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Duterte: ‘Land reform program has stopped’ PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has admitted that the country’s land reform program has stopped, the government having reached its limit in distributing lands.

In his speech in Davao City, the President said he really wanted to distribute lands, initially idle public lands, to agrarIAN REFORM BENEkCIARIES BUT THE GOVERNment could no longer acquire these lands. “Land reform gusto ko ‘yan. Ako ang pinakamaraming titulo na, almost 60,000 hectares. Gusto ko pa (I support the land reform program. I gave out the most titles, almost 60,000 hectares. I want to give out more). But the land reform program has stopped. We no longer can acquire,� Duterte said at the thanksgiving party thrown by senator-elect Christopher Lawrence “Bong� Go on Thursday night. “Kayong inabutan ngayon (To those who won’t be able to own lands), well then I’m sorry, you cannot be as rich as your forefathers because of the limitations

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‘Bikoy’ posts bail

BY NEIL JAYSON N. SERVALLOS

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ETER JOEMEL ADVINCULA, the man who claimed to be “Bikoy� in the “Ang Totoong Narcolist� videos, regained his freedom on Saturday after posting P24,000 bail for estafa and large-scale illegal recruitment charges.

The Philippine National Police (PNP) allowed Advincula to leave Camp Crame yesterday afternoon.

PNP Spokesman Col. Bernard Banac said Advincula posted bail of P6,000 for an estafa case on Friday and P18,000 for large-scale illegal recruitment on Thursday.

He remained in police custody until he was discharged from the PNP General Hospital on Saturday morning.

Advincula was taken to the hospital after complaining of chest pains caused by high blood pressure.

Lt. Col. Arnold Thomas Ibay, chief of the Criminal Investigation and Detection 'ROUP #)$' IN -ETRO -ANILA SAID

Advincula and his family left the PNP headquarters at 1:20 p.m.

Ibay said Advincula was expected to SUBMIT AN AFkDAVIT AND PIECES OF EVIDENCE to the CIDG. Advincula surrendered to the police on 7EDNESDAY )N A NEWS BRIEkNG ON 4HURSday, he said the allegations he made in the “Ang Totoong Narcolist� videos that went viral were orchestrated by the Liberal Party AND KEY OPPOSITION kGURES )N THE VIDEOS

“Bikoy� claimed that President Rodrigo Duterte’s son, former Davao City vice mayor Paolo “Pulong� Duterte, son-inLAW -ANASES g-ANSu #ARPIO AND FORMER presidential aide Christopher Lawrence “Bong� Go, among others, were involved

Catholic voters are a diverse, contentious lot, a boon to democracy

in the illegal drug trade. “If the public will still believe me after this, all that happened in the ‘Ang Totoong Narcolist,’ all that I recorded, all those were scripted, lies because the opposition camp wanted to divert the issue, the attention of the public from the high [approval] ratings of the administration,�

Advincula said in Filipino.

He added that Sen. Antonio Trillanes 4th supervised the production of the videos. The Liberal Party and Trillanes have all denied these claims.

Decoy?

"AYAN -UNA 2EP Carlos Isagani Zarate on Saturday said “Bikoy� was a decoy.

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Peter Joemel Advicula leaves Camp Crame, the headquarters of the Philippine National Police. PHOTO BY ROGER RAĂ‘ADA

SUNDAY STORIES MARLEN V. RONQUILLO

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OW diverse and divided are the country’s Catholics on the issues of our polity?

For an empirical scoring and as Exhibit A on diversity, let us get two men with vows of celibacy, both from the academe AND CLOSELY IDENTIkED WITH THE #ATHOLIC Church: Bro. Armin Luistro from the De La Salle Brothers and Bernardo Villegas from the Opus Dei-run educational institutions. The professional and religious lives of the two are beyond similar.

But on political views and overall views on society, they are diametrically different.

Let us count the ways.

Luistro, it is safe to say, voted for the opposition, Otso Diretso, given his secular role from 2010 to 2016, the education secretary of former President Benigno S. Aquino 3rd. After leaving government and upon reassuming the presidency of the De La Salle schools in the country, Luistro did not retreat into his academic cocoon. He

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NEW WORLDS (The IDSI Corner)

PARADE OF BEAUTIES

Binibining Pilipinas candidates Jessarie Dumaguing of Puerto Princesa and Jean Nicole Guerrero of Ilocos Sur are all smiles during the annual Parade of Beauties held at the Araneta Center in Quezon City on Saturday. Forty candidates are set to compete for international crowns and represent the country in beauty pageants abroad. The coronation night will be on June 9 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. PHOTOS BY JOHN ORVEN VERDOTE

GEORGE SIY A NEW weekly column, NEW WORLDS, authored by the Integrated Development Studies Institute (IDSI), begins today, and will be published every Sunday thereafter. The column aims to present a balanced array of viewpoints on economics, practical realities and ground success in real business and communiTIES SEEKING THE COMMON GOOD 4HE kRST column is written by George Siy.

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PALACE NAMES 3 CUSTOMS Nations pledge DEPUTY COMMISSIONERS $363M to fight sexual violence

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has appointed three new deputy commissioners of the Bureau of Customs (BoC), including a former port district collector who was sacked over the 2018 multibillionpeso shabu shipment controversy.

Duterte signed the appointment papers of the three new Customs OFkCIALS ON -ARCH BUT THESE were released to the media only on Saturday.

The newly appointed Customs deputy commissioners are Rayniel Ramiro, Vener Baquiran and Donato San Juan replacing Ricardo Quinto, Jesus Fajardo and Gladys Rosales, respectively.

"AQUIRAN A FORMER -ANILA )Nternational Container Port district collector, was sacked by former Customs chief Isidro LapeĂąa in 2018 over two incidents of drug shipments concealed inside magnetic lifters.

Ramiro served as the acting head of the Customs’ Intelligence Group, while San Juan was the deputy commissioner for the Customs’ Internal Administration Group.

Ramiro and San Juan were former MILITARY OFkCIALS BEFORE THEIR STINT at the BoC. Their appointment came amid the unresolved issue of imported garbage shipment to the Philippines.

Duterte has declared that the Philippines would no longer accept any waste from any country.

The Philippines, through the BaSEL #ONVENTION IT RATIkED IN -ARCH 1989, allows a foreign country to export hazardous waste, provided that it secures prior informed consent from the government.

Duterte’s directive was issued following Canada’s failure to take back its tons of garbage shipped to the Philippines six years ago. /N 7EDNESDAY -ALACAÄANG SAID the Philippines would shoulder the cost of sending back Canada’s waste, citing Ottawa’s failure to

OSLO: The international community on Friday (Saturday) pledged $363 million (324 million euros) to combat sexual and gender-based violence in humanitarian crises, a worldwide scourge affecting millions.

At the close of a conference on the subject in the Norwegian capital, 21 donor countries vowed to make their contributions in 2019, 2020 “and beyond,� the UN said.

Some $660 million are needed this year to fund programs combating sexual violence, according to UN Under Secretary 'ENERAL FOR (UMANITARIAN !FFAIRS -ARK ,OWCOCK “Sexual and gender-based violence destroys people, it destroys LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND IT IS EXTREMELY DIFkCULT TO MEND THE DAMAGE u .ORWEGIAN &OREIGN -INISTER )NE %RIKSEN 3OREIDE SAID “That’s why we have to do more to prevent it,� she said.

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USAN, South Korea: The Hanwha Systems has developed a data link system for the two missile-armed frigates to be acquired by the Philippine Navy.

The tactical data link system that was exclusively installed for BRP Jose Rizal (FF-150) and BRP Antonio Luna (FF-151) is called “Link P,� according to Hanwha Systems overseas business support manager Samsoo Kim. Hanwha Systems is a company in South Korea that has been developing products that can operate in future combat environment.

In an interview with reporters, Kim said Link P could communicate with other similar tactical data link systems.

The system also has a 32-digit key code encryption to ensure data security, he added.

Kim said hacking the password of the system “takes million years,� making it hard for cyberbandits. “That’s the theory, 32 digits is

a very long password. The Philippine Navy can randomly put in this system [the password],�

Kim said.

The two frigates were fitted for but not supplied with Link 16, a military tactical data link used by the navies of countries belonging to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

But Hanwha Systems was able to install Link P, making the two Philippine warships communicate with similar data link systems.

Link P is being used by South Korea’s warships and submarines.

On Thursday, BRP Jose Rizal was formally launched in Ulsan, where Hyundai Heavy Industries’ (HHI)

shipyard is located.

BRP Antonio Luna, meanwhile, had its keel laid.

Both events were attended by high-ranking HHI executives and TOP MILITARY AND DEFENSE OFkCIALS In October 2016, the Philippines and HHI signed a P16- billion contract for the two frigates with another P2 billion for its weapon systems and its munition.

Armed Forces chief Gen. BenJAMIN -ADRIGAL *R AND 0HILIPPINE Navy chief Vice Admiral Robert Empedrad said the ships would be used for patrolling Philippine territories, especially the hotly contested South China Sea (West Philippine Sea).

CoA: P50.4-M anti-drug fund ‘unliquidated’ SOME P50.4 million funds transferred to implementing government agencies and nongovernment and people’s organizations (NGOs/POs) for the antidrug campaign remain “unliquidated,� according to a report by the Commission on Audit (CoA).

The unliquidated fund transfers were outstanding for over five years as of year-end 2018, CoA said in its Annual Audit Report on the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) for 2018. “Eighty-five percent or P50,427,527.21 of the P59,491,577.34 inter-agency receivables were aged more than five years caused by the non-enforcement of the provisions of the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between DDB and the implementing agencies and CoA Circular Nos. 94-013 and 2007-001 dated December 13, 1994 and October 25, 2007, respectively,� CoA said.

Based on the audit report, the balance of inter-agency receivables accounts “representing funds transferred to various NGAs, LGUs, GOCCs and NGOs/ POs as financial assistance for drug treatment and rehabilitation centers, establishment and maintenance of new drug treatment, as well as the operation and maintenance of existing ones and purchase of supplies from the Procurement Service (PS) totaled� P163.88 million as of Dec. 31, 2018.

NGAs are national government agencies, LGUs are local government units, and GOCCs are government-owned or -controlled corporations.

Based on the audit report, fund transfers totaling P104.39 million out of the P163.88 were aged less than two years, while fund transfers totaling P59.49 million were aged two to over 10 years. “As noted from the MOAs, projects were implemented on an average of two years,� CoA said.

It found that there was a “high liquidation rate� for fund transfers released

in 2016. Its analysis of the status of these fund transfers showed that a total of P37.28 million of the P45.9 million granted in 2016 was liquidated within the reglementary period. “From the above table, the CY (Calendar Year) 2016 releases, which comprised 5.29 percent of the total fund transfer balance, were 81.14 percent liquidated as at December 31, 2018, thus, showed a high liquidation rate,�

CoA said. “However, the aging of the prior years’ receivable of P59,491,577.34 or 36.30 percent of the total balance, showed the following,� it said.

Of this P59.49 million, P49,218,561.36 was aged more than five years but less than 10 years while P1,208,965.85 was aged more than 10 years. “As shown above, P50,427,527.21 or 85 percent of the total is unmoving or dormant. As a remedy to reduce the balance, Management is consolidating the documents for the dormant accounts in preparation for the request for authority to write off to the Commission on Audit,� CoA said.

CoA urged the DDB to regularly send demand letters for implementing agencies (IAs), to liquidate their accountabilities and to monitor the projects’ implementation.

Based on the audit report, the DDB also agreed with CoA’s recommendation to “expressly include in the MOA the agreed timeframe on the implementation of the projects� and to require the chief accountant “to maintain complete and updated subsidiary ledgers.�

It also agreed with CoA’s recommendation to “require the Monitoring Team to regularly monitor the status of the projects and submission by the IAs of their liquidation reports, document the dormant accounts for subsequent request for authority to write-off to CoA.�

REINA C. TOLENTINO

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‘Bikoy’ posts bail

CENTENNIAL YEAR

The Catholic Women’s League celebrates its 100th year with a eucharistic celebration led by Cardinal Orlando Quevedo on Saturday at the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay City. PHOTO BY JOHN ORVEN VERDOTE

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Duterte: Land reform program now imposed by law,� he added.

Duterte then renewed his warning to groups like the +ALIPUNAN NG $AMAYANG -AHIhirap (Kadamay) not to resort to landgrabbing or he would have them arrested, including A CERTAIN g!TTY -AHINAY u “Kagaya nitong Kadamay, I’m warning you. ‘Yung landgrabbing ninyo style ng okupasyon. Basta ang order ko sa law enforcement, hulihin ninyo pati ‘yang Atty.

-AHINAY na ‘yan. Ipapahuli ko talaga ‘yan (Just like the Kadamay. I’m warning you about your style of grabbing properties.

I have directed law enforcers to

arrest you, including this Atty.

-AHINAY u HE SAID Duterte has repeatedly voiced his desire to distribute government-owned lands to farmers.

Through Executive Order 75, he could ordered all agencies to identify government-owned be distributed to land reform beneficiaries.

The President said the 1987 Constitution declared it a policy of the state to undertake the just distribution of all agricultural lands subject to priorities and retention limits prescribed by Congress.

He also noted that under Republic Act 6657, government-

owned lands devoted to or suitable for agriculture are covered under the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program and are to be planned and programmed for acquisition and distribution by the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR).

In his order, the President directed DAR to acquire all government-owned lands devoted to or suitable for agriculture but are no longer actually, directly and exclusively used for the purpose for which they have been reserved so they can be distributed TO QUALIkED BENEkCIARIES All departments, bureaus and

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Nations pledge $363M The wealthy Scandinavian country itself pledged 1 billion kroner (102.5 million euros, $115 million) between 2019 and 2021. “Violence against women and YOUNG GIRLS IS kNALLY RECOGNIZED not only as a serious violation of a woman’s rights but also as a public health epidemic, and as an obstacle to resolving global challenges such as extreme poverty, ()6 !)$3 AND CONlICT MANAGEment,� Congolese doctor and 2018 Nobel Peace Prize winner Denis -UKWEGE SAID “It is no longer a humanitarian crisis, but rather a crisis of

our humanity.�

of the most important things we’re able to do ... is put a bright shiny spotlight on this issue.�

Judging the guilty Every third woman in the world The majority of the conference’s is subjected to sexual or genderparticipants insisted on the impor- based violence at some point in TANCE OF PREVENTION AND THE kGHT her life, according to the UN, a phenomenon exacerbated in times against impunity. “When I was first working of humanitarian crises. on humanitarian crises around In late April, the UN Security the world more 35 years ago, Council approved a resolution nobody talked about sexual supporting victims of sexual vioand gender-based violence,� lence, but it was largely devoided of substance by the United States, said Lowcock. “That is not because it was not Russia and China. happening. It was. But it was a hidAmid US opposition to the den horror,� he said, adding: “One International Criminal Court and

government instrumentalities were given 30 days to identify and submit a list of lands that can be covered by the land reform program. “The DAR, in coordination with the DENR (Department of Environment and Natural Resources), shall cause the preparation of an inventory of government-owned lands devoted to or suitable for agriculture and no longer actually, directly and exclusively used or necessary for the purpose for which they have been reserved or acquired,� the order read. “Agencies whose lands are covered by such inventory shall be furnished a copy thereof,� it said.

CATHERINE S. VALENTE mounting restrictions on abortion, the United States managed to have all mentions of sexual and reproductive rights removed, and rejected the creation of a mechanism making it easier to bring perpetrators of sexual violence to justice. “How is it possible that not a single defendant has been judged by the International Criminal Court for rape even though its usage is widespread,�

BLASTED -UKWEGE “Unfortunately, not a single defendant has been judged, while the survivors, they are breaking the silence, testifying courageously in public, and they are living proof THAT THESE HORRIkC CRIMES INTENDED to shock mankind’s conscious are being committed.�

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“Remember in the past ang dami nang mga ganitong klaseng mga personalities na nililihis lang ang real issues. Sabi ko nga, decoy lang ito e (There have been personalities like these in the past who tried to divert attention from the real issues. Bikoy is a decoy),� Zarate said in a forum in Quezon City. “So we have to be wary of these people. Gagamitin sila, and sino ang talo niyan? Tayo (They will be used and who loses? Us,)� he added. )N THE SAME FORUM -AGDALO Rep. Gary Alejano said it was not true that Advincula met all of the senatorial candidates of the opposition Otso Diretso. “Katawa-tawa naman itong si Bikoy, ano? Sabihin ko sa inyo, hindi totoo iyan. Sabi nga nila mag-investigate sila. Kahit maginvestigate sila, willing kaming magkaroon ng investigation. Imbestigahan lahat, siya pati ‘yung allegation niya,� (Bikoy is laughable, isn’t he? I’ll tell you, that’s not true. They said that they will investigate. Investigate everything, him and his allegations,)� Alejano, who ran for senator under Otso Diretso’s slate, said.

He said Otso Diretso was considering filing charges against Advincula.

“Ang legal action is one of our options pero tinitignan natin na it will just keep us busy, precisely the objective of Bikoy na parang i -isolate ka niya, i -divert ‘yung issue. Kaya magiging useless lang. Pero kasama iyan sa pinag-uusapan, kasi puro kasinungalingan naman ‘yung sinasabi niya,� (Legal action is one of our options but we are also considering that it will just keep us busy, precisely the objective of Bikoy: to isolate you, divert the issue. So it will just be useless. But that is part of discussions, because his claims are all lies),� Alejano said.

6ICE 0RESIDENT -ARIA ,EONOR “Leni� Robredo had denied Advincula’s claim that she was part of a plot to oust President Duterte, saying she “will never be part of any destabilization.�

Con artist Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian described Advincula as a con artist who sought media exposure.

Gatchalian backed the position of Senate President Vicente Sotto 3rd that the chamber would only investigate Advincula’s allegations if he presented evidence.

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PALACE NAMES 3 CUSTOMS COMPLY WITH THE -AY DEADLINE to retrieve the trash.

Canada, also on Wednesday, said it would take back the trash shipment sent to the Philippines by the end of June.

Palace spokesman Salvador Panelo, however, said Duterte rejected Canada’s latest pronouncement as he wanted the trash to be taken out of the country the “soonest.� “It will take end of June (to take it back to Canada). Hindi papayag si Presidente dun (The President will not allow it). The trash will be sent back the soonest,� Panelo added. “It could be this week or a WEEK AFTER $EkNITELY hindi end

of June. Ayaw natin ‘yun. Tagaltagal na masyado ‘yun )T S DEknitely not the end of June. We don’t want that. Waiting until June to retrieve the trash is too long),� he said.

Panelo added that the Philippines would also send back Australia’s trash that was dumped in -ISAMIS /RIENTAL “We will not allow it. We’ll send ;IT= BACK u THE 0ALACE OFkCIAL SAID “That will be our stance. It will be offensive to this government to be a recipient of trash or basura (garbage). We are offended by that.

We will not allow ourselves to be a dumping ground of trash,� he added. CATHERINE S. VALENTE

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G R O U P T O S E N AT O R S :

Tax tobacco to the max S

BYÂ JAVIER JOE ISMAEL

OCIAL Watch Philippines (SWP), a citizens’ watchdog, urged senators to enact a good sin tax law to further increase the tax on cigarettes by P60 per pack.

Ma. Victoria Raquiza, SWP SPOKESMAN SAID WHILE THEY WELCOMED REPORTS THAT SENATORS HAVE kNALLY AGREED TO PASS THE 3IN 4AX Bill before the current 17th Congress closes on June 7, t here REMAINS UNkNISHED WORK “Even before the start of the 2019 elections, various Senate bills TO INCREASE TAXES ON TOBACCO HAVE been languishing for over a year

IN THE 3ENATE #OMMITTEE ON 7AYS and Means, particularly, those of 3EN *OSE 6ICTOR g*6u %JERCITO ;AT 0 PER PACK= 3EN ;3HERWIN= 'ATCHALIAN ;AT 0 PER PACK= AND 3EN ;%MMANUEL= 0ACQUIAO ;AT 0 PER PACK= u SAID 2AQUIZA IN A STATEMENT 4HE GROUP IS SEEKING TO INCREASE THE TAX ON CIGARETTES BY 0 PER PACK AND A PERCENT ANNUAL INCRE-

MENTAL INCREASE THEREAFTER According to SWP, the legislators of the 17th Congress would be REMEMBERED AS CHAMPIONS OF THE people’s health if they pass a good SIN TAX LAW ONE THAT gTAXES TOBACCO TO THE MAX u 3ENATE -AJORITY ,EADER *UAN -IGUEL g-IGZu :UBIRI DISCLOSED on Wednesday that all the senators have agreed to do their best TO PASS THE 3IN 4AX "ILL DURING THE REMAINING SESSION DAYS OF THE 17th Congress.

(E SAID THE DECISION WAS REACHED AFTER SENATORS MET WITH &INANCE 3ECRETARY #ARLOS $OMINguez 3rd who reiterated the need for additional funding for the

5NIVERSAL (EALTH #ARE 5(# PROGRAM Zubiri said that sponsorship OF THE MEASURE WOULD START ON Monday.

SWP said the reasons for furTHER RAISING TAXES ON CIGARETTES are well-established, citing studies that showed there are OVER SMOKING RELATED deaths in the country a year.

4HIS MEANS &ILIPINOS DIE EVery hour due to tobacco-related diseases. ,ARGELY DUE TO THE 3IN 4AX ,AW SMOKING PREVALENCE AMONG Filipino adults went down by ALMOST PERCENTAGE POINTS FROM TO AND MAINLY DUE TO

THE PREVENTION OF NEW SMOKERS MOSTLY AMONG PEOPLE SENSITIVE TO PRICE LEVELS ‡ THE POOR RURAL FOLK

youth and the elderly.

(EALTH AUTHORITIES HOWEVER

noted that in recent years, with the RELATIVE RISE IN INCOMES IN CERTAIN sections of the population, and THE SLOW INCREASE IN gSINu TAXES

SMOKING IS ONCE AGAIN ON THE RISE

thereby reversing the gains of the ORIGINAL EXCISE TAX INCREASE IN SWP also believes that the COMPREHENSIVE AND EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 5(# ,AW WILL BE SIGNIkCANTLY HAMPERED DUE TO LACK OF FUNDS !CCORDING TO THE $EPARTMENT of Finance, P258 billion is needed

FOR THE 5(# BUT THE GOVERNMENT

ALONG WITH THE 0HILIPPINE !MUSEMENT AND 'AMING #ORP AND 0HILIPPINE #HARITY 3WEEPSTAKES /FkCE can only raise P195 billion.

4HIS MEANS A FUNDING SHORTFALL OF P63 billion. )F THE SIN TAX BILL IS PASSED

WHETHER FROM 0 0 BILLION OR 0 PACK 0 BILLION THE GOVERNMENT WOULD BE ABLE TO CUT THE FUNDING SHORTFALL FOR 5(# BY about one half, the group said.

The additional funding would be used to increase the salaries of HEALTH CARE WORKERS STRENGTHEN PRIMARY CARE SERVICES AND EXPAND 0HIL(EALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE AND BENEkTS

COMELEC URGED:

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AMID the public outcry over reSIGNED .ATIONAL 9OUTH #OMMISSION .9# CHAIRMAN 2ONALD #ARDEMA S MOVE TO INSTALL HIMSELF AS $UTERTE Youth party-list representative, a poll WATCHDOG HAS CALLED ON THE #OMMISSION ON %LECTIONS #OMELEC TO MAKE PUBLIC ALL PENDING PETITIONS for substitution of party-list representatives. g7HILE #ARDEMA AND THE $UTERTE Youth deserve to incur the public’s IRE THE #OMELEC DESERVES TO BE called out for not being as transparent as it should be in disclosing RELEVANT INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC u +ONTRA $AYA SAID The group said the poll body needed to be transparent as CarDEMA S MOVE PROMPTED SUSPICIONS THAT IT WAS NOT ONLY HIM WHO RESORTED TO A gBACKDOOR ROUTEu TO GET A (OUSE SEAT Duterte Youth was one of the 51 groups that got one of the 61 (OUSE SEATS ALLOCATED FOR PARTY LIST groups.

So far, at least 10 groups have ALREADY kLED PETITIONS AGAINST #AR-

DEMA S MOVE INCLUDING +ONTRA Daya and youth group Millenials 0( #ONSOLIDATED +ABATAAN PARTY LIST ALSO PLANS TO kLE ITS OWN PETITION PENDING A thorough review of the case. #OMELEC SPOKESMAN *AMES *IMENEZ SAID THESE PETITIONS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED kRST BEFORE THE COMMISSION COULD DECIDE ON WHETHER #ARDEMA IS ELIGIBLE TO BE THE NOMInee of Duterte Youth. “Those that can be consolidated MAY BE CONSOLIDATED )T WILL BE TOO TIME CONSUMING ) THINK TO DISPOSE of each one, especially if they raise SUBSTANTIVELY THE SAME ISSUES u HE said. +ONTRA $AYA REITERATED THAT #ARDEMA IS NOT QUALIkED AS A YOUTH sector representative because of his age.

Republic Act 8044 or the Youth in .ATION "UILDING !CT OF DEkNED the Filipino youth as “those with AGES u #ARDEMA WAS YEARS old when the elections were held on May 13.

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LET THE BLOOD FLOW

Officials and personnel of the Department of the Interior and Local Government, National Capital Region Police Office, Bureau of Jail Management and Penology and Philippine Coast Guard join the blood-letting activity of the National Press Club and Philippine Red Cross in Manila. PHOTO BY RENE H. DILAN

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SOTTO CONFIDENT OF STATUS QUO SENATE President Vicente Sotto RD ON 3ATURDAY EXPRESSED CONfidence that there would be no changes in the Senate leadership BECAUSE OF THE GOOD PERFORMANCE OF THE CHAMBER g0ALAGAY KO DAHIL MAGANDA ANG SAMAHAN NAMIN AT MAGANDA ANG PERFORMANCE NG TH #ONGRESS PALAGAY KO WALA NAMAN NAKAKAISIP NA MAGLIKOT NG leadership...pag IKAW AY PRO ADMIN yung Senate na KASALUKUYAN DI NAMAN self-service at di rin oppo BAKIT GUSTO MO GALAWIN BAKA ANG MANGYARI D YAN buo ang MAJORITY SA PAGKONTRA u (I THINK BECAUSE WE HAVE GOOD RELATIONS AND THE PERFORMANCE OF THE 17th Congress was good, I don’t THINK SOMEBODY WOULD ATTEMPT TO TOUCH THE LEADERSHIPw THE PRESENT 3ENATE IS NOT PRO ADMIN OR

PRO OPPOSITION SO WHY IMPLEMENT CHANGES THAT MIGHT BE OPPOSED

BY THE MAJORITY 3OTTO SAID IN AN interview over DWIZ radio.

(E SAID IT WOULD BE DELICATE TO THINK OF CHANGING GUARDS AT THIS TIME Senator-elect Francis TolentiNO EARLIER CLAIMED THAT SENATORS belonging to the ruling Partido $EMOKRATIKO 0ILIPINO ,AKAS NG Bayan (PDP-Laban) — ChristoPHER ,AWRENCE g"ONGu 'O 2ONALD g"ATOu DELA 2OSA !QUILINO g+OKOu 0IMENTEL RD AND 3EN %MMANUEL g-ANNYu 0ACQUIAO ‡ INTEND TO coalesce with their Nacionalista Party colleagues who ran under (UGPONG NG 0AGBABAGO AND FORM THE (N0 BLOC IN THE 3ENATE 4OLENTINO CLAIMED THAT THE (N0 BLOC THAT HAS YET TO BE FORMED

ALREADY HAD NINE MEMBERS ‡ 'O

DELA 2OSA 0IMENTEL 0ACQUIAO

#YNTHIA 6ILLAR 0ILAR *ULIANA g0IAu #AYETANO -ARIA )MELDA *OSEFA g)MEEu -ARCOS AND 2AMON g"ONGu Revilla Jr. Sotto, however, said his “Macho "LOCu HAS HONORARY MEMBERS

WHICH INCLUDE gFRIENDLYu INDEpendents. These are Senators Mary Grace Poe and Maria Lourdes Nancy Binay, and senator-elect Manuel g,ITOu ,APID Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian has said he will support Sotto. The MINORITY BLOC HAS THREE MEMBERS ‡ 3ENATORS &RANKLIN $RILON &RANCIS g+IKOu 0ANGILINAN AND -ARIA 4HERESIA g2ISAu (ONTIVEROS Nevertheless, Sotto said he was not worried if his leadership were challenged, because he only serves

AT THE PLEASURE OF THE MAJORITY A challenger needs 13 votes to BECOME 3ENATE 0RESIDENT An analyst, however, said any ATTEMPT TO CHANGE THE 3ENATE LEADERSHIP MIGHT NOT BE ACCEPTABLE TO the public. “It will be a poorly thought out MOVE IF THEY IMMEDIATELY REMOVE HIM 3OTTO FROM THE 3ENATE PRESIdency. It will not be seen favorably

BY THE PUBLIC u !NTONIO g"UTCHu Valdes, head of the Save the Nation -OVEMENT SAID (E ADDED THAT THE STATEMENT OF 4OLENTINO gIS A STRONG MESSAGE TO 3OTTO OF THE EXISTENCE OF A BLOC u 4HE 3ENATE AND THE (OUSE OF 2EPRESENTATIVES WILL JOINTLY OPEN as the 18th Congress on July 22.

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De Lima lauds passage of Magna Carta of the Poor DETAINED Sen. Leila De Lima on Saturday lauded the passage into law of Republic Act (RA) 11291 or the “Magna Carta of the Poor� that aims to champion the cause of the underprivileged by ensuring their full access to basic services to help alleviate poverty.   De Lima, the principal sponsor and author of the Magna Carta of the Poor bill in the Senate, said the enactment of the measure shall guarantee that the poor are granted ready access to government services and encourage private sectors to invest in pro-poor programs. “The dream of the poor for a better future is within reach with the signing of this law. Finally, their pleas have been heard and the state will be their refuge,� added the senator, who is currently detained at the Philippine National Police custodial facility in Camp Crame for

drug-related charges . Â President Duterte signed RA 11291 in April. The law guarantees the rights of the poor to adequate food, decent work, relevant and quality education, housing, and the highest attainable standard of mental and physical health. Â Under the new law, the government is mandated to establish a system of progressive realization or implementation to provide the requirements, conditions and opportunities for the full enjoyment of the fundamental rights of the poor. Â Beneficiaries of the new law include individuals whose income falls below the poverty threshold as defined by the National Economic and Development Authority, and those who cannot afford in a sustained manner to provide their minimum basic needs of food, health, education, and housing. Â JAVIER JOE ISMAEL

Warrantless arrest Dear PAO, My sister was standing in front of our house when two males approached her and introduced themselves as police officers.

My sister was then directed to take out the contents of her pockets. Subsequently, my sister was arrested and was brought to the nearest police precinct.

-Y SISTER TOLD THE POLICE OFkCER who interviewed her that she was merely standing in front of our house when she was arrested.

Was the arrest of my sister legal and valid?

Chrissy Dear Chrissy,

offense; “(b) When an offense has just been committed, and he has DEAR PAO probable cause to believe based on personal knowledge of facts or circumstances that the person to be arrested has committed it; Based on your narration, it ap- and “(c) When the person to be pears that your situation is governed by Section 5 of Rule 113 of arrested is a prisoner who has the Rules of Court, which states: ESCAPED FROM A PENAL ESTABLISH“Section 5. Arrest without MENT OR PLACE WHERE HE IS SERVING warrant; when lawful. — A peace kNAL JUDGMENT OR IS TEMPORARILY OFkCER OR A PRIVATE PERSON MAY CONkNED WHILE HIS CASE IS PENDwithout a warrant, arrest a person: ing, or has escaped while being “(a) When, in his presence, the TRANSFERRED FROM ONE CONFINEperson to be arrested has com- MENT TO ANOTHER “In cases falling under paramitted, is actually committing, or is attempting to commit an graph (a) and (b) above, the

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person arrested without a warrant shall be forthwith delivered to the nearest police station or JAILw XXXu The arrest of your sister was MADE WITHOUT A WARRANT )N THE case of Veridiano vs. People (GR 200370, June 7, 2017), the SuPREME #OURT THROUGH !SSOCIATE Justice Mario Victor Leonen eluCIDATED THE kRST KIND OF WARRANTless arrest IN lAGRANTE DELICTO “For a warrantless arrest of in lAGRANTE DELICTO TO BE AFFECTED

TWO ELEMENTS MUST CONCUR the person to be arrested must execute an overt act indicating that he has just committed, is actually committing, or is

attempting to commit a crime; and (2) such overt act is done in the presence or within the view OF THE ARRESTING OFkCER &AILURE to comply with the overt act test RENDERS AN IN lAGRANTE DELICTO ARREST CONSTITUTIONALLY INkRM u %MPHASIS SUPPLIED Applying the above-cited proVISION AND JURISPRUDENCE IN YOUR situation, there was no probable cause for the police officers to believe that your sister was then AND THERE COMMITTING A CRIME 3HE WAS MERELY STANDING OUTSIDE YOUR HOUSE AND DID NOT EXHIBIT ANY unusual conduct in the presence OF THE POLICE OFkCERS THAT WOULD incite suspicion. In effecting the

WARRANTLESS ARREST THE POLICE OFkcers arrested your sister absent any OVERT ACT FROM HER INDICATING THAT A CRIME HAS JUST BEEN COMMITTED

WAS BEING COMMITTED OR IS ABOUT TO BE COMMITTED (ENCE THE ARREST OF your sister was illegal and unlawful.

We hope that we were able to answer your queries. This advice is based solely on the facts you have narrated and our appreciation of the SAME /UR OPINION MAY VARY WHEN other facts are changed or elaborated.

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E d i to r i a l Filipino optimism that seems to never run dry

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),)0)./3 are a decidedly happy and optimistic lot. !MID THE POLITICAL CHAOS AND CONFUSION g"IKOYu ATtempted to sow in the public mind about the integrity of the presidential family and the stability of the Duterte administration at the height of the recent midterm election period, the economic alarm sounded by the International Monetary Fund about the impact of the US-China trade war on global growth and the expected fallout on the Philippine economy, many Filipinos MANAGED TO kND SOMETHING TO CHEER ABOUT They say the quality of their lives has improved over the past 12 months to end-March, and they feel the Philippine economy will continue to grow well in the year right ahead. These were THE kNDINGS OF THE LAST SURVEY BY THE 3OCIAL 7EATHER 3TATIONS (SWS) released on Friday.

The SWS said the net gainers — or the resulting positive number of those who believe their lives improved (38 percent), minus those who felt their lives worsened (21 percent) — have been on the rise for two consecutive quarters, reaching +17 in March this year from +12 in December last year.

Half of the number of respondents also expect their personal lives to be even better in the next 12 months, against 4 percent who do not feel the same way. /VERALL &ILIPINOS SURVEYED GOT AN gEXCELLENTu NET OPTIMISM score of +47 from SWS, with increases across all economic classes. )T IS NOT SURPRISING THAT PRESIDENTIAL SPOKESMAN 3ALVADOR 0ANELO saw the data as “another loud repudiation against … the critics and detractors of the Duterte administration, who include the leftleaning groups, militant Church members and the political opposition who continuously and deliberately ignore our achievements, WHICH REDOUND TO THE BENEkT OF THE &ILIPINO MASSES u But even before this administration, Filipinos have always been KNOWN AS A RESILIENT POSITIVELY INCLINED FORGIVING AND FORWARD LOOKING PEOPLE EVEN IN THE FACE OF THE MOST HORRENDOUS DISASTERS or crimes. They don’t have the luxury of time and options to WALLOW IN THEIR MISERY BUT TOGETHER THEY kND THE STRENGTH AND MOTIVATION TO BOUNCE BACK NOT TOO LONG AFTER A TRAGEDY STRIKES /UR RECENT HISTORY WOULD TELL US FOR INSTANCE THE DEPARTURE of American soldiers from the US bases in Angeles and Subic, the sudden eruption of the long-dormant Mount Pinatubo AND THE GREAT /RMOC FLASHFLOOD ‡ ALL HAPPENING IN THE SAME year, 1991 — caused so much devastation on lives, property AND LIVELIHOOD ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT SPOOKED INVESTORS AWAY

many thought, for good. But the economy steered its way through the succeeding years under the Ramos administration from 1992 to be recognized for its potential to become THE gNEXT ECONOMIC TIGERu OF !SIA IN ONLY TO BE DASHED again along with the rest of the world in the global financial crisis that followed.

"UT THE &ILIPINO KNOWS NOWHERE ELSE TO GO FROM THERE BUT UPWARD AND FORWARD 4HE ECONOMY HAD TO BOUNCE BACK EVERY time it fell whether due to domestic political upheavals or external headwinds.

