So how do we take advantage technologies that are fusing the of the unprecedented innovation physical, digital and biological accompanying ID4 to rethink and worlds, thus impacting business- transform our food systems? es, economies and industries, Working together including agriculture. /NE OF THE BEST EXAMPLES TODAY OF )$ IS THE gSMART FACTORY u WHERE To make ID4 take root in the machines are augmented with web agriculture sector, all agricultural connectivity and connected to a and biosystems engineers need to system that can visualize the entire work together to create a more susproduction chain. Also, the system tainable food system that achieves can make its own decisions, which solutions that are integrated and could lead to wider application of holistic, focused on local impact, innovative, and collaborative.

ARTIkCIAL INTELLIGENCE For solutions that are integrated ID4, however, can build on the technologies and systems of and holistic, we should push for Industries 1.0 (ID1), 2.0 (ID2) LAND WATER AND ENERGY USE EFkCIENand 3.0 (ID3). But there are also cy, and ecosystems and biodiversity technologies from ID1, ID2 and management that are interrelated ID3 that are already outdated or and need to be considered holistically in developing solutions. obsolete for these times.

For localizing impact, solutions ID1 is much about mechanization, steam power and the weaving must support local communities, loom. It is very clear that steam power enhance livelihoods, and assure is obsolete, while the weaving loom social and economic value to can still be utilized in the weaving of those connected to the food system. These should also lead to indigenous or native garbs.

Meanwhile, ID2 is about mass inclusive growth.

To be innovative, all products, production, assembly lines and

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technical, process and business model innovations should result in a more sustainable food and agriculture system.

Finally, to be collaborative, we must look at food and agriculture as a system, so we need to take a value network approach. So, collaboration among all stakeholders is essential if we are to bring sustainable, scalable solutions to the market.

Challenges agriculture faces The sustainable and scalable solutions are necessary today as the agriculture industry is facing several challenges — among these being the use of our natural resources is now highly stressed.

Based on the research of InangLupa, which I founded and head, 25 percent of farmlands worldwide are already degraded, while 80 percent of global deforestation is driven by concerns related to farming.

Also, a $1-trillion investment is necessary until 2050 to manage irrigation water in developing countries alone.

tical farming although the traditional approach of using soil to grow food in containers and gVERTICALIZINGu IT IS STILL A COMMON practice. The advantage of vertical farming is it uses less space and The approaches using ID4 can be done in an urban setting, helping supplement the food I suggest four approaches in needs of city dwellers. gTECHNOLOGIZINGu AGRICULTURE On the other hand, farmed under ID4: producing differently algae can become a substitute for using new techniques; using new FEEDSTOCK AND kSHMEAL !LGAE IS A technologies to bring food pro- more reliable source of feedstock, duction to consumers; increasing given that its availability is not EFkCIENCIES IN THE FOOD CHAIN AND DEPENDENT ON CATCHING kSH 2Eincorporating cross-industry tech- search and development efforts nologies and applications. have also been made to increase In producing differently using the yield of farmed algae, also for new techniques, we can apply use as a renewable energy source. hydroponics, produce feedstock With ID4, it is also possible to from algae, use the desert for grow food in deserts and use seaagriculture and the seawater for water for irrigation, but we need irrigation/farming, scale up use the combined brainpower of agriof bioplastics, and tap into the cultural and biosystems engineers POWER OF GENETIC MODIkCATION to realize those on a wider scale.

Hydroponics is a subset of hydro- Growing crops in deserts is already culture wherein the method of grow- being done by countries like Israel, ing plants is without soil. Instead, while in Australia the use of seawaMINERAL NUTRIENT SOLUTIONS ARE MIXED ter for irrigation is already practiced with water to grow plants, usually although not yet on a wider scale. resulting in higher yields compared As for bioplastics, these have to soil-based cultivation. been around for about 20 years Hydroponics uses 95 percent less and must be upscaled in applicawater, and less fertilizer and nutri- tion to avoid the massive dumptional inputs compared to traditional ing of plastics into our oceans and farming. And most hydroponics seas. Modern agriculture should also start using bioplastics. systems do not use pesticides. &OR GENETIC MODIkCATION THERE ARE Hydroponics also makes it more possible to undertake ver- already various approaches the latest %XPERTS ALSO ESTIMATE THE WORLD S population reaching 8.6 billion by 2030. But as the years would go by, there would be less and less arable lands to plant crops.

of which is the clustered, regularly interspaced, short palindromic repeat (CRISPR) technology, where genome editing allows for greater selectivity, reducing the element of chance.

Genetically modified organisms have also seen more application worldwide, including in the Philippines.

Cultured meat is also a cutting-edge technology that has a lot of potential but is not yet a matured technology. However, this technology has enormous potential as it can protect consumers from animal-borne food-related diseases. Consuming cultured meat also addresses animal welfare issues. )N THE NEXT INSTALLMENT OF THIS column-series, I will discuss applying 3D printing technology to food, drone technology, food sharing and crowdfarming, blockchain, and nanotechnology and precision agriculture. Most importantly, I will tackle the institutional setup to help establish Agriculture 4.0 in the country.

I would also like to thank the Philippine Society of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineers for inviting me on Wednesday to their national conference in Bacolod City to discuss digital agriculture. May you give focus to digital agriculture from now on and onwards!

Mabuhay!

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CHRISTIAN B. ABENIO (minor), as represented by his FATHER, GODOFREDO ESTOYA ABENIO, Petitioner, - versus CASE NO. R-QZN-18-05014-SP THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF QUEZON CITY, THE ADMINISTRATOR AND CIVIL REGISTRAR OF THE PHILIPPINE STATISTICS AUTHORITY (PSA), FE DE GUZMAN BARTOLOME, all persons claiming rights and interest under them.

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petitioner’s maiden name was incorrectly typed as Godofredo E. Bartolome when his mother’s name is Fe de Guzman Bartolome, (2) – Entry No. 13 – petitioner’s middle name was incorrectly indicated as E, instead of Estoya, (3) Entry No. 18 – Date and Place of Marriage of Parents – September 20, 2000 in Quezon City, when petitioner knew from the very start that his parents were never married to each other; that Art. 176 of the Family Code reads: xxx However, illegitimate children may use the surname of their IDWKHU LI WKHLU ¿OLDWLRQ KDV EHHQ H[SUHVVO\ UHFRJQL]HG E\ WKHLU IDWKHU WKURXJK the record of birth appearing in the civil register, or when an admission in a public instrument or private handwritten instrument is made by the father; that petitioner’s father executed an instrument acknowledging petitioner as his own and that the latter has asserted for the petitioner to use his surname at the time of his birth or even following thereto; that since the beginning of petitioner’s formal education, petitioner had used the surname of his father in all his school records and transactions; that there is a need to correct the HUURQHRXV HQWULHV LQ SHWLWLRQHUœV ¿UVW DQG RULJLQDO &HUWL¿FDWH RI /LYH %LUWK to at least allow him to synchronize his records, to avoid confusion of his true relationships and to give him peace of mind in his future and public transactions; that the corrections sought by the petitioner will not unduly SUHMXGLFH WKH 6WDWH RU DQ\ WKLUG SHUVRQV EHFDXVH WKH VDPH FRXOG RQO\ UHÀHFW the true facts and circumstances concerning his status.

NOTICE is hereby given that the petition will be heard before this Court sitting at Room 221, Hall of Justice, Diliman, Quezon City, on April 30, 2019 at 3:30 p.m. at which date and time, all persons interested and concerned may appear and show cause, if any, why the petition should not be granted.

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SO ORDERED. Quezon City, February 11, 2019.

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The Bicol Regional Training and Teaching Hospital (BRTTH), through its funding source derived from Operation/Collection of the project intends to apply the sum of Nine Million Pesos (P9,000,000.00) being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) to payments under the contract for Installation of Ventilator Machines under Service Management Contract (Re-Bid) under IB No. 01-2019. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening.

2.

The Bicol Regional Training and Teaching Hospital now invites bids for Installation of Ventilator Machines under Service Management Contract (Re-Bid). Delivery of the Goods is required not to exceed three (3) years (June 1, 2019 to June 1, 2022). Bidders should have completed, within three years from the date of submission and receipt of bids, a contract similar to the Project. The description of an eligible bidder is contained in the Bidding Documents, particularly, in Section II. Instructions to Bidders.

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Interested bidders may obtain further information from Bids and Awards Committee and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below during Mondays to Fridays 9:00 am to 4:00pm.

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The BRTTH will hold a Pre-Bid Conference on May 3, 2019 9:30 AM at Quality Management Unit, 2nd Floor Administrative Building, BRTTH Legazpi City at which shall be open to prospective bidders.

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Bids must be duly received by the BAC Secretariat at the address below on or before May 15, 2019, 9:00AM. All Bids must be accompanied by a bid security in any of the acceptable forms and in the amount stated in ITB Clause 18.

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World Deadly blasts blamed on IS, extremists S ˜ The Manila Times

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RI Lankan authorities have blamed a local extremist group, National Towheed Jamaar — whose leader, alternately known as Mohammed Zahran or Zahran Hashmi — became known to Muslim leaders three years ago for his incendiary speeches online.

US Ambassador Alaina Teplitz, meanwhile, told rePORTERS THAT gCLEARLY THERE WAS SOME FAILURE IN THE SYSTEM u 3RI Lanka’s leaders have said some OF THE COUNTRY S SECURITY UNITS were aware before Easter of possible attacks, but did not share THOSE WARNINGS WIDELY

Teplitz declined to discuss WHETHER THE EMBASSY OR 53 officials had heard of National Towheed Jamaar or its leader prior to the attack. “If we had heard something, we would have tried to do something about this,� Teplitz said.

The Islamic State (IS) group’s

THURSDAY April 25, 2019

!AMAQ NEWS AGENCY RELEASED AN image purported to show the leader of the attackers, standing amid seven others, whose faces are covered. The group did not PROVIDE ANY OTHER EVIDENCE FOR ITS claim, and the identities of those depicted in the image were not INDEPENDENTLY VERIkED Meanwhile, in an address to Parliament, Ruwan Wijewardene, the state minister of defense, said “weakness� within 3RI ,ANKA S SECURITY APPARATUS led to the failure to prevent the nine bombings. g"Y NOW IT HAS BEEN ESTABlished that the intelligence units were aware of this attack and

a group of responsible people were informed about the impending attack,� Wijewardene SAID g(OWEVER THIS INFORMAtion has been circulated among ONLY A FEW OFFICIALS u In a live address to the nation LATE 4UESDAY 3RI ,ANKA 0RESIdent Maithripala Sirisena said he was also kept in the dark on the intelligence about the planned attacks and vowed to “take stern action� against the officials who failed to share the INFORMATION (E ALSO PLEDGED gA complete restructuring� of the SECURITY FORCES Wijewardene said the government had evidence that

the bombings were carried out gBY AN )SLAMIC FUNDAMENTALIST group� in retaliation for the March 15 mosque shootings in Christchurch, New Zealand, that killed 50 people, although he did not disclose the evidence.

The death toll from the Easter suicide bombings in Sri Lanka ROSE TO POLICE SAID 7EDNESDAY AS THE COUNTRY S LEADERS VOWED TO OVERHAUL THE SECURITY apparatus amid a series of intelligence lapses before the attacks.

Teplitz said the US had “no prior knowledge� of a threat before the bombings. She said a team of Federal Bureau of Investigation agents and US

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MILITARY OFFICIALS WERE HELPING in the investigation.

The IS group has claimed responSIBILITY AND RELEASED IMAGES THAT PURported to show the seven bombers, who blew themselves up at three CHURCHES AND THREE HOTELS 3UNDAY IN the worst violence this south Asian island nation has seen since its civil war ended a decade ago.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said investigators were still working to determine the extent of the bombers’ foreign links.

Police spokesman Ruwan GuNASEKARA SAID 7EDNESDAY MORNing that 18 additional suspects were arrested overnight, raising the total detained to 58.

AP

France, NZ call for Kim arrives in Russia, ready for Putin meeting end to online terror WELLINGTON, New Zealand: New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Wednesday that she and French President Emmanuel Macron would host a meeting in Paris next month seeking to eliminate acts of violent extremism and terrorism from being shown online.

Ardern said she and Macron would ask world leaders and chief executives of technology companies to agree to a pledge called the “Christchurch Call,� named after the New Zealand city where an attack took place last month.

Ardern didn’t release any details of the pledge, saying they were still being developed.

She said she’d been talking with representatives from companies, including Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft and Google along with world leaders and felt they could reach consensus by keeping the pledge tightly focused. “This isn’t about freedom of speech,� Ardern said. “It’s specifically focused on eradicating those extreme

acts of terrorism online.�

The man accused of murdering 50 people in two Christchurch mosques on March 15 livestreamed the attack on Facebook after mounting a camera on his helmet. The chilling 17-minute video was copied and viewed widely on the internet even as tech companies scrambled to remove it.

Ardern said the shooter had used social media in an unprecedented way to promote an act of terrorism and hate. She said nobody would argue that a terrorist had the right to livestream the murder of 50 people. “No tech company, just like no government, wishes to see violent extremism and terrorism online,� Ardern said. “And so we have a starting point that is one of unity.�

In an opinion piece in the Washington Post last month, Facebook founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg called for governments and regulators to play a more active role from in policing the internet.

AP

SEOUL, South Korea: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived in 2USSIA BY TRAIN ON 7EDNESDAY A DAY BEFORE HIS MUCH ANTICIPATED summit with President Vladimir 0UTIN TODAY THAT COMES AMID DEADLOCKED DIPLOMACY ON HIS nuclear program.

Kim, dressed in a black coat and a fedora, met with Russian OFkCIALS AT 2USSIA S +HASAN TRAIN station near its border with the North. The official website of THE 0RIMORYE GOVERNOR RELEASED pictures of Kim stepping off the train and given the traditional Russian bread and salt at the station.

The Korean Central News AgenCY +#.! SAID THE TALKS WILL START at 9 a.m. (11 a.m. in Manila) in 6LADIVOSTOK TODAY +#.! DIDN T provide information how long the talks would last.

It is also unsure if Kim would TRAVEL BY TRAIN TO -OSCOW FROM Vladivostok. Moscow is 9,040 KILOMETERS AWAY FROM 6LADIVOSTOK Speaking to Russia’s stateOWNED 2OSSIYA +IM SAID ON arrival that he was hoping for a “successful and useful� visit and would like to discuss with Putin “settlement of the situation in the Korean Peninsula,� as well as bilateral ties with Russia.

Kim then sat down with local officials, as well as a Russian DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER BEFORE SETTING OFF TO THE 0ACIkC PORT CITY of Vladivostok for a summit with 0UTIN ON 4HURSDAY (E BECAME THE kRST .ORTH +OREAN LEADER TO travel to Russia since his late father, Kim Jong Il, visited in 2011.

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un walks past honor guards during a welcoming ceremony upon his arrival at the railway station in the far-eastern Russian port of Vladivostok. AFP PHOTO

g) HAVE HEARD A LOT ABOUT YOUR COUNTRY AND HAVE LONG DREAMT of visiting it,� Kim was quoted AS SAYING g)T S BEEN SEVEN YEARS since I took the helm, and I’ve ONLY JUST MANAGED TO VISIT u Kim evoked his father’s “great love for Russia� and said that he intends to strengthen the ties between the two countries. %ARLIER 7EDNESDAY THE .ORTH S STATE MEDIA CONkRMED +IM S DEparture aboard his khaki-green armored train from an undisclosed location in North Korea.

9ONHAP CITING AN ANALYSIS OF

North Korean photos on Kim’s departure, speculated Kim might have left from a rural area, not 0YONGYANG Kim arrived in Vladivostok LATE 7EDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND attended a dinner reception HOSTED BY 2USSIAN $EPUTY 0RIME Minister Yuri Trutnev, according to South Korean media.

After his summit with Putin, Kim might tour neighboring facilities or landmarks before DEPARTING FOR HOME ON &RIDAY

the reports said.

Kremlin adviser Yuri Ushakov

told Russian media the summit would focus on North Korea’s nuclear program, noting that Russia would seek to “consolidate the positive trends� stemming from President Donald Trump’s meetings with Kim. )N &EBRUARY +IM S SECOND SUMMIT WITH 4RUMP IN (ANOI ENDED WITHOUT ANY AGREEMENT BECAUSE of disputes over US-led sanctions.

There have since been no pubLICLY KNOWN HIGH LEVEL CONTACTS between the US and North Korea, THOUGH BOTH SIDES SAY THEY ARE still open to a third summit. AP

China’s space station supports experiments

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Ex-general Prabowo Subianto (left) joins other veterans to mark the 67th anniversary of the Indonesian Army Special Forces in Jakarta. Prabowo, the most trusted general by the late Indonesian dictator Suharto for nearly three decades, has rejected a dozen so-called quick counts that say Indonesian president Joko Widodo was reelected by a comfortable margin. AFP PHOTO

SCIENCE facilities on China’s planned Tiangong space station could support hundreds of space research projects after it’s completed in 2022.

Sixteen experiment racks will be installed in the core module and two lab capsules of the space station, and an extravehicular experiment platform will be built.

Each rack is regarded as a lab that can support various space experiments, and astronauts can upgrade and replace the facilities.

In addition, a capsule holding

A LARGE OPTICAL TELESCOPE WOULD lY in the same orbit as the station, ACCORDING TO THE 4ECHNOLOGY AND Engineering Center for Space Utilization (CSU) of the Chinese !CADEMY OF 3CIENCES The facilities will support a large number of research projects IN kELDS SUCH AS ASTRONOMY SPACE LIFE SCIENCE BIOTECHNOLOGY MICROGRAVITY BASIC PHYSICS AND SPACE materials science.

The CSU has made breakthroughs IN KEY TECHNOLOGIES AND A TEST VERsion of the experiment racks in the

CORE MODULE IS ALMOST kNISHED SAID Wang Ke, director of the CSU InteGRATION 4ECHNOLOGY #ENTER At about 1.8 meters high, 1 meter wide and 900 cm deep, each rack weighs less than 500 kg.

Although the racks are smaller with about half the weight of the racks on the International Space 3TATION THEY COULD HAVE SIMILAR and even better performance. “We BELIEVE MORE IMPORTANT SCIENTIkC results can be achieved on China’s space station,� said Wang.

4HE SPACE STATION WILL CARRY A HYDRO-

gen clock, a cold atomic clock and an optical clock to establish a high-preciSION TIME AND FREQUENCY SYSTEM “The margin of error is less than SECOND EVERY BILLION YEARS u said Zhang Wei, director of the Utilization Development Center of CSU. 4HE TIME AND FREQUENCY SYSTEM

as well as an ultra-low temperature COLD ATOMIC EXPERIMENT SYSTEM

would support research in general RELATIVITY GRAVITATIONAL PHYSICS AND QUANTUM PHYSICS SAID :HANG GLOBAL TIMES

Worldinbriefs UN: US KILLED MORE CIVILIANS IN AFGHANISTAN

5.9-QUAKE SHAKES INDIA

KABUL: Afghan civilians are for the first time being killed in greater numbers by US and pro-government forces than by the Taliban and other insurgent groups, a United Nations (UN) report released Wednesday revealed. The bloody milestone comes as the US steps up its air campaign in Afghanistan while pushing for a peace deal with the Taliban, who now control or influence more parts of the country than at any time since they were ousted in 2001. During the first three months of 2019, international and pro-government forces were responsible for the deaths of 305 civilians, whereas insurgent groups killed 227 people, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan said in a quarterly report.

AFP

GAUHATI, India: A moderate earthquake shook remote northeastern India near the border with China early Wednesday, but no damage or casualties were immediately reported. US Geological Survey (USGS) geophysicist Gavin Hayes said the area in Arunachal Pradesh state was sparsely populated so not many casualties or much damage was expected. The USGS said the quake was magnitude 5.9, with an epicenter 33 kilometers (20 miles) north-northwest of Along, India. It was a relatively shallow 14 kilometers (8.7 miles) below the surface.

AP

51 DIE IN SOUTH AFRICA FLOODS

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates: Saudi Arabia recently beheaded 37 Saudi citizens, most of them minority Shiites, in a mass execution across the country for alleged terrorism-related crimes. It also publicly pinned the executed body and severed head of a convicted Sunni extremist to a pole as a warning to others. The executions were likely to stoke further regional and sectarian tensions between rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran. Saudi dissident Ali Al-Ahmed, who runs the Gulf Institute in Washington, identified 34 of those executed as Shiites based on the names announced by the Interior Ministry.

AP

JOHANNESBURG: At least 51 people had been killed in flooding in South Africa, a local official said Wednesday, as President Cyril Ramaphosa flew into the deluged eastern region of the country. Heavy rains have lashed South Africa in recent days, with the southern and eastern parts of the country badly hit since last weekend. “Our hearts go out particularly to families and communities who have been directly affected by death, injury and the loss of property,� Ramaphosa said in a statement after returning from crisis talks in Egypt on the situations in Libya and Sudan.

AFP

RIOTS SPARK IN SOLOMON ISLANDS HONIARA: The election of veteran politician Manasseh Sogavare as the new prime minister of the Solomon Islands sparked violent protests in the capital Honiara Wednesday, with riot police deployed in a bid to maintain order.Eyewitnesses reported unrest in Chinatown and at least one other area of the city after Sogavare won the backing of parliamentarians for a record fourth term in office. Shops and offices closed and workers were advised to go home as police and community leaders appealed for calm.

AFP

SAUDI ARABIA BEHEADS 37 SHIITES, SUNNIS

‘TIGER OF CAMBODIA’ DIES AT 99 HANOI: Gen. Le Duc Anh, a Communist party hardliner and former Vietnamese president who led the invasion of Cambodia, which led to the fall of the Khmer Rouge regime, has died aged 99. Duc Anh, who was born in 1920, spent much of his life in southern Vietnam, where he joined the communist war effort against the French and then the US. Duc Anh passed away late Monday “following a long illness,� the government and state media announced. He served as president between 1992-1997. He was one of the “liberators of Saigon� as deputy commander of the offensive that toppled the US-backed South Vietnamese government.

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ϱƚŚ &ůŽŽƌ͕ D'& ŚĂŵƉĂĐĂ ůĚŐ͘ ϭϱϲ ŵŽƌƐŽůŽ ^ƚƌĞĞƚ͕ >ĞŐĂƐƉŝ sŝůůĂŐĞ͕ DĂŬĂƟ ŝƚLJ WŚŝůŝƉƉŝŶĞƐ͕ ϭϮϮϵ ,ŽƚůŝŶĞ͗ нϲϯ ;ϬϮͿ ϴϭϳͲϯϮϮϯ ͮ ǁǁǁ͘ĚĞƌŵĐůŝŶŝĐ͘ĐŽŵ͘ƉŚ

ϳϬϲ ^ŚĂǁ ŽƵůĞǀĂƌĚ WĂƐŝŐ ŝƚLJ dĞů͗͘ н ϲϯ Ϯ ϯϭϴ ϱϴϴϴ ǁǁǁ͘ƉƌŝǀĂƚŽŚŽƚĞů͘ĐŽŵ

ϰϱϲ hŶŝƚĞĚ EĂƟŽŶƐ ǀĞ͕͘ ƌŵŝƚĂ͕ DĂŶŝůĂ WŚŝůŝƉƉŝŶĞƐ

d͗ ;нϲϯϮͿ ϵϳϱ ϮϮϭϱ D͗ ;нϲϯͿ ϵϭϳ ϴϰϭ Ϯϴϴϯ t͗ ŬŵĐŵĂŐŐƌŽƵƉ͘ĐŽŵ ϭϭͬ& ^ƵŶ >ŝĨĞ ĞŶƚƌĞ͕ ϱƚŚ ǀĞŶƵĞ ŽƌŶĞƌ ZŝnjĂů ƌŝǀĞ ŽŶŝĨĂĐŝŽ 'ůŽďĂů ŝƚLJ͕ dĂŐƵŝŐ͕ WŚŝůŝƉƉŝŶĞƐ͕ ϭϲϯϰ

sŝĂ WŚŝůŝƉƉŝŶĞƐ dƌĂǀĞů ŽƌƉŽƌĂƟŽŶ ϰ& &ŝǀĞ ͲĐŽŵ ĞŶƚĞƌ ůĚŐ͕͘ WĂĐŝĮĐ ƌŝǀĞ͕ DĂůů ŽĨ ƐŝĂ ŽŵƉůĞdž͕ ϭϯϬϬ WĂƐĂLJ ŝƚLJ

dĞů͘ EŽ͘ ;ϬϮͿ ϱϱϱ͘ϵ͘ϰϰϰ ͮ ŚƩƉ͗ͬ​ͬƉŚ͘ǀŝĂ͘ĐŽŵ

ϭϬϯ &͘ ĂůĚĞƌŽŶ ^ƚ͕ ĂŐƵŝŽ͕ ĞŶŐƵĞƚ >ĂŶĚůŝŶĞ ͗ ;ϬϳϰͿ ϰϰϮ ϳϬϲϲ ͬ ϰϰϮͲϴϲϰϱ DŽďŝůĞ͗ ;ŐůŽďĞͿ ϬϵϮϲϳϯϱϴϴϰϬ ͬ ;ƐŵĂƌƚͿ ϬϵϭϴϯϬϰϳϯϭϱ ͬ ;ƐƵŶĐĞůůͿ ϬϵϯϯϱϴϬϰϲϳϭ ŵĂŝů͗ ďĞŶŐƵĞƚƉƌŝŵĞŚŽƚĞůΛLJĂŚŽŽ͘ĐŽŵ

^ŵĂůůǀŝůůĞ ŽŵƉůĞdž͕ ƋƵŝŶŽ ǀĞ͕͘ ^ĂŶ ZĂĨĂĞů͕ /ůŽŝůŽ ŝƚLJ ; ĂƉŝƚĂůͿ͕ /ůŽŝůŽ͕ WŚŝůŝƉƉŝŶĞƐ ϱϬϬϬ

ŽŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶ ŽƐƚ ƐƟŵĂƟŶŐ WƌŽĐƵƌĞŵĞŶƚ WƌŽũĞĐƚ DĂŶĂŐĞŵĞŶƚ ŶŐŝŶĞĞƌŝŶŐ

BAYVIEW BARBER SHOP AND REFLEXOLOGY

'ƌĞĞŶ ĞĂĐŚ ϭ͕ ZĞĚŽŶĚŽ WĞŶŝŶƐƵůĂ͕ ƌŐLJ ĂǁĂŐ͕ ^ƵďŝĐ ĂLJ &ƌĞĞƉŽƌƚ ŽŶĞ͕ WŚŝůŝƉƉŝŶĞƐ ϮϮϮϮ dĞů EŽ͗͘ ;ϬϰϳͿ ϯϬϲ ϱϭϬϬ ͮ &Ădž EŽ͗͘ ;ϬϰϳͿ ϮϱϮ ϮϳϬϮ

D /E K&&/ ͗ Zŵ͘ ϮϬϱ ĂŶƚĞ ͘ ŶŐ Θ ƐƐŽĐŝĂƚĞƐ ůĚŐ͘ ϰϬϵ ͘ ^ŽƌŝĂŶŽ ǀĞ͕͘ /ŶƚƌĂŵƵƌŽƐ͕ DĂŶŝůĂ͕ WŚŝůŝƉƉŝŶĞƐ ǁǁǁ͘ǀŝĐƚŽƌƐĨƌĞŝŐŚƚ͘ƉŚ ͮ dĞů͗ ;ϬϮͿ ϱϮϰͲϭϮϬϮ͕ ϱϮϯͲϭϱϴϲ͕ ϱϮϯͲϰϯϴϲ͕ ϱϮϱͲϴϴϬϱ͕ ϱϮϴͲϬϱϭϳ͕ ϱϮϴͲϬϰϭϮ

dĞůƐ͘ ϱϮϭͲϯϬͲϴϱ ϱϮϰͲϬϳͲϮϮ Ğůů EŽ͗͘ ;ϬϵϭϴͿ ϱϯϱͲϬϰͲϵϵ

EŽ͘ ;ϬϯϯͿͲϯϮϬͲϳϵϳϮ ͬ нϲϯϵϱϱϯϲϰϮϴϱϲ ͬ нϲϯϵϮϭϴϬϬϵϵϲϰ ͬ нϲϯϵϮϵϱϯϴϲϯϱϵ ͗ ŝůŽďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐŚŽƚĞůΛLJĂŚŽŽ͘ĐŽŵ͘ƉŚ ͬ ŝůŽŝůŽďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐŚŽƚĞůΛLJĂŚŽŽ͘ĐŽŵ͘ƉŚ tĞĚƐŝƚĞ ͬ &ď WĂŐĞ͗ ǁǁǁ͘ŝůŽŝůŽďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐŚŽƚĞů͘ĐŽŵ͘ƉŚ ͬ ŚƩƉƐ͗ͬ​ͬǁǁǁ͘ĨĂĐĞŬ͘ĐŽŵͬ ŝďŚ͘ůŽĐŬŚĞĂƌƚ ͬ ŚƩƉƐ͗ͬ​ͬǁǁǁ͘ĨĂĐĞŬ͘ĐŽŵͬ/ůŽŝůŽ ƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ,ŽƚĞůͬ ,ŽƚĞů <ŝŵďĞƌůLJ dĂŐĂLJƚĂLJ ƌŝƐĂŶƚŽ D͘ ĞůŽƐ ZĞLJĞƐ ǀĞ͘ ;ĨŽƌŵĞƌůLJ ŵĂĚĞŽ ZĚ͘Ϳ ƌŐLJ͘ <ĂLJďĂŐĂů EŽƌƚŚ͕ dĂŐĂLJƚĂLJ ŝƚLJ dĞů͘ ;ϬϰϲͿ ϰϴϯͲϴϴϴϴ ͮ ͗ ƚĂŐĂLJƚĂLJΛŚŽƚĞůŬŝŵďĞƌůLJ͘ĐŽŵ ,ŽƚĞů <ŝŵďĞƌůLJ DĂŶŝůĂ ϳϳϬ WĞĚƌŽ 'ŝů ^ƚƌĞĞƚ DĂůĂƚĞ͕ DĂŶŝůĂ dĞů͘ ;ϬϮͿ ϱϮϭͲϭϴϴϴ ĞŵĂŝů͗ ŵĂŶŝůĂΛŚŽƚĞůŬŝŵďĞƌůLJ͘ĐŽŵ tĞďƐŝƚĞ͗ ǁǁǁ͘ŚŽƚĞůŬŝŵďĞƌůLJ͘ĐŽŵ

ĚĚƌĞƐƐ͗ ϭϬϭ DĂƌďĞůůĂ ϭ ŽŶĚŽŵŝŶŝƵŵ͕ ϮϮϮϯ ZŽdžĂƐ ŽƵůĞǀĂƌĚ͕ ϭϯϬϬ WĂƐĂLJ ŝƚLJ͕ WŚŝůŝƉƉŝŶĞƐ

ŽŶƚĂĐƚ ĞƚĂŝůƐ͗ DŽďŝůĞ EŽ͘ Ͳ ;нϲϯͿ ϵϭϴͲϴϰϱͲϬϬϬϴ >ĂŶĚůŝŶĞ Ͳ ;нϲϯϮͿ ϱϱϭͲϴϴϴϴ

ŵĂŝů͗ ŵĂƌŬĞƟŶŐΛĚĚĐůĂŶĚ͘ĐŽŵ ͮ ǁǁǁ͘ĚĚĐůĂŶĚ͘ĐŽŵ

ŵĂŝů͗ ϯƚƌĞĞƐƉĂŝŶƚ͘ƉŚΛŐŵĂŝů͘ĐŽŵ ͮ dĞů EŽ͗͘ ;ϬϮͿ ϮϰϯͲϬϮϯϬ ;ϬϮͿ ϳϭϮͲϮϬϭϲ ͮ &ĂĐĞŬ͗ ǁǁǁ͘ĨĂĐĞŬ͘ĐŽŵͬϯƚƌĞĞƐWĂŝŶƚW, KƵƚůĞƚƐ͗ ƌŵƐĐŽƌ ^ŚŽŽƟŶŐ ĞŶƚĞƌ͕ /ŶĐ͘ DĂƌŝŬŝŶĂ͗ ϵϰϭϳϯϮϴ ͬ ϵϰϭϱϱϰϱ ͮ DĂŬĂƟ͗ ϴϭϭϭϮϲϰ ͬ ϴϭϭϭϱϱϭ ĞďƵ͗ ;ϬϯϮͿ ϮϱϯͲϬϱϯϭ ͬ ;ϬϯϮͿ ϰϭϮͲϲϮϮϱ ͮ ĂǀĂŽ͗ ;ϬϴϮͿ ϮϮϭͲϬϯϬϬ >Ă hŶŝŽŶ͗ ;ϬϳϮͿ ϲϬϳͲϭϮϴϳ ͬ ϬϵϯϵϵϬϯϴϱϴϲ ^ƋƵŝƌĞƐ ŝŶŐŚĂŵ /ŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů͕ /ŶĐ͘ ^ƋƵŝƌĞƐ ŝŶŐŚĂŵ ^ƉŽƌƚƐ ĂƌĂŶŐĂLJ ^ŽĐŽƌƌŽ͕YƵĞnjŽŶ ŝƚLJ Ă tĞƐƚ ŽŶŝĨĂĐŝŽ͕ 'ůŽďĂů ŝƚLJ͕ ϰϮϭͲϰϱϳϮ dĂŐƵŝŐ ŝƚLJ ϴϱϲͲϯϯϮϮ ƌŵƐ ŽƌƉŽƌĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ WŚŝůŝƉƉŝŶĞƐ ηϮ ƌŵƐĐŽƌ ǀĞŶƵĞ͕ ƌŐLJ͘ &ŽƌƚƵŶĞ͕ DĂƌŝŬŝŶĂ ŝƚLJ ϭϴϬϵ dĞů͗ ϵϰϭϲϮϰϯͲϰϰ ͬ ϵϰϭͲϰϮϱϮ

ĂǀŝƚĞ ĂŵƉƵƐ ŽŶŐƌĞƐƐŝŽŶĂů ĂƐƚ ǀĞŶƵĞ͕ ƵƌŽů DĂŝŶ͕ ŝƚLJ ŽĨ ĂƐŵĂƌŝŹĂƐ͕ ĂǀŝƚĞ ϰϭϭϰ нϲϯͲϰϲͲϰϭϲͲϰϯϰϭ ƚŽ ϰϮ ĂĚŵŝƐƐŝŽŶͲĐĂǀŝƚĞΛĞĂĐ͘ĞĚƵ͘ƉŚ DĂŝŶ ĂŵƉƵƐ ϭϭϭϯͲϭϭϭϳ ^ĂŶ DĂƌĐĞůŝŶŽ ^ƚ͕͘ WĂĐŽ͕ DĂŶŝůĂ ϭϬϬϬ нϲϯͲϮͲϱϮϭͲϮϳϭϬ ĂĚŵŝƐƐŝŽŶΛĞĂĐ͘ĞĚƵ͘ƉŚ

ĚĚƌĞƐƐ͗ ηϭϯϵ ^ĂŶ ŐƵƐƟŶ // ͘ ŐƵŝͲ ŶĂůĚŽ ,ŝŐŚǁĂLJ ĂƐŵĂƌŝŹĂƐ͕ ĂǀŝƚĞ ŝƉ ŽĚĞ͗ ϰϭϭϰ ͮ dĞů͗ ;ϬϮͿ ϱϮϵͲϲϭϭϰ

ϴϯϵϬ ƌ͘ ^ĂŶƚŽƐ ĂǀĞŶƵĞ͕ ƌŐLJ͕ & ,ŽŵĞƐ͕ ^ƵĐĂƚ͕ WĂƌĂŹĂƋƵĞ ŝƚLJ

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www.manilatimes.net Q Damian Lillard (No. 0) of the Portland Trail Blazers puts up a shot on Terrance Ferguson (No. 23) and Paul George (No. 13) of the Oklahoma City Thunder during the second half of Game Five of the Western Conference quarterfinals during the 2019 NBA Playoffs at Moda Center on Wednesday in Portland, Oregon.

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OS ANGELES: Damian Lillard sank a three-pointer on the buzzer to cap a 50-point display as the Portland Trail "LAZERS COMPLETED A LATE kGHTBACK TO SEND Russell Westbrook and the Oklahoma City 4HUNDER CRASHING OUT OF THE ."! PLAYOFFS ON Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila).

Needing a win to keep the best-of-seven series alive, Oklahoma City appeared to be on their way to forcing a game six after overturning a nine-point deficit at the end of the third period to open up a 15-point lead in the fourth quarter.

But a sensational burst of scoring hauled the Blazers back within striking distance as their home fans at the Moda Center roared them on.

Lillard leveled the score at 115115 with a driving layup and when 7ESTBROOK SUBSEQUENTLY lUFFED a chance to restore Oklahoma Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lead with 18.3 seconds left, Portland ace Lillard was left with a chance to grab the win.

The 28-year-old point guard took HIS TIME EATING UP THE kNAL FEW SEConds before sinking a three-pointer from long-range to seal a 118-115 win and a 4-1 series victory. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sometimes itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s your turn to go through something, and when YOU KEEP kGHTING AND KEEP WORKing through it, and stay together, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a reward waiting for you,â&#x20AC;?

Lillard said after the win.

Earlier, Lillard had kept Portland in contention almost singlehandedly, playing all 24 minutes of the first half and knocking down 12 of 18 shot attempts to score 34 points by the break.

(IS kRST HALF EXPLOITS APPEARED to have caught up with him as the "LAZERS lAGGED IN THE THIRD PERIOD But the Portland talisman led A MESMERIZING LATE RALLY TO kNISH with 50 points, seven rebounds and six assists.

Maurice Harkness added 17

points, Enes Kanter added 13 and # * -C#OLLUM kNISHED WITH It was a disappointing end to the season for Westbrook, who added a triple double comprising 29 points, 11 rebounds and 14 assists.

Paul George led the Thunder scoring with 36 points, adding nine rebounds and three assists in a losing effort.

Lillard meanwhile revealed that Portland had been motivated by Oklahoma Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exuberant celebrations after their win in game three.â&#x20AC;&#x153;They were out there doing all these celebrations,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;After one win, that was what they decided to do. We were like, OK, we want to win four games, and then there wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be nothing to talk about.â&#x20AC;?

Portland will face either Denver or San Antonio in the next round.

The Nuggets took a 3-2 lead in their series after a 108-90 win earlier on Tuesday.

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Lillard buzzerbeater seals Blazers thriller to knock out Thunder

Sixers, Raptors romp In the Eastern Conference, the Toronto Raptors and the Philadelphia 76ers set up a heavyweight playoff battle after completing comfortable series victories.

The Sixers sealed a 4-1 series win after routing the Brooklyn Nets 122-100 while the Raptors swept to an emphatic 115-96 dismissal of the Orlando Magic to also win their series 4-1.

Joel Embiid led the Sixers with 23 points at Philadelphiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Wells Fargo Center.

The Sixers were always in con-

trol after surging into a 17-point LEAD AT THE END OF THE kRST QUARTER They led 60-31 at half time as Brooklynâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s challenge effectively collapsed.

Embiid was again immense for Philadelphia, hauling in 13 re-

bounds to go with his points tally.

Five other Philadelphia players made double figures, with Ben Simmons scoring 13 points and Tobias Harris 12. JJ Redick and James Ennis III added 11 apiece. *ONATHON 3IMMONS kNISHED WITH

SMB eyes another PH Cup finals entry DEFENDING champion San Miguel Beer is keen to book its fifth straight Philippine Cup Finals appearance when it faces Phoenix Pulse at 7 p.m. tonight in Game 5 of their best-of-seven semifinals series in the Philippine Basketball Association at the Cuneta Astrodome in Pasay City. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We will work really hard the next game because we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to extend the series.

It is hard to beat Phoenix.

They showed that they can win successively in the elimination. We have to be ready mentally and physically,â&#x20AC;? said SMB coach Leo Austria after the Beermenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 11491 win over Phoenix in Game 4.

Terrence Romeo stepped up for the Beermen with 20 points in the highly physical Game 4.

SMB is now leading the series comfortably, 3-1. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think about the finals yet because Phoenix is bracing up hard so we just have to focus on the next game.

They have been there many times and they know how it feels to be in the finals,â&#x20AC;? said Romeo.

Meanwhile, Phoenix Pulse coach Louie Alas criticizes the refereeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

indifference to Alex Cabagnotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s punch to RJ Jazulâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s midsection in the second quarter of Game 4. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll not give up and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s for sure. Until this series is not over, we will not give up.

Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still Game 5,â&#x20AC;? said Alas in Filipino.

Cabagnot escaped penalty but Phoenixâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Alex Mallari was thrown out of the game

after a second technical foul infraction. Mallari had an altercation with Matt Ganuelas-Rosser over the Cabagnot-Jazul fracas.

Jaypee Mendoza was also ejected after his second technical foul in the third quarter.