Records show gross domestic product (GDP) began to really TAKE lIGHT AS THIS MILLENNIUM UNFOLDED WITH GROWTH AVERAGING PERCENT ANNUALLY FROM TO UNDER THE !RROYO ADMINISTRATION WITH THE PEAK AT PERCENT IN )N RECENT years, GDP began stabilizing near or above 6 percent, even hitting a high of 7.2 percent in 2017. The following year, 2018, the economy expanded further by 6.2 percent.

3OME OBSERVERS ON BEHALF OF THE LOWEST g$u SEGMENT OF respondents in the latest SWS survey would disagree with the NOTION OF GROWTH ESPECIALLY THE gTRICKLE DOWNu EFFECT AND SAY they actually experienced a worsening of their status in life. But that rarely translates to a rampage on the street in protest against THE OFkCIAL DATA ,IFE SIMPLY MOVES ON FOR THE &ILIPINOS WHEREVER they may be situated. g&IGHT kGHT kGHT u AS THE MILLENNIALS WOULD SAY EXPRESSING THE NEVER surrender spirit that has served the Filipinos well in the face of adversity.

SUNDAY May 26, 2019

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‘Heretical pope’: All in Satan’s — and God’s — plan Last of Two Parts 4HE kRST PART RAN ON -AY g! CALL for bishops ‘to deal with a heretical POPE u HTTPS WWW MANILATIMES NET A CALL FOR BISHOPS TO DEAL WITH A HERETICAL POPE )

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HE delay in this article’s conclusion afforded a better sense of how Catholics — clergy, theologians, media and LAY PEOPLE ‡ HAVE TAKEN THE CALL signed by theologians and clergy, now more than 80, accusing Pope Francis of statements and actions promoting doctrines and morals contrary to Church teachings.

After citing the allegedly heretical statements and actions of the Holy Father, the open letter TO BISHOPS URGED g7E THEREFORE appeal to you as our spiritual fathers, vicars of Christ within your own jurisdictions and not vicars of the Roman pontiff, publicly to admonish Pope Francis to abjure THE HERESIES THAT HE HAS PROFESSED u The letter is available at HTTPS ASSETS DOCUMENTCLOUD ORG DOCUMENTS /PEN ,ETTER

FAITH HEALER RICARDO SALUDO to-the-Bishops-of-the-Catholic. pdf, and its summary at HTTPS ASSETS DOCUMENTCLOUD ORG DOCUMENTS /PEN ,ETTER TO Bishops-of-Catholic-Church-a.pdf.

There is also an online petition for the bishops to investigate Pope &RANCIS FOR HERESY HTTPS WWW CHANGE ORG P THE COLLEGE OF BISHops-of-the-catholic-church-appeal-to-the-bishops-to-investigatepope-francis-for-heresy-bcce228eDA D CB D D CC BC After two previous letters raising heresy concerns, with no papal response, concerned clergy and scholars have now charged the Holy Father with heresy and called on bishops to openly admonish him. Below, in layman’s terms, are the main heresies Francis is ACCUSED OF PROPAGATING 1) There are moral edicts that

man might not be able to obey even with God’s grace.

"REAKING A DIVINE LAW IN A SERIOUS MANNER WITH FULL KNOWLEDGE and willfulness — as mortal sin is DEkNED ‡ MIGHT NOT BE A MORTAL sin in certain circumstances. /BEYING 'OD S COMMANDMENT could be a sin in certain instances.

4) While the Church prohibits TAKING NEW SPOUSES WHILE STILL married under canon law, conscience can rightly determine that this act “can sometimes be morally right, or requested or EVEN COMMANDED BY 'OD u )T IS FALSE THAT THE ONLY SEXUAL acts between husband and wife are morally allowed.

6) In divine revelation and natural law, there are no absolute prohibitions forbidding certain actions in all circumstances.

7) God wills that there be different religions, both Christian and non-Christian.

Is Pope Francis a heretic?

Before anything else, let’s be CLEAR ABOUT ONE THING 7HILE

statements and articles have accused Pope Francis of spreading or encouraging heresy, there has been no judgment that he has committed it, whether as a sin, which only God can ultimately judge, or as an ecclesiastical crime or delict, which, under canon law, only the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) can declare.

Since the CDF is under papal control, unless Francis allows or orders it, the highest Church body on doctrine wouldn’t investigate him, let alone declare him heretical. Now, if the Pope hasn’t been formally declared to have committed heresy, what do the 80-plus signatories of the letTER TO BISHOPS WANT THEM TO DO 4HE LETTER S SUMMARY STATES “The authors respectfully request the bishops of the Church to investigate the accusations contained in the letter, so that if they judge them to be well founded, they may free the Church from her present distress … They can do this by admonishing Pope Francis

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The curse of sex tourism Part 2

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UNDREDS of thousands of young girls and boys are LURED FORCED OR TRAFkCKED INTO THE sex industry every day worldwide.

(UMAN TRAFkCKERS ARE THE CURSE OF the nation, but they operate with relative impunity and sell the youth into the sex bars and clubs that are given government permits and operating licences.

4HIS MAKES THE 3TATE PART OF A corrupt industry where drugs and sex dominate, and young people are sold as commodities in a slave MARKET FOR THE WEALTHY SEX TOURISTS The behind-the-scene reality of sex clubs is devastating. Provided with a bed in a crowded DORMITORY USUALLY AT THE BACK OF the sex bar, or club or hotel, as many as 40 girls can be living in inhumane conditions. They have to pay for their accommodation AND DAILY FOOD )T IS ALL MARKED UP against their expenses and billed to them at a high price.

Despite the vaunted war on drugs in the Philippines, illegal drugs are still everywhere in the sex tourist industry. The young girls are addicted to or dependent on them, so they often owe the pusher some money. They can NEVER ESCAPE UNLESS THEY TAKE THE RISK OF BEING ARRESTED AND CHARGED with prostitution and drug use.

In sex tourism, young women are paid a basic wage for dancing.

If a customer wants to have them for sex, the sex bar gets paid for THAT )T S CALLED A gBAR kNE u 4HE customer has to pay but the bar OWNER KEEPS MOST OF THE MONEY It is a lucrative business.

The freedom and impunity of the sex industry in the tourist belt is a very bad precedent. Some local

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MEN ARE INlUENCED BY IT AND ABUSE their own children. The children run to the streets and end up in sex bars. It’s a vicious cycle of abuse and exploitation.

-ONEY IS KING 4HE TOURISM industry is one of the biggest money earners in most developing economies, but that fact is seldom reported, investigated or exposed by the media. The church, too, is silent about the corrupt industry.

4HOUGH SOME PEOPLE THINK SEX TOURISM IS CONkNED TO RED LIGHT districts, it is there in beach resorts and fancy tourist hotels.

I was sitting in the lobby of a posh hotel in Manila waiting for some journalists. A waiter approached me. g3IR CAN ) GET YOU A DRINK u HE ASKED POLITELY g*UST COFFEE THANKS u ) REPLIED He continued, “You are alone and it is getting late. Do you want ANYTHING ELSE SIR u I thought he was referring to me having a meal. “You seem to BE ALONE WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO ARRANGE A COMPANION FOR YOU u I was immediately alert. What was this offer in a four-star tourIST HOTEL ) DECIDED TO PLAY ALONG AND kND OUT g/H REALLY CAN YOU ARRANGE THAT u ) ASKED g(OW YOUNG WOULD YOU LIKE u HE ASKED g(OW YOUNG CAN YOU PROVIDE u ) ASKED HIM “Well, sir, it depends on how much you are willing to pay. A YEAR OLD WILL COST 0 u ) WAS REALLY SHOCKED AT THIS A 12-year-old child was offered to

A FOREIGN LOOKING TOURIST RIGHT IN the hotel lobby! I realized I should have recorded it on my cell phone.

I answered, “No, no, not now.

If I want anything more, I will CONTACT YOU u When I tried to have him arRESTED FOR HUMAN TRAFkCKING AND pimping minors, he had disappeared. The hotel staff tipped him OFF MOST LIKELY (OWEVER IT WAS strong evidence that this sex tourism pervades hotels and resorts.

Sex tourism is here to stay but we should never condone, tolerate and stop opposing it and helping the victims. It seems to be at least government-tolerated as a normal part of human life.

Though many condemn the human exploitation of women and minors, the trade in sex tourism lOURISHES .ON GOVERNMENT ORGAnizations continue to campaign to curb the abuse of children that are in the sex tourism industry.

The Preda Foundation, for example, in recent months received more than 20 rescued victims aged between 14 and 17, all of them lured and coerced into brothelhotels and tourist resorts. The Foundation gives shelter and therapy to as many as 63 children at times.

After a rescue, they tell of their harrowing experiences of being sexually abused and exploited.

They are recovering with the help of Emotional Release Therapy at the Preda Home for Girls at present.

But thousands more remain in the sex tourist industry and are at GRAVE RISK OF CONTRACTING SEXUALLY transmitted diseases, such as HIV, and being subjected to brutality and rape. The Preda Foundation has prosecuted several foreigners and local tourists and abusers on behalf of the victims in past

years. Some foreign child sex abusers retaliate and harass the 0REDA ADVOCATES AND SOCIAL WORKers with baseless complaints.

But they stand their ground and defeat the sex abusers.

Preda supports legal action for the child victims so justice will be served. There is success with eight convictions being won on average per year. In 2018, 16 child abusers were found guilty and received life sentences for child sexual abuse.

By April 2019, Preda legal action saw eight more child sex abusers convicted. More are expected. So there is hope that justice can be done for many more victims.

The foreign sex tourists that abuse youngsters in developing countries will become dependent upon and addicted to underage sex. They will return to their own countries with a strong appetite for it and will abuse many more children there. That is another curse of the sex tourism business.

Governments need to provide alternatives for young people. All operating permits and licenses must be canceled. More educational opportunities and support for the very poor – especially girls m AND DIGNIkED WORK FOR ADULTS must be provided to end the cruel, dehumanizing sex tourist industry.

4AKING A PRINCIPLED STAND FOR THE victims of sex tourism and challenging a society to accept and live out the spiritual and human values of the Christian gospel – especially by respecting the rights of all to a life of freedom from poverty, oppression, and injustice – must be a priority for all the faithful.

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School spirit

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PORTS is a moral equivalent of war, says Steve Taylor in Psychology Today. Of course, he was inspired by the essay of psychologist William James, who argued that the human race loved war for its positive psychological effects on victors. Winning makes people feel good. “The excitement and intoxication which was once derived from warfare can be gained from national and international sporting competitions,�

Taylor writes. “The sense of belonging and allegiance to your army comrades at war can now be gained through supporting your club. The feeling of BEING @MORE ALIVE ON THE BATTLEkELD CAN BE GAINED FROM THE ATHLETIC kELD u But sports must go beyond and ABOVE THE CONCEPT OF WAR AND CONlICT The joy of sports must not lie in beating an opponent or emerging on top of everyone, which is only tantamount to the satisfaction from sheer brutality.

events, such as in working together to achieve the school’s noble objectives.

To be sure, colleges and universities take time and effort to scout for the best representatives in athletic meets. Expenditures on training, uniforms and apparel, equipment, The cause of celebration should be allowances, accommodation and gratitude, and each celebration must scholarships reach huge sums, takbe a thanksgiving to all, both support- ing a big chunk of the school’s overers and opponents who were able to all budget. But this is all worth it.

Everyone desires to be in a winning bring out the best in every athlete.

This holds true, especially in the con- team. Competition ignites a fiery text of learning. In our country, many showcase of school pride. It sets the educational institutions participate in stage for the school’s stakeholders to athletic leagues, where they showcase kND AND BELIEVE IN THE SCHOOL COMtheir school pride with slogans, daunt- munity. In games, especially in the less cheers and school colors. During kNALS THEY FUEL THE COMPETITIVENESS kNALS MATCHES STUDENTS ALUMNI AND of athletes. And, more than winning, SCHOOL PERSONNEL ALSO lOCK TO THE VEN- their forceful display of oneness and ues to support their respective teams. camaraderie is more precious a reward The competition unites the school’s to celebrate. It is an assurance of trust stakeholders. And, hopefully, the same in the institution. The sight of the thing will also be true outside sporting crowd, the choreographed cheers ac-

NON SCHOLAE SED VITAE

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companied by the thunderous pummeling of drums, and the deafening roars can only mean loyalty, commitment and dedication to the efforts and goals of the school.

Athletic leagues among schools may be perceived by some as venues for school advertisement and popularity. For some, they are a BUSINESS STRATEGY FOR PROkTABILITY )T is quite pitiable if one joins for such reasons. Sports competitions are for the rejuvenation of the school spirit.

Jesus Jay Miranda, OP is the secretary general of the University of Santo Tomas (UST). He holds a doctorate in Educational Leadership and Management (ELM) and teaches at the Graduate School of UST and the ELM Department of the Bro. Andrew Gonzalez, FSC–College of Education of De La Salle University-Manila. Contact him at jaymiranda.op@ust.edu.ph.

Xi’s eye for beauty

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HE world is uptight over the increasing trade war tensions between China and the United States. Agence France-Presse reports that Kiron Skinner, a director of policy planning at the US State Department, told a security FORUM THAT #HINA IS THE kRST 53 “great power competitor that is not Caucasian.� What’s wrong with this view? That world political and economic power is a private preserve for westerners and that the worsening US-China trade

losing to China on the economic front of the struggle. Just to cite an MY SAY example, Apple’s stocks virtually plummeted with the explosion of the trade war Trump declared against China. One reason for this is that Apple’s signature products CONlICT MUST BE RESOLVED TOWARD iPhone and iPad are manufacmaintaining this status quo. tured through Foxconn, a Chinese company operating right in the Problem: US losing heart of China. Anytime China retaliates against Trump’s trade atOne problem here is that the US, tacks, Apple’s products necessarily as borne by facts, is increasingly become direct hits.

MAURO GIA SAMONTE

But when, for instance, Trump, driven by a primordial need to preserve US business, eases up on his current blacklisting of China cybertech giant Huawei, thus opening up good prospects for Apple in the tremendous 1 billion-plus Chinese market, investors come rushing to buy into the company.

3TATED BRIElY #HINA HAS GROWN so huge that the US, let alone other western power pretenders, can no longer embark on a trade

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Q RONQUILLO FROM A1

Catholic voters are a diverse, contentious lot, a boon to democracy cast his lot with Tindig Pilipinas, which has opposed the government of President Rodrigo Duterte on many issues, from extrajudicial killings to assaults on press freedom.

Luistro not only leaned toward the opposition, he is with the opposition and was vocal about where he stood on issues.

A celibate for Otso Diretso.

What about Professor Villegas?

Had Villegas lived in Spain during the time of Francisco Franco, he would have called El Caudillo a “determined reformer.� And heaped praise on the “virtues and reformist bent “of a Francoist Spain.� Never mind Guernica and tens of thousands of Republicans (Hemingway was a volunteer for these fighters) massacred by Franco’s thugs.

Villegas is a never-say-die optimist whose predisposition is to grade every Philippine leader on the leader’s commitment to his favorite themes of growth and economic reforms — his verdict on those leaders’ ability never straying from positive.

He is a preternatural prophet of boom and has yet to meet a Philippine leader worthy of his objection, scorn and dissent. Human rights, commitment to the rule of law, respect for civil discourse are con-

cerns alien to Villegas, astounding omissions for an academic. If he ever discussed these sensitive issues, he probably did via elaborate tiptoeing.

His civic virtues may have been subsumed by his obsession with GDP growth and his fascination with leaders bent on pursuing the dated norms of the Washington Consensus, presented under the guise of “reforms.� Based on his effusive commentaries on the supposed reformist programs of the Duterte administration, many have the hunch that he voted — if he voted at all — for majority of the Hugpong candidates. The choices of a voter are never very far from his public declarations and all the public declarations of Professor Villegas on the Duterte policies have been positive. A celibate for Hugpong.

Bro. Armin and Professor Villegas — living almost identical personal and professional lives and religious commitment. Diametrically different on their views on the polity.

The Catholics outside of the mainstream and committed to the teachings of Peruvian priest Gustavo Gutierrez voted for the five senatorial candidates of LaborWin. The Catholics who lean Left make up, definitely, the third corner in the axis of

politically-aware Catholic voters. I also voted for the five candidates based on my Sermonon-the-Mount Catholic faith.

What about the devout Catholics? What about the so-called “laygoâ€?? How did they vote? The answer is a riff from a William Butler Yeats line: The devout lack all conviction ‌. And one thing more — most of them lacked the discernment. Otherwise, the vote results would have been different.

But overall, the diversity of the Catholic vote was a boost to democracy.

Those who lamented the “absence of a Catholic vote� after the May 13 elections and wished for a bloc-voting church failed to appreciate the diversity of the Catholic vote, its contentious and divided orientation, which should be good for our republican nature.

Just imagine an otherwise voting mindset. And truly monolithic.

If 80 percent of the voting population were to vote like a herd, picking one set of candidates and damning the other sets, the Catholic vote would set up a mini-caliphate, and that is worse than voting unwisely.

Voting is a secular exercise, free, in theory and in practice, from religious fervor. A Catholic bloc vote would smother the essence and functioning

of the country’s democracy.

Better the spread-out, diverse, unexplainable votes with no pattern and rhyme than a unitary, single-minded vote of what is, in theory, the largest voting bloc in the country.

The divided and diverse Catholic vote is one reason why, in this regime of global racial and religious strife, no religious minority can claim persecution in the country.

Were Catholic voters to act as rampaging Goths that impose their political choices on the others, aggrieved religious minorities would have surely emerged to protest that sheer and raw exercise of political power.

That would lead to ruptures in our political cohesion. And that is not happening precisely due to the remarkable absence among the Catholic voters of political cohesion and blocvoting predisposition.

The May 13 votes may have had dismal and discouraging results.

The majority voted for plunderers and fakers and the unworthy.

But a massive correction of that voting malpractice through the rampaging herds of monolithic Catholic voters would have been a severe blow to our sacred, secular democracy.

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‘Heretical pope’: All in Satan’s — and God’s — plan to reject these heresies, and if he should persistently refuse, by declaring that he has freely deprived himself of the papacy.�

Can the bishops do this? Well, every bishop is sworn to uphold, impart and defend the Magisterium or teachings of the Catholic Church.

In his many statements and actions, Pope Francis has constantly asserted that he has not changed the Magisterium; many of his defenders say the same thing. Therefore, all bishops should continue espousing and following the same doctrines and practices as before.

Now, if any Catholic, Francis included, should deviate from those established beliefs and edicts, prelates could and should cite the errors, to prevent others from committing the same mistakes, as would happen if a top 6ATICAN OFkCIAL DEVIATED FROM THE Magisterium. And if the erroneous believer keeps violating Church

teachings, then the bishops could declare him heretical.

Would that actually happen?

No living pope has ever been declared heretical, though a council of bishops did so to Honorius 1st four decades after his death in 638, for propagating heresy during his 13-year papacy.

Besides history, what makes a heresy declaration against Francis highly unlikely is his huge popularity not just among Catholics but across the planet. Plus, he has appointed as Cardinals, bishops and top Vatican officials many clergy favoring his views and actions. Rather than ousting Francis by declaring him heretical, his allies will defend him precisely for advancing changes they want.

Those who do declare papal words and actions as undermining the Magisterium may be removed, like two of the Vatican’s HIGHEST OFkCIALS FORMER #$& PRE-

fect Gerhard Mßller and fellow Cardinal Raymond Burke, once head of the Apostolic Signatura, Catholicism’s supreme court.

Leading American theologian Fr. Thomas Weinandy, who had himself written the Pope about doctrinal concerns, warns further that the letter to bishops may lead to the perception that prelates expressing concerns about ALLEGED HERESY OR AFkRMING AND defending the Magisterium are against Francis. In fact, many of his critics are genuinely conCERNED FOR HIS DOCTRINAL kDELITY and the salvation of his soul.

What heaven and hell want So, how does all this jibe with diabolical and even divine plans?

First, the devil. This latest move to counter alleged papal heresy cannot but further divide the Church. As Our Lady of Akita

warned in her 1973 apparition in Japan, “you will see Cardinals opposing Cardinals, bishops against other bishops.�

Since the Pope and other prelates are the main guardians of the Magisterium, their disagreement cannot but create doubt and confusion about Church doctrines and practices. With authority eroded, many Catholics may well stop listening to bishops and priests — creating immense opportunities for devilish deception.

Whether or not Francis advances heresy, one side in the debate — those backing him or those opposing — is in the wrong. Those erring Church leaders are committing mortal sin by undermining the faith willfully and with full knowledge, as bishops surely have. Such heretical prelates would be the devil’s greatest prize in his quest for souls.

Now, how will all this advance God’s plan? Let’s talk about that next week.

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Trade war becomes tech war, to be No. 1 NEW WORLDS H (The IDSI Corner) OW did the cutting edge, selfie-taking phone you bought get into a worldwide tech war?

After almost clinching a trade peace deal with China recently, US President Donald Trump had THE (UAWEI CHIEF kNANCIAL OFkCER arrested in Canada so she could be extradited to the US to face charges for allegedly violating its sanctions against trading with Iran, disallowed US companies from using Huawei and tried to convince countries around the world to stop buying Huawei.

A few days later, the US embargo extended immediately to limiting the future sales of chips, hardware and application software from US companies to Huawei as well. Trump declared a national emergency to “protect America from foreign adversaries who are ... exploiting vulnerabilities in information and communications technology...�

Steve Bannon, former White House chief strategist, says driving out Huawei is more important than the trade deal.

There was no actual stated case of “exploited vulnerability� by the largest telco equipment supplier in the world. There was no speCIkC SPYING CASE 3O WHAT BROUGHT about these drastic moves?

The US-China war is no longer CENTERED ON TRADE BUT ALSO kNANCE

EDUCATION RESEARCH ETC OR DEkCITS (Trump lowered corporate taxes, increased government spending and not raised issues over growing DEkCITS WITH OTHER COUNTRIES OR HUman rights or authoritarian forms of government (the closest allies of the US include some of them).

This is a full-range worldwide war — it is about the ability to dominate the next generation of technology, in this case 5G, which can conceivably extend into economic and military dominance over the next half century.

The US, by its innovativeness, market size, geography, etc., will always be a world power.

Trump will not allow market or legal forces to determine the next No. 1 superpower. And China has already become a nation with a combined economic and military size, diversified and technical capability strong enough to be a rival.

Technologies of one form or another have been instrumental in making possible many of the world’s superpowers in the past. The use of metals, horse, guns, technologies of mobility in transport, the industrial revolution, variously were foundations of the Roman, Mongol, Turkish, British, US and other empires. They could not attain their size and sustained dominance without converting their military might into economic prowess. Those who used their technology for prosperity but not for military build-up usually eventually got conquered by the superior military powers.

China in the past century, which, while weak and corrupt, was rich enough to be coveted by Western nations, and later Japan, to divide among them. Egypt became a granary for Rome. Japan itself, a country that mostly kept to itself, was forced open by the gunboats of Admiral Dewey.

5G is a technology recognized as such a fundamental source of future power, especially in conjunction with AI, Robotics and IoT or internet of things. It brings precision and consistency of communication, sensing, processing and execution to such levels that the limits of the past would be exceeded, e.g., in autonomous vehicles, monitoring and dispensation of medical, security and maintenance functions by sensors and robots, decision-making, even where men cannot inhabit, etc. Work, lifestyle AND GOVERNANCE WILL BE REDEkNED Germany has developed its industrial revolution 4.0 strategy, considering these technologies, while South Korea has set its eyes on other strategic space.

The others are catching up.

The US has been able to reinvent itself several times, along

GEORGE SIY with using a little old arm-twisting on Japan to maintain the top spot when Japan was a rising economic challenger in the 1980s.

And Japan never recovered. The US is trying to buy time again, to damage or slow down China.

Currently, despite criticism of China’s incapability to innovate, the world is faced with the leader in 5G and robotics.

Henry Chan of the National University of Singapore points out that China chose frequencies that, while less powerful, have higher coverage area: “In a report by the US Defense Innovation Board released on April 3 ‌ the typical Chinese standard 5G trial w CAN COVER kVE TO SIX TIMES MORE area than the regular US 5G trial.â€?

This makes it more economical to set up, operate and maintain China’s system; it has invested more in building and installing the ecosystem, so that its experience and applications are ahead.

The comparison is almost parallel to that between Nikola Tesla, who invented AC (alternating current) electricity, and fellow genius Thomas Edison, who invented direct current.

Edison was able to delay the mass adoption of AC through his marketing, networks and use of media. Today, AC is what we use in our homes, since it incurs much less friction and could travel wider distances, allowing fewer parts and less maintenance, therefore, it could reach more people economically.

Will the economics always “trump� the politics? Not always.

At some point the predominance of applications in a market can make it uneconomical to switch.

But both superpowers are motivated.

China has trillions of US dollars in reserve, while the US has a robust economy and can simply print world reserve currency. The battle may be long, and won’t just be in the arena of trade.

While the US has threatened sanctions and the withholding of intel cooperation with European countries that dare to patronize Huawei, the EU has refused to definitively say it will not buy Huawei. There are issues of sovereignty, and tremendous increase in costs for the UK, Germany, Italy, etc. with some of the orders having already been manufactured.

European telecoms equipment manufacturers admit they cannot supply the technology, which neither the US is ready to match.

What is going to happen then?

One can never count out a resourceful nation. Will this war end up in a market of divided standards? What will happen to Huawei? And what about concerns over spying and other criticisms directed against each other? How will the Philippines make decisions that are good for the Filipino?

George Siy is a Wharton-educated industrialist, international trade practitioner and negotiator, serving as director of IDSI. He has been invited as a resource person on economic and development issues for various business organizations, media, and academia.

He has advised the Philippines and various organizations in the trade negotiations with Asean, Japan and the United States.

IDSI is a Filipino think tank that promotes productive, multidimensional perspectives that are pro-development. It works with a global network of organizations and businessmen, scholARS GOVERNMENT OFkCIALS MEDIA

institutions and universities. Its advocacies have resulted in sigNIkCANT CHANGES TO THE AGENDA AND decisions made by organizations, government and legislators. IDSI welcomes logical feedback and possibly opportunities for working together with compatible frameworks. (idsicenter@gmail.com)

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Smartmatic decides PH elections

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ES, it’s true. Smartmatic decides and the Comelec just proclaims the winners of Philippine elections to make the results legitimate. We, taxpayers, pay good money not to be frustrated over those glitches that resulted in discrepancies and “frozen hours.� !LTHOUGH THE RESULT WAS A RElECtion of previous surveys, one cannot swallow the technical difficulties encountered during the counting.

And we are wondering why these two “not-so-funny� partners are always in tandem — every election YEAR &IXATED OR kXED I researched a bit to look on how elections are held outside of our 7,641 islands and islets.

A small number maybe, but 22 countries require their citizens to vote, and those who are defiant are subjected to penalties or community service.

In France, citizens are automatically registered to vote when they turn 18 years old. In one Scandinavian country, eligible voters are automatically registered when they TURN IN THEIR TAX CERTIkCATE WHICH IS a mark of employment age. A nobrainer that eliminates poll expenses.

In other countries, voters are even allowed to register when they arrive at the polls on Election Day. It’s much like a visa granted upon arrival.

Another brilliant idea is a practice in Australia and Brazil where they hold their elections on a weekend to encourage higher voter turnout.

Alam Ba News?

According to history, the 1927 general election in Liberia is

MIRRORLESS

ROLLY G. REYES the most corrupt election in history. Charles D. B. King, who was seeking a third term as president, won around 234,000 votes to his opponent’s 9,000.

H o w e v e r, t h e r e w e r e o n l y 15,000 eligible voters in the country at the time. *** News: Duterte tags Trillanes "shameless" over oust plot.

To quote him: “The people paid for you to study at PMA (Philippine Military Academy). “Socks, shoes, t-shirts, food, and we all shouldered it. Then you have the audacity to stage a mutiny? “All expenses and lodging were paid by the people, and yet you have the gall to stage a mutiny and after that because the President was so unpopular?�

Mr. President, shame and truthfulness are not his most appreciated virtues. The national nuisance has been at it since those mutiny days of Oakwood and Manila Peninsula. Enough of his antics.

I remember Leni Robredo and Sonny Trillanes saying Bikoy should be protected by government and even recommended placing him under WPP. After his turnaround, they are now saying that he is not a credible source and that he speaks trash. It takes experts to diagnose garbage talks.

Meantime, President Duterte hit

dismissed Food and Drug Administration (FDA) director general Nela Charade Puno for alleged corruption saying he did not know the agency was considered a “gold mine� for the corrupt. He should not be naive or surprised at all. It involves licensing and manufacturing of consumer products like medicine, food, cosmetics and vitamin supplements.

Men who inject terror in my mind during my time were much tamer and comical at times.

Count Dracula, Frankenstein, Alfred Hitchcock and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. I miss those days.

Somebody said in a news report “lawless violence.� This prodded me to search for trying to search for the words “lawful violence.� It looks like I was absent when our %NGLISH PROF DEkNED THE PHRASE *** Marawi memories: One church was burned, the parish priests was kidnapped including revelers, some were killed and some wounded, one soldier WAS BEHEADED AND RESIDENTS lED to neighboring towns.

CHR warned us to be vigilant against the abuses of martial law when it was imposed.

And set aside a budget for these fools.

Duterte was in Russia that time. The opposition howled why was he absent. They condemned the absence of government and started shooting a hail of arrows tipped with incompetence. Then he cut short his visit and immediately declared martial law to isolate their movements.

They started chanting the tunes of “overkill,� part of a long-time plan to mount a dictatorship to suppress dissent and a cover-up for military abuses. This is the democracy that we all cherish.

Freedom of speech and expression to get sympathy for these terrorists who behead people; ransack and burn homes; kill innocent civilians, including women and children, Catholic priests and Muslims alike; destroy schools, temples and churches; rape women; shoot anybody on sight; sow fear everywhere they go; displace families; carry a different flag; kidnap anybody for ransom; burn communication towers and construction equipment; and proudly claim ownership of these atrocities.

The President of the republic declares martial law and wants to wipe them out forever. So what’s the problem with that?

Do we really expect him to just sit down and watch the terrorists burn the whole country, trembling and crying? And you are more scared of the abuses of our men in uniform tasked to defend our sovereignty?

These are the toxic elements in our society that should be exported to other countries. A good way to retaliate and get even.

Please allow me to remind the winning candidates: The number of promises is directly proportional to the intensity of expectations. *** Good work, good deeds and good faith to all.

Wall Street expects Trump will ease up on Huawei. Don’t be so sure.

WASHINGTON, DC: With the Huawei case, as with so many other Trump administration gambits, the puzzling question is whether the president is using tough tactics to make a deal — or whether he really means to put China’s most powerful telecommunications company on what’s informally known as the “kill list� by denying it US technology.

53 kNANCIAL MARKETS HAVE BEEN fairly calm this week, and investors appear to be assuming that President Trump is using the Huawei sanctions as a bargaining chip. They seem to be expecting that Trump will ease Huawei sanctions as part of an eventual overall trade deal with China, perhaps brokered at a summit meeting with President Xi Jinping in Osaka, Japan, next month.

Several Wall Street contacts told me Wednesday that the markets TOOK IT AS EVIDENCE OF lEXIBILITY that on Monday the Trump administration granted a 90-day reprieve before Huawei is placed on the deadly “Entity List,� which would block Google and other US companies from selling technology to the Chinese telecom giant.

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DAVID IGNATIUS Investors apparently see Trump as repeating his maneuver with ZTE Corp. last year, when he imposed harsh sanctions and then withdrew them, at Xi’s request.

But analysts who carefully follow China warn that this scenario for an eventual megadeal may be overly optimistic. They note several factors that could get in the way: – Beijing has signaled through various channels this week that it won’t conduct further trade negotiations with Washington until Huawei issues are resolved, according to two US China-watchers. This would require Trump to retreat on Huawei before getting the trade deal he wants, something he may resist. – Trump’s actions against Huawei have a detailed framework.

First came a broad executive order on May 15 declaring a “national emergency� to impose controls on the import of products that

threatened US communications security. Then came a designation by the Commerce Department that U.S. companies selling technology to Huawei must obtain a special license because Huawei “is engaged in activities that are contrary to US national security,� according to Commerce. These actions will be hard to reverse. – Trump’s decision to grant the 90-day reprieve may reflect US desire to clean up details of the Entity List process, rather than willingness to compromise. OfkCIALS SAY THE #OMMERCE DESIGNAtion was imposed in haste, without DETAILED REVIEW OR BRIEkNG OF ALLIES

partly because of Trump’s pique at China’s refusal to cut the expected deal on trade. Trump wanted action quickly and selected the biggest guns in the US trade arsenal.

Trump’s anger toward Beijing was voiced by Robert Lighthizer, the chief US trade negotiator, on May 6, on the eve of the breakdown of negotiations. “We have seen an erosion in commitments by China ;A= RETREATING FROM SPECIkC COMmitments that had already been made,� he told reporters.

Since then, US-Chinese trade

relations have gone downhill fast, with the imposition of the executive order and the Commerce announcement that Huawei was on the entity list.

One US expert on trade with China warned Wednesday against expecting any easy breakthrough soon. “I’ve gone from bullish on prospects of a deal ... [to thinking] this will take time,� he said. This expert added that a Trump-Xi meeting in Osaka could provide the “best opportunity to change posturing and tone,� but he cautioned, “If two leaders miss that opportunity to blink, we could see prospects of a deal before elections slide away.�

What went wrong? “Both sides miscalculated and overplayed their hand,� this trade expert argued. He predicted: “Xi will not surrender to US demands even if some of the asks are reasonable and in line with responsibilities of a great economic power which China has become.�

(C) 2019, WASHINGTON POST WRITERS GROUP

Follow David Ignatius on Twitter: @IgnatiusPost.

Are we on the ramp to impeachment road?

PENNSYLVANIA: After a stroke felled Woodrow Wilson during his national tour to save his League of Nations, an old rival, Sen. Albert Fall, went to the White House to tell the president, “I have been praying for you, Sir.�

To which Wilson is said to have replied, “Which way, Senator?�

Historians are in dispute as to whether Wilson actually said it.

But the acid retort came to mind on hearing that Nancy Pelosi, hours after accusing President Donald Trump of “engaging in a cover-up,� a felony, piously volunteered, “I pray for the president of the United States.�

For, by now, the hostile investigations of Trump by Pelosi’s House are becoming too numerous to list.

Subpoenas have been issued to the IRS demanding Trump’s tax returns. New York has enacted a law to gain access to Trump’s state tax returns, to pass them on to the comrades on Capitol Hill.

Democrats are not seeking these records for guidance on how to reform the tax code.

House committees want the kLES OF HIS ACCOUNTANTS 3UBPOENAS have been issued to lending institutions where Trump borrowed, such as Deutsche Bank, going back to the last century.

The Mueller investigation found that neither Trump nor anyone in his campaign colluded with the Russians in 2016. Yet that EXONERATION IS INSUFkCIENT FOR THE chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Jerrold Nadler. He wants public hearings with present and past White House aides under oath to put on a show trial for a national TV audience.

The euphemism for this swarm attack is “Congressional oversight of the executive.� And Trump is not wrong to see in it a conspiracy to bring down his presidency and impeach and remove him.

And if Trump believes, not without reason, that Pelosi’s caucus is out to kill his presidency, should he cooperate with the co-conspirators or use all of the actual and latent POWERS OF HIS OFkCE TO REPEL THEM These are the alternatives the president faces.

Out in the Rose Garden, Trump declared there would be no further cooperation on a legislative agenda with Democrats until a halt is called to their investigations: “I told Senator Schumer and Speaker Pelosi, ‘I want to do infrastructure. I want to do it more than you want to do it. ... But you can’t do it under these circumstances. So get these phony investigations over with.’�

Where, then, are we headed?

To gridlock first, then almost surely down the impeachment road.

For if Trump continues to defy subpoenas and denounce those who issue them, and Pelosi cannot deliver on the Democrats’ agenda, the louder will be the clamor of the Democratic base to remove Trump. At some point, Pelosi will have to go along or lose control of

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PATRICK J. BUCHANAN her rebellious caucus.

Consider Trump’s immigration plan, which was introduced to no great enthusiasm among his supporters.

In April in Las Vegas, after 75,000 asylum seekers had crossed the US border in February and 100,000 in March — an average of a million crossers a year — Trump declared: “There is an emergency on our southern border. ... It’s a colossal surge and it’s overwhelming our immigration system, and we can’t let that happen. ... We can’t take you anymore. ... Our country is full.�

But if the country is “full,� and we cannot stop the illegal crossings swamping the southern border, how can we take in and hand out green cards to another million legal immigrants every year?

What is the carrying capacity of a country whose debt is larger than its economy and whose social welfare SYSTEM IS OVERlOWING WITH APPLICANTS Given the lukewarm reception among Republicans, the refusal of Democrats to back an immigration bill that does not put millions of undocumented migrants on a path to citizenship, and the animosity that has arisen between Trump and Pelosi, the bill seems stillborn.