Meanwhile, Rain or Shine coach Caloy Garcia was slapped with a P22,400 fine for physical contact against referee Peter Balao and for cursing a league official during the Elasto Paintersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 91-94 loss to Magnolia in Game 4 on Monday.

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10 from the bench.

Embiid believes the Sixers have the talent to mount a championship-winning playoff campaign. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We think we can win it all,â&#x20AC;?

Embiid said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Obviously, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to take a lot. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got some great

NCAA 95th Season: How 'no import' rule changes the game T HE incoming 95th season of the NCAA will be the last one to allow imports. By 2020, only players with Filipino blood or have a Filipino parent will be allowed.

This is a bold move, as the NCAA previously allowed two imports. There are strong ARGUMENTS FOR THIS SPECIkCALLY 3EASON S MYTHICAL kVE WHICH HAD *IO *ALALON AS THE only Filipino (and guard) in the roster.

There were already debates sparked

BY THIS MOVE BUT IT IS kNAL AND THERE ARE the schools have no other recourse but to comply. Looking ahead, how will this affect the NCAA, the college basketball scene and Philippine basketball in general?

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Champions Beermen want Rhodes back FOUR-TIME Philippine Cup champion San Miguel Beer wants 2017 Best Import Charles Rhodes for Season 44 Philippine Basketball Association Commissionerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cup that unfolds May 19.

SMB picked Rhodes, who led the Beermen to victory in the 2017 Commissionerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cup over 2018 import Renaldo Balkman.

SMB ended first runner-up behind Barangay Ginebra San Miguel last Commissionerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cup.

San Miguel Beer team manager Gee Abanilla said Rhodes will be coming from South Korea after his stints in the Korean Basketball League.

Meanwhile, Phoenix Pulse has chosen former Alaska import Rob Dozier while Northern Luzon Expressway signed Tony Mitchell. The Commissionerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cup enforces a height limit of 6â&#x20AC;&#x2122;10 for imports.

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cruited to the UAAP, but there could be an exodus to the NCAA because of this rule.

It may have already started. Jeremiah Pangalangan, a 17year old 6â&#x20AC;&#x2122;9 prospect has completed residency at the College of St. Benilde. He was already with DLSU since 2016 but failed to crack the loaded frontline rotation.

More sidelined big men could follow suit as they would rather play for a different school than be kept in the freezer. In the sense of granting more opportunities for Filipino players, the NCAA rule may have FULkLLED ITS PURPOSE

BASKETBALL SLEUTH

MICHAEL ANGELO B. ASIS

'Level the playing field'

Q San Miguel Beerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Terrence Romeo shoots past Phoenix Pulseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jason Perkins in Game 4 of their best-of-seven semifinals showdown in Season 44 PBA Philippine Cup game on Tuesday at the Cuneta Astrodome in Pasay City.

teams in the league, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re about to play one of them,â&#x20AC;? the Cameroon international added. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We just gotta take it one game at a time but we understand that we got all the talent we need, especially to win it all.â&#x20AC;?

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The motivation behind the ban was to â&#x20AC;&#x153;level THE PLAYING kELD u )N SEASON FOUR SCHOOLS DECIDED NOT TO kELD IMPORTS ,ETRAN 3AN 3Ebastian, Mapua and JRU. Only Letran made the Final Four.

Interestingly, Letran won the championSHIP IN RIGHT BEFORE 3AN "EDA kRST paraded the 6â&#x20AC;&#x2122;9 Sam Ekwe, which paved the way for their dominance, winning 10 out of the next 12 championships. The chain was only broken by the San Sebastian Stags which featured PBA stars Calvin Abueva and Ian Sangalang, and the Letran Knights in 2015 with Kevin Racal, Mark Cruz, Rey Nambatac among others.

San Bedaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dominance had enticed other schools to follow suit, not just in the NCAA but also in the UAAP. Other teams felt the need to join the arms race in order to compete. Still, some teams decided not to follow suit even if it placed them at a disadvantageous situation.

The individual awards were dominated by the imports and this prompted the clamor to revisit the ban, which was originally proposed for Season 90.

Effects on the League and college basketball The NCAA will become a fast-paced league and most coaches would take the â&#x20AC;&#x153;small ballâ&#x20AC;? playbook. There are a handful of players around 6â&#x20AC;&#x2122;4 and they will have to man the slot, unless the next anticipated effect happens.

Most of the quality big men are re-

PBA and international basketball One of the players who voiced his opposition to the rule to ban imports is Raymond Almazan. He played center for Letran, and now with Rain or Shine in the PBA. He is also a member of Gilas Pilipinas. He admits that playing against the hulking African imports has made him stronger.

If the imports were not around, Almazan could have had a more dominant college career. However, he probably would not have developed the skills that got him the nod for the national team.

This is the root of criticism against the ban. We would have more undersized centers clogging the paint, but they would not be big enough to be centers in international play, or even the PBA. In contrast, Isaac Go of Ateneo has adjusted his game and developed a soft, shooting touch. He is 6â&#x20AC;&#x2122;8, a center even for the PBA, but he learned to play stretch four with seven foot import Ange Kouame.

Go would follow the footsteps of players like Troy Rosario, who is a staple of the national team because of his height and skills.

Rosario also played alongside dominant imports and developed an outside shot.

Without the imports, players as tall as Go and Rosario would revert to playing the post against smaller players again.

The ban on imports will happen and it can cause repercussions throughout the basketball scene. The debate between protectionism vs. competitive development will continue throughout the NCAA and beyond.

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THURSDAY April 25, 2019

Lady Spikers blast through UE

BY JEREMIAH M. SEVILLA

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E LA SALLE UNIVERSITY was assured of at least a playoff for a Final Four twice-to-beat advantage after a 25-17, 25-16, 25-19, demolition of University of the East (UE), in Season 81 University Athletic Association of the Philippines women’s volleyball on Wednesday at the FilOil Flying V Centre in San Juan City.

4HE FOUR PEAT SEEKING ,ADY 3PIKers banked on a balanced attack as THEY MOVED A WIN AWAY FROM ONE OF THE SEMIkNAL INCENTIVES WITH AN IMPROVED RECORD ,A 3ALLE HEAD COACH 2AMIL $E *ESUS THOUGH WANTED HIS WARDS TO UP THEIR GAME FOR THEIR CRUCIAL MATCH AGAINST 5NIVERSITY OF 3TO 4OMAS ON 3UNDAY g7E GOT THE WIN BUT ) DON T WANT THAT SLOW START ) TOLD THEM THAT IT S BETTER IF

WE IMMEDIATELY PLAY WITH HIGH INTENSITY BECAUSE WE RE HEADING INTO THE LAST PART OF THE ELIMINATIONS u SAID MULTI TITLED MENTOR $E *ESUS 2OOKIE SPIKER *OLINA $ELA #RUZ AND VETERAN HITTER !DUKE /GUNSANYA LED THE ,ADY 3PIKERS OFFENSE WITH POINTS APIECE 4IN 4IAMZON ADDED NINE POINTS WHILE CAPTAIN $ESIREE #HENG CHIPPED IN EIGHT MARKERS IN THE WIN *UDITH !BIL LED 5% WITH A GAME HIGH POINTS BUT WAS THE ONLY PLAYER IN DOUBLE DIGIT SCORING 4HE ALSO RAN ,ADY 2ED 7AR-

RIORS SKIDDED TO )N THE SECOND GAME AT PRESS TIME

&INAL &OUR BOUND !TENEO $E -ANILA 5NIVERSITY IS SHOOTING FOR A WIN ONCE EDGE AGAINST BOTTOM TEAM !DAMSON 5NIVERSITY -EANWHILE IN THE MEN S DIVISION &AR %ASTERN 5NIVERSITY BAGGED THE LAST &INAL &OUR TWICE TO BEAT INCENTIVE WITH A

ROUT OF OUSTED ,A 3ALLE 2EDI *OHN 0ALER PUMPED IN POINTS WHILE *UDE 'ARCIA AND 0ETER *OHN 1UIEL CHALKED MARKERS EACH AS THE 4AMARAW 3PIKERS

Fans day kicks off PVL 3rd season

Another Petron-F2 Logistics finals showdown looms BITTER rivals i l P Petron t and d F2 Logistics seek to book another kNALS DUEL WHILE #IGNAL AND 0,$4 (OME &IBR kGHT FOR SURVIVAL IN 'AME OF THEIR 0HILIPPINE 3UPERLIGA 03, 'RAND 0RIX BEST OF THREE SEMIkNAL SERIES TODAY AT THE &ILOIL &LYING 6 #ENTRE 4HE "LAZE 3PIKERS CLASH WITH THE ($ 3PIKERS AT P M WHILE THE #ARGO -OVERS TACKLE THE 0OWER (ITTERS IN THE P M FEATURED ENCOUNTER OF THIS PRESTIGIOUS WOMEN S CLUB LEAGUE THAT IS BANKROLLED BY !SICS -UELLER

-IKASA 3ENOH 4EAM 2EBEL 3PORTS

"IZOOKU 5#0" 'EN #OCOLIFE

(OTEL 3OGO AND $ATA 0ROJECT !FTER BLOWING HOT AND COLD & ,OGISTICS REGAINED ITS CHAMPIONSHIP FORM DOWN THE STRETCH TO PULL OFF A MASTERFUL

VICTORY OVER THE 0OWER (ITTERS IN 'AME OF THIS SERIES THAT HAS %30. AND 0LUS AS TECHNICAL SPONSORS 4WO TIME -OST 6ALUABLE 0LAYER AWARDEE ,INDSAY 3TALZER RESTORED ORDER IN THE THIRD SET BEFORE UNLEASHING A lURRY OF CLUTCH HITS IN THE CRUCIAL STRETCH TO LIFT THE #ARGO -OVERS OUT OF TROUBLE AND INTO THE BRINK OF ANOTHER kNALS APPEARANCE g3HE GOT FRUSTRATED IN THE SECOND SET u SAID & ,OGISTICS COACH 2AMIL DE *ESUS g"UT ) TOLD HER TO REMAIN FOCUSSED BECAUSE WE NEED HER MATURITY AND LEADERSHIP DOWN THE STRETCH )T WOKE HER UP AND SHE STARTED TO PLAY WELL IN THE THIRD SET u "UT ALL EYES WILL BE ON 0ETRON

Q F2 Logistics import MJ Perez (No. 20) penetrates the defensive wall of PLDT Home Fibr blockers Grace Lazard (No. 2) and Jasmine Nabor (No. 4) during Game 1 of the Philippine Superliga Grand Prix best-of-three semifinals at The Arena in San Juan City. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO !FTER SUFFERING THEIR SECOND SET LOSS OF THE SEASON THE "LAZE 3PIKERS DISPLAYED THEIR ABILITY TO BOUNCE BACK AS IMPORTS +ATHERINE "ELL AND 3TEPHANIE .IEMER CAUGHT kRE IN THE SECOND SET EN ROUTE TO AN IMPRESSIVE

m WIN "ELL AND .IEMER PUMPED IN POINTS APIECE TO PUT 0ETRON ONE WIN AWAY FROM MAKING IT TO THEIR TH kNALS APPEARANCE AND THREE STRAIGHT WINS AWAY FROM SWEEPING THE TOURNAMENT (EAD COACH 3HAQ $ELOS 3ANTOS

SNAGGED THE SECOND SEMIFINAL BONUS WITH AN CARD &ELLOW TWICE TO BEAT HOLDER .ATIONAL 5NIVERSITY EARLIER DRUBBED CELLAR DWELLER 5NIVERSITY OF THE 0HILIPPINES

FOR A TH STRAIGHT VICTORY 0ROLIFIC SPIKER "RYAN "AGUNAS POUNDED POINTS HIGHLIGHTED

BY SPIKES POWERING THE DEFENDING CHAMPIONS "ULLDOGS TO 4HE 'REEN 3PIKERS AND THE -AROON 3PIKERS FELL TO AND

RESPECTIVELY

HOWEVER SAID THEY ARE MARCHING INTO 'AME WITH HIGH MORALE ESPECIALLY AFTER SEEING HIS WARDS BOUNCING BACK FROM A RUSTY START IN 'AME g) THINK LOSING A SET IS PART OF THE GAME 4HE IMPORTANT THING IS HOW YOU REACTED AND HOW YOU BOUNCED BACK AFTER THAT LOSS u SAID $ELOS 3ANTOS WHOSE WARDS DROPPED ONLY ONE SET IN THEIR CAMPAIGN IN THE CLASSIFICATION PHASE AND QUARTERkNALS g3TARTING SLOW WAS EXPECTED SINCE WE CAME OUT FROM A VERY LONG BREAK

DAYS ) THINK "UT IT S GOOD THAT WE

MANAGED TO RECOVER !T LEAST ) SAW HOW THE GIRLS ADJUSTED TO THIS KIND OF PRESSURE PACKED SITUATION u 3HOULD THE "LAZE 3PIKERS AND #ARGO -OVERS EMERGE VICTORIOUS

THEY WILL OPEN ANOTHER CHAPTER OF THEIR STORIED RIVALRY THAT DATES BACK TO THE !LL &ILIPINO #ONFERENCE OF WHEN 0ETRON DETHRONED REIGNING CHAMPION & ,OGISTICS "UT IT WOULDN T BE EASY 4HE ($ 3PIKERS ARE ALSO RARING TO STAY ALIVE AND STRETCH THE GAME TO A RUBBER MATCH ON 3ATURDAY 4HEY HAVE A VETERAN COACH IN %D-

GAR "ARROGA AND AN EXPLOSIVE CORE OF %RICA 7ILSON !NA !RTEMEVA

2ACHEL !NNE $AQUIS AND -YLENE 0AAT WITH SEASONED LIBERO *HECK $IONELA MANNING THE BACKLINE g)T S A NO TOMORROW CONTEST SO WE WILL GO THERE AND PLAY OUR HEARTS OUT u SAID "ARROGA LOOKING TO BECOME THE kRST COACH TO DEAL 0ETRON ITS kRST LOSS OF THE SEASON g'OOD THINGS HAPPEN WHEN YOU PLAY WITH NOTHING TO LOSE 7E RE HUNGRY 7E WANT TO STAY ALIVE AND WE WILL DO EVERYTHING TO WIN ON 4HURSDAY u

THE country’s volley stars, led by Alyssa Valdez, Myla Pablo, Steph Mercado and Dzi Gervacio, gather in the S+A Volleyball Fans Day today to mingle with the fans ahead of the third season of the Premier Volleyball League.

Fans will be treated to a fun day starting at 12 noon at the Trinoma Activity Center in QC where they will get to meet and play games with their idols gearing up for another fierce battle for volley supremacy starting in May. Valdez will be with Creamline teammate Jema Galanza, Mercado of PetroGazz, Pablo of Motolite and Gervacio of BanKo Perlas, along with Satrianni Espiritu of BaliPure.

Jovelyn Gonzaga will also grace the event with the former national team mainstay and FEU star to banner Pacific Town-Army, which will make its debut in the country’s premier league.

Fans who registered via ktx.com.ph will have the opportunity to get autographs and selfies with their idols.

Also on tap is a mini-concert featuring Star Music artists Hashtag Rayt and Janella Salvador, and Kyler from Tarsier Records; a fashion show by CHALK magazine, where the stars, led

by Valdez, Pablo and Mae Tajima will showcase the latest in “athleisure” fashion; and a special segment for the country’s leading music channel MYX, hosted by VJs Ai and Samm.

Fans can still register through ktx.com. ph to participate in the meet and greet.

PPS tourneys up in Luzon, Mindanao *5.)/2 NETTERS STAY BUSY THIS SUMMER AS THE 003 0%00 NATIONAL AGE GROUP CIRCUIT RESUMES IN KEY CITIES IN ,UZON AND -INDANAO BEGINNING WITH THE )PIL LEG WHICH GOT UNDER WAY YESTERDAY 7EDNESDAY AT THE ND )GSOON "RIGADE 4ENNIS #OURTS IN :AMBOANGA 3IBUGAY #LOSE TO PLAYERS ARE VYING IN THE 'ROUP TOURNAMENT PRESENTED BY $UNLOP FEATURING NINE AGE GROUP DIVISIONS WITH &AITH 2EGENCIA

'LAZE /MOS AND *ALIA %LUMBA LEADING THE BIDDERS IN THE GIRLS AND 5 CLASSES AND ,EX %STILLORE :ARC $ENOPOL !L $REE 0AN -IGGY /MOS AND !L 2ITZ 0AN GAINING TOP SEEDING IN THE TOP TWO CATEGORIES IN THE BOYS SIDE -EANWHILE THE ,UZON SWING ACTUALLY kRED OFF LAST -ONDAY WITH

THE 0ULILAN "ULACAN LEG WITH 3AN 0ABLO ,AGUNA HOSTING THE NEXT STOP OF THE CIRCUIT PUT UP BY 0ALAWAN 0AWNSHOP 0ALAWAN %XPRESS 0ERA 0ADALA ON -AY FOR THE %SCUDERO #UP 4HE #AINTA /PEN WHICH WILL FEATURE THE COUNTRY S TOP PLAYERS

WILL BE HELD ON -AY WHILE THE TWO WEEKEND 003 0%00 50 .ATIONAL 3TUDENT /PEN WILL BE PLAYED ON-AY AND ON -AY g4HIS ANNUAL 003 0%00 NATIONWIDE SUMMER CIRCUIT IS PART OF OUR CONTINUING COMMITMENT NOT ONLY TO DEVELOP THE SPORT AND HELP PRODUCE FUTURE STARS BUT ALSO TO KEEP OUR YOUTH AWAY FROM VICES u SAID 0ALAWAN 0AWNSHOP PRESIDENT #%/ "OBBY #ASTRO 4HE -INDANAO TOUR ON THE

OTHER HAND WILL HOLD ITS NEXT STOP ON !PRIL -AY IN ,ILOY :AMBOANGA DEL .ORTE WITH 3INDANGAN

:AMBOA DEL .ORTE HOSTING THE NEXT LEG ON -AY !CTION THEN SHIFTS TO :$. CAPITAL $IPOLOG WHILE /ROQUIETA -ISAMIS /CCIDENTAL TAKES ITS TURN TO STAGE THE CIRCUIT ON -AY ,ISTUP FOR ALL TOURNAMENTS I S O N G O I N G &O R D E T A I L S C A L L

/THERS TIPPED TO CONTEND FOR TOP HONORS IN THE )PIL TOURNAMENT ARE 3EAN %SICK AND !NDREI 4AN IN THE 5 AND 2* #AGATAN 0ENSHOPPE %RQUITA -ARC &ERNANDEZ AND $ENOPOL IN THE 5 OF THE BOYS DIVISION WHILE #IELO 'ONZALES .EACH $OMIGUEZ AND %LUMBA HEAD THE CHASE IN THE GIRLS AND 5 CATEGORIES

No. 3 Zverev's dismal season continues BARCELONA: !LEXANDER :VEREV S DISAPPOINTING SEASON CONTINUED ON 4UESDAY 7EDNESDAY IN -ANILA AS THE WORLD .O WAS BEATEN

BY LUCKY LOSER .ICOLAS *ARRY IN T H E S E C O N D R O U N D O F T H E "ARCELONA /PEN :VEREV SPURNED A MATCH POINT AT AND THEN A LEAD IN THE FINAL SET TIE BREAK BEFORE GOING DOWN TO *ARRY

RANKED ST IN THE WORLD *ARRY HAD EVEN LOST IN QUALIFYING TO 3PAIN S -ARCEL 'RANOLLERS BUT AFTER BEING GIVEN A REPRIEVE

KNOCKED OUT THE SAME OPPONENT IN THE FIRST ROUND TO SET UP A MEETING WITH :VEREV LONG CONSIDERED A FUTURE STAR OF THE MEN S GAME

4HE #HILEAN HAD UPSET BOTH -ARIN #ILIC IN 3HANGHAI AND $OMINIC 4HIEM IN (AMBURG LAST YEAR BUT THIS WAS THE BIGGEST VICTORY OF HIS CAREER AND ANOTHER SETBACK FOR :VEREV WITH JUST OVER A MONTH TO GO BEFORE THE START OF THE &RENCH /PEN :VEREV HAD TAKEN A LATE WILDCARD IN "ARCELONA IN SEARCH OF BOTH MATCHES AND FORM AFTER A STRING OF SURPRISE DEFEATS 4HE YEAR OLD BEAT 2OGER &EDERER AND .OVAK $JOKOVIC EN ROUTE TO WINNING THE !40 &INALS AT THE END OF LAST YEAR BUT HAS SINCE STRUGGLED TO MAINTAIN MOMENTUM (E LOST IN THE FOURTH ROUND AT THE !USTRALIAN /PEN IN *ANUARY AND HAS NOW FAILED TO WIN MORE

THAN A SINGLE MATCH FOR A FIFTH TOURNAMENT IN A ROW *ARRY MEANWHILE WILL FACE EITHER "ULGARIA S 'RIGOR $IMITROV OR VETERAN 3PANIARD &ERNANDO 6ERDASCO IN THE THIRD ROUND ON 4HURSDAY WITH *APAN S +EI .ISHIKORI NOW THE HIGHEST RANKED SEED LEFT IN THE BOTTOM HALF .ISHIKORI "ARCELONA CHAMPION IN AND HAS ALSO BEEN OUT OF FORM IN RECENT WEEKS BUT RECOVERED FROM A SLOW START TO BEAT !MERICAN 4AYLOR &RITZ

4HE WORLD NUMBER SEVEN WILL BE UP AGAINST EITHER #ANADIAN &ELIX !UGER !LIASSIME OR 4UNISIA S -ALEK *AZIRI FOR A PLACE IN THE QUARTERFINALS AFP

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Kim, Mondilla forge ahead in shaky finishes YOUNG Korean Kim Joo Hyung came out better than a slew of local top guns in another battle of survival at The Country Clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tough finishing holes, saving a one-under 71 and gaining a share of the lead with Clyde Mondilla at the helm halfway through the TCC Invitational in Sta. Rosa, Laguna on Wednesday.

In another punishing day, threetime champion Angelo Que actually took charge with a one-over overall card after 15 holes but bogeyed the last three for a 75, opening round leader Jerson Balasabas double bogeyed the 18th for a 76 and Keanu Jahns fumbled with three bogeys at the back to likewise hobble with a three-over card.

Juvic Pagunsan, also aiming for a record fourth TCC title like Que, also went one-under after with a birdie on No. 15 but bogeyed the next two holes for a 73 while Aussie Tim Stewart matched Queâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s horrible windup for a 76, their wobbly finishes enabling Kim and Mondilla, who salvaged a 73, to seize control at 146 heading to what looms to be a wild, wooly final 36 holes of the P5 million championship kicking off the Philippine Golf Tourâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 10th season.

Kim, who became the circuitâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s youngest winner at 16 when he edged Jobim Carlos by one at Pueblo de Oro last year, thought he had figured out the Tom Weiskoph-designed layout with three birdies in the first five holes at the back to go two-under in another hot, windy day. But he bogeyed the 16th, barely saving a 71 that proved to be the best in such adverse conditions. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I got lucky I made this score. It was windy and very hot out there,â&#x20AC;? said Kim, seeking to keep the crown won by compatriot Micah Shin in record fashion last year.

Over in San Rafael, Bulacan, Pauline del Rosario put on a blistering start before slowing down at the backside to card a six-under 66 and open a whopping six-shot lead over amateur Eagle Ace Superal at the start of the ICTSI Royal Northwoods Ladies Classic at the Royal Northwoods Golf Club, Inc. yesterday.

Del Rosario, out to end a title spell after racking up four victories to win the Ladies Philippine Golf Tour Order of Merit title in 2017, birdied the first four

holes then added two more on Nos. 6 and 7 to turn in a career-best start. A bogey on the ninth broke that stirring birdie-binge but the former amateur star birdied the par-3 12th before settling for pars for a 31-35 card.

Superal matched par 72 to wrest solo second as recent Southwoods leg winner Thanuttra Boonraksasat stumbled with a 73 and Marvi Monsalve carded a 74.

But standing in Kim and Mondillaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s way is a host of local aces, led by Mondilla, who missed grabbing the lead with a worse score than Kim on the par-4 16th, a double bogey although the recent Philippine Open champion here remained confident of his chances for back-to-back feat at one of the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s toughest courses. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I hit some good shots but also made some bad decisions. One has to play steady here to win,â&#x20AC;? said Mondilla, who birdied two of the first five holes, hit two more birdies against three bogeys from No. 6 before yielding the lead with that late 6.

The Del Monte ace actually hit a good drive on No. 16 but dumped his 7-iron approach shot from 190 yards into the bunker and needed two blasts to put it on. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I had a bad lie,â&#x20AC;? rued Mondilla, who bested a tough international field to clinch his biggest win thus far in a flourishing career that included the PGT Order of Merit crown in 2017.

But Kim and Mondilla stood just two shots ahead of Que, who pooled a 148 for joint third with Balasabas, while Jahns assembled a 149 and Pagunsan lurked at 150, ready to pounce on the leaders and step his drive for a victory in this event also known as the Don Pocholo Razon Memorial Cup put up by ICTSI chair Ricky Razon in 2003 to honor the memory of his father and ICTSI founder.

Despite a 76, Stewart also stayed in the hunt at 151 in a tie with Albin Engino and Macedoniaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Peter Stojanovski, who limped with a 75 and 76, respectively, while former champion Tony LascuĂąa wavered with a 79 and slipped to joint 10th at 152 with Dutch Guido Van der Valk and Jay Bayron, who carded 74 and 75, respectively.

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Tigerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Challenge ends early for Presidents Cup travel M IAMI: Tiger Woods, fresh off his Masters victory, said Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila) he has tweaked the schedule for Decemberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hero World Challenge to ease travel issues from the Bahamas to Australia for the Presidents Cup.

4HE YEAR OLD !MERICAN STAR will host the annual invitational AT !LBANY RESORT $ECEMBER

starting on Wednesday and ending on Saturday, so participants will have extra time for the

MILE KM JOURNEY to Melbourne for the team showdown December 12-15. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Excited to have a Saturday finish at the Hero World Challenge this year so we accommodate those also traveling to the Presidents Cup,â&#x20AC;? Woods tweeted. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The event has grown in many ways since moving to !LBANY AND THIS YEAR S UNIQUE schedule allows us to continue trying new things.â&#x20AC;?

Woods completed an epic comeback after spinal fusion sur-

GERY AND WON HIS TH MAJOR TITLE ON !PRIL AT !UGUSTA .ATIONAL

TAKING HIS kRST MAJOR WIN SINCE the 2008 US Open by capturing HIS kFTH -ASTERS GREEN JACKET The Hero World Challenge has a $1 million (891,500-euro) top PRIZE AND WILL BE PLAYED AT !LBANY FOR A kFTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR g) M LOOKING FORWARD TO HOSTing the 2019 Hero World ChalLENGE AT !LBANY AND BEGINNING two weeks of international competition,â&#x20AC;? Woods said.

Woods, who went 0-4 at the Ryder Cup in a US loss last year in France, will serve as captain FOR THE !MERICAN SQUAD IN the Presidents Cup against an )NTERNATIONALS SQUAD OF NON European talent to be guided

BY 3OUTH !FRICAN %RNIE %LS With his Masters victory, Woods moved to ninth on the US qualifying list for the President Cup, his 3,638 points only 26 behind Tony Finau for the final automatic berth on THE !MERICAN TEAM !FTER THAT

Woods must select four others to complete the lineup.

Po i n t s w i l l b e c o m p i l e d through the 2019 Tour Championship in September. )T S THE FIRST TIME IN A CAPtainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s role for Woods, who has been an assistant in past US team events.

The US team is reigning Presidents Cup champion, having won 19-11 in 2017 to seize a 101 - 1 lead in the overall rivalry.

But this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s event will be staged at Royal Melbourne, where THE )Nternationals collected their only victory in 1998. The course also hosted the event in 2011. AFP

Corpus, Ramos pull through TOP seed Carl Corpus survived a scare from Korean Ha Tae Won, scrambling for a 1-up victory after 21 holes while No. 2 Sean Ramos rolled past Seo Dong Bin, 3&2, to advance to the quarterkNALS 0HILIPPINE !MATEUR /PEN Match Play Championships at the Luisita Golf and Country Club in Tarlac yesterday.

Laure Duque, meanwhile, racked up another win, edging Laia Barro, 2&1, to notch her third straight point in the roundrobin girlsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; division while Rianne Malixi stepped up her bid by beating Kim Ga Yeon, 4&2, for two points.

Barro and Kim pooled identical 1.5 points while Bang Hee Yeon outlasted winless Kristine &LEETWOOD

TO POST HER kRST win in the novel format of the event among six players.

Corpus actually battled back

from two holes down with seven left in regulation but toughened up and won two of the last three, including a clutch par on the 18th to extend the match.

They matched pars on their return trip to Nos. 1 and 2 but Corpus, who nipped Ramos in the playoff to bag the low medal honors after the 36-hole stroke play elims Tuesday, kept his composure and made another par on the third then watched (A lUB HIS OWN BID TO SNATCH victory for a Last 8 clash with +RISTOFFER !REVALO 4HE NINTH RANKED !REVALO turned back No. 8 Don Petil, 3&1.

Ramos broke off a tight duel with a birdie on No. 12, went 2-up with a par on the 14th and built a three-hole cushion with another par no No. 15 then matched Seoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s par on the par-5 16th to seal a quarters face-off

with No. 7 Paolo Barro, who eased out No. 10 Zachary Castro.

No. 13 Kim Tae Soo pulled off the dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s three reversals, upending fourth ranked Perry Bucay, 1-up, after 19 holes for a clash with No. 12 Paolo Wong, who edged No. 5 Masaichi Otake, 1-up.

Leandro Bagtas toppled Josh Jorge, 5&3, in the other half of the draw to set up an encounter with No. 11 Jacob Rolida, who trounced sixth ranked Dan Cruz, 4&3, to keep his title hopes in the week-long tournament organized and conducted by the .ATIONAL 'OLF !SSOCIATION OF the Philippines and backed by #IGNAL AND -ETRO 0ACIkC The survivors brace for a gruelING DUEL WITH THE QUARTERkNALS SET this morning with the winners CLASHING FOR THE kNALS BERTH IN THE afternoon where conditions are expected to get hot and tougher.

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Q Korean Kim Joo Hyung moves 36 holes away from matching compatriotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s record victory last year.

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THE good news is, the world governing body for basketball has released a list of 11 elite cage personalities who made it to the &)"! (ALL OF &AME S CLASS OF inductees.

The bad news is, the Philippineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; own Carlos â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Big Difference,â&#x20AC;? who should have been so honored a long time ago, is, again, not included. !MERICAN ."! GREAT !LONZO Mourning leads those to be enshrined into the Hall of Fame during a special ceremony in "EIJING ON !UGUST ON THE EVE OF THE OPENING OF THE &)"!

World Cup 2019 tipping.

He and seven other players and eight coaches will be presented at half-time of the opening game in "EIJING ON !UGUST Moves to have the late Loyzaga has long been snowballing, but continued to be ignored both by the international body and its local counterpart despite sterling achievements that helped the sport grow and develop not only in the PhilipPINES BUT THE HOLE OF !SIA AS WELL Caloy served as cog in the Philippine campaign in the 1954 World Championship held in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil where the country brought home the bronze medal, the highest fashioned out

BY ANY !SIAN COUNTRY IN THE BIGGEST basketball event outside of the Olympic Games.

King Caloy emerged one of the three top scorers in the entire tournament with an average 16.4 per game next to Uruguayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Oscars Moglia (18.6) and

Carl Ridd of Canada (18.2) Caloyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s feat earned for him a slot in the world team along with Kirby Minter of the United States, Moglia, :ENNY DE !ZEVEDO AND 7LAMIR Marques, both of the host country "RAZIL THE kRST FOR AN !SIAN Reason why many believe that Loyzaga should be recognized as gTHE GREATEST &ILIPINO AND !SIAN u for that matter, to ever play the game, deserving a place in the HoF. He earned the moniker â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Big Differenceâ&#x20AC;? during his more than two-decade long career playing basketball because he was big, not only in size but the way he played.

He spelled the difference in many title victories of the Philippines in THE !SIAN 'AMES AND !SIAN "ASKETBALL #ONFEDERATION NOW &)"! !SIA tournaments as well as the honors and respect the country gained in the Olympics and world fronts.

When he hang up his no. 41 uniform in 1964, the Philippines lost its in supremacy in the sport his countrymen love most. The Filipino basketeers likewise, lost their slots in the Olympic Games where they last saw action more than six decades ago in 1972, The first time Loyzaga wore the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s red, white and blue colors at a tender age 21, he led the Filipino cagersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; gold medal triumph in the inaugural staging OF THE !SIAN 'AMES IN IN New Delhi, the same way he did in the subsequent title defending campaign in 1954 in Manila, 1958 in Tokyo and in 1962 in Jakarta.

"EFORE LOSING THE !SIAD #ROWN

Jewel, the Philippines, again starring the beanpole product of sandlot basketball in Teresa in Sampaloc District of Manila, SHIFTED IT SUPREMACY IN THE !SIAN Basketball Confederation, a regional organization, which, like THE !SIAN 'AMES &ILIPINO SPORTS leaders helped established. ,IKE THE !SIAD #ALOY AND TEAMMATES RULED THE &IRST !"# RIGHT IN front of heir countrymen in 1960, defended the title the next time around in Taipei in 1963 before relinquishing it in 1965 in Kuala Lumpur. Loyzaga. again, was responsible for the Philippinesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; regaining the title in 1967, this time as head coach. He was the assistant coach when the country again won it in 1973 here in Manila.

Caloyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s combined six gold medAL HARVEST IN THE !SIAD AND !"# AS a player and his pair as a coach more than eclipsed the feats of some whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve already earned their place in the Hall.

Other member of Class 2019 INDUCTEES ARE *ANETH !RCAIN OF Brazil, Margo Dydek of Poland POSTHUMOUSLY !TANAS 'OLOMEEV of Bulgaria, Fabricio Oberto of !RGENTINA *OSE g0ICULINu /RTIZ OF Puerto Rico, Mohsen Medhat Warda of Egypt and Jiri Zidek of Czech 2EPUBLIC JIN -OURNING IN THE PLAYersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; category to be honored. !CCOMPANYING THEM IN ROLL OF honor are coaches Natalia HeJKOVA OF 3LOVAK 2EPUBLIC "OGDAN 4ANJEVIC OF -ONTENEGRO AND -OU Zuoyun of China (posthumously).

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Ko eyes third LPGA win LOS ANGELES: World No. 1 Ko JinYOUNG WITH kVE TOP THREE kNISHES in seven starts this season, seeks her THIRD ,0'! TITLE OF THE YEAR WHEN THE ,OS !NGELES /PEN STARTS 4HURSDAY (Friday in Manila).

The 23-year-old South Korean won LAST MONTH S ,0'! &OUNDERS #UP CAPTURED HER kRST MAJOR CROWN EARLIER THIS MONTH AT THE !.! )NSPIRATION AND COULD CLAIM HER THIRD TITLE IN kVE STARTS THIS WEEK at par-71 Wilshire Country Club. +O JUMPED ATOP THE RANKINGS WITH HER MAJOR WIN AT 2ANCHO -IRAGE BUT IS philosophical about her breakthrough. g)T S REALLY AN HONOR TO BE NUMber one,â&#x20AC;? Ko said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But anyone can climb to the number one, so thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s JUST A NUMBER u Some chase the dream of world number one from childhood, but Ko was not among them even as she idolized such South Korean stars as 0ARK )N BEE AND 2YU 3O YEON AND practiced with her father. g) GREW UP MAYBE YEARS OLD

AND ) M LOOKING AT 'RACE 0ARK OR *IYAI Shin and Hee Kyung Seo or So Yeon, )NBEE AS WELL u +O SAID g4HEY ARE THE PLAYERS ) M JUST AMATEUR SO ) WANT TO TRY ) NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE PRACTICE g3O ) HAD LOTS OF PRACTICE WITH my father. My father was boxer, so hard always.â&#x20AC;?

Ko stresses being happy as a key to her recent success, calling golf â&#x20AC;&#x153;a really small thing in my lifeâ&#x20AC;? but adding â&#x20AC;&#x153;and then out of my personal life always happy.â&#x20AC;? !SKED WHAT MAKES HER HAPPY +O said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;family and my dog and God and friends and food,â&#x20AC;? in that order.

Her dog Daebak remains in South Korea, so wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t with her when she TOOK A TRIP TO !RIZONA TO SEE THE 'RAND #ANYON AFTER HER )NSPIRATION TITLE g!FTER !.! ) GO TO 'RAND #ANYON AND THEN SOME CANYONS ) DON T KNOW NAMES ! LOT u SHE SAID g-ONument Valley something and then a LOT "UT ) WAS ABLE TO CONkRM THAT there was a God. Really amazing in Grand Canyon. Really amazing.â&#x20AC;?

Ko was a runner-up defending HER TITLE AT THE 7OMEN S !USTRALIAN Open in February and last monthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kia Classic and third in the HSBC Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s World Championship but only shared 17th at last weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lotte Championship in Hawaii.

Her best US finish last year was SECOND AT ,! AND SHE S GLAD TO BE BACK g) M HAPPY ALWAYS PLAYING IN ,! Â&#x2021; LOTS OF +OREAN FANS AND THEN LOTS OF +OREAN FOOD u SHE SAID g!LSO weather is really perfect. Course condition is amazing. Everything is GOOD ) M LOOKING FOR GOOD POSITION in the tournament.â&#x20AC;?

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Football Ceres stuns Persija Jakarta in AFC Cup C C4

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ERES Negros FC heats up late to pull off a come-frombehind 3-2 win over Persija Jakarta FC and CRUISE CLOSER TO THE ZONAL SEMIkNALS OF THE 2019 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Cup on Tuesday at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in the Indonesian capital.

4HE 9ELLOW "USMEN CAME BACK FROM TWO GOALS DOWN SCORING ALL THREE GOALS WITHIN THE kNAL MINUTES OF THE GAME AS THEY MOVED A WIN AWAY FROM CLINCHING A SPOT IN THE !SEAN ZONAL SEMIkNALS 4WO TIME 0HILIPPINE CHAMPION #ERES .EGROS STAYED STEADY ATOP 'ROUP ' WITH FOUR WINS IN AS MANY MATCHES FOR POINTS kVE MARKERS CLEAR OF 6IETNAMESE TITLIST "ECAMEX "INH $UONG g) M SO HAPPY FOR MY TEAM BECAUSE WE VE BEEN TRAINING FOR THIS AND ALSO FOR EVERYONE INSIDE THE PITCH 4HEY DID THEIR BEST ENJOYED THE GAME AND GOT THE RESULT THAT KEPT US IN POSITION u SAID EQUALIZER SCORER "IENVENIDO -ARAĂ&#x201E;ON &ORMER !ZKALS GOALKEEPER 2OLAND -ULLER DENIED 0ERSIJA S SCORING CHANCE IN THE TH MINUTE AS HE SAVED "RUNO -ATOS PENALTY KICK "UT THE "USMEN WENT ON A TWO GOAL DEkCIT EARLY IN THE SECOND HALF WITH 3ANDY 3UTE NOD-

DING IN A FREE KICK AND -ATOS CONVERTING ANOTHER SET PIECE FOR THE +EMAYORAN 4IGERS 3UBSTITUTE MIDFIELDER -IGUEL 4ANTON RIFLED HOME A LONG FREE KICK IN THE TH FOR THE "ACOLOD BASED BOOTERS TO TRIM THE GAP DOWN TO A GOAL -ARAĂ&#x201E;ON PULLED THE VISITING &ILIPINO CLUB LEVEL IN THE TH AS THE 3PANISH STRIKER CAME UP WITH A STRONG HEADER ON 3TEPHAN 3HROCK S CROSS FROM THE LEFT WING #ERES COMPLETED THE COMEBACK WHEN A STREAKING -IKE /TT SLOTTED IN ANOTHER kNE CROSS FROM 3HROCK TWO MINUTES INTO THE ADDED TIME SILENCING NEARLY FANS IN ATTENDANCE 4HE "USMEN COULD SEAL A THIRD STRAIGHT TRIP TO THE ZONAL PLAYOFFS WITH A WIN AGAINST 3HAN 5NITED &# OF -YANMAR IN THEIR NEXT ROAD FIXTURE ON -AY AT THE 4HUWUNNA 3TADIUM IN 9ANGON

Q Ceres Negros midfielder Stephan Shrock (No. 12) battles for the ball against a Persija Jakarta defender during the 2019 AFC cup on Tuesday at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in the Indonesian capital. AFCÂ CUP PHOTO

Spurs on course for top four finish Messi rested as win over Alaves LONDON: Mauricio Pochettino admitted his tired Tottenham stars are pushing themselves to their limits after Christian Eriksenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s superb late strike sealed a hard-fought 1-0 win over struggling Brighton on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila).

Pochettinoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s third-placed side dominated from start to finish at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, but a combination of brave Brighton defending and poor finishing kept the match in the balance until the 88th minute.

Eriksen finally ended Brightonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stubborn resistence with a sensational longrange drive that lifted Tottenham three points clear of fourth-placed Chelsea and four ahead of Arsenal in fifth. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The team are not as fresh as we wanted, not just legs, but minds, so we have to congratulate the players. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m so

proud of them,â&#x20AC;? said Pochettino. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Brighton was a really brave opponent.

The most important thing is we believed, we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t give up.â&#x20AC;?

Although Arsenal can close the gap to one point if they win at Wolves on Wednesday, this was a vital result in Spursâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; bid to qualify for next seasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Champions League via a top four finish.

Tottenham have now won all four games in all competitions at their plush new arena, scoring eight goals without reply.

This was the most frustrating fixture at the £1 billion ($1.3 billion) ground as the hosts looked hamstrung without injured striker Harry Kane until Eriksen came to the rescue with his ninth goal of the season in all competitions.

But Pochettino was delighted with the way his players kept plugging away right to the end despite the draining effects of

their hectic fixture list.

Tottenham can take another step towards securing their top-four berth in Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s crucial London derby against West Ham before focusing on the first leg of the Champions League semifinals against Ajax next week.

The finale was painful for Brighton, who have won only two of their last 15 league games and sit just one place and three points above the relegation zone.

They have failed to score in their past seven games in all competitions and are in severe danger of being caught by third bottom Cardiff in the fight to avoid relegation.

Defeats for Arsenal and Manchester United, combined with Chelseaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s draw against Burnley, had given Tottenham a welcome lift following their 1-0 loss at Manchester City on Saturday.

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edges Barca closer to title BARCELONA:Â "ARCELONA WILL WIN ,A ,IGA ON 7EDNESDAY IF !TLETICO -ADRID LOSE TO 6ALENCIA AFTER A VICTORY OVER !LAVES GAVE THEM A POINT LEAD AT THE TOP OF THE TABLE ,IONEL -ESSI STARTED ON THE BENCH AT -ENDIZORROTZA ON 4UESDAY 7EDNESDAY IN -ANILA IN A MOVE THAT MADE CLEAR JUST HOW COMFORTABLE "ARCA ARE IN THIS TITLE RACE ITS CONCLUSION SURELY NOW ONLY A MATTER OF WHEN RATHER THAN IF 3HOULD !TLETICO AVOID DEFEAT TO 6ALENCIA AT THE 7ANDA -ETROPOLITANO THE #ATALANS WILL STILL BE CROWNED CHAMPIONS ON 3ATURDAY AT THE #AMP .OU WITH A VICTORY OVER ,EVANTE 4HEY COULD EVEN HAVE IT WRAPPED UP BEFORE KICK OFF ON 3ATURDAY IF !TLETICO FAIL TO TAKE AT LEAST FOUR POINTS FROM 6ALENCIA AND 2EAL 6ALLADOLID THE LATTER WHOM THEY FACE A FEW HOURS EARLIER ON 3ATURDAY g)T S AN INCREDIBLY VALUABLE WIN u COACH %RNESTO 6ALVERDE SAID g)N THE END HOWEVER MUCH AS PEOPLE SAY THE LEAGUE IS WON IT HAS TO BE ACHIEVED ON THE kELD g7E ARE AT THE GATES NOW NEEDING THREE POINTS MORE WITH FOUR GAMES AHEAD )T IS AN IMMENSE JOY TO BE IN THIS POSITION AFTER SO MANY MONTHS OF WORK u 2EAL -ADRID SITS POINTS ADRIFT IN THIRD !LAVES STAY EIGHTH THEIR HOPES OF A %UROPA ,EAGUE SPOT FADING FAST -ESSI CAME ON AS A SUBSTITUTE IN THE ST MINUTE SHORTLY AFTER HIS TEAM HAD SCORED TWICE

#ARLES !LENA GUIDING ONE INTO THE CORNER BEFORE ,UIS 3UAREZ IN -ESSI S ABSENCE TOOK AND DISPATCHED A PENALTY 6ALVERDE LEAVING OUT HIS CAPTAIN AND STAR PLAYER PRESUMABLY WITH AN EYE ON NEXT WEEK S #HAMPIONS ,EAGUE SEMI kNAL AGAINST ,IVERPOOL WAS A LUXURY "ARCELONA HAVE EARNED AND CAN AFFORD ,IVERPOOL STILL JOSTLING WITH -ANCHESTER #ITY IN THE 0REMIER ,EAGUE ARE UNLIKELY TO FEEL THE SAME SORT OF CONkDENCE WHEN THEY FACE (UDDERSkELD ON &RIDAY /THER PLAYERS WERE PRESERVED TOO *ORDI !LBA

#LEMENT ,ENGLET AND !RTHUR -ELO ALL BEGAN ON THE BENCH ALLOWING 3AMUEL 5MTITI MORE MINUTES AS HE RECOVERS FROM A KNEE INJURY WHILE THE STRUGGLING 0HILIPPE #OUTINHO STARTED IN A FRONT THREE WITH /USMANE $EMBELE AND 3UAREZ !LENA THE YEAR OLD 3PANIARD SCORED HIS SECOND ,A ,IGA GOAL AND SHOWED AGAIN WHY MANY BELIEVE HE COULD BE A KEY kGURE FOR "ARCELONA IN THE YEARS TO COME 3UAREZ S GOAL MEANWHILE WAS HIS ST IN THE LEAGUE AND MARKS THE FOURTH CONSECUTIVE SEASON IN WHICH HE HAS PASSED THE MARK FOR "ARCA (E MIGHT HAVE SCORED EARLIER BUT SHOT STRAIGHT AT &ERNANDO 0ACHECO WHEN SENT CLEAR IN THE OPENING STAGES WHILE #OUTINHO FOLLOWED UP BUT HIS REBOUND WAS BLOCKED 3ERGI 2OBERTO kRED OVER FROM INSIDE THE AREA BUT IT WAS HIS RUN DOWN THE RIGHT THAT CREATED !LENA S OPENER IN THE TH MINUTE AFP

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FRAPPART TO BECOME FIRST FEMALE REFEREE IN LIGUE 1 PARIS: ! MEN S TOP lIGHT MATCH IN &RANCE WILL BE REFEREED BY A WOMAN FOR THE kRST TIME THIS WEEKEND WHEN 3TEPHANIE &RAPPART TAKES CHARGE OF THE ,IGUE GAME BETWEEN !MIENS AND 3TRASBOURG THE &RENCH &OOTBALL &EDERATION &&& ANNOUNCED ON 4UESDAY 7EDNESDAY IN -ANILA &RAPPART

MAKES THE STEP UP HAVING BEEN A REFEREE IN &RANCE S ,IGUE SINCE 3HE WILL ALSO REFEREE AT THE WOMEN S 7ORLD #UP WHICH WILL BE HELD IN &RANCE IN *UNE AND *ULY &RAPPART PREVIOUSLY OFkCIATED AT THE EDITION OF THAT TOURNAMENT AND TOOK CHARGE OF THE WOMEN S UNDER 7ORLD #UP kNAL LAST YEAR

4HE &&& SAID THE APPOINTMENT FOR 3UNDAY S MATCH FOLLOWED A REQUEST FROM &)&! TO HELP REFEREES INVOLVED IN THE 7ORLD #UP gPREPARE IN THE BEST CONDITIONSu )N A RECENT INTERVIEW WITH !&0 &RAPPART SAID SHE WOULD SEE BEING APPOINTED TO A ,IGUE GAME AS gAN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF MY COMPETENCE u g) DON T WANT TO BE GIVEN TOP BILLING OR PUT IN ,IGUE JUST BECAUSE ) AM A WOMAN u SHE ADDED 'ERMANY S "IBIANA 3TEINHAUS BECAME THE kRST FEMALE REFEREE IN ONE OF THE TOP %UROPEAN LEAGUES WHEN SHE TOOK CHARGE OF A "UNDESLIGA MATCH BETWEEN (ERTHA "ERLIN AND 7ERDER "REMEN IN 3EPTEMBER AFP

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The many wonders of honey and lemon A nutritious and delicious drink to quench your thirst

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CCORDING to nutritionist and dietitian Joy Fatima Verano-Santiago of the Nutritionist-Dietitians Association of the Philippines (NDAP) and University of the East Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center, one of the best ways to keep oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s health at an optimum level is by taking care of the gut or stomach.

To be able to do this, one must take enough vitamins and nutrients that can actually be found in

both honey and lemon. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lemon, as we all know, is a great source of Vitamin C, but it

Q (From left) Amen Say, president of Dong-A Philippines with wife Karlu and Won Tak Song, country manager of Dong-A Pharma Korea launch Honey Lemon in the Philippine market.

whether served hot or cold. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We like to use the term â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;nutriliciousâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; to describe Honey Lemon.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s delicious but also nutritious.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a nutritious functional drink thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not just wholesome but tasty. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re so excited in bringing this product into the market and we know that the Filipino crowd will TRULY LOVE THIS DRINK u SAID !MEN Say, president of Dong-A Pharma 0HILIPPINES THE OFkCIAL DISTRIBUTOR of Honey Lemon, during the brandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s OFkCIAL LAUNCH AT THE -AS 4APAS AND Cocktail Bar in Greenhills.

Say also mentioned that a surprisING BENEkT OF (ONEY ,EMON BESIDES curing cough and colds is how it can â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Nutriliciousâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; counter the effects of a hangover, 'IVEN THE MANY NUTRITIOUS BENEkTS making it a great ally when one deof honey and lemon, a local distri- cide to have a night out with friends.

Best of all, there are various ways bution company was compelled to bring in a new product combining of enjoying the drink as a base for a the wonder ingredients all the way cocktails and party drink as Mas Tapasâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; resident mixologists showed straight from South Korea.

Literally called Honey Lemon, from their bar, and shared below. the newest beverage in the market is considered a health drink and made Ginger and Mint Honey Lemon Ginger syrup from real lemon and choice honey Mint leaves sourced straight from the peaks of 1 can Honey Lemon Chiak Mountain in South Korea.

Packaged in cans, it is also a great #OMBINE ALL INGREDIENTS TO kLL source of Vitamin C and is popular in the neighboring Asian country glass. is also a wonderful source of phytonutrients and carotenoids and prebiotics. All of these contribute TO HEALTH BENEkTS LIKE PREVENTING the formation of kidney stones, reducing the risk of heart diseases AND kGHTING DIABETES u 3ANTIAGO shared in a recent talk. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Honey, on the other hand, has polyphenols that are known to be good for the heart and B Vitamins that are proven to have a direct impact on energy levels, brain function, and cell metabolism. Honey is also known to help prevent infections and promote HEALTHY CELL GROWTH u SHE CONTINUED

Grab â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;digital refreshmentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; to beat the heat WITH the heat index in Metro Manila expected to continue rising this month, a cool solution has literally popped up to quench the thirst of commuters and consumers to beat the intense summer weather.

The concept is another brainchild of GrabFood and dubbed Refresh in BoniFACIO 'LOBAL #ITY )T IS OFkCIALLY THE kRST digital refreshment spot in the metro that brings together cult-favorite beverage brands in a single location to keep city folk hydrated this summer season.

To be had from Refresh is Macao Imperial Tea â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a popular bubble tea shop from Macau featuring signature milk tea specialties and crowd favorite Cream Cheese series; Coffee Co. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a third wave coffee shop that specializes in nitro coffee with three energy-boosting, happy hormone-inducing nitrogen-packed drinks namely Nitro Black, Nitro Latte, and Nitro Tea; and Ante â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a popular tea shop offering heat-busting tea-based drinks like Blacker Berry, a black tea infused with lemon, fresh strawberries and mint, Oolong Slayer, a milky-sweet milk tea, and Ultralight Green, a green tea drink made more special with slices

Q Ready to quench the thirst of commuters and consumers to beat the intense summer weather are Macao Imperial Tea, Coffee Co. and Ante.

Q Refresh by GrabFood is officially the first digital refreshment spot in the metro that brings together cult-favorite beverage brands in a single location to keep city folk hydrated this summer season.

of orange, apple, and sprigs of mint. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is our timely solution to this continuously rising heat index in Metro Manila. Through this month-long summer cult beverage spot, we are helping bring the cool closer to our consumers in Metro Manila,â&#x20AC;? GrabFood head EJ dela Vega said.

Grab President Brian Cu furthered, â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is also our goal of bringing consumers closer to what matters to them through better daily services and rewarding experiences. It also showcases our commitment to improve the lives of our merchant-partners and delivery-partners by providing more opportunities such as OFlINE AND ONLINE STOREFRONTS AND PROMOtions that boost consumer demand.â&#x20AC;?

Refresh by GrabFood is located at B5 Bonifacio High Street, Taguig and will be serving drinks through May from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. weekdays and 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. weekends.

Meanwhile, visitors of can use speciallydedicated digital kiosks to order their chosen drinks and treats, while GrabFood consumers who are within a three-kilometer radius from the refreshments spot can also place orders via the GrabFood app.

Q A mixologist prepares a crisp Honey Lemon Earl Grey Tea Deduction Earl Grey Honey Lemon Iced Tea 1 can Honey Lemon Earl Grey reduction Boil tea bags of Earl Grey and sugar for 10 minutes #OMBINE ALL INGREDIENTS TO kLL glass.

Keylime and Cucumber Honey Lemon Calamansi juice Slices of cucumber 1 can Honey Lemon Shake together Honey Lemon Mojito Quarters of a lime Mint leaves White rum 1 can Honey Lemon Shake all together

Q The nutritious benefits of honey and lemon are conveniently available via a refreshing drink that hails all the way from South Korea.

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Q Keep enjoying â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;em brews without harming the environment.

Celebrate Earth Day with reusable cups and straws IN the last decade or so, the coffee shop As the brand continues to works toculture has gone from trend to staple. wards creating a more sustainable planet, Everywhere people go, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a cafĂŠ offer- it also empowers others to join the cause ing energy-boosting cup of joes. However, and help organizations with the same this craze comes at a great cost to vision. Until April 26, customers who the environment with the coffee bring in their reusable cups, habit enormously contributing per blers or to the increasingly urgent plastic pollution crisis.

Globally, an estimated 600 billion paper and plastic cups are distributed annually. And one of the establishments that contributes to that bigtime are coffee shops.

Which is why, to encourage reusability on Earth Day and to inspire its customers to make more sustainable choices all year long, Starbucks has launch reusable hot and cold cups in the 0HILIPPINES /FkCIALLY Q A reusable cup made from polypropylene, a kind launched on Earth Day, of plastic which is widely accepted in the global April 22, the reusable recycling infrastructure. cups and straws are readily available at all Starbucks stores mugs of at least 16oz. in size or higher nationwide. will be given the option to donate their Interestingly, the reusable cup is made P5 cup discount to their choice of envifrom polypropylene, a plastic which is ronmental organization from the given widely accepted into global recycling NGO partners. Upon choosing an orinfrastructure. The new reusable cups are ganization to donate to, customers will designed to make the cup sturdier than receive a complimentary upsize. paper and is a more sustainable approach Customers may choose between the to single-use packaging.

World Wildlife Fund for Nature Philip-

pines or the Haribon Foundation, two organizations dedicated to preserving life and nature. By the end of the promo, Starbucks commits to shoulder the amount needed to match the donations between the two organizations.

Since 2014, Starbucks has offered the reusable cup in the US, Canada and the U.K. and so far the company has sold more than 25 million globally.

Last year, the brand also announced its goal of removing all plastic straws in its store globally by 2020. In the Philippines, they have also begun taking steps towards this goal with the Skip the Straw initiative.

At local stores, customers are offered to skip the straws, disposable utensils and napkins for their orders and are provided more sustainable options including specially-designed sipping lids and compostable straws. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen an increase in public awareness and concern for the plastic waste issue in recent years. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re proud to provide a reusable option in all our stores in the Philippines without making sacrifices to our cusTOMERS DAILY COFFEE NEEDS u SAID +EITH Cole, head of marketing, category and QA, Starbucks Philippines. â&#x20AC;&#x153;While there is still a long way to go, WE RE EXCITED TO WORK WITH OTHERS TO kND global solutions and encourage our customers to choose reusability whenever POSSIBLE u HE ADDED

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2. HISTORY: When did the Deepwater Horizon oil spill occur in the Gulf of Mexico?

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4. GEOGRAPHY: Which one of Japanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s islands is the largest in size?

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AFMCP to hold first Southeast Asian conference in Manila THERE is an expansion in the perspective of practicing medicine from a disease-centered framework to a patient-centered approach. This movement is anchored on the tenets of Functional Medicine, a model that determines how and why illness occurs and restores health by addressing the root cause of disease and seeing how the body responds to the environment and lifestyle.

In the Southeast Asian region, The Philippines is leading the way in &UNCTIONAL -EDICINE ,AST YEAR THE ,IFE3CIENCE )NSTITUTE ,3) CONDUCTED the Advancing Functional Medicine !&- #ONFERENCE WHICH WAS THE kRST of its kind in the region. More than 240 delegates from the US, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, India, Singapore, and the Philippines attended the twoday conference.

4HIS ,3) ONCE AGAIN SETS OUT TO

advance Functional Medicine education in the Philippines. Following the SUCCESS OF LAST YEAR S !&- 4HE !PPLYing Functional Medicine in Clinical Practice (AFMCP) Conference will take place from April 29 to May 4 at the Manila Marriott Hotel. This is the kRST !&-#0 #ONFERENCE THAT WILL TAKE PLACE IN 3OUTHEAST !SIA ,3) CONTINUES to partner with the Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM) on this event.

4HE !&-#0 #ONFERENCE IS A kVE day extensive training program.

It takes practitioners through a deep-dive into the leading-edge advancements and research across the field of chronic disease as they relate to the different bodily functions. Attendees will also learn the Functional Medicine model of assessment and intervention.

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QC approves financial grant to Rotary International District 3780 Foundation THE 1UEZON #ITY #OUNCIL PASSED A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY government to grant P1,000,000 to the Rotary International District &OUNDATION )NC Councilor Alexis Herrera introDUCED #ITY 2ESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE 2) $ISTRICT Golden Wheel Award, an annual vocational excellence award proj-

ECT OF THE ORGANIZATION Pursuant to the Section 36 of THE ,OCAL 'OVERNMENT #ODE OF 1991, a local government unit may TO PROVIDE kNANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO people and non-governmental ORGANIZATIONS FOR ECONOMIC SOcially-oriented, environmental or cultural projects to be implemented within the Philippine territory.

Skybiz is choice business solutions provider of enterprises SKYBIZ, now celebrating its 5th year as the business solutions arm of content and broadband provider for SKY, has earned the praises of its business partners. g&OR US IT S ALL ABOUT PARTNERSHIPS AND WE RE LOOKING INTO THE LONG TERM basis, and since we make a lot of changes to make our products and SERVICES MORE UNIQUE 3KYBIZ HAS continued to partner with us to share the best experience for our clientele, â&#x20AC;&#x153; Solaire Vice President for Hotel Operations Gianpietro Iseppi said AT A THANKSGIVING EVENT FOR 3KYBIZ S business partners at the Solaire on March 20.

On the other hand, chief marketING OFkCER OF OUTSOURCING kRM !Dmerex Solutions Briann Alix shared, g7E RE VERY HAPPY WITH OUR THREE YEAR RELATIONSHIP WITH 3KYBIZ 3+9 has always been a reliable partner in all of our broadband requirements AND THEY VE ALWAYS PROVIDED WHAT we needed as a BPO company.â&#x20AC;&#x153;

-EANWHILE 2IZJ :AMORA PRESIDENT and CEO of Indra Corporate Services 0HILIPPINE )NC SHARES g3KYBIZ IS VERY convenient, very easy and so far we HAVEN T HAD ANY DOWNTIMES WE ARE very happy with the service.â&#x20AC;?

Group head and director of Human Resources and Corporate Services for Zalora Phils. and logistics company %NTREGO &ULkLLMENT 3OLUTIONS 0HILS &LIP 2UBY SHARED g3KYBIZ HAS GREAT reach in terms of connectivity and has a reliable internet connection. We are very much in the loop of what is going on, we are in the know and ahead of our needs which makes us more interconnected with our businesses in the Philippines.â&#x20AC;?