Pelosi and her leadership in the House, it is said, do not want impeachment. They see it as a dead end. And understandably so.

For if the House holds hearings and fails to impeach, Democrats would be seen as impotent. And if they did impeach the president and the Senate swiftly acquitted him, House Democrats would be seen a having wasted their two years, only to make Trump a political martyr.

Still, as Emerson wrote, things are in the saddle and ride mankind.

The left and its media allies are demanding more subpoenas, and 4RUMP IS GROWING MORE DEkANT And if Pelosi continues to argue THAT IMPEACHMENT IS NOT JUSTIkED now, the anti-Trump sentiment in her party could turn against her.

The left’s ultimatum: Lead, follow, or get out of the way.

Impeachment is how a democratic republic does regicide, the dethroning and beheading of a sovereign like England’s Charles 1st.

For the left, Trump’s fate is decided.

The only lingering question is whether proceeding with impeachment now is premature for the progressives’ cause CREATORS.COM in 2020.

Patrick J. Buchanan is the author of Nixon’s White House Wars: The Battles That Made and Broke a President and Divided America Forever. 4O kND OUT MORE ABOUT Patrick Buchanan and read features by other Creators writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators website at www.creators.com.

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Xi’s eye for beauty CONlICT WITH IT WITHOUT GETTING a terrible trouncing. And this is where the danger lies. For given that racial attitude as Skinner has implied in his assessment of the US-China trade tensions, US, and presumably with its western allies, can be prompted into committing the miscalculation that they remain superior to China on the political front, i.e., including military. As Sun Tzu would put it, such miscalculation can lead to US escalating its trade war with China into a military one.

It becomes a most welcome breather, therefore, that China displays equanimity in this entire imbroglio.

An eye for beauty At the opening ceremony of the Conference on Dialogue of Asian Civilizations (CDAC) in Beijing three weeks ago, Chinese President Xi Jinping said in his keynote speech, “Thinking that one’s own race and culture are superior,

and insisting on transforming or even replacing other civilizations is stupid in its understanding and disastrous in practice.�

Elaborating, Xi added, “There is no clash between different civilizations, [we] just need to have the eye to appreciate the beauty in all civilizations.�

The CDAC actually turned out to be one more occasion for demonstrating how President Xi Jinping has been consistent in pursuing a vision of a multi-polar world characterized by openness, accommodation and cooperation among nations. In fact, it has gotten clearer and clearer that such vision has been the major engine of Xi’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) which since its inauspicious inception in the late ‘50s has rolled on across oceans and continents, bringing the fruits of modern development to more than one third of the world already.

And yet, at no instance has the Xi adventure ever violated the en-

demic values of differing peoples, respecting native norms, culture and belief. There has been no occasion that China’s economic aid to developing nations has been conditioned on the host country subordinating to China in any manner whatsoever.

As President Xi proposed in his speech, in order to build up the Asian and global community with a shared future, there must be: mutual respect and equal treatment among civilizations; harmonious co-existence of various civilizations; openness, inclusiveness, and mutual learning among civilizations; and the need for civilizations to keep up with the times.

Anathema to US hegemon China’s conduct of the BRI since it began shows that it has been succeeding in steering the world toward Xi’s vision as illustrated above. It has brought development to poor nations in the Middle East, Africa

and Europe, and judging from recent events, like the break of Italy with the European Union (EU) in order to link up with the BRI, and yet with EU itself beginning to hobnob with China, BRI’s push to ultimately encompass the rest of the world has evidently become unstoppable.

The failure of the United States to counter China’s worldwide swing leaves it with no other choice but to engage China in a heightening of Trump’s economic war to the level of military confrontation.

President Xi recognizes the potential of this eventuality. In his speech at the CDAC, he stressed that Asia is not thoroughly peaceful, with wars persisting in the Middle East, while the Korean Peninsula and the South China Sea have not permanently stabilized.

He pointed out that not all Asian countries are prosperous, the region being host to the nine least developed countries (LDCs). One businessman-scholar stresses, peace is nothing but

the absence of development, and so where there are hundreds of millions of extremely poor people which Asia is, the United States has found fertile grounds for sowing the seeds of war.

We need not wonder why the United States has been promoting the idea of the Philippines asserting sovereignty rights over certain areas in the South China Sea also claimed by China. Explosion of military hostilities in the region can only be a handiwork of the United States. Under the worsening tensions of the Trump trade war with China, military confrontation in the South China Sea best serves US world hegemonic design.

Additionally, military war with China gives the United States just that needed situation for it to unilaterally write off its $1-trillion indebtedness to China.

But can US win?

But surely, it is one thing that

the United States is capable of engaging China in a military confrontation, it is another that it will succeed. From a reckoning of nuclear capability, the US has come out in the open that it is at a disadvantage. Asked during a congressional hearing, A TOP MILITARY OFkCER ADMITTED that if attacked with Russian hypersonic missiles, the US has no way of stopping them. China subsequently came out with disclosures of its nuclear capabilities the same as that of Russia’s.

But even granting that hostilities don’t escalate to nuclear levels, China has recently proven its readiness and might in the area of conventional warfare, too, when it deployed land troops to Venezuela to come to the aid of the Maduro government.

If China can deploy at a moment’s notice troops to the Caribbean, so can it with just as much facility to the United States homeland.

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Ex-Siquijor town mayor, 8 others face graft case THE Office of the Ombudsman filed a graft case before the Sandiganbayan against former mayor Orville Fua of Lazi town in Siquijor and eight others over an alleged fertilizer fund scam.

Charged with Fua were former municipal accountant Ana Marie Leilani Monte; then-Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) Chairman Ivan Marchan; and then-BAC members Rose Marie Tomogsoc (municipal treasurer), Natalio Jumawan Jr. (municipal engineer), and Sue Agnes Castillon (Fua’s private secretary); and Teodoro Jumadla Jr., former municipal planning and development coordinator.

Yolanda Milne and Merlyn Lu — who were identified in the charge sheet as representatives of Mangopina Trading Company Inc. (Mangopina) — were also charged.  The Ombudsman alleged that on May 7, 2004, the accused entered into a contract with Mangopina for the purchase of “2,096 bottles of MRG Liquid Fertilizers at P1,550 per bottle and 1,258 bags of “DEL GRO Super Foliar Fertilizers� at P1,550 per bag or a total of P4,990,752 after tax.� The complaint added that the alleged transaction was in violation of The Government Procurement Reform Act, which include “the premature issuance of the Purchase Request; reference to brand names; lack of performance security bond; and lack of proof of the project’s implementation...�

The Ombudsman recommended P30,000 bail each for the provisional liberty of the accused. REINA C. TOLENTINO

44 injured in Bataan road accident MORONG, Bataan: About 44 passengers, including the driver and conductor, were injured when the minibus they were riding crashed into the galvanized iron wire perimeter fence of the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) and hit a tree along the road on Friday afternoon.

Thirty of the victims were brought to the Morong Municipal Health Center and 10 to the nearby Bagac Medicare Hospital for treatment of minor injuries.

As of Saturday, four with fractures at the foot, arm or shoulder remained in various hospitals in Balanga City, while others with minor injuries returned to the Morong center for checkup.

Minibus driver Roberto Pencil, 60, said he decided to swerve and hit the fence after the brakes failed to avoid plunging into deep ravine.

Pencil has a swollen wounded foot and injuries on the face.

Witnesses said the bus was traversing a downhill road towards the Morong poblacion when it crashed into a portion of the perimeter fence, which is about 1 kilometer away from the mothballed BNPP in Napot Point.

Police Capt. Larry Valencia, Morong police chief, said investigation was ongoing on and investigators were still checking on the injured passengers. ERNIE B. ESCONDE

SUNDAY May 26, 2019

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‘Real’ Cebu top drug suspect Franz Sabalones killed in QC A

BY RHEA RUTH ROSELL

WOMAN who personally knew high value drug suspect Franz SabaloNES OF #EBU CONkRMED THAT THE MAN KILLED ON April 18 in Quezon City WAS HIM CONTRARY TO REPORTS CLAIMING THAT IT was another person.

“It was really Franz,� Sarah said after she was shown photos of the slain Sabalones obtained by The Manila Times.

Sarah requested that her real name not be used for her safety and security. “That is him,� Sarah replied when ASKED TO CONkRM IF IT WAS 3ABALONES shown in the picture.

One of the photos from the Quezon #ITY 0OLICE /FkCE THAT WAS SHOWN TO Sarah showed Sabalones wearing an amulet. “That was their amulet, so they would not be penetrated by a bullet. But why was he penetrated?� she wondered.

She said she knew that Sabalones was a drug lord, but added, “I was not scared of him because he was harmless.�

She said she met Sabalones in 2015. “He was a good person. When someone approached him for help, he helped right away. He instructed his men to buy medicine and not give cash, when someone needed medicine.�

It was public knowledge that Sabalones was a drug lord. Sarah knew Sabalones who often hang out with his friends and business partners in their barangay (village). “All we knew was that his house was in San Fernando (a town in South Cebu),� she said.

She added that Sabalones drove a Montero Sport and often wore sando or sleeveless shirt, a pair of shorts and slippers. “When Duterte’s campaign [against illegal drugs] started,

Q Photos secured from Quezon City Police District show the body of slain suspect on April 18, believed to be Franz Sabalones wearing what is said to be an amulet, and one of the identification cards found in his vehicle with his photo but of different name. CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS he was out of sight.�

Asked to comment on Sabalones’ death, Sarah said, “I feel pity because he was a helpful person.�

She said it was possible that Sabalones was killed because of his involvement in the illegal drugs trade. “It is because of shabu. Those were the reports. I really don’t know.�

According to her, Sabalones loved to play billiards. “He owned an expensive BILLIARD TABLE MADE OF kBER GLASS u Meanwhile, Police Col. Manuel Abrugena, director of the Cebu Provincial Police Office (CPPO) said everything was hypothetical until there was no closure of a person’s identity. “It is not safe on my part until there is no closure as to the real identity of the victim. If he is the real Sabalones why isn’t there a sibling or family member claiming [his body]?� he said.

Abrugena noted it cast doubt on his part on why the family was not claiming

the body if he was the real Sabalones. g&OR AS LONG AS NO SCIENTIkC APPROACH TO prove the real identity of the victim, we CANNOT REALLY CONkRM IF THE DEAD BODY is Mr. Sabalones,� he added.

Sabalones was shot dead by an UNIDENTIkED GUNMAN ALONG -OTHER Ignacia Avenue, in Barangay South Triangle, Quezon City on April 18.

An investigation revealed that when Sabalones got off from his gray Ford Ranger just after 12 midnight, the gunman who was waiting in a blue car, came out and shot him on the head.

0OLICE FOUND SEVERAL IDENTIkCATION cards under the name of Jerome Cabilao and an empty cartridge case of a MM kREARM A certain Joselito Cabilao, a salon worker, came forward on the same day AND IDENTIkED 3ABALONES AS HIS COUSIN But records of the Commission on Elections in San Fernando, hometown of the Sabalones family, revealed that

3ABALONES kNGERPRINT DID NOT MATCH with that of the man killed on April 18.

Sabalones was among the drug suspects who yielded to former Philippine National Police chief, Director General Ronald dela Rosa on Aug. 8, 2016.

He was considered the biggest drug lord in Central Visayas after the death of his former boss, drug kingpin Jeffrey “Jaguar� Diaz.

Dela Rosa said Sabalones confessed that he was giving P200,000 in “weekly payola� to a police colonel in Cebu whom the police director declined to identify.

The former police chief and now Senator-elect said Sabalones was Diaz’s underling who later broke away from the drug kingpin’s group, and dealt directly with Peter Co, a Chinese drug lord detained at the New Bilibid Prisons in Muntinlupa City. !NTI NARCOTICS POLICE OFkCERS KILLED Diaz in Las Piùas City in June 2016.

CHR-7 probes slay of police officer in Cebu Nationinbriefs THE Commission on Human Rights in Central Visayas (CHR-7) is set to conduct investigation into the killing of a police OFkCIAL IN "ARANGAY -ABOLO #EBU #ITY on Tuesday following reports that he was killed by agents of the state.

Arvin Udron, regional director of CHR7, told The Manila Times in a text message that the allegation was forwarded to the agency’s investigation section.

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AN alleged narco cop, who was assigned in Jolo, Sulu, had just come from a court hearing at the Cebu City Hall of Justice for one of the drug cases where he was THE ARRESTING OFkCER He was ambushed a few blocks away from the Mabolo Police Station and the Mabolo Fire Station. “There was personnel from the BFP (Bureau of Fire and Protection) who saw A ;UNIFORMED= POLICE OFkCER WHO DID NOTH-

ing when the incident happened. He just HELD HIS kREARM 4HE FOUR ASSAILANTS WERE onboard two motorcycles and one of the GUNMEN WAVED AT THE SAID POLICE OFkCER after the killing. This might be a signal, and THEY MIGHT BE COHORTS OF THE POLICE OFkCER u THE HIGHLY CONkDENTIAL SOURCE SAID Meanwhile, Police Col. Royina Garma, DIRECTOR OF THE #EBU #ITY 0OLICE /FkCE SAID she did not receive such information.

Garma said she was hoping to talk with the source so they could investigate the information. “It is a serious allegation,� she said.

Bontuyan was riding his motorcycle heading to Barangay Lahug when the assassin peppered him with bullets along the corner of A. Soriano Street at past 2 p.m.

4HE SLAIN OFkCER WHO WAS ASSIGNED AT the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group in Central Visayas, was relieved

and assigned to Mindanao at the start of the Duterte administration.

His wife Myra, who owns a tailoring business, said Bontuyan was a dedicated POLICE OFkCER g7E ARE ONLY HIS SECOND priority. He wakes up early and goes home late from work as a policeman,� Myra said.

Reacting to reports and allegations that her husband was involved in the illegal drugs trade, Myra said some people are judgmental, asking “Don’t we have the right to improve our lives?�

President Rodrigo Duterte has warned police officers involved in the illegal drugs trade of death if they would not stop their dirty business.

Bontuyan’s wake was being held in his home in Mount View, Sitio Kalubihan, Barangay Talamban. Burial will be on May 30 at the Angelicum Garden of Angels in Mandaue City.

RHEA RUTH ROSELL

TROOPS OVERRUN NPA CAMP IN MINDORO CAMP EFIGENIO Navarro, Calapan City: Troops of the 76th Infantry Battalion, 203rd Brigade and 405th Company, Regional Mobile Force Battalion of Mimaropa overran another New People’s Army (NPA) temporary encampment after an armed encounter in Sitio Pusog, Barangay Ligaya, Sablayan, Occidental Mindoro on Friday. Mimaropa is comprised of Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon and Palawan. The troops launched the operation after they got a tip from residents that about 20 NPAs were extorting food and money in their community. Col. Marceliano Teofilo, 203rd brigade commander, said recovered from the rebels were one M16 rifle, three bandoleers, two cellular phones, four backpacks, one camouflage uniform, five improvised explosive devices, electrical wires, medical paraphernalia, food stuffs, personal belongings and documents with high intelligence value. While searching the area, troops discovered the abandoned temporary encampment, followed the rebels’ tracks and overtook them in another encampment where a five-minute fire broke out.

ROSELLE R. AQUINOÂ

POLICE REGIONAL OFFICE-9 HAS 2 NEW DEPUTY OFFICERS  ZAMBOANGA CITY: Police Regional Office 9 Chief Brig. Gen. Emmanuel Luis Licup announced the appointment of Police Col. Roaldo Llanera as deputy regional director for administration and Police Col. John Guyguyon as deputy regional director for operations. They were appointed by Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Oscar Albayalde upon the recommendation of the Senior Officers Placement and Promotion Board. Llanera, a native of Nueva Viscaya, replaced Brig. Gen. Edwin de Ocampo who retired, while Guyguyon, a native of Ifugao, who took over from Col. Naciso Verdadero, was redeployed to the PNP main headquarters.

ANTONIO P. RIMANDO

COURT GRANTS EX-NEGROS MAYOR PROBATION BACOLOD CITY: The Sandiganbayan approved the application for probation of former mayor Eduardo Varela of Cadiz City, Negros Occidental who illegally dismissed 166 local government employees in 1998. In a resolution dated May 17, the Sandiganbayan’s Fifth Division placed Varela under four-year probation subject to the conditions the graft court imposed. Varela was also required to report to his probation and parole officer at least twice a month and not allowed to change his address without prior approval from the officer or court. He was also directed to render community service and participate in tree-planting activities, secure employment, and refrain from associating with groups or persons with questionable character. The Sandiganbayan convicted Varela for violation of Republic Act 6656, which protects the security of tenure of civil service personnel, after he fired 166 employees as part of the city government reorganization. After the dismissal, Varela hired 101 new personnel, prompting 19 of the fired employees to file a complaint against him. The employees later got a favorable ruling from the Civil Service Commission and were reinstated after the term of Varela.

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PHLPOST JOINS ‘2019 BRIGADA ESKWELA’ IN CAVITE

MEDIA EXCHANGE

Some 30 government media practitioners and journalists, including Frederick Silverio (third from right, last row), The Manila Times correspondent in Bulacan, joined the two-week media exchange program in Beijing dubbed 'Converging Media, Exchanging Civilizations' which started on May 17. The 2019 Seminar for Media Reporters of the Philippines was sponsored by the Ministry of Commerce and the China International Development Cooperation Agency, and organized by the National Radio and Television Administration Research and Training Institute. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

THE Philippine Postal Corp. (PHLPost) with government and private partners joined the National Brigada Eskwela Kickoff ceremony marking the start of the Nationwide School Maintenance Week at the Alfonso Central School in Alfonso, Cavite. With the theme “Matatag na Bayan para sa Maunlad na Paaralan,� the 2019 Brigada Eskwela spearheaded by the Department of Education (DepEd), is being held in preparation for the nationwide school opening in June. It showcases the real meaning of bayanihan and unity. PHLPost held the nationwide “Salamat Po Teacher� grand raffle draw and announced the winners in the presence of DepEd representatives. The winners who won P10,000 each were, Mary June Bantoc of Quezon, Joren Allorde of Albay, and Julia Andrea Verano of Tarlac; Jasmine Disso of Iloilo City and Maria Alexi Gahuman of Surigao del Norte. PHLPost also donated pencils to the students and “Salamat Po Cards� to the teachers and other guests. Alfonso Mayor Virgilio Varias thanked all government and private partners who participated in Brigada Eskwela.

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C5 tops MMDA list of ‘killer roads’

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5-Road in Taguig City was Metro M a n i l a ’s t o p “ k i l l e r r o a d � i n 2018, according to a report by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA).

The Metro Manila Accident Reporting and Analysis System (MMRAS) showed that for the second straight year, C-5 Road topped the list of killer roads, accounting for 27 deaths due to road crashes in 2018, a 23-percent spike com-

pared to deaths in 2017.

EDSA came in second with 21 deaths, but it had the lion’s share of road accidents with 17,276 cases, more than twice the 8,252 reported on C-5 Road.

The MMDA said while roads

THAT ARE PRONE TO TRAFkC JAMS HAD the highest number of fatal road accidents, most accidents usually OCCURRED WHEN THERE WAS NO TRAFkC MMDA Command Center chief %DISON g"ONGu .EBRIJA SAID MAJORITY OF FATAL ROAD CRASHES USUALLY happened before dawn when these roads were not congested. “During these hours, motorists and pedestrians alike almost often disregard traffic rules and signs — speeding ABOVE THE LIMIT AND JAYWALKING u .EBRIJA SAID The other roads named in the MMRAS’ fatality index were

Roxas Boulevard with 17 deaths, MacArthur Highway with 11 and Commonwealth Avenue, which ranked second in number of accidents, with 10.

The rest were Roxas Boulevard, Marcos Highway, Radial Road 10, Ortigas Avenue, Aurora Boulevard, EspaĂąa Boulevard, Rizal Avenue, Taft Avenue, Mindanao Avenue, McArthur Highway, Quirino Avenue and the South Super Highway. “Factors in the accidents vary in each road; it would either be due to behavior of motorist prompted by wide roads or the number of heavy vehicles plying them,â€? Ne-

BRIJA SAID Accidents were relatively low in the sites of the Metro Rail Transit 7 in Quezon City, where roads were narrowed down to make way for construction.

Overall, the report — which was based on data culled by the MMDA and Metro Manila police — listed 394 fatalities due to vehicle collisions last year.

Out of 116,906 road accidents last year, 383 cases led to collision-related deaths, 17,891 resultED IN INJURIES AND THE REST CAUSED damage to property.

Privately owned vehicles ac-

counted for 52 percent of the CRASHES 4HE MAJORITY OF FATALITIES

however, resulted from accidents involving motorcycles.

The two-wheeled vehicles were responsible for over 53 percent of the total number of deaths recordED MAJORITY OF WHICH WERE SELF INlICTED /F THE KILLED WERE drivers, 36 were passengers, and the rest were pedestrians. .EBRIJA SAID THE --$!

TOGETHer with transport agencies, have implemented measures such as the maximum capacity of vehicles, road education campaign and information drive on road safety.

DoJ junks appeal of RCBC execs

TEACHING THEM YOUNG A trooper teaches a boy how to hold a firearm during the 36th founding anniversary of the Special Action Force of the Philippine National Police at Bonifacio Global City in Taguig on Saturday. PHOTO BY DJ DIOSINA

THE Department of Justice (DoJ) HAS JUNKED THE MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION kLED BY kVE 2IZAL #OMmercial Banking Corp. (RCBC) OFkCERS SEEKING TO REVERSE ITS kNDing of probable cause against them for violation of the Anti Money Laundering Act (AMLA).

The investigating prosecutor issued a resolution standing pat on its decision that found prima facie EVIDENCE AGAINST THE kVE OFkCERS OF the RCBC Retail Banking Ground (RBG) in relation to the $81-million cyberheist at the Bangladesh central bank.

The resolution found RBG head Raul Victor Tan, National Sales Director Ismael Reyes, Regional Sales Director Brigitte Capina, Customer Service head Romualdo Agarrado and Senior Relations Officer Angela Ruth Torres remiss in their duties and thereby facilitated the offense of money laundering.

4HE kVE WERE FOUND INSTRUMENtal in the lifting of the temporary HOLD ON THE FOUR BENEkCIARY AC-

counts of the international inward remittances of funds allegedly wrongfully taken from the Bangladesh bank, and the withdrawal of such funds, even after notice of the irregularity in the transaction from the Bangladesh bank.

4HE RESOLUTION FOUND THE kVE TO have deliberately avoided knowledge of the crime, “by failing to make a reasonable inquiry about suspected wrongdoing, despite being aware that it is highly probable.� !N INFORMATION AGAINST THE kVE HAS BEEN kLED BEFORE THE 2EGIONAL Trial Court at Branch 141, Makati City.

Earlier, RCBC Jupiter Branch Manager Maia Santos-Deguito was found guilty for eight counts of violation of the AMLA. The charge stemmed from the illegal transfer of $81 million from the New York federal reserve of the Bangladesh bank to the RCBC branch on Jupiter St. in Makati City in 2016.

JOMAR CANLAS

DEPED TO HAVE BIGGER ROLE IN ROTC IMPLEMENTATION THE Department of Education (DepEd) will have an expanded role in the implementation of the mandatory Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) program for senior high school students once the ROTC bill becomes a law.

The House of Representatives has passed House Bill 6961, which makes ROTC mandatory for senior high school students across the country.

Once the ROTC measure is signed into law, the Department of Education would

have a hand in the implementation of the program, Education Secretary Leonor Briones said. “The curriculum, it does not only constiTUTE RUNNING AT THE kELD AND PLAY GUNS THEY are being taught nationalism and Philippine history,� she said. “I have sat through some of the curricULUM THE SUBJECTS THAT ARE BEING LEARNED by the children. We will assure that history, nationalism and protection of the country are all instilled [upon them],� she added.

She said that the implementation of the mandatory ROTC would result in a “source of defense.â€? “We cannot be relying on other countries to defend us, we know by our real experience that‌ there will be delays on external assistance, so we have to rely on ourselves,â€? she added.

The ROTC was made optional in 2002 following the controversy that resulted from the death of Mark Chua, a University of Sto. Tomas student. He was allegedly KILLED BY COURSE OFkCERS AFTER EXPOSING FUND

mismanagement.

Undersecretary Alain Pascua said the DepEd has proposed safeguards to prevent abuses and harassment.

These proposals include the establishment of grievance committees composed of officials of the Department of National Defense and DepEd, and a Joint Congressional Oversight #OMMITTEE THAT WILL JOINTLY SUBMIT A report about the two-year pilot implementation phase.

The department also proposed to have

an ROTC Instructors Academy, where all inspiring instructors will undergo a capacity-building training, Pascua said. “[This will be] so that all the necessary laws, policies, guidelines and approaches will be given to them,� he said.

Pascua said the DepEd, DND and the Armed Forces of the Philippines already selected several pilot schools.

President Rodrigo Duterte had repeatedly called for mandatory ROTC training.

RALPH EDWIN U. VILLANUEVA

Senate adopts resolutions honoring Filipino scientists THE Senate has adopted two resolutions commending eight outstanding Filipino scientists for their exemplary work in science and technology, and a doctor for bagging the 2018 Asean-US Science prize for women.

Senate Resolutions 882 and 923 were introduced by Sen. Paolo Benigno “Bam� Aquino 4th.

Aquino said eight Filipinos made it to the list of Asian Scientist 100 (AS100) in March 2018, bringing pride and prestige to the country. The honorees are Dr. Rogel Mari Sese, Jeffrey Perez, Dr. Mario Antonio Jiz 2nd, Dr. Philip Alviola, Dr. Nathaniel Hermosa 2nd, Dr. Lanndon Ocampo, Dr. Lucille Abad and Dr. Aletta Conception YĂąiguez.

AS100 recognizes the invaluable contributions of researchers, academicians, innovators and business leaders in Asia in the various fields of science and technology. It is released annually by award-winning Science and Technology magazine the Asian Scientist Magazine, which highlights research and development news stories from Asia to the global community. “ To be reco gnized as an honoree of AS100, one must have received a national or international prize in 2017 for scientific research or leadership,� Aquino said.

Sese, a University of the Philippines (UP) alumnus and leader of the country’s National SPACE (Space Promotion, Awareness and Capabilities Enhancement) Development Program was commended for his contributions in astrophysics and as an advocate of space research and development.

Perez, of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, was recognized for his contribution to the better understanding of fault line and earthquakes in the Philippines, while Jiz, of the Immunology Department of the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine, was recognized for his contribution in schistosomiasis research and vaccine development.

Alviola of the UP Los BaĂąos Institute of Biological Sciences was recognized for his research contributions on wildlife studies; Hermosa of the UP National Institute of Physics was recognized for his research on the fundamental properties of light and light-matter interactions; Ocampo of the University of San Carlos was recognized for his contributions in theory and in the practice of manufacturing sustainability and risk analysis, and Abad of the Philippine Nuclear Research Institute, for her work on radi-

ation-modified carrageenan as food supplement for plants to further promote growth.

YĂąiguez was recognized for her work on marine biology and fisheries. She was one of two Filipina scientists who received a grant under the For Women in Science

program of cosmetics firm L’Oreal and the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization for her research on harmful algal blooms.

The Senate also honored Dr. Gay Jane Perez for winning first place at the 2018 Asian-US Sci-

ence Prize for Women. Perez was recognized for her work on using satellite date to forecast drought, its evolution over time and its impact, which would help farmers identify the ideal planting areas and seasons to improve their crop yield.

Perez bested seven other female scientists from Southeast Asia and received $20,000 in cash from the US government and its private partners, Underwriters Laboratories, a global safety science company.

JAVIER JOE ISMAEL

FOR A CLEANER CITY Members of varipus groups haul trash during a clean-up drive in Baseco compound in Manila on Saturday. PHOTO BY DJ DIOSINA

Business Times Q keep in view Business leaders to watch out for

Anton Engwa

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A former real estate executive leaps into the food and beverage BUSINESS DESPITE SOME INITIAL MISGIVINGS AND kNDS HIS HAPPY CALLING It also helps that he and his business partners have formed bonds that HAVE GONE BEYOND COMMERCIAL CONCERNS

4REASURER AND #ORPORATE 3ECRETARY (OkCAD (IGH )NC

Brunch bromance

BY MARGIE T. LOGARTA Photos by Harvey Tapan LIVING one’s passion can be an exhilaRATING THING JUST ASK !NTON %NGWA 4HE YEAR OLD DOES IT ON A DAILY BASIS AS A PARTNER IN 3T ,OUIS (OUSE OF )CE #REAM AND &INE $ESSERTS ALONG "ONIFACIO 'LOBAL #ITY S "'# (IGH 3TREET #ENTRAL !NTON TOGETHER WITH "RETT "AYLY "EN !RNOLD AND 3HAV (ALLEY ARE PROPRIETORS OF THE !DELAIDE BASED CAF¼ CHAIN THAT S BEEN winning encouraging social media notice AND CUSTOMERS FOR ITS kLLING AND HEALTHY BRUNCHES AND DELICIOUS COFFEE /H AND did we mention the tantalizing rows of !USTRALIAN STYLE GELATO IN RICH POPS OF COLOR 3ERENDIPITY COULD ONLY HAVE BROUGHT THESE YOUNG MEN TO THE KITCHEN TABLE ‡ Anton, Ben and Shav were products of InterNATIONAL 3CHOOL -ANILA WHO MET UP YEARS later when Aussies Ben and Shav needed SPACE IN THE -ETRO FOR THEIR NEW VENTURE Anton (then a real estate broker for Jones ,ANG ,ASALLE CAME IN AS THEIR LEASING CONSULTANT 2ECOGNIZING EACH OTHER AS SCHOOLMATES HELPED CREATE INSTANT RAPPORT THAT IS TODAY AN UNQUALIkED gBROMANCEu AMONG THEM 3AYS !NTON g7E STARTED AS BUSINESS PARTNERS WHO HAVE BECOME FRIENDS g)T S A RELATIONSHIP ) DON T HAVE WITH OTHERS I have close friends, but I would never go into BUSINESS WITH THEM 7HEN THEY INVITED ME TO JOIN THEM IN 3T ,OUIS ) SAT ON IT FOR SOME TIME BECAUSE ) WAS SCARED )T WAS ALL NEW TO ME THEN AFTER RElECTING ) DECIDED TO GO FOR IT "UT it turned out to be the right product, the right TIMING AND THE RIGHT PEOPLE g7E CARE ABOUT EACH OTHER AND WHAT HAPPENS IN OUR PERSONAL LIVES AS WELL 7E TALK ABOUT HOW WE SEE OURSELVES IN TO YEARS 7E ARE ALWAYS COMPARING NOTES AND MAKING SURE WE ARE ALIGNED u 7ITH EACH OF THEM POSSESSING A CERTAIN SKILL SET AND INFUSED WITH NATURAL ENERGY

THE TEAM S DYNAMICS HAS BEEN RELATIVELY SMOOTH !NTON WHO HAS A BACHELOR S DEGREE IN HOSPITALITY AND MANAGEMENT FROM 'LION Institute of Higher Education in Montreaux, 3WITZERLAND kTTED RIGHT IN WITH THE REST WHO were better versed in other departments SUCH AS MANAGEMENT STAFF TRAINING QUALITY STANDARDS AND CORPORATE kNANCE g) JUST kLLED IN THE GAPS u HE SAYS MATTER OF FACTLY 4HOSE gaps just happen to be important details such as accounting, administration issues, PURCHASING 0/3 POINT OF SALE PROCESS AND OTHER BACK OFkCE MATTERS g7E JUST NEEDED EACH OTHER 3O THERE S NEVER BEEN A RECOGNIZED LEADER 7E BECAME A UNIT u Anton mentions as well that since he is KEENLY INTERESTED IN BAKING HE GRAVITATED to the baking area and helped develop their BROWNIES AND COOKIES LINE &ROM DAY ONE THE BOYS HAVE BEEN SO HANDS ON IN THE JOB THEY KNOW EVERY CRACK IN THEIR ESTABLISHMENT S PIPES WHERE EACH salt and pepper shaker was purchased, WHICH PLATE BEST DISPLAYS WHAT SANDWICH AND SO ON 4HEY ALSO MADE gLOADS OF MISTAKES u !NTON ADMITS ADDING gWHICH WILL result in savings when we do open our SECOND OUTLET u %XPANDING IS DEkNITELY IN THE CARDS AND AN OPPORTUNITY APPEARED WHEN #OMMON Ground, a co-working space provider with ROOTS IN -ALAYSIA CONTACTED !NTON AND HIS FRIENDS TO SEE IF THEY WERE INTERESTED TO BE THEIR ANCHOR CAF¼ 4HEY OF COURSE JUMPED at the chance and set up kiosks in Common 'ROUND S OUTLETS IN !RTHALAND "'# AND 2OCKWELL 2OCKWELL #ENTER -AKATI #ITY g)T HAS BEEN A COST EFFECTIVE WAY TO GROW AND GET OUR NAME OUT u !NTON OBSERVES "ESIDES THE COMPANY S CUSTOMERS WALK INS ARE ALSO ALLOWED TO PURCHASE 3T ,OUIS ITEMS THAT RANGE FROM ITS TRADEMARK HEARTY COFFEE TO BREAKFAST GOODIES AND ICE CREAM g7E HOPE TO GROW WITH THEM WHEN THEY EVENTUALLY OPEN UP IN OTHER CITIES LIKE #EBU

$AVAO AND )LOILO u !NTON SAYS

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We’ve always hired for attitude over skill.

We’ve cared about our team’s personal life. We’ve trained them and helped them through a lot of things &RANCHISING IS ANOTHER PROJECT THEY RE WORKING ON SAYS THE ONLY SON OF BUSINESSMAN -ANUEL %NGWA g!S THE OWNERS WE CAN share what we went through and were able to DO 7E CAN SHOW YOU WHAT TO AVOID THEREBY SAVING YOU MONEY u !LTHOUGH THE 3T ,OUIS RESTAURANT IS A CUT and paste version of the Genelg branch, located in a beach-side suburb of Adelaide, NOT ALL ITS OFFERINGS ARE !NTON EXPLAINS g7E VE HAD TO LOCALIZE *UST BECAUSE IT S A FOREIGN CUISINE MEANS IT S GOING TO DO WELL 7E VE HAD TO ADD SAVORIES LIKE OUR CHICKEN avocado rice bowl to increase repeat visits AND CUSTOMER SPEND u 4HE PARTNERS FEELING OF FAMILY HAS EX-

PECTEDLY INlUENCED THE WAY THEY MANAGE STAFF g7E VE ALWAYS HIRED FOR ATTITUDE OVER SKILL u !NTON SAYS g7E VE CARED ABOUT OUR TEAM S PERSONAL LIFE AS WELL 7E VE TRAINED them and helped them through a lot of THINGS u 2EWARDS WILL COME BUT ONLY THROUGH HARD WORK HE STRESSES g7E MAY BE THE OWNERS

BUT WE ALSO SHOW YOU THAT WE CAN DO WHAT YOU CAN DO u 3IX INDIVIDUALS WHO VE FULkLLED THEIR PROMISE BY COMING gCLOSE TO REPLICATINGu THE PARTNERS HAVE NOW BEEN PROMOTED TO MANAGERS g4HEY STOOD OUT AND BECAME LEADERS OF THE GROUP u !NTON SAYS (APPY COL-

leagues are more prone to engage diners in AN APPEALING WAY ALSO CREATING A COZY AND WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT ! WIN WIN SITUATION FOR ALL PARTIES CONCERNED -UCH MORE THAN FEELING THAT DAILY KICK each morning, preparing to tackle the challenge of running a restaurant, Anton is THRILLED AT THE THOUGHT OF gLEAVING A LEGACY

BUILDING SOMETHING FROM SCRATCH u (E SAYS g)T S ONE S OWN BUSINESS TO DO WITH USING ONE S BRAIN AND STRATEGIES TO DEVELOP IT g"EST OF ALL YOU RE DOING IT WITH people, who are not ONLY FRIENDS BUT BLOOD BROTHERS u

ABOUT ME ROLE MODEL My dad Manuel Engwa. He started out life in a very different way from me. He lost his mother when he was very young and through hard work, he became super successful.

He’s self made, self educated.

GOAL To raise a good kid. I think life’s successes — or failures — start with the parents. That’s the bare bones of it. I also want to leave a legacy for the kid to be proud of.

FIRST PAYING JOB It was during my intership in our school town in Glion, Switzerland. I was all around chef and bartender. I got paid monthly.

MORNING RITUAL Exercise — I jump rope. I’m at work by 9:30 a.m. or so.

SPECIAL SKILLS I think I’m a good listener, which has benefited me a lot in many things I’ve gotten into.

TIME YOU SPEND ON SOCIAL MEDIA I’m not that active on Facebook. The whole social media thing is not for me.

Q (Top, clockwise) It’s their pleasure to serve, says Anton with his two of his crew Richard and Justine alongside St. Louis gelato; skimming the waves of Batangas on his day off; and as an intern chef at Le Bellevue restaurant in the Glion hospitality school, Switzerland

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When going green makes business sense

The country’s first eco-friendly hotel, Cocoon Boutique Hotel, is top ranking service-wise in Metro Manila

Q Cocoon Boutique Hotel in Quezon City ion with all the guests connection guests,�� she said to explain the culture prevailing among Cocoon staff.

It’s always good business when the staff takes care of the customers’ needs, and you can sense that they’re doing it with all heart and determination in line with their obligation to deliver their duties to utmost excellence. Hotels may be basically establishments and rooms, yet feeling the human connection from the very staff themselves make you feel at home. And cliche as it sounds, there’s really no place like one.

Situated at 61 Scout Tobias corner Scout Rallos, Cocoon Hotel is the brainchild of owners Atty. Boy and Gigi Vinzon who both believe in doing business “based on the simple axiom of giving and offering the highest standards of luxury without taking anything away from the environment.�

They said: “We redefine the pleasure of sleep and bath experience. And we strive to establish sustainable relationships with our guests through sincere, warm, and NURTURING SERVICE BEkTTING A GENUINE Boutique Hotel.�

Last year, Trip Advisor awarded #OCOON THE (ALL OF &AME #ERTIkCATE of Excellence having scored the ACCLAIM FOR kVE STRAIGHT YEARS 4RIP

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T should not surprise if you find yourself well-pampered more than you expected while staying at Cocoon Boutique Hotel, located in the heart of Quezon City and taking pride in being THE COUNTRY S kRST TRULY ECO FRIENDLY ONE

Let Trip Advisor tell you that it is, having awarded it the distinction of being the highest ranking hotel in all of Metro Manila in its 2019 Travelers’ Choice Award. Cocoon likewise landed in the top 10 of its Top 25 Hotels in the Philippines.

Cocoon hotel manager Annie Convocar believes there is a sci-

ence to providing a kind of service worth-getting the recognition. It’s part of the business strategy that propels one hotel from being a cut above the rest. “Extensive training and a work environment providing a sense of belonging and ownership that will manifest in that special personal

Advisor is counted as the world’s most respected and largest travel portal recording authentic traveler recommendations.

This year, it is noted that only 1 percent of accommodations listed worldwide in Trip Advisor received the recognition based on reviews and opinions from millions of travelers.

According to a legit report, Cocoon’s guests generally agreed that the hotel staff’s engaging service, luxurious sleep and bath experience from guestrooms, and banquet facilities make them willingly give their nods.

Other accolades Cocoon Hotel had been bestowed include the Luxury Travel Guide’s Luxury Green Hotel of the Year for 2016 (in their Asia and Australasia Awards), and the same award it got in 2015, in, yes, the Global category.

The Luxury Travel Guide Awards is an international awards program celebrating and rewarding innovation and excellence and which gives recognition to accommodation options from large hotel and resorts to small luxury hotels.

Cocoon’s pioneering instinct foresees a growing trend around the world where travelers expect and demand accommodations that are luxurious yet sustainable.

Time to go green!

BPS approves PNS for road freight transport THE Bureau of Philippine Standards (BPS) approved the Philippine National Standard (PNS) 2135:2018 Road Freight Transport.

BPS said thedevelopment of PNS 2135:2018 was crafted by the proposal of the Competitiveness Bureau to support the National Logistics Masterplan Program (NLMP) established by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), in collaboration with the GIZ Project Transport and Climate Change. “This standard aims to enhance overall operations in the road freight

transport as it provides guidelines to fleet operation and/or freight forwarders for reliable, safe, cost-efkCIENT AND ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINable road freight transport,� said BPS. g)T IS APPLICABLE TO ALL TYPES OF lEET operators and/or freight forwarders regardless of their size, type and activities,� it added.

BPS said the PNS also aims to improve the overall logistics performance of the country and subsequently increase the Logistics Performance Index (LPI) ranking of the Philippines.

The PNS was approved upon the

recommendation of the Bureau of Philippine Standards Technical Committee on Logistics (BPS/TC 84).

The TC is composed of stakeholders from the DTI Competitiveness Bureau, Confederation of Truckers Association of the Philippines, DTI Fair Trade and Enforcement Bureau, DTI Consumer Protection and Advocacy Bureau, DTI Board of Investments, DTI Export Marketing Bureau, Department of Transportation (DOTr) Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board, $/4R ,AND 4RANSPORTATION /FkCE

National Economic Development Authority’s Philippine Institute for Development Studies, Philippine Ports Authority, Port Users Confederation of the Philippines, Philippine Exporters Confederation, University of the Philippines National Center for Transportation Studies, Academy of Developmental Logistics, Philippine Multimodal Transport and Logistics Association Inc., Philippine Center for Environmental and Sustainable Development Inc., and GIZ Philippines.

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Necessary, but not necessarily good

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ARLIER this week, the government disclosed that on March 29, President Rodrigo Duterte signed into law an amendment to the internal revenue code that will grant small-scale miners a tax exemption on income derived from the sale BEN of gold to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP). The ratioKRITZ nale behind the move is too sensible to reject, but the potential for harmful unintended consequences is also high.

RA 11256 removes the excise tax imposed by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) in 2011 as a consequence of former president BS Aquino 3rd’s comically disastrous attempt to create a new regulatory regime for mining with a single, badly written executive order. Under the new scheme, small-scale miners who sell gold to the BSP directly or through accredited traders. The law also provides for a refund or credit to miners who paid the excise tax before the gold’s sale to the BSP, in effect making the measure retroactive.

To a large degree, the law makes sense. Although Aquino’s harebrained edict had a paralyzing effect on the mining industry as a whole — damage the Duterte administration has for a variety of reasons taken a very long time to undo — small-scale mining was not noticeably reduced. The amount of gold passing from the hands OF SMALL SCALE MINERS TO THE "30 WAS HOWEVER !CCORDING TO kGURES cited by Sen. Sonny Angara, one of RA 11256’s proponents, the amount of domestic gold purchased by the BSP plummeted from an average of 200,000 troy ounces per year between 2005 and 2010 to just 14,700 troy ounces in 2017 due to the tax imposed in 2011.

With the tax exemption in place, the BSP would be able to boost its gross international reserves (GIR) by buying gold with pesos rather than with dollars as it does currently. Buying gold from foreign rather than domestic sources really doesn’t accomplish much; as BSP Deputy Governor Diwa Guinigundo correctly pointed out, all it amounts to is converting some of the central bank’s existing foreign reserves to another form without necessarily increasing them.

From the miners’ point of view, the tax exemption is an obvious BENEkT BECAUSE IT MAKES SELLING THEIR HARVEST LEGALLY A MORE ATTRACtive option, according to the BSP. Rather than sell their gold on the black market, small-scale miners can sell it at normal market prices to the BSP. 4HIS IS WHERE DOUBTS ABOUT THE EFkCACY OF THE NEW LAW BEGIN TO creep in, however. Under the current scheme, the tax on gold sales amounts to about 7 percent; there are additional processing costs, but these are relatively small and can be disregarded. The price difference between selling gold to the BSP or selling it to a black market trader is therefore rather narrow; factoring in the advantages of avoiding red tape such as being “duly registered� and providing a “risk assessment checklist for the source of origin,� the discount a miner has to absorb in going through the black market is only about 10 percent. The cut is bigger if there is an intermediate trader involved, of course, but that would be the case even in sales that eventually wind up at the BSP. The new law’s implementing rules “must include provisions for the registration and accreditation requirements of small-scale miners and traders� in order for them to qualify for the tax exemption, which implies requirements that are stiffer than the existing ones.

Under those circumstances, small-scale miners, most of whom are wildcatters, may not see a cost advantage in selling to the BSP. Unless the process for becoming “registered and accredited� is made streamlined and economical — which is highly unlikely, the nature of the bureaucracy being what it is here — the expectation that the small-scale mining sector will be further regularized as a result of the tax exemption is probably misplaced.

On the other hand, if the tax exemption does have something resembling the desired effect and small-scale miners and tradERS BEGIN lOCKING TO THE "30 TO SELL THEIR GOLD IT MAY ENCOURAGE expansion of the sector, which is frankly something the country does not need. Small-scale gold mining has proven to be the most dangerous and environmentally destructive form of mining in the country, and cannot be reformed — the costs of legitimately making a small mine safe are higher than small-scale miners can bear.

Ideally, the country should be taking steps to discourage smallscale mining; the only sensible course of action short of that is to facilitate the consolidation of individual small mines into larger, more manageable ones. The new tax exemption in no way works toward either of those ends.

Nevertheless, the tax exemption should still be considered progress, if only in the sense of its being the best option under circumstances as they are. Its potential positive effects, however, should not be overestimated or oversold by the government.

ROUGH TRADE

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Perpetuate your business

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ITHOUT any doubt, crafting a Family Constitution or a Charter is one major step to every founder’s dream and aspiration of ensuring that his blood, sweat and tears (legacy) is cemented for generations to come. The objective therefore in any governance undertaking is to anticipate the “what ifs,� create harmony, unite family members.

The key is prepare solid family and ownership agreements.

Today’s column will focus on family agreements and in what my industry colleagues Lansberg and Gersick refer to as “institutionalizing control.â€? They went on to highlight: “Governance is concerned with all of the ways that the interests of owners ARE RElECTED AND IMPLEMENTED IN THE organizational system‌â€?

Formalize agreements Formality is very important in family businesses. Assuming that one’s rela-

must always recognize the family members’ individual differences (types of personalities, attitudes, and behaviors), varying opinions, values, demands, expectations, and capabilities and changing or evolving priorities in life. What tives would forever be supportive to you know of your younger or the family business and consistently older siblings’ behavior when you remain productive may not be a were in your teens may no longer good way to set one’s frame of mind. be the same in midlife.

We should always accept the reality With all these likely scenarios that there are different types of fam- happening, family business ily members working in the family leaders must anticipate and business. Some of them may exhibit expect the difficulty in meetexceptionally good performance, are ing the kind of certainty that is committed and trustworthy. There needed from its pool of family are some that are plain indifferent, members to operate a business SELkSH AND WOULD ALWAYS LOOK AT HIS on a professional level and direct last name and employment as his or IT TOWARDS SPECIkC OBJECTIVES her birthright. For some entitlement The core group of any family is all there is to it in a family business. business would be the members of the family itself who could Behaviors change either be catalysts for positive outcomes or a major source of According to a Business Week problems if they do not agree with article, family business leaders certain guidelines.

FAMILIES IN BUSINESS PROF. ENRIQUE SORIANO

put up separate businesses outside of the family business.

Another cause of major conThe issue with members of the lICT IS IN DEALING WITH DIFFERENT family boils down to familiarity personalities in the family. Some and entitlement and they will could be very intellectual, capable naturally have the tendency to be and productive, but are greedy, complacent and presumptuous overly controlling and manipulasince they are related by blood tive for their own good. Some are or marriage with the President or usually quiet and have the penany family business leader with chant to question every policy laid SIGNIkCANT INlUENCE THEY WOULD out by a family member or sibling not be made accountable for un- disrupting initiatives for growth. derperformance or weakness they Start by crafting solid might have.

In most cases, “free riders� in agreements and policies  the family can also compromise the business. They think that being There are different kinds of agreeentitled will allow them the advan- ments that could be created and tage to put little or no effort at all followed in the family business in the development of the business. to keep family relationships in Without any performance metric harmony and espouse profesand a semblance of accountability, sionalism in the industry. Based they continue to draw their sal- on my experience coaching famARY EVERY PAYDAY AND BENEkT FROM ILY BUSINESSES IN THE !SIA 0ACIkC dividend sharing. And to add salt region, the most important docuto the wound, they moonlight and ments and policy to unite and

Familiarity and entitlement

harmonize family members are the following: a. Family Constitution or Charter incorporating Governance Policies covering Employment, Compensation Policy, A Code of Conduct, Job Description of working family members and a Statement of Vision and Values b. Shareholders Agreement on the other hand covers agreements on ownership and Board level accountabilities To be continued‌

Prof Enrique Soriano is a World Bank/ IFC Governance Consultant, senior advisor of Post and Powell Singapore and the executive director of Wong + Bernstein Family Advisory Group, a reSEARCH AND CONSULTING kRM IN !SIA THAT serves family businesses and family foundations. He was chairman of the marketing cluster at the Ateneo Graduate School of Business in Manila, and is currently a visiting senior fellow of the IPMI International School in Jakarta.

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Protecting future political campaigns from hacking IN an effort to protect the integrity of democratic processes and institutions in the Philippines, Microsoft introduces a new service from their Defending Democracy Program.

Called Microsoft 365 (M365) for Campaigns, the service offers high-end security capabilities of the Microsoft 365 Business offering to political parties and campaigns.

The majority of security breaches faced by political campaigns originate from malicious phishing attacks targeting email and file sharing systems. Despite such incidents, many campaigns are still ill-equipped to deal with threats from nation-states and criminal scammers. Campaign staffers and leaders in campaign technology often discuss how security solutions for email often were too hard TO CONkGURE AND TOO EXPENSIVE M365 for Campaigns addresses these issues by making it easy to deploy advanced security features at a lower cost. “Microsoft’s Defending Democracy Program continues to work with the government to explore technological solutions to preserve and protect electoral processes,� said Atty. Raul Cortez, Microsoft Philippines Legal Corporate Affairs director. “Philippine democracy must not fall to threats such as malicious phishing and file sharing sys-

tems, which could be prevented.�

For the best and most secure communication and collaboration service, a campaign staff need not be an IT expert to get advanced security protections from the types of threats they face. M365 for Campaigns streamlines the CONkGURATION AND SETUP FOR HIGH impact security settings.

Furthermore, any campaign using M365 for Campaigns would have free access to Microsoft’s AccountGuard service. AccountGuard provides notification about cyberthreats, including attacks by known nation-state ACTORS IN A UNIkED WAY ACROSS both email systems run by organizations and the personal accounts of these organizations’ leaders and staff who opt in. To date, AccountGuard is protecting more than 36,000 email accounts in 26 countries and has made HUNDREDS OF THREAT NOTIkCATIONS to participants. “Microsoft is currently exploring ways to bring Microsoft 365 for Campaigns to the Philippines in order to protect campaigns from hacking and increase political advertising transparency online,� said Cortez. “Cyber-enabled interference has become a critical concern, pushing Microsoft to strengthen partnerships with the government with a goal to protect free and fair elections.�

Waze, Deezer introduce DJ Khaled navigation voice EVER wanted to be joined on your commute by one of the hottest names in music?

He’s known for sharing his words of wisdom online, but from today DJ Khaled is bringing his life hacks direct to Waze users — as its newest celebrity voice.

The everyday driving platform bringing together drivers to outsmart traffic together, and Deezer, the global music streaming service, have announced the voice will be available globally on Waze from today until the end of June, to celebrate the launch of DJ Khaled’s new album “Father of Asahd.�

The DJ Khaled voice, made exclusively available on Waze by Deezer, is running throughout all of June and will accompany users on their “journey for greatness.� Along the way they’ll enjoy their rides with words of advice including “Stay focused,� “Don’t play yourself� and “The top’s off the Maybach!� “Bless up Deezer and Waze for guiding millions of drivers across the world on their path to success!! So excited for Fan Luv to be able to get my voice on Waze.

Don’t forget, “Father of Asahd� is out now,� said DJ Khaled. “We are beyond excited to launch the DJ Khaled voice in partnership with our friends at Deezer,� said Adam Fried, head of Global Partnerships at Waze.

“DJ Khaled has one of the most recognizable voices in the industry and is beloved by many of our 115+ million users around the world, so we can’t think of anyone better to safely and entertainingly guide Waze drivers on their journeys.�

Waze and Deezer began working together in late 2018, when the popular music streaming app became a Waze Audio Player partner: an embedded audio player giving drivers an easy way to listen to music, podcasts, audiobooks, news and more — all while safely navigating. In addition to DJ Khaled navigating your drive, he can also soundtrack your ride when you listen to his 100 percent playlist on Deezer. “DJ Khaled is one of the biggest artists in the world. Music fans can now listen to his songs on Deezer and hear his ‘words of wisdom’ through the Waze app. It’s the best combination to make any car journey a win, and we love the opportunity to bring one of the world’s largest artists even closer to his fans through our partnership,� said Laurence Miall-d’Aout, chief commercial OFkCER $EEZER DJ Khaled’s available on Waze for a limited time, so update your voice today in Settings > Voice Directions > DJ Khaled and listen to “Father of Asahd.�

GAS, DIESEL CARS DECLINING

E-vehicles global sales start to rise

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LECTRIC vehicles, or EVs, are on track to dominate global sales of passenger cars and BUSES BY AND TO ENCROACH SIGNIkCANTLY on the market for vans and short-distance trucking, according to the latest forecast from RESEARCH kRM "LOOMBERG .%&

Based on analysis of the evolving economics in different vehicle segments and geographical markets, BNEF’s Electric Vehicle Outlook 2019 shows electrics taking up 57 percent of the global passenger car sales by 2040, slightly higher than it forecast a year ago. Electric buses are set to hold 81 percent of municipal bus sales by the same date. &OR THE kRST TIME ".%& HAS INcorporated in its forecast detailed work on the commercial vehicle market. These projections show electric models taking 56 percent of light commercial vehicle sales in Europe, the US and China within the next two decades, plus 31 percent of the medium commercial market.

Heavy trucks would prove the hardest segment for electrics to crack, with the latter’s sales limited to 19 percent in 2040.

Their use case would mostly be in shorter-distance applications.

However, conventional heavy trucks on long-haul routes would also face other, non-electric competition — from alternatives using natural gas and hydrogen fuel cells. “Our conclusions are stark for fossil fuel use in road transport, said Colin McKerracher, head of advanced transport for BNEF, commented. “ElectrikCATION WOULD STILL TAKE TIME

BECAUSE THE GLOBAL lEET CHANGES over slowly but, once it gets rolling in the 2020s, it starts to spread to many other areas of road transport. We see a real possibility that global sales of conventional passenger cars have already passed their peak.�

The role of shared mobility services such as ride-hailing and car-sharing would be important in this evolving picture. These services account for less than 5 percent of all passenger miles traveled globally at the moment, but this is set to rise to 19 percent by 2040. The research team does not expect autonomous driving to have an impact on global transport and energy patterns until the 2030s. “Providers of shared mobility services would choose to go electric faster than private individuals,� said Ali Izadi-Najafabadi, who leads BNEF’s coverage of shared mobility. “There are now over a billion users of shared mobility services such as ridehailing globally. These services would continue to grow and gradually reduce demand for private vehicle ownership.�

The main driver for the electrification trend over the next 20 years would be further sharp reductions in EV battery costs, making electric cars cheaper than internal combustion en-

gine (ICE) alternatives by the mid-to-late 2020s in almost every market, on the basis of both lifetime costs and upfront costs. Since 2010, the average cost of lithium-ion batteries per kilowatt-hour has fallen by 85 percent on a mixture of manufacturing economies of scale and technology improvements.

The BNEF report sees China continuing to lead in electric cars, accounting for 48 percent of all passenger EVs sold in 2025 and 26 percent in 2040 when other markets are catching up.

Europe pulls ahead of the US as the number two EV market globALLY DURING THE S %LECTRIkcation in non-China emerging markets would be much slower, leading to a fragmented global auto market.

The aggregate increase, however, would be impressive. BNEF expects passenger EV sales to rise from 2 million worldwide in 2018 to 28 million in 2030 and 56 million by 2040. Meanwhile conventional passenger vehicle sales fall to 42 million by 2040, from around 85 million in 2018. Policy support such as fuel economy regulations and China’s new energy vehicle mandate are expected to drive the EV market in the next 5-7 years before economics takes over the latter half of the 2020s.

The oil, electricity and battery industries would all be impacted by the rise of EVs. A year ago, BNEF estimated their impact on road fuel demand at 7.3 million barrels per day by 2040. However, it has now nearly doubled this to 13.7 million barrels per day, partly because of new forecasts

for electrification of the commercial vehicle sector and partly, paradoxically, because ICE fuel EFkCIENCY IS EXPECTED TO PROCEED more slowly than previously thought. That means that every EV displaces a conventional car that would have used a greater quantity of road fuel.

BNEF now estimates that EVs would add 6.8 percent to global electricity consumption in 2040, and that they would drive a surge in EV lithium-ion battery demand from 151 gigawatt-hours in 2019 to 1,748GWh in 2030.

New mining capacity for all battery materials would need to come online to avoid this causing a supply crunch. “Transport is moving into a period of disruptive change, with many different factors coming into play,� said McKerracher said. “We have incorporated several new elements into our analysis, including an updated EV cost model that includes the cost of a home EV charger TO RElECT MORE ACCURATELY THE COSTS individuals face to go electric; and a battery chemistry forecast for each of the new segments covered in this year’s report.�

Despite the radical changes afoot, the outlook for road transport emissions remains far from rosy. The BNEF research team sees the size of the global on-the-road CONVENTIONAL PASSENGER CAR lEET continuing to grow until 2030.

This means that road vehicle emissions would continue to rise for the next decade, followed then by a sharp fall in the years before 2040, which would only return them to levels similar to 2018.

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Emerson intelligent cold chain solutions: Improving efficiency, enhancing lives I TECH SPACE N 2014, Emerson, a Fortune 500 multinational company, channeled $20 million of a $55-million investment in the Philippines to its Manila Monitoring Center that now functions as a global resource hub for sales and marketing support, general customer care, life cycle services, order management, and product design and management.

Manned by some 2,500 people, the center operates 24/7 primarily because essential business facilities like cold chains and refrigeration systems cannot stop. Otherwise, the potential deterioration of perishable goods in transit or in storage could put consum-

TONY MAGHIRANG ers’ lives in danger and large supermarkets chains at risk of business failure.

For cold chain, the center provides round-the-clock support to the storage and transport of food such as fruits, meat and vegetables under controlled temperatures.

Ruben Cu, Jr, business leader for the Commercial and Residential Solutions under Emerson Electric Asia, tells Tech Space: “The key advantage of Emerson is its broad portfolio. Basically, our technol-

ogy solution is end-to-end from the source to the users. From the farm to the table, so to speak. “We have the technologies that ensure temperatures and humidity ARE BEING CONTROLLED TO SPECIkCAtions through our uninterrupted systems from the source all the way to when the goods are used.�

Cu further illustrates the technology involved. The compressors and refrigeration systems in a supermarket chain are equipped with electronics and sensors that connect with the IoT in the cloud.

These sensors transmit data to the controllers which then transmit the data streams to the data hub, the Manila Monitoring Center.

Technicians at the center analyze incoming data and make sure that

the desired temperature for the different food items in the cold storage facilities are safeguarded in farm-gate quality freshness.

By taking full advantage of Emerson products and services, a retail pharmacy in China involved in vaccines, drugs and cosmetics is able to save 15 percent in electrical consumption while ensuring the safety of their pharmaceuticals. Through Emerson’s intelligent control and monitoring, the temperature and humidity of the medicines are also automatically recorded, which are then directed to the enterprise resource planning system for further analysis in the course of the decision-making cycle A fast-food chain in the Philippines has been able to slash its

electricity costs by 8 percent thanks to Emerson’s compressors and monitoring systems. Maintaining ideal conditions in the retail business is critical when it comes to food safety. The possibility of spoilage and wastage affects not only customer patronage but also the company’s bottomline.

Ruben Cu explains: “We are able to detect remotely here in Manila if there’s a problem with the refrigeration system or it’s simply that a door has been inadvertently left open. If it’s just the door, we could inform the manager on duty to just close THE SPECIkC UNIT INVOLVED )F IT S REally something like there’s a leak, we COULD kGURE THAT OUT REMOTELY ALSO “That certainly helps our customers in managing their costs

as well. They don’t just have to call a technician every time and pay for onsite services because we could troubleshoot it right here at the Center. If it’s really SOMETHING THAT NEEDS kELD INtervention, that’s the time they get to call a technical person to be onsite.�

Emerson customers could also monitor their cold chain from their computers and cellular phones. The interconnected system allows the customer to see what’s going in his refrigeration facilities even in a supermarket chain of say 500 stores.

In that sense, Emerson lives up to its main value proposition of enhancing products to improve lives round-the-clock.

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SUNDAY MAY 26, 2019

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MediaTek accelerates design of smart devices

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!)7!. "!3%$ chipmaker MediaTek announced recently a rich Internet-of-Things (IoT) program to bring A SERIES OF ARTIkCIAL INTELLIGENCE !) ENABLED CHIPSET platforms to companies that want to innovate and develop PRODUCTS ACROSS THE INTELLIGENT DEVICES MARKET The platform, based on open and industry standard software and hardware, is founded on company’s commercially proven chipsets that today power most voice, smart speaker, displaycentric and AI-infused devices available globally.

Under the new program, MediaTek is unveiling new chipsets that include powerful edge AI technology for voice, display, object recognition and other features needed for today’s smart IoT devices.

In addition, the chipmaker has aligned with independent design houses in China, Europe and the US, including BayLibre and StreamUnlimited. The design houses support the MediaTek chipsets with industry standard software and offer the needed hardware, software and technical support for companies designing AI devices with MediaTek’s AI IoT platforms. “We are bringing AI to mainstream Internet of Things products to make it easier for diverse industries to access MediaTek chipsets and technologies through a value-add partner network,� said Jerry Yu, MediaTek corporate senior vice president

and general manager of the Intelligent Devices Business Group.

The AI IoT market is poised for growth,

percent of the entire AI chipset market by 2023. And globally, AI in the embedded IoT devices market would approach $26 billion by 2023.

The chipsets in MediaTek’s new program have a variety of standard-based support through the design houses, including an evaluation kit that would be offered to companies through Seeed Studios.

MediaTek’s AI and rich IoT chipsets are

as connected devices need to do more processing at the edge and are being integrated into new product lines. According to Market and Research, an industry research group, IoT would represent 83

highly integrated, boast ultra-low power consumption to maximize battery life and deliver superior computing power (including CPU, GPU and AI Processing Units) to support next generation AI de-

vices. The chipsets have Arm’s TrustZone security built-in and come with long term support — up to seven years — for operating system updates and security patches.

MediaTek is already the No. 1 chipmaker for voice assistant devices (VAD), working with the world’s most well-known brands to power intelligent devices including smart speakers. With this new program, MediaTek wants to spur AI innovation by making it easier for enterprises, startups, emerging brands and leading OEMs in diverse markets to design IoT devices with AI capabilities such as face, object and voice recognition.

Today’s IoT products need support for a camera, display, video, rich multimedia and connectivity. MediaTek has long focused on these core technologies and deep SOC integration. It’s one of the few companies that brings together all the necessary technologies for the mass deployment of connected AI devices. “The Internet of Things has entered its next phase. AI features are being integrated into nearly every type of consumer device imaginable. That means connected devices now require a processor to support AI applications, rather than a more limited microcontroller unit that has been historically used. MediaTek’s rich IoT program lets companies of all sizes bring devices to market with advanced AI, multimedia and connectivity features,� said Yu.

5G: THE FUTURE IS HERE, ALMOST

BY JING GARCIA WE all heard about the upcoming telecommunications technology called 5G. We’ve read about it or heard it on the news. It’s all over the the internet, and social media is abuzz about it. But what exactly is 5G? In its simplest form, 5G stands for “fifth generation� wireless technology.

We all know that what we are using right now is called 4G. Technically this is also called LTE, or, by its recent iteration, LTE-Advanced or LTE-A, but both under the same 4G moniker.

Here’s a bit more of telecom history. In the 1980s, the earliest mobile handsets could only make phone calls. Although using analog transmission, these could be considered as the first generation of wireless technology or 1G. When digital communications came to light in the ‘90s, mobile devices, now on its second generation, added a service that changed two-way communications forever. Aside from phone calls, mobiles phones were now capable of short messaging service (SMS), simply known as text or texting.

By the time 3G networks arrived in the mid2000s, mobile devices were now capable of mobile internet and other net-enabled services such as video calls, email and music streaming to name a

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few. And in 2010, with the promise of a faster and more stable internet connection, 4G/LTE expanded the capabilities of connected mobile devices.

Now, what is obvious, of course, is the next step

— 5G. According to the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), the standards organization which develops protocols for mobile telephony, including the definition of 5G, the latest wireless standard aims to deliver “significant technological leap from LTE, delivering an exponential increase in peak and average speeds and capacity.�

This increase in speed, both in downloading

and uploading, has great implications on current technologies that require features such as virtual and augmented reality, artificial intelligence and machine learning, and cloud-based applications, particularly storage.

The promise of reduced latency in a 5G network is also extremely important especially in cutting-edge technologies that include autonomous driving, real-time remote medical procedures and other Internet-ofThings (IoT) devices and appliances.

The “fiber-like� wireless broadband service that 5G provides would be its main attraction in a world with insatiable appetite for fast, stable and real-time connectivity — again, emphasis on real-time.

Although we still won’t be seeing 5G-enabled devices, well at least until the end of 2019, including the world’s first 5G-enabled foldable phone the Huawei Mate X , many network equipment manufacturers were already testing real-life capabilities of 5G as early as 2016. China-based Huawei is one of them.

Now considered one of the largest providers of telecom equipment around the globe, not to mention also one of the top manufacturers of mobile phones and other connected devices, Huawei is at the forefront of 5G wireless technology.

In October 2018, the island of Malta was among the first to deploy 5G wireless technology under a memorandum of agreement signed by the Maltese government and Huawei and earlier this year in Barcelona, Vodafone Spain made the first standard 5G call with a Huawei handset.

Globally, the Chinese telecoms equipment giant has over 40 commercial 5G deals by the end of March 2019 and shipped more than 45,000 5G base stations.

The two dominant telcos in the Philippines, Globe and Smart-PLDT, will also use Huawei networks for their 5G deployment mixed with European players for the latter.

OPPO celebrates 5th anniversary in PH AFTER announcing an anniversary colorway — Waterfall Gray — for the new F11 Pro, OPPO makes another exciting announcement by offering the sleek and tailored to perfection OPPO A7 at a special price. This news comes as part of OPPO’s celebration of its 5th Anniversary in the Philippines. Included also on the 5th Anniversary line-up of OPPO is the upgraded F11 Pro with a whopping capacity of 128GB ROM and the latest F11 in Jewelry White.

The OPPO A7 comes in two variants, 3G and 4G. For the OPPO’s anniversary special, the 3G variant will be priced at P9,990 from its original price of P10,990, and the 4G version at P10,099 from the original P13,990.

The OPPO A7 with its current price IS DEkNITELY A STEAL FOR ITS GREAT FEATURES Stunningly designed, the OPPO A7 is THE kRST ! SERIES SMARTPHONE TO FEATURE the nature-inspired waterdrop screen that adds beauty to the immersive user experience. It is also equipped with a 3D THERMALLY BENT SHEET MODIkED HUNDREDS of times to perfection to achieve that thin, light and comfortable smartphone grip.

It’s also available in the beautiful color variants of Glaring Gold and Glaze Blue, amping up the premium touch.

As beautiful as the outside, the A7 boasts powerful features on the inside.

The OPPO A7 doubles down on the two important features that customers value most — premium cameras with it 13+2MP dual rear camera and 16MP front CAMERA PLUS !) "EAUTIkCATION Embedded on its beautiful waterdrop screen is the front camera that’s enhanced to 16MP with F2.0 aperture, which makes FOR MORE OUTSTANDING SELkES 4HIS IS SUPported by the widely popular 4230 mAh battery with AI battery management, HELPING YOU SAVE POWER MORE EFkCIENTLY Customers can avail the OPPO A7 with discounted prices starting May 22 in all OPPO stores nationwide as well as e-commerce platforms Lazada, Shopee, Akulaku and Argomall.

How fast is 5G? In a 4G/LTE wireless network, we measure connection speed with Mbps or megabits per minute. With 5G, it’s all Gbps or gigabits per minute. That’s how fast it is.

When it comes to latency, it’s less than 1 millisecond.

When the first 5G mobile handsets finally arrive in the latter part of 2019 or early 2020, mobile phone manufacturers said that these devices would be able to reach speeds of up to 5Gbps, and also added that in the later years, as the technology starts to mature, speed of up to 10 to 20Gbps could be the norm.

Now, can a 4G phone work on a 5G network? The answer is yes, but it will not be able to gain from the technologies 5G has to offer when it comes to speed and latency. Only a 5G-capable phone will get all the benefits of the 5G wireless network.

A savings mindset with the ING full-digital savings account

DIGITAL savings account that encourages a healthy savings mindset is now posSIBLE ).' 0HILIPPINES REDEkNE savings with the launch of its all-digital platform. Opening an ING digital savings account was seamless. I downloaded the ING mobile app and in 10 minutes, I was ready for mobile banking by depositing a check through the app. How convenient that I need not go to the bank to deposit the check.

ING’s country manager in the Philippines Hans Sicat described this as an opportune moment for ING to expand its presence in the country with a retail banking service anchored on a digital platform. With a universal bank license in the Philippines, ING has been active in the country since 1990. “ING wants to encourage more Filipinos to save

LET’S TALK #SOCIAL NOEMI LARDIZABAL-DADO by giving an attractive interest rate of 2.5 percent per annum (p. a.) with no minimum amount and no lock-in period,� Sicat said.

There are six reasons ING digital savings account is worth looking at. )T IS THE kRST BANK SAVINGS product where all bank transactions are conducted through the ING mobile app.

It is the first bank authorized by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to allow end-toend electronic onboarding of the customers via the mobile phone by using the latest in facial recognition technology.

2. A higher interest rate of 2.5 percent p.a. on savings balance

of up to P10 million would be offered to ING users starting June 1, 2019. Any amount over P10 million would earn an interest rate of 1 percent p.a.

If you compare the interest rates with other banks, ING offers even higher than time deposit rates. Most savings accounts from major banks in the Philippines grow funds at 0.10 percent to 0.25 percent p.a.. A few high-interest savings accounts give up to 1.56 percent p.a. depending on the amount. All these banks require a minimum amount to earn interest.

What’s the catch? One gets better rates because ING has lower operating costs since they do not have physical branches.

3. No minimum amount or holding period.

The ING Savings Account offers high interest rate with no minimum amount. If one wants to withdraw the money from their ING Savings Account, transfer of

funds is free to any bank in the Philippines in just a few clicks via the ING app. There is no holding period to enjoy the 2.5 percent interest rate p.a.

4. Deposit anytime, anywhere.

You could deposit money into your ING Savings Account through your mobile phone, either via check deposit or money transfers from other banks’ online banking channels. Your bank must have the PESONet or InstaPay system which lists “ING� as one of the receiving banks. Using the ING app, a customer could deposit to his account by taking a picture of any check issued by any bank based in the Philippines. The check image goes to the same interbank check clearing system. This GAME CHANGING FEATURE IS THE kRST ever approved by the Philippine Clearing House Corp. Deputy Governor Fonacier of BSP says “ING is one of the first few

banks to adopt PESONet, and now, they are also connected to the Instapay platform. Both are initiatives by the BSP to promote digital fund transfers.�

5. Convenience is a primary consideration.

Whenever I visit the nearest branch of my bank, I need to park and pay at least P50 for parking then queue to deposit my check. I end up spending too since I am already at the mall.

Even looking for a parking space in branches outside the mall is a challenge. Those working close to the banks don’t face the same challenge as a work-at-home mom like myself. Since it’s all digital, you need not take a day off to take care of your banking needs. They could answer questions through the 24/7 customer chat support on the app.

6. Compliant with ING’s global standards and BSP’s standards.

ING mobile-only business

model in the Philippines was built from the ground up. As a global bank with over 20 years expertise in branchless banking, they use the latest security features under ING’s global standards. Since ING is a member of Philippine Deposit Insurance Corp. (PDIC), the maximum deposit insurance for each depositor is P500,000.

The ING savings account is ITS kRST PRODUCT -ORE PRODucts would be rolled out soon, focusing not just on the features but also how the product would be delivered. ING is not just another digital banking product. With its high interest rate, it allows Filipinos to achieve their savings goals faster such as building an emergency fund. I could see myself saving more with the ING app.

For more details, read my blog post at techiegadgets.com

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Trump in Japan for summit

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OKYO: US President Donald Trump arrived in Japan on Saturday for a fourday state visit likely to be dominated by warm words and friendly images, but relatively light on substantive progress over trade.

Air Force One touched down in Japan just before 5 p.m. local time (0800 GMT) on a sunny Tokyo afternoon and a smiling Trump descended with his wife Melania for a red-carpet greeting led by Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono.

Trump went directly to a meeting of Japanese business executives and lost little time in arguing for a trade relationship between the world’s top and number-three economy that would skew more in Washington’s favour. “Japan has had a substantial advantage for many, many years. But that’s OK, maybe that’s why you like us so much,� Trump told the executives.