IT head of one of the pioneers in THE COUNTRY S "0/ INDUSTRY 0ILIPINAS Teleserv Bryan Zarsuela also shared THAT gWE CHOOSE 3KYBIZ BECAUSE OF its competitive rates and the compaNY S RELIABILITY AND DELIVERS For more information, visit WWW ABS CBN COM NEWSROOM

Filipina artist exhibits in Artexpo New York PAINTER Sal Ponce Enrile exhibited her masterpieces in the highly prestigious Artexpo New York, the WORLD S LARGEST kNE ART TRADE SHOW

which shapes trends in art galleries WORLDWIDE ON !PRIL TO Using acrylic, mixed media and a variety of textures on her abstract masterpiece entitled â&#x20AC;&#x153;Retrospect,â&#x20AC;? she was picked by the internationally acclaimed art gallery. Agora Gallery New York to become one of their featured artists in the expo. g-Y CURATOR FOR MY kRST EXHIBIT suggested that I should try submitting my portfolio to Agora Gallery in New York. I told myself I had nothing to lose and I did not really expect to be accepted.â&#x20AC;?

Sal tried her luck despite being A NEWCOMER IN THE kELD OF ARTS AND it seemed like the universe has big plans for her. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I received several e-mails that led me to different departments, one of which was a long list of questions about me and my work.

Still, I figured, I will just keep replying. After this last e-mail, I got another one from the director, welcoming me to Agora as one of

SHFC-HUDCC deal benefits 500 Intramuros families T

HE Social Housing Finance Corp. (SHFC), the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) and the Intramuros Administration (IA) entered an agreement for the resettlement and relocation of about 500 informal settler families living inside Intramuros.

To implement the project, an initial amount of P410 million was made available to SHFC to cover the costs for land acquisition, site development and house construction. Aside from the foregoing loans, the said fund may also cover at least 20 percent of project costs for applicable SUBSIDIES THAT WOULD BENEkT THE community, including livelihood component, road right of way to the project site, establishment of

Q Signing the memorandum of agreement are SHFC President Arnolfo Ricardo Cabling, HUDCC Chairman Eduardo del Rosario and IA Administrator Guiller Asido. SHFC Officer in charge Senior Vice President for Operations Leo Deocampo, IA Finance and Administrative Division Chief Merceditas de Sahagun, Department of Tourism Assistant Secretary Roberto Alabado 3rd, and IA Accountant Virginia III Laserna witness the ceremony. settlement management and social preparation and capacity building of stakeholders.

The loan to be provided to each family shall not exceed the socialIZED HOUSING CEILINGS APPROVED BY HUDCC, which will also supervise

and coordinate the implementation of this MoA and adopt basic policies and guidelines to ensure compliance between and among the parties to achieve the desired objectives.

SHFC is the lead agency assisting underprivileged communities to

secure land tenure through shelter kNANCING AND DEVELOPMENT SOLUTIONS BY "UILDING !DEQUATE ,IVABLE Affordable and Inclusive (Balai) Filipino communities.

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Veterans Bank leads Freedom Trail of Bataan Death March BGen (ret) Restituto Aguilar, chief of THE 0HILIPPINE 6ETERANS !FFAIRS /FkCE S (PVAO) Veterans Memorial and Historical Division, presented the guidon TO $EFENSE 3ECRETARY $ELkN ,ORENZANA at the conclusion of the Veterans Bank Freedom Trail which kicked off the month-long commemoration of the "ATAAN $EATH -ARCH S TH ANNIVERSARY Philippine Veterans Bank (PVB) Chairman Roberto de Ocampo and PVAO Administrator Ernesto Carolina witnessed the symbolic turnover.

4HE 06" ORGANIZED ANNUAL MEMOrial event, a corporate social responsibility program of the bank, retraced the route of the 160-kilometer Death March during World War 2, which started in Mariveles, Bataan and ENDED AT #AMP / $ONNELL IN #APAS

Tarlac via San Fernando, Pampanga. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Freedom Trail is our way of reMEMBERING OUR 7ORLD 7AR VETERANS bravery and heroism during the war, particularly the Battle for Bataan. They

were abandoned and yet against all odds held on and defended the country for three months, unlike our 3OUTHEAST !SIAN NEIGHBORS 4HAT S WHY their captors let them go through what is now known as the Bataan Death -ARCH ,ET THE &REEDOM 4RAIL BE A tribute to these brave heroes,â&#x20AC;? said PVB Marketing Communications Division Head Mike Villa-Real.

Considered as one of the darkest days in Philippine history, the Death March is the forcible transfer of some 80,000 Filipino and American prisoners of war (POWs) after they surrendered to the Japanese Imperial Army on April 9, 1942. The POWs were loaded onto freight trains in San Fernando, Pampanga up to the Capas station where they were forced to walk again towards the concentration camp.

Tens of thousands died in the infamous march and for the duration of their three-year incarceration under subhuman conditions.

Q Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana (extreme left) receives the guidon from BGen (ret) Restituto Aguilar (extreme right), chief of the Philippine Veterans Affairs Officeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Veterans Memorial and Historical Division.

Witnessing the symbolic turnover are Philippine Veterans Bank Chairman Roberto de Ocampo and PVAO Administrator Ernesto Carolina.

Hundreds of personnel from the armed forces, police and civilian volunteers, together with former United States Navy Seals took part in the annual event.

A partnership with the PVAO and the Provincial Government of Bataan, this

YEAR S COMMEMORATIVE ACTIVITIES ALSO included â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ride for Valor,â&#x20AC;? a competitive bike tour along the same route.

Proceeds of this activity will be used for the restoration and maintenance of historical markers along the Death March route.

Philippines, Japan agree on two New Specified Skills Visas , ! " / 2 3 E C R E T A R Y 3 I L V E S T R E Bello 3rd and Justice Minister Takashi Yamashita of Japan address officials during the signing ceremonies on the Philippine-Japan Memorandum of Cooperation regarding the two New Specified Skills Visas at the Ministry of Justice in Tokyo on March 19. The AGREEMENT IS PART OF *APAN S

move to open its doors to foreign workers.

On the same event, Bello addressed the Filipino community leaders in Tokyo during his recent visit to Japan. With the secretary during the visit were POEA Administrator Bernard /LALIA !MBASSADOR *OSE ,AUREL 6 AND 4OKYO BASED ,ABOR !TTACHÂź -ARIE 2OSE %SCALADA

Q PH Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello 3rd (left) and Japan Minister of Justice Takashi Yamashita sign the Philippine-Japan Memorandum of Cooperation on the two New Specified Skills Visas at the Ministry of Justice in Tokyo on March 19.

Go Negosyo founder inducts new CCI-Cebu officers INSPITE of the hectic schedule of Go Negosyo founder Jose â&#x20AC;&#x153;Joeyâ&#x20AC;? Ma. Concepcion 3rd, he visited Cebu to be the guest speaker as well as the inDUCTING OFkCER OF THE #EBU #HAMBER of Commerce and Industry (CCCI).

Jose â&#x20AC;&#x153;Joeyâ&#x20AC;? Ma. Concepicion 3rd (4th from left), presidential adviser for Entreprenuership, Asean Business Advisory Council Philippines chairman and Go Negosyo founder, with the Cebu Business people (from left) Tatah DELA #ALZADA #%/ &OUNDER OF ATE by TATAH; Virgilio Espeleta, PRESIDENT OF ###) FOUNDER OF Famcor Franchise Mgt. & Executive

$EV T #ORP -ARY !NNE !LCORDO Board of Trustee (CCCI) and presi- VP-Membership Development 3OLOMON PRESIDENT #%/ OF !L- DENT #%/ #EBU 3UPERGRO 0RODUCTS ###) PRESIDENT #%/ 'OLDEN cordo Advertising; Melita Ramos, Corporation; and Benny Que, Prince Hotel.

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4HROUGH !GORA SHE REALIZED another dream, which was to be able to participate in Artexpo New York, and to add to that, her painting â&#x20AC;&#x153;Retrospectâ&#x20AC;? was chosen as the FEATURED WORK FOR THIS YEAR S INVITE 3AL S WORK HAS BEEN GETTING international attention. She was launched as part of UK-basedDragonArt.io, a modern legacy platform, in Marbella, Spain in November 2018.

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9/5 6% CONkRMED AIRLINE BOOKings grabbed during seat sales, booked accommodation weeks before and tagged your BFFs in itinerary-suggestion posts on Facebook. Your outfit vision board is ready, pegs stored on your phone. Yes, summer is here, and you are so ready for it. ,UCKILY REALME THE SMARTphone game changer brand, is bringing to the Philippines the phone that has the thrilling trio of features that you need for your summer adventures. The realme 3 is finally available in the country and it is ready to let you #DiscoverRealValue this season.

Realme 3 boasts three smartphone essentials to help you achieve your ultimate summer adventure goals: powerful battery, pro-like cameras and stunning design.

The realme 3 has a high-capacity 4230mAh battery to last you up to two days of use.

Equipped with a 13MP front camera and 13MP + 2MP rear dual cameras, these cameras can select the best exposure scheme to ensure professional-looking photos to capture each and every summer activity.

Taking inspiration from the color schemes of the galaxy, the realme 3 comes in two variants:

Q The executives (from left) realme Philippines COO Jacky Chen, Shopee Philippines Associate Director Martin Yu, realme Philippines CEO Neil Zou and realme Philippines Marketing Lead Eason de Guzman during the launch of the newest value and midrange smartphone segment disruptor, the realme 3.

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Kris Aquino shakes off quake fears; talks of Sara, Noynoy and why vote for Bam S HE didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t drop a bomb this time but the earth shook anyway.

Multi-media star Kris Aquino was in the middle of an interview on Monday when the magnitude 6.1 earthquake jolted Luzon and parts of Metro Manila. Blunt and bubbly as ever despite her stark weight loss, the 48-year-old political scion and showbiz personality cut herself mid-sentence as she felt the ground begin to rock. â&#x20AC;&#x153;May lindolâ&#x20AC;Ś and nawalan na ng kuryente u SHE kNALLY SAID AFTER A FEW SE conds as a hush gripped the tight huddle. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Umuwi na tayo. I want to go homeâ&#x20AC;Ś My sons! Because nasa faultline kamiâ&#x20AC;Ś check si Bimb at si Kuya [Josh]!â&#x20AC;?

Moving slowly to steady herself while asking her staff for vertigo meds, Aquino then blurted out, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the end of the world na, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m telling you! Buti na lang binili ko na lahat ng Chanel na gusto kong bilin so at least na-experience ko na siya.â&#x20AC;?

Yes. It was a classic Kris Aquino quip so thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no need to make an issue out of the womanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s intentional frivolity.

For if anything, she was merely easing her nerves and by doing so everyone ELSE S IN THE TENSE kLLED ROOM 3HE laughed at herself along with the rest of them, unfreezing news crews stiffened up by the earthquake.

In other words, love her or hate her, Kris Aquino will always have that unexplainably fascinating effect on people, bewildering at times, and providing a momentary distraction from a heavy-going reality.

It is surreal but it is the truth. So today, amid all the saddening, maddening and worrying news about earthquakes near and far, let Kris Aquino worked her surreal magic on the Filipino even just for the rest of this article.

Rewinding to pre-earthquake Q&Aâ&#x20AC;Ś

In support of Bam Aquino, who hardly makes public appearances nowadays, held a media

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conference on Monday to declare her SUPPORT FOR kRST COUSIN "AM "ENIGNO Aquino 4th) Aquino who is running for reelection to the Senate. It was the senatorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wife Timi Aquino who sat beside Kris, however, since a good number of the celebrityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s endorsement contracts stipulate that she cannot campaign for any candidate. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even say the word â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;vote.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; I am obeying several contracts that say bawal but my lawyers checked for me kung ano pwede kong gawin. This is the closest that I could come and I could say of course the No 9 [Bamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s number on the ballot]. At the end of the day, I think ang pinakaimportante is to exercise your right to vote. Wag ka magcomplain na di nabigyan ng tamang SSS yung contribution mo when YOU WERE TRYING TO GET YOUR BENEkTS

or hindi mo nakuha or pin-romise sa

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;yo na libreng edukasyon kung â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;di ka naman bumoto. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kaya nandito ako ngayon kasi paraan ko magamit yung boses ko na ipaalam sa lahat why Timi who

is a top executive gave everything when she married Bam because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a RElECTION OF HOW MUCH SHE BELIEVES sa pinaglalaban ni Bam and his report card at the Senate will show all that he has achieved for the Filipinos. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bitbit ni Bam ang apelyido namin.

Kailangan tumayo ka sa kapamilya o kadugo mo, hindi dahil kapamilya o kadugo mo siya pero dahil meron siyang katangian na dapat mo talagang ipagtanggol.â&#x20AC;?

Kris vs Sara But of course, no matter how many times Aquino tried to shine the spotlight on her cousin-in-law and Sen. Bamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s candidacy, the majority of questions were still all about her, and Kris being Kris, she didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t shy away from any of them.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Would you ever run against Sara Duterte?â&#x20AC;?

First explaining she doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see herself running for government in general due to her health issues [among them a form of lupus and chronic spontaneous urticaria] as it would be a disservice to the public to do so, she said of the Presidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s daughter, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ayoko, uupakan niya ko.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sorry ha, ito yung honest lang. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see myself in a position going AGAINST HER BECAUSE ) kND THE NARRATIVE so wrong. Maling-mali na kami yung

pinag-aaway kasi walang ugat. Kung tinanong niyo â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;ko kung tatakbo ako kung Marcos ang tatakbo, bahala na si Batman. Yes, isusugal ko ang lahat kung yun ang kalaban. Pero kung Duterte ang tatakbo, sa kanila na yun kasi wala kaming malalim na ugat, sugat at hindi namin sila kaaway. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Honestly, ang feeling ko lang talaga, gusto kami pagawayin para makalimutan kung sino na talaga ang matagal na ang away. It boggles the mind na nagawan kami ng issue with the Dutertes because wala talagang dahilan. And realistic ako, why go against someone with 76 percent approval? You donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go against a tsunami, but what you do is you try to work with that tsunami toward a common goal.â&#x20AC;?

Reunited with Noy Asked by The Manila Times if her depression was behind her â&#x20AC;&#x201D; an announcement she made shortly before Holy Week where she expressed her need to heal and thereby shun all negativity, including a short-lived break from social media â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Aquino admitted that one of her medications â&#x20AC;&#x153;affects [her] emotions.â&#x20AC;?

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hirap na hirap talaga ako sa gamot na â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;yun,â&#x20AC;? she stressed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nasabi ko yung [depression] kasi it was a bad day in particular, because I was already in my happy place â&#x20AC;&#x201D; my favorite place in the world â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and yet malungkot ako. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an ongoing thing for me.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;But in saying that you need to heal and stay away from anything negative, didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t you think of staying away from politics too rather than returning to social media because of

it?â&#x20AC;? The Manila Times followed up.

[To backtrack, Aquino returned to Instagram after deleting the app from her personal smart phones in reaction to a statement made by Caloocan Rep. Edgar Erice, who manages Mar (Manuel 2nd) Roxasâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; senatorial bid.

Erice was quoted as saying that they made a mistake during his senatorial bid to wear the color yellow â&#x20AC;&#x201D; generally associated with the Aquinos â&#x20AC;&#x201D; since it made Roxas â&#x20AC;&#x153;Robinâ&#x20AC;? to former President Noynoy (Benigno 3rd) Aquinoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Batman,â&#x20AC;? which is why their current campaign color has switched to blue. On her widely followed Instagram account, Aquino retorted, â&#x20AC;&#x153;So pati pagkatalo sa 2010 kasalanan din ni Noy?â&#x20AC;?]

The daughter and sister of former presidents replied, â&#x20AC;&#x153;You donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think about yourself pag ganun eh. This is a character trait instilled in us by my mom. My brother will never talk and I know that had we been in speaking terms at that time, napagalitan din ako to the highest heavens na, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be my spokesperson!â&#x20AC;&#x2122;

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Gaganun yun pero hindi mo [ako] maawat eh; ipagtatanggol mo yung dugo mo. Nung nabasa ko yun, parang dynamite â&#x20AC;&#x201D; yung Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll take a bullet for him. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what I said na kung siya si Batwoman, Kris is ready to be Catwoman. Willing ako kung ako na yung maging kontrabida sa lahat because thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the truth na things had to be

said, and if it had to be said in all of those words, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d do it all over again because thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what you do for family.â&#x20AC;?

The most controversial Aquino, hands down, finally said that she looked well and free from depression that day because on Easter Sunday, SHE HAD kNALLY REUNITED WITH HER ONLY brother with whom she had not been on speaking terms for a year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My sisters said to come for Easter lunch and I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think he would be thereâ&#x20AC;Ś So when you were asking me why I look happy right now, kung anong nagpasaya sa akin, it was to see the face of Kuya Josh when that happened and he saw his Tito Noy, and na ang saya-saya niya to see us all together again. If my sons are happy I will always be happy.â&#x20AC;?

Âťwhat'sonwhere Earthday Jam comes home AFTER making the rounds of different venues in -ETRO -ANILA Â&#x2021; AT "ONIFACIO 'LOBAL #ITY FOR kVE years, SM MOA for three, the Rizal Park Open Grounds in 2017, and Quezon City Memorial Circle in 2018 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; "Earthday Jam" returns to to Tomas Morato where the festival began on April 26.

Held every April in celebration of the worldwide Earth Day commemoration, Earthday Jam was established by singer Lou Bonnevie under her own Earthday Jam Foundation with musician husband Toto Gentica. It is now the longest running and biggest music tribute Earthday celebration in the world.

Produced under Dimitri Productions, performers include Abra, Autotelic, Chicosci, Gracenote, Itchyworms, Kjwan, Lou Bonnevie, Mayonnaise, Moonstar88, Noel Cabangon, Nyoy Volante, PI Jazzfest, Rouge, Sandwich, Tanya Markova and The Joyrides.

Bonnevie said sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very happy and grateful that her advocacy has continued with success, thanks to their partners like the Quezon City Government, kRST UNDER THEN -AYOR 3ONNY "ELMONTE AND NOW Vice Mayor Joy Belmonte.

In partnership with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and Ayala and SM Malls, the foundation also produced several pocket advocacy projects like the World Water Day Concert and Exhibits; CC Tunes (in tune with Climate Change) Events; Clean Air Concert and Student Forum Series; and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Affair With Natureâ&#x20AC;? exhibit and concert staged at the UP Sunken Garden with a human leaf formation, in celebration of the World Environment Month in 2017.

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Bieber, Grande join Lil Dicky for Earth Day video

NEW YORK: Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande and Leonardo DiCaprio have joined rapper-comedian Lil Dicky on a new song and video aimed at bringing awareness to climate change and Earth Day. Dicky released the animated clip for the song â&#x20AC;&#x153;Earthâ&#x20AC;? on Friday, where Bieber is a baboon and Grande is a zebra. The video, featuring 32 artists, also stars Ed Sheeran (koala), Miley Cyrus (elephant), Shawn Mendes (rhino), Katy Perry (pony) and Kevin Hart as Kanye West.Dicky, best known for his 2018 hit â&#x20AC;&#x153;Freak Fridayâ&#x20AC;? with Chris Brown, says he â&#x20AC;&#x153;didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really realize how insane our climate crisis is and how screwed humanity is about to be.â&#x20AC;?

He adds, â&#x20AC;&#x153;If we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get our act together now, and change a lot about our fundamental behavior, Earth will become unlivable alarmingly soon.â&#x20AC;?

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Q Rapper-comedian Lil Dicky, singers Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande and actor Leonardo DiCaprio star in a new music video aimed at bringing awareness to climate change and Earth Day. AP PHOTO

Z-Pop Dream gathers Asian groups W

ITH the popularity of K-Pop groups nowadays especially BTS and Blackpink who have penetrated the United States and global music scene, more and more Korean groups are being formed and launched.

But wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t it be great for a K-Pop-like group with members from various Asian countries (whether a boyband or girlband), that can be hopefully as big internationally as BTS or Blackpink and rule the world stage, to become a reality?

This is the reason why K-Pop showbiz visionary and Zenith Media Contents chief executive officer Jun Kang formed the Z-Pop Dream Project which is made up of the Asian boyband Z-Boys and girlband Z-Girls.

Behind Z-Pop are experts and practitioners, who were involved in the marketing of K-Pop phenomena like EXO and BTS. With this knowhow involved, the Z-Pop Dream Project aims to discover international stars from Asian countries from among Generation Z (youths born after 1995) to create a whole new genre of pop music that goes beyond K-Pop and by addressing problems like lack of training and exposure and the non-involvement of fans.

Zenith Media Contents held open auditions in

various Asian countries including the Philippines and those chosen were sent to Seoul for training in the hands of the best of Koreaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tried and tested idol makers. For exposure they are then sent out to performing tours where fans get the chance to choose who among them are deserving of stardom.