After a bilateral trade deal currently under negotiation has been signed, it will be “a little bit more fair,� vowed the president. *APANESE AND 53 OFkCIALS HAIL AS “unprecedented� the relationship between Trump and his “golf buddy,�

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and the PAIR WILL AGAIN kND TIME FOR A ROUND to cement their diplomatic bromance.

Just over an hour before Trump arrived, a 5.1-magnitude earthquake rattled buildings in Tokyo, with the epicenter very close to where the leaders are due to tee off.

4HE OFkCIAL CENTREPIECE OF THE TRIP is Trump’s meeting on Monday with Japan’s new Emperor Naruhito, who only ascended the Chrysanthemum Throne at the beginning of the month following his father’s historic abdication for health reasons. “With all the countries of the world, I’m the guest of honor at the biggest event that they’ve had in over 200 years,� said Trump before his departure.

But the visual highlight is more likely to be Trump’s visit on SunDAY TO THE kNAL DAY OF THE SUMMER “basho� or sumo tournament where he is expected to present the cup to the winner.

Japanese wrestler Asanoyama will receive the “president’s cup� — weighing 60-70 pounds (27-32 kilos) and measuring 54 inches (1.4 meters) — after his win as Trump was arriving on Saturday gave him a 12-2 record and put him out of REACH ON THE kNAL DAY Trump’s appearance at the hallowed sumo hall has presented a logistical, security and protocol nightmare, ranging from where he sits to how he should be protected if the crowd start throwing chair pillows — as tradition dictates when a Grand Champion (yoko-

zuna) falls.

The leaders will play golf before going to the sumo and then repair with their wives to a restaurant in Tokyo’s Roppongi entertainment district, where the menu features skewers of prime sirloin beef at 5,184 yen ($47) for two.

Korea during the Cold War era to train Pyongyang’s spies, an emotive issue in Japan that Abe has pressed Trump to raiseintalkswiththeNorth’sleaderKim Jong Un.

‘Never been closer’ Abe has just recently returned from Washington and Trump himself will be coming back to Japan in just over a month for the Group of 20 leaders’ summit in the western city of Osaka.

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TOUCHDOWN US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump disembark from Air Force One upon arrival at Haneda international airport in Tokyo on Sarurday.

AFP PHOTO former war-time foes “has never been stronger, has never been more powerful, has never been closer,�

Trump said. “This is an exciting time for commerce between the two countries that we both love.�

The formal diplomatic part of the trip is limited to a short bilateral meeting and a working lunch on Monday, after which the two leaders will brief the media.

They are also poised to meet families of people abducted by North

Trump will also address troops at a US base in Japan, highlighting the military alliance between the two allies at a time when tensions are running higher with North Korea after the failure of the Hanoi summit in February.

Hours before Trump landed, hawkish National Security Advisory John Bolton told local media there was “no doubt�

Pyongyang’s recent missile tests had violated UN Security Council resolutions but insisted

In Asia, Trump is among friends WASHINGTON, D.C.: In Europe, Donald Trump’s relationships with leaders range from lukewarm to hostile. But in Asia, more than ever, the US president is finding that he’s among friends.

At a time that Trump is ramping up pressure on China, he has built warm relationships elsewhere in Asia and has recently seen surprise electoral triumphs by key partners.

Japan is rolling out the red carpet for Trump, who will become the first foreign leader to meet newly enthroned Emperor Naruhito. Trump will bond with conservative Prime Minister Shinzo Abe over sumo wrestling and, weather permitting, their latest rounds of golf.

Trump’s trip comes on the heels of India’s election in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a Hindu nationalist who has enthusiastically built ties with Washington, won an unexpectedly strong new mandate, as well as Australia’s polls, where Prime Minister Scott Morrison stunned pundits by beating back a challenge from the Labor Party, whose promises included a “more considered� approach to China.

Trump will return to Japan in June for the Group of 20 summit in Osaka and also visit South Korea, where President Moon Jae-in, despite coming from the opposite end of the political spectrum, laid the groundwork for one of Trump’s signature foreign policy initiatives — direct negotiations with North Korea.

The diplomacy comes amid an intense trade war between the United States and China that has no end in sight, with Trump blacklisting Chinese tech titan Huawei and demanding an end to allegedly rampant theft of US technology.

Envisioning a long-term US struggle against China, the Trump administration has said it is working on a comprehensive policy to counter the rising Asian power, akin to the Cold War doctrine of containing the Soviet Union.

Asian model for managing Trump Toshihiro Nakayama, a professor at Keio University in Tokyo, said the Japanese were fully aware of the controversial nature of Trump, who is facing rising calls for impeachment from Democrats.

But the United States, which stations some 50,000 troops in Japan under a defense alliance, is by far the most important ally for Tokyo— as well as an often difficult partner on trade. “There’s a consensus that if the American people chose Mr. Trump, it’s not our job to criticize it; it’s our job to manage the relationship,� said Nakayama, also a fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International scholars in Washington.

French President Emmanuel Macron “initially tried to embrace him with style and nuance and it didn’t succeed. So the Japanese government and people say that if you’re going to embrace Mr. Trump, you have to totally embrace him,�

Nakayama said.

Trump came of political age talking tough on trade in the 1980s, when Japan loomed large in the US imagination as a competitor. But Abe has courted Trump assiduously since the mogul’s stunning election in 2016, gifting him gold-plated golf clubs and flying halfway around the world to celebrate his wife Melania’s birthday.

Patrick Buchan, a longtime Australian official who directs the US Alliances Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, said Abe served as a global model on how to woo Trump — making the relationship personal and resolving concerns through private channels. “The Europeans, in my opinion, completely mishandled the Trump phenomenon. By responding to his public rhetoric or his

Twitter tirades, you only created a vicious circle,� Buchan said. “I think it is partly, if you want, the Asian way of not engaging in megaphone diplomacy,� he said.

Common cause on China To be sure, Trump’s ties with allies in the region have also hit rocky patches. Shortly after Trump’s election, he reportedly exploded and hung up the phone on Australia’s then prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, when he heard of a deal on moving refugees from Australia to America.

And in India, accounts that Trump likes to mimic Modi’s accent have sparked outrage.

But on strategy in Asia, leaders have found common ground. China has longstanding claims on territory administered by both Japan and India, while Australia has also voiced worries about Beijing’s trading practices.

Modi — who will meet Trump alongside Abe in Osaka — has sided unabashedly with the United States despite India’s historic resistance to alliances, building a defense relationship but stopping short of accepting any joint military operations.

Modi “has been willing to take the relationship with the US further than any of his predecessors,� said Michael Kugelman, deputy director of the Asia program at the Wilson Center.

But Kugelman warned that trade disputes could cloud the relationship. Trump is ending key trading preferences for India and forced the energy-hungry economy to stop buying from Iran and Venezuela.

Still, “I think Modi recognizes that India’s national interests are tightly aligned with the US on issues like China’s increasing presence in Asia and the terrorism threat in South Asia,� Kugelman said.

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Washington is still ready to resume talks.

But analysts expect little progress on the main issue that divides Japan and the US: trade.

US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer is expected to hold talks with his Japanese counterpart on the sidelines of the visit but with Abe facing upper house elections in the coming months and Trump battling China, both are likely to avoid concessions.

Some observers suspect Abe

is rolling out the red carpet to present Japan as the most favourable of the countries currently engaged in trade disputes with Washington. “Japan’s strategy is to proceed with negotiations in a cool-headed manner,� in contrast to the aggressive tit-for-tat tariff retaliations between the US and China, Shujiro Urata, a trade expert and professor at Tokyo’s Waseda University, told Agence France-Presse.

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PENTAGON CHIEF STARTS ASIA TOUR WASHINGTON, D.C.: Acting US Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan plans to meet with his Chinese counterpart next week at a regional security conference IN 3INGAPORE A 0ENTAGON OFkCIAL said late Friday.

Shanahan sets off Tuesday on a tour of Asia that will take him to Indonesia, Singapore, South Korea and Japan, the Pentagon said in a statement.

In Singapore, he will give a speech on the US defense strategy FOR THE )NDO 0ACIkC REGION AT THE Shangri-La Dialogue, which is held each year in the Southeast Asian city-state.

The International Institute of Strategic Studies, the conference or-

ganizer, announced on its website that Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe was taking part. “We are doing a pull-aside with the Chinese counterpart in Singapore,� the Pentagon official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

The new US defense strategy IDENTIkES 2USSIA AND #HINA AS THE two top potential adversaries of the United States.

Reproaching Beijing for militarizing the South China Sea, the United States has been conducting regular “freedom of navigaTIONu OPERATIONS IN THE 0ACIkC

sending warships near disputed ISLANDS AND OVERlYING INTERNAtional airspace.

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Worldinbriefs FIRE AND BLAST AT THAI PORT INJURES 25 BANGKOK: A fire erupted on a cargo ship docked at a port in Thailand, triggering a blast and leaving at least 25 workers injured, officials said on Saturday. The fire broke out on Saturday at 6:35 a.m.

(23:35 GMT Friday) on the cargo ship KMTC Hong Kong, which was moored to the port terminal.

Port Director Yuthana Mokkhao said the area has been declared a“danger zone.�At least 25 port workers suffered from minor injuries or irritation from the fire, said Sivaporn Buapong, chief of Chonburi province’s Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department.“The situation is under control now ... Forensic police will investigate the cause of the fire,�Sivaporn told Agence France-Presse.

NKorea missile tests violated UN resolutions

MEXICAN NAVY HELICOPTER CRASHES FIGHTING FOREST FIRE

and a repeated pattern of failures to rid North Korea of nuclear weapons should be stopped, he said, defending the recent US seizure of a North Korean cargo. The US, however, is willing to resume talks with North Korea at any time, Bolton said.

Bolton was speaking to reporters in Tokyo ahead of President Donald Trump’s arrival for a fourday visit to Japan.

Bolton said that North Korea on May 4 and 9 tested short-range ballistic missiles, ending a pause in launches that began in late 2017. The tests are seen as a way of pressuring Washington to compromise without actually causing the negotiations to collapse. “UN Security Council resolutions prohibit .ORTH +OREA FROM kRING any ballistic missiles,�

Bolton said. “In terms of violating UN Security Council resolutions, there is no doubt about that.�

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MEXICO CITY: A Mexican navy helicopter with five crew on board crashed Friday (Saturday in Manila) while helping fight a forest fire. The navy said it was searching for any survivors from the crash, which occurred in the north-central state of Queretaro. The MI-17 helicopter was carrying a helibucket with 2,500 liters of water to fight the fire, the navy said in a statement, without giving further details of the accident. “We hope with all our hearts to find them alive,� President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said during a political rally in San Luis Potosi.He said authorities have not been able to reach the accident site because “it is very difficult terrain.�

TOKYO: US national security adviser John Bolton on Saturday called a series of short-range missile tests

by North Korea earlier this month a violation of UN Security Council resolutions and said sanctions must be kept in place.

Washington’s position on the North’s denuclearization is consistent

kCIALS HAVE PLAYED DOWN THE SIGNIkcance of the missile tests.

His comments came a day after North Korea’s official media said nuclear negotiations with Washington won’t resume unless the US. abandons what Pyongyang describes as unilateral disarmament demands.

In a statement carried by the Korean Central News Agency, the North Korean spokesman accused the US of deliberately causing February’s collapse of talks between Trump and North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un by making unilateral and impossible demands. The North has also strongly protested the recent US seizure of a North Korean cargo ship that was involved in banned coal exports and demanded its immediate return.

Washington says the talks broke down because North Korean demanded sanctions relief in exchange for partially surrendering its nuclear capabilities.

Bolton brushed off the North Korean rhetoric, saying, “I take much of what they say with a grain of salt.�

Calling the US seizure of the North Korean ship “appropriate,� Bolton said it may be a good time to discuss

the return of the USS Pueblo, a naval intelligence ship held by the North since 1968.

Bolton acknowledged the US has not been “hearing much from North Korea� since the Hanoi summit. The US special envoy to North Korea, Stephen Biegun, “can’t wait to talk to his North Korean counterpart but they haven’t responded,� he said, adding that Biegun was “ready at any point to get on a plane and go anywhere.�

Trump’s visit will largely highlight close ties with Abe, who is now willing to hold a summit with Kim without preconditions — a recent change from his long-held hawkish stance. Abe had said previously he won’t meet Kim unless the North takes concrete steps toward denuclearization and resolve a decades-long dispute involving Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea.

Bolton said he fully supports a possible Abe-Kim summit as an additional push toward resolving North Korea’s missile and nuclear threats. “Given Abe’s willingness to hold this meeting with Kim Jong Un ... it would be certainly in North Korea’s interest to accommodate the prime minister,� he said.

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AT LEAST 29 INMATES KILLED IN CLASHES AT VENEZUELA JAIL CARACAS: At least 29 prisoners were killed and 19 police wounded in clashes at a jail in western Venezuela Friday, authorities said. The incident at the police station jail in the town of Acarigua, in Portuguesa state, occurred when police special forces (FAES) tried to stop a “massive prison break� which resulted in the deaths of 29 inmates, according to Portuguesa public security secretary Oscar Valero. The prisoners received the officers with “a hail of gunfire� while detonating three grenades, which injured 19 police, Valero told reporters. The Una Ventana a la Libertad NGO director Carlos Nieto said the clashes broke out when the FAES attempted to rescue visitors who had been taken hostage Thursday by the “pran� — the leader of the inmates — at the jail. The inmates’ leader, Wilfredo Ramos, was one of those killed, according to an internal police report.

US MILITARY HELICOPTER DESTROYED IN AFGHANISTAN ‘HARD LANDING’ KABUL: Passengers and crew aboard a US military helicopter were injured when the chopper they were travelling in was destroyed during a “hard landing� in Afghanistan, a US official said on Saturday. Colonel David Butler, a spokesman for US Forces Afghanistan, said a CH-47 Chinook helicopter “hit the ground hard on the way to drop passengers off� during a mission in Helmand province. Butler said the helicopter had been totally destroyed during the landing. Butler said Afghan and US personnel were injured but all are stable and expected to recover. He added that “no hostile fire or enemy contact involved.� AFP

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JUDGE STOPS TRUMP FROM BUILDING SECTIONS OF BORDER WALL SAN FRANCISCO: A federal judge on Friday (Saturday in Manila) blocked President Donald Trump from building key sections of his border wall with money secured under his declaration of a national emergency, delivering what may prove a temporary setback on one of his highest priorities.

US District Judge Haywood Gilliam Jr.’s order prevents work from beginning on two of the highest-priority, Pentagon-funded wall projects — one spanning 46 miles (74 kilometers) in New Mexico and another covering 5 miles (8 kilometers) in Yuma, Arizona.

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in-line projects, the judge made clear that he felt the challengers were likely to prevail at trial on their argument that the president was wrongly ignoring Congress’ wishes by diverting Defense Department money.

“Congress’ ‘absolute’ control over federal expenditures_even when that control may frustrate the desires of the Executive Branch regarding initiatives it views as important_is not a bug in our constitutional system. It is a feature of that system, and an essential one,” he wrote in his 56-page opinion.

It wasn’t a total defeat for the administration. Gilliam, an Oakland-based appointee of President Barack Obama, rejected a request by California and 19 other states to

prevent the diversion of hundreds of millions of dollars in Treasury asset forfeiture funds to wall construction, in part because he felt they were unlikely to prevail on arguments that the administration skirted environmental impact reviews.

The delay may be temporary. The question for Gilliam was whether to allow construction with Defense and Treasury funds while the lawsuits brought by the American Civil Liberties Union and the state attorneys general were being considered. The cases still must be heard on their merits.

“This order is a win for our system of checks and balances, the rule of law, and border communities,” said Dror Ladin, an

attorney for the ACLU, which represented the Sierra Club and the Southern Border Communities Coalition.

The Justice Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment late Friday.

The administration faces several lawsuits over the emergency declaration but only one other seeks to block construction during the legal challenge. A judge in Washington, D.C., on Thursday heard arguments on a challenge brought by the US House of Representatives that says the money shifting violates the constitution. The judge was weighing whether the lawmakers even had the ability to

sue the president instead of working through political routes to resolve the bitter dispute.

At stake is billions of dollars that would allow Trump to make progress in a signature campaign promise heading into his campaign for a second term.

Trump declared a national emergency IN &EBRUARY AFTER LOSING A kGHT WITH THE Democratic-led House that led to a 35-day government shutdown. As a compromise on border and immigration enforcement, Congress set aside $1.375 billion to extend or replace existing barriers in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley, the busiest corridor for illegal crossings.

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US deploys more troops to ME W

A S H I N GTO N , D . C . : T he U n i t e d States said it was deploying 1,500 additional troops to the Middle East to counter “credible threats” from Iran in a move denounced by Tehran on Saturday as “a threat to international peace.”

“Increased US presence in our region is very dangerous and a threat to international peace and security and must be confronted,” Foreign Minister Mohammad *AVAD :ARIF TOLD THE OFkCIAL )2.! news agency.

The escalation of the US military presence follows a decision in early May to send an aircraft carrier strike force and B-52 bombers in a show of force against what Washington’s leaders believed was an imminent Iranian plan to attack US assets.

And it comes as the Trump administration is planning to bypass congressional restrictions to sell arms to Saudi Arabia, a close US ally and Iran’s arch-enemy in the region.

“This is a prudent response to credible threats from Iran,” acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said Friday.

Meanwhile, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement that “these sales will support our allies, enhance Middle East stability and help these nations to deter and defend themselves from the Islamic Republic of Iran.”

President Donald Trump, who approved the deployment, called it “protective.”

“We want to have protection in the Middle East,” Trump told reporters as he prepared to set off on a trip to Japan.

“We’re going to be sending a relatively small number of troops, mostly protective,” Trump added.

“It’ll be about 1,500 people.”

Fighter jets, missile battalion The new deployment includes reconnaissance aircraft, fighter jets and engineers. Six hundred of the personnel belong to a Patriot missile defense battalion that had its deployment in the region extended.

0ENTAGON OFkCIALS SAID THE MOVE was necessary after multiple threatening actions and several small-inscope attacks in May by Iranian forces, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, and “proxy” forces.

Those include a rocket launched into the Green Zone in Baghdad, explosive devices that damaged four tankers in Fujairah near the entrance to the Gulf, and a Houthi drone attack against a Saudi oil

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installation.

Iran has denied involvement in any of the attacks.

“Americans make such claims to justify their hostile policies and to create tension in the Persian Gulf,” Zarif said.

The initial threat came at the beginning of May, according to Rear Admiral Michael Gilday, director

of the Pentagon’s Joint Staff.

The US caught the IRGC attempting to covertly deploy “modIkED DHOWS CAPABLE OF LAUNCHING cruise missiles,” he said, referring to small traditional boats.

“We view this as a campaign,” Gilday told reporters.

The moves “are all part of a dangerous and escalatory strategy by

Iran to threaten global trade and to destabilize the region.”

Iran through their proxies or their forces,” Gilday said, citing stillsecret US intelligence.

‘Highest levels’ 53 OFkCIALS SAID THE AIM OF THE deployment was both to extend “We believe with a high degree greater protection to the 70,000 OF CONkDENCE THAT THIS STEMS BACK US forces in the Middle East and to the leadership of Iran at the Afghanistan, and to deliver a highest levels, and that all of the message to Iran to refrain from attacks... have been attributed to attacks.

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French police hunt suspect after Lyon bomb ‘attack’ Race to replace May LYON: Police in France were on Saturday hunting a suspect following a blast in a pedestrian street in the heart of the city of Lyon that wounded more than a dozen people just two days ahead of the country’s hotly contested European Parliament elections.

President Emmanuel Macron called the explosion that happened Friday, apparently from a package packed with shrapnel, an “attack” and sent his interior minister, Christophe Castaner, to Lyon.

Police issued an appeal for witnesses on Twitter as they sought the suspect, a man believed to be in his early 30s on a mountain bicycle caught on security cameras in the area immediately before

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the explosion.

An image of the man, wearing light-colored shorts and a longsleeved dark top, was posted. He was described as “dangerous.”

The country’s justice minister, Nicole Belloubet, told BFM television it was too soon to say whether the blast was a “terrorist act.”

The number of wounded stood at 13 people, with 11 taken to hospitals. None of the injuries was life-threatening. The casualties comprised eight women, a 10-year-old girl, and four men.

A police source said the package contained “screws or bolts.”

It had been placed in front of a bakery near a busy corner of two popular streets at around 17:30 p.m. (1530 GMT) Friday, on a

balmy spring evening.

The blast occurred on a narrow strip of land between the Saone and Rhone rivers in the historic center of the southeast city. The area was evacuated and cordoned off by police.

“There was an explosion and I thought it was a car crash,” said Eva, a 17-year-old student who was about 15 meters (50 feet) from the site of the blast.

“There were bits of electric wire near me, and batteries and bits of cardboard and plastic. The windows were blown out,” he said.

‘A huge ‘boom’’ The attack upended last-minute campaigning ahead of the Euro-

Emergency workers attended to a woman in the back of an ambulance after a suspected package bomb blast along a pedestrian street in the heart of Lyon, southeast France, the local prosecutors’ office said on Friday. AFP PHOTO

pean Parliament vote on Sunday with Prime Minister Edouard Philippe canceling his appearANCE AT HIS CENTRIST PARTY S kNAL rally Friday night.

A terrorism probe was opened

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which has jurisdiction over all terror cases in the country.

Interior Minister Christophe Castener was on his way to Lyon.

“I was working, serving customers, and all of a sudden there was a huge ‘boom’,” said Omar Ghezza, a baker who works nearby.

“We though it had something to do with renovation work.

But in fact it was an abandoned package,” he said.

France has been on high alert following a wave of deadly jihadist terror attacks since 2015 which have killed more than 250 people.

“It’s an area in the very center of Lyon, a major street,” the city’s deputy mayor in charge of security, Jean-Yves Secheresse, told BFM television.

“These areas are highly secured, the police are continually present,” as were patrols by soldiers deployed in a long-running anti-terror operation, he said.

Lyon is the third-biggest city in France. The population of the city plus its extensive suburbs is 2.3 million.

The most recent package bomb in France dates back to December 2007, when an exPLOSION IN FRONT OF A LAW OFkCE in Paris killed one person and injured another. Police never found who carried out that attack.

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leaves Brexit in limbo LONDON: Contenders to succeed Theresa May as Britain’s prime minister prepared to launch their leadership campaigns on Saturday, leaving Brexit shrouded in uncertainty.

A tearful May announced her resignation on Friday, leaving the Brexit process for exiting the European Union in limbo and raising the risk of Britain crashing out of the bloc in a few months.

May’s statement inevitably triggered the starting gun on a two-month contest to replace her.

May will step down as Conservative leader on June 7 but stay on as prime minister until party members have chosen her successor, which will happen by July 20.

Britain’s EU departure date is currently fixed for October 31, although any new leader could ask for a further delay.

Conservative Party leadership contests are typically bloodthirsty affairs, with plot twists and betrayals.

Former foreign secretary Boris Johnson is the bookmakers’ odds-on favorite, ahead of former Brexit secretary Dominic Raab.

Both have embraced the prospect of a no-deal Brexit.

But whoever takes over from May will like her face the same razor-thin majority in parliament, an EU with no intention of changing the divorce offer that MPs have rejected three times, and proponents both for and against Brexit who will never compromise.

Main opposition Labor leader Jeremy Corbyn said whoever wins the contest should call an immediate general election.

That too would be a risky move, with the newly formed, single-issue Brexit Party set to triumph in the European Parliament elections when the results become clear on Monday.

Waiting in the wings Raab as well as Foreign Secretary Jeremy

Hunt and Environment Secretary Michael Gove all held off from throwing their hats in the ring on Friday, but are widely expected to stand.

The next prime minister of the UK, a country of more than 66 million people, will be decided by the 100,000 or so paid-up members of the Conservative Party.

After Johnson and Raab, the next most likely winners are Gove, Hunt and former Commons leader Andrea Leadsom, bookmakers say.

They are followed by International Development Secretary Rory Stewart, Defense Secretary Penny Mordaunt and Home Secretary Sajid Javid.

So far, only Johnson, Stewart and former pensions minister Esther McVey have declared their intention to stand.

“There’s a lot of runners and riders in this particular race,”Tony Travers, a politics professor at the London School of Economics university, told Agence France-Presse.

Johnson “would certainly be the party membership’s choice but not necessarily members of parliament,” he added.

With the House of Commons’ arithmetic unchanged, “the question is, could a new prime minister go back to the EU 27 and get a different deal that would be more attractive to parliament,”Travers said.

A snap YouGov poll of 2,200 adults on Friday found 67 percent thought May had made the right choice in standing down.

At the same time May told her local party branch that she would stay on in parliament and remain a MP. Labor MP Chris Bryant, calling for a second Brexit referendum, said the new prime minister could not go for a no-deal Brexit.

“If they opt for confrontation, they will suffer Mrs. May’s fate, but in a matter of months and weeks, not years,” he said.

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DoLE sheds more light to 3 laws favorable to contact center agents H

OW are safety standards observed in the workplace of contact center agents during times of calamities? Is there an alternative working arrangement so employees can spend more quality time with family? What are the latest regulations for working mothers who inevitably need to take a leave of absence from work due to childbirth?

These are some of the most pressing questions from most of the contact center professionals nationwide. To shed some light and understand amendments to existing laws, the Contact Center Association of the Philippines (CCAP) has invited the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) to the ORGANIZATION S kRST 'ENERAL -EMBERSHIP -EETING FOR DoLE Director Teresita Cucueco was

tapped as a resource person during the GATHERING WHICH WAS HELD ON !PRIL AT THE -AKATI !" &UNCTION 2OOM OF THE 3HANGRI ,A -ANILA (OTEL IN -AKATI City. Cucueco focused on these three laws and explained why and how each legislation could be advantageous to every contact center agent and employee across the country.

4HE 2EPUBLIC !CT .O OR the Occupational Safety and Health Law upholds the overall safety of all employees in their workplaces at all times. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are pleased to have this assurance that during times of catastrophe, employeesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; safety and health would come as a top priority in the workplace,â&#x20AC;? said Cucueco.

4HE 2EPUBLIC !CT .O OR THE Telecommuting Act provides a viable option for any contact center agent

to render work hours outside the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s designated workplace.

The employee can work at home or at a co-working spaceâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;where he/she can still perform the activities without any disruption and where there is available equipment and technology to facilitate business processes.

CCAP President Jojo Uligan said telecommuting is not a new option for the industry. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Telecommuting was not successful when I piloted such a PROGRAM IN u HE RECALLED g4HERE WAS STILL NO SUFkCIENT TECHNOLOGY BACK then and security was another issue in terms of data privacy. However, these days, we know that these setbacks can effectively be addressed.â&#x20AC;? &INALLY WORKING MOTHERS WELcome the implementation of the 2EPUBLIC !CT .O OR THE

Q DoLE Director Teresita Cucueco addressing the members of Contact Center Association of the Philippines. %XPANDED -ATERNITY ,EAVE ,AW Under this new legislation, a workING MOTHER CAN kLE A PAID LEAVE OF UP TO DAYS ALONG WITH AN ADDED option to extend that leaveâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;though WITHOUT PAYÂ&#x2021;FOR ANOTHER DAYS

Muntinlupa City conducts workshop for the benefit of children THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OF -UNTINLUPA recently conducted a workshop on THE FORMULATION OF ,Ocal Investment Plan for Children at !CACIA (OTEL !LABANG ON -AY -AYOR *AIME &RESNEDI LED THE program and vowed to continue to put programs for the protection of children as a priority in the city.

2ECENTLY -UNTINLUPA PASSED IN THE #HILD &RIENDLY ,OCAL 'OVERNANCE !UDIT #&,'!

-UNTINLUPA WAS ALSO HAILED THE -OST #HILD &RIENDLY #ITY IN .#2 FOR AND AND FINALIST IN THE 0RESIDENTIAL #HILD &RIENDLY #ITY !WARDS

Q Muntinlupa Mayor Jaime Fresnedi leads the workshop.

KMV Asia groundbreaks Vive building in Makati +-6 !SISA $EVELOPMENT #ORPORATION GROUNDBREAKS 6IVE A PROTOTYPE g'REEN !RCHITECTUREu BUILDING EXPECTED TO BE kNISHED IN THE LAST QUARTER OF The project site provides easy ACCESS TO THE -AKATI CENTRAL BUSIness district. Attention is paid to providing residents with a sense of community complimented by a relaxing environment with greenery. There is the element of sensitivity and â&#x20AC;&#x153;mindfulness,â&#x20AC;? to be experienced by the residents. !RCHITECT +AYDEE -ARIE 6ELASCO is millennially young and fashionable, hardworking and precise. Her kRST PROJECT ON HER OWN UNDER +-6!3)!

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email: sales@kmv-asia.com.

Q Attendees representing KMV Asia Development Corporation at the recent groundbreaking of VIVE, are (from left) Senior Architect Pablo Barrios; Jessalee Llausas, Director for Operations; Vilma Selga, Joint Venture partner; Kaydee Marie Velasco, KMVAsia CEO; Eleanor Velasco, CFO; and Jolina Zapanta, project manager.

Q Richwell Phils. Inc Team with celebrity guests and friends during the Safety Alert in the Digital Age event presented by Pigeon. can also be a great source of support. parenting choices for their children. baby care brands in Japan.

Offering practical solutions to evThe honest exchange on parenting This is why they continue parenting makes it much easier to cope with the education through their successful eryday mommy and daddy concerns 0ARENTING ON THE -OVE ADVOCACY through quality products developed â&#x20AC;&#x153;pressureâ&#x20AC;? of being the ideal parent.

2ICHWELL 0HILS )NC RECOGNIZES last year, and now with Safety Alert through extensive research, the roundthis need for young parents to be in the Digital Age. The event was TABLE DISCUSSION WAS HELD ON -AY better informed in making the right presented by Pigeon, one of the best IN #IBO 0OWERPLANT -ALL

SMX supports start up owners through sellers and merchants exchange 3-8 #ONVENTION #ENTER RECENTLY LAUNCHED THE kRST 3ELLERS AND -ERCHANTS E8CHANGE ON !PRIL AT 3-8 -ANILA 4HE FREE SEMINAR WAS ATtended by online sellers, startup busiNESS OWNERS AND OFlINE MERCHANTS interested in learning new strategies and marketing tools to improve their skills and know the trends in E COMMERCE AND OFlINE SHOPPING Invited speakers were Carolina Agriam of the Department of Trade AND )NDUSTRY 7ILFRIDO 6ICTOR !RCILLA OF !TENEO 'RADUATE 3CHOOL OF "USINESS 6OLATIRE !LFEREZ OF #OMMUNITY #RAFTS 0HILIPPINES AND 2YAN #ASTAĂ&#x201E;EDA OF '/ %XPRESS 4HE EVENT WAS

&/,,/7).' its successful kickoff in Singapore last month, the Department of Energy (DoE) CONTINUED ITS 0HILIPPINE Conventional Energy Contracting Program (PCECP) International 2OAD 3HOW AT THE !MERICAN !SSOCIATION OF 0ETROLEUM 'EOLOGISTS !!0' !NNUAL #ONVENTION Exhibition (ACE) in San Antonio, 4EXAS 53! ON -AY TO 4HIS will be followed by road shows in .ORTH !MERICA 3OUTH !MERICA

AND THE -IDDLE %AST Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;As we support and strengthen the effort of President Duterteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s administration to explore and discover indigenous petroleum resources, the DoE remains comMITTED IN ESTABLISHING THE %XPLORE

Explore, Explore!â&#x20AC;&#x2122; program that

will elevate energy independence, security and sustainability through effective and reasonable development of all indigenous energy resources in the Philippines.â&#x20AC;?

4HE !!0' !#% IS ONE OF THE most prestigious events for the geosciences community and one of the largest global gatherings for oil and gas industry professionals and investors, with an ESTIMATED PROFESSIONALS FROM MORE THAN COUNTRIES participating this year.

The DoE delegation to be headed by Undersecretary Donato -ARCOS PRESENTED AT THE (ENRY " 'ONZALEZ #ONVENTION #ENTER AND conduct one-on-one meetings with various petroleum exploration companies at the booth located in the International Pavilion.

QC govt to receive Seal of ChildFriendly Local Governance THE Quezon City government will RECEIVE THE 3EAL OF #HILD &RIENDLY ,OCAL 'OVERNANCE FROM THE #OUNcil for the Welfare of Children after GETTING A PERCENT RATING IN THE #HILD &RIENDLY ,OCAL 'OVERNANCE !UDIT #&,'! OF THE $EPARTMENT OF )NTERIOR AND ,OCAL 'OVERNMENT $),' .ATIONAL #APITAL 2EGION 1# RANKED kRST IN THE #&,'! FOR IMPLEMENTING EXEMPLARY and outstanding programs and policies for the welfare of children.

4HE #&,'! IS AN AUDIT SYSTEM measuring the local governance performance in the delivery of services addressing the four broad categories of a childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s right to survival, development, protection, and participation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Quezon City has been a consistent passer since the start

OF THE #&,'! IN "UT THIS year weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen its big improveMENT .OW 1UEZON #ITY IS NUMBER ONE IN #HILD &RIENDLY ,OCAL 'OVERNANCE !UDIT IN .#2 u $),' 1# $IRECTOR !TTY !NA ,YN "ALTAZAR #ORTEZ SAID -ARIBEL #AYCO ACTING ASSISTANT department head of the Social Services Development Department (SSDD) credits the Quezon City #HILDREN S #ODE OF IN WHICH the establishment of the Quezon City Council for the Protection of Children (QCCPC) is included.

QCCPC is mandated to formulate the Local Development Plan for Children (LDPC).

4HE CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES THAT PASSED THE #&,'! WILL RECEIVE THE 3EAL OF #HILD &RIENDLY ,OCAL 'OVERNANCE CERTIkCATE

Escolta holds first â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Pista ng Pamanaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; to end National Heritage Month

Pigeon holds roundtable discussion on child safety in the digital age 4(%2% 3 no greater responsibility in life than raising a child. As such, the pressure to be the best parent can be overwhelming at times especially when you are still trying to LEARN THE ROPES AS A kRST TIME PARent. Actress, model, entrepreneur, and celebrity mom Isabelle DazaSemblat is no stranger to such challenges especially when she chooses to share some snippets of her parenting life on social media.

With todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s millennial parents, sharing pictures, videos, and experiences online has its pros and cons.

Even strangers can easily become privy to your personal life and offer unsolicited advice, while most of the time, it

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4(% (5" -AKE ,AB A GROUP OF &ILIpino creatives and heritage-advocates BASED AT THE &IRST 5NITED "UILDING IN %SCOLTA -ANILA PUTS TOGETHER @0ISTA ng Pamanaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; as the culmination of .ATIONAL #OMMISSION FOR #ULTURE AND !RTS .ATIONAL (ERITAGE -ONTH The week-long event will showcase exhibits, talks, and workshops in the fields of art, literature, design, architecture, and music which aims to further enrich and deepen the understanding of &ILIPINO HERITAGE 4HE (5" HAD invited various industry experts SUCH AS !RCH 2AMIL 4IBAYAN 4ONY #AJUCOM AND 0ROF 8IAO #HUA who will deliver talks and lectures.

Local pioneering brands like Ibarra Watches and LĂŠon Denim had also been invited to take part in the event by displaying their work and sharing more about the industries they are rekindling in the country. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In a time when we are rapidly

becoming very global, we need to remind ourselves and stay in touch ON WHAT MAKES US &ILIPINOu SAYS "RIAN #ORELLA THE EVENT S PROJECT head. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Understanding and giving importance to our heritage helps us paint a clearer picture of who WE ARE AS A &ILIPINO PEOPLE AND WE hope that through this event, we will be able to amplify that message and advocacy.â&#x20AC;?

The celebration in Escolta is a free event that will run from -AY TO *UNE

Five benefits of a staycation 34!9#!4)/., a combination of the word â&#x20AC;&#x153;stayâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;vacationâ&#x20AC;? is not a new concept. It is simply when one chooses to stay at their home country or check-in at a hotel, instead of going abroad for vacation.

3TAYCATIONS SAVE TIME Add all the hassle of traffic, terminal queues, departure procedures, etc. One day could easily be wasted on preparation.

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Stakes are high as Bucks, Raptors meet in Game 6 T

ORONTO: Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no escaping the reality of whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s at stake when the Toronto Raptors host the Milwaukee Bucks in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference kNALS ON 3ATURDAY NIGHT 3UNDAY IN -ANILA The surging Raptors have won three straight, putting them on the BRINK OF THE kRST ."! &INALS BERTH in team history.

4HE "UCKS WHO kNISHED AS THE NBAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top team in the regular season and once led this series 2-0, have no MORE ROOM FOR ERROR AFTER THEIR kRST three-game losing streak all season.

These two teams have spent months trying to stay even-keeled, treating everything as just another game. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s starting to get a lot tougher. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an elimination game,â&#x20AC;?

Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer said Friday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just a fact.â&#x20AC;?

Raptors coach Nick Nurse added to that, suggesting the outcome of the series could have franchisealtering implications. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These are games that now have SIGNIkCANCE AS FAR AS ONE TEAM S GOing one direction, and one going the other, possibly,â&#x20AC;? Nurse said.

No doubt. Milwaukee starters Khris Middleton, Brook Lopez and Malcolm Brogdon are all headed for free agency, although the Bucks can match offers for Brogdon.

Nikola Mirotic is also a free agent this summer.

The Raptors, meanwhile, have no bigger free agent than two-way star Kawhi Leonard, who can opt OUT OF THE kNAL YEAR OF HIS DEAL An NBA Finals berth, or better, in Leonardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s debut season north of the border would certainly be a boon to Toronto team President Masai Ujiri when free agency opens on June 30.

MVP candidate Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Bucks need a win to prolong their hopes of reaching THE kNALS FOR THE kRST TIME SINCE 1974. Then a Western Conference team, Milwaukee lost to Boston in seven games. One season later, star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar left for the Lakers, and the Bucks havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t played for a ring since.

Toronto won twice in its previOUS %ASTERN #ONFERENCE kNALS APpearance, taking Games 3 and 4 at home against Cleveland in 2016.

After that, LeBron James and the Cavs showed their class in Games 5 and 6, outscoring the Raptors by a combined 64 points.

Cleveland swept the Raptors out of the second round in each of the past two seasons, but LeBronâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s departure from the East and Leonardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s arrival in Canada have helped put Toronto in its best position ever.

With his team heading home in need of one more win to set up A kNALS SHOWDOWN WITH 'OLDEN State, Nurse knows the Raptors still face a daunting task in Game 6. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As hard-fought as all these have been, and believe me, they have been, I expect this one to be the hardest fought of them all,â&#x20AC;?

Nurse said.

Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what to know before Game 6:

Antetokounmpo played 39 minutes in Game 5. He played 45 minutes before fouling out in Torontoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s double-overtime win in Game 3, but hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t topped 39 in any other game this postseason. His regular-season high was 42, in an overtime loss to the Knicks on Dec. 1.

Turnover turnaround Toronto trailed 16-4 after making its fourth turnover of the game with 7:55 left in the kRST QUARTER OF 'AME 4HE 2APtors had just two more turnovers the rest of the game, one each in the second and third quarters.

No limits More Middleton?

Nurse wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be worrying about how much playing time his stars log on Saturday night. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a whatever-it-takes game,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an unlimited-minutes night.â&#x20AC;?

Breather benefits?

Budenholzer, on the other hand, said he sees value in keeping Antetokounmpoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s minutes below 40. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You need to be able to produce and perform, including in the fourth quarter, so I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel any different about how much we use him,â&#x20AC;? Budenholzer said.

Middleton shot 2 for 9 in Game 5, the second time this series he has taken fewer than 10 shots. MIddleton has had 11 or more attempts in Milwaukeeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s other 12 postseason games. Budenholzer said he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mind the low shot total in Game 5, pointing to Middletonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 10 assists. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The ball is in his hands, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s making great decisions, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s doing things that are really positive and really impactful,â&#x20AC;? Budenholzer said.

Middleton had one 10-assist game in the regular season, against Miami on March 22.

AP

Durant forced to defend his role with the Warriors

Q Golden State Warriorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Kevin Durant, left, walks away from referee Ken Mauer during the first half of Game 5 of the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second-round NBA basketball playoff series against the Houston Rockets on May 8, 2019 in Oakland, Calif. AP PHOTO LOS ANGELES: Kevin Durant hit back at critics on Friday (Saturday in Manila) who questioned whether or not the Golden State Warriors are better without him in the lineup.

Golden State have won five straight since losing the 10-time all-star Durant, who was sidelined after suffering an injury against the Houston Rockets. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard to get away from that

because I watch the games (when Golden State are on the road) and I saw the lead-up to the game and I saw everybody talking about it,â&#x20AC;? said Durant, who is averaging 34.2 points per game in the playoffs. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As a player, I think about that and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m just like â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not true, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not the facts.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x153;I feel the organization knows exactly what Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve done on and off the court to become part of this culture and stamp my lAG ON THIS ORGANIZATION u Durant is unlikely to play in the OPENING GAME OF THE ."! kNALS ON Thursday against the winner of a SEMI kNAL SERIES BETWEEN THE 4ORONTO Raptors and Milwaukee Bucks.

Durant could leave as a free agent after the season. He feels there are those who are trying to drive a wedge between him and his teammates.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been that way since I got here, Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the Warriors and K.D. I understand that,â&#x20AC;? said Durant, who joined the Warriors in 2016. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The last two years, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve done pretty much everything that they asked me to do from player, ambassador to the community to working hard every single day in shootarounds and practices. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I know what I bring to the team but I also know a lot of people on the outside donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like to see us together.â&#x20AC;?

Teammate Stephen Curry said he doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t understand the criticism of Durant. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We look out for each other.

4HERE IS SACRIkCE !T THE END OF the day, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all about winning,â&#x20AC;?

Curry said.

Toronto hold a 3-2 lead and can close out their series on Saturday when the Raptors host the Bucks.

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Upbeat Blackwater eyes early lead BLACKWATER eyes an early solo lead as it chases a third consecutive win against Columbian Dyip at 4:30 p.m. today in Season 44 Philippine Basketball Association Commissionerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cup at the Araneta Coliseum.

Rookie coach Aries Dimaunahan who replaced Bong Ramos has proven that heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s coaching prowess is at par with the best after his wards beat Meralco under coach Norman Black (94-91) and Ginebra San Miguel under coach Tim Cone (108-107). â&#x20AC;&#x153;As far as our team is concerned, we treat any team here in the PBA equally. It doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t matter who we play against. The effort and preparation plus the game plan will always be there, and I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think our team will give an inch to Columbian Dyip on Sunday,â&#x20AC;? Dimaunahan told The Manila Times.

Dimaunahan considers Columbian Dyip a strong team though the LATTER LOST ITS kRST TWO GAMES â&#x20AC;&#x153;They are a very good team. It just happened that theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve yet to post a win but it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean that they cannot beat any team. Anybody can beat anybody here in this league.â&#x20AC;?

Hotshot rookie Bobby Ray Parks

Q Rookie Bobby Ray Parks Jr. of Blackwater battles for the ball against Japeth Aguilar of Ginebra during a Season 44 PBA Commissionerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cup game on Friday at the Araneta Coliseum. PBA MEDIA BUREAU PHOTO Jr. agrees. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean anything if we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get Sunday. We are growing each and every game. At the end of the day, as long as we get the win, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the most important thing,â&#x20AC;? said Parks who posted 10 of his 28 points in the overtime period in Blackwaterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s win over the Gin Kings.

Import Alex Stepheson lived up to expectations with 28 points and 25 rebounds while Mac Belo tallied 20

points, 13 rebounds and six assists.

Columbian Dyip coach John Cardel said the challenge is how to stop Stepheson and Parks. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Stepheson is really unstoppable so we have to rely on a fast paced game.

We just have to double all our efforts in defense because we really need the win tomorrow,â&#x20AC;? said Cardel. )MPORT +YLE "ARONE kNISHED WITH 26 points, 16 rebounds and three assists in Columbian Dyipâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 92-101

loss to Meralco on Friday.

Meanwhile, the Bolts face the Gin Kings in the 6:45 p.m. second game.

Meralco (1-1) will be led by import Gani Lawal who had 25 points and 27 rebounds against Columbian Dyip.

Last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Best Import Justin Brownlee posted 44 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists but not enough for the Gin Kings to escape Blackwater.

JOSEF T. RAMOS

Q Toronto Raptorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Kawhi Leonard shoots in front of Milwaukee Bucksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Malcolm Brogdon during the second half of Game 5 of the NBA Eastern Conference basketball playoff finals on Friday in Milwaukee. AP PHOTO

Remembering Jesse Owens E

IGHTY-four years ago on May 25, American Olympic legend James g*ESSEu /WENS BROKE kVE WORLD REcords and equaled a sixth in a span of, would you believe, 45 minutes.

Competing at the Big 10 championships at Ann Arbor, Michigan, the slender Owens, clad in the scarlet and gray uniform of his alma mater Ohio State University, assaulted the record books on a sunny afternoon of that day of year 1935 by sprinting and jumping his way to victories.

Here was how Owens did the trick: At 3:15 p.m., Owens streaked to triumphantly in the 100-yard dash, equaling Frankn Wykofâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s world standard 9.4 seconds.

At 3:25 p.m., Owens took his kRST AND ONLY LONG JUMP CLEARING 26 feet, 81/4 inches to erase from the book by nearly a half-foot the world mark 26-1/4 held by Japanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chuhei Namhu. !T P M HE lASHED HOME AN easy win in the 220-dash with 20.3 clocking, slashing three-tenth of a second Roland Lockeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s world mark.

And at 4 p.m., Owens cut over the 220 low hurdles in 22.6, shaving four-tenths of a second from Charles R. Brookinsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 11-year-old world record.

Owensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 220 sprint and 220 low hurdles efforts, encompassed, too, the officially recognized world marks of the 200-meter distance for both events.

Jesse was then only in his sophomore year of what turned later a colorful and successful athletics career highlighted by his dominance of his favorite events one year later in the Berlin Olympic Games.

And to think that during the preOlympic Games warm up, Owens confessed he couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even jog because of a stiff back from a stair fall at a fraternity house two weeks before, which prompted his Ohio State coach Larry Snyder to suggest for him to scratch on account of of sudden strain in the jolting start of the 100.

By the time the long jump got underway, after a 10-minute rest, Jesse went to the jumping pit with Snyderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s instructions to make only one attempt and rest for the 220 dash and low hurdles.

He skipped the practice jump and instead put handkerchief aside

OUTSIDE LOOKING IN EDDIE ALINEA the pit at the world distance mark of Nambu. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I tried a couple of runs in stride then barreled down the runway for keeps, â&#x20AC;&#x153; Owens recalled later. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I took off perfectly and thought Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d never come down.

When I leveled off in the pit, I saw that handkerchief behind me and I knew I had a world record when Larry grinned at me.â&#x20AC;?

Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one for our lawmakers and sports leaders to ponder: The California State Senate passed a bill that could eventually lead to collegiate athletes in the state being compensated for the use of their name, image or likeness.

Steve Berkowitz of USA Today Sports shared this breaking news, noting the vote was 31-4 in favor of the bill, and that it will now move to the state assembly.

The bill would apply to all athletes enrolled at public and private colleges in California, It also would allow college athletes to hire sports agents.

California State Senate passes bill that would allow college athletes in the state to earn compensation for the use of their own name, image or likeness, beginning Jan. 1, 2023. The vote was 31-4. The bill now moves to the state assembly.

He also shared that Senator Nancy Skinner was the person who introduced the bill, and that she acknowledged during the debate that colleges in the state could â&#x20AC;&#x153;suffer consequencesâ&#x20AC;? if this bill ends up passed. She also said â&#x20AC;&#x153;California would hopefully not be acting aloneâ&#x20AC;? by the time the bill would go into effect (Jan. 1 of 2023).

College athletes, of course, are currently not allowed any compensation whatsoever. Many studentathletes have been dealt harsh suspensions for receiving even small amounts of compensation for signing autographs and other activities along those lines.

Even if the bill is passed by the state assembly and Governor Gavin Newsom signs it into law, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re betting the NCAA will have something to say about it when itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all said and done.

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Nascar Stewart, Gibbs, Labonte elected to NASCAR Hall of Fame The Sunday Times

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Q Tony Stewart reacts while giving an interview after being announced as part of the 2020 class during the NASCAR 2020 Hall of Fame announcement ceremony at the NASCAR Hall of Fame on Thursday in Charlotte, North Carolina. AFP PHOTO

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HARLOTTE, N.C.: Tony Stewart and friends are heading to the NASCAR Hall of Fame.

The three-time Cup Series champion will be inducted alongside his former car owner Joe Gibbs and teammate Bobby Labonte.

Driver Buddy Baker and mechanic Waddell Wilson rounded out the Class of 2020. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It totally changed from watching my moment to enjoying seeing the guy who helped build my career with Joe and then following that up with Bobby,â&#x20AC;? Stewart said about hearing his name called kRST g)T WASN T ABOUT ME )T WAS about all of us and this whole group that was going in.â&#x20AC;?

Stewart won Cup Series championships in 2002 and 2005 racing for Gibbs after Labonte won one in 2000. g) GUESS THIS COULDN T BE ANY BETter for me to go in with those two GUYS ) M THRILLED ) CAN RIDE THEIR coattails,â&#x20AC;? Gibbs said.

Fox announcer and NASCAR Hall of Fame member Jeff Gordon knew Stewart was â&#x20AC;&#x153;a lockâ&#x20AC;? to get INTO THE HALL BUT ADDED THAT IT S ONLY kTTING THAT 'IBBS AND ,ABONte will join him in the same class. g/NE WOULDN T HAVE HAPPENED without the other,â&#x20AC;? Gordon said.

Labonte said he was still pinching himself after getting in on his third year on the ballot. He said it felt like it was all meant to be this y ear after Stewart and Gibbs were selected. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What an awesome day and what an awesome feeling,â&#x20AC;? Labonte said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is just such an honor.â&#x20AC;?

Stewart received 88 percent of the Hall of Famer selection comMITTEE S VOTES He won 49 Cup Series races during his 17-year NASCAR career, and captured a third title in 2011 after breaking away from Joe Gibbs Racing to become a co-owner. Stewart said THE DAY HE WALKED INTO 'IBBS office in 2009 and told him he was leaving to become a part

owner was one of the toughest of his life.

Gibbs did not initially take the news well, upset about letting a talent like Stewart walk out the door.

Then Stewart looked at him and said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I want to be like you, coach.â&#x20AC;?

With that, Gibbs understood. g) WAS UPSET 9OU DON T WANT TO lose somebody like that,â&#x20AC;? Gibbs said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;... But the more we thought about it you realize the opportunity he was offered. You look at that and you have to understand what is best for him.â&#x20AC;?

Said Stewart with a smile: â&#x20AC;&#x153;How can you be mad at somebody when they tell you that you want to be like them.â&#x20AC;?

Stewart said Gibbs gave him the knowledge to succeed as an owner. He went on to win another championship as an owner in 2014 with Kevin Harvick at the wheel.

Even though he no longer races on the Cup Series, the YEAR OLD 3TEWART S THIRST FOR racing continues: The Indiana driver is scheduled to spend four days this week racing sprint cars in three states. Gordon called Stewart a â&#x20AC;&#x153;modern day A.J. Foytâ&#x20AC;? for his love of racing

all different kinds of cars.

Stewart broke onto the NASCAR scene by winning three races during his rookie season. He won on every style of track â&#x20AC;&#x201D; from road course to ovals â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and twice captured the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in his home state.

His championship in 2011 was ONE FOR THE AGES (E WON kVE OF the 10 playoff races - including the SEASON kNALE TO CLAIM HIS THIRD title by virtue of a tiebreaker over Carl Edwards.

He called it his most memorable moment in NASCAR. The 78-year-old Gibbs was selected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1996 after leading the Washington Redskins to three Super Bowl titles. Known as a master MOTIVATOR 'IBBS #UP OWNER wins rank third in series history.

They include three Daytona 500 VICTORIES AND kVE "RICKYARD wins.

Gibbs said he was scared to DEATH WHEN HE kRST STARTED A .!3CAR team, but soon found out that owning a team was a lot like coaching football g)T S ABOUT PEOPLE AND GETTING

the right people together,â&#x20AC;? Gibbs SAID g!ND IF YOU CAN DO THAT YOU RE going to be successful.â&#x20AC;?

Labonte joins brother Terry Labonte in the Hall of Fame. He got HIS kRST BREAK AS A FULL TIME #UP Series driver at 28 in 1993 and went on to win 21 races, including the 2000 title. He is also one of 27 drivers to win a race in all three of .!3#!2 S NATIONAL SERIES Baker, one of the most intimidating looking drivers ever at 6-foot-6, was known as the â&#x20AC;&#x153;gentle giant.â&#x20AC;? He won 19 Cup races, including the Daytona 500 in 1980 with an average race speed of 177.602 mph â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a track record that STILL STANDS "AKER ALSO WAS THE kRST driver to eclipse the 200-mph mark on a closed course while testing at Talladega Superspeedway.

7ILSON S ENGINES HELPED SOME of the greatest drivers in history.

He helped NASCAR Hall of Famers David Pearson, Edward â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fireballâ&#x20AC;?

Roberts, Bobby Allison, Cale Yarborough and Darrell Waltrip pile up 109 wins and 123 poles among them.

Edsel Ford was selected as the Landmark Award winner for his contribution to NASCAR. AP

Kyle Larson looking for turnaround after All-Star success around, starting this week with the Coca-Cola 600, also at CMS. Still, it was a satisfying moment in more than a season of struggles. g)N LOSING CLOSE RACES ) FEEL LIKE ) VE DONE A good job of not getting stressed out,â&#x20AC;? Larson said. g7ITH THOSE LOSSES THAT ) VE HAD YOU GROW FROM each and every one of them.â&#x20AC;? ,ARSON HAS CERTAINLY HAD DIFkCULT moments since taking the checkered lAG AT 2ICHMOND IN 3EPTEMBER Perhaps the most memorable came at Talladega Superspeedway last month when his No. 42 lifted off the track, struck the interior wall head on and went on a slow series of barrel rolls before stopping.

Larson was not hurt in the frightening incident that might have unhinged some drivers with less resolve. g4HAT WASN T THE kRST lIP ) VE EVER HAD u HE SAID g) DON T GET SCARED FROM IT )T DOESN T ROUGH ME UP )T DOESN T bother me. Thankfully, I was uninjured, other than a stiff neck for a couple of Q Kyle Larson, driver of the (No. 42) Advent Health Chevrolet, leads Kyle Busch, driver of the (No. 18) M&Mâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s days, so that also helps.â&#x20AC;?

Hazelnut Toyota, during the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series All-Star Race at Charlotte Motor Speedway ,ARSON SAID IT S THE PROBLEMS ON THE on May 18, 2019 in Charlotte, North Carolina. AFP PHOTO track, like accidents that left him 39th in Texas and 37th at Richmond this

CONCORD, N.C.: +YLE ,ARSON WAS AMONG .!3#!2 S rising young stars in 2017 with four victories and his second straight playoff appearance. Then came a 20-month winless drought that left him and his Chip Ganassi Racing team searching for answers.

Larson believes he found several during a break-

through weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

He became just the second driver to win the Monster Energy Open to get into the All-Star race before outlasting Kevin Harvick and Kyle Busch to win the MAIN EVENT AND MILLION kRST PRIZE 3ATURDAY NIGHT The 26-year-old Larson understands he has much more to prove before declaring a turn-

SEASON THAT STICK WITH HIM g4HAT STUFF S HARDER TO OVERCOME MORE THAN lIPPING down the back stretch,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Things began looking up at Dover THIS MONTH WITH A THIRD PLACE kNISH He followed with another top-10 at Kansas to head to Charlotte with a belief things were improving.

Larson took the win in the Open, where three drivers advance into the main feature. He kept his cool â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and stayed out of trouble â&#x20AC;&#x201D; during THE kRST THREE STAGES OF THE !LL 3TAR race before moving from sixth to the front with a tremendous push from Harvick on a restart 12 laps from the end. Larson held off Harvick and Busch for the win. ,ARSON DISCOVERED QUICKLY HE S GOT work to do for a fourth straight playoff appearance. The All-Star win neither LOCKED HIM INTO THE kELD NOR GAVE HIM precious playoff points. He thinks his entire organization will have a boost heading into the rest of the season. ,ARSON S CREW CHIEF #HAD *OHNSTON SAID THE TEAM S FRUSTRATIONS were with results, not abilities. A

winning attitude never wavered, EVEN IF THE WINS DIDN T COME g7E DEkNITELY HAVEN T STARTED OFF LIKE we wanted to,â&#x20AC;? Johnston said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But norMALLY WE START OFF PRETTY WELL AND DON T WIND UP kNISHING WELL 3O HOPEFULLY WE RE ON PACE TO KIND OF HIT OUR STRIDE TO WHERE WE RE STRINGING TOGETHER SOME kNISHES AND COMPETING FOR WINS u Larson points to the string of bad kNISHES AND NO kNISHES â&#x20AC;&#x153;I knew we were putting ourselves in a bad spot to make it to the playoffs,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Larson has taken steps to stay mentally and physically prepared (E S SPENT MORE TIME IMPROVING HIS STRENGTH AND STAMINA (E S ALSO KEPT A good perspective during tough times.

7HEN HE WOKE UP 3ATURDAY ,ARSON S biggest concern getting his 4-year-old son, Owen, to his T-ball game on time.

Larson is ready for the grueling 600, .!3#!2 S LONGEST RACE WHERE HIS BEST kNISH WAS A SEVENTH A YEAR AGO â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hopefully, we can keep this balance THAT WE VE GOT WITH OUR CAR AND STAY strong next week, too,â&#x20AC;? he said.

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Team chiefs call for end to Ferrariâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rules veto MONTE CARLO, Principality of Monaco: Leading Formula One team bosses on Thursday joined in urging an end to Ferrariâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s traditional power of veto on any rule changes in the sport.

Christian Horner of Red Bull, Claire Williams of Williams, Zak Brown of McLaren and Cyril Abiteboul of Renault all supported suggestions that the veto, held by Ferrari for decades as a means to retain the famous Italian marqueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s involvement, was no longer an acceptable part of a modern global sport.

The four spoke during a team CHIEFS NEWS BRIEkNG AFTER PRACTICE AT THE -ONACO 'RAND 0RIX 4HEY WERE responding to Ferrari team principal Mattia Binottoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recent suggestion that the veto served â&#x20AC;&#x153;to protect all the teams.â&#x20AC;?

Horner said the veto was â&#x20AC;&#x153;outdated,â&#x20AC;? adding â&#x20AC;&#x153;you can say â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;okay, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a safety net for them representing the teams,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; but, ultimately, they are representing Ferrari.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;So, probably, if we are going for a clean sheet of paper, it would make sense for it not to be there â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and to have the same rules for everyone,â&#x20AC;?

Horner said.

Williams, who is deputy team principal of her familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s racing business, said she felt it was time for radical changes in the sportâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s structure. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just silly, if I can be honest,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have a problem in our sport anyway in the fact that I feel it is far too democratic. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And I really donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel that one team should have a right, a veto.

That makes no sense to me at all. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I feel that F1 and the FIA should

take more ownership of the regulations. We run it in too much of a collegiate way, which is detrimental when we all have our own agendas. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We need to be looking at this sport and its sustainability into the future and protecting it and protecting the true DNA of that.

Doing that by committee, I think, can be VERY DIFkCULT u Brown said he felt each team had its own interests, adding that the sportâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s owners, Formula 1, were ultimately in control of what was in the best interests for all involved. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ferrari,â&#x20AC;? he said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;bring a tremendous amount to the sport â&#x20AC;&#x201D; that can be recognized in other ways.â&#x20AC;?

Horner added: â&#x20AC;&#x153;That veto was put in place â&#x20AC;&#x201D; from my understanding â&#x20AC;&#x201D; years and years ago to stop regulation changes. Ferrari had V12 engines and they didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t suddenly want that vetoed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There were all these British â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;garagisteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; teams then coming into the SPORT BUT THAT WAS IN THE SIXTIES AND things have obviously moved onâ&#x20AC;?

Abiteboul said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think we need Formula 1 to be progressive rather than defensive and that the ability to block due process can be perceived, or decided, to be a positive for the sport is probably not good. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Having said that, we completely RECOGNIZE THE SPECIkC VALUE OF &ERrari to the sport, but which can BE RElECTED PROBABLY IN THE COMmercial agreement and not in the governance.â&#x20AC;?

AFP

Q Jherico Lara maneuvers his off-road machine during the seventh round of the Maxxis 4x4 Cup held on May 18 to 19 in Barangay Anglas, Cavinti, Laguna.

PHOTO COURTESY OF JERICHO LARA

Lara wins Maxxis 4x4 Cup seventh round J HERICO Lara, the 2018 Driver of the Year from Aurora Racing Team, took home his second Maxxis 4x4 Cup trophy by winning the seventh round of the series held on May 18 to 19 in Barangay Anglas, Cavinti, Laguna.

!FTER kNISHING SEVENTH IN THE previous leg in Jones, Isabela, Lara came back with a vengeance by WINNING ONE OF THE MOST DIFkCULT races of the series that saw no one kNISH 4RACK ! THE PREVIOUS DAY By logging in a combined time of

1:03:12.87 (hours) for tracks A, B and C, Lara became one of the few THAT kNISHED THE NOTORIOUS 4RACK " AND ONE OF ONLY kVE RACERS THAT TOOK PART IN THE kNAL RUN ON 3UNDAY Edison â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tontonâ&#x20AC;? Dungca of the Kapampangan Racing Team took

a hard- earned second place with a combined time of 01:07:13.57. $UNGCA RELIED ON HIS RACING EXPERIENCE TO kNISH THE COURSE THAT everyone else wanted to forget.

Noel Bartolome Jr. of Land #RUISER #LUB OF THE 0HILIPPINES took third spot with a combined time of 01:08:04.53. Christian John Doyon of Ormoc 4Wheelers kNISHED FOURTH WITH A COMBINED time of 01:29:53.78 and Euane Evangelista of Digos 4Wheelers ROUNDED OFF THE TOP kVE WITH A combined time of 01:31:29.75.

Despite suffering setbacks in

tracks A and B of the Cavinti leg, Joseph Rodriguez of 4Wheelers Davao still leads the Driver of the Year standings with 410 points, followed by Dungca with 348 points.

In third place is Derrick Gahite of Manila East Offroaders with 318 points, followed by Lara in fourth with 301 points and Evangelista in kFTH WITH POINTS 4HE -AXXIS X #UP TH Leg was organized by Manila East Offroaders and presented BY -AXXIS 4IRES 0HILIPPINES IN cooperation with the National Association of Filipino Off-roaders.

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Q Ferrariâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Monegasque driver Charles Leclerc drives during the second practice session at the Monaco street circuit on Thursday in Monaco, ahead of the Monaco Formula 1 Grand Prix. AFP PHOTO

ITH our upcoming Mabuhay Independence TSD Rally this June 9, we are happy that our annual event is attracting a lot of interest among our motoring friends and colleagues. Along with the interest, I am amazed at the many misconceptions of what a time speed distance (TSD) rally is.

TSD rallies are the best way to get the novice driversâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; feet wet since these runs are more about accuracy rather than speed. These are also the only events where route and time navigators are very important for a team to win. Family members can all join the event and be important members in winning a TSD. Going to our third Mabuhay Rally, let us now dispel the myths about TSD rallies and set the record once and for all. Here are the myths about TSD rallies that we wrote about in 2017, and I promise itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be a good read!

Myth 1:Â We need a full race/rally car This is entirely false as the average speed that you are going to run is below the speed limit of public roads. There is no advantage in having a fast car especially if your crew canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hear each other in a usually noisy racecar. You would only need a car that is easy to drive in TRAFkC COMFORTABLE FOR all the team members to sit in (means airconditioning is important), street legal, with a working odometer, and reliable to finish the event.

Myth 2:Â Speed is king Speed takes a back seat to being on time, all the time! Accurate computation of time and

figuring your way calculators, speed vs distance tables, digital TURBO cameras with no Bluetooth or Wi-Fi capability, around the course are the most imTIMES stopwatches and/or digital clocks are allowed. portant jobs. Since Myth 7:Â It is slow and boring we give 1 demerit point for every second the crew is late 0EOPLE WHO ARE USED TO SPEED RACES WOULD or early at a checkkND THIS FORMAT SLOW BUT THE MENTAL CHALpoint, the crew should not get lost and overspeed. lenge is very high. When I race, I am the only We have hidden checkpoints along the way to catch one deciding on what to do. In a TSD rally, all overeager participants along the route. the crew would have to work together, inside a very stressful environment, i.e., a car in motion. I Myth 3:Â Local knowledge is always say that if you and your loved one/s survive important this event, then you are truly meant for each other.

I have seen many couples that donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t talk and sit While this is an advantage, in reality, it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mat- very far from each other after the event! ter! All directions are indicated in the road book, and one should know how to read it. Even if the Myth 8:Â Driver is the most kNISH IS MENTIONED BY THE OFkCIALS HOW TO GET THERE important member is another matter. You canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take a shortcut, as there are unannounced checkpoints through the course, I believe all the people inside the vehicle play a cruDIY challenges and trivia questions along the way. cial role in making the team win. However, in my opinion, the timer is the most important, followed So you must follow the correct route. by the route navigator, and then the driver. ComputMyth 4:Â We should use navi apps ing the time required to get to a checkpoint is not easy especially inside a moving car. It is also hard Google Maps and Waze are useless because no TO kND A GOOD TIMER 7HEN WE RACE IN 43$ EVENTS gadgets, such as cell phones, are allowed to be for the Mini Team, I take on the timer role, while operated inside the vehicle. This would negate ,INDY 0ELLICER IS THE NAVIGATOR WITH MULTI TITLED RACE the use of the navi apps and, at the same time, champion Milo Rivera as the driver. Bow! stop other team members to call another mate to advise them of the secret time controls. It is of Myth 9:Â No practice is required. no advantage to use the apps as you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know where to go to and what roads to take before the With beginners assuming that TSD events are easy, they usually say they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need to practice. This destination. is the biggest mistake a team can make. Most of Myth 5:Â I can do it on my own the people are not professional rallyists, so any KIND OF PRACTICE AND PRE EVENT BRIEkNG WOULD HELP Sorry, but we require between 2 to 5 members A LOTĂ&#x153; 7E USUALLY GIVE AT LEAST ONE BRIEkNG A WEEK inside the car. The ideal crew would be three before the event and provide a practice route for members to act as driver, route navigator and all to do. As in all sports, practice makes perfect! time navigators. We give two road books per car about 10 minutes before take off, so itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hectic at Myth 10:Â Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just follow the THE START 4RYING TO CONCENTRATE ON DRIVING kND- leader ing your way with the road bookâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tulip directions and computing for the perfect time would also Have you heard of the saying, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The blind leadnot be good for oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mental health. You would ing the blindâ&#x20AC;?? If you get lost, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t commit the have an accident waiting to happen if you do all mistake of following another car instead, unless you are sure that that team can be trusted. Always these things! try to work out where you got lost and try to trace Myth 6:Â We need expensive the route from there. You should also go back gadgets to any missed checkpoint along the way as missing a checkpoint would double your demerits Most electronic gadgets are not allowed in the car. in no time.

These are just some of the myths that we heard These include, among othrs, cell phones, scienTIkC CALCULATORS '03 LOCATORS LAPTOPS )PADS SMART about TSD rallies, and we hope we have cleared watches, and any gadget that you can use to com- them up. The best advice that I can give is for municate with outside the car. The participantsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; cell you to try not to get lost and enjoy the priceless phones are put in a Ziploc bag, which is taped up so moments with the family or crew. Godspeed and these canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be used during the event. Only simple hope to see you in our TSD events soon!

MIKE POTENCIANO

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SUNDAY May 26, 2019

Sports

BY JEAN RUSSEL V. DAVID

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Q Brendon Davids of Olivers Real Food crosses the Stage 2 finish line of PruRIDE PH 2019 in Mt. Samat, Bataan.

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T. SAMAT, Bataan: Marcelo Felipe of 711 Cliqq Air 21 Roadbike Philippines and Brendon Davids of Olivers Real Food shone in Stage 2 of PruRIDE PH 2019 here.

South African Davids grabbed the coveted PruRIDE red jersey after dominating the 165.4-kilometer Stage 2 from Olongapo all the way to the peak of the historic Mt. Samat in Pilar, Bataan, with a time record of four hours, 40 minutes and 55 seconds. g4ODAY WAS A VERY DIFkCULT RACE being on the bike for more than four hours. I can say itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one of the MOST DIFkCULT CLIMBS THAT WE HAVE done,â&#x20AC;? said Davids, who holds the .O POST IN THE GENERAL CLASSIkCAtion race.

The 25-year old rider broke away from the peloton after the kRST KILOMETERS TO A LEAD GROUP pack of 11 riders.

Davids along with Felipe pulled from the group and cruised the remaining 80km which traversed from Olongapo all the way to the towns of Morong, Bagac, Orion, ,IMAY AND -ARIVELES BEFORE THE knal ascent to the 500 meters above sea level terrain of Mt. Samat. g4HE CLIMB WAS DIFkCULT BECAUSE there was no wind and we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know the roads here. But I am pretty happy with how things

The Sunday Times

Davids, Felipe cruise past rivals in Mt. Samat turned out today,â&#x20AC;? added the 6â&#x20AC;&#x2122;1 Davids, who emerged as Sprint Points Leader.

Felipe, though eight seconds behind Davids holds the No. 1

POST IN THE GENERAL CLASSIkCATION race. The Filipino is 47 seconds ahead of the South African in the overall race. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I hope I can finish strong

tomorrow (today) and keep my position,â&#x20AC;? said Felipe, who donned two other jerseys â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the King of the Mountain and Best Filipino Rider.

Michael Vink of St. George Con-

Maroons crush Scorpions in Premier Cup JAMES Spencerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dagger threepointer saved the shorthanded University of the Philippines (UP), 68-62, against Centro Escolar University (CEU) in the 2019 FilOil Flying V Preseason Premier Cup on Saturday at the FilOil Flying V Centre in San Juan City.

Spencer sank the go-ahead triple with 25 seconds remaining in the game, helping the undermanned Fighting Maroons bounce back from a 64-73 loss to San Sebastian College-Recoletos on May 17.

UP, now with three wins against two defeats, also boosted its playoff bid for the fourth spot in Group A.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;We wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want it to be close but at the same time when the game becomes close, we develop character most especially with the guys that we have right now,â&#x20AC;? said head coach Bo Perasol of his wards that delivered despite the absence key players Juan Gomez De LiaĂąo, Ricci Rivero and Kobe Paras who are all nursing injuries. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This kind of games will give them valuable experiences,â&#x20AC;? added Perasol.

Heady guard Jun Manzo paced the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) runnerup with a team-high 17 points to go with six assists, three rebounds

and three steals.

UAAP MVP Bright Akhuetie chipped in 13 points and seven rebounds while Spencer flirted with a double-double, tallying 11 markers and nine boards.

UP pulled away from a tight early game, taking a 41-28 lead as Manzo and Akhuetie drained a layup each to open the third period.

But CEU stormed back and threaten within a point, 62-63, via a late rally capped by Maodo Malick Dioufâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tip-in off Judel &UENTES MISkRED TREY WITH left in the game.

Spencer then sank the crucial triple and followed it up with two

free throws to seal the win for the Maroons.

Senegalese center Dioufâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 28-point and 13-rebound doubledouble on top of four blocks and Judel Fuentesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 13 markers went down the drain as the Scorpions suffered their second straight setback. #%5 SKIDDED TO THE kFTH SPOT with an even 2-2 slate.

Meanwhile, Colegio de San Juan de Letran (4-1) is eyeing to stretch its Group B lead against Adamson University (2-1) while San Sebastian (2-0) is seeking to continue its unbeaten run versus Mapua University (1-3) in Group A at press time. JEREMIAH M. SEVILLA

Halep back in Paris to defend title PARIS: Simona Halep is experiencing something new at the French Open this year.

The Romanian player is back in Paris to defend her title, a situation sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s never been in before.

And she likes it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Much better and much easier, because I have the title already,â&#x20AC;? Halep said Friday (Saturday in Manila) at Roland Garros. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t matter anymore what is going to happen. Everything now comes as a bonus. So I will try just to give my best and to see if Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m able to do it again.â&#x20AC;?

Halep, the second Romanian woman to win a Grand Slam title after Virginia Ruzici in 1978, won the French Open last year by rallying past Sloane Stephens 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 in the final. She had previously lost three Grand Slams finals, including two on the French clay.

Before her win, the former top-ranked player often had the unpleasant tendency to crumble on big occasions. Like two years ago in the French Open final, when she led Jelena Ostapenko by a set and 3-0 only to fall apart.

She said her defending champion status

takes a lot of pressure off. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mentally, I am pretty relaxed,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So I just want to take the positive and to be in this position, I think, is the best thing. I am too happy to be in this position, I have to admit this. But there is nothing bad.â&#x20AC;?

Although she has not won a title this year and lost her first match in Rome last week, Halep is confident she can achieve a deep run in Paris on the back of solid claycourt campaign. She won two Fed Cup matches on the slow surface last month and reached the final in Madrid. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Even if I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t win the final, I felt that my level is very high,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have confidence. Coming here, practicing, I felt really well.â&#x20AC;?

Seeded third in Paris, Halep will open her campaign against Ajla Tomljanovic, a player she beat last year on hard court. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be different because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clay court,â&#x20AC;? Halep said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But still itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be a very tough match. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s powerful.

She hits the ball strong. If I am able to do my game, I think I have a good chance to win.â&#x20AC;?