Singer and dancer Carlyn Ocampo, a former member of the Pop Girls group and G-Force dancer Josh Bautista were discovered to join the Z-Girls and Z-Boys respectively in the Manila auditions late in 2018. They made their debut in a muchtalked about "Z-Pop Dream Live" joining K-Pop Stars such as Rain, Monsta X, Apink, ChungHa, Wanna.B, LipBubble, and Tweety in Seoul on February 23 and are now on tour around Asia.

In the Philippines, Zenith Media Contents has partnered with Vic del Rosario of Viva Communications, Inc. and Grace Lee of Glimmer to represent Z-Pop in Manila.

The Z-Pop Boys and Girls arrived in Manila last month for promo performances which includes guestings on TV

and rapping â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but ultimately declares that from Thailand; Joanne from Taiwan; Priyanka from shows like â&#x20AC;&#x153;ASAP Natin â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Toâ&#x20AC;? and various mall shows. there is no limit at all.

India and Mahiro from Japan.

They also appeared as special guests at the "CR3W" Both groups band together as the Z-Stars in the The Z-Boys aside from Bautista are Roy from Vietconcert starring James Reid, Billy Crawford and song â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our Galaxyâ&#x20AC;? from Koreaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top producer Min nam; Mavin from Indonesia; Blink from Thailand; Perry Sam Concepcion on April 5 at the Young Lee who has created hits for Ailee, Girlsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Day, from Taiwan; Sid from India and Gai from Japan.

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Sistar, Suran and Turbo. It can also be understood Despite coming from different countries, both The Z-Pop groups also launched as a letter from Z-Boys and Z-Girls, young idols who groups still managed to have successful teamwork. their debut recordings on April 6. never gave up on their dream despite the uncertain â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are all from different countries, we use The Z-Pop Girls single â&#x20AC;&#x153;What You future, addressed to many other youths who live different languages, and we also have different Waiting Forâ&#x20AC;? was created by top each day with a dream in their hearts. ages. But we have the same dream and we are all names in the business including Aside from Ocampo, the Z-Girls are made up of running toward it. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s how we are as close as producers Dejo from Sweden, Abi F. Jones from Britain Vanya from Indonesia; Queen from Vietnam; Bell family,â&#x20AC;? Bautista said. and singing star and composer Kanata from Japan. It is a polished song with trendy rhythm and â&#x20AC;&#x153;We live together in the same dorm. arrangement, topped off by the membersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; We get along well, practicing and spending fun times together. powerful vocals. The song also maximizes the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;girl crushâ&#x20AC;? charms.

When we have problems The Z-Pop Boysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; single is in communication, we use â&#x20AC;&#x153;No Limit,â&#x20AC;? produced by the translator apps or get help internationally renowned from interpreters. But now, Andreas Ohrn from Sweden. we can figure out what the The songs talks about the other is thinking from his or limits of youth â&#x20AC;&#x201D; with the her gaze,â&#x20AC;? Ocampo said.

Z-Boys using their manly, Follow the author on Q Z-Boys include Filipino Josh Bautista (leftmost) while the other members are wild and powerful singing Instagram: markbonifacio25. from Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand, Taiwan, India and Japan.

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THURSDAY APRIL 25, 2019

CHEd rolls out short-term loan program for college students T

BY DIVINA NOVA JOY DELA CRUZ

HE Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) is set to implement the short-term loan program for college students as part of Republic Act (RA) 10931 or the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Actâ&#x20AC;? signed in 2018.

The Student Loan Program for Tertiary Education-Short Term Basis (SLPTE-ST), aimed

at giving financial assistance to students, was allotted with an initial budget of P1 billion for

Academic Year 2018-2019.

CHEd Chairman Prospero de Vera 3rd said that this was a landmark legislation and initiative in the Philippines to provide more access for students to obtain a tertiary degree.

Under the SLPTE-ST, students may apply for a maximum of P60,000 short-term loan at the beginning of a school term for tuition, school fees, books, tools, equipment, stipend or review fees for licensure exams.

The loan must be paid within a period of 12 months without interest.

The SLTPE-ST would be available for all tertiary level students in CHEd-recognized state universities and colleges, local universities and colleges, technical-vocational institutions, and private higher education institutions listed on the Unified Student Financial Assistance System for Tertiary Education (UniFAST).

4As Philippines holds CreativeFest 2019 THE Association of Accredited Advertising Agencies of the Philippines (4As) is staging CreativeFest 2019, one of the largest gatherings for creative professionals in the country, this April 25 and 26 at the Makati Shangri-La Hotel. â&#x20AC;&#x153;CreativeFest 2019 aims to prove one thing: Creativity rules!â&#x20AC;? 4As CreativeFest 2019 Chairman Merlee Jayme said, adding that many big names in the industry would be taking part in the two-day event to serve as inspiration for young professionals and students who want to make it big in the advertising industry g7E ARE CONkDENT THAT ATTENDEES WILL LEARN MANY THINGS FROM THE INSPIRING kGURES WE VE invited. We know we can persuade them to believe that all you need is creativity for greatness to happen,â&#x20AC;? Jayme added.

The theme for today would be â&#x20AC;&#x153;Creative

Marketing and Creative Technology,â&#x20AC;? which will be led by Burger King Global Chief Marketing /FkCER &ERNANDO -ACHADO AND FOLLOWED BY presentations from top clients and creative experts about creative and effective work.

Day two will kick off with Googleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Head of Design Carla Echeverria as keynote speaker, also known as the Filipino who invented and patented Facebookâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Safety Check. Digital gurus and creative heads will continue discussing trends that will dominate the rest of 2019, and tackle the importance of creativity in the digital world.

Budjette Tan, author of graphic novel Trese WHICH HAS BEEN RECENTLY PICKED UP FOR A .ETlIX animated adaptation, will also deliver a keynote speech on creative storytelling on day two of the event. He is currently based in Denmark and is the group creative director of Lego. In his talk, he will share his journey from being

an advertising creative to becoming one of the most sought-after content creators today.

Other eventâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s headliners are Dentsu Asia-PaCIkC 2EGIONAL #HIEF #REATIVE /FkCER 4ED ,IM

Dentsu Lab creators Takashi Koyama and Ryosuke Sakakai, Pixel Box General Manager Stephen Douglas, and head of Creative Shop of Facebook Greater China Kitty Lun. The 4As CreativeFest 2019 will be capped with the Kidlat Awards, an annual awarding ceremony celebrating the best creative advertising work of the past year.

Check out the www.creativeguildph.com for more information about the event and to REGISTER ONLINE 9OU MAY ALSO VISIT THE OFkCIAL SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES OF !S 0HILIPPINES TO kND out more information on how to purchase tickets, or contact the 4As Secretariat at 4asp@ pldtdsl.net; 09175222427.

Capas hosts Death March memorial event

The SLTPE-ST was launched on April 17 upon the CHEd signing of a memorandum of agreement with the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP), which will facilitate the disbursement of the financial assistance. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This partnership between CHEd-UniFAST and DBP is the long-awaited final component of RA 10931 to help needy students pursue undergraduate and graduate studies in public and private schools by providing them short-

term loans for their education needs,â&#x20AC;? de Vera said.

DBP Branch Banking Head Fe Susan Prado said the program would utilize a payment scheme called Direct Remittance Servicing System and would provide student beneficiaries with savings accounts to facilitate the loans.

De Vera said that studen ts could start applying for short-term loans under their respective university programs.

Aquino hopes SUC students WR EHQHĂ&#x20AC;W IURP )UHH &ROOHJH /DZ SEN. Paolo Benigno â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bamâ&#x20AC;? Aquino 4th expressed hope that all students in state universities and COLLEGES 35#S WOULD BENEkT from the Free College Law amid report that some SUCs still collect miscellaneous fees.

The reelectionist senator stressed this on Monday as he welcomed the promise of the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) to go after SUCs that collect miscellaneous fees.

CHEd Chairman Prospero de Vera 3rd earlier promised to crack down on SUCs that went beyond than what they were allowed under the Free College Law. Based on Republic Act 10931 or the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Free College Law,â&#x20AC;? students in SUCs are free from tuition and other miscellaneous fees, such as library, computer, laboratory, school ID, athletic, admission, development, handbook, guidance, entrance, registration, medical, dental and cultural fees. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In our rounds of schools, we heard many complaints against SUCs collecting miscellaneous fees despite the fact that there is already a law prohibiting it,â&#x20AC;? said Aquino in Filipino. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re happy about the move of CHEd to go after the SUCs which violate the law,â&#x20AC;? Aqui-

no, principal sponsor of RA 10931, said.

He added: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The intention of the law that parents and students must no longer shell out even a single centavo for tuition and miscellaneous fee must be implemented.â&#x20AC;?

If he wins a second six-year term in the May 13 midterm elections, Aquino vowed to craft a measure that would lower cost of internship in private and public colleges and universities, especially those taking up hotel and restaurant management (HRM) and nursing. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The on-the-job fee, especially those taking the HRM and nursing courses, is quite high.

The fee is being paid through a third party. I will include this in my planned activities in the Senate,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Aquino also said that he already had initial talks with CHEd about the issue of affordable internship during the agencyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s budget deliberation in the Senate. â&#x20AC;&#x153;College tuition is already free not to mention the availability of scholarships. But if the internship fee is too high, the promise of affordable education will not be achieved,â&#x20AC;? he said.

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SM scholar-graduates top board exams

Q Boy Scouts Senior Vice President Roberto Pagdanganan (center) leads the Capas Freedom March in remembrance of the Filipino and American troops who underwent the Death March during World War 2. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO BOY Scouts and Girl Scouts of the Philippines lived up to their motto of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Laging handaâ&#x20AC;? (Ever ready) as they led the delegations at the Capas Freedom March (CFM), an annual memorial event to immortalize the uncommon valor of Filipino and American troops who underwent the infamous Bataan Death March during World War 2.

The Bataan Death March was the forcible transfer of 60,000 to 80,000 American and Filipino prisoners of War from Bataan to Tarlac by the Imperial Japanese Army starting April 9, 1942 . It was characterized by severe physical abuse and wanton killings.

Former cabinet member Roberto Pagdanganan, Boy Scouts of the Philippines senior vice president, led the 10-kilometer pre-dawn walk of some 1,000 partici-

pants from the Peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Park to the Capas National Shrine in Tarlac.

Scouts from various chapters in Luzon made up most participants, which also included representatives from the Veterans from Foreign Wars, the Philippine Armyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mechanized Infantry Division, Philippine National Police, Third Regional Community Defense Group-Army Reserve Command, Philippine Military Academy, Tarlac Motorcyle Riders Federation, civil society groups, government agencies and the private sector.  In his speech at the commemorative program, the former Cabinet member encouraged the marchers to live out the ideals of freedom fought for by Filipinos by being modern-day heroes in daily life.  Meanwhile, former president Fidel

Ramos, in a read message, lauded the marchers for carrying on the four-year old tradition, which he has led since 2015.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;As we gather every year, we remember the ultimate sacrifice of the tens of thousands who died in Bataan, and later on, in the infamous Death March and their three-year imprisonment here at Camp Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Donell. But even as we retrace the last steps of the historic occasion, we do not only become sentimental or nostalgic, but also look at the current situation of our nation, and how we can display valor or kagitingan in the challenges of our ever-changing world,â&#x20AC;? he said.  Themed â&#x20AC;&#x153;March For A Veteran,â&#x20AC;? the event is presented by Globe Telecom and organized by the International School of Sustainable Tourism headed by former tourism secretary Mina Gabor.

Q Cyrille John Sili

Q Juan Miguel Villaroel

THREE SM scholar-graduates are among the board topnotchers in the Electronics Engineer Licensure Examination given by the Professional Regulation Commission last April 2019.

4HE FULL lEDGED %LECTRONICS %Ngineers are Juan Miguel Villaroel, Top 3, with a rating of 89.30 percent; Cyrille John Sili, Top 4, with a rating of 89.20 percent; and Jomar Calauod, Top 6, with a rating of 88.10 percent.

Calaoud and Villaroel obtained their bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in electronics engineering from the Far Eastern University Institute of

Technology under the SM Foundation College Scholarship Program.

Sili, also a scholar of SM, graduATED FROM THE !SIA 0ACIkC #OLLEGE Aside from placing fourth in the Electronics Engineering Board, he also garnered the Top 3 rank in the Electronics Technician Licensure Examinations, with a rating of 93 percent.

The three were among the 1,365 passers out of the 2,790 who took the Electronics Engineer Licensure Examination, while Sili was one of 1,473 passers in the Electronics Technician Licensure Examination out of 1,816 examinees.

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Prepositions at work in prepositional idioms

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prepositional idiom consists of a verb followed by a preposition, but unlike an ordinary prepositional phrase, it forms an expression with a nonliteral or idiomatic meaning. Some grammarians consider the prepositional idiom a type of phrasal verb, others call it the phrasal verb itself, and still others call it a verb phrase.

Any way we call a prepositional idiom, however, the distinguishing characteristic of its sense or meaning is largely determined by the preposition that comes after the verb; in fact, a single verb can YIELD AS MANY AS kVE OR MANY MORE meanings depending on the preposition that comes after it.

Take the case of the verb â&#x20AC;&#x153;back,â&#x20AC;? which literally means â&#x20AC;&#x153;to support by material or moral assistanceâ&#x20AC;? or â&#x20AC;&#x153;to cause to go back or in reverse,â&#x20AC;?

It yields at least nine different idiomatic meanings when followed by different prepositions, as follows: 1. â&#x20AC;&#x153;back downâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; cease defending oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s position in a debate or argument, as in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not the type whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll back down from a fight because of veiled threats.â&#x20AC;?

2. â&#x20AC;&#x153;back awayâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; get out from a previous commitment, as in â&#x20AC;&#x153;The consortium partner backed away from the deal for undisclosed reasons.â&#x20AC;?

while moving backwards, as in â&#x20AC;&#x153;She backed into a lamppost while getting out of the parking slot.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; 8. â&#x20AC;&#x153;back offâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; escape or run away from something, as in â&#x20AC;&#x153;The police told the demonstrators to 3. â&#x20AC;&#x153;back outâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; renege from a back off or face dispersal.

9. â&#x20AC;&#x153;back ofâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; unspoken promise or deal, as in â&#x20AC;&#x153;The boxer backed out FROM THE TITLE kGHT DUE TO self-knowledge about the outcome disagreements over the prize money.â&#x20AC;? of something, as in â&#x20AC;&#x153;He decided to 4. â&#x20AC;&#x153;back upâ&#x20AC;? (1) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; provide sup- kGHT BUT back of his mind he knew port to someone or something, as that it was a losing battle.â&#x20AC;?

The verb â&#x20AC;&#x153;shut,â&#x20AC;? on the other in â&#x20AC;&#x153;The reporter was asked to back up his exposĂŠ with documentary hand, forms six prepositional idievidence and immediately did so.â&#x20AC;? oms when paired off with different 5. â&#x20AC;&#x153;back upâ&#x20AC;? (2) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; move back- prepositions: â&#x20AC;&#x153;shut offâ&#x20AC;? (to close), wards or in reverse, as in â&#x20AC;&#x153;She â&#x20AC;&#x153;shut downâ&#x20AC;? (to close permanentbacked up the car so fast that it hit LY gSHUT INu TO CONkNE gSHUT upâ&#x20AC;? (to stop talking), â&#x20AC;&#x153;shut outâ&#x20AC;? and toppled the lamppost.â&#x20AC;?

6. â&#x20AC;&#x153;back out ofâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; not keep a (to prevent participation), and promise or deal, as in â&#x20AC;&#x153;His lawyer gSHUT OFFu TO CUT OFF THE lOW Still another good example is backed out of the case the day â&#x20AC;&#x153;pass (something or someone), before the trial.â&#x20AC;?

7. â&#x20AC;&#x153;back intoâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; hit something which forms these three preposi-

ENGLISH PLAIN AND SIMPLE

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tional idioms: â&#x20AC;&#x153;pass offâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; present SOMETHING AS REAL AS IN g)N THE kLM â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;My Fair Ladyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, Professor Higgins tried to pass Eliza Doolittle off as ROYALTY AND SUCCEEDED MAGNIkCENTly;â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;pass outâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; become unconscious, as in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Just when the runner WAS APPROACHING THE kNISH LINE

she passed out and fell;â&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;pass (something) upâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; refuse to take advantage (of an opportunity), as in â&#x20AC;&#x153;True to his word, the governor passed up the opportunity to get himself reelected.â&#x20AC;?

Obviously, the prepositional idioms or phrasal verbs are much more vulnerable to misuse than literal prepositional phrases beCAUSE THE SPECIkC PREPOSITION TO use for each of them isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t intuitive AND DOESN T ALWAYS FOLLOW A DEknite logic; in fact, their nonliteral meanings can be learned only after one gets adequate immersion in

the language.

Prepositional idioms truly enrich the English language by investing many verbs with a vast trove of kGURATIVE MEANINGS WHEN PAIRED with different prepositions. For this reason, however, we should use them with caution and only WHEN WE HAVE CONkDENTLY INTERnalized their meanings and the situations or occasions for which they are appropriate.

This completes and ends the &ORUM S kVE PART FULL DRESS REVIEW of preposition usage.

(Next: Precisely when do we use the past progressive tense?)

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Cagdianao Mining, St. Paul University Surigao offer mining degree THE Cagdianao Mining Corp.

(CMC), in partnership with St. Paul University of Surigao (SPUS), will offer a mining engineering degree, as a second course, to qualikED EMPLOYEES STARTING 3CHOOL 9EAR 2019-2020.

CMC, a subsidiary of Nickel Asia Corp., will offer Bachelor of Science (BS) in Mining Engineering at its minesite in Dinagat Island.

4HIS IS A kRST FOR THE 0HILIPPINE mining industry.

Dr. Antonio Talamayan, SPUS vice president for academic affairs, CONkRMED THAT THIS SPECIAL PROgram in partnership with CMC had been approved by the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd). â&#x20AC;&#x153;This curriculum will innovate and deliver quality education.

SPUS and CMC instructors will coordinate and communicate

with each other throughout the course to produce topnotch enGINEERS 4HIS IS THE kRST TIME THAT we are partnering with the mining industry because I believe CMC is a responsible mining company,â&#x20AC;?

Talamayan said.

In Caraga Region, only SPUS and the Caraga State University in Butuan City offer a mining engineering course. The region is composed of five provinces: Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur, Surigao del Norte, Surigao del Sur and Dinagat Islands; six cities: Butuan City, Cabadbaran, Surigao, Tandag, Bislig and Bayugan; 67 municipalities and 1,311 barangay (villages). Butuan City is the regional administrative center.

CMC Administrative Group Manager Salvador Cabauatan said the onsite classes would be a huge

opportunity for employees to pursue a dream of becoming mining engineers without having to leave the comforts of the workplace.

To be eligible for the course, Cabauatan said, applicants must have already completed basic subjects based on the SPUS prospectus for BS Mining Engineering.

Cabauatan said that SPUS was banking on CMCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s generic resources, especially a solid lineup of mining engineers, geodetic engineers, geologists and chemical engineers, who could teach the SUBJECTS SPECIkED IN THE MINING Q From left; Cagdianao Mining Corp. (CMC) Administrative Manager Salvador Cabauatan; Dr. Antonio Talamayan, engineering curriculum and an St. Paul University of Surigao (SPUS) vice president for academic affairs; engineer Arnilo Milaor, CMC resident mine array of state-of-the-art computer manager; and engineer Vincent Guilalas, SPUS College of Engineering dean sign a memoradum of agreement to software for mining engineering offer a Bachelor of Science in Mining Engineering starting School Year 2019-2020. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO courses.

The course is initially offered to opportunity can be extended to â&#x20AC;&#x153;CMC mining experts will be site, and the actual operations is a natural laboratory for the Courseâ&#x20AC;?

INTERESTED AND QUALIkED EMPLOY- members of the mining commuaccredited by CHEd as instructors, Cabauatan explained. ees, but CMC is hoping the huge nities in Dinagat province. plus the materials are already on

DLSU College of Law hosts MIT-Harvard professor lecture THE De La Salle University College of Law (DLSU COL) hosted a lecture by Consensus Building Institute Director and MIT-Harvard Public Disputes Program Associate Director David Fairman titled, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Alternative Dispute Resolution: From angry publics TO STRATEGIC COLLABORATIONu AT THE 5NIVERSITY S 2UkNO Campus in Bonifacio Global City in Taguig.

The event, which was organized by DLSU COLâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) class, tackled effective mediation and dispute resolution through the collaborative efforts of stakeholders from various sectors.