AP

TINENTAL kNISHED THIRD WITH A TIME OF Â&#x2021; FOUR MINUTES BEHIND &ELIPE IN THE GENERAL CLASSIkCATION Daniel Vin CariĂąo of Go for Gold bagged the Best Young Rider

plum in the 23under category.

4HE kNAL STAGE WHICH OFFERS AN Olympic qualifying point will be a 108km flat ride inside Subic, Zambales.

Full IRONMAN champ banners CT 70.3 cast SEYCHELLESâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Nick Baldwin, who RULED THE kRST EVER FULL )2/.-!. last year, returns to Subic this week, aiming for another endurance feat in the Century Tuna IRONMAN 70.3 Subic Bay presented by Big Boss #EMENT kRING OFF 3UNDAY *UNE But though the upcoming 1.9km swim-90km bike-21km run event will be just half of the punishing 3.8km-180km-42km race the last time out, Baldwin still expects a tougher outing given the depth of THE COMPETIING kELD IN THE CENTERpiece pro division.

It includes former 70.3 world champion Tim Reed and multititled Sam Betten along with fellow Australians Tim Van Berkel and Conor McKay with Colombiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Rodrigo Acevedo and Oli Stenning of Great Britain boosting the cast in the menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s division of the event organized by Sunrise Events, Inc. Meanwhile, the Big Boss Cement beach clean up today (Sunday) at Boardwalk kicks off a series of activities culminating in the CT IRONMAN 70.3 on Sunday. The two-hour public service will also be held on June 3. !LSO ON TAP AT A M TODAY IS the Sun Life Bike Out for cycling and kTNESS ENTHUSIASTS WITH A SERIES OF activities also lined up for the week LEADING TO 3ATURDAY S !LASKA &ORTIkED IronKids swim-run at the

WOW Recreation and Activity Center.

For details, visit www.ironman703subicbay.com or the Facebook page Century Tuna IRONMAN 70.3 Subic Bay and @im703subicbay on )NSTAGRAM AND 4WITTER /FkCIAL EVENT hashtags are #CenturyTunaIM703 #im703subicbay.

Close to thousand triathletes are gearing up for another grueling batlte for top honors in various divisions, including the Asian Elite and the 12 age group categories. It also features relay competitions for male, female and mixed teams.

Forty one countries are represented in what promises to be another challenging race on a practically new course with the race central now at Subic Bay Boardwalk.

Swiss Caroline Steffen and Aussie Dimity Lee Duke lead the chase in womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pro division that also drew New Zealandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Laura Wood, Manami Iijima of Guam and Lisa Tyack, another star from Down Under.

Meanwhile, the Big Boss Cement beach clean up today (Sunday) at Boardwalk kicks off a series of activities culminating in the CT IRONMAN 70.3 on Sunday. The two-hour public service will also be held on June 3. !LSO ON TAP AT A M TODAY IS THE 3UN ,IFE "IKE /UT FOR CYCLING AND kTNESS enthusiasts with a series of activities also lined up for the week leading to Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Alaska Fortified IronKids swim-run at the WOW Recreation and Activity Center.

Q Romaniaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Simona Halep holds the trophy as she celebrates after defeating against Sloane Stephens, of the United States, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1, in the finals of the French Open tennis tournament on June 9, 2018 at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, France. AP PHOTO

Zoleta chases 2 PPS Southwoods crowns GABY Zoleta resumes her campaign in the national junior circuit, bannering the girlsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 16-and-under cast in the PPSPEPP Manila Southwoods age-group tennis tournament which gets going today (Sunday) at the Manila Southwoods Golf and Country Club courts in Carmona, Cavite.

The rising star from Lucena City is also vying in the tougher 18-U play, gaining the No. 2 seeding next to Francesca Cruz with Julia Ignacio and Margaud Rosales, Kaye Emana, Carol Galvez and Carylle Alonte also tipped to crowd the favorites in the Group I

tournament presented by Dunlop.

Close to 200 entries are clashing for top honors in nine categories in singles PLAY WITH kVE TITLES UP FOR GRABS IN THE doubles of the five-day tournament serving as part of the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s biggest and long-running talent search put up by Palawan Pawnshop headed by president/CEO Bobby Castro.

Red Ante, Miguel Castillo, Santino Dee and Ryan Velandres headline the boysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 18-U roster with JT Bernardo, John Prince Lim, Andrei Alvarez and Castillo expected to dispute the 16-U diadem in the tournament sanctioned

BY 5NIkED 4ENNIS 0HILIPPINES MADE UP of PPS-PEPP, Cebuana Lhuillier, Wilson, Tobyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Dunlop, Slazenger and B-Meg. Bernardo also looms as the player to beat in 14-U side which drew the likes of Andre Coladilla and youngsters John Prince Lim and France Dilao while Melody Dizon, Mika Emana, Carrilyn Pesengco and Sandra Apostol leading the title chase in the girlsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; section. ! FULL PACKED PLAYER kELD MEANWHILE GEARS UP FOR A kERCE SHOWDOWN in the boysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 12-U category with siblings Prince Lim and Kriz Lim installed as the top two seeds with brothers Frank and

France Dilao along with Kevin Sanger, Lucas Go, Joss Po and Gavin Kraut also coming into the event all primed up.

Czarina Ilano, Avegail Ansay, Sharah Paynor and Jana Diaz brace for a duel for the girlsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 12-U plum with the title chase in the 10-unisex division also tipped to go down-to-the-wire among the huge 32-player cast headed by Kriz Lim, Kraut, Go, Noah Llira, Agustin Bartolome, Julien Lhuillier, Christina Reyes and Ansay.For details, call 09154046464.

Q Nick Baldwin CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

Golf

E1 SUNDAY MAY 26, 2019

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Q Jonas Blixt of Sweden plays a shot from a bunker on the eighth hole during the second round of the Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial Country Club on Saturday in Fort Worth, Texas. AFP PHOTO

Eagle boosts Blixt to Colonial lead, Finau and Na one back

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OS ANGELES: Jonas Blixt holed out for eagle at the 17th hole Friday (Saturday in Manila) on the way to a six-under par 64 and a one-shot lead in the US PGA Tourâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Charles Schwab Challenge in Fort Worth, Texas.

Blixt set an early target with a bogey-free round at Colonial Country Club, where opened with back-to-back birdies and birdied two more at 12 and 13.

But the highlight of his day CAME AT THE PAR FOUR TH WHERE his second shot from 132 yards out in the fairway bounced feet from the pin and rolled in for an eagle THAT MOVED HIM TO NINE UNDER through 36 holes.

Blixt posted his lowest round of the

season, and said he hoped he could keep it rolling through the weekend as he pursues a fourth US tour title. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The test is going to be this WEEKEND u HE SAID gIF ) CAN HAVE a good weekend or not.â&#x20AC;?

He was one stroke in front of kRST ROUND LEADER 4ONY &INAU WHO FOLLOWED HIS OPENING WITH A

AND !MERICAN +EVIN .A WHO kRED an eight-under par 62 for 132.

Rory Sabbatini, who won at CoLONIAL IN kRED A SECOND ROUND

66 and was alone in fourth on 134.

Na, who like Blixt played in less windy morning conditions, launched his round with an eagle AT THE PAR kVE kRST AND ADDED SIX BIRDIES IN ANOTHER IMPRESSIVE DISplay at Colonial.

Na, who is not among the tourâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s big hitters, says the classic, compact Colonial suits his game.

(E kRED A IN THE kRST ROUND last year and a 61 on Sunday on THE WAY TO A FOURTH PLACE kNISH â&#x20AC;&#x153;I like this golf course,â&#x20AC;? Na, a threetime PGA Tour winner, said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One of those golf courses I look forward TO COMING TO &ITS MY GAME 9OU VE GOT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE WEEKS because there is not too many golf courses like this on tour anymore.â&#x20AC;?

Finau had three birdies and a bogey in his last nine holes to stay

US PGA Charles Schwab Challenge scores LEADING scores on Saturday in the second round of the US PGA Tour Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas (par-70, USA unless noted): 131 - Jonas Blixt (SWE) 67-64 132 - Kevin Na 70-62, Tony Finau 64-68 134 - Rory Sabbatini (SVK) 68-66 135 - Nick Watney 67-68, Jim Furyk

69-66, C.T. Pan (TPE) 68-67, Jordan Spieth 65-70, Jason Dufner 67-68 136 - Trey Mullinax 67-69 137 - Tyrrell Hatton (ENG) 71-66, Roger Sloan (CAN) 65-72, Ryan Palmer 68-69, 138 - Josh Teater 68-70, Martin Kaymer (GER) 73-65, Daniel Berger 71-67, Scott Piercy 70-68, Mackenzie Hughes (CAN) 68-70, Max Homa 70-68,

in touch. ,OCAL FAVORITE *ORDAN 3PIETH WHO started the day one stroke off the LEAD kRED A TO DROP FOUR ADRIFT Spieth enjoyed another strong putting performance â&#x20AC;&#x201D; including a 50-footer at the 10th and a 46-foot putt at the 12th â&#x20AC;&#x201D; which

he said kept him in it despite too many missed fairways.

But he also missed three par putts from within 10 feet. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They were kind of misreads,â&#x20AC;? he said of his mid-range misses. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t bad strokes, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the difference.â&#x20AC;?

Kevin Tway 68-70 139 - Matt Every 70-69, Brice Garnett 73-66, Russell Knox (SCO) 71-68, Austin Cook 72-67, Adam Long 70-69, Chesson Hadley 67-72, Tom Hoge 70-69, David Toms 71-68, Andrew Putnam 69-70, Emiliano Grillo (ARG) 69-70, Brian Harman 70-69, Anirban Lahiri (IND) 68-71 AFP Colonial was unkind to a string of top-ranked players, with world number eight Bryson DeChambeau, No. 9 Xander Schauffele, No. 10 Rickie Fowler and No. 11 Jon Rahm all missing the cut.

Fowler saw a streak of 21 straight made cuts end.

AFP

Sung pulls away, Bayron sizzles but wavers TAIWANESE Sung Mao-Chang outduelled Thai Tawit Polthai and young compatriot Tseng Tzu Hao in the early going then fended off Hung Chien Yaoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hot charge to shoot a second straight AND PULL AWAY BY kVE AFTER THREE ROUNDS OF THE TPGA Open at the Ching Chuan Kang Golf Club in Taichung, Taiwan on Saturday.

3UNG WHO SURGED AHEAD BY TWO OVER 0OLTHAI and Tseng after completion of 36-hole play MARRED BY WEATHER DELAY IN THE kRST ROUND

threatened to pull away from the pack with a START THEN KEPT HIS ASSAULT OF THE lAT TRICKY layout with superb shotmaking, iron play and putting to close out with another 33 and stay comfortably ahead at 201. g) PLAYED VERY WELL LONG GAME AND IRONS WERE okay,â&#x20AC;? said Sung, who buried birdies from an AVERAGE OF kVE FEET AND BURIED HIS RIVALS DEEP with his 15-under aggregate. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll just play relaxed and in tempo tomorrow (today). Wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think too much,â&#x20AC;? added the current No. 4 in the PGA of Taiwan (TPGA) Order of Merit rankings.

With a huge lead and good form, Sung wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t HAVE TO WORRY MUCH ABOUT EVERYTHING AS (UNG STUMBLED AT THE kNISH AND SETTLED FOR A AND A 206 after pulling within two with a birdie-eagle feat from No. 12.

4HAI VETERAN 7)SUT !RTJANAWAT ALSO SHOT A TO MOVE TO SOLO THIRD AT WHILE 0OLTHAI FAILED TO MATCH 3UNG S kERY START AND SETTLED FOR A EN ROUTE TO A AND A WITH COMPATRIOT Donlapatchai Niyomchon grabbing some of the spotlight as he aced the 229-yard No. 3 on HIS WAY TO A AND A FOR kFTH )T WAS .IYOMCHON S kFTH HOLE IN ONE FEAT IN a nine-year pro career and his latest ace netted him $1,000.

4SENG IMPRESSIVE WITH AN OPENING WHO STAYED WITHIN STRIKING DISTANCE OF 3UNG WITH A Friday, cracked when the going got tough, gropING FOR A AND LIMPING WITH A TO TUMBLE to joint 11th at 211, now 10 shots behind in THE EVENT WHERE OF THOSE WHO MADE THE TOP 60 were from the PGT Asia, underscoring the LEVEL OF PLAY ON THE REGION S EMERGING CIRCUIT

put up by ICTSI and organized by Pilipinas Golf Tournaments, Inc. Jay Bayron, who barely made it to the weekEND PLAY WITH A BATTLED FROM WAY DOWN AT JOINT TH TO AS HIGH AS ND WITH THREE BIRDies in pin-length distance at the back. But the lone Filipino entry failed to sustain his charge, OVERSHOOTING .O FOR HIS kRST BOGEY THEN dropping two shots on the short 335-yard par-4 .O ON A WAYWARD DRIVE AND A POOR CHIP SHOT (E BIRDIED THE SEVENTH FROM kVE FEET TO SALVAGE A AND A FOR JOINT TH IN THE EVENT SERVING AS THE THIRD LEG OF 40'! AND SECOND stop of the third second of PGT Asia. g) WAS DOING VERY WELL AT THE BACK but made some mistakes on my approach shots at the front,â&#x20AC;? rued Bayron, who also flubbed makeable birdies chances in the last two holes.

Law, Song, Concolino share halfway lead at LPGA Pure Silk WASHINGTON: Bronte Law birdied three of her last four holes to maintain a share of the LPGA Pure Silk lead Friday (Saturday in Manila) alongside Jennifer Song and Jacqui Concolino.

Englandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Law bounced back from a bogey at the 14th with three straight birdies in a three-under par 68 at Kingsmill Resort in Williamsburg, Virginia.

That put her on nine-under par 133, level with Concolino, who fired a 67 and Song, who shared the overnight lead and like Law signed for a 68. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a battle,â&#x20AC;? said Law, who fought to keep pace after Song and Concolino posted solid early rounds. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Seemed to feel like every time I would make a birdie and try and build on it I would have an unforced error a couple of holes later and make bogey and be back to where I started,â&#x20AC;? added Law, who finished with six birdies and three bogeys.

Song said she was â&#x20AC;&#x153;very happyâ&#x20AC;? with a round that included five birdies and two bogeys. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I managed to make great scrambles here and there and just made a couple of birdies coming in,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Very happy about my round.â&#x20AC;?

She and good friend Concolino played in the first group off the 10th tee. Concolino, who

had five birdies and one bogey, said they fed off each other. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She made a birdie, I made a birdie,â&#x20AC;? Concolino said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She was making birdies on top of me.â&#x20AC;?

All three of the leaders are seeking a first LPGA title. They were one stroke in front of Spainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Carlota Ciganda (65) and Swedenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Madelene Sagstrom (66).

Ciganda, who had four birdies and an eagle without a bogey, said she was feeling rested after a two-week hiatus on the LPGA tour. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I feel ready to go ahead,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was quite tired after San Francisco. I went back to Spain for two weeks and just rested, stayed with family, friends, ate some good food.â&#x20AC;?

Now the top women are gearing up for their second major of the year, next weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s US Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Open in Charleston, South Carolina, where Thailandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ariya Jutanugarn will be defending her title.

Ariya, also the defending champion this week, was six shots off the pace after a 68, joining a big group on three-under 139 that also included world number one Ko Jin-young of South Korea.

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Q Bronte Law of England hits her tee shot on the sixth hole during the second round of the Pure Silk Championship presented by Visit Williamsburg on the River Course at Kingsmill Resort on Saturday in Williamsburg, Virginia.

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Q Sung Mao-Chang moves 18 holes away from becoming the first Taiwanese winner of the PGT Asia.

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SUNDAY May 26, 2019

Q Brooks Koepka poses with the Wanamaker Trophy after winning the PGA Championship golf tournament, Sunday, May 19, 2019, at Bethpage Black in Farmingdale, N.Y. AP PHOTO

Why it took 4 majors for Koepka to get his due

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BY DOUG FERGUSON

ARMINGDALE, N.Y.: Majors matter more than any other golf tournament.

They are not the sole measure of greatness.

And that might be one reason it took Brooks Koepka winning four majors â&#x20AC;&#x201D; as many as Rory McIlroy, one more than Jordan Spieth among his contemporaries â&#x20AC;&#x201D; for the 29-year-old Floridian to get the kind of attention his game deserves.

Never mind the No. 1 ranking that came with his victory Sunday in the PGA Championship. That could change in two weeks.

Koepka now is at that level â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and it took back-to-back titles in the U.S. Open and PGA Championship to get there â&#x20AC;&#x201D; that he makes people look when he walks onto the range, that heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s consid-

ered a top favorite wherever he goes without anyone having to look up the odds.

Why wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t it enough when he won last summer at Shinnecock (ILLS TO BECOME THE kRST REPEAT winner of the U.S. Open in 29 years, and only the second player to successfully defend the U.S. Open since Ben Hogan in 1951?

Same major, yes, but Erin Hills and Shinnecock were entirely different tests.

What kept him from megastar status when he added the PGA Championship last summer at Bellerive to join Tiger Woods,

Jack Nicklaus, Hogan and Gene Sarazen as the only players to win the U.S. Open and the PGA in the same year? That kind of company is as elite as it gets.

What made Koepka different was that he seemed to show up only at the big events. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a nice problem to have.

Koepka now has won four of his last eight majors, a stretch not seen since Woods won seven of 11 in an amazing run through the 2002 U.S. Open at Bethpage Black. The only other tournaments Koepka won during his run of majors was the Dunlop Phoenix in Japan in

2017 (by nine shots) and the CJ Cup last fall in South Korea.

Woods won 19 other times during his stretch of majors, 15 of them on the PGA Tour.

Roger Maltbieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s description of Woods at Pebble Beach â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not A FAIR kGHTu Â&#x2021; GOES WELL BEYOND that 2000 U.S. Open. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s never fair to compare Woods with anyone.

He won at a rate never before seen in golf, and it probably wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t happen again.

Koepka is aware that his trophy collection is weighted heavily toward the majors. Justin Ray of a golf analytics group called â&#x20AC;&#x153;15th #LUBu POINTED OUT OVER THE WEEKend that Woods and Koepka are the only active players who have more victories than missed cuts in the majors: 15-9 for Woods, 4-2 for Koepka.

Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get the idea that Koepka would trade any of his four majors for a few more Texas Opens or Phoenix Opens. It simply explains why it took longer for golf fans to embrace what he has done in the last two years.

Koepka touched on this Saturday night after he had a seven-shot lead â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a PGA Championship record â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and faced questions that WERE INTENDED TO kND OUT WHAT he was doing differently to win majors so regularly. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m just that much more foCUSED u +OEPKA SAID g) THINK ) M more focused than anybody out there. My focus probably goes up, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know, tenfold of what it does in a tour event â&#x20AC;&#x201D; which isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t good.

I mean, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s good that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m doing it in the majors, but I need to do that IN REGULAR WEEKS u Consider some other players from his generation.

McIlroy won 12 times starting WITH HIS kRST MAJOR IN THE 5 3 Open through his fourth major in the 2014 PGA Championship.

Spieth won the Masters and U.S. Open in 2015 when he chased the Grand Slam, but he also won

Setbacks motivated Maria Fassi to return, win NCAA title

BY DOUG FERGUSON FARMINGDALE, N.Y.: Nothing drives Maria Fassi of Mexico like failure.

Fassi was the Annika Award last year as the best player in womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s golf as a junior at Arkansas, only to play some of her worst golf in the NCAA championships. She returned for her senior season, motivated to atone for the way last year ended, especially with the NCAAs at Blessings Golf Club, the home course of the Razorbacks.

Fassi, with her high energy and a powerful swing, delivered a bogey-free round of 68 to win the NCAA individual title by four shots. She is the first woman from Arkansas to win the NCAA title since Stacy Lewis in 2007. â&#x20AC;&#x153;After a pretty perfect year that my junior year was ... and then heading to nationals and playing pretty bad golf was not fun,â&#x20AC;?

Fassi told Golf Channel. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a feeling that I never wanted to feel again. I think I just grew from that. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like feeling that way, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like finishing second. I think those are things that fuel me. They make me wake up early, go work out and stay here to dark practicing.

I think those are the things that have helped me this year.â&#x20AC;?

Arkansas advanced to the eight-team portion of match play for the first time.

Last year wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the only failure motivating Fassi.

She had plenty of national media attention at the Augusta National Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Amateur, where the final round at Augusta National became a duel with one of her best friends, 2018 NCAA champion Jennifer Kupcho of Wake Forest.

They were tied until Kupcho hit it close on the par-3 16th for birdie and Fassiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tee shot stayed on the top shelf, leading to a three-putt bogey. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think not winning at Augusta was probably the best thing that could have happened to me,â&#x20AC;? Fassi said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I can say that now that I have reflected. I know that not winning was probably what needed to happen because I knew I was going to learn a lot more from coming in second versus pulling that one off. Of course I hate losing, but coming here I knew what I was going to be put up against.â&#x20AC;?

The next step for Fassi is to play for pay.

She played the LPGA Q Series late last year and earned a card, and then deferred her LPGA membership until after the college season. Fassi makes her pro debut next week in the U.S. Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Open, and she is likely to have plenty of attention because of how hard she hits the ball.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think coming back was the best decision I ever made, and it paid off,â&#x20AC;? she said.

SPIETHâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S GAIN Any chance Jordan Spieth had of winning the career Grand Slam at the PGA Championship ended on Saturday when he shot 72, falling nine shots behind. Sunday turned out to be important for other reasons.

Spieth closed with a 71, but it was enough to finish in a three-way tie for third, six shots behind Brooks Koepka.

It was enough to put Spieth inside the top 100 in the FedEx Cup for the first time all year. He played twice in the fall, in Las Vegas and Mexico, and earned a whopping total of six FedEx Cup points. His finish at Bethpage Black moved him up 59 spots to No. 91.

It also stopped his slide in the world ranking, moving up to No. 30. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s far removed from where he was at this time a year ago â&#x20AC;&#x201D; No. 3 in the world â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a start. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My score in majors typically reflects the state of my game at that time, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been speaking to how itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been closer and better than maybe results would show,â&#x20AC;? Spieth said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I knew coming into the week that it was unlikely on this golf course that I was going to have a chance to win, and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a humbling feeling for me, but I knew that if I played the course the right way, had the right mentality, kept putting the way Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been putting, that I would be in it.â&#x20AC;?

He led the field at Bethpage Black in the key putting statistic, gaining 10.6 strokes against the field. It was the best putting performance of his PGA Tour career according to the â&#x20AC;&#x153;strokes gainedâ&#x20AC;? metric.

Spieth is at Colonial and the Memorial the next two weeks before a week off ahead of the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach.

GOLF NOTES Q Jordan Spieth drives off the first tee during the final round of the PGA Championship golf tournament, Sunday, May 19, 2019, at Bethpage Black in Farmingdale, N.Y. AP PHOTO

the Valspar Championship, the John Deere Classic and the Tour Championship that year. Spieth was 23 when he won the third leg of the career Grand Slam at the 2017 British Open, and he already had 11 titles on the PGA Tour (14 worldwide).

They also had name recognition before they turned pro. McIlroy was the low amateur at Carnoustie in the 2007 British Open when he was 18. Spieth tied for 16th in the Byron Nelson Classic when he was 16.

Koepka?

His last name was pronounced g#UPCAKEu ON THE kRST TEE AT THE 0HOENIX /PEN IN HIS kRST PGA Tour victory.

The game was always there.

His caddie, Ricky Elliott, recalls being asked to work for Koepka in the 2013 PGA Championship. He SAW HIM FOR THE kRST TIME ON THE range at Oak Hill. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I watched him striping it and thought to myself, @(APPY DAY u %LLIOTT SAID In a 2015 interview with Golf Digest, Steve Williams, who was on the bag for 13 of Woodsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; majors, was quoted as saying: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Once in a great while, a player comes along who hits a golf ball the way it was meant to be hit.

Powerful, piercing, the perfect trajectory. Of the young players out there, one Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen has that special ball flight: Brooks +OEPKA u Majors should never be dismissed for their value, for the legacy they create. At this point, Koepka really doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need to win more PGA Tour titles to add to his reputation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Now heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s got it. And he got it IN THE RIGHT WAY u 0AUL !ZINGER SAID Tuesday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He has built his brand through self-belief and intestinal fortitude. By not getting attention, he has become a (tough guy) with a chip on his shoulder who says, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I CAN DO ANYTHING YOU SAY ) CAN T u That should do.

AP Beach for the U.S. Open on June 13-16. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m pumped,â&#x20AC;? Todd said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This was on my list for a year to try to qualify for Pebble. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s probably my favorite golf course in the world.â&#x20AC;?

Todd won the Byron Nelson for his lone PGA Tour victory in 2014, but his game began to slide when his two-year exemption ran out. In the last three years, Todd has missed the cut 39 times in 44 starts. He has made four out of six cuts this season as his game is slowly turning around.

DIVOTS

TOP COLLEGE PLAYER U.S. Amateur champion Viktor Hovland of Norway was selected for the Ben Hogan Award as the nationalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top college golfer.

Hovland is the fourth player from Oklahoma State to win since the award moved to Colonial. The others were Hunter Mahan (2003), Rickie Fowler (2008) and Peter Uihlein (2011), another U.S. Amateur champion.

It also makes it three times in five years that the award went to a European, following Jon Rahm winning in 2015 and 2016.

Hovland is the No. 1 player in the world amateur ranking.

Along with winning the U.S. Amateur, Hovland was runner-up at the European Amateur, reached the round of 16 at the British Amateur and tied for eighth at the World Amateur Team Championship. In April, he was low amateur at the Masters.

This year, he won three times at Oklahoma State and was never outside the top 12 in all eight of his tournaments.

Hovland won the award over teammate Matt Wolff and Cal senior Collin Morikawa.

EARLY ENTRY One way the USGA is listening to PGA Tour players is in U.S. Open qualifying. The 36-hole sectionals typically take place 10

days before the U.S. Open â&#x20AC;&#x201D; after the Memorial, the week of the St. Jude Classic in Memphis, Tennessee.

But with a compact schedule and so many other moving parts â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the Canadian Open is the week of the qualifier with Memphis moving after the British Open â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the first of 10 qualifiers was held Monday in the Dallas area.

It worked out beautifully for Brendon Todd. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why I came here. The date was good. It doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t interfere with the Canadian Open,â&#x20AC;? Todd said.

He made it work by sharing medalist honors with Nick Taylor. They were among the 10 players who earned spots at Pebble

Justin Thomas appears ready to go after a right wrist injury kept him out of the PGA Championship. Thomas has committed to play next week at the Memorial. ... Jay Haas, Bernhard Langer and Loren Roberts are the only players at the Senior PGA Championship this week to have played a Ryder Cup, PGA Championship and Senior PGA Championship all at Oak Hill. ... The top six LPGA Tour players in the Vare Trophy standings have a scoring average below 70. Jin Young Ko leads at 69.0. ... Patrick Reed has gone eight straight tournaments without a top-20 finish.

STAT OF THE WEEK Brooks Koepka, Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods and Seve Ballesteros are the only players to win four majors before turning 30 in the last 50 years.

FINAL WORD â&#x20AC;&#x153;I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t imagine what a Ryder Cup will be like around here. I think it would be intimidating, no doubt.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Paul Casey on the Ryder Cup coming to Bethpage Black in 2024.

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SUNDAY May 26, 2019

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Naungayan, Legaspi shine in 2nd Sta. Lucia Global Invitational Tournament Q Jane Ortega, COO of Meera Enterprises Inc. and Chona Dela Paz, President of TJGL pose for a photo with members of The Junior Golfers League during the 7th Oakley Golf Cup awarding rites.

Advocacy, talent display mark 7th Oakley Cup and James de Leon ruled Class B while Sophia Encarnacion, Jacob #HUA AND #EDRIC !UNZO kNISHED THE team of Cassy Arbatin, Ahn second. Jody Castillo, Jermaine Chan, Jacob Gomez, and Dustin Melosantos, Stephanie EncarnaRecto dominated the Class A of the cion, and Ken Aquino finished 7th Oakley Cup on April 29 at the third.

Pradera Verde Golf and Country Class C was dominated by Club in Lubao, Pampanga.

Grace Montilla, Vangie Omlang, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The main mission of The Ju- Tek Guese, and Cora Aguinaldo. nior Golfers League (TJGL) is to Finishing second was the group encourage and develop young of Kyungsuk â&#x20AC;&#x153;Derekâ&#x20AC;? Min, August enthusiasts to learn the sport Cruz, and Jong Arcano. Enzo Rathrough regular tournaments and diovan, Tyler Samuco, and Joshua become future athletes,â&#x20AC;? TGJL "UCAY kNISHED THIRD President Chona Dela Paz said in Kent Tee, CJ Alcantara, and Aea statement. sha Ong ruled Class D. Kyle Ang, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Oakley Cup allows us to JM Bautista, Juaquin De Grano, continue that mission,â&#x20AC;? she added. and Gelian Mandario finished This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Oakley Golf Cup second while the group of Simon featured the Blind Callaway in Encarnacion, Dylan Recto, and an 18-hole system with musical Manolo De Grano third. ensemble of brass instruments, Meanwhile, six-year old Ahan percussion instruments and color Chans scored a hole-in-one after guard as added distractions in he aced the second hole of the each hole. special junior tee from 70 yards The team of Dominic Villamor, using a Tour Series 8-iron and a Dylan Castillo, Sean Granada, and Goker Fantom ball.

Josh Jorge and the quartet of Stevie In the awarding rites led by Umali, Andie Arbatin, and Celine James Deakin, Oakley also pledged !BALOS kNISHED SECOND AND THIRD P100,000 to TJGL. respectively, in Class A. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is a good initiative. The Jun De Grano, Benedict Leong, Junior Golfers League is very hap-

BY JEAN RUSSEL V. DAVID

PY /NE OF THE kRST GENERATION JUNIOR GOLFERS IN THE kRST /AKLEY Cup became a professional. This is the 7th year already and I can say we have planted a good seed,â&#x20AC;? said Kyungsuk Min, Oakley brand manager for Korea and the Philippines.

Oakley, one of the leading prod-

uct design and sport performance brands in the world continues to evolve with a wide array of performance enhancing gears and an advocacy to develop future athletes.

Now on its seventh year, The Oakley Golf Cup is bigger and better reaching more and more junior golfers.

PGT ASIA GOES TO TAIWAN

Pilipinas Golf Tournaments, Inc. general manager Colo Ventosa (third from left) poses with (from left) PGA of Taiwan (TPGA) chairman Hsieh Chin Sheng, DAAN Group general manager Ku Chang Cheng and CCK golf manager Andy Ang during the ceremonials of the 2019 DAAN TPGA Open, the first Philippine Golf Tour Asia tournament held in Taiwan Wednesday. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

NGAP holds R&A rules seminar THE NATIONAL GOLF ASSOCIATION of the Phils. (NGAP) concluded its two-day R&A Rules of Golf Level 2 workshop and seminar on Wednesday with representatives of the various golf clubs in the country participating at the Alabang Country Club.

The countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s governing body of the sport conducted the Rules Seminar Level I last November with the ongoing workshop serving as part of its continuing effort to improve the Rules knowledge among club players of all abilities.

The program facilitators are !SIA 0ACIkC 4HE 2 ! 2ULES MANager Jin Woo Kim, Indonesia Golf Association Rules chairman Made

had two birdies and two pars for a 74 net won over Danny Wheeler kVE PARS AND *ARED 3TO 4OMAS (one birdie) also via countback.

Anthony Pujol punched in a TO WIN AGAINST kRST RUNNER UP Melson PeĂąaroyo and second runner-up Mike Sy in Class C. Miriam Aceret, meanwhile, finished with a 78 to cop the ladiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; diadem.

Myla Napiza was named â&#x20AC;&#x153;Most Exercised Playerâ&#x20AC;? with a 140 gross.

Pepito Bengzon bagged the nearest to the pin plum while Lorencio Lim posted the longest drive.

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NGAP to hold SEA Games qualifying tourney

THE National Golf Association of the Philippines (NGAP) will hold a two-stage qualifying tournament for the upcoming 2019 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games that the country will be hosting in November.

The event, open to all amateur Filipino golfer will be played at the Hacienda Luisita Golf and Country Club on June 4 to 7 and June 10 to 13.

Participants must be in a good standing with the NGAP and must satisfy all the requirements imposed by the governing body. Players must have a valid handicap index of 5.0 or lower issued

BY A BONAkDE GOLF BODY AS of May 1.

4HE QUALIkER WILL BE COMposed of two stages of 72 holes each using stroke play.

Stage one will accept the first 40 players to register; wherein the top 12 players and ties within 10 strokes of the leading score will advance to the second stage.

The stage two of the qualifier will determine the top three players which will form the 2019 SEA Games team as set by the committee.

Entry fee for the qualifying tournament is pegged at P3,000.

For inquiries, contact NGAP at 7065926.

JAYDEE Naungayan and Paulo Legaspi shared the top honors in the 2nd Sta. Lucia Global Invitational Tournament held on May 10 at the Summit Point Golf and Country Club in Batangas City.

Legaspi shot an 81 to clinch the lowest gross plum while Naungayan had a four-under 68 to take the lowest net plum in Class A. He was followed by Allan Sulaik who defeated Antonio Inumerable via countback (one birdie) after both players scored identical 71s.

In Class B, Rodolfo Bautista who

Edward Putra, also an advisory member of the R&A ROGC, and Philippine Golf Tour tournament director Henry Arabelo, also an Asian Tour referee and USGA CerTIkED #OURSE 2ATER The participants are composed of those who have passed the Level I seminar with the current workshop to continue to look into various rules from tee shot to the putting green along with practical on-course demonstrations.

Among the participating clubs are the Alabang CC, Beverly GC, Camp Aguinaldo GC, Camp John Hay GCC, Canlubang GCC, Eagle Ridge GCC, ECI, Forest Hills GC, Golf Mix Professionals, Iloilo Golf Club, Luisita GCC, Manila Southwoods, Negros GCC, NGAP, Orchard GCC, Phl Navy GC, Riviera GCC, Pradera Verde GCC, Sahara Kuwait Resort, Sherwood GCC, South 0ACIkC '# 6ALLEY '## 4AAL 3PLENdido GC and South Forbes.

US College Golf Camps returns to PH US College Sports Camp (USCC) returns to the Philippines this summer with two great events lined up for local junior golfers.

The USCC Philippines 2019 Summer US College Golf Camp will be the follow-up event to the very successful US College Golf Camp held last November 2018, a groundbreaking event in Philippine junior golf where US college coaches ran golf camps IN THE COUNTRY FOR THE kRST TIME They will also hold their very kRST LOCAL JUNIOR GOLF EVENT THE 2019 USCC Philippines Summer Junior Challenge.

The Camp will be held at the Orchard Golf and Country Club from June 1-2, 2019 and the tournament will have the Southlinks Golf Club as host on May 29, 2019 and the Orchard Golf and Country Club from May 30-31, 2019 for the tournament.

The camp will give the participants a college training day experience in a small group setting directly under the U.S. coaches. Each camper will receive in-depth expert instruction on full swing, short game, course management, tournament PREPARATION MENTAL GAME kTNESS and instruction. They will also be given an overview on NCAA recruitment and the transition from junior golf to college.

The tournament on the other hand is open for all camp participants and will have Boys and Girls Age Divisions in 18-under, 14-under and 12-under. The tournament will be a World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR), Junior Golf Scoreboard (JGS) ranking and Global Junior Golf Ranking (GJGS) event.

The tournament will also serve AS A QUALIkER FOR THE "OYS AND 'IRLS 15-18 years old to the 40th North and South Junior Golf Championships in Pinehurst, NC in July

this year.

The camp will be handled by US NCAA Division I coaches, Richard Church, the Golf Director for Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Golf at Southern Utah University and Lisa Strom, the Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Head Coach at Texas State University.

Church has been with Southern Utah for more than 22 years while Strom is in her third year at the helm at Texas State. Prior to that, she spent almost 6 years at her alma matter, Ohio State University as an assistant after being a professional for 10 years.

She played in the LPGA in 2003 and from 2007-2010. A third coach still to be named will also join the team during the camp.

George Duangmanee, founder and President of USCC said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;We want to open opportunities for Philippine junior golfers to further shine in the international stage and to introduce them to U.S. college coaches and recruiters.

Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot of talent here who can play college golf in the U.S. They just need to be properly seen and introduced to the right people.â&#x20AC;?

All interested parties may register with the Secretariat at infoi@uscollegeshowcaseasia. com. Inquiries and registration may also be messaged and texted to +639178983568 and +639613588816 or to the USCC Philippines FB page (@uscolLEGECAMP0(, 4HE kELD WILL BE limited to forty (40) participants.

The event fee for both the camp and the tournament is Php 4,000.

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ARTS AWAKE

Blood: Stories that ‘bleed’ you dry

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BOOK REVIEW

Blood: Stories that â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;bleedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; you dry

BY FAYE VALENCIA

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HY is it when people think of blood, they often view it through a masculine LENS 4AKE INlUENTIAL !MERICAN NOVELIST Ernest Hemingway, who once declared that â&#x20AC;&#x153;there is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.â&#x20AC;?

In his piece â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ernest Hemingway: The man behind the cultivated image of hypermasculinity,â&#x20AC;? journalist Matthew Adams wrote that the iconic author of A Farewell to Arms and The Sun Also Rises â&#x20AC;&#x201D; whom he described as â&#x20AC;&#x153;the macho face of 20th-century proseâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;wanted to dissociate literature from the taint of femininity.â&#x20AC;?

This is evident in his stories, WHICH WERE CERTIkED TESTOSTERONE extravaganzas. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lilies and wallpaPER WERE kNISHED )N THEIR PLACE Blood, battle, sex, hunts, death,â&#x20AC;?

Adams observed.

But, perhaps, Hemingway forgot that women are used to blood. In fact, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a period in our lives when we literally see blood every month. That said, women writers are arguably wellversed in â&#x20AC;&#x153;bleeding,â&#x20AC;? be it in their stories or in their realities.

In Blood: collected stories (Ethos Books; 240 pages; 2015), Noelle Q. de Jesus shatters the notion that womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stories are not as powerful as â&#x20AC;&#x153;machoâ&#x20AC;? ones.

The author has a good selection of stories that are practically screaming, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hold my beer and shut the hell up, Papa!â&#x20AC;? After all, women DON T NEED TO GO OUT TO kGHT THEIR battles. For many of them, home IS WHERE THE BLOODY BATTLEkELD IS

The title story â&#x20AC;&#x201D; which won a Palanca award in 1995 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; discusses a subject that few stereotypical â&#x20AC;&#x153;machoâ&#x20AC;? men would be brave enough to discuss: menstruation.

It is narrated by Anne Marie â&#x20AC;&#x153;Annaâ&#x20AC;? Edwards, an 11-year-old girl living with her Filipino mother and American father and three siblings in a typical middle-class home in the US. Annaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s parents seem to be going through a rough patch in their marriage and her motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s daily debacle with teenage sister Sheila doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t help. Anna is undoubtedly on Team Mom. The way she sees her mom confirms this: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mommy is beautiful with long and very black hair that reaches down to her hips,â&#x20AC;? she shares. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Her skin is forever smooth and brown as milk chocolate.â&#x20AC;?

Sadly, though, Annaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mother Â&#x2021; DESPITE kERCELY HOLDING ON TO Filipino traditions and superstitious beliefs â&#x20AC;&#x201D; doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seem to be comfortable in her own skin.

Reacting to her momâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s insecurity over her nose, Anna muses: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mommyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nose is not as bad as she makes out. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s round and a LITTLE lAT MAYBE BUT IT ISN T UGLY u The turning point comes when Anna gets her period for the

kRST TIME 3HE IS TOLD BY HER mother about a peculiar Filipino custom that involves smearing her â&#x20AC;&#x153;first bloodâ&#x20AC;? on her face. As expected, the very thought of it makes Anna cringe and she refuses to do it â&#x20AC;&#x201D; until after her loyalty is questioned.

De Jesus boldly confronts the seemingly â&#x20AC;&#x153;smallâ&#x20AC;? things that we pretend donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t disturb us. In â&#x20AC;&#x153;Equivalents,â&#x20AC;? a woman named Cara is startled when her husband Joel declares, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I want to make love to you.â&#x20AC;?

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s because it seems foreign to her: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The instant she hears his words, they strike her as comical and absurd.

They are American words, delivered in Joelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new curly voice. Beneath the blankets, the whispered phrase, in a breath warm and moist on her face, kills her. Mirth bubbles up inside, swelling up her cheeks. She purses her lips and holds on, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no use. A snort escapes her, and Cara explodes with it. Joel jerks his head away to avoid the blast, and their blanket shelter collapses.â&#x20AC;?

Another story, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Passportâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; told in the voice of a domestic helper â&#x20AC;&#x201D; highlights a variant in the age-old tale of the things that people do for love. In this case, the woman steals a passport from her employerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s house guest. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So I lied to you,â&#x20AC;? she states in her soliloquy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I looked you in the eyes, and told you that nothing had come. The mailbox was empty except for bills. I acted

surprised and sympathized with you as I played with your daughter. And in her eyes, I saw mine.

Maybe they had not sent it yet, I said, or perhaps, it is lost in the mail. All that time it was in my room, beneath my mattress.

People will take it. They will change the name. Change the photo. And then my daughter can come. Wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t I able to come here in just the same way?â&#x20AC;?

Hopefully, this story manages to enlighten xenophobes who think

Women writers dominate 1st Asia-Pacific NJLA FOUR women from Southeast Asia, including two Oceania-based Filipinos, were recognized at the inaugural Asia-PaCIkC .ICK *OAQUIN ,ITERARY !WARDS .*,!

the international edition of the contest NAMED AFTER THE INlUENTIAL NATIONAL ARTist whose name graces a business dailyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s literary, arts and culture section where THEIR WORKS kRST SAW PRINT In a ceremony at a Manila hotel on May 15, Mumbai-born and Singapore-based Prachi Topiwala!GARWAL WON kRST PRIZE FOR HER SHORT story â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mountains of Fear, Valleys of Hope;â&#x20AC;? Melbourne-based Filipina Anneliz A. Erese garnered second for her short story â&#x20AC;&#x153;Departures;â&#x20AC;? and Singaporean Vicky Chong nabbed third for her short story â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Uber Driver.â&#x20AC;?

Also honored was Auckland-based Jade-Ceres Violet Dolor MuĂąoz as poet of the year for her poem â&#x20AC;&#x153;For Abby and those who struggle daily.â&#x20AC;? She is the daughter of former Manila Times managing editor Ramon Faustino â&#x20AC;&#x153;Betingâ&#x20AC;? L. Dolor 2nd, who copped second prize in the national NJLA in 2015 for his story â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dairy of an Alien Abductee.â&#x20AC;?

Both Topiwala-Agarwal and Chong are pursuing a masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in creative writing at the Lasalle College of the Arts in Singapore. Erese recently completed hers in writing and literature and is an intern at the Melbourne Writers Festival and the Australian literary journal Meanjin Quarterly. And MuĂąoz, who studied AB Literature at De La Salle

University, works as a digital marketing consultant specializing in search-engine optimization and content strategy.

Topiwala-Agarwal and MuĂąoz each received $1,000 for their winning works; Erese, $600; and Chong, $400.

They also received trophies.

Their works were chosen by a panel of judges made up of author and 2001 Palanca Hall of Fame inductee Alfred

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kripâ&#x20AC;? Yuson; Palanca award-winning novelist, essayist and scholar Cristina Pantoja Hidalgo; and Singaporean poet Alvin Pang.

The works of the four women were kRST PUBLISHED IN THE BusinessMirror newspaperâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tony & Nick section, named after its late owner, businessman and former ambassador to Laos Antonio L. Cabangon-Chua, and

Joaquin, former editor in chief of the Philippines Graphic magazine, which the envoy also owned. Both publications organized the awards.

The competition aims to honor the finest short stories and poetry published in Tony & Nick by writers living in Southeast Asia, as well as in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Australia and New Zealand.

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ALL ILLEGALS ARE DRUG TRAFkCKERS OR terrorists who want to take away their jobs. A domestic helper with a tampered passport is hardly Pablo Escobar or El Chapo.

The collection contains 25 stories and most of them feature intimate or familial connections.

One of them, however â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mirageâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; stands out because it is set in post-apocalyptic Singapore and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s told in the voice of Kelvin, who is doing his best to care for his Gong Gong (the Mandarin term for â&#x20AC;&#x153;maternal grandfatherâ&#x20AC;?). â&#x20AC;&#x153;Even now at the edge of this country now known as Spore, on the jagged River Valley Coast, it was hot with a terrible intensity,â&#x20AC;?

Kelvin reports. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Yes, even here in the double row of waterway homes where Gong Gong and I were sent to live at the beginning of the Transition, once all those who were sick and ailing HAD ALREADY DIED AND THE kTTEST emerged. We, and the few other small families like ours with TSCs (Triple Senior Citizens) from the Golden Age, many of us were just two-person family units.â&#x20AC;?

If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking for feel-good stories, Blood isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the book to reach for. You will get hurt. However, if you want to go beneath the surface and are sure that you can handle the dissection of despairâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s many torturous configurations, then this collection of tales is for you. At the very least, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll remind you that the perfect pictures that people present to the world never tell the whole story.

Blood: collected stories costs P495 and is available in leading bookstores.

POETRY

Absolution

BY ADRIAN CRISOSTOMO HO

Toads croak and the crickets creak.

In the dead of night, a rabbit sits still in the middle of the grass, staring at the poor lamppost taking the place of the truant moon. In his brazen stillness, he must be testing out what death feels like, how motion abandons body and breath escapes soul.

From the terrace, I rest my elbows on the balcony and the rabbit turns to look up at me. He glares at my face as if I were God. I shake my head almost apologetically: No, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not who you think I am. So I descend the stairs to level with him. Under the light: the full glory of my face.

Q (From left) BusinessMirror motoring editor Tet Andolong; BusinessMirror publisher T. Anthony Cabangon; judge Cristina Pantoja Hidalgo; winners Anneliz A. Erese, Jade-Ceres Violet Dolor MuĂąoz, Prachi Topiwala-Agarwal and Vicky Chong; and Philippines Graphic literary editor Alma Anonas-Carpio pose for photos during the first Asia-Pacific Nick Joaquin Literary Awards awarding ceremony at the Winford Hotel and Casino in Santa Cruz, Manila, on May 15. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE ALC MEDIA GROUP

Face-to-face, I looking down and him looking up, we share the hefty pleasure of immobility, like it were A GIFT OF ABSOLUTION RATIONED IN INkNITE seconds. Just as I let out a slight breath of wonder, he scurries off to the dark.

And Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m left standing in the grass, lUSTERED UNDER THE SHAM OF A MOON

2019 UP National Writers Workshop fellows unveiled TWELVE creative writers have been selected as fellows to the 58th University of the Philippines National Writers Workshop (UPNWW), to be held in Baguio City from July 7 to 14, 2019, the state universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s creative writing institute said.

In an announcement on its panitikan: Philippine Litera-

ture Portal website on May 19, Likhaan: UP Institute of Creative Writing (UP ICW) identified the fellows as Rene Boy Abiva (poetry in Filipino), Ron Baticulon (creative nonfiction in English), Paul Castillo (poetry in Filipino), Christopher Gozum (screenplay in English and Pangasinan), Jerome

THE Literary Life page of The Sunday Times Magazine is now accepting contributions of new, original and unpublished short fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry, preferably in English, from emerging and established writers. Works must be encoded in Microsoft Word using the typefaces Arial, Times New Roman, or Palatino Linotype, font size 12 and letter-sized paper (8.5 x 11 inches),

Hipolito (poetry in Bikol), Charmaine Lasar (fiction in Filipino), Andrian Legaspi (fiction in Filipino), Gerardo Los BaĂąos (fiction in English), Sarah Lumba (fiction in English), Dawn Marfil (creative nonfiction in English), Francis Paolo Quina (fiction in English) and Denver Torres (poetry in English).

This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s workshop director is award-winning writer Anna Felicia Sanchez, while the workshop panel is made up of the UP ICWâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s advisers, fellows and associates, also prize-winners.

They are National Artists Virgilio S. Almario, Bienvenido Lumbera and Amelia LapeĂąa-Bonifacio; Palanca Hall of Fame awardees

and saved in either .doc or .rtf format. Each short story and creative nonfiction piece should be between ten (10) and twenty (20) pages (double-spaced), while each poem should be limited to only one (1) page (single-spaced).

Works littered with glaring grammatical and typographical errors will not be considered. Send your works to the literary editor, Alvin I. Dacanay, at literarylife[at]

Jose Y. Dalisay Jr. and Eugene Y. Evasco; UP Professors Emeriti GĂŠmino H. Abad and Cristina Pantoja Hidalgo; UP Press Director J. Neil Garcia; and Romulo Baquiran, Luna Sicat Cleto, Vladimeir Gonzales, Ramon GuillermĂł, Victor Emmanuel Carmelo Nadera Jr., Charlson Ong, Jun Cruz Reyes, Roland Tolentino and Sanchez.

Previously dedicated to helping up-and-coming writers, the UPNWW was reformatted in 2006 to mentoring mid-career WRITERS 4HE MODIkED WORKSHOP aims to help writers who have already published (or are on the verge of publishing) a book, or have won major literary awards, to further hone their craft.

manilatimes[dot]net. Kindly put the genre and title of the work in the emailâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s subject line (example: Short Story: Dead Stars). Authors whose creative works are published in the magazine agree to have these included in literary anthologies that The Manila Times may conceive and publish in the future. Full copyright ownership of the works shall remain with their respective authors.

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Pia, Catriona give face to â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;U=Uâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; HIV awareness campaign Exemplar advocates honored in 2nd Ripple Awards

BY ARLO CUSTODIO

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T the allâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;important final round of Miss Universe 2015 pageant in Las Vegas, Nevada, Pia Wurtzbach declared her advocacy for HIV AWARENESS WHEN SHE CONkDENTLY ANSWERED THE STANDARD question, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Why should you be the next Miss Universe?â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;To be a Miss Universe is both an honor and responsibility. If I were to be Miss Universe, I will use my voice to influence the youth and I would raise awareness to certain causes like HIV awareness that is timely and relevant to my country, which is the Philippines. I want to show the world, the universe rather, that I am confidently beautiful with a heart.â&#x20AC;?

Though host Steve Harvey cor-

rected his mistake of announcing Miss Colombia as the winner, this winning answer gave Wurtzbach the crown and the Philippines its third Miss Universe title.

But even before she represented the Philippines in the universal stage, Wurtzbach was already an advocate of raising HIV awareness by becoming a volunteer of LoveYourself â&#x20AC;&#x201D; an organization dedicated in the cam-

Miss Universe 2018 Catriona delivers inspiring message in recorded video.

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Martin Nievera and Wurtzbach singing together all for the love of LoveYourself advocacy. PHOTOS BY ENRIQUE AGCAOILI

paign of understanding the disease and those afflicted with it.

LoveYourself became even more popu la r when another advocate became Miss Universe three years after Wurtzbach won, in the person of Catriona Gray.

Gray said in August last year, just months after she was named Miss Universe Philippines 2018, that her journey in being an advocate of HIV/AIDS started two years earlier, when a good friend of hers died of the disease at age 26. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A lot of our dear friends are part of the LGBTQ community, and there is that stigma surrounding them,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It took losing a good friend of mine at the age of 26. It didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just seem fair that at that age, that you havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been given that chance to go about your life, to pursue your dream, to pursue your career, that your life is just snatched away from you from something that can be easily prevented.â&#x20AC;?

In the organizationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s campaign called â&#x20AC;&#x153;U=Uâ&#x20AC;? launched at the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Love Gala Courage Amplifiedâ&#x20AC;? on May 11, LoveYourself founder and executive director Ronivin Pagtakhan explained that the title is more than just a play on having two Miss Universe winners to promote it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;U=Uâ&#x20AC;? actually stands for â&#x20AC;&#x153;Undetectable equals Untransmittable.â&#x20AC;?

Based on clinical evidence, the concept is that those afflicted with HIV has less chance of transmitting the disease if they go under antiretroviral therapy â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a World Health Organization (WHO) recommended approach of preventing the spread of the malady.

Cou nt r y Di rector for U NA ids Philippines Louie Ocampo told The Sunday Times Magazine that the fastest spread of HIV is in the 15 to 24 age group, making up 50 percent of the estimated 38 new cases daily in the country.

Busy fulfilling her Miss Universe duties in New York, Gray gave her message through a video: â&#x20AC;&#x153;With love as our universal light, let all people light out HIV, and keep passing on the fire to light those torches that are still not. As love prevails, we will never lose hope, but instead, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be able to keep our torches burning bright for the whole humanity.â&#x20AC;?

This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Love Gala coincided with the International Aids Candlelight Memorial ceremony that commemorates the lives affected by HIV/Aids.

Australian Ambassador to the Philippines Steven Robinson also shared his message to the advocacy and his countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fight against the spread of the disease especially in the Asia-Pacific region.

Ripple Awards

Individuals of the Year awardees Joseph Michael Manlutac, Regina Berba, GatJjoriz Alatiit, Marc Lester Quintana and Mikhail Zion Tagueg with Country Director for UNAids Philippines Louie Ocampo (extreme left), Fanny Serrano (third from left) and LoveYourself founder-executive director Ronivin Pagtakhan.

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OR most people, including myself, living in Los Angeles is a dream realized. Just like most Filipinos, I grew up watching US-based TV shows such as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Full House,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dawsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Creekâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;How I Met Your Motherâ&#x20AC;? while listening to the glorious music of the early 2000s.

I grew up fully immersed in both the Filipino culture (I also grew up watching and wanting to be on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ang TVâ&#x20AC;?) and the Western culture, I spent hours pouring over local and US pop culture so much so that it has been ingrained in who I am.

So imagine my delight when I was invited by friends Pia Gladys Perey and Olivia Quido-Co better known as Ms. O to attend the Daytime Emmy Awards in the Pasadena Convention Center.

Pia Gladys Perey is an international Filipina designer whose gowns are well-loved by stars such as Angelina Jolie and Demi Lovato and real-life

Pagtakhan noted that while the number of HIV cases are growing, there is also a growing number of people becoming more aware and better educated about the disease.

For this, LoveYourself has recognized the contribution of individuals and organizations to the advocacy through the Ripple Awards.

Miss Universe 2015 and UNAids Goodwill Ambassador for Asia and the Pacific Pia Wurtzbach. LOVEYOURSELF FACEBOOK PHOTO

Australian Ambassador to the Philippines Steven Robinson (leftmost) receives plaque of appreciation from LoveYourself for his governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s efforts to fund research against HIV/Aids.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;We honor the mover s i n the HIV advocacy through the Ripple Awards. I could not be any more proud of the volunteers for their trememdous efforts to normalize the discussion on HIV/Aids,â&#x20AC;? Pagtakhan announced. )LUVW JLYHQ LQ D WRWDO RI Ă&#x20AC;YH individuals, three organizations and a community project were given distinction for â&#x20AC;&#x153;demonstrating the genuine ability to move other people toward uplifting the lives affected by the HIV/ Aids epidemicâ&#x20AC;? for the second edition of the awards. A Peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Choice from VRFLDO PHGLD YRWHV DQG 0RVW ,QĂ XHQWLDO Story were recognized as well. Below is the complete list of awardees: - Peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Choice: Mikhail Zion Taggueg.

- Most Influential Story: Darwin Tenoria.

- Project of the Year: Community Based HIV Screening.

- Organizations of the Year: Decent Image of South Signal Association; Family Planning Organization of the Philippines-Iloilo Chapter; and Olympus Society of Davao, Inc. - Individuals of the Year: GatJoriz Alatiit; Regina Berba; Joseph

Michael Man lutac; Mikhail Zion Taggueg; and Marc Lester Quintana.

Musical evening In between awards given out, speeches and messages, singers and performers shared their talent and time in support of the advocacy. Among those who rendered numbers were Rhap Salazar, Jeffrey Hidalgo, Laarni Lozada, Leah Patricio, Hashtag CK, Zeus Collins, Vivoree Esclito, Hiraya and Addlib Divas.

Concer t K i n g Ma r ti n Nievera brought the house down with his numbers but the biggest surprise of the musical phase was when he said he dreamed of becoming Mr. Universe. It was almost fulfilled by sharing the stage with Miss Universe 2015 Pia Wurtzbach. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A [singing] star is born tonight,â&#x20AC;? he VDLG 1LHYHUD DQG :XUW]EDFK Ă&#x20AC;UVW VDQJ â&#x20AC;&#x153;After Allâ&#x20AC;? by Peter Cetera. For their encore, Wurtzbach said that she was willing to sing another song with the Concert King for LoveYourself. They sang â&#x20AC;&#x153;Alwaysâ&#x20AC;? by Atlantic Starr.

A night of glitter at the Daytime Emmys THE THOUGHT JUNKIE CARLA BIANCA RAVANES-HIGHAM royalty such as Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark.

Ms. O, on the other hand, is known for her successful beauty practice aptly called O Skin Med Spa. Internationally recognized Filipino celebrities such as Miss Universe 2015 Pia Wurtzbach and KC Concepcion are known to visit her one-of-a-kind spa occasionally because just like most US-based Filipinos, they only trust Ms. O with their skin.

Pia and Ms. O were invited to the Emmys by their favorite Hollywood stars to help them get ready for the biggest occasion in Daytime Television. I was also tagged along at

Pia Gladys Perey

famed Emmys Gifting Suite where I was able to interact with stars and producers from shows like â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Ellen Show,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Talk,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Days Of

Our Lives,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;General Hospital,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dr. Philâ&#x20AC;? and many more.

It was such a wonderful experience to see Hollywood stars like Amy Poehler LQ WKH Ă HVK DV ZHOO DV SRS FXOWXUH LGROV Alex Trebek and Judge Judy. Childhood favorite â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sesame Streetâ&#x20AC;? was also given a tribute by its legion of fans.

But more than just seeing Hollywood celebrities in the flesh, I was prouder of the Filipinos who were making a mark in a land that seemed impossible to reach a few decades ago. Not only is Ms. O rising as one of Hollywoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leading beauty experts but designers like Pia Gladys Perey, RC Caylan, and even Emmy-winning â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Talkâ&#x20AC;? producer Marc Anthony Nicolas are all moving ahead, waving the Filipino f lag proudly. All their stories leave a mark within me because they serve as an inspiration and a reminder that Filipinos fully

thrive wherever they go.

A nd more than just the many feathers on each of their caps, what I truly admire about them is the fact that they are always willing to extend a hand to encourage another.

These Filipino icons including Yong Chavez, Jannelle So Perkins, and event extraordinaire Yancy Trinidad all welcome fellow Fil-Americans with open arms. These Filipinos are everything I aspire to be: driven, successful, humble, and always willing to share what the lessons they have learned in their own journeys.

I would have told you more about the Daytime Emmys but what brings me so much joy is the fact that more and more Filipinos are given the stage to display their talent to the world and I cannot tell you how grateful I am to ZLWQHVV LW LQ WKH Ă HVK www.carlabiancaravanes.com

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SUNDAY MAY 26, 2019 COVER AND INSIDE PHOTOS BY JOHN ORVEN VERDOTE

J. KATE BONDOC

Young fashion designer on the rise

BY ARLO CUSTODIO

SLQHV VKH ZDV D 5HG (DJOH &HUWLĂ&#x20AC;FDWH awardee in high school at the Colegio San Agustin Makati; a Deanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lister in college; and a very able instrumentalist on the piano and guitar.

Tall at 5â&#x20AC;&#x2122;8â&#x20AC;? and endowed with a pretty face, just like the fashion models who now wear her designs, Bondoc is second in a brood of four to parents UHWLUHG 3ROLFH 2IĂ&#x20AC;FHU -DPHV DQG -DQHW Bondoc, a housewife whose humble ways her daughter has inherited. For, asked why she decided to design clothes rather than be a model herself, Bondoc said she prefers to be in the background, learning from masters of the trade and perfecting her craft instead of being in the limelight.

Get to know more about the multifaceted J. Kate Bondoc in this Q&A with The Sunday Times Magazine.

T just 21 years old, De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde (DLS-CSB) AB Fashion Design and Merchandising graduate Joan Kate Bondoc was selected to be one of 174 featured Filipino fashion designers to dress almost 100 Miss Intercontinental 2018 candidates at the pageantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Manila staging this January. Given a line-up that included luminaries in Philippine couture, the young and talented artist considered her inclusion both a privilege and priceless opportunity, exposing her to the works of her idols as well as the international pageantry stage.

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Half of the participating couturiers were tasked to design evening gowns for the Philippine Designers Fashion Show at Okada Manila on January 16, while the other half, the Filipiniana Fashion Show the following night. Bondoc was part of the second set and randomly picked Miss Greece to wear her creation. It was a grand piece with organic jute fabric as the base material adorned with embellishments, such as crystals, pearls and embroidery patches.

She celebrated her 22nd birthday just two days before her debut as featured designer at Miss Intercontinental 2018, and tells The Sunday Times Magazine she is grateful for the training she received under Benildeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sinulid: Threads of Designâ&#x20AC;? program for giving her the tools to render her best for the runway.

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Named one of eight â&#x20AC;&#x153;Young Designers to Watch Out Forâ&#x20AC;? from the Class of 2018 during the batch graduation of 72, Bondoc recalled how the experience pushed them to think beyond the box in completing their final collection for â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sinulid.â&#x20AC;?

As one reviewer said of the presentation, â&#x20AC;&#x153;[The graduation] showcased each budding designerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s individuality through their top quality designs inspired by personal experiences and social issues. Each look celebrated the designerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vision and skills through color and intricate techniques to make a visual feast.â&#x20AC;?

Bondoc recalled to The Sunday Times Magazine her design for â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Sinulidâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; was very millennial, incorporating hand painting techniques and bleaching on denim fabric in a nod to the famous â&#x20AC;&#x153;Starry Nightâ&#x20AC;? painting of Vincent Van Gogh. She topped it off with a leather baseball cap on her muse and explained the inspiration of her design to be, â&#x20AC;&#x153;the great Dutch painter himself, who taught me so much about life through his art with his ideals and techniques, which paved the way to fame because of its uniqueness and brilliance.â&#x20AC;?

She fervently believes what Van Gogh said that, â&#x20AC;&#x153;everyone who works with love and with intelligence finds in the very sincerity of his love for nature and art a kind of armor against the opinions of other people, and what is done in love is done well.â&#x20AC;?

Side-by-side with veterans Talking more about her Miss Intercontinental experience, Bondoc recalled she thought she had submitted her application to the Miss Intercontinental Japan and Philippines secretariats in October 2018 alongside other young designers like herself. She admitted she was pleasantly shocked and suddenly nervous upon learning that fashion industry veterans and stalwarts made up the majority of interested designers.

The young designer with mentor Bill Calubaquib at the latterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dream Maker Couture atelier in Imus, Cavite.

More than the promise of a $1,000-prize for the competition component of the pageant showcase, what excited Bondoc all the more was the rare and valuable opportunity to work alongside names l o n g revered in fashion circles.

To name a few, Arielle Aga-

sang was tasked to dress outgoing Miss Intercontinental Veronica Vallejo of Mexico, Maricris dela PeĂąa dressed Miss Argentina, and Chico Estiva designed for Miss Belarus and was named Best Designer.

Beyond the actual show, another opportunity opened up for participating designers which Bondoc grabbed without reservation â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the chance to design and sponsor cocktail dresses for the candidates to wear at the pageantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s opening ceremonies. She was therefore able to dress all the candidates, which again is an experience that further honed her skills. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am so thankful to my mom and dadâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unequivocal support in helping me with the sponsorship of cocktail dresses for the Miss Intercontinental candidates. For someone very QHZ LQ WKH EXVLQHVV , GHĂ&#x20AC;QLWHO\ couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have done it without their constant encouragement.

Same goes to my Tito Geordy for his untiring support, without which my participation would have not been possible,â&#x20AC;? the young designer, who has since decided to take on the name - .DWH %RQGRF DV KHU RIĂ&#x20AC;FLDO SURIHVsional name, expressed.

Multi-slashie What makes J. Kate Bondoc all the more interesting as a designer on the rise is her multi-faceted background. A mix of artistic, athletic and educational endeavors, everything works to her advantage in her creative profession, which also requires discipline and diligence.

Bondoc was a two-time track and Ă&#x20AC;HOG FKDPSLRQ LQ elementary at Goal Montessori School in ParaĂąaque City; she joined the Australian National Chemistry With Miss Greece Anastasia Kalogeri wearing her Quiz and Technical creation in the Miss Intercontinental 2018 pageant Sergeant Aerospace Filipiniana Fashion Show at Okada Manila.

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With such varied interests, what made you decide to go into fashion design as a profession?

Before going to college, I was the typical person who didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what course to take. I narrowed my options to the things I enjoy and was curious about, which are a lot. Growing up, I remember having collections of books like almanacs, dictionaries, Filipino riddle books, language books, etc. I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even think of one thing I was passionate about besides learning â&#x20AC;&#x201D; just learning different things.

As a kid, I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think playing with Barbies and simply drawing clothes would somehow introduce me to learn art. And of all the things Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve learned, I realized art intrigued me the most. <RX FDQ Ă&#x20AC;QG LW DQ\ZKHUH DQG NHHS learning from it â&#x20AC;&#x201D; something created by a person. That was when I told myself, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to be an artist of some sort,â&#x20AC;? and any art-related profession appealed to me.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why my options for college were Fashion Design, Architecture and Interior Design, and I applied at DLS-CSB, which I found to be a pleasant environment for students who also have passionate pursuits in artistic endeavors.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to believe that I chose fashion in the end because it gave me a clear goal and vision of the future I would want to see in terms of my creativity. I am grateful and never once regretted studying fashion.

How did Sinulid further enhance what you learned at fashion school?

Sinulid was an opportunity for me to showcase my capabilities as a designer.

It gave me the freedom to create someWKLQJ DQG WKH PRVW GLIĂ&#x20AC;FXOW FKDOOHQJHV I had faced so far at that time. The hard work, failures and stress were all worth it. I learned new things and I became a different person from then on.

Can you talk more about your Miss Intercontinental 2018 Designers Circle experience? $W Ă&#x20AC;UVW , ZDV KDYLQJ VHFRQG thoughts about applying for it, but then I also thought I can learn something from this experience, so why not?

I sent out the requirements needed, waited for their response, and I was told I got the slot. But little did I know I was going to compete with veterans!

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Maymay Entrata wearing the ‘Starry’ tweed dress from the Van Gogh collection.

Karen Gallman and the rest of the 80-plus Miss Intercontinental 2018 candidates wearing her designed cocktail dresses for the pageant opening number.

With Mom Janet, from whom she inherited her humble ways.

Dad James and Aunt Jane Matsuura with former PNP chief-now-Senator-elect Ronald ‘Bato’ dela Rosa who was one of the judges in the Miss Intercontinental pageant.

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I expected to be among people my age and, well, at the beginner level stage.

Once there, I met some of the most amazing Filipino designers as well as designers from provinces. My nervousness diminished along the way, because even though the thought of competing with them scared me, they were very friendly.

I was really honored to be among them.

What was the inspiration of the Filipiniana you designed for Miss Greece?

Just the mere thought of competing with professionals let alone winning were farthest from my mind. Instead, I thought of the experience as a class, where students needed to show their artworks to their teacher.

I was driven by the fact that maybe this is an opportunity for me to show that I can also stand on stage along with the others, not as a competitor, but as a fashion designer like them.

My gown was a representation of who I am as a designer. The theme was Filipiniana and I randomly picked Miss Anastasia Kalogeri of Greece to wear my design. I incorporated as much organic materials I could use with jute fabric as the main fabric for my gown, stones and pearls for adornment and embellishment, and also a few embroidery pieces that were shaped from some of the national symbols of the Philippines.

Dressing more than 80 girls for the pageant opening must have been a challenge. What were the problems you encountered taking on the task and how did you surmount them?

The sponsorship was different from the competition. I volunteered for the sponsorship of the cocktail dresses because I knew it was an opportunity for me to expose my brand: J. Kate Bondoc. I volunteered along with my good friend, Honey Lim, who sponsored the swimwear for the candidates. We both had our fair share of problems, especially a few days before the actual event. Some candidates lost their cocktail dresses and swimsuits while others KDG PLQRU ÀWWLQJ SUREOHPV It was a good thing we made extra batches for emergencies and besides that, everything else thankfully went well.

For 80-plus candidates, I needed a lot of helping hands. It took months for the completion of the cocktail dresses, and since I was just a start-up designer I was lucky I knew a few seamstresses who helped me complete the lot and I share my accomplishments with them. We did

With friend-fellow designer Honey Lim who designed and sponsored the Swimwear of the cadidates and Miss Intercontinental Philippines executive director Bill Calubaquib.

‘Starry Night’ Princess cut dress.

it and I am beyond grateful to them.

How do you sum up your experience as a designer of an international beauty pageant?

To sum up my experience in the Miss Intercontinental pageant, I would have to say all these things: It was unbelievable, a surreal experience, a blessing and a privilege.

If given the chance to do it again I’d take it, and I would even persuade my other fashion designer friends to join the competition and sponsorship as well because the lessons are invaluable.

But I also have to say I am blessed to have a supportive family and friends who got me through the entire challenge. They were proud of me even before I didn’t had any big accomplishments. Just the thought of that gave

me a sense of responsibility and ambition to work harder and repay them with satisfying results.

With your height and good looks, you could easily be a beauty queen or model yourself. Would you ever embrace such opportunities if they knock on your door?

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What’s next for J. Kate Bondoc, the

High School Volleyball team that emerged champion in the varsity tournament.

New Year’s Eve 2018 family photo.

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Collection sketch for the ‘Van Gogh Starry Night’ collection for first ‘Sinulid’ fashion show in 2018.

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High school friends came to watch and support the young I think collaboration designer on her very first fashion show. with other designers is a as I can join just as I continue to expose cool idea, but for now, I some of my earliest works via freelancplan to study abroad, and learn more. ing. Dealing with clients is really hard I plan to have more hands-on training and then learn from other professionals. work and it’s all about patience, which I am grateful to experience. I plan to study This kind of support and privilege more about fashion and the business of from my family, I don’t want to waste fashion until I can run my own with conit. I want to further enhance my skills ÀGHQFH DQG HQRXJK NQRZOHGJH WR GR ZHOO and knowledge to achieve goals and be someone they can be truly be proud of.

For someone so young, you are indeed very determined. What keeps you goHow do you describe the J. Kate ing toward your goal and what do you Bondoc brand? always keep in mind?

My love for art predates my journey in My supportive family and friends fashion designing, and to integrate different inspire me to work harder, be more forms of art to my garments would be a J. responsible in everything I do. Also Kate Bondoc favorite signature. I believe being surrounded with talented people my interests and values, together with my like my friends, I am deeply inspired by goals and dreams, my quirks, strengths, them. Their passions, talents, and creaweaknesses and my tivity drive me to work hard as well. own type of peculiarI also live by the words, “Someone will ity make me different always be better than you, physically, from the rest. mentally, etc.” so don’t train your mind to be better than anyone, in any way, It takes years to build a name, besides shape, or form. Instead, aim to improve, to be better than you were before. the Miss Intercon“Outdo your past, not other people,” tinental experience, meaning, don’t compare yourself with othwhat steps do you ers’ achievements. plan to take in this direction?

To join as many fashion shows

Graduated AB in Fashion Design and Merchandising 2018 from De La SalleCollege of Saint Benilde.

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ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) -- Today is a 6 -- Avoid the limelight, and stay close to home. You can be especially productive behind closed doors. Organize, sort and archive materials. Strategize and coordinate.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) -- Today is an 8 -- Make repairs and renovations at home to reduce risk or danger. Replace something volatile with something secure. Talk with family to align on solutions.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) -- Today is an 8 -- A formidable barrier blocks the path. You can see what’s not working. Collaborate for a wider view and more ideas.

Teamwork wins the day.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) -- Today is a 7 -Carefully consider how best to present your message to the intended audience. Mistakes could be embarrassing.

Collaborate with a good editor for the best results.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) -- Today is an 8 -- Work takes priority for a few days. Pay attention to avoid a pitfall or controversy. Keep your tone respectful and diplomatic.

Provide excellent service.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) -- Today is a 9 -- There are profits available if you can avoid expensive pitfalls.

Avoid risky propositions. If money’s tight, maintain a frugal lifestyle. Keep it in balance.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) -- Today is a 9 -- Traffic or delays could frustrate your route. Watch for hidden dangers along the road. Pack light when traveling. Virtual participation allows long-distance connection.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) -- Today is an 8 -- Watch where you’re going, so you don’t step on anyone. Old assumptions get challenged. You’re ready to make improvements. Pursue a personal dream.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Have patience with your partner, especially around financial conversations. Make sure you’re both aligned before making important decisions. Collaborate for shared gain.

(Astrologer Nancy Black continues her mother Linda Black’s legacy horoscopes column. She welcomes comments and questions on Twitter, @lindablack. For more astrological interpretations visit Linda Black Horoscopes and www.nancyblack.com)

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Playwrights share previews and ideas of their respective plays (from left) Anthony Kim Vergara, Rolin Migyuel Obina, Raymund Barcelon, Andrew Estacio, Karl Caminade, Juliene Mendoza and George De Jesus 3rd with facilitator Tuxqs Rutaquio (extreme right).

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'The Kundiman Party' weaves timeless kundiman songs into a plot that involves millennials, social media and current political and social issues.