Q Consensus Building Institute It also scrutiDirector and MIT-Harvard Public nized the appliDisputes Program Associate Director cability of ADR David Fairman CONTRIBUTED in the context PHOTO of disputes that

are bridled with tense emotions, issues of differing values, and misinformation. Moreover, the March 27 lecture explored how ADR may assist parties in understanding their interests and in reaching mutually gainful solutions and lasting outcomes.

Fairman has a three-decade career in ADR. For 28 years, he has built consensus and enhanced collaboration capacity on complex public and organizational issues internationally and in the US. His primary focus is building effective multi-stakeholder partnerships, organizational strategies, and dispute resolution systems to meet challenges of sustainable development.

In addition to Fairman, the lecture was attended

by DLSU COL Associate Dean Virgilio de los Reyes and ADR professor Brenda Jay Angeles Mendoza.

The chancellor of the Philippine Judicial Academy *USTICE !DOLFO !ZCUNA /FkCER IN CHARGE AND %XECUTIVE $IRECTOR OF THE /FkCE OF !LTERNATIVE $ISPUTE Resolution State Counsel Bernadette Ongoco, and President and founding member of Mediatorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Network for Sustainable Peace Rachel Aquino served as discussants for the event.

AMA offers flexible options for freshmen enrollees for SY â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;19-â&#x20AC;&#x2122;20 FIRST year college students can enroll in any course at AMA schools for a full-year tuition of P30,000. !-! #OLLEGES AND 5NIVERSITIES IS OFFERING kRST YEAR COLLEGE STUDENTS lEXIBLE STUDY OPTIONS THIS 3CHOOL Year 2019-2020, as it understands the needs of both kRST YEAR STUDENTS AND THEIR PARENTS AS THEY ADJUST TO college life.

The total tuition, P10,000 per trimester, can be paid by installment for a period of up to 10 months.

4HIS GIVES INCOMING COLLEGE STUDENTS THE lEXIBILITY to choose to enroll from a variety of courses offered

by AMA Colleges and Universities.

Degree programs like the Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, that prepares students to become information technology specialists with programming skills to develop computing solutions, is now within reach.

Freshmen can also enroll in courses that will turn them into sought after experts like the Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity, a pioneering course in the

country that educates students on the intricacies of the online landscape and the nuances needed to craft solutions against cyberthreats.

4HE lEXIBLE TUITION FEE SCHEME FOR INCOMING kRST year college students is part of AMAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mission of making education accessible to more Filipinos. g4HROUGH THIS lEXIBLE TUITION PROGRAM WE ARE making our expertise in IT (information technoloGY AND OTHER kELDS AVAILABLE AND HIGHLY ACCESSIBLE to students. AMA has always been about educating the nation and this year, we hope to empower our freshmen enrollees through the different course options they now have that gets them closer to their professional dreams,â&#x20AC;? said Ambassador Amable Aguiluz 5th, founder and chairman of AMA Education System and considered as the Father of IT education in the Philippines.

Students who wish to avail of this flexible tuition program need to first pre-register online. To find out more, visit www.ama.edu.ph.

Ifugao university capacitates communities to control landslides IN an effort to help Ifugao local communities adapt and mitigate the impact of natural disasters, the Ifugao State University (IFSU) through its Extension and Training Department is stepping up its capacity training and activities in the barangay (villages) of Banaue and Hingyon towns.

According to the Ifugao Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office, Ifugao is among the top 10 provinces in the country at risk to all combined climate and weather related disasters.

Ranked third in rain induced landslides, most municipalities in Ifugao province were also identified as susceptible to landside.

To address the situation, IFSUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Extension and Training Department with the Kalinga State University (KSU) launched the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Project Reducing Disaster Caused by Rain-Induced Landslide: Training for Communities and Nonexperts.â&#x20AC;?

The initiative aimed to train barangay officials and community leaders.

Eva Mari Codamon Dugyon, IFSU president, said communities were trained to evaluate landslide susceptibility using the developed tool for nonexperts to guide them in crafting policies and ordinances, as well as programs related to disaster risk reduction management.

Areas covered were Poitan, Gohang, Amganad and Batad villages in Banaue town, and Pitawan village in Hingyon town. Dugyon said capacity training had been conducted in these villages, whose local residents learned how to determine the areas and sites that are susceptible by using the folding paper technique and the simple evaluation tool to compute the susceptibility. As a result, local residents in Banaue, who have undergone training, have been taking actions and partnering with the local government for their riprap projects to control the impacts of landslides when they occur.

Dugyon said one did need not have to be an engineer as â&#x20AC;&#x153;learning the method and formula can help a person detect the landslide prone areas.â&#x20AC;?

She said the university hoped that the training would be replicated in other communities of Ifugao to capacitate them to lessen the damage and loss of lives, properties and livelihood. Meanwhile, IFSU has created its Disaster Risk Reduction Management Committee and Environmental Department to formulate and consolidate programs responsive to the needs of the institution and Ifugao communities.

LEANDER C. DOMINGO

GBP FETES SCHOLAR-GRADUATES

Global Business Power Corp. (GBP) External Affairs head Sheryl de los Santos (second from left) and Manila Tytana Colleges Director for Student Affairs Ruel de la Rosa (second from right) present graduation tokens to GBP scholars during the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Senior High School commencement exercises. All of GBPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s eight scholar-graduates from Humanities and Social Sciences; Accountancy, Business and Management (ABM); and Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics strands are recipients of academic excellence awards. Through the program, GBP supports the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s thrust to develop future leaders, who can deliver innovative approaches to pressing social and economic challenges. Mikaela Louren Dumdum (fifth from left) gave a speech on behalf of the graduating class in the ABM strand. Education is a key a corporate social responsibility pillar of GBP, which operates 11 power generation facilities in Cebu, Iloilo, Aklan and Mindoro. Manila Tytana Colleges, meanwhile, is the education arm of the Metrobank group.

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THURSDAY April 25, 2019

UST researchers bare potential anti-cancer properties in local seaweed A

University of Santo Tomas (UST) research group, headed by National Research Council of the PhilippinesPharmaceutical Science Project member and UST Laboratory Equipment and Supplies /FkCE !DMINISTRATOR 0ROF 2OSS 6ASQUEZ

PhD, found that polysaccharides extracted from the Codium species are â&#x20AC;&#x153;effective AGAINST CANCER CELLS AND DESTRUCTIVE ENZYMES associated with cancer metastasis.â&#x20AC;?

Codium species, specificallythe seasonally available seaweed known as pukpuklo, can be found in selected waters in Ilocos Norte, Cagayan Province, Iloilo and Aklan. It is often harvested for food.

In Ilocos, it is made into a seaweed salad dish with the same name.

In a press statement by the Department of Science and Technology (DoST) in February, the study â&#x20AC;&#x153;evaluated the inhibitory potential of the polysaccharides fractions isolated from Codium speciesâ&#x20AC;? and found that the polysaccha-

RIDES gkGHT DESTRUCTIVE ENZYMES that aid metastasis or spread of cancer to different parts of the body.â&#x20AC;? Polysaccharides are carbohydrates whose molecules consist of a number of sugar molecules bonded together, such as starch, glycogen or cellulose.

Though there had been much research on other similar Codium species, this seemed to be the pioneering study for pukpuklo, said Vasquez during a publicly-available online video interview with noontime news proram â&#x20AC;&#x153;Agila Bal-

ita.â&#x20AC;? He explained that two years had been devoted to conducting THE RESEARCH 4HE kRST YEAR WAS FOR characterization and extraction of the polysaccharides, while the second year was dedicated to biological activities such as testing its properties on cancer cells, rats, and normal cells within the lab.

In the same interview, Vasquez said that while obtaining the pukpuklo, he learned from the local kSHERS THAT THIS SEAWEED COULD NOT be grown elsewhere because it needs VERY SPECIkC CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH it can grow. He found that the pukpuklo needs certain variables such as temperature, pH level, oxygen concentration and other features of the marine waters, to be jointly conducive for growth.

While the pukpuklo can be eaten raw, the anti-cancer properties of pukpuklo do not extend to raw consumption, said Vasquez. The polysaccharides make up a very small percentage of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;thallus,â&#x20AC;? or body, of the plant and has to be EXTRACTED kRST BY USING A TREATMENT

A challenge the researchers face is increasing the yield of extracts from the seaweed. In 1 kilogram of pukpuklo, only around 4 to 8 grams of the sulfated polysaccharides, which can inhibit the growth of lung cancer cells and breast cancer cells, can be xtracted.

However, before extracts from the pukpuklo are ready forcommercialization, Vasquez says that there remains a need follow-up RESEARCH ON THE SPECIkC STRUCTURE and mechanism of action of the anti-cancer properties of the polysaccharides.

The study, titled â&#x20AC;&#x153;Medical potential of polysaccharide fractions from Codium species as cytotoxic and matrix metalloproteinase=1 (MMP-1) inhibitory agent,â&#x20AC;? was kRST PUBLICLY PRESENTED BY 6ASQUEZ at the DoST-National Research Council of the Philippines (DOSTNRCP) Second Basic Research Symposium held in October 2018 at the Hotel Jen, Pasay City.

Also part of the research group were UST Faculty of Pharmacy facul-

Q Prof. Ross Vasquez, PhD, leader of the University of Santo Tomas research team on pukpuklo, presents the study on the potential anticancer properties of the seaweed. PHOTO BY VAL ZABALA/ DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ty member Prof. Jovencio Apostol, PhD, and Regina Belen Callanta, a biological sciences student at the

UST Graduate School. NRCP provided a grant of P1.3 million for the completion of the research project.

Schneider Electric launches Go Green in the City 2019 ENERGY management and automation group Schneider Electric has launched Go Green in the City 2019, its annual global student contest to find bold ideas and innovative solutions for smarter, MORE ENERGY EFkCIENT AND SUSTAINable cities.

Now in its ninth year, Go Green in the City is a major event for business and engineering students worldwide, with over 24,000 young innovators from more than 3,000 universities in 163 countries taking part in 2018.

More than half of the participants, 58 percent, were women as well.

Go Green in the City competitors not only get a chance to make an impact in powering the digital economy, they also get a chance to win an international trip to Schneider Electricâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Global Innovation Summit 2019, a two-day event on Oct. 2 to 3, 2019 in Barcelona, Spain.

This event will bring together Schneider Electric experts and world-leading industry thinkers to share insights and bold ideas on the challenges and opportunities

of powering the digital economy.

Students will have opportunities to be connected and be mentored by industry experts, ultima tely to work for the group.

The 2019 competition is hoped to attract more interest with its four topic categories: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Buildings of the Future,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Plants of the Future,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Grids of the Future,â&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sustainability and Access to Energy.â&#x20AC;?

The challenges are connected to Schneider Electricâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sustainable busiNESS STRATEGY AND RElECT THE COMPANY S commitment with UNâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sustainable Development Goals, inviting students to share ideas to reshape the future and show a more effective side of sustainability: The connection of the social and environmental impacts with technology and the business world.

Olivier Blum, global chief human RESOURCES OFkCER AT 3CHNEIDER %LECTRIC said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The young generation today face considerable challenges in creating a bright future for themselves.

Achieving a sustainable world future is only possible when empowering

young people and helping them to become a driving force for innovation. I am proud that Go Green in the City has become a platform for students to develop their ideas for a better tomorrow.â&#x20AC;?

In 2018, De La Salle University (DLSU) students Don Emmanuel Santamaria and Fae Nicole Serrano claimed the Philippine COUNTRY kNALS WITH THEIR % (UB Project. Their award-winning mobile application was designed to be a platform that lets users invest and donate on renewable energy projects; project developers propose ideas and initiatives; and set-up crowdfunding and be an e-store to buy and sell products related to green energy.

Santamaria and Seranoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s local SUCCESS MARKS THE kRST BACK TO BACK Go Green in the City Philippine Country Finals win for the university.

In 2017, DLSU students Iliana Benice Tan and Aaron Jules del Rosario won THE COMPETITION AND SECURED THE kRST RUNNER UP SPOT IN THE REGIONAL kNALS for their â&#x20AC;&#x153;Glass Xâ&#x20AC;? project. Glass X is a

Q Go Green in the City 2019 launch CONTRIBUTED PHOTO design that absorbs the heat being received by buildings from the sun and converts it into energy for a buildingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own cooling system.

Go Green in the City Filipino teams have consistently been placing in the REGIONAL AND GLOBAL kNALS FROM to 2017.

In 2013, the Philippine team composed of Ateneo de Manila University students Alyssa Vintola and Lorenz Payonga won the global finals in Paris, France, wowing the judges with their Oscillation Hump or â&#x20AC;&#x153;Oscillohumpâ&#x20AC;? project. The Oscillohump was designed to harvest energy from road humps through electromagnetic induction. When vehicles encounter

Human devt associated with career devt

BY ANTONIO G. PAPA, PhD HUMAN beings are different from all other creations of God as they are more rational and wiser, and their development as humans is much longer than any other living things.

Why is this so? Because every human being goes through, for several years, the following stages in life: Childhood, adolescence, young adulthood, adulthood and old age.

Accordingly, the stages of human development are in congruence with the stages of career development.

Let us understand these two phenomena â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the life stages and its corresponding career stages for everyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s guideposts, with the end view of achieving success in life.

Stages of human development Childhood starts from birth to age 15. This stage is comprised of infancy, early childhood, middle childhood and late childhood.

Adolescence stage starts at a ge 16 to 20, with the following phases of life: Pre-adolescence, adolescence and post-adolescence.

Young adulthood follows at age 21 to 29 years.

Meanwhile, adulthood starts at age 30 to 59 with the following phases: Early adulthood, middle age and late adulthood. !ND kNALLY OLD AGE STARTS AT AGE AND OVER THE kNAL CHAPTER OF ONE S LIFE

Career development Career development is an important aspect of human development and is considered as both process and outcome.

Career development as a process IS A LIFE LONG ATTEMPT TO kND A kT OR match between the requirements of a job and requirements of the person.

The outcome of career developMENT IS THE ACHIEVEMENT OF SUCH kT Another outcome is career maturity. Career maturity is the ability to make a right choice of the right career by the person himself, not by other people putting pressure on him. /N THE ONE HAND CAREER kT IS BEING IN kNDING THE RIGHT WORK career that uses our skills/competencies, expresses our interest, perSONALITY AND VALUES AND SATISkES our needs at certain stages in life.

On the other hand, career stages involve work-related behaviors and experiences through which WE SEEK TO DEkNE CLARIFY OR FULkLL our psychological make-up, our needs and values. The characterISTICS UNDER EACH STAGE ARE DEkNED correspondingly.

Stages of career development According to Donald Super, career stages comprise the following stages: Growth that starts at age 1 to 14; exploration from age 15 to 24; establishment from 25 to 44; maintenance from 45 to 64; and decline from age 65 and over. The

following are manifested characteristics under each stage: Growth. In this stage of career development, emphasis on development of self-concept through family, school and friendship experiences. Assuming greater importance towards the end of the STAGE IS THE DEkNITION OF INTERESTS and personal capability through social participation and reality checking.

Exploration. Multiple work-related events feature self-assessment and occupational and role expectations. The explorations are given form by school, leisure and parttime work activities. Early in this stage (15 to 17 years), initial choices are made by shifting through needs, interests, capacities, valuate and perceived opportunities. By the end of this stage, a beginning of a full-time job, which will serve as an initial testing ground of a lifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work, has been located or focused upon.

Establishment. An effort to establish a permanent place in the world of work, with or without early trial and job shifting. Initial choices may not work out and people may change work, employers, occupations and industries.

Toward the end of this stage, the career pattern becomes clearer and the person seeks stability to gain a greater sense of personal security.

For many people in many occupational pursuits, the 30s and early 40s are a highly creative period.

Maintenance. Emphasis on consolidating oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s position or sit-

uation. There is greater emphasis on continuing along established lines rather than on breaking new ground.

Decline. The decline in physical and mental powers and the conclusion of oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s occupational role. The need to develop new post-work roles become a major challenge.

These lessons in life were highly emphasized to my students in the course titled, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Career Orientation,â&#x20AC;? a subject that is mandatory to be taken by all freshmen enrolled in the College of Economics, Management and Development Studies of the Cavite State University in Indang, Cavite.

Understanding the stages of both human development and career development will redound to a successful stay in the work place, so that while an individual is growing maturely, he is also succeeding in his career path, as we have learned earlier that career is a lifelong calling.

Dr. Antonio G. Papa is a retired university professor at the College of Economics, Management and Development Studies at the Cavite State University in Indang, Cavite.

Currently, he is a Scientist 1 and consultant at the Marinduque State College in Boac, Marinduque. He is a graduate of both Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Extension Education at the University of the Philippines at Los BaĂąos, Laguna in 1986 and 1991, respectively.

an Oscillohump, they press springs which plunge magnets into solenoids, generating enough power to charge a battery. The battery can then be used to power DC loads like LED street LAMPS TRAFkC LIGHTS OR CLOSED CIRCUIT television (CCTV) while excess energy can be used for power grids.

In 2015, John Paul Santos and Christian Sta. Romana from the Polytechnic University of the Philippines grabbed the third prize of the global COMPETITION WITH THEIR %LECTRIkLTER project, which generates electricity as it cleanses wastewater.

Rochelle Bulan, project lead of Go Green in the City Philippines and talent acquisition and employer

branding country manager of Schneider Electric Philippines said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;With the new categories for this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s competition, we really want to see how far students can take their imagination as they use technology to power their ideas and help Schneider Electric transform cities, reshape industries and enrich lives. With DLSU taking securing back-to-back wins, we want to see how students this year will shake up the competition.â&#x20AC;?

Teams must be composed of two students attending accredited business, engineering, physics, computer science, mathematics, and other sciences schools. They must be from the same country or region for the duration of the competition. Each team should include at least one female member, in line with Schneider Electricâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s policy of promoting diversity and inclusion.

The deadline for submissions is May 25, 2019.

For more information or please visit: gogreeninthecity.se.com or www. facebook.com/GoGreenintheCity

3KLQPD (GXFDWLRQ VHDOV SDUWQHUVKLS ZLWK LQWHUQDWLRQDO LQYHVWRUV PHINMA Education Holdings Inc., the education arm of conglomerate Phinma Corp., announced its partnership with private equity firm Kaizen Private Equity and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to further its vision of making lives better through education for students from low-income families.

The partnership would enable Kaizen Private Equity and ADB to collectively subscribe to a total of P1.625 billion ($32.5 million) worth of newly issued shares, equivalent to a 20.28-percent minority stake in PHINMA Education.

Phinma Corp. Chief Executive Officer and President Ramon del Rosario shared his excitement over the new partnership. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are grateful to have partners who believe in our mission with our continued expansion in the education services sector. It has always been about serving the marginal in society â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the children of farmers, policemen, public school teachers and other government workers, of pedicab drivers, street vendors and manual laborers,â&#x20AC;? del Rosario said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is clearly a boost for us in achieving our planned expansion. As we partner with these established firms, we aim to further our efforts in providing the best opportunities through accessible, quality education with our region-wide network of institutions,â&#x20AC;? he added.

Phinma Corp. started investing in the education services sector in 2004 through the acquisition of Araullo University in Nueva Ecija.

At present, it has expanded its presence across the country with its network of schools, including Cagayan de Oro College in Misamis Oriental, University

of Pangasinan in Pangasinan, University of Iloilo in Iloilo, Southwestern University in Cebu City, and its latest acquisition, St. Jude College in Metro Manila.

It has also established its presence abroad in 2016 with its first overseas learning institution in Myanmar through the Phinma Training Center (PTC).

Since its founding in 2004, Phinma Education has been among the fastest growing network of schools in the Philippines with a total enrollment of 70,000 students and recorded revenues of P2 billion in School Year 2017-2018.

Kaizen Private Equity is Asiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first and only education focused private equity fund based in India and Singapore.

Its investments are scattered in emerging countries in South and Southeast Asia. Other than Singapore, Kaizen also has presence in Mumbai, Manila and Ho Chi Minh City. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The success of Phinma in providing affordable and job-oriented education in the Philippines has been known to us for a while and today it is our honor to become part of their future journey. We believe that Phinma apart from expanding its presence in the Philippines, will be able to extend its offerings to other countries in the region,â&#x20AC;? Sandeep Aneja, Kaizen founder and managing partner, said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are pleased to work with Phinma Education Holdings to make quality tertiary education more accessible and equitable. Such private sector partnerships complement the Government of Philippinesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; long-term vision to accelerate human capital development and improve the income-earning potential of its people,â&#x20AC;? Michael Barrow, director general of ADBâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Private Sector Operations, added